222 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b5ebd43ee4bd490be1e87ec4ba6a0645.pdf c1656d91c72c81570297cdca582c5916 PDF Text Text ROCKINGit' .1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #231 - Shifflett , Generals . - Estate Number of Acres: 50 Location: Near Powell' s Gap. Roads: One and one- half mile to Beldor ; thence two miles to Swift Ruri; thence four miles to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility; quite rocky with st eep slopes and northeast and northwest exposure . small por t ion of the tract was cleared many years ago , cultivated for sometime and has been neglected for the past 10 or 15 years, now slope type . The present stand consi s ts of mixed oaks and some white pine . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 47 $5 . 00 $ 235 . 00 3 25 . 00 75 . 00 j310 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 50 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 310 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 45.00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ValueofTimber: $ 45 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 8 10 • Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 50 . 00 ~405 . 00 �Claim of__~ _~ ,lif~,-, --~ -JZI~ In the Circuit Court of_ ____ ~ ~ ~--County, Virginia, No,_L.f.Z..:t, At Law. The State Commission on C;~;;;;;ti~/a~~j " DeveloJEE.ent of the State of Virginia, Peti• fl I~ -~ ~ t1oner, vs. _ _{JJ_~~.!:'-'€:::-..:-:. ..> ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------h .J - · , • A - Tu:~de~~fgn~~.1l'i:'~;~;~~~teCC~~;;;i~~r~~a,C~:!:~v~1i! and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__ ___ _ _____ - - ~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said etition and to said notice. My name is ____ ~ - ~ ___________ \ ______________________ _ My ·post _office address is ______~ /_Jzv.;_ ____________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____d_~_-=-_ _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements __ /4~q-- -- =----------~ - - ~ ~/L~::{.d_ ~ 7 1 ~----- ·--------------------------------- This land is located about_ ____ _t[_____ 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 follows: North_~ J.1:,__ i ] ~--------- ---------------- ---------------- -------South East 1,;;f ._;iµ./J.~ a.rJI ~ ~A2 ~ ---------------- ---------------- ------West _____ 1 acquired my right, tit e, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf.6-_.2 __ in the following manner: _ _l__J; ~ -------- ;)------------------------------------------------ h f __________ ----------------------------------------------------- ---------a+;---t2-k~ f--~ 4 ~ ------------------ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is =-'J2 _______ , 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 $~.P____________ , I am the owner of_ ____1A-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 $--------------- ---· (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·------ ----------------- --------------- --- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------- $_a_~ 7 . ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL 7 Wi~~~~s-=~-si~at~r1: 3;r my name and ~ark :tt~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ S T ~ I N I A , COUNTY OF________________ _ ~ . To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ ~ --- d0-'-_,ft_j} _£ ~ ---------------the above named claimant personally appeared before h i ~ d ~-~'itthat the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _______g,_fe_ ______ day of~ ?~-· 193f_cfli . ________________ ;;lz/-7 _ "/ II'? ,., tJ v I Clerk of the Court, Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ~I �filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham Countyt Va. FEB 1S31 ----Clerk �County: Jockinghwn Distr1ot: Stonewall ~231 - Shifflett, Generals . Acreage Claimed:· Assessed: Value Claimed: Location: Deed Purchased 25 J.'i.. 1n 1924 for e200.oo Purchased 25 ft ·700.00. Near Powell's Gap. Inoumt: ranoes, counter claims or laps: • 1921 for None known. -Soil: Sa ndy clay of good depth and fertility; quite rocky ~,1th steep slopes and northeast and northwest exposure. Roads: One and one•halt mile to Baldor; thence two miles to Swift Run; thence four miles to ~lkton. History of tract and condition of timber: A small portion or the traot \ as cleared many years ago, cultivated for sometime und has been neglected for the pa.st 10 or 15 years, now slope type. The present stand consists of mixed oaks and some white pine. I t is estimated to cut 30 ) bd. ft. per a cre and five cords of fuel wood. 15,000 bd. tt. ~ $3.00 $45.00 --·---250 oords of fuelwood ~ 50¢ -125.00 $170,00 Improvements: Nona . Value of land by types: ~ Slope Value per acre Acreage Total value of land no rotal va lue of timber Total value ot tract verage value per a ore 3.00 1 'f oto.l Value $150.00 150.00 170.00 320 . 00. 6,40 2'11 �County: District: N _ #231_- _ Shifflett, G_e ner_al S . Geo . , • Baugher J . T. Heard Bernard Yrrncey Emma V. Gibbons LEGEND: Slon_e__ _ Scale - 1tt 20 chains = Rockingham Stonewall �In the uirouit Court of Rockingham uounty,virginia. The state Commission on uonservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkina,&c. On motion of Geo.S.Harnsberger, guardian ad litem for Ardelia Shifflett and certain other infant# defendants in the above entitled cause,leave is hereby given him to file hie answer on their behalf herein,which answer is hereby accordlngly filed, and to which the complainant replies gener#ally. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-general-s-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, General S. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Powell's Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 231 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2d3f714b6bafbc931dfbb8f9be36a353.pdf e29908cd0bed7f25d543914218d2ec07 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #238 - Shifflett , George E. Number of Acres: 52 Location: Hawksbille Creek and is entirely within the Park area . NOTE : This tract was completely surveyed a.rd this acreage was found . Roads: Eleven miles to Elkton over seven miles of county road and four miles over Spotswood Treil. Soil: Sandy clay loo.m. History of Tract and condition of timber: -11 the saw timber has been removed The grazing land is this tract. of from the wooded area brush. to badly growing up in some places Log and weatherboarded 18x25', 5 rooms , Improvements: Dwelling: porch 5xl6' , shingle and metal roof , stone flues , 1~ story , poor condition, occupied by owner , pillar foundation . lmPxa.v~~ Buggy shed: Frame, 10xl3', sh ~ngle roof , fair condition. Fr~me, llxl6' , sh:Lngle roof , good condition. Hog pen: ]rame, llx7', shingle roof . Hen house: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 21 3 . 00 $6 3.00 25 . 00 775 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 31 @ #838 .. 00 52 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 838. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 355 . 00 355 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 25 .. 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 25 . 00 Value of Wood:$ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 24 . 38 00 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE. 1268. 00 -~,... - ~- ~-ft ~a..::;;...;;...;;;,_:_CLERK. Lj5 �REPORT ON THE ACRE.AGE of the GEORGE E. SHIFFLETT TRACT #238 I Find ing on the reco rds no surv ey of this trac t, utmade a com plete fiel d surv ey, and from t h is comp ed the area to be 52 Acre s. w. N. Sloa n, Chie f Engi neer Park Serv ice �$/4cj ~~~ J/-!tif '7a'-'~ ~~ ;,l.~· _p Claim of___ ~~-----?!1-j.------------------~------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __ Ro.ck.u:J.g.h.a.m....----------County, Virginia, No.l~J!:f- _, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of~ State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._~e.o_r_g_e___,E_.__Sb_ifl.stt-U_-:__'2J!::.~~-~-~----.:_fd:f[:~__ !:...S_______ _ ___( 40_ Ju•.rfil/-------,-------- ._____.J7, J-4 / t u - ~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · _ more or less, of land in ___ RQc.kingh!;lm_ _______ 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_ __ Ro.cJd..ngham. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _____ Georg_e _E . _Shiflett--------------------------------------My post office address is ___ .E.lk.to n.... _Y.?._.__ R ._ _F_.__ D_._ _.4. ______________________ _ ...c ___ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___4Q_ ___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___dw..e..ll_ing__}J.Q}!.~gi.....__l).§}_@9A.§1§3_L..:.g_l:_~:n_~:ry__g,~JXY_____ _ __ bs>g_pen_, __'75 SDJ2.le trees_, 2 5 _ueach trees , grapes, _ plums_ and p ea rs, ---~~~~--~~~~.:!._~!:_~~-~---_t:-_J_~-~-------------------------------------------This land is located about_ __ 6________ miles from_ ..Elkt.Qn_._ ____ _____ _______ __ Virginia, in the ___ _S:t..o.ne.J-1.al}.__ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right; title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) _____ I_ am the _s·.o.le_J)wnar ______________________________________ ____________________ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth PUbl i c _ro ':'l d _________________________________ _____ ______ __________________ South __i.e_r_ll'.:;.X_d_Jlb.i.fl.e.t_t ________ ___ _____________ ____ ___ _____ ___ ____ ___________ _ East ___ _No') h......He.r...ring __ ____ ____ __ ______ ____ ____ ____ __________ ______ __ ___ __ __ __ __ . West_J]h~.r.le.a_D-,~ vis.-----------------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_igz..4. ___ in the following manner: __ .B.~r.h~r..a.._He.xring_Jly_..d.ee.d.T-.m.y--t.it:lre--i-a-.f'--ae---si~l-e-----------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~-t..Q9_Q!.9_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 $_3... _QQ.O__.__QD_____ • I am the owner of_ _QQ____ ___ ___ __ 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 h~ should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bollnds). Remarks· _____ ,ll..4vd_~ ~- ~~ __ U _· __ __ __________ ___ --- ---------------- ------ ----- ----- ------- - - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attachr,d h eto _t th- - - ---- day of_~~A~9-_:':_~YJ_:t~~i __ , 1930. r,__ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ .RQc.kingham_ _______ ___ To-wit: ft-___£,/)_ __ The undersigned hereby certifies thaL..Q.sox.ge--E .. --~b,ille-t.t ---- ------------------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, ). / 1' / f ( this___ _7_~h___________ day J/ of~9_](l".1'c'!.!'R.,!-5l_~~~-~~t~*Tcfa./J;~fi;.to;-o; Notary Public, or J ust, ~ f the Peace. 3~5 �. count y: Rook1ngham Distr iot: s tonew all #238 - Shif flett , Geo . E. Acrea ge Claim ed: 40 .t.". • Asses sed 33 A-144 P. Value Claim ed: Loca tion: ~, ooo. " 102o. pgf.,f1. : 52 A, $1200 .00 nawks bill- creek and is entir ely withi n the ?a r k area.. Note -- This tract was codpl etely surve yed and thi s " 7 acrea ge as found . Incum branc es, coun ter claim s or laps: Soi l : Sandy clay loam. Roads : Deed 40 A. None kno n. Eleve n miles to Elkto n over seven miles ot count y road and four miles over Spots wood Trail . Histo ry of tra ct a nd condi tion of timbe r; All the saw timber has been remov ed from the wooded area of thi s tract . The gra zing land is badly growing u . in some place s to brush . Timb er: Fuelwood - 250 cords value d 50¢ per ed. - ~125 .00 .Impr ovem ents: Dwel ligs: Log&. weath erboa rded 18x2 5', 5 r ooms, 5xl6 ', shing le&. meta l roof, stone tlues , l ;r story , porch poor cond ition , occup ied by owne r, pil l ar found ation .$300. BUSSY s hed: Frame 10xl3 ', shing le r oof , fair cond it- 15. 00 00 Hos pen: Frame llxl6 ', shing le ~oof. geed " 15.00 Hen house : Frame llx?' , s hingl e roof -5. 00 · J335.oo Value of land by ty,2es : Tyl?e Slope Fg Value ter acre Acrea se 2l 3.00 20.00 31 52 Total vale of fruit tree s Total va lue of land Total value of im:,ro veme nts Total va lue of timb Jr Tot a l va lue of tract Avera ge va lue per acre ----------- ---~-- 35.00 683.0 0 ·335.0 0 125.0 0 1176. 00 2 2 . 65 Filed _in the Clerk's Offlce Rockingham County, Va. FEB 1 f'H)• ·~0; --- --C ler k Tota l Value - $63.00 530.0 0 -683.0 0 �,, QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf lltrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . December 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 clay of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County d.ated-12/21/ 33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawso~n.._,,__~Autukbi~n~s.,_________ _ vs. :paid. to Lucy G. Shifflett $ _1 , 268 . 00 being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause. # 238 �Q!nmwnuwtalt~ nf ]ltrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . December 27 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Lucy G. Shifflett Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 1 , 268 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of__R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_run _ ___ ofDecember entered on the 21st day 1 93_Q_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s_____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #__2_3_8_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. At Law No.~ Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others On this, the / -1ill.,-- Petitioner /oJ-f Defendants day of December, 1933, came Lucy G. Shifflett, and on her motion, leave is given her to file her petition for payment to her of the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($1268.00), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 238 and heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing to the Court that said Lucy G. S.hifflett ac quired title to said Tract No. 238 by deed from her husband, George E. Shifflett, dated May 29, 1926, recorded in the Clerk's Office of this Court, in Deed Book No. 135, at page 315; that the said George E. Shifflett, now deceased, filed an answer in this cause from which it would appear that he laid claim to said tract of land, although at the time of filing of said answer, he had no interest whatsoever therein; that the said Lucy G. Shifflett is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land No. 238 than any other person or persons and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due upon said tract No. 238 have been paid; Upon Consideratio n Whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $1268.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 238, be paid unto the said Lucy G. Shifflett and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said Lucy G. Shifflett the said sum of $1268.00 the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 238, taking from the said Lucy G. Shifflett a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for Z]•f �2. appropriate entry thereof as required by law. Enter: ~ Judge ------ • �Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia , v. Cassandra Lawson PETITIONER , .. t Law No. 1829. tkins and others, DEFEND..~TS • 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 of land numbered as 238 and described in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map , filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum set out in the said judgment as constituting the award therefor as follows: ward on Tract No. 238 , $1 , 268. 00 That said tract of land No. 238 was conveyed to your petitioner, La.oy G.Sh ifflett by George E. Shifflett , her hue - )' band , by de~d dated May ?9 , 19Z6 , and .r--3:,~or,..ded _in th.e Cle~_,,',!.d 7-0f,. <.}~ . ~ ~ ~ J). ~ ~ d.<t.-l v:) ~ ~ ~ ~ Office of1 \his Cou.r\ in D. B. 1~5 , at Page 315; Athat , subsequent -o- -v to the execution and deli very of said deed , the sa.i d George E. Shifflett filed an answer in this oause , from which it would appear that he was the owner of t h e said tract of land , although at the time he filed said answer he had no interest whatsoever therein; that your undersigned on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract of land owned or was entitl ed t o the fee simple interest in the said tract or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distr i bution of the said .award . And that all t axes on said tract of land have been duly paid . Wherefore , your undersigned prays that she be made a party herein under the provisions of section 21 of the Public Park Con- �--2-damnation Act , and that an order be entered for the distribution of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in said tract condemned as aforesaid ~. and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award , and whioh the undersigned avers is as follows : Tract No. 238 , ------ --- - ---- -'l,268. 00. State of Virginia, county of Rockingham , to-wit : Lucy G. Shifflett , the person whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument , this day personally appeared before me, the Wldersigned, a rotary J?ublic in and for the County aforesaid , in the state of Virginia , and , having been first duly sworn , deposes and says that the facts given in the foregoing petition are true and correct, to the best of her knowledge and belief. Dated December 18, 1933. �I I(!_ THIS DEED made this 29th day of May , 1926 , by and between George E. Shifflett , party of the first part , and Lucy G. Shifflett , wife of George E. Shifflett , party of the second part , both of Rockingham County , Virginia , WITNESSETH : That for and in consiperatio n of One Dollar , cash in hand paid by the said party of the second part to the said party of the first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , and for the further consideratio n of the love and affection which the said party of the first part bears unto the said party of the second part , the said party of the first part doth hereby grant and convey, with special warranty of title unto the said party of the second part all those certain tracts of land here inafter described : {l) All that certain tract or parcel of land , together with the appurtenance s thereunto belonging , situate in Simmora, Gap in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia , the said land adjoins the lands of Charles Davis , N. c. Herring, Ambrose Shifflett and others , and is bounded as follows : "Beginning at a stone planted ; the said stone being the beginning of the division line between the part of that tract conveyed to the said N. C. Herring ; thence up the said division line to a small white walnut , below the maple spring ; thence up the hill to a double locust tree , in Lawson ' s line , now Bernard Shiflett's line ; thence eastward with said Shiffiettrs line to a corner of said land; thence South eastward with the same to Simmon•s Gap Road , thence with the said road down to Charles Davis's line; thence Southwest direction with said Davis' line to the beginning, containing 40 acres , more or less~ together with all the rights of the said party of the first part in and to a certain maple spring. There is excepted , however , from the aforesaid boundary , a certain lot conveyed to one Bernard Shifflett . dt' land heretofore The aforesaid tract of land , conveyed above , is rubject to the rights of one Barbara A. Her- �2. ring, the granter of the party of the first part, as set out in that certain deed of date the 6th day of May, 1925, from the said Barbara A. Herring to the said George E. Shifflett , which said deed is duly of record in the County Clerk's Office of RockuJ,~Co unty, Virginia, in Deed Book 132 at page 1?2, to which said deed reference is hereby made for a further description of the real estate hereinbefore conveyed; (2) All that certain tract of land situate near Yancey station in the County of Rockingham, and State of Virginia, which is bounded as follows: ttBeginning at a stone in a line of the said Geo. E. Shifflett's land, formerly, Mrs. Mary F o Weaver's, thence N. 58° E. 84 poles to a pin oak, sometimes called water oak at or in a ditch or creek bed, H. c. Shifflett's line; thence, with said H. c. Shifflett's line and said ditch or creek bed in a north-wester n direction 44 poles to a stone planted on the south side of a certain Right of Way reserved and conveyed to the said Geo. E. Shifflett by deed from E. A. Downy and of Record in the Clerk 's office of Rockingham County, Virginia, thence with the south side of said Right of way N. 69 w. 7 8/25 poles to a large lo- cust post at the north-east end of wire fence; thence with said fence which is the line of the said Geoo E. Shifflett, s . 27° w. 100 8/25 poles to the beginning, containing 14 A. 3 R. 12 P.~ This is the same land which was conveyed to the said granter by deed from w. A. Shifflett and wife of date the 18th day of' Octob- er, 1919, and duly of record in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 114 , at page 517, to which said deed reference is hereby made for a further description of the aforesaid land; (3} All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in stonewall District, near Yancey, in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia, which is bounded as follows: "Beginning at a white oak corner to George Herring, and with his lines. 65½ E. 70 3/5 poles to a large white oak stump, corner �to Florence Moobrey; thence, with her lines. 26 W. 102 1/2 poles to a stake in Mrs. Weaver's line; thence, with her line N. 46 w. 68 poles to a white oak corner to said weaver; thence N. 23 E. 80 poles to the beginning, containing thirtyseven (3?) acres, two 12) roods and twenty {20) poles, together with the right-of-way sixteen feet wide alongthe north line ofFlorence Moobrey 's lands. 65 E. to the public road." This is the same tract of land which was conveyed to the said party of the first part by deed from E. A. Downey and wife of date the 11th day ofNovember, 1914, which said deed is duly of record in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 101 at page 86, to which said deed reference is hereby ma.de for a further description of the aforesaid real estate. (4} All that certain tract of land, containing about 62½ acres, situate on the east side of the Shenandoah River near Waterloo Mills in stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia, the said land adjoins the lands of William B. Yancey Estate on the south, Hosea Shifflett and others on the north. There is excepted, however, from this conveyance the right of way of the Norfolk & Western Railway which passes through the said tract, This is the same land which was conveyed to the said party of the first part by deed from Mrs. Mary F. weaver of date February 13, 1914, and duly of record in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 99, page 145, to which said deed reference is hereby made for a further description of the aforesaid real estate. And for the consideration named above, said party of the first part doth hereby transfer and set over unto the said party of the second part all of the personal property hereinafter describali.; , which is now on the tracts of land conveyed to the said party of the first part by Mrs. Mary F . weaver and Mrs . Barbara A. Herring, hereinabove described: one Gray Percheron Mare , age 9, named "May't. One heavy gray Percheron horse, age 8, named "Dan". �4. one McCormick Harr ow. One John son Rea per one new Home-made two -hor se wagon with bod y. Two Her efor d milk cow s, each abo ut four yea rs old ., Thi rtee n stee rs, some Her ford , and some Sho rt-h orn, each abo ut one year old . In witn ess whe reof I have here unto set my hand and sea l, the day and year abov e writ teno Geo rge E. Shi ffle tt (SEAL} STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-w it: I, Tere sa Sull ivan , a Nota ry Pub lic in and for the City afor esai d in the Stat e of Vir gini a, do here by cer tify that Geo rge E. Shi ffle tt, who se name is sign ed to the fore goin g deed bea ring date the 29th day of May , 1926 , ackn owledg ed the same befo re me in my City afor esai d. My com miss ion exp ires Apr il 13, 19270 Give n und er my hand this 29th day of May, 1926 . Tere sa Sull ivan N. P. VIRGINIA: In the Cle rk's Offi ce the Circ ui"¢ ou.r t of Rock ingh am Cou ntyo The fore goin g ofdeed of BARGAIN & SALE was this day pres ente d in the offi ce afor esai d, and is, toge ther with the cer tifi cate of ackn owle dgm adm itted to reco rd this 29 day of May, 192 6. ent anne xed, _ _ _ _M. Tes te: J. F. Blac kbur no Cle rk. �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .• HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Lucy G. Qhifflett has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 40 - 0- 0 acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Vountains, Stonewall District in 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 lSth day of December 1933. �TO WHO:M: IT Y CONCERN : ~ I hereby certify that the records of my office do not disclose any delinquent taxes against the tract of land con- .. taining 40 acres situate in the Blue Ridge Mountain, Stone wall District, Rockingham County , Virginia , and standing in the name of Lucy G. Shifflett . Given under my hand this 19th day of December , 193b. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-george-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, George E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 238 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a23d72156b4dffa476bed21141b79ccc.pdf cf5ba91071266c59e90e9a0d48745054 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHA1/I C aJNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #121 - Shifflett, George W. Number of Acres: 22 Location: Near Sandy B0 ttorn . Roads: One .mile of fair dirt road to Spottswood Trail near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility; southeast and southwest e:xposures . moderate slopes ; History of Tract and condition of timber: Portion of tract cleared many years ago, and has been cul ti va ted since . Wooded ar.ea cut over re peatedly in the past . t'resent stand c Jnsists of mixed oaks and yellow pine . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 13 @ $5 . 00 $65 . 00 9 @ 25 . 00 225 . 00 $290 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 22 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ 2 90 • ~ 0 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . 00 $340 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood:$ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 15 . 45 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ 15 • 45 �County: Rookinghum District: Stone all #121 - Shiflett 2 Geor · e ;. * . . ore.,;Age Assessed: 22 n . 124 P. Deed: Part of 25.~ ,.... tract was later sold~ may be Claimed: Value 1...,laimed: Location: 1 - 1500 . owned rt by J.M. Comer. (23~ A. --1918 - $550 .00 ( 5 1 A ---1g11 - ~300 .00 ( 31 A.---1921 - ~162.00 Naar 3a.ndy Bottom. Incumbranoes 1 c.::>unter ola1ms or laps: None known . Sandy clay of good deJth und fertility; moderate slopes; Southeast hoads: nd southwest exposure. One mile of f'uir dirt road to Spotsv10od mrail near swift Run ; thence t"(>U:r miles to :nkton. ;listoJ:'y or tract und condition of ·timber: Portion of tract cleared many ye rs ugot and has been cult1vuted sinae . :ooded uroa cut over repeatedly in th 'J pust . \resent stand consists of mixed oaks und yellow pine . ;stimated to cc.1 t an average of 6 cords per ucre of f..lelwood v ,1ll.led 50¢ or a total of 78 cords ~ 50¢ per cord------ $39 .00 1 Improvements: Nono . Value of l nd T;':(Pe Slope E' o bz types: Value .o,orea.ge ;e_er t1.cre 9 2::> .. J 13 ,.14 .og 22 'rotal v::1L1e of land ·rot.al v ... lue of timber Total vuluo of traot 22s;00 277.:J0 ,/2.77 . JO 39.00 .516.00 ..... v·erage V-.iL.le per aore *- ·rotal Value i~ Includes Truct No. 121a. 14.37 �#121 - Sh. flett, George w. N County : Rockinghan District: Stonewall June J. Coner Ju lia Cor.rnr J. L. Cor..1er Shifflett L~GEND Slope - Til lable Scale - l": 20 chain s �,. .... " ... ' > . \ • r 1·1,, .• .;,·la, (lo ottex- EJ;t,7 r'J.""htt titJ.o e..:nd ··ntor st in c, of :t.nnll~ o:r :parcel of lo.nds within t:llA Fa~,c nraa: Tra.ei. Nch l o.wo. cut 8 ~ores-,, ,.1th on~ containing 11ttC llouse.s-: t:tu~ o la.l"BO roo1!1.S$ .,1th motel roo:; good lo. '.o: on and roof~ ,o poroho... n1 tb r:e a.l applo t~oes; six q~1nee treeai 2 cherry t-roea; ~orn 46 .t c lb and. amokc houoo; one stablel on ,chicken house~ .,. I l.is 11 leJ1d 1:s bounded on the nor th by hi:t'flottf· on the oe.ot :r. RoaGil and ~ fl!' l... ....... 'Coner (me\, BurbaI·n by D. s. Bos.eh; on the south J'-.. Comer, and on the -wcat by J., J., C . 11'raot 1.0 .. 2,. tr-a.ct :r ~ s. by D. f;J:'-. I also elahn tho ri ;nt a 1.d title to aooond ptu:-vol of· land oo 1'te.inin_c nbo t l ncren. 'Yhi • . tra.et ~s about five acres in ctil.tivntion an.cl the rest 1n woooland.. ,. ~W :r. · J'. ' on t,_e north by Bowidod L. Co er; on t· o e-st comer. and A. J',,, UUllamo; on the sol.4th by and on tLo .est by J'. ~· T,. J:j,. Co -X~ <J.1 ~ l claiu that th£) -'rotal ~ Cleil~' s For 'f rtbe:r 11: ·- orence I refer y.,u. to th ...,1600.00. L.. Shifflett; Office of noekin.gham county for accurate description of th~ forceoing lano.o. olso e.grc to take v1hm pr or tbe t .o trac:ts of J..and the state Co . ....,· or Co S;,;,, toil to no, tho ·· 5,0 70 ·t~ end sign my fu11 r:i.ght " • nd •. I /ti vla aion or ubo he inny bo that 1, ae·cinc is ~ent I iosioner for tl o Park e.rea upon . . a a' J_Jrovod ohook 9 i i ai:>t ~..ontl S:1 oai.d ohoclr shall bo Pl"eacnt-ed to mo tr.i. tl'i:n t;. e n~:If! . · v: and if d ji thin tt e next n1 l, 31 1 this c.nnll r .ont s • on or bc"·ore ..t 1a o.in in fuilil force, if not -:> Your: for a sqta.ro , al . 1' G., ., ,.n -. \·". u.iga tion and offer s:ia.11 be void. ., l,O ~;;:' !'\·'- • .,. if lott • �Claim of___________________________ ___________________________________________________ _ ( In the Cir~uit 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, Defendan ts. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ________________________________________ · _____ , ____________________ _ My post office address is ________________ -----'--- -------- -------- -------- -------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel· of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about_ ___________ _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: _____________ .:_ __ .:_ _____________________ ,.! ________ ________ ____ _ . . -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _________ ______ __________ _: ___ Virginia, in the ________________ Magister 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 interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) · The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South ___________________________________________________ . ____________________ . ___ _ East ________________________________________________________ ____________________ ·_ ' West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate ot' interest to this property about the year __________ in the , following manner: ---- - --- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- # ------------------------ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $-------- --~.----- · I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- --------- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here toa description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remark s·-----·- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - - -------- -------- ----- -----·--- --------- --.------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------_______________________ .:_ _______________ __ ___ (Continue remarks if necessar y on the back). Witness my signatur e (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day of ____________________ , 1930. -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___________________________ , To-wit: The undersig ned hereby certifies that_ __ _____________________________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, .~ ~ -- - - - ~ ~ · 930- - - - - - - ~ - �.. -~ .. ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-george-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, George W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 121 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fcfe0ef47bcfac930c5ee0677ed82f3f.pdf 7400357453337b62d07f899f2329f5c7 PDF Text Text R0CKINGHA.IvI C0UNfY '--'------ ----- - - - - -- NAME OF CLAIMANT #160 - Shifflett , Hosea Number of Acres: 146 Location: One mile east of Ya,ncey. Roads: Three miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: Sandy gravelly loam of medium depth and fertility . History of Tract clnd condition of timber: This tract is estimated to cut 140,000 bd . rt . of saw timber - fuelwood - 660 cords / Improvements: NONE. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 138 @ $ 5 . 00 $690.00 6 @ 30.00 180 . 00 $ 870.00 2 @ 75 . 00 150.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: ~ Value of Land: $ 8 7 O. 00 Value of Improvements: $ ValueofOrchard : $..50 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 7 00 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 215 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 13 . 25 Incidental damages ·arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 700 . 00 215 . 00 $ 1935 . 00 �~OCKINGHA!tI COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #160- a - Shiff lett, Hosea Number of Acres: 86 Location: Roach Gap. Roads: Three miles over fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton . Deep and fertil e sandy loam. There is some surfac e rock and in one place there are rocky outcro ps. Northw est and southw est expos ure. The first class grazin g land has good sod and very little rock and the second class is very rocky and poor. History o_f Tract and condition of timber: 1. ,,_st 1 ~v of the tract has been cleare d. Soil: Improvements: NONE. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 6 @ $5 . 00 ~30.00 BQ @ 35.00 2800 . 00 $2830 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 86 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard : Mineral s: Value of Land: $ 2830 . 00 Value of Improv ements: $ Total amoun t $ 2830 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Mineral s: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $32 . 90 Inciden tal damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOME . �~- ~~-~~~2£-'___!i~-~ _____ ----~~Claim of__7;u/_~_£; _ ounty, Virginia, N {!_ ______, At Law. In the Circuit Court of_ ___ The State Commission on Conservation an Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- !Z __ ' _ _ ;~~~d~;.~~~;,:21;:~~~~re:;~;~i; ;~;~~:~;~~~~~~;;:~~:~~: velopment of the State of Virginia, and t!e;t~!~a to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filie.; of s id. petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit _ _ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of_ __~_Ji --as his answer to said pet ion and to sai notice. . :; t::eo!;;-~~;ress :::~ - _,_ ~yr.,;;_---,-:--,-~:~ I claim a right, title, estare or inWrest in a tract or parce~ :1- within the area sought ~~~~~;~d~~~~~:~~~~~~!'.~o~:~~J?:~ ----- ---------- -- -- ---- --- ------- - ---------- - -- - -- 0 lJL ~ ·---------------- --------- This ~~9d is locat~d abo~L-~ --:-- ~-miles :rom __ ~ ~- - --- ---- ---Virginia, in _Mag1sterrnl D1str1ct of said County. the~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or .b J parcel of land ?;scribed above.) __________;j_-~ --~ fJ2 _'//~ JL: . ,_, , _c:__ ¾f.ij-rL-1¥~ a-'L �Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. FEB 19:fi ----Clerk �~r.::!liJta.-~L_County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_______________________ _ tioner, vs. ______________________________________________________ __ ___ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land im.'f,f;,- /~ _Jjl ission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to t"'~n.: petitio n of the State Comm of condemnation award ed velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon se to the notice the order of the Circu it with ance upon the filing of said petit'o n and published in accord County, Virgin ia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court n to said ~ 'ce. as his answe r to sa,!S1 . tition a~ ~H___ ______________________ _ My name is __ _ _ _/rt,t'1 _ ~ My post office addres s is___ within the area sough t I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or par el of land there are the following to be condemned, contai ning about___________ ______ acres, on which of!}1 _ __ _________ hf ~ -X- - _ _ buildings and impro vemen ts: ______ U, 17 ..~---- -------------------------------------------------- ------ -----c- p-;: _ ------------- .--.-. --.---. ------ .----- ------ ------ - c ------ .------ __________ V1rg1ma, m from ________ ~ nd 1s located about_ ____ J_ _____ mlles the.,., ,~t,.,c ,l~~~ ~--Magisterial Distri ct of said County. tract or parcel I claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in the sole owner or is he er wheth say should ant claim scribed above: (In this space not sole or is ant and if joint owner give names of the joint owner s. If claimst in or to has he he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere parcel of land , deJ ribed above.) This of land dejoint owner, joint owner, the tract or _____________S,.n ~_-L):1..&.,-r}-C..~-- ---------------------------------------------------to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: East __ _ - ------ ------ ------ ------ ---_ West_ ___ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ r--in the right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about the year _fJ_~ 1 acquired :x1i following::::nner: ~ __ :: r':___:__,_::--_:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of and with the title, estate or intere st, on is f/....Q::D__ _ ------· I claim that the total value of my right, 1 ..:____ , n is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the impro vemen ts thereo ________ acres of land adjoin ing the above described tract or I am the owner of__ be damag ed by the proparcel of land but lying outsid e the Park area, which I claim will t of $- --- ' ------ ------ · posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten statem ents or inform ation as to (In the space below should be set out any additi onal should also insert here a this claim which claim ant desires to make; and 'if practicable he ~ 0 ~ description of the,. y:-a~t or parce} of Ian? by metes and ounds). __ L"-. - -- , Rema rks: $2 _ --~ J hia._~ ~-~ -- ___ ~-~ - __ _ __d~ --------------- -----------,_,,_Vvv _- __ J.,LuJ...__frr ;ytJ ~ _~~, __ _ -r _4 _j _~ " f l t ,-~ _])__Fcn 1 -1- ~ ~ _Lo ------ __ liJJ..-1:--J, 7 ~ - f!._p ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----back). if necess ary on .t ~ ------ ------ ------ ---- ----- - ------ ------ ---- (Continue remar ks hed hereto) this ___ _/~/'. ?lL __ day name ~ my signat ure (o~ Wit~ ---~ ~ ~ -- ~ 193~. of ____ ./ '--:::__, @-;;wit : /. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ -~ _-;f~ ,dL - '= ---~ ---~ ~The under signed hereb y certifies that_ ___~ him and made oa);h that the matte rs before red appea ally person ant the above named claim the best of his knowledge and belief, to and things appea ri g in his above answe ,,.r are true , ~ this ______ L_.b!________ day of_ ____ ~----- -- = ---, ef ~------, --~4 ----~-----~------ 1~~ .?J / o/...5/ l,,,,-/, 4 @~ Cle:ci<; of- the-Co rt/ or-Special Inve . Notar y Public, o ~ ust-ice-of t-he-Peftee.. ____ - �i '-- JloO - county : nockinchum l:>istrict : Ctone .. &11 N ::-'runk T L • ..,. cob Vost • :>. .. 1 . fl) C) ~ .µ r ~ ,-j ... r.;j ~ i--1 H r.;j 0 1\-i ..0 s:: C-< (]) :-.-i •rl ,..., -j .-.: 0 . . .. .._ u5 'l 'O s::.. ,- 0 rl r :j •rl 'c: F-1 ;j ,:j Gi ~) · ons F-1 r-1 Q 0 .... H '"-' L~G ~:'":J s.;.o ,e - ,ill {ble Crcharcl Scale - 1' - ~o cl1·1ins filed in the Clerk's Offl R k' ce oc Ingham County, Va. FEB 1S3, -----C )~rk ;I �County: Roe ingh District: Stone.all /1160 - Shi ff let t, Hosea ssessed 146 A. 90 P. Value Cl 1 "nod: 7 30. 00 " Jne nO ds: " $1600.00 ile east of Yancey. Incumbr nce,s , counter ol ims or le.rzs: Soil : Deed 147 •• • 50 P . None known. Sandy gravelly l oam of medium depth and fertility. Three ~es over county road to Zlkton. llistory of tra c t and condit i on of tin1b0r: Thi tr ct is estim t ·d to cut 140 , 000 bd. ft. of "'a .. timber valued 5 . 0 v per 1 . Ti bar : 140, 00 bd. f~. . 5.00 per ·• 700 . 00 1 el ood 2lti . 00 860 cords 25¢ per cord -Improv.ments ; one. 915 .. 00 v. . 11e of land by t:y;pe . Value Type ,12er a cre 4 . 00 ·20 . 00 Slo,:1e C arch rd 2 i 46 Total value of orchnrd Totil v lue or land •rot a l val 1e of ti b (!r Total v lue or tra ct verage v 1 per a cre .;90 . 00 -*ii --- ----- 672 . 00 915. 00 167? . 00 1 1 . 48 Tot al Value "'552 .00 1 ~0 .00 v672. cH> �r ~evi:::ed :--aport Rooki nghan tonewall County: District : Gr ene onroe Shifflett , Ho aea. - Rockingha.: o Co . Shifflett , Ho sea. - ureene County #160 - a. #19 .t c re 'l.gO Clai t.Je d : Asaeoaed: Deed : In Gro ne County Aeaeased : ecorda in Greene" • Value Clained : Location : County : District : Roach Oa.p . Incunbran ces, counter cla.it:HJ or lripo : None known . Soil : 'l'hare is sor..ie eurface rook and in one place. there nre rocky outoro ., e . orthweat ... nd southwest expo sure . The first clasa ., razing nd has eood sod and very littl e roe nd tnc second cl o.aa is very rocky a.nd l)oor . Ro" da : 'J.'hree n1leo over fair dirt ro· d to ;;; ift Hun; t ht, noe four nil s to :tt:lkton . Deep and fertile aB-ndy lonn . History of llost of t he tract h~a buen . of ti!!)ber: In:provene nta : Uone. · Valu types: TyPe Eockingh" tl uountJ V~lue Aore at3e per a cre; 6. ulO Fg I 3 . 00 35 . 00 5 . 00 74 6 86 FB II Totc.l v ll ue of land Totc.l V"l ue of tract '1.'o t n.l Value '18 . 00 2590 . 00 30 . 00 i2638 . 00 2638 . 00 2638 . 00 vern.ce value per ~ ore Value cf land by tyI?5:a : Ty;ee Gre.zing loodland grazing Greene County Acreng·e 35 ,25 . 00 · 1.00 6 41 Tot, l v a lue of l and 'l'ot. n.l value of tra.ot Aver..~ec v lue per v. cre V lue J;?er acre 1'otnl Valu ~875 . 00 36 . 00 -~11 . 00 ,911 . 00 "'911 . 00 ,, �County : #160 - a #.19 --- Distr i ct : · ockingh.at1 $ tone,va ll County : Distr ict : Greene onroe oh i~ f l e tt, Hosea - ioc k inghno Co . Sh iff let t, Hosea - Greene IJounty SUMllf.ARY Rockin ghan and 'Gr ene Count ies .... Tota l nunbe r or a cres ........... Tot a l v o.l ue of tra ct 127 · ...... ~~3549 . 00 Average value pe r a cre for entire tra ct --- - 1,2 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC~INGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Developm nt of the . State of Virginia u r VS Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Vi Motion to set aside and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Co1Tu11issioners. Comes now the claimant, Hosea Shifflett, a:r.d asks and requests the Court to set aside, decline to accept and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s filed in this cause with reference to this defendant in '!rract No .. .160, which said tract contains 146 acres and is situate near Yancey, in Stonewall District, Rocking- ham County, Virginia; for the following reasons: (1) Because the value placed UDOn the said land and timber by the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s is grossly inadequate. (2) Because the finding or findings in question are so manifestly inadequate when considered together with the evidence before the Court, as to justify a finding that in making such finding or findings the Board of ppraisal Commissioner s or some of them were affected or i:=ifluenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence , with reference to which such.finding or findings were made. Wherefore, the said Hosea Shifflett prays the ' Court that an order may be entered setting aside, declining to accept , and disapproving the report of the Board of Appraisal Coma1issioner s in so far as it relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the said Hosea Shifflett. Said Hosea Shifflett further moves the Court to exclude his said lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from the said condemnation proceedings. �2. Your movant herewith f iles affidavits as to the value of the said land. HOSEA SHIFFLErr T By counsel �. :-- • . ..• .. · IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COill-!TY , VIRGINIA State Conmiission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Va . Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by Hosea Shifflett to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 1 60 . State of Virginia, County of Rockingham , to - wit : This day personally apJe ared before me , ___F._:r._,3_.._,.... 'J.... _e-.a.._tr ... _1,._r_ _ _ , G._ · a Not ary Pu..blic in and for the County of Roc1dngham, in the State of Virginia , l:Z . L. urawford , ----------------- who after bei. ng dul y sworn , deposes and says as follows : That he is well acquaint ed with the tract of land belong ing to tlosea Snifflett , containing 146 acres, situate near Yancey, in Stonewall District, Roc1cingham County , Virg inia , knovm as Tract Ho. 160 , in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners, and tha t the amount allov1ed by said Commis s ioners for said land is grossly inadequate; the same being well worth the sum of ~3 , 010 . 00 ; that he has determined the value of said tract of land as f ollows : Saw timber $ 700 . 00 Fire wood 600 . 00 2 acres of orchard at i75 . 00 pe 150 . 00 per acre 6 acres of cleared land a t 180 . 00 $30 . 00 per acre 138 acres of uncleared level land at $ 10 . 0) per acre 1 , 380 . 00 Total $3 , 010 . 00 Su oscribed and swmrn to before me this 2..,3 day of Septemb er , 1932 . //fr(~,,;~~ d/?#~i~~t ~ ~Notary M ile �IN THE CIRCiJIT COURT OF lWOKINGl!AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State ot Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson At ins and others and 52,501 aores of land in Rockingham County, Va. Affidavit to be read in oonneotion with motion filed by liosea Shiffl ett to have the finding of the .Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in oonneotion with its finding No. 160. State of Virginia, . County of Rockingham, to-wit: This day personally a p )eared before me, ----------II. B. C. Gentry. , a No ary Public in and for the County of Rockingham, in t h e State ot Virginia., o. ' . 6hi .:flett --deposes and says as follows: , who after being duly sworn, That he is well aoqu.aint ed with the tract of land belonging to 11oaea Sa ifflett. containing l46 acres, situa te near Yanoey, in Stonewall Di s trict, Hookingham County, Virg inia, kno\im as Traot rro. 160, 1n the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, and tha t the amount allowed y said Commissioners for said land is gros sly inade quate; the same bail~ well orth the eum of ,"3,010.00; tha t he has determined the value of said tract of land as follows: $ 700.00 Saw timber 600 .UO Fire wood 2 aores of orchard at $75.00 pe per aore 100.00 6 acres of cleared land at 180.00 'i30. 0J per a ore 138 aores of uncleared level land at t lO. OJ per a ore 1,0aq.oo Total $ 3,010.00 \, _(£ ctC _ & ~ -' SuJsoribed and swmrn to before me this .z.z._daj of September , 1932 • . ,/-tlff;/.j k i~/fJ?'