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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
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CLAHiANT
NAME OF pi1f{f¥f;;
#42 - Hensley, H. A.
Number of Acres:
200A.
Locatio11: Wolf Run .
Roads:
Soil:
Property is cut by the Park Boundary Line .
About 3 miles· 'to Elkton over good country road except the last
mile wfuich is a woods road .
Loam, extremely rocky and shallow on t h e slopes; rath er shallow and
somewhat rocky in the cove , but fertile and well watered .
Cut repeatedly and burned . Fire damage
has not been severe in recent years . Oak, pitch-pine stand . Un slopes
pine is prominent and the oaks belong to the black- oak group . Stand on
slopes is light and all of the small timber up to 8 11 DBH . In cove pine
is less prominent and the white oak group is most abundant . Timber
runs from heavy to light cordwood . ~stimated stand on slopes isl½
On tne cove there is cordwood running 50% oak, largely
cords per acre .
Saw logs have been cut from the larger scattered
JUttJH'.lWalfe~ white oak .
of these trees over much of the area, avscattering
a
is
pine and there
Estimated to cut 3 cords pe r acre-- 195 cords.
eraging 9 11 or less .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
None .
IMPROVEMENTS :--
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
117
@
<!Ji3 . 00
$351 . 00
Cove:
65
@
5.00
325 .oo
Grazing Land:
18
@
12 . 0 0
216.00
,i,892 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 892 • 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: -$
Value per acre for tract: $ 4 . 46
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None .
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CLERK
�Claim
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_____
if_/~------------------------------------
In the Circuit Court f_ _________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ ________ ______________________________________________ __________________ _
more or less, of land in _____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL __________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s i , petition and to s Jd notice.
ify na1ne is____
My post office address 1~
. --"~ -_.. .,
__a_ ____________ -----------------------------------
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about2.i)_4 _____ __ ____ acres, on_whi~re})e followi~
bmldmgs and 1m.;,ro_v~~~:~£~-f-1.-~~ - - - - - - - - - ~
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---. -----I'- __ f' __________ ______________ . --- _-;;;:,;;o :zf!.----------------- .-- .-. -- .-
This 19-ft;f is located about__~________ m1les frorrCU-~
----------------V1rgm1a, m
t ~ ~ M a g i s t e r i a l District of said County.
I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.) ,••v, v•vo -~v
---------------- --- ---------------~ - - ~----------- ------ --- -------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__i'_t20_~----· 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 oLJf,S-__ _____ __ 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 ~<1.iL ____________ .
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claim__ant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a
description of ~t;-act or parcel of)and br 'metes and bounds).
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~em"?,rn:
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n es·snature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ !'.'________ day
oL___ _
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STATE O VIRGINIA, COUNTY QF __
_ _ ___
o-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____
_-;?_~ ~ ~ ~
the above named claimant personally appeared befo him and made oath at the matters
__U ~_ _
:~~-~~nL~~:~:'.~~-~::i:f~::_~;; ~-;i:t_:::;zg~and
3
belief,
Sink of the Coafl+, or Special Investigator or
~t 3 Palslic, u Justice of ta0 ~ag~
�County :
Distri t;
~~2
• Henoley, H. A.
200
Acreage 1Cln.in d: 1
Aaaesoed :
235 A , .68 l? .
98
800 . 00
Value Cla.il'!lcd:
Rookinghnn
ston ,all
Assessed :
540 , 00
Deed :
245 A .
• Aoqu ired in
1904 for
900 . 00;
29 A, of 1hich are
outa1.de I>a.rk area
Location:.
Wolf Run ,
line .
oils
Property ia out by the Park boundary
Loa.t:i. extrenely rocky and shallo on the elopes;
.... t ei· sballo, and oon hat rooky in the cove. out
fertile and 1ell ratered.
Gt
Roads:
counter alai!:13
r la.1:0:
About three nilelil to I~lkton over good country road
except the last oile ·1hic is a woods road .
History of tract and condition of tiobcr : Cut
.. at dly and
burn d .- Fire da.oa1..,o has not been s-evcre in recent
yeo.ra . Oak• pitch-pin stand . On olopea pine is
proninent and tho oaks belong to the black- oak group.
stand on slopes io light and all of ot::1u.ll tiober up
to 8" DBll . In cove pine is less prooinent a.nd the
it oak grou ·s nos a.bun nt . Ti lb r runa frot:1
1ea.
to light cord wood . Eatioa ed stand on elor.,es
ie l.! cords per•a.ore . On the cove there is cord 100d
running 50,% oak, largely htte oak .
aw logs have
bee cut f _·ot th larger scatter d pi e and there ts·
a. sea t ring of these trees ov r r.1uch o the area .
av ra~i g 9« o~ l ~o •
.Jlotitiated o cut ;;; cords
r a.ere . 195 cords ve.J.ued
at 50% - - - - ~
9? . 50 .
1
Ir1poovenenta
The owner lives on e. fern 1hich io outside th
P5:rk eree . le devenda very lnrgoly and en irely
so in dry weather upou t\,o springs on the area ,1hio
are included in the Park and he iahes to continue the
uoe of this a.ter .
•
Ac rea~e and value of lan~
-
~l tyges :
Value
Acreage
I
lo· e '
Grazing
Total value of land
Total valve of tiober
Total value of tract
\verage value por acre
~:'o~cre
e?5
l. 50
117
18
200
a.oo
· 175 : 50
144 . 00
514 .60
614 . 60
97 . 50
~)612 .00
3 .04
l
�County: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
#42 - Hensley, H.A.
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assie
W. F .Dea.n
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LEGEND:
Slope
Grazing
Cove
Scale - l" = 20 chains
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Hensley, H. A. (Henry)
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ROCKINGHAI.I COUNTY
NAME OF OWNER
#43 - Hensley, Janes E .
Number of Acres:
7-
Location:
On Wolf Run . Whole tract c_nsists of about 10 acres with
buildings and cultivated land; cut by the park line which
Roads:
brings into the park about all the timber .
2½ miles country road to Elkton .
Soil: Loam of medium depth( 6 inches to 2 feet), very stony . 'l1his is
better g round than the average slope in this secti on . Ve ry moderate
slope .
History-of Tract and condition of timber:
Cut very close in recent y e ar s .
Burned during the past , but not in the past two years . Mixed
~ ardwoods and ~itch- pine in which oak s predominate . Very few trees
ov er 71t in diameter , reproduc ti on abundan~ . Wood runs to small sizes
and will yield less than 1 cord per acre of co ,·Eercial wood .
Estimated
to cut 7 cord s---Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: --
7
@
J 35.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 35 .oo
15 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
'!~50 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
15 .oo
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 . oo
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Hensley, James E.
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres:
Location:
0g
•.m ley _.!ollo. •
....,ou ~ 'rest slo:'.:)e of
Roads:
Soil:
eu.n .~o '1.t . . . · ••
re ~ · to county ro..... ne .. :r . :t .
'0:1..,.. .iles
o ...,l..tton.
:..y 0.,.. onl
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ri, -'-'-ir
er.1-ili tw ; od r-...t 1.,
entle tlopes. ...., 1:1th. - st z o r .. .
C.
History of Tract and condition of timber: ·
:.. . . re
. i
n
<':)
Ju..<:
t •dl}
~' to
,
OC<.;u.Si '1. .... 1
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
0
,1 • 0
Grazing Land:
20.00
u. oo
Fields Restocking:
10 .
'-' .
·,r
•
Cove:
Cultivated Land:
11"
l_ •
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ :.1
J. ,_,,
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ ... ..
~
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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& ± ~rginia,
No.~/-; At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __
&--«~ ~; _ ~__/ ~ ~-----------
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ ________ _________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h~y·~:: :: said ~~d ,n_::icy ~
____
/T ______ _
My post offic~ : 1s_~ ~--------- L __ _!._ LL!. 3..2___ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ L Q'_~_______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: _____ ______ __________________________ _____________________ _
\
�_______ _
~
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Claim o f _ ~
In the Circuit Court o f _ _ ~ ~ - - - - -
ounty, Virginia, N o.4"r'A_7, At La,;,,
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more or less, of land m __ p p ~7 ~_County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the fili~ of ~d ~etitio and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
_ __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court o f ~ ~ __
as h:Ya:::: : : _ ~ i ~ ~ "----------
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My post office address is-------~-------:--- - _______________ --- ~ - : _ _ • ".:JI
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in~ tr~ct ~;;fa~~j of lane(within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __ _L_A?__<Q_·____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements:_______________ _____ ___ _ ------------------------ --------
=~~:
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 de ibed abo .)
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nd are as folloiws:
~ j : C e n t tot e above escribed tract or ~
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _________ ______________________________ _____ _______________________________ ___
East ________________ __ __________ ____ ________ __________ _________ ______ ____ ____ __ ___ _
West ____ ______ ___ ___ _________ ____ _____ _____ ___ _____ ____________ ___ _______ ____ __ ___ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __LecL~in the
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on is $Lef!..f'!t:~-~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 ~_(_r~~~-~-~
_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 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 o~ the tract or parcel of land by metes and bou_nds1 .. ../ ~ _
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__iJ'f-- __._._..._4.-<C.~= ---------------------· - ~- Q....c-~
The undersigned hereby certifies that__
the above named claimant personally appeared before him ;.-Wci""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____
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pecial vestigator or
Cle of the
Notary Public, or Justice of t e Peace.
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Filed in the Clerk's Offl
Roc k'tngham County V ce
, a.
FEB
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-----Clerk
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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 o f _ ~ ~ ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h:ya::: :_:~~~~~- t:_:~~~-n:~ice._____ ------------------~--------
My post office address 1s __ .L.~~~~. d ~ ~ -~
-,--PZ~-/_____ _
I claim a rig~t, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__L~ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements=---------~
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------------------------------------------------- ;.o-~ -~ ~-p_:----------------------This !aJ,tl is located about_ ___ ,¥--____ miles f r o m _ ~ - - - - - - Virginia, in
the~_Magisterial District of said County.
�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
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County : Rockingham
Distr ict: s tonew all
:/J.56 - Hensle y , Jolln A.
Acrea ge Claim ed:
Deed: 89 i~ .
Value Clair~ cd:
rt
$4'70 . 00
11
$1i? . 84
(1004)
Looat ion:
Hensl ey Rollow. Bouth wcst slope of Dean t.:ount ain.
J.noumbra.ng~s a . count er cta,lrns or laps: None loiown.
Soil:
Sandy clay of good clep th and fair fertil ity; mod.era toly
rooky with
steep. to gentle elopes . Southw est expos ure .
.
Roads :
One mile of rough dirt road to county road near Mt .
Pleas ant Church; thence fou:r ;miles to Elkton .
tre.ot and cond tion of tir:ber e L~.rge portio n of tract oleal"e d
many years a.go, grazed sihee . One ama.11 field negle otec1 grown
up to aorub :pine . ',7ooded area cut over repoat e<.Uy in the
Mi:x:ea oaks, yellow pine and hicko ry - 2" to 8" DBH vt1 th anpast .
ocoae ional large r trees .
J.m.provemente:
Wano .
Value o:t' land by
m~e
F
r
F g
tx:r es:
Acreage
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3?
3
43
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Total value of land
Total vall).e of traet
Averag e vnluo per aore
$986 . 00
985 . 00
11 . 88
No t e* ...... Discre pancy betwee n deed acreag e and ac1•0ago found duo to
the faet
t ha t the origin al survey laoked eight chains of closin g due to an
error e:1. ther in bearin gs or distan oes or both .
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ounty: •ockinp:hum
District : Jtonewall
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Jcalir=zi~g= ~u chai~s
�Claim of___
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_County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law.
In the Circui/c:~~;t~f_"f_'O_____ _ ___________
The State Commission on Cons ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-
~-~------------- ----------------- --------~ioner, vs- ~
more or less, of land in_L-A.«~~-.. .. ___ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to ti;fpetitio~-ofth;-§tate Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the !iljng of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oi:f 9_____ _______________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
'd p e t i t i o ~ a i d ~. o t i
as his answer t
My name i ______ --------0--:--:------ -- _----------------------- --------------------------------- ------address is ____ ~~______
My post o
1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__/.~f:~ - ~ s , on hich there are the following
bu~~--dtvJZ:ts:)~-~--------------
_________ _
------------------------ ------- _ _ ____________ :~--/4------------ -- ----------This_~d is located abo~L-~_6_:_-~_miles ~rom _________~---~----------Virginia, in
the~_Mag1ste rial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
pare~~~:~~:.~ 3
North _____ ~ - - -
of:
ar1:7:i,
--, ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------ -------- __ _
: ~~--~:: : : : : : : : : : :
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year -~_Q___ in the
~anner:
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHi\M COUNTY , VIRGINIA.
The Sta te Commission
on Conservation and DeveloJ;ment
of the state of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,561 aores, more or lees,
in Rockingham County, Vi~
Statement made by,._<lliiii H•aa ~
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rocking m County, Va.
f.L I
1932
I/
, ~
e pursuant to a decree
entered in the above entitled cause on Ootober 25, 19.32 ,
in
response to Item No. 2 of the inquiry made in said deoree.
report made by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, as has been
fully set forth in his objeotion to the oonfirmation ot said
report,heretofore filed in this cause.
Au-- plai sbe:M1ne; Eba,
lamle in wn±oh 5ea1 1e1; onaant a&e QQ»tais e1noral istereeta 1&
Your respondent does not deem it neoasaary
~
accurate
survey* be made of t h e exaot amount of mineral lands within
the Park area~ for he is not excepting to the acreage but to the
fact that no mineral interest whatever was allowed him.
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
'HARRISONBURG , VA.
�IN THE CI RCUI T COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGI NIA.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
filed ln the Clcrk1s Office
Ror.klrirrf 2m County, Va.
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingham County,
h
;-tf 1932
TO THE HON.H. W. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT.
The motion of Luther J . strickler, praying said Court to
disapprove and to decline to accept the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners , heretofore appointed by said Court in
the above matter , because said Board failed and refused to make
any finding in favor of the movant,in connection with his claim
filed before said Board,for the value of gold claimed by movant to
exist on the land of John
• Hensley, the finding concerning which
lands are made under No. 56 of the report of said Appraisal Board.
samples of the earth were taken from the said land, sent to the
assaying office of the Treasury Department of the United States,
and a report
ade by said office that said earth contained gold,
which report was filed with the Board of Appraisal Commissioners,
but was given no practical consideration by them.
The claim filed by movant before the Appraisal Board is
asked to be read in connection with this motion.
The affidavits
attached hereto are asked to be read in support of this motion.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
�!
Il'f THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on
conservation and Develo:pment
of the state of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land
in Rockingham cgunty.
;
.
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Theaffidavit of mther J.striokler, to be read in con-
.
nection with the motion filed by him to have the report of the
Board of
ppraisal Commissioners disapproved because said Board
'
failed and refused to make any finding in favor of the said.
1
Luther J. Strickler in connection with his olaim filed before said
i
Board for the value of the gold claimed by him to exist on what
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is generally known as the John A. Hensley farm.
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The report of the
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said Board in regard to said .farm is ms.de under its No.56 in the
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above cause.
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State of Virginia,
I
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
This day Dither J. Strickler personally appeared before
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me, F.Flavia Converse, a Notary Pu.blic in and for the City afore-
'
said, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being
duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am the owner of an undivided one-fourth interest in the
mineral rights of a tract of land situate about five miles east
!
of Elkton, on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
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generally known ae the John A. Hensley farm, and said to contain
about 100 acres.
Several years ago, there was found upon said
'
land a mineral substance which had the appearance of gold, and a
'
sample ot the same was sent to the assaying office of the Treasury
!
;
Depar1Jnent of the United States, and , after making a test of said
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
sample, the assaying office reported that said sample contained
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gold.
The ~ample sent to the assaying office was taken very
largely from the surface of the earth, as affiant was not in a
position to do prospecting.
Wh ]n affiant•s claim was presented
to the Board of AJ)praisal Commissioners, all of the information
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which he had in connection with this matter was made before them,
especially the report from the assaying office.
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Affiant also
went with the AI>Praisal Board upon the property, and pointed ont
to them where the sample of the ore sent to the Government was
taken from; in the face of the report from the assaying offioe
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as to the fact that gold did exist in said land, the Board still
refnsed to make any report in connection therewith.
j
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Your affiant
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asks that his cl~im may be re-considered, and that he may be
allowed proper compensation for his interest in said mineral
rights.
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this
29th
day of
:
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September, 1932.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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hensley-john-a-and-etc.pdf
Title
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Hensley, John A. & others
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Hensley Hollow
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Tract(s): 56
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/85596dfc1a9a53bf921a2e68c11b45f0.pdf
9e5d0afff3c2928d0914ccd9dab8538b
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres: 6
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
...::lk .. un .
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:1hree nil8s sout 1:n~t of _.lkton,
r.
S . :?ositi or
Three miles ov,r count: roud to ,lkton.
3-nd lo._, sloe t:pe, sh~llo r ~nd
slopes , northe st exposu r .
erti
e, moder~ te
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Tir1 :r , Je.vy c1ll 1 ed, re!'1c...ll11Tif'
co....,--i t ~"' ~~Jl ') '·s -..•1' pini=>s t, out 2 cor"s .o d
. . . er o:'1 wood(.,d · :::ec. . 10 cor s 100d.
Improvements:
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Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
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5
2.3 . )0
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
1
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Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ _ o. OC
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
8.34
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ l'....i..t.:t~Ll!'..Jiensley ______________________________________________________ _
J!'ive acres
------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------more or less, of land in __ 1e)"C3zinr-ht tr:r------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s.
The undersigned, in answer to .rthe pet1t10n 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_ __.;;{.Q-0.k-W.£~:;l------ ---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to saicl petition and to said notice.
My name is ______ !5-_i_~~Z _£·_._l:!~Y!_~leJL_ ________________________________________ _
My post office address is __ J _,..1_ ,. _.. 3 .:-_{)J::j;_Qn__i[e,_, ___________________________ __: __ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouL_:Ti. ,e_ __________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents:-(}
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This land is l'ocated abouL_:Ui,xe.e..---mi les from __ 'll:ton ___________________ Virginia, in
the __§j;_O_I}.§3~~:;!.).___ Magisteria l District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, ,estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
I a'
the sole
owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
N orth..H.e .... ~ -=-r-Pnd- - /"-i.-tt-;1- -P-.-H ·rol-e3J ---------- ------ ---------- ---------- --South __ A.;-.J.. Hens-le~- ---------- ---------- ---------- - ____________________________ _
East -~i .. ~en.slay ______________________________________________________________ _
West_ __ i il1.1e r _F ensl~-- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearl _~:i,.~_____ in the
following manner:
___-qy_..d.
.e..d. _ .r.o. _: ill er__ - ~.1 ..11 .. H.e.nsleF- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents there~ on is $-200 . 00 -------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $ __ .?_QQ.!QQ ______ ,
I am the owner ofl _Q;f__~t.xty___ 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 $--- ~.9_Q! .9_Q_______ .
(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: __fha. _ .a.ti _t.e.... - f - -4. -t f-0-- - t - -t re- - -6G-- e-c-::ee-e-- i-s-.:.- _______________ _
---~~~~~~d 0 ~ 0~ ~~~f ~:~~~r!~~r ~~~:
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_Me _______________ _
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ 'l-th------ -day
of __ !~~~--~-~~~------, 193Ct
~-J!:/{ ~------ -------- -------- --
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF - '{-O-e1-:-:i ('tra-t:1----- --------, To-wit:
The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ __ -!5-_iJ~:t --~_.;:~n~l.ey ________________________ _
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 ____ 7:!ih_ _________ :-day of_ __ L~---1~;3]._
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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hensley-kitty.pdf
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Hensley, Kitty
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
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Hen s l ey , L & T.
Number of Acres 2
Location:
Elk Run .
Enti rely within the park area .
Roads:
One - half mile dirt r oad to Spotswood Trail, 4 miles hard
surfa c e t o El kton, n eare st shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
All c leared .
None.
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
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Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 100 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 100 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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NAME OF OWNER
Number of Acres: 2~
Location:
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Acreage and value of types :
Value per acre
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Types
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1
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6
.50 . 00
180 . 00
2
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Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
400 . 00
Value of Land: $ 37'~ 00
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Value of Improvements: $ •.10 .
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Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ ..,0 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
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Value per acre for tract: $
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Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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In the Circuit Court ofn ~-~
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The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
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more or less, of land i
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--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 fil~ng of_;,aid petiti® and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o~~~~~-- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s~~ :p,etition and to sai -o tice.
My name is_/~ - ~ ~ ______________ ------------ ------------ ----My post office address is __M~ ------------ -_------------- ------------ -------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or patcel of land within the area sought
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t~ ~Ma gisterial 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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The land ow,ners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
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West __ _p~/
_________ -----------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yea"Y/,[-L!f_____ in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $10tJ_Q_ ~ -------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
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in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $LD1lf1~--- -----·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- - ------------ ----·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ).
