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RO KilfG I.,;J i COlJNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
# 1 8 1 - Dc..1.vis , Chas .
Number of Acres:
114
Location:
H \:ksbill Creek and is entirely
Roads:
Ten milt:is to J:lkto:) over six niles o::., county rm. . d and
four milJs over Jpot s wood Tr~i l .
Soil:
Nor th 'nc.1 nortlmest s l oi:,e of -ood d£::lpth J.!ld ferti l ity .
1:11 thin
the :? ark arec.1. .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
~lere is a nice stand of mi xed o~ks and
pine on one of the wooded areas and~ ver- limited a·1oun t
of saw t i:nber on the other . T} 1 ; tot . . 1 umount of smf t ir:1ber
on t~is tract is estimated to cut 32 , 000 bd . · t .
200 cords of fuelwood .
Improvements:
D'.rnlli 1f~ : Frm,1e , 13x28 ' , 4 roans, porch 7x23' , neta l roof ,
bric~ f l ~es , 3 story , ceiled, Loot co~dition , occupied by
o -~er , spri~r, solid "ound~tion .
Hen house : Fr:c..ne , 8xl0x6 ', ~;;:1 ,, ·le ro ;)f , poor c ondition.
Fr~me , 14x2 l x l 2 ', shi ng l e r o o f, ~~ir con~ition .
Shop :
Gr c.:.1n&ry : Frune , 2l x2 l x l 2 ', shinel'3 roof , f~ir e -::mc~i -~ion .
Fr:...me , l ox20' , 4 roo::1s, netLl roof, 1;~ star: ,
::.,.rn llint5 :
f air 00'1 ~di tion, oce;1pie<l by tenant , solid oundo.tion .
Loe und f'rane , 22x40xl3 ', fair c onC.i tion .
B' rn :
Hen house : ~rarN , G~GxG ', sh :pl~ roof , poor cordition .
:5'r ~.,e , 8xl4x8 ', d1ingle roof , fa:rr
Spri-...g '10use
eonC.:.i ti on .
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Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre ·
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
32
.,p3 . 00
J9G . OO
27 • .50
·;225.J . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
83
(j
~~23)51 . 00
Orchard:
17J0 . 00
Minerals:
75 . 00
Value of Land: $ 23bl . OO
96 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1? 50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
._";Q .
00
?3 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: . $
Value of Timber: $ 9G . 00
Value of Wood: $ .50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 3? • O3
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
ifo •11; •
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52 , 561 acl'es of land , ro.1·e or less
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r.i:his cause came on to be he~:cc. this :/... day of June , 1934 ,
upon the papers formerly ::ce1; d , :-'l'Oceedings forrr:erly bE.d , the exhibits filed. and arguments of counsel.
Upon consideration vihereof , it appearing to the Court
tr.at the trr,ct of ::'..14 . 2 acres of land designated in thi
D.d
rroceedin-
o . 181 ,·ms condemned he:cein , fnd the amount of thea'.·?ard there f or
fixed by the Gorn.missioners is , to - 7'lit : ,.p422~ . oo , \7hi ch sum set out
in tt.e
judgment of condemnation has he1·etofore been paid into
Court; P.nci it furt11er an:Dearim; to the 'Jou1·t that Herbert ~,'.,!ys.nt
has been e.ppointed and o,re.li:fie"
b.S
Receiver cf the vo-..·1·t in the
chancery cause now r:en6..ing tLereir. of J • .la '.ten ...,2-vis, et ~-ls. vs.
C:bas. :Javis , et alo. , Yvherein
d .... idernrd
o:: .,,4:•. iL. 0'J is "to be ad-
ministered under orders of the vom·t ;
:::tis t~_erefo:i:-e e.d~udged , 01·dered and decreed t1..at the
S:1·easu:ce · of Virginie, a.o :pa.;y to :Ierbert
/ . . ,yant, .,eceive1· i.r. said
chancer;y cause o-f J. ,,m·1·en .JJavL:, , et als. vs. C.nt. • .iiEViJ, et £:.ls ,.
tbe sum of v4.:,~.J,;. O, 1 eing the amount in full ascertained. to be duet
for said t · ct ~.o. 181, ana. 1hicn is to be b;: said .eceiver di~1:iu.1·.::1ed L.
cco-·dance wit:i.1 t:'le order' o.i.. the Cou1·t to be ente::eC:. in
t::ia.;.cl c ... ance1·y ce.u~e _,endit . . g
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County: Rockingham
Distri ct: Stone~all
1181 - Ba.vis, Vhas .
Cont'd
Total value of fruit trees
To tal value of land
otal v l ·1e of improvements
Total value of timber
Total v· l ue of tract
Average v _lue per a cre
$181. ov
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194:, . 00
156. 00
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TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D . VA .
June 11 , 1934
JO HN M. P URCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 11th d.ay of
June in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassan dr a Laws on At Jd ns
Herbert ,J . Wyant, Receiver in said cha1:cery cause of J .
:paid. to Warren Davis , et als . va. Chas . DavJs , et als
$
4 , 222 , 00 b e ing in full settlement of tract # 18ih
in the ab ove mentioned. cause.
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etrnmmnuwtult4 nf Birgiutu
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
June 11 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Her bert W. Wyant , Receiver in said chancery cause
of J . Warren Davis, et als . vs . Chas . Davis, et als
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 4 , 222 . 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
of_ _J_u_n e__ l93L , 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
known in said proceeding as # _1_
8 _1 _ _ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�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
DEFENDANTS.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . .
Court:
the
to
shows
and
Comes now the undersigned
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.
--.l8l-----=
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. _..lfil ____ $4222.~00; 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;
Charle s Davis
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 pledge, obligating the owner, Charle s
Davis , to give 5 acres of his land within the Par k Area to the
Par k Project •
._That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
saiq. award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arisi11g ~rom 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. __ lBl_ _____ $_.l5.....0 0._: 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.O.ADDRESS
STATE.__C.Q.lb.MI SSID.N__ON _.G_Q1IBERV~ TI.ON
&._
BY
NOTE-A 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.
�ST 11TB OF VIRGINIA ) SS
COUNTY OF \v 1IBREN )
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary
,
Puboic in my said State and County, l!!. K. Stokes, who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State-Commission on Conservation and Development in imr.iediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah
National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and ~greements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correct.
Witness my signature this 8th
~£.J;'~':;;-
NOlMlY PUBLIC
Notary Publi~
M:1 C01i1mission Expires Sep. 8, 1934
---.--y
--
�VIWUHL . IN 11m: CIRCD'IT COURT 011' r OCKINGH '1 COUNTY .
IN VACATION.
The dtate Cormnission on Conservation & Develo 1ment ,
of the Jtate of Virginia ,
- - - - - - Petitioner ,
0
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atki ·1s , et ells ,
1ef end.ants .
In re: Distribution of proceeds of condernnatir'n for Tract ro .1810hc1s . Dav is , ,r15 . 00 .
This day came the otate Cor'.Illiss ion on 6onser vation & Deve l opment by counsel, and moved the Court to enter an
order directine the Treasurer of the .3tate of Vir jnia , to pay to
II t t out of the proceeds of condemnation of Tract No . 181 , _ the sun
of .,,15 . 0 0, representing the amount of a certain pledge r::ride by
vhas . Davis , v1ho claired to be the ovmer of said tract , to said
Commission on Conserwtion & Deve l oprent , as a contribution for the
establishmen t vof Shenandoah National Park and :in sur ort of its
said motion , the said Conrrnission exhibited to the
in
I
ourt , its rioti op
.riting settin"s forth all the facts in relation thereto , whi c l1
has 1::e en heretofore filed herein .
Upon consideration whereof , it appe9-rinr; to the
Court , the.t the clain of said Commission is not based l!)on any
lien either on the land condemned , or on the proceeds of conde~..nat on
and that said ComI!lission has fEliled to obtain the consent of the
parties entitled to the :::iroceeds of condemnation , t o the payment of
its claim , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that the motion
of the 8ommission forthe payment of said claim out of the proceeds
I
of condemnation for said tract be and the same is hereby denied .
-r
~
~
The 01erk of the Girc uit Court of Rockingham
County, will enter the foregoing order up on the Corrmon Law Order Book
of his Court, as a va cati cn orde r.
Given under my hand in vacation this ..L'3.,_ <by
of Au gu s t, 1935 .
II
I
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Judge
Cirelli t vourt of Rockingham County, Va.
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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. </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>
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#232 - Davis , D.
c.
Number of Acres: 71
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
Hawksbill Creek and is loca ted entirely within the Park area .
Te J miles to Zlkton over six miles of county road and tour
miles over Spotswood Trail .
Sandy clay loam of medium depth and fertility .
l l the merchantable sav, timber h'a s bean
removed from this trac t .
Frame 12x30 ', 5 rooms, porch 6xl4 ', shingle
Dwelling :
Improvements :
roof, brick flues, l½ story , 3 ro ,ms ceiled, fair oondi tion ,
oocupied_by owner, solid foundation .
New stable: Frame 12x20xl2' , board roof , good condition.
Spring house: Frame 8xl0x6', shingle roof , f a ir condition •
FrQme 8xl2x8' , f a ir condition , shingle roof .
.awAV;JA,M&RJetH en house:
Log 10xl2xl2', shingle roof , fair coniition.
Cellar house:
History of Tract and condition of timber:
---~.a.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
51
·,J3 . 00
0153 . 00
7
25 . 00
175 . 00
15 . 00
195 . 00
,J523. 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
13
71
@
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 523 . 00
Value of Improvements: $710 . 00
710 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
150 . 00
50 . 00
~1433 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 20 . 18
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
CLERK.
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Claim
oun ty, Virginia, No.!--8::::&_J_, At Law.
In the Circ uit Cou rt of __ ..£ f-~ ~~ L. a~C
opm ent of the State of Virginia, PetiThe Stat e Commission on Con serv atio ~d-D evel
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tioner, vs._$ ~ ~ ~--~
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- _____ _ !:z_',!;__ ,i?;;_,( ----- --- ~
~ - v z , , - n _ _ ,..a~
--Co unty , Virginia, Defe ndan ts.
more or less, of land in __ ~f~the Stat e Commission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answ e;-t~ -th;- p;ti« o~-;
onse to the notice of condemnation awar ded
velopment of the Stat e of Virginia, and in respin
accordance with the orde r of the Circ uit
upon the filing of said petit ion and published
file this
-- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Cou rt to
Cou rt of_ ___ ~
as his answ er to said pltit ion and to said notice.
---- --- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---My nam e is ____ ~ -- , --~ ~ ---- ---- ----
----------
-----------------------My post office addr ess is ___l'.d ..~-- ~
parcel of land with in the area soug ht
I claim a right , title, estat e or inter est in a trac t or
_ acres, on which there are the following
to be condemned, cont ainin g about_ ____ .f£ ________
~ --_ a ; ~ ~--buildings and imp:oveme~ ~ ~
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---- ---- ---Virginia, in
______~
This land is located about_ ___ 7-______ miles from
_Magisterial Dist rict of said County.
the~
inter est in the trac t or parcel of land deI claim the following right , title, estat e or
say whe ther he is sole own er or joint owner,
scribed above: (In this space claim ant should ers.
If claim ant is not sole or joint owner,
and if joint own er give names of the join t own
te or inter est he has in or to the tract or
he should set out exac tly wha t right , title, esta
parcel of land described above.)
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_________ _d ~ ~
of land with the improvements there I claim that the total value of this tract or parc el
e of my right , title, estat e or inter est,
on is $..2!..i~f'P.. l1_.f'____ _. I claim that the total valu
ovements there on is $~~ ~-~ ----- -·
in and to this tract or parc el of land with the impr
adjo ining the above described tract or
I am the own er of_ ___ '.'.27dz ________ acres of land h I claim will be damaged by the proparcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, whic
, to the exte nt of $--- -~ ---- ---- --·
posed condemnation of lands with in the Park area tional state men ts or infor mati on as to
(In the space below should be set out any addi
if practicable he should also inse rt here a
this claim which claim ant desires to mak e; and
s and bounds).
description of the trac t or parcel of land by mete
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Rem arks : :l k. c~-~
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d M ~ ~---- ---- ---- -~~4~~~~
tinue rema rks if necessary on the back ).
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- (Con
hed here to) this ____ Lt:2 ________ day
Witn ess my sign ature (or my nam e and mark attac
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l~~~ NTY OF_
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The undersigned here by certifies thaL
befo re him and made oath that the matt ers
the above named claim ant personally appe ared true
to the best of his knowledge and belief,
and thing s appe aring in his above answ er are
---- , 19:)6.
this_____ _,lfl _________ day of__ ~
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Nota ry Public, or Justi ce of the Peace.
�Claim of____ A. .. _E... _.:itlant._.Lisi.n_.o~ed_:ltor._o.t._D_,__Q_,_J?.a'tlht_arul_.o_t.b.en _____ _
In the Circuit Court oL_R.o.cki.ng.ham.. ___________ County, Virginia, N oj__t/._"!::.~, At Law.
The State Commission on, Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cassandra_ Atkins_ and _others-------- ---------------- ----------------
· · Def endants.
:o_________ _______ count y, v·1rgmia,
Rockin-"'ham
· ___________
more or less, of lan d m
on Conservation and DeCommission
State
the
of
petition
the
to
The undersigned, in answer
velopment 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_R_Qg};l!]gJm_gi___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _______ A. E. ~-l yant ---------------- ---------------- ------------My post office address is _____ l,_~ld._Q~~--1li~_giI1 -l~~------------- ---------------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 __________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ____:Qw_~ll-_lJ1g__Q.QA§~--~p5l_QAt_J)_1JJ.J,._cU.M~--------------
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m1·1es f rom __________
Elkton'-J__________________ v·1rgmia,
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· 1ocat ed abou t ____________
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the_S.t_Q~_vrn._l_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.) A judgment creditor of Edgar W.Davis, pre-
decessor in title_ of_D._ c._Davis.L 11y virtue _of _,jQ<!gment _dated April 10J__ l9ID _,_
duly docketed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Jan. 1, 1921, in the
sum of $45. oo-w:ttrr-1nt-er -e-st---frmn-fvra r-.--15-,-1-9-2fr ,-""judgmerrt-ha ving-ireerr-a-s-s igned- by
Alex. Morris) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
to me, the ) North _______ __________ ____ ______________ __________ __________ ____ ________ ___ __ __ ___ _
present holder ~outh ___________________________ . _________________________________________________ _
East ______________________________________________________________________________ _
thereof.
West __________________________________________ _____________ _______________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year--~J-~~---in the
following manner:
See Jud~ment Docket No. 12, at page 109, in the Clerk's Office of
Rocking_ham _Coun~y. _ Vir_g_ini a. ____________ ·--------------- --- ---------------- ----
--------- Q. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ____________ _
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 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 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).
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The undersigned hereby certifies that__ ..A~--~~-J~y.ant______________________________ _
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,
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.1.1.creage C-laimed: 80
ssessed: 71 A. 46 P.
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Incumbrances 1 counter claims or laps:
. None kno n.
Soil:
Sandy clay loam of medium depth and fert ility.
Roads: ) '
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lkton over six miles ot county road and four
iles ove r Spots ood Trail.
History of tract and condition of timber: Al l the merchantable sa timber
has been remov~d from t his trac t lea ving an estimated amount dr
400 cords of fuel ood valued
200.00.
Improvements : Dwelling: Fra~e l2X30', 5 rooms, por~h 6xl4', shi ngle ro of ,
oriok flues, 1\- story, 3 rooms c iled, fair conditi ')n , occupied
by owner, solid founda i0n ---500.00
~e stable: Frame 12x20xl2', board ro f , good
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60.00
Snring house: Frame 6xl0x3 ', s h ing l e roof, fair ft
20.00
!ten house: Frame 8xl 2x8 ', f a ir condi ti:>n. s h ingle roof- · 30.00
Cellar house: Log 10:xl2Xl2; shingle roo • fa ir condit - 75. J O
Timber: Fuel ood 400 cords v lued
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50¢ pe r cord -
200.00
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Total va lue ot timber
Total value of tract
Average vj lue per acre
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$119 .00
397.00
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685.00
200.00
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153.00
140.00
104.00
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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. </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>
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1925-1935
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Davis, D. C.
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Location: Hawksbill Creek
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Davis
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#108 - Dav i s, G. T .-Estate
Number of Acres:
48
Location: Swift Run .
Roads:
Entirely within the Park a r ea .
Spotswood Trail , hard surface , 2 miles to Elkton, nearest
shipping p:,int .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type . 'lbis tract is practically cov "'red with
small loose rock, some outcrops , steeo and rough . On the east side
fairly smooth, smooth on the west side . Soil on Fe . covered with smal l
loose rock and looks fairly thin.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Ther e is about 5000 i' e et of savr t i mber
on the wooded area of this tract, consisting of white and yellow pine ,
and a small amount of crubby oaks .
IMPhOVmmNTS: - 2 STORY rniELLING--Frame , 14x28 1 - L 12x20xl6 1 , 6 rooms ,
4 c eiled, porch 6x22 1 , metal roof , brick flues , condition fair, occupied
by owner . Spring ..:rater supply; foundation solid .
BARN- Log and Frame,
.inl.pmv.enmnta 2lx25xl2 1 , shingle roof - ----FILlJNG STA'l'ION- ----Frame ,
16x25xl0 ', paper roof , condition good . - ---- HEN HOUSE-- - - Frame, 8xl6x8 ',
shingle roof , condition fair .
SHOP--- ---Frame , 16x22xl0 1 , shingle
roof , c_ndition fair .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
31
@
<fu .oo
~p5
$155 . 00
- - -9
@
15 . 00
135 . 00
@
30 . 00
210 . 00
60 . 00
;~500 .oo
60 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
1
@
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 500 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
1285 . 00
12 85 • 00
60 • 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 20 • 00
20 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 1 2 5 . 00
125 . 00
~-- - - -·-·
Value per acre for tract: $ 41 . 45
•Jj>.L;:790
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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CLERK
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�Claim of ___________________________1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ 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 ______________ ~------ _______ 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 ]eave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _________________ ___________________________________________________ _
,
My post office address is _______________________________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of ]and within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _________________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvement s: _______________'____________________________________________ _
This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in
the ________________ 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.)
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _____________ ___________________________________ -___ · ________________________ _
East ______________________________________________________________________________ _
West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
I
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
I
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 improvement s thereon is $----------- -----·
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·-- ------------- ----------- ~ ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------~
-h.L-_
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------- ------------ ------ I I - '------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ---/
------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day
of ____________________ , 1930.
------ ~----------- ------------ ------------ -STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ________ ~ __ ! _____ L ________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _
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 __________________ day of_ _______________ --, 1930.
J
I
----------~-------------------------------Clerk of the
Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
��county: Rockin!'.l'he.m
District! stonewall
'108
l)o.vis
Assessed
Aoreuae Claimed: 58
a.
T.
'410.00
Deed
(not known)
,,
If
,4000 . 00
Value Claimed:
swift Run . ~ntirely within the r urk area .
LOO'ltion:
Laps:
None known.
Sandy loam, slope type, this tract is prnotically covered
with small l oose rook, some outcrops, nteep - nd rough, on
the east side fairly sm0oth , smooth on the v1ent nidc , Goil
o l!"o. oover d vii th s mall loo so rock and loo1::n fairly thin.
,~oads:
1.1ots mod Trai l, hard surf oo, 2 mi les to el!.:ton, ne· root
shipping point .
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Soil :
!Iistory:
There is bout 500Cft. of saw timber on the vooded
e.rea of this tract , consiuting of r1hi te and yellow rino ,
and o. small amount of scr,1bby oaks , f' 4.00 per r . {'20 . 00
4 eds. of fuel .ood p er~·• on 31 a.ores ·,
1 . 00 J)er ed.
~124.00
J l44 . u0
...
,,;.
Improvements: 2 stpr~~ug , frame 14x~~8 ~" 12x80xlo ,
·
room;:; 6, 4 ceilod; !)Oreb 6x22, metal roof,
brick flues, condition fair, occup i ed· by owner ,
s peing water s ..,.~ 1;ly 1 foundation. solid value - '700 . oo
. l.O.g_nnd 1'rc~.lm:r:n, 21x25xl2 , shingle roof. -- '75.00
Ftllinc ~:to.~l,Qp , frame 16x25x10, pa9er t oof ,
condition good. ----- ~---- - ------------------ ~oo .oo
..lten Jl.Q..11A.0 , frame 8xl6x0, Chinglc roof , cond.
Fair .---------~------------------- -- --- ------
.rill0Jl 1 fr.:une 16x2'.jxl0 , Shingle roof, cond. :..uir
25 . 00
40 . 00
it'.• 1"'"0 00
'l,
Value of land by types:
"'l,oreage
Type
1lore
Tillable
31
;/ield L~stoel:ing
<;rchard
Total value
To tal v.1lue
rrotal value
To tal value
Total value
?
