224 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/56e58c2812ff92bc679ae6b84e063622.pdf 86488c38d8274a633266a35880a481ea PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #314 - Via , Hulda Number of Acres: 11 Location: Madison Run . 228 and 229 . u. s . Part outside the Park area . Positions Roads: Two and one- half miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shippin point . Soil: Sandy loam, cove type of a fair depth and fertility, some scattering loose rock over the entire area . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value .10 . 00 ~50 . 00 10 . 00 40 . 00 40 . 00 80 . 00 $170 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: 5 Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 4 2 @ Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 170. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 27 . 00 :t;l97 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 2 7 • 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 18. 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ HONE . , ~ ~ <I c_ U'.rrK. I 'I �county: rookinche.. Di strict: s tonew~ll ;31 4 Hulda Via ,1 Acreage Claim.ad : 10 Val ue claimed: Location: ~;es.: Soil: :\.sses ned 11. 80 250,100 n '.. 110 . 00 1:.adison Hun . Fart outside the positions 228 and 229 . Deed 11 . 00 1892 ark \ rea, partition deed u. s . None known, t3andy loam, oovo type of a fatr depth of forti l i ty, nomo scatter i ng loose rock over the entire area. 2};- mile ~ v ia di rt roud to .Fort Republic the neo.rcct shipptng , oads: point. History: This tract has about 5000 f t of s aw timber on 5 acres oonni stinn of Oaks } oplor and inc, also about ~ e ds of 20 . 00 fuel rood per • sa,1 timber 5000ft ,t. ,! 4 . 00 'l . 30 15 c ords of wood ~ 50 ¢ p er cord 27.50 I;n:provements : None . Value of land by types: Areu ~ J~ Cove Ti l l able Value per acre 5 30 15 2 4 Fr Total value of land rrio t a l Vnlue ~25 . 00 60 .. 00 60 . 00 .'1~5 . 00 ,• 145 . 00 Tot al val ue of imJ rovements Total value of timber Tota l value or tra ct Avorugo value per ~1cre 27 . 50 bl ?2 . oO ..,, 15 . G6 l 2l> �Jounty: ,oc::i nthuri. J.!..s.,,ict: ..:,tune 1all COVt:} il lab::.. ,3c . . .i..e - 1 ' 1 !JS uOC :ill[; ~v e:ll'-4ins � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context via-hulda.pdf Title A name given to the resource Via, Hulda Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 314 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 Via https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e082710ca0c8d712e19f93c72db82e34.pdf a08cd1c4c56d05e31f6995f538631770 PDF Text Text ROCKING&' 1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #315 - Via , Mary c. Number of Acres: 11½ Location: lv1adi son Run. 229 and 230 . Entirely within the Park area . u. s. Positons Roads: Two and one- half niles via nirt road to Port Republic, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, c ove type and a good depth of fertility , some loose scattering rock over the emtire area . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: $10 . 00 $85 . 00 15 . 00 45 . 00 ~130 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 3 11½ Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals : Value of Land: $ 130 . 00 50 . 00 $180 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 ValueofWood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 15 . 64 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . - -~- -~ ~ -~-~~-~_cm~. M �Claim tioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------- .---75) ----/4------- -----------------. - .· .---------------------County, V1rgmia, Defendants. more or less, of land m_f f ~ ~ ----~ The undersigned, in answer to the peti ·An of the Statel:fo-mmission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, d in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fii·~g of tai~ petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL -~~~-~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this · as his ans er to sai~Jtition ~ to 1~d notice. :; :::eo;;;~!+:JjJ~~::e_~:::::::::::::::::: I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_/-/..£~L.Z.LLa cres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ / ----------Virginia, in · s about_ ___ £ ____ miles from __ ~ is locat d~ T 1h <---. th __ _______ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~iEE ~~- ~~~:~~ The land ~ t the above describetJl'tract or parcel of land are as follows: r:~:~----:::::.:::::::____ ,d-~------------ ---------------------------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_______ ___ in the = ~/4/2__L_-:__1:17_hc_ ~1 : ~-- 1#~~-~~c~~-~~~~~;~~-;;~~-~~;~-;~; i~~~~~~::~~~~~~~~ $_J.P..~ef!..~!?__q__ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is-$-=~f-...2.rP_,?._0_,4:7 I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). on is Remarks· -- ------------------------ -------------------- - ------------------------ --- ------ ------------------------ -------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). day Witn~ss_m7 signature (or my name and m rk attached hereto) this ___ j_r=-_____ ;~~;~~;;;~;;, ~t~H~ rtz ~~: .--~~~--+--- 1 The un~~~~1d hereby certifies that_ _~·-t'-2:-_1-_Y~---- -------- -------------the above 'fr~tt, aimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appe ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this___ _j · t:_ _____ day ,£.__/?___ oL- 7 : ~---::~-1~~ ~ ---- ______ cial Investigator or Cle~f~-Court, or e of the Peace. Notary Public, or Ju '¾,I �I I county: Rockingham District: Jtonewall · 315 - ?•.ary C •. Via • creage Claimed: O"' OSsed 11~ n Value Claim.ed: Soil: J arti tion Deed vll0,00 II 1892 r,:ndison 1un . 'Entirely 11 i t hin the r ark area, pos itions 229 a nd 230 . Loc11 t1on: Laps:_ )eed 11::- u. s . None known. Sandy loam, cove type nnd a good de. th of fertility, some looso scatter ing Rook over the entire area . 2-: miles via dirt roud to Roads: ort Be _i., ublie, the nea rest shi1 p ing point • 11.istory: The merchantuble s aw timber has been removed fcom po.rt of this t :r act. Thero still remains about 10,000 ft of Oak timber on 4 • . 4.00 ier · 3 eds of fuel wood f er • • on 8 acres ... o. r, 40 , 00 oO per cdl2 . 00 , 52.00 Irqprovements: Y.al ue ~ None. at l:9:no.; . by tyres: Vo.luo reago . Cove per, acre 8 4 Fr 'l'ota l v luo or land: 5 15 To tal \ - Value ,;'i40 . 00 60 .00 ~100 . 00 'i otal vnlue of i mpr ovel'!l.ents .,. Total value f timber Total vnlue of tr~Ct 1 .cvoro.ge vulue ner ucre . .oo 152 . 00 1 2 . 6? rn �/31.J - ~ Viu . County: .1ockinr;ham District: Stone.mll \ .:uld1.... ,, '}-1\, 1).- ~ Vi rper ,, ~~ ov, - Rosto c 'ine 2l e 0c le - 1 1 1· ins N � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context via-mary-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Via, Mary C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 315 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 Via https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/874caa36a3c7b4a2b842605095c8b058.pdf 4b75f10404f9e1e915cda9ec002185bb PDF Text Text ROCKINGHli.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #301 - Via , Robert Number of Acres: 20 Location: Madison Run . Entirely within the Park area . Roads: Two miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Slope type level and fairly smooth and of a fair Sandy loam. depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: The merchantable saw timber has been removed . The remaining stand consists of small mixed oaks and short leaf pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 14 @ $5 . 00 $70 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 6 10 . 00 20 60 . 00 $130 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $130 . 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: $ g • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 50 . 00 $180 . 00 �i1/. __ ~---------------- -, ------------------------------- Claim oL_ rJf,-j._,_.,..j- _ In the Circuit Court o L ~ ~ - - ~ - : _______ County, Virginia, No.!.8':.?::i., At Law. The State Commission on Conservation a_m! Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ ~ 1-rl. t2L-/c ~ _~ ~ J __ J~'-.J-& I _ ~ ___ _ ~IA._>/, ------------------------------------".:;;i/. ---------------------------------------------- more or less, of land in_~_0:+f:. . __~_____ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petklon of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the &~~l~~<;l)ltition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this i_d.,~~t~----- as h:ym;,::: :: s a ~ n i My post office address is ___ toiv:t:tice. ¢1":j ___ ------------------------ /2.t--_~______ .:-:_ ____________________________ _ 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~ _______ ~ ,,-{_ ~ ------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- .;;,i1nd is located about_ __ :-1,._.co ____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.) - - - - - - - - ~ - - ~ - - ~ ~ - ~ - ~ --~4 J _ ~~ --------The land °'~n1ers adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ ~"'::7/"i:::: -------------------------------------------------------- South ____ _f-_~---- ~ti ,_..,I..-{___, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ <Jic ~-- 2/'- L West _______ ~ ~ ----------------------------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__~?-~_L __ in the following manner: -------°? ~ ff - ~d~ _ffe',0\__ -----------,------------------------------ I claim that t11e t,9tal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---*-~~_'.7:':": __ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or in~st, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ .z.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~ the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $-~_£'_____________ , (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- ---------------------- - --- ----------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ------------------ ----- ------- --- - -- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL:r;;_=~-:~~~:~~r1~3'.t my name and /4T)t,;;;~~~}-~~~s~~~~?~~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~d~~ To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____~------ -~ - ~-------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ j_f--~---day of_ ___ J~t/ f- / 1lf /3 r"· ,j ~ . I r:_~-~----~--, 19~.. ~~ / ~ --- L ~ ofth~-c~-;rt~-~8-p;ci~-=-i-~;tig~~;-~ ublic, r-JHstice-<>f-the-Peace. �-._/ I· 1 d: d 100 •.o t.l: di on ' • nttrely :w1t. in 11 000.00 k .. . <>t 1 l . one lrno n ., ndy l · t r 11\ 2 ... 20 l .. lo a tr,1' 1 'fi dirt rod t o V l ort n t ·r1y d 0 bli c d • H o. lop eld oc ~t .oo c.oo · a. o .50. Io'\_ �County: -..J I District: Rockingham Stonewall /i30l• V1e., Robt . H. , N LEGEND: Slope Scale• 1": Fields roe tocking 20 cha.ins 1113 � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context via-robert.pdf Title A name given to the resource Via, Robert Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 301 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 Warner https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5b1f51a95e8d424694ecfb6cea1c8d5b.pdf 0da0663b950e181f9222c327dd96482c PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT 7tl)qo· .-..J.,. - r rnar ) ,,U,._,;~-V -- - • ...... e Number of Acres: 3 • Location: lJ . S. ?osi t ions ~13 ~nu ~14 . Roads: Three nilE · via c'irt roe.ct to Port _,er,u lie , th_, nm.rest shi Y"\ ;>L1 po~nt • Just u ar:., 11 c..1.0 mt Lnsi ue t:e Prr~ ureo, r~st outside . Soil: :.....'1c1 ::..ric clu:r loan . C"'lope t:rpe :.ind. is o · ,. f::iir de.::-Jth u.nc. fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: ...~ll tl 8 r.ierclmntc.ble sa I tir·ber has bae,.1. ::.".,1ovec.... :;."1·u, t::i. tr ct . rr'he renainin'"; ... t~.nd consists of snall o· ks :. ml sor. e short le~f pine . ......bout 4 cords of fue l,1ooct >er 1..cre on tLre -cres. 12 cords 1.:0od. Improvements: ,.,one . Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: 3 :10 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ "'0 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 10 • 0 0 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ·1 . 1e. ~ - ~•V~.~.::. \ \\ �• Co mt!/: •\ c ::i 10 lu 1a :Jist.dot: ;,ton 11 o •• ~·. u. ·: •• o , er • _ill: l\fL • Hem s: q i llUd 1 1011 2!.~ , at. ou. i e., 2 ""· Clay l 0 . .;ilo tt 000. 00 typ "a nnt! 1n ll or B ~ o:m\ 1n81d tl !'r.1r depth ilc• vi·, dirt roo.d to Jiis or,: !.11 o:r'U '.:o v, 1. J8 .oo Tot l 0.00 ', Ot Al '~ot l ~00 • 0 B.00 rr ,ltl ahee �f?,9G - County : · ·O ckingh' m District : -vona ~11 N ::::d,c..rds ::....gner Slo-:,e ,ca..:.n - l ' .,o chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wagner-m-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wagner, M. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Positions 213 and 214 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): 296 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 Wagner https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5364115a4dbe9ffb51cb722c47b26b19.pdf 0a41151077593afe7c091832c3d73c73 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT 'l.-,gr...., o Number of Acres: Location: Roads: -- Soil: T, .,c..gner , - .t' • -r., .1: . - et :.1 18 :i.Te ,r T_T. :J . ?osi.tio1S ~1.3- 213- 314. Entirely 1ithL1 tl:e Purlc -re_. ,,,wo u.nl one-hJ.l..:. . r,ile3 71.... , i:rt ro:.tc: to _-ort '1e_,ublic , t:1: ns res~ Eh ip_,i g point . .3lO'J8 -t:r::-e, not TIUC:1 de_;ith _he gr:.....zi-:i.f 1 '1d :111s 13. f&i rly ·ood sod. . ...,• nd~r clc.:r lo .... n . ~JD(i f,31·tili ty . History of Tract and condition of timber: n 0 -nerch'..1ntc. 1Jle sm, tinb .r on this tract . ...bout ~j cords fuelwood per acre on tl1e '.rooded areu . 24 cords wood. Improvements: Eone . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 C '1:0 . Ov Cove: Grazing Land: 10 20 . 00 200 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 310 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1:2.00 ../2.?7 . Qi,_; Value of Orchard: $ :3 ;j • 0 0 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 1 >. 00 Value per acre for tract: $ l :.3 • J 8 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~ :~v~....:. ~ - ~ '. _·c.... ltft, �- w::;. _ JrLI. . of _____ , ____j,-vI__________________________________________________________________ Claim In the Circuit Court oL ___ .Ro.c.k ingb ________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ________ ::~ ._ ___ a llJ'U'_,__B_.__·.1. ...___ ~_g_I}~J.:._@.P_d_J,._!__ i _!..__ :-_~gD_~!'____________ _ __ In t:te ·,ratter _of _a'bout _li'iahteen _L 18_ ) _of _land in_ tbe Pa.rk _Area __ more or less, of land in __F.c..G.· J_ GB..A:..L ____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __ F_q_g~_i_l}'2:h_~ ---------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ N .__ L ._ ___agner A Q'ent_ for the _e.f ore1;ai d _na rti ea ______ _ L _ __ My post office address is __ ~'------~.9_:rt_E.~!?1l__ l.j._Q.1__Yi.r_g_!_p_i_; ~---------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ .113..-_________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _______________________________________________________ ____ _ __________________ l. nclo _ e d ~Y- i:r oo d _wire_ fence ·--------------------------------- us 1an d 1s Tl· · 1ocat ed a b out _____ P:.Y.o... ____ m1·1es f rom ____ P Qr.t___ R_e~_u n b_____ lic4-________v·1rgmia, ·· m · the_S.t.on.e..w. l l ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -----------------------------n-~--- f.o..re i..d-pa.rti.e_~ __ r.e..._go.i.nt__awner.il.. _o.f_ __ _ .ai..fl--r-rop.~r.t_y:_ in- .f..ee_ irr~--1 ~-,--anj_.f.o .r__wh..or _J__ rr'~ - ~2_e..n.:t____________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __ J;. • _J •__ rown_____ __ ___ _______________________________________________ __ ___ _ South ____• _L . _Nicho 1 a__________________________________________________________ _ East ___J • __ .__and_C. -~_. _Shul ~ r ----------------------------------------------West_ ___ A L_ .J ._ J'own __ ~nd... J. _J . _ Nichola __ F.;t . _______ _____________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_J .9_9_g ___ in the following manner: ____________________-y purcha.se from_J. _ .r . _Nichol a ii _ and wife __ 1._!!~~------ af..o.re a i....d_~.o...in t. _a wne.r -----------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ P_QQ_!_QQ________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ ~QQ~.9_Q___ __ __ . I am the owner oL ____ Jlon.e.. _____ 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 $__'t!o.ne ___________ . (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 lie should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ____________________ :::L eat imat e _on _the_ vali.le _of _thi a _land,___ _ i deten· ined v the amount I re lli:.e yearly from i.ame, .and there fore, t h e intereQt on ~id an.ou nt would 1: e ~ufficient to compeniiate rr_~ _.f_q_~__t1.!~--Y~~t1Y_1.9_~~~-f!_.9_!2 ___~!si_!~A9-~---o.r__ .c.cur.ate__cteAc..rip.ti.on____ _ !__l[Q..!J_e. _?_!__ ±~~..!-------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (o . r my name anJ;:ma.;,IJ,,¥ttached hereto) this __6.:t.h _________ day ~-~~--r!. ___ ~-f!(~---w.-/f:-~Mv--ci:-~f/4~- 0L ____;Lm1:u:~------, Y:WSt. 19 31 (JI/ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ £t_Q.Q~.J.J1Ufl_-¥l~-- - --------, To-wit: /"" The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____N_._ ___•_____ ~p_e_L __ __ __ _________ _____ ____ __ 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 owled~e and belief, this __ §Jh. ____________ day oL.J_@1l_~ry__ i~-~i~, 1981). __ Special I~;;L;;a:.-or Clerk- <>f th-e -Cot-trt, -or Notary Public, er Justice of the P0aae. �---County: .oc kingh Di strict : Stonewall ti 29~ " . -· ~ ·c.gner, et ul Aaseaa d VRl · e Clai1 ed : Location: I nc 800 . 00 .1:·ear · • n. Deed 18 tt 90. 00 " ,}ositione 212 - 213- 214 . brances, count er cl a i ms or laps : unt irely 2 l / 2 r1iles v i dirt road to ort ditton of ti•be~ : liis t orJ c ords fuel 17 ithin t h ood t h , nd f ertili ty. 1 2 . 00 . , 20 . 00 Val o of l and by types: Value !l.l?! Slope r zing per acre RC s.oo 8 20. 00 L 18 o t 1 v lue o · 11 :ad o t l v l e of i mprov ti ,er .. otal , value 24. 00 200. 00 224 .. 00 . :,24. 00 onta The point . ,:o 1 erchont ble s a timber on tht e r acr . on t h wooded ~re. c tter ed tr ii t t re s . ,\er 1906 ark area. e ublic, t he • arost shi pp i 50¢ per e d . lw,roTemente: 108.00 Hone kno n "andy clay lo • !.,,iope t ype . Not much d azing l n d has a f i rly good sod. :\oad : 18 20 . 00 12.00 256. (,0 '4. ~2 �_#293~ Wagner, et al . ~ .F. County: Distri ct: }_toclr.:ingham Stonewall N W. J . Downs LEGEND: Slope Grazing Scale - 1" : 20 chains '105' � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wagner-w-f-et-al.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wagner, W. F. et al Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near U.S. Positions 212-213-214 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): 293 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 Wagner https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5e241ae8fbb75aa1498f9030cfec3a24.pdf fbe025e66d2dcfb8f3285ed68104d054 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: 73 Location: Roads: Soil: vie r1ile , .:it of L,Lnc1 rord an 0•1tsiue t: e :E'ar:-: ,. r~ • is r,:...rtly inside One rile to Islund _ ord OVRj' cou1~t So...1.r dy cl y o·..rn of !T19dium de1_Jth .nd ~--rtl:r ro d . nd i.'er·ti li ty . ,, . t r c~. . . is ent11~~ - 1,ooL·led History of Tract and condition of timber: _n1s u.na t:::i estL~:....t,ed to cut 73 , 000 b_,,. rt . :!fuel ood - ~ ~a 511 cor-ds . Improvements: fone • Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types .Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 73 3 . 00 36:.5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $36 b . 00 25j.50 Value of Improvements: $ 205 . 50 1'876 .oo Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ~ ~5 . :::5 Value of Wood: $ 2d:5 • .:i0 Value per acre for tract: $ 11. 98 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ �~~a::. ~~:~?c~i:z~~:~;;;i~~~:-;~~~~~~~~~~.-~;~;~: The State Commission on C-:;;; ;~~-; ~d--D e~elo pmen t of the State 'of Virgin ia, Petitioner, vs·______________________________________________ ----------- ------ - ------ ---'"""'{:!,,,~.....,<41.4..1-'L-"-""-.-----County, Virginia, Defen dants. tion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, nd in respon se to the notice upon the ~~j of said tition and published in accordance ·with of condemnation award ed the o·rder of the Circu it Court of~ __ '_ __ _____ ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answe r to "cl. ·petiti on and to said notice. :~ :::•o:;. -:;;;;;::,,-;;/f;J;;:;;::;:._~~;}l:f.,:Q/_::;j,:J.~~~ I/. e, I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of land within the area sough t to be condemned, contai ning about ___ /CLO_________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and impro veme nts=- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ------ ------ -- 1;1~ ----- --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ h jf..,..._,__ 3---- ----- ----- ---This ~a~ is locat~d abo~L -~f--- :--~-m iles ~ro m_ ~-- ~----- --Vi ~ rginia, in theJ ~ _Magistetrnl Distri ct of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth er the he is and if joint owner give names of the joint owner s. If claima nt sole owner or joint owner, he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere st heis not sole or joint owner, has in or to the tract or ~a:~~~~-~---~--~ -_121<L~r-~ -r -~ > ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North _. ________________________ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ -- !:::h~O.0 ~~~~~-~---: ~: : : :::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: __ West __ Q __ ~ J i ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ -------1 acquired my right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about the year in the following mann er : . ~ • _LJ-r:l__ --~ --~ - C__ ~ --~ - - i )------- fMl_ ____ __ 0()._r e__.££ __ ~ -7--~ - ------ ------ ------ ------ - -j-~- ------ I claim tha~ e total value of this tract or parcel of land with the impro vemen ts thereon is $-£~ -~-- ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ~ere st, in and to this tract or parcel of_ land with the impro vemen ts thereo n is$-~~I am the owner of~'J 1-~$ o._a cres of land adjoin ing the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outsid e the Park area, which I claim will be damag ed b~e proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten t of $__ (In the space below should be set out any additi onal statem ents or inform ation as to this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Rem arks· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ -- £~- ~-- --· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -- ( Continue remar ks if necess ary o~he back). ,»7itpess my signat ure (or my name and mark attach ed hereto ) this _____ day oL:h h'° '~~-,~~ 193,. ~ --if~ CJ_.=-______ _)u,,_J 1 / ~ ----- STATE OF , COUNTY OF __ ;:J.7 - ~LY-~~ ------ , To-wi t: lt_o,z.-r:I( c,,,_~llJ.t/Y.JIII . • YlThe under signed hereb y certifies that__ ------ -- ·---·.V..[ L!,. ________________________ _ the above named claima nt personally appea red before him and made oath that the matte rs and things aJ)pearing in m above answe r are true to the best of his, knowledge and belief, . - rh I-fa,~ ~ th,s_~_: _'f..= ------ --day oL-- ---~ 7/1 3/3 / w~ r1~.e - --, 193'c ,f ~~ --------- Cl~ Qf ±be €eu ~~- ~bi gltt or or Notar y Public, o:r> .lasthm 0f the Peace. f, y Cvmrr ss O I AIJI s r. ay 2o, 1:1,H �.l _tL-:::_Ll]_.1_ __ _ Claim of_ ·_ In the Cir it Court oLA::~- ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conser 10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________ _____ __ __________________ -----------------------M~/4 J ~ -- ----------------------. --..---------------------- more or less, of land m _ ~ _ ____________ County, V1rgmia, Defendants. tition of the State Commission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answe to th velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~Ii of _said tition and published i~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t Court of_ _ ~ ____________ County, Virgrnia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his ans er to s=..------tition and to said notice. :~ ;::•o:;:-;- ress is-;{;&i J~~df.jJ;;:;J,,~~/l<!. I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____(~-- __ _____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ - - ------------------------ ---- ~~ ------------------------ --------------------- ---. ------.---- -- ----------------------.- ---------------------- ti:,; ____J! _____ 4--~----- .--.-. --.- V1rgmia, rn °'-,(.d' Tlus "laJd 1s loca~d abo~t_-~--1:--~-mlles ~rom_~ thJ ~ _Mag1sterial 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 ~ ~~- ~ ~-flLc_ ~,--- ~--/2 ~d o=!to t;~b~~t: :r~ e as fol ows: North ______ _________________ ____ ________ __ _____ __ ________ ___ __ ________ _____ __ __ __ __ ~:~:1,~ West ___ (1. . . . ~. :::::::::::::::: ---::::::::::::::::::::: --:: . _____ : : ~~~: · _k~.s,-___________________________________ ~__j _________ _.t,;n._ __in the Jwf I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ~ c,1.} /: ~ ~following I?anner: , _ -~-- - - - - ---- - - ------- -- --- /<:JC ""'-. ________• __I '£ ·------ ---------r - ----- • I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or inte est on is ·_ ~ ¥~~ in and to this tract or parcelp f land with the improvements thereon i $_ I am the owner of_ __ Ls:!: _~ __ __ __ __acres of land adjoining the above d e s c r i b e ~ 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) . $-E~~-----· Remarks · - - - - ---------- - - ------------------ ---- - - ---- ----------- ------------ ------- - --------------- - -- ,, ·,.,-,__ ________________________ ________ _______ _____ _______ __________ ,. _ ~ . -~-------------------- My Commission Expires ~ay 25 1931 ,, �w Claim of__ ---~-=_,......,,_...,,_....,...~_._---=---= __ fa'----------- ~-----------In the Circuit Court oL '-"'J~-=-::s.-""" _____________ County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_________________ ____________ _ ________________________ tioner, vs. ________________________ ------~~~~~~c;~~~;:vi;~i ~i~~-n~f~~-d;~~s~------- more or 1ess, of 1and i n ~ of the State Commission on Conservation and Deetition the to answer The undersigned, in velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~ of ~aid p tition and published i~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t Court o f ~ ~ _. __________ County, V1rgm1a, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya::: ::_:~~-~~ilZ c~e~_u L ~ - - - - - - - - - - - My post office address i s ~ _ I J L . ) , - _ , __&./_~~----~-// ,!_e, I claim a right, title, estate ~/interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about ___ L~--- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=---- -~~------------------ ---- - --------------------- .:~;:;~~;;~~~;~~e:a~~o~~~-~-------Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~d~ve .)~~/? 