Remarks·- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ -
------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary o~ e back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto)J is:;?~--: -----day
of_a ~ L __________ , 193f
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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 oL k ~--=- ---- --, 19~ - ~
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Hensley, M. G. (Marvin G.)
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An account of the resource
Location: S. Naked Creek
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ROCKINGHAM COU NTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#
138
Number of Acres:
On Elk Run and entirely within the Park a ·rea .
Location:
Roads:
7 2 - He nsley, N. w.-Esta te
One- half mile over good dirt road to Spotswood Trail; thence
four m-iles to Elkton, the nearest shipping point .
Soil: See revers e side .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
The wooded area has been cut over many
times , but some d ead chestnut up to 20 11 DBH . and a few sca ttered
oaks up to 12" DBH . r emain .
Improvements:
See reverse side .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
3
@
$ 5 . 00
$ 15 . 00
35
@
35 . 00
1225 . 00
- - 30
@
15 . 00
450 . 00
62
@
5 0 . 00
3100 . 00
$4790 . 00
8
@
75 . 00
60 0 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
--
Orchard:
138
Minerals:
ValueofLand: $
4790 . 00
5020 . 00
$ 10., 410 . 00
Value of Improvements : $ 5020 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ --600 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
7 5 • 43
Ir:.cidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE
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· -CLERK
�CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE--Sandy and clay loam of good d epth and very fertile in the
SOIL-tillable area . Ther e is· a small amount of loose rocks in some places
with outcrops on the slope type and along the branch . The tillable lan~
is level and rolling , but most of the other land has moderate to steep
slopes . The tillable land is mostly red clay loam with a small pDrtion
of gray lpam . It is in very good condition . The grazing land has a
go od blue grass turf along the branch, but only patches of :burf on the
There is some moss , weeds , blackberries , brush and broom sedge .
hill .
DWEL.LING--Frame , 16x32 1 , - L 14xl8xl6 1 , a nd another L
IMPROVEI.;ENTS:
14x21xl0 1 , 2 story, porch 6x23 1 --6x35 1 - 6x35 '---brick chimney, soli d
foundation , slate roof , g ood conditi on-----BARN----Frame , 34x48x24 1 ,
with L 30x36xl4 1 , shingle roof, fair condition-- --CORN HCUSE- - --Log
and frame , 16x~3xl0 1 , fair c ondition- - --GARAGE--Frame , 10xl6x8 1 , metal
roof, fair c ondition-- - --APPLE HOUSE- - - -Log 12xl2x8 1 , metal roof , fair
condition-- --SPRING HOUSE- --- Frame , 8xl2x8 1 , fair condit i on-- --TEN NT HOUSE- --- Occupied by son, frame 26x2~ 1 , 6 rooms , 2 story, por•ch
8x26 ', brick chimney, pillar foundation , 4 rooms ceiled, poor condition-BARN---- -Log , 26x40xl6 1 , with shed 20x32 1 , shingle and metal roof , poor
condition----HEN HOUSE--Frame 8xl0x5 1 , metal roof , poor co,idition-- CORN HOUSE----Frame , 10xl6xl2 1 , shed 8xl6 1 , metal roof , fair condition-HEN HOUSE--8xl5x8 1 , metal roof ,---- MEAT HOUSE-- - - Log 12xl5x8 1 , metal
roof ,-----WASH HOUSE- - --Frame , 10xl2x8 1 , metal roof , - --HEN HOUSE AND
HOG PEN-- - ---Frame , 8x36x6 1 , metal roof ,
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
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30
Number of Acres:
Location:
---Hensley, N. ~ .-Estate
Elk Run .
Entirely within the Park area .
3¾
Roads:
County road , clay surface ,
shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type , smooth gentle slopes , with a fair depth
of fertility , northeast exposure .
miles to Elkton, neB.rest
This tract has been culled, but
History of Tract and condition of timber:
still has some second growth timber and a few good mature trees
consisting of white and shortleaf pines and oaks .
Improvements:
None
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
30
@
$3 . 00
$90 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
90 . 00
40 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
116 . 00
Value of Land: $
$246 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 40 • 00
Value of Wood: $ 116 .oo
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 20.
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE
#e.
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Claim
In the Cu-cmt Court o L - ~ - - - - ~ ~ u n t y , V1r~~::.:t __j_,f~
At Law.
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-D~endants.--------
The undersigned, in answer to the p e t i t ~ t a t e Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the fi~ of j~id petipton and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o f _ l ~f. ~
.___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said(J?!;}ition a:Q.d to said no~. 1,J
. ~
My
name is_ -----~-:r---1~~
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m1lef-:t.rom ______________ ~
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. t h e ~ g i s t e r i a l District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
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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in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_L/p_<..f2_<f)__Q_:::=_.
I am the owner of ________________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bound~
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ ~ ~ -c
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The undersigned hereby certifies tha~~_2('..!.~
~--------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oatli that the matters
an_d things appearing in his abov~wer are true to the best of his kn.owley and belief,
th1s__
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Clerk of the Court, or S~cial Investigator or
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#72 - Hensley , N.
Acreage Claimed: 163 A.
Value Clai med:
Location:
w.
County: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
Estate
Assessed
16 ,000.
138 A-32 P.
$2150.00
ft
Deed Not available
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On Elk Run and entirely within the Pa rk area.
incumbrances, counter claims or laps:
None known.
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Sandy and clay loam of good depth and very fertile 1n the
tillable a rea. There is a small amount of loose rocks in
s ome places with outcrops on the slope type and along the
branch . The tillable l anp. i s level and rol l ing, but most
of t he othe.r land has moderate to steep slopes. The tillable l and is mostly red clay loam ~1th a small portion of
gray loam. It is in very good condition. The grazing l and
has a good blue grass t urf along t he branch, but only patches
of turf on t he hill . There is some mossi weeds, blaekberrie~,
brush, and broom sedge.
Roads:
One-J)alf mile ovet· good dtrt road to Spotswood Trail; .thence
four miles to Elkton, the nearest s h ipping point.
The wooded a rea has been cut
ch estnut u p to 20" DBH
dead
over many times, but ha s some
and a few scattered oaks up to 12" DBH. ·rhe estimate is
•20 .00
----40 cords of extract wood valued @ 50¢
4.00
----5 cords of fuelwood a 80¢
_ustory of tract and condition of timber:
$24.00
Improvements: Dwelling: Fr ame l~x32 •, L 14xl8xl6', and another L
14x2lxl0' , 2 story, porch 6x23 -- 6x35' , -- 6::c3f; •
brick chimney, solid ,foundation, slate r oof , good
'il 2250. 00
----condition
Ba rn: Fr ame 34x48x24 ,,v1 th L 30x36xl4' , shingle
1250.00
---roof , f a ir condition
Corn house: Log and frame l6x33xl0', f a ir con?5.00
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dition ---Ga rage: ]'.rame 10xlox8', metal roof, fair condition- 40.00
30.00
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A:pple house: Log 12xl2x8', metal roof, fair
30.00
s,ering house: Frame 8xl2x8' , f a ir condition
Tenant house: Occupied by son, frame 26x28', 6
rooms, 2 story , porch 8x26', brick chimney, pilla r
450.00
f oundation, 4 rooms ceiled, poor condition
Barn: Log 26x40xl6', with shed 20x32', s hingle and
250.00
----iiiet'al roof, poor condition
Hen house: Frame 8xl0xb' , metal roof, poor c 0ndit ion-lO.OO
Corn house: Frame 10xl5xl2', she'd 8xl6', metal r oo f,
?5.00
--- -- f alr condition
30.00
Hen house: 8xl5x8', metal roof
20 . 00
Meat house: Log 1 2xl5x8', metal roof,
20.00
:Ta sh house: Frame l0xl2x8', metal roof
Hen house and ho! pen: Frame 8x36x5', metal roof - 25.00
O.r.ohard: 190 a pp e tre e s, 30 years old, f a ir condition - 25 apple trees , 15 years old, f a ir condition,
90 pear t ree s, 18 years old~ f a ir oond ition, 25 peach
trees, good condition
-----8 A. . @ $75.00 ----
600.00
$5155.00
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�County: Rook:1ngham
District : Stoneva ll
#'12 - Hensley, "'• Vt .
Ss t a te
Cont,•d
Value of land by types:
Tzpe
Sl o)e
l!"'g
Fe
Fr
Orcha rd
Acreage
5
35
'
Value
per a cre
f 3.00
20 .00
62
42 . 00
30
8
15. 00
75 . 00
138
Total val ue or l and
376:3. 00
Tot al val e of improvements 5155.00
Tot al value ot timber
24 . 00
Tota l value of tract
8942.00
Average va l ue per acre
64. 8 0
Total
Value
9 . 00
700. 00
2604 . 00
450 . 00
$3163 . oo
�Count: : Rockingho.m
District: St onewall
C72 - o. - N. ·r. Hensley:
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Acreage Claimed:
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163 A.
Value Claimed :~ ,.:'16,000 •
Loea.tioti;
Roads:
Elk Run.
,24~-0.00
Deed 30
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{1898) ~500
::ntirely within the r ark area.
County road , clay surf ace) 3{.; niles _to Elkton, nearest shipping
point.
lnoumbran ces, counter clains or laps:
.:>Oil:
tracts
"i. ssessed 163.32
( iYJ ludes /'72)
one Knom.
:. >andy loam> slope t e 1 smooth gentle slopes with a fair
depth of fertility , north east e "'osure,
Ilistori of tract and condition of tiMber:
This tract has been
-----cu_l,,...l,,..e-d--, but still has some second growth timber and a few
good mature trees consisting of white and _short leaf pinen
and oaks. about 10 , 000 ft.
4 eds. fuel wood per acre
Im:provements:
, 4 , 00
· 1 . 00
-------- ----- ~40.00
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lb6 .()0
·one.
Value of land by ty;pes:
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slope
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29
Total value of land
Value
pef acr.~
xJ5. oo
Total
Value
145. 00
$145.00
Total value of improveme nts
Total value of timver
156.00
Total value of tract
301.00
Aver age value per acre
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10,34
Includes Tract #72.
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Di striu t : Stone .ml.1.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA:
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
v.
Petitioner
At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others,
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five fundred
and Sixty-one (52,561) acres of land,
more or less,
On this
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day of January, 1934, came Columbia F.
Hensley, Grace Hensley, Ewell S. Hensley, and Claude S. Hensley,
and on their motion leave is given them to file their application
for disbursement of the sum of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars {$10,410.00}, the amount of the award set out in the judgment
of condemnation of Tract No. 72, and heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing to the Court that Columbia F. Hensley,
Grace Hensley, Ewell S. Hensley, and Claude
s.
Hensley are vested
with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said
tract of land No. ?2 than any other person or persons; that the
taxes due on said tract of land have been paid; that at the time
the said condemnation order was entered, the said Columbia F. Hensley
owned a one-fourth fee simple interest in the said real estate and
a life estate in the remaining three-fourths thereof; that the said
Grace Hensley, Ewell Hensley, and Claude S. Hensley owned an un-
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divided three-fourths interest in theAsaid real estate; that by
contract entered into by Columbia F. Hensley, Grace Hensley, Ewell
Hensley, and Claude S. Hensley on the 9th day of January, 1934, it
was agreed between the said parties how the a f oresaid fund should
be distributed/among them, to-wit: to Columbia F. Hensley Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), to Grace Hensley One Thousand Eight
Hundred Three Dollars and Thirty-four Cents ($1,803.34), to Ewell
s.
Hensley One Thousand Eight Hundred Three Dollars and Thirty-
three Cents ($1,803.33), and to Claude S. Hensley One Thousand Eight
�2.
Hundred Three Dollars and Thirty-three Cents ($1,803.33}:
Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten
Dollars ($10,410.00) paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for tract No. 72 be disbursed as follows: to Columbia F.
Hensley Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), to Grace Hensley One
Thousand Eight Hundred Three Dollars and Thirty-four Cents ($1,803.34) ,
to Ewell S. Hensley One Thousand Eight Hundred Three Dollars and
Thirty-three Cents ($1,803.33}, and to Claude
s. Hensley One Thousand
Efght Hundred Three Dollars and Thirty-three Cents ($1,803.33).
And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a
certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia who shall
disburse said sum of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($10,410.00 )
as above set out, taking from the said Columbia F. Hensley a receipt
for the amount paid them, and certifying such payment to the Clerk
of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law.
Enter:
nutrl4.Tudge
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA:
The State Commissio n on
Conservat ion and Developme nt
of the State of Virginia
v.
PETITIONER
At law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others,
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred
and Sixty-one (t52,561) acres of land,
more or less,
DEFENDANrS
TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
Your petitione r~, Columbia F. Hensley, Grace Hensley,
Ewell
s.
Hensley, and Claude
s.
Hensley, respectfu lly represent :
That a judgment in rem has heretofor e been entered in
this proceedin g condemnin g to the use of the petitione rs the fee
simple estate in a tr~ct of land formerly the property of your petitioners , situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain, in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, which tract
is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners
appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County
Ownership Map filed herewith as Tract No. 72 at the price of Ten
Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($10,410.0 0);
That your petitione rs above named are entitled to the
entire fund of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($10,410.0 0}
to be distribute d among them according to the provision s of a contract entered into between your petitione rs on the 9th day of January i
1934; that the ~ l of this contract is attached to this peti"'" ,-p..t
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tionAand made a part j hereof, which contract is referred to for
further and more detailed descriptio n of the respectiv e interests
of your petitione rs in the said fund.
Your petitione rs further show to the Court that all taxes
against said property have been paid to and including the year 1933,
and they herewith file certifica tes to that effect from M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County, Virginia, and J. Robert Switzer,
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Clerk of the Cirouit Court of Rookinghsm County, Virginia, whioh
certificates are marked "Ex:. Certificate No. l" and "Ex:. Certificate No. 2", respeo ti vely, and the same are prayed to be read
as a part hereof .
Your petitioners further show to the Court that there
are no liens on the said property;
That no other person or persons than your petitioners
are entitled to share in the distribution of said award.
WHEREFORE, your petitioners pray that they may be
made parties herein and be allowed to file this petition in
this proceeding; that an order may be entered in said prooeeding
for the distribution of said award in aooordanoe with the provisions of the said contract attached hereto; and that your petitioners may have suoh other, and further relief as the nature
of the case may require.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit:
This day Columbia F. Hensley, Grace Hensley, Ewell
S. Hensley, and Claude S. Hensley, the petitioners in the above
entitled matter, personally appeared before me, Pauline M. Andrus,
a Notary Public in and for the City and State aforesaid, in my
City aforesaid, and being duly affirmed, depose and say:
They are the petitioners in the above entitled matter;
that they are acquainted with the contents of the above petition,
and do hereby state that the matters of fa t }therein set forth
are true, to the best of their knowledge
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of January, 1934.
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�WHEREAS, Nicholas W. Hensley died intestate January 17,
1917, leaving surviving him his widow, Columbia F. Hensley, and the
following four children, Grace Hensley (nee Hensley), Ewell
Hensley, Claude
s.
s.
Hensley, and Maude M. Shipp {nee Hensley) as
his sole heirs at law, all of wha'f"were then over the age of twentyone (21) years;
WHEREAS, by contract entered into between the aforesaid
Columbia F. Hensley and all of the aforesaid heirs and their consorts, the said ~olumbia F. Hensley waived her dower rights in the
real estate of the said Nicholas W. Hensley, and in lieu thereof
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acquired, among other interests, a life estate in all of the said
real estate of her said husband, which contract is of record in the
Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book 106,
at page 485, the remainder of the said real estate to be equally
divided upon her death among the four children above mentioned;
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aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 123, at page 205, Maude M.
Shipp and Roy D.
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S~ipp, her husband, conveyed all of their r:ight,
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title, and interest to all of their undivided interest in any and
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all of the said real estate of the said Nicholas W. Hensley to
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WHEREAS, by deed dated July 5, 1922, of record in the
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Columbia F. Hensley, the mother;
WHEREAS, all of the said real estate of the said Nicholas
W. Hensley, with the exception of the thirty acres known as the
Piny Mountain tract referred to in the above mentioned deed and
contract, is included in the area of the Shenandoah National Park,
and has been condemned by the State of Virginia f or park purposes
at the appraised value of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars
($10,410.00), the same being designated in the condemnation order
entered in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia as
tract Number 72;
WHEREAS, the said Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars
($10,410.00) has been set apart to be paid for the said real estate,
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but which money the Treasurer of Virginia will not distribute to
either the aforesaid widow or heirs at this time because of the
provisions of the aforesaid contract of January 20, 1917, granting
to the said widow a life estate in the said real estate; but
WHEREAS, all of the parties to this agreement are desirous of obtaining distributive s hares of the said fund at this
time, which could now be paid were it not for the life interest
of the said widow, and upon the execution of this contract will
petition the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, for an
order settling the respective rights of the respective heirs and
widow of the said Nicholas
w.
Hensley to their distributive shares
in the said fund so that the same can be paid or disbursed to those
who are now by reason of this agreement entitled to the same, rather
than await the death of the said Columbia F. Hensley;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT made this 9th day of
January, 1934, between Columbia F. Hensley, party of the first
part, and Grace Hensley (widow), Ewell
his wife, Claude
s.
s.
Hensley and Emily Hensley,
Hensley and Ethel L. Hensley, his wife, and
Maude M. Shipp and Roy D. W. Shipp, her husband, parties of the
second part,
WITNESSETH:
That for and in consideration of the provi-
sions of this contract and One Dollar ($1 . 00) cash in hand paid,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, at and before the
signing, sealing, and delivery of this contract, the said parties
hereto agree to the acceptance from the Treasurer of the State of
Virginia the amounts set opposite their names following, and request that the same be paid to them in full satisfaction of all
their right, title, and interest in and to any and all of the real
estate owned at his death by the said Nicholas W. Hensley and to
the fund of Ten Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($10,410 . 00) to
be paid by the State of Virginia for the same:
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$ 5,000.00
Grace Hensley •.••.•..•...••
1,803.34
s. Hensley...........
Claude s. Hensley..........
1,803.33
Columbia F. Hensley
Ewell
1,803.33
Total Fund ••.••...•.•••.••• $10,410.00
And the aforesaid Maude M. Shipp and Roy D.
w.
Shipp
unite in this contract for the purpose of releasing any present,
future, or contingent right, title, or interest to any part of
the aforesaid real estate or the funds paid therefor, and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) cash in band paid to them, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth hereby release, remise, and quit claim unto the said Columbia F. Hensley, Grace
Hensley, Ewell
s.
Hensley, :Emily Hensley, Claude L. Hensley, and
Ethel L. Hensley the real estate or funds above mentioned fully
acquit and discharged of any and all claim or right, title, interest, or equity therein or thereto.
Witness the following signatures and seals.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit:
I, Pauline M. Andrus, a Notary Public in and f or the city
and State aforesaid, whose commission expires March 7, 1936, do
certify that Columbia F. Hensley, Grace Hensley (widows), Ewell
s.
Hensley, .Einily Hensley, his wife, Claude Hensley and Ethel L.
Hensley, his wife, and Maude M. Shipp and Roy
J. b).
Shipp, her
husband, whose names are signed to the foregoing writing bearing
date January 9, 1934, have acknowledged the same before me in my
said city.
Given under my hand this 9th day of January, 1934.
CJ~liu~
Notary Public
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
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Jan-9th, 1934
I hereby certify that the records of
my office show that Nicholas •• Hensley has paid the taxes
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poles, in Stonewall District ,
State of Virginia .
All taxes prior to that time if any be
unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of
said county.
Given under rrry hand and seal this 9th day
of January 1934.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA ,
COUNTY OR ID CKINGHAM, to- wit :
I , J . Robert Swit zer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not ~how any delinquent taxes against the tract of
land in Stonewall District assessed in the name of Nicholas
W. Hensley .
Given under my hand this 10th day of January , 1934.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
Janua r y 13 , 1 934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel1, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 13
day of January in accordance
wi th an order of the circuit court of Rockingh am County
dated
1/13/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson
~= ~ - - - - - - -- -- -Atkins
:paid to _ Gr~ce Hensley
$ 1,803 . 34
being in full settlement of tract# 72
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
January 13 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Grace Hensley
Received of J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virg inia, the sum of $ 1 , 803 . 34 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
of January
entered on the
11th
day
1 934_ , 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 complet e settleme n t for the tract of land
k nown in said proceeding as #-7~2_ ___
Sign ori g inal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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TREASURE R' S OFFICE
RICHMOND , V A .
