209 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3b0073a219505348e60682d322c1f7ee.pdf 3a011207a1043b1f689f19a13413f0d4 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #21 0 - vnrlckhoff , Jos . : . Number of Acres: 46 ::uo nile::. east of Island ..!Ord . Location: Roads: Soil: ....,ntirely \!i trin P'--'-rlc c.reu . _:i ... o mileo over cou:;:ity r-oau to IsL,'1d 7 ord . Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: .h. 11 mere 1K-nt bl e t 1n · b sr 1as b een re111oved frori t:tis tract leaving nothine r or3 th:c..n f 1eh1ood . I..,. Improvements: Threllin~ : 2ox37xl0 ' , 7 rooms, porch 8' ~11 tround, r.i.e-::;'.-.1 roof, 1 2 sJ,ory , .ru.11s, ... lastered, c;ood conu.ltil ' , occupied by o·rre r, ,11..,.ter su:,:iply - well, solid :ound:J.+-io 1, cell' r 16..clG' • B..:.r1 : LetP,l, 24x30', c:ood con 1 i.~ion , .3"1o1o '1ouse : ~rk shop : 12xl2' , metal rocf, .eooa. c ono i ti on . 10x29 ' , p·~er roof , GQOd co:cition • l0xl 7' , .... '"'er roof, rood co,..,.cli tion . . . bn ho ,se : Timber : 100 cords of fuelwood. Orch:-rd : 2 u.cres . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 16 )5 . 00 .:so . oo 28 35 . 00 g:o . uo 2 80 . 00 vl~~8:88 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $1 060 . 00 3235 . 0 0 Value of Improvements: $ 323.5 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 160 . O~ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of 'fimber: $ Value of Wood: $ .JO . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ :; 8 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ lrone . \2. �___ - Claim of_ _____ _J_.__ .E ._ __Q_ar~ ickhof l __________ - - - - __________________ At Law. In the Circuit Court of_ __Ro.olti.n.{il..~----- ______ County, Virginia, N o..l.8.2~---, , PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia _____ _ _acres tioner, vs. _____ Ca ssand ra Lawson _At k ins.._ et_ al s . L a nd _52_t._561 more or less, of land in _____ Jio.ckin gbaro _______ County, Virginia, Defend ants. and Deation The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserv awarde d nation condem of notice the to e respons in and , velopment of the State of Virginia Circuit the of upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order file this Court of_ _____~Q~_~ !l_~~~ ------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to as ----;;_-~--------,---~+--~~------~---.//_ h:yan::: ::_:~'.'J-f,,Z::~ ---___ Jf_jr_ c~ ------- My post office2; la;ess is ____ I claim a right, title, estaoo or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought g to be condemned, contain ing about ___ )f-.f.l_-__/_{?_f_'?.f,;_res, on which there are the followin _ff~ ::._dimproveme~ ~~ ~------~ -=-~ ~ - ~ buildings ----- ------- ---- ---------------------------------------------- I . .. m . v·1rg1ma, . . ~ 1-nP( Q . . -_______ ~ ___________ ·1 f _______ • 1oca t ed a b ou t ___ 1/. .:i 1s . 1139~ Tlus 7 _']. __ ___ m1 es rom____ . the_ ~ ~ 4_Magisterial District of said County. deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land owner, joint or owner sole is he r whethe scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman t is not sole to the tract or or in has he interest or estate title, right, what he should set out exactly parcel of land described above.) ------- - ~ ---~ ------- ------- ------- ------- -- ·------ ------- ------- ---- w s: The land owners adjacen t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo, ~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~ -:~ ~?-/V-~~~~--~--~ .~:~::-~~~~ -----------------------------------------H~--~ ~ .~ # East ___ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --West ______ w_f?, lf;-- ~ _in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this propert y about the year_ L?_~A following manner : I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereor interest , on is $-K_~_tl_{J_ _~-~---- · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate ct:> o, I ~ --· 'tJ.LJ..~-$_q is thereon ments improve the with 1 land of in and to this tract or parcel tract or I am the owner of ___ .::==:=___ ,. ___ acres of land adjoinin g the above described the proby parcel of land but lying outside the· Park area, which I claim will be damaged -----· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------as to tion informa or nts stateme al (In the space below should be set out any addition a here insert also should he ble practica if and this claim which claiman t desires to make; . bounds) and metes by land of description of the tract or parcel Remar ks·---- -------- ---- - ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------------- ----, ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ~ = -----------------------------------------------------------_______ g ~ ----------------------------_______ _________________ _ ____________________________ ::r, 5· -::,·____________________________ 7-" ~ 'i ~------------------------------------------- (Continue remark s if necessary on t?7 back). ..1.2 ~ __ day aii ~ .Q Witness.....my signatu re (or my name and mark attache d hereto'. )Jhi~-p ; l ti ;~;;* f ;;~,l~t~NTY OF-~ ~ ~ { -------------:V_-_[':__ __· ______ -;:;:r;,::--- ------- -The undersi gned hereby certifies that_ ___ mat the matters · oat made and him efore ~ appeare 'lme above named claiman t personally ;:i~-:~'.:~2~'.:~-~:;i;f:~~~ -:: _'.r~~ ;;~ Cl~k Notary Public, @~ Jystiee of the Peace. �- - Claim of_ _______ _J_._fil....Qani.ckh.o_ff ___________________________________________ jl__. _ In the Circuit Court of_ _________ Rook..in.gh.am... ___ County, Virginia, No._18..29 __ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ C.a.ssa.ndra _Lawson Atkins,_ et_ als., _and_ 52,561 a ores _________ _ more or less, of land in ______ R.o.ok...ingham. ________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _____ R.o.ok.ingham... ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _________ _J ~E_. Carri ckhoff --------------------------------------My post office address is _____ Elk.:t..on ___lfa_____ _R_F_....D~_...f_.4. __________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ 4..fi._~_...1.6_..E.~~a·cres, on which there are the following bu.ildings and improvements: ______ J{QJ¥l~-----~.£11Q~_e__:§:_o_g.~sl___ J3_~!'!1____________________ _ -------~aragar_w.ork-sh.op........ __ ..a.hi..akan.Ji.o.u..se_____________________________________ _ -------tw..O.-W-&-11-S-~----------------------- --------------------------------------------- · ·· m v·1rg1ma, Island Ford ·1 es f rom_____________________________ 1 ;,_ · 1oca t ed a bou t -------~----ml . 1an d 1s Th1s the_ .. .S..t one.wal.l--Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) Sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ____ .&I. H. _Harrison _______________________________________________________ _ South _____Q_sher ____ S~l.lers ___________________________________________________ _ East _____ -M.H-rHar.ri-aGn----------------------------- ----------------------------West_ ____ 1'1 • .l:.~R· i/leav er ·------------------------------------- __________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.9.2.Q ___ in the following manner: I claim thauhe total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_§_t.Q.9_Q_________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is ~ ... _QQO_~-------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--=-=-==-=-=-=---=~---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ l'lth. _____ day ( SigJ;!.EJAL __,I.!~•-Q!ixrJ_q_~b._Q.ff_._______________ _ of_ ____ Feb----------, 19~. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ______ -~Q~-~!!l..@!l!)! _______ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______J_~~~-Q~_Ltt~k!J.9_~~---------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____l_~~~--------day of_ ____ !~-~---------, 1936. ___ W__ A __ Yancey _______________________ _ Gerk-c,.f- ~ 861.ti't,-t,r- 8pechrl Tn~estigatcrr- or Notary Public, -or-.:rustice of 1E.e "Peace. /% �.e - �County: loe in a District: Sten wall P 210 Joseph ~. ~rickhott Clainied.: Loe tion: a.cC'uir d 40 .16 acres 1921 for 922.00 Deed • 10.00 2 m1lea east of Islend Ford. Entirely within Park rea ps: Soil: Slope to I lond Fo:!'d ; tory: All roerchanto.ble tuber hn nothi ...mprov en-ts: 110:re th , fuel bee"l rer.::oved 1'ror1 this tr ct leaving ood. Dwellin· 26 x 37 x 10, 1 roo!:l . porch 8' 11 aronnd, oetal root, l l/2 story, Us. pl stored, , od condition, oce _ied b owuer, wt r s ppl•-well , solid fom ntion, cellur 16 10 Barr:i, otal, 24 x ~O, ood co_.di tion ,oke lo 1 e, 12 x 12, u. ta.1. roo1\ goorl c,mdi tion ~ 10 x 29 , ~ per roof, good co dition 75.00 , l _ x 17, )tll)Ol" :: oot, ood eundi tion 50.00 rr ber! 100c s. of 1't1 1 ,mod 302:5 . 00 75¢ per ed. 75.00 100.00 Orch•rd: 2 ac cs '?'al· e or land oi tl!J2CS! Val-1e tilope lo . C 28 Orch rd 2 46 Tot 1l value of '~otal lue of 't'otal value o:f otsl velue o~ Total val e 01' ve ge value ue crea~e .:ll! l d: inrprover. e nts orchurd timber tr ct er acre Tot l 20.00 60.00 !5 o.oo b40.00 640.00 302,:j,O0 llllO. '15.00 .3340.00 72.60 �V rt _,>l'"' - C ,'1ty: ~.ockin€.l n ~i~trict: 0tone1~11 ; • .? • .1 . (, . ;...; . : r~ . ..J • ; • :Iarr i son . L ~ 3lope - ;1rn i.11, le Ore 1~rd "cale - 1 1 - - ~~ - . - - - -- --- - ~- - 1u ch.ins �• ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conserv&t ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia Motion to set atde and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners . Comes now the claimant, Jos . E. Caricldlof f, and asks and requests the Court to set aside , decline to accept and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners filed in this cause with refer~nce to this defendant in Tract No . 210 , which said tract contains about 46 acres, and is situate near Island Ford, in stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia; for the following reasons: (l) Because the value placed upon said land, timber and improveme nts by the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners is grossly inadequat e. (2) Because the findings in question are so manifestl y inade- quate when considered together with the evidence before the Court, as to justify a finding that in making such finding or findings , the Board of ~ppraisal Commissio ners or some of them were affected or influenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence, with reference to which such finding or findings were made. Wherefore , the sai d Jos . E. Carickhof f prays the Court that an order may be entered setting aside, declining to accept , and disapproving the report of the Board of appraisal Commissio ners in so far as it relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the said Jos . E. Cariokhof f. Said Jos . E. Cari ckhoff further moves the Court to exc lude his said lands from the P~rk area and to release his said lands from �• ' ---2-the said condemnation proceedings. Your movant herewith files affidavits as to the value of the said land. JOS. E. CARICKHOFF BY counsel �IN THi CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAU 80UNTY, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virg inia VS Cassandra Lawson AtAins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virg inia Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by Jos. E. Carrickhoff to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Co1.ami s s io2J. ers disapproved in con 1.ection with its finding No. 210. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day personally a pp eared before me#&i(~;f u~ a Notary Public in and for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, , who being duly sworn deposes and U::follows: Tha t he is well acquainted with the tract of land belon6 ing to Jos. E. Carrickhoff, containing about 46 acres, situate near Island Ford, in Stonewall District, Rockingham Cou.~ty, Virginia, known as Tract No. 210, in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, and that the amount allowed by said Cornmi ssioners for said real estate is grossly inadequate; the same being well worth t h e sum of that he has determined the value of said tract of land $6,000.00; as follows: 28 acres of cultivated land at 50 . 00 per acre 2 acres of orchard at $100.00 per acre 16 acres of uncleared land at $20.00 per acre vVood Improvements Total $1,400.00 200 . 00 320 . 00 80.00 4,000 . 00 $6 , 000.00 ?;.J~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this ' ~ 7,--t) day of September, 1932. / Notary Public ~ �IN TH~ "'IR0UIT COURT 01" :-·OCKINGRAl[ ,OUNTY , V IHGINL State 0ommission on Connervation and Detelopment of the ~tate of Vir£inia vs Cassandra Lawson t kins and others, and · Gow:1ty, Virginia 52,501 acres of land in I oo i ffidavit to bo read in connection with motion filed by Jos. , . Carriokhoff to have the inding of the Board of Appraisal Co....lffiis s ion ers disapproved in con ection with its finding No . 210 . State of Virginia; County of Rockingham, to- wi t: This day personally appeared before LO ~,(£': v,?~ a Notary Public in and for the Uounty of Rockingham, in 4:ie State of Virginia, ~??, ~ , who being duly sworn deposes and says as follo:; :i.:hat he is ·1ell aoq_uainted ii th the tract of land belon ;ing to Jos . ' • Carriokhotf, containing about 46 acres, situate ne~r Island Ford, in tone all District, .tlocki ham County , Virt,inia, known as Tract No . 210, in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners, and that the amount allowed by said .Jorn issioners for said real estate is i:;r ossly inadequate ; 6 , 000 . 00; the same bein..; well worth the sum of that he has determined the value of said tract of land as follo'ls: 28 acres of cultivated land at 50 . 0 per aora 2 a ores of orchard at 100 . D por acre 16 acres of uncleared land at lood Improvements 2O . OJ per acre l , 400 . 00 200 . 00 3~0 .• 00 eo .oo 4,000 . 00 6 , 000 . 00 Subsoribed and svrorn to before me September, 1932 . 0 2.10 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the sta te of Virginia vs Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52 ,501 acres of land in Rockingham county, Virginia .Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by Jos. E.Carrickhoff to have the finding of the Board of APPraisal commissioners disappr oved in connection with its finding No. 210. state of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day personally appeared before me ""-":..-l,.l,J.....1.--11-S-.µ...---'-,~~j,,Q,.,-- a Notary Public in a nd for the County of Roc kingham, in of Virginia, and S ciYS fJL ~ ~ 4 , as fo'Q;_ows: who being duly sworn deposes yr-- That he i s well acquainted with t he tr::..ot of land belonging to Jos. E. Carriokhoff, containing a bout 46 acre s , situate near Island Ford, in s tonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, known as Tract No. 210, in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, and that the amount allONed by said Commissioners for said rea l estate is grossly inadequate; the same being well worth the sum of $6, 000.00; that he has determined the value of s a id tract of land as follows: 28 acres of cultivated land at $50.00 per a cre 2 acres of orchard at $ 100.00 per acre 16 a cres of uncleared land at $20.00 per acre Wood Improvements subscribed and ,;pl,400.00 200.00 320.00 80.00 4,000.00 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham county,Virginia Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by ~os. E. Carrickhoff to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 210. state of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day personally appeared before me a Notary P~c in and for the County of Rockingham, Virginia, c/ £ ~ , who being duly sworn deposes and s Qys as~;ollows: That he is well acquainted with the tract of land belonging to Jos. E.Carrickhoff, containing about 46 acres, situate near Island Ford, in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, known as Tract No. 210, in the report of the Board of dppraisal Commissioners, and that the amount allowed by said Commissioners for said real estate is grossly inad equate; the same being well worth the sum of $6,000.00; that he has determined the value of said tr a ct of land as follows: 28 acre s of cultiva ted l and at $50. 00 per a cre 2 acres of or chard at -~100. 00 per a ere 16 acres of uncleared land at $20.00 per acre Wood Improvements ~1,400.00 200.00 320.00 80.00 4,000.00 Subscribed and sworn to before me thisJ / ~ day of September,1932. �3 - I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF rtOCKINGk-IA1.'.: COUNTY , VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and .Develop,1ent of the State of Vir6 inia '\ filed in the C\erk'0 Office Rockingham County, Va, OG1 / vs . \932 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and ockingha n County, 52 , 501 acres of land in Motion to set aside and disapprove the report of the Board of A~praisal Commissioner s. Comes no~ the claimant, Jos.~ . Carickhoff, and asks and requests t he Court to set aside, decline to accept and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Co,nmissioner s filed in this cause with reference to this defendant in Tract No . 210, which said tract contains about 46 acres, and is situate near Island Ford, in Stonewall District , Rockingham County, Virginia; for the follov:ing reasons : (1) Because the value placed upon said land, timber and improvements by the Board of Appraisal Com11issioner s is 5rossly inadequate. (i ) Because the findings in question are so manifestly inadequate when considered together with the evidence before the Court, as to justify a finding that in makinb such finding or findi!lf;s, the Board of ppraisal Corru~issioner s or some of them were ~ffected or influenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence, with reference to which such finding or findin5s were made . Wherefore, the said Jos . E. Carickhoff prays the Court that an order may be entered setting aside, declining to accept, and disapproving the report of the Board of Appraisal Corrunissio11ers in so far as it relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the said Jos. E. Carickhoff . Said Jos • . .:. . Carickhoff further moves the Court to exclude his said lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from �2. the said condemn&tion proceedings . Your movant herewith files affidavits as to the value of the said land. J OS . E. CARICKHOFF By counsel �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia l~L. 6 1932 ~~r« In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled case on the 25th day of October, 1932, and in response thereto, your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which is ola imed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is the same tract or parcel wliich was fom1d by the Appraisal Commissioners to be land ·owned by him; being Tract No. 210, as shown and delineated on the m~p filed with the report; and exhibit sheets thereto a t tached, made by said Commissioners. JOS. E. CARICKHOFF By Counsel - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -l/fc, �STATEMENT :a: n 'J> :; • OF !! z, ~os. ) Ralph H. Bader, p . q. E , CARRICKHOFF "' 0 2 2 J:, = 0 n m 0 cm ii, Ill -I C a,2AJ :a C 2, -I :z z, z, "' i OR~ < ,. :II'"II . ;' -I a. N "' g I> IC < Ill~ z, 0... - 3 • z, n n co_ -2 C "' :, ., ii~ STATEMENT QEi' COSTS , POSTAGE , ETC .: 1111 �STAT.~iL~T BY JOS. ;_i] , filed in the Clerk1s Office_ Rockingham County, Va, C RICE.HOFF AU G j£ \933 To the Honorable Phili p •Vi ll i ams , Chairman of the Board of Arbitrati on for Shenandoah National Park Lands . I am submitting t h e following statement in pursuance to the rules of procedure adopted at the meeti ng of Your Honorable Board at Front Royal , Virginia, on August 16, 1933. (a) :My tract of land is No . 210 , and is snown as such on the ownership map for Rockingham Count~ . (b) This tract of land contains 46 acres and 16 poles , and I am the fee Bi mple ovvner . (c) This land is situated about one mile from Island Ford , in Rockingham County . It crops well and takes readily to grass . The land is comparatively smooth , with a slight slope . running through the entire place . There is a creek Of this land , 30 acres are cleared and I value same at J35 . 00 per acre , making a total of A~l , 050. 00 . Sixteen acres have not been cleared and Ivalue the same at .''20. 00 per acre , o:r ~320 . 00 . The aggregate value of the en tire tract is .Pl , 370 . 00 . ( d) There is a considerable amount of wood on the uncleared land an d I value same at )80 . 00 . Hy residence , which is made of stone , is 26 ft . x 37 ..ft . It contains 8 rooms , has a metal roof , 7 foot porch on all side , and is fitted with a bath . T~ere is a cellar 12 ft . x 24 ft . and a well on the porch near the kitchen door . I value my residence at '?3, 300 . 00 . I have a smoke house , 10 ft . x 12 ft ., built of stone , with metal roof , which is near the house . Value .·120. 00 . Around the house and garden there are 34 fruit trees , -- ap ples plums , pears , cherries and also grape vines . I have appli and peach trees covering about 2 acres , altogether . Value , _pl30 . 00 . �2. I have a garage and shop , 10 ft . x 26 ft . with boards up and dovm and paper roof . The frame is, ood, Value , ~100 . 00 . It is The chicken house , with feed room , is built of wood . 10 ft . x 18 ft . and has a paper roof . Value ;100. 00 . Hy barn is 25 ft . x 34 ft . and has a wooden frame . and sides are covered with corrugated, galvaniied iron . bank barn , vith three sides built of rock . for six cows and two horses . The roo!f This is a There is stable room Near the barn there is a well for Value ~800 . 00 . watering stock . The following shows the different values '-:', iven above : 30 acres of cleared land at ~35 . 0l per acre 16 acres of timber land at ,?20 . 00 per acre .?l , 050 . 00 320 . 00 80 . 00 Wood 3 , 300 . 00 Residence Bmoke house 120 . 00 Orchard 130 . 00 Garage and shop 100. 00 Chiclrnn house, with feed room 100 . 00 Barn 800 . 00 Total ~6 , 000 . 00 Hethod of Determining Controversy If the 3oard of Arbitrators is unable to determine the value of my aforesaid real estate from the information now in its nossession , I would suggest an oral he2:ring . Res ectf11lly , State of Virginia, County of Ro eking ham , to - wit : Jos . ~. Carrickhoff , having been first duly sworn , deposes and says that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief . �3. Gi von under my hand this 25th day of -"-ugust , 1933 . ~, Sj _ Notary Public My commis sion expires on the l/l, day of ~- �t Filed in the Cierk'~ Office Rockingham County, Va. CARICKHOF1',, J . E. 210 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SEP 9 1933 ~~ Clerk IN RE . ARBITRA'l1ION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER: EXCEPTANT: Carickhoff, J . E. ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 14 A. 16 P: Value $8000 .: Inc. Damages,None VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER'S APPRAISERS : TRACT NO . 210 VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $3840 . 00 None BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDINGS : MAP NUMBER CF TRACT: 210 VALUE OF TRACT : TRACT NO . VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES 210 $4505 . 00 None �l'he basic difference s between Petitione r and this 1 exceptant are as to the classifica tion and value of the land, and improveme nts, buildings and timber values. Although we believe the values reported by the Petitione r's appraiser s were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables 1n this case. As to the classifica tion of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of ~he Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptant ts statement s. 'l'his Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additiona l copies of the Work Sheet in this .c ase will be furnished if desired. Subscribe d to and verified before me this the September , 1933. f~ day of �·,. ? fi\ed in tne C\er\<.'s.0fn RocKingnam County \J AUG 11 \933 ~Clerk ********************************** Joseph E. Carriokhoff Tract No . 210, Copy of original claim and other papers required by the arbitrators in the public park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. ********************************** ***************~**************************************** ************************************ �RALPH H. BADER A T TOR NE Y A T L AW HARRISONBURG , VI RGI NIA hon. Philip ilillians, Chai rinan, Bod.rd of Arbitration, i ir,chester, Virg,ir,ia. Dslir Sir: I h1:a.ve appoir.ted '!J.r . Ralph H. Bac1t,r , of narrisor,bur.b, Virginia, my a ttornt:y, to r::ipresent mt:> ir. all matters conn\ected .vi tn the acquisition of l:rnds o·,vned by ma for the use of the Snen3.ndoah ;u tiorial Park. Your s very truly, - , �- • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.llM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The state Commission on Conservation Development of the state of Virginia. and vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County , Virginia. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled 1st case on t h e ~ day of October, 19~ , and in response thereto , your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , ownership of whioh is claimedo/him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections , is the same tract or parcel which was found by the Appraisal CommisEionera to be land owned by him ; beine Tract No. 210, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report , and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners . JOS. E. C.t-J.RICKIIOFF By Counsel 11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 210 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Carickhoff https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1dec1e8777a23269295ab09916426fcd.pdf e7d6b0d526b458d307638ef91e645c1e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #35? - Catterton, Elijah Number of Acres: 60 · Location: Roads: Crest of Main Ridge - north of Simm.on's Gap, extends down slope into Rockingham and Greene Counties . Nine miles of good dirt road to Yancey , nearest shipping point . Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: information) (See reverse side for History Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value $45 . 00 $2700 . 00 Ridge: Slope: 60 @ Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 2700 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 45 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ HONE . CLERK. �History of tract and condition of timber: Practically all of tract cleared many years ago , grazed since . The best grass area extends along the top and part way down either side of the ridge . The rod -· is very thick and with very few weeds . There are several small areas of rock outcroppings in this type . There is also a small area of the first class grazing on the flat in the eastern 9art of the tract . On the slope , the sod is somewhat thinner and a greater percentage of the area is covered with rocks and weeds and in some places the bare mineral soil is exposed . There are two good springs on this tract located near the eastern bohndary . �• I • l I z l l • ) • 1 • ,n �• • Revised report county: District: County: District: Rockingham Stonewall Green Monroe 357 - Cat t erton , lij a h - Rockingham Co . 168 - C tterton Eli ah ·- Greene Count Value ot l nd by tyee : Acreage TYJ?e l!g 53 I Fg II Greene County . Value ~er a cre 'So.oo 18. 00 27 80 Total a lue ot l a nd Tot 1 v lue ot tr ct verge a l ue per ere Tot 1 Va lue 2660. 00 486 . 00 $3136 . 00 3136 . 00 31:36. 00 9.20 SUMMARY For Greene and Rockingham Counties . Tot l Tot al Tota l Tot al value v lue v lue va lue of ot of of l nd 5092 . 00 i mprovements -timb r -tr ct ~,-5-0~9~ 2-. o-o-.- verage v l ue per aore 39 . 17 x -- So f· r ~s , e c n discov er t.iere is no surv ey o"!: record in "!:;his CJ.Se . �I STATEMENY OF Geo. s. ELI.JAR CATTERTON STATEMENT OF COSTS, PCB TAGE, ETC. : Harnsberger, p.q. �In re Arbitration .Agxeement submitted to the Governor , arising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Coul'ts of Virginia under author ,ii ty of the Shenandoah National Park Act . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Flied in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, AUGfh \933 vs. ~ ' + fA.,,jt, Cassandra Lawson ~tkins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Roolcingham County. Clerk In re exceptions of Elijah Catterton. To the Hon. Philip Williams, Chairman of the Park Land Arb1t~ation Board. In reply to your letter of au.gust 16 , 1933 , accompanying the rules that day issued , beg to say: That exoeptant owns a tract of 140 acres of land situate in the Counties of Rockingham and Greene, as follows: In Rockingham County, Tract No . 357 , 60 acres . In Greene County, Tract No. 168 , 80 aores . Respectfully submitted , ~- /. _ cA/~~ /~7. / ~ 4 • LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . IS1 �1 I I filed in the Clerk'! Office Rockingham County, Va CATTERTON;ELIJ.AR 357 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SEP f 1933 (/{l/?Jyfkk:_crerk IN RE . ARBITRNrION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act. SUivlMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER: EXCEETANT: Catterton, Elijah ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage - : Value - : Inc. Damages - VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY lliTITIONER 1 S APIRAISERS : TRACT NO. 357 VALUE $1 ,956.00 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES None BOARD OF A~,RAIS1\.L OOMMISbIONERS FINDINGS; MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 357 VALUE OF TRACT : TRACT NO. VALUE 357 $2 ,700.00 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES None �Copies of this statement will be attached to the statement of the Petitioner filed in the County in which the major portion of the land lies and in which exceptant has filed his statement . I Subscribed to and verified before me this the 1933 . day of ~eptember , �C '11T.1IB T I ./1. rrl68 ELLTAH ' GREENE COUJYJTY IN RE . 1.RBITR.iTICJN AGREE:J8 n11s subm.i tted to the Governor arising in or out of condemnction Proceedings pending in the Circuit court of Virginia under authority of the shenando&h National park .Act. SWJLA.RY STATE:.IENT EXCEPT.ANT : OF PETI'l IONER : 1 Catterton, Elijah ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 142 : Value $12 , 000 rnc . Dam.ages,None VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER'S .APPRAISERS: TRACT NO . 168 VALUE $3136 . 00 INCIDENTAL D.AM:AGES None BOARD OF .APPRAISAL COM:MISSIOiiJERS FINDINGS: MAP NUMBER OF TRACT : 168 VALUE OF TRACT: TR.A.CT NO . 168 V.AilJE $3595 . 00 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES None �l. I \ . riled in the Clerk'~ Office Rockingham County, Va. C. TTERTON , ELLJ lli SEP f 357 CKIHGH...;" C UNTY IN RE . 1933 ~~\er I R_ '11IOiT AGREEJEhTS sub mitted to the Governor £.r1s1ng ~ 1 in or out of Condemnation roceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under author ity of t i e Shene.ndoah 1:a tionul Pllrk .A,ct . EXCEP 1 • ":JT: Catterton, .i.::lijah RIGn:. L CLAD:: Acre .. ge - : value - : rnc . Dam .ges - V LUE PLACED O:K 11R C'l1 BY p ·rrrr ONER ' S APPRLISERS : V. UE TRACT NO . 357 'i?l , 956 . 00 I NCIDEJ..T. r-rone CO.Il.':ISSI0.1.-!ERS FI ~DILGS : 1: lP fUHBER OF .•CT: 357 V•• I1JE OF TR: C1.i:: TR.,.CT 357 ro . V. LUE ,p2 , 700 . 00 Ii~CIDENTJL D..\.HAGES . .~one 1'11 �Copies of this statement will be attached to the statement of the Petit io ner filed in the County in which the major portion of the land lies and in which exceptant has filed his statement . O. Armstrong , for Petitioner . VI . Subscribed to and verified before me this thef~ay of September, 1933 . �• Ili 'r or·CUIT CCU <T 0 OCKINQ· OOUNTY, VIROINI • J..ho s t lio Co:run1 1on on Conae:rvation and Development. ot the St to of irgini filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham Sounty, Va. {" 1 ;/- 1932 Jt4b+~"rk tl:ina and oth rA 52 ,n61 aorot?, ore or le , ocldnghsm County• Vi rginia. uc.seand.ra Lawson in J, ___________---"-"'~~7~d--~~...;:::;..~ ~ ~ ~-.....,;;4:; . ;. .~- ~· Stat1ment in do Y __, --------------- , yu.rauant to a dooree en- tel'od 1n the <bove entitled eau.ae on to Ite N . loft e inquiry ma Xou.r respondent otobor 25,1932, in ao.14 decree. say that the ucreago 11 ted 1.n th reali eved o o ;pJ;>roxi . tely , oi-:-v t • an y o "~eot1o Your r to the :pondent .na°" they do no e 1 o to ~ <: eage · a there gi von. ~tit f.urthe:? :Juy as not t hen bor of - res allowed them to which xception was ta~on, bui tbt the xoe ptions hol•etot ro file~ by th y ou:r res pondent per wero to the mnount all ed ora . fr 'L,;;> 4...:z» ha. I <t. G{..,,c:;;J ....:\ ~'zaL.d~~ J LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. Counsel. �.••. • , IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJ.J.f COUNTY, VIRGIYL • The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. ffl@d Jli th Clork's Office ff@fikltt;ham ~ ,ty~ v~ SEP >i l932 ~ TO THE HON. H.W.Bl!l~TRAM,JUDGE OF S ID COURT . The motion of ~lijah C~tter, on, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said 3oard reported, under No . 357 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the 60 acres of land found by the said Board to be the property of the moveant, situate in Rockingham County, was valued at only ,- )45. 00 per acre . The grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the ~~}.er acre allowed for said lands is ex- tremely i ~ q ~ t ~ ~ p p e a r s from the affidavits attached hereto . (2) That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before said Board by moveant. (3) That the finding of the Board is, apparently, from the statements contained in its report, b~ased upon the physical character of the land, alone, without taking into consideration, or at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the income-producing capacity of the land, or to the fact that all such grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains are being taken under LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. these condemnation proceedings, and that like grazing lands canno1 be purchased now for any such amount as allowed to the said move,z,1 �--2--ant, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto. 11 of said affidavits are asked to be read in support of these exceptions • • LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. • �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH COUNTY,VIRGINIA. T1e State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham county. ffidavit of Zlijah Catterton, to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the finding of the Board of ..i.ppraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding no. 357, S~V:}g~ -City~ Cl:J6rlotte ... uilre, to-wit: ~jah Catterton this day personally appeared before me, ~-2c :,~ , a Notary Public in and for the City and State aforesaid, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the owner of 140 acres of grazing land situate upon the crest of the 3lue Ridge Mountains, north of Simmons Gap, 60 acres of which land lies in Rockingham County,and ~ acres in Greene County, which lands together constitute one grazing farm, and are used, together, as such. This grazing farm is generally recognized as the best grazing farm for its size in that section of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The 140 acres of land above referred to will graze 60 head of cattle for six months during each and e v e ' ( y ~ ~ 60 cattle will put on an average of at least 2D0 pounds, each, during that period. The aggregate number of pounds thus :put on would be 15,000 pounds per season. very conservative average price ,ould be five cents per pound, which would make the income from t e LAW OFFICES grazing each year ~750.00. This amount is equivalent to the in- GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. come at .six per cent. on ~12 , 500. 00. The average v1orth per acre �.... 2 -- would thus be approximately $89 . 00, as against the average price of $45.00 allowed by the Board . The land above referred to has actually grazed the number of cattle aboye specified , and I know that the cattle ~ill put on, year in and year out, at least the weight specified, and they have put on more . Those portions of th above tract of 140 acres situate in Rockingham and Greene are of approximately the same value, as the character and value of the land , so far as grazing is concerned, are about the same in bot~ Counties . I have been offered ~10 , 000 . 00 for said farm , and re- fused to take it , because I am satisfied that it is worth more than that . I am the owner of two farms; namely , one of 250 acres, situated in Greene County , and one of 187 acres , situated partly in Albemarle and partly in Greene. The grazing lands above re- ferred to, or some other grazing lands equally as good , are abso lutely indispensable to me in the operation of my farms , because it is absolutely necessary in the proper operation of said farms to supply extra grazing lands where the cattle can be kept during the summer, in order that I may have cattle to consume the roughness on the farms during the winter . How , due to the fact that these condemnation proceedings contemplate the taking of all grazing lands of any value on the Blue Ridge rountains, it will not be possible for me to acquire further grazing lands in the vicinity of the above described mountain property nor accessible to my home farms . The grazing lands in question cannot be re- placed anywhere in this section of Virginia for the sum hereinabove stated, that is , J 89 . 00 per acre • •s the aforesaid land , being condemned in this cause , is indispensable to the profitable operation of my other farms, the same is not for sale, and I hereby ask that this land be LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. ooitted from the contemplated Park area , and that in the establis ment of said ~rk proDer provision be made for the exclusion �--8-- of these lands , and that there be provided a right of way thereto over such adjacent lands as the said Commission may see fit to condemn. 11 of the foregoing information was given to the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, but, if I am to judge by their finding , it was not considered . Subscribed and sworn to before me this &'1 day of septembe.llr, 1932. rt-<~ o t a . r y LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. .2U n·...,.1-c--.- - - .--" �. ,,. -· ,, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJJ/[ COUNTY, VIRGI~TIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 eras of land in Roclcingham County. ~- ~ . ffidavit of __....;;.. v_. _1_1..:;;; .;;.. _, ~Z:H:.. - ~ ~ ~---v-~__ , to be read 0) .~ in connection with the motion fi led by Elijah Catterton, to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No.357. state of Virginia, ~ County of..§.;Jgag7!;J for me. to-v,1 t: ;;ze /t::;F this day personally appeared bea Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my County aforesaia, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acquainted with the grazing farm of Elijah Catterton, situate upon the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rockingham and I Greene Counties, and have often been upon the same. I have seen the cattle grazing upon the landE, and have seen them after they have been taken therefrom in the fall of the year. From the knowledge and experience that I have had in connection with graz- I ing and the handling of cattle, I am certain that said razi~ d~~~ farm will graze at least 60 head of cattle ea.8h and every year~/\ and that these cattle will each take on an average of 250 pounde, or more, per year. The land is well watered, well grassed, and well fenced, and is generally recognized as the best grazing farm I of its size in that section of the Blue Ridge Mountains . Due to I the fact that these proceedings contemplate the taking of all gra:,ing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains , I do not know where these I lands could be replaced at the price of $89. 00 per acre now being asked by ]fr. Catterton for said lands , or even for a greater sum. I ~~~ LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISO NBUR G, VA. ~,--_ - -- -- ·- subscribed and sworn to befor':-.J'1)Jf_" z_ o day of September, l.932. t:7/~t:.~~ , Notary Public. ' �IN . E o-RCTJIT COURT O ROCKING}L COUN'IT, VI or I • The state Commission on Con.. ervation and J)cvalo})l?lent of tho state of Virginia vs. he finding f tho a.rd of pp.:e .1 .:..n connection , ith 1 ts find i ng ; at o·"' Virgini County of ~ · , st:iiow rs dist(P roved o. 357 . ,,!~ , to- wit: -J ,,1., cS,. ,4 this day personally appe rod be- 4 ,;£, t;>, /?HJ&e& • a for me , . C rn notary Pu.blic in an for the 0ounty aforesaid, in the State ot Virginia , 1n my County aforesai , ~nd , b~ing duly S\1orn. deposes and says: I em wall aoquaintea with the grazing farm of ~lijah Caterton , ~1 tuato u.pon thn Blue Ridge rotintain in R_ocldngham and G eeno Counties , and have often been upon th ... same. I h vc soon ds , und h .. ve seen thorn o.:l er 1.hey "·ho cattle grazing upon the l have been taken ·hol·efrom in the fall o. the yeo.r. ~o .lodge and ex:puxionce tho.t I have he.. ing ·•rom the L ... connection \,1 tll graz- nd the handling of o ttle, I run osrtai.n th~t 1.1... .,:: ....1 ,; r f ~ , . , . . . _ , · ~- ill r zo at le st 60 head of a tl and that theao cattle V;ill ouch ta ·e on or •1 ore, por- ya r, h lan 1~:e in th ,t scation of tbe Blue the :f at th :fl., ,., \ J ., n ave1•age of 250 :r -c.: 1/\ pot.. c , is loll .atcre , .ell srassod , and 11 f noea, and 1~ generully reoo nized of its each a tho best gr zing idge ou.ntain • f rm Dt1e to a con temple. tc t e t ~'"int; ot all th ~1e prooee 1 ing lands on tho Bl e Ridge I ounta..ins, I do not kn \, .,here t.."le...i o 1 de oould bo replace at the ~rice of 89. O p. aero new bo11'J8 skea by ·r.C tterton for eai 1 lan:. , or oven for ,z. 1 &4 Lfr LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. /7 a "f-~J.YL-Of. subscribed and sworn to b · fore~~.9-:41~s /. /~~ Se_ptemb1n 1 , 1932 . ,Not ry Public. grE:lat r • �T • I CUIT CO T OF R01.1'I I ~e nt ,v f th vs. .,u nd other dr din nd 6 B 501 00 ngh ' 77-Jl·~ f n oo.nn c io t fi di.DC n oonne, 1 n 1th its finding f 1 1 · :ounty fore nd , ~~ erton, n the on t e l d , I h th r yo T • 1 .r, be o proa fao · n h C c tio 1 era of t h o pr.C t .. rton for t d, Hid_e oun h i n, I o rioa of o not kl.lo 1th gr z- 1 0 v' , of 2 50 pou.no. , r d in., 1l re tr id l c,f Capt horo 89 00 pr LAW OFFICES HARRISONBURG . VA. ell he tho bo fl, EO. S. HARNSBERGER om r,l te t o t r..tn_., of di lu Ridge 00 J.u. fter th 1~ oh tEU~ ·• zed in th t t r B 11 lana is n C cti cortE~ir.1 t .o 1 f ,n ,. d, un f 1 e e n tho. t c - li j h me. I h , oh t "' kO ,il fores 1 • 00 1.ogb.? h d in cc V heao of c ....t le t e a e ttl re. 1 f 11 of th ye r. . ,. r farm of ,.v _(i • of o ttl • I 11 .:111 g r ce zi oun ai Ri ge thor from in t C th the 1 of n b -n pon tho ' 1 nc n tor the and ea.ye: lu 0 c ttle b depos cqu intod 1 Co J : , a lfotary lubl.io in an id, in the state o Virginia, in my ou.nty 11 I .,. o.357. o-vi : duly a orn 1 n :p_ro a ~1 _ ,__.~~-/,.._:l_ _ . ~_~_____th1a d y pereonal.ly appo red bo- or me, .sr d • oiif ft'{Jf ~r.s.,M: _~ · ty J rton, t 0 1 C nm:ts ioner of .. p · 1.e 1J by 110 0 , to bo r bor • l9o2. blic. /3 ..1~, • �IN TH~ CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.Q{ COUJ:TTY,VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia, vs. PETITIONER, At Law, No.1.829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, DEFENDANTS. TO THE HON.H.W. BERTRAM,JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your respondent respectfully represents that a notice has been given him by The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia that it will move the Circuit Court of Rockingham County on the ~ day of February , 1934, for the entry of a judgment in rem, condemning , among others, the your respondent, and directing any and all parties of record in this proceeding, if they desire to oppose the entry of said judg- ment in rem, to show cause, if any they have, in writing , fil.ed with the record f this proceeding not later than five days prior to the ---'......,_..;...._day of February, 1934 , why the said judgment in rem should not be entered. That your respondent has no objeation to the condemnation value found therefor by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners. That he has heretofore submitted to arbitration, pursuant to the arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor of Virginia on July 18, 193b, all questions as to damages and value of the l.a and the improvements sought to be condemned by the s tate Commissi on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and he now prays that the value of said land and improvements, as ascertained by said arbitration, be allowed and ent ered in said judgment in rem in the place of the amount found by the appraisal Board. LAW OFFICES , GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SO NBURG, VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.llJJI COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conservation and Development or the state of Virginia, Petitioner, vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, on this, the /,,1.r day of netendants. May, 1934, came El1Jah Catterton, by counsel, and, on his motion, leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of $2 , 700. 00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation of Tract No . 357 9 which tract formerly stood in the name of Elijah Catterton, the amount thereof having been heretofore paid into Court . A.nd / i t appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in ~,~ c.L. the petition for judgment of oondemnatio A entered herein the that in the opinion of the petitioner the said Elijah Catterton was invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land numbered 357, and that the record in this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to said Tract No . 357 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and that the said Elijah Catterton is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said tract No. 357; .And it further appearing to the Court that there are no taxes assessable against this particular tract of land in Rookingham County, but that the taxes upon said traot will be paid out of the fund arising from the assessment of this land in Greene county: LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. �--2 .... upon consideration whereof, it ie considered and ordered by the Court that said sum of $2 ,700.00, the same being the award for Tract No. 357, paid into Colll't by the petitioner as jnst compensation for said Tract, be paid to Geo.S.Harnsberger, Attorney for said Elijah Catterton, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said Geo.S.Harnsberger, Attorney for said Elijah Catterton, the said sum of $2 ,700.00, the amount of sad award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said tract of land above designated, taking from said Geo.S.Harnsberger, Attorney for said Elijah Catterton, receipt there.for, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof, as required by law. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGR.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conservation and Development ot the state of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , Defendants . To the Hon. H. W. Bertram, Judge of said Court . Your petitioner , Elijah! catterton, respectfully represents: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia the fee simple estate in a tract of land formerly the property o~ your petitioner, which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith as Tract No . 357• That the award for Tract No . 357 was $2 , 700. 00. That the said state Commission on Conservation and Development has paid into the custody of the Court the said amount hereinabove set out as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in said tract of land . That your petitioner, on the date of said judgment in rem, condemning said traot of land, was the owner of said land in fee simple, and that no other person or persons than the undersigned is entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Your petitioner further shows to the Court that there are no taxes assessed against said land in Rockingham County, but that said tract of land is assessed along with another tract, LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. which lies in Greene County, and that the taxes on a11 of said �- ·-- -· lands will be paid out of the proceeds of the award in Greene County. A aertifiaate of the Treasurer of Rockingham County :is- herewith filed, showing that that portion of your petitioner's lands lying in Rockingham County was not assessed in said County. said certificate is herewith filed, marked "Certificate No.l," and prayed to be read as a l)6rt hereof. Wherefore,your petitioner prays that he mey be made a party herein, and be allowed to file his petition in this suit; and that an order may be entered in this petition for the distri- bution of said fund, and that your petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of the case may reqµ.ire. By Counsel. State of Virginia, City of Charlottesville, to-wit: ,0 ~- day EliJah~Catterton personally appeared before me, ,'-~,.'Z,...--'-_.;;;~-~;...:;;..--- , a Notary Public in and for the City i n the state of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I have read the above petition, and state that the matters of fact contained therein are true, t o the best of my knowledge and belief. Subs cribed and sworn to before me this ff day of May, 1934. / LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. 55 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT N.A Y CONCERN: I hereby certify that there has been no assessment on real estate in this County in the name of Elijiah Catterton for tax purposes. I am advised that the land located in the Park Area in Rockingham County , together with the adjacent land located in Green County is assessed in the last named County . Given under my hand this ?th day of Mey 1934 . Treasurer �t o/ Yeo. S Jlarnsberyer £aw Office J(arrtson6wy,l/4. �QTnmmnuiurnltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL May 18 , 1 934 TREASURER OF VIRG INIA This is t o certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 1 8 day of May with an order of the circuit court of in accordance Roc~ingham County 5.;_ dateu..d__ / _l _4..;_/_3_4__ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Devel o:pmen t of the State of Virg i n i a Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others vs · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -:paid to Geo . S. Harnsbe r ger , Attorney for Elijah Catterton $ 2700 . 00 b e ing in full se t tlement of tract # 357 in the abo ve me ntioned cause . Virg i n i a . w. r/i l �- -- QtnmmnuwtaltlJ nf llirgiufit · - TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 18, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo. s. Harnsberger, Attorney for Elijah Catterton Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 2 1 700 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county o f _ _~ R=o~o~k...__i.... n'Eg...,h.,,,am .......