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. ROCKINGHl [ COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#201 - Long , Charl es
Number of Acres: 1
Location:
Two miles east of Island Ford .
the Park bound ary.
Roads:
Two miles over county road to Island Ford .
Soil:
Slope .
This tract is entire ly within
History of Tract and condition of timber:
This tract of woodl and has no merch antable timbe r on it and a very limite d amoun t of fuelwo od . It
also has been burned over .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
1
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"5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 5 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
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,;12 . b0
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 7 . 50
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
12 . 50
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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ROCKINGIIA:M COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#152 - Long , M. H.
Number of Acres:
523
Location:
Positions #95 - #107 a nd partly outside the Park area .
Roads:
Three miles of good dirt road to Elkton , the nearest
shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility , but poor am rncky
on ridge type .
There is much broken rock in places and
along the Hawksbill Creek . (See reverse side)
History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut over many times
and the saw timber removed about 1924 . 'i portion was severely
burned in 1929 .
There is a considerable amount of very good
white oak and a sma11 ·amount- of chestnut oak from 4" to 14"
with a few white pine, red oak and hickory . On the western
end there is considerable white oak . On the Hawksbill Creek
......_______. ;there are a few trees up to 16 11 DBH of white pine, yellow pine
~.11..wa'willls and .P,oplar, but most of stand is under 10" and a few larger
oaks .
Improvements: Good shed ; (abandoned)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
54
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Value per acre
Total Value
$1 . 00
~54 . 00
391
2 . 50
977 . 50
58
5.00
290.00
10.00
200 . 00
$1521 . 50
20
523
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Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals :
35 . 00
80 . 00
1500 . 00
$3136 . 50
Value of Land: $15 21 . 50
Value of Improvements: $ 35 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 80 . 00
Value of Wood:$ 1500 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
CLER![.
�SOIL: {Cont'd)
The
The slopes are steep and moderate with considerable level land.
grazing land along the stream is sandy with considerable creek rock.
It is badly grown up, but some cleaning is now being done.
�Claim of__ M. _H •_Long_ __________________________________________________ .___________ _
In the Circuit Court oL.Ro.cking_haro. ____________ County, Virginia, No. _______,_, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs,_.M.~-.Il~_.L.Qng__an.d_o.t...h.er....s ________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in_.Iio.c.king_ba__m_ _____________ County, Virginia, Defe'l)dants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commi~iori on~onservation 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.cki~am.----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is______ M.L IlL LQ.ng_ ______________________________________________ _
My post office address is---------~~~-tQ!J._______________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __ p_q.9___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvementl~--~--~Q_j!_°tQ.9_~_jl_~~A.L_g_~g~l:gg__ti-111ll~R1. __~tg_._________ _
This land is located abouL __ i ________ miles from ______Elkt.on. _______________ Virginia, in
the_J~t.9Jl~W..a.ll___ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
Sole ovmer
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North __ Laura BaU£her ------------------------------------------------ ---------South ___ G.e_Qrg_e._W_~_I3..au.gher__aoo.__th.~_JJlQ.9]J__ J _o_at__t~~-Qt ___________________ _
East ___ Georg~ Vl . Baughe r ------------------------------------ - --------------West_ __ M._ H._ Long's _ia.nd____________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ _1.9.13. __ in the
following manner:
Deed_ fr_om _iff '--- 0... _Long____________________________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ll......~5.Q.~O.O____ , 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 $-11~-~~Q_.__Q.O____ ,
I am the owner of_ ___:LQ.9_________ 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 $_A,_0.9_Q • .O_Q ______ ,
(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· The_ dam~e_ done_ the_ ad_J__aoant_ traot _ on_account of loss ___ _
_o.f.._pa.s.t:u.r.e~ __ e:t.a.. _________________________________________________ , _______________ _
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark att ed her to) is ___ J~j;_n,_ _______ day
of ___cI~A~~1l1J._~Q).__ , 1 ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ A_Q~~-:i:_~!!_~ _7 ___-79---, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ _m, _':.. _N,_::__
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and m
oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of is knowledge and belief,
~ lf---------------------
this ____
§:t_~ __________ day of
_J"""~~!~_9_;3\~~~-&_____
J~-.--~
~ the Court, 0i'--tffi.eei.:ftt:>,ffi~
Notary Public, Oi.-~~·,ee--ef'-;trre--t"e':~~- - -
�Claim of_____ .M~H..._Long ______________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ _____l{.9_G.~.i..n_gb,_~m________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._...M..RLLong_...and._o-1:h.e..ra. __________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ____ -Ro~ing.ha.m--- _______ 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_ ___ jig_ck_ip_g_b,t3m. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is_1!.H. Lon_g_ _______________________________________________________ _
My post office address is _____~~~~_!:! __________________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _____ -5QQ_ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: __ ..l._Q_X_.?.0__~~-Q.Q~--~l'.1.-~~---_g_!"_Q.\!j,.!}_g __~!I!lRE!!'_,__~~-<!! __ __ _
This land is located about_ ____ ?______ miles from _____~~~_!:! ___ _____________ Virginia, in
the ___s_ton..ewa..lL-Magistetia 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. )
Sole owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ____ La u.ra_ Ba u,ghe r ------------------------ ------------------------ -------South _____ _G.aor.g_e_:W_~~.a-~gh_er__and__:tb..e__JA093l_¥_o_a_t__t~_Qt __________________
r _____ _____ ___ __ ____________ ____ ___________________ _
East ____ ___G~ org_e _W. Baqghe_
'
West_ ______M~H. Long__s_ l and ------------------- ------------------------ ---- ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.9_l.3__ _in the
following manner:
.Dae.d__from__w~c_,_10ng ____________ _________________________________ _______ ___ ________ _
.
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.ll.,i_oo_,_QQ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.J.J~$~_f?.Q~_QQ ___ .
I am the owner of_ ______ !Q_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 $_g_,.9_QQ_._QQ_______ .
(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· __ Tb.ed.amage_ done__ the_adj!lcent _ tra.ot_on_a ceou.nt of l oss __
.o..:f_;pa.a.t..u.re~_et.o . ___ ___ _____________________________________________________________
----------- - ------------ ------- - ----:-------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ _~tt1____ ___ day
( S i gn~.9:_)__ _____ _M _ij:__~.911_g __ ____ ______________ __ _
oLJ.:~-q~J"]l.l.5!.31____ , lQff.X
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ ~ Q.Ql{_i,_~g__q_~ ----------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____M...__H..-.__Long.. _____ ____ ________ __________ __
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 _____f!~!l__________ day of_}_~~~ ~~7-. _!~-~t-, ~ .
( S igned)
-C i~~~l;:r~~w:f ;~tii~t~;-~;
Notary Public, "O'f'-.Mfit!~'t'.lri;:n«!'Ptl~~~----
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District: tono all
-~152 - Long, M. U.
Aore ge Claimed:
500 A.
V lue Claimed:
11,350.
Loe tion:
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Deed Very indef nite
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ositions }95 - ,/,10'1 and partly outside the Park area.
Incumbran ces 1 00·1nter claims or l ps:
rone known.
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Sandy loa. o_ fir depth n, fertility, but poor and rocky
he~e is much broke rooA in place~~,
on ridge type.
ksbill er~ I The lopes are steep and
the
he grazing lu.nd
te · i t h c ns1d rabl level land .
he stre mis sandy 1th c 1nsiderab le creek rock .
badly ro n up •. but some cleaning is now ' eing done •
Roads:
• hree miles of god
ship ing poin.
1rt road to ~lkton, the nearest
:1story of trot and condition of t imber: ~he tract has been c· t over
timber re oved bout 1924 • . portion
m ny ti es an t es
1929. ~here is a considera ble
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1 80 . 00
timber
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land
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�IN T.rlE CL CUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA ,1 COUNTY , VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Filed in the C\erk1s Office
Rockingham County V
SErcJ.f 1932
vs.
~~lerk
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and
52 ,501 acres of land in RocAingham County, vtfrginia
Motion to set aside and disapprove the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners.
Comes now the claimant, M. H. Long, and asks and requests the
Court to set aside, decline to accept and disap~rove the report of
the Board of
ppraisal Commissioners filed in this cause with
reference to this defendant in Tract No . 152, which said tract
contains 520 acres, and is situate near Elkton, in Stonewall District
Rockingham County , Virginia; for the following reasons :
(1)
Board of
(2)
Because the value placed upon said land and timber
by the
ppraisal Commissioners is grossly inadequate.
Because the said Board of Appraisal Commis sioners made no
allowance for dama0 e to the remaining land of movant .
(3) . Because the finding or findings in ~uestion are so manifestly
inade uate ,.1hen consid.ered together with the evidence before the
Court, as to j us tify a finding that in making such findins or findingv
·the Board. of appraisal Commissioners or some of ther:i were affecteor influenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of
the evidence, 1ith reference to which such finding or findings were made
,lherefore, the said M. H. Long prays the Court that an order
may be entered setting aside, declining to accept, and disapproving
the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in so far as it
relate i to or affects the said lands owned and. claimed by the said
Said ivl. H. Long further moves the Court to exclude his said
lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from the
_ _ _ _lj~
�2.
said condemnation proceedings .
Your movant here~ith Iiles affi 'avits as to the value of the
said land.
l • H . LONG
By counsel
�I N THE CI RC:UI T COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
State Commi ssion on Conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia.
vs .
Cassa ndra Lawson ~tkins and others , and
52,501 acres of land in tlocki:n,eham County, Virginia .
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by r.
H. Long to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal 0ommissioners
dis~pproved in connection with finding No . 162 .
71/ ~ of Vir O'inia,
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4
g/,Q /J?q'z,,u,/
y o f ~ ta- wit :
This da y personal}/,);.JPear~~l'.rs U. Lew i s , a Notary
Puolic i n and for t h e ~ of R.c0 1cingham, in the State of Virginia ,
c.· G.
Harnsberg er , who being duly sworn deposes
and says as fol l ows :
That he i s well acquainted with the tract of land belonging to
t . H. Long, containing about 523 acres, s i tuate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, known as l'ract No .
1 52, in the report of the Board of App raisal Oommi ss ion ers; that the
condeumation of the tract of land will largel y deprive the remainder
of the tract of wood and pasture ,1hich will seriously depreciate the
value of tne same, and that the amount allowed by said Commis s i onJrs
for said land is grossly ina de~uate ;
that he has determined the
value of said tract of land as follows :
16.87
400 acres at
per acre
23 acres at 7. 00 per acre
100 acres at 12 . 50 per acr~
Residual damage
-2,750 . 00
161 . 00
1, 250 . 00
1 , 000 . 00
That he further says tha t he has pl a c ed no value on the fire
wood , stave wood, or growine timber on s a id tra ct of land for the
reason that he does not know the value of these i tems , not being an
expert along this line .
Subscribed and sworn to before me
My Commission Expires Feb, 18,
32 .
\.~ S
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IN THE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCK I NGHAM COUNTY , VI RGINIA
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 to be read in connection with motion filed by M.
H. Long to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners
disapproved in connection with its finding No . 152 .
State of Vi rgini a,
County of Rockingham, to- wit :
This day personally appeared before
·/
me ~
of Rocz ingharn, in the State
who being duly sworn
deposes and says as follows :
That he is well ac~uainted with the tract of land belong ing to
lVL . · H. Long , containing about 523 acres , situate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia , known as Tract No .
152 , in the report of the Board of Appraisal Cornmissipners ; that the
condemnation of the tract of land will largely deprive the remainder
of the tract of wood and pasture which will seriously depreciate the
value of the same, and that the amount allowed by said Commiss i oners
for said land is grossly i nadequate ;
the s ame bein6 well worth the
p;'/ &'/,0,
sum of ~9;331~0 ;
tha t he has determined the value of said tract of
land as follows :
400 acres at $6 . 87 per acre
23 acres at $7 . 00 per a cre
100 acres at ~12 . 50 per acre
3 00 walnut trees at ~5 . 00 oa.0h
$2 , 750 . 00
161 . 00
1 , 250 . 00
7,,_..{'o~
7-"' ~ ~
Fire or corQ wood
Stave wood
Young 5 rowing timber other than f ire wood
Residual damage
750 . 00
1 , 500 . 00
100.0~
1 , 000 . 00
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Subscribed and sworn to before
. ,~,
�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
52,561 acres, more or less, of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
f~C V _t-1932
In compliance with the order entered in the above entitlad
case on the 2-5th day of October, 1932, and in resp onse thereto,
your defendant respectfully stat es that the tract or parcel of
land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which
is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his
objections, is the same tract or parcel which was found by the
Appraisal Commissioners to be land owned by him, being Tract No.
152, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report,
and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners.
M. H. LONG
By Counsel
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�The Hon . Philip Williams , Chairman of the
Board of Arbitration of the Land for
the Shenandoah National Park:
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
AUG o?.:q 1933
·- ~ ~ e r k
I , M. H. Long, herein submit to your hoflor~ard a
statement of Tract No. 152 of the Park Survey, containing about
523 acres ,
which I will endeaver to describe to the best of my
ability, as to its quality and value :
This tract No . 152 of the Park Survey , lies on the east side
of the Shenandoah River and about two miles south of~lkton , Virginia,
lying on both sides of the Hawksbill Valley and extending about two
miles back , all being in Rockingham County.
I will sub - divide it as follows :
The Bryant Tract ; Nall Tract ;
Yancey and Laws on Tract , and the r ernainder a part of the Magret
Tract of which my residence is a par t.
Tract No . One : Taking up the Bryant tract , containing about
23 acres , is mostly flat , running back to slope . There is no part
of this tract that is not accessible to wagon and team .
A good
portion of this tract would be good agricultural land , if any more
land was needed, but as there seems to be too much land in agriculture
now, we will put i t in to reforestation .
to the oaks and a ~art to pine .
part of it is adapted
From experience in cutting wood to
delive r to ~lkton for fire wood , I would say it will grow about
three - fourths of a load per year , exclusive of the pine , earning
37 1/2 ~ pe r acre per year or the i nterest on ~6 . 25 .
The pine cut
about 200 , 000 staves on about 7 a cres of thirty year gr owth , making
476 to the acre per year , earning 476 ¢ or the interest on ~8 . 00 .
From these figures , I would say ~7 . 00 per acre .
Tract No . Two :
The Nall tract , contains 150 acres , running
back into the Park A.!'ea about two miles , it be i ng a narrow strip
through the Hawksbill Valley .
About half of it is low ground and
was under cultivation , until it was converted to pasture purposes ,
and is well adapted to blue grass .
Along the banks of the stream, all
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the t irnbers of this latitude are in growth , especially black
walnut, of which there is somewhere between three hundred and
four hundred.
The remainder o f this tract , of about seventy-five
acres , consists of cove , slope , ridge and cliff and is adapted to
forest and cattle range ; range value will be included in pasture
value, and the forestry values (as estimated in the Bryant tract ,
it not being in the range and is estimated separately) included in
growing timber .
Tract No . Three :
The Yancey and Laws on Tract , c· on taining
about 68 acres , more or less , and is mostly slope land, accessible
to wagon and team , and has a good a.mount of stave timber on it;
that will be listed separately, it having a present market value;
and also it is adapted to forestry , especially chestnut-oak and
chestnut and cattle range , and will be in cluded in pasture value
and growing timber .
Tract No . Four :
The Magret Tract, it being divided by the
Park Survey , I have no way of knowing just how much is in the
Park Survey except (well , by :messing at it) .
land , except the "Giant ' s Grave" .
It is all flat
About half of this flat land
is adapted to reforesting as it was burnt over a few years ago , but
has a good amount of stave timber that was not injured by the fire.
;. eforesting and cattle range will be included in Pasture and
growing timber .
The remainder of this flat land is of much more
value and I wish to call your attention to an area of about 50
acres, lying along what is known as Hanse 1 s Run , and heavily timbereQ
with white and chestnut oak, of a wonderful growth , but just a
little to small to be of a market size .
I will place it in with
gr ov.ri. ng timber and pasture , which adds cons id er able to growing
timber, but very little to pasture .
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The "Giant ' s G:rave" is a foot - hill :ridge , s i tting out from the
main mountain and having the shape and appea:rance of a large g:rave ,
f:rom which it has de:rived its name at a time further back than I know
and is marked on all the Park maps by that name .
It is fenced in
f:rom the rest of the range and timber land , having a good woven
wire fence around it and containing about 100 acres .
It has been
cut over and stocked with goats for the purpose of an orchard ,
being highly recommended by M:r . V. S . Campfield, then County Agent,
it being of a good soil and in an atmospheric pos i tion for orchard
pUl'poses .
When Mr . Stuart was laying out the Park Boundary, I asked
him to come to my place ahead of the Survey and I insisted that
he leave it out , which he seemed inclined to do , until he recalled
that it was the "Giant ' s Grave" and he said , "I can ' t let you
have it" .
I offered him to take "~2 , 000 . 00 less for the whole , but
to no avail , he took it in , and with that assurance , I sold the
goats , taking a loss of Rl28 . 00 .
If it was worth ,}2 , 000 . 00 to him, it should be V1AJrth that
much to me , but owing to the uncertain condition of the o~chard
business , we will consider it for other purposes .
It grew 25 loads
of wood in 26 years just before it was cut over and it being well
fenced and in close proximity to the remainder of my place , being
nor more than fifty yards from my barn , I feel that it is well
worth Jl , 000 . 00 to the place .
Now in reference to Residual damage , I hope your honor will
consider the condition it will leave the remainder of my place
having no pasture range for stock - cattle and not being able to
keep stock cattle and nothing to consume the roughfeed from the
place , which will reduce the fertility of the home place, and
will disrupt my entire system of farming .
this will be , is hard to estimate .
Just how much damage
Furthermore , when this land
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is taken, it will not leave firewood for more than a year or two
and then it will be to buy coal for all gen er at ions to come.
You might also consider the expense and trouble I have been
put to in protecting my interest .
I am the fee simple owner of said Tract No . 152.
I have been unable to classify my said land as to acreage ,
but have arrived at its value in the following manner:
Bryant Tract , 23 acres , $?.00
Pasture value for 30 head
300 to 400 black walnut, .;;>2 . 50
.~ 161 . 00
2250. 00
850 . 00
1500. 00
Stave timber
Growing timber
?50. 00
Cord wood
?50.00
Giant ' s Grave
1000.00
Residual damage
2000 . 00
~xpenses of pro ceedings
100. 00
$9361 . 00
As to how this is to be arbitrated, I will suggest that if
you can not arrive at a conclusion from this and the affidavits
of Messrs . C. G. Harnsberger and G. W. Baugher , that are in your
hands , they being adjoining farmers, then I would suggest an oral
hearing.
Respectfully ,
August 21 , 1933.
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State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham , t o- wit :
M. H. Long , having been first duly sworn , deposes and says
that the foregoing statement is true and correct , to the best of
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his knowledge and belief .
Given under my hand this
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ugust, 1933 .
�Filed in the Clerk'~ Office
Reckingham County, Va.
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LONG, M. H.
152
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
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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 Pfil'ITIONER:
EXCEPTANT:
Long,
ORIGINAL CLAIM:
M. H.
Acreage
500: Value $11 , 350 . : Inc . Damages,$2000 .
VALUE .!:'LACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER'S APPR AISERS:
TRACT NO .
VALUE
152
$2946 . 00
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
BOARD OF .APPRAISAL COMMIS~IONERS FINDINGS:
MAP NUMBER OF TRACT:
VALUE
152
OF TRACT:
TRACT NO .
VALUE
152
$3136 . 50
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
91
�The basic difference s between Petitione r and this exceptant
are as to classifica tion and value of the land, timber values, and
amount of incidenta l damages .
Although we believe the values reported by the Petitione r ' s
appraiser s were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of
Appraisal Commissio ners as to values are substanti ally 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 classifica 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 's ·statement s .
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 additiona l copies of the Work
Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired .
Subscribe d to and verified before me this the
i:_' day
of September ,
1933.
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filed in the Clerk's Offic
flQCKingham County, Va,
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M. H. Long Trac t No . 152 ,
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Copy of orig inal clai m and othe r pape rs requ
by the arb itra tors in the
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ceed ings pend ing in the Circ uit CoUJtt
of Rockingham Cou nty, Virg ini~ •
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�IN THE CI~CUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.Alf COUNTY, VIRGINIA
lb.a state Commission on Conservation
and Development of the state of Virginia .
vs.
CassandTa Lawson dtkins and others, and
52,561 acres, more or less, of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia.
In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled
case on the 25th day of 0c to ber, 19 32, and in response thereto,
your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of
land within t he area sought to be condemned, ownership of which
is claimed by h b,4. am with reference to which
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objections, is the same tract or parcel which was found by the
AJ)praisal Commissioners to be land owned by
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as shown and delineated on the ma:p filed with the report,
and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners .
M. H.LONG
BY Counsel
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIN!
State Commission on Consexvat ion
and Development of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandra Lawson tkins and others , and
52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by M.
IT.Long to have the finding of the Board of
ppraisal Commissio ners
disapprov ed in connectio n with its finding No.152.
State of Virginia,
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as follows:
That he is well acquainted with the tra ct of lam belonging to
M.H.Long, containing about 523 acres, situate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District, Roclcingham County, Virginia, known as Tract No.
152 , in the report of the Board of ~ppraisal Commiss i pners; that the
ation of the t ract of land will largely depr1 ve the remainder
of the tr ~ct of wood and pasture which will seriously depreciate the
condt:
val.ue of the same, and that the amount al.lowed by said Commissio ners
for said land is grossly inadequat e; tho eame being wel:l worth the
that he has determined t he value of said tract of
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land as follows:
J 2,750.00
161.00
1. 250.00
400 acres at .) 6 . 87 per acre
23 acres at 17. 00 per acre
100 acres at >12. 50 per ~ere
,goo walnut tre es a~ 1s. oo ea ch
..Fire or cord waoe.
S1'a;Te wood
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COUNTY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conser ation
and Development of the state of Virginia
vs.
Casandra Lawson tkins and others,
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52 ,501 acres ot land in Roe ngham County, Vir inia.
Affidavit to be read in oonn •otion with motion fil d by u.
H.Long to have the finding of the Board of
disapproved in connection with it
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finding No.152.
State of Virginia,
County of Rookingha.m, to-wit:
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ell acq ainted
1th the tra ct of lam belonging
M.H.Long , containing a bout 523 acres,
Stone~all District, Roe
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ture whioh will seriously deprooiate the
that the amount allo ed
gros ly inadequate ; the s
sum of ,g,311.00-;
lkton, in
ard ot AP raisal Commiss i ners; that the
ation of tho t ract of
value of the same,
ituate near
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ngham County, Virginia, known as Tract No.
152, in the report of the
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that he has determined t he vale of said tract of
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23 acres at 7.00 per ore
100 acre at '12.50 per ere
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Stave wood
Young growing timber other than fire ood
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COIB.ITY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conserv ation and
Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others, and
52,501 acres of land in Roc~dngham
County, Virginia
of
Motion to set astde and disappro ve the report of the Board
ppraisa l Commiss ioners.
Comes now the claiman t, M.H.Long , and asks and requests the
Court to set aside, decline to accept and disappro ve the report of
the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners filed in this cause with
referenc e to this defendan t in Tract No . 152, which said tract
contains 523 acres, and is situate near Elkton, in Stonewa ll District
Rockingham County, Virginia ; for the followin g reasons :
(l) Because the value placed upon said land and timber by the
Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners is grossly inadequ ate.
(2)
Beoauxe the said Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners made no
allowanc e for damage to the remainin g land of movant .
Because the finding or findings in question are ao manifestly inadequ ate when consider ed together with the evidence before
the Court, as to justify a finding that in making such finding or
(3)
findings the Board of ~pprais al Commiss ioners or some of them were
affected or influenc ed by some mistake of law as to the nature and
effect of the evidence , with referenc e to which such finding or findings were made
Wherefo re , the said 1~.H.Lon g prays the Court that an order
may be entered setting aside, declinin g to acce pt, and disappr oving
the report of the Board of ppraisa l Commiss ioners in so far as it
relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the said
M.H.Long.
Said M.H.Long further moves the Court to exclude his said
lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from the
�--2-said condemnat ion proceedings.
Your movant herewith files affidavit s as to the value of the
said land.
M. H. LONG
By counsel
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• H. 12.E,g___ag,ainst Gordon S. Lough
IN THE CIRClIT C U.f;1 OF ROCKIFGHA,i/i COUNTY , VIRGI IA
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
The State Commission on Co nse rva tion
and Devel Qpment of the State of 1£:i r ginia
DEC/ 1933
~l~te r
vs .
1fo . 1829, at L a . ~ ~
Cassand r a Lawson Atki~s and othsrs and
Fifty - Tu.io Thousan c Fi v e hundred Six ty - 6ne
(52 , 56 1 ) acres , more or l ess , of land ir:
Ro ckingham County, Virginia
To The Honorablf H.
Count) , Vi rginia:
w.
Ber tram , Judge of the Circu i t Cou r t cf Kockingham
Your petitiorier, ."1 . P. . Long , begs letl. ve to file this , his petitic-n
in ttis cause , for the pu r pcse of setting up a lien in his fa vor upon cert~ir. l ands
sought to be condemned h e rein , and respectfu ll y represents:
That Gordon
s.
Lough is the o.rner of a liie eetats in a certain tract o " land
kno.·:n and deoign!:ltec tt:::. ·1r""ct l, o . 49 on the map of P rk lards , wh ich ea.id +,ract cf
land contains 24 acres, mere or less , and hbs been ~ppraised at
A23 . 60 , ~nd ~hich
tract o; land is situated in Stone\all District , Rockingham Ccunty , Virgida ;
That en t he 12th da) o: January, 1928 , the said 8crcor Lcug,h ccrveyeC: his frterest in said lan d tori .
W.
Wyant , Trustee , tc secure ycur ~etiticrer as surety o~
the bond of the said Gorcon S. Lcugh, dated January ~2 , 1~21 , executed by s~id
verccn S . Lough as i:,rinciiial ctr.d ;:our
eti tier.er as surety ir, the surr of ;4,C00 . 00
payable to the Corr.mor.,,sal th cf Virgirili as G-uardiar. for F.cbert C. Lou~h , irfa.rt ,
s~id dsed of trust ceint, o~ reccrd in the Clerk's Cffice of this Court ir Deed Feck
l~o . 141 , at
a e 522. A co,1-,y of the saio oeec of trust is terato attached and prayed
to bG reu. · us u. ~ctrt t.sraof .
Ycur peti tior,er fra~rs tno. t such oraer or dscree rria_r Ye entered ir this cause
for the dspcsal c r investnent c·f said funo as may be nece,ssar) to protect his
interest , as
'ell as the interest of all ot'1er persor:s , jn saicl fun~ .
'.!.. . H. Long
" Ccur:sel .
�D. B. 141 . page 542 .
Copy
This Deed . made this 12th day of Janu ary
, 1928 , betw een Gar l and S . Loug h of
the one part , and H. w. Wyan t , Trus tee as
here ir.af ter ment ioned , of tl-:e othe r p3.rt
,
Wi tnes seth :
That the said Garla nd S. Loug,h for and in
cron sider atior t of the pro visio ns of this
deed and One Doll ar to him in hand paid
, by the said H. W. Wyan t , Trus tee , at and
'ce fore the seal irig and deli very of this deed
, the rece ipt wher eof is hereb y acl-'.n owled
ged ,
doth gran t and conve y unto the said H. W.
W:,'ant , Trus tee , with gene ral warr anty ,
all
his righ t , title and inte rest in anc to
the real esta te devis ed to him by C. H.
Shul er
by will dated Augu st 30 , 1<?14 , and duly
prob ated in tl,e Cler k's Offic e of Rock ingha
m
Coun ty , and by will of l<'lor a O. Shul er,
whic h ,'lill is dated Janu a r y 20 , 1c20 , and
duly
prob ated in the Cler k's Of fies of Rock ingha
m Coun ty , said inte rest bein g a life esta
te
i n the real esta te upon whic h the said
Carla r:d S. Loug h no .v resid es and also a
li fe
esta te in and to the graz ing farm owne d
by the late C. E. Shul er and Flora O.
Shul er ,
situa te ir the Blue Eidg e :' /foun tains in Rock
ingha m Coun ty , Virg inia .
In Trus t , to secu re 'M . H. Long as suret ~,
on the bond cf Garla nd S . Loug h , ,,hich
bond is dated Janu ary 22 , 1921 , exec uted
by s0.id Garla nd S . Loug h as prirJcipa l and
iii . H. Long as sure ty in the sum of Four
'l 'hous and Doll ars (t4 , 000 . 0C) paya ble to
the
Comm onwe alth of Virg inia , as Guar dian for
Robe rt C. Loug h , irJfc!-nt . In the e v ent that
the said Garla nd S . Loug h shal l not make
settl eme nt as Guar dian for said f.obe rt C.
Loug h anu the sai6 tvi . H. Long shal l have
to pay any sum 10;r sums of mone y by virtu
e of
his becom ing sure ty for the said Garla nd
S . Loug h unde r tl-Je bond here inbe fo r e ment
i cned ,
the said Trus tee , on bein g r equi r ed so to
do by tl?.e said M. H. Long , his heir s or
assig r1s
shal l sell the prop erty hereb y conv eyed
and this deed of trus t is to secu re and
imme ciate ly indem nify M. H. Long in acco rdan ce 'Ni
th Sect ion 5167 of t t e Code of Vir ginia ,
1919 ,
as amen ded by the Act of the Gene ral Assem
bly appro v ed Ma r ch 24 , 1926 .
Witr iess the fcllo ':d rig si gnatu re a nd seal:
Garl and S. Loug h (Sea l)
Stat e of Virg inia , Coun ty of Rock ir1gham
to - wit :
1
I , A. U. Lewi s , a Nota ry Publ i c in and
for the State and Coun ty afor esaid do cert
ify that Ca r land S. Loug h , ',,hos e name is
sigpe d to the foreg oing ,vrit ing , bear ing
date on t he 12th day of .Janu ary , 1928 , has
t his de.y perso na,ll y appe a r ed befo re me in
my said Coun tr and ackn owle dged t):le same
. My
�D. E. 141, page 522 .
Commission expires on the 2nd day of Ju l y , 1929 . Gi v en under my hand this 18 t h
day of Jul y 1 1928 .
A.
u. Lewis , Notary
Publ ic .
Virginia : In the Clerk ' s Gffice of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County . The
foregoing deed of trust was this day presented ir: the office af oresaid , and is ,
together vli th the oerti f i ca te of ackr!ow l edgment . annexe cc, admi tteo to r ecord this
25th day of July 1 925 , 12 A. vi .
'I'este: (Signed) J . Robert S-.,;itzer , Clerk .
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Long, M. H.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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ROCKINGH.ll~ COUNTY
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#224 - Longley , M. D.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
150
On southwest slope of High Top Mountain.
One mile of rough steep road to county road in Roach Gap ;
thence three miles over fair dirt road to Spotswood Trai 1
near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton.
Sandy clay of fair depth and fertility .
It is very rocky and
has large boulders and cliffs in the wooded portion.
There are
moderate to steep slopes with northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
a portion of t his tract was cleared many
years ago and has been cultivated since .
T 1e rnoded area has
been cut over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists
of mixed oaks with some hickory , ash and poplar along the streams
also a large amount of dead chestnut present .
Dwelling: Log 16x20', sh~ngle roof , kitchen 12zl2x8' , 3
rooms, log finish , very poor condition, abandoned ,
Barn: Log l6:x:16xl0' , shingle roof , very poor condition.
lmprovemen~ :
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
3. 00
#309 . 00
25 . 00
1000 . 00
10. 00
70 . 00
._;1379 . 00
Ridge:
Slope:
103
Cove:
Grazing Land:
40
Fields Restocking:
7
@
150
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $1379 . 00
Value of lmprovemen~: $ 50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 52
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
50 . 00
$1429 . 00
�i'.'.hunty: ~l.Ook ingham
~~1strtot i .;t,,1~!ewall
Deed: l!>O •• •
.Asseeoed 1 150 ..!,. .
" .• rohosed in 191'l
for '*'500. 00
n southwest slope of Ifigll Top ltounto1n.
undy olny o #' fn1r de;,,tb a.t1 1"'e:rttl1ty. ....t ts vory rooky und
rba:ra
has hsrgo b:> .tl:dera nnd olitfs 1n the wooded portion .
are mod~ratti to stol'3p . lo.pas w1tb nnrtllwest and ao 1tbwest
ex;ios n:-e.
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th noe three mtl t;, • vo r- fu tr 1.H.rt rohd tc) , potawood Trr,11
near ~. itt un; thence f )t r mllas to 1 lkton .
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stanJ consists o f' mixed oats fli th a:m1e h t<:,ko:r.•, nsh an..: poplo.r
t-i.l ng th st:reama. also a largo umo 1 nt or de~1d ch"latnur,; present .
aleucdd UlbllY y eartl fif;O t,ni
og l6x20', l +- story, eht'1gle roof , k 1 tohen l2Xl2X8 '
.., rooms , ..o i·t ::itsll. . f:J"rY' pool· 00;1t..1 t:ton, a.band mad, no val 1e .....
Barnt l og lt>Xluxlo' , sHn, '.le :roof\ vory ~1,::>or crtdltton, no
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,.verage v· .1 ,1e pi,r a.ore
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400.00
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�have been paid into the custody of
NOTE-T his need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards
Courts.
the
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
of Virginia .. PETIT IONER .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State
V. At Law No. 1829 ·
Hundre d and
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-T wo Thousan d, Five
DEFEN DANTS .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
less
or
more
land,
of
Acres
)
Sixty-O ne (52,561
Comes now the undersig ned and shows to the Court:
ning to the use of the
That a judgme nt in rem .has heretofo re been entered in this proceeding condem
Tract No. _2.24. ______ :
Petition er the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbere d as follows:
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ;
ed herein and shown, numand described in the report of the Board of Apprais al Commissioners appoint
t into the custody of
paymen
upon
h,
therewit
filed
Map
hip
bered, and delineated on the County Owners
)
award(s therefor , as follows:
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgme nt as constitu ting the
$ __________ ; on Tract No.
Award on Tract No. __ G_2i____ $) :~.2.~-~Q~ on Tract No. ____________
------- ----- $------ ----;
claim, or appear to
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons
the condemnation
from
arising
s
proceed
the
in
or
land
of
tract(s)
said
have a claim to an interest in the
thereof;
M. D. Long ley
set out in said judgme nt
That the Petition er has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s)
land;
of
tract(s)
said
the
in
estate
simple
fee
the
for
)
as constitu ting the award(s
ning the said tract(s) of
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgme nt in rem condem
(s) or in the proceeds
tract
said
the
in
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest
:arising from the condem nation thereof
,
By reaso n of Cont ribut ion pledg e, oblig ating the 00owner
in
.
lVI . D. Long ley, to give land to the value of $15
.
ct
Proje
Park
the
to
the Park Area
in the distribu tion of the
That no other person or persons than the undersig ned are entitled to share
or in the proceeds
tract(s)
said
said award(s ) except the following named persons whose interest in
follows:
as
was
nt
judgme
said
of
entry
of
date
arising from the condem nation thereof on the
(parties ) herein under the
Wherefo re, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party
order be entered for the
an
that]
and
Act,
nation
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condem
award(s ) for the fee
the
ting
constitu
as
rem
in
nt
judgme
said
in
forth
set
distribu tion of said sum(s)
undersigned of the
the
to
t
paymen
the
for
and
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesai d,
(are) entitled to
is
ned
undersig
the
that
find
may
Court
the
as
said award(s ) or of as much thereof
22.4_ ____ $-1.5.. Q.Q __ : Tract
receive, and which the undersig ned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___
;
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------- ----- $ __________
there is some other pertiunless
blank
space
this
(Leave
The undersig ned further aver(s) that:
court)
the
of
n
attentio
the
to
y
speciall
brought
be
nent matter to
NAME
P. 0. ADDRE SS
S 1l1ATb COMMIS~ ION ON CONSERVATION &
office for the convenie nce of intereste d
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's
prescrib ed by law, and claimant s can
not
is
form
the
as
form,
this
use
parties. No one is required to
motions in any form they may detheir
present
or
y,
necessar
deem
they
as
either change or modify it
not and probably will not cover
may
form
blank
This
Court.
the
of
l
sire which meets with the approva
which may be used, subject
motion
a
of
form
a
of
on
suggesti
a
as
all cases. It has been printed merely
to the approva l of the court in each case.