9
1
:rn of
of
of
of
of
land
improvements
timber
orchard
tract
.\ vera.ge value por nore
Value
per acre
5 . 00
' 25 . 00
8.00
60 . 00
,j,.J J,';
•
Total
Value
155.00
l? b . 00
72 . 00
~'\_} 'A02
;
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403 . 00
1240 . 00
144 . 00
60 . 00
·1ao0.oo
,,~ 37 . 62
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District:
Rock ingham
Stonewall
Annie
Laur a
Baugher
LIDEND :
Slope
orchard
Tillable
Scale - l" :
Fields restocking
20 chains
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�; Sr,A;TE COMM.
ION oN CONSERVATIO.
o DEVELOPMENT
RICHMOND, VA.
WILLIAM E .' cArfsoN. CHAIRMAN, R1vERToN
BUREAUS OF THE COMMISSION
SURVEY
COLEMAN ,\f'ORTHAM, VICE CHAIRMAN, RICHMOND
GEOLOGICAL
JUNIUS P. FJ.SHBURN. ROANOKE
E. GRIFFITH DODSON, NORFOLK
WATER RESOURCES ANO POWER
FOREST SERVICE
PARKS ANO LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING
RUFUS G. ROBERTS, CULPEPER
THOMAS L. FARRAR,
CHARLOTTESVILLE
ARCHAEOLOGY ANO HISTORY
LEE LONG, DANTE
STATE PUBLICITY
R . A. GILLIAM
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Shenandoah National Park
Division
S. H. MARSH, SUPERVISOR
PHONE 84, FRONT ROYAL.
ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO
FRONT ROYAL, VA.
March 13, 1934
Mr . George S . Harnsberger,
Attorney at Law
fiqrrisonburg, Virginia
Dear Mr . Ha.rnsberger:
I enclose motion for dismissal of the condenmation Park proceedings in connection wi t _1
Tract No . 1 0 8, Rockingham County, which, if you
desire to do so, you might submit to the Court,
and if the order is entered, return the enclosed
copy with a me.r:orandum, shouing the da. te of entry ,
to the Park Office, Front Royal, for our files .
V.Je are preparing motion for dismissal of 9.ll
tracts which we do not expect to acquire within
the Park area, a r.d will submit this motim just
as so'.)n as the Parl: authorities in Washington advise
us definitely as to the additional tracts which
they may desire to purchase outside the Kelsey line .
Yours very truly
~~
\. C. Carson
Enclosures .
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VIRGINIA:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia - - - - - - Petitioner
V.
AT L_W NO . 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and Pifty- Two
Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of
Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia
----T~i: 1-1 o~.-,;;J)i:3:, -cam:e:::d::::ti oner
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by
counsel and exhibited to the Court the record of the above
styled proceeding, and advised the Court that petitioner , under authority of Section
22 of the Public Park Condemnation
ct, has decided not to acquire that tract of land lying within
the area described in the petition and shown and delineated on
the County Ownership Map filed with the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and bearing the Tract
No . 108, as described in said report and delineated on said
map, in which tract the said report of the said Board of Appraisal Commissioners discloses that claim to an undivided interest in the fee simple estate therein was filed by Georges .
Harnsberger, Gu·:-1.rdian ad Li tem for Bernice Shifflett, Nina
Shifflett, Georgie Shifflett, Laura Shifflett, Thomas Shifflett,
Clarence Shifflett and Lena Shifflett.
Upon consideration whereof , and upon the motion of
said petitioner, and it appearing that the said Georges .
Harnsberger, Guardian ad Litem for the above mentioned inf~nts
has consented to the entry of this order as evidenced by his
endorsement on the back thereof, it is ci.ccordingly ad.judged and
ordered that the eaid motion to dismiss be granted and that
this proceeding be and is hereby dismissed as to said trqct
of land numbered 108, as described and nurnbered in the said
report of the Board of Aonraisal Commissioners, and delineated
on the County Ovmershi"') Map filed therewith .
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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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. </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
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<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
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Breeden, RA - Dean, RO
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davis-g-thomas-estate.pdf
Title
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Davis, G. Thomas Estate
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Swift Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 108
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Davis
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#112 - Davis , Gladys & David
Number of Acres :17
Location:Swift Run, and entirely within the park area .
Roads:
Spottswood Tri;i 1 .
Hard surface , two and one - half miles to
Elkton, nearest shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam; slope type fairly smooth . This land is on the
highway, and is suitable for either farming or building
sites .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
4 M. feet of saw timber on 12 acres; 3
cords of fuelwood per acre .
IMPROVEMENTS: --DWELLING --Frame, l~x22 1 , 5 rooms, 2 s ', ories, 3 rooms
cei led . Porch 6xl6 1 , condition fair; occupied by owner . Spring v1 a ter
supply .
STbBLE---- --- Log, 15xl6xl0 1 , shingled roof , poor condition .
GRAGE - ......... ---Fra.rne, 16xl7x8' , shinsled and metal roof , fair condition .
bri,p;r.g_mmen,t~ HEN HOUSE ----- Frame , ox8x6 1 paper roof , condition fair .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
13
@
$5 . 00
$65 . 00
4
17
@
38 . 00
152 .oo
--$217.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 217.00
565 . 0 0
Value of Improvements: $ 565 . 00
25 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 2 5 • 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
15 . 00
Value of Timber: $ 15 . 00
Value of Wood: $
50 . 00
$872.00
50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
51 . 30
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None
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Claim of_ ____
~----C ounty, Virginia, N o._l_i .!!:_"!_, At Law.
In the Circuit Court of__~
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-~
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--County , Virginia, Defenda nts.----- --; ~ ; : , : : l a n d ~ -- ----~-- . _- ~
The undersigned, in a n s w e r ~ 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__ ; i _ ~ ~---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answe;-t ~~-~&pe titio;-~n d to said notice.
-------- -------- -------- -------- --My name is ______~ ~- rf.-~
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My post office address is _____ __
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel ofland within the area sought
to be condemned, containin g about_ _____ /_7 ________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings, and i:provem ents
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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
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parcel o,f land described above. ~
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_f f_g__~___in the
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following manner:
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $lfi-::e.g,_4 ~_.d~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tr.a ct or parc·e1 of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_7i..~~~ --~ (
1t~I f#&t;~ ~~~! 2!:'_ !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 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).
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the matters
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the above named claimant
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Districts
Rockingham
Stonewall
# 112 - Davis, Gladys & Davids .
Acreage Claimed: 17
Value Claimed:
Location:
Assessed
17 A. 100 P.
tt
$1500.
tt
17 A. 100 P.
1926 • $400.00
Swift run and entirely wi thin par1<: area. .
Incumbrances, c 'unter claims or l aps:
So il:
X:Oeed
None known,
Sandy loam. Slope type fairly omooth. This land is on the
high~1a.y and is suitable for either farming or building sites •
.:,pottswood trai l. Uard surface, two and one- half · iles to Elkton
nearest shipping point.
His t ory of tract and condition of timber·:
4 M fe ot of saw timber on 12 acres
20.00
3 cords off el wood per aero on 12 acreo n t $1.00
per cord - - -
at
Imnrovements:
_5.00
per ll - - -
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Dwell ine;: Fr o.me, 14x22, , rooms, 2 · s tories, 3 rooms
ceiled, "Porch 6xl6', condition f a ir, occupi ed by owner,
oprin . mter su:pply .... ~410 ·.00
Stable: Log , 15x16xlO', shineled r of, poor condition. u5.00
Garue;e: Frame, 16xl 7x8 •, shin ·led and ;'o tal r oof, fair
condi ti on. - - 40 .00
Hen houses Frame, 6x8x6 ', paper roof , c ondi tion fair. 10.00
$565'.oo
Acreo.6e a nd value of land by t ··pes:
Value
per A,.
~
Slope
Tillable
Total value of land -
12.00
30 . 00
Total value of timber -
Average value per acre
120.00
~1276.00
- ... - . 276.00
Total value of im 1rovements
Total va lue of tract
Total
Value
1~6 . 00
.. ..
56,.oo
56.00
- ... ... $897.00
--
52.77
xN'otes ,70 acres sold to the Commonvrnal th of Vi.rginia. .
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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. </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>
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#186--Davis, H. c.-Carrie James
Number of Acres:
202
Location:
Near Swift Run Gap.
Roads:
1/2 mile fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail in Swift Run Gap;
thence seven miles to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy clay, deep and fertile over most of tract . Rocky in
wooded portions; gentle to steep slopes; northwest and southwest exposure.
History of Tract and condition of timber: Most of tract cleared many years ago,
grazed and cultivated since. One field Fe., exceedingly rocky.
Wooded portion cut over repeatedly in past . Mixed oaks, etc~~
Improvements: (
See reverse side for improvement information)
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
14
$10 . 00
$140 .00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
172
@
41 . 00
7052.00
13
@
35 . 00
2b5 . 00
3
@
80 . 00
240 . 00
~?687 .00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
202
Minerals:
ValueofLand: $ 7687.00
Value of Improvements: $ 550. 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 40. 7?
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
550.00
$8237.00
�IMPROVEMENTS: Log dwelling:
l6x24', 3 rooms, porch ?xl6', metal roof, brick
flues, l½ story, log walls, fair condition, water supply is spring,
solid foundation.
Frame barn: (new) l6x28xl2', metal roof, poor condition.
Frame hen house: 10xl4x8', shingle roof, poor condition.
Old log house: 2lx24xl2' , shingle roof, poor. condition.
Log feed shed : 12xl4x8', shingle roof , poor condition.
Gounty: iioc kin ·hom
District : qtonewPll
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Acr a~e Claimed:
Velt1e Claimed:
Location:
c.
H.
Davis & Carrie Jru es
Assessed 202
J-: e, o
'--'
/
106
fJ
ft
Deed 202
$ 2600.00
"
1919
12,600
!!ear 3\Yif't Run Gap .
InclJI(,brances , counter claims, or lorys:
None known
§2.g_:.. . Sandy clay, deep ,rnd fertile over moat ot tract .
Gentle to steep slopes.
s. "·
?I. W. &
Hooky in wooded portions
~osure.
Roods : 1/2 rcnle fair dirt road to ~notswoud 7ra11 in r, itt Run Gtp.
to 'lkton .
ihen 7 miles
History of tract nnd condition or t ;mber: .~ost ot tract cle rod Mtrny yenrs ago
Grazed nd cult •rated ~ince. Ono fidd .c. eAceedlnv ... y roc--.y.
ooded
portion out over rene tedly in past.
lixed o lta, etc. at i riated to cut
an avernge of 6 cd:l. r •el , ood er acre, val ue< 1 t 50/
84 eds.
50¢
42.00
In:nrovemen ts:
Lo{ <"!welling 16
:fl ·1e. , 11:- ~tory.
spring, ,o_i d fo
·r .ne
rn (new)
'r r.Je hen houi~e,
Log old ho•1s-, 2
....,og :f'eod s ed 12
x 24, :3 :roons, po ch 7 x 16, t,eta.l r oot\ brick
lo walls, f ir condition, wt ter a pply ts
nu tion
~50.00
10 x 28 x l ~, r::otnl foot, 100::- cond.
1"5.00
10 x 14 x 8, shinPle root, poor cond.
lb .00
x ~4 x l~, shin le roof, poor ccmd •
25.00
x 14 x 8, nhin.,le roof, poor co11d.
10.00
4~0 .00
60.00 per acre
150.00
-bo0-:00
!n o1vio1on of e tate
fote:
pon c e th o~ - avis in ov .
1930 th.i.s plnce was E1ppraia c1 i>y co 1r 1s8ioners <1JP10 1~ted
by Co rt
10, Q,')Q . 00 Comm' s . ? on i . D. !,o 11?.Ltty
nooten
J\r; cnt:r-o 1t
~mentrout that this price ,lcnty hi •h.
Val
1e
'J'vne
Slope
of land by ty:pe:
f\crca5e
Grrzing
'l Ulable
14
168
13
1~5
1ctal value of lnnd
' ot l value of improvements
Total value ot timber
Totnl value of tract
Average vnlue per acre
Value
~e~ ocre
'l'otal
VAlUe
X 42.00
6720.00
3. 0
... 0.00
l9b.OO
15.00
u9b7.oo
69b7. 00
580 .00
48.00
7579.00
38.,37
�Claim of__ ~-~d~-<.~_e___ ~-------------------In the Circuit Court o f _ 6 _ ~ ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia, N o._Lf:~, At Law.
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velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filin~_,ta~,~o: ~~d published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court ofA~~~- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h:ya:::; ::_~z~~ce. _ _ _·--~~-:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
~:ia~~s: ~:~:, :~t~:,e::t~:~-~~-interes inA~
-t:fc{~~ ;:~-~f-1~~-:~t~i~-~~~-~~~~-s-o~ght
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ /4_~.b_ _____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ______________________________________ _____________________ _
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------------------This !3;9d is located about_ __ ..b-______ miles f r o m _ ~ - - - - - - - - Virginia, in
the~~-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
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he l~~~~~~=.~~~~!t,~!::;a::1- of-~!-:1~~~~:=
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _____________________________________________________________________________ _
East ______________________________________________________________________________ _
on 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 statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
dese~~::~~~~and m:~~:~ b~~~-~~-
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oL;:;;~~:;t (~r name and ~~i.:~;~¾
my
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STATE OF VI_RGINIA,
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The undersigned hereoy certifies t ~~~-------·------ ___ --------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him
m
oath that the matters
and things ~;s¥mg in his a b ~ ~ r are true to the st o is knowledge and belief,
day of_ __________ ____ --, 1931.
I ~ /))1.,,,&'~ /74a]
this ______
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My Comm'1ssio.,
xp1 es
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Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justke of the Peace.
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�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
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TO TEE HO.dCP..ABLE H. W. BER~A.1, JUD'.iE OP THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF
ROCK Il~GH .: COUNTY
Tl. TE C0•.:. :rs 3I OH OF Co:· 3ERV AT ION
r;D D3VELOPEI,1El:T
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Petitioners
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vs.
C.A?.RIE E. JA!.1E3, £.nd the hei.L·s at law
of Henry C. Davi~, deceased, and 202
ACRE3, !JORE OR LE .....,, OP L HD IH ROCKihGHA:.I
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The petition of the Firzt lJntiona.l Bc.nk of Hinton,
of Hinton, :·fest Virginia, respectfully represents:
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That there is now pending in your Honor 's 8ourt a
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::;,roceeding instituted by the dtate Commission of Conservation
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Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-one (52,561) acres,
~ 1il', end Developement against Cassandre L~wson Atkins and others, and
--:: : isore or less ,of land in Rockingham County, Virginir., 1hich has
for its object the condemnation of certain lands lying in the
Blue Ridge J:.;ountain, vrhich it desires to acquire for public
park purposes;
that amongst said pe.. i·cels of land there is e
certain tract containing 202 acres, known Ls the "Gibbons
r. ou.nt in
]'arm'; which is located on the top of the Blue Ridge ::ounta.in,
about five miles east of Elkton, in the Jtate of Virginia, and
M:orris
r..dj oining the Ja nds of Bet.slay, S1:..i.fflett, Baugher /e,nd others;
that by an order entered .in s~id proceedings, commissioner s Tiere
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is.p:!)Ointed to asce1 rein and fix tm value of said ·lands,
1
£
nd pur-
suant to said order said commisaioner s m~de e.ni filed in said
proce . . dfogs their re:port in which they ascertained the ve. lue of
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said lands to be ~8,237.0O; that said lands were encumbered b;r a
certain deed of trust theretofore e:~ecuted by Carrie E. Jo.mes E:nd
t>aul L. Jarr.es end Henry C. Davis and . . :ebecca J. Davis, +o 3-eorge
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E:""I' e berger, Tru...,tee, and subsequently , on the
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..;aid Harnesberger as '.'rustee sold s' id lands, a.t
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v1hich sc.le your :petitioner became the pm· c}1C,ser thereof and is
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now the owner of said lc.nds in fee simple.
Your petitioner
desires that scid land be excluded from s~id ParA area soueht to
be a cq_uir ed by the plD. .in tiff, but in the event it is not excluded
your petitioner is willing to accept f.,s compnosation for sLid
:_.- r.. ds the v::lue thereof as ascertained by said corn.missioners,
to-wit: the sum of yS,237.00.
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�THE ST..:'/.2E CQI;.llII3SJOl; CT: COlfSERVATION
AUD DEVB'.OPI.:.ulJT OP THE 3 TA ~E OF VI 31 IN ll
vs .
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J?eti t ion er
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No . 1829
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C~~S3AliDRA Le". ~'}'-JON ./j_TKms , et als, and
52 , 561 ACRES OP 1AI:D , I.:onE 03 LE33
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J.espondents
On this /)day of December , 1933 , came the First Nation
al Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , ·.:est Virginia, by Edwcrd C. Hartz ,
its Attorney, and on its motion leave is given said Bank to file
its application for payment to it of the sum of $8 , 237.00 , ·the
amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for
~ract No . 186 and heretofore paid into Court.
~>ind it appearing to the Court that the said }first Hat ion
al Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , .lest Virginia , is invested with a
superior or better right or c Jami of tit le in and to the said
t1•act of land Ho . 186 than an;y other person or persons and that
the record in this proceeding does not disclose any denial or dispute by any person or persons in interest as to the title to said
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tract No . 186, or to the :9roceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof , and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due
on said tract no . 186 have been paid;
Upon consideration whereof , the Court doth adjudge, order
and decree tret said sum of
~;a , 237 . 00
pa id into Court by petition-
er as just compensation for tract No. 186 , be paid to said first
Ba tional Bank of Hin ton , of Hint on , 1/est Virginia. •
• nd. it is further ordered tr.at the Clerk of this Court
be end he is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this
order to the '.i.:reasm:er of Virginia, who shal 1 pay unto the li1 ir st
Ha tional Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , 'Jest Virginia , the said sum of
~8 237.00, being the amount of the award set out in seid judgment
of condemnation for said tract no . 186 , t'.?.king from said First
National Bank of Hinton a receipt therefor , and certifying such
�payment to this Court for appropriate entry thereof as 1•eq_uired
by law.
Bnter:
Judge
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TO 1,1.HCl.: IT 15.AY COE CERU :
This is to certify tbat the taxes for the years 1932 and.
1933 on the tract of land, containing 202 acres, cssessed in the
name of Henry C. Davis and Cal'rie E. James, situated in 3tonewall
District, rtockingham County, Virginia , bave been paid.
Given under my hand this /.1._~ay of December , 1933.
ounty, Va.
I~ 1.:AY COUERN:
certify tbat the records in my offi
show any
against the
land,
in 3tonewell District ,
situated
~ssessed a s containing 202
a nd Carrie E. James.
acres of
under my hand this
1933.
STATE OF VI ID JNIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not shav any delinquent taxes against the tract of
202 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name
of H. c. Davis and Carrie James , except for the tax year 1932,
but which taxes by statement of M. H. Harrison, County
Treasurer shown herewith, have been paid in the County Treasurer's office, since said tract was returned deli~quent to
my off ice .
Given under
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THE ST.ATE COITISSION ON CONS:SRV.fl/i:ION J..HD
DEVELOil:!EUT OF TEE STATE OF VIBGDHA
vs.
OAS Sj.I.\f DRA LAWS OH ATKINS , e t a ls \ and
I 52,561 .ACRES
CF LAUD , EORE OR _..... 3S
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Defendants
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Cou:rt:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in
this proceeding condemning to the use of the pe ti ti oner the fee
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simple estate in the tract of land numbered Tract No . 186, and
described in the report of the Boa.rd of Appraisal Commissioners
appointed herein , and shown, numbered and delineated on the
I County Ownership it:ap
filed therewith, upon payment into the custo-
dy of the Court the amount of the judgment as constituting the
award therefor as follows:
Award on Tract No. 186, $8 ,237.00.
That the report of se.id Board sets forth tbat the following named persons claim or appear to bav e a claim to an interest
in said tre.ct of land, or the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:
Carrie E. James, Rebecca S . Davis , Cora Bear , rr. H. Davis ,
. C. Davis , Pauline Jenkins, 3.ebecca F. Turner, Dorthina E.]'oltz,
Julia !.iaiden, H. J. Davis, Verone Davis, Bank of Elkton, Inc.,
John~. Harris, ~rustee for Paul L. James, George S.Harnesberger,
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Gua:rdian ad Litem for l'.iorris Davis and Leon Davis; Henry a.Davis'
Estate; and devisees or heirs at law of Henr y C. D~vis,deceased.
That said tract of land was formerly owned jointly by
Carrie E . James and Henry C. Davis, who together with Paul L.
James, the husband of Carrie E. James, and Rebecca
s.
Davis, the
wife of Henry C. Davis, to-wit: on the 21st day of June, 1924,
conveyed the same to Geor ges . Harnesberger , Trust ee, to secure a
note due to the Bank of Elkton, Inc., in the sum of ~?3800 . 00 ,
payable six months after date , and which note zms executed by said
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Carrie E . James and Henr y C. Davis .
1hat subsequently, on the 12th day of Decemb er, 1925,
h enry C. Davis and Rebecca
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Davis , h is wife , conveyed to John
Harris , Trustee, the undivided half interest of said Henry C.
Davis in the aforesaid tract of land, in trust to secure Paul L.
James a note executed by said Henry C. Devis and Rebecca
s.
Davis ,
in the sum of $3860.00.
That subsequently Henry
c.
Davis departed this life intes-
tate, leaving surviving his widow , tlebecca
s.
