Shenandoah National ParkAugusta County
Emma Breeden farm (part a), Tract 35a, Augusta County
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The 1920s survey
A 3-room frame house, 16 by 18 feet, with a paper roof; an orchard (67 fruit trees); timber (mixed oaks, poplar, hickory). 16 acres, valued at $200.
Map of the tract
Today
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).
- BreedenMrs.Emma_Augusta35A.pdf (0.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
From the case file
Value Claimed: $2500.00
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Arthur G. Breeden farm (part a), Tract 36a, Augusta County
- Arthur G. Breeden farm, Tract 36, Augusta County
- Emma Breeden farm, Tract 35, Augusta County
- A.T. Breeden farm, Tract 403, Page County
- Angus Breeden farm, Tract 355, Madison County
- Annie Breeden farm, Tract 694, Page County
- Ardenia Frances Breeden farm, Tract 565, Page County
- Charles Breeden farm, Tract 58, Greene County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.