Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Edgar Marshall farm, Tract 288, Madison County
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Did you know?Worn-out cleared land
The 1920s survey
A 4-room frame and log house, 16 by 46 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; an orchard (15 apple, 6 peach, 3 pear, and 7 walnut trees). 188 acres, valued at $853.
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.
Marshall, Edgar Mrs.
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
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.
- E.B. Marshall farm, Tract 345, Madison County
- B.J. and A.F. Marshall farm, Tract 356, Greene County
- J.T. Marshall farm, Tract 348, Greene County
- M.F. and James Marshall farm, Tract 100, Albemarle County
- M.F. Marshall farm (part a), Tract 35a, Albemarle County
- M.F. Marshall farm, Tract 35, Albemarle County
- R.F. Marshall farm (part a), Tract 34, Albemarle County
- R.F. Marshall farm, Tract 17, Augusta County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.