1, ~ - , ~ T h = : e z d j : . : ; ; o · ~ ~ v ~ . : ~ e l of land are as follows: i~i~~:=:=====:========::===============:= I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _L}_y_.tf__ in the ~~~~~=~~n~r~_: _____ -------r--- M.f:£_~- -~ \ . -- r 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 ~~ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon i s ~ 4 " ~ I am the owner of_ __ j_~C2 _______ acres of land adjoining the above described rract o ~· proparcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---I_~!... _______ , (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 ). tl13 Remarks ·----------- ---- - ----------------- ------ - - - --- - --- --- --------- - - - ---------- --------------- ---------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness m~ signature (or my name and mark attac~ed, hereto) t~---1~~---day ~~-~~ ---~~l-ltl~-------of_ __ / ,.,-- ------- --7;; ;;,-, 1)r-'J1t: STATE OF~,-COUNTY OF __! ·- - - ~ 4 , { b - ~ ~ - - The undersigned hereby certifies that__ _ and ~made oath that the matters him before appeare the above named claimant personally ·of his knowledge and belief, best the to true are a ~ swer v o b a his in appearing and things · LI ~ -a; this___ ----= --------day oLd<! - ?j11/3 / . ___ V -~~-;,;~--;,t;~t\~;~~t~~ - - ;;J Nota,,;'\,~r Justice of the Peace. My Commission Expires July 9, 1932 22.I �Cou ·y; ..1ocl-::i~\.,..,1'1t:1 District: Stone,1<;1,.1.J. //209 - Weaver, ti. P . R. J; Asoeooed 253 A 144 ~l c reae;e Clo.ir.1od: 100 ::Jced 300 A •. ';?500 Vc.lue Cln.ioed : Location: 5000 . 00 " Area: ~>5360 . 00 73 A . Sold 46 A 16 P . 1921 for :)922 . Ono nile east of Island Ford nnd is partly inside and partly outside the Park area. Incuobro.ncea, counter claioa or laps; . li ne kno,m • • Soil: Sandy clay loan of oediuo depth ad fertility . Rori o: One nile to Island :Ford over county road . Hi story of tract o... oondi tion cf til.1ber; Thie tract is entirely a wooded area. and io eotinated to cut 73,000 bd . ft . valued o. t ____ ,. ___ _ C3 • bO per .. • ; 255 . 50 ]'uelwood --- 511 cords 50¢ ..... ....... , ._ 255 . 50 ~; 511 . 05 Nonel Yalu e of land b,l t,Xl(CS: ~ Acrea(?ke Slope 73 Total vn.luc of land 365 . 00 Total value of tiober 511 . 00 Toto.1 value of' tract 87 ; . 00 Averag e va lue :per e.c re 11 . 98 Vo.lue ver acre Total Value 05 . 00 9365 . 00 �/209 - :e vor , n. -1- • County : Roe ingh~m :)istric t : stonew 11 N rs • • 1, . ;_J_rri~on s, G richoff "'CJ.le 1' ) J chu i ns � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context weaver-w-p-r.pdf Title A name given to the resource Weaver, W. P. R. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: One mile east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 209 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 Weaver https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a16e6f687c580adf74566f9f496499d9.pdf 087bad8ce192c126767b599156a405b8 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHAI•.! COUI\1TY NAME OF CLAIMANT #356 - \~bster & Shaver Number of Acres: 8 Location: Top of I\Tain Ri dge and ex tending do n slope to Flat Gut Run. Entirely inside Park area . · Roads: Two miles over wagon road to Si mmons Gap ; thence eight miles over fair dir_ road to ~lkton. Soil: andy clay , good depth and fertility , numerous cliffs , especi ally in' wooded part . Moderate to steep slopes , quite rocky , north and east exposures . History of Tract and condition of timber· {See reverse side) Improvements: Dwelling : Log , 16x24' , 2 rooms , porch 9x24', shingle roof , stone flues , l½ story , uater supply - spring , fair condition , vacant . Barn : Log , llx37 ', 2 s heds , one llx32' , one 6x32' , shingle Imimmxreidi:'roof , Hen house : 6xl0 ' h ouse : --. ~pri~~ ~ Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 -5 . 00 6 40 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 8 240 . 00 ~250. 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 250 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 25 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~~--=---- - - ~ - ~ - - : _CLERK. (/l �Histo ry of tract a nd cond ition of timbe r: Upper porti on of tract clear ed many years agp, graze d since . This part has been somewhat negle cted for the past ~ive or six years , conse quent ly this type has spots of locus t , .pine , etc ., comin g in. The grass is fairl y thick and conti guous along the I~ain Ridge , but· on the slope s it is thin and patch y, due to the shale soil . There is also a large amount of penny royal , sumac and other weeds . large perce ntage of the surfa ce is cover ed with rook., The wooded area has been cut over at diffe rent in the past . The prese nt stand cons ists of mixed oaks, with occastimes ional group hicko ry and pine scatt ered throu ghout . Some popla r and bassw s of ood occur s along Flat Gut Run. · The timbe r range s from 2" to 10° DBH with an occas ional large r tree scatt ered throu ghou t . The merch antab le timbe r is confi ned to a narrovv belt along Flat Gut Run. �Revised Report ,.,,Jounty: Rockingham District: Stonewall Coun_.,.t_y_:_...,cf_r_eene District: Monroe (Rockingham) #356 (Greene) #169 - Acreage Claimed: 260 Vilue Claimed: --------·" 3000 . Location: • ~ ebster & Shaver " " n Aasessed: · 245 Assessed: Deed: 245 A• • Deed: 1225. 00 2200. (1919) ARE : Top of in Ridge nd extending down Run•- Ent~rely inside Park area. Incumbrances, counter cla1mt:J or laps: lope to Flat Gut None !{nown. Soil: Sand clay- good depth and £orti11ty• numerous cliffs, especi lly in ooded po.rt . , oderato to steep sloJ;D s quite rocky• north and eat exposures . Road : T10 m1los over wagon road to Sitt1m0ns Gp, thence 8 miles over f i r dirt rod to Elkto~. Histo- y of tract and condition of timber: Upper portion of tract -cte red m ny years ago, gr zed since . IJ:'his part ha.s been somew t neglected for the p st 5 or 6 years, consequently this type has spot of locust, ine, etc . , coming 1n. The r so is fairly thick and contiguous along th Min Ridge, but on the slopos it i s thin and patchy. due to the shale soil . Ther is also a large ount or Pennyroyal, sumach and other woeds . A large p · nti.age of tho surf co i ' covered 1th rook. The iooded aro ha been cut over t different timos 1ho present stand consists of mi~ee oaks, in the past . gith occasional groups of Hi ckory und Pine scattered throughout . Some Popl r o.nd sswood occurs long Fio.tGut Run. The timber ranges from 2" to 10" D.D.H. ,1th an occasional larger tree scattered throughout . The merchantable t· bor is coni'inod to narrow belt lOM Flat-Gut nun. ••This area 1s estimated to cut an avorage ot 760 bd . ft . per ere for 30 cres , or a total of 23,000 bd . ft . 23,000 bd. ft . @ 2 . 00 per 46 . 00 M .--- Improvements: olling; Log, l6:.c24', 2 rooms, Poreh 9x24', shingle roof, s t one flue , 1 2 · story, ater supply-spr1ngfa1r condition--V c t100.00 Barn: Log, llx37 1 , 2 sheds• o llx32 1 - one 40 . 00 6x$21, shingle roof,~ - ----5 . 00 Hen house: 6xl0 1 ---5 . 00 Spring hous: -------Orchard:• 5 pple trees- 6 peach trees11 treeo@ 1 . 00 - - • - - - - 150.00 11 . 00 (Continued) \~ �Pag unty: Rockingh am Distric t : Stonewa ll Coun--.-ty-:--G,_r_e-ene D1 tr1ct: Monroo two #356- \ 1obster & Shaver " " " #169- ( ock ingham) (Green) RY SU, (Rockingham Cou.n~y: ) _ Value I?Or ere •• creage Type: 2.50 10. 00 2 Slope 6 Gr zir..g -s- 'l'oto.1 Value s.oo 100. 00 11s.oo Total value of land: Average value per ere: (Green Countz) Acroace and value of 1 nd by type: Area: Tfoes: S ope Tillable Grazing Total t.l'ot 1 Total Total . 17~ 65 of of of of 1 nd: improvem ent timber: tr ct: ere: Average value per ... ... - -- - .. ... - .. .. ... - .. - - - - . nd vo.lue of land by tnes :, Tf;es: s op· Tillable Grazing Are : . value vnlue value v lue (Both Countie s) Value per acx·e i!·~. 50 10 . 00 18 . 00 !?74 A. ., 71 • 263 A. of of of of 'itiao.oo 7 . 70 Acreage Tot 1 Total Tot l Total ao .oo 1170.00 1 - o.oo 161 . 0 46 . 00 RY OP ENTIRE TR CT 8 •)130 . 00 10 . 00 18. 00 8 value vnlue value vnlue Tot Value Value 1793. 00 1793 . 00 land: improvem ents: 161 . 00 46 . 00 timber: 2000 .00 tract: Average value per acre: 7 . 91 lf4, �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ID ;KINGHAM comrTY. VI RGINIA STATE COMMISvION .QN CQN~E INATION AND DEVELOP}iGNT IN THE S TATE OV VI ffiINIA I vs 1\ CAS SAlID RA LAWSOH TKINS , Et a ls and 52,561 AC]SS OF LAND, MORE OR J.JEoS, Ii ROJKEmH.AM 00 UNTY , Vl .RGIIHA Upon the motion of w. s . Shover by vhas . a. Hammer , ijis counsel . Maude E . Webster , by Johns . Chapman her counsel , E. D. \ Ott by N. B. Early Jr .... his counsel, and John~o rrison by Chas . A . I Hammer his counsel , leave is granted them to file their petition 1 .I ' in the above ent~'\fed caus e and the same is a c (JOrdiug ly filed . and up on their motion it is ordered tha t the sum of ij250 . 00, t he I amount of the award set out in the judgmen t of ~ondemn ation of \ tract No . 356 and heretofo re paid into the oustody of the Court, 1 Ibe paid to John ~ . Chapman and Cha s . A. . Hammer, Special Co,.arniss ion- 1 ers.of the Cli. r uui t court of Greene county in the __,hanoery cause of w. s. I Shover vs Maude E. Webster et als to be distribu ted in ' said cause to those entJ Jed thereto, and it appearin g tha t there • 11 I 1\are liens upon the said lands , It is a c.cordi ngly adjudged ordered I and decre e d th a t the said liens be t ransfe 'r r ed fro m the l ands to ' II ,,jithe funds h e rein ordered paid to s a id Jomrniss ioners i n the s aid ' ':;hancery I I cause of ~w. s. Shover vs Maude :c . Webster et als . And it i s f urthe r o rdered th a t the J l e rk of th i s c ourt be and iB heteby direc t ed to trans mit a certifie d c op y of t his order to the Treasu re<'of Virgin ia , who sha ll pay to J ohn S . ohap;nan and Chas . A. Ha~nrner 3pecial c ommissio ne.r:;.rof the CirJ u it co u rt ! of Greene County, in the Chancery cau J e of W. S . dhove r vs uaude ' E . Webster et als, 250 . 00, the a mount of the a ward s et out in the judgme n t of conde,l'U lation for tra..Jt llo . 656, taking f r om s aid Commiss ioners re0e ip t s therefo 1· a 1d c e rt i fyi ng s u.::; h payuent to this ~curt for app ropriate entry as required by l aw. 1-lAMM ER & 1-lAMM ER ATTOR N EYS AT LAW I \22~ �STATE OOMMIS;:;IOlf UN CONSJRVATIUH AI·JD DEYE10PMENT IH TH.tl jTaT~ OF VIIDBHA I vs 11 I A LAWSON aTKINS, et als, and I C.i\.SSANDR IN l-OCKLWHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA AC :~s OF LAUD , MOEB OR 1 -JSS , t\ ' The petit~on of w. ~. Shover respect fully represen ts: That on the 7th day of Maroh , 1919, petition er and one, E. w. Webster , purchase d of :Burton Morris a tract of land lying on top of the Blue Ridge l.Ioontai n, partly in Roukingh am and partly Greene C'ountie s, and containi ng 245 acres, more or less, as will more fully appear from a copy of the deed here filed, marked 1 I "Exhibi t A" , an d prayed to ba read as a part he reof. w. That on the ?4th da y of t)eptemb er, 1919 , E. v'Vebs.ter ' : died int 3state, aeized and posses;;, ed of one-hal f interes t in sai d I 1, land, leaving su rv i v ing h.im hls widow, Maude E. Webster, and the followin g chi l dren; ~lph Webst a r, Leste r Webste r , a nd Dan iel. Webster, as n is only heirs at law , all of whom are over the age of , I twen ty-one years . I I' ,i 'I I ,I ,I That to the first January rules , 1932, petit .i.one r brought his suit i n Chanoe ry i u t he Circ uit Court of Greene Coun ty, I again st the widow a n d heirs at l aw of th e sai d E. wherein he set forth the above facts; w. Webst e r . that upon the caae being matured a gain st all parties , a de c ree of ref e r e nce was en tered i1 therein at the Marc h t e rm, 1 933 , r e quiri ng that an ac a ount be taken ascerta in ing: (1) Whethe r the land was suscept ible of partitio n i n (2) An account showirig whe ther dowcl r .Jould be as s igl1ed kind; therein in kin d to Maude E. Webste r; ( 3) The liens upon the interes t of w. s. ahc ver, E . w. ~AMMER & ~AMM ER ATTO RNEYS AT LAW Webster , Maude S . Webster, Lester Webster , ~lph Webster, and iDaniel. Webster, in said lands or either of them a nd the order of �- 2, - priorit y; (4) Ii Any other accoun t any person in int e rest mi ght re- quire or that the Commi ssioner might deem pertine nt . 1 In respons e to this referen ce, K. M:. Mitche ll , Commis s io1L er in Chance ry of· the Circui t Court of Gre ene County , made , axecutI;1 ed and fil.ed his report in said cause ; That in Ma.y , 19 32 , a de- I I I I c.re e of sale was entered and therea fter the proper ty was sold and the sal.e reporte d to the Ciri,;.ui t Court of Greene County for con- 1\ finnati on ; that to the report of ~onfirm ation , I.foude :i. Webste r , !I t he widow , and E. D. Ott , a credit or of Lester F. Webste r, filed 1\ their exaept ions to the report of sal.e andobj eated to its confi l!Ilation , which object ions the Court auatain ed and refused t o con~irm the sal.e , deemin g the price bid as inadeq uate . That the re was ascerta ined in said suit that there were no l.iens agains t W. S. Shover , or E. 1 w. Webst e r bindi ng t he prop- I erty, but that there were liens agains t some of the childre n of I E. w. Webste r, which will hav e to be paid from their share of the funds arising from the ~ondem nation of the lands . 11 11 11 I Your pe titione r would represe nt unto the Cou r t that II :: from the papers in said cause it appear s that E. n. Ott has a judgeme nt dated April 1.8 , 1932, obtaine d in the Circui t Court of Rockingham county agai t1s t Lester F. ie bste r for the sum of $12-5 . 00 ii ' and $8 . 26 costa, with intere st at&% from April 2-, 192-9 , until 11 pai d, which ia unsati sfied . From the said report of the said Com;ni s s ione r it appear s that there is a judgme nt of J . w. I Morriso n agains t RUph Webst e r , dated Februa ry 3 , 1932-, for "the aum o.f $57 . 86 and $4 . 75 costs , with iut J rest from UovJmb er 30 , 1.931 . That it alaa appear s that there is a judgme nt in favor of J. a. Shover agains t Ralph Webste r , dated April 6 , 1932 , for $17 . 50 and $3. 75 costs , with intere st from ]ovemb e r 19 , 19 31.. I-JAMMER & 1-lAMMER ATTORNEYS AT LAW I Your petitio n- er al$o repres ents that he has paid all of the taxes upon the said lands for the years- - - -a nd- amount ing to $ --- 1 _ _ __ _ __..,I �- 1 ~1 _, one-half of whia,h should be refunded to him from the estate of' E. W. Webster, deceased , b0fore there is any distribution of the funds among his heirlS. I and that the re is due to the Clerk of the Your patitioner further represents that the said lands lie wholly within the park area and arc known as traJt no. , ·.·- 1 described upon the report of the Board of Appraisers of Greene I ,I County and valued at Two Thousand Two Hund.rad '.i_lhirty-One Dollars :1 ($2,221 . 00) , and of tra0t Ho , 356 , lo~ated in Rockingham County and described as of the Value of $e5o . oo , a totql valuation in the two counti J s of Two Thousand Four Rundred .Jighty - One Dalla.cs I ($2481.. 00) I Your peti tionsr shows that the allowances mact.e by the 1 1 I'I Board o.f Appraisers of Greene County , has heretofor bedn ordered paid into the hands of the CirJuit Court of Greene County to thera be distributed in a.~oordance with the liens upon the said funds : 1 as. established by the order of the court of Greene county., in the I: said Chancery Cause of 3ho"\rer Vs . Webster and petitions pray t hat I cl!the sum of ,w250 . 00 allowed by the Board of" Appraisal. Commis s ions ,i 1: !, '1 for the land in Ro",k1· _ "' ngham ~;o u n t y b a pai·d in · t o th e Chancery Cause o.f Shover vs Webster pending in the Ci rJui t Court of Gre dne County 1 I and with the other funds distributed under the order of the court \ j! in that cause wher9in a.11 parties are ass1'>-mbled . Your petitioner further represents that a judgment in rem has been entered in the said proceedings pending in tho Cir,rni t of Ro3kingham County in the name and atyl.e of State Jommission on Conservation and Deval.opment in the State of Virgit1ia va. andra. Laws.on Atkins and others , for tral}t Ifo .JdA ca.ss- , o.f which said tra~t is desJribed on the report of the BoarQ of appraisal I--IAMMER & I--IAMMER 1 Coilltuissioners for RocicinghGl.ill Cou1.1ty appointaa. in the said <.Jaus.a and ATTORNEYS AT LAW I shown numberad a!ld d clienated on the County ownerl=lhip map filed i'. therewith in Rock1ngha.m County , as lo ."1~6 I j I .• and that upon pa.y ~ ')'? I I '"' ..) I �- 4 I i· into the oustody of the Circuit Court, of said County, of the ·sum of $Z50 .00, set out in said judgment and constituting the 1 1 1 1 1 award for the fee simple estate for the said tract :tro . j .f& of land lying in Rockingham County, title to whi~h saids lands wil~ II be divested from the present owners, thereof. I That the legal title of the said land is in the name of \I !I petitioner and E. W. Webster, the said heirs at law of said I Webster having suoceeded on his death to hia title therein. That I I the persons herein set forth are the only perso:.1s who a.re entitled to share in the distribution of the fund arising from the _;ondemn: a.tion of the said traJt No J .S-1, for which there was allowed the said sum of $250 .00. Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the fund ·of $250 .0Q for tract No .,30(,, and belonging to the said petitioner and the said Webster•a Estate may be directed paid into the Circuit Court of Greene County, to be there distributed in accordwice with the 1 l.iens upon the land aa set i'or "h in the Chancery Cause of w. ·s. I Shover vs. Maude Webster and others, pending in the Ciro.ult Court I of Greene County, and that the liens upon the said land may be Ii transferred to the fund arising therefrom a.nd be distributed under 1 :1 I! orders of the Court in the Chancery Cause herein referred to. and your petitioner will. ever pray &c. I~ y .{t()NBtfflG . To-wit : VI RGI NI A /IA/ ~ o ( c-fTY OF lli. afrit:R:r a Notary Public in and for t h e ~ do hereby certify that !-!AMMER & !-!AMMER ~ .- on the margin hereof for the pur- ATTORNEYS AT LA\\/ I poaa of identification, this day personally appeared before me and made oath that the faJta atated in the foregoing papers made upon 2.32 �1 I ; - 5 11 I !I ' hi~ own knowledge are true and those made opon the information derived from others, he believea to be correct . :z~ Given under my hand this ;itth day of January, ~934 . I• ,1 ~AMMER & ~AMM ER ATTOR N EYS AT LAW 2.33 �C!tnmu1nuttttaltll nf 11irgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND , VA, JOHN M. PURCELL Januar y 29., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virg inia have this 29 day of Januar y in accord ance with an order of the circui t court of Rockingham County dated 1/26/3 4 in the cause of the State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment of the State of Virgin ia Cassan dra Lawson Atkins -=---==-==-=----- - - - - -- Johns . Chapman and Chas. A. Hammer Spec Commi ssioner s of the paid toCirc uit Court of Greene County in the Chance ry cause of w. s. Shover vs. Maude E. Webste r et als $ 250.00 being in full settlem ent of tract #356.. vs. in the above mentio ned cause. 132. �Qtnmmnuwralt!J nf 111irgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA John S . Chapman and Charles A. Hammer Special Commiss ioners of the Circuit Court of Greene County in the Chancery Cause of W. s . Shover RXKX vs Maude E. Webster et als . Received of J.M. Purcell , Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of$ 250.00 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am entered on the 26th day of _ _J_a_n_ _ l93..1__ , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as# 356 Sign origina l and duplica t e and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . 133 � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context webster-and-shaver.pdf Title A name given to the resource Webster & Shaver Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: 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): 356 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 Shaver Webster https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c401bb1a098627b356fd9e8142ebdba3.pdf fa7eb5e4e0ac82a798803e0fe79e9adc PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #271 Number of Acres: /heat , L rgaret Lynn 223 Location: Neck Run. Roads: Two and one- half miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: s- nd and clay loam of a good depth and fertility . U. S. Positions 196-197-198-1 99-201-202 . slopes and fairly smooth . Moder~te History of Tract and condition of timber: There is about 130 II. bd. ft. of merchantable sa 1 timber on this tract consh,ting of Tiixed TThi te and chestnut ouks with some yellow pine and about 200 cords fuelwood - 130 I • bcL ft. saw timber - 200 cords of wood . Improvements: Fr me dwelling: l6x30', with 4 rooms, kitchen 12xl6' , one room, metal ro ) f, brick flues, 2 sto-ny, 4 rooms, plastered, poor condition and now vacant, cistern. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 158 !;3. 00 "'474 . 00 Cove: 57 10 . 00 570 . 00 8 lj . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : l~0.00 ,;1164 . 00 2~3 Cultivated Land: Orchard: 230 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1164. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 230 . 00 520 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 350 . 00 ~2264.00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $520 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 350. 00 Value per acre for tract: $/fl,/6 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ nmm. ~ - ~ CL~RK. �'----'"' County: Jook1nghm l.Hut:r1ot: .,ton w 1 e t JJ&ed Value Ol iJ ed oc t1on: " u. s. ••eek ,tun. 00.00 82' 1.00 etc. " Poe1ttona 9 •l9'1 ..l98-l09-200-2',l-202. ly rnt1r within , ark .ree pa: Mon iotl: known .!3 nd nnd cl41 lo 11 ot e . ond !!li ly ....;;;=aa_: •ootl dGptb nnd tort U t.y. 2 1/~ nlle vi dirt rod to or her 1 bm i 100\t M. rt. cona1at1ng or n1 d, w lite hie ory: odcrut alotJea r 00th • res RoJublio, th ah1pp1n ot and ebout 200 c, • tuol wood. l~ bd.tt. OW t1 b T .00 200 ode. woo &>\1 rcl nnte le an~ ti boron thi <1 ohetttn.ut o8ke with soc, yellow ,o1nt. • act 1ne z .o.oo 100. 00 4'}0.00 mm d ellin;1 10 x ' tt. with 4 roo ottU ~oot. , rioK tl1en. t:i tcbon l:? x. 16 ti. story. roor.,o · oor coi.<11\ion ,mti now vac nt. (astern 200. o Velu ·or eao !l.B.!. cove ii b'1 1'1.eld r<1 toox.1nfr " 28b.OO .oo u32.00 00.00 997.00 1)7. ts . o.oo 10.00 'rot J. " lue o:f' . to al v lue Pe:r Acre elope 3 200.ou o.oo 1007.00 7.57 r [ Z'f"I �/~?l - ~g re~ :ynn ,hot _,/ Count y: :oc-i ngh , istri ct : 0tcme _,ti.ll N ... ·. ~-. ••. ·. y •• ..... Cove - ... 10-ie R stoc:: :in~ ..,c 113 - l'' = ~u ch ins ·3S � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wheat-margaret-lynn.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wheat, Margaret Lynn 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): 271 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 Wheat https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0e5edce16b3ec683cab7e8716b57c4e8.pdf 72373cfc4914ca0e1d03cb2940c11dc7 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #187 - William s , A. E. Number of Acres: 113 Location: South side of old Spotswoo d Trail and one and one- half miles from Swift Run Gap . Roads: Six miles ove~ old and new Spotswoo d Trail to Elkton . Sandy clay of good depth and fertilit y over most of t ract , very rocky in the wooded portion; steep to moderate slopes with northwe st and southwe st exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber:r.a rge portion of tract cleared many years The wooded area has been ago , grazed and cultivat ed since . present stand consists of The . past the in ly repeated cut over . poplar and ash , pine yellow some oaks, mixed Soil: Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 43 3 . 00 $129 . 00 30 . 00 1710 . 00 25 .·oo 325 . 00 $2164 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 57 @ Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 13 113 Orchard: 125 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2164 •.QO 86 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ $2375 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 125 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $86 • 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $21. 01 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . -~ 6 -~ ---~------~---~ --- CLERK . �. ~~a~:e ~ i r c u i t ~ r ~ : - ~ ~ .. Count:, Virg1nia, No./H'f-., At Law. The State Commission on Conservatfan and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v s . - - ~ ~ - ~ - - a : b _ _ ~ ~ - ~ - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - __ //_;j_ ~ - ~ ~-~------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- more or less, of land in_~_ ________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the tition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o L ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer t;-s-~~p~ i~ and tq said notice. My name is ____ _Cl__~ -"--~--- -----~-- --------- ___________ _ My post office address is___ ____ _ ( _ ~ _ _________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sou to be condemned, containing about_ ___Lj_~--- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s :__ ' 1 1 & _ ~ - ~-;j~-=-~=-=-:.-~---,---..J::_.-- 7 _Jj_a~___ L_{!_~ -~--~- ~=--~ ~--~:'. '=~~.- -A-- ~ -=-e/AM_(- ~ - - - ~ - f - ~ - 1 a 3 _ ~ - ~ -~ ~ This land is located aboutfr_,,______ miles from~~ -------- ---- Virginia, in th~ _Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or Jlarcel of land described above.) \.. , ~-~~r~--;a~~--~ -~--.D-~ ~-~~~~-~ -~¼ ~n::~ -~-iiD ~-~-L ~-JM. -~-- The land owners aJjacent to he above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North .. South ______ J~~--~--- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------- ~£~~ -······ ···· .......................................... E a s t ~ ])_o,.N-,~ ............ ............ ............ ............ - ____ West _____ . ~ ~ - ~------- ------------ ------------ ------------ --------I acquired my rfdht, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: _, • ~ . t f _ 9..~ ~ 3 ¥ . · · ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ~fo f.l~ 1f ftr;:~·,t>oL~.~~~;~!.:~:~~~ a -:i O /0.3 e--.; ~ 30 on is $_11.2.0_,__Q(._°-.Q__ A:1,. I claim that t e total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or. parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $_3_Q_t/_Q!...QQ__ , 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 desc~~!::k:~ l~.~~.~a~d ~y ::~~ ~~~~~.~ . .LtL .. --~-~~~ - -{--~--- - - ~ - - - ~ - - ~ - - .......-..~. ---~----- -~~--~-~-- ________ _L/__3 __~ - ~ - - L b L ' . - ~ - ~ ______ /_()_ - - ~ - ~ ~ __ M.u:-~- -~f_3_Q .!Q~-~- ~ntinue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ J_t/::_~__ day of _ ___ _ _ --, 193f _______ (:&_._ __c_.__tk "~------- --w~ r ~ ~-/. s E OFI\VI~G IA, COUN~Y OF __ L~y--/:: V) :--------, To1-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____ .4_.£.... L.-l,,d:~ --------- ----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, thiIJ .... /.tJ.~....day of t~1· . , 193i . . . . . ., ............ ..... . Ckrlr ef the Court, Of' Speeial Investigator or.. Notary Public, e:r Jystig0 ef the Pettee. ~~ ~ ~ /.f-19.J. ----- ----- ----~ ----- ----- ----- ---~- ~---- ---~..,71 �Claim oL __ B ickers Ho tor C0M_.I?an.1[ _______________________________________________ _ 18?.9 A t L aw. . . N O-------~-, I t y, v·1rgmia, Coun BockinP"ham . ·t Court of -----------...:'----=-----------I n the C1rcm The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_ ana 52561 acres Cc. ssand.ra Laws on J.d.kins rnd. Others_____________________________ . vs. ________________________________________________ t 1oner, · · Def endant s. ~ockin.o-ham _______ Count y, v·1rgmia, · more or I ess, of I an d m----------------~---The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ .!t_~~~-~~~~~~---------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. Bickers ~otor Comnany . _______________________________________________ ____________________ _ My name 1s My post office address is ____ .$_°t.f;!Il_fc1.:r.9-_q_yjJ_i_~..,,..,.Ql',._E'~~:o~-~,_o_1J!l._U~1t.~\p._i_q __ _ LL lc.1•10 v~VHvll -rry ~- · the nroceedc,, __ pf I claim a right, title, estate or interest iry a tract or parcel of land/within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ !1-:_~-- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ J O This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in ·,-1 .r.n . t of sa1't . t r1c . I 0 1s . t eria StonewallMag1s th e________________ ne-UBWc ceeds of 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.) ___ 248 .17> ,_ i th _ int er est _thereon _fror1 _ l'8rch_ 1 9 .i_ 1925 _until __pa id. _____ _ and. y5 . 50 costs, subject to a credit of '61~ ~ as of June 24 ,1 9~ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West _____ _________________________________________________________________________ _ . the of e 1).J7.oceeds .t erestfOX) . 1e, estatein . h t, tit . d my rig I acqmre __________ m a b out t h e year 1926 this property or m following ma~~<>\_ _J'.u.de-.J11.~u..t__4£,._tcfl _t"I une _.2. ., _i 92.-6. y-..d.o .c.k e.t-ed_.... · e.r'-t. m.b. r- -1.9..,- - l..9-2 !7.fu.t-l"tf-- - - - _docketed in Jud.P-ment ~ien ~ocket 14 na~e 62 . ----------------------------------------------- '----- '---------------------------------- 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 $-~~ ~!,_~t____ . I am the owner of ________________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks · ------------------ -·---------------------------------------------- --------- ------------------- ------------ ------- ------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark a~ed hereto) this ____!_,e():_.__ day -----------~~~~~ oL ____~~-1~E~.?:.~Y_____ , 1939: City STATE OF VIRGINIA,~ OF___E~:rrJ_flQAl:21:tJ'~ ------ , To-~ih The undersigned hereby certifies thaL- - ~- - - ~- ~ - - ~ - - - the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that fhe matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, ~ this ___ ):_~!;_h. _________ day of_ __Ee.hr~¥-----, 193r~CL_ ~~o:t:ffl'e{~o«W,C~Y-~~i~IXIh"'v:'e~{fa~r or Notary Public,xoox11mti~:mfxohexRencH:. IJ �r - - county: .tr{ock lngham District: Stonewall Ul B? - Yiilliarns , A. E . Acreage Claimed; Value Claimed: Location: ii3 Assessed: ?3 A . Deed: Purchased 39 A80 P . 1924 " 3090 . 00 v 720.00 South side of old Spotswood Trai l and one and one- hal f miles from Swi f t Run for -~ 450.00 41 A- 8 P. 1915 for 100 . 00; 33 A - 80 1916 un':nown . r. Gap . Incumbranccs 1: counter c~a,i,.!UP or l ns: None known . - very rocky in t h e wooded portion ; steop to mo derate :'.> lopes with northwest and southwest exposure. Roads: Six n iles over old and · new '3potswood Trail to ""': l kton . Soil: oandy clay of good depth nnd fertility over most of tract , liistor! of tract a .. d condition or tir1bcr: Large portion of t ract c1°arod rna•1y years ago, grtizeci" 'an'<.rcul ti w ted s i nce . Tho wooded '1rea has been c ut over repeatedly in tho past . ':he present stand consin·ts of mixed 00.ku. some yellow p ine• ash a nd n m:> lo.r. T'h e ostirr:ate to out 1 cord of stavewood per a.er vr.. 1 ,ted t~ 1., " .... 00 :'c ::o. : cr..1,~ r. ..n average of 6 cor ds of' fuelv10od valued 25¢ per cor d ---- 43 cords of stuvcwood { ., 2. 00 ---- ; e6 .00 215 cords of fuel mod O 25¢ Imorovements: Orchard: 2½ acres valued - · -ti:e ~s orily - -- Value of l and b:v t v""Qc s: ~ Acreage &Tope 43 Fg 6'7 Fe 13 113 Total value of l an d ------@ Value per a.ere ' :t 3 . 00' ~ 20 .00 25.00 ~~1 594 .00 Total val ue of improvdments · 100.00 Total value of timber 139 .75 Total value of t ract .:r,1833.75 Average value per acre · 16.08 53 . ?5 $139.75 ·.~10. 00 per acre for :,100. 00 Total 'Value ·I2u.oo 1140 ,. 00 325 .00 ·Io94.00 �--- / IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVA'rION AND DEVELOPMENI' OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PETITIONER v. DEFENDANI'S. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, On this, the 6- day of January, 1934, came A. E. Williams, by John , T. Harris, his attorney, and on his motion leave is given him to file his application in this cause requesting the disbur~ent of the fund of $2375.00, compensation paid into court for Tract No. 187. And it appearing from said application that there are liens upon the said tract No. 187, and therefore upon the proceeds arising from the expropriation thereof, and it further appearing from the said application that Mary R. Cover and M. B. Bickers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, are named defendants in said petition; therefore came said Mary R. Cover~and M. B. Bickers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, each by counsel, and on their motion leave is given them to file their respective answers to the said application. of A. E. Williams, which is accordingly done. Upon c onside rat ion whereof, and the record of the cause, it is considered and ordered by the court that the said sum of $2375.00 paid into court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract 187, be paid by the Treasurer of Virginia as followas To John T. Harris, successor to John Paul, counsel of record in this cause, the sum of $35.00. for services rendered in this cause, the same being a lien upon said fund; to J. Robert Switzer, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, the sum of $74.97, delinquent truces on said land; to M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County, the sum of $18.72, taxes for the years 1932 and 1933; to Mary R. Cover, the sum of $2175.85, and to M. B. Bickers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, $70.46, the residue of said $2375.00, taking from the said John T. Harris, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, Mary R. Gover, and M. B. Bickers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, race ipts for said payments, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as re quired by law. �. $ INTHE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM OOUNTY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENI' PETITIONER OF THE ST ATE OF VIRG !NIA v. DEFENDANTS CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, To the Honorable H. W. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virg inias The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virgini-a, having heretofore paid into caurt the sum of $2375.00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. l87, the undersigned, A. E. Williams, hereby applies to the court for an order of judgment for distribution of said fund of $23'15.00 as hereinafter set out. Applicant further shows that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed, and the said pet it ion for judgment and concemnat ion, that applicant is invested with superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No. 187, and therefore tothe proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, but applicant avers that there are sundry liens on said land, and therefore to the proceeds arising on the expropria.t ion as now to be set forth: 1st: Delinquent taxes on said land payable to J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virg inia , aggregating $74.97 as appears from the certificate of said Switzer, Clerk, appended hereto; 2nd: delinquent taxes on said land for the year 1932, aggregating $18.72, as appears from the certificate of M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County, appended hereto; 3rd: indebtedness owing to Mary R. Cover, secured by deed of trust onsaid land amounting as of this date to the sum of $2175.85, as appears from an attested copy of the deed of trust to A. B. Cover, Trustee, attached to the petition of Mary R. Cover, filed in this cause on the 20th of April, l93l, setting up and asserting the lien created by the deed of trust against the said land or the proceeds arising on the expropriation thereof, said deed of trust having been duly admitted to record in the Clerks ' Office of Rockingham County, on the 17th day of September, l924f 4ths to M. B. Bick- ers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, the sum of $248.13, with interests and costs of judgment thereon as appears from a certified copy of said judgement by J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, rendered by L. H. Bruce, Just ice of the Peace, docketed in the 2.10 �· '--- -2- Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, on the 19th day of Sept ember, 1927, attached to tho pet it ion heretofore filed in this case by the said M. B. Bickers. Applicant further avers that the foregoing constitute all the taxes and liens upon saidpropert y in the order of their priority, and that the said award of $2375 .oo is not sufficient to discharge the same, but the applicant asks that the said fund of $2375 . 00 nay be applied upon the liens on said land as aforesaid to the extent of said award. Applicant accordingly pra.ysthat Mary R. Cover and A. B. Cover, Trustee in the deed of trust aforesaid, M. B. Bickers, trading as Bickers Motor Company, may be made parties defendant to this petition and required to answer the same, answer under oath being waived, and that upon the coming in of the answers, and it otherwise appearing to the court to be proi:,er in the premises , that there may be an order directing the disbursemen t of the said sum of $2375.00 as follows: 1st; To John T. Harris, successor of John Paul, counsel of record in this cause, the sum of $35.00, for services rendered in this cause, the same being a lien upon said fund. 2nd: To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Cour:i of RockinghamC ounty, the sum of $74.97. 3rd: To M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County, the sum of 4th: To Mary R. Cover, the sum of $2175.85. 5th: To .M. B. Bicke rs , trading as Bickers Motor Company, the residue, viz., $18 .72. $70. 46 . bound he will ever pray. ~_AC.f,J~ ~.......,.f.,,¥u~ ~ a .& - ~~ CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit: I, Pauline L. Hulvey, a notary public in and for the City of Harrisonbur g, State of Virginia, do certify that A. E. Williams personally appeared before me in my said city and mi.de oath that the statements contained in the foregoing petition , so far as ma.de on his own knowledge are true, andthose made on information derived from 0th ers, be believes to be true. My commission expires the 20th day of October, 1935. Given unde r my hand this 4th day of January, 1934. ~~ ---<.. / ~ / ~ ,__/":1:::4:?z NOTARY PUBLIC �Harrison burg, Va., Decem ber 20 , 1933 _ _ __ _ _ _ Dr. A. E . Willia ms To J. ROBERT SWITZER, Clerk Circuit Court of Rocking ham County, Virginia Delinq uent Taxes : 1 928 $ 9 . 50 1929 8 . 64 1930 8 . 65 1931 ? . 62 I 1928 1929 11 . 13 10 . 15 i 1930 10 . 23 1931 9 . 05 33- 2- 0 I I - 34 41 39- 2- o I I 40 56 i,, I '74 9'7 I �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Tax on A. E. Williams 1932 Real Estate 33 A- 2 R- 0 P Tax 39 A- 2 R- 0 P Tax 4 . 68 $8 . 64 1st 5% penalty . 43 . 45 2nd " " . 28 Interest . 98 _dvertising Cost -,,,$~$~o-.=7~8~Total tax fon 1932 1933 tax on the same land , 7 . 56 . 38 5 J7 . 94 • .ll.f. .H. %penalty Harrison, J.7i·eas. Harrisonburg, J7a. 2)3 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. PETITIONER STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION & DEVELO PMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. )( Re Tract No. 187 DEFENDANTS CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, The separate answer of Mary R. Cover to the application of A. E. 'illiams, filed in this cause; This respondent, for answer to said application, or to so much thereof she is advised it is material she should answer, says: That she has heret of o r e filed in this cause, to-wit, on the 2oth day of April 1931, her petition s etting up the indebtedness owing to her by A. E . Williams, accompanying said petition by a certified copy of the deed of trust bearing date the 17th day of September, 1924, executed by A. E. Williams and Lydia A. Williams, his wife, to A. B. Cover, Trustee, conveying the lands known in these proceedings as Tract No. 187, in trust to secure the payment of the indebtedness set out in said deed of trust . Respondent is advised and avers that said A. E . Williams has good ti- tle to said Tract No . 187, subject to the liens thereon; that she has read the application of A. E. Williams wherein is s et out the indebtedness owing by him to this respondent as the sum of $2175.85; that said sum is correct, and respondent avers t be only lien superior to the lien created by said deed of trust securing the payment of said indebtedness now held by her are the taxes owing upon the land as set out in the application of A. E. Villiams. Respondent unites in the prayer of the applica- tion of A. E . Williams that the sum of $2375 . 00, after the payment of the taxes thereon, be disbursed in the order of their priority as stated in said application. And having fully answered, she prays hence STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, t o-wit : I, Pauline L. Hulvey, a notary public in and for the City of Harrisonburg, State of Virginia, do certify that this day personally appeared before me, A. B. Cover, and made oath that he is agent fbr Mary R. Cover, his mother, and that the statements contained in the foregoing anawer of Mary R. Cover are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. My commission expires the 20th day of October, 1935. Given under my hand this 4th day of January, 1934. v~d~ tfu )~ o1. NOTARY PUBLIC :Z.l �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Vs. Re: Tract Petitioner o. 187 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others Defendants The Separate answer of M. B. Bickers trading as the Bickers Motor Company to the application of A. E. Williams filed in this cause, This respondent for answer to said application it is material or to so much thereof as he is advised/he should answer, '-.answers and says: On December 12, 1933, That heh as heretofore filed in this cause/his petition setting up the indebtedness owing to him by A. E. Williams, accompanying said petition by a\abstract of the judgment recovered against A. E. Williams and Lydia Williams before L. H. Bruce, Justice of the Peace for Rockingham CountyJ: Virginia, on the 25th day of June, 1926, which was duly docketed in the County Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, on September 19, 1927, in Judgment Lien Docket 14 at page 62, in the sum of $248 .13 w1 th interest from the 19th day of March , 1925 until paid and $6 .00 costs, subject to a credit of $61 .30 as of the 24th day of June, 1927, Respondent is advised and avers that said A. E. Williams has good title to said tract No. 187, subject to the liens thereon; that he has read the application of said A. E. Williams wherein the said A. E. Williams sets out that after the payment of debts prior to the lien of your respondent's judgment there will be $70 .46 coming to him to be credited on said judgment; that this respondent agrees that the liens �-2- set out as prior to him are correctly set out, a.nd that $70 .46 is the correct amount coming to him after the payment of the liens on said tract !~o. 187 which are prior to the lien of his judgment. Respondent unites in the prayer of the application of A.E. Williams that the sum of $2375 .00 after the payment of taxes thereon be disbursed in aocordanoe with the priority of the debts resting upon said tract, as they are stated in said application. And having fully answered, respondent prays to be hence dismissed. t;n.r6 r3 H L_.~ ~£ ~ , , IJ.,._-c,,~ ~&i-v. .- �CHARLES R. BEALL ATTORNEY AT LAW MARTINSBURG, W. VA. Jan. lfth, 1931. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Harrisonburg , Va . Dear Sir: In re ~.E. Williams-113 acre tract Shenandoah Valley National Purk. Enclosed herewith you will please find claim of A. E. Wil 1 iams for 113 ac:·e tract of land located 4½ miles from Elkton, Va . in Stonewall Magisterial District of your county. I t1,ust the same is in proper form and would ask that any further corresponden ce relative thei·eto be addressed to the undersie:;ned, attorney for the said A. E. Williams . I am, rr banking you for your courtesy in the matter, Very truly you~s, Charle_R. Beall. CRB/ES �THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others. To the Honorable H. w. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginiaa Your petitioner, Mary R. Cover, begs leave to file this, her petition, in this cause, for the purpose of setting up a lien in her favor upon cert3.in lands sought to be condemned herein, and respectfully represents s lat: That by de ed of trust dated September 17, 1924, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County in deed book 130, at page 146, A. E. Williams and Lydia A. Willia.ms, his wifo, conveyed to A. B.· Cover, Trustee, three certain tracts of land involved herein, tosecure the payment to your petitioner of the payment of five bonds in the sum of $382.12 each, bearing interest from the 17th day of September, 1924, and payable respectively in one, two, three, four and five years after date. 2nd: 'rhat said bonds have not been paid as they became due, but that the sum of $371.18 was paid on the principal and accumulated interest of the first of said bonds on February 17, 1928, and is credited thereon, leaving due thereon the sum of $92.07; and that interest has been paid on tne remainlng portion of said debt to February 17, 1928. That the total amount due on said indebtedness secured by said deed of trust as of April 1st, 1931, was $1620.55, with interest thereon from and after February 27, 1928. 3rds A copy of the deed of trust securing said indebtedness is here- with filed as a part hereof, and your petitioner respectfully asks that the said indebtedness may be established and held to be a lten upon the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said land and that said indebtedness Jiiay be paid out of any sums awarded to the said A. E. Williams in said proceed• ings. �-2- STATE OF VIRGINI A, 001.JNrt OF RQGKINGHAM, to•wit s This day persona lly appeared before me, _ _ _ _ _ _ , the undersig ned, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesa id, Mary B. Cover, who ma.de oath and says that the matters and things stated in tha for egoing petition are true. Given under my hand this f day of April, 1931. �This a.eed maa.e ana. entered. into ,:;his l'l-ch uay or September - 1924, by ana. betwen A. E . Williams and Lydia A. Willians his wire, hereinarter cailea. -Che party or the rirst part,01' Swif"t Hun Virginia , and A. B. Cover trustee, or Elkton Virgi nia, party 01· the second. part . WITN3SSETH: That ror and in consideration or the sum or One a.01lar c a sh in ham ra ia. by the party of or the rirst part, the receip-c whereor is betore the sealing anu uelivery 01 "the second. IS- rt, "to the party he re by acknow1.ea.geu, at or t hese pres en -r;s, the/sa1a. party or 'the rirst part a.0th hereby g rant an a. convey with general warranty or tit 1.e un,:;o the saia. ll). rty or the second. pl r"t, trustee as aro resai a., all or the "three rolloWi ng a.escri bea. tracts _ or pa reel. s or 1ana. situate in the Vicinity or Swirt Run, on or act.jacent to the Blue Hia.ge Mountain, in Rockingham county Virginia, ana. more particularly a.escribed. as ro1.lows: First; All or that certain tract convey e a. to the saia. A. E . WilJ.iams by a.eea. rrom Caroline Williams, A. J .Williams an:1 Fannie Williams, or a.a"te March l;,th 191.6 whic h saia. deeu 1s ')io be reco r a.ed. immea.ia tely in aa.vance or the rec or a.a ti on or 'this a.eeci. now being executea., said. tract is bouna.ea. as roJ.loo s: Beginn ing a-c a chestnut oak stump in Davis' line, thence wi1h saia. Davis' line N. b6 E. 61 poles to a red oak, thence lo s. 86 E . 21 pol.es to a hickory; -chence N. 44 E . pol.es to a birch, and but-cerwoOd. , thence s. pointers near a bunch or IIE.ple sprouts, thence 48 E . 60 pol.es, to s. o~ - 1/2 to a butterwood in the Gibbons line, thence with same pol.es to a large chest nut, thence wi 1tl same line S . ~ s. E . 20 poles 41 w. 1.s . 12 6 W. bO pol.es ,:;o a chestnut s,:;ump, ,:;hences . 27 E.l pole to a chestnut in the Uibbons line ana. corner to E . Williams , 1ihenc e wi "th saia. Williams' line s. 7'.6 - 1/2 W. 4~ poles m a chestnut on upper side or a roaa., thence with saiu roaa. N. ~l W. lo poles to a point in sa10. roaa. , thence N. t>0-1/2 w. 8 pol.es ,:;o a 1.arge chestnut, "thence N. ~u E. 19 . 52 pol.es to a cherry tree, thence N. 8 w. 96 poles to an apple -cree , "thence N. 26- 1/2 W. 11 poles to a stake , thence N. 42 W. 22 . 64 poles to a pos,:; , "thence N. 60 w. 7 . 2 poles to the beginni~ con~aining 41. acres ana. 8 poles be i 1i ,:;he same ' moreor less. 2.1'1 �-2- SECOND: That certain tract convey ea to tne said A.E.W illiams , by deed a.a lieu April th~ 1st 1916 rram Emanue l William s ana. wire which saia. aeea. is or recora in the Ulerk 's Orf ice or .Hockin g ham County Virgin ia in a.eeu book No. 10 at page ob and to which saiu ueed rer- erence 1s nereby ma.de ror a more par ti cu.Lar aescrip tion or said tract 01· land which is bouna.ea. as follow s: Beginn ing in a poinli in an old roaa., near a chestn ut, an old corn.er; thence N. 7-.:,-1/2 E. 4;, poles to a chestn ut in the Giboon 's line, and with sames . 27 E. 25 poles to a chestn ut stump; thence s. ;,? E. 48 poles to a chestn ut in the liibbo~ s line, am corner to s. G. Morris ; thence with his line, S 74-1/ 2 W. nut; thence w. s. o;, w• poles i;o a chest- .Ll poles to two chestnu t oaks; thence w. lo-1/2 poles to a chestnu i;; thence N. 81 tree ana map.Le in a branch ; "thence walnut ; thenc~ N. 20 a) w. s. s. 64 25 poles to a cherry ;,9 W. 20 poles to a white b2.8 po.Les to or near an apple tree; thence N. 59 E. lo.4 poles to a poini; in the turn 01 the rood; thence N. 21 ,./. 14 poles to a point in said. roaa; thence N. 27 W. 9 paes to the beginn ing, contain ing ;,;, acres and 2 roous be lt the same morepr .Less. THIRD: All or those two certai n parce.L s 01 .Land. emorac ea in a certain a.eeu bearing a.ate on the 1st uay or May 1924, execut eu by Quinto n E. Smith ana Lizzie A. Smith to 1ihe said A.E. Wi.Lliams and. is bounae d ana. describ ed as rel.Low s: Tract No • .L beginni ng at an old chestnu t oak stump, corner to the lands ot saia William s and Baughe r; tm~ce N. ;54-1/2 W.28-2 f o poles to two sma.Ll chestn uts, corner i;o the said Baughe r; thence N. '10 E. 21-1/2 poles to a .large chestn ut; thence s. '16-.L/ 2 E. 11-;,; b po.Les, passing over a .Large rock i;o a point in m1a.dle 01 the Swirt Run Gap Road, known as the Spoi;~sw oou Trail; thence with said road s. 20 E. 8 po.Les to a point in saie1 road near a b.Lack oak, chapped �-3- as a bearing corner; thence with sa:id. road s. 68 E. 8 poles in said road near a chestnu t oak aw hickory chopi:ed as a bear :lng corner; thence with said road N. 70 E. 10-1/2 poles to a point in said road near a hickory chopped as a bearing corner; thence N. tio E. 17-1/4 poles; thence N. 65 E. 12-3/5 poles to a point in said roaa, near a locust and persimm on tree chopped as a bearirg correr; thence down a steep hills. 33 E. 24-1/6 poles to a flat rock in a swamp six ·reet north 01· an old roe.a.; thence 16-1/2 E. 23-3/5 poles to a mm.11 chestnu t oak, at a gate in the Herring line; thence W. 52-~/5 poles with said line, w. 35 and a .Line 01· James ana. Davis, to a point in saidfline at southea st corner thence N. 61 s. or a field at a gum ana. sassarra s; ~4 poles to two lindens and a Maple on a large rock; thence N. 34 W. ~7-1/2 poles to the beginnin g containi ng 24 acres and 2 rooC1S. Tract No. 2: Wessley Baugher , Beginnin g at a butterwo od in a branch, corner to s. E. Davis, A.E.Wil liams and the said ~.E.Smi th; thence running in a N.E.air ecticn to a chestnu t oak stump bn the west side 01" a ridge, corner to the Baugher and Smith lard; thence E. ~7-1/2 poles to two Linden ana. a Maple on a rock; thence s. s. ~4 61 E. 34 poles up a hollow to the lines of' Jams and Davis to a @Um and sassarre s at the corner or a rial~; thence s. 35 w.--pole s Vii.th said James ana De.vis line to a chestnut oak on west side of a branch; thence N. b4 E. 20 poles to a bunch 01· Maples; thence N. 48 w. 61 poles to the beginnin g, containi ng lb acres be it the same more or less. The Ja st deed herein re!.'erred to as of ci.ate MlV the 1st 1924 is also to be recoraed immedia tely precedin g this conveyan ce ana. the Whol4ot said several tracts of land are contiguo us to each other. In trust neverth eless, to secure unto Mary R. eover the payment of Five Bonas, bearing even date with ~his deed, executed by the saia. parties ot the i'irst pirt and payable to the said. Mary R. Cover in one, two, three, rour ana. five years after date respecti vely, each in the sum of Three Hundred , Eighty two Dollars ana Twelve 6ents, �bearing i n te r est rrom date , to be paid annually ana. waiving the Homestead Exemption . Now the re1·ore , in the event that d.era ult is maae in the paymen.t of said bonds at maturity or any of them or any part or ei 1iher ot them , then the said Trustee shall at the written request or the said Mary R. Cover her heirs or assjgns, proceed to execute this trust ac c ording to Section 5167 or the Code of' Virginia of° 1919 and all acts amendatory thereto except in case 01· saJ.e the said. Trustee shall . receive rive percent connnission on the gross amount or saia. sale , ana. it is covenantea and agreed by and between the parties hereto that the sa id. party or the rir st pi rt shall keep "the bu ila.ing on said land herein conveyea., insured with some solvent joint stock insurance company , doing business in the State or Virginia in the sum or ..tt'ourteen Hundrea. Dollars , with clause ror the beneri t or the saia Mary R. Cover as her interest may appear and failure on the part or "the party of the first part to do ro , shall give • to the said Mary R. Cover the r ight to place said insurance and the co st there or shall become a lien on the property he rein co,.m eyea to be coJ.J.ectea in the same manner as prescribed 1·or the 1· irst trust herein created . Witness the 1'ollowi:ng signa"tures ana seals . _ __A__•___ E__ ·. _w_i_ll_l.8._·_m_s_J_ _ _ _ (SE.AL) ___L_.Y..._d_i_a_A-'.:--W_i_l_l_iam_s_ _ _ _ ( SEAL) State 01· Virginia County or .H.ockingham "to - wi"t : I , H. B. C. Gentry a Notary Public in ana 1·or the saia_ County in the State 01' Virg inia , whose commission e?Cpir es on the 26"th aay 01' December 1927 , ao. ce r tify that A. E . Williams ana. Lydia A. Williams , his wif'e , whose names are signed to the foregoing deea bearing date on the l?th aay 01· September 1924, have acknowleaged the same berore me in my County aroresaid . Given under my hana this 17th aay of' September 1924. H.B.C . Gentry N. P . �A. E. Williams 1089 A.B . Cover , Tr . Elkton Tax $2 .40 .l!'ees $ 2.00 Transrer $ x Total $4 .40 Admit~e6 Sep. ~7,1924 ai; j:~oP.M. / t-3 <D Cl) J" • .ti· • Blackburn, Clerk Rockingham County, Va . ct <D Harrisonburg , Va. Sep1i • . l'l , 1924 Recorded in Deeu Book No . 