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                    <text>ROClC INGHAI.~ COUNTY

CLAIMANT

NAME O F ~
# 7 - Eppard , J ohn A.
Number of Acres: - Location:

15

Near Maple Spring Scho .Jl .

Roads: 7 miles fair dirt road to Elkton .

Soil: Sandy clay of guod depth and lflertility in cle&amp;red portion : fair
depth and fertility in wooded portmon .
Steep to gentle slopes ,
northwest and sou-:;hwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion of tract cleared r-1any
years ago , grazed and c ul ti va ted sine e . Wooded area cut over re peatedly in past .
Estimated to cut an average of 4 cords of fuelwood
per acre . ( 40 cords)
Improvements:

None •

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Value per acre

Acreage

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:

1

@

$3 . 00

$3 . 00

13½

@

20 . 00

260 . 00

--

Grazing Land:

--- -

$263 . 00

Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:

1/2

50 . 00
--------$313 . 00

$100 . 00

@

Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 263 .oo
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $

50 • 00

Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 21 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

~

None

___.~. . . . . ...___._~ , t i . _ _clerk

7

�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY

'

CLAIMANT

-r---

NAME O F ~ ~
#7 - a -

Number of Acres:
Location:

5

Cut by the park b o undary .

Dry Run .

4½

Roads:

Eppard , Jno . A.

miles of country road to Elkton .

Shallow loam , rocky, of average fertility .

Soil:

Burned and hard cut up to and including
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Oak and pitch-pine stand with only a few trees large enough
1930 .
Plenty of reproduction and mostl y oak .
for firewood .

Improvements:

None •

Acreage and value of types :
Total Value

Value per acre

Acreage

Types
Ridge:
Lower

Slope:

--- -- -

5

@

$25 . 00

$ 5 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $

25 . 00

Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 20.00
Total

Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

None .

____ f/b._ /~~ ___

CLERK

�u ------

more or less, of land in _J ____ _ _________ _______ ounty, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answ r to t p tition of the State Commission on Conservation and Deo the State of Virg i , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
velopme~t
g o said etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
upon the
_ ________ County, Vir 'nia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court o ..f)__ __
id noti .
· petition
as his an wer t

-,:-_--~ -=-------77±-------------My name 1 _ __ ------ ~7 __ -7:::;:·--s-_
My post ~ddress is ___,__ ---~ ~------ ---------------- ---! claim a right, title, estate or interes in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_________________ acres, on whic there are the following
____________________ _
buildings an ~ ____________:_____ _____________
~

_____ Vk~ni~ in

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.)

tot~value of this trac or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim tha~
est,
on is $-/~,?--~ ------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or~
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $L'_f!.[/_ __________ ,
I am the owner of ___ _7_________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying pfitside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged ~ 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'tothis 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· --.: ______________________________________________________________________ _

$Le.J___ ~ ---·

�County : Rockingham
District : Stonewall
£?a - Eppard , Jno . A.
Acresge Claimed :

7

• 156 P .

ssessed :

128

ssessed:

.:~9?0 . 00

X

Value Chiimed:
Location :

$100 . 00

~

Deed : 128 ~ . 156 ~.
Acquirec in 1936
" for 04, 500 . 00

Cut by the Park boundu.ry .

Dry Run .

.Incumbrances', counter clL-ims or laps :

Hone .

Soil :

Sh~llow loam, rocky , of average ferTility .

Roads:

Four u.nd one-half miles of country ro..1d to

lkton

Burned and h~rd cut
History of tract und condition of tinber :
Oak and pit ch- pine st~rnd \:i th onup to and including 1930 .
Plenty of repro~
ly , fe'.l trees le rge enough for fire .;ood .
duction and mostly oak .
Improvements :

None .

!:.cre&amp;ge and value of land by types :
Type :
Slope

verage value per acre
Note :

$4 . 00

4

Total value of tract :

Value
..£_er acre

$16 . 00
4 . 00

Only smnll part of this area is inside of p~rk.

x--This includes tract

Total
Value
16 . 00

�"'

Oounty: Rockingham
District; stonewall
County: Page
District: Shenandoah Iron 'Yorks
(Page Countyt Zppard , Jno. A.
a (RookiP;Sham County)

#646 a

#7

8:

Acreage Claimed: ?

. ssessed 128 A . 156 P.

Value Claimed:

100.00
" $970 .00
{r;,h ia inclu. //:7-a)
Loca t ion:
Near Maple '3pr1ng school.

Incumbrances, counter claims or laps:

Deed 128 A. 126 P.
~cqu1 red in 1926
for 'lt4,500.00

None known .

-

Soil:

Sandy clay of good depth and fertility in cleared portion:
fair depth and fertility in wooded portion. Steep to gentle
slopes, northwest 1.nd southwest exposure.

Roads:

Seven miles fulr dirt road to :n.kton.

Hi story of tract and condition of t imber: Large portion of traot cleared .a.a ny
years ago, gra zed and cultivated since.
.ooded area cut over
repeatedly in past. ~stimated to cut an average of 4 aords of
fuel ood per a.ore (40 cords} valued ·1 t 50¢ --._i20 . ;o
( P,1ge County)
4 cords of fuel wood a t 50d ( Rocitingbam C unty) -2 .00
Im;)rovements: (Page County)
DRelling: Log and frame, l6X33', kitchen l ~xl3xl0',
porch 6x33', 2 stories, metal roof, 5 r ooms, ceiled,
f a ir condition, occupied by tenant • .., ___ _
$350.00
Barn: Log, 28x46xl0', paper a1d metal root , poor
condition --100.00
Hen house: :'rame. s ,Jingled roof, fo.1 r cond1 t1o n -lj.QQ
,.,pr -1g h?use: Frame, 6x8x5', shingled roof, poor
C

)':'J.di ti )n

b.00

Born h0use : Log, 14xl4xl0', shingled roof, fair conditioi30.00

550.00

.11.creage and' value o f lan,, by types:
j.'ype

Slope

F

.t.1.oreage

3.oo

10
3
13

c

Value of land

25 .00

105.00

Value of improvements ..;550.00
Value of timber
20 .00
Va •ue of tract
6?5 .. 00
~verage value per acre
59.61
Aorease and vulue of land

Type
Slope
]' 0

Orchard

AOrease

I

13.50
.50
15

(Page County)
Val ue
per acre

bz

Total
Value

36. oo
26 . ..,0

100.00

(Page County)
ff

,,
,,
"

tz12es:

It

"
"
tf
( Rockingham Co-1nty)
Value
:2er aore
3. 00

25 . J O
60.00

Total
Value

3.00

3:3?.50
50 .00
3?0.50
\~

�county : t ouk1 n ,h~...

1strt ot : Stone, 11
ounty: ··,,.ge
Di t 10t : £henandou
4

1

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•
. 1;

cont ' •

V lu or l nd

- --~-

V l e or timber -·------Valuo
lu.e ot
p r trot
aore ____
.....

l number ot sores 'd

370. uO

e.oo
?"'. !)0

( Rookt.nglw.m County)
ti

•t

4. 83

•

1 vA 1e t t rot yl , 047 , ~0
g
11~ er oore
4 . 98 .

ote

This mor&lt;l t nn 11 ely inol
ino
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one

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r ... ots - infol"t1 tlon

�Co't4.llt:.v·
Distr1e~:
Count:v:
District:
(Rockingham:) #7 iEB' -Eppard, Jno. A.
"
"
"
( Page County) #646a-

Alfred Eppard
Breeden

Breeden

LEGEND:
Tillable
Slope
Orchard
Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains

Rockingham
Stonewall
Page
Shen.I.Works

�County:
'-..rDistrict:

Rockingham
Stone1all

#7a- Eppa.i•d, John A,.

N
{\

LEGE.ID:

Slope
Scale - l" = 20 chains
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~;e"'r : ,:...ple ~ ri 'lg ~chool -...nd :{ens ley Chur~h.
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~evJn niles finr dirt ro~u ~o ~lkton .
Roads:

uw.ndy clu.:T , deep ...._nd fertile, noderc..te olo 2 e~, south.rest
--'1,'l sout 1 _e:....st exposure.

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~uo, crazed ~~d cultiv ~ed since.
~ooded area cut ov•r repe ted~ in
tue u.3t .
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]r·ne, ox x8', boArd ro)·-- , ~L.ir co-: 11 i .. ion.

Acreage and value of types :
Total Value

Value per acre

Acreage

Types
Ridge:

19

Slope:

'1!'3.00

~57 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:

10

u

20.00

~~00 . 00

20

""'

20 . 00

oOO . ,'"'iQ
,7.57 . lO

Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land: _
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $

7~6.00

4,JJ .

Value of Improvements: $ .. 3 .3 . 00

00

-o . oo

Value of Orchard: $

: 1..,,_2. 00

Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ ...iO .. cG
Value per acre for tract: $ ,2.;. 3.J
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ • ~'--

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-------------------------------------------,__ ' [. _ ~:7.,()';1Claim oL
In the Circuit Court of_ ~ K ~-t ~ ____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conserva£ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _

~:~ii:~f~i{1:~~~,r~it~~~~~~Ci~~~i~/ir~~~~~~:t:~!~ffi-: ~-~.:

velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said. petj901;,-.and to said notice.
My name is ________ __ ., ___ .,.__ ..//&lt;-- , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - p::-i

/. -

My post office address is....(- _...L __ ~ ! ~------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__~ ~--- _______ acres, on which there are the following
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buildings and improvements :.::!::-:..~ ~.:...~ _.cf _.d..~!:'::': .'(. __';. _t:...~!.Lll!:'!:~ -,---.._..!_!_.L"~~_,,
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----------------------- .__._.__ __ .;&lt;. _____ v _______ • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- -· &gt; / ---',; ---------- ---------- ------This I nd is located about_ ___7-______ miles from_ LC4___~:'.:"______________ Virginia, in
./
the_ .. :.b.1J_.l;1A::'.:_~_Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)

The land owners adjacent to the above de scribed tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _____________________________________________________________________________ _
East ___________ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
the
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year

