216 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d40dc0651911b8b3b8528b3ab8dc81c6.pdf a27d6a6f66f9147a749a7911233ad965 PDF Text Text RDCKINGHA.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #368 - I.am , E. C. Number of Acres: Lot Location: Near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meadow ' s Store . Roads: Bordering the Spotswood Trail which is now a hard surfaced r oad . Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: Formerly used in connection with a store lot, but since the relocation of the Spotswood Trail the lot was acquired by the present owre r who erected the filling st a tion which is now on it . Improvements: Filling station : Consists of stone store room 14x20 ', with front over gas pumps l?x20' supported b y t wo st one columns 25x25xll ', all wit h metal roof . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1200 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ ---------- ---------$1300 . 00 ----- TOTJ:..L. 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: $ NON:3 . J:l - -~- - ~. ' CLERK. .__..________ -, . -/_~ - �Claim In the Circuit Court of_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Cons vation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ______________ County, Virginia, 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 said tition 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.~sa'.~-~o~;c-,..-~ ~,:.Z:;;.:;.x--------------~~~~~ 7~--a_______ _ My post office address is_L_~ I claim a right, title, estate or int est in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _he_ condemned, containing a ~ ~ - ~ ; e s , are the following bmldmgs and improvements:_ _ -7-~-------- ------------- ----- }11.2"=:._ :~;:;~:~~;:~~~;~~:~!~~~~~===============~~~~:~.-;~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is ~ef.R~.#_ _____ . 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 ~..RR./?!..~----- -· I am the owner oL ___ ~_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~~=~-:~~:~~r1~3~my name and :a:11tt"'~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~a~ ST.:-"'~;· VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___7 __ _____ ------, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_~- 1. ___________'! _________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared be ore him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his ab~~~wer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___.{_d ____________ day of_~_!_ _______ , 1 9 3 ~ d .-// ~~ ;/K~.,z,.~7, ---------------------~---------,tei~-Qt...tfl.e-4:::16trrt:,~n:5pecial Investigator or Neta:ry PubJic, o~~tice of t-fl:9 EEmce: "':"~ �Coun ty: Distr ict: Rocki ngham Ston a ll #368 - Acrea ge Claim ed: ssess ed: V lue Claim ed: Locat ion: Deed: None so f a r a s kno n . Borde ring the Spotswood Trail road . or X Near the 1ft Run Churc h long the Spots ood Trail and oppo ite L. c. eadow 's Store . Roads : Histo ry Deed: Asses sed: Inoumbranc es , coun ter cla ims or l aps: Soil: h1oh is now a hard surf ced tra ot nd cond ition of timber: Fo erly used n conne ction with a store lot, 6ut ~inoe the reloc ation ot ithe wood Trail the lot was a o uired by the prese nt oner hoSpots erect ed the fi lllng sta tion hich is no on it . Impro veme nts: Fillin g st t1on : Cons ists of stone s tor r oo l4x20 ', with front over gas pumps 17x20 ' suppo rted by to stone colum ns 25x2 xll', Value X 11 ith met a l r oof. - - -- 1000 . 00 of l nd by types : oreag e Lot Va lue ,12er ere Tota l Value "200 . 00 Tot 1 va lue of 1 nd 200. 00 Total v le of im rovements 1000 . 00 Total V lue of tr ct - , lr2~0~0~.~o•oAver ge v le per x -~ This ore -- ot was a oQuir ed t i conpa r tivel y recen t da te hence no infor matio n s to cost or ssess ed v le is va ilabl e. �. 1~ it_ a;~ c~-r d LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT _p HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ei.JILDING &.' T1u- ·Y . ~ ;? rrd~7 ~ . ~ - t i ~ . ;J t£- L~O--,. ,V fr1'l.. ~~~T 1·1£;_ SraJi_ ) O'-- ( -Vs. ) C~~~ f~d-vt, ~.· . E. . C . . ~ ~1:,~ 1 ~~ , u.A.~ ~ a ~ C, I~ d~ �Claim of ___ ..E~- C4.Lam----------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL---~-C?_~!_{_~!_:~~~----------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------R --- . rigb. -------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in __:__ ~_c_~~----~~----- _______ 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 ____ Ro.cki.ngham_ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___________ E • _C•_ Lam _____ ---------------------------------------My post office address is __ i~--~9~~~--~!!_~~L_'!~-~1:!:~~~~-~~!--~~--~~---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ;!-L~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____:f_i_~! _i_r:!g_ -~~-1!9_I}_ ~-~~ _Q~s,-~~!'Q~l!l- _______ _________ _ 4½ . Ian d 1s · Iocat ed a bout ____________ m1·1es f rom _______________________ Elkton ____-:_v·1rg1ma, ·· m · Th1s the_at.onewalJ. ___ Magisterial District of said County. , I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ Soutli ____________________________________________________________________ _________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West _________ ____ _________ ____________ __ ___ __________________ ___ ___ _________ ____ ___ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~Q.O_Q_..O_Q _____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $?-~~~-~~?_______ , 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 pro- JL"_______ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- --- ------ ------- -· (In the space below should _be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- ----------------------- --------------------------- --- ------- ------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessa{o on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day of___ .ApJ'_ll__________ , 193<2 ___:X:___E~--Q~.L~m. ___ _____ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ __ Rockingham .. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_______ __ ___ ___ ____ __ ______ , To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that ____ L-C---Lam-------------------------------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 ____~Q____________ day of _______-4,p_:r!].___ --, 1931. . Geo. H. Levi C!ei'k-of-t'fl~-<3ottr1';-ot" Special Investigator or ~Ptrbiic;-~r-.hffln~~~~h~-Peaee. lo �IN THE CIRCUIT CarRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIN IA The State Commission on Gonservaticn and Development of the Sta t~of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Roe kingham County, Virginia. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. Sep. 28, 1932 J. Robert switzer,Clerk To the Honorable H. W.Bertram , Judge of said cou2t: The motion of E. c. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No. 368 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the lot of land situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meaddwax store was valued at only $1300.00. to be the property of the movant, The gro unds of said rro,tion are as follows: (1) That the price :m: for said l.and and improvements is so manifestly inadequate and confiscatory, as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached and asked to be read in support of t h is exception, as to justify a finding that in arriv i ng at such price the Board fell into some error, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to wM.ch such price was made, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board wit h reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the iand and improvements does not give to the owner the present fair market value of the same. (3) That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from the statements contained in its report, made, without taking into cons id era tion, or at least without giving ef:tect in its final deeision to the value of the land and the improvements thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, 'l 1 �-2- a.11 of m.ich will more readily appear from the affidav its· attached hereto and which are asked to be read in support of this exceptio n; (4) That the price allowed for the property vi0lates Article 5 of the Constitu tion of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just oompens ation;tt (5} The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Constit ution of Virginia , wherein it says: That the General Assembl y of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compens ation. E. C. Lam By Counsel E. C. Ott Counsel . �,,'I I INIA. IN THE CIRC UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRG The Stat e Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia vs. Cass andra Lawson Atki ns and othe rs, and 52,50 1 acre s of l.and il1&lock1ngham Coun ty, Virgi n:ia Affi davi t of E. C. Lam to be read in ro nneo tion with d of the moti on ~iled by him to have the findi ngs of the Boar its Appr aisal Com missi oners disap prov ed in conn ectio n with findi ng No . 368. Dist rict of Colu mbia , City of Wash ingto n, to-w it: E. iJ. Lam this day pers onal ly appe ared befo re me a Nota ry .t'ubl lc in and for the --rict of Columbia, and being duly --------Dist the in esaid afor City swor n depo ses and says ; re I am the owne r of a l .ot of land , cont ainin g 3815 squa a hard feet , whic h bord ers the Spots wood Trai l, whic h is now cons istin g surfa oted road , and is impro ved by a ffll.in g stati on, t-t-t--(r l"1t pumps of a ston~ ~reo om 14 x 20 feet , with fron t over gas x 11 feet ; 17 x 20 feet , supp orted by two stone colum ns 25 x. 25 new, insid e over the whol e build ing is a good meta l roof , near ly stati on has the filli ng stati on is a conc rete floo r; the filli ng inch es x 30 inch es four windows with two glas s pane s in each window, 30 x 72 inch es also two fron t windows with plate glass each 59 inch es es, five in dime nsion , one door with glas s there in 28 x 36 inch pane s small wind ows abov e the plate glass wind ows, havin g three ng stati on each , 10 x 21 inch es in dime nsion , the fron t of the filli and there are over the pumps is ceile d with exce llent pine lumb er, in fron t thirt y-th ree elec tric ligh ts in the filli ng stati on and stati on stand s, over the gas pump s. Un the Lot on whic h the filli ng af E. E. and is one pump and two te.nk _ (unde rgrou nd) the prop erty ng $75 .00. E. C. tam, the pump costi ng $125 .00 and the tank costi to E.C. There 1s likew ise anot her tank on the same lot belon ging 1-3 �-2- Lam which cosi $60 .00. There are. two nn·re pumps on the said lot and that the one tank {unde rgrou nd) which belon g to Maph is & Chapm an; befor e locat ion of this fillin g stati on near Swift Run Churc h, just g sta tim the ascen t of the mounta:i. n is begun , and being the only fillin miles away, betwe en that point and the top of the moun tain some ft>. ur produ cing makes it an extre mely vaLua ble prope rty; that the incom e ate val...ue of said prope rty is hard to estim ate becau se no accur ed recor ds have been kept t>f the same; that he has been offer ts thereo )n $5 ,000. 00 for said prope rty; that the lot with the impro vemen rty is mt is worth at the lowes t estim ate J3000 .00; that the said prope the for sale; and I hereb y reque st that the same be omitt ed from ro ntem plate d Park Area. E. u. Lam Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 1932. --- - day of --- --- - Notar y Publi c. u. Lam on This is to certi ty that I took the above statem ent to E.stmlt c~ in the 27th day of Septe mber, 1932, he being a patie nt slgne d the same, and read he and n.c., , ington Sible y Hespi tal, Wash Notar y a but the - Hosp ital autho r! ties would not allow m.e to get PUbli c so that I migh t get his affid avit there to. E. E. Lam Virg inia, City of Harri snbur g, to-w it: under signe d , This day E. E. • Lam perso nally api:ea red befor e the afore said in Teres a Sulli van, a Notar y Publi c in and for the City ent statem the state of Virg inia, and made oath that the foreg oing, 1932. is true. Given under .nu hand this 28th day of Septe mber, • Teres a Sulli van Notar y xuh!i c My comm ission exp,ir es March 20, 1935. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its findings No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to-wit~ E. E . Lam, brother of E. C. Lam, this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary B.lblic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: I have been in charge of the filling station for my brother, E. C. Lam, described in the findings No. 368, and have operated the said filling station for about three years, and while I have kept no accurate records of the business done by me, selling gas, oil, automobile accessories, cigars, candies, etc., I feel that I am justified in saying that I consider the Location of this filling station one of the best on the Spotswood Trail, and in my opinion, the Lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it and the filling station are worth, at a conservative estimate, $3 ,000.00. I have not taken in account, in my estimation,. the value of the gasoline pumps and se,soline storage tanks on and under said 1 ot. E. E. Lam Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September , 1932. Teresa Sullivan -------Notary ------- Public �IN THE CIRaJ'IT C<lJRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham Crunty, Virginia. Affidavit of A. M,. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. 0.Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harr iro nburg, to-wit : A. M. Gooden this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary ?ublic in and for the City a~oresaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deroses and says: I am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; on Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church; situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. C. 1am, and the said filling station, vnich is constructed of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for less than $1073 .39; that the l>t on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and 'Illich I am advised contains 3815 square feet, is in my opinion worth $1,000-.00, that this makes a total estimate of $2073 .39 for the buildings and the lot, which I consider very conservative; that I have not taken in account, in my estimation, t he value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. A. M. Gooden Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 1932. Teresa sull i van Notary Public~ �IN THE CIRCITIT CO'JRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia. vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of L.A. Hensley to be read in connectio n with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners disapprove d in ronnection with its finding No . 368. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham , to-wit: L.A. Hensley this day ~rsonally appeared before me, H. B. C. Gentry, a Notary PUblic in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 38 years of age; I am a contracto r by occupatio n; I reside near Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church, situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. c. Lam, and the said filling stationt which. is constructe d of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for iess than $1127 .00 that the lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and which I am advised con ta ins 3815 square fee·t, is in my opinion worth $1000 .00; that this makes a total estimate of $2,127.00 for the buildings and the lot , which I consider a very conservat ive figure; that I have not t aken in account, in my estimation , the value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. L.A. Hensley Subscribe d and sworn to before me this 27th day of deptember , 1932. _ _.ri_ ._B_._c_._Ge_n_t_r_._y_ _ _No tary Public �IN THE CIRarIT COURT OF ROCKI NGHAlvI COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virgin:ia . Affidavit of H. b . C. Gentry to be read in connection with the motion filed b y E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disappDoved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: H. B.C . Gentry this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary .t-ublic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am ?9 years of age; I am a dealer in real estate and fire insurance agent by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; lam familiar with the lot situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County, along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. C.Meadows' s store, improved by a filling station, and said to contain 3815 square feet, and have known the same for 50 years; t hat considering the location of the lot, said lot is in my opinion, worth today at a conservative estimate $1,000 . 00; that I am not familiar with t he costs of the construction of such build i ngs as are erected thereon, and therefore can form no opinion as to their 'falue. H. B. C. Gen try Subscribed and sworn to before me t his 26th day of ~eptember, 1932 . Teresa Sullivan hotary Public . ��IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM CaTNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Filed in the Clerkts Office Rockingham County, Va. vs. 1829 Nov. 8, 1932 J . Robert Switzer, Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fifty-two thousand, five hundred and sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Written Statement made by E. C. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1 932, and in res ponse thereto, the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the ownership of which is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by t he Appraisal commiss i oners to be the lot of land owned by him, being Tract No. 368t situate near the Swift Run Church along t he Spottswood Trail, and opposite L. C. Meadows' store, but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with t he r e port and exh ibit sheets t hereto attached, made by said Commission ers does not give t he boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot, said boundary lines as well as t he square feet con tained in said lot are herewith s hown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", which i s asked to be read as a iart hereof. Said boundary lines were obtaine d by a survey o f said lot th is da y made by A. R. Myers, Surveyor. Given under my hand this 8t h day of November, 1932 E. C. Lam E. D. Ott Counsel. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY• VIRG;NI1 . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia 1829 Vs.) Cassandra Lawson Adkins. and Others. Re: E. c. Lam claim. Statement in writing called for by Judge Philip Williams , Chairman of the Board of Arbitrators by letter of August 8, 1933, in which it is asked to give ll) The grounds of your exceptions, especially in so far as they raise any question as to damages or of the value of lands and improvements sought to be condemned. (2) The number or numbers of the tract or tracts shown on the various county ownership maps filed in said proceedings which are claimed by you or in which you claim an interest. l3) The authority of Counsel to act in these proceedings. Answering Paragraph No. (1) reference is first made to the grounds of said exception, which are set out in said exeeption. To state the matter of the exception in a general way, E. c. Lam contends that the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners allowing him $1300 .00 for his property situate near Swift Run Church, which borders the Spotswood Trail, consisting of a lot of land containing 3815 square feet, improved by a filling station consisting of a stone storeroom 14 x 20 feet with front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x ll feet, said building being in excellent condition, and there being on the lot on which the filling station stands one pump and two tanks (nnderground) the property of E. C. Lam and his brother l!!.. s. Lam, the pump costing $125.00 and the tank costing i75 .00, and there being also on the said lot another tank belonging to E. c. Lem 3\ �-2costing $60.00; this filling station being located at a point Just before the ascent of the Blue Ridge Mountain is begun, and being the only filling station between that point and the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain some four mlles away; is not Just compens ation; that he has been offered $5 ,000.00 for said property ; that the amount of $1300 .00 found by the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners fails to give to said E. c. Lam such a sum for his property as would put him in as good a position pecunia rily as he would have been if his property had not been taken, and fails to give him a full and perfect equivale nt for the loss sustaine d by the taking of his property as gu.arante ed to him by law, and fails entirely to take into conside ration the income producin g feature of the property . The affidav its of E. c. Lam, E. E. Lam, A. M. Gooden, a contrac tor, L.A. Hensley , another contrac tor, and H.B . c. Gentry, a real estate man, establis h beyond any dCJQ.bt that E. c. Lam has not received Just compens ation for his filling station prQpert y. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (2) ~ the number of the traot shown on the County ownersh ip map filed in the oond.emnation proceed ings claimed by E . c. Lam solely, is No . 568. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (3), there is affixed to this statemen t the authori ty of counsel to speak tor E. C1~ La•• �To Judges Williams, Alexander and Bertram, Arbitrators appointed by the Governor of Virginia in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed by the undersigned and the State Commission on Conservation and Development. employed as counsel, 0~ have / --E. D. Ott of Harrisonburg, Th is is to certify that Virginia, to represent the undersigned with reference to the tract of land owned by the undersigned, and designated as No. 'S lo S- on the County ownership map filed in the proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Ad.kins, etc. (a case pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia) in all proceedings before the above mentioned arbitrators touching said tract of land • U,· . IS /<f 33 I �LAW OFFICES E . DUL.A...."VEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, flRST NATJONAL BANK au~LDJNG �I (, I I • I - 4 .. •a I 1 i ; 1 ·; I I I IN TEE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Develo~d:Un the Clerk's Office of the State of Virginia Rockingham County, Va. vs . s· NOV 1829 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fift - two thousand , five hundred and sixty-one (52 , 561} acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Written Statement made by E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 . I n compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25 , 1932 , and in response thereto , the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the o~mership of which is claimed by him , and with reference to which he has filed his objections , is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by the Apprai s al Commissioners to be the lot of land owned by him , being Tract No . 368 , situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spott swood Trail , and opposite L. c. Meadows ' Store , but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners does not give the boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot , as well as the square feet contained in said lot said boundary linesTare herewith shown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", whic h is asked to be read as a part hereof . Said boundary lines were obtained by a survey of said lot this day made by A. R. Myers , Surveyor , �.. H.E. 4f- E.. C.. L A M 0 r- E. t, C. LAM 3 5- ,, S~- rT, ) JPOTiSWOOD . "TRA/t.. PLAT OF E'.C. LAM'S L.OT LYINO. ON THE N. W . s rDE OF SPOTTS WOtJD T RAIL OV. &-!:"- E O' r,f �Given under my hand this 8th day of November , 1932 • ... • l �rLAW OFFICES ifu_ ci,~ C...--,~. f/- "V\. E. DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING TL st-$_ C~·.+;-i 'l:r~~+-1 t~-) d-7,\_ c~.>-N/"'-.:t;.. th.. 1 ti;~~ I i:CJ_ stzh- I a~ r · a...-..1.. . �The State Commiss ion on Conserva tion and Development of t he St ate of Virgi nia vs . Cessandra Lawson Adkins and Ot her s , and 52 , 501 acre s , more or less of l and in Rockingham County , Virg ini a . Filed in the Cl k's Offlce er R ,.. No . 1829 at Law . oc"1ngham Countv'JI Vi, Re: Statement of E. c. Lam , Owner . ( rbitrat ion) I , E. c. AUG cx'r,933 ~ ~Clerk Lam, am t he sole o~ner in fee simple of t he lo t o f land shown on the county ownership map filed hioh conta in the condemnation proceedings as No .- 368, square feet , t he value of 'Which lot is 1, 3815 1000 . 00 , and. the value of the improve ments t h er eon , not including t hree gasoline pumps and t hree ga soline t 1;.L nks (underground) and gasoline pipe (underground) i s .Ji2000 . 00 , t h e value of one gasoline p'IJ.llp a nd one gasoline t a nk {underground) whi ch are the propefty of E. c. and E. E. Lam is ~200 . 00; t he value of a nother gasoline tank (underground) and 140 feet of gasoline pi pe (underground) t he property of ·_120 .oo . :r::. C. Lam is No estimate i s placed upon t wo gasoline pumps on the lot and one gasoline tank funderground) and 40 feet of gasoline pipe (Underground ) which belong to Maphis & Chapman , and which should be returned to t h em if the property i s t aken in these proceedings; the aggregate val ue of the lot of l and , t he improvements (buildings thereon) , one gasoline pump and two gasoline tanks {underground ) and 140 feet of gasoline pipe (underground) is 43320 . 00 . Said lot of land is located on t he Spots ~ood Tr a il , situate .her e you be gin the ascent of t h e Blue Ridge ?!:.o untain , and i s improved. by a filling station pr aotictlly f ire proof , the f illing at tion consists of a s toreroom 14 feet x 20 feet constructed of sandstone wi th good metal roof . The storeroom use s the wall of the garage or automobile repa ir shop belongi ng to E.c. and E. E. Lam as its r ear wall; att ached t o and running out from this storeroom is �-2- a roof over gas pumps 17 feet x 20 feet covering a This roof is supported double driveway ~ by two atone oolu.mne 25 inahes x 25 inches x 11 feet , resting on a conorete base 23 feet x metal . 3½ feet , an is of galvanized able constructed out of g lvanized The roof has metal 20 feet x 8 feet in center . indo concrete floor . 4 windo 30 inche ~he storeroom has a 1th two glass panes 1n ea.oh x 30 inches , r inforced by railroad r ailing overhead, to front each being 59 inches x 72 in 1ndows iitl plate glass , in dimension , reinforced e overhead , one door with glass therein by r ilroad raili 28 inches x 36 1nehe reintoroed by r ilroa railing overhead; on each side of the front door is on re five small oonstru.oted of sandstone; th re above the plate pilaster ind.owe as Viindows h ving thr ee panes eaoh 10 inohes x 21 1nohes in dimension; the roof over the ~illin station is ealed with No . l pine lumbe~; there are thirty- tour electric light in and abut the filling station, including one blinker in the pump , and the bulbs on said light are of t hree dif ferent colors . There is no oompeti tor nauer than four miles . The situation of said property mskes it extremely valuable as a business site . I respeotfully ask the Arbi _rators for the opportunity to be heard orally with witnesse for the purp se of substantiating the re sonableness of my claim . 0 E. C. Lam owner . fol- �- 3- Virginia of City ________ ____ .....,. Harrisonburg to- it : This day personally appeared before the undersi ed, a Notar y aforesaid in the E. c. Lam, ----- blio in and fo r the City of State -----------Virginia , ho made oath that t lie t a cts set out in the foregoing st·tement are true to the best of his kno\ledge and be lief. ____ t his Given under my 1and 24th day of - -~.. ._ August 19 33. .. Teresa Sullivan No t ary N61!c. My commission exp ire Maroh on the 20thday of , 19 .-:--. lo'?, �STATEMENT OF E. C. LAM r (ARBITRATION) - 'I LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, FIRST NATIONA L BANK BUILDING �,. filed in the Clerk'~ Office Rockingham County, Va( L;.Jd , E . C. 368 ROCKI GHJ .I COIDJ"frY SEP f \933 ~<(Af,d~er IN RE • ..IBBI'I'R..i.J.'IOI; ...GREEl.fuKTS submitted to the Governor &rising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pendir.g in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenendoe.h Nc.tional parlr Act . SlJi,.'.J]l[ARY SrrATEI !ENT OF P , TI rrr OJ.ifER : EXCEPT..~.NT : L&m. , E • C • ORIGII:iAL Cw I!1 : creage . 12 : Value J3 , 000 . 00 : r nc . namages , Kone VALUE PL.:.CED ON TR.t..CT BY PETITIOI\TER ' S aPPRAISERS : TR_..,CT NO . VALUE 368 .,pl , 200 . 00 BO..:.RD OF Hi D CIDENT..\L D.i:.2iAGES PPRhIS.:J, COL[iISSIONERS FU-J"DINGS : .t.. :N1JI.Tt3.B:R OF TR_.CT : 368 V.ALUE OF TR.o.C'.L1 : TR.....CT NO . 368 VALUE ;)1 , 300 . 00 INCIDEl{T.AL DA;~GES �The basic differences between Petitioner and xhis exceptant are as to the classificat i on and value of the land, and improvements and buildings . Although we believe the values reported by the Petiti oner's appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissi oners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the cla,s aifica tion of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptant 1 s statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired . , Subscribed to and verified before me this the t_' day of September , 1933 . 111b �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Developm·e nt of the State of Virginia Petitioner Vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins and Others, and 52,501 acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, No. 1829 at Law. ----- On motion of E. c. Lam, by counsel, leave is given him to file his answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and the said answer is aoaordingly this day filed in the above styled proceedings. 15 1 �, At Law. Petitioner, ~ , .,-,:) ~ I '----j more or less, of land in P~ A ~ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitfono 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 ~ 4f ,. County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said n1otice. ·. ,r f "i'. e. ~~ My name is My post office address is I '-f ~ i:S:--ZJ~-l~,?,; ' 1,--J' wh J <J, ';E.;°1 of land within the area sought to I claim a right, title, estate oWnt~ i be condemned, containing about f'S,-0 ~ t ~ -c t, ,.A...t, , on which there are the following ,... ,,__, ~ ..e,... ? ~ ~ $ l - (. i Cc.----&:::~i--1 This land is lo·c ated a'bout 4 // :1,.. miles from Virginia, in the ( ' ~ ~ Magisterial ~strict of the 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 h~ in or to the tract or parcel of Jand described above.) , ~~ ~~ ~ . - I --t.-r-·, ~ ~ v- f-'-v-t,° et. t., \- ,.__,-.;, ~ )i.A:-1 ... fflie n~ North South ~ ~~ ' ~ Z)v.. ~ ~ J ? ) 0'-(:. tA-- . - - - ~ v 1 V .,-,_ ...._ tljacent to the above descri'bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: C 1 ~ c.. ~ /.,J ~ ._.,., '-"' EasL-5~ ~ ~ 4~~~~-~:___ __ _ _ _-,-f,,..___ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _~ -- West__~~Ll,,,,~~'L_~~ ~~l~,!!!~~·~4_..'!! C~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' " - - - - - 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~- - I acquired my right, title, or estate or interest to this property about th) year-~--~·n the following manner..;.,,._ [ ~ _ c:? () ~ ~ ~u ~ ~- '--, ~~ O: ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 3 ~ I claiin that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tr7 ct or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 1 I am the owner of_ _ __ _ _ _ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of land within the Park area, to the extent of $- - - -- - /-4~ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back.) Witness my signat~ e (or my name and mark atta? ! ~to) this / b /""'IC day of 193 . >,. • STATE o;iiRGINIA, COUNTY OF Q,.. , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that t C... P ~the a'bove named claimant personally appeared before hit"'and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the ·b est of my knowledge and belief, this a--t~ , ~tt:-C!-·~ }A_)tt-,,,., g <i: · //#(&' day of ~~- ~~~ ~= , 1.:£: ~~ §~~&the:=Pcsee Public, w d1181i<v)f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGIND\.. STATE C O.M:M ISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA Vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . ',, This is to certify that E . c. Lam who has filed exceptions to the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissione r s appointed in the above styled proceedings within t he time pres cribed by law , has agreed to submit any and all questions arising in the course of said proce ngs as to damages and values of land and improvements sought to be condemned therein , belon~ing in to him to arbitration/ accordance with t h e arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor on July 18 , 193~ c..-.- , ~ ~ t f - - v L.,1 this applying to trao,t of land/belonging to the undersigned , designated a s No . 3 b~ on the County ownership map filed in the above styled proceedings • .... Given under my hand this L.!:!:... day of 1933 . l . ... " r . ,, \ ' I �- 2- Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto E. D . Ott , Attorney for std E. C. Lam the said sum of ) 1710 . 60 , the amount of said award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said lot of land with the impr ovements thereon above designated , taking from said E . D. Ott , Attorney for said E. c. Lam , &. receipt therefor , and. certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . Enter 5 �IN THE CIRO UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA M COUNTY, VIRG IN I.A . State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Petitione r vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . Defendant s . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia Your pe ti ti oner, . E. C. Lam , resp ec t f'ully rep re sen tt: That a judgment in rem has her et of ore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the state of Virginia the fee simple estate in that certain lot of land with the improveme nts thereon , numb erad as follows , Tract No . 368 , and described. in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners 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 set out in the said judgment as constituti ng the award therefor as follows; award for tract No . 368 , $1 710 . 