130 :i;age 140 0 I-' J" . F . BJ..aqkburn , County Clerk. <D ~ �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52,561 acres, more or less of land in Rockingham county, Virginia. To the Honorable H. w. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. Your petitioner, M. B. Bickers, trading as the Bickers Motor Company, recovered a Judgment against A. E. Williams and Lydia Williams before L. H.Bru.oe, Justice of the Peace for Rockingham County, Virginia, on the 25th day of June, l.926, which was duly docketed the Circuit Court of in the -Cl>Ell;qt--Cl erk' s Office of/Rockingham County, Virginia, on September 19, 1927, in Judgment Lien Docket 14, at page 62, in the sum of two hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirteen cents ($248.13) with interest from six dollars March 19, 1925 until paid, and ffft==-oi.i.ca=a=-i::~ a£i,-eeeu.a ($$.QO) costs, subject to a credit of $61 .30 as of June 24, 1927; an abstract of which Judgment marked TTExhibit Jttt is herevli th filed, and prayed to be read as a part of this petition; that no part of this judgment has ever been paid; that the said Judgment was a lien upon the land of A. E. Williams recent~y condemned by the State Commission l ~'f ~ -' i7 n.- //-,. c., ---~ ~~. .-~ ---~ _ 1 µ,,r-,.:._~ ~~ on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, " by proceedings taken in this cause; that upon the taking of the said land under the proceedings of condemnation in this cause, the lien resting on said land was transferred from the land to the fund paid into this Court for the land taken in this cause; that your petitioner is entitled to have paid to him from UDell..~:lClll&: the money paid into Court for the said land of said A. E. Williams his judgment hereinbefore described; and your petitioner , :2.3 �-2- prays this Court to enter an order directing the proper person to pay unto him or his attorney the amount of his judgment as hereinbefore desc r ibed. And your petitioner will ever pray, etc. Petitioner " Virginia _______...______ City of Harrisonburg -----to-wit: ----------- This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public , for the City aforesaid ----- - in the State of Virginia , M. B. Bickers, tra;_:gfo1-~~-~e1,Jl- l Bickers Motor Company, and made oath that theA foregoing judgment is correct, and is still owing to him. Given under my hand this 1933. 23rd day of October �VIRGINIA: IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, ............................... S.e.pt.emb.er....1.6..,......193.3... . vs. ..4. .'! . ..t .•....W.t. :u. l?-~ ...t:1..ri4. ...l;.Y.cl.i ~ ..Il+. 1.-JJ.EllJl.S. .. . •.. ··••·••·••·•••••••· •••••.•••.••••••••• •·•••••••••••••• } Defendants Judgment in favor of plaintiff for $..248... 13.. , with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum from the .l.~.th.... day of .....Mti:r.9.4.,. .............. , 19.?P. .. , until paid, and $... .6 .•.0.0......... costs, together with an attorney's fee of ... :-:'.~ ............. ; subject, however, to the following credit/ ..$.E>J.~~<>. ...~.~....C?.f....•J)p:1.e. ...?.4.,.... 1W~7. ..................................................................................................................... This judgment was obtained before ..;L.•. .. H.•....B.rn.G.~., ....J\+,$.°t;l...9.$... 9J...."tA!=;l..J;E3.?-.Q.~............................ . on ........ ...J:U.:P..~....2P., ....... , 19 .. ~P, and was duly docketed in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham .P..t.• ...l~, 19 ...2.7, in Judgment Lien Docket No...l./4:......... , page .... 92..... County, Virginia, on ........Se. t.n.~....P~~.9..E:3 ... A Fieri Facias w as issued:Iiii~.. b.y ...the ... s.a.i.d. ..L •... H ..... Bruc.e.f ····JustJ.c.~... o.f .... on the?.'l.~11.day of . the .J.1:2-:t1E3..2 ....... , 19?.~.. , returnable lli .....in ..s.ixty ...days.......................... .... , directed to .G·.,.W.•S.l+J.f.f lE3t.'t .. ::u:ac.on.s.table ...o.f .. :at>.c.kin~am... C.o...., who thereon, to-wit: ......NO... ,P.:r.op.e.rty... .f.ound., ....J.u.ne... 24., made the following return ...19.Zl.,. ....G.•.'N .•.Shi.f.f.l..e.t t. .,....O.•.E. •.C.•. �... ........ , .... ........... ... .. .. .... V.S. .. ···· ···· ····· ····· · ····· ·· ·························· ·· ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT �Qtnmwnunttaltlt nf Birgiuia TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, January 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this ~8~_day of January in accordanc e with a n ord e r of the circuit court of Rockingham Gmmty dated 1/5/34 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. :paid to $ 35 . 00 Cassandra Lawnan Atkins John T. Harris, Successor to John Paul Counse l of Record in tbe caiise of A. E . Willlams, Harrisonb urg, Va. being in full settlemen t of tract #__J.f3__7 in the above mentioned cause. __________ -L-A->--o f Virginia. 352- �C!!nmmnuwralt11 nf 11Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, January 8 , 1934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA John T. Harris . Successor t o John Paul , Counsel of record in the cause of A. E. Williams Harrisonburg , Virginia Received of J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 35 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the count y of Rockingham County entered on the 5th day of January 1 93 34 , in th e matter of t h e State Commission on Conserva ti on and De ve l opment v _ __ -~O=a~s~s~a~u~d~r.L-'-'-a_...L=a~w~s=a~n....._=A~t=k~1~n~s; >-----and ot h er s , being full and complete settleme nt f or the tract of land known in said proceeding as # 187 Sign ori g inal and dup licate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 35:3 �Qtommnumtaltll nf l!Itrgiuia T REASUR ER' S OFF I CE R I CHMO N D , VA, January 8 , 1934 JOHN M . PU RCE L L T REASU RER O F VIRGI N IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia have this _8__ day of January with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/5/34 in accordan ce Rockingh am County in the cause of t he St ate Commi s sion on Conserv ation a n d Developm ent of the St ate of Virg i n ia vs. Cassand ra Lawson Atkins --------------J . Rowert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of paid t o_Rocki ngbam Caimty , Harrison b-u.rg, Va . $~7~4~-~9~7~_ ___ b eing in full settleme nt of tract# 187 in the above mention ed cause. of Virgini a. I �Qtnmtttnuwtaltf1 nf llirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . Janusry 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Harrisonb urg, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 74 . 97 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of January entered on the 5th day 1 93 1._ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat i on and De v elopment v _ __ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L--=aw----=-s~o~n=--------=A~t=k=in=s____ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as #-= 18=7~- - Sign original and dup li cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. ::,5\ �Q!nmmnumtalt11 nf lllirgiuiu J TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer day of January of Virginia have this 8th in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/5/34 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. p aid to Cassandra Lawson_A_t_k~i~n__s ~ - - - - - - - - - Mary R . Cover $_2~,_1_7_5_._8_5_ _ _ being in full settlemen t of tract #__J_f;[J in the above mentioned cause. I / , / Treasur �arnmmnuwraltb nf l!Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Mary R. Cover Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 ,175.85, in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of January entered on the 5th day 193__!__ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation an d Dev e lopment v _ __ _ C=a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a=------.,L=a~w~s~o=n=-=A~t=k=i=n=s'------___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in s aid proceeding as #~1~8~7~ - - - Sign origina l an d dup li cate and r e turn to the Treasurer of Virginia . �C!tommnuw.enltq nf llirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 8 , 1"934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 8th d.ay of January with an order of the circuit court of d.ated 1/5/34 in accordan ce Rocki ngham Crnmty in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs. pai d to $ 70.46 Cassandra Lawson~A~ t~k-j~n~s~- --------M. B • Bickers trading as Bickers Matar Campany being in full settlement of tract# 187 in the above mentioned. cause. 35'1 �Q!nmmnuwtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . January 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. B. Bickers , trading as Bickers Motor Company Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 70 . 46 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockinghrun of January en t ere d on the 5th day .193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ - =C=a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a=--=L=l=w~s~o=n=-cA=-=t=k=i=n=s~ ___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 187 Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 355 �Q!nmmnumraltq of lltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL January 8 ., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 8th day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/5/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. paid to $ 18 . 72 Cassandra Lawson Atkjns M. H. Harrison , C01mty Treamirer of Rockingham Co . Harrisonburg ., Virginia being in full settlement of tract #187 in the above mentioned cause. / _) ~ \.__./(____of Virginia. �Q!nmmnuwtalt{J of llirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , January 8 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer of Rockiggham Comity Harrisonbu r---&,-Virg inia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 18 . 72 , in accordan c e wi th an order of the Cir cui t Court of the count y of Rockingham entered on the 5th day of January 1 93_¾_ , in the matt e r of t h e State Commissio n on Conservat i on a nd Deve lopment v _ _ _ --~C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r"'-=a=w~L=a=w~s~o=n...._~A~t=k~1~n~s~__ and others, being full and complete settlemen t f or the tract of land k nown in s ai d proc e eding as #~l~S~7~- - - Sign original and dupl i cat e and re t urn to t h e Tr e asure r of Virg i n ia . 3£7 �NOTE-This need not be filed until the r ecord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. ___ l.87_____ : Tract No. ------------: Tract N~. ___________ _ ; 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. -187--'--- $-237.S..OQ on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; A. E. Williams Bickers Motor Company, E . D. Ott , Atty . Mary R. Cover That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment. as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge , obligating the owner, A . E. Williams , to give 10 acres of' his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . ' T!_iat 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 fpom 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. l87________ $_3.Q • .O.Q__ : Tract No. _____ _______ $ ____ ____ __ : Tract No. __ __________ $ _________ _ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS STATE _COMMISSI!DN _ON _CONSERVATION NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the apJ?roval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �STATE OF VIRGINIA ) SS COUNTY 01!, 1.\ARREN ) Personally ap:i;:e ared before me the undersigned Hotqry Public in my said State and Counpy, E . K . Stokes, who being duly sworn, deposed a nd said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in i mmediate charge of the records of the Shenan~oah National Park Division thereof having tb do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnati on awards in the Shenandoah National Park co ndemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contr ~cts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the vr it:hin claim is just and correct . Witness my signatur e tMs B ~ y of Janua!:fi 1934. , . A ~ / j~;;- NOTAIW PUBLlv Not9.ry i<tf{c My Commission Expires Sep, 8, 1934 �VIRGIN I • IN 'lliE CidCU I T COURT OF ROCKINGHJu\1 COL NTY . The utate Conmi ssion en Conse rvatio n & Develo pITBnt , of the .Jtate of Vir i nia , - - - - - - reti ti oner , v. Cassa ndra Lawso n Jo tkins , et als , defend: ? nts . In Re : Procee ds of condem nation for 1rract No . 187 . II This fu y caITB the State Comm ission on 6onser va- tion & Develo pment by couns el, and moved the Jourt to ent r II an order direc ting the Treas urer of the ..:itate of Virgin ia , i:P pay to it , out of the procee ds of condem nation of rrract ~-O . 187 , the sum of J30 . 00 repres enting the amoun t of a certa in pledge made by A. E . ,iilliam s , who clai med to te the ovmero f said tract , to am.id State ~ommi ss ion on u onse rvatio n & Develo pDB nt , as a co ntribu ti n for the establ ishme nt of 0henan doah I'-latio nal Park , and in sunpo rt of its said motio n , the said Comni ssion exhib ited to thevo urt , its motion in writin g settin g forth all the facts in relati on theret o, ,;1hich has be en hereto fore filed herein . Upon consid eratio n where of , it ppeer ing to the Court , that the claim of said Comm ission is not based upon any lien ei. ther on the land condem ned , or on the procee ds of condem nation and that said CorlIIl ission has failed to obtain the consen t of tre partie s entitl ed to the procee ds of ::::onde mnat'io n , to the raymer of its claim , it is accord ir_gl y adjudg ed and ordere d thatth e motdmn of the Jommi ssion for the payme nt of said cl3. j_m rut of the procee ds of condem nation for said tract , be and the 39.me is hereby denied . rt �..!uu. .ty, t 1.,~ t::r ·" ..,ow . . . r· r . . : , ..L a._ .l-ru . . .,_ ·'I.Ji J..}..J..L. ' .... t Brnl ~ . ) ,J r-t to t -.l. V u. , w ~· t.: l r ..:o_ .;t-.. bei - c: i ..... c... .- l.l l l 'tu. .CO b..,..,. -~.1.. " l. of ~ ,:, ~Y do\.er Ji LL 1:: , i '.1 i . 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Williams ana by A. J" . Williams, which i;eti ,:;ions are accoraingly rile a this .2.. fJ aay or Apri.L , 19~1 . 23 � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-a-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, A. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: S Side of Spotswood Tr 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): 187 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b32d96051e81bd4ac730e670fb9c6641.pdf 18a93e9c979cd5c02dea49b03f839d3d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #188 - Williams, A. I • . Number of Acres: 7 Location: South of Old Spotswood . Trail near Sandy Bottom. Roads: One- half mile of steep rough road to Old Spotswood Trail ; thence six miles to Elkton. -· Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertility ; somewhat rocky with moderate to steep slopes ; northwest and southwe st exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion of t ract cleared many years ago, most of it has been grazed and cultivated since . The remainder has been neglected in recent years . The wooded hrea has been cut over repeatedly in the past . The present stand con s ists of mixed oaks . Improvements: (See reverse side of improveme nt informatio n) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 27 w3 . 00 $ 91. 00 30 . 00 630 . 00 15 . 00 75 . 00 30 . 00 420 . 00 $1206 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 21 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: @ 5 14 @ 67 Orchard: Minerals: 965 . 00 Value of Land: $1206 . 00 Value of Improvemen ts:$ 965 . 00 150 . 00 Value of Orchard: $1.50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wootl: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $35,. 37 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~~2371. 00 �Fr ame , 14x24 ', 1 story , paper roof, porch 6xl6 ', IMPROVEMENTS : Dwellin~: rooms , ceiled, now occupied by son. brick f lues , Frame , 8xl4x8' , board roof , good condition . Hen house: Frame, 14x40' , l½ story , porch 6x40 ', metal roof , brick Dwellinr : flues,also stone flues) 9 rooms , ceiled , occupied by owner , fair condition , cellar 14x22 ', Log , 16x20xl2 ', shingle roof , 16 ' shed on one side , poor Barn: · condition . Frame , 8xl2x8' , pa per roof , poor condiuon. 2 hen houses : Granarz: Log , 10xl2x8 ', shingle roof , poor condition . ,. �Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_.B.Qcl;; i ngb..m!l ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ A.__ J .__ VI ill i !<ms ________________________________________________________ _ --------6-7------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ more or less, of land in ___ ..Ro..ckinghn . m... __________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __ _.._Q.c..kiD.g b.~_m _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice . .. My name is __ ...,A1_...J._ · illiams______________________________________________ _ My post office address is_ fu~ i.f_t_~__Vs.. . ._ ___________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ 6!J_____________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :__ ...2_..d.wellings-r-2-..henhou.s.es...r-g..r.,q n~y-,--sm.,;:.ll.----b qr n . This land is located about_ __5 ________ miles from ____Elkt .o.n .. ________________ Virginia, in Stonewall Mag1s · t errn · · 1 D.1st r1c · t of sa1·d count y. th e_________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) --I-...a.m.....s.oJ..e._OJ.~Re-l:!------------------------- ------------------------------------------ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth_L. _ C. _Me'1 d O'l,1\JS ------ ---- -------------------- - -------------------------- -South_ S ._ G.._ Morr i s . ___ _____ ___________ _________ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ _____ __ ____ _____ _ East _____A. _E . 'iJilli 'lffiS ------------------------------------------------ ------West ___ JJ • __ J. _ GQm..e.r __________________________________ ____________ ______________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_.J._9.l-5- ___ in the following manner: _By dee ds f rom_ C- ro l ine_ Jill i <Cl JD.S L E ._ 11._ Vl i l liR. ms.,___Rich s r d Uorris __ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-----~pQQ.!QQ__ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ __ 3..5..QO_a_Q()_____ • I am the owner oLOQ ______ _____ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ __QQ______________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- -------------- --- - - - ----- --- --- - ----- - --- ------------------ --- --------- - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mar} attache<l hereto) this __ __ ~J-~_______ day ~./--~~~-~--4---------------- of ___Jf~~~9-..?. .~~~-~~_:3-~, 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ .Ro.ckinghnni._ __________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ .A. .. _.J. .. _JlilliBl!lS _______________ __ ______ __ 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 __ __ 4:t}i ____ ___ __ _day oL_F.!3_Q~A':.!°Y-L15)_~}1930. ~ /L-_/i_~ --~--~ __ R_C:f'_ ______ _ Clerk of the Court, or Sp ial Investigator or Notary Public, or J ustic of the Peace. �county: Rookinchrun District: stonewall / creae;e vlaimed: Vo.lue t;laimed: Location: 5? Assessed: 60 _.. _ . ecd: 4?(Residue of 6 8 J • ) purchased in . 3500. 00 " 690.00 Douth of Ol d .:..ipotswood ';rail near Sandy ottom. 1916 for ?Oo .oo; 23 1906 for 125.00; ½ &. right away 1912 for ,.10.00; Inoumbranoe!) , counter claims or la;es: None known . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertility; somewhat rocky with moderate to steep slopes; nor t hwest and southwest exposure. :Roads: One-half mile or steep rough road to Old ~}potswood Trail; thoncc six miles to lkton. or ti r.b r r: La rgo portion of tract cleared many years ago, most of it has been grazed anc cultivated since. The remainder has been neglected 1n recent y~urs. The ,ooded baa been out over repeatedly in tho past. The present stand consists of mixed oaks. lt is e nti:roo.tod to out an average of 5 cord"' of i'Uelwood per a.ere -- 135 cords 50¢ per cord -- ~o?.50. valued ;-:1story of tract and condition Improvements: ,.., ellin5: Frame 14x24', 1 story , paper. roof, 1Jorch Sxl6 t • brick flues, 2 rooms, oeiled, now occupied by son - ,300.00 r en house: l!'ra.me 8xl4x8', board. roof, good condition- 2!: .. 00 ellir~ Frame 14x40 •, 1-: s ·~-0ry, :porch 6x40' , metal roof, brick flues, (al so stone f l uec} ( rooms, ceilod, '750 . 00 occupied by awri er, fair condition, cellar 14x22', Born: Log l6x20xl2 1 , stiinglo roof, 16 foot shed on 50.00 on:e-s1de, poor condition -?01:1ditio~o.oo poor :roof, paper 2 hen houses: Frrune 8xl2x~ 't 20 .00 'qranar,r: tog 10xl2:t~', s hingle roof, poor c ond .1 t1on-trees for acre per .00 50 : ,: valued acres Orchard: 3 150.00 only---·- ' 1315 .00 Vo.lue of land by txnes: ~pe Fg Fe Fr Acrease 2'7 21 14 5 67 p8ll .OO Total val ue of land Total value of' improvementsl3l5.00 6'7.50 To t al value of timber ~.. 2193.60 Toto.I value of traot 32 .73 Average value per aore Total Value per acre ·~ 0 ·~-3.0 20.00 20.00 6 .00 Value ~ 81 . 00 420 .00 280.00 30 .00 is11.oo �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON GO;NSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT PETITIO:t\TER V RE'3PONDENTS CASS.ANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others , The Answer of the First National Bank of Harrisonburg, to a petition filed in this cause by A. J • Williams . This respondent says that it is true as set out in said petition, that respondent i s the holder of a negotiable promissory note , signed by the said A. J . Williams , and indorsed by E. T. Garber and Sons , the payment of which is secured by a deed of trust from said Williams and wife to L. L. Conrad , Trustee , a copy of which is attached to a petition heretofore filed in this cause by this respondent. Respondent furt her says that said deed of trust constitutes a lien on the tract of land indicated as No. 188 in the appraisal report in these proceedings . Respondent further says that the last renewal of said note was dated December 8th., 1933 , payable 60 days after date and is in the principal amount of Three Hundred and Fifteen Dollars ($315 . 00) • .And this respondent accordingly joins in the prayer of the said petition that an order may be entered directing the payment of said note out of the sum allowed for Tract No. 188 in these proceedings , after payment of any liens prior thereto. ~URG �THE STA'IE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOP"MENT OF TH8 STATE OF VIRGINIA v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS·, and others. T'o the Honorable H. w. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginiaa Your petitioner, Mary R. Cover, begs leave to file this, her petition, in this cause for the purpose of setting up a lien in hor favor upon certain lands sought to be condemned herein, and respectfully represents, 1st, That by deed of trust dated January l, 1920, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County in deed book 115, page 354, A. J. Willia.ms and Fannie Williams, his wife, conveyed to A. B. Cover, Trustee, certain lands involved in these proceedings to secure the payment of certain indebtedness evidenced by four bonds dated the 1st day of January, 1920, in the sum of ,325.00 each, payable to J. R. Cover in one, two, three and four years from date respectively, with interest from their date. '! 'hat said bonds were assigned by J. R. Cover to your petitioner and are now held by her. 2nds That said bonds were not paid when due but that upon the first of said bonds there was paid the sum of $125.00 on January 1st, 1921; the sum of i2s.oo on February 14, 1921; the sum of $30.00 on January 2, 1922; the sum or $35.00 on January 30, 1922; the sum of $80.00 on January 3, 1923, and the sum of $130.00 on October 7, 1923; these payments being sufficient to pay the first of said bonds and leaving a credit of $109.45 to be credited on the second of said bonds as of October 17, 1923. That the balance due on said indebtedness so secured by said deed of trust as of Aprill, 1931, is the principal sum of $975.00 with interest from January l, 1920, subject to the credit of i109.45 as or October 17, 1923. That a copy of said deed of trust is filed herewith as a part of this petition. 3rda That your petitioner respectfully asks that the said indebted- ness ma.y be established and held to be a lien upon the proceeds arising from - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -116 �-2- the condemnat ion of eaid land and that said indebtedness may be paid out of any sums awarded to the said A. J. Williams in said proceedings. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNrY OF ROCKIIDHAM, to-wit: -..c:L--...£.-- --::::? / ~ This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforeeaid, Mary R. Cover, who made oath and says th~t the matters and things stated in the foregoing petition are true. Given under my hand this g day of April, 1931. , '" ·1 , �... This deed maae this 1st aay or January 1820 by and. between A. J . Williams ana. Fannie Williams his wi1·e, or Swirt Run Virginia party or the rirst part am A. B. Cover, Trustee or Elkton, Virginia party 01· the second p:i.rt W I T N E S S E T H: • That ror and in consideration or the sum or one dollar cash in tam paid by the party or the second part to the party or the 11. rst part, the receipt whereor is hereby acknowledgea. berore t be sealing ana ae1 ivery or these pre sen ts, the said. A. J. Williams am Fannie Williams his wife aoth grant and. convey with general warranty or title unto the said A. B. Cover Trustee as aroresaia, al.l or three certain tracts or parcels 01· lana. lying contiguous to each other ana. situaiE in the eastern ~r-c or Rockingham County near Swit·t Run Virginia adjoining the lana.s or Trice Shiflett, Sampson Davis tract, A. E . Williams, S . G. Morris ana. ab.ers, ana bouna.ea as rollows: First tract: Beginning at an ash corner to G. T . Baugher land thence with same N. 16 E . 4;5,?5 - ".6/4 poles to a hickory corner to the Sampson Davis tract; thence s. 88 E . 39-".6/4 poles to a chestnut oo.k stump ana. an app.le tree; thence 60 E . ? . 2 poles to a post on u pper side of road; thence s. s. 42 E. 22 . 64 poltl s to a stake in .Line or A. E . Williams and continuing wi'th his line s. 26-1}2 E. 11 poles to an apple tree; thence S 8 E. 9 . 6 to a cherry tree corner; thence s. s. ~O W. 19.52 pol e s to a large chestnut; thence 24 W. ? poles to a gum corner to E. Williams; thence N. 69 W. 16 . 4 poles to a bunch ot chestnut sprouts; thence N. ?4 W. 61 . 6 poles to the beginning . Second Tract; This tract contains 2".6 A, ~R , ana. 16 P . ana. Beginning at a cherry tree in a branch corner to A. E. Williams ana running with his line N. 20 W. o2 . 8 poles to a rock neaajan apple tree; thence N. 59 E . lo . 