Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Lewis Nicholson farm, Tract 246, Rappahannock County
The 1920s survey
A 2-room log house, 14 by 12 feet, with a shingle roof; a log barn; an orchard (25 fruit trees); no merchantable timber. 12 acres, valued at $40. The state paid $120.
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).
- NicholsonLewis_Rapp246.pdf (1.0 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.
- 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
- Newton Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 251, Rappahannock County
- R.L. Nicholson farm, Tract 240, Rappahannock County
- Thomas Nicholson farm (part a), Tract 245, Rappahannock County
- Charles Nicholson farm, Tract 237, Madison County
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.