60; that the said State Commission on Conservat io n and Developme nt has paid into the custody of t h e Court the said sum set out in said judgment as constitut ing t h e award for the fee simple estate in said lot of land with the improveme nts thereon ; that the undersi gned petitione rs on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said lot of lartd with the improveme nts thereon were the . owners of the said land in fee simple ; that no other person or person s t h an the undersign ed are entitled. to sh are in the distributi on of said award . Your petitioner ., further shows the Court that all taxes agai ~st said property have been paid to and including the year 1933 , ~d effect from :M . he herewith files certifi c ates to that H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham c ounty , Virginia, and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court �- 2- of Rockingham County , Virg:lnia , which certificates are prayed to be read as a part hereof , said certificates are marked "Exhi1Ut Certifieate No . l" , and TTE:xhibit .Certificate No . 2" . Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in this proceeding, and that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distributi on of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award for the fee siriple estate in said lot of land with the improvements ther e on condemned as aforesaid , and for the payment to the undersigned or his attorney of record /O'f the uaid award; and that your pe titioner~ may have such other, further and general relief as, the nature of the case may require . State of Virginia City of H~rrisonburg , to - wit : This day E . c. Lam personally appeared before me , , a Notary Public in and Teresa Sullivan state in the for th e City of Harrisonburg , in my City afor e-s-a....i...;d--, -a-n_,d,..._..,.b-e-=i,....n_e_.,-a. .u--ly Virg inia of sworn , ueposes and says : that I have rebd the above petition , ana state that the matters of fact contained t h erein are true to t·h e best of my knowledge and belief . Given under my hand this 12th day of 1/ay, 1934 . -~~ -C -~--Subscribed and sworn to before me in my City aforesaid this 12th rJ34 . May , day o :f r 7 �1 l 1 \ M. H. HARRISON T REASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY H ARRisoNau Rc, v 1RGINIA May ZncC, .. ., 193& '. ft . To Whom It May Concern~I hereby certify that the recorisof my off1ce show that Elmer C. Lam has paid the taxes for the year 1933 on his 36 polesof land, situated in Stonewall District , County of Rockingham. Given under my hand this 2nd day of 1934 . ' ' ... ~ ..:J#o'"'- May, �. .., '!'... ' ~ STATE OF VIRGINI A COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I,~. Robert Switzer, of the Circuit court of Rockingham County do hereby certify tha t the records in my otfie·e do not show any delinquent taxes agains the tract of 0-0-36 of land situate in Stonewall D:is:trict, Rockingham County, assessed in the name of Elmer c. Lam. Given under my hand this 22d day of May, 1934. ourt of RockClerk of the Circui ingham County, Virginia. ~:ey. ----~..,...,..,,.,~--~--------' 0. K. �LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. F I RST NATIONAL BANK BU I LD IN G �C!Inmmnuwenltq nf 1liirgiuin TREASUER ' S OFFICE R ·1 C H M O N D , VA , May 25, 1934 JOHN M. P URCELL TREASUR ER O F V I RG IN IA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 25 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datea 5/23/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs· - - -- - - Cassandra - - - - - -Lawson - - - -Atkins ------------- paid to E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Firs t National Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Virginia $1, 710 . 60 being in full settlement of tract# 368 in the above mentioned cause. �- .... -- - Olnmmnnwtalt11 nf ]ltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA May 25., 1934 E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 1.,710 . 60 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __R_o~c~k_i_n~g~h_am _____ entered on the 23rd day of ___ M_a-y__ l 93_1_ , in the matter of t h e State Co mmission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ---~C~a........ s-s~an......,.d~r~a"'--------'L=a=w_.,_..,s~o~n.___,.A~t~k ~ i-n ......... s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #- -3~6~8~ - - Sign original and dupli cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. I":/ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Swift Run Church along Spotswood Trail and opposite L.C. Meadow's store Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 368 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cdd09bdd3c38da457d942cb9f1281dda.pdf 402668fcfe11bd6ba06b5ded28f0e008 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF QWJj1$/ CLAIMAlJ'.11 #81 - Lam, E . C . & E . E . Number of Acres:1/8 - Lot . Location: Adjoining the Swif t Run Church lot and on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L . C. Meadows Store . Roads: On the Spotts rood Trail which is now a hard surfaced road . Soil: -- History of Tract and condition of timber: This 1 o t has been used f' or about ten years as the site for a blacksmith and automobile repair shop . GARAGE OR REPAIR SHOP- - - 30x36 1 , concrete block walls , Improvements: BLACKsr:ITH SHOP - - - -15x2lx8 1 concrete floor , metal roof , nearly new . tile , metal roof , fair condition . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 1400 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ - -·- · - - ----$150QOO - - TOTAL Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for i:r::;.d: $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None _ _ ~ . ~ ; ~ - - _CLEEK I\ �Claim of________________________________________ ____ ·------- ------ --------------------O eking ham . . N o. ________, At L aw. . ·t Court of ------------------I n th e C1rcm ----- --- Count y, v·1rgm1a, The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs·--- -E-~E--• .1a-m-------------------------------------------- --------------------------- Lo t __ of_ l a nd _30 _X 144 _f eet __________________________________________ ____ _ . . . Defendants. Ro ck i n g h Rm . _____________ __:_ _______ _______ County, V1rgmia, more or 1ess, of 1and m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in res ponse to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Coui:t of_ __ ~e-k-i:r).~"lf!t"-.-------- Cou?tY, ~irginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sai{): pebt10n and to said notice. My name is ___ ..&AE.~L-~n----------------------------------~----- --------------My post office address is ____~~~~~-! -~~ -~~!-~!~~~-------- -------------------- I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about_ __~Q __i _:!-!l4_.!_~§~ buildings and improvements =----:k- 'Ottbl--:t-c--G-:--:rr.,ge- --'Jsui.-:td."i"1Tg:X--8 :rrct------ ------------ ------ Bl - ck -smiths s hop ---------------------------------- ------------------ ------This land is located about_ __ 2 oux. ___ miles from __ El-lft-0-n-------------------Virginia, in 8t0 n ewall _Mag1s . t of sa1"d Count y. . 1 D.1st r1c . t eria th e________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, e state or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described a hove. ) ______ l _-: _j.oint-..o.wne.r--r-ID¥- - h1--t.0r--s-gt- -b-e-iRg--er1-e--- hfr-l f-------- ---------------- ----- - of _t he _ v alue _of_ the_ pro perty ·-------------------------------- ------- ----The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_ L . C. E e Rdows ---- --------------- ----------------------------- ----------- - -South- ~1i-z-,z-i-e- ',,"i"'rlimns --------- -------- · ------------------------------------ -East __ ,E.. c..Lam-------------------------- ------------------------------------ -----West_ ___ United_ Bre thren _ Churc.h _, r.o..J.:i.erty____________ __ ___ ___ _____________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__l <J]._~ ___ in the fallowing manner: _____ _.3.y deed _f r om G. A. L ;:iwson _____ ____ __ ___ ,- - - ---------------- ----------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~~7_7_"...~~- --- --· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or par cel of land with the improvements ther eon is $_.?_!~~§-~~§______ . I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the 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 par cel of land by met es and bounds) . Ren1arks · - - ----- - ------ ---- - ---------------- - ---- ------------------ - - ------------- - -I ----- ----------------------- -------- - - --- ------- - - i---- - - --------- ----------------- ---------- - (Continue r emarks if necessary on the back). -n ~ :3· Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto ) this __..?:_~~!:_ _______ day g ~ ~ ,-·· i W-----F-~g!'~~rx ____ , JIW>. 1931 . __q;-+--Ce~-~------------------------ _ ~ ~ ATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- - -R-oe k-i--n~~m-------- ----, To-wit: g ~ The undersigned hereby certifies thaL ~~.!.E.1.k 0 _rg ___ __ ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ _____ __ ____ __ ;:?.. tlfe above named claimant personally appear e d before him and made oath that the matters "-:f- and things appearing in his above answer are true t o the best of his knowledge and belief, ~t s____lJ_t_l_,__ _______day oL~','_b_"'.~."."'.?°_•_~?!:~Wol~- ou t, o; Sp c}ai-f~:.Sflg;-,tQ~-Q; Notary Public, or J us tic of the Peace. 223 �Claim of ______ ________ _________________________________ _________ _____ ___________ ______ _ In the Circuit Court of ___ A~_ c_I:;~~:1-~---- ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______ E_L_ E__..__I..am _______________________________________ _______________ ___ ___ _ Lot of land 30 x 1 44 feet more or less, of land in ____.ij9_c_~ID.ElJ~ -- - - _______ 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 ___!Jg~-~~-~ !t.!! _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ______________________________ E. E. Lam My name 1s _____________________________________ _ My post office address is ____ S..W.if_t._Rllll ___1[;!,J>_gj,n._~ --------------------- - -- - -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_~~ - ~ - ±-~~ _f _~~j;_«M, on which there are the following building& and imProve_ments: ___~__P._~~~~ ~--C!~!-~~~--~~-~!.9-_~~--~~-~-------------------Bla~k- sml tns sn op four __m1.1es f rom_____________________________ Elkton v·1rgmia, .. m . . 1an d 1s . 1ocate d about_ _________ Th1s the_ S.to.ne.wall ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) · I am joint owner , my interest being one-half ________________ of_ the value_ of_ the _2ro perty _________________________ __ ______ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth ______ .L .. _ C .. _M.eaJio.w.a___________________________________________________ ___ - South ______ Lizzie Williams ------------------------ -- ------ - - ------ ---------- East _______ E.~- .C..~- Lam..- - - ---------------------------------- - -- -- -- - ----- - -------West_ _____ uni ted _Brethren _Church_ Property ______________ ___ 1: ________ _ 19 8 I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: __ ______ _________ By deed _from _GL A~._iawson ___ _________________________________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~!_?_~~~~-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- _&~{?~~~§_____ _. I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------------- -· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------------ - ------------------------------- -- - ------ -- - - - ---------- ---------------- -------------- --------- ----- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __~~J_l:_!: ________ day ________ ..E~-...E~.r,am.. _____________________ ___ of ____ l'..eb.r.ua.r..y: ____ _, 193]}. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___~9_c_~!~~~-----------, To-wit: . . E . E . Lam 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 ___ l .9_th __________ day of __ F...ebr.ua r_y: ___ --, 19:I). __ H . _B . _C. _Gentry,_ N . _ P. ____________ _ Filed in the Clerk ' s Off i c e Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Rockingham Coonty , Va . Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. Feb . 19 , 19 Clerk 3 �., County: District: Ii.Bl - Lama E. C. & J. • '3 . ;. ssessed: 20/160 ore ge Claimed: ssessed: Loe tion: Rooki ngham Jtone ~11 • 520 . 00 Deed: 2880 sq. ft • Deed: $ f"'ot given. nd on the o posite side 1ft Run Church lot . dJm1n1ng the or the Spotswood T 11 from L. c. Meadow's Store . Inoumbranoes , oounter cla i ms or l u,es: None so f r s kno n . Soil: On the Spotswood Tr a il thich is no Rods: u hard surfaced road . This lot h s been used f or History ot tract, and oondi tion of timber: blaoksmith i nd automobile for· e abo t ten ye rs ~s uhe s i repair shop. Imprmvements: lls, Garage of repair shop 30x36', concrete blook 1100 . 00 concrete floor, met l roof , nearly new. fuir oof, r Bl· cksmith shop: l x2lx8' • tile. metal 100 . 00 condition -l 00 . 00 Value of l n ,l by types: Value / ore ge 1/8 Type R,qr Totul Vul ue of l nd • ••••••• •• • 100 . 00 Tota l v 1 e of improvements ••• 1200. 00 Tot.;1.l v· lue or t r a ot • • • • • • • • • • .~ver ge va lue p r 1300. 00 ore •• • •• ••• 10400. 00 -ore Tot 1 Value 100 . 00 �i ; ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Developmentfi/ed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. of the State of Virginia vs . SEP 7 $" 1932 / Cassandra Lawson Atki ns and others , and 52 , 501 acre¥~ \ 1 ~ 1~ ..k ~ land in Rockingham County , iTirginia . F To the Honorable H. w. , Bertram, Judge of said Court : ) On motion o-J·E. C. and E . E. Lam pray ing said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter , wherein said Board reported under No . 81 of its findings*a.s filed in the Clerk ' s Office of said Court that the 1/8 acre l ot of land improved by a garage or repair shop and ~laoksmith shop found by the said Board to be the property of the movants , situate in Rockingham County , was val ued at only ~1500 . 00 . The grounds of said motion are as foll ows : (1) That the price for said land and i mprovements is so manifest ly inadequate and confiscatory , a s more fully appears from the affida vits hereto attached , and asked to be read in support of this exception , as to justify a finding , that in arriving at such pri ce the Board fell into some error , mistake or misapprehens ion of facts as to the i dentity of t he property with reference to which such price wa s made , or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of t h e evidence produced before the Board with reference to whic h such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for t h e land and improvementsddeEy'n ot give to t h e owners the present fair market value of the same ; does not take into cons ideration the r+"' '{b fac t that;the owners will be deprived of this method of making a living; (3 ) That the finding of said Board is apparently, from Yf0 �-2the statements contained in its report, made without taking into consiQeration, or at least without giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improvements thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto and which are asked to be read in support of this exception; (4) That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constitution of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation"; (5) The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Code of Virginia, wherein it is said: That the General Assembly of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensation. By Counsel �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of E. C. Lam to -----------------be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . Dtswiet:' ot }Ooluml}ia 0:1t:y, of.· We.s·h·inBt.o nr ·, t:o,-wi:tt : E. C. Lam appeared before me Public in and for this day personally a Notary --------------the City aforesaid. in the District of~·C6liuml,)ia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C. Meadows' store; that the lot has thereon a blacksmith on shGp 15 x 21 x 8 , built out of tile; that/said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an automobile repair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructed out of concrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches - that on top of the concrete walls are two gables at front and back - fully three feet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard ; that said building rests upon a cement foundation ; t hat it contains a concrete floor; that it is covered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there is a room in the building ·ro feet by 11 feet 5 inches �- 2- . in size, made out of good lumber; that there are thirteen windows in said building ; 5 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet ; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same could be cut up into three rooms; there are two big doors and four small doors in said garage; said garage is wired for electric ity; that the lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksm ith and automob ile repair shop for ten years; that it is thirteen miles in one directio n and four and one-hal f miles in the other directio n to the nearest competi tor's place of business ; that the situatio n of the property makes it extreme ly valuabl~ as a business site; that ~ the least the property is worth $'3 0 IJ "<a 6 · . " ; that said property is not for sale; and it is hereby requeste d that the same be omitted from the contemp lated Park Area . Subscrib ed and sworn to before me this day of Septemb er, 1932. Notary Public. This is to certify that I took the above statemen t to·E. c. Lam on the 27th day of Septemb er, 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospita l , Washingto n, D. Q.,' and he read and signed the same, but the Hospita l authorities fN uld not allow me to get a Notary Public so that I might get his aff\idav it thereto . Viryinia , City of Harrison burg , to-wit: This day E. E. Lam persona lly appeared before the undersig ned, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesai d in the State of Virginia , and made oath that the foregoin g statemen t is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of Septemb er, 1932 • . c;;._, &, . ~ - My commiss ion expires March 20 , 1935 . I~ o't;y ~ �' II THE CIRCUIT 00 I ' T OF ROCIO'.NGRAM OOUlfff, nROINIA• The State Commiesion on ConserYation and DeTelopment of the State of Virginia Oaeean<lra Lawson Atkins and others, ant 52,501 aoree ot land in Rockingham Count7, V1rginia. Aftida"itt ~.m--------- ot _ __...E.,.•.,.,:;j..,1...,..:ci61111 be read in oonneot1on with the motion t11ed by E. c. to and E· E. Lam to nave the :t'indinga ot the Board ot Appraisal oonunis ionera disapproved. in connootion with its finding No. 81. State ot Virginia, City of Hantaonburg. to•wit1 _________E_.___E_.__L~a~m____ _ this day personally appeared before me _ _T_er_es_a_s_u_1_1"1_v_a_n_____ a Botar7 Pu.bllo in and tor the Oity aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly :worn d•poses and says: fha\ he is one ot the o•ners ot a lot ot land deeorib•d in the :t1ndlng ot the Board of Appra1eal Commissioners as containing one-eighth or an acre adJo1n1ng , the s-.itt Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail :trom L. e c. !ea4owe' store; that the lot has thereon a blaeksm1th on 15 x 21 x a, built out of ttle; that/said blaoksmith shop is a metal root in fair oond1tion; that under the said blaaksm1th ahop 1s a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an automobile repair shop 30 x 36 tee,, constructed out of concrete blocks. the height ot the said oonerete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches .. that on top ot the oonorete walle are to gables at front and back - tuJ.ly three teet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard; that sa1d _bu1lding rests upon a cement foundation; t hat it contains a concrete floor; that it ie coTered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there 1 a room 1n the building 16 16 feet by 11 feet 5 inches - -- ~ - - - - -'120 �tn eiee. made out of good luber; that there are thirteen w1ndowa in said buildinc; l> teet 6 inohes by 3 :teet 9 inches. and one large plate gle.es window 8 feet by 6 teet ; ei-raqed on the 1ns 1d• •o that the upper part ot the same could be out up into three rooms; th•~• ,re two big doors and tou.r small doors in said garagei aai d garage is wired for eleotr1oit7; t hat the lot on whioh \ h1s building stand.a has been used for the s ite ot a ble.oksm1th and atomob1le :repair shop tor ten years; that it 1s thirteen miles 1n one direction and tour and one-halt 111.les in the other d1Jtection to t he nearest oompet1ttr•e place ot businea•J that the situation of the extremely valuable as property is worth »•t•~Y makes it business sit•; that c,{he ,. least the 3 , 000.00 ; that · sa1d property is not for ea.le; and it is hereby requested that the same be omitted from i ht contemplated Park Area~ that the taking of this propert y would mean the depriving of one of the owners of the means of "~ _ making a living, t o- wit , E. E .. Jil?-ID • _ ·: ' : · ~ ~U (i?_, C2.. ci-zrartff Subao~1bt4 and eworn to ·beto;re me thia ?- [:t!s day o-f' September. 1932. : G:.&s.~o~ j �i I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of A. M. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to-wit: A. M. Gooden t his day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I res:J;de at Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , Septemb·er 24th , 1932 , I made a personal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmith s hop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , Virginia , the property of E. c. and E. E. Lam, and am of the opinion that it would cost $1643 . 88 to replace the cement block garage or automobile repair shop, and that it would cost ~367 . 49 to replace the tile blacksmith shop; that the lot on which the aforesaid buildings stand1 is worth ~500 . 00, the total value of said lot with the improvements thereon is therefore ~?~l_-L/_1..~--f-. I regard t his as a conservative estimate of the value oI· this lot with the improvements thereon . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September , 1932 . yz. �IN THE CI~CUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . ' The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs .' Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . , Affidavit of connection with ::., • \ • . :ensley to be read in -----------the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commiss ioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to - wit : 1 . L Hensley before me , this day personally appeared .i.I • .J • 0 • Gentry a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and bein g duly sworn deposes and says : I am 38 - ---- ;ears of age ; I am a contractor by occupation ; I reside near Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , September 24th , 1932, I made apersonal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmith shop situate at Swift Run in Rocki ngham County , Virg inia , the property of E. C. and E. E. Lam , and am of the opini on that it would cost ~ 1 , 743 . 00 to replace the cement block garage or automobile repair shop , and. that it would cost 320 . 00 <jj> u _ __ __ __ to replace the t i le blacksmith shop; that t he iot on which the aforesaid buildings stand is worth ~ 400 . 00 ; the total value of said lot with the improvements thereon is therefore :i 2 , 463 . 00 • I re gard this as a conservative estimate of the value of this lot with the improvements ther e on . Subscribed and sworn to before me ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'11-3 �1 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commissi on on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson At kins and others , and 52 , 501 ac r es of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of H. B. c. with the motion filed by E. C. Gentry to be read in connection and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg, to - wit : H. B. C. Gentry this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn de poses and says : I am 79 years of age; I am a real estate dealer and agent for fire insuranc e by occupation; I reside at Elkton , Virginia ; I am familiar with the lot of land improved by a garage or automobile re pair shop and bl acksmith shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , Virginia, owned by E. c. and E. E. Lam ; that considering the location of th e lot and its availability as a business s ite , it is , in my opinion , worth , a t a conservative estimat e , ~500 . 00; t hat I am not familiar with the costs of the construction of the building.# µ -,.'I--' wh ich ~ erected thereon, and therefor e can express no opinion ;:· as to ~alue . Subscribed and sworn to before me t h is 26th day of September , 1932 . ~ . G\-~ Notary Public . '-fl �I N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Developm,ent of the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham Cou.ng, Va. vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . To the Honorable H. w. S£F J-fW32 Bertram , Judge of said Court : The motion of E. c. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No . 368 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk ' s Office of said Court , that the lot of land situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. c. Meadows Store to be the property of the movant , was valued at onl y $1300 . 00 . The grounds of said motion are as follows : (1) That the price for said land and improvements is so manifestly inade quate and confiscatory , as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached and asked to be read in support of this exception, as to justify a finding that in arriving at such price the Board fell into some error , mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to which such price was made , or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board with reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the land and i mprovements does not give to the owner the present fair ~~~:Jti:oox~:i"rex:~-XJ'b;.~~~~x ~~ (3} That the findin g of said Board is , apparently , from the statements contained in its report , made , without �-2taking into considera tion, or at least without giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improveme nts thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavit s attached hereto and which are aske ~ to be read in support of t h is exc:eption ; (4} That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constitut ion of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensat ion;" (5} The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Constitut ion of Virginia, wherein it says: That the General Assembly of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensat ion. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM: COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson .Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. c. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of .Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 368. District of _-Oolum\)ia, City of E. c. Washington, ------ to-wit: ---------------- Lam this day personally appeared before me a Notary Public ----------------City aforesaid in the District for the in and of Columbia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: --------I am the owner of a lot of land, containing 38~6 -square feet, which borders the Spotswood Trail, which is now a hard surfaced road, and is improved by a filling station, consisting of a stone storeroom 14 x 00 feet, with front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet; over the whole building is a good metal roof, nearly new, inside the f illing station is a concrete floor; the filling station has four windows with two glass panes in each window, 30 inches x 1,,p,.rl- 30 inches, also two front windows with plate glass/59 inches x 72 inches in dimension, one door with glass therein 28 x 36 inches, five small windows above the plate glass windows, having three panes each, 10 x 21 inches in dimension, the front of the filling station over the pumps is ceiled with excellent pine lumber, and there are thirty-three electric lights in the filling station and in front over the gas pumps. On the lot on which the filling station stands, is one pump and two tanks (underground) the �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of E . E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the find.ings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with ima findings No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to - wit: E. E. Lam , brother of E. c. Lam , this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I have been in charge of the fillin g station for my brother, E. C. Lam, described in the findings No . 368, and have operated the said filling station for about three years , and while I have kept no accurate records of the business done by me , selling gas , oil , automobile accessories , cigars , candies, etc ., I feel that I am justified in saying that I consider the location of this filling station one of t he best on the Spotswoo d Trail, and in my opinion , the lot on which the filling station stands and whic h surrounds it and the filling st ation are worth, at a co nservative estimate, ~3 . 000 . 00 • I have not taken in account , in my estimation , the va lue of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on and under said lot . ~ . Subscribed Ntd sworn t o before me day of September, 1932 . :a" t h is ri Notary Public . �-2- property of E. E. and E. tank costing $75.00 . lot belonging to E. c. Lam, the pump costing $125.00 and the fhere is likewise another tank on the same c. Lam which cost $60.00 . There are two more pumps on the said lot and one tank (underground) which belong to Maphis & Chapman; that the location of this filling station near Swift Run Church, just before the ascent of the mountain is begu.n, and being the only filling station between that point and the top of the mountain some four miles away, makes it an extremely valuable property; that the income producing value because no accurate records have been kept of the same; of said property is hard to estimate/, that he .. nas been offered ~5,000.00 for said property; that the lot with the improvements thereon is worth at the lowest estimate ~J d d d .e o that the said property is not for sale; and I hereby request that the same be omitted from the contemplated Park Area. Subscribed and sworn to before me this , 1932. day of -------- _,,,,,,.,--.,,,...~ > I Notary Public. ,,t "' ' This is to certify that I took the above statement to E. c. Lam on th~7th day of September, 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospital Washington, D. c., and he read and signed the same, but the Hospital ' authorities would not allow me to get a Notary Public so that I might get his affidavit thereto. c;;, &. ~Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day E. E. Lam personally appeared before the undersigned , Teresa Sullivan, a Notary Pu.blic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and made oath that the foregoing statement is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of September, 1932. My commission expires March 20, 1935. T~C\__Notary~ Public. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and · Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginie. . Affidavit of A. M. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. Lam to have the findin ~s of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to - wit : A . M. Gooden this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and says: I, am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday , September 24 , 1932 , I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church , situate along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows' store , owned by E. C. Lam, and the said filling station , which is . constructed of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for less than ~1073 . 39 ; that the lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it , and which I am advised contains 3815 square feet , is in my opinion worth Jl , 000 . 00, that this makes a total estimate of ~2073 . 39 for the buildings and the lot , which I consider very conservative; that I have not taken in account, in my estimat±on ,rl the value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 1932 . Notary Public . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra L~wson Atk ins and others, and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rocki ngham County , Virginia . Affi davit of • •• ~ensley to be read in ------------connec t ion with the motion filed by E. c. Lam t o h ave the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connecti on with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to - wit : ~- . \. . ::enzley this day personally appeared before me , _~ _·1_._~_._J_._G_e_n_t_r_y________ , a Notary Public in and for the County af oresaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and says: I , am 38 years ----- of age; I am a contractor by occupation ; I reside near Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , September 24 , 1932 , I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church , sttuate along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows' store , owned by E. C. Lam , and the said filling station , which i s constructed of stone wi th a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet , supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for l ess tfuian $ 1127 . 0~ that t h e lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it , and wh ich I am advised contains 3815 square feet , is i n my opinion worth $ 1000 . 00 ---------------; $ 2 127 . 0C t hat th i s makes a total estimate of for the buildings and the lot , which I consider a very cons ervative figure ; that I have not taken in account , in my estimation , the value of the gasoline pumps and gas oline storage tanks on or under the said lot . Subscribed and sworn to before me this September , 1932 . £, -~-~--~~-__ _ x==,=/J=--,___.t;.,.;;._--'-;J---~~~---=---1---_- _~ N~o t~a-r_y _Pu ~ bl_i_c_. _ _ ~ _.._._ 3I_ �IN-THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,- VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia . Affidavit of H. B. c. Gentry to be read in connection with the motion filed 'Wftb the me~io~ by E. c. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonbu~g , to-wit: H.B . c. Gentry this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and Bays: I am 79 years of age; I am a dealer in real estate and fire insurance agent by occupation; I reside at Elkton , Virginia; I am familiar with the lot situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows ' store, improved by a filling station, and said to contain 3815 square feet, and have known the same for 50 years; that considering the location of the lot, said lot is in my opinion, ½Orth today at a conservative estimate ~1 ,000.00; that I am not familiar with the costs of the construction of such buildings as are erected thereon, and therefore can form no opinion as to their value. -,~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1932 . 