____ entered on the 14th day of _ _ --'M=a=yJ-1934_, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #--'3~5"'----'--7___ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context catterton-elijah.pdf Title A name given to the resource Catterton, Elijah Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Main Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 357 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Catterton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d0e2095603b7161cd06a75fe60394293.pdf effadecd7f0eccd0b63a3ab86bd6dce1 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT rr 3 7 ? - Number of Acres: Location: C lurk , !) • : !. 18 -"nt irel:· 1.:i thin t 1e Run . ee c.rk u.ree. . Roads: .hree 'nC: one- llJ.lf miles via "irt rcx:.ds to }1 ort Republic , th- nearest shipping Joiat . Soil: 31,:)pe ~;1pe, s:...nd:1 lo:..~ of u fair depth •. . nd ..:'e1t::.lity . .. ~11 the nerchLnt::...ble SL tinb 1r he.cs History of Tract and condition of timber: b3e:-i r) Jve:.. :.,..0 t',.is tract j t'w rev•u.iniri~· st!:..D.cl consist .... or sm::.11 0:.1:i:~::, :...nd s 1or·c les.:f pine . . ~'Jout 30 cord:J of fue 1 :per n.cre .- 5,~ cords .. ood . Improvements: :rune . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 18 90 . 00 'it':5. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 25 . 00 Minerals: .113 . 00 Value of Land: $ "O . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ :, :J • n0 Value per acre for tract: $ G• 3 8 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ •T'" 1e . O') �Coun ty: Rockin,Gha.m Distr ict: Ctone wall lt'l2"7 I - D. d . Clark Acrea ce Claim ed: Asses sed Value Claim ed: Loca tion: ~ " Deep Run. 18 Deed 18 240 . 00 ft · 675 . 00 (1923 ) Entir ely withi n the park area . Incum branc es , coun ter claim s or lans: None known • .§.2.ll : 81.ope type, sandy loam or a fain der, th and ferti lity . Roads: 3 2 miles via dirt roads to Port Repu blic , the neare st shipp ing point . Histo ry of tract and cond ition of timbe r: , 11 the merc hanta saw .t imber has been remov ed form t his tract ; the remaible ning stand co;.1si st s of small o ....ks a nd shor t leaf 1 ine . Abou t 30cds . of fuel uood per acre - - ----- ----54 eds . wood o 50¢ --- ----- ---- - ----- ----- --- - - -- ~27. 00 Impro vcmcn tu: None . Value of land by types : ~ Value :eer a.•rc ~· creag_o Slope 18 Total value of land 3 .0 "°'54 . 00 Total value of impro vemen ts .Tota l , lue of timbe r Total value of traot . crl!ag e EJDX value per acre 2? . 00 81 . 00 4 . 50 Total Value , ~54 . 00 �J ')istrict : ':to'1L,. ;~, S • ~~r ~ , -'• . T• e:r.con s. per , ; I~ /J ,lT~ 2 .... 0 e ~c ...e - . L .... l �EDWARD A. KELLY COMM ITTEES: 3D 01ST. ILLINOIS WORLD WAR VETERANS" LEGISLATION PATENTS EDUCATION <ttongress of tbe llntteb ~tates H OME ADDRESS: C HICAGO, ILL. INDIAN AFFAIR S PENSIONS 1!,ouse of l\epresentatibes Rla~bington, 39. €:. 12 September 19 32. Mr. J. Hobert Switzer, County Clerk, Harrisonburg, Virginia. My dear Mr. Switzer: At the direction of Mr. s. H. Marsh, Supervisor, Shenandoah National Park Division, Front Hoyal, Virginia, I am writing you in the interest of Mr. D. M. Clarke, 2142 West lO?th Place, Chicago, Illinois, who owns a tract of land on the west slmpe of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rockingham County, Virginia. I understand from Mr. Marsh that the report of the Commissioners relative to the exact boundary line for the proposed Shenandoah National Park has been filed with you. Therefore, I should appreciate being advised if the properfi owned by Mr. Clarke is within the bound8Jf' of this Park and if so, if the Government intends to purchase the land from him. A prompt reply from you in t his connection will be deeply appreciated. Kindly forward same to my office, Room 124, House Office Building, Washington, D. c. z/n 2'l �/,' f .... J M ~ , , I ,; , / /' ,' COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGE 'l ,,.:;.. 1/ ./ T':J _____ __ ') r '2. ,. __ '-------------------------------------------- . VIRGINIA, Dr. To-GE a..B H~ rea sur er of Rocki ngham Count y State Taxes and Local Levies---1931 Peraonal Property ••• Palle . ..... Line ....•• Income ••••.•••.• ••. Palle . ..... Line •••••• - Land ••••• _••••..... Pa11,e ...•.. Line ..... . SUBJECT S OF TAXATIO N VALUE State Rate on $100 State Taxes FOR STATE TAXATIO N ONLY State Capitatio n Tax ••....... .......... ..... Bonds, Notes and other Evidences of Debt ••.. $ _________________ _ Money .......... .......... .......... ........ ___________________ _ MonN~~t o~fk~!.i:! '. -~~~~-~~,~~~~- ~'.~~ ...•. . ___________________ _ Capital Not Otherwise Taxed ... . .......... .. ___________________ _ Income: l.V.% on first $3,000; 2½% on next U,000; 3% on excess over $5,000 .••••• • .. . -------· ___________ _ ...... $ 1 50 $ .50 Machiner y and Tools .••..•..•. ... ___________________ _ Merchant s' Capital .......•.. .... ____ _______________ _ Real Estate ... ~ .......... .. Acres .20 · ,i;-:,c:~n:r l~ ~M.~i,~.... Tan11,lble Personal Property .•.... $ ____________ _____ _ FOR LOCAL TAXATIO N ONLY 1.75 $1.75 $1.l Local Levies 1. -.. ::::::::::::::::::::I:-· 1.13 1.65 Real Estate .......... •..... Acres 1.65 .75 Real Estate ......... •...•.. Acres 1.65 ----- --- -- -- -- .... ---------.... --- -· .. --- -.. ---- --.... ------- --...... -- ---- . -- ----- -. ---..... -......... -.... - --- =--·-=---::..::.:.:---=----=-·--::::----=---:::_:----=-·--=----=---:::_:---=----::::.i---:::_:----=----=----=----=---.:.:...:..-.:....:....:..._:_1 - - t - 1::: ---=·---=----::.:..:·--::::---=---=----:::_:--= ----::::-- -=--!.:.::--.·:.:.:.:: - - -=---=---:.:.:.::--~----=---:::_:----.:.:.:TOTAL STATE TAXES .•..•..... .. ..... ....... . ..... ... . ..... , Merchan q' Capita! $ ____________ _____ $1.65 1.00 . Mach . &Tools $ .37 .83 .20 .35 ' --1- - -~ $__________ ________ TOTAL LOCAL LEVIES .. . .......... .......... . CREDITS $ _________________ _ 5% Penalty December 6, 1931 .......... .......... ......... Total Taxes, Levies and Penalty.. . • . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-----$ __________ __ _ 1-----$ ___________ Received Payment 5% Penalty June 16, 1932 ....•....• .......... .......... .. . Total Taxes, Levies and Penalties to June 16, 1932 ........ . . $ _______________ Date ---------·- ----------- -------- 6% Interest from June 16, 1932, to date of payment ..••. ... Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest .......... ..... . $ _______ _______ _ Date Account Amount ······· ...... ...... ......... ..... ..... ...... ...... ......... ... ...... .... .... .................. ··1· ...... . --- ------ ------- --- - ------- -- ---------. --- -- . -- ---- ----.. ------ ------------- __::::::::-. --·- ---- ------.__________________________________________________ Treas. State Taxes broul1,ht forward ....•• ... ........ ........ .... .. . State Taxes and Local Levies. . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ �~irgi nia, City of Harri sonbu rg, to-w it; This day P. B. F. Good perso nally appea red befor 8 me,c f)-tf) , a notar y publi c in and for the City of Harri son- of Virgi nia, and after being first duly sworn on his oath says: that he is the Count y Surve yor for Rockingham Count y, Vir_ow,ud 6l LJ. N/. C/.,,.~ , ginia ; that he is fami liar with the 18 acre tract of landA situa te in said count y and lying withi n the area now sough t to be conde mned for a publi c park; that in his opini on the wood on said pram ises will avera ge from 6 to 7 cords to the acre, and shoul d yield an avera ge of $5.00 per acre, or an aggre gate of $90 .00; and that the land itsel f shoul d be worth at least $16.0 0 per acre, makin g a total value of t!to. oo, which affia nt belie ves is a conse rvativ e estim ate of the gross value of said prope rty. Affia nt furth er says that the soil on said land is parti cular ly adapt able to fruit growi ng and truck ing; and that said land is situa te les~ than two miles from Lynwo od, va., a shipp ing point on the N. Given this My .di_ & • Ry. day of Octob er, 1932. comm ission expir es ~~; 24- -J 7-- /9J b . 1f.J �~·· ......... In the Circuit court of Rockingham county, ,._ . va. The State commission on conservation and Vevelopment of the State of Virginia v.) Condemnation Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c. Now comes the undersigned defendant, D. M. Clarke, and moves the Court to decline to accept the report of the board of appraisal commissioners heretofore filed in this proceeding, with respect to claim #277, and to disapprove the findings of fact therein contained, on the folloWing grounds: fhat the allowance or award made for the land of the undersigned, to-Wit, the sum 0A15.00, is grossly inadequate - so inadequate as to indicate that said board was affected or influenced by some error, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of said land, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence considered. As evidenced by the tax ticket hereto attached, the undersigned has been paying taxes on said property on the basis of an assessment of $240.00. , Atty. �Clarke personally appeared berore me,,_____ in the State ot Illino1, and attar bei ng tirat duly sworn on his oath says that ha ls the owner ot the 18 acre tract ot lend situated in Roold.ngbem county, Virginie., and lying ithin the e.rea now soucht to bo condamnod tor the Shenandoah National Perlt; that said land was purchased by him in the year 1923 tor the price ot $675. 00; that ha he.a tor a number ot yoars beon paying t axes on the said land assessed at $240 . 00; that ettiant teals that the sum ot ~115. 00 allowod him in the roport ot the board ot appraisal corzmissionors, tiled in the condemnation proooeding aroresa1d, is grossly ine.dequato and oonrisoatory. Even in this period ot depression, attiant believes that said land is oonsenatively worth on tho mrkot tho sum ot $350. 00 . Given under my hand and notaria l s // l this / Y dny ot Oot . 1932. JJ~ (Cf_ y_ ~ NOT A RY L- - commiesi~n e:x::pirea.__ _ _ _ _J_ - _1__ r __ P UBLIC �STATEMENT OF ) Hamilton Haas, p.q. D. M. CLARKE STATEMENT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, ETC.: �filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va G j,ft'933 Arbitration of Shenandoah National Park Co~~C l!:rk IN RE: The undersigned D. M. Clarke, an exceptant to the report filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation case, pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, respectfully shows as follows: (a) That the tract claimed by said exceptant is shown on the map filed in said proceeding as tract #277. (b) That the acreage claimed by said exceptant in said tract is 18 acres and that exceptant is the owner of the fee simple title thereto. (c) 18 acres (d) That exceptant values said land as follows: Slope @ $15 .00 $ 270.00 That the timber on said land is val- ued on the basis of 6.5 cords of wood to the acre, yielding $5.00 per acre 90.00 $ 360.00 Total .And in addition to the above, exceptant is informed and believes that there are valuable deposits of iron and manganese in said land, on which no value can be definitely placed at this time. Given this 28th dey of August, 1928. DBy• State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to-wit; ~ .,/ ~----------<-t/t--~flk ___ , his atty. This day Hamilton Haas personally appeared before me, the undersigned notary public in and for the City of Harrisonburg , in the State of Virginia, and after being duly sworn, on his oath says that he is the attorney for the above named D. M. Clarke, and that the matters and things set forth in the foregoing statement were received by him from reliable sources of information and that he believes the same to be true and correct. Given under my hand this 28th day of August, 1933. My term of o f fice eKpires ,M ___,. -fl.,;,,.---~~ ~........ ~ · ---~- ' l'? ;f'.fft( • N• p • 10 �\ '0,1 ·, ~ .-~ l,:tjr '15 , tc 11ockingham Cuui ty, V • CL.~K , D. M. 277 ROCKL,GI 'I_~ SEP COlJ1'TTY 'J 1933 . i ~~~k ~ HJ RE . ITR.."..TION GRE 00 TS submitted to the Governor r1s1ng in or out of Condemnation Proceedir:.gs pending in the Cir·cui t Court of ~Tirginia under uuthori ty of the Shenandoah .1.Tational po.rk _ct . UrH.ARY ST _'l.1EI.ITI~T OF PETI'EI ow.i.:;R : EXCEPTAl\ T : Clark , D. ORIGII\AL CL. I :: : :r. _:_cre:::c,e - : Value $ - : rnc . Dr::mages - V.ALUE PLACED OH 'l'R.1.CT .., Y PETI'11 IOLER ' S .. I.PP. USERS : TR .. CT JO . 277 V LUE IlTCIDE.:.-JTAL D. 1r GES }81 . 00 FIIJ)L.G..3 : MiP HU!.fu.till 0]' TRJ C'l.1 : 277 V••LU.B OF ~tACT : TR ,.CT NO . 277 VALUE .~115 . 00 U CIDEN'l1AL D.~:. GES �The basic differences betvreen petitioner c,nd this exceptant .re as to the cL.,ssi fico.tion end value of the lc.nd , timber v lues and mineral rights . -~l though ue believe the values reported by the petitioner , s appraisers \ere very liber .1 end that t~e findings of the Bo~rd of .. ppraisal Co:mr.1issioners as to vc..lues ure subst ,ntially too high , we have accepted nd •:rill not seek a louer valuation than their findings as shown on the bove tables in ti1is cuse . _s to the classification of the land and the other elements of v lue \7e sub1;1i t that these matters are correctly set fo:!:.·th in the ·.1ork Sheet of the :Joa::cd 11i th reference to this ce.se , . . nd not as set :'orth in exceptant ' s stc.temen ts . •:i th t'1e record nd .... copy of this ':1nis ',fork Sheet is filed fork Sheet is submitted -:-ri th copy of the record tendered herffirith , and additional copies of the fork Sheet in this c~.se uill be furnished if desired . Subscribed to and verified before me this the 8th day of September , 193~ 0 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context clark-d-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Clark, D. M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 277 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Clark https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f0458520a80185dc7466bcf4acb7caf3.pdf dce767c633cd7e1bbeae2a05537a5c8d PDF Text Text CLAIMANT NAME OF .~ #174 - Coleman, Number of Acres: w. \1 . & Mrs . D. C. Co l eman 69¼ Location: Hawks bill Creek , and is entirely withi n the Park area . Roads: 9 miles to Elkton o v er 5 miles of county road and 4 miles over Spotswood Trail . Soil: Sandy, clay loam of very good depth and fe r tility . There is no saw timber on this t r a c t , History of Tract and condition of timber: Some walnut trees . but an estimated amount of 70 cords of fuelwood . Improvements: DWELLING : Log and frame , 25x35 1 , 7 rooms , porch, 5x35 ' , metal roof , stone flues , 2 story , ceiled, fair condition, pillar Frame , 12x30x8 1 , Occupied by ovmer . NEd HEN HOUSE : foundation . Frame , 8x8x8 1 , paper roo.=' , SP.KING HOIBE : paper roof , fair conditi:::m . 1 metal roof . HEN HaJSE : , Frame;7.oxT6xl0 . HOOSE MEAT . fair condition --7xl0x8 1, fair condition--- SHOP : Frame , 9xl3x8 1 , shingle roof , fair condition---- BARN: Log , 16x46xl2 1 , shingle roof , MILL HOUSE : vVAGON SHED : Frame , 16x26xl2 1 , shingle roof , fair condition . Frame , 16x24xl2 1 , shingle and metal roof , fair condition: Frame , 7xl5x4 1 , fair condition . HOG PEN : Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge: @ Slope: $5 . 00 ~$36 . 25 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 54 @ 8 @ 1620 . 00 15 . 00 1 20 . 00 $1776 .2 5 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1776 • 2 5 1335 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1335 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 100 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ 100 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 ----------- Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 $ 32 61 . 25 Value per acre for tract: $ 55 . 04 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this ~t: $ None . ~ - ~ :__ CLERK 7C �-------- -----=-=-=-=::.-=--=--=--=--=--=--=-=-=-=-=-=-------:---::----===--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-=~---=--=---=-=-==::=====~~======county: Rockingham District: Stonewall . 174 - ' • ·.l. & Mrs. D. Coleman. l ssessed e Claimed: 69 1. 40 P. $570.00 Value Claimed: Location: c. A. Deed 69 It ._.10?5 .QQ .:av ksb111 oreek and is . entirely .,1t111n the Park area . Incumbrancas , counter olai s or lups: None known. Sandy ,olay l oam of very good depth and fertili ty. Roads: Nine miles to Zlkton over five miles of co unty road and tour miles over Spotswood ~rail. There is no sm, timber on this History of truot and condition of timber: of 70 cords of f'uelwood valued' anount tract , but an estimated at ~35.00 -- ,alnut trees -- $35 .00 -- motal of tinber 65.00. Improvements : Dwelling: Log and frame , 25x35 ' , 7 rooms , porch x35', metal roof, st me flues , 2 story, oeiled, fair condition, ?00 .00 occupied by owner, pillar foundat ion-~JiE!.W hen house: •~rame 12x30x8', pcper roof, pair 75.00 ----c0ndition :..,ering house: J'ram , 8x8x8x', puper roof . fai r 25 .00 condition --40 .00 :·eat house: Fr me , 15X..L6:x:10' , met~ 1 roof, 15.00 Hen house: ?xlOx8', fair condition 20 .00 shop: ..i'rame, 9xl3x8', shingle .roof, fair oond · tion .00 1·.>5 --roof shingle 16x46xl2', Bar n: l.og , tli! house: Frame l6x2Gxl2', s 1.i ngle roof, fair ao.oa o ::.mdi tion ---- 7/ugon shed: Frame, l6x24xl2', shingle a nd metal roo f , --- ·f i r condition Hog pen: J r l:J.me 7x.ltix4' • fair oond1 tion ----- Value of land by types: ~ Slope Fe :&'r 11.oreage 7 54 8 7Tir Value per a cre i4.oo 15.00 e.oo '75.00 5.00 ~I1eo.oo Total Value $26. 00 810 .00 64. 00 e.902 .00 $15?.!10 Tota l value of orchard 902.00 Tot al value of land Tota l vul ue of imorovements 1150. 00 65.00 'l 'otal v alue of timber . rm $22a4 act r t Total value of 33.10 .verage value per acre Tl �• • County : Rr cl_in 1· .m Dit>trict : .stone .. 11 N Robert Burke et al Sellers L . Yuncey .~ .Ll'OSU S,.i ' :et t L . . G~FD Slo_;e - Grazing testocL:ing Scale - 1 11 '~u o:iuins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context coleman-w-w-and-mrs-d-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Coleman, W. W. & Mrs. D. C. Coleman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 174 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Coleman https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4342886c50bcb025b1db67773c30ffc7.pdf 4122a2fb4701e8111b0d77b6b131351a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUl\"TY NAME OF CLAIMANT #229 - Collier , ~shby J . Number of Acres: 120 Location: Near Powell ' s Gap . Roads: One and one- half mile over fair dirt roa~ to Beldor ; thence two miles to Swift Run ; thence four mile~to .Clkton. Soil: Sandy clay of f a ir depth and fertility in the cleared perThe slopes are t i ons , and is very rocky in the wooded part . steep to moderate with southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: small part of the tract was cleared many years ago , grazed and cultivated since . -he ¥.rooded area has been cut over r epeatedly . The present stand consists of mixed oaks and some pine . Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information') Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: 104 y3 . 00 312 . 00 Grazing Land: 2 20 . 00 40 . 00 Fields Restocking : 4 10 . 00 40 . 00 10 20 . 00 200 . 00 Slope: Cove: Cultivated Land: 1 20 5 92 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 592 . 00 515 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 515. 00 ?5 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 75 0 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 45 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 45 . 00 ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 64 50 . 00 vl277 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ FON:Z . ~ -~ , CL:CRK. �Dwelling : Log 12x20 ', 4 rooms , porch 6x20 ', shingl e and me t al roof , brick and stone f l ues , ~} story , l og fini sh, fa ir condition, occupi ed by tenant . Stabl e : Log 14x25xl 2 ', shingle roof , poor condition. Corn hous e : Log 8xl2x5 ', board roof , poor c ondi t i on • ..=Ien house : Log , 10:x:1 4x6', board roof , fei r oondit ion . Ol d granary· Frame 8xl 2x8 ', shinc le roof , poor condit i on. Old house : Log l8x25xl 2 ', 3 rooms , shingle roof , vacant , poor condit i on. IMPROV A:EN'rS : REPORT ON ~HE .1.CREAGE of the ASHBY J . COLLI ER TRACT #229 . ct!> ti, ·,r ! Mr . 6sbby's- deed ca l l s for 150 a cres, from which he ha s sold 12 acres to Raleigh Morris , lea ving him 138 a cres, accordi ng to his deed . 1ro-~Aver, al l of t he lines of t hi s tract wer e located on the ground, eit her by our surveys or surveys u. s. made by t he A G. s. computation of the acreage made from these surveys gives 120 acres . /,//7/J _ P I ~t/ _'!/_·_~ tc> ~ i1 . N. 8l"" n, Chief Engineer, Pa r k service . �Claim of_ _____ Deniel Gollier ___ _______ , --------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL __~Q2J.{i-.!1.W_~l!":------~------County, Virginia, N o._ JJi~~--, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __~L_ht.kin.~~-~od_Qther. _____________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in __ l.iacki.ng.h,full,. ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __~~~f!!.l.E...h_~ ------------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _____ Daniel _Collier _______ ---------------------------------------My post office address is __QM.rl_o_t_t,_~~Yill.e_,_ .Y_u:g.ini.s_..R..._...E .. _JJ _._ .N.o_...-J.. _________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or' parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__ l>i______________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___ J~~l.lirig_~_OA~~ ~-:-~r.n_,__g:r~TI.:ry._,__c..Qrn_ho.u...&...e._.. _1rgg.on.. __ _ shed +- ~.hiQken _hou...se L_dairy~ ------------------------------- --------------------------- . Ian d 1s . l oca t ed a b ou t _______ 1 .!. ___ __m1·1 es f rom _____ Swi~1.....,,. N- _ ;_\\,ln_, o.. ____ Va .____________ v·1rg1ma, .. m . Th 1s theJ~:lQD-m'.1'.fl.1. _____ Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) Sole owner --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_ B. _F. _ Atkins _and Geo. Lawson -------------------- - - -- -- - - - - --- ----------- South_ limos _ Hensl~ ------------------------- ·- - --------------- - ------------------East __ ..Fi:ed_~hif.1-e'lt _____________________________________________________________ _ West __ .J.:m.o.a _Hen.s..ley ____________________________ __________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.9.2Jl ___ in the following manner: _____ Eought_..f.t:om _IDY_j'_a_tJler _~ - ~ --QQllie.r____________________________________________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- ~c;_QQ_!.~Q _______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in .and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~Q.QQ.!9.9_______ . I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks; ___!bis_t.J'_e~c..t _h~§_j?J__~pple_.tr..ae.s..~_char.r_~ r-Peach,~..a.nd -~ear-- ..a~c-- ------- This _ place _is _wel 1 fenced with _.American ~H re_ fence _e.nd_.locu.~t _p.o.s.t_a_ ________ _ -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witnes~ my signature (~r my name and mark attac~ed here}9) this_ -.:- __ L_{_ ______day ~il{;(,a;_~L_fcQL~--------------- , of_ef-~~---------, 193/. sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____ .:;(~---- .- ----..----'3-- ----, Jo~wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that., . t J L ~---~ ------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his kno~ ledz nd belief, this ____( { ___________ day of~ -·---- -----, 193l ~~ / : 17 r ;;.~ 3/ t../;J I I /3 _ ct7 Cl~~k~T~ ~ ~-f~;;;tig;t~~-~~ Notary Public, or Justi~~}"ihe Peace. �· '...."'' ...... NOTE-This need not be filed until the r ecord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. · t •. ' Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County ', The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows : Tract No . .22.9 _______ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into. the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award (s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. _..2.2_9_ ____ $_.l2J.Z.7. . . .Q9on Tract No. ___ _________ $-..,. --- -----; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Ashby J. Collier That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution :i;:il.edge, obligating the owner, Ashby J . Collier, to give 5 acres of his land within the Park Area fo the Park Project. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __.z2..9. _____ $--12-. 50-: Tract No. --- -------- - $ - - --- - ---- : Tract No. ----- - - - ---- $ _______ ___ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS STA'rE COMiv1ISSI ON ON CONSERVAT ION .n -~~~~,-~ iitlJiii!;1-~ NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested par ties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. C, 7 �STATE OF VIRGIN. ) SS c ou1m OF \ ·,N ) Personally a peared before me the undorsigned Notary Public in mys id State duly sworn, depcs ed State Co ch rge nd County, n. K. Stoken, who being nd s id that she is an employee of th ss1. on on Conserv ti on and Development in im od:!a te t: the records of' the She1111ndo h Ua t io na.l P r k Di via i on thereof h ving to do with cl ims of the Comrfliss i on f'or clistributi ve shares of condemnation wards in the Shen 1tndo h N~ti onal Park c ondemnat~on proceedingn ponding in tho Circuit CoUl'.'ts of Virgini, by re son of contr cts nd greamehts en- tered into ui th tho owners of 1 nds sought to be cond e~nned in , those proceedings, and that tho ·ithin claim is just nd co~ - rect . ~~~~;)lfu. i : : . . NOTARY PUf.lL'C • otary . M~ Commi&sion Expires Sep, 8, 1934 1 ~ ,# �atnmmnuwraltq nf ]Iirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA . JOHN M. PURCELL June 11, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is t o c e rtify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 11 day of June in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datea June 9th in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson At kins :paid t o Herbert Vl . Wyant , Receiver in sai"d cau se o f Ru ssell G. Collier et als vs . Iris Collier Baug her, et als $ 1 , 277 . 