4 poles to point in benct or w. road; thence continuing with said. William's line N. 21 N. 2? W. 9 poles N. 31 W. 16 poles , N. b6 - l/2 chestnut corner to rirst named tract ; thence 69 w. w. s. 8 24 14 poles , poles to a large w. ? poles, N 16 . 4 poles, N. ?4 W. ~1 . 6 poles to point in roaa.; thence s. 21 �- 2- w. s. 14 poles with the Ricm.rd Morris tract to a rock near a gate; thence 71- 1/2 E . 23 poles to a rock , s. 22-1/2 W. 47 . 2 poles to a bunch or chestnut sprouts, S . 12 W. 46 . 6 poles with the Moses Shiflett line to a stone nec3;r a white oak and chestnut; thence s. 45 E . 15 . 6 poles to a point in a branch in an old line; thence S . 88 E . 44 . 8 poles with the line 01· s . G. Morris to ·a white walnut in a branch; thence N. ~9 E . to ~he point or beginning, containing ~l A, l R, 0 P . Thira. Tract; being the same tract this a.ay conveyed by CLeea. rrom Richard Morris and Lucy A. Morr:is to the saiCL A. 3 . Williams am is Beginning at a maple in a branch; thence bounCLed as ro11ows: E . 30 poles to a point in a road; thence s. s. ?4 21 W. 14 poles to a rock at a gate; thence S . 71-1/2 E . 2~ poles to a stone in line or A. 3 . Williams and corner; thence s. 22- 1/2 W. 45 . 6 poles to a bunch of s:prouts; thence in ~orth western direction o~ . 6 poles to chestnut two chestnuts in a hollON in line 01· Trice Shit·1ett ana. with same N. r"' 16 E . b4. 2 poles to the be.ginning containing lo- .l/ f:!: A The three trac'ts aggregating '10 A, 1 R, 16 P . In, trust, Neverthe .Less to secure unto 3 . R. Vover the payment 01· rour certain bonus bearing even uate with this a.eea executea by the saia. A . 3 . Williams ana piyable to the saia 3 . R. Cover in one, two, three, am rour years arter a.ate respectively each in the sum or three hundred and twenty rive dol.Lars bea.1~i ng in-c;erest rrom CLa te ana wat ving the Homestead . Now thererore in the event that a.eraul t is maa.e in the payment 01· said bonas at maturity or any or them, or any part or any or them, then the trustee shall at the written re_q uest ot the saia. 3 . R. Cover pro ceea. to execute this trust accora.ing to Section 2442 or the Code of Virginia or 1887 ana. all acts amena.atory thereto , except that said trustee shall receive rive percent commission on the gross amoun-c or such sale and the party or the r ir st part agrees -co keep the a.welling on said land insured ( the one now occupied by the party or t.oo rirst part as awelling) during the lire of" this trust with clause �-~ in policy ror the bene1·i t or the said. J . R. Cover as his interest :n:ay appear, for a sum equal to "thre e rourths of' the value or said dwelling, said insurance to be carrie d in some good joint~stock eompany and in the eveE.t that the saia . party or the fi r st i:-art shall 1·ail to keep said proper·ty insureu as herein proviaed the said J . R. Cover sha1J. have the right to purchase saia insu:q3.nce and. • aJ.J. t charges thereror shall becorr.e a lien on the lana herein conveyea with equal aignity with 1ihe rirst lien herein created. it ness the 1· ollowing s :igna tu.res anu seals . _A_._J~·-W~i_l_l_i_a_m_s_ _ __ _ _ _ (SEAL) her _F~a~n_n_1_e__x__W _i_l_l_i_a_m_s_ _ _ _ __,_(SEAL) n:ark Witness H. B. C ~Genlry state or Virginia County ot Hocking.bani to - wit, I. H. B. c. Gentry a Notary Public in and 1·or the count y a1·oresaid, ao certiry that A. J . Williams am Fannie Williams his wire whose names are signed to the roregoing writing <bearing date on the first a.ay 01· January 1920 , personal.ly appearea berore me in mys aia. county and acknowledgea the same . My commission expires on the 18th day ot .T,a nuary 1920 . Given under my hand this 1st aay 01· January 1920 . H. B. C. Gentry Ndary Public . VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's 01-r ice or the Circuit Court 01· Rockingham County . The roregoing ueeu. or 1;rust was this aay present ea in the oITi.ce aroresaia, anu 1s, together with the certiricate or acknowleu.gmeni; annexeu, aumii;teu to recoru thl.s o u.ay or .Tanua ry, 192 O, a 1i 2-ou P . M. Tes~e: J . F . Blackburn, Clerk . , Cler >r. 'fo-i �Andrew J . Wi~liams Deeu Trus-c; $1~ . uu • • • 28 Mail -co J . R. Cover Elk-con,va . Tax $1.)0 Fees $1 . ::>0 Transrer $ • • •• To-cal I a. ea Adm.it-Cea Jan . ti -~92U a-c ~:t>OP .M. . ' J.F . Blackourn , Clerk Rockinetiam County , Va. j s. i;racts ( Recorued in -che Clerk's O!T lC e or .Hock1.ngnam County, Va . in Deea Book No . llb Pa.ge · ~64 J . l!' . Blackburn, Clerk. l., �IN TEE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA TEE STATE COMW.U:$ION ON CONSERVATION .AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA vs At Law No. 1829 Petition of the First National Bank of Harrisonburg CASSANDRA Lli.WSON ATKINS .AND Q'I'H]BS To the Honorable H.W.Bertram, Judge of the said Court: The petition of the First National Bank of Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, Virginia, respectfully represents that it is the holder for value of a promissory negotiable note signed by A~J.Williams, dated the 9th. day of October, 1933, payable sixty days after date to the order of and indorsed by E.T.Garber and Sons in aIIDunt of Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($320.00) the payment of which note is secured by a deed of trust from Andrew J. Williams and l!'annie Williams, his wife, to Laird L. Conrad, trustee, dated Warch 16th., 1933, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 154, page 214, covering certain property located in the Eastern part of Rockingham County near SWift Run, Virginia, said land being more particularly described in said deed of trust which is attached hereto and prayed to be read as a ~art of this petition,which deed is a first lien on said property. That the land covered by said lien is included within the boundaries of the land which is sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and is indicated as #188 in the valuation report filed in these proceedings by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners. Your petitioner is advised that by reason of the lien of the said deed of trust, it is entitled to receive from the proceeds of the condemnation of said land an amount sufficient for the payruent of said note_, and accordingly prays that the said deed of trust may be held to be a first lien on said land and on the fund arising from the sale of the same, and that out of the proceeds of condemnation of said lam the Court shall direct the payment to petitioner of an amount sufficient to discharge said note. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HARRISONBURG I Offi c~BY Filed in the Clerks Rockingham County, Va, NO\ ~ 19:;3 ~~lerk ,, �THIS DEED, MADE this j /p f't, day of March, 1933 between Andrew I J. Williams and FaIIIl.ie Williams , his wife, parties of the first part and Laird L. Conrad, Trustee, party of.the seccnd part: WITNESS ETH That in consideration of One Dollar l$l.OO} cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties of the first part grant and convey with general warranty unto the party of the second part all of three certain tracts or parcels of land with improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging., lying ccntiguous to each other and situate in the eastern part of Rockingham County, near SWitt Run, Virginia, adjoining s. the lands of Trice Shiflett, Sampson Davis tract, A. E. Wi+liams, G. Morris and others, and bounded as follows: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at an ash corner to G. T. Baugher land; thence, with the same N. 16, E. 43.75 3/4 poles to a hickory corner to the Sampson Davis tract; thence thence s. s. 88 E 39 3/4 poles to a chestnut oak stump and an apple tree; 60 E. 7.2 poles to a post on upper side of road; thence s. 42 E.22.64 poles to a stake in line of A. E. Williams.and continuing with his lines. 26 1/2 E. 11 poles to an apple tree; thence thence s . 30 w. s. 8.E 9.6 poles to a cherry tree corner; 19.52 poles to a large chestnut; thence corner to~. Williams; thence Ne 69 w. s. 24 w. 7 poles to a gum 16.4 poles to a bunch of chestnut sprouts; thence N. 74 W 61.6 poles to the beginning. 'l'his tract contains 23 a. 3 roods and .L6 poles. SECOND 'IRACT: Beginning at a cherry tree in a branch corner to A. E. Williams and run.~ing with his line N. 20 W 52.8 poles ~o a rock near an apple tree; thence N. 59 Ee 15.4 poles to a point in bend ot road; t hence continuing with said ·;iilliams line N. 21. Vl. 14 :poles , N. 2? W. 9 poles, N. 31 N. 56 1/2 s. 24 w. w. w. 16 poles, 8 poles to a large chestnut corner to first named tract; thence 7 poles, N. 69 w. 16.4 poles, N. 74 w. 31.6 poles to a point in road; �w. 14 poles with the Bichard Morris tract to a rock near a gate; 'l'lience s. 21 thence s. 711/2 E. 23 poles to a rock, of chestnu t sprout s, S. 12 w. s. 22 1/2 w. 47 ·.2 poles to a bunch 46.6 poles with the Moses Shitle tt line to a stone near a whiteo ak and chestn ut; thence in an old line; thence s. s. 46 E. 15.6 poles to a point in a branch 88 E 44.8 poles with the line of~. G. Morris to white walnut in a branch ; thence N. 39 E. to the point of beginn ing, contain ing 31 acres, 1 rood, O.P. THIRD TRACT: Being the same tract ti iq conveye d by deed from Richard t s: Morris and Lucy A. Morris to the said A. J. Williams and is bounded as follow Beginn ing at a maple in a branch , thence s. 74 E 30 poles to a point 23 poles in a road; thence S 21 W 14 poles to a rock at a gate; thence S 711/2 E. to a stone in line of A. J. Williams and comer; thence s. 22 1/2 w. 45.6 poles poles to to a bunch of Chestnu t sprout s; thence in a Northw estern directi on 53.6 54.2 2 chestn uts in a hollow in line of Trice Shifle tt and with sam N. 16 E ting poles to the beginn ing, contain ing 15 1/4 acres, the three tracts aggrega 70 acres, l rood, 16 poles. There is excepte d from this convey ance howeve r, a tract of appr oximately d 5 acres of land lying within the above describ ed bounda ries_,w hich was conveye d in the by the grante rs to William Morris by deed dated March 7th., 1929, recorde nce is Clerk's Office of said County in Deed Book 144, page 17l;and this conveya trustee , made expres sly subjec t to a deed of trust from the grante rs to A.B.Co ver, page dated Jan. 1st., 1920, recorde d in said Clerk's Office in Deed Book 115, 364, which secured the paymen t of certain bonds to J.B. Cover. IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, To secure the payment of a note of A.J.Wi llians dated Februa ry 10th., 1933 in the amount 01' ~o.oo , payable to E.T. Garber and Sons or order, 60 days after date, which is discoun ted at the First Nationa l Bank ls of Harriso nburg, Harriso nburg, Virgin ia, and to secure any r enewal or renewa of said note and any intere st due thereon . This trust is made expres sly subjec t to the provisi ons of Section 5167 paymen t of the Code of Virgin ia as amended to date, and in event of defaul t in the shall beco me of princip al or interes t hereby secured , when due, the entire obliga tion 9; �(3} forthwith due and paya.bleJand the trustee, upon written request of the then holder of said note, shall proceed to execute this trust in accordaree with the provisions of the said Code .Section and amendments thereto. Exemptions waived. Insura.nce,in an amount of at least ~500.00 ,is required and in the event of the failure of the granter to carry such insurance the beneficiaries may, at tmir option, effect such insurance and the costs thereof shall become a part of the debt secured hereby. Witness the following signatures and seals • .. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: I, flt-A41_ 1 It I J. ~ Notary Pu blio in and tor the County aforesaid State of Virginia, hereby certify that Andrew J. Williams and Fannie Williams, ---- whose names are signed to the foregoing writing bearing date the day of March, 1933, have personally appeared and acknowledged the same before re in my said County. Given under my hand this It, day of March, 1933. My Commission expires the j i day of_7.._. . 19-:it.. -<--&<r'½!__. ___________ _ fh 4414rtYd: ~ g .N. P. 1 ',GINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court o ~kin, ham County. The foregoing deed of .:t~ . . ..... . . . . was this dl'l.y p resented in the o t. !e a foresaid a.od . is t,) 5 t,her w ith the certificate o: E..C,-.L~ t . s ... /.f. Cib ll.Jeu t day 'este: ~n, eu, admitted to record of2d£ ~ 19~ J /,/,,:.,,_M. r~ ~ ~ -/_,..."-v 01.,.. ~ , ·· - - - 1~ 1.<&A �Andrew J.Williams and Fannie Williams V b . To DEED OF TRUST Laird L. Conrad, Trustee Tax $.. .J (q z ,1., !!.!L Fess S.------- 1 ransf, r $ ..::::-_:_Total$.~· Atlrnitted 'v1AR 1 8 1933 /~: 3..Fr 9/ f ~:> CleA Rockingham County, Va. LAW' OFFICES CONRAD AND CONRAD HARRISONBURO, VA, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING �l,- - - ~---.:;--.;= = = - - - - - ~ - ~rr==-= ========== ===;, l c. To J. Wheelberger Deed of Trus t Shenandoah River Power Company LAW OFFIOES OONRAD AND OONRAJD HARRISONBURG, VA., FIRST NAT IO NA L B A NK B U ILD IN G > �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVEWPMENr OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA PETITIONER v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS ··and others, On RESPONDENI'S this, tbe......-..._day of December, 1933, came A. J. Williams by John T. Harris, his attorney, and on his motion, leave is given him to file bis applica- tion in this cause, requesting the disbursement or the fund of $2371.00, compensation paid into this court for Tract No. 188, and it appearing from said applicatioo that there a.re liens upon said tract No. 188, and therefore upon the proceeds arising from the exappropriation thereof, and it further appearing from the said application that Mary R. Cover, First National Bank of Harrisonburg and A. E. Wyant, are named defendants in said petition, thereupon came said Mary R. Cover, First National Bank of Harrisonburg and A. E. Wyant, each by counsel, and on their motion, leave is given them to file their respective answers to the said application of A. J. eXJ Willianla;~ ~~! Upon consideration whereof and the record of the cause, it is considered and ordered by the court that the said sum ot $23'71.00 pa.id irrto court by petitioner as just compensation for tract 188 be paid as follows, To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, the sum of $31.69, delinquent taxes upon the said tract No. 188; to M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, the sum of $17.00 taxes, of which $9.58 is taxes in arrears on said tract 188 for the year 1933; to Mary R. Cover, the sum of $926.95; to the First National Bank of Harrisonburg, the sum of $337 .50; to A. E. Wyant , the sum of $26.86, and to A. J. Williams, $1031.00. 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 J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, the sum of $31.69; to M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of ... Rockingham County, the sum of $17.00; to Mary R. Cover, tbesum of $926.95; to First National Bank of Harrisonburg, the sum of $337.50; to A. E. Wyant, the sum of $26.86, and to A. J. Williams, applicant, the sum of $l~l.OO, "taking from the said J. Robert Switzer, Clerk,~· H. Harrison, County Treasurer, Mary R. Cover, First National Bank of Harrisonbttrg, A. E. Wyant, and A. J. Williams receipt•th•refo; Itu:; cut:fi7 ~~ n~ ~~ ~frY& "f~~ ~ ~ #; 4~f /2 tzz_ ~ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNrY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION & DEVEI.DP1EN1' OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PETlTIONER v. .• CASSANDRA LA\iSON ATKINS and others, 'n'o the Honorable H. w. RESPONDENrS Bertram, Judge or the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginias The petitioner, The State Commission on Conservation & Development or the State of Virginia, having heretofore paid into court the sum of $2371.00, the a.mount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for tract No. 188, the undersigned, A. J. Williams, hereby applies to the court for an order or judgment fordistribution of said fund of $2371.00 as hereinafter set out. Ap- plicant further shows that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed and the said petition for judgment and condemnation, that applicant is invested with superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No. 188, and therefore to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, but applicant avers that there are sundry liens on said land, and therefore to the proceeds arising on the exappropriation thereof as now to be set forth, 1st s Delinquent truces on said land for the years 1930 and 1931, amount- ing to $31.69 asappears from the statement thereof obtained from J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, attached hereto; delinquent taxes on said land for the year 1932, amounting to $9.58, and truces in arrears on said land for the year 1933, amounting to $7.42, making an agg regate of $48.69 truces on said land. 2nd: Amount owing to Mary R. Cover, secured by dead of trust on said land amounting on November ll, 1933, to $919.06 with interest thereon from November ll, 1933, as appears from an attested copy of the deed of trust to A. B. Cover, Trustee, attached to the petition of Mary R. Cover filed in this cause • . 3rd: To First National Bank of Harrisonburg, assignee of E.T. Garber & Sons, the sum of $320.00, with interest thereon from February 6, 1933, secured by dead of trust of applicant and wife, a copy of which is attached to the petition of First National Bank of Harrisonburg, filed in this cause. �-2- 4th: To A. E. Wyant, the sum of $26.85, secured by mechanics lien, duly docketed int he Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingha.l!l County. Applicant further avers that the foregoing constitute all the taxes and liens upon said property, and that the record of this suit does not disclose any denial or dispute of any··party in interest as to the title of said Tract No. 188 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except as shown by the petition of Mary R. Cover, and First Nat i onal Bank of Harrisonburg, heretofore filed. That the only liens upon said land and the proceeds arising therefrom are as hereinbefore set forth, and that applicant is entitled to be paid the said sum of $2371.00 after deducting the liens hereinbefore stated. Applicant accordingly prays that Mary R. Cover and A. B. Cover, Trustee in the deed of trust aforesaid, First National Bank of Harrisonburg and L. L. Conraa, Trustee aforesaid, and A. E . Wyant, may be ma.de parties defendant to this petition and required to answer the same, answer under oath being waived. That upon the coming in oftbe answers, and it otherwise appearing to the court to be proper in the premises that the said defendants hereto and applicant may have an order directing the s a id sum of $2371. 00 to be paid, first to the parties as hereinbefore set out, and the residue to applicant, and as in duty bound, he will ever pray. . V , STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit 1 I, Pauline L. Hulvey, a notary public in and for the City of Har risonburg in the State of Virg inia , do certify that A. J. Williams pe r sonally appeared before me and made oath that the statements conta ined in the foregoing petition so far as made on his own knowl edge are true, and those made on information derived from others he believes to be true. My commission expires the 20th day of October, 1935. Given under my band this 20th day of December, 1933. NOTARY PUBLI C �1_9_3_3_ __ Harrisonburg, Va.,__D_e_o_._ 2_0_,_ A. J . Williams - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -To J. ROBERT SWITZER, Clerk D r. Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia To Deibinquent Taxes : I 64- 0-0 t,13.. ag __ 1930 1931 lJ . 94----- I $ 25 92 I 3- 0- 0 1931 5 . 77 5 77 ' $ 31 69 I �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI'Y, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPIENl' VIRGINIA OF THE STATE OF Petitioner v. CASSANDRA LA SON ATKINS a-nd others, RHpondents The separate answer of Mary R. Cover to the application of A. J. Willi.a.ms filed in this cause. This respondent, for answer to said application , or to so nuch thereof as ebe is advised it is material she should answer, says: That she heretofore filed in this cause her pet it ion setting up the indebtedness owing her by A. E. Williams accompanying said petition by a certified copy of the deed of trust bearing date the 1st of January, 1920, executed by A. J. Williams and Fannie Williams, bis wife, to A. B. Cover, Trustee, conveying the tract of land known in these proceedings as tract 188, in trust to secure the payment of the indebtednes s set out in said deed of trust. Petitioner is advised and avers that said A. J. Williams has good title to said tract, known in these proceedings as No. 188, subject to the liens attached thereto; that she has read ~ 1W' the application of said A. J. Williams, ~herein it is set out that the indebted- ness owing to this respondent by A. J. Williams is the sum of $919.06, wi.th interest thereon from November ll, 1933. Respondent avers that the only lien superior to that created by the deed of trust securing the indebtedness. now held by her are the taxes owing upon sa id land, and that she believes that the same are correctly set out in the application of A. J. Williams. Respondent unites in the prayer of the application of A. J. Williams that the said sum of $2371.00, arter the payment of taxes thereon, enough thereof shall be paid to respondent to satisfy the lien ~, ~ I ~ ~ " 'r secured by deed of trust and held by respondent, viz., the u,-1 sum of $919.06~ And having fully answered she prays hence to be dlamisaek j/JmJj. STATE OF. VI INIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wits ~ £. rJ;i_ ad; . ~ I ~ I, Pauline L. Hulvey, a notary public in and for the City of Harrisonburg in the State of Virginia, do certify that this day personally appeared before me, A. B. Cover, and ma.de oath that he is the agent for Mary R. Cover, his ~ther, �-2- and that the statements contained in the foragoi.ng answer of Mary R. Cover are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. My commission expires the 2oth day or u-day of_~f'\_ _ _ _- _ _ , 193~ . October, 1935. Given under my hand this :2 1 NOTARY PUBLIC �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State C.ommiss ion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others Defendants . To the Honorable H. W• .Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia: The answer of A. E. Wyant to a petition filed in this cause by A. J. Williams. This respondent for answer to said petition or so much thereof as he is advised it is material for him to answer, answers and says that it is .true as stated by petitioner that the under---~CL.1, igned has aAlien securing $26.85 on the land known and designated on the map of Park lands as Tract No. 188, and that your respondent answers and says that he is entitled to the said sum of $26.85. Your respondent Joins in the p rayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein and that he ill ever pray, &c. . /!_, HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . �QJ:ommnunttaltf1 nf 1tlir9iuia 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 De cembe r with an order of the circuit court of dated 12/21/33 in accordance Rockingham Co . in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins vs. paid t O "$ 337 . 50 g_ _F_i_r_s_t_ J\_fa_t_i_o_n_a_l_B_a_r_'l_r_o_f_H_a_r_r_·_i_s_o_n_b_u_r~g~ ,____ being in full set tlement of tract #--±88 in the above mentioned cause. ~I..._ Treasurer of Virginia. I,___'------ �<trnmmnumtaltb nf llirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 27, 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA -· First National Bank of Harrisonb urg Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 337 . 50 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 21st day of December 1 93~ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ - ~O~a=s~s=an=d=r~a~L=a=w=s~o=n~A=t=k=i=n~s____ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g as #_1_8_8_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qlnmmnunttalt11 nf llirgiuta 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 accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of . dated 12/21/33 Rockingham County in th e cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Laws o~n~~A~1·~ .k~i~n~s~--------- paid to _J/I . II . Harrison , County Treas,irer of Ro ckinghani County $ 17 . oo being in full se tt l ement of tract #~8 in the above mentioned cause. / ~ Treasurer of Virginia. �O!nmtnntttutttltQ of ]lirgittttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of Rockingham County Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 17 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of December193_Q_ , in the matter of the State entered on the 21st day 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 #~l-8-8_,__ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �(ltnmmnunttaltq nf lllirgiuta TREAS URER 'S OFFICE R I CHMOND, VA . De c ember 27 , 1933 JOHN M. P URCELL TREA SUR ER OF VI RGI N IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Pu r c e ll, Tre asurer of Virg inia have this 27 d.ay of December with a n ord.er of the circuit court of dated 12/21/33 in accordance Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins :paid t o J. Robert Switzer Clerk oft he Circuit Court of Rockingham County $ 31 . 69 being in full settlement of tract# 188 in the above menti on ed cause . • �C!tnmmnumtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL Decem ber 27, 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . Rober t Switz er , Clerk of the Circu it Court of Rockin gham Count y Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of$ 31. 69 , in accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county of_ ~ R~o_c~k~i=n~g._._h_am ~ - - - entere d on the 21st day of Decem ber 1 93L , in the matte r of th e State Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Dev e lopme nt v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a _ _L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_~~i_n_s_ _ _ _ and oth ers, bei ng full and compl ete settle men t for the tract of lan d k nown in said proce eding a s # _ 1_ 8_ 8_ __ Si gn ori g inal a n d dup li cat e and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �a!ommnutnralt4 nf llir9iuia 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 De cember 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 Development of the State of Virginia vs. p aid to $ 926 . 95 Cassandra Lawso=~n~A~t~k~i~·n ~ s ~ - - - - - - - - Mary R . Cove r being in full settlement of tract# 188 in the above mentioned cause. �C!tnmmnttmtaltlJ nf ]Jirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 27 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Macy R. Cover Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 926 . 95 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 21st day of December 193~ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ --=C=a=s=s~an=d=r=-=a-=L=a=w~s~o=n'-"-----'A=t=k~i=n-s..