26th . · ~otar~ �LAW OFFI CES E. DULANEY OTT HARRI SONBURG , VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING October 27 , 1933 . Honorable J. Robert Switzer Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Harrisonburg , Virginia . Dear Sir : Please summon for the defendants in the E. c. Lam and E. E. and E. c. Lam cases , set for hearing on Friday , November 3rd , 1933 , the following witnesses: Howard Hensley D. J. . Comer K. E. Comer W. E. Kite Very trul.y y ~ ' �CO:ttltONWFALTH OF' VIRGINIA , TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKiltGHAM'. COUNTY, GREETING: You are hereby cam:na,nded: to sUDDILOn Co J. Hensley , and H. B. c. Gentry, A. M. Gooden, L. A. Hensley , H. E. Monger ,/lo appear before the Beard ot Arbijra tors, at the Court House of Rodd.ngha.m 3d day of November, e ~ ~ , 1933, at 10 a. m.,. h t on a, Virgini County, to testU'y and the truth to say on behalf of Defenda nts in the condemn ation p:raoeed ings ot State Canmiss ion on Conserv ation. ~ and Developm ant o~ the State of Virginia v. E. c. Lam, and ~ ' , State Commiss ion on Conaerva tion and Developm ent of the State 1, 1 i-1 o-r Virginia v. E. E. and E. C, Lam. And have then and tha'.r'e this writ. In w11ness whereof , I hereunto set my hand aa ~ the Clerk o-r the Cir·cuit Court of Rockingh am County, Virgini a, at the Court House thereof, this, the 24th day ot October , lZ 3, and in the. 158th year of the J �. , •.. '' ~ ' . rmnm: r 0 mmo , t "l eiansH • ,. .I cno.f> ooD • • , a".ro d" ... ):r''I or a t • 1o b ' t nolt ·v~senoO no nol f>n .0 . 0 o ;t j n·be omc no.t.t 'Io lo • n uqo.f vea o ne qois .s .oo.t it .. • • b • • • 11 .S .irti: s .erl bn n rl rm ;toe. ct m1e-rerl I 0 Sri eau H v~UOO 9 b . ,£:r 10 ' .r;. ~ t -------'------------ ~ • erl �THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIl1GlNIA:: TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: .. You are hereby canmanded to sUlllllon Homrd Hensley, • • 0 • • t1 Cu ro D, Ao Com.er, K. K. Comer, and W. E. Kite, to appear before • r, 81 J · ~q.e Board of Arbi tra. tors, at the Court House of Rockingham. . °૽� County, Virginia~ on Friday, the M day of November, 1933, a ,10 ao m., to t-estify and the trltth to say- on behalf' of -~ J tlie Defend8.l11l.ts in the candemna.tiol't proceedings cit sti,a te. Com• c mission on Conservation and Development of the Stat1:1: 01' Vir- e . gini& v. E. c... c. Lam, and State Commission on Conservation and Development off the State of Virginia v. E. E. an.d E. C. Lam. And have then and there this wri to IN WI'lN:ESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set m.y hand, as the Clerk of' the Circuit Court of' Rockin~am.. County, Virginia, at the Court House tmreof, this, the 28th day of' October,. 193.3, and in the 158th year of the Connnonwealth . �: . r ......nm:v ~o HT.I ' ' > t:1 ti) • I?:! t"il • • t:r:10 • • ~~ & ~g - C 0 • - '!.ti! bn t-f aol~ev~s noO no nolealmu c • 3: • ..,.. . j" 1: .r.o ' ,, ~.s .tni: _J:.V t ~ WI D •V .e !al , l. l "I et .ej" ..... l: r,n.e lo ej" .o;t t .o . . ~ .. v ~ �THE COMMONWEAI; TH OF vmGmIA : TO THE Si!ERIFF OF ROCKiliGHAM COT.JNTYj GREETING: You are hereby· c cmmanded to summon .41;, CII.K • 1en1t ut»A L . H. Bruce to appea r bef'ore the: Board of Ar bitrators , at the . . . , " ~ ·dourt House of Rockingham :count Virginia , on Friday, ~ day of November , 1933 , at •10 a .,J , ,:, > •J ' tm 3d to testify and the truth j '' "to say on behal~ of the Defend~ . in the condemnat ion pro- .. ~, . tion and Dev._eIlopinent n on ' onserva of State Conmissrl,o V • ' ' ceedings 0 of the State of Vi rg inia v 1 • • S 1 E. c. ' ' Lam , and Stat e comci.iss,·1on on I Conservat ion and evelopmen t of the State of' Vi rg inia v :· E. E . i 0 c-< . ..... (;,; and E. c. Lam . And have then and the re this writ . ~~ IN wrrNESS WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand , as the. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , at the Court House thereof,. this, the ~ day o f " ~ l 9 3 3 , and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th . J.<tf~~ . , Clerk . u _'7-,P, ,r ~ , W . ~ r& 4 e/V "~ .Z-JJ/2 ~ ~ ~_z._~ ~ 4 : { f lc&~ ~ ~ · ~ ____.. .-/.:A"/e--a&_J);t;~ ~ rJ€ <ft ' ~ .~ ~ ' \ a �, ~ "r crnm .. OH 0 T '[O RT 0~ e .s uoY o_ ... H • . . 1 t--t ( ..,.c.cu:g-:r • rU u·r;t e .rt:t orm ~·u :ta oj ll> t:J C/.l • o l:.aj t.zj • • 1:.ajO • • [5 l:.aj • a • i . d" .t 'I t f:n.srl "l a.trf:t tea ojn1e~er l I rt.A ,~o UI • :t iBe mo . o:.) erlj lo 'I 91£ .cU8cI rft 1: .on.e �I" )I / / t • I THE CWMONWEALTH CF VffiGINIA: TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETlliG: You are hereby commanded to summon :j f H'ouse of Rockingham County, Vt~ginia, on Friday, the 3d day :l 0 '~. 0 HI J 'o'-r November , J ri--f . ~ 1933, at_ 10 a . say on behalf of m;, ~ to q . the Def'endants, . , in . testify and the truth to -i the condemna~io~>p~oce ed• "j o o ' i )lgs of State CommisS'ion on Conservation and Devielcrpme n t 01' ~ F . 0 ~ the State of Virginia v. E. c. Lam, and State Commission on "" Li g, Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. E. E .. . -~ .. ;:;> 0 Owen Maphis 1iP appear before the Board o!" 1~bitrator-s, at the Court E-t 0 c. J ') l--11-1 ti ro t:,;j -1 ~ j b:! .i. (" and E. C. Lam. And have then and there this Writ. IN WI'.INESS WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand, a.s the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia , at the Court House thereof, this, the 2d day or November, 1933, and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th. f.J. In per son . l.1 �,. • ~ HTI.i t!I-DfiIV .. fil 1DWI}I,...Ofi '[O T\IImUi o llrr e arl i.l'"IIJOD S ~;t :t B c a r.Lo .t ~.ab b"' orl;t t~nbl•r'[ no ·r;J- .i: .. ..,. .O'I.BC' ~ .., rl.-'- s.i:n.J:_~f J ~ -bssoo~1 ~1c,." o ;tn~. ;t DIIB 'i'.tj"ao;t OJ ~! e: fi, "°- wsonoo '!I-~ , .d:t .n:1: uoY .r.seqg 13 (~ 'I o"l:ed .er .ae'.J: t:1S SVOW" 'li ! ~ 1 o 1:ferled rro al: o~ aj" ;t '.to a o.a: 8 o o bn.e noiif ,ev " .sJ . O 1-. J:j~ ·= m J..6 ~ ~ t_:rj e .trl:t e rerl.t bn,e n erU evEri tn srl;t e.s t bn"'Ii 'lffi j"ea o:trr11e'I rt I ;t, i:t'IJJOO ;t '!.00 erfj 1:0 lr.rc"!.i:0 end' 'i' o i'I elO .00,C I.ifflaJ. erf.j' II£ . oa, Q ~ I 11:035!~11!., e.mIVIT'I. MI .eln.ta .tv , ·:;t.ru100 msrt}nhlooFl 'io . rU lBSWr!O t:df a~1i~ . o . H . v .e.tru: 'I.tV :to e:tst3 e i ~i f • • o~o t 'Ie <:j ~ s ft ~~ .c:uc~:~ .. n.s no.t;t.ev~ee%o~ rro a no nolc..e.: •.wioQ e:t.s.t~ bna ~m.s..I OT r :;t.s , c;eel • ~ .s.d~nl:ioo5I 1:o ~'V::ts.r'u,!=' o ~~ o;t rl.;ti:'I..:. S'I.S i10m nl Di."!.6 0 • �W. O. May J. P . Hockman Page County C• J • Hensley A. M. Gooden / 0 ie~J~ ~,i, ~.~ ~. It~ L. .A . Hensley H. E . Monger around El kton flt) �'l'IIE CO ff ONIVEALTH OF Vli:1Gl1IIA : 'ro THill SIII!llIFF OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, G EETING: You uro hereb y commanded to sUlllD.on A. M. Goodon to appea r botor o the Board of Arbi trato rs, at the Court Houoo or Rockine;ha.m Coun ty, Virgi nia. , on ~Tida .y, the 3d day of November , 1 933 , at 10 a . n ., to testi fy and 1ilo truth to y on behnl .f of tho Do:fondants in the oondemna- t1on proco oding o of State Co.nm ission on Conso rva ti on and Devel opme nt of the Stato of Virgi nia v . E. O. Lam, and on Sta to Commis.sion~onso rvati on und Development of tho Sta.ta of Virgi nia v . E. E . nd E. c. Lrun. And ho.ve then an:l the.re this i/r1 t . IN th IT.t-l:E$S ~O F, I hereu nto oet my hand, as Clerk of tho C1rou i t Court of Rocldne;hnm Count y , V1xg1 n1a, at tho Court House 'there of, this, the 28th day or Ootob or. 1933• o.nd in the 158th year of the Commonwealth . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Clork . �,,. ! ' IN. THE C.IRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. f rt:t ~ The State Commission on Conservation and Development filed In the Cl~l'l,1§ 1Jrne@ of the State of Virginia Rockingham NOV ff 1932 1829 Vs. County, Va, Orf~b',, ~Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fifty-t~Chousana , five hundred and sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less o.f land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Written Statement made by E. E. and E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932, and in response thereto, the said E. E. and E. c. Lam respectfully state that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, improved by a garage or repair shop and blacksmith shop, the ownership of which is claimed by them, and with reference to which they have filed their objections, is believed by them to be the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the Appraisal Commissioners to be the lot owned by them, and to contain one-eighth of an acre, being tract No . 81, adjoining the Swift Run Gap Church and being on the opposite side of the Spottwwood Trail from L. c. 1:eadows' Store, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioners , but in as much as neither on the y,--- map filed with ·the report , nor ; the exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioners is shown the boundary lines of the said tract of land, or the square feet contained as well as the square feet contained in saiSt in said lot, the said boundary linesfare herewith shown by a plat ~ herevvi th filed, marked "Exhibit Plat" , which is asked to be read as a part hereof . These boundary lines were obtained by 7o �• u.8. CHCtRCH l. fJ T •t" 0 ~ 0 E.E,,-.E .C.LAM C. ON , £.~.,- <) l' t" St;· F7: ,"t • ,, t ·r ,,...,.. E.C, LAM PLAT OF,..£.C . J.. A M'S LOT JITUAT EO ON THE. S.VV. .SID£ OF THIE OL.O SWlr-r RUNG-A P VI R G- IN I A $ W I FT R U N ROAP I �-2- a survey of said land this day made by A. R. Myers, Surveyo~. Given under our hands this 8th day of November, 1932. ' (... 1 �I ) I t VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI'Y. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOP?ENT OF THE ST.\TE OF VIRGINIA filed in the Clerk's Office v• Rockingham County, Va. CASS.ANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, t, 0\' tJ 1932 more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. / / 1-J · ~ ~ Clerk Statement Illi:l.de this 8th day of November, 1932, by A. L. Moubray and J. F. Moubray, in response to an order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. Your responden ts say that they are the owner& of a tract or around one hundred and one acres of land lying east of Yancey about a mile and a half to two miles, in what is known as Piney Gap, which is a tract of land obtained by exceptant s from the executors of the estate of John E. Roller, deceased, which tract of land is also known as the Sipe Tract, and is nwnbered as No. __.l.__.l~a~l~o_ _upon the map filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners forthis district; and that said land adjoins the lands of Yancey, Charles Cat lett, Trustee, and others. And exceptant s pray that their exception o be sustained , and that they be granted the relief prayed for by them in their exception s filed in said suit. And having fully answered, they will ever pray, etc. ~ .o ~ Counsel �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Defendants . Cassandra Lawson .Atkins , et als . etc . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virgin :ia On this , the !'Ld day of au..~ , 1934 , came E. E . and E . C. Lam by counsel , and on~eir motion , leave is given them to file their application for the payment to for tract No . ---------the award set out in the judgment of them of the sum of $ 2009 . 80 81 , the amount of condemnation for tract No . 81 , the amouht thereof having been heretofore paid into court ; and it appearirg to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause , and in the petition for heretofore judgµient and condemnation/ entered herein 1 111mIJH1illffm HllllflfiJHHIHiHH that in the op i lil.ion of the petitioners , the said E. E. and E . c. Lam a r ~ invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to t rt e said tract of land No . 81 , and that the record 6~ this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said tract No . 81 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , and that the said E . E. and E. C • Lam are tterefore entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said tract No . 81; and it further appearing to the court that all truces ,d ue or pays ble on said tract No . 81 have been paid, upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sum of ;,p 2009 . 80 for tract Fo . 81 paid into Court by petiti oner as just compensation for said tr~ct be paid unto E . D. Ott , attorney for said E. E- and E. c. Lam , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to \ /0 �- 2- transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto E. said E . E . and E. c. n. Ott , Attorney for Lam the said sum of ~· 2009 . 80 ----- ---- the amount of said award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said lot of land with the improvements thereon above designated , taking from said E . D. Ott , Attorney for said E. E. and E. C. Lam , a receipt therefor , and certifying such payme nt to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . Enter ll �\ \ \ \ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC KI NGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin i a Petitioner VS • Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . Defendants . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia Your petitioners , E . E. and E. c. Lam , respectfully represent: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of t h e state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin i a the fee simple estate in that certain lot of land with the improvements thereon , numbered as follows , Tract No . 81 ----=---- , 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 set out in the said judgment as constitut i ng the award therefor as follows ; award for tract No . $ 2009 . 80 ------- ; 81 that the said State Commission on Conservation and Development has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum set out in said judgment as constituting the award for the fee si mple estate in said lot of land with the improvements thereon; that the undersigned petitioners on the date of the said judgment in rem condemnin g the said lot of 1 and with the improvements thereon were the owners of the said land in fee simple; that no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Your petitioners further show the Court that all taxes against said property have been paid to and including the year 1933 , and they herewith file certificates to that 12- �- 2- effect from M. E . Harrison , Treasure r of Rockingh am County , Virginia , and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County , Virginia , which certific ates are prayed to be read as a part hereof , said certific ates are marked "Exhibit Certific ate No . l" , and "Exhibi t Certific ate Wherefo re your petition ers pray that they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in this proceed ing , and that an order may be entered. in this proceed ing for the distribu tion of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constitu ting the award for the fee simple estate in said lot of land with the improvem ents thereon condemn ed as aforesai d, and for the payment to the or their attorney of record, undersig ne~/of the sajQ award ; and that your petition ers may have such other , further and general relief as the nature of the case may require . State of Virginia , City of Harrison burg , to- wit: -.--- This,.....da~.1 · E. Lam persona lly appeared before me , ~ , a Notary Public in and for t h e ~ of Harrison burg in the State of Virginia , in my City aforesai d , and being duly sworn , deposes and says : that I have read. the above petition , and. state that the matters of fact containe d therein are true to the best of my knowledg e and belief . Given under my hand this / .2./{ day of :ray , 1934 . . I~ ~ Subscrib ed. and sworn to before me--ci;in my C~ aforesai d. this .J_l__day of -1li 1934 . 7 , T9::c½:lLNotary ~ Public . • /3 �- 3- v:;-J ~ ' ~ of ~ ,If of This day E. c!½-- t.,__ 1-;J, to-wit: c~ c. Lam personally appeared before me ,., a ~ 0 /). Zc -~-"--~- - - - ~ ._ .. _._ ._ _. ~if .:-.c-·_ ~_ a Notary Public in and ,0 for the ----; ~ i-._ ------- of ~ C-e of e_ a , 7 , in the I{- ~·.s;c.14_ &--. ~ ~ · c........ , in my aforesaid , and being duly sworn , / deposes and says : That I have read the above petiti on, and state that the matters of fact contained therein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief . Given under my hand this - / ~/,{ day of !lay , 1934 . Subscr ibed to before me in my aforesaid this I ;). 35----. - - - - - -a-y-, 1934 . IV �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA May 2nd, 1934 To Whom It May Concern:I hereby certify that the record of my off&ce shows that E. E. & E. c. Lam have paid the taxes for the year 1933 on their tract of land, 20 poles, situated in Stone wall District, County of Rockingham. Given under my hand this 2nd day of May,. 1934 Trea surer ofRockingha'iii_ County. I // IS �State of Virg inia Coun ty of Roe ki.ngham, to-w it: I, J. Robe rt Switz er, Clerk of the Circu it Court ds in my of Rockingham Count y do hereb y certi fy tha t the recor of tract the st again offic e do not show any delin quen t taxes Qoun ty, ngham Rocki rict, 20 poles of land situa te in Stone wall Dist Lam. asses sed in the name of E. E. and E . c. Given under my hand this 22d day of May, 1934. urt of RockClerk of the Cirou i t nia.. Virgi ty, Coun m ingha ' o. .-'-_ ;;;;.. ::;.H ~ ~~ --._..;..~ . --. -_· ~·.i,:L ~ K. )l �LAW OFFIC ES E. DUL ANE Y OTT HARRI SONBU RG, VA. F I R S T NAT IO N AL B ANK B U I LD r NG �lli THE CIRetrIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County,Va. Sep 28 1932 J.Robert Switzer,Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. To the Honorable H. W. Bertram, Judge of said Court: On motion of E. C. and E. E. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal commissioner s heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No . 81 of its findings as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court that the 1/8 acre lot of land improved by a garage or repair shop and blacksrni th shop found by the said Board to be the property of the movants, situate in Rockingham. County, · was valued at only $1500 .00. (1) The gro unds of said motion are as follows: That the price for said land and improvements is so manifestly inadequate and confiscatory , as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached, and asked to be read in support' of this exception, as to justify a finding, that in arriving at such price the Board fell into some error, mistake or misapprehens ion of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to wh i ch such price was made, or some mistake of law as to t he nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board with reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the land and imDrovements does not g ive to the owners the present fair market value of the same; does not take into consideration the fact that one of the owners will be deprived of this method of making a living; ,3) That the finding of said Board is apparently, from �-2- the statements contained in its report, made without taking into considera tion, or at least withcmt giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improveme nts thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavit s attached hereto and which are asked to· be read in support of this exception ; (4) That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constituti on of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensat ion"; (5) The finding of said Board violates Secticn. 58 of the Code of Virginia, wherein it is said~ That the General Assembly of Virgi nia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensat ion. E. C. Lam E. E. Lam By Counsel E. D. ott Counsel. 5 �l' I, ' I ! l .r l.) ./ i IN THE CIRCUIT COORT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawron Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. C. tam to be read in connectio n with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings or the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners disapprove d in connectio n with its finding No. 81. District of Columbia City of Washingto n, to-wit: E. C. Lam this day personally appeared before me _____ _____ __ a Notary PJ).blic in and for the City aforesaid in the District of Columbia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood 'l 'rail from L. c. Meadows, store; that the lot has there on a blacksmith shop 15 x 21 x 8, built out of til e; that on said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition ; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation ; that on said lot there is also an automobil e re pair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructe d ou t of concrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches- that on top of t h e concrete walls are two· gables at fmt and back - fully three feet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherbo ard; that said building rests upon a cement foundation ; t h at it contains a concrete floor; that it is covered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there is a room in the building 15 feet by 11 feet 5 i nches in size, made out of g ood lumber; that there are thirteen �-2- windows in said building; 5 feet 6 inohes by 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same cruld be cut up into three rooms, there are two big doors and four small doors in said garage; said garage is wired for electricit y; that t h e lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobil e re pair shop for ten ·years; that it is thirteen miles in one directiot'}6 nd four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competito~ s place of business; that the situation of the prop erty makes it extremely valuable as a business site; that at the least the pro pert y is worth $30 00.00; t hat said p rop erty is not for sale; and it is hereby requested that the same be omitted frcm the contemplat ed park Area. E. C. Lam Subscribe d and sworn to before me this day of September , 1932. ---- Notary Fublic Th is is to certify that I took the above statement to E. c. Lam on the 27th day of ~eptember , 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospital., r as hington, D. C. and he read and signed the same, but the rtospital. authoritie s would n ot allow me to get a Notary Public so that l mi ght get his affidavit thereto. E. E. Lam Virginia, City of H~rrisonb urg, to-wit: This day E. ~. Lam personally appeared before the undersign ed, Teresa Sullivan, a ~otary ~ublic in and for the City a f oresaid in the State of Virgi nia, and made oath that the fore going statement is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of September , 1932. Teresa Sullivan Notary ?'u61lc. My rommiss i on exp ires March 20, 1935. 1 �,• ,' l ' t.__ ,, ( IN THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF ROCKINGHAM OJUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed · by E. C. and E. ~. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 81. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: E. E. Lam this day p ersopally appeared before me Teresa Sullivan a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State .of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C. Meadows• store; that the lot has thereon a blacksmith shop 15 x 21 x 8, built out of tile; t hat on said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an aitomobile repair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructed rut of co,ncrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches t hat on top of the concrete walls are two gables at front and back fully three feet high ; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard; t hat said building rests upon a cement foundation; tha t it contains a concrete floor; t hat it ls convered with a metal roof, nearly new; t hat t here is a room in the building 15 feet by 11 feet 5 inches in size, made rut of good lumber; that there are thirteen windows in said building ; 5 feet 6 inch es by 3 feet 9 inches, 8 �-2- and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same could be cut up into three rooms; thate are two big doors and four small doors · in said garage; said garage is wired for electricity; that t he lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobile repair shop for ten years; that it is thirteen miles in one direction and four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competitor's place of business; that the situation of the property makes it extremely valuable as a business site; that at the least the p roperty is worth $ 3,000.00; that said pro perty is mt for sale; and it is hereby re~uested that the same be omitted fro m the contemplated park Area; t hat the taking of this pro perty would mean the depriving of one of the owners of the means of making a living, to-wit', E. 1;!;. Lam E. E. Lam Subseri bed and sworn to before me th is 28th dey of September, 1932. Teresa Sullivan Notary rublic �\ IN THE CIBCUIT CQJRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGI NIA . The State Commi s si on on Co nse rva ti on and Devel opme nt of the State of Virg inia vs . Cassa ndra Lawson Atkin s and other s , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rocki ngham Count y , Virgi nia . Affid avit of A. M. Gooden to be read in conne ction ngs wlth the motio n filed by E. c. and E. E . Lam to have the findi ct ion of the Board of Appra isal Comm ission ers disap prove d in conne with its findi ng No . 81 . State of Virgi nia, City of Harri sonbu rg, to-w it: A. M. Gooden this da~ perso nally appea red befor e me , Teres a Sulli van, a Notar y Publi c in and for the City afore said in the State of Virg in ia, and being duly sworn de poses and says: I a m 51 years of age; I am a contr actor by occupation ; , I resid e at Elkto n , Virgi nia; O~ Satur day , Septe mber 24th , 1932 l made a perso nal inspe ction of the garag e or autom obile sepai r Count y , shop and black smith shop situa te at Swift Run in Rocki ngham Virgi nia, the pro perty of E. c. and E. ~ . Lam , and am of the femi.:traopini on t hat it would cost $1643 . 88 to rep!A ce the ~½ie- e-3:ael uld eemen t block garag e or autom obile repai r shop , and that it V'D cost $367 . 49 to repla ce the tile black smith shop; that the lot on wh i ch the afore said build ings stand is worth $ 500 . 00 , the fore total val.ue of said lot with the impro vemen ts there on is there the value $2511 . 37 . I regar d this as a conse rvativ e estim ate of of this lot with t he impro vemen ts there on . A. M. Gooden , 1932 . Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 26th day of Septe mber Teres a Sulli van. Notar y Publi c )0 �IN THE cmctrIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State commission on Conservation and Development of the State of' Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virg inia . Affidavit of L. A. Hensley to be read i n connection with the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the fi ndings of the Board of i ppra.isal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . state of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to- wit: L. A. Hensley this day personally appeared before me , H. B. c. Gentry a Notary Public i n and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 38 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside near Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday, September 24th , 1932, I made a personal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmiPh shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham Co unty, Virginia, the property of E. C. and E. ~ . Lam , and am. of the opinion that it would cost $1 , 743 . 00 to re place the cement block garage or automobile repair shop, and that it would cost $320.00 to replace the tile blacksmith shop; that t he lot on which the aforesaid buildings stand is worth $400 . 00; the total value of said lot with the improvements there on is therefore $2 , 463.00 . I regard this as a conservative estimate of the value of this Lot with the improvements thereon . L. A. Hensley Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of September, 1932 . II �IN· THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State commiss ion on Conserva tic:n and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. Cassand ra LawS'.ln Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingh am county, Virgini a. Affidav it of .tl. B. c. Gentry to be read in co.nnect ion with the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners disappro ved in connect ion wit h its finding No. 81. State of Virginia City of Harris on burg, to-wit: H.B. C. Gentry this day persona lly appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesa id in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 79 wears of age; I am a real estate dealer and agent for fire insuranc e by occupat ion; I reside at Elkton; Virginia ; I am familiar with the lot of land improved by a garage or automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingh am county,V irginia, owned by E. c. and E. E. Lam; that conside ring the location of the lot and its availab ility as a business site, it is, in my opinion, worth, at a conserv ative estimate , $500.00 ; that I am not familia r wit h the costs of the constru ction of the building s which are erected thereon, and therefor e can express no opinion as to their value. H. B.C. Gentry Subscrib ed and sworn to before me this 26th day of Septemb er, 1932. Teresa sull i van Notary !>ublic I 2- ��IN THE crnarIT CCXJRT OF ROCKili GH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development Filed in the Clerk's Office of the State of Virginia Rockingham County, Va . Nov . 8 , 1932 1829 vs . J . Robert Switzer, Clerk fifty - two thrusand, and Others, and Atkins Cassandra Lawson more or less acres, 561} , (152 ~e five hundred and sixty. Virginia county, of land in Rockingham Written Statement made by E. E. and E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above en titled cause on October 25, 1932 . In a:>mpliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 , and in response thereto, the said E . ~. and E . C. 1am respectfully state that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, im proved by a garage or repair show and blacksmith shop, the ownership of which is claimed by them, and with reference to which they __ have filed their a.bjections , is believed by them to be the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the Appraisal Commissioner s to be the lot owned by them, and to contain one - eighth of an acre, being tract No . 81, adjoining the Swift Run Gap Church and being on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C.Meadows• Store, as shown and cblinea ted on the map filed vr i th the re po rt and exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioner s, but in as much as neither on t he map filed with the report, nor on the exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioner s is shown the boundary lines of the said tract of land, or the square feet contained in said lot , the said brundary lines as well as the square feet contained in said lot are herewith shown by a plat herewith f'iled , marked "Exhibit Platn, whic h is asked to be read as a part hereof . These boundary lines were obtained by a survey of said land this day made by A.H. Myers, Surveyor . Given under our hands this 8th day of November, 1932 . E. E. Lam Ott E. D. E. C. Lam Counsel l'f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserv ation and Development of the s tate of Virginia Vs. ) 1829 · Cassand ra Lawson Adkins and Others. Re: E. E. and E. c. Lam olaim. Stateme nt in writing called for by Judge Philip William s, Chai~an of the Board of Arbitra tors by letter of August 8, 1933, in which it is asked to give (1) The grounds of your exceptio ns, expecia lly in so far as they raise any question as to damages or of the value of lands and improvem ents sought to be oondemned. (2) The number or numbers of the tract or tracts shown on the various county ownersh ip maps filed in said proceed ings which are claimed by you or in which you claim an interes t. (3) The authorit y of Counsel to act in these proceed ings. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (1) referenc e is first made to the grounds of said exceptio n, which are set out in said exceptio n. To state the matter of the exceptio n in a general way, E. E. and E. c. Lam contend t hat the finding of the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners allowing them the amount of $1500.00 for their property consisti ng Qf a lot containi ng 2880 square feet, situate near Swift Run Church, im~oved by a garage or automob ile shop and blacksm ith shop, and being on the opposite side of the Spotswoo d Trail from L. c. Meadows' store, the blacksm ith shop thereon being 15 x 21 x 8 feet built out of tile with metal roof, and the Slltomob ile repair shop thereon being 30 x 36 feet constru. oted of concrete blocks with metal roof', nearly new, this being the site of an automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop for ten years. and being the only automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop for thirteen miles in one directio n and :f'our and onehalf miles in the other directio n, is not just compens ation. E. E. and E. c. Lam say that the amount of 15 �-2- $1Q00.00 allowed them by the Appraisal Board was not such a sum as would put them in as good a position pecuniarily as they would have -..en . in if their property had not been taken; neither was it such an amount as would be a full and perfect equivalent o~ the property taken; neither did such amount take into consideratio n the income prducing value of the property. The amount of , 1500.00 was not Just compensation for said property as can be readily seen on the inspection of said property, and from the affidavits filed by E. c. Lam, E. E. Lam, A. M. Gooden, contractor, L.A. Hensley, contractor, and H.B. c. Gentry, real estate man. Answering Paragraph No. (2) - the number of the tract shown on the County ownership map filed in the condemnation proceedings claimed by E. E. and E. is c. Lam a1. Answering Paragraph No. (3), there is affixed to this statement the authority of counsel to speak for E. E. and E. O. Lam. �To Judges Williams, Alexander and Bertram, Arbitrators appointed by the Governor of Virginia in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed b·y the undersigned and the State Commission on Conservation and Development. This is to certify that ~have employed as counsel, E.D. Ott of Harrisonburg, Virginia, to represent the undersigned with reference to the tract of land owned by the undersigned, and designated as No. _s-_,____ on the County ownership map filed in the proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins, eto. (a case pending 1n the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia) in all proceedings before the above mentioned arbi trato·rs touching said tract of land. 17 �• LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTTHARRISONBUBO, VA . f'"tRST NATIONAL SANK BUI LDING �f LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. ---.