January 13 , 1934
J OHN M. PU RCELL
T R EASUR E R OF V I RGI N IA
This is to certify that I,
of Virginia have t his
13
J . M. PurcelJ, Treasurer
day of January
wit h an order of the circuit court of
dated
1/11/34
in accordance
Rockingham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
p aid to
$ 1 , 803 . 33
Cassandra Lawso=n~A~t~k=i-·n~s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Claude
s.
Hens ley
being in full settl e ment of tract # 72
in t he above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
January 13 , 1934
JOHN M, PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Claude
s.
Hensley
Received of J.M. Purcell, Trea s urer of
Virg inia, the sum of $1 1 803 . 33
, in accor dance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the c ounty
of
Rockingham
entered on the
11th
day
of Jannary _1 93L , in the matter of the State
Co mmission on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __
-~C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~ae-.-=L=a=w~s=-=on=-=A~t=k=i=n=s~ ___ and others, being
full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land
k nown in said proceedin g as #--'-7=2' - - -
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia .
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
.January 13, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this
13 day of .January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court ofRackjngbam c~mty
da t e d 1/11/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
paid to
Cassandra Lawson Atkjns
Ewell S. Hensley
$_1~,~8_0_3_.~3_3____ being in full settlement of tract #-a.2-
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMON D , VA ,
January 13 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Ewell
s.
Hensley
Received of J.M. Purcell, Trea s urer of
Virg inia, the s um of $ 1 1 803 . 33
, i n accordan ce
with an order of the Ci rcuit Court of the c ounty
of
Rockingh am
of January
entered on the 11th
day
_1 93_!_ , in the matter of the State
Co mmission on Conserv ati on and Developm ent v _ __
__C_a_s_s_an_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s____ and other s , being
full and complete settleme n t f or the tract of land
k nown in said proceed ing a s #_ 7_2____
Sign origina l and dup li cate
and return to the Treasur er
of Virginia .
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
January 13 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this
12 day of January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 1/11/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
paid to
$ 5 1 000 . 00
Cassandra Lawson,_______,,_A=t=k=i=·n=s____ ______ _
Columbia F . Hensley
being in full settlement of tract #_:12
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
January 13, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Columbia F . Hensley
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 5,000.00, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham County
of January
entered on the
11th
day
1 93L, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
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others , being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as # _7_2____ _
Sign or iginal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia .
�Claim of_ __ . _ e.be..c.. a...-3.. en.al ___ r___ • t.t¥_.J~ ....s1.ey _.,_l.o. · .ri_t _.D'J. .e.r.~ ... --------In the Circuit Court oL--=weJ~iRc..
. ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.___
.e.c.ca.~~ ...Rensle,¥.--an.d- Y-it.t..y- :!:'....-H
of Sixty acres
,... ,a..y---JG-i--Rt--0- ne-:es----------
more or less, of land in __R-0-0-1 --4.--r-1:,c.ru_..: ______________ 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-2 ~.ingK;_; ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ___ 3.e..be..c.c. _.E .. Re.nsley__ n.a.._utty__F...11 ns.le.;,r._ ______________ _
My post office address is_.;i~J_._:};)__!1_~ - ~---tt:J;.9_11_.YJ,.r :i_,_:g__i_~ -----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__ ~Y--- _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements=---F-one------------------------- ---------------------------
This land is located abouL_tb.r....e.e ____ miles from _____ .::U t.Qn... _______________ Virginia, in
.th j;_o_11.e..w.a.ll______ 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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-~~--~~~-1 -~_1:_~~X.-~.9-~~_;__~.f--~~!.!.~~-------------------------------------- ----~-------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North_ 1 ilmer _Hensle ---------------------------------------- ------------------South_-4-,I .-Heneley--- ------------------------------------------------ ----------East __ \ . : . Hensley ------------------------------------------------ ------------West __ O. :J. r, randle ------------------------------------------------ -------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year-~-~!~____in the
following manner:
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---~---~Q.9_!..Q.9___ , 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:.!.§_(2_Q~_q_g ____ ,
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 $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks: __ rn-h@__ :Pi-o-e-- -0-:-£ __ '!.l-_ nr._j._~_j;_l:1Q __$.1Jh1-_°tQ_tJ.l__cl.e_iL.'laJ _________ _
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------------------------------- - ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or ~ame ~d ark a tached hereto) this __ ~-~~~~~!_J.____ day
of__ tl!Y--------------, 1930.-Jl
e~ _________ ~_j(~_,._Jt_~_:_ ______ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~_?-~~~~€;,_!_).__ ~------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL 3.a .an.ca.-J...H _ .... ;i:.._L..K.i..t.ty_~ .- ~¥the above named claimants'personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ·
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best o ~ knowledge and belief,
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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hensley-n-w-estate.pdf
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Hensley, N. W. Estate
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Elk Run
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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Claim of_ __ ... e.be..c.. a...-3.. en.al ___ r___ • t~-..!~
....s1ey _.,_l.o. · .!l_t _CJ:J.~.e.r.~ ... --------In the Circuit Court oL-.,.weJ~iRc.. . ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.___
.e.c.ca.~~ ...Rensle~-an.d- Y-it.t..y- ~H
of Sixty acres
,... ,a..y---JG-i--Rt--0- ne-:es----------
more or less, of land in-:R-0-0-1 -.:j_--r-1:,c.ru_.: ______________ 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-2 ~.ingK;_; ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ___ 3.e..be..c.c. _.E .. Re.nsl.ey__ n.a.._utty__F....R us.l e.;;: _______________ _
My post office address is_.;i~J_._'};)__!1_~ _;,_:1=_:t:t.9_11_.YJ,.r :i_,_:g__i_~ -----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__ ixty__________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements=---P--one------------------------- ---------------------------
This land is located abouL_tb.r_e.e ____ miles from _____ .::U t.Qn... _______________ Virginia, in
.th j;_o_11.e..w.a.ll__ ____ 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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-~~--~~~-1 -~_1:_~~X.-~.9-~~~--~f--~~.!.!:.~~----------------------- -------------------~-------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North_ 1 ilmer _Hensle ------------------------------------------------ ---------- South_-4-,I .-Heneley--- --- ---------------------------------------------- ---- -----East __ \ . : . Hensley --- ----------- - ----------------------------- -- - -------------West __ O .::). r, randle ------------------------------------------------ -------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year-~-~!~____ in the
following manner:
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lier ------------------------------------------------ --- ---
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---~---~Q.9_!..g.9___ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__):.!.§_
q_g~_q_g ____ ,
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 $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks: __'Tl-h@__ :Pi-o-e-- -0-:-£ __ ')_1-_ nr._j._~_j;_l1Q __$.1Jh1-_tQ_t_,J.__cl.e_iL.'laJ __ _______ _
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----------- - ------- ------------ - --- - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or ~ame ~d ark a tached hereto) this __ ~-~~~~~!_i____ day
of__ t~Y--------------, 1930.-Jl
e~ _________ ~1(2,-_'f__Jt_~_:_ ______ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~_?-~~~~€;;_!_).__ ~------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL:le. .aa.ca_J_._H
;LL..K.i..t.ty- ~ .- z:J...ey_
the above named claimants'personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ·
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best o ~ knowledge and belief,
this___ '.7_t_]i___7 _______ day oL.'.~~,'_ ____1_~,3.1):l!l31>.
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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hensley-rebecca-e-and-kitty-f.pdf
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Hensley, Rebecca E. & Kitty F.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e45e89fc28a6396d20982dc5e9558570.pdf
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ROCKINGHtJ1 COUNTY
\
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#35 - Hensley ,
s.
state
L. -
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Number of Acres: 2 6 2
Location:
lolf Run .
Roads:
Four miles country road to ,lkton.
Soil:
Sandy lot..m, fertile, very stony, moderately deep in meadows,
Timber land on the eastern
very shallow und extremely rocky on slopes .
part is on extremely rough steep ground with much ledge rock .
History of Tract and condition of timber: IInrd cut and burned , but not burned
recently . 'I'he timber land on the eastern part is pine oak stand with
oak mostly too small for c6rdwood, and pine up to?", scattering of a
f'ew larger . Timber land on the eastern part is mixed with hardwoods ,
white oak, red ouk, butternut, tulip , etc . , up to sm~ll tie size . There
is only a scatt~ring of ties and they should be classed as heavy cordwood
ield restocking is an old pasture coming in thickly to pine about 20
!1Jlm»~mems:hi gh , fully stocked over most of the area .
Improvements : (See reverse side f or Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
192
$4 . 00
$768 . 00
15 . 00
22~ . oo
45 . 00
2475 . 00
'r?3468 . ~
Cove:
Grazing Land:
15
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
,•
55
262
Orchard:
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $ 3468. 00
3790 . 00
Value of Improvements:$ 3790 . 00
150 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
'i?7458 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00
Value of Timber : $
ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract:
J
$:If, 4E
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ PONE .
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�IMPROVEMENTS:
Dwelling : Frame, l6x26~, wi th an ell 14x22', front porch 6x22' , back
porch 7xl2t, 8 rooms, metal roof , 2 story , ceiled, good conditio n, occupied
by owner . Spring water supply, and cistern, solid foundati on .
Barn:
Log, 42x58xl6 ', shingled and metal roof , poor conditio n .
Old House: (Store) Frame , 16x24xl 2', shingled roof, poor conditio n.
Shop: Frame , 14x24xl 0', paper roof, fair conditio n.
Hen house: Frame, 8xl2x8', board roof, fair conditio n .
Corn house: Frame , 8x20x6' , shingled roo~, poorcco ndition.
Dwelling : Log and frame, 17xl7', with a kitchen 12xl7x8 ', 4 rooms , paper
roof, stone flue, l½ stories, ceiled, poor conditio n , occupied by tenant .
Spring water supply , pillar foundati on .
2nd Barn: Frame, 34x54xl 4', metal roof, fair conditio n .
Hen house:
Frame, 12xl4x8 ', shingled roof, poor conditio n.
Old Stable; Log, 12xl6xl 2', shingled roof, poor conditio n.
REPORT ON THE ACREAGE
of the
S . L. .HE}JSLEY T &CT /135 .
This tract cor.i.putes 280 o.cres by the calls in
the deed .
~Iowever, we ran a carefull y measured base line
across the tract, tying into the boundary on ea.ch side,
and this showed the tract to be 3 chains narrowe r tha n shown
by the calls in the deed .
computa tion of the acre 2, ge with this correcti on
taken into account gives 262 acres which is covered by the
State's report .
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ehief Enginee r , Park Service .
�County:
District:
#35 -
Assessed
Acreage Claimed:
L.
280 A. 48 P.
Deed
ft
olf run.
Incu.,~brnnces 2 counter claims or lapst
Soil:
s.
n
Value Clained:
Location:
Hensley ,
Rockingham
Stono~all
None known ,
·andy , loam, fertile, very stony, n~oderately de p in
meado rn, very shnl lo·:, a nd e:Ktremely rocky on sloncs.
land on the e·tstern part is on extremely r ough steep
1i th much ledge ro·ok .
oadst
Timber
round
Four miles c untry road to :akton .
B.iotory of tr. c t and Amdition of timber, Hard out and burned, but- not burned
recently. The timber land on the eastern p rt ia pine, oak
stand jth oak !ootly too smal l for c~rd 100d, QUd nine up t o
7", scattering of a fe., large r. Ti mber lo.nd, on the e a.stern
part is
iixed hard oods ,
r1 iite oak, red oak, butternut , t ulip ,
etc., up to nnn.1 1 tie size, There is only o. s,atterin, of ties
and they should bo :::la.ssed as heavy cor~wood .
i_ l d restocki ng is an old pasture coming in thic ly to nine about 20 '
high, fully ... tocked over most of the area .
583 c r rds at 50¢ - • -
Imnrovemen t st
Dwelling, frame,
• st!.,natcd to cut
291 . 00
16x26• 11i t h an ell 14x22 ' , front
porch 6x22 ', back orch 7x12• , 8 rooms, metal roof,
2 story, cciled, g 0od condition; occunied by owner,
aprine mter !" upply and cis t ern, solid f ounda.tion.
1,800 . 00
Barn: Log, 42x5Bx16• , shin.,led and metal roof, poor
condition. - •
100 . 00
Old house t (Ctore) ltrame, 16x24xl2 ' , sh inglod roof,
p oor condition . - •
100. 00
Shop: .i,rc.mo, 14x24•xro•, paper roof, f·.ir condition.
80 . 00
Hen house• Jfrone, · 8xl2x8', ban.rd roof, fair cor~dition, 10. 00
Corn house : Fr ame, 8x20x6 •, shingled roof , p ooriconditi6nl5.oo
~,ellinf!i: Log and fra!ie , 17x17 • with a k tchen 12xl7x ., •,
4 rooms , paper roof, stone flue, 1i storieo, ceiled,
poor condition , occu,-,icd by tenant, sr,rinr• ,/P.ter supply,
foundation pillars. - - 100 . 00
2nd Bo.rn: Frame , 34x54xl4 ', metal roof, fair condition. - - - Hen house: Frame , 12xt4x8•, shingled roof, poor
650 .00
condition . - - Old stable: Log, 12x16xl2', shin~led roof, poor
10 . 00
condition. -
25.00
Orchard:
65
apple trees at ,2 . 00 each . - -
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35 • lienolo
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Rockingham
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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hensley-s-l-estate.pdf
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Hensley, S. L. Estate
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Wolf Run
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Tract(s): 35
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Hensley
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
· #26 - Hens ley, Sarah E.
Number of Acres: 56
Location:
Headw ater~
Roads:
Five miles of good moun tain road to Elkto n.
Soil:
Shall ow, grave lly loam of good ferti lity .
of South Naked Creek .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Cut over repea tedly and part north of
road burne d. Oak, chest nut stand with admix ture of other
scatt ered crook ed and other wise de f ectiv e trees up to 18"
DBH.
Most of timbe r is small up to 9". Repro ductio n is ample
.
Improvements: Dwel ling: 17x30 ' with attac hed kitch en 12xl4 '
2 porch es
6xl0' and 7x24 ', 5 rooms , brick flues , l• story , and
2 rooms ceile d,
fair cond iti on, occup ied by owner , sprin g water suppl y, pilla
r
found ation .
(See re~er se side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: (Good )
32
@
$4.00
*128. 00
24
@
27 . 50
660 . 00
$788. 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
56
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 788. 00
Value of Improvements: $5 50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ 25. 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood :$ 50.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 25. 23
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
550.0 0
25.00
50.00
$1413 .00
�Log and frame, 17x32xl2' , shingled roof, poor
Barn:
IMPROVEM~NDS:
.
condition
Granary: Frame, llxl7xl2' , shingled roof, fair condition .
Hen house: Frame, 10xl0x8', paper roof, fair condition .
1log house: 6x7'x4'.
Fences are rail and barb wire .
�County:
District:
Rockingham
Stonewall
f!..26 - He_n aley, pa.rah E.
'
'
.{\crease Claimed:
AsseestJd
Value Claimed;
Location:
Apparentl y nc,t
assessed .
See the attorney' s
note in field sheet.
Deed ,, A. 74 1' .
Aaquirecl in
"1915, possibly
by inheritanc e.
Head ll'ta tera of South Naked creek..
Incumbran ces, counter clnims or laps:
Mone known.
Soil:
Shal low, gravelly loam of go od fertility .
Roads:
Five miles of good mountain road to Elkton.
H
__i_e_t_o_r_y_o_f_t_r_a_c_t_a.~n_d_c_o~ndition of tirnb€t.rt Cut over repeatedly and part north
of road ourned. Oak, chestnut stand with admixture of other
scattered or·ooked o.nd otherwise defective trees up to 18 11
DBH. Moa t o,f tinber is small up to 9" • Reproduc tion is ample.
Estimated to cut 4 cords ner a.ore or 128 cords va lued a.t
75¢ ........... ~? 96.00
):mprovene nts r
l7x30' with. attached kitchen 12xl4' and
2 porches 6xlO' and 7x24', 5' rooms, brick flues,
Dwelling:
l½ story, 2 rooms oeiled, condition fair, occu...,ied
by o 'mer, s :prirtg water supply, f oundation pillars . , 400.00
Barni Log and frame, 17x)2xl2' , condition poor.
Granary: Fro.me• llxl7x12• , shingled roof , fair
condition . - - •
fair
Ren houset Frame , lOxlOx8•, paper roof./cond itionu
'Bog houe~t 6x7X -1-" ... "" ... Acreage and val\1e ~f l and by types:,
!D.!.
Slope
.
Tillable
Total
Total
Total
Total
Value
!er
A,
4. oo
value
vo.lue
value
value
3~
24
30. 00
-;r
of
of
of
of
la.nd ' • ... - ... $848. oo
:tm-provements 640 . 00
timber ...... 96. 00
tract - ... - 1,5'84.00
Average va lue p·er acre
.,. ...
$28 . 28 .
10.00
2 •00
$640 . 00
Fences are Rai l and Barb Wire.
Acreage
15'0 . oo
75.00
Total
Value
128.00
$
~20 . 0()
48.oo
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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hensley-sarah-e.pdf
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Hensley, Sarah E.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Head Waters of S. Naked Creek
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Tract(s): 26
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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ROCi~I'NGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres:
Location:
#100- Hens ley, Segou rney
14
Elk Run and partl y outsi de of the Park area.
Roads:
Three and one-h alf miles via count y road and one mile
paved
to Elkto n, the neare st shipp ing point •
Soil:
&andy loam, slope type of a fair depth and ferti lity.
Mode rate slope to the north east.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
All the merc hanta ble saw timbe r·
has been remov ed from this tract and there has been no
fires for
many years . The roma iniog stand s cons ist of a sMall
amoun t of
mixed oaks ar~ some yEllo w pine - aoout one cord of fuelw
ood ~r acre.
Improvements:
None.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
12
@
..~5 .oo
2
@
$15 .00
i6o .oo
Cove:
Grazing Land:
•
Fields Restocking:
-
14
30.00
-----..~90 .oo
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 90 .oo
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Valueo fWood : $
25.00
$115 .00
25.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 11 • 50
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None •
~- /~h/F/.1'
CLE~K
�____________ _
Claim of__________________________________________________________________
________ , At Law.
In the Circui t Court of_ __ o..c.kin.i::.har.l ___________ County, Virgin ia, No.
of Virgin ia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State
------ ------- -tioner, vs. __ S ig_our ney A. Hensl ey ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----Thirt y- five a cr e ~
, Virgin ia, Defend ants.
more or less, of land in- B.oui.. .:~~h:atm- ------- ------C ounty
ission on Conservation and DeComm
The unders igned, in answe r to the petitio n of the State
of condemnation awarde d
notice
the
to
se
velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon
the order of the Circui t
with
ance
accord
in
ed
publish
and
upon the filing of said petitio n
Court to file this
Court oLRQckiD- J.1§.,,____________ County, Virgin ia, asks leave of the
as his answe r to said petitio n and to said notice.
------ ---My name is __ S ip;ourne_x_ A. Hensl ey ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ ------ -----~--+-a _-~~n-- q -w-• -• ~~
V-- •
My post office addres s is __1.1.
... • v- _..:.J 1 .J:l_ v:
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_ __thl-_~~yj'_iy~___ acres, on which there
-B-&e-1':l------ --buildings and improv ements :_Ji.:.o...-4u..il.d-i : ...@, but-.s .c,rn~-f-a-He-in - -ha-,o-
_______ __
done ,_______________ ___ __ __ _________________________________ ___ ____ ___________
'
-----V irginia , in
This land is located abouL-3--1{...g ____ miles from _____ =B:-kt- on-~. -----· t of sa1"d Count y.
-· 1 o·1st r1c
· t eria
Rll
<:: tonew
th e-~------- Mag1s
-----or parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interes t in the tract
owner or joint owner,
sole
is
he
scribed above: (In this space claima nt should say wheth er
sole or joint owner,
not
is
nt
claima
If
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners.
or to the tract or
in
has
he
t
interes
or
estate
he should set out exactly what right, title,
parcel of land described above.)
______________ _
_____ I _ '-' ill _ so l e_ owner______________________________ __________________
are as follows:
The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land
------ ---North_ W. 1,1. Hensl ~y _______________ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ -----
South __i;;-.-tJ~-He-R-s-1-e~- ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ -- ------ ------ ----------- ----East __ Cy ndj o i nin ~ _land ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ -WeSL_ ',¼•i.T . He-ns- ley- - - ----- ---- - ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----__1,~-1..g __ _in the
I acquire d my right, title, estate or interes t to this proper ty about the year
following manne r:
-~~-.9-:.~~~-~§~-~~--------------------___"fiy__c!:~~-c1__f_i:_~~--~Y--~=Y-~§3-'__ ~§.-~~-_g~!.1--~!~Jl_!.1_
ements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improv
estate or interes t,
on is $-~~ ~~~ claim that the total value of my right, title,
$ __ _s_75_._QQ______ •
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improv ements thereo n is
ed tract or
I am the owner of_ __~~~~E!______ acres of land adjoin ing 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 $----ation as to
inform
(In the space below should be set out any additional statem ents or also insert here a
should
he
this claim which claima nt desires to make; and if practicable
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -Remar ks· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----35 acres des cr ibed
There i s a quant ity of firew ood on t ho
------ -------afl-a:--1:1---revroott -t-s---so-J:-" --1-n-t- he--to m -u:E-3-:tkton--V,:,-~-------- ------
::~~~~: __Z _ ~-~ z . L i : r_zk _~
ary ~n the back).
