211 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0cef2efc7092c8686d0933d1e45631f2.pdf 09ae400183ea276f50ab2c8dc6f5ad53 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM CaJNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #67 Number of Acres: Location: s. A. 109 Hensley Hollow One mile of rough dirt road to county road near Mt . Pleasant thence four miles to Elkton . Roads: Soil: Dean , Sandy clay of good depth and fertility, very rocky along the streams , steep to moderate slopes . Northwe.st exposure . l_ History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion cleared many years ago , grazed and cultivated since with the excention of two portions vrhich have been neglected arid are now growing up to pines and brush. Wooded area cut Present stand consists of mixed oaks with over re:peatedly in the past . . poplar and pine some white Improvements: Other side for Improvements . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- 35 @ $3 . 00 $105 . 00 Cove: -- 2 @ 10 . 00 20 . 00 Grazing Land: 45 @ 25 . 00 1125 . 00 Fields Restocking: - - 12 @ 15 00 1so . 00 15 109 @ 30 . 00 450 . 00 $1880 . 00 Cultivated Land: -- Orchard: Minerals: 1145 . 00 Value of Land: $ 1880 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 1145 . oo 150 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 35 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ 50 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00 $3260 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 35 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 30 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE �C01'TINUED FROM REVERSE 0 ID E-Improvem ents :---- - DWELLING-- Log 18x30 1 , 4 rooms , porch 8xl4 1 , brick flues , log walls , fair conditio n, occupied by owner- -- - BARN---Log , 36x40xl6 1 , shingle roof , fair conditio n-- - - GRANARY- - --Log 12xl2xl0 1 , shingle roof , fair conditto n- -- - HEN HOUSE--- Frame 8xl5x7 1 , shingle roof , f air conditio n- - --DWELLI NG- ---Log 22x26 1 , 4 ro oms , por ch 6x24 1 , 2 story, in fair conditi on with cellar 12xl4 1 • BAR.N--- - .1. ·rame l 7x33xl2 1 , shingle roof, po or conditio n----HEN HOUSE--- Frame , 10xl0x8 1 , s h i ngle roof , fair condit io n --- GRANARY- --Frame , 14xl4xl2 1 , shingle roof, fair condition . �, more or less, of land i ________ ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p, 1tion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili of said petitio and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of _ _ ______ _________ County, Virgini , asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said ition nd to s i notice. :~ ;::eo:ce address is-~- ~ -- -:2 0 _____________________.__ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a .tract_or ~ 3 .nd within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL_ L J ? / - " ~ hcres, on 7 h_,t; er;,.a~~ t~e following 1,>uildini , ; ~ments:-~ ~ -~ ~-~ --~ ------------------------ ------------ \--------------- - ----------------------- ------------------------ --- ~ : -------------- c:._ ------------------------ ------- This J7.pd is locat~d abo~L- ~ miles ~rom ______ ~ ----------Virginia, in th~ ag1stei-1al D1str1ct 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.) ------------------------ --- ~ ~--< ~ ) ------------------------ --------- f:j~~~~ /2, ;_ffi 13:. be;:IT: c: ~ :~ ~ ~ ;~:;~ :-~ ~:; ; ;~ ~; I West ______ .//:: _________ ~ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year the I ~t;=~ ~ -~ L ---- / _____ ~ _//L£in -~-~ ~L"'= ~ H - - - - - , , , - - - - - - ,,, - - - - - - - - - - - / / - - - - ,,, - - - - - - // - - - - - ~~ - ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__.!/,...!f:_1J_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 $_A{_....::r:_ C!_ _q__~-~ 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). oL~ ~~~:~~r1: 3(~r my name and : a ~ : : ; t _ t ! J ~ ~~ : ~~ ~~~ 7 _______ ___ ___ --, STATE OF VI~GINIA, COUN~Y O __ To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ ~_d._ _ _________ ------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things app~ pg in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ J-~ -~ --day of_ ___'5;;;_~_-f---_d, __~ 193j , . _ t .::Z t--Li_~ / V 7-/ --------- / 4 ,,/ ~ / j¼/3 -- ---&.-=--- ~ ~./-- ~ Clerk o; urt, ·or-Special Investig~;-~~ -Notary Public, or Jus.tice of the Peace. 1s~ �County: N- D1st1.,ict: #67- Dean, s • •• W112 . F1 .J.r. Dea .h . L . Hensley hF · Mc])a ~~~ eJ -~r• Dean s .v. & B. B Burke LEGEND: Slope Brazing Cove Tillable F1elds"restock1ng Scale - 1 : 20 chains • Rockingham Stono·mll �se d: l ' . Deed; 10 40 . 0 J7 l r cl11m -· y o. t r ood depth p to • uro r .oo--- d ~der te ed l l .o / d 191 ert111t. v ry rocky lo t x sur. lo, • iorth irt rod to oo nty rod n mll o ~ 185 non. 0 a, • tor 1000.00 nsley hol o . 11 • " le· s nt t. to ~l ton. four tory, 3 • .oo l.J. 0 o.oo 1 10 • b p 01' " - tt - ches) val aoro J:> ~:i." d ,~- !----- ~ • 0 l..>~00 ~o.o .oo - ~ ~ -1\ �County: Rockingham District: Stonewall #6? - Dean , s. A. Cont'd Total value of land Total vi::tlue of improvements ,rl285 . 00 1116.00 Total value of timber 109 . 00 Total value of traof 2509.00 23.24 .verage value per uore. 120 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-s-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, S. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hensley Hollow Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 67 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a6a46ea27efe27785c1113cb422480a0.pdf faee522aba5a0dc8c693cf410e7e7d3a PDF Text Text ROCKIXGP..nl.. COUl\TY NAME OF CLAIMANT #2 - - Dean , Sarah n . Number of Acres: 20 Location: Deg.n l!ountain . Roads: Sev~n niles to :nkton over five ri1,iles of county road end t~,o t1iles of r.mcad1:.n rood . Soil: 3 lope . History of Tract and condition of ti1J1her:, This trPct l1c-s bee:r:i culled ti.nd cut over , nut 1 t st1lJ_ 1ias sor.ie very cood timber of sr:i..... 11 size r -126. L1 i ng . Improvements: None . ' Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: , 16 I•_!, :o . oo (48 . 00 so . oo _ £ 0 . UO Cove: Grazing Land: · Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 4 (12 ,12s!oo Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1 '38 . 00 oO . JO Value of Improvements: $ ,188. 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ >O . 00 1. Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ o • ,_l:Q Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ • 1., ..... . -- ~ -ti:th- �: -«~ ~ of_/ -------------- -,..-1 .-----------------------------Claim 1 7--~ ---~-----County, Virginia, No. ____ ____ , At Law. In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ~~~~~e~~in~~,1i:~~~it€~~~-St;~S3'=;J'.ls~~~g~~a6o ~~!~~ti~~-and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fWpg ~ pe~n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit ~~:}::~::?~:~~~-~~::~~:_:f_:h:--~~~::_~~-~~e--t~:: post office address is~ -------,i"-----------------------------------------:i~=i:;:d::n;!p::::~::!,:X~~=~-ch-~~~~-::e_~~~~~o-':~~ My I claim a right, title, estate or inkest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought ---. ------.----------------------------. --- . --- 2577/;,--y/' 1# _z ______ --------------- .--.-. --.- ~---------------V1rgmrn, m m1les from ~ 1s located about_ __ This t~ ~ ~ -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.) -----------------. --------------------- ~ -- ~ --------------------- ~~:t~n~~1~ the_above_ described tract_ or parcel of land are as follows: --7,;-- I / South ------ --- ----------------------------------------------- --------------------__ ' 1 ------ -.z:!2------ ------------------------ - --------------- -----East - ~ ' ' West _ _ _ __ - ~ ~---------------------------------------- --------I acquired my rig , title, estate or interest to this property about the year /-f_JJ4 ____ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is 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 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 practkable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). $M_j)r...0!3: _______ . Remarks·---------------------- - ----------------------------------------------- ---- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary ~ the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attach~d J:i,ereto) this~ ). __________ day ---~@.~__ e:J:._ ___y}_~------~"t __________ , 193) __ 1 of_~ STArf( 'o 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 ,~ _'.'aring in his ab~}!':;r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, th1'---- ~0c _______ day oL~ ! / -L-----, 193/ _ ~ _;t{/'/4,,, ,._______ _ eier k (:)f the Ce't!M, or~ ~ ~~estigator or Nettuj Pr(biic, o:r J1:1s~iee of 1iao Pea~ "IB �County: "RookingbnJ;l atriot: -Stone 11 n 60 d: Loe t1on: sses od: 00.00 20 De d: toqui 20 c a - 1898 tor 100.00 100.00 o.n ·ounta1n. tr ct 1 entirel tthin th rk are . Inowabra~ e, coyntor Soil: Slop . Bods: s e le miles to of cad 1kt n ov r :r1ve mile ro·d. Thi ot county road and two rjct ha b om very good timber ~. pr u. --- n cullod or nd small a1ze 60.00 ono. Vole . or 1't Tot l value ot l nd •••••••• •••• .oo Tot l v lu ot 11 ber •••••••• •• Tot l value of tract•• ••••••• •• verage v lue r r •••••••• • 190.00 8.9 s �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . DEFE~"'TIANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. __ :z_______ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. -:2.::_------ $_/$f-&.-Tract No. -~---------- $ ___ ___ ____ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; 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:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __L ____ ___ $/$.i=~: 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 --------if2~- &--~ - --- ~L~---- i~1__ STATE _OF_ VI RGINIA.,_ COUNTY _OF _ ROCKI NGHAM, _to- wit : __ ___________________________ _ This day personally appeared before me Sarah A. Dean and made oath t ha t--the - -s-ta-teme-n-t-s--cont-a- i ne d- - in ih-e--ab-ove--p-et-i t-:i:-on--oo--f-e:r--a-s- -made on his_own _information a re _ true_ and so far _as _made_up n _informa t ion _of others he believes them to be true . Given under my hand this l~ th day of Deeember--1-9-35-.------ ------------- - - --- --= · -------- ---- --- No tar v Pub 1 i c. NOTE-A supply of this blank form has ~~~m~~~H:Heir~N,ffi(,e-:f oT-ti,e-~rrn!tfience of rnterestea parties. No one is required to use is form, as the form s ot prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or r ent their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This nk form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printea merely as a suggestion of a fo r m of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. 1e,o �... �• �• VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the THIS DEED from to ~a/YR Jnty Court of RocJ<ingham County, . . . . . mCul&l i !,l r 189 i5 /J~ £ Y' , c{;_~(,r £/,, f LJ~jJ_ t: &.Arw~c0.<J~ iJ~~ : 0c was this day presented in the office aforesaid, and is, together wz"th the certificate of acknowled,l{ment annexed, admitted to record. Tesfr, . . . . . . . .,.\;/b.,lYJ~ . . . , .. ....... _ ...................../ Clerk. .. Form 59-Re rlin . .. I~). �\ r:~ l~l t ~~,~ a~f ~ J~· ¥'l t ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ r' ~ ~ ~ §;\ } ~ ¥ Q f \ ·~ ,i OF HEW ffAVEN.CoNNlffl~ CASH CAPITAL $2,000,000 BURKE & PRICE, AGENTS GENERAL INSURANCE THE NATIONAL BANK BUILl:>ING HARRISONBU~G. VA. STATE OF VI RGI NIA CODNTY OF ROC Ia:NGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of t he Circuit Court of Rockingham County do h ereb y certif y t ha t t he records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 20 acres in Stonewall District, assessed in the na me of Sarah A. Dean, ex cept for the tax year 1932, but which t axes by statement of M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, shown herewith, have been paid in the County Treasurer's office, since said tract was returned delinquent to my office . Given under my hand this 19th day of December,1933 . cl Roc k- �M. H. HARRI SON TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Sarah A. Dean has paid the truces for the years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 20-C - O acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mounte.i ns in Stonewa ll Distric t, Rockingh am County . All taxes prior to that time ,if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . Given under my hand this 19th day of Decembe r 1933 . Treasur erofRoc kingmim County . �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. _.,2 _________ : 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. J3________ $_188-LOQ. ; on Tract No. ____ ______ __ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $-· --------; • That the report of the said Board 'sets forth that the following named persons clai:m, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Sarah A. Dean That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on thf date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner , Sarah A. Dean, to give 2 acres of her land within the Park Area to the Park Project. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the sa.td -a:ward ( s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract ( s) or in the proceeds arisin$~~m the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: -,::. -, _ Wlierefore, 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. 2-______ ___ __ $--5..00---: Tract No. ___________ _ $ __________ : Tract No. ------- --- -- $ ____ ___ ___ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS ST I\TE COWIMISSI ON ON CONSERVATIQ,N 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. 17 �STATE OF VIRGINIA ~ SS COUNTY OP WARREN ) Personally appeared befor e me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State 'l.nd County, E . K . Stokes , who being duly sworn , deposed and said that she is an employ e e of the St ate Comr.rl.ssion on Conservation a nd Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Fark Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive sh~res of condemnation awar ds in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Cou~ts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and cor rect . Witness my signature this .. �"'· . - IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGlNIA: The State Commission on Conservation and Development of' the State of Virginia v. Peti.tioner #1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als. etc. On this, the LL Defendants day of .Jm..uary, 1934, came Sa.rah A. Dean, and on her motion leave is given her to file her application for the payment to, her of' the sum o-r $188.00, the amount of the award set out i.n the award of condemnation for Tract No. 2, heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing f ram the re .rx>rt of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners hereto"f'ore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the dayr of November, 1933~ that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Sarah A. Dean is invested with a superior or better right or claim of' title in and to the said Tract of land No. 2, and that the record of' this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the s,aid Tract No. 2, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and that the said Sarah A. Dean is enti tled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation o~ said Tract No. 2, and it appearing to the Court tmt all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 2 have been pi id; and it further appearing to the Court that the State Commission on Conservation and Development has filed a clai.m against the said Tract No. 2 by reason of a contribution pledge by the owner, Sarah A. DeM, obligating the said owner to give two (2) acres of her land within the Park Area to the Pam: Pro- ject, said pledge amounting to the sum of $5.00: Upon consideration wrereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said S1Im or $188.00, less the sum of $5.00, being the contribution pledge aforesaid or the said Sarah A. Dean, be paid unto the said Sarah A. Dean; and �--2-- the Clerk of' this Court is directed to t.ransmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who sbal.l pay unto the said Sarah A. Dean the sum of $185 .oo, being the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 2, less the said sum of $5 . 00 aforesaid, t¥e said Sarah A. Dean agreeing to the deduction aforesaid in her said petition , and the said Treasprer shall take receipt f ~ a -~ ~ : d l v ~ ~ - / # / %a.::.! tJe rw - ,.,~ and certi~y such payment to tlfe Clerk of' this Court for appropriate entry thereof' as required by law . ~ I �Qtnmmnnmtaltq nf llirginta TRt::ASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . .January 13 , 19 34 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 13 day of .January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/11/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin ia vs. :paid to Cassandra Lawso_n_A_t_k_i_·n_s___ _______ Sarah A. Dean, H. F . D. 3 Elkton , Virginia $_ 1_8_3_._0_0_ __ _ being in full settlement of tract #_2_ in the above mentioned cause. '2.!0 �atnmn1nu111ralt4 of lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL January 13 ., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Sarah A. Dean R. F. D. 3 Elkton, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sumo~$ 183 .00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of January entered on the 11th day 193!_, 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-1-n~s___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #--2~- - - l Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-sarah-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, Sarah A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dean Mountain Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 2 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/9619c91a9576a66f26cff42147e8d4f6.pdf 6b37803b020f52fdb2de2a8a90948f63 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA111 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #367 - Dean , Sidney - ~state Number of Acres: 7 Location: On the west side of the Blue Ridge and extendin g to the crest of High Top Mountain . Roads: 1~ Soil: Rooky , sandy loam with numerous outcrops steep mountain road crosses the mountain about one mile south of this tract over which it is four miles to the Spottswo od Trail , the nearest shipping point . or rocks . History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract is all timbered with hardwood s of inferior quality due to the high elevatio n and shallow soil. There is no merc nantable timber on thetrac t . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 7 $5 . 00 $35 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 3 5.00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Total amount -------- ---- ,35 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $al."' DO Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO~IB . �:fJ!~ -----------------------------------------' _ Claim of_ ___ ~ - ~ In the Circuit Court o L _ ~ _______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on-C9~;;;Ta ti~;-;~d Development of the State of Virginia, Petig;J. ~ 7)Vv., ·----------- -----------. t 1oner, ------------ ------------ ------------ ------vs. __________ --..C..--v>'-CA.,, -- ~ -- ~ ~ ( _ ------_.--- __ rhvvo .~ _)(. ~ ) - - - - - - more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitio of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ ~ - - ~ P ·· ~~ ------------ ------------ ------My post office address is ___~ _ - . . , 5 ( ' ~ . . , _ ___________ _____________ __ I claim aright, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ _l __________ acres, on which there are the following 2_:1~_°2'l,J:/_ffe:l:-~~:~::::::::::::: -~ ~ ~ ---Virginia, in This land is located about__/....J .~ ___ miles from ~ the ________________ l\liagisterial 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, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~ ... parcel of land ~escribed above.) ------- --~ -~ - ~--al -~ - - ~ ~ ~-------------'v4~ J ::::n;:~;~?ad~a;~~~-~-::~}l~~~~5~ ----1A4_-.fl:t:.- ----------------------------------------- East ---------- -- ,~·est------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the fol owing_manner: ________ ~ z (wl?f <,. __ A-/f_-~-- ---- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--tf-.JlO_________ . 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.&_f . . 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 ol information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ______________________ __ ____________ · ---------- ------- ------------ --------- ~-~-;=.--· ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL_~-:~ ~~:~~::3~~~-my name and ma:;_~_t:a:h~&t_~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____________ ______ ---, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies t h a t ~ - ~ - -____ _ - - ~ - - - - - - - - - im and made oath that the matters the above named claimant personally appeared befo best of his knowledge and belief, the o tru are ansyyr an_d things appearing in his above this _____ .J _-?---_____ day oL __ {;;:z_ff-=-- --, 1937;:3 ~J/ 4 ~ -_ Clerk o'f the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Puhlic, or .Justice of the Peace. lo �County: District: Rookingh Stonewall £367 - Sidney T. Dean Estate Acre ge Claimed: o.oo Ass ssed: V 'l!ue Claimed: Deed: 7 Acres. Areo.: Loe tion: Deed: 8 Greene Co . Asses ed: 8 On the est 1de of the Blue Ridge tnd ext nding to the orest of High Top ount in. Incumbranoes 1 counter claims or laps: None so f r s kno n . 11th numerous out crops of rooks . Soil: Rooky, sandy lo Roads: le A steep mountain road crosses the mountain about one south of this tr ct over which it is tour miles to the road. Spotts ood Trail, the nearest macad Hi story of tr ct d condi t ion of timber: The tr ct is all timbered 1th hard ood of inferior ~u lity d1e to the h i gh elevation und sh llo Improvements : soil. here is no meroh ntable timber on the tr ct. None . V lue of land by types: Total V lue 21.00 ge Type Slope of l and 21.00 Tot l v lue of tr ct 21.00 Total va lu verage ·value per a cre 7.00 �l lf f I ! ~ ~ /STAT E COMM ISSION ! WILLIA'M E. CARSON, CHAIRMAN, RIVERTON ON CONS ERVA TION AND DEVE LOPM ENT BUREAUS OF THE COMMISS ON RICHMO ND, VA. COLEMAN WORTHAM, VICE CHAIRMAN, RICHMOND JUNIUS P. FISHBURN, ROANOKE E. G RIFFITH DODSON, NORFOLK RUFUS G. ROBERTS, CULPEPER THOMAS L. FARRAR, CHARLOTTESVILLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER RESOURCES AND POWER FOREST SERVICE PARKS AND LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING ARCHAEOLOG Y AND HISTORY LEE LONG, DANTE STATE PUBLICITY 0 R . A . GILLIAM EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER Shenandoah Nationa l Park Division S . H . MARSH , SUPERVISOR PHONE U, P'RONT ROYAL ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO FRONT ROYAL, VA. octobe r 15, 1931 Mrs. Sidney T. Dean Rucke rsville , Virgin ia Dear Madrun: Refere nce is made to your claim for eight acres of land lying in Greene county , Virgin ia, within the Park area. We have recent ly made a survey of this tract of land and find that it is a subdiv ision of a larger tract, the bulk of which lies in Greene county , and therefo re assesse d in Greene . The eight acre portio n, howeve r, to which you claim the title, lies in Rockin gham, and even though it is assesse d in Greene I would advise you to file claim in Rockingham county in order that it may be acted upon by the Commi ssioner s in the county within which it lies. Your early attenti on to this matter would as the Cpmmi ssioner s are now workin g in ble, desira be Rockingham county . For your conven ience, I am enclos ing form for claim , which may be sent to the Clerk of the Court at Harriso nburg, Virgin ia. Ve[Y"; jr~ly _y ours, ~~ s. H. Marsh shm:s Superv isor Enclos ure cc to Rockingham Commi ssioner s ful �I:: THE 'IRC 'IT CO'JflT 0.,..., ROCEDTGH" - C01,JN':'Y , VL.1.GE~IA . ThP- State Commissio n on 8onser·v2.t ion and Develop.1e nt of th 0tate of Virginia --------- --------- --------- --- Petitione r . v. Cn.ss2ndra La_,:1 son tkips and others , - - --------- ---- - Ees:i_-Jondents . On this the on her r.; 1 ot ion leave is ' }q fl day of July 1934 ceme ;,~ary Deane end , i ven :ner to file an a!):plicati on for the pay- ment to he1· and tlJe other heirs of Jid.ne:j T . Deane , deceasec_ , and the heirs of John 1: . De·-ne , dece'sec. , of tLe sum of ,J3b . OO , t.1e amount of the aw rd set out in tlie j ude;ri.ent of ' condemnat ion for '1'ract ::..o . and heretofore paid into court . 3 67 md it appeF rA-w,., to the court from the report of the :Joard of Apprais 1 Commissio ners heretofor e filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and condemnat ion entered herein that in t~e opinion of the petitione ~ 3idney T . Deane , deceasec. , :ci.no. John r:: • .Jeane , dece<1.sed , uere in t.1eir life - time seized and held in joint owners.I: ip in f e e the said truct of land =-~o . 3~ and that the record of this c ause does not d isclose "ny denial or dispute by riny ·perty or :person in interest as to tne title to E<..:.id tract Y .3{(1 or to the 1,roceeds arising fro ..1 the condemnat ion thereof . And it appears to the court from the petition of said_ ary Deane thot ~R . Jidney T . Deane , wi~ow of the late Si~ney T . eane , I~ry Deane and ~loyd ~eane , his cnildrc.n , are una.er t 1e '\ ill of 'ianey ':' . .Jeane , decer,ser , entitled to the snare of tne sc1id testator in said tract .,_,o .:367 r..no_ th2.t John K . Decne , deceased , died intestate siezed in fee of one - half undivided interest in said tract of 1~nd ~To . 3 {, 7 , lep.ving n i s widow , . .rs . John 1: . Deane , who is no1-1 de a d and tne following children as his heirs at law : John I: . Deane , Jr ., cind ::-:-rtha. D. Baughn (nee Deane) , adul ts , _.:c bel 1.., • .Je ne , Virginia L . Deane , :::ary IL Dea.ne and Doroti1y A . De ne , infants , as his heirs at law ; And it fDrther ap:pe._rine; to tne court from the said petition that there are infant defendant s in this cause : to - wit : ... ~bel C . i eane , :irginia L . Deane , : ~qry K . Deane , and :;)orothy Deane , on motion of the said ~~ary Deane , J Jhn J . : orris , a discreet nd :rir,ctisin g attorney of this court , is hereby appointed. guardian ad litem for the said infsnta defendant s ; ~nd the said John J . orris • �has this d y filed by leave of court his answer as guardian ad litem for the inf ant defenda nts , De2ne and Dorothy tract of Land ..Io . ,.:-a be 1 C . Deane , Virginia L • ..Oec1ne , __ary K . . Deane . It furtner appears to the court that the said 8' 7 has been assessed for taxation in Greene County , Virgini a , and that all taxes due or taxible upon said tract No . ..a,6 7 have been paid . Upon consider cition nhereof it is consider ed and ordered by the court that the said sum of ~35 . 00 paid into court by petition er as just compens ation for tract :;.o. 3{,J be distribu ted as follows : ( 1) To ,:rs . Sidney T . Deane, : ·ary De "ne , "nd Floyd .0e, ne , the sum of 11.00. (2) To 1\:rs . : ~arth" D. 0 ughn and John K . Deane , Jr ., the sum of .;,,3 . 68 , • (3) To Lrs • .U:artha D. Baughn rnd John K. Deane , Jr . 1 the sum of ·';? . 32 f~r ~T.:tbel C . Deane , Virgini a L . Deane , ~-ary K . Deane , and.Dor othy' . Deane and (4) To John c- . Chapme.n , ~ttorney , the sum of ~13.0 0 fo_ his fee and costs . ,,.nd the clerk of this court is directed to transmi t a certifie d copy of this order to the ~reasure r of Virginie , \/ho shall pay to the said parties the several sums ac c:bove directed in tne tote_l sum of 35 . 00 , the ariount of tLe award set out in the j udgr.1ent of condemn ation for Tract ~Jo . s:3& 7 , taking from the sai<i parties receipts therefor and certifyi ng sucb payr.1ent s to the clerk of this court for c:ppropr iate entry thereof s required by lau . And the said Treasur er of Virgini a shall mail checks drawn payable to the said Attorney , of Stam rdsville , arties to John S . Ch'-prnan , ?irginie. , for di stri bLltion to the said )arties . EN'I'ER JUDG...:; . 110 �------- Ci<euit Court of Rockingiharn ~ 1nty, Harrisonburg, Virginia }72:: / /' 193~r Received of ARS lll •. 1 1 • 11 �~r.e.eu.e O!nuuty, Nirginia OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER COURTHOUSE STANARDSVILLE, VIRGINIA J. F . EARLY TREASURER Hon. H. W. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Va. Dear Judge: This is to certify that all taxes on 8 Acres of land assessed for taxation in Monroe District, Greene County Va. in the name of Sidney T. Deane & J. X. Deane Estate are paid in full at the County Treasm-er'e Office. -d_ Given under my hand this 17 ,, Day of July I934. 9. , ,1, Co~ {I . Treasurer of Greene County Va. /Lo . I. 113 �In the lJ me of God , Amen . being nia I , Sidne y T . Deene , of the count y Green e and State of Virgi certa in of sound mind and knowi ng the uncer ta i nty of life and the ty of death make this to be PJY last will .nd testam ent - ( ' ~1.ll other wil ]S :Lere tofore made by me . have ( I tem) First , it is my desir e end I so desir e that -ny body ~-----r in ,~~ a decen t buria l accor ding to the rites obtai ned in the which I may die . paid . (Item ) 3econ d, I hereb y desir e that all my just debts be hine ( Item) 'i'hird , I will and beque ath unto r.iy belov ed v.ife Josep life time . Deane all my perso nal pre perty and real estat e durin g her prese nt (Item ) Fourt h , I will that one-h alf acres inclu ding the grave yard be reser vea for the bene fit of my famil y . Sidne y T . Deane itnes s : :arch 1st , 1921 . C. J . Duff Alice Duff ---------------------------------------------- --- ----------Virgi nia , - day of Larch , In the clerk ' s offic e of Green e Count y Circu it Court . 13th 1922 , in the prese nce of the clerk there of . ent of paper vritin g , ..;>urp orting to be the last will e.nd testam , and prove n Sidne y T . Deane , decea sed , dated the first day of uarch 1921 witne sses by the oaths of C. J .Duff and Alice Duff , the subsc ribih g t,t, in.~· .. ~i:1n _ -r.tnhee_1i ¥ there to , that the testa tor signe d the v1ill or pfl~f r. wrJ'fu.. ~1(fflt.4v 4A<iL !Ml Jcn other , and at the reque st ofAe!" nce prese the in 1ey t and nce prese . to and that of the tLsta tor subsc ribed their nau£s as witne sses there g a will at the the said testa tor was of sound mind and capab le of m~kin A r~ time of signi ng said writi ng . proThere fore it is oraer ed that the said paper writi ng , be l and testam ent of oidne y T . ~eone ,dece ased . bated as the las ~ I\ A copy 1'e ste . B . I. Ucke rs , Clerk . it Court copy Teste of the recorc l.s of the Clerk ' s offic e of the Circu . of Green e Count y , Virgi nie , in ill 3ook ~o . 