Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
R.L. Nicholson farm, Tract 240, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Offer of 35 acres for $300
The 1920s survey
Timber (red oak, poplar, chestnut oak). 35 acres, valued at $138. The state paid $300.
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
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- NicholsonRobert_Rapp240.pdf (2.7 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
County court land file
Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Nicholson, RL
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
Courtesy of the Rappahannock 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
The reason for this being above appraisal price. It cuts his place up and only leaves him ten acres to graze and cultivat. Because of this omer refuse to option for lower price.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Ida B. (also folder 'J.W. Nethers') Nicholson farm, Tract 252, Rappahannock County
- Inez V. Nicholson farm, Tract 248, Rappahannock County
- J.M. Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 228a, Rappahannock County
- J.M. Nicholson farm, Tract 228, Rappahannock County
- Lewis Nicholson farm, Tract 246, Rappahannock County
- Newton Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 251, Rappahannock County
- Thomas Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 245, Rappahannock County
- Charles Nicholson farm, Tract 237, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.