-i FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING / 1,,_.Q_ 1-t;t;:__ ts~ ... . ,-· - -- c~-c:~ 5~ ~~~~~~ ~ s tak- 1 11,0~~ ~) --- - - ~===-~ =====----=::-:=-=--====~--:=_-=----~- ~ -~--~- (_ ~--c;,_~ • ~ J cJ,,._, �\ .) Claim of_ _ _ E_._C_._L_am ___________________________ In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, No. l 829 , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins and Others and 52.501 acres more or less, of land in Rockingham 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 Jilin2" 1of ~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of Roc.K: n&-'-am _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is E. C. Lam My post office address is 1430 W Street,N . W. Apt. 20,Washington,n.c. I claim a right, title, est ate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about 2880 Square f'eact-e~n which there are the following buildings and improvements :_ _a_n_au_t_o_m_o_b_i_l_e_g_ar_,a_g_e_o_r_r_·e---'p=--------a_i_r_ m._ :_o__,p, ,______ and a blacksmith shop 4i This land is located a1bout miles from Virginia, in Elkton the Stonewall Magisterial District of the said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this s pace 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 a'h.ove, 1 1 .. , 1 t The land owners adjacent to the above descri'bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: North' -_ __ _,,,..._..,__'-f-.-+-r.-,oo..__- - - - -- -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -- - Sout.,.__=------=,----- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - East,_-----:=--:-:::---=---=---:--::--------:,-,------=--- , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I acquired my right, title, or estate or interest to this property about the year_ __ __.·n the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- -- -- - I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- - -- - -.,l....,,.,"' I am the owner of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _acres of land adjoining the above descrirbed tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of land 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 pra,c Ucable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds.) Remarks :_ _u.u.....-~..i:..--,,;,.-.....,.;.........,._.,,1;..,i......,.....\,,\.---4.-::----loi,,.....i;J--_,,,.,.~J.Jn.....;;~H'll~-Mi~- -- - - - - _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back.) Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached h er eto) this of ,. -Ct , ~3- . STATE OF VlRGINIA, COUNTY OF - -,-'-.:,--..,,'--.:---ct-t; ""'....~ u:rr<m 16tn day - - - - - - - - -- - , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that~- -- ------......,,-------- - -- - the a'bove named claimant personally appeared befor:! hiiff an1t'rtiade oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the be of my knowledge and belief, this 1 16th 7 day of X \l bt • , 193_ . or 2. �THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. Vs. CASSANDRA LAWSON ADKINS AND OTHERS, AND 52,501 ACRES MORE OR LESS OF LAND IN ROCKINGHAM , COUNTY, VIRGINIA. NO. Re; 1829 Statement of E. E. and E. (Arbitration) Filed in the Clerk's Qffl~ AT LAW. c. Rockingham County, Va. AUG ola"j933 Lam, OWners ~L!:.,...hJ./ark (7~ li'l9 We, E. E. and E. c. Lam are the 3oint_ in fee simple owner-;;;/ of a lot of land shown on the county owner; ship map filed in the condemnation proceedings as No. 81, which contains 2880 square feet; the value , and the value of the -----, making a improvements thereon is ~600.00 of which lot is ~oo .oo - -----the total aggregate vaJ.ue of the lot with , which we consider Justly thereon of ~000 .00 due us for said property. improvements Se.id lot adJoins the filling station property owned by E. c. Lam, individually, on the east, and is situate almost on the Spotswood Trail near where you begin the ascent of the Blue Ridge Mountain; there is thereon a blacksmith shop 15 feet 5 inches x 21 feet 2½ inches x 7 feet, built out of tile, roofed with galvanized metal, in good condition, set on a cement foundation, having one door in the end about 12 feet wide and 7 feet high, built out of good lumber, and two doors on the sides of the shop 3 feet wide x about 6} feet high; on said lot there is also an au.tomobile repair shop or garage 35 feet 2½ inches x 30 feet x 9 feet 8 inches, constructed of concrete building blocks; that the building is on a cement foundation, has a concrete floor with a nearly new roof, constructed of gal.vanized metal; that the ,~ �-2- building has two gables 30 feet x 12 feet in center, the gables being oo nstru.cted of galvanized metal; the garage has an office room. 15 feet x 11 feet 5 inches, There are thirteen windows sealed with No. l lumber. in said building 5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet x 5 f e~t. There is an upper floor of which the su.pporting timbers are all swung from the roof, and the studdi thereon for three rooms. ~ has ~been set At both the front and back end of the bu.ilding is one folding door about 12 feet in width x 9 feet 8 inches in height, on a track. There are four small doors, 2 feet 8 inches x 6 feet 8 inches, located at various points in the building. Said garage is wired for electricity. The above property has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobile repair shop for ten years. and it is thirteen miles in one direction and four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competitor's place of business. The situation of said property makes it extremely valuable as a business site. We respecttu.lly ask the A~bitrators for the opportunity to be heard orally with witnesses for the purpose of su.bstantiatill8 the reasonableness of our claim. · Owners. Io'j �-3- State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary l?'u.blic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, E. E. and E. c. Lam who made oath that the facts set out in the foregoing statement are true to the best of their knowledge and belief. Given under my hand this _£4th::. day of .August, 1933. ~ l~~ Notary Public My commission expires on the 20th day of March , 1935. 110 �STATEMENT OF ~ I E. O. AND E. E. LAM (ARBITRATION) <. \ LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT HABRI SONBURO, VA, ft-RST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING �fi\ed in the C\ rk'-s O c jQCking ~am Couolyt Va SE LAM , E . C. and E. E . 1 \933 81 ROCIITNGHAM COIDifTY I1 RE . ... iiIBI'.1.1It1:..·i1IUN aG- EEI.ful/J:S submitted to the Governor ar1s1ng iL or out of Condemm.,tion proceedings pendin:_: in the Circuit Court of Virginia under a.uthori ty of the Shen· ndo· _ r~ation2l park ._.,ct . OF PETITION'Eil : EXC:LPT.l. ITS : Lam , ORIGINAL CL._II.I : VALUE PLACED TR ... C • C. and E . E . 1,.creage Lot : Value w5 , 177 . 92 : rnc . Damages , None ! TR... CT BY fl:Til'IONER t S i.PPR. ISERS : VI.LUE NO . ~ 81 BO .. .RD OF 1, 300 .oo INCIDEI:TAL D 1 !.AGES 1:one co:.r.ussIONERS FINDI .GS : MAP NUUBER OJf TR CT : 81 VALUE OF '11RACT : 'ER J..CT ·JO . : 81 VJ.LUE $1, 500 . 00 IliCIDElifT.i.:1.L DJJ.lAGES 1rone 112.. �The basic differences between Petitioner and these exceptants are as t o the classifi cati on and value of the land, and improvements and buildings . Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner ' s appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substa ntially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above t a bles in this case . As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptants' statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the re cord and a copy of this Work Sheet is submi tted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired. ~·' Subscribed to and veri fied before me this the Q__day of Sept ember, 1933 0 113 �..... ( .J. ROBERT SWITZF.:Fl ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. �COMMONWEALTH OF VIRG INIA, TO THE SHER IFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: . '- You are hereb y commanded to summon C... J. He·ns l ey, A. M. Good en, L.A . Hens ley, H. E. Monge r, and H.B . c. Gent ry, to appe ar befo re the Board of Arbi trato rs, at the Cour t Hous e of' Rock ingha m Coun ty, Virg inia, on the ~...d cl~ 9:r-.. . ,No'Vembe r;, 1re,3 , at 10 a. m., to testi fy and the truth to say on beha lf of Defe ndan ts in the cond emna tion proc eedin gs of State Ccmm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia v. E. c. Lam, and State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopment of the Sta. te of Virg inia v. E. E. and E. c. Lam. Am have then and there this writ . In witn ess wher eof, I here unto set my hand as the Clerk of the Circ uit Cour t of Rock ingha m Coun ty, Virg inia, at the Cour tHou se there of, this, the 24th day of Octo ber, 1933 , and in the 158th yea.r of the Commonweal th. After Five D ays Return to H.B. C . GEN TRY Dealer in Real Estate, I nsurance, Collectio ns D eeds, Contract s and Wills ELKTO N, VA. Mr .J.Ro bert Sw itze r Clerk of Cour t -- Harri sonb urg Va. �LAW OFFIC ES / E. DUL ANE Y OTT HARR ISON BURG , VA. FIRST NATIO NAL BANK BUILD ING T{ .L sf i:1 1_ ~6 -1 '1 -~ , tr~~f ~ ~~~ I i I ~ ~ ~ 1- Lfu-. ot zb _ 1110~~ ;r~r f~<>-- ~)~ ~ '- c ~ �/ �V IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROG _ ING-HAM COUNTY , VIRGIJli.JJ. . State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Devel0pme nt of the State of Virginia Vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52 , bOl acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . This is to certify that E. E. and E. c. Lam who have filed exception s to t he report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners appointe <1 in the above styled proceedin gs within the time prescribed by law , have agreed to submit any and all questions a risinP in the course of said proceedin gs as to damages and values of land and improveme nts sought to be condemned therein , belong ing to them, jointly , to arbitratio n in accordance with the arbitratio n agreement proposed by the Governor -.. & . -~ ; _ ~ ~ c . _ ~ on July 18 , 1933 , t h is a nul ying to tract of land/beloh ginR to the undersigne d , designated as No . f-/ on the County ownership map filed in the above syled proceedinr cs . ~~ I~ / Given under~ hand.3 t h is f.2:!:._ day of It ~ - r 1933 . filed In the Clerk's Offloe ~ .-IX(. Rockingham County, Va. NOv & 1938 1-*7~ ~ l !erk / I �' l ... r Qtnmmnntnraltq nf llirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA . JOHN M, PURCELL May 25, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Thi s is to certify that I, J . M. Purce ll, Treasurer of Virginia have this 25 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 5/23/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia ....Vi.....~....s..,.o"""n.__.A&Ct....k....i....n....,.s_________ =a vs . ----------'c""'a=s=s=an=d,.,.r,., a"'---'L E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. E. and E. c. Lam First National Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Virginia $2 ,009.80 being in full set tlement of tract #-8_1_ _ :paid t 0 in the above mentioned cause. �Qlnmmnuwtalt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 25., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E . E . and E . Firs t National Bank Building Harrisonb urg, Virginia c. Lam Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 , 009 . 80 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county incrham Of- -Rock -- ~o ~ - - - - - entered on the 23rd day of __M_a_y~_ _ l93_!_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v ___ ___C~a_s_s_a~nd_r_a_ L_a_v_v_s_o_n_ A_t_k_i_ · n_ s _ _ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as #- ~6-1~- - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-c-and-e-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. C. & E. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Adj Swift Run Church Lot Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 81 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6f2b20baa2e02b9000574245acb0ad5e.pdf dc9b278728a0f765fd976eca9f3c19ff PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #96 - Lam, E . E . Number of Acres: 3 Location: Swift Run, and entirely within the Park area . Roads: Spotswood Trail , hard surface , three miles to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility . No timber- all cleared . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: DWELLING- -Fra.me , 16x24 1 , 3 rooms, 2 ceiled, no porch .-- . Spring vm ter Metal roof i brick flue , occupied by owner . Fair condition 1, paper roof , fair supply; so id foundation . --- STl'I.BLE---F rame , 12xl6xl2 co na.ition . HEN HOUSE ---Frame , 10xllx8 ', paper roof , fair condition - ' , paper roof , fair condition . G~RAGE- --Frame , f l0xl4xl0 -types : lUl'Mge and value o Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: -- @ 3 $150 . 00 $50 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 150 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 575 . 00 57 5 . 00 $725 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 241 . 66 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ none - ~ - -1{,Jin_: _CLFRK �Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court 0L_JQ..u.ki11.t.:.:ham ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ E~.E.L1..run__________________________________________________ " _______________ _ Three-Pl us. more or less, of land in_~1-e-cleing-h=rm------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s. ' The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL.R.o.ckirlf'..ham. ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. • . My name 1s ___ _:,7 • E_ •_Lqm ___________________ ------------------- ---------- ---------My post office address is _____ -S-\ii;t-~-mn~~firgtr rtc~------ ---------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ !!:~~-0_::P~~~--a cres, on which there are the following buildings andT improvem ents :_.J)we..1.:U.-ng, -he:ah<HiB-e--, -e-ar--s-hw - s-t-nb-l__,,,. ---------- ----. .v an d .... enc1ng ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -This land is located about_ j;Jg·_?_~ ____ miles from __ .E. k t.an. __________________ Virginia, in the_··-&1rnne-w-a-:tl--M agistetial 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 _Qf!l _ s o 1 e_ owner______________________________________________________________ _ ~ I The land owners adjacent to the <!hove described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ G .. .S.....B 0 .ll[:h.s...r. --- ________________________________________________________ _ South ___:1 .. Y...J.10.o..d_E..s t~...t.9- __ ------- --- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- --------East ___J , ~;~:g..~a '00:r------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----WesL_ ',·; . V. Woo d Est:=i te ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ _l-0-1-8- -in the following manner: -----~y__ Q..?_e.cL.£.rom _J.. ._.::':. .. .B.'-ltt_cJ~e-r ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of ·land with the improvem ents thereon is $-1=.~?-~!~-~------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_.lOD0 .. 00-----· 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 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· ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- - -----_...,----- ---------- -- ---------- ---------- --------- :x, 0 Ctl--- - ----- - ---- ---------- ---------- - ------ ---------- --------- - ---------- ---------- ----- - c, 0., = -T'\ _, -s· ::,------------------------------------- ------------------------------ -------------------- ~ ~ ~ ~ ---------- -- ---------- -------- --------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). i;:.:i Ci> - ~ 3 Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this_:!-_~th. __ ______ day ~--- --- F e b . -~-9J~!_•_, 19w.: --.&~-& -!.-~-L----------------------i;rATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ ~_ o_~~!-!~e°!1_~rp.________ ____, To-wit: CJ g q ~ ~ The undersigne d hereby certifies thaL-- -E-.-B--wm-·--------- ---------- ---------- ----- ~ ~e above named claimant personally appeared betor·e him and made oath that the matters and thi~is appearing in his ab~n~ r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiL-q { ______ : __ day oL~------::'._~~~_/J_L__~ _ __-~- Clerk of tKe16~urt, or Specia In estigator or Notary Public, or Justice of t Peace. 21'1 j �E E )._ O hJ , Count yt Dis trict: f 96 • Acrea5 e Claim ed: Lam.I n Y Rockin gham stonew all 'Ii • Asseaa ed . 3 A. Value Cla.imed1 Locat iont I e \IV IJ ~ .s 56 P. "" 140 . 00 Deed 3 A. 56 P. Acqui red in 1919 " for q, 65. 75. swift run a nd entire ly within the . park area. Incum bra.nc est count er claims of laps: None known. c:!oil i oandy loam of fair depth and fertil ity. Itoads : Spotts wood t rail - hard surfac e - three r iles to Elkton , neare st shippi ng point . h :storx of trac t and -cond ition of timbe r, ImproveJnen ta: No timbe r - a ll cleare d . D'1 e l ling1 Frame , 16x24 ', 3 rooms , 2 ceiled , no porch me t a l roof, brick flue, oc cupied by oner, fair condi,tion,, sprin{-, :,,a.ter supply , solid found ation. - ... ·.?420 00 stable : .Frame, 12x16x12•,. paper roo f, fair condi tion65 .. oo Hen house r Fro.me , 1 xllxt5 ' , paper ro of, fair condi iion. - .. · 15. oc, Garage : Frame, lOxl4 xlO', paper roof, fair oon- dition . -- - crease and value of land by tineet Htfab le Value per At 40.00 Acrea.5e 3 Total value of land ... --- To tal Value 120.00 120 . 00 Total value of imlJrovements 5'65'. 00 Total value of t ract Avera ge value per ac re - ~ - 685. 00 - - $228 . 33. _ _ _ 111 �.:nmty: Dis trict: Rockingham Stone 1all . #96- Lam, E. N LEGJ!llD: Tilla}?le cale - 1 : 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 96 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cb4e622e40d876a1502f19d4bf773390.pdf 4ccc811bfd1d386f696524febbc747e2 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHAliI COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #364 - Lam , Elmer Number of Acres: 13 Location: Top Blue Ridge 'Mountain . One mile south of Swift Run Gap . Roads: One mile fair mountain road to Swift Run Gap add eight miles hard surface road to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of a fair depth and fertility . of the area . Rocky over a part 1lll the merchantable timber has been removed frgm this tract . Cleared land has been cleared many years and has been grazed and cultivated extensively since . History of Tract and condition of timber : Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 7 25 . 00 $ 175 . 00 6 15 . 00 90 . 00 ~265 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 265 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Total amouht Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 20 . 38 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . $265 . 00 �J • 'I �t , 1 ·l ot 1 ll tu.1. • --- �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. . . . . Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. _3.64.. ______ : 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. .364. _____ $-...2..6.5...00; on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No. - - -------- -- $----------; . That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Elmer Lam That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Elmer Lam, to give 1 acre of his land within the Park Area to the Park Pro ject • . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the &aid ·award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the .c, provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to .__-:. receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _.3.6~------ $ __ 9_1,Q_Q __ : 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 CO!vfo1ISSION 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 printea 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 VIRG INIA) SS COUNTY OF WARREN ) Perso nally app eared befor ~ me the under signe d Notar y Publi c in my said State and Coun ty, E. K. Stoke s, who being duly sworn , depos ed and said that she is an emplo yee of the State Corr,m ission on Cons ervat ion in imme diate ion charg e of the recor ds of the Shena ndoah Natio nal Park Divis there of havin g to do with claim s of the Comm ission for dis tribu tive share s of conde mnati on award s in the Shena ndoah it Natio nal Park conde mnati on proce eding s pendi ng in the Circu enCou,r ts of Virgi nia , by reaso n of contr acts and qgree ments in tered into with the owner s of Jands sough t to be conde mned cor- , these proce eding s , and that the withi n claim is just and rect . Witnes s my signa ture �Qtommnumtaltq nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. April 21 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 21 day of Ap ril in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingh am C01mty dated 4/16/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others vs. paid t o_B • A• Breeden , Stanardsville , Virginia $_2_6_5_. o_o_____ being in full settlement of tract # __Mi4 in the above mentioned cause. 183 �.... - Q!omtnnuwralt4 of ]lirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , April 21, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA R. A. Breeden Stanardsvill e , Virg i nia - - - - - -- Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 265.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~R~o=c~k~i~·n.._g-h~run.....__ __ of April 1934_ entered on the 16th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ - - ~C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a='~~=s~o=n~A~t~l={i=n= s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-3~6~4=--- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 18'1 �VIRG NIA . IN THE CDC lI 11 COURT OF ROCKTNGHAH COUNTY . The .Stat e Com miss ion on 6ons erva tion & Deve lopm of t.>ie Jtat e of Virg inis , - - - - - - - - Peti ent tion er , v. Cass andr a Laws on Atki ns , e t als , defe ndan ts . In Re : Dist ribu tion of proc eeds of cond emna t.lcnn f or trac t Xo . 364 . 'l1 his day came the Stat e Com miss ion on Cons ervg ,tion & Deve lo-pm ent by coun sel , and move d the Cou rt to ente r an orde r dire ctin g the Trea sure r of the S t8.te of Vir gi .r ia , to pay to it , out of the proc ee, s of cond emn ation of Trac t :~o . 364 , the sum of of ~;6 . 00 repr es e ntin g the arnou n t of a cert ain pled ge made by El mer Lam , who claim ed to be the owne r of sc>id trac t to S?id Commiss ion on Cons erv0 tion & Deve lopm ent as a cont ribu tion for the esta blish men t of Shen ando ah . ~atio nal Park , and in sup-, ort of its said moti on , the ssid Com miss ion exhi bite d to the .Jou rt , its noti 91 in writ ing setti ne; fort h all the fact s in rela tion ther eto , whic b has been here tofo re file d here in . Upon cons ider atio n wher eof , it appe arin g to the Cour t , that the claim of said :Jom m.iss ion is m:,t base d upon any lien eith er on the l and cond emne d or on the proc eeds of cond em\ nati on , and that sBid a omm issio n has faile d to obts: in the cons ent of the part ies enti tled to the proc eeds of c ondem w1t inn to the ll paym ent of its claim , it is acco rdin gly edju dr;ed and ord...:;red that the moti on of the Co:.m issio n for the paym ent af se.id claL out of !the proc eeds of cond emna tion for said trac t , be and the seme is here by deni ed . \ ,\,,,J / ! I ry I I I ~ ;-,f\ I} l9 \ \ \0 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-elmer.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Elmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Mtn Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 364 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1cab2e415c6ca79170ed8d8c2b5c8006.pdf bc0afd1a534cb2eb9085f3545977621c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #204 - Lam , George M. Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Soil: 3 Two miles east of Island Ford . Two miles to Island Ford over county road . Slope This tract of land is rather thin soil and used largely fort ruck patches . History of Tract and condition of timber: Note - This t ract is entire11y within the Park area . Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 2 Orchard: @ t 25 . 00 ' 50 . 00 ·@ 100 . 00 100 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 515 . 00 Value of Orchard: $100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 221 . 70 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 515. 00 $665 . 00 �Frame dwelling: 16xl9', paper roof, brick flues, 1 story , not ceiled. Hen house: 8x8•, paper roof, fair condition . Log chicken house: 9x9x9', paper r oof, good condition . Frame dwelling: 15x25', 4 rooms, paper roof , brick flues , 2 story not ceiled, occupied by owner, spring water supply , solid foundat~ ion. Rock cellar: 6xl0' . ThIPROVErnNTs: �Claim oL ____ Georg__e W•__Lam _______________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___ Rock.i.ngb.am _________ County, Virginia, No._.18..2.9 __ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cassandra _Lawson Atkins_,__ et _als .1__,___a nd_ 52,. 5&l_.acre a._, ________ _ more or less, of land in __ Rn.ok.ingham_____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ____}!g.9_}£;i.p_g}]~!Jl ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ George_ W. _Lam __________________________________________ _ My post office address is ______ .I..s] a :rxl _---------------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ j:iJrr!3_e_______ acres, on which there are the following buildings c\nd improvements: ____tw.9__g.~~l.l_;l:gg_J~9JJ,~~.§. ,__ !3,.llQ.__Q'Q.j;_b'!J.iJ.dings_.______ _ - - - ~ k~---~----------------------------------- -----------------------. Ian d 1s · Ioca t ed a b ou t ____________ m1·1 es f rom_____________________________ two Island Ford Th1s v·1rgmia, ·· m · stonewall Mag1s · t etia · I n·1st r1c · t of sai'd coun t y. th e_________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) _ sole _own.er. ----------------------------------------------- ________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____ Mattie _Berry---------------------------------------- ---------------South ______ Jam_e~ _W , _LNQ. _______________________________________________________ _ East ______ Edw. _ Sellers ------------------------------------------------ -------West_ _____ James W._Lam----------------------------------------- --------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __l~.2_Q ___ in the following manner: bT_deed_ fran_James _W. _Lam·------------------------------------------ -----------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_JQQ.!QQ________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel 5)f land with the improvements thereon is $___'lQO.,_QQ______ , I am the owner of_ __:A--~__: ____ 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 sho_uld also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·---------------- ;:,;--~----------------------------------- .----------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi~l_'l.tb.______ day oL ___ F.ebr..uar~-----, 19301. ~~-W-~--------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _______ Roe:kingham------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies ~hat_ __ lle.o_.__w:...__La.m _____________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______:l:_7~~-------day oL ____f~~~~~Y- --, 193dl-. - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ' /~ I I n v e ~ or w:r;j Public, or Justice of the Peace. �Cowity : ilocki trict: Li =· ......"....... 20_4 ___c_·e_o;,;;r;.:.g.,_e__• _._Lem = __o_r___ ere ~e Clairned: " 700 . Loe tion: 2 tot lea Deed Acquir ed 3 cres 1920 for 5.00 20. 1~· ; 3 c~ts . sl nd Ford ~= ___ll,: Slope oads: 2 l Histor y: lmprov to island ord over county road 'his tract of lend 1 r thor thin soil nd is used largely ror truck p ehes. ot: his tract is entirel y within t he rk Gnts: Fr e d ll1nt; 16 x 19 ,paper roor, brick flues, l tory, not coile • per roof, t ir oondi 1on 9 X 9x:9, root, good con ition ~ dw l l in 15 x 25, 4 room~, p.per roof, brick flu.es, 2 story, ot c iled, occupie d by oiner, tr Slpply --sprin g. olid founda tion ck cellar 6 x 10 per !ll! bz 125. 00 10.00 25.00 350. 00 40 . 00 550. 00 50.00 Orchard Value of land e • tzyes: Acreage C 2 rchard l 3 'l'ot J. Tote.l ote.l 'l'otal Talu valu v lu value ~verge T of' .land ot orchar of im rov ents or tr ct ue per acre 0 50 550 660 221 . 07 211.j �County: District: #204- George 'n . Lam of Wm. N LEGEND: Orchard rl'illable Scale - l " : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-george.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, George M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 204 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/34ade2a11c4f8ba16bdb37df09f22b9d.pdf fc5f7ac0327f484abee07b256da73e8a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #73 - Lam, Harvey 41 Number of Acres: Location: South and near public road and east of Thorou ghfare Gap . Entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Seven miles to E1kton over county road . Soil: Slope The woodla nd has been culled History of Tract and condition of timber: over , but there still remain s s ome t imber on the tra.c t . Improvements: See other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: @ 15 $3 . 00 $45.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 25 @ 30 . 00 750 . 00 $795 . 00 Orchard: -- 1 41 @ 60 . 00 60 . 00 Minerals: 595.00 Value of Land:$ 795 . 00 Value of Improve ments:$ 595 . 00 48.00 ValueofO rchard: $ 60 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 $1548 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 37 . 75 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None CLERK lO \ �CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE DWELLING--- -Log and frame , 16xl4 1 , 5 rooms , porch IMPROVEMENTS :--7xl4 ', brick flues , kitchen, log , 13xl7xl2 1 , 2 rooms , 2 story, 2 c eiledgood condition, occupied by owner ; spring water supply- pillars founda tion, no cellar . - - --- - - STABLE WITH SHED - - ---1 4xl6xl0 ', frame----- CORN HOUSE - - - - - Log , 8xl0x8 1 , board roof , fair condition- - --SPRING HOUSE-----8xl0x8 1 , poor c ondition --- HEN HaJSE*--8xlOx8 1 - - - - �County: Roottnghnm District: Stonewall .~oreus;e Cla lmed ~ Deed Acquired 41- t,?' l'im' v~ 1~.!. ,01tl.l1J!ed: aores 1919 for ;)1 . 00 eto. LQoation; £cmth. and n "lar publio rond and e c1st of Thoroughfu>re GH.p. ·tntirely w1 thtn tba Pork area. !J!gu-.bra_rvre$ 1 oo.;lnt,e;t:, ola1mrt or _l,a,es .: !:even milea to ::u:ton aver cor.1nty roud . of tract nnd cond1 t1on of t1.mbe:r, over , The woodland nae beon culled remains some t1mber on the tr .et . ut there st Dff§l ,!:t:r1~: Los & t:rm!te , l5xl4' , 5 :rooms , porch ?x14', br1ck fluea , ~ttoben, log , l3xl?xl.2, 2 X'OQfflth ~ story , 3 o~ilad, good. oondi t Lon , occupi ed by mtne:r, spring, p1 llnro, no ooll::u•.. · ~'o•?j . 00 Stable ,11th shed: l4xlGxlO ', trame • o.oo Cor house: f.oi , 8x10X8 ', boa.rd r 1? LC', t'ti ir o ft 1on,. l:> .00 J r1 house : ax10xa•,, poor eonditi.on 10. 00 ; n 0\1$0 ! ~ ;,.oren.ge F o ~5 Slope l~ orchard Total Total Tot ~t l Total Total l ax10xa ,,• 10. 00 iSI<5."Uc5 Value fa$l" fl C:re, .,s. oo "'5 . 00 ~otal Valu.e .~ as.oo 62~ . 00 vt;1lue of orohard vel .e of land va lu~ of 1mpr,)vement s value ot timber vo.luo ot traot ii.Verage value per aoro 131 �m THE CilWUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VlR GINIAo The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Petitioner #1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etco On this. the e2, Defendants day of December, 1933, cem..e ------ _H_a_r_v_ey..._Lam _ _ _ _ _ _,, and on. h:il.s motion leave is giiren him to file his application f'or the paymen_t to him of the sum at the amount of' the awf!rd set out in the award ---, Tract No. 73, c:K_ i 1548.00 camemnation f'or ' heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing from the report ~ the Board <ff Ap,1)1::ai sal. Commissioners heretofore f'iled in this cause. and in the petition for juI~en t and condemnation entered herein on the _ day of' Nov-ember, lS53, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Harvey Lam ___ is invested with a superior or better right or claim o~ title in and to the said Trart of land No. 73 , and that the record of this , cause does not disclose any denial or tispute by any party or person , or to the in interest as to the title to the said Tract No. 73 proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, an_d. tra t the sai.d _H_a_rv_e_y_Lam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract Noo -73- -, an:l it further appear- ing to the Court that all taxes due or tax~ble upon said Tract No.7_3__ have been paid: upon consideration whereof , it is considered and cr.dered by the Court that the said sum of' $ 1548. 00 paid into Court by peti- tioner as just compensation for Tract Ncfl o _7_3___ be paid unto the said _R_a_rv_e._y_Lam _ _ _ _ _ _; a.nd theCl.erk of this. Court is directed to transmit a c.ertified copy of this order to the Treasurer o-r Virginia, who shall pay unto the said _ _ Hi_a_r_v_e...,y_Lam _____ the said sum of 1548 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the jungment of con- ·--_,_,;=...:........- - demnation fer Tract No . 73. , taking fran the said Harvey Lam a receipt therefor and certifying; such payment to the Clerk o:t this cour-t for appropriate entry thereof as required by law:. ~ -' , �STA1'E OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 41 acres 1 rood and 17 poles of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the naioo of Harvey Lam. Given under my hand this 20th day of December 1933 . Cle~~~ Rockingham County, irginia . 3S r �M. TREASURER H. HARRISON OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It ~~ay Gonce rn : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Harvey Lam has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 41- 1- 17 acres of land situate in Stonewall District in Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time , if E_ny be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of s a id County. December 1933 . Given under my hand this 20th day of Tre asurer of Rockingham Co'tYity . �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. ,23-______ : Tract No. _______ _____ : Tract No. ____________ ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delinea ted 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. z3._ _____ $/5-R..i.~ F'on Tract N 0. ------------ $ __________ j on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to 7-_~---- $L~~f..£6,ract receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___ 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 ~ ----- -- --- -c f ~ --------dJ~ VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM to-wit• OF STATE -----------------1 ------ - ------------------ DRESS )::g_-=_fi!