225 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e428f680bab92eac7c8150986fb16d4b.pdf 416dfdd7239168d7859ad34bb146c652 PDF Text Text ~a::. ~rcrf~r~l~______________County, Virginia,-No.________,At Lawl The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in _____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State.. of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation .awarded upon the filing of said petition and p\}blished in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~ya~::: sai~:r~d;~---~:ia~:s: ::~~ ~t~:.•::~:~-:;~~~;i;;~~~-::~-:~~~~~ ff';,__J---r; ----------------- to _be_ condemn~d, eentaiHin~ a b ~ j ~ ~ - = - _ ~~din and improvements=~--~-~ __ __ ~ o which t~~e are the fol owing ~ _________ _ ,________ --~::_::::::::_:__£~~-~::::::: This J:;nd is loca~~d about_ ___________ miles from _________________________ _____ Virginia, in -t;-;/o~.A-r .• ~.,: 1 tl]~_Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in t h e - ~ ~ described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ~ -----------------· - -- - -- . ~-------------------------------------- ------------ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------South ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------East ______ ____ _______________ ___________ ______ _________ _____ _____ _________________ _ West ---------------------- ------------- ------------------ --- ---------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: ---- I claim ths~the-total value of t h i s ~ ~ w i t h the improvements there- $-Z~--=-=-=------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is d-0 . in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-/-'1---= ------· I am the owner oL _____ __ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· - ----------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------- --------------------------------------' ------------------------------------------------- � 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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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-e-t.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, E. T. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Telephone line along Island Ford Public 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): 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. (<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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2a1e7201ecd98f8327a6804a41eb3af7.pdf 896efbe8e89a487ac15f00108657241a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM C)UNTY 1 NAME OF CLAIMANT --- Wyant, Fred J. Number of Acres: Along County road leading from Island Ford to Sinnnons Gap. DESCRIPTI ON OF PROPERTY This is a part of a circuit t elephone line connecting with the McGaheysville Switchboard Roads: and ext <cm ding along the road tea ding to the top of the Blue Ridge in Sinnnons Gap. The line was built some fifteen or twenty years ago and although the wire is still bright, Soil: the poles are in very poor c ondition, and where the route is t hrough the timber the line needs the brush iut from it. A general overHist8:r-)'-e£.~act-iM111-c 61tfl"Nm-of-tim~ hauling nmst be made soon if the line is to be maintained in a serviceable condition. A deduction of 80% for depreciati on is made in the following estimate of the replacement cost per mile: 30 poles --30 holes -- 30 poles(setting) Clearing line- wire- 12 gauge - 165 lbd. - Hanging wire-Jmp~ts-: Insulators, brackets and nails-------Location: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Telephone line Total- $75 .oo Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: . Minerals: Value of Land: $ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None - -·-· ~-~· ----'-----"'~· CLERK 7'6 �"---' County : Rockingham Distr i ct: Stonew 11 # yant , Fred J . Acrea ge Claim ed: V lue Clainu !e : _7,5 . 00 ssesse d: De ed: ssosse d: Deed: Area: Loo tion: ~long county rod leading from Island Ford to Si mmons Gap . Descr iption of prope rtz: This s part of c i rcuit teleph one conne cting 1th the McGahe ysv1ll e SWitoh bo rd and extendline along t e roud leadin g to the top of the Bl ue Ridge in ing Simmons Gp . The li ne as built some fiftee n or t wenty ago nd ltho gh tp iire is still brigh t, t e poles a re year~ in very poor condi tion ad whe r e the r oute 1s throug h the timber the line needs the brush out from it . genera l over must be m de soon if the l ine is to be ma i ntai ned in a haulin g servio eabl condit ion . deduc tion of ao · for depre ci tion 1s m de i n t he :t'ollowing_/ est1 te of the repla cement cost or Jllile: 1 30 poles 30 holes 1 . 00 40¢ --- 30 poles (setti ng) O<t Clea ri ng li ne verage per mile~ Wire - 12 gauge - 16 lbd . 6¢ -Hanging ire Insul ators , br okets and nails - - Less 80 for depre oi tion Val 11e of li ne per mile Total v l ue of lina per mile Tot l V 110 __ .. _ • • • •• • •• 21 . 00 of ltne • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $ 73 . 50 30. 00 1 2 . 00 lb . 00 25 . 00 1 0 . 00 1 0 . 00 3 . 00 $165. oo 84 . 00 1 21. 00 I i .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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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-fred-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, Fred J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Along county road leading from Island Ford to Simmons Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 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. (<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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3fe1cb915a14f42476bae940377446d1.pdf 945f77666d3460ba83317bdbb2f9869b PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY CLAIMANT NAME O F ~ ~ #172 - Wyant , George Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Soil: 48 Hawksbill Creel{ and is entire ly within the Park area . 8 miles to Elkton over 4 miles of county road and 4 miles over Spotswood Trail . Sandy clay loam of good depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: bd . feet of saw timber on the There is an estimated amount of 10,000 woodland , and 30 cords of fuelwood . Improvements: DWE LLING : Frame , 16x30 1 - 8 rooms , porch 6xl9', me tal roof , brick flues, 2 story, c ~il e d , fair condition, occupied by t enant . Spring wat er supply, solid foundation , cellar , 14xl4 1 • BARN Log 22x50xl2 1 , shingle roof , poor condition . HEN HOUS~;_ ~ e , 8xl2x8' , shingle roof , poor condition . SHED: Frame , 12xl4xl0' shingle roof , poor condition . - - COW SHED: Frame , 8xl2x8 1 , shingle roof , poor condition . - - DWELLING : 12xl6 1 , shingle roof , 3 rooms, stone flues, l½ story, poor cond1 ti on, vacant . Pillar foundation. OLD LOG HOUSE : Log, 16x20xl2 1 , shingle roof, poor condition. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 5 @ $5 . 00 $25 . 00 Fields Restocking: 25 @ 15 . 00 375 . 00 Cultivated Land: 18 @ 35 . 00 630 . 00 $1030 . 00 Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1030 • 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1610·. 00 1610 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 150,. 00 150 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 30 .oo 30 . 00 50 . 00 $2870 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 & Value per acre for tract: $ 59 . 79 - Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tr~: $ None . ~~ /~ --- - : -- CLERK �Claim of_ _____ GeorgB H._ Wyant ------------------------ ------------------------ ---In the Circuit Court of____ .o.ck:ingb.am.... ________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ Contain i ng 47 A. 3 R. and 7 P . more or less, of land in __J?O-G-ki..ngb.am------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ Ro.cki.ngham.. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name 1s ___________________________________________ _ · ________________________ Ge orge H. Wyant My post office address is __ Jnk..t.Qll_.__ y_:i._r__gj.11:l,~-·------------- ------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract¥ ~reel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL .4.'1- .A._.3. _R..__&_acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: __Go..o..d_..e.ight_.r..Qom._dY't/_e.l.l_iXJg_JJ..9A§~_;___ght9kEl@_Q.-g.~-~, small dwelling house , 3 a cres in orchard , and small out houses . This land is located abouL_--2-________ miles from_Be.ld.or---------- ----------Virginia, in Stonewall Mag1s · t e:ria · 1 D.1st r1c the________________ · t of sa1·d count y. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ ..J._...R._.Her.r.ing ________________________________________________________ _ South ___ ~~~~~-~~~~~e___ __________ _____________ __ _________ _____________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _ West_ __ _ Lyni a_ A._ Ea ton and Hill . am_ Sellers ______ _____________________ __ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year____ ___ ___ in the following manner: _45½ A,.__(J.nheri ted one _half from _father_ Jghn _H. _Wyant '-1890. __0ther __ _ half f rom William H. Hya t , in 4 - 6- 1914 ; 2 A. Thoas ~aton oDec. 3 , 1897 . 1--A;.;e-s'Sl3'- Wyarrtr;tmr.-:t"f ,T8~-S--and - &-F.--Nathan±e-r- D-cXVi-s-, Ha-rch- -£fr-,-18-9-3-. I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ .QQQ_Q!.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{)_._QO_____ • I am the owner 0L~'l.A._~ _1?_0_'l __~ a,cres 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 $-NG.HE------------· (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: Q§._rrn..9_t._1m.t_Jlrnt_o..e __an{l _QQ.:u.J1dJLirLtb._iJLJ3.J;la_Q.e _. ___ ~--------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ __ ~~g.______ day oL..Fe.hru.a..ry_._l~J_l_, 1 ~ - ~ ~ -~ --~ ~-----STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ ___ -------- - ------------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___g~l!_g-e--Y..---\1~-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 __________3r.d. ____ day oL F_e.b.rnar.Y.l.~3. ~ -1~. ~ ~-~~ · _ ----- ~ C of the Court, or Specia nvestigator or otary Public, or Justice he Peace. �County: Rockingham District: Stone all 1172 - yant, George H. Assessed 48 Value Claimed: • 3000 . 00 30 . 00 ff A:rca : Loca tion: • Deed 48 .. . ff Mostly inherited 8 A. Hawksb i l l oreek and is enti rely w-1thin t he Pa rk a rea . Incumbrances , count e r cla i ms or l a ps: .22.ll= Sandy cl y loa n of gdod dept h· nd farti Lity • Rads : Ei ght miles to lkt on ove r tour miles of count y road and t our miles over Spotswood Trail. Hist ory of tract and condition ot timber: There i s a n estima ted amount of 10 , 000 bd. f t. of sa7 timber on t he oodland . Ti mber: l J , 000 bd. f t . sa ti ber $3. 00 per , . 30 .00 15 . 00 50¢ ------Fuel ood -- 30 cords 45.0o Improvements: Dv ell ing: Fr ame 16x30 ', 8 rooms , porch xl9', metal roof , br ic r 11e s , 2 story , eiled, tair condition, occupied by tenan t, sp ri ng , solid tunda ti on, ce l l r l4:xl 4',-- 1200. 00 Barn: Log 2 ..:x50xl2 ', s hing l e roof, poor condition-30 . 00 ~house: Fr a e 8xl2x8 ', s h i ngl e roof, poor " -5 • .1 0 Shed: .t1 r ame 1 2xl4xl ) ', sh i ng l e roof , poor o ;ndi t1on 10 . 00 ~ shed: Fr me 8x l ?x8 ', sh i ngl e roof, poor " 10 . 00 Dwelli ng: Size 12xl6', 3 r yoms, s hingle roo f , st o e f lues, l } story , poor condi t ion , vacant e iRg, 100 . 00 pilla r founda tion -----Old 1 g hous e: Log 16:xZ0xl2 ', shingle r oof , poor 2 . oo condition ------- $1380.00 Va lue of l and by types: ~ Slope Fe 'Fr .1.i.ore . . ge 5 18 25 48 Tota l val ~e o f fruit t re e s Tota l v lue of l and Tot al v l ue of i mJ rov -ments Tota l va l u e of timber Total va l ue of tra ct Average va l ue per a cre Va lue 12er acre ~4 . 0 0 25 . 00 10. JO 83. 00 --- 720 . 00 ---1380 . 00 45 . 00 2228 . 00 46.42 Tota l Va lue 20 . 00 450100 2 o.oo �//172 - .qunt , G- rnrge H. County: J.ockingham District : Stonewall N ,L . • c::, .!err int;, JUlHl ~. Duvis :=:...ton Sellers Rob1:Jrt L . Burke ct Slo~~ - rillable Res~ocking Sc-le - l'' - ...,0 0:1c....i ns 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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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-george.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, George 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): 172 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. (<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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/bd51fc794982cfff3722b20a57a07d76.pdf ba85471c58a780404759806f2f0e12e5 PDF Text Text ROCKINGH1,M CD UNTY NAME OF CLA.IMANT/ OWNER !f'!IRi,,,a - SIDF:i!LETT, L . N. & Wyant, Hubert I Number of Acres: 1/2 Lot . Location: Top o f. Blue Ridge- Swift Run Gap on south side of Spottswood Trail 0 Roads: Eight miles over hard surf a ce road to Elkton . Soil: Sandy loam . History of Tract and condition of timber: This is a small tract of land on which there h as recently been erected a store and filling station . For many years the tract has been unfenced , and no use was made of it . Improvements: HOUSE-----Nev1 , 12xl•1xl0 1 11 A 11 roof , frame , composition . roof , solid cement f oundation 2 - 4 light windows . 1 door . Not ceiled . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ $140 . 00 140 • 00 Value of Improvements: $ 300 . 0 0 300 . 