--~ ~-~ ~ -- ( Continue remark s if necess
_________ day
Witnes s my si~atu re (or my name and mar attache d hereto ) thisl:.~~J~
of____!_~~-r_~:_r_:>' ___~~.kllmf.
.
_ · _________a . _ ~
.fil __ ______ ____ , To-wit :
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_3o .ck.i
ey _______________ _
A. Hensl
gourn
Si ______ey
. s that_ _______
____________
_______
.
hereby certifie
The unders igned
oath that the matter s
the above named claima nt personally appear ed before him and made
knowledge and belief,
his
of
best
the
to
r are true
OJtl.rl ,th~ a:ppearing in his abov~j eanswe
19~1
y
bruar
en< S vman
:;!ham ~nty,-Va;___________day of________________£/2..&~
filed in the
Rock'
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------Clerl\•..
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Clerk of the Court, or S eli1f°I nvestig ator or
Notary Public, or J usti of the Peace.
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l. (:n::tl.e of f1ralwood vn,lucd
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Tot::tl value of tirloi.::r
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The State Commis sion on Conser vation and
Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia
vs.
Cassand ra Lawson Atkir.s and Others
Tc the Eono ral::le H. '.V . Eertram , Judge of the
Circui t Court cf Rocking ham County , Virgin ia:
Your petitio ner, A. S. Eader, begs
cf setting up
lee..ve to file this, his petitj on, in this cause , for the purpose
and respec ta lien in his favor upon c5rtain lands sought to be condem ned hereir:,
fully represe nts:
contain ing
First: That Sigourn ey A. Hensley is ths owner cf a tract of land,
County, Vir 0 ir,ia,
125 acres, more or less, situate in Stonew all Distric t, Rocking ham
deed dated
being the same land which wa.s conveye d to her by Adam Hensley by
Virgin ia,
Octobe r 21, 1918, recorde d ir, the Clerk's Office of Rockirig ham County,
marked "Exhib it
in Deed Book 112, at page 437. An office copy of the said deed,
.
Deed", is attache d here to and prayed to te read as a part hereof
N. W.
Sea.'.Or:cl: That on Februar y 20, 1930, your petitio ner recover ed before
County, Virgiri ia,
Davis, a justice of the pe..1ce for Stor:ew all Distric t, Rocking ham
g the homaste ad
a judgme nt agains t the said Sigourn ey A. Hensley , on a bond wai vir
paid, and t3.50
exempt ion, fer 11:0.00 with intere st from Cctobe r 19, 1928, until
Office of Rockfrg costs, which said judgme nt l:as been duly do~kete d in the Clerk's
on
ham County in Judgme nt Lien Docket 14, at page 182; that an executi
W!iS
issued
d the same with
and placed i!: the hands of an office r for collect ion Nho returne
the notatio n " No prop erty found".
is herewi th
Third~ An abstrac t of the said judgme nt, marke d "Exhib it Abstra ct",
the said i ndebtfiled as a part hereof, and your petitio ner respec tfully asks that
s a risir.g from the
edness may be establj shed and held to be a lien upon the proceed
dr.ess may bs
condem nation of said land, or any part thereof , and that said indebte
this procee dir.?_s.
paid out of any sums awarded to the said Sigourn ey A. Hensley ir.
_,., .__ __
--~l J~u
Petitio ner.
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�(2)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit;
This day personally appeared before rre,
,_____,E_'/;)_
F Gr_ood_,
tY
l'4
the under-signed, a Notary Public in s.nd for the
State and County aforesaid, A. S. Bader, who made oath and says that the matters
and ilhin€,S stated in the foregoing petition are true.
Given ur,der my hand this ~ tday of September, 1931.
~ ~ ' Notary Public.
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inter est there on f'rom the
till paj_d •
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costs . / ~
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM UOUNTY, VIRGINIA.
THE STATE C01U{ISSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
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v.
)
)
EASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS
)
CONDEMNATION.
TO THE HONORJ.m,E H. W. BERTRAM,
JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
ROCKINGHM! COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The petition of Williette
s.
••
Warren respectfully represents:
That included within the boundaries of the land which is
sought to be condemned in this proceeding is a certain tract of
land owned by Sigourney A. Hensley containing 125 acres, more or
less, situate east of Elkton in Stonewall District, Rockingham
County, Virginia, and being the same land which was ac quired by
the said Sigournej A. Hensley under a certain deed from Adam
Hensley, dated October 21, 1918, and duly of record in the Clerk~
Office of said County in Deed Book 112, at page 437.
That by a certain deed bearing date on the 5th day of March,
1929, the said Sigourney A. Hensley a.Dd Carl
c.
Hensley conveyed
to Ward Swank, Tru.stee the aforesaid real estate; said conveyance being in tru.st to secure the paynent of a certain bond in
the principal sum of Eleven Hundred Dollars ($1100.00), dated
March 5, 1929, made by Sigourney A. Hensley and Carl
pey-able to Williette
s.
c.
Hensley,
Warran, or order, due am payable on or
before the 5th day of March, 1932.
That said bond together with
the interest thereon from the 5th day of March, 1931 remains
due and unpaid subjeot,however, to a credit of One Hundred Dallam
($100.00) as of the first day of September, 1931.
That your
petitioner is the lawful owner and holder of said bond, and that
�the said deed of trust was filed for record in the Clerk's
Office of Rockingham County, on the 22nd day of lfu.rch, 1929, and
is duly of record in said Offioe in Deed Book 143, at page 392.
Your petitioner prEcy'"s that in the present prooeeding the
said deed of trust may be recognized as the first lien binding
upon the said real estate and that the said debt may be established and paid from the proceeds arising from the o 0Udemna tion
of said land, in event the same be condemned, am in further
event that the said debt be not paid before the distribution of
the proceeds of sale of sale land; and that the petitioner may
have such other and further relief as the nature of her oase may
require, and petitioner will ever pray, etc.
By Counsel.
Of Uou.nsel.
37
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ROCKING:ffi,.J\IT CO'C.T1~Y
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#47 - Hensley, Sol J .
Number of Acres: 280
Location:
On Dean !lountain.
Roads:
One and one- half miles of steep rough road to county road near
Ht . Pleasant; thence four miles to Elkton.
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility over most of the tract .
Soil:
There are some very rocky outcrops in the upper portion of the
tract . _here are moderate slopes v1ith northwest and southwest
exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber-.
• large portion of the tract was cleared
muny years· ago and has been grazed and cultivated since . The wooded
area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . The present stand consists
of ~nixed oaks, hickory, and some hemlock and pine . It is estimated to
cut 300 bd. ft . per acre . 29 , 500 bd. ft . An average of 4 cords of fuel388 cords.
.mod.
Improvements: DHelling: Loe, 18x24', 2 story, porch 8xl6', shingle roof ,
brick flues, 6 rooms, 10 6 finish, b&sement· 18x24', 2 rooms, poor condit ion , occupied by tenant . Barn: wg, 12xl8xl2 ', shin'; le roJ:', poor condition . Orchard: 3/4 acre .
Acreage and value of types:
Total Value
Acreage
Value per acre
Slope:
45
.~o . oo
...,225 . 00
Cove:
29
10 . 00
29 o. oo
148
40 . 00
5920 .00
30.00
980 . 00
30 . 00
270 . 00
7685 . 00
Types
Ridge:
Grazing Land:
49
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
@
g
280
Orchard:
Minerals:
405 . 00
Value of Land: $ 7685 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 40b . OO
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
,;,,8190 . 00
Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $50 . 00
Value per acre for tract:
$.2f O .5-
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON~-
~ -;t£;:j14'!:
CL:':RK.
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�:13PORT ON THE .;-.CRE!:ci.GE
of the
S . J . HElJSLEY 'l'P.ACT 1/47 .
This tract is made up of four parcels of land
conveyed to
s.
J . Hansley at different times .
these tracts were conveyed to Hensley by
o.
~hree of
B. Cooley
and their acreages are as follows :
1st
.A
2nd
,~ trc..ct of
3rd
.a
tract of
281
.t'l. .
9 li. .
tract r;hich in the deed to Cooley, calls fc)r
24 A., 2 R., and 23P., but which in Cooley ' s deed to
Hensley is described as follows :
"Supposed to contain
25 acres , but actually contains o:1ly 10 or 1:3 acres.''
l.Iy computation of this tract by its own calls, checks the 1:3
John
tt .
i:,. .
iiensley deeded to S . J . Hensley
2 ft .
Tot·1l deeded to S . J . 1:Iensley in this trs.ct --304 A .
Sold by Hensley to Duniel T. Dean
Balance belonging to Hensley
280
J:i o
The deed from. Hensley to D. T ,. Dean, noted above,
calls for 15 acres .
:-ro . rnver,
we located its lines, and
computed the acreage to be 2~, as shown above .
This shows 280 acres belonginc to :Iensley , according
to his deeds, :::i.nd this amount should be covered by t he..
report, as my computation checks the acreages called for in
the deeds, exce_pt as heretofore noted .
Onr report gives 264 acres, the difference being
due ~robably to horizontal measurement . ..
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Servie·e .
�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#47- a - Hensl ey , Sol
j .
Number of Acres: 313
Location:
On Bush Knob near Roach Gap and Powe ll Gap .
Roads:
Three miles of fair dirt road to Spots wood Trail near Swift
Run; thenc e four miles to Elkto n .
Soil:
Sandy clay of fair depth and ferti lity; somew hat rocky
most of tract with moder a te to steep slope s; north wes t, over
and
south west expos ure.
History of Tract and condition of timber: Large porti on of tract
clear ed many
years ago .
A consi derab le part of ~his clear ed porti on has
been negle cted in the past ten yeaDs , now grown up to locus
yello w pine and sumac h . The woode d area has been cut over t,
repea tedly in the past . Stave wood is now being remov ed from
the tract .
The prese nt stand cons ists of mixed oaks, popla r,
hicko ry and etc .
Improvements: nwel ling: Log, 16:x:2 4', l¼ story , shi ngle roof ,
stone flues ,
3 rooms , ceile d and log finis h, very poor condi tion, occup
ied
by tenan t.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
216 .
Slope:
@
$5 . 00
$1080 .00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
66
@
20 . 00
1320. 00
Fields Restocking:
19
@
15 . 00
285 . 00
12
313
@
20 . 00
240 . 00
$2925 . 00
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
65 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land:
$
2925 . 00
150 . 00
Value of Improvements: $150 . 00
Value of Orchard: $65 . 00
Value of Minerals:
Value of Fruit:
$
50 . 00
7{319 0 . 00
$
Value of Timber:
$
Value of Wood: ~ 0 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 16
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
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�County: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
C4? - Hensley,
~
Aorense Claimed:
Vale Claimed:
tocation:
s.
J,
62
Assessed: 286
~2 ,95 .
n
~1430 . 00
Deed: 315 (1909)
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On Dean : ountain .
Incumbranoes, counter clni1-.s or laps: Mone known.
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Soil:
sandy clay of good depth anc fertility over most of the
tract. There are some very rocky outcrors in tho upper
portion of' the tract , There are moderate slopes with northwest and southwest exposure .
Roads:
One and one- hulf miles of steep rough road to county road near
Ut . Pleasant; thence four miles to lkton .
)istori of tract ana condition of ti~ bor: A large portion or the tract
wns cleared many y~urs nco and has been crazec nn~ culttvated
since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the
pa.s t . The pre·sent stand consists or mixed oaks, hi ckory and
some hemlock and pine. It is estimated to c ut 300 bd. ft.
per acre - 29,500 b. ft . valuc.o .;. ., 2. 00 per M. ,,59 . 00
An average of 4 cords of fuelwood val~ed
25¢ ~er A.
? . 00
388 cords valued
25¢ -'156 . 00
Improvements:
Dwel lin5: Log 18:x:24', 2 otor:·, r,orch 8:x:16 ', shingle roof,
brick 1'lues 1 o roor1s, log finish, basoment 18:x:2'1.' 2 roons,
poor oondi tion, occupied by tenant - ·
~·150 .• 00
Darn : Log 12xl6xl2', shingle r;of , poor oonc ition Orchard: t acre valued 11:.~ v40 . 00 per acre - -
20 . 00
30 . 00·
·200 . 00
Value of l and bI t~mcs:
.'Em
Cove
Acreage
Fe
Fr
To tal
Value
)5,. 00
3 . 00
35 . 00
30 . 00
8 . 00
,145 . 00
204 . 00
29
68
Slope
Fg
Value
per acre
148
9
10
264
Total value of l and
~5879 . 00
Total value of 1mprovemen ts 200 . 00
'i'o tal value of tiuber
Total value of tract
Average val~e per acre
5180 . 00
270 . 00
80 . 00
"•5970 . 00
-~ Includes Tract #47- a
156 . 00
,;i6235. 00
23 . 24
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�County: Ro ckingham
District: Stonewall
.' 47-a -
creage Cl o.1med:
624
Hensley,
s.
A.
ssessed: 274 '- •
ii-Value Cl i med:
Loo n.t in:
J.
,1310.00
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On 3ush Knob near : oaoh Cap ad
Gap .
noumbra~c es , counter claims or laps:
ro ell
ed:
rchao ed 10 . •
40 P. 1918 for 1000.00
3 ;0144 P. 1921 for
$97 . bO; :55 ~ • ( Supposed
to be 110 . • ) 1915 f or
400 . 00 ; 112 ~ · 1 915
600 . 00;
one kno n.
Soil:
andy cl y off tr depth nd fertil ity; somewh_t rocky over
mos of tract ,1th moderate to st eep slopes; northwa t, northwest nd south,est exposure.
Roda:
Three iles off ir dtrt ro d to Spotswood Trail neur Sw ift
n; t enoe four miles to ~lkton.
Histoq of tract and condition of timber : Laree portion of tract oleured
m ny y ss <.1go. .l.. cons id
ble part of this ol:Aired portion
h s been neglected in the past ten years, JO~ grown up to locust, yello pine and sumach . The ooded area has been out
over rep atedly in the past. Stavewood is now being remov ed
from the traot . The preEent ·~tand consists o~ mixed oaks ,
poplar , hl ok·.>ry o.nd eto. .£st i m1 te that there ar 2b0 cords
of fuelwood accessible for use of tenant v · lued
50¢ per
cord -- 125 . 00 .
I ,provoment s:
D. elling: Log l6x 4', 11;· story , s·hi gle roof, stone flues, 3
rooms , oeiled and l og fi ish , very poor condition , occupied
by tenant -50100
Va lue of land by types:
~
Slop
Fg
Fe
Fr
Total
Total
Total
Total
Value
Aorease
216
66
648.00
3 .00
.oo
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990.00
15 .00
6 . 00
19
313
value of land
value of i ~~rovem nts
value of ti aber
va · ue of tract
ver age v lue per acre
Total
Value
oer a. ore
1932.00
50 . 00
125.00
~
Incluuea 'Xr
180 . 00
114.00
1932.00
~
//47
2107.00
6.73
Note -- Loreage over runs deeded and assessed ac r etge. This i s due to the
:faot that the 5o acr tract purchased i n 1915 oont ined mo re than
ihat the deed called for .
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�Virginia:
In the Cir cuit Court of Roc Y~ngha.m County.
The st a te Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia,
v.
PETITICIIBR ,
t Luw 1829.
Cassandra Lawson t _~ins and others
and Fifty- two Thousand , Five Euruitred
and Sixty- one cres (52,561) acres of
land , more or less .
On this __k__day of January , 1934, came JoDn T. Harris,
Ralph H. 3ader , ata. Geo . S. Harnsberger, Special Commissioners in
the chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensley 1 s
Cre itors vs . Solomon
J . Hensley and others, and , on their motion , l eave is given them
to file their application for the payment to Geo . S. Harnsberger ,
special Receiver and bonded commissioner in the said cause, of
the sum of j3 , 190.00 , the amount of the award set out in the jud
ment of condemnation for tracts aesignated as 47 -
and heretofore
paid into court.
And it appearing from the report of t he Board of Appraisul
Cor.'lillissioners heretofore filed in this suit and in the petition
for judgment of condemnation entered/ herein on the 2d day o~
~ovember , 1933 , that in the opinion of the said State Commission
on Conservation and Development Solomon J . Hensley was invested
with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said
tracts of land designated as 47-a , and that the r ecord in said
condemnation proceedings does not disclose any deni al or dispute
by any party or person interested as to the title to said tracts
desi gnat ed as 47 - a, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , except t ne lien indebtedness thereon as set out in
the report of Master Commissioner L. L. Conrad filed in this Court
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
in the pending chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensley 1 s Creditors
�--2-vs . Solomon J . Hensley and others , and it appearing to the Court
that under a decree of sale heretofore entered in said chancery
cause Jno . T. Harris, Ralph H. 3aaer , and Geo . S. Earnsberger were
appointed Special Commissioner s to sell certain real estate of
the said Solomon J . Hensley , which included the said tracts designated as 47 - a , and that , in pursuance of said decree of sale said
Geo . S. Harnsberger has executed bond in the said chancery cause
in the penal sum of )5 , 000.
oo,
Upon consid eration whereof , it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of ~3 , 190 . 00 paid into court as
aforesaid as just compensation for the said tracts designated as
47 - a be paid unto the said Geo . s . rrarnsberger, Special Reoci ver ,
for distribution under the orders of this Court in said chancery
cause , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit acertified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall
pay unto the said Geo . S. Harnsbe:rger, Special Receiver , the said
sum of h3 , 190.00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment
of condemnation for said tracts desienated as 47 - a , taking from
the said Geo •• Harnsberger , Special Receiver , receipt therefor
and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appro pr i ate entry thereof as required by law.
Enter .
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
�•
Virginia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County.
The State Commissio n on Conservat ion
and Developme nt of the
State of Virginia ,
v.
PETITIONER ,
t Law 1829.
Cassandra Lawson tkins and others
and ifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred
and Sixty- one ,;.ores {52 , 561) acres of
land, more or less.
I
I
TO TH~ HON. H. W. BERTR f, JUDGE OF SID COURT.
Your petitione rs, Jno.T. Harris,
I
Ralph H.Bader , and Geo .
S. Harnsberg er, Special Commissio ners of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County, Virginia, in the chancery cause therein pend ing in the name and style of Solomon J.Hensley ' s Creditors vs .
Solomon J .Hensley and others, respectfu lly represent :
That, by decree entered in the said chancery cause on the
2d day of October , 1933 , your Commissio ners were appointed as suc1,
with direction s to sell certain real estate of Solomon J . Hensley,
including the tracts of land hereinaft er referred to, at public
auction at the front door of the County Court House, in the City
of Harrisonb urg ,Virginia , and, in accordanc e with the direction s
of said decree , the said Geo . S. Harnsberg er executed before the
Clerk of this Court a bond in the penalty of }5,000. 00 as Special
I,
Receiver of the funds to be derived from the sale of certain
lands belonging to the said Solomon J . Hensley, including the
tracts hereinaft er more specifica lly described , an attested copy
of which bond is here filed marked"Ex . " and :prayed to be read as
a part hereof, and an attested copy of the said decree of sale
is also here filed marked
11
:Ex. B" and prayed to be read as a part
hereof.
I
That your petitione rs as such Comri.issio ners have not exLAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SO NBURG , VA .
ecuted the said decree of sale by reason of the pendency of certain proceedin gs in the above entitled action at law for the
I
�--2-condemnation of the said real estate .
That , as appears from the
said decree of sale , your Commissioner s were directed to sell
certain adjacent tracts of land situate in Powell ' s Gap on the
Blue Ridge
1:
ountains, containing 225 acres , more or less.
That ,
in the said condemnation proceedings, a judgment in rem therefor
has heretofore been entered condemning to the use of the petitioner
therein the fee simple estate of Solomon J . Eensley in the
said traots of land aggrega t ing 225 acres , which tracts are
described in the report of the Board of
ppraisal Commissioner s
appointed in said condemnation proceedings , and shown, numbered ,
and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith as
I o . 47 -
at the price of ·3 , 190 . 00 .
1hat the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia has
paid into the custody of this Court the said sum of money set out
in said judgment as constituting the award for t he fee simple estate of Solomon J . Hensley.