2 at page 418 A A Copy Teste Q /:;( !t J ~ Green e ~ount y , Virg inia . �NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ; -367-------= 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. Zi.6"'.l______ , $ __35_aO_Q_; 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; Mary Dean Mabel Duke Sidney Dean Estate 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 ple dge , obligating the owner , S . T . Dean, to give 7 acres of his land wi thj_n the Parl{ Area to the Park Project . ·., That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the ·said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds a'rising-from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray ( s) that [ he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _..35,1_______ $ __ 2l..._QO_: 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 STATE COiv1MISSI ON ON CONSERVATION ---------------------------------- P. 0. ADDRESS ------------------------------------------- . ------------------------------------------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. �STA TE OF VIRGINIA ) SS COUNTY OF WARREN ) Personall y appe8.red before me the undersign ed Notary Public in mys aid State and County, E . K . Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Cow.missio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoa h National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Corrnnissio n for dis tributive shares of condemnat ion awards in the Shenandoa h National Park condemnat ion proceeding s pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreement s entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in . these proceedin gs , and that the within claim is just and correct . My Commission Expires Sep. 81 1934 �IN THi.i: JIRCU IT cnUhT OJ,' ROCYI NGHAT THE ST TE COl COU:irJ'Y ' iTIRG r:;r • ISC'IO N ;'\f CONSE RVATI ON NJ) n:;v::_,LOP,:E :T , PE1'IT IO:N:L h . v. c1.ssP.1mR.A LA 'S'nr TKI rs ND or:::H:E ,s , .RESP,_;:) The sep rate an sv'er of John ,T . J 'TS . orris , guard i n ad li ter1 ap - i nted to defen d : bel C . De ne ,'Jire ;inia L . Deane ,:.flry K. i)eane , and Dorot hy . Deane , infan ts in this suit , in prope r perso n , to a bill of comp laint filed again st l.~~-be 1 C . Deane , Virgi nia w • .ueane , . . ~ary K • ..Je;: ne l)O and Dorot hy A. Deane in the Circu it Co,ut of Rocki nghar n Count y , Iir ginia by :fary eane and otner s . 7his respo ndent rese~ ving to hims elf the bene fit of all just excep tions to said ~etit ion , for answe r there to, ans1 ers and s~ys : That he is the guard ian ad li ~ern appoi nted to defen d :.:.&b(c l C. De~ne , Virg inia L .Dean e , ~ary K. ~eane , and ..Jorot l1y ~ . Deane in tnis ceus~ that he knows nothi ng as to the truth or falsi ty of the statem ents in said petit ion of -~ry Deane ; Thc1t this respo ndent is inform ed that the four infan t defen dants-" live with their adult broth er and siste r , John Y •..Jeane , Jr ., and ....rs • . -r:arth a .J , laugh n , their fathe r and mothe r both being deed ; That the runount in tbis cause is so s·nall this respo ndent be lieveB it is to the inter est of said defen dants tnat their share in said ru1ard of ~35 . 00 be paid over to the said John K. De ne , Jr ., and :Lrs . I..arth a ) , ilaugh n for the said infan ts witho ut the delay and expense incid ent to the appoi ntmen t of a gu~r~ ian for said infan ts ; That he prays the full prote ction of the court for the four infan t defen dants , ·~bel J . ~eane , !irgi nia L . Deane ,: ary K • .ueane , End Dorot hy . . Deane . And now havin g fully ansve red the said petit ion , this respo ndent prays hence to 'oe disr.ii ssec. Hith his reaso neble costs by him in this behal f expen ded . Guar · C . D:L _,J.:J , Virgi ni L ,l)eE: ne , 1~ry ~ .DeEn e, Fnd Dorot hy A.Dea ne . �Virgin i a ; Greene County , to - wit : John J . Lforris , guardian ad litem for 111.abe l C. 1)eane,Virginia L . De2r1e , : :ary K. Deane , and Dorothy A .Deane , the respondent named in the foregoing ansv,er , being dnly sworn , says that the facts and a l legations therein contained are true , except so far as they are therein stated to be on inforaation and belief , and that so fer as they are therein stated to be upon information and belief he be l ieves ther:1 to be true . ane ,Virginia L . Deane , ~ery K. Deane , cnd Dorothy A. Deane . Taken , sworn to , end subscribed before me , John S . Chepman , a Comrnissioner in Chancery for the circuit court of Greene County , Virginia , in my county and state aforesaid on this the 18th day of July 1934 . �Virgi1:ia. In tr1e Circuit Jourt .,oc.r.:ingn m 0ot11J.ty. f .1'he .... tatA Co.1 n·s~ ion on Conservation 1 r.d -evelopme.nt of tne btate· of Virginia ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ retit·oner • v• .t~tkins 0:tLau.ndra La;vson .ro the hcnorubl e n.... 1 Your petitioners tioner Bertram 'loyd tludge o Sitney T. Jeane county 1 court ark on high r.rop ...... ountain 3b 7 containing jointly lay in Creene county , in said cowty of trsct of land :o. against the ~aid property 1933 and they file herewith its certificB-tes I 36'.oo • -:Jeane and John of land No. n~ch the larger portion of said tract of the whole wac assessed io r taxation tnat tLe said in Greene county and that all have been paid to and including certL.icates tu that e.i.:.i..-ect treasurer of Greene cou.nty and from· .1. Bickers Greene county ; tna t uidney tna.t tne said tracts has been ·ssessed taxes of at tL1e price of Your petitloners further allege 367 nd a large tract of land lying in both of the and t na t ~ Creene ; nd sho ,n , Lumbered filed in tte clerk's oi ice of th{s acres Greene -i,Jld . ockingham , is a part of this larger tract of land in i..;tonewall uistrict in nock- further show unto the court iormerly oined of area of tL.e proposed appointed herein the cuurty o ·mer ship nap Your petitioners countie fo rrnerly t Le property of Virg-inia , ·Jhich tract is described in the report of the as tract No. l.'.:. Deane th at a ,judg - cond emning to the u..,e of t ie peti - in a tract of land Board of appraisal Commis~ oners 011 Eaughn aLd John;_. Jeane , situate in t11e Shenandoah National delineated D. respectfully represents : hash retofore been entered ., t ne ::..~id court • Jr. , ~artha Deane the fee si~ple estate ingham otners ------------ --------... eL 011dent8. John ~-Dean~ Deane , ~ary Deane aLd ment in rem b.11'.l the year from J.:h. ~arly c erx: of t11e circuit court the certificates are marked and filed herewith as exhib l,o. 1 and l~o . 2 respectively and are prayed to be read as a part hereof. Your petitioners died testate , T • .0eane Deane further sho bequeathing and devising for life t ,at L11e bu.id his e8tate to hi aL'.'l. her death to his t vo children in fee s.i.mple • Sidney T .. Deane unto the co..irt a copy of the last ~ill deceJ.sed is filed here~ith 4 loyd Sidney r . .0earn ii.fa ...!rs - Sidney .:Jeane nd ,,iary and testament of the said as e . Xhibit 111 �No • 3 ai.1d the same is prayed to be read Your petitioners further allege ed tti life Mable C. Deane leaving a .vido1v and married to - wit : Johru .. . eane Jr and that the otner lour .u. • children of • tr1ere tL.at by judment , deed of trust or of any other sort or description dei::ifnated as Tract .No . • .31:, 7 and tliat no parties are no liens binding said. ot11er t ..1a11 your p e- tioners are e11titled to share in tl1e distribution of said award for tract lo. ·;rherel'ore your petitioners pray that that they may be _parties here - in and be allo ed ue of said tract be paid over to file tte ir petition in these proceedings : 01.· land l~o . .J_lj to-vit to them : Deane , llary ~ - Deane petition John their said adult brother Your petitioners further sho,,.is unto t11e court • l.Jeane who eane , fuary X. ueane , Dorothy~ . ueane and Martha John L. Deane are iLfants and make their home vith land 1.. . · Your .petitioners l.Iartha D. Baughn and are adults and ~i st e r has al5e depar t- ..,,rs . John and the i cb llowing children Virflnia L . D. Baughn( nee .Jeane } Deane Jr that the·~aid John~ . ~eane having died intestate has also aepated this life as a };art of th is yeti tion • That , 36.oo be ordered tne said infants and Dorothy ~. eane tt.L'1 that the val directed to I.Iable C. Deane , \Tirginia L be made parties defendants to tn i s and that a Guardian ad li tern be apJ;,ointed for tr.em to represent them in these proceeding who shall file an ans ver .1.·or said int ant defendants • And your petitioners further pray that all decrees and orders necessary to the payment of said a,vard be entered by the court and that gener 1 relief be eranted unto them and a in these proceedings in duty bound they will ever pray. Virginia : Greene County , to - wit : . . This day personally appeared I,: ry .vea.ne one of trie pet1 t1oners 1hose .11ar~e is s ifned to tne .1.·oregoing petition oefore me John S • . Ch~pr~an a co1nm1sc1oner in Chancery Ior tr.e circuit court of Gree1:e co1;1nty y1rgu11a and being duly sworn deposes a.nd says that tJ-Je allegations 1~ L id etition are true to the best of her kLovledg·e , information and belief • no/. t/z' , * L,' Sublcribea a.11,j evorn to be ore H1e on tnh, tr e '!J..91*:-da.y of ~ 19.5 4 in my cour.. ty an1 state atate a oreuaid~ .fl ~ ,r:"~ _ �ornmmnuwrnltq nf lfirgtuttt TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . JOHN M. _PURCELL July 28 , 1934 TRE A SU R E R O F V I RGINIA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County da t A a 7 /19/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs . _ __ _ C., ._. a.ws....s""'a.n..,.dr . . ......,.a..____.L. a, ""'wu....._o Js ....n ....._.A . . .....t....k....i...n...s~ - - - - - - - - - :pai d to Johns . Chapman, Attorney $ 13 . 00 being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause . # 367 �O!nmmnuwralt11 nf llirgiuia TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 28 1 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Johns. Chapman, Attorney Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 13.00 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham July entered on the 19th day 193__!_, in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Dev elopment 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 settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as #~3~6~7~ - - - Si gn orig ina l a nd dupli cat e and r e turn to the Trea s ur e r of Vi rgini a . �Olnmmnnwraltt, nf llirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RICH M O N D , VA . July 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is t o certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer July in accordance of Virginia have this~_day of with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham date a 7 /19/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia t.L.Jb""e""'r:..:s).....__ _ .......... ....uA-l-"'s____J;la.....n....d..__a nL......,jA:,..t""'k"-1 v,....,su.0.... vs • ________:C,._,a..._s........._s...,an~d...l"._.a.._____,L..._a........ :paid to Mrs . Sidney T. Deane , Mary Deane, and Floyd Deane $ 11.00 being in full settlement of tract# 367 in the above mentioned cause. (/ V 1% �• C!tommnuUttalt11 nf 1!1irgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Mrs. Sidney T. Deane , Mary Deane, and Floyd Deane Received of J.M. Purcell , Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 11.00 , in accordance the Circuit Court of the county entered on the of July 193L 19th day , in the matt e r of the State ' Commission on Conservation and Deve lopment v _ __ -~O~a~e~s=a-n..,..dr__,,,aL-"'L~a~w~s~o~n....._~A~t~k~i~n~s..____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land kn own in said proceeding as Sign original a nd duplicate and r e turn to the Treasurer o f Virginia. 367 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-sidney.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, Sidney Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Eastside of Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 367 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8348e4059c75ab71277cc598d094fda3.pdf 2b09681b2a82752a906447b571d30418 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGH;:.1.1 comrrY NAME OF a.L:UMANT 0,/UER #69 - Dean , ~homas L. Number of Acres: 214 ~ Location: on Spur Ridge running west from Hain Ridge north of Swift Run Gap . Roads: One mile of fair dirt road to -Spottswood ':'rnil near Swift Run Gap; the~ce seven miles to ~lkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility over most of trc.ct . ·Moderate amount of s" rfe.ce rock; gentle to steep slopes; northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: r.:ost of truct cleared many years ago , grazed ~nd cultivated since, excepting sever3l fields uhicn have been neglected in recent years and are no~ grown up to brush and briers . ,looded arec. cut ovGr repeatedly in the past . Present :stand consists of mixed oaks , hic~ory and some poplar . ·stimated to cut nn average of 6 cords of ~uelwood per acre . Tot ul of 216 cords . Improvements: (.See reverse side for Improvements) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 36 yl80 . 00 @ Cove: Grazing Land: 15Q Fields Restocking: 20 @ 35 . 00 542 - • 00 20 . 00 400 . 00 '6005 . 00 60 . 00 180 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: 3 214 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 6005 . 00 1630.00 Value of Improvements: $ 1635. 00 00 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 180.00 J'Jascs x:fbm::xs Jxux;i;x5u• Value of Minerals: $ ttb:{t:x:~~Y,D C~~x:xn:~ ., 7 s 7 o • oo Value of Fruit: $ .~ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $.16· f 2- Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N01~: . - ~-N./k: --- c:::--- CLSP.E. 13 �L S: Dwelling: Log o.nd frume, 2 story, :rietal roof , 22x26', 14xl8xl2', porch 4xl2', 5 rooms, ceiled,beiled, brick and stone flues, fair condition, occupied by owner. Barn: Log and frame, 25x55xl2', sJ- ingle roof, fair condi ton . Corn house: Log , 14xl4xl2', fletul roof, poor condition . Hen house:, Frame, 8xl4x8', netal roof, fuir condition. Frame, 8xl6x8' , po.per ·roof, fair condition . Grage: Hog pen: Frame, 8x24x5', po.per roof , fair condition . Dwelling: Frame, 16x25', 1~ story , shingle roof , 4 rooms, ceiled, poor condition, abandoned . Log und frame, 33x40xl4' , shingle roof, fair condition . Barn: Frame, 18x2lxl2' , shingle roof , fair condition . Granary: Pru"ae , 6xllx7', pgiper roof, fair condition. Spring house: Frame, 8x24x5', pa,per roof, fair condition . Hog pen: 2} acres of orchard, 50 years old, poor condition. Il.1PROV3L..!. 1 of the ~hos . L. Dean ~r~ct #o9 . T:is tract i s ma d e u Of SevAn - ~~arcels, all of uhich are de.scribed by bearings and distar1ces in the ~ L ~ean. various deeds to~ h os • • Gcreage of <ll 1 o in tie deeds. I 11 ve Ce)riputed the t:hese tracts, fron the calls contained v Five of them I find to check .1i th the acreace called for in the deed, but the other two fall short . ':': e follo ,1i '1C t ble sho,rn tl1e r sul t of m y com utation, und a comparison of it with the acre~ges called for in the deeds. Deed .ncre se 13~~;d 1st tract 2nd 3rd ., 4th ,, 5th 1.3¼ 93 104 8½ It Conputed acreuGe st 60 48 " 45 45 Gth It 2 2 7th tf The culls in t 4 4 237 214 1e acres in the seven .tracts, various deeds .Jill give only 214 bild report. chief Engineer , Park service . �I , I I lJ Claim In the Circuit Court of_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conse ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in_ __________ ::_County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the tition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgini , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the said p ition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL _ ____ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya::: ::_s ~~-::'.~ ; ::-----------------------------------My post office address is_~ _,..2!za'__~------------ - ---------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing abz~-:;~~-~-------- acres~oy whi~ there a7~ez~~wing ~ n d 1mprovements:~~-~ r-::t' ~ ~r ~ r ---- ------------ -------------------------------------.,--,,r-#==,--------------------------- ~'A This is loc1ted abo~L-~- "-:--~-miles ~rom_~-~- - --- - ---------Virginia, in th~ ___ Magiste:rial 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. ) East West_ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the :~~ - - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/.Jf. //..124~---· 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 $./4-RL.e?.,. __ ___ . 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 · --------- - ------------------- --------------------------------------------- JO' �l-, / count y: Rocki ngham Distr ict: ·-,tonewall 1 ' ,¥69 - Dean, Thos . L. \ oroa5 e Clair ed: Aoses nod: 237 A-15 P. Value Glaim ed: Loca tion : ~~2530 .00 On Spur Hidgc runni ng west from •..ain ~ ~~, north o~ Glift nun Cap . l£2_u nbran ces, oount c~ cl i m~ or laps: - 'loil: Ro ds .: Nono know . Deed: 126 A•l09 f . (lDll ) - 1?00. 00 95 A. {1894} t 1 . oo & other s . 60 ' •• {1884. ) v400 . 00. 2¼ A. (1091) \25 . 00; ,_, 1-... ( 1894 ':.~ 12. 00 . Sandy clay of good depth nnd ferti lity over ~ost tract . J.:od~!'StG amou nt of surfa ce rook; gentl n to steep of slope s; north c~t anc south west ex:posuro. One milo of fair dirt road to Spots wood Tra il n ar s ,1ift Run Gap ; thono o seven miles to Elkto n . :.,isto ry of tract and oondi tion o:r tirnbo r: r.:ost of tract clear many years ago, gru7, d nnc cul ti vatod s .:nce, cxcr ptinged sever field s 1hich have been neelo cted in recen t years and arcal now grown up to brush an c1 brier s. oodcd urea over repea tedly in th· past . Prese nt stem~ cons ists cut of mixed oulcs, l.icko ry ru d r.iome popla r . l~stim ted to Cl avorn go of 6 cords of fuelw ood per acre value d ~,. GO¢ pert o.n cord •• Total of' 216 cords value d @ 50¢ -- ~108. 00. Iwrov omen ts: D\velli. ~: Log and frene i e story , m~tal roof, 22x2 L i4x18 xl ... ' , porch ,'.!xl2 ', 5 rooms , cE.ile d, bric1: nnd 6', stone . flues , fair cond ition , occup ied by owner -~625 . 00 ~ : :i..oe anf frame , 25x5 5xl2' , . sh lngle roof, fa:i.r cond 'tion -Corn hJuse : Log 14xl4 xl2', metal roof, poor cond it- 225 . 00 ion -40 . 00 Hen_houso : F:rame OxJ.4 x8', nctal rooi',. fair " 25 . 00 Gu.rage: :Fra:...c 8xl6x 8', po.per roof, fair oonc11 tion - 30 . 00 Hog pen: :i!'ra"!lc 8x24.:::::5 t , pup e: · roof, fair " 20 . Dwel ling: Fro.me 16x2 5', 1;- story , shingle roof, 4 roo s 00 ceile d, poor condi tj_on , aband oned ,.._ 100.0 0 Barn: Log and frame 33x4 0xl4' , s lingl e roof, fair cond ition -100.0 0 Grana r):: -ramc 18x2 lxl2', ohing lo roof, fair cond ition IIen house : Frame 6x8x 7', shing le roof, fair cond ition -S~riD_f: house : Frame 6xllx ? •, paper roof, fair cond ition -- Hos EOil! :Frame 8x24 x5', paper roof• fair conoi tion2-irA. oroho .rd 50 year old - poor c 0ndi tion ~ ~~~ 1 . 00 per acre . 25 .00 5 .00 15.00 20 .00 l oo .oo 1330 .00 12-3 �County• Rockingham District: Gtonernll "69 - D,eo.n , Th os . L• Cont' Val ue of land by types: r, ype Ac eage s 36 F g r Orchard 11 Totul value of land Total V,:1lue ,,Ioa.oo :' 3 .06 I 155.5 20 2. 5 214 Total val ue of i mpi·ovemen ts Total value of cordwood Tote 1 valu e of tract , vera 0 val ue per a.er e 1roto -- Value ;nor acre 22 . 50 5 .00 34 8 .'15 100.00 3766.75 $3?06 .75 1330 . 00 108 00 514~.?15 24 .04 Discrepancy oetw en a creage fo J.ncl o.n e (1 a cr ,..._r;e i errors made 1 original surveys nnc culculationo . o to 12'-I �7 .... IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. --..· STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. WESLEY A. DEAN and 75 acres of land and improvements in Rockingham County. Filed .in the Ct ,rk' Office Rocktngham County, Va. SEP.Jc 1932 ~.:e1errc On motion of Wesley A. Dean, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of Anpraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No . 50 of their findings as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the 76 acres of land with the improvements thereon, found by said · Board to be the property of the moveant was valued at $920.00 . The grounds of said motion are as follows: 1. That the price for said land and improvements is manifestly inadequate as more fully appears from the affidavits attached hereto, which are asked to be read in support of these exceptions. 2. That the finding of said Board was based upon a mis- take of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence nroduced before said Board by the above named party. 3. That the finding of said Board is apparently from the statements contained in its report based upon the physical character of the land alone, without taking into consideration, or at least without giving any effect in its final decision to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto, which are asked to be · read in support of these exceptions. �VIRG-n.r LJ Tiill CIRCUIT COURT OF ROO aNGHJiJ I COul::'I'Y. The state Commission on Conserv ati0n & Development of the - tate of VirGinia , Petitioner , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendants. In Re : Proceeds of condemnation of ':'ract Jfo. 69-Thos. L. Dean. This day crone the State Commission on Gonservati0n & Development , by counsel , and moved the Cou:rt to enter an order directing the r~·reasurer of Virginia , to pay to it , the sum of $189. CO out of the funds held by him wbject to the order of this Court , covering judgment in rem for the value end damages of the above mentioned tract , on the grounds that the said Thomas L. Dean , in a certain conveyance made by hirn to said Commission fl-~ 1 9 cf I and of record in Deed Book / ~O , page (I of the Clerk's Office of this Court, had a:;reed to credit en the amount on the / o'Pday of /17 (,(I" --- - of said judgment in rem, the said s um of $189. 00; and it appearing that said Coilll .•ission is entitled to said sum by virtue of its claim t'·.erefor f lled herein heretofore , and that no objection has been made, or ra:!)3ed to - the allowance and payment thereof , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that the Treasurer of Virginia , do out of the funas in his hands to the credit of this Court , :pay to the said State Com.>nission on Conservation & Development , the aforesaid sum of ,~189. 00. �NOTE-This need not lbe filed until the r,e cord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the tCourts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Petitioner. The State Commission on Conservation a11d Devel·o pment of the State of Virgini:a V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandr,a Lawson Atkins and ortJhers, and Fifty-T:wo Thiousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) A•cre-s of land, more or less Defendants. Comes now :bhe undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofor•e been entered in this proceeding condemning to the u•se ·of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tra,c t (s) of land numbered as follio,w s: Tract No .. ~~···············: Tract No..................... : Tract No ..................... ; and de:s1cribed in the report of the Board of Appraisal Gommis•s ioners appointed the,r ein and shown, number-e-d, and delineated on the County Owne;rs·h ip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the ,c ustody of the Oomt orf the sum (s) s•e t ·o ut in the s-aid judgment ·a s c•o nstituting the award (s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No ..69.......... $ ..785.9.. . ; on Traret No .............. . $ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $................ ; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the f oUowing named peroons claim, or appear to have a claim to an inteirest in the said tract(s) •o f land o•r in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Thomas L. Pean That ·t he Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the s,a:id sum (s) set out in s·a id judgment as constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the s•a id tract(s) of land; That your undeTs:igned, on the date of the said judgment in rem c·o ndemning the s aid tract(s) of l•and, ·o wned or was (were) entitled .to the following intere st in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c ondemnation thereof:1 1 1 Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveying the Skylin~ roadbed running through this tract, the omer granted and conveyed to the u1:dersi gned the r i ght to receive from sai d proceeds , the sum of $189 . 00 That no other person or persons than the undersigned are •e ntitled to share in the distribution •of the said award (s) e:xoce'P't the f:oll:owing named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c,o ndemnation there•of on the date of entry of s,a id judgment wa'S as follows: The above mentioned claim.ant to the extent t hat he may be abl e to establish hi s claim. Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that l ~- b-e -made--a- p,a-rt~- -('f'a:riies-}--her--eia-=t~ -pi!OV-isiioo ~f:::SeetifflP-2=1:=m='tlre ublie=Pre~- ~ffdenmanorr-:ffc:F,""and =oh.11..tl I 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 f.ee simple e state in the said tract (s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment ,t o the undersiignetd of the said award (·s ) or .o f as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned i's (are) entitled to receive, and whiich the undersigned aver(s) is as foUows: Tract No. 69 ............ $.l ~9. .. QQ ... : Tract No ................. $ ................ : Tract No ................ . ~ 1 $ ................ ; The undersigned further aver("s) that: (Leave this spaic·e 'bl,ank unless there is some otherr pertinent matter to be brought e·s pedaHy to, the attention of the court) NAME STATE COMMI SSION ON CO SERVATION ------------------------------------------·-····............................................. ilIDM PMENT .P.L .......... ~ ~....t.....·.............•,i b P. O.ADD>RESS r .. ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . .,. . : ---------------------------------------------------· ................................ ... . NO'DE-A supply of this ·b lank 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 ,b y law, and claimants can either cihange or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may d~ire which meets with the approval of the Court. This •b lank form may not and p.robaibly will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely aa a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �... ,,.. STATE OF VIRGINIA COUN'J:Y OF WARREN ) ) ss Person ally appear ed before me the unders igned Notary Public in my said State and County , E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, depose d and said that she is an employ ee of ' the State- Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment in immedi ate charge of the record s of . the Shenan doah Nation al Park Divisio n thereo f having to do with claims of the Commissio n for distrib utive shares of condem nation awards in the Shenan doah Nation al Park condem nation procee dings pending in the Circui t. Courts of Virgin ia, by reason of cohtra cts and agreem ents entered into with the owners of, ,, lands sought to be condem ned in these procee dings , and that the within claim is just and correc t. ---Witnes s my signa.t) ll'~ and Notari al Seal this/~ ay of Decemb er, 1933·. · · , _- ·_J'~ . ~- ~ o t a r y Public .- NOTAP.Y PU[h C My Cornn, , ,,; ( ~. ' ·. . . 'J. , t·,·. · .- ':,.' ;. •, r ~ , • • , •, ~- }, • i" .: , j ,. . ~--'{ 1. '/1·-> ~:·'.. ~ -~· ~: J ) r ~ ( ,-,; .Gi ..>1··· ~ "'f.; ~-1 J .-. , ·.1: ,, ' .. -:: . '.' -~ .I;, ::,• •. f j . f;,, ~ i' ~." ·~ ( r~.: : ~ ,f ·,. ;, , ,;~..:·-~:.;r d;,i;1\r t: ··,i~ .-.! , .::, :. .; '.,.:··r -~ ,, "~·· i· ... : ... ~-; .. :.r �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It ~·&y Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Thos . L. De&n has paid the texes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tracts of 110 - 1 - 22 and 126 - 2- 29 ac~es situate in the ~lue Ridge . ountains in 2tonews.ll District, Rockinghem County. All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said County . January 1934 . Given under my hand this 6th day of 23 �a!ommnuwtalt4 nf 11Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 7, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 7 day of B1ebruary in accordance with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/5/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson -A~t~k~1_n~s___________ :paid to $ Thomas L. Dean 7,640.00 being in full settlement of tract #--13Sa in the above mentioned cause. 'J-47 �<1tnmmnuwtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREA SURE R'S OFFI CE RICH MON D, VA. JOHN M. PURCE LL TREASU RER OF VIRGINI A Thom as L. Dean Rec eive d of J.M . Pur cell , Tre asur er of Vir gini a, the sum of$ ?,64 0.00 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cou rt of the coun ty of--R-o~c~k_i_n~g~h_a_m __ ___ ente red on the 5th day 1 of _ _ F_e_b_. __193_!_ , in the mat ter of the Stat e Com miss ion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop men t v _ __ _ c_a_s~s~a~n~d=r~a~L=a~w~s~o_n_A_t_k_i_·n_s__ __ and othe rs, bein g full and com plet e sett lem ent for the trac t of land known in said proc eedi ng as # ~6~9_ _ __ Sign orig inal and dup lica te and retu rn to the Tre asur er of Vir gini a. Zl/8 �OJ:omwnuwtalt4 nf 11Itrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, February 7, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 7 d.ay of February in accordance with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County 2/5/34 d.a t e d in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson-Atkins - - - - - -- - - - - - - - vs. State Commission on Conserv.± ion & Development of the State of Virginia being in full settlement of tract# 69 30.00 paid. t $ O in the above mentioned. cause. �Q!nmmnumraltq nf ]ltrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . 93 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Stat e Commission on Conservation and Dev elopment of the State of Virginia . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 3 0. 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county _____ entered on the of__R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_am of 5th day Feb. 193_±_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ k=i=n~s~ ____ and others, being t= _a_s_s_a~n_a_·r_a~ =L_a_w~s~o~n~A~ _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # - -6~9~ - - - Executive~ec y & Treas. Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virgi nia . 1.5 0 �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 undersigned Comes now the 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. __ .fi.9_______ : Tract No. ________ ____ : Tract No. _____ _______ ; and described in the report of the _Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. ____ .fi.9___ $_18li9...a...09on 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 l and or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Thomas L. Dean 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:- ···~.,. :)3y reason of contribution pledge , obligating the owner, Thomas t. Pean, to give 10 acres of his land within the Park Area ~o t1:_e Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said awara(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ 6.9. _______ $-30 ...00.