00 . Total---- ---- Value of Orchard: $ $ 440 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 220 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~ -/~; CLERK 2. \ �aounty, D G tot-, 1118 - Wyant , Herber.t ~. A .. a1 n Gp on oou h u de o • to lkton. 23 �r ~ct NoA 3 , 100 acres Claim of_ __ A•- E •- \wyant ____________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___ Ra.ok.ingham.. _________ County, Virginia, No,_l82.9.._, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._ Cassandra_Atkins and_others .. _ for _the_condemnation_of _______ _ ___ 525 61_ acres ______________________________ ----------------------------------- ____ _ more or less, of land in ___R.o.aki.ngbam _____ _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL.R.Q~k.i.n_g_}l~m._ ___________ 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 . _W_yan t ______ ---------------------------------------My post office address is----------~~1..9'91:°-L_Y_l~g_ll'.J:iA ________________________ _ 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.O_Q ____________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: __Dw..alllng_-ho11S.e...,...._s.table. ~-..c..ellar-r-gr..anar.~-...and-- ___ _h~n__g.9:µ,_$~~-an.d_.:tne_J..og__b.o..d~-.o__!_.a._h.0JlS~--l2.xl.6_,__ru,_t_~in.Lsh.e_d _______ _ m1·1 es f rom _____________________________ · ·· m v·1rgmia, Elkton 7 1J_2 · 1ocat e d a bou t ___________ · 1an d 1s Tl11s · t of sai'd Coun t y. · 1 D'1st r1c · t eria Mag1s Stonewall 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.) ___ .s_ole.__Owne~------------------------------- ---------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ______ Tract_ No,_ 2 ________________________________________________________ _ South _______ C. _ D. _ Deihl_ and _Geo . _W. _Baugh er _____________________________ _ East _______ C . _ D. _ Deihl ________________________________________________________ _ West ________:aR-~R_.Yan..c_ey__an.d._JJl.lia._.A.~--Da."ll.ia. _____________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _J_~&§____ in the following manner: ___ RY._ deed _from H. _W . _~ant.1_Trustee .. _ in deed_of _Trust. _______________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-i~p_Q!.9Q ______ . 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_ __ ].!Q __________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ____ The_above _desc.ri bed_ land was _bought._ in_a__force.d. _______ _ ___ sale _for_ the_ timber, _firewood, _and_J;}asture. __ It_ has _a __good _______ _ garden, never failing spring and well watered for stock . Land ___ _o_n_.:t;_he __e.aa.t .. _J3.o:u..th_.ana.__we.at_.i.a_Y.li.lu..e.d_.f.ro.m_$.3.Q_..t_o_.$;i0_-J.1er__ac.r.e __ _ -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attache hereto) this ___ J:Q_________ day ~- ----~ oL_.llebr.u.a..cy .. .1.9.3.l., :mo. . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ______ :8,.9_q_tj._I_!gMJ!!-________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __!_•__ ~_.__ J.Y_8:.~:!i______________________________ _ 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, ~!.-"'_~",.,l ·n .0 ,. _____,, ____________ _ this ___ _lO___ ___ ______ day oL _FJ?Lbruary_,lff ~ Glerk of 1is@ C.~~~~ Speeia:l -+ n1esti~at;e~ i*t'Jfa,y !ubiic, 01 ~~otii@~ of t'.at! l!etNe. Commissioner in Chancery fer the Cirouit Court of Rockingham County, Vi~gi nia --------- �<ttnmmnnwtaltlJ nf ]ttrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 20 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t his 20 day of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 12/18/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Cons e rvation and Developme nt o f the State o f Virgini a vs. paid to $ 440 . 00 Cassandra Laws~o=n~A~t~k=1=·n=s__________ Herbert W. Wyant , Harrisonburg , Virginia b e i ng i n full settlement of tract in the a bove me n t i on ed cause. #_J_J_B �C!tnmmnuwtnlt4 of ]lirgiutn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. Ut - 201933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Herber t W. Wy__a= n~ t +--- - - Harrisonburg, Virginia. Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 440,00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of Dec. entered on the 18th day 193~, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ C==a=s~s~a~n~d=r~a~=L=a~w~s~o~1= 1~A ~t =k=i=n=s~ ___ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 118. Sign origina l and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. .31 �\ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OCKINGH.AM COUNTY , VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, am others Respondents On this, the /~day of December , 1933, came Herbert W. Wyant , and on his motion leave is g iven him to file his application for the :payment to him of the sum of $440 . 00 , the amount of the award. set out in the award of con demnation for Tract No . 118 , heretofore paid into Court . And it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed. in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and. condemnation entered herein on the . day of ~ovember , 1933 , that in the opinion of petitioner , the said. Herbert ;,{. Wyant is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and tov' the said Tract of land. No . 118 , and that the record of this caus e does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the s aid Tract No . 118 , or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and is therefore entitled ' to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract No . 118, and it further appearing to the Court , the exi g ible taxes upon said 'rract l'To . 118, have been paid ; Upon Consideration ihereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $ 440 . 00 paid. into Court by petitioner as just co0p ensation for Tract No . 118, be paid. unto the said Herbert rv . 1/yant , and the Clerk of this Court is directed. to transmit a certified. copy of this order to t 11e Treasurer of Virg inia , who shall pay unto the said Herbert W• •Vyant , the said sum of $ 440 . 00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . lJ:8, taking from the said Herbert W. 1iyant a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as re~uired by law . '-170 �I hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of mountain land assessed in stonewall District, Rockingham County, as onefourth of an acre in the name of H. w. Wyant . Given under my hand this 14th day of December, 1933. �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows : Tract No. __ Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ; _j_j£':.