That the sa id 'olomon J . Hensley, on the date of the said
judgment in rem condemnin,s the said tracts, owned a fee simple
inter est in the said tracts subject to the liens thereon; that an
account of the said liens on the said tract is set forth in the
report of Commissioner L. L.Conrad, filed in the said chancery
cause of Solomon J.Hensley ' s Creditors vs. Solomon J . Hensley and
others ; that no other person or persons are entitled to share in
the distribution of the said award except as set out in said Commissioner ' s report ; that any unpaid t axes will be paid under the
order of the Court in the s i d chancery cause •
.therefore , your peti ti one rs pray that if need be they may
be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the
J?Ublic Park Condemnation
ct, and that an order be entered for the
distribution of the said sum as aforesaid and for the payment to
LAW OFF I CE S
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
Geo . S. Harm~berger , ')pecial Receiver , of tho said award , to-wit ,
�--3-the sum of ~3 ,190. 00, for the said tracts designated as No . 47-a ,
to be dis'lbirsed by him under the orders of this Court in the said
chancery cause.
state of Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg , to-wit:
This day Geo.S . Harneber er personally appe'red before me ,
0
F • .?lavia Converse , a _-otary Public in and .for the City aforesaid,
in the state of Vi:rginia , in my City aforesaid, and , being duly
sworn , deposes and s'ys :
ram the Special Receiver heretofore a pointed in the chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensl Y's
Cr~ditors vs . Solomon J . Hensley , &c . ; I have read
the above petition , and do here state that the matte:rs off · ct contained therein
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
______6.
_ __.'f..._~
y of
January , 1934.
j .~
LAW OFFIC ES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
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�Qtnmmnumtaltq nf ]Itrgiuta
TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMON D, VA,
January 6 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasur er
of Virginia have this
6 day of January
with an order of the circuit court of
dated
1/4/34
in accordan ce
itockingh am County
in the cause of the State Commiss ion
on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia
vs.
:pai d to
Cassand ra Lawson=-=-~A~t~v=~i=n=s=------ - -- - - - Geo . S . Harnsb erg er , Spec i al .;Recei ver, Harrison burg , Va .
$ 3 , 190 . 00
being in full settleme nt of tract# 47- a
in the above mention ed cause.
�Q!nmmnuwtaltq nf lliirgiuta
TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
Janua ry 6 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Geo .
s.
Harns berger , Spe c ial Re c eiver
Harris onbur g , Virgi nia
Receiv ed of J. M. Purce ll, Treas urer of
Virgi nia, the sum of$ 3, 190 . 00, in - accord ance
with an order of the Circu it Court of the county
Rockin
gham
of___
___
___ __ entere d on the 4 t h
day
of Janua ry 193___4__ , in the matte r of the State
Co mmiss ion on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v _ __
_ C~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a=---.,L=a=w==s~o=n,,______,,A~t=k=i=n=s_ _ _ _ and others , being
full and compl ete settle ment for the tract of land
known in said proce eding as# 47-a
Sign origin al and duplic ate
and return to the Treas urer
of Virgi nia.
j
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANTS.
. . . .
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. --47-a----=
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No. __4 7_~a_ __ $_..31.9.0....0 Pon Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------- ----- $----------j
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
Sol . J . Hensley
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
By rea son of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Sol . J .
Hensley, to give 25 acres of his land within the Park Area to the
Park Project .
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
a'risi.1:1g 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
provisiQns of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be enter ed 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.
-4.7_~a _____
$ __rz5_._0.0._ : Tract
No. ____ _____ ___ $ __ ________ : Tract No. ------------ $ _________ _ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0 . ADDRESS
STATE COlTIJISSIO N ON CONS~RVATION
NoTEr-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
�STATE OF VIRGINIA 0
COUNTY OF 1/'J ARREN 0
ss
Pe1"'so nally appear ed before me the unders igned Notary
Public in my said State and County , E. K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, depose d and said that she is an employ ee of the
State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment j_n im:11edi8 .te
charge of the record s of the Shenan doah Nation al Park Divisio n
thereo f having to do with claims of the Commissi on for distributi ve shares of conde~ nation awards in the Shenan doah
Nation al Park condem nation procee dings pending in the Circui t
Courts of Virgtn ia, by reason of contra cts and agreem ents entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
. these procee dings, and that the within claim is just and correct.
Witnes s my signatu re this 8th day of Januar y, _ ~34
"\----- ~
;&~~~~
NOTARY PUBLIC
Notary
M;; Commission Expires Sep, 8, 1934 .
,
PuSi1-e
§
�VIRGINIA . IH 'Ur' CI~Ct;IT COURT O:'.T
WC1Glf'}fL 1
COUN'IY .
IN VACATI ON.
1 The
&.
..JtB.te Comnission on Conserv tion
Deve lor,ment of the .,jtate of Vir1sinia , :Petitioner ,
0
v.
Cassandra Lawson ,. tkins , et als , defendants .
In ~e : Di_ScttrJ·o.u-t:lQP.c~ proceeds of condemnation for 'l1ract No . 47- a ,
J . hensley , J75 . 00 .
s.
This day came the Jtate Cor.:r,ission on vonscrv~ tion
P,,;,
:Jevelopment by counsel and rr·oved the l...!ourt to enter an order
directing the 'l'reasurer of the ...itate of Vir in ia , to pay to it ,
ou t of the proceeds of conde,.,.:nation of trr, ct lJO . 47 - a , the rum of
.'75 . 00 , representing the amount of a certain :pled,<2_:e made by :::3 . J .
Hensley , who claimed to be the ovrner of said tract , to said eJ ommission on Cons-;rw:i..tion & Development , e.s a contribution for the
establishment of
henandoc1.h Nation2l :Park and in sup:::,ort of its
said motion , the seid Cor.:mission exhibited to the vour t , its motio
in
riting setting forth all the factsvin rey1~1.tion thereto , uhich
has been heretofore filed herein .
Upon considera tion ,..-hereof , it apper•ring to the Jour t ,
tbat the cla~m of said Commission is not based u:pon any lien either!
on the land condermed , or on the proceeds of condemn'3 tion , ·:md thatJ
said Corrmis sion has f e. i led to obtain the con sent of the parties
entitled to the proceeds of condernn'J.t i on , to the payment of its cl im ,
it is acc ordinsly adjudged and ordered that the r-D tion of the Commission for the :payment of said cl,dm out of the rroceeds of condQ
demnation for said trac:e be and the som.e is lnreby denied .
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rock ingham County
Va ., will enter, the f'9reg oi ng order up on the Common Lsw Orde r Book of '
his 6ourt-,- as ·a vac ation order.
Given under my hand in v a c ati on this ~ day af'
.A gust, 1935.
Judg e
~--4-:'....,,,,..
C1rcui t Court· of Rockingham County, Va.
~
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Hensley, Sol J.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#370 - Hensley, Stephen
Number of Acres:
240
Dean Mountain, and entirely within the Park area .
Location:
Roads:
It is seven miles over fair roads to Elkton, the nearest
sh\pping poi~t .
Soil:
The soil is a gravelly loam w:tth a western exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
The tract has been cut, but a
thin stand remains.-
Improvements:
See reverse side.
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: -- -
166
@
$3 . 00
$498.00
6
@
30 . 00
180 . 00
20
@
15 . 00
300 . 00
48
240
@
20 . 00
_ _ 96q_.oo
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking: - Cultivated Land:
$1938. 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $
Value of Improvements: $ 1190.00
·1190.00
Value of Orchard: $ 7 5 .oo
75.00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 12 5 • 00
125 . 00
Value of Wood:$ 50.00
50.00
$3378.00
Value per acre for t ract: $ 14 • 07
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None
-
--- ~
-~·
CLERK
7~
�Continued from other side:
IMPROVEMENTS:
DWELLING--Frame, 20.x22t, 5 rooms, porch 5.x221
sningle roof, brick and stone flues, l½ story, fair condition.
Spring water supply- pillar foundation, no cellar.----BARN---Log 16.x27xl2 1 , shingle roof, poor condition.---CORN HOUSE-----Log 10xl0x8 1 , shingle roof, poor condition-HEN HOUSE----Frame, 15x8x8 1 , shingle roof, fair condition.
DWELLING-----Log and Frame, 18x24 1 , 5 rooms, kitchen 14x25 1 ,
Porch 6.x24 1 1 shingle roof, stone flues, l½ storyi ceiled,
poor condition--vaoant, spring water supp~y--pil ar
foundation, no cellar.
~BARN-----Frame, 34x47xll 1 , shingle roof, fair condition.
GRANARY----16xl6xl4 1 , metal roof, fair condition.
HEN HOUSE-----Log, 6xl4x8 1 , shingle roof, poor condition--GARAGE---Frame, 10xl2xl0 1 , paper roofA fair oondition--Orohard-- 38 apple trees, 35 years old-fair condition
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2127 . 00
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1430 . 00
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·~388 7 .oo
Average value per acre •.•..• . •••.•••• •••.
16 . 20
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LEGEND:
Slope Grazing
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COUNTY:
ROCKINGHAM
DIST R IC T:
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Hensley, Stephen
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#89 - Hensley, Teddy
2
Number of Acres:
Location: Elk Run .
Entirely within the Park Area .
Roads:
One- half mile dirt road to Spotswood Trail , four miles of
hard surface to Elkton, nearest shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam; level and smooth.
All cl eared .
DWELLING----Frame, 14x28t , L 12xl4 1 , 3
IMPROVEMENTS :
rooms , l story, 1 room ceiled, porch 6x20 1 , metal roof, good
conditi ~n, occupied by owner, pillar foundation, water supplyCOW SHED- --Frame, 8xl0x7 ', board roof~ .
spring and well .
MEAT HOUSE---- - Frarne ~ 6x8x6' , paper roor,
fair condition .
gooa condition.
~onta::
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
2
@
$100 . 00
$50 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 100 .oo
550 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 550 • 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
50 . 00
50 . 00
$700 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 50 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
_
None
:
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CLERK
I2"\
�Claim of________________________________ ________________ ___________ -- ________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ .,;_Q.Qk °iri.g_l}§..!A_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiHe n s l ey _____________________________________________________ _
Te d die R.
.
____________
vs. ____________
t1oner,
__'Glo ur_ p ere s ________ _______ ___ ---- ----- ------------ --- --------- ------------ ---------. · · D ef end ant s.
ck i nghRm
Ro ________
.
________ _______ coun t y, v·1rgm1a,
more or 1ess, of Ian d m_____
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of __ -3. .cki ng.h ..:.DL _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __Te r: d ie_R . Hensl ey __ ___ __________ _____________________ ________ _
- ~, _-z.....~r:11:. +~""__u-., ___ ____________ ____________ ___ _
c:,_
My post office address is ___.:1.
-v-~A. .
• . I./ . 0
.
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouL 3 o.n.r ___ ________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvement s=--~~!-~~--~~.?_·__ 9-~!~~-~~~3~~.'.:3-~~9!-_~.!.~-~~J-~~~:_~~----------~we l v e f r uit tr ee s
.:.....J
_--U \J.J..l.
·
·· m
_~___
o n____________________ v·1rg1ma,
f our __m1·1es f rom_ ~~·lkt
· Iocat ed a b out __________
. Ian d 1s
Th1s
1all
· t of sai·d Count y.
· I o·1st r1c
· t eria
__ ___ Mag1s
St onei.•.:__
the ________
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above. )
I ar.i sole owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North_ 11P r y Ba..m.~-SOJJ ______________________ ______________ ______ ___________ _____ ___
South __ i.1E1 r y _S::impson ______________________ - - - ------------ -- -------- - ------ ---East _____J::~~~r F~gl-e.y- -e.a-t-G.t -e-,--------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---West ___ J . b . Baugher __ _· ---- ---- ------------ - - - ----- - - - - - ------- ------- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year- ~~-~~----in the
following manner:
___ J~_.d.a.e.d.....f r..oJ~_l~~r y_-3~...S. r _~son ______________________________________ ___ ~------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $---!~_(2.Q!_q_g ____. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is
I am the owner of_ ____ ___ ___ ___ __acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------- ------ -·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if pr acticable he should also insert her e a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
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Looatton ;
So1l:
So.ndy loam; lavtlll and smooth.
.Roads :
One- h111lf mile dirt .r oud @o Gr:,ttswoo d Tro1 l,
fo ll!'
m1 les
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bard sur:taoa to !lkton . nasl"ast sh1p_ptng point .
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.All oleu:red.
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by owner, foundat t on, pill rs, ,ifa tar suppl y , sp:rin,,; -.ind well ,
room
ceiiei!~ poroh GJ:'30 ', llltltal roof , good conditio n, OCCllplad
valued at - - -... ..............
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"430. 0~ .
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$00 . 00
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,'06 . 60
'l"ota.l value of 1mprovem .,n.te
430 . 00
Total valu~ of t:ru1t trees
1 1. 00
rotal value of ti:ro.ot
304 . 80
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ROCKDJGIIl,.l.! GOWEY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
/it51
Hensley , Thos. B.
Number of Acres: 119
Location:
Roads:
Uest slope of !Iain Iiidge, t v0 niles northeast from Swift
Run G:.1p.
Two riiles of ft...ir uirt roud to opotsuood Trt.il in Swift
Run Gap; thence seven niles to ~lkton .
Soil:
Sar.dy cl:... y o:' so d de ·)th e.nd fertility ulonc th:: top of th·)
ridge; fuir cle;;it'!.1 . . nd :::'er+,i li t:r in ,,ooded crea, L1rge uno~mt
of surfuce roc 1c in .10 ded urea, noder~,te to steep slopes,
~orthaest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Portion of tract L lons top of' ridge
cle,. . red n~ny :Teurs r. . r:;o , f~ru:::.ed CJ.r..:l c·1ltiv ted. si';.C0. 'loade d
are,.:.. c1t over • t di.::'""'ercnt ti•ies i: 1 tlrn ,_~st . :?resent stt1nd
consLs t s of mixed o 1m ·.it':. so ·1e :1ickory ·.ncl .1opulc. . r, est ir1u t ,d
to cut in u v-ar ,[e o:' 400 bd. ft. ::Lr ucre or c;. tot:~l of
40 , 000 bd. ft .
1
Improvements:
None.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
102
. ,. no
~510 . 00
,r:J • . J
Cove:
17
Grazing Land:
35 . 00
595 . 00
--·1105 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
80 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
~,1183 . 00
:ceBen~ei eamnpme ocv.eibaeu t'x:mc~~~
ti1il~x
Value of Land: $ ll0j. 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 80. 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 10. 00
r-.
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ .... ' ,.....,
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County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
In the Circuit Court of____ _
, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation arrcl :pevelopment of the State of Virginia
r
~
. ___ ..., ..L.. t __ t~_ I ------- - - -,
more or less, of land in_ _ _ _ ------~ _______ County, Virginia, Defend ants. and Deation
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserv
awarde d
nation
condem
of
notice
the
to
e
velopment of the State of Virginia, and in respons
Circuit
the
of
order
the
with
nce
accorda
in
d
publishe
upon the filing of said petition and
__ : _______,. . _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of__tf(
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
1/
.
My name 1s
___ ---r -- ~ ---- ------- ----~-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------My post office address is ______ ______ ______ ____ { _________________________ _
-
-
7
_ ( ) ______ ' { _
----------
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 joint owner,
sole
not
is
t
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman
tract or
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the
parcel of land described above.)
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereinterest ,
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 improve ments thereon is
or
I am the owner oL J _J _( ________ acres of land adjoinin g the above described tractprothe
by
d
damage
be
will
claim
I
which
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a,
-----·
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------as to
tion
(In the space below should be set out any additional stateme nts or informa
a
here
insert
also
should
this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practicable he
,
.
bounds)
description of the I tract or parcel of land by etes and
{
$_k ____________ .
-
___ d_ _
back).
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the
_, f 'itn:s_s_:Y_:~~:~~r1: 3~r my name and ::~_:~; ::~-~:~ :~}_
~~~~~-~~~=~~~~~~~:~
~ F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ _ ___________ ._ ________ , o-w1t.
cfu
----- --The undersi gned hereby certifies that ~~-~ /~-~ "tfu ----the matters
at
oath
made
and
him
before
d
appeare
lly
persona
t
claiman
named
the above
and belief,
ge
knowled
his
and things ~~eari ng in ~i~-F ~ answer are true to the best of
c7-~~-------,
this-- ~r---- ----da y
4
1~~ - o / /
;p.
Clerk of the Court, or Special Inve~'
Notary Public, or Justice of the P
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�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#51- a -- Hensley , Thomas B.
Number of Acres:
101
Location:
Both sides of Spotswood Trai 1 near Swift Run .
Roads:
Five miles over Spotswood Trail near Swift Run to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility with moder~te to steep
slopes . Northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Most of the tract was cleared many years
ago and has been grazed and cultivated since. The wooded area
is near the old pike . Present stand consists of mixed oaks
and yellow pine .
Improvements:
{See reverse side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
5
$5 . 00
~25 .00
Cove:
9
10 . 00
90.00
Grazing Land:
19
@
45 . 00
855 . 00
68
@
40.00
2720 . 00
$3690 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
1225 . 00
Value of Land: $ 3690. 00
150 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1225. 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00
60 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
50 . 00
$5175 . 00
Value of Timber: $ 60 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 51. 23
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
~~
: CLERK.
70
�IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: Frame, 14x20t, kitchen 14xl4x8', L part 12x26x9'
7 rooms, porch 8x20', metal roof, brick and stone flues, 2 story,
ceiled, fair condition, occupied by owner, spring, pillars.
Barn:
28x46xl6', annex 16x28', log, shingle roof, and also
metal, poor condition.
Spring house: 10xl4x8', cement work .
Hen house:
Frame, 8xl6x?', metal roo f , fair condition.
M~at house: Frame, llxl3xl0', shingle roof, fair condition.
Henhouse: Frame, 12xl2x8', shingle roof, poor condition.
Corn house: Log, 12xl6xl0', shingle roof, poor condition.
Granary: Frame, 12x32xl0', metal roof, fair condition.
Wood shed: Frame, 12xl4xm', shingle roof, fair condition.
�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#51- p - Hensley , Thomas B.
Number of Acres: 1/2
s.
Location:
Swift Hun. - U.
Park area.
Roads:
Two miles over Spotswood Trail to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy loam, good depth, fair fertility, moderate slopes .
Park Positions 75 A. A - 83 .
Partly outside
Has been cut over repeatedly in the
The present stand consits of small scrubby oak and
History of Tract and condition of timber:
past.
_pine .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Total Value
Value per acre
Ridge:
Slope:
1/2
@
$5 . 00
$ 2.50
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
2 . 00
$4.50
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 2 . 50
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $ .
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 2. 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~
- _ / ~ _ ' CLERK,
71
�·.
Claim o L ~ - - ----------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of
_________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conser. ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _________________________________________________________ ____________________ _
--~·
~/
------------------. --..---------------------more or less, of land m_
_
~-~-------County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to th 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 · g
~aid etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL ________ -------~---- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to -B'"n;etitio
nd to aid notice.
My name is_~
_
-::?' _0
My post office address is___
__ _ , /('< __ It:_
---------------------.
£Ai#f.3 ________________ _
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_ ___
7...4-_________
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
I acquired my ri
t, titl , estate or interest to this property about the year ___ ___ ____ in the
fo~ ; ~ ~
::·:::z::::_=~ J:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::_:::::: __::_::: _____: ____::
I claim tha~ ~e total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate ~r j~~rest,
on is $J_(l,__8J~~
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.2~~ r ~
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).
Ren1arks · ------------------- - ------ ------------------------------- ---- - ------------
------------------------- ·- - ------- - ---- -------------- ------------------- - - - - - - - ----- __
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�County :
Dis'rict :
Rockinghati
Stone,all
)51-b - Hensley , Thos . B.
~cre~ge Clained :
Aseossed:
Deed:
Value Claiaed:
Assessed :
Deed:
Area:
Loc;at ion:
Swift Run - U.
1/2 Acre
s . P'ark positions ?5 A. A - 83 .
Partly o~teide Jark area .
I nC;ur.ibronces , counter claic.ie or lapa :
Mone knom.
Soil:
Sandy loan , good depth , tai~ fertility , noderate slopes .
Roads:
Tivo nile3 o7er Spotcmood Trail to Elkton .
fil._story of tract and condition of tinber :
in the
ast .
and pine .
I nprovenent o :
Has be n cut over repeatedly
'l'he present stand consi:.,ts of sr.mll scrubby oak
The tract io esti ated to cut 2 cords of fuel,ood .
one .
Value of land by types:
~
slope
Acreage
Value
per acre
l /2
Total value of land • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Total value of tiuber .
.
. ... . ........
Total value of tract . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. verage value per acre . . . . .. . . ... .. .
05 . 00
2 . 50
2 . 00
,4 . 50
,9 . 00
Total
Velue
·2:00-
�C1)unty: ... ock:d)ngh...1m
Di strict: Stone~all
,t51-a- Hensle;y: , 'rhos . B.