00 being in full settlement of tract # 229 in the abo ve mentioned cause. �r _z\~GllVt-1 I ·t _, 9 I \~;~~,, ~-'Ip~~,. Olnmmntuntaltt, nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA June 11., 1934 Herbert W. Wyant., Receiver in s aid cause of Russell G. Collier et al vs . Iris Collier Baugher., et als Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 1 277 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of___R~o~c~k~i~n~g=h~am.,,...,._ __ entered on the 9th day June of Pftt 1934_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ___ _ ----=:C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a=-L=aw==s~o=nc.__.::;A~t=k~i=n=s,c___ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_2_2_9_ __ • Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 9S �1 County: nookingham Dist r ict: Jtonewal l ) 329 - Collier, Ashby J. for "790 . 00 Va lue Claimed: l ocation: Purohac.ed ...\ssessed 150 Acreage Claimed: 1925 Deed/ 150 A. 1920 1500 . 00; Sold 12 A. for ; 1ao. oo. foa r Powell's Gap. None known. Incumbra noes, counter claims or laps: - Soil: Sandy clay or fair depth and fert ility in the cleared portions, and is very rocky in t tle wooded part. The slopes are steep to moderate vi th southvrest exposur e . Roads: one and on~-half mile over fair. dirt road to Beldor; thence to miles to Swift Run; thence tour miles to J lkt on • . .listory o f trr ct and aondi tion of timber: A small part of t he tract was cleared many years ago, grazed ano cul tivated since. The ·•.rooded urea has · been cut over repeatedly . The present stund consists of mixed oaks and some pi ne. I t 1~ estimated to cut n a vernge of 8 cords of f .1elwood :per ,, ere and 1.), 000 bd . rt . of pine and some oak. d!ll56 . 00 - - --- -25¢ 624 oords valued 45 . 00 u.,,ooo bd. ft. aalued , 3. >0 ----- $201.00 Improvements: D\elli;r: Log l x20', 4 . r ooms, porch 6x20', shingl e a nd metal roo, briok ad stone flues, l l story, log finish , 400 . 00 fair condition, oooupi ed by tenant, - - - - _§la ble: Log 14x25xl2~ shingle roof, poor condition- 30 . 00 10. O " Corn house: LO~ 8xl2x5', board roof, poor Hen hous ~: Log 10xl4x6', boa rd· roof, fai:'· r,.,·,~1 tion-15 . 00 5. 00 Old granary: Fr ame 8xl8x8'• .hlngle roof , poor " Old house: Log 18x25xl2', 3 rooms, shing l e roof, 100. 00 va ca nt, poor c ondit i on ------ . 5 ~ . oo . 1 . 00 e 1,ch -orc hard: 52 f r uit trees val aed "" -;-g-1"""2-."'o"""o- Val ue of l and by types: ~ Slope Acreage Fg 2 Fe 10 Fr . 104 4 120 Tota l value of land Total value of impr ovements rot a l va lue of aordwood Total v a lue of tract Average v a l ue per acre 460 . 00 612 .00 201 . 00 127.5.00 10.61 Va lue ger a.ore Total Value 2 . 50 ,ij260.00 13. 00 15 . 00 5 . 00 30.00 150 . 00 20 . 00 ~ 60.00 �VLtG-l:i.I -1... II TEI.2 CIRC DI ..i:1 COu RT O.? ROCKH,GH.,.;:_ C 0lL.2Y . IN VACATION . rrhe 3tate Corr;mi ssion on Cons.:;r va ti on , Deve lo:p:ment , dlf the Jtate of Virri;ln ia , - - - - - - - Petitio ner , v. Cassan dra Lav/Son . tkins , et als , defend ants . In re: Distrib ution of proceed s of condem n°ti on for Tract Ho . 229 <lShby Goll i er , ; 1 2 . 50 . This d3.y came the 0tate Con.rrni ssion on Conserv f-ltion & Develo pment by counse l , and moved the Court to enter an order / directi ng the Tr easure r of the ..:ita te of Virl!J nia , t o pay ,to it out of the procee ds of condem n9tion of Tract No . 229 , the sum of ~1 2 . 50 , repres enting the mount of a certain pledge r'P de by ~hby Col lie r, who e].ad:.med to be the owner of said tract , to said Conmis sion on Conser vo.tion & Deve l op1mnt , '3S a contrib ution for the establi shmen t of Shenan doah 1,,at i onal _Park and in suppor t of its said motion , the said Con:mis sion exhibit ed to the Gourt , its rr.otion in writin settin~ forth all the facts in re l ation thereto , which has be en hereto fore filed he rein . Upon consid eretion v:he reof , mt appear ing to ilhe Court , th t the clai::i. of said Conmis sion is not based upon any ti.ien either on the land condem ned , or on the proceed s ofc ondemnation and that said Com.is sion has failed to obt rdn t.'1e consen t of the parties entitle d to the proceed s of C'Dllll.demnat im , to t he pg_yment of its claim , it is ace ording ly ad judged and ordered thn t the mot ion of the Comnis sion for the paymen tof said claim out of the.pro ceeds of condem nation for said tract re and the same is hereby denied • • The Clerk of the Circui t Court of Rockingham Gounty ,- will enter the fore g oing order upon ~the ComLon Law Order Book of his Court a s a va cation order. Given under my h a nd in vaca tion this L.l day of Au gust, 1935 . Jud-t' :1«!!. :-mur~ Vir gi nia. Hock ingham County , l l:) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context collier-ashby-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Collier, Ashby J Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Powell's Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 229 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Collier https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cc5d9d782755b33301bce46741f7829d.pdf 2c713113c504b4fccf6346c8b636ac5d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT 143 - Collier , Florence E. Number of Acres: 22 Location: Near Sandy Bottom. Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay, deep and fertile; gentle slopes with southwest exposure; very little rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: The entire tract was cleared many years ago, grazed and cultivated since . Small portions were neglected, now grown up to briers, etc. Improvements· No dwelling: ·Barn: Log, 18xl8xl4', with shed, poor condition. Hen house: Frame, 8xl5x6', shingle roof, poor condition. Corn house: Log, s.1 ingle roof, poor oondi tion . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 8 @ $25 . 00 $2C, 0 .00 Fields Restocking : 1 @ 15 . 00 15 . 00 Cultivated Land: 13 22 @ 30 . 00 390 . 00 $605 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 605 . 00 50.00 Value of Improvements: $50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ ? 5 . 00 ?5.00 $ 730.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 33 .18 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ --------C?--,.~~....._ __CLEIOC. /V~: �county: .:looldne;ham D1strtot: Jtonewall ,fl43 ~ Collier, f lorence •imed: J: •• ss seed rot Deed 2 ..... lO Not given. " tt ( 1911} .Je r .:Zand:, Bot tom. ocation: Inoum]2ro 0 , oouater claims or laps: one known. ndy ola. , deep and fertile . Gentle slopo exposure; very 11 ttlo rook. oll: 'l'wo mile of fair dirt rod to 1.ft with southwest ,un; thence ro r m1l<rn t > ,lkton. tstor:y; or tract and condition or timber: The entire tract as ole1-1red many years a o, rezec! and oult 1vatod since . ..,mall portions were negleoted . n~ grown up to briers , eto . ___......,....,m ........ en__, t .... s: ,lo d· ellin : Jorn: ,oc l8xl4' 111th s. ed, poor condition -50.00 1 n hou e: .. r ,rne 8xl xtl' • shin le root, poor 0 1 md.ition-10.oo l.,orn ~10 se : t og. 1tngle roof, poor condition -10.00 )ron rd: i <) nppl treee - .30 yeara old .... valued so,oo !. u6 por tree ---·- 1 V l e or land by '130.od \;tpes: V lu Iler aora -I··.oo 20.00 o.oo otal v lue or l·nd 586.00 Tota 1 vn lue of i m rov met 130.00 notal V lue of tr ot *616.00 vorag vu lue per aore ..3 , 5 otul Value ~!25.0o o.oo 6.00 3tffl.ol5 • �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA / The State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. Cassand ra Lawson Atkins, et als This cause came on to be heard this .::l__day of June, 1934, on the papers formerly read, proceed ings formerly had, the exhibits filed and argumen t of counsel; Upon conside ration whereof , it appearin g to the Co"llr't that the tract of 120 acres of land, designat ed in this proceed ing as Tract No. 229, was condemned herein, and the amount of award therefo r fixed by the Commiss ioners is to-wit, · $1277.0 0, which sum, set out in the judgment of condemn ation, has heretofo re been paid into .,/' Herbert w. Wyant that Court the to g appearin Court; and it further has been appointe d and qualifie d as Receive r of the Court in the cause now pending therein of Russell G. Collier, et al vs. Iris c. Baugher , et als, wherein said award of $1277.00 is to be adminis tered under orders of the Court; it is therefor e adjudged , ordered and decreed that the Treasur er of Virginia do pay unto Herbert w. Wyant, Receive r in said cause of Russell G. Collier et al vs. Iris Collier B~ugher , et als, the sum of ;.1277.0 0, being the amount in full ascertai ned to be due for said Tract No. 229, and which is to be by said Receiver disburse d in accordan ce with the orders of the Court, to be entered in said cause pending in said Court. It is further ordered that said Receiver shall receipt for said $1277.00 and payment thereof certifie d to the Clerk of this Court for appropr iate entry thereof as required by law. ~~ ;ftAJ1J �County : Distri ct: #1~3- Collie r, r1orcn ce J . Fox Baughe r Rockingham Stonev ,all E. avid Law s on ----Fie l ds r es tocking LEGEND: Grazin g S~al e - l " Ti l l able = 20 c h ai ns 572.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context collier-florence-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Collier, Florence E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 143 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Collier https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/aa8cc4dab6b0454ac38dc601de608cec.pdf b67ff5531c4562d05f8555580d42fa27 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #120 - Comer , J . June Number of Acres: 16½ Location: South slope of small ridge, south of Swift Run . Roads: One mile of fair dirt road to Spottswood Trai 1, near Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility, moderate slopes; southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Cleared many years ago, grazed and cultivated since . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 16½ @ $25 . 00 $412 . 50 · Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 412 . 50 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 2 5 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None CLERK �County: Rockingham District: Stonewall /120 - Comer, June J . horeaRe Claimed: 24 •ssessed: 16 A. ~ 80 P. Deed: 16 A- 80 P • PUroha.sed in "i90.00 3 , 000 . «1926 for ·400 . 00 (This includes #120 • al . . . outn slope of small ridge, south of Sw 1 ft ~· n. Value vlaimed: Location: Inc mbranoes, counter olc11 · s or luus: - None kno n . Soil: &undy cluy of good depth and fertility, moderate slopes ; southwest exposure. Roads: One mile of fair dirt ro3d to Spotswood Trail , near Swift Run ; thence four miles to lkton . ,istory of tract and condition of timber: Cleared many years ago; g razed and cultiva t ed since. Inorovements: None . Value of lan , by ty~es: Value .,:.. creage Eer "' ere 16S $2b.OO Total *lalue of land 412 . oO Total va lue of tract 412 • ..>0 • Vel".ag " vc:..lut3 per ere 25.00 :oto.l Value ~421. 00 �~~~:e ~~ :::e;,ta::._1:E:::t_~{¾~~~~~~:e !::: .\~ ~ ~~----Coun ty, Virginia, No._l_'?k-.f,- At Law. ~rcuit ---~-~---Cou~ty, Virginia, Defendan:.-------- The undersigned, in answer to the petit~he State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~ ~ e t i t i o n and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t Court of_ ____________ ~ ~ - - County, Virgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya:·:: --------------~~--r---ti~~:·r~~ :_·~'.~_; ad&Z 7.~----~~-L .~-'""'------ -------------- ------:- My post office I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought bout__,;Z_~ , -------acres, on which there are,jhe following be condemne~ ~ ~..,f.-~~-~f~ ~ n d i provements~ to ~-d,.;h k ~ ~ --------'- ¥=-' 1 - -~ -~ ~~ -< ., z ~T~f -1f/~~~l' 8~ - - --- --- " u . . . . . c _ ~- J; - ~- - - - - - - - This l~i.2_s located abouL_~6. ____ miles from ______ -"-----Y - ~---------Virginia, in · -~ -Magisterial District of said County. the~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel o~ land described above.) ------ ~ - ~~ ---------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ The land own~rs adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: ~ ,-(_~-------- -------------- ------------- ---------------~ North~ _Ll~~-4 ·-- _____ -------------------------------------------------EasL ___A/..__fr-. _____ · -j-~ ,;,-7;;::_ -------------------------------South ____ I acq:::~ m!h7::,::te or ~nwre~";~ ;:~ty -about-the -year__________ in -the fmwin~:· r 1/11h14 :/1e;:,~--::: <-:__::: ,_,__ _/_r/ ~ /~~e!:d-t-=_:: : : I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~1_??.?!_q_ _-::::;- I claim that the total value. of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~-q-~~-==---· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- --- --------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as. to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a ., i ~~he,_~~ :!!i£;!§}:~)-a:,;,4-~:::::: ::a- 8 "'"" ~ co ~=: -g; . "Tl." fT1 , ::, I» 00 ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on_t)Je back). C":>(V ;_:t1:~~'.~:=~~:::~:~ <33 e:i To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that "" --, . . ~----- ------------- ---the above named claimant personally ap I'. a before him and made oath that the matters 3 C-:i 0 of~-h ~r;;;~;~:'.~r1~~r my name ; §~ C.<:~ '° en - '< ?;T F~ ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY O///-_~ - 0 7 ~ - - -, C") :!_'.~i,~:~~'. ~~-~::i:f~~~~ ,::_:r~=~ ;d; ;:d? f, Clerk of the Court, oi:Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �t f, County: _., District: 0120- Co~er, June J . L. C. Meadows · Jul ia Comer re A. J .Williams Geo.·, . • Shifflett LEGEND: Tillable Scale - 1": 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context comer-j-june.pdf Title A name given to the resource Comer, J. June Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: S Small Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 120 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Comer https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5fd648eba536f0d4a5a5c1ae118d3dc3.pdf abfebbde1d4d42a2373c0edc98c9ddf0 PDF Text Text Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ · · N o. ________, At L aw. Coun t y, v·1rgima, ham c lrin I n the c·1rcm·t Court of __ ::.:to ~___ ---~-----------____ State of Virginia, Petithe of The State Commission on Conservation and Development tioner, vs. _____ -J . H-. 8ome-r----------------------------------------- -------------------- · · Df Rockin&h·m . ___________ e end an t s. .:__ :::______ _______ coun t y, v·irgmia, more or less, ofl and m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Com:t oL . a·ee k :i:rrr,:-h :ln-:--.-------- Cou?tY, '\:irginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to s'aid petit10n and to said notice. .e.r-------------------------------------------- --------My name is ___ .J .lI......Com l _~~l} __ J.irE.i ri_:i,_<;;!. __________ _____ __ _________ __ My post office address is __ _~~!!_ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__?.:-_q,J1._ _________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=----~~Q. _P_l!iJ.._cU ri.e..~------------------- --------------------- · ·· m v·1rgima, Elkt on :;;-, i ve . locat ed a b ou t ____________ . lan d 1s Tlus m1·1es f rom_____________________________ theSt..o.nBJJ1w l l ____ Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) I f:11!1 sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ H-enry--Sh-i !:l.-e-tt-------- ----- -------------------------- -- ---------- ---- --South ____ :;:. ul1< _J3...L1 '\Ws.0.11 ________________________________________________ _______ _ Jul i 8 L . CoLo r ______________________________ _ E ast ________________________________________________ ' West __ __ _L.ul...q_3....I.~~11J.So.n.------------------------------ -------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__l~.?_4 ___in the following manner: ___ey__a,_~~_cl_;fJ::.Qm...JJuJ_a _B.....1.?.YLSon,.ti.tle.-f.e.e-s-imp..1e-------------- --------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---500.......00------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ p_QQLQQ__ ____ _ I am the owner of____ OO _________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks·------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------- ------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necE!ssary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached h~reto) this_i~~----------day ____9 ,_ e2z2_~ ~ ---.---------of_ ___ F..e..b .---1..9.Zl---, 1 ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ A_Q.91\.i~f_h~gi__•____ __•___ _, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifie1' that_ __5__r1'--eonra-r~- -- -----"'-- -- ---------• ----------, the above named claimant personally appeared 'Before mm and made oath .that the. matters and things appearing in his above answer .pre true to t:ke best of his knowledge and belief, this __ ...3r d.. ___________ day of_ __J'..eb-.--l.9.31-: :l88cx ..£.i _ ~ -~@--- Clerk -1/{he Cour, or Special nvlgator or Notary Public, or Justice of t e Peace. • �Claim of__ J .:n. Comer ---------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL -i~oukirwh'."im ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conser\ration and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ J . :M. Comer--------------------------------------------------------------- Ten Acres more or less, of land in ___~-0-0-k.:i.ng:ham------------County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __:aQ.Q..}s;l._ne:b.::.3_1;1 __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ .J..~ll..-Com.er___________________________________________________ _ My post office address is _____ ...,Swi.ft_..J.un__Yirginia...,_________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL-- .:11-s-:a--:...- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =---~~~;!.]-_~~£1-~~-~QJ_e__ ~.Q~_E~:r:i._~~"9-_S_~_! __________________ _ This land is located abouL-:Fi-¥-e-----miles from ___ fr-3=-k¼n ------------------Virginia, in s t______________ one wctll Mag1s · t errn -· 1 n·1st r1c · t of sa1"d count y. th e___ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel ~ land described above.) ... - -----I - -n.iB--t-Re--s-el-e-&\¥Re'l?--iir-f-e-e--e-iff!p1e--e-f--ti-t-1-e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __~ul.i.a __:_ • .Gn.D.e:c. _______ _______ ___________ ______________________________ ___ GeorPe Shi f lett h Sout--------~ ------------------------------------------------------------------East ______ J:i-r..~~~~hif1&t-t--------------------------------------------------------W est_ ------ -~b-:ttc--.: cnuoi.-- 3-m~r-a:--- rnt--:·u:11-':.l- -..-eor.ue-r- --------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ l 92..8. __ in the following manner: -~y__<!~:-~-!:t:_~~--~-~~~--~!?--~!!~-!~--~~.?:__1._!_i_¥---------------------------------------I clilirrl. that the total value of th1s tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $: _JiQQ_._QQ______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, . and to t h"1s tract or parce1 of 1an d wit . h t h e 1mprovemen . ts t h ereon 1s · $------BOO•---------· OO m I am the owner oL ___ ill)_ _________ a<!tes of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park a~a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; d if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). . Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------. -------------------------------- ----------- - - - -...----- ---.- - --- ----------- - -------------, .. ---------- -------- ------ ------- - ----- - - - --- - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attache hereto) this __3rd--------~-day oL __ __.lr~})_:clJ.si._cy _____ , 1930.. 1 931 / - ~--- ~ ~-----------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___Iro-aki"l'I;·'halTI-- ---------, To-wit: '· . The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___J ..H • .D.o.m.e.x.~---·------.----,.: _______________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ .?,_tQ.___________ day oL_):~.P_!_ _____ ]-_~~1-, 1930. 0 -t?~~:. ~/!!___ _ 6J.Trk of the Court, or Spec1 vestigator ~ ~ Notary Public, or Justice e Peace. )33 ~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context comer-j-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Comer, J. M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Comer https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/28043bb606f62aaf17a30abca5061c8a.pdf 7f9f42eefc775873616ce36f064c19a4 PDF Text Text ROCKING HAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #123- Comer , Julia L . 13 Number of Acres: Location: Sandy Bottom . near Swift Roads: One mil e of fair dirt road to Spo ttswood Tr :. i Run; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility with moderate slopes Southwest exposure . and very little rock . One - half of the tract cleared many years ago, and has been cultivated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly . It is estimated to cut The present stand consists of oak~ , f our cords per acre . . poplar hickory and some History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None • Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 6 @ $5 . 00 $30.00 7 @ 30 . 00 210 . 00 $240 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : - - 13 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 20 . 00 $260 . 00 ValueofLand: $ 240 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 20 .oo Value per acre for tract: $ 20 .oo Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~- ~ CLERK �Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ RockinFham Count y, v·1rgmia, . . N o. ________, At Law. . "t Court of ---=----------------------I n the C1rcm The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs·----.J.u:l-i-a- :1--.8-E>rne-r----------------------------------------------------------- l-;1 or _'-?. 7 A . 1 _R. 90 Ps . _of _l:_ind_________________________________________________ _ . __________ Rockinr-ht.m · · Def endants. more or Iess, of Ian d m c:__________ _______ Count y, v·1rgmia, The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_3Q_c_l~J-l1£..b-_:...m___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ J1Il 1.a -1 . Comer -----------------------------------------------My post office address is __ __ ____ --Sw-i-ft- ·rtH.n- -v: I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought 0 -.-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to be condemned, containing abouL-£-11--ti.- .-i- fr;-?;-0-:P§cres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____ _s_t.a..b.l.a ______________________________________________ _ Th.1s Ian d 1s . Iocat ed a b ou t ___ ::: ________ ' i ve ·· m · m1·1es f rom __-';;,lkton ;:'_ _________________________ v·1rg1ma, the--S.t..J-newa-12---Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) I am sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are a.s follows: North_.iI ~M~·pome.t' - an<lt tL . C. He ::i dows -------------------------------------------- . South __ r . J ~Battghe-r------------------------------------------------------------East ___ _J_JJ...._Qom.e.r__>i.nd.__Q.t.her..s.. _____________________ ____ _______________________ _ West- ----:e:enry--S-hii:lett-"b."'11."d- -ottrer"B"----------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ 1-9.15-__ in the following manner: _ By partition _of my _father _Ge o . T . B,,,ug)1e r's_e state., the ________________ _ tr qct is c ompos ed of t wo parcels.o n e of 1 2 Rlld the other ·14 ee--r-es----------------------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $--~~-6 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-lZ-6-2. .. 00.-----· I am the owner oL __ _?_~ __________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). !:~9-~-----· Ren1arks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL1ft_:~:Yt:'.~r~ my name and :µ~~~p~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ 2.o.cking.ham... __________ , To-wit: · d h ereby cert·fi JuliA L . Comer Th e un ders1gne 1 es tha t ------------------------------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and mad~' oath,that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ &d.-----------day oL __?e-b-;---i--95-i-- --, ~ ---~ ~-~Clerk o the Court, or -'-Zt~ -------- pe al Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. f �• • County: ookimgham. District: Stonewall ,rl~3 - Comer, Julia L. Acreage Claimed: 27 A. 1 R. 20 F ssessed: 27 A-40 P. Value Claimed: Loco ti on: X ~f62 . 00 ft ';1'270.00 Sandy bottom. ~o.brances, c ) :. mter cl· 1".11s or l aps:, none k no n. S1.i ndy olJiy o good dupth a d fert i l icy very little rock. Southvest exposure. vOll: Deed: 27 A-70 J. This includes one other tract. 26 A. l"OP purchased 1916 consideration unknown. 80 P purchased 1913 for 85 i th moderate slope a.nd One mile }f rair dirt road to Spotswood • r 11 near thenoe tour mtles to akton, v1 f t Run; l'istory of tract and eond1 t1 n of timber: One-half of t he tract cleared many years ai o a ~u hos been oult1vat~d sinoe. The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly. It is esti.mated to cut f reds per acr • The pres ~nt sta"ll o :,; nsists of oaks, hic'-;:ory and so~e poplar. 