/;~Lin
~~~~~':~~-=~:~0~~--~-~--: ~_q __ r/ ~£i!0::-~-~c: _______________ _

___

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $L.6M~-~--------· 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 improvem ents thereon is $l ,.. l'..!l,_: _________ .
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 informatio n as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks ·--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----

---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necesf ary on t e back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this_ __ _________ day
of_' - " ' ~-~----- ---, 193p.
STATE M' VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
nswer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
an_d things appearing in his a~

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                    <text>NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres: o ...- 1/2
Gn ~ lk ..1.u.n .

Location:

~~r

Roads:

Soil:

~iles ~ood mountLi~ roud to =lkton .

e ~ , f~rtile , er-v.11/ loun o~ tL~ ~udows .
b- ~~ eroded ~c· rocky lo~m on slo~e .

~~rll0 ,

History of Tract and condition of timber:

.::'inber lo·~ is on 1:;. ste~p hill ,Ii th
much ledge rock . :wixed l::....rd\!vods -'lll t.. little pinu .
occ sior al sm'.J.11 S'W logs nio.tl should be cl esed as
( ,_._ cords) .
cordwoo .
~stim ted to cut 6 cords per e.cre .
Improvements: D;7 e ll i 1 : . 1 7x 6 ' , with t t::.ched kitchen l 6xl2xl2' end pore 1
:x .,6' , JJJt J. roof , rick flue , ceiled, f1ir conditio , o ccupied y ouner , u ter supply .rell , solid ound:1tion , cell~r
10·1'2' , C~"na~t .
Bu.r- : :r~-~, 26_44xl4' , pu)er roo~ , :c...ir co· Cition .
Log :..ncl fr ..... ~-; , 1G.£16xl ~' , pu.pe r roo r,
· .. r n r 11 :
GJru. ~....
f ..... ir conCi t ~ "''",.
"'l::. n ~~d roe . •
Frame , 8xl0x8' ,
·re'.2 t l1ouse :
Buildin~ ftot.specified: C~~C~B' , P-Jer ro n, f . . . ir con~ition •
...,tore'· .1 ..; ! 14:x32xl.,' , tth sLud roorii 11: 1a, , fr __ e ,

shinel

r- ~,

~

COIJ

~

ir oo~dition.

s".:'.op :

:ll-0:rn '!.i .J

Fr ,"TI.e , 18x33xl0' , . . . : :!.. 11 lud roe ,, ,

'\,ir

'i."":io . •

Gr . . . e :

Fr-ne , l0xl0xl0' , ~L~er -01
·_"'ih .ood ~d :;;ost
~ lot a ou-"; 7,3' s,1u re
ire fence. ·....... s reserveu '1G I s ·';' . lt..lld bet . 1en t:1€
c ,.P1t x;--.- 11· -::)_1::, bo1~nt:.~~ J wJ~ic~1 . l; '1d 0~nsis..,._, 2K _ri. rt.01·
lrn·i..,_ lot .
· '"') .cO~Ll r 1&lt;1. c:i·cs p!...ct v
1l\.Ll,. o
·,
.,
,_
Acreage and value of types :
- ~i ly ) :riu.l

Types

Acreage

Total Value

Value per acre

Ridge:
Slope:

1

rv • QC

17

.. c.oo

3.5

JU . CO

Cove:
Grazing Land:

vlO . 0

Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:

1/3

200 . 00
-w-~flO . 00

Minerals:

1875. 00
G0 . 00

Value of Land: $ '...;3l(L.1"'0
Value of Improvements: $ 18 7 S . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 1

o. 00

Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ JO . ~n
Value per acre for tract: $

'jg • 3 ;

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

~

1'.T, ,_ '

i

-~

\.. J. ......, •

:

,
V

.J. -'- '

:r.. e

�~,::~~~~~--County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.

evelopment of the State of Virginia, Peti-

�•
Countyz
Districtt

Roc kingham
Stonewall

#60 - Epnard 1 M. K.
Assessed

Acreage Clnimed:
Va lue Cla i med:
Location:

7000 .00

tt

62 A. 66 P.

$780. 00

Deed

A. 66 P .

1907 for $1,020.00.
About 12 A. in 1908 for

ff

"1190 . 00.

On El k run.

Incurnbr nnces, c ou~ter ~l~ims or l a ps:

;o

None known.

Soilt

Deep, fertile, gravelly loa m on the meadows.
eroded a nd ro cky l o~m on slope .

Roads:

Four miles good mounta in roa d to Elkton.

Shallow, badly

Hi ot ory of tra ct :and cond i t ion of timber: Timber lot is on a steep h ill Hith
· mu ch ledge ro ck. Uixeci hnrd,7oods and a little p ine. Occa s ional
s mn.11 s a I l ogs hich should be cla os ed a s c ord rord. Esti:mo. ted
to cut 6 cords per a c r e on 9 acres (54 c ords) valued a t
;;il40.00
.
75¢ . - - - - - I m'0rovements:

D,1e ll ing: 17x26 ' with a tta ched i tch en 16xl 2x12 1 and
porch 6x26', meta l r oof. br i ck f lue, ce i led, fai r condi ti on ,
..
occup ied b y owner, :rater suppl y 'r7ell, solid f oundation1
~650.00
cement.
cella r, 10xl2',
400.00
Dn rn: Fra me, 26x44xl4', paper roof, f a ir cond iti on.
Ga r a ge and grana rx: Log and frame, 16xl6xl2', paper
50. 00
r oof, f a ir condi tion. - ~
35.00
oof.
r
ngled
i
sh
Meat h ousee Fr a me, 8xlOx8•,
Building not s pe c i f iedt 8 1x28 x8 • , pape~ r oof, f a ir
30.00
cond ition . - - St ore house: 14x32xl2' with sh ed r oom llxl8 ' , frame,
200 . 00
sh i nrled r oof , f a ir c ond ition. - - 1
roof,
Bl a ck s mith sh oi::;; Frame, 1 9x23xL1 , shingled
40 . 00
x l O'
fa ir condi t i on. - - •
60.00
New gar a ge t "" r a.me , 10xl4/, paper roof . - l,4~5'. 00
Lam frunily buria l plot ab out 75' aqua.re with wooden
no st and wire f ence. \-ia.s rese rved nnd ms t he l and
b ot vreen t he ceme t e ry o.na t h e b -:· undti.ry, h i ch l and consists of nr t or a ll of t ho ·:1idth of the road · rhi ch come s
pas t the burial l ot.

Aorease a nd va l ue of l o.nd bJ'.: types:
~

Slope
Grazing
Ti l l able

1

cr enge

9
17

¾

Value
per A.
~-00

.oo

50.00

To t a l
Value
27.00
136. 00

1.220.00

'1,913.00

101

�•
'

County:
Dif..,trict:.

#60 - ~pnard ,
Cont t d .
Total value of land - - -- -

Jl , 913 . 00

Total ve.lue of 1.:r1::irovemen ts

1 , L1r65. oo

Toto.l value of tin:ber

-

Total value of tract

-

Average value uer acre

,

40 . 00

--

3, 418 . 00
~?56. 03.

li.

K.

Ro c1-::inP;ham
Stonewall

�I

-

-

County:
District:

Rockingham
Stonevrn.11

-#6 0- E)pard, L . K •

•

!;

LJ. :GEIID:
Gr8zing
Slope
Tillable
Scale - 1 11 : 20 chains

511

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0CKINGHAH COUNTY
CLAIMANT

NAME OF (}W,A&gt;l,J;l¥
#37 - Eppard , M. L .
72

Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:

•

Dry Run .
5 miles country road to Elkton .

Soil: Fairly deep and fertile loam full of loose rock except on cultivated

part .
Cut over and burned repeatedly . Timber
on the southeastern nortion c onsists only of brush too small for d ordRest of timber is mainly oak stand , hardcut , with p ine coming
v,ood .
in on the u pp er slopes and scattered hardwood tres s on the lower slopes
The _argest trees are tie size , but few in number .
8 11 to . 12 11 DBH .
staud is mainly heavy cordwood , and small brush . Estimated to cut 114
cords .
Improvements:
D' !ELLING--- --18x40~ with an attached kitchen 14xl6xl0 1 and porch
5x32 ' , 6 rooms, meta l roof , brick flues f 2 stories, 4 rooms ceiled, ·
vVa0 er supply is spring, foundation
good condition, occupied b y owner .
of pi llars . -- --- -BARN - --- --Log and frame, 24x34xl2 1 , shingled foof ,
fair c onditi on .----CEMENT CELLAR--- - - 10xl4x7 1 , with a ce :sent roof ,
SPRING H0USE: -- - - -Frame , 8xl0x8 1 , shingled roof .
go o d condition .
HEN HOUSE-- ---Frame , 8x28x7 ', paper roof , fair condition . GARAGE DELCO PLANT - -- --Frame ,
Frame, 9xl4x8 1 , paper roof , fair condit io n .
6x6x6 ', paper roof -- -- - GR NARY - - - --:B'rame , 8xl5xl0 1 , with shed , p aper
roof , fair c J ndition- - - - - ST 0RE AND ROOMS -- ---Frame , 24x33 1 , with a
po rch 7x33 1 , 5 r ooms , metal roof , brick flue s , 2 sto rie s, ceiled, conGARAGE- -- - Frame, 14xl6xl0 1 ,
dition g _d , oc cupied by te nant .
paper roof .- - - FEED HOUSE- - --Frame , 10xl2xl0 1 , paper roof , go ,d condition .
HOG PEN----Log, 10xl6x5 1 , paper roof , fair c onditi on.

History of Tract and condition of timber:

Acreage and value of types:
Value per acre

Acreage

Types

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

38

@

$3 . 00

$ 114 . 00

17

@

35 . 00

595 . 00

15

@

45 . 00

675 . oo
- $ 1384 . 0O--

2

@

100 . 00 -

200 .oo

Cove:
Grazing Land: - - Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land: - - Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1384 . 00
Value of Improvements: $

3000 . 00

3000. 00

Value of Orchard:$ 200 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood:$

50 . 00
-------$ 4634.00

50 . 00

Value per acre for tract: $

64 . 36

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

None

~ - . ~ : ' . _ , __ CLEHK

�____________ _
Claim of__:U: . _L. _EJm9 r d ________________________________________________
________ , At Law.
In the Circui t Court of_ __ J ~.9_G.~ 1JlJZ!l-.?JJL _________ County, Virginia, No.
of Virginia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State
___________ _
tioner, vs. __ 1J_.__ J;_.__ E.."OP.5t..:r.d... ___ ___ ___ __ __ ___________________________________
------ ---- - -- -- - ____ _
___ 72_ a c.~~~ ------ ------ ------ ------ - ·- ------ ------ ------ -----ants.

more or less, of land in_____ ________ ___ __________ County, Virginia, Defend
Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commissionofoncondem
nation awarde d
notice
the
to
e
velopment of the State of Virginia, aml in r espons
of the Circui t
order
the
with
ance
accord
in
ed
publish
upon the filing of said petitio n and
Court to file this
Court of_ __ }~9-~15!~~~ ~---- ----- County, Virginia, asks leave of the
notice.
said
to
as his answer to said petitio n and
_____ _
My name is ____ ML_L. _E.:Q."Q rd __________________________________________
------ My post office addres s is __ _ll...__~ ,__ J}_! __~ ~- A:)J_{j;_Q:g._L_YJxgJ._l'!!-~---- -----area sought
I claim a right, title, estate or interes t in a tract or parcel of land within the
are the following
to be condemned, contain ing about_ ___'l2____________ acres, on which there
_~~~h._:_~~E:~!1-~buildings and improvements =---~.Yi.~l-_1=!P;.g_. __~~~-l'!.1 __~~9~~ -A~~l~~P;_g
_
t.2hen h0US8 S1:ind_ t WO_ 0 ther;.:~tb uildi ngB , 2 ~j:q n 'l t'f:eS L ! __ h og

_2 g!,2 r ag!3
pen ~.m d os'Q O'Ctar _p.ou se. _orch ard _

---~ ~ ~ &amp; V J ______________ _

_ Virginia, in
This land is located about__5____ ____ _miles from ____ ..Elk.ton.... ______________
· t of sa1'd Coun t y.
-· 1 D'1st r1c
· t eria
Mag1s
ll
wa_______
Stone
_______
th e___
parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interes t in the tract or
or joint owner,
owner
sole
is
he
scribed above: (In this space claima nt should say whethe r
joint owner,
or
sole
not
is
nt
claima
If
.
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners
the tract or
to
or
in
has
he
t
interes
or
estate
he should set out exactly what right, title,
parcel of land described above.)
------ ------ ----____ I_ sm t he sole_ own er_ of_ s e i d _l Pn d ------ ------ ------ ------

are as follo,w s:
The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land
------ --North J . _ R . _ Cook_ esta te---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- - ------ ----------- ------ ------ -South ___ Lewi n Hens le_y ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----__________________ _
______
______
______
______
______
______
______
ndows______
. lle______
J. W
E ast ______
________ _
West ___ Geo_L_NJ _09.nra d ________________________________________________
__ J..91]... __ in the
I acquired my right, title, estate or interes t to this· proper ty about the year
following manne r:

te_Qf______ _
_ By~_dleed -!rom _sa pecai Al commi s sione r _di s tribu ting_ t he_ est8
a es ey ~ppar , ecea sed
ements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improv
estate or interes t,
on is $-5.....80.D.... 0.0______ I claim that the total value of my right, title,
3.0..Q ... .O..Q _____ ,
in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land witli. the improvements thereo n is_$.5-.J
ed tract or
I am the owner of_ ___QQ __________ ac -es of land adjoini ng the above describ
the proby
ed
damag
be
will
claim
I
which
a,
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are
------- ------- ·
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--0-0
ation as to
inform
or
(In the space below should be set out, any additional statem ents
here a
insert
also
should
he
this claim which claima nt desires to make; and if practicable
).
bounds
and
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes
._o..r.. _____ _
Remar ks: ___ Thls__pro..p.er_t.y_.is_.s.ut:t.'3.ble._fur_...f'.lr..ming.._.gr ~..z..ing

ry r ~isin g, is
fr u it grow i ng , a s well ~s truck ing and ~oult
s urfa ced ·------hs.ra.
a
o:r
-mi-re
-----we""Il wa 'te r e d- And wi'thin -~bout one
e--iron:a-e-l!----:t-O--b------ -p-ab-1-ie--J:!e.£:Hl,-~~n -d- -I--0-en s-id-e-1 ?--th e--:fi-gu-~-e-s -n-'.?-ffie-d-.
-----______ va t i ve. ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

ary on the back).
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ - ------ ------ - (Continue remark s if necess
1.s..t. _____ day
Witness my signatu re (or my name and mark attach edr,!,; Jeto)d ~~-.3.
of}_QilA~;i;y_.__].._~~].._L, 1930.

---~ --K ,--- -~~ ---- ---

:
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ R!lk1in.gham. ____________ , To-wit
------ ------ -The unders igned hereby certifies that_ ______ l,1Lli_L_ ~J)_l?,::'.;_Z:.~----- -----the matter s
that
oath
made
and
the above named claima nt personally appear ed before him
and belief,
dge
knowle
his
of
best
the
to
true
and things appear ing in his above answe r are
3
- - this ____ ~_1.~_!:;_________ day oL_f ~~~~-~lf_,_~?_ _'l:_, 1930. ~

}td! _

;r S-ecial Inve~tig;to~-~~
~t~ ~h; Court,Just'
e of the Peace.
Notary Public, or

.

�'
Aoreaae Claimed,
Value Claimed:
Location:

County&amp;
District:

Assesaed

72

5800 . 00

"

72 A,.

$1,000 .00 ·

Deed

"

Rockingham
Stonewall

72 A.

1913 - tJ735.oo.

Dry run.

Incunbrancea, counter cluims or laps;

None kno~n.

Soil I

Fairly deep and fertile loam full of loose rock except on
cultivated part.

Roads :

Five niles country road to Elkton.

History of tract and condition of timber: Cut over and burned reueo.tedly.
Timoer on t he southeastern portion consists only of brush too
small for cord wood . Rest of timber is ma.inly on.k stand, hn.rdcut, iith pine coming in on the upper slopes and scuttered hard
wood trees on the lo:rer slopes 8" to 12" DBH. The largest trees
are tie size, but few in number. Stand is ~~inly heavy cord
wood and small brush. Estimated to cut 114 cords at

75¢ - - - -

Improvements:

85.50

Dwelling: 18x40' rith an ntta.ched kitchen 14x.16xlO' and
:por ch 5.i:32,, 6 rooms, metal roof, brick flues, 2 stories,
4 rooms ceiled, good condition, occu·oied by owner, water
supnly is a spring, f oundation pillars. - - - ·
~1,000 .00
Barn: Loe and frnne 1 24x34xl2 1 , shingled roof, fair ·
condition. - - ..

250.00

Cement Cellar; 10xl4x7' with a cement roof, good
condition. - - 200.00
Sprine houses Fra.~e, 8x1ox8 1 , shingled roof .
15.00
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Gara5ei Frame, 9xl4x8', paper roof, fair condition • • 30.00
~oleo plc..nt: Frame, 6~.. 6x6', paper roof. - ..
20.00
Granary: Fr o..me, 8x15x10•, with ahed, paper roof, fair
condition. - - ·
35.00
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dition good, oocunied by tonant. - • 00.00
qarage; Frame, 14xl6xlO', pnper roof • • - 40.00
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Grazing

Tillable
Orchrird

Acreage

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1,2.50
17

72.50

Value
per A.
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20.00
30.00
60.00

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Value
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340.00

45'0.oo

150.00
~l,054.00
1

�'

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District:

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}.{.

Cont•d .

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Total value of timber -

--value per aere - -

Total value of tract
Average

.....

85'

L.

Rockingham
Stonewall

�-

Co'\.mty:
District:

#37- Eppard, M.L.

N

George N. Conrad

J . R.

Cook Est .

L .L. &amp;
Clinton
J .' , • Meadows

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Hardwood Brush

LEGEND:
Slope

Grazing

Til lable
Orchard
Scale - l" • 20 chai ns

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#44 - Eppard , Nancy E .

Number of Acres:

106

Location: 1.Jolf Hun .
4 miles good mountain road to Elkton .

Roads:

Soil:

Fertile , gravelly loam, deep in bottom land and fer·tile
slong slopes .

A7 1 merchantable saw tL ber re11oved
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Defective and small trees left comprise a heavy cordvrood
in 1930 .
stard for so steep and rocky a slope -- chestnut, oaks , locust, t',.,lip ,
foixed,hardwoods up to 10 11 DBH . and scattered larg maple, hickory etc .
er trees . Estimated to cut 249 cords .
D,!ELLING .. - - .:..18x26 1 , with an ell 16xl6 1 , back porch 6x26 1 ,
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pied by owner .
GRA1~ARY -- - -F'rame , :6x2lxl4 1 ,
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HEl HOUSE--- -Frame , 16xl6x8 ', paper
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roof, fair condition . TTE1~ HOUSE- ---Frame - 4xl6x6 1 , paper roof , poor
SPHING HOUSE---- 8xl0x6 1 , paper roof , fair con dition .
condition .
ORCHARD - - - - 60 apple trees .

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Acreage

Types

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

37

@

~i3 . oo

Cove:

13

@

10 . 00

130 . 001

Grazing Land: --

23

@

35 . 00

805 . 00

3

@

15 . 00

45 . 00

30

@

35 . 00

1050 . 00
-- -- ~~2141 . 00

Fields Restocking~ - Cultivated Land:- - - ·Orchard:

$111 . 00

~

Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 2141 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 3138 . 00

3138 . 00

Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $

100 .oo

100 . 00

Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 51 . 21
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None •

50 . 00
$5429 . 00

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District:

Rockingham
.3 tone al l

'44 - Nancy E . Zppard .
crea.ge Claimed:

Ass essed 105 A.

Value Claimed:

ti

Location:

119 P .

Deed

,,

$ 770 . 00

4 CQUired by

Inhe ritance .

1o lf run.

Incumbruncen, c ounter cl ains or laps:

None known .

Joil:

Fertile , gravelly loam, deep in bottom land and fertile
along slopes .

ioads:

Four miles good moun t ain road to Elkton .

Histor

of tract and condition of timber: All merchantable saw timber removed
in
o. Defective and small trees left compr ise a. heavy
cord mod stand for so steep and rocky a slope - chentnut,
oaks, locust, tt;lip, rian le, hickory, etc. · .ixed hard·.:rood s
up to 10" DDH and scattered large r trees .
~s tin:.. teci to cut
249 cord s at 7~¢ - - - - ·186 . 00

Imnrovements:

Dw elling, Frm11e, 18x26 • \I i th an ell 16x26', back norch
bx2;,, ano ther norch 7x26 •, 7 rooms , 2 storieo, ce'led,
condition go od, occupied by o,rner, wn ter su,;ply s nr ing ,1500 . oO
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Hen house: .f:!'rame, 4xl6x6 ' , paper roof, poor condition .
5. Oo
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Acreap::e and va lue of l and
~

Cove
&amp;lope
Grazing
Tillable
£ield rest ocking
1'otal value of

To t a l
Total
Total
Total
vera

b:z:

60 apple trees at ~2 . 00 . - - -

120 . 00

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Value

' creo.Be

per

13

•

5 . 00

42

4 . 00

23

30

113i
l a,nd - - - - "'2 ,0~4 . 00
r,r hard 120 . 00
i rnrovemen ts-

V lue of
vahe of
value of tiriber
vnlue of trn.ct
e value pe r ncre

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12. 00
50 . 00
15. 00

Total
Value

16~
. oo
~76 . 00
1 , 500 . 00
45 . 00
~2,054 . 00

2,5~5. 00

--

1

6. oo

- ~4 , 995 . 00
""44 . 10 .

S?I

�County:
¼ istrict:

17
#44 - EoJard ,

Nancy E .

Eppard
Famj_Jy Burial
Plot

Geo . M.
Dean

LEGLIJD:

Grazing
Slope
Tillable
Cove
Field 11 Restocking
Scale - 1 = 20 chains

Rockingham
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                    <text>ROCKINGHAM COUNTY

Minors
CLAILANT

NAME OF .tml4W
#5 - Eppard , Rupert

Number of Acres: 65
Location:
Roads:

Soil:

Near Maple Spring School .
7 miles fair dirt road to Elkton .

sandy clay, good depth and fertility , steep to moderate slopes ,
northwest exposure .

History of Tract and condition of timber:
Large portion of tra c t cleared many
years ago , grazed and cultivated since . Wooded area cut over repeatedly
in the past ; novr used as source of fuelwoo d sup Jly . Present stand
consists of mixed oaks and some hemlocks .
~stinated to cut an average
of 4 cords per acre .
Improvements:

None .

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

46

@

$3 . 00

$138 . 00

11

@

20 . 00

220 . 00

8

@

20 . 00

160.00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:

$518 . 00

Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 51:8 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $

50 . 00

Value of Wood: $ 50 .oo

~568 . 00

Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

None .

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�Coutj.ty : Rockingham
District: Stonewall

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#5 - (Rockingham Co ) Eppard , Rupert C.
#693(Page Co)

L. t . Eppard

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The State Commission on Conserva 10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _

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more or less, of land ir(f
Lf&gt;1 ~---Co unty, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to th;~p~on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Vir inia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the .~ljng ~sa~d peti)i"
and. published i~ cr~c~ordance wi~h the order of the Circu~t
Court oL ~ __________ County, V1rem1a, asks lea,e of the Court to file this
as his answer to s ·
tition and to said notice.
My name is _
z...,~~?:'.'~ ~ ~ ------------ ------------ -------My post office address i~
- ~--- - - ~\j_____________________________ _

~.$_

__

I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouLZ£ ___________ acres, on which there ~~ollowi ng

aJ;: :;nA z::~ £~- -~" ----------------------- ~ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----;s;;L

y,:::_· ------------ ------------ -This ~ is located about__z _______ miles from ~ ~------ ----------Vi rginia, in
th~ . A . d ~Magisteri al District of said County.
I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel o.f 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.)
~
_

------------ ------------ ------------ -------- ~ - ~-- -tJ-Cx__ __ t:e ;t:,,---~ ·------------ --

The l a n d / M d j ~ described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North----- ------~----- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------South

~ ~--JN- ______________ ----------------------------------------

East

-~::l _

_ ___

{4l;; r~ ---------------------------------------

West "1---~.t.-,JZ -1._____ ~
------------ ------------ ------------ -----------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year /.ft".1=:-~ __ in the
following manner:

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is
I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
":,""A
,ju in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $'.Uv.b_
Q.:=---------·
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 practLcable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ -

~LM_a&amp;i ______ .

------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary~the back).
~ess my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi~___________ day

;~f;~t\~;~;;;~,

1:~~TY OF

--

&amp;!~--------------

• --- __

The undersigned hereby certifies that _______ ------------ ------------ ------------ --the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
an_d thi1;$s appearing in his abo?)answe r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,

this ___~ __/_-,.__ ____.___ day of__~ _ , -_____, 193_{____~ ' /

«~,___ _

(;;lQrk of thi Coart, or Spt!Cial Investigator or
.,}.fatny PubHc, w Josi il·e nE Uie PNr~-

��Acreage Claimed:

Assessed

Value Claimed!
Location:

75

County,
District,

Page
Shenandoah I~on Works

County:
Diatriot:

Rockingham
Stonewall

A.

Ru ert

c.

75

A.

Deed
tt

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Purch~eed in 1913 for
$1,00,.00.

Near Maple Spring School .

Inoumbrances, counte,F claims or laps:

None.

Soil:

Sandy clay, r,ood depth and fertility, steep to moderate slopes,
weet expoaµre.

Roads:

Seven miles fair dirt road to Elkton .

orth-

Histor:y of tract and condition of timbert Large portion of tract cleared many
years ago, grazed and11oultivated since. Vooded area cut over repeatedly
in the pas t; now used as source of fuel wood supply. Present stand
consists of mixed oaks and some hemlocks . Estimated to cut an average
of 4 cords per acre.
12 cords (Page county) valued at 50¢ • - •
·
~6.oo
128 cords {Rockingham county) valued at '50¢ - - ..
64.00
Improvements: (Page county)
D;relling: Frame, 16x23' wit.h a porch 8x23', l~- story, metal
roof, st0ne flue, 4 rooms, ceiled, fair condition, occupied
by owner •• ~ - 350.00
Old barn: Log, 19x24xl6', shingled roof, poor condition.
40.00
Summer kitchen: Frame, 13xl6xl0 1 1 metal roo:f. - 40.00
Hen 'houoe: Frame, 8xlox8', pa.per roof'. - ..
20.00
Granari: Frame, l2xl8xl2', board root. - 20.00
New othble: Frame, l4xl6xl2', metal roof, good condition .
80 .00

Orchard:

10 apple trees valued at ~15 . 00 .

Acreage and value of land b;t typeo:
~
Cpve
F G

Acreage

3,

J_
10

(Page county)
Value
nor A.

4.oo

12.00

Total

Value·
12.00
84t00

~96.00

County)
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improvements:;,6 .oo
11
ft
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tract~ - - 667.00
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Average value per a.a.r e - ... .. 66.70

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NAME O F ~ ~ O lNER

#32_1 - I;ust ler, J . · H.
Number of Acres: 10
Location:

Millers Run .

Roads:

Three miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shlpping
point .

Soil:

Sandy loam, slope type, fairly level, the entire a~ea is
covered with loose rock.

Entirely within Park area .

History of Tract and condition of timber:

~11 the merchantable saw timber was
removed from this tract about 14 years ago.

Improvements:

Acreage and value of types:
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Total Value

Value per acre

Acreage

Ridge:
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Slope:

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~;5 .oo

$!:50 .00

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Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
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Minerals:
Value of Land: $

50. 00

10 . 00
.,;60 . 00

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Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $10 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 00 ·
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO NS .

~- /tJl;n~

CLERK,

27

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County: Rocl{ingha.m
District: Stonewall
' 321 -

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EuE;tler

Aseessod

~a~o Claimed:

De ed 10

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.I.oc_g.tion:

1; •

" l'::)18 "-·~37. 50

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!.one K+town.

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set or:.t in ;:,c"'id. judgrn.ont s.s co.1stitu~ing t .le a·::e._· ".. fo1·

t~e fee .Ji.u1ple est· te in tJ.~e Silic. trc=.ct of land ; tr:.a t your uu c1.e. d.2..t e of the said .~udgment in rem conct.er.minz ·L:..e

·t::d.ct cf l.'..-'-.nct , o-:.:.r..ec. o::.·
the seict trt..ct
tl:e1·eo:f.' :-

01·

'.'?c.S

ec.titled to the follor1in3 intere;;;lt in

in the :proceeds cuisi ~0 from ti:..e concier.1nst ion

the fee sim1)le estcLe .
r1:r..a t no other

2_'.)0.L'

son or pe 1· s ons than the undersi 0 ne d &amp;re

entitled. to s:ru.re in ~he d.isti·ibution of the said 2.1a::cc. or L1 the
nroceeds [..l'isin 0 f::i.&lt;om the conder;mation the::eoi' on t:te d.t:.te oi:' entr~

of said. judgE1ent.

181

�pL:-.:-ty he1'ein uncte:r.· t11e p:!..'ovisions of Jection 21 of the Public ?ark
Condemr.:ation

.t1...

ct , 1:...nc.:.. t:1at an o:cder be entel'ea. ::01• the di.:Jtributio1._

~v,ard fo1· the ::ee simple este.te in the a-id. t:rv ct condemned as
af o:resaid , snd for the pa~nnen t to the und.e1·si;ned. of tlle said
a".tard , ·,71-.:i.ch the u12dersicned [;.Ve=-·s is c,;,s follo·,:s :
1r~ct ~o. 321 , ~60 . 00.

_ __G_1_·~ttoes , Vi~sinia
)) tO - wit:
State of Virginia
County of Rockingham
I, P . R. Cosby, a notnry public in and for the Bounty
aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. H. Eutsler ,7hose name
is signed to the foregoing writing, this day p e Fsonally
appeared before me, in my said County and acknowledged the saee .
Given under my hand this 26t d 8:t{(of Ja uary, I934.
r~y Commission expires---'...C..-,,-'-' - f -2..1.$-? __ _

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STATE

OF VIRGINIA

COUNTY OF ROCKINGH.AM, to-wit:
I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit court of
.
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of
10 acres of land in Stonewall District , assessed in the naI!l9
of J . H . Eutsler_.
Given under my hand this 30th day of January, 1934.

�..

-

M.

H. HARRISON

TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

TO 7filO!t. IT N'iAY CONCERN:
I hereby certify tha~ the records of
my office show that 3 . H. Eutsler has paid the taxes for the
years 1932 &amp; 1933 on his tract of 10-0-0 acres of land
situate in the Blue Ridge 1:ountains in Stonewall District,
Rockingham County.
All taxes prior to that time, if any be
in the Clerk's Office of said
record
of
due, are a matter
County.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of
January 1934 .

M. H. Harrison, ~reasurer
By

C: Q_ (?,i,w 4
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Deputy .

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John

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of Grottoe:J , Vi:i.' 6 inifa , by Ed'.7C.rc3. C. }1.a.rtL; , 1.i3 . . t'torrie;, , and. on
tis mo-i:; ion le uve is given him to file his a p:plic;:,.. t ion fo1· PG..yLe nt

to hirr. o:: the sum of .,1,60 . 00 , tne ar:10unt of the S.\7al'C. oe1i out in

tl:e ,iEc. 6 n:ent of cona.er.mat:i. on .for tri.ct no . 321 ancl ho:.' etofo:ce paio.
int O C OUJ.' t .

.. nci it .:.,J)pes.rir.g to tlle Com·t th&amp;t the sc.icl John rr . :;utsle1•

o:: 3-rottoes , Vi1·gini1::1. , is investee, ::it:c superio:::.• or better 1•ight
0

or cli:1ir.1 of title in c.,n' to the sniC. truct of lancl Ho . 321 tb.B.n
an;y' othe1· :person 01· r,e:i.· sons end. tr.:£.t the reco1·6. in this p1·o c eeo..jn~·

does not disclose ~ny den i al or dispute by any person or person8
i L1

intcn·est e.s to the tit le to Sc.id trc,ct .., o . 321 , 01· ·enc

ar i.Jir.,s from uhe conclemne.tion the1· eof: and. it fu1·ti:er

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ce. c-;,s

d.pDe;::!.· ing

to the 8ou:rt that c.1 1 t""xes due on s:i.id t:c._ ct ,..o. 3~J,l 11:.ve been
pc.ic. ;
'Upon consic..eration \'!r.!BreoC , the .,01.,:,:t &lt;...oth .- djnd.:;e ,

u a.e ·

just coG:pen3ation for said t1•-.,ct i,o. 321 , t,e paic'.c to s icL John
J • .:::;utsle::.· oS? G ·ottocG , vi1·ginie, .
_nd it i ' fu.r.'t:Ler

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is he:. :eb;i,/clL· ected to transmit

t:iJ.e

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set out in .;;cia. juu.0ment o.: uonctem .. ation for

.., . . . ic.: ·ci·c.ct .,o . 321 , tc..i:ing frorr1 as.id Jol:n

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�COMMON W~ALTH OF VIRGINIA

EUTSLER JOHN H.
.--------------------------------------

M

No. ---------····

PERSONAL PROPERTY
Pajle_ ___._.. e.....Llne. _ __ ···- ·
INCOME

To M. H. HARRISO N, Treasurer
Rockingh am County, Harrison burg, Virginia
STATE TAXES AND LOCAL LEVIES -1933

Paae. _______Llne·-- - - -···LAND

FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY

I

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State
Rate
on $100

Value

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.70

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Local
Rate
on $100

Value

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1.06

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1.06

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1.06

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. Is

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,50

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$

.50

Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,.cresi-- -- - - - - - 1

1.05

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1.05

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1.05

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CREDITS

Total State and Local Levies . .. .... . .

Amount

Account

Date

$ .35

.70

Tangible Peraonal Property .... . ... $, _ __ _ __ _ __ $ 1.06

10

TOTAL STATE TAXES . .. .. .. . .. . ............ . . . .. .

$ .35

$1.05

Total .. .. .... .

FOR LOCAL TAXATION ONLY

State Capitation Tax ....... . ...... . ........... . ...... .. .. $ 1.60 $
Bonds, Notes and Other Evidence• of
.60 1-- ------1Debt .. . ... . ...... . .. . ....... . , 1.,.- -- - - - - - - - 1
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Money . .. . . . ............. ........
Moneyed Capital In Competition with
1.00
National Banks . .. .. .. . ........ · 1-- -- -- - -- -1
Capital Not Otherwise Taxed .... . .. 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Income: 1½% on first $3,000; 2½% on
next $2,000;8%onex ceasover$o,00 0,1-- -- - - - - - - I -

County Levy .... . . .
County School Levy_

Paite......·-··--····Llne

State Ta,es

Real Estate and
Tangible Per• Machinery Merchant'•
Capital
sonal Property and Tools

LOCAL RATES:

26

12

_______GROTTOES --------------------------------------, Virginia

DISTRICT

STON:mWALL

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--- ---- - - -----1-- --- - ------ 1 S-- - - - - - $ .•__

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19.__ _

RECEIVED PAYMENT:

6% Interest from June 16, 1984, to date of payment ............ .. ... 1 - - - - - - 1
By• _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _

M. H. HARRISO N, Treasurer

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Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest ...... . ..... .. . . ......... $

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
-- ----

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Stonewa ll District
Real Estate
&amp;Tan,i.
Per. Prop.
County Levy ............ ,$ .37
County School Le,y • • • • • • .83
County Road Levy • . • • • • . • .10
District Road Levy . . . ... .. .35 •• ••••••••••• Levy .• •• ••••••••

·-----·------·-------·---··-4·--·--g····-·-·······~ ········-··-----..VIRGINIA, Dr.

ToGEO . _:_B.-KEEZELL;:::Treasurer of Rocking ham County

State Taxes and Local Levies---1931
_ __ _
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Personal Property.· .. Paae .. . ••. Line ••• , ••
Income . .... .... ... . Page .••••. Line, • • • ••

Land •. . .... . ...... . Page / . ~-Line . • ~ .

Total •••• •• •••• $1.65

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FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY
State Capitation Tax ............ , •.•.•••• , • . • • • • • • • • • •
Bonds, Notes and Other Evidences of Debt .•• $..................
Money ... ... ... . .... .... ........ . . . . ...... ............ ......... .
Moneyed Capital In Competition with
National Banks ... . . .. .. .. . ....... . .. .. . . · - ••••••••• • ••••••••
Capital not Otherwlae Ta:red ....... . .. .• .••. •••••••••••• ••• •••••
Income : 1¾ % on first $3,000; 2¾% on next
$2,000; 3% on e:rcess over $5,000 •• •• . •.• . . ········-··-··· ·····

.•.... $
$ .so

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--

Tangible P ersonal Property . .....

$---·-·······-··---

$ 1.65

Machinery and Tools . . ....... . .. --- -·- -· ···· ··-····-

1.75

Merchants' Capital ... .. . ....... . -·····-···· -········
Real Estate ./. Q :-; .C/. :':.a .Acres --- ••••\.J. •.

1.13

Real Estate .. , . . ........•.. Acres

1.65

Real Estate • . •. ... . . ..•. .. . Acres ··· ·········-····· ··

1.65

TOTAL LOCAL UW&lt;EL

: ·.··: ····

."l?..... _

1.00
.75

.. -·-------·--·.. --------

TOTAL STATE TAXES .... . .......... . .•. • •. . .. . .•.• . •.•... •• ..

$.....·--··········

CREDITS

~.

---------- ---------- --.... ---------·- ----.... --.. --- ------... ----- --- . ------- ......... -- ---- ---- ---- -- -- ---- ---- ----

5% P enalty June 16, 1932 ....... . .. . .. .. ........ . .........
Total Taxes , Levies and Penalties to June 16, 1932 ........

Date ..... .••. ............... . .... .

6% Interest from June 16, ·1932, to date of payment .......
T o tal T a xes, Levies, Penalties and Int erest .• .• .•.. . .... .. .

Amount

Received Payment

--····-·· ··············· ········ ··············· ···Treas.

$1.75

$1.13

$.·-·····-······-- - 1

··-········-··· ·· · ·- ,·

.. --------------·-----·-·-- -------------------- ·----------- -------------------- ------

,

Account

... .. ·.311

1.65

State Taxes brought forward . .. ... ....... . . .... . ....... .. ....
State Taxes and Local Levies . . ......... . .. . .. . .. .. ... . ...

Date

Merchan
Capital
•
• . .. j 3 ..

=c=al Levies
- ~°.;~:~~~r"~oo~te.J-__ _:_Lo
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Mach.
&amp; Tools
$ .37
•83
.20
.35

$...•.....•.... ..

p

1----- --i--

$_ ..............•..!........

5% Penalty December 6, 1931 .. . ... . ... . ............. . .. . . 1- - - - -- - ~ - Total Taxes, Levies and Penalty . . ......... . .......... : ... $ __ ............... ... ···-

1-------1--$_ ................. ·····-1-------1--$----········· ····- ······-·

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�C!rnmmnuwralt4 nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

JOHN M. PURCELL

February 5, 1934

TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this

5

d.ay of_Februa.ry in accordance

with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham Crn1nty
d.ated_ ~

_/~3~4___ in the cause of the State Commission

on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.

........i~n~s.__ _ _ _____ _
Cassandra Lawwo~n_._____,A......,.tk

:paid. to John H. Eutsler, Grottoes, Virginia
$_6_ 0_ . _0 _0_____ being in full settlement of tract #-ZJZL

in the above mentioned. cause.

�Q!nmmnumtalt4 nf l!lirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

February 5 , +934

JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

John H. Eutsler
Grottoes , Virginia

Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$

60 . 00

, in accordance

with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of

Rackjngha:m

entered on the

2nd

day

of February 193_4_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ __C_a_s_sa_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_ri_n_s_ _ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #-~3~2~1___

Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.

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Number of Acres: 19
Location:

Deep Rm.

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Incidental damages arising from the taking- of this tract:

�more or less, of land in_l'!?Jt::-:1=.~~ - ~ - _______ County, Virginia, Defenda n.ts.
The undersigned, in answer to th~-pltiti on 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 ,~aiV,eti tion and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court offl..~! ~~~~ ~----- -- County, Virginia, asks leave ~f the Court to file this

as h~ya:::: si ~ n;;::~to,.:~d notice. _________ __________________________ _

---~ 3-_ ________________________ _
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My post office address is _____ ~
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containin g about ____L.1;__ : _________ acres, on which there are the following
~-~-~ ------ -- ----------------------

buildings and_ improvements =----,ft-~7

This land is located abo~L-~1::--- -:--~-mi les ~rom ___ ~ -~ ~ - - -- --Virginia, in
the __,S____________ Mag1sterrnl D1str1ct of said Counfy.
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. )

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following manner:

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I claim that t~otal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $___3_~ -~-==-=- -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- ·
I am the owner of_ __ _____________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged .%£1e pro-1... _________ .
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- ~
as to
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Witness my signatur e (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ t__f_______ day

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this_____

day of__ ____9'~--___ --, 13.

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of the Court, or Special Investiga tor or
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Number of Acres: Lot .
Location: Swift Run Gap .

Eight miles over Spotswood Trail To Elkton .

Roads:

Soil:

History of Tract and condition of timber:

Church Lot .

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Types

Acreage

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Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:

Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals :

_____________

Value of Land: $ 100 . 00
$ 1100 . 0 0
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$1200 • 00

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�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 ..(\.tkins 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. __rg_a ______ :

.

Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------;
and described in the report 0£ 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_~s_3____

$_~?_QQ____ ; 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 o,r in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
Fern Hi,11 Uni te,rethern Church in Christ
I

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:

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. __I .6_8 ______ $_L2D_Q___ : Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (Leave this space blank vnless there is some other pertinent ~tter to be brought sRecialb J;o the attentio~ of the com·t) 11 'l'hi~. propdertv l).as Ot'?e n
11

.
UbS'?d
cont inuous~y since 1~s r ounu1ng as a uouse 01 florsn1p an 1t 1s s 1
e1ng
so used . The congregation hopes to continue to use it in the same manner if
permitted by the Government to do so .

NAME

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~fl-1___(!__~-------,;;:,_a..,_,_~---------------See verification of the other side .
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 printeci merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
8

�State of Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg , to - wit:

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This day personally appeared before me J . ILHaney ,
Trustees of the Ferr-ii ':.H i~rD United Brethern Church
and
in Christ and made oath that the state~ents contained in the afore said petition so far as made on their own informa tion are true and
so far as maje on the information of others they believe it to be
1934.
true . Given under my hand this /..Z.,. day of ,k'l.___'Y
-

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-

-

- Notary Public .

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of Virginia ,
State
City of Harrisonburg , to- wit:
This day personally appeared before me J . A. Baney a trustee
of the Fern Hill -ii.-nited Berthern Church in Christ and made oath tat
the statements contained in the aforesaid petition so far as made
on bis·own information are true and so far as made on the
information of others be believes it to be true . Gi ven under my
.day of June , 1934. My commission expires the
hand t 'l is
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193{.
t:6" day

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-~ otary
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In the Circuit Court of Rol.,::i1'}c;ha1:1 County , Vir~inia .

State ~ommission on vonservation e~d
-:evolop:.:er:t of' tne St8. te of Vir.:::_inia ,
v•

At Law ~· o • I 8 2 9 •

C2.ssal-&amp;a Lav.son . t!::ins , et o.ls .
C. F . Collins , J . K. Haney , and J . L.• ::aney , '~'rustees of the Fern
I~ill United .:retha1E n Church in vhrist , "laving presented t~rnir
petition , by counsel , in the above oentioned .9ro::00dinss , asking
leave to .ile the same, leave is hereby granted them to do so ,
and the sc~e is accordin[ly filed .
And it bein[s maue to appear to the c ourt t:iat t 11ero seems to
be a reversior.ary clause in the deed to tric aforesaid Feion Lill
Church property , it is ~ereby ordered that proiess issue a[ainst
J . J . 3easley , ...:.lsie

elle ::::auzher , G. v. :2au:__,her , o.nc1 L . lJ . Shifflett ,

the srantors in said deed e.nd J.1 . 'I . Wyant , a grantee of the st.id
- . :· . s:.ifflett,

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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUN'.I.1Y, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
vs.

Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als
Upon petition of the Trustees of Fern Hill Church of the
United Brethren in Christ, filed in the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County, in the above entitled case, being designated as No. 1829,
and the Court's order filing said petition, re~uired process issue
against H. W. wv'yant and others, returnable to rules; comes now
the undersigned H. W. ,lyant and answers the petition aforesaid and
also asks that this answer be treated as a petition, and says:
That the title papers in this case show that the undersigned
by virtue of deed from 1. N. Shifflett, is the owner of the greater
part of the tract or parcel of land upon which the Fern Hill Church
is built, by virtue of the reversionary clause in deed from L. N.
Shifflett to the Trustees of the Fern Hill Church of date August
23, 1918, and by deed f rom L. N. Snifflett to the undersigned of
date September 25, 1931, in which said deeds t.he undersigned's
rights are mare specifically described as follows:
"That in the event the said United Brethren in Christ cease
to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then
the title shall revert back to the owners of the original tract".
That while your respondent does not and will not contend. that
the proceeds from the aforesaid tract No . 168, should come to
him or be his property and estate, so long as the proceeds from
said Fern Hi ll Church property can and will be used for church
purposes in or near the community of Fern Hill, outside of the
Park lines, and for the benefit of its members, in erecting a
new church at some other·

location along the Spottswood Trail, just

outside of the Park lines.
The undersigned further represents unto the Court that the
United Brethren Church at Swift Run, is just within the Park
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area, about two miles from Fern Hill Church, and that the award
from the two Church properties could and should be invested in
church property in the vicinity of Swift Run .
That the undersigned is of the opinion that when the Fern
Hill Church property was condemned in the above entitled suit ,
that it was not a voluntary abandonment of the property, as
contemplated by the reversionary clause hereinbefore quoted, that
would entitle the undersigned to the award, so long as the Uourt
directs a re-investment of the proceeds from Tract No . 168 for
church purposes in as close proximity to Fern Hill Church as
possible .
Your respondent and petitioner here most earnestly represents
unto the Court that the reversionary clause , hereinbefore referred
to , does place the award in the undersigned, if and when the
Trustees and members of the Fern Hill United Brethren Church in
Crist ask this Honorable Court, to allow the s 2id award to be
invested for "church or parsonage purposes in the Virginia Conferencen
, as shown by
other than in the vicinity of the Fern Hill section
~
the petition filed herein .
That the Virginia Conference embraces the State of Virginia ,
part of West Virginia and part of Maryland and the undersigned ' s
predecessors in title, who were mountain people and communicants
of Fern Hill Church , desired to have a place of worship in their
midst , and therefore, the land was donated to the Church with the
reversionary clause aforesaid .
The undersigned represents that by deed dated the 26th day of
May, 1906, J . H. Haney and others conveyed to L. N. Shifflett the
aforesaid tract of land described in these proceedings as Tract
No . 168 .

A

copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked "Exhibit

Deed No . One" and is prayed to be read as a part hereof .
The undersigned further represents that subsequently , by
deed dated the 23rd day of August, 1918, said L. N. Shifflett , J . J .

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Beasley, Elsie Bell Baugher and G.

w.

Baugher, her husband, conveyed

the aforesaid tract, designated herein as No . 168, to James A.
Haney, Chas. F. Gollier
. and J . K. Haney , Trustees for the United
Brethren in Christ in Virginia, nto have and to hold in trust as
church property for the sole and special benefit of the United
Brethren in Christ, said pro perty to remain the property of said
United Brethren in Christ as long as they use it for a place of
public worship and never to be sold if said United Brethren in
Christ ever cease to use it as a place of public worship then the
title shall revert back to the owners of the orieinal tractn.
copy of said deed , makred

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A

Exhibit Deed No. Two", is filed herewith

and is prayed to be read as a part hereof .
The undersigned alleges that the said J . J . Beasley , Elsie
Bell Baugher and G.

w.

Baugher, her husband, own no interest in said

lands, the fee simple title to which had been conveyed to L. N.
Shifflett by deed of May 26th, 1906, afo1·esaid', but united in the
deed to said Church Trustees for the purpose of releasing or conveying
any interest they may have had in a right of way over said parcel of
land .
The undersigned further represents that by deed dated the 25th
day of September, 1931, L. N. Shifflett conveyed to the undersigned ,
H. 1/ . 1/yant, a certain parcel of land. contiguous to the aforesaid
tract No . 168 , and in said deed also conveyed to him all rights
reserved by the said Shifflett in the deed of August 23rd, 1918, to
said Church Trustees , and which rights are more specifically
described as follows:

nThat in the event the said United Brethren

in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public
worship, then the title shall revert back to the owners of the
original tractn .
That by the terms of said deed , the undersigned. became v~sted
with the reversion in said Tract No . 168 , when and if the Trustees

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and congregat ion of Fern Hill .Church of the United Brethren in
Christ fail or refuse to ask this Honorable Court for an order
directing the investmen t of this award for church purposes in the
Blue Ridge Mountains near as convenien tly can be to the Fern Hill
community , outside of and adjacent to the National Park· area .
A copy of said deed is filed herewith marked "Exhibit Deed No .
Threen and is asked to be read as a part hereof .
That there has heretofore been paid into the custody of the
Court the sum of $1200 . 00, the amount of money set out in said
judgment as constituti ng the award for the fee simple estate of
said tract of land, the title thereto becoming vested in the State
and, therefore , any rights of the Trustees for the Fern Hill Church
of the United Brethren in Christ to use said property as a place of
public worship have ceased, unless the said Trustees re-invest the
proceeds from said. property under the orders of this Gour t in
property to be used. for church purposes as aforesaid .

And upon

failure to use or cause to be invested as aforesaid , the proceeds
arising from the said condemnat ion, to- wit :

$1200 . 00, then and in

that event,the said amount belongs to the undersign ed , who alone
is entitled to said proceeds arising from said condemnat ion , and
the undersign ed therefore prays that said award be paid to him .

State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham , to- wit:
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, a Notary Public in ana.

for the County aforesaid , in the State of Virg inia , do certify that
H. W. vVyant

personally appeared before me in my County aforesaid

and made oath that the stat ements of fact con tained in the foregoing
answer, made upon his own knowledge are true , and those made upon

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infonnation derived from others he believes to be true .
Given under my hand this

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day of November, 1934 .

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�THIS DEED made this 26th of May , 1906, between John K.
Haney end Lula Haney , of the County of Rockingham , and James A .
Haney and Rhoda Haney his wife of the County of Greene, all of the
.::&gt;tate of Virginia, parties of the first part and L. IJ. dhiflett
of the County of Rockingham and dtate aforesaid party of the
3eco nd part.
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I T NE S S E T H :

That for and in consideration of ten dollars in hand paid
to the said parties of the first part by the said L. lL dhifflett
pc,rty of the second part , the receipt whereof they do hereby
! acknowledge they the said parties of the first part have bargained
sold and conveyed and do now by these presents bargain sell and
convey unto him the said L. N. dhiflett all that certain lot or
tract of land situate between the old road and the Rockingham turn
II Pi~:e in the County of lxreene on top of the Blue ridge mountain and
bounded as follans , to 1,,vit :

Beginning at a 1/hite 'alnut on the

Jou th .:3 ide of the Rockingham turn Pike and on the Horth

~

ide of

the Old road corner to J. o. Beaz le;y- v, i th his lire in said old road
d 45 E 12 poles thence 3 71 1/2 E 16 poles j

3 87 E 7 poles to

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47 1/2 E 25 poles

a stake a rock to be planted in said old road

thence a new line N 10 W 8 poles to the center of the Rockingham
turn Pike thence with said road N 58 W 31 poles r 62 W 24 poles to
the old line and with old line 3 13 E 1 1/2 poles to the beginning
containing One and three fourths acres (1 3/4) and the parties of
lithe first part warrant generally the title to the pro!)Elrty hereby
this deed conveyed

Witness the following signatures and seals .

the daJl and date first above written.

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John K. Haney

(:3eal)

Lula ;~. Haney
his
James .x Haney
mark
Rhoda Haney

(3eal)
(.Seal)
( 3eal)

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Virginia, Greene County , to wit:
I ,D

C.:Deane a Notary Public in the County and dtate

aforesaid certify tbat John K. Haney Lula Haney his wife Jas A.
Haney and rthoda Haney his wife whose names are signed to the foregoing Deed bearing aate the 26 of I.Tay ID6 have each acknowledged
the 3ame before me in my County and State aforesaid

Given under

my hand this the 26th of L.ay 1906
D.C. Deane , N. P .
Uy term expires 11 of Dec 1907

Virginia:
In the Clerk's Office Greene County Circuit Court. 3rd day
Nov 1913.

this deed was :presented and together with the certifi-

cate annexed admitted to record.
Teste.
B. I Bickers Clerk.
Virginia:
barn County

In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of RockingThe foregoing deed of Bargain &amp; .-3ale was this day

presented in the office aforesaid and is together with the certificate of a.c'v.:nowledgment annexed , admitted to record this 25 day
of September 1931, 4:25 p.m.
Teste :

J. Robert Switzer , Clerk.

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~ · THIS DEED made this 23rd day of August 1918, between J. J.
Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher and G. W. Baugher her husband and L.
N. Shifflett of the County of Rockingham and State of Virginia,
parties of tae first part and James A. Haney Charlie F. Collier
an.d J. K. Haney Trustees for the United Brethren in Christ of

Virginia, of the second part,

WI T N E S S E T H :
That in consideration of the love they have for the cause of
Christ and in the further consideration of one dollar oash in hand
paid to the said parties of the first part, by the said parties of
the second part, Dhe receipt whereof they do hereby acknolwedged
they the said parties of the first part, have bargained, sold and
conveyed and do now by these presents, grant and convey with general
warranty of title unto them the said James A. Haney, Charlie F.
Collier and John K. Haney, Trustees as aforesaid and their sucessors
in office, all that certain lot or parcel of land situated lying
being in the county of Rockingham on the Southside of the Swift
Run Road near the County line and a part of the two tracts of land
they now own and bounded as follows: - Beginning at (I) on a plat
a point in the junction of the Mountain road with the old road S

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80 W 2 l/2 poles from the County line tree a large Chestnut, thence
with old line S 80 W 15 poles to (2) on plat on rock to be planted,
thence a new line N 69 1/2 W 2 3/4 poles to (3) on plat a rook to
be planted, thence N 41 E 8 2/5 poles, to the old road the line
between the Beazley tract and L. N. Shiflett, tract of land, thente
same course on Shiflett's land 6 poles to (4) on plat the middle
of the Pike thence with said road S 9 E 10 1/4 poles to (5) on
plat a point in said road on the West side of the junction of the
Mountain road with the pike, thence along the West side of the
Mountain road S 25 W 3 3/5 poles to the beginning, containing one
and thirty five hundredths (1.35) acreij, To have and to hold in
trust as Church Property for the sole and special benefit of the

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United Brethren in Christ, said property to remain the property
of said United Brethren in Christ as long as they use it for a
place of public worship and never to be sold if said United
~r ethren in Christ ever cease to use it as a place of public worship
then the title shall revert ba ck to the owners of the orig inal
tract, Witness the following signatures and seals this the day and
date first above written.

J. J. Beazley

(Seal)

Elsie B. Baugher

( Sea 1)

w.

Baugher

( Seal )

L. N. Shiflett

(Seal)

Gid

Virginia,
Greene County To-Wit:

ri D. a. Deane A Notary Public for the County of Greene

in

the State of Virginia, hereby certify that J. J. Beazley, G. W.
Baugher, Elsie Belle Baugher and L. N. Shiflett whose names are
signed to the foregoing writing hereto annexed, bearing date the
23rd day of August 1918, personally appeared before me in My
County aforesaid and acknowledged the same.
Given under my hand this the 24th day of August 1918.

My Commission

expires on the 28th day November 1920.
D.

c.

Deane

N. P.

75

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-COPY
THIS DE8D, mado this 25

327

day of September, 1931, by and

bet een 1. N. ~nifflf3tt, party

Oi.

the first part, and Horbert

w.

yant, party of the second p. rt, all ofRockingham County, Virginia,

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S 3 E TH :

That for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars
{ 10.00) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the

party of the first part, the :receipt whereof is hereby ac mowledged ,
togotner with other [;;Ood and vo.luable consideration, he the said

party of

the first part has bargained, sold and conveyed and. by

these 1&gt;reso.ats doth bart;;ain , oell, grant and convey u.nto said

erbert

• .ryant all that certain lot or

raot of land, together

tith 1 provements thereon oitunte on the south side of the Spotts-

wood 'j:rail, on top of the Blud •i-i.clgc Mountain in Rockingham Cou..1ty,

VL... ·inia , and bounded as follows, to ... wit:

Beginning at an iron

pin in an old roadway, ,Irs . Elsie .13augher ' s corner and in a line
of the lt"'ern IIill Church lot; thence, with a line of th~ ohurch
lot.

n 41 3/4 " 5 .04 poles, to an iron pin in the south line of the

Spotts ood Trail; thanoc, with the sout :i side of t~1e Spottswood
Trail, U 45 1/4 1 2.8 polos, to au iron pin on the south side of

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said Trail ancl in th"3 middle of the old toekin,glU: m anJ. s·t.1 nardo-

ville -'-il.1'np1,rn, said cornor being in Joh.."'1 llaney'.3 lil10; t:1cnoe, with
the middle of the old pike. with Haney's line f 64 ~/4 l 9.24 poles ,

to an iron pin in the middle of tile old pike . llan ..,y 's ~orner and
in Mrs . ~lsie Baugher 's line; the:aee,

1th her lines, S 6 1/2

i'

l .5

poles, to a stake on the north side of' an old ro· dvmy, whi to walnut

culled for; thence, with the old roadway , S 40

10.6 poles, to

the be 5 inning, containing .24 of an nor, anl being the residue of a

tract or paro l of land containing l 3/4 acres, oonveyod to the said
party of the first part by deed dated"' {ay 26, 1906, from John K.

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Han y and others, which deed is duly recorded in the Clsrk's Office

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of Greene County in Deed Book No . 17, at page 192, and recorded in
the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed Book No . ~...;;..;:--

71..

�, leso, hov:ever,
tr at or parcel of land conveyed
--the said L. N. Shifflett to James A,,, Haney and others , Trustees

at paee
b;t

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of United Brethren in Ch1·ist of Virg:!.nie, which doed is d.ated

Au.gust 23, 1~18, record din the Lllork ' s Office of Greene Co~nty

in D~ed Book No. 19, at p~ge 342~ and less another tract or purcol
of land con oyed 1Jy the sai

m:.. icy

Rhoda

L. rr . Shiff lett to J . A. Haney l!nd

by deed dated Jan · ry 20, 1926, which dee d ii? duly of

record. in tho 0lork 1 u Off ice of Green., County in Deed Book No . 20 ,

at page ;,Q.cl, uni less a _;_ rthe1· s trip of land conveyed by said
L. N. Shifflet

tothe Co~--ionwealth of Vix-ginia , by deed dated

otober 20, 1930, whitJh doed. is likewiso recorded in th

Oi'fic

of Greene Cow1ty in Deud J3ook No ,,, 22 1 at page 31 .

pai•·l.;y of tile

ire ·;; part ().oth fm•1;her grant antl convey

ClerJ~ ' s

Tho uaid

:ito the

1&gt;ar·ty of the sec on~ part any ancl ull right rt rosorved to him in th
doed dated . u 5-uut 23, l&lt;j:l8 • rttro,n J. J . Boas7.ey, L . N. ~hifflett

and. othcr:.--s to Jarnen

• ifaney an&lt; oth0rs. 1:ruuteos of Uniteu.

Brothre11 in Christ o:_ V.i.rgi .d.a, · ora spooifically Q1soribod as
followu:

That in the oven1; the stdd United Brethren in Christ

coase to use tho proyo:i...t 3· nonveyud as

tt

')lace of public · ors hip ,

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the:t the title oha 11 :... evort buck to the owm.,1·s c,1 ti1u 01°i • 1 na.l
Lrao r; .
the

~ho cc..icl p at·ty of tho f i :-.... rJt pRru doth further grant unto

arty o

the second part, his hoiro and assigns. the risht to

u:JO any :p::!rt of t!1e overplun or oxoess water, neoousary for tho

urn of said land flowing from the spring on tho .Polly S~.ifflc·tt
land and from the spril'l{; on the .. • J . ShL'fle tt land, t t10 grant or

ros,_,rvir1t:; to himself. hia heirs and a1.foigns. tb.o ri(;ht to use all

water necessa ·y for himself, hie faL'lily aid their livestock from
the t o sprin5 s hereinb fore doccribed.

The said part;,r of the

first pa1•t doth further grant unto the party of th
the riciht to lay

am

second part

maintain a pipe line for convoying the water

neceosary for the ooi d land from the overpluo or SU.l'p l us from
oaid springs to the f'illing station and buildings on the tract or
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pure el of land hure inbefor., desu1·i bed, with the right of ingrecs
and Of;reso J.Or the purpose of layin0 said. pipe line and repairing

same .
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ntnesn t .. e follovrin~ siunature end seal:

I

L. N.

A:da Rir.u:er witneus

his
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mark

Shiffl~tt

P~ea.1)

:

State of Virgln~a.
COl.l._l'lty of Uocki11t;h m, to .. wit:

I, fialph Ii . Bao.er, o !Iota l'Y Public in and for the CoW1ty
ui'o::.."ctmid., in the State of V;;.r~inia, do oertify that L. Utt Shiff l ett

whone 11ar.1e io signcc.. to tho foro t:oin · writing, bearing date on the
25th d'.l'' of Dcp , nber, 1931, has this day p orDonally a.pp eared befor
mo in r.w s'"'iU Coun-';y and ~c~mowlcde;e.d the same .

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'1,y ooruH,ission

nrc , 1932 .

e~::pir ,,3 the 27th rtr~y of

C-1 vcn under m:i· he.mt th.is 2!.Jth duy oi' 3optcmber, 19;11 .
~::alph H.. Bader, !f otc.ry Pub lio

VIRCHNI.A: In the Olcrk'c Office of the Circu· t Court of Rockirie;ham

County .
The fc:re _.oi.n~ &lt;lccd o:f ...,f:..RGAIN

the office o.forconid, and

:f.fl,

lTD SJLLE was

t h::.s de.y presented in

together with the certificate of

acknowlen. m~nt n tmflY.e&lt;l. adm:.ttecl to record this 25th day of

3eptembor, 1931, 4:30 P . M.
Ter:te:

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Robert Swit~er, Cwr··

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state Jornmission on 0onserv~tion
and Development of the Stat
of Virginia

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vs . Petition of H. W. ·a yan

Cassandra Lawson Atkins,&amp;&lt;

UPON PETITION OF TRUSTEES
OP 1' ERN HILL CHURCH
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HERBERT W. WYANT
ATTORNEY AT LAW

HARRISONBURG, VA.
FIRST NATI ONAL BANK BU I LDIN G

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�In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY-GREETING:

You are hereby commanded to summon
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to appear at the Clerk 1s Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the
Monday in

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, to a n s w e r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

F. Collin~, J. K, Haney, and J.A Han y, Truwtc

F rn Hill Church of the United rethren in C 1 t, .filed in th,
roce

of

he

l'.'lndemn tion

of ot te Comm1sw1on on Cons rv tion and Dov lo mvn of the St te of

ding

Vir in1 v. Ca

dr Lawson Atkin, et ls., etc.

And you are hereby required to notify the said dejendants that unless they shall answer the said' JJ;/J:. .:i/JJin the
time prescribed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And this J/f&amp;.shall in
no wise omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this lVrit.
JVitnm,
and in the

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Robert Switzer, Clerk of our said Cou"t, at the Court House, the . · t lday of

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year of the Commom.vealth.

October , l93A ,

�In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY-GREETING:

You are hereby commanded to summon

J. J. Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher, G. W. Bau-

gher, L. N. Shifflett, and H. W. Wyant,

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to appea,· at the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the

first

Monday in

November,

19 34 , to answer:r«:iit'.tirl (111ztt1gin1li2#M;wpi1«:ici21# i}c

the petition of C. F. Collins, J. K. Haney, and J.A. Haney, Trustees of the
Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ, filed in the condemnation
proceeding of State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of

Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als., etc •
•

And you are hereby required to notify the said defendants that unless they shall answer the saYJm1iJ:hin the
time prescribed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And thuW sh~ll in
no wm omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ.
Witness,

and ;. the

1Uf ~EH JC£

J.

Robert Switzer, Clerk of our said Cou ..t, at the Court House, tha..8thday of

159th

October, ,1934 ,

yea, of the C o m m o n w e a l t h . ~ ~·. ..........., Cl,ek.

PJl.EB-962

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�In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHA M COUNTY-G REETING:

You are hereby commanded to summon

J. J. Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher, G. W. Bau-

gher, L. N. Shifflett , and H. W. Wyant,

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to appear at the Clerk's Office of · the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the
first
Monday in November,
19 34 , to answerYilXJ§ ilt'u.i·o;:i0JK 1,~2!JdrihJW ~gf)~ffi~~

the petition of C. F. Collins, J. K. Haney, and J.A. Haney, Trustees of the
Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ, filed in the condemnat ion
proceeding of State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of
Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als., etc •

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petition

And you are hereby required to notify the said dejendants that unless they shall answer the said iJiii. within the
time prescrrbed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And thu ~ shall in
no wise omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ.

J. Robert
159th

lVitneJs,
and in the

TUE UJlVJCt: PRUS-

962

Switzer, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House, th.il.8thday of
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�'l'his deed made this 23rd day of A11gust 1Sl8, between J.J.Beasley,
~lsie Belle Baugher and G. v.Baugher ber husmnd and L.N. Shiflett of the
county of Rocking.ham and State of Virginia, parties of the first part, and
.Haney, Charlie F.Collier and J.Y.Haney, Trustees for the United
CF~ 1-t- ·~:,
Brethern in Christ of Vir~inia, of the second part.
James

t.hat in consideration of the love they have for the cause of Christ and
in the further consideration of one dollar cash in hand paid to the said
parties of the first part, by the said parties of the second part, the
receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledged they the said parties of the
first part, have 1:x.trgained, sold and conveyed and do now by these presents,
gr~nt and convey with general warranty of title unto them the said James A.
Haney, Charlie F.Collier and J:"ohn K.funey 'l'rustees as aforesaid and their
successors in o-f'fice, all that certain lot or parcel of land situated lying
bein:;i; in the county of Rockingham on the Southside of the

wift Run Road

near the county line and a part of the two tracts of land they now own and
boundred as follows;- Be inning at tl) on plat a point in the junction of
the mountain road with the old road 3.80 1. 2½ poles from the county line
tree a large chestnut, thence with old road line S.80 Y. 15 poles to l2)
om plat a rock to be planted, thence a new line N. 69½ W. 2¾ poles to (3)
on plat a rock to be planted, thence N. 41 E. 8-2/5 poles to the old road
the line between the Beasley Tract and L.N.Shiflett, tract of land thence
same course on ~hiflett's land 6 poles to l4) on plat and middle of the
Pike thence with said road S.9 ~.10¼ poles to l5) on plat a point in said
road on the Jest eide of the junction of the mountain road with the pike
thence alon~ the west side of the mountain road S.25 W.3-3/5 poles to the
bee;inning, containing one

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thirty

fivt: ht.1nd_edth ' l.ZiJ) .. cr es, 1 0 have
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nd to hold in trust as Church property for the sole and special benefit
of the United Brethem in Christ, said property to remain the property of
said united Brethern in Christ as long as they

use it for a place of

public worship and never to be sold is said United Brethern in Christ ever
cease to use it as a place of public worship then the title shall revert
back to the owners of the oririnal tract.
litnesc.- the followin:-i; signatures and seals this the day and date first
above written.

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�This deed made this 23rd day of August I9I8,between J.J.Bra ley,El
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L.N.Shiflett of the 6o unty

nd G • • E0 11;,,her her husband and

of Rockingham and State of Virginia,9arties of the first part and Jame s A.

Haney Charlie F.Collier and J.K.Ha.ney Tru~tees for the United 'Brethern
in Christ of Virginia,of the second part,

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considera tion of the love they b::'ve for the cause of Christ and in the
further consideration of one dollar cash in hand pr&gt;i

o the said parties

of the first pa.rt,by the said parties of the second part,the receipt whereof
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they do hereby acknowledged they the said parties of the first p-rt,heve

gargained,sold and conveyed and do now by these present ,gr ht

nd convey

with general warranty of title unto them the said James A.Haney,Ch~~lie
F.Collier and John K.Haney, ru te s as ~fores id and their sucessors in
office,~11 that certa in lot or p~r el of land situated lying being in the
county of Rockingh
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on the Southside of the Swift Run Ro d near the Cour

part of the to tracts of land they now own and bounded as
Mount jn

f 11.ows;_ Beginning at (I) on e plat a point in th~ junctio1)6f th
road with the old ro· d S 80 ·~.2½ poles from the County line

Chestnut,thence

it~ old line So80 W.I5 pole

ee a large

to (2) on plat a ro• ck to be

pl•:inted, thence a new line N 69½ W.2¾ poles to (3) on plat a rock to be
the

.8 ?/5 uoles,to the old road the line betwee

planted,thence N.4I

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Beazley Tr~ct ann L.N.Shiflett,tract of land,thehce same co·rse on Shiflett's
land 6 pols to (4) on ult the middle of the Pike thence with said road
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noint in 9aid road on tle West

ide of the

along the We t side

~junction of the Mounta in ro·- d with the pike, thence

of the Mountain road S ~5 W.3 3/5 poles to the beginning,con : ining one
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nd thirty five hw1d

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acres, T

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Church Property for 1 sole and special benefit of the United Brethern in
Christ, ~~id property to reln~in the property of said United Brethern in
Christ
sold

if

1 ng as they use it for

place of public worship and nPver to be

said United Bret•1ern in Christ ever cease to use it as ~l~ cf' of
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publ c worshi~ then the

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Tevert back to the o ·mers

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tr· ct, Witness the following sign tures and sea.ls thi3 th&lt;J day and date
first above written.
J .J .Beazl_e,L_

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�Elsie B .~augher

(S~al)

fil W.Ba ugheJ:__ _ J.§.e9:l
L.N .Shifl:_e_t_l___

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Virginia,
Greene County To_ it;
I, D.C.Deane A Notary Public for the County of Greene i
in the State of Virginia,hereby certify that J.J.Beazley,G.W.Baugher,Elsie

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Belle Baugher and L.N. hiflett whose na.t"les are signed to the for Poing
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writing here toannexed,bearing date the 23rd day of August I9I8,personally ap
pe red before me in My County riforesaid and acknoV1ledged the

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Given under my hane this the 24th d~y of August I9I8o My Commission expires
on the 28th November !920.
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VtRGINIA:-

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In t~e Clerk~s Office, Greene County Circuit Court,.~ Q__day of 'fi1.~
