Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Wesley and Amanda C. Breeden farm, Tract 24, Rockingham County
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The 1920s survey
A 6-room frame house, 16 by 26 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 18 by 42 feet; 2 acres of orchard; timber (mixed hardwoods, hemlock, sycamore, white pine). 75 acres, valued at $2,645.
Map of the tract
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Case files
The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.
County court land file
Papers from the Rockingham County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Breeden, Amanda & Wesley
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
Courtesy of the Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Public domain, 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.
- Dr. Breeden farm, Tract 25, Rockingham County
- Elbert Breeden farm, Tract 9, Rockingham County
- H. H. F. Breeden farm, Tract 12, Rockingham County
- Norah Breeden farm, Tract 6, Rockingham 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
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.