-: Tract No. ____ __ ____ __ $ _____ _____ : Tract No. ------------ $ _________ _ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS S ~ATE _COMMISSION _ON _ CO NSERVATION 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 ha~ 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. �STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS COUNTY OF WARREN ) Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in mys aid State and County, E . K. Stokes, who being duly sworn, depos ed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts 4nd agreements entered into with the ovmers of lands sought to be conde,n ned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is (j.ust and cor- rect . Witness my sig na ture _ ,,_ �l ,l IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Vs . ) Pet itioner 1829 at Law . Cassandra Lawson .Atkins , et als . ete . ,1J ~,... On this_;/./ ___ day of , ~~ Defendants . 't:'.1::11 , 1934 , came Thomas L. Dean , and on his motion by his attorney, E. D. Ott , leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of $7870 . 00 , the amount o~ the award set out in the award of condemnation for tra ct No . 69 heretofore paid int7court ; and it appeari ng from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause , and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the day of November , 1933 , that in the opinion of petitioner the said Thomas L. Dean is invested with a super~or or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No . 69 , and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in intere st a s to the title to the said tract No . 69 or to the proceeds and that the said arising from the condemnation thereof , Thomas L. Dean is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said tract No . 69; and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable on said traot have been paid; and it further appearing to the Court that the said State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia has filed a claim against the said tract No . 69 by reason of a contribution pledge by the said Thomas L. Dean obligating the said owner to give ten acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park pra~·eot , the said pledge amounting to the sum of $30 . 00 ; and it further appearing to the Court that the owner of said tract No . 69 has heretofore received the sum of ~189 . 00 �- 2- / for a portion of said tract No . 69 heretofore conveyed to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia for the roadway known as the Skyline Drive : Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that of the said sum of $7870 . 00 pai d into Court by petitioner as just compensation for tract No . 69 , t here be paid out as follows: $30 . 00 to the said State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia for the donation hereinbefore mentioned , and ~7651 . 00 to Thomas L . Dean , there being retained fran the amount allowed him for his land $189 . 00 heretofore paid him for a portion of Tract No . 69 heretofore conveyed to the State Cormnission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia for the roadway known as the Skyline Drive, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia who shall pay to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia the amount of $30 . 00 , and the amount of ~7651 . 00 he shall pay to Thomas L. Dean , ·the total thereof with the ijpl89 . 00 heretofore mentioned being $ 7870 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for tract No . 69, taking from the said State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Vir ginia and the said Thomas L. Dean receipts therefor , and certifying said payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAJ! COUNTY , VIRGINIA . ~he State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Vs . ) 1829 at Petitioner Law Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . On this 6__, Defendant . day of February , 1934 , came Thomas L . Dean, by his attorney , E. D. Ott , and it appearing to the Court that the amount of the award for the condemnation of Tract No . 69 heretofore paid into Court was erroneously stated in the order entered on the 25th day of January , 1934 , in this cause , with respect to the application of Thomas L. Dean for the payment to him of the sum due him in thi s cause as ~7870 . 00 instead of ~7859 . 00 . Upon consideratio n whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that of the said sum of ~7859 . 00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No . 69 , there be paid out as follows: $30.00 to the state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia for v the donation hereinbefore mentioned , and ·w 7640 .00 to Thomas L . Dean , there being retained from the amount allowed him for his land qpl89 . 00 heretofore paid him for a portion of Tr act No . 69 heretofore conveyed to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgini a for the roadway known as The Skyline Drive , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay to the State Commi ssion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, the amount of ~30 . 00 , and the amount of ~7640 . 00 he shall pay to Thomas L.Dean , the total thereof ~ ith the wl89 . 00 heretofore mentioned , being J 7859 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of _condemnation for Tract No . 69 , taAing from the State Commiss ion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia and the /75 �-2 - said Thomas L. Dean receipts therefor , and certifyin g said payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropria te entry thereof as required by law ; and the order heretofor e entered in this cause on the 25th day of January , 1934 with respect to the anplicatio n of Thomas L. Dean for the payment to him of the amount of the award due him for the condemnat ion of Tract No . 69 is , as changed by this order , modified . �- - 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 Developmeift of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in t~is proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. __ jig_______ : 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. --~~------ $ __'?_?_t9_~Q9on 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; - The undersigned , only 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:- Fee Simple That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: State Commiss ion on Conservation & Development - Donation of 10 acres at $3.00 an acre , $30 . 00 . Amount heretofore paid on account Skyl ine Drrve $189 . 00 . 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. _6.9_ ________ $ __'l8.2.0.....00 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) --------------------------------------- 1 Aoknowledgmen t - on -back-hereoYr------- 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. 23<v �State of Virginia City of Harrison burg, to-wit: This day persona lly appeared before the undersig ned, a Notary P ublio in and for the City aforesa id in the State of Virginia , Thomas L. Dean and made oath that the stateme nts containe d in the foregoin g petition so far as made upon his own informa tion are t :zme, and so far as made upon informa tion of others, he believe them to be true. Given under my hand this 22nd day of January, 1934. l4#-o__ ~ Notary P u . ~ My commiss ion expires March 20, 1936. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGH.KM, to-wit : I, J. Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinque nt taxes against the tracts of 110 acres 1 rood and 22 poles and 126 acres 2 roods and 2~ poles assessed in the name of Thomas L. Dean in Stonewa ll Distric t , Rockingh am County, Virginia . Given under my hand this 22d day of January 1g34 . C 237 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-thomas-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, Thomas. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Spur Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 69 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/7df936a58bb0c9f7a4fea7ab9b025d35.pdf 111f818ed48c7f32799e19356b79252b PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #50 - De· n, .Tesley Number of Acres: 75 Location: Head of Hensley L.ollo r, top of ,1a1n Ridge . Roads: Two miles of fc..ir dirt roc.d to Spots,1 ood n:'rt...il in Swift Run G1::1.p; the:1ce seven r:iiles to :3lkton . Soil: c..ndy cl l • o:' ood depti 4n f~ir fe!Uti li ty; moder te slop3s; uorthw est ~nd t>outhw est exposu re . History of Tract and condition of timber· or t 1 on c 1 red man~ years ugo , gr zed One fi~lJ negluc ted in recent years • anJ c~ltiva ted si1ce . .loaded ":.re c.1t over i t t differe nt ti'"..es ~n tl1c; past . PrJsan t stand conslc ts o~ mixed oaks ,it~ sone hickory nd popl~r . It is esti.w tJd to c t -1 ver~·e o~ 300 bd. ft. ~er ~ere . To~t: o~ 15,000 bd. ft . Improvements: Loe , 1Gx20' , 2 story, Thie lli nr:: ~'i·1ish , ,.b ndo1ed , po::ir co ..... ::..".:ion. s~1i n led, 4 r,Y"1S, lof· Log ..... nd fr •1e, ~~Ox'38xl4 ', shingle d, fL..ir condi ti on • .l.eat .l.10us0 : :F'r r:ie, 13xl6x l0', s:'l·"!~le r"'of, po0r c::-·11it ion . Log, 8xl~x5 ', shingle roof, poor con "ition. 'o~n ~ouse: ,J.!,,le trees - 35 years 01.::., fc...ir condi ti.on . Burn : Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: jlb3 . 00 51 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 22 20.'00 440 . 00 2 fi . 00 12.00 .,;605 . 00 235 . 00 .3C . OO 30 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: Value of Improvements.: $ 9 35 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 00 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 30 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1~ . 26 · Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: �Coutt'tyl !"<ookinf;htun niatrio ti :-tonowall depth m:ui fat:• :rert1J1 ty; t:10tle:t~n.to i1lopes; no:tt?iwost mid ®t;thwr.,~t e:Q')cHaurc .". sanely c1Qy of ('tC)CH'! Tv10 nult:ut of fa.tr di:rt road to :1i)otswoocl *frtlll b1 ~;ttift Bun Gnp; tlt('JnCH'i 7 ta1J~ea to lkton. rortion Qlonrt~d mcuiy ~(Jta·s I~t~t,,!r.l'_,«?.t..:t;:t}.C.~, ~.n<l, ~.'7.n.t'f.;tt~;9.1.\ ,ot~ "\iJ~~~o1:~ rigo • gl'uzod n"l<t oult!vatoif a1tlt'H~. un() field not;lncte<l in reoont yee.rt.11. "1'.'.'oodt·d e.:roa out ove-r ~ t dJ.ftorcnt tii es in tho paot . 'l!'~osont ::rtru:it~ eotH'l ata or Lixod ouI::o v.1, th oono !. li1okor1 ~nt' p.~p1,1r. l t 1a tl:at1rat-od to out .n nvo14nge of 300 bd • tt. pe;;- UCl"C+ ¢2. <0 per ~·. $00. 00. ,~'Oto.ls Of 16 ,ooo bi . ft ., ~nl,J.od I?~ ',on: 10:t20'' , 2 otoi-y, s!:tincled , 4 l"(ml\'1¢1 , loc , 00 . 00 ant1onod, poor eon,~· tton . . .,..., a · • ·rir::io fiiir r; : LOG nnd frrul'lo :20:it28x14 ~ sh1ne:lea, 50. 00 eon 1tion 4 poor • t-oof incl~~ o: ~ 12xlthtl0 ~ rru:'le -·. :1$: ~ t hgust'ii: :r.smr,12;-v:~m,~pt,(!; 01' · '1 OO.JtU."t103 ......... Go ~tot tJ.<): ! as .Oltl4x5 t , shingl~ roof, ;,om... ei::mdlt· on ~IO_,,, applo troes ... 55 Jf3,~.tin ()lt'f * fair oon,Ht1on, 00 , 00 per f1(Jl"O for tr6(~@ OHly,_ ., }s J,i' :r tott1l "ffllu,0 ot .l and Toto.l val•ic} ot 1 ·:provcr::oirts To tul vnl t!e of tinbur (rota.l vnl"t:'! it)f truo·t. :, veme0 vnl us per t.tcre 1 t'.\ n �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation 8Illd Development of the State of Virginia v. Wesley A. Dean and 75 acres of land and improvements in Rockingham County Affidavit of Wesley A. Dean to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findin gs of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 50. STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit: Wesley A. Dean this day personally appeared before me Pauline M. Andrus, a notary public in and for the city and state aforesaid, in my city aforesaid, and being duly sworn deposes and says that I am the owner of 75 acres of land improved by dwelling house and other buildings, situate on top of Main Ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, and reported by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in the above entitled matter under their finding No. 50; that the tract of land above referred to is situate on either side of the Skyland Trail about two miles nort h of the Spotswood Trail; that said land is of sandy clay, of good depth, and unusual fertility, has fine growing timber on it, and a good orchard consisting of something over one hundred trees; that there is no bet t er l a nd to be found anywhere in the neighborhood of this land; that it is not for sale; that I was offered $2240.00 several years ago and would not think of taking less than $2500.00 for it t oday. I hereby request that this land be omitted from the contemplated Park Area, as I get my living from t his farm and certainly do not �wish to dispose of it. . . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of September, 1932. a~nu, ~ N.P. ., �• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Wesley A. Dean and 75 acres of land and improvements in Rockingham County Affidavit of w. F~ ~an to be read in connection with the motion filed by Wesley A. Dean to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its finding No. 50. STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit: w. F/4an this day personally appeared before me, Pauline M. Andrus, a notary public in and for the city and state aforesaid, in my city aforesaid, and being duly sworn deposes and says that I have known this land all my life, lived on it for eight years, cultivated it, that it is land of unusually fine quality, no better to be found anywhere in the neighborhood in which it is located; and that in my opinion said real estate today is worth around Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2500.00). Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of September, 1932. ( } ~ /%- ~ N.P. �l. I ...-a IN THE CIFCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the State of Virgi nia v. Wesle y A. Dean and 75 acres of land and impro vemen ts in Rocki ngham Coun ty Affid avit of J. K. Haney to be read in conne ction with the motio n filed by Wesle y A. Dean to have the findi ngs of the Board of Appr aisal Comm ission ers disap prove d in conne ction with its findi ng No. 50. STATE OF VIRGI NIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-w it: J. K. Haney , this day perso nally appea red befor e me, Pauli ne M. Andru s, a notar y publi c in and for the city and state afore said, in my city a f oresa id, and being duly sworn depos es and says that I live about two miles south of the Wesle y A. Dean land sough t to be condemned by the Gover nment in its findi ng No. 50; that said real estat e is of unusu al ferti lity, is well water ed by five good sprin gs, has valua ble timbe r on it, as well as an exce llent orcha rd, and in my opini on today this real estat e is worth Twen ty-fiv e Hundr ed Dolla rs ($250 0.00} . Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 29th day of Septe mber, 1932. a~/% -~ . N. P . �STATEMENT OF RSL:mY A. DEAN STATEMENT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, ETC.: D. w. Earman, p.q. �• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development o f the State of Virginia Filed in the Cl rl 's OfHcP. Rocki1,ghar:1 , :.i ,:LJ, Va, 0 v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins , and others, and fifty-two thousand, five hundred sixty-one acres (f 52,561) more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. 'f I.,.·: ~Jerk In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932, and in response thereto, your defendant, esley A. Dean, respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is the same tract or parcel which was found by the Appraisal Commissioners to be land owned by him , being tract No . 50, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibits thereto attached made by said Commissioners. Counsel �THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOP.MllNT OF VIRGINIA vs. CASSANDRA LAWSON ADKINS; El' ALB, and 75 acres more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. No. 50 at Law. filed in the C1erkis Office Statement of Wesley A. Dean, own ockingham County. Va. (Arbitration) AUG j-J7!933 I fl!4':Jdl;J.\oo I, Wesley A. Dean, am sole owner in fee simple of the tract of land shown on the County Ownership Map filed in the oondemnation prooeedings as No. 50, which contains 75 acres, more or less. This traot of land is situate on either side of the Sky- land Trail, about. two miles north of the Spotswood Trail. Said land is of sandy clay, of good depth, of unusual fertility, has fine growing timber on it, and a good orohard of about 100 trees, that there is no better land to be found near anywhere in the neighborhood of this land, that it is not for sale, that I was offered Twenty-two Hundred Forty Dollars ($2240.00) some years ago for it, and that my estimate of the value of this property is as follows: Three-room log dwelling Frame kitchen Barn 18 by 20 with shed attached Chicken house 100 fruit trees@ $4.00 eaoh 75 acres of land@ $18 per acre $500.00 50.00 250.00 10.00 400.00 1350.00 $2560.00 no �- - -- -- --- STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF ~RISONBURG, to-wit: This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a notary public in and for the city aforesaid in the State of Virginia, Wesley A. Dean, who made oath that the faots set out in the foregoing statement are true to the best of his knowledte and beliet. Given under my hand t h1 s 28th day ot August, 1933. G~/UJ-~ Notary Publio My commission expires March 7, 1936. 171 �STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVArION & DEVELOH.aENT OF VIRGINIA vs . 0ASSANDRA LAWSON ADKINS, et al 1 ~nd 75 aores more or less of l and in Rockingham County, rirginia Statement of Wesley A. Dean ' L a'\.'\\' OFFICE S OF D. WAMPLER EARMAN llAHRI s ONI3 un G ,VA. COMMONWEALTH 'S ATTORNEY �Harrisonburg , Virginia August 28, 1933. Hon. Phillips Williams, Chairman Land Tract Board of Arbitration Winchester, Virginia Dear Sir: This is to advise you that D. W. Ea.rm.an is my Attorney in the matter of the condemnation of 75 acres of land, No. 50, at law, in the matter of the State Conunission of Conversation and Development of the state of Virginia against 75 acres of land situate in Rockingham County, Virginia. Very truly yours, �I I I filed in the Clerk's Office Ro . ck,ngham County, Va. DE.AN, ;/ESLbY i.. SEP 50 f 1933 :l0CKD GH.A!. com;TY ~t~ler!( IN Tu:!: • .ARBI'11FL: TI01T AGR ME"J'rS submitted to the Governor arisinc in or out of Condemnation proceedings pending in t he Circuit Court of Virginie.. under t uthori ty of the shena:.1doah Natiomd park __ct . SU1.l!H.ARY ST TR.:i.,Vr 0]' PETITIOlillR : Exc::;PTANT : Deun, ~,esley _ • ORIGD AL CL.LL: : crei.:..ge - : Value $ - : rnc . Dam.ages - VJ.LUE PL i.CED ON TR.~CT BY PE1ITIONER ' S _ PRJJSERo : TR C'.P :~0 . V DE •.r710 . 00 50 none BO ffiD CF .PPR. IS LL COifITSSIONli'...,RS """Il;])ILG,_'i : . :i, NUI:r ER ]' r.r'R. CT : 50 V - UE OF TR CT : TR!C'i1 1,0 . 50 V.ALU-B 'j920 . 00 none �The basic differences between Petitioner and this expectant as to the classification and value of the land, and improvements, buildings, and timber values. Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner's appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case. As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptant I s statements. ·.i:his Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired. a~,etli.tn ?' ~ W. c. Armstroni,A torney 'rfor Petitioner. ----d Subscribed to and verified before me this the ~ September, 1933. ll day of I 115 �LA.W OFFICES D. WAMPLER EARMAN H.A.RRISONBUR0 1 VA. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY January 3, 1934 Mr . iesley A. Dean Elkton, Virginia Dear Mr . Dean: Your case has been assigned for trial on January 9 (next Tuesday) . Please let me have a list of the witnesses you wish to have summoned in this case . Very truly yours , ----- . - ~ ' �• THE CWMONWEALTH OF vmGINIA: TO TEE SHERIFF OF ROCKmGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: You are hereby commarrded to summon Wil.l Dean, Harvey- Knighten, Dice Hensley, Herman Zetty, Frank Dean, Henry Knighten, and Wes McDaniel, to a.wear befcr e the Boo.rd of Arbitrators, at the Court House ot R0-ckingjl.am. County, Virginia, on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, l.934., at 10 a. m., to t:-esti:ty ,, and the truth to say- on behal.:f' o-r the Defendant in the condemnation proceedings of' State Commission on Conservation and Development ot the State of Virginia v. Wesley A. Dean. And have then and there. this wr-i t. IN WI!JN]SS W1IEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, as the Clerk o-r the Circuit Court of Rockinghan. County, Virginia, j at the Court House thereof,, this, the 6th day of: January, l.954, and in the l.58th year of the Comm.onwea+th. y C PY r on 2) �The Servic e Press -1 Commercial Printing of Distinction ):-107-11 East Water' Street Phone 519-J Harrisonburg, Virginia /- Cf, J: le --~. J . 7,--G--111'--,,<-L..,. . ;((Y t::L -ib ~ I ·~~ . it -e-,! t... . .,_ The Servic e Press -1 Commercial Printing of Distinction ):107-11 East Water Street Phone 519-J Harrisonburg, Virginia 23 �STATE OF VI~GINIA) COUNTY OF ~! AREEN ) ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and Co1mty, E . K . Stokes, who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate 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 Shen~ndoah .National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the withi n claim is just and correct. Given under my hand this 2nd day . ·, 'J ( . �fl\1~ NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have ,Courts. hi), \ 10 u,_, , " !,.:7 In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conserv,ation and Development of the State 1of Vi V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandr:a Lawson Atkins and orthers, and Fifty-Two Thiousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acre-s of land, more or less Defendants. Gomes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem :has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the rnse ,o f the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as foUows: Tra:c:t No ..50 ............... : Tract No ..................... : Tract No ..................... ; and de:s!Cribed in the report of the BoaTd of Appraisal Commis•s ioners appointed there:in and shown, number·e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rs·h ip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court orf the sum (s) siet •o ut i•n the said judgment as c·o nstituting the awar,d (is) therefor, as f.oUows: Award on Tract No. 5 .......... $1Ul5... 00; on Tract No .............. . $ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ; That the report of the said Board set'S forth that the foUowing named persons claim, o:r appear to have a ·c laim to an interest in the said tract(s) ·of land or in the p:r:oceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; •' That ibhe Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set out in said judgment as c:o·r u;tituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That y.our undersigned, on the date of the sa·i d judgment in rem c·ondemning the said tract(s) of l•a nd, ·owned or was (were) entitled to the following intere•s t in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c1ond·e mnation thereof:- Under the terms of a duly r ecord contr act and deed, conveying the Skyline roadbed running through this tract, the owner granted and conveyed to the u~dersigned , the right to receive from said proceeds, the sum o: $145 • 00 That no otherr person or persons than the undersigned are ·e ntitled to sihare in the disrtribution of the said award (s) exce'pt the foll:owing named person s whose interest in said tr.act(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation there•o f ,o n the date of entry of said judgment wa-s a,s follows: 1 The above mentioned claimant to the extent that he may be able to establish his claim. Wherefore, your un dersigned pray ("s) that l~Y-).....be- ma4e--a- pa.r-ty-(13am,est-he'l'em llftder--th:e--provi-si:ons-of-Sectiun 21 of l}m-f>ubitc-f>m1r Condmrrnatto-n- A"'t:t, -aird-4ib:atl an order l5e ent;ere;d for the dist'l'ibution of said sum (s) set forth in sa:id judgment in rem as constituting tbe award(,;) for the f.ee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for ~. !jhe p,ayme~t to the undersi•gneid of the said award (s) or .o f as much thereof as the Ciourt may _ - find that the undersigned i's (are) entitled to receive, and whiich the undersigned aver(s) is as foUo,w s ~ "Tract No. 5 ............ $.li1P.~,.Q.9.: Tract No ................. $................ : Tract No ................ . ~ --..:. 1 ~ ~ '%~ , #~ $----.. ·----------; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this spac,e 'blank unless there is some other pe11;inent rriatter to be brought e·s pedaHy to the attenti'on of the- court) NAME V, , ~· Rockingham Count.Yi V • been paid into the CUiSto,d.Y,, of t~tn34 lh/1t / Virginia: Wesley A. Dean J P. 0. ADDRESS STATE COMMISSION O CONSERVATION AND .:.:Zif~«... ~i6o/:· · .. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .:.: L .. NO'DE--A supply of this blank bas been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one i.s required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed ;b y 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 1blank form may not and probaibly 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. le �IlJ THE C IROUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAI.: COUNTY , VIRGINIA . TEE ST TE co::1:,U3SIOH OU CONS:3:RVATIOH a..1\JD DEVELO .J:. :Et-JT O:I' T ::-ill ST TE OF VIRGINIA, vs . PET IT ION :ER At Law No . 1829 CA3S.t1..ND1k LA',,SON ATKil:S, et als . DEFENDANTS This cause came on to be further heard this i 6'day of ICay, 1935, and it apuearing to the Court that its order entered in this cause on March 11, 1935 disbursing the award set out in the judgment of condemnation of Tract No . 50, formerly belonging to ,{esley • ~ean , in this proceeding , is erroneous, it is adjudged, ordered, and decreed that said order be, and the same is, hereby annulled, set aside, and made void . And on motion of .lesley A. Dean leave is given him to file his application for the disbursement of the sum of One Thousand Fifteen Dollars (~1015 . 00), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation of Tract No . 50 and heretofore paid into Court . And likewise came Duke~ . Putney, by counsel , who asked permission to file his answer to said application, which is accordingly done; And it further a up earing to the Court that ·vesley • Dean is vested with a superior or better right of title or claim in and to said tract of land No . 50 than any other person or persons , that the taxes due on said tract No . 50 have been paid, and that the inter est of said '/esley .t1. . Dean in said tract of land is subject to the lien of a certain judgment in favor of Duke • ?utney for the sum of One Hundred Three Dollars and Fifty- six Cents (~103 . 56), and is subject to a credit of One Hundred Forty- five Dollars (~145 . 00) advanced said Dean by said Commission : Upon consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of ~1015 . 00 paid into Court by peti - �tioner as just compensation for tract No . 50 be disbursed as fol lows : To the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia One Hundred Forty~rive Dollars ($145 . 00), this being the amount heretofore advanced by the said Commission to the said '.'lesley • Dean for a right of way through said tra c t No . 50 , more particularly described in this proceeding; To Glenn II . Ruebush , ttorney for Duke A. Putney the sum of One Hundred Three Dollars and Fifty- six Cents ($103 . 56) , which said amount represents the principal , interest , lO J'a attorney ' s fees, and c osts of a certain judgment against 17esley A. Dean in favor of Duke A. Putney as of February 6 , . 1935 ; nd the balance of said award , Seven Hundred Sixty- six Dollars and Forty- four Cents (\)766 . 44) shall be paid to John T. Harris and D. Uampler Earrmn , .H.ttorneys for the said TTesley • Dean . lilld the Clerk of this Court is directed t o transmit acer tified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall disburse the sum of One Thousand Fi f'teen Dollars (Cl 015 . 00) as above set out , taking from Glen ~l . Ruebush , Attorney for Duke from John T. Harris and D. Wampler Earman , ttorneys for .t:1.. . Putney , vesley A. Dean, and the State Commission on Conservation and Development , re ceipts for the amounts paid them , and certify such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law . �-:::OMMONWEALTH OF YIRGI NIA State C:ommission on C:onservation and 15evelopment BUREAUS OF THE COMMISSION WILBUR C. HALL, Choirmon, Richmond BRADEN VANDEVENTER, Vice-Choirmon, Norfolk MARSHALL B. BOOKER, Holifox C. S. CARTER, Bristol D. D. HULL, Jr., Roanoke Forest Service Geologicol Survey History ond Archoeology Parks and Landscape tngineering Stote Publicity RICHARD A. GILLIAM Weter Resources and Power Executive Secretary and Treasurer RICHMOND Front Royal, Virginia May 24, 1955 w. c. Armstrong, Attorney State Commission on Conservation and Development Shenandoah National Park Division Front Royal, Virginia Mr. Dear Mr • .Armstrong: Replying to your inquiry with reference to the claim of the Commission for refund on Tract No. 50, Wesley A. Dean, Rockingham County, I give you below the facts as they appear in our records: Amount paid for right of way through Tract No. 50, to be deducted from the award of the Appraisal Commissioners, $200.00. Award of the Board of Arbitration•••••••••• •••• $1070.00 Amount deducted under Exception 7, page 18, of the Commissioners Report, their value of the right of way strip••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• 55.00 Amount paid into custody of the Court ••••••••••• $1015.00 Deducting the $55.00, the value of the strip as set out in Exception 7, from the $200.00 (amount paid for the right of we:y and deduetable uIXier the deed) leaves a remaining balance of $145.oo, and the claim of the Commission should be for $145.00 and not $200.00 as appears to be the ease. Very sincerely yours, ? Y ~ K _ o_;__ £J , ~ a K. s t o k e s ~ Secretary / I �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. §.9__________ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. _59_______ $J._Q:J::§.,_Q~L; 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; WESLEY A. DEAN 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:- UNDER THE TERMS OF A DULY RECOF.DED CONTRACTS AND DEED, CONVEYING THE SKYLINE ROADBED RUNNING THROUGH THIS TRACT, THE OWNER GRANTED AND CONVEYED TO THE UNDERSIGNED, THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE FROM SAID PROCEEDS, THE SUM OF $145.00 That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLAIMANT TO THE EXTENT THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH HIS CLAIM 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. _________ ___ $ ________ __ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. _JiQ ________ $_JJ_~~QQ__ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND ---------------------------- --------------- -?~-~f1w----ffJ5,---- :::::=:~¥!_~~: __:______~::_::::½ ' l 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. 