11
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STATE OF VIRGINIA ) SS
. COUNTY OF WARREN )
Personall y appeared before' me the undersign ed Notary
Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoa h National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Comrnissio n for distributive shares of condemnat ion awards in the Shenandoa h
National Park condemnat ion proceeding s pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia, by reason of contrac_ts and agreement s entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedin gs, and that the within cfu.aim is just and correct .
Witness my signature
this 8th d ~ ~ r ~ ~ - - - - - --NOTARY PUBLI C
Notary Publi-::e
My Commission Expires Sep. 8, 1934
�ij'OTE-This need not be filed until the r ecord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER .
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . .
DEFENDANT S.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. ____ 2.24.. ___ :
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. ___ _g_?_1 __ $ __J:._1~~!.9;Cbn Tract No. ____________ $----------; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of l and or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
M. D. Longley
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 Contribut ion Pledge , obligating the OJ"mer,
M. D. Longley, to give 10 acre s of his land within the
Park Area to th e Park Project .
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or •in the proceeds
arisinffrom 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. __ _.22._4 _____ $ __ 3.Q,..00_: Tract
No. __ __________ $ __ ________ : Tract No. ------- ----- $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
CO NSERVAT I ON
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.
7u
�STATE OF VIRGINI A)
COUNTY OF WARREN )
ss
Persona lly appeared before me the undersig ned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent in imn:edia te
charge of the records of the Shenand oah Nationa l Par~ Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Corru.dss ion for dis tributiv e shares of condemn ation awards in the Shenand oah
Nationa l Park condemn ation proceed ings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia ,
by reason of contr2c ts and agreer.1e nts en-
.
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemn ed in
.
these proceed ings , and that the vri thin claim is just and cor rect .
Witness my signatur e
My Commission Expires Sep. 8, 1934
�Grltrk's ®ffitt
QLirruit QLnurt of Jnrkingqam C!Lnunt11
HON, H. W,
BERTRAM
'l!farrisonhurg, llirginia
JUDGE
J.
ROBERT SWITZER
DEPUTIES
W . EDGAR S I PE
MAR GI E BOWERS
MARGAlll!:T BRANUM
C L ER K
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I, J . Robert SWitzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Rockingh am County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delinque nt taxes against the tract of
150 acres in Stonewa ll Distric t, assessed in the name of M. D.
Longley .
Given under my hand this 31st day of May, 1934 .
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JOHN S. CHAPMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
STANOARCSVILLE, VA.
�IN THE CIRCUIT C0U 'I O.r!' ROCICTNGHAlvI COUNTY , VIRGINIA .
STATE cm.CMISSION ON CONSERVATlON
A1'1D DEVELOPMENT O.!T VIRGINIA
Petitioner
At Law No . 1829
v.
CASSANDRA LAWSON
TKIM3 Al\JD OTH:.t!":RS
On this ft'i)
Defendants
day of June , 1934 , came Gilbert E . Pence , D.
Wenpler Earman and Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , Special Commissioners
of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chan cery cause of Chris tine Longley Sherman v . Herman V . Longley et als· ,
and on their motion leave is given them to file their application
for disbursement of the sum of :B,ourteen Hundred Twen ty- nire Dolle.rs
(~1429 . 00) , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of the
condemnation of tract Nn . 224 and heretofore p:,.id into Court .
And it appearing to the Court that said petitioners are invested with a superior or better right of claim or title in md to
said tract of land No . 224 than any other person or persons , and
that said Ethel Irvdn Lineweaver is the bonded receiver entitled to
receive said fund; and
That the taxes on said tract No . 224 have been paid;
U~on consideration whereof , it is considere"'d and ordered by
the Court that said Fourteen Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ( <1?1429 . 00)
paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for tract No . 224
be paid to Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded receiver as afores::. id , and
that the Clerk of tl:is Court is directed to transmit a cert if'ied copy
of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall disburse this
sum of Fourteen Hundred Tvrnn ty - nine Dollars ( $1429 .oo) _as above set
out , taking from said Ethel Irwin Linwweaver , bonded receiver as afore said, receipt for the amount paid her and certify such payment to the
Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law.
Emter :
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCICTNGH.AM COUNTY , VIRGINIA .
STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
_.ND DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGTIJIA
v.
Petitioner
At Law No . 1829
CASSANDR
LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS
Defend ants
TO THE HONORABLE H . W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF S~<lD COURT:
Your petitioners, Gilbert E. Pence , D. Wampler Earman
and Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , Special Commissioners of the Circuit
Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chancery cause of
Christine Longley Sherman , etc. v . Herman V. Lonrley , etc ., re -
spectfully represent :
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this
proceeding condemnin g to the use of petitioners the fee simple
estate in a tract of land formerly the property of the late M.D.
Longley , situate in the Blue Ridge Mountain in the eastern por tion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County , Virginia, wbich
tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and shown , numbered, and delineated
on the County Ownership Map filed herewith as tract No . 224 at
the price of Fourteen Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ( 1429 . 00) .
That on January 26 , 1932, M. D. Longley was seised and
possessed of said real estate; that on said date the said M. D.
Longley departed this life intestate, leaving surviving the
following named heirs at law, to whom said real estate descended
in the following proportions, to-wit:
1/6; W. C. Longley , son , 1/6; U.
c.
Herman V . Longley, son,
Longley , son, 1/6 ; Tracey
Anderson, daugh$er, 1/6; Christine Lo~gley Sherman , granddaughter,
1/6; Charles Watkins, grandson, 1/18 ; John Watkins, grandson ,
1/18 ; Geneva Watkins , granddaughter, 1/18 ;
ISi
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That the aforesaid partition .suit was instituted by Christine Longley Sherman against the remaining heirs at law and
their respective consorts , involving the aforesaid real estate ,
said suit having matured at the 1st Apri+ Rules , 1932; that a
decree of sale was entered therein on September 2 , 1932 , appointing the undersigned as Special Commissioner s of sale , and direct ing them to sell , inter al;i.a , the aforesaid real estate ; that the
said Ethel Irwin Lineweaver, one of said Special Commissioner s ,
eJK:ecuted bond in the penalty required by said decree , conditioned
according to law; that on October 8 , 1932 , the undersigned publicly offered said real estate for sale , at which time no satisfactory
bid was obtained; that thereafter , on May 17 , 1933 , a decree was
entered in said cause authorizing and directing the sale of said
real estate either at public· auction or private sale , by the undersigned; that said real estate was , as before rentioned , condemned
in this proceeding .
Your petitioners further show to the Court that all taxes on
said property have been paid to and including the year 193 3 , and
they herewith file certificates to that effect from M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County , Virginia , and J . Robert
Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of fiaid County , which certificates· are marked " Ex . Certificate No . l" and " Ex . Certificate No .
2", respectively , and the same are prayed to be read as a par t
hereof .
That there are no liens on said pro:p9rty .
That no other person or persons tha n the said Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded receiver as aforesaid , is ent i tled to share in said
award .
•
WHEREFORE , your petitioners pray that they may be made
parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in these
proceedings ; that an order may be entered in thls proceeding
for tbe payment of said award to Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded
Commissioner and Receiver in the aforesaid chancery cause of
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Christine Longley Sherman etc . v •• Herman V. Longley etc . pending in this Court ', and that your petitione rs may have
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other, further and general relief as the Bature of the case may
require .
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Special Coamissio ners of the Circuit
Court of Rockirr· ham County , Virginia,
in the chancery cause of Christine
Lon@ey Sherman etc . v . Herr'lan V.
Long l ey, etc .
State of/4)~~ff~~a~ ~
g , to-wit:
f~
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Th~_s day Gilbert E . Pence, D. \/ampler Earman and ....:;t~el
Irwin Lineweave r, Sp ec ial Commissio ners of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chancery cause of Christine
Longley Sherman etc . v . Herman V. Longley etc ., the petitione rs
in the above entitled matter, personall y appeared befor, me,
-+~~!,,,-4-"-"";.,.wa.~~~~:::::_, a notary public in an•! for the ¥
my 7
d State
eaaid, and being duly swomr, depose
and say:
That we are the petitione rs in the above entifu~ed matter,
~,e:·a:re acg_ua;i..nted with the contente of the
bove petition , ani.
do hereb t state that the natters of fact therein set forth are
true, to the best of our knowledge and beilmf.
Subscribed and sworn
to before me this L/L
day of June, 1934.
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�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby certify that the records
of this office show that the 1933 taxes have been paid
on a certain tract containing 150-0-0 acres of land
assessed in the name of M. D. Longley, situate in the
Part(Area in Stonewall District, this County.
·
All taxes prior to that time, if
am.y be due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's
Office of said County.
of May 1934.
Given under my hand this 31st day
Very truly yours /
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Treasurer.
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�VIRGHTI.n . IK TE
IN VACATION.
CIH8
T COD T OF .-DOYINGH .,:,. sorr~TY.
The Jte.te Corrmissio n on Conservat ion & :Jevelopme nt ,
of the 3tat0 of Virginia , - - - - - - - - Ietitione r ,
v.
Cassandra Lawson . tkins , et als , defendant s .
In Re: Distribut ion of proceeds of condemmt ion for Tract. o . 22 d,
•• D. Longl ey, ~)45 . 00 .
This day
C 9...'t;18
t.11.e "3t9. te vor.niss ion on COns
.TVr
tio n
& Developme nt by counsel , and. noved the JoJrt to enter an orcler
dire ctin~ tll e Treasurer of the ....Jt9.te of Vir,si r i a , to ";ay to it
out of the )roceeds of conder n2.tion of Tract
of
.ir.
i
o . 224 , the sum
'45 . 00 , representin -'? the aruo1.nt of a certain plea.~e rade by
::i . Longley , uho clo.imed to
e tLe m ner of s.3.id tract , to
said ,.,omnissio n on Gorservet i on & Developme nt , as a contributi on
far t he establi s wne n t of S henandoah Nation3l I ark and in sup port
of its said mo t ion , the said Corrnissio n exhibited to t,e Co rt ,
its rn tion i
YJ.
wri tin.:; sett inrr forth all the fo.c ts in re la.ti on
thereto , ..:iic1: Las
een
eretofore file,i l.e rein .
Up on consider~ tion whereof , it appeari s to the
Court , t.at the cla"'
of s,Jid Co::..:missio n is not
!:>sed upon any
lien either on the land conder-.Jlle d , or on t..11e rro ceeds of c ondemnatio n 811d th:.t said Con.1issio n has failed to o bta.in the consent
of the parties entitled to the proceeds of conde!'.lna tion , to the
rayr.ent of its clai:. , it is accorJin::,; ly o."ljudc;ed and ordered that
tbc motion of the CornrLissio n for the pa~7ITI.ent of said cle.L_ out of
tlD proceeds of condemnat ion for &.Lid tract re and the same is
here by denied .
The Cl~ rk of the Circuit Cour-t of Rockingham County,
will enter the foregoing order upon the Conmen Law Order Book
of
his Court, as a vacation order.
Given under my hand in vacation this ..J..3__ day of
August,19 35.
~i,,iu A
Judge , Circuit
Court of Rockingham County , Virgln ia .
__,,,...__,~..,_Vvr.rt1
�COMMONWEA LTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPUTIES
TREASURER ' S
OFFICE
0 . C . ZOLL1CKOFF"ER
P. W . .JONES
J . 0 . FAI S ON , JR
RICHMOND
W . L . YOUNG
A. B . GATHRIGHT
October 11 , 1935
TREASURER o . v1RGINIA
r,;r . ,T . Hoo ert Switz er, Clerk
Circuit Court of fockinrham Countv
Harrisonburg , Vir6 inia "
Dear ;Jr . Switzer:
At the reql,est of :·r • .{. A. Gillim. , Sect- . ,
State Commission on \.,onservation :C: nevelopment, v1e
are inclosing ~rou l1 erev1i th the following certifj_ ca 1-es
and recei:>ts for smns paid on account of {~he Shenm,doah
Parlr , v1J•ich v;e uill thank you to ac "nowled6 e .
Tract ,/224 ••••••••••••• •• • ,1;1 , 429 . 00
Tract #364 ••••••••••• • ••••
265 . 00
Very truly yours,
A. 1. 0athri~ht, Treasurer .
mkp
encl .
Copy to:
i:r . n .
J •
'1-illiam
�QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf l!Iirgiuia
TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D . VA ,
JOHN M , PURCELL
TREASURER O F V I RGINIA
June 23 , 1934
This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 23
day of June
in accorda n c e
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki nn:ham Coun ty
~-
dat en~- -6-/~2~0-/~3~4__ i n the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virg i nia
Cassandra
-~-~~-------~ - ~ ~Atkins
~ ~ ~ ~ Lawson
vs . - - - -- -- ~
:paid to Ethel Irvlin T,ineueaver , Bonded Receiver , HarPisonbuPg, Va .
$ 1 , 429 . 00 being in full se t tlement of tract
# 224
in the above mentioned cause .
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Q!nmmnuwtaltb nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
June 23, 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Ethel Irwin Lineweaver, Bonded Receiver
Harrisonburg , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 ,429 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the 20th
day
of _ _
Ju
_n_e__ l93L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
__C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s___ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #__2_2_4_ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
Mo
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#49 - -
Lough, G. S.
Number of Acres: 24
Location:
Top of 11r...in Ri uge ea st of Dean rountain School.
Roads:
T.,o Lliles of f .ir -.., irt roaC:: to !J_pots'.1ood r::rui l ne,... r Swi ft
Run ; ~h-Jncc seven ::n.iles to : l kton .
Soil:
s~ndy
cluv
o:
gooC dept h und fertility ith gantle s l ope
~nd s01thwest exposure .
Tharear e patchas of
fine blue c rass turf , b1t mu.ch of the a r ea , e ' pe cially on
History of Tract !tR& ctimr:H~netfl tittth-er ' bthin sod ,Ji th weeds and sor1e su..rr1ac s.nd
· l acl~berry .
_:n: southeast
r.!ost of tr' ct cleared maµy yea.rs ago, grazed since .
A_pproximc1 tely fi ve acres of wooded c1rea st nd cons ists of
dead chestnut . On the Gree~e side there are estima ted to be
600 locust posts .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Total Value
6
•J5 . 00
'j30 . 00
18
40 . 00
720 . 00
~~750 . 00
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
750 . O
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 2 5
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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condemnat
of
notice
the
to
response
in
and
velopment of the State of Virginia,
upon the filing of sa~titio n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_~f -';;l--- ~---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h:ya~:: : _:g ~~ ~:~:~~k __________________________ _
~~a:;•:::~: :~::~:::~-~i:~::--::-;,~~-~~ ~-~~-~; ~-s-;,-ught
to be condemned, containing about_//U ~,.?"~____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _
This land is2_ocated about_ ____C _____ miles f~---~- ~--f¼/ _~~--- --- Virginia, in
the __~~~--M agister ial 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 i;nterest he has in or to the tract or
,
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parcel of land .described above.)
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ L £,(.,1--_in the
- . £ . £ £ ~ ~ ~-----------
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $...!:LY-.Jf:2£2._~
in and to this ti:act or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_>-JlS_~ -~-~ 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).
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~STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY O F - - - ~ - ~ - - - xTo-wi~_y
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The undersigne d hereby certifies that::-! t~.P-~4
that the matters
h
o
made
and
him
the above named claimant personally appeared before
and belief,
knowledge
his
of
best
the
to
true
are
answer
and things appearing in his above
this _____ .J--¥=:-~ ---day
of_ ___
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otary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ·
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Revised report
~49 .. Lough, G.
#70 - Lough, G.
s.
s.
county:
District:
Rookingham
ll
Ston
County:
Di strict:
Greene
Stanardsville
(Rock1 nghum Co •.)
(Greene County}
Deed: (Acquired
111 A-10 P.
111 • 19 P - 1916) Field
- sheet indicates a pa rtit890. 00
"
000 . 00
V lue Claimed:
ion of an esta te . Partial
oopy of deed 1nd1oatee a
in Ridge east of Dean
Top of
Locat ion:
sa le under deed ot trust
ounta1n Sohool.
to sour a bond in oonneo
1th o. gu -rdi n for
tion
known.
None
aps:
l
or
claims
counter
Incumbranoes 1
Roberts . Lough an inf nt .
• • 10 P.
oreage Claimed: 111
Assessed:
Soil:
Sandy olay of good deptp a nd fertility with gentle slope
and southeast and southwest exposure . There a re patche s
of fine blue gras s turf, but muoh of the a rea , e•peoially
some sumo
on the south end has a thin sod with eeds a
and blackberry.
Roa ds:
Two miles ot fair dirt road to Spotswood Tr ail net r Swift
Run; th nee seven 1les to Elkton.
oat of tract clea red
History of tra ct and condit ion ot t imber;
many yea rs go , grazed sinoe . Approx1:tnfltely fi ve a cres ot
ooded ar a stand consists of dead chestnut . On the Greene
5¢- $30. 00.
side t here re estimated to be 600 locust posts
Improvements:
None .
Rooking
Value of l a nd by tves:
Type
Slope
~r:age
m
County
Value
!er a ore
. oo
38. 00
18
Fg
Si
Tota l value of 1 nd
Total va lue of tra ct
Average va lue per acre
720. 00
Va lue of l and by types:
Greene County
Tlpe
S ope
.t..
Fg
oodland gr a z1nC
Total va l ue of l and
Tot l va l ue ot timber
Total value of tra ct
verage value per a cre
Total
Value
36 . 00
684 . 00
J 726. oo
720. 00
30 . 00
oreage
3
62
!~
Value
Wer a ore
3. 00
18. 00
6 . 00 .
Total
Value
.o
1116 . 00
102. 00
f122'1 . 00
�County: ook1ngham
District: Stonewall
#49 ... Lough,
#70
~
County:
D1str1ot:
.
o. s. -
Ro ck ingham
Greene
Stat a rctsvi lle
co.
Lo9Sh 1 G. s . - Qre ne County.
SUMMA.RY
Rockingham &. Greene Counties.
Tota l number ot a ores
--106
Total value of traot
1g77. oo
Average
l ue per a ore f or en t i r e t r act
x -•
By plotting t he description in the
tound,
18. 65
ners deed only 106., uorea 11
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NOTE- This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards
h·ave been paid into the custody of the
,courts.
Virgin ia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockin gham County
T·h e State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment of the State
of Virgini:a
Petition er.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-T:wo Thousa nd, Five
Hundre d ·a nd
Sixty-O ne (52,561 ) Acre·s of land, more or less
Defend ants.
Comes now the unders igned and shows to the Court:
T'hat a judgm ent in rem :has heretof ore been entered in this procee ding
c·o ndemn ing to the
use ·o f the Petitio ner the fee simple estate in the tract (s) of land numbe
red as foHows : Tract
No ...4.9.............. : Tract No.....
. , .... ; Tract No ........... .......... ;
and describ ed in the report of the Board of Apprai sal Commi
ssioner s •a ppointe d the-r ein and
shown, numbe r·e d, and delinea ted on the County Owne;rs·h ip Map
therew ith, upon payme nt
into the custod y of the Oourt orf the sum (s) set out in the said filed
judgm ent as constit uting the
award (s) therefo r, as follows : Award on Tract No .... 4.9 ...... $.623 .. 6.0
.; on Tract No .............. .
$ ........... ..... ; on Tract No ........... .... $ ................ ;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the followi
appear to have a ·c laim to an inte:rest in the s·a id tract(s ) of landng•o named person s claim, or
•r in the procee ds arising
from the condem nation thereo f;
Garl ands . Lough
Georg e L. Harn sberg er,Gu ardia n ad Litem for Robe rt C. Loug
h,(In fant)
and Mary E. Lough (Infa nt)
That :tihe Petitio ner has paid into the custody of the Court the sa:id sum
(s) set out in s·a id
judgm ent as constit uting the award (s) of the fee simple estate
in the said tract(s ) of land;
That your undeTsigned, on the date of the said judgm ent
rem condem ning the said
. tract (s) of l•and, :owned or was (were) entitled ;tJo the followiin
ng interes t in the said tract(s )
or in the procee ds arising from the condem nation there-o f:-
- Under the terms of a duly recor ded cont ract and deed, conve
ying the
Skyli ne road bed runni ng throu gh this tract the owner s grant
ed
and
conve yed to the under signe d , the right to recei ve from said
proce eds,
tbe sum of $210 .61.
That no other person or person s than the unders igned are entitle d to
share in the distribu tion of-the said award (s) exce'P't the foll:owing named person s whose
interes
t in said tr:act(s ) or
· in the procee ds arising fr-o m the condem nation thereo f on the date
of entry of said judgm ent
was as follows :
The above menti oned claim ants to the exten t that they may
be
able to estab lish their claiffi:S.
Where fore, your unders igned pray(s ) that l'We- ·fihe:r)--be-m,atle-11-,,ertrfl'artre~heT"emttnder-the- 'T)T'oviM,lffl'S""'O'f-8-ection ~i -uf-t:h:e "P1.rtrli~ ~k-eom temn~t i('J'Jl"
"'*rt,mnr tJmtt an order
be entered for the distribu tion of said sum (s) set forth in said judgm
ent in rem a's constit uting
the award (s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s ) c•o ndemn
ed as aforesa id, and for
the payme nt to the undersi 'gned of the said award (s) or .o f as
thereof as the Court may
find that the unders igned i's (a:re) entitled to receive , and whichmuch
the unders igned aver(s) is as
follows : Tract No ..... 4.9 ....... $ ..21.Q...6.l : Tract No ................. $ ...........
..... : Tract No ................ .
$ ................ ;
The unders igned further aver(s) that: (Le,a ve this spac·e Mank unless
there is some other
pertine nt matter to be brough t e·s peciaH y to the attenti on of ·t he
court)
NAM'E
P. 0. ADDiR:E,SS
..STA'I'E...COMiv1I SSI ON.. ON ...~9.~~?.~~:!.~~ .0N
.. AND...DJ-c::.V.EL .P.MENT..................................... .
········· ··w-···· ········· ········· ·········· ········· ······~
.. BY...............~.:+ ::-~ ...'!. ...~.1 /......
COUNSEL
..................................................................................................................
iJlif
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NO'DE- -A supply of this ·b lank has been placed in the Clerk's office for
the eonvenien-ce of intereste d parties. No
one is required to use this form, as the form is not pNSCribed
law, and claiman ts can either change or modify
it as they doom necessar y, or present their motions in any form,b ythey
may desire which meets with the approva l
of the Court. This •b lank form may not and probably will not cover all
eases. It has been printed merely. as a
suggesti on of a form of a motion whieh may be used, subject to
the approva l of the eourt in each ease.
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COUNTY OF WARREN )
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Personally appeared before me
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the undersigned No"ta.ry-
Public in my said State and County, . E . K . Stokes , who
being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee
of' 'the Sta t'e , Commi:ssi,;n . on Conservation ·and ' Development in
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im.media te charg'e o'f' t:t:ie records of the Shenandoah Na t .i on~l
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Park Division thereof having to do ·with claims·· of . the Commission for distrlbutive shares of condemnation awards in
the Shenandoah National Park condemnation·proce edings pend,.,.
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iri~· in_ the Ci~cuit Cpurts of _,Virgi,ni a , by ,r .e ~son of' con. .. . -
tracts and agreements entered into with the owners '·· of lands·
sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that ·the
within claim is just and correct .
=~Ei.tbess 1cy- signa:t~e ~~d ' lot~ial Seal this/~T of De.c.omb~
~rci~
1955.._
Notary Pu'""bi-=-1-.-i_c_____
NOTARY PUBL C
My.~qmmi::;c,n
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Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
"T'ne 1tate ~ommission on Conservat ion and Developme nt
of the State of Virginia,
PET IT IO NER.
v.
Cassandra LA.wson Atkins and others ,
RESPONDF.NTS.
This day ca.me Garland S . Lough and by leave of Court filed
his petition dated the second day of July 1935 ; upon considera tion
whereof it appearing to the Court th, t
~
jude;ment hi=is been here-
tofore entered in this proceedin e condem.iling to the use of the
etitioner in fee two tracts or percels of land one lying in
Greene County , Virginia , conteintne eighty-two acres and knoTin as
!Tract No . ?0 in the condemn~t ion proceedin gs pending in the Circuit
Court of Greene County , the other lying in Rockingham County,Vi reinia and known in t~ese
roceeding s as Tract No . 49 containing
l t~e~ty-fou r acres ; the awards for said tracts of lBnd beine
1~479 . 00 and $623 . 60 respectiv ely . A~d it further Pppears to the
Court fromthe said petition that all parties who have any claim
of rie;ht , title , interest {restate in ano to said a.wards have been
made perties to the proceeding s pending in the Circuit Court of
Greene County , Virginia , under the style of the State Com.~issio n on
Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia v . Armentrou t ,
c.r .,
and others , and now are before the s~id Court.
And.
it further appearing to the nourt that the ownership of
the award for Tract No . ?0 lying in Greene County and for Tract No .
49 in Rockingham County can be determined with more convenienc e
and with less expense by having the question of ownership and
distributi on of SAid award of ?623 . 60 qlloc~ted for Tract No . 49
lying in Rockin~ham County,Vi re · nia , transf~rre ~ to
he Circuit
nourt of Greene County; upon considera tion whereof the Court doth
~djudge order and decree the.t the questions involved in the
distributi on of said fund to-wit:~62 3 . 60 for tract No . 49 including
lthe claiI!l of the State_ Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt
for the sum of ~210 . 61 , be transferre d to the Circuit Court of
2.7
�Greene County,Virginia,for its determination and judgU1ent,therefore this Court does not pass upon any of the said questions ; and
it is further ordered and decreed that the award of ~p623 . 60 for
~
Tract No.49 be forthwith paid by the Treasurer of Virginia,as
follows: To Chepman and Morris , Attorneys , of Stanardsville ,Virginia , to be held by them subject to the order of the Circuit
Court of Greene County,Virginia , in the proceedings now pending
therein concerning said Tract No . ?O .
/
It further appe::irs to the Court th~.t all texes due and
assessible against the said Tract No . 49 have been paid .
And it is further ordered that a certified copy of this
order be transmitted by the clerk of this Court to the Treasurer
of Virginia,who shall pay the said award of !t;\623 . 60 for Tract
No . 49 as above directed and that the clerk of this Court shall
transmit a certified copy of this order to B. I.Bickers,clerk of
the Circuit Court of Greene Connty,Virginia .
ENTER
_l___Y-_-c)_ )_~_JUDGE .
/
.
�Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation Pnd Development
of the State of Virginia ,
PETITIONER .
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others ,R,SPONDENTS .
To the Honorabl e H. W. Bertram , Judge of the said Court :
Your petitioner , Garland , S . Lough , respectfully represents
that a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered condemning to
I the use of the petitioner the fee simple estete in a tract of
land formerly the property of your petitioner for life , with
II remeinder in fee to his children , situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Stonewall Magisterial District in the County of
Rockingham , containing twenty-four acres,which tract is described
in the report of the Board of Appraisal ComPJ.issioners and shown ,
numbered , and deline ted on the County ownership map filed in the
clerk ' s office of this Court as Tract No . 49
II
t the price of ~?50 . 00•
Your petitioner further represents that Tract No . 49 containing 24 acres is a part of a much larger tract of land , some
82 acres of which lie i n t h e County of Greene and is described
Ias
aforesaid as Tract No.70 in the Park condennation proceedings
pending in Greene County , and was valued by the said Board of
Appraisal Commissioners at the s um of ~2479 . 00 ;
That your petitioner has filed a petition in the Circuit
Court of the County of Greene ,Virgini . , making his children and all
contingent remaindermen p a rties defend a nt ;
II
That the said matter pending in the said Court has not as
yet been determined ; that the said tract of land No.49 lying in
Rockingham ~ounty is held under the same terms a nd limitations as
Tract No . 70 lying in Greene County , Virg inia;
That there are many contingent remaindermen who are already
made , parties defendant to the proceedings pending in the Circuit
Court of Greene County , Virg inia ; that as the questi ons involved as
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�to the distribution of said awards of :i? 50. 00 for Tract lfo . 49 lyin
11
in the County of Lockingham and for Tract No.7 0, to-wit:$2479 .00,
lying in Greene County , are identical ; and as the proceedings in
Greene County are matured and all parties having a vested or con-
~tingent interest in and to the funds of this cause are before the
Court,and for reasons of convenience and economy ~hi53 · petitioner
desires that the award for tract No . 49 , conta,ining 24 c1cres and
Ilying
in Rockingham County,be transferred to the Circuit Court of
the County of Greene for final disposition .
II
Your petitioner further shows unto the Court that he has already received from the petitioner in this cause the sum of $33? . 0l
l as a consideration for the conveyance and transfer to the said
petitioner o:f a right of way strip for the Skyline Drive,which sum
was to be credited on the amount of the awerd for Tract No .49;that
the said petitioner deducted the sum of $ 126 . 40 from the award
of ~?50 . 00 and paid into the Tre.asury of Virginia the sum of
J623 .60; that the said petitioner has filed a claim in the sum of
210 . 61 against said award in Rockingham County in order that it
may receive the sum of ,n>337 . 0l as aforesaid to which it is entitled ;
That after the deductions aforesaid there is a balance due
the petitioner and his children the sum of $412 . 99 .
V/herefore your petitioner prays that the award of ~623 . 60
for Tract No.49 containing 24 acres and lying in Rockineham
County,Virgi nia,be transferre1 to the Circuit Court of the County
of Greene.and all questions concerning the distribution of the
said award to be determined by the seid Court , and for all general
I and
special relief as the n1ture of the case may require , and
your petitioner ,"lill ever pray.
Garland 8 . Lough
By
Chapman end Morris . Attorneys P . P .
30
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The State Commission on ConRervation and Develor)lnent
of the State of Virginia.
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins et
els.
Petition of Garland S.Lough
1':ract No . 49
CHAPMAN AND MORRIS
A TT'>RNEYS AT LAW
STANARDSVILLE. VA.
�Ctrnmmnnwraltq nf ]lirginia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICH MONO. VA .
~
July 15, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathright
Thi s is to certify that I, ~ J X L , Treasurer
of Virginia have this
15 day of July
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki nr;hm,,, County
dated
7 /10/35
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
:paid to
ChsprP'rn nnd P OI'I'is, AttoI'neys , St:anaI'ds1dJJ e, Virginia
$
623.60
being in full settlement of tract
# 49
in the above mentioned cause.
zz
�C
O!nmwnuwtalt11 nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
July 15 , 1935
XDUC~IHX
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Chanman and Morris , Attorneys
gtanardsvill e , Virginia
A • .u . Ga thri;;ht
Received of JooMi~eQ(L , Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
623 . 60
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
of
Rockin,~ham
July
193L
entered on the
10th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
Casaandra Lawson Atkins
and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #_4_9_ __ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasur er
of Virginia.
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Lough, G. S.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#313 - Mace , George IT.
Number of Acres: 9
Location:
Uadiso n Run .
227 and 2 28 .
Roads:
Two miles via dirt road to Port Republ ic , the neares t shippin g
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam , cove type and is of a fair depth and fertili ty
scatter ing loose rocks over the en-tire area .
Part outside the Park area .
u. s .
Positio ns
History of Tract and condition of timber. he mercha ntable saw timber was removed
from this tract in 1930 .
smE..11 oalc s and pine .
The remain ing stands consis t of
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
5
Cove:
'!Pl0 . 00
$50 . 00
30 . 00
120 . 00
~170 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivate d Land:
4
@
9
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $170 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
25 . 00
$195 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Valueof Fruit: $25 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 21 . 6 6
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
I mprove ments :
Stable and shed to be moved off ,
a.lso timber .
NONE .
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-~!::::..:'-:!{!;;~·~-- ·-- CLERK
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�ROCKINGHAM: C01JNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#313- a - Ma ce, George
w.
Number of Acres: 12~
Location:
Madis on Run.
Roads:
Two and one- fourth miles via dirt road to Port Repub lic , the
neare st shippi ng point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of a fair dept h and fertil ity , scatte ring loose
rocks over the entire area .
En~ir ely within the Park area .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
Dwell ing : Fr~e , 14z22 ' , 4 rooms , 2 ceiled , shing le and
paper roof, 12xl0 ', 1 room, brick flues , vacan t , fair condi tion , 2 story, cellur 8xl0', stone.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
3
@
$10 . 00
$30 . 00
©
30 . 00
285 . 00
$315.0 0
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard :
12-}
Mineral s:
Value of Land: $ 315 . 00
Value of Improv ements: $ 2? 0 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
2?0 . 00
Value of Mineral s: $
Value of Fruit: $25 . 00
Value of Timber : $ 20 . 00
25 . 00
Value of Wood: $ lb . 00
20 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 25 . 80
15 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
$645 . 00
~ /;{ /in' CLERK.
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�county! ,ockingha~
District: £.:: tone,,all
f/313 i
Cre a.ge Cl a i med:
Value 6ln1med:
Location:
X
Geor5e
21
,:>l?OO . OO
. • !,ac e
Assessed
24
·t
need
11·}
IT
}tadis:on Run. :Pa.rt outside the 1 ark area,
r ositions 22v and 22a .
u. s .
·None known .
,·l..~
Soil :
. . a ndy l oo.m , cove t y · e and is of a fair dop th and for·til1 ty
scattering loose rocks over the entire aroa .
"
Rondo:
2 m1los vio. dirt !'oad to Fort nerubl ie , the noareot
shi. p ing .. oint .
\
Eistory:
The merch~table sn.w timber wus removed from t hin tra ct
in 1930 . Tho rema ining stando ocnoist of sm.:.tl l o·~s and
l ine about 5cds of Fuel wood p er .~ . arid ;j a cro c
l •. 00
p er ad_. ., ;,2tJ . 00 . The p rk to.!:::oa <,.11 the timber and uoo d .
Ir:iprovo:raents:
• Ijo.cc has Bo.rn frame l2xl0 , shod 6x8 , paper
roof , good condition , concrete foundo. tion .
"·165 . 00
Wood shed frame l8x28, paper roof , f air condition
60 . 00
, 22£ . 00
Va l ".e of la.nd by t4120,n:
~
Cove
Tilluble
Total
·5 . 00
~,30 . 00
.L
l ue of land
Total vlue of improvements
'i'otal value of timber
Tot al val ue of t rac t
Averqge vuluo p er a e ro
x --
Value
per aero
,. crease
5
''o t a l
·ralue
~-oo
-.;> i:..,O •
·120 .oo
;145 . 00
, 1 45 . 00
225 . 00
t5 . GO
395 . 00
43 . 89
This includes tract #!13- a .
�county: 1ookingham
District: StoneTinll
313 a -
Acreage Claimed:
Geo . , , I.'n c o ,
21
~
sseosed
. 1:...,·,1-
Value Claimod:
Looa.tion:
1790,.00
N.adison Run .
n
rt
Entirely within tho park o.rcu .
Sandy lo m of a fair depth fertility, scattering loos e
r :.,oks ovor the en ti r e area .
Soil:
P.oaos : 2 :~ miles via dirt road to
Hi storu:
1
ort Hopublio, the nearest
,
shi 1 p ing point.