Davis , and the
following heirs at law:
Cora Bear , W. H. Davis , A. C. Davis , Pauline Jenkins,
Rebecca F. Turner , Dorthina
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Foltz, Julia Illa iden, H. J. Davis ,
Verone Dav is , Morr is D&v is and Leon Davis , the last two being infants over fourteen years of age~ all of whom are parties defendant in said proceedin~s.
The und ersigned further avers tbat on the 7th clay of
1!1 ebruar y , 1931, Car1· ie E. James and Rebecca S . Devis , the wi dov,
of Henry C. Dav is, and his adult heirs at law, filed their answer
in the e.bove styled condemnation proceedi ngs, from which itappears
that at that time the said Carrie E. James was the owner in fee
half
simple of an undivided/intere st in said tra ct of land and that the
other undivided half interest therein was owned by the heirs at
law of Henry C. Davis , decee.sed, subj ect to the dower rights of
his widow, said Rebecca
s.
Davis .
The undersigne d further represents that subsequently ss,id
George S. Harnesberger , Trustee , upon the request of the Bank of
Elkton , Inc. , the debt secured to it in said deed of trust being
pas t due, offered said tract of land for sale at public auction,
at which time the same ws,s knocked down to the undersigned , it
being the highest bidder therefor, and a deed for said land ,
dated January 21st , 1933 , was made to the undersigned by said
George 3. Harnesber ger, Trustee .
Said deed is duly of record in
Deed Book 1 54 , at page 58 , of the Clerk 's Office of Rockingham
County , Virginia .
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copy of the deed of trust from Carrie E. James and
husband, and Henry C. Davis and wife, and a copy of the deed
from George .3. Harnes berger , ;i rustee, to the undersigned , are
filed herevith, marked "Exhibits Deeds NCB.l and 2" , and are praye
to be read as a part hereof.
~hat the petitioner has pa .id into the custody of the
~8 , 237.00, the amount of money
vourt/set out in said judgment e.s constituting the award for the
fee simple estate in said tract of land .
'rbat the undersigned on the date of said judgment in rem
condemning the said tract of lan.d owned the fee simple interest
there in and is entitled to the proceeds arising from the condemna
tion thereof, to-wit· : the sum of :)8 , 237 . 00.
That no other person or persons than the undersigned
are entitled to share in the distribution of said award, or in
the :proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, on the date
of the entry of said judgment.
iTI{EREFCRE , your· undersigned , who by its petition heretofore filed herein became a party to this proceeding , pra;ys that
an order be entered for the distribution of said sum set forth
in said judgment in rem e s constituting the award for the fee
simple estate in said tract of land condemned as aforesaid and
for the payment to the undersigned of said award, which the under
signed avers is as follows :
Tract No. 186 , ~8 , 237 . 00 .
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OF HIN'
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state of i est Virginia ,
County of Summers , to-wit :
, a Notary Public in and. for
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the County end 3tate a. foresai d , do certify that 0, .E..JL;'N E S
Cashier , of the First National Bank of Hinton , of Hint on I Jest
Virginia , personally appeared before me in my County aforesaid
and made oath that the statement of facts contained in the fore going answer nade upon his own knowledge , are true and those made
upon infornation derived from others , he believes to be true.
Given under my hana ancl Notarial seal this / C::. day of
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1933 .
t.y commission e x:pir es :
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�THI3 DEED made and entered into this 21st day of June ,
1924 , by
D
nd between
Carrie E.
H. C. Davis and Rebecca Devis , his wife ,
ames and Paul L. James , her husband , party of the first
part, e.nd txeorge ;::;. Harnesberge1·, T:.r.•u:3tee , party of the second
W I T U E S 3 E ~ H:
~'hat for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar
cash in hand naid by the party of the second pa1• t to the :pa~·ties
of the first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , end
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upon the trust hereinafter declared , they , the said parties of the
first part do g1·ant and convey , wit:i.1 general warranty of title
unto the said party of the second part , that certain farm or trsct
of land situate in the Blue Ridge mountains in the eastern Pl' tion
of jtonewall District , ~ockingham County , Virginia , about three
miles above the old Brick Tavern , adjoining the lands of Eathew
long
?owell , Beasley, ~arble and others , /:tm-,n as the Gibbons mountain
I farm ,
containing 202 acres , being the same land acquired by H. C.
Dav is and Paul L. James, by deed dated Dec . 14 , 1920 , from ~7m. B.
II Yancey ,
.:>pecial:1 Commissioner , which deed is duly recorded in
the Clerk's Office of i ockingbam County , Virginia , in Deed Book
,
120 , page 261 , and by deed from Kemper ;7. Yancey and i7ife , dated
January 20 , 1921 , which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk ' s
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Office in Deed Book 120 , page 21 , the interest of Paul L. James
having been conveyed to Carrie E. James by deed dated .tpril 3 ,
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1924, which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk s Office in :Deed
Book 129, page 20.
hereby made.
.i:o all of which deeds special ref ,rence is
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In trust, nevertheless , to secure the payment of a
negotiable note bearing even date with this deed , v.hich note is
executed by H. C. Davis , ~ebecca Davis , Ca~rie £ . Jemes and Paul
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L· James , and payable to the Bcnk<i7f Elkton , Inc . , six months a fter
date in the sum of $3800 . 00 ~
In the elent that there are any renew-
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als of said note or any part hereof , then th e seid renewal notes ,
ea c h and every one of them smll be a.s fully secured by this dee d
of trust as the original note.
It is understood and rirovided
tnBt in case of default in the payment of said note , or any part
thereof , or any renewal of said note , or any part thereof , at
maturity , then , when required by the holde r of such over due
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note , the said Trustee sball pro c eed to execute this trust in
pursuance of dection 5167 of the Code of Virginia , 1919 , and Act s
arnendatory thereof , except that he shall hav e 5% of the gross
proceeds of sale as a commission .
','f it ness the following signatures and seals .
PAUL L. J.A l1E3
(SEAL)
--------------CARRIE E . JAI.:ES
(SEAL)
--------------BEiffi Y C . DAVIS
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Deed Book 129, p . 504 .
State of Vir gi n i a ,
County of .tlo ckingbam , t o- wit :
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I , a. H. 1:cVeigh , a notary Public in and for the County
and State aforesaid , do certify that R. C. Davis and Rebecca
Davis , his wife , whose names are signed to the writing ab ove
bearing date on the 21st day of June , 1924 , have acknowledged the
same before me in my County afor e said. I1fy commission expires
on the 9th day of September , 1925 .
Given under my band this 15th day of June , 1924.
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W. H . HcVe igh , N.P.
dtate of Virginia ,
County of Ro c kingham , to - wit :
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and Jtate aforesaid , do c ertify that Carrie E. James and Paul L.
Jame s , her husband , whos e name s a re s igned to the wi·iting above
bearing date on the 21st day of June , 1924 , have acknowledged the
same before me in my County afor e said . l.:y comrnissi on expires on
the 25th day of July , 1925 .
Given under my hand this 8th day of July , 1924.
A. U. Lewis , N. P.
VI3GIHIA : In the Cl erk ' s Offic e of the Cir cui t Cour t of Rockingham County . The foregoing deed of trust was this day p: es ent e d i n
the office aforesaid and is , together with the cer tifi cate of acknowledgment annexed , adn1itted to record this 16th day of July ,
1924 . 1. p . m.
Teste : J . F . Blackburn_,.,
Gu.erk
�~Vhereas Carrie E. James and her husband, and Henry C.
Davis and his v,i:::e , by deed of trust dated June 21 , 1924, which
deed of ti·ust is duly of record in the Clerk 's Office for Rockingham County , Virginia, in Deed Book 129, p. 504, conveyed to George
grazing
;S • .tiarnesberger, Trustee , that certain tract or parcel of/land,
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containing 202 acres , more or less, generally known as the "Gibbon, "
mountain farm, situate on the Blue ~idge mountains about six miles
east of Elkton , in 3tonewal District , Rockingham County, Virginia,
to secure the Bank of Elkton , Inc. , the payment of a negotiable
homestad waiver note in the sum of ~p3800 . 00 , made by the aforesaid
parties oi' even date with said deed of trust, and payable six
months after date to said Bank ; and VTHEREAS the make rs of said
note defaulted in the payment of said note , the said Carrie E.
James being adjudged a bank!.· upt on the 20th day of May , 1932, by
the United Jtates District Court for
the Wes tern District of
Virginia, the order of adjudication being duly of record in the
Clerk's Office of nockingham County, Virginia, in De ed Book 154,
page 482 ; end ',7HEREAS by an order of said Court entered on the
13th day of June, 1932, the Trustee in bs.nkrupt for Car:rie E. James
was directed to disclaim title for said lands; and :ffi~EAS the
IBank
of Elkton , Inc., the holder of said note , after default had
continued in the payment of said note for some time, requested the
Trustee in said deed of trust to fo:ceclose the same; and 7IBERE.AS
!after due and full compliance with the terms of said deed of trust
the land hereinabove described was sold at public auction at the
front door of the County Courthouse , in Harrisonburg , Virginia ,
llufter competitive bidding to the First J.iational Bank of Hinton, at
Hinton, ";est Virginia , for the sum of ~4 , 650.00 cash, which sum
said Bank ~ now fully pi.id to the Trustee , and said Bank requests
tba.t a deed be made to it for said land;
Now , therefore, THI3 DEED , made and entered into this
21st day of January , 1933 , by and between George S . Harnesberger ,
r rus tee as afore said, party of the fir st part , and the First
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National Bank of Hinton, at Hinton , dest Virginia , party of the
se ccnd pa1· t .
'7 I T H E 3 S E TH:
THA':i: for and in consideration of the sum of $4 , 650 . 00
cash in band paid by the party of the second part to the party of
the first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknov,ledged, the
said party of the first part doth grant and convey , with special
warranty of title unto the said party of the second part that said
tract or parcel of grazing land , with the improvements thereon and
the app1ll'tenances thereunto belonging, generally known as the
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Gibbons 11 mountain farm , containing 202 acres , more or less,
situate in the Blue Ridge mountains , about six miles east of
Elkton , in Jtonevmll District , Rockingham County , Virginia, it be ing the sane land conveyed by ilm. B. Yancey , 3pecial Commissioner ,
to H. C. Davis and iiaul L. James , by deed dated December 14 , 1920 ,
vvhich deed is duly of .L'ecord in said Clerk ' s Office, in Deed Book
j120, p. 261; and in which lands Kemper ·.'/. Yancey and ,;;ife b;y deed
dated January 22, 1921 , conveyed to said purchasers certain rights
therein set forth, and in which land Paul L . James , by deed dated
r
pril 3rd, 1924 , which deed is duly of record in said Clerk ' s
i.Jff ice in Deed Book 129 , page 20 , conveyed his interest and estate
o Carrie E. James .
To all of which deed special reference is here -
y made for a more particular description of said lands .
The pur-
lchaser herein is to pay the taxes on said lands from and after
~ugus t 6, 1932 .
Witness the following signature and seal.
George j . Hnrnesberger , Trustee(SEAL )
as aforesaid.
3ecorded in Deed BCok 154,
at page 58 , of the Clerk ' s
Off ice of 3.ockingbam County.
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3tate of Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg , to - wit :
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I , L. T. Flick, a Notary Public in and for the City and
hereby
State aforesaid, do/certify that George .-3. Harnesberger , :i:rustee
as aforesaid, whose name is signed to the writing above bearing
date on the 21st day of January , 1933 , has acl':nowledged the sa.rr.e
before me in my
0 ity
aforesaid.
r.r;:;y commission expires on the 4th day of I:a.y , 1933.
Given under my hD.nd this 23rd day of January , 1933.
L. T. Flick , N.P.
VLGI\IA :
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of
Rockingbam County.
The foregoing deed of BARGAIN LHD SLLE vm.s
this day presented in the office aforesaid and is , together with
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the certificate of acknowledgment annexed , admitted to record this
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3rd day of •;iebrua -ry, 1933.
9.15 a.m .
'l.'este:
J .Robert 3Y1i tzer
Clerk.
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Il. THE CIRC1J IT COl':....,'.i: CB1 RCCKTIJ'J.EAH CCUNTY
:2HE 31.i:ATE COr,:IdI3:3 rm; OH
COli 3BRVA'.:: I ON AlID DEVELOPfil1ENT
Petitioners
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No If'~~t ~ fled in the Clerk's CF:~e
Rockingham County, Va.
CA..'L't IE E . JAI.iE;:3 & THE HE IR3 - A£r-.LA.V! )
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!lCCKil!Gilill.: COUNTY , {BGHIA
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Defendant5-.~
Respondents for answer to the petition
Ji the
dtate Com... is -
tion on Conservation and Devel opement of the 3tate of Virginia ,
say : ·
That Respondents names are :
Carrie E . James , Rebecca S . Davis , Cora B. Davis , i1illie
Davis , Clarence Davis, Julia r.:aiden , wife of Dennis 1. • l'.Iaiden ;
Reba Turner , · the wife of 1, inor :.turner; Dorothy Foltz_, the "#ife of
Arch Foltz ; Pauli ne Jenkins , the wife of David J . Jenkins ; Howard
ravis and Vernon Davis .
Tr..at the postoffice address of all of your Respondents is
!Elkton , Virginia, R. F . D. No . 2 .
Your ]espondent , Carrie~ . Jrunes , avers that she . is the
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owner in fee simple of an undivided one-half interest in a tract
of land within the area sought to be condemned by said petitioner ,
conte,ining 202 acres, v1l1ich is enclosed , as well as subdivided , by
fence ~~nd haJ erected thereon a house and barn , and has thereon an
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01·c:ard of ~-e acres of improved apple trees •
.AiJD your other Rel:3pondents aver · that the::,,, together
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aui·ice Davi3 ""'" c. :.ieon Du.vis , as the widow a.nd heirs-at-law cf
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,._ ._r'(, the oTTners in fee sirr.:r:ile of the other undivided)'
Henry c. Davi.:> ,,..
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one-half in tere;:3t in said t:rr.ct of land .
Tb.et' seid :::.and is loce. ted on top of the Blue RidJe Lountain ,
about five milez et.st cf ;,1kto~
in Jtonewall District , i::nd e.djoins
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the lands of Beasley , L. I .
Morr is and others .
'hifflett , Elsie B. Baugher ,
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Respondents further represent that said tract of land was
on the 21st day of June, 1919 , purchased by H.
c.
Da vis and
Respondent , Carrie E . James ' husband , Paul L. J ames , from William
B. Yancey , :.-Jpecial Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , and for which said lands said purchasers paid the sum
of $12 , 500. 00 .
A copy of the deed therefor is filed herewith ,
marked Exhib it A and prayed to be read as a part hereof .
That subseq_uently , by deed dated the 3rd day of ~April ,
1924 , the said Paul L. James , conveyed his undivided one- half interest in said tract of land to your Respondent , Carrie E . James .
A copy of said deed is filed herewith , marked Exhibit B. and
I prayed to
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be read as a part hereof .
Respondents further aver that 'the total value of said tract
of land
with improvements thereon is $15 , 000 . 00 , and that the
total value of Respondent , Carrie E. James~ right ther e in is
$7 , 500 . 00 , and tret tbe total value of the right of the heirs -at law of Henry C. Davis , decea sed , therein is ;;p7 , 500 . 00 .
Your Respondent , Carrie E .
James , further avers that she
is the owner of a very valuable farm , containing about 335 acre s ,
situated on
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ShenB.ndoah River , in the eastern part of
County, about two miles no r th of Elkton and that she
is the lessee of another valuable tract of
land cont aining a bout
90 acres , adjoining her said farm and which said lands adjoin t he
lands of Stella R. Miller, Jame s
Armentrout , Luthe r Davis and
others i tbat said lands are all under cultivation and with the
exception of about 75 acres of orchard , mre fanned in r o tat i on of
crops ; that Re spondent is also engaged in the business of ra i sing
cattle, sheep , hogs and ho r ses .
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Respondent, Carrie E . James, further represents th2t, desiring to increase the value of the operat ion of h er lands by
raising cattle and other livestock, she entered into an agreement
Iwith Henry c.
Davis, whereby they agreed to raise livestock and
in order to reve pasturage for the same, Respondent , Carrie E.
James, through her husband , Paul L. James and said Davis , on the
21st day of June , 1919, purchased the aforesaid tract of 202 acres
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of land vhich is as aforesaid , located on the top of the Blue
Ridge 1~1ount ain , e.nd is k nown as the "Gibbons Mountain Farm ," and
which , as Respondents aver is one of the roost valuable blue grass
grazing f erms in the Blue Ridge B.ountains .
fhat ever since the purchase of said farm , Respondent ,
Carrie E . James, through her husband , the said Paul L. James and
II the said Davis , up to the time of his death on the 12th day of
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.:ieptembe r , 1930 , and since his dee th his widow and heirs -at-law ,
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who are also Respondents herein , have used said mountain fe::rm for
pasturage , which farm tr,. s thereon a heavy sod of blue grass , with
the probable excer tion of four acres .
.3aid land is also exceptionl
ally well" supplied with water fr or:1 various springs thereon .
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:r on said mountain farm Respondent , Carrie E. Jam.es and
sHid Davis, ·since said purcb&se , have kept , du1·ing the pasturage
I season,
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fr or:1 seventy-five ( 75) to ninety ( 90) hea a.. of cattle ;
from one hundred (100) to two hundred (200) head of sheep ; along
VJith a lot of hogs , and at the encl of each of such season i said
cattle have been carried on Respondent, Carrie~ . James '
~henandoah River farm .
'.!:hat Respondent , Carrie E . James, and said Davis have kept
said lands enclosed by fences 2.nd hsve ex:peno..ed thereon, including
a cattle shed recer.tly rebuilt, approximately ~500 . 00, (the barn
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said lands h&.v ing been de str oye d by f i:ce) .
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That us Jet ::o!'th e.bove • esponcients ever that said mountain
farm is worth at tne lea.3t , the sum of .)15 , 000 . 00
and thet the
incidental d°'maee to ti1e ::ihenandoah River farm, belongin; to
• espondent, Ca:!:rie L . Jarr.es, they believe ,,,ill be
t least
'1r5 , 000 . CO, ·ecause , by the taking of said i:1ountain farm by petitio.q1
er, her cattle re.is ing operations will not simply be curtailed
but practically destroyed , and dhe will further be deprived of the
benefit accruing to her said Jhenandoah .:. iver farm "by feeding
said stock thereon through the r;inter rmnths .
That Respondent , Carrie E. James , ~.nd said Henry
o.
Davis
have on different occasions been offered from ,wl7 , 000 . 00 to
~20 , 000 . 00 for said mountain farm which offers were refused because
it was necessary for the profitable operation of her 335 acre
farm on said Jhenand.oah :liver , and it is a most necessary adjunct
Ito the continuance of the cattle raising operations by Respondents .
Your . . espondents further represent that all of the graz.ing
lands within any reasonable distance of the .3hemmdoah River farm
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owned by your . . espondent , Carrie E . James ," embraced in the area
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sought to be condemned by petitioner and that t~ere are no availlable lands ·t1ithin any reasomble distance of said Jhenandoah
River farm which can te acquired for grazing lands and b;y reason
ff bein3
deprived of said mountain farm , ~espondents will be
r nable to acq_u ire lands to replace the same at an;y·thing like the
;value thereof
a,3
aforesaid, or ·.,hich vlill be as conveniently lo•
cated to said dhenandoah .River farm .
~espond.ents further represent th"t by deed of d.c':..te , June 21,
1924 ,
and duly of record in tl1e ~lerh ' .s office of J.ockingr..am
bounty , a copy of vhich deed is filed herev:ith , marked Exhibit C ,
und pra~·ed to be read as a part hereof, your Respondent , Ja.rrie E.
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j James , htr husband unitin~, and H. c . Davis, his v1ife uniting ,
conveyed s .id tract of 202 acres of land. to <Jeorge .;; . 1Iarn3barge.c ,
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Trustee , in trust to secure a certain negotiable note , executed
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the gre.ntors ill said deed to the Bank of
lkton , Inc ., for the
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sum of .;3800 . 00 .
Respondents furt~er represent that b;y deed dated the 22nd
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day of December , 1925 , said. Henry C. Davis , h.is 1:if e uni ting ,
conveyed their undivided interest in said 202 acres of land to
John ~ . Harris , :Vrus tee , to secure to Paul L. James , the payment
of a certain note executed to him by said Henry C. Davis , and
7;ife , for the sum of -w3860 . 00 , 1ith interest from date •
.A copy
of said dee(:lc is filed herewith , marked Exhibit D and is prayed
to be read as a µnt hereof .
'.i:ha.t the amounts secured b;y both
of said dee d.3 of trust are pus t due and unpaia. •
Your Re spondents further represent that Henry
c.
Davis ,
who vms the ovri:1er of an undivided one-hn lf interest in said 202
acre mountain farm , dep:3.rted this life intestate on the 12th day
II of .3eptember ,
1930, leaving surviving him his widow , your
Respondent , Rebecca
s.
Davis and the folloviing children 2.s
:his
sole heirs- at - law :
Cora B.