19a..J ., this deed, was this day filed in the office aforesaid and
the certificate annexed admitted to record.
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�At a special meeting of the congregation of the Fern Hill
United Brethern Church in Christ, held on the // day of
1935, at

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o ' clock at the Church House on top of the Blue Ridge

Mountain, east of Swift Run, Rockingham County, Virginia; which
special meetin[ was du ly called for the aforesaid time and place
at a re01lar meeting of the said congregation held at the said
Church Eouse, for the purpose of passing up on the disposition to
be ~ade of the $ 1200 . 00 fund to be received from the State of
Virginia for the condemnation of the Church property for Park
purposes, at which special meeting the con 6 regation was fully
informed respecting t h e actions taken by t h e Trustees of the
Church, by duly verified petition to the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, to obtain the said fund for the use of
t he Fern Hill Church; and respecting the petition of the same trustees
and twenty - nine members of the said Church congregation( the total
membership of the Fern Hill United Brethern congregation , over the
age of twenty - one being only lo)which petition requested the said
Court to order the said fund paid to the Treasurer of the Vir g inia
Conference Church Extention Society , Inc ., a Virginia Corporation ,
for the benifit of the said Fern Hill Church, and as otherwise
set fcrth below:
Pow tlrierefore be it resolved this

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day of

'7:"'r .A---'J,-/ ' 1935 , aL

this said special meeting calle r! for the purpose that we approve
of the actions of our Trustees and the me1nbers of our congregation
as afore said;
And be it further resolved that we petition the Circuit Court
of the County of Rockingham , Virginia, that it order the payment oft
the said fund of $ 1 200 . 00 to the Treasurer of the Trustees of

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Virginia Conference Church Extention Society of t~e Unite: Brethern
in Christ , a Virginia corporation , as follows: First, that the
said fund b e held in trust by the said Corporation , th~i ncome
frorri which shall be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation so long
as it exists; Second , that should the existance of the congregation
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�and the Church , as such , be destroyed by the sovereign a~t of the
State of Vir 0 inia or of the United States of America , then the
said fund shall be used for the P--,rpose of building a new Church
at some location agreeable to the so.id Fern Hill ~ ngregation ,
providine; a sufficient mumber of them locate in a central commur:i ty
to justify it , or providing they can agree on some other local Churc
to receive either the principal or tl1e income therefrom ; Third , that
if both of the above provisions fail then the said fund shall be
used for the purpose of building a new Church at some other location
agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congrecation or fot the relocation ,
renair , or maintenance of some other United Brethern Church agreed
upon by the said Fern Hill congregation ; Fourth , but if any of the
above provisions fail then the said fund , or the income therfrom ,
shall be used for the erection, repair, or mairenance of a United
Brethern Church in the eastern part of Rockingham County , in or
near the Swift Hun community .

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Secretary.

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Pastor

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Virginia Conference
Superintendent .

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�In the Circuit Court of Rockineham County , Virginia .
In the r:a t ter cf the Fern Hill
Unite d Brethern Church .
Memorandium for Church .
Condition Subsequent - Condemnation - No Forfeiture .

The Virginia

Court has hei1.d that where t h e perfo11rnance of a condition subsequent ,
as in this case, becomes impossible (such as the intervention of
a sovereign power by condemnation proceeding , for example) then the
original grant becomes absolute and the estate is not forfeited . To
effect a forfeiture the abandonment must be voluntary . The possibility
of a voluntar~ abandorunent, and resulting forfeiture in the case
at bar has become impossible by the sovereign act of the State of
Virginia . Under these circumstances the fee has become absolute
and any contingent forfeiture has been cut off f or ever rofar as
the church is concerned .
The court said in the case of Burdis v . Burdis, 96 Va . 8I , 83:
"The law is clear t hat where a condition precedent is anne xed to
a devise of real estate , and its performance is or becomes impossible, the devise fails , although there be no default or
lach es on the part of the devisee hi mself xx; but if the condition
is subsequent , and its performance becomes i mpossible , t he rule
is different . In that case the estate will not be defeate3 or
forfeited, but the devisre will bold the property by an a~ lute
title , as if no condition had been annexed to the devise . 2 Jarman

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on Wills II; 4 Ke nt ' s Com. 130 ; Ri dge way v . ·ivoodhouse, 7 Beav .
437; Collett v . Collett , 35 Beav . 312; McLachlan v . McLachlan,
9 Pai[ e 534;

artin v. Ballou , 13 Barb . 119; Livingst on v .

1

Gord on , 84 N. Y. 140; if-errill v . Emery, IO Pick . 507; Par ker v .
Parker , 123 Mass . 584; and Borse v . Hayden , 82 Ille . 227 ."
See also Adams v . Adams, 95 i . Va . 187 , 194 (1923) .
No reported Virginia cases dealing wit~ a c ondemnation suit
has been found, but there cases from other states holding that

�.--------------------- ------------- ------~-------where the state or some other sovereign condems the land there
is no foi:feiture . There reasoning seems to be sound . For instance ,
in the case of Scovill v . McMahan , 36 Amer . St . Rep . 350 , a tract
of land was deeded to the Ronan Catholic Chruch for a burial
ground in Hartford , Connecticut . ~he deed had a reversionary
clause in it . Subsequently the lecislature permitted the City to
condemn the land and take it for park purposes . The question arose
as to who got the a?propriated money . The court held the reverter
clause of the deed to be a condilion· subsequent and that the entire
fund went to the catholic Church and that no part of it went to
the heirs of the original grantor , Scovill .
Even assuming , in the case at bar , that the original grantors
had an interest in the land by reason of the provision in the
deed , at best , it was only "a possibility of reverter" (supra , nar,e
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356) , of doubtful, if indeed of any value . As was said in the
case of Lyford v . Laconia, I39 Amer . St . Rep . 680 (discussed
below), at pc:.ge 685 - 6: "Whether the event upon which the plaintiff
might come into ownership of the land would ever happen was a
mere speculation . There was no method by which the value of the
interest could be assessed which would rise above the disnity of
a guess . " ':'hen the court goes on further to point out t'-1.at his
possibility of an interest is "too remote and continc;ent" to be
subject to an estimate of damages . The original granters loose
nothing by the condemnation , while the church looses everything ,
to - wit , the use of the property , which is its only value to the
church. As soon as there is a voluntary disuser , t~e property
£Oes from t~e church anyway . It does not acquire or hold the
property for gain or profit . The State steps into the shoes of
the church so far as the original grantors are concerned . Should
the state later step out of them , will the property still not
then revert to the orinigal grantors just as it would have done
in case of a voluntary abandonment by the church? But however that
may be the Church ' s property has been taken forever by the State .
no1 are the original granters hurt by the State taking the place
of the church..?

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�rn the case of Lyford v . Laconia , 139 Amer . St . Rep . 680 ,
the reverter clause in the deed to the church was like the one
at bar . The land was occupied "with their house of public
worship u 1til after the land w&amp;..s talrnn by the city" of Laconia
for park purposes . !n that case it was conceded even by the
plaintiff and held by the court "that if the society held the
land upon condition subsequent, the further compliance with the
condition" (to occupy for public worship) "being :prevented by
act of law, the society would hold the land discharged of the
condition" and that the heirs of the prantor had no interest in
the award .
t:ow al though it is not conceded that the 9eti tioning assignee
has any right to say to what use the fund shall be put , neverthe less , it seems that his suggestions are not in conflict wit~ the
best interests of the church community in question anrt a decree
has been prepared which is not in conflict with his wishes it is
submitted . Cert ainly the Virginia Conference has no de sire of
depriving the comrmni ty of a church nor of depriving the cornmuni ty
of the use of the funds in question; otherwise the Conference
would not have been furnishing the church with a pastor and
maintaining it in a large part as a mission church in the past .
(As to a disposition of church property in accordance with the
wishes of a majority of the communicants see sec . 40, Va . Code ,
I9I9 . As to the wishes of the congregation in question see their

petition to th:s court .)
The property is still being used as always ani it is the intention of the congregation to continue to so use it so long as the
Federal ?ark Aughorities permit . But should the congregati0n

be

dispersed by the acts of the State or Federal government, as seems
to be impending, and are thereby forced to discontinue the use of
the property the money can hardly be divided up into parts and
distributed among the trustees or menbers of the church , for them
to tal{e to such various localities t:i.a t they might chance to settle in. But such an exigency would not defeat the right to have

�the fund held in tact for the lawful use of it as church property .
The fund now being held by the State Treasurer is not producing
any income . This the church is certainly entitled to .
The discipline or Church Lavi of the United Brethern Church in
Christ , of which the Fern Hill congregation is a component pa.rt ,
provides that in case of the sale of church property, and it seems
that this condemnation proceeding should be treated as analoGeous
to a sale under the circumstance s , the fund derived t 11eref&gt; om may
be turned over to the Virginia Conference Church Extention Society,
which is a Virginia Corporation, with its principal office at
Dayton , this County (Rockingham) . Its charter is on file in the
Clerk ' s Office of this County in Charter Book :ro . 3, at rage 63 - 5 .
Among other things , it provides for the holdin6 of funds such as
these in question in trust . It name implies the nature of its
general activities .
!Jone of the things that the Trustees of the Fern Hill Church
conflict with the suggestions of the petitioning assignee . They
are asking for three things . First . That the fund in question be held
in perpetual trust by the aforesaid Corporation , the income fron
which shall be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation S) long as
should
existance of the congregation and the
That/the
.
Second
.
it exists
church be destroyed by the action of one or more or both of the
sovereign powers heretofore mentioned , then they ask for the priv · ilege of using such funds for the purpose of building a new church
at some location agreeable to the Fern Hill congregation providing
a sufficient number of them locate in a central community or pro viding they can agree on some other loGal church to recei'e either
the principal or the income therefrom . Third . That if either one
of these two exegencies fail , then they ask for the privilege of
using such funds fur the purpose of building a new church at some
other location agreeable to the Fern Hill congregation providing
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a sufficient number of them locate in

a central community or providing that they can agree on some other
local church to receive either :he principal or the income therefrom .

�Fourth . That should any of the above fail, then they ask that the
fund be used in the erection, repair, or maintenance of an existing church in the eastern part of Rockingham County, in or near
the Swift Run community preferably, or that the income from the
said corpus be so used, agreeably to or in conformity with the
general laws of the United Brethern tshurch ancl the charter provisions
of the aforesaid corporation .
In short, they are asdng that the fund her in question be
disposed of in the same manner as that of the Swift Run fund .

- - Counsel .

�IN THB CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Vn·ginia
vs.

UPON PETITION OF TRUSTEES OF FERN HILL CHURCH

Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others

Upon motion of H. W. Wyant, leave is given him to file his
answer and petition in the above entitled cause, which answer and
petition is now filed .

Enter ;

Jt i l 11'

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\Judge

�In the Circuit Court of Rockin£ham County, Vir[inia .
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia,

Petitioner,

v.
cassandra La.1,son Atkins and others, and
Fifty- two '1 housand, Five Pundred and
Sixty-one Acres of Land, _,,,.,,,
'ore or Less .
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'I'his cause came on this1.&gt;~ay of February, 1935, to be heard
on the petition of C. F.Collier, J . K. Haney , and J.A.Haney, Trustees
of the Fern Hill United Breth1te.n Church and J.Frs . Russell Hawkins,
e.ncl others, communicants of the said church, and upon the resolution
rrnd petition adopted at a special meeting of the said congregation,
held February II, I935, called for tbe express purpose of passing
upon the matter of the disposition of the fund herein referred to,
and the exibits filed therewith; on the answer and petition of H.~ .
WyB.nt, assignee of the rights and interests of J . J . Beasley,Elsie Belle
Baugher, G.W.Baugher, and L.~T . Shifflett, the original granters; and
t•1e said J. J. Eea sley ,Elsie E . Baugher, G. W. Eaue;her, andl. F. Shifflett,
having failed to answer or otherwise plead to the said petition of
C. F.Collier,et als, although it appenrs to the court th8.t they v·ere
duly served with process; and was argued by counsel; and upon
consideration the court being of opinion that the said United Breth~fm
Church in Christ is invested with a superior or better right or
claim of title in and to the tract of land, and the improvem8nts
thereon, }':umbered 168, by the Petitioner, State Co"llmission on Con servation and Development of the State of Virginia, and appraised by
it at (1200 and that it is therefore entitled to receive the proceeds
arisinG from the condemnation of the said tract of lar.d and improv ements, to - wit,the $1200; and it being made to appear to the co~rt
that it is the wishes and desires of the said Trustees and Communicants of the said Fern Hill Chu,rch that they use the present church
property so long as they are permitted to

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so by the Park J!uthor-

ities, and that the said $1200 should be pa~d to the Trustees of
Virginia Conference Church ~xten$ion Society of the United Breth~~n in
Christ,a corporation e1:isting under and by virtue of the 18-ws of the
Rockingham County,
state of Virginia , with principal offices at Dayton,/Virginia, to

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�be held in trust by it for the purposes in the said petition
requested and hereinafter ordered .
Upon consideration whereof it is hereby ordered , adjudged ,
and decreed that the said sum of $1200 for the tract !-.o . I68 ,
paid into court by Petitioners as compensation for the s~ tract

of land and improvements , be paid to Glenn~ . Ruebush , Attorney
for the aforesaid Trustees and Communicants of the said Fern
Hill Church of the United Breth~en in Chri s t; that the said fund
be held in trust by the Trustees of Virginia Conference Church
ExtenBion society of the United Breth~en in Christ , a Virginia
Corporation , as follows : First , that the said fund be 1eld in !i'P'trust by the said Corporation , the i~come from which shall
be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation so long as it exists ;
Second , that should the exista nce of the congregation and the
church, as such , be destroyed by the sovereign act of the State
of Virginia or of the United States of America , then the said
fund shall be used for the purpose of building a new church at
some location agreeable to the said Fern Hill congre 0 n. tion , pro viding a sufficient number of them locate in a central comunity
to justify it , or providing they can agree on some other local
church to receive either the principal or the income therefrom ;
Th i rd , that if both of the above provisions fail then the sa i d
fund shall be used for the purpose of building a new church at
some other location agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congregation
or for the relocation , repair , or maintenance of some other United
Brethtft,n

Church agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congre51 tion;

Fourth , but that if any of the above provisions fail then the
said fund , or the income therefrom , shall be used for the erection ,
repair , or maintena nce of a United Breth~~ n Church in the ea stern
part of Rockineham County , in or near the Swift Run comnunity .
The Clerk of this court is directed to transmit a certified
copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who will pay unto
the said Glenn W. Ruebush , Attorney , the sum of $1200 , the amount
57

�•

of the said award set out in the said judgment of condemnation
for the said land and improvements, above designated, taking
from hi'Tl a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the
clerk f Qr appropriate entry thereof as requi~ed by law.

3

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�Qtnmmnuwraltq nf Birgiuia
TREASUER 'S OFFICE

RI C H M O N D , VA ,

MARCH 1., 1935

~
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

A. B. Gathright ,
This is to certify that I, .xxx.Mlcx ~
of Virginia have this 1 s t day of

Treasurer

March in accordanc e

with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County
dated

2/25/ 35

in the cause of the State Commissio n

on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia
vs . - - - ~C
~a~s-s=a~n~d_r~a~1- a- "i=Y-s-o-u~A
~t-k~:i-D~s~a~u-d~a~t-b~e- r~s~---:pai d t o GlennW . Reubush, Attorney , Harrisonb urg , V:i r g:i nia ·
$1, 200 .00 b e ing in f ull settlemen t of tract#
in the abov e mentioned cause.

168

�Q!nmmnuwtaltI, nf ]lirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .

MARCH 1 1 1935

TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

GJ em W. Ruebu eb , Attorney

Harrisonburg, Virginia
A. B . Gathright

Received of

~~

Treasurer of

Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 200 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county

. . . .h_am-'-'---- entered on the 25th
o f _ _R-'-o_c_k_;i=n_,g
ofFebruary

193L

day

, 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 others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #1_6_8~- - -

Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasur e r
of Virginia.

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                    <text>NAME OF CLAIMANT
J2?0 - 2inke ,

r . ~-

Number of Acres: 338
Location:
Roads:

Soil:

::?our niles viu dirt
ship9i. 1-· _poi.nt.

1 oe.e1
1

to Port Republic , the nearest

,. .:A .dy lot..m, ·slo11e t"r,e . '.:.'·w ti 11 b:'...e 1-nd on t:1is trc;..ct
i · o,:' u f-l 1.r de :-1t:1 ~nd fFn·tility .

History of Tract and condition of timber: T'1e .1erchant G.ble s=:.. .; ti .bar l1ua been
re~ov::Jd . T'.a rffc. .. i.11in· stenJ. CO'L::ist&amp; o ... ~r::.11 o~.ks U'1d
~w1 o:r ... ire .
s'1ort l.:;::i.f ...:&gt;ine . . ~.11 t"i -~ber h:...s b e:::1 d
6 4 cords
__bout ._,,, c;ords •ood .::,er acr, on-327 c.cres .
.wod .
1.t·1 5 1·ooms , ·_nd tuo .::iorchi:;s
Improvements: T7r~ •. a elli'1"'. : -3x3(P ,
8x34' d~1 x9', h~n-1~ roof, brick flues , 1 story in
heic;~1t, 5 rooms pl~stered , poor eonrli ti on , OC(;Upied by
t 3n-nt , w~ ter sup)l: L ., .,prL,, · , oli "0U11lla _,l on .
~r -~ b~rn : 16 20 ', ho· rd roo~ , poor conJi•ion .
4x9 ', m9t:1l .,,,oo..." , "f...i.i r condition.
Fr...;.mc stor roo, :
:0 fr1it trees, p~0r ~0,.L i.on .

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Value per acre

Acreage

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

3~7

\'..!!

,. 1308 . 00

~4 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:

II

)- .!J ,.
27.5 . 00
'11'1583 . 00

Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1583 . 00

?45 . 00

Value of Improvements: $ 14.) . 00
Value of Orchard: $ .50 . 0 0

30 . 00

Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $

50 . uO

Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ :SO . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 • l e
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

;r)'10 ~

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Beulah .1!1 • Horn, Je_~sie Finke , ll-ilbert .l1'inke , Stanley
Claim oL __Finke-,--hefrs- _..a.-t law- -o-'.f -.J--.--A-.-- F-i-:ak-e-,--dee-e-a aed-.----------- -----In the Circuit Court oL_lio.o~1p._g:g .~----- ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___..A.tk.UJJL et _al ___________________ ---------------- ---------------- ------_
more or less, of land in ___~~~-1~J~~--- -- _______ 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 ~ the Circuit
Court oLJ:toak1ng_l!e.!JL __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice .
. Beulah .I!' . Horn , Jessie Finke , Gilbert .l!'irike, Stanley
My name is_ "Ftnk.e , ·- he'trs at"--l aw- -of--J .-* .---F-:i:nk-e,--d.ee-ea-s-ed..-------My post office address is __________ ~J,.@!'_Jl_,__y~-~-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __ .AQO____ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ______________________________________ _____________________ _

•

This land is located about_ ____l¼. ____ miles from ___ ~~~Q~-------- --------- Virginia, in
the...Stonewall- --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.)

________________ Fee_ Simple_ 111 tle ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- --The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___ ___ ____ ____ __ ______ ___ _______ _____________________________________________ _
South ___ ·- --- - --- - - -- ---------------- --- - ------- ---------------- ---------------- --East ____ __Jo.hnO.._}Vheat,._ formerly J . _ .M. _Alexander ____________________ _
West ____ __ J._-A._...Ale.xande.r. _______________________________ _____________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.~~~---in the
following manner:
------BY de.a.d_Jlf_.Q.at....__2.5....__l._92"1 from ~os . _H. _ Nelson and _Curry Carter,
--- - --Trusteea.. - ------------ - ----------- - ---------------- -------- - -- - -------------- - --

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $..6.,.0.0.0 • .0.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 $--------------- -·
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· ___ _Thispropert1 _ was acquired through_ foreclosure _pro - __ _

-ce.ed.inga. __ Wb1J,. __tha..ac..tua.l.._p.iu:ch.e.s§t___p~j._q~--~:t; __t~!'__~9-~~.91.~!i~~~--'-!~~--f2-iOOG ..OO,--the--amou nt--~-the.-.pur. chasa-money.._lien..._on..._th.e_J)r_~AtY__ _

-was--:tor-"4,0 2-&amp;.52-.------- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------------- ---------------- ------ ------ (Continue remarks if necessary on ,121-e back).
Witness my signature (or my name a~ark attached hereto) this _____ ~_-:= ____ day
oL _____~-----------, 193/ I~ ' ~ '~ ·

~-~'1:;-1:vJ~r ~ -Q_J._~

STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~eul1:r~
~-- ~s'sT@-~inke Gilbert
The undersigned hereby certifies that-5-~~E:'~ }~i~~~g.A_h.~!E~_!_~_J_~~--~f
the above named claimant personally appeare a before-him and made o~th that the matters
an_d things ap~aring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,

th1•--------'t~ -----day o L _ ~ - - ~

_B. ~ ___ _

Clerk o~the "\;our\_ or~pec~l Investigator or
otary Publi~ or J'Nsti~
• ~ of t~Peace.
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�NAME OF CLAIMANT
u 2?0 -I --

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A•

Fink -

w p on U.

B:..J.i l ey.

Number of Acres: :~9
Location:

l?on· nilt"•s vi

Roads:

1

dirt roac~ to

0:..J.ndy clJ.y loc..m .

Soil:

ort Repnb l ie .

S l ope tyrie oi' ~ fL.ir c.te_it'. 1nr1 _ rtility .

;.:o 'er-te slopes un.:. f.Jirly sriooth .
History of Tract and condition of timber: ..,, ,8
rvm.oved fro,1 t:1 : s tr-cc .
over re:,e i.tedly .

Y:n·c.; h:...n tc! ble sa r t 1·- b ,r

'1u

s been

·- )' l't o" tr&amp;ct rH. . s bee'1 burned

Improvements:
No :-ie .

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

.. 143 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1 4:J . 00
Value of Improvements: $

':::ot~l -- :,1,15 . 00

Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ .5 . 0 0
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ : "' '1"".

i,

�NAME OF CLAIMANT
,/270- I --

.., . ,

.._

.: l.1.1K,

v

L:....p_ on

•
~

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,,

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Location.:

Lewis Run .

Roads:

Soil:

_._,ntir 1ly

.Ieard
I

Number of Acres: 66

i thin the P~r'-: ...•.rea.

:1r13e and 01u-hul.!.' :j_les vii:. c..irt rout: to Port Je!)'lblic •

.:;:..nd nu cl :r lo· r_ on Q f&lt;.1-'.l' uept1 .
::od.et::i.te slopes · n
ti~ly sr10.)"!;h .

Il(

-"'P,rtili-':;:; .

History of Tract and condition of timber: C1'1is tro.ct ,ms. cut ,-;ver :ret:1rs . . , ·o .
Li ·1t c~ 1u of , 1 :3rc.,0.n tt.1.'ule so.w t inber lo !Si st s of mixed
~l'1i te &amp; •1" c:1estnu"t o:.1ks · Ii th &amp; s.i. . . 11 ar1,unt of y0llou
pine . J.:..OOU.t 5:.5 ::. bd. ft. Sc- tinber.

Improvements:

Acreage and value of types :
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
-,

'~o

3GO . OO

11

7.00

77 . 00

3

20 . 00

uO . vU

Slope:

.)...,

Cove:

. r-

.-1- .J . \.)

Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $39? . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $ .50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value or" Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $

:zo 2 . 00

Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ £ • 83
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ,,.- .:...

jQ . 00
02 . 00
"'"-40
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-... • V

�NAME OF CLAIMANT
L.-,70 r- . .
:C'i nk, J. .,,. .
, , ...,

Roads:

Soil:

.J...L

-

L 9 on ~o]hronia !~rris.

Number of Acres: 3
Location:

-

: ec:c , un .

.....,ntir.Jl · ,.i thin the P:.rk :...rAt... .

i.hr ~e mi le s vi-..t cl irt road ":; o ... ort
s·.ippin,..,. point .
~

epublic, t'1

i:1dy cl: y lo~r: of' a f_ti r d 1_itl: c..nc":. fertili t~

0

,

ne~trest
r.:tol10r1.,te

Elo~es und f_irly smoot~ .

7 7 sa11 ti"': er La:;; been r ;;:-,o·:ecl
History of Tract and condition of timber:
fr '· ' t · i s ~ r . ct , re~
in[ st .n: consist o:' sm. . 11 o~.ks
_,.bout 2 core.ls o.,.. 1':.i.el;;ood per
c.I l so 3 s:-:ort le 1 .9 ne .
- .. ~..1....

~ere.

Improvements:

Acreage and value of types :
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

5

r" - 00

i(5 . 00

•.• ~t.) .

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $

'25 . 00

Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $

;j • 00

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~,..

1 ~ •

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:GIL:1.: ... CO-C-:~Y

NAME OF CLAIMANT

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Number of Acres:

:~'30k Run .

Location:

. ') 7 0 -IV - F ink: , .. ,. • ..c~.
,f...,
011 :::ucln,rd · ·orri:.; .
L

.,.,ntirely 1i thin t!1F~ P'l""'k are::. .
ort Republi l, , the '1ear r;t

Roads:

':'hree rrii le., vL.. . Ji rt roc.:.d to
sLi _)p:r.. · point .

Soil:

,.,ndy clJ..1 lo m., slope t:'pe of
ma.der-te s l opes .

History of Tract and condition of timber:
,.::_ ,n) •

t

l'~ir

e;;,t

1 ~

,

ferti li L: ,

~11 s~1 ti.~er renoved -bo~t t,o
l cord 10oa . --

_)e"' c..cre -

Improvements:

Acreage and value of types :
Acreage

Types

Total Value

Value per acre

Ridge:
Slope:

1/S

:3 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $

~ • ;:-

o

:1ot~ 1 ;2 . 30

Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ ..; • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

1'1 1e •

�OoW1ty:

• ckingh

Di tric t :
'270

J. A. ! r ~
As eased

d:

ct.ti on:

400

tt

ewis &amp; Neck l\uns.

Deed

490 .

'""Iltil"el y

;; ua.do :
t o:l:

1, •

•••

n iley lap on th :i.s t r act .

rea.

orris, Richard

4 mil es· Tia dirt road to ~ort J.1ep•1b ic, the nearest
Sandy loam. Slo')o ty e .

depth end fertility .

400

No f ield she t

"

itbin the Park

The tract bel onR'n• to 1. ~ - Heard , no hronia
~orris , and

Stone al l

hipping point .

The tillabl e l e nd on this t r act is of a f air

The m~rch ntable saw timber hus be n removed. Th re ining stand
consi ~so:. all o s :i.~u short le~f ~ine.
. l timber ho. b on
d aaged by fire .
bo t two cords .,.ood ')er e:re o 327 cres.
654 cor 3 ood t
_, er ed .
163.50
mprov .ents:

a~ 6 ft. 1th o roo und 2 porchus 8 x 24
'3h1 .p.,).e root . 1rick tluon . l story in height.
5 roo s ~l tered.
&gt;oor condition. Occupied by tenant •
.. ntter supply i s )rin~ , oliu !'ow dation
500
~r e barn 16 x 20ft . Bo rd roof .
oor condi ion
40
e tor roo.:i, 4 x 9ft .
et
root. F {r cond. v lue
e deli

and O x 9ft .

inc lJded in pric e of dwelling
2G fruit tree .
o~r condition, 1. 00 ) r t

e

28

8 . 00
ve.lue

o-r

land b&gt;:

ty es ;
Value

.Acreage
slope
tillable

per aci·~

~27

· 3 . 00

11

20. 00

338

Tot l v ,lue or land
Total value or ti ,bcr
Tottl va.luo or ir prove ents
Total valu of tract
v ase vul ue pur acr

1 201 . o~

lCv. GO
560. 0

l

1932. 50
5. 72

Total
vdu e

. 981 . 00
220 . 00
1201.00

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Stonewall

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\V . H. Bailey

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Scale - 1" = 20 chains

37

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District:

Lap on \.' ._ 1 T. Bailey

/!270 - I - J . A.Fink

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chains

Rockingham
Stonewall

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County:
District:

Rockingham
Stonewall

_f/270 - II - J . A. Fink Lap on J . T . Hoard

N

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Bailey

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.

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SloPe
Tilll:l ble
20 chains
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County: Rockingham
District: 3t.onewsl.l

f

270-! J • • Fink lap on

Ac5ea~e Claitled:

Assessed

Value Claimed:
Location:

D ed

tt

Le is ~..m..

~ntirely

• H. Baily

"

ithin the

P

rk area.

~~-

The calls and descripti ons of the surveys
,1"ailey cover this are •

.§ill:

Sandy clay loom. Slope ty:pe of a f'air depth and 1'ertil1 ty.
slopes
d fairly smooth.

oade:
History:

4 miles via dirt road.to

or

both J. A. Fink nnd \'. Ii.

HodarAte

ort Hepublic

The merehe.nta ble saw timber has been removed tro1 this tract.
part or tract h s been burned over repeatedl y.

Improvem ents:

None

Value of' land by ty:,es:

.!n!

slope

Total vnlue of land
Total value or trnot
Average per acre

VJ\lUe

Acreage

per acre
:t3.oo

29
· 87.00
8'1.00

3.00

Total
value
f-87.00

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County: Rockingha~
Distri ct : (;ton.ewall

J . A. Fink l np on J. T.

27011

.,

"

Velue Claimed:

Location:

Deed

Assessed

Acreage Clained:

~ewis ~un.

Her d

Entirely within the Prrk area.

Leps:

The calls and descriptions or the surveys of both J. A. Fink and
J. T. Heard cover this area.

~:

Sand end clny loam of

:f'air depth ond fert111 ty.

t!oderate slopes

and fairly smooth.

I.onds:

3 1/2 miles via dirt roRd to l"ort Republic.

1istory:

'l'his troct was c t over years e~o.

Light stand ot r1e:rohant ble
saw timber consists of mixed, white and chestnut oaKs with n small
amount of yellow pine. About 55H bd.ft . aaw timber 1, !"'''-.50 '1er H bd.ft. '"·202 . 50

Improvements:

18 ~~ple trees.

Value of lsnd by trees:
Vo.lue

~
COVE.'

slope
tillable

per acre
l 5.00

Acreage
ll

A-35.00

Good condition O .2.00 each

3 . 00
25.00

52
3

Total

value
"'55 . 00
155. 00

75 . 00
286 . 00

66

Total value of lAnd
'l'otal value ot improvements
'l'otal value of tiznber
Total value of tract
Average value pe~ acre

286 . 00

36.00
202.hO
524.50
7.95

_I

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county: nockingha~
District: s tonewall
//270 III

-

Acreage ¢laimed:

J. I\ . Fink lnp on Sophronia. 1~orris

ssesoed

Value Cle.inec:
Location:

Deed

"

eek Run .

ff

Entirely within the l ark aren.

lamr

lnoumbrances , counter claims or
The calls and description of the
surveys of both J. \ . 11 1
and :::ophronia !'orris cover» this
traot •
.§2.ll.: 1andy clay loam of a fair de nth and fertility, moderate slo1es
and fairly smooth.
Roads:

3 miles via dirt road to I'ort Republic , t he nearest nhippine
point .

1istor1 of tro.cit amd e-ondi tion of timber:

All saw. timber has been
removed from this raot, remaining stand consist of smnll
oaks and somo shor t leaf pine . About 2 eds. of fuel wood
per acre. 10 cords wood 'J 50¢
~·--~-----------~---- ~5.00

Improvements: --Value of land b:y: types:
Type

Slope

Acreage
5

Total value of land

Value
per nore

~3 .00

Total
Value

; 15.00

~15.00

Total value of improvements
Total value of timber
'i'o tal value of tract

Average value per acre

5.00

20 .00
4.00

•

2'lS-

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cou nty: Rocklneham
Dis trlo t: stonewc.11
,' 270 IV ' creo.ge Clai med :

• soe s sed

Val ue Clai med :
Loc atio n:

J . A. ::?ink lap on Rich ard I'or: t'in
Dee d

fl

C

N e}l Run .

Ent irel y wit hin the I ark are a .
Inoumbro.nc es, cou nte r clai ms or ,lap s: The
ls and des crip tion s oft
the surv eys of both J. 1-i. . Fin k o.ndcal
Richard Mo rris cov er
this trac t.
San dy clay loam , slop e typ e, of a fai r dep
Soi l:
th and fer tili ty.
mod erat e slop es .
Roads :

3 mil es via dir t road to :ror t Rep ubli e, the
nea res t shipping
poi nt.

Hist ory of tra ct and oon di tion of tim ber:
sai:1 tim ber rem oved
abo ut 2 eds . of fue l wood per ucr c . All
l cord wood ~ 50¢
50¢
Improvemen ts: :Non o.
Val ue of land by tyP es:
Typ e
Slo pe

Acre age
.X.
2

Tot al valu e of land

Val ue
per o.ore
':3 .oo
$1.5 0

Tot al valu e of i 1 ,provemen ts
Tot al valu e of tim ber

.50

Tot al valu e of trac t

2.00

Ave rage value per aero

4.00

Tot al
Val ue

'J.!.50

�FURMAN B. WHITESCA RVER
ATTORN EY·AT·LA W
COURT HOUSE BUILDIN(;

SALEM, VIRGINIA

~e cember ? , 1931 .

Clerk of Circui t Court ,
Harriso nburg, Virgin ia .
Dear Sir:
I am inclosi ng herewi th a claim of Beulah Finke Horn
and others , heirs at law of J . A. Finke , deceas ed, in
the matter of State Commis sion , etc. v . Atkin , et als ,
n ow pending in your court. This is marked c laim number
one, which I am filing in duplic ate , and pertain s to a
tract of 400 acres of land in your c oun t y .

I am also inclosi ng herewi th claim from Beulah F. Horn
and others as heirs at law of J . A. Finke , deceas ed ,
marked claim number two, which pertain s to a one -half
undivid ed intere st in a tract of 50 acres of l and in
your county .

I am also filing herewi th claim of A. J • .3urrows as t o
one-ha lf intere st in said tract of 50 acres .
If it is necess ary and custom ar y that an order be
entere d filing these claims , would you be kind enough
to prepare this order , or else notify me so that I
may prepare the same.
Very truly yours ,

FBW:ER
INCS.

�'Y

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/

.

-

•

t a nl e y lf'inke,
Beulah F . Horn, Jess,ie F inke,. Gilbe rt Finke, ::5---------------------;-----ae1raeu
-,--d-er
-Ftrrke
.-~.Lt;\':&gt;r'\j
iavt
·
Claim oLneY rs--atAt Law.
In the Circuit Court of_ __,RQ.9Jtip._g}J.~ ___________ County, Virgini a, No.________,
, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --tioner, vs._______ ..Atk:i,ne
more or less, of land in __ ...no.akingham _____ _______ County, Virgini a, Defend ants. and Deation
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserv
awarded
nation
condem
of
notice
the
to
velopment of the State of Virginia,. and in respons e
Circuit
the
of
order
the
with
nce
accorda
in
d
upon the filing of said petition and publishe
file this
Court oL __ijQ.9~~ !1.&amp;~~ -------- -- County, Virgini a, asks leave of the Court to
.
notice
as his answer to said _petition and to said
ley
. Beulah . F. Horn , J e s s i e lf1 i nke, Gil bert F i nke, 3tan---se-d---Deuean:ke-,-A-.--Fi
lWY name is ___Finke ; h e'irs ' a t'--law- o:f-i-.-My post office address is------ -----~~ ~~~~-- -~! _______________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
g
to be condemned, contain ing about_ __ J!!i~ - _______ acres, on which there are the followin
_
___
buildings and improve ments: ________________________________________________________

·
·· m
od ______ ___ __ v·1rg1ma,
__ _______
P- -----m1·1es f rom____ __ ___Lynwo
· 1ocat ed a b out ---~--· 1an d 1s
Tl11s
the_-.S1:.9A~!f~iJ___ Magiste tial District of said County.
of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel joint
owner,
or
scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner or
owner,
joint
sole
not
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman t is
or
tract
the
to
or
in
has
he
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest
parcel of land described above.)

___ _ona~l) alf_Jll ldi.vid ed__fe.e__ s.impljt __t_tt.1..~ .. __t.:g.~__Q.!;AQ!"__Q!l~-~~~-i~--~!f!l~_g.___ _
---

----by A.-..J. . _..J3UX J:OWS --------- --------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------The land owners adjacen t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
__
North ___ __ ____________ __ _______________ _________ ___ ________ _____ _______ ______ ____
__
South _______ ______ ___ ___ ____ ____ ______ __ _______ ____ __________ ____________________
East __________________________________________ . ------- ------- ------- ------- ------_
_
_______
_______
_______
West_____________________ ___________________________________
__in the
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this propert y about the year__ ______
•
ollowing manner :

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereinterest ,
on is $_1._QO.!hO.Q. __ __ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or
_____ ,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is $____509_~Q.O
or
I am the owner oL ___ _______ ____ _acres of land adjoinin g the above described tract
prothe
by
d
damage
be
will
claim
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I
-----·
osed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------informa tion as to
(In the space below should be set out any addition al stateme nts or
here a
this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert
.
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds)
Remark s· _____ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------

).
------- ------- ------- --- - - ------- ------- - - -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on theJack
ay
Witness my signatu re (or my name an~ markcf!.tm he.d hereto) this __ _______.J::'",::--~_d
W ~ J .1&lt;-£ iw~--1-P?~-~ ~~
of_ ____ ~---- ----- , 193/. ~ • ~ · ~~-"':7l_1:__}_
J e·Ers iio-J1trtke , Lr ilbert
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY· OF__ _Be1fl:~
The undersi gned hereby certifies that_F_:ll'..!K_e_;:"_,_s_t~n..l ey_..._,!!ink.e_.... _h.eli:t_s_ _at__l .aw:~matters
the above named claiman tSpersonally appeare d before him and made oath thatgethe
belief,
and
knowled
his
of
and things app~ng in his. above answer are true to the best

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                    <text>ITCT

NAME OF -0{/AfM'iN.rr OWNER

#109 - Fogle , Earl
Number of Acres:

c. --- --

2

Location: Swift Run on park l i ne ;

Entirely

3 chains of Position 83 .
within the park area .

Roads:

SpotsV1ood 'trail , hard surface, one and one - half miles to
Elkton, nearest shipping point .

Soil:

Sandy loam, slope type .

History of Tract and condition of timber:

All cleared, and j@~ns the Spotswood

Trail .
IMPROVEiv1ENTS :-- DWELLING-- -Frame , 14x26 1 , 2 rooms , porch 7xl6 1 , metal
roof, rooms ceiled, cellar 12x20 1 , solid foundationL 1 storyi brick
flues good condition, occup i ed by owner .----- COAL ttOUSE----Bram e,
8xl3x8 ', metal roof , good conditimn . - ----HEN HOUSE- --- 8xl6x8 1 , f r ame ,
P~.12.~~-J'...'~[ 1_ fair condition .
GARAGE-- ----Frame , 14xl6x8 1 , metal roof ,
~
~
good c ondi ti on .
Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:

-- -- -

2

@

$50 . 00

,wl00 . 00

Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $

100 . 00
610 . 00
$710 . 00 __ _

Value of Improvements: $ 610 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $

355 . 00

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE
----~- ~_CLERK

I,

�County: Rockingham
District: 3tone~all

11I '

t 10 9'!. ___..;;o...g:.;;;l;.;;;e..1.,......;~;;;;;.;;;.r_l___C..;.•

-

1-131

Assessed

.t;.Creage Claimed:

Deed:
II

Value Claimed:
Loe tion:

Swi f t Run on park l ine; 3 chai ns of Positions 83.
1ntire l y Nith1n the p rk urea.

Inoumb r ances, counter claims or laps:

-·
'hoads:
Soil•

None known.

Sandy loam, s l oe type.
Spotswood '. rail, hard surface, one a n (l one-half miles to
Elkton, nearest shippi ng point.

History of tract 1nd condition of timber:

a ll cleared a nd joins The

Spotswood •rrail.
Improvements:

Dwelling: Frame 14x26', 2 rooms, porch 7:xl6', metal roof,
rooms oeile~, oelL.l r l2X ~o•, solid f o . mda ·t i m, 1 story,
600.00
brick fl es, good conditi on, occupied by owner --Coal house: "3'rame 6xl3x8' , meta .L r oo f, good

40 .00

O)"l._.iti -:&gt; n --

Hen house: 8xl6x8', frame, paper roof, fair
cond ition --Garage: Frame 14xl6x8', meta l ro of, goo d conditi onVa lue of l a nd by types:

Type
Tillable

cre ,ge

Value
per acre

?d.oo

2

Tota l v lue of l a nd

l

50.00
'? .). 0 0

?95.0&lt;5

Total
Value
' 00.00

~150.00

Tota l va lue of impr ovements

7g5.oo

Total va lue of ~raot

945.00

Average value per acre

472.50

\2

�I

'

County :
Distri ct:

Rocking ham
Stonew all

jl09 - Fogle, Earl C.

N

LEG EH: :

Tillab le
Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains

55'-/

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t/48 -

Fu.ltz, Vernon

Number of Acres: 143
Location.:
.,est slope of m:..i.in ridg~ ne0.r Deun I ountain School .
Roads:
T ,/0 miles fair dirt rol:td to Spotswood r:::ruil , near top of_ ridge ,
thJnce seven iles to ~lkton .
Soil:

S n dy clay,

~ood de,t~ d nd fertili ty, s1rfuce rolli ~ mo·erat E
slopes , north,1 est ~n-~ so'1t:11vest ex osures .
1

History of Tract and condition of timber~

L:::.rge portion of tr ct cle ared many
ye.,.rs u. 6 0 , grazed since, :ooded area cut ove .... repe a. t~uly in
p· st b-1 s wmill on trc1ct t 10 years ago, presen t st nd, mixed
oaks, sorn.e pcJ1l2 r .

lmprovements:D. elline; : Log , 18x28' , 2 roo::1S, s:1in~,: l e roof , bric~-c fl rns ,
1
1 star~, poor con ~tion, ub n~o~ed .
OlJ. oarn :' Loe; , 18:cl8., :12'.
Old st ble : Fr 'B, 1Gx~O xl2', stin~l~ roof, poor conui~ ion.
)wellin g :
Fr-r.ie, 19x2o' ,, brick r1·1es, ,ml ls ceiled , v1&lt;.. . ter
SUJply- sJrin~ , solid fo~nQa t ion , occupie d by tenant .
R . . rn: Log , 34x18x lO ', shine le roof , po,,r condit ion .
Spri~ ~o~se: Fr~ e, 9x9x5' , shingle roof, poo~ co~- ition .
Leu t nouse : Fr...t:1e, 14xl6:: :10', s r in, le roof, poor cond i. t-; 011.
Granur y : 1"r&lt;l. .ae, 12xl6x l2', s':·_·1 ·l3 roof, ·it' s ' l:: d l~:;i::l·-=' ,
poor condit ion.
Han house : Fr y:e, 10xl8x 8', s'.t-n le r of .
Orch~r d:
~hre~ cres .

Acreage and value of types :
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

45

,~o. 00

95

40 . 00

.:225 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:

3800 . 00
&gt;4025. 00

Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:

150 . 00
3

6.55.00
50 . 00
t'4880. 00

50 . 00

Minerals:

lcr

Value of Land: $ 4025 . 00

, ..,

Value of Improvements: $ 655 . 00
Value of Orchard: $

~-

1.50. 00

Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Jams::: x:f:D1:B XXXXXX XXYX2i UX't,as a.•fi~

Value of Wood: $ 00.00

~ , : a ; l O C &amp; . ~ ~ x3c8Ci~

Value per acre for tract: $

3,;_ . 12

'J7X1m:}rx;rrn:n:iii~

Incidenta l damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

.

·~L : ••~ .

_~-/ ¢u -

CL~JL

(;,&amp;

�~~a~:e ~ i r c u ~ ~ ~ .- '.: _____- ounty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conserva on an Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
-------------------------

A/J

~

- Jj;:Jl------------------- ------------------------

more or less, of land in __~_______ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this

as h:ya:::

::_:r~-~~-?~kl,)
__________________________ _
;:::~:t,..f-_

My post office address is___

___

____

_}__lf_ _________________ _

I claim a right, title, estate or interest i
tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing aboutL~:l-::--:?-::_1:_/__ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and-improvem ents=:~---~--~ :---------------- ------.------.------------- ---------------.-------- --A- ,;,,a,;;~-------------. --.-.--.This land 1s locate about_ __ ~_Q _____ m1les from ____ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -V1rgmia, m
the
Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)

--=. __

The land own;,rs adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North _____ ..,ff~--~------ --------------- --------------- -

1following
ac!~i; manner:
my ri~~p erty about the year__________ in the
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_J.l).d_._e.f/~-~ claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged 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~i~~-~:~~~~3'.;r my name and ~:rk :t~~~~~q;~~~/=~~~~~~~:~
STA;g; OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_@~---------~ ,;_;;;l:;,,,t,

dt.:__i':-L __ _

The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __]_:___ _ _________
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath t t the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his kno
dge and belief,

tbis_____ Jk/--------day oL-~-- ~~~a ·- ~estigator-or
Notary Public, or Justice o

e Peace.

�Coun ty: Rockingham.
Distr ict: Stone all

l148

-

Vernon Foltz

42
creaB e Claim ed: , 2-2-2 1 Asses sed l43 .11ro'
Value Clai Od!
n
.jlO .oo
~1000 . 00

Deed
11

142.1 01

A•

{1921 } for
9000 . 00

Loco.t 1on:

est slope of

1n ridge near Dean 'otmtn in vohoo l .

Ineumbranc es , count er cl imo or laps :

----- --

Soil:

,andy clay, good dop ~ nnd ferti lity, surfa ce rolli ng modera te,
slope s N. i . and s . w. expos ures.

Boads :

2 miles fair dirt road to Spots wood Tr a i l , near top of ridge
,
then ce? miles to ~lkto n .

Eisto rxof tru~t and condi tion of
clear ed many years ago,
repe, ~tedl y in past by .,
stand , mix d oak~, some
Impro vemen ts:

timbe r:
Large porti on of tract
grazed since , wooded a re ~ cut over
wmill on t ra.et two yearn ago, prese nt
pop 1 r.
·

ellin. rs , Log 18x28 , 2 rooms , shin ··le roof ,
brio~ flues , lstory ~ condi tion .oor, aband oned,

Value------~~---- ---------- -~-----~--------~-

, 25 . 00

cond ition poor. --~- ----- ----- ----- --- ----- --ellin s, Frame 19x25 , brick flues , walls

20 . 00

n~rn , log 18xl8 xl2 , - ----- ----- ----- ---- 10 . 00
oid s·Eabie,
Frame l6x20 xl2, shing le roof ,
Old

celled , ater suppl y-- Sprin g , found ation solid ,
occup i d by tenan t . ---- ----- - --- ----- ----- --- - 250 . 00
Barn, log 34x48 xl0, sL1nn le roof. cond. oor. 75 . 00
sprin g I ouse , Fr61.lle x9x5 , shing le roor, cund .

poor. -~-----------------~-~----~---~---~~-~--~ 10 . 00
Meat House , Fr me 14xl6 xl0 , shing le roe ~ , cond .
poor. ~~~~----~~-~~-~~~---~----------~--------- 20 . 00
Grann ery, Fro.me 12xl6 xl2 , shing le roof, with
shed l~'X14, cond ition poor . ---- ----- ----- ----lien house , Frame 10xl2 x8 , shingle roof . - - --- Orcha rd , 3 acres

50 . 00
10 . 00
,50 . 00 --- -- - ---- - - - ----- - 150 . 00
Total
620 . 00

J aj.ue of land by ;types :

m;o

Ora.z ing
Orcha rd

Aorea.se
45 .
95
3

143

Value
per acre

Total
Value

40 . 00

~3800 . 00

&lt;'3 . 00

. ,135 . 00

t 3935 . 00

�Tot l
ot 1
To

l

. vex- g
1

lu o

l

d

lu of i p av . en o
lu ot~ tr ot

lu

r

or ·

3 56 . 00
620 . 0

,es. ,.oo
31.

�Filed in the Cl~rk's Office
VIRGINIA. Rockingham County, Va.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH
. AM COUNTY,
SEP..3-t7 1932
THE STATE COTurnISSION ON
CONSERVATION AlID DEVELOPMENT
-~ ~ l e r k
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA,
:PLAINTIFF
PETITION Aliffi MOTION OF VERNON W.
)(
FOLTZ, CLAIMANT TO 142 ACRES 2 ROODS
vs.
AND 24 POLES OF LAND EMBRAC()ED WITH;
~ ~ IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED PETITION, TO
~ M . \ ~ l. ~ ~
SET ASIDE THE FINDINGS OF FACT IN
a..J.....c.J-....rt./ ~
RELATION TO THE VALUE THEREOF.

)1-~

TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
Your petition er, Vernon

w.

Foltz, respect fully shows

unto Your Honor as follows:
1.

That he is seized in fee simple of a certain tract

or parcel of land lying and being situate in Rockingh am County,
Virginia , about eight (8) miles east of Elkton on top of the Blue
Ridge Mountai n, containi ng 142 acres 2 roods and 24 poles, more
or less, which said tract is entirely within the bounds of the
proposed Shenand oah Nationa l Park as set out in the above entitled
condemn ation petition ; that said tract or parcel of land was
purchase d at public auction by your petition er on January 8,1921,
as appears in the deed to said property which was recorded in the
Clerk's Office of Rockingh am County in Deed Book 119 at Page 189,
for the sum of Nine Thousand ($9,000. 00) Dollars , cash; that at
said public sale said tract of land was cried for about two hours
and at which time there were numerou s and spirited bids given, the
last bid ~efore your petition er's said bid of Nine Thousand
Dollars was Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($8,950 .00);
that said public sale was held a great many years before the proposed Shenand oah Nationa l Park was ever thought of; that said land
has been used by your petition er ever since the purchase thereof
as a grazing farm, and the same will graze between 60 and 80 head
of cattle each and every season, which represen ts an annual income
-1-

�of from $540.00 to $720.00, based on the present rental value of
pasture land of $1.50 per head;

that said grazing farm is im-

proved with all necessary buildings incident to the same, in fact
your petition~r within the last year, and after the Special
Investigators and Board of Appraisal Commissioners went upon the
land, placed improvements upon said property in the sum of TwentyFive Hundred ($2500.00) Dollars, being the actual c.o-st of construction, and which is not included in the report of the findings
of the said Spec;ial Investigators and Board of Appraisal Commissioners; and that since the purchase of said land your petitioner
has improved the same by grubbing, cleaning off and fencing, thereby increasing the value;

that your petitioner considers the sum

of Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred ($14,300) Dollars a fair market
value of said real estate ..
2.

Under chapter 410, Acts 1928, the State Commission

on Conservation and Development instituted proceedings to condemn
said tract or parcel of land.

And in these proceedings by orders

entered the Court appointed George H. Levi, Miller A Frice, and
Wm. L. Green special investigators and a board of Appraisal Commissioners to ascertain all facts pertinent to said tract and the
compensation to be paid therefor to your petitioner.
:3.

That ac.t ing under authority of Sections 8 and 28

of said Act said .Special Investigators and B,oard of Appraisal C_om•
missioners considered information derived by them from sources
wholly unjudicial in character and notwithstanding ~hat the courts
of Virginia have frequently denounced such boards as so unjudicial
as to deprive their findings of any probative value, this statute
sets such decisions at naught and denies to. your petitioner in
the protection of his property rights the equal protection of the
law and the guaranties of the Bill of Rights of Virginia and of
the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
That by virtue of said Sections 8 and 28 said boards,
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�either ~ollectively or individually are authorized to

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hear any

statement or expression of opinion made under oath or not under
oath, by any person, whether such person is or is not interested
in the fact or facts they are seeking to ascertain and determine"
and the widest range of investigation , wholly unjudicial in
character, is vested in these boards, and further by Section 33
the findings of such boards, based on such an investigation , is
made, within narrow limits, conclusive on the court.

That such

a legislative enactment is an unauthorized invasion upon the
provinces of the court.
4.

That petitioner is not given his day in court, when

before the Special Investigator s and ~oard of Appraisal Commissioners, they act unjudicially in their investigation , and
when, before the court, the court is denied the right to hear the
claims of petitioner fully, sp that petitioner is deprived of his
property without due process of law.

Your petitioner claims the

guaranty secured to him by the Bill of Rights of Virginia and by
the Fourteenth Amendment of the
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onstitution of the United States.,

Tb.at the said Special Investigator s and Board of

Appraisal Commissioner s have made their report in which contrary
to any otherwise legal evidence before them, they have grossly
misdescribed said tract and have undertaken to ascertain the compensation to which your petitioner is entitled so grossly inadequate
as to show that said board or some of them were influenced by
partiality or gross mistake of law and fact as to the nature and
effect of the evidence with reference to which such findings were
based on heresay statements, rumor and exaggeration s from parties
unknown authorized by this statute and not upon legal evidence
au.ch as judicial boards can only act upon.
6.

That said Special Investigator s and Board of Appraisal

Commissioner s have reported to the court as compensation for
said tract of land the sum of Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty
Dollars ($4,880.00), which is less than 50%

of the amount paid for
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�said tract by your petitio ner at public auctio n, and not taking
into consid eration the work and improv ements placed thereo n by
your said petitio ner; and that said compen sation of itself is so
grossly and manife stly inadeq uate as to show that the said Board
of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s were influen ce by gross partia lity and
gross error or misapp rehnsio n of the fact and by ignoran ce and
mistak e as to the nature of the eviden ce to which such finding s
were made.
7.

That said compen sation is so grossl y and manife stly

inadeq uate as to shock the conscie nce and amount s to the confiscati on of your petitio ner's proper ty, or in other words the
taking of privat e proper ty for public uses withou t just com,

pensat ion theref or.

a.

That out of all the tracts of land, embrac ed in the

afores aid report of said Specia l Invest igators and Board of
Apprai sal Commi ssioner s, the value fixed upon your petitio ner's
land is the most grossl y inadeq uate and shockin g inadeq uacy contained therein , and shows conclu sively that said Board of Apprai sal
Commi ssioner s arrived at their valuat ion thereo f wholly upon the
illega l eviden ce hereinb efore fully set forth, and wholly ignored
and disrega rded any and all legal eviden ce that could or might
have shown what the true market value of the land actual ly was.
9.

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That said Specia l Invest igators and Board of

Apprai sal Commi ssioner s in carryin g out their invest igation s under
the statue were guilty of such illega l and improp er conduc t as to
render their report filed on the
wholly null and void.

~ day

of

a~ d44,

, 1932,

That said Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s

asked and sought from the agents and employ ees of the State Commissio n on Conser vation &amp; Develop ment not only for their valuat ion
of the land in questio n, but made a practic e of seeking and relying upon their aid and advice in such matter , when said Board
should have acted judici ally and impart ially betwee n the State Com-4-

�mission on Conservation &amp; Development on the one hand and the
landowner on the other; that said Board of Appraisal Commissioners
in the discharge of their legal duties w~re transported from
place to place by the agents, serv.:ants, and employees of the said
State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development; that the said
State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development furnished hearing
places, temporary offices and permanent offices to the said Board
of Appraisal Commissioners, and that the permanent office of the
said Board of Appraisal Commissioners was in the same building and
prac-tic.ally the same off ice as that used· and occupied by the State
. Commission on 3onserv;ation and Development in this judicial circuit;
that the employees, servants and agents of the said State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development ~ctually participated and
aided in the making and drawing of the report of said Board of
Appraisal Commissioners submitted to Your Honor's Court; that in
short, the association between the said agents, servants and employees of the State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development and
the said Board of Appraisal Commissioners was so close and intimate
as to render the entire report null and void; that said Board of
Appraisal Commissioners, for the reasons fully set forth in this
paragraph, failed wholly to be an impartial or judicial tribunal
but was in fact nothing more than an agency of the said State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development of the State of Virginia,
wholly incapable of acting fairly and impartially between said
Commission on the one hand and the landowner on the other.
10.

That the tract of land aforesaid owned by your claim-

ant and petitioner is the same tract or parcel of land that is
mentioned and described in the report of said Board of Appraisal
Commissioners as Tract Number .//Y
11.

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Your petitioner therefore prays that this Court will

wholly disregard the aforesaid report of said Special Investigators and Board of Appraisal Commissioners in so far as the afore-5-

�said tract or parcel of land of your petitione r is concerned for the
reasons hereinb:ef ore set forth, namely that in so far as the statute
prescribe the weight to be attachedto said report, it is an invasion
by the legislatu re of the judicial province of the court; that the

provision s of Section 8 and 28 are illegal and the findings of facts
of said Board is so unjudicia l in character as to deprive said
findings of any probative -v:alue; that petitione r is not afforded a
day in court for the proper considera tion of his right•; that compensation to your petitione r as fixed by said Special lnvestiga tors and
Board of Appraisal Commissio ners is confiscato ry; that said petition-

er has been denied the guaranty of the Eill of Rights of Virginia
cronstitut ion and of the Fourteent h Amendment of the Constitut ion
of the United States; that said Special Investiga tors and Board of
Appraisal Commissio ners were influenced by some error, mistake or
misappreh ension of facts; on account of the illegal and improper
conduct of said Special Investiga tors and Board of Appraisal Commissioner s wholly failed to act impartial ly and judicially , but in
fact acted as an agency or sub-divis ion of said State Commissio n
on Conservat ion &amp; Developme nt.
That said Special Investiga tors and Board of Appraisal
er
Commissio ners failed to allow your petition/a ny damages to his
12.

home farm, which is situate in the Page Valley near Shenandoa h, Virginia, by reason of the taking of his said grazing farm, thereby
making it impossible to carry on his regular business of cattle
raising and depriving him of a place to graze his stock necessary
to tha carrying on of his farming on his said home farm.
WHEREFORE, The said Vernon

w.

Folt~ prays that the Court

decline to accept the report of the Commissio ners and disapprov e the
findings of fact therein set forth; that a hearing may be had on the
question raised by these exception s; that the said report be set aside, and be declared null and void with respects to the v;alue placed
upon the said Vernon

w.

Foltz' said tract of land; that the Court

summon a jury to hear and determine his claim; th.at he may be awarded
damages to hi s home farm for the reasons set out in Paragraph 12;

�that all such other, further and general relief appropria te in
the premises may be afforded the said Vernon W. Foltz as the nature
of his case may require.

STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF PAGE, TO-WIT:
THIS day personall y appeared before me Vernon

w.

Foltz

and made oath that the matters and things stated in the above
motion, pbjection and exception s are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Given under nzy- hand this 29th day of September , 1932.
My commissio n expires June 11,1932.
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, W. FOLTZ, CLAIMANT TO 142 ACF ~ s
2 ROODS AND 24 :POLES OF LAND
EMBRACED WITHIN THE ABOVE
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW

LURAY, VIRGINI.A.

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�ROBERT W . KEYSER

KEYSER &amp; KEYSER
ATTORNEYS AND COUN S ELLORS AT LAW

LURAY, VIRGINIA

November 18,1933.

Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County,
Harrisonb urg,
Virginia .

Dear Sir:
I enclose herewith additiona l affidavit s to
be filed in the matter of the State Commissio n an
Conservat ion &amp; Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs .
G.assand.ra Lawson Atkins in regard ta the Vernon w.
Foltz: tract of Ia.nd ,_ Tract No . 48,_ which you will. please
fil e.

Very truly yours ,

RVIK/MH

ROBERT W. KEYSE:R

��32-1453

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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAH COUNTY,

STATE a01.m:rssro1r OM CONSERVATION
&amp; DEVELOPMENT OF THE ST ATE OF
VIRGIN IA.
ADDITIO NAL AFFIDA VITS OF D. A.
)( FOLTZ, JAMES C. KITE, GROVER C.
KOONTZ, JOHN VI. STROIE &amp; VERNON

VS .

W. FOLTZ, IN THE MAT'l'ER OF VERNON

CTASSA.NDRA LAWSON ATKINS,

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W. FOLTZ, CLAIMAli!T T0 142 acres,

2 ROODS &amp; .. 24 POIBS OF LAND EMBRACED
IN THE PET lT IOl'I OF CONDEJ\!NATION
FIIBD IN SAID COURT, SAID TRACT
48
BEING KNOWN AS TR~CT NO .

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The affian t, D. A. Foltz_, depose s as follow s: That
his name is D. A. Faltz_, aged 47 years, and reside s in the County
of Page, and his occupa tion is that of a farmer . He furthe r
says that he is acquai nted with that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being situate in Rocking ham County , Virgin ia,
miles east of Elkton , on top of the Bl.ue: Ridge. Ioounta in,
contain ing 142 acres, 2 roods and 24 poles, which is now owned

about

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by Vernon

w.

Foltz_ and sought to be condem ned in thes~ procee dings,

and known and design ated on the Rocking ham County owners hip map
filed in the above entitle d condem nation procee dings as Tract
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Ke furthe r says that he has been upon this tract

on numero us occasio ns and that he is fully ~nquai nted with the
same. He furthe r says that said real estate is adapted to
grazin g cattle. and other livesto ck during the late spring , summer
and early fall montha and that there are approx imately 125 acres

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of this real estate in good blue grasa soQ which will accomm odate
and fatten betwee n forty and fifty head of cattle . He furthe r says
that he is of the opinio n that this real estate is worth betwee n
$60. 00 and $65. 00 per acre, or as a whole, approxi mately- $9~000 . 00,

exclus ive of the improv ements put on said real estate in the
He furthe r says that he has no intere st in
last year or two .
the said real estate .

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��The affiant, James
That his name is James

c.

c.

Kite, deposes as follows:

1/ c&gt;---., occupation farmer,

Kite , aged

and resides in the County of Page J that he ia acquainted with
that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situate in
Rockingham County,. Virginia, about 8 miles east of Elkton, on top
of the Blue Ridge Mountain, containing 142 acres 2 roods and 24
poles, which is now owned by Vernon

w.

Foltz and sought to be

condemned_ in these proceedings , and which is known and designated
as: Tract No. _4_8_ _

on the Rockingham County ownership map filed

in these proceedings .

He further says that he has been upon

this tract on numerous occasions and that he is fully acquainted
with the same; that said tract is adapted to grazing cattle and
other livestock from the late:_

spring until early fall; and that

there are approximatel y 125 acres of this real estate in good
blue grass sode which will easily accormnodate and fatten between
forty and fifty head of cattle.

He says that he is of the opinion

that this real estate is worth about

$9, 0oa. oa,

recent i!IlIJrovements put on said tract .

not including the

He further says that he

has no interest in the said real estate .

The affiant , Grover- c,. Koont~ deposes. as followst
That his name is Grover

a.

Koontz., aged

f '1

is a farmer residing in the County of Page.
he is well acquainted

yearer; that he
He further says that

with that certain tract or parcel of land

lying and being situate in Rockingham County, Virginia, about 8
miles east of Elkton, on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain, containing
142 acres 2 roods and 24 poles, which is now owned by Vernon

w.

Folt~ and -.ought to be condemned in these proceedings. and known
and designated on the Rockingham County ownership map filed in the
above entitled condemnation proceedings as Tract No. _4_8___•

�He further avers that he has often been upon this tract and that
he is fully acquainted with the same~ and that said real estate is
well adapted to grazing between 40 and 50 head of cattle from the
late spring months until early fa11 and that because of the
excellant blue grass sod. will. fatten and acconnnodate: these cattle.
He is of the opinion that this real estate is worth

bout $70.00

per acre, or as a whole, approximately $10,.00O.00, not including
the improvements recently placed upon said tract.

He further

says that he has no interest in said real estate.

The affiant, J"ohn
That his name is J"ohn

~ age;

w.

w.

Strole, d.eposes as follovrs:

Strole, occupation farmer, and he ia

that he residea in the County of Page.

He further

avers that he is well acquainted.with that certain tract or parcel
of land lying and being situate in Rockingham County, Virginia,
about 8 miles east of Elkton, on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain,
containing 142 acres 2 roods and 24 poili:e s, which is now owned by
Vernon

w.

Foltz and sought to be condemned in these proceedings,.

and known and designated- on the Ro~kingham County ownership map
filed in the above entitled condemnation proceedings as Tract No.

48

C been upon said tract and is
is
well. acquainted with it; that it/:rully adapted. to grazing 40 to
He further- says that he has 1

50 head of cattle from the early part of Nay until about the middle

of. November and 'llla.t it has. an exc-allant stand of blue grass.

He

is of the opinon that this real estate ia worth approximately
$9.000.00, exclusive of the recent improvements put upon said tract.

Ha further says that he has no intere st in t he above real estate.

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�The affiant, Vernon

w.

Foltz:, deposes as follows::

That he is the owner of the real estate. set out in the above
mentioned petition , and that he &lt;iesires to file these. additional
affidavits as to the value and amount of improvements that he
has p,ui. on sai&lt;i real estate since the Board of Appraisal Commissionars valued said trac.t.

H.e further says that he has. placed

improvements upon mid real estate which a~tually- c.ost the sum
of

$3,DOO.oo.

ST ATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF PAGE, TO-WIT:
I, Mary R. Holtzman, a notary public in and for the
County aforesaid_ in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify

that

n.

A. Foltz.. ~ames

and Vernon

w.

c.

Kite, Grover

c.

Koontz, .John

w.

Strole

Foltz:,. the affiants: in the above paper, personall.y

appeare&lt;i before me, and made oath to the facts set forth above
and subscribed_ the same.
Jizy- ~onn:nission expires .June 11,1935.

Given under rqy- hand this 18th day of No~ember, 1933.

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TATE OF VIRGINIA.

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D.A.FOLTZ ,JAMES C.KITE, I
GROVER C.KOONTZ, JOHN W. ,
STROLID &amp; VERNON W. FOLT !
VS.)( IN THE MA'l'TER OF VERNOJ
W.FOLTZ,C LAnlANT TO 142 1
ACRES 2 ROODS &amp; 24 POLID:
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OF LA.i."'ID EMBRACES IN
PETITION OF CONDE!,!NATIOJ
SAID TRACT BEING KNOWN
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COUB'ttt

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pstit1 ner by C unael move

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th~ Ceur

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otio a, e jei: ions ud exeeptiona of said cb.

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rea _eot te tae fi»dings set fort
issienera appein din thir

roceed•

il'lg, as to said tract ·o . 4:8, up :r. the s id neth s, ebjeeth:111; , and e:cc pti&amp; s,

t~e ans,rer
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f tne pe1 bioncr , and the sev ral su perti a

_e ition~r and the said clain

ai,~ed by t~e clai.:,.c t who

aidered togetker wit

affidavits filed b y

$aid motion •t

t . wkio

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etitioner was re-

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t e said aupperti~g

tfidavita , i

support er hi

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eeveral m tiena , ebjectiens a..~d e%oeptio s .
Al\d .etiti ner by Counsel , offeri~g n•

bjectioa te the.

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nth clair1a tin hia pr ayer for the he ri g

oral teati on1, t e Court

r cceeded t

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oral testimo y

f wit e ~es

and peti'bioner respeotiv ly. 1:aoludiag tae teatl ony

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and claim t by Ceunael , having stipuldted in ope
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LAW OFFICES

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FRONT ROYAL, VA,

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That aid Speci al l:Gtveatigatora and Board et Appra is 1 Cot'lll'liss•
nob guil y of illega l and impr per oondu ct ill scert ini.:ne nd de•

termin in~ the v lue

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b r~re the
Clerk 's Office by the said clai!!a nt, n r by y olai t ereaft er made
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other lands ef clai ant not sougll t t

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the prcpcis ed conde ~atien of"' aaid tra.ot

a claim. fer such i cide ·tal or c n oque
LAW O F FICES

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FRONT ROYAL, VA.

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Persona lly appeared before me the unders i gned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E. K. S t okes, who b eing
duly / sworn , deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commiss i on on Conserv ati on and Developm ent in imme 1.

· diate ·charge of the records of the Shenand oah Na tipnal Park
Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss ion
fOr distribu tive , shares of condemna tion awards in the Shena:ndo-~h Na tio.p.al Park co:t?-demna tion proce.ed; tngs pending in ,t.he
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G,ir,cuit _.Courts of. V:i,.rgini a, by reason of c9ntrac ts 8.nd agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedi ng s , and that the vTithi n cla im is
ju~t and correct .
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NOTE-This need not'be filed until the r~ord discloses that the awards Jl'ave
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Filed h, foe ~'· "'· ·" .) es::\ve
Rockingham County, Va.
been paid into the custo9f , 9f the
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1934
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In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County

-. Virginia:

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The State Commission on Conservation and Devel·opment of the State 1of Vir
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassand11a Laws on Atkins and others, and Fifty-T:wo Th ousand, Five Hundred ·a nd
Sixty-'One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
Defendants.
Comes now :bhe ·undersigned and shows to the Court:
Th-at a judgment in rem :ha·s heretofore been entered in this proceeding c·o ndemning to the
use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the trad(s) of land numbered as foUo,w s: Tract
No. .. . ............. : Traiet No..................... : Tract No ..................... ;
and de:s cribed in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners •a ppointed therein and
shown, number,e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rship Map filed therewith, upon payment
into the custody of the Court orf 1:Jhe sum (s) set ,o ut in the s,a id judgment •a s constituting the
award (s ) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No ...48........ $.6.3.6..0... 0.Q on Tract No .............. .
$ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ;
Th·a t the report of the said Board sets forth that the foll'owing named peroons claim, or
appear to 'have a daim to an interest in the said tract(.s ) ,o f land ,o r in the pi,oceeds arising
fr.om the condemnation thereof;
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Vernon W. Foltz

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 said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said
tract(s) of l•a nd, owned or was (were) entitled ,t o the following interest in the said tract(s)
or in the proceeds arising from the c1ondemnatio~ thereof:1

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Under th~ terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveying the Skyline
roadbed running through this tract, the own.er granted and 'eonvey d to the