Thi s tract has about 5000 ft . of sa~ timber consisting
of ~,h.1 t e , in<, and C'uko and a bout 8 eds. of fuel uood per
.,,so. oo
3 • • saw timber ~)ouo 1 ~4 . oo r e r I 1 •
l ~.oo
50~ per ed.
24 eds. of fuol woo
-.. 3 2 . 0 0
Improvemen ta:
Dwellinc· frame .l4x2:; , 4 room., ,, 2 coi J ed, shincle
and r aper roof lOx 12 1 roon, brick fl uos , vacant ,
fair c ondli tion, 2 story, collar 8::dO stone.
Va l ue of 1~nd by _:typos:
Vi,.lue
per acr e_
Acrea.50
3
Ty::e
cove
Tillable
.-·5. 60
··20 .. 00
9. 5
, -nr.-5
Total value of land
Tot al value of improv ments
$ 205 •.00
200 . 00
Total value o·r 2S ·fru1t · troos
Z5,00
Tot , 1 value of timber
32 . 00
Tot'.3. l valuo of tract
4'7 2 . 00
,, '* /l'i
~ver .; e,e value per a cre
X
--
I
3? . ?6
Th is :i. n0 l:.:i des trc.,, Ct i/313
Tota l
V luo
'1 5 . 0 0
190.00
. q£205 ,. 00
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�Claim oL __G_~o I. ~ _v; • .4'le_______ __________________________________________________ _
. ·tcour t of _____
Rc---k1n'"·t.,,
n,
Coun t y, v·1rgm1a,
.. N o. ________ , AtLaw.
I n th e C1rcm
~-'-"-..r'"".l.'-----------The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ J a&SOli...i=:& Ltw sc 1 _J t1u ns __ • t- a. -----------------------------------!_. __
more or less, of land in __tl9_l4..J-.Il..,;um11- ____________ 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_u:;_1k.i.nghfu.n ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _______ ...G .c...x..g.e-- .. _..:.:J: ~ -----------------------------------------My post office address is _____(]-_!'_c_t_y.9_~~....,--~~R!.!'l_.__ ir.9_!._ __J.,_!_ _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_ ____ ~_J.,___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___ .Ql'.!.lb..l.:LhQW:Le. _________________________________________ _
~
fr _'"_,_ _Q1-___
-"' p Q__
rt_, _____
1 C Q. l .lv--1rgm1a,
,:,.; . . m
.
. 1an d 1s
. 1oca t ed a b ou t ____________
m1"} es f rom ___ .J.?LQ.~
Tlus
the ___~_t__Q_1Ji>JY.gJ._l. __ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
'
Sol~ ow~er
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The land owI1ers adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are a.s follo,ws:
North ___ --..E~ r..p.er.. ..1.::c-r..ci.f:l--- - - -- -- -- -- - - - -- - ~--:--- - - ---- -- -- - - -- -- ------ -- -- - - -- -- South _________As..ub;; -~,~- ____________ __ .. ___ ... _______ ________·______________________ _
East ______ ·_Jc nn_ ...'i '"!I! ----------------------------------------------------------West ______ __--- Po r :Re, ~Ct _______________________________________ ~ - ------ --- ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property · about the year _.J.,Ji~l.____ in the
following manner:
±~~Z
______________________DJ.vii:, & J. on _ o.f _Es ta t_e ________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~_._'[QQ__________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $)::_~ J_Q_Q _________ •
I am the owner of_ __ _~ _t_0.:..4 _______ 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 $_.?_QQ_.____________ .
(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).
R€marks· ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____lt,...b _______ day
oL----~~S,_, ___l_~"-1_,
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1..;:}... _
F'I d ,
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gham Coun1* \/apm .
FEB /fJ r r _
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ B_q_J!,._1__ gJH2!11____________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_G.a..~ g...:;.. _ ~ i ?
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are trup to the best of his knowledge and belie,f,
the Cletkt&i~ .9-~l]._________ day 0L __ F_~"Q ____ J.__~9_l__ ,
1 '" ,. ,
~----------Clerk
li:.....p i1
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Ju.1~ lb- 3::::
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_____________________________-
,.
.
-----------------,---------------------------- -
Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�In the Circuit (;ourt of n oc1<.ingham vounty, Virginia .
~ _ _ ,/
The State Commissio n on Conservat ion and
Developme nt of the State of Virginia
~J0\~P f;il]!J.
v.
Cassand ra Lawson Atk ins and others
a nd 52,~0l acres of land in RocKingham
uounty ,Ya.
St a tement made by John J . Mace , James G. Mace, Elizabeth illace
via, R. H. 11ace,Juli a ;\lace Spit.ler, Charle s 11. Mace, and on behalf
of the heirs of Ben . F . Mace, d ecea sed , the same b e ing all of the
biers at law of John H. Mace, ct eceased , pursuant to a decree entered
in the above entitled cause on Oct . 2f>,1.932,i n responc e to Item
No . 2 of the inquiry macte in s a i d d ecree .
0
Your respond ents say t hat t he Board of Appraisal Commissioner s
erred i n r eporting under its f inctings Nos . 312, 312-a, and 312- b
that your res pond ents only own 389 acres of land,when as a matter
of, fact your res ponctents own !'>12 acres of land . It thus appears
that there is a shortage of 123 acres in its allowanc e .
Your res pona.ents believe and aver t h at t his 123 acres of land
is list ed by the Appraisal Board in the Fincti ng No . 326 in favor
of John A. Alexand er .
Special reference is hereby made to the objection s and except
ions filed by your res pondents
Board .
Geo . S .Harnsbe rger ,
Counsel .
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
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ounty : 1.ockingham
istrict : 0tone~all
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cove
illable
...,cale _ l" _ 20. cha.ins
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aunty : _ockingh am
District : Stone\'a l l
L .,G:::IID
Cove - i.:illable
....,cule - l" - 20 cha i ns
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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mace-george-w.pdf
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Mace, George W.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Madison Run
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Tract(s): 313, 313-a
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#312 - Mac~ , John H.
Number of Acres: 8
s . Positions
Location:
Madison Run .
226 and 227 .
Roads:
Two miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, cove type along the creek . The field restocking
i s' fairly well stocked with white . and yeJ,.low pine ~ .
Part outside the Park area .
U.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
,10 . 00
4
Cove:
~:40 . 00
Grazing Land:
4
Fields Restocking:
@
lfi . OO
60 . 00
~100 . 00
8
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $100 . 00
20 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
25 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 18. 12
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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�ROCKIHGHAH COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
/312-a - 1v1ace , J"ohn II.
Number of Acres:
,,
297 .,-
Location:
Brown's Gap, Hhite Ouk Run and other headV1aters of W1dison
Bun.
Roads:
Six miles fair mountain road to Grottoes .
Soil:
Lorun. - shallow on upper slopes, medium over r.1ost of area , deep ,
well watered and fertile in cove .
Full of f ine shale and larger rock
except in cove where rock content is moderate .
~xposures southwest and
I1Qrthwest .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Vii th exception of a few remnants , last saw
timber was cut tvm years ago . Pine oak stand mostly under 9!1 with scattered defective trees up to 18u . ~bundant reproduction of oaks and other
hardwoods with yellow pine thick in places . Older trees sho,1 excessive
fire damage, younger ones very little . I'ost of saw tiraber co.n be seen
from Madison R.m road . In cove, is an excellent stand of young oak and
a little ine in which white oa~ is predominant .
lmprovemen s:
1'j"ONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
44
Slope:
Cove:
Value per acre
Total Value
$ 1 . 00
t44 . 00
215
3 . 00
645 . 00
38
29?
5 . 00
@
190 . 00
$879 , g9 ·
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $379 , 00
100 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 10.0 . 60
Value of Orchard: $
193 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
$117~ . oo
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $193 . QO
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 3 . 6 O
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�ROCKINGHiJ.~ COlJ""NTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#312- b -\
Mace , .John H.
Number of Acres: 84
Location:
Brown ' s Gap .
Roads:
~ight miles - fair mountain road to Grottoes .
Gravelly , shaley
on ridge . Rocky
of area (perha ps
steep . Exposure
loam of medium depth. Fertile . Rock outcrop
everyHhere , but n ot excessively so over most
25% of surface covered) Slopes moderate to
mainly northwest .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Partly clear ed for grazing . 1~bout 1 acre
good garden. Fire damage not greut in recent years . Ori ginal
timber removed long ago . Second growth hard 'lOOd - pine st::.1nd
mostly oak s and dead chestnut . Cut into freely from time to
time for fuel . Not cut for sawlogs for more than 20 years .
Part of chestnut cut 13 years ago .
Soil:
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
8
Slope:
Value per acre
Total Value
$1. 00
$8 . 00
63
2 . 50
157 . 50
13
25 . 00
84
325. 00
;;ii490 . 50
Value of Land: $ 490 . 50
125 . 00
@
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals :
Value of Improvements : $125 . 00
Value of Orchard: $15 . 00
15 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
52 . 50
Value of Timber : $ S2 . 50
50.00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
.:)733 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 72
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE.
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�Dwell ing : Log, about· -16x18', 2 rooms, shing le roof, 1 story ,
log walls , poor condition , occupied by tenant , spring water ,
pillar foundation •
. Smoke house :
I.Dg , 8xl2' , shing le roof, fa1r condition.
Old house: Unoccupied, 10xl2' , one room , log, board roof , poor
condition .
'
Hen house : Log , 8xl0 ', board roof , poor condition .
IMPROV~M~lo/i'S :
.
�county: Rockingham
District: S tonev,a ll
f/312
John H. ~.'o.oe
Acreage Claimed:
As neesed 11 ucres
Value Claimed:
Looat1~n:
Deed 111
30.00
1 . 00 etc .
1892
t:nd1s1on . . un . fa.rt outsi c1 ethe park areEJ • U. g . positions
226 and 227 .
None J~nown .
Lap s:
Soil: Sandy loum, cove type along the--ereek. The Fr is fairly
well stocked to the ~hite and Yellow Pine.
Roads:
2 miles via dirt road to ::- ort
p oint.
History:
i ;e ,
ubl ic the nearest shipp ina-
Thi e tract has about 5000 ft of snw timber oonsisti.g
of Oaks, ,. hi te inc an d others and about 5 eds of fuel
ood por acre on
aores, 20 c (s of vood
. 50 r cr ca. ~10 . 00
500 f~
saw timbe r
!
,; 4 . 00 ·,or }'..
" 20.00
~
;1,
.
~-\
Improverren ts:
None.
Value of lnnd by tYJ!eS:
rrne
cove ·
Fr
Area.
4
4
Value
per !~ere
5
15
Value
' 20 . 0 0
GO. 0(;
8 0 . 00
8
Total val ue of l and
r otnl
1
c§ao .oo
Total value of im ,rovements
_ot,al va lue of timber
30 . 00
Total value of tract
·110 . 0 0
Average value per acre
13 . ?5
12. \
�County: f oektnghem
District : Stonew l
J. H. Mace
f312- a
saesaed
Acreage Cl.aimed:
Vellle Claimed:
Deed:
~ 290.00
''
Brown ' s Gap , White ua1c Bun and other . headwaters or fudison Run .
Location:
Le."1 s:
"
56'1
~Tone
~ : Lo ..-shallow on upper slopes. med1ur:. over most ot area , deep , well watered
enJ fertile in cove. Full or tine shale end larger rook except in oove where
rook content is 1 odere. te. '°i;.Lpoeure s. w. and il. W.
Road
6 mileff fair
histos,:
ountein road to grottoes.
1th exception of a few re nnants, laat sawt1nber cut 2 years ago.
1ne- oak stand mostly under 9" 1f1 th scattered deteot1Ve trees up to 18"
Abundor1t reproduction or oeks nd other hardwoods , 1th yellow pine
thick in places.
Older trees show excessive fire damage , younger
o es very little. :Aost ot snwtimber can be r-een frorn ,Iadison nun
road. In cove, is an exoellent st d ot younp oak and a 11 ttl pine
in which white oak is red .minnnt.
lmprovemonts:
V8l.ue of l,md
None
b,y tzye
~
Total
Value
190. 00
645. 00
44. 00
Value
!u.!.
Acreage
Cove T
Slope '1'
Ridge
Total value ot lam
Tot l val11e ot iprov ents
b5 I .> 3 . 50
Total value ot timber
otal val e of tract
Average alue per eore
38
215
44
297
)2&r acre
§5.00
3. 00
1. 00
879 . 00
U'79.00
00
192 . 50
1071. 5-0
~.60
�count
Bockingham
nistriot : ,>tonewall
#
.\crea,;e:
Cldmed:
Lape:
Soil:
J.
a.
Mace
Aesossed 687a.
Value Claimed:
Location:
312-b
"
~290. 00
Deed;
ff
Brown's Gap
None
Gravelly, shaley lorun of medium depth. ~rertile. Eook outcrop on ridge.
Rocky everywhere, but not excessively so over most ot area (perhaps 2b~
of aurf$C8 covered). .Slopes JO.o derate to steep. 'Exposure rna.inly N. W.
Rosds: 8 miles fair mount in road to Grottoes.
Hi story: Partly cleared for grazing. About l acre good garden. Fire damage not
gre tin recent years. Original tiober removed long ago. 9econd growth
hardwood--pine stand mostly oaks and dead chestnut. Cut into freely from
time to time tor fuel. N'ot cut tor aawlogs for more than 20 years. !'art
of cha tnut cut l2 yrs. go.
Improvements:
Dwelling--log, about 10 ~ 18, 2 rooms, shingle root, l story,
log walls, poor condition, o~cupied by tenant, spring water .
pillar foundation
Smoke house--log, 8 x 12, shin,µe root, !air oond.
Old house, unocou-.,ied , l O x 12, one room, log, board roof
poor condition
Hen house--log , 8 x 10 , boA.rcl. root, , poo • condition
Total bldgs .
111100.00
35.00
40.00
15.00
Value of land by types:
t.oreage
'fzye
Tillable
Slope T
Bidge
13
Value l,)OT acre
.l.10.00
6~
3 .00
8
84
1.00
Total value ot land
Total value ot improvements
lfil
,.., • 50
or
;~27 .oo
190.00
Average value
52.50
tract
er sore
8130.00
189.00
8.00
327.00
Tot l value of timber
Total Vftlue
Total value
569.!:>0
6.77
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Claim of_____ J,,,l, 77 1-1 _ # ,<>Jee ---------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_.!rq_~1'!.:rr~i:?.~..?2! ___ _______ 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_R'!.~6'..!Y-1'-1t~:12z.7______________ 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 s~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court 0L __ ]f:'!.s!0_7 :1_9.-b_0.:n_1__ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _____ E /777 __ /-J __ !Vlo? e
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My post office address is __ 1$:~'P-.0_~.,r--- ~ ---------------- --------------------I clafm a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ LYZ.t-_.!~~=-~~'.2""-acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements:_ --~~-,_7.{y._4::.;n_eJ_c,_~-=. :?! _~~..:;L _--t_=-?:"!. ~_--e__ ____ _____________________ _
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. 1ocat e d a b out _____-;i//_ _____ mI·1es f rom _________________
G-r 0 7/4 e. s ¼q____________ v·Irgmia,
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the~~~~!!~l ( _______ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
N orth __ ;4-J Va w--,,, s
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------------d------------------------7----------------------------------------- _------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $!!-:.9~!!_~-:._-:_~----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~f_<'.2,_~i_:{~~q___ .
I am the owner of_ __ ~ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by· the pro..
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posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---~ - ~ '.!.::.~'!!!.L~:!;J
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . .
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oL::;~s_:;q~-~:~~r1: 3~r my name and
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ Jf~_Cc:!Y.!:12-7-6~.zn ________ , To-wit:
The undersigned her eby certifies thaL _v_~.?z __ .tLf~<:!.?_~------ ------------ ---- ------ -
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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this__ _;:~?,4___________ day oL f"c/,;jJl-". ! ___ - -, 1930.~
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Notar y Public, or J ustiee of the Peace.
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Claim of_ ___ ? ___ , · _D• _Ott ----------------------- ---------------------------- ______ _
In the Circuit Court of_~_F100..ki D.o--'!bfilll ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on ~wation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____Q§.J:i§g.n<!r~J _il~;i,.p_s_ _S,lJlQ-__o_tb_e.:r.s__arul _5..2_,_5..6l _ad.r .e.s. _______________ _
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Rockinuham
· · Def en dan t s.
more or less, of l an d m----------"-<.- --------------- Coun t y, v·1rgmia,
_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~~!P~b-.?_f!! _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
.
E . D. Ott
My name 1s______________________________________________
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My post office address is._ ___ B..e_:rri_s.onl;ltff
d.__by--John-H:Y e •
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in/a tract or parcel of lcm~\ ~ ithin the area souli{i ~
to be condemned, containing about ___ 3B.9 ___________ acres, on which there are the following /
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buildings and improvements: ____ _$_e_f;2 __Q:L.s:t_i_l})_.&:iJ'"si-<L.P~ _.9_W.11~-~-- - --------------------- ~
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This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in ~
Stone wall Mag1s
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. l n·1st net
. of sa1. d County.
th e________________
Dro c e eds O f the
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I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the /tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
. ·2 00 . 00 V'.itr inter e st froM Hay '7 1922 , evidenced b;, 1 bond of
John H. Vace
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South ________ ·------------------------------- --------- _________ . __________________ _
East ______________________________________________________________________________ _
West--------------------------------- -the-D'Pe-e-e-ea--s-- e-f: --------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to/this property about the year __li)_~:1_ ___ in the
following manner:
Deed of trust dated Yay '7th , 1921 , to H. ·u . ·vyant ,
Trustee from ,Tohn F . Ya ce xxlldibo.x,ffl duly recorde d in 1) . B. 119 n . 498
------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------=----
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 $-A~--~~:t--~~j;__ ~--re
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
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1 es th a t ------------------------------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and thin~ appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
11' £ this _______ ~t~ _______ day of----~~_b-~c'_r:f__
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Special Juvestig:at:or
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Notary Public, m: Justice of the Pe~
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�IN THE CIRCllDIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia .
Filed !n the Clerk's Office
Cassandra Lawson Atkins , and others, and 52 , 501 acres Rock1ngho.m County, Va,
vs .
S[f ~
of land in Rockingham County , Virginia .
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The exception of A. Lovice Keezel , executrix of the
last will and testament of Charles M. Keezel , deceased, to the
Report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners filed in the
above styed case on Au.gust 2 , 1932 .
Charles M. Keezel on the 18th day of February, 1931 ,
through his ~attorney, E. D. Ott , having filed a claim i L the
above styled case, asserting an interest in the proceeds to
arise from t h e condemnation of the lands of John H. Mace
involved in the above case , more particularly reported under
the findings of said Board , as Nos . 312, 312a and 312b , by
reason of the execution by John H. Mace on the 7th day of May,
1921, to h im of a certain bond for the principal sum of i 200 . oo
due six months after date, on which t h e interest is unpaid from
the 7th day of 1~ay, 1922 , the said bond being secured. by deed of
trust from said John H. Hace and wife to H.
w.
Wyant , Trustee
on said land , dated the 7th day of May , 1921 , and recorded in
the Clerk ' s Office of Rockingham County , Virginia , in Deed Book
119 at page 498 , and t he said Board of Appraisal Commissioners
having failed to report the said claim under the proner heading
in their said report , the undersigned excepts to the failure of
said Board so to do, and prays that the said report may be
corrected in such way as t he Court may deem proper to set up the
aforesai d claim .
As executrixoeiast will a n ~ e n
of Charles K. Keezel , deceased .
By
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Exceptant .
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C. R. WINFI ELD
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BROADWA Y , VIRGINIA
Novem ber 15, 1~33.
Mr. J . Rober t Switz er,
Clerk of Rockin gham County ,
Harris onour g, Va.
Dear Sir:
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Enclo sed find petiti on of John B. Peale .
adares s.ed to Judge Bertra m, assert jng the lien of
juctgm ent hela by petiti oner again st John J. Mace,
one of tbe heirs- at-law of Jobn H• .Mace, deed., · whose
lands are aoout to be taken for purpo ses of the Shena ndoah Na~io nal Park •
Will you please bring the p etitio n to tbe
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attent ion of Judge Bertra m?
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Yours very truly,
Enc.
C.R. Winfi el
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�TO THE HONOR.ABLE H. W. BEJlTRAM, JUDGE OF THE CLqCUIT
COURT FOR ROCKLTGII.AJl COUNTY
Your petition er, John B. Pea1e 1 respect fully
represen ts tbat on the 7th, day 01' February lY~l, he ootained
oet"ore K, C. Moore~ a. Jus~ice or the Peace
a
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Rocki.ngharn County,
judgmen t a gainst one, John J. Mace in t ne princip al sum o:r
one Hunctred Seventy Four & 1.1u/1uu Dollars ($174.':iU ) , with
interest thereon tram June l b th, l<J::rn, and $3. 7!:> costs; that
said Judgmen t
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on the 25th, ct.ay or February lY~l, duly
docketed in the Office of the Clerk of Rockingh am County, in
Juu~men t Docket No. lb, at page 5fi; that executio n issued on the
said judgmen t and was duly returned unsatis fied.
Your petiti oner further represen ts tha t the said
John J. Mac e is one of the heirs-at -law of one John H. Mace
late, of the County of Rockingh am, who on the __ day or
1 ~ _ , died intestat e; ttat said John H. Mace had title to
a number of tracts 01· land in and about the Blue Ridge section
in said County of Rockingh am, which lands,yo ur petition er is advised,ar e now about to be ta.ken for purpose s of the Shenando ah
Your petition er therefor e~i prays his said .
judgmen t may oe satisfie d wut of any interest in the said tracts
of land inherite d oy the saiu ~ohn J. Mace from the said John
H. Mace, and that all other proper relief may ba given.
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THE COMMONWEilTH OF VIRGmIA.:
TO THE SHERIFF' OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GBEETlNG:
You are hereby e@l'ffl1JA :nae~-SWI11Ion Dr. A._
s.
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Shover, J. Holmes :Moore. Herbert Snapp,Aa nd
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the Board of Arbitrat ors., at the Court House of
bet'ore
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rwwa««I , the 10th day or Jen.ua.ry ,
on
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Virgini
County,
· Roekine?ttam
1934, 10 a . m. , to testr.1'y en:.d the truth to say on behalf' at.' the
Detendan .'¥, in the condemn ation proceed ings of' State Commiss ion on
Conserv ation and Devel.op ment of the State of Virginia v . J. J.
Me.ce~
And have that!. am there this Wri.t.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto se't my hand, as the
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Clark at: the Circbait Court o:t Rockingh am County", V:ir--g·inia .- at
the Court House thereof, this, the 6th day of Jamary, 1934,
and in the 158th year o:t the Comm..onwealth .
Executed on the$ Day of Jan,1934 by deliveri n~ a true COiY of the
withiYJ. surn:11on to Dr A.S.Kem per,·J . S.Shove r , J.Holmes hoore, Herbert
Snapp, and :i..i's :...o..ud Hig 6 s each in person, J.l.: . 3mith not found in
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consideration the value of the mineral spring located upon said
lands , which spring has a recognized worth because of the commercial value of said waters .
(3)
That the price per acre allowed for the land by said
ppraisal Board is totally inadequate
nd confiscatory, said land
being worth much more than the amount allowed by the Board.
(4)
That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake
of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced
before said Board by the said John H. Mace.
(5)
That the said Board of Appraisal Commissioners also
erred in not making any allowance for the manganese and iron
ores located upon said lands , which are of considerable value.
The claim filed by John H. Mace is herewith referred to
and asked to be read in connection herewith.
The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in
support of these exceptions.
By Counsel.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA • .
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TE:3 CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH ~ -~ COUNTY , VIRGINI •
The state Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State o.f Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and
others and 52 , 501 acres of
land in Rockingham County.
The 'affidavit of John J
Mace , to be read in connection
with the motion filed by him and the other heirs at law of John
H. Mace , deceased , to have the findings of the Board of APprais 1 Commissioners disapproved in connection with its findings
Nos. 312, 312- a , and 312-b.
State of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
John J. Mace this day personally appeared before me,
F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid
in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid , and , being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
The said John H. Mace departed this life , intestate,
after having filed his claim in this matter , and left him surviving as his heirs at law the parties named in the motion filed
to have tj1e findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in
this matter disapproved .
I am thoroughly acquainted with the lana s in controversy in this matter and with the mineral spring located thereon.
The lands in question have been surveyed, and said lands contain
512 acres , instead of the 689 acres allowed by said
Board.
ppraisal
About this , there can be no dispute . There is located
upon these lands a mineral spring of commercial value.
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valuation given to said lands which ignores the recognized value
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of said spring is erroneous , because it leaves out of consid-
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
eration one of the chief elements of Vc,..lue of said lands.
�---2--I have bee.n in the timber business for a numbe1• o.
years, have owned .1nd operated saw- mills and stave milJ.s, , and
am convince d that the find ings of s id ppr is~l Board as ~o the
value of the timber upon said lands are totally inadequ te and
confisca tory.
·V'.aile the lands in q_uestion have not been cleared
and develope d as grazi ng lands, yet these lands afford conside rable grazing , especia lly in dry seasons, and cattle owners have
resorted thereto when cleared graz±ng lands have f~iled.
The
~PPrais al Board apparen tly did not take this matter into considerati on in fixing its value upon said lands .
These lands contain both mangane se and iron ores; the
iron ore shows upon the land itself , and can be easily developed.
The mangane se ore merely shows by its out - croDpin gs, and
has not as yet been develope d , but it lies in the ore belt
along the western slope of the Blue Ridge ]r.ountai ns and in a
formatio n that would indicate i ts existenc e. The state Geologi st
was with me upon the land , and admitted that it containe d considerab le iron and mangane se ore.
ubscrite d and sworn to
me this - ~,;;...;.._~
\ ~;..__-day of Septemb er ,
1932 .
Public .
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
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IN TRE CI CUIT COURT OF ROC!CIHGH ' .! COTJlTTY , VIRGL I •
The State Commiss ion
on Conserv ation and Developm ent
of the Sta te of Virginia
vs .
Cassand ra Laws on .. tkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingh am County.
The affidav it of P. B. -. Good , to be read in connect ion
with t he motion filed by John J . Mace and the other heirs at law
of John H. ace , decease , to have the findings of the Board of
Apprais al Cor.imiss ioners disappro ved in connect ion with its
finding s Nos. 312 , J l2 - a, and 312 - b.
state of Virginia ,
City of Harrison burg , to- wit :
This day P. B. F. Goodper sonally ap eared before me,
F. Flavia Converse , a Notary Public in
nd for t he City aforesai d
in the State of Virginia , in my City aforesai d , and , being duly
sworn, deposes ands ys :
In or about 1924, I wa s employed by John A• .Alexand er,
the owner of the Mount Vernon tra c t of l a nd in the Blue Ridge
1.:ountain s, tto make a survey of la nd belongin g to various parties
within the inclusiv e survey of s aid Mount Vernon tra ct.
ong
these several surveys which were made at that time was the land
belongin g to John II.Mace. I find among the tracts at that time
surveyed out for Ur.
ra ce the Joshua Reese tra.ct of 222 acres
and the Harris tract of 220 acres and the
vans Reese tra ct of 65
acres, and a Joshua Roese t r& ct of 80 acres lying on top ot the
Blue Ridge Eountai n. I find that there is an interloc k of 80
acres between the Harris tract of 220 acres and the Joshua Reese
tract of 222 acres, thus leaving in the aforeme ntioned tracts of
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land 507 acres , accordin g to my survey and the calculat ion thereo
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
at the time the same was made, which was done in company with Joh
�Irvine , Deputy County Surveyor of
ugusta County, Virginia.
This
does not include a tract of 8 acres lying on the Browns Gap Road,
about two miles distant from the tracts heretofore mentioned .
I have been informed that the Park
ppraisal Board has only al-
lowed 389 acres in this area of 507 acres , which is clearly erroneous .
I find in observing the appraisal value by the Park
appraisal Board that they allowed about ~8 . 00 per acre for the
80 acre trc.ct situate on top of the Blue Ridge rountains, and
the land having considerably greater value , especially the Joshua
Reese tract that contains some ve.lua ble timber and a valuable
mineral spring , they only appraised at about $4. 00 :per a ere .
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Subscribed and sworn to
before me this
September , 1932.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG. VA.
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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fift two thousand,
five hundred and sixty-one (52~561) aores, more or less
of land in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Written Statement made by E. D. Ott and A. Lovice
Keezell, Executrix of the last will and testament of Chas.
M. Keezell, deceased, pursuant to a decree entered in the
above entitled cause on Ootober 25, 1932.
In complianee with the order entered in the above
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entitled oause on October 25, 1932, and in response thereto
the said E. D. Ott and A. Lovioe Keezell, exeoutrix of the
last will and testament of Chas. M. Keezell, deceased, state
that the tracts of land within the area sought to be condemned,
the ownership of which is claimed by John H. Mace, to-wit:
#312, John H. Maoe, 8 acres, situate near Port Republic,
Virginia,
#312a, John H• . Mace, · 297 acres,· situate in Brown's Gap,
not far from Grottoes, -- Virginia,
#312b, John H. Maoe, 84 acres, situate in Brown's Gap,
not far from Grottoes,
with reference to whioh they have heretofore filed their claim
of lien thereon, are believed by them to be the same tracts of
land which were found by the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s
to be the tracts owned by the said John H. Mace and described
in the report of the said Board of .Appraisal Commissioner s;
that E. D. Ott has heretofore filed his claim of lien against
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�-2the lands of John H. Maoe mentioned in the above styled cause
for $200 .00 with interest from January 1, 1924, the same arising
by reaso,n of the execution of a certain bond by John H. Mace for
$200.00 dated the 7th day of May , 1921, payable to E. n. Ott
six months after date, bearing interest from date, on whioh
interest has been paid until January l, 1924 as aforesaid;
that Chas. M. Keezell through his attorney E. D. Ott (the said
Chas. M. Keezell having since departed this lite. and A. Lovice
Keezell having qualified as executrix of his last will and
testament) has heretofore filed his claim of lien against the
lands of John H. Maoe mentioned in the above styled cause
for $200 .00 with · interest from May 7, 1922, the same arising
by reason of the execution of a certain bond by John H. Mace
for $200 .00 dated the 7th day of May, 1921, payable to Chas.
M. Keezell six months after date, bearing ~nterest from date,
on which interest has been paid until May 7, 1922 as aforesaid;
that both of said bonds are secured by a deed of tru.st from
John H. Maoe and wife to H.
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Wyant , Trustee of date the 7th
day of May, 1921, duly of record in the County Clerk's Office
of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 119, page 48.
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY : VIRGilHA.
THE STATE COMMISSIO N ON CONSERVATION
Al"\ffi DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA ,
Vs.
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CAS SANDRA ATKINS LA. 1. 80N ET ALS,
Petitione r
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Defendant s.
This 2nd day of January , 1934, again came petitione r
by counsel, and exhibited to the Court the record of the above
styled proceedin g, including the order entered herein heretofore on this day appointing Geo .
s.
Harnsberg er, guardian ad
litem for the infants therein named ; and thereupon came the
said infants by their said g Wdian ad litem and by leave of
court the answer of said infants, answering by and through
said guardian ad litem, as well as the answer of said guardian
ad litem in proper person under oath was allowed to be, and
was according ly filed; and likewise came Charles M. Mace,
an adult, by s . L. Devier, his counsel; whereupon it was made
to appear to the court that the other interested claimants
to 1.!tra~t1s Nos .
312-a, 312-b, have agreed in writing with
petitione r to submit their several claims as to facts of value
and damages with respect to said tracts to Honl Phillip Williams,
H. W. Bertram, and Jo R. H. Alexander , as arbitrato rs .
Thereupon petitione r , by counsel, moved t he court
to overrule and dismiss the several motions ~objection s 1and exceptions of said infan ts, and of said guardian ad litem of
said infants, and of said Charles Mo Mace to t he report of
the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners filed herewith in respect
to said tracts 312-a, and 312-b .
At . the same time it was stipulated i n open court
that should the findings of said arbitrato rs with respect to
facts of value and damages as to said tracts be for a greater
sum than that ascertaine d and fixed by said report of said
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Board of Appraisal Commissioner s, then and in that event
petitioner will consent and unite with the said infants and
Charles M. Mace in a motion to the Court to modiff the findings
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s in conformity with
the findings of the said Board of Arbitrators, but that as to
the said infants and the said Charles M. Mace the findings of
the said Board of Appraisal Commissioner s shall in no event
as to facts of value and damages with reference to said
tracts be r"educed .
And said motion was thereupon argued by counsel .
Whereupon the court doth sustain the motion of
petitioner and doth overrule and dismiss said respective
motions , objections and exceptions of said infants and of
said guardian ad litem and of said Charles M. Mace , it abundantly appearing that the
promoted thereby .
interests of said infants will be
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGIN IA.
THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOR1ENT
PETITIO NER
OF THE STATE OF VIRGIN IA,
vs
CASSANDRA.~•~,
DEFENDANTS.
This 2nd day of Januar y, 1934, came Petitio ner by Counse l
and exhibi ted to the court the record in the above styled proceeding , and it was made to appear that since the filing of the
report of the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s and since the
filing of his except ions thereto on the 21st day of Septem ber,
~ · 1932, John H. Mace, claima nt of an intere st in certain lands
sought to be condemned herein which are design ated as Tracts
Nos. 312, 312-a and 312-b on the County Owners hip Map filed in
this procee ding, has departe d this life leaving certain infants
who would seem to have a claim or intere st in the said lands
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sought to be comdemned, the a:rme~ of which infants are as follow s:
Leona Mace, Fay Mace, Clinton Mace, Phylli s Mace and Elwood
Mace, all of Harris ton, Virgin ia.
Whereup on it is ordered that Georg es. Harnes berger, a discreet and compet ent attorne y at law, practic ing at the bar of
this court, be and hereby 1s a ppointe d and design ated as guardia n
ad litem for each of the above named infant s, who shall repres ent
and defend the rights of each of them in the above styled pro-
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The Clerk is directe d to delmve r a copy of this order to the
said guardia n ad litem.
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The State Commission on Conservation and Development of _the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs,_
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more or 1ess, of 1an d m
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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 condemhation awarded ~
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit '1'
Court of_ ______~~9-~!E.~1:~~------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file thi~.;
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as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
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My name is ____________ Chas • _!' . _Yee z e 1 ___________________________ ;,£-,~
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My post office address is ___ J?_~@__:f:.g._lr%1,reYJ.¼1i~ds--of'- ~--------I clai~ a right, title, estate or interest in/a tract or parcel of lancRwithin the area sought l;:acre~, on which ther; are the following
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ ____
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This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in\..
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I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in ,the tract or parcel of land (described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
_:-ii_200 . 00 _with _inter es t _ fro m_!,'~- 7 J._ 1922 ,~~~:)~ ____ _
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The Ian owners adjacent to t above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ South _________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ --East _________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----
West ________________________ --------- th-e- - 'f)T0-e-e-e- -s-- f -----------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to /this property about the year _J_'i_'Z:Jin the
follo"i~~ra~perrus t _ d.2 ted. _~,Tay_ 7, _ 1921, _ to - - ~ h . _ 2 4 f ~
Trustee_ from _ ,Tohn v ._ !,~p ee
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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,
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in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon i s $ - ~ - ~ ~ ~
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Ren1arks· ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ --
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Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ /2..E...(____ day
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IN TH3 CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGL I •
The state Commiss ion on
Conserv ation and Developm ent
of the State of Virginia
Z:861 /,,,(,, dJS
'EA 'A°wno~ w t1llu1
vs .
Cassand ra Lawson ~tkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingh am County.
TO TH:3} RO:!". H. W. BERT
oo
aowo s,)f-181~ 0lll Ut P8}
{, JUDGE OF S..,.ID COURT .