9 4 ads. of ed. ood ~alued 50¢ --- 12.00 I1Jrovements: None. Value of l n • by -ty, es: V, lue ' acre, £er Tyoe Slope ;,.00 Fg 3:5 • ._, Q .otcl Vi 1.:ie ' 30.00 45.00 275.00 I Total VO.l !.L of la d Tota l f r-, l ~e ot im~ r)V J:.nc ::its fr tal vr: l _µ e qf t i '1. er Total V l e of tract Averago' val 10 per acre 275.00 -- l '3. 00 28'! .00 22.08 I x • Thio includes troct ·123•a / I ,I { 'I I I �• • N County: District: #123 - Comer, _J_uli_a_ I-, . L .C. :rteadows June J. Comer Malinda Lawson J.Henry Shifflett LEGEND : Grazing Slope Scale - l " : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall �:i: Q ~ l> "I z, 2 Z1 !! = 0 lD "' n 0 m II 0 -4 C ffl C :z STATEMENT m :!. ;:, JI CO -I :z OF ) Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , p . q . JULIA L. COMER . z, ;; "' i OR~ < ;' ... . so.~N ::, ffl DI N < - 3 • z, n n Co"' C ., - :, :z II 0 I> ,c Ill -4 0 ii~ STATEMENT OF C Q3 TS , POSTAGE , ETC . : I Ji �. . RE: ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Froceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act. MRS. JULIA L. COMER #123 filed in the Clerk'~ Offic Rockingham County, Va~ AUG ,1-11933 I' '-:7;_ ... ~ J a t . . ~ C1erk I TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ARBITRATION: J. ... Pursuant to the rules of proceedure adopted by this Honorable Board on August 16, 1933, Julia L. Comer, land owner, respectfully submits the following statement: a. That the number of the tract of land, owned by Juli~ L. Comer, shown on the county ownership map filed in the condemnation proceedings is# 123. b. and 24 poles, That the acreage of said tract is 12 acres, 1 rood That the sa id Julia L. Comer is the owner in fee simple of said real e s tate; she having acquired the same in the partition of the l ands of the late George T. Baugher, the s ame having been assigned to her by the commissioners appointed in the chancery cause of George T. Baugher's heirs v. George T. Baugher's heirs, which report of said commissioners was confirmed b y decree entered b y the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in said cause on July 20, 1916; and 1s· duly of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book 106 at page 242; reference is here made to said title papers. c. The sa i d 12 acres, 1 rood and 24 poles of land is situa te on the south western slope of a mountain ridge, in the Blui Ridge MOUl;).tains at Sandy Bottom School house. The character of s aid land is chocolate clay mountain soil, especially adapted to the production of various crops of the county, with smooth surface ETHEL IRWIN and a scanty covering of small loose rock which in no way interfer~ ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRI SONBURG, VA. 111 �with the cultivation thereof. This land is free from large stones and the few loose rocks are small and on the surface. Six acres of said land is cleared and has been grassed for about ten years with the result that it is now of splendid quality and is capable of producing large crops ~dthout fertilizer. acres is 40.00 per acre. The value of sa id 6 The remaining 6 acre s , l rood and 24 poles is in timber, and is of the same quality of soil as the said 6 acres. It is e s tima ted that said timber tract will yield 18 co~ of wood per acre, valued at$- .75 per cord, or a total of$ 13.50 per acre. The value of the 6 acres, l rood and 24 poles of land exclusive of timber isl 25.00 per acre. Therefore, the value of s aid land and the growing timber thereon: Cultivated land, 6 acres at $ 40.00 per acre $ 240.00 Timber land, 6 acres, 1 rood, 24 poles ( exclusive of growing timber) at $26.00 per ~ acre 160.00 Aggregate value of entire tract exclusive of growing timber $ 400.00 Growing timber on 6 ac r es, l rood, 24 poles at$ 13.50 per acre 86.40 Aggregate value of tract of 12 acres, 1 rood and 24 poles, including growing timber $ 486.40 There is no claim to any incidental damages to adjacent land of the O\mer not to be oondermed. It is suggested tha t the arbitra tors accept and allow the value placed on s aid land in this statement, taking into consider ation the affidavits of ? . B. F. Good and others heretofore filed herein. If the value is not thus fixed, then this clainamt respectfully re quests a n oral hearing. Respectfully submitted. ETHEL IRWIN ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. - - - ,/ Attorney for Julia L. Comer 8 �- . ST_TE OF VIRGINIA CITY OF HARRISOHBURG , to-wit: This day personally appeared before me, Janet Sprinkel, a notary public in and for the city and State aforesaid in my said city, Ethel Irwin Lineweave r, who, being duly sworn, ma.de oath that she is attorney for Julia L. Comer, and is authorized to mke this affidavit ; that the statement s contained hereinbefore are true, except in so far as they are therein stated to be upon information; and that in ao far as they are therein stated to b~ upon informatio n, she believes them to be tnle. Given under my hand this 28th day of August, 1933. N.P ETHEL IRWIN ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. �Claim of____________________________________________________ -.- "' ______________________ _ In the Circuit Court of__.3.o.akinr_hi::'..m ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ J .u. Comer------------------------------------------------------------0 m more or 1ess, of 1an d m ______ =:_________ _______ Count y, v·1rgmia, · __ :_ Rockin°h · · · Def endants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__~~~~~~1¥__~~~----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ J-uli-a--Ir.8e-t_;i -er----------------------------------------------My post office address is ____ 9J{_:i;fj;__3.1-l.11 _J_:l:rg_:L..111-A._ __________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouLJlne..,-~.half ______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =-~ ~..?--~!~~.!_?_~~~-~l_:.9_~~~-~!_!1.?Jfl'_e_l_"!.!f~~J:_!_h_~~~-~------- ---8-nd-.g-ar -af'e-----------------------------------------------------------------------This land is located about_-f-.i:ve------miles from _____ :B-~ktun---------------- Virginia, in the_ S_t.QU..Et~ al_l, ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -I---ho-1-d--d-e-e-d--:EtJr--l i-fe--and--t-hen--t,,J-nty-ireirs-------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: NorthJ!Y--Own. -land-...o.f _J3.JJ.----O--the.~--t.~~-e-t--------------------------- --------- - -South __ s~ rne _9 s _on no rth ------------------------------------------------------ East ___ J J .-Ooa-e-r---------------------------------------------------------------- West_ __LI_y own _l and _i n _ano t her_ t:.c1ct _______________ _______________________ _ I acqu~red my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __1 -g--0 6___ in the followmg manner: .B...y.-d.e.ed..-fr..o.ra-G.eo.....T..B.qu _:h.~.r--Pnd--~~i-:fe-----------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-1--~Q.9_!..Q.9____ __ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $---~~9-~~9-~----· I am the owner of_ ..:____ _: ___ __::c. _ _ ...c__aareSB of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ __ _____ __-:: ________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------- ---- --- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~~::~s~;-~t:~~:~ my name and ~~t~%~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_"ft~ rtnr:-anr---- ---:---_! __ , T?-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaLJ ulifL.L .....Ca~ ~-------------;.- - - ___ ____ __ the above named claimant personally appeared before him ana made -oath tnat the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, • this ___~!_c! ___________ day of__ 2_~~~--1J_~l____, ~ ,tJ -_/f_t_ Li;_L tiJ~-~~rL..,.,r,,,,-,. Clerk of the Court, or S ec1 Notary Public, or Justice �II:~ THE CIRCUIT COURT CF ROCKL~GHAM C0Ul(TY, VIRGIJ.ITL\. . Petitioner The State Com.~ission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virc inia v. 11829 Defendants Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others, and fifty- two thousand , five hundred sixty- one acres (52,561) more or less , of land in Rockingham county, Virginia . In coCTpliance with the order entered in the above entitled case on the t venty- fifth day of October, 1932, a,;1d in response there to, your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , ovmership of which is claimed by her, and with reference to which she has filed her objections, is the same trac t or 2arcel which was found by the Appraisal Commissioners. to be land owned by her, being tract Number 123 , as shown and delineated on the map f iled with the report, and exhi bi ts sheets thereto attached, made to by said commissioners . {IBY Counsel Counsel Filed in e:o Cle;k's Office Rockicgharn C:Junty, Va. f.' f 11 " / q 1r.· -; v · ... ~ . ETHEL IRWIN ATT ORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . 1./7 I �·----·- ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM: COUNTY, VIRGINJ.A. The State Commission on Conserva tion and Development of the State of Virginia v. ) Condemnation / 1 Claim Oassandra Lawson Atkins, &c Now com es the undersigned defenda nt, Julia L. Comer, and moves the court to decline to accept the report of the board of apprai sal commissione rs heretofore filed in this proceeding, with r espect to. Claim #123, and to disapprove . the findings of fact therein contained, on the followir:g ground:· That the allowance or award made for the land of the undersigned, to-wit, the sum of ~260.00, is grossly inadequate; so inadequate as to indicate that said board was affected or influenced by some error, mistake or misapprehension o f f acts as to the id entity of said land, or some mist a ke of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence considered. WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays leave to fil e this, her exce ry tion to said r e port; and in support of this except i on files herewith the attached affidavit. And she will ever pray, etc. ounsel �' Re: Julia L. Cromer 13 acres Claim 4f 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: P. B. F. Good, being duly wworn, makes oath that he surveyed the 13 acres of land, owned by Julia L. Comer, referred to in the above claim, and that to his personal lmowledge the said land, including the timber thereon, is worth forty dollars ($40.00) per acre, and that in his opinion said price of forty dollars ($40.00) per acre is the fair market value thereof at the present time. October, 1932. This day personally appeared before me and State aforesaid, whose term of office expires on t he 193 7 , P. B. F. Good, -. ' ---day of I ~ _;;; _..,.:;/"""Z;.,__)';.(' whose n:lr.le is signed to t he foregoing affidavit, a nd who, being duly sworn makes oath t hat the statements therein contained are true. Given under my hand this first day of October, 1932. .. �filed in the Cierk's v;~~c:, Rockingham Couuty, Va. SEP f/ ~ COMER, JULIA L. 123 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 1933 !erk IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PErITIONER: EXCEPrANT : Comer , Julia L. ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 27- 1R . 20p : Value $1362 & Inc . Damages, None VALUE .1:'LACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER ' S APPRAISERS : TRACT NO . 123 VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $287 . 00 None BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMIS~.LONERS FINDINGS : MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 123 VALUE OF TRACT : TRACT NO. 123 VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $260.00 None �The basic differences between Petitioner and this exceptant are as to the classification and value of the land and timber values . As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value, we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet ofnthe Board with reference to this case , and not as set forth in exceptant's statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record, and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work ~heet in this case will be furnished if desired o Subscribed to and verified before me this the 8th day of September, 1933 . ~ cvkd~r/ Emma K. Stokes,Notary Public ISi �Re: Julia L. C~omer 13 ac~es Claim :/f 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: J . L. Maiden, being first duly sworn, makes oath that he is fifty- nine years old, that he has lived at Swift Run all his life within one-fourth mile ·of the land of Julia L. Cromer, referred to in the above claim; and that he has lmown the said Julia L. Cromer land all his life; that said Julia L. Cromer land herein referred to is, in his opinion worth at least fifty dollars ($50 . 00) per acre, and that said price in his opi nion is the fair market price thereof; that all of said land is suitable for cultivation; that no fertilizer is required for growing wheat thereon; that there is a young growth of good timber on a part of said land; . that t he whole of said tract is enclosed by a good woven fence; that s a id land is well watered . Given under my hand this first. day of October, 1932 . V This day personally appeared before me ____ pl5'FCf.,.ola Notary Public, in and for the City and State aforesaid, whose term of ~ : A1-01-: I office expi res on t he ~ dey of , 19 36-:_, J . L. Maiden, whose name is signed to the fore going affidavit, and who, bei ng duly sworn makes oath that the statements therein cont a i ned are true . Given under my hand this first day of October , 1932 Notary Public �Re: Julia L. C~omer 13 acres Claim 4J: 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: G. w. Shifflett of Swift Run, Virginia, being dttly sworn, makes oath that he is fifty-three years old, that he has known all his lHe the Julia L. Cromer property referred to in this claim, that he has lived for 40 ......-i...&....- 91¼ said property years, as renter, farming on thirds; that he has lived in and about Swift Run, all his life; that said Julia L. Cromer land herein referred to ig, in his opinion worth at least fifty dollars ($50.00) per acre, and that said price in his opinion is the fair market price thereof; that during the past season he has raised on six: acres of the said land thirty bushels of corn to the acre; that all of said land is suitable for cultivation; that no fertilizer is required for growing wheat thereon; that there is a young growth of good timber on a part of said land; t hat t he whole of said tract is enclosed by a good woven wire f ence; that said land i s well watered. Given under my hand this first day of October, 1932 This day personally appeared before me _______ ----~------PB FQ-ooc/ ' a Notary Public, b and for the City and State afore - said, whose term of office expires on the _ __.,,Ji ..;./_2;z _ _ _ day of ~~ . / 19 3 r , G. w. Shifflett, whose name is signed to the f oregoing affidavit, ~1.d who , being du.ly sworn makes oath that the statements therein contained are true. • Given under my hand this first day of Octobe~, 1932. Notary Public � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context comer-julia-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Comer, Julia L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 123 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Comer https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1c2b8373fea319818595b4f9a82dd955.pdf 1b5c121f7727348eff8022e94e449ec6 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #19 - Conrad, George N. Number of Acres: 1030 Location: Roads: Abram Mountain , lying in both Rocki ngham and Page Counties , and entirely within the Park a rea . Six miles of good dirt ~oad except for two and one- half miles of pavement t o Elkton , the nearest shipping poi nt . Soil: Shallow sandy loam of poor fertility and covered with small loose rocks and t here are also rocky outcrops and cl iffs . The slopes are steep except for a strip of level land along the . stream. .. 1 years ago anu History of Tract and condition of timber :Th·e t rac t was cu t over seve~a was severely burned in 1926 and much of the area again in the There i s an open stand of short scrubby yellow summer of 1930 . pine l'' to 5tt DBH with occasional trees to 10" DBH. Two small areas have open s tand of yellow pine up to 14" DBH with occasional whi·te pi ne on 2? acres . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Ridge: (burned} Slope: It " ,; Value per acre Total Value 260 @ . 50 $130 . 00 426 @ 344 @ 1 . 50 2. 00 639 . 00 688. 00 $1457 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 300 . 00 '$1 75? . oo I Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1457. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ValueofTimber: -$ 300 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1 . 71 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ ~ ~ 4 /...:_;_ ~~:;,.::;:;....:·;.._:;.. Z?" '- CLERK. �RZPO '::1 ON '::HE b.C RZi,.GE of the George~. Conrad ~ract #19 . The deed conveying this land to George N. ohrad gives a good descriJtion by bearings and distances . This deed calls for "about 2000 acres , " b"§tt a computation of the acreage by the calls in the deed gives 1279 acres . Ties made on the ground by the u. s. G. s., and by men work ing under my direction, decrease sliGl1tly the lengths of several lines of the tract . a computation of the acreage by the calls contained in the deed, subject only to these corrections :nade in the field, l~i ves 1236 acres in· the tract . Of this acreuge, 206 acres lie in Page County , leaving 1030 ucres in Rockingham. ':'his is covered by the 3tate's report . Chief Sngineer , ?nr:~ Service . 3c �Claim of_ ___ George N. Conr . ~~J (erroneously _described _in _ the_ plat _~cc ._ in these ___ _ prodeedines as Geor~e rton~r~h In the Circuit Court oL_<2.~~! __ ·__~ _______________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in __ J}Q~l--i-P£4.E!ffi ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ ~ e- ~- .C...QJu:ad _____________________________________________ _ My post office address is ________~~::!~~-~_:1!_ ,,wo ~~-!i!~!-~~~-----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest inJq€ tract or parcel of land within the area sought no to be condemned, containing about_ __~QQQ ___________ acres, on which there are =tKeJliffiltowmg::x buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ A . 1an d 1s . 1ocat ed a b ou t ____________ 6 m1·1 es f rom _____________________________ Elkton v·1rgmia, . . m. Tl11s 8t0 newall M . t . 1 D. t . t f th e________________ ag1s eria 1s ric o sai·ct Coun t y. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ______________________________ fee siNDle_ ti_tle _______________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _______________________________________________.______________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: A tract of"' bout 2000 ecres was conveyed to r.e by ceed from E-t-D1. Ott . St>ecif CoLJillissioner which is r;:cord~d in I) . B • . 132.,_ p . 544 f,,.nd a trf',~t Q), __ 1,wen.:cy_-...sl.X. _a - re.a.. .hJ[ _Grant_fiom _t be _ .C_ ma1-an e ..J..:t.h. _VJ.b.1 ch _.J.B_ ..r..t...c. QI'. d.e.d.. .JJL ..D. J3 .. 1..;).3__ p . 432. lr.e1 "~ ~ a-s.:l~ a 4i~e-t-o? - B e - ~ 111'lS:-el.~ ~l"Tloa to ;,,s • Y eF-¥"e . ·,c1c:rr '*a ;i;:eo ~9if '*:a- :bl ,- ¥. TI3 , - page 4t;-8-;----------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1{""°@:f!!!_____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and . to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $A..J'i.Q..Q~~~----· ~~~~~~:;,c~ d'-;g.:'f~r~J:of.J ~ltd~agmi!l-tnm::t!lJt9hQ~g..,d.,~~.riiz~dAr~G.t!>rJ. ~®-OfX~fiigCWWtlijetne:PJil'Jc a~ liicli.J..:cmrm=w.111: Be~g~ by -th~ro- LWOO~J~ ll! ! O O ~ ~ ~ JOO($:Xx. _______________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: _Jg_.J_5}~_5__l _fli _L1_e_d__lfil. _~Qf.f.e.r__Q.t _Dow.:ti_o..n.''... _Qf _tr,J3KtJ _fiye_1J~c..:r::.~1i _Qff_ __ of the tract _conveyed _to_me by E . _D. _ Ott , Commissioner _ if_ the Park_ is_ established. �' J county: Hockinr)l.an Diatrict: Stonewall County: ruge District: Shenandoah Iron ~;orks J l 9 -{ .\ockinghrun Co.) Conrad, George Conrad, Coorc~o 1/589 - (I'arrc Countz) : ,creagc Clair._ed: Locc.tion: r. Dood *2000 'i.ssosscd: 2000 2000 n 1500.00 Val~e Clair-ed: ·M . $500 .00 0 ('2?O . OO(l92U) brnm ·ountain, lying in both Rockingham an~ 1-age counties, and entiroly ,,1 thin the Iarl-: area . :r.one known . Inoumbrances, counter clail.1s or lapz: - Sha.llo. sandy 1 oa1 of poc;>r fcrt1li ty and coverod with s1. all loose rocks and t!1cro o.r9 al:;o rocl:y outcrops and cliffs . ~he ~1orcs urc steep except for a strip of level lane along the s treai:i. Roads: Six rnileo of good dirt road except for two and one-half miles 01 n vemen't "':> Elkton, the nearest sl1i1>r: ng point . ,oil : istor;'i' of tract and cond1 tion of ti1 ber: The tract vms cut over oeverul years apo and as 9everely burned 1n 1920 and rnuch of ti1e 01,on s t..•uLd r:hore i o area agair. in the SU!nrccr o i' 1 <. 30. of short :-:;crabby yellow pi. e 1"' to trees to ion DBH . 1l'wo err.all erous pine up to 14" DBH with occasional ln Lockinghnm Co . , tho cstir...ate is On 344 A . - 600 cords o~ fuelwood a... 5r tBH with oooasional hav open s r -:d of yellm v1hi to pine on 2? 0.01·0•: . ?5 J . pine . ~2 . 00- ,'150 . 00 150 . 00 25/ -- 'ir300 . 00 In ra c Co . ; there arc 200 A. --- 50 cords Valued . ~ Inproverents: None. Value of lnnt b::£ , :£,)es: ~ t:Jlope Slope (burned) Ridge (burno( ) -------- 50¢ ( Rooking,ham Acreag_e 344 426 260 l030 Total valuo of land Total valuo of Luprov01ncn ts Total value of timber Total value of tract Average value per acre C~WJ.ti) per acre '2 . 00 l_. 50 . 50 , 1457 .oo 300 . 00 1?5'7.00 l . ?l Total Value ',J 688 . 00 G39 . 00 130 .. 00 t l457_.00 $25 . 00 �county: P.oekingho.n Dis t.ric t: :Jtonevmll County: Page District: Shenandoah Iron Hks Cl9 ... (Rockingham co.} Conrud, Goorgo N. , 580 -( Pa~c Countxl Conrud 1 George · • Cont'd Vnlue of land by tyt,os: Type· Slopo Cove Slope (B urned) (Page County) Value Acreace I?er a.ere 2 . 00 62 5.oo 10 134. 2tJe 1 . 50 Total Value 6 124 , 00 50 . 00 201,00 '3?!:> , 00 Total va l ue of land {Page County) Total value of tinber - ---Total value of tract ----l verage value per ncro - - --- ,3 75 , 00 25 . 00 J400.oo ,1 , 94 sum.:.RY Rockingham and Pnge Counties. ~umber of acres in tract - 1236 Tot 1 value of truct - ~2157 . 00 Average value ~er aero 1 , 75 Note*--- Al thou.eh t he doo ca .. s :tor e.bm1 t 2000 acres t he calls given therein ma.ken n muoh smaller acreage . The field sheet calls for l -2 701 A. Difference betweon t h is and t he reported aoreago is probably due to surface measurer:ont . �I hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of' mountain land assessed in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, as two thousand acres, in the name of George N. Conrad. Given under my hand this // "2.-- day of' December, 1933. �- M. H. HARRISON - TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA December 12, 1933. TO vrnoM IT Y.AY CONCERN: This is to certify that the Taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on 2000-0-0 acres of land situated in Stonewall District, and assessed in the name of Geo. N. Conrad has been paid. M. H. Harrison, Treas By cf. Qf}_,;_1/(& Deputy Vi tness: ~AAU&,F- sco �"I tor • ----• al r 1. pu 1 �.. the custody of NOTE-Thi s need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County NER. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIO V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFEND ANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: the That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract (/) of land numbered as follows: Tract No, 'f-------: Trnct No. ____________ ":' 'f'raet No. ____________ ; numand described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, of bered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody follows: as therefor, award(~) the g constitutin as the Court of the sum(\) set out in the said judgment __ $____ _ -- l 8R TP11:efi Ne. Tract No Award on Tract No. _ , ,_____ $lJ-~1!!f;, e--::--- - - - - - - - - - $-------- --; to That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear ion condemnat the from arising proceeds have a claim to an interest in the said tract(\ ) of land or in the ~ thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constitutin g the award('\) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(\) of land; of That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(~) proceeds the in or tract(\I.) said the in interest following the to land, owned or was (were) entitled ~ ·ming from the onndemnation r- the That no other person or persons than the undersigne d are entitled to share in the distributio n of proceeds the in or tract(~ said in interest whose persons named said award('s.) except the following arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows : /}mV tf 7tit~~'m ade a party ~artiesj' herein under the Wherefore , your undersigned pray(s) that, Act, and that] an order be entered for the emnation Con Park Public the of 21 provisions of Section the fee distributio n of said sumE-8 set forth in said judgment in rem as constitutin g the award(!o.) for of the d undersigne the to payment the for and aforesaid, as condemned tract~ simple estate in the said to entitled (.fM'e7 is d undersigne said award()\} or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the $-1.J~J-~:° ~ receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _1__;7-____ -_ __ _____ $ ___ ______ . 'i?ract No. _______ ___ $_________ ; Ne-. , The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (I.eaxre fihio apace bLtrlt;s,uksa fihePe io 00&1o11 11taer p1111ti ~ n-o ~ ~ eo1:1:rh) the ef tten~ -mattei ho be litett~ttt epeei:1dl:r ts t~e aUeHtie11 ~ ~-~ ~ I~~- ~ -Dt--11-~-c <,I~ a-., ~600~ .c.4'. ~ ~ ~ o ; ( : ~~~ •• ~~-~ ~~ ..:, .~~-~~ ::::J ~J_ 'fJ: :;2 ~/¥ ~~~ rJliiZi ~, t . . . , ; ~ ~ _'!