___ ___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #- 1~8_8_ __ Si gn or i gina l and dupli cat e an d return to the Tre a sure r of Virginia. �<t1nmmnuwralt~ nf lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE R IC HMOND, VA . December 27 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASUR ER OF VIRGIN I A 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 dated 12/21/33 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Atkins Lawson - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - -- vs. - - - - - -Cassandra. :paid to _~ . J . Williams $~1~,~0~3~l~·~O~O_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause. #....J.BB �Qinmmnumralt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURl!:R OF VIRGINIA A. J . Williams Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 ,031.00, i n accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county ___ _ _ entered on the of_~R~o~ck_i~n~g~h_run 2Jst day of December 193L, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _s _o_n _A_t~k~i=n=s____ and others, being d_r_a_L_a_w __ _ C_a_s_s_an full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #~ 1=8~8~ - - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. :3bl �<trnmmnntttrnlt4 nf lllirgintn TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. December 27 , 1 933 JOHN M, PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell , Treasur er of Virg inia have this 27 day of Decembe r in accordan ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockingh am County dated 12/21/33 in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. -----~C~ a~s~san dra Lawson ~=A~t= k=i=n=s ~-------- -:pai d to A . E . Wyant $~2~6~·~8~6~_ _ _ _ being in full settleme nt of tract #-1B...8 in the above mention ed cause. �Q.tnmmnuwtaltb nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 27 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. E. Wyant Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 26 . 8 6 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the - ~2=1~ day of December 193_Q_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ A...,,t..,..k....i...n..,s...___ _ __ an d ----"C'""a,_,,,s,,__,s.....,a=n..,.d""""-r=a---=L=a=w=s,,_o,.,_n"""---.,,., others , b e i ng full and complete settlement for the tract of land ~ -known in said proceeding a s # ~ 1=8~8 Sign or jgina l and dupli cat e and r e turn to t h e Treas u rer of Virginia. '3bS �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.188 ________ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. __J...8.8____ $$.2.3.11.-.OPon Tract No. ____________ $----------; on Tract .No. ------------ $----------; . That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; A. J. Williams That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, A. J. Williams, to give 10 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds ai:is ·ng from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: W4erefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the :prQYi~ions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the d,istribution 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. __ l8B _____ $--30.. QO _: Tract No. __ _________ _ $ __ ___ ___ __ : Tract No. __ ____ ___ ___ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P.O.ADDRESS S;TA~E OOMMISSI.ON ON CONSERVATI ON B:~MXJ:~1:!{--:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: & NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �STATE OF VIRGINI~) SS COUNTY OF 1 • A.RREN ) Personally appeared befor,e me the unqers.igned Notary Public in my said State and County, E . K • Stokes, who being ~uly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the S~ate Cormnission on Conservati on and Development in imnediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National' Park Division th ereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah,,. Nat i onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit . Courts of Virginia , by rea·s on of contracts 9.nd agreements enC rered into with t h e owners of lands sought to be c onde:fl.ned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correct . Witness my signature this 8th :?oi'/anu? 1954 ~ 7 r ~~ ,:_; Notary Publi - - - -~ NOTN.Y Fl' " My C mm1ss un lxp s ~ep, \ \ �VIRGINL . IN THE C IRCl'TT COURT OF ROCKINGH. iM COUNTY . The .State Conrnis sion on Jons ervation & Development of the wt ate of Virginia, Pet iti on:.:o r , v. Cassandra Lawson At};:ins, et als , defendFJ.nts . In He: Distribution of proceeds of condemnation for rrract No . 188 This day came the .:>tate Commission m Consrvation & Development by counsel, and IDved the :Jourt to enter an order directing the Treasurer of the .:)tate of Virginia, to pay to it · ut of the proceeds of condemnation of trc1.ct Lo . 183, the su11 of '!f30 . 00 , representing the amount of a certain ple df1J:3 Il19 de by ~i.. . ;r . 'Villiams , wo claimed to be the ovrner of said tract , to said Commission on Conservation & Development , as a contribution forthe establishmen t of .3henandoah .uational Perk and in support of its seid motion, the said Com:r..ission exhi ited to the Court , its mot:ion in vvriting setting forth all the facts in relation thereto ; whic h has been heretofore filed herein . Upon considerA tion whereof , it appearing tothe Court , that the claim of said Connission is not based upon any lien either m the land condemned , or on the proceeds of condemnation , and that said Commission has failed tD obtain the consent of the parties entitled to the proceeds of condemnation , to lMll.e payTIBnt of its claim , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that tre motion of the Connnission for the payment of said claim out of the proceeds of condemnation for said tract be and the sime is hereby denied. � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-a-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, A. J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: S of Old Spotswood Tr 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): 188 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/edc66be517988a473be9f560849bde4a.pdf 839b61eb4ebca5d5956974e979c2b0c1 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #139 Number of Acres: 71lliams , H. A. & Lam, Mary Now Annie Lawson 16 Location: Along Baldor Road . Roads: One and one-half mile to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay, deep and fertile in the cultivated portions; moderate to gentle slopes; southeast and southwest exposure. History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of the tract was cleared many years ago, grazed anu cultivated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . 'l he present stand consists of mixed oaks and white pine. 1 Improvements: (See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 @ $5 .00 ~10.00 35 .00 490 . 00 $500 .00 Cove: Grazing Land: 14 16 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: ValueofLan d: $500 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 800 • 00 800.00 75.00 10 . 00 $1385.00 Value of Orchard: $ 7 5. 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 10. 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 86 • 56 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ~. CLERK. �IMPROVEMENTS: Dwel ling: Log and frame , 18x2 6', kitch en llxl8 4 rooms , porch 6xl7 ', metal roof, brick flues , l¼ story , ceile d, x8', fair conditio n, occup ied by owne r, sprin g, solid found ation . Barn: Frame 26x3 5xl5' , paper roof, good cond ition . Grana ry: Log, 12xl5 xl2', shing le roof, fair cond ition . Hog pen: Log 6xl2x 4', metal roof. Hen house : Frame , 8xl2x 8', shing le roof, fair cond ition . Corn house : Log, 7xl0x 8', shing le roof. �;' 4 J o nty· 00 ing m Di tri ot; Sto awall 'lJ Mng ' ., I 3 o• • 96 P. D 4 15 • 130 P• 19'>2) 0 1188. 95 long · eldor r oo.d . no on "own . 11:, .0 I.om . •. s ssed 15 •• Loo v. ds: s ndy ol Y, d ode at On$ . d ·l ton . t p gentle n • halt ' 11 to if • ~ t en e to r mi l s to ot 11 1 x •, 4 room , tory , o i led , r 1r :.: >00 . 00 '2 -or h nd bz 1. ~o . oo 7t> • • o ;J . 00 '>Q . 00 ~.oo tzpes ; or e 1 nd 1 prov 56 . 0 of 1 ber lue of tract v lu, er ere 3'1 �N Count:' : ~~ockin__,111:..m. ~istrict : ~tone ,dll ',s Le~/ lier ~rthur . La rnon J ugher B,uc;her S10.QG - \...rTu.Zine; ~cule - l ' - O chu i ns � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-h-a-and-lam-mary.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, H. A. & Lam, Mary (Annie Lawson) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Along Beldor Road 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): 139 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/12fe9b370553ca146f3fde88b08e52b9.pdf b11372237ffdedf6e15b90d8f928348a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COONTY NAME OF #116 - Cl'/M,W'~j/ OWNER Williams , H. E . & C. Number of Acres: 43 Entirely within the Park area . Location: Swift Run . Roads: 4 miles via ~pottswood Trail to Elkton, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Clay loam and is of a good depth and fertility; fairly smooth. This tract has about 8000 bd . ft . of second poplar timber on 4 acres . IMPROVEMENTS : - - Water put to house by rain . - -DWELLING ---Frame , 16x24 1 , 5 rooms ceiled , porch 7x24 1 , L 16xl2xl0 1 , metal roof , brick flues condition fair - rainwater supply . B RN--- Frame , 24x28xl6 i 1 metal roof , condition fair --- SPRING HOUSE- 9xl6x8 ' , paper roof , condition fair ~----- WAGON SHED AND GRANERY -Frame , 20x25xl2 1 , conaition fair --- HEN HOUSE- - - - Frame , IDQl~islc roof , condition fair .- - - NEvv DWELLING- ---Frame , 24x26 1 , paper , 10x24x8' 3 rooms , ceiled, 1 story, condition fair --- --WOOD SHED- ---Log , 5xl0x4 1, shingle roof , condition fair . History of Tract and condition of timber: Acreage and value of types : Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: Cove: 2 @ ,_plO . oo $20 . 00 38 @ 40 . 00 3 @ 75 . 00 1520 . 00 ijpl540 . 00 225 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 43 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1540 . oo 1740 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1740 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 2 25 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 50 • 00 25 . 00 $3580 . 00 Value·of Wood: $ 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 83 . 25 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~- ~ - CLEHK �County: Rockingham District: stonewall ,~·11e Acreage Claimed: II . E . & C. Assessed iilliams 30 . 40 Deed 120 12 ."ImJ (1915) ~?G . 00 A.Q 1? . Value Claimed: !I m (1009) ... 585 . 00 , 300 . 00 13 . 2 - 26 (1929) . 500 & note Location: Swift Run . Entirely l ncumbranees , c 0unter claims or.laps: None known . Cl ay loam and is of u BOOd depth of fertility, fairly smooth . Soil: Roads : i thin the parka area . 4 miles via tho ·potswood Trail to Elk;ton, the neare s t shipping point . History pf tro.ot 0.nd eondition of timber: This tract has about 8000 Bd; ft . of second poplar, timber on 4 nc ren , also 20 lOcust posts Tiober 8000 ··,. t 5 . 00 Per l. . ---- - ----- ---- ,?40 . 0 0 20 posto " 20¢ each --- - - ------- ---- - ----4 . 00 44 . 00 Improvements : '· ater put to house by rain-- Dwellins, :·rame l6x24 , 5 rooms oeiled , porch 7x24 L lexl2x 10, metal roof, brick flue , condition fair, rain water supply. ------------------------ ~850 . 00 250 . 0 0 ~ ' Frame 24x28x10 , metalroof, oond . :fair. -· Spring house ; Oxl6x8 1 paper roof, cond. fair 40.00 agon shed and granery, fEa.me , 20x25xl2, condition Fair ~~-~-----~-~-~~~~--~-----~-~-~-~---------- 125 . 00 Hen house , Frame 10x24x8, paper roof , oond fair -- 50 . 00 New dwelling, Frame 24x26 , 3 rooms, ceiled, 1 story, Condition fair--- ------------------ ---------- -- 600 . 00 .ood shed, log 5xlOx4 , shi ngle roof , cond. fair 5 . 00 $ 1920 . 00 Value of land b:£ ty:pe o: T,ff~ Sope Tillable Orchard ~ QX:Q!lee 2 38 3 43 Value PPc.88r~ 50 . 50 100 . 00 ~~~go 1140 . 00 ~ 'll52 . 00 Zo �IN THE CIRGUIT COURT OF ROCKI.J."\TGHA:.: COUNTY, VIRGIWIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others Respondents The petltioner , the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia , on the ---day of December , 1933 , having paid into tl:.3 Court the sum of $3580 . 00 , the amount of award. set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 116 , the undersigned, H. E. Williams , Cordelia ' lilli ams and Henry • ,illiams hereby apply to the Court , or to the Judge thereof in vacation , for an order of judgment for the distribution of saicl sum of f~3580 . 00 to the said 'Jilliams and Henry the report of m. E. ~lilliams , Cordelia • ,Villi ams , on the ground that it appears from the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s heretofore filed , and the said petition for judgment and condemnation , that the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner, are invested with the superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract of land No . 116 , and therefore to the proceeds ariaing from the condemnation thereof and are entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the exappropriat ion of said Tract No . 116 . That Henry • '• lilliams , one of your petitioners , has a life estate in the aforesaid described. tract of land ; that there is a li en resting on sa i d land in the sum of $150 . 00 , without interest on said amount in favor of Lula Baugher ; that the said Henry A. Williams is joining in this petition with your petitioner H. E . vVi lli ams , releasing his said l i fe interest . The undersigned. aver · that the record in this suit does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or persons in inter est as to the tit le to the said Tract No . 116 , or to the proceeds aris i ng from the condemnation thereof , except as above stated , and �2. the said statements in the petit ion of condemnation as to the title of the undersigned are true , and that the undersigned have title in fee simple , and encumbered only to the extent of $150 . 00 , to said Tract No . 116, and are entitled to be paid the sum of $3580 . 00 , less the lien indebtedness of $150 . 00 due Lula Baugher and pray the Court that it will order and direct the payment of said aum of $3580 . 00 to the undersigned . The original deeds to your petitioners are filed herewith . State of Virginia, County of Rocking ham~ d, l{ , I, < , a Notary Pub lie of and for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the 16th day of December , 1933, personally appeared before me in my said County , H. E . vli lliams, Cordelia 'vi lli ams and Henry n . villiams , and made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing petition are true . Given under my hand this 16th day of December, 1933 . I.flt,, �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Respondents Casse.~d.ra Lawson At1cins, and. others The answer of Lula Baugher to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of ockingham County, Virginia, by H. E . Williams, Cordelia Williams and Henry A . Villiams . 1 This respondent for answer to said petition or to so much thereof as she is ad.vised 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 One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150 . 00) without interest on the real estate known and designated on the map of Park lands as Tract No . 116 , as shown by the deeds filed by petitioners . And that your said respondent answers an:l says that she is entitled to the said. sum of $150 . 00 . Respondent further says that there is no interest due on said sum of $150 . 00 . Your respondent joins in the prayer of said petitioners for the distribution of said fund. as set out therein and that she will ever pray and &c . State of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to- wit: I, CJf;'i,. Q ~ , a Notary Public of and for the County of Rockingham , in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the /~ day of ~ , , 1933 , personally ' appeared. before me in my s_a id. County, Lula Baugher, and made oath that the statements claimed. in the foregoing answer are true . �2. Gi ven under my hand t h is / /; day of Dec ember , 19 33 . STATE OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit : I , J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of t h e Circuit Court of RockingCounty do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes a gainst the tra ct of 43 acres i n Stonewall District , assessed in the name of H. E., Henry A. and Cordelia Williams . nam Given under my hand this 16th day of December, 1933 . �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONC ,RN : I hereby certify that the records the taxes for the years 1932 and that show office of my tract~ of land in the names the against assessed 1933 and Cordelia Williams E. H. and of H. E. Williams and 30-1-0, respectively, acres 13-2-26 and containing Stonewall District, Mountains, Ridge Blue situate in the • paid been Rockingham County , has ./Ill taxes prior to that time, if of record in the Clerk's matter a are any be unpaid, Office of said County. Given under my hand this 16th day of December 1933. &~ -~--?11 County. Treasurer/of Rockinghrun ~3o �• ��~ l VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Ok ~e of the Circuit Court of Rocltrngham County. · THIS DEED from to . . . . . ... . . . . 1J7/4 R.tH-u.. t ~ c{'UAAJ~ l{, f,, <PJ.~~ r- ~a--r_~ , ~ J o-_ . . . ... . . . ,- L ~ . .. ~ ~······················· ............. .................................................. . was thzs day presented z"n the office aforesaid, and zs, together wz"th the certificate of acknow ledgment annexed, admz"tted to record. T este, Clerk . Form 59"--Berl i n . �• - ,.. ram Re ordP.d 'n ~1, r .. ' offic COLI ; Vir ' ' 0 d "') N1 o-;;. - Page--. . " .a, .. r,ed, "j? 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Cassa ndra Iawson Atkin s , an:l others On this the !l -day --- Corde lia ;Jillia ms and Henry of Decem ber, 1933 , came H:. .& . villiam s, • ~lilliam s and on their motion , leave is given them to file their petiti on and the answe r of Lula Baugh er to the said petiti on, which answe r is accord ingly filed, and it appea ring to the Court that $3580 . 00, the amoun t of the award set out in the judgm ent of condem nation for Tract No . 116, hereto fore paid into Court; and it appea ring from the repor t of the Board of Appra isal Cormn issione rs hereto fore filed in this cause an~ in the petiti on for judgm ent and conde mnatio n hereto fore filed herein , that in the opinio n of petiti oner, the said H. E. , illiarn s, Corde lia 1illiam s and Henry A . ~illia ms are invest ed with a super ior or bette r right or claim of title in and to said Tract No . 116 ; and that the record of this cause does not show any denia l or dispu te by any party or person s in intere st as to the said tract or to the procee ds arisin g from the condem nation thereo f, excep t as to the lien for i150 . 00 due Lula Baugh er as fully set out in her answe r; and it furthe r appea ring to the Court that all taxes due or taxab le upon said Tract No . 116 have been paid; Upon Consi derati on , 'here of , it is consid ered and ordere d by the Court that the said sum of $3580 . 00 paid into Court as just compe nsation for said Tract No . 116 , 'lP3430 . 00 a part thereo f, be paid to said H. i . • illiam s , Corde lia :lillia ms and Henry A. ra11ia ms and ~150 . 00, the residu e thereo f , be paid to Lula Baugh er, and the alerk of this Court is direct ed to transm it a certif ied copy of tnis .J: . order to the Treas urer of Virgi nia, who shall pay unto the said R • Vvillia ms, Corde lia "Hllia ms and Henry A . vvillia ms $3430 . 00 and pay unto the said Lula Baugh er the said sum of ~150 . 00, the amoun t of �2. the award set out in the judgment of condemnat ion of said tract of land, taking from said H:. E . vfilliams, Cordelia ,i/illiams , - Hanry A. villiams and Lula Baugher a receipt therefor ,andcertif y such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropria te entry thereof as req_uired by law . Enter : J;tt t,{J Judge �Q!nmmnuwtaltq nf 1Iirgiuia T REA S URER ' S OFFICE RI C HMO ND, VA , December 22 , 1933 JO HN M. P UR CELL TREASURER O F VIRGIN I A This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi nia have this 22 day of December with an ord e r of the circuit court of in accordance Roc1dngbam Coimty cause of the State Commi s sion dated_ Jg/ 20L33 - - - in the on Conservatio n and Development of the State of Virginia vs. paid to . .....s..,.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~~n~4. .t. . .k..._j._.n Gas sandra Law so Mr . Herbert W. Wyant , Attorney for Lula Baugher $~1=5~0~-~D~D~- - - -being in full settlem e nt of tract# 116 in the abov e mentioned cause. 3/0 �0Inmmnttwtalt11 nf ]ttrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. De cember 22 1 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Mr . Herbert w. Wyant, Attorney for Lula Baugher Harrisonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $150. 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am of necerober entered on the 20th day 1 93 .3_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~ C~a=s=s~an==d=r~a~L=a~w~s~ o=n~A~t~k=i=n=s=--,- -__ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~1= 1~6_ __ f Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Q!ommnuwtalt4 nf llirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL Decemb er 22 , 1 933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia h ave t his ~2=2~ _ d.ay of December in accordance with an ord.e r of the circuit court of Rockingh am Count y dated_Jgf2 0~/~3~3_ _ in the cause of the State Commi ss ion on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virgi ni a vs. Cassandra Lawson At k ins Mr . Herbert w. Wyant , Attorney for paid. to _H . E . WjJJ j ams , Cordelia W:iJJiams , and Henry $ _3~1~4_3_0_._0_0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract /J. • 1.'J i ll i ams #1.lfi.. in the above mentioned cause. 312 �Qtnmtttnuwtaltq nf l!lirgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 22 , 1933 TREASURER OF V I RGINIA Mr. Herbert w. Wyant, Attorney for H. E . Williams, Cordelia Williams and Henry A• . William.s Harrisonburg, Virgin_i_a~ - Re c eived of J.M. Purcell, Treas urer of Virg ini a , the sum of$ 3 , 430 . 00 , in acc ordan ce with an or der of the Circuit Court of the count~ of Rock ingham entered on the 20th day of December 1 93L , in the matt e r of the State Commi ss ion on Conservati on and Development v Cassandra Lawson Atkins, · _ _ _______ and oth ers , being full and complete settlement f or the tract of land ,, kn own i n said proceeding as #_1_1_ 6_ _ __ Sign or iginal an d dup li cat e an d re t u rn to t h e Tr easur er of Virgi n ia. 313 � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-h-e-and-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, H. E. & C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 116 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/7345245b8c33adb249ce84ac56da5720.pdf 2f1fed842623636af8de322c7484a7f8 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #327 - Williams , James Number of Acres:132 Location: Four and one-half miles sout h of Island Ford , entirely within the Pa rk area and bounded on all sides by J . A. lexander tract . Roads: Three miles very rough road down Big Run to county road . One and one- half miles rough county road to Island Ford . Soil: Sandy loam, good depth of fertility in cove, a nd fields restocking shallow in slope and ridge . Part of tract is · rocky. Rock outcrops along banks of Big Run and on part H. of s l ope and ridge , northeast and northwest exposure . 1story of Tract and condition of timber: Heavily culled years ago , young stand of various species , mostly pine on fields restocking , pine timber on part of slope and ridge badly damaged by fire . Scattering saw timber pines and oaks on slope and cove type land . Improvements: 1 barn 40x20', frame with shingle roof, poor condition. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Ridge: 7 Slope: 105 Cove: 14 6 Value per acre Total Value $1 . 00 ~,7 . oo 3 . 00 315 . 00 @ 7 . 00 98. 00 @ 10 . 00 60 . 00 $480 . 00 @ Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 132 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 480 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 7 5 . 00 75 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 75 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $5 . 1-5 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE 75 . 00 $ 680 . 00 �·- -1~ bl~ · ~~a:~ ~rcuit -durt o L _ ~ _ ~ b , ~ ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Developmen~tate of Virginia, Peti__ ~ __ tioner, vs. _____ .tames Williams ____ l , ~ ---------------~ - -Ona--liund.r-ed--a:a4-th-i-rty-- ene- --ac-res------------------------------------------more or less, of land in_Ro..ckingham______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__R_q_Q;\_{_tl.!tth~!!l___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _____ .J..ame.s _ltilliams. ___________________________________________ _ . _______________________________________________________ Keezletown Virginia My post office address 1s _ I claim a -right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____~~~-- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___a _ll.; rn_b.tUl.di.ng_ _+--C ~- - -~ ---------------- . 1an d 1s · 1oca t ed a b ou t ____________ five Isl and Ford v·1rg1ma, ·· m · m1·1 es f rom_____________________________ Th1s the_ s_t.onawall ___ Magiste~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.-) 1 am sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: North ____ Ei-g-Su.Fv-e-y-----------------------------------------------------------South ______ l3 i g Survey _-------------------------------------- __________________ _ Bi g survey East _______________________________________________________________________ · ______ _ West ________ Jiig Su.r..1Ley -------------------------------------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __l-J_lQ___ in the f~~~o-~:_::~:~~~{fj_CHN;J,£t':-~---~---(/d~-I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $____ ]._QQQ_._QQ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_lOilll. DlL ____ . I am the owner of_ ____-___________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attache~e~~--tL ________ day ;~~~;~~:, l~t~NTY OF------~~\/r;;;~-=2- The undersigned hereby certifies that~-- ~ - - -( J f ~ ~ -------the above named claimant personally appe d before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answe are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, -.. this _____ L,t__________ day of--~ , ~,.:t._,/ 'I/ /.J ( • -· - , ,- - -· ~--- · p/5/~J~~ ,. ~I ... .. • -- ~- ---, 193~-« e,#. /. _. _ . -t., , .!J.{J) , -Ci;,~~~-o,;;;:t;~~t?r'-0~ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 2.i �County: nockinehruµ District: Stonewa ll Williams, J ame s .. .J-'52? • \ oreaco Clai~ed: 131 Value Cla i med: $1000.00 Location : '.. soessed 1 25 ~~130 .oo n Area : De ed [no f iel d sheet) JI 132 A. 4~ miles south of Island F rd , entirely within Fark area and bounded on all sides hy ~ • • • Alexander tract. Lans : none known. .§_oil: Sandy lo.am., good -dep thof fe till ty in cove, and f ields restocking shallow in slope and ridge . Jart of tract is rooky. Rook outcrops along banks of Big Run and on part or slor-e nd ridge, northeast and north\'Jest exposu.res. Roads: 3 mile s very rough road dpwn Big Hun to county r oad. 1: zniles rough county road to I sland Ford. History: Heavil y culled yea.re; o.e;o, young stoncof various spec·es, mostly pins on fields restocking:, pine t i mber on part of slope and ridge badly druna~ed by fire. Soa ttering saw timber p1rtes a nd Oaks on slope and ,f.?5 . 