The motion of John J . Mace, James G. Mace, Elizabe th Mace
Via , R. H. Mace , Julia I.race Spitzer, Charles l,1. Mace , and on beha,
of the heirs of Ben F.Mace, deceased , the same being all of the
heirs at law of John H. Mace, deceased , praying said Court to dis
approve and to deoline to accept the findings of the Board of
Apprais al Commiss ioners ,heretof ore appointe d by said Court in
said matter, wherein said Board reported , under its findings Nos .
312, bl2-a , and 312-b , as filed in the Clerk's Office of said
Court , that the .said John H. Mace only owned 389 acres of land
in Rockingh am County in the ?ark area, which lands are situate
on and near the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountai ns , on {hite
Oak Run in Browns Gap , about six miles east of Grottoe s, to
which lands the said Board of
ppraisa l Comr.iiss ioners gave an
average value of approxim ately ')5 . 00 per acre .
The grounds of said motion are as follows:
( 1}
That the acreage allowed to the said John H. ]._ace is
erroneou s , in that the said John H. Mace was seised in fee of at
least 512 acres of land situate as aforesa id, instead of the 389
a cres allowed by said
oard of
ppraisa l Commiss ioners.
rt thus
appears that there is a 'shortag e of 123 acres in its allowan ce.
(2)
That the said Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners further
erred in making up its estimate of the value of the said lands
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA .
of the said John H. Mace , in that it did not allow or take into
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1925-1935
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Mace, John H.
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Mace
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ROCKINGHAM COUNrY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#300 - Mace , John J".
Number of Acres: 13
Location: Madis on Run.
Entire ly within the PaDk area .
Roads:
Three miles via dirt road to Port Repub lic , the neare st shippi ng
point .
Soil:
The tillab le land on this tract is in a good
Sandy clay loam.
state of cultiv ation and is of a fair depth and fertil ity .
brush land .
History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract is all cleare d and
No timbe r or wood .
12xl8 ' with 1 room, pa per r oof , 1 story,
abando ned, poor condi tion .
Frame cabin: 10xl6 ' with paper roof , poor condi tion .
Improvements: Old log dwell ing:
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
2
$10 . 00
~5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
'
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
11
30 . 00
13
330 . 00
$340 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Valueo fLand: $ 340 . 00
30 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 30 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00
25 . 00
,395 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
· Value per acre for tract: $ 30 . 38
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
- - ..!:~:..=::~·=-.:...:..-..~~..!:__CLERK .
�~ri:I:f~-_------· --
~= ~Virginia, No, ________, At Law.
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The State Commission -~~t~servatio~ment of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _
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more or less, of land in__ _a,£~___________ ounty, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petit' of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
e i~ of ~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
upon t hfi'
-~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_
·
'tion and to said notice.
as his answ r to said
_LZff_~i:; :::eo:;:-:~~;.~ it~£-~::}:_~:::::::::::
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a .,t~£o;~~;~~l-~;-l~nd within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ ___ L-3~-f---acres, on which there are the following
~:''.~:~-~~~-~~~:_o_~~~~~:~~:~:~::::
This jaJd is l~9J11,bout__L~3/--miles from __ J l L i c ~ ~ - V i r g i n i a , in
t h ~ ~ a g i s t e r i a l District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
-------------------~-~
-----------------------------~---------
~~f---------~-:~~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The land owners~cent to the above d e ~ o r parcel of land are as follows:
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _L.9-c"'J_in the
~~~~o-~~~~-=~:~er:~~- -AU ___ i/f:fJ.___ f_l_-__f:_6-_________________
0
----------------~-~-~--~-- -----------------------
~f
parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract
on is $-7~..1.'/l_~-~I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
day
Witness my signature (or my name and mar att hed hereto) this ______
7-~~-------,
193f
of __
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY
;z _______
---
i.__
OF_lj)_ ~...-,,,,., '
-~-~-------------
~-, To-wit:
D::_· -~--~-------------------
The undersigned hereby certifies that__
the above named claimant personally appedte~ efore 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_ _______
;z. _______ day oL--7-~--~~~~-
1/3 /
;;f
Notary Public, or Justice of
�____
County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
::e:,ta::._~~~ ~~i~---and Develo . ment of the State of Virginia, Peti-- -.--- --------- ---------. --..------------------------------------------. - ~
____ _____ ____ _County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
more or less, of land m __ ___
The undersigned, in answer · the p t·on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a din response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~A~ o/P.etiti and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
______ County, Virginia, asks leave of he Court to file this
Court of_~
r
;'/'\~ ~A'?l
·ti n and to said notice.
as his answer to s i
My name is __ -~ .&-:~~~~~r..,..:::-.1.
.
~
My post office address is---------------------- -------- J ~------ - ------------! 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 wbieb tbe, e are thB :fioHa-..viHg
::1-::::::::::::::
-; ;:~_'"':-:~ : ~--~
~
-r-------------------------. --------------------19~
-----------------------_________ ___ Virginia, in
This land is located about_ ___________ miles from____________
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
___ el o_ land describe _ a b ~ --------- --- y
J'~_/) r-G_,__r.__7 ~
__
"3,,r_'<:'_~ J
~
il:R2fir _- ----------------------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _______________________________ · ------------------------ ---------------------South __________________ ________________________________________________ ___________ _
East------------------- ------------------------ ----- ·------------------------ -----West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
H -- - -
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this ~ b o u t the year_L')-rJ-_in the
>fZZ-='f, ~
(1 ~ -/-------------~
---- I - c l a i ~ ~ e - t o ~ ~ - : - c ~ :with th?improvements thereon is $---------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this trac or parcel of land ith the improveme ts thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner f_ _______________ a: es of land adjoin g the above described tract or
outside the Park area, which I clai will be damaged by the proparcel of land but lyi
r k area, to the e tent of $--~------------- --·
posed condemnation of ands within the
(In the space below should be set out a y additional stat ments or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; a d if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). ·
Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------ - ------
�Hoc.11:.ingnBlll
o 1~1.ty:
Distric t:
..
#
300
?5 . 80 per A.
Location:
Madison
4
::-ohn J. i.. co
un.
"
"
30. 00
!I:ntir ly w.i thin t h
l'
Deed
ssessed: 13A
Acreo.. ·c Cl :J..1ned: 13 2
Jtone all
ark
250. 00
raa .
L ps:
None known
Soil:
sandy clay loam. 'i he tillable land on this trac t ia in a ,~ood stnte
d fertilit .,.
of c ltivation :md is of n t'air depth
----:r
1911
Eo •• ds: · 1 ile~ via dirt road to Port ~te~>ublic , the nearest shipping point.
~-istory: Thi. tract is all cleared und brush lund .
Im ·,rovements:
V~luo
or
land
Old log duoll 1 n3 12 x 18 rt . wi th one room • Ps.pe1• roof
l story. 'bandoned . ~oo:::- condition.
: rru10 C?abin 10 x 16 ft. with :1aper roof'. """)oor cond.
bX
types:
Value
oer ecre
.\crease
~.!L
...ilope
'I-1 lli:- ole
~-00
25.00
-11
V
lue of land
Tot l value of 1mprovementa
~otel value of troct
, verege value pe acre
· 10.00
20.0,
35.00
":otnl
VAl te
c.oo
2 '7 b.OO
2Ul . OO
l'
r,.ot al
No timber or wood.
201.00
0
24 . Zil
/DB_,
�J300 -·'> John
:r.
Hace
County: ... tockin[ham
Jistrict: Stone 1all
N
L"':G-: TD
Slope - Lillable
Jcale - l" - ~O cha 1
Ljl7.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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mace-john-j.pdf
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Mace, John J.
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Location: Madison Run
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Tract(s): 300
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#316 - Mace , T . Ashby
Number of Acres: 14
Location:
Madison Run .
232 .
Part outside Park area .
u. s.
Positio ns 231 and
Roads:
Two and one- half miles vi a dirt road to Port Republ ic , the
neares t shippin g point .
Soil:
Sandy loam. Cove type of fair depth and fertili ty . The
tillabl e land looks to be of a good depth and fertili ty .
Some scatter ing lo ose rock cove r t he entire area .
History of Tract and condition of timber· 1
· b er was rer:iove d from
1e mere h an t a bl e saw t im
this tract in ~930 . ~he remain ing st a nd consis ts of small
hardwo ods and a small amount of white pine .
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improve ment inform ation)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
7
:)10 . 90
$70 . 00
30 . 00
210 . 00
~;, 280 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 280 • 00
Value of Improvements: $ £150 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 25 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
950 . 00
25 . 00
$1255 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 90 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~ -~- --- --- --- --- --~ -~-
CLERK .
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16x32' , with 4 rooms, and 8x32' porch
Frame dwelling:
ROVEMENrS:
12xl6' L with 2 rooms and 6xl6' p·orch, metal roof , brick flues ,
2 story, 2 rooms plastered , good condition , occupied by owner ,
cistern, solid foundation , 12xl6', stone cellar .
Frame barn: 16x20' with side shed 16x20 ', shingle and board
roof, fair condition .
6xl6' , metal roof , fair condition .
Frame granary:
8xl6' , paper roof , fair condition.
Frame hen house :
metal roof , fair condition .
16x26',
:
house
Frame tool
�~~a::e
~ircu17::,,~::/1~~--7!_____County,
Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, ____ ~ ~ 4 . . _ ~ ,,,.._ ~ ~~--..;----<!,,.__ ________________________________ _
if:_ ~/~& I - ~-----. ----- s_z------------------------------------------------more or less, of land i n _ ~ - ~ -- ~-'~-- _______ 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 0Lfi_1:_!:f~-~~"'.:::-::::-_ ____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s~etition d to said notice.
My name is _____ _________ · - _fh1fl--lt_ - ----------------------------~
My post office address js___ _
__ _ ::-::-:__lf/4:__fl__,1/:£2-::-=_l-=:_({!}A_-:::_?!_!}_~
cvf,zJ /j"a, V\J
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-
I claim a right, title, estate or intereft in a_ t r a ~ ~ l ~ landwithin the~ sought
to be condemned, containing abouL'i?:-f:~l ~~--Jacres, on which there are the following
- - - buildings and improvements :_~';[:!~~-=-~g~-=-~~-"'
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____________
m1 es -ff;,,,
rom-~==---~--------V-L____
___ 1rgmia,
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 d:,scribed a b ~ ~ ~
-y;.
; . ~
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= - ~ - - I} =-
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~ - 4 IJ::}::1f:J[" The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
'Ja),U-t,-Jl,o 1C': North_~«--~~-;r~----aJ~~-=---~"!;.lfr_2---~-m1ft:_~--~---
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-
/1. ~ ~
on is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parce!)l.f land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner oL~~-L!l..=-=-_acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the procz,a. ( L ~ , ~ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of$------------------·
nJ ()--l,f,[cf_ ,J, ~
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
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this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
J/h,,i,,J,~a-ud description of the tract or parcel of land ~metes and bounds).
,
~
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---------- (Contmue remarks 1f necessa:y on the back).
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS-FREE
Mr. J. Robert Switzer,
County Clerk,
Harrisonburg , Virginia.
�County: .ook n hmn
Distric t: Ston ·?Well
/1316
.Acreage Claimed : 25
Assessed
Value l1laimed:
Location :
T. Ashby
"
Madison Tiun.
Laps:
None known
Soil:
Sandy learn.
loo s to be
ace
25.148
Deed
430.00
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Part outsi de Perk area .
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26 ·
'.Pnrt1 t1on deed & b. urchase
Conside ration not given
S. Position s 2 l & 232
Cove type of fair depth and tertili ty.
he tillo.ble land
a good depth and fertilit y. Some scatteri ng loose rock
or
cover the entire area.
Roede:
History :
2 l/2 miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the noarest shippinp point.
The merchan t ble saw tiillber w s removed from thia tract in 1930.
The remainin g stand Cl• ns1sts of s ~ l h rdwooda and a small amount
of whit pine.
bout 4 cords fuel wood per acre on 7 acres.
26 eds. wood
50¢ per od.
~14.00
Improvernents:
Frs e d ell1ng 16 x 32
rt
with 4 rooms and ax 32 ft porch
nd 6 x 16ft porch, Met l roof'.
Brick tl i1e~. 2 :3tory. ~ rooms plostcre d. Good conditio n.
Occupied by owner. Cistern. Solid found tion. 12 x 16 ft.
stone cellar
·rrune barn 16 x 20..'t td. th side shed 16 ·" 20 tt. Uhingle
and bo rd roof. "' ir cond.
Frame granary 6415ft. letal roof. ~ ir cond.
Frame hen house Ox l5tt. Peper roof.
ir.cond .
.frame tool shed 16 • 26 ft. Met l root.
ail· 0011d.
27 fruit trees.
12 x 16ft L w1 th 2
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4
750.00
150.00
10.00
15.00
!.>0.00
!30.00
11)10.00
V lue ot land by types:
Tll?!.
Cove
Acreage
Tillable
7
7
Total val.ue of land
'lotal
vwe
Jl
, 6.00
30.00
14
Total value of 1n:provementa
Total value of timb~r
Total vwe of tract
Average value per acre
Value
per acre
:.:5.00
210.00
240.00
245.00
1010.00
1.:1..00
1269.00
90.64
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116
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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R0CKINGHAl.1 cotmTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#115 - Uaiden , J . Luther
Number of Acres: 80
Location:
Swift Run .
Roads:
Four miles hard surface to ~lkton , nearest shippine point .
Soil:
Clay loam of c ood depth and fertility . The Fe . on this tract
is in a good state of cultivation. ~he g razing land is fairly
well sodded .
~nt irely within the Park area .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
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out ei g t acres of slope type ,t i th a few
scattering trees of merchantable size , not enough to be considered except as fuelwood .
Improvements:
i.
(See reverse side for Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
8
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20
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35 . 00
700.00
50
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50 . 00
2500 . 00
¢3240 . 00
2
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75 . 00
150 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
8()
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $ 3240 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 3 7 40 . 00
3740 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150. 00
Value of Minerals: $
50 . 00
d:>7180 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract:
$/'fJ J -
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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�JIJJPROVEI{ENTS :
D\DLLING : Frame 16x32', 2 story, 8 roooms, 4 ceiled, 4
plastered , electrica lly li ghted , concealed wiring , water piped to
house, porch 7x24 ', L 18x23xl6 ', porch 7xl8' , rµetal roof, wnter
supply , 2 springs .
BARN : Frame , 30x46xl8 ', shed 30x32 ', metal roof , fair condition .
SPRING HOUS~ : Frame , 10x l 2x8 ', paper roof ; good condition .
!,1E.ciT HOUS..;.i : :Frame , 10x21x8' , ce llur 8xl0 ' , shing le roof , fair
condition .
mN Haus~ : Frame, 12x30x8' , paper roof , .air condition .
H~N JIOUS.J.: Fr em e , 10x22x8' , paper roof , fair condition .
G~i..~ G2.: Frame , 12xl4x8', paper roof, fair condition .
GR...N. .~RY : 2 rame, '3lx22xl4 ', shingle roof, fair condition .
HEN HOUS~: 10xl2x8' , po. per ro of , fair condition .
ILN HOUSJ:::
Fr 3.me, 6x8x6 ', paper roof , poor oondition .
VOOD SITTD:
Frame, 8x9x7 ', shing le roof , f a ir condition .
TRA.NSI'. ISSIOJ'T LI TS from house to main line - 7 poles .
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The undersigned, in answer to the petiti 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 fili_!!g of /,aid pe,tjtion and published in accordance with the order. of the Circuit
Court o L / _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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tract or parcel of land within the area sought
J claim a right, title, estate or
L,acres, on w~there are the follo';ing
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I claim the 'following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of lal)d de- . . . ._,
scribed above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J_IJJ2_[lil,_ ______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $JO,.t1JlJr------·
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 $----------- -------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
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W~ess my signature (or my name and mark attached ereto) this __ L6___ 1 ______ day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _____
The undersigned hereby certifies th~~ _____ - ·- ___-z2/~ ")~-----~ --the above named claimant personally appe;;; d before him and~;~ that the matters
an_d things apyearing in his abo~ns)Y~ r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27, 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J . Luther Maiden
Swift Run, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
7,Jso.oo ,
in accordanc e
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f _ __.R"'"'o>Lc,,,_,k==---in"--=Gg....,h.,.,run...__ __
entered on the
20th day
o~ December 193~ , in the matter of the State
Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __
_C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_ _A~t~k~i=n=s~____ and others, being
full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land
known in said proceedin g as #_1_1_5____
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and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . .
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner. the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No.
_ll5 _______ :
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. _.].l.fi ____ $7.1.8.Q • .O.O; on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------i
That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
J . Luther Maiden
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,
J . Luther Maiden to give land to the value of $25 . 00
within the Park Area to the Park Project •
.. , . , That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising _from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
.
_ w·herefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple ·estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ .].l.5. _____ $ ___ .2_5.. . _00: Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
STATE_COMMISSI ON_ON CONSERVAT ION
&
_~D ~ ~-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Bfi_l2 _____ ---- - - - - - - ----
- -----------------------------------------
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 )
COUN'rY OF WARREN )
ss
Personally appeared before.me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Com.mission on Conservation and Development in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss i on for dis tributive shar e s of condemnation awards in the Shenando ah
Nati onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements en-
.
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and corre c t .
Witness my
My Cor.1mission Expires Sep, 8, 1934·
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ll o d 7 ot December, 1933, came
On this • the
J • Lu t her :Ma iden
to . filEt his
motion leave is
, and on hi
applica. tion tor the po.,ment to him
1ven ~
of the swn ot
, the am:>unt or the a ard set out ~ the a
7, 180. 00
---
c ondemna tion tor 'l'ract No . 115
d ot
heretoro re paid into Court .
And 1 t appearin g tra:l. the report <1' the Bo'i rd of Apprais-
al Commiss ioners heretotc r
tiled in this cause , and in the pet1-
t1on for Judgmen t and condemn ation entered herein on the _
day
of rovember , 19&5 , that in the pinion ot peti t1oner , tht said
1 . Luther :Maiden is
invested 1th a superio r or
better right or cl
of title 1n and to the said Tracrt of lnnd
---
No . 115
, and that the record of this cnuse does not disclose
any denial or dispute by any party or person 1n interes t as to
or to th proceeds aria the title to th said Tract lio . 115
1ng from the o ondem.na.t 1on ther ot, and that t ha said _ _ __ _
;r . Lut her Ma iden is
eatitled to receiw tho :proceed s aris d :tt turther
,
id Tro.ot No . 115
ing tran the condemn ation ot
appearin g to th Court ti.it all taxes due or taxable upon said
Tract No .
u5
have been paid :
Upon con side
ti on
here of, 1 t .1
o ans idered and o rde.red
by th Court that tho said sum of J 7 , i ao. oo paid into Court by
petition er as just ccmpens ation for Tract No . / / c9 be pe1 d unto
the mid __J_._L_u_t_h_e_r_i_ra_i_d_e_n_ _; arid the Clerk of this Cotl' t is
d1?'8oted to tranllllli t a certifie d copy or this order to the Treasur er
_ d_ e_n_ __
of Virginie . , ,rlx, s.ball 1)8.:V unto the said _J_._ Lu_t_h_e_r_Mei
the
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id sun ot
7, iao.oo , the a.mount of' the awe.rd set out in the
, taking from the s 14
judt,tlen t ot condemn ation tor Tract No . 115
:r . Lu ·t her Maiden
a receipt therefo r and certifyi ng such .
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payment to the Ol rk o'f this Court
G-cb.. v/
aa required by la:tr.
fc:,r
appropr iate
Gtf/111
ntrr , thereof
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
TO WHm.~ IT MAY CONCERN :
I hereby certify that the
re cords of my off ice show that J . Luther Iv'aiden
has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933
on his tract of land conteining ?? - 3-0 acres
situate in the Blue Ridge ~,~ountains, Stonewall
District, Rockingham County .
All taxes prior to that
time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record
in the Clerk's Office of said County .
Given under my hand this 16th
day of December 1933 .
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. , PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
. . . . . . .
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No.
/_).Q~ __ ;
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./-/.£- $-7-/-i~~ract No.------------$----------; 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;
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That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
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:-
1--ev ~
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
j_/__,j__-=____ $2LRtP.:_'1otract
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)
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P.O.ADDRESS
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STA~~RGllJIA,--CoWlt¥--or-Roc.kingharn.,--~';;!~~-------------------------This day personally appeared before me J. Luther Maiden and made
oath--that--t11e--statem.Effit-s--containea in -the-a.coverpetrt1on-,--1ro-~ar-1:rs-1na de on
;, hi sx.-o.wn..-i.nf o...rma.ti.on-.ar e.-true.- _..and so. _f.ar.. _as._ ma.d.e_ ..upon.._info..rmation. of
others he believes them to be true. Given under.~'i/-......and this 16th day of
necem.0Efr;--1ws;-------------------------~/A'-::..+--~---- - ,
a.--ry-;PUb-11-u-.
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been~~~~~/ CI:Z.k's offi
or the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not r scribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present t r 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 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 delin quent taxes against the tract of
77 acres 3 roods and no poles in Stonewall District, assessed
in the name of J . Luther Maiden , except for the tax year 1932 ,
but which truces by accompanying statement of M. H. Harrison ,
County Treasurer, have been paid in the County Treasurer's
Office,since said tax lis,t was returned delinquent to my office .
Given under my hand this 16th day of December , 1933 .
Circ
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(
�VI GIHIA . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAJ.: COUNTY
.
II
The 0tate Comm ission on Cons er vatio n &
~ e~el opme nt , of the State of Vir ginia , Pe tit i oner ,
v.
Cassa ndr a Laws on Atki ns , e t al s , defen dant s o
I n Re : Di s t ribu tion of proc eeds 6f ·c onde mnat ion for
Trac t No . 115 .
This day came the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion
Deve lopm ent , by coun sel , and moved the Cour t to ente
r an orde r
irect ing the Trea surer of the ~tqte of Vir inia , to
pay to it , out
0
f the proce eds of c onde:mna tion of Tr R.c t No . 115 , the
sum of ,~25
.oo
epre senti ng the amou nt of a certa in pledg e made by
J . L . l\iaid en ,
ho claim ed to be the owne r of said trac t , to aaid 3tate
Comm ission
n Cons erva tion & Deve lopm ent , as a cont ri butio n for
the esta blish ~ ent of 3 henan doah i.atio nal Park and in supp ort of
its said moti on,
he said Comm issio n exhi btted to the Cour t , its moti
on in v,riti ng
et ting forth all the facts in re l at ion ther eto , vm.ich
has been
ereto fore filed here in .
Upon cons idera tion where of , it apne arine ; to the
that the claim of s '-"id ,Jornn.issio n is not base d upon
any lien
eith er on the land conde mned , or on the pro cee ds of
condemnat ion
~
d that s a id Comm ission has faile d to obta in the cons
ent of the
part ies enti tled to the proce eds of condemnat ion , to
the paym ent of
i s claim, it is acco rding ly adj udge d and orde red that
the moti on
of the vommis s ion for the r ayme nt of s a i d clai:n out
of the proc eeds
1
o cond emna tion for said t r ac t be and the same is hereb
y denie d .
!CO
�
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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maiden-j-luther.pdf
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Maiden, J. Luther
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Swift Run
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Tract(s): 115
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Maiden
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME O.F CLAIMANT
#259 - Marshall , Chas . H.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
4.
Only a very small porti on of this tract is
Near Big Run .
inside the Park area .
Slope
There is no merchant a ble timber on
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Neither is there enough f uelwood on it to consider .
this tract .
This tract h as , been burned over in rece n t y rars .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types :
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Types
Ridge:
Slope:
4
@
$5 . 00
$20 ·. oo
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
2 0 • 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
5 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
- -~~--lL..JV~-~~~~,.___:-_ _
CLEHK
�Claim of __ Y'' j/1~,1,y ~1 · J,-__
cl// ------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __ Jj'__o_<:~J_1_;_7_~f?..~~z77 _____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-
J/41rs/2
tioner, vs·------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- ~--------------- --more or less, of land in ___ _??_q_:!_l!:~_1_1-fr.~_7_~~- _:- ______ 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_[J'__cJ_<;;-fe_z7-7_./2q!JZ?. _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
.
My name is __ lll'/ory . T._ f/!c<Jruh o; // ---------------- ---------------- ------My post office address is __~U.!_!g__n __ y_q___ lff.-Q__,Y.?__tf-_______________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____ £ ______ . : ___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements= ----~~.??.~----- ------------------ ---- - ---------------- -----
This land is located about_ ___ ~_______ miles from ___ :f-_s__[-:_7_7_7_cf_.E__~"!.:ef.. ________ Virginia, in
.s/ o n e wc1II _ Mag1s
· t etia
th e_______________
· 1 D.1st ric
· t of sa1.d Coun t y.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly' what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land describ,ed above.)
________ lily._1 11 l1e7·1/ecf
_lh/s _/c'7 nd
_/Jro n "7 _7 Tl_;f l 7 L/ -S f-Jc'/nd _
e
H_/tlc1rsl'1c'z // __
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are m; follo,ws:
North_ " w11 _ t a1;,cl ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------South_ sh a v e 1- /--le, r s------- - ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---East - s h ~1ye1- --- " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - West_ J 6T /7 n -- ~LJ Pp, ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------- - -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _!_~~-1=: ___ in the
following manner:
___ 7' h e /5J r (}J,,er tj__ V'{ o7<Y _ f <J LJ 7 ' Cl1 c1 .s ec..f h';f_ C _ N _M c1 1-..s/2 c;/ / /i1-on1 _ A oh c1ve 7 /--le ' .:-v~ -------- -- ----- --- ---- -- -- ---- ---- -- ---- -- -- ---- ------ -- ---- -- -- ---- -- ---- ---- -- -
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_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 $_?_~:-~_0________ •
I am the owner of_ii f ____________ 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 $_JI.£ ______________ •
(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_6_L'Z:,________ day
oLE~l~ _____ J52-(___ ,
1930.
.&,.4.~t- ---'-o/fe :.~ ____ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ _Jx2_1!.l.f1ne;i1.~?..v L ______ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_~_f-!.f!_0!.7.'_V:.&.~!...£LJ_--:,_,__<=!. ~thJ:...g_"'!.?Y.E~)__ y__,!_!!_~1_-0 ~ 11
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,
7
r this ____
_Lt]6_________ day
;J~ / 3//1/td--/
p
/j
~/:ii~. _/~-
of_£~!?~ _____ t. 2<JL ~ -. ,
---
--Tth~-c~~~t~-;r_S_p;d;1-f~~;stigat~
otary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
241
�County: Rockiru::ham
uistrict: · tone all
;1 259
s eased
4 A.
Vclue Cl imed:
Location:
~:
••arshall
Ch
It
75. 00
200
~
eed
I'o field
. 2200
ARFA: ~- A.
.[ear Big - 1. 1Jnly a very small nortioii of tfii a tract is inai e
tho Park area.
Slope
·~ads:
3 miles
.. istory:
er count . ro
to
sland Ford .
'l here is no r.ierchunt ble timber on this tract. ;oii:hor is there
nou.gh ruel wood n i. · to consider. '.'he tract has been burned
over in rece.t years.
lmprovemente:
Uone
Val e or land by tyP
Acreage
"'lope
Tot
Total value o~ tract
Av rage value per acre
Total
value
' ~. 00
4
value of land
Vnluo
per ere
12. 00
12. 00
.oo
12. 00
beet
�County•
District:
259" 1urshall
Charles H.
N
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John
Cupp
~
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Shaver
LIDEND:
~cule ~1fi 8 : 20 chains
Rockingham
Stonewall
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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marshall-chas-h.pdf
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Marshall, Chas. H
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Near Big Run
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Tract(s): 259
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Marshall
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ROCKINGHAM C(U NTY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF CLAIMANT
//66 - McDaniel , Chas . A.
Number of Acre&f6
Location: On Elk Run and entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
One mile over good road to Spotswood Trail; thence four miles
to Elkton, the nearest shi;J ping point .
Soil :Loam of good depth and 1'ertili ty, with a small amount of loose and
some large rock . In the south portion the slope s are steep with southwest exposure . The tract has been under cultivation for many years,
but is in f a irly good condition.
History of Tract and condition of timber: The wooded portion has been cut over
and there is no merchantable timber left .
There is an ppen stand of
hardwood. up to 14 11 DBH . and the estimate is 40 cords of fuelwood .
Improvements: None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
4
@
$5 . 00
22
@
30 . 00
$ 20 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land: - -
660 . 00
$680 . 00
26
Orchard:
100 . 00
Minerals :
30 . 00
Value of Land: $ 680 . oo
$ 810 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ 100 . oo
Valoe of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
30 • 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 31 . 15
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
.~
None
-~CLERK
�ROCKINGHAM C CUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#66 - a - McDaniel , Chas . A.
164
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
North of Spot swood Traiib near Hensley Hollow
Five miles over Spotswood Trail to Elkton .
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility , s teep to moderate
slopes ; northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion of tract cleared many
years ago , grazed and cultivated since . Wooded area cut over repe &t Present stand consists of mixed oaks , some poplar ,
edly in the past .
and hickory .
IMPRIDVEMENTS : DvVELLING -- -Log and frame 16.x22 1 , kitchen 12x22x8 1 , 5
roo~ms metal roof , brick flues , l ½ story, ceiled, fair condition, occuBARN---Log 16x22xl2 1 , shingle roof , fair condition-~ r.
~i
PLUNDl<' HOUSE- ---Log 10xl6x8 1 , shingle roof , poor condition--GR NARY--Log 18x22xl0 1 , shin~le r oof ,---STABLE---Lo 9 18x22xl0 1 , shingle
0
~R~&gsi26~~£~0~0
r~gt~_ gjBfi-~~gdi~b~~ox¥~W ,H~M~~ei~ 0
Acreage an,.ci value 8t types: eeRN lieBsE..:-L8g 10xl2.xl01 ,~sliiTigle roof , fair cond In .
~o8r; ~~tt
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
gEna~¥~!n
Total Value
Ridge:
38
@
$5 000
$190 . 00
88
@
30 . 00
2640 . 00
Fields Restocking: -- 10
@
15 . 00
150 . 00
28
@
25 . 00
700 . 00
$3680 . 00
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land: --
Cultivated Land:
164
Orchard:
8 9 O • 00
Minerals :
Value of Land: $
3680 .oo
Value of Improvements: $ 890 .oo
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
100 . 00
Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Timber: $ 100 .oo
Value of Wood: $
$477 0 . 00
50 . oo
Value per acre for tract: $ 29 . 08
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE
V-~______: _CLERK
~-/
c:::--=
�Claim of _____ -___ C • _ S . _ J c Daniel ,------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oLRQ..Qk.i_ne_.Jt'1Ja. ____________ 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 _____o!l!t _ :. .:!lll ---- _______ 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 ____.t;\oo-:~4.-ll:~
________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __________ _c_._ p ._;~oD.121.1.al--------------------------------------My post office address is _________________~nft_...Bu.n.~- 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~--~!'P:_q~~- __ ?QQ _acres, on which there are the following
1.9_~y_!'_______ _
buildings and improvements=----~~!J.J.__l! c,__ ~ _~Q9~Q_;__'QQ._~I.LAI.!9__g~JJ_
This land is located abo~t_ __ --3 _______ miles from _______~lc~:!;Q:Q.•-------------- Virginia, in
the __..5:t.o.no.rr~l..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.)
Sole owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North ___ G_.__N._ _L!nD n1. .l. _______________________________________________________ _
South ___ Asburn____ c.ne ________________________ - ___________ · ____________________ _
East ____T . _L. _Donne -----------------------------------------------------------West ____0 • - ~ • __ ,Jmi th --------------------------------------------------------~--I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___5______ in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $....1.35. 0...-.: Q_____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
'
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-1~-,--5Q-0-.-90- ---·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------------- -·
(In the space below should be set out any- additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____2~--t-~-----day
of _________ Q , ot~ lS~.D.930.
___q! __~~---~~~!~~----------------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this __ i~t __________ day ofAJ --·us.t-------- --, 1930.
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more or less, of land i:q'.1/~
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 ~ g 9f ~aid pe · ion and published i~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t
Court ofc1/W~ __ _ _ ___ County, V1rgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s · p~titio~n and to said n~ tice.
---------------- ---------------- My name is --~ _ ---,.. ..: __ - ~
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My post office address i ___
terest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
I claim a right, title, esta~
acres, on which there are the following
to be condemned, containin'i about__.9:.i2..1 __
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buildings and improvement~ . . . 2 2 ~__ ,S__~
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I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
y ~
parcel of land described above.)
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~~:t~?zt. a~ ~escribed tract-or parcel of land are
as
follows:
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __£
following manner:
_____ in
the
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $_/:J_..5]_1)-'-~
in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $1J~_?I_//__~ .
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- .
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 necessar!11~ , the back).
__-_ __ ____ day
Witness my signature (or my name and mary ttac~ed hereto) this~
of__ _____ _: _________ , 193f .
STATE F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ __ _______ ___ ____ ______ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___________________ ____ ____ ______ ___ ____ ___ ___ __
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
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C,lerk--of he Court,.--0-11 Special Investigator or
N otar Eu.bile, or Justice of the Peaca.-.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKmGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on Conservation and
Dijvelopment cf the State of Virginia
v.
Peti tiomr
#1829
Defendants
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc .
came
c. s.
McDanie1, and on his motion leave is given him to file
his appl1caUon for the payment to him of the sum o'f' $47'70.00,
the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for
Tract No. 66A, heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing :from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners hereto:fore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered 1::erein on the_ day
of November, 1933-, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said
c. s.
McDa.nie1 is invested with a superior or better right or
claim or title in and to the said Tract of land No. 66A, and that
the record of' this cause does not disclose any da:rial or dispute
by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said
Tract No .
66A , or to the proceeds arising frcm the condemnation
thereof, and that the said
c.
S,. McDaniel is entitled to receive
the proceeds arising :t'ran. the condemnation of said Tract No. 66A,
andi t further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable
upon said Tract No. 66A have been paid, except the taxes for the
tax year 1933, amounting to $12.35:
Upon consideration mereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $4770 .00, paid into Court by
petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 66A, be paid as
follows:
To M. H. HarrifD·n , County Treasurer of Rockingham. County,
the sum of $12.35, taxes for the year 1933; and the balance of said
sum, to-wit. the
SUil!l.
of $4757.65, to the said
c. s.
McDaniel; and
the Clerk of this Court 1s directed to transmit a certified copy
of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who mall pay- unto the
said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, the sum of $12.35, taxes
for the y~r 1933, and to
c. s..
McDaniel the sum o-f' $4757 .65, the
balance of the amount of the award set out in the judgment o:t'
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condemnation for Tract No. 66A, taking from the said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, and
c. s.
McDaniel receipts therefor, and
certifying such payment to the Clerk of' this Court for appropriate
entry thereof as re qui red by law.
�NoTE--This need not be filed until the r ecord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . .
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court :
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows : Tract
No.6_6./4:__ :
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,b-b-T-t--- $-¥77~-.r;%-Tract No.--- ---------$----------; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
b_&t_d-=-- $/2(22~~~q'ract
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
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STATE Q___ y_:n_t_GJ.N;I:_4, __C.OJJNTY_O.E_RQCXD'IGHAM ,__ j;_Q::-.wi_i_:;:_____________ __ ______ _: _______ _
This day personally appeared before me c. s. McDaniel and made oath
that the---s-ta-t-em-ent-s--e-on-ta-i-n-ed.--1:-n--the ab o-ve---p-e-ti--tton--so---f'ar--a-s-mai:te--urr his
own information __ are_ true and_ so _far as made UROn _information Qf ~~h~~s h e
beli ev~:_: _~~~--~~--~~--:-~~-~:---~~~ ~:3:_-~!:~er
m!~ ~ 30 t ~~r~~~~~~~ : 1933 .
NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in ~ ~ es office for
convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescr· e by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their
· ns in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form ma not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed mer ely as a suggestion of a for m of a motion which may be u sed, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2~
�STATE OF VIRGINJA ,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I , J . Rob ert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Cburt of· Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not
show any delinquent taxes against the tracts of land in Stonewall
District , assessed in the name of Chas . s . McDaniel and containing
respectively 42 acres and 25 poles , 21 acres 2 roods and 2 poles ,
and 101 acres and 1 rood , except for the tax year 1932 , but which
taxes by statement of M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer , shown herewith , have been paid in the County Treasurer ' s office, since said tract
was returned delinquent to my office .
Given under my hand this 30th day of December ,
1933 .
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern :
I hereby
my office sho1 that the 1933
of land in the name of Chas .
42 - 0- 25, 21 - 2- 2- and 101- 1- 0
in the Blue Ridge Iv1ountains,
Rockingham County, amounting
paid .
certify that the records of
taxes,on the several tracts
S . ttcDaniel , containin~
acres respectively , situate
in Stonewall Di strict ,
to$ 12 . 35, have not been
Given under my han9- this 30th day of
December 1933 .
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern :
I hereby certify that the records
of my office show thc. t the taxes for the yi:;ar 1932
assessed in the name of Chas . s . McDaniel , against his
several tracts of land containing 42 - 0- 25 , 21- 2- 2 and
101- 1 - 0, respectively, situate in the Blue Ridge r·ountains
in Stonewall District , Rockingham County, have been paid .
All taxes prior to that time , if any
be unpa id , are a matter of record in t h e Clerk's Office of
said County .
December 19 33 .
Civen under my hand this 30th day of
Treasurer of Rock i ggham County
�C!tnmmnnweultq nf lliirginiu
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
January 5 , 1934
This is to certify that I , J. M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this~5__ day of January
with an order of the circuit court of
dated
1/3/34
i n accordance
Rockingham CaJlnty
in the cause of the State Commi s sion
on Conservation and Development of the State of Vi r gin ia
vs.
:paid to
Cassandra Lawson_~A~t~k=i=n=s=-------- -- C.
s.
McDaniel
be i ng in f ul l se ttlement of tract# 66- a
in the a bo ve me ntioned cause.
t-'11
�Q!nmmnuwtaltq nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
.January 5, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
~
c. s .
McDaniel
Swift Run, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 4,757.65, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_~R=o~c~k=i=n=g~h=a=m~-- --
of January
_1931_
en t ere d on the 2nd
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservati on and Development v _ __
__C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r
_a_L_a_w_s_o_n__A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as
,l
Sign original and duplicat e
and r e turn to t he Treasurer
of Virginia.
#
66-s.
�Q!nmmnnttttttltlJ nf l!lirginitt
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
January 5 , 1934
TREASURER 01' VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this
5
day of January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham
dated 1/3/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
:paid to
$12 .35
Cassandra Lawson_A_t_k---'---i'----n----'-s'-------_------- - M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer
being in full settlement of tract# 66- a
in the above mentioned cause.
�Q!ommnuwtaltb nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
January 5 , 1934
JOHN M . PURCELL
"
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
,
'
M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer
Received of J. M. Purcell, Trea s urer of
Virg inia, the sum of $12 . 35
, in accor dance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of __~R~o-c_k_i~n-g_h-am~- -of January
entered on the
2nd
day
1 9L_ , in the matter of t h e State
Co mmission on Conservati on 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 tr a ct of land
k nown in said proceeding as#
Sign or ig inal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virg i nia.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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McDaniel, Chas. A.
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Tract(s): 66
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McDaniel
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#64 - McDaniel ,
Number of Acres:
Location:.
Roads:
z.
N.
169
On Elk Run and positions . #61 and #65 .
of the Park area .
This is partly outside
One mile over good dirt road to Spotswood Tra il; thence four
miles to ..:!.lkton , the nearest shipping point .
Soil:
(See reverse side for Soil information)
History of Tract and condition of timber: The wooded area has been cut over at
various times, extract wood being cut in 1930.
of oak and pine up to 20" DBH of fair quality .
for many years .
There is a thin stand
There has been no fire
Improvements:
(See reverse side for Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Total Value
65
5 . 00
$325 . 00
30
20 . 00
600 . 00
74
25 . 00
1850 . 00
02775 . 00
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
1985 . 00
Value of Land: $ 2 7 7 5 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1 g.85 • 00
Value of Orchard: $
200 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 200 . 00
ValueofTimber: $ 356 . 00
356 . 00
Value of Wood: $
$5316 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 43
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE .
�Improvements : Dwelling: Frame 27x36', 7 rooms , porch 10xl2', 3 story ,
plastered, sto~e chimney , basement 8xl0', paper roof , fair condit ion.
Barn: Log and frame , 42x49xl2' , metal roof , poor condition.
Hen house: 10xl8xl0', fair condition .
Spring house: Log 10xl0x8' , sh~ngle roof , fair condition .
Shop : Frame, 19x20x8' ,- shihgle roof , poor condition .
Granary : Frame l9xl9xl2', shingle roof, fair condition.
Frame, l6x25' , with kitchen 12xl2x8', 5
Vacant tenant house:
rooms , 2 story , porch 4xl2', cellar , shingle roof , pillar foundation , fair condition .
Frame 25x27xl4', shingle roof, fair condition.
Barn:
Stable: Frame 26x34xl4' , shingle roof, fair condition • .
Hog pen: Frame , 8xl0x6 ', poor condition , shingle roof·.
Corn crib: Frame 8xl2xl0', shingle roof , fair condi~ion .
SOIL:
Sandy loam_and clay loam of good depth and fertility . There is
some loose rocks oh a small area und a few outcrops on the wooded
~ part of the tillable
The slopes are gentle to steep .
portion .
land is fertile red clay loam in a good state of cultivation . The
remainder is a yellow loam and only in fair condition . The grazing
land has been tilled and worn out and now has considerable blue
There is some broom sedge and
s~ass with patches of good sod .
other weeds and yellow pine is coming in with considerable ~r~There is comparatively
The slopes are steep to gentle .
simm.ons .
little rock .
·, .
�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ...__- - - - - - - -- - - - ~
NAME OF CLAIMANT
.
#64-a - McDaniel , Z . N.
60
Number of Acres:
Location: One mile south of Mt . Pleasant Church .
Roads:
One mile of fair . dirt road to Spotswood Trail near
thence four miles to Elkton
Swift Run Post Office;
Soil:
Sandy clay of g :, od depth and fertility, mod erate to steep
slopes; southwest exposure .
Maj or portion of tract cleared
History of Tract and condition of timber:
many years ago, grazed since . Somewhat neglected in recent years,
consequen tly brush now growing thereon. Wooded area has been cut
over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks,
some hicmory and poplar .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types :
Value per acre
Acreage
Types
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: --
18
@
$3 . 00
$54 . 00
33
@
20 . 00
660 . 00
15 . 00
135 . 00
$849 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land: -Fields Restocking: - -
9
----60
@
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
849 . oo
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
50 . oo
Value per acre for tract: $ /
~ f f7
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $
50.00
$899 . 00
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Claim oL.!3..
In the Circtfil Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h~ya~:: ~:q-~it l : " . k ~ce. ___________________________________ _
-----(,2(:~------------- --------k
My post office address is_ ~
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_2-__g__'z0-_: es, on which there are he following
buildings and improzents:~
fif-::r;
___________,.:uR ___ __
___________ _
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AML
located about_ __ _J_::-_____miles from_. , ! ~ ~--------------Virginia, in
the ________;;_;; _______ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel f Ian described above.)
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
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fol owing man_~e1 :
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filed ln
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-,· "_Q--::~/?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 $_/_{2-Jj_~
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 lanrl ~ metes and bounds).
iarks: ------------------------ ------------- ------------------- --- ------------- -t~ Clerk's O
Rockingham Coun:y, Va. ___________________ _________________ ________ ___________________ ____________ _____ _
FEB ?-- / 19-3-1 ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -------------
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~!UNTY OF
.
The undersigned hereby certifies that? ' l - L _ ~------------------- the above named claimant personally app~ d before him and made oath that the matters
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County: Rocki ngham
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1:64 -
creage Claimed : >< 2~9 A. 1 R. 20
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Location:
-102 P. Deed 113 - (1921)
for $4100 . 00 ;
56 A . (1902) tor
1.100. 00
Assessed 160
•
,400 . 00.
n and . s1 tions .f61 and # 65 .
This is partly outside of the Park area .
On Elk
Incumbr nces 1 counter claims or l · ps:
(
one known.
Soil:
Sandy l oam and clay loa of good depth and fe r t ility .
mhere i s some loo e rooks on a small a r ea nnd a tew
outcrops on t he wooded portion. Tho slopes re gentle
to steep . A part of t 11e tillable l ~nd 1s fe rtile r ed
clay loam i n a good state of cultivation. Th rema i nder
1s a yellow loam and only in f oir oond1t1on • . he grazing
land has been tilled an<l iorn out an nmv has con si derab le
Ther e is eome broom
b l e g rass 1th pate .es 6 good sod.
sed e an ' other e e ds and yellow ine 1s comi ng in 1th
c n sider ble persimmons . The slopes are steep to gentle .
'.::'here is eom.paratively l ittle rock .
Rods:
one mile over good d i rt road to ~potswood r 11; thence
fo r mi les to lkton, t e n jar est shi pping po i nt .
History of tract and co dit i on of 1:. imber: The wooded a rea has been
out over at various t imes, extract wood being cut ln 1930 .
t hin st and of o JS. o.nd pi ne p to .30" DBH of
·rhere is
f a ir uality. The re has been no f ire for many years . on
ores the estimate 1s 73 • sa t imber at ~3 . 00 - 219 . 00
5
124. 00
----75¢
165 oords of fuel ood v lued
8 . 00
t1 .oo ---8 cords of ches tnut oak b rk valued
5 . 00
----5¢
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posts
100 locust
i356 . 00
porch,- 10xl2 ' , 3
Improvements: Dwelli n!: Fr ame 2?x36', 7 r o ms ,
story, p astered, stone ohinney, ba sem~nt 8xl0 ' , paper
700 . 00
roof, fai r condit i on ,
Barn: Log a 1 1 rane 42x49xl2', me t al roof, poor
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'35. 00
Hen house: 10xl8xl0', fair c ndition ---Spring house: Log 10xl0x8• , shingL.. roof , foir
20. 00
condition - - Shop : Fr ame 19x20x8' , s hi ngle roof , poor condition- 20 .. 00
? 5. 00
"
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Va cant tenant house: ~.., r ame 16:x:25 ' , 1th kitch n
12xl2x8', 5 rooms , 2 story, porch 4xl2', cella r ,
300 . 00
shingle roof , p~llar f oundation , fair c ~ndition12b . 00
Barn: 4r ame 2 x2?xl4', s h ingle ro jf , f ai r
175. 00
"staole: rame 26x34xl4', s hing le r o~f, f air rt
1log pen: Fre ,e 8xl0x6 ' , poor oondi ti on , s hingle
5 . 00
.
- - --ro o f
Corn crib: Frame 8xl 2xl0' , s hingle roof , fair
20 . 00
-----condition
Or chard: 140 apple t rees - 20 t o 30 years old ,
175 . 00
1. 25 each .
f a ir condition
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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McDaniel, Z. N.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
1'f252
Number of Acres:
-
!cDona ldson , George
5
Location:
Mile Run.
This tract is partly inside and partly outside
the Park area .
Roads:
Two miles to Island Ford over county road .
Soil:
Slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
The cleared land 'is of average depth
and fertilit y for this locality , and there is nothing on the
w odland except fuelwood .
Timber :
16 cords of fuelwood .
Improvements: NONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
2
@
iil0 . 00
$20 . 00
30 . 00
90 . 00
$110 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
3
5
Orchard:
Minerals:
ValueofLa nd: $ 110 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $67 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $200 . 00
25 . 00
(!1,135 . 00
�~~·::e:,~:et~:
~ircuit~u:::~ ~---County, Virginia, No/LL-/:- At Law.
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more or less, of land in_l?'!1;-!S!..:!:!.¥/:.r-~:J~,_.,__ ~ -----~~-County,. Virginia, !)efend4U.t,s.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the Sta'.te Commi~sion on Conservaiion and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing o1 said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of__!f_t~:!r__1_?.?..'J/-!_c_!J.!!. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ____ ~a7-9e __ lffo.Do,,., olaii1on----- ----- ---------------------- My post office address is ___ f;f fr_Ti!-7_1_ ______7£.E_Q_ __!!/_f!_ _tJ- ______________ -_ ______ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____4i'.!:: _________ acres, on which there are the following
, _1
~
buildings and improvements ;________ .J_;;,_~ ---- ___-. E : ~-~-~.._-~--------- -- ----
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Jm1·1es f rom ________
. 1ocat ed a bout ____________
. 1an d 1s
Th1s
the§'~ r z:~Y.!_~JL ___ 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. )
0
------- - ---- ,stJ f-e. __ o W--r-i C2-, - ----- ----- ---- - ------------ ------------------------ --------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ____ A.sh l",y _ G-d" de...-,1 ___ ________________________ _ ________ __ _______ __________ _
Southl~l3,_8LI rne r
£., I ~ ------ ------------------------ ------ --------------------
~::t_ 7;;JT3!::::::._
B 6t, ------------------------ ------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearLJ'l-L~{J~fin the
C;
following manner:
__!fl~ I-I~ - -- v - ~ - cr- Q _______ ·------------------------ ------------- - ----
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 parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $.l-3_!'~---------·
I am the owner oL __ _L __ ____ ___ __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 $_r9~-·-~-~---------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; a nd if pr acticable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Rema!ks · __ __J/r-~ I c111cl _ a 4 / " ~/ I' __; ne /4des ) he ¢ -r1fy ol-lJ_?/?(;j. ______ __
_p_ f __w_qle -i- To _771:j -- res I C?/e-n ~J--'<V oo d _ 61.//P17JpQ :Ti, ] a <!7 71,e . Y a l~ ~_ tJ /? __ __
211'1 _/1 o_7 71 e - h cl_ u - Cl hn O s r- IO fol I c l!ly Iv~ .e T 1 ofe r,/r O.:1-e d h..;y.71-1e ~ ,z,--r;;;fri.'..19
Jl1_1_5_( dl17cf.,. 'IV /7 1 t!.. I ,_ l e.c} yes_ !he_ ,-e.777 ell 11de 1- "I 111-y fc2_7._7 d ;7, fi·/CJnci ulc?7 ·__ _
_s:_h _d_/?.~_":._CJ.{1_7.12.§LW.E rlbl~~.,,5:_ ____________ ___ (Continue remarks if necessary s,n the back).
7
Witness my signature (or my name and z~k- :t::ched hereto) ::1is~-; t~ ________ day
--------~ ~ - ~.£!!:_~
of_E_e;_f:2:j- -~ -l-~JL___, 1930.
.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ls'!~1~:.: n¢~ ,1~------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __§:~Q-7.:Si'~-l~-~J..1_~t'.'.'<. i:~q-J_"?.. _____________ ___
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and thing~ appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his kn le e and belief,
this_JC,j_?:,_ ___ ______ day of__ E~<cJJ!_-'_L__, 1930. ____ __ __ _
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Clerk c# the Caurt,er-Special Investigator or
Notary Public, Qr Justiee of the Peace.
�Count y: Rook in(;ham
Di s trict: ~Jtonewa ll
a Donaldson
. Ceorge
, oq uired
. creage Cl a i med:
! ~luo Cl a i med;
Loca tion :
4 . 50 A.
ssessed 5 ,54 acre s
5.59 A. 1921 & 1924
Deed
f or $1 25.00
,t
~ 90 . 0 0
AftEA t 5 A.
This tra ct i·s pa rtly tffaHUJ mn".t partly outside the
. 400 • 00
Mile Run .
·•
area.
Laps:
.§.2.ll: .::i1op e.
Roads:
2 mi l os to I sland Ford ove r county roa d.
History: The cleared land is of overage dep th and fertility for tllis
loc ality and there is nothing on the ood l a nd excep t f uel wood .
Improveme nts: None . .
Timber:
16 ads. of fuel v;ood • '75¢ per cd.tt
Value ot land by tYpes:
~
•
olope
Acrease
3
Value
;per acre
25 . 60
5. 00
2
~
Total value of' land
"'11 85 . 00
Total value of improveme nts
Total val ue of timber
1 2 . 00
Total value of :bra e t
97. 00
Average value per acre
19 . 40
,.. ___ ... _____
d\-12.00
Total
Value
',75.00
10 . 00
$85,. 00
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County : Rocking ham
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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mcdonaldson-george.pdf
Title
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McDonaldson, George
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Mile Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 251
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
McDonaldson
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ROCKINGHfJIIT COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
f/-305 - McDonaldson, Thomas&, Ella
Number of Acres:
3½
Location:
Madi son Run .
Roads:
Thre e miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the nearest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of a f a ir depth and fertility .
Entirely within the Park area .
History of Tract apd condition of timber: No saw t imber, all cleared, but about 1 acre
brusn l.and .
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improveme nt information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
l
@
$5 . 00
$5 . 00
@
30 . 00
75 . 00
$80 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
~/2
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 80 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 640 . 00
640 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $100 . 00
Value of Timber: $
100 . 00
$820 . 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 234 . 28
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
...
l
CLERK.
�IMPROVEMENTS : Frame dwelling: 30xl6' with 4 rooms , front perph 7x22 ' , bahk
porch 6xl6 ', pa per roof , brick flues , l½ story, 1 room ceiled ,
solid foundation 9x9½ stone cella r , f a in condition, occupied by
owner, brick chimney , stone steps .
Frame hen house:
6x9x6' with shed , paper roof , fair condition .
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Claim of _______ ~ ----~--~
-------------------'__7'-"__~ L_--'
__Vt.
____"__.J"
___________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ _____ _;::::_~ ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
::e:,t~:
~ ~ i : : _ n ~ = ~ ~ ~ ~ z c z ~ ~ St~rgi:ia, Pe~i-
------------------------ - ~;;1----7------- ~------------------- -------------------more or less, of land ~n -~ ~ / ----- _______ 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 fff g of said pe~
nd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o:ttZ; ----- ~
----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h:Yan::: :_s:~~-L~~&~; td~~--------S ( ~ __
My post office address 1s ____________
'.c::f__,____________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or intere~ a tract or parcel
~:~:n;~:::~~:~! ,:~!~l~~
J_(.,--- -
~ ~ : h i c__ :::r~ ~ ~
- - ~ - - -"'~h ---'"
-;~i~
of land within the area sought
1~-C '- -~-~ -----------
ted abouLa . ~e: from-- ~
--------Virginia, in
the _______ ~
_Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
/
,1
__
------------------------ ------~
--~
------------------------ -
The land ~
ent t the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _______________________________ ------------------------ ------------------Southe,_1~~
;_~m~~------------ --------------------- ------------East ---~- -~--------~
-g ----~7 __________________________________ _
West_ ./ -- ~ _Y71_ _____ ~ __ _ff~..____ ------------------------ ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to)fis property about the year _!_jl_!_--:in the
following manner:
JJ
~
ii
I~
__/Lc;-J: =,-/!;~:z::::::~:::::::::::::: '-: r :__::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_j_-1_~:1_ p~ ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_0_L~-°-~--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 p1·acticable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·-------------- ---- ------------------------ -----------------· _____________ _
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~back).
of_?::t;_·-=~-'.~~:~~r1~;. my name
and~~~~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ~
-----------, To-wit.
h _&t__~ - ~ ~-----
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL±- ________
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his ab~ a~swer are true to the best of his knowI,~clge and belief,
this___/-)__________ day
19 -~~ ~
of_¼:'0--- ----•
~ ~ ~~
h~
\.,
Id
9'/ ; ~ J---
cf--
~f --~-c~~-rt:-;;lfpe;1;_1-f~;~itig;_t~;-~;
tary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�County: lock1ngharn
District: ntonow 11
(I ::505 Thoa .
Acreas;e C aimed:
Location:
sse s d '3. 80
3 -
Value Clai,.,ed:
1500. 00
Madison -~n .
Note ogoi.nst this
Soil:
Sandy loam
3 r1ile
History:
ft
170.00
roct held by C. D.
:3.no
Deed
ft
J:.ntirely "-i. thin the Park area •
.L..~:
Roads:
lla UcDonoldaon
&.
tt, atty.
'i'0. 00
1915
A::.-ea : 3"§" A.
t law.
I rriaonbtdlg, Va .
ot a f'sir depth nd fart Hi 1,y.
vin dirt road to Grottoes, ~he neo.reAt ahipping point.
Ho saw t1l'lber, all clea:red b,1t about l n .:ro brush land •
lmr rovemonte:
.From
dwelling 30 x 16 with 4 rooms. Fromt norch? x 22 ft.
back tiorch 6 :,;: lGft. .'aper toot. 11rick flu- a. 1 l/2 story
l roor, ce led. ~>oli<l foun<lation 9 x ~ 1/2 :Jtone cellar.
'.::i'"-i r condi t1on. vccupiad by owner. B1•1ok chiu.ney. Stone
ateps.
:.·n·me h1;m ouse 6 .x 9 x 6 , 1th nhed.
UO fruit tra a.
P per roof. fair cond.
550.00
26.00
80.00
Jb5.00
Value of lend by typea:
T.Y.ll!,
slo-;:ie
t'llAble
Value
p r ecre
crease
)( .• oo
1
2 1~2
30.00
3 l
Total value of lend
Total vnlue ot improvements
Total V8lue of tr ct
lver ge ~nlue per acre
Tote.l
vd.u e
3.00
75.00
7 i.00
~
78.00
6!>5.00
733.00
2(JQ.
43
II
�¥305 - Thos: & ~11a ~cJonaldson
County: RockinGham
District : Stonewal l
",,
Ro:t\...., Sqt.
' t Roa cup
/2
.Tno .
J . J'rank
Littell
L,G:ND
Slope - Tillable
Scale - l" - 20 chains
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
Text
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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mcdonaldson-thomas-and-ella.pdf
Title
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McDonaldson, Thomas & Ella
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Madison Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 305
Format
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
Contributor
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
McDonaldson
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f9d60f70a67b3c1277b4d0269212a000.pdf
980e6930221ef232de8d6bbddf853eb5
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\_,',--:-R-0-CK::::-IN:-:-G-:--:H::-A-:-M-:--C-O_UN
____T_Y____'-,,.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#23 -
A.
On the headwaters of South Naked Creek .
6 miles of good mountain road to Elkton .
Roads:
Soil:
c.
7
Number of Acres:
Location:
Meadows ,
Rich loam but extremely rocky .
About one - half acre of g arden .
Mixed white oaks and hardwoods , largely
oaks .
Young timber up to 10n DBH .
Plenty of reproduction . Estimated to cut about 6 cords per acre on 2 acres (12 cords) .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
DWELLING: Frame , 14xl8' , with a kitchen 12xl4x8 1 , 3 rooms,
Porch 7x30 1 , me tal and paper roof , brick flue , l½ story , ceiled, fair
condi t ion, occupied by tenant . Spring water supply, foundation of
pillars .
STABLE
Frame, 12xl6zl2', m~tal roof, fair condition .
2 HEN HOUSES - l0cl0c6 1 , ~rame , paper roof , poor condition.
HOG PEN:
Frame , 10xl6 1 , metal roof, good condition . GRANARY :
Frame , 8xl2xl0 1 , paper roof , fair condition.
WASH HOUSE :
Frame, 12xl2x8 1 , paper roof -- --STORE HOUSE:
Frame,
T8x24', attached shed, 1 room, brick .flue, l½ s ory, condition fair ,
ceiled, vacant , spring water supply .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
------
7
@
$30 . 00
$210 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $ 210 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
875 . 00
875.00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
50 . 00
$1135 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
162 . 14
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
~~~- CLERK
�•
Claim of ________________________________________________ . _____________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ files-...dus.-.il.1 2-e.a.d-ow..s.- _________ -- -- -- ---- -- ---- -- ___ - -- - - -- ---- ---- -- -- more or less, of land in __ !lo_c.lcin__gb_li.f1L ____________ 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 i-n accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ __ .R_q_Ql<:_~:g.g_1±~gi__________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h:yan::: :_:~'.l::-~~----22µ~---------(!f
My post office address is ___ L}:,_~;;>--- -']L'~__ ~_.:J_ __
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___7_~?1'.?~ __ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___ j _ _ ~ ~ r - 1 - ~ - - - - - - - - -
:j~~~:=1;:;::::tt~~-:~
~
-~p~;::
::;:
.7-______
This lancf1is located about_ ___
m1les from __ ~ : _ _____________ V1rg1ma, m
the ________________ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
•
---~a--ie.-- ~ -----------~-•---------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land art as fol o, :
North __ ~~~-,--~~~$~ __________ _
rl:J_~
_&Lt-LL~------------------------------------------
South __
• East __ · ~ . , / L J ~
------------------------------------------------wfst __ q~--~---_r~--- ---------------~ ---------------- ---
I acquire~ y right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf.J..(?_ __ in tll:!
following manner:
------------~ ~---1~-£~C..~--~
---- ~
------
~
------------------------. ------------------------ --------------claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there~n is $ __120.0 ... .Q.O_...:____ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate o:r:_ interest,
i~ and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_L..Z..M------·
l am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above descrioed 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 __ _i.7~-----;-day
oL __lf ?.Atll-.::.tY--~:q;,_i, 19Bw.C
- - ~ f l - _9:J:t_~_ ---- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF---i1:e-clt-hig-ham- -----------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_ 01..fJ. ~.9--11-f?__ . ,_ _'-1l~~.9--Q.1!f.?_______________________ _
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,
this _______},'7.:t_~______ day
oL_.!'.~J:,_r"_a_r_~_]-_9_~19~/3- IJ _
f::,
_______ _J&ffe .
Clerk of the Court, or Speci Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
757
�Countyc
District:
#23 Ac reage Claimed:
7
Value Claimed:
1200 . 00
Location:
eadows, C. A. {Cletusl
Assessed x
On the hea d
"
7 A.
atera of South Naked creek·.
None known.
~ich loam but extremely rocky .
oads1
Deed
100 . 00
(Ha.a buildin o, but
they are not assessed).
Incumbrances , counter claims or laps:
Soi l:
Rockingham
Stonewall
7
A.
"
1923 - 400 . 00
(Bought by Fred eadows
ho recently sold to the
present 01ner. Consideration of last transaction
$700. 00 according to
J. A. Dhiffle tJ
About one- half acre of garden .
Six miles of good moun t ain road to Elkton .
His tory of tract and condition of timbe r: Mixed white oaks and hardv1oods,
!argely oaks. Young timber up to 10• DBH. Plenty of reproduction
.. ~s timated to cut about 6 cords per a.ore on 2 acres (12 cords)
valued at 75¢ - - - •
s9. oo
I mprovements:
fr.1e lling: Frame, 14x18 1 1th a kitchen 12xl4x8•, 3 rooms ,
po rch 7x30 • , meta l and paper ro of, brick tlue, l ½ story, oe i led,
fair condition, occupied by tenant, spring wate r supply, f rundation pil l a rs. - - .
·400 . 00
Stable: Frame, 12xl6x12 ' , me tal roof, fair c·ondi ti on .
100 . 00
2 Hen houses: l OxlOx6 • , frame, paper roof, poor condition. - - - ...
10 . 00
Hog pent Frame , 10xl6 ' , metal roof, good condition.
15. 00
Granarzi Frame, 8x12x1c • , paper roof, f ai r condition.
20 . 00
\lush house: Frame, 12xl2x8', paper roof. - 15. 00
dtore houses Frame, 18x24', attached shed, 1 room, brick
flue, i½ story, condition fair, ceiled , vacan t, spring
m ter supply ...
~oo . oo
$ 60 . 00
Acrease and va lue of land by types:
!Y.P.!
Cove
Grazing
Tillable
Acreage
Value
pe·r A.
4
7 . 00
5'.00
2
1
25. 00
7
- ..
- ..- --
Total value of land
63 . 00
Total value of improvements 860 . 00
...
Total value of timber
9. 00
Total value of tract ...
932 . 00
Average value per acre
133. 14.
xNote:
Ass essed 1929 a ainst F.
c.
Meado,s .
Total
Value
10. 00
28. 00
2'ie00
;63. 00
�ounty:
District:
# 23 - fu eadows,C . A. (Cletus)
L i.Dl!..-i:ND:
Grazing
Cove
Ti l lable
20 chains
Scale - 1 11
=
Rockingham
Stonewall
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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. </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>
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#29 - Meadows , E.
s.
Number of Acres: 340
Location:Dean Mountain.
This tract is entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Eight miles to Elkton over six miles of count y road and two miles
of macadam.
Soil:
Slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber This tract has been cut over, but there still
remains a approximately 2?6 , 000 bd . ft . of saw timber scattered about
over the tra ct .
The soil is of average depth and fertility .
Improvements: IDWelling:
Frame , 14x35t, 5 rooms, porch 6x35', flues, stone ,
fair condition, occupied by tenant, water supply - s pring .
Barn: Frume , 24x40xl2' , shingle ro of .
Granary: Frame , 14xl6xl2 ', fair condition .
Acreage and value of types:
( See reverse side)
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
284
$3 . 00
55
20 . 00
$852 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
1100 . 00
$1952 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
1
@
60 . 00
685 . 00
00 . 00
$2?4? . 00
413 . 00
60 . 00
Minerals:
$3160 . 00
Value of Land: $ 1952 . 00
Value of Improvements: $685. 00
Value of Orchard: $60 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $113 . 00
Value of Wood: $50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 0 2
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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.
CLEBK .
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�IMPROVEMENTS: Corn house: Frame, 10xl0x8', shingle roof, fair
condition.
lien house : Frame, 8xl0x6', paper roof, poor condition.
!:;ring house: Frame, 10xl2x8', shi ngle roof.
g s table at orchard 14x28'.
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND.VA ,
December 27, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF V I RG I NIA
•
A. B . Gathright
This is to certify that I , ~
. Treasurer
of Virginia have this
27 day of Dec .
in accorda nce
with an order of the circuit court of Rock:ingham Count y
dat Aa
12/20/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservat i on and Development of the State of Virginia
vs. - - - - ~C=a-s~s~a- n~ d~r~a~-1-a-w~s........
on
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. .....j....n.....s.... _...,
an..........a. . . . .o. . .t.....h.....e.....r.......
s- - - :p aid to
$2.00
J . R . Swi tzer, Clerk of the Circui t Court of Rockingham
Harrisonburg , Virginia
County
being in full settlement of tract #
29
i n the above mentioned cause .
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TRE ASU RER 'S OFF ICE
RIC HMO ND, VA.
JOHN M. PURC ELL
TREAS URER OF VIRGI NIA
Dec em ber 27, 193 4
J . R. Sw itz er , Cle rk of the Cir
cu it Co urt of
Roc k ing ham Cou nty
Ha rris onb urg , Vir gin ia
A. B. Gat hri ght
Re cei ved of ~
v~
, Tre asu rer of
Vi rgi nia , the sum of $-=-2~·~0~0'-_
_ , in acc ord anc e
wit h an ord er of the Cir cui t Co
urt of the cou nty
of Roc kin g-ham
ent ere d on the 20t h
day
of Dec emb er 1 9 3 L , in the ma tte
r of the Sta te
Commi ssi on on Co nse rva tio n and
Dev elo pm ent v _ __
__C
~a~s~s~a~n~d=r~a~L_a_v_~=s~o~n~A~t_k_i=n
~ s___ and oth ers , bei ng
ful l and com ple te set tle me nt f
or the tra ct of lan d
k nown in sai d pro cee din g as # _2_
9 _ _ __
Sig n ori gin al and du pli cat e
and ret urn to the Tre asu rer
of Vi rgi nia .
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D , VA ,
.JOHN M, PURCELL
December 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A . B . Gathright
This i s t o certify that I,
~~
of Virginia have this 27 day of Dec .
Treasurer
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rock i ngham Coun ty
dated
12/ 20/ 34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pme nt of th e Stat e of Virginia
vs.
Cassand ra Lawson At k ins a nd o tbers
D. V'l . Earman , Attorney for Georg e E . Meadows , Minn_ieE . Lam,
:paid t o Ed:l t b M. Eppard, Ellia G. Meadmvs, Gladys ]iT eadows, and
Lorena Meadows, Har risonburg , Virg inia
$ 2, 449 . 32 b e ing in f ull s ettl ement of tract #-2_9_ _
in the above mentioned cause .
,i
�'1tnmmnu111taltl1 nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
December 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
D. w. Earman ., Attorney for Georg e E . Meadows , Minnie E. Lam,
Edith M. Eppard ., Ella G. Meadows , Gladys Meadows , and
Lorena Me a dows
Harrisonbu
_r _g-,-.-v=1~r_g_i~n .i_a_ _ _ ____ _ _
A. B. Gath ri ght
Received o f ~ Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 2 , 449 . 32 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f __R~o~c=k~i=n=g-"'h=am
~ - - -of
entered on the
20th
day
Decemb er l93~ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Deve lopment v ___
__C_a_s_s_a_n_ dr
_ 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 a s #~ 2~9~ - - -
Sign ori g in a l and dup li cat e
and r e turn to the Trea s urer
of Virginia.
13
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
JOHN M, PURCELL
December 27, 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathri ght
This is t o certify that I,
X k . : X . ~ ~ ] (IX,
of Virginia have this 27 day of Dec .
Treasurer
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockinvpam County
dated 12/20/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
Ge o . s . Harnsberg er, Special Receive~ the share
paid t o af I,J a:yd Gr uver Meadows , Harris anburg, Vi rgi n1.a
VS •
-------"'-=-~"-"--=--------'-...c...c.."------'---'--=-----'-'------''-'---'------''----
$ 349 . 90
being in f ull settlement of tract #-2_9_ _
in the above mentioned cause .
1'i
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
De cember 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Geo . s . Harnsberger , Special Receiver
the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virg ini a
A. B. Gath ri gh t
Received o f ~ ~ , Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 349 . 90
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rock i ngh am
entered on the
20t b
day
of December 193__4_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ _,C~a=s~s==a=
n=d=r~a"---'L=a=w~s=o-n..____..A~t~k~i~n~s___ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #- -2~9____
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
15
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C!rnmmnuwralt4 nf ]lirgiuia
TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RICHMOND.VA ,
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
T REASURER OF V IRGIN I A
A . B . Q_athr:i.:ght
This is to certify that I , nx.:MK~, Treasurer
of Vi rginia have this 27
day of Dec .
wi th an order of t he c i r cui t
d at ea 12/20/34
court of
in accordance
Rockingham Crnmty
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservat i on and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
vs · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - '"--- J. R . Switz e r, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rocki_n ghan1
:paid to County, Vjrginia, in .full of tho share of Plaudy M. -Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virginia
29
being in full settlement of tract #
$ 331.65
in the above mentioned cause .
IS
�,
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TREA SURE R'S OFFI CE
RICH MON D, VA.