undersigned the right to receive from said roceeds, the sum of l76~00
That no otJheir person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution ,of the said award (s) exce·pt the foll:owing named persons whose interest in said tr.act(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 exte t that he may be a le to
establish iA c aiJi.
Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that -f~
- be- ma4,e-a;m:rit -('f}tl.;f"t;'ies-)---hereiR-afldet'-tm-ttt&gt;o¥is:iioHS- 6'f-8eeti-efl- 4H -~1--the..P.1:t'&amp;He-Pa-~
:a-e'lffil'&amp;tion--Ae:lr,---and·-vhatj an order
be entered for the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting
the award(!'!) for the f.ee simple esta,te in the said tract(s) c,o ndemned as aforesaid, and for
the payment to the undersiigneid of the said award ('S) or .of as much thereof as the C'Ourt may
frrtd that the undersigned i's (are) entiUed to receive, and whiich the undersigned aver( s ) is as
foUo,w s : Tract No.. ............ $.l.Z§.,.QQ : Tract No................. $................ : Tract No ................ .
$ ................ ;

The undersigned further aver(s ) that: (Le,a ve this spa,c,e Mank unless there is somtl othe r
pertinent matter to be brou ght e'spedaHy to the attention of, the court)
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NO'IIE-A supply of this ·b lank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No
one ia required to use this form, as the form is not pre;cribed ,b y law, and claimants can either cilange 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 tb lank 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 ~h case.

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�VIRG1NIA. IN TH}.: CIRCTirTT COU T OF ffiCKINGH , .1 COU:NTY.

The 0tat e Commission on Conservation &amp;
Development of the State of Virginia , Petitioner ,
v.

0assandra Lawson $tkins , et als , defendants .
,June 25th , 1935 .
This day came petitioner by counsel and
exhibited to the Court it.s motion in writing , heretofore filed
herein , requesting that out, of the 1-rr-oceeds of.! condemnation of
Tract ~o . 48 , claimed by Vernon Foltz , that it be paid the sum
of One Hundred and 3eventy- eHx Dollars ( -~176 . 00) upon the grounds
set forth in said motion in 11riting .
Upon consideration 1.i hereof , it appearing to
the ~ourt from an inspection of said motion in ·writing and of
the deed from the s s id •ernon F.oltz , to petitioner , and of the
-,,hole of the record in this ca se, that petitioner is entitled
to said sum of )176 . 00 so claimed , it is adjudged and ordered
thPt the 'l'rea rurer of v-iro-inia , out of the funds in his hands
to the credit of this vourt in this proceeding, do pay to petitioner
the aforesaid sum of ~176 . 00 a nd deduct the same from the gross
proceeds of condemnation of said Tract No . 48 .

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TREASUER'S OFFICE

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TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

A. B. Gathright
This is to certify that I,
of Virginia have this

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Treasurer

in accordance

with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated

6/25/35
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in the cause of the State Commission

on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia

Atkins
Lawson
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:paid to
$

State Commission on Conservation &amp; Development

176.00

being in full settlement of tract #-4--'-8_ __

in the above mentioned cause .

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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

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June 29, 1935

TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

State Commission on Conservation &amp; Devel~pment

Received o f ~ Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 176.00

, in accordance

with an order of the Circuit Court of the county

of_~R=o~c=k~i=n=gh=am~--- entered on the
of

June

25th

day

_1936._, in the matter of the State

Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
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full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #- 4~8____

__Executive Secy &amp; Treas.

Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.

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The Commonwealth of Virgini a,
To the Sheriff of the County ot Rockingham, Greeting i

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. We command you tha;.t you cause the State COllllllission on Conserv ation
and Development ot the State of Virginia , to have possessi on .of the followin g
describe d tract, or parcel of land, to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel ot land with the building s and improvements thereon lying, being and situate in Stonewa ll Magister ial Distric t

ot said Rockingham c0unty, about two miles northea st ot Swift Run Gap, on both
sides ot the Skyline Drive, and bounded by lands formerly claimed or owned by
J. B. Dean, L. G. Meadows, G.

s.

Lough, Wesley A. Dean, Dorsey

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Dean and

J.B. Dean; said tract contains about one hundred and forty-th ree (143) acres,
but be the same more or less, and is a part of the lands acquired by said State
Commission on Conserv ation &amp; Development in certain condemn ation proceed ings
institut ed and conducte d in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virgini a,
under the style of State Commission on Conserva tion &amp; Development of the State

ot Virginia , Petition er, v. Cassand ra Lawson Atkins, and others, defenda nts,
which the said State Conmission on Conserv ation &amp; Development of the State of
Virgini a, late in our Circuit Court ot the County of Rockingham hath recovere d
against Vernon

w.

Foltz, whereof the said Vernon

w.

Foltz is convict as appears

to us of record.
And how you have execu~ed this writ make known to the said Court
on t he first day of its next term, succeedi ng the date hereof.
And have then there this writ.
Witness , J. Robert Switzer , Clerk of our said Court at the
Courtho use this ;;-t/-aay of ~

1935 , and in tho l.59th Par of

the Commonwealth.
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Sept.18,1935 by delivering a ! t~ue oopy of this Writ of Posseuion
to Jira Vernon. w. Foltz in pera.on,at said Vernon t. Foltz usual
p1aoe of abode ~a; Vernon.W.Foltz: being a. me,.mber of the family
above the age of 16 years ,and explainingthe purpoas thereof to

her.

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�AUBREY G , WEAVER

WM . C. ARMSTRON G

LAW OFFICES

WEAV ER &amp; ARMS TRON G
FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINI A

November 9th,l9 35.
Mr. J. Rober t Switz er, Clerk ,
Harri sonbu rg,
Virgi nia.
Dear Mr. Switz er:
A writ of posse ssion on the jud~e nt in
of State Commission on Conse rvatio n &amp; Development v. Verno unlaw ful detai ner
n Foltz , was issue d
some month s back, return able to the first day of your Octob
er term, which w~s
Octob er 21st, 1r I recal l corre ctly.

I am think ing that this writ is now dead and that a new
one will have to be i ssued .
I am reque sted by the Chain:nan of' the state Commission
on
Conse rvati0 n &amp; Devel opmen t, to proce ed with the evict ion
of
Foltz
at
once.
There fore, I am askin g that you issue a new writ return able
place in the hands of the prope r offic er at your earli est : ovember 22nd, and
conve nienc e.

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Yours very

��THE COMMON ''EALTH OF VI RGI NIA ,

TO THE SHERIFF' OF TH• COUNTY OF ROC~ I NGH.Alt , GREETING:
Vte command you that you c aus

the State Commissi on on ,

Cons rvati on and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia, to have
posses s ion of t'ie follo·-1 ng describ ed tract, or p reel f land ,
to- it:
A cert1in tract or parcel of land with the buildin gs
and improve ment s hereon , lying, be1ng and s itu qte in Stonew all

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northe as t of wift Rn Gap, on both ~ide s of tno SKyl ine Drive ,
anct bounde d by lands f rmerly clai med or owned by J.B . Dean ,
L. G. eadows , G. s. Lough , Wesley A. Dean, Dorsey z. Dean and

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J . B. Dean; said tract cont ains about one hundred and forty-t hree
(143) acres , but be the s·me more or le ss , and i s a art of the
lands acquire d by said State; Commis sion on Conser v::,t ion and
Dev lopmen t in certain condem nation procee dings lnstitut d and
conauc ted in thoCirc uitC()u rt of Rocking ham County , Virgin ia,
under the style of Stute Commi s sion on Conser vation and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia , Petitio ner , v. Cassan dra La son
AtKins , and others , defend ant~ , \\hich tho e;aid State Commis sion
on Conser v tion and Develop ment of the State 0f Vir~in ia , lnte
in our Circui t Co urt of the County of RocKingham hath recove red
agains t V rnon i. Foltz, ~hereo f the sa i d Vernon ~- Foltz is
convic t s appear s to us of record .
And how you have execute d this grit ma~e Kno ·n to
the said Court on the 22d day of Novomber next succee ding the
date hereof .
And have then and there this \\rit .
V'itnes :: , J. Robert Sv,i tzer, Cler:i'. of our raid Co ,1rt,
at the Co rt :ouse thereo f, this

day of Novemb er, 1935 ,

and i n the 160th y ar of the C~mmon~ealth .

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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
ST TE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOPME1-J"T OF THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA
PETITION OF VERNON W. FOLTZ
vs .
)( FOR AN ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION
CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, &amp;C .
TO THE HONORABLE H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURT :
Your peti tioner , Vernon

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Foltz, respectfully represents

unto Your Honor as follows :
That he is the owner in fee simple of a certain trac t or
parcel of land, lyi ng and being situate in Rockingham County,
Virgi ni a , about 8 mi les east of Elkton, on top of the Blue Ridge
Mountain, containing 142 acres, 2 roods and 24 poles , more or
l e ss , and within the bounds of the Shenandoah National Park,
and which i s known and designat ed on the Rockingham County ovmership map filed in the above entitled condemnation proceedings as
Tract No . 48 ; and
That the Spe c ial I nvest igators and Board of Appraisal
Commissioners heretofore appointed in these proceedings awarded
your petitioner the sum of $4880 . 00 as compensation anddamages
for the taki ng of the aforesaid land as will more fully appear
from their report f i led in these proceedings ; and
That your petitioner filed exceptions to said Commissioner '
report in Your Honor ' s Court praying that the Court decline to
accept the report of Commissioners and disapprove the findings
of fact therein set forth, and on which exceptions a hearing was
hand, and upon the determination of said exceptions by Your
Honor ' s Court an order was entered awarding your petitioner the
sum of _ _ _ _ __ __

Dollars ( $

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for compen-

sation and damages for the taking of the aforesaid tract of land;
FORD 8: KEYSER
ATTORNEYS

a: COUNSELLORS AT LAW

LURAY, VIRG INIA

and

�That the petition for condemnation in this cause states
that your petitioner is the fee simple owner of the real estate
aforesaid and that t he record · n thi

suit .does not disclose

any denial or dispute of such statement or charge contained in
said petition .
Your petitioner alleges and avers that there are no liens
or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever binding the aforesaid
tract or parcel of land.
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays that the Court may make
an order which shall be entered in this cause directing that the
aforesaid sum of $ ~ Lf-.&lt;iD ~
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shall be forthwith paid over

Foltz, the landowner as af oresaid, or the

attorney of record.

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a COUNSELLORS AT LAW

LURAY, VIRGINIA

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STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION &amp; DEVELOPI'.1E:NT OF THE
STATE OF VIRGINIA

VS. )( PETITION OF VERNON
W. FOLTZ FOR .AN ORD*
ER OF DISTRIBUTION

CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS,

FORD &amp;

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KEYSER

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW

LURAY, VIRGINIA

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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County, in the State of Virginia, the same being a
Court of Record, do hereby certify tha t in the records of delinquent taxes in my office, I find no record of any taxes against
the tract of 142 - 2 - 24

, being delinquent, said tract

being assessed in the name of Vernon W. Foltz

, situate in

Rockingham County, State of Virginia , and being tract #48, acquired by the State Commission on Con. &amp; Development of St. of Va.
Given under my hand this 20th

day of

January, 193 7 .

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Court of Rocking am County,
Virginia .

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IN THE CIBCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGFLi\M COUNTY, VIBGINIA.
STATE CONwUSSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOP:MENT OF THE STATE OF
VIHGINIA.

vs.

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ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION TO VERNON W.
FOLTZ.

CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, &amp;C
On

this ?:t&gt;';'t-.,. clay o:f January, 1937, again came Vernon W.

Foltz, who heretofore by leave o:f Court filed his petition and
application :for the payment ta him of the. sum of $

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the :final amount of the award set out in an order entered in
this Court upon the determination o:f exceptions filed to the
original report o:f the Board o:f Appraisal Commissioners for
Tract No. 48, which said sum has heretofore been paid into Court.
And it appearing to the Court from the report of the
Board of Appraisal Commissioners here to:fore :filed in this cause
and in the petition :for judgment and condemnation entered therein
that in the opinion o:f the petitioner the said Vernon VI . Foltz
is vested wi.th a superior right or claim of title in and to said
tract of land No. 48, or to the proceeds arising :from the condemnation thereof, and is therefore entitled to receive the
proceeds arisi:r.g from the condemnation of said Tract No. 48, and
it appearing to the Court that all taxes due or exigible thereon
have been paid, upon consideration whereo:f it is ordered by the
Court that s~~d sum o f $D~
Q--0 · aid into ~ourt by petitione

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· llas just comp~ion ~or said Trac
said Vernon

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o. 48,11 be paid unto the
1-t'oltz, and that the Clerk o:f this Court be, and

is hereby, directed to transmit a certified copy o:f this order

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to the Treasurer o:f Virginia, who shall pay unto 'S,ilnd ~ ne:,eer,

::LuP~, Page County, Virginia, a.:ttornoys o;f: rQ&lt;;;sra fox 'bae said
FORD 8c KEYSER
a: COUNSELLORS AT
LURAY, VIRGINIA

ATTORNEYS

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Fol+r.l, the sum o:f $

b3 0 4~ , the final amount of

the award set out in the order entered by this Court upon the
determination of exceptionsliled to said ~ommissioners' report
~ ~ I '71P t° Op:'-'&lt;&gt;-A4
for said Tract No. 48)\ and ertif'y such payment to the Clerk of
this Court for appropriate entry thereof' as required by law.

FORD 8: KEYSER
a: COUNSELLORS AT

ATTORNEYS

LURAY, VIRGINIA

LAW

�IN THE ClliCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIIDINIA
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of State of Virginia
vs .

No . 1829

Petitioner

Condemnation

Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 561 acres of land, more or less .

Defendant

In the matter of the order entered herein on the 10th day
of September , 1938, on motion of State Commission on Conservation
and Development aild the Treasurer of Virginia, directing that
Vernon W. Foltz and Robert W. Keyser show cause why they and each
of them should not be directed to refund and pay over to the
Treasurer of the State of Virginia , the sum of One Hundred Twenty
Dollars ($120.00) alleged to have been paid by the said

Treasurer

of Virginia unto the said Vernon Vi . Foltz in excess of the amount
to which said Foltz was entitled on the face of the record herein ,
as his distributive share of the a\Yard to which he ·was entitled
by reason of the taking by said Commission of the tract of land
known in these prec eedings as Tract No . 48, came the parties,
to- wit:

State Commission on Conservation and Development, the

Treasurer of Virginia by counsel , Robert W. Keyser and Vernon W.
Foltz, by counsel, on this the 6th day of March , 1939, and submitted
the motion on which said order to show cause was entered, the
answer thereto and the entire record herein and prayed that the
Court adjudicate and determine the respective rights of the various
parties herein, arising out of the matters set forth in said motion
and answer .
Whereupon,the contentions of the parties having been argued
at length by counsel, the Court found that the said award to
which thesaid Foltz was entitled by reason of the taking of said
tract as set forth in the order entered herein on January 22 , 1934,
on · e·xceptions ·

. · to the value fixed and ascertained for the

taking of said tract by the Board of ~ppraisal Commissioners

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anpointed herein, was $6,480 . 00 and that the amount actually
paid the said Foltz by the said Treasurer of Virginia under the
order of this Court directing payment thereof, entered herein
January 20, 1937, for the sum of $6,304 . 00, being the amount of
said award of $6,480.00 less the sum of $176 . 00 theretofore paid
to the said Commission pursuant to the terms of a distributive
order entered herein on the 22nd day of January, 1934 , was not
in excess of the amount to which the said Foltz was entitled
under the said order; and the Court further found that the
deficiency of $120.00 in the special fund in the hands of the
Treasurer of Virginia for application to the award for the taking
of said tract originated in the failure or omission of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development to pay into the said
fund the full amount of said award of $6,480 . 00; -- the amount
actually paid in as appears from the face of the record being
$6,360 . 00:
"Whereupon, the parties having submitted their respective
ri ghts and obligations , arising out of the facts disclosed by the
record, and the said order to show cause and answer here in, to
the &amp;djudication of this Court in this proceeding, it is considered,
adjudged, ordered and decreed that the motion to show cause on which
the said order to show cause was entered September 10, 1938, should
be and it is hereby dismissed:
And it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed that the said
State Commission on Conservation and Development should and shall
pay over to the Treasurer of Virginia, from the funds in its hands
known as "Shenandoah National Park" funds, the sum of $120. 00 to ·
be placed by the said
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TT.{;tC..t No., 48 .

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Costs in this proceeding, but not including attorneys fees,
will be taxed against the State Commission on Conservation and
Development.
Enter:

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IN Tilli CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKIHGHAH COUNTY

TIIB STATE COM11ISSION OH CONSERVATION
AlID DEVELOPMEUT OF TH~ STATE OF VIRGIIUA

Petitioner

v.
CASSAlIDRA LAWSON ATKI 1S AUD OTHERS,
AUD FIFTY- T'i~O THOUSAlID, FIVE HUlIDRED

AND SIXTY-om: (52.,561) ACRES OF LAIID,
.10RE OR LESS •

Defendants

On this day ca.me the State Commission on Conservation and Development
the petitioner in the above entitled condemnation proceeding, and Edwin B.
Jones, Treasurer of Virginia, by counsel, and exhibited the record herein, including the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein,
and the County Ownership Map filed therewith, in which report the value of
Tract Ho. 48 as shown on said map, less a hundred foot wide strip traversing
the same, and known as the Skyline Drive strip, was found and reported to be
~4,760 . 00, being $4,880. 00 the appraised value of the entire tract, less
$120 . 00 the value found for the said Slcy'line Drive strip: the judgment entered
herein upon exceptions to these findings, allowing an increase of $1600. 00 on
the values ascertained by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners by reason of
buildings erected on this tract after its value had been ascertained and
reported by the Appraisal Commissionersa the judgment in rem entered herein
condemning Tract No. 48, less the said Skyline Drive strip, to the use of the
petitioner upon payment into the custody of the Court of $6 , 360. 00 the amount
of the award adjudicated for the taking thereof, being $4,760. 00, the value
set thereon by the Appraisal Commissioners, plus $1600. 00 allowed as aforesaid
:for the newly C(?nstructed buildings: the order of this Court setting forth the
fact of payment by the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the
amount of said award, $6 , 360. 00, into the custody of the Court by the payment
of said a.mount $6 , 360 . 00 to the Treasurer of Virginia, to be held by him subject to the order of the Court: the distribution order entered June 26, 1935,
directing payment by the Treasurer of Virginia to the State Commission on
Conservation and De1:,ropment from the amount of this award in his hands of
the sum of $176 . 00, -pursui~tto the terms of a deed conveying said Skyline Drive
strip to the Commission, executed June 11, 1931 and recorded in Deed Book 150
at page 64 in the office of the Clerk of this Court, wherein Vernon w. Foltz,
the owner of said Tract No. 48, authorized and directed such payment to the
Commission from any award adjudicated for the taking of said Tract No. 48
in the course of the above entitled condemnation proceedings the distribution
order entered January 20, 1937, directing payment by the Treasurer of Virginia
to Vernon W. Foltz, the former ovmer of this tract, of the sum of $6, 304. 00
from the amount of the said award held by him subject to the order of the
Courta and the certificates of the Treasurer of Virginia to the Clerk of this
Court setting forth the fact of payment by him of the said sum of $176.00 to
the Commission, and of the said sum o:f $6 , 304 . 00 to Vernon w. Foltz, a total
of $6 , 480 . 00, in obedience to said orders entered respectively June 25, 1935
and January 20, 1937, being $120 . 00 more than the sum of $6, 360.00 adjudicated
for the taking of Tract No. 48 less the said strip, and paid over to the
Treasurer of Virginia as above set forth .
1vhereupon, A. c. Carson, Counsel for the State Commission on Conservation and Development and the Treasurer of Virginia, moved the Court for an
order directed to the said Vernon W'. Foltz and Robert W. Keyser, the attorney
who represented him in procuring the entry of the above mentioned distribution
order, entered January 20, 1937, directing them and each of them to show cause

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�why they and each of them should not be required by order of this Court, to
refund to the Treasurer of Virginia the sum of $120 .00, on the ground that it
appears from the face of the record itself, that the sum of ~6 ,304.00 paid to
Vernon W. Foltz by the Treasurer of Virginia, pursuant to the terms of said
distribution order, was $120 .00 in excess of the amount he was entitled to
receive from said award, and in excess of the amount in the hands of the
Treasurer of Virginia, subject to the orders of this Court distributing the
award adjudicated and paid into the custody of the Court for the taking of the
lands of the said Vernon W. Foltz .
Upon consideration whereof, and it appearing on the face of the
record that the Treasurer of Virginia did in fact pay unto the said Vernon W.
Foltz the sum of $6 ,304.00, as improvidently directed in said distribution
order entered January 20, 1937, which a.~ount was one hundred and twenty dollars
($120.00) in excess of the amount to which said Foltz was entitled on the face
of the record, and also ~120 .00 in excess of the amount held by the Treasurer
of Virginia subject to the order of this Court on account of the award for the
taking of said Tract No. 48; and, it appearing further that the said over payment arose by reason of the failure of Vernon W. Foltz and his counsel to
direct the attention of the Court, when they procured the entry of said distribution order dated January 20, 1937, to the fact that the award for the
taking of said Tract No . 48, less the above mentioned Sk&lt;.rline Drive strip, as
finally adjudicated in the above mentioned judgment in rem, was $6 ,360.00 and
that the amount of said award paid over to the Treasurer of Virginia by the
State Connnission on Conservation and Development was $6 ,360000, being one
hundred and twenty dollars less than the adjudicated value of said Tract No .
48 in its entirety; and, it appearing further, that the over-payment was
directly attributable to the erroneous representation to the Court by Vernon W.
Foltz and his attorney, Robert W. Keyser, when said order was entered, that the
sum of $6 ,480000 was paid into tho custody of the Court by the Coronission 11 as
just compensation for said Tract :No . 48 11 , whereas the record clearly showed at
that time that the sum actually paid by the Commission was $6 ,360.00, being
the amount of the award as finally adjudicated and set forth in the judgment
in rem condemning this tract less the Sh.'Yline Drive strip, to the use of the
petitioner:It is considered, adjudged and ordered that said Vernon r . Foltz
and Robert W. Keyser, his attorney as herein set forth, should be and they
and each of them are required and directed to show cause in writing, filed
with the papers of this proceeding, within twenty days from the entry of this
order, why an order should not be entered herein directing them and each of
them to pay over to the Treasurer of Virginia the sum of one hundred and
twenty dollars alleged to have been paid by the said Treasurer to the said
Vernon W. Foltz as hereinbefore set out, in excess of the amount to which the
said Vernon W. Foltz was entitled on the face of the record as of the day and
date of said alleged over-payment.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to mail forthwith certified
copies of this order to the last post office addresses of the said Vernon W.
Foltz and Robert W. Keyser, Attorney at Law, disclosed by the record in this
proceeding, or if no such addresses are thus of record, to their last known
addresses.

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In Park Area near ~lkton, virginia.

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33 cu.yds-- Concrete walls &amp; flo ors
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4192 f't
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3000 ft. - Shea ting &amp; stone siding
Sla te coated shingles
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227 Cornice material
148 lin. t·t. 2 1/2 Crown Iu.Qula
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�A. C. CARSON
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLO R-AT-LAW
RIVERTON , VIRGINIA

November 10, 1938

Mr. J. Robert Switzer , Clerk
Circuit Court of Rockingh am County
Harrison burg, Virginia
Order to show cause in claim of
Treasur er of Virginia for refund
against Messrs. Keyser and Foltz.
Dear Sir:
Be good enough to furnish me with copy of response
of defenda nts to the order to show cause why they should not
make refund in Park Condemn ation Case of over-pay ment claimed
by Treasur er of Virgini a, and to send bill for services direct
to Colonel Richard A. Gilliam , Executiv e Secretar y and Treasur er,
Virgini a Conserv ation Commiss ion, Richmon d, Virgini a, togethe r
with the enclosed signed carbon copy of this letter which will
serve as voucher and authorit y for the renderin g of this service .
Yours truly,

A.C~~sel,

Virginia Conserv ation Commiss ion.
ACC:VCT

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF R OCKINGH.AN COUNrY, VA.

ST.ATE cm,:lMISSION ON CONSBRVATION AND DEVELOPMENI'
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINI

filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,
StP Jo ·l~.10

vs
CASSANDR LAWSON ADKINS and others
and 52,561 acres of land, more or less.

~~Clerk

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ANS\IER

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For answer as required by a decree entered in the
Circuit Court of Rockingham County on September 10, 1938 in
the above matter requiring Vernon W. Fultz and Robert

w.

Keyser to show cause in writing within twenty days from the
entry of said decree why an order should not be entered,
directing them and each of them to pay over to the Treasurer
of Virginia the sum of One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00)
alleged to have been paid by the Treasurer to the said Vernon
W. Fultz in excess of the amount to which the said Vernon W.
Fultz was entitled on the face of the records in the above
entitled matter as set out in said decree.

The said Vernon

• Fultz and Robert W. Keyser do answer, jointly and severally,
and say: That:
1.

The report of the Appraisal Commission filed in the

above matter shows that there was allowed for the strip of
land deeded to the State Conservation Commission for the use
of the Skyline Drive One Hundred Twenty Dollars (~120.00) and
that the award for the residue of the land taken from the said
Vernon I. Fultz was Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty
Dollars {$4880.00).
2.

That it i s ~ out in said decree that the said

Vernon f . Fultz did deed to the Sta te Conservation Commission

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fo r the co ns tru cti on of the
a str ip of lan d to be use d
lla rs
of Two Hu nd red Ni ne ty- Six Do
Sk pli ne Dr ive fo r the sum
th at sa id sum of Two Ru nd red
($2 96 .00 ) an d the rei n ag ree
ard ,
de du cte d fro m the fin al aw
Ni ne ty- Six Do lla rs sh ou ld be
in th is ma tte r.
or fin al jud gm en t, en ter ed
Ro be rt w. Ke yse r
Th e sa id Ve rno n W. Fu ltz and
ta l
mi t to the Co urt th at the to
do the ref or e re sp ec tfu lly sub
fo r the
ing the str ip of lan d tak en
am oun t of the aw ard , inc lud
0)
Fiv e Th ou san d Do lla rs ($5 ,00
Sk yli ne Dr ive pu rpo ses , ma kes
sum of
clo se , sh ou ld be add ed the
to wh ich , as the rec or ds dis
W.
60 0.0 0) all ow ed sa id Ve rno n
Six tee n Hu nd red Do lla rs ($1
iss ion er' s re po rt, ma kin g
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sa
to
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Therefore , the said Vernon l . Fultz and Robert
Keyser

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•

answer to said decree by saying that the records

do not disclose any error or any over payment to the said
Vernon l. Fultz and that the Treasurer of Virginia is not
entitled to any refund from the said Vernon W. Fultz.

Respectfully subnitted, .

77

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                    <text>ROCKINGHAH COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT

#226 - Funkhouser, J . , • • &amp; Effie
Number of Acres:

132

Location:

Main Ridge near Roach Gap .

Roads:

Three miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift
Run; thence four miles to Elkton.

Soil:

The first class grazing land is of good depth and fertility; very
The second clas c is rocky
little rock with moderate slopes .
.vi th thin soil and steep slopes; washed quite badly. 1 he third
class is very poor and practically all rock .
1

History of Tract and condition of timber:

Post of the tract wqs cleared many years
The wooded area has been cut over repeatedago, grazed since.
ly in the past . The present stand consists of mixed oaks , etc .

Log 18x24' , 4 rooms,kitche n 10xl5x8', etal
Improvements : Dwelling:
roof, stone flues, 1~ story, log finish , occupied by tenant.
Log 12xl6xl0', shingle roof, poor condition .
Jmi!m mnlt= Barn:
Log 8xl0x6 ', shingle roof , poor condition.
Hen house:
Acreage and value of types:
Types

Total Value

Value per acre

Acreage

Ridge:
Slope:

2?

~5.00

$135.00

38. 00

3914. 00

25 . 00

50 . 00
;4099 . oo

Cove:
Grazing Land:

103

@

Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:

2

132
Orchard:
Minerals :
V~ueofLand: $ 4099 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 310 . 00
Value of Orchard: $

310.00

Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
60 . 00

Value of Timber: $

4459 . 00

Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $

33 . ??

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

NONE .

�Claim of________ ~1 ohn _.'. _ Funthou _er _ar, d _'!.' ff i e _ 1 • _ '!:\. n .hoL _ er______________ _
. . N o. ________ , At L aw.
ar•_!. ___________ Count y, v·1rgmia,
"k ; r, or·-=.:......, c ~-!.=~. ·t Court of ----I n th e C1rcm
The State Commission on Conserva tion and Developm ent of the State of Virginia, Peti·
tioner, vs. __________________________________ . -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --more or less, of land in _______ .I_ ..c..h. · r_,.,.b..a.rr:. _______ County, Virginia, Defendan ts.
The undersig ned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserva tion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemn ation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordan ce with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ ____&lt;::9!-_!!.13-12~- -------- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My post office address is __________,.c_Cp.h.~::--.::.Jri.1...1..e..,_3i....c.3ir -i ________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containin g about ____ ;]._E__________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents =-------- -~--r .01- _J:1_".l.U~ - ~riJ_____t h l~------ -------- ----- -- - - ----- - - 11_ inclo _ "'1 by_ r3.i 1 _3-ri. d_wi r• _f enc". -------- ---- --- ----- -------- --This land is located about_ ___l'.)______ miles from __ F--1.ki'~-,-------- -------- --Virgin ia, in
. t of sai'd Coun t y.
· 1 D'1st ric
· t eria
,,~1_..i-.1 _ ___ Mag1s
Qtnn•
th e ___
L~--- ~_,_.,_
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__Q:y_n____ _,,_j__?,,_JJ:!."'_~i.Y.i.~_-:Li2"..t.~.J:.'! ..t. _r.;: _p.u..rch..':?. ~,-- :.&gt;:!lQ,_~.-'f--'Li.f~-------- --_..,r_::c t,_--1-t _ F ----~...!'_?..f_.[i_e__ _-_.___ ::.:i...,12::l1n.u __~r.., __ · :iJ'_e.rite _ i..2_lJ.L.d:L\1:L__~-t-..i.
r -i An·· eni;r!bvt .
f ~11• r
·Tne larld owners aaJacent --io tfle above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:

North ___ ~._ ,J ._ ren _..i."!y _________________________________________________________ _

South_ -----_ 0 rawfor d -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- East ____ • •__1 ._ &lt;'"'r.iff) l'"tt -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------West ____ _.... . __ . _?urke _" c -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year____ lfD..S -in the
following manner: "IIl c r::y -vi fe i nh~ri t e i h~ r i 11 t iare t 1923
."for---1 • . ".\1.r-:;..hou er b,r nurcha e
-------- -------- --------

-------- -------- -------- -------~ -------- -------- -------- -------- _,__' ---------- ~
~"':\1111 J:-,-,u_ l'"r_ ir-rer;i ten _ ·r __ h.e. __ ·~.t
______ Fffie
_H

.

-e

r~~

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is· $--~~-~Q ~_QQ _____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
is $__eB!.t.Q..!.C''....Q _____ ,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon
.
1n t'!.n. r, iliaa of
I am the owner oL_4..:5.e __________ acres of lancL~lf ll-ll'g. tlie above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemn ation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $__ _4. O.C.:..LOJ..l _____ _,
as to
(In the space below should be set out any additiona l statemen ts or informat ion
a
here
insert
also
should
he
le
practicab
if
and
make;
to
this claim which claimant desires
bounds).
and
metes
by
land
of
parcel
or
tract
the
descripti on of
Remarks · ___ "'h" _rrofi teble_ oner-=t: i _n of_ trie _horr~ _ f&lt;i.rr. _wilL' e_ 'It :

__ y~_IY_.!1.:.9-.t ~ri_~:U._y _tn..i\Lt.~.d.J~r

i_ _yJ&gt;:...

.r__ __)le..a..r:+ _..:,ihich _.I._c

- X- - 8 ------

to t al_ d:1r age _to__th~ _45. _a.ere _f,,.,rm_ +o_ t)lia_ i-xRn.:t _ f __ 4.QQO~.Df'____ __ ___ _
__rach _vear _the _cattle ____ .ilraze __ n _ ;dri A '"'J.J......,t.e.i. _.f..a.rn_~_.del _ ..e_ ______ _
back).
arou.c11d.. __'25..0. ... _.:r-~r__y~..a.r. ____________________ (Continu e remarks if necessar y on the
cur

of_ :'.~~~~~:-~:tu~ :;: ~;~ ~,f fe~ }-~ ~

STATE OF VIRGIN IA, COUNTY OF___p__Q~J.J1gb_E!.1''"'-------- ---, To-wit11 n~houa e r
- f! ~ • ~
________ __ _
~ _11_~..r..l.
:. 1 .1)_ ~..r._ ___
T h._"Q ______ __..~_ 'uvl
1 es th a t ____,__
d h ere by cert"fi
.
The un d ers1gne
the above named claimant personall y appeared before him and made oath that the matters
belief,
filed in the Cle i~d things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his kno
~
-,---........._,
Rockingham rt'hts_o_~~ !__ l..E.th.. _____ day oL __ __ .::.e..b.ru. :x...y. __, 1930:· 1sa1 ,

counry, va,

FEB 18 10~i~

~/p;f/~ ~ er~

.

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•

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vount y: Rocki n~ham
Distr ict; Stone wall

~226 - Funkh ouser , J.M.
Acrea ge Claim ed: 216
Value Claim ed:
Looa. t1on:

&amp;

~rr1e

Asses sed 219

., 8640 . oo

"

1540. 00

'ain Ridge near Roach Gap.

Deed 250 A. accor ding
to 1897 - ~2~66 . 00;
216¼ • accor ding to
later conve yance s .

Incum brano es 1 coun ter oluim s or laps: ~one kno~n .
Soil:
The :first olas ... g razin g l nu is of good depth •md ferti
very littl e rock with mode rate slope s~ The secon d olns ~lity;
r ~Y .·1th tin soil and steep slo"e s; wa hw • ite badly is
.
The third class is very poor · nc~ ;,ract ic'1ll y all rock .
.. oads:
1i'n'ree miles of fair dirt road to Spots wood Trail near uiift
Run; thenc e four miles to Jlkto n .
Usto r
and cond ition of timbe r: Most of the tract wa~ clear ed
ye rs ago, graze since . T~e oodod ar a has be ~n cut
rep atedl y in the past. The ~rese nt stand cons ists of
mixed oa s, etc. It is estim ated to cut an Avera ge
of 10 eds.
or fuel,o od value d @ 25¢.
270 cords
25¢ -- ~67.5 0.
Impro veme nts: 0 elliru 5: Log 18x J4', 4 rooms kitoh ne 10xl5 x8',
metal roof,
st ~e flues , l~ story , log tinis 4, oocup 1ed by tenan
00
Barn: Log 12xl6 xl0', s hingl e roof, pmor cond ition - t - 125.
40
.
00
're"ilh ouso: Log 8xl0x 6', shing le roof, poor cond ition 10.00

11s.oo

Value of land b,r types :
~

.t'...creag e
72
31
10
27

g I
Fg I%

g III
Slope

Fe

Total value
Total val ue
Total v •l e
Total vu lu
.. verag e vll.

2

L32
of land
of impro veme nts:

or

timbe r
of tra ct
e per aere

Value
~er acre

35. -_o

10 . 00
5.00
3.00

1

Z891 . )0
175 . 00
67 . 50

~133 .50

"3.39

.oo

otal
Value
2520. 00
210 . 00
50.00
81. 00
30 . 00

f2a§I.oo

�M.

H. HARRISON

TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

TO WHOM I':' tiAY CONCERN:
I hereby certify that the
show that John M.
office
my
of
records
taxes for the years
the
Funkhouser has paiG.
of land containing
tract
his
1932 and 1933 on
Blue Ridge
the
219-0-0 acres, situate in
Mountains , Stonewall District, Rockingham
County.

All taxes prior to that
are 2 matter of record
unpaid,
time, if any be
said County.
of
in the Clerk's Office
Given under my hand this
1933.
December
of
16th day

L. H. Harrison , Treasurer
By

&amp; a. {)Q/l'akv
feputy

'Ti tness:

1

·

~

STATE OF VIIDJNIA,

COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I, J. Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of
219 acres in Stonewall District, assessed in the namel of .. .Tob.n M.
Funkhouser .
Given under my hand this 16th day of December, 1933 .

Qi

�1

J:N

THE cmcUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM_ COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

v.

:/11829

PETITIONER

At Law

CASSANDRA LAWEON ATKINS, ET ALS, ETC.

DEFENDANTS

On this, the ~ O~ay of" Decan.ber, 1933, came .rohn M.
Funkhouse r and Effie Funkhouse r, and on their motion leave is given
them to file their applicatio n for the payment to them of' the sum of
$4,459.00 , the anDunt of the award set out in the award or condemnation ror Tract No. 226, heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing from the report of the Board of' Appraisal
Commissio ners heretof'or e filed in this eause, am in tra petition for
judgment

am

condemnat ion entered herein on the _ _ day of November,

1933, that in the opinion of petitione r, the said J"olul M. Funkhouse r
and Ef'fie' Funkhouse r are . in:wested with a superior or. better right or
claim of title in and to the said Tract of land No. 226, and that
the record of this cause does not disc1-ose any dellial or disµite by
any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Tract No.
225, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof, and
that tile said J"ohn M. Funkhouse r and Effie Funkhouse r are entitled
~ ~receive the proceeds arising frcm the condemnat ion of' said Tract
No. 226, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or
taxable upon said Tract No. 226 have been paid:
Upon considera tion w.h.ereof, it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of $4,459.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensat ion for Tract No. 226 be paid unto the said
J"ohn M. Funkhouse r and Effie Funkhouse r; and the Clerk cr: this_ Court
is directed to transmit a certified copy of' this. order to the Treasurer of V~ginia, who shall pay- unto the said J"ohn M. Funkhouse r an.d
Effie FUnkhouse r the said sum of $4,459.00 , the em.cunt of the award
set out in the judgment or condemnat ion for Tract No. 226, taking
from the said J"ohn M. Funkhouse r and Ef'fie Funkhouse r a receipt
therefor and certifyin g such payment to the Clerk of this Cot.rt for
a ppropriate entry thereof as required by law.

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�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 . . . . . . . . .
DEFEND.ANTS.
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::_6___ ;

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.

_'k_J::£__ $./1-£'.5-.Z~/dn 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

thmof;

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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

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receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ;

Tract

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)

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T1iis 0:ay personally a ppe ared before me J . M. Funkhouser am. Effie Funkho us er- -fil'.lG--ffl..ade--oa- t-h- - -th a-t- -t:a.-e--s-ta-t eme n t s ---eon ta- ined--tn-t-h1;r-a-bo--ve---inrt-rt ion so
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of
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can De C • , 19 33 •
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 ~ i o)w}Jich ~ bVl
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to the approval of the court in each case.
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TREAS URER' S OFFIC E
RICHM OND , VA ,
JOHN M. PURCELL

De c ember 27 , 1933

TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA

This is to certi fy that I, J.M. Purce lJ, Treas urer
of Virgi nia have this 27 day of Decem ber in accor dance
with an order of the circu it court of Rocki ngham Count y
dated 12/2 0/~
in the cause of the State Comm ission
on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the State of Virgi nia
vs.

Cassa ndra Lawso~n....._.A~t....k.....i. .n. .....s.,_____ ___ ___

_paid to John M. Funkh ouser and Effj_e Funkh ouse , McGa beysv
ille , Va.
$_4_,_4_5_9_._0_0_ _ _ being in full settle ment of tract #...22£,
in the above menti oned cause .

Treas ure

�QTommnuwralt11 nf ]lirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .

December 27 , 1933

JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURl!:R OF VIRG I N I A

.John M. Funkhouser and Effie Funkhouser
McGaheysvill e, Virginia

Re c eived of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virg inia, the sum of$ 4 , 459 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of

Rockingham

entered on the

20th day

of December 1 93L , in t h e matter of the State
Commi s sion on Conservati on and Development v _ __

___,.C~a~s~s~an
.......d......._r-a.__..,L~auw~s~o~n....._=A~t=k~1un~s"-- - - -and other s , being
full and complete settlemen t f or the tract of land
k nown in said proceeding as #~2=2~6~-- -

Sign or j gin a l and duplicate
and return to t h e Treasurer
of Virginia.

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In the Circuit Court of__!.1.Q.QlcJ.I J.~____________ county, Virginia, No. __ ~!3-~~-, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __Cassandr.a_ w.snn_ t.kins_,__ ~_t__al..s._.__arut _~~!.~~-1-:-~~~~~~--------more or less, of land in __!'.t.9_~}._I:!Bh_~ _____________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ __ R_Q.Qk:!:~£.~--- - ----- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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My name is ____ J4;r_s_.__..Gha.a._L.~_Gayno..r_-(..Lilli.e...-Geyn0-J;!}---------------My post office address is ___ __Elkt.o.n.~_J...a. _____ _________ ____ _______ ____________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
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buildings and improvements: ____ : __-: __-:_ _:-__: __:-____________________ _____________________ _

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_____ v·1rg1ma,
the_ .3.t- ll.J all ___ 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. )

__ one- thi rd_int ere s t. _____ _---------- --------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _____ dom He nsl.ez ___________________________________ ____ __________________ _
South ____ :I . _H. __ ""'rshall _estate ----------- -------- -- ------------ -- -- - --- - ---East _____ A.dam He nsle..:L estate ____________________ ______ ________ __ ____________ _
West_ _____ • _H. ;.;:arshall _estate _and Cook _esta to ____ ____________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ _l_~{).9___ in the
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by .tou.r_se arate _doeds _as _:follows : __ deed _from J . _A._ Bear _and ___ife ;

. f . Palmer , ----------------&amp;c ., and J . ----------------------S. Harnoberger, &amp;o .
--------------------------~--------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__i .._QQ9_&lt;@..Q9____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
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I am the owner of__ l_~_.9R_.?_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 da(~g by: ~he froposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of
~OV
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description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ).
Remarks·------ - ----------------------------------- - --------- - ------------ __ ___ ___
H. A. Bear and wife · Jno

$---~3.;.oa8:...S.o__

--------------------------- ---- ------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mo/2,,~ attache hereto) thi~ ____!§j:;]:! ____ day
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To-« ~--The undersigned hereby certifies thaL ____I,j._l_l,j._~ __G_~ m_Q:r_______________ ...: _________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
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                    <text>ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT

#163 - Gibb ons , Emma V.
Number of Acres:
Location:

110

One mile east of Yanc ey , east of Gap Run .
the Park area .

Roads:

Two mile s to Islan d Ford over oo unty road .

Soil:

Slop e type .

Enti rely with in

clea red land on this trac t.
History of Tract and condition of timber: Ther e is no
t is in wooded land and has been heav ily cut

This enti re trac
ated ly . All of the
over a nd a port ion has been burn ed over repe
ing noth ing
saw timb er has been remo ved from this trac t, leav
exce pt fuelw ood . Tota l of 700 cord s .

Improvements:
N01TE .

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Total Value

Value per acre

Ridge:
Slope: .

110

$385 . 00

$3 . 50

Cove:
Grazing Land:

Fields Resto cking :

175 . 00
$560 .00 .

Culti vated Land :
Orch ard:
Mine rals:
Value of Land : $ 385 . 00
Value of Impro veme nts: $
Value of Orcha rd·: $
Value of Mine rals: $
Value of Fruit : $
Value of Timb er: $
Value of Wood: $ 175 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $5 . 09
Incid ental dama ges arisin g from the takin g of this tract: $

NONE .

~ ~ &amp; • CLERK.

�REPORr: ON ':':'H:::i:

1 ..CREAGE

of the
7 . GIBBo:rs T.....CT //163 .,

The deed for this tract of land states that
it"conta ins about 124i acres" , but does not Give any
descrip tion, other than u gener~l descriy tion of the
locality and a statemen t that it is the residue of
a tract of 1 nd once owned by 'H . B. Yancey and known
as the "Te t l Land. 0
In our survey of this tract we did not make
a complete traverse of the boundary , but did locate
by ties to the park bo1mdary 1:.. nd to road intersec tions

located by the U.

s.

G.

s. ,

ull of the boundar ies of

tha tract except the S . W. , ~nd as this is a straight
clos inc li '18, I fee 1 th(,. t
survey of the tract.

,/8

have a reasonab ly complete

The computed ucreage by this

survey is 110 ucres, ~nd t~is is covered by the State's
report .

~ti~~

Chief ~neinee r, Purk Service .

�. ,,
NAME OF CLAIMANT

#230 - Gibbons , Emma

v.

Number of Acres: 120
Location:

Hawksbill Creek near top of Blue Ridge and lies entirely
within the Park area .

Roads:

Eleven miles to Elkton over seven miles of count road and
four miles over Spotswood Trai 1 .

Soil:

Sandy clay loa:gi.

History of Tract and condition of timber:

The cleared land on this tract has been
used for grazing purposes for many years .
There is no sawtimber on the woodland .
Improveme nts:
Dwelling:
Log , l5xl7' , 2 rooms, porch 6xl6' , shingle
roof, stone flues , lk story, log finish, poor condition , occupied
by tenant , kitchen, 2 rooms 15xl6xl2' .
Old barn:
Log l?x44xl2' , shingle roof , poor condition .
fiiiJii
: Spring hose :
Log , 8xl0x6' , shingle roof , poor condition .
Hen house:
Log , 8xl0x6', shingle roof , poor condition .
Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

10

~5 . 00

~50 . 00

110

30 . 00

3300 . 00
3350 . 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:

120
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
V~ueofLand : $ 3350 . 00
Value of Improvements: $

26 O. 00

Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $

260 . 00

Value of Timber: $
ValueofWoc d: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 30 . 70

Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON,.;J .

25 . 00
50 . 00

~3685 . 00

�Claim of_ 1Vlr s . _.l:!.mma V •__Gibbons __________________________________________________ _
___ Count y, v·1rgmia,
. . N o. _____~5. --, At Law.
Rockingham
. ·t Court of _______________________
I n the C1rcm
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiGihb ons:,-...O. n.e~-.of - ..a.1w-u .t--l-~5--t e--1-43--dEH'--e-s---,------.
t 10ner,
vs. r.s..... _ , a._V. .. ___
_including_..c.: r_t_ain _miner.al_tlght.s__ ______________________________________ ____ _
more or less, of land in ____ .fl.ocltiri_g_haru. __________ 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_ _____ijg_cJ£j.p_g)J..?-11.! _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __ Mr:sJ_....Emm.a_J[L_.GibhQD.S.. ______________________________________ _
My post office address is __ E.l.tt.9_!1~--Y~~--------------- ------------------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_l13_f2. _j:;_Q_J.±3 ____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :.E.r.o_p,er_cy __C.QD..S..i.s_t_5 _.9..f _..s_avL _t.imn.er__lancL.and_~01mg
t.imber_.,__also mineral _ de:posi ts _of _manganese _ of _highestp1.u:ety ,.._ n1ining
~haft_ lowered _and _ de:posi ts _of _manganese _ definitely _d.etermin_ed i ____ __ _
This land is located about_ _____l _____ miles from _____ _yancey________________ Virginia, in
he ____ St. o.ne.Ymll _Magistetial District of said County.
&lt;.:,,- I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land desen e above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and · joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
Id set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
he s
parcel of 1-ru\d described above.)
J_Qint_.PJrn.e. _.YL:lth._daJ.igti_t.er__-=_!"1...r.s..,_....Maty_J2:o.a..p_ ...,...._Jr_.... ,,_..an.o...._s.on_=----------The land ownerS&amp; jacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North __ ..Har.ns ~ - . a n ...Eiµ.e __ ______________________________________________ _
South __ Gib.bons _Lan.d_ ____ ~ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----East ___ .B..y-..Sur.JLey -------------- ---- ------------------------ ------------------West___ J .. _JiL_..8.ip.a _ .. ---- ~ -----=---- ------------------------ ----------------I acquired my right, title, estate or i tere t t this property about the year ____ ______ in the
following manner:
e.r.!....s._.e.s.ta.t.e=.G.ap.t.. ..13......B .. Y..an.c..e.y__ _
P_~g_p_e:r.t.Y-_lJ_,rr.t_l..;1 __:l1Jb._~;i._t_eg_.f.r.PJU_

--

I claim that the total value of this tract or reel of land with the improvements theree of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $..5.00D.. .. O.D.._______ I claim that the tota
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $____ .5..QOD_....OD___ _
I am the owner of_ __ .2_43_________ acres of land ald§~~1fg&lt;.t&lt;~ olv~~~:xn;~ x
x~m~}mi.1bdmtdying 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: 'l'.t1j,_~_Jv_QQ9.J.q.D_Q_j.....s__.o.w.n.e.d._a.nc1 _Q.,per.......tfili_in_Cfilln.e.ction.. _~ri.th ___
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ace c.S.~ib.le.......a:nd.-c;:.onv.eni.ent, -..J.Ai.ne;r.a-1- 4efX)-Si-t-s- o-.f.- maBg-£x-Be-&amp;e --nro:y--be--of--

gi:ea..t._Y.alue..L________________________________________________________________ ________ _
------------------------ --------------- - ---- (Continue remarks if necessary ~ e back).

of_*;/z/:~:~~r1~3t

my name ; nd

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STA;;-u-; ;-;;;~INIA, C UNTY OF - - ~ ~ ~ - - - v ' ! ' o / w y ; :
The undersigned hereby c tifies at_ ___ ~ ___ L · - ~ - ----the above named claimant perso all:¼ appeared before him and made oath that the matters
nswer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
an_d thin~earing in his abo

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�Claim ofll-~cJ

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County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
In the Circuit Court oL.d0____
of the State of Virginia, PetiDevelopment
The State Commission on Conservation and
tioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _

~ -------------------. --..------------------------------------------ .-· I) ~
--County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
more or less, of land m_/_lA}_ ________ ---~
The undersigned, in answer to the peti ion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of s~id ~ ition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL ~ -~ ~-!).. _'1...~----- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
a d to said notice.
as his answer to saict p titi

-------------------------------------------7
My name is.X. _ _ -.
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 about_ __l1_8-_fz.,_ ___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _

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At Law.
In the Circmt Court of-1- t:&amp;.&amp; ½-~- -Cou nty, Virgmi a, No. ________ ,
a, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgini
_
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
tioner, vs. __________________________________________

_f~ __

County, Virginia~ Defend ants.--- ----more-o r less, of land in_&amp;~~
ation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the petitil of the State Commission on Conserv
awarde d
nation
condem
of
notice
the
to
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respons
in
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,
velopment of the State of Virginia
Circuit
the
upon the fl~ of laid peti1gm and published in accordance with the order of
file this
Court of_ ______~ _J;.: P__~_ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ______ )( ____________ , _________ ~---- ------ ------ ------ --My post office address is __ jj___________
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
g
to be condemned, contain ing about/ ~.&amp;f_z_ _______ acres, on which th~re are the followin
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buildings and improv ements: ________________________________________________________

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in the tract or parcel of land dem~rest
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scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner
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owners.
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the
I acquired my right/ title, estate or fnterest to this propert y about the year_J_f/_'!__in
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereinterest ,
on is $:JJd_p_p_~4_ Lt)___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or
____ _
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J.f.t,}{ .. 2:)
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, C(Jg~ ··pqJJ1: ~~ -- _ , ~- ,. ~ , To-wit.
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The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _______ __ __ ___ ____,_..~---:.....:v- :\i:. --v.u-:i:t.-e:,-r---- ------matters
the above named claiman t personally appeare d before him anctnra de ·oatn11iat"1the
belief,
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--- --- ~ . . 9 . ~ __ County, Virginia, No
The Sta te Commission on Conse
. ________, At Law.
rvatfon and Development of the
Sta te of Vir gin ia, Pet itioner, vs. _____ --- --- --- --- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- 0 ~I /-- ---- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -mo re or less, of lan d in_ j_: ~___
-- -- -- -- The undersigned, in ans we r to the______1:: :-- .9- .~~ Co un ty, Vir gin ia, De fen dan ts.
velopment of the Sta te of Vir gin petitiah. of the Sta te Commission on Conservation and
Deia, and in res pon se to
upon the f i ~ ~
id pe
ftiti ~ and published in accordthe notice of condemnation aw ard ed
ance wit h the ord er of the Cir
Co urt oL /_U . _______ -~
cui t
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Co
unt
y,
Vir
gm
ia,
ask s leave of the Co urt to file
as his ans we r to sai d P.e ition
thi s
and to said not ice .
My name i s : / c - ~
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---

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- My pos t office add res s is- --- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --~ ----- --- --- --- --- --- 1 claim a rig ht, title, est ate or int
ere st in tra ct or par cel of lan
d wit hin the are a sou ght
to be condemned, con tain ing abo
ut_ _)k /J _J_1=_____ acres, on wh
ich the re are the following
buildings and imp rov em ent s: ___
______________________________
________________ __________ _
____________________________ "
___ ___ _______________ IL? ___
__ ___ _______ _____ __ ____ ____ __
Th i~ ~n d is located ab o~ L- ~-:-- ~-m ile s ~rom ____
Vir gin ia, in
t h e ~ ~~
-MJ gi st~ l ~r ict _ ~a iq ~
n t ~ c-&lt;...
I claim the follo~ ing rig ht, titl
e, est ate ti? mt ere st in the tra
scribed above: (In thi s space
ct or par cel of land decla
im
ant sho uld say wheTuer he is sol
and if joi nt ow ner give nam es
e ow ner or joi nt owner,
of
the
joi nt ow ner s. If cla ima nt is not
he should set out exa ctly wh at
sole or joi nt owner
rig ht, title, est ate or int ere st
he has in or to the tra ct or,
, , ~l of lan d cJeis~ibed above.
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ct or parcel of land are as follow
s:

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fo llo ~g ma nne r:

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st to this property about the
year__ ________in the

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---~ - : ; ;- ~
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-- -- -- -- -- I claim tha t the tot al value of thi
s tra ct or par cel of lan d wit h the
imp
rov em ent s the reon is $-- --- --- --- --- --· I cla
im tha t the tot al value of my
rig ht, title, est ate or int ere st,
the o ner of ________________ a
la
ut lyi
outsid the P
pos co em na · n of a
~x,,., ,i..wn i the
ar , o t e ten f $(In the space below should be
set
out
any
add
itional sta tem ent s or inf orm atio
thi s claim which cla ima nt desires
n as
description of th~ tra ct or :parce to ma ke; and if practicable he should also ins ert her e toa
l of Yd by me tes and bounds
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of/ ~- 1- -- -- -- -, 1930.
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STATE OF JJF GI NI A, COUN
TY OF
_
Th e un de r~e cth ere by certifi
the above nam ed cla ima nt person es tha t_ _____ .,,c..,. ~4,\ ,!~C 4,,C -.v:n ~ - - ~ - - - - - - --- -and thi ngs ap ~n g in his a~? ally app ear ed bef ore h
and
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of
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,/)/~,Lf~~ cb u~ ~ ______________________ _

__ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
In .the Circuit Court oL_J_(v_ ~, - [~
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __________________ ___________________________________________________________ _
more-or -less, of land i n E ~ ~9 - t _ ~ __ 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 fili1.* of &amp;aid peti_Yon and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL_L Y ~t}.ltJ#-:!3-,,___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name

is-~

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My post office address is __ , -~-0-::!:::-----r --.YL.!:2:'-J'- ~~-----l claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__/_,4_./2'_,f-1-:-_____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _

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ThiA }and is located about_ __~ _____ _miles from ____

Virginia, in

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theJ ~ w ~ - ~ t ~ ~ ~ std ~ n~
I claim the following right, title, estate of interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say wheTher he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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aboy2-)
pa ·c~ of land descrit

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bed tract-or parcel of-land are as follows:

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South ___

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!:::t:::.h. ,_-.-:-:--_:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I acquired m~ right, title, es ate or interest to this property about the yearLf'(~ _in the
_
- following manner:

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-- - - ~ - k .. Y ~ _11. / M _ ~ ~ -- ~ - ~-------------1 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $fi.Jd_~_(J_()_,__o_Jj__ . 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 $/!J.IJ.,~,__i:.7-___ ,
acre of la adj "ning e ab e
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(In the space below should be set out an y 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 ~ metes and bounds).
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'fit~ess my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____;t._4,~h_ ___ ___ day

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STATE OF VIRdINIA, GOONT4::0F;:Ljaz~-P_-#--::~-=c:£&gt;
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The undersigned hereoy cm"tines tuat __ _____________Lol..S.---Y....'Ule.e...y--------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters

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Claim
In the Circuit Court oL/ _U_1__________ _________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservatio and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ ____ ____ ________ ______ . _____ _____________ ____________ ______________________ _

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more or less, of land in./-J- 'ZfW~--_________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the peti
of the State Commission on Conservation and Dein response to the notice of condemnation awarded
velopment of the State of Vi inia, a
upon the )i~ ofj aid peti n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of./-l,- ~U-0___ ~ ---~
- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to sai
etition and' to said notice.
My name is _______ 'M ~ _a . _ ~------- ,:a ----- - -,:--- - ----------------My post office address is ____~ - ~ - - ~ - Y ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a 1J._act or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __/~f-2-::-: _acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: __ __ _____ ___ ________ ___________ __ ____________ ___ ___________ _

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In the Circuit Court oL~ ------- j1- l 1 ~ _____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _
more-or less, of land in __ &amp;~9_:./!;__ _~_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 filin% o~eti~);on and published ~~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t
County, Virgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_ __ ji&amp; ________

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as

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- ~ ---------~------ ---------------- -----My post office address is ____ ~
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__J.Z_~ f ~ ____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: _______________________ ------~--------- ____________________ _
---------------- -------------,-- ---------------- -- &lt;i.7------------ ----------------- -----

ThirJEnd is located about__&lt;&gt;c,, _______miles from __ _ . ( ~ ~----------Virginia, in
.JC_ ·
thei~ ~-~s~eri al Distri~ s~i~unty.
I claim the followingrigl{t, tme';' estafu6r i n t ~ h e tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say wheTuer 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
ri/
~r~# !JJ. land d~cribed above.)

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~ : : t F t : ~J ~ ~ed tract-or parcel of land-are as follows:!

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foll?~~ manner:

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. interest to this property about the year_Lf':!.~n the
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fu~~d ,.-- n . ~ ~-Z-1,~ --~
~--~-- 0:h..'f- ~~~f~ --~~+- -------- -- I claim that the total value of this met oi:~are0l ~f la.lid with the improvements thereinterest,
on is $Q_)j.JLll.1L~-~- -- I claim that the total value of my right, title, est
· ~, ~,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~
m the owner of_ ____________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
prot
d
am
II
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rk. a a,
outsi the
pare o 1/11tnd)Y lyi
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o __
ar , to e ex
s · in he a
of
pose con~nat
(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
.
p_arcel of lalJ4 by metes and bounds).
description of the tract

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Remarks: lt~-~~AJ±.~L-~~-~~-~~~~

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~,(Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
"\}'itness my signature (or my name and mark attac3-ed hereto) this _____ ~~--------day

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193 .

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'f. ____'_ ___

!_t__ (_____ L,____ -,-_~~C~!--"0 ---

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' COUNTY OF-------- ~
STATE OF ~
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL---- ~ ~---~ --- Y- -~ -~ --------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his ~bpvf answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,

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this _______,_t!!______ day of

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erk of the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.

�~~a::e ~ r c ~ Li
_- ---~ ---- _______- __ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservati&lt;0; and Development of the State
of Virgin ia, Petitioner, vs. ____________________________________________________________
_________________ _
------ ------ ------ --- -.-- ?.:J ~--p- ~----- - ------ ------ ----. --..----------- ------ ---more or less, of land m_J~ 5:. _____
_County, V1rgmia, Defend ants.
The undersigned, in answe r to the petiti of the St te Commission on Conser
velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon se to the notice of condem vation and Denation awarde d
upon the fi~- ~ , ~ ~~t~~ and published in accordance with the order
of the Circui t
Court oL_ /_l! ~~~ Cou nty, Virgin ia, asks leave of the
Court to file this

as h~;::: :_~'.~~Jl:~o

~i _e: ____ ------~.-p-y: ;----- ---:,C ------My post office addres s is ___
..,._~--- -- _ _____ -~- --.: r--- L-~
,, __-::_
I claim a right, ti-tte, esta~e of' interes t in a tract or parcel of land within the
area sought
to be condemned, cont;in ing abo --/-- ~ ~ ~-acres, ~n whi5,h th
77e ~ the following
/"{bu ilding s and improvements:__________
-~--~-k--~

~ - - ~ -----'_' - ~6ifU ri/4"' ~ .

------ ------ -----

'
------ ------ ------ -- ----------- ------ ------ ------ ------------ -----

---- I-cl im that the-tot al --Jue of t h i ~
~
~ ~ Y : &lt; 1 " . ! ! ' ~ ~ ~ ~ a l value of my right, title,
estate or interes'.'9 ..._
in and to ~~r parcel of land with the improv ements thereo n is
$~Q -~_5)___'¥!,__ Y:¼the owner of_ _______ ____ __ __ acres of land adjoini ng the above described
tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damag
ed by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---------- ------ -·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statem ents or inform
ation as to
this claim which claima nt desires to make; and if practicable he should
also
insert
here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remar ks· -- ~
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ /.o_ ~~;T-------, To-wit
:
The unders igned hereby certifies t h a L - ~ - ~--~/J:=-__
the above named claima nt personally appear ed before him and made
that the matter s
and things appear ing in his abi answe r are true to the best of his oath
knowledge and belief,
this ___ _____(,a ________ day of_ ____~
------ -, 193{.
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of __~

a,_ ~--- ------------

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°My Commls~lon tx~ctob;r Toth

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Clerk of the Court, or Special Investi gator· or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.

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Claim of
d,, e,,a/.U .,,-C ---------- -- ---------- In the Circuit Court of ______~
9---~----Cou nty, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _______ _________________________________________________ __ ___________________ _

Tu;~~de~~ig,,~~.1i:~,;~,;;?h,~! ~statecC~~~i~/~~~~a,c~:::~v~~i! and Development of the State of Virginia,

and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing~ p! ition 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 __ ~ - ~ -~ s ~-----177 ------~----~---- ------

--------?---~ -~ ~ ~-------

My post office address isf l ~ --I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_J_g!;i..7-~____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _

_____________________________ ') ______ ____________ __ ?i?------------- ---------------- ---Thi~}and is located about_ __L10______ _ miles from ____£ ~
-~
--:------ Virginia, in
the. . J ~~ ~~te;rial District of said County.
I claim the following r i g h ~ ~ ftf ~ i~;;t~the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whe~er 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
of land desc1?1?ed above.)
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::t~n~ ~ ~ ~bcJve~
South __

act_or parcel of-land are as follows:

!?t~ ---~_-;;:,zz:.._ __________________ ______________________

I a c : : ~! ~;et ~ ~ -:::-::::::::-:: :~~-:::-~::~; ;~~::-: :
follom.ng manner:

,

~_lt: :~et ;?~= ~=~ ~=-=I-claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements the~

on is $2-..k/.JJ. P_0.-1 _((_ /) __ _, 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 $.IJilJ_t.,_-~:.2.. ___ ,
th ow r of __ ___
____ __acres
Ian djoi · g th abo de
par,
b t lyi g outsi e the B k ar
w ·c I a· w,' be
pos d
demnati
of
s w
t
ar
rea,
te 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 offnd by metes and bou
. .
JJ
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n~-ds . l/v1.~v-6 tn,,1-.ARemarks . ~.u:l:n..o..&lt;i:-~~.;rx~ J~

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~~-til_~,/JJl..i.~/&lt;-o4t} Continue remarks if necessary on the back) .

. }Vit}Jess my signature Q: or my name and i-nark attached hereto) this ____~fj;_~ _____ day

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The undersigned hereby ce'i-tifies thaL_ ~ __.£Q;?.l-0-~t.e--~ ance..,~L- ic.e,. ____ ____ __ ______
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s
and things appearing in his a~J ve1 answ: r ar e true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______ J..LJ.tJ:1-__ ___ day oL1#'.Ldiv.../_ - -,

193ld

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---- - ---- - - -- - - - - - -- ---- ----- - ---

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CierkofJ.th:e}.Cntrtt;:-01:'.:, Spe:ciat:I..,.J.~~r,~
Notary Public, or::fi!"S.~~5&amp;:9&amp;1 _.

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�Claim of_ _____ f.__,;:._~:;='11.
In the Circuit Court oL f
tioner, vs. ___________________________________

------------------------ -----------------

more or less, of land in ________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petit· of the State Commis~on on Conservation and Development of the St te of Vi inia, an in response to the~ice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~ of aid peti on and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of..{/j{!.j ______-_ --- ~--- ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to fil~ this
as his answer to sa · petition a d to said notice.
--;nt; ___ _
My name is _______ ~ _ _ _ _ ______ _ ____. ____ ~
My post office address is ________ ------------------------ ----------- ~fl__-:-____ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought

~:i i::~ ~~I S
_______ Virginia, in
d· is·_~e~t~.,;3'bouL ____~ __ miles fro __________________
the~ ~Magisterial District of said ounty.
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 .. 7f claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exact!Y, what ri ht, title, ~ or interest he has in or to the trr
This~#

. T~:~~:~:~~~:~~-,~:v;;~!€~~~~
North ______

'..,/-: _____________

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l~------ ---- ------------------------ -----------------

I acquired my right, titl , estate or intere
following manner:

_in the
to this property about the year __j___ft.~_