35 �-.. -. VIRGINIA; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, vs. Petitioner At Law No.1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als. On this ,// Defendants day of March, 1935, came Wesley A. Dean and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for the J~/ ,:e,- disbursement of the sum of One Thousand Seventy Dollars ($1070.00), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation of Tract No. 50 and heretofore paid into Court. And likewise came Duke A. Putney ai!i~ile::::.S:ta::t:e:~,mrmg;r.o who ask~ permission to file ,a_ answerf to said application, which is accordingly done. And it appearing to the Court tmt Wesley A. Dean is vested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land No. 50 than any other person or persons;that the taxes due on said tract No. 50 have been paid, and that the interest of said Wesley A. Dean in said tract of land is subject to the lien of a certain judgment in favor of Duke A. Putney for the sum of ~. ~_..,_ t~ six ~ One Hundred Three Dollar~ and FiftfACents ($103.56); ~ n ~ ~ ~ IJ...n ~ ~ •~ ~ '°"' 4'-...r e,...•• , ..·• ·- ~ Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of One Thousand Seventy Dollars ($1070.00) paid into Gour~ by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 50 be disbursed as follows: To the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State ot Virginia Two Hundred Dollars ( $200.00), this being the amoun~ heretofore fdvanced by the said Commission to the said Wesley A. Dean for a right of way through said Tract No. 50, more particularly described in this proceeding; To Glenn w. Ruebush, Attorney for Duke A. Putney, the sum of One Hundred Three Dollars and Fi~y-six Cents ($103.56), which - - ~ 3(, �2. said amount represents the principal, interest, 10% attorneys fees, and costs of a certain judgment against Wesley A. Dean in favor of said Duke A. Putne) as ot February 6, 1935; And the balance of said aZ.ltJ Seven Hlndred Sixty-six Dollars and Forty-four Cents ($766.44) be paid to John T. Harris and D. /\ Wampler Earmn, Attorneys tor the said Wesley A. Dean. -i,;LG~ ~ lo ,/ /, , �VIRGINIA: IN THE C IDCUIT COURT OF ROCKlliGHAM COUNTY. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, vs. Petitioner At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als Defendan.t The Answer of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia by Wesley A. Dean. This respondent ror answer to said petition, or to so much thereof as it is advised it is material for it to answer, answers and says: That it is true that the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the Sta t e of Virginia has heretofore advanced to t he said Wesley A. Dean the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a right of way through Tract No. 50 more fully described in this proceeding. Your respondent joins in t 2e prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein; and it will ever pray, etc. State Commission on Conservation and Development By Counsel 38 �VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM com~TY. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PErITIONER At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Iawson Atkins and others and Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-one (52,561) aores of land, more or less, DEFENDANTS The answer of Duke A. Putney to a petition filed in this oause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia by Wesley A. Dean. This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so much thereof as he is advised it is material for him to answer, answers and says: That it is true that there is docketed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia in Judgment Lien Book 13, page 181, a judgment in favor of your respondent against Wesley A. Dean, the amount of said judgment, including principal, interest, 10% attorney's fees, and costs, as of February 6, 1935, amounted to $103.56. Your respondent joins in the prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein; and he will ever pray, etc. �VIRGINIA; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. .1. PETITIONER t Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-one (52561) acres of land, More or less, DEFENDANTS TO THE HON . H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURT: Your petitioner, Wesley • Dean, respectfully represents: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in a tract of land formerly the property of your petitioner, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain , in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed FiFr£"eN herewith as Tract No. 5© at the price of One Thousand Sevett~y Dollars ID ,,~. oo . (~l,090.0&}, from which said amount, however, is to be deducted the IJf-1£ sum of ~ Ft>6rt F1'11~ /1.(4: oo Hundred"' Dollars ($aoo.oo} paid the said Wesley 1,. . Dean for right of way through the aforesaid tract No . 50. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that all taxes against said property have been paid to and including the year 1933, and he herewith files certificates to that effect from M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court o~ Rockingham County, Virginia , which certificates are marked "Ex:. Certificate No . l" and "Ex: . Certificate No . 2", respectively, and the same are prayed to be read as a part hereof. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that there is only one lien on said property which is a judgment docketed in the Clerk 's Office of Rockingham County , Virginia in judgment lien book No . 13, at page 181, said judgment being in favor of Duke A. Putney 40 �- - ,. r- ., • • 2. against .'l esley A. Dean, which said judgment, including principal , interest, 10% attorneys fees , and costs, as of February 6 , 1935, amounts to $103 . 56 . That no other person or persons than your petitioner, and the p~r§Q.!k_ owni11g said judgme~t abov;,. ~ ~ 11;:;.. IJl,V: e~ ...... ,,_;......"" ~ ~ :.r:.d 1 /Lo~ 1 ,_!2.uke A. P~tney, ? v.,L,e..,-.;..- is entitled to share in the distribution of said award . " Wherefore, your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in these proceedings; that the said Duke A. Putney may be made party defendant to this petition, and be required to answer the same, answer under oath being waived; t l1at an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioner may have such other and further relief as the f the case may require. ST.A.TE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to- wit: This day Wesl·e y A. Dean, the petitioner in the above entitled matter, personally a ppeared before me, fllauline M. Andrus, a notary public in and for the city and state aforesaid, in my city aforesaid, and being duly affirmed , deposes and says: I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter . I am acquainted with the contents of the above petition , and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledge and belief . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of ~arch, 1935 . (?~~-~ Notary Puhl ic '-11 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Mh rch 11th , 1935 To Whom It May Concern: ----This is to certify that Wesley A. Dean has paid the taxes on 75 acres of land, assessed in his name, for the year 1933, in stonewall District , County of Rockingham, State of Virginia. Respectfully, ~<C Mo . I ,, �STATE OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, ClerK of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 75 acres in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of Wesley A. Dean. Given under my hand this 11th day of March, 1935. �arnmmnumrnltq nf l!lirgiuin TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 27, 193 5 . JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A.! B_ ! G.9-thri_g_ht, Treasu rer This is to certify that I , ~ of Virgi n i a have this 27 day of May with an order of the circui t court of dat ed 5/25/35 i n accordance Rockingham in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia J .....s _________ .........i .n. . .....s.__,.e....t...........,a....... .....t.,,..k . o,....n.L. . o<A 'a s.....s..,,.,a.....n..,.d....r.....,.a...__L_a_...w. .s...,. vs • _ ____,C"'"......... :paid to John T. Harris and D. Wampler Earman , Attorneys for the said Wesley A. Dean being in full settlement of tract # . 50 $ 766 . 44 in the ab ove menti oned cause . �C!tnmmntt1t1raltl1 of l!Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL May 27 , 1935 . TREASURER OF VIRGINIA John T. Harris and D. Wampler Earman , Attorneys for the said Wesley A. Dean . A. B. Gathright , Re c eived o f ~ Treasurer of Virgi nia, the sum of$ 766 . 44 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_ _.R=o~c~ku.....in...._g~h~a-m..____ of _ __ M_a~Y_l 93 ~ entered on the 25 day , in the matter of the State Co mmission on Conservati on and Development v _ __ ~C~a~s~s=a=n~d~r~a~L=a~:ii=vs~o=n~~A~t~k_i_n~s~____ and others, being full and c omplete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as # - =5~0_ _ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf lliirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 27, 1935. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathright, This is to certify that I, ~ , . , ; x : ~ Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 day of May with an order of the circuit court of in accordance Rockingham date~a__5~/_2_5~/_3_5__ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als paid to Glenn W. Ruebush, Attorney for Duke A. Putney $ 103. 56 being in full settlement of tract # 50 in the above mentioned cause. �- ------ Q!nmmnuwtalt4 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL May 27 , 1935 . TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Glenn w. Ruebush, Attorney for Duke A. Pu.,__t., ,__,n=e.,_y~,- - - - - - A. B. Gathright , Received of UJCM::pc~ ~~~ Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 103 . 56 , in accor dance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 25 day of _ _M_a~y___ l 93_Q_ , in the matter of the State Co mmission on Conservati on and Dev elopment v _ __ ~G=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 #__5_0_ _ __ Sign original and dupli cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf ]Jtrgtnia TREASUER ' S OFFICE R I CHMOND , VA , May 27 , 1935 . JOHN M. PURCELL TRE:ASURER OF V I RGINIA A. B. Ga thr ight, Thi s is to certify that I , ~ ~ Treasurer of Vi rgin i a have this 2 7 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Bockjngham dat Ad 5/25/35 in the cause of the State Commiss i on on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virgi n i a vs . Cassandra La ,,v:son Atkins et aJs :paid to St ate -Commission on Cons ervation and Development t h e St a t e of Virginia $ 145 . oe being in ful l set tlement of tract # 50 in the above mentioned cause. mf �Qtnmmnuwtalt11 nf ]ltrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA May 27 , 1935. State Commission on Conservationand Development of the State of Virginia. A. B. Gathright, Received o f x ~x~ Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ l45.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 25th day of _ _ M_a~y_ _ l93Q__, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation a nd Development v _ __ _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_-~vs~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 #~5~0~-- - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 25 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-wesley-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, Wesley A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hensley Hollow Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 50 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b3e103e5f9e2b28e3efebf136aaf9a82.pdf 0e1100515e3939983cfa259ea7d3b932 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #53 - Dean, lilliam F., Jr . Number of Acres: 48 Location: Near head of Hensley Hollow . Roads: Two and one- half miles of rough dirt road to county road near Mount Pleasttnt; thence four miles to J.:Jlkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility , quite rocky with steep to gentle slopes; northwest and soutln1est exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: . Large portion of tract cleared muny years ago, grazed since . ooded urea cut over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists of popl~r, hickory and mixed oaks . Improvements: Barn: Corn house: (o_ld) Log, 14xl6xl6 ', shingle roof , poor condition. . Log , 16xl6xl2 ', shingle roof , poor condition. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 13 .)5 . 00 ~65 . 00 35 25 . 00 87:5 . 00 .,940 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 48 Cultivated Land: 50 . 00 $990 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 990 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit:$ 50 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $~tJ. h2 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ :!:JON:::. CL~RK. 73 �REPOR'r ON THE .t>.CRE.,.-,.GE of the ·N . F . DE.. .. l:, .JR ., T . . i.CT #53 . ~he deed for this tract conta ins a very good descr iptio n , and descr ibe d the land, in two tr~ct s , by beari ngs a nd dista nces . One tract calls to conta in 60 ~ . , 2 R. , 21 P ., and the other one 3 A., 2 a. , or a total of 64 A., and 21 P . Howe ver, the acrea ge comp utatio n is in error in both tract s . I have compu ted the acrea ge by the calls conta ined in the deed , and find the first tract to conta in 46 acres and the secon d 2 acres , makin g a total of 48 acres in the tract . This is cover ed by the State ' s repor t . , .0 t ~ Sloan , Chief Engin eer, Park Servi ce . 7i �NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: L5? J:.ntir :ly .!i tliin the P'lrk ~,.re:J. . Location: .:::;1k Run . Roads: Four t.n,l one-:11li' miles viu count.r ro;;.tci to ...1lkton , the ne- r Jst ship~in~ point . CLi.y l oam on :p rt "nrl Sc.J.ndy l o .... r.'!. on )'...!.rt • '.::he t i 1 1:..:. ole 01 ~:11.:, tr ct is f [:.irly sr:ioot'1 _,.fo~ of cooC:. depth · 1: - :'t. rt i lity . Sona loose rock over thJ entire orch- rd . _he cr~ zi1~ l ~nd :ma.11 '1-.... .:- ~ i i t q . - 1 0:; . of l oose rock .J.nd some outcrops . • Histoi:y;~ofcT.ract::.and cond1t10n ·o.f iimber: b r ush ... nl briers scattered over t.1P era. Loi . . -: 1 .. '. ";-.rntl·j to st .ep slopes . The tillable is in ~ good stuta ol cultiv'tion . Soil: Hi story 0 1' ...., 0e reverse side -- tr ... ct and conclit i on o.,.. +; 1L1ber : Improvements: :" d 1- 1 · 'lf : ,P0...,0 1 ... 8XO c 111.:: i , ~ , L p .. rt 14.x-~5' , ,Dorc1~ 9::;~85 ' , 6 rooms , d0 1.lble Sid'3 , 1Jrie"~ "l '88, <:> StQT' r, 1 • TOOY:1S , i r co:1s.; '- '_(''1, oc ~ 1 i~ · -r o n8r , s. ri.n, pl st~red, :Jra .e l 7x . . o' 1 , pl ;. l ·.. r founrh tion, :''"npkir 10 11::;,e oo'1nec-1-"eC. .; +'t ~.)rin • ( ne,, ) . .?r~ :e , 6x l Ox"' 1 , meti. l T'.J0:2 , ~ood co·ric:ti on . Lot" , 1 8 l~x l O', q 1:i' le :-o f , po,r co , '.'-i ; ' l . i~e 8x8x? ', poor con(it i on . ,u~: house : .,..,r--:G, '.1z30x8' , .:i..1er10,)-f' , '-'ooC. ~0·1(i ... ion . 1e1henl10use: . ,,1 l.Jx3C' , f· ir i"' r , .e, 1.,, ,;J:{lC ' , met· 1 roe.", '3arn : ~ Jr~~,"" hose : condition . •r::..,...e , 1,.:.·::3ox8 ', met ,1 r00.,,. , poor uon '.'" ~ L,1 . on slLd : __- ;.J_e_n__,;..: ·~r.J.1'16 , l 02, l2-,-1 1 , ~':in 18 -ro":' , ''... ir eonc 1 itivn . . __ 10,rljxB' , _ ~ ,-.. . ..,.,:h)f , f ..... ir • i1 1 Lo, 1JxL5:x:8', ,,Jus1J : __,,_ re : L:or ' H ')n • J Y-OJ··, _.,O·1r cond i °ti'.)n . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 68 ,t.J . 51. .50 . 0() 38 1.0 . 00 00 ".54C . OO Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: lG'0 . 00 'ri'...,·90 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: 11' n . '"l' Value of Land: $ '3390 . 00 L.J0 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1100 . CO " . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ 06 . 00 --- ValueofFruit: $ :i0 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ ,r47~G . OO 'J) • 00 "•rJ Value per acre for tract: $ .10 . 10 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $:; ·. . . -~- ~ -:__~L""' �,istor , • , n, rc '1 ntt..blP .... G.. ,.,,h_; .,,, _; 1u.i'1L1 · ... t...ncls 1 · "' t1'-Ct . r-1,,......_n.; '"'1-,st"1·1t o 1 ::s ., ..... ~ , ic -;.ory i~' '--' sn. . . :_ l n11 \,oot ~T'! " ~ .. ) u '30' . ~ _..'1Jut 3~ •• °!)cl ..... Corel • .,.,lJl ;Q"\..: :3..!V tLr·bcr - -3~ --. ')cl . "t . of tr_c.,~ ~nc1 condi ... ion of ti ') 1' ~k"" con...:;i t .J:: o ~ op l · r . 3'"' er~~. er : fro,.., t -';ir:1 ~ rt o )t, �Claim of..1i. .. __F _._..De.?.J1,. __J_:,:.,_,._ ________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of__ I{_Q.Q,kJ :g.g_}1s;,)A. ___________ County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, ___ Vi• _F • _De 53 n , _Jr • ·----------------------- ------------------------ ------- _______ 220_ ~...c.r.e...s. ____________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ____B..o..ckingw-un ___________ 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 oLRo_c ki.ng.Jl.12.w____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___W• __ F_. _De nn_.__J r • .1 ________________________ ___________________ _ My post office address is_ ..E.11cj~_Qp._.__ lt_._2 ~t•_ )?..!_+~L-1!!EJ~~E_! ~-·----------------.t' P C u S I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a: tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____2.20__________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :_ R.Qlll~__ t .r.?_Qj;_.__J__Q.§_ ~_cg·_e_~.1__<! J~.l!J.I!g _L_~~E_~..!--~ ~~~:!Y • d~ iry , h e n h ouse, g 0 r 0 g e, h o g p en, imp l eme n t sh ed,_smoke house , ao out- n -rnu re-- t-r-ee-s-;- -znd---tr-,:rcrt-,--64- ""R cres-,----5-1--f-rn.-1.-t--t- r-ee-e-;---------· 1an d 1s m1·1 es f rom ___________ · Ioca t e d a b ou t ____________ 4 & 6 Tl11s El kton .1_________________ v·1rgmia, ·· m · the_ ..St onewall.. __ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) __ Sole_ owner_ o f_ the_ t wo _ abo ve_ n"lmed_ t r R~ct s _ of lr-,n_d _____________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth_hmne __t :rtt_c.t_._...Hen:ry_..A .. _...Hens.l.e~ ... --2mL _t r E__ct....... _D.....__z..._....D~ --------South ___ " _____ " _____ J . _T.,_ Naylo r _est,:it e_ 2nd....__ " ____ Bnr k~ ________________ _ East ____ " _____ ll ___ M ._ K ._ Eup., r d ._ __________ 2nd __ 11 ___ W.__ .A_ .__ De µn _________ _ West_ ___ " _____ 11 ___ H._ S ._ N~ylo r L - - - - - - - - - - 2nd __ n __ A. _E . _De '1n __________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearl2-0 7~:2_3 _in the following manner: U--oper tra ct o f 64 Acre s , by d e e d f r om S. J . Br e e den and home -trrrc-t--o-f--rrbo-u-t-r56-,:rcz-a-s--:rrum-:s-.--p-.-- trof.i.Ifer- 1rfia--vir-ginf 9--x:-1Ieffsiey I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there- · on is $_-11.2..00_._QO____ , 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 $_:U._?_QQLQQ _____ , 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: _!~~:_:i_c.t_ l{Q_. __2 .. __Qr_JlP.Il-e.r __tra.c..t_..c..on..t.a ins_ p__mine.r.e.L...d.e p.o..si.t._ mos t of the land in the t wo t r acts is under fen ce, s ome of it -:rert1.-1e--a"l1tt-1.)1:'lYdu-crt1ve~--some-sut1-~wre- ro-r-g r [cz-ing _____________________ _ ~ E,;,;;i,:w;._,n ~ - ;fl ~ . - I ~I' ----· c/---d:.------=--ry ~-~--------~ ~---- 7r-------------------- ------l9 >_________________________---_ ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and. mark attached hereto) t i____ i l..7_t h... _____ day oL J!~PJ.:.13:~J.'J l.1 __~~~-1=, 1930. ___ Q/11:__£ ) £ ) ~ _ ---------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____~9_c_~~~~~-~ ----------, o-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that 1 ... __F ... _.12e Bn,. __J.r .. -+----------------------- ---the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters Filed In the Cle~ Offlogs appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, · C t.hlR , V 17th d f Febru'"'ry , 1 9,3~30 Rookm~ham a+------------- ay O o,v:;'- Ft.D lG i ~ \J 1 ....__ _ _ _c,lerk ----------------::'.J(_o_,·_, ,_ ~.,/.//./.v,~%R____________ _ Clerk of the Court, or pecial Investigator or Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace . �. t y:" A:mn r1et! i 220 ,noo. oo 1 r nr t'o u 01: t e ; (l' 07) 00.• 00 "onol y Pollo • ono lm n. ot oo olo es; no d pt we e.nf t .,. t.111 ty, o ut q ·1 to at G • ool;-" ui th oouro . r _.,. 10.oa 100:r ... 10 - 27 Total 0 l Tot al toep lo.n of 1 ·pr 468. 0 0 of V ber tract .. or ntu t 5.oo 42 . 00 M°~· v eW 11. 35 65- • p ah tr ., ... nQo • - �~ounty . Rockingh m District : • ...,tone iall • .b ., Jr. ss ,ssed 156-9 ... creage Value Claimed : (.,: .tl J.S Location: ill , ~OO . OO includes 153) <ntirely lk ttun. 1 " A Deed 40 A 1921- 1200 . '116- 95 1180. 00 1923-%5000 ithin the f ark area . Inoumbrances , comter clai s or laps: None known. Soi l: he tillable Clay lo m on p rt ands ndy lo• on p rt . on this tract is fairly mooth n(.i. o ")Od depth nd fertil i ty. Some loose rock overt e .n t ire orchard . ~he grazin lund all brush lot ~ loose rock and some outcrops. s quite 1 nd . Gentle to step d ~riers scattered over the grazi slopes . The t i llable is in a good state of cultivation. Roo.ds: Four and one- h lf shipping point. History iles via county rod to Jlkton , t .e nearest or tract nd condition of timber: Pa.rt or t ~ m rchant ble sa timber bas b een r..,moved from. this tract. The rem ining stands chestnut oats nd nl okory ith as all consist of red a a o nt of ;> pl<-lr. .:-\.bout 3~- I • board feet n 30 . - - 204 ds . of fuel ood on 58 acres . 96 . 00 • 00 per t1e Sa timber -- 32 M. Bd. Ft. valu d lj3. 00 75¢ per cord--- ~ el ood - - 204 cords v· lued ,,. 249 .00 elli ng: Frame l?x20 ', L part l4x ~ ', porch 8x35' , 6 Improvements: rooms , porch 8x6' double side , brick flues, 2 story, 4 rooms , ceiled, 2 plastered, fir condition, occupied bJ o,ner, spring pillar fo ndation - - pumpkin house connected 1th spring- 1035. 00 SJ2rine;, house: (ne ) .. rame 6xl0x8' , metal roof, good 75. 00 condition ---cat house: LOg 10xl4xl0' , shingle root, poor 0 1 tlltion- 10. 00 10. 00 ash house: Siz 8x8x?', pJor condit ion---80 . 00 Ne hen house: r me 9x30x8', p per roof , good Barn: ·rame lox30xl6' , met l r o f, . 1th shed 1Jx30' , 300 . 00 f 3ir condi tion 25.00 · gon shed: Fra e 14x36x8', ~et 1 roof , oor con tion 20 . 00 Hog pen: Fr'me 10x22x6' , s hingle roof, f i r CJ~di tion 35. 00 Gur ge: 7 rame 10xl5x8' , p per roof, r~1r condition -10. 00 Corn house: Log 9xlJX8', shin 1 r of, poor condition - - WI600. 00 30 cherry troes va lued 31 ao le tree· val ed V lue of l and by ty2es: ~ Slope i ll ble Grazing · cre•:.1.ge 68 8 51 T57 2. 00 2.00 -- Value per a cre ;:, • uO 3o . OO 20 . 00 60. 00 t.>~. 00 122. 00 Tot· 1 Value 204. 00 1330. 00 1020 . 00 2::>54.00 �ounty: i trict: r. , 53- Cont'd or e t ;,;» 0 e s �/.Jo- ' - Dea:1 , 1. :;::, . , Jr . L unty : _Dcking~an :)i strict : Stone .mll N ~ . u.ncy '";pp rel v . ..,L.St-~ie u . _ .... e::.i.s t :c I . l: . , ,pard Ple s& t :.ire -' p rd CreO . " ,: . ("',:. Slo ble - ·~o chains . e& 1 O ~ �IN TH~ CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserv ation and Development of t~e state of Virginia Filed In the C Rockingh«m Clerk's Offlce OU,Jtll Cfle,,J. vs. 11~ J 1 V"' . / IOS2 Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land 1n Rockingham County. /~er, TO THE HON. H.W.BERTR.AM,JUDGE OF SID COURT. The motion of w.F.Dean , Jr., praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of .AI>praisal Commiss ioners, heretofo re appointe d by said Cou:rt in the above matter, wherein said Board reported , under No. 53 of its findings , as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the movant was only entitled to 48 acres, which was valued at an average price of $20 .62 per acre, and wherein said Board, under its No. 53-a, further reported that movant was only entitled to the average price of $30.10 per acre for the 157 acres . The grounds of said motion are as follows: under the finding of said Board No. 53, said Board is in error in reportin g that movant only owns 48 acres in that particular tract. The fact is that the deed for said tract calls (1) for 64 acres, 2 roods, and 21 poles, and by a recent calcula tion made by P.B.F. Good, the County Surveyo r, it is shown that said deed calls for 58~are s. There has been no recent survey of the land. (8) The price per acre allowed for the 157 acres of land, reported under 53-a, is manifes tly inadequ ate and confisca tory, because said lands are worth at least $1,500.0 0 more than is al- LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. lowed for the same by said Board, as is shown by the affidav its attached hereto. This tract of land is asked to be excluded from the Park area. 2-'!2.. �- --2-That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistak e of law as to the nature and effect of the evidenc e produc ed ( 3) before said Board by the above named ~rty. The affida vit attache d hereto is asked to be read in suppor t of this except ion. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG, VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC~INGH.All COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of P.B.F.Good, Surveyor for Rockingham County, to be read in connection with the motion filed by w.F. Dean, Jr., to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 53. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day P. 3.F.Good personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Pubiic in and for the City and state aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the County Surveyor for Rockingham County, and several days ago Mr. w.F.Dean, Jr., brought me his deed which call for two trdcts of land, the acreage of one tract being given in the deed as 60 acres, 2 roods, and 21 poles, and the other tract as 3 acres and 2 roods. I ma a e a calculation f~om said deed of the area of said tracts, and find that the two tra cts conta in 58. acres of land. I am informed that the Surveyor for the Conserva- tion Commission reported that s a id tracts contain only 48 acres of land. I believe this to be erroll-3ous. I am informed that these lands have not been actually surveyed for a number of years, and it would seem that the only way accurately to determine the acreage, as I understand there is no dispute about the adjacent boundaries, would be by an actual survey oy-:he same. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRIS ONBUR G, VA. ~----- Subscribed and sworn to befor e me this 1 9f day of October,1932. ff ~L--,:: 1~---~~~;...::...:...,;;;........;:;._.:...;...;....;...._......:;.._ _ , Notary 1'U.blic. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virgin ia vs. Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County . The affida vit of W.F.Dean, Jr., to be read in connec tion with the motion filed by him to have the finding s of the Board ot Apprai sal Commi ssioner s disappr oved in connec tion with its findi s No. 56 and No. 53-a. State cf Vtrgin ia, City of Harriso nburg, to-wit : This day w.F.De an, Jr., person ally appeare d before me, F.Flav ia Conver se, a Notary Public in and for the City afores aid, in the State of Virgin ia, in my City afores aid, and, being duly sworn, depose s and says: I am the owner of a tract of land situate near the crest of the Blue Ridge Mounta ins, in the easter n portio n of Rockin gham County , and reporte d by the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s in this matter , under their No.53, as contain ing only 48 acres. My deed oalls for two tracts of land, one contain ing 60 acres, 2 roods, and 21 poles, and the other contain ing 3 acres and 2 roods I have not had the land survey ed, but there has been no questio n raised during the twenty -five years that I have owned it about any of its bounda ries, and so far as I know there was no questio n raised about its bounda ries prior to that time. The Survey or for the Park Commission states in his report that the tract referre d to in the deed as contain ing 60 acres, 2 roods, and 21 poles only contain s 46 acres, and the tract that is referre d to in the deed LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBUR G . VA. as contain ing 3 acres and 2 roods only contain s 2 acres. I have �,- .. -,2 ... had P.B.F.Good, Surveyor for Rockingham County, make a caloulatioI of the acreage from the metes and bounds given in my deed, and he reports that said t!'acts contain 58.~ acres. · Thus there is a shortage of about 16 acres from the amount of land called for in my deed, according to the calculation of the surveyor for the Parl Commission, and even under Mr.Good's calculation there is a I shortage of about 6 acres. The difference between the calculatioI made by Mr.Good and the calculation made by the Surveyor for the I Commission is about 10½ acres. II I am asking that I be paid for the correct acreage of land to which I am entitled under my deed, I which amount will have to be determined by an actual survey, and as I am apparently entitled to more land than is allowed by the Commission, the survey should be made at the cost of the Commission. The other tract of 157 acres, owned by me and reported by the Appraisal Board under its No. 53-a is not appraised at its true value, but is appraised throughout at a valuation much lower than its fair market value. For example, 68 acres of land is only appraised at $5.00 per acre, which is supposed to cover the wood and timber-land, and the timber and wood are only appraised at ,146.00, making the entire value of the 68 acres only $486.00, or an average value of $7.00 an acre. The wood and timber on this land alone are worth much more than that, there being a great deal of saw timber, to s ay nothing of the wood that can be gotten from said land. The buildings are only appraised a~ ,1,100.00, whereas $2,500.00 of insurance is carried upon the same, which amount of insurance was approved by the representativi~ of the insurance company. The other lands are appraised at about an average of $35.00 per acre, whereas I have been offered for part of this land $100.00 per acre, and wouldn't take it. Ii Fur- there, I paid $6,200.00 for the land in question, and have made LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER considerable improvement on the same in the way of repairing HARRISONBURG , VA. ·I ,.-_ . . �--3---buildin gs, clearin g up ground , and increa sing the fertili ty. Even under presen t condit ions, said proper ty ought to be worth ~s much as I gave for it. I do not believe that a farm as good as this one can be replace d even to-day for the amount which is allowed me for this proper ty, nor even for the amount at which I have above valued the proper ty. This :partic ular tract of land is not for sale, and the Apprai sal Board is asked to exclude it from the Park area. .w- fr, _..;;_::.__ _.,__,_ )j~ ~ _..;.._:;;;;;.. _....;,;:;.-.,;= / ;;...__,_ _ _ _ __ Subscr ibed and sworn to before me this 30th day of Septem ber, 1932. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ,. . - . . �... Virginia : rn the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITIONER, t Law No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others, and Fifty-two Thousand, Five HU.ndred and Sixty-One (52 , 561) ores of land, more or less , On this , the (I--: DEFENDAWi'S. day o/::::::ller , 93¼ cwne W, F, Dean, Jr., and, on his motion , leave is given him t o file his application for the payment of the sum of ;)l,250. 