JOHN M. PURCE LL
Dece mbe r 27 , 1934
TREASU RER OF VIRGINI A
J . R. Swtt zer, Cler k of the Circ uit Cou
Virg inia , in full of the shar e of Plau dyrtM.of Rock ingh am Cou nty ,
Meadows
Har riso nbu rg , Virg inia
A. B . Gat hrig ht
Rec eive d o f ~ ~
, Tre asur er of
Virg inia , the sum of$ 331. 65
, in acco rdan ce
with an orde r of the Circ uit Cou rt of the
coun ty
of Rock ingh am Cou nty
ente red on the 20th
day
of Dece mbe r 193~ , in the mat ter of the Stat
e
Com miss ion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop men
t v ___
__ _C
~a=s=s~a=n=d=r~acc._L_a=-'-'-w~s~o~n=--=A~t=k=i=n=s_ _ and othe rs, bein
g
full and com plet e sett lem ent for the trac t
of land
known in said proc eedi ng as #~2~9__ __
Sign orig inal and dup lica te
and retu rn to the Tre asur er
of Vir gini a.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
M. H. Ha -r,->j son, '11reas1Jrer of Rockingham County
Harrisonbur g , Virg inia
A. B . Gathri ght
Received of .nooMoc~, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $_8= •=8=8'--_ _ , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_-----"--R~o~c=k=i=·n=gh==an=1=--- -of D ecember 193~
entered on the
20th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
~&~a~s~s~a=n=d==-r=a'---L~a=~~,s~o=n=-=A~t=k~i=n=s,c_____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding a s #~ 2_9~- - -
Sign original and dupli cat e
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
II
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C!tnmmnuturalt~ nf Birgiuia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
R ·1 C H M O N D . VA .
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M . PURCELL
T REAS URER OF VIRGINIA
A. B. Gathright
This i s t o certify that I , . k . . x ~ Treasu rer
of Virg inia have this 27
day of
Dec .
in accordance
with an order of the c i rcuit court of Rockingham County
da ted 12/ 20/ 34
in the caus e of the State Commission
on Cons ervat i on a nd Deve l o:pment of the State of Virginia
Ca ssand r a Lawson Atk1n s and oth er s
J . H. Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
:p aid t o Vi r g i ni a in f nll of a. j udgment o f t h e Gemmomveo.l th of Virginia
vs Plaudy M. Meadows, Harrisonburg , Virginia
29
b e i ng in full settl ement of tract #
$ J 8 .25
vs .
in th e ab ove menti one d cause .
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'
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
Dec ember 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J . R. Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County ,
Vir ginia, in full of a judgment of the Connnonwe_al th of
Virginia vs . Plaudy M. Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virginia
A •.1? . __9-athr_i_gh t
Received of & . x : 1 ~ Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
1 8 . 25
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f_----=-R"-'o"-'c=k=i=n=g=h=am==-- -- - entered on the
of December 193~
20th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ _a_L_a_w_s_o_n__A~t_k_i_n_s_ ____ and others, being
_ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as#
2 9_ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
17
�county: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
£29
,r
Acreage Claimed:
E. S. Meadows
Assessed
Value Claimed:
Location:
"
Dean i:ountain .
340 acres
:;;; 780 .oo
Deed (acquired 340 A. 1922)
If
$547 . 00 - apparently
incorrect.
This tra ct is entirely within the rark area .
Laps:
Soil: Slope .
Roads :
8 miles to Elkton over 6 miles of county road and 2 miles of
macadam.
History:
This tract has been cut over but there still remains a
approximately 276 , 000 Bd . ft . of saw timber s cattered about
over the tract . The soil is of average depth and fertility .
Dwelling, Frame 14x35, rooms 5, porch 6x35, flues, stone,
Condition fair , occup ied by tehant, Water supply, c', spring.
VALUE ------------------------------------ ----- ;,500 . 00
Barn , Frame 24x40xl2 , Shingle roof,---------- 150 . 00
60 . 00
- Granery, FrBlllle 14xl6xl2, condition fair.-----Corn house, F~ame 10xl0x8, roof shingle, cond.
40 . 00
f a ir. - ------------------------------------ --5.00
Hen house , Frame 8xl0x6 , Roof paper, cond. poor
25 . 0C
Spring house, Frame 10xl2x8, roofs sh ingle, -Log stable at orchard 14x28, no value.
Tota1 - $780 , 0v
Orchard: 1 A. @ $50 . 00 per A. -----------$50 ~GO~
Improvements:
Timber:
2176,.000 Bd . ft
C?)
Value of land by tYI?es:
. creage
330
55
TyPe
Slope
Fg.
Orchard
Total
Total
Total
Tota l
value
value
value
value
$1.• 50 per M.
Value
per acre
2~?"3 • 00
$10 . 00
1
386
of
of
of
of
orchard
land
timber
improver:mn ts
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
$50 . 00
1540 . 00
414.00
780 . 00
,,,i2784 . 00
7 . 21
$414.00
Total
Value
: )990 . oo
550 . 00
~~1540 . 00
�- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ~ ------------ ------------ ------------ -more or less, of land in4-~--- ___ _____________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the peti ion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of ~ id 1 petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o f . . & . . ~ ~ - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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~~~
as h:ya::: :_: ~~~~~-~L-~ -
My post office address is ____
I claim a right, title, estate or interest n~a t ~ or parcel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about__ L42_~_t2_ ___ acreyn which there are the following
bmldmgs and 1 m p r o v e m e n t s = - - - - ~ - ~ - - - -- ----------- ----
------------ -----,, ~ / ' " : /
------------ ------------ ------------ -----------nia, in
-------Virgi
~
_____ miles from_
This !al)bl is located about__J
,qz~
th~~M agister ial District of said Co~);~
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest inAthe tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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·The land o,vners 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 __1-.9-~_in the
following
m~:~-~ --L ~-<~-~ £ L~- ~ ~
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a that tlie tota value o this tract or parce of land with the improvements thereon is $-----=-==--- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $__ .:==:_ ________ _
I am the owner of_ ___ ==-=-=: _______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro-
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---------------------County, Virginia, Def enda nts.
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and Demor e or less, of land in __ ~
of the Stat e Commission on Conservationn awa rded
atio
The undersigned, in answ er to the peti tion
emn
cond
in resp onse to the notice of
uit
velopment of the Stat e of Virginia, and lishe
d in accordance with the orde r of the Circ
upon the ~ of saffi peti tion and pub
this
Virg inia , asks leave of the Cou rt to file
Cou rt of_ ___ ~~~- County,
as
h:ya:::: ::_:~~~~L#~4 ~--,-h9'>---
~~--~--'My post office addr ess is.~ ~ ht
trac t or parcel of land with in the area soug
I claim a righ t, title, esta te or inte rest in~a
~--- --ac res, on which ther e are the following
to be condemned, con tain ing about_ ___
---s=----~-~------------buildings and i m p r o v e m e n t
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---- ---- ---- ----
/
---- -Virginia, in
--~- mile s ~rom __~
This lan.5b'is located abo ~L - ~~
said C ~ · J _AAJ_ ~ ~ /
th e~ -~ ag 1s ter ial D1str1ct of
of land dete or inte re~ infa e trac t or parcel join
esta
,
title
t,
righ
wing
follo
the
t owner,
claim
I
or
.
t should say whe ther he is sole own er or
owner,
t
join
scribed above: (In this space clai man
t owners. If clai man t is not sole
t or
trac
the
and if join t own er give nam es of thet,join
to
or
in
has
, esta te or inte rest he
he should set out exac tly wha t righ title
~
· parc el of land described above. )
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ribed trac t or parcel of land are as follows:
The land o,vners adja cent to the above desc __________ _________ _____________________ _
Nor th ____ _________ ________________________
__
________________________________________
Sou th _____ __________ ___ ______________ ____
_
_______________________ ____________________
Eas t ___________ ________________________
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the
that
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on
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the imp rove men ts ther eon is $--- ---- ---in and to this trac t or parc el of land with
land adjo inin g the above described trac t or
I am the own er of_ _______________ acres of which I claim will be dam aged by the proare a,
parcel of land but lyin g outs ide the Par k
---- ---·
Par k area , to the exte nt of $--- ---- ---as to
posed condemnation of lands with in the
tion
additional stat eme nts or info rma
a
here
(In the space below should be set out any
rt
inse
e; and if practicable he should also
this claim which clai man t desires to mak
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_______________________, To-wit:
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____
__
___ ______ _________________________________
The und ersi gned here by certifies that _ ____
mat ters
eare d befo re him and made oath that the
the above nam ed clai man t personally apper are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
g in his above answ
and thin gs ap~
. ~----- __ 1930.
this _____ L <l ___ ______ day of__ ~ ~
--------· ---------------·
he Court,
~).ta.JE'V--rub lic, or Just ice of- the- Peac e.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ID CKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
PEI'ITIONER,
vs .
Cassandra Lawson tkins and others
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred
and Sixty- one ($52,561) acres of land,
more or less ,
DEFEND.ANTS .
TO THE HONORABLE H. W.BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURr .
Your petitioners, George E. Meadows, Minnie E. Lam , Edith
M. Eppard, Ella G. Meadows, Ethel Meadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena
Meadows, Lilly Meadows , Engles E. Meadows, Lounzie L. Meadows ,
Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F. Meadows, Elijah
L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows, the six last named parties being infant~ by said Lilly Meadows, their next friend, and George
s.
Harnsberger and George N. Conrad, Special Commissioners of the
Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in the chancery cause
therein pending in the name and style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows'
Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows' Comn.ittee, respectfully represent:
That your petitioners George E. Meadows, Minnie E. Lam ,
Edith M. Eppard, Ella G. Meadows, Ethel Meadows, Gladys Meadows,
Lorena Meadows, together with Lloyd Gruver Meadows and Plaudy M.
Meadows, are all of the children of the late Elijah
s.
Meadows,
whose name is sometimes written E. S . Meadows, who died, testate,
in 1922 .
That Lydia Meadows , his widow, died, intestate, on October
7 , 1934 .
That Plaudy M. Meadows died, intestate, on the
of
~
Meadow~
day
, l93f , leaving him surviving his widow, Lilly
fa. the following children: Engles E. Meadows, Lounzie L.
Meadows, Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F. Meadows,
Elijah L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows , the six last named persons
are infants ranging in age from three to eighteen years .
�2.
That the said Elijah
s.
Meadows provided in his will that
his widow, Lydia Meadows, should have a life estate in his home
farm of 340 acres situated on Dean's Mountai n, and that, after
her death,-- unless the sale of said land should be unanimo usly
agreed to prior to that time, which agreeme nt was never entered
into,-- said farm should be sold by his executo r, Lloyd Gruver
Meadows, and that the proceeds derived therefro m should be divided
equally amongst his nine children hereinab ove named •
.An attested
copy of the will of the said Elijah S. Meadows is herewith filed,
marked ":Ex . Will," and prayed to be read as a part hereof .
That, by decree entered in said chancery cause on the ?th
day of March, 1928, your petition ers Geo .
s.
Harnsbe rger and Geo .
N. Conrad, Special Commiss ioners as aforesa id, were appointe d and
directed to sell certain real estate of the said Lloyd Gruver
Meadows, includin g his one-nin th undivide d share or estate in the
said tract of 340 acres of land of which the late Elijah s . Meadows
died seized and possesse d as aforesa id, and in accordan ce with the
directio n of said decree the said Georges . Harnsbe rger executed
before the Clerk of this Court a bond in the penalty of $? , 000 . 00,
as Special Receive r of the funds to be derived from such sale, an
attested copy of which bond is herewith filed, marked "Ex . A,u and
prayed to be read as a part hereof, and an attested copy of said
decree of sale is also here filed, marked ttEx. B," and prayed to be
read as a part hereof. That said Special Commiss ioners have not
executed said decree of sale, by reason of the pendency of certain
proceed ings in the above entitled action at law for the condemn ation of said real estate .
That, on the 4th day of November , 1933, a judgmen t in rem
was entered in said condemn ation proceed ings, condemn ing to the use
of the said State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the
State of Virginia the fee simple estate of the said Elijah s .
Meadows in and to the said tract of 340 acres, which tract is de~
�3.
scribed in t he report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed in said condemna tion proceedings, and s hown, numbered, and
delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed therewith, as Tract
No. 29, at the price of $3,160 . 00.
That t he said State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia has p a id
into the custody of this Court the said sum of money set out in
said judgment constituting the award for the fee simple estate of
the said Elijah. S. Meadows in said tract of 340 acres of land.
That the parties entitled to share in the distribution of said fund
and their respective interest in said fund are as follows:
( 1)
George E. Meadows,
(2)
Minnie E. Lam,
"
tt
tt
351 . 11
(3)
Edi th M. Eppard,
ft
tt
ft
351 . rtl
( 4)
Ella G. Meadows,
"
"
II
351 . 11
( 5)
Lloyd Gruver Meadows,
ft
"
"
351 . 00,
whose share should be paid to Geo. s. Harnsberger,
Sp ecial Receiver, as hereinafter set forth;
(6)
Ethel Meadows,
(7)
Gladys Meadows,
( 8)
Lorena Meadows,
( 9)
Plaudy M. Meadows,
"
"
"
351 . 11
whose share is subject to the dower right of
his widow, Lilly Meadows, and the remainder
interest t herein is held by the following
parties in the following proportions, namely:
one-nint h share
one-ninth s bare,
"
"
"
"
(a)
Engles E. Meadows,
(b)
Lounzie L. Meadows,
"
It
( C)
Nelson M. Meadows,
ft
(d)
Lillian E. Meadows,
If
"
"
(e)
Geneva F. Meadows,
"
"
"
"
ft
It
( f)
Elijah L. Meadows,
( g)
Plaudy M. Meadows,
$ 351 . 11
$351.11
"
351 . n.l
tt
351 . 11
1/63 interest
$
50.15
50 . 15
50.15
50.15
50 . 15
50 . 15
50 . 15
That the six last named persons are infants ranging in age
from three to eighteen years, who make their home with Lilly Meadows,
their mother, and are more or less dependent upon her for their
�4.
support, maintenance, and education.
That the said share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows should be paid
to Geo.
s.
Harnsberger, Special Receiver of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County in the above entitled cause of Lloyd Gruver
Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Committee, etc., where
the liens against his share are audited, that the same may be disbursed under the orders of this Court in that cause.
That there
are no unpaid taxes against the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows .
_, _
A~
That a~ l
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~
f t ~e taxes on said tract of 340 acres have been
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paiq_,A Certif cates of the Treasurer of Rockingham County, and of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, showing that
there are no unpaid or delinquent taxes against said land, are herewith filed, marked "Ex. Certificate No . l," and Ex.. Certificate No .
2," respectively, and prayed to be read as a part hereof.
That there are no liens or charges of any kind against the
shares of George E. Meadows , Minnie E. Lam, Edith M. Eppard, Ella
G. Meadows, Ethel
Meadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena Meadows , or a-
gainst the estate of Plaudy M. Meadows or against Lilly Meadows or
~~ EL e;'~ws _ ~ V , ~ ~ ~- ~#;~·
/7
V That no other person or persons are entit+ed to share in
the distribution of said award.
Wherefore , your petitioners pray that they may be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Eublic Park
Condemnation i~ct, and that an order may be entered for the distribution of said sUI11 set forth in said judgment as constituting the
awa rd for th _ fee simple estate in sai.d tract of 340 acres, condemned
as aforesaid , amongst the aforesaid parties in their respective proport ions.
10 I
�5.
State if Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
. This day
G~0 J
u -~
1
Geo.
s.
Harnsberger personally appeared before me,
F. Flavie Cenvopso, a notary public in and for the city aforesaid,
in the State of Virginia, in my city aforesaid, and, being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
That I am one of the Special Commissioners designated
in the above petition, and, as such, one of the petitioners in the a bove entitled matter, and am acquainted
with the contents of the above petition, and do hereby
state that the matters of fact therein set forth, in so far
as they relate to the interest of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ,
are true, to the best of my knowledge , inform tion, and
belief.
�6.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Mt£.; day of December, 1934.
Notary Public.
State if Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
This day ~
personally
~ - ;(~
appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for
the city aforesaid in the State of Virginia, in my city aforesaid,
and, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am one of the petitioners in the above entitled
matter, and am acquainted with the contents of the
above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true, to the
best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this / j-tLday of December, 1934.
Notary Public
�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
50UNTY 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 340 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed
in the name of Elijah S . Meadows .
Given under IIl3" hand this 11th day of December,
1934 .
Cl
Ltf~,e._~
Attorney .
IO'j
�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom 1 t May Concern:
I hereby certify that
according to the records of this office the
1933 tax amounting to$ 8.88 including both
penalty and interest is unpaid on a tract
of 340-0-0 acres of land in the name of
Eligah s . Meadows, situate in the Park Area
in Stonewall District, this county.
Given under my hand this
11th day of December 1934.
Treasurer.
loS
�The ~tate Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia,
PEI1ITIONER ,
vs,.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 561 acres, more or less,
of land in Rockingham Gounty,Virginia,
On the
-!G tJ
D:EFiiH.DANTS.
day of December, 1934, came George E.
Meadows. Minnie E.Lam, F.dith M.Eppard, Ella G.Meadows, Ethel
.W.eadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena Mea dows, Lilly Meadows, Engles
~. Mea dows, Lounzie L.Meadows, Nelson
.Meadows, Lillian E.
:Meadows. Genava F .Meadows. Eliza L.ueado ws, and Plaudy M.Meadows,
the six last named parties, being infants, by said Lilly Meadows,
their next friend, all by their counsel, D. 'J.]};3.rr.aan,and Geo.s .
Harnsberger and Geo.N.Conrad. Special commissioners of the Circuit Court of Roclcingham county, Virginia, in the chancery cause
therein pending in the name and style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows'
Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows's Committee, by Geo.S.Harnsberger, counsel, and on their several motions leave is given them
to file their joint and several application for the distribution
of the award made in this case to Elijah ~.Meadows, whose name is
sometimes written E.S.Meadows,--predeoessor in title to said
petitioners,--the amount of the award set out in the judgment of
condelllilc.tion for Tract No. 29 and heretofore paid into court being
'3,160 . 00.
And it appearing from the report of the Board of appraisa
Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition
fo~ judgment.--.mut of condemnation, heretofore enter ed herein,
that , in the opinion of the said State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the state of Vi r ginia, Elijah s.Meadows was invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and
to said tract of land designated as
Il o.
29, and that the record
LAW O F FIC E S
GEO.
s. HARNSBERGER
in said condemnation proceeding does not disclose any denial or
HARRISONBURG , VA .
dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said
�---2--
~ract ~o . 29 or to the pr oceeds arising from the condemnati on
thereof, except the indebtedness thereon, as set out or referred
to in the petition hereinabove filed .
Upon consideration whereof , it is c onsidered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of ~3 , 160 . 00 be paid out as follows :
To J . ~ .swit~er, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham county, Virginia, the sum of
$2 . 00
'.l1 0 :u .H.Harrison, treasurer of trnckingham
County, the sum of
8 . 88
To D. l .mrman, Attorney for ve orge •.Meadows ,
1t innie E.Lam , Edith M. E'ppEi.rd , Ella u .Me&dows, Gladys Meadows, anu Lorena Meadows , the sum of
2 , 449 . 32
To Ge o . S. Harnsberger, Special Ke ceiver ,
the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ,
349 . 90
~o O. R. Switze r , Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Rockingham uounty, Virginia , in full of a judgment
of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Pl audy
1. •
Maeadows ,
18 . 25
To ~ . 2 . Switzer, ulerk of the Circuit Court of
~oc kingham uounty , Virginia , in full of the share of
Plc.udy 11i .M
dows, which he is to hold subject to the
future orde rs of the Court in this matter ,
331 . 65
The Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to transmit
a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who
shall pay out said fund in ac uordance herewith , tak ing f rom the
part i es to whom the amounts a!'e directed to be paid their r eceipts, for the respective sums paid to them . and certifying such
payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropri ate entry thereof ,
~s required by law.
LAW OFFI C ES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
�IN THE CIRauIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA•
Th.a State Commission on
Conservation and Deveiopment
of the state of Virginia ,
vs.
PETITIONER,
On the petition o:f Lilly Meadows, &c .
Cassandra Lawson Aikins and others
and 52 , 561 aeres, more or less, of
land in Rockingham County, Virg:tniar
On this, the
DEFENDANTS.
day of Xanuary, 1935, ca.me Lilly
Meadows and Engles E. Meadows, and, on their motion, leave is
given them to file their petition in this case, and the same is
acoordingly now filed, and thereupon the Court appointed
Sheffy L.nevier
guardian ad litem for Launzie L•
---~-..------------Meadows, Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F.Meadows,
Elijah L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows, Jr., the infant defendants to the aforesaid petition.
And the said guardian ad litem
foT said infants, having tendered his answer on their behalf, the
same is accordingly hereby filed .
And it appearing to the Conrt that there is now in the
hands of J.R.SWitzex, Glerk of said Court, the sum of $331.65,
the same being the share of Plaudy M.Meadows in the award made
in the above entitled matter for the land of Elijah s.Meadows,
and that Lilly Meadows. the widow of Plaudy M.Meadows , is entitled
to dower in said fund, and that the six minor children above
named live with Lilly Meadows a~d are absolntely dependent upon
her for their maintenance , support, and education, and that it is
to the best interest of aJ..1 parties concerned that the commuted
val ue o:f the said dower interest of Lilly Meadows, which ie
$73. 99, be paid to her, and that the balance of said fund, after
the payment of the share due Engles E. Meadows,whioh is $66 . 80,
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
be paid in installments to Lilly Meadows for the support and
maintanan.ce of said infant children, the Court doth ORDER and
8S
�--2-dir ect J . R. SWitzer , Clerk as aforesaid , to pay out said fund of
$331. 65 now in his ha nds as follows:
To Geo .
s.
To Geo.
s.
Harnsberger , Attorney for Lilly Meadows,
the sum of ---- - - -------~---- - - --~-----------$?3.99
Har nsberger, Attorney for Engles E.
Mea dows ,
the sum of ------------------------
36. 80
The balan.oe of said fund , after deducting therefrom
the costs incident to this :proceeding, shall be paid t o
Lilly Meadows in twenty equal monthly payments, beginning Februar
1 . 1935.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
S'L
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA..
The state Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia.
vs .
)
BETITIONER ,
On the Petition of Lilly Meadows ,&C .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 561 acres, more or less ,
of land in Rockingham County, Virginia,
DEFENDANTS •
Your petitioners, Lilly Meadows and Engles E. Meadows ,
respectfully represent:
That you.r petitioner,Lilly Meadows,is the widow of
Plaudy M. Meadows, and that you.r petitioner, Kngles ~. Meadows , is
the only adult child of the said Plaudy M. Meadows .
That the said Plaady M.Meadows died, intestate, on the
3d day of July, 1931 , leaving him surviving his widow , the said
Lilly Mea dows, and the .following children:
(1)
Engles E. Meadows ,
21 years of age;
(2 )
Launzie L.Meadows,
19
n-
If
"
( 3)
Nelson M. Meadows,
14
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tt
(4)
Lillian E.Meadows ,
ll
"
"
(5)
Geneva F. Meadows ,
9
n
(6)
Elijah L. Meadwos,
7
"
( 7)
Plaudy
3
It
• Meadows , dr • ,
"
tt
n
Tf
That Nngles E. Meadows , now of age,is doing for himself ,
working away from home . That the other six ah11dren make their
home with their mother, the s~id Lilly Meadows, and are a bsolu tely dependent upon her for their mainte.nanae , support , and
education.
That your petitioner Lilly Meadows is doing all within
her power to maintain and support her infant children, but can
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
only do so in a very meager way , even with the aid of relief agen
HARRISONBURG, VA.
oies.
�-That there has recently been paid to J . R. SWitzer , Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, the sum of
$331. 65 , whioh is the share of Plaudy M. Meadows in the award for
the lands of Elijah
s.
Meadows condemned in these proceedings ,
whiah sum the said d. R. SWitzer, Clerk as aforesaid, holds subje c t
to the future orders of this Court in this proceeding .
That ~our petitioner Lilly Meadows is entitled to dower
in said fund, which she desires to have commuted and the commuted
value thereof paid to her , to be used by her for the benefit of
herself and his minor children.
That the s a i d Lilly Meadows i s
now forty- seven years of a ge .
That your petitioner Engles E. Meadows hereby oons ants to
the commutation of said dower and the payment of the same to
the said Lil.l..y Meadows.
Th.at the commuted value of said dower in said fund is the
sum of J 73. 99.
That the share of the said Engl..es E. Meadows in the residue of said fund is $06. 80.
'!hat t he balance of said fund is ,w220. 86 , whieh is the
property
or
the six minor ehil.dren of t h e sa id Plaudy M. Meadows
and t h e said Lilly Me~dows .
That your petitioner Lilly Mea dows asks that this fund of
$220. 86 , or such part thereof as may remain after the pal'fflent of
any oosts incident to this proceeding, be paid to her in twenty
equal monthly payments, to be used by her in the maintenance and
support of her infant nhildren.
Your petitioners pray that they may be allowed to file
this, their petition , in the above entitl.ed proceeding; that La.unLAW OFFICES
zie L. :Mea dows I Nelson M. Meadows , Lillian E-. Mea dows, Geneva F.
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
Mea do ws , Elijah L. Mea dows , and Plaudy J.f. Meadows, Jr . , may be made
I
j
�---3--parties defendant hereGo, and be required to answer the same,
answer under oath being waived; that proper process may issue
against them; that a guardian ad litem may be appointe d to represent them; that an order may be entered in this cause, :permitting
the dower of Lilly Meadows in the sum of $331.65 to be commuted,a
to
the amount due her thereby/be paid to her; that the share of Engles E.Meadows be ordered paid to him, and that the balanoe of sai
fund, after deducting any costs incident to these proceedings,be
paid to Lilly Meadows in twenty equal monthly payments to be nsed
by her for the support of her infant Clhildren.
Sta. te of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
Th is day Lilly Meadows and Engles E. Mea dows personaliy
appeared before me, F.Flavi a Converse, a Notary Public in and
for the City of Rarrisonbu.rg, in the state of Virginia, and,
being duly sworn, depose and say:
we are the petitioners in the above entitled petition,
are acquainted with the facts t herein contained, and state that
the faota as therein set forth
are true, to the best of their
knowledg e'\, inf or ma tion, and b~lief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January ,1935.
LAW OFFICES
Notary Public.
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
92
�The ans~:er of
Launzie L. Meadows,~els~n M. Meadows,Lillian E.
ru.eadmvs.,Geneva F. Meadows.,Elijah L. Meadows and Plaudy hl.Meadow.s,Jr.,
j_nfants of tender years, by
She:r:ry L.=D_e_v_i_e_r____________
Guardian ad Li tem, to a bill of complaint e:::::hj bi ted against
them
and others, in the said court, by
---
Lilly Meadows and Engles E . ieadows
Respondent
answering by
She:r:ry L.Devier
-------------------
to so muc¥ of the complainant
them
it is material for
that
Bill as
they
know
--------
they are
advised
to answer unto, answer and say
nothing of the truth of the matters of
fact alleged in the Comp:l,.ainant
Bill and nelther admit nor deny
the same; but call for full proof.
That they
are
infants
------
the aid of the court in protection of
of tender years, a.nd ask
their interests.
Guardian ad Litem
Having fully answe~ed ___t_h_e_y
_____,pray to be
hence dismissed with
their
------
costs, and as in duty bound will
ever pray, etc.
sworn to be:t'ore me this
~
- U ierk of Court,
N. p.)
�..,
Caw Office
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S
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J/arns6eryer
J(arrtson6wy,l/a.
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11.0CKINGHAM COUNTY
CLAIMANT
NAME OF /JYI/N'ER
#38 - Meadow s , J .
Number of Acres:
Location:
w.
80
On Dry Run .
Roads: 5 miles from Elkton -over good countr y road .
Soil: On slopes there i s a shaly, gravel ly loam with consid erable amount of
rock on the steepe r slopes . Bot ::om land is deep and fertile , but the
parts used for g razing arc very stony .
dly and re History of Tract and condition of timber:T imber has been cut repeate
r timber .
e
heavi
of
areas
cemtly leaving a thin stand with limited
Stand is mix cd hardwo ods and scrub pine, but oaks predom inate .
Estima ted to cut 4 cor l s of wood per acre
f lenty of reprod uction .
or a total of 76 cords .
1
Improvements: DWELLING- -Log and frame 18x24 1 , with a kitche n 12x22x l0
fair-ion
and porch 6x24', 7 rooms , metal roof , 2 stories , ceiled , condit
Spring water supply , foundat i_on of pillars .
occupi ed by ownet .
BARN- ----34x 48x20 1 , frame, metal roof , condit ion good .-----MEAT HOUSE:
1
14x l4xl0 1 , log , c onditio n ppor . SPRI~G HOUSE --- ---- 10xl0x 8 , paper roof,
roof , .
1
paper
,
condit ion good . SHEE.t' HOUSE --- ---12x l2xl0 , frame
c onditio n good . ---- - HEN HOUSE- ---- 12x26x 8 1 , frame , paper roof,
good condit ion . BLACKS MITH SHOP --- --16x29 x9 1 frame , paper roof ,
fair condit ion .------HOG PEN--- ---8xl6 x6 1 frame, paper roof, good
condit ion--- -- -CORN HOUSE: - -- - 9x20xl0 1 , l og, founda tion fair.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
8
@
$ 3 . 00
$ 24 . 00
Cove:
10
@
10 . 00
100 . 00
Grazing Land:
25
@
45 . 00
1125 . 00
35
@
1575 . 00
2
@
$ 2~2410 0
150 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard: --Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 2824 . oo
1860 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1860 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150 • 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
50 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 .oo
- - --
$4 ,884.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 61 .05
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:
_ .~- ~
$
None .
--
CLERK ,
53
�Claim oL __ .tlohn 'v,. Meadows ___________________ ------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ ___Ro_ckillgham__________ County, Virginia, No._1--8.2~--, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___Qa.e.a~m~~--~!'l~on._A.t.k:I.P._fi,._A~{l.__Q_?...LQ§~----------------------------more or less, of land in _________ Ro.nki ngbam _____ 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 ~ccordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o-f_ ___ J~..9_qlf~~~-------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is__ ; ~ /,()., _~ ___________________ ' _____________ _
My post office (adress is ___!J,/__t-j_~--~---.1?!::__J.._ _______________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _____ __B-:'q_ -.z:,----~cres, on which there are the following
~
.
=---~----------t--~-~-~~~P-___er::_____ _
\
buildings and improvements
---- 4A-Y >-t---- - ~ - ~ _ rr-~7--..t ,t ~ - ----------------------
This land is located about_ __ y.):~_miles from ___ ~ _ { _ ~ __ !_________ Virginia, in
the ___~~---Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in ·or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
----------~
~ ------------------------------------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___ ~ - ~ ITlA--VAA__ _ ';l, ______ U~~-~-J-~-.--. ________________________ _
South __
East ___
t-u.J1..t ~ - t f(~~
------o/4-
L ~ - - - "'I-- -----------------
'JI,_, ~ k/_~- ----------------------------------------------
l:.ftcrv --------------------------------------------------
West _____ 2-:t<.~I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _j_f_~_in the
following manner:
--- a,-~-~
_b~---w~ ---~ - - - - - - - - - - l
I claim that the t~tal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_¢i;_{J__!!__~_:__ ___ . 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 $__.!)7 .11_Q_~-1!-~-·
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·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
�Second
Revised report
County :
Rocki nghao
District : 'stonevmll
//38 -
eadows , J . ·1 .
f crea~e Cla i n ed:
80 A.
Asse ssed:
80 A.
Deed : 80 A
Value Cla i n ed :
~5000 . 00
Asse ssed:
~1160 . 00
Deed:
3405. 00
Area :
Location :
On Dry Run .
Incut:1brances , counte r clair.rn or l a:ps :
Soil :
(1924
None known .
On slopes there is a shaly , g r avelly loan i th co nsiderable
ano unt of rock on tie steeper slopes . Botton l an d is deep
and fertile , but the _pa rts used for g r ~ zing a re very stony .
Roa ds :
Five n ileo fron E lkton over good country roa d.
History of tract and condition of t i n ber:
Tiaber has been cut repeatedly and recently lea ving a thin utand \ ith lir.1ited a reas
of heavier t i nber. St and is n ixed hardwoods e.nd scrub p i ne ,
but oaks p redonina te . P lenty of rep roduction . £s tinat ed
to cut 4 cords of uood per a cre or a tota l of 120 cords a t
75¢ ----- - ------- -- - ------------- $ 90. 00.
Ioproveoents : Dwelling:
Log and frar.1e , l8x24 1 with a ki t chen 12x22x10'
an porch 6x24 ', ? roons , oetal roof , 2 stories , ceiled ,
f air cond::.t on , occ up ied by the O\mer , spring wa ter supply ,
pi llar foundat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 .oo
Barn : 34x42x20 ', fraae , nctal roof , g ood condition . 700 . 00
ea t house: l4xl4xl0 ', log , poor co ndition •••••••.•. 30 . 00
s;ering house :
10xl0x8 ' , Pa.1>er roof, good conditi on . ?5 . 00
Sheep house : 12xl2x10' , frar.1e , JJn per r oof , go od
co11d..i. tiori ....... •• • • • • • •. • . • . • •. . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . 00
Hen house : 12x21xS t,. frane , paper roof , good
condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bl a cksnith ShoR : l6x29x9 ', frane ,
condition .. ,............. ..........
Hog Pen :
8xl6x6 ', frane , po.!,)er r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . 00
lYl).Jer r oof , fair
.. ............. ..... 75 . 00
) of , good co ndit ion, 15. 00
9x20xl0 ', log , f a ir condition •••...••.•• 50 . 00
Corn house :
~~1590 .oo
Va l ue of l a nd by typeo .:
T;}::l~e s
Slope
Grazing
Tillable
Orcha rd
Value
~er acre
Acrea ge
30
16
41
..,4, . 00
40 . 00
45 . 00
75 . 00
2
89
( continued)
'.I.'otal
Value
120 . 00
640 . 00
1845 . 00
150 . 00
''2755 . 00
�2-
r
County:
District :
# 38 - Meadows , J .
'l'otal
... ... ... .. ..... ..
iaproveoents ...........
value of land
Tota l value of
•
,.
2755 . 00
15
o.oo
..... ............
90 . 00
Total value of' tract ...................
4435 . 00
Total value of tinbe r
•
Average va lue per a cre ••••••••••••••••
i
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Rockinghao
Stonewall
�County;
District:
/138 - J . W.Meadows
G.M,Conra.d
Stephon Hensley Est .
S .L .
Hensley
Harriet
:Hensley
Dean
D.T .
Dean
LEGEND :
Slope
Grazing
Tillable 0 Orchard
Seale - 1
: 20 chai ns
Rockingham
Stonewall
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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ROCKINGHAl.I COUNTY
)
NAME OF CLAIMANT
/i80 - Ueadows , L. C.
Number of Acres: 37
Location:
Swift Run .
Entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Hurd surface , four and one- half miles to Elkton , nearest ·
shipping point .
Soil:
Dark clay loam , slope type , mostly covered with small loose
rock .
History of Tract and condition of timber: .all cleared .
Improvements:
see other side .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
34
@
$35 . 00
,)1190 . 00
35 . 00
105 . 00
Fields Restocking:
3
Cultivated Land:
37
$1295 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
ValueofLand: $ 1295 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 6540 . 00
6540 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit : $
50 . 00
~7885 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract:
$,:$/ 4. / tJ
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NON::I:.
~ -/ ,/'Lfin.,
- ------- -c::;;-,"---9'~--...a-.-- - -
CLERK.
I \()
�II1.~PROVEM!!:NTS: DWELLING -- Frame , 14x22' , porch Gx22' , L part 18xl7xl4',
with porch 6xl3' , 7 rooms , metal roof , brick flues , 2 story , walls
ceiled , good condition , occupied by o,vner . Spring water supply , solid
foundation . NE·.v SPRING HOUSJ: ---- Frame , 9xl2x8 ' , paper roof, uuod
condition . NE•./ G.itR11.GE -- Frame , 16x26x8', metal roof , good, condition.