.NOtia:t'y l t . . ~· /Jut f1~u~hlJ,?j;y_~ Fabl1c 500 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. filed in the Clerk's Offic Rockingham County, Va. Nf// ;;- \932 Cassandra Lawson .Atkins and others, anl 52,561 acres, more oi less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia ~lerk In compliance with the order entered fn the above entitled case on the 25th day of October, l9u2, and in response thereto, your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is the same tract or parcel wh'ich was found by the Appraisal Commissioners to be land owned by him, being Tract No. 160, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report, and exhihit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners. HOSEA SHIFFLETT By Counsel 6 �STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wi t : I , 3 . Rober t Switz er, Clerk of the Circu it Court of office Rockin gham Count y do hereby certif y that the record s in30my of acres do not show any deliqq uent taxes again st the tract of Bertha land in Stone wall Distr ict, assess ed in the name of Mrs.statem ent Sipe , excep t for the tax year 1932 , but which taxes by of M. H. Harris on , Count y Treas urer , shown herew ith; have · been paid in the Count y Tr easur er' s office , since the said tract was return ed delinq uent to my office . Given under my hand this 2d day of Janua ry, 1934. ' ' \ ~ �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAp.RISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It Iey Concern: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Mrs . Bertha Sipe has paid the Taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 30 - 0- 0 acres of lard situate in the Blue Ridge , ountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid,are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said County . January 1934 . L\ Given under my hand this 2nd day of �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM OOlJ.NTY,VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITIONER, At Law No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, On this, the /7' DEFENDANTS. day of danuary, 1934, oame Bertha A. Sipe, and, on her motion, leave is given her to file her application for payment to her of the sum of ~2,830.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 160-a and heretofore paid, into oourt. And it appearing to the Court that s aid tract of land No. l .6 0-a was conveyed to Bertha A.Sipe by H.L.Shifflett by deed dated April 10, 1928, reoorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in D.B.136, at Page 346, and that subsequent to the exeoution and delivery of said deed the said H.L.Shifflett filed an answer in this oause from which it would appear that he was the owner of said tract of land, although at the time he filed said answer he had no interest whatsoever therein; And it appearing to the Court that the said Bertha A.Sipe is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No. 160-a than any other person or persons, 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 said tract No. 160-a or to the proceeds arising from the oondemnation of said Traot No. 160-a; V And it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due on said Traot No. 160-a have been paid: U'pon consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that said sum of $2,830.00, paid into court by petitioner �- - - - --2-as just compensation for Tract No. 160-a, be paid unto said Bertha A• Sipe, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pa:y unto said Ber~ha A. Sipe the said sum of $2,830.00, the a.mount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 160-a, taking from the said Bertha .A.Sipe a receipt therefor and certifying such peyment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof, as required by law. Enter. _ _ _ _ _ _, _f J-1Y _ _v _ _.C f3/G __ · I) Judge. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH:.AM COUNTY,VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservat ion and Development of the state of Virginia, v. PETITIONER, At Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atldns and others, DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersign ed, Bertha A.Sipe, and shows to the court that a judgment in rem has heretofor e ?een entered in this proceedin g, cond~.mning to the use of the petitione r the fee simple estate in the tract of land numbered 160-a and described in the report of the Board of A,ppraisal Commissio ners appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed herewith, upon payment into the· custody of the court of the sum set out in said judgment as constituti ng the award therefor as follows: Award on Tra ct No. 160-a, --------- --------- $2,830.00 . That the said Tract of land No . 160-a was conveyed to the undersign ed, Bertha A.Sipe, by H.L. Shifflett , her father, by deed dated April 10, 1928, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham c0unty, Virginia, in D.B.136, at Page 346, an office copy of which said deed is hereto attached and prayed to be read as a part hereof. That, subsequen t to the execution and delivery of said deed, the said H.L.Shiff lett filed an answer in this cauae, from which it would appear that he was the owner of the said traot of land, although at the time he filed said answer he had no interest whatsoeve r therein. That your undersign ed, on the date of said judgment in rem condemning the said tract of land, owned or was entitled to the fee simple interest in the said tract or in the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof; that no other person or persons than I �....2 ... the undersigned are ent1t1ed to share in the distribution of the said award, and that a11 taxes on said tract of land have been duly paid. Wherefore, your undersigned prays that she be made a party herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the J?u.blic Park . Condemnation Act, and that an order be entered for the distribution of said fund set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in said tract condemned as afores~id and for the payment to the undersigned ot the said award and which the undersigned avers is as follows: Tract No. 160-a, ------------------------ $2,830.00. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: Bertha A.Sipe, the person whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument, this day personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary PU.blio in and for the County aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, and, being first du1y sworn, deposes and says that the facts given in the foregoing petition are true and correct, to the best of her l.(,/ �D. B. 141. Page 565 . THIS DEED, made this 10 day of April , 1928, by and between ·H. L. Shifflett , party of the first part, and Bertha A. Sipe , his daughter, party of the second part both parties of Rockingham county, State of Virginia , WITNESSETH : That the said party of the first part for and in considera tion of the love and affection which the said H. Lo Shifflett has and bears toward his daughter, the said Bertha A. Sipe , and for the further considera tion of the payment by the said Bertha A. Sipe , $1250 , with accrued interest , to McClellan Shifflett , the said stnn being onehalf of a certain note executed and payable to the said McClellan Shifflett by the said ~ . Lo Shifflett , has given , granted , and conveyed to the said Bertha A. Sipe , with general warranty of title all of three tracts or parcels of land , together with the appurtenances thereto belonging ; the said tracts or parcels of land aggregating 294 5/8 A. more or less, and described as follows: Tract No . l Situate, lying and being in the eastern part of Rock- ingham County , Virginia on the east side of Shenandoa h River , adjoining the lands of s. L. Yancey, Go E. Shifflett , and others , and being the same tract of land conveyed to H. L. Shifflett by M. D. Longley and wife by deed of date on 19 day of October , 1911 , and of record in the Clerk' s Office of s aid county in Deed Book No o 98 , page 249 &c , to which reference is hereby made for a more accurate descriptio n of said land o The said tract of land contain- ing 128 5/8 A, exclusive of the N. & Tract No o 2 w. R. R. Right of wayo Consists of two parcels of land aggregatin g 67 A. more or less , and situated in the eastern part of said county , adjoining the lands of A. P . Yancey , B. P . Yancey , ~ illiam Herring, and others , and being the same land conveyed to the said H. L. Shifflett by J . H. Roadcap and wife by deed of date on 1 day of 2(.J/ �D. B. 141. Page 565 . 2. November , 1919, and of record in the clerk's office of Rockingham Co ., va., in deed book No . 118 page 454 , to which reference is hereby made for a more accurate description of said land . Tract No . 3 Containing 99 A. more or less , situated partly in the eastern part of said county and partly in Greene County , Virginia , near High Top , adjoining the lands of M. D. Longley , Mrs o John Funkhouser , and others , and being the same land conveyed to the said H. L. Shifflett by E . F . Kyger and wife by deed of date on the 14 day of March , 1925 , and of record in the clerk' s office of said county in Deed Book No . 136 page 346 . Also in the Clerk's office of Greene County, Va o in Deed Book No o 20 page 346 , to which reference is hereby made for a more accurate description of said land . The said party of the first part excludes in this last tract of land all mineral rights which may have been conveyed to other parties . Also , the said H. Lo Shifflett covenant_ and agree_, for the considerations first above mentioned , does hereby give , grant and convey unto the said Bertha A. Sipe one-half of his personal property consisting horses, mules , hogs , sheep, fowls, grain , threshed and unthreshed, hay , Farming implements , all household and kitchen furniture, tools and all other personal property now owned by the said H. L. Shifflett, not mentioned above o The said party of the first part covenant_ to with the said party of the second part that he has the right to convey said land , and will make such further assurances may be necessary to perfect the title here - by conveyed to the said grantee o litness the following signature and seal the day and date first above written o Ho Lo Shifflett (SEAL) 25 �Do B o l., 4lo Page 5550 Rockingham County, to-wit : I , A. E . Wyant , a Notary Public for the County aforesaid in the Staie of Virginia , do certify that H. L. Shifflett whose name is signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 10 day of April , 1928 , has acknowledged the s ame before me in my sai d aounty. Given under my hand this 8 day of August , 1928 . A. E . Wyant , N. P . My commission expires Oct . 5 , 1931 . VIRGINIA : In the Clerk ' s Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham Countyo The foregoing deed of GIFT was this day presented in the office aforesaid , and is , together with the certificate of ac knowledgment annexed , admitted to r e cord this 9th day of August , 1928 , 12 A. M. Teste : J . Robert Switzer A COPY. ATTESTE :~ 4 T ~ , Clerk. Clerk. �RALP H H.BA DE 'R .ATTORF fE Y A T LAW HAJ°Ff1 s~ot-1:k'uR~ ,v, R<§11q tA �- -· Q1nmmnnmrnltl1 nf llirgintn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M , PURCELL January 23, 1934 TREAS URER OF VIR GIN IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Tre asurer of Virginia have this 23 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated_ l_/_1_9_/_3_4_ __ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Dev e lopment of the Stat e of Virginia vs. paid to $ Cassandra Lawson Atkins - - - - - - - - ~ ~~=~Bertha A. Sipe, Route 4 Elkton, Virginia 2,830.00 ______being in full settlemen t of tract #JJKl-a in th e above mentioned cause . �atnmmnuwraltn nf ]lirgiuta TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E RICH MOND , VA . JOHN M. PURCE LL Janu ary 23 , 1934 TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA Bert ha A. Sjpe ~-- - - - - Rout e 4 Elkt on, Virg inia Rece ived of J.M . Purc ell, Trea sure r of Virg inia , the sum of$ 2 , 830 . 00 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the coun ty of Rock ingh am ente red on the 19th day of Janu ary __ 193£ , in the matt er of the Stat e Com miss ion on Con serv ation and Deve lopm ent v _ __ _ ___C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r _a_L_a_w_s_o_n_B_t_k_i_n__s _ and othe rs, bein g full and com plete settl eme nt for the trac t of land know n in said proc eedi ng as# 160- a Sign orig inal and dup lica te and retu rn to the Trea sure r of Virg inia . �RETURN IN F IV E DAYS TO J . ROBERT SWITZER . CLERK CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINCHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG , VIRGINIA 7- 1-t 1/r ~ ~~~ ~~ ~ ~ \: r,. µ c l , ~ ~ ~,._,, 4 ~ /(_ - ,fa:- ;,-1, /I r----_ ________,_________________________, - • () �and stayed in .~v--~ it' .~: I('• ; 't \ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-hosea.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Hosea Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: East of Yancey; Roach Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 160, 160-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ba703dc649d0f751331887e6fa56f6bf.pdf c129f551d2c3b9c663b900012907e6a1 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF OWNER #132- a Number of Acres: - - -Shifflett , Henry 63 LocatioR: Slope of main ridge and east of Sandy Bottom. Roads: 2 miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run ; thence 4 miles to Blkton. Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and only fair fertility, s omevrha t rocky, with moderate to steep slopes . Northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of this tract was cleared many years ago , it has been grazed and cultivated since . 'd ooded area has been cut over at different times in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks , some poplar and hickory. It is estimated to cut 6 cords of fuelwood per acre , or a total of 168 cords . Improvements: DV!EL:=.iING- - --Log l 7x21 1 , 1½ story, !lletal roof , kitchen 10xl2x8 ', porch 6xl2 1 , stone flues , ~air condition, 4 rooms , log finish , occupied by tenant ----BARN- - - 1',rame 23x3lxl~ t, shingle roof' , fair condition--- -SPRING HOUSE- --- - Log 8x8x5 1 , shingle roof , poor condition- - - - CORN HOUSE,c ~~ Log, 7xl0x8 ' , shing~e roo f , poor condition . 87 trees (apples and cherries) . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 22 @ $5 . 00 $110 . 00 18 @ 25 . 00 450 . 00 - ---:l3 @ 25 . 00 325 . 00 &~885 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: ----- Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 885 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 515 . 00 515 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00 150 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ 84 • OO 84 . 00 - -~i-1-6-34 . oo·- Value per acre for tract: $ 25 . 98 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE - - - ~- / ~ ·___CLERK �aook1n,; rm • .J1atr1ot ...tom,· all (k1un ., : , lf12- o.... A I II J A.•104 P. As ess d: • Slope or main rt ga ol, y or .rood ro kY i itb moder t o po re. t\ni1. i ad. 700. 00 ut ot to rch~s- d 1n 1917. F id 050. 00 for½ int . , • 1 od 1nho:rt t d . <ly bot .. om. r e!)t Deed: 63 A• ertillty, some hat .orthwe t .... lu., ~. uth a t f:.iL· d1rt '.r"nd to Spoto ood ·1:t', 11 n nr ., 1ft . n; ~1.cton. rour ~11 l ,:i oada: 11-s or a 1nd c~ltivate d t~o s i the pout. ma popl r and hickory. i: , ca r a ~ot 1 ~ 1al ood par ry, tt l roof• kite en 1ox12xa•, ·, .. .J.Jndi t ion, 4 rooms, log, t'inioh , 400 . 00 , U,1 n- lt>O. O " " 5.00 10.00 l~O • ..>O 0 ..) . ~ Va lue ner era • 0 F o 10. ·0 0 10. 00 l 'S % ,10. 00 of 1 n· 695. 0 oment ro .. nt 1~ .oo o .. 1 ber f t ore I I 1:h,o. tld' 19.93 38 �STATE OF VI ID INIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM , to-wit: I , J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delin4uen t taxes against the tract of 63 acres 2 roods and 24 poles in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of S. Henry Shifflett ; except , for the tax year 1932 , I find 14 acres 3 roods and 32 poles in Warkin Hollow, assessed in the name of J . Henry Shifflett delinquen t , but which by the accompany ing statement shown herewith does not affect the 63- 2- 24 tract for the 1932 taxes . 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 DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ---~--------; f:J~k-: 6 3 //- ' 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.jJ.J=.k- $Ji:.J_f/.,J?~n 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 Ci) 7~ iho,eof; ~ 7 6, :3 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 ari~ing from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No/d_J:,_A_ __ $/.bd f-;_tJP. 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) ;/vi, NAME -7~-L~.,f-J- P. ?· ADDRESS ----~ ~-~ -L~- STATi_ox_tfifd-rN __, __ CQUNTY _OF _ROCKINGHAM ~- to- wit ;_ _________________________ _ This day personallv appeared before me Henry Shifflett and made oa th--that--the--st-a te-me:a-t-s--een-ta-1.n-ed i:a--the--aeo-v-e-- p-et-:i:-t-i-en,-s-e--:fa-F--as ma.de on his own information are true and so far as made upon information of others-lie belleves -tliem- to-oe -true . - Given under______ --- - thls-Toth day of -Deoeml;).&rT--l-~~ -----------------·-----~ ,NGtar-y-.P.u.blic . NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been pl d i the Clerk's offic r the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not_i;,!e7 ribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present tajr 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. �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOW IT MA¥ CONCERN: I hereby certify that J . Henry Shifflett has paid his taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on the tract of land containing 63- 2- 24 acres situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, c-tonevmll 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 . Treasurer of Rockingham County. �-CI OUI COU , CWb i Q• Cll.Ii . I'fION l? • ~«-t t: .It. ,. dcy Out -----------· Heimry Shil'f let t "*'"'17 l~ .. ~~~~;, him 0 tor tb. rumun at the l , 634 • 00 , th he 132- a ion.era herotot , the t in o r:r""""•....- 1- , l Henry Shi.f'fl.ett is tn 'th et1dtly _ n of' po'Cti 1; oner, op1 li 1d in r r vht a t pl)ro.1 • n t a t1on rd Ct' in ilo t t\t id 1n.to Court. .• 1 Oommi ot t t pllca 1 rtl . his 14 anu lio. 132-a • t d lo no 4 d 1 l or di uto by 132-a I • Ci I is- 0 t n1d _ _ _ __ 1 Henry shi~flett is i,roce e .132-a is- , u 1: C o . 132-a U: 0 t ot Cou u 0 '>Cilt 1 , e C . l , 634 . 00 1Uf1 v• 11,. I f l* I 10}-3 2 - a tton hi Henry Shifflett 41 _____ of ll. .. 1,634. 00 , C bo co ·---~--------Henry Shitfflett t ·t 1 th d Henry Sh1 ft'lett ----------- a h pp r1at tfl''-/3 1 �<trnmmnuwtaltq nf lltrgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA, JOHN M. PURCELL January 6, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this _ 6__ day of January with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/4/34 in accordan ce Rockinghru n in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Ilawson-A~t~k~i-n-s,______ _____ :paid to Hen'l"y Shifflett , Sw:i ft Rim, Virg ·i nia $ J,63.4....0-0_ __ beiog in full settlemen t of tract # ~ - a in the above mentioned cause. �C!tnmmnumtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA . JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA .Janua ry 6 , 1934 Henry Shiff lett Swift Run , Virgi nia Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 1 1 634 . 00 , in accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county of Rockingham of Janua ry 1 934_ entere d on the 4th day , in the matte r of the State Co mmiss ion on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v _ __ --~C~a-s~s~a-n,_._,_., d~r~a~I~,a~w~s~a~n~~A~t~k~1~D-S~_ _ and others , being full and compl ete settle ment for the tract of land known in said proce eding as# 132- a Sign origin al and duplic ate and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-henry.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, J. Henry Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Slope of Main Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 132 a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b42952c9cdda7bba2cdbee1472fd5935.pdf c0db2d2b4552baa4a0fb9f4e47409dce PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT r/272 - ,. ) ifflett , 0:-ohn Number of Acres: 26 Location: l:~ck Run . Roads: -1 Soil: Entirely wi tl in the __ ~rk 0Er niles ti:... d i rt ,,,oad to Port shi:)Jin:, oi1t . n.TvL. . .epublic , '.;118 nec.'.re:_ t ..., ___ 1dy l oi......m o ...,. rood_ dopth ~.n·1 fertili t:, . lo0 ee rock ov0r t~. ~ntire ~rq~ . ~ome sc· tterirv History of Tract and condition of thither: 1;. ll tLe merc.1..___nt:__._ble sa I tt -ber :i.:c.s been rd!IlO ved fr·c!,, tl is tr .... ct . ...-o,;ut 6 cords i'uel.,oc:d ~er ere on t1e cone type . 18 cords . ood . Improvements: ~le atherbo:...rded 16xl 8' 'itll r·u:(; d eJliP ,-;,: f or roo"':..s . 7r:;. e kitc:10n l "x.30', 1.1eatherboarded , ·ii th o+h concrete , t::ree roans , 3 orc:1es , f>x l 8 ', n,1 5x20 ', rr.et·1 l r"o:' , bri.clc f l ues, 1 ~ story , : rorn-s ce i l'"'(1 , -- od co•i.1 1 ·ion, occupied by o mer . well , ,tter s 1::011 l v , solid O'l'1d t · on • t....ner roo1 .ed, '3.ord ''1 l 6xi~6 ' , 8xl0 1 ..:'"r ~::-1e burn : ' - f ,;.ir Jo:1d)...· ion . 10xl 2xle ' , P1et__;_l roof, O)d conditin 1' _,r _, ':Lt 1!0Us8 : ooc1 C'O:tt'i ~iv' , 24 --:,c8 ', pu.~ 0r roo p, ,_1dn :10 lSd : .~Tr ~ f·1it tr ~s - , ,~ ··~~-rs olc, f~-i r ,ord i ... i o1 . Lo __· unc~ , Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: )::i . 00 :. 20 . 00 Cove: 1 0 . 00 30 . 00 .3;:5 . 00 66.J . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 19 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 71 .J . ' 0 Value of Improvements: 950 . 00 $ 930 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ .JO .. 00 ::su . o Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ .50 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ ,JO . 00 t $ G7 . ~8 l per acre f or trac: Vaue Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ J. nor,r, ~ - ~.//~~ ·- - C7 I T-, .) ~ 'l.,,.. • .1 ... J.. .... i(o �---------------- --------- ~ ~ _,,,. ~ - - --- ---------------- -------------·--- more or less, of land in ___~ _ ___________ County, Virginia, Defendants. 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 filin f said petitio and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__ _ ________ _________ ,ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o sa· 1ti and to ~ ~ot~ _ My name 1s _______ ---------~ h ----My post office address is _______--:-=. ___ _0:: __ -- - ---------------7 -- ~ ~~ ----. I claim a right, title, estate or interest in ~ c t or parcel of land within the area sought ;<{;-- --- --------- . -- ----- ;; :ui;;~;~,~~ -_:-~~~~ s- ~~- abouL_-2c.'.'.:t-:_mi!es from __p0'. 'j.~rginia, in the ____ ___________ __ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, t;tle~ estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : (In this space claim.mt 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 ou£ exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) ~ --~ ________? -/ -- ~ -- ~ ----------------------- The land ow~rs adtacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: ~~ ~;: ~ ~· :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: f; wi~ ~e ~~ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_/_J-l-~ in the ,z.__,,:__.,___:____ _ I claim that th'--~l value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $4,._S::~-~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ~est, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/(.;. _SJ;_Q___ ~ . I am the owner of_ __ __~___ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $-----~---- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a i f~-~ . ~-::::-:::::; ~:::::::::::=-~~;i~~;~~~:~~-~;~;;e~~-~~~~~-~~~~ f =~-:~~:~~ t ;J~:~~~~:P : ~ ~--:o---~s).______ 0 1~3 my nameand =~~iIT~-~~~~~:~ the ;:'; v:':i~': :~rci~i!~:~e~~~~~; t,;1; ; a;e-;r1,~-;; f;!i~d~ tte;.; ST I ·tness E OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ __ ------------ - ----- - --, To-wit.. and thing~ app~ ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this----- ~- ~----day of____ 19 .f..~----~-, f i -6--IZ~f- ~ ~ ~ ~ t o ~ tary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �7 / Co mty.; lmo in •ham ~1 tr1et: gtone 1111 i J'otu1 ,;hit'fi tt 272 ss s eel • ~.b,.60 aoo.oo 300.00 t,ocetio : • ck \ in. ot ';y lo Soil; n trely II ttbin. th l9l.6 arK rea MUOd de 1th end tertili ty. [x,r"e o tterin . loose rooA. over the ent1 ro eret1t. ~ : .lone xnown t-lilG J:itetar:,: v1a dirt road to ort ..o ,ublto. the nenrest Shipp in , -point. OV6'1 ll the oerch.anttlble Sf\lf ti llbOl' hns been type. :ma . c• th1 on aora or l od , tuol oordo o t l·o 18 oo::-da ll nrove:ru nto: 75,· ood Ol lt1l3 tr Ot. 1!, • L-0 a dlt.fJll1 n , w a he:roo1 rde<l lfi x l.8 tt Log and 1th ootharl Oru"d d ..o l.'t. with 4 :roorr • ··r~ k1 tohon 12 oonorete. both :;ort, x !.