Davis , Willie Davis , Clarence Davis , Julia
Ms.iden , the wife of Dennis Mai den ; Rebe. Turner , the wife of
Minor .rurner ;
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Doroth;7 Foltz , the v1ife of Arch iol t z ; Paul i ne
Jenkins , the wife of David Jenkins ; Howard Davi s , all over 21
years of age , and Maurice Davis , ·who is 18 years of age and Leon
Dav is , v, ho is 15 years of a ge .
Your :Respondents pray that a guardian ad 1 i t an may be
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Your Responden ts therefore pray thB..t their said mountain
fe.rm of 202 acres may be excluded from the lands sought to be
condemned by
re ti ti oner
and
if not so excluded, as it -,,,ill be
many yea rs before said lan 6.s &re used for the purposes of said
petitione r, that provision may be rnaa.e for their use by
:Responden ts until such time s.s the same may be necess&..ry for
petitione r's purposes .
nd your Responden ts having fully ans1·:ered said. petition ,
pray to be hence dismissed , etc.
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�STATE 0 ~' VIRGINI ~
COUNTY OF ::lOc==rNGIL.:.1 to - wit:
I , H.B . C.Gentry '1 Not· ry ')ublic in ::ind for said l?ounty
in the Sjqte of Virginia. whose co,.rnission expires on
the 19th d~y of ~ecembur 1931 , do certify th t 3ebeccS. D"vis whose n"..ie is sir-ned. to the f)re_::-oint writing
be~rinp date on the 14th day of FebruRry 1031 , has
person~lly rppe•red before me and acknowled~ed tho same
in uy Cou~1ty nforosaid .
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WHEREA.S, by decree entered in the chancery cause of
T. L. Yancey vs. Mary A. Yancey &c. on
the 12th day of May, 1919,
George N. Conrad and William B. Yancey, who were thereby appointed
Commissioners for the purpoBe, were directed that the sale of
what has long been known as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing
about 202 acres, situ.ate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in
Rockingham County, Virgima, about three miles above the old
btrok tavern, and \mEREAS, acting in accordance with directions
of said decree, said commissioners did after due advertisement
of the time,terms and place of sale as thereby provided on tbe
I! 21st day of June, 1919, offer said mountain farm for sale at public auction at the front door of the County Courthouse, in Rockingham County, at which offering said farm was sold to H. C. Davis
and Paul L. James at the price of $12 ,500.00, one-fourth of whioh
said amount the said purchasers paid in cash, and for the re.lance
executed their three bonds of even date herev.d. th for $3,125.00,
each, and payable one, two and three years after date, respectively, with interest from date, and WHEREAS, by decree entered in
said cause on the 8th day of July, 1919, said sale of said mountain farm to the said H.
c.
Davis and Paul L. James was approved
and confirmed and the said William B. Yancey was appointed
Specila Commissioner for the purpose and directed to execute a
conveyance for said farm with covenant of special warranty, to
the said H. c. Davis and Paul L. James, o:r to whomsoever they may
direct, upon the payment by said purchasers of said three bonds
of $3,125 .00 each,
but by said decree said bonded commissioner
was given leave to sell and assign the said bonds for the deferred payments for an amount equal to the face value thereof,
plus any interest which my have accrued thereon, to the date of
sale, in which event the said William B. Yancey, Commissioner
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was directed to make conveyance of said farm, retaining in the
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assignees of the same and WHEREAS. acting in accordance with the
leave granted by said last named decree and said William B.
Yancey, Commissioner, after receiving payment of the :first
deferred bond, did, on the 22nd day of November, 1920, maka sale
F d assignment of the bonds due two and three years after date,
~especti vely, the bond due t\vo years after
ed to Laird L. Conrad, as General
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ate having been assign-
Receiver of the Circuit Court
of Rockingham County, Virginia, and the bond due three years
r fter date having been contemporaneously assigned to T. L. Yancey
and WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of said decree of
f uly 8th, 1919, a conveyance of said farm should now be
made and
the said H. C. Davis and Paul L. James, having directed that the
lbame be conveyed to them jointly as purchased, NOW THEREFORE,
THIS DEED, made this 14th day of December, 1920. by
and between Wm. B. Yancey, Special Comrniss ioner in the chancery
cause of T. L. Yancey vs. Mary A. Yancey &c., party of the first
part and H. C. Davis and Paul L. James, :rsr ties of the second
oart.
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That for and in consideration of the premises, and
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1.00, cash in hand paid to the i:e,rty of the first part, the
~eceipt hereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said William B.
rancey, Special Commissioner aforesaid, doth hereby grant and con~ey, with ~ovenan.Ets of special warranty, unto the said H.
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County, Virginia, about three miles above the old brick tavern,
adjoining the Beasley, varble and other lands, long known as the
Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing according to survey made by
P. B. F. Good,
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on March 31st, 1919, 202 acres and
described by rootes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at three chestnut stumps, corner of the
"Mathew Powel" tract of land, thence 3. 2 W. 40 poles, to the
middle of a Spring, thence
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tree in a small hollow, thence
1 1/2 W. 29 poles to a large cherry
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12 W. 53 poles to a dead chest-
nut on a stony hillside in tbe line of the said Powel tract, thenor
with the line of tne same, N. 51 W. 44 poles to a large chestnut,
thence
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64
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22 poles to two chestnuts, thence
poles to a forked locust, thence
s. 38
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5 W. 22
W. 34 poles to a bunch of
chestnuts, thence S. 22 W. 39 poles to a bunch of chestnuts, theno~
s.
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55 W. 38 poles to a red oak and two chestnuts, thence N. 47
35 poles -to a chestnut, thence N. 30 W. 20 poles to a chestnut,
thence N. 40 W. 40 poles to a chestnut and chestnut oak, thenae
II N. 10 E. 28 poles to a chestnut, thence N. 46 W. 84 poles to a
chestnut, thence N. 30 E. 26 poles to a chestnut oak on a stony
ridge, thence east 24 poles to a large chestnut on the north side
of a steep hill, thence N. 30 E. 80 poles to two chestnuts and a
hickory in an old patent line near a spring, thence S. 54 E. 88.
5 poles to two small chestnuts and a rock, thence 8. 52 1/2 E.
37 poles to a large and small chestnut, thence N. 62 E. 80 poles
to the BEGINNINA, containing 202 acres.
A vendor's lien is hereby ex~ressly retained upon
the land herein conveyed to secure unto the :00 lders thereof the
payment of the sai e. two
bonds of $3,125.00 each aforesaid, of
JU.t'.le 21st, 1919, due two and three years after date, respectively,
executed
by
the grantees, H. C. Dav is and Paul L. James, evidencing
deferred ~yments of a portion of t he purchase price for said
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land, which said two bonds were assigned as afo:resai d and are
now so owned and held .
This c onveyanoe is rrade for tr.ie granter
herein on bebalf of Thomas L. Yancey, Mary A. Yancey, Mary V.
Yancey, Roberts. Yancey, Lois R. Yancey, Charlotte Yancey and
Mildred L. Yancey, the five last named being of the heirs of
William L. Yancey, deceased.
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Spe cia.l Commission er
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THIS DEED imde the 3rd day of April, 1924, between
Paul L. James, party of the fir st part and Carrie E. James, ps.r ty
of the second part.
WITNESS ETH:
That for and in consideratio n of the sum of
$4,000.00, cash in band p:3.id, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged , and tbe assumption and payment by party of the
second part of one-half of a certain negotiable note, executed by
Paul L. James and H.
c.
Davis, payable to the Bank of Elkton, at
Elkton, Virginia, four months after date, for the sum of
$3763.59, which note is dated February 22, 1924, said i:arty of
the first part doth grant and convey unto tre party of the second
:part with general warranty of title, an undivided one-half interes~
in and to a certain tract or parce 1 of land situated in the Blue
Ridge Mountains, in Rockingham County, Virg i.mrl.a, about three miles
above the old Brick Tavern, and which lands adjoin the lands of
Beasley, v:arble and oth ers, and contains by a recent survey, 202
acres, a nd is known as the uGi bbons Mountai n Farm", and is the same
land which was conveyed to H. C. Davis and Paul L. James by
William B. Ya ncey, Special Commissioner , by deed dated December
14th ,1920, which deed is du1¥ of record i n Deed Book 120, at :page
261, of t h e Clerk's office of Rockingham County, to wh ich reference
is here made f or a more particula r des:c r iption of said lands.
WITNESS the follov1ing signature and seal.
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THIS DEED made and entered into this 21st day of June,
1924, by and
between H. C. Davis and Rebecca Davis, his wife ,
Carrie E. James and Paul L. James, her husband, par/ ties.
or the first
part and Georges . Harnsbarger, Trustee, party of the second part.
WIT NE S 3 ETH:
That for and in consideratio n of the sum of $1 .00, cash in
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paid by the party of the second pa rt to the parties of the
first part, a receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and upon the
trust hereinafter declared, they, the said parties of the first
part do grant and convey, with general warranty of title, unto
the said party of the second part that certain farm or tract of
land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the eastern portion
of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, about three
(3) miles above the old Brick Tavern, adjoining the lands of
Matthew Powell, Beasley, Warble and others, long known as the
Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing two hundred and two (202) acres,
being the same land acquired by H. c. Davis and Paul L. James by
deed dated December 14th, 1920, fr.om Wm . B. Yancey, Special
Commissioner , which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office
of Rockingham County, Virginia, in D. B. 120, p . 261, and by deed
from Kemper W. Yancey and wife, dated, January 22nd, 1921, which
deed is duly recorded in said Clerk's Office in D. B. 120, page
21, the interest of Paul L. James having been conveyed to Carrie
E. James, by deed dated April 3rd, 1924, which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk's office in D. B. 129, p. 20.
To all of
which deeds special reference is hereby made.
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IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, to secure the payment of a negotiable note bearing even date with this deed, which note is executed
by H. C. Davis, Rebecca Davis, Carrie E . James and Paul L. James
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,~fter date in the sum of thirty-eight hundred dollars ($3800.00).
In the event that there are any renewals of said note or
any ps.rt thereof, then the said renewal notes, each and every one
of them, shall be as fully secured by this deed of trust as the
original note.
It is understood and provided that in case of de-
cfault in the ps.ymen.t of said note, or any part thereof, or any renewal of said note, or any part thereof, at maturity, then, when
f equired by the holder of such over-due note, the said Trustee
shall proceed to execute this trust in pursuance of Sec. 5167 of
t he Code of Virginia, 1919, and Acts amendatory thereof, except
that he shall have 5% of the gross proceeds of sale as his commission.
WITNESS the following signatures and seals.
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PAUL L. JAMES
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CARRIE E. J AMES
(SEAL)
H. C. DAVIS
(SEAL}
REBECCA DAV IS
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THIS DEED, made this 22nd day of December, 1925, by and
between Henry C. Davis and Rebecca S. Davis, his wife, parties
of the first part and John T . Harris, Trustee, party of the
second part , all of Rockingham County, Virginia.
WIT NE S 3 ETH:
In consideration of the sum of $1 .00, cash in hand paid to
the parties of the first part by the rarty of the second part,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, at and before the
sealing and delivery of these presents, and upon the trust herein'
after declared, the said Henry C. Davis and Rebecca S. Davis,
his wife, do hereby grant and convey unto the said John T. Harris,
with general warranty, all the right, title, interest and estate
owned by the parties of the first part, being a one-half undivided share or interest in and to that certain tract or parcel
of land, long lmown as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, situate in the
eastern portion
of Rockingham County, Virginia, on the Blue
Ridge, about five (5} miles from Elkton, adjoining the lands of
Beasley, Warble and others, containing
two hundred and two
(202) acres, more or less, and being the same tract of land conveyed to Paul L. James and H.
c.
Davis, by Wm . B. Yancey, Special
Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, in the
chancery cause of T. L. Yancey, etc. v. Mary A. Yancey, by deed
bearing date the 14th day of December, 1920, and admitted to
record in the Clerk's office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in
D. B. 120, p. 261, reference to which deed for a description of
said tract for metes and bounds is here made as though fully
written out herein; together with all the rights, appurtenances,
privileves and
easements unto the said parcel of land belonging
or in any wise appertaining.
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IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, to secure the payment unto Paul
L. James, of the sum of thirty-e ight hundred and sixty dollars
($3860.0 0) as evidence d by the note made by Henry c. Davis and
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Rebecca S. Davis, payable to Paul L. James, bearing even date
herewith and due six (6) months after date, with interest from
date, in the sum of $3860.00 , and likewise to secure the payment
of any renewal or renewals of sru.d note in whole or in part.
It is hereby express ly agreed between the parties hereto
in the event there is default made in the p:1yment of said indebted lness or the interes t thereon , as the same matures , or default made
in the payment of any renewal of said. note, whether such renewal
by in whole or part thereof , then the Trustee shall, upon the
request of the owner of said note, proceed to execute this trust
in accordan ce with Sec. 5167 of the Code of Virgini a, and the
Acts of Assembl y amendat ory thereof and from the proceeds of sale
the Trustee shall first pay all the expenses attendin g the execution of this trust, includin g the payments to agents and Attorney s
for services rendered , then the auction eer's fees and the Trustee 's
commiss ion of
5%
on the gross proceeds of sale for his services in
making the sale, and all taxes and levies accrued at the time of
lthe sale and shall then pay the indebted ness hereby secured in
full with the interes t accrued thereon and pay the remaind er to
the said Henry
c.
Davis, his heirs, persona l represe ntatives or
assigns .
WITNESS the followin g signatur es and seals.
HENRY C. (X) DAV IS
his mark
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13 0.ic deec1 of tn1St the land hereinabove desc:-ibec:t ,vas sold at
inublic e.uction et the front door of the County CouJ:thouse , in
S:arrisonburG , vil·ginin , after com:i;>etitive ·t)iddin_; , s:'he !1.b.· st
.r.tionc.l Bank of Hinton , e,t HL1ton , .,est Virginie , fo
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SE'-L1e 12-nd conveyed by 7Trn. B. Yancey , Jyecial Comrr1issione1• , to
H. C. D2.vis and 2a1-l 1 • .:-ames , by deed. dated :)ece:,,ber 14 , 1920 ,
v1hich cleecl. is c.ul:; ol :c·ecm:d in seid vler:-: 1 s Office in D.3.120 ,
p . 261; and in 17hich lan a.s Kem1')er J. Ysnce;; and wife , by deea_ ca tee
Janua::..·y,:2:'.; , 1921 , conveyed ·co said :pu::..·cr.£..sers certain rights there -
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3 , 1924 , '.7hich deed is duly of 1•ecord in said Clerk 1 s Oi::ice in
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TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA .
JOHN M . PURCELL
Decemb er 22 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcel ], Treasu rer
of Virgin ia have this _2_2__ day of De c emb er
with an order of the circui t court of
dated 12/18/3 3
in accorda nce
Ro ckingha m County
in the cause of the State Commi ssion
on Conser vation and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia
vs.
Cassan dra Lawson
Atk i n=s - -- - - -- - =~~=
:paid to First Nation al Bank of Hinton , Hi n ton , West Vjr ginia
$ 8 , 237 . oo
being in full settlem ent of tract
in the above mentio ned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 22 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
First National Bank of Hinton
Hinton, West Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 8 , 237 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_ _ ~R~o~c=k=i=n=g~h=am=~- of December 1 93i
entered on the
18th day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v Cassandra
Lawson Atkins, et als and
52 , 561 acres of land more or le ~d others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #_ 1_8_6_ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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1925-1935
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Davis, H. C./Carrie James
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An account of the resource
Location: Swift Run Gap
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Tract(s): 186
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Davis
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ROC ~INGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
Davis , John
#114 -
w.--
128
Number of Acres:
Location: Swift Run .
Entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
One - quarter mile clay road to the Spottswood Trai l , 4
miles hard surface road to Elkton, the nearest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam on the slope type , and has a fair depth of
The tillable is more of a clay loam and is in
fertility .
a good state of cultivation .
This tract has been cut over several
History of Tract and condition of timber:
years ago . The remaining stand consists of seco nd growth oaks, white
and short leaf pine and some poplar .
IMPROVEMENTS: --DWELLING--Frame 16x24 1 , 6 rooms , 3 ceiled, - L 16xl6xl6 t ,
Porch 6x24 1 , 2 story, metal roof , brick flues , condition fair , occupied
by owner . Spring wa t ertsup plv .-- -SThBLE-Log - 16xl6xl6 1 , - 14x24xl0 1 - with
...snea· paP.er roor , conai ion rair .
ll!mff t . ~ MEAT HOUSE- ---Frame , 7xl2x8 1 , metal roof , condition fair .
HEN HOUSE- - -Frame , 6x9x6 1 , no roof , condition fair . HEN HWSE:--Frame ,
SPRING HOUSE---Frame, 8xl0x6 1 ,
7xl2x6 1 , raper r9of , conµition fair .
metal roof , condition fair .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: - --
68
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$5 . 00
$340 . 00
Grazing Land:
8
@
35 . 00
280 . 00
Fields Restocking:
7
@
20 . 00
140 . 00
45
@
50 . 00
2250 . 00
$3010 . 00
Cove:
Cultivated Land: - --
128
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 3010 .oo
1095 . 00
Value of Improvements:$ 1095 . 00
200 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 200 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
240 . 00
Value of Timber: $240 .oo
Value of Wood: $ 150 . oo
-
.,
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$4695 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 36 . 68
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $
150 . 00
None .
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<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>
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Davis, John W.
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Davis
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ROCKINGHAM COUN Y
NAME OF CLAIMANT
Davis , Julia
#111Number of Acres:
14
Entirely within the park a r ea .
Location:
Swift Run .
Roads:
Spotswood Trail , hard surface , 2½ miles to Elkton, nearest
shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type , N. E . exposure . The Fe . on this tract
has a fair depth of fertility . and is fairly well sodded .
All the saw timber has been removed
History of Tract and condition of timber:
from this tract .
IMPROVEI'v'IENTS ---- DWELLING-- --- Frame, 15x22 1 , 4 rooms , porch- roof ,
3 Springs .
metal --1½ story, occupied by owner , condition poor .
STABLE----- -Frame , 10xl6x~ ' , paper roof , condition fair . ----HEN HOUSE :
1,
Log , 6xl0x8 ', shingle roof , condition ~oor. GARAGE--- Framei 8xl2x8
SHED-----Log , 8x 2x8 1 ,
paper roof , condition fair .
~~~
slab roof , condition poor .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
10
@
$ 5. 00
$50 . 00
2
@
40 . 00
so .oo
Cove:
Grazing Land: __
Fields Restocking:
II
Cultivated Land:
2
@
40 . 00
so .oo
$210 . 00
14
Orchard:
Minerals:
420 . 00
Value of Land: $ 210 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 420 .oo
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
50 • 00
Value of Minerals: $
25 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 2 5 • 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 50 • 3 5
$705 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE
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CLERK
�Claim of_ __ A. _E. _w
lyant, _Lien_ere di tor of Julia Ann_Dg_vis _______________ _
In the Circuit Court oL_Ruc.ki.ngh.am... ___________ County, Virginia, No.i!lY-_1._, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._Caasandra._A:tkina_and......o.th.ers._ ________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in _____g.9_q_tj._ngiJA.qL _________ 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_gJgJ~gJ!~----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __ _A,._ E_._ wVyant _________________________________________________ _
My post office address is ______ _Beld.ox.,.. _V.i:r_ginia.. __________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ ~~---- ______ _acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :_Bwelli.ng__and_.o..u.:t__b:u.ilding.s... _______________________ _
This land is located about_ __4 ______ __ miles from ___~l,;Lc_t.QP-$-_____ ___ _________ Virginia, in
Stonewall
· t eria
· 1 D'1st r1c
· t of sa1'd Count y.
___________ Mag1s
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 righti title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above. ) A ien creditor of J ':]-lia Ann Davis by virtue
of a deed of t~ust executed by Julia Ann Davis to H. W. Wyant, Trustee, Nov. 10,
1926, to se1:mr-g--note- --in-t-he-- S't:IJIT-ot'--,;p"206-.-0e-,- 1 ra-yab-l:e--t-o--Reine- ·f lyant,- -antt--a-s-signed
to me, tog e.ther--wLth...-1.n.ter.e.s.t--fro.m._date_._ ___ !£___________________________________________ _
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___ __ ________ ____ ___ __________ _______ _________ ____________ __ ______ __ _______ __ _
South ____ ____ __ __ ____ ____ ________ __ ______ ________ _____ _____ ____ ___ __ ___ __________ __
East ________ ____ ________ ___ ____ ___ __ ______ ___ _____ __ _______ _____ ________ ___ __ __ ____
West _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ l~~6___in the
following manner:
_ See _deed of trust_ duly _recorded _in _the _ Clerk 1 s _O ffice_ of _Rockingham
_ County,__ in_Deed Book_ No._ 136 L at __pag~ _479 · ---- - ------- - - ----- - - ---------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 parc·e1 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 are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro ..
posed 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 · ----------------------- - --- - ---------------------------------------- ------
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__R_Qckingham_____ ______ _, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _______ A•--~-~-JYx,~:g.ji___________________ __~- --the above named claimant per sonally 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 ____J,§____________
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COMMISSIONER inCha ncery for the
Circuit Court o f Rock i ngham County, Virginia
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Claim of_ t,fr c,,k- {1_'cz_... __ t2'_,_ __ :¥a.~------- --------------- --------------- -------~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No._<'.'.'. f~ .2, At Law.