00 oove tJPe land, 30 M. bd. ft . ~ $ 2 . 50 Improvements: l Barn 40x20, frame ith shingle roof, poor $15 . 00 ' ·condition condition poor old 34 Apple trees 25 years " " n n 3 peach trees " !I " 2 Pea r . trees " " " n n ................,..4_oherry trees " 43 .00 43 trees ~l 1. 00 a 58. 00 ff Value of l · nd b:t; types: ~!e Slope Aorease 14 105 Ridge ? F ields restockinf 6 Value J2er noro $4 . 00 3 . 00 1.00 5 . 00 32 Total value of l and )408 . 0~ T~ ..al value of 1:m:provcments 58 .00 Total value of timber ?5.00 Tot l value of tract 541.00 Average ve.lue per a.ore 4 .10 Total Value $56 .00 ..,.315 . 00 7.00 30 . 00 :,408 . 00 �CttnmwnuwraltlJ nf l!Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL January 22, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, · J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 22 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated_ l_/_1_7_/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson vs. - -- - - --- - - -- - -Atkins - - - - -- -- -- - - - :paid to James Williams $ _659.69 _ _ _ _ __ being in full settlement of tract #327 in the above mentioned cause. �Q!nmtttnuwtalt11 nf llirgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMON D , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL January 22 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA James Willia.ms Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of $ 659 . 69 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county Of- -Rockingh am- - - - entered on the -- ~-- of January 17th day 193_1_ , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ - --=C'-"a=s"-'s=a=n=d=r-=a,____,,,L=a=w"-'s"'--o=n=-=A,___,,t=k=i,.,,n""'s"--- -- an d others , being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as #~3~2~7~ - - - Sign origina l and duplica te and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . �<ttomwnunttaltlJ nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 22, 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virgini a have this 22 d.ay of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County d.ated 1/17/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia Cassandr_a___.1-a~w~s~o~n.,,_=A~t=k~iuu~s"-- - - - -- - - - vs. :paid to $ 4.63 M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County:, Harrisonburg, Virginia being in full settlement of tract #___!.327 in the above mentioned cause. IJ3) �Q!nmwnuwraltf1 nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA. January 22 , 1934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harriso n , Treasu rer of Rocking ham County Harriso nburg, Virgin ia Re c eived of J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 4 . 63 , in accord ance with an order of the Circui t Court of the county of_ _-'-JR~a=c=k~1~n~g~h=run .....______ entered on the of 17th day Jam1ar y 1934_, in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conser vation and Develop ment v _ __ Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others , being full and comple te settlem ent for the tract of land known in said procee ding as # _ 32'-'7_ __ Sign ori g inal and duplic ate and return to the Treasu rer of Virgin ia. �Qrnmnrnuttttaltq nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA • .January 22, 1934 JOHN M, PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 22 day of .Jm uary in accordance with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/17/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Lawson Atkins vs. - - -- - -Cassandra - - - -- ---- - - - -- -- - - - - paid to M. H. Harrison, Treaaurer of Rockingham County Harrisonburg, Virginia <11? 4.29 ___ b eing in full settlement of tract # 327 'W- - - in the above mentione d cause. �QJ:nmmnumtttlt4 nf llirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , January 22 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. · H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County Harrisonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $_4= •=2~9___ , in accordance with an order of the Circu i t Court of the county of __~R~o~c~k~i~rn~g~h_run----'---'--- entered on the of January 17th day 193L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ ___,C~a u..u.. s~s=a~n~d~r~a...___I~4a=w........,s~o~n..__,_A~t~k=i~n ......... s _ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding a s #____:_3~2~7_ ___ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �O!nmmnuwtaltlJ nf lltrgtuia T REASURER ' S O FF ICE R I CHMOND, VA . January 22, 1934 J OHN M . PURCELL T REASU RE R OF V IR GI NIA • This is to certify that I, of Virginia have this 22 J . M. Purcell, Treasurer day of January in ac cordance with an order of the circuit c ourt of Rockingham Courty dated 1/17/34 in the cause of t he State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Atkins Cassandra Lawson - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - vs . paid to_;f. Robert Switzer, Clerk, Rockingham County, Harrisonburg $ 11.39 Va. #~27 being in full se t tlement of tract in the above mentioned cause . �O!nmwnuwtalt11 nf lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 22 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . Robert Switzer , Clerk Harrisonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treas urer of Virgi n ia, the sum of$ 11,39 , i n a c co r dan c e with a n order of the Ci rcuit Court of t h e county _o_c_k_i_n~g~h_a_m_ _ _ _ entered on the of_ _ R 17th day of January 1 93...i_ , in the matter of th e State Commission on Conservati on an d Deve l opment v _ __ Cassandra Lawson Atk1ns and othe r s , b eing full and complete sittlement fo r t h e t ra ct of land known in sai d proceeding as #_ 3_2_7_ _ _ Sign origi na l and dup l icate and r e t u r n to th e Treasure r of Virginia . �NOTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County 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 DEFENDANT S. 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. ____________ ; :3___":1-::-7__: and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. 3__.1:_7__ $_6._f_(}_,_Q_(.(on Tract No. ____________ $ ____ __ ____ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------j That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract( s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.3._2:7-'- _____ $_6..f_r2_,_C!t?: 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) P. 0. ADDRESS }~NAM~ ~ ~ ------ -----~ - ~-2 ~------ ------------- ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: :::::::::::::: ::: # ~-----------------~- - --------------- _-~~ ___________________ (For _acknowle d_went-- see_other_ si de J_ ___________ ________ _ NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. • �STATE OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF FD CRINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of do hereby certify that the reco;r-ds in my off ice County Rockingham do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 131 acres illl Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia, a_;3sessed-.'.' in the name of James Williams , up to 4nd including the tax year 1931, except for the tax year 1927, which~1a~e unpaid and amount to, including penalties, interest etc. to d~te, $11 .39. Given under my hard this 19th day of December,193 3. Cler I.Sb •omnaAx ~ ~ •££61 'Jeqmeoea Jo a-ep lI+6T s1-q+ ptrn-q am Jepun ueA1D •enJ+ eq oi me-qi seAe11eq eq sJetI+O JO uo1+-emJ0Ju1 uodn ap-em S'B J'BJ OS p!'B en.:q 8J'B U01+BIDJOJU1 UJAO s 1ll uo apBm SB JBJ OS uo1 ·~+1 iad eAoq-e a-qi u1 peu1-e+ uoo s +uemei-eis ett+ +'9ll+ i:rreo ap-em -pu-e SIDB1TT1M senre~ em eJoJaq peJ-eedd-e a11-euosJed a-ep S1lll : +11A-O+ ' WVHDNDl:OOH .fCO il.Nn©O ' VINIDHIA .fCO :R.LV.LS �M. H. HAR RISO N TREA SURE R OF ROCK INGH AM COUN TY HARRI SONBU RG, VIRGIN IA To Vlhom It May Conce rn : I h3rob y certi fy that the recor ds of my offic e show that the taxes ,asse ssed again st a certa in tract of land in the name of James Willi ams, conta ining 131 acres , situa te in Stone wall Distr ict iti Rocki ngham Coun ty, for the years 1932 and 1933 are unpai d, and amoun t to , inclu ding pena lties and inter est to date, ; 4 . 29 and$ 4 . 63, respe ctive ly o All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpai d , are a matte r of recor d in the Clerk ' s Offic e of said Coun ty. . Given under my hand this 19th day of Decem ber 1933 . _ _ _ _ UJ �('' :, - IN THE cmcurT C ' -· .... T- 0~ ROCK:lliGHAM COUNTY, VIR Iill'IA. TEE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELO!YENT OF THE STATE OF VIBGilfil v. #1829 PETITIONER At Law ., CASSANDRA LAWSON A 'IXINS, ET AIS, ETC. On this, the / > DEFEIDANTS day of December, 1933, came James Williams and on h:is motion leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of $680.00, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for Tract No. 327, heretofore paid into Cdn1rt. And 1 t a p:g:earing fran. the :report o-f' the Boo.rd of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore tiled in this came, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the _ _ day of Nowember, 1933,, that in the opinion of petitioner, the ·said James iUlliam.s is invested with a superior or better right or •laim o-f' title in and to the said Tract of land No. 327, and that the record o'f' this came does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Tract No. 327, or to the proceeds arising frcm t .he condemnation thereof, and tbat the said James Williams is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said '!Tact No. 327, and it further appearing to the Court that the truces tiJPOn said Tract No. 3a7 have been.paid e~cept taxes for the year 1927 amounting to $11.39, and for the years 1932 and 1933, the amounts of $4.29 and $4.63, res:i;ectively, all of whicll said arrounts inc-lude penalties and interest to date: Upon consideration whereof', it is considered and ordered ;tL,./4_ by the CotrtAthe said sum of $680.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation ·for Tract No. 327 be paiop.s follows: that the taxes for the tax year of 1927, amounting to $11.39, be paid to J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, and that taxes for the tax years of 1932 and 1933, amounting to $4.29 and $4.63, respectively, be paid to ,.-. / M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of R~ckingµ.am County, and that the balance remaining after the payment of said amount be paid unto the said James Williams; and th~ Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of' this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who . 1'17 �• .. . --2-- shall. sliall pay to ;r. Robert Switzer, Clerk , tax.es for the tax year 1927 amounting to 11 . 39 , to M. H. Harrison , Treasurer or Rockin@iam County, taxes for the tax years 1932 and 1933 , amounting to $4. 29 and $4 . 63 , respectively, and the bala nce of $559 . 69 he sha11 pay to the said Jaims Williams , the total. thereof being $680 . 00 , the annunt of the award set out in the j_udgment of condemnation for Tract No . 327, taking from the said Clerk and Treasurer and the said ;fames Williams receipts therefor and certifying bch payment to the Clerk c£ this- Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law. '. f � 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-james.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, James Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Four and one-half miles south 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): 327 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8fbb42f32b738678580250efb6f67041.pdf 75a755b76bcbbaa8d401d12487bceb38 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF i i ~/am ER #117 - Wil l iams , John & Elizabeth Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Soil: 10 Swift Run . Enti rely within the Par k area. Spottswoo d Trail , 4½ miies hard sur face to Elkton, the near est sh~ pping point . Dark clay loam, c ove type , fairly steep , the entire tract ha s a good depth of fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: The timber has be en removed fr om the wooded area of this tract , not even fuelwood left . It shows that it has grown some very larg e timber . · Improvements: See reverse side for Improveme nts . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 @ $10 . 00 $20 . 00 Cultivated Land: -- 7 @ 50 . 00 Orchard: 1 10 @ 100 . 00 350 . 00 - $370 . 00 100 . 00 137 5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: - Minerals: Value of Land:$ 370 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 137 5 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 100 . 00 50 .oo $1895 . 00 --- Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 189 . 50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . ~£( 444 : CL ERK zo �CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE : Improve ments: - DWELLING: Frame & Log , 6 rooms , 16x24 1 - -L part 13x23xl0 1 , 2 rooms , porch 6x24 1 , back porch, 7xl2 1 , rooms ceiled , l½ story, metal roof , fair c ondition , o c cupi ed by owner . Spring water supply . BARN: Frame 16x30xl6 1 , good condi tion-- - MEAT HOUSE- --Frame , 8xl2x9,1 , shingle roof , fair conditio n . , · SFRING HOUSB- - Sj_ze ,. ~xlOx8 1 ---UNFINISHED HEN HOUSE- - - - - Frame 10xl4xl0 1 , no roof , poor conditio n . - - -CORN HOUSE--- Log and Frame --12x23xl 2 1 , shingle roof , fair conditio n . GARAGE: Frame , 10xl2x8 1 , metal roof , good conditio n • • �Count,.:: : c inr-)1 . · r1 triot: s ton 'mll 'll'l linmo oennod Vnlue J • • l aimed: Looo.tion: ~ntir ly 11:ft Run. nooa s. 13G 9.136 o.oo 1 thin th " · 75. (191;,) po.r,. a a- • I one cnown. rk olny lo h s n oo 01 • cov. t.r· -0' f i~l;y otoo . , the ontiro tr ot or rert · 11 t" oto wood - rn1l , ·.=. 1ns 1,oin i.• n .,u.rG:lt 11 • o._urtac, to ··atoll., ed I. ,rovo!_!bn;ts: l3xn5:r.lt , "' • I,,;,, 00 __............... ... :roc,f, cond. "'900. 0 '10 .oo 30 . 00 2e.a ot l egv 0 Tille.bl re rr ·404.00 value of land value of improvements 1535.00 150.00 of ore ard -.t2Ue'.J . Ou value of tract 160.39 Average value per acre Total Total Value Total luo '!-! ~I .to 300 . 0\) _. oo �Total luc ot l d To l v luoor tmprov ~ olu ot orohnrd o l lue ot timber Tot l v. lu ot tr ct ver V: lue p 1152.0 n 1020 . 00 000. 00 44 ,.00 z l. .oo 7 . 44 �<nnmmnnmraltq nf llltrgtnta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, January 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 January with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/25/34 in accordance Rockingham Co"l.Ulty in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson~Atkins ~ - - - -- - - - - - - - - vs. paid to __ Lula Baugher $ 75.00 being in full settlement of tract # 117 in the above mentioned cause. �<t!nmmnuwtaltq nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE · RICHMO ND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Lula Ra1Jgb er Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of$ 75 . 00 , in accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county of Rockin gham entere d on the 25th day of_~J_a~n~·~ -193_1_ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v_s__ ~C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a~L=a~w~s~o=n~A~t=k=i~n~s~____ and others , being full and compl ete settle ment for the tract of land known in said proce eding as# 117 (Part) Sign origin al and duplic ate and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. 315 �a!nmmnuttttttlt11 nf llirgiuttt T R EA SURER ' S OFFICE R I CHMOND, VA, January 27, 1934 J OHN M. P U RCELL T REASURER O F VI RGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Pur ce l l, Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 day of_J.an11ary in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham Count~ dated_ l-/ ~2_5-,-/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the St ate of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson..._..A~t~k-i-n-s- - - - - - - - - - :paid to __ Lizzie E. WilJiams and Henry E. Williams $ 1,820.00 being in full settlement of t ract# 117 in the above mentioned cause . �Q!nmmnunttalt~ nf llirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE 27 9 4 RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Lizzie E. Williams and Henry E. Wi lliams Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 1 1 820 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county rn' - - - - entered on the of_ _._.R~a~c~k~j~n~g~b.....,...a~ of Jan . 25th day 1933-, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ~s__ =-a_w_s~o~n-'-------A'--"--'-tk=i=n=s_____ and others, being _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_ L _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # 117 '(l---1'-ar.t) Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 317 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs. Cassandra Iawson Atkins , &c Respondents The petitioner, the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, on the ----day of December, 1933, having paid into Court the sum of $1895 . 00, the amount of award set out in the judgment of condeunation of tract No . 117 , the undersigned Lizzie E . Williams and Henry A. Williams hereby apply unt o the Co_u rt or to t h e Judge thereof in vacation, for an order of judgment for the distribution of said sum of $1895 . 00 to the said. Lizzie E . Williams and. Henry A. Williams, on the ground that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed and the said petition for judgment an:l condemnation , that the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner , are invested with the superior or better right or claim oftitle in am to the said Tract of land No . 117, and, therefore, to t he proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and are entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the exappropriation of said Tract No . 117 ; that Henry A. vlilliams one of your petitioner, has a life estate :Ln the aforesaid described tract of land; that :Margaret Nilliams who had a life estate in said tract of land died more than fiftee years ago; that there is a lien resting on said land in the sum of $75 . 00 without interest on said amount, in fayor of Lula Baugher ; that the said Henry A. Williams is joining in this petition with your petitioner Lizzie E. Williams, releasing his said. life estate . The original of the deed. of bargain and sale to your petitioner Lizzie E . ~Hlliams is filed herewith, marked "Exhibit Deed" . HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . �2. The undersigned aver that the record in this suit does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or persons in interest as to the title to the said Tract No . 117, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except as above stated and that said statements in the petition of condemnation as to thetitle to the undersigned are true, and that the undersigned have title in fee simple encumbered only to thee xtent of $75 .00,to the said Tract No . 117, and are entitled to be paid the sum of $1895 . 00, leas the lien indebtedness of $75 . 00 due Lula Baugher, and pray the Court that it will order and direct the payment of said sum of $1820 . 00 to the undersigned and $75 . 00 to Lula Baugher , to satisfy the lien aforesaid. Respectfully submitted: State of Virginia, County af Rockingham, I, for the County of Rocking -vJ that on the ~,Z. State of Virginia, do certify day of January, 1934, personally appeared befo me in my said County, Lizzie E. Williams and Henry A. lilliams and made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing petition are true. commission expires the d _K - day ~ - - - ' 193 Given under my hand this ,2--v day of January, 1934. My HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. 250 �-. ~ ~ au,,t ,~ ~ . ~ -z--z..,, I . . . /4~ ;fiaL,-L,---zk :1,#UL--~~G ~d~ ,;,,47 ~r z,~ ?/4 _~ ~r ~ ~ ?a_~~~~ ) ~ ~ auL /7 ~~~ 1d,;:t;_:f,?h, ' f. , ~1-ae_,hvd /~ /4 ~ Cr,«,/_~ ~~A,-ef /4-d fZll_ °o/~ ' ~by = ' ~~-~ ~ ,,,_ ~A7~ou~~ ~~ ~d~ ~--de_ f-17/v t-U-ed j ~ ~a/__ ~~I -de_ ~~/f~ 7~~ jta1/ 4 ~~.~a,,L~,~~~/ ~ ~~ ~ o/f~ : .,Wd4 ~ ~ --d~~ ~ c_l)-11~ 1 ~ ~ ~ - d e _ 7 y ~ ~ ~ < u~n~ ,~ ~~ ~~ ~o dl 1/ ~ ~~d-~ ~~~~~ I ~ ,£_ -~ J fl. 'i. ~~J--J i,~ i:r JuC::,~, ~L 1· ~~ lt.. /7 ' f //S f'~ 7 "-~ Yo ~ ~ ~ ? ~ /~ ~ f a d,,_ ~ ~j,11; ' { I\/ \ )3~~~ a,d_ ~ ~ a .i =o-&/..,,,~-? ,¾~ " ~ , ft.. f. ~ 'I,~~ \ ½ ,J h~ ~~,_ ~ ~1 ~ ~ rlas-'i. «}f n{ 'i; /o£/"4 t, /h /4 7' i, a f../4,. ~~ :i_f }h~ ~ad _~ lb~~~~( . t' { ~ , j ,n' 'i/l/WUd, j r tL_ ~ 1 J.Jfc,-£v f ·f- ~-/~,J i_,/i tf£/4 f;; iil. 6'/~~~~ - I �'---' . ....- 1 ('.") ;:, 1 I') .. -i t? ... ., ? ~ -, -'~ i'-. ~ 't:: ...... ~ I:, '(; ,.,.- (~ "" ~ \ C, w,r,,. ') Cl, I ,~ < c.:, ~ c,; ; ·t J~ ) J i ~t~ I ~ I ( -~~ • :;,, " ~ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia Peti tion er vs . Cass andra Lawson Atki ns &c Repp onde nts 1illia ms On this the ~da y of Janu ary, 1934 , came Lizz ie E. them to and Henr y A. Willi ams and on thei r moti on, leave is given to the said file thei r peti tion , and the answ er of Lula Baug her, peti tion , whic h answ er is acco rding ly filed . nt of And it appe aring to the Cour t that $1895 . 00 is the amou t No . 117, awar d set out in the judgm ent of cond emna tion for Trac repo rt of the here tofo re paid into Cour t, and it ·appe aring from the this cause and Boar d of App raisa l Comm ission ers /ere tofo re filed in e fi .led in the peti tion for judgm ent and cond emna tion here tofor Lizz ie E. Willi ams here in, that in the opin ion of peti tion er , the said bett er righ t and Henr y • Willi ams are inve sted with a supe rior or and that the or claim of title in and to the said Trac t No . 117; ute by any reco rd of this cause does not show any deni al or disp to the proce eds party or perso ns in inte rest as to the said trac t or lien for arisi ng from the cond emna tion there of, exce pt as to the er; and it $75 . 00 due Lula Baug her, as fully set out in her answ taxab le upon furth er appe aring unto the Cour t that all taxes due or said Trac t No . 117 have been paid ; red by the Upon Cons idera tion Wher eof, it is cons idere d and orde just comp ensat ion Cour t that of said sum of $1895 . 00 paid into Cour t as to Lizz ie for said Trac t No . 117, $182 0 . 00 a part there of be paid 00 mhe resid ue there of, E . Willi ams and Henr y A. vfilli ams, and $75 . is direc ted to be paid to Lula Baug her , and the Clerk of this Cour t of Virg inia, trans mit a cert ified copy of this orde r to the treas urer y • Nilli ams who shal l pay unto the said Liz~ ie E . Willi ams and Henr $75 . 00; the amou nt $182 0 . 00; and pay unto said Lula Baug her the sum of �2. of award set out in the judgment of condemn ation of said Tract of land, taking from the said Lizzie E. William s , Henry A. Williams and Lula Baugher , a receipt therefor and aertifyi ng such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropr iate entry thereof as required by law . Enter: ,/:fv.r,?J Judge �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONC~RN : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Lizzie ~ illiams has paid the taxes for years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 9-3- 16 acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time, if any due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . be Given under my hand this 22nd day of January 1934. M. H. Harrison, Treasurer Byc:i-272doaL4M<=:-De puty . 25 �STATE O:F' VIRGINIA. , COUNTY OF IDCKINGHAM, 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 t axes against the tract of 9 acres 3 roods and 16 poles situate in Stonewall Dis.trict Rockingham County Virginia, assessed in the name of Lizzie E. Will iams. Given under my hand this 22d day of January, 1934. of Rockingham the Circuit Co County, Virginia . 2 5.? �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 , &c The answer of Lula Baugher to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rpckingham County, Virginia, by Lizzie E. ivilliams and Henry A. ,i/illiams . This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so anich thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer, answers and says that it is true as stated by petitioners that the undersigned has a lien securing $75 . 00 without interest, on the real estate known and designated on the Map of Park lands as Tract No . 117, as shown by deed filed by petitioners . And that your respondent answers and says that she is entitled to said sum of $75 . 00 . Respondent further says that there is no interest due on said sum of ~75 . 00. Your respondent joins in the prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein, and she will ever pray , &c . State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: 0/,,(~'),f,,_ I, , a Notary Public of and for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virg inia, do certif that on the.Z.Z, day of January, 1934, personally appeared before me Lula Baugher. in my said County and made oath that the statements claimed in the fore g oing petition are true . Given under my hand this ,£Y~day of January, 1934 . HERBERT W. WYANT ~~d ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA , My commissio~n expires -----=~~~~~~()~'vf--....~;;::....-==- --~ ' day of 19 3r;Jii, • // V Neta\( ,,, icC :s 25Y �,,ST.ATE C011MISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT V CASS.ANDRA LAWSON ATYJNS At Law No. 1829 The State Co:rnm:Js:sion on Conservation and Development having filed in this caooe , it{s petition praying for a refund from George N. Conrad for the sum of $37. 50 on account of donation by him of seventy-five acres of land toward the Park area , and the said Conrad having filed his answer thereto, togetl:er with his check for the said sum of $37 . 50 , payable to the said Cormnission , it is ordered that the Clerk of this Court -shall transmit the said check to the said Conmission in full discharge of the said donation of 75 acres of land by said Conrad. 255. � 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-john-and-elizabeth.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, John & Elizabeth Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 117 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6f682fcc2361a6e6303f5469d98fab56.pdf 3f87d0d711fed0079b4baa85124bbe28 PDF Text Text ... Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- ~ tioner, vs. ______________________________________________________________ _______________ _ ---------------- ----- .--- /17----- ~---------------- -----------. --. .---------------- ------ more or less, of land m--~~~ ~ ~ - - - - C o u n t y , Virgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the-petrtion 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 !aid Detition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f _ - £ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~yan:::: s-~-fit~~otice.___________________________________ _ 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__L'¢~-- ___ ____acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___ Z ( Q . ~ - ~ ~ - - ~ - - This land is located about_ __ ,,:{ ___ ___ miles from ______~ ~- ---------Virginia, in thed~~Ma gisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) __ rk __~ - ~r -£ ~ -~ - -------------------1 ~~:~an~_'/tr~ove-described tract-o:~~;l of-land are as follows ·~--u / ~ u.r~ T ~~-&~~ ________ ____ __ _ East __ Zn - -1:t :t?