_)__~ _:j ~--------- ~ ------------ - -------- - -------- T9-i s day personally appeared before me Rarvey Lam and made oath th at tfte---s-t-a-t-efflen--o-s--e-on-ta-ine-d --in--th-e a bov-e--pe-t-i-t-i-o n--so-113:r--a:s--ma-de--onhi s own_ information _are true _and so far _as _made _UJ}on _informa tionofoth ers ~~ 3~~~~~-~~-~--~:~--~~--~-~ --~~~~:----~~::~-~ und~JJ~ w - ~ s 2 h ~ay :;~~:~~~ • NoTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in t ~ ~ ' s office for th c venience of interested law, and claimants can parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribe in any form they may deeither change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their mot· sire 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. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf Birgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . Decemb er 27 , 19 34 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer day of December of Virginia have this 27 in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County dated 12/21/33 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Laws=o=n~A~t~k=i=·n=s_____ _____ :paid t 0 _!_3:arvey Lam, R. F . D. 3 Elkton, Virginia $_1_,_5_4_8_._0_0____ being in full settlemen t of tract# 73 in the above mentioned cause. / 2hl �Qrnmmnuwtultq nf Birgiutu . " TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27, 1933 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Harvey Lam R. F. D. 3, Elkton, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1,548.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of December 1 93 2 entered on the _ _2_~su day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ _ _ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_ s_o_n_ A_t_k_i_n_ s ____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~7~3_ ___ Sign orjginal and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. • Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County PETITIONER. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and 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. :1.3-________ : 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. __ !13_____ $_15.4.a. O_Q on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; ' That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Harvey Lam That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Harvey Lam, to give 5 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 :iward(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising -from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___7:;5_ ______ $-15... 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 COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION &,__D1!-0.l'l,IEfil __ ~ BYlf)JJDL_----- ---- -----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 OF VIRGINIA) COUNTY OF WARREN ) SS Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notar•y Public in mys aid State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Cournissi on on Conservation and Devel'.J pment in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dist ributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contractsflnd agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correc t . Witness my sig nature NOTAF 1 Com i~ n xp �,, VIRGINI • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHM,: COUNTY . The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the Jtate of Virginia , Petiti oner , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendants . In n e: Distribution of proceeds of c ondemnation for '11ract No . 73 . This day came the Jtate Commission on Conservstion & Devel opment , by Counsel , and moved the Gourt to enter an order directing the Treasurer of the dtate of Vir~inia , to pay to it , out of the proceeds of condemnation of Tract ho . 73 , the sum of wl5 . 00 , representing the amount of a certain pled~e m~de by I:arvey Lam , who claimed to be the owner of! said tract , to said State Commission on Conservation & Development , as for the establishmen t of Jhenandoah l.ational a contribution ark , and .:.n sunport of its said motion , the said Commission exhibited to the 'ourt , its motion in writing , setting forth all the facts in relation thereto , which has been heretofore filed herein . pon considerfltion whereof , it appesring to the Court, that the cl~im of said Commission is not based Jpon any lien either on the land condemned or on the proceeds of condemnation and that said Commission has fa i led to obtain the consent of the parties entitled to tLe proceeds of condemnation , to the payment of its claim , it is accord~ngly , adjudged and ordered that the motion of the Commission for the payment of s~ i -1 claim out of the proceeds of condemnation for said tract be and the s3.me is ~ereby denied . I ( 'ti � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-harvey.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Harvey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: East of Thoroughfare Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 73 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c88dca72753152ba0e96a32f850de145.pdf 50e4a29708800bbcd121900619bfdd3d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM com-WY NAME OF CLAIMANT #205 - I.am, ;r. W. Number of Acres: 28 Location: Two Mile Run. Roads: Two miles over Soil: Slope . This tract is entirely within the Park area . county road to Island Ford. All the merchantable timber has been removed from this tract . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Acreage Value per acre Total Value 22 $5 . 00 $110 . 00 Cultivated Land: 5 25 . 00 Orchard: 1 100 . 00 125 . 00 ~235 . 00 100 . 00 Types Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 28 Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 235.00 585·. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 585 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 .,;>970 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 34. 64 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . �Th1PROVEt iENTS: Log dwelling : 12xl8', 2 rooms, paper roof , 2 story, not ceiled, good condition , occupied by tenant, spring water supply , solid foundation . Hen house: 6xl0' . Il:>g and frame dwelligg: 2lx34' , 5 rooms , shingle roof , 1~ story , ceiled walls , occupied by owner , water supply - spring, ::I:> lid foundation . Log barn: 14xl6', shingle and metal roof , poor condition 10xl0'. Frame corn house and shed: 14xl4' . Hen house: 5xl0' . Hen house: 6xl0' . �I County : .Bockingh District: Stonew 11. fl Acrear.;e Claimed: 30 205 ~ • W. .1.1 Assessed • 28 Deed 200.00 1200. .,.,,, , ~: Two ile Run. 29.64. Acres ----- - --\..>'- Loe tion: Aoqui ed 64.155 acrea 1010 tor 125. ;;old This tract is entirely within the P • .._,_; • k area. Slope Roads : 1 tory: Two ~ilea over county r oad to Island Ford. All the merchanta ble timber has been re oved fr Improvem ents: tb1 s tract. Log Dw lling 12 x 18. 2 roo s, paper roof, 2 story, ceiled, good condition , occupied by tenant, ·- spring, solid found tion Hen house, 6 x 10 .ot tter supply Log and dwelling 21 x 34, f; roor.as, shingle roof, 11/2 story, ceile alls, occupied by oner, water sup ly --spring, solid tounoatio n LOB barn, 14 x 16 hin le and motal roof, poor conditio cell r 10 x 10 ~rs.me corn hose and hod, l x 14 Hen hou , 5 :x 10 ilen hou e, 6 :x 10 Ti ber: Value of land 30 eds of t iel ood 7~ per ed. bl t;a?ee: ~ Slope C Orchard Value Acreage per ere 22 ' 4.00 20.00 5 l 28 188.00 Total va ue of l.nd value of orch rd 188.00 Total vall.uepf' improveme .ata 545.00 22. 50 805. 50 2u. 77 Tot Tot l v·l~e of timber Totnl v lue of tract Avera e value per acre Total value 88. 00 100. 00 50.00 1!::>0.00 10. 00 300.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 545.00 22.50 �~~~:e ~rcu!c:~f!k~~~~-----_County, Virginia, N o.L&:4, At Law. The State Commission on Conserviti~ and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. -- ~ ~- ~ A . . ----~ ~ ---~ ~---.CT._f- _f'?--/ f ~t / ___ _ ---- ~ --------------------------------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in_ ~~h--i1_~ ~--------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 sa~etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL.f%~t_~---~------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ ~ fl':4. _________________________ _ /tv,,.,.;-,__ ,::l-o!7:;';.,,,1_-- My post office address 1s _____ ~ ------ ----------- -~------------------------- -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____~________ acres, on which there are the following .,.__ buil=provements: __~ I ~ ~ 1 --~ -f.------------,--? ______ d _ ~ ------------------------r-M~..1 6.n-1-1. _0-:..£~~-- -___ 2 ~ - ~ __ u -~~ _ _____CJ _'.3 ~ t,...f _h -L-L--t.., ___ -Y-- __ It -fr~-~ ______________________________ _ This land is located about_ __ L;(~___ miles from ___~ ~--i_~-~ the ____~ ~ ~--Magisterial District of said County. ------ Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) --------- ~ -- ~ ------------------------------------------------------------ ~:t~nd o~::t,ac!V~~~;ed:scri~~-o;{,::'.:f_Iand are as follows: South ______ £ ·# . _£u-~ ---------------------------------------------------East ____________ _____ <, -----------------------------------------~-----------------West __________ _______ ''---------------- -------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_Lt.i__v___ in the . . following manner: j-L · -._!Ah--~ ___ =t ·---------------------------------------------- ___ rry _~~ Jj;;3>/ ~ --- sy,,t ____________ l j _______ __ L -~- ~ fecJ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereg---(7 on is $_/ _fJ._Q_f!._C ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or inte~est, tJ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-L~-~-!...:.-=: ____ . I am the owner oL _____ __________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also -insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . Remarks· __ ~ L ,-,/ J-tt '- ._,_ / -- ~ f0 - L ~.P--/__~~ --/Y-'"' __ ~- __ _1~ - ~A~- ~ /JrA.Nvfa~..,--1,u~-~7- -r- ~.-~~ -------------- -------------------------------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on ~e back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attach:!Pez) this __ _.(_~--=-----day oL ____ 9-..,,..4_ '-------, 193/ fl1.-~~z---~ -----------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_______ _.!.!'..!:!-f~- ------, To-wit: __, The undersigned hereby certifies thaL (k__~A___'/_~-------------------------the above named claimant personally app~~ed before him and made oath that the matters and things app:lring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ / __~________ day oL _____ l-~-~--- --, 193 . vi .// ); I}? ---- ,_ _, ~?u'"" ~ I~--- -.~ 3/ Cle K of the Court, or Special Investigator or No ary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �Vount¥• District: #205 ...... Lam, J . \; • N w. Lam Dr . T. N. Seller Dr . T.N . Sellers LEGEND: Slope Orchard Tillable Sea.lo ... l" ••VVJ~IIIC.11£1111 l .llJIIIL1.I llQ =20 oh ins Roekinghan Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-j-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, J. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 205 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e420b05a688fc2f2b5973a98dad87018.pdf b0aa4860598e22caadf8350b263382f1 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT rr 4G - Number of Acres: 9 L-m , L. _. j Location: Roads: .....bo1it four :lk-1-;on. Soil: t.h:...llo,· , gr• velly lo~. , e.,ctremely rocky . Slo es ""'re gentle to .s .... ee • oi.1thwest ex. o~ure . .rev-lence of tuli 'o L,r :... <.l ;rl it~ o-k in ic . . . te . v ry rtil soil. t.,111..i. ne - 1 lf rriles ::iver r;ood mount i "l ro d to History of Tract and condition of timber: ..:r, ct hc.1s been cut over· re e ted.:., , lu.st c1t bei ~r ir: 1 30; r.__, ov~n~ l:!.. S\- ti"'lb:;r exce~ t .... fe· . . tc es o~ hi.c1:corJr , o k , ':le ch, popl r -.s'--'r gu.tin about 10 ~ • i '10 uc. in )ODl-r to 7" to • ...he rest o -'-·he st :rin r 1 ms 'l_ to 9 inches ~nc'- i. '... ixea. hard mods in I' ich tQli~ , oaks , nd hickor 9redomin-t • for erlmprovementsi:- lY s-:ro _- element , ' 1t ;1~s L1O drop.._ ed 0"' • '": 1er v""e:n 1 i 1ber esti ..,o ired 1 , -.:: . t, ie 10.. (3~ corc.s , I mproveents : rnllin g ndfr . . . . "3 , 16x~7' , it1 tt_e·ed' it ohen 8xl6 ·8', .3x~7 ', 6 -.. . oo 1,:,, s· ineled roof , orick · lra s , 1., stcry , ceil d, " ir con·~" io:..1 1 occupied b~ o ·:1er , o. rine vV._t r s1 ... ;ily , pill_r -"'0"" 1 d tio'1 , '10 c ... llc...r . Lo u , lU~lu:rlL ', s :in led ro f , l)oor· vO it ion . -·a.,., ~-ci~o' .,n: :;_,oc.. , l.,xl xl0' , ..,r rv~t , "'ir con'it i o"1 . ·r .a, S.~l<±x:8 ', . _...,r r o .. , _poor dition . 13~,-no:d2' , s ·~ · gleu roof, f . i r 8on · t ion . ~r e, ~x8x? ', gool con·:tio . • u, Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 13 3 .. 00 12 25 . 00 09.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 7'1J . G0 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 339 . 0 JU . L,0 Value of Improvements: $ "·10 . 00 25 . 0CJ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ J "1'1209.00 • 00 Value of Timber: $ .... ~ . O Value of Wood: $ ;:; • ._, Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . JG Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ··~me• �Claim oL __ ;/: • J fJ, ___ ta,,_ In the Circuit Court of_ _______ CA_ ______ __, ______________________________ _ 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~yan::: :: said ?'.o; ::~ ~ otice. ---------------- ---------------- -- My post office address is _____________ f ________________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ ~:_~-- _______ acres, on which there are th following buildi lftS ~md improvements=-- -~ ~ ~-f --~ --~ --------, __________ !_ ________ / ------- ------ ______ ,t _________ ~ )j_ _c~ - ) __ . -________ iJ.. -- ,I, _____ ,,-__________________ _ -,l...,-C..,,~-.-....t_~ -------------------/-------------------------------_--- ¼-- -----------------------I This,d.i1rd J.s.. located about_ ____6_ _____ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in the _____~ ______Magiste:rial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of lana. 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 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.b~ ___ /t_______ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- --------------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the.back)·. ,-c. Witne s my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto )_this _______________ day of ______ -- ~----------, 193(j)..._________ ---~---- _______ -----------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________________________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______________________________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things ap.Pearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____~!_ __________ day oL_':.. ~--------------, 1930 ~ ./2 0 J . J. Gler k of the Court, or Special Investigator or Ncl.ar.y ublic,.....w,.-Justiee-0 the F~ace. 13 �Clcnuntye uookine;ha.m Distrle t t aton(jwnll e\f",~C~£G, 01~.~~~;t, V,p 1u e Ob:d:med , f 4i • l! _ _ I . I .H IM I *t*il' rn10.Uovz, a,~avell f loNn, ~xtX'(tl.:101:, t"cntlt1'• Slopoa Qri! ge11tl e t o, nt~ll • s~utbwe at e~ost.J,ftt•. J)revnlenoe of tulip pople.tt and trhi:'.,.e m1k f.ndJ.oa.\e a veey tortile ;e,oJ.1. }\.~uut t 'ou:r n.nd ono-l1a:t f m1le~ ove~ it oect rntm t·:in road to :·u~ton, ~astor- of tin,.et oondi 1on ot tirrfbe ·, Tract baa 1>eon eut over rene.. tedly, -. $ fi . ,30J r(:'Wlt,,:t'l.Oft nll. OP.,/ t r:oer f!XOOpt a few pt.\ tohet:r of hi. el'f:ocy 1 e~k' 1 baeeh, IJU~ltir al'tpr ,~tl.tine itbr.>tit l.O :U inaludine :- -popl.o.~ t.o ?fi tc)• Th,a ro t or the ;,~~;,,nd nma up to 9 im'fhea n.•vl ia ,ci~ h~rd,101: ds i,n <iilhich tuli:p., o~ko, a.n" h · clcocy :rreult1•·:tr:m:t.~ . Cheertnut w-t-:i.s fm:ll~l:ly - rt atro.ng 0 10, 1 it but m::i.a nC'w drovp~d otf. $£he:r·e hau bt::cn no :''1. :-e dE'...rrag • 'fit!l;~r ~st!-:~\te it:J lQ Li at $2.50 ""' ,..,. .. '%1:;. oo ~9 ()('Wda £;).'\ ,'~1 ,.00 - """ .... "£, ti"'1d O,f:3 l!~!IJ'ovnr'ler1to, ne , CU . . ~~;~.:;-~-!~ . 40g E>~nd frr.JJrie, l~X27' w! tb at ti7cihcd :irc~erii ixl6:x:B t' 'H'll"O:h ,x2·1• f 6 roons. ~h1nglod roof'' brick :flue,. l½ ~. a•PP. . oo !1-to171» Ot,iled,, fair oonditio n, oooupied by o·untu,;; 1 s1n-irv:;: 1:1t:i.te:.r tuJrr~ly, foundati on r,ilLtu·tt , no eel lttr. ... ... .... l!l;~!.U ®45"'1 • o,.-t. LC>g, 16:xl(JX14 t, abtn¼led roof., }lOo:r eond.i ti on,. 75 .oo ~mn~ r ki eh ,n i Los. l2xl4xl.O ' 1 ,a.pal" rnot'. frn.!Jti eon... d tion,. 0~ " ot · 1"'rM1a 1 9Jtl4.rJl• 1 rit'i.p~r ;r;1,of t poor oon<:H t!on. . ho 1'3T.20xl.2 ', shint"lec l rot,f 1 .f~ir eon• it n-. .. ...., ~t~~,,._n,,~l,;~ tlK .h<J,t:i~SL 1 Y1..!?..me, 6';,;,nx.7• , Total vnluo of land ... ""' -~172 .,00 Tot 1 vn.lue of htt,1·ovtn •ent6 70,. 00 total. vc.lu~ of t:L,ber .... - 64+00 Totn.l wlue of ti·tiot, ... .. ""''"941.oo Awro.go value 1'J,n" aci·e .. • 37.64,. • r) r ratt.Y ove~ l nnd""u :-tlfotet Inolndea e. l"A-{";ht ro~d. fNOd tj(').(H) 25,.00 <toml"' t on .... WO, II< ~ - · 0-1'. ~,,.. L·"' 'l"'nsley to 11.t. l•leam:in t • "". �County: District: #46 - Lam, L . B. N L . Hensley Est . L. N. ' ----'' LEGEND: Grazing Slope 11 20 chains : 1 Scale - Rockingha...m Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-l-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, L. B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Wolf Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 46 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2cbcfd3fdaf0088fe0c944d6ae528979.pdf 5ec111dcc9e625c35a9ec005ec43759c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHb.H COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #246 - Lam, Sarah C. Number of Acres: 5 This tract is entirely within the Park area . Location: Two Hile Run. Roads: Two miles east of Island Ford . Soil: Slope . All merchantable timber has been removed from this tract , History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: Dwelling : Frarie, 19x21' , 5 rooms, ps per roof , brick flues , 1~ story , s pring water supply, occupied by owner, fair condition . Hen house : 8xl0' . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 4 &5 . 00 $20 . 00 1 25 . 00 25 . 00 ·~ 45 . 00 'tr Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 45 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 250 . OO ,_.. 250 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 10. 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $61 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:- $ NON~'.'.i . 10 . 00 305 . 00 �/f17 . ¥ ' I, ~I /.I " 1 '\ :;/J~ f..r.-t. ____,_#,____________ ---·------------------------------ ,,.A?<«~ Clmm 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. _____________________________________ ---------------------------------------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 __________________________ C()W}ty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petiti~kti,,,. sl<i.d ~ice. My name i s - - - ~ , c 1 - " 1 7 ~ _ /.L ___~ _~ -__________________ _ My post office address is ___________________________________________________________ _ ½ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ a con rw~ · s th.ere , are the following · ts // - · t2..--f ~ ____________ _ bm·1d·mgs an d improvemen L_~ ______ = - - ~______'_:-____________________ .:.:_7 ----------------------------------------------- ----£.ZTd,--....... ------------------- T h i s ~ ~ d abo~L-~---~---~-mil~s ~rom ________________~ ________ Virginia, in the ________________ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following dght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners a d j a ~ ~ c r i b e d tract or parcel of land are as follows: i~f:-~~~-~~=½-~:---::::::::-:::::::::::::::::::::: I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- --- - - ----------· I am the owner oL __ _____ __ __ ____acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a description of the tr~arcel of ~ metes and unds). , . $-~~--=-~-~-~- :::t, ;/,e'ti,~ $4A. --y ~--------,--~~ ------------ -----------------r- A ~----------:1- ~ ----------· d~ ··--------- _________'2:.~ ---~~ a ------------------- --- f o-<-44.__ -- - ------~-- ---~-~-----------r-~----------- ------------------------------------------------------ --- - - --------------------- -- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__Witness my signat~~: (or. my name and m a r ~ ~ ~ ~--~- ----day 3 STATE OF VI~GINIA, COUN~Y OF______ ___~~-:i.-~~-dfh--~~~ The undersigned hereby certifies that ___ ___ _____ _____ ____ __ ____ __ __________ _______ ___ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things app~ing in his above an~w_y are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ .2:,~ ________day oL __ 193_~ , e.--l ________ _ ¥--C.._____, Clerk of tee Oorirt, or Special Investigator or Nat.,,r;y P 11 bJi0, 0:r Justig0 ef th0 Peace. .., J~l.. �Aose- un. l 0 l'n ro . e d • 11 Gen t 0 Io ..ll FrU1 }mrovemot\to: .. l ,- luc Total v luo 20.00 ..a5.oo r.. lu ; or l nd iv r 1 'h1¢ er s peroc. 18. 75 ,:,,5.00 To ot l r cl Fox- • ads . Tot 1 itl'.1n ------ •• (1 OG} o. 11 ruit tre ~cc tt.J .r oor ·r:: tr 46. 00 ta trot 10 nt1r l oountQ.,. . 0,1,l!. ed 100. 00 ft Location~ er . 0 or im.prov. 0 timber To l v lue or :r ct vorn valuo per o:ro 36. 00 25 .oo 18. 75 334. 70 60 . 95 l • �80 ... n t·r : oc::i , .u.n District : ::' tor:.v , 11 N : :.:m ::Jr . ..., Sellers $lo~~ - 'illable Scale - l ' 20 ch ins 35 �IN THE C lRCUIT caraT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY' VIRGil{ IA STATE C CMMISSION ON CONSERVAT ICE" AND DEVELOPEMENT OF THE STATE OF VA. ) ) Petitio ner ) ) vs. } ) AT LAW No. 1829 ) CASSENDRA LAWSON ATKINS , ET ALS., ) AND 52,561 ACRES OF IAND IN ROCKING&M ) COUNTY, VIRGIN IA. ) Defend ants On the motion of Edward C. Martz, Specia l Commi ssioner in the chance ry cause of Sarah C. Lam's Credit ors vs. Sarah c. Lam's Heirs, leave is given him to file his petitio n in the above styled procee dings and the same is hereby this day ordered filed. /'tJ// f'J! �IN THE C mcurT COURT OF ROCKilfGHAM COUNTY' vmGINl i STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DE'I/ELOFEMEN T OF THE STATE OF VA. ) ) ) ) vs. Petition er Ai ) ) CASSENDRA LAWSON ATKINS , ET ALS., AND 52,561 ACRES OF LAND IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, vmGINIA . l/&.W No. 1829 ) ) ) ) Defenda nts 'TO THE HONORABLE H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF THE C IBCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: The petition of Edward c. Martz, Special Commissioner in the chancery cause now pending in your Honor's Court under the style of Sarah c. Lam's Credito rs vs. Sarah C. Lams Heirs, respect fully represe nts: That at 2nd April Rules, 1926, P. c. Hawkins , suing on behalf of himself and all other credito rs of Sarah c. Lam, decease , filed his bill in equity in your Honor's Court, which had for its object the subjecti on of a tract of five acres of land, situated in said County, near Two Mile Run, south of Island Ford, adjoinin g the lands of Sipe, Sellers and others, to the payment of the debts due by said deceden t's estate. ihat pursuan t tdan order of referenc e entered in said chancery cause the debts due by said deceden t were ascertai ned, and on the 22nd of Februar y, 1927, a decree was entered therein appointi ng your petition er a Special Commissioner for the purpose of selling said tract of land and applying the proceeds therefro m to the payment of the debts reported therein. That your petition er duly qualifie d as such Special Commissioner and on several occasion fter due advertis ement of the time, te:rms and place, offered said roperty for sale, but was never able to receive what in the pinion of your petition er was an adequate price therefo r. �Your petition er further represe nta that the tract or paroel of land aforesai d is included within the ar ea which is sought to be condemned by the State Commission on Conserv ation and Develope ment for a publio Park and is the tract or :i;arcel of land -;i,4~ was shown on the map marked-a i! which tt filed in these proceedi ngs by said pet it loner, the state Commission on Conserv ation and Develope ment on the 23rd day of Septemb er , 1931, and by an order of that date the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners are directed to proceed to ascerta in the value thereof along with other lands mention ed in said petition . WIImEFORE, your petition er prays that leave may be given him to file this his petition in the above styled condemn ation procee dir.gs and that any funds which may be derived from the condemnatio n of said tract of land be,by an order entered therein , directed to be paid to your petition er and disburse d under proper orders of the Court to be entered in the chancery cause aforesa id of Sarah C. Lam's Credito rs vs . Sarah C. Lam's Heirs . And your petition er will ever pray , etc . ,;;;;&~=:. ,-,e. ~-=; ~.:__._ ~ ____: ... ,.:....., S--..-t q ,(:.. . ; n, 8 ~,c,-/L e . ~~ ~ _ ~c:: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-sarah-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Sarah C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 246 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f8caf22394411c802c8cfbbd082b480b.pdf 084cb46f41b4135c0cc49b484d5cb31e PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT r/-28G - I;...ncc.l::,t,n, R. V. Number of Acres: 3v7 Location: :.... di son Run · nd eep Hun . r' Entirely 1it ..1in the are,.;.. . Roads: 'J:hree mi es viL. ciirt roads to Port :Sepu.blic , t slli..?.)ing point . Soil: S::ndy loun . lo e t:,rpe of fu.ir de)th '-'-nd ertility . 'I.1illL.ole l nncl usc(l extensively for tr 1c;;:: :I>1rr1i1r· . G ,ntle slopes, f::..irly s r10ot': . History of Tract and condition of timber: · 0st ed of L.bc,ut Lj re .... r.~ '-- ·o for grow u. in brns:." _ ·1d kill out r:ixed o ' s .~ic1 yellm pin9 on per ucre . ~od :- locat din 50 · • bd . :'t . s timber . 17.~ cor s :'uel\.oou . Improvements: l~one . 1 1e nearest of t~1is tract wus e;o 'lpletely cle .(ro~c':ic..rd. usa, but ',t..s 1J -:: 1 1 .:...1 :o to orch:..rd . ..._ out 50 i • bu . ft. o remaind r of trc.ct nd 3 cords t'e nort 1east oorn"r o~ tr::ct . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: ..J42 .,,, 3 . 00 1026 . 00 3 ? . 00 31 . 00 30 . 00 '2Ll O. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 12 I,!/ Orchard: 1~27 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1287 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ tlu . 00 Value of Timber: $ L)O • 00 Value of Wood: $ 86 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 4 • .:i 7 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: 40 . JC 1 30 . 00 86 . 00 �REPORT ON THE ACREAGE of the R. V. LANCASTER TRACT #285 . The dee d con vey ing thi s tra ct con tain s a fai rly goo d des crip tion and cal ls for 325 acr es . However, a com put atio n of the acr eag e by the dee d giv es 357 acr es . w. v N. Slo an, Chi ef Eng ine er , Par k Ser vic e . �~ 3 -3 D {2;f. I ;::I!-/1/ 3 ~ 14-1717 . . ... �hv Claim oL __/1.,, //. e CL ~ ---------------------·----------------------------In the Circuit Court oL_~: - ~ _:: ___________ _____ County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Col)..Servation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiC/.).4-- o.,,...d,.,A. ~ /,_--t7t.N,~ • J, . vs. ___ __________________________________________________________________________ _ t 1oner, S J. ~ ( ~ --------1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 o.f 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 _______ 1£:__~ ___ _ £. __ My Post Office Address i s _ ~ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___j j__Q ____ acres, on which there are the following ~:c~~~:e~~:~ : ::~::: ~ ~: - ~ ~------------------------------------------------------------T h : ~ocated about_ ___,Z_______ miles from ___ ~ -------Virginia, in th _ ~agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or par cel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel o~and de_;cribed above). ./1 /,J --- ---------------------~ --------~ -~ -- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North____ South_G!:c ___ _ _ 'r~~ - ---- ~- _ __ _ _ _ -----,~-~ ____ _________ _ -/fl:tH----- ___ ------~ -~ ----~1:.s _.._.,___ Eas~1t/~ - __ -----;;z,~~ West-4 _4#__....,_ _____ J : ' / c - - L _ ~ ~ ~---~-------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/..f'LJ. ___in the fol o: : n~::::::~~iitf&~g=ere- on is $JD.i:>!,.':_!f-:::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 I am the o,vner of_ __ _______ ______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as t o this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a $:Jl!..,_f:J_~-~'i~. ~=:~f~~:~~~~-~~~-~~~--: 1 £. _ _A_ _____ _ ~-~:;;::L ii:;fpY-a_c,f;__,_'f:f__{__ ~--- ---- -- _.___- --- -----~-£ ______ ___ll..4__ -_--_ - _______---~----~---r:--~------------ --- --- --------- ------------ --- --- -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ~ ) this __l _l:,________ day Witness my signature (or m! name and mark yjt~ or...<2.cu.,.,._......-,____, rn3r/. {1,.;/4 '°;. -_---,;,UL -----'",-----~ - - - €f.tATE OF VIRITTNIA, ~ OF_.l.T.!.- ~- - - -- -, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ Jl.lL __ {U_. ( h _ ~ ~--------- ----the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are t;rue to the best of his knowledge and belief, day oL iJ~ ------- --, 19~. , ;J -,L__ this ___ ~ &_~ _______ Chn-,,-,~ ?~~ A,. _, 1 - Ir,__,~.,.~ <{' ~RC- /, 7 c3 J/· __ ___{2 ___ ~ __ ( ] _ ~---~----Glerk af the Court, QP gp0cial Imrestigat oF or Notary Public, ~ t h e E . eae0. �countyi Rock1nghrun Distr ict: t' dcreage Olai.med: ,330 I;.. n. 325 need Asses sed Madison 1un and D~ep Hun . Loeetion: V. Lancaatar $7065 . 49 Value Cla imed; La]?s: 265 n townvall tt ~ntirely 1200 . 00 1922 w·~ts~ ~~tr~a~~~fl~7~u~t~·\,..,\. Deed f or t hi s t:rsc t 1a for 32b acres, but from l ocal inforroatmon and lines and corners found on 11round there are more than 325 acres i.n tra.ct . Tne.t pert of tra.c?t on 2:1 . iv. corner cut off by broken line we.a omitted from None known. survey. Soil: 1endy loe.m. Slope type o,... ,;..,,.;.:.:, depth and rertil1 ty. Gentle slopes . used extens i vely for t r~ok farming. 'l'illable l a nd Fairly srnooth . ~-1;'i: ROE1ds: Hiatog:: 3 miles via dirt roads to ""lort '1epublic, the nanr est ah ippi!"'.g :poi nt. Host of t his tract was completely cl eared off about l b yea1·s ago for orchard use uut has 'been o.llowed to grow up in br ush and kill ont orchard . ~bout 50H bd . ft. of roi ;x:ed oaks o.nd yellow p1ne on remainder of tract and 2 cords wood :ner a.ore. Wood ia loca ted 1n the n~1r.. Cor. of tract . 50r,1 bd . ft. aa , timber a '"3 . 00 1.72 c ds . fuel wood ~ 50¢ a. 150.00 Oo . 00 236.00 Improvemente: 24 apple trees lo to 40 years old. :?oor conciition "" 24.00 2 4 trees "~ 1. 00 Va lue 'l :r:;ge till blc rt eld restocking Acrwiga slope 342 :557 12 3 Total value ot l and " " ,," tt •t improver:ien ts timber tt " tr act Average va l ue pe:· acre tt ner acre \ 'J.'otal val.ue 20 . 00 240.00 8 . 00 3 . 00 24.00 - 1026 . 00 1290.00 " 1 290 . 00 21 . 00 23G. OO .' Iboo.oo 4. 34 �' '·ln" ...t UU '---"' - . v. L nc:.i.ster . County : oc __ in h::im i st l' i o L : ~- L, on~ , t..11 Vi ctor .. i .... ler N lj\ s Jo 11 J. ," •. • F C :rlf ·. ... . . .. F e' •.·.. .: ··.·· ·..· '< .H, V • urro .. s TI ~-D _i l:!. ~le estoc.i1 - 3c 1 - Opd l ' ~o C l L .J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lancaster-r-v.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lancaster, R. V. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run and Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 285 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lancaster https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/901a75d40d4b6b49e42d41566fafbcce.pdf 46f29a5e6af214caf23801e420190314 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #140 - Lawson , Arthur - Estate Number of Acres: 30 Location: i.long Beldor Road . Roads: One and one-half miles over fair dirt road to Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertility with very little rock . Moderate to gentle slopes; southeast and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of the tract was cleared many years ago , grazed since . The wooded area has been cut o over repeatedly . The present stand consists of mixed oaks and white pine from 2'' to Stt DBH, some being larger . Improvements: {See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 $5 . 00 $40 . 00 17 25 . 00 425 . 00 5 30 . 00 @ Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: . Cultivated Land: 150 . 00 :;,1615 . 00 30 Orchard: 575 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $510 . 00 Value of Improvements: l,7 5 . 00 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 25 . 00 $1265 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ 25. 00 Value per acre for tract : $ 42 . 16 focidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ /(Pn ' CLERK. �. IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: Frame, 17x23', kitchen 14xl6x8', met a l roof, 5 rooms, porch 6xl4', paper roof, 2 story, ceiled, fair condition , occupied by owner, spring. Stable: Frame, 16x20xl2' , shin~le roof, fair condition . ~pen: Frame, 7xl6x5', pa per roof, good condition . ~ranary: Log, 8xl2x6', paper roof, poor condition . 2 ~hen houses: Frame, 8xl0x6', metal roof, poor condition . Spring house: Frame, 8xl0x7', metal roof, fair condition . 0 - r �Co nty: strio : £140 • csaed 30 lt11mo4: " V lue G!£11m d: It 1 ed 30 . • 91 P. • 191 ) " 'lr340 • .,0 o.oo eldor rod . lo tncum , on kno n . rJ 11ttle 1th d &outhwe s ndy cl y of' go d depth nd fair tor 111.ty to entl, slope ; south st 'oder· t roo • So1l: 9 ex osur . 110 ov r r tr dirt rod to ~w1rt o l kton. Ro do: u ; 1 toty ot n4.oo. roor. ta , f~ir oon- o Ll o.oo r oond1t1 onlOO. OO l , 00 ondt ion - 8xl x • • p per root~ poor o 11d1 t1on - 8xl0x • roo, po r mot --- .., y ar t l o d .. oot t r ~ l d tr Con- l;.;. O 10. 00 30. 00 25. 00 1145. 00 Valµe e 17 5 mr Total ot 1 Tota l v Ot ver g V l 1 ,rov· ents ti mb r tr ot r acr �I. '-- Co11nty : ~\oc!cinghur.i ~ictrict: Gtone.al l ' N 00 . , t_ . --uugher ... . 'illiams V . L'.lI'l ..!'lorenc i __. . Collier : . Baugher .,u,rson L~G~: D Slope - vrazing -'illable .:cale - l" - ·~o c mins 510 �Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_...B.o.!lk:.Ln.gham___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ Geo., L ~L,.iwso ' s heirs_ and Lul R_ B._Lm'v son _______________________ _ For 51 Rcres. more or less, of land in- R-G- eJ:;.i-:afrl:iam- ------ _______ 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 ofB..o_ckin h; rn... ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ________________________________________________ Lula B. L"'w son ___________________ _ My name IS My post office address is _____Swi-:&-t - -Ru:R- +iF-[-i-:a-:i.