__: and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map :filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award (s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. L/X __ $_.1/.,&(tL~ftrn Tract No. _____ _______ $____ ______ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; ../. / " · .7 ~ - » ~ ~... ,, -~ That the Petitioner h as 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=~ ,- f~ 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 OD I_LJf:__ $----i'~a-:Tract receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: T ract No. __ _ No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there 1s some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY co:wERN: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that H. W. Wyant has paid the taxes for the year 1933 on his tract of 0- 1- 0 acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, and that said land is not delinquent for the year 1932 . All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said County. Given under my hand this 14th day of December, 1933 . • M. H. Harrison Treasurer �Claim of Herbert w. Wyant. · IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner No.1829, at Law vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia Defendants The undersigned, in answer to the petition of TheState 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 Rockingham County, Virginia, and by special leave of said Court, in its order rendered on the 21st day of December, 1931, asks leave to file this, his answer, to said petition and to said notice. The name of y our petitioner is Herbert W. Wyant , owner and attorney, Harrisonburg, Virginia. The undersigned is the owner in fee of the following tract or parcel of land, with improvements thereon, within the area sought to be condemned, viz, (1) The fee in a parcel of land described in the deed as .24 of an acre, by metes and bounds. (2.) All rights reserved in deed dated August 23, 1918, from J. J. Beasley, L. N. Shifflett and others to James A. Haney and others, Trustees of United Brethren in Christ , in Virginia, more specifically described as follows: "That in the event the said United Brethren in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then the title shall revert back to the owners of the original tract.n Copy of said deed is filed with this petition, marked "Exhibit One". �2. The water rights for water flowin g from the spring on the Polly Shiff lett land a nd from the spring on the R. J. Shiff lett land, togeth er with right to lay and maint ain pipe lines for con(3) veying th e water to your petiti oner' s filling statio n and ot her buildi ngs. Your petiti oner acquir ed said tract, rights to the church prope rty when abando ned by the church , and water rights on Septem~er 25, 1931, by deed from L. N. Shi f flett, of record in t he Clerk 's Office of Rockingham County , Virg inia, in Deed Book No. 150, at page 328. Copy of sa id deed is filed herew ith, marked nExhib it Two". Your petiti oner furthe r alleg es that there are no liens restin g again st said real estate . Your petiti oner cla i ms that the total value of the tra ct or parce l of land, of which he owns the fe e simple title, includ ing oo is s, ~ight the rights in the church prope rty and water CJ() ~ , a part thereo f, and the value of the real estate $ $9'.0~x;t ft 00 ~ the value of the water rights $ ,z CJD ")f< , a part thereo f. Your petiti oner' s sole requir ement in the case is that the Court will prote ct his rights as the owner; your petiti oner furthe r reserv es all rights guara nteed to him by the Conde mnatio n Statu te and reserv es the right to demand a jury to be impan elled for ultim ate determ inatio n of value of said land, water rights and so forth, in the event tha t a fair allowa nce be not made by the Comm ission or Board appoi nted to view the land and make an award . Witne ss my signa ture this / b day o f Decem ber, 1931. /L Li tz t~ ~ State of Virgi nia, County of Rooki :ngham tto-wi t: f he under signed hereby certif ied tha t Herbe nt W. Wyant , claim ant, perso nally appea red before him and made oath tha t the 5 �3. matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. This /tfff day of December, 1931. ss �THIS DEED, made this 25th day of September , 1931, by and between L. N. Shifflett , party .of the first part and Herbert w. Wyant, party of the second part, all of Rockingham County, Virginia, WI T N E S S E T H : That for and in considera tion of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10 .00) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowled ged, together with other good and valuable considera tion, he, the said party of the first part has bargained , sold and conveyed and by these presents doth bargain , sell, grant and convey unto said Herbert W. Wyant all that certain lot or tract of land, together with improveme nts thereon situate on the south side of the Spottswoo d Trail, on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, and bounded as follows, to- wit: Beginning at an iron pin in an old roadway, Mrs . Elsie Baugher's corner and in a line of the Fern Hill Church lot; thence, with a line of the church lot, N 41 3/4 E 5.04 poles, to an iron pin in the south line of the Spottswoo d Trail; thence, with the south side of the Spottswoo d Trail, N 45 1/4 W 2 . 8 poles, to an iron pin on the south side of said Trail and in the middle of the old Rockingham and Stanardsv ille Turnpike, said corner being in John Haney~s line; thence, with the middle of the old pike, with Haney's line, N 64 3/4 W 9 . 24 poles, to an iron pin in the middle of the old pike, Haney's corner and in Mrs. Elsie Baugher's line; thence, with her lines, S 6 l/2 E 1 .5 poles, to a stake on the north side of an old roadway, white walnut called for; thence, with the old roadway, S 40 E 10.6 poles, to the beginning , containing .24 of an acre, and being the residue of a tract or parcel of land containing l 3/4 acres, conveyed to the said party of the first part by deed dated May 26, 1906, from John K. Haney and others, which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 17, at page 192, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed Book NO . ___ , at page _ , less, however, a �2. tract or parcel of land conveyed by the said L. N. Shifflett to James A. Haney and others, Trustees of United Brethren in Christ of Virginia, which deed is dated August 23, 1918, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No . 19, at page 342, and less another tract or parcel of land conveyed by the said L. N. Shifflett to J.A. Haney and Rhoda Haney by deed dated January 20, 1926, which deed is duly of record in the Clerk's Office of Greene Cowity in Deed Book No . 