Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
D. H. Breeden farm, Tract 202, Madison County
Did you know?Deed of trust on the property
The 1920s survey
A 6-room frame house, 17 by 43 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 15 by 14 feet; an orchard (45 apple trees); timber (chestnut oak, red oak, poplar, laurel). 354 acres, valued at $1,617. The state paid $3,570.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Summits
- Bear Church Rock · USGS place names
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: Bear Church Rock · USGS place names
Case files
The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.
County court land file
Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Breeden, DH
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, LOB9 (page 383), Tax Records, Misc.
Courtesy of the Madison County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, 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.
- Angus Breeden farm, Tract 355, Madison County
- R. A. Breeden farm, Tract 351, Madison County
- A.T. Breeden farm, Tract 403, Page County
- Annie Breeden farm, Tract 694, Page County
- Ardenia Frances Breeden farm, Tract 565, Page County
- Arthur G. Breeden farm (part a), Tract 36a, Augusta County
- Arthur G. Breeden farm, Tract 36, Augusta County
- Charles Breeden farm, Tract 58, Greene County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.