> ,.1,ct rt l ti po.cha, 3 rooms. 2 !~rick 'lutt • l /?- o ol' • ti roo~s o, 1 ed. • 1e• l roo.... ·oll. to~ s·1pply i a • vcc•·1:1 ed by o 1. r. 01 ndHi co Good 1' '160.00 ,:.io-1d '!'01rn.ntion. barn l~ x ~Oi't. 'Mi th a ~ _o ·t 1 d. ronrd 100.00 ·,-,1r aond1tion. lO :.: l~ >.: l?. t. 11• 'fJ ht#D ~11 rui ·t x ree11 • a~t. 40 •betel r,,of ?ti.00 :r . r. od n ld, i'n1... co:.d. r root. oond. 25. 00 50. 00 lt>00.00 Vrl 1e Total vnl,o '~ y,e Cove ope '!'i.ll ble 4 ! 19 26 l v lue or land Total vol "e or 1mprov 'l'o 'total v lue ot timber ot l vai ue 01.' raoe 4V rn e per non .... oo 2o.oo 502.00 ents 1000.00 1~.00 lb.O~ 1ra.oo i''lt-.00 co2.oo �N Sh i f'f le t ·.; 1. J 0.!"111 tl_:3 78 C ou nt y : -'-\O ck i ll&;11s.r.i is D tr ic t : St on e1 ,u ll _,, Rockingham County ff --7 1q11,' / ~ ' '-.'- ~ ~ " t .... - ,, ,: / " ...... / o·,~</ ,~'' ' ~ ~-G ,,. _ -'-!~6 . -, ,,-~,, i!. 0 I , V ',qi'. ......... 5 ~~q_, ,, ( / ,, ,, •1 ~,, \\ i ~ \\ ",, ,,,, ",, '•,,",,,, ,,,, II L~G-I:ND - 3l op e ve Co ·ri l lc_" ":) l e 0c ~1 e - l" - \ ·~o .c liu in s \ ,- 2.15 / ----n,, II,,, ~ -\ . ''' ''...."\, ,'::::: ~-- '""' \ '3: p. V, 0 ~ " ~~, ~ \ ,, ., .1 / \i ...... , - \/ ~ ·:, \ \ \\ \I \\ \\ " \ \ ~~ "'~, l'"€, \fl p ,. ., ---:::. __ ==-~- :::,:::; ~=.::: ~ ~? ~ -(e, , 0- .Ji.0-' ~-{\ r~-(' \ :'7 z,-r-~ ~-t'-' . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-john.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, John Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 272 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/33f5fa56b2e11bcc63e45326a95548dd.pdf 3d952b6982a80fe9582ec90570202cb9 PDF Text Text ROCKINGH~M COUNTY NAME OF <;J/4W'~,1/ -- 0WNER #75 - SHIFFLETT , L. N. 28 Number of Acres: Location: Top of Blue Ridge on south s:id e of Spottswood Tra il , partly in Greene and partly in Rockingham County, but entirely within Park a rea . Roads: Improved macadam road to east and west . Soil: Sandy fertile loam, with tract of clay in subsoil . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract has been cleared and used for agricultural purposes for many yea rs . As a whole it is better than the average mountain home; however, it is not comparable to valley farms of equal si ze t h at are fully equiop p ed with all kinds of farm machinery . Tne grazing land is steep and sofuev1hat rocky and does not have a drmse sod except the narrow field below t h e s pring which is excel lent g razing . Improvements: See other sied . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 8 @ ,w35 . 00 $ 280 . 00 20 28 @ 35 . 00 700 . 00 $ 980 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: -Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 980 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 685 . 00 685 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 100 . oo 100.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 • 00 20 . 00 $ 1785 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 63 . 7 6 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~ - / ~ - CLBRK �CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE : IMPROVEMENTS : DWELLING- - - Log and frame , l l xl8 1 , 6 ro oms , 2 porches, l½ story, shi n _.; le and paper roof , ( enclosed) 7xl4 1 , (open) , 6xl8 brick flues , log walls, water supply spring ; soli d foundati 0n, fair condition, 0 ccupied by owner--- BARN--Log and r' rame , 22x40x8 1 , shingle roof , medium fair c o ndition- --- -STONE CE1.,LAR--- -Frame tlbp , 12xl6x8 1 , shingle roof, fair condition---- HEN HOUSE--Frame , 8xl0x6 1 , shingle roof , poor condi tion- ---GARAGE- ----(used for wood) Fr am e , 12xl8 1 , shed roof , (paper) one end open, fair condition -- - --CORN CRIB - ---Log , 12xl4x7 1 , smingle ro of, p oor condition-- - - DWLL .JI NG- - --Fr ame (used for hay shed) 16x24 1 - 4 ro oms, shingle roof , 2 story, brick flues , water sup ply spring ; foundat i on of posts , ! poar- condition, abandoned - - - - BARN- - - - -Log, 12xl6 ', shed 10xl6 1 , shingle roof , fair condi tion----HEH HOU SE-- - - - Frame, 6x8 ', shingle roof , poor condition . 1 , �_______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. In the Circuit Court oL_fYAf'2a!k:i~~-~-~--~-:-::-~ Development of the State of Virginia, Petiand ation The State Commission on tioner, vs. _________________ _---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------_ _______ _:-____ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in_ The undersigned, in answer to th etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fi}j1ys o_ys~tid i,tition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit _: __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of_ _ as h:yan::: :_~3.on _ ____ -~;;::--------- -------------- ------------- ___ ; f ~---~---------- ---------------- -------My post office address is_ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought are the following to _he_ condemn~d, containing aiz~;;/!~ ~cres, • b= ~ -~ r~ and improvements:~ ~-~ ;,_:_______·::~--:~~ :~ : -;.·~------- - --,,,.- __ -~ --------:~ ::::::: __________________ Virginia, in This l ~ s loc~.%1 abo~t_-~_ f -:--~-miles ~rom__ _ _ _Mag1sterial D1str1ct of said County. th~ 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.) cent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: -- -~- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- ____ r-c~~~w_ ------------------------------------------- I acquired my right, title, est e or interest to this property about the year ~~,,,.,__in the fo~ ; ? Z : __:=:::z =::: ______________________________________________________________________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $Jf?R'A~~~----· 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~~~ ~~----· 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- The undersigned hereby certifies that_ the above named claimant personally appeared bef,o.....,_,.,...""·"' d made oath that the matters sw r are true to the best of_h is knowledge and belief, ov and things appearing in his aF __// _ __ :_ ____ --, 193~ this ____JL_ __________ day of_ _ ~ . 7JY.. ~ ~ ------- - - - a-;-. z _,__-< :-;.... or Investigator ecial ' Slm-of the ~ Nct:;my Publiepo:r .Justice of tne Feac&.j - - -- - - -------- �• , • I Claim of. L •...N.•... Shi f 1 et t ............................................................................................................... . In the Circuit Court of...................... ...................... .... County, Virginia, No ..................... , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs .............................................................................................................................................................. . more or less, of land ing.!'.~.~~.~ .. ~ .. ~.<.?.~~~E..69-.~.. County, Virginia, Defen dants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Deve'lopment ,o f the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon t'he filing of said petition and published in ac,c·ordance with the order of the Cir,c uit Court of ........... .Gf.~~P:~ ...................... County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is .. L .•...N •... Shif 1 ett................................................................................................. . My post office address is .. Fe:r.:n... lU..11., ... V.lr.g;t_ni.a ............................................................. . I claim ,a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be c·ondemned, containing about .... J:W....................... acres, on which there are the following buildings and impr,ovement s : ...P.!Y.~:l-.+JD:g_.hg~.1?.~...~ .. ~JJ.. .. Q1lJP1Jli9-J.n&?..~ ......................... . This land is located about .... J:.9. ..............miles from .... SJ~.119-.~.fQ,,§!.yjJ,l.~..t ................ Virginia, in theS t .a.ndar.ds.:v. i.ll.e...... Magisterial District of said County. I daim the foBowing right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In thi,s space claimant should say whether he is S'Ole owner or joint owner, and if Joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole owner or joint owner, he s'hould set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) Owner in fee . The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North. Ad i •... J •... A • .. Haney ······································································································· South .. Ral.m.mgg.. Mor.r.ia ............................................................................................................ . East .... Vi •.. M•... Sullivan •........................................................................................................... West .............................................................................................................. ...................... ............. . I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year...~~L .................. .in the following manner: .................................................... Bought .•............................................................................................... I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is ~.,.P.QQ.!.09........... I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this .tract or par,cel of liand with the improvement s thereon is $ ...................... ...... . I am the owner of.. ...................... .... a:cres of land adjoining the above described tract or parce,l 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 w-hic'h 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 ne-cessary on the back). Witness my ;ignature (or my name and mark atta,c hed hereto) this .......~QtP................. day ............. ~.~ ...N..!... .Sh;\.f.l.~t:t.................................. . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ...................... ...................... ............ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that ... L.11.... N..-....Shi.fl.at t. .................................................. . tlhe ahove named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and t'hings appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his know1edge and belief, this.....9.9.t .h-..................day oL.A- :r..:!-J ................................., 193~ .. . ofAP.:rJ.l ........ :···················• 1932 ... .................. B •... I .•...Bickers ............................... . Clerk of the Court, 0P Sf)eeie~ In·;estig:eiaf' N0te:ry P1:i'bHe, 0P Jastiee af tfte Peaee. ef' �9 count7: Di t ~1ct: Ct;) D~ f; I tyJ t, • .. tiona o r Bl 1480 on partly in Oro ,n . r ly . 1 t dt o nd. :1r 11, Count y: rk I l 1th tr y 1n C t 0 t · o.m. u" o1l. t. -• - 0 200. 00 , 60 00 30 5.00 0 ... ~o.oo 10. 00 40 .00 s.oo {oont•d) 13'! �.. 2 - - ~,.) Rooki ) ) 8r Val -10 of l i - •• -oc 1 Count a g F ot l ot l 676 00 f • 0 land • •••• of fru1 t tr V Tot 1 U 1 b •2 V vor o co. 'l'otnl i ot 1 l l ...... Toto.1 28 ., 2 .'15 C ) • • •• • NO. _ _ _J _ _ __ ~ - - - -1 9 _ TO_ _ _ _ _ __ FOR _ _ _ _ __ DO L LA R S C ENTS AL tJROT FORD. 'OEl'OS/TEO JTA L TH/SC/fEC/f 8.Al CAROFORD I "(/ • 1.00 •••• ••• • �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Peti tio:r:e r vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others On this, the and Herbert w. J,~ Respondents day of December, 1933, came L. N. Shifflett Wyant, and on their own motion leave is given them to file their petition, and the answer of Sallie A. Wyant to said petition, which answer is accordingly filed. And it appearing to the Court that $1785.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 75, heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and condemnation heretofore filed herein, that in the opinion of petitioner, th~ said L. N. Shifflett and Herbert W. Wyant are invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said Tract No. 75, and that Herbert w. Wyant, one of the petitioners, has disclaimed any interest in and to the said award, 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, except as to the lien for $129.00 due Sallie A. Wyant as fully set out in her answer; and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable on said Tract No. 75 have been paid; Upon Consideration Whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that of said sum of $1785.00 paid into Court as just compensation for said TractNo. 75, $1656.00 be paid to L. N. Shifflett and $129.00 bhe residue thereof be paid to Sallie A. Wyant, and the C1erk of this Court is directed to t r ansmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virg inia, who shall pay u.iltl.o the said L. N. Shifflett $1666.00 and pay unto the said Sallie A. Wyant $129.00, the amount of award set out in the �' 2. judgment of condemnation of said Tract of land, taking from said L. N. Shifflett and Sallie A. Wyant a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law. �--. I - 1· :~ ·1 ! • , I ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Respondents Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others The petitioner, State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, on the ---day of December, 1933, having paid into the Court the sum of $1785.00, the amount . of award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. I 175, the undersigned, L. N. Shifflett and Herbert W. Wyant, hereby I apply to the Court or to the Judge thereof in vacation, for an 1 , order of judgment for the distribution of said sum of $1785.00 to the said L. N. Shifflett, on the ground that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore I \tiled and the said petition for judgment and condemnation, that !the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner, is invested with la superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said I I Tract of land No. 75, and therefore, to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and is entitled to receive the /proceeds from the exappropriation of said Tract No. 75. That Herbert w. Wyant, one of your petitioners, under deed dated September 25, 1931, from L. N. Shifflett to said I 'petitioner, has certain water rights and easements in and to said tract of land and that said Wyant joins in this petition and disclaims any interest in and to said fund by virtue of said water rights and easements. That there is a lien resting on said land in the sum of 1$125.00, together with $4.00 interest in favor of Sallie A. Wyant. The undersigned aver that the record in this suit does \not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA, :!interest as to the title to said Tract No. 75 or to the proceeds !arising from the condemnation thereof, except as above stated, �, ' l . J 2. and the said statementsin the petition of condemnation as to the I title of the undersigned are true and that the undersigned, L. N. I Shifflett has title in fee simple and encumbered only to the ! I extent of $129.00, in said Tract No. 75, and is entitled to be paid the sum of $1785.00, less the lien indebtedness of $129.00 1due Sallie A. Wyant, and prays the Court that it will order and direct the payment of the sum of $1656.00 a part thereof to L. N. Shifflett, one of your petitioners and the remaining $129.00 to Sallie A. Wyant. The original deed of trust securing the aforesaid indebted ness is filed herewith and s~ows by metes and bounds a part of the tract of land composing Tract No. 75. I State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: - I I, ~Q,,_~~ , a Notary Public of I an:l for the~u.rrtyof Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the 21st day of December, 1933, personally appeared before me in my said County L. No Shifflett and Herbert 1W• Wyant and made oath that the statements claimed in the fore- ' I I I HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. going petition are true. Given under my hand this 21st day of December, 1933. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others Respondents The answer of Sallie A. wfyant to a petition filed in this I \cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County by L. N. Shifflett I 1 and Herbert W. Wyant. This respondent for answer to said petition or to so much thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer, answers and says that it is true as stated by petitioners that the undersigned has a lien securing $125 . 00 and $4 . 00 interest, king a total of $129 . 00 on the land known and designated on the p of Park lands as Tract No. 75, as shown by the deed of trust by petitioners . And that your said respondent answers and says that she is ntitled to the said sum of $129 . 00. Your respondent Joins in the prayer of said petition for distribution of said fund as set out therein, and she will ver pray, &c. SALLIE A. WYANT By C:ounsel HERBERT W. WYA NT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . �93 121 COPY This Deed made this 20th day of October, 1911, between Wesley Collier and Mary E. G.!,llier, his wife, parties of the first part, anl L. N. Shifflett, party of the second part, all of near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia, W I T N E S S. .E T H : That in consideration of Six Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($668.00) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the parties of the first part, the said Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier have this day sold and do hereby grant and convey with general warranty of title unto the said L. N. Shifflett that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the Eastern part of Rockingham County and partly in Greene County on Swift Run Gap, and knovm as part of the Polly Shifflett tract of land, adjoining the lands of J. I. Beasley, R. A. Gibbons, Nimrod Shifflett and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at a bunch of chestnuts on a stony hill, thence S 63 E 82 poles to a large Spanish oak and chestnut, thence S 25 E 100 poles to SWift Run, at a large oak, thence up said run S 74 W 16 poles to a point in said run, thence S 12 W 8 poles to a mahogany in a turn of said run, thence N 41 W 108 poles to two chestnuts from one stump, thence N 49 1/2 W 32 poles and 19 links to the Mansion Spring, thence N 2 E 40 poles to the beginning, containing 39 3/4 acres, to,g ether with all appurtenances thereunto belonging, It is agreed by and between · the said parties to these presents that a right of ~Y is reserved for Mary Shifflett, her heirs and assigns, leading from the Mansion Spring N 2 E 40 poles to a bunch of chestnuts, being the beginning corner of said tract of land. Witness the following signatures and seals the date and day first above mentioned. Witness to both signatures I. L. Flory Wesley Mary his Gollier (Seal) x mark her x E. Collier(Seal) wa,rk �2. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham. to-wit: I, I. !,. Flory, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier whose names are signed to the foregoing deed bearing date on the 20th day of October, 1911, have acknowledged the sare before me in my County aforesaid. Given under my hand this 20 day of Oct. 1911. I. L. Flory, N. P. My commission expires December 9th, 1911. VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. October 21, 1911. This Deed from Wesley Collier and wife to L. N. Shif flett was this day prflsented in the office aforesaid, and is, together with the eertificate of acknowledgment annexed, admitted to record. Teste: D. H. Lee Martz, Clerk. �t ' COPY 150 327 THIS DEED, made this 25th day of September, 1931, by and between L. N. Shifflett, party of the first part, and Herbert w. Wyant, party of the second part, all ofRockingham County, Virginia, WI T N E S S E T H : That for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ( $10 .oo) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, together with other good and valuable consideration, he the said party of the first part has bargained, sold and conveyed and by these presents doth bargain, sell, grant and convey unto said Herbert w. Wyant all that certain lot or ~ract of land, together with improvements thereon situate on the south side of the Spottswood Trail, on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, and bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at an iron pin in an old roadway, Mrs. Elsie Baugher's corner and in a line of the Fern Hill Church lot; thence, with a line of the church lot, N 41 3/4 E 5.04 poles, to an iron pin in the south line of the Spottswood Trail; thence, with the south side of the Spottswood Trail, N 45 1/4 W 2.8 poles, to an iron pin on the south side of said Trail and in the middle of the old Rockingham and Stanardsville Turnpike, said corner being in John Haney's line; thence, with the middle of the old pike, with Haney's line N 64 3/4 W 9.24 poles, to an iron pin in the middle of the old pike, Haney's corner and in Mrs. Elsie Baugher's lihe; thence, with her lines, S 6 : 1/2 E 1.5 poles, to a stake mn the north side of an old roadway, white walnut called for; thence, with the old roadway, S 40 E 10.6 poles, to the beginning, containing .24 of an acre, am being the residue of a tract or parcel of land containing l 3/4 acres, conveyed to the said party of the first part by deed dated May 26, 1906, from John K. Haney and others, which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 17, at page 192, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed Book No. - ~ ---""-- 33b �2. at page --- , less, however, a tract or parcel of land conveyed by the said L. N. Shifflett to Jarnes A. Haney and others, Trustees of United Brethren in Christ of Virginia, which deed is dated August 23, 1918, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 19, at page 342, and less another tract or parcel of land conveyed by the said L. N. Shifflett to J. A. Haney and Rhoda Haney by deed dated January 20, 1926, which deed is duly of record in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 20, at page 384, am less a further strip of land conveyed by said L. N. Shifflett tot.he Commonwealth of Virginia, by deed dated October 20, 1930, which deed is likewise recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 22, at page 31. The said party of the first part doth further grant and convey unto the party of the second part any and all rights reserved to him in the deed dated August 23, 1918, from J. J. Beasley, L. N. Shifflett and others to James A. Haney and others, Trustees of United Brethren in Christ of Virginia, more specifically described as follows: That in the event the said United Brethren in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then the title shall revert back to the owners of the original tract. \\ The said party of the first part doth further grant unto the party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, the right to use any part of the overplus or excess water, necessary for the use of said land flowing from the spring on the Polly Shifflett land and from the spring on the R. J. Shifflett land, the granter reserving to himself, his heirs and assigns, the right to use all water necessar y for himself, his family ahd their livestock from the two springs hereinbefore described. The said party of the first part doth further grant unto the party of the second part the right to lay and maintain a pipe line for conveying the water necessary for the said land from the overplus or surplus from said springs to the filling station and buildings on the tract or �e 3. p~rcel of land hereinbefore described, with the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of laying said pipe line and repairing same. Witness the following signature and seal: L. N. Alda Rinker witness his x mark Shifflett (Seal) State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: I, Ralph H. Bader, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do aertify that L. N. Shifflett whose name is signed to the foregoing writing, bearing date on the 25th day of September, 1931, has this day personally appeared before me in my said County and acknowledged the same. My commission expires the 27th day of March, 1932. Given under my hand this 25th day of September, 1931. Ralph H. Bader, Notary Public VIRGINIA: In the ~lerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. The foregoing deed of BARGAIN AND SALE was this day presented in the office aforesaid, and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed, admitted to record this 25th day of September, 1931, 4:~0 P. M. Teste: J. Robert Switzer, Clerk �I 1 l >.. . - - • ( THIS DEED, made this 20th day of June, 1931, by and between L. N. Shiffle tt, widower , party of the first part, and Herbert w. fyant, Trustee , party of the second part, WI TNE S S E TH : That for and in conside ration of the s-wn of One Dollar ($1 . 00) cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowle dged and of the provisio ns of the trust hereina fter declared , he,the said party of t.he first part ,doth hereby grant and convey with covenan ts of general warranty , unto the said Herbert W. Wyant, Trustee , all his right,t itle and interes t in and to the real estate hereina fter describe d, togethe r with improvem ents thereon and all rights and appurten ances thereunt o belongin g, situate in the eastern part of Rockingham County and the western part of Greene County, Virginia , at what is known as Fern Hill, and more particu larly describe d as follofis Tract No. One: That certain tract or parcel of land, situate in the eastern part of Rockingham County and partly in Greene County on Swift Run Gap, and known as part of the Polly Shiffle tt tract of land, adjoinin g the lands of J. I. Beasley , R.A. Gibbons, Nimrod Shiffle tt and others, and bounded as follows: Beginnin g at a bunch of chestnu ts on a stony hill, thence S 63 E 82 poles to a large Spanish oak and chestnu t, thence S 25 E 100 poles to Swift Run, at a large rock, thence up said Run S 74 W 16 poles to a point in said Run, thence S 12 W 8 poles to a mahogany in a turn of said Run, thence N 41 W 108 poles to two chestnu ts from one stump, thence N 49 1/2 W 32 poles and 19 links to the Mansion Spring, thence 2 E 40 poles to the beginnin g, containi ng 39 3/4 acres, and being the same land conveyed to the said L. N. Shiffle tt, party of' the N first part, by deed from Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier, his wife, which deed is dated October 20, 1911, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia , in Deed Book No. 93, at page 121. �2. Also, the said party of the first part conveys unto the said Herbert w. Wyant,Truste e, all those two certain tracts of land, adjoining Tract No. One., situate in Greene County, and kn·own as the Rob Shifflett and Haney land, containing 50 acres, more or less. IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, TO SECURE the payment of the principal swn of One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($125.00) evidenced by bond executed by L. N. Shifflett, of even date herewith, payable to the order of Sallie A. iyant, one year after date, with interest from date, interest payable a:nnually and waiving the benefit of the Ho~estead Exemption. The party of the first part covenants and agrees, so long as the debt hereby secured, or any portion thereof, remains unpaid, to pay all taxes assessed against said property, when and as the same become due and payable, and to keep the improvements thereon constantly insured in some responsible, level premium fire insurance company in a swn of not less than $300.00, with loss ciause attached to said policy of insurance, providing that any loss, if any thereunder, shall be payable to the Trustee herein as his interest may appear, for the benefit of the holder or holders of said bond, and, upon his failure to effect and keep in force said insurance, that the holder or holders of said bonds may obtain the same, any premiwns, if any paid therefor, to be a further debt hereby secured. In the event of default in the payment of said bond, or of the interest thereon when due, or of failure to comply with the above covenants as to taxes and insurance, then, in either or any of said events, the entire 1.amount hereby secured shall become due and payable and the said Trustee shall, upon written request from the then holder of said bond, so to do, proceed to execute this trust by making sale of said property in accordance with the provisions of Section 5167 of the Code of Virginia, 1919, and any Acts amendatory thereof. �WITNESS the following signature and seal: State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: I, A. E. Wyant, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that L. N. Shifflett, whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date the 20th day of June, 1931, has this day personally appeared before me in my County aforesaid and acknowledged the same. My commission expires the 5th day of October, 1931. Given under my hand this 2..2,.__day of June, 1931. Notary :,U.blio JtHlN 1A: i t, .p Dlerk'~ ()ffice of the G'irouit Uonrl t~1w ro~ il~ oi Rockirullrn.111 1~mntv. - ····-·-·· ·Na~ t,hl~ ta. · 1 ) ~ n t ~ ~~ th, .~ .- ·et- ato~in ~no t~ ·,~.t!tel ~ntI· Gw ,·err;iooat,t f ·1 1 -.} ·eeor, "'·~,.,,;~y (t.____,~;..e:-~..__..,_.......... 1>e.L.fea.tl-, M ,t "'~......ow efL!.IlleIU u111ext<:1. ~.01rn+-.t,.,. 1 �\ . ~- . :."1. Tax $ 2-G<..-'-tJ. 1,74'$,Pd> Transfer $ AJmitted J( To ,I .,.I- JUN 2 4 1931 i--~ ' .. ' �This deed made thi s 26t of the County of Rockin 6f •May 906,Bet~e Gn John run and James ,Haney a nd Loula Han . ~· oHaney and Rhoda Haney his wife of the county of Greene all of the Sta te of \/irginia,pn.rties of the first part· and L.N.Shiflett of th~ Co1nty of Rockineham,and State oaf res i ~par y of art; 'ITNCSSETH: tha t fo-r a nd in consideration of Ten Dollars t he s cond Ri1 to the said parties of the first part by the o~id L.N.Shiflett han d i a rt· es of the fir t p rt have bar ain d,8old and They the a~i by these presenta,barg91n,s 11 conveyed and do no the said L.N.Shiflett between th~ owledge • econd part the receipt wher.eof· they do hereby ac party of the nd convey unto him ll that certain lot o~ tract of l and tt te A ld road and the Rockin ham Turnni~e in the County o~ Greene on to~f' the Blue Ridge :Mountain ~.nd bounded as foll owe ;'r o_ i,t; Beginning Tu~npikc n t Wh te W lnut on the S0 thside of the Roc~i~ uh m 1 o~ the North s ide of th~ old road with his line sqid old road S.47½ 45 corner to J.I.Be- .I2 poles thence S 7I ½ • es 6 poles, .25 poles S.87 E.7 Pol~$ to a stake a rock to be planted in said ol·' road, thence a new line N. 0 VI .8 poles, to the center of the Rockingham Tu pike,thence , !th said road N.58 W 3I polP!:! N 62,W.24 poles to the old line and with old line s.I3 B.I½ poles to the beginning containing one and three fourths acres (I~) and the parties of the first part warrant Gcne~Allv the t tle to th7,Proper y h~reby.This deed conveyed. itness the following signatures and seals the day and date first above written. John K.He:.~ - -~ Lula A.Hr~n_eL._._ (Se 1) James A.Han~ - - (S_e'tl)_ Rhod _ __t~eal Virgin!~, Green - Countv To_Wit; I,D.C.Deane a Noto~y Public in nn of Greene and StatP for th?. County for·~ id~cPrtify that John K.Haney,Lula H~ney his wife, Jae.A.Haney and Rhoda Haney his wife,whose names arA signed to the foregoing deed be rin me date the 26th dd May 1906 , hn.V 1; each acknowledged the same befor ... in mt County and State aforesaid • 58 �Given u..t1der y hand this the 26th of May I906. lly term e xp 1 res I Ith of December D,C,Deane 1907-}!_. ~ • VIRGINIA:-rJLln the Clerk's Office, Greene County Circuit Court,__cl___day of 9 J__ , this deed, wa this dav filed in the dfice aforesaid, 1\~ and will the cert1f1cate annexed admitted to record. Clerk Q~'~ , B. -~J~~'- �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Concern: I hereby cert i fy that t he Records of my office show that L. 1 ; . Shiffle tt has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his several tracts of 39- 3- 0 acres and 1-2- 0 acres of land situ.ate in the Blue Ridge N1ountains in Stonewall Distr i ct , Rockingham Cov.nty. All Taxes prior to that time , if any be unpaia , are a matte r of record in t he Clerk ' s Offi c e of said County. day of De cembe r 1 933 . Gi ven unde r my hand this 21st Treas urer of Rockingham County . STATE OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCICTNGH.AM , to-wit : of my of L. I , ~ . Robert Switzer , Cle rk of the Circuit Court Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract 85 acres in stonewall District , assessed in the name of No Shifflett . Given under my hand this 22d day of December , 1933 . �Qtnmmnttttttaltq nf 1iltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCEL.L. TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Vi rgi nia h ave th is 27 day of December in accordan c e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham Colln ty dated 12/22~/=3=3_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Co n se r vation and Development of the State of Virg i n ia vs. Cassandra Lawson.-"-------'A"--"---"-t=k~i~n=s"---------- - :paid to __L_._ N. Shifflett $_1~,_6_5_6_._0_0_ _ _ b eing in full settlement of tract i n the a bov e me n t i on ed cause. #..2.Ji_ �, ... C!!nmmnuwrttlt11 nf llirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M . PURCELL December 27 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA L. N. Shifflett Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 656.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 22nd day of D@cember 1 93___Q_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ -~G~a-s~s~an~d_r~a.._,L=a-~=¥-s~o~n~A~t~k-i_n~s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-~7~5_ _ _ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �e Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf llirgiuia TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA, Decembe r 2~, 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virg inia have t h is 27 day of Decembe r in accordan ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockine;h am County dated 12/22/33 in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. A......t""k.....i.....n.....s...___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Cas s andtihz Laws o"""'n....__..... paid to Sallie A. Wyant $ __1_2_9~._0_0____ being in full settleme nt of tract in the above mention ed cause. #-2..5- �C!tnmmnuwtalt4 nf llirgiuta TREASURE R ' S OFFICE RICHMON D, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL Decembe r 27 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRG INIA Sallie A. Wyant Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of • Virginia , the sum of $ 129 . 00 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockinghrun of Decembe r entered on the 22nd day 1 93.3_ , i n the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ati on and Developm ent 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 settleme nt for the tract of land k nown in sai d proceed ing as #__7_5_ _ __ Sign origi nal an d dup li cat e an d return to t h e Tre asure r of Vi r ginia . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-l-n.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, L. N. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 75 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/83bff6b589de670396a78adf087d654e.pdf d95a0fbd03493a8c5dd3f8a8c581b9ad PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #331 - Shifflett , Luther Number of Acres: 30 Entirely within the Park area . Location: Sandy Bottom. Roads: One mile of dirt and four miles of hard surface road to Elkton , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sand and clay loam and is of a fair d-epth and ferti 11 ty . and rough . Steep History of Tract and condition of timber : Improvements: 1 frame dwelling: 15x26', 5 rooms and 6x20' porch, kitchen 12xl5xl2', metal roof, brick flues , two story , fair condition, occupied by owner, water supply is a well . Log barn: 23x25xl2', shingle roof . ~~ Frame hen house: 12xl7x4 ', paper roof , poor condition. Log hen house: 10xl4x8' , shingle roof, poor condition. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 3 @ $5 . 00 'll515 . 00 27 @ 25.00 675 . 00 $690 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 30 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 690 . 00 Value of Improvements: $6 80 . 00 680 . 00 Value of Orchard: $150 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 50 . 67 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 150.00 1520.00 �• Co,mt:,: : 1 trict: :,aod 30 .. \' ... o Cln1rnod : ..- ,iockingl !' or a ., :.t.o.oo nt1r J.y - 750.00 1 11:1.n -fl cl lo t! , 4 po nt . no t 1• or tnil· dcp th . d i'e:-ti 11 ty. ea o. h 1r t .."'f l!t. 00 j enta: l.i. r:!" 10 o ro, d to ~b u-; • 00.11 · of 75¢ o.oo :'tr p t ntl 1·ou ·h. k·on, tha neor ut ood µor ao e ue nil 6 x ~o )() ·ch. 15 x :?tli't. t> '1 tohuu o sto:-y. Co1d · OU 'l"icl: -lue.. ~atal. root. · ,-,tor 01 p y in n t' 11r. \o'ccup1 56 .oo llttlo root 1;;!'t;, !.or be:r~1 ?." lC0.00 r, ..13 h n i om.rn l} x l'l x 4. t. -·op r ::'OO!... Co11d. 1001· l. .oo Log h 'fl hou o 10 A 1.· " b:"t . ,->h1n ·l l ool.". !01~<1. poor lt.00 l l~ /4 . b · l.~:t't. ''° llO frwit trees. V. lue of lnnd_by 100.00 700.00 l' -~ Vnl.uu '~'zr1e cren e Sop Cr '..: t l, .) neT aore ~s.oo 2b.OO ~ 'lo 0 ot vnl.ue 1 vnlu or land o:f 1 :rovei va.lu of ti1 b r Tot·l val e or vere o valutt n • l"l!Ct c.re 74!). 0 ta J 700.0(} lu.oo 101! .oo .;.o.., Tot l V•--tlUe 10.00 7i!ti.OO '74~ . • oo �1/::>'.::;l. , .ShiL.'lett , LUtl.er County : .oc ... in ar1 District : Stone .. all IID N ~ J . ,.!'10S e:nsloy s::ope - Scale - l" 1 i liable' = ~o cbuins Lf3'i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-luther.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Luther Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 331 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/45ae759af548c7b411115f2b50d87cfe.pdf 088352c5b5051530fa60faa353fcc95f PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY V NAME OF CLAIMANT #254 - SHIFFLETT, M. M. & I . F . Number of Acres: Location: Roads: 33 . 3 miles southeast of Island Ford . 3 miles over county road to Island Ford . ' Soil: ' Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: All the saw timber has recently been removed from this tract . An Astimated amount of 2 0 0 cords of fuelwood remains on the tract . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope:-- 33 @ $5 . 00 $165 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 165 . oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 • 00 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 100 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 100 . 00 ~p3 1 5 .00 9 • 54 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . ~./(p,±7. CLERK �Claim of__A/Jqy \N C}rdM. S /71 ftrett "l"- _ I rv:11 _ .s._.S/7 ,' f' tl~/f ---------------- ----------In the Circuit Court of_~~~A~:.1_qf:.?q?_~7_1__________ County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___________________________ _____________________________ , ____________________ _ • more or less, of land in_ !rt2.g,ff...~1..7-?!?..':!1JJJ____ _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. Deand Conservation on Commission State The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court ofR... _~ ff;_1-1.51-b_~?..T1."1 _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. 0 My name is __l;llcJy w c, rd _;117 o/2 ; /?./71-elt ---------------- ---------------- ---My post office address is ___ f_ Js./2_1.I__y_q_ ____lf,_EJ}__ J'f._p__ ~ ---------------- -----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __,___ f 1_ __ _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :_____ Y:f1!fJ_l_4=T!_t! _~------------------ - - ---------------- ----- · ·· m v·1rg1ma, cl ' I~ I a177 o/ F'q_,_-___________ · 1ocat ed a bou t ____'f-1l;~ ______ m1·1 es f rom _______________ . 1an d 1s Th1s the_~7P-~-,-~w_~f{ ___ _Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land d~scribed above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) ___Jo, ~7 /·_o wner w il/1 __ I r v , ~ 1 _ S _ sh ;-19/feM ---------------- ---------------- ---- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ .Q ll,£4-· :l'(j-,,,~/'f _L ~ W ,' n ---------------- ---------------- ----------South_ G-e.o ._R o s- so 1 7 ________________ ________________ ________________ _____________ _ East __ C _1,(/ Sl-t r f-1/elf -------------------------------------------------------West__ J 1-/ L E' W, v 1, ---------------- ---------------- ----- - ---------------- ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year -~_1-~_o_~ __ in the · _ following manner: __ _ __/:,-~ n1 ____ -Pl-,,' / , .sh, ff le.If __ _/-;, 'f- l2~ _s, n1,p /., 7ttfe _________________________ _ 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 parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $J_o_~~-'-----------· I am the owner of __ Zt~n ~_________ 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 ). Reniarks·------ ---- ------------- --------- - - -------- --- - ---------------- -----------I e,;;J/-rnc;/e /1 CVS .2.o ~ "' refs Cl / / 1 -r 1 -f, ;,,/;,e7 w/7 ,'e /7 7//, $' /a,77c/ ---------7------ ---------------- ---------------- ----------------/S---------------------_f'2.!_::::t1.f"_'?_d p e , · __ a e , -e ________________ _______ ________________ ________________ ________ _ - ---------------- ---------------- ----------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark-attached hereto) this ___ (_§.1(1---,--p-/day m~.M..- ~Y~ -J-4~ j,JJ( -of_.£~~1__ .___l1~1-____ , 1930-:-STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ E_f!._s-A1_1_1_7f7_<:J-1:J1, _______ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaLJIJ:!y_w..gz:.c!._!!1---f'!i!!{l~!i-r:-!z.-y!.·7.l_s_§f:z.!. t t{~------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, ~~~~;-o~ s:~ : ~--:, -:~bp1 ;~ ~~~ay ft:---= t:--c:1 // " / v ~ r/6 - u Notary Public, ~-J-llw.i'.ce......o.f-ttie--±>e:acec--- �• -: ounty: Rockingham District: Stonewall ·•25,1 - r.r. J • t:. I . F . Sh;tfflott AoJeara Claimed: 33 A. Value Claiined: 1000 . ~ssess cd : 32 . 80 acres ,, Deed 32 . 80 $160 fl 1925 ::."or AREA: 33 A. Location: 3 miles south eas t of Island Ford . Laps: §.ill: Slope Roads : 3 miles over county road to lsla.nd J?ord !i_istory: All the saw timber has recen tly been removed from t his tract. :~n estima ted amount of 200 ods of fuel wood remains on the tract valued o.t 50¢ ror cord. Improvements: . None Value of lnnd 'll7p~ slope b:z t11 es: A:·· eu 33 Total value of land Value per a cre '3 . 50 ~115.50 Total vulue of timber 100.00 Total value of tract 21D . 50 verngc value per a.ere 6 . 53 Total Value $115 . 50 250 �• I. r. Sni , te ct County : ::-ml!kinc'-:..1.m :)ist1·ict : Cton0,rc...l~ N Ueo . s 1ort John .... . ..lex""nu.er .. ~G :·:; [3.,_Q ,l 2'-,1 ei1uins J.J•..f yette � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-m-m-and-i-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, M.M. & I.F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Three miles southeast of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 254 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/50f920af770578221775c318844fc1c9.pdf 55392249a86f894ef4c5180140cb0781 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #198 - Shifflett, Mamie B. Number of Acres: 8 Location: Two miles east of Island Ford. the Park area . Roads: Two miles over county road to Island Ford. Soil: Slope . This tract is entirely within Thi s t rac t h as h a d a 11 th e mere h an t a ble timber removed and has been burned over. History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 $5 . 00 $40 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 40 . 00 25.00 $65 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: ~ . 12 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . �----------------------------------------------------------- i---- /l --------------This land is located about_ __( _~(~ ___ miles frorn.J---4~~=~-J ~---- Virginia, in the.RJ;.~•.J:~ A\ifagisterial 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 )fnd described above.) -------/4~ -~----------------- -------------------- ----------------- ,_l ( \ L_~ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: N orth ____ ~ }«jd_~. t ~ J __ 8. ,A ___________________________________ _ South ___ t__J~ --------------------------------------East ___ Ll -~--f_.t'_4,~ -_____________________ ____________________________ _ West ___\..ll~ - ~--- J~---------------- ------------------- -----------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l _f _li__.Cin the following manner: ,. __________________ /31--~-~~~------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_2..f...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 $-1. L Ja-~---· I am the owner of_J_J.r__~ ______ 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 $_ / _..f:d~-------· (Ip. 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). ·t ess my signature (or my name an 7 rfal attac~ed ~er~to ~ tfJs.-T;¼ "Z-----day ~ -----NM<,n•·J.b_'OO. of- --STA OF -~ntaM'A~j COUNTY OF___ -~ -------~ -w1 . The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_~ _(ll,d:-A,_1- _ _ ______ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best'of his nowledge and belief, ? K - ~ R ~------------ this ______ k_Z_______ day of--~ ~-::~ -.J?:~-~ --- Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, ustice ~ e P~ �coun ty: hock neh,run Dist rict: Bton ewal l I cnnie B. .Jhif flet t Asse ssed Valu e Clair:1cd: Loca tion: r.a,.s : 212 . 50 ll 8 . 40 acre s 40 . 00 2 mile s east of I sland Ford . ri t· · n the rark area . Arf.'' : fl. "• J Thin truc t is ontir eJ.y .§..911: Slop e . Road s: 2 mile s over ooun ty road to Islan d : ord . !i.is,t ory: Deed ( inhe rited 8 . 40 .... crcs ) This trac t has had. all the m.ero hanta blo tinb er remov _d and ho.e:; been burn ed over . I£mrovement~: :tone . Tim b~ 35 eds . o _!':1,lUe of land bX ~ siope fuel nood 75¢ p er od. ----- ~--- --- .,,,~6. }~5 ~YJ'lO S: Valu e Cl:C'lf ;O -per _aero 8 Totu l raluc of land . 4 .00 32.0 0 Tot 1 valu e oi' i ..provemen ts 'l'ot l vuluo of timb er 'l'o "t, l v· lue of tr.,.o t Aver age valu e per acre 26.25 t't 58 . 25 '7 . 28 1()(.o �' ~ i'/:198 - .....,r1irf'lett, ~.u.nie l.J . County : ,ockingha1 District : Stoneuall N ~ . 'icl:2-e Estate T. Slope .Scc-..le - 1° - ~v clir1ins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-mamie-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Mamie B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Park Area Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 198 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e7a39a5f917bdcc9d16ac27a22cbc4ab.pdf 3ae0348b2cab56f36cff75d3b20aa347 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #190 - Shifflett , Mose - Estate Number of Acres: 21 Location: Sandy Bottom . Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of fair depth and fertility with noderate to gentle slopes, somewha t rocky with northwest a nd southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: One portion of this tract was cleared many years aso, it wa s cultivated f or sometime and has been neglected for the past 10 or 16 years and now it has slope type . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 21 $3 . 00 $6 3 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: ~otal - - 50 . 00 ~n13.oo Minerals : Value of Land:$ 63 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 38 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N01 E . 'Jc; �f:19U_-_ _---1• N '-' 6ses C.1iff..1.ctt :sta.-;:;e co..:.nty : .,oer.i ghum Jistrict : stonewall S . "" . orris Ce Ch1:1rlos Glo-ie ,ouch r:.....~i.nf ~illable .::c le - 1. ' - ~o cL' ins �,o nt : Di riot : l O - Sh tttl s : ~1 • C n • 0 n y bo 1 • er ti l - 210 . r ntly on to be 3 - 11: ~ ll lo Y C d h o ds : l 0 l ot l var tility rt pot n • 0 f r 1 1 63. 