-_~ ~ ~ -,i_:__~--z~(I,-~- /~- ~ i:..-~@.:~---~-::_------~ ~~ ~ .>'5-,&~:~·;:f f~ ~~ ~. ::. a ~RESS ~s~ ~~~~ o n~re~ ~ A s ply of~hi~ la:::~: ::e~::: in the and c mants can parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed byin law, any form ey may deeither c . ange or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions probably will not cover sire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and used, subject all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be to the approval of the court in each .case. 5(;J �Qlommnuwtalt!i nf ]ttrgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 15 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi nia have this 15 day of December in accordance = -=---·n=g--=h=am with an order of the circuit court of - =R~o~c~k=i= dated 12/13/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins - - - - - - -- ------- paid to __Geor ge N. Conrad , Harrisonburg , Virginia $ 1, 757 . 00 be ing i n full settlement of tract# 1 9 in the abov e menti on ed cause. �... ~ .. TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICH MONO , VA . J OH N M . PUR C E LL TREAS U R ER OF VIRGINIA ~ r . George N. Conrad, Harrisonburg, Virginia . Received of J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 1 , 757 . 00, in acaordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the County of Rockingham , entered on the 13th day of December 1933 , in the matter of the St8te Commission of Conservation and Development v . Cassandra Lawson Atkins , and others , being full and complete s ettlement for the tract of land known in s a id proceeding as #19 • .~-- ~ �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. .1.9_ ________ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. --- --------- ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map :filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. L4 _______ $_l'Z.fi.'Z_.__QC;)on Tract No. ____________ $----------; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Geor ge N. Conrad That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in thl:l proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribu tion pledge , obligating the owner, George N. Conrad, to gi ve 75 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that (he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the dis~ibution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee .simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ l9_______ $.3.'Z_.__50___ : Tract No. _____ _______ $ ______ ____ : Tract No. ------~- ---- $ ______ ____ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0 . ADDRESS STATE_ COMMISSION_ ON CONSbRVATI ON supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire :which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. NOTE--A �STATE OF VIRGINIA >ss COUNTY OF WARREN ) Per sonally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public i n my said St4te and County, E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is a.n employ~e of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Divis i on thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shar e s of condemnation awards in the Shenando/3.h Nat..Lonal Park condemnation pro ceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by r eason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within c laim is just and correct . ~ Witness my sighature this 8th d~ ~Y,r-. Notary NOTARY PUBLI M) Commission Expires Sep, 8, 1934 _ =lu-bf"f - - - �STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND IDEVELOPMENT At Law No. 1829 V CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, &c. To the Honorable H. w. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County,Virginia The undersigned who is a party in the above entitled action at law presents this, his answer, which if necessary, is prayed to be treated as a petition, in said action. He respectfully represents that he was the owner of a certain tract designated as Number 19 in the condemnation proceedings which were had in this action and has, by check to the Treasurer of Virginia, been paid the amount of the appraised value of said tract; that since the payment to him of said amount, to-wit: on the 9th. day of January, 1934 a petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development was filed in the said action wherein it is alleged that "by reason of contribution pledge obligating the owner, George N. Conrad, to give 75 acres of his land within the Park area to the park project", therefore the petition prays that an order be entered by this court, directing that out of t he said sum of ~1757.00 for said tract No. 19, there be paid to said State Commission on Conservation ?d Development, ~37.50 by reason of said "donations". Since the filing of said petit i on, the undersigned has been furnished with a copy of what purports to be a copy of the alleged donations, (which, as the court will observe, were made as far back as the year 1925) one of the said donations being for 25 acres in which the undersigned reserved the right to cancel I! the same after two years from the date thereof ( but the undersigned does not seek to avail himself of the said right of cancellation), the other donation being ~acres. Inasnmch as these donations were made nearly nine years ago, II the undersigned had forgotten the quantity donated, and when the sum of Ii $1757.00 was paid to him, he assumed that those in charge and authority had in the exercise of proper care, deducted such amount as was properlydeductable, on • �the unde rsign ed . The unde r accou nt of said dona tions , from the sum which was due r canp lianc e with the signe d has no desir e or dispo sitio n to avoid a prope desig nate what porti on offer to donat e and asse rts that he had the right to the said dona tion agree of his tract of land shoul d be taken in discm rge of that porti on of his said ments and he elect s that the dona tion shall be from g the amount of $37 . 50 tract which was appra ised at 50, per acre, thus makin by the Commission on which is the amount the petit ion filed as afore said be accep ted as in full disCons ervat ion and Development claim s is due and will charg e of the said agree ment s to donat e . with the Clerk of this The unde rsign ed attac hes heret o to be lodge d and filed ~ ,.J> ?- J'-0 . Cons ervat ion and Development Cour t, his check paya ble to the State Commission on ~ Commission assum ing that the said amount is to the said State d be paid to the Trea surer on Cons ervat ion and Development , but if said sum shoul stead , issue anoth er of Virg inia, will withd raw the said check and in it's for the said sum, payab le to the said Treas urer . paper in the said The unde rsign ed respe ctful ly begs leave to file this in conn ectio n with it as actio n at law and that the Cour t may enter such order may be appr opria te . Resp ectfu lly subm itted, 257 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context conrad-george-n.pdf Title A name given to the resource Conrad, George N. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Abram Mountain Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 19 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Conrad https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/440e209b920072376fc4ea22b03ee537.pdf 3b1da3759af8958aa45d3709023c3d3e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA1,'I COUNTY NAME OF fiil,jitil:/J #39 - Cook, J . R . Estate Number of Acres: 100 Location: Dry Run . Park area cuts the property . further Location) Roads: 1. 4 2 miles country road to Elkton . (See reverse side for Soil: Gravelly loam. The lower sJ_opes are o f medium fertility , proThe upper slopes are shallow and extremely bably deep , but stony . stony . History of Tract and condition of timber: Badly burned on the lower slopes . There is a -large stand of pi tch- pine saplings up to 7 11 DBH . and very There is an a mixture of small hardwoods , mostly scrubby oak. short . On the upper slopes there is a fairly well Plenty of reproducti'.)n . stocked stand of larger oitch- pine up to 9 11 but very short, and a small On the north slope of the hill south of the adr1ixture of hardwoods . public road there is a heavier stand of larger hardwoods ru-'rning 1m»m~:x: up to 10 or 12 11 • Grazing land is very brushy . Loging ground runs from easy to hard . The lower slopes have been hard cut in recent years which accounts for the very light stand . Lower slopes are naturally especially good timber land, and are at present wel l stocked in spite of being burned Tract is estimated to cut 354 cords of repeatedly in the past . wood . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope:-- - - 29 @ J3 . 00 ~87 . 00 Cove: - - 53 @ 7 . 00 371 . 00 Grazing Land: 18 @ 30 . 00 540 . 00 - $998 .0 0 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 998 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 200 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 200 . oo 50 .00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Total Value per acre for tract: $ 12 • 4 8 - - -- - -·- ~n248 .00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . ~ - ~ _ :_ _ CLERK SJ �CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE- - -- While this area is sup Josed to be 100 A. and the cours es Lo_cation.:.-- as given plot out an area of about 100 A., des c ripti on of proper ty gives the ne i ghboring ovmcrs and the area so bounded, as shown on our maps , as comprising about 1 89 A. . Our information shows 189 A. as the area of this proper ty inside the Park . Count ys Pi tr ett ··s e so 182 100 Stone D • 3000.00 d .. lOO A. 1906 or 1.00 nnd oth r conid · .ti ns. ona ~nd th th d G 'V lly • pro ..bly e::tt e ely ur Bt lo~tor to • • le d 0 0 of pro ~:ty o boun~ d • ao sho our in or on ro o or pt o \ ., tion o s ark . ) • o:f r olo ea oount Y r ·d t {1 .tton . :~ '"'Ont paa t. cord . ... 1 l l -:v- r-i - of , 9. 00 l? . oo ...\ 1, or a ere 66. oo ·5. 64. .15 �Claim of_ ____ Ne lli e _ F. _Cook-- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --~, At Law. In the Circuit Court of_ __ ,.:....,_ . ..._____________.__ County, Virginia, No.__ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ more or less, of land in __ :~--# _ a _____ _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ___ ~...._.;,...,,.,1,,,,....,,....c:,_11 _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______Nel l ie _F . _Cook--- ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- --My post office address is ___ ____ ~-~~~~~--~~-~~-_g_~#~--------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area-sough t to be condemned, containing about___ ~ ---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents=----- --~--~ - ~--~- ~ ---------- --------- - ---------- ---------- - This land is located about_ __ ____ miles from _______ -~ · "'"-------- ------Virg inia, in the ____17 .,..,..,;.,c..J..l ___ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ____ _ .--~--~~·---.....!--.,- __ __________ __ __________ __ ____ ____ ____ __ ___ ___ _ ______ ____ _ South ______ ~---~---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -West____ __ • __ .. . _____ ._J ___ __ _-'~- - -------- oo __ .._ t _tc _________________________ __in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ following manner: _ _i ur ___ __ - . to _d __ o __ o _follo •_: __ d _ed ____ .__ J . ___• __________ cl__ . if e ; - ~~J- ~:lf __ >(L __ .. _______ ...:0 ;__ .:, o . __ • ___ ltlc ·_., __' _._._ ____ ·,___ • ___ • ____ rnabor , rt._ tc . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $-- A"'.O_... in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $__:l,~_Q__•__!-:-__ __ • I am the owner of__ lt _o___ m_ ___ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by· the roposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- - -~~; ~..,...-- ..1~.....u (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks ·--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- - - - -- oo____ . ---------- ---------- -- ------ - - --------- - ---- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL:'.~ ;;_~y sig~:~~r1~ 3: .my name and ~2?~Z~~~~~~~d~y - ------ -, To-wit: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ __ ,..... ,. The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ _________l!~~_);J~--~-'°-' -Q9_Q.}f________ ____ ____ ___ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ .l: ·_.. _______day of_____ _ ~ ~ 1//0 / ~ - 1-, ___ OL. __ _· ___ £ . -- ~ ..,L _ _ __ Clerk of t Cootl, or Special Investiga~ N ot--aey--Pu lie, or Justice of the Peace. Ii �Claim of ___ W._ R.C'ook _____________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_Ro..ok.in~am_ ___________ County, Virginia, No. __ l.8..29_, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __C.assa.ndr_a_La.WSQn_.A.tkinsT_.e.t__aJ.s • .,_..ana._~__g_1.~§.i_!l,_<g·!!JJ_1. _________ _ more or less, of land in __ll.9_~J_l!@.~_____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ R_Q.Q;!.c_A~l:!_~m_ _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___ Jl~_R.._.CO.ok_ __________________________________________________ _ My post office address is _____tllcj;_Q!)....J-_¥!.3-_~.--~~#-~----------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __l~.?____________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____-: __-:_ __:-__-:__-:__:-_________________________________________ _ This land is located abouLtMfLfL ___ miles from ______ .Rl_'tj;_Q!l_______________ Virginia, in the_S.t-.an..eWall ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) __one-third_ interest.------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ___ Adam_ Hens1QT ____ _________ ___________________________ ________________ __ South ____w. _H. Marshall estate---------------------------------------------East ____ Adam_}le nsley _est_ate ------------------------------------------------West_ _____ ._ H._ Marshall_ estate and_ Cook estate ________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__19.Q6___ in the following manner: bx_:rour _se~arate deeds_ as_ follows: __ deed_ from_J. _A. _Bear and wtle;_ H. _A. _Bear and_ wife; _Jno • __· ._ Palmer~_&c. _,_ alll.d_J. _S. Harnsber_ger., _&c l claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_~._QQQ~QQ ____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.A._OQQ_.Q_Q ____ . I am the owner oL_lQ_Q~_J~Q____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). $J~~oa8-!&!RbovE Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - ------- -------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__:~~;:~=:;~:~~rl:3~: my name and :::wr1/R~_1;;l~~~~~~~~-~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ .Rockingham.. _________ , To-wit: ~~ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____ ..W.L..RL_QQ,0,k. ________________________ ____ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, t~is _____l§~..b, ________ day of_ ____ Febr.ua,rs:~ 1931.o _ ./9. ~ ~ ( l ~ ~ /4/:1/ ~ ; , ~ ·\ p~iaff;vestiga~~; / ~ir:~f ~ o ~ r Justice of the l¼ace. �- County: District: Rockingham S t oneuall #39- Cook, J.R. Estate N J & D. Plum LEGEND: Slope- (Upper · Grazi~ Scale - 1 = 20 & Lower chains 4 '}4· � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context cook-j-r-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Cook, J. R. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dry Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 39 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Cook https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a9e126dfa3af82688f7a1a5fbebc23ec.pdf e256ee9a2bba28f5339b952fdbad9221 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #338 - Crawford & Fulton Number of Acres: 23 Location: / On top of the Blue Ridge , lying mostly in Albemurle County , ond entirely within the Park area . Roads: It is fifteen miles over good roads to Proffit, or fourteen miles over poo~er roads to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: (See reverse side for Soil information ) The tract was cut over many years ago , and there is no merchantable timber . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 23 @ . 30 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 690 . 00 Total Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 30 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE t690 . 00 �SOIL : The soil is a sandy loam of fair depth dn~ fertility, shaley in many places. On the open there is a small amount of rock which is more abundant near the woods where there are larg~ outcrops . The Slopes are gentle to steep . The wooded portion is very rocky . There are a grazing is smooth with a large amount of poor soil. few patches of good blue grass sod with some blue grass on most of There is much sheep sorrel, the area . :rearly half has some fern . dog fennel, daisy , and other weeds with a small amount of brush. The woodland grazing has little grass, but many weeds . �~ County: District: Rocking.ban Stone :mll County: District: Albarorle Uhite Hall #3'18 .. Cha.rleo era lf'ord & J . G. Fulton- (Rockinghe.n Co . ) Albenarle Co . ) ~ • " " n " n X Aaaeasod~ 648 .§Q_ Deed: 648. 80 ( 189:>) Value Clained: 3500 Deed : 626 Acres . -rea : wca.tion: 5860 . 00 Aaeea·s ed: On top of t h o 1.ne Uide • lyin g nostl • in lber.iarle Cot nt • ....n d eu · i1· ly 7i · hin tli.e l?D..!'k a.roa. . Tone kno\!n . lncuubrancea, oou ter 01a·pa o_ l!:!.J?O :, Roada: It ia fifteen nilec over good roads to Profito, or fourteen nilco over poorer roads to Po~t _epublic, the nee.re t all.: p g po int • -- ... he coil io a aandy loa.t:1 of fa i :r do )th and fertility• ohaley in ~ny placco . On tho open here 1e a ona.ll anount of rock ;"Jhioh is r.10:re ab md nt n ar the o ods her th ... i•e a re la.l·ge outcropo . '£ he \1000.ed portion is very r.oc 1"' • olopec a.re Bentle to otocp . The gra.zing !u aoooth with a large az:1ount of poor soil . '1 'bere a:l'."e & few patches of good blue era.as aod , i th Soil: sonc blue grass on ooat of the area. Nearly half has sone fern . 1J.:nere is nuch sheep sorrel, dog fennel , daisy, an d other weeds 1.1ith a Stla.ll a1:1ount of brusb . The ~oodlt~nd gr zin~ hns little grass, but oany weeds . +1 e t!· ct au ut over ]!.:story of' t:raot ~-nd condit.:.on of tit1b • oa.n~yeara aeo, ancitnore 16 no ticrcha.ntablo tinber . 60 . 00 5¢ -,:ne eatina.te ie 1,000 loouot poata I prov nents: Abandoned tenant houoe, FrN.1c> 15x24'• t1ith L l4xl6', i story, 3 roona. ceiled, atone ohitliley, oetal 25 . 00 roof, solid found~tion, poor condition -- Barn: Fra.oe • l4~'.i.8x8', papt!r roof, fair condition·-·- 15. 00 3 40 . Orchard: 50 apple trees, 25 years old, poor con"l·t '.on, valued uiJ~h the land . Value of land by ty1Jea: ~ Grazing Total value of land Total value of tract Average value per a.ere ( Rook ingl t.t1 CountJ) Velue ~r acre 30 . 00 -·" 690 . 00 690 . 00 . 30 . 00 (cont'd) Total Value '690 . 00 00 �\l to • . • . . . . . Jt . ···co&n't" { A nt uo ••••••• ~12 . �- • LAW OFF I CES - G. H. BRANAMAN WAYNESBORO , VA . 1Jay 14, 1934 Hon . H. '! . Bertraz:1, J'udge Circuit Court of RockinbhBJ.~ County Harrisonburg , Va. De, , r jud r;e Bertram: The Cr2.wf ord and Fulton g r azing fLrn o f 648} .Acres , principally l oco.ted in 1: lbe ..:iarle County , but 'Ti th 23 .t1.cres in Rockinghan aounty , has been conclernn.ed and tc.ken for Park purposes , 311.d in discussint~ the question of distributing the money , 11ith J'udge Smith 2.. fe\/ days , he su 6 gested that for natters of convenience in administering the fund you might be uillins to tr2..11s ·"er the >920 . 00 fund 1101-r in your court to 11.is ::: ourt , ,1herc )11 , 080. 00 is held , md there administer the fund in one :-..Jroceeuing . J:iollovring his sug ,est ion I have ::;irepared and a,:: enclosing herewith an application for the trc.nsfer along with an order , :rhich I trust that you \'Till enter , e.nd a CO}.JY of the order for the Clerk to certify and return to me; a.nd , 8.lso , f or the Clerk a check of )2. 00 to c over his fees i s enclosed . 1 I shal l apprecie.te your J ro119t attention if you please. Thanking you , I am GHE L:illL �/ VIRGilaA: IJJ TI-ill CIR'JUIT 80URT OJ' ROOKI:'..:GY.o.I: COtnr::.'Y THE ;/;_{::E co::::rs.310:T OlT COlTSERV!1.TIOH AND DEV .EL0l"13'HT O:F THE STATE 03' VIRGilTIA 7 ) l ------- ------- ------- --l V. AT LJ.~i HO . 1829 CAS3.ANDRA L: !SO::.T _ ~KI:h , ., "D O':'..':~.R.:3 , Jtl.ID 52 , 561 d.CRE;3 OF LuD , ::ORE OR LE;iS , nr :tCCKilfGH.:.l: COU1ITY, V~'i. . REa ) ) ORDERt- FULTOl; .-JT::) C?... i. G'ORD TRACT l:TC . 338 ,)920 . 00 On this the 16 th d2,y of I::ay , 1934 , c CT11e J. Givens Pul ton , Jr ., and the estu.te of C. ::). Crawf'ord , by tneir attorney , a,nd on moti on le"',ve was given them to file their ap:plicati on for the trc,nsf er of the sum of ~920 . 00 , the amount found by the Board of Arbitration, accepted and substituted by The State Co!Illnission on Conservation and Develo pment of the State of Virginia as and for fair and just co.u1:pensation for the land taken and set out in the judgment of condemnation as Tract No . 338 , v1hich said sum has been paid into Court . And , it appearing fro,J. the record in this cause that the sum of ,;,920. 00 has been :pe.id into this Court for Tract No. 338 standing in the nrune of the applicants and , aJ.s o, it do th appear from the ~pplicati on this day filed that the larger portion of the tract of ~and condemned is loc a.t ed in .'-1,lb e:ma rle Caunty , d. esi&,mc;1..t ed 1:.~s Tract fro . 199 , f or ·which _i ll , 080 . 00 has been }1aid into and is under the �control of the Circuit Court of Albe:rrc.rle County , therefore , for convenience of administration and distribution, it is ordered by the Court that the said fund of )920 .. 00,, avmrded as just com:pensation for Tract No . 338 1 be and the same hereby is transferre to the Circuit Court of ~ lbe1mrle County , there to be consolidate vlith the fund of )11, 080 .. 00 awarded as just con:pensLtion for that :9art of the Grazing lt-i.nds loccl.ted in ~Uberiiarle County, a.nd a certified co"_Jy of this order shall be transmitted to the Treasure of Virginia , v1hich shall be :1is e.u thori ty to consolidate the said funds c.md disburse the same as directed by the orders of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County. 37 �VIBGDTL .. : nr 7.HE CI:1CUI':::' COFR': O::? BOCKI:TGILE: COUJJTY THE STAT.r£ co:·: rr IOlT o~:- cc::JSSRV•..':.'IO:T A'..f:J DEVELOE.:EliT CF '.:'1-IB: ':{'.:.,1'~ O::? VIRGDH.A V. _ T L!'l.~V ) ) ) -:;-o. 1829 C SSAJ.ffiR_\ Le~: T:30lr Ar:::'Kn:-s, }JJD a:::'IGR3, .urn 52 , 561. _..CR33 CF L 3D, ::mJ: Cl LEJS, r:T ROCiCTHG~L.:: COl!l.ITY, V h.. )) .ti.PPLIC~~·rol'T OF FUL':'OIT J,}D C_ ,'FORD: )) ________________) ) TO T!-I.E E:O::.T. H. "!. 3~R':'R.J1, JU:JGE OF THE CIRCUIT COlJ"RT OF ROCKI::~GR~- COUHTY. The applicants , .r. Givens Fulton , .Jr. and the estate of C. D. Cra,1ford, respectfully represent and say tl12:.t they o:med together a tract of mountain grazing land of 648-~- ..1.cres , of nhich 625-?t J;.Cre Yw,s located in lbenarle County , and 23 cres nas loco.ted in Rockinghun C ounty , condeDned and tu.ken by The State C'oL.IDlis si on on Cons ervu.tion and Devel op1,1ent of the .3ta te of Yirginia for Park purposes , 2.nd as just con:pensr.,tion tha.t part of the said land deign2.ted 2.s Tract lTo . 199 in the conder.mation proceedine;s in Uberrnrle County, the sur.1 of ;lll , 080 . 00 was finally anc.rded , a,nd or that part of the stdd land locate d in Rockingham County esignated as Tract No . 338 the su_:i of 1920. 00 was finally mvarded . The applicB.nts represent and SL~Y that for convenience and cononzy- in administering and distributing the fund novr under contra f this Honorable Court , a tra.ns ...'er thereof to the Circuit Court of lbem:i.rle County is desirfable , &.nd for the purpose of obtaining sue �transfer the applicants hGve filed this their application ; and . they , furthermore , say tbut the taxes for 1933 and all prior year rove been paid , and that there are no liens binding the suid land or funds 2,ri sing fro1:.1 the condemnation there of , either in Rockinghar.i or Albemarl e County, or any place el se. Wherefore , the applicants Jray that an order may be entered on this their motion and 1:tpplicu.tion , transferring the said fund of ,i;,920 . 00 an2,rded o,s just cor.1::)ensation f'or Tract 1To . 338 from th contr ol of the CTircui t Court of Rockinghar.1 County to the Cir cuit Court of Albe:rrnrle County, there to be ad.ministered snd distribut d along vr ith the fund of ~11 , 080 . 00 now held under the ::::ontrol o: the said aircuit Court l:.: Y 1 4 , 1934. 31 �LAW O FF ICES G. H. BRA NAMAN WAYNESBORO , VA . 1!ay 23 , 1934 Hon. H. w. Bertram Harrisonburg , v~ . De2~ Judge Bertrrun.: I am enclosing an order in connection with the Fulton and Cr awfo rd grazi ng l -1nd, transferring the sum of 4~690. 00 for tract 1'To . 338 in your Court to the Albemarle County Circuit Court , and likevrise provi ding for the transfer of the sum of ?230 . 00 nov, held by the Cl er:k to the Albemarle Cotmty Clerk. r trust tho.t you vr.i..11 find the order in due form, and if entered, :?le2,se ask the Clerk to certify tl1e two copies enclosed and mail them to me e,s :promptly as may be convenient , so that I can f orward a copy to .Judf; e Smith and another one to the Treasurer of Virginia. I vras fortunate enough to hold up the orders in Albemarl e until I can get t~e trc:nsfer in satisfactory shape. I certainly hope that the t....l er:{ uill enter this order without 2,dditional char g e , bec2Use if I had been advised that he held a part of the money uhen he . ote me about the sa:rn.e I '\-1ould hc.1..ve covered the transfer in the first order , but i: he insists on payment I , rill re.nit promptly u~on receipt of a st..,,tement , but I trust tha t he vrill not hold up tlle certification of the order to me until I reL1it . Thanking you :· or you r c.,.,ttenti on, I am GHB :J:iEJ!f 3 �IF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCV:INGHAM: COUNTY , VIRGII~ .A . State Commission on Conservation and Development of t he State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Laws on Atkins , et al s . ·etc . Defendants . \. To the Fonorable P . ~ - Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia . On this , the L day of_(/ _ __,__..,..