Inez V. Nicholson farm, Tract 248, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 16 by 20 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 20 by 20 feet; timber (chestnut oak, red oak). 134 acres, valued at $688.

Today

Landmarks on this map (1)

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Landmarks in this tract: Hot Mountain · USGS place names

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

Nicholson, Inez
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.

Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.