~~~
~ ~ . ? - ¼~- « P - ~ ~ - ~ w t o ~ : o f my right, title, estate or ~r~
---- I-- aim that the-total val~of thi. ~ f

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in and to this tr~ct--2.r_ parcel of land with the improvements thereon is ~ !__~~- = -~
th~ o~ ne~ of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
~
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
_

Remarks·

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- - - - - ~ ~ ~ u e remarlfsit necessary vu, tf\e bac· : .

Witness my &amp;ignafore (or my name and mark attac~eto) this _______________ day --------------~ ~-~ ~ ~ ~
of ________________ ~---, 1930.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ _________ 77 ___ ----------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___Q,___6.L_ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before h
and things appearing in his above answer are true to t

------------- _ ------ ---------

and made oat that the matters
best of his knowledge and belief,

'}_~----J91Hi _~ ______ _

this ______ j 52 ________ day oL ___
llg

miio ·
1011

Expire$ A11g. 16, 1IJ81

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Notary Public, ..cu:.J.ustice-.o.Lth~ J~~.--1\

�~~::-4(! ~~k&lt;- -County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _

-------- -------- -------- (";;)

-tf .------ -..-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --

more or less, of land in_ /.(:~ g._____ _ ______ County, Virginia, Defendan ts.
The undersigned, in answer to the petiti of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Vj{ginia, and m response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon thef9'!Y1g oJ sa~d pet;ti.on and published i~ a_cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t
Court of'-S1LM.f:..____ ________ _ County, V1rgrnia, asks leave of the Court to file this

as h~ya~:: :: _h~:t ult?'"
said

tice. ______

___. ___________ ; /;.,:---- -

. _____~..;4~_______ _______ _______. _______ _______
My post office address 1s
u
___ _

I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or reel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containin g about__ j ~-1- '~_acres, on which t h ~ w i n g

~~::!:it-~~~bout_ ____ ~

_miles from_

7-

�~ircu~:-::~~' £__'=1-Coun : Virginia, No, ________, At Law.

~~a:e

The State Commission on Conservation'-dnd Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _

------------------------ ·- - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~~ / ~-Ji:,~-I claim that the total value of this
·
·
-'I
,, -~-,::-v--c--~~ ~..(-.__.._
Mi is $~4~:-:-:__r.: 1 claim that th total value of my right, title, estate or intere~
~
()~
in and to ~ ! [ ~ or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $..,.;,L~~- ~ -----~ the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outsid~ 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

·,

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________________________ ,;__~----------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
, /
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Witness my signature (or my name and m~attached hereto) this _____~ ________ day

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,

;~~;~~~~~;;~, l~~~NTY OF_£r,;_-; ;~~if-i,;=;~=~i~~--- ---------

The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____. ?::!'__{!____ ,___ £ _~ ------------ ~ -----the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appea~ing in his above -11-1:Bwer are true to the best of his knowledge /and belief,

this_____

j ~ &lt; ____

day of__

? .:_________

::~3 ~1r&amp;:~ ator~

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Notary Public, or Justice- of the P-eace.
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Claim of_____
0-----~ -----~-- -------- -------- -------- -----In the Circuit Court oLJ__ ____ ______ -~oun ty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation
d Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _______________________________________ _____________ _________________ ________ _
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendant s.
The undersigne d, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of ~~~inia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the
of "aid, peti~. 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_________ ~ . - 2J2.-~
~
-z_(-- zi;:_-My post office address is _____________ , _________t:-_~~~~ !::-'-~--- ------------~

re

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I claim that the total value of this tEact gr ~:.ind . wit:a t+te iffll'l'Oot'l'R-Q~R.w~--..~
...o.n is $~!t'P-~-~~ ~- ~ t h ~ l ~ a l u
of e
m right, title, estate or inter~e&amp; t,
~
,,
t ~ p a r c e l of land wtth the mprov ents thereon is $~~~!
'~----·
f r -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 damagea 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 informatio n as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a

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�Claim of__ lArs . _.r:;mma V ._ uiooons _________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of ___ fulc ki.n ilim_ __________ County, Virginia, No,----~ -, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ~1-r:.e..: __-::'@I!.~_y_ !__ ~_-h Q.P_QD2_,__ 9Jy:n_t;_r_:_ _9_.( _9,_b_Ql1_t.. _l _~5 __t_Q_l43_...acr....e.s~------_incl ue1il:i.g_ _ c~r tainmirn~r..al _ righ_ts_,___________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ___ tl.9_c~j__ngr.1..arn ____________ 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:'-i&lt;?~!~tP.Kr:!§._!1!_ ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
·
My name is ___ tl.rs~_-!:Jrnma __'[ L__Gib.JJ..on.s.. ________________ ~--------------------My post office address is __EJ.kt9_I!~_Jeg~---------------- -----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__J_~~ _j:;_Q_d-.1':? ___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements:.P_IO_p_er.t..:l. _..C..Q:0.5_is.t_s_ _o.f. _.s..a.w__t.imh r __laru:t. _ana_-Y-oung
_t_imb e r , a.J.so_ miD&lt;3ral _deposi ts _of _u1a.ngane s c _of _h i gne st pur e ty, _mining
..s.ho.1...t _lQw..e...t. C:: d _ana _deposits _of _mangan e s e _ae fin.1. t e ly d e t c;; rmin ea . _____ _
Th'1s 1·an d 1s
m1'l es f rom_________
. 1oca t ed a b ou t ____________
1
Yanc 8y____________________ v·1rgmia,
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·
the_ b.t..one.wall ___ 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.)
..J.oint _.a · nP-r _.witlL _ct..au~n_t-sr__ -::_ .J.11:c.s_.__ !! 4:ry__ g;p_aJm_,__JL!...1_AD.9-__ e.9J!.::: __________ _
_tl.un.t.er 111~- Gi_bb on s ________________________________________________________________ _
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
N orth ___ .Bdrll.s.h.er.g_~r- ana _Sl,_pe _______________________________________________ _
South ____ Gi o lJ on s_ 1,ma _________________________________________________________ _
East ____ By __ Su r v C::_y ____________________________________________________________ _
West ___ J .__
vip£.. _____________________________________________________________ _
L-

I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
....E .a ·r_ty __par_tly__.inher_lt -9-__ ;t_r_QI11__ruy __:(g._t_r_1e_r_!..;;__~;;.t_~ts:._-:Cs!-12.t.!}Y.!..Jj_._:[0.r~c.::. __
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J-~0_QQ_!_QQ_____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-'l,. 000 ~00-----·
~
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I am the owner oL_ l;:_4,.Q __________ acres of land ~o:hlingdihe:xahroze:xmscrilmdJ&lt;tlrant:xarx
.:xp3rn.eixofxl:ruubhut lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· This_ woo a lanei_ is_ own e d _ ana ops3rat ed_ in conn e ction _1u th __ _
_riy e r bottom. _land at_ Yanc ey~ __ va . -ab out _one mil e _ui stant. __ n c a d ily _
-a.ccesfil.ble _.and..._cm :'lenient .. __ Jiilin .r.al _.d.epn..s.i_t_s_ _o.f. _m_4:og_an;;::_s_ELlllg.Y__t2;, __Qf

-g~..ea.t.. value...... ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------------

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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF------~------- -~o;;wjt:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the m,atters
and things ~aring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
tu,·
~
.
thiL.2-'t' __________ day o L ~ - - 3 ( ~

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Clerk of the Cou:rt, or Special Investigato=r or
~ otary Pu ljc, o, J ~ . th~
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Rev,\s~d repo~

County:

~

D1str1o~:

Rockingham
Stone 11

1;63 - Gibbon, .