~ ----- · --------------------------------------------------South_ West__ fr-f:~~----- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __£',?~ __ in the ff'!if!;_~:;-J/JE_ yu. ,{~~ _+ /,~ - 4 . - ~ ------ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ ,1f"Q~- ~~ ----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~~~~----- -· I am the owner of_ ___ ..,l_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 $_Lcz_l)__S"_=:_ _______ _ (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). ~ Remarks: __ f_l,_~ (. _•if ( ~ --1-~ --;:::_-;-c---~-~ - --1~~ - -vf!:-=;,-,:;_:-~---= --~~ -§7 ~ --- ~o/,- -------- ,-- ________ ____ Lj17;------~-# ~ - ----__g ____-- - --- ----~-N-----------ef--~ -~-----------------------~----- ------ - ---------- - --- - -------- --- - ---------- (Continue remarks if necessary o~ ack). of_~s my_:~~~:~~r:93(.r my namea: :~-:~~~~~~-~e~~~}_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:y OF___V_\/:2 ~~- ~ --, STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___t'.?~$ ~ , .---------------the above named claimant personally appeare ore him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his abo~ swer are rue to the best of h" knowled e and belief, this______ ..,:'.!'________ day of__ __ _~ -'-- - - --, 19s!_ ~_ /2 p --------Clerk of --------~ -----------~----- he Court, or ~ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. � 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williams-r-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williams, R. J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified 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): Not Specified 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 Williams https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/feea09406134817a39d86b91c061ad44.pdf f38919b1ef518b499d4eca549098bd80 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT (' #279 - Number of Acres: 10 :!.Jeck Location: Roads: Soil: ,un . /illiar.is on , s. R. Entir e ly ·.1 i thin tll 3 P:,rk B.rea . :?our miles vi'::1 d irt rouC. to l'ort P.0public , the net...rest shipp;i.n r oi::-it . Slope t~'l)e , sa.nd:· loo. il. , smooth moderate slopes . History of Tract and condition of timber: .u.11 the merc113.n t' ble s w tinb~r l1c.s be n renoved fro· /J. tl1is trL.ct ; tl e rel'.l' i 1;ine; std1d. of sr:.~11 h:...rd .oods h: ve beer, killed by ' recent severe burn . Improvements: 7r· d VV·el -l 1' n-' _ U J e ?• 20x30' , ri tl1 4 rooms, .L,'. 1.,er roo , 1 story 11 roJms ceiled , now v,1ec 1t , 90s '.; :'ou1dc1t· 0'1 , ··',JJcl conditio n ::i"Frc.:-:ia he11 house : 6xl8 ', )u 1er r~of, po r conditi) '1 . 0 · .i. Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: s @ \;5 . 00 2 (,_,. 23 . 00 '.Ao . oo Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: ;j0 . 00 '• ; 'Ir' Orchard: o. oo Minerals: Value of Land : $ 9 0 • 0 0 Value of Improvements: $ 290 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00 2CJ0 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 25 . 00 . Value of Wood: $ 2~. CO 2G . OO Value per acre for tract: $ <1..; . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - - - - - - l ,rerK ~4.:50 . 00 ::one . �Claim In the Circuit Court oL :::.:tav~-~ _________ _:__ ____ __ _County, Virginia, No./ £ ~ , At Law. ~£ ~ ~-~taJ.::tt·-~ __ 2c;?(._ ,. _...._::J--z;; L ~ ____ ---------------------------------------------------- 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 · of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o _____________ ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said~ ti · n and to said notice. . ?:7- My name 1s ______ -~-- - · ------~ My post office address is ____ }!/ ' ) -------------------------- - # : _ ~_.J__2_0__________________ _ 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=--~ -~ ------------ ~- ---- ~--- _______ _ ~~~;:;~:~;~;~:~~~~~~~~;;~-~-----~i~~~;;,-;~ 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 ownxrs adjacent t_? the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ d~~ !::h----~ -~--"3-,~--------------------------------- West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_ / / ~L __ in the following manner: ~ --~~~~- ~-~ i ~I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of with the improvements thereon is $_%0_0__ ~- ~----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of 1and with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). ~emarks·. 0/~-~ ~ d ~ - ~ ~ -~ ~ ~--~ ~-~-j_<?:,_o,_~ -~ -¥r~L ~-~ ---------- ----- --- ---~ ------jf~Y, -----~- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on ~ of_ W ~ --~X~~:~~r:;;r 1 my name and ck). '.J?lP.Jz::~~-- - ~~~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _ - 1 - - - 4 . ~ ~ = - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appe~ in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _______/ ~------day of _____ s:2.,-A. __~~ .,,,,1 / / I~ 1 /J / ~-, . ~ . C1~-;.K~ti7e"c,;;-;.f ' ~fy;,t~i; - ---Notary Public, -or-J-ustice of the Peace. ., �County: Rockingham District: Stonewall #279 Acreage Cl aimed: Value Clai med: Location: - 10 R. Wi l liamson Deed 10 Asaea~;ed 10 800. 00 Neck Run. s. ff " 50 . 00 $1 . 00 tc . (1921) .l'..ntirely within the Park area . Incu:nbranc es, counter olaims , or laps; None known • .22.!,!: Slope type . sandy loam, smooth moderate slones. Roads: 4 miles via dirt road to Fort Repu· lie, the nearo ot shipping point . 11 t he merchantable History of tract and oondi tion of timber: saw timber has been removed f'l>om this tract; the remaining ' stand of small hardwoods h vo boen killed by a recen t severe burn . Imprmvements: Frame ielling, 20x30 ft . with 4 rooms , paper roof, l story , all roo1-:is oeiled , now vacant, p ost foundation , Good condition. ---------------- ---------- 400 . 00 Frame llen houoe , 6xl8 ft. paper roof , poor condit10n.-------------------------------- Value of land by types: pe ~ Tillable Value Aerea.fe per acre 8 2 15 . 00 ·3. 60 ro- Total value of land Total value of improvements $54 . 00 ,415 . 00 Total value of timber To tal value ()f tract Average value per acre 469 . 00 46 . 90 15 . 00 ~415 . 00 Total Value .,;24 . 00 30 . 00 a~ 04 . ~; 60. �/ TilJ_iu. son County : :tockinGh·· m Dist r ict: 0t.)lle1:u.ll N -ink wG~El Slope - ...'illuble :~ca.le - 1n - 3 ch.... ins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williamson-s-r.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williamson, S. R. 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): 279 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 Williamson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/9d09ee7624223d68dcafb92517e4f341.pdf aad826721bface2459ed9990aea06731 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT /<:>73 tr.., Number of Acres: 32 Location: J;eck Run . Roads: Soil: "/ , i 11 i• amson , ,,T • 0 Entirely 'i -:;llin the T.T . .u erk urea . :Tour rniles vin Jirt ro::. d to :?ort s:1.iJ) pi ng oint .. epublic , the neo.rest Slope ty e, sanely loari, moder:..,.te slo es. History of Tract and condition of timber: .... 1:::. the nerc~.2. nt2. le ss.\, timber h&s be,jn ra :oved fro1:1 t '1i s tract . 1he remaininB stan~ consists of sr.:L 11 ou\:s . _ bout 3 cords f,.1eLrood per acre . 81 cords wood . Improvements: Fr'-.1e dwellins: 12x2<± 1 , , i th 2 roo!'ls c.nd 5x24' pore}· , :::.~er roof , b-rick flues, 1 story , 1 roo;:n ceiled, r ooc cordi tion , no, vo.c-nt. we l l is vrnter sup~-:ily, solic.l f' onnda tion, stone cell3.r L3xlZ 1 • Fra.:i.e s:1op c...n c1 n.e· : house : 9xl8', pa_;per roof , fair condition , Fr~~e hen Souse: 0x8', ) J ~er roof , poor condition. 3,1 u~·rple tr Jes 5 yeurs old , r;o od con ,-i ... ion . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 27 Slope: ,(5 . 00 '·13G . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 2 ~ 10.00 30 . 00 Cultivated Land: 3 \,J! 3j . 00 75 . 00 .,;2:50 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ ~30 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 350 . 00 350 . 00 50 . 00 50 . 00 w680 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 30 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 30 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 21. 3 5 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ Tc ne •. ~ - ~ · CL ~Hi: �~ Claim o~ _l;;,d/,~-1f:t/:: :, ---------------. -..------ -- ,_ ------------ 1 In the Circuit Court of_ _______ ':::'::::'-'~ _______________ County, Virgmia, No.--~---f-, At Law. The State Commission on Conse:rvation and Development of the State of Vp-ginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ /1,;',L/;c,for<HI_/ _ ~~~~-- - __ la-t. ~,t,,,4 i. V~ __ !3-_ ____ _ .:+: _J-,.._, .si 1 - ~ . __ tl-r--~4'----- Z~ __________________ .--. _---------------------- more or less, of land m ________ ~.f-'.------------ ---County, Virgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the fetition 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 ~id petition and to said notice. My name is __ J}';_d·~ £. _$:'LA~~ ---------------- ---------------- - ~:ia;:s: ~:~:. ::t~,·:::i~-i=~~-::;c-t~~:~;1-~;-l~~;~t~i~-;~~-:;~-:o~ght to be conde~ned, containing about_ ______ ____J J: ____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: __ ~,vd_yr -e-~J.h!..~~ ~-4,,-~ ~---------- - r -~-(~µ~" !k(_,h.n~-J.?~"'" , - _,Zh_~ ~- ~ --~-2;_~7 - ~ ~ r ~ T::; : : ~ted about___/_ !,,_____ miles from_::~ ~ ____________ Virginia, in the_~:?.C4___ Magisterial District of said Co~~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.) ________________ /lfh/U/.t>£ ~ ~------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: /f' ~~ ___ 4 North ___ South ______ ~~~ ____ ___ --------------------------------------- ___ - _______ , l } : ; ~ ~ ~ _____________________________ _ East----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---West _________ ~ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year --~ ?-~_in the following manner: ------------- - ----~&:v'....e --------- - ---------------- ---------------- --------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-2..~::...-~ ---· I claim that the tot')Vvalue of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with ){~ improvements thereon is $--------------- -· I am the owner oL _______________ a es o and adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park re , which I claim will be damaged by· the proposed condemnation of lands within the P r k area, to the extent of $--------------- ---· (In the space below should be set ou a additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to m e; a d if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of l d by etes and bounds). Remarks: . f:rk_L ._g ~~ --f/--~ -~ -~-/A¥'ra-~ ~ z-_-«-c.L_.d~-- 7~~ F ~ ~-42-h_Ae=4--7 -~~-r~-!:-~ -~~~ -~/;~7-'---~--r~¥ ~r--~~~-<i6/rz-~ ~_,,t-~~P-Lf- /~~-~~~ -~ --"-~~~~/ --L ~--~ -:z;u_e_/--?.:.~ ~--k ~ ~ -"1t:""Pn-z. ~~-~ --~L~~-,q-___ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ,...,., Witne;~ my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this_ ~ _____ day oL , . / ~ -----, 193/. x:--~!_~ ff~:----- --------STATE o :wf'VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_~-~~ -~------, To-wit. · d h ere by cer t··n. . - W ~___ ff_, i es th at______________ al _____________ Th e un dersigne N~~ .. .=:: ~ ~ ____ ________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _______ /_~_:-: _____ day of_ ___ itd~------ --, 193(.Y. 'J1 / -vf 3 I ~f~~:;s~esti~~r ~ ; Public, or Justice of the Peace. �County: Rockingham District: Stonewall " # 273 W. H. Williamson Acreage Claimed: 32 A. Value Claimed: $2000. Location: Soil: History: It 32 200.00 Deed " 32 600. 00 1923 Entirely within the Park area. Slope type. Laos: Roads: Neck Run. Assessed Sandy loam. Moderate slopes None known 4 miles via dirt road to Port Republic, the nearest shipping point. A11 the merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract. The remaining stand consists of small oaks. About 3 cords fuel wood per acre. 81 e ds. wood @ 50¢ ~0.50 Improvements: Frame dwelling 12 x 24ft with 2 rooms and 5 x 24 ft porch. Paper roof. Br i ck flues. 1 story. 1 room c eiled. Good condition. Now vacant . Well is water supply. Soli u foundation. Stone cellar 12 x 12ft. ,300.00 Frame shop and meat house 9 x 18ft . Paper roof. Fair cond . 40.00 Frame hen house 5 x 8ft. Paper roof. Poor cond. 10.00 34 apple trees 5 yrs. old. Sood cond. @ 1.50 per tree 51.00 $401.00 Value of land by tzyes: T~ Value per acre <~ 3.00 15.00 8.00 Acreage Slope Tillable Field restocking 2? 3 2 32 Total value of land Tctal value of improvements Total value of timber Total value of t ract - Average value per acre t> 142.00 401.00 40.50 583.50 18.23 Total val.ue ' 81.00 45.00 16.00 142.00 �//=?,7.3 - 7. iilli IDS) 11 .,., • 1 CO'lntv : .. OU~lll ·~mm District : 0tOilli,,d.J.l L ':G~'.:,"'D Slo-'-,e - 'il _ ble n:estou . . . i ·t. ~C) ell ins Sc le - l 1 � 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context williamson-w-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Williamson, W. H. 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): 273 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 Williamson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/20347acb168afb169b449b3e7e8788e5.pdf ea139f143b2e6980f6f9e3828b5ce3a6 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wood-joseph-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wood, Joseph Estate 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): 176 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 Wood https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b5257d0f2e966e7fe6e5dbef682e8cf8.pdf c8d3f1a33b3d2214f9747c75f9b9ac6d PDF Text Text ~------R-O_C_K_I_N_G_H_A_Iv:_c_OU_l_lJT_Y_'\Jr- - - - - - - - - - - - - Minors· NAME OF OWNER #97 - Vood , Wm. V. -Estate 125 Number of Acres: Swift Run . entirely .'li thin the park area . Location: Roads: 1 On Spotswoo d Trail , 3 miles of hard surface to Elkton, near est shipping point . Sandy loam, slope type of fair d epth and fertilit y, northwe st exposure . The tillable land is f airly smooth, but has some smooth scatteri n7 rocks . This tract has been heavily culled, History of Tract and condition of timber: growth chestnut oak, walnut , second of the remainin g stand consists mixed oaks and so e white and shortlea f pine i. Soil: Dt!ELLING - - - Frame 28x28 1 , 6 rooms, porch 7x26 1 , 2 story, BARN-- --Frame , fair conditio n . Foundat ion solid , cellar 14x28 1 • HEN HOUSE- --Frame, 16xl6xl2 ' 24 x26xl2 1 , shingle roof , conditio n fair . 1 roof , conditi on fair . er pap , 8xl0x7 Frame, unfinish ed- - - HEN HOUSE--1 conditio n . fair , roof CIDER HOl SE- ---Frame , 26x26xl2 , Paper HEN HOUSE-- --Fra.me, 8xl0x8 1 , p ape r roo f , fair conditio n . - --SHOP Frame , 16x22xl0 1 , paper roof , fair c ondition . Improveme nts: Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge: 89 Slope: @ $ 5 . 00 $445 . 00 15 . 00 150 . 00 660 . 00 $1255 . 00 100 . 00 Cove: 10 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 24 @ 27 . 50 2 @ 50 . 00 -- Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1255 . 00 Value of Improvem ents:$ 1425 . 00 1425 . 00 J-00 . OO Value of Orchard:. $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood:$ 92 . OO 92 . 00 356 . OO 356 . 00 $3228 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $~J-;j'~ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~ - ~ ~ - '~~,,...!!:- 4:~C~..;.._ CLERK L ..1 �Goun t:' r , · otric oo1~1116htn. s tone1J l l .1111 ,1n V • ... pqd, , •. 'O? t . s ... ?· "'eo6 on y 119 •• of i,oeord. Ja¼uo C)..a.img,4: Lo tlon: mtirely w1th1n th 'rtndy lo~ .., alo:po ype nf to.tr de t11 of ferti l ity, i''f . r irly smooth, but nan aorno ouoot • ex osure., Tl1e re . io sootto:rinroa ~oci:s. :noad On J potouood :a:- 11, 3 11ea of nonreot oh:!.p•·> ing point. ! s.rd ma:f'aoo to :,11:ton., tr ct nd qond.i tion 08, ,-1r:19.cr1 .1i1o tr o t t,.uo boon hoavlly o ~i!od, t'Fe ;reum.!n:i.ng st .no oons1sto ,.,,-r oocon · · gl"o th , ohootnut oo.t., 1.l.nu.t oal.. 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"'".-........... llfll:----· 00 . 00 Hon house , ·rn.."1o B:xlOx8, po.pt1r l"OOf , conch 1' ir 15 .oo '4, · liop ; :.i ~ e DO CrazinG illublo Orchard ~ x-· .ro r 1..oof , oo 16~2..;. lO, pa.p Vo.luo c:ro ·s.ou 30 . 0 30 . 00 r:or eo.oo d1 tion ' '1 ~ GO .oo EJO .. Ou rJ. Oto.1 Vo.luo •/!2 . 0'C) 300.00 ?20. 00 1?32.0() 111, �motal valuo O lend To l value ot 1 rovo~onto 13 tlluo ot t1m er Tot l value ot t1mb v Tot..~l v. luo of' traot vor ge o.oo 120. 00 4-. ,00 50 o.oo lue pe;.:- aero 17 �'J.nr7 7Tv - · • •.• 1-~lc.....i •,,l ·r V • :ood Count y : I~ockinglw.r.1 istri ct : Stone w· 1~ N ~ ' --\ -- - L'. ry Jane · .1.wson I I >.T 5 .Jno . ...,a vis G. Scott J. .T . '1 . Ba.ush er I ..,G ~1m Slo, ra inc .117..c tble - r.rch rd Sc·1le - l ' - ~ ch . . ,ins ' . Baugh er Hensl ey � 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wood-wm-v-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wood, Wm. V. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 97 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 Wood https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e42d27343d9000acc8d350aeba4903a6.pdf 6cd2087a1c819de8423486c66170c89d PDF Text Text Tract No. l, 24 acres ~ .._j Claim of__ A. E. \tyant ______________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL _____R..Q.<J;!.cJ.ne.b...aw._ _______ County, Virginia, NoJ--~?J___ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ Cassand.ra_Atk ins_ and_others_for_ the condernnation_of ______ _ ____52561 _acres---------------------------------------- ----------------------------more or less, of land in ___ .R.Qc.ktt1gJ1am____________ 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_ __ Rockingbam.. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______ A ·_ E . _Wyant __ · -------------------------------------------My post office address is __ ..B.eld..or___ Y.irginia________________________________ _ 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 :__ .nw.elling_hou.ae_._.har.n._ __granar.y_ ... _.t_wo__p_o.ultr~-house s 1 ________________________________________________ smoke house, cellar, washhouse, 2 wagon sheds, ca lf __ _ _________ __________________________ _ house, woodshed, and dairy · 1an d 1s · 1ocated a bou t __ ________ __ m1·1es f rom________ 7 ___ ____ ______________ v·1rgmia, Ell:ton Tlus ·· m · the_S.t_on.e..w:.a.l.l. ___ Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ____ S_o_l~ owner------ -- - - - - ---- - - --------- ------------ ----------- ---------- - -- ------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ ___ __Mrs. _Bettie_ E. _Powell ___ ________ ____ ____ ___ ___ __ ____ __ ___ ___ ____ South _____ ___Tra..c.t_ .N.a~--2------ --- - --------------------------- -- - -------- --- ----East ________ .Edw.a;t!d--Her~i;ng.--------------------------- ------------------------West_ _______ H. _A._ Shiff lett __________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year-189__2. ____ in the following manner: By a general wa rranty deed from J. W. Baugher and Julia A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------·r -----____ hi s_ wife - ------------- ---------------------------------------- ---- - ---------- - --I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-.4..~0ilil .. llil __ __. 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_ __ ____ ~_o___ ___ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· __The_ a bove_ described_ tract_ is _ t he_ home _tract _of _24 __ _____ ____ acres.,__ more _or _less_.,___c ontaini.ng __good_farm land.,__ orchard1- never __ ____ fa iling__spxipg ,._xe_ry_ _g_o_q_g._J~?!( _ti.fil°b §lX,. _.12_~J__p__ W.9_Q.g._J!:nA _f J_~~W_Q.Q.Q._i_ __ _ ____ ..?__g.9_q_c!__g~rden_a 1 _ and well_ fenced. -------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----- - ----- ---- - - --- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attac ed hereto) this __ ___ __ .lQ _____ day oL_FJtbr.uarY-,.1.9-~l-, =o: ---~ __ ---------------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ _l!QQ~ ~~-~~!_I!_ _________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_A. .. _..E... _W ~ant. ___ __________ __________________ _ 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, 11:z,~ _'_ _ ___ _ this____ J,9___________day of_]'.~!JR'!!ll".Y,_l , _ ~ ~ =fi::~o:c~~:~:a~t~r · CQmmissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court or Rockingham County, Virg inia 71 �Tract lifo. 2, 46 acr ) Claim of_ ___ A•_ E. _ Vila nt___________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ____ Ro.c,ki ngbam.. ________ County, Virginia, No._l.829__ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____Q~!J_f!~A<l:r?-__4.1ik!!tS__ an..d._J:>_tb...e.rs..... _f..o.r_.the_...a.ond.emnati-0n--0-f------ 52551 acres more or less, of land in ___ -Ro..cJcillg.h&m-----------County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oLRo ck1 ngham------------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______ .A._.E.Yly.ant. _______________________________________________ _ My post office address is __ ...Bel..dor...... _Y.ir:ginia.. _______________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ 46_ _______ ____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :_1_e_l].?!f~_h.QRS_Ei.._ __s.t~_l:2.lsi__i;;:ml_s_p_:ri.ng_h.o.us...e. _________ _ This land is located about_ ___'l _______miles from ____ __ llkt_cm____ ___ ________ Virginia, in · t of sa1'd Count y. · 1 D'1st ric · t eria 11 Mag1s ____ __ ________ the_ _ _Stonewa 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.) _________ So 1 e _owner - --- --------- ------------- ----------------------- --- ------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____ Tr.aQt_ No_,__l_ ______________________________________________ _______ ___ _ South ______ ~.r_aot NoL_3 --- --- ----------------------------------- --- ------------ East __ ____ Edward _Herril!g__ ______ __________________________ __________ ______ ____ West______ ]iJ_ aJ_ Shi..ffl..e.t.t_ ____ _______________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _.l8.9Ji ___ in the following manner: ___ By general_ warranty_ deed from_ Jos~h W._ Ba~her _and Julia_ A. ____ _ ___ Baugher_,_ his wife______ __________ ___ ______ __________ ____ ____ _______ __________ __ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J,i&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 $--------------- -· I am the owner of_ ___no_ _____ __ __ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---------- --------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks : __?hsi__~p_QYsi__tr.aClt__.ts_h.ao_t __No.._...2.., __containing_g_oo.d.__faxm___ _ ___ l and _and blue _gyass _sod --' __good_ s aw_ timb er of whi te _.n.ine ..._ oakan d _ ___ -.Jloll.lar_,__..c.her~__treJis..,_-1.o. c__us.t__pine_.w.oo.d._and_.f..ena._e_.p.os.t.s..,.-.g.o.o.d.----__ _..gar_den._an.d_:we.ll.._fe.nce..d.~------- - - -------------------- --- --------------- ------- --- --------- ---------------- -- ------------ - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signatur e (or my name and mark attache ereto) this __ __ _.l..Q __ _____ day "-- _ -----~ oL!..~!>~-~~~.t__l:_~~-:1:_, lg). STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_R_Qcls:.in_gham_____ ________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ A.__~_.__!WX~Al ______________________________ 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, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ ; , 16 ~ 2f ;:g:-:i;;;Q=~u~~=5iah~':::= this___lQ_____________day of__f 1tl!rnary_lllf f or Commissioner ih Chancery for the t Ci r cuit Court of Rookingham County, Virgini a �Claim of_ __ A. _E. _Nyant, _Lien_o reditor _of Ca:ssand ra _At k ins_& B._ F._ AtkiB In the Circuit Court oLRo..c.king.ham_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. JJ_~'i, At Law. The State Commission on Conservati on and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cas s andra_ At k ins_ and _others- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------more or less, of land in ____~Q~.k:1.!l&@.!I! ___________ County, Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigne d, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnat ion awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ Jlo.o..kiog_bam. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _________ i.~_L_ Wl_y.an..t ___________________________________________ _ My post office address is ______ Ji~l.9..Q!".,__1.[J._::rgi,_ n1,~------ ------------ ----------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _______ ?l. _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents :___:Qw~-~iJM_AQll_~~-Ji_:OO.__q_1J.j;_Jn\ll..oJ,_11g_~--------------- Th.1s 1an d 1s · Iocat e d a b ou t __________ __ m1·1 es f rom_______ 6 ______________________ v·1rgmia, Elkton ·· m · the_S.t_on..ewa.ll ___ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) A lien creditor of Cassan dr a and B. F . Atk ins by virtue of a deed of t r ust executed by Cassandr a a nd B. F. Atkins to L. P . ot t, ir-ru.sl;ee-,--Y-eoruary--r,--rnr~---eo--s"Efcur_e_o_ona--ror-t.300-.-uo-pay-aor e-to--:g-. D• 0 t t , and- -a-s-s-it,anad- -t-G- me.- --b-a J.-a-:a-06---du-e-~ j-...()0-,-- ~ th$ F- -w i-th--i-nt 011-e s-t- - :flher.-e-e n~ July l,) The land o-wners adjacent to the abow/ described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: f g~) North ________ _________ __________________ __________________________________________ _ South _______________________________ __________________________________________ ____ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ 19.2.L __ in the following manner: _ See deed_ of_ trust_du ly recorded in the _Clerk's _ Of fice of R~olcingh am _ County_, _in _Deed Book_ No ._ 119., _at _pag e_ 79. ---------- ---------- ---------- -I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improveme nts 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 are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnat ion of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--- ---------- -----· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he sb._ould also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by me~_~ nd bounds). ' Remarks· ---- - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- ---------- --- ---------- - -- CD c.:> ~ - '- EE~ 0 (./) ~ .....C:>, ::::::, 'CD 0 CD E uU ...c: t'l:S ..... ..c b.O C: C: --~ "'O CD c:;::: c.:> 0 0::: CD c:..::> Cf) 0) ,_ L'.D w I.J... ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hm t~) this ____ ___ ~ _____ day of__?~Ji.r:ua.ry_,_l9_fil._, l!DX ______ _£1!1.£~-r ~ ----------STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF--~~-o- ~!!¥t~~~-- -- --------, To-wit: The undersigne d hereby certifies that__ A t._! L Y!X~.n.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, this ___ l_G_____________ day oLF_e.fmiary__.1!37,_1 ;2:J:'?!.. {;l ef!k of ~ t~ ~ c..-.J~ __________ _ Special Irn•0stiga t~r Jn.s#ec of t h e ~ Commissi oner in Chan cery for the Ciroui t Court of Rock ingham..;-County, 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 Williams, James - Yost, Jacob Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context wyant-a-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, A. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified 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): Not Specified 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 Wyant