20, at page 384, and less a further strip of land conveyed by said L. N. Shifflett to the Commonwealth of Virginia, by deed dated October 20, 1930, whi _c h deed is likewise recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 22, at page 31. The said party of the first part doth further gra nt and convey unto the party of the second pa rt any and all rights reserved to him in t he deed dated August 23, 1918, from J. J. Beasley, L. N. Shifflett and others to James • Haney and others, Trustees of United Bre thren in Chris t of Virginia, more specifically described as follows: Tha t in t h e event the said Unit ed Brethren in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then the title shall revert back to the owner s of the original tract. The said party of the first part doth further grant unto the hi~ heirs and assigns, party of the §econd part6 the r ight to use any part of the overplus pf said land, or excess water, necessary for tfte~sej flowing from the spring on the Polly Sh ifflett land and from the spring on the R. J. Shifflett land, the grantor reserving to himself, his heirs and assigns, the right to use all water necessary for himself, his family and their livestock from the two springs hereinbefore described. The said party of the first part doth further grant unto the party of the second part the right to lay and maintain a pipe line �3. land for conveying the water necessary for tlie1 s-a,-:m,from the overplu.s or surplus from said springs to the filling station and buildings on the tract or parcel of land hereinbefore described, with the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of laying said pipe line and repairing same . VITNESS the following signature and seal : s ·r ATE OF VIRGI NIA ' COUNTY OF I, for the County af resaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that L. N. Shifflett , whose name is signed to the foregoing writing, bearing date on the 25th day of September, 1931, has this day pers:,nally appeared before me in my said Cowity and acknowledged the same . My commission expires theJ:/1i_day of Given under my hand J thisJJ6-ft day //J/a4 r;l , 193~. of September, 1931 . lRGlNIA! In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit ~ The foregoing deed ck Rockingham County. ~ ~ - - /_J ~---·· was this da.y presented in the -~ , ~~~aid and is together with the certiftca~ of acknowledgment au :x:ed, a ittied to record �L. N.Shifflett 1U~l B. to & S. 1/ ()b Herbert ij/. v1yant. ':L . ,ff{__ Tax $.. C:::::::::::: fees S. / Transfer$ / ~'tll S-.. 1" ~-p_---'f:.3o P.M. Admltted SEP 2 5 1931 ~ t/t::kld::i,l,/ly~r; , T'ftockingham County, Va, -.2 .£' r 1n0nourg, v~ 9.:::~=;+-·---! ~orded in.-«:.. d ,, -~~ fJ'"'" .3 1 JoZ ~.:. ~It, HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW FIR ST NAiiONAL BANK BU I L O :N G HARRISONBURG.VA . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Condemnation vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others Upon the motion of Herbert W. Wyant, leave is hereby given him to file his answer herein, and the same i .s according ly done. Enter: 2$?.. � 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 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.  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. 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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-hubert.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, Hubert Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Top of Blue Ridge - Swift Run Gap on south side of Spottswood Trail 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): 118 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. (<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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d1a0f53b394cb40ce9f3545fa1754df5.pdf 02e29c6e19fe53fb1ac44ac9556cde83 PDF Text Text ROCKINGRt~M COUNTY \ NAME OF CLAIMANT #167 - iyant , Mary E. Number of Acres: 340 Location: On Hawksbill Creek, and entirely within the Park area . Roads: Four miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point . Soil: · (See reverse side) History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: (See reverse side) (See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 298 3 . 00 $894. 00 Cove: 7 5 . 00 35 . 00 17 @ 25 . 00 425 . 00 3 @ 15 . 00 45 . 00 13 338 @ 40 . 00 520 ~00 $1919 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: ValueofLand: $191.9 . 0 0 Value of Improvements: $ 2030 . 00 2030 . 00 Value of Orchard: $120 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 120 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 1.81 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 181.. 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 12. 7 0 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 50 . 00 $ 4300 . 00 ~ -,;f]l-n: CLERK. (,,~ �SOIL: West of t he road the soil is sandy i oam of fair depth and fertility , wit) some small rocks and very ,few outcrops . The slopes are moderate to very steep . East of the road the soil is deep and fertile and the loam is gravelly with few outcrops and some loose rock at the upper si de . 'l1 he bottom along the creek is rat her gravelly Yvi th lo ose creek rock , but ~airly fertile . It is level . The other cleared land is rolling and fertile . There is a good blue grass sod on the grazing land, but part of it is very ba.dly @rown up to brush . 1 ISTORY OF TRACT ~ND CONDITI ON OF Til'-lffiER: West of ~he road there is a very uneven stand of yellow pine i ith considerable white oak and other species . The plflne ranging in sizes up to 12rt DBH. The bark was removed in 1930 and there has been no fire for the last few years . The estima te is 230 cords of pine stavewood . East of the road there is a good stand of dead chestnut up to 35 ,t DBH with some white pine up to 24u DBH. with three logs a nd a few poplars and ash . The estima te is 12 M. of saw timber . - 250 cords of extract wood, 25 walnut trees a nd 160 l ocust posts. IMPROVEMENTS : House: Frame, 16x32' , plastered with L 14x20 ', 8 rooms, 2 story, 2 double porches - 7x25' - 7xl5'; brick chimneys, solid founda tion, metal roof, f a ir conditi on . Old barn: Log, 32x50xl6' , dilapidated . Wash house: Frame, 10xl5xl2', shingle roof , fair condition . Spring house: Frame, 6x7x6', shingle roof, fair condition . Hen house : Frame, 10xl 4xl0', shingle roof , fair condition . Grafiary and wagon shed: Frame, 16x20xl2 ', shibgle roof, fair condition . �~~~:e '-...-/ . 0_J _:t;~--______ County, Virginia, No.lL"::f__, At Law. The State Commission on Consefation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ J; /JA-4. ~ 4 . ___ · _ /ltP ~ __ V' _tJ..., __ r- __ t>?