____ , 1934 , came E. C. Lam , by coQnsel , and on his m tion , leave is given h im to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of ~;1710 . 60 for tract No . 368 , the amount of the award set ou.t in the judgment of condemnation for tr&ct No . 368 , the amount thereof naving been heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause , and in the heretofore petition for judgment and condemnation/entered herein ;mmx xxxxxxu11xmn:xrnxxx:xxxxxxnxmxxx the petitioner, , the said i . c. that i n the opinion of Lam is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No . 368 , and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said tract No . 368, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, anQ that the said E. c. Lam is ther e fore entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the cond emnation of said tract No . 368; and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or payable on said tract No . 368 have been paid , upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sum of J l710 . 60 for tract ~T o . 368 paid into Court by petitioner as just cannensation for said trcct be paid unto E . D. Ott , attorney for said B. C. Lam , and the ~lerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified cony of this order to the �. \ .J ~- VI] }J.3I.. : r:· . T"IE CJTIL UI':' C01Jfil' 0~ R.CCKL:GiL.:..: COU2JTY -- ----- ---------------~ ) ':'}Ll ST..-,:_'E -Jo:J.r..;3rc:; c:· co:TJERV.~ro::- ~J:rD ) :>E'T..:!LO:i::~;':' 05 Tlf~ ~r-:_{_:,1, OF VIRGilTL... v. l __ 0 R :J E R: - ) ·---·--- - --- ) ) • ... Cn this the 24tl~ de.:,,- of j::ay, J. 93t'.'.. , cc.me :r. 1i vens ~ult on , .Tr. nd the .tlstai:e of c .. D,. C'rm'lford , by their ::..ttorney , and represented to the Court tht.t the order of I.:c;:,v lJ , l93L , entered herein tra.nsfer:·cC. the sum of ,1090. 00 for Tru.ct l;o . 308 frori1 this Court to the Ci !'cuit Court o:.' _:J. bemc:.rl e C aunty , Y7 he1·eas , there has • eeen certified by The St<-,te Gor.i:.1ission on Conserv"'_tion and Develo·_u.1ent of the t,t.te oz Virginia only the sv.m of ,,.690 . 00 for said trnct to the SL.id Trei::,surer , and t:1e fJUIJl of .,1 230. 00 hP.3 been • credit o: the above entitled c:..11se , therefore , on notion it is • ordered by the Court th<-.t the order entered herein on the 16th dE:iY of :tra.y , 193<±, is hereby accordin;;ly mod.ified and 2,1:1ended, end the �I to the Circuit Court of AL bem.1:..rle Coi.mty , there to be consolidated vri th the fund of ··11 , 080. 00 a-rrarded 2.s just coL1pensation for trc.ct cle:::dbnated as lTo . 199 , locc~ted :in .Albern.o..rle County , Lnd a certified copy of this order sball ce transr:1itted to the Tree.surer of Virginia , and sh:,11 be his c.utho1~ity to consolid_ate the said funds c..nd disburse the same Ls directed by the orders of the Circuit Court of bem.2,rl e County; and , the C curt doth further order th2,t the Clerk of this Court shall trc,nsfer to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of .AJ. benarl e County the s1..,ID1 of ,i'230 . 00 to be disbursed by and under the orders of the Circuit Court of _Qbenarle County in distributing the fund for trLvct No . 199 as 2 �QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf lttr9iuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RIC H M ON D , VA . May 29, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgin ia have this 29 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 5/24/34 ~ , in the cause of the Stat e Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson vs·----------~ - - Atkins ------------:paid to J . M. Purcell , Treas\l,:rer of Vi:r.i;i:inia)(Virginia: $ 690 . 00 Circuit Court of AThemaile G~unty _ being in fu ll settlement of tract #-3_3_8_ _ in the above mentioned cause. 130 �Q!nmmnuwtaltI, nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . • JOHN M. PURCELL May 29, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia (Virginia:Circuit Court of Albemarle County) Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 690 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county = - - - entered on the R=o~c=k=i=n=g=h=am of__= of May 24th day 193_!__ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_~_~_s_o_n_A~t_k_i_n_s_ and others, being ___ _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # _3_3_8_ _ _ . . Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. ,~, �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKING!f.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Received or J. Robert Switzer, Clerk o-r the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, in the cause of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc., as directed by order or said Court entered on May 25, 1934, in Common Law Order Book No. 20, at page 189, the sum of Two Hundred Thirty Dollars, ($230. 00), being in full settlement of the anount deposited with the said Clerk for Tract No. 338, Rockingham County, in the above mentioned cause. .., Dated this ~ day of ~ , 1934, W~ rn . Clerk of' the Circuit ~ b e m a . r l e County, V~ia. - ~ ~~.__...v---r-c::::2t...-'-A..~ ~ l7Y �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCiaNGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Received of J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, in the cause of The State Commission on Conservation and Development or the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc., as directed biy order of said Court·entered on May 25, 1934, in Common Law Order Book No. 20, at page 189, the sum of Two Hundred Thirty Dollars, ($230.00), being in full settlanent of the anount deposited with the said Clerk for Tract No. 338, Rockingham County, in the above mentioned cause. Dated this eb . day of 'rn_°=I , 1934. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-and-fulton.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford & Fulton (Charles Crawford & J. G. Fulton) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 338 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford Fulton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3afc09802a35b32cc739231795c154f7.pdf 0b099d97c27d7ac8dd1036c09be1a2e0 PDF Text Text £Claim oJi:Z/4A--M1'!:r:'.«k _____ • ~ · ~- ~;:::: _. _____________________________ _ C ,a , In the Circuit Court ofd ~._ ~j.i"~c_ ____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________ / ---------------------------------------------- v --:: ); ~------ / -----. --------------- . d L --------------. - _- _----- .--------------more or less, of land• 1n1hQ1~- ~-------County, V1rgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the ~petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~_!Ing _ #; s_aid ¥-e§,tion and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t Court of(/~~~----County, V1rgmia, aslp:i leave of the Court to file this as h~ya~;:: :~~:a~ My post office address is_~ v ~____ ----------------------------! _______________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL~~-------------acres, on which ~ e t e following building; and imp ovements - ~ e_r _ :_ _ --~- ~--!/:~_$ _____ ., __ :______ ___ _iJ ________ - -------------- ----- -/ .. -- _______ / r}~ W'~ ~ --Ame.~ . _____ 6 ~ ,U___; ------------------------- -- :£~ ; , e ,-_ This lart...{ is lo;ated about_ __~______ miles from ~ t . ?________________ __ ___ Virginia, in too~ . { f ~ _Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following ri.ght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ~·0 7 ~·~· ------------------------------- ~ --- ~----------------------------- ~~:t~n~~ja::>-:ec;;, ~bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: !:~:i:J!..¥: '-.- ~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year -17-ti>.=-__ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~./2/j~~-------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.Q_O_~D~-----· I am the owner oL _____ ___ ______ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands ·within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if pract~cable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary ~ the back). of~ _:Y_:'.~:~~::at.my name and ~:~::~2:e~~~~~:~ STA,tTE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__________________________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL- ------- ---------~------ - ---------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters :~~-t~~~2~::'.~~-~:yhi;f:~~::_::_~r:; ~;i~~;::.d~e and belief, 3 rncrh of t'he Gett~ ~~~Y-Investigator or M Jflstiee of ~hi Paa~ -NotarJ Fllblie, 1-f ') '{ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-carlinda.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, Carlinda Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6b1c04be0b7d3ab6f1feecc572007213.pdf 01d1b75b121400ab293c824339356f3d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #158 - Crawfo rd , R. L. Number of Acres: 40 Entirely within the Park area. Location: Three miles south of Elkton. Roads: Three miles to Elkton over county road . Soil: Sandy clay loam. The woodland of t his tract has been cut over leaving no saw timber t History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: (See reverse side} Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 34 ~ $5 . 00 $170 . 00 30 . 00 180 . 00 ~350 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 6 @ 40 Orchard: Minerals: 720 . 00 Value of Land: 5650 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 7 20 . 00 50 . 00 fll20 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 28. 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ -~ :_cu:RK. �IMPROVEMENTS : Dwelling : Frame , l6~x25 ', 4 rooms, brick flues , paper roof , 2 story , plastered , · good condition . Barn : Frame, 14x24 ', fair condition . Dairy house: Frame , 8xl0' , good condition . Smoke house: Frame , 10½xl2~', paper roof , good condition . Hen house: Frame, 10xl5.t , board roof , fair condition. Garage : Frame, 10*xl5 ' , paper roof , good condition . County: .ookingham District: tone 11 ,; 158 - Cra ~ford 1 ~. L. - bCreage Claimed: Assessed: 40-22 Value Claimed: Lo <Ltion: "$440 . 00 rhree miles south of 1 lkton. Incurnbranoes , counter claims ,o r la12s: ~ntirely Deed: 3b-99 (Residue (1Jl9) - ::I100 . etc 1th1n the park area . None known . .§211: Sandy clay loam • Roads: Three miles to ,lkton over co nty road . 4 istory of tract and condition of timber: The oodland o~ this tr ct ha ~ been cut over leaving no sa, · timber, but tho est imated amount of fuel wood amo11nts to 2!:>0 cords valued of 75¢ por cord, making a total 195. 00 . Improv~ments: IJ,vel•ing: -'rame l6~x25', 4 rooms, brick .flies, paper roof , ~ story, plastered, good condition, 500 . 00 Barn: •r me 14x24', fair c )ndl tion, -t>0 . 00 "i5airy h')use: Frame 8xl0', good oondi tion - 40. ~o Smoke house: rame 1011!Xl2t', paper roof , rood oondltion- - 20 . 00 . en house: r· "e 10xl5', board roof, f ir c 1ndi tion 30 . 00 Gara~e: ~rame 10ixl5', paper roof, r,ood OJnd1t1on 50 . 00 690 . 00 lue of lund by ty Je s: ~ •"""lope f Value · ~er aero 3 . 00 25 . 00 .<lCrea5e 34 6 0 40 ·rotal value or land 25 .. . oo otal value of 1mprovc.m1ents 690 . 00 otal value of timber 195 . 00 Total vulue of t r act 1 137 . 00 • verage vul e per acre 28. 41 Totul Value U.53 . 00 150 . 00 202 . 00 �Claim oL __,..,,.".L.4.,,..1..t."#- --~ . . ,~ ia, No. ________ , At Law. In the Circui t Court oL _________________________ County, Virgin State of Virginia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development ~of the _______________________ _ tioner, vs. ______________________________________________________ ------ ------ -, ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ --_ __County, Virginia, Defen dants. _ more or less, of land in__ __ ission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answe r o the pet' n of the State Comm of condemnation award ed notice velopment of the State of Virginia, d in respon se to the with the order of the Circui t ance upon the fili~ of s~d petitio n and published in accord of the Court to file this Court o L - - ~ - ~ ~ o u n t y , Virginia, asks leave ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ~---- ---------~Jr as h:;:::e :_:~~~-p---~-~ ---- -~- -dr --J f--" ---- --- My post office addres s is _____ ~ : ! _ within the area sough t I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of land acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, contai ning about_ ___ ~-=-_______ ~:}~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~:~:~;:---::::--:-: __ ----:- ::-:-: :::::: : - - - - - - Virginia, in This ~a ,,~ ,i/ ;]a ~4 ~o m ___ ~ - - t h e ~ a g 1 s t e r i a l D1str1ct of said County. tract or parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in the is sole owner or joint owner, scribed above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth er he ant is not sole or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimst he has in or to the tract or intere or he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate parcel of land described above.) ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---~ ~--- ---- ---- ---- ---~ : : t ~ ~ - ~ : : : ~ - the abo~e -~~~ :::~~~~~~ ltU ~- - - ----- ~::cr_ib~~-t~~:~-~~-~~~~~1-~~-~~~-~~~-~-~~~~o~~:~ --- ------------------------------------------- --------------------------·---------------------- West _______ the year _/_~- ~-?-in the I acquired my right, titlv,' estate or in ei-est to this prope rty about ;;~~~~;~:=:=-~::~~~:~~:~ improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the title, estate or intere st, on is $__..2.-:0J2_,_(}_0___ , I claim that the total value of my right, n is $---- ------ ------ · in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereo described tract or I am the owner of_ _______________ arres -0f land adjoin ing the above ed by the prodamag be ,vill claim I parcel of land but lying outside, the Park are"'' which .M t of $---- ------ ------ --· :~ osed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten ents or inform ation as to (In the space below should be set out any additional statem he should also insert here a : this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practicable s). bound escription of the tract or parcel of land by metes and ------ ------ ------ -Rem arks· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ J -____7rf ator or vestig e Peace. �r County: District: N LEGEND: Ti 1 lable Slope Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-r-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, R. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Park Area Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 158 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6d712a2fe18487fd963a89c0c5e8d317.pdf eedab7cf073b9c1d964574558d48a225 PDF Text Text ROCKING-!Tu.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #202 - Crawford , Scott Number of Acres: 13 Location: · Two miles east of Island Ford . Roads: Two miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . This tract of land has not merchantable timber on it and very little fuelwood . The soil~s rather thin and the tract has been repeatedly burned over • History of Tract and condition of timber: .., Improvements: NOl\1E . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 13 ~5 . 00 $65 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 65 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 53 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 20 . 00 ~85 . 00 �Claim of_ __ _ In the Circ9it Court of___ ____ ::e:,ta:: _ ':_j_._ __ County, Virgini a, No.L'l'_~, At Law. c o z i = ~ : a t i 7 , n ~ ~ e n ~ h e ~te; ; V~:tni ) Peti1 -m,__-e.~1 _fL _ ___ County, Virgini a, Defend ants. m o ~ s , of land in ___ Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the petitio of the State Commission oncondem nation awarde d of notice the to e respons in velopment of the State of Virginia, and of the Circu~t order the with nce ~cc.orda i~ d upon the fi.l_Pr of s~ ?e,titon and publishe file this Court of__4_ _ -~-tr--+. ..,--'----, .-,~--- County, V1rgmia, asks leave of the Court to as a~d -ot~;~~ __ -"--------,-----------------h:yan::: ::_:j_~~~::_l'£~.£_: (i;.·j_ - U --r __ J__ yJ.__ - - -- -;------ ------- -1 My post office ddress is _____ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or par of land within the area sought there are the following 7 ,_ -:. "G--/ -3:cres, on which to be condemned, contain ing about_ _____ ---- __ _ buildings and improve ments =--- -.r-..--O-- ..!i:-:1Ld-4-..1-ff._ ------- -- ------- ------- , _L ~~ii- is/o~_;:;~~~;~;~~~;~;~~·:a~~o~~~~: .1~----~_________Virginia, in of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel owner, joint or owner sole is he r scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe owner, joint or sole not is t claiman If and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. or tract the to or in has he interest or estate title, he should set out exactly what right, above.) d parcel of land describe ------- --- - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------The land °>~nerv-,c)jaT t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: J_ ___ , _____ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----_ North ____ ___ ___ __ •. ____.,d_ ----------------------------------------------1ij -/cJ!}: South ____ '4---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---East ________ ~ U--- ---L __ _ West ___________________________ _________________________________________________ this propert y about the year I acquire d my right, title, estate or interest r followi~- ____ /ii. __________ ,; _____ 7 _L-1-LO__in the ,d.u.,t ,u.. <-«d.< ..4 ___ _ -- - .,,,,..,/ _____________ ~ ~ - - - - - ------- ------- ------- ·------ ------- ------- ------I claim that t~vtota l value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereinterest , on is $_ko _.____ ~ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ---· in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improve ments thereon is $------ ------or I am the owner of ________________ acres of land adjoinin g the above described tract prothe by· d damage be will claim I which area, parcel of land but lying outside the Park -----· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------as to tion informa (In the space below should be set out any additional stateme nts or a here insert also should he ble this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practica . bounds) and description of the tract or parcel of land by metes Remark s· ____T~~ ,,{ ,.____;-(__' ----------------------------------------------- back). ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the oLJ~~ ~s ~y sig~:~~r1: 3, ' my name and ::/:Jw-~~~4~{~~~~~~~~ ' _;~ _L_IffJ ra~:: 11____ ~ STA'P-E OF VIRG NIA, COUNTY OF__ _ _.........-______ _ The undersi gned hereby certifies that__ ___ ___ -~ _____ _____ the matters that oath de ~ and the above named claiman t personally appe e d before him and belief, ge knowled his of best the to true are and things appeari ng in his above answe7 1 3. day of_____ this ______ j __ ( 'f-. _______ W! <L/2,/ '( ' 7 ~ ( _r~- -~~- -, -- -- i~~;t;~ otary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 143 �' 1 county: nockine;ham n1strict: Stonewall ~·202 - Aoreaee Claimed: Value C1a.1med: Location: Scott _Crawford Assosned 14 ~200 . 00 n o.co~uirod 13,24 Dred $40 ,00 " 13, 24 acres 1911 for ~?0 .75 2 miles east of Island Ford. Laps: Soil : Dlope. Roa.d::; : 2 miles over county ro!.d t, Island Ford . :.1s tory: This traot of land has no merchantable tiI'nbor on i t and veyy little fuel rood. The soil io r.::ther thin and the tract has been repeatedly burned over. 4 Improvements: None. This trac~ lies entiraly w_t.1n the ~ark ureu . note: Ti;g,.b~: 40 O< s . of fuel ·mod Veluo of land by tYJ20S: Troe Sope , orea~ 13 Total v lue of land 50¢ per ed . Value 1,er a.ere 6.00 20.00 Total Value $G5 . 00 $65 .00 Tota:J, value of improvements Total value of timber Total lue of tract Averae;e value per o.ore 20 . 00 85 . 00 6 . 54 21 2 �J County: District= N E. B. Sellers c . B. Sellers Dr . T . N. Sellers__JI !1 . K . Berry r . T.N . SeJlers LEGEND : Slofi>e Scale - 1 : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-scott.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, Scott Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 202 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c5482d8e59af79b88a8bf8a96d4f3d14.pdf fa4c17949420f9b1881825e6edc2db90 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT jJ308 - Crawford , T. r. Number of Acres: 42 Entirely witLin the Park area . Location: Madi son Run . Roads: Two and one-half miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Slope type on woodSandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . area . entire the cover rocks loose Small ed area. History of Tract and condition of timber: The merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remaining stand consists of small oaks and a small amount of short leaf pine ; Improvements: (See reverse side for improvement information) Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 $5 . 00 t . 00 J40 34 25 . 00 850 . 00 $890 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 42 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 890 . 00 730 . 00 Value of Improvements: $730 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ lb0 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00 25 . 00 !;pl795 . 00 Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 42 . 7 3 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO N'E . ~.~ : CL:lRK. �D.iPROVEMZNTS: Frame dwelling: 14x20', L 14xl2', 5 rooms, shingle roof, =__,;;----~b=-r~i-c~k flues, l½ story 2 rooms ceiled, fair condition, occupied by owner, water supply w~ll solid foundati6n, 10xl4' cellar. Frame barn: 22x20t, met~l roof, fair condition. Frame building: Containing sheep shed 8x20', . Granary: 5x20', buggy shed 8x20', shing~e roof! ~air condition. Frame meat house: ?x9', paper roof, fa1~ cond1~1~n. :JI'rame hen house: 6x36', paper roof, fair cond1t1on. County: 4..ockinghmn. '""istric t: # Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: 308 42 T. w. era ford Asseaeed 42.79 Entirely within the Mineral :rie-,hts owned b.,r the J.ill: Sandy loam of fair depth end !'ertility. Smnll loose roeka cover the ent1 re erea. I\' ff 42.79 2000.00 arl;: nrea Lnps: 1oade: Deed "'450.00 v3000 . 00 ~&dison Run . stonewall bott Iron Co. [>lope tY!)e on wooded nren. 2 1/2 rJ.ilee via dirt rood to Grottoes the nee.rest shipping point. 'fbe 1:wrchantabl& sa timber l a been re."'!ovod frorn this trnr t. '-he remaininr.: stand oons:l.ats of snmll oa.Ks and a smull amount of ·sort leaf pine: about 2 cords of fuel ood por ccro on 8 ncres. History : · l cords f 1el wood J11rerovcmenta: Frar::e dwell in @ 1.00 pe .... ed. ~16.00 14 x 20ft. '-' 14 x 12ft. ti rooms. Shiitele root. JricK flues. 1 1/2 sto::--y. 2 rooms ce 1 lod. ?air ·cond. Occ ·..pied by owner. "ate:r s·.tp.,,ly, well. Solid foundation. 10 x 14ft cPllar. ~600 .00 Frnme b rn 22 20ft. letal ~oot. Fair oond. 250.00 :b~rnme building oontA.1ning sheep shed 8 x 20ft. gronary t> x 20:t't, buggy shed 8 x 20:f't. Ghiugle roof. Fnir cond. 75.00 r. me meat hc 11se 7 x 9ft. _.,apo r roof. Fair cond1 t1on • nrne hen house 6 x 36ft. '.PApo:r roof. rail:' conditfon B·l fr .11 t trees. Good conc!i tion Value of land by tY}?as: .'!'.D?!. i\oreage Value R._er. aore Slope ~.oo 8 - Tillable 34 25.00 42 'lotal value " " " It " ot land Irn!)rove10.enta ti:riber tr~ct Average value pe, acre " Total vcl.ue ;.( 2,1.00 850.00 D74.00 8?4.00 1135.00 A 16.(l) f::025.00 48.21 ::50.00 30.00 150.00 ll!.,5.00 �t./ Claim of_ _____ ___ · ____ j - ---~--- • __..J _ __ )'- __ _ C ___ " _->-...,,,. ____ __~ )._________ ____________ _ In the Circuit Court of........~_: ___~----=---------- ~--'---County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Developme!}t of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ------------------------Y:7 -- --------- --------------------------------------------more or less, of lat.d in ______ ~!-__ _.~ --=-- ~A -==- -County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitio)l of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fi ing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ____ .:-!:-:: ___ ~- ~--~------~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said :peg.t)on and to said no ti 'J. J .:.;, M-~~vfl'~~ . ~~ . tlf_:C,__7JJ~~ · on which there are the following '-;"j____ ---~- ------,----1!-~ ; ; - ( _ ~ - --- to be condemned, containing abo tJngs and im~e: ---- JU:!: -- ~l::7::1 ~ ~1t:;~n~c::~-~~~:t~~~~3~~~~~ile~ f:::_~ __:::~;:;;1 ~ a.LI---,------- - -- th~ -- ~ ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or s ~l a ~ e d~ ?-tl' .dh,;/ dz;, ~ -.,._f ~ --~ J. ~ -~--- ~ ~ -- - «-- - ::t?if d~~e~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~;~ :.~_____-e,,..,.,:/j~::____________________________________________________________ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _(_f~-~ -in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~ -~~-~ - ~ ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner oL ___ __ ___ ___ __ __ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by· the proposed condemnation of lan<ls within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: --~- ~--~...AJ_-- ~ -r~ __ . 