Acreage Claimed: l
.-122 P. Deed :86. A. f r om
4osea .?owell , no data, no
lue Claimed:
1620
.
00
o
ns1derat1on . (F1eld sheet
"
data) Subject to use for
Looation:
Both sides of Spotswood 'rra11
lite by Levi & Sully I.run.
near s ift .. \un.
11 A- 30 P. (1889 ) for .179.
Assossod.102
•
•
Incumbranoes, 001nter claims or laps:
None .
Sandy clay of g ood d8iJ th and fert111 ty vi th moderate to steep
slo es.
Totthwest and southwest exposure .
i,oads:
r ive miles over Spotswood . rail near Svift 1un to ~lkton .
History of tract arid C')nd i tion of timber: .Jos t of the tract was cleared
many years a·~o and has bee. grazed and cultivated since.
rhe ooded area is near the old pike . Present stand corisists
of mixed oaks a nd yellow pine . It is estimated to cut 6 ods •
.f r·1el 100d per acre .
The wooded area (cove) is estimated
to cut 16 , 000 bd. ft. of popla r und mixed oaks valued
¢4 . 00
per M, a.1d 2 ods . or fuelwood per ere or
total of ----48 eds. of fuelwood
50¢
24 . 00
1· , 000 bd. ft . @ 4.00
---64 . 00
w88. 00
Improvements: Dwel ling: .t.1"rame 14x .,Q ' , kitchen 14xl4x8', L part 12x~6x9',
7 rooms, porch 8x20' , met 1 roo .. , brick and stone flues, 2
st:>ry, ceiled , f a ir condition, oocupiod by owner, s .,ring ,
~11 .ars, -. 000 . 00
Barn: 28x46xlo' , a nnex 16x28', log, shingle roof,und
also illetal, poor condition ->oo.oo
:prin6 ho~se: l0Xl4x8', cement ork -7ti . OO
.Hen hoa se: Fr me 8xl 6:x:7', metal roof' , f'1ir condition- 2J . 00
Je t h1use: l rame llxl3xl 0' , shingle roof , fair
30 . JO
He
o~se:
rane 12xl2x8', s hinG le root , poor
"
20 . 00
vJrn house: Log 12xloxl0 ', shlngle roof, poor
"
2J . 00
Gran;irz : ::frame 12x38xl0' , metal roof, f ir conditiono.oo
ood shed: Fr me 12xl4x8' , s ' inf.:.le roof ,
ir .,
18 . 00
,104
Value of lo.nd. b;y; types :
se
~
Cove
Slope
F g
t' C
Value
per a cre
~o .OO
5
19
3 . 00
20 . 00
68
101
30 . 00
Tot al
Value
,_;,40. 00
lo . Ou
380 . )0
2040 . 00
~2480 . 00 ·
. oo
�County : Rooki ngahm
District : Stonewal l
/151- a.-
1
Iensley , 'rho s. B.
Cont ' d
Total va lue of land
$ 2480 . 00
Tot al va lue of i mp rovements 1040.00
' 'otal value of ti mber
88 . 00
Total value of tract
Average va lue per acre
3608. 00
35 . 73
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County:
District:
#5l•b • Henslez, Thos. B.
83
Frances R~
Gratton
/'os 7s-A.A.
LEGEND:
Scale S~Ol'§
: 20 chains
Rocki ngham
Stonewall
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
v.
Petitioner
At Law No. 1829
Cassandra I.awson Atkins, and others
On this ();
J
Defendants
day of December, 1933, came Thos. B.
Hensley, and on his motion leave is given him to file his appliQa~
tion for disbursement of the sum of Six Thousand Three Hundred
Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($6,337.50), less Sixty-nine
Dollars and Thirty Cents ($69.30) heretofore paid him for right of
way through Tract No. 51, now claimed by Stste Commission on Conservation and Development, the amount of the awards set out in the
judgments ·or condemnation for T~acts Nos. 51 and 51A, and heretofore
paid into Court.
And likewise came J. R. Liskey ( of R.) , wh.o asks permission
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to file his answer to said petition, which is accordingly filed.
And it appearing to the Court that said Thos. B. Hensley
is vested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and
to said tracts of land Nos. 51 and 51A, respectively, tmn any other
person or persons, that the taxes due on said two tracts of land
have been fully paid, and that the interest of Thos. B. Hensley in
said real estate is subject to the lien of a certain deed of trust
in favor of J. R. Liskey (of R.), he being the holder of the bond
for Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950 .00), with interest from
November 1, 1932, thereby secured;
Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered
by the Court that said sum of Eleven Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($1162~50) paid into Court by the petitioner as just
compensation for Tract No. 51, less said sum of Sixty-nine Dollars
and Thirty Cents ($69.30) heretofore paid him for right of way
through said Tract, namely, One Thousam Ninety-three Dollars~
�2.
and Twenty Cents ($1093.20), and the sum of Five Thousand One Hundred
Seventy-five Dollars ($5,175.00), paid into Court by the petitioner
as just compensation for tract No. 51A be disbursed as follows:
To J. R. Liskey (of R.), RFD No. 3, Harrisonburg , Virginia,
there be paid the sum of Three Thousand One Hundred Fifty-six Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3,156.50) ($2950.00 being the principal an.cunt
of the bond held by him, and $206 .50 : being the interest on said bond
from November 1, 1932 to January 1, 1934), and the balance, Three
Thousand One Hundred Eleven Dollars and Seventy Cents ($3,111.70)
be paid to Thos. B. Hensley, RFD, Elkton, Virginia.
And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a
certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall
disburse said sum of Six Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars
and Fifty Cents ($6,337.50), as above set out, less said sum of
Sixty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($69.30), taking from the said
Thos. B. Hensley and J. R. Liskey (of R.) receipts for the amounts
paid to them, and certifying such payments to the Clerk of this
Court for appropriate entry thereo~ as required by law.
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Of ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of
Virginia
v.
Cassandra Lawson Adkins, and others.
The answer of J. R. Liskey (of R.) to a petition filed
in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia
by Thos. B. Hensley.
This respondent for answer to said petition or so much
thereof as he is advised it is material for him to answer, answers
and says:
That it is true petitioner and his wife conveyed the real
estate mentioned a nd described in said peitition situate on the
Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, known and designated on the map of park lands as Tracts Nos. 51 and 51A, respectively, to D.
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Farman, Trustee, by deed dated November l, 1932,
recorded in the Clerk's Office of this Court in Deed Book No. 153,
page 465 to secure the payment of the principal sum of Twenty-nine
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950), as evidenced by a certain Homestead
Waiver bond of even date with said deed, made by the said Thos. B.
Hensley and wife payable to J. R. Liskey (Of R.) one year after
date with interest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum,
which said bond your respondent, J . R. Liskey (of R.) is now the
owner and holder, and that the amount due on it is Twenty-nine
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950) with interest from November 1, 1932.
Your r espondent joins in the prayer of said petition for
t he distribution of said fund• as set out therein.
And he will ever pray, etc.
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H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
TO WHm.I IT 11' AY CONCERN :
I hereby certify that the
records of my office show that Thos . B. Hensley
has paid the Taxes for t.t1e years 1932 and 1933
on .his two tracts of land containing 100- 0- 4 and
?2 - 0- 0 acres respectively , situate in the Blue
Ridge rv~ountains in Stonewall District , Rockingham
County .
All taxes prior to that time,
if any be unpaid , are a matter of record in the
Clerk's Office of said County .
Given under my hand this
18th day of December 1933 .
Treasurer of Rockingham County.
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show that Thos. B. Hensley has paid the taxes for the years
1932 and 1933 on his tract of land containing 3 0 acres,
situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Greene County.
All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid,
of record in the Clerk's Office of said County •
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of Rockingham County do hereby certify t hat the records in my
office do not show any delinquen t taxes against the tractsof l~lld.. 4 fThomas B. Hensley, sitmte in s tonewall District, Rockingham
County, Virginia, up to and including t he tax year 1932 .
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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF GREENE, to-wi t:
I, B. I . Bicke rs, Clerk of the Circu it Court of Green e
Count y, Virgi nia, do hereby certif y that the record s in myof
offAct do not show any delinq uent taxes again st the · tract
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURr OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia,
v.
At Law
PETITIONER
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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred
and Sixty-one (52,561) acres of land,
more or less,
DEFEND.ANTS
TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, J"UDGE OF SAID COURT:
Your petitioner, Thos. B. Hensley, respectfully represents:
That judgments in rem have heretofore been entered in
this proceeding condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee
simple estate in the tracts of land numbered as follows:
Tract
No. 51 and Tract No. 51A, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain in
the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, which said tracts are described in the report of the Board
of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and shown, numbered,
and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed herewith as
Tract No. 51 at the price of Eleven Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($1162.50), and Tract No. 51A at the price of Fiftyone Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($5175.00).
Your petitioner further shows to the Court that all taxes
ijgainst said property have been paid to and including the year
1933, and he herewith files certificates to that effect from M. H.
Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County and J". F. F.arlyi Treasurer
of Greene County, and J". Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Rockingham County, Virginia, and E. I. Bickers, Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Greene County, which certificates are marked
"Ex. Certificate No. One, Ex:. Certificate No. Two, Ex. Certificate
No. Three,"and"Ex. Certificate No. Four" and prayed to be read as
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Your petitioner further shows to the Court that there is
only one lien on said property which is a deed of trust lien to
secure the payment of the
sum of Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars
($2950.00) with interest from November 1, 1932, said debt being
evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver bond ma.de by Thomas B.
Hensley and Sarah E. Hensley, his wife, on November 1, 1932, payable to J. R. Liskey (of R.), or order, one year after date, the
amount due, therefore, by said deed of trust being Twenty-nine
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950 . 00) with interest from November 1, 1932.
The aforesaid deed of trust was executed by the said Thos. B.
Hensley and Sarah E. Hensley, , his wife, on November 1, 1932, conveying the property heretofore condemned in this matter to D.
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Earman, Trustee, which deed of trust was recorded in the Clerk's
Office of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 153, page 465.
The original deed of trust is herewith filed marked "Ex. Deed of
Trust" and is prayed to be read as a part hereof.
That no other person or persons than your petitioner and
the party holding said obligation above referred to, namely, J. R.
Liskey (of R.) are entitled to share in the distribution of said
award.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be made a
party herein and be allowed to file his petition in these proceedings; that the said J. R. Liskey (of R.) may be made party defendand to this petition, and be required to answer the same, answer
under oath being waived; that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioner
may have such other and further relief as the nature of the case
may require.
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�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit:
This day Thos. B. Hensley, the petitioner in the above
entitled matter, personally appeared before me, Pauline M. Andrus,
a Notary Public in and for the city aforesaid, in the State of
Virginia, in my city aforesaid, and being duly affirmed, deposes
and says:
That I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter.
I am acquainted with the contents of the above petition, and to
hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before
me this 18th day of December,
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er , 193 2 , by and beTHIS DEED mad e thi s 1st day of Nov emb
Hen sl ey, his wif e , par ties of
twe en Thomas B. Een sley and Sar ah E.
stee , par ty of the s eco nd par t ,
the fir st par t, and D. w. Earm an , Tru
all of Roc king ham Cou nty , Vir gin ia,
1t I T Y E S S E T E
sum of FIVE DOLLARS
Tha t for and in con sid era tion of the
ty of the seco nd par t to the
($5 . 00) cas11 in han d pai d by the par
t whe reo f is her eby ack now ledg ed.
par ties of the f'ir st par t , the rec eip
vey
par t do her eby gra nt and consec
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the y, the sai d par ties of t-'le fir st
par ty oft re
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men ts the reo n and app urte nan ces the
ham Cou nty, Vir gin ia, and mor e
lyin g in Sto new all Dis tric t , Roc king
par ticu lar ly des crib ed as foll ow s:
cel of lan d con sis tFir st: All tha t cer tain tra ct or par
the B. Pri ce Mon ger farm , situ ate
ing of 52 . 41 acr es of lan d, known as
asa nt Roa d a out one and one -ha lf
and lyin g on Elk Run Oi the ~t . Ple
ing Cha rlie Dav is, Sam uel Eat on,
mil es eas t o:' Elk ton , Vir gin ia, adj oin
e rea l est ate con vey ed to thi s
et als , aid oeL g ide nti cal ly the sam
. Ear man , Att orn ey- in-F act for
gra nto r, Thomas B. ::::e nsle y , by D. VI
ring dat e Nov emb er 1, 193 0, wni ch
·1 . T. Mon ger , et als , by dee d bea
Off ice of Roc kine ;ham Cou nty,
sai d dee d is of rec ord in t.1e Cle rk's
, refe ren ce to whi ch is her eby
Vir gin ia, in Deed Book 148 , pag e 251
sai d lan d by met es and bou nds .
exp res sly made f'or a des crip tion of
of rea l est ate con Sec ond : Tha t cer tain tra ct or par cel
situ ate and lyin g on eith er sid e
sis tin g of 101 acr es, uor e or les s,
. E. Sm ith, et als , and bei ng
of tIB Spo tsw ood Tra il, adj oin ing
ties of ttle 1ir st par t unt il rethe same rea l est ate on w.i ch the par
cen tly res ide d for many yea rs .
cel of rea l est ate
Thi rd: All tha t cer tain tra ct or par
s, situ ate and lyin g abo ut two
con sist L.g of 102 acr es, 1.1ore or les
on the wes t slo pe of t:1e Blu e Rid ge
mil es nor tne ast from Sw ift Run Gap
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Tffrsr :EVERTHELESS to secure t' e payment of the
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principal sum of $2950 and all interest herea ter accruing on same ,
wbich said principal sum is evidenced by a certain Homes tead Waiver
oond of even
his wife,
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erewi th of Thomas B.
Iensley and Sarah E. Hensley ,
or order ,
ue and payable to J . R. Liskey (of R),,1one year after date,
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with in:~rEst from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, inter est payable annually .
Insurance required Three Thousand Dollars (,)3 , 000 . 00) .
It is mutally understood and agreed between the parties
hereto that if there shall be any default in the payment of said bond,
or in the ~ayment of interest wuen
ue , or failure to keep the proper-
ty insured as agreed uoon, the total debt herein secured slIBll become
due and payable at once , and the Trustee herein, upon the request of
the holder of said oond so to do s. all. proceed to execute this trust
in accordance with Section 5167 of the Code of Virginial 1919 Edition ,
and the Ac ts amenda t ory thereof .
It is understood and agreed oetween the parties hereto
that in the event the Trustee herein advertises for sale tue property
herein conveyed agreeable to the terms hereof and payment or assignment is made of the indebtedness herein secured on or before the aay
of sale, or the Trustee directed not to make such sale, and the sale
is not made , then there s_all be paid to the said Trustee for his
services as aforesaid a sum equivalent to two per cent of the indebtedness owing , unpaid and secured hereunder at the time he advertises
tie said uroperty for sale .
·n tness tne following signatures and seals .
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�STATE OF VIRGIEIA ,
COUNTY OF ROCKII:GH.AM , to - wit:
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TI . J cVeigh, a notary public in and for the c ounty
do certify that Thomas B. ::ensley and Sarah E.
whose names are signed t o t e foregoing writing oearing date l ovember 1, 1932 , have acknowledg ed t i1e s ame before me in my said county .
Tiven under my hand this
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Tlle im:.'gomg (1-,_, d of
of Rockingham County.
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office aforesaid a nd is t.0g011 ;,r w I l ~l e-.Jl 1 ~1 ··: te
of ackn? lectgmen\ a ._.,,.,x13~ ~d.n ,~,._,ct to recvrd
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I1 TR_~sr ·:EVERTHELESS to secure Lie payment of the
principnl sum of 02950 and all interest 1erea ter accruing on same ,
w~ich said orincipal sum is evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver
oond of even ua te herewith of Thomas B. irensley and Sarah E. Hensley,
or order,
nis wife, ue and payable to J" . R. Liskey (of R),pne year after da-ce,
with int rest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, interest payable annually .
Insurance required Three Thousand :Jollars (,;;3 , 000 . 00).
It is mu tally understood and agreed between the parties
hereto that if there shall be any default in the pa;y7ment of said bond,
or in tne uayment of interest w~en aue , or failure to keep the property insured as agreed uoon, the total debt herein secured shall
ecome
due and payable at once , and the Trustee herein, upon the request of
t;1e holder of said bond so to do shall. :proceed to e~{ecu te this trust
in accordance ',i th Section 5167 of the Code of Virginial 1919 Edition ,
and the Acts amendatory thereof .
It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto
that in the event the Trustee herein advertises for sale t.,e property
herein conveyed agreeable to the terms hereof and payment or assignment is made of t:ie indebtedness herein secured on or before trie day
of sale , or t.1e Trustee directed not to make such sale, and the sale
is not made , then there sl1all be paid to the said Trustee for his
services as aforesaid a sum equivalent to two per cent of the indebtedness owing , unpaid and secured hereunder at the time he advertises
t_,e said nroperty for sale .
Witness tne following signatures and seals .
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�STA TE OF VIRGINIA ,
COU1\1TY OF ROCKI::GH.AM: , to - wit:
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1. ". . . 1'cVeigh, a notary public in and for the c ounty
do certify that Thomas B. Bensley and Sarah E.
whose names are signed to the foregoing writing oearing date ~.,.ovember 1 , 1932 , have acknowledged t:1e same before me in my said county .
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'l',rn 101 :.'gomg d··,,!d of
of Rockingham County.
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�NOTE-This need not 'be filed until the record discloses that the awards h'ave been pai-d into the custody of the
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Virginia:
In the 'Circuit Court of Rockingham County
Petitioner.
The State Commission on Cons erv,a tion and Development of the State of Virginia
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandr-a Lawson Atkins and orthers, and Fifty-Two Th1ousand, Five Hundred and
Defendants.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
Comes now .t he undersigned and shows to the Courl:
That a judgment in rem :has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the
use of t:he Petitfoner the fee simple estate in the tra-ct (,s) of land numbered ·a s f.olltows: Tract
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No .. RA-............... : Tract Nto..................... : Tract No ..................... ;
and described in the report of the Boarrd of Appraisal Commis•s ioners •a ppointed therein and
sho wn, number·e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rship Map filed therewith, upon payment
into the custody of the Court orf the sum (s) s et •o ut in the said judgment as c·o nstituting the
award(s) therefor, as :follows: Award on Trad No ... .51,. ....... $.lJ..6,2..c:: .; on Tract No .............. .
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$ ................ ; on Tract Nto ............... $ ................ ;
That the r-e port of the said Board sets forth that the foUowing named peroons claim, o:r
appear to have a claim to an inte:re-st in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising
from the condemnation thereof;
Thomas B. Hensley
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the sa:id sum (s) set out in sia id
judgment as constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the s aid tract(s) of land;
That y-o ur undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem c·o ndemning the said
tract(s) of l•a nd, :owned -o r was (were) entitled ;to the following interest in the said tract(s)
or in the proceeds arising from the c1ond·e innation thereof:1
Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed con~eying the Skyline
roadbed ru' .ning through this tract, the owner granted and ~onveyed to the undersigned the right to receive fro said proceeds, the sum of J69.30
- That no otJheir person or persons than the undersigned are ·e ntitled to share in the distribution of the said award (s) excep•t the foll:owing named per-sons whose interest in said tr:act('s) or
in the_ proceeds arising from the c,o ndemnation there of -o n the date of entry of said judgment
wa·s as follows:
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The above mentioned cla:iM, ant to the extent that hemay be able to
establish his claim.
Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that l'ni&~~-ma4-e- a . ~- +pa.~rei-n
ttnrd:ei-the: ~s-i:eB.'s-of..See-tieH-2-l--of~~--k-~ati< m-~..a.nd--tlh:a.tl an order
be enter,e d for the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said jqdgment in rem as constituting
the award (s) for the f.ee simple esfate in the said tract(s) c-o ndemned as aforesaid, and for
the p•a yment -to the undersiigned of the said award (·s ) or -o f as much there·o f as the Court may
find that the undersigned i's (aire) entiUed to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s ) is as
f.oUows: Tract No .. J.. .......... $... .•..... : Tract No................. $ ................ : Tract No ................ .