00 .,. oo t1 b r f t l l ct pr acr 1. ~. oo .o st o d l ~h nd oderate t g ntl th es~ ex o re . r 11 ar n; �, l n y: D1s rict: e d: " ndy Oil: Ro ..., .... nl y cl .. lo s .n . .. .... ed: " - ( 1 08) - 1 • 0 - (l l ' ot .. o . !l: - ;) "1 s t n X 0 ur • 1rg1n1 r Co oor f rtlltty, p d ~lkton . 00 has .1 t tnt r to 0 r 11 n or 1 t 0 X 3 or 8' , hie hl e 8%10.x ', ro r, 1 . 00 pr l :Xl X ' 4 .5 ~ ot l V lie 't l nd r 0 ot t l ve V 1 pr>V 1 ti b r ltle o tr ct V l Pr ere '1 ents 31 .oo .oo .oo 99 . 00 1. 0 r rot • . oor t,. t 20 . 0 n; �ROCKINGH!J,1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT J 190-a - Shifflett, hlose - Estate Number of Acres : Location: Sandy Bottom . Roads: Soil: Two miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run; chence four miles to ~lkton. Sandy clay of good depth and poor fertility wit h modera te slopes and southwest exposure. History of Tract and condition of timber: L1ost of t his tract was cleared many years ago and has been grazed and cultivated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . Improvements: (See reverse side for improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 2 $3 . 00 ~~6 . 00 20.00 80 . 00 20 . 00 10 . 00 $96 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land : 4 @ Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: ~- 1/2 Orchard: Minerals : Value of Land: $ 96 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 225. 00 225 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 20 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 20 . 00 Value of Timber: $ $341.00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 52 . 46 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - NONE . ~ ..::;....x..:._·--~~~~M--...,'_C LERK . /I �Log and frame, 12x28', kitchen 12xl6xl0', 1~ story IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: shingle roof, 5 rooms, 3 of which are ceiled, poor condition , occupied by tenant . Old barn: Frame, l4xl6xl6', shingle roof, poor condition . Frame, 8xl0x6', shingle r.oof, poor condition . Spring house: Granary: Fra n.e, 10xl2x8', shingle roof, poor condition. 7 �Resp onde nt answ ering by the Com plain ant Guar dian ad Litem to so much of Bilili as mate rial for to answ er unto , answ er and say that know..t1/'n othin g of the truth of the matt ers of fact alleg ed in the Com plain ant~ Bill and neith er admi t nor deny the infan t cf ---- tend er year s, and ask the aid of the Cour t in the prot octio n of inte rests . Havi ng fully answ eredt ~ prcytj( to be henc 6 dism issed . with boun d will ever pray , etc. >.orn to befo re me this ,? ' _ L,:!;,~ ~::::::__ cost s, and as in c1uty �- ·----- - - ~ IN THE CL CUIT CCURT OF ROCKIHGE..t ~ COUNTY, VI G IIIL... :1he State Co1.1mis sion on Conservation and ~evelopment of the State of Virginia, P.J'J. I.rI O:t-..1"ER , Ca~sandra Lawson~ tkins and others , TO TEE HON. H. V. MRTR.:J.~ , JUDG J OF S L ) COURT. Your petitioners, Carrie Shifflett, Claude Shifflett, ~~d Floyd Shifflett , Teepectfully represent : That ?loses Shifflett died , intestate, in 1918 , whi le seised and possessed of a truct of 21 acres of land situate in . arkin Hollow, on the wes te:r-n slope of the Blue Ridge 1/ountair. . , in the eastern portion of Stonewall Di stria t , ::toc1-cingham County , Virginia, which land he had acquired i'rom wife, by deed dated .J. lilliams and hia pril 1, 1916 , which deed is duly of record in the Clerk ' s Office of RocKingharn County, v1rginia , in Dee d ~ook 110 , Page 61. ':'hat the said Hoses Shifflett left him surviving his widow, Carrie Shifflett , and two children , namely , Claude Shifflett and Floyd t'hifflett . That Claude Shifflett is now in his twenty- second ye&r , and Floyd Shifflett in his fifteenth year . That both Cl ude Shifflett and Floyd Shifflett make their home ,ith their mother , Carrie Shifflett. That your petitioner, Carrie Shifflett , is entitled to dower in said twenty- one acres of land , of which the said roses Shifflett died seised and possessed, the remainder interest being vested in tne said Claude Shifflett and Floyd Sn.ifflett . That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in the LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. '· above entitled :proceeding, condemnin~ to the use of fhe State - �- ,, --2--- Commission on conservation and Development of the State of said x tract of land , formerly the in estute lirg ·nia , the fee simple property of Hoses Shifflett, situate in the 3lue Ridge rountains as aforesaid, which tract is described in the report of the Board of ppr aisal Commissioner s appointed herein , and shown , numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map , filed therevdth , as Tract No . 190 , c..t the price of ~113 . 00. Your peti ti one rs further show to the Gour t that all of the taxes on said property have been paid, except for the years 19bl , 1932 , and 1933. a.re . _.. • ~t/llll'. 4 . .~ That the taxes for the last named years certificates from J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of t~1e Circuit Gou.rt of Rockingham County, J"irginia , and .('rom H• . . _. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham Gounty, Virginia , are here with filed , marked "Ex. Certii:'icate No . 1n nd rrExc . Certificate ro . 2,u respectively . That your petitioners further represent that tlie afore said lien for taxes constitutes the only lien bill.ting upon the property condemned in this cause, ~1d that no other person or persons th an ,;our petitioners and the aforesaid lienor are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Your petitioners, Claude Shifflett and Floyd Shifflett, al l ege that they a.nd each of them desire that their share in said property be paid to their mother , Carrie Shifflett. 1herefore , your petitioners pray tha;ir they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in these pro ceedings; that the fund in this cause be distribute d , first, ~imx in the payment of the lien hereinabove set forth, and that the balunc e be paid to Carrie Shiffl ett , or her attorney of l' ecord; that an order may be entered in these proceedings for the dis LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER tributi on of sai d fund ; &nd that your petitioners may have such HARRISONBURG . VA. / 7J �other and fu:rther relief as the na ture of the c· se may requir e. 1,/, ~ (' L~~ fW-~~it:--------- -- State of Virginia , County of Rocl;:ine;har:1 , to-wit : This day Carrie Shifflett , Claude Shifflett , c:1nd Floyd Shifflett, J;X3:rsonally appeared before me, H. 3. C.Gentry , a rot ry ..(.u blic in and for the CountJ af or es aid, in the State of Virginia , in my Co:inty afore ·,id, and , being duly sworn , deposes and says : .re are the petitioners in the above entitled matter; the la d condemned in these proceedings formerly belonged to Moses .:>hifflett , the late husband of Carrie SHifflett , and the f ther of Claude and Floyd Shifflett; we c.cre acquainted with the contents of tne above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein l:!et forth are true , to the best of our knowleLge and belief . c!.[~ ~ e,/, L ~ ~ 1/1, ~ ~ ubscribed and sworn to before me this / J- d y of Janu!:lry , ].934. K. ~~otary LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SON B URG. VA. 172. �• ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJ If COUNTY , VIRGIP"I~\.• The state Commission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment of the State of Virgi nia, vs . PETITIONER , t Law, No . 1829. Cassa ndra Lawson Atkins and other s, DEFENDaNTS . It appea ring to the Court that there was inadv ertent ly omitte d from the order for distri butio n of the award of )113 . 00 to Moses Shiff lett 1 s heirs for Tract No . 190, which order was entere d in this matte r on the 7th day of Febru ary, 1934 , the clause direct ing the Treas urer of Virgi nia to pay out said fund in accord ance with the distri butio n statem ent set forth in said day of Febru ary , order , it is ORDERED by the Court this /P 1964, that the Clerk of this Court transm it a certif ied copy of said order entere d on the 7th day of Febru ary, 1934, togeth er with a certif ied copy of this order , to the Treas urer of Vir ginia , who sha.11 pay out said fund in accord ance with said ordc·r of Febru ary 7, 1934 , taking from the partie s to whom the funds are direct ed to be paid their respe ctive receip ts for the sums paid to them and certif ying such payme nts to the Clerk of this Court for appro priate entry thereo f , as requir ed by law . :Snter . Judge . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBU RG. VA. �.Caw Office S o/' ~eo. Jfarnsheryer J{arr,son6wy,l/a. �.... IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.l!M COUifTY , VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , vs . l=ETITIONER, At Law, No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , On this, the ~ DEFErm.. !TTS. day of February, 19.34, came Carrie Shifflett and Claude Shifflett, and, on their motion, leave is given them to file their application for the distribution of the award made in this case to Moses Shifflett's heirs, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Traot No . 190 being ~~113 . 00. On the motion of Carrie Shifflett, the court doth appoint H. w. wyant guardian ad litem for Floyd Shifflett, an infant son of Moses Shifflett . On motion of H. w. Wyant, guardian ad 11 tem for Floyd 3hiff lett , leave is given him to file his answer in this matter , and the same is accordingly now filed, to which answer the petitioners reply generally. And it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s , heretofore filed in this suit, and in the petition for judgment of condemnation , heretofore entered herein , that, in the opinion of the said The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia, Moses Shifflett 1 s heirs were invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land designated as No . 190 than any other person or persons, and that the record in said oondemnation proceedings does not disclose any denial or dispute by any LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as No . 190 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof except the tax lien hereinafter provided for ; Ito7 �--2-And it further appe~ ring to the Court that Claude Shifflett, one of the petitioners in this matter, desires and requests his share in said fund to be paid to his mother , Carrie Shifflett : And it further appearing to the Court that the said Floyd Shifflett, an infant , resides with and is s upported by his mother, Carrie Shifflett, and that his share in said estate is only ~56. 27, which amount is subject to the d~ver right of his mother: Upon oonsideration whereof , it is ORDERED by the Court that the said $53. 27 ,due to the said Floyd Shifflett as aforee~id be paid to his mother, Carrie Shifflett, to be used by her for his support , maintenance, and education , and that the balance of the said award, to-wit, .~53. 27 , be :pa id out as follows : To M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, the sum of -~- - ------ ----- -- -- - ----- -- -- - - - ---$4. 46 To J . R. SWitzer , Clerk, the sum of-- -----------ttorney for Carrie Shiff- To Geo. S. Harnsberger, lett , the sum 2 . 00 of ---------------------------- 46 . 81 Enter. _ LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. ~ _ A / ___ __,_ , a ,_____ '~ --.Judge . �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Conce r n: I hereby certify that the records of my office sh0w that the taxes for the years 1931, 1932 and 1 933 assessed against a tra c t of 21- 0 - 0 acr es of l a~d i n t he name of Mose ana Carrie Shiflett situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Ro c kingham County, amounting to$ 4.46, are unpaid. All taxes prior to that time , if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Cler~'s ~ff ice of said County . liver urder my hana this 12th day of J anua ry 19 34 • /73 �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Ctrouit Court of Rock- 1 ingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 21 acres in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Va . assessed in the name of Moses Shifflett Estate . Given under my hand this 12th day of January,1934. �QTnmmnnnttttltl1 nf l!Iirginitt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12 1 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this __1_2_ day of February in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 2/7/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo_pment of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson-Atkins - - - - - -- - -- - --- _paid to M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County $_4_ .4_6_______ being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause. _____ #~O ) 310 �Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf 1!1irgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Ro ckingham County. Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 4 . 46 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county ·n~g=h~a~m.____ of_----"-R~o~c~k~i~ of Feb . entered on the -~7_t=h~ day 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation a nd Development v ___ _C..:._::ca=s~s~a=n=d=r~a=-=L=a~w~s~o=n=------.,A=-.,et=k~i~n~s"-----and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- 1~9~0~ - - Sign origi nal an d duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia . 371 �Qlnmmnumtaltb of Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M, PURCELL February 12, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 day of February in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated __2~/_7~/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commi ssion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins paid t 0 _Earrie Shif:flett $ __5_3_ .2_7 ____ being in full settlement of tract #190 in the above mentioned cause. Treasurer 372 �<ttnmwnuwralt11 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. FE JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Carrie Shifflett . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $_-"5~3~·~2~?__ , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the ?th day of_~F~e~b_;___:_.__ 193~ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ___ _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k~i~n~s:.._____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~1~9~0~--- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 373 �Q!nmmnunttttltl1 nf lliirgiuttt T R E AS URE R ' S OFFICE R ICH M O ND, VA . J OHN M. P URC ELL February 12, 1934 TREASUR ER OF VIRGI N IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 12 d.ay of February in accordan c e with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 2/7/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson~ A~t=k=i=n=s~ - -- - - - - - - - paid to __ J. R. Switzer, Clerk _0_ _ _ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #__J,510 $_ 2_ .0 in the above mentioned cause . _) 37!./ �... (!lommnuwtalt11 of ]Iirgiuta TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA. JOHN M. PURCEL L TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA J . R. Swit zer , Cler k. Rece ived of J.M. Purc ell, Trea sure r of Virg inia, the sum of $ 2 . 00 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the coun ty of Rockinr-;ham ente red on the -~7-t -h_ day of Feb . 193_±_ , in the matt er of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent v _ __ ~C~a=s~s~a=n~d=r~a~L=a~w=s=o=n~A~t=k=i=·n=s___ __ and othe rs, bein g full and comp lete settl emen t for the trac t of land known in said proc eedin g as# 190 Sign orig inal and dupl icate and retur n to the Trea sure r of Virg inia. 375 �Qtnmmnntttraltq nf 1!1irgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel1, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 day of February in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Raak1ngbam County ~7~.~L~3~4'-__ in the cause of the State Commission dated_~2~/ on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawso~nL...."-A~t~k~i~n....,;2s__________ vs. :paid to Geo. s. Harnsberger, Attorney for Carrie ShjffJett .8_l______ being in full settlement of tract $_ 4_6-----'- #190.. in the above mentioned cause. L _,,t____ __ ~ J of Virginia. �QJ:ommnuwtalt4 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA ft \ Geo . S . Harnsberger , Attorney for Carrie Shifflett. Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 46 . 81 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 7th day of__F_e_b_ . __ 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ___ _C=a~s~s~a=n~d=r=--=a-=L~a~w~s~o~n:..=. . . .:A=--=ct~k~i~n=s=---____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # ----=1=9~0~- - Sign original and duplicate and return to t h e Treasurer of Vi rg inia . 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-mose-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Mose Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 190, 190-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/798ea13f192c62df4ede00f7af804123.pdf e7c27c9aa0d95eb1de09145b152e0bac PDF Text Text Claim of_ __ M _,_~ __ ff.. _~ ~ In the Circuit Co_ur~ of_ __ f ~ , ~ ~-df:Jl.~/4-~ ~ -----County, Virginia, N o..!K~~--., ~t La":'. ::.:t•:j~~~-~o~:,;_::_~i~~~1~ ----- r;/_ ------------!i,llii.-"kl -------~-----------------------------------------more or less, of land in __ / 2 ~ ~------County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer t~-:a;_~-p~t~~ 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~ans;;;~t~-7~7pclition and to said notice. My name is __ ~__ Jf. ~ - - ------------------------ ------------- 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_ __ _Lk_1__________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :h-'"1-:-~:f ~ ~ .ch..L~~~ ~~ -L~-~~------------------- This land is located about_ ____7 ______ miles from ___ _£~ T--~---------- Virginia, in the_ J ~_Magiste:rial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interesti_he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) Lj a.--1-e ~ --+ ~ · ~ -' ~ ---~ ~ ~-11-~ hlru~Av~-1:J!!ilft!, --- .--- ;--~ --- - ~~z~ ~7Iiridv6"wner~ a. Ja nt f'o North_ ~J]~~ South~ -A ~~ e above e cribea. tract or arc of land ·ar~ as f o116ws: ----------------------. ------------------------ ---------- .LlNl.d-~ -if~-a - ~ ---- ------------------------ ----- a::~~~~~~::~~~~2~;~~ following manner: -~-~1--r~~- ~1~ ' L/~ -~ ~ ! £ . ~ ~ J - -L,__l f i _ ~ ---- • ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~.:a.'2Pr-~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 $~4#-~ ~ I am the owner of_ _____>:h--:P_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----~-----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks [Jk._hU~dJJ.~- ""-~ 9 ~ ~ ~ ~ __.2_ _~ ~ ~ - ' J ~ , , ,-~ ~ j _ J _ _ a r - ~-;/;?M~AaW~ ~ -& , ~ - --~~~~-~~~~-~ - f ~ ~ -'1ldJ2·=~~¥U1¥ ff~-iJ_-- / t ~ A _ ~ ~-- ~ -~1-:f'~...--:l .!P::~~Continrte remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____ /_j________ day ~ :TATE OF vnforn1;,1~i~NTY QF__ _a~ k~~-;~ -.,_~~~ ;o~;;;;;;-------------- a,. The undersigned here by certifies that_ };_a,,~_ ~d..-J:t;~.& /4.~4 the above named claimant personally appeared before him-a;-iiu-~ ~I oath thaef the m-;t~;;· and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _________ /J _______ day of ___ ~ ry/ , I I 'rj 3 / ---_-_,_·1_9_3~_~· _ CC --lY-'i-;E:z.~~r~~'-"--JJ~P-----------, or Special Investigator Clerk of the Co Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �~~ 7 11~~ 1Ji_'~,F(! iu-~~»tfl/. a j t ---;I/ r x'~-4.z! ?-'&_c bL. . If I /'Ge/ ~ J lC --ft; ~ 'vlo& / / (!_[r)/';,2,,-~~ f cJ--L I i- t'1---U£v/.,£,c.., 'yL_,, f-tk d~. d ' - l ~ · r U - ~'rt- ~ ~);U-1£1 ~_fr~ 7r~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-nancie.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Nancie Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Seven miles from Elkton Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/07a3bac7f1edd3d1bf94df255791ce21.pdf 775ba8ea68e10d908b1cd17b1d46d789 PDF Text Text ����� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-oscar.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Oscar Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Positions 181 and 182 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 266 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3cef85a00082727d7961cf4a097a0658.pdf b7cdb8e19b0e7c6cf1d826a42bbf5757 PDF Text Text NAME OF OWNER !!14'7 ff - , . f-f'l _n1 ~ e t t , 1.,b;rt ,;. Number of Acres: 30 Location: Roads: Soil: ~ :o ~-nu one-:~ l, r·i le., o.c, fair iirt ro c: -';o ..., i rt t:P~c uc... "o·.1·· ""'i ~ ·to -:11:tcn. 1c.y cl· - o" bot-; n . mcr1t ,"· .' n.: ·f' . ., ood de_)th t.nd f ,ir fe:-c-:: i 1 i. t:' it'. f .rt il , "vil t le s OIL & • ~,} erv is CJc'l.er l t s1··~:'1CG roe': u.:C.~ V~r··r rOCCJ in t•:1 r ';'-'3 _>1..Htio ..,tee>-; to y 1 .. ··" st ox:>0s 11re . History of Tract and condition of timber: ,.,,,, orti.o·:t...lo .._,1· croek ~. t., ' :,,1..., 1 1: : " I" n-r -, • rs -,.,.o . "i ~lr":::: ri•· t'1c _,_ ) )e ere clet~r8: lJ er '?O J,'~rs '-,·o, r.,:Jl ,ri· cultiv,te~ .:.iilc, . • ,C'Odecl "'r\j~, '1,.S b98il Cl.., ')VP,' r '"" ":;el' l:'. '1 _ rP...,e::-lt st· n· C ,..., ,~i t::, 0 " mi-1' o·ks . r~ i~ esti te to cut 5 core~ ~~r ere . 40 co:r-cls . Improvements: ")1,ellin~: J'r4·,e, 2'7x25 ', 4 roans, :1et~.1 cine pc.per ~'oof , bri._,~ tlu8~, l J story, 3 rooms are ueileQ, f~ir cond iti0~ , occupied b y ten~~t, sJri.~ , ~ illa r :oun~ution . Ja rn: ru.I'l , 20::; 30::lc' , ·.iw le nd p ,er roof, _' .. ir ~ iti.J~l . _r,~, -..i lux ', 110 rG. ru)" , ... o".,.. cc1 -:."ci01 . ~r-,::.~, 3xl0x.'..' , ">o rd I'Jo', Joor 001 it).1 .• ....-r- a , l (),cl , _ __,, , s · ::.n 1. r(o:' , 1' .ir ,on · .... :!..., : . 13 fruit trees . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 "40 . 0v Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ Value of Improvements: $ ,t • _ :) ~ r. • vv u . GO Value of Orchard: $ 1430 . 1..1C Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ , i . OO Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ - i • C0 Value per acre for tract: $ •.:_ 7 • 6 G Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~ • ·1..h ...~. . ~ ~ ~ ~.;-- �.... ounty: ~ock1nguom ~triot: Ston 11 /1147 - ber1.i s e d; 30 ed: 30 " .B ldor • ........ 1.1: nd o ds•t. r ir tertility re 1 odod ot f iir d1rt iti f ttl bottom oder te mount ot surortion; n rth nd o d .. o c 1ft t ; thence t l n<l I)er r or, brtc. , t ir conditlon, oooup1 d ion--"· 300. 'O • 1 11 p ,or root, t ir ndit1 n • ,. - ondi tion - Tot ..." vul or l n Total value r improve t il V 1 ot t1 bc,r T tal v~l o! t not verag per a 00.00 10.00 5 o00 so.oo n '17 �_, County:. District: Rockingham Stonewall , . Robert #147 - Shifflett, Mt . Hebron Church • ..:; .l, • E. ... .. . :iEGEND: Tillable Slope 11 20 chains Scale - 1 = 57& � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-robert-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Robert W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Beldor Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 147 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c705cb677b88f1c532a528d0de10a446.pdf 2e1b5958752a3de89066dde39befa804 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #129 - SHIFFLETT , SOLOMON 169 Number of Acres: Location: Sandy Bottom . Roads: 2 mil es of fair dirt road to SpottsvTOod Trail , near Swift Run, thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Of good depth and fertility , and somewhat rocky in wooded portions; steep to gentle slopes ; northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion cleared rmny years ago grazed and cultivated since with the exception of several fields vrhi~h nave been neglected in recent years , now g rowing up to brietis , etc . Wooded area cut over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks with some hickory and po p lar, also dead chestnut . Improvements: SEE REVERSE SIIB FOR I MPRO VEMENTS - --- Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 68 @ $3 . 