Acreage Q.1Jl1med:

.Assessed:

Val o

Assessed:

Clat . d:

243. 95

l/5 1nt.
..
14/40
JO
6.
$69
inherited 1th

rea:
one m11e east of

Location:

y;

Deed: 124 A..
purcbaoed 1926

other lam .
ncoy, east of Gnp Run.

....nt1.rol7 w1 tb1 n the Park area.

•ne.

I,noumbrances , oounter ol 1 s or lllP§:!,

Slope type.

§911:

o miles to Island Ford over oounty road .

Roads:

or

There is no cleared ·
Umber:
iiifuf on tiiis \raoi . Thi s entire trucl ts in wooded
been h avil7 cut QVer and e. portion
land and
has been burned. over repeatedly. All of tl saw
timber has boen r oved trolll this t:ract, lea ing
r.ot~1ll8 ezeept tuelwood . A total or 700 cords valued
• 254 per cord or 175. 00

story of t~c, and eondltton

Improvements::
Volue ot .land

None.

bz

tms;

Value

29r . acre

:1.So

(burn d)

(unbUl"ned}

Tot~ll va luo o-£ l nnd
Tot·. l value

To~ul value

.. ..... .....
. . . ....... .
........
,

,

or tr o,

3.50

. IIo-

~verage v lue per ere

,

......

241 •.00

175. 00
l.6 . 00

'3.78

Total
value

.®§. oo
133. 00
2 2 I. 5o

�#230 - Gibb ono 1 Ea.a v.

u

Valu e Cln.i ned:

Loca tion:

6956 . 00
"
re !1 ~ 1 0 •

"960 . 00

1

entir ely
Hawk nbill oree near tov of Blue R~dge and liec
\?it.t in t1e f-ark area .

Incuo branc es , coun ter clain s or la~s :
.§.2.ll :

- ;&gt;.,ep. 120 A •

.. oseo ed 120 A .

6-,crea, .e Claio ed:

None known .

Cand y clay loa.t:1 •

leven oile s to ~lkto n "Ver seve n nileo of O&gt;Unty road
o. ...d fou1' nile s ovc ~ 3potm ood '.l'rai l .
clca= ed land on this
Hist or, of trac t and cond itio of tinb cr: Thepurp
oseo for oany year s .
troc t ae been used for graz ing

: oa.da :

Ther" ' is no aawt inbe r on the ,iood land .
Tit:1b er : Fuel :ood .... 120 cordo vn.lu ed

Inpro ven ntc:

50¢ --- ,160 . 00 .

gle
ellin ~: Log, 15xl 7', 2 roor.10, porch 6xl6 ', shin
,
ition
cond
poor
h,
finio
log
,
story
roof , stone flue s, ls
' -- ~lbO . 00
occu pied by tena nt, ki tc:1e n - 2 roon s 15xl 6xl2 11
25.0 0
Old barn : Log 1 ?x4·1 xl2', shin gle roof , )Dor
5 . 00
, ~oor u .
s1rin c hous e : Log, 8xl0x 6 ', shin gle roof
5. 00
"
poor
,
roof
gle
Hen hous e : Log, vxl0x 6 ', shin
,i.)185 . 00

Val ,e of land by t:n;e s:

Valu e
per a.ere
!,3 .oo

... creac ;e
10

T;z1Je

Slo e
Fg

25 . 00

110

:r2·0-

Tota l vnlue of
Tota l value of
1'otc. l vnlue of
Tota l va.lu e of
Tota l value of
.Avc_~o. 0

~

orclm rd

land
in .rove nents
tinb er

trac t
vo.lu c _;Cr o.c:.: re

,_o.oo

2780 . 00
H .. 5 . 00
60 .00
.,~06~ .oo
25 .

Tota l
Valu e
. 30 . 00
2750 . 00

,°; ~;'lfJO . 00

�County:
-

#163- Gibbon, Mrs . Emma

District:

Rockingham
Stonewall

v.

N
.......... _

T. L. Yance7

Jacob Yost

LEGEND:
Slope
Scale • l"

= 20

chains

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file m the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,

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THS ST.&lt;\TE J0~J:Is.3I0N

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1932

~O:iS3RV'r::'IOH

YS .
81\3S11]DR~ ATZI:r~ IJ OTIC.:i.:3 , -~=rn t'IFTY TWO THOU.3Airn FIVZ HUimR.m
SIXTY ONS (52 , 561) AJRE.3 OF Ld1:rn rn 110_,Kl]GHA:.1 cou.:TY .

To the honorable

.u. •

•1 .

l

3ertram , Judge of the circuit court of

HockinghaLl J ounty .
The .Pet i tion of .Jrs . ~:n.na.

v. Gi bbons ,

i

unter ..1 . Gibbons , ana

.lrs . J ry Gibbons dnapp , respectfully represents:

~/I,~.

That tney are the ovners in fee sLnple of' a tract of one hundr d
,\

and tr enty four and one - half acres of Lnd within the urea which i
sought to be condemned for Par.;c purposes in the above entitled 0au e .
'.that this land lies .t!)ast of yancey about one or one and one - ha f
niles , that nost of the land is flat land , timber , and 0ontrins
valuable .1anganese prospects as will be seen from Bulletin 660 J
issued by the interior Depart~ent on Januery 21 , 1918 .

This land

is in ti nber but is cap'"'ble of utilization for f r1:1ing purposes
and for fruit raising .

'l'he land 'itself regardless of the rnineral

pro s pects thereon is worth at least one 111hous811d .&amp;ight Hundred
Sixty :,even Dollars and .1&lt;ifty Gents for ·,;hich the Appraisal
Corruissioners of the rar,::

proposed

Lo give only the sun of

Five ttundred and Sixty Dollars which is aot one - third of its actua
Vfl

lue .
LI .A.:.:D IT ION '.i. 0

H.::::

11

OT.;, .uXJeptaa t exJept s to

SEi

id report of

.'ippra isal Go,n.nissioners upon the grou.:1cls that they h~ve ignored th
.11ineral rights thereon belonging to .r;;xcepta . . t

1d others which is

c:i ...

worth at le&amp;st 'l'Welve l'housand .uollars , ...:.iXCeptant·s interest there n
being 7orth

· if teen ~1und rea. Dolls rs .

'l'he proposed t£,cin, of

~xceptant • s property at the price aug;ested by the ~oard of apprai al
uom;nissioners a nounts to confiscation of their property and ta,.::ing
tte same without

~

ny just compensation th ~re for .

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,JEERE OR Petitioners pray leave to file this, their except ,

3oS

�to the said report of the ::said Board of
asks the Court to grant the ..1 Fi hesrin

ppraisal co.nnissioners and
befo:re the

,ourt or the Jur

empanneled by it to the end that justi0e .ay be done p3titio11ers .

AJD they will ever pray , etc .

Cou 1s el

VI .c,J- IJ 1ri ,

I, Bess. ie "': .

Coo,;{,e , a

.1.

ota ry Pu bli...i in r..uct for the

; i tJ of

Ha risonburg in the ;;;t-£te of Virgii1ia , do certify th!it •.1rs . E.11na

going Petition or ~x0eption are true .
Given under ~y hand tfuis 1st day of October , 1932 .

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�VIRGINIA: · IN TEE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .
The State Com.mission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PETITIONER
v.

At Law No. 1829

Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, ana Fifty-Two
Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres
of land, more or less • • • • • • . • . • . • • . ••
On this

!J.,~

DEFENDANTS

day of December, 1933, came Emma

v.

Gibbons, Hunter M. Gibbons, Mary y . Snapp, Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank of Baltimore, and FarmenB sAgriculture Credit Corporation, by counsel, and on their motion, leave is given them to file
their application for the payment to them in the amounts hereinafter of the sum of Thirty Six Hundred Eighty Five Dollars
($3685.00), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for tract number 230, and heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for
judgment and condemnation heretofore filed herein that in the
opinion of the petitioners, the said Emma V. Gibbons, Hunter M.
Gibbons and Mary Y. Snapp, are invested with a superior or better
right or claim of title in and to said tract number 230; and it
further appearing that the said tract of land is incumbered by a
certain deed of trust to Howard K. Gibbons, Trustee, securing a
debt of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200.00), payable to

/.'~)n..

Thompson; and it further appearing that the said owners ~ve assigned to the Farmers Agriculture Credit Corporation and the Federal
Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore , the sum of Eleven Hundred
Thirty Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1130 . 30) out of said award; and
it further appearing that excepting said deed of trust and said
assignment, the recofd of this cause does not disclose any denial
or dispute of any party or person in interest as to the title to
WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA.

�--2-said tract or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation there
of; and it further appearing that the said Hunter M. Gibbons and
Mary Y. Snapp desire that the entire amount of said award remaining aflter the payment of said deed of trust debt and said assignment debt shall be paid to the said Emma Vo Gibbons;
appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon the sai
tract number 230 have been paid; upon consideration whereof , it i
considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum, to - wit,
Thirty Six Hundred Eighty Five Dollars ($5685 . 00) paid into Court
,I
by petitioner as just compensation for said tract number 230, shall
be paid and distributed as follows :
Twelve Hundred / Dollars ($1200 . 00) thereof to said / ~ J'rv.
Thompson , the owner and holder of said first lien deed of trust;
the further sum of Eleven Hundred Thirty Dollars and Thirty Cents
($1130 . 30) to said Farmers Agriculture Credit Corporation and the

Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore ; and the balance of
said award, to-wit , the sum of Thirteen Hundred ~ifty Four Dollars
and Seventy Cents ($1354 . 70) shoµld be paid to the said Emma

v.

Gibbons ; and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a
certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who
shall pay unto the said / . ~ ~ .

Thompson , Farmers Agri-

culture Credit Dorporation and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
of Baltimore , and the said Emma

v.

Gibbons , the aforesaid respect-

ive amounts , the aggregate of the same being the amount of the
award set out in tl:e judgment of condemnation for said tract of
land, taking from the said payees r eceipts therefor, and certifying such payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry
as required by law .

ENTER :

tr
WARD

SWANK

ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRI SONBURG, VA.

lifJj

�COUNT Y OF ROCKINGHAM

Year

Assessed to:

~ss;s~
.. ........ District
as follows

Received of: .
Capitation
Intangibles
Income

NOTICE
This receipt 1s given

Penalty

for partial payment of taxes .
Original tax ticket will not
be

delivered

to

taxpayer

until t:.ixes are paid in full.

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Personal Property
~eal

FJ4 t; -

P enalty

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/)cres

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Intere st
AJ verti si ng Cost, etc.

/ 100 Dollars

Total
Harrisonbu rg

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Date .......1.. ~/-·-~

/
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M. H. HARRIS
... .. .... 193........ .

By.... ...

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�C!tltrk'11 ®ffi.ct

Qtirruit &lt;!tnurt nf Jnrkingqant &lt;!tnuniJJ
HON. H .

W. BERTRAM

JUDGE

J . ROBERT SWITZER

1Jlfarrisonhurg, lllirginia

DEPUTIES
W . EDGAR SIPE
MARGI E BOWERS

MARGARET BRANUM

C L ERK

STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit :
I , 3 . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
0ounty , do hereby certify that I find no delinquent taxes against the
tract of 120 acres in stonewall District , assessed in the name of Emma

v.

Gibbons and others , except for the tax year 1932 , but which taxes

by statement of M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer , shown herewith, have
been paid in the County Treasurer ' s office , since said tract was
returned delinquent to my office .
Given under my hand this

27th day of December , 1933 .

Cler{ of the C i r ~ u r~
County , Virginia . J

of Rockingham

~ c 9-e.

�M.

H. HARRI SON

TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY
HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA

To Whom It I\,aY Concerm :
I hereby ce rtify that the records
of my of fice show that the tax2s for the years 1932 and
1933 assessed in the name of Emma V. Gibbons , Hunter
Gibbons and others, on a tract of 120 acres of land
situate in Stonewa ll District in Rockingh am County,
have beE n paid .
Given m.nd.er my hand this 2?th day
of Decembe r 1933 .

County .

�State of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to - wit :
I, Janet SprinKel, a Notary Public, in and for the
City and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hunter M. Gibbons
and Ward Swank, whose names are signed to the foregoing writing,
have personally appeared before me in my said City and having been
duly sworn, made oath that the facts therein stated are true .
Given under my hand this 21st day of December , 1933 .
!

Notary Public .

WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT L AW
H ARR ISO NBURG , VA,

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ATTORNEY AT

LAW

HARRISONBURG, VA.

To The

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&lt;;;i.i .rJ1&lt;.1J.1 of the

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i:auz.y , Julia .:.:,Stea ,

!Jiessrs. Ha. er
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doah ~a.tion

v • .zib ons , · . r. YarceJ , . ttie

cey,

• .:i . Yancey and

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n. er of :: .r ...··- nu

ati on proc a edi ngs in co1 , ecti o

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rea , as it

Bo-·a. :

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c y , hu.ve eu1.ployed

represent us in all con-

,v'i th our land tract 116 3 in the

ppears upon the maps filed in

the Jle rk ' c Office of Rocxing ha.n County .
Given u~ der our h • ds this 22~1d d y of

ugu st , 1933 .

IC-k,

�T OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,

THE STATE CO?AMISION ON CONSERVATION AND DEV]ru)RtENT
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ,

Vs o
CASANDRA LAWSON ATKINS , et als ,, and 52,561 Aores

of Land in Rockingham County.

filM t,-, th~ Clerk's Office
R~klN4ham County, Va.
AUG Jf 1933
'ro TEE
HONo Ho

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w.

Bml'RA1:1, JUOO-

OF

rn CIRCUIT c ~ L + ' j : t - Clerk

The motion of Emma V.Gibhons, Ifumter MaGibbons, and Mary Gibbons

Snapp , praying the Court to diaapprove and to decline to accept the findings
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by the said Court
in the above matter, wherein the said Board reported under #163 of its findings
as filed in the Clerk's Office of the said Court that moveants are only entitled
to FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ($560 . 00 ) DOLLARS for the 124-1/2 acres of land which
they own in fee , the mineral rights being owned by Dmna V.Gibbona , et als ., and
for 1hich a separate claim has been filedo
(2)

The amount allowed for the said land is Wholly inadequate , and

amounts to a taking of their property without just compensation.

This land is

in young growing timber , is suitable for farming purposes , and excellent land
for fruit growingo This land at the lo est calculation, lying within a mile
and a half of the railroad , and alongside the public road, is easily worth
FIFTEEN ($15000) DOLLARS per acreo

The land is unimproved and the entire tract

is slope and orchard land of a good typeo
is

The value of this land at the lowest

GHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN' (,rl , 867 . 60 ) DOLLARS .AND FIFTY CEN'ISo

Uoveants prefer a trial by juryo

By Counsel
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�VIRGINIA , CITY OF HARRISONBURG; TO- WIT:

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This day personally appeared bna Va. Gibbons, one of the moveants in the
above- named case , acting for herself and for Hul!lter 11. Gibbons and l.Iary Gibbons
Shapp , and whose name is gi gned on the margin hereof for purposes of identification , before me and made oath that the facts stated above of her own knowledge
are true, and those made upon information derived from others, she believes to be
trus t
Given under my hand and seal this 22nd day of August, 1933.

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�VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.

THE STA'fE CORPOR.\TION COMMISSION ON CONSERVA'rION
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

v.
CAS1ANDRA 11\YSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561
acras, more or less, of land in Rockingham County,
Virginia.

filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,
t'O\' '1 1932

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Statement made this 8th day of November, 1932, by Thomas L.
Yancey, Nettie I. Mauzy, Julia Estes , A. S. Yancey and Frank

W. Yancey, in response to an order entered in the above ant it led cause on October 25, 1932.
Your respondents say that they are the owners, along with Emma V. Gibbons, Hunter M. Gibbons and Mary Gibbons Snapp, of the mineral rights in and to
that tract or parcel of land known as Tract No._//,

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, upon

the plat made

and filed by the said Appraisal Commissioners and containing 124-l/2 acres of
land lying about one and a half miles east of Yancey, in Stonewall Magisterial
District, Rockingham County, adjoining the land of Crawford, Moubray, Charles
Catlett, Trustee, and others, which is described upon the plat submitted by said
Board of Appraisers as No. /(oj

, and is more fully described in exceptions

filed by these exceptants to the report of said comnissioners to which ·exceptions
refarence,is hara aude 1or greater certainty of de cri~tion.
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situate about one ~nd one -~lf ~iles ~ast of tanJey in stoneua ll
:,Iagister ia l .Distric t of Hoc..r ingh.-m s) ounty and .1 i thin the area pro posed to be condemne d for the establish ment of th3 0henando r.h
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her -!hildren O'.'ming in

own right the land subject to this illineral right .
Your Petition ers except to the report of the ~oard of Appr~isa
Co.n ..1iss ioners of the .E'arA. upon the groJ11ds tnat theJ have utt3rly
ignored all righ ts ttl 3:x:.ue_ptants and the GibbO!lS. es and Yancey heirs
in and to the .nineral rights in said. lands .
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These lands are under-

with v&amp;luable deposits of .1angsne se ore as ;,~J ill be seen f.com

an inspecti on of BuLt..etin 660 J of the Depart,ne u'c of Interior of th
United states to whi:)h special .referenc e
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here nade .

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analysis of the iron ore is attached hereto whioh shows ·thet the
Mangane se runs a boot 69 . 18 per cent.

tone tiae ~x.~ept nts

refus d

to teke the sumo~ ~ight thousand Dollars for the mineral rights
upon the property •

~he ores upon the property have not be e n

and the ,nineral rights alone in th3 opinion of .;:Jxceptn nts are worth
at the loN"est 'lwelve 'l'housand Doll::1rs . This valuable property is no;

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being sought by the Par~ Com.nissio n and they propose to take it
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The analysis of the Lastern Lab oratory of 0hester , ~ennsyl~a ia ,
dated 00tober 17 , 1917 , is atta~hed hereto as is the affidnvit of
Dr .

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Yancey as to the condition s of the property .

Your ~xcept£nt s end ~etitione rs pray leave to file this
Petition or Bxception to the report of the said

ppraisal 3oard

and ask the uourt for a hearing before a Jury o1' the court thereo
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to the end th2t justice may be done them in this .natter and that
they be reason bly co ,npensa ted for the property ·. vhich they propos
to ta.Ke .
11 of which is respectfu lly sub.nitted .

VI RGI:fIA ,

CITY OF HARRL30HBUEG , TO- .vit .

I , Bessie~. Cooke , a ~otary PubliJ in end for the uity of
Harrisonb urg in the .:itate of Virg inia , do certify that

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Yancey , whose mme is ;::, igned on the .nsrg in hereof for the purpose
of identifica tion , this d , y personally appeared before

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and. rnsde

oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition or ~xception
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are true .
Given u.1der ,ny hand this 1st day of October , 1932 .

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�DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN

K.

LANE,

Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

BULLETIN 660-J

POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON
CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN
SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA
BY

D. F. HEWETT, G, W. STOSE, F. J. KATZ,
AND H. D. MISER

Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey or Virginia ·

Contributions lo economic geolOff, 1917, Part I
(Pa11es 271-296)

Published January 21, 1918

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

I

�DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON CERTAIN
UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY,
VIRGINIA.

Bulletin 660- J

By D. F. HEWETT, G. W. STosE, F. J. KATz, and H. D. MISER.

POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON
CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN
SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA

SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION AND REPORT.

Studies of ore deposits aim to interpret the associations of ores,
in order that the systematic exploitation of known deposits or the
search £or unknown ones may be carried on intelligently. Such
studies attempt to determine the source of the materials that make up
the ore and associated minerals, the conditions that determine the
favorable places £or accumulation, the processes by which the accumulation has been accomplished, and the subsequent processes that
have affected the deposit or brought it to view at the surface.
It is apparent that any attempt to determine areas that may contain ore deposits now unknown must be based upon a sound even if
incomplete hypothesis concerning the origin and mode of occurrence
of the ores, and such a hypothesis can be formulated only after many
deposits of the particular ore sought have been thoroughly explored
and studied.
Manganese minerals are widely distributed in Virginia, and a
fairly complete explanation of the origin of the large deposits, which
are sources of ore, will be possible only when many deposits haYe
been examined in detail. Although much remains to be learned in
future work, it is believed that sufficient is now known concerning
some types of these deposits in Virginia to warr~nt the direction of
effort toward exploration in areas where unknown deposits may be
found.
This report aims to present briefly the results of field work in a
part of Virginia where many manganese deposits are known. The
examination was directed toward the discovery of areas likely to contain manganese, with the aid of data gathered in a study of the geologic relations of known deposits. The field work was done in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Virginia. As it has brought
forth much information concerning the nature and strncture of the
rocks associated with the manganese ores, which may greatly aid the
operators of producing mines, a more detailed report will be published later by the Virginia Survey.

BY

D. I!'. HEWETT, G. W. STOSE• .If. J. KATZ,
AND H. D. MISER

Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Virginia

Contributions to economic geology, 1917, Parl I
(Pages 271- 296)
Published January 21, 1918

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1918

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AREA EXAMINED AND METHODS EMPLOYED.

CONTENTS.
'Scope of investigation and report ............. .. ...................... ... ~ .. .
Area examined and methods employed ...................... .............. .
The manganese deposits ............ .. ...................... ............. .
General features ...................... ...................... .......... .
Rocks with which the ore is associated ...................... ...... . ... .
Relation of deposits to structural features ... . ...................... .... .
Relation of deposits to surface features ...................... ........... .
Origin of the deposits ...................... .... .......... ............ .
Tracts recommended for exploration ...................... ................ .
Basis of recommendations ...................... ...................... .
Tract 1. .................... ...... .. ... .......... ......... .......... . .
Tract 2 ...................... .................. .. .. .. ...... . ........ . .
Tract 3...................... ...................... ....... ·.. ......... .
Tract 4 ......... .. ... .......... .. ...................... ...... ......... .
Tract 5 ...................... ...................... ...... - · - · - -... · · ·.
Tract 6.................... ... .. .. ... - - - - . - . - .... · · · · · · · · · · · · - · · · · · - - ·

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272
273
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Northwestern Virginia has long been the source of much of the
manganese ore mined in the United States, and at times it has been
the scene of active prospecting in the hope that other extensive
deposits like that at the Crimora mine might be discovered. The
manganese deposits lie along the east side of the Shenandoah Valley, at the foot of the Blue Ridge. For the present investigation a
narrow belt was selected extending from Front Royal at the north
the _outh.
ro
so~t-oLWa.y
to a point about 10 ·
(See fig. 26.) This strip is abo~miles lcmg and averages 4 miles

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282
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283
287
289
290
292
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ILLUSTRATION S.
Page.
FIGURE

26. Index map of northern Virginia, showing location of undeveloped
tracts recommended as favorable for prospecting for manganese ..
27. Generalized structure section of the west front of the Blue Ridge
and the adjacent part. of the Shenandoah Valley, showing the
normal relations of the rocks and their former extent before removal by erosion .. ...................... .......... ... ...... .
28. Sketches showing vertical cross sections of four manganese mines
in the Shenandoah Valley-Blue .Ridge region, representing four
types of deposits ....................... ..................... .
29. Sketch geologic map of region near Elkton, Va., showing location
of tracts 1 and 3 .. .. . . ................. . ..................... .
30. Sketch geologic map of area south of Lyndhurst, Va., showing location of tract 2 ...................... ...................... ... .
31. Sketch geologic map of region near Waynesboro, Va., showing
location of tract 4 ....................... ............. . ....... .
32. Sketch geologic map of area south of Luray, Va., showing location
of tract 5 ....................... ....................... ...... .
33. Sketch geologic map of area east of Front Royal, Va., showing location of tract 6 ...................... ...................... ... .

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284
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293
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FIGURE 26.-Index map of northern Virginia, showing location of undeveloped tracts
r ecommended as favorable for prospecting fol' manganese. Tracts are numbered In the
. order of prospective promise.

wide, and the Crimora mine occupies a central position in it. A preliminary geologic map of the area has been prepared, and this will be
published in the report of the Geological Survey of Virginia.
The method of study was Yery similar to that which would have
been employed in making a detailed areal map of the region~ Traverses were run along the roads and up the streams that cross the belt
nearly at right angles to the trend of the bedded rocks. By this
means the attitude of the beds was determined and the boundaries of
the rock formations were located. The adjacent mountains were
climbed where more information was needed or where a general Yiew
was desired £or the purpose of location. This was essential in many
places on account of the inadequate exposures of the rocks in the

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places it forms the front ridges. The formation in this region is
generally made up of three massive cliff-maki ng ledges separated by
thinner-be dded sandstones. The thickness in the measured section
given below, the best-exposed section in this region, is 500 feet, but it
appears elsewhere to be much greater, possibly 1,000 feet.
Section of Erwin qiiartzite in Blue Ridge n ear Stanley, Va.

White sandstone full of scolithus; crumbles readily to sand.
Rarely exposed in place. Upper layers harder; weather
red to rusty and porous ____________________ ____ _______ _
Upper cliff: Hard white thick-bedde d vitreous quartzite.
Contains some scolithus ----------- ----------- --------Partly covered, probably crumbly white sandstone _________ _
Middle cliff: Hard thick massive beds of bluish-whit e vitreous quartzite _________________________________ ___ _____ _
Covered, probably crumbly sandstone ___________ ___ _______ _
Lower cliff: Hard white vitreous quartzite. Contains some
scolithus ----------- ------ - ----------- ----------- ------

Feet.

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70
100

500

The cliff-maki ng ledges consist largely of massive beds of dense
white quartzite, some of which are 15 to 20 feet thick without a
visible trace of bedding. Many of the beds contain casts of worm
tubes ( scolithus) , and as these were vertical when the sediments were
deposited they may be used to determine the bedding of the rocks,
which is at right angles to them. This formation is the same as the
Erwin quartzite of northern Tennessee and has also been correlated
with the Antietam sandstone of northern Virginia. It is believed,
however to represent not only the Antietam but also a lower quartzite the Montalto quartzite of southern Pennsylva nia, which is a mem'
,
her of the Harpers shale.
In the Shenando ah Valley the Erwin quartzite is overlain by a
great thickness of limestone and shale, but. only those beds immediately adjacent to the mountain front need h_ere be co~sidered. The
formation that normally lies above the Erwm quartzite -the Shady
dolomite -is composed largely of coarse dolomite containin g chert
nodules and beds of impure shaly limestone. Because of the solubility of the dolomite it readily breaks dow~ ~nto grains and finally
weathers into red clay and is generally not visible at the surface. It
therefore' forms a deep-red granular and clayey soil containing chert
fragments and underlies low valleys. Some yellow laminated clay or
ocherous layers at the base represent banded argillaceous limestones.
Unallotte d dolomite has been exposed only in a few shafts and tunnels
in the region. The formation is the same as the Shady l~mestone of
northern Tennessee and is equivalen t to the Tomstown hmestons of
southern Pennsylva nia and Maryland . It is reported to be 1,800 feet
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lowlands and the necessity of resketchin g the topograph ic base map
where it was inaccurate . Where the rocks were found so broken by
weatherin g or so covered by rock waste that the bedding could not be
determine d, the structure was inf erred by the study of surface forms
and the distributio n of distinctive debris derived -from the several
formation s.
In addition to the traverses for the purpose of making the map and
determini ng the structure of the rocks, manganes e and iron mines,
prospect pits, and holes of any sort where informati on as to the
relation of the ore to the bedrock might be observed were examined .
At only a few places was the unaltered limestone in the mine pits
visible, but the relation of the ore to the residual clay and to the
wash was carefully scrutinize d. The clay in most of the deeper
mines and in some of the shallow pits was found to preserve the
original bedding of the impure dolomite and limestone, so that the
structural relations of the ore to these rocks could be determine d.
THE MANGA NESE DEPOSIT S.
GENERAL FEATURE S.

The known manganes e deposits of this part of Virginia are masses
· of oxides that are associated with rocks of several different types
and have diverse structural relations. Some bodies of the oxides are
rather large and so pure that they may+be mined and shipped witho"ut prelminar y treatment . Other masses are composed of nodules
dissemina ted through clay m proportio ns that have a wide range.
The material from such deposits must be washed to procure ore of
high enough grade to warrant shipping.
A complete discussion of the origin of the deposits should include
geologic data of several kinds, such as the distributio n of manganesebearing rocks and minerals, the chemical properties of manganes e
compounds and natural minerals, the character of the ground water
of the region, the characteri stics and stratigrap hic rebtions of the
rocks with which the ores are associated, the local structure of the
rocks, and the surface features resulting from the erosional processes
that have affected the region. Brief statement s concernin g data of
the last three kinds only are presented in this report, as they are
used in outlining favorable areas for the accumulat ion of the ores.
ROCKS WITH WHICH THE ORE IS ASSOCIAT ED.

The rocks which occur in the vicinity of the manganes e deposits
of the Blue Ridge and adjacent part of the Shenando ah Valley include sandstone , shale, limestone, and dolomite and the older crystalline rocks on which these rest. The oldest crystallin e rock present
in the area is granite. The other crystallin e rocks are greenstone,
greenston e schist, and sericite schist, which were originally molten

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lavas. The massive greenstone is very resistant to weathering-that
is, it is not readily soluble in water nor easily broken up by frost and
rain-and therefore it forms the highest summits of the Blue Ridge
throughout this area.
Immediately overlying the crystalline rocks are sandstones and
quartzites, composed in part of unassorted debris derived from the
disintegration of the older crystalline rocks. These beds range from
soft arkose through harder arkosic sandstone to hard gray sandstone
and dark ferruginous quartzite. With them are associated beds of
slaty argillaceous sandstones. Some of the basal beds have rounded
grains and small pebbles of quartz, which are usually clear and transparent, though some have an opaline blue color. Besides quartz
there are grains of feldspar, generally chalky white from weathering,
Hnd considerflJ)le clay and iron oxide. A spotted sericite schist, representing a thin amygdaloidal lava flow, occurs at several places interbedded with the lowest sedimentary beds. These rocks have been
called the Unicoi formation in northern Tennessee, and that name
will be used in this report. They are equivalent to the Weverton
sandstone and Loudoun formation of Maryland and norLhern Virginia. Their thickness in this area is estimated to be 1,750 to 2,000
feet. The formation is best exposed in the cuts of the Southern
Railway 4 miles east of Front Royal but is also well shown on the
Simmons Gap road south of Elkton and elsewhere in the belt between
the main Blue Ridge and the front foothills.
Overlying the Unicoi formation are dark-gray shales, slates, and
thin sandstones which in northern Tennessee constitute the Hampton
shale. The shales and slates are mostly sandy and weather to hackly
outcrops, so that in many_ places their original charact~r and bedding can not be clearly discerned. Some of the shale is dark and
banded but weathers to soft buff rock. The formation is the same
as the lower part of the Harpers shale of northern Virginia. It is
estimated to be about 400 feet thick in this area but may be much
thicker, as it is in general highly folded. Typical rocks of the
Hampton and Unicoi formations are easily distinguish~d, but the
two formations were not separately mapped everywhere m the field,
because there are shaly rocks in the Unicoi and hard sandstones and
arkoses in the Hampton. All these rocks weather more easily than
either the underlying greenstone or the overlying massive white
quartzite, so that they form depressions or subordinate r~dge~ between the main Blue Ridge on the east and the outer foothill ridges
on the west.
The next higher formation is a massive white quartzite, the outerops of which make prominent ridges in th~s region. It is ~ere
called the Erwin quartzite. The western footh1lls of the Blue R!dge
throughout most of, the area are composed of this rock, and in many

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thick in the vicinity of Natural Bridge, and it has probably about the
same thickness here.
The next recognized formation of the limestone group is a shale
called Watauga in northern Tennessee. Its characteristic color is
reddish purple, but in this area it is generally so much weathered that
it is buff colored. In places it is weathered to purple and buff banded
ocherous clay, as at the ocher mine 10 miles southwest of Luray. It
contains thin calcareous shales and blue limestone beds and in places
thinly laminated ripple-marked sandstone, which is best displayed
east of Front Royal. It is the equivalent of the 'Waynesboro shale
of southern Pennsylvania and Maryland, which is conspicuously purple and sandy. The thickness in this area could not be determined,
because of poor exposures. The formation is reported to be 900
feet thick in the vicinity of Natural Bridge, where it is better exposed,
but it does not appear to be so thick in this area. Above the Watauga

27. -Generalized structure section of the west front of t he Blue Ridge and the
adjacent part of the Shenandoah Valley, showing the normal relations of the rocks and
their former extent (dashed lines) before removal by erosion.

FIG URE

shale are limestones and dolomites that have not been differentiated
in this area, and as they need not be considered in the present connection, they will not be described.
All the sedimentary rocks above described are geologically very
old. No fossils, except the worm tubes in the Erwin qnartzite, were
found in them in this arra, but casts of shells and other fossils have
been found in the equivalent formations elsewhere, anrl they are therefore known to belong in the Cambrian anrl to be among the oldest
fossiliforous rocks known in the eastern part of the continent.
The sediments were nearly horizontal when they were laid down in
the sea. The beds are now in most places steeply inclined and folded
into long troughs (synclines) and arches (anticlines) whose axes are
parallel to the northeasterly trend of the mountain ridges. ( See fig.
27.) After being folded and wrinkled the rocks were worn down by
processes of atmospheric erosion, and the softer and more soluble
rocks were removed from the higher regions. The underlying
quartzites, shales, and greeristones were thus exposed and, because of

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MANGANESE ORE IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA.

279

was made by one of the present writers in May, 1917, and a report
is now in preparation. Near Elkton 1 manganese ore .was mined
-from a U-shaped trough in the ,vatauga shale, but no other deposits
with such associations are kno\1 n.
At the Crimora mine over 300 1000 tons of manganese ore has been
recovered from a deposit about: 20 acres in., extent that lies in a
trough formed by theErwin quartzite. The trough trends N. 40 ~
E. and is therefore shglitly inclined to the ridges adjacent to the
Blue Ridge, which limit it, and it plunges southwest under the low
plain that: here forms a part of the Shenandoah Valley. T~e
trough is bounded on the northwest by an anticline, which also
plunges southwest into the valley. Much ore has been recovered at
depths ranging from 10 to 900 feet below the surface, but the
limits of ore toward the- southwest end of t e eepenmg trough are
not known. Explorations of the deposit at the Crimora mine, which
has yielded more manganese than any other in the region east of the
Allegheny Mountains, and of other deposits that have similar relations confirm the tentative conclusion that troughs in which the beds
have low dips are the most favorable sites for the accumulation of ore.
Other deposits of manganiferous iron and manganese pre which
occupy troughs in the Erwin quartzite occur at the Mount Torry
· mine, near Sherando, and the Red Mountain mine, 5 miles east of
Pekin siding, on the Norfolk &amp; ·w estern Railway, Augusta County.
3. In the deposits of the third type manganese oxides replace
porous sandstone along crushed zones in the Erwin quartzite. One
deposit of this type has been prospected in the southeastern-part of
the Mount: Torry tract, south of Sherando, and another on Dry
Run, 9 miles northeast of Luray, is being actively mined by the
Compton Manganese Co. Such crushed zones appear to be irregular
in distribution. They yield siliceous ore and, as th'?Y occur in hard
rocks, are expensive to exploit.
4. A fourth type of deposit is represented by that explored near
Dargan, Washington County, Md. 2 ( fig. 28, D). This deposit occurs
along a fault zone in clay derived in part from the decomposition of
limestone (Tomstown) on one side and shale (Harpers) on the other.
Such deposits appear to be uncommon, and no others are known in
the belt from Potomac River to Vesuvius, Va. They appear to yield
small quantities of ore.
5. The fifth type of deposit in this region of which the structural
relations are known is represented by that at Midvale, explored by
the Rockbridge Manganese &amp; Iron Co. 3 ( See fig. 28, C.) Another of
1 Hewett, D. F., Some manganese mines in Virginia and Maryland: U. S. Geo!. Survey
Bull. 640, pp. 42, 61-67, 1916 .
2 Idem, pp. 42, 69-71.
• Idem, pp, 42, 54-60,

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their resistance to erosion, now form the mountains, whereas the
limestone underlies the valleys. A generalized cross section sl)_owing
the rocks of the region as they are now and their extent before they
were eroded is given in figure 27.
The manganese deposits are not confined to a single thin group of
beds but lie in or .over beds that range from the upper part of the
Erwin quartzite to the lower part of the Watauga shale, stratigraphically 2,000 feet higher. Most of the deposits, however, occur
in banded clays that are believed to have been derived by weathering
in place from the lower 200 feet of the Shady dolomite.
RELATION OF DEPOSITS TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES.

Manganese oxides are widespread in the Shenandoah Valley, but
as most of the rocks near by are deeply decayed, the structural associations of many small bodies of the oxides are obscure. Studies of
a number of deposits that were large enough to warrant extensive
exploration, however, show that at least five structural types may be
recognized and that in most places the local structure of the adjacent rocks has determined the form of the deposits and in large measure their areal extent and their persistence below the surface.
The five types of deposits will be briefly described. Figure 23
shows cross sections of four deposits which have been studied recently
and which probably include those types that are sources of most of
the ore now mined in northwestern Virginia.
1. The commonest type of deposit in the belt under consideration
is that represented at the old Kendall &amp; Flick shaft, south of Elkton,
but also shown at the Vesuvius mine, 1½ miles northeast of Vesuvius,
Rockbridge County, and elsewhere in the region (fig. 28, B). These
deposits occur in a 200-foot zone of decomposed shale and cherty
dolomite that overlies the upper beds of the Erwin quartzite, where
the beds dip toward the Shenandoah Valley at angles that range
from 30° to 60°. The structure near these deposits may be termed
monoclinal, as all the beds are similarly inclined. In such localities
the upper surface of the Erwin quartzite forms the slope of a conspicuous straight ridge, and float ore from the deposits is found
over the gentle slopes near by on the northwest. Under these structural conditions irregular bodies of manganese oxides are found
here and there in a narrow belt of decomposed shale and dolomite
parallel to the outcrop of the Erwin quartzite. The bodies of manganese oxides appear to have no relation to the transverse ravines
that rise in the Blue Ridge and cross the quartzite. So far as available records show, no deposits of manganese ore or manganiferous
iron ore occurring under these conditions in this area have yielded
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2. Deposits of another type occur in clays that: fill troughs formed
by the .upper surface of the Erwin quartzite. The best 1llustration
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this type is now being explored on the Kennedy property, 3 miles
southwest of Sherando, Augusta County. In these deposits manganese oxides replace the clay zones of sediments that fill an ancient
river channel (Midvale) or that form nn ancient alluvial fan or
gravel terrace (Kennedy). It is a coincidence that the Kennedy
deposit is near the outlet of an ancient stream that rose in the high
ridges several miles to the south and flowed in a trough directed
toward the depos· ,. Such deposits are flat masses that conform to
the depressions in which the sediments were laid down. Exploration by drilling at the Kennedy mine is reported to show the presence
of a large quantity of ore, and it is possible that here, as with deposits in troughs, the size may depend upon favorable local structural
features.
The field work on which this report is based was directed especially
toward the interpretation of the structure of the beds making up the
Erwin ·quartzite, Shady dolomite, and Watauga shale. The tracts
in the belt examined that are considered favorable to the accumulation of manganese or manganiferous iron ore are those which are
underlain by troughs of the upper beds of the Erwin quartzite, from
the surface of which the products of decay of the overlying Shady
dolomite have not been removed. The six tracts that are described
in the following pages fulfill these conditions, but the troughs are·
considered favorable in proportion to the size of the area that has
drained into them, or to the abundance of float ore present and the
thoroughness of the decay of the rocks over the Erwin quartzite.
A number of faults have been recognized in this belt, but as the
factors which determine the parts of the fault zones that are favorable to accumulation of ore are not known, and as the only deposit
known to lie along a fault is not large, it would not be wise to direct
exploration along such faults.
RELATION OF DEPOSITS TO SURFACE FEATURES.

D
28.-Sketches showing vertical cross sections of four manganese mines in the
Shenandoah Valley.BJuc Ridge region, representing four types of deposits. A, Cross
section S. 48 ° E. through the Crimora manganese mine, Augusta County, Va. , in
which the ore lies iu a trough in the Erwin quartzite; B, cross section s. 52° E.
through tbe old Kendall &amp; F·lick mine, south of Elkton, Va., in which the ore occurs
as pockets I~ clay immediately above the top of tbe Erwin quartzite, wbl~h has a
monocllnal structure; C, cross section S. 65° E. through the Midvale mine, Rockbridge
County, Va., in which the ore occurs in gravel in a stream channel cut on nearly
vertical limestone; D, cross section S. 65 ° E. through the mine at Dargan, Md., near
Harpers Ferry, W. Va., in which the ore occm·s in clay along a fault zone.

FIGURE

of this type is the deposit worked nt the Crimora mine, Augusta
County.' (See fig. 28. A.) A detailed study of the Crimora mine
: Hall. C. E., Geological notes on the manganese deposits of Crlmora, Va, : Am. Inst.
Mm. Eng. Trans., vol. 20, p. 46, 1892.

In a recent report 1 it has been suggested that several manganese
deposits in the region between Potomac River and Midvale, R9ckLridge County, Va., occur under conditions that make it appear that
they were formed during or soon after the period in which the valleyfloor peneplain was being established. This peneplain has been considered to be of early Tertiary age and for brevity it will here be
referred to as the early Tertiary peneplain. It was also noted that
several deposits crop out at the level of this plain, without regard
to the extent to which the plain was locally djssected. The present
investigation has shown that the outcrops of a number of additional
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eoverbg such deposits is recommended. Formerly such deposits
,Yere prospected by means _o f pits and trenches, but recently improvements in methods of employing the churn drill make it most
useful for this purpose, and several operators use it extensively.
..E.Yenif deposits should exist.under-these_ tracts, they may be covered
by gravel or wash from ~ neighboring s~es. as at the Crimora
mine, and exploration by drilling is peculiarly adapted to such
~ditions.
These tracts are regarded as favorable for exploration largely because they have the same structural and stratigraphic features as
other areas within which lar e de osits of manganese and manganiferous iron ores are known and bear a -similar relation to the
surface. They are described in the o.rder of greatest promise, the
one in which the conditions are believed to be mos ttvontb1u-first.
~ments o:f manganese minerals have been :found on-the sur:f ace' 6t
many tracts, but as such fragments are widespread in this region they
are not especially significa,nt. Positive assurance that these tracts
contain "·orkable deposits of ore can not be given, but to those interested in searching for unknown deposits of these ores the tracts
should offer an attractive field.

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deposits lie close to the position of this peneplain, but also that the
lowest point of one deposit-that at Red Mountain, northeast of
Vesuvius-occurs 400 to 500 feet above the level of this plain, and
that the surface near the Lyndhurst mine is not 50 feet below the
early Tertiary plain, as stated in a previous report by the senior
author,1 but nearly 250 feet below it. Therefore, while the conditions
during or soon after the early Tertiary peneplanation appear to have
been particularly favorable to the accumulation of certain deposits of
manganese and possibly of iron ores, others were probably formed
at an earlier and some at a later period.
Evidence collected during this investigation shows that although
four periods of planation may be recognized,2 the recent physiographic history has probably be.en even more complex.
Although field work has shown that the Midvale and Kennedy
deposits are in alluvial material laid dow_n near the level of the early
Tertiary plain and the region contain_s many remnants o:f gravel on
this plain, there is no way of recognizing, in advance of exploration,
the places where these gravels may contain deposits of manganese ore.
According to the hypothesis previously stated, t_hat troughs present
tion of man anese ores,
the most favorable structure for the ace
:i;tiary
t o e__roug s which pitch at a low angle under the earl
p ain would be the most favorable and the arts of the trouO'hs most
esi-ts.. should be those where the top o:f the
to rece
1 rn
f e
00 feet be ow h
Erwin quartzite is not mo
oft e groun .

TRACT 1.

Tract 1 lies 2 miles soutl:west of Elkton, within a mile of the Norfolk &amp; Western Railway. (See fig. 29.) The west front of the
mountains in the vicinity of Elkton has many sharp offsets in its
general southwest course. From Swift Run this course is a little
south of west for 1½ miles to a point where the mountain front is
slightly offset to the northwest. From that point the front runs
wcst~southwest across Hawkshill Creek for 1¾ miles to a sharp offset to the east of about half a mile. The southwestward course
then continues for three-fourths of a mile but is interrupted by
a second sharp offset to the east of about a quarter of a mile. At
Gap Run, three-quarters o:f a mile beyond, the mountain front is
slightly offset in the opposite direction, to the west, but the south,vest trend is maintained. At Swift Run the mountain .front is
offset to the southeast, and beyond Elk Run the front ridge breaks
down to low knolls :for over a mile.
Along the west flank of the mountain§, immediately west of the
line just traced, there are gravel-covered terraces that slope toward
Shenandoah RiYer and are deeply trenched by cross streams. No_
rock exposures occur in the gravel-covered belt, but several mine
shafts and test pits show that it is underlain by lower members of
the Shenandoah group of limestones.(Shady dolomite and Watauga
shale). The gravel-covered area is 1 to 1¼ miles wide, except for a

ORIGIN OF THE DEPOSITS.