In the Circuit Court of_ __ /.2~~
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ _ , k _ a - . k ~~ - -~ ~ ~---.?.J},__t{.-_c2f: __
2: ___
due _______ _ __ _ ___ .
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b:.Z_6 ~ ./ _____ a.- c'!__,L/4d
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_______________ _
more or less, of land in __ g ~~~J/Ql----. td&--_County, Virginia, Defendants. ·
The undersigned, in answer to the petitio'n 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_ __ ~~d~ County, Vi:r:ginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
-_l--~~--- 4 ___
&~-Jd1:--i ~--~
,,ff{;k_~ ---------------- ~-----------My name is ______
My post office addfess 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_ __ ___ .J_o________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements=-- -~ ~--f L ~ ---------------- ---------c~/ ~ L
--~ --L~~--~ w ~---ef.--Q-;:·:u ·Lu:,,:1-:a.4<-__6 - ~ l d ---~
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7~7! -------------- -.-----------------------_/
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------- ---Virginia, in
This land is located about_ ____ f.: _____ miles from _____ ~ ~ ~
the- d ~agisterial 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) ~
-~ - ~ ~-- - ~ -------------------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North_--/4_JG:r3::. __lt.,,i?_,._ ~---------- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------South __ ---12.~_f>r![;CJ;:--~
East ____ ~ S,-o/=:~-(J,J:,,_-;_-: ~---------------------------------------West__ Jn.M._r-121~ 9.~-- ~Yuk:.f;:'0.-,..~~------- ---------------- ---------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ L'[J_-ZL_in the
following manner:
-----~-- ~-~
-~
-~
--v_d~_ ;J!~
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_L,Z_.;Z.P_1J:C'-'_____ , 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 $..l.2...o_e+<CP______,
I am the owner of_ __ __1.uz _______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).
Ren1arks·- ---- - - - ----- ------ ---- - ---- - --- ------ ----- - ---------------- --------------
- - ----- - --------- --- - --- - - - ------ - - - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ ______ ___ ___ _day
- -----, --------- ---------- --------- -- ---- --of ______ ___ _____ ______ , 1930.
--:!--'~~'-=-=--- , To-wit:
- - ~ --STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_~ ~
The undersigned hereby certifies that__ _ __ __9=,___((,_ _;J!f__~---- ------------the above named claimant personally appe e d 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,
7 __________day of _ _ _ _ ~ : :~-~~~·__cif:i_j __---~___ Jzj}__ _____ _
this_____
r-,A ~
/ / I -/ J /
Clerk of the Court, / r Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace.
I'
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.._,
~~·: . ~d:=
o L ~ : - ~ - _________ county, Virginia, No.i_!-.&9-, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, VS·-----~ ~ f 2 : t . / £ - j _ ;f,{y'__
- ~ _ _ _ _________ ._____ !;-:J.J_
I - - - - - - - - ~ ----------------------------more or less, of land in ___ g ~ - : k ~ ~ C o u n t y , Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petitioif'ofthe 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 p~fili~;~;d to said notice.
~--r---tti.&_ _ __
ri-,
:~ :::•o:ce ;i::::~--~~-~~_;,,_________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcei of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _____
acres, on which there are the following
/_z________
buildings and improvements: __ ~~-~~F~
- ~, - h ~ ~ 7- ~ ~- ~ -~ ~ ---------
This land is located about_ __ ./21.~ ___ miles from ______~
-------- --Virginia, in
the~_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.)
________ d ~-~~-------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
/4.[z~ ---------------------------------------------------------
North __
South __ ~cr-r_'.a.Ld~ ------------------------------------------------ -
East -~ ~
West_ __ 'f:jjµ__, '--J '
~-1u.L2--~
--Xi::_~:______ _
_L __________ !Jt::-U-L -UL---L _'_L_cLM-el ____________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest~o this property about the year _____ _____ in the
following manner:
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=-
ZA/4,
=======
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J_t~ff-'\P-P_____ . 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.Q ...~12 _______ •
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 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.tL/::~-~f--f_~~-- ~--;J:~~---
-{;~-~7-~~--~--~- a~-F - ~-~
----
_U.UIJ_-, ~_;--"-J:JD)::·f:kH-2- --="-'~- ~~ ------- -------- -- _:_ -- -------------
------------------------------- ------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ j_ _________ day
;~~~;~~:, 1~~~NTY OF_
_
---_-_-_:---_-~:.:---=--:-;~~~;;--------------
t ,., ·
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ _ ---~:_ _____{ Z L - ~ ~- --------------the above named claimant personally appea · d 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 ________7-________day of __ i£2,_~f::_ --, 1939'. _jJ C
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/'/ I
/
3/3 /
~-~~---A~/.J____ _
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Clerk of the Court, r Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace.
�Count : Roc*'inc;ha
District: ~tone,ull
11
1500.00
Davis
13.
ssessed
~ cage Qlaimed: 17
Value Claimed:
1 rs.
111
159
13.n-o
,eed
(1010) $5.00 cash
und other GOOd a nd
valuabl e considcr c.tions
n
Entirely within tho ~· ark aren.
Locati.Q!!: Swift Run.
r one known•
=. exponuro, the Fe, on this tract
a.fair der th of fertility. The 'c. is fairly y:el l sodded.
~ndy loo.m, slor e type, N.
.221].1..
ha
Roads: Spotswood Trail, hurd surfuce, 2~
shipping point.
les to ~lkton, ne rest
IUstory: All the saw timber ha s been romo : ed from this t ract nbout
~1.00 er ed. ->5, 00
·;j ed. of fuel wood per 1. . on 10 acrr,o
Improvements:
elling, frame 15x22, rooms 4, porch, roof, metal
1~; story• occupied by a.mer, cont 1 tion poor,
3 springs.----~-----------~-~-------------- 225.00
J tablc, rame 10xl6x9, roof, 1,iiper, cond.
--fair,-----------------------------.
25.00
condition poor.---------------------------
1 5 .00
Hen house
lo!"?
6xlOxB, shint:;le roof,
e arur,c, Frame 8x l:~xf:l , paJ er roof• cond.
fair.------------- -----------------------)l a b roof, cond ~ poor
~ ' log f'xl2x8 ,
Value of 1 nd b;y types:
Type
,3l op e
Grazing
Tillable
"c:ren.ge
~
10
2
2
Total value of land
Total value of impr ovements
Total value of timber
Total v .lue of tract
verage value per acre
Val ue
ner a.ere
o.oo
. 50. 00
50 . 00
.;.,2eo .oo
295.00
5 .00
5 8 0.00
41.43
To t al
Ve.lue
~8 0 .00
·100.00
100. 0
�/111
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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1925-1935
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Davis, Julia
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Claim o f _ ~ .
In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
~:~~i:~iiQi:~;~~ult~~~~eti~;~~-:;~h~i~i ~~~~~~~:: :v~~i:-: ~-~~:
velopment of the State of Virginia, and n response to the notice of condemnation awarded
uCpoounrtthef_~_g__o_f____·d--p-etitio and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
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~--.. .~, __ -~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
p tion and to said notice.
said
to
as his ans er
7/)__ _____________ __________ _
My name i s _ ~ __
fb:_ _ _
;?_l!f3__~------;-------
My post office address is _________ ? ~ f f f__
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a Jract or parcel of land within the area sought
acres, on which there are the following
to be condemned, containing about_ __
buildings and-im:JZ ::.~=~--cZ ------ ______________________________ _
q../-_~ ____
---------------------------------------------------.:.. n/4 n
~--------- ---
This land is locate bout_ _____~_-:=-_miles from ____ ~ - - - - - - - - - 'Virginia, in
agisterial 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 of land described above.)
~p;: ::t;l· :¥:f~ ~::~ ~~~ ~:
The ]an~jace nt to the above described tract or parce] Of ]and are M follows:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _____________________________________________________________________________ _
East----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the
.
following manner:
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~-:~t~";,,~;~=-~~~~~;~~z-~~ve~~nts there~
on is $_1?__£(1_(}_,_~(!_. 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 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 ____ ~_-0______ day
;~~i~~~~;;~, l~t~NTY OF--@---~~ko_~i;;-------------The undersigned hereby certifies that__.Q. .. _~_ - - ~ - - - - - - - -------- ----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 b.est of his knowledge and belief,
this_____ -1,,__:,_______ day of__ ~~'------ ,19~,,w- ---~
_ ------
wfY
nvestigator or
CleKof~e Court, or Speci
Notary Public, or Justice o the Peace.
\
�Co nty: Rockingham
Distr ict: Stone wall
·•57 - Dean,
~ere
ee
Claim ed:
V· lue Claim ed:
Loca tion:
91
r.
Leste r
A.
Asses sed; 91 ... .
86800 .00
"
Deed 91 A.
440.0 0
"
600.0 0 -
(1920 ) (Life
Inter est retai ned
Annie ~. Dean
Hensl y Holl o.
by
inoum branc es, co nter claim s or laps:
Soil:
Sandy olay; deep and ferti le; very rocky ; mode rate slope s;
north est an• sout est expos ure.
Roads :
One mi le
f rou b dirt road t,o c unty road near .tt-. Pleas ant
Churc h, then four miles to ~lkto n.
/
Hi story of tr ct and cond ition of timbe r: Larg
ortio n clear ed many ye rs
ago, <:ra ... ed a nd culti vated -incu , excep ting sever al porti
ons
hioh h vo een negle cted nd are n
gro,m ;1p to brush and
br1or s. :oode d a.re c 't over at diffe rent times in past
easte rn (24 A.) porti on. ~stim ated to cut an aver~ ge ot
650 bd. ft. of popla r per ore value d
$3.00 per M. Total
of 16,00 J bd. ft.
3.0v = 48.00 . Rema inder estim ated
t ) out 3 oords fuel woo, per acre - value d at ~0¢ per cord
16 ~ . x 3 oorda = 48 cords x ~)¢ = 24.00 .
Impro veme nts:
Dwel ling:
g 14x40 •, l ½ soory , kitch en lOxl~ xa•,
8X20 't shing le and paper roof, 5 ro Jmst log finis h, porch
fair
condi ion, occup ied by owner Barn: Log 26x4 7xl4' , shing led, poor cond iti Jn
Corn ouse: Log un!1 frame 24xlo xl2' , 2 sheds ,
ro Jf, f r cond 1tion .~.. eat house : :'rame 10xl2 x8', paper ro f ,
fa1 r
cond ition ~e t house : Frame 12Xl 2xl0' , po.per ro If, fair
cond ition 20 a~ple trees - 20 years old, fair 80.00 per •
'il'.J:.50.00
.?0.00
p<1pe r
½ A.
60.00
2b.OO
40 .00
?25.0 0
40.00
TOT L ------ $765 . 00
Value of land by types :
Type
s
F o
· g
. . creag e
36
5
0
91
Tota l value of land
Total value o, 1mpro vumon ts
rotal v · lue of timbe r
Total va lue of traot
.~vera ge value per acre
Value
12er acre
43 •.00
25.00
15.00
Tota l
Value
•*168. 00
120.0 0
750.0 0
983.0 0
983.0 0
765.0 0
72.00
1820.00
20.00
�County:
District:
N
#57_:- Dean , N. Les_t~~
z.
S . I, .
Dean
F.F.
':i . F . Dean,
Burke
LEGEND:
Slope
Ti l lable
Gra z ing
Scale - 1 11
20 chains
=
Jr .
Rockingham
Stonewal l
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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. </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>
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Dean, A. E. & N. Lester
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Dean
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R
NAME OF OWNER
,'fl7 Number of Acres: ~
Location:
Grc.
Roads:
Seven mils o
o~~
Soil:
~ood w1nt in road to ~1kton .
1d loose rock .
~
rtility 101 ~or cove l~nc .
History of Tract and condition of timber: ..,o • let ly cut OV,;; • __ bo 1t one- h . . . lf
. rd n, is
t:.a re L.) :.--i ,.."~ u.C sproJ.ts .
e.:-t, exc _)t
:i.1Gr0 ls not
covered i~l .u~l h.rd,ood sJrouts n 9in .
ov r ) cords of f'ir , Jotl on· t.rn 311t ire ·.re'"' .
1
Improvements:
ellin?: : Log ~ nd "r~., . , , 14xl8', i t'1 u.'1. ~tt·. 'ed kitclkn
8xl;x3', ~ orc:.:es , 1 star , ...,i_e f 11e , oor co :id it io 1 ,
occ i~d by 01 er.
,:Jn '1ouse:
7x8X'± 1 , fr,. e, _'-'-;er roo ...' .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
~:.> . 'O
0
00 . 0
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ ;::; • O
Value of Improvements: $ ~JO . QO
~JO . CO
300 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 1 :iO . '.)
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ,, , • ..::: •
~ ~ ~ ~012·"··tS
�I
'1
Coun ty»
Dit:rtn.--lo"t:
ACtU! S-S~d
2 A•
Hoekingh~..m
Otonowa.11.
39 p ,_
11o.oo
'*
!.. ocu.t i oiu
,.
j.
.
(@
"f . •• .
Lonm and lfn:Hi,e :rock .
.iEUl" t1ll ty low tor-
<H)Vfl
lru1d:.,
seve n mile s of good rnount:d.n rotul to 1Ukto n.,
.tUst~r.....~v"...._o"""f....·. ......,.,.....;~....,...._..~~..................,,........,......
___.....
· ; ;.;im. .,Jl._)·i!;;;,;r~• Oom~
'17' letel't¥l' <1ut ove:r .
About otu::1 .ha.lt
o.:rett. ~ , n au.mac sp;J:'ou t.,h Htu:t
tt exce pt the gn.rd en, ts
m:nrerod td. t ·1 o:f!~'1-l.1 hard~ttJod spro uts t1nd pine . there ·
io no t over
2 co:rtta ot· fi.re- \'lnod on th~ en:t1 r~ a.roa .
p.,ro;t.~in&• . Log and f);'ame. 14xt 8• wt tb an
$ ttaeb od k tchen
t:l:e'.t~~,,, 2 n,..rc hes. 1 stoe y, p1po flue , poor
cond i t ion*
OOGU
i('Jl
f~:f;PB
oove
T1ll3 .'blo
by t:.ntnal°!J • • •
.!1. ~P-8:U
.
1):fk4t, frM10:,
pied
~·Aore~
··r~,~i~e.
····"il~!Jo
Totr.i l vn.lue tlflar w. • • • · ,., fi21.5 '0
$ l!>0,.
p~pO} :'
i~oot,. - •
lt''t'J~:gs00 '
�County:
District:
#17~ Dean, Austin
&
F.
C. A.
Meadow s
Tillable
Cove
Scale - l" :: 20 chains
Roeki ham
Stonewall
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Dean, Austin & F.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#34 - Dean, Dgniel T .
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
90
Dean Mountain .
8 miles to Elkton over 2 miles of rough mountain road and 6
mi~ es of c ounty road .
NoIJth and west slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
The woodland of this tract has been cut
over with the exc eption of the cove land on Fisher ' s Run . tlowever ,
ther~ is a small amount of s c attere d timber on the cut over area .
The majority of the cleared land is rocky and largely used for grazing
purposes .
Improvements: "J'. 1'~LLING---- - 14x26 1 , 5 rooms , kitchen 10xl4x8 ' , porch
6x26 1 , metal and paper roof , brick flues , ceiled, fair conc ition, occupied by owner .
Spring water suppl y , pillar ~ oundation, no cellar .
HEN HOUSE : Frame , 6xl0x5 1 -- paper roof , fair condition .
HEN HOUSE - - - - 6xl0x6 ' paper roof , good c ondition .
SPRING HOUSE :-- --Frame , 6xl8x6 1 ,
paper roof , good condition .
BROODER HOUSE-- ---Fra~e, 6x6x5 1 , paper
roof , fair condition .
DWELLING--- ---Frame , 12x20 1 , 3 rooms, paper
roof , brick flues , l½ story, 2 rooms ceiled, good condition, occupied
by tenant , spring water supply, pillar foundat i on . -. - - -BARN-- ----Log,
18x32xl2 1 , shingle and paper roof , fair c8ndition, 2 sheds . -- GR 2 ARY; - --Frame, 12xl4x8 1 , shingle roof , - ----HOG PEN- -- - ~Frame , 8xl2x6 '
paper roof , fair condition . --- - SH~'EP ~OUSE- - -- -14xl6xl0 1 , good condition .
ORCIL~RD- - --1½ acre of orchar d .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
32
@
&~3 .oo
Cove:
10
@
5 . 00
47
@
30_.oo
1
@
50 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard1 - -
----'$'-'-1_4]-~ . ~)~ $ 1556 . 00
50 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1556 . oo
Value of Improvements: $ 1050 . 00
1050 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 50 • 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 165 oOO
50 . 00
165 . 00
-------$2871 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 , 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 31 . 90
Incidental damages arising from the taking of t is tract: $ None
~ -~ ~
CLERK
--
�fl) .,.
.
[
/&
-
Claim of_ ____ f:!I_ ~
- - _______ ~ ------------------------------------------.
:·,
.
•,.
In the Circuit Court oL_ l.P_ckJ.::.§;lt.:i.t:n___________._County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ D8ni el _ r;, ._ ~ u__ ________________________________________________________ _
89 acres
•
'.,'
more or less, of land in __::.;i.fl.-O-l~-i-i:l:f"±1m.'1------ _______ 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.3..Qckil'.lf;h ~m. ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is_ Daniel _T. Dean ____ --------------------------------------------R. F . D. 3- Elkton Vq .
My post office address is _____________________ ,.;.t ----------------------- ~.,.~-- -----~
~
'
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parceh:if land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __~J gJ1ty_-A.tD-_ELacres, on which there are the foll owing
- -,-1.rre't -......:t~-.• ,-,.--1.,,:ro--~trr'"'"l..,...,...- - - --- - ---- - - - - - - - - - - buildings and improvements:_ - - - -r-.!1,:n,
..L~v 1_;,_ \1:.; ..1..j_ 1ig-u . t., ,...
;::, ~ u
OQ-
g-l'.'P-l'.l.-.:C..y -,-t.W0- ...he.nh0.U.SeS.,-0n.e - .b.;c.O.o.d.er- -hO.U.~e--&- .tJ.:J.O- -I10f-fl-@nS- -------- - -- ---- - - -
This land is located abouL 8 -4.-x _______ miles from_.31-1Ft e-n- --------------------Virginia, in
Stobewf'll
.:. ______ Mag1s
· t eria
· · l n·1st ri·ct of sa1 d Coun t y.
th e __________
0
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>:r:.1t-hes e.:i--e - -OWR-c<e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North.:)yka _Da.R.n_ ________________________________________________________________ _
South ___ ~-~~~~~-!1-~~~]:.~;y_________________________________________________________ _
East ----- .J-G-aro --, e-a-n ----------------------------------------------------------West_ _____ He.rri et _Hensley ---------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year
in the
following manner:
13y__de..e..d_.f.x:Ji:u....:..:0..r.gan _ 1.aarLot.he.r__tr.ac:t__s _J_.. Re.nsJ...ay________________________ _
_3=_:9_~___
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-
4~~
on is $_!_9_~~~-~~------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, es
0~r0 wterest,
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 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).
of __ : }~~;:s_;i it~~:~~~~r my name and
~i~~x..:m~~~~~~~~~~~~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ :to-ek-'i-ilrh·=m-------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_D..'.:'...1ri,.si_l._.T._._:;)_e.?..n ____________________________ _
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,
. 14th
Febru .ry 1931 93-0
.
th1s __________________ day of_ _______________
J!A..k,_1;,.'-'~'.,~/7
/2 "'. Y~--- JL(l __________ _
Clerk of the Court, o Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
ti\
�County:
District:
#'>:r...,~
A
Acres~e Cla.ined ;
Value Clained :
..
Dcan, D2,n i e l T .•
89
"4000 .oo
Aaoesaed:
89 • 134
Deed:
Auseoeed.:
$650 .00
:for
Area.:
Locc.tion :
98 A•
Aoqu ired 90 A.
950 . 00 ;
76 A. in 1901.
15 A. in 1920.
Dean nountain .
Incuobra.ncea, cou?fter olai1.J6 or laps i,
C'!o 11:
·for'.f;h e.nd est slope .
Roa.de :
Rockinghao
Stone rall
-
Eight oileo to Elkton over tv10 niles of rough oountain
road and six nilea of county road .
The woodland of this
Hist•ri! of tr ct a.nc condition of tiobor:
tract has been cut over witS the exception of the
cove land on Fisher • s Run . However , there ia a m.1all
a.oount of oonttered t it:1ber on the cut over area . The
oajority of the cleared land is rocky and largely used
for grazing purposes .
TD.mER : 55 , ooo bd . ft . @ ~1.00 ver ll. ----
Inproveoenta:
1ell i ,&
6~6 1 , oe
55 . 00 .
l4x26t, G roons, kitchen l0x14x8' , porch
l and paper roof , b tic k flues, ceiled, fair
condition, occupiod by O\mer, spring water supply ,
pilln.r foundati6n , no cellar ---........