2 L ) ~---~ - - t _·__ :__ --~ ._ __ . _/ ~//<; __C~ ___"1 -~~ ~,, ~"4 ___,/ ~ ~----- - '--1- (2,J;.. ~,/;~ ;(_/ ------------------------------_/ . {., /. /--------------------------- ------ ------- - ---{/ -------------------- --------- - ----------- - ------------- ----------- --- ----------- -------------- ------------ - - - ---------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark atta>t , 1 ~ this __ r-~- ~ -------day , /J~~ of~ _A-A--~----------, -~ yk-~---------~-~~k~ 193 . STATE OF IRGINIA, COUNTY OF- - ~-~----zt_ A~-v--~--:::-::, Jf'o-wit: ;, ,77 /J • .,,: The undersigned hereby certifie.::, that_ __ ~ ·-'_!..._ _____ (!______ .::<_,_L ____ r::,____, _ __________ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things apP,,,earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ day of_ A _____,.. _____ --, 193 . , A c__ f __::~ _____ , -------- -- ---- -- / - ---------- ------- --- -- --- Cl~L the-Court, or -Bpecial Investigator or Notary Public, 0 1?-J ustiee of t-he Peace. �, re.- , ~·o rd . G)J.nty: ,o cl:i n ,11~r. JLstr: .... t: :to Tn. ittell .LOX4 • ..,_, SloLJo - ...iil_able :::c Lie. - 1·1 -:; ~o c o;..i!1s '-' ····· -~''"'•J1 va, 11 : l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-t-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, T. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 308 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c5d46f453275b59dae7ded768e368b0a.pdf 442a70cdd2a402cf3a281d9994de4e33 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #95 - Crider, Justin J . Number of Acres: 49½ Entirely within the Park area . Swift Run . Location: Roads: Spotswood Trail , 4 miles hard surface to Elkton , nearest shipping point . Soil: , Sandy loam; the grazing and tillable land on this tract have a good depth of fertility , and is smooth and level . The merchantable saw timber has been The remainj_ng stand consists of short leaf History of Tract and condition of timber: removed from this tract . pine and oaks . Improvements: see other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: @ 8 ~~5 . oo $40 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : 13 @ 50 . 00 650 . 00 27 @ 100 . 00 2700 . 00 ~3390 . 00 @ 150.00 225 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: l½ Orchard: -- 49½ Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 3390 . 00 3792 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 37 92 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 225 .oo Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 50 . 00 $7457 . 00 150 . 65 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None /4__ ~/, Ll_ _7.£tl· ~ - CLEF'.K \-s �IMPROVEMENTS : DWELLING - - - - - -.r'rame, l 7x32 ', L- 16x3lxl 6 1 , douple porch 7x31 --Back po rch 7x31 , 8 rooms , metal roof , 2 story,- Pl aster ed- cond ition f ai r, oc cupied by owner. Water supply we l l ; foundation solid, cel lar 16X32 Io BARN- -- - Frame , 22x39xl8 1 , Annex 20x30 , metal roof , condition fair . SPRING HOUSE---Frame , 10xl2xl 0 1 , metal roof, condition fa ir. · . OOD SHED---Frame , 10xl2x8 1 , paper roof , condition fair . BROODER HOUSE---Frame, 10xl2x8 1 , paper r.)of , c ondition fair ~-GRAUARY--Frame , 14x2lxl2 1 , shing l e and metal r oof , condition fair . HEN HOUSE---Frame , 14xl4xl0 1 , shingle roof , condition fai r. STABLE--- Frame , 24x3lxl2 1 , shin le and metal roof, cond i t i on fair . BROODER B"OUSE---Frame , 16x26x9 ', metal roof , fai r c ondition . HEN HOUSE - - - Frame , 12x20xl0 1 , paper roof , condition fai r. i1:ach ne shed- --l•'rame 10x29x8 1 , s hingle roof , condition fach r. HEN HOUSE ---Frame , i oxl2x8 1 , shingle roof , fair condition . 1,"ACHINE SHED- - --Fr a.me, 14xl8xl0 ', shingle roof , condition poor . �ROCKINGHA,,I COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #95 - a - Crider , Justin J . 64 Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Swift Run, and entirely within the Park area . One - eighth mile dirt road to Spotswood Trail , three and one - quarter miles hard surface to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Sandy loam, smooth gentle slopes , suitable for farm - Soil: Slope type . ing . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: No. e. Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value $290 . 00 Ridge: Slope: -- 58 @ ~5 . 00 6 64 @ 15 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 90 . 00 $380 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 380 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 20 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 285 . 00 285 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 70 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~~ ~-CLERK \3,l �.u~2-_./4 _ Claim of_____ In the Circ ·t ourt o f ~ ~ _______ _ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State li9Jllmission on 9onser~ t~,, and Development of the State of Virginia, ~titioner, vs._): o.tt.d .d._~ AA__ md~- -~-~- -'t=__ f_ftt_{~ -~-~ ::::~!;:;;:f;.~-i ~-___:::::____County, Virginia, Defendants,-------- The undersigned, in answer to the p ~ of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili1;g of;?,aid .pe "tion and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t ~ ___________ County, V1rgm1a, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of_?.f .. h~y·~:: :_:~~~:ti?Y~:ti LJf~~-_____-------------- LS___________________ _ My post office a d ~ : ___ ..2Q) ____ ~- ___ ~ I claim a right, title, estate or interest n a tract or parcel of land within the area sought ;,:z :_r ~:~ =~ :~o ::::~::!J~~ :i~:i::d::n;:;p -g~ -1~ :~ ~ ~-~ ~ ~ -~ ~ :l-~ -~- '--~ ~~- ,-~1 j;p_ µµ __!J~-~ 2r~_ga,_f?~t in"-\ This li£¥1 is located about_~ _~(~ ___ miles from ____ ' / ; ~ - - - - - - - - - - -Virgini the_~ ~Mag isteri al District of said County.. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) :::~~~Ji~~=~~!J-~~-;~:~~~};~~~-a;;_:,t:~o-~:: ~ rJ -------------------------------- _lr=fr / fj East __ }J_A,_/!? f l ~ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --West_____ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the ;:;flJt - ~:'.3-?32t=~_:'!_~~~-~-~~~?!_~~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-L~~-l l.!J.r_~ -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the imp~?vements thereon is $_J2.p_~_<pJ~---· acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of__ area, which I claim will be damaged by the proPark the parcel of land but lyingi outside posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- -------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as toa this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remark s·------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --- -=--=~----:~ ____ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessar y on t~ back). ~~ my signatur e (or my name and mark ttach d hereto) this __J~--d ____ day ;~~~~- ~;-~;~~ ;;;~, l~:~NT Y OF____ _ -~-~-- ~-~- g~ --dd.<lc --------------- ~-~ -----~---------- = The undersigned hereby certifies that:-r befo#h-·i ~ and made oath that the matters the above named claimant personally and things appearin g in his above~\ver are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, 3:ppta;ed j J,, j this_______ / J ______day oL~ ---- ~;~r:~«i:i:G?~igator-or ;;.../ / &--/;J.-t p./3, Notary Public, or T,iu;t{ce of the Peace. �• count:y'": l,ookincl · m D1otriot : ... 1tonewall .. Jetoon J. Oridor 95 I ~ ~ oooarod 4fhl3 ,!nlue 01111 ad: t,12 , 000.00 t ( Thia inclu . tract £!9 5 -a) l.oc t · on: .... -1. ft Run. 1000.00 "intirol?,t :'11 thin the .it ( o cl 49.13 c, {10:m) , uo. oc a r k er,· • s: •• one known . Road. : mdy loum, the c;x-· z 1ne i1nd t1lloJ:,· o L nd on thio tr.... ot havo a good doptll ot rort111ty, nnd is m ooth .. nd levol. })Oto· ood point,. fil tor;.;:: Th 11, 4 rnileu hard aurfaoe to ,blkton, no~ i eat shippiug rncrc · ntnbl Ul timber has boon removed fror:i t-110 t·· ct • . e rem ini at·lnds oonoiot of .: .. :rt l.. eai" p1no o.nd oaks .. 32 eds. i-u l T-101'.:> on 8 ncrea 1 . 00 por ed. 32 .00 ....,!!e.rovemonta: Dwell , rame l?x3° L. 1Sx3lxlO, rouble poro1 ?x , a.olt poroh 7 31, e l:"ootm • 1 ·otal roof, o otory, f la;.:.torod oondition tni:r, oocu, 1od b. o .or, wa.te ou.pply, Toll oundation solid• oelle1· 1c:::a2. Valuo ~--~~-·~-------~-~-~~~~-~~-~~~~-~--~ -~ 1roOO . OO · Barn , , r 2 ,,c5 xia, ox 20x3 , not ,l root', Gon0.1t1on i'a.ir. ----................._.,. ______ .,.,. ... ___ ,.._ .... ·pr 1ns nous9, , ram • lOz:l2xJ O, 11otnl :roof• onaition )nir. - ~~~~-~---~~---~~~~-~-----~~~-~- ·, ood nhed, ~raxno l0Xl2X8t pe.1,ol" root, oond . tcir ~!IM~.~r houno • 1 '15 .00 ,. .o.oo 10 18 8 , p p r root cone • r 1r ............................... .., .........,..................................................... .. --..r&:1:le!'.,,-, ~50.00 re.me 14x2lxln, sh1ngl , · .d at l roof, Condition ;/',fn1r . -------........................... --... --.,;._,.. ..,_____ ..,. ......,.,..,,.._.......,_..,., Frw. o 14:dAxlO • 'hi l roof', oond. n!r.~~~-~~-~-~~-----~-~-~-~-~~-.. . -~-·-~~-~~-"--- ;ta'b. , ram 24x3lxl2 • h1nr";.,l and I! "nl roof, Condi t1on Fo.ir. __.,................ -----... --........... - ................ - .... ~:QQL(W:1: I ouao, ,,. rur-.o l6xt! x~J, motal ..''oof , co11d. 40.00 ao .oo o.oo 110 .. 00 1 a1r • ..._..-~-~--~~~ ~~~---~~~-~~~----~-~--~-~ ··~ 1.0.00 ,............_...........-e. ro.mo l~xLOxlo. - apor root, oondition 50.0 65 . 00 I~ �• County: Dis trict, f95 ~crea~e Claimed: Ro ckingham Gtonewall a : Crider, J etson J ~ 115 64 A. .Ass essed 64 Deed Y.. Vnlue Claimed: Location: 12,00-0 . 00 It Acquired in 1928 f or $5'0.00. Slope typ e. 1 or fa1'"'r~tne; .. H.onds: " Srli:ft run, and entirely .·;i thin park nrea .• Incur.-brt>.nccs~ c ounter elv,· .~1s or Lms : So il: J320.oo A• 1-Tone b:o"t":tl . r·undy loam. Smoo th gen tle slopes, suitab le one--eie;htl1 r1j le d::rt ro a d to Spo tswood Trnil , t hree nnd one-'Juar ter r".ilo hard surfaco tu Elkt on , near e ot shipning : o:l.:n t. tr--,ct 1..'Tld cond t t ion of tir-ibe r: 5 U fee t sa\7 timber on this t ract vo.Iuea at ~4:To per M. - - .. " 20 . 00 5 cord:; of ft2.c l ~ood per acre on 5'1 acres vt1lv.od at 01 . 00 per cord .~ - - • 285. 00 ~305.00' Imnrovements: None . Acrean;e ,md vc::.lve o:f l; '1d b:[ Typo vlope Pen tocking t ypoo : Acreage . 57 6 -b3 Value 12er A;, ~18.do" 1 0 . 00 Totnl Value $456.oo 60 .00 ~~16.00~ Total value of land • • • $5'16 . 00 Total value of tinber - - ~} 305.00 Total value of t ract - • 1821.00 x .... This includes tract 1/96 . 110 �'1 r95 - u~iaer, Jetson T. ../ county: . . ,ockingliam District; Stone 1all N 'Cl H 0 0 (]) . ~ ...c: ,.. ;::i d i--, (1) ...c: ~'.) ~ d +' +' 0 0 r) ...• •rl :> . n'"' 0 i::: -~ 1-'"':G :1TD Slope - J.razing millable Scale - 1 1 20 chnins �-...,,.r County: District: Rockingham Stonei a.11 #95a• Crider, Jetson J. ,o. LOO-END: Slope Restocking Scale - 1" : 20 cha.ins 53& � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crider-justin-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crider, Justin J. (Jetson) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 95, 95-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crider https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/41cb740ad23092032f24e0fefa5b646d.pdf de432e3d1ce717d471b01c699ca2f98b PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT /261 - Cupp , John H. 1 Number of Acres: 103 Location: Roads: Soil: Big Run . partly inside and partly outside the Park area_. Four miles over county road to Island Ford . Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: "-11 merchantable timber has been renoved from this tract and the fire has burned over it repeatedly leaving nothing of any commercial value . Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 103 'ii'5 . 00 $515 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 515 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 $615 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~wr~. 71 �~~a::, ~ircJ ;;,u~~f-~ +------County, Virginia, No,________,At Law. ::,:.ta::_c-0:1i:l .on~~: and_ Development of the State _of_Virginia, Pcti------------V-------.-more or less, of land m __ .11.~~-- () -~--- f) -------------------. --. .---------------------- _____ County, V1rgmia, Defendants. State Commission on Conservation and Dethe of n · peti the to answer in The undersigned, velopment of the State of Virginia, a in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filP,ig of ~ id petiti n and published in accordance with the o~der of the Circuit __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this _ Court oL_{/~.z-::-U'l.!'.'. _ as h:ya:s:: : said _P '.'.'. £ 0.n _ __ .l{_to- said notk"·------------, / ·------------------- ----_//_'!!_~-------------- ----My post office addr«s is __________________ -~ ! claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tr t or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____( _~-~- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=------ ---------.--------------- ------------------------ ------ ::::::::::-::::::::::::::::::::: ------'Jt-,.--~ -----------------------This land is located about_ __ J_ _~ _____ miles from __ _ _ / l e . ~ ~-~J,!-_«_~ __ Virginia, in 7 . t of sai'd Count y. · . I D'1st r1c . t eria th eJ.tr~.. ----- Mag1s ~~--~---~ U,, I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) O n ------------------------ ----- ~ The land ownerr -- ~ ' --------------------------------- djacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: ------------------------ ------------------------ ------North ___ ~ ~ South __________ ,l ________________________ ________________________ _______ ___ _______ _ I ac;:~:;-~i~t,t;:;:.::ta~ ~~~-~~;~-~~~;~~;;-~~~u~-;!i:-;:~J_~j_t_::;~-;~: following manner: ~ -------------------- ° ' l-----~ ------------------------ ------------------------ ---- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-2-~: ~.L~-~ -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_2_,J_-:._t!_._'!_~------· I am the owner oL_ L.l_~_:-_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $_{_~_-_(!_._~_':_______ , (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ - ----------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ Ll_~ _____ day -~ ~--l ------------" ~ r-4 of_! . _ ~----, 193i sfiTE OF VIRGINIA, couNTY oF_D~ ~&.!.-..1-_____ , T 9'\vit: _-:: _____________________ _ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___1,.,__j_{ ,__~ the above named claimant personally appear~ before h~-;~ -Ji;de oath that the matters and things aF&earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this____ /_J_.:= _______ day of ___~ tJ -, 1934. ' ·~:;f~ ·-· i~~ ,1 _ ,./ _;_ _f: �I County: Rockingham ~,istrict: Stonewall ,'.1 261 - .Tohn H. Cup;p Aoreage Claii. ed: 76 Value Clai~ed: Location: Asses::,ed: 24'7 . 12 ar:ros 750 . 00 Bi g nun . $1500 Deed: no field sheet If . . nrtly inside and partly outside the l ark area. Laps: Soil:, aope ,. Roads: Historl: 4 miles over county road to Island Ford. All merchantable timber has been romqJ:cd from this tract and the fire has burned ov· r it ropeafly loav1ng nothing of any commercial valuo. A I;mprovomen~ None . Value of lo.nd Vul t,Q r,nr acr. _'-!.25 otnl lue or land To tol luo ot t ,bcr iotal luo of imnrovc~ont , ott1l value of tr·ot l2B.75 1. 5 otal "\inl'Ut 7\lcli: ?5 �, unty : Di~ric t: Rockingh am Stonewa ll N II IJ,Jfl14-- ;/F/1(,,/4 J . J . & F. Gibson ff\ I; ~ \ . J-. . Shaver LEGEND : Slope Scale - 1 11 : 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context cupp-john-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Cupp, John H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 261 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Cupp https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8939adb1310374165d8363dbda41d1e7.pdf dbf3576c44d8e72b5117f097966a2bd3 PDF Text Text Claim of_ __ CHARLE..) _'JlJ1Ul -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -l!l ________ ___ County, Virginia, No._1 -'J... --, At Law. In the Circuit Court of__ ~'.:>.C..:'~:The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti___ ........_.,.............. ,.._ tioner, vs._Q~_SJ2A.N.::JB.__ Li\_JSillLAT.KI .N.S _ANJl_ T.HEB.S_r .':l.. I.!. 1.L FJ:.E.T.Y..,, T____ FIV.£ _ _ HTT :JMJ) _SlXTY- ~.NE_4'0RE~ _f.5.3.., f1,Uj_______________________________________ _ · · D ef en dan t s. _______ count y, v·1rgmia, ham ____.,_________ 'R.oc dn · _________ more or 1ess, of 1an d m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ B..o_c.ki.JU. ham__________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______ 0ha.r le s_ Curie _____ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------My post office address is __ JJ__6_5_~1:roJJ... 1~1.B.S: 1- ~le..l___ .Yor..:'.c.Ji:.Y-,-1!e.1'!. _Y.o.x.'!!:-- ----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about_ ____qQ_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _ ?________ miles from _______________ ~------- ------Virginia, in This land is located about_ __ the __________________ Magister ial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ___ . .L. _cl-:.L _s_ 1-e_..o..w!l.e.r.e... p_JJJ_..=~1.J __ ~.!1_1:. _.a... oy_e. _F_i_, e__'i!..JJ: dr.f'_d _P_cr.eJ:1.(5...0. 1 ) _~ d€scribed tract Gr parcel cf land ~ s- foHowg: The land ,, owners adjacent to the above ________ _____________________________________ _ ________ North ________________________ South ____ _________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __1~J_Q___ in the following manner: _,...t __ lt!..te__a . . 1.-:.:a.in __ _ _ Lq__ __..r.._ .E :y__ .:JL _e_Q].)J'.,B_t~ e _to ____me__ :. - -__ ~-- ~..PJ1~J'_l.e.a_Q11....:t.:f.f;_~Jtb._~ _di..ed_~ ~3.y__9_,...1 .l..Q... He.. _rr..fl~ __t~ e_.....s le. _~rn.e .r _.:- 1,e '..e..Of~--I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- ~-QQ.O_._QO______ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $- ~_q__Q)_._Q)______ , I am the owner of ____ _c_5_Q________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- ~-------- -------- · (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks : ___ J__ Qlcii.2::... _:L e _y_a_lU...EL.0...:t:. _i c.. e_..e y_e_ __+.....r.e...c...t _±..!1-b..e. _a...s. _f..0...12.21'!!2 ..; __ }_f:20_Jic.r..es_ -~.26 .. ..0..O_.. r '=T--~cxe _=.._-::_--=-=---=-=-- --=--- - ------- - - - -$5-00.0....... 0.0..----- ----__ 300 acres @_$15. 00_12_er acre _- _- - _- -_- _- -- - - - -_ 4fiQO .___O 1 _________ _ t950'1 . OJ Total, 1 C, c.., • EE~ - 0 _en ~ CV) ~ O') r.... CO i::: ::::, 0 c3u E Ct$ 00 Q;) ..c ~...c:: o.O i::: ·"O Q;) ~ _ c::: .~ c.., 0 ex: -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessa/ 4 onJ__h,; back). ._ ---~---- -----day Witness my signature (or my name and m ~~ -92 c:., N o f . £ ~ < fK 193/. STATE OF ~IRGINI A, COUNTY OF ______ -------- -------- -----, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifie1, that__CJ!A.lf_l:.E~ ___C!!_!!! ~------- -------- -----the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, .¥ co u..J LL. E.;-y~~-;-----------------~-____________ _ this____ H7-ff_ _______day oL~, k_J __:----, 193,~--c-~------------ p~~bli~:: tsi:u~ . •~~t:OI ~1~t:r;£ /fr-.a.. c__j: --~"4 ~~1k7 i.'5-" c:.J-: ,.__,,~ l,.t/OJt 3-<J/af Ot � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context curie-charles.pdf Title A name given to the resource Curie, Charles Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Curie https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b96abe7ae5054ef07d73598baee5f575.pdf 1059b0679eb5e3dfc4d81c270398df2d PDF Text Text NAME OF OWNER ti.J... J'~ - .!.J<-i.Vis , 1.., • ... Number of Acres: 8 Location: Roads:- Soil: Elk Run . Three -~j_les fOUthe' t of -~ ltton , 74 - ':5 '1d 73- _J.J.l.o -~rt outside :?u. rk . hreu r:i.ilos co . . .ntJ ro . . . d to _,lkton . u ....... .?o.Ji t ions "'ndy lou.• , slope typ-3 of f uir deJ'.:;h nc' fertili t -, oder .. t:.: slopes , fre., fro:n rocks , northe!...... t expo .... 11r, . History of Tract and condition of timber: .:..11 sa tin'oer ren0ved, rE'r :.1. 1n:n~ st nd consists of ~·'l.__:_11 oG.k8 ·.n.d pi~es, . )Oat t~ire cords ;ood J a r ~ere . ~4 cords wood . Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 J . 00 "0 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 30 . 00 Minerals: ,.,70 . (.,0 Value of Land: $ ' '-'" • '(\ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ ·:o . oo Value per acre for tract: $ ~• n) Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - \., __...:; . ~ -//~ c;:::, (c �~a!:. ~~~~~~::~~-~;;~;:ia:-;~-~~~~~~~~:-~~-~~: The State Commission on Conser~~Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------------. j?j ;,;1-t------- - -------------------. - .- .----- .--------------- more or less, of land 1 n e " ~ ~ _ _ __ ____ County, V1rgm1a, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the ition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the flling ~ ~sa!d pet" n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f ~ h l . ~ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Cour,t to file this as his answer to sa · pe · n and to said notice: ~~----=-------~ _----------------------------------------- My name is My post office address is __ ------------------------ ----------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin · tL/4_____________acres, on which there are the following _fr-_~~-- ------ ~ ~ ~ ~-~-r1_/2 ____ -- -------- -2----------~-- -~~-buildings an~improve~Jt . _ __ ---~- ; ~ ~ a t e d abouL_;"_______ miles fromZ.2,7'd ________________ Virginia,- in t ~ M a g i s t e r i a l District of said County. I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) t} ________________________________ .../1'(.--~-~------- ------------------ ----- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $5-tJ.flaP.~------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $5°".dll~------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks:------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- (C �Claim of~ -d' ~~ -Lke_~------------------------- In the Circuit Court o L ~ ~ ~ ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No._ ~~ At Law. t e PetiVirginia, of t h e ~ot a on Conservation an~eve lopme nt issionm The State ~ o It!-~ • ~ _/ _ . ____ _: _ _____ . ___ ___ _ ________ __ _ __ ------ ---~- ---tioner, vs._ -------- -------- -------- -------- ----7 ----------- -------- -------- - A~ y, Virginia, Defendants. ount -~-C more or less, of land in_ Q A ion on Conservation and DeCommiss State the of on peti the to The undersigned, in answer of condemnation awarded notice the to response in and Virginia, of State the of t velopmen the order of the Circuit with ce upon the filing of said petition and published in accordan ~ f _ ~~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court .to file this Court o as his answer to said etition and to said no tic . -~ --~----- - ------ ~ _ __ _ My name is ------ ~ ~:i.::s: ::~: : : : ~:~-~~-i~e~t i~a~·~tt~~i!~=:~i~-;~~-:~~-s~-ught to be condemned, containin g abouL _~L~J .~_____ acres, on which there are .the following buildings and improve ments=- --------- --------- --------- --'------- --- -------- -------- ----- · ------------------------------------------------ ;.;;;/ 7 -----------------------.-L---- ---Virginia, in This~ l~ d is located abouL ___________ miles from_~ th~~ -Mag isteri al District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or pare~ of land do /!b~~ aboye.) Q..,, _'a, f_~-~ ' -~ ~ . . d "~~_L . L ~-~ ~~. t;-:=:.~ f~~~:::-::: ~.::::::=1.:7~: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____ __ ______________________________ ______ __________________________________ _ East ___ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ _ 4 ------------------------------------- West- - -------- -------- ----~ ~ I acqu!red my right, title, estate or interest toAthi's property about the year_..t. .V,~__ in the ,,.~ A-~ ~!_V:~ zL / ~/4/ £ ':';_ ~ ~ ! : : t ! . 6~-~ ~~z:,_!=_ __ _ ~ # . ~~ ~ I claim that the totafvalue of ruis-tl'ac't or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- ------ ------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a / ' II '-- J description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and b9unds). Re~arks : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 - ' --~ -w..J~ ~~ ~:----___ ~-~ ~--,/~~~ --_------------___ -_--_--__ -,U ----~ , z~ ~ 7 _ - - ~ ;____ I1-I �filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, V<1 J ("', FE f.<u '-'Vi ------------ --- Clerk �• 1 County: Rockingham Dis trict: ~· ton ery:.ill ___~lOA_ ,_____,.,.___ I · na V i S - C ~~ · eGd {no field sheet) Valu.o Clui~: Location: Le.us: n ~rn100 rt Elk Hun . 3 miles southeast of El l: ton, U. s . Positions 74- 7!5 an{1 ?.5 • A. a.rt outs:ide -·ark. !Jone known • ..;oil: 3o.ndy loam, sloto type of f ·. ir depth rnd fertility, moder_ t o r:lor,oc., f1~eC1 fror:i rooks , northeast e~Toourc . onds: ~~ Iistor:t= : -- il •rn county road to Vlkton. All sa.w +.imber removed, remaini ng stand consiDts o:f s:mc.11 on.-s and p ines, a bout 3 cords wood per .1cre 211 c'.:>rd a woo d Value o:r land bi ~pe ...1.00 J)or cord ;' 24 .00 tU,:J03: • crca.'."o 8 To t nl w.l,le of' land Value l)er o.cro * '4.00 ry·ot · J. Va lue 32 . 00 . 32 . 00 Totnl value of i t .prove:. ents Tota l V"'lUe of timber 24 . 0 0 To t a l V'1lue of tract 56 . \..0 Aver3.go v;'?.lUC P ~r aero 7.00 (. �- County: stric t: #104• De.vis, C.A. N LEGEND: Slope Scale ~ 1" =20 chains Rockin gham Stone wall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-c-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, C. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 104 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis