Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
A. Hamp Brown estate farm, Tract 115, Madison County
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The 1920s survey
41 acres, valued at $105. The state paid $855.
Map of the tract
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Case files
The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.
County court land file
Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Brown, Hamp A estate
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, Owner Claim, Notary, LOB9 (page 97), Survey, Tax Record, Misc.
Courtesy of the Madison County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, opens in a new tab.
From the case file
A. Hamp Brown died intestate about six years ago, and left surviving him as his only heirs at law the following children: W. A. Brown, Florella Brown, Henrietta J. Leathers and Bettie J. Berrey
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part a), Tract 115b, Madison County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part b), Tract 115a, Madison County
- Dewey Brown farm, Tract 51, Madison County
- E. J. Brown farm, Tract 118, Madison County
- Hubert R. Brown farm (part a), Tract 119a, Madison County
- Hubert R. Brown farm, Tract 119, Madison County
- Ira S. Brown farm (part a), Tract 123a, Madison County
- Ira S. Brown farm, Tract 123, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.