00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Traot No. 53, and heretofore paid into the court, and thereupon the Woodbine Cemetery Company tendered its answer to said petition, which answer is hereby accordingly filed • report of said Board of .And it appearing from the ppraisal Commissione rs,heretofore filed in this oause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the 2d day of November , 1933, that in the opin- ... ion of petitioner the said V. F. Dean, Jr., is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land iro . 53, and that the recol'd of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to said Tract No. 53t or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, exc ept as hereinafter provided, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon Tract No. 53 have been paid, upon consideratio n whereof, it ·s considered and ordered by the Court that said sum of $1 , 250.00, aid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. paid out and distributed as foll~vs : (1) (2) To the Woodbine Cemetery Company the sum of $1,124. 00; To Geo. S. Harnsberger, ttorney for W.F.Dean,Jr. ,the sum of .~'126. 00; amt LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. nd the Clerk of thte Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who 2.15 �- ....2 .... shall pay unto the said Woodbine Cemetery Company the sum of $1 ,124. 00 , and unto the said Geo . S. Harnaberger , Attorney for w. F. Dean, Jr ., the sum of ~126. 00, said two amounts aggregating the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Traot No . 53, taking from said Woodbine Cemetery Company and Geo. S. Harnsberger , .d.ttorney for .v. F. Dean , Jr ., receipts therefor , and certifying suoh payment to the Clerk of this Cot1rt .for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law. Enter. ~ ------..., ,.._=--- --------' J11dge. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �---- - IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Th State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia UPON PETITION OF W. F. DEAN, JR. vs. c asandra Lawson Atkins and Others, &c. The answer of Woodbine Cemet ry Compa~, a corporation, to the petition filed by w. F. Dean, Jr. in the above entitled pro- ceeding. Respondent, for answer to said petition, or to ao much thereof as respondent ie advised that it is proper for it to answer, answering says: Th t i t is true, as alleged in the petition of the said w. F. Dean, Jr., that respondent is the holder of two bonds of One Thousand Dollars ( 1000.00) each, of date August 31st, 1925, payable December let, 1927, and December 1st, 1928, respectively, secured under a certain deed of trust executed by w. F. nean, Jr. and Lucy E. Dean, his wife, to Geo. N. Conrad, Trustee, duly of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book #127, page 67, and, i'h which deed of trust there was conveyed, to secure the payment of the bonds therein recited, including the two bonds aforesaid, a farm situate about four miles east of Elkton, known as the F. B. Hensley farm, containing 116 acres, 2 roods and 13 poles; another farm of 40 acres, adjoining the said F. B. Hensley farm, and, two certain tracts of land situate in Hensley Hollow, adjoining the lands of Wesley Dean and others, and containing in the aggregate 64 acres and 21 poles, according to oonveyanoes therefor, and, being the �·---- - - ----- ---- -~---- --2---- eame traots oonveyed to the said w. F. Dean, Jr. by samuel J. Breeden and wife, by deed of date the 8th day of Maroh, 1907, duly of record in said Clerk's Office in Deed Book #79, page 287. That at the request of the said w. F. Dean, Jr., respond ent has agreed, upon the payment to respond ent of one of said bonds, and one year's interest due upon the other of said bonds, to release the said paroels of land in Hensley Hollow, oonveyed under said deed of trust, the lien of said deed of trust upon the other real estate therein conveye d to remain stable and unaffec ted thereby , and ae eecuri ty for the other One Thousan d Dollar ($1000.0 0) bond held and owned by respond ent. Respond ent joins in the prayer of said petition for payment of the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1250.0 0), fixed by the Apprais al Commis sioners as the value of said Hensley Hollow land, and, disburse ment to respond ent therefro m of One Thousand DOllare ($1000.0 0) on princip al, and One Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($120.00 ) on interes t, ~hioh payment respond ent agrees shall operate as satisfaction of the lien of said deed of trust to Geo. N. Conrad, Trustee , . as to the land recited therein under paragrap h said Hensley Hollow tracts of the said w. "(3)", or the afore- F. ::oean, Jr., therein re- cited to contain 64 acres and 21 poles. J.nd now having fully answere d, respond ent asks to be hence dismisse d. �- - - . / Virginia : In the Cirouit 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 Tho11Sand, Five Hundred and Sixty/One (52 , 561) ores of land , more or less , DEFEND.ANTS. TO THE HON. H. W.illmTRAM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your petitioner, W. F. Dean, Jr ., respectfully represen ts : That a judgment in rem h4S heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the petitioner the f ee s imple estate in a tract of land formerly the property of your petitioner, situate in Hensley ' s Hollow, on the Blue Ridge Mountain, in the eastern portion of stonewall Distriat, Rockingham Ii 11 County , Virginia , whioh tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s appointed herein and shown , numbered and delineated on the county cwners..11.ip ap,filed therewith , as Tract No . 53, at the price of ;1 , 250. 00. Your petitioner further shone to the Court that all taxes against said property have been paid to and including the year 1933, and he herewith files certificates to that effeot from M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County, and J . Robert SWitzer, Clerk of the Circuit Cou.rt of Rockingham County , which oertificates are markex "Ex. Certificate No . l," and "Ex. Certificate No . 2,~ respeotively , Which oertificates are prayed to be r ead as a part hereof'. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that the only lien outstanding and binding said land is a lien by way of deed of trust executed rad , by w.F.Dean, Jr. , and his wife, t o Geo . N. Con- Tru.stee, dated .Au.gust .31, 1923, which deed of trust is duly of record in said Clerk's Office in D.B. 127 ,Fage 67 , in which LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. deed the land heretofore condemned in this prooeeding along with �../ --2--certain other lands belonging to your petitioner was conveyed to said Trustee to aeoure the payment of two oertain bonds of even date with said deed of tru.st, in the sum of )1 , 000. 00 each , made by your petitioner and his ife,with interest from date , interest payable annua1ly, which said bonds are payable to Laird L. Conrad , General Receiver, on December 1, 1927 , an.d 1928 , respec ti vely. The interest on both of said bonds has been paid to December l , 1932. Tne said bonds have been transferred to, and are now held and onned by , !he Woodbine Cemetery Com:i;:any. That the other bondsreferred to in said deed of trust have been paid and released on the margin of said deed of tr11St . Your petitioner is infor med and av ers that The woodbine cemetery Compa.ny , upon the payment to it of 61 , 000. 00 and the interest on the $2,000 . 00 of indebtedness, namely, $120. 00 , will release the land condemned heretofore in these proceedings from the lien securing the balance of J1 ,ooo. oo held by it . That no other person or persons than your petitioner and The Woodbine Cemetery Company are entitled to share in the dis tribution of said award. 11'.herefore , your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in these proceedings; that The Woodbine Cemetery Company may be made a party defendant to this petition , and be required to answer the same , answer under oath being waived ; that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said fund ; and that your petitioner may have such other and further reiief as the nature of the case mey require . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. �- - 3-.- state of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg,to-wit : This day w.F.Dean, Jr. , the petitioner in the above entitled matter, personally appeared before me,F.Flavia Converse , a Notary Pu.blio in and for the City afar esaid , in the State of Virginia , in my City aforesaid, and , being duly sworn, deposes and says : I am ti1e petitioner in the above entitled matter. I lnora am acquainted with the oontents of the above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of December , 1933. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. �In the Circuit uourt of' RocKingham uounty, Virginia . The State uommission on ~onservation and Development of' the State of Virginia • v. Cassandra Lawson AtKins antt others and ,2,501 acres of land in Roc1cingham Ll ount y , virginia. · ~..¼'.s G~, e 'r,e C\ 1:,, • fi\erl I: , ~ount~, 1a, C o \--;) ,, nO c'. ,\ 0\\ 009 >-.. \•'U d \;;iv- ; &~elk Statement mact.e by W.F.Dem,Jr. ,pursuant Lo a decree entered in the above entitled cause on Oct.25,1932, in response to ltem Ho.2 of the inquiry maae in said decree. Your respondent says that the Appraisal Board erred in reporting under its No.53 that your respondent only owned 48 acres of land,when as a matter of' f'act your respondent owns 58.2 acres of lanct as is shmm by the plat made of said lands by P . B. F.Good,s.n.c .,which plat is dated Sept.30,1932 ,and the ' said plat is attached hereto and asked to be read as a part hereof . Reference is here made to the objections and exceptions heretofore filed by respondent in connection with this matter . £ .f;f~tf:'d'p~- Geo.S . Harnsberger, Counsel . ! LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. �..1 lL N ./" 9 TRACT No ----- S <., 7 AC 1 - - - -- - ' i. . R £S _ _ _ _ __ 4' " 1,1,IJ, 1. e f3t-1 -e ,,e.- WP.DEAN I'ARM SITUATE ON BLUE:RI.DG;-£ IH NITPLE:ASANT COMMUNITY: PROTR,,'\CTcD 'FROM OLD SURVE:Y AND FOUND E'RRO'FlS IN SAME'. THe MOST CONSIScNT CHANGrE' IN ORDER TO MAK£ THE' SURVcY CLOSE" WAS OBTAINE"D BY EX TE/VD/ NG,- L /NE' NO Lt. FROM 1. 7 TO a IP AND LI NE' /'10 j" 'FROM &·9 TO t.2. ~- p SEP 30 1,.13;I~ 2.0 -P r.'. .PGr-ood S . R.. t. t1 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA I hereby certify that the recp_r;~ o~,.,o_lfice show that F . Dean Jr ., has paid the ta:CesAon'1n1s ~rlct of 64-0-21 of land situate in the Blue Ridge mountains , Stonewall District, Rockingham County, and that said land is not delinquent for the year 1932. All taxes prior to that time , if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Cffice of so.id County . Given under my hand this 14th day of December, 1933. w. Treasurer of Rockingham County . I hereby certify that the receords of my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of mountain land assessed in Stonewall District , Rockingham County, Vi:rgi nia , as 64 acres , O roods and 21 poles in the name of W. F . Dean, Jr . Given under my hand this 14th day of December, 1933. �Qtommnuwtaltl1 nf lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHM0NO, VA. January 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg in i a have this 5 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of dated l i 1/2/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. ________,C"-'a=s~s"'-a=n=dra Law=s=o=n"--"A~t=l={..._i,._.n=s_________ paid to Geo. S . Harnsberger Attorney for W. F . Dean , Jr . $~1=2~6~·~0.~0~_ __ being in full settlement of tract #__fili_ in the above mentioned cause. �Q1nmmnuwralt11 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. January 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s. Harnsberger, Attorney for w. F . Dean , Jr. Re c eived of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $126 . 00 , i n accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rocki bghBlll. of January 1 931:_ entered on the ~ 2nd day , in the matter of t h e State Commission on Conservation and De v elopment v ___ -~C=a=s=s=an=dr~a~=L=a=w~s~o=n~A=t=k=i=n=s~ ___ and others, b e'i ng full and complete settleme n t for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_..5~3.,__ __ Sign or ig inal and duplicate and r e turn to the Treasurer of Virginia. �<trnmmnuwrnltlJ nf ]Iirgiuitt TREASURER 'S OFFICE R1CHMONO , VA . JOHN M. PURCELL Ja.nuar:r 5 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this _ 5__ day of January with an order of the circuit court of dated 1 / 2 / 34 in accordanc e Rocki ngham County in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Cassana dra Lawson Atkins vs. :paid t - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- 0 __ Vloodb ine Cemetery Company $_1_1_2_4_._o_o_ _ _ _ being in full settlemen t of tract#~ in the above mentioned cause. . • �Q!nmmnuwtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA . JOHN M . PURCELL Januar y 5 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Woodbine Cemete ry Company Receiv ed of J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia, the sum of$ 1 1 124 . 00 , in accord ance with an order of the Circui t Court of the county of Rocking ham County entere d on the of Januar y 2nd day 1934- , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conser vation and Develo pment v _ __ Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others , being full and comple te settlem ent for the tract of land k nown in said procee ding a s # _5_3_ _ __ Sign origi nal and dup licat e an d re t u r n to t h e Tre asure r of Vi r ginia . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dean-jr-william-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dean, William F., Jr. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near head of Hensley Hollow Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 53, 53-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dean https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/09aa4db199d6880c98b59f44726038ed.pdf 632444ae2c55ba54366a8c32cea3ad57 PDF Text Text NAME OF OWNER Number of Acres: Location: 1 L 1 3011th •T, kAd 'Jre ... ~-:: _ t ... osi -i;.:. 'TIS 537 to ~, lyin in ~Lr'{" c.rerl . P;;ice unG. ~oc'{i '1~ 1 ... " : ,.,Jourtio ... , ' ..1l· .._1c.. rtl· o-:...tsi ( 0 Roads: Soil: :Five nilea, t\/0 Lt' cl one- h, lf' of ne~r . . st shi~pi 1· point . ' .. ic .. ~.re :9tvec ~o ~lkton , (La~ rnverse sife ) History of Tract and condition of timber : Tr:.. ct '._ s 'b~ n c 1 1t ove--- foi· f:..:rn use 1n r8d 0.1k to 10' 1 :::).,:r. "'re ic ~o..,d . ' "'"' :':.:- .-:.~u., "e_:::.., . On 17 a.er ..., s i n ,? ge co-.r:t·· the estirilc. te is 8J cord~ 0 ... f·rn l ,ood . 1 : .. Improvements: ~To 10 • Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: · 11' 10 . 00 1 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1 0 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 7 0 • JC Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ •T0r.e . 10 . 00 �3 IL •••• ,..,'""nd:r _hor3 i ~ ·o)Ll de~,t! of ~ · 1 1 -) :'.' l tr rtil P··r .. i , 1 1 • H..:'. L .., J..', c.,..:, 1~c. oc-s, rach.. ,.,-1... f i. lcls ..... :::-c _poor, -:; 1 1 loos,·roc:c. lcn~ ... ,--..., cr.J k L ~---i.rly level -1:. t':'1 r ,"il' i·--d r h~o c.... r,, -.t~" slo.,e to i:':e ;est. ,·1e r , -tockine h~~ ·•r:-, 1 u_ to ,i 'J.: '1'' o ':: i ~·1 , s. :111 '--'- ,)unt o~, ere.es. ""'1'1i~ includ3s .:1r~ctic~ll" 11 o, -:;··-i 00· 1 · 1' ·, llY"'f"i··-· -'-o t'l' ~:....r. �Count:>• District: Page Shenandoah Iron Works County: District: Rockingham Stonewall County) Dearin Acreap;e Claimed1 Assessed. Value Claimed: 46 A. 83 Sarah Deed :P . 460 . 00 (land only) t1 Not available If Location: On South Naked creek at Pos itions !f ,37 to '2, lying in Page and Rockingham c ounties , and pRrtly outside park area . Incumbrances , C! Soil: sandy loam of good depth and fertility with much loose rock . There is a great denl of lnrge rock along the creek. The fields are poor with snall l oose rock . The land along the creek is fairly level and the rema inder has a gentle slope to the west . The restocking has grown up to pine and oak 1i. th a s:rnll amount of grass . This includes practically all of t he woodland belonging to t h e farm. Roads: Five miles, two a nd one- half of 1hic:1 ar~ paved to Elkton, nearest shipp in point. unter claims or laps: None kno.m . History of tract and condition of timber: h~s teen cut over for farm use -------...,.f,-o_ r_ria_n_y_·_y_e_n._r_a-.- ....T,:-h_e_r_e_i_s-gooTract d •,bite and red oe.k to 10" DBH. On 17 acres in Page county t he estimate is 85 c ords of fuel rood at · ~1 . 00. - - - - - in Page c cunty Imnrovements= 12 fruit trees of va rious sizes/valued a t . - - Acreaae and vnlue of land bi tiEes: ~ Cove Slope Tillable Restocking Acreage ·per A. ~ 4. oo 6. oo 2 l ~ - .. - Value of l and • wl25'.oo II ct i mprovements 12. 00 ff II a,.oo timber - - . . n tract $222. 00 " Value per acre 11 . 10 ... -- -- - 15. 00 9 . 00 Per acre ~. OQ .oo (Page County) "tt " " Acreage l ?6. oo 12 . 00 Total Value 54. 00 32. 00 30 . 00 12 Acreage and value of l and bJ:: tyEes: Type Cove (Page County) Value ,a,.oo " (Orchard) ft "n (Rockingham County) Value Total ;eer A. Value 6.oo 6.oo (Roc}"in ,.,ham County) SU:M1JARY {Page and Rockingham counties) 'l'otal number of acres 21 A. M value of trac t ~228. oo Average value per acre wlo.57. 31 �County: District: County: District: #125- (Rockingham Co . ) (#597-Page Co . -} Rockingham Stonewall Page Shen . I . Works Dearing , Sarah LEGEND: (Rockingham) Scale ~orw = 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dearing-sarah.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dearing, Sarah Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Naked Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 125 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dearing https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2f3dc85c614be03e6bdd4183f4c84422.pdf 40d821d8ca0cb7e169db0febc6801104 PDF Text Text ROQINGHAM COUNTY OWNER NAME OF ~~ -#~.. 1/M_,. Dearing , W. T . 31 Number of Acres: Location Dn S 0 uth Naked Creek, cut by Park line . Roads: 5 miles poor road to good countr y road to Elkt :1 n . Soil: Sa ndy loam, very rocky, medium fertility . with e xp osure t o the Northwest . Slo p es are gentle Tract has been burned in the past and History of Tract and condition of timber: There are scattere d sapling s running about one cord cut very hard . per acre . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 30 @ $4 . 00 $120 . 00 1 @ 30 . 00 30 - . 00--·$150 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 150 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 4 • 83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~-~'. CLERK �County: Distri ct: Hockingha.n Stone11all //21 , - Dearin(<,,!. T. Acrea~e Claimed: Assessed Value Claimedc Location: " X _,35 A. Deed . 00 " *50 A. Acquired in 1902 Consideration unkno m. On South .tlaked crce , cut by the purk line . Inc~mbrances , counter claims or lans: Soil: 50 None . sandy lon.r.1, very rocky, medium fcrtili ty . ex;. osure to t h e liorthv1eo t. ~Hopes are gentle :ri t h Five n iles poor road to good c r unt~..y road to Elkton. History of tract , nd concli tion of tL ber; T~--act has been hurned in the o...,t ana. cut very fr.rd. Tncre a.re oca ttcrod sa.plinr;s runn · ng a.bout ofi,1 ,')!.'d per acre . I t in thoueht bes t to let the por ac}~e value cover t · e little tinber ,...,rer-cn t. Improvements: None . Acreap;e and value of land by tynoo: ~ Slope Acreage 31 Vnlue per A. 4 . 00 Tot~l value of tract ...f124 . 00 Avera.go value per acre ... .A . OO .,I;- note: Thia includes buildings and land outside pn.rk. ~ota.1 Value 124. 00 �- - _ j/21 - Dearing , i . County: District: Rockingham Stonewall T. N' -:* -;:;;~\))-...;::, ~ (( ¥-, ii - '-..._ - \\(J0-7 \V · E . E . Hensley----- - ' ~ Geo . N . Conrad LEGEND: Slope Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dearing-w-t.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dearing, W. T. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: S. Naked Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dearing https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ef51338064de021e4327c2a9aca0d181.pdf 16138f8eae4debbc992c133107b06738 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #146 - Diehl , Clark Number of Acres: 101 Location: Spur Ridge east of Beldor . Roads: Two and one half miles of fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy cla y of good depth and fair fertility with loose s urface rocks and steep slopes ; southwest exposure . A portion of t he tract was cleared many years ago, most or wn1c~ is still grazed . Some portions has been neglected and is now grown up to brush , pine and etc . The woodland has beea cut over repeatedly in the past . The present stand consists of mixed oaks and some pine . History of Tract and condition of tiU1ber- Improvements: Stable: wg 16xl6xl0', shingle roof , poor c ondition . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 27 @ $3 . 00 $81 . 00 30 00 1920 . 00 15 . 00 150 . 00 $2151 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 64 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 2151 . 00 30 . 00 200 . 00 $2381 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 30 • 0 0 Value of Orchard: $ 200 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 23. 56 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. CLERK L/::. �C(>unty • Rookin .. h· m 1str1ot: Stonewal l 10 a oss d: 101 • 1 ge •,pur • 92 P. 930 . 00 t)tlBt nd st ap slopes ; south et expo ur e . To undone- halt m1les four miles to Alkton. .fil..!tor (l923) 3000. 00 one kno.,n. 'andy ol y ot.' g dod depth ,nd fetr fertility Otlds: "tor ot Beldor. or lan: rooks ~eed: 101 . • 92. or ith loos& surt o fair dtrt road to Swift Run ; thence "ld cond1 t1on of . timber: .. portion of the tract e ole ired ioh 1 still gr zed . Some ort!on years ugo , most 1 hae been neglected ~ d 1a now gro·n up to bru h, p1n and etc . The woodl nd bas been out over rep atedly in t e p ··t . .. he present st nd oonsist ot mixed oak and soma pine . It is ostimatod to 50!1•• 108 .. 00 • ore . -• 216 cords uUt 8 oords (> f fuelwood per .~ ,>r9vements: root , .,oor oondition -;1t ble: l.og l6xl6xlo• , ah1ngl :rohurdi 124 tru1t trees 1n t i r oondit1on valued at I.uo per tro t)r trees only - --- - 186 . 00 ·~ud . OU Tote.l oreuse 2'1 Value I 64 22 10 otal v lue ,r 1 nd ot 1 v 1~ >t i nprov • ments Total v l u of timber Totu1 v 1 o of tra:t vertlg& vo.lu@ per aor Bl. /U o.oo 60. 00 ase1.oo Tor 2381. 00 206 . 00 108. 00 $4MH>. oo 26 . 68 20 . 00 �County: District: -N Rock i.ngham Stonewall \ #146 - Diehl,Clark lex . E . Wyant LEGE1T:J: Slope Grazing Fields restocking. Scale - l" = 20 chains 57e, �~~a:~e ~rcu~ ·C~t ~ ~ ~ - - - C o u n t y , Virginia, No.L8_2c-7'.,-At Law. :~e:,ta :: _co:zi ~~ ;:_cz :rvt:. a ~ ~ m e ~ ~Sta~ ~Virg inia, Peti. §';).. S & I -------7 -------- -------- -----more or less, of land in_/l~ ---- ---~--- --Cou nty, Virginia, Defenda nts. and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the pe ition of the State Commission on Conservation velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said;j>etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f i r ~ E ~ - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this 5t_------------------------------------------------- as h:Y~::: :..c,A:~~~-::'.d;t:~·:__0_____________~------------------- My post office address i s _ ~ - ~--- ----- -------- -------- -------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about__ j_()_J_ M. ___ acres, on which there are the frwing ' buildings and improvements:_L~--,;,~ ----- ~-,L .;_~ -~-w _~-;;;;C & /) ~ ¢~~ --- /---~~- o.l.rw..Jr 7 t) ?%~-. ,-~ -------- ---v--:~- :p.~-J[~ ~ ti:J.._J~ ".! l f ~ r / ~ !§1' 7'1~ <L Virginia, in ..3/~____ miles from __fij__~ ~-------------This land is located about_ ___ the_~ ~M agisteria 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.) _s~ ~ L L / t / _____________________________________________________________ _ The land owne;f, aj;ent to. the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: -n--- ~~ D~ -------- ------ z -------- -------- ------ ----North __ {J_a,,u f South __ ~ _ I l o-d../1'-L--~ 'J-u ~ f f __________________ _ -'S. WJ ,/v--uJ"' oV ______________________________ _ ---~ East ___ ~ West___ a/.u ..J~ ---------------------------------------------------------to this property about the year __L'.:1-~7=_ in the 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest f~::: :z:::, )-.~ ---~.1 £_._ Jav ____ S,,.L,__pu,.,/4. -------- --- I claim tha~ !~e total value of this tract or parcel of land with the impr'ovements thereon is $30_0.r)_Jfip_ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $~A..O_IL~!;)~ _Q, I am the owner of_ ___21_g:-_______ 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 $- - ~ ------ -· as to (In the space below should be set out any additiona l statemen ts or informat ion a here insert also this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should ~::: :~;~ ::~-~ ~~ i;~ ~~ ~! ~ i =~:: ~4iljrb_ ~~ -~ ;I: .-~--,3_t,_!J i_1.j' PJu H~ ~---- ~ - --~YV vV_- __ IBJ- ~ - ------- -., ~ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessar y on the back). oL~ : : 1!t~};Z:!t~~~:~ s~~~:~~rl~Q~r my name fand = zia h _ ~:_ ."> - - J~ ' ~¥ STATE OF vm.GINI A, COUNTY OF__ _.,_t:?Y_~ --J!!-~ ----, To-wit. --The undersig ned hereby certifies that_ __t;;_..tt__. ,(j-~~ ------ -------- -------matters the that oath made and him before appeared y personall claimant named above the and things appearin g in his ab/ t answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, /J~ ~ I ~-~ this ______ L _7-~~----day of_ ___~-:-_ __ ____ . • ' n I t../ ; 31 ( ' ) ~ ()~J ~ -J-v.-L, I 11 - I 9' d. ~ __,_ V..., ~ / --,:,}!!, , ;~~~ Qk~~-~~~~s-~~-I~; the Feaee. Notary Public, ~~He e , , or I .. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context diehl-clark.pdf Title A name given to the resource Diehl, Clark Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Spur Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 146 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Diehl https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3f8928c6e69bfe221ed98f5c86d0cf91.pdf 63fec772ee60fe3bdb2a1b0cb1e9fd2c PDF Text Text ROC KilifGH.AJ\' COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #297 -- Downs, Number of Acres: U . S . Positions #214 - 215- 216 - 217 • . Partly outside Park Area . Location: Roads: w. J . 43 2 miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Clay loam . slopes . Cove and slope type . Fairly smooth, moderate There is about 25M bd . ft . of saw History of Tract and condition of timber: timber on 22 acres and about 3 cords of fuel wood per acre on 39 acres , Some timber has been removed s i ne e estimati ') n was made . ( 117 cords) . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: -- - 17 @ $5 . 00 $85 . 00 Cove: --- 22 @ 7 . 00 154 .oo $239 . 00 4 @ Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: -- - -- - - 100 . 00 25 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 239 . oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ 100 . oo Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 1 00 100 . 00 .oo 50 . 00 ... - - -·- --- --· Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 $ 489 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 11 . 37 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~e , , ~:_CLERK 112 �oun .,..: District: 164 De d 2540.00 " A~ seAsed alue Claimed: Loe tion: J.. s. 21 brancea , counter cla1 Inc Soil: Clay loaro. oads: " '500 . 00 215-216-217 . nrt outside ar o tield sheet area. Nono known or lans: I Fairly Cove and slope type. 2 miles via dirt road to iiocJs:ingham s c--n wul ooth, moderate elopes. ort Republic, the ne est shipping point. .. '.£here is bo 1t 25 bd. ft. of saw bout 3 cords of f l ood per ere on ~9 er 100.00 .oo per l 25 bd rt. s 50.25 cord 11'7 cords ood 168.25 nde. 8 Sone t b :- hae been remoyed since esti ation of tiu1be isto:::z ot tract and timb,r 01 22 Tolprovements: V lue of' land :£.Y.I?.! Cove Slo1>0 Orchard "· 11lere is 4 acre of orch !'d in th:i s tr t. Trees ar e bout 6 nd in vory )Oor condttiun 77 ~pple trees, 100 peach years ol trees. Val a of rees are llCi ded in pr co or ere or orch rd. bl t;ypes: Acr Value .e :>e-:r- acre 22 17 5.00 4 43 25.00 Total value or lnnd ~otnl val ue o~ ti1ber Total val. ue ot tr ct v rage v ue :,er aero 3.00 261 . 00 158.2;j ,_1 ). 2b .., • '15 x -- This includeo t~ct #297- a . r~ota VftlUO 110.00 ·1. 0 �ROCKINGHAM C OUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #297 - a -- Downs , ·,1 . J . Number of Acres: Brown I s Gap , headwaters of Madison Run . Location: Roads: 353 One mile very rough mountain road, and tnen 5½ miles fairly good mountain road to Brottoes . Soil: Gravelly, shaley loam of moder ate to shallow depth-fertile . Rock present everyvvhere in varying amounts . Very little rock out - crop . Slopes gentle to steep . Exp osures N. E . and S . ' J. History of Tract and condition of timber: Tract cut over at least once , and a Last cut in 1930 removed large part cleared for farming and grazing . Only firewood remains and all :::nerchantable saw timber from most of area . a ·np le reproduction . Mainly an oak stand with dead chestrtut , scattered Farmland now in use . other hardwoods and pine . frame , 18x22' with L 16x20 1 , 5 rooms , Improvements: --ffvELLI_NG;_ shing l e and paper roof , 2 flues of brick, porch 6.x20 1 , height l½ and 2 stories , ceiled , spring water supply , solid foundation, with pillars Poor condition , occupied by tenant . under L . , 16x20 1 shingle roof , poor condition- -- Log BARN -SPRING HOUSE:---- frame , 7xl2 1 , board roof , poor condition-- - Frame , 14xl4' with 8xl6 ' lean - to, shinsle roof, fair conGRANARY dition . HEN HOUSE: HOG PEN Orchard:-- frame, 8xl0', board roof , fair condition . Log , 8xl6', no roof, po or condi ~io n . 92 peach trees-- 52 pear trees -- 86 apple trees. Acreage and value of types : Total Value Value per acre Acreage Types Ridge: Slope: 256 @ $3 . 00 97 @ 20 . 00 $768 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: - ----- 1940 . 00 ---- ··- - ·$2708 .00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2708 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 505 . 00 50 5 . 00 300 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 300 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 $3563 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 09 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~- ff_fl- -? ~ CLR RK 11-; �REPORr ON S:HE ACREAGE of the w. r . novn1s TRACT #297- a . Mr . P. B. F. Good made a survey of this tract, showing 369 acres . ' Te used his survey in making our map , changing it sli ghtly to agree with the result of a field survey which we made of certain lines of the tract . Our computation of the acreage by !,Ir . Good ' s survey , changed only as noted above, gives 353 acres as the area of the tract . W. N. Sloan , .Chie f Engineer , Park Service . �-;If_ /h iv-.