--a---------------------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ~-~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___ b..a~nc_e ll_a r..:-_hQll_s.e ... J~__ b._EU.1b...9JlS~_:;i .. .d.~1.r.l:-----------g r c na ry and wago n shed · 1an d IS · 1oca t ed a b ou t __·__________ e1 i ve El k t on v·Irg1ma, ·- m · m1-1es f rom_____________________________ Tlus thes-t-3 ne-ws-1-l ----Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) _I _ Bm_ t he_ wido w_ of_ Ge o . L . Law s on wh o _died inte s t a te, lea ving ___________ _ widow and. t hre e chi l dren. I cla im my do wer in s a id L .. n d The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: Nor th ---:t1rrn1t3--1a~vso11 --1ITI.n.- -0t1rgr--s---------------------------------------- --South ____ l).."J..h.ie.l-..C.O.llle.r-- n.d. - L.i.nni.e -LP..w.s.o.n... ______________________________ _ ---i~n°~~1c1~: !na..- 0 East others . ---------------------------------------------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _]._~~Q____ in the following manner: -rrilre~1.---teu-sw..1e-1:ry-11ea-i-h-vf-my-trastran u-01r0~1,- ;t B~1so11 --------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--€d-&G. -GG-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or pa:r:~el of land with the improvements thereon is $-~=h§Q !. Q_Q ______ . I am the owner oL_ 00 ___________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by· the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and ~J-rk atijched hereto) this ___~~~---------day of_ ___ ~.---1%1---, 1 9 ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ _F_q_ gt..j_!}.g_h~IP:_ --------~--, To-wit: ':k..,u,f--.a..._Q_!l,_~----- The undersigned hereby certifies thaL---: =-,u-1:a--B-;-I.r~wso-n-------~-------------------the above named claimant personally appearea 1:Jefore7um ancl made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ ~r.d.----------day of_ __ ;i~b .. --1 9.Sl-.--, 19afi~ ,a ~ _lf_/l_~fl__~~--~{!_ ________ _ Clerk of the Court, or ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace. '/2 J �Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_~crtn1'."1'FT.!f ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on~Conservaf10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______1.ulB~_B ~1- w..sn.n_ _____________________________________________________ _ for 31 Ac r e s more or less, of land in __ R:-o-ek-i:-i'l~ro------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p-euhon 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_B,.o..ck.ing.ham.... __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. ___________________________________________ _ · ________________________ Lula B. Laws on My name 1s My post office address is ______ -&\-~i-f-t - -:::tUR- -¥-i rg-ir1-ia---------------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL_ --31 __________ ·___ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___ _No__bu.ilding.s... _______________________________________ _ · 1an d 1s · 1oca t e d a b ou t ____________ m1·1 es f rom ______ fi~ e ·______________________ v·1rg1ma, Tl11s El ::.~ton ·· m · the ___S-t-o-n-e-w-a-1-l--Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. )· _ I _am _so le_ owne r __ of said _ land ------- - ------------------------ ---------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: Nor th ---L-tnrrre- Iiaw1:rcrn ----·------------------- ------------------------ -------South ____ -I)an.ial. - Co.ll.i..e.r - -e~Rd- ....o.th@r.s...--------------- ----- - - -----------------East ____ Henry _..:ihiilett _and _others_________________________________________ _ West----- -B-s t-a-te--of- -0- e-o-. ?. -B ugh-e-r---------------- ------------------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l91.5_ ____ in the following manner: By pa r--ti t1o n -erf: myfa~he r r- s "'G'e o . T .l3auglie r- crec .------------ ----------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---1-aoo. OO----· 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 $_1l5_!2Q__-_QQ______ , I am the owner of_ ____ 00 ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~!'A. _______ day Zd a___l:1._ __ ~ -~ ~----- of ____.t'eb-. ~-9-3:l-,-----, 1 9 ~ sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ll_QcK:Lug_h1;1m_ ___________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ f i1-T1"~--i - ...-,:r'J;l:g-(Jrf;·---------------- ----------the above named claimant personally appeare'<r-nefor~411m ana. made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, A1~~,cµ·r. -~- 2'p _________ _ this-- -5..!!d------------day of ___ :p,e.e -,--1 9-3-1JY' Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or Justi e of the Peace. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-arthur-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, Arthur Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Beldor Rd Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 140 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2b92367dec0f8348772c826de62815fc.pdf 8bfdd11c9c4020ac2dcc70c0ad2ee6c2 PDF Text Text Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_...B.o.!lk:.Ln.gham___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ Geo., L ~L,.iwso ' s heirs_ and Lul R_ B._Lm'v son _______________________ _ For 51 Rcres. more or less, of land in- R-G- eJ:;.i-:afrl:iam- ------ _______ 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 ofB..o_ckin h; rn... ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ________________________________________________ Lula B. L"'w son ___________________ _ My name IS My post office address is _____Swi-:&-t - -Ru:R- +iF-[-i-:a-:i.--a---------------------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ~-~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___ b..a~nc_e ll_a r..:-_hQll_s.e ... J~__ b._EU.1b...9JlS~_:;i .. .d.~1.r.l:-----------g r c na ry and wago n shed · 1an d IS · 1oca t ed a b ou t __·__________ e1 i ve El k t on v·Irg1ma, ·- m · m1-1es f rom_____________________________ Tlus thes-t-3 ne-ws-1-l ----Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) _I _ Bm_ t he_ wido w_ of_ Ge o . L . Law s on wh o _died inte s t a te, lea ving ___________ _ widow and. t hre e chi l dren. I cla im my do wer in s a id L .. n d The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: Nor th ---:t1rrn1t3--1a~vso11 --1ITI.n.- -0t1rgr--s---------------------------------------- --South ____ l).."J..h.ie.l-..C.O.llle.r-- n.d. - L.i.nni.e -LP..w.s.o.n... ______________________________ _ ---i~n°~~1c1~: !na..- 0 East others . ---------------------------------------------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _]._~~Q____ in the following manner: -rrilre~1.---teu-sw..1e-1:ry-11ea-i-h-vf-my-trastran u-01r0~1,- ;t B~1so11 --------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--€d-&G. -GG-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or pa:r:~el of land with the improvements thereon is $-~=h§Q !. Q_Q ______ . I am the owner oL_ 00 ___________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by· the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and ~J-rk atijched hereto) this ___~~~---------day of_ ___ ~.---1%1---, 1 9 ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ _F_q_ gt..j_!}.g_h~IP:_ --------~--, To-wit: ':k..,u,f--.a..._Q_!l,_~----- The undersigned hereby certifies thaL---: =-,u-1:a--B-;-I.r~wso-n-------~-------------------the above named claimant personally appearea 1:Jefore7um ancl made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ ~r.d.----------day of_ __ ;i~b .. --1 9.Sl-.--, 19afi~ ,a ~ _lf_/l_~fl__~~--~{!_ ________ _ Clerk of the Court, or ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace. '/2 J �Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_~crtn1'."1'FT.!f ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on~Conservaf10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______1.ulB~_B ~1- w..sn.n_ _____________________________________________________ _ for 31 Ac r e s more or less, of land in __ R:-o-ek-i:-i'l~ro------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p-euhon 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_B,.o..ck.ing.ham.... __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. ___________________________________________ _ · ________________________ Lula B. Laws on My name 1s My post office address is ______ -&\-~i-f-t - -:::tUR- -¥-i rg-ir1-ia---------------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL_ --31 __________ ·___ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___ _No__bu.ilding.s... _______________________________________ _ · 1an d 1s · 1oca t e d a b ou t ____________ m1·1 es f rom ______ fi~ e ·______________________ v·1rg1ma, Tl11s El ::.~ton ·· m · the ___S-t-o-n-e-w-a-1-l--Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. )· _ I _am _so le_ owne r __ of said _ land ------- - ------------------------ ---------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: Nor th ---L-tnrrre- Iiaw1:rcrn ----·------------------- ------------------------ -------South ____ -I)an.ial. - Co.ll.i..e.r - -e~Rd- ....o.th@r.s...--------------- ----- - - -----------------East ____ Henry _..:ihiilett _and _others_________________________________________ _ West----- -B-s t-a-te--of- -0- e-o-. ?. -B ugh-e-r---------------- ------------------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l91.5_ ____ in the following manner: By pa r--ti t1o n -erf: myfa~he r r- s "'G'e o . T .l3auglie r- crec .------------ ----------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---1-aoo. OO----· 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 $_1l5_!2Q__-_QQ______ , I am the owner of_ ____ 00 ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~!'A. _______ day Zd a___l:1._ __ ~ -~ ~----- of ____.t'eb-. ~-9-3:l-,-----, 1 9 ~ sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ll_QcK:Lug_h1;1m_ ___________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ f i1-T1"~--i - ...-,:r'J;l:g-(Jrf;·---------------- ----------the above named claimant personally appeare'<r-nefor~411m ana. made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, A1~~,cµ·r. -~- 2'p _________ _ this-- -5..!!d------------day of ___ :p,e.e -,--1 9-3-1JY' Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or Justi e of the Peace. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-george-l-heirs-lula-b-lawson.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, George & Lula Heirs Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/eb352cb67bbbebc62da9429a5bea8657.pdf acda42ae0766431d01b2d468b849c874 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY'-"' NAME OF CLAIMANT #113 - Lawso n, Georg es . Number of Acres: 32 Entire ly within the Park area . Location: swift Run . Roads: Spotts wood Trail , hard surfac e , 2¾ miles to Elkton , neare st shippi ng point . Soil: Slope type , sandy loam, N.E. expos ure, fairly thin . The tillab le land on this tract has a fair depth of fertil ity and is level and fairly free from rocks . The merch antabl e saw timber has been History of Tract and condition of timber: remov ed from this tract; the remai ning stand consi sts of small oaks and some scrub pine . DWELLING- ---Fra me, 12x29 1 , 3 rooms , ceiled , metal IMPROVEMENTS: water roof , 1 story, condi ti on, fair -- -occu pied by owner . Spring fair . tion 1 condi roof, Japer , xl2 ll.x20 , e supply .----S TABLE -- - --Fram 1 PEN-HOG -.fair ition ·cond , ~EAT HOUSE: -- Frame i 6x8x6 , paper roof ---COR N HOUSE -- --Fram e, 1 fairtion condi , Ox5 4x .mtJID;)XCnumts:.: Frame HEN HOIBE - ----Fr ame, 6x8x8 1 , 7xl0x7 1 , shingl e r9of , condi.tion fair . shing le roof , condi tion fair Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 24 $5 . 00 $120 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: -- - - 2 @ 15 . 00 30 . 00 Cultivated Land: --- - @ 35 . 00 210 . 00 $360 . 00 6 32 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 360 . 00 485 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 485 .oo Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 50 • 0 0 50 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Valueo fWood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ ~~945 .oo .29 • 53 Incidental damages arising from the.laki ng of this tract: $ None CLERK �~ __ . , /~------------------------------- -----Claim of____ In the Circuit Court oL __ ~ ___ County, Virginia, N o. Lf-1L'.l___ , At Law. The State Commission on C~~;;;~;t£n--;~d-.D~velopment of the State of Virginia, Peti~--~~- ~ - 4 - ~ - -~ tioner, vs. __fe_CL.4:4.~- ~ o!:.n!~:_ -----~ -----County, Virginia, Defendants.-------~ more-o-:-f..s, The undersigned, in a n s w e r ~ 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 said etition and to said notice. My name is _________ ___ __d,L~-d?2.-. ---- ----7-------------- -- -------g_.________________ , My post office address is ___ __ _~J:t;--~ ~/[~ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parce( of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ______ 3_..2.i _______ acres, on which there are the following -~ 1 1 ~ buildings and improvements=---~ ~-~ -- ~--~ -~--'~:;r--,-~ ~;::::-ur ~4~ ~~~~ ~~~--------Virgima, m his and is loca~~-f,----m.1les from _________ _:_~ __ Magisterial District of said County. the~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of Jand 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. ) ------ &4:/___ ~ ~-------- -- --- - ------------------------- - ------------ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: .O ~--- - ---------- - -----------North_; ~ - ; , ~~ L~ ~ %/2: --~ Pl1-v' South~ ---M_/__~-- . - d / ~-1_~---------------~ East ___ ~ I JJ ~---------------------------------ac;i::~!-Zt1;,:!:t::::~~~~:;~ ~!';:~~~~~;~-;~~ following manner: ------? -~ -~ --~ -~ --~ ~~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-1&,_.Q.fV:'. ~~17,I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $l k_f'"£. ..~-------· I am the owner oL ______".h,p______ 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: _& _! r ~--~ ~-~;rkt;CP__~-~ -~ ~..a.-~ _zr2~-~ ~-~ ~-~ : : t / u _ ~=-_ L J _ ~ ~ -'¼.- ~ -~ - ~ - ~ ~ -~ - 4 at;~~~~~~~~~:~1: z________ day Witnes~) w signature (or my name and mark attached ~to) this _____ ---- - - - - ____ _ . __ ___ ~ -~ of_ _______~ ~ - , 193p. _ _ ____ _ ---------, To-wit. STATE OF VIRGffiIA, COUNTY OF___ -------------The undersigned hereby certifies that__ ~ ~ d -- ~ the above named claimant personally appeared before llim and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, 7-_________ day q_A j' / 0 1 this _______ ~I / ' oL- ~ -, 193~. c1~~i-~£~ WF. u--. ,,A-, 1rfJCs;~ -f7;;~~~;-~; Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �1 Filed in the Clerk's Office Roekingham County, Va. 1r.r;1 FE.f.lu ~VI ----- --Cl erk �County: Rocking}. :....m Distric~! s tonewall £113 Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: 32 • Lawson Geo. G. Assessed 30 • • 1600. H Deed irl80.00 1.00 II ~ ..... Loe tion: Swift Run . 31. ... r . ~go (1914) {1925) . • ~ntirely within the 1ark area . lncumbran ces , counter claims or laps: l 1one known • •aope type, nandy loam, :1 . r:. ex.t:losux·e, fairly thin . *!he tillable land on thic tr· ct has a f._ ir cleyit,. of rertili ty ana is lev 1 ~nd f· irly free from rocks. Boo.ds: pots .ood Trn.11 hard o rft.. oo, . . . : miles to . . , lkton, nearest s . sh1p 1 ihg point . History of tr"'ct a d c ondition ')f timber: Tho merchanta ble saw timber h s been re. ·ov d from this tr o t tl1e reni.aininc st nd oonsisto of small oaks and some scrub pine . about 2 eds. fuel rood per A. on 2? o.orec ·1.00 per od. C54.00 Ir!1J?rovemen ts: Dvelling, :'rarne 12x 9, 5 rooms, ceiled, metal roof, l t.iory, condition f ir, oocu .1cd b, m nor, srring wo. ter li supply. Value ---- ·-·--·---- --------- --------- ---- ~200 .00 stable, .•:rumo llx O xl2, paper roof, oondi tion fair. ~~-~---~- ~~--~~--- ~-·~--~~~ ~----~---- ---~--~-65.00 !eat house, Frame ox8x6, par or roof, condition fair.-~~~-~~--~-~~------~--------~----~~--·-~-~~~Hog pen, 1:-'rame 4xl0xr:;, condition fe.ir --------- -Corn house, ~raree ?x10x7, shingle roo~, condition 20.00 5.00 fair. ----------- ~~------~ --~--~~-- ---~~-~-- ~----Hen house, Frame 6x8x8, shingle roof', cond. fair-=------=-__,...,,,.... Value of land b:£ types: T Value croaao 0 ,:> OP E Tillable 'Fr . .12er c.cre .' 10.00 45.00 24 0 2 10.00 32 Total Total Total UJJ,f_S. Value Total value value value of i.g. v~lue of land of improveme nts of timer fruit trees /..Jf. of tract Average value per ucre Totc.1 Value . 240 . 00 2?0 . 00 20 . 00 530 .60 ~,.530 .00 325.00 54.00 30.00 ·939 . 00 27 . 34 II;, �' }113 - La.~ son , Geo . aunty: . . ,ockincham Jistrict : Stone,all N L"""(', ";_ T::) SloJe - ~illable Restocking "":.cale - l" - 20 ch~. . ins • 5S1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-george-s.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, George S. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 113 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/34ad75f15535f95f2a3ffa629ffffd50.pdf e6fa0afd5798c1de1f221e0ceca90e97 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF f,f._,Mif}.,!!!ft/ O1 VNER #124 - Lawson, Malinda 53 Number of Acres: On Sunny Ridge near Sandy Bottom Location: Roads: One~h alf mile of fair dirt road to Spotswoo d Trail, near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertilit y, moderat ely rocky southwe st exposure . with moderat e slopes ; Large portion of tract cleared many History of Tract and condition of timber: Most of cleared pory ears ago , gra:zed and cultivat ed for-~som etime . growing up to sassanow years ten tion has been neglecte d in the past t times during the differen at over fras and locust . Wooded area cut Present stand consists of mix ed oaks , hickory and poplar . past . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- 33 @ $5 . 00 $165 . 00 3 @ 20 . 00 60 . 00 17 @ 15 . 00 255 . 00 $480 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 53 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 480 .oo Value of Improvements: $ 130 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 $660 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 130 . 00 ValueofW ood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 12 . 45 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~ -/ vV~ : CLERK I �County : noohinghum Distri ct: stonew all Jl24 -- Lawson , Malind a .t... oreage )loimed : Assess ed: 53 Value Claime d: Locatio n: " Deed: 53 " "'240.0 0 Inheri ted. On sunny ridge near Sandy Bottom . rnoumb ranoes , col:!nte,r olaims or laps: ilone known. - Sandy clay of good depth and f ,4 ir fertili ty, modera tely Ro.ads: one- half mile If fair dirt road to Spotswo od Trail near Soil: rooky with modera te slopes ; southw est exposu re, Swift Bun; thence four miles to ~lkton . Histor;v : o~ tract and condit ion Jf timber : Large portion of traot cleared many years aog, grazed'. and cultiva ted for sometim e . Most of cleared portion has been neglec ted in the past tu years now growin g up into sassaf ras and locust . Wooded area out over differe nt times during the past. Presen t stand consis ts of mixed oaks , hickory and poplar . En.tire wooded portion estima ted to cut 3,) cords of stavewo od, 25,000 bd. ft. of lumber and an ave1·ug e o f 8 cords of fualwoo d per acre. Improve !lfent~: None . Timber : 25,000 bd . ft. " $4. oo per M. ---$10 0.00 30 . 00 240 cords of fue l \vood ! 50¢ ----·- l?,0 . 00 30 oords of stavewo od a $1 . 00 ~~~- 250 . 00 Va.-lue of .l and b , t:i;ees: ~ Slope F g F r Value per acre .Aoreas e 33 - $5. 00 3 15 , 00 7. 00 l? 53 Total V;.i lue of land Total value of timber Total value of : raot Av·erac e value per aore $329 . CO 250 . , 0 579 . 00 10 . 92 Total Value ~U65,00 4.;.00 119.00 329. 00 �/124._,., L'.lHson, Lalinda county: Rockinchum Jistrict: Stonew~ll J. Luther l!aiden 11 . _! . ~• & C• lilliams s. Jaugher G . L. L L . B . Lawson - - Lulu. _ • La\ son J . _fonry hifflett Slope - t.rrazing I estocking Sc1le - l' - ~O ch~ins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-malinda.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, Malinda Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sunny Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 124 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a8b05d8acfc8e720501cd4ae52dfa9f0.pdf 22950d6ebb17aac21c8b5d5113570118 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY \ NAME OF (ID:...¥11\IANIDC OWNER #105 - Lawson, Mary Jane 63 Number of Acres: Swift Run . Location: Entirely within the Park area . Roads: Spotswood Trail , 2½ miles to Elkton, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type, smooth gentle s lopes, thi n soil . IDhe land along the highway i s fai-rly level and has a greater depth of ferti l ity . All merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remaining stand consists of small scrub oaks and short leaf pine . History of Tract and condition of timber: DvVELLING : Frame , 14x33, 6 rooms , kitchen 10xl4x8 ', metal and paper roof , l½ story, brick flues , condition poor, occupied by owner . Spring water supply . SLAB SHED- - - 12xl6x8 1 , Board roof , condition fair . Meat house- Frame - 10xlcixl0 1 , shingle roof , condition Acreage and value of types: fair . HEN HOUSE: Frame , 8xl2x8' ;.Shingle roof , cnndi tion fair . SPRING HOUSE- - - Frame , ox8x8Y , shingle roof . Improvements: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 56 @ $5 . 00 6 :J)280 . 00 3 @ 25 . 00 75 . 00 4 @ 25 . 00 100 . 00 $455 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 63 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 455 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 51 O. 00 $ 510 . ())()) 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 165 . 00 ValueofWood: $ 165 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ $1180 . 00 18 . 7 3 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None _ __ ~ ~- - - - CLERK 7 �of the ~h e de ed fo r th is tra ct giv es a ve ry in de fin ite de sc rip tio n, ·~d do es no t ca ll fo r an y ac rea ge at al l . Th is tru ct is as se sse d as 84 ac re s . ·.ve ran a ba s e lin e alo ng the so uth we st en d of the tra ct , ty in g to ge th er the tw o co rn ers at th is en d of the tra ct . Th e re st of the bo un da ry is lo ca ted by the ca lls of ad jo in in g tra ct s, al l of wh ich ha ve su rv ey s. A co mp uta tio n or the ac r}a ge fro m the lin es of ad jo i ·1in g tra ct s u.nd th e lin e ru n by us giv es 63 ac re s in the tra ct , 3n d th is is co ve red by th e st at e's re po rt . W. 1"'-. Sl oa n, Ch ief En gin ee r, ?e r~ Se rv ice . �count~ ~ · Piu~ i c ·: - 106 oe oo.o 1.00 G -ntir l :itlin tho on 8 • 0_1 . t !:l 1: ..r ater ~ .. to lkton, point • 1 lo co.,1 t1t1ber 1n1n ot~n oona ts lfi . O ::-o.o15. 00 os: Veluo To 1 v· lue o:r: l n _ 668. 00 n 0 7 �T. . ne Lu rnon county : Roclcin.o;ham Distri ct : Stonew all N - .......... ., rd ~ .<, II -.d T u8'1Slfa'J 1'. •... Hensle y --- --- . u.ry - n ,Sa1J1pso I I I I ' I} Geo • D ..J . son /.:1. ') (; I I L JG'":·-n Slope - uraL,inr , ,illabl e .:3cale - l" - ~O c·1ains 5't3. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-mary-jane.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, Mary Jane Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 105 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/dfa95c13c4ab8376d4487825abf716b3.pdf 6e7412892f238e3757e4dc4087f43354 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #119 - Lawson, Rose E . Number of Acres: Location: Near Swift Run: Roads: Soil: 18. Four miles over Spottswoo d Trail to Elkton . Sandy clay of good depth and fertility ; moderate to steep slopes ; northwest and s:.m thwes t exposures . History of Tract and condition of timber : Entire tract cleared many years ago; grazed and cultivated since . IMPROVFMENTS : DWELLING- -F r ame, 14x28 1 , kitchen 12xl4xl0 1 , 5 rooms , pap er roof , brick flues l½ story fair condition , occupied by owner . Spring water supply ; soiid foundalio n .-- -BARN- --Frame , 26x28xl2 ', shingle roof , good condition .-- --GRANFJi.Y :--Frame , 10xl0x8 1 , shingle roof , imp:mv.em:en tsxx fair condi tion-- - - HEN HOUSE-- -Frame, 10x28x6 1 , paper roof , fair condition - - ---SPRING HOUSE-- - -- - Frame , 8xl0x8 1 , paper roof , fair condition-----HOG PEN-- - - - Frame , 6xl2x5 1 , yaper roof , fair condition . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: - Cultivated Land: 13 @ $40 . 00 $520 . 00 2 @ 2 0 . 00 40 . 00 3 @ 50 . 00 150 . 00 $710 . 00 18 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 710 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 119 5 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 1195 . 00 100 . oo 100 . 00 ----$2005 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 111.38 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None • ~ -~ /~ . CLERK 2.2. �? 0 t ; 16 riot: - : 17- 8.., .. 70. 00 r 1...oo t S 01sider tion 1 . o 1n 191-l . ,l.ft. on. ol o ; .~rt 1: Fo cts: 0·1r l ; re . od r t to to ov r ot truo ny pl tr · lued only ... --- ... ......................................._......,_ ......,... 17 n s 70 . 00 por ar �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c Respondents On this the _7--day of Jantary, 1934, came Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams , and on their motion, leave is given them to file their petition, and the answer of Dlla Baugher to the said petition, which answer is accordingly filed; And it appearing to the Court that $2,005.00, the amount of award set out in the jud~ent of condemnation for Tract No. 119, heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and condemnation heretofore filed herein, that in the opinion of Petitioner, the said Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams are invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in am to said Tract No. 119; and that the record of this cause does not show any denial or dispute by any party 6r person in interest as to the said tract or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except as to the lien for $75.00 due Lula Baugher as fully set out in her answer; and it further appearing unto the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 119 have been paid; Upon Consideration hereof, it is considered ard ordered by the Court that of said sum of $2,006.00 paid into Court as just compensation for said Tract No. 119, $1930.00 a part thereof be paid to Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, and $75.00, the residue thereof, be paid to Lula Baugher, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, whoshall pay to the said Roi~E . Lawson and Henry A. Williams $1930.00; and pay to the said Lula Baugher the sum of $75.00; the amount of award set out in the judgment of �2. condemnation of said tract of land, taking from said Rosa E. Lawson, Henry A. Williams and Lula Baugher a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as re quired by law . Enter : ~ Judge �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c Respondents - ... The petitioner, The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, on the ---day of December, 1933, having paid into Court the sum of Two Thousand Five Dollars {$2,005 . 00), the amount of award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 119, the undersigned , Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, hereby apply unto the Court , or to the Judge thereof in vacation , for an order of judgment for the distribution of said swn of $2 , 005 . 00, unto the said Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, on the ground that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner heretofore filed and the said petition for judgment and condemnation, that the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner, are invested with the superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract of land No . 119, and, therefore, to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and are entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the exappropriat ion of said Tract No . 119; ~ that Henry A. Williams, one of your ioners, has a_J~~e ~state int~ a t oresaid des~~ ibed .tract - )1;1A.c...,e,,- t.( · ~&<.~4,-d ~ of land; ,1 ~ A.. ¥-.. -ll-..Q c... ~ .jlf.,~ that there is a lien resting on said land in the sum of $75 . 00, without interest on said amount, in favor of Lula Baugher; that the said Henry A. vwilliams is joining in this petition with your petitioner, Rosa E. Lawson , releasing his said life estate . The undersigned aver that the record in this suit does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or persons in interest as to the title to the said Tract No . 119 , or to the HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORN EY AT LAW HARR I SO N BURG, VA . proceeds arising from the condemnat ionthereof , except as above �2. stated and the said statements in the petition of condemnation as to the title of the undersignd are true, am that the undersigned have title in fee simple, encumbered only to the extent of $75.00, to the said Tract No. 119, and are entitled. to be paid the sum of $2,005 . 00, less the lien indebtedness of $75.00 due Lula Baugher and pray the Court that it will order and direct the payment of said sum of $1930 . 00 to the undersigned and $75.00 to Lula Baugher, to satisfy the lien aroresaid. Copy of deed to your petitioner is filed herewith. ~ J,£4 ~t- ~ ~ ef=Ja:h. ~ ~:z State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: I, A. E. Wyant, a Notary Public of and for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the ( day of ---- January, 1934, personally appeared before me in my said County, Rosa E. I.awson am Henry A. Williams and made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing petition are true. Given under my hand this HERBERT W. WYANT ATTO RNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG . VA. ( day of January, 1934. �r IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petit ion er vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c Respondents Phe answer of Lula Baugher to a petition filed in this cause, in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, by Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams. This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so much thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer, answers and says, that it is true as stated by petitioners that the undersigned has a lien securing $75.00 without interest, on the real estate known and designated on the map of Park lands as Tract No. 119, as shown by the deed filed by petitioner. And that your respondent answers and says that she is entitled to the said sum of $75.00. Respondent further says that there is no interest due on said sum of $75 .OO. Your respondent joins in the prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein,and she will ever pray &c. ~~oneny State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: I, A. E. wiyant, a Notary Public of am for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this, the f day of January, 1934, personally appeared before me in my said County, Lula Baugher, and made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing answer are true. HERBERT W. WYANT Given under my hand this g: day of January, 1934. ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . 'j.c2 �STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM , to- wit : I , 3 . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquen t taxes against the tract of 17 acres 2 roods and 2 poles of land situate in stonewall District , assessed in the name of Rose E , Lawson , except for the tax year 1932 , but which taxes by statement of M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer , shown herewith , have been paid in the County Treasurer 1 s office, sinc e said tract was returned delinquen t to my office . 1 Given under my hand this 6th day of 3anuary, 19340 ockingham �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To iliom It Jay Concern: I hereby certify that the records of my office sho~ thAt Rose~ . Lawson hasp id the taxes for the years 19 2 and 1933 on he tract of 17- 2- 2 acres of lane situate in the >lll.:e - :..dr:e : ountains in Stone"Ja 11 District, HockinrrhAm County . ~,.11 taxes prior to that time, if ny be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said Co mty. Given under my hand this 6th day of ,January 1934 . ~reasurerofRoclcinghar: County �COPY 108 27 This Deed , made this 4 day of February , 1915 , by and between Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams parties of the first part , and Rosa E. Lawson , party of the second part , and H. E. illiams , J . ~ . Williams , Lula Baugher , and Susie~. Wood , parties of the t'liird part , all parties of the State o:f Virginia , WITNESSETH : That for and in consideration of one dollar cash to them in hand paid , the receipt wher~of is hereby acknowledged , and the further sum of $75 . 00 evidenced by a negotiable note , without interest, of even date hereof , and payable to Lula Baugher one day after the date of the death of the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams , and it is expressly understood that a vendor ' s lien is hereby retained on the hereinafter de s cribed land to secure the payment of the above mentioned note , the said parties of the first part do bargain and sell , with general warranty of title , unto the said Rosa~. Lawson all that certain piece or parcel of land , together wi~h the appurtenances thereto belong_, situate lying and being in the eastern part of said~ounty , near Swift Run Church, adjoining the lands of Lizzie Williams , Wesley Baugher , Susie ~. Wood , Malinda Lawson , and Sampson L8.vis , and bounded as follows : Beginning at an ash in the west fork of Swift rtun Creek , thence S 50 W 9 3/5 _yyi th Lizzie. Williams ' ~ line t9 a point in a road , thence with sai~ line~ 11 W 11 3/5 poles to a point in said road , thence with same S 55 1/4 W 10 1/4 poles to a locust near a spring , corner to Susie G. Wood ' s land , thence~ 35 1/2 E 19 3/5 poles to a chestnut , said Woods corner , thence with her line S 27 W 24 poles to a locust , near an old fence ; thence s 41 3/4 W 29 3/5 poles to a rock planted in Malinda Lawson ' s line; thence with her line , S 38 3/4 ~ 33 1/2 poles to Malinda Lawson ' s and u . T. Baugher ' s corner ; thence N 32 E 18 1/4 poles �2. to a rook planted in place of an oak stump; thence N 22 E 113 1/2 poles with Davis's line by a white oak snag to the said Swift Run Creek, corner to Davis' and Wesley Baugher' s land, thence wit11 said Baugher's line down the meanderings of said oreek N 33 1/2 W 10.9 poles, ~ 40 W 7 1/5 poles N 6 1/2 W 2 3/5 poles, N 49 W 4 poles, N 25 1/2 E 6 poles, N 11 1/2 W 2 poles to the beginning, containing 17 A 2 Ra P. To have and to hold unto the said Rosa Lawson, her heirs and assigns forever, the above land together with the appurtenances as aforesaid . And it is oovenanted and agreed by and between the said parties of the first and second parts the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams shall retain their life rifhts in the above described parcel of land, and that the said party of the second part shall pay, annually, to the said parties of the first one fourth of all grain, fruit, and provender produced on the said land hereby conveyed, and one-fourth of all money received annually for pasture . Also the said party of the second part shall let the road or gateway remain at its present location. Whereas therebeing about 2 acres included in the above described land, for which a deed of conveyance ~as made by the said IRrties of the first part, of date on the 14 day of September, 1909 , and of record in the vlerk's office of Rookingham vounty, Va. in Deed Book No . 