A hypothesis of the origin of the manganese deposits of the region
is here presented briefly, in so far as it bears on the. conditions that
are most favorable for the accumulation of manganese oxides. The
purpose of this report does not permit the presentation of evidence.
bearing upon some phases of the hypothesis.
Definite evidence concerning the source. of the manganese that now
makes up the workable deposits is lacking; but, from the data at
hand, it appears that the manganese was originally widely disseminated as carbonate in the dolomite and limestone and possibly in
silicates in other rocks found in the ne.ighborhood of the deposits.
The manganese was dissolved as bicarbonate and transported along
established channels of circulation to the places where the oxides are
now found, in clays produced by the previous decay o:f sericitic
shales, limestone, and dolomite. The. oxides were probably deposited
when and where the solutions containing manganese bicarbonate
Hewett, D. F., op. cit., p. 61.
" Watson, T. L., Drainage changes in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia:
Virginia Univ. Phllos. Soc. Bull., Sci. ser., vol. 1, p. 355, 1913.
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met oxygen-bea ring waters. Manganese oxide appears to have been
deposited largely by replacing the clay, although small quantities
were deposite.d in open spaces. The largest deposits 0£ manganese
were • formed in places where the maximum amount 0£ mano-anese in
0
solut10n met the most favorable conditions for deposition. Most
complete rock decay and, therefore, solution 0£ the maximum proportion 0£ manganese in the rocks are probably attained in regions 0£
low relief having a thick cover 0£ vegetation, under the influence
of a warm, moist climate. As the process 0£ solution would be most
active in those parts 0£ the region above the average level 0£ streams
and above ground-wat er level, more manganese should be delivered
in solution to the belt of country where the ridges and hills meet the
p lains than elsewhere.
I£ not diverted by the local rock structure the maximum flow of solutions near the surface would have occurred near or directly under surface stream channels. Where oxidation was possible deposits formed
in the stream channels themselves As deeper circulation 0£ surface
waters was controlled by rock structure, troughs would have received
the maximum circulation, although fault zones might have been
locally favored. According to this hypothesis structural troughs
were the most favorable channels £or circulation, and i.£ suitable conditions £or oxidation and deposition existed they should be the most
favorable places for accumulatio n.
Many reports have been published which describe briefly the associations of manganese ore in certain ·mines in Virginia, but most
0£ the available information concerning the stratigraphi c and structural relations of the deposits in Virginia is contained in reports
that are based on comprehens ive studies 0£ many deposits in a large
area. 1 . The relation 0£ the hypotheses of origin 0£ the manganese
deposits set forth in these reports will be discussed in a later report.

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short stretch at the mouth 0£ Hawksbill Creek, where it is reduced
in width to about a quarter 0£ a mile by the eastward bend 0£, Shenandoah River. West 0£ the gravel terraces at the mouth 0£ Hawksbill Creek, especially along Shenandoah River, there are exposures
0£ the Watauga shale and overlying beds of limestone.

TRACTS RECOMM ENDED FOR EXPLORA .TION.
BASIS OF RECOMMEN DATIONS.

Description s 0£ six undeveloped tracts along the west front of the
Blue Ridge are presented below. These tracts appear to present
features favorable £or the accumulatio n of deposits 0£ manganese
and mangani£er ous iron ores, and prospecting with the view to dis1 Penrose, R. A. F ., Manganese, its uses,
ores, and deposits : Arkansas Geo!. Survey
Ann. Rept. for 1890, vol. 1, pp. 401-412, 1891.
Hall, C. E., Geological notes on the manganese ore deposits of Crlmora, Va.: Am. Inst.
Min. Eng. Trans., vol. 20, pp. 46-49, 1892.
Watson, T. L., Mineral resources of Virginia, Virginia Geo!. Survey, 1907.
Harder, E. C., Manganese deposits of the United States: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 427,
1910.
Hewett, D. F., Some manganese deposits in Virginia and Maryland: U. S. Geo!, Survey
Bull. 640, pp. 37-71, 1916,

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1 and 3.

The western foothills 0£ the Blue Ridge are made up 0£ white
quartzite (Erwin), whose structure determined the irregular course
of the mountain front. Thus from Swift Run westward £or 1½
miles, where the mountain front is straight and trends west-southwest, the quartzite beds strike about parallel to the mountain front
and dip 50°-60° NW., passing under the limestone 0£ the valley.
The small offset in the mountain front at Hawksbill Creek and the
larger one east of y ancey are produced by a detached anticlinal ridge
of quartzite which is separated from the main quartzite ridge by a

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prese~t, as the manganiferous nodules in th~ Yancey prospect pits
occUI: 1~ rnd p.ehh]J! .clay, although chert fragments, such as are characteristic of the Shady dolomite were not seen in it. This area
though not as promising as the embayment east of Yancey-still ha~
suffici 1 favorable indications to suggest that further pr~spectino0
shoulrl be done jp it.
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TRACT 2.

Tract 2 lies between two spurs of the Blue Ridge about 3 miles
southwest of Sherando and 6 miles south-southwest of Lyndhurst in
Augusta County. (See
'
fig. 30.) It is about
midway between the
Kennedy mine, to the
n o r th w e st , and the
Mount Torry mine, to
the southeast, and is
drained by Mills Creek.
. A lumber railroad over
which ore from these
two mines is shipped
passes just north of the
tract and joins the Norfolk &amp; Western Railway near Lipscomb.
A spur of the lumber
road f o rm e r 1y r a n
southwestward up Mills
Creek, but the rails and
ties have been removed.
The mountain spurs
on both sides of the
tract are composed of
white quart:tite (Erwin) , and the structure
O
of each is anticlinal.
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z MILES ·
Both anticlines plunge FIGURE 30.-Sketch geologic map of area south of Lyndnortheastward, so that
hurst• Va., showing location of tract 2.
in this direction ·the quartzite descends below the limestones and
shales of t~e Shenandoah Valley. (See fig. 30.) The area between
the ~purs 1s a northeastward-plunging syclinal trough and therefore 1s probably underlain by limestone and possibly some shale, but
no outcrops are to be seen, as the surface is covered with quartzite

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shallow synclinal valley. Both the anticline and the syncline plunge
sharply northeast just east of Hawksbill Creek, and the quartzite
abruptly passes under the limestone of the valley. Southwest of
Hawksbill Creek the folds plunge more gently southwestward, and
the quartzite again passes below the level of the gravel-covered plain
in that direction. The syncline widens in this direction, as the main
Didge of the mountain here strikes more southerly and diverges from
the outlying ridge, and the limestone embayment is there£ore large
and open. The offset in the mountain front three-quarters of a mile
farther south is apparently produced by two similar though smaller
folds, which plunge south, and the northw.est offset at Gap Run is
formed by two other flat, gentle folds, which plunge north. The
offset east of Swift Run is apparently produced by a northeastward-plunging anticline and syncline, for, although the bedding in
the sandstone was not observed, the rocks seen along the road crossing
the syncline are believed to be the basal sandy beds of the limestone
group. Beyond this offset the mountain front is straight, although
the front ridge breaks down beyond Elk Run, where the quartzite is
weakened by crushing and probable minor faulting.
Although the white quartzite beds have a general steep westerly
dip on the front foothills they flatten out toward the east and cap the
tops of several spurs and ridges some distance back from the front,
where they are nearly horizontal or even lie in gentle synclines. To
the east of and therefore beneath the white quartzite there are shales
and arkosic sandstones which are somewhat folded and form a belt
half a mile to 1½ miles wide. These basal Cambrian beds rest upon
pre-Cambrian greenstone and greenstone schists which generally
form the main mass of the Blue Ridge.
There is a group of manganese mines about 1 mile south of Elkton,
which will be referred to as the Elkton mines. The old workings
are known as the Kendall &amp; Flick mines and include the Niesswaner
shaft and Bartell shaft, which have been described by Harder 1 and
Hewett. 2 O,_Ee of the m!!!..e ·
ow beino- worked by the United
States Manganese Co. These mines are on a terrace at the base
of the quartzite ridge between Swift Run and Hawksbill Creek.
Three of the mines, including the easternmost, which alone is active
at present, lie close to the top of the northwestward-dipping quartzite, and apparently there is no synclinal structure of the bedrock
that determined the concentration of these deposits of ore. As the
outer mine, which is about 1,200 feet from the base of the mountain, struck the purple Watauga shale in its deep shaft, the steep
1 Hard"er, E. C., Manganese deposits of the United States: U. S. Geo!. Survey Bull.
427, 1910, p. 57.
2 Hewett, D. F., Some manganese mines In Virginia and Maryland: U. S. Geo!. Survey
Bull. 640, pp. 61-67, 1916.

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westward dip of the beds probably continues out that far, and the
small syncline at Hawksbill Creek must therefore plunge steeply
northeastward. Just east of Swift Run there is a manganiferous
iron prospect which is in strike with the three Elkton mines, but the
cmbayment to the south, between the prospect and the quartzi.te
ridge, which is covered with mountain wash, has not been prospected so far as known and may be worthy of investigation, as the
structure of the inclosing rocks is apparently synclinal and favorable
for the accumulation of ore.
Southeast of Yancey a manganese prospect north of the small run
has been opened by J. H. Crawford and another south of the run by
W. B. Yan~. These two proiip - havy direct bearing on the tract
to which particular a~ention i he· direc eel. The Crawford prospect s 1aft, w 1c is 75 feet deep, is on the south side of the embayment in the mountain front 1½ miles east of Yancey station on the
Norfolk &amp; Western Railway. This embayment is a triangular area
about half a mile long and ' covers about 180 acres. It lies in the
reentrant angle between the white quartzite ridges locally called Little
Piney Mountain ( on the northwest) and Big Piney Mountain ( on the
southeast). In the saddle between these hills the upper quartzite
beds of the Erwin formation lie horizontal in the bottom of the
syncline. The quartzite hills diverge toward the southwest, and the .
syncline plunges in the same direction, so that the trough between
the hills incloses the overlying Shad_y dolomite. At the Crawfo~-d
shaft, half a mile south of the head oTihe tr-Qi, manganese nodules
occur in red clay with chert fragments, which is the characteristic
he entire embayment, therefore,
residuum of the Shady dolomite.
is probably underlain by the Shady dolomite, but it is completely covered by wash from the quartzite mountains. The only means of determining the thickness of the wash and the presence of manganese
ore beneath the alluvial covering is by drilling or by digging test
pits. '{'he synclinal structure of the quartzite in the surrounding
mountains, the ~vorably located basin fi1led with -wash and underlain b gently dippmg eds of the Shady dolomite or its residual
clay, ~nd,tlie-known pr~ ce of manganese or~_i~Jhe...t.1.:aughjustify
the recommendation that this tnangu ar area be thoroughly pros- /
pected for manganese.
The conditions in the embayment in the mbuntain just south of
this tract are not so well determined. The structure of the quartzite
hills around the offset at the north end of the embayment is obscure
and is inferred chiefly from the topography, but at the offset at the
south end, just north of Gap Run, the quartzite lies in a very slaallow,
broad syncline. The alluvial filling in this embayment appears to
be heavy, but the ~ y dolomite or its residual red clay is probably

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wash from the mountains. The anticlinal spurs on both sides of the
plunging synclinal trough diverge to the northeast, so that the limestone belt widens · in this direction, forming a wedge-shaped area
which is about 1 mile long in a northeasterly direction and about
three-quarters of a mile wide between the points of the spurs. ':['his
wedge-shaped area merges on its northeast side with the great lime.
stone and shale belt of the Shenandoah Valley.
This synclinal embayment closely resembles the ad_jace_nt ~mbayment on the southeast, in which the Mount Torry mme 1s situated
and which also is a synclinal trough. This mine produced a large
amount of iron ore 40 or 50 years ago and was abandoned because of
the manganese in the ore. Later it was extensively prospec~ed for
manganese ore, and some ore was shipped. Both the mangamferous
iron ore and the manganese ore are now being mined by a company
which has, leased the property. This embayment is larger than that
on Mills Creek and the syncline is deeper, and although bedrock is
not exposed at the surface within the basin, fresh Shady dolomite
was encountered in a shaft near the head of the valley.
West of tract 2 there is a smaller embayment of limestone in the
mountain front. This embayment occupies a northeastward-plunging
synclinal trough, at the mouth of which the Kennedy mine is located.
Back in the mountain the syncline deepens and forms a narrow
, valley which once inclosed limestone between two high, rocky quartzite ridges. This limestone has probably all been removed by erosion,
but some may still be present, deeply covered by the quartzite wash.
Even if limestone or its residual clay is present, the area is too narrow to expect any large deposit of ore to occur in it, for the ore was
probably largely carried out to the mountain :front by the former
underground draina.ge and deposited in the clays in which the
Kennedy mine is located.
The accumulation of ore in the deposits in which the Mount Torry
and Kennedy mines are located was greatly aided by the synclinal
structure of the quartzite and overlying limestone. The ore is found
in t:he undisturbed residual clay :from the limestone and in overlying
clay mixed with quartzite gravel and boulders, where solutions deposited the manganese oxides in crevices or bedding planes, and in
nodules and masses replacing the clay. The structural conditions in
tract 2 appear to be equally favorable for the accumulation of manganese ore in commercial quantity, and although no manganese ore
has been reported there, possibly because of the deep filling of t:he
basin with wash, the favorable structural relations warrant search
for the ore. It is therefore recommended that the tract be thoroughly prospected by drilling.

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Shenandoah Valley is underlain by Cambrian limestones, dolomites,
and shales of the lower part of the Shenandoah group, but these
beds are not exposed near the foot of the mountains because of
the thick covering of mountain wash consisting of gravel, sand, and
clay.
West of Sawmill Ridge there is a low, narrow hill whose anticlinal character is well shown on the road up Sawmill Run, where
the anticline plunges south. The narrow valley between this hill
and Sawmill Ridge is therefore synclinal and probably contains some
Shady dolomite overlying the quartzite. Manganese ore was mined
on the Watts property in this syncline many years ago. From the
west side of Ramsey Mountain a low ridge that extends 1 mile to the
west is made up of several narrow north-south hills with shallow
saddles between them. Although no outcrops from which the dip of
the rocks could be determined were seen on these hills, they are covered

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TRACT 3.

Tract 3 lies between Grindstone and Piney mountains, two foothills of the Blue Ridge about 5 miles northeast of Elkton. (See
fig. 29, p. 284.) It is chiefly in Rockingham County, but partly in
Page County. Naked Creek, which· flows near the no~th edge of
the tract forms the boundary line between the two counties. So far
as know~, no prospecting for manganese has been done within the
area, but the Watson mine is about 1 mile to the north-northwest,
and a number of manganese prospects are scattered along the west
base of Grindstone Mountain, between it and this tract.
White quartzite (Erwin) is exposed on the crest and most of the
west slope of Grindstone Mountain. In general its strike is parallel
wit:h the mountain, which trends N. 10°-20° W., and it dips 40°-5? 0
W., passing beneath the limestone and shales that are exposed m
the Shenandoah Valley. A small embayment near the south end
of Grindstone Mountain is formed by a steeply plunging" syncline.
No limestone is exposed at the surface in this syncline, but residual
clay from the limestone was observed at the W at:son mine and in the
prospects near by, all of which are in the syncline. This residual
clay retains the original bedding of the limestone and incloses decomposed chert that is characteristic of the Shady dolomite. The
clay is overlain by and at the top is partly mixed wit:h quartzite
boulders, which are especially numerous on the flat wooded spurs
that extend southward from the base of the mountain.
Grindstone Mountain ends abruptly at Naked Creek, where the
mountain front is offset about a mile to the east and thence continues
south in Piney Mountain. The crest and most of the west slope of
Piney Mountain are formed of the same white quartzite, which strikes
S. 25° W." and clips at a high angle toward the Shenandoah Valley.
This offset is caused by an anticline and associated syncline, which
are similar to but larger than those at the Watson mine, a mile to
the north. The folds are so broad and open and plunge so steeply
to the southwest that the strike of the Erwin quartzite here makes
two nearly right-angle bends. (See fig. 29.) In the syncline a limestone, which is probably the Shady dolomite, is inclosed above the
white quartzite. The limestone is not exposed near the mountain,
but a sink hole and red clay residual from limestone seen in a stream
bank close to the west slope of Piney Mountain are sufficient evidence
of its presence under the covering of wash. Dolomite beds are exposed in Naked Creek south of the Watson mine and also farther
out in the valley. The axis of the syncline strikes northeast between
the two mountains but lies south of Naked Creek. Along the creek
the white quartzite beds, which are north of the synclinal axis, strike
N. 70° E. and dip 15°-30° SE. To the east, up the creek the older

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FIGURE 31.-Sketch geologic map of region near Waynesboro, Va., showing location of
tract 4.

with angular quartzite fragments nearly in place, and the hills are
believed to be small anticlines which plunge steeply to the north,
toward Sawmill Run, and less steeply to the south. Between the
south ends o:f these hills are small embayments which are structurally
synclinal troughs, and two of them are sufficiently: large to inclose
the overlying Shady dolomite or its residual clay. In fact, fragments
of chert derived from the Shady dolomite were found in the alluvial
fill of the valleys. The quartzite in thelow hills is seemingly that of
the upper beds of the Erwin formation.
West of Ramsey Mountain, across an alluvium-filled valley threefourths to 1 mile wide, is a group of low hills, including a higher
one called Bear Mountain. These are quartzite hills which are covered with angular fragments of quartzite and cemented quartzite

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Cambrian sandy shale and slate of the Hampton formation and
arkosic sandstone and conglomerate of the Unicoi formation crop
out beneath the white Erwin quartzite, with similar low southerly dips
:md nearly east strike. At the base of the Cambrian rocks purple
ferruginous sandstone rests on. pre-Cambrian greenstone schists.
The ore at the Watson mine consists of concretionary psilomelane
and pockets of wad in residual clay of the Shady dolomite. It was
mined by means of a shaft and two tunnels and was concentrated in
a mill at the mine, but no mining has been done here. for several
years. Similar ore occurs at the prospect pits along the foot of the
mountain for about half a mile southeast of the mine. The mine and
prospects are located in a small syncline and are therefore favorably
situated for the accumulation 6f manganese ore, but large, rich deposits are probably not to be expected because of the. small size of
the syncline. The tract near Naked Creek, however, is larger and
more favorably situated for the accumulation of ore, because the
syncline from which ore could have been concentrated there is broad
and open. Although no ore has been reported from this tract, it is
recommended that the tract be thoroughly prospected by drilling or
digging pits. It is not advisable to prospect in the stream flats of
Naked Creek and its tributary flowing north at the west base of
Piney Mountain, for but little, if any, residual clay in which manganese ore would be expected occurs here between the alluvium and the
unaltered limestone. Prospecting should be confined to the area
between these two creeks.
TRACT 4.

Tract 4 is an irregular low land area inclosed by low hills, 3 miles
northeast of Waynesboro. ( See fig. 31.) This region is . served by
the Shenandoah Valley branch of the Norfolk &amp; Western Railway
and the Chesapeake &amp; Ohio Railway, which cross at Basic City.
The boundary between the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Valley
here follows a very irregular but general southwesterly course, which
is determined by the irregular structure and distribution of the underlying rocks. Some of the foothills are so low that it is difficult
to decide where the boundary between foothills and valley should
be drawn. The westernmost foothills of the Blue Ridge are composed of white Cambrian (Erwin) quartzite. Sawmill Ridge and
Ramsey Mountain form the main ridge of the white quartzite in
this area, and quartzite beds on their west slopes dip 50° W., toward
the valley. East of Ramsey Mountain and Sawmill Ridge the white
quartzite is underlain by older Cambrian sandy shales and dark
arkosic sandstones of the Hampton and Unicoi formations, and east
of these are the pre-Cambrian greenstones and schists that compose
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breccia but no rock ledges from which the structure could be determined ~ere seen. The hills are believed to be anticlinal in structure
and to be made up of several low anticlines in which the quartzite is
barely exposed at the surface. Between the individual hills are
several small valleys or hollows, presumably occupying synclinal
troughs, which, if not too shallow, may contain Shady dolomite.
Those on the north and east sides merge with the embayments on
the south side of the quartzite hills to the north, which are known
to contain chert residual from the dolomite. These structural
troughs, which are large and deep enough to contain a con·s iderable
body of the Shady dolomite, or its resi~ual clay, are favo:able for
the accumulation of manganese ore bodies. A prospect pit northeast of Bear Mountain found considerable manganese ore, and two
other prospect pits on the west flank of Ramsey Mountain also sho_w
ore. In fact, the whole lowland southwest of Ramsey Mo~ntam
and southeast of Bear Mountain is believed to be underlam by
residual clay from limestone and therefore to have favorable structural conditions for the accumulation of ore. The surface of much
of this area especially the portions close to the quartzite hills, is
strewn with'small pieces of flinty iron ore, and the soil is markedly
red in places. Both of these features indicate the probable presence
of the basal beds of the Shady dolomite, in which some ore has been
deposited. The limestone lowland and the white quartzite of Ramsey
Mountain are abruptly terminated at the south by the older Cambrian shales and arkosic sandstones, which have been thrust westward about 2 miles along an east-west fault, the trace of which lies
close to the main road from the gap south of Ramsey Mountain to
Basic City.
Because of the favorable structure just described it is recommended that the triangular valley of about 1 square mile lying north
of the fault and extending from Ramsey Mountain to Bear Mountain with its two northward synclinal prongs, be thoroughly prospect~d by drilling or test ·pits to determine the presence of manganese. The small synclinal valleys wes~ and sou~h~est of Bear
Mountain are also recommended as possibly contammg workable
deposits and worthy of examination. The small syncline on Sawmill
Run is likewise favorable, but large deposits are not to be expected
there.
TRACT 5.

Tract 5 lies 6 miles due south of Luray and just northeast of
Marksville. (See fig. 32.) As it is a limestone valley inclosed by
quartzite ridges it may prove worthy of careful prospecting. The
main quartzite ridge of the mountain front is br?lrnn d~wn east _of
the village of Stony Man (Blosserville), as the white Er':m quartzite
is here crushed by faulting. South of Stony Man the ndge appears

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to be anticlinal,
with a fault on its southeast side, and farther south-

derived and incloses decomposed chert from the limestone. This clay
is residual ·from the Shady dolomite at the base of the Shenandoah
group of limestones, for purple shale, :residual banded clay, and thin
sandstone of the next overlying formation (Watauga shale) crop out
near the wagon road west of the mine. In the mine pits the residual
clay merges at the top with mottled clay that has moved somewhat
down the slope and has been more or less niixed with the sandstone
wash froni the mountain. The overburden is not more than 10 feet
thick at the mine. The ore seems to be mostly deposited in the undisturbed residual clay.
At the west end of the railway cut there is a small detached mass
of brecciated white quartzite, which evidently forms a small anticline
on the west flank of the
main q u a r t z i t e m a s s ,
although it is so highly brecciated that · the anticlinal
structure can not be determined in the railway cut.
The sinall ridge which this
quartzite mass makes on the
flank of the main quartzite
ridge west of the railway is
covered with fragments of
the quartzite, but there are
no bedrock outcrops on it.
It declines toward the southwest and merges into the
w a sh - c o v e red terraced
mountain slope on which
the Seibel mine is located.
&lt;j.M1LES
1 , ~z , ?
In the swale between the FIGURE 33.-Sketch geologic map of area east of
main ridge and this small
Front Royal, Va., showing location of tract 6.
ridge is much iron-ore float and several shallow pits which show considerable manganese oxide. This swale is on the axis of a small
syncline that plunges southwestward toward the Seibel mine and
incloses the residual clays of the basal limestone beds which rest on
the top of the gently dipping white quartzite. Its structure is therefore favorable for the accumulation of manganese ore. The fold,
~owever, is s~ small that the embayment can not be regarded as
hkely to furmsh a large quantity of manganese and would not be
class~d as favorable for prospecting if it were not for the good
s~10wmg .o f ore at the surface and in the surface pits over a considerable area northeast of the Seibel mine.
An iron mine was formerly worked by the Seibel Co. 1 mile southwest of the manganese mine, on the flank of the same ridge. In the

west, west of Ida, there are two quartzite ridges, the outer one apparently anticlinal, so that the valley between them is a syncline. The
£;ult east of the quartzitecutsouttheHamptonshaletothesouthwest,
bringing the Unicoi sandstone and Erwin quartzite together. These
nre minor structural features, however, and even if the synclines in
the white quartzite inclose limestone, as is suggested by exposures of
certain residual clays, they are hardly to be regarded as favorable
for the accumulation of
large manganese deposits.
Northeast of Marksville
an outlying q u a r t z i t e
ridge trends northeast,
and although large masses
of rock cover its surface
no rock was observed in
place, and the structure
could not be determined.
It is believed to be an
anticline, however, but
may be faulted on the
west side. The valley between the outlying ridge
and the main ridge of the
mountain front is deeply
covered with sandstone
wash, and the bedrock is
concealed, but with the
quartzite fragments there
is much iron-ore float and
some ferruginous chert
derived from limestone.
This valley is therefore
Y•
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believed to be a synclinal FIGURE 32.-Sketch geologic map of area south of
limestone valley between
Luray, Va., showing location of tract 5.
two quartzite ridges and thus to be stq1cturally favorable for the
accumulation of manganese ore. Manganese ore has not been mined
in this area, but in a small synclinal valley on the mountain side 2
miles southwest of Marksville some old workings show fragments of
manganese oxide, and preparations are being made to reopen the
workings.
The limestone embayment opens into the main valley both at the
north and south, but as a fault probably breaks the limestone at these
places the bedding is not continuous across these breaks and the
syncline is cut off. The synclinal basin therefore forms a wedgeshaped area with the point at the northeast, over 2 miles long and a

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mile in width at its southwest base. At the southwest it is cut off
by pre-Cambrian granite, which is faulted across the end of the
basin. The granite has been moved westward along the east-west
fracture and now abuts against the ends of first the pre-Cambrian
greenstone beds southwest of Ida, then successively the basal Cambrian sandstones and shales (Unicoi and Hampton), the upper white
quartzite (Erwin), and finally the limestone of the inclosed valley.
The fault thus caused a horizontal displacement of the rocks of at
least 3 miles at this place.
This wedge-shaped embayment is regarded as a d~irable place to
prospect for manganese deposits, as its structure is favorable for the
eoncentration of any manganese that may have been originally present in the surrounding rocks. The portion of the embayment south
.of the stream and road is a lowland with little coarse wash and has
apparently been recently scoured by the stream, so that if ore were
originally deposited there it has probably been removed by erosion.
The higher part of the area, north of the road, is deeply covered with
wash and is more favorable for the occurrence of ore, particularly
that portion which lies at or near the saddle in the valley between
the outer ridge and the main ridge.
TRACT 6.

Tract 6 is a small area of valley and mountain slope in the vicinity
of the Seibel manganese mine, near Happy Creek station on the
Southern Railway, 3 miles east of Front Royal. (See fig. 33.) This
tract is worthy of careful prospecting for manganese, which can be
done most readily with the drill. The rocks of this area are unusually well exposed in the Southern Railway cuts east of the mine.
Here the pre-Cambrian greenstone is succeeded on the west by nearly
vertical beds of arkosic gray and purple banded sandstone and conglomerate which represent the basal formation (Unicoi sandstone)
of the Cambrian. These beds are followed by purple shaly arkosic
beds, hacldy sandy shales, and soft buff sandstones with low dips and
minor folds, and these in turn by nearly vertical, thicker, harder
argillaceous sandstone with some thin dark shale partings which
represent the Hampton shale. Then follows the main ridge-making
upper white quartzite (Erwin), which is nearly vertical but also
somewhat folded and much brecciated, the fragments being cemented
in part by limonite.
At the foot of the west slope of the mountain is the Seibel manganese mine, described in detail by Hewett. 1 The manganese and manganiferous iron in a new pit at the mine clearly occur in clay that in
part retains the original bedding of the limestone from which it was
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mine pit the brecciated white quartzite clearly overlies banded yellow clay residual from the Shady dolomite, which dips 40° SE., so
that the beds are overturned. The unaltered Shady dolomite was
encountered in a tunnel below the pit. These rocks strike southwestward but are cut off in this direction by the pre-Cambrian
greenstone which is faulted across the ends of the beds. The greenstone has been moved westward along the fault, .resting against the
ends first of the basal Cambrian beds, then in turn the white quartzite,
the residual clay of the Shady dolomite, and lastly purple shales and
thin sandstone of the Watauga formation. The horizontal movement of the greenstone was at least 2 miles. _T o the west the brecciated quartzite makes another low hill 1 mile from Front Royal,
which is believed to be a crushed anticline, although the rock outcrops
do not fully indicate the structure. The limestone lowland between
this sandstone hill and the Seibel iron mine is therefore synclinal.
However, on account of the crushing of the quartzite, the marked
overturning of the fold at the iron mine, and the probability of
minor faulting, this larger syncline is not regarded as particularly
favorable for the occurrence of large deposits of manganese ore,
although the residual clay is stained in places by manganese oxide.
The most favorable place for prospecting with the drill in this
area therefore is along the mountain front in the vicinity of the
'
' mine, particularly
northeast of the mine, between it and the
Seibel
railway, and search there for commercial deposits is recommended.

�DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN

K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

Bulletin 660

CONTENTS.
[The letters in parentheses preceding the titles are those used to ,lesignate the papers for
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(A) Notes on the geology and iron ores of the Cuyuna district, Minn., by E. C.
Harder and A. W. Johnston (published June 7, 1917)... . ....... . . . ....
(B) Notes on the greensand deposits of the eastern United States, by G. H.
Ashley (published Aug. 28, 1917).... . ...............................
(B) Methods of analysis of greensand, by W. B. Hicks and R. K. Bailey (published Aug. 28, 1917)..................... •• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(C) Manganese deposits of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Ark.,
by H. D. Miser (publi~hed Sept. 12, 1917). . ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
(D) Tin resources of the Kings Mountain district, N. C. and S. C., by Arthur
Keith and D. B. Sterrett (published Dec. 10, 1917). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(E) Louisiana clays, by G. C. Matson (published Nov. 26, 1917)..............
(F) Ore deposits of the northwestern part of the Garnet Range, Mont., by
J. T. Pardee (published Jan. 10, 1918).... . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(G) The Dunkleberg mining district, Granite County, Mont., by J. T. Pardee
(published Dec. 27, 1917) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(H) The antimonial silver-lead veins of the Arabia district, Nev., by Adolph
Knopf (published Jan. 7, 1918)........................... ...........
(I) Strontiflnite deposits near Barstow, Cal., by Adolph Knopf (published
January 18, 1918) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(J) Possibilities for manganese ore on certain undeveloped tracts in Shenandoah Valley, Va., by D. F. Hewett, G. W. Stose, F.J. Katz, and H. D. Miser
(published January 21, 1918) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Index.... . ..... . . . ......... . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . ... ........... . ............

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ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. Map of east-central Minnesota showing the location of the Cuyuna
district and a part of the Mesabi district .................. . .... .
II. Sketch map of New Jersey and parts of Maryland and Virginia,
showing general distribution of greensand-bearing formations .....
III. Geologic map of the northern parts of the Caddo Gap and De Queen
quadrangles, Arkansas and Oklahoma ....... . ... .. ............ . .
IV. Map showing location of deposits of tin ore in Kings Mountain district, North Carolina and South Carolina....................... ..
V. Map showing the distribution of clay-bearing formations in Louisiana and the localities where samples were collected .•• : ........ .
VI. Geologic map and section of the northwestern part of Garnet
Range, Mont .............. . ............. . .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .

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NOTE.-T, ~e Su_rvey's _annual volumes entitled "Contribut ions to economic
geology are issued m parts, and the last part will include a volume title
p~ge, table of contents, and index for the use of those who may wish t ·
~md the separa~e parts. A small edition of the bound volume will also b:
but copies can not be supplied to those who have received all the

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PLATE VII. Workings in the Nancy Hanks zone, Garner Range, Mont...... ..
VIII. Structure in the Shamrock and Dewey mines, Garnet Range,
Mont.... ............ ............ ............ ............ ...
IX. Workings of the Red Cloud and adjacent mines, Garnet Range,
Mont.... ............ ............ ............ ............ ..
X. Reconnaissa nce geologic map of the Dunkleberg mining district,
Granite County, Mont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
XI. Reconnaissa nce map of the Barstow-Kr amer region, San Bernardino County, Cal........ ........... .......... . . ..... . .........
F10URE J. Sketch map of area adjacent to Middletown, Del. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Index map showing location of northern or mountainou s parts of
the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Ark....... .........
3. Section along line C-D on Plate III, through the east ends of Leader,
Brier Creek, and Sugartree mountains and the west end of Statehouse Mountain, Ark., showing the. folding of the Arkansas
novaculite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Section along line A-B on Plate III, through East Hanna Mountain, Polk County, Ark., showing the folding of the Arkansas
novaculite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Section of east face of Bear Mountain prospect, Pike County, Ark.,
showing veins of manganese ore along the bedding planes and
a network of films of iron and manganese oxides at the crest of
an anticline in the novaculi te.......... ............. ..........
6. Plan of Still mine, on IIogpen Mountain, Pike County, Ark........
7. Sketch map showing the location of most of the James prospects,
Montgomery County, Ark...... ............ ............ ........
8. Sketch geologic map showing workings on south slope of North
Mountain, Montgomery County, Ark...... ............ ........
9. Section along line A-A, figure 8, on south slope of North Mountain, Montgomery County, Ark...... ............ ............ ...
10. Section in a pit on North Mountain, Montgomery County, Ark.,
showing a manganiferous breccia in the Arkansas novaculite ....
11. Sketch map of workings on land of Dierks Lumber &amp; Coal Co., Montgomery County, Ark ........... ........... ........... ....... ,
12. Section on north slope of Tall Peak Mountain, Polk County, Ark.,
showing the occurrence of manganese ore in the gray novaculite. .
13. Section in a pit on Manganese Mountain, Polk County, Ark., show- ,
ing the occurrence of manganese ore in the gray novaculite. . . . . .
14. Diagrams of wells showing the general character of clay-bearing
formations in Louisian a........... ............. ............. ..
15. Diagram of well at Pineville, Rapides Parish, La......... .........
16. Index map showing location of northwester n part of Garnet Range
and Dunkleberg mining district, Mont.... ............ .........
17. Vein in 400 level west, Dewey mine, Garnet Range, Mont...... ...
18. Vein in 400 level east, Dewey mine, Garnet Range, Mont...... ...
19. Diagramma tic section of Nancy Hanks vein, Garnet Range, Mont...
20. Cross section of Shamrock mine, Garnet Range, Mont..... ........
21. Section along First Chance Gulch, Garnet Range, Mont..... ......
22. Veins at Coloma, Gamet Range, Mont.-~- ............. ..........
23. Vei~s at the head of Elk Creek, Garnet Range, Mont..... ........ .
24. Plan of Dandy vein, Gamet Range, Mont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25. Geologic map and section of the vicinity of Copper Cliff, Garnet
Range, Mont.... ............ ............ ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F. L.

RANSOME

and H. S.

GALE,

Geologists in charge.

INTRODUCTION.

The Survey's "Contributions to economic geology" have been published annually since 1902. In 1906 the increase in the number of
papers coming under this classification made it necessary. to divide
the contributions into two parts, one including papers on metals and
nonmetals except fuels and the other including papers on mineral
fuels. In 1915 the year included in the title was changed from the
year in which the field work reported in these papers was done to
the year of publication, and in consequence there was no volume
entitled "Contributions to economic geology, 1914." The subjoined
table gives a summary of these bulletins.
United States Geologicrtl Survey "Contributions to economic geology."
Date in title.

Dat~ of
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Bulletin
No.

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1906, Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Part II. . . . .. . .. . . . . .. .. .
1907, Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .
Part II. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. ..
1908, Part I. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part II...... . ...... ... ..
1909, Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .
Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1910, Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .
Part II. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

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- a The date given is that of the complete volume; beginning with Bulletin 285, the papers have been issued

as advance chapters as soon as they were ready.

As the subtitle indicates, the papers included in these volumes are
of two classes-(1) short papers giving comparatively detailed
descriptions of occnrrences that haYe economic interest but are not
of sufficient importance to warrant a more extended description;
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26. Index map of northern Virginia, showing location of undeveloped
tracts recommended as favorable for prospecting for manganese..
27. Generalized structlli'e section of the west front of the Blue Ridge
and the adjacent part of the Shenandoah Valley, showing the
normal relations of the rocks and their former extent before removal by erosion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28. Sketches showing vertical cross sections of four manganese mines
in the Shenandoah Valley-Blue Ridge region, representing four
types of deposits.............................................
29. Sketch geologic map of region near Elkton, Va., showing location
of tracts 1 and 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30. Sketch geologic map of area south of Lyndhurst, Va., showing location of tract 2. . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31. Sketch geologic map of region near Waynesboro, Va., showing
location of tract 4... •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32. Sketch geologic map of area south of Luray, Va., showing location
of tract 5 ................................................. -.. 33. Sketch geologic map of area east of Front Royal, Va., showing location of tract 6 ...................................... - . . . . . . . . .

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(2) preliminary reports on economic investigations the results of
which are to be published later in more detailed :form. These papers
are such only as have a direct ~conomic bearing, all topics of purely
scientific interest being excluded.
Brief abstracts of the publications of the year are given in the
annual report of the Director. The complete list of Survey publications affords, by means of finding lists of subjects and of authors,
further aid in ascertaming the extent of the Survey's work in economic geology.
The reports on work in Alaska have been printed in a separate
series since 1904, the volumes so far issued being Bulletins 259, 284,
314, 345, 379, 442, 480, 520, 542, 592, 622, 642, and 662.

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INDEX.

Page.

Page.

Dierks Lu:nber &amp; Coal Co.'s prospect, Ark., description
of _____________ 63,104-105
Dufrenite, occurrence oL__________
75
Dunkleberg mining district, Mont.,
geologic map oL_____
242
geology of_________________ 242-243
location of__________________
241
mining In _____________ 241, 244-247
ore deposits oL ____________ 243-244
topography of _____________ 241-242

E.
East Hanna Mountain, Ark., novacullte beds· in________
77
See also Hanna Range.
Electric silver-lead vein, Nev., description oL_________
254
Elk Creek, Mont., lodes on _______ 200-201
mines near head of _________ 201-205
placers on _________ 231-235,237-238
Elkton, Va., manganese deposit
northeast of, probability of__ ______ _____ 289-290
manganese deposit southwest of,
probability of_ _____ 283-287
Enarglte, occurrence of, in the Garnet Range, Mont_____ 218,
219-220
England, strontium production oL 267-268
Erwin quartzite, occurrence of, in
the manganese area of
northwestern Virginia- 274275
Eureka prospect, Ark., description
of ________________ 111- 112

F.
Fagan mine, Ark., description of_ __ 88-89
Faires tin prospect, N. C., description of______________
139
Fairview mine, Mont., description
of ________________ 194-195
Faus tin prospect, N. C., description
of - -- - -- - ----- ---- 138- 130
F'aults in tbe' Garnet district, Mont.,
features oL ______ _ 170, 174
Fayette sandstone, mechanical analysis of______________
151
occurrence of, in Louisiana____ 150151,158
Fields prospect, Ark., description oL
88
First Chance Gulch, Mont., course
of ________ ___ · ______
172
First Chance Mining Co., Mont.,
properties oL _____ _ 190-195
Forest Rose silver-lead mine, Mont.,
description oL ___ __ __
247
Fossils, occurrence oL ___________ 70, 258
Fourth of July mine, Mont., description oL__ __ ___ ______
194
French, C. L., acknowledgment to__
62
Front Royal, Va., manganese deposit east of, probability oL __ _____ _____ 294-296

G.

INDEX.

Gaffney, S. C., tin mine near_ ____ 135-1:n
Garnet district, Mont., geography
and geology oL ____ 172-173
mining in _________________ 171- 172
ore deposits in ____________ _ 173-178
Garnet Hange, Mont., access to---150
geography of _______________ 161-162
geologic map and section of
northwestern part of_
172
gold production of_ _________ 160-161
location of__________________
150
physiography of____________ 162-165
stratigraphy and lithology oL 165- 169
structure of ___ ____________ 170-171
Germany, strontium production oL 268- 269
Glauconite, analyses oL _______ 31, 32- 33
physical character oL ________ 29- :lO
Gold, in the Garnet Range, Mont.,
occurrence oL_______
176
in the Garnet Range, Mont.,
production oL_ 182, 18:l-184
Golcl Leaf gold mine, Mont., description of________ _
2H
Golden Angel gold prospect, Mont.,
description oL __ ___ 212-213
Gowrie gold prospect, Mont., location oL___________ __
227
Grant &amp; Hartford mine, Mont., description oL ________ _
188
Grant &amp; Hartford vein, Mont., discovery of___________ _
171
Grant prospect, Ark., description oL
116
Grass Widow copper mine, Mont.,
description of____ ___ _
229
Greensand, analyses oL __ _____ ___ _ 47- 48
analyses of, methods followed
in ___________ ______ _ 51-58
availability of potash in ______ 48-49
composition oL ______________ 29-33
distribution of, in Eastern ancl
Southern States ______ 37-47
extent of, in the Eastern States_
28
formations containing ______ __ 36- 37
grains in, size of_____ ______ __
30
origin and nature oL ______ ___ 33- 35
sampling of___________ _ 35- 36, 39- 47
water-laid sample of__________
42
Greenstones, occurrence of, in the
Cuyuna district, Minn_
25
Grindstone Mountain, Va., maganese
prospects on_________
289
Gypsy copper prospect, Mont., location oL_____________
229

Page.
A.

Acknowledgments for aid _______ 159-160,
241, 257
Adaline gold prospect, Mont., location of _____________
227
Aitkin, Minn ., population oL______
3
Alabama gold mine, Mont., description of _____________
204
Aladdin gold prospect, Mont., location of _____________
227
Allen, R. C., and Barrett, L. P.,
correlation of Huronian rocks by ________ 8-10
Allen tin prospect, N. C., description of ___________ 145-146
Andraclite, occurrence oL_________
211
Antimony, mining of, in the Arabia
district, Nev ______ 249-255
.trabia district, Nev., geology oL 249-251
location of__________________
249
mining in _________________ 252-255
ore deposits of ________ 251-252, 255
Arizona, strontium from__________
266
Arkansas, greensand samples from_ 46-47
manganese deposits in, bibliography of___________ 60-61
development of __________ 62-64
Arkansas Development Co.'s mines,
Ark., description oL 120-121
Arkansas Geological Survey, cooperation by ________ 61- 62
Arkansaw gold mine, Mont., description of _____________
204
Ashley, George H., Notes on the
greensand deposits of
the
eastern
United
States-------------- 27-58
Avant, C. C., claims, Ark., description of ___________ 119-120
Aztec silver-lead prospect, Nev.,
description of _______
255

B.
Baker &amp; Sullivan lead-silver mine,
Mont., description oL
230
Baldwin tin prospect, N. C., description of ___________ 145-146
Barrett, L. P ., Allen, R. C., and,
correlation of Huronian rocks bY-------- 8- 10
Barstow-Kramer region, Cal., reconnaissance map of_
258
Barstow strontiani te area, Cal., geology of____________ 257-261
minerals of _______________ 259-263
origin of strontium deposits in_
264
Raton Rouge, La., clays in __ ____ 152-154
Beer Creel., Mont., placers on ___ 231-235,
238-239

H.