ID::N HOUSE --- 8xl9x6' , poor condition . HOG PEN -- Frame , 12xl6x5',
metal roof, good condition . OLD DVlELLING -- Frame , 16x24', porch 7x24' ,
L part 13x3lxl2', 7 rooms, metal roof, 2 story , walls ceiled, fair
condition , vacant , spring water supply . B/1..RN -- Log and frame, 24x26xl2'
metal roof, fair condition, with two sheds . :ID:N HOUSE -- Frame, 12xl6x7'
metal roof , fair condition.
nnex 14x35' (Store Building) Frame, 28x30',
5 rooms, porch 6x35 ', brick flues, 2 story, walls ceiled, good condition
occupied by owner, water supply piped , solid foundation, basement 28x30',
17 TER POWER -- Frame, 12xl2x8', metal roof , fair condition .
�ROC KINGHA1, COUNTY
NAME OF/0W~R/ CLAIMANT
#80-a - Meadows , L . C.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Swift Run .
Five miles over Spo tswood Trail to Elkton .
Roads:
Soil:
72
Sandy clay a..f gaod depth and fair fertility ; somewhat rocky
in placed with moderate to steep slopes ; northwest exposure .
History of Tract and condi~ion of timb.er: Most. of the tract c;leared many years
ago , grazed and cultivated . sinc e , vnth the exc eption or seve1>a1 por tions which have been neglected , and ~re now grown uo to Locust and
young oaks . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past .
The pre s ent star1d consists of mixed oaks , sor:1e poplar a..nd hickory .
6xl9 1 ,
Improvements· D'dELLING ---Frame .t 14x21 1 , l½ story, metal roof..t. Jorch
---Frame
3 rooms cei led, poor condition , occ upied by tenant .---STAbLE
ame 8xl2x6 1 , nO
16xl8xl2 1 , shin~le roof ~ fair condition---HEN HOUSE--Fr
1,
, poor conroof
no
8x20x8
::ne
HOUSE--Fra
--St'RING
ro o:fz. poor condition
ct.i tiun- - Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:--
4
@
$1? . 00
$20 . 00
Cove: --
7
~
10 . 00
70 . 00
Grazing Land: --
47
@
2l? . OO
117 5 . 00
Fields Restocking: --
12
@
15 . 00
180 . 00
II
30 . 00
60 . 00
~tl505 .oo
2
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
1505 . 00
160 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 160 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 5Q• 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
50 . 00
.oo
765
•;pl
Value of Wocd : $ 50 • 0 0
d'
Value per acre fo:r trJrt: $ 24 . 51
Incidental damages arisipg from the taking of this tract: $ Non_e
_
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CLhJK
�Claim of_____________________
/ ; ____ / -----------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL_/f_ct;;&~.h!lk:J. ___ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservatiorr'and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ _/P ? ~- ~
~---- , ___ .-----------------------. _______________ _
------------------------
--------- / ------ ' ------------------------------------------more or less, of land in ____ 'L .A!:i_._1.. ..-, -~"?_L1- County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petitio~of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
..1.
as
h:ya:::
::_;2~~ci:~~:~~~-----------------------------------My post office address is __
~ ~---..l.9-~
----~ ~-----------------------
i\1aim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
.z;.
L~-_:-j"_______
ac:~s: : ~~ich there are the ~ollowing
to _be_ condemn~d, containing _about_ __
bmldmgs and 1mprovements.3.._ll_~~.,_lf..........--..~ ---2~-~~---------
(.S~'?(- H~ J-4-.h~t--ff~i.!·--A.:--c/_~--h~
-·-- L.:_C~ __ fl~
-------'3i> ~ ~ ¥C4ffe~-..1-~~-«~
~~IJ~~ -a e~~ -6L~-~
This land is located about_ ____~_L _miles from __ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
thE\.f~~
-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.)
--
----S ~ - - ~ ~ --------------------------------------------------- · ___________ _
~::t~~_a;J!J:~~£~n~k5-~!~~~~~:-~~ ~;~~~~o~~:~
Southk'_~if~ :J_._ht_c_~-~ ~--- ~ ~ -- _/j_~ ---------East ~H~.i~ - _ .c_ k ~ - - - - - - - S ~ /1- _______________ _
Westli"4:
/i' ___ . __ £<!7-A - £ ~ ________ . J?u-o-d
_______________ ~_
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
_A/ ~ ~ ..,L'.2.J..o L L ~ /7 t-J' - - ~ ~ _ / 7.7.. 7 _____________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $L~~Pf!!!._ _____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner of_ ___ .::~_-:_ __ ~ ___ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside tlte 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·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
25';,
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J
<ttnmtttnttwtalt11 nf ]lirgiuta
TREASURER ' ·s OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.
December 22 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
L.
c.
Meadows
Sw1ft Run , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sums of $ 7 1 885 . 00 , in accordance
$1, 765 . 00
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham County
entered on the ~1=8__ day
of December 193L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v Cassandra
Lawson Atkins and others, and fiftytwo thousand five hundred and
and others, being
sixty- one acres of land more or less
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as# 80 and
so~a
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
2-'ll
�Qtnmmnuwtalt4 nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
De c enfuer 22 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have thi s 22
day of December in accordance
wit h a n order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 12/1 8/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
:paid to
$J...,_'Z.6.5 . 00
Cassandra IBwson Atkins
L. C. Meadows , Swift R1m , Virg·inia
being in full settlement of tract #fill,.J3Qaa
in the above mentioned cause.
�Cttnmmnunttaltq of Nirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA,
December 22 , 1933
JOHN M . PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I,
of Virg inia have this
22
J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
day of Decerriber in accordan c e
with a n o rder of the circuit court of
Rockingham County
dated 12/18,[3_3____ i n the cause of the State Commission
o n Conservation and De v elopment of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atk ins
vs .
:paid to
L . C. Meadows. Swift Run, Virginia
$ 7,885.00
80
being in full settlement , of tract#~ ,
i n the ab ove men ti oned cause.
�Oounty:
District:
6~80 ... Men.do
Acre£"
ce
;-a I
Clair.1ed: 190¾
L.
I
Rookin hat1
Gtonewall
C•
Assessed:
Deeds
2 A. - ~5¾ A•. - 71-55 A.
2 A. 72 A. 35f
$450,. 00 • $480 . 00 - $8!0 . 00 . .... 1920 .;.1926• 1926Valuo Clairied·: , 11 . 000 . 00
Area : ...
4000.• 2000 .- 2500.
!,oc tio11 s
Swift Run .
Entirely Vlithin the Park area .
Incun1?rances I oounte,r claim or la;es :
$('11:
None known.
Dark ·Clay loru:1, slope type ., ruistly covered with
amll loooe rook.
g oads ;
Hard ourrace, four and one-half oileo to ' lkton ,
neareat Elhi
in~ point .
Hiato~y o~ tract and condition of ttnb r :
All oleared .
Il!lpr o vur.1 ent a :· Dwelline, Fr'='ne, 14x22' ; porch 6x22' • L a.rt 18xl7xl4'
with porch !>xl.3', 7 roons, r.ieto.l roof , brick flues ,
2 story , waaal ceiled, good condition, occupied by
owner, spring
ater supply solid founda.tion - - 1750 . 00
New SR£ing houa~: Fra~a . 9xl2x8', paper roof ,
good condition _ _. ... _
Ue·, earo~o: J;'re..o.e 16::::26x8' t oeta.l root' ,
500Ccon itio
--···
50 . 00
8x.l9.x5 ' , po or co nd 1 t i on -Ho~pen : Frane, l2.xl 6X5 ' , tieto.l roof, good
Hen hou oe:
100. 00
10. 00
co ltion ............
25 . 00
014 d::1elling: Frane, l6x24', :porch ?x24' , L
part r!x21x12 ' 1 'I rootls' r.ietal roof ' 2 oto ry .
walls peiled , fair o~ndition, vacant, opririg
ater supply ......
300 . 00
Barn: Log and fratie 1 24x26xl2', cetal roof,
?air condition , with two sheds - --150. 00
Hen house; Frat:Je; 12xl6x7' , t1eta.l roof, fair
25 . 00
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Fraoe 28x30', 5 roono, porch 6:x:35'; brick flue a ,
2 oto:ry, mlia crnilod, good oondttion, oaoupied
by owner , water supply piped, solid fo~n tion ,
basenent 88:::30' •• ...... 2200 . 00
\Ja te r Po er : Fraoe , 12Jtl2x8' , oa tal roof ,
25. 00
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Value
Acreage
Total
Value
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34
3
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(cont• d)
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Total va lue of impro vcnllin ts
Total value of' timber
,)2350 . 0O
2,'770 . 00
240 . 00
'fotal V"'lue of 01 t'ruit trees 1 22 . 00
Total valui~ of tract
,.;,5482 . 00
Aver- ge value per a.ere
68 . 52
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�VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia • • · • • • • • • • • • • • • c PETITIONER .
v.
At Law No . 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and Fifty-Two
Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty- One (52 , 561) Acres
of land, more or less • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
On this
I (#' day
of December, 19321 , came L.
:CEFENDANTS .
c. Meadov1S,
and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for
the payment to him of the
SUI!t
of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred
Eighty Five Dollars ($7 , 885 . 00) , the amount of the award set out
in the judgment of condemnation for tract number 80, and heretofore paid into Court; and for the payment to him also of the further sum of Seventeen Hundred Sixty Five Dollars ($1765 . 00), the
amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for
tract number 80- a , and heretofore paid into Court .
And it aDpear
ing from the report of the Board of Appraisal CoillI!lissloners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and
condemnation heretofore filed herein that in the opinion of petitioner the said L. B,. Meadows is invested with a superior or bett r
right or claim of title in and to said tract number 80 and said
tract number 80- a; and that the record of this cause does not
disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest
as to the title to either of said two tracts , or to the proceeds
arising from condemnation thereof; and it further appear ing to th
Court that all taxes due or tuable upon said t r act number 80 and
said tract number 80- a have been paid; upon consideration whereof ,
it is considered and ordered by the Court that said two sums , in
the respective amounts of $7885 . 00 and $1765 . 00 , paid into Court
by petitioner as just compensation for said tract number 80 and
said tract number 80-a , be paid to said L.
W ARD S W A N K
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRI SONBU RG, VA.
~
Meadows , and the
Clerk of t hi s Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of
�--2-this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto said
L. ~ Meadows the said two sums of $78S5 . 00 and $1765 . 00 , re spectively, the amounts of the awards set out in the judgment of
condemnation for said two tracts of lan d, taking from said L. ~
Meadows a receipt therefor , and certifying such payment to the
Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by
law .
ENTER
WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA ,
�VIRGINIA :
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Com.mission on Conservat ion and Developme nt
of the State of Virginia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PETITIONER
v.
At Law No . 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty- Two
Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres
of land, ~ore or less • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEFENDANTS .
--STATEME NT OF CLERK--
I, J . R. Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ro ckingha
C&unty, Virginia, hereby certify that the records in my said offi e
disclose no delinquen t taxes against any real estate assessed in
Stonewall District , Rockingham County, Virginia, in the name of
L.
e.
Meadows .
Given und~r my hand this /
,6
day of December, 1933 .
lerk of the Circ
ingham County, V
WARD
SWAN K
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARR IS ONBURG , VA.
�.......
_,,
VIRGINIA:
,,,._........
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
v.
PETITIONER
At Law No . 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and Fifty- Two
Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty- One (52 , 561 ) Acres
of land, more or less • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEFENDANI'S •
.z:-i~STATEMENT OF TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY**
I , M. H. Har rison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, Virgini ,
hereby certify that all taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on thre
tracts of land, containing, respectivel y , 70 acres, 3 roods and 9
poles , 35 acres and 4 poles , and 2 acres , situate in Stonewall
District , Rockingham
County, Virginia , and assessed lhn the name
of L. ~ . Meadows , have been paid.
Given under my hand this
.JJt!!a;..y of
December , 1933 .
Treasurer of Roc~ingham County , va .
WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRI SO NBURG , VA.
lf(,O
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No._!:'._<;?_ ______ :
Tract No.
_}[_q-=-~--: 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. __ 3-_Q ___
$_Zf3-~~0>n Tract No.
__'?__(2_=~---
$_(_Z_~-J.~7~n
Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
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That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he ( ~ ) be made a party ( ~ ) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
No.
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$_.Zf...£..[~-;ract
--~/2_-:;:g,___
$ L_ZkS._''tTract 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)
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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.
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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ROCKINGH;J,i COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
~30 - l!eadows , L. G.
Number of Acres: ?01
Location:
Along the top of the Blue Ridge , just north of the Dean
r.:ountain Road , in both Greene and Rockingham Counties and
entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Tkie property is approxima tely four miies over a steep mountain
Soil:
(See reverse side for Soil informatio n)
road frou the Spottswoo d Trail, an improved highway , extending
from Stanardsv ille to Elkton.
History of Tract and condition of timber: (See reverse side for History informatio n)
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
636
@
~2 . 50
$1590 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
55
22 . 00
1210 . 00
Fields Restocking:
10
10 . 00
100 . 00
?01
~;2900 . 00
Cultivated Land:
450 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 3218. 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 450 . 00
Value of Wood : $
Value per acre for tract:
$~? 7
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
�SOIL:
For the most part ~he -soil is a sandy loam, especially on the area
that has been extensively cultivated with some clay in the subsoil
over most of the tract . There are several large outcrops of rocks
on the timbered area and one or t1O of considerable size on the
grazing area . The slopes are moderate to steep on the timbered area ,
but gentle slopes prevail on the c l eared l and .
HISTORY OF TRACT ND CONDITION OF TIL'.:B=:R :
This tract was acquired by L. G.
Meadows in 1924, who shortly afterwards cut most of the accessible
saw timber .
The chestnut oak timber was cut for tan- bark about
25 years before .
The timbered area has not been severely burned ,
but the present stand of timber on a large portion of the tract
\Vill yield no merchantabla material for many years . Ln area of 156
acres has been developed as grazing land . !~st of this was cleared
b~ girdling the trees and not cultivated, but a limited area adjacent
to the buildings seems to have been cultivated regularly until about
five years ago , leaving a rather thin soil.
The soil is of medium
density only, but the indications are that it is susceptible of
improvements .
he merchantable stand of timber by species is as follows :
Rock . Co . - -
Greene Co .
Species
Red and Sp . oak
/hi te oak
Hickory and others
Red and Sp . oak
Hickory and others
M. ft. B. M.
160
20
'~0
mm120
30
150
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~,,<_,.£,c . , , •
~ Lo/ ______ _
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_ __County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservat10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
---------------- A? /? / /
------------------------ -----~
-------------------
This lJnj;-is located about_ __ a _______ miles from __ ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
t h e ~ ~ a g i s t e t i a l District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
p a ~ f land described abov~
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I acq:i::~ ior
year __L~_in the
,;?:_4!',#-£&,C,:uc.L_ 4A<J!L<' &f
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $¾,f:f;;?~.!_:':=:i_. 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 ~ ~ ; l of land by metes and bo~njs) .
-~~-~~~.
Remarks:
~./--~~~:r-!!--~~~-~~----------~-~--~---
__g_,_L.__~ - ~ - ~ L ~_L,L~ _,;:'~~~~_:
~-~~--£ .!__~1d_,g~:-~££ -_~~-1L __ ~/4z_~ -,-
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on~ bac .
this ___ ~-2-::-~ ____ day
~ itness my signature (or my name and mar_......,,_.,""'c e ~
~~AT~
1
; VIRGINI~, ~t~NTY
04o_ad:__----~ -----,-;:-----
v,-,,. ~
The undersigned hereby certifies that__ __: __ .:.~~+-J-~_f: ?-_~-~-~~
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath th;_(th~ matters
and things appear,wg in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______ _L_~-- = ---day of_ ___ ~~-'-------, 193l
-/U~r---~'--
of the Court, or Specia Investigator or
y Public, or Justice of the Peace.
~
'
�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,
FEB
1931
---····- -Cl erk
�~tatr Qinmm'uf:Ston nu Qinunrruattnn aun-1flrurlnpmrnt
WILLIAM
E.
CARSON, CHAIRMAN, RIVERTON
COLEMAN WORTHAM, VICE-CHAIRMAN RICHMOND
JUNIUS P,
RICHMOND, VA.
BUREAUS OF THE COMMISSION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FISHBURN, ROANOKE
E. GRIFFITH DODSON, NORFOLK
WATER RESOURCES AND POWER
RUFUS G. ROBERTS, CULPEPER
FOREST SERVICE
THOMAS
PARKS AND LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING
L. FARRAR. CHARLOTTESVILLE
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
LEE LONG, DANTE
STATE PUBLICITY
RICHARD
A . GILLIAM
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER
TELEPHONE
Riverton ,
3-0303
Virginig
February 23, 1934
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockinghgm County
Harrisonburg , Virginia
Dear
ir:
I enclose order submitted by the State Commission on Conservation and Development and Mr . Georges . Harnsberger, Special Receiver, praying for an order for the payment of the sum
of ~p929 . 77 to the State Corrnnission on Conservation and Development on account of its distributive share of t!le award granted
in the nennirf:' p,:,r 1, coT1nemn9tlor, ryroceenin's on trect No . 30.
I also erclose cer~on coryv oft~~ snme .
1.Vill you be eood 8nou ~h,
in pursuance of the terr.is of
t h at order, to tran smit certi f ied copy to the Treasurer of Virginie as promptly as may be, as we are anxious to collect
these refunds without delay .
Thanking you for your courtesies in this connection, as
well as in all other park matters, I remain
Very sincerely yours,
ACC:D
�HARRI SOi..o3URG , VA .
VIRGIN IA : IN THE CIRCUI ~l' COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AT
s.t ate Commission on
Conse rvatio n and Development
of the state of Virgi nia,
The
PETITIONER,
v.
Cassa ndra Lawson Atkin s and other s,
and 52,561 . acres of land,
more or lee.a,
DEFENDANTS.
On the 2~th day of Februa ry,, 1934, came the petiti oner
in the above styled proce eding , by couns el, and exhib ited the
record there in, includ ing the judgment in rem herein before entered , condemning Tract # 30 as descri bed and numbered in the
repor t of the Board of A,ppra isal Commissioners herein , to the
use of the petiti oner, upon t he pqme nt into the custod y of this
Oou.rt of the amount of the award set fo r th there in for the said
Tr'-°t :/f'30, to-wi t, $3,27 4.00; also the order enter~ d December is,
1933, direc ting the payment of said award to George s.Rarn sberg er,
Speci al Receiv e¥ , in case of IJ.oyd Gruver Meadows• Credi tors
also a claim
ing
includ
and
ittee;
Comm
ws•
Meado
r
Gruve
vs. Lloyd
filed herei n by the state Commission on Conse rvatio n and Developm ent for a distri butiv e share of said award in the amount
of $ 929.77 , under the terms of a record ed contr act touch ing
t he sale of a strip of land known as the Sky Line Drive right
of way and const itutin g a part of the said Tract fl>O, and showed
to the Court that the said Speci al Reoei ver, George s.Harn sberge r, havin g been advise d of the s a id claim of $929.7 7, and
having fou.nd that said claim is a just claim for a dis t ributi ve
share o:t the se.id award , and having so advise d the Treas urer
of Virgi nia; did, at the reque st of the said Treas urer of Virginia , pay over the anoun t of the said claim , to-wi t, $929.7 7,
to the a aid
Treas urer, who, as appea rs from his letter s and
receip t for said amoun t, advise d the said George s.Harn sberg er,
Speci al Recei ver, that the said amount of $929.7 7, would be
and had been oredi ted back t o the Circu it Court of Rockingham
Count y on his bank accou nt at Richmond, and placed subJe ct to
the order of that Court :14D
�-..a-Whereupon the petitioner, by counsel, and the .said
George S. Rarnsberger, Special Receiver., moved the Court to
enter an order directing the said Treasurer of Virginia to pay the
s id sum of $929.77 to the said State Commission on Conservation
and Development.
U);)on consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of $929.77, placed to the credit
of this Court and sub~ect to its order as aforesaid, as the distributive share of the award for said Tract #30, to which the
Said state Commission on Conservation and Development 1s entitled, be paid unto the said state Commission on Conservation
and Developnent, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to
transmit a Certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unt o the said state Commission on Conservation and neveloiment the . e1
of $929.77, taking from said
state Oommissi""""on on Conservation and Development receipt therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for
appropriate entry thereof, as required by 1aw.
1~,
�Qlnmmnuwtaltq nf 11Iirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 20 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 20 d.ay of Decemb er in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingham Coun~y
d.a t e d 12/18/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
paid. to
CAssandra Lawson~_A_t~k~i= n=s~--------- Georg e s . Harnsberger , Special Receiver , Harri s onb urg , Va .
$----'3~,~2~7~_4~·~0~0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #_zuj_
in the above mentioned. cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
ut, ~
u1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
V
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Georges. Harnsberger, Special Receiver,
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $3,274.00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of__R~o~c_k_i_n~g~h~a~m____
entered on the
18th day
of_~D~e~c~·~ _l93JL, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v ___
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k=i=n=s~_ _ __ an d others , being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as # _ 3_0_ _ __
Sign ori ginal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�Q!nmmnuwraltb nf Jlirgiuta
TREASURER ' S OFFICE
R IC HMOND, VA ,
February 28 , 1934
JO HN M. PURCELL
TR EASURER OF VIRGI N IA
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virgi nia have this _2_8__ day of February
with an order of the c ircuit court of
dated 2/24/34
in accordan c e
Rock ingham County
in the cause of the State Commi s sion
on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virgi n ia
vs.
Atk ins
Cas s andra Lawson
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paid to State Commi s sion on Conserva t ion & Development
$_ 9_2_1~·_7_7_ _ _ _ being in full settlement of tract# 30
in the ab ove mentioned cause.
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
February 28, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and Development
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $~9.77
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
~ o~c=k~i=n=g=h=am~- - -of__R
entered on the
24th
day
of Februa.ry 193__1_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
Cassandra Lawson Atkins
and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #~3~0'-----
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Exe cutive Secy & Treas .
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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County:
District:
Rockingli..am-Greene
Stone 1all-Stanardsv:D. l e
Rock1ngham)130 - Meadors, L. G.
Greene
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Rockingham-Greeno
Entire tract
{\crer1s_o Clo.imed:
Assessed: 1040A.
350 A, *Deedt xl.176 A.
Value Claimed:
Location:
Assessed: . 2080 . tJJ700 .
Deed:
Area: 701 A.
6500.
Along the top of the Bl uc Ridge, just north o·"' the
Denn ountain oad, in both Greene and Rocki ham Counties
and entirely within the Park area.
Incumbrancea, counter claims or lap t
There ppears to be a lap of
22 acrea of this trac£ on the adison Timber Corporation
tract #l•e for which a separate report has been prepared.
Soil:
For the most part the· soil is a ssn~y loam, ospocially
on the area that : a.s been extensively c,u ti ·o.t d, d th
some clay in the subsoil over most of the trnct .
There are several large outcrops of rock on the timbered area end. one or two of considerable size on tho graz~
ing area.
The slopes nre moderate to steep on the
timbered area., but gentle slopos prevail on the cleared
land.
Rods:
This property 1s approximately four miles ove a steep
moun a.in road trom the Spottswood Trail, an improved
highway, extendina; from Stanardsvil le to Elkton.
nd pqnd1tion of timber:
Tb.is tract 1 1 s ucquired
'6y L. G.. Meado s in !924, wb'.o shortly afterward~ cut
most of the accessible saw•t1mber .
The chewtnut oak
timber 11 s cut for tan-bark about 25 years oefcr e .
The t i mbered area has not been severely bur.
lrut the
presont stand of timber on a 1 rge portion f the tract
will yield no merchantable material for many yea.rs .
An area of 156 cres h s been devel ped s grazing land.
10 t of this as cleared by g5.rdling the trees a.nd not
cultivated, but a limited area adj cent to the buildings
seems to have been cultivated regularly until about five
yee.rs ago, leaving a rather thin s oil .
The soil 1s of
medium density only, but the indications are that it 1s
susceptible of improvement .
The merchantable stand of timber by species 1s as follows:
History of· tract
Species
Rock. co . -- Red & Sp . oak
White oak
Hickory & others
Greene Co . Red & Sp. oak
Hickory & Others
M. ft . B. M..
1 60
20
20
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120
so
l50
Stump val.
'2 . 25
2 . 25
2 . 25
Total Val .
$360 . 00
45 . 00
45 . 00
450 .00
1
2 . 25
2 . 25
$270 . 00
67 . 50
l433'7 . 50
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In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
vs .
t Law No. 1829.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and Fifty- two Thousand , Five Hundred
and Sixty- One (52 , 561) cres of land ,
more or less ,
On this
PETITIONER ,
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DEFEI DANTS .
de.y of December , 1933 , came George
s.
Harnsberger and George N.Conrad, Special Commissioners in the
chancery cause of Lloyd Gruver Meadows' Creditors vs . Lloyd Gruver
Meadows• Committee, and,on their motion, leave is given them to
file their application for the payment to Geo.S . Harnsberger,
special Receiver and bonded commissioner in the said cause, of the
sum of
3 , 274. 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment
of condemnation for Tract No . 30 , and heretofore paid into aourt .
A.nd it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal
Commissioners, heretofore filed in this suit,and in the petition
for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the 2d day of
November, 1933 , that,in the opinion of the said State Commission
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on Conservation and Development, Lloyd Gruver Meadows was invested
with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said
tract of land No . 30 , and that the record in said condemnation
proceedings does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party
or person interested as to the title to the said Tract No . 30 or
to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except the
lien indebtedness thereon as set forth in the report of Master
Commissioner L.L. Conrad filed in this Court in the pending chancery cause of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver
Meadows• Committee, and it appearing to the Court that, wider a
decree of sale heretofore entered in said chancery oause, Geo.
s.
L AW OFF I CE S
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SO NBURG. VA.
47':L
�--2-Harnsberger and Geo . N. Conrad were appointed Special Commissioner s
to sell the said real estate, whioh included the said Tract No.
30, and that in pursuance of said decree of sale said Geo. s .
Harnsberger has executed
ta.Qt
bond in said chancery cause in the
penal sum of J 7 , 000. 00.
Upon oonsideratio n whereof , it is considered and ORDERED
by the Court that the said sum of $3 , 274. 00, paid into court as
aforesaid as just compensation for the said
Tract No . 30 , be paid
unto the said Geo. S. Harnsberger, Special Receiver , for distr ibution under the orders of this court in said chancery cause , and
the Clerk of this Court is directed t o transmit a certifi ed copy
of this order to the
Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto
the said Geo. S. Harnsberger, Spe cial Receiver , the said sum of
$3 , 274. 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of con
damnation for said Tract No. 30 , taking from the said Geo . s . Harnsberger, Special Receiver , receipt thereof, and certifying such
payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof ,
as required by law.
LAW OFFICE S
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
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�Virginia :
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
v.
PETITIONER,
t Law No . 1829.
Cassandra Lawson tkine and others
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hund.red
and Sixty-one (52 ,561) Acres of land ,
more or less ,
DEFENDANTS •
TO THE HON.H. W. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT.
Your petitioners, Geo. S. Harnsberger and Geo. N. Co.nrad,
Special Commissioners of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County,
Virginia, in the ohanoery cause therein pending in the name and
style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver
Meadows ' Committee, respectfully represent :
That , by decree entered in said chancery c ause on the
7th day of March, 1928 , your petitioners were appointed as such,
with directions to sell certain real estate of Lloyd Gruver Meadows , including the tract hereinafter referred to, either at public or private sale , and in accordance with the directions of
said decree the said Geo . S. Harnsberger executed before the Clerk
of this Court a bond in the penalty of Seven Thousand Dollars
($7 , 000 . 00 ) as Speci.a l Receiver of the funds to be derived from
such sale, an attes t ed copy of which bond is here filed, marked
"EX:•.
n
and prayed to be read as part hereof, and an attested oopy
of the said decree of sale is also here filed, marked "Ex. En and
prayed to be read as a part hereo.f; that your peti ti onars as suoh
commissioners have not executed the said decree of sale by reason
of the pendenoy of certain proceedings in the above entitled
action at law for the condemnation of the said real estate. That,
as appears from the said decree of sale , your Commissioners were
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
directed to sell "the two adjacent tracts of land owned by Lloyd
Gr~ver Meadows aggregating 1,176½ acres , situate on the Blue
�--2-Ridge Mountains about eight miles east of Elkton in the Counties
of Rockingham and Greene . n
That, in the said oondemnati on pro-
ceedings, the portion of the 1176½ acres lying in Rockingham
County is
-----a cres ,
and that a judgment in rem therefor
has heretofore been entered in said condemnation proceedings condemning to the use of the petitioner therein the fee simple estate of Lloyd Gruver Meadows in the said portion lying in Rock~
ingha.m , which tract is described in the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners , appointed in said condemnation proceedings, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County ownership
Qap filed therewith as Tract
o. 30 , at the price of $3 , 274. 00.
That the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the
state of Virginia has paid into the custody of this court the
sai d sum of money set out i n said judgment const i tuting the award
for the fee simple estate of Lloyd
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ruver Meadows in that portion
of the said tract of land lying in Rockingham county .
That Lhe sai d Lloyd Gruver Meadows , on the date of the
said judgment in rem condemning the said tract owned a fee
si~ple interest in the said tract subject to the liens thereon ;
that an account of the s a id liens on the said tract is set
forth in the report of Commissioner L. L. Conrad , filed in the said
chancery cause of Lloyd
Gruver Meadows • Creditors vs. Lloyd
Gruver Meadows ' Committee , eta.; that no other person or persons
are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award
except as set out in said Commissioner's report ; that any unpaid
taxes will be paid under the order of the Court in the said
chancery a a use .
Wherefore your petitioners pray that , if need be , they
be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of
the Public Park Condemnation Act , and that an order be enter ed
LAW OFFICES
for the distribution of said sum set forth in said judgment in
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG . VA.
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�---3-as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in t he said
tract condemned as aforesaid , and for the payment to Geo . s .
Harnsberger , Special Receiver , of the said award, the sum of
$3 , 274 . 00, for the said tract No . 30 , to be disbursed by him
under the orders of this Court in the said chancery cause .
Commie si one rs •
state of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg , to - wit :
This day Geo . S. Harnsberger and Geo . N. Conrad , Special
Commissioners, the petitioners in the above entitled matter ,
personally appeared before me , F. Flavia Converse, a Notary
Public in and for the City aforesaid , in the state of
in my
Virginia,
City aforesaid , and, being duly sworn, depose and say:
we are the petitioners in the above entitled matter.
we
are acquainted with the contents of t he above petition , and do
hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are
true , to the best of our
subscribed and sworn to
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before me this 15th day of
Dec ember , l 93~.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA .
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<Courts.
Virginia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conserv,a tion and Development of the State of Virgini,a
Petitioner.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thiousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) A'Cres of land, more or less
Defendants.
Comes now the undeTsigned and shows to the Courl:
That a judgment in rem :h as heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the
rnse ,o f the Petitfoner the fee simple estate in the tra,c t (s) of land numbered ·a s f.olliows: Tract
No .... 3.0 ............ : Tract No ..................... : Tract No ..................... ;
and de:s cribed in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners •a ppointed the,re:in and
shown, number,e d, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment
into the ,c ustody of the Court of the sum (s) set ·out in the said judgment as constituting the
award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Trad No ... 3,0 ....... ~!74-.00 ; on Tract No .............. .
$ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the foll'owing named persons claim, o:r
appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land ,or in the proceeds arising
fr.om the condemnation thereof;
L. H. Bruce,Comrnittee for Lloyd Gruver Meadows,(Insane)
Eharles G. Harnsberger,
George L. Harnsberger
George L. Harnsberger,Guardi an ad Litem for Lloyd Gruver Meadows,(Insane)
That ·t he Petitioner has paid info the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set out in said
judgment as constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) o.f land;
T:hat your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in •em c·ondemning the said
tract(s) of l•anrd, :o wned or was (were) entitled ,t o the following intere's t in the said tract(s)
or in the proceeds arising from the c<o nd·e mnation there,o f : -
Und~r the terms of a duly recorded contr ~ct and deed conveying the
Skyline road bed running through this tract, the owners granted and
conveyed to t h e undersigned the right to receive from said proceeds
the sum of 929.U7 .
That no otJhe,r person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to slhare in the distribution of the said award (s) exce·pt the foll:owing named per,s ons whose interest in said tr.act(s) or
in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereiof on the date of entry of said judgment
was as follows:
The above n1entioned claimants to the extent that they may be able
to establish their claims.
Wherefore, .Your undersigned pray (s) that Jhe-ithey7 "ire"'made- -a- pm-ty- "'(p:ttttt!~r "h~f'Erttr umter-the ,n,:msi:i,mr ~ ~e'l:!ttt:>n -zi- ffi:theTun1~- p arK- eomtenmatio·rr -.A:ct;--,nrd'-ttl·atj' an order
be entered for the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said judgment in rem as: constituting
the award (s) for the f.ee s:imple estate in the said tract(s) c,o ndemned as aforesaid, and for
the p,ayment -to the undeTsiigneid of the said award (s) or .o f as much thereof as the Court may
find that the undersigned is (arre) entitled to receive, and whiic'h the undersigned aver(s) is as
foUows: Tract No .... 30. ........ $ ... 92.9...!7.'7: Tract No ................. $ ................ : Tract No ................ .
$ ................ ;
'rhe undersigned further.aver(s) that: (Leave this spac,e Mank unless there i·s some othe·r
pe1-tinent matter to be brought e's pedally to the attenti"on ·o f the court)
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NO'IIE-A supply of this ·b lank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No
one iB required to use this form, as the f,orm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either cihange. or modify
it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any f-orm they may desire which meets with the approval
of the Court. This ib lank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a
suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case.
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned · Notary
Public in my said State and County , E . K. Stokes , who being
duly s worn, deposed a nd said that she is a n employee of the
State Commission on Co nserv~tion and rie;·elopment in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park
Division thereof havi ng to do with the claims of the Commission for distributive shares of c ondemnation awards in
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the Shenandoah National Park cond emna ti on pr oceedings pend. ing in the Circuit Courts of Vi r g inia , by reason of, contracts
a nd agreements ent ered into with the owners of l a rid · ::fought' to
be condemned in these proceedings, , and tha t the within cla im
is just a nd c orrect .
Yitness
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#27 - Meadows , L.
w.
Num~er of Acres: 205
Location:
Near Thoro ughfar e Gap on South side ~ County r~ad .
Roads:
Seven miles over County road to Elkton .
Soil:
Slope and cove type.
History of Tract and condition of timber: The woodl and of this tract has
been cut
over, but it still has appro ximat ely 400 tid . ft. of saw timbe r
per acre on it .
NOTE: This tract when survey ed was evide ntly calcu lated and
measu red by surfac e measu remen ts and theref ore showa more than
above acreag e .
Improvements:
~See revers e side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
89
@
$3 . 00
$267 . 00
Cove:
16
@
5 . 00
80 . 00
96
@
25 . 00
2400 . 00
$2747 . 00
@
80 . 00
320 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
4
- -----·-
205
Minerals:
1520 . 00
V~ueof Land: $2747 . 00
Value of _Improvements: $ 1520 . 00
100 . 00
Value of Orchard: $320 . 00
100 . 00
$4787 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 100 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 100.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 23 . 35
Inciden tal damage s arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE •
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�IMRROVEMENTS.: Dwelling: Frame, 17x27', kitchen porch 15x20', six rooms,
porch ?x28', metal roof, , brick flues, ceiled walls, water
supply-spring , fair condition, occupied by owner.
Barn: With two sheds, log, 15x43xl2', shingle and metal roof,
fair condition.
Granary: Frame, 16xl4xl2', metal roof.
Corn house:
Log, 8xl246', shingle roe£~ fair condition.