.1450.00
Hen house : FrRne, 6xl0x5• . paper roof, fair
10.00
condition --·llen house: Fraue, 6xl0x6'. n1er roof, good
condition ...
20 . 00
Spring house::: ~r :ie, 6xl8x6' , paper roof, fair
15 . 00
condition --Brooder houoe: Fraoe, 6x6x5•, pMpor roof, fair
15 . 00
condition -- '
~\~l~ina: Fro~~. 12x20', 3 r .oos , paper roof ,
brick flues 1} story, 2 moos oeiled, good
oondition, occupied by tenant, opring iater
350 .00
supply , pillar foundation
----·
Barn : Log. l8x32xl2'. shine le and ya.per roof .
fair condition, 2 sheds--·
200 . 00
20 . 00
Gr nary : Fraoe , 12x14x8' • shingle roof -Ho5 Ren : Fraoe, 8xl2x6 ', pl.per roof, fair
5 . 00
condition --1
Sheep houoe: l4xl6xl0 , good condition ~50 .00
Orchard :
l} A. of orchard valued
per acre ----
(continued)
1135.od
@
t>60 . 00
90 . 00
�County:
District :
#34
~
Roe k ingha.c
Stonewall
Doan 1 Daniel T.
(continued)
1
Va.lue of lnnd by ti;vos,
Value
~
"'S"Io'Pe
•
Fo
25. 00
5 . 00
C
Orchard
Total value of lnnd
Total
Total
Total
Total
value
value
value
value
of
of
of
of
. ·120 . 00
il?5 . 00
50 . 00
~i345. 00
1315 . 00
orchard .• •••••••••••• , -90 . 00 ·
iaproveoents ••••••• 1135. 00
tinber ••••••••••••• 55 . 00
tract ••••••••••••• Al,,2625 •.00
Average value per acre • • • •• ••••• • •
NOTE ... ~
Total
Va lue
26 . ?8
Tbio tract io entirely within t he _n.rk rea , <,ml over
rune tho acr ~ge i the description beoause the tract
acquired by Dean fro n .... olonon J . Hensley was never ourveyed,
but erely gueaaed at .
�County:
District:
Rockingham
Stonewall
#34 - Dean, _Daniel
N
Harriet Hensley
Dean
LEG iND:
Slope
Cove
Scale - 1 11
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'IS'
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<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>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Breeden, RA - Dean, RO
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dean-daniel-t.pdf
Title
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Dean, Daniel
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Dean Mountain
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Tract(s): 34
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Dean
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6cd326079e831b98a3681ae6eb434d78.pdf
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NAME OF OWNER
Number of Acres: 153
Location:
Roads:
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to 1oder
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Types
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109
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19
2J. 0
.:.7:5 . 0
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1 .00
11 .
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.... J . 0
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1 "30 .
('
$ ,..,
Value of Improvements:
.10 . 00
J . 00
vO . 0
Value of Orchard: $
120 . 0
Value of Minerals: $
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.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<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>
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dean-dorsey-z.pdf
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Dean, Dorsey Z.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Hensley Hollow
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Dean
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'-- ROCKINGHAM COUN'11 Y
CLAIMANT
#32 95
Number of Acres:
Location:
Dean, Dyche _E.
See reverse side for Location .
Roads:
8 miles to Elkton over six miles of county road and 2 miles of
rough mountain road .
S~l:
Slope and cove.
This tract was cut over a f ew years ago .
However, there still r emains approximat ely 40 , 000 bd . ft . of saw timber
on Fisher's Run and some scattered timbe~ over the cut over a r ea .
This timber was left be c ause it was inaccessible and not prifitable to
operate.
TIMBER--- --40,000 bd .ft .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
DWELLING :--- --Log , 18x22 1 , 5 rooms , po rch , 6x22 1 , shingl e
r oof , porch 6x22 1 , ceiled , kitchen, 10xl2 1 , occupied by owner , spring
water supply, C8llar 12xl6 1 - - - HOG SHED :-----8x8 ',
BARN---Log , 22x47xl2 1
GRANARY-----\Vith she d , f rame , 12xl6xl2 1 , paper roof , fair condition .
HEN HOUSE :
Frame , 9xl6x8 1 , paper roof , g ood condition .
Improvements:
ORCHARD-- ---3/4 of A.
Acreage and value of types:
Value per acre
Acreage
Types .
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
62
@
$3 . 00
$186.00
21
@
25. 00
525 . 00
11
@
30 . 00
330 . 00
--$1041 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
1
Orchard: --
50 . 00
50 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land:$
1041 ._00
Value of Improvements: $
900 . 00
900 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 5 o •OO
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber:$
Value of Wood:$
120 . OO
120.00
50 . 00
-----------
50 . OO
Value per acre for tract: $
~~2161 . 00
22 • 7 5
lnddental damage• ariaing from the taking of thia tra~
NONE .
•
~ ~ -- __
CLERK
�Continued from other side--Dean mountain between Dry and Fisher ' s Run • .
LOCATION :--- This tract is entirely within the Pi; rk area, and falls short in acreage
due to the fact that the survey descriptio n calls for meanders of
streams and very old survey calls of adjoining property ovmers and seems
to have never been completel y surveyed .
�( eviscd re
rt)
County:
District;
soeo cd:
95
2~00 . 00
Location:
an nount, in ctt oet Dr
ia entirol
it in tl.
Incunbrnnceo
counter clait10.;.............,--~..;;.....
or
a: .
Slo
o do:
95
Aoo~so d:
.. ren:
Rockinghnl!l
Stono,nll
De;ed: c ciu ir d
920 b ut 95
a.ere for 2000
~0 . 00
83
crco
Fi h . , .
roa .
un . Thi t
ct
• ..
nd cove .
ie;h r ilea to ,lkton ov r nix
1en of oom;t
nd to niloo of r~ugh nountain ro.d.
Hi~tory of t
road
cut over
a ,roxer'
un Pnd
i
Thio
wld not
1 . 00
5
CI,ttJ:
.cr
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roo o,
lOrc 1
40 . 00 .
O
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ied b
,500 . 00
200 . 00
100 . 00
~ n ...
er roof-,
od
50 . 00
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Vol.1-1
1 ,.. d
3/4 ncre of orch·rd v· lu d
ere ---
( uo .oo
00 . 00
7 . 50 .
bU t ,t.Joa :
otnl
Val C
115!.> . 00
630 . 00
(continu.d)
�2-
County :
District:
,/32 - Dean , E . Dyche
Total value of orphard •••••••••••••••••
$37 . 50
Total va.l ,.1 e of l and .•.•• • , .............
840 . 00
Total value of ioprovenents •••••••••••• T900 . 00
Total value of tract .... . ............. -~11777 . 50
Average value per acre ••........•••...•
$18 . 71
Rockinghan
Stonewall
�on
tioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the JW,ng oJ said pe · ·on and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o f / ~ ~ ---~--- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
hi;;:::::_:~- _ e t i t i o ~ ~ - - - - - -- ------------------------
My post office add ss is _______________ d ~---------- ------------ ----------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
t~ be condemned, containing about__r-~ ;-- ------:;~res, on which there are the following
g'1_;,'. !/~ nts ~~~---~ _-------------------.
~ - £ . i ~ - - ~ ~ -This 1?yd is loc~ted_ about__$-'_______ miles fro,.,~1---"'"'~
_______________ Virginia, in
t ~ M a g i s t e t i a 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.)
V
~ ~ : : n o v ~ · a c ~ described tract-or parcel of-land are as follows:
!:~:~~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~11.1 _______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s 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 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 o~the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ ->--[_________ day
_i)_~~ -~----- ------- ---
of_~---- -------, 193p.
STAT~OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
an_d things appearing in his ab~ J'~ __:er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
th1s _____ ~ ~--------da y oL ~
--------, 19~
~
-_/y-:'~
'.__________ _
Glerk e the: om:r, o'T"Special Investigator or
~etfl:'I"~ P11bH:e, oF Justice of the Po8:@@lv
"fh
�County•
District:
f!3~--- Dean, E . Dzeh~
J .w.
Mead o\VS
Stephen
Hansle-y
~-
~
~
Daniel
Dean
Dean
J.B . Dean
LEGEND:
Slope Gra.z1ng
Coveu _
Sea.le - 1 · - 20 chains
Rockingham
S t onerall
�tJ · fl.-~ ~
__________________ -------------------------------
Claim of_ _____
. ·t Cour t of -=-------Rockin -=---------------hsm
Coun t y, v·1rgm1a,
I n th e C1rcm
· · N o. ________ , At L aw.
The State Commission on Conservation and Devek)pment of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._ E. ~~. 3e"'>ft------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ? ourt e en "' e re s ___________________________________________________________________ _
. ____________
~ o ckine-hRm
· · D ef end an t s.
more or 1ess, of 1an d m
_________________ coun t y, v·Irgmia,
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 9f sa~d petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
e Rock1nghum
Coun ty, v·Irgmia,
. . as k s 1eave of th e Court t o fil e t h"Is
Court oi__________________________
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __ ~ .. -·_ ,..::Dean -------------- ---------------------------------------My post office address is _____ ~_~{.!A!.?L-:~1kt 2A _Y_:'I_._ __________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ JfQ1ll."..t.e_@ ______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ______ _____ _________________ _________ ______________________ _
_ t o..c.e _.hl.... "ldi.ri""'t.Q;_she ..d. -c.o.mb.:w: e.d- -wilh-Mn-hr.i £.@ -------- -- ----------- ---------
This land is located abouL--e-e:v-e-:e.---miles from __ .:.:;H::-t-e-:r--i- - -v~-.- ------------- Virginia, in
St onew:._~-----·- 11
Magis
· t eria
· 1 n·Is t ric
· t of saI"d Count y.
th e ________
I cl 1im 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 .9fil.- S0.1=€- -0-Wn$-~----------------------------------------- --------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North __Joe - 3..£_)u r 1i _____________ . ------------------------------------------------ R. H. -- ean
_____ ________________________ _
8outh ________________________________________________
East ____ 3lb.ar.t _-3J:e.aden. _______________________________________________________ _
];' . C . L eado ws
West ________________________________________________
______________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year --~~-~~ ---in the
following manner:
_B]L deed _f r om_ J p s . T... De ,;n ________________________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----~QQQ .!.P_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 $-- 2D0..0.,..0.0.----·
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 he 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).
Ren1arks· ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark a,ttached hereto) this __ l-3th- -------day
of_ ___ .2' ebru _. ry l 9~ll9ffif.
____ _c; __ Q ___ ~-----------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ·io-ek -1.-nr·h~::tm------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __r~ ...A.a. lfl&n_ ____ __ _____ ___ ____________________ _
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,
th is ___ -io t n _________ day oL 7eo-.--1v 3 r . - - x , 4 - ~ - ~
J- I 3/
I
_ _ ___ .
t(.@___ _
Clerk of the Court, or Speci If~{igator or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
\5
�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
FEB
193'!
------Clerk
�
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Title
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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. </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
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Dean, Dyche E. (E. Dyche)
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tJ · fl.-~ ~
__________________ -------------------------------
Claim of_ _____
. ·t Cour t of -=-------Rockin -=---------------hsm
Coun t y, v·1rgm1a,
I n th e C1rcm
· · N o. ________ , At L aw.
The State Commission on Conservation and Devek)pment of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._ E. ~~. 3e"'>ft------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ? ourt e en "' e re s ___________________________________________________________________ _
. ____________
~ o ckine-hRm
· · D ef end an t s.
more or 1ess, of 1an d m
_________________ coun t y, v·Irgmia,
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 9f sa~d petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
e Rock1nghum
Coun ty, v·Irgmia,
. . as k s 1eave of th e Court t o fil e t h"Is
Court oi__________________________
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __ ~ .. -·_ ,..::Dean -------------- ---------------------------------------My post office address is _____ ~_~{.!A!.?L-:~1kt 2A _Y_:'I_._ __________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ JfQ1ll."..t.e_@ ______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ______ _____ _________________ _________ ______________________ _
_ t o..c.e _.hl.... "ldi.ri""'t.Q;_she ..d. -c.o.mb.:w: e.d- -wilh-Mn-hr.i £.@ -------- -- ----------- ---------
This land is located abouL--e-e:v-e-:e.---miles from __ .:.:;H::-t-e-:r--i- - -v~-.- ------------- Virginia, in
St onew:._~-----·- 11
Magis
· t eria
· 1 n·Is t ric
· t of saI"d Count y.
th e ________
I cl 1im 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 .9fil.- S0.1=€- -0-Wn$-~----------------------------------------- --------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North __Joe - 3..£_)u r 1i _____________ . ------------------------------------------------ R. H. -- ean
_____ ________________________ _
8outh ________________________________________________
East ____ 3lb.ar.t _-3J:e.aden. _______________________________________________________ _
];' . C . L eado ws
West ________________________________________________
______________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year --~~-~~ ---in the
following manner:
_B]L deed _f r om_ J p s . T... De ,;n ________________________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----~QQQ .!.P_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 $-- 2D0..0.,..0.0.----·
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 he 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).
Ren1arks· ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark a,ttached hereto) this __ l-3th- -------day
of_ ___ .2' ebru _. ry l 9~ll9ffif.
____ _c; __ Q ___ ~-----------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ·io-ek -1.-nr·h~::tm------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __r~ ...A.a. lfl&n_ ____ __ _____ ___ ____________________ _
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,
th is ___ -io t n _________ day oL 7eo-.--1v 3 r . - - x , 4 - ~ - ~
J- I 3/
I
_ _ ___ .
t(.@___ _
Clerk of the Court, or Speci If~{igator or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
\5
�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
FEB
193'!
------Clerk
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Dean, E. A.
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RO an NGHAI.
COUNTY
.CLAIMANT
NAMEOFQW~
#14 - Dean, E.
w.
Number of Acres: 18
Location:
Roads:
Grape Thicket on waters of South Naked Creek .
7 miles of good mountain road to l!.lkton .
Soil: Light gravelly loam, moderate slopes , deep soil but very stony .
Southwest and southeast exposures .
Hardwood pine stand in which oaks
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Vut over about 30 years/:Rg burned repeatedly since .
predominate .
Bed of marl one - half acre and six feet deep reported .
Improvements:
NE'iv DWELLING : 14x24 1 , 3 rooms , paper roof , brick flue , 2
stories , 2 rooms , ceiled, good condition , occupied by owner .
Spring water supply, foundation pillars .
Frame , 12xl6x8 1 , shingled roof , fair condition .
ST BLE :
HEN HOUSE : Frarne , 8xl4x8 1 , paper roof, good condition .
Frame, 10xl4x8' , paper roof , poor condition .
HEN HOUSE :
CORN HOUSE:
Log , 8xl4x6 1 ,
shingled roof , condition fair .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope :---
6
@
~3 . 00
$18 . 00
13
@
30 . 00
360 . 00
--,;ji378 .oo
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 378 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 617 .oo
617 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
100 . 00
Value of Minerals: $ 100 • 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
50 . 00
,wll45 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
63 . 61
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this trac : $
_ _,.._:,,~ •~/.
None •
~ .' __ __CLERK
22
�oLC¢.
- - - - - - - - - ~ -------------------------------~
-2~
Claim
In the Circuit Court of~ ~---------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conser tion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
--------------------- _ --;,;;;;;----;?; -.~ --------------------. - .- .----- .--------------------County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
more or less, of land 1n1W ~ --~
ition of the State Commission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the
velopment of the State of · ginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~ing,I said :g ti ·on and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t
..L;;:. _ _ _ ________ County, V1rgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court oflhd
as
h:ya~:: :&~
,p~
-n~tice. ------------------- ___ ------------------
n~
-~ _'bt_£.~-----------------------------------------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, containin~ut__Lf- __ 1 _________ acres, on which there are the following
J . J ~ ~ ~- 4 ~~
buyrgs and improvemen'ts--
/~,i~
/.:f~~~~/~--~
---~
---
__ ,::____ _
---. ------.----------------------- .----. ------- p;;/,77'-- Ai, ---------------.--.-.--.This l~ d 1s located abouL_.b________ m1les from~ ~--1--------------V1rgmia, m
t~ ~ ~Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following r~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, estat~ or interest he has in or to the tract or
~
parcel of land described above.)
_LJ2---?"~ ------------------------
----------------------------------- ~
~::~ ~ove-described tract~or parcel of land are as follows:
East __&-e----~ ~----/- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ----- ---------------------~ :- ~
--w·est
I acqu_it ed my right, title, estate or interestj o thi~ property about the year .// .!_{____ in the
--........
~
_
c:..<
follo' f~ manner~
- ___ J - _f:£ ,, r >-~./ ----------------------~
--- ~
,~
----~
~
/
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-~ 9_______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $1~D
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $151.0!!:________ .
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 $----- - ------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practiicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·------------------------------------- --------------------------------- - ---
---- ---------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary ~ the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto ) thi~7-'__________ day
193/--·
__
~ -----------------1{!_ !_,l)L_~~Tl'~
oL //4u,_ ___________ ,
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that ____________________________ ___________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
a~d thing? ?:earing in his ~ answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ____
.;?/ _,.,_ ______ day of.6t'""!f:?.--------, 19:JL_~
.
.;'(,( /ff~ .,________ _
GioPk ef the Cl,,1Qd, ~ ~ f r~~estigator or
Not,, 3 Public,
01
JusUee 0f"91:e Pe~e.
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D1atr leta
&rr,e4fie ,PlD,iir~~-. l.9
:fa.1;-1~., ,;_...,a~:nf$d !
A$t:Hintltd
~ 1600 . 00
D
17
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Sto~e"1r1al1
A-• 12S' P,.
,so.oo
LitJht fjt•a"l1el.ly l.orun, ~1odere,te ol~pe e, deep e-o ll but vnry stol'lY•
,louth, 1 · 8t f nd $<)Uth&nftt. ex1,ntn.t:ret,,.
Bev n
Ht6Jtc:>r
41t'fs of gc,od mountrtin
lt'httd
to t1ll~on ..
or tl1';1;t.c-; aad. ,emmi!i t 1r;n at .ttnme <t nat-d:\':ood- ,,in ot,,o.nd in hi ..h ()e.1fa
ru.'«laom na
\J. ov,,r ~- rut 30 years e.r;-0 a:1d bt.u."'?'Ied i~enetited.ly
'1-linoo. t.1;-f>·rt llttind ::if tibout, 4 e-emt1 rm-r al"!re whioh io in<:lud,1
1(1
in the- ~·o1ttntfo:n of tbo l!:U1d·, Bod of ~"l.t-l. on,:,..hn.lf acre
$'~nd o bt f at? t deep i·er>or ttHh
toto.1 va.1ue of
'°•
lii..'l"Id .- •
"" ....
Toti1.l value 01"" imp1~rrve111ento
'total Vt;,"tuo or •1 inora l
:r},i. oo
70n. O('l
100.00
Totn.l :value or t!nCt .... - •fIJ1,l~ ~oo
31o
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County:
District:
Rockingham
Stonewall
#14 - Dean, E . W.
LEGEND :
Slope
Tillable
Seale - 1 11 = 20 chains
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<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>
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dean-e-w.pdf
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Dean, E. W.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Grape Thicket
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Tract(s): 14
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PDF
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Dean
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#31 - Dean , Edgar
-Number of Acres: 175
Location:
Dean Mountain between Dry and Fisher ' s Run.
Roads:
Eight miles to Elkton over two miles of rough mountain road and
six miles of country road .
Soil:
North and west slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Th e maJor
. it yo f th e ch es t nu t , oa k and some
of the extract wood has been removed from this tract . From the
auality of the timber on this tract the soil is unusually
fertile .
The cleared land is being used for grazing land
and for corn.
Improvements:
Dwelli~-8.l, Frame , l6x25', 6 rooms, porch 7x25', kitchen 12xl4x8'
shingle, 2 story , ceiled, fair condition, occupied by owner,
pillar foundation.
(See reverse side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
148
@
$3 . 00
$444 . 00
26
@
25.00
650 . 00
~1094 .oo
1
~
50 . 00
50.00
930.00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
175
873 . 50
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $1094.00
50.00
$2997 .50
Valueoflmprovements: $ 930. 00
Value of Orchard: $50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 873 . 50
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 17 • 12
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE .
�County : .lookin~;ham
Distric t: ·tonew all
fl 31 Edgur 'Je
~creage Claime d:
As .. eused
Value Claimed
Locatio n:
22'7
Deed:
~1270
Ded Mounta in between Dry
Acquire d l 7'.J ecrf,a 1926
"
nd 7isher 's Run
Laps:
Soil:
North and west slope
Roads:
History :
8 niles to F.lkton over 2 c1iles of ro\.16h mounta in road and 6 miles of
country road.
Th majori ty or the Chestn ut, oak and some or the ext r,ot wood has
been removed tro~ this tract.
rorn the quelity or the timber on this
tr ct t he soil ls unusu lly fertUe .
tor ,r z1n lend and for corn.
Improv e~ents:
Dwelli ng-frm ne, 16 x 25, 6 rooms , porch 7 x 25, kitchen 12 x 14 x 8
shingle , 2 story, ceiled , fair cond. occ upied by owner,
to mde.tio n, nill r a , :i,;.-.~•..,. 12 x 1 11
" 600
BArn, fr,nne ~3 x 48 x l&, shinr,le , fair cond.