87, page 52, to the said Rosa E. Lawson, and in said deed a stipulation and reservation were rm.de to the effeot tbat the said uosa E. Lawson shall not sell or convey the said 2 Acres above mentioned to any other persons bther than the said Henry A. illiams and Margaret Williams or their heirs under penalty of forfeiture of said deeu. Also the said deed of conveyance of the said 2 Acres stipulated that in the event the said Rosa E. Lawson should decide to convey the said 2 Acres, the said liens of the said Henry A. and Margaret Williams shall have the exclusive right to purchase the said 2 • above referred to . Now therefore, we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zo~ �3. the said party of the first part, and the said parties of the thiro. part, as heirs of the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams, for and in consideratio n ofwl cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , covenant and agree to and with the said Rosa E . Lawson, that they sell, release , cancel, and surrender any and all claims , titles , and expectancy, expressed or implied in the deed above nentioned unto the said Rosa E. Lawson, her heirs, and assigns forever; of date September 14 1909; and that they warrant generally the title coKVeyed in this deed , and that the said rl.osa E. Lawson shall have the privilege to sell and exchange the said 2 acres of land , together with the appurtenance s thereto belonging, to whomsoever she sees fit . 'Jl.be said parties of the first part reserves a right of way 7 feet wide for Susie C. Wood to the the spring branch on the said land above described, the right of way to be a gate way, and all gates to be built and maintained by the owner or owners of the said l~nd of Susie v. Wood; and this right of way shall be to the said Susie Wood, her heirs and assigns forever . 4lso the said Susie C. Wood, her heirs and assigns shall have the right to use for family use and dip vuater from the spring on the saidliosa ~. Lawson's land. The right of way for stock shall be down the line north of the spring house . Witness the following signatures the day anddate first above written. Henry A. will iams (SEAL) her Margaretx Williams mark (SEAL) her H. J . E. Lula E. Williams mark X ill iams her x A. Baugher mark (SliL) (SEAL) (SEAL) 2.o] �4. Rockingham I, A. County, to-wit: E.• Wyant, a Notary Public, for the county aforesaid in the State of Virginia, do certify that Henry A. Williams, and Margaret Williams, his wife, H. J;!;. Williams, J. E. Williams, Lula_ Baugher, and whose names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 4 day of February, 1915, have acknowled ged the same before me in my said county. Given under my hand this 5 day of February, 1915. A. E. Wyant, N. P. My commis s ion expires November 4, 1915. VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham \J ounty. June 14. 1917 THIS DEED from Henry A. Williams and others to Rosa E. Lawson was this day presente d in the office aforesaid , and is, together with the certifica te of acknowledg ment annexed, admitted to record. Teste, J. F • .E3laokburn , Clerk �Oiommnumtaltq nf 1llirgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE R I CHMOND, VA. January 12, 1 934 JOHN M. PURCELL T REASU RER O F V IRGINI A This is to certify that I, J . M. Pu r cel1, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 da y of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rock~ngham County dated l/9 / 34 in the cause of t he State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. :paid to $ 75 . oo Cassandra Lawson~A~t~k~i=n=s~- -- -- - - - - - Lula Baugher being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause . / # 119 �l Qtnmtunuwtaltq nf ltlirgiuta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA . Janua ry 12 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA Lula Baugh er Re c eived of J.M. P u rc e ll, Treas urer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 75 . 00 , i n acc or dance with an order of the Circu it Court of the c ounty of Roc]fingham of Janua ry 1 93 L enter ed on the 9th day , in th e matte r of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat i on and De v elopm ent v _ __ -~G~a~s-s-a~n~d-r~a...__.L_a-w_.__.___..s~o~n~A~t~k~i-n-s___ and other s, being full and comp lete settle me n t f or the tract of land k nown in said proce eding a s #-1~1~9'--- - S ign origi nal and dupli cate and retur n to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �Qlnmmnttttttaltq nf 1Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL January 12 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this_l_2__ day of January . in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated_ 1/9 __~/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Developmen t of the State of Virg i nia vs . - -- --~C~a_s~s~a~n ~ d~r_a__L_a_1,_:v~s_o_n_ A_t_k_1_ · n~s__________ paid t o_.Bosa E . Lawson and Henry A. Williams $ 1 , 930 . 0 0 being in full settlement of tract# 1 19 in the above mentioned cause. 320 �C!tnmmnuwtalt11 nf 1ltirgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA . .January 12 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Rosa E . Lawson and Henry A. Williams Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of $ 1 ,930.00 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am of .January .1934_ entered on the 9 th day , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ati on a nd Developm ent v _ __ ~C~a~s~s~B-n~d~r~a-~I=,a~w~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 #---'l=l=-=--9_ __ Sign origina l and duplica te an d re turn to the Treasur er of Virginia . 321 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lawson-rose-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lawson, Rose E. aka Lawson, Rosa Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 119 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lawson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/61ec6e4ccbaadbe3ddf5054a662827b1.pdf e125ca5bbeb34b2506f69ee3764a7b4a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: Location: Big Run and lies partly outside th,e Park area . 3 miles over county road to Island Ford . Roads: Soil: # 2 56 - Lewin, J . H. 104 Slope A portion of this tract has been burnHistory of Tract and condition of timber: ed over and the remaining portion has been cut over , leavi ng a scattered young stand of mixed oak, yellow and white pine . 25,000 bd . ft . Timber : Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: 93 @ $5 . 00 $465 . 00 Fields Restocking: - - - - 6 @ 15 . 00 90 . 00 Cultivated Land: 5 @ 25 . 00 125 . 00 ~p680 . oo Slope: -Cove: Grazing Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 680 .oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 35 . 00 35 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 100 . oo 100 . 00 $815 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 7 • 83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this trac~: $ None • ~~/V:~~ ? CLERK �ROCKINGHAT.~ COUNT ~ NAME OF CLAIMANT #256 - a Number of Acres: Lewin, J . H. 67 Location: Big Run . This tract is partly insid e and partly outside Roads: The Park area . 3 mil e s over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope -- s a ndy clay loam, of' good d epth and f'ertil ity . History of Tract and condition of timber: A saw mill is now located on this tract and all mercha ntable timber on the west side of Big Run road has just been worked . This leaves a narrow strip of mercha ntable timber oetwe en Big Run road an~ the Park line , which the owner states he pro bably will cut at a later date . Fue l wood : - - 400 cords . Improvements: · NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: - - - 67 @ $10 . 00 $670 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 670 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 200 . 00 200 . 00 Value of Wood: $100 .oo 100 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $14 . 47 $970 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~-~-. CLERK �~~a::e ~ , C t i f t ~ , - : ~ - ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia, Noufef_ _, At Law. .: : e : t a : : . _ ~ ~ ~ ! : ' _ e ~ : : ~ ~ ~ - - P e : more-or less, of land i n 6 ~ ~ ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, -Defendan ts.-------The undersigned, in answer to the petit10n 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;ai~ petit· n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of/.J! g~ _ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said etition and to said tice. :~ :::eo;;;-;;~~~~:::::::_:-:~k~::z?!::_ 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~ -~z--: cres,~ hich there n are the following · an d 1mprovem b m·1d·mgs · · ent s ·--------~ -~----/' ~ ___ _ _________________ _ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ;i_~~- -/ '0_____ --~-_;~ -------- -- This Ja)J:d is located about_ ___ miles f r o m ~ 7 - - ~ - - - - - - - Virginia, in th~~- Magis terial 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 be has in or to the tract or pa=c~of ~d described above.) - - ~d_ ________ -- -- - The land owners adjace to h above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __#~_c _ _ _ _ ___ _____________ _______ _________ __ -~ South_ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ :e:t0 ~~: -~, ,---~ ~ -----8 I acquir ~ht, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_..lR9-in the ~~~ - -____fu~L A 0,,_~ ____ _____ ,,,L_z_M:£~ -~ __ ,ff./~ fL yf-.J ~ I claim that the total v a ~ o c t or parcel of land with the improvements there- on is $-4.L.6_€_._~§.Jt:) 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 $&Ld£_ ,_/ ~ ; I am the owner of_ __ .,L__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 l;>y the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $./4~ ~-=~ (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 ). Witness my signature (or my name and mark ; ~ ~ ~ ,1~i~NTY OF~ ---_-- -~--- -- -----;~~~ ;~-------- ------ ~~i the ~iv~:~~~ !~!ii!~:: ;e~~~~:u ; t : ; ; ~ f h'i n{;~a-~;-d e~~;-th-th at-th~-~-~ tt;~s and things ap~ring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ !_6__-=--. ______ day of_ _____ /~------ -, 1931. ;} ,L,,; :J;/'/ t;/'0 / iftfi~:r~~r~p~stiga~Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ��~:;::v~ti!· and De~:~~d.~~ign~~.11:~;~w~~~tecC~~;;;i~!~r~~··c to the notice of condemnation awarded velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response upon the fili~ of ~id P,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 said efruti~;--;_-;d-to said o tice. ________ ----------------------/ ~---My name is _____ ~~~ ---"L--~ _______ ---~ -~ -~ My post office address is_ ~ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL---~-/---- ----a;J?s, on which there are the following - ~ ~ _ . d_______ _ ---~ buildings and improvements=-------~ ~:~:;~~~~;~~s~~;~;~~·::~o~~~ ~ ~irginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ---~ - - -- - -- ----------------------------------------------- - • .,..... �. ~· ·- . - - - �/~~ Claim of__ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----In the Ofrcuit Court of_ ~ ~ ~-Cou nty, Virginia, No L ~ ~' At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the Stat of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._/4.-M<tt2..J.A.4L~.4___ ____ _ -------~ -~~-more-or less, of land in_~ ~ ~ounty, 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 fili~ of ; a' . : ) . ~::'.,published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL~ ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~;~:: : 4/. -------------- sai: P ~ ~ ___ ____ _ My post office address is_ -"-~ ~ - _ ~A&._______ L ~ ~-::___ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought io be condemned, containing about__L ~- ~ - --- ---acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s: _____ .r:: ~ ~ -----~ -~ ~ ~ _::t~~ ~ ------------ --- This land is located about_ ___ _¥__ ___ miles from~!f'; f£44-t..~ L4-!.~irginia, in e- Mag1s th e1 ~ ~~,u,..L. ·teria · ·1D·t·t - - -----1s ric of sai·dcount y. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -------- ~ ~ -- ----- ---- ---- ------------ ------------ -------The land owners adjacent to_Jre a_3ov~ d~scribed tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ £ ~ ~ ---~ ------------ ------------ -------------------South _____ ~ - - ~ ~ East __ A ~ ~ --~ ----- - - -- ----- - - -- - ------------ ----------West ____ -..,,,~<:::Z.A.-__________ ------------------- ;;..,5 7 ~ -----------------------------------------:/£,L~ I claim that the total alue of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $~L-~-' - ~ 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 'L.~-~.!_________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or ..,.i nformation 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: _ ___ __ A _ ~~ -~--~L~~- _,.(J~ ___ ------ ~.jd!d / ~ --± -- ~ -~--e:. ___ ~ -- ~ / , - ~ --~- ~ ¢-. ~ ------------ ------~ ~ -'l!::--- ~ ~-~:='---4'L -----~ ~--~ ~-~ e -- __ __L~4- ____ o-u ___ -- __ ~ _/ ___ ~ _ ------------ ----- ------ - ------------ - --- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached her to) this ___/ ~ __ __ _day :~ ~~~i~:- - - - - - - ~~~-- r~. :~!;; 1 The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _ ~ / _ --~ ½ ! =____ ___ _________ ____ the above named claimant personally appe-are d before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above a~ ar e true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this __ __, . L ~ ~--- day o}-/L _______,_ _--, 19 . 9/;¾ / ,, 1/6 /.//,,,. ~ 1/ ... A/. / M -~ ~-~ --~- -~ ~ ~ ! #_-Y:dL~:.~ Clerk o the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ��Claim of_ __ / ~In the Circuit Court of__~~~~~~~ more-or less, of land in~ .W~ ~-County, Virginia, -Defendants.---- ---The undersigned, in answer to the petit10n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili1;_9- o_f sj d 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~::: said ? /~~dt'__ notic~/----------,------/A-r-~~L ~~/- ------- My post office address 1s ______ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ ~_? _____ ac es, on which there are th~ following buildings and improvements: _______ - ~ _____ _ ~ ~~ ~-----P-41___._ _______ _ This land is located about_ __ {,L______ miles from __~ ~ ~ L ~-~ Virginia, in th ------~ -Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of l~ ~d above.) ----------- --- · ____ ---~ ~ ---------------- ---------------- ------------ ~::::zA!~z::_~bo: d? ~c~ arcel oi~t are as follows: South_c;.,..s::;;~'W· _A ? { ~ , r_____ ~ ____________ _ East ______ £Li?':~-0 -- -----~ / - ~~ ~~ ____________ _ C,/" // West _______________ LL ______________________________________________ /. __ ~ ·-----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _~.!""_? _~ ~ -:in the following manner: / ./._ ~ ~ -_L' - -- --~ ~--~ ~ ~ 2 ~ ~ j-- aim :~ t-t~:to~~l-~~~tr~~~~~.;~~~-- on is $ J_J_J.:fdL_: tJ.oAI claim that ti':1 value of my: right, title, estate or interest,~ /' -~=-c;;..c..-&.c·.-t...,_p U_ -.: u ~~ - t ~ - U in and to this tract or parcel of land with t e improveme ts thereo11,is $_J,_:J.aL'P_-:_ ~~ 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 b~ Remark : ~ J--~ _ / _ -~ -~ --- ---------~ --~ ~ - - - ----- a,/ _ ~ 4 - . . e . ___ -~ -~ --/?~-- ~ - e f - ---~ ~--~ ~ - f 2 t - , ~ ~ /4d__~ ~t:~-~ -- ______ -'Z~-~ ~n§j:,';":2m:,.r~ ffei,j ----. -~ ~~~~::~. 1::.:r ~ --k.,,f ·~ -- ~ on t~}tt~~ . nd ::r/£~'.~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF~ ~ ~- To-wit: , The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ________ .~~ __ ------------- ~ -------the above named claimant personally appeared b~;- him and made oath that the matters and things ap~ ng in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiB ___ . . / ~ ________ day of__~ ~ ~ ,/ , ,t" . / .,C cf? '-/ / . /.)_ / ~ ~ ~~ _,, / /.A,,,~ R" ,r;,r-/ / ~ / / 'V/ 1/ ~, 7 / / _ ~- --~ ~L _______ _ (..../Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~1.22' ��County: ock1nghem District: cton l # 256 cree.ge Claimed: Assessed Value Claimed: Location: J . H. Lewin l 4.1 6 " Big Run and lie Deed 300 Acquired 236.120 1917 for 4350 Incl ded 144. 136 acre tract p rtly outside the Park area Laps: Soil: Ro 3 a: Histoq: lea over county road to ~s nd Ford A portion of' thi tract ha been b rned over and the r ining portion has b enc t over le ving a sc ttored young atond of Mixed oak, yellow e..nd white pine. Improve:rt.ents: None Til'l1ber: 25,000 bd.tt. o . 50 ""87.50 Value of land by tpes : V cre~e !ll!. Slope {burned) " 36 (unburned) ue Total value 4 72.00 ~~ 2.00 57 4 . 00 228 . 00 6 6 20. 00 5.00 100.00 30.00 430 . 00 F C FB 104 otal value ot land Tot l 0 Aver V ue ot timber v lue or tract e value pr acre 430.00 87 . 50 517 . 50 4 . 97 11S �County: Rockingham Di strict: Ston w ll 1; 256-n Acreage Claimed: ~: " Big tun, ~his tract is Slope-- andy clay lo Roads : 3 nile History: ewin 294.00 A Assessed Value Clai ed: Location : J' . H. Deed t 630.0 rtly inside and c quir ed 35 . 5 a.ere 1697 tor 4 150. Thia includes tho 294.58 A shown above. artly autside the P rk are~ of g ood depth nnd f'ortili ty over c ounty rod to i sland ~ord A saw mill is now located on this t ract rnd all ner ehantablo ti ,ber on tha we3t lun ro d has juot been work d. ':..hi leaves narrow atr p of erch t bl t ber bftwoen Bi road nd the ark line, hich t h oner t tes he probably wi l cut t l tr d te. Fuel wood 400 ed.. soi per e d . 200 . 00 Value of l and by t ype s: Value per ere creage Slope . 5.00 67 Total vf1 e ot l nd 335. 00 Tot 200.00 value of timber Total val e ot tract vera e Tel e per a.er 5' Totel value 335.00 .oo 7. 98 11b �County: Distric t; Rockingh am Stonewa ll #256 - Lewin, J .H. N LEGEND: Slope Tillable Pields restocki ng Scale - 1" : 20 chains 3 �C unty: ockinghrun D1otr1ct: Stone all Le11n, J.H. N I/. ,Jl'- I 11// \ //\\ II \\ ~ II II II /1 // I; \ ii. 8 \ \ "~ \ '\ ~ \\ s \JI' , ~1. A ,JI' I~~ \\ \\\\\ ,#,~( 4 -#I~ " - II -;II I 1,,10'...... l~/bg' Est . -11- lb '1 LLGillJD: Slopo Sc le - l": 20· chains �STATEr.IBNT OF ) Geo. S. Harnsberger, p. q. J". H. LENIN STATEMENT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, ETC .: \ 7.J �\ < a. > m \ \ 0:: < 0 0:: 111 Q. \ ll. :J . \ 0 u IJJ ll. 0 .J LJJ > z LJJ IJJ IJJ .J 0. :J 1/) \ �In re Arbitration .Agreements submitted to the Governor, arising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park ct. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia !J313-;;!!f?7 v. prJ ££6l '}t.0nv •uA 'Aluno~ w-e4'.aur~i:>0 H Cassandra Lawson ..itkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. ,. •· Lu -\ ~ l ,, '"'') 8t111 U! pGj!j I In re exceptions of J.H.Lewin. To the Hon.Philip Villiams, Chairman of the Park Land .Arbitration Board. In reply to the rules issued by the said .ttrbitration Board on ugust 16, 1933, and in reply to your cal.l therein made, the undersigned be 6s to say: (a) The number of the tract mvned by exceptant and shown on the map filed in ·chis proceeding is 256. (b) The a creage claimed is 104. The interest asserted by ex- ceptant is the fee simple ownership. (o? and (d) 20 acres of burned over land, a t $10.00 per acre, $200.00 69 acres of timber land, at $30.00 per acre, 2,070.00 A ten acre field, re-stocking, at $25.00 peraare, A cultivated field of 5 acres at $40.00 rr " 250.00 200.00 $2,720.00 That portion of the land under consideration which is desired to be taken for Park purposes is in a very irregular shape, and, as a consequence, lea.ves the balance of the larger tra ct of l r nd, LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. off of which it was taken, in an extremely irregular condition, an �--2-exoeptant claims as incidental damages to the 1:ala.nce of his tract J500. oo. All of this land is naturally adapted to blu.e gr2,ss and lies abou.t three-fourths of a mile from the Norfolk and Yestern Railroad and the Shenandoah River and the pbulic road . There has been no effort made to segregate the value of the timber land from the timber as 2u.ch,becau.se if it were all out off now it would tend to destroy the real value of the land as it exists to - day. The fact that this is a thrifty stand of young oak I looated as it is, near the points above indicated . gives it a special val ue that mountain land wou.ld not have. In view of these facts , it is believed that the valuation hereinabove placed upon the same is the fair and reasonable worth of the property under normal conditions . State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg , to-wit : This day ~. H. Lewin personally appeared before me . F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid , i n the state of Virginia, and, being duly sworn, depo~es and says : I have read the above statement , and believe the statement of f~cts contained therein to be true. I ~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this ~ S (L day iNotary . 9Public. ~~ LAW OFFICES GEO. $. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. of August, 19 • �In re Arbitration Agreements submitted to the Governor , arising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Coui ts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park =ct . 1 State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County~ 'Ja. v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. AUG'?? \933 ~ & In re exceptions of J . R.Lewin. To the Ron. Philip \filliams , Chairman of the Park Land .Arbitration Board. In re_p i.y to the rules issued by the said .Arbitration Board on ugust 16, 1933 , and in reply to your call therein made , the undersigned begs to say: (a) The number of the tract owned by exceptant , as shown on the map filed in this proceeding, is 256- a . (b) The acreage claimed is 67 , and the interest asserted by exceptant is the fee simple . (c) and (d) Grazing land , 7 acres,@ $65 .00 per acre , Timber land, ~ acres, , $4.(.oo per This land constitutes the only natural entrance from the Port Republic Road to Eig Gap Run Gap. This land is naturally blue grass land , and the 7 acres referred to above has been cleared and is in a good blue grass sod. The~ acres of land which has not been cleared has upon it a fine stand of young , thrifty timber, mostly oak , from tie size down. This land, when cleared , would na.turally go into blue grass. The appraisers , in LAW OFF I CE S GEO. S. HARN SBERGER HA RRISON BURG . VA. their report , state that it is a sandy clay loam of good depth and �- --2--- fertility. Due to the fact that the timber is not at this time mature , it is difficult to segregate it and separate it from the value of the land as such , beoause , if it were all out off now , it would tend to destroy the real value of the land as it exists today. The fact that this is a thrifty stand of young oak , located as it is , on the Port Republic Road and only half a mile from the Norfolk and ~estern Railroad , gives it a special value that mountain land would not have . I n view of these facts , it is believed that the valuation hereinabove placed upon the same is the fair and reasonable worth of the property under normal conditions . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to- wit: This day J . H. Lewin personally appeared before me , F. Flavia Converse, a lfotary PU.blic in and for the City aforesaid , in t he State of Virginia , and , being duly sworn , deposes and says : I have read the above statement , and believe the statements of f acts oontained therein to be true . - 91oc~ I • Subsori bed and sworn to be.fore me this LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. ~Set( day of August , 1933. �1 LEi IN, J . H. 256, 256-a ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER: F.XCEPTANT: Lewi~, J . H. ORIGINAL CLAIM : Acreage 171 : Value $7510 . : Inc . Dama.ges,$1000 . VALUE PLACED UN TRACT BY PErITI ONER'S APPRAISERS: TRACT NO . VALUE 256 $517 . 50 256-a INCIDENTAL DAMAGES 535 . 00 BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDiliGS: MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 256 . 256 ~a VALUE OF TRACT: TRACT NO . 256 256 - a VALUE $815 . 00 970 . 00 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES �The basic differences between Petitioner and this exceptant are as to the classification and value of the land, timber values and amount of incidental damages . Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner's appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this c ase, and not as set forth in exceptant ' s statements . This Vfork Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired . Subscribed to and verified before me this the 1933 . i'' day of September, ~Jr.~ Emma Y-:-stokes, ~ i c �I\ ' "' ' Ji £aw Office o/ ~eo. S Jlarn s6ery er Jtarrts on6ur y,l/a. �IN 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 County. To the Hon.Philip Williams, Chairman of the Park Land Arbitration Board. In reply to your letter and call of august 8, 1933, beg to sa:y that copies of the papers heretofore filed in the above matter are herewith handed you, and a like copy has been delivered to the State Commission on Conservation and Development, with the exception of a copy of the claim which Mr.Marsh of the Commission said they did not z:md. Further answering your calls in their order: (1) The grounds of exception are fully set forth in the ex- ceptions filed. Suffice it to say here that t he basis of the ex- ception is the extremely inadequate and confiscatory value placed upon the lands of exceptant; these lands are not property segregated as to quality or value. The a.mount allowed per a cre for ex- ceptant's land is not only not the fair value of said land under normal conditions, under which conditions said land must be valued, but is grossly inadequate and oonfiscatory in view of the fact th t it is the purpose of the Conservation Commission to take all suoh grazing lands upon the Blue Ridge Mountain. (2) The number of this claim on the county ownership map file - <::'.<. , (3) The authority of counsel to act in these proceedings is LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG . VA. attached hereto. Respectfully submitted, /~ '?'4- / ~ ~ . , ~ ~ �£aw Office o/ Yeo. S Jlarn sberye r Xarnso n6wy,l /a. Aug.1. 1;1933 . '10 t he Hon.P hili11 William s,Cha irman or the ParK Land Arbit ration Board , This is Lo certif y that I,the unde rsigne d,hav e employ ~d Geo.s .narns berger ,Attor ney,o ~ Harri sonbu rg,vir ginia, to repres ent me in all contL enmat ion proc e ed ings in conne ction wi t h my lands in the Shenan uoah Nat ional Par.K Area. ZI"( �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJ.M COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of· the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. To the Hon.H.W.Bertram, Judge of said Court. The motion of J.H.Lewin, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported, under its Nos.256 and 256-a, of .i:1o±x its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of ea.id Court, that the 104 acres, its No. 256, found by said Board to be the property of the moveant, was valued at only $7.83 per acre, and that the 67 acres of land, its No. 256-a, found by said Board to be the property of moveant, was valued at only $14.47 per acre. The grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the price per acre allowed for said lands is totally inadequate and confiscatory, said lands being worth many times more than the amount allowed by said Board of Appraisal Commissioners, as will more fully appear from the affidavits attached hereto. (2) That said Board of Appraisal Commissioners erred in not allowing any incidental damages under its No. 256, as the 104 acres of land therein referred to is taken off of the larger tract of land in such a way as to very substantially injure it,bot in its future use and sale. LAW OFFICES (3) That the findings of said Board were based upon a mistake GEO . S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before said Board by moveant. �----2--. (4) That the findings of said Board are, apparently, from the statements contained in its reports, based upon the physical character of the land alone, without taking into consideration, or at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the income-producing capacity of the land. The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of the above exceptions. The claim heretofore filed by moveant is asked to be read in connection with this motion. LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . n1 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.i.M COUNTY , VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of J . R. Lewi*J to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of .AJ)praisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its findings Nos . 256 and 256-a. state of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day J . H. Lewin personally appeared before me , Mf . 0. /2 ~ , a Notary Publio in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virgi.nia, in my County aforesaid, and , being duly sworn , deposes and says: The 104 aores of land, referred to under No . 256 of the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in this matter, is a part of a 236 acre tra ct of land situate upon Big Run, on the east side of the Shenandoah River, in the eastern portion of stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, a quarter of a mile from a siding on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, also the same distance from the Shenandoah River, about half a mile from the electric plant of the City of Harrisonburg, and about 100 yards from the Por t Republic-Elkton Road. This tract, with the exception of probably 11 acres, has its cheif value in its timber. This 104 acres of l and is cut off of the larger tract of 236 acres in such an irregular way as to render the balance LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA . namely, 132 aores, undesirable for agricultural purposes, and consequently it will be harder to sell than it was before the 104 acres was t aken off. This land is of good quality,and,when �-.- 2 .... cleared , naturally goes to blue grass . In view of the character of the land , the timber thereon , and its nearness to m~rket, a ffia t believes t hat , even W.ithout considering the incidental damage done to the remainder of the land from which this was taken , the land in question sh ould be worth $40. 00 per acre . agll The incidental dam- to t he remainder of the l and should be a t le ast i1,ooo. oo. The t aking of this 104 acres from the 236 acre tr act deprives the balance of said tr act of the greater portion of its timber. The 67 acres of land , referred to under 256- a of the report of the Board of appraisal Commissioners in this matter , is all in timber , with the exception of a bout 6 acres which is in This tract adjoins the 236 acre tract , out of which blue grass. the above tract of 104 acres was taken. Due to the location of this land , these.me being situate upon the Port Republic-Elkton Road , and also its proximity to the Railroad, power plant , and river , as hereinabove referred to in connection with the adjacent tract of 104 acres , and due to the fact that the land lies well,ie fertile , and has a good standing of young timber on all of it except about 6 acre s , it is considered that the same should be worth $50. 00 per aore . Subscribed and sworn to before me this (Seal o the Notary . LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. 22 1'.PI day of September , 193'2. �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. The State Wommission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, kL~ The affidavit of __ 'a . to be read in connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Nos. 256 and 256-a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved. State of Virginia, 1,/·o un cy of Rookingiam, to-wit: _____.personally an,aared _ M_J.~ Thia day M,/ .,. Qi.:,__~ , efore me, _____ a notary iublic in and for the County and State aforesaid, in my county aforesaid, and, being uly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acquainted with the 104 and the 67 ac r es of land ituate on Big Run, owned by J.H.Lewin, which lands are valued by he Board of Appraisal 0ommissioners at $7 .83 and at $14 .47 per ere, respectively . Considering the fertility of these lands, the act that they n aturally go t,O Blue Grass when cleared, the timber hereon, their accessability and nearness to market and to modern onveniences, I am of the opinion that these lands are well worth evera.l times the valuation placed thereon by the .appraisal Board. hat the prices allowed by the appraisal Board are entirelJ too heap and mu.ah lONer than similar lands in that oommuni ty can be urchased for. Due to the irregular form in which the 104 acres s taken fran the 236 acres, there should be allowed very su.bstanial dam9.ges to the 132 acres remaining, as this tract is left in e ry bald sha pa • ubscri bed and swo rn to LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. ll![.1~qy~ -----be fore m ~ i s ~ ~ ~- o,f · September ,1932 ) _ Mf_.J!)__lf_~ _ _ _N. E. ( f11~ )___ (_ 0~ �In the Circuit Co11rt of Rockingham County, Virginia . The State Commission on ~onservation and Developnent of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Roc~ingham County, ~a. U, Js\ · J:o af The aff1 davit of ___ to be read in connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Noa. 256 and 256-a of the Board of .Appraisal Commissioners disapproved. State of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day _ _(l, ,k/. st~ g /.-· AJ[___fl_/ 4 ~ . a before me, _ _ _ _persona Uy appeared notary p11blic in and fo the uounty and State aforesaid, in my county aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acquainted with the 104 and the 6 7 acres of land i tuate on Big Ran, owned by J .H. Lewin, which 1 ands are val u.ed by th e Board of Appraisal Co,nmissioners at ._i7.83 and at $14 . 47 per acre, respectively. Considering the fertility of these lands, the act that they naturally go to Blue l.i-rass when cleared, the timber thereon, their accessability and nearness to market and to modern conveniences, I am of the opinion that these lands are well worth several times the valuation placed the .r.eon by the Appraisal Board. That the prices allowed by the appraisa 1 Board are en tirelJtoo cheap and much lcmer than similar lands in that community o· pur chased for. be Due to the irreglllar form in which the 104 acres is taken from the 236 acres, the re should be allowed ve i' y substantial damages to the 132 acres remaining, as this tract is 1eft in LAW OFFICES very bafd shape, [.