-, _J ' t , . . - / ~ ___ _ ~rcu:c:o~f_~ftf --------------- ------------~~ ------------------------ ---------------more or less, of land in __~------~-____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p tion 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 petiti n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_& _______ ~-- - - - ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said etition and to said )lp)ice. My name is ____ ----~7 £---~?'"~~---------?""------------- My post office address is ___ _____________ ____5 / ) ~ ~-----~--@_~-- I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___~__J_,8-:"_______ acreJ, on which there are the following · t s=-------~--:;,--;:z o/v\-(._ ~ ~ ~o/'o..,,.,__~ q,_/~ b ·1d· ~ s an d 1mprovemen ;:;;;_--~-----#------7 ----- -----~ ~ ~ ~/4£2~ ~ ::::::::::::::::~:--,7~ This land is located about__~ ___ miles from _ / i d ~__/!?i__&_ ___ Virginia, in the_. J ~ ~agistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners, adjacenJ; to the a ove described tract or parcel of lan~ ~ ~~If~ , ~:: ~~ -d~-~ -_a-4,~ E a s t ~ _£ L --~ re as . 11 ,w s: -_____ _ --=-=/'_-~ _ h ~ - - - - - - - I acq:i::d = ~ : ! ~ r inter:: : : ; r o p ~ ~ /! year_'1£_£m the ~o:;;~~;.~~c!:::::::~=~~ on is ?}_fJ__~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $_2_!i__f£.!!_ __ ___ _ I am the owner oL __-==:-:._ __ _ _ ___ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--~ __ (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a $_£ _f __ ~~;es°'if:k:f ~~Z~~~ p~3~~~ f-~ li/"'c,~' _7;/4. ,,£~--0 -~.-;~ _~JC--~ ;:l~~~~~~Hn~ ~~~ mark~ ~2.r23) ;¥~ ___ /_f _______ Witness my signature (or my name and ef~ ---------, day ~--r---Gff_~ --rf:~ 7Ji~ --- of_ _____ 193f STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_~f.--~ ---- - -- - ---~-- T;(tit: '?' '~ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _-1:_, _.@_':f_~_&!.: ___ .f'!!~:-;__f __L!--_!'f-~ the above named claimant per sonally appearetfbefote him ad'd -~ ade oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ __ _j__k ________ day oL------~-~---- --, 193if. f 7J / /~ ~ /7~!. F -~ ~ 1-r~;;~t,~-~; tary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �'---..---- -/ ~~a::e ~ircui1:c~J!&':i7___J;[~------County, Virginia, o.IY:~, N At Law. The State Commission on Conse;;7ti;n~ and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ ~ tJ-4--t.~ 4 __'-f~ L U~ --~ ~ 7--......._ ___ _ $"""":J- J& I ~ /, Tu:~~i.~~~gn~~. :~~8~~~tecC~~;;;i;;/~~~~a,c~~::~v~~rJ::· 1 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 oLlf_ ~ ~ ~-- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o s~ etition and, to said no My name is ___~ ~ < ? ' ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - h-~ 7 ;;-----7--/ My post office address is ___ ___ ______~~ __Q_CJ.__J2:£L ~.!':!.7I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought .9'7;1 ( _f-7-7 ~~~- ?/j~c~e-s, ~ : to be condemned, containing about_ _ w,~~:~e a:~-~e following ~~ ts~~~ ~-~~ ~ ------------ --- - ----- --- ----- ------------ ---------- - ----- ----- - - ---- - -------- ----- ~~ ---. ------.----- ------------ -----------. --------------·:...; ;,,J--7~------------- .--.-.--.This lpP~ located abo~L~ -: -~ ~rom ____ ft---?.:t'~ ---------- Virgmra, m the~~.N~ Magister ial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_l_(}_()_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 improvement s thereon is $_{_~C)_Q_()_ ___ __, I am the owner oL_:::=-=--__ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----==-=--- --------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a des~:::k~L~~ par~~! :f :an~ ~ ~ - W ~ s ~ j~ - ~ ~ - ~ ~- --,- ~ ---~ -- - - ~-~ - ~~~.:r~~~~=~~ e~ ) : " J ---t-~_______ Witness my signature (or my name and ~ k attached,here to) @-~ J--------, of_ ___ 193j1. __________ - "..; day ~½?1 7-~-------- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ ~ ---- __ .:. _________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL-il~--- ----~---"--- ~ - 11!:t-_- ~ - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared before him ghd-~ade oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ _J__~ ________ day of ____ ~ ~ ~------, 193r J',.,2, ./ ;Z-;1/ 1/r/ ~ A . ~ ; : f f u ~ p ~tary Public, or Justice of the Peace. - - - - - - - - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2? �ooklng . . ~}toner l l 9680 . 00 8 o.oo t1t-el ff i thin th P t: : , 1000.0 0 (100 ) ro • t () o• ..nl.le ·. ot soa po!.nt. lrt ro to:rr o-r to Ya o y, , 1 . n aro t n ipp 1 t Q dootl oLoot• to 24/' 00 I, OS itnt ~ 7xe • , u 1ncl 1·00!' • eo.oo fat 15. 0 ·· l0:itl4x l0' , shin ·le root, fn1r roof, 25. 00 �Coun ;l: •" o "i r?u 11st~1ot:. ton ~all • Ao~ona , 208 11 J3 .i• c Re too:itns orohll:rd total Totnl I • • lu 3 2 . • a.oo 3.043. 00 ' . 0(\ "'0·. 00 :300.00 10. 00 42u . OO 30. 00 - orchard lue or lo. ... Total Vt\l u · ..,. ·or 1 ·.: ra To 1 v lu o ti~ber 1 o,. tracJ Tota. Av rage v 1· v · ~ etr.1.on a 71 �we::::!:':' /167 - I J.r- , J • iyc.i.nt county: .ock i ngham · Distr ic t ; Stonem. . 11 \ II . _... r i u.s :stL. te J :1co '_'"ost , Tr . ,obe rt \$ . J . 2 . Lou.bray J . ·yant .rac ob r-ir . J:G:~ITD Cove - ;Lope ur zing - , il ble J c ~ l e - l" - 20 chains ~ - - - -~ �IN T_U: CIRC:UIT COURT OF ROCYINGlliJl COIDJTY , VIRGINIA f\)ed \n the 'c\er'k's Office State Co:.1 mission on Conservation and ~evelopment of the State of Virginia R ckino-rarn County! Va. SCP J-o \932 ~~ Cass::~ra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 a cres of land in ~ocki~ham County, fir g i£.a. Motion to set aside and disapprove the reDort of the Board of Appraisal Commiosioners. Comes now the claimant , ·fury E. Wyant, and asks and reg_uests the Court to set aside, decline to accept and disapprove the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners filed in this cause with reference to this defendent in Tract No . 167, which said tract contains 340 acres and is situate on :ijawksbill Creek , in Stonewall District, .tlockingham County, (1) irginia; for the following r Jasons : Because the value placed upon the said l&nd and. timber by the Board of A~praisal Commissioners is grossly inadeg_uate. (2) Because the finding or fi ndings in uestion are so manifest- ly inadequate when considered together with the evidence before the Court, as to justify a finding th~, t in makiilc:: such findin5 or findings the Board of ~~praisal Commis s ioners or some of them were affected or influenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence, with reference to \lhich such findint; or findings v.'ere m&de. ,lherefore, the said fury E. v yant prays the Court that an or1er may be entered setting aside, declining to accept, and disa9p rovins the r eport of the Board of ..appraisal Commis s ioners in so far as it relates to or affects the sald lands ov1ned and claimed by the said Mary E. Wyant . Said •lary ~ . ,vyant furt 1er moves the Court to exclude 1:1.er said lands from the Park area and to release her said lands from the said condeumation proceedings . s,o �2. Your movant herewith files affidavits as to the value of the said l a nd . Y E . i/lY NT By c ounsel 511 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in tlockingham 0ounty, Virginia . Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by Mary E. ~ v/yant to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commis L ioners disapproved in connection Hith its findil'.18 No . 167. State of Virginia, County of Roc ki ngham, to- wi t : This day personally appeared a Notary Public in and for the Virginia, County of in the State of • ,I . Richards , who after being duly sworn, deposes and says as follows : That he is well acQuainted with the tract of land belonging to Mary~ . •yant, containing 340 acres, situate on Hawksbill Creek, in Stonewall District , rtockingham County , Virginia, known as Tract No. 167,in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners, and that the amount allowed by sai d Jommis sioners for said land is gro ssly inade~uate; the same being well worth the sum of ~5,372 . 50; that he has determined the val.ue of said tract of land as follows : 298 acres slope, at ~5 . 00 per acre 7 acres cove, at ~5 . 00 per acre 17 acres c razing land, at -'25 . 00 per acre 3 a cres fields restocking, at $15.JO per acre 13 acres cultivated land, at ) 60 . 00 per acre Value of improvements Value of orchard Value of timber Value of wood Fencing and improvements since a ppraisement Total $1 , 490 . 00 35 . 00 425 . 00 45.00 780.00 2,030 . 00 120 .oo 300 . 00 100.00 47. 50 $5,372.50 ~<3~~ Subscribed and sworn to before me thi ~ ~day of Jeptember , 1932. ~ ~a~ 1c 5 12.. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKI NG,HAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia . Affidavit to be read in connection with motion f iled by Mary E. Wyant to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connec tion with its finding No . 167. irginia, State of County of Rockingham , to- wit : This day personally aJpeared before a Notary Public in and for the County of in the State of Virginia, E. J. Carickhoff, who after being duly sworn, dep oses and says as follows : That he is well acquainted with the tract of land belonging to Mary E. ,lyant , containing 340 acres, situate on Hawksbill Creek , in 1 Stonewall District, .tlockingham County , Virginia , known as Tra ct No . 167, in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commi ssioners , and that the amount allowed by said Commissioners for said l and i s g rossly inadequate; the same being well wotth the sum of $5 , 372 . 50; that he has determined the value of said tract of land as follows : $1,490 . 00 298 acres slope, at $5 . 00 per acre 35 . 00 acre per 00 . $5 at 7 acres cove, 425.00 acre per 00 . $25 at land, 17 acres grazing 45 . 00 3 acres fields restocking, at $15 . JO per acre 00 780. acre :i;er $60.00 at land, 13 acres cultivated .00 030 , 2 Value of improvements 120 . 00 Value of orchard 300 . 00 Value of timber 100.00 Value of wood 47 . 50 Fencing and i mprovementssince apJ raisement Total Subscribed and sworn to $5 , 372 .50 1932 . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia r,r V ~ 1932 /~~erk In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled case on the 25th day of October, 1932, and in response thereto, your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the are~ sought to be condemned, ownership of which is claimed by her, an_d with reference to which she has filed her objections, is the same tract or parcel wtiich was found by the Appraisa 1 Commissioner s to be land owned by her, being TractNo. 167, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the repor,t, and exhibit s h eets thereto attached, made by said Commissioner s. MARYE. WYANT By ~~) 7- ~ 0-~~ ~ 11/;7/} r Counse 1 / ~ I 1, ~4 'di �-· IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM: COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, am 52,561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia •. Upon the motion of Mary E. Wyant, by counsel, leave is hereby g iven her to withdraw the exceptions filed by her to the report of the Board of App,raisal Commissioners and the same is accerdingly done. Enter: �� 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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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-mary-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Wyant, Mary E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 167 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. (<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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f0f1a513cc5f5d163c33a26ff549437c.pdf c40b2da935c30f6230802cf8e1a049c0 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #214 - Yancey , Bernard Number of Acres: 40 Location: ~~: ~ ; : :~:!. of Yancey on Simmons Gap Run. Roads: Two miles to Island Ford over county road . Soil: Slope . Entirely within This tract has been completel_y cut over and repeatedly burned over valuable for fuelwood only. History of Tract and condition oftimber: Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 40 $200 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 200 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Val~e of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N~ . dn ~ -/V~-------=--J -------,c:>---C~RK. \ V �ROC.!~NG:.L,.l'.: COli1'!'?Y NAME OF CLAIMANT #214-a -- Yancey , B . P . Number of Acres: 14L.1: '? Location: Head o one pron,.,. of Ho.wksbill Creek a.nu is entirely ui thin the P .r}:: area. . Hote - T~tis tract W&s compl8tely surveyed end this acre·ge found . 3leven miles to Slkton mer seven miles of c:ounty l'oad 1_nd four miles ov,:;r Spots\mod '::.1re.il. 0 Roads: - Soil: andy clay lo[.n of medium de11th cmd fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: The cleere d L . . rlli on this trt...ct :108 be3n use~ ~or gruzin. purnoses for mt...ny ye~rs . The sad tinber w s bei·1r· rer,;_ovec. .... t t11e tine of the exu.mim... tion und it was leure.ed th:1t a nill w s roint; to be ruovec1 on this Jroperty to so.v11 the lumber at u.n ec.rly d3. te. ?uel11ood - 300 cords. Improvements: rnlling : Log , 14x22', 2 rooms, shir.gle roo , l~i story, log finis~, 9oor con ition, a undo~ed , Jillar ~oundution , Summer canp : Fr::.r1e, 12x18xl0 ', sh t· cle roof , f<:li r conC: i tion. Dwelling: Log ane' fr r' , , 1 ?x~ s' , 3 rooms , ki tcl1 en 10xl3x8' , porc.11 8x26', mett..l roof, 1-~- story , log fj_nish , poor condition, occupied by tennnt , sp~inf, solid found&tion , basement, size 18x26'. Old b·.,rn: Lo 6 anc. fr~.1e , l?x38xl2', shincle roo", poor C;)n-li +.ion . : ·e--t house : :5'rane, 10xl~x8' , sh,_ ·1p-le roof, poor concli tion . :t~':)le : Loe , 13x1Gxl0', s:un{;le roof , f:..i.ir condition. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 41 10 . 00 .410 . 00 103 40 . 00 4130 . 00 ;43.;0 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Grazing) Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 650 . 00 Value of Land: $ 4530 . 00 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 6 L>O • O0 Value of Orchard : $ 50 • 0 0 30 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ .;._52so . oo Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $3G. 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ Hone. - --~----- ------- -~--~- ------ ,,d-__ J./ £;-AA , ,(u JV_P-$/4-. C L;:l :~ �Claim of ______ _B._P~_.Y_Mfil.EY _________ ___________________________________ ______ ________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ _____ BQ~J.l1LOJI~L _________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ . . D ef end ant s. .., __ L ____________ C oun t y, v·1rgmia, FGPA}' ROCKI _y_ · _________ more or 1ess, of 1an 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_ ____ .BO.C.I<D:.Cll..!AJE__________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ R._ P_._ YANCEY,. _______ _____________________________________ __ My post office address is _____ _)l~~1'Q~J_.Y!~._ ______ ________ _______ _____ ____ ______ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ l 59_________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :____ JiQ.1.!.E!.E! _~~ii__aj ;_~Q.4:.~.! __ _g_o_~c!_-~~~~.!"__o_f'_ _~EP~~--'~~~~---trees_ a.rid cherry_j;_rees . _______________________________________ ___ ______ __ __________ __ m1·1es f rom _____________________________ · ·· m v·1rgmia, Beldor 2 · 1ocat ed a b out ____________ . 1an d 1s Th1s theJiTQNElVAL..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. ) -------------~---------------SOLE OV.lNER ------- - ------------ ------- - ------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: N orth ___ _GEO ._ BAUGPER.,_ AND Ea.ton_ heirs ----- - - - - - - ---------- - - - - - ---------------South ____ T,_ L. YANCEY------------------------------------------- ----------------East ___ __MB.$_._ EliMA_y_ _. _GIBBONS _______ ____________________________________________ _ West __ __ _FBED V/Y/iNT ___ __ _______ __ ___________________________ __________ ___ _______ _ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ 18.9..s_ ___ in the following manner: ___ Pure }tas ed _i..t from _ Crarle_y Baugr.er ------------ ----------------------------------- ~ ~ ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $..l.3-.59.P_._Q_Q_____ __ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $.5.QQ_.{)_9___ ___ ___. I am the owner of_ ____ l ~ ________ acres of land adjUJ.in~ill.ti:~C!ltl30lil8«lilil'Mtlffl.' ~ t,oifxloodobut lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damage·d by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $_2. ._QQ0...0..0_________ . (In the space below should be set out an y additional st atements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert her e a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . Ren1arks:_ TJ,i..s....t:a.rrrLgr..aie.s._50_~.a..t-tl.~-eac1L~..fijj).__r _~±- a_~.r-Qfi.t_Qf __6J__p_~QQ _p~r--h.E1...ll:.d . !_rese rve _a ll_u ass _andtimber _until t t-iis _farm is __I!aid_ for in _full. ______ _______ _T.b.e_.l.Q8._~~re_fJl.r..m _'1ill_.r.?-Y_e. _tQ _~U§g_o.rLt.lt.1~§_.±.h.e_.QO!q_ti_1:§__oJ_Js.~r Pi!l_g__ _c_ll:.i~J~.LJ_t___ _b~i.r-!.S-_l!. _ri ve_r_ bot.tom f' a r m. ---- ----- - ----- --- ---- ------------- ---- - - ------ - - - ------- - ---------- - - ------ - --------------- ------ - --- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). 11.ame andxma~bta?J:,dxhareuo) this __ __l~t h. ______ day Witness my signature (~ --..£~-~-J-;_~12-::"Y-J__ ---------e~~ of __ __fj3j)_~~~ry __ _____ , 193~. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF.RP_C.KlliG:HAIL ____ ___ ____ __ __, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies thaL- - -~~_f_.__"(~Qf!___ __ __ ____ __ __ ___ _____ ______ __ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, tl:lis ____ J_~j:_ll. _________ day of__ ____!'~p_.______ --, 193@ �Claim of_ ____ E ..._P..t_ YANCEY ___________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ __ OOCKIU.OJ:.AJ.:. _____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______________________________ ___ ____________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ____8QCIS:Ilt9JYJL ____________ 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_ __ B.OClllWY..AlL ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. P ------' YANCEY-------------------------------------------------· ______B • --• My name 1s My post office address is ___ fJJ(_~~ ..__ y_b..,!'_ ---------------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ 42___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____ .fume _____________________________ _____________________ _ This land is located about_ ___l.-½______ miles from ______ _l~QiL ___________ __ __ Virginia, in theJ1TQ~~.Af..J.______ 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.) --------------------------------- SOLF._OVl?\ER __________________________________________ _ ot' The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel land are as follows: North_ J.irs . _ Fl::m.. V. _Gibbo_ML ____________________________________________________ _ South __ Jno._H . Sipe _________________________________ _____________________________ _ Big Survey arid W.W. Sellers _ E ast ______________________________________________________________________________ West ___, ~-~~i1t_u _ji1 ___ J..aJ,~ J{Qrri ~_.an.d_A1-aB_.5J,J .illet.t... ________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: _________________ Inhe ri ~ed_ this f r om my Fa.ther.____ l_R._ L._ Yancey}_ ________________ _ I claim that th~ total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J35.0..t.O.°- ________ • I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $Jfon~-----------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here ·a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ____ I rE!eerve all _timber on ~his_ la.r,d _!Jn+.il +,Hs _la.nd is-caid_f or __I _iu_!.l.u.l.~------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- - - ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mar~ tach}-1 hereto) this _____ l ~.f:J,______ day ---./-~-1-/..:-¥ ~ 1 2 ~ ------ oL __ F..e.h.'-------- -----, 193~. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ .RQCKDIGtrA!L _____________ , To-wit: 7 The undersigned hereby certifies that ____B._ P~