-~------------------------------------- Claim oL_ In the Circuit Court o ~ d i ~ k _!:'LS=-___ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v s · - - - ~ - ~ - - e f - ~.,- ~ ~ ~ f ' . ~ - ~ ~~4-1-~-~~~~~~---~~of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, 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 -~-- ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court oL.@ ash~;~::: said~ j-~~ -p-p:--.: :,--~---------------- My post office address 1s ____;:;1--~.u.1 .-?..._C/-~ ------------ ~----------- ---I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about__J . . . buildings and improvement s: ___·~z_~~ ---.ft:.~ ,_f_~ ~-1~. £~ ~J.J;_ _______ -~L~=L - L ~ - ~ ~ -~ -~ - - ' ~ ~ - L - 1~ ----- J ~ -£¼-~1-- -~&-~ -~----f-----~-----Virginia, in This land is located abouL ____o/-_____ miles from_tfl h...~¥. t h ~ M a g i s t e r i a l District of said C o u n t y . ~ ~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~c/k. p a r c e ~d ~ ) _ft__ ;L. i[~,,{l k _____________________________ _ ------------- 1~/J- ·-~ ~ ------------------------------------------------ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year j_[9_lf- ___ in the following manner: ----~ ~ ~ Y ' - ~ - J~Jk~ ,~~~ _if L,--}) - ~ ~ ;fb ------ .u.'E_l-:.~ ~ - ' . : ~f ~ J_<j_[~---- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s theret, 6 hJ-, (on Sl $-!f ~,t~9.:..=~-'1 I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, d to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $----------- -----· am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or el of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the prod 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 s claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a _ scription of tke tract or parcel of la~9 by metes and bounds). Remarks: ..J_rfJ.! J,~-~-~~~b__ A~~l~J~ -~-~-~~ -Jl,_7_1 A,~ Mk iJ,,,_.,_&fr-~ t h - ~ ~ -LJ ~-~ -07 - ~ ~ f o 2 '________ ,fx,,.-e1:-: ~ f l + ~ C,{,JJg___ - - & . ~k-~~-J:::ia1;2~Q:-,:::::i~~s~JR_~ck) ________ day Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ . ___ __ of_ __~ ---------- , 193, . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ tJr&rf 4f-rJd -~-~ -,·To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ :::-:,·,._)l_.________ _, _________ ~ !--~ -------"'::~-the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his ~cqe. answer are true to the best of his kno~edge and belief, ~1 ------day oL_IL__J'_ ~c_~ -, 193 . this _____'? ~ - --:J~J--~ ~---------- ~ ~ A• v.v 7' \U ISS• Ct • ./. / ----- - --- ------------ . . _ t:7__ .----------- · 1 ~ViES ~r Clerk of'. the--Gom t, or Special Investiga-oor-or Notary Public, or- Justice oi the ~-aee.-- �'-./ county: 1,ookinghom District: ,.>tonewall J . Jowns H 297-a Deed: Assessed 180 A. 360 Acreage Claimed: X Value Cl imed: Location: Laps: , 4500 . 00 " ~200.00 Brown's Gap, headwaters of l1adisan Run. 1fone .§2!.l: Gravelly, aimlly Ioem or 10oderate to shallow depth--tertile . Root.: present everywhere in varying amounts . Very li 1,tlo rock outcrop. Hlopee 1 cmtle to steep. :.i2I)OS res U. Jl . and s. w. Roads: One mile very rough m.ountnin road, and then 5 1/2 miles fairly good mountn1n road to Grottoes. 11 tory: Tract citover et least once and a lrrge uart cleared for rannirW, and grnzing . Last ct in 1930 rEmoved all merchantable saw tinber i'rom nost of area. unly firewood remains e.nd emplo reporduct1on. Mainly an oak stand vi.th dead ohestnut. scattered other hardwoods and pine . Farmland now in use. Improvements: Dwelling--frorn.e, 18 x 22 with L 16 x 20, 5 rooms, shingle nd paper root. 2 flues of bric, porch 6 x 20, height l l/2 end 2 stories, ceiled, poor condition, occupied by tenant. s,r1ne, e<:>lid !'o,mctntion ~ ith pillars 'mder L tBe.rn--log , 16 :x 20, sh1ni~le roo1, poor condition Sprinc house,-- frar,e. 7 x 12, board roof , poor cond . <'r'lnary--f'rrune, 14 x 14 with O x 15 leim-to. ahini·lo roof, tair condition Hen ho.is - trnme, 6 x 10, board roof, 1'a1r concli t~.on Ho8 pen--log. 8 x 16, no roof, poor condition ~otnl bldgs. l.75 trees each 92 Orchard: 2.50 52 pear trees · • 25 86 apple treeo TO'rAL 450.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 lb.00 5.00 55b .80 161.00 150.00 279 . f>O 1125. 50 Value ot land by tzyes: ~ Till blc ST Acreage 97 256 Val11e uer acre A 13.00 :;.oo Total value of land " " L.]lrovements " " " "timber "2 .00 About·3 eds. per ( 27:. A. incl. 1, nd valuo) Total val.ue or tract 1\verege vel e per acre x -- Thia includoe tract #297 . l "11 . 7ou 2029 3b~ I Total Value "'2029 .00 1125.50 5,, .oo mme.oo 9.08 �- - m THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY, VIRGINIA . THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. Petition er #1829: CASS.ANDRA LAWSON .ATKms, ET AL, ETC. Defenda nt~ It appearin g that on January 9, 1934, an order was enterdisburse ment ed herein for the ~IJ[JJZiw:xrt: of $3,563.0 0,being the amount ~ the award set out in the award of condemn ation for Tract No. 297-a, heretofore paid into Court-, f'or reasons now appearin g to the Court, it is ordered that the said order above referred to be vacated and set aside. And thereupo n, this /J ...-day of .January , 1934, came W. J. Downs, and it appearin g that on the 9th day of January, 1934., the said wI . J. Downs filed his applica tion for the payment to him or the said sum of' $3,563.0 0, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemn ation for Tract No. 297-a, heretofo re paid into Court: And it appearin g from the report of the Boo rd of.' A.pprai sal Commiss ioners heretofo re filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgmen t and condemn ation entered herein on the __ day of Novembe r, 1933, that in the opinion of petition er, the said w. J. Downs is invested with a superio:n .pr better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No. 297-a, and that the record of this cause does not. disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Tr§ct No. 297-a, or to the proceeds arising from the condemn ation thereof', and that the said w. J. Downs is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemn ation of said Tract No. 297-a, and it further appearin g to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 29~-a are paid, except taxes for the year 1931 amount /4 $3 .69, for the year 1952 amounti ng to ~2 .43, and for the year 1933 amountin g to $1 .99, the said amounts being a supplemental levy, and also for the year 1933, $2 .21; and it also f'ur- �- - . --2--ther appearing to the Court that the State Commission on Conservation and Development has filed a claim against the said Tract No. 297-a by reason of a contribution pledge by the owner, W. J. Downs, obligating the said owner to giwe 69 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Pro$210 .oo ject, said pledge amounting to the sum or~tt, and tlB.t the said w. J. Downs has agreed to the said deduction of $210.00 in writing, which is filed k:tu:.IIDl.t:tk with the said application: Upon consideration whereof,it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of' $3.563.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 297-a be paid as follows: To M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County, the supplemental taxes for the years 1931, 1932, and 1953, aggregating the sum of $8.11, and al so the sum of 2 .21, the annun t or taxes for the year 1933; to W. J. Downs, the sum of $3~342.68, being the balance of said award remaining after deducting the a:n...ount or $210.00, heretofore set out, said sums together aggregati:r\S' the sum er $3,563.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 297-a; and the Gaar.kt oft this. Court is directed to transmit ::tmxxioori'toct1s111:ren01fx"fi1ginbrXJ[ E~lD}llJD!fin:±rnmnr:J:XDE aa~nw t exx:tarki:Jqy r z· wrxi~: :tmnc_ a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of' Virginia, who shal 1 ~a.-.se the said aw~5,fS63.00 as above set out, taking from the said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, and W. J. Downs receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law. 1(...1 �TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA and TO J. ROBERT SWI T'ZER, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COU Rr OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. You are hereby directed,in any orders that may be ing necessary to be entered, allotfme to receive the award for No. 297-a,to deduct $21O.OO therefrom--I having heretofore agreed to give to the State Conservation Commission 69 acr~s of No. 297-a, which the commission values at $21O.oo. Given under my hand this {ffday of 1934. ~ ... (} 5 • 'Ivy, ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGH.AM:,,:,wit: I, @:d ' I L / ~ ~ a notary public in and for the county and atatVaroresaid,who se commission expires .Ltii'-cla-r ,f ~ , 19.q., do hereby certify that W. J. Downs whos::aie is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date of L. ti!'- , 1934, personally ap- peared before mea::; county and state aforesaid and acknowledged the same. Given under my hand this 1934. JJ!l day of ...,.,,.______.._ �. t IN THE CIRCUITCOURT OF ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. Petitioner #1829 Defendants CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, ET AL, ETC. This 7}:lvday- of Janua.ry,. 19~4, came W. J. Downs, and on his motion leave is given him to file his application fer the payment to him of the sum of $3,.553.00, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for Tract No. 297-a, heretofore pa id into Court. And it appearing from tm report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on t h e _ day of November, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner,, the said W. J. Downs is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No. 297-a, and that the record of this ca use does not disclose any denial or dispute by anype:rty or person in interest as to the title to the said T'ract No. 297-a, or to the proceeds arising frcm the condemnation thereof, and that the said W. J. Downs is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract No. 297-a; and it further appe.a ring to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 297-a are paid, except taxes for the year 1931 amounting to $3 .69, for the year 1932 aIIDunt1ng to $2.43, am for the year 1933 amounting to $1.99,. the said am.oun ts being a supplemental. levy, and al.so for the year 1933, $2 .21: Upon consideration whereof', it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $3,505.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation ror Tract No. 297-a be paid as follows: To M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer or Rockingham County, the supplemental taxes for the years 1931, 1932, and '"'I �--2-1933, aggregating the sum of $8.11, and also the sumo~ $2.21, the amount of' taxes for the year 1933; and that the balance of said award, to-writ, the sum or- i3 ,552.68, be paid unto the said w. J. Downs; and the Clerk of' this Court is directed to trans- mit a certified copy of' this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said~- H. Harrison, County Treasurer, the sum of 8.11, supplemental taxes for the years 1931, 1932, and 1933, and also the sum of $2.21, taxes for the year 1933, and to the said W. J. Downs the sum of' $3 ,552.68, said amounts totaling the sum of $3 ,563.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of' condemnation for Tract No. 297-a, taking from the said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, and W. J. Downs receipts therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of' this Cour-t for appropriate entry thereof as required by law. Enter: 1(/5 �• NOTE-This need not be filed unt il t he record discloses t hat 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 DEFENDANT S. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ; No.~_7--7-./4- and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. 2::.f.Z.,f--$3-..f(6~~-1 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; 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:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: I 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 . .1::.9-2.__z/_..__ $~ £{.J_~,{")Tra ct 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) w P. 0 . ADDRESS NAME --------- ' ~ l -~ -- -- (2 _______ _ STATE OF VIRGI~: COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM t o-wi t~ This -cray personall y -a·'Jpear ed -before ' me- W. -J" . - Downs - and made - oa t h- t hat the s t a tem.en..t s..-c-00.t.a.tned--i-n--the -abov-e- pe ti.:tr:i:on--se--f-a-r --e:s--mad-e- un-n t -s --uwn informatio n are t rue and so far as made un on informatio n of others hA b e lieves tnem- tooe - true .--- Given -under my h~n ----- i s -2 t h -- ay _______ecemb~r,19 33 . ; :T-.:::-,~::;;-:;;~;,-:;:::~:;~-~~~-~~:-:;:~d in t~; ;t, :ni,:ce of in':!~!"'b li C• aw, and claimants can parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motion n 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 mer ely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. '"''- �• ., M. ... • H. HARRISON TREASU RER OF ROC KINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Jan-9th, 1934 To V/hom It May Concern'!<This is to certify that the records of myoffice show that the taxes on 180 acres, belonging to W.J. Downs, situated in Stonewall Sistrict, County of Rockingham are due and not paid for the following years . 1931 tax and penalty ; 3,69 '-- 1932 " " 1033 The tax on 172 acres unpaid ' for 1933 " " ff " 2 . 43 1.99 J8 . ll 2 roods and 16 poles 1s due and Tax and penalty The taxes for 1932 on 172 ac r es, 2 ,;;,~2 . 2-l roods and 16 poles is paid . All taxes primrno this date, if uny unpaid, is a mamter of record in the Clerks Office mf the said County . Given under my hand this 9th day of January 1934 . T r e ~ n g h a m Count STATE OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I J Robert Switzer Clerk of the Circuit court of Rockin ham'co~nty , Virginia , do hereby certify that the records in my ~ffice do not show any delinquent taxes against any land in stonewall District assessed in the name of W. J Downs . 0 Given under my hand this 27th day of December , 1933 . �- • - . '1 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 . . . . . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. .2.9.7_~a ____ : 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. _?jt7_~~-- $_9_Q9.Q.!Q_q 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; W. J . Downs 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 r ea s on of contribut i on pledge , obligating the owner , W. J . Downs , to gi ve 69 a cres of his land within the Par k Ar ea to the Park Pro j ect. That np other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the - .,.sai_d .award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds :ar1s-ing from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the _provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the ~distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _?J'.t7~~---- $-J~J__Q.!lQQ: 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 ON CONSERVATION --- -- --------- ----------- --- --------------STATE COMMISSION - ------------------ ---- ----- ---------- - --- - ·.---- -- --------- -- - - --- - --- -: _JJ.I07:2.01l~ & ~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~-:; 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 w,ill 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. (b �. - - • ST~TE OF VIRGINI A ~ SS COUNTY OF WARREN ) Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notr-i.ry Public in my said State and County, E . ·K . Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the within claim is just and cor rect . Witness my signature this M:1 Commi,sion Expires Sep. 81 1934 �County: Roc':ingh.P Di· trict: r tone ·mll .J . ./J29?- I o •ms H. M. Wagner Ll·:GE:ID: Slopo Orchard Seale - Cft¥0: 20 chains �VIRGINIA. IN 'IHE CirtCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGEJ.J.: COUNTY, IN V!1.CATION. The 3tate Commission on Conservation & DevelopnBnt, of the .:it ate af Virgi_nia, - - - - - - - - - - Petitioner, !I V. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et els, defendants. In Re: Distribution of proceeds of condemnation of tract No . 297-a W. J. Downs, ~p 210. 00 • On this the / 3 ~ay af August, 19 35, came the State Commission on Conservation & Developrent, by counsel,and moved the vourt to enter an order requiring the Treasurer of Virgini , to pay to said Comniss ion, out of the funds in the bands of . said Treasurer, to the credit of this Court in this pr-oceeding, the su m of ~210 . 00 to be deducted from the award for tract No . 297-a, Vl. J. Downs; and it further appearing that the 53.id '.". J. Downs consents to the payment out of the proceeds of cmdemna tion for said tract and no objection to such :i;:ayment being offered by any other person, it is accordingly adjudged am ordered that the I Treasurer of Virginia, do out of the monies in his hands to tre credit of this Court in this proceeding, pay to the State Commission on Conservation & Development, the said sum of ) 210.00 and mall charge the same against the judgment in rem fixing the value and damages for s aid tract No . 297-2, W. J. Downs . The Cl.erk of the Circuit vourt of Rockingham County, will ente r the foregoing order 01 the Conmen Law Order Book his af f ice as a vaca tion order. Given under my hand this /(3 d a ~ u s t , 1935, -~~ ••••• •• ~Judge of the Circuit Court of Roc·kingham Co. Va. I �<trnmtnnutntaltlJ nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 18, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virginia have this 18 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockinghrun County dated 1/15/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. - ----~O~a=s=s~a=n=d-r~a~L=a=w=s~o-n~~A~t~k~i~n~s___________ paid to w. J. Downs, Port Republic Virginia $_ 3C-#-,3~4~2~.6~8~ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #----2S:J...7-a in the above mentioned cause. �C!tnmtunuwtalt4 of l!lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , January 18 1 1934 JOHN M. PUR<;:ELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA w. J. Dovms Port Republic, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 3 , 342 . 68 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_-=R~o~c=k=i=n=g~h=a=m=---- entered on the 15th day of ,January 1 93..4_ , 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# 297- a Sign ori g inal and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �QinmmnuwtaltlJ of 1!1ir9iuin TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 18, 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 1 8 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/15/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawso=n~A~t=k=i~ · n~s_______ ___ paid to __N . H. Harris on , County Treasurer of Rockingham County Harrisonburg , Virginia $ 2.21 being in full settlement of tract #.2Sn..-a in the above mentioned cause. �- -- -- ------- QJ:nmmnuttttaltf1 nf 1!Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M . PURCELL January 18, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County Harrisonburg, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of ;2 2=1=--- , in ac co r dan c e Virg inia, the sum of $_=---.:,.~ with an order of the Circui t Court of t h e county of Rockino-ham of January 1 93!_, in the mat t er of t h e State entered on the 15th day Commi s sion on Conservat io n a nd Deve lopment v _·_ _ ........j~n=s.____ and others , being ~k ... --~G~a. . . s~s~a~u~d~r~e...__I~1-a~w~s~a~n.___,A~t full and c omplete settlement f or the tract of land known in said proc e e di ng as# 297- a Sign origi na l an d dup li cat e and retur n t o the Treasure r of Virginia . �Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf lltrgtuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , 1· January 18, 1 934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 1 8 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham Cotmty dated 1/15/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atki ns~ - -- - -- - - - ~~~= paid to __ M. II . Harrison~ County Treasurer of Rockingham County Har risonburg , irginia $ 8 .11 being in full settlement of tract #2in..- a in the above mentioned cause. �Q!nmtnnuwraltlJ nf llirgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA, January 18 1 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison , County Treasur er of Rockingh am County Harrison burg, -Vi-r-g.i-n.i--...a- -- Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of$ 8 . 11 , in ac co rdance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_ _ ~R~o~c=k=i=n=g=h=a=m=----- entered on the 15th day of January _193_1_ , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as# Sign origina l and dup licate and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . 297- a �.... Qlnmmnuwtaltq nf ]ltrgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE 1· RICHMOND, VA . - . January 18 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 18 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/15/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. _ _ _ _ _ _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_v:_rn_o__ n_A_t_k_.i_n_s~- --------:p aid t o __ M. H. Harrison~ County Treasurer of Rockingham County $ 8 . 11 Harrisonburg , irginia being in full settlement of tract # 2fil- a in the above mentioned cause. �Ql.nmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , Aug ust 16, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B . Gath ri ght This is to certify that I , ~ ~ . Treas u rer of Virgin i a have this 16 day of August i n acco r dan c e wit h an order of the c irc ui t dat ed 8/16/35 court of Rockingham County i n t he cause of the St a t e Commi ss i on on Conservat i on and Deve l opm e nt of t he Stat e of Vi rg i nia vs . _ _ _ _ _ _...,c...,a.....su.s....a.uu......d.....r.. __a. .....__.... L....a'-'"wU.s......o.._.n...__A ~ t ... k ....i .....n....sL......la....,nu.,d ....._..., oc.Lt....h.....e....,r.....s..L-_ _ :pa i d to Sta te Commission on Conserva tion & Development $ 210 . 00 being i n full se t tlement of t ract # 2 9 7 - a i n the above mentioned cause . )O'-/ �• Qlnmmnuwtaltf1 of lfirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . August 16, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation & Development A. B . Gathright Received o f ~ , Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 210 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of August entered on the 13th day 1 93___6_ , in the matter of the State Co mmission on Conservation and Development v _ __ s~a~n'-------LA~t=k~j~n~s..,___ __ and others, being . . r~a..__,,L=a~v~~~ . . . . .d~ -~C=a~s~s~an full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 297- a ~~ ----;1IJ ~ 1( Attorney for State Co~ission on S onservati on and Development Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. /V5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context downs-w-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Downs, W. J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Positions 214-215-216-217 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 297, 297-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Downs https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1a3c5d474c63c8915044c2538709f458.pdf 0820fc1fd63a6c3f3ff43c672b107230 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COU NTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #251 - Dugan, George Number of Acres: 10 Location: Mile Run, 3 miles east of Island Ford . within the Park area . Roads: 3 miles over cou nty road to Island Ford . Soil: This tract is enti1 ely 1 Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: badly damaged . The cleared land of this tract has been Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove:- - 1 @ $ 10.00 $10 . 00 9 @ 20 . 00 1 80 . 00 jl90.00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 190 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 25 . 00 $ 215 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 2 5 • 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 21 •.50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - None . ~..:;..::;..J.c..·-/4:::...~~~~~~~!.-.;_ _CLERK (1') �/ County: 'l'.)oc..:inghu•. District:,' stonewall e CJ.t=timod: Valuo Claimed : Locat i on: l! .1. snessed ,800 . 00 l't 10 noreo acquired 10 acr es 1no5 Decc , 250 . 0 0 f'or !1 , 50.00 r.11e nun, 3 miles enst of !·~land ,• ord . This tract 1s entirely within the park a.rcn. la:ps: .1£ll: Slope . Ro d: .... 3 miles ovor count¥ :rond to Isl and : ord. history:_he cleared l nd of this tract has been badly damaged • ~m rovemcnts: None . Orchard : Timber : ~15.0o 8 c [ e. o f fuel wood . oo • '7,4 :p er ed . Val· c of land by ty es: ~ olope _orea.ge 1 li ..! C • 1::, To t ~ val ue of fruit trees Total value of land Valuo acre ': 5 . vo ;12 . 00 Total 11 er ....Vuluo ..::> . vv ~ V 144 . 0v '14J . 00 1 5 . 00 'l.~149.00 To tal vnluc o f I mprovcmonts Total value of timber Total value of tra ct Av rago value er uo~e 6 . 00 l ? 0.00 13.0? 'l?o �Claim oL __ Geor_ge_ Du,gans ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------In the Circuit Court of_ __IJQ_Q.lg!!_~~~- ----------County, Virginia, No._J._f!~9--, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ Cs&SM.Ql'.a._L~,JYS.o....n_A.t..~1-ns_,_JUl_d_o_t..b.~~s. .. __~tJ.A_5.2_,.5.f>J.__ a.G..:rsJJi,_ __ _ more or less, of land in __ J~Q_Q.~ !,!'.J.___gQ.~----- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ______!!_~~-~~~~'._ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is____ _________ Geor_ge_ Dug_ans -------- ---------------- -------------My post office address is ____ ~}i_Ql)_,__v~---L-R.'!..#~---- ----------------- --------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____t_en__________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ______f ~n.G..ip._g_ a~o@c'L j;_b,i_s_ -D~02:p_e_~ty_,__ {!.Jld __________ _ orchard. ____________________________________________________________________________ _ This land is located abouL~eyjU),__ ___ miles from ____ Elkt.on _________________ Virginia, in the __$_tQ!!.~~~_g___ 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.) Sol e owner. The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _________ John Kin__g ________________________ ________________________________ _ South _________ Si_ M.il].er ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------East-----~---- V/ill Sh i f'f let t ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -West_ _________ J ohn Bu.rner ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l.9_Q~ ____ in the following manner: __by _deed_ from_ Herbert_ Royer. ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__8Q..P_!!.Q.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 $---~.9_Q!9_Q _____ , I am the owner oL_.:-__::_.:-__ :-_____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ___-:__ __:-__-:: __:-__ :-____ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------- c. ---------------- --------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ~ Witness my signature (or my name and~ attached her~is -----~8:1;.h __ day n~ ~ ~ s of__~e~r~ X ~~ - _£ _ ~ -- ---- -----rm-, ~Sr ST.ATE0FVI!{ GINI$, COUNTY OF ___ R._QQ;Jg,_l)g_l!~ -----~----, To-wit: iii" : ~ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______G.e....Q:rg__EL~..:uga.ns. _______________________ _ &'- 0 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, cg- ~ this ___ day of ____ f_E!Q~~!X- --, ±~~E: _________ -~ 3 ~ (lo, �r.::ounty: lr.i:strict: L #251 - Jjugan, Geo . , N \! . i :IJ. JI/~-\ ,:.-c. . Shifflett . \ ~/' / Mrs . B. ~! . Harrison LEGEND: Slope Tillable Scale - l" : chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dugan-george.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dugan, George Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 251 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dugan https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4684c149dac371b57ccb34b934f4c0a8.pdf 640a2c38f03493335902ff7e4bd235df PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT ,/257 - Dutrow , w. B. - Estate Number of Acres: 98 Location: Big Run, und entirely within the Park area . Roads: Three miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract was cut over about eight years ago, but since that tira.e the immature mixed oak into a very nice stand of from 10" - 12' stool-: ·• Improvements: mas grown None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 5 . 00 $490 . 00 Ridge: Slope: 98 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 490 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ 75 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 75 . 00 100.00 665 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 100 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 7 8 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ JW1IB . .. ( CL"":RI~. 7 �-- • D. Dutrow, s ssed 98 Loe tion: B g Btm nd enti stete eed 98 '1 c t uir ed 98 acr es 500 for 1920 for l/2 int . 100 " County: Rockingh Stone, ll ~j trict: ly within the P&rk 8J"ea. ~: Soil : Slope , a s : 3 miles over county road t o I lend Ford s ory: cut var about ight ye rs ago b1t ai ce th t tiwe 1xed o k has grown into a very nice st nd of fro d is e tiuuted to c t approxi ntely ~,.•OO bd . tt. toe · ~his tract t1u i c aturo 10 of - l~" w ti ber. ID'prov~ent .. : 25.ooo d :rt. 3 . 50 er r 8 7. 50 !one Value ot l nd by types; Value ~ Slope ed) urned) " '.i.o l value oi' land r ot 1 vatt e of Mprove ants Tot'l v lue o:r timber Total v~lue o. tract Aver e val e p r ere Aor ;per acre £,: 8 b' I z 45 no ~ 2io.oo 87 . 29'7 . 50 3 . 03 -OtHl vnluc 1.00 5a.oo .... -.,0 157.00 210.00 �~--::J-_--_41-.!_- __ : __ _ =--- ~ / 4 Claim of_ __ In the Circuit Court oL__///--~~~~ounty, Virgini , No.J.2..2-_7, At Law. The State Commission on Conservati# and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ __{!.,_~---------------------------- ------- ~ --------------------- . - - - - ; f ) ~ --------------------. --..---------------------more or less, of land m __ l/f-.: _________ _...--~n-_County, Virgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitiof~it-h~-St~mmission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~1g of Jfid petition~ and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__ -~.....£8-~unty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his ans er to said #tition and to said notice. My name is ____________________________ ~------------------ - ----------------- -- ~:ia:;s: ::~~ ~t~:,•::t~~-~r i~~rest in;;ract or ~/~~-;~;t~i~-;~~-:~~-:o~ght to be condemned, containing about_ ____ _i__'{________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ This ~~d is locaj_rJ, abo~L-~----:--~-miles ~rom _____________________________ Virginia, in t h ~ M a g i s t e r 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, ~e should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~ arcel of Ian~ describe above. .1 ~ ~c/ o~:rs adja::~~~~d are 1 follows: ~d M North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ~ acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the "iollowing man111r: L ~rf:t../ 9 a --~--------------------------~--~r---L2--~----f--_k!.,P-e- _____/:L.:1_$--~--1e~lli-S:R_/ga.1_.7-2.. - - - ~ ~ i A .