Hammond, George, acknowledgment
to __________ _______ _

62
Hanna, S. A., acknowledgment to __
62
Hanna, S. A., prospect, Ark., description oL ________ _ 86- 87
Hanna Range, Ark., location of ___ _
7{l
manganese deposits in _______ _
118

Page.
Bear Mountain, Va., manganese deposit near, probability
of __________ ______ 290-292
Bear Mountain prospect, Ark., description of_ _________ 63, 89
Bessemer granite, nature and distrlbu tlon
of,
in
the
Kings Mountain district, N. C.-S. C. __ 129-130
Bessemer ore, occurrence of, In the
Cuyuna district, Minn_
20
Big l&lt;'ork, Ark., manganese prospects near__________
116
Bilk Gulch, Mont., gold lodes
near______________ 209-210
placers on _____________ 232, 236-237
analys~ of__________________
251
Bindhelmite, in the Arabia district, Nev., occurrence
of______ ______ 249,251-252
Biwabik formation, recent study oL
9
Blackfoot River, Mont., description of _____________
161
Blue Ridge Tin Corporation, main
works of, description
of ________________ 141-142
Boston

gold

prospect, Mont., description of _______ 212-213
Brackett, R. N ., analyses of manganese ores by___ 74,98,108
Brainerd, Minn., population of____
3
Brier Creek Mountains, Ark., novaculite beds In _____ 75-77
Brunson, Frank, prospect, Ark.,
description of_______
87
Brushy Mountains prospects, Ark.,
description of ____ 63, 89-90
Buckeye gold prospect, Mont., description oL________
203
Buckeye Mountains, Ark., manganese deposits in ____ 118- 119
Buel Hill prospect, Ark., clescr!ption
of____ ______________
95

C.
Caddo Gnp qua o.lrangle, Ark., geography of northern part
of __________________
64-65
geologic map of northern part
of_________________ _
64
manganese ores in ___ __ __ ____ _ 73-85
section of formations in __ __ __ _ 66-68
structure of formations in ____ _ 71-73
Caddo :\fountain prospect, Ark., de- scriptlon of_ ________ _
97
Cady prospect, Ark., description oL_
98
Calcite, occurrence of, in the Barstow, Cal., strontianite
area ____________ ___ _
263

297

53"1

53'b

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INDEX
Page,

160
Calkins, E'. C., acknowledgment to__
Camas Basin, Mont., physiography
of ________________ 162-165
161
Camas Prairie, Mont., geography oL
stratigraphy and lithology oL 165-169
structure oL _______________ 170-171
Cape Nome copper mine, Mont., description oL _______ 227-228
Carolina gneiss, nature and distribution of, in the Kings
Mountain d is t r i ct,
N. C.-S. C _________ 127-128
Cascade mine, Garnet Range, Mont.,
description of______ 184-185
C assiterite, See Tin.
Catahoula sandstone, occurrence of,
in Louisiana _______ 151, 158
235
C,,yuse Gulch, Mont., placers near__
C'elestlte, occurrence of, in the Barstow, Cal., strontianite
263
area________________
production of, in England ___ 267-268
268
ln Sicily________________
value of ___________________ 264-265
Charcoal gold prospect, Mont., loca227
tion oL_____________
Chestnut Ridge, N. C., tin prospects
on ______________ __ 142-143
Chloride lead-silver mine, Mont., description of_ _______ 229-230
Citronelle formation, occurrence of,
in Louisiana _______ 152, 157
Claiborne group, occurrence of, In
150
Louisiana____________
161
Clark Fork, Mont., description oL__
plac~rs on _________________ 232-233
Clay-bearing formations in Louisi148
ana, map showing__ __
Clays, Louisiana, sections of formations containing____ 156-158
Louisiana, tests of_ _________ 155-156
225
Cli.uton dlstrict, Mont., geography oL
geology of_________________ 225-226
mining In __________ 224-225, 227- 231
ore deposits oL ____________ 226-227
Cogburn, R. M., prospect, Ark,, description oL _________ 94-95
Coloma district, Mont., ore deposits
and development oL_ 195-199
199
Comet mine, Mont., description oL_
Compton Manganese Co.'s mine, Va.,
structural f e a t u r e s
279
near---------------Coon Creek, Ark., manganese pros111
__________
____
pect on
Copper in the Garnet Range, Mont.,
222
nuggets oL__________
in the Garnet Range, Mont., occurrence of_ _______ 160- 161,
175, 176, 177, 180- 181,
185, 187, 193, 197, 2or.,
207, 218- 219, 222, 226
tc·nor oL ___________ __ _ 181, 184
Copper ClltI copper mine, Mont., description oL _______ 220-223

Page,
Copper ClitI district, Mont., geog~a213
phy of__________ ____
geology of _________________ 215-217
mining in _____________ 214, 220-224
ore deposits of_ ____________ 218-220
Cossatot Mountain prospects, Ark.,
description oL _____ 115-116
Crawford, J. H., manganese pros286
pect of______________
Crawford gold prospect, Mont., loca227
tion of______________
190
Crescent mine, Mont., location oL__
Cretaceous rocks, occurrence of, in
the Cuyuna district,
26
Minn________________
Crlmora mine, Va., structural features near _________ 278-279
Crooked Creek, Ark., manganese prospects on ___________ 102-103
Crowders Mountain, N. C., altitude'
124
of__________________
" Cube iron," occurrence of, in the
185
Garnet Range, Mont__
Cuyuna district, Minn., discovery of
3
iron in______________
1-3
geographic features oL_______
horizon markers in ___________ 13-;l.5
iron ore bodies in ____________ 19--20
lithology oL _________________ 13-26
rocks in, classification oL_____ 6-11
metamorphosed ______ 8-10, 13-25
structure of _____________ 11-13
rocks of areas adjoining, out7
crops oL____________
1
scope of report on____________
D.

Daisy gold prospect, Mont., location
227
of__________________
Dandy gold mine, Mont., description
Of----------~----- 201-203
Dargan, Md., structural features
279
near________________
159
Davey, F. A., acknowledgment to__
Davis, Tellus, prospects Nos. 1 and
63,
2, Ark., description oL
108- 109
Davis, W. A., prospects Nos. 1 and
63,
2, Ark., description of_
109-111
De Queen quadrangle, Ark.-Okla.,
geologic map of northern part of__ ____ ___ _
64
manganese ores in _____ ______ _ 73- 85
_
_
structure of formations in __
71- 73
Deep Creek, Mont., gold bodies near_ 209210
placers on __________________ _
236
Delaware, greensand samples from __ 40-43
Delhi, La., clay at_ ______________ _
154
Dewey mine, Mont., description oL 178182
production of _______________ _
172
structure In, plate showing___ _
186

INDEX

Page.
Ilaparanda gold mine, Mont., des cription of _____ __ 203-204
Happy Creek, Va., manganese deposit near, probability of---------- -- 204-296
Harder, E . C., and Johnston, A. W.,
Notes on the geology
and iron ores of the
Cuyuna district,\ Minn_ 1-26Tlartford gold prospect, Mont., description oL __ ____ 212-213
Hastings tin prospect, N. C., de145
scription oL________
Hat ta silver-lead mine, Mont., de247
scription of_________
Hattiesburg clay, occurrence of, In
Louisiana_____ 151,157,158
Hatton, Ark., manganese prospects
near______________ 121-122
He Mountain, Ark., manganese
111
prospect on_________
Tlellgate Canyon, Mont., geography
of __________________ · 161
Hematite, occurrence of, in the Cuyuna district, Minn ___ 15-17,
20-21,23
!Ionderson, L. G., acknowledgment
2 r,7
to _____ __ ______ _____
Howett, D. F., manganese ore in
Virginia __________ 271-296
Hidden Treasure gold prospect,
227
Mont., location oL__
Hollander, Albert, acknowledgment
2#1
to__________________
Hollifield, Dallas, acknowledgment
62
to___ ____ _____ ______
Horton tin prospect, N. C., description of _____________ . 143
Hovis tin prospect, N. C., descrip143
tion of_____________
Jiuronian rocks in the Cuyuna district, Minn., correlation oL_____________ 8-10

I.
mine, Mont., descrip204
tion of _________ __ __
Igneous rocks, age and occurrence'
of, in the Cuyuna district, Minn _________ 10-11,
24-25,26
Inclependence gold prospect, Mont.,
204
description of_____ __
In ternational mine, Mont., descrip187
186___
___
_____
oL
tion
Intrusive rocks. S ee Igneous rocks.
Iron, deposition of, in ferric · or
ferrous form _______ _ 16- 17
rllscovery of, In the Cuyuna
3
district, Minn ____ __ _
ores of, in the Caddo Gap and
De Queen quadrangles,
74
Ark.- Okla_________ __
in the Cuyuna district,
Minn ----~- - ------- - 13-23
Idaho gold

Page.
Iron carbonate, occurrence of, in
the Cuyuna district,
Minn _______________ 17-18
J.

Jack Pot copper mine, Mont., de229
scription of _________
Jackson formation, occurrence of,
in Louisiana ______ 150-Hil
Jackson silver-lead mine, Mont., de247
scription of_________
G2
Janes, M. A., acknowledgment to__
Janes prospects, Ark., description
of__________________ 95-97
Jasplllte, occurrence of, in the Cu19
yuna district, Minn___
Jersey silver-lead vein, Nev., de254
scription of_________
Johnston, A. W., Harder, E. C., and,
Notes on the geology
and iron ores of the
Cuyuna district, Minn_ 1-26
159
Jones, E. L., jr., field work by____
Jones tin mine, N. C., description
of ________________ 144-145
Joslin, G. A., acknowledgment to__

62

K.
Katz, F. J., manganese ore in Virginia_____________ 271-296
Keith, Arthur, and Sterrett, Douglas B., Tin resources
,
of the Kings Mountain
district, N. C.-S. c._ 123-146
Kendall &amp; Flick manganese mines,
Va., structural featltres near ______ __ 277,285
Kennedy manganese mine, Va.,
features
structural
near__________ 279-280, 288
Kings Mountain district, N. C.S. C., geography oL 123-124
12G
geologic features oL_________
124
map showing tin deposits In__
126
structure of the rocks in____
Kings Mountain mine, N. C., de138
scription of ________ _
Kings Mountain Pinnacle, N. C.,
124
altitude oL_________
Kings Mountain quadrangle, N. C.S. C., tin prospects
in _______ ____ _____ 137-138
159
Kl enze, H. G., acknowledgment to_
Knopf, Adolph, Strontlanite deposits
near Barstow, CaL 257- 270
The antimonial silver-lead veins
of the Arabia district, Nev _____ ____ 249- 2l:iti
Koch, Julius, method of, for analyzing greensand ____ 52-53

L.
Lafayette, La., clay at___________
Lake Charles, La., clay at_ ____ ___

153
153

�Page.

Hamsey Mountain, Va., manganese
deposit near, probability of _____________ 290-292
Rattlesnake prospect, Ark., d escription oL _____________ 63, 91
Ha yfield tin prospect, N. C., descrip14G
tion oL_____________
Recent clays, occurrence of, in Louisiana ______________ 152, 158
Heel Cloud mine, Mont., description
of ________________ 190- 194
workings of, plate showing____
"Red ore," O(·currcnce of, in the
Garnet Range, Mont__

175,
182- 183

Slate, nature and occurrence of, in
the Cuyuna district,
Minn ___ 14, 15, 17-21, 23-24
Slatington
prospects,
Mountain
Ark., description oL 103- 1 04
Slidell, La., clays in ___________ 152-1G4
Smith, J. Lawrence, method of, for
greensand,
analyzing
results obtained by __ _
53,

137

Ross tin prospect, N. C., description
of__________________
Ruston, La., clay near____________

142
150

s.
formation, occurrence
150
of, In Louisiana_____
,v. T., acknowledgment
to ___ _____________ 159,241

lllaurice

Schaller,

Sherrod, S. W., acknowledgment to_
Shreveport, La., clay at_ _______ _ _
Sicily, strontium production of_ __ _
Sierra mine, Mont., description oL
Silver in the Arabia district, Nev.,
occurrence of__ 251, 252-253
in the Dunkleberg mining disoccurMont.,
trict,
rence of_ __________ 243;-244
In the Garnet Range, Mont.,
occurrence of _____ 160-161,
175,176,177,187,193,227
tenor of ___________ 175,181,194

lktl Ro"k gold mine, Mont., description oL ___________ ,213-2H
lil·ynold s Mountain prospects, Ark.,
88
description oL_______
Risner l\Iountain prospects, Ark., de94
6S,
_________
oL
scription
Roan gneiss, nature and distribution
of, in the Kings Mountain district, N. C.S. c ______________ 128-129
Robert Emmet mine, Mont., descrip194
tion oL---------~--Hogcrs, 11. D., method of, for analyzing greensand _____ 51-52
Rosenkranz, 'I.'. H., field work by __ 159,241
lloss tin mine, S. C., description oL 135-

St.

Page.
62
154
268
187

188

Schist, nature and occurrence of, in
the Cuyuna district,
Minn ______ ___ 13, 15, 23-24
Seibel iron mine, Va., structure of
beds near _____ _____ 29G-296
Senate gold prospect, Mont., loca227
tion of____ ________ _
"Hhadow Rock Mountain,'' Ark.,
.d~posits
manganese
in ________ ____ _ 78, 118-119
Shady dolomite, - occun·&lt;&gt;nre of, in
the manganese area
of northwestern Virginia ______________ 275- 276
description
Shamrock mine, Mont., _________
_
of ________
186

structure in, plate showing __ _
186
Shamrock vein, discovery oL _____ _
171
Shenandoah Valley, Va., manganese
deposits in ________ 271-296
Shcrando, Va., manganese deposit
probsouthwest of,
ability of _________ 287-288
267
Sherlock, R. L,, cited--------- -·--

57-58

C., method of, for
analyzing greensancL_ 52--53
Sossamon, W. R. , acknowledgment
62
to__________________
Spokane mine, Mont., description
185
of__________________
Statehouse Mountain, Ark., novaculite beds In __________ 75- 78
Sterrett, Douglas B., Keith, Arthur,
and, Tin resources of
the Kings Mountain
district, N. C.-S. C._ 123-146
Stevens, Chester, acknowledgment
62
to__________________
Still mine, Ark., description oL 63, 92-93
Stone placer mine, Mont., description oL ___________ 235-236
Stose, G. W., 1nanganese ore in Virginia ______________ 271-296
262
Strontlanite, analysis oL__________
discovery of, near Barstow,
257
Cal--------~-------occurrence of, near Barstow,
Cat _______ 259-261,269-270
production of, in Germany __ 268-2Ufl
2u:{
1·esemblance of calcite to_____
val11P of ___ _______________ !l64-2U:i
StrontianitP ro!'k, analyses oL __ 2UO, 261
Strontium, sources of __________ 266--260
uses of _______________ 265-266, 270
Strontium hydrate, use of, in relining sugar_ ______ 265-266
Rtroup tin prospect, N. C., descrip14;5
tion oL_____________
Sugartree Mountain, Ark., novacullte beds In __________ 75-78
Sugartree Mountain prospects, Ark.,
description of _____ 106--107
Summit silver-lead mine, Mont., description of _______ 246--247
Sumpter gold prospect, Mont., loca227
tion of___________ __
Smock,

301

INDEX.

303

INDEX.

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Page.
Lake Superior region, deformation
in __________________ 11-12
Launen placer mine, Mont., .description of ___________ 238-239
T,eaci, occurrence of, in the Dunkleberg mining district,
Mont_____________ 243-244
190
Lead King mine, Mont., location oL
Lead King vein, Mont., discovery
171
of__________________
Leader Mountain, Ark., novaculite
beds in _____________ 75-77
.Leader Mountain prospects, Ark.,
description of __ 63, 113-115
Ledoux, old, tin prospects, N. C.,
140
description of _______
151
Leesville, La., nature of clay at___
Lehsou placer mine, Mont., descrip236
tion of_____________
Leith, C. K., Van Hise, C. R., and,
preof
correlation
Cambrian rocks by___ 8, 10
L~na, La., nature of clay at_ ___ 151-152
Leonard copper mine, Mont., description of _______ 223-224
222
Lichen, yellow patches of-_________
Llmonite, occurrence of, in the
Cuyuna district, Minn_ 15-17

Page.
Manganese, area of, in northwestern
Virginia, origin of cle281
po~~ in____________
rocks oL ______________ 273-277
structural features oL_ 277-280
surface features of_ ____ 280-281
tracts recommended for exploration in _______ 282-296
occurrence of, in the Cuyuna
district, Minn _______ 22-23
ores of, analyses of_ _____ 7 4, 81-84,

20-21

gold mine, Mont., description oL ________ _
204
Mauney Park tin prospect, N. C., description of_______ 142-143
61
Mesler, R. D., field work by________
Meyer, M. C., cited ____.__________ 265-266
Middletown, Del., map of ·area adjacent to _____________ _
40

Manganese Mountain, Ark.,
121
cave lode on_________
Little Musgrove Mountain, Ark.,
prospect
manganese
on ________________ 112-113

Little

clay-bearing for·mations
148
in, map showing____
clay-bearing formations in, sections of_ _______ _: __ 156--158
formations that crop out in,
148
table showing_______
62
Lowery, R., acknowledgment to_~_
Luray, Va., manganese deposit south
of, probability oL __ 292-294
Lynx gold mine, Mont., description
205
of__________________
Louisiana,

M.
Iverson placer mine,
238
Mont., description oL
McKinley Mountain prospect, Ark.,
108
description of _______
llfrQueston (Otto) silver prospect,
229
Mont., location of____
Magnetite, occurrence of, in the Cayuna district, Minn __ 17-19,
McKevltt &amp;

20,21,25

Magone &amp; Anderson mine, Mont.,
description of _____ 188- 189
Mammoth vein, Mont., development of __________ 195-198
l\fan;.::U1ese, area of, iu northwestPrn

Virginia,

fipl(l

work on __________ 272-273

s~,

98, 108, 118, 119

the Caddo Gap and
De Queen quadrangles,
Ark.-Okla ____________ 73-85
Manganese Mountain, Ark., man119
ganese claims on_____
74
Manganite, description oL________
85
uses for____________________
149
Mansfield, La., clays In __________
in

Marksville, Va., manganese deposit
northeast of, probability oL ____________ 292-294
Marl, use of term _______________ _
37
Maryland, greensand samples from_ 43-44
map of part of, showing greenformasand-bearing
tions _______________ _
36
Masculine

Midvale manganese mine, Va., structural features near__ 279-280
Midway formation, occurrence of, in
148
Louisiana____________
Mills Creek, Va., manganese deposit
on, probability oL_ 287-288
2
Minnesota, east-central, map of____
3-6
general geology of_ _____ _:.____
Minnesota Geological Survey, co1
operation by_________
Miser, Hugh D., · Manganese deposits
of the Caddo Gap and
De Queen quadrangles,
Ark ________________ 59-122
manganese ore in Virginia ___ 271-296
Mlsslslppl Valley Iron Co.'s prospects
Nos. 2 and 3, description of_ __________ 63, 93-94
Missouri Mountain prospect, Ark.,
104
description of________
::\Ilxter, W. G., analysis of blnd251
helmite by___________
Molasses, desugarization of, with
strontium hydrate __ 265-266
15cl
Monroe, La., clay near_ ____.______ _
l\fontnna Gol&lt;l Mines Co., workings
of ________________ 197- 198

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INDEX

Page.
silver - lead - antimony
mine, Nev., description
of ________________ 252-254
149
Mooringsrort, La., clay in_________
Morrell claim, Ark., description oL 105- 106
Morse &amp; Kennedy copper mine, Mont.,
description of_ _____ 230-231
l\feunt Torry, Va., manganese deposit, structural fea279
tures near___________
288
Mount Torry mine, Va., operation oL
Mountain gold mine, Mont., description oL ___________ 210-211
M:ulky Creek, Mont., silver-lead deposits near_ ________ 229, 230
Mussigb,od, Ludwig, acknowledg159
ment to _____________

Montezuma

N.

Naked Creek, Va., manganese deposit
near, probability oL 289-290
Nanc.v Hanks mine, Mont., description oL ___________ 182-18_4
171
discovery of__________________
Nancy Hanks zone of Vf'ins, Mont.,
description oL _____ 173-1 H
170
minerals in__________________
175
tenor of ore in_______________
182
workings in, plate showing____
150
Natchitoches, La., clay in_________
241
N&lt;•al, Walter, acknowledgment to___
Nellie gold prospect, Mont., location
227
of ___________________
Nelson mine, Ar_k., -description of __

63,
85-86
N&lt;'w .Jersey, greensand in _________ _ 37-40
30
greensand in, map showing ____ _
M., acknowledgment_
Nicholson, D.to __________________
62
257
Sicklln, T. G., acknowledgment to __
!forth Carolina, greensand samples
from _______________ _ 45-46
North Mountain mine, Ark., descrip. tlon of_ ____________ 99~102
Novaculite, nature and occurrence of,
in th&lt;' Ca,ldo Gap and
De Queen quadrangles,
Ark ___________ 68-71, 75-79

o.
Ohio gold prospect, Mont., descrip203
tion oL_____________
62
Obnsorg, N. H., acknowledgment to_
Ophir copper prospect, Mont., loca229
tion of______________
Ormond-Carr tin prospect, N. C., de143
scription of__________
Ouachita Mountains, character of,
in Caddo Gap quadrangle, Ark_ ____________ 64-65
P.

Pardee, J. T., Ore deposits of the
northwestern part of
Range,
Garnet
the
Mont _____________ 159-239

304

Page,
Pardee, J. '£., The Dunkleberg mining district, Granite
County, Mont ______ 241, 2-17
Pascagoula c1ay, occurrence of, in
Louisiana _________ 151, 107
P,•arl gold mine, Mont., description
of ________________ 211-212
Peurl lead mine, Mont., description
24f.
of__________________
Pegmatlte, nature and distribution
of, in the Kings Mountain district, N. C.S. c __________ 130,133-135
13-!
origin of____________________
Penrose, R. A. F., jr., acknowleg. 61
ment to_____________
cited _________________ 62-63, 78, 84,
97-98, 101, 102-103, 106,
108,lll,112-113,115-12 1
Piedmont Plateau, geologic features
of ________________ 124-125
Placer deposits in the Garnet Range,
Mont., distribution and
character of_ ______ 232-234
231
history of mining on__________
,nines on ____ ~------------- 235-239
origin of_ _________________ 234-235
production from ____________ 231-232
Pleistocene clays, occurrence of, in
Louisiana _________ 152, 157
Plonk tin prospect, N. C., descrip139
tion of______________
Pointed Rock Tunnel, Ark., description of_ ___________ 116-117
Porter, Robert, acknowledgment to_
prospect, Ark., clescriptiou of__
Porter, W. ·R., acknowledgment to__
prospect, Ark., description oL_
Potash, minerals containing _______
See also Greensancl.
Potassium cbloroplatlnate, solubility
of, in alcohol acidified
with hydrochloric aclcl_
I'otomac River, section on, cutting
greensancl ___________
Powers placer mine, Mont., description oL_____________
Psilomelane, description oL _______
uses for ____________________ _
Purdue, A. H., fielcl work by ______ _
Pyrolusite, description oL _______ _
uses for ____________________ _

62
97-98
62
98-99
27-28

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45

238
73, 74
85
61
73-74
85

Q.

Quartzite, occurrence of, in the Cuyuna district·, Minn___

24

R.

Rainwater, W. E., acknowledgment
02
to__________________
Rainwnter prospects, Ark., d&lt;'scription of ____________ 107-108
Ramseur Mill tin prospect, N. C.,
description oL _____ 143-144

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Page.

Pago.
Sunset sliver-lead minr, Mont., description of ________ _

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T.
Mountain, Ark., manganese ore in ______ 117-118
'l'ellurides, occurrence of, in the
176
Garnet district, MonL
'l'empleman, J. L., acknowledgment
159
to__________________
T,•nmile Creek, Mont., placer de239
posits on____________
46
Tennessee, greensancl reported in___
187
Tiger mini•. Mont., description of___
'l.'in, cleposi ts of, in the Kings Mountain district, N. C.-S. C.,
135
age of__________ _____
occurrence of, In th,, Kings
Mountain district, N.
C.-S. c ____ 132-133, 134-135
Top o'-Deep district, Mont., geography and geology oL_ 205-20G
mines and prospects in __ 205, 210-214
ore deposits oL ____________ 206-210
Triangle copper mine, Mont., de228
scription oL_________
257
'l'urner, A. A., acknowledgment to__
•.rail

l'eak

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States Geological Survey,
method of, for analyzing greensand _______ 53-56
United States Manganese Co., mine
285
operated by__________

United

v.
R., and Leith, c. K.,
correlation of pre-Cambrian rocks by___ ____ 8, 10
Veins in the Garnet district, Mont.,
features oL_______ 173-174
179
movements in________________
177
persistence of, downward ______
Vesuvius manganese mine. Va., struc277
tural features near___
Vicksburg limestone, occurrence of,
151
in Louisiana _________
Virginia, greensancl samples from __ 44- 45
map of part of, showing greensand - bearing forma36
tions________________
Virginia Geological Survey, cooperation by _____________ _
271
Virginia slate, use of term _______ _ 8,10
Volcanic rocks. See Igneous rocks.
van Hise,

c.

74
Wad, description oL______________
s;;
use for______ ___ __ ___________
259
Walcott, Charles D., citecl_________
Warner placer mine, Mont., description oL ___________ 237-238
244
Wasa Ioele, Mont., description oL___
Wasa mine, Mont., description oL_ 244-246
" Wash ore," occurrence of, in the
21
Cuyuna district, Minn_
266
Washington, strontium from____ ___
Watauga shale, occurrence of, In the
of
area
manganese
27G
northwestern Virginia_
62
Watkins, II. L., acknowledgment to _
Watkins-White prospects, Ark., description oL _________ 87-88
Watson manganese mine, Va., loca289
tion of______________
290
operation of__________________
Watts mauganese mine, Va., locatio'n
291
of__________________
"'aynesboro, Va., managanese deof,
northeast
posit
probability of_ _____ 290-292
232
Weasel Guieb, Mont., placers on____
Wells, R. C., analyses by ____ 260, 261, 202
"West Hannah Mountain," Ark.,
118
manganese claim on__
Westphalia, strontium production
in________________ 268-269
Whisenhunt, Wlll, acknowledgment
62
to -----------------White, N. F., prospect, Ark., de91.
scription oL_________
White, W. T., prospect, Ark., descrip91
tion oL_____________
Whiteside granite, nature and distribution of, in the Kings
Mountain d 1st r i ct,
N. C.-S. c _________ l30-lS2
Wilcox formation, occurrence of, in
Louisiana __________ 148-149
• Williams placer mine, Mont., de238
scription of__________
195
Willie lode, Mont., description oL__
l50
Winnfielu, La., clay near__________
Wolff', J. E., study of the Biwabik
formation by_________ 9-10

0

Y.
manganese prospects
near______________ 286-287
Yegua formation, occurrence of, in
150
Louisiana___________

Yancy,

Va.,

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�STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ALACHUA
Personally appeared before me, Fred D. Bryant, a Notary
Public of the State of Florida,

s.

M. Yancey, who by me first

being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That for a number of years affiant has known and been
familiar with thew. B. Yancey Woodland tract of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia; that several years ago he
prospected thereon for mineral deposits and that the ore
from which the formula hereto attached, was obtained from
said

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B. Yancey, Woodland tract of land, East of Yancey

Station, Rockingham County, ~irginia; that he knows same
to be true and genuine and the orgiginal formula was made
and obtained through his agency from the Dupont Company.
Dated at Gainesville, Florida, this 17th day of August,
A.D. 1931.

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�VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DEVi:LOPMEtlI' OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.

v.
CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561
acres, more or less, of land in Rocki11gham County,
Virginia.

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Jd4d4c~lerk

Statement .made this 8th day of November, 1932, by Emma. V. Gibbons,
Hunter M. Gibbons and Mrs. Mary Gibbons Snapp , in response to an
order entered in the above antitledcausa on October 25, 1932.
Your respondents say that they are the owners of 124-1/2 acres of land
situated about one and a half miles east of Yancey, in Rockingham County, adjoi ning tha lands of Catlett, Trustee, Crawford and others, and the lands now
owned by A. L. Moubr-a.y a1~d J. F. Moubray, as shown on the plat on file in the
Clerk's Office of Rockingham County.

That the said plat as returned by the Board

of Appraisers for Park Purposes lists said land as No. /

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and as con-

t~ining llO acres, whereas , as a matter of fact, it contains 124-l/2 acres.
Your raspondents refer specifically to the exceptions filed herein and ask that
they be read in connection herewith.
And respondents further state they are the owners of a one-eighth interest in and to the mineral rights in the lands known as the W. B. Yancey land,
which are not mentioned at all in the said report as far 1:1.s mineral rights are concerned, ,1hich miner,,t.l rights respondent3 and their associates allege a r e worth at
the lowest, $l'Y,OOO . OO .
And having fully answered, respondents pray that their exceptions to tho
report of the said commission be sustained,and they will ever pray, etc.

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NETTIE I . MAUZY, JULIA. ESTES , A. S .. YANCEY , FRA:IB: W. YANCEY

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ATTORNEY AT

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HARRISONBURG, VA.

To The
Hon . Phillip dilliama ,
chai.r,nan of the L d Tract

rbitration Boa.rd :

:ve , Thomas L. Yancey , ..... n.ra v . Gibbo ..1s. , t&gt; . 1.I. Yancey , r;ettie
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• .:) • Yancey and

Fr 1k ,{. Y cey , have e ployed

Messrs. Harn.ne r &amp; Harn. er of Harrisonburg , to represent us in all conde nation proceedings in connection with our land tract ,rl63 in the
het1andoah National P rk • re , as it appears upon the u ps filed in
the Clerk's Office of Rockingh,Ln county.
Given under our hands this 22nd day of

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�Ill' Tfra CIRCUIT COURT OF ROOKINGH.M1 COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

THE STATE C01MISION ON 60NSERVATION .AND DEV.EIDBvmNT
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA,

Vs o
CASANDRA LA.WSON ATKINS , et ala., and 52 , 561 Acres
f Land in Rockingham Countyo

filed in the Clerkts Office
Rockingham County, Va.
AUG.Jfl933

TO TEE

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HON. H. W. BER'IRAM, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT:

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~lerk

The motion of Thomas L. Yancey, 1ilmna Vao Gibbons , SoMoYanoey, Nettie

I.Mauzy, JUlia Estes , A. S. Yancey, and Frank TToYancey, all. ot the heirs at law of
the late William B. Yancey, except the children of William Lo Yancey , dec ' d o,
praying the said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings on Tract
#163 of the Board of Appraisal Conmissioners heretofore appointed by the said

. Court in the above matter as filed in the Clerk ' s Office of the said Court, wherein the said Board reported certain inadeQuate values for the land and mineral
rights of the William B. Yancey estate , and which now belongs to moveants , along
with the children of the late William L. Yancey.

The grounds of said motion are

that the said Board of Appraisal utterly ignored all mineral rights in and to
the tract of 124- 1/2 acres of land in whioh moveants own the mine

.

land being owned by Emma. v . Gibbons , Hunter M. Gibbons, and Mary

rights , the
bons Snapp.

This tract of land is owned in fee simple by »mna V. Gibbons , Hunter M.
Gibbons , and Mary Gibbons Snapp, the mineral rights therein belonging to moveants .

The mineral rights in these lands are valuable and have been opened and

explored , and moveante ancestors spent considerable money in developing them.
Moveant s ressrved in the sale of these lands the mineral rights because of th~ir
value.

The tract of land lies in the manganese ore belt in the spurs at the

foothills of the Blue Ridge , on the west side thereof , as shown by the Virginia

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Geological Reports, which lands were recommended for p•ospecting and development by the State for the development of manganese for war purposes.

Special

reference is made to Bulletin 66O- J of the United States Geological Survey, at
pages 282-3-4-5- 6, which contains a full statement as to the prospective value
of these lands for mineral development .

l.Toveants at one time were offered and

refused to accept the sUl;ll of XIcmT THOUS.AND ($8,OOOoOO) DOLLARS for the mineral
rights upon this tract of lando
nothing.

For this mineral right the appraisers allowed

The lands lie within easy reach of the railroad, and the means of

transportat ion of the ores woul.d be readily available .

Moveants claim that

the mineral rights upon this land are easily worth the sum of TEN THOUS.AND

{$iO,OOOoOO) DOLLARS , and they therefore ask that the Board of Arbitration
disapprove and decline to accept the said findings of the Appraisal Board ,
and that a reasonable and fair appraisemen t of the mineral rights be made.
Given under our hands this 22nd day of August , 1933 •

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VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG; TO-WIT:
This day personally appeared hna V.Gibbons, one of the moveants in the
above-named case, who is acting for them all , and whose name is signed on the
margin hereof for purposes of identificat ion , personally appeared before me and
made oath that the fac~s stated above of her own knowledge are time , and those
made upon information derived fran othe:rs, she believes to be true.
Given under my hand and seal this 22nd day of August , 1933 .

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GIBBONS , E iMA V. , ET U.S
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R CKILGHAI i COUNTY

Il~ R..c:, . ..ffiBI :R.ATIOl\J _ G ~E :i:.t.:.ll./l.'S submit ted to the Govern or

rising
in or out of conder mation Proceed in,.:,s pendin g in the Circui t court
of Virgini r: under uthoTi ty of the shen:::.n douh :e..ti o11c 1 p~r}~ .. ct .

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ORIGIN L CL_ L · :
VaLUE PL.ACED

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.._crecge 125 : V~lue p31 , 000 . 00
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_.CT BY PET::;: I Ci."E ' S ...PPR-IT SERS :

V_LUE
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�The basic differences between Petitioner and these
exceptants are as to the classification and value of the land,
timber values, and mineral rights .
Although we believe the values reported by the
Petitioner ' s appraisers were very liberal and ~hat 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 t~e Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case,
and not as set forth in exceptants 1 statements .

This Work Sheet

is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted
with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies
of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired;

I

orney

Subscribed to and verified before me this ~he

5''

day of September,

1933 .

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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

JOHN M. PURCELL

December 29 , 1933

TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
o f Virgi nia have this 29

day of December

with an order of the circuit court of
dated 12/27/33

in accordan c e

Rockingham Crnmty

in the cause of the State Commission

on Conservation and Development of the State of Virg in ia
vs.

Ca ssandra Lawson
At k i n s
=---=-=-==="'-----------

paid to Emma V. Gibbons , Elkton , Virg inia
$_ 1~,_3_5_4_._7_0_ __ being in full settlement of tract #--2:MJ
i n the above mentioned cause.

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�Q!nmmnuwtnltlJ nf lfirgiutn
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.

December 29, 1933

JOHN M . PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

En:nna

v.

Gibbons

Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 1 354 . 70 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
0

Rock ingham -f - - --------C'---

entered on the

27th day

of December 193~ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
- - ~C~a--.. u.s~s=a~u~d~r~a.._____I~,a~w.ll...Us~a~uL-...&lt;A~t~k~1~n.u.ws~ -- and others, being

full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as # ~2- 3- 0~- -

Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.

�Q!ommnuwraltq nf llltrgiuia
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

De cember 29 , 1933

JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virgi nia have this 29

day of Deceniber

in accordan ce

with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 12/27/33

in the cause of the State Commission

on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.

Cassandra Lawson
Atkins
_c__cc.=----=--=--'--=-'~----------

paid to __Farmers .Agri cultu re Credit Cor oration and the Federal
Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore co Ward Swank, Atty.
$1,130 . 30
being in full settlement of tract ~ HarrisoR
bur g , Va
in the above mentioned cause.

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TREASURER'S OFFICE

J

RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL

December 29 , 1933

TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

Farmers Agriculture Credit Corporation and the
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore

Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 ,13 o. 3 o

, in accordance

with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
0

f - -Rockingham
- -- - - - - --

entered on the 27th

day

of December.193-3.. , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ _ _
---=C~a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a-'----"L=a=w'-'--=-s~o=n~A~t=k=i=n=s____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #_2_3-0~- - -

Sign · ori g ina l and duplicate
and r e t u rn to the Treasurer
of Virg inia.

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�&lt;ttnmwnumtalt}1 nf ]Itrgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

December 29, 1933

JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 29

day of __ne cember in accordance

with an order of the circuit court of
dated 12/27/33

Rockingham County

in the cause of the State Commission

on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgi n ia
vs.

Cassandra Lawson
Atkins
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paid to Louise M. Thompson , c/o

w.

A. Gibbons , Roanoke , Va .

$_1~,_2_0_0_._0_0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #-2.MJ
in the above mentioned cause.

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�Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf ]firgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.

1JeC8lllt.H:~l·

JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA

29 1 1933

Lou1 se M. Thompso

Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 200 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of

Rockingham County

entered on the 27th

day

of December 193L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_C_a_s_s_a_n_d~r_a~L~a~w~s~o=n=-=A~t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being

full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as # -=2=3~0_ _ _

Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.

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�Claim of_ __ Jamsis._J. _G.i_bson_______________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ ____ R._q_cl_l~fJem.. ________ County, Virginia, No._i.?_~~--, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._Baseandra_ Lawson Adkinsi._ et _als_, and._52._561_ acres ___________ -

· · D ef endant s.
k, ·~__7°/.,&lt;'1171
re(!.c ____
_,_____ _______ coun t y, v·1rgmia,
· ______
more or 1ess, of l an d m
on Conservation and DeCommission
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State
condemnation awarded
of
notice
the
to
response
in
and
Virginia,
of
velopment of the State
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_l?_'l.!!-l:!.J_.._1...~'--l-,_q_-r_7.1_ _____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said _notice.
My name is __ Johne. :f.. o,.; /-os o 7-, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My post office address is _ _E?!Is~~-Y:!___ ~ ___,X_!::_;_t.;J,_ ___________________________ _
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_ ____ [Q. __________
/
.
--lf_r:~-~T.!T:~--- -----------buildings and improvements :____./2'tt.~l!!..'-7-'/.::--~~ -k 2._~ ~~
-' .s7~ , _/9 6y /P,-.y H~'-' ~ ~ _ ""_ e..t "- e lie -,.,/~ 11~ve -,·_/:a,' I, 1, 9: _We// ._q.R,,f_ ____ _
" / 10 A_ u-,1 d€ 7 • _fe n l!!.e ________________ _________ _ ________________ _____ _ ____ __ _ _ _ _
This land is located about_ __ _lf-______ miles from __ 1~L&lt;!:!!..~..E.!:_ 7-~---------- Virginia, in
the_~! ; .J.!~-~t&lt;?!L __ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
~
parcel of land described above.)

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_f;tfe ---------------- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----

The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North ___e I c n· te n 6 _ (JLf/P...LP -- -- ---- ------ --- - - - ---- ------ ---- -------- ---- - - - --- -South ___ B;_.9 &lt;&gt;u .,. v €!;j __________________________________________________________ _

East ___ El.1!:f- __ S L.I 7 - 'l e:f ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------West_ __ e I 01 -,- E' -,., e _Gr,i~-ser,,. ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearl'll.J?J' ....:~_in the
·
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following manner:
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_____________
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_/._J:&lt;;tQ.__ ________ 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.~-~£.i.. ________ .
________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
I am the owner of__~
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro-- ---------·
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- -~
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
_
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
g:,7_Cl1'11'3L(71/·_ ~11nu,;n ~
Remarks· ___ _7l-ri11lr _1hc1l·_I Clr11q1,fred
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----------- - --- ---------- ---- ---- - ---------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached~h is ___ _/_t_!!:!______ day
of __F

e..l~y ---------, 193,.

-1~~~~~1.,x~ ~-~---------- -------

STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__!i_~_tt.__ _f_!.Il&lt;,jb. __Tl ! ___ _•___ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___J :C:::l.7.1:!_'?;-~__:[;__ fir!.b__~!?__!.?. ___ _______ __ ______
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
ow dge and belief,
and thin7h appearing in his above answer are true to the best of hi
this ___[({.____________ day of_%.~'!-J-1-1.;J_f__--, ½980.

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�County :
District:

Rock1nghati
Stonewall

#262 - J . J . &amp; F . Gibson

creage Clair.1ed: 10
Value Clo.ir.1ed :
Location:

Assessed :

1500. 00

Deed:

Assessed :

Deed:

rec: : 10 · •

One nile south of Big Run on Port Republic road.
This troot is entirely within the Park ·area .

Inounbrnncea, counter olaina or laps:
Soil:

Sandy loat.1 of nediun depth and fertility .

Roado:

Four oileo to Island Ford over county road.

History of tract and condition of tiober:

Thia tract of land

ia all in cultivation a nd appears to be an a verage

t ype of soil for this locality .
Inprovonents:

Dwelling: Fra.ne 1 l4x20' ~ 3 . roone, kitchen 12xl2' ,
paper roof , brick flues , lt story, oeiled, f air condition, occupied by owner, well water supply, solid
foundation. cellar 7x7'• s•eBe rall ----- 175. 00
Stable: Fra1:1e 1 llxl3', p per roof, fair
condition -15. 00
Corn houoe: Frane, 6x7', paper roof, poor
condition----5 . 00
Hon house: Frace, 7xll', pa.per roof, fair
condition ----5 . 00
Bug5y ahed: l4xl4', poor condition -5 . 00
?;205 . 00

Value of land by types:

Type
F o

Acreage
10

Totnl value of land
Total value of inprovecents

Total value of orchard
Total value of tract
vorage value per ncre

Value

ier acre
25 . 00

. 250 . 00

205 . 00
50 . 00

6505 .oo
~ 50 . 50

Total
Value

:,250 . 00

�'

County:
D1s:br1ct:

Rockingham
Stone all

#262• J. J . &amp; F. Gibson

Cupp

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Tillable
Scale - 1": 20 chains

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Number of Acres: 5
Location:

:reel&lt;: Run .

Roads:

Fo.1~ :1ile3 viu :irt rot..J to ?ort Re,_ublic , th~ neurest
s:ri.ppinc poiat.

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..;,lo)e t~rpe, sL.nd.'' lo ....m, r.1oder· to slopes.

=ntirely

~

i-'c~1in t11' ::._&gt;1-rl: t.trec..

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,
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11 :n.ei'c11·
n r.... e sc111 ,,11 ~r 1lc...s een
removed from t11is trc1ct. ':',1e reamini "lG st· nd c s:11;.ll
~L.rdrloods ~~v1 been k~lled by L recent ~evere urn.

History of Tract and condition of timber:

_. _

Improvements:

.L

~i0'18 •

Acreage and value of types:
Types

Acreage

Value per acre

Total Value

Ridge:
Slope:

5

~--- 00

Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:

10 . 00

Value of Land: $ 3;5. 00

'J(.55 .oo

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Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 10 • OJ
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 • 0 0
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $

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county: Iockin~h
District; Stone

282

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recent ~evor h 1rn.

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all

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or lend by t:,nes:

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ot l v iuo or land
.i.:o t l value ot tract
er ge val.ue per ncre

1~21

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History

,E!21'0VetJ,ent :

5

Deed

5

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ices, co~1ter

Slope type.

50w

·ntir ly within the Park area.

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30.00

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5

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Rockingham

Stoneiall

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Claim of _____ '

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___________________________________ _

____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
,~ -k ~
The State Commission on Conservfttion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _

~
In the Cil-cuit Court o f i ~

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:~~~-~~~~~~~~~-~~~~-~- zii'J~;A~~~~~;~~~;:~~-;i~~~-~~;~~~~~~~-------

The undersigned, in answer to the Ret1tion of the State Commission on CoI).servation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing oJ- aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
---County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court oL ~..c.Ll~.£?-~
1

as h:ya:s:: ~.-:_ s;i~ ~

nd» ~----------------------------------/ - ' :;-;_

_

/ 1.

My post office address i~ ___ L____ _/.fl-rl..~ ----------------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing a~ouL ~ ______________ acres, on which th~r7 are the following
buildings and improyements:c . J - ~7,_Q-:_~--~

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This la.IJ.Q__ is located abouL_..,.,2'.:' _______ miles- from~ ~-------- -------Virginia,- in
th~ ~Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
------------------------------- ~ -~ - ~ -~ - _d_' ~ --e1:~&lt;;._ ____________________________ _
The land own~r~--a , acent to the ab_,9ve described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
d - - - ( j _ ~ ------ - ------------------------------------North

£ ____ ·___ {____/

____ p._q_c-/{ -----------------------------------------------South - ~
East --~~.,,,,z,,,2'2+-r _pc.a...,.:L-,:1&gt;-- __________________________________ ________ _
West ~,_w~1-..A.. __

.Jf~_L___________________________________________ _

I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _)~Lij_ ___ in the
,
following manner:

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/11.DJl_~f}________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/dM,:~----~--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 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).
'Yitness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi$_.d::~~------day
__( _=t:!_Lh_L __ ~-~-&lt;J:::f:::f:Lk-_LL ____________ _
of __ ~--=--------------, 193/ --·
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________ _______________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______________________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
"'
_
this __________ ~______ day of_ __ ________-,--~----, 193L _. z.'
Clerk o-:f. the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notw Publie, OF Juaice ~wee.
20

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The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _
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The undersigned, in answer to the Retition of the State Commission on CoI).servation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing oJ- aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
---County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
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th~~Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _)~L f::/_ ___ in the
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following manner:

I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/11.DJJ._~f}_ ______ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/dM:!...~ ----~--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 practkable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______________________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above 1'.tnswer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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this __________ ~______ day of_ __________-,--~----, 193L _. z.'
Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or
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