Harford Legacy Farm Commemorative Book

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Shaw Orchards est. 1842 - White Hall, MD Current Owners: Barron Shaw and Jana Shaw Original Purchaser: Charles Yost Current Acreage: 200 Current Agricultural Products or Services: fruit and berries Preserved

The original farmhouse sat across the street in Maryland. In 1861, my great-great-great-grandfather built the current house in Pennsylvania, reportedly to have a shorter distance to travel to vote. They could hear the guns from Gettysburg from the front porch of the new home. The family has lived there ever since. The original deed from 1801 hangs in the house. Technically an indenture, two copies were made on the same sheet of parchment which was then torn in two so that only an original copy would match its exact copy.

The farm began shipping fruit in 1909 and utilized the Stewartstown railroad which stopped in Wiley's Corner.

The Shaw Farm circa 1890