~ ;; I claim that the total value of this trac{ or parcel of land with the improveU:en'is there--;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 ~esE::~~~~~ :~~:::::::::: ---------------------------------~---------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and may\ attached hereto} this ____ day of __ ~_=:-= _____ -8="-~-~--, 1930. __0:'~--~~~--------- STATE OF VI~INIA, COUN~Y OF--------------~----;,;-r--.-1. T ~ : _ . / . __ The undersigned hereby certifies t h a t _ i ! . _ ~ _ L t ' _ , _ ~ ~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things ap~ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, !f-~--=----, 193 . - ~c:z;:;;h____ · this _____ ~ : _________ day of ___ l'f! �___ County, Virginia, Defen dants. _ more or less, of land in_ __ ---~-- -Commission on Conservation and DeState the of The undersigned, in answe r to the petit notice of condemnation award ed velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon se to the the order of the Circu it upon the ing f said p tition and published in accordance with ' _____ __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of _ _ ________ as -~----(Ti(--5----_____ -----~-----_____ h;;::: :_:t___2J'._~:_p~-~±_ L ______ ___ _ y post office addres s 1s ___ ~_____ l ____ ithin the area sough t I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of land re~, on which there are the following to be condemned, contai ning aboukr_J_o._o____ ; : ~J~~~~~:~:~=~--:~- ----~ ____ miles f r o m _ : : & ~ T ~ - - - - Virginia, in This -and ·s 1 cated about_ __ ___ ______ Magis terial Distri ct of said County. the_ tract or parcel of land deI claim the fo lowing right, title, estate or intere st in the sole owner or joint owner, is he er wheth scribed above: (In this space claim ant should say not sole or joint owner, is ant claim If s. owner and if joint owner give names of the joint has in or to the tract or he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere st he ~ J parcel o land escribed above .)/) -- ~The land o-, -~:-~~-- s adjace nt to the a _-- ::~~~ ve described tract or parcel of land are as f ~ _ ~:~~-~~~~~~P~4 J~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: __________________ _ West ____________________________________________________________ the year __________ in the ~cqu ired ~igh t, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about _ w:lo__ ~~~&a:-:~--W::a~ A:u _A_ !ili~ ~ the improvements there~lai m that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with t, title, estate or intere st, on is $_&0 ._Qj) _~--· ~lai m that the total value of ~gh ereo~ in and 'to this tract or Pf'Jel of land with the impro vemen ts bovedes~~ ~ I am the owner of_/'J l __b_ _________ acres of land a~ini ng th a be damag ed by the proparcel of land but lying outsid e the Park are a, which I claim will t of $---- ------ ------ --· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten or inform ation as to ents statem (In the space below should be set out any additional also insert here a should he cable practi if this claim which claim ant desires to make; and i~J4~-g-t2--~~---· i- i -">~~:~::-~ ~w~t~:::~~~-- --~ _ _ _ _ ~~~y:~ ;:~~-Lt ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -- (Continue r arks if necess ary on the back). ~~-si~:~~r tr my name ~d :::~~tlt~~~!~~~~~~~~y of_tWi~~~'-'_ 1: 3 -:.:.:.:.t.:,-, .!o-w1 t~ OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF--- - ~ ------------e under signed hereb y certifies thaL_ A_.! __ ~..!- -- ~ - = oath that the matte rs made and him before the above named claima nt personally appea red his knowledge and belief, and things appea ring in hi above answe r are true to the best of ST this _____ J__1 _________ day o ~ ~ ~ - - - - - --J 93I. . tb-, ~ th~ ~~l~t~ Notar y Public, OF l-f;,;;;tig;t~~-;;... Justi@@ d 1ho Pence. �- • I t. 8..>7 _____ _')u ~ _:_ , _ _ 2 ~ . m Co mc·y: is.;ric t: 11 N ~ r. - > i • .7'o:!J..L •• • ~e::~ ~n :·J Clo,:; Sc le - , ~ I c . . ins der � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context dutrow-w-b-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Dutrow, W. B. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 257 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Dutrow https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1f17ea6870b3921a1997d1cc6a1c36a1.pdf 0ac51a93f18101746d960cb59c242d29 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT rf:366 - 3 ..... ton , I..yclia ...nn Number of Acres: 35 Location: Roads: Soil: .1.L.....u:rnbill Creek m1d ,.._ .Jc e a..,+ i rvl:r 1Ji tl in t;l::.qI. (J.rk ~.rea . ·· · ·• ,.. .; es to Jl :ten ove-~ t:1ree niles of cou1ty ro' c.. cnt three miles over Sr)otswood ':'r il. s. . . ndy clt.:r loan of ediurn de t.1 und fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: ..A.. 11 nerulrn.ntable tiro er h0.s been r,~cvea l1~v:.~ , jst::.r· ted ~mount of 150 cords o: fuel~ood . ':'he cl ... ared ·1und ts in f .ir st·1te of c'1lti vution . Improvements: :};,eliing : }r ''3, 34:-r3C', G :~oons, po.1.ch 7:;.19', --iet' 1 ro, f , 'Hie~ ..-1,us, ce:'..l=> :, fc~iT con<li' ion, 00 ·~ ietl by o ~e.,.., soli.l " '''1'~ t0i0n, eel:!: r l?xlG'; 3Jr1 : 18x38zl{' , 0 ir Gr':n_ .....y : _1 r· rQ ' , FlxlL1:xl0', f ' i.., le roof, conr'l tiDn ..:m: e.,.. kitcl18~1: .!'r'.:ie, Bxl0:" 0 ' , shi"'"'le roof . :"r ··c, 8xl0x8' , ~:.1· ,-1e :'oof, fc.ir c0n :.tion Acreage and value of types : Types Total Value Acreage Value per acre 21 14 - 00 ",8( . 00 14 40 . 00 560 . 00 (G44 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 98,j . 00 Value of Land: $ J:,.1. . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 0 2.5 . no 1.50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ l..JO. uO Value of Minerals: $ 50 .'00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Jv . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ ..5 0 • 54 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ :-o,.,e • ~-/Vtfkz. : �county: Rookinghum District: Stonewall #236 - Eaton, Lydia .. creage Claimed: .um Assessed 34 A 91 P. " Value Claimed: Location: e320.oo 191? Hawksbill creek and is entirely within the Park area. Inoumbrances 1 counter olaims or laps: - Deed 34 A 91 .P. .:..oquired None known. Soil:. Sandy clay l oam of medium depth rind fertility. Roads: ~ix miles to Elkton over three miles of county road and three miles over Spotswood Trail. Hi story of tract and condition of timber: All merchantable timber hns an estimated amount or 150 cords of been removed leavi tuelwood valued at 50¢ per cord. :he cleared land is in a fair state of cultivation. Imt>rovemonts: Dwelling: ~rume, 24x28', 6 rooms, porcl1 ?ol9', metal roof, brick flues, celled, fair condition, occupied by ~600.00 o\· ner, solid foundation , oellur 1 2:xl6 t ... ~ : l8x38xl4' , Granary: Frame, 10xl4xl0', shingle roof, oondi tion r 60.00 tr 20.00 20.00 '5ummer kttohon: ,·rame 8xl0x8', shingle roof. Hen house: .. 'rame, 8xl0x3', shingle -:,:-oof, f f,1;r ---- condition Value of land by types: ~ Slope Fo Acreage 21 14 35 15 . 00 $715.00 Value per aore . ., 3. uO 30.00 Total Value $63.00 420.00 $483.0v Total value o-r orohurd 76.00 rotal value of land 483.00 Total value of improvements ?15.00 Total value of timber ?5.00 Total value of truot $1349.60 average value per acre 38.58 2s2. �/:~..56 - , • ... 1.;or. , l...:rdiu .tt.nn Count • 1 "-oc:cin gh~n Distr ict : E;"';oneuall N J. :i. .brrin i; rr. J . iyunt , . ::errin (" ~ • Burke et uls Shi.,_ flett L JG~:JD 3lo~e - ~ill ble Sc. le - l" - z·o chains 353 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context eaton-lydia-ann.pdf Title A name given to the resource Eaton, Lydia Ann Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 236 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Eaton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0435fb6e734caf56829bbb72a3d719ae.pdf edaf09d171f99065d9ea2a5f76b4e38e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAiv1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #365 - Eaton , Sam Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Soil: 10 In Eaton Hollow , about one mile southeast of Beldoir Post Office . Elkton , the nearest shipping point , is about eight miles distant. Approximately one-half of this distance is over a good macadam road, but the other half is over an ordinary dirt road that can be used for truck hauling only in dry weathe r . The soil is mostly a clay loam with a slight mixture of sand . History of Tract and condition of timber: The original growth of timber was removed from this tract about 20 years ago when it was profitable to cut only the There is no evidence of recent cutting, and the present best trees . stand consists of a mixture of inferior hardwoods and Virginia scrub and pitch pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 10 @ $30 . 00 $3 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 24 . 00 $5~.oo Minerals: Value of Land: $ 30 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 24 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5. 40 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. - . . ,. ~-J _ CLERK.70 r-.,. ;~ ~~ - fa �Claim of _____ Sam1J.el _.G.~_E.at9n ------------------------------------------------ ----In the Circuit Court oL ___ Ro.cking:ham. _________ County, Virginia, No ..lB.29___ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._ Cas sandr a Lawson _Atkins*-- et_ a ls. ,._ and __________________________ _ 52 561 a cres ----L------------~------------ - ------------------------------------------------ --------- more or less, of land in ____ Ro.ck.ingham... __________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __a o_~j._ngbgm __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya:::: :_:~5;::r~:::t~---G_'~------------------- My post office address is ______ r f l . _ ~--------------------------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be. condemn~d, containing about_ ____ acres, on ~hicw, ~her7 are the following bmldmgs and 1mprovements: ______ at_~ ________ J3~---~---__c_~ - ~ ------------------------------------------------ p- -. ---- ;:;:; ---------------------- This Mind is located about_ _____ l ____ miles fromc:?.51~__<2..l-~ ------- Virginia, in th~~-~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.) J ______ d_~..-41o-~--d..t_ __ d}_~ - - - ~ - ~ ----~~~~j~c~~;~~ a~:-c~t~"~;~-;;-f~~;;;~; theNorth _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South ___________________________________________________ __________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West _____________________________________ -----------------------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _[f:_'/_2._in the following manner: ,, ----~~--~-- --0 ---------------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 $...:_l _!'.:E_L ___ ___, I am the owner oL ______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $___ f_ r-p..,._ ________ . (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 $-l-~_,________ . f/_______ ~~~:z~;:~-~:~~~~-s ;_~ _.ztlg__ ___ ~ - - - ~ - - . --- -- --~--- - ----~ desc~::::k:~ -~ _,£_ ~ ~ ---tr/---~ -- _ --- _ - --~{/__---~ _• __ ___ p_ Jt~.~Jet,&L~ -~ --~ ---~ -L~ ---l i ~-@L --~ - ~ ( Continue remarks if necessary on~back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____L.2_-==-==-__ day o f ~ - - - - - - - , 193f. ,Q -~ -- = ' ~--,,J,l,~_cf~ , sfATE OF v1RGINIA, COUNTY OF_ ~ r ~ ---, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies t h a L ~ $ ! ' ; ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his abov~~ are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiB_~ ______,'Q _______ day of__ ______________ --, Q ~ ~ ~~ \;1 1-t:. ~ If 17 ~ 'Jlto J...J..,- ·J.J..r 193~/ '7J, ffe), _____ _ Clerk of the Cour~Special Investigator or Notary Public, or ctu;tice of the Peace. �!£ ~ , I !,~~' ~~~ ( d r ~ ~ ) <Jr~ ------ ~ ~ ~ ,'( 3/~·7 ~ r ~ r- ~ 18"-3't3. riled in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. FEB 1931 Clerk 1 - - - - - (P~ - �County : Distri ct: 1!365 • Eaton, Sam Acren~e Claime d: 22 Assess ed: Value Claime d: Assess ed: AREA: Locati on: ~700 . 00 The soil 1 of sand. Roads: Deed: 10 A. In Eaton Hollow , about one Beldoi r P.O. Incumb ra~ces 2 counte r claims or laps: Soil: Rockingham Stonew all Deed: mile southe ast of None so far as known. mostly a clay loe.m with a slight mixtur e Elkton , the neares t shippin g point, is about eight miles distan t . Approx imately one-ha lf of this distance is over a good maoadam road, but the other half 1s over an ordina ry dirt road that can be used tor truck hauling only in dry weathe r. H,1stor y of tract and condit ion of timber : The origin al growth of timber was remove d ?rom this tract about 20 years ago when it was profita ble to cut only the best trees. There is no eviden ce of recent cutting , and the presen t stand consis ts of a mixtur e of tnf'eri or hardwo ods and Virgin ia scrub and pitch pin, The presen t estima ted mercha ntable stand is 8,000 B. M. valued at 3.00 per M. feet No part of the tract has ever been under cultiva t~ on. Improv ements : None. Acrea5 e and value of land Types: Slope bz tzees: Acreage: 10 Tota l value of land: Total value of timl:r::i r: Total value of tract: Averag e value per aore: Value ~er f:.!.$3.00 30.00 24.00 $54.00 5.40 Total Value 30 00 �V N #365 - County: District: Eaton1 SSll! Clark Raleigh ~orri A. J . Collier LffiEND: Slop Scale - l : 20 ob.a.i Rockingham Stone all � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context eaton-sam.pdf Title A name given to the resource Eaton, Sam Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Eaton Hollow Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 365 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Eaton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/9faf8e3ca2cc25f293ce23458e05ac00.pdf 0cfc4e077ea151e78227c93fe2e5f77c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #342 - Edwards , Eliza B. Number of Acres: 5 Location: Neck Run . Roads: Three and one- half miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . Entirely within the Park area . History of Tract and condition of timber : Improvements: Concrete dairy: All cleared and in cultivation . 6xl0x6 ', paper roof , fair condition . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value $30 . 00 ~lb0 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 5 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 150 . 00 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ :::>O . 00 Valµe of Orchard: $ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 100 . 00 :iii300 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wocd: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 60 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOITT . �; ·-------- .-- .-. --.---. ------.--------- ---------------- ---.--------,0 --- IP,,~ This IE 1s located abo~L-~_3_:_-~_ m1Ies ~rom_V~ --L~~---V1rgmia, m the1~Mag 1sterial D1str1ct 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. ) ~:~ti~~~~::~~~-~~-c:_: _~::~l:f_~~~:-~:~_:: ~~~~~~ East __ ft..t.:.~ .-~ --------------------------------------------------West___ .i~~---12 1~----------------------------------------- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearl!/-LS___ in the ~ following manner: ~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::~:f~::::::_______::::::::::::::::::::::__:: __:: _______::::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--- ~ -~- e.-: __~~-- - I claim that the total value of my right, title, es~te or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~_c:;>_.a_~-~-~-- -· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- ---------- - ------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert her e a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· - - ------------ ------- --- - -------------- ------------ --------------- -------- - - ---------------- ---------------- -- -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Wj¥iess my signature (or my name and mark a!tached hereto) thisp_ 7 Lk_____day of___.r.~~. rm-$: -.~~-(f;'; ---~ -d.~ 193</. ---, ~o-w1t. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ - ·- -__ __ The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _&:.:V,,_.;._. _ _ the above named claimant personally appeared,...b~re him and made oath that the matters an_d things appearing in his a ~ ___z:.:.,a~~ true to the best of his knowledge and belief, :._k_~ ~L_,_______ ifvL_;i, ~1 f/-! r..· -~ thrs_____ day p y~~ .s -~t~-~~J~ . I LXPI '!_. _ _ _ oL.J.4L.<-~ =<r !~·. 1 / y Comm· ., __ (j ni) Notary Public, 6i, 193,i:~ M Justice of the Pea~ �r-- #342 Acreaee Claimed: Value Claimed: Loootion: Co mty: Rookinrhem District: Stonewall ,l1za B. ""Awards $300.00 leek lhn . Deod 5 /lsnesaod 140.00 " ,;nt1rely w1 thin the 5 180.00 " 1913 erk aroa. Nono.known a tsir depth and fertility Soil: Sandy lonm o foada: 3 1/£ miles vi~ dirt ro .d to est shipping point. All cleared and in oultivntio History: Concrete dairy. 43 fruit trees Improvements: Aoreog;;e 6 Till ble " " 1.mp:rove " " Averoge per A tr ct 6 X l X 6ft. 1 per root. fair cond.. 1.00 pal" tree !'1-40.00 .. ~.00 83.00 Value Totnl 1>er acre vnlue BO.()() : 100.00 100 .00 Total value ot land ",, ort RepubHo, ..,he ne nts a~.oo -lf33.00 36.eo \10 �'/u4 ~ - _J urds , _"lizu B. - J aunty : ~oc~inzhum District : 0tone,mll N 0cale - l" - 20 c 1ains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context edwards-eliza-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Edwards, Eliza B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 342 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Edwards https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6ca36c29602a5f68d1bef85e94152fc9.pdf 5053c35ae6775055ee8c8074dfcfbe1d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAr.! COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #339 Number of Acres: =:dwards , Mary E. 5 ~ntirely within the Park area . Location: Lewis Run . Roads: Three and one- half miles via dir~ road to Port Republic, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of good depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: All saw timber and wood has bee n removed from t .is tract . .all in state of cultivation except one acres of bfushland . Improvements: Sell of ·w ater. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: ..5 . 00 1 'n'5. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 4 @ 20 . 00 80 . 00 Js~ . oo 5 Minerals: 50 . 00 ~l.3o . OO Value of Land: $ 85 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ bO . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 2 7 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . t.J �Claim of____ ~:r.s~-la.ry__3..l.iz.ahe.t__i.!J.11'.!.ar .d. ---------------- ---------------- ---------In the Circuit Court of...c_ .c.JC.ine.ham _____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ .Qov~ rpmen t ____ _----------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------more or less, of land in..t1 ill i ngham_______________ 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 resP.onse to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_l_on..%.i rlf'Jrn.m. ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. H • zaoe • th My name i&~-rf:' , 1.•ar;y__.,,~ ;_,.11 ____=a •,_war as __ , ________________________________ _ My post office address is ___ ...Eolan.cl,.. __ !ahon.ing__,....oJUJ..t~+- ~h.i_Q!._ ___________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about5_..nno.r..~_.o_r_ _l.e.s. 'acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: __ .o.i. ~- _vrn...t_e.r_Jye.l.l ______________________________________ _ This land is located abouLL --&l/2---miles from_Ii1mnw.t1.a..d.T _______________ 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.) _______r _.a.r.:1_..t..he __aole._9J"t.ue.x._o.f._s.ame_____________________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __ ]. T, P-erd ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- South __ J •':::,·::-,rd , _ i - ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------East ___ JJ T.. u. r.{L ___________________ ---------------- ---------------- -------------West_ __ SRmue 1 _Lewis ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l~1~____ _in the following manner: ____ )nrc.has..a ________________________________________________________________________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.Q.QQ_._q_g______ _. 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 $-~_QQL Q_Q _______ . I am the owner of_ __ ll.Q... __________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--=----==--=-----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: __ _I11_the_..1.bo.Y_e _.d..~s.c..:r:i .h..~d_£0.u.r:. _a.c..r~..s...-a....r~_tle2..I.~.a_. __________ _ ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached ~ereto) this_p.Q.t.Q ________ day t'¾.a-ic.d-¥-d.k1L~ oL ____.:!~~1>-~~13-~ ;;~__ -,x19i3i. 19 31 (]If~_ STATE OF JfIS~l:A, COUNTY OF__.:f.crN<.:.c..encl_ _______ ______ , To-wit: · 1 es tha t·'r8 d h ereby cert·fi ... _~_.___..,..,~_ .. __ ..J_"'-..._·-<The unders1gne "" ·r~ rv __',.J. W "" 1 ; "Fl-~ __ '°'e:th "' ........ ~8 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, _lJ._.._, _ ______ _____ _ this____ ,;_:r;_d_____; ;;; --_day of_.'!!_Q.:rJ!.Jsr~- - - - - 1 ~1 - v'( _~ _-------/ ?d ~ ~ h¾f !he Som f, QI ~}'Qi' al bwo0itt;"&tc2 sz .M-oM:r:y Ptt@He, af' Justice of the Peace. :;//1/34 \ \ �County: Hocldngham Dis trio'!;: Stonewall A t creo. ,e C aimed: Vale Cl~ir.ied: Location: a~; .§2!!: Deed Aseesoed 5 300 . 00 Lewis Run. 100.00 " " 5 200.00 1924 ~ntiroly within the P rk Area Hone known • Sandy loam of good depth and tertility r~: 3 1/2 miles via dirt road to Histori: ort .epubUc, the ttearoet ship;Jing point . All eaw timber and ood has been re oved f:rom this tract • of c.1.ltivation e:tcept one acre or hrushlr,nd lmp .. overoenta: None Value or land by type Acreage ..'ype Slope . '1'1. lable 4 25.00 Ave:r~Jge per ;_ • improve " trnct 3.00 100.00 103.00 ot lend " value ·3. 00 5 " Total l - Tot l value Value per, acre l'>~.oo nt 103.00 20.60 • 11 in state �f~ - L~. . ry , ~d,mrds - co•.mty: Rockinchu:m istrict: Stonem.111 · N S· -s . L-r;;G . ,. . rD Slope - ~illable Scale - l" - 20 c '1.ains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context edwards-mary-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Edwards, Mary E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Lewis Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 339 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Edwards https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/26d82f012673f688e9271aae0e18d5c3.pdf 721e1c7e04a921f6d4a3d99c0c1ca8b6 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT rf 28.::> - t; r, I3ert~1.c1 L. Number of Acres: £3 Location: Roads: ::nt i rel.,r ,i thin the . . . rk a r ea . e ep ... un . dirt roE: to . . ~ort :.epublic , Thr ee ~nd one- h:....lf miles v the ne-rest shippi16 Joint . Soil: ~u.ndy loam, t~ins slope tyJe . History of Tract and condition of timber: ~· 100d 18 re is :...bout 18 o rds of pirie stove on this tr:...ct aid _bout 2 cords of fu8l.ood pur ucre . ords of f1vl1ood . ~O cords fue~1ood . Improvements: ..,tone dwellinr- : llxlG}', 1 ro.,: , ..,tor.e 1:cii,cl~en 92 :i.. l G-:f' 1 roo!:1 , p~.._'3r roo , sto e i' J.t:u , 1 stor:· , ~ood co1diti1 oc~upier1 b:? o er . I'r-:"le -'-;:...,.1::)le : C)· l?. ' , :::-c.r r roo+', r~i.ir l'0 1di~ion . irs.1.ne ·ou. .. 1011:::<; : 9xlG ', ...> _:-i r roo·, , fu. i r. condition • v:::~12 ' , 1)-_161' roof , fo.ir lC nclition. .::.tone c :;17 r hOllE'•-1 : 70 fruit trees . 1 0 Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 15 .3 . 00 ~7.J . 00 8 25 . 00 2Uv . OO Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: J7- . oo Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2 7 5 • 0 620 . 00 120 . 0 Value of Improvements: $ G20 . 0 ~v . l,0 Value of Orchard : $ ;1oc5. o Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 1..~0 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ ~-0 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ '"'8 . 0 ~ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ l'?. .: : .L. =:--.~~~c~' Ac::::-~~~~ J :::.......... J: en �Claim of___ a~--<--~0 ________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL--~ ~ k ~ ________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Consepvation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- tioner, vs. ____ {7,,,,._/,t~ L-f"'"'------------------------------------------------------- - ~, - ~ -----------County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in ___ ~ The undersigned, in answer to the p tition 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 fetition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court 0L_i2ttt~1,£g~------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this said notice. as his answer to ~~ petition and name 1 r.u-----.----,.Z: .:,_-:.-------------------------------@~: -W _______________________________ _ ~+~-. is ___ My My post office address 1s ___ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL~ Y - ~___ acres, on which there are the following {:r ____________ _ buildings and improvements =----~ ~ r-r--' ~-_&~ r-~~-~ --tzP f:/~d~/7-~6~,. /--dte --~ '1cr/?t'_._A{. ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------,,Y-aLu,_ ~ , . _ f ~ ~ / ~- ~ , . Virginia, in This..t,d is located abo~L_k ~--~-miles ~rom_ ~ the ______~ ___ Mag1sterial D1str1ct of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de- -~ h____________ scribed 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 apoye.) .4-a ~ - / 3 ~ / The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ____@ ~-~ L_L~ /--~rL~ --------------------------------South ____ ~ ~ d v t __ - __ @ ~_F 4./4 ---------------------------------East _________ ~--------------------------------------------- ---------------------_- ___ West_ _____ _dj~_j--~ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __i/-if---in the ~ . . $ following manner: r(/4,-(l_~ ·-------------------------------------- / --- ---~-r- ~ -~~~{:f.PJ-~=~----------- -- ~ ~ - - ~ - - - - - m ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~/fo~~---~'---~~----I c~m that the total v!Iue of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-l~-1-~L6~~- 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 $----------------· e owner of____________ __acres of land adjoin!ng \ ~ v e described tract or I e Park area, which I cla~~ein -outsid parcel of Ian a, to the extent of C~.n£J--1--t::;~.,,7,"Zklo, s · · the P posed condemnation of statements or i n ~ ' {o additional any (In the space below should be set out this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert he e a , _ description of t~ t~act ortl:,:.~el o;¢land by metes an~ bou_nds). -~~1--l.d&J..i:LY~) __________ _ Remarks: <£~--~ d~a: . :::::__ 7:;___:~~:_3::-:!:_-t::_:~:~:~~~7::::~:::=:;~:~:::: . 4 :v/!i=_~~-~:r,_Jl,;(,1~conti~~e remar~ if ~~cessary-m~,M'.., of_ ~ s s my :~~:~~r1~;r my name ~ :a:·t~~~~~~~~~~~a~ 7-"'[:~e;r-·- STATE o7viRGINIA, COUNTY O F - - - - ~ } __ S:,:,._~------The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_~:iif=~---the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made o~th\ that the matters an_d things appearing in his abo~ answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, ,1 day th1s _______ !.., _____ &• of____+J.A:. _____ -11:~3d. c1;,~~-ifk;,rt,~;;~£-~;. 9 ~. , ~- ';/ '!J Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 7- fJ / L:t ______ ;4 ~ ~ 'l7. fa-·~, \7 2. �County: Rockingham Di atr1ot: '1tonrnall i' Acreage Claimed: AflBC338 Value Claimed: Location: .22,!l: 13crthn u. "":gger 283 d ft Deep Hun. ?.3 :Jeed " 60.00 23 l.00 etc. 1920 Entirely within the Pnrk ro-ea • ..;andy lorun. 'l'hin slope type L~ps.: 'lrs. -rgger clai:me 2~ ares but only he.a o. deed for 18 acres. 5 acres supposed to have been given to her by J. A. Alexandee. Mr. Alexander never 11e<le her a deed to tho 5 P..cres • .non<.s: History: 3 l/2 miles via dirt ro d to . ort Republic, he nearest shippin point. ..:here is bout 18 cords of ine fltov \tood on thie tract and about 2 cords of tuel wood p&r acre. 18 cords . tove ;ood 30 cor is r ,rnl , ooc Improvements: ~tone dwelli!l[" 1/2 1 10 l/2 1 st)ry. Good Frame str?ble n Frame r,onts ho· 9 75¢ per ed. er c • GO¢ ll x 16 1/2 rt, l roo --Sto1e kitchen ft l room. ? per roof. Stone flues. condition. Occupied by oinor. x l21't. Pa11er roo!'. Fair oo dition se 9 x 18ft. Paper roor. Fair cond. ''tone cell r hou11a 70 :f:r111t ,1111::5. 50 15.00 ?..8.50 9 x 12ft. :'aper roof. 1a1r cond. trees Vale of land by type~: Value '1Z£!;_ Slope '11llable ,\oreege per acre 15 .:( 2.00 25.00 ~ 18 Total value of land Totol vabe or improvements 'Iotal value of tirober Total v lue of tract Average :,er acre '"'.'o tal Value ,; :30.00 'lb.00 105.00 ~105.00 645.00 20,50 778.50 43 .25 500.0:) lb.00 20.00 10.00 70.00 t\.1-6.00 �' , county : strict: Rocking ham Stonew all #283 - Egg0r, Bertha L . N & Ll,GEND : Slope Tillab le Scale - 1" = 20 chains ) �7 ZI ��'2.3 �--- 9LL- . I t/'~ S, - • - r !.'1 z. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context egger-bertha-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Egger, Bertha L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 283 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Egger https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/beaa7b2f0b27ac50c7078127e534b3d9.pdf a7be8dbd8a654380a85b207327d315fb PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY • CLAIMANT NAME O F ~ jl80 - EILER, H . R. & F . D. Number of Acres: 138 Location: Top of Blue Ridge at Simmons Gap , lying in both Rockin<ham and ' Greene Counties , and entirely within the Park area . 7 miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point . Roads: Soil: ( SOL., INFOR 111A'fi0N ON REVERSE SID t, OF PAGE . ) History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut over at various On 25 acres of times and there has been no fire for several years . the land there is a good stand of yellow poplar ranging up to 48" DBH . The timber is and various oaks up to 30 11 DBH . with a few other trees . of good quality . The remainder of the woode-d area has a good stand of The estimate is 45 M. saw timber with firewood and extract wood . 60% of yellow poplar . Improvements: Frame , 14x36 1 , 4 rooms , l½ story, 2 porches, fair TENANT HOUSE : Log and frame , 16x37 ' , fair condition . BARN : conditi on .----- - STORAGE HOUSE : SPRING HOUSE: Frame , 8xl0 1 , po·or condition . GRANARY : 10xl2 1 , paper roof , good conFrame , -24xl8 ', shingle roof . HEN HOUSE: 8xl0' . CORN }!_Q_USE : Log , 12xl7 1 , paper roof . dition . Acreage and value of types: Type~ Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 65 @ $5 . 00 $325.00 71 @ 45 . 00 3195 . 00 2 @ 40 . 00 80 . 00 $3590. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: - Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 3590 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 660 .oo \ 660 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 .oo 50 . 