Hen house: 8xl0x8', frame, shingle roof.
New garage: Frame, 14xl2x8', g >od condition.
Dwelling: Frame, 2lx22, 2 porches, paper roofs, brick flues,
walls not ceiled, poor condition~ abandoned.
Hen house:
Frame, 8x8x5', shingle roof, poor.
Corn house: Frame, 8xl2x6', shingle roof, poor.
Hen house: Frame, 8xl0x8', shingle roof, fair condition.
Corn house:
Frame, 8xl0x8', s hing le r oof , poor condition.
Dwelling:
Frame, 14x20', 3 porches 8x8', ceiled, f a ir condition, occupied by son • .
Barn:
Log, l3xl5xl2', s hingle r oof, fair condition.•
Granary: Log , 12xl6xl2', sh ing le roof, fair condition.with shed 9xl6'.
Hen house: Frame, 8xl0x6', paper roof, poor condition.
old stable: I.pg, shingle roof, (size 10xl8x5') poor conditio n .
Dwelling: 25xl8' with kitchen 13x20xl2', log and frame, 5 rooms,
porch 8xl8', shi ngle a nd metal roof, one room ceiled, water
supply spring, fair condition, oc cupied by tenant (son)
Cellar- 16xl2', ground.
REPORT ON THE ACREAGE
of the
L. W. MEADOW S TRACT #27 •
Mr. Meadows has deeds for five tracts of land,
calling for a total of 205 Acres.
The descriptions of
three of these tracts, however, are very indefinite,
and the acreage must have been guessed at.
I have computed the area of the entire tract from
the call s contained in the descriptions of ad j oining
tracts, and get an area 240 Acres, instead of the 205
called for in the deeds.
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N. Sloan,
Chief Engineer, Park Service.
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Claim of_ ___ _
· · N o. ________ , At Law.
m
ockingha__________
___ Coun t y, v·1rgm1a,
. ·t Cour t of ___ _: __________
I n th e C1rcm
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ J.,....:,.. ....Uea.d.0111LJ3. _______ - - - -- --- -- -- -- -------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- _______Two _hundred an d _five _ a cres _ of _1 _nd ---------- ---------- ---------- -----more or less, of land in_::to·c-ki n~l1-mi.- ------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s.
The undersigned, in answer to '"tne-pefation 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_::tee* illffS.E'l- ---------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ___ L .s; _. Li e a.dows ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------------- ----------- ,------ ,
n--""a----~ - ~- -sz--.,.1~o
My post office address is ___~•
V
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__g-0-5 ____________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: ___ ~.h~~-e__ §.~~;!-}-_~~ -~.!J_v~~--~ !!_~~~-~!.~!~~ ---------- -----g r anu ries, t wo henh0us es and. a gar ..,f e
·
·· m
:,,lkton
_______________________ v·1rgmia,
"" · ____ m1·1 es f rom ___ .,_;..._
. 1ocat ed a bou t ___ SJ_x._
. 1an d 1s
Tl11s
· t of sa1"d Coun t y.
· · 1 D.1st r1c
· t eria
Mag1s
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St onew.=______
th e _________
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant.;m ould 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.)
---- -+>-ra-.so.l.e--oWJ.~er ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ___ Do ck Bree den __________________________________________________________ _
Sou th ---1i~rrte -t--1'f"enoi-ey------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
East ____ ~ y:.di..: _l.Iaa .d..cl:~s _________________________________________________________ _
Harriet Hensley ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -t
W es---------------- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___ l_9_QQ__ in the
following manner:
B_y: d ee ds from heirs of Vlm. r.::e ad.ows d ece ased
.
.
/
Ste phen He nsl ey . L~_ fe Hensley .
---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------------------------------------------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~'2~.9.1~9______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $___ 60.Q.Q• .D_Q____ •
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 informatio n as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks ·--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ }:_~j;-~ ______ day
~~.:?-~~J-~~------,
--~--~~---------1~:f(t
of ____
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ :lo..cking-l1.ar1. ___________ , To-wit:
1 -·:: . :cead.ows
th a t ---------d h ereby cert"fi
.
Th e un ders1gne
----·------ ---------- ---------- -------1 es
him and made oath that the matters
before
appeared
personally
the above named claimant
the best of his knowledge and belief,
to
true
are
answer
abo_ve
his
in
appearing
and thinf!s
ry
ebrua
f
14ih
this __________________ day of ________________
:,H~J~~/4 ~~------
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Clerk of the Court, or S~Inves tigator or
Notary Public, or Justict°gi" 'the Peace.
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D ,
VA .
August 16, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathright
This is to certify that I , ~ ~ . Treasurer
of Virginia have this J 6
day of August in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of
datAd
8/13/35
Rocki n gham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and DeveloJ_)ment of the State of Virginia
vs.
}_)aid to
$
15.00
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
State Cormnission on Conservation & Development
being in full settlement of tract #-2_7_ __
in the above mentioned cause.
�Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf Birgiuia
TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA.
Augus t 16, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Stae e Comm ission on Conse rvatio n & Development
A. B. Gath ri ght
Receiv ed o f ~ , Treas ure r of
Virg ini a , the sum of$ 15 . 00
, i n acc ordanc e
with an order of the Cir cui t Court of the county
of
Rockin gham
of
August
entere d on the - ~1~3~- day
1 93_5_ , in the matt e r of t h e State
Commi s sion on Conse rvati on a nd Deve lopmen t
v_ _ _
_ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n
__A_t_k_i_n_s_ ___ _ and others , being
full and compl ete settle ment f or the tra ct of land
known in sai d proce eding as #- =
2~7___ _
on
Conse rvat i on
Sign or igina l and dup li cat e
and r e turn t o t h e Treas urer
of Vi r gin i a .
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County:
District:
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@7• Mee.do·1s, L.
Acreage Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
60
Assessed: 205.'Um A.
205 h .
Assessed:
~6,000.
Rockingham
Stonewall
100 .
.AB.EAi 240 A.
Deed: Acquired
205 acres for
$17.30
Near Thoroughfare Bap on South side of County road .
~ncumbranoes, eounter claims or laJ?S I
None known.
Soil:
Slope a nd cove type.
Roads:
Seven miles over County road to Elkton.
The woodland of this trac~ A~
History of tract and condition of timber:
o bd. V{~·
appr oximately
has
stiiT
1€
out
lias been cu~ over
it.
on
ft. of saw timber per acre
Notes-This tract 1h en surveyed was evidently calculated
and nee.sured by surface measurement s and t herefore shows
more than above ac r eage.
~mprovements:
Dwollingt ~ame-17~7• , Kl.tehen porch -l5x20 1
Six rooms, • Po~ch 7X2B', metal root, brick flues,
eeiled walls, water supply-spring , condition fair,
$690.00
occupied by o mer
Barna-with two shed, Log, l5X43 ~12 •, shingle
250.00
aha. nctal roof, fair condition- - 40. 0 0
Granarz: Frame, 16x14xl2', metal roof•
15 . 00
Corn House · Log, 8.xl2:,c6t, shingle roof, fair10.00
ffen houso~.xl0x8 1 ,Pr ame, shingl e roof----40;00
condition
good
,
14xl2x8'
evr?rarage: Prame,
JN1ell ~
1·
ues,
Frame, 2lx22', 2 porches, paper r oofs,
Walls not ceiled, poor eonditiontirlck
.
abandoned - - -~·----~-~~-
40 . 00
10. 00
ehingle roof, poor-Hen houses Frame,
poor10.00
roof,
~
sh1ngl_
,
f
Corn liouse: Fra;ie, 8xJ..2x6
1
1
n
5.00
eond
fair
.,
Hen housec Frame, 8xl0x8 ,shingle Ji'Oof
00
10.
Q
poor
'aorn houset Frame, 8.xl0xa•, shingle"
Bxrutf>t,
Dwell1~ Frame, 14x20 1 , 3 porbhe ...axe•, ce1ledfa1r co . ition, occup!ed by son•
Ba.rn: Log, 18.xl.6x12',sh1 ngle root. fair cond 1 n
Orana.ryi Log, 12xl.6xl2 ' , shingle root, fair 0
200 . 00
40 ~00
40.00
\Vi th shed•9xl.6 '
10.00
Hen Houses Frame, 8xl.Ox6• , paper roof, poor "
oic1 stab! s Log, shingle root, ( size 10x18x5 •)
·5.00
PQor condition--- --·
Dv1ellipg1 25Xl8' w1th kitchen 13x20xl.2'•Log and frame5 rooms* porcl, 8xl.B•, shingle and metal
roof, one room ceiled- water supplypspr1:n g•
fair condition, occupied by tenant(son)
300.00
Cellar• 16:xl.2' Ground·- --
-;rg-2 S•b?J
(Continued)
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Note:
_#27• Meadows, L.
w.
'!'his tract is entirely within the Park a~ee. •
.
Orehardt
Timber:
50,000 bd •ft . ·@ 2.
per
Acreage and ,value ot ;tand
TYP,~s;
Areat
Slope
154
68
16
2
F
C
Cove
Orchard
Mi,.
bz t;mea: ...
Total value of land:
Total value of improv<1ments t
Total value of orchard:
Total value of timber:
Total value ot
100.00
Value
eer acr~
$3.00
1e.oo
5 . 00
Total
Value
$462 . 00
1088.00
ao,oo
$1630.M
$1630 . 00
1625.00
175.00
100.00
$3G3o. Ob
Tract-- ------Average value of t~aot:
14. 99
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COCJ:NTY, VIRGINIA
State Commissio n on Conservat ion and
Developme nt of the 0tate of Virginia
~11 f
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
On this, the --,\b...,_·__day of December, 1935, crune L . VI . i,:eado ·rn
and on his motion, leave is given him to file his petition, and it
appearing to the Court that ;4787 . 00, is the amount of award set out
in the judgment of condemnat ion for Tract No . 2.7 , heretofore paid
into Court; and it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal
Commissio ners heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition
for j udg r:ient and condemnat ion heretofore filed herein, that in the
opinion of pe ti ti oner, the said L . \' . Meadovrn is invested with a
superior or better right or claim of title in and to said Tract :Ko .
27 ; and that the record of this cause does not show any denial or
dispute by any party or persons in interest as to the said tract
or to the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof; and it
further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or assessable on
said Tract · o. 27 have been paid and there are no liens of record
against said rea1 estate;
Upon Considera tion Whereof , it is adjudged and ordered by the
Court that said sum of $ 4787 . 00 paid into Court as just compensat ion
for said Tract No . 27, be paid to the said L .
~
• Leadows and the
Clerk of this Court is directed to trar..smit a certified copy of this
order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay to the said L . · r.
r.'.i eadows the sum of $ 4787 . 00 , the amount of award s et out in the
judgment of con demnation of said tract of land, taking from said L . : .
Meadows a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk
of this Court for ap propriate entry thereof, as required by law.
Enter :
; vrfyj -Judge
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKmGHAM COONTY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Dev opment of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandt"a Lawson
On this the
tkins , end others
day of December, 1S35, came L.
l
.
~eado rs and
on his motion , leave is given him to file his petition, and it appearing to the Court that $4787 . 00 is the anount of award set out in the
Judgmen~o~ condemnation for Treat No . 27 , heretofore paid into Court;
and it appearing from the report of the Board of n.ppraisal Commissioners heretofore f.i~d in this cause , and in the petition for judgment
and condemnation heretofore filed herein , that in the opinion of
petitioner , the said :i.. . \V'. 1:eadows is invested with a superior or
better right or claim of title in and to said Tract No . 27 ; and that
the record of this cause does not show any denial or dispute by any
party or persons in interest as to the said tract or to the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof ; and it further appearing to the
Court that all taxes due or assessable on said Tract :t-'!'o . 27 have been
paid and there are no liens of record against said real estate;
Upon Consideration Whereof , it is
adjudged and ordered by the
Court that ~4,77~ . oo, a part of said sum of }4,787 . 00 paid into Court
as just compensation for Tract No . 27, be paid to the said L .
w.
A.eadows , and }15 . 00 , the residue t1 tereof, having been deducted from
said award pursuant to order of this Court previously entered, 1·mich
said order appears in Common Law Order Book No . 20, at page 385, and
the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of
7 this
order to the Treasurer of Virginia, ·who shall pay the said L .
w.
Meadows the sa.id sum of · 4,772 . 00, which said sum, together with the
$15. 00 dfsposed of as aforesaid, being the amount of award set out
in the judgment of condemnation of said tract of land, taking :tnom the
said L . \f. Meadows a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to
the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by
law; and so much of the order entered by this Court on the 6th day ot
�2.
December, 1935, as is in conflict with this order is hereby set
aside and annulled .
Enter :
Judge
�IN TEE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINI A
State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and
Developm ent of the State of Virgini a
Petition er
vs .
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins, and others
Respond ents
The petition er, the State Commissi on on Conserv ation and Develop ment of the State of Virginia , on the - - - -day of Decembe r, 19 33,
having paid into Court the sum of $4787.00 , the amount of award set
out in the jud gment of condemn ation for Tract No . G7, the undersi gned,
L. W. Meadows (sometim es written Leonard W. tc eadows} hereby applies
to the Court, or to the Judge thereof in vacation , for an or der of
judgmen t for the distribu tion of said sum of $4787 .oo to the said
L. W. Meadows, on the ground that it appears from the report of the
Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners, heretofo re filed, and the said
petition for judgmen t and cond emnation , that the undersig ned, in the
opinion of petition er, is invested with the superior or better right
or claim of title in and to said tract of land No . 27, and, therefor e,
to the proceed s arising from the condemn ation thereof, and is entitled
to receive the proceed s arising from the exappro priation of said
Tract No . 2 7 .
That the said L. W. Meadows (sometim es written Leonard W. Meadows ,
your petition er, is the s ole owner of said tract or parcel of land,
situate on the 1Nestern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the eastern part of Stonewa ll Distric t, Rockingh am County, Virginia , which
land he acquired as follows: By deed from .Alexand er Breeden and
Martha A. Breeden , his wife, dated May 30, 1893, which deed is
recorded in the Clerk ' s Office of said County in Deed Book No . 4:7,
at page 141 , an office copy of said deed is filed herewith , marked
Exhibit No . One ; and by deed from Lucinda F . Hensley and Husband ,
Mary E. Thompson and husband and A. F . Meadows and wife, dated
April 9, 1894, which deed is recorded in the Clerk ' s Office aforesai d
in Deed Book No . 67, at page 211 , an office copy of sai d deed is
filed herewith , marked Exhibit No . Two;
and by deed from Jeanette
V. Dovel and husband , dated December 19 , 1904, which deed is record-
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2.
ed in the Clerk 's Office aforesaid in Deed Book No . ?6, at page 454,
an office copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No .
Three; and by deed from Stephen Hensley and wife , dated November 28,
1903, which deed is recorded in the Clerk's Office aforesaid in Deed
Book No. ?6, at page 453, an office copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No . Four; and by deed from Delilah Meadows ,
dated August 31, 1908, which deed is recorded in the Clerk's Office
aforesaid , . in Deed Book No . 84, at page 369, an office copy of said
deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No . Five; and by deed from
Stephen L . Hensley and wife, dated October 9, 1911, which deed is
recorded in the Clerk's Office aforesaid , in Deed Book No . 96, at
page 19, the original of which deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit
No . Six ; all of which deeds are prayed to be read as a part hereof .
The undersign ed avers that the record in this suit does not
disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as
to the title to said Tract No . 2? , or to the proceeds arising from
the condemnat ion thereof, and the said statement in petition of
condemnat ion as to the title of the undersign ed is true .
That all taxes due the
ounty of
ockingham and State of Virginia
are paid, as shown by the certifica tes of the Clerk of the court and
the Treasurer of said County .
That there are no liens of record against said real estate and
that the undersigne d has title in fee simple and prays the Court that
it will order and direct the payment of said sum of ~4?8? .oo to the
undersign ed.
(sometimes written
State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham , to-wit:
I, A. E . Wyant , a Notary Public 0ft and for the County of Ro cking-
ham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the
-----day
of
December , 1935, personall y appeared before me in my said County, L . W.
�3.
Meadows (sometimes written Leonard 1·. 1'... eadows) and made oath that
the statements claimed in the foregoing p etition are true .
Given und er my hand this
-----day
c~
of December, 1 935 .
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Notary Public
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�COPY
This Deed, made this 30 day of May, 1893 between Alexander
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Breeden and fu artha A. Breeden, his wife of the County of Rockingham,
141
state of Virginia, party of the first part , and Leonard W. ~foadows
of the County of Page, State of Virginia, party of the second part,
WITNESS ET
H :
That in consideratio n of one hundred ($100.00) cash in hand
paid by the party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged by the party of the first part, the said Alexander
Breeden and 1 artha A. Breeden, his vlife, doth grant with general
warranty of title unto the said Leonard W. Meadows, his heirs and
assigns forever, their entire interest (being a 1/6 interest) in the
following lands hereafter described, belonging to the estate of
William Meadows, dee' d.
First:
The entire interest of the party of the first part in a
certain tract containing about 50 acres more or less, situate on
the Blue Ridge t~ountains near the Page County line, known as the
Deets tract, adjoining Stephen Hensley and John ·r,r . Dean and Second
the entire interest of the party of the first part in a tract of
fifty acr~s more or less adjoining the first named tract known as
part of the John }f.eadows tract and bound ed as follows, beginning
in the line of William Me adows, dee 'd and running up a hollow south
east to a hickory and two lynns, thence north aast to two chestnut
oaks thence to a l a rge ash in a hollow, then down the hollow to
Robert B . Hensley's corner then to 1:organ Dean's corner, then with
his line to line of William Me adows , deceased, and with his line to
the beginning, the party of the first part relinquishes and conveys
unto the party of the second part all claim, title or interest vmateven in the aforesaid two tracts of land , together with all the
appurtenance s to the said two tracts of land b el onging, to have and
to hold the said land vli th the appurtenance s aforesaid unto the
said Leonard
w.
Meadows, his heirs and assigns forever.
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i"li tne ss the following signatures and seals .
Alexander Breeden
her
Martha A x Bree den
mark
Witness: H. B. C. Gentry
(Seal)
(Seal)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, H. B .
c.
Gentry, a Notary Public in and for said County, in
the .Jta te of Virginia , d o certify that Alexander Breeden and Jltartha
A. Breeden, whose names are signed to the writing above bearing da te
on the 30th day of 1:ay 1893, and acknowledged the same befo re me in
my County aforesa id.
Given under my hand this 3 0th day of May, 1893 .
H. B. C. Gent ry, K. P .
VIRGINIA ;
In the Clerk's Office of the County Court of Rockingham
County , August 18, 1893.
This Deed from Alexander Breeden to Le nnard
W. Keadows va s this day oresented in the office aforesaid and is
together wi th the certificate of acknowledgme nt annexed admitted to
r e cor d .
Teste :
J . ~. Messe rly, Clerk
1i
�COPY
THIS DEED, made the 9th day of April, 1894, between Lucinda
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F . Hensley and George '. 1 • Hensley, her husband, Jeannetta
v.
:Meadows,
and 1,::ary E . Thompson and Henry B. Thompson, her husband, of Rockingham
County, Virginia, and A• .l!' . Meadows and foary E . 1:eadows, his wife,
of 1:adison County, Virginia , of the first part, and Le onard ·;; . r:eadows
of Page County ,Virg inia, of the second part ,
W I '11 H E 3 S E T H:
That for and in consideration of the sum of Four hundreddollars
the receipt of which is here by acknowledged, th e said parties of the
first part, do grant unto the party of the se cond part all their
entire intere st in the following described tracts of land lying and
being in the County of Rockingham . Being their entire in erest in the
real estate of 1filliam Meadows, de ceased, and bound ed as follows, the
first tract beg inning at a chestnut oak below a specified point in
the line of William I,1eadows, deceased, and running up a hollow south
east to a hickory a nd t wo lynns, thence north east to two ches tnut
oaks, thence to a large ask in a hollow, thence down the hollow
to Robert B . Hensley's corner, thence to Morgan Dean ' s corner, thence
with. his line to William Me a dows deceased, thence to the beginning,
containing 50 acres , be the same more or less .
The second tract
known as Deeds tract adjoining Stephen uensley, John
r· .
Dean (now
w.
H. Lam and the first named tract and is supposed to contain 50 acres
be the same more or less.
And the said Lucinda F . Hensley and George
W. Hensley , her husband, Janetta V.
eadows, and Mary E . Thompson
and Henry B . Thompson, her husband, and A. It . Meadows and Mary E .
Meadows, his wife, parties of the first part to warrant g enerally
the title to the lands here by conveyed unto the said Leonard W.
Meadows of the second part, as wi tness the following signat ures and
seals .
iif!LP-f7~ ,,
Witness R . J . Riddle
Lucinda F . Meadows
(Seal )
George W. Hensley
(Seal)
Mary E . Thompson
( Seal 1}
Henry B. Thompson
(Seal)
11
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A . F . Meadows
(Seal}
her
Mary x E .eadows
mark
(Seal)
State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I,
l . K . Jennings, a Notary Public for the County of Rockingham
in the 3 tate of Virginia, do certify that Lucinda F . Hensley and
George W. Hensley, whose names are sig ned to the writing hereto
annexed bearing date an the 9th day of April have acknowledged the
same before me in my County afore said.
Given under my hand this 22 day of October, 1895 .
W. K. Jennings, N . P.
State ofVirginia,
County of ~ adison, to-wit:
I, A. N . Finks, a Notary Public for the County of 1!adison in
the State of Virginia, do certify that that A. F. 1ieadows and Mary
E . Meadows whose names are si g ned to the writing herto annexed bearing date on the 9th day of April, 1894, have acknwwledged the same
before me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 13th day of Karch, 1895 .
A . N • F inks , N • P .
State of Virginia,
Gounty of Page, to-wit:
I, R. A. Bickers, a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Mary E. Thompson and
Henry B . Thompson her husband, 'Whose nan:es are signed to the writing
hereto attached, bearing date on the 9th day of April, 1894, have
acknowledged the same before me in my County a~oresaid .
Given under my hand this 21st day of December, 1901 .
�4.
R . A. Bickers, J . P .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the County Court of Rockingham
County . February 17, 1902 .
This deed from Lucinda F. Hensley and
husband and others to Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in
the office aforesaid, and is together with this certificate of
acknowledgement annexed, admitted to record.
Teste:
J.
s.
Messerly, Clerk.
2\
�COPY
This Deed ma.de this 19th day of December, 1904 , between I. N.
-
75
Dovel and Jeannette V. Dovel, his wife, parties of the first part,
454
and Leonard :-1. Meadows, party of the second part, all of Rockingham
County, Virginia,
WITNESSETH :
That for the consideration of the sum of Seventy-Five Dollars
cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the parties of
the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the
said parties of the first part doth grant, sell and convey unto the
party of the second part their undivided interest (being a one-sixth
interest) in the following two tracts of land, situated near Hensley's
Church in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia,
and
being
the entire ~nterest of the parties of the first part in the estate of
71m .
Meadows, deceased, in Rockingham County and bounded a:s follows:
First Tract beginning below at a certain specified place in the
line of Wm. Meadows deceased, a chestnut oak and running up a hollow
SE to a hickory and 2 lynns, thence NE to t'WO chestnut oaks, then
to a large ash on a hollow, thence down the hollow to Robert B.
Hensley corner, then to Morgan Dean's corner, then with his line to
William Meadows, deceased, and with the same to the beginning, containing 50 acres more or less.
The second tract is known as the Deets
tract, adjoining the land of Stephen Hensley and W. H. Lam and
adjoining the first named tract and is supposed to contain about fifty
acres more or less, together with all the appurtenances thereto
belonging, and the parties of the first part covenant that they
have this right to sell
and
convey the lands as aforesaid and that
they will warrant g enerally the title thereto .
Witness the folloviing signatures and sealis .
Witness
R. A. Bi:ckers .
Jeannette V. Dovel
his
I . N . X Dovel
mark
(Seal)
(Seal)
�2.
3tate of Virginia,
County of Page, to-wit:
I, R.
=.
Bickers, a Notary Public for the County aforesaid in
the State of Virginia , de certify that I. N. Dovel and Jeannette V.
Dovel whose names are signed to the writing above bearing date on the
19th day of Decembe, 1904, have acknowle dged the same before me in
my County aforesa id .
~iven under my hand this 19th day of Decemb er, 1904 .
R. A. Bickers, N. P.
My commissio n expires July 15, 1908 .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County. February 17, 1906 .
This deed from Jeannete V . Dovel an d
husb and to Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in the office
afores aid, and is, to gether with the certific ate of acknowledgment
anne xed, admitted to record.
Teste:
D. H. Lee Mart z , Cl erk
�COPY
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453
THIS DEED, made the 28th day of November, 1903, between
Stephen Hensley and Harriett Hensley, his vife, of the first part
and Leonard Meadows of the second part , all of the 0ounty of
Rockingham and State of Virginia ,
U ITNEJ SETH:
That the said Stephen ·i-: ensley and Harriett Hensley , his wife,
for and in considera tion of twenty dollars to them by the said
Leonard Iveadows in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby ackno rvledged, have granted, bargained , sold and conveyed, and by these
presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Leonard
Meadows , his heirs and assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land
containing about five acres more or less, lying in the eastern part
of said County of Rockingham , adjoining the 1 ands of Leonard }; eadovrs
and Stephen Hensley, it being the eastern corner of James Hensley
~ract of land and beginning at the corner a chestnut oak and hickory
and gum , then thence SW 20 poles to a chestnut oak, thence with a
1Tifl line through a field and barn of said Leonard Meadows to the
crossing a road and near the spring branch from his spring, his
cornering on a gum in or near said line just a little below turn of
said road thence south across a little hill just below and ·ri th the
course of said road, to a locust on north side of a branch, thence
crossing and running with said branch and hollow east of an elm, at
or near the upper line of said Stephen Hensley land and with his line
NE to the beginning .
To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with the
appurtena nces thereto belon ing to him, the said Leonard Meadows ,
his heirs and assigns forever and the said parties of the first part
covenant to and with the said party of the second part that they will
warrant generally the property hereby conveyed, that they have the
right to convey the said to the said grantee , and that the said grantee
shall have quiet possession of same free from all encumbran ces, that
they have done no act to encumber it and that they will execute such
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further assurances as may be necessary to perfect the title hereby
conveyd unto said grantee .
Witness the follm ing signatures and seals the day and year
firstabove written.
Stephen Hensley
(Seal)
Harriett Hensley
(Seal)
Rockingham County ,
State of Virginia, to-wit:
I,
c.
B. lam, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County
do certify that Stephen Hensley and Harriett Hensley whose names is
signed to the above deed bearing date November 28th, 1903, personally
appe~red before me in my said County this day and acknowledged the
same.
~iven under my hand this 16 day of December , 1903 .
C• B •
Lam, J • P.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk 's Office of theCircuit Court of Rockingham
County. Feby . 17, 1906 .
This deed from Stephen Hensley and 'ife
to Leonard foeadows vras this day presented in the office a foresaid
and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed ,
admitted to record .
Teste:
D. H. Lee L:artz,
Clerk
2.5
�COBY
This Deed made this 31st day of ~ugust, 1908, between Delilah
84
J . ri.ea dows, p e.rty of the fir st part, and Leonard W. Meadows, party
369
of the second part, all of the County of Rockingham in the State of
Virginia,
W I T H E S S E TH:
That the said party of the first part for and in consideration
of the sum of -,75 . 00 cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged , has bargained, sold .a nd doth hereby grant and convey
with general warranty of title unto the said party of the second part
all her entire right, title and interest in ond to two certain tracts
or parcels of land lying in east Rockingham in the Blue Ridge L:ountains
near the Thoroughfare , adjoining the lands of ..>tephen Hensley,
Elijah
s.
Iv:eadows and others, containing
be it the same more or less .
in the aggregate 100 acres
Tract No . 1 containing about t O acres
is knovm as the Deats tract of land and Lot No . 2 containing about
50 acres is a part of the John Meadows lands .
Witness the following signature and seal .
Delilah J
her
x Meadows
mark
( Sea 1)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I , Wm . B . Hensley , a Notary Public in and for the said County
and State , do certify that Delilah J . Meadows , whose name is signed
to the writing hereto annexed bearing date on the 31st day of
August , 1908, has acknowledged the same before me in my County
afore said .
Given under my hand this 31st day of August, 1908 .
Wm . B. Hensley , Notary Public
My commission expires March 12, 1912 .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Gircui t Court of Rockingham
County. December 21, 1908 .
If
>I ~/1 -~
This deed from Delilah J . Meadows to
tf
2C.
�2.
Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in the ofice aforesaid
and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed,
admitted to record .
Teste:
D.
rr.
Lee Martz ,
Clerk
....
2'1
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THIS DEED, Made this 9th day of October 1911, between
Stephen L. Hensley and Rebecc a A. Hensley his wife parties
of the fi rst part and Leonard W. Meadows party 0f tne second
part, all of near Elkton, in Rock ingham County, Virginia.
WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the sum of One
Thousand ($1000.00 ) Dollars cash in hand paid by the party
of the second part, the receip t whereof is hereby acknowledged,
tne said parties of the first part do hereby grant and convey
with general warranty of title unto thb party of the second
part his heirs and assigns forever, all tnose lots or parcels
of land, with all -appurtenances thereto belonging, situated
in the County of Rockingham, State of Virginia, and described
as follows:
Beg inning at a Maple and _C hestnut oak on South
Tract No. (1)
Naked Creek, corner to T. K. Harnsberger and James Hensley Sr.,
Dae., thence
s.
bank of creek,
~
18° E. 5~ poles to Aspruce pine
s.
&
Birch on
65° W. across a ridge 130 poles to an Oak
and Birch on a bank, thence N. 19° W. 80 polesjto a poplar,
thence N. 3° E. 18 poles to a Butterwood and Ash in or near
the old patent line of James Hensley Sr., thence N. 80
0
E.
with said line ~8 poles to the beginning by estimation 60 A.
1 R. and 10 Poles.
Tract No. ( J )
Beginning at a Chestnut Oak, Maple and Pine on
the bank of South Naked Creek at the entrance of a bran6h
in said Creek, thence up a branch, thence S. 36 1/2° W. 1~
poles to a White Pine and Chestnut-Oak, thence S. 24 1;4°
E. 30 poles to an Ash and Red-O ak on a branch, thence s. 8
W• 0~ poles to a red-oak and Hickory, thence s. 1/~ 0 E. 32
poles to a Chestnut-Oak and Walnut, thence S. 8
0
w.
0
20 poles
and 16 links to a White Walnut and Ash, John Hensley's corner,
thence with his line N. 30
0
E. 99 poles to a Maple and
Cnestnut, thence crossing said Greek N. 8
bunch of Lynns, thence N. 2,7°
and Maple, thence N. 5 1°
w.
w.
0
E. 18 poles to a
37 poles to a Chestnut oak
18 poles and 17 links to a Chestnut
oak and Spruce Pine, thence N. ,45°
w.
~O poles and 1~ links
�to a Chestnu t Oak, thence N. 75 0
w.
44 poles to the beginnin g,
containi ng by estimati on 40 A. OR. and 1 0 Poles.
The par ties of the fi r st part cove nant that they have
tne right to convey the said property to the grantee, that they
have done no act to encumbe r the same, and that the grantee
snall have peaceab le possess i on of same.
Witness the fo llowing signatur es and seals.
A~ :t
~a_)
; / ( ~EAL )
cl.ti.../~~ ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINrrHAM, to-wit:
I, 1. 1. Flory a Notary Public in and for the county
aforesai d in the State of Virginia , do certify that Stephen
1. Hensley and Rebecca A. Hensley his wife, whose names
are signed to the writing above, bearing date on the 8th
day of October , 1811, have acknowl edged the same bef0re Ibe
in my County aforesai d.
Given undJ r my hand this 8th day of October, 1811.
My Commiss ion Expires
Decemb0 r 8th 1811.
,~·
Vlk61NIA: In the Clerk's 8ffice of the Circuit Court of Rockingham~ants.
·----- ------ -- ~
-'- -'-~
- ______ Jg 1.:;__
TH IS DEED__________ from~ ~ -~ : - - £ ~ ~ ~
to
~~
-w,. ___ -- -- . ---··---- ---------- ------------
was this day presented in tlw offf.ce aforesa,id , a,nd is, to~ether
with the cerUficate u/ acknowle dsfment anne;x;ed, admitted to
record.
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�THIS IS TO GER TIFY that the taxes for the year 1933 on the
nated
:::'::::P rtract of Moun tain land, conta ining --~.. _____d_ _ _ acres and desig
in the Park Cond emna tion suit as Tract No. -'Y-7 +---' situa te in
Rocki ngham Count y, Virgi nia, and asses sed in the name of
a<~~
--- --- --
have been paid.
Given under my hand this
---day
of Decem ber, 1935.
Treas urer of Rocki ngham Count y, \rirgi nia.
TO VffiOM IT Ivi.AY CONCERN:
any
This is to certi fy that the recor ds in my offic e do not show
roS delin quent taxes again st the tract of Moun tain land, conta ining
as No •
acres and knovm and desig nated in the Park Conde mnati on Suit
Virgi nia, s&id tract of land
situa te in Rocki ngham
.z.J-,
stand ing in the name of
Given under my hand this
Go,,
~ re? <)~ "' ~
---day
of Decem ber, 1935.
31
�NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANTS.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . .
Court:
the
Comes now the undersigned and shows to
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. -2.!l--------:
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. __________ __ ;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No. __2~------
$4:.78-'Z.._QO; 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;
L . W. Meadows
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 , L . w.
Meadows , 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
~aid award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
·· a~ising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
V
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
prnvisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
djstribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
J ;,t'Z ________
$ __1.5.. 0_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 COMMISSION ON COIJSERVATION
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.
�, r
STATB OF VIRGINIA) SS
COUNTY OF WARREN )
Personally a ppeared before me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County, · E . M. Stokes, who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commission on Conservation and Development in 'immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah
National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings , and that the within claim is - just and correct .
Witness my signa t ure this 8th day
NOTARY PUBLI
M) ComrrJssion Expires S~p. _81 1934
�VH1GI1l"1:..: • IN TI-lli CIRCuIT COURT OF ROCKINGK ,1 COUNTY .
I N VACATION
The State Comr.:1.ission on Conservation & Development
of the State of Virginia , - - - - - - - - Petitioner ,
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendants .
In Re : Proceeds of distribution of tract No .
$15 . oo .
On this the
}~ T~of
#
=st
27 - L . .. . I.~eadows ,
, 1935 , came the StRte
Commission on Conservation & Development , by counrel , and moved
the 0ourt to enter an order requiring the •rreflsurer of Virginia ,
to p=: y to said Commission , out of the funds in the hands of said
treasurer , to the credit of this Court in this proceeding , thesum of ~;:15 . 00 to be deducted fran the a Hard for tract No . 27 ,
L • .! . Leadows ; and it further appearing that the said L . 1:!. I:ead ows
consents to the payment out of the proceeds of condemnation for
said tract and no objection to such payment beinR; offered by any
other person , it is acGordingly adjudged and ordered that the Treas urer of Virginia , do out of the monies in his ha. nds to the -ere dit
of this Court in this proceeding , pay to the Stste Corrmission on
v onservetion & Devel o pment , the said sum of )15 . 00 and shall charge
the same against the judgment in rem fixing the value and dama.ges
for said tract No . 27 , L .
,11•
Meadows .
II
T··
The Cler k of the C.irc uit Court of Rocki ngham County,
Va r ,1111 enter the fore go i n g order on the Common La w Order Book of
his office as a vacation order .
Given under my hand this fl. day of .August , 1935 .
. . . . (!Y:-W {)J~ . . .
J udge of the Gircuit v ourt of
ock i ngha!ll, Co . Va.
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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