<1 25
Hen house (new) G x 16 x 6 , good cond.
.-10
G:rann:r y, frame. 14 x 15 :x: 12, rnotal :roor, f'rir oond.
60
Spring (new) frar,9 1 10 x 15 x 8 ocd cond.
Total bldga.
Orchard: 22 apple, age rtO, con,~. poor
32 "leach
oond. :fn1r
54
T imber:
237 t
~
' .oo
150 c d nil p wood ' 1.50
:~bO l oc .tat ')Oo t a
Note:
This tr ct 1a
Value ot land
~
Slope
The cleared land is beinil' u ed
2?.5
5¢
ntirely within the ~ark area.
by tzy_es:
148
26 .
1
?g.
orch . rd
12.:-,0
948.60
V
AcrePU8
U.
pr ncre
b. 00
25.00
175
Total val ,e of .orchar d
'.::'o,; ).
V~.i.ile
of l nd
~ot 1 v lu of 1mprov eroenta
Tot~l value or timber
Tot l value of tract
Aver ge value per ere
60
"°?ll
..,!)
.00
1094.00
1150.00
948.50
' 242.50
19.10
'l'otal
value
, 4«.00
650.00
1094
ro~
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCXINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOPMl!NT OF VIRGINIA
Vo
Petitioner
At Law No. 1829
CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS
On this
Defendants
.t!J_ day of December, 1933, came Edgar Dean, and
on his motion leave is given him to file his application for disbursement of the sum of Twenty-nine Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars
and Fifty Cents ($2997.50), the amount of the award set out in the
judgment of condemnation Tract No. 31 and heretofore paid into Court.
And likewise came T. C. Simms, Madge E. Shacklette, and
R. A. VanPelt, who ask permission to file their answer to said application, which is accordingly done.
And it appearing to the Court that Edgar Dean is invested
with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said
tract of land No. 31 than any other person or persons; that the
taxes due on said Tract No. 31 have been paid, and that the interest
of the said Edgar Dean in said tract of land is subject to the lien
of a certain deed of trust in favor of T. C. Simms, Madge E. Shacklette, and R. A. VanPelt, they being the holders of bonds for Twentyfour Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($2425.00) thereby secured:
Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered
by the Court that said Twenty-nine Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($2997.50) paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 31 be disbursed as follows:
To T.. C. Simms the sum of Four Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($43?.?5), $425 ,00 being the principal
amount of the bond held by him, and $12,?5 being interest on said
bond from June 23, 1933 to December 23, 1933; to Madge E. Shacklette
the sum of One Thousand Thirty Dollars ($1,030.00), $1,000 being
principal amount of bond held by her, and $30.00 being interest
from June 23, 1933 to December 23, 1933; and to R. A. VanPelt the
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sum of One Thousand Thirty Dollars {$1,030.00), $1,000.00 being
principal amount of the bond held by him, and $30.00 being interest
on said bond from June 23, 1933 to December 23, 1933; and the balance
of said award, Four Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars and Seventy-five
Cents ($499.75) be paid to the said Edgar Dean.
And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a
certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall
disburse said sum of Twenty-Nine Hundred Ninety-seven Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($2997.50) as above set out, taking from said T. Co Simms,
Madge E. Shacklette, R. A. VanPelt, and Edgar Dean receipts for the
amounts paid them, and certify such payment to the Clerk of this
Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law.
Enter:
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Com.mission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
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.
The joint and separate answers of T.
c.
Simms, Madge
E. Shaoklette, and R. A. VanPelt to a petition filed in this cause
in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia by Edgar Dean.
These respondents for answer to said petition, or to so
much thereof as they are advised it is material for them to answer,
answer and say:
That it is true tba.t petitioner and his wife conveyed
the real estate more fully set out in said petition situate on the
Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, known and
designated on the map of the park lands as Tract No. 31, to D.
w.
Earman, Trustee, by deed dated June 23, 19Z2, recorded in the
Clerk's Office of this Court in Deed Book 152, page 433 to secure
the payment of the principal sum of Twenty-four Hundred Twenty7
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five Dollars ($2425.00), as evidenced by three bonds bearing even
date with said deed, made by said Edgar Dean and wife, one bond in
the sum of Four Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($425.00) due one year
after date, now held and owned by your respondent, T.
c.
Simms,
another bond for One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)payable to bearer,
due two years after date, and now held and owned by your respondant,
Madge E. Shacklette, and another bond in the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00} due and payable to bearer three years after date,
now held and owned by your respondent, R. A. VanPelt.
Interest on
all of the aforesaid bonds has been paid to June 23, 1933, and the
amount now due and payable to your respondents is Twenty-four Hundred
Twenty-five Dollars ($2425.00), with interest from June 23, 1933.
�Your respon dents join in the prayer of said petitio n
for the distrib ution of said ~und as set out therein ; and they will
ever pray, eto •
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H. HARRISO N
TREASURE R OF ROCKINGH AM COUNTY
HARRISONBU RG, VIRGINIA
To ,horn It l~ay Concern:
I hereby certify that the records
of my office show that fd 0 ar Dean has pcid the taxes
for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 175- 1-4
acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in
Stonewall District , Rockingham County.
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All taxes prior to that time, if
any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's
Office of saia County .
Given under my hand this 19th
day of December 1933 .
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�STATE OF VIRGINI . ,
COUNTY OF ROCKING HAM:, to-wit :
I, J . Robert Switze r, Clerk of the Circui t Court of
Rockin giam County , do hereby certify that the records in my office
do not show any delinq uent taxes agains t the tract of 175 acres 1
rood and 4 poles situate in Ronew all Distri ct, Rocking ham County ,
assesse d in the name of Edgar Dean .
Given. under my hand this 18th day of December 1933 .
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�VIRGINIA:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commi ssion on
cronser vation and Develop ment
of the State of Virgin ia,
v.
PE'rITIONER
At Law No. 1829
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others
and Fifty-t wo Thousa nd, Five Bilndre d
and Sixty-o ne (52,561 ) aores of land,
more or less,
DEFEDNANTS
TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, J1JDGE OF SAID COURT:
Your petitio ner, Edgar Dean, respeo tfully repres ents:
That a judgme nt in rem has hereto fore been entered in this
procee ding oondem ning to the use of the petitio ner the fee simple
estate in a traot of land former ly the proper ty of your petitio ner,
situate on the Blue Ridge Mounta in, in the eastern portion of Stonewall Distri ot, Rockingham County , which traot is describ ed in the
report of the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s appoin ted herein , and
shown, number ed, and deline ated on the County Owners hip Map filed
herewi th as Tract No. 31 at the price of Twenty -nine Hundred Ninety seven Dollar s and Fifty Cents ($2997 .50).
Your petitio ner furthe r shows to the Court that all taxes
agains t said proper ty have been paid to and includi ng the year 1933,
and he herewi th files certifi oates to that effect from M. H. Harriso n,
Treasu rer of Rocking ham County , and J. Robert Switze r, Clerk of the
Circui t Court of Rockingham County , which certifi cates are marked "Ex.
Certif icate No. l" and Ex. Certif icate No.2", respec tively, and the
same are prayed to be read as a part hereof .
Your petitio ner furthe r shows to the Court that there is
only one lien on said proper ty which is a deed of trust lien to secure the paymen t of the sum of Twenty -four Hundre d Twenty -five Dollars ($2425 .00), said debt being evidenc ed by three Homest ead Waiver
bonds made by Edgar Dean and Ella R. Dean, his wife, on June 23, 1932,
payabl e to bearer , one in the sum of Four Hundre d Twenty -five Dollar s
($425.0 0) due one year after date and now held and owned by T. C.
Simms of Harriso nburg, Virgin ia, and two bonds in the sum of One
Thousa nd Dollar s ($1,000 .00) each due and payabl e in two and three
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years after date, respecti vely, the two year bond being held and
owned by Madge E. Shackle tte, also of Harrison burg, Virginia , and
the three year bond being held and owned by R. A. VanPelt of Elkton,
Virginia . Interes t on said three bonds has been paid in full to June
·23, 1933, the amount therefor e due by said deed of trust being the
sum of Twenty- four fundred Twenty- five Dollars ($2425.0 0) with interest from June 23, 1933, said deed of trust having been executed by
his wife
said Edgar Dean and Ella R. Dean/of date June 23, 1932, conveyin g the
property heretofo re condemned in this matter to D. w. F.a.rma.n, Trustee ,
which deed of trust was recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingh am
County, Virginia in Deed Book 152, page 433.
The origina l deed of
trust is herewith filed, marked "Exhibi t Deed of Trust" and the same
is prayed to be read as a part hereof.
That no other person or persons than your petition er and
the parties holding said obligati on above referred to, namely, T. C.
Simms, Madge E. Shackle tt, and R. A. VanPelt , are entitled to share
in the distribu tion of said award.
VlHEREF0RE, your petition er prays that he may be made a
party herein and be allowed to file his petition in these proceed ings;
that the said T. C. Siimns, Madge E. Shackle tte, and R. A. VanPelt ,
may be made parties defendan t to this petition , and be required to
answer the same, answer under oath being waived; that an order may
be entered in this proceed ing for the distribu tion of said award, and
that your petition er may have such other and further relief as the
nature of the case may require.
�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit :
This day Edgar Dean, the petitio ner in the above entitle d
matter , person ally appear ed before me, Paulin e M. Andrus , a notary
public in and for the city and state afores aid, in my city aforesaid, and being duly affirm ed, depose s and says:
I am the petitio ner in the above entitle d matter .
I am
acquai nted with the conten ts of the above petitio n, e.nd do hereby
state that the matter s of fact therein set forth are true, to the
best of my knowle dge and belief .
Subscr ibed and sworn to before me
this lfth day of Decemb er, 1933.
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Notary Public
�THIS DEED made this 23d day of June, 1932, by and between
Edgar Dean and Ella R. Dean, his wife, parties of the first part,
and D.
w.
~arman, Trustee, party of the second part,
WI T N E S S E T H
That for and in consideration of the sum of FIVE DOLLARS
(~5.00) cash in hand paid by the uarty of the second part to the
parties of the first nart, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
and upon the trust hereinafter declared, they, the said parties of
the first part, do hereby grant and convey with general warranty of
title, unto the said D. i'l. Earman, Trustee, party of the second part,
the following two described tracts or parcels of land:
First Tract:
All that certain tract or parcel of real
estate together with the improvements thereon and appurtenances
thereunto belonging, containing 210 acres, more or less, situate
i~ the eastern part of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, on the western side and base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, adjoining Johns. Meadows, George N. Conrad, et als, being a part of
the same real estate which was conveyed to the late Stephen Hensley
by B. G. Patterson, Special Commissioner of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County, Virginia in the chancery cause of Joseph H.
Hensley, et als, vs. Daniel Wifant, et als, by deed dated April 4, 1892
recorded in the clerk's office of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed
Book 45, page 18, being all the real estate conveyed by said deed
except a parcel of five acres, more or less, conveyed off by the said
Stephen Hensley. and wife to Leonard M:eadows by deed dated November 28,
1903, recorded in said clerk's office in Deed Book 76, page 453, and
being t~c sane real estate also mentioned in tie bill and proceedings
in the chancery ca use of Stephen Hensley's Heirs and Devi sees vs.
Stephen Hensley's Heirs and Devisees, and being also the same real
estate conveyed to these granters by Ethel Irwin, Special Commissioner, by deed of even date herewith, which said deed is to be recorded
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in the aforesaid clerk's office immediately anterior to the recordation of this deed of trust.
Second Tract:
All t '1at certain tract or parcel of real
estate, together with the improvements thereon and appurtenances
thereunto belonging, containing 1?5 acres, 1 roo~ and 4 poles, situate
in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County,
and bounded as follows:
"Beginning at an old chestnut oak stump,
(an old call of 1850), corner of Joshua Dean and E. D. Dean, thence
with Joshua Dean's line S 55½ E 83 poles to two white oaks; thence
N ?5½ E 98 poles to a white oak and Spanish oak; thence N 45 E 160
poles to an ash and mahogany in the headwaters of Dry Run, supposed
to be at or near the Green County line; thence with and down Dry Run
about 300 poles to an ash on the south bank of said Run, direct and
opposite a very large rock on the north bank of said Run; thence by
survey of County Surveyor P.B.F.Good of May 15, 1924, S 29 45 \ 46
poles to a large white oak on a ridge (a very old call); thence S ?8
30 E 16.4 poles to a stake and rock pile; thence S 12 36 W 8 poles
to a white walnut (an old call); thence S ?OE 23 poles to a very
large white oak (an old call); thence S ?? E 30.5 poles to a large
poplar (another old call); thence S 12 W 20 poles to a stone between
a hickory and white oak (a call of 1850); thence S 50 24 W 37.76
poles to the beginning."
This is the same real estate conveyed to
this granter, Edgar Dean, by Charles A. Hammer, Special Commissioner
in the Chancery cause of A~niQ A. Dean's Heirs vs.
/J;nie . Dean's
Heirs, by deed of date November 24, 1923 of record in the aforescid
clerk's office in Deed Book 133, P3ge 433, and is the same land of
which N. A. Dean died seized.
IN TR 1ST NEVERTHELESS to secure the principal sum of TWO
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ( 2,425.00), and all interest hereafter accruing on same, which said principal sum is evidenced
by three Homestead Waiver bonds of even date herewith of Edgar Dean
and Ella R. Dean, payable to berer, one in the sum of Four Hundred
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Twenty-five Dollars ($425.00) due one year after date, and two in
the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each due two and three
years after date, with interest from date at the rate of six per cent
per annum, interest payable semi-annually, said bonds to be of equal
dignity and priority and to be paid vii thou t preference, and are to be
identified by the Trustee's signature endorsed thereon.
Insurance required Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.0o).
It is mutually understood and agreed between the parties
hereto that if there shall be any default in the payment of said bonds
or either of them, or in the payment of interest when due, or failure
to keep the property insured as agreed upon, the total debt herein
secured shall become due and payable at once, and the Trustee herein ,
upon t~1e request of the holde:J!: of said bonds, or either of them, so to
do, shall proceed to execute this trust in accordance with Section
5167 of the Code of Virginia, 1919 Edition, and the Acts amendatory
thereof.
It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that
in the event the Trustee herein advertises for sale the property herein
conveyed agreeable to the terms .1ereof and payment or assignment is
made of the indebtedness herein secured on or before the day of sale,
or the Trustee directed not to make such sale, and the sale is not m&de,
then there shall be paid to the said Trustee for his services as aforesaid a sum equivalent to two per cent of the indebtedness owing, unpaid
and secured hereunder at the time he advertises the said property for
sale.
Witness the following signatures and seals.
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�VIRGINIA, CITY OF .HARRISONBURG, to-wit:
I, Pauline M. Andrus, a notary public in and for t w city
and state aforesaid, whose cormnission expires March 7, 1936, do certify that Edgar Dean and Ella R. Dean, his wife, whose names are
signed to the foregoing writing bearing date June 23, 1932, have
acknowledged the same before me in my said city.
Given under my l1and this 23d day of June, 1932.
N. P.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
De cerrber 27 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel1, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 27
day of December
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingham Cmm t :y
dated 12/21/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Laws o~n~=A~t=k=i=n=s_ _ _ _ _ __ _ __
paid t oJ3_adge E . Shacklet te
$ 1 , 030 . 00
being in full settlement of tract
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in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
December 27 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Madge E. Shacklette
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 030 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of Rockingham
ofDecember
1 93i
entered on the _8_l___ day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
- ~C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a=w~s=o~n~A~t=k-i_n-s~___ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
k nown in said proceeding as #- -~B~l...____
Si gn origi nal and dup li cat e
a nd r e turn to the Treasurer
of Vi r g in i a.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 27 d.ay of De c ember in accordance
with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 12/211 33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
eassandra Lawson~A~t_k~i=n=s~-------- --
:P a i d. t o T • C• Sims
$ 437 . 75
being in full settlement of tract #__fil_
in the above mentioned. cause.
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TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA.
JOHN M . PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Decem ber 27 1 1933
T. C. Sinnns
Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of
Virgi nia, the sum of$ 437 . 75
, in accord ance
with an order of the Circu it Court of the county
of
Rockin gham
of Decem ber
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entere d on the
21
day
, in the matte r of the State
Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v _ __
~ C~a~s~s~a~n=d=r~a~L~a=w~s~o~n~=A~t=k=i=n=s_ _ ___ and others , being
full and compl ete settle ment for the tract of land
known in said proce eding as #- -3_1~ -- -
Sign origin al and duplic ate
and return to the Treas urer
of Virgi nia.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
December 27, 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 27 d.ay of December
with an order of the circuit court of
d.a t e d 12/21/33
in accordance
Rockingham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson
- - ~ - - - - - - -- - - -Atkins
:paid. to __R. A. VanPelt
$1,030.00
be ing in full settlement of tract
in the above mentioned. cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
R. A. VanPelt
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 030 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
__g_ __ entered on the
of _ _R_o_c_k_i_n~g_h_am
21st
day
of December 193L , 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
known in said proceeding as #- ~3~1~ - -
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
December 27 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 27 day of.Jlecembe r
in accordanc e
with an order of the circuit court of Rack1ngbam Cm,nty
dated 12/21/33
in the cause of the State Commissio n
on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia
vs.
:p aid
Gass andra Lawso=~n ~A~t~k~1 ~n~s~----- ---to
$ 499 . 75
Edgar Dean
being in f ull settlemen t of tract #--Z,.J.
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
December 27 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Edgar Dean
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 499 . 75
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the
21st
day
of December 193L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ _ C_a_s_s_an_d~r_a~L~a~w~s~o=n~A~t~k=i=·n=s_ _ _ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #__3_1_ _ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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. </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>
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1925-1935
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ROCK INGHAM COUNTY
CLAIMANT
NAME OF ,OWNijR.
#13 - Dean, Emmett A.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
14
Head waters of South Naked Creek, on the road to Thoroughfare Gap .
7 miles good mountain road to Elkton .
Soil: Cultivated area has deep , rich loam, gentle slopes , few rocks; the
grazing a rich soil of moderate d e pth ana very rocky . The timber land
has gentle slopes , rich s o il but extremely rocky .
_
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Small mixed hard roods and white p ine up
to 12 11 DBH . heavy cordwood but too s mall to saw- the larg est just under
tie size .
(\\Thi te oak, r e d oak , butt e rnut , sycamore, ash, etc) Estimated to cut 2 cords v ood per acre on 7 acres (56 cords) .
Improvements:
New Store Building:
Fra me, 14x24 1 , 1 room, lstory,
spring water supply .
b r ick flue , g ood cond ition, occup ied by owner ;
HEN HOUSE:
8xl2x8 1 •
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
----
6
@
$15 . 00
$ 90 . 00
2
@
35 . 00
7 0 . 00
@
35 . 0 0
210 . 0 0
9370 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
6
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 370 .oo
Value of Improvements: $
&oo . oo
600 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
50 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 72 . 85
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ j£ 23 _;;,
TOTAL po20-:-ooCLERK
21
�County:
District:
Hockingham
J tonewall
fr l 3 • Dean, Emmet A.
· creage Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location: ·
Assessed
14
It
,,,2000 . 00
•
Deed
Acquired 21 • in
1923 for Nominal con.
sideration; sold 7 A.
in 1923 for ~400 . 00
$200.00
lleo.d :1a. ters of South Naked creek on
t h e road to Thoroughfare gap .
lncumbrances , c ounter claims or laps:
!J il'
14
None.
C ltivated area has deep, rich loam, gentle slopes, fel/ rocks;
the ~razing a rich soil of ~oderate depth nnd very rocky. The
timber land has gentle slopea, rioh soil but extremely rocky.
Seven r il s good mounta in road to Elkton.
History of tract and condition
up ta 12 1• DBHt
est 1ust under
sycamore, a.sh,
on 7 aeres (56
Im )rovemon ta:
1
of timber: Small mixed ha rd 'toods und white pine
heavy c 0rd 100d but too small to sn.w - the largtie size . (White oak, red oak, butternut,
eto) st mated to out
co!'ds vrood ner c.cre
o , rds} valued at 75¢• - - ,?42.00
Ne ·1 Store bu~ldins:
e
1rame, 14x24', 1 room, 1 story, brick
by owner, s nring water
flue, good condition, occupied
sup , ly. - - - ~
·
Hen house: 8x12x8' . - - - -
400.00
30 . 00
$430 . 00
I
Acrea6e and value of l t1nd by: t:a~es:
~
Cove
Grazing
Tillable
Total value of
5.00
7
2
1 5 . 00
60 . 00
-clland - -
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
Total
Value
35. 00
30 . 00
3oi.oo
~3 5. 00
"'365'. oo
Tot~ 1 value of improvements
Total value of timber
Value
Eer A.
Aorea6e
430 . 00
- - - 42 . 00
- ... - -i;,837. 00
--
*",9.78.
35
�County:
District:
Rockingham
Stonewall
#13- Dean, Emmet A.
N
LEGEND:
Grazing
Cove
Tillable
Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains
47
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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. </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>
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Dean, Emmett A.