$................ ;
The undersigned further aver(s ) that: (Le.ave this space Mank unless there is some other
pertinent matter to be brought e·s pedaHy to the attenti'on of ,t he court)
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NO'l'IE-A supply of this -blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No
ope is required to use this form, as the f·o rm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either cihange or modify
it a11 they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval
of the Court. This 1b lank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It ib.as been printed merely as a
suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA
COUNTY OF WARREN
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being
. duly s.:worn, . 9-epos ed and said that she is. an eI?,ploY.ee of
the State Commission on Conservation and De,velopment.. in
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records of the S1:0,e1Ja~dioah, ~a t i ,o:na.J
Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive sh~res of condemnation awards in
the Shen!lndoah Natio:o,al Park condemnation proceeding3: ·per.i.d·JD
ing in the Circuit . Courts of Virginia., by · reason of con- ··.
tracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands
sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
December 29 . 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGlNIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 29
day of December
with an order of the circuit court of
. dated 12/29/33
in accordance
Rockingham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virg i nia
Cassandra
Lawson
vs. - - - - - - - - - - -- - -Atkins
- - - - - - - - - - - -:p aid t 0 _ Thos . B. Hensiey, R. F . D. Elkton, Virginia
$ 3 , 111.70
being in full settlement of tract# 51- 51- a
in the above mentioned cause.
�Cttnmwnumtaltq nf ]Iirgiuta
TREASURER ' S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
December 29, 1933
JOHN M . PURCELL
TRE ASURER OF VIRGINIA
Thos. B. Hensley
R. F. D.
Elkton, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virg inia, the sum of$ 3 1 111.70 , in accorda n ce
wi th an order of the Circu it Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the
27th
day
of December 1 93 L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Con servati on and Dev e lopment 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 f or the tract of land
known i n said proceedi ng ·as#
Sign or iginal an d duplicat e
and re t urn to t h e Tr easure r
of Vi r ginia .
51 and
51-4.
�7
r
Qiommnuwtaltq nf Btrgtuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
December 29 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 29
day of De cember
in accordance
with an order o f the circuit court of Rockingham Cmmty
dated 12/27/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Atkins
Cassandra Lau son- ~
~=~----------
:paid to __J • R. Liskey
$ 3 ., 156 . 50
of R.
R. F . D. 3, Harrisonb urg, Va .
being in full settlement of tract #---5.L and 51- a
in the above mentioned cause.
�Q!nmmnuwtultq nf lliirgiutu
TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E
RICHM OND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCEL L
Dece mber 29 , 1933
TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA
J . R. Lisk ey (of R-._
)_ _
R. F . D. 3 Harr isonb urg , Va .
Rece ived of J.M . Purc ell, Trea sure r of
Virg inia, the sum of$ 3 1 156 . 50 , in acco rdan ce
with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the coun ty
of_ _ _R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_am
_ __ ente red on the 27th
day
of Dece mber 193~ , in the matt er of the State
Comm ission on Cons erva tion and Deve lopm ent v _ _ _
_ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_~_rs_o_n_ S_t_k_i_n_s_ _ ___ and othe rs, bein g
full and comp lete settl eme nt for the trac t of land
51 and
known in said proc eedin g as #_5_1-~ a_ _ _
Sign orig inal and dupl icate
and retu rn to the Trea sure r
of Virg inia.
�<trnmmnttwtaltq nf llirgittia
TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RICH M ON 0 , VA .
Augus t 1 6 ., 19 35
~~
TR EASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B. Gat hright
This is t o certify that I , ~
of Virginia hav e this
Treasurer
16 day of August in accordance
with an order of the circui t court of Ro ckingham County
~3_/' ~3~5~ _ in the cause of the State Commission
date~a~ S-/~1
~
on Conservat i on and Develo}_)ment of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson At kins and o thers
VS • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
:Paid to
$
69 . 30
Stat e Commi ssj on on Conserv <1tion & Developmen t
being in full settlement of tract #
i n the abo ve mentioned cause .
51
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TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
August 16 , 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Stat e Commiss ion on Conser~ ation & De velopmen t
A. B. Gathri ght
Received o f ~ Treasur er of
Virginia , the sum of$ 69.30
, in accordan ce
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Back:In gb am
entered on the 13 _ _ day
of_A~gus _t _ _ l93 _Q_ , in the matter of the State
Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __
_ _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_aw
-------'s_o_
-- n_ A_t_k~i~n~s" -_ __ and others, being
full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land
known in said proceed ing as #-5~1~ - - -
Sign origina l and duplica te
and return to the Treasur er
of Virginia .
Z/
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No.
_5.1 ________ :
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. __ 5J.. _____ $.ll.6.2_.50; on Tract No.------------$----------; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
Thomas B. Hensley
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as c_o nstituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
By reason of contribution pledge , obligating the owner, Thomas B.
Hensley, to give 10 acres of hi s land within the Park Area to
the Park Project.
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
a!is:ing from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provi:sions 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. __5.l. _______ $ __ __ 3.Q.QQ Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
STAT:B; COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
NOTE- A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
�STATE OP VIKGINia ) SS
COUNTY OF 11 \Rb.EN )
.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E . K . Stokes , who b eing
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah Natinnal Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Connnission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah
Natlonal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the CircuitCourts of Virginia , by reason of contr4cts and qgreements en'
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings, and that the within claim is just and correct .
Witness my signature this
8 t h ~~ . . . . _
,, n
,.
Notary ~li.c
4
�I
(_/
\
VIRGIN"!_ • r, TI ,, crRct'I T counT OF
L
oc},.:HGH:~ ·
cmTNTY .
DI VAC ATI ON .
The Jtate Conmiss ion on Oonservetion &
Devel opr:ent of the State of Vir_inia , Petitioner ,
v.
C:1ssandra Lnwson
tkins , et als , defendants .
In Re : Proceeds of condemnation of tract
no .
51 - Thomas B . Hensley .
This day carne the 3tate Conmission on C o:nsc rva ti on
&
Deve l opment , b" counsel , end nove d the l..iourt to enter an order
directin<s t..'le Treasurer of Vir::;i.nia , to pay to it , the sum of
1,i69 . 30 , out of the funds held by him , subject to the order of t;iis
vou:tt , covering judg:rrent in rem for the value anrl damasas of the
above nention2;d tract , on t..½.e c;rou nds th·""t the said 'l hos . B .
1
Hensley , in a certnin conveyance made by him t o said Commission
day of _J_une
_ _ _ , 19 31
on the 10
Pl"-e-e 6 ~
of
and of record in Deed Book 150
the Clerk ' s Office of this Court , had a,sreed to credit
on the amount of said judgment in rem , the said sumof -~ 69 . 30 ; and
it a1) ,earing thEJt pursue_nt to the order of this Court enti::; red
in the above styled proceedinc:, on December 27th , 1933 , the ' hole
of the proceeds of condel:'.mation have teen paid out to the na rties
entt t led thereto , except the said sum of ~~69 . 30 , and i t · further
appearing thet said Corrm i ssion i s entitled to seid sum by virtue
of its claim there for filed herein heretofore , and that no ob'j.ect · n
II has been :made , or raised t o the allm1ance and payrren t thereof , it
i s eccordin~ly adjude;ed and ordered that the Tre es urer of VirgL"1ia ,
do out of the funds in h is hF.1nd s to the credit of this Court , pay
to the said 'tate Corrmissi ~n on Gonserv ~t i cn & JeveloprnBnt , the
aforesaid sum of )69 . 30 .
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County,
will enter the foregoing order upon the ,_; on:nnon Law Order Book of
his Court as a vacatj. on order.
· ·
·
Given under my hand i n vacation this
/:J llay
of August, 1935 .
. .r!ft1:IJ~
..
t
.Judge, Cirelli
County, Virginia.
0 ourt of Roc kin g ham
II
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Hensley, Thomas B.
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Location: Main Ridge; Spotswood Trail
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Tract(s): 51, 51-a, 51-b
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
J
CLAIMANT
NAME OF ~~~
Number of Acres:
#8 -
Hensl ey, Thos . N.
23
Location:
Near Maple Spring Schoo l .,. and Hensl ey Church .
Roads:
7 miles fair dirt road to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy loam o ~ g ood depth and ferti _l_ ity .
Northw est and south east exposu re .
Moder ate slopes .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Large porti,.:, n of tract cleare d many
years ago and cultiv at e d since . Woode d area cut over repea tedly
in
the past .
Now used as source of fueJ wood supply .
Presen t stand consists of mixed oaks with some yello ·:1 pine .
Estim ated to cut an average of' 4 cords or fuel wood per acre .
Improvements:
(Rocki ngham County )
DWELLING : Frame , 16x24 ' with a kitche n 12x2l xl0 '
Porch 5xl2 ',
l½ storie s , shingl ed and paper roof , 5 rooms ceiled , poor condi
tion,
o c cupied by owner .
BARN : Frame , 18x38 xl0 ', with a board roof ,
poor c o nditio n .
HEN HOUSE :
7xl2 x8 ' shing1 e d roof, p oor
condi tion .
ABANDONED HOUSE :
Log , 12xl6 xl0 ', 1 room, poor condi tion .
HEN HOUSE:
Frctme , shingl ~d roof, poor condi tion .
OR CHARD - - - - - - -
-- -
1 a c re .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:- -- -
$3 . 00
2 '
$6.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
20
@
25 . 00
:J,
@
50 . 00 -
Orchard: - -
500 . 00
~~506 . oo
50 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 59§ • 00
Value of Improvements: $ 4 7 0 • 00
Value of Orchard: $
470 . 00
50 .oo
$1026 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 44 . 60
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
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__________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ _________________t- ________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______________________________________________________________________ __ _____ _
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h~ya~:: : : _ r ~ n. / X ~----------------------------------My post office address is~ I : : : ______________________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
lo?g
to be condemned, containing about_)/_J:__{{____________ acres, on which there are~
--:~
~
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miles from ~
This 19~ is located about_ __
th~ d 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.)
z_ ______
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North __ ___ ____________ ___________________________________ ____ _ __ ___ __ _____ __ ____ __
South _____ __ _____________ __ ___________ __ ___ ________ __ __ ____ ____________________ ___ _
East --------------------------------- - ------------- - ---------------------------- ·___
West _______________________ _____ __________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf-J. ./)_..!,__in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1:-,£6.£._~~::_ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $2._fu:Ut~~-------·
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).
Ren1arks· ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------------------- ---
------------------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary~ the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attachef)rereto) t~s....2--_,f__ ___ ______ day
L:._2t___g_~ -~ .~-------------.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF______ - ------- ---- - ------ --, To4vit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______ ____ ____ _________________ _______ ________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s
and things apRearing in his abo~9..w~ are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
,
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day of__ _~
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Hensley, Thos. N.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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ROCKINGHA... COIDr.::'Y
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA.
The state Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
vs.
[iled in the Clerk's Office
Cassandra L.awson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of l.and
in Rockingham c0unty.
TO THE HON. H.W.BERTR.Al[,JUDGE OF
Rockingham County, Va.
SEr j-f 1932
Clerk
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IDCOURT.
The motion of John A. Hensley and of Layton w.Hensley,
the latter objecting on behalf of himself and the other heirs
at law of
~t$£«M, ~ V,
Hensley, praying said Court to dis-
approve and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in th
above matter, wherein said Board reported, under No. 56 of its
findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the
movants are only entitled to 89 acres of land when they sh~uld
have found that the movants are entitled to at least 100 acres of
land, and wherein the said Appraisal Board valued said land at
only, $12 .42 per acre wh~
it should have been valued at $25.00
per acre.
The grounds of said motion are as follows:
(1)
That the price per acre allowed for said lands is mani-
festly inadequate and confiscatory, because said lands are worth
at least $25 .00 per acre, as is shown by the affidavits attached
hereto.
(2)
That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake
of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced
before said Board by the above named :parties.
(3)
That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from the
statements contained in its report, based upon the physical character of the land alone, without taking into consideration, or
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the
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income-producing capacity of the land or to the fact that all
such grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains are being taken
under these condemnation proceedings, and that like grazing lands
cannot be purchased for any such amount as allowed to the said
movants, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits
attached hereto.
(4)
That the said Appraisal Board did not take into consid-
eration, in making its allowance for compensation for the taking
of said lands, the value of the minerals, especially the gold,
found to be upon said lands from an assay made by the Treasury
Department of a sample of the earth sent them, the report of the
assay being presented to the .AI>praisal Board at their hearing,
which report is now with the papers in this cause.
Said report
and the affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support
of the above exceptions.
These grazing lands are needed by movants in connection
with their farming operations, and the state Commission on Conservation and Development is
the Park area.
L~W OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
exclude same from
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIBGINIA.
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The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the state of Virginia
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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land
in Rockingham County.
The affidavit of John A. Hensley, to be read in conneotio~
with the motion filed by him a.nd Layton W.Hensley to have t he finaing of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 56.
State of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
This day John A. Hensley personally appeared before me,
F.Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid,
in the state of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
I am the owner, along with Layton
heirs at law of ~'-rx-~ ,. 9
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Hensley and the
othe:i:
Hensley, of a tract of land
situate about five miles east of Elkton, on the western side of
the Blue Ridge :Mountains, in the contemplated Park area, which thE
A_Ppraisal Board has reported as only 89 acres of land, while, as
a matter of fact, there is at least 100 acres, and probably more,
within the area.
The said Appraisal Board only allowed t he sum
of $12.42 per acre as the average price for said 89 acres, while,
as a matter of fact, said land is worth at least $2 5.00 per acre.
This tract of land will graze at least 40 head of cattle for six
months each and every year, which, at $1.00 per head per month,
would make a total income of ~240.00 per year, or the interest on
$4,000.00.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
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HARRISONBURG . VA.
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Affiant is only asking the sum of $2,500.00, because
that is the price that he has been offered on several occasions
for the property, and what he believes he could get to-day.
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affiant is the owner of a farm situate in Rockingham
County, Virginia, and must have for use in connection therewith
grazing lands where stock can be kept during the summer so that
he will have stock to consume the roughness on his farm during
the winter.
If this grazing land is taken under this condemnatioI
proceeding, and all like
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plated in these proceedings, then it will be impossible for your
affiant to replace said grazing land at the price allowed by the
Appraisal Board, or even at the price affiant is now asking.
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Several years ago, your affiant, together with certain
other i:arties, sent to the assaying office of the Treasury De-
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partment a sample of certain minerals taken from the lands which
are now being considered, and th1assay1ng office sent a report
showing that the sample sent them contained gold.
This report waE
submitted, along with the other evidence, to the Appraisal Board,
but the Board has not allowed any compensation therefor.
It was
explained to the Board at the time of the presentation of' the
evidence before them that this sample was taken largely from the
surface of the land, without making any special effort at prospecting, and your affiant has reason to believe that gold exists on said land in a quantity that would justify commercial
development.
Your affiant asks that this land be exoluded from the Parl
area in order that the same may be retained by him.
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subscribed and swor~ to
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before me this 02th day of September,
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1932.
LAW OFFICES
~EO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIIHA.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Develo:pment
of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land
in Rockingham County.
The affidavit of
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in connection with the motion filed by John
.Hensley and Layton
w.Hensley to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Com-
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missioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 56.
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State of Virginia,
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City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
This day
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personally appeared
before me, F. Flavia Converse, a NotaryPu.'61.ic in and for the
City aforesaid, in the sta te of Virginia, in my City aforesaid,
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and, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am well aa quainted with the mountain grazing farm owned
by the said John A. Hensley and others, situate about five miles
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east of Elkton, on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
in the Park area.
I have been upon the land a number of times,
and have seen the cattle thereon and the condition of the same
when they were taken therefrom.
I am of the opinion that at
least 40 head of cattle can be advantageously grazed upon said lard
during six months of each and every year of average rainfall.
Pasture on the average is a t least worth $1.00 :per head, vb.ioh
would make an income of ~240.00 per year to be received from said
land, to say nothing of the locust posts that can be obtained
therefrom, either for use on the other lands of the owners or for
sale.
by
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I consider the average price of $12.42 per acre al1owed
the A]?praisal Board to be absolutely an inadequa te price for
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
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�said land, and belive that said land is worth at least $25.00 per
acre.
That if all of the grazing lands upon the Blue Ridge
Mountains are taken, as is contemplated by these condemnation
proceedings, I do not believe that such grazing lands can be replaced for ~25.00 per acre, and certainly not for the sum allowed
by said Appraisal Board.
I would consider the price of $12.42
per acre for said land as entirely too cheap for the same, and not
in any sense the fair market value of said land under any normal
condition.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this
1932.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA .
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Petitioner
At Law Number 1
v.
JJefendants
On this
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1934, caine VICTORIA lll:lJ.DO',;s
H.:.:1'iSLl! , and on her motion leave is given her to file her ap_JliC cion for
disbursement of the sum of .... I ~TY-31A DO.i.,LAFi.J (',f86 . 00) the amount of the
award set out i n the judf'_'.lnent of condemnation for tract lfu.rnber 1 and heretofore paid into court.
And it appearin
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·., o tl:e court that VW'2 u:, .... L:.....DCJ,,ti h .... i.~.:3.r....t is in-
vested v;i th a superior or better ri gh t o-· claim oi' title in and to s a id
tract of land lfu.t.1ber 1 than ariy other person or persons , and that the r ecords of this cause do not disclose any denial or dis ?u te, by any party or
or person in interest as to the title to said tract Kumber 1 or to the proceeds arisin "' from the c anda'l1nation of said tract Humber l;
nd it further app earinG to the court that all taxes due on said
tract Humber 1 have be n paid.
Upon consideration wherdof , it is considered and ordered by the
court that the s .id sum of ~IiliTY-JlA .OOLL~...Rs (.,.;86 . 00) paid into court by
petitioner as just compensation for tract Number 1 be disbursed to VI ''.lX)Ria
~ e Clerk of the Court is directed to transmit a certified copy
of this.A to the '.creasurer of Vir inia who shall disburse said sum of ..:! ICli'.t{.31.... :oo.:..L.-ui.-3 (.,,.86.00) by paying the same to ,i . ,1 . ',iharton, attorney, takinp a
receipt of the amount 9aid and certify such paym~nt to the Ulerk of this
court for ap..9ropriate entry thereof as required
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LA.-W- OFFIOES
W.W. WHARTON
HARRISONBURO. VIRGINIA.
�Virginia :
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
THE STATE COMMI3SION8R ON CONS3RV.ATION
AND DBV:.i:LOPME:NT of the STAT~ OF VIRGINIA
V.
Petitioner
At Law Number 1
CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others ,
FIFTY- 'l\JO THOUSAND, FIVE HUIIDRBD AJ:Jl)
SIXTY- ONE ( 52,561} acres of land, more
and
Defendants
or less.
To ' The Honorable H. \1 . Bertram, Judge of said Cou~t
Your petitioner , VIO:l.'ORIA .MhlAOOWS E.ENS.lliY , Represents
That a judgment in rem has here tofore been entered in this proceeding
condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in a tract
of Ja nd formerly the property of your petitioner, situated in the Blue Ridge
Mountain in Stonewall District, Rockingpam County, Virginia, said tract is
described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and sh(JWn, numbered, and delineated on the county ownership map filed herewith as tract Number l' at the price of EIGH'l'Y- SI X DOLLARS ( $86 . 00 }.
Your petitioner further shows to the Court tbat said tract of land is
a part of a lar ger tract of land situated in Page
County, Virginia, and that
all truces against said property to and including the year 1933, aga inst said
property have been paid in Page Coun ty, and certificates to that effect from
the Treasurer of Page County, and Clerk of the Circuit Uourt of Page County,
to that effect are filed her swi th marked "Exhibit Certificate No . l" and ~~Exhibit Certificate Number 2° also ''Exhibit Number 3'' a certif'icate from CHARLH:S
E. ~ST.lil', Commissioner of Revenue of Rockingham County to the effect that said
LAND
tract o f ~ has not been access~d for taxes in Rockingham County Virginia, all
of said exhibits are prayed to be read as a part hereof.
Your peti ti oner further shoVJs to the Court that there a.re no liens on
this property of any character.
That no other person or persons than your petitioner is entitled to share
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-zin the distribution of said muard;
Wherefore your petitioner prays that she may be made a party her ein
and be allowed to file her petition in these prooeedinps; that an order may be
entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your
petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of its case
may require, and will ever pray, eto.
OOUWfY OF ROCKINW
, To-wit:
This day VIu'roRIA ~ o•• s H~ ti..:!LY t
Public in and for the Oounty and State aforesaid,
the above entitled
aforesaid, and
being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter.
I am acquaint ed ~ith
the contents of the above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of
fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledpe and be lief.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
/t? ~ a y of February, 1934.
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To Vhom It May Concern :
I hereby certify that the records of my office shc,:1 that
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Victoria MeadOVls Hens~ey has paid the taxes for the year 1932 and
acres ofland situated in
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ginia.
lso, she has paid the taxes for the year 1932 and 1933 on
28 acres of an adjoining tract situated in Btonewa ll Distric t,
Rockingham County, Vir ginia.
;:laid taxes on said 28 acres have been
assessed by Page County and paid in said County.
All taxes prior
to that time if any be unpaid are matter of record in the Clerk's
office of said County.
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Given under rey b.and this _ _
1934.
