Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Charles Nicholson farm, Tract 237, Madison County
Did you know?Hollow Folk, a 1933 study of three hollows
The 1920s survey
A 1-room log house, 12 by 14 feet. 1 acre, valued at $5. The state paid $60.
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.
Nicholson, Chas
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, LOB9 (page 223), Tax Records, 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.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Eddie Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 47, Madison County
- Eddie Nicholson farm, Tract 327, Madison County
- Edmund T. Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 93a, Madison County
- Edmund T. Nicholson farm, Tract 93, Madison County
- Effie B. Nicholson farm, Tract 102, Madison County
- Ella Nicholson farm, Tract 89, Madison County
- Emma E. Nicholson farm, Tract 92, Madison County
- Ephriam B. Nicholson farm, Tract 7, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.