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Location: S. Naked Creek
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
7r,J9 -
D-
n, Gcorze ..•
Number of Acres: 1:) O
LocatioR:
~lk ••.m .
Roads:
Five nilos
Soil:
~ount~~n ro-
o
r vell
every1here.
:ertil•,
lo~ , very rock , b~t moder~telv dee ...
History of Tract and condition of timber:
C
to ~lkton .
_.i. b r i
of t n'.
e t eel
It vo.rieo
i
l
n+,
...n
Im... rovern nt s :
1
r r) f' , eo
of, f ..... ir
' ir o
r - oof ,
o
~ r
.&>
..,
.;
l
4
)
,..
t'
•
tr ,s .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
r.:.
v
'ii';; .
00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
8
{0 . 0
3 . • 0
Fields Restocking:
12
10 . "'0
120 . 0
Cultivated Land:
..A
27 . vO
,o. oo
',;'13 o. oo
Orchard:
1530 . QO
lC0 . 00
Minerals:
5u . OO
Value of Land: S 1 J'6"
C,...
V •
"'
•,r.:>060 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ :330 . 00
J0 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ l O. 00
Value of Timber: $
)0 . 0
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
"Sl. O
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
...,:, ......
__1t. /ffez
�4'
-
Claim oL -
•
_&, --;:/~~~
,.e iyr-L _______________________________________ _
In the Circuit; Court of~ ~ ~ ~ . l . ? : : : ( ___ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ _____ ______ ____ _________ _______________________ ______ ______ ____ ___________ _
------------------------;;,;; --1. .----- -----------------------------------------------more or less, of land in~hZd'~ ________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~ - said ~ o n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
?-tL ___ _county, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court
as his answer to V;.!;W.,oA an~to said notice.
My name
iL.___________________________ _
My post office address 1s~ ~ ( , .______ JL_j~--.. ~-~-------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing ab<;mL ~f"____________ acres, on which there are th~ following
O
~----r~______
i~---;"'. -'lJ?·-~ -~ --wfi- __
1
b e~ v e m e n ~ C " P ~ - - L ~ L,~ ~ - - -
,- -- -"£2_ -- ~ ~ ~ ¥~
~
is located
:I.
~~t~ __
- ·
frome i ? d ; ;_____________ __ __ Virginia, in
tltedP.:r.lMt.h~_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.)
----------------------------------~ ~ - - - H ~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: : :~ ; ; r ~:cribed tract-or parcel of:land are as follows:
_a{,
-----------------------------------------
East _
~~~
West
.d--~ - - --------------------------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/f-.tJ_r)___in the
following manner:
,JZ/~ __
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is U[~_Q.!_~.:-:._ ____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land ,vith the improvements thereon is $'?('1.t>..a.t~'!_ _____ _
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 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 ~~}he back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mar} at!ached hereto) this~------day
- ~ ~ ~Lh1~~rI'r:f~-----
of_ t2.~----------, 193} __ .
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ ___ ____________________, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that ___________________________ ___ ________ _________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things ,!jpearing in his abo_v;1J;~~ are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ____
.::tr _________day oL_.t.~------, 193L~:
/ ~ _ · ------------
~ t , or Special Investigator or
WotaFy Pwblie, or Justieo 9f tlHt Ee!:lce.
�County ,
Di ot r i ot ,
z9 - l)eo.n,
creane Clni~ cdi
Vo.luc Clnil' od t
92
Asseo aed
t'3800 . 00
Rockin gham
Gt ono~al l
Georr.e J.Yt.
9
A. 70 P.
Deed
45 . oo
0
"1902 for
Locut ion:
Elk run .
Soil1
ort le , rnvel ly lonm, very rocky , but
everyw here .
ondot
Five mileo good oount ain road to
Acqui red 100
M
• in
500 . 00
der toly deep
lkton .
Histo ry of trnct \nd eondit 1on of timbe rs Timbe r in cxtre rely vnrinb
lc in
oize nnd conm a1t · on of at nd . It varie s from onall bruoh
to pine renrod uct.io n, litsht cord ood, heo.vy cord rood ,
epots of sa1 ti~ber . Thia is~ ~ixed h rd ood - Table to
ountn in - hite pine , pitch- pine atnnd , o zes up to a.
maxi um of 22" DBH, tho l ~ger oi~ee bein« cxtreM ely
defec tivo . Tho h rdwoode cone ot of tulip, ickory , cher.t nut
oR.k, hi te oo.k, red o k, locus t o.nd de"'d c cotnu t . The
field reotoc king to gro1in g lp to locuo t , ttlip, aacac fr o ,
ate . eighty ,eroen t s t ocked . 'i'ho tillnb le land
ltern tao
bu~ een oultiv ted nnd grazin g.
stint ed to cut 300 bd .
ft . per acre on
nnrao (1 6}.300 bd . rt . ) vnlued nt
3. 00 per- 1!. - - - - - - 50 . 40
Aloo 2qo cor a at 75¢ - - - - _210 . 00
260 . 00
lMT>rovcmcntat
D1ell inat Fr me, 14x24 ' , porch 6x44, 7 rooms ,
ah·n"l ed nd ot l roof, brick flueo , 2 tories , 3 roomo
ccilod , 4 roomo plo.ot crcd, o.ttn.e hod kitcae n 14x20 •
h ch conoi cto of 3 roo?!!!la r ir condi tion , occt ied
by o.ncr , ntar ou~nly oprinn , f undat ion pill ra . - 700 . 00
'e1 bank b~rn,
Frame , 27x42x 16 • , papor roof, concition GO d . - - - Hen houoo : Fr mo , 6xlOxB •, obing led root , fair ~on- 400. 00
dltion . - • - •
10 . 00
Hor. nent ~~o, 6,:12x 6•,
per roof, f ir cond · tion . 10. 00
·ro.nn.r v nnd oheds
~n e , l4xl'> xl2 ' ,
npcr roof , f ir
condi tion . - - - 60 . 00
unr1nn louoe :
ro.rne, flx12xa •. ho rd roof, fir oonditlon . - - - - 1~. oo
,6
0
Orchn rd1
100 treeo o.t
1 . 00 per tree .
nd valt B of l nd by t non1
~
olopo
Gr zing
Till ble
\eotoc king
cron~e
~g
8
?4
U2
100
Vo.luc
--Totn.l v luc
t;224. 00
96. 00
600. 00
R4. oo
1004. 00
:i ,19;. oo
·100. 00
�- 2-
Countys
Dist:-,:,iet :
~52 •
~enn , c~or5e
u.
Rockingham
Ctonetro.ll
'
Cont ' d .
Totnl value of land - - - - ~1.004. 00
--
1 00. 00
Tot·il v lue of i r.iprovernonts
1,19,. 00
Total va lue of timber
--
260. 00
Toto.1 va l ue of trac t -
...
Average v lue per a.er e
...
'"l'ot:::i.l v·l.lue of or.cha.rd
-
-
2, ,,9. 00
2;.,9.
'°"
�County:
District:
Rockingham
Stonev1all
#59 - Dean, George~ .
N
Nancy
......
H
L:-i.:.G' HD:
Slope
Grazing
TL.ls.ble Restocking
Scale - l" = 20 chains
511)
�
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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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. </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
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<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>
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dean-george-m.pdf
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Dean, George M.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Elk Run
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Tract(s): 59
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PDF
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ROCKINGHAM
(X)
UNTY
CLAI TuT.ANT
NAME OF
0.WNER/
#33 - DEAN , J . B.
Number of Acres:
Location:
161
On Dean Mountain
Roads:
Sandy clay, g o od depth and fertility over mes t of the tract ,
large rock outcr , pping in wooded area , moderate slopes ,
Northwest exposure .
Large p orti o n cl eared many years ago ,
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Soil:
grazed and cultivated since , small portion ne g lected , grown up to brush,
wooded ar e a cut over at different times in pa st , part of woodland only .
Estimated to cut 3170 bd . ft . p er acre .
DWELLING- - - - Frame, 16x22 ', kitchen 12xl0x8 ', 5 rooms,
shingle roof , brick flues , 2 story , walls ceiled, condit io n poor ,
BARN- - - - --Frame , 25x48xl4 1 , shingled roof , cond ition uoor .
abandoned .
GR NARY : Frame , 14xl6xl2 1 , shingle roof , condition fair ~
DWELLING - - ---Log , 16x22 1 , 2 rooms , ching le roof' , sto ne flu e s , condition
Improvements:
p oor , walls log, a b andoned ,
ORCHARD- ---1 acre .
Acreage and value of types:
Value per acre
Acreage
Types
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:- - -- -
61
@
$ 5 . 00
$305 . 00
Cove: -----
10
@
5 . 00
50 . 00
Grazing Land: - - - ·
77
@
30 . 00
2310 . 00
Fields Restocking: ---
4
@
15 . 00
60 . 00
Cultivated Land:
6
@
30 . 00
Orchard: - -
1
@
50 . 00
180 . 00
$ 2905 . 00
50 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 2905 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
275.00
27 5 . 00
50 • 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
228 . 00
- ---
Value of Timber:$ 228 , 00
~~3458 .oo
Value of Wood:$
Value per acre for tract: $
21 • 4 8
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE .
- - - ~ " - ~ , ___ clerk
�~:;~~fon-Conser ~-~n~~~:::r,
o~i~~~ni~ta~ -~f-Vi;Jn:t~:
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0
mo~re~ot:;:r~1~ez..ss~,-:l.;/i:;#n,z _--The undersigned, in answer to the tition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon t h ~ of..,~aid pe ·tion and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
CourfofL . ~ a d . d....,-_____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h~Y•:::
::__ ·_~:'.Zt~::.::~i~e~---~ --------------------------My post & address is __~~---//4.:.__/_~ __,S:L __________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in¼..tracuor parc~of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about ___
0 ____ acres, on which there are the following
L_,_/___
J~_Ljf'~:/22!!--.---
~- - ~idl-r-~~-~-a.,~-r-=----buildings and impr?vements:~-~ ~ - L /..
v'---------------------------------------- ~--------------------------
his land is located about_ __ ~:-..»::.t:.._miles from ___________ _-: ________________ Virginia, in
t h e ~.aLL.Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in tht"tract, or parcele.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.)
-J- ~ -~
~ -----------------------------------------------------
----------· - -------------- --------------------------- - -------------------------- --------
�County: Rockingham
District: stonewall
Acreage Claim:md:
133
J . B. Dean
16~
_'tssessed
Value Claimed: ~3050 • 00
Location:
!l
159 125
-
•T5"Cr
. )1800 .oo
Deed Estinated 85 A .
(1908) ;';970 .oo
76 ;:,. . (i900) .)650 .00
On Dean Hountain.
Incumbrances, counter claims or laps:
Soil:
Sandy ~ax clay , good depth and fertility over most of tract,
large tract out cropping in wooded area, moderate slopes, N. '.,7.
exposure .
Large portion cle~red
History of tract and·condition o~ timber:
many years ago, grazed and cul ti va ted since, s:n1all portion
neglected, grown up to brush, ·wooded area cut over at different
times in past , IJart of woodland only. Estimated to cut
':,152.00
3170 Bd. ft. per acre Value :7" .::,2 .00 76,000 x )2 .00
Improvements:
Dwelling, frame 16x2 2 , kitchen 12xl0x8, 5 roo:r1s
shingle roof, brick flues, 2 story, walls ceiled,
condition poor , abandonec. -------------------- ) 125.00
80.00
Barn, Ftame 25x48xl4, shingle roof, cond, poor
Grane1·v, Frame 14xl6xl2, shingle roof, cond.
65.00
fair . ------ --------- ---------------------- -Dwelling, log 1Gx22, 2 rooms, shingle roof,
stone flues, condition poor, walls log, abandoned . 25 . 00
60 . 00
------------------------Orchard 1 acre
'i355 . 00
Totaa
Value of land b;y t;ype'.5:
Type
Cove
Slope
Grazing
Tillable
Field restocking
Orchard
Acreage
10
62
77
6
4
1
160
Value
per acre
')4 . 00
3 . 00
20 . 00
25.00
6 . 00
Total
Value
d':40. 00
186.00
1540 .00
150.00
24.00
1940 . 00
�Total vc:.lue of land
::·1940 . 00
Total value of improvement
355 . 00
Total value of timber
152 . 00
Total value of tract
11. verage value per acre
2447 . 00
1 5 . 29
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30 cha L s
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<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>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Breeden, RA - Dean, RO
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dean-j-b.pdf
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Dean, J. B.
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Location: Dean Mountain
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Tract(s): 33
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Dean
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/982a4ce8d7d5da9911407333982249a3.pdf
026a5710df422e78e1b2dc0987798889
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
]61 - De n , .J . I •
Number of Acres: 1 -1/4
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
lkton over
~our mll~s to
ooC nount~ln ro-~ •
• 9rtile, dee_, r ve11~ lorn - era~ don
:i.oder t . ....o "c11 ;est ,x_;_1osu1' , •
lo~e .
Sloes
History of Tract and condition of timber:
I_, )I'lpl, t 1,
cl · red _ 1u _,?.rt 1~ :one
rus'1y 0 d J~~ture - no cultiv ted
t
~
1 n 1 except one-t)ird n . ,..,, ,r c....l' <.. :"llv
six o ., or1-out . . . . _)le vree • ""\
bo.c:c
vO
rush .
JU
1
ric
shed .
con-
e,
.Jr.- e, 10 _JO 8 , _ ,_ r roof .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
F'ields Restocking:
lt.::-1/4
r
~o . 0
.,'.38 >. 00
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $
7JO . u
Value of Improvements: $ '~O . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ .. 0 . O"
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ -· v:, .......
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c7
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Claim of ____
------------------------------0 - ~ -=
In the Cir# Court of__________ _ _ _ ____ ____ County, Virginia, No.~---, At Law.
;;;tav;, o/r~s::,;~~onse v ~ ; n ~ l ~ e ~ j ; ~ n ~ -
~
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more or less, of land in_L~:.~ ______ ___ __County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the pet ion 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~g of;mid pet·,· n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oLLun:::d~- _____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h:/~:: :_::~-~~-~JJ{~~e~~-----;,r-------------
My post office a&7e::~s__________ ____ _ ___ _ L _ ~ - - - - -~ -~--------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest · a tract Qr parcel of land within the area sought
'T~,r,r~
to be condemned, containing about_ --,- ___ _f ~_-=-: _acres, on which there are the following
b~v~
~
--/~_,_t)~--~--~
---. ------. ----------------------------. -----------;_g;,- .r, -This land 1s located about_J~ __ mlles from _____
~
----------- .-- .-. -- . -
U,_4_________
=-:_ _____
V1rgmia, m
the~_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.)
The land owners ~ n t t9 the above described tract or parc~l of land are as follo,w s:
Norti, __ }f,,.;;;.._l_w 7 _.2/:t._,/[_tft-f--=:J_7:Zl_«£_,!l~-----------------South _____________ :de. dJfL-<1.----5"-- -~ ------------------------------------------East __________ -l!f'~_ ?71~ P - ~ -------------------------------------
West ______________ "Jfr~ / 2 ~- ---------------------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __{_ff_-§?.._in the
following_mr-~-~--IO
-
-
-«l
cf7~-- _ _ __________ _
------- ----._ --- ----- - - -"----- ----------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-L~1_<!2.!'_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 $__/_al'-~-~~----·
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 statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the, t~_or parcel of l a ~ s-and bou~ds). Remarks· - - - - - - ~
V:akL o;/Z-QI,'- £kk_,
--
r ------
~
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th,J>ack).
::;;ness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ ~ l ~ ~ ~_-day
of_ __ ~
---,
193,.
STATE OF VIRdINIA, COUNTY
J---4--~ c l--fJJ=U-:f4/--
o:::7 ~------,
To-wit:
the ~o\~:~%~\r~i~i!~~tb~e~~~~~n; t~;~e~f b~f~~;-h·i ~-;~1%~t-the-~-;t~~;
:!_~~i~LJ~:ar~~~-~:;i;f:~~:_::~::r~~~~-:he :e:t_o_f ~~;owL~R
,;J,,,/.._ ,,_/ .,, ,././ ,./.
Clerk of eCourt, or Investigator or
.,,--//7
3 /
t
S~
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�Hoc ingham
Stonewall
County:
District:
· fl61 • Dean, J. M.
Assessed
Acreage Claimed: 15
Value Claimed:
Location:
14 A.
35
P.
"
~12;000
Deed
'
"
14 A.
35
P.
1916 - i805.oo
Elk run.
Incumbran ces, counter claimo or laps:
None known.
Soil:
Fertile, deep, gravelly loam - eroded on slope .
moderate . Southwest exposure.•
Roads:
Four miles to Elkton over!"()od mountain road.
Slopes
IIistorx of tract and condition of timbers Completel y cleared and partly
gone back to brush. Just a brushy old paoture - no cultivated
land except one-third acre of garden. There are about six
old worn-out a~ple trees of no value.
Irrproveme nts:
Frame, 18x28 1 , 5 rooms, metal roof, brick and
stone flues, 2 stories, 2 rooms ceiled, condition fair ,
~\ 5'00.00 ·
occunied by tenant 10.ter s P""lY is a. well. - . 00
shed200
garage
a
11th
Barn: Frame, l4x2~xl2' , metal roof
confair
roof,
Meat houser Frame, llxl4xl2' , shingled
DHellinga
dition. - -
Hen house:
.
50 .00
Frame, , l0xlox8•, paper roof. - -
.
Acreage and value of land bJ!: ti12es;
~
G zing
Garden
Acrease
14
7.00
60.00
1~1/3
Total value of land -
- - - ~118.00
Total value of improveme nts
Total value of tract
Average value per a ere
780 .00
... - .. $898.00
- -
Value
J28r A.
$64.14.
Total value
98.00
20 .00
· 118.00
·17
~o.oo
o.oo
�County:
District:
#61- Dean, J. M.
N
LEGEIID:
Garden
Seale - 1
Grazing
= 20 chains
Rockinghem.
Stone'lall
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Title
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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. </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
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<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
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Breeden, RA - Dean, RO
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dean-j-m.pdf
Title
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Dean, J. M.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Elk Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 61
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Dean
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d5eb77d39a5c01e68666d2c494240630.pdf
df3a4fcb544a25f229461f2cfda0baa3
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres: 72
Location:
:-rens le:,r Hollow:
Roads:
Two miles o
ro~ d to
Ple'.:'..s..:. t c:mrc·1,
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~n'
cl
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u1t: ,..o~ ne r _·t.
kton .
four nils . . . o
,
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orti_o..,; r1ocler 1te lo_ es;
oc' -y i '1.
r .
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100 ~-~l e tr es - 3 ores - 20 Je~rs old, ~ood ~., · ion.
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Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre ·
15
/.i . 00
"' ~5 . 00
38
3:3. 00
9.30 . 00
6
10 . 00
o.O . 00
11
30 . GL
3.30 . 00
2
110 . 0
. 2:30 . 00
.J0 . 00
,,>l SJ . 00
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
.,Lcl . UO
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1 - 1 :J .
f\n
¥
I..,
Value of Improvements: $
978 . 0
7 O. { O
Value of Orchard: $ 33 • 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
..J
•
0
Value per acre for tract: $
3 · • P '7
\
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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Claim
J ------------------------------In the Circuit Court o:t;N-1'_0"~ --~-----County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Commission on Conser ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
~:~~i:~~~ii.1t:~1~1a~~i~~~~:ir~~:~~:::~~~i:-:~~-~~:
velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~ g o~aid petit·
and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court
County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
oV~-~ ________
as h~ya:·:: ::
~ci3t9,,~notice.___________________________________ _
My post office address is_~~--1.}__"1.._,. ________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tr.act or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_Z_d_____________ acres, on which there a ~ e following
buildings apd improvement
: _ L _ ~ ~ ___
--~-7,--~---
___ ----- ·________ - ~ ~ - ---- . . - ··---- ,;i._ i l f r . ~ ---This land is located about__6-': _______ miles from_~~--------- -----Virginia, in
the ___ ____ __________ 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 acquired my right, title, estate or int est 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 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 ~Jhe pro- ..
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent orJ_Q,::__:: __ ..:=: ___ ,
(In the space below should be set out any :'~dditional 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).
~
.of Witne~:=~- : ~~~::~1~~3~r my name and
9-e:_:&:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~
S T ~ F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ _______________ -------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______ __________________ ___ __ __ ____ ____ _______ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
an_d things a:=earing in his a~./::wer are true to the best of his knowledge an~ belief,
th1s ____ _~,L ________day -o f _ ~_..,.___ ____ , 19~ ~
. / ~ /;-.,,,, •_ _________ _
C~ei"k of Uu QQu;t, o~~~Ynvestigator or
lfutms Pal:slic, u Je~tie:o of the PeaCA
�oun y: ookin h m
lstr ct:~ on : 11
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N . Lester
Dean
LEGEND:
Slope
Tillable
Grazing
Orchard
Fields restocking
Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains
Rockingham
Stonewall
�
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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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. </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>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<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>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Breeden, RA - Dean, RO
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dean-r-o.pdf
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Dean, R. O.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Hensley Hollow
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Tract(s): 55
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Dean