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"fhis is to certify that there are //: .... delinquent taxes of
record in my office to the amount of $ ..J.f.lY..1.;,:............ against the
tract of land owned by --~ ~_V '~ -~
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- which is
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designated as Tract No G..f..?..........; Tract No......
on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action
at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on
Conservation &c., vs Ada Abbott, and others. ~ ~ /.SOC<. .
Given under my hand this Jl day of .
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ourt, Page County, Virginia
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�To ';/horn It 1ay Gonce rn:
I certify that the records of my office show that no taxes have
been assessed against a tract of land of ~i/ENTY-EIGHT (28) acres in Stonewall District,
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ockinpham County, Vir ginia, lmown as tract Number One1
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Given under my hand ~is
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County, Vir ginia.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
March 16, 1934.
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this
l6thd.ay of March
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of __R~o=ck=l=n=g=ham=~--dated
3/9/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins et als
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paid to
$ 86.00
W. W. Wharton, Attorne
being in full settlement of tract #_J_
in the above mentioned cause.
�Qtnmmnuwraltlt of ]ttrgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
March 16, 1934 •
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Whcrton, Attorney,
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 86.00
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_~B~o~c~k~i-n~g~h~a=m--_ __
of March
193___4___,
entered on the
9th
day
in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
~G~a_._s-s-a~n~d~r~a~I-1a-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 #__l_._ _ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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hensley-victoria.pdf
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Hensley, Victoria
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Maple Springs School
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Tract(s): 1
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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ROCKI NGiili.M COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#99 - Hensley , VI. M.
Number of Acres: 1 4
Location:
On Elk Run at positions }67 and /168 and this is partly outside
of the Park a r ea .
Roads:
Three and one- half miles over dirt road with the exc3ption
of one mile whi ch is paved to ~lkton , th3 nearest shipping
poi nt .
Soil:
Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility with moderate slopes
to the northeast .
History of Tract and condition of timber: faost of the saw timber has been removed
The remaining stand consists of second
from this tract .
growth oaks and some white pine . There has been no fire for
years .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
14
5 . 00
$70 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
50 . 00
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 70 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
ValueofTimber: $ 50 . 00
Value of Wood: $40 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 1 1 . 43
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
40 . 00
,)160 . 00
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#99- a - Hen sley ,
l . L.
Number of Acres: 3
Location:
Roads:
Park area .
Pos itio ns 25T - 25 , and mos tly outs ide the
~ith the exce ptio n of one
It is four mile s ove r good dirt road s , rest
ship ping poin t .
mile whic h is pave d to =Tu:ton, tle nea
and fer tili ty with much
The soil is a sand y loam of fair dep th Slop
es are mod erat e with
sma ll loos e rock and some outc rops .
a sout hwe st expo sure .
t has been cut ·ove r repe ated ly for
History of Tract and condition of timber:Th e trac
timb er . The re is a stan d
farm use and ther e is no mer chan tabl e tly
und er 3" DBH with an
of hard woo d and a few yell ow pine mos been
no fire for many
occ asio nal tree to 9" DBH. The re has
yea rs .
Soil:
Improvements: -
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
3
@
$15 . 00
$5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $15. 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Frui t: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 00
: $
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract
NONE .
.
,..
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�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#99- b -- Hensley ,
w.
M.
Number of Acres: 16
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
On Elk Run at Positions #69 - J70 , and partly outside of the
Park area .
Three and one- half miles over dirt ro~d uith the exception of
one mile which is 9avement to ~lkton , the nearest shipping
point .
Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility; comparativel y free
from rock with moderate slopes t"o the northeast .
The tract has been cut over at various
times , there being no merchantable timber left . There is an
open stand of oak with occasional pine .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
16
.,,,so. 00
wo.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 80 . 00
40.00
t,170.0
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 50 . 0 0
Valu~ of Wood: $ 40 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 6 2
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
HONE.
�county: Rockingham
District: Stoneij·all
#99 - Hensley,
' crease Claimed!
;. l •
30 ~.
ssessed
Va lue Claimed: 1000.00
T.aa t 1 ,1cludes tract
Location:
Mostly outside Deed
"
"
99 . -- 99 B.}
On l lk Run at Positions ,;'67 and -/J68 and t his is partly
outside of the Park area.
Inoumbranoes, aounter c l aims or laps:
~one known .
Sandy loam off ir depth and ferti l ity with moderate
s opes to the northeast.
Roads:
Three and one-half mi l es over dirt road wi tll the exception
of one mile which is paved to Elkton, the nearest shipping
point.
History of tract and oondi tion of ti 1ber: .I ost of the s aw ti mber has
boe:1 removed from t h is tract. The remaining stand consists
of second growth oaks and sor:ie white pine. There has been
no fire for years. The estimate is lb M. suw ti mber valued
4.00
~~--~--- -~-----~-~60.00
30 vords of fue l wood valued ' ~l . 00 --30.00
Q0.60 -- Tota l
Improvements:
lone.
Va l ue of land
bl types:
~
ulope
Value
Acreage
14
.
ger acre
-,3 . 00
Total
Va l ue
42.00
Total value of land
2.00
Total va lue of improvements
Total value of timber
90.00
Tota l value of tract
132. 00
Average va l ue per a ore
9.43
/1S.
�count- : Roc};ingh" 1
District: 0tonewall
#99-a
*
AoreaGe Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
Lap~:
A
30
J• .
-
, • M. Hensle:)!
:;ot Asoessed
1000.
Deed l,ot available
"
o si tions 25T - 2fi.'\.
and mostly outside tbe :·ar:.. area.
None kno n.
c oil : Tho s c il is a. sandy loam of fair depth and f rtility 1 t h ~
much small loose roolp and some out oror o. ...lopes are moderate
with a south ,ess exposure.
dirt
Roads: It is ~our r.iles over good/roads, Tiitr the e.ception of one mile
• hioh is paved,to Elkton,
the ne~rest shipping point •
....
II,.istor_;z:: The t:raot hao been cut over rer e:i tedly for fnrm use und there
is no merchnntable timber .
Thero io a stand of hard10D d and
u few yollo 1 • ine mostly under 3 ., DB:r..
~r
~ i th an
oocaoional tree to 9 '' DBH . '!'here hao been no f i r r for m&ny
years.
Imnrovemcnts : None.
TyPe
3lope
Value
orcnge
ner ::.ore
·5. 00
3
Total value of lan
Total
V
"t
lue
,15 . 00
15.00
To t al value of improvements
Total value of timber
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
*
Includes Tracts
15 . 00
5.00
99 and 99•b .
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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hensley-w-m.pdf
Title
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Hensley, W. M.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Elk Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 99, 99-a, 99-b
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
-
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
,rlO;::i -
Number of Acres:
==·~nsl : ,
20
Location:
... llc · un ,
Roads:
Count: roo.c, clay s'.1r~'.:...ce .
ne-rest shi pinB point .
Soil:
!ilrner
)u. rtly outside tl e ... ork --re~ .
s~ 1dy l oc..n,
':::'hree niles to 3lkton ,
slo_,e ty;; e , stee1; Ln,_' cov red .i t'1 loose rock .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
· erch---nt -- ble s ...,.
4 cord::; fuel mod _Jer '..lcre .
ti
er tu.\: n o:!'..n .
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Total Value
· Value per acre
Ridge:
Slope:
·: 100 . UC
20
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
uO . \.,
---
Cultivated Land:
j'lJO . CJC
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 100 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 00 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 . JO
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
r:-one .
s
�County
District
Rockin ham
.3tone mll
#103 - Henslex, · ilmer
ssessed
Acreage Claimed;
II
Value Claimed:
78 A. 123 P .
Deed
Not availnble
ti
470 . 00 (land only)
Elk run, partly outside park area.
Location:
Incumbran oes, eounter claims or laps:
None kno
•
Soil:
Sandy loam, Slope type, steep and covered rith loose rock.
Roadsi
County road, clay surface.
-·-
shippin
Th ee miles to .akton, nearest
point.
erchantab le sa1 ti~ber taken off.
Hiotory of tract and conditton of timber:
4 cords fuel 100d per acre valued t ~1.00 per cord
(Bo
Im;p:-ovc!Ilents:
Jone .
Acreage and v~lue of land by types:
W".. lue
V
- - 60 . 00
timber .. .. 80 . 00
140. 00
tract ..
of land -
Total value of
Total
6 . oo
20
Slope
Total
Value
creaee
~
Total
Bo . on
cords) - - - -
lue of
Average value per acre
7 . 00
6
�of__}}I __21L~--In the Circuit Court of_ ___ flth _
Claim
r'-7---'1-£-"£--f.,,/,:,L~{J________________________ ______________ _
_____ County, Virginia, No.if""~ -~-, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __
9-----_~
----------------- -----
.£~
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_____ ______ ___j;_~ _.5'_.t:, 1 ---------- ~
-----------------· ------------------------ -
more or less, of land in __ f?--:!!:s'~ ~----County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answe;-t~-th~~pet~~~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\ of said pe~ition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ ______ /?~at?!:'- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to-s;idp~ti~;and to said notice. •
.
My name is __
~ _d ~ -------- .---------------------My post office address is ____ ~ . . : . . ___
1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ _a _Q __________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements=-------- ~
------------------- -- ---------------------
}l __fU
h ~~-----------------
This land is located about_ ___ J ______ miles from ___ ~
-------------Virginia, in
the~
___ Magistetial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
______________________ _d&-€.e__._ ~ --------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
N orth __Y,1~ - - d ~r-~~:J/ck ~ - - ~-f_C-- = . ~
1hx
~ ?--~
------
South_/U/L-d J ~--R ~~
c.uw,L _
East __
~
;L ------------------------ ------------------------ --West_ , 0 __ ~Cl-V0 f. - ~ c - v U . ~ ___ f'_a_,u_J--____________________________ _
kCu-<
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year J9-'.Ll2.,'LY.tiin the
following manner:
___ }1:c( •~ · 1 - ~ ~ _~ ~-4~ etfa;~a,,,,
__ }J_ ~ - ~ -f ~---------------l ~ ~ ~ I I J J ~ ~ --------1 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1.£_p_~,_ ~ -----· 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 $-1.a_~.f'.J!'_ q____ ___
I am the owner oL f-/_o __________ 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 $- --.~~.2!- ~ -------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ).
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Witness my signatu:fe (or my name and1 pia~ attached hereto ) this_ ~.1-_ m~~y
o f _ _ ~ - - - , 193ft.
/ / : _ , 4 ~L-~~_,_,,,___
STATE OF vnfGINIA, COUNTY OF__ ---- ----- - - ----- --, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that__{)h:._ f]J./J.2-P.: :~---~
----------- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and ~;-~fe-~-;_th-t:i9crt"the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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fJiilf;:______::·_~~!·cfJ::i,.. ___ _____ _____121,_j;J. __ _
this __ ______::,:: ____ c ___ day of ___
Clerk of the Court, r Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace.
�fl'led in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,
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county :: Stonewall
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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hensley-wilmer.pdf
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Hensley, Wilmer Marvin
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Elk Run
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Tract(s): 103
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Hensley
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#145 - Herring , Edward
Number of Acres: 2 50
Location: Near Beldor.
Roads:
Two miles of fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles to
Elkton.
The soil, is deep and fertile along · Baldor road and of fair
depth and fertility over rest of the tract . There are moderat~ to steep to gentle slopes; northwest and southwest exposure.
The upper graztng field is somewhat rocky .
History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of the tract was cleared
many years ago, grazed and cultivated since, except for a portion
which was neglected and is now grown up to brush. The woodland
has ',been cut over at different times in the past. The present
sta nd consists of mixed oaks, poplar, etc .
Soil:
Improvements:
(See reverse side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
75
@
$5.00
$ 375.00
127
@
25.00
3175.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
32
35 . 00
1120.00
Cultivated Land:
16
15.00
240 . 00
250
$491.0.00
Orchard:
950 . 00
Minerals :
ValueofLand: $ 4910.00
200.00
Value of Improvements: $ 950 . 00
100.00
$6160. 00
Value of Orchard: $ 200. OO
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 100. 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 24. 6 4
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE.
~,~CLERK.
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�IMPROVEiv!ENTS: Dwelling: Frame 17x26', 4 r~ooms, shi ngle roof, brick & stone
flues, 2 story, log finish, very poo r cond ition, abandoned, spring.
Frame, 26x38xl6', met a l roof, good condition.
Barn:
~ranary & shed: Frame, 15x20xl2', metal roof, good condition.
Spring house: Frame, 7xl0x8', shingle roof, poor condition •
•
�more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
~e 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 ~ id ~e~t~ and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court
County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said no tic .
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My name is ___
My post office address 1s______
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ __ _._l'_~_a _____ acres, on w ·ch there are t~
g
~ v = t s ~ _ : ' ! _ ~~
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from __
__~Virginia, in
the~~M agisteri al District of said County.
I claim the fallowing 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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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
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to.b~
I claim that the
value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $-~L "'--~ -t/:-__~_li!OI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $1~..f.J,1_~---'-==
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 par5 el__»f l~ d by metes a~_?_.,~unds) ,
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~:p.ess my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this;---~~
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, 8OUNP-\OF __ .:. _
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The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_·::::.:-_-:.".:'. ~_q_\y~~- REl.:rl-".iM..L:-:-_-::-_-_-:::~_-::::-_-:~:--~
the above named claimant personally appeared before)ttffl and made oath that the matters
and things i learing in his ab_ov' answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ______, __ _______ day oL . !
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FRiled in the Clerk's Offl
ocki ngham County, Va.ce
FEB
1931
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~- 7 -- ~-----------------------. --..---------------------more or less, of land m-~ - ~ ~ - - C o u n t y , Virgmia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petirfo~-;fth;-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~ ~ ~-- 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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to be condemned, containing about_ __ ~ ~ - - a c
s, rn which there are the following
buildings and improvements:__________ __ _ _____ _
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This l~nys located abo~L-~--~--~-miles ~rom____
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t h e ~ ~ a g i s t e r i a l District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _____________________________________________________________________________ _
East _______________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - West ____ ______ ___ ___ __ _____________ ___ ______ ________________________ _______ _______ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the
following manner:
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on is $ - ~ ~4!_,__ ~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
i ~ t? ~h!s,..t~t.__.2r J a ~ ~ p r o v e m e n t s thereon is $L~~ ~-::---~-·
~~ne~ ___ ____ ________ 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
des~:!::k:~ ~~ar~~~~d ~:unds:~-
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Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi~------~ -----day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, ·
OF __ - -~ - _..,,,-'--"-='- ------ - ------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_-=~-=--~~.9J'.HH'-~R..~::rrt_]J.g_,_-::::-_~~!:"-~-=!:".:-..-=:!:".!'!.~~-=---=the above named claimant personally appeared before ftHR and made oath that the matters
and things ap earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ______-'L_ ~-------day oL_L:_ _____ 2\.. __iT_ --, 193fit,\ ..0
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�County: Rockingham
District: Stone,all
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Acreage Claimed:
.:. ssessed
Value Claimed:
Location:
--129 P.
Deed 99 ..... 86 P
" ... 2460 .00
,,
3096.88
Near Beldor.
Incumbranoes, counter claims or la;es :.
-·
290
None kno n.
The soil is de~p and ferti le along Beldor road and of fair
depth and fertility over r st )f the tract. Ther e are
moderate to steep to gentl_ slop~s; north est and southwest
exposure . The upper grazing field is some hat rocky.
oil·
To miles of fair dirt road to Swift Hun; t hence four miles
to -lkton.
of tract and oondi tion of timber;
.l,. large portion of the tract
was cleare many years ago, gra zed and oultiv ted since, em:cept
for a portion which wa ·· neglected and is no. gro,-m up to brush.
he ood- land h s bee~ out over at different ti~es in t he past .
·rhe pr sent sta d consists of :::nixed O'•ks , poplar, etc . It is
estL ia tetl to c t an avera ·J of 1730 bd. ft. per acre •
. 130,00J bd. t't. v lued
,3.00 per .• --.,,390.00.
Improvements:
Dwellins: Il'r · me 17x26', 4 rooms, s h ingle r ')of , b rick F,., stone
flues, Q story, log finish , very p0or condition, abandoned ,
~50.00
s pring -Burn: ~r~e 26x38xl6' , metal roof, good condition - 750.00
Granary :& shed: Hrame 15x20xl2', metal roof, g ood
1 ~5.00
condition
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Sprine; house: Frame ?:xlOxS', shing le r oof, poor
condition ---
1 00 apple trees - 40 yea r s old, f ~ir
Orch rd:
co~dition -- valued - $1. 50 er tree -2') cherry trees - 50 yea.rs old - f ir condition vu lued
Trees: 5Z
100.00
80 .00
1.00 each --
alnut trees valued
Yalue of land bl types:
10.00
5 .00 per tree -~
260 .00
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Acr eage
Value
per a ore
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25
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25. 00
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625.00
Fg
102
12.00
1224.00
Fo
16
35 .00
6 .00
560 .00
192.00
Slope
Fr
75
32
250
Total va lue of land
Total value of impr0v .meut;~
l'ota l v 1lue of timbe:i.·
Total vulue of traot
-Verage value per acre
2826.00
1365. ) 0
390.00
i 4581.00
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.Al! COUNTY, VIRGIN IA.
State Commission on
Conser vation and Development
of the state of Virgin ia
vs.
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land
in Rockingham County .
The motion of Edward Herrin g and W.T.H erring, prayin g
said court to disapp rove:-:.;a!_ld to deoline to accept the finding of
the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s,heret ofore appoin ted by said
Court in the above matter , where·i n said Board reporte d, under No.
145 of its finding s, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court
that your movean ts were only entitle d to 250 acres of land in the
Park area,i n the easter n portion of Stonew all Distri ot, Rockin gham County , Virgin ia.
The ground of said motion is as follow s:
That the said
pprais al Commi ssioners erred in finding that movean ts
were only entitle d to 250 aares of land situate in the Park area,
in the easter n portio n of Stonew all Distri ct, Rockingham County ,
Board of
That, as a matter of fact, movean ts are entitle d, as
shown by their deeds, which are fully referre d to in their proof
of claim hereto fore filed in this matter , to 301 acres of land
Virgin ia.
made up of severa l tracts in the park area, all of which lands
are contigu ous. That this differe nce of 51 acres between the
amount of land claimed by the movean ts and that reporte d by the
Park Apprai sal Board, even if only valued at ~24.64 per acre, the
averag e price of the 250 acres allowe d, would make a differe nce
in favor of movean ts of $1,256 .64.
Moveants pray that this error may be correc ted, and that
they may be allowed the full a creage to whioh they are entitle d.
1':ovean ts furthe r pray that the accomp anyirg affida vit may be read i
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBUR G, VA.
suppor t of this motion .
�state Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of
Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land in
Rockingham County.
Affidavit of Edward Herring, to be read in connoction with
motion filed by him and
w. T. Kerring, to have the finding
oi'.
the
Board of ~ppraisal Commissioners disapproved in connectinn with
its finding No . 145.
State of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
Edward Herring this day personally appeared before me,
F. Flavia Converse, a Notary PUblic in and for the City afore said, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being
duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am the owner in fee simple of 211 acres of land,and, in
addition thereto, am the owner of a one-half undivided interest
in 90 acres of land, H. T.Herring being the owner of the other half
interest in the 90 acres of land, all of which lands are contiguous and are situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Beldor,
in Powell's Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia.
Thea e lands are
listed in the above entitled cause by the Appraisal Board, under
its No. 145, as only 250 acres, whereas the correct acreage should
be 301 acres. Thus there is an error of 51 acres in the allowance
made by the Appraisal Board, which, even at the rate of ~24e64
per acre a~lowed for the 250 acres reported b y ~ would make
an additional sum due to aftiant and W. T.Rerring of $1 ,256.64. I
have never known the title to any of the lands now being considered to be questioned, nor the boundaries to be disputed.
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
2'P
�In t h e uircuit uourt of RocKingham vounty, Virginia .
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the state or
Virginia
v.
filed in the Clerk's Offic
Rockingham County, Va.
NGV /
Cassandra Lawson Ati{ins ancl others
and 52 , 501 acres of land in RocRingham county.
1932
;~Clerk
Statement mad e by Edward Herring and w. T.Herring pursuant to
a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 2n,1932,
in response to Item No.2 of the inquiry maae in said decree.
Your respondents say that the acrage listed in the report of
the Appraisal Board,under its Ko . 145,to-wit:250 ac res ,as the
property of your respondents is erroneous in tb~t your respondents
own 301 acres in the tract referred to und er saict appraisal nuniber
A plat showing said acra.ge is herewith :filed marked "Ex. Plat"
and asKed to be read as a part hereof .
~4-+...f
£~7
£.#.1 ; ~
Geo . S. Harnsberger,
Counsel.
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG, VA.
�
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
Text
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Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W.
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herring-edward.pdf
Title
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Herring, Edward
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Beldor
Coverage
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Tract(s): 145
Format
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Herring