00 ---------- Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 250 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 2 50 . 00 50 . 00 -$4600 . ·o Value of Wood:$ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 33 . 33 t//4 __.~ Incidental damages arising from the taking~___, Non~ - CI.ERK 77 �Continued from other side . • SOIL INFORMATION Sandy loam of good depth and fertility . The wooded portion is very roclcy with large cliffs a·nd steep slopes . The first class grazing land has a fine blue grass turf with no weeds or brush and a very little loo se rock with moderate slopes . The second class is th1_n soil with more loose rocks and some outcrops ; the slopes are somewhat steep . The Gre ' ne County portio n h as considerable shale on a large portion of it . The soil spews up in the winter and there is sufficient water on the tract . �• #180 - • coun ty: Dist ri ct : Rookingbam stone rell Coun ty: Di stric t: Gree ne onro e ile r. H. R. &. F. D. - Rook i ngbam Co . ,~167 - -~1le r, H. R. &. F. D. - Gree ne Coun ty oreage l and Type by type s: creas e Slop e l? r 34 37 Fg II Fo ore t 3. 50 6ij Fg I (Roc kingham Coun ty) Valu e 227 . 50 1428 . 00 740 . 00 42 . 00 20 . 00 40 . 00 2 l38 80 . 00 2470 . 50 Toto. l va l ue ot l and ( Rook ingha1a. CoWl ty I 2475 .50 Tota l v luo ot 1 pr ove onts 835 . 00 To t l v l u of t i mber 400 . 00 Tot l vulu ot orch ard 3 . oo Tot 1 va l ue ot tra ot ~ 740 . 00 var ge va lu p r a cre 27 . 14 b:r type s: (Gr eene Coun ty ) Va l ue Type .eer ucre Slop e 2 . 00 42 . 00 20 . 00 Fg I .Fg II Fc 40 . 00 47 Tot ul val e of l and (Gr ene Coun ty) Aver ge va lue per a cre 1127 . 50 24 . 00 S / I 'v'llP'=" r RY Rook inghum and Gree ne Coun ties -:, ·: :,f (' res in tract ?ot, d v l ue of tr ~ot ~ver a _e va l e er acre Tota l va lue 185 4873 . 00 26 . 34 �• • F. n. R. H. R. & F. D. n. creag e Claim ed: Valu e Claim ed: 185 2000 . 00 coun ty: Dist rict: Rook ingh· Ston e nll Coun ty: D1st r1ot: Gree ne Monro - Rockingham co . - Greene Coun t Asse ssed : ssess d: 185 • 2320 . 00 Deed: 185 A. Deed: Inhe rited . both Rook1ngh m and Top or Blue Ridg e at Simmon Gap , lying inPark area . Gree ne coun ties, and entir ely 1th1 n the None kno n . Inoumbr noes , coun ter claim s or l ps: wooded port ion Sand y loam ot good d pth and tert1 11ty . The Soil ; The first 1s very rocky 11th l a rge cliff s and steep slop es. no 1eeds 1th class graz ing land has a fine bl1e gras s turf slop es . rate d very littl e loose rook rith mode or brus h some and s rook The seoon d class is thin soil with more loose ty Coun ne Gree outc rops ; the slop es ur so e hat step . The . it ot on port ion has cons idera ble shade on a l a rge porti t ater The s 11 spew s up int e wine er and there is suff icien on the trac t. ing Seven • lea of good di rt ro d to Yano ey, the near est shipp Rod s: poin t. The trac t ha been out over at nd oond 1t1on of timb er: Histo ry ot ral year s . v r1ou s times •nd there hns been no fire for seve w popl ar yello o:t' On 25 acre s or the l nd there is u good standDBH few a 1th r ngi ng up to 48" DBH und vario us ~ <- to 30" . The rema inder otne r tree s. The timb er is of good qual ity ood und extr act o. the wood ed rea has a good st nd of firew 60 of yello w popl r ti1b er with ood. The esti ta is 45 ?: . s $225 . 00 ------5.00 1~ . 00 ---15¢ ood 100 cord s or extr act 120 . 00 40¢ ---- ---300 cord s or fir wood 40 . 00 ---- ---5¢ 800 locu st post s . 00 Loo tlon : 400 l½ story , 2 porc hes , Impr ovem ents: T nant hous e: Fram e, 14x3 6', & room s, 25 . 00 fir oond iti>~ ----· . 00 200 LOg n frum e, 16x3 7', fair cond ition rn: o.oo Sprin g ouse : Fr me , 8xl0 ', poor cond ition .. 7 . oo r me, 24xl 8', shin gle roof Stora ge hous e: . 00 40 per roo, ~ood cond ition . 10xl 2', Gran ~ry: . 00 60 Corn hous e: Log, 12xl 7', pape r r oof . 30. 00 ax10• . Hen hous e; (a3s. oo �' CI Xi' u C m ( . / ' I • • • ,, I 0 r, o~, V ttl .AaQ , OQ .. Jl,j~ .. .. 11 him • •••• r • t lit ~Q5 4 •• - �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT W~\Y CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that H. R. Eiler has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of land containing 15 acres situate in the Blue Ridge :Mountains, Stonewall District Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that date, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . Given under my hand this 18th day of December 1933 . M. B. Harrison Treasurer By ~ a 01,k {/ Deputy . �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 Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. 'f'raet Ne. _____ _ 3-6_'.d:=_ __ : . 'I'tact 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 . .J.-~=~--=-- $4 -~.D..~; Oll Traet __ $ ________ ; em T1aet Ns. No. _ __::_:-:_::-_;,-...... :::-;_:,-:,_,___J_.-:_,::-_::;-: _______ 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; 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:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. Jj_l~----- $/f- F:-0-~ ~ No. ___________ $ __________ . Traet No. _ _________ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there 1s some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME ._ilf _f(L ~ _______________ -~~,t~ -'t -(J_~ ,-~ -"--~~- ' ~ Ji ~ AA,~tt-.~..Y ~ - ~ -~ - ~- ~------------ P. 0. ADDRESS _(?~-- ~ ~o{ __ ~ ~ r ~:'ilw~-r~ -----------~- . - - - ~o:_A_ NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed m the Clerk's office for th convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed y 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. 1,( 1 ~ ~ • �STATE OF VI ID INIA, COUNTY OF .ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records inmy office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of land containing 15 acres assessed in the name of H. R. Eiler situate in Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Ya . Given under my hand this 18th day of December, 1933. �C!tnmmnumtaltlJ nf ]ltrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , December 22 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Vi rgi nia have thi s 22 day of December in accordan c e with an order of the circuit court of Roc k i ngbarn Cmmty dated 12/20/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin ia vs. :p a id to Cassandra Lawson _A-t~k_i_n_s____________ D. W. Earman $~1=,~0~0~0~-~0~0~ ___ being in full settlement of tract# 180 i n t h e a b ove me nti on ed cause. \;_reasurer of Virg inia. �Q!nmmnuwraltlJ nf llirgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . December 22 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA D. w. Earman c/o Ralph H. Bader Harr1sonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 1 , 000 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 20th day of December 1 93~ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on 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 other s , being full and complete settleme n t for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-1=8=0'------ Sign original and dupli cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Q1nmmnuwenlt4 nf lliirgiutn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 22 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t his 22 day of_D_e_cember in accordance with an order of the circuit court of dated 12 /20./33 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. $ 2 , 300 . 00 Cassandra Lawso~n...._~A~t~k~j~n~s....__________ being in full settlement of tract# 180 in the ab ove mentioned cause. j �C1!nmmnttwtalt4 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. Decemb er 22 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Howard R. Eiler c/o Ralph H. Bader , Harrisonburg , Va . Re c eived of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 2 , 300 . 00 , in accordance with an order of t he Ci rcu it Court of the county ingham Of- -Rock - - - ~- - - -- entered on the _ 2_0_ _ day of December 193L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Development v ___ _ a_w_s~o_n_ A_t~k~i=n=s~ ____ and ot h ers , be i ng _ a_ L _ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr • full and complete settlement f or the tract of land known in said procee d ing as # ----'1~8~0_ __ Sign original a nd dupl i cat e and return to t he Tr ea s ure r of Vi r ginia . �Q!nmmnuwtaltlJ nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 22 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi n i a have thi s 22 day of December with an order of the circuit court of dated 12/20/33 in accordance Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson vs. - - - - - - - - -- -- - -Atkins - - - - - -- -- - -- :paidto_Fax D. E:iJer $ 1 300 . 00 being in full settlement of tract in the ab ove mentioned cause. #-lBD �Q!nmmnttnttttltlJ nf l!Itrgittttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 22 1 1933 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Fox D. Eiler c/o Ralph Bader Harrisonburg, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 1 1 300 . 00 , in accordance wi th an order of the Circui t Court of the county of Rockingham of December 1 93 L entered on the 20th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Co n s e rvati on and Dev elopment v _ __ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d _r_ a_ L_a_w_s_o_n_ A _t_k_ in _ s ____ and others , being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known i n s a i d p r oceeding a s # / g0 J{), ~ Sign original an d dup li cat e and return t o t h e Treasure r of Vi r ginia . . J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context eiler-h-r-and-f-d.pdf Title A name given to the resource Eiler, H. R. & F. D. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Top of Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 180 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Eiler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a6f2d5951a8b3c84dbe4c12f70e2e798.pdf fd19e52d479462e40bdb7da551348e3f PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT i/355 - Eiler , Howard Number of Acres: 15 Location: On top of the Blue Ridge , lying in both Rockingham and Greene This report Counties and is entirely within the Park area . . County covers only the report for Rockingham Roads: Nine miles of dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point . Soil: of good dept h and fertility with some loose rock . land is steep and rocky. The grazing land has fine There are sor1e thin spots turf r:i th few weeds . ]lc!_&.9"-~r grasses . The woodland grazing is mostly l:r.'~ 4'-i.m: poor soil with a thin stand of weeds . H'ffl-w.1..lt ..YA...u-AAOlXandxoomiitiull.h.Vil.l\..11 History of tract and condition of timber: The wooded area has been cut over at various times and there is no mer~hantable timber . There is a stand of hardwood and a fe v pines ranging up to 12" DBH. Sandy loam The w oded blue grass ..J..~i,th _crab. Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 6 ...,5 . 00 $30 . 00 9 50 . 00 4::50 . 00 $480 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 15 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 480 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 32 . 00 1,\ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONJ~ . 1·:,1 �• J county: Di triot; Rockingham ston all County: Di st r1 ct : Gre ne onro ard - oo 1ngham Oo . urd - Gr ene Countz oreage Ass Valuo Cl 1med: Loo·tion: s d: Assessed: 7500 .... '1000 129 1161. 00 Deed: 129 A. Deed: 2170 . 00 (1906) damag s top of the Blue Ridge, lying 1n both Rockingham a nd Greene Counties nd 1s entirely ithin t Pti.rk rea . Thia report · aovere only the report for Rockingham county. on Inoumbr noes, counter olnirns or laps: None kno n . Soil: Sandy lorn of good depth nd fertility 1th some loose rook . The wooded land is steep and rocky. The grazing land hes fine blue grass turf with fe eeds, Thar are some thin spots 1th crab and other gr-..sses . The woodland grazing is mos·tly poor soil with u tnin st nd of eeds. Ro de; Nina les of dirt roud to Yancey, the nearest shi ping point . I story of The ooded area has been out and tiler 1 no merchant ble timber. und a few pines ranging up to ----- Improvements: t , there ar $25. 00 stimate to be 500 locust posts fone . V lue;. ot land by types; (Rookingh m County) Value aore 5e·3. 50 55 . 00 I 1ottl value of l nd Total vale of traot v rage v l e per or 2! . 00 220 . 00 241. 00 241 . 00 241.00 24.10 x -- This tract and the raot . Lines A01 the ground m·y Tot l Value o ard ~iler trot are subdivisions of l · rg r ru survey d d corn r F as tied in . The steepnes~ ooount or th error of thl older sirveys. �- • county: District: Rockingham s tone a ll #355 - ~iler, Hoard - Bookingham co . #152 - 31ler, 1o Va lue of l and Type bY Gr a zing oodland grazing Tota l va lue Tot l vale Tota l value veruge va l rd - Greene County tlJ)es: (Greene County) Value Acre ge 12er a cre 6 40 . 00 93 I l'l 110 of land of timber of trot a per · ore 6.00 Tota l Va lue $3?20. 00 102.00 3822. 00 25 . 00 $3847.00 34 . 97 SUMW RY Rockingham. & Greene Counties Tota l a oreage 120 Tota l va l 1e 4088.00 ~verage v l ue per . ore 34. 07 1€~ �• I • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.AI~ COUNTY,VIRGINI~. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITIONER. At Law, No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , On this ,?- tJ ~ DEFENDANTS. day of December , 1933 , came Howard R. Eil er and Fox n. Eiler , and, on their motion, leave is given them to file their application for disbursement of the sum of Four Thousand, Six Hundred ilOllars {$4 , 600. 00), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Traot No . 180 and heretofore paid into court • .And likewise came D. W. Earman, who asked permission to file hie answer to said application , which is accordingly filed • .A.nd it /.pearing to the Court that said tract of land was conveyed to the s aid Howard R. Eiler and Fox n. Eiler , jointly ,by Elizabeth K. Miller and her husband , by deed dated January 28, 1902, recorded in the Clerk's Office of said Court in D. B. No. 67 , at Page 144; that said Howard R.Eiler and Fox D. Eiler are invested with a superior or better right or claim or title in and to said tract of land No . 180 than aey other person or persons; that the taxes due on said tract No. 180 have been paid , and that the interest of said Fox D.Eiler in said tract of land is subject to the lien of a deed of trust in favor of said D. w. Earman, he being the holder of the bond for One Thousand Dollars ( )1 , 000. 00) thereby secured: Upon consideration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the court that said sum of Four Thousand , Six Eundred Dol lars (.;)4,600. 00), paid into court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 180, be disbursed as follows: Twenty-three �• __ ...,., __ HUndred Dollars ( 4 2 , 300. 00) , one- half thereof, shall be paid to said Howard R. Eiler, and, of the remainder, One Thousand Dollars ($1 , 000 . 00) shall be paid to said n. w. Earman , and Thirteen HUndred Dollars ( $1,300. 00) to Fox D. Eiler, and the Clerk of this Court is direoted to transmit a oertified copy of this order to the TreasUl·er of Virginia , who shall disburse s aid sum of Four Thousand, Six Hundred Dollars ($4 , 600. 00 ) as above set out , taking from the said Howard R. Ei l er, n. w. Earman , and Fox D. Eiler , receipts for the amounts paid to them , and certifying such payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law. Enter . ~ 9_:_ ~------!.~Judge- -' . �·IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Censervation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-one {52561) acres of land, mo re or less. The separate answer of D. w. Farman to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County by F. D. and H. R. Eiler. This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so much thereof as he is advised it is material for him to answer, answers and says: F. D. Eiler That it is true that petitioner~and his wife conveyed ~he real estate described 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. JR'IJ to D. w. Farm.an, Trustee by deed dated March 29, 1933, recorded in the Clerk's Office of this Court in Deed Book 1.:,-Lj page .J.. 'f7, to secure the payment of the principal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), as evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver bond of even date with said deed made by F. D. Eiler and wife, said bond being now held and owned by your respondent, D. W. Farman, which said bond is due and payable two years after date, and on which interest has been paid in advance to N..a.rch 29, 1934. Respondent joins in the prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein. And he will ever pray, etc. L/V �IU THE CPWUIT COURT OF ROCKING . COUNTY, VIRGI!H ·• The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the St8te of Virginia, PETITIONER , Ii v. t Law No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson ~i.tkins and others, DEFEND.ANTS. TO THE HON. H. ·1. BERTRJ ! , JUDGE OF S ~ID COURT . You.r petitioners, Howard R.:Siler and Fox D.Eiler, respectfully represent that a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of the petitioner I the fee simple estate in a tract of land forme1•ly the property of you.r petitioners, situate on the Blue Ridge 1~ountain, in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia , which tract is described in the report of the ~1.ppraisal Commissioners herein, and shown , numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed herewith , as Tract I-io. 180, at the price of , 4 , 600.00 , this being a part of a tract of land v1hioh was conveyed to you.r petitioners jointly brf Elizabeth K. Hiller and r offett G.Miller , her husband , by deed bearing date January ? 8 , 1902, and of record in the Clerk's Office of this Court in D.B. No. 67 , at Page 144. Your petitioners further show to the Gou.rt that all I taxes against s~id property have been paid to and including the year 1963, and they here\ ith file certificates to that effect from M.H.Harrison, Treasur er of Rockingham County, and J.hobert SWitzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, hich certificates are m rked Certificates Noa . 1 and 2, respectively , and prayed to be read as a part hereof. Your petitioner, ~ox D. Eiler , further shows to the Court that, by deed dated March 29, 19.33 , he, his ·w ife uniting therein, conveyed hie undivided one-half interest in the said tract of land ~'11 - �--2--to D• .!. Earman, Trustee , to secure the payment of One Thousand Dollars ( 1 , 000. 00) and all interest accruing on same , which said principal sum is evidenced by a certain homestead waiver bond of even date with said deed, due and payable to bearer two years after date , with interest from date at the rate of six per cent . per annum, interest pay·ble annu lly ; that D. W. ?arman is the holder of said bond , and that interest on same has been paid to date . Your petitioner, Fox n.Eile~ further says that the aforesaid deed of trust is the only lien resting on his interest in the said property. d your petitioner, Howard R. Eiler,further says that his undivided one-half interest in said property is unencumbered . Your petitioners further state that no other person than the above named D. V!• ..t!,arman is interested in the distribution of the said award. 7Jherefore , your petitioners pray that they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in these proceedings ; that the said n. ··r. ~arman may be made party defendant to t nis petition , and be required to answer the same , answer under oath being waived ; that an order may be entered in this prooeeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioners may have such other and further relief as t h e nature of t he case may require . -state of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to-wit : This d~y Howard R. ....iler and Fox D.Eiler , the petitioners in the a bove entitled matter , personally appeared before me, �---D-~ ~ -~·~-~·-' ~ ....... { La ___d.....::;:.-(--J...-~ a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, and , being first duly sworn , deposes and say that they are petitioners in the named matter ; that they are aoquc inted with the facts therein set forth , and that the said facts are true and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. STATE OF VI RGI NIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to- wit : I , J . Robert Switzer, Glerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the recor ds in my off ice do not show a{y delinquent taxes a gainst the tract of 138 acres in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of H. R. and F . D. Eiler . Given under my hand this 18th day of December , 1933 . Clerk of the Circu;_;t County , vt58 of Rockingham �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To · ,horn It May Concern: I hereby certify that the records of my office sho~ th~t il . R. and F . D. :iler have paid the tsxes for the ~errs 1932 and 1Y33 on their tr';l.ct of 138 acres of lond situata in the Blue Rid9;e I ountains, Stonewall District , :rtockinr<'.ham County . All taxes ~rior to that time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk 's Office of sRid County. Given under my hand this 18th dav of ~ecember 1Y33. �THIS DEED made this 29th day March, 1933, by and between Fox D. ~iler and Gertrude A. Eiler , his wife, parties of the first part , and D. d. Earrmn , Trustee, party of the second part, W I T J\! S S S E T H : That for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) cash in t1and paid by the party of the second part to the parties of the first part , 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. w. Earman, Trustee, party of the second part, an undivided one-half interest in that certain tract or parcel of land, consisting of 185 acres, more or less, with the improvements thereon and aQpurtenances thereur. to belonging, the same being situate partly L.1 Rocking.Jam County and partly in Greene County, Virginia, and lying on t. e east side of the public road crossing Simmons Gap, said tract of land being the same conveyed to Howard R. ~iler and Fox D. Eiler as joint tenants by Elizabeth K. 1 iller and Voffett G. l.1iller , her :1usband , by deed bearing date January 28, 1902, of record in the Clerk 's Off ice of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 67 , paee 144, to w:iich said deed reference is hereby made for further and more particular description of said real estate . IN TRUsr N1VERTHELFSS to secure the principal sum of ONE THOUSAND "JOLLARS ($1,000 . 00) and al 1 interest hereafter accruing on same, which said princinal sum is evidenced by a certain Homestead Wavi er bond of even date herewith in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ( ;1,000 . 00) due and payable to bearer two years after date with interest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, interest payable annually, and which said bond is identified by the Truste , 's signature endorsed thereon. It is mutually understood and agreed between the parties hereto that if there shall be any default in the payment of said bond, or in the payment of interest when due , then the total debt herein secured shall become c...ue and payable at once, and ' the 'I'rustee herein �upon the request of the iolder of said bond so to do shall proceed to execute this trust in accordance with Section 5167 of the Code of Virginia , 1919 'dition , 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 convayed agreeable to the terms her of an~ payment or assignment is made of the indebtedness ~1erein secured on or before the day of sale , or the Trustee directeu not to make such sale , and the sale is not made , then there shall be pa id to the said Trustee for _is 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 . VIRGFTIA , City of Harrisonburg , t O-V"V it: I , Pauline :r . Andrus, a notary pub lie in and for the city and state aforesaid , whose commission expires March 7, 1936 , do certify that Fox D. Eiler and Gertrude A. Eiler , his wife , whose names are signed to the foregoing writing bearing date March 29 , 1933 , have acknowledgea the same before me in my said city . Given under my band this 29th day of March , 1933 . "" RGINIA: In the Clerk's Office oft.he Circuit Court 01 hockingh<i.m County. 'l'ha foregoing deed of ... .. was this day presented in the .... ~ office Rfo, e 1,id and is t,,,z ;t,her with the certificate of acknowlt. gmeut a~ne:&.i:;<.1,j ~dmitwd to record ~~t:Olerk thi'i!u,!f$day of--------~ /I ·-······ 1~':.{Y~ .. M. �a:· .. J'OX D Eil_ER & WIFE TO ) D W E.lil1T,1.AN TRUST EE DE~ Ow TRIB T 0 -cJ I ?-0 Ti X t ...~...::::... Fees s....L 1i-a•isfor $-·· '1-----. Total $.&.;Z tJ :a /3CJ rrJ.~o~Cl.ll" corcl~d Oe a , 4JJ 'C LA,V OFFJCJ,;S DY D. WA1vl.PLER EARMAN lIARRISO NBURG,V A . COMMONW EALTHS ATTORNEY .(. ~ ~ �H_~/!_ _________ ?i~-~~--- -----------------------------------------------Claim of__ In the Circuit Court of_~~..! --~&-~_____ County, Virginia, No.J_~-~ At Law. The State Commission on Conserzfi~~ and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ .,,//tJA.--i. ~d-YA____~ lfh,\ __ t;/1< ~ _ ~ ___________________________ _ ...._!,-:i.. ..5---& I ~ ------------- 1----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------more or less, of land in __ ft'_-::: ______________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya~:: :fi4:~~~~~----~--.------------------- My post office address is_.f!.?-_____________________ ~______ =-::-::___________________ _ claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the ..area sought to be condemned, containing ~---L..t} _;________ acres, on which there a1;r~e !ol~owing buildings a n d - i m p r o v e m e n t s : - - - ~ ' - ~ - - ~ - ~ - - - .--)//.;..'j., This land is located abouL---~-~ ----miles from ___________•________________ Virginia, in the ________________ Magisterial District of said County. or parcel of land de--tV claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract owner or joint owner, sole is he whether say should scrib~ above: (In this space claimant sole or joint owner, not is claimant If owners. joint the of names give owner joint and if he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land describ~v e.) ___ Jf. R! >=J._ ~ ~- --- .----- tvv-. _~ - ~ ------------ ------------ ------- WJ-.)(claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__y__ _(}__l!.__l!,~. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or int~st, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $-L~ ~- J - ~ the owner ?f_ __ L~f>-= _____ acres of lan_d adjoin!ng t~e above described tract or j Wparcel of land but lymg 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 $-H--~--1~ --..k,It (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information a{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). ~~~ ' ____· ________________ Ti__~-~ ------------ ------- ------------ ------------ - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__:~-=~-:~~:~~r1~3t my nark~~~~~Af:~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__i.f..~r_ ~~~-----, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that:ibtf._ &_~__1:::_J:..1.#_:. f:.i._~-----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things app~ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, 19 . this ______L_k.:._::-_____ day of ______'?:_~-~-- -~-, /W ;J;,,t_, d n1'_/ 1/cJ / ~ , ,;- 8 --- -'~t1,;-co ~is~~ ;est~; otary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 113 �<t!nmwnumtalt4 nf llirgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL De cember 27 , 1 ~33 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 2 7 day of De c ember in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingham Cmmty dated 12/20/3o_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Atkins -- - - ~ - - - Cassandra Lawson ~~~~~- paidto H• R . Eiler , Pen Laird , Virginia $_4_8_0_._o_o____ being in full settlement of tract #..:MilS in the above mentioned cause. �- -- ~ QJ:ommnuwraltf1 nf lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , December 27, 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA H. R. Eiler Penn Laird, Virginia • Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 480 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of December 193i entered on the 20th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ---=Cc..: a: .:s: . c:s: .ca=n=d=-r-=a=---------=L=--=a=-=w"-'s"'-'o"'-'n~_,,_,A,__,,t""k"-"i~n., _,s"----_ -- an d others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 355 J/1( ~ - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context eiler-howard.pdf Title A name given to the resource Eiler, Howard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 355 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Eiler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/23411a3ef19da1463436910e146d424f.pdf 9bc34e7df47a034ffe5e8852f370d2b6 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT rt2 lG - Number of Acres: 12 Dee.J Run. Location: Roads: Soil: Emerson, Jt...:nes II. ~ntirely within the R rk :...re:..... . Four mile.:, vi 1 lirt ro. d to ... ort slli ;;:pi nf • oint . epublic , th~ nearest lope ty)e, sE-nd·, loc~:m of~ f i r de')t ~. ·md fertilit: , moder.1t e sJ_opes . . . . 11 the nerchG.nt ble s::..w 'ti 'er hc.:.s History of Tract and condition of timber: be":- r~ ...,oved _:'v.,r: t' is tr&ct . ':1~e rem·~; i_n .... stnnG cots::..ts cords f'uel ocxi 0° sniall oa.':s u'1d f"lort lea::' pine, u·,out tlll'e 7 per acre . Improvements: 36 cords 'vlood. None . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value ..5 . 00 .,GO . 00 Ridge: Slope: 12 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ oO• OO rrot6. 1 ,,60 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ .3 • 0 C Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ .,.? .: one .. �County: Rockingham District: Ston~wall g278 Acreage Claimed: James ll. Emerson Assessed 12 Value Claimed: Location: ~60 . 00 " Deep nun. Sloe type, sandy loam slopes . Roads: ,, ~1 . 00 etc. (1923) Entirely with in the Park aroa. Incumbrances 1 counter claims or laps: -Soil: Deed 12 or one i,nown. n fair dep th and fertility, moderate 4 miles via. dirt road to . ort Re ublie , the ne rest shipping point. History of tra et and condition of timber: 11 the merchant ble sa timber has been removed from this :tract. The re ain.Lng stand consists of small oaks and short leaf .:ino, nbou·t 3 eds . fuel ood per aero . 36 ods . wo d 50¢ pr ed . ----- $18.00 Improvements: - .1.·one. Value of land by ty:pe,a: Acreage !2 Total v lue of l and Vtlue ;rer acre '3. 00 t 56 . 00 Total value of i:rn.provorncnto Total value of timber Total -lue of tr ct Average value per aero 18.,00 54 . 00 4 . 50 Total Value t35. 00 �, ~78, - •• J n1..., ~~ · • ~:1.er ..mn . oc::inc u:;. n ,m~nt. District : Stone.r.-....11 N .:.o 1.J')ll ei3ley I; I/ I/ I/ Slo~ G .Sc:.1 le - - 30 C....d 11S 3'11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context emerson-james-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Emerson, James H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 278 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Emerson