00 $204 . 00 5 @ 5 . 00 25 . 00 70 @ 20 . 00 1400 . 00 26 @ 20 . 00 520 . 00 Cove: -Grazing Land:--Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: $2149 . 00 169 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2149 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1 0 55 • 00 1055 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ 150 .oo 150 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 40 . 00 40 . 00 50 . 00 50 . 00 $ 3444 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 20 . 38 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N1NE 4. 4(/k:___ CLERK �CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE -- Improvements: DiELLING-- -Log , 16x20 1 , 2 rooms, shingle roof , stone flues--1½ story, log walls,, poor /condition, abandoned ---- BARN---Log , l 7x25xl2 1 , shin· le roof, poor co hdi tion--- - HEN HOUSE---Frame , 10xl2x8 1 , paper roof , fair condition-- --C IRN HOUSE--- - -F'rame , 15xl6xl0 1 , poor conditi _n--- -D :EIL I IW-----Log and frame , 16x24 1 , kitchen, 12xl4x8 1 , back porch 2x24 1 , 7 rooms , porch 6x24 1 , metal roof , l½ story, 3 log finish; Fair condition, occup ied by owner . -- - -BARN-- - - Log , 17x 4 ce i led . 1 28xl2 , shingle roof , poor condition- - - SPRING HOUSE- -- -Frrune , 6xl0x5 1 , shing le roof , poor condition- - - GRANERY--Log , 10xl5xl0 1 , paper roof , poor condition----GARAGE---Frame , 10xl6x8 1 , paper roof ----CORN HOUSELog, 10xl2xl0 1 , paper roof , poor condition---Fruit trees - - Apple and cherry - �e county: Rockingham District; Stone~All tl29 - Jhiftett, 3olomon .Acreuge Gluimed: saessod: 169 Value Cl imed: Lou, tion: " ,t!,1950.00 Deed: 169 (69 .A ·-1896 .. (lOO ••--1920 - 3~0.00 3000.00 -..1andy Bottom. s, co~nter claims or laps: - None knovn. Soil : Of good de.th· nQ fertility und somewhat rocky tn wooded portions; steep toe n~le lopes; northwest and south.est exposure. noads: Two miles )f fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail nenr Swift Run •• istor thence four rniles to :lkton . of tract and condition of timber: Large portion cl;~ared ro.any p:ea:::-s ago, grazed ind cultivate since with the exception of sev ral f1,,lds w 1icl h, ve been nagl ctca 1'1 rc.;cont yours, no gro lng up 1 toolers and etc. ooded area cut over repeatedly in the past. Present sta1J o 1sists of mixed oaks 'i'iith s me hickory and poplar,ulso dead chestnut. The wooed ~ortion is estlu.ted to cut 40 cords or stuvewood a1d a aver · of 6 cords off elwood per acre . corus of st ve oo 1.00 per cord. ------------------- 40~00 408 cords fuelwood 2oa --------------------102.00 I4'Z.oo Improvements: D~ellin~: Log 16:x.'Z0, 2 rooms, s hingle r0of, st ne flues, > ed f\20 .00 Barn: Log 17x25Xl2, shincle roof, poor condition25.00 Tre'i'lhouse: Frame 10xl2x8•, paper roof, fair" lo.00 Gorn house: Frame 15:x.16:x.10 poor oondi·tion -1~.00 • ellirys: Log un friJ.Ill.~ l6x24, kitchen 12xl4x8', '6' c.t poroh 2x24, ? rooms, porch 6:x.24', metal roof, l! tory, 3 log f1.ish ad 6 oeiled, r ir co,dition , oco~Jied by owner, --- B?o.oo Burn: Log l?::x:28:x:12', s ...;le roof, poor c)n . . ion- 7~.oo s2r1ws house: ~r me 6xl0x5•, sningle roof, poor ".:>.OO Granary: Log 10xl5xl0' , pape1' ::oof, poor oondi ~ 1 1 n- 20. 00 Gurugo: frame 10xl6x8', p1 per roor, 25.00 Corn house: Log 10xl2xlO', p~iper root, poor ". -ao.oo 108 fr..11t trees, · _) le a a cherry, valued at l.tio 1' story, log v· .1.J.s, ~ oor condi ti., , ab:.in per tree ___ ..,. .. 1e~.oo l'362.00 Vul.1e cbf land by types: !IM e,ove Acre 150 Slope 68 F g F o 5 ?O 26 ~ Value per acre o.oo 3.00 1 3 .00 25.00 Total V· lue 20. 00 204.00 1860.00 6"0.00 2139.00 35 �I •ounty; . oc,ctn twm trto : ot l Tot 1 Vt lu ). l nd l 1e ot 1m rov , Tot l v· l e ot or l r g r .. er or ot 0 139.00 ts 1~6~.oo t1robor ci 142. 0 3 .oo ,,, .'96 ton w ll �- }139 - Shifflet,t , 3olorion County: ~1oe:-int,lw.ni. District : Stoneh&ll G-idoon 2o, o. on J. ! .,J rn J_ay :enry ~11if:'lett tJ. . l . . J rme.n Lee;end SJ.ope Cove Grazing - ~cule - ' ,il~uble. = 20 chuins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-solomon.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Solomon Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 129 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/504bb8e427a687ca57fb0e50e4cc1200.pdf e1c0a9cad842ea64d1133e67ee79b803 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #191 - Shifflett , Trtce Number of Acres: 16- ¼ Location: Sandy Bottom. Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of fair depth and fertility . Rocky in gentle portion of the tract with moderate slopes and northwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: 1,. large portion of this tract was cleared many years ago and has been grazed and cultivated since . The wooded a rea has been cut over repeatedly in the ~ast . The present stand consists of young oaks 2x6' DBH. Improvements: Dwe 11·1ng : Lo g 16 x 16, , 1 s t ory , s h 1ng " 1 e roo, f 1 room, 1 og finish, poor condition , abandoned. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: @ $5 . 00 $32 . 50 9 @ 20 . 00 180 . 00 $212 . 50 1 @ 65 . 00 65 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $212 . 50 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . 00 50 . 00 ValueofOrchard: $ 65 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 10. 00 $33? . 50 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ 10 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 21 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . ~ / ~; CLERK. �' \ ty: .noc C 1 tr ct : oto n rice .1 21 •• y 0 d: 16 • l 9 ) .oo - 14 o. oo t to . n. I nc 0 - 13 .l : g nt l por 1 n O ur • .., n X f ·h it t - 1 r r ' r o > , n • n tre . _,;;,.;;;.;;:;.::;....:::;.::._;;:;=:~..;.ai.,...;;.iw;:;,;::;.;,.• It �I , 'fls___,,1- ;:;,,if flett , ' rice Co 111ty : ocki ne;mnn District : Stone1all Geo . : . SL ... if ms !3 rb ... re1 211if'!'let ~ LEG:,~W Slope - ra2:in' rch-rd Ccale - · l' - ~o 0hai~s 5"17 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-trice.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Trice Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 191 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/07cdfc4dd02a0c7aa1fd7c746b59bc0f.pdf d25f36989d31ce36d4e6614f587af802 PDF Text Text ROCKINGH..J,1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #250 - Shi ff let t , .I. k. . Number of Acres: 15 Location: On Mile Run. Roads: Two miles over co~nty road to Isl~nd Ford . Soil: This trl:ict is entirely inside the Park area . Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: \11 merchantable timber has been removed. Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 15 '11'5 . 00 ~ 75 . :J0 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 7 5 • 00 108. 00 "183 00 Value of Improvements: $ ,( Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 108 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 12. 20 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOl~ .£ . . �Claim of_ - W , A . S/7; f f/~It -~---------------------- ------------------------ -------177 C / 7 c 7777 . ·t Court of ---7f'o~¼ I n the C1rcm Count y, v·1rgm1a, . • N o. ________ , At L aw. -------./.--------------The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of · Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ __________________________________________________________________________ _ · ________ 7f~c./f~ 1L1---------more or 1ess, of 1an d m Q/7 cl n ? · · D ef end ant s. _______ 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 oLif:!.~!f..!...7-7-C/!1-'?!_7.:!:!. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __W A Sl1 ,_ f -f feH ._ ___ ___ __________ _________________________ ______ __ My post office address is ___f JA_I_/J1-_V~-- _I{f,J2 __ 7]£.Q--f£_<f ___________________ __ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ~-~--- -- ______ _acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________ ~l~u-~ ---------------------- -------------~--- ---- . 1an d 1s . 1ocat ed about ____________ 1--.r -s I Cl 77 d Fo rd Tlus .. m m1·1es f rom_____________________ . ________ v·1rg1ma, -sToJ!___________ ew <"l tl Mag1s · t e:ria · 1 u·1st r1c th e ____ · t of sai.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 described above. ) , stJf<c o we 7 ~ _______ h_y___ Jour c h e7.r-e___ w, 71, l~e -s-t n7 t;J le 1,1/~ _-/ro111 _ Ji1 o l. _Wuc:1~/1 _________ _ The land owners adjacent ~o the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ____ Ho w_c1rd _1fC1171 es - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - South_ NI f-1 f-/ c?7- T l Sor, ------------------------ ------------------------ -------East_ :rn° _t(, ~--, q --- ------ ------------- - ------------------------ --------------- West_ G-e i::> _ D Lf 9.111.s ___ ·-------------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _!!!_:____in the following manner: I I J\f c f e-ed c-zs- cJ.,£07· e ~e1 , cl -----J----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_-I::.t:?~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 $-~:-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·------- ----- - - ---------------- ------------- ------------------------ --- ---___ kiy. __h" n i e.J? I e:1c.e- __ , S' _ 71e ~?r loy _c1nd 7h t's __ I c.777 d __, s _ J JJ;_f _ d77 ly $'o t.n · e e _ /sn·_n1::J. / ;1-e wo od . _Te8'1/nr cfJe_ t/iq/·7f?C:' f 7: a ~ l-t,n - od4c~s _z.. .s·~ord_ a- f _/!r;-e _'N._ (!? odf ~ 7· _ G ~ 7· e~-------------- --- - - - -------- ---- - - ------------- ----- - - ----- - - ----- ----------- ------------------------ - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attache'bhe~ ?) 1 t1;}s___ {_c_c6________ day of_ _f'_e,/:?2/- __ ! 5:_~I__ ____ , 1980. _?,,LC_t2-:::-_L_)_Q__~ -~ -------- --STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_E_q_<!_lfL'-z1_cj__h9zv2- _______ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __yy__t,L_§'j_,_Lt,::t'J ~--------------------- --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 J(r_ _________ day of___ f.e_~.J--L'Nl _0'J36.~ = A ______ _ a Cl.erk of the Court, or Special Investigateror Notary Public, 0t: Justice of the Pe~ �Li ~~a:~. ~ircu~ : //}/l. ~ --;• /-' -,.-./ :_..& rJ_,? i~---- County, :irginia, N 0---------, At Law~ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._JJ~ __ U[__a,_ __.A~--- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---i1J ~-r· -~----------------------------------------------more or less, of land in_ .J!.1;-_{,!~...J::r.J,_ ---~---- County , Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer to the pe 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 fi~ng J aid petition and published i~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t 1 Court oLft!at/t...!"__ County, Virgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sai/p~titi ~~-;;d-to said _p~:~f tMy name is ____ My post office address is_~ k_,___ 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_ ____ Lff ________ acres, on which there are the following ,buildings and improvem ents: ____ L}..LlU._ _______________________________________________ _ _____f/1 -~ o! ?/4~~ )Yk1.-,; _JA!.jLAf:1--j ~~--------tJF;j;f-------------/l_~ ___ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- - --?~~/~' t;;.; ----------------------- This Jt~d is loca~~ abo~L-~- ~:--~-mil es ~rom ___ ~ i --~---- ------Virginia, in the_g...n: -z_,e,,f~M agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land describe_!!_,,above.) _______ cS)_.(A)1,11 .Dtt__ ~ -- ~ ---------- ---------- ---------- ------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: N_orth_ ~ rj,{,( South_ ~ _aJ;i_ ~_fl& --~ ------------------------------------------ t2._Arjf~r ---------------------------------------------- ~::t:_ To~-:~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I acquired my right, titlEl, estate or interest to this property about the year __jf_(/[_in the following manner:_ ~ ~ 1j;, _ , ________ Li22::nJ-l ______ •______ ZMft4-t __t2ncl ___________________a._ . h 1~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-ti.~_!..!.!_ _____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon.is $_/df!q_:__~-----· I am the owner oL ____ /if!.. _______ 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 $__L/:i~-t.~------· (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). JJ ,marks: _____ Jf.£<VdA __ __btd~ _-___ _b;-£bJ-'4----r:!.=-,--LJ!./l!'.:!{__ L--,,. --7-~__ J7M____~ ----~-t ~--~----~----~--11- ~--------a/=--_hn~L _ ______ ~ _____ ;,.,---afu :r7 ____________________ --------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__~ ~~ ~-:~~~:~~r1~3~r , y na~e- a; d ',.-A / I~ ~~~Af~~-(th ~q~;~~ ~~~:~ ~ A~ /J..r!',=~~---L STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____,_--------::---------- ----, To-wit: « The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ _______-.7;1;7. .:.-: .Y- ~~ --~ --.: --- ~ -- - ---------the above named claimant personally appeared befor e him and made oath that the matters an_d things appe!1~g in his abov~ nswer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thJB ______ J,f<E( ____ day oL ~ )/1~/ S/ --- --, 1930. __ __ '7':'9/ / _______ ~[~ Clerk of the Court, or ,Special Investiga-ll01-0r Notary Public, Gr-Jus.fice--of-the Peace. S ib �- • cowity: Rookingha District: ~tonewall .. Jhifflott t250 Acre ge Cle.imed: 29 A. V Vo.luc Clai. cd: location: •• - \. sscssed 500 . On !:ile Run . 15 acres ,) 60 .oo fl o.oquired 15 ( Deed 1tna) ror : 100 . 00 ti This tract is entirely 1noide the r ark erea. Laps: 0 il: Slope . Ro,d3: 2 mile over county road to I sland Ford. History: l l l merchantable timber hao been removed. Improvemeilts: !,Lm~: rono . 144 eds . of fuel wood ?5¢ p ~ . ---------------- Ve.lue of land b;[; trnes: Tre s ope Value crease 24 Totol value of land J?ep; ac1:.~ _'..) .oo ~ ,1 20 .00 Tot1l "ralue 01' imt,rovemnn ts Tot~ 1 V:'J.lue Of timbc:~ 108.0 Total value of tr .ct 228.00 ver /)'e value per acre 9 . 50 Totril Value !26 . 00 108.00 • �- t) ,.~ Ii • .JV"-- I .. • ,u:.rnty : ~,ou .ir..t h n ')is ,;ri ct : 'Jton..., .,ull N ~,,. 1t- /3 \ •fo,n. . rcl . ~,r o l 'n,S GGO . u_ ..in '' Sc 1 L~ - 1' - .~v . c.: .J.ins r..,rrison � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-w-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, W. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: On Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 250 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/522c2b355d6490db42f35291100a5feb.pdf 6b38c4bdb253c7950d795a34efff3984 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #144 - Shifflett , W. P. Number of Acres : 245 Location: Roads: Soil: Beldor · Two miles to Swift R~n ; thence four miles to Elkton. Sandy clay , deep and fertile; very little rock. Gentle s l opes . Cleared portion, northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of the tract was cleared many years ago , cultivated since. The present stand consists of mixed oaks and yellow pine . Improvements: (See reverse s i de) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 16 $1 . 00 $16 . 00 Slope: 155 3 . 00 465 . 00 25.00 550.00 30.00 lb60 . 00 $2591.00 Cove: Grazing Land: 22 @ Fields Restocking: 52 Cultivated Land: 245 Orchard: 100 . 00 Minerals: S'l Value of Land: $ 2"41. 00 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: S 100. 00 Value of Orchard: $50 . 00 Value of :Minerals : $ 50.00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ 11. 40 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. �IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: Frame, l6x32', 4 rooms, porch 6x24', metal roof, brick flues, 2· story, plastered, fair condition, occupied by owner, pillar foundation. Summer kitchen: Log and frame, 17xl7xl2', shingle roof , poor condition. . Spring house: Frame, 8xl0x8', board roof, fair condition. ruachine shed : Frame, l3xl6xl0', board roof, fair condition. Hen house: Frame, 8xl2x8 •, board roof, fair condition. -nwe'lling: 16x22', kitchen 12xl4x8', 5 rooms, paper roof, brick flues, 1r story, board and ceiled finish, fair~condition, vacant. Barn: Frame, 13x22x8', board roof, poor condition. �- f/1. / -1---,J ' - ___ _______ 1, Claim . of __________[-!-_ _________ ________ (/il'.c/______ ,/' _________ ________ __ ________ _____ , -::1 I ~ I, ' h I ;, ({)t/;_ In the Circuit Court of_ ___ u~~l ~ .--~!'..:_,___ County, Virginia, No. __ ______ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, tioner, v& ______ __________ ________ ___ ________ ________ ___________ ____ ____ ___ _____ ____Peti___ _ ---------------- -----------"', --------------------------------- -------- ---------------- -. 01· 1ess, of 1an d m . ___._l.-:o-<,,, more h..c,____ ,,,, ,r.:; ' -_ Count y, v·1rgmia, -----'--- -'1-rr ---. . Def end an ts. 11 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_ ___ !..{1'_?._7-!'!.~ ---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and ,,to said notice. £ • My name is________ __ ____ _) fi-' ~ My post office address 1s___________ _________ ______ ________ ________________ _____ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ 5.:-::.i.!' ______ acre( on ¥bich are the following buildings and improv~ ents: __________ ___ ___ ·---- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- - ~.....(.;,.,.'i~~P ~--- _·____ _ ifi"e~ z _____ - -------- -------- -- ----- -------- - -------- -------- ---- J:"',--, ~ -------- -------- ----This land is located about_ ___ miles from _____ Y!_f::t/i _________ ________ Virginia, in ,., the_~~ ~=--- -Magiste rial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or jointland owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, e state or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) -------- ------ ...) r~ __ i,)--t;v -yU-,,/ - --------- -- ------ - - ------ -------- ---- -------- ---- The land o,vners adjacent to the above de scribed tract or parcel of land are as follows : North _____ (,µ _)rr _.., a.-vt- _v ' __): __ kJ+ __l_ __ '-Vf -------- -- - ---- W!A--'f 1 :?_~ South _____ f:.f=" .L. ~ __ 1t ~ --vv~ 7 ------- ------------------------------EasL _____ ___ f ~ U,li~ Jv-- r-____ ___ _ West __ ______ -- -------- --i f-- ---- · - -----· -------- ----- --- -------- -------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _(ffL _:/.!!_in the following manner: 1~v .Q.£VF !,,, --vU,, -------- ft ~-'L.~i/- -------- --------,-=~~------~ ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- 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 $-br-::c__~ ____,_. 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 $------- -------- ---· (In the space below should be set out an y additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . Remarks · --------- --------- ----------------------------------------- z.,\_ -------- -- ' ---~ ~- y" ~ ~ -- " ~ ------- v ---- 't7r ~~--;,_:_. --'J17~-_affeY~ - ------- - - - ---- / , ________ i.., _________ _ f:v? ~ ~ "---•-- ~ k', _____ _ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Cl) 0 EE ~ 0 r/J 3-:: LCl) - >, C ::, 0 uu Cl) ..s= C: -0 E I.I... Cl) u C") 0) ~ ct$ ..s= b.O t.~ c:: ~ 0 = ex: Cl) ~ L- - 0 \..1..1 LI... oL~:=~-:~~:~~r1~:z my name and ~~ ,t~ is . !A_ STATE OF VI~GINIA, COUN~Y OF----l(;_-~'~ ---/--p -- --, p7 The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ ~ ---- -------- -- _ - -------- -------- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and mad o th that the matters and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____ __ L,2________day oLf.. d~--- --, 193~~.,? ;._ ' / 71, i?.. ___ _ Clerk of the Court, ~ecia l Investiga tor or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �'-../ County: ,ockingham District: Stonewall fl44 - Shifflett , N. P. grea~e Claimed: 245 Value Claimed: - Location: Assessed 246 A. 1, .,,850.00 Deed½ i n t. in 170A (1910) - ,1350 .00; ~11 of ~v ~- 1910 - .so.oo; i or 170 A• 1928 - $ 2ljQ.00; Beldor . Incumbrances 1 counter claims or laps1 None known. Soil: - Sandy clay , deep and fertile; very little rock. Gentle slopes. Cleared portion, northwest e.nd southwest exposure. Roads: Two ~11es to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton. History of t r a ct ,., 11'.1 condition of t irnber: A large porti on of the tract was cleared many years ago , cultivated since. r~e woodland is estimated to cut 3 cords of fuel~iood peD acre valued 25¢.465 cords valued ~ 25¢ ------ ~116 .25 --- The present stand consists of mixed oaks an~ yellod pine. Improvements: Dwel i ng: :rame lox32', 4 rooms, porch 6x ,4', metal roof, brick flues, ~ story, plastered, fair condition, occupied b y owner, p ill ow foundation-- -~900 . 00 Summer ktto1en: Log a nd frame l?xl ?xl~', shingle roof , 30 . 00 poor condition -Suring house: rame 8xlOx8 ', bourd r oof , f a ir co!'ldition- lJ.00 .30.00 ?Aa chine shed: Frame 13xl6xl0 ', boa rd r0 of , f :i ir " l b . 00 he n 11ous~rarne 8:x:l ~xa', board roof, :fair cond l tion -Dwelling: 16x22', k itchen l?,xl4x8', 5 r ooms, paper roof, bric~ flues, 1~ story, board und oeiled finish, fair 375 . 00 condition, vacant---~.:> . ,,o b1:1 rn: rame 13x21x8', board r oof , poor condition, 46 .00 o'roiiard: 46 fruit trees valued $1.00 per tree -- vl4;:)o.oo Value of l a nd by types: Ti;ee Slope Ridge P'G Fo Total Total ments Total Total Vulue ~er ucre ~oreage v2 .00 156 16 1.00 10.00 35.00 22 - .;,2 24:> va lue of land value of i mpr ove- va lue of timber val 1e of tract Average value per acre $~475 . 00 1436.00 116.25 4028.25 16 .44 Total V-.,lue ~310.00 16.00 3:30 . 00 18'30.00 $ 2476.00 �1 .J.4·1 - S 11 'let .. , ,. P . County : .. 'ocki ngham District : Stonm.ull N Geo . , • ...,!lUf> er s J&cob : ~ H • .d . • ...., .1if .. ('e, d 'lt:1,1. ,..rinc ~- Powell L.~G: Slo...ie - ur1zin ·n R _d-:e - . i l uble ~o c ins Scale - l'' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-w-p.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, W. P. (Wilbert) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Beldor Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8bd766d24695170f41fbddbcb3ddbd24.pdf f4d99db95ac0b98ccba57560b5f9ab84 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT 7f2L_l - u:.i flet t, ,;L..I·refi Number of Acres: 18 Location: Heo.d of Hawks bi 11 Creek ~nd entirel~r .. i thin the Park ~res.. Roads: .2ix r:1iles o:' soo( d:.rt road to Yc.ncPy, '~'1e ne::: rest s' i,)J:ling J.Join t. Soil: 7:w [:rc...Zillf" 1 '1 i. Ve1 V rocky ri'' e c'"' il is SC.'1u.Y lo:...m . lut=, · :r~sb t_...r 1~ ~~tclles. ':1he ,ith so·-; 1 cs, but""'"' ,rl i t'-i u ft~·, loose roc';:s . ' "!. ~+ '), ·nt ferti J.3 tilL ')] 1 fTr t-,, d .. :-': J.Q .ci _..,af:r+t.i. b, i s ... o:'."fuir '3)~',.t.cn fertility. J H·t Is ory o Im er : , vO·' cc.l _10:r I i 01, :.~. .;) bee 1 cut over rA!) ' tedl:· .n - t 'iere ~1 :,e is no m9rc'w.nt be t: · -:ir l:ft . ' 1 1 ,r.., i s , t:1.:.1 st:....:i..... 'l, ac an condI 1,Ion o to G' D..3u . Improvements: :J,1ellinP.: J'r,~e nC:. de,+;lerbourded ...,lx:38', G T--,o f', :::lOr.... t0r,· ches GxlO' , 8x8', 1-., stor~, lr:-io ' cei1.cl , ~, ·_t-: roo:, r i.r co~dition . Log <incl i'rc.1ne , l.C.x- ' , s. 13 1 s 9xl4' , 9::19' , 8. 19' , ' . . . r :'1: :-001 , · i r co·,rli tio·.,. .., .;_ ~- l .,...,r&r":.0, j:x:10', _1[..nkuC rco-P, poc,.,_" co1u...:-'-ion . ·~n •• o Ee: C: 1.,;-..~'it· 1t .. ~c-ne, l~:~14', sr. ·. le r of, Lo C,11 r-: ion . Gxl3', pair ~a~c.;+ion. o ITo pc~ : ir .,,,r .",l~xl6', l r,-o , .::,· i- le r-),Y", se: 7_c__.1+ ,_ c0n,J.;tl,n, s+-o, 1 cl:i . .n .... y. Oroi r': 20 a~p l e trees - 15 ye r~ 01·, cJo· condit i on . 1 .J_('l'--,. 0 • Acreage and value of types : Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: v ""' :2 "' I' •• so ., l ~. 00 ,)0 . co 00., 0 00 . 0 30(' . 00 010 . OU Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 10 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ r-;'18.00 Value of Improvements: $""CJ. 00 Value of Orchard: $ ..., 3 . Cu 7:.oo Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ . _, . C Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ :;u . OO Value per acre for tract: $ ., l. ., 1 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ • e. ~- /{P:et: cL : ...: �BOCKINGHlJ.! COUNTY NAME OF QWNW #241-a -- C Ln.Il!.ANr Shifflett , \1arren Number of Acres: 10 Location: Head of Hawksbill Creek, and entirely within the Park area . Roads: Six miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point. Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility with consi derable rock and outcrops . The wooded portion is steep and mostly cleared with gentle sl pes ang northwest ex.oosure, The graziM land is rocky and has many logs There is very good nlue grass turr . .an so e lue rass . His ory o Tract an condition of timber: Th e t rac t h as b een cut over repea t e dl y for farm use and there is no merchantable timber , but there is considerable firewood . Improvements: Dwelling : Vacant, log 16x20 ', l½ story , 3 rooms , stone chimneys, log finish , prper roof, fair condition. mux· Hen house: Log 6x8' , shingle roof , f air condition. :r n~ n sad . barn:, Log . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Total Value ? ·3 . 00 i21.oo 3 25 . 00 Acreage Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: ?5 . 00 'lr96 . 00 10 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals : Value of Land: $ 9 6 • 00 Value of Improvements: $ 135.00 ~231 . 00 135 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wocd : $ Value per acre for ir<'-d: $ 23 . 10 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ~ -/~/2 -; CLE ,K. -"-"CC----------------,,C?-....~-=- 5\ �County: Rocki ngham District : S tonewall #241 - Shir ~lett, ~,arren :: .\creage Claimed: 28 Value Claimed: Location: Assessed: 18 · 1600 • 00 " ._,230.00 Deed: 18 ~100.00 n (1902 } 1:ead of na.wksbill Creek a n d entirely with in t ho r ark area. ln,Q_umbranoes, counte r claims or la.r.s: None known. - Soil: The soil is sandy loam. The grazing land is very rocky with some logs, but good blue g rass tu.rf in pa. tc h os, 'l1he tillable land is steep, but fertile with a few loose r ocks. Tlj.e wooded portion is of fair dep th n .d fertility. Roads: Six miles of good dirt road to Ya.noey, t he nearest sh ipping point. Listory of tract and condition of ti mber~ The wooded portion has been cut over repeatedly and there .is no merchantable timber left. There is a t h i n stan d up to o" DBH. I mprovements: Dwelling: ¥re.me a.n. d iea.therboarded 2lx28', o r ooms, p orch es 6xl0', Bx8', l l story , l r oom, ceiled, 2 story, shingle roof, fair condition -";450.00 ~ : Log a nd frame 14x28 ', s heds ' xl4' - Hxl~t-8xl9', s hi ngle r oof, fa i r condition -1 ?5 .00 He n house: 1''rame 6xl0', plank ocl roof, poor con d_ t ion 10.00 deilar:Log and stone llxl1 ', s ni ngl e r oof, ro od " 60.00 hog; pen: Log 6xl2', poor condition -b .00 Vacant house: }'r ame 12xlG', l r oo,' , s h ingle r oo f . fair condition---= stone chimney---fi0.00 Orchard: 20 app le tre es - 15 yeurs old, good oon d i. t i on1 acre val ued C ~60.00 -------50.00 810.00 Value of !and b, tyr es: ~ Slop e Fg ~ ·c Value Acrea-re 5 2 10 17 Total va lue of l 'md •~ 250. 00 ···otal value of 1 prover:.ento 810.00 '1 otal value of tract ~;,1060.00 . . veragc value per acre 58. 89 , I ncl u des 241-o. per acre . 2. uo 20.00 20.00 r ota l Value ;;:- 10.00 40.00 200.00 •. ,250.00 �Co nty: nockinch~m District: d t onevm.11 # 241- a - Shiff'lett 2 1 .arron oreage Claimed: Aoness ed : 10 0 Valu e Clai.!lod: Location: f ?00 . 00 0 * Deed: 10 - $150 . 00 (1916) Head of l!awksbill Creek and entirely within the par1: area . Inc mbranoes, counter clnh s or la;' s: !lone known . V7i th considerable rock and outcrops. The wooded p ortion io ste ep and ontly cleared with gentle slopes and northwest exposuI·e . ':'.'he grazing land is rocky 1;1ncl has many logs and some blue grnss . Thero is Sandy loar:1 of fo.ir de, th a 1. c f rtili t :r· very good blue Roads: ras s turf. 6 mi les of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shirplng point . istory of tract and condition of t imbor: '"he t:raot has been c t over rep ea todly for farm use and t here is no merchantable~ t 11 ber, but thoro is considerable firewood . lmprovements: ~wellina: Vo.cant, log 16x20', l½ story , -3 roo~s, atone ct iru1oys , log f ni sh • p p er roof, 1'a.1r condition 100 . 00 n Hen hous(, : Log 6x8 ' , sr... ngle roof , fa i r 5 . 00 nfinished barn: Log, - no val '_..e - Vale of land by t, m£ l Slope es: Value ere· ge per aero 4 3 Jt g ~3 . 50 18 . 00 '7 Total value of land wo8 . 00 Total value of i mp rovements 105 . 00 Total value of ~. ro.ct Average val ue per cro 173 . 00 24 . 71 Note* --- The tract as described contains only 7 acres . ,, r olud .,, 1 Toto.I Value ·14.00 54 . 00 68 . 00 �IN 'llffi CIBCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of' the State of Virginia. Petitioner v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc. Defendants On this, t h e ~ day of Dece.nibier, 1933, came Warren Shifflett, and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of the sumo~ $1288.00, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for Tract No. 241, and also for the payment to him o~ the sum of $231.00, the amount o~ the award set out in the award o'f' condemnation for Tract No. 241a, heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing from the report of the Board af" Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the _ day o-r November, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Warren Sh:if"flett is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tracts of land Nos. 241 and 241a, and that tl:e record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Trac1:BN~ 241- and 241a, or to /the proceeds arising fran the condemnation thereof, and that the said Warren Shifflett is entitled to receilre the proceeds arising frcm the condemnation of said Tracts Nos. 241 and 241a, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tracts Nos. 241 and 24la;have been paid: Upon consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sums of $1288.00 and $231.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tracts Nos. 241 and 241a, respectively, be paid unto the said Warren Shi:fflett; and the Clerk o'f' this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy or this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said Warrell' Shi~flett the said sums of $1288.00 and $231.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation fer Tracts Nos. 241 and 241a, respectively, taking from the said Warren Shi'f'flett a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk af this 352 �--2-- Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law. En __ ter:_/_~_ U/1 �. M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Concern : I hereby certify that Warren Shifflett has paid the taxes for the years 1932 anc 1933 on his two tracts of land, one containing ten acres and one containing eighteen, located in the Blue Ridge Nountains, Stonewall District, Rockingham County . All taxes prior to that time are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . Given under my hand this 18th day of December 1933 . )&vt ' ~ I ---,---o-· Treasurer of Rockingham County. �- . - • . NOTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER . V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . 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. Tract No. _.:kd/_: 1::"-f7L4-:-: 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 . .:J-.#J-- $/_):.f_f;Ji in Tract No. ;?_ij,L~_2 :3../4A~ 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; ~+ I ndexed in James W, Shifflett 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) herei~ 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. --:k--#/ ---- $_/:2f:f;.(2!rract .1-_t{J-ib_ $ __IJ-_J_b_!!~ Tract N o ~ f ;___ $----------; 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) \ P. 0. ADDRESS Swift Run va . _____ _ ______ :..2_ ______________ ______________ _ Sta t e-- of.- J/ 1-r-g-ini--a,- -G-otlllty:-- of. --Reo-k-i ng ham-,---to--w i -t t-- ------------ - -- - -- -- -- - -- This day personally appeared before me warr en Shifflett and made oatn that the statemeniB contained in tfie af>ove pet1 tfon so Ya r a s mad e on h-i--s--0wn--i-llf-0 rma-t i -0n- -a-r--e--t r..ue-- -and eo -.f-ar,.. -&-s - ma.-d-e- ..up-on--1.ni'o.~mat.i on o f o t h ers ~~--~~-~1~ v! ~--~~~~--~-~-~-~--~!-~~----- Give_~ _ d~r ll¥ ~ d 18~~ --~~!-noubfl i De c em ue r 1 11 3•..,. ~~ 011ary ,s; c. NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in t C erk's office for the nvenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed 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. 3SS' �Qtommnuwraltq nf ]Itrgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27, 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 day of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 12/21/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Law=s~o~n~A~t=k=,.1-·n~s_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ paid to Warren Shj_fflett , Swift Run, Vjrginia $ 1 , 288 .oo being in full settlement of tract #--2.41. in the above mentioned cause. 401 �a!nmmnuwtaltb nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICH MONO, VA. Decemb er 27 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Warren Shiffle tt Swift ~__J[_i_r_sg_i-n_i=a____ Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 288 . 00 , in accordance and $ 231 . 00 with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of _ __R_o~c~k~i~n~g~h_am~--- entered on the of December _1 93 i 21st day , in the matter of the State Commis~ion 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 #241 and 24l-a Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �(!tnmmnumealtlJ nf llirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , December 27 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 day of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 12/21j 33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs • Cassand r a Laws on -=A.....t..,,.k....i ....n.....s.,________ _ __ _ :paid to Warren Shifflett , sw·ift R,m , Virginia $ 231 . 00 being in full settlement of tract# 241- a in the above mentioned cause. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-warren.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Warren Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Head of Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 241, 241-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/95fb310eb0ed8b2494a5ab4fd70347c6.pdf f7809633de56bd11a5eab7b6189a1356 PDF Text Text ROCKINGID M COUNTY L, NAME OF CLAIMANT #239 - Shifflett, Wilmer 33 Number of Acres: Location: Hawksbill Creek and lies entirely within the Park area. This tract was completely surveyed and this acreage Note: was found. Roads: Eleven miles to lkton over seven miles of county road and four miles of macadam. Soil: Sandy clay loam. History of Tract and condition of timber: for grazi ng purposes . This tract of land is used entirely Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: _J Cove: Grazing Land: 33 'i/25 . 00 dt,825 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 825. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Total amount---- 825 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 25 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ,,- __________, _CLERK -y.,,,.....~ --"--~-----:.'A ~7 �County: Rockingham District: Stone all t239 .1. ore ge Claimed: Shifflett, 36 A. ilmer Ass essed 30 acres Value Cla:imed: Location: ft 300.00 Deed 33 a. n ( 1926) 500.00 110 • ARJ;J\ • 30 • Ha ksbill oreelr and lies entirely •e,rtfttn the Park rea . Note: This tract as completely surveyed and this acreage as found. Inoumbranoes 1 counter claims or laps: None known. Soil: Sandy clay loam. Roads: Eleven mi les to ~lkton over seven miles of county rod and four miles of macadam. Hi storz of tract and condition of timber: ly for grazing p~rposes . Improvements: This tract of land is used entiee None. Value of land by types: Value per acre Acreage $2?5 .60 30 Total value of land Total value of t ract veral e value per acre 600.00 600. 00 20 .00 Total Value 500.00 �Claim of In the Circuit Court of___ Q:j~~~~'. k...a..~~-County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservatio and evelopment of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in__ _______ _ __ ________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p · on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, d in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filin of said. petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ - ·_ --------_____ County, VirginiaJ asks leave of the Court to file this as h:/::: : 1-t'.xl::;;r~~-- ~ - ------#-,9p'------.{J~ ~:i.: s: ~:~:, :~: ,•: t:~t::~ ~-~ac~ :,.-~~;;;/!-1:~t ~ i~ s:=:: to be condemned, containing about ___~ _ 6 _________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________ ------------ ------------ ---~-------- --------------------- ------- ~ -- ---- ________ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------ ·_ ==~~;~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or pav land desc~ ve.) . ---------~ ------------=-~ ----------- ------------------~::t:~-d o, : a:~~ South __ _~~~:~~~ East_ West__ _ -to_ t d tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: �tiled In the Clerk's Office Rockingham Goi-inty, Va. rEa ~. . .. 1931 -Clerk �- - ....... • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VI RG I NI A THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSBRVAT ION AND DEVELO PMENT OF VIRG I NIA At Law vs Numbers 239 and 170 A CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKI NS Et Als On this day of February , 1934 , comes Wilmer c. Shifflett , and on his motion leave is given him to file his appli cation for disbursement of the $825 .p h e amount of the award set out in the jud gmentiondemnation tract number 239 and hereto /! /I f ore pa id into Court, and disbursement of t h e sum of l l0 . 00 the amount of awa rd set out in the judgment t"ondemnation~ct number ,1 ;I 176- A and here tofore paid int.o Court . And it appearing to the Court from a copy of a certain dee J. dated the 6th day of August , 1926 and of record in De ed Book No . 136 at page 171 , from Berna rd Shifflett to Wilmer c. Shifflett, filed with W. C. Shiffl ett ' s Petition , along with an aff idavit ma de by Bernard Shifflett stating tbat he has no interest or claim of any nature in said tra ct No. 170 -A, and that his name appeared therein throu gh erro r,_ And that no other person other than the sa i d Wilmer C. Shiff lett is entitled to share in the dis t ribution of s a id sums , that taxes due on said tracts No . 239 and No . 170-A have been paid; ~ pon consid era t ion whereof~ Court ~ µ..v~+ tha tA ~825 . 00 is considered a~orde)-by the paid int o Court by Petitioner as.j u st compensat ion . 1}.µJ,U#V~ tra ct 1itA.lmber 239 1 and11 $10 . 06' paid into Court by Petitioner a~ ju st compensation - tract No . 170- A1 be disbursed to Wilmer C. Shiff lett . And the Clerk of the Court is directed to tra nsmit a certified cop~_..,.o f this order to the Trea~ rer-of Virginia who shall v,- I} 't. ' I ti ""fl . disburse said su~s of ~825 . 00 and $10 . 00 taking a re c ei pt of t he t amount-paid \8iiiil. and certify such payment to the Clerk of this Court for a ppropriate entry thereof as re quired by law. ~r 9riv,~ \ �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Virginia: TH.cl ST.aTE 001JMISSIUN.cl ...~ ON OOli~VATION Pe titioner AND D~V;.;;I,OPIJclNT of the ~'fAT.cl OF VIRGIN IA v. At Law Nwnber 239 and 170 A CASSANDRA LA SON ATKi rJS and others and Fll'TY- !l.\VO THOOSAND, FIVE HUNDR.clD .AJ:ID SIXPY- ONE (52 , 561) acres of land , more or less Defendants To the Honorable H• . • Bertram, Judge of said Coo.r.t Yrur petitioner, Wilmer c. Shifflet t , Represents That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceedinr condemnins to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in two certain tracts of land formerally the property of your petitioner situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District , Rockingham County, Vir ginia, said tracts described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Conmiss ioners appointed herein, and shovm numbered and delineated on the County ov;nership map f i led herein as trac t number 239 at the price of .clI GHT HUl:f.DfuID TW~ifrY- FIV~ DOLLclRd (,J825. 00) , and tract number 170 A at the price of TEN DOLLARS (~10 . 00) . Your petitioner further shows to the court that all tax.es against said two tracts of land to and including the -year 1933 have been paid and certificates to that effect from the Treasurer of Rockingham vounty, Virpinia and the Clerk ,. of the Gir~~it Court of Rockingham County, Vir cinia are filed herewith marked ,. Exhibi t Certificate Number 1 and ~xhibit Certificate Number 2. Your petitioner further shows to the court that there v1as an err or ±i, IN include Bernard Shifflett in this proceeding as one of t he o,'mers or as having any i nterest in Tract Number 170 A. That Bernard Shifflett by deed dated the t /k day of ~d1&6{ ~• 19~ , conveyed all his ri f ht , title and i n terest in sa id proper~ Shif flett . I : .lilmer C. Said deed is duly of record in th b Clerk ' s office of said County in �,I -~/_0 _ _t____, page _ ____ / l___._/ ___• Deed Book Number __ ,, . +. ~he copy of said deed is filed ,1 herein marked iilxhibi t 3 that an affidavit signed .I( and svtorn to by Bernard Shifflett to t h.lfeffect s teth~ that he has no interest of any nature in said tract Number 170 a is filed herein marked ~BXhibit-*'4: All of said Exhibits are prayed to be re ,. .d as a part hereof . Your petitioner further shOVJs to the court that there ar e no liens on this property of any character . ~hat no person or )ersons than you· petitioner is en- titled to share in the distribution of said awardi, ,,herefor e your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be all<r.ed to file his petition in these nro ceedin E·s . hat an order m-::y be entered in tbis proceeding for distribution of s aid 1 .J. awardS and that your petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of his case may r equire , and v;ill ever pray , OL.1Y Oi lLi...,.dldOlillilr.rlG, To- wit s This day ·.1nmer u. dhifflett , t he petitioner , in the above entitled matt er, personally appeared before me,V ~.hv.ok1rotary .t'ublic in and for the City and State aforesaid , in my Lli ty aforesaid , anc. beinr· duly sv1orn, deposes and says : I am the petitioner in the a-oove entitled matter . I am acquainted VJith 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 knowledee and belief. Subscribed and s,,;orn to before me this 19th day oi' .c'ebruary, 1934. �,, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Wilmer C. Shifflett has p,..id the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 33- 0- 0 acres and one of 2- 0- 0 acres, both being situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County . All taxes prior to that time, if any be due are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said County . Given under my hand this 19th day of February 1934 . M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockinghem County. By <t.a-7~ fu Deputy. �/I STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKI NGHAM, 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 33 acres and 2 acres, respectively, assessed in the name of Wilmer c. Shifflett, situate in Stonewall District . Given under my hand this 19th day of February, 1934. Clerk O. K ~:L Attorney . �., " "EXHIBIT 3 .,, This Deed made this 6 day of August, 1926, by and between Bernard Shifflett , party of the first part, and Wilmer C. Shifflett, party of the second part, both parties of the State of Virginia. WITNESS ETH: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars, cash to him in hand paid by the said Wilmer C. Shifflett, the receipt whereof is hereby ack nowledged, and the further sum of two hundred dollars together with the accrued interest on a certain note the said party of the first part owes Elmer J. Shifflett due in_g_ years from the date of said note, has bargained, sold and conveyed, with general warranty of title; unto the said Wilmer C. Shifflett the following tracts of land, together with the appurtnances thereto belonging. Tract No. 1 adjoins the lands of N. c. Herring, George E . Shifflett, Anna Begoon , and the Eiler land, and known as the Theophelus Lawson land; the said tract being conveyed to the said Bernard Shifflett by I. N. Berry and wife, by deed of Record in the Clerk's Office of said County of Rockingham, Virginia, to which reference is hereby made for a more accurate description of said land, the said tract of land containing 33 Acres more or less. Tract No. 2 adjoins the above tract on North East side and being the same conveyed to the said Bernard Shifflett by Barbra A. Herring by a deed of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia , to which reference is hereby made for a more accurate discription, and containing 2 acres more or less. To have and to hold unto the said party of the second part forever, and that the said party of the first covenants to and with the said party of the second part that he has the right to convey said land and that he will make such further assurances as may be necessary to perfect the title hereby conveyed to the said grantee. The said party of the first part reserves the pasture on the above tracts of land for the season of 1926. �.,----:'.~~~......------== === ===========. . . . . . . . . ------.......-.......------ - - - - -- - .. 2 Witness the following signature and seal the date first above written. Bernard Witness: his X Shifflett mark Seal Susie Reynolds Rockingham County , To - wit: I , A. E . Wyant , a Notary Public for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia , do hereby certify that Bernard Shifflett , single , whose name is si gned to the writing hereto annexsd bearing date on the 6 day of August , 1926 , has acknowled ged the same before me in my said County . Given under my hand this 6 day of August , 1926 . A. E. Wyant , N. P . My Commission expires November 2 , 1927 . �... r f1 ?/~ #tf II I , Berna.rd Spifflett , do hereby state that I have no interest or claim i n that certain tract of' land nu.moered 170 A in the ~rll"Jt condemning proceedins, and that my name was i ncluded there1ithroueh error. Gi ven under my hand and seal this 19th day of' February, 1934. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of February, 1934. Q~;u-~<V No tary Pu.blio ��.,.. Qlnmtttnttwtalt4 nf ]Itrgiuia T R EAS URE R'S OFFICE R IC HMO N D , VA . JOHN M. PURCELL Mar ch 8 ., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi n i a have th is 8 day of March wit h an order of the circuit court of dated 2/28/34 in accordance Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v s . -----~G~a........ ,ssandra Lawson Atk1ns et a1s paid to Chas . A. Hammer and w. w. Wharton , Attorneys Harrisonburg , Virginia $_ 8_2_5_._0_0_ _ _ _ b eing in full settlement of tract# 239 in the above mention e d cause. �Q!nmmnu1tttttlt1J nf lllirgiuitt TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA. Marc h 8, 1934 JOHN M, PURCEL L TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA Chas . A. Hammer and w. w. Whar ton, Atto rney s Harr isonb urg, Virg inia Rece ived of J.M . Purc ell, Trea sure r of Virg inia, the sum of$ 825.0 0 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the -coun ty of Rock ingha m ente red on the 28th day of Febr uary 193~ , in the matt er of the State Comm ission on Cons erva tion and Deve lopm ent v _ __ - - - ~C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a=--=L=a=w~s~o=n=--A~t=k~i........ -n s __and othe rs, bein g full and comp lete settl eme nt for the trac t of land known in said proc eedin g as #~2~3~9~- - - Sign orig inal and dupl icate and retu rn to the Trea sure r of Virg inia. '-loo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shifflett-wilmer.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shifflett, Wilmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 239 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Shifflett