Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Ernest A. Nicholson farm, Tract 28, Madison County
The 1920s survey
A log house, 15 by 43 feet; a barn, 14 by 32 feet; 1 acre of orchard. 20 acres, valued at $152. The state paid $783.
Map of the tract
The tract’s boundary as the National Park Service has mapped it. No house sites or graves are marked on this site.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_11-13-1946 003 enhanced.jpg (5.3 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F58_02-10-1944 003 enhanced.jpg (8.7 MB, PDF, 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.
- Charles Nicholson farm, Tract 237, Madison County
- 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
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.