£~~~~ ----: GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. Subscribed and sworn to before me thE S _ }).1.f1._of Septembe£, 1932 cs~ J__10,______t/~-------J . .t?. �IN ME CI RCUI T COUJ·I1 OF ROCKINGH.fu~ COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Vommission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,561 acres, more or less, in rlockingham County, Vi rginia . Statement made by - ~-Ji : ~ _,----~ - a&a- a decree - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · - - -- ~ pursuant to entered in the above entitled cau.se on October 25, 1932, in response to Item No . 1 of the inquiry made in said decree . Your respondents say that the acreage liated in the report of the Appraisal Board, under its No s _ 1~- ~ -~J-~- ~ - ; is believed t o be approximately correct, and that they do not desire t o make any objection to the acreage as there given . Your respondents f urther say t h§.t it was n ot t he number of acres allowed them t o which exception was taken, but that the ex ceptions heretofore filed by them we r e to the amount allowed your respondents par acre . · .c_s ~µ~J.~- -~ By 1.,ounsel. ( s)·-o ·~od)· •Q/1A LA W OF FICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARR I SONBUR G. VA. ~~~: ½.~~~~~ ~~~~~i 0 ~ _:__ _ _ , �IN TH-•, CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKIUGH_ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia vs . !!.. COUNTY , VIRGIN:!: • fllij~ In the Clerk's Offic ftouklfttlh mc unty, V: ~tr ,-.tf'is32 Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. To the Hon. rr. ·.1. ertrarn,Judge of said Court. The motion of J.H.Lewin , prayine said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of ppraisal commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter , wherein said Board reported, under 1 ts rros. 256 and 256-a of nrtx its findings , as filed in the Cler~ ' s Office of said court, that the 104 acres , its No.256, found by said Board to be the property of the moveant, was vslued at only J7 . 83 per acre, and that the 67 acres of land, its No . 256-a, found by said Board to be the property of moveant, was va lued at only $14. 47 per acre The grounds of said motion are as follows : (1) That the price per acre allowed for said lands is totally inadequate and confiscatory , said lands being worth many times more than the amount allowed by said Board of ppraisal Com- missioners , as will more fully appear from the affidavits attached hereto. (2) That said Board of tppraisal Conmissioners erred in not allowing any incidental damages under its No . 256, as the 104 acres of land therein referred to is taken off of the larger trac of land in such a way as to very substantiu~ly injure it ,both in its future use and sale . (3) That the findings of said Board were based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced befor LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. said Board by moveant . �---2-(4) That the findings of said Board are, apparentl y, from the statement s contained in its reports, based upon the physical char acter of the land alone, without taking into considera tion, or at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the income-pr oducing ca:p3.city of the land. The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of the above exception s. ~1e claim heretofor e filed by moveant is asked to be read in connection with this motion. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. �IN TH"" CI~CUIT COU!tT OF ROCKI~TGHJJA: COUNTY, VIRGI HI • The state comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the state of Virgi nia vs . Cassa ndra Lav1son Atkin s and other s and ti2 , 501 acres of land in Rocki ngham Coun ty. The affid avit of J . H.Lew it to be read in conne ction with the motio n filed by him to have the findi ngs of the Board of Appr aisal Comm ission ers disap prove d in conn ectio n with its findings Fos . 256 and 256-a . state of Virgi nia , count y of Rocki ngham , to-w it : This day J . I.Lew in perso nally appea red befor e me, ~ a ~----c.,,r ' a ·otar y Publi c in and for the sai , Coun ty afore saiat (in the State of Virgi nia, in my Coun ty afore and, being duly sworn , depos es and says : The 104 acres of l and , refer red to under No. 256 of the r, is repor t of the Board of 1~ppr aisal Comm ission ers in this matte the a part of a 236 acre tract of land situa te upon Big Run, on east side of the Shena ndoah River , in the easte rn porti on of stone wall Distr ict, Rocki ngham Coun ty , Virg inia, a quart er of a mile from a sidin g on the :i.iorfol k and ,/es tern Railr oad , also the same dista nce from the Shena ndoah River , about half a mile from the elect ric plant of the City of Harris onbu rg , and about 100 yards from the Port Repu blic - El k ton Road. T.nis tr a ct, with t h e ex cepti on of proba bly 11 acre s , has its cheif value in its ct o timbe r. This 104 a c1~es of land is cut off of t h e large r tra , 236 acres in such an irreg ular way as to rende r the balan ce namel y , 132 acres , unde sirab le for agric ultur al purpo ses , and LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISON BURG, VA. conse quent ly it will be harde r to sell than it was befor e the whe 104 acres wa s t a ken off. This land is of good quali ty, and, �--2-- cleared,natu rally goes to blue grass . In view of the character of the land, the timber thereon, and its nearness to market, affiant believes that,even without considering the incidental damage done to the remainder of the land from which this was taken,the land in ~uestion- should be worth J40 .00 per acre. The incidental dam- ages to the remainder of the land should be at least .'·1,000.oq. Tne taking of this 104 acres from the 236 acre tract deprives the balance of said tract of the greater portion of its timber. The 67 acres of land, referred to under 256-a of the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s in this matter, is all in timber, ,.,ith the exception of about 6 acres which is in blue grass . 11his tract ad joins the 2j6 acre tre.c t, out of which the above tract of 104 acres was taken. Due to the location of this land, the same being situate upon the Port Republic-Elk ton Road, and also its proximity to the Railroad, power plant, and river, as hereinnbove referred to in connection with the adjacent tract of 104 acres, and due to the fact that the land lies well, is fertile, end has a good standing of young timber on all of it except about 6 acres, it is considered that the same should be worth p50 . 00 per acre . Subscribed and sworn to before me this ~'7,,~day of September, 19,52. ~~ ~4t7 :;Jr~iyPu blic. LAW OFFICES GEO . S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �In the Circuit Oourt of Rockingham Oounty, Virginia. The State vornrnieeion on Conservation and Development of the St te of v1r~1nia v. ndra LawBon Atkins and others 0as and 52 , 581 cree of l and in ockingha.m v ounty,Va. to be read in connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Noe . 256 and 256 - a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved . State of Vir inia , 0f"'lunty of H ckingham , to - ·it: 'l'his day ~ . vl , before me , ,<(j 1 e na St , the uounty: i /, / ~ personally appeared I , a notary public in and for vi),~ t/ foresaid , in roy countj' aforeeaia,anc' l , b e in duly eworn, ~epoaes and says: I am well f4Cquaint d ·dth th on Uig ai tua.t the poar of 1 un , owned by J ..... L· ·in, which lands a.re valued by ffr isal Oowmis ion ra · t a.cre,reapect i v ly. _von1:.1id .c ing th fa.ct 104 and the 67 acres of lan::l 7.83 and at 14 . 47 per f e rtility of these lands, the hat they natur lly go to Blue Grass when c.lear d, the timber theraon,thei r acceaaabil1ty and nearness to market and to modern conv niancea,t am of he opinion that these lan s a.re well worlbh eev~ral tim a the valuation placed t r on by th Appraisal Board. That the prictHJ allo ed by the appraisal Board are entiref oo ch<'ap and much l o· ·er than ai rr i lar lands in that comr.:iuni ty can be purchased for . nue to the irregular form in v· ich the 104 acres ie taken from the "36 a.er s,there e oulr! be llo ..ve v ry substan- tial darnagoe to the 132 acres rernaining , a e this tract is 1 f in very ba#d shape • • Subscrib d .d e orn t-o b LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. ~31 �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham Oounty,Virginia. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. C&asandr Lawson Atkins and other.a ~nd 52,581 acres of land in rtockingha~ vounty,Va. 'l'h af'fidavi t of if. ~/ XJ_//':,6 to be read in (/ connection with the motion filed by J.li.Lewin to have the findings Nos.256 and 256-a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners dis pproved. State of Vir inia, County of R0ckingham,to- ·it : £ ~ )te~ /4 ~ f l 7 £ "l / z. l?":'.'.;~ , This day before me, r / personally appeared a notary public in and for the County and statevaforesaid,in my county aforeeaid,and,being duly aworn,deposes and says: ~ 1 am well acquainted with the' 104 and the 67 acres of land aituat th on Big ~un,01ned by J. i.Lewin,which lands are valued by Bo rd of ppr'is l Uommisaioners at ~7 . 83 and at acr ,respectiv ly. vonsid ring th fact 14.47 per f rtility of these l·nds,the h t they naturally go to Blue Grass when cleared,the timber thereon,their acceasability and nearness to market and to modern conveniences,! am of the opinion that these lands are well worbh sevAral times the value.tion place thereon by the Appra.isal Board. That the prices allo ed by the appraisal Board are entir o1-too cheap and much lower than si~ilar lan sin that community can be purchased for. oue to the irregular form in hich the 104 acres is taken from the 236 acr e,there should be allov.ed very substantial damages to the 132 acres rernaining,ae this tract is left in very bai/d shape. /IA;'/ subscribed and sworn to b fore me this LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. / ..,,-/:{-ffJ_.,.e__g. ?-~) I /> ftl..~ ~~~~ of September,193f �Ifr THE CIRCUIT COU. T OF ROC ~~INGH.. -.: COUNTY , VIRGI: . The ~tate Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment of the state of Virgin ia vs . Cassa ndra La~son tkins and others and 52 , 561 acres , more or less, in Rockingham County , Virgin ia. o filed in the Clerk\ Office Rockingham County, Va, t· 1'.' I/ 1932 ; ~erk c : f : ~-- ~ t2' . - - - - - - - - - -- , pursu~ nt Statem ent ma.de by to a decree entere d in the above entitl ed cause on Octob er 25 , 1932 , in res ..,,onse to Item .,_To . l of the ing_ui ry made in said dGcree . Your respon dents say that the acreag e listed in the report of the pp:rai sal Board , under its l O#J/", /,t,l(,- ttis believ ed to be approx imat~ ly correc t , and that the,1 uo not desire to make any objec tion to the acrea ge s there given . Your respon dents furth ers y that it w· snot the number of acres allowe d them to which excep tion vas taken , but that the exce:9 tions hereto fore filed by them were to the amount allowe d your respon dents per acre . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBU RG , VA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lewin-j-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lewin, J. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 256, 256-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lewin https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/83fe809bd3fd8da50e884997bd05ce38.pdf 9b91d09c5cb92dc8e3e96c993a34fb63 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT if2o9 - LeHis , ~ - .!. et 1 Number of Acres: 114 Location.: Roads: Soil: Nee:~ ,un . P'.lrt outsid e the - ~rk area . • ur" . 194-19 :5- 19G . .r:hree 11il3::; vin irt road to ort Repub lic • .... lope t·rpe o s nc •r lo of f~ir uert' i'..... i1 ly s ooth, gentle slopes . .1 osi tions ·. . nd fertil ity o History of Tract and condition of timber: : o"' t ~ 11 th 1ercl . ntL.bl, J sa. r t ~ er ' ~ " '-":i '1 r~ Jved ".,.,.y: t;1is tr~ct • 1 he reL'..li '1inc st nd co 1si ts of srJ. 11 o~l~s · 1cl pine . ..bo 1t 6 cords o f 1el oocl per acre . 68G cords ; ocl - s ,.., ties ; i --1 en~ no r. 0 1 Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 114 .J . 0O 670 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: ;34 Minerals: . oo 'ti'.914 . 00 Value of Land: $ 5?0 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 344 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 01 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ _-orie • ~ - / ~_l _e, L--:::z: �Claim o f _ ~ ~ ~ ' t ~~ 4 - 9 ; ~ , P f f . 7 ~ - ~ - - - In the Circuit Court oL_~~--------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on-C~~;;;~~;-;~d Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ~ . more or less, of land in_ ____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answe p n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filin of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit / . Court of___ ______ ______________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to s 1d petition and to said notice.~. ¾ ,M . ~~~-~-~-~1~~~~4---~~ My name is __ My post office address is __ {.~--~--------------------------- ---1 claim a right, title, estate or mterest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_!~~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=------~-~-------------- ----------------------- ---. ------.----------------------------.---------- <=? -- , . ,,d£::-:- ------- .--.-. --.This 1;nd 1s located about_ __ L_______ mlles from ___~ ----------'--------V1rgmia, m . 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 a b o v e . ) ~ ~ y ~. -:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ ~ ~ ~ :::: The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as foll0rws: North ____ ~_#.--~--------------------------------- ---------------------South __~__ ea,?,_ ____________________________________________________________ _ East _____ ~~-------------------------------- ------------------1 ~ West ______ ..el.~ --------------------------------------- ·------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: . ,,, -------------------67--~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------~-------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with -the-improvements thereon is $-1.~-~-~-------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $if{.!'_ __________ . I am the owner oL':l _____________ 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 $:G_¥7--_L~P-"'----· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should ·also insert here a desc~::::k:~ ~~~;z::~-~~~~--~-~~/ ~pr~~~~~~-- �County : oc:ing h Di trict: . ~toe all f! Aasess e 128 V +ue Claime d: Locati on: - Lau : 250. 00 "'art out it,e the Pe.rk are • u. s. ed l7t.-0- l0 " I er1t ed oai tions 194-19 5-196 ·one kno n o ds: - 74-10- 30 " , 3200 . 00 eek Run . uel H. Lewis, et al 209 3 iles via dirt road to ort Rep blia. oil: Slope type. ndy lo Gentle slopes . Histor y: of fair depth and tert1l ity. F .irly sooth . ,ost ll the merch antabl e ti ber has been removed fro this tr ~ct. Th remain , tand consi sts of amal.l o ·s d pine. bot 6 eds. of i"uel wood per • 688 eds . ood 50¢ er ed. 344.00 < cm.e ties being cut now. Improv enents : none Value or 1 nd by tzyes: ~ slope Tot l value ot l nd " " " ver a Value pe~ acre .crce.c e 114 e " tt tr ct per acre , 3.00 otal value _ · 42.00 342.00 344.00 685.00 6.02 2.'1/ �Count y : - #2o9- Lewis , Samu el H. , .e t al . ,, Distr ict : Rocki ngham Stone wall Margar et Lynn Wheat LEGEND: Slo1te Scale - l = 20 chain s 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lewis-s-h-et-al.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lewis, S. H. et al Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 269 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lewis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4790a4697f83ce19a0de094f79632b2d.pdf d58a4b82871b23008a985c23a69a99a6 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT Le,ds , 3. H. 1tBG8 - Number of Acres: GO Location: Roads: - Ls1,:is mn ancl p~1rt outside the :...rk t..re... . 193 uncl 194. Three ..:.nd. one-h.J.l:' niles vi 1 c1irt ro&..d to tiw ne rest s:uppinf 9oint . Soil: Slope type, s'.:.l.ndy lm,r;: o.: f~i r de:pt 1 ~nd L. osi tions ...... . ort Re ublic , rtility . History of Tract and condition of timber: ··00t of the merclK.ntc.ble saw tiy'1Jer ·~:.s :>'3 :i11 r311oval fr,: t:1::..s tract. he rem~.i:-iin ·· str.nd co~sists o seco:d gr~ t~ oa~s and a ~roll ~mount o~ .hort leaf ""ine bo·1t four cords o~" woo I;)er c4cr • 46 ·• b 1 • ft. s · ti·,bsr. - :304 cortls o~ .o d. Improvements: !':one . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 51 --!; 5 . 00 ru 1-,,J;J~ ') - . OC Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 9 ,'U . GO 270 . 00 - Orchard: ~ '!i'J..., . oo Minerals: Value of Land: $ J'.25 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 184. 00 134 . 0 150 . 00 'i:'839 . 00 ValueofWood: $ 1:::.0 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 1 • JO Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: • 17 �NAME OF CLAIMANT '<:> o'8-U - TT..., Le ris, Bc...muel ·]:. Number of Acres: 45 rely i thin Dee~ Run. r . u. Posi tions ~Oo- 20. uncl 203 . -~nti Location.: r:~ . . re~. tl1a s via ~irt ro-d s to Port ~epu blic, t½e ne~r .st mile T,o Roads: .to. s" ... i_p)i _?; .._JOi -1t. :,s be"n r~ ovecl fron History of Tract and condition of timber: .....11 GC.v ti";.b ~r t.nd some +:!.:is truc t. 1,e·1 i .,-;_ --:_r stand co 1sist s o sn~l 1 Oc..ks 135 cord s yello 1 pi~e , a~ou t 3 cord s o~ :uel ood ~er -ere . ,i/00( . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acrea ge Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 45 .,,:5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 22..; . 00 Value of Impro vemen ts: $ Value of Orcha rd : $ Value of Miner als: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timbe r: $ Value of Wood: $ 07 . ~)0 Value per acre for tract: $ G• ;JO 11e . Incide ntal damag es arisin g from the taking of this tract: $:~"' 7'b �t f - J./ ' ~ Claim of_____A_. .11._·______ ~ ---------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o L ~ - - - - - - - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o said petition and to said notice. ~ My name 1s __________ .----------------My post office address 1s _________________~7 ~~~~:~~----'-/---~------~-------- ~=;,..;_._;_,,------,, _______________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or par.eel of land within the area squght to be condemned, containing about__[Z.~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____ .&_ __ ~ - - ~ - - ~ - ~ - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ - -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:e::----_M-- ------------------- This land is located abouL_~____ miles from _________ ~~'?_________________ Virginia, in t h e _ ~__ 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.) , . 1 ft(J ~ Q ~ 6-,,.~. ffla..., ~ ~ , . t / 1 7 ~ . ~~, ~ - ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------~--------• ~c;.," -~~-~~r-~~-!!1_~~-~!':_~~-t.?::_t!":::___~-~-:~-~---------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follnws: A/ ~ I ~ North _____________~----------------------------------------------------------- ~~~--~a,.-~-~------- ~ =~&~~ ~ ~ ff:~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q-- I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year.(f~~--('t~tin the _ following manner: _, . . ~ . 1 j - 0 a., 9,--- '110-0 - --1-- "'111./_____________ -13-.; ~ ~1< !7 ~ - - - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~-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 $.L.1-_"?:.~--------· I am the owner oL/_q..:.~ _________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $(£!:~-- ----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-~- ~ d : ; - - ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ -~Cy ~ ~ ~ # - - ~ - ~ - ~ ----------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL2:t:Y_:~~~:t~r 1~ 3~ m~ name and :::~-:~:~~~-~~~~~~=~~~~~:~ _z3 ___ STATE OF VIRGINIA, C ~~ OF_ o-wit: 7 __7 ----- ---:--l The undersigned hereby ce tifies that_ ___,_# ~ - - - - - - - - -- -- ----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things ~ earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ _:.::..£_'=-________ day oL_J - d ______ --, 9~ l~ ot/;£>;; ~Pk-of~r-&peemHnvestigatoror-Notary Public, ew-J.ustice of the I!eace. 23::, �,I ( l / AJ'Jl ~ -------------- ~ ~- ------------------------------- Claim oL In the Circu it Court of_ __________________________ County, Virgin ia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the tioner , vs. ______________________________________________________ State of Virgin ia, Peti_______________________ _ ------ ------ ------ ------ m---- ---,,. ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---. more or less, of land in __ ~ - - __ __ __________ County, Virginia, Defen dants. The undersigned, in answe r to the petif of the State Commission velopment of the State of Virgin ia, an in respon se to the notice on Conservation and Deupon the filing of said petitio n and published in accordance with of condemnation award ed the order of the Circu it Court of_ _________________________ County, Virgin ia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answe r ~o said petitio n and to said notice . ~ My name 1s--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----~ --·--- ------ _______________ _ My post office addres s is __________ ______________ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _ _ I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of la d within the area sough t to be condemned, contai ning about_ ___ acres, on which there a1=e i½!e tQll0vJing. ~~~H !g,, and_ improye,nell<S ;___Z h t _ ~ _ l f _ ~ ~ - ____ _ ~cp__________ - --- ------ - - ----- - ------ - - ------ - - ------ ------ --- ------ -,-- Lf);i ;f.--- ------ -- ------ ---This land is located abouL _!_________ miles from __ ~ ..'.'_ -:.-:. :.'?"~ ~}'ir ginia , in the~ ~--M agis teri al Distri ct of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth erthe he is and if joint owner give names of the joint owner s. If claim ant sole owner or joint owner, he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere st heis not sole or joint owner, has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) .j? . ~ ~ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ~---- ----- ----- ----- --------- ----- ----- ----- - The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ____ Ed,. ________________________________________ _ "7 / '.. +---r- ~ South _______ .£( ~l-- ------ ----------- ---- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---h4 Qt-- L/_',b, J . ' Eas t--~ --·--- ----.!.~ -~--- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --------- ----- ----- ----. ~ ~ . West _____ Y ~ ---- ·------------------------------------------------------I acquir ed my right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about the year _/_1~ -~-in the following mann er: ~_ ,_ /4 _~ w-. ------------f' -------~ ~#" ~ ~ ~. 5-. ~ ~ f~~~~~~~-- - ~1--f'~. I claim that-t he total value of this tract or parcel of land with ~mpr0 vemsn t1:s»t hereon is $-(~~ ~- - ------ --· I claim that the total value of my right, 'title, estate or intere st, in and to this tract or parcel of land with~ / "'-the impro vemen ts thereo n is $--~q _q_________. I am the owner oL,(.1--_'i': _______ __ acres of land adjoin ing the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outsid e the Park are a, which I claim will be damag ed by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten t of $LP-. q_~-- ------- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statem ents or inform ation as to this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practi cable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and b9unds). Rema rks ~;v'~~~ -6c :-- ?~ ~~ vf) lt'OU Z k ) ~ ' ·h ! / 5 £ ~ ~ ~r 7~ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ - - ( Continue remar ks if neces sary on ~ oL?'.4::~-:~~:~~r m:' n:me 1~ 3'.: and ack). :::~-:~~:~~e~-~~~~~~~~~:~ STAT E OF VIRGINIA, C ~ OF~ ~ ~".To-w it: The under signed hereb y certifies that_ ___ the above named claim ant personally appea red before him and made oath that the matte rs and things; ~ ing in his above answe r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____ _(_ ___ .:-:::=-_____ day oL __ j3._ ________ --, 93(.'; ? )! / J~ _y f~ ~- --- -------------- -;-~ J 1 ~ ·..:5 <=><--; /_~ ;;-. I /3 . I ' -- "'.'.:"~~ - ~ ------- ffie-rk-oHhe Cour , o e-ci"arinvestigator or Notar y Public, OP-Jus tice- of tlie eace. 117 Ctemksi upi,..,. Yw. I , 19v6 2?~ �,------ Coun y : Rockingnan District: Jtonewall #268 - Lewis , ~ l,._creage Cla.irJed: Aoeessed 74- 10- 30 178 'Value Clti.ined : Location: - 3800 . 00 1250 . 00 II Lewis Run and 19art oi.tside t he Park area . 193 • # 1 94 . Incunbranc es , counter clair.10 or la.LJS: Deed 50 .)400 . 00 fo'.I." tnis a11d 100 A. additional . U. s. oaitions None known . Joili : ::no e type; sandy loan , of a fn.ir d ..: pth s.. d fertility . Hoo.da : Three and one-half c1iles vi a dirt road to ' ort the neareot oh ippi ng point . e:public , History of tract n.i:d condition of titber: :i..ost of t e r.1 robantable ::-a.v: tinbc r has oee11 r eooved L·or.1 this tract . 1'he reno.in• in , oto.nd conoisto of o cond g rowth oaks and a soall o.r.10unt of short le:....f pine. a bout four cords of ,, ood per A. '16 u. b <l . ft . ~a i 204 cords of ,oou tir.ibcr ~ GO¢ ' ' 3 . 50 -· 1 61 . 00 102 . 00 ~2()3 . 00 rnvrover.10 .. te: Mone . Ve.l ue of land by t~J:·On : Type Value Acreat:,.c J lope 'f illal>le 51 9 -mr- To ta.l vu lu e of land Total vulue of tinbe r Totul value of tract veracc value ; er acre #333 . 00 263 . 00 )5C 6 . 00 ''S . 03 ,er acre 3 . 00 20 . 00 Total Value >15~ .oo 180 . 00 333 .00 �County: District: /f_2o8• a ... 50 Assessed : Value Cla.!oed : $1000 . 00 Asaessed ; Deep Rm-i . Stonewall sa.nue l JI . Lewi a Acrea5e Cla.inedi Location: Rookinghao u. s. 45 $130 . 00 Positions 203- 204 and 205 . Deed : $14 , 000 . for this t raot and a faro of 128½ acres . None lmown . Soil: 'fhin elope type land v1ith r.1oderate slopes . Roads: 'ft10 Inro ver.1en ta:: 45 Entirely ~1thin the Park area . ~11cut1branoes , counter olaina or la;ps : Histor. Deed: t1iles via dirt roads to I"ort Republic , t!le nearest shirJping point . roct o.nd condition of th :bcr: All saw tir.1ber ha.s been re:oove rot1 th s tract . _eroi.ninc; stand consists of ar.iall oaks and some yellow pine, about 3 cords of fuel wood per ac re . 135 cords wood @ 50ft per cord .. "11~6? . 50 . Nono . Value of l and by tyoea: T;,:Re Slope ,.';:nreage 45 Total value of land Total value of t irJber •.rotal value of tract Ave ro(;e value pe1-- a.ere Value acre ~ .~~ .oo Total Value ~135 . 00 1135. 00 6? . 50 $202 . 50 $,4 . 50 Z'IQ �#268 - Lew....., , Sar.iuel H. County : Rockinghar1 District : Stoneuall Chas . Curri e Lewis LEGEND Slope _ Tillable . Scale _ l" : 20 chains �county : oc,:i:1 llc1m District : 3toue.r...i.ll : :1re:: ... ret Lynn :heat Victor ·r . I iller L.i:G :-~D Slope ,..>CU..1..J - 1 1 .~ c ... 1lns � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lewis-s-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lewis, Samuel H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Lewis Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 268, 268-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lewis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/96ce9a3ac12ec8d22019a9ee7250b814.pdf c40b9c412274ee1615d1fb4176ebc6d1 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #304 - Littell, Frank Number of Acres: 106 Location: Madison Run. Roads: Two and one-half miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shipping point . Entirely within Park area . Sand and clay loam of fair depth and fertility except in ridge type . Rock outcrops in ridge type and shallow soil. Slope type and tillable fairly smooth 1;1i th moderate slopes . Northwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract has all saw timber removed and has been burned over repeatedly in past . Soil: Improvements: . (See reverse side for improveme nt informatio n) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Ridge: 12 @ Slope: 75 @ ( Value per acre Total Value $1 . 00 $12 . 00 3 . 00 225 . 00 25 . 00 475 . 00 $712.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 19 106 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 712 . 00 Value of Improvemen ts: $225 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 225 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ].OO . 00 Value of Timber: $ 100.00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 25 50 . 00 $ 1087.00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. CL ,BK. �IMPROV:E!MENTS: Dwelling is weatherb o arding over log 22xl6' with 4 rooms, shingle roof, brick chimney s, 2 story, walls are log, poor conditio n, abandon ed, water supply - well, solid foundati on, cella r 6xl0xl2 ' . Frame barn: 18x20', paper roof, poor conditio n. Frame meat house: 12xl2' with paper ro of , poor conditio n. Frame hen house: 7xl6' wi th board roof, poor condit ion. �Claim of_ _______ J .I'r c 1,l{. L i t r. ::!U ________________________________________________ __ _ In the Circuit Court of__b.tU.h.l..J..1.gll.£...E____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____________________________ ] _e_~~.rJ2g._r_e_ _J....aW.fUln_..Atk.J...n1:L...a.WL _c...w:. - .r...h ____ _ __________ b ~ . t. 6 1 c. -Jr es ___ cfl~_n d _________________________________________________ _ more or less, ofl an d m ___ !:_e, _ _p________ _______ Coun t y, v·1rgmia, . _____ Rc"'kinrrh-m e en dan ts . · · Df 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_ lic_ik.i 1gb.{:..:.:l----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. ~ My name is _______ .iI..al..r:..2nk. _lltt..ell-------------------------------------- --My post office address is __________ g-.f_Q_~_:t.9_~§__y~~------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___,l.J,.9___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :_____Q~~--b..9_1J.§~--~ug_ _~_t.abJ....:. .,_ _______ _____________________ _ This land is located about_ ____4. ______ miles from ___ g..r._Q.t_t.Q ~..a ________ ..: ______ Virginia, in v____________ S•o ewall Mag1s · t eria · · l n·IS t rIC · t Of Sal'd COUn t y. th e ____ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the' joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ________________________ ... ole _Owner ------------------------------------------------ -The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: North ____~~1.J2eru~19.Jicn.._c.ru:i.. _J J • ..f..l.eX£.~_a_..,__r ___________________________________ _ South ____ B.rov, r,s _ GQP_ ro 3 J i- ------------------------------------------------ ----East ______ J • J. J 1 exe nd..,r_____________________________________________ __________ _ West_ ____ Jc _n _ Ref.a Jap J :r.ct. _ Pc r '... R~..Q.U ,J ..i.J .Er ni ___________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l.J...e2 _____ in the following manner: - __ - - - - - - - - -- - - -- _J""'Q.llf;tl..t. _f .I:.D. L .A.uni. ;...A."1,.2-5--;J. ... 1-- -~ J.~ W- -G f --';f1-C--ffiF & __ f.!!.q, _!4-~:,ry__~µ-~tJ.JL .:P..BJJ ;h_ -~.I__ c .,.;._ _JJ:Wn..~uat.1. _J.JJ.b. t-l.--1:r - - - - - - - _ L..il - L_D.aug~-;L...C. ""'J:... ...&.....J. __ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $___ i _tQ.!J..Q _-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $l-_'!..~9.9__________ . I am the owner of_ ____·::: .:-_-:_ ______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $____-:.-:.:-_--:_ _________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ______ I _hav::: _ Llc:.u.__, _the _ V?.l ue i- - tu -r, _I _ i ve _ th~ _Sh:,:1a;_r. . cu" an ___ _ --~f:K~ __t_:g.~_J2IJ...Y:e.l.! ,~_g_e_ __o.f. _maki.ng _:...b~..p.r~ -.--Wh.i-~n--1 - .w-~l-l ,.-~-J-'J.~p-t ------- ___ if _ in _r el;.son ____________________________________________________________________ _ Witness my signature (or my name and ~~' ...1..7>'. \' of...F.eb..I:U£..IY-- - 1----~-, 1 ~"\....... STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ :a J.k1ng111:JJ. ____________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies ha __. __ , _:'_Gfill..¥- -- --------------------------------the above named claimant personall a eared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the )Jest of his knowledge and belief, , c~:Uk~}h,,t--_J_Q________ day of__J.'eloJC!UJ.)'___ __, ~~!l ~ y c·'~ 7' i!.r"'" Cl~k-~T-h--Co~i"r~-;r--~fpici;1-r;;~stig;tor-~ 18 lg 31 r Notary Public, or-Justice 0£--the Peac-e:' f~~ik:~g~:~ll FED. L -"-"'"nv MY C ' r - - - - -Clerk 1 . R f(_; I 1 2~ �Co nty: Dist rict: ! Ac r e p,e Claim ed: 116 1 • Valu e C ai ed: .Loc ation : Lapa : 304 , dieo n Run. ft 4DO , OO ,ntir ely with in Deed 116.1 23 " 1500 . 00 Ark e,.,,IJ!EA : lOG A!... 1 f>nnd an<l clay loam of ta1:r de})t h 1:m f rt .. li ty exce pt in ridg tYP.8 • I oc o tcrop s in ridg e typ end shal low aoil . r3lop e t ypo nd tilla ble fAir ly smoo th 1th r oder ate slop · orth ont X!)Oa ure. Ro ds: 2 1/2 miles via dirt ro d to arotto s the near est shipn in,• poin t 1 Bist orj': ' his trac t h in net. all ii ber reiov ad and h Improvernent "75. 00 t ellir . • 1 w, A therb oard iug over log 22 x 16 t w-- th 4 roo1 • :,hin le roof . }3ri ck c r, eys . '1 wo . to:r_\.'. ,alls re log. Cond ition i. ,oor . .'ba; cloned. ,;er supp ly well . '~oli d fou1 .at· oa. Cell ar 6 x 10 x l2tt . Frw ,e barn 18 x 20!' • '•1per roo! . oor cond i .. ion. re e me t hous e l.2 lo: :3:ft 1th 'f!per roof . oor cond . ~r l'le hen 1ou e 7 x 16 i't tith bo r, root . ~oor co.1d. oa f'r 1it trees 20 to 40 year old. Poer cond :Uion tf tt 1• " tt " timb er " t r ac t 1o.provements Average valu e per acre ..,.oo Ob.0 0 200 .00 ~-00 2 Tota l valu e of land 150. 00 2b.OO 10.0 0 Va ue per acre /1cre ;3e 75 " been burn ed over repe ated ly stan d conn iats of aboJ t 2 oor s of tuel wood per b0¢ " 104 . 68 Ther e ere 3 de ed8 f or l and lyi ng in the Pnrk etc . tor 16A or lll. ~hi compute ,.:1oil: tonow al 1 FranK Litt ell ~seo sed 150 ,. fockinghmn 1 . 00 25 . 00 'h) . 00 ?12.0 0 ?12 . 00 200.0 0 75 . 00 107!5 .00 10. 64 -- - 113 �..___J r· r.:.: .Lit e .Ll. rnty : Disv:-ic t : ...,r . _,. .\J c,;.,.i l '1,0~1-3,, 1d n ·Ob' tO S . , -'-'- u.l T c.; D > '-' . • .LJX s To l J • __,C -- .J - u .. der h::.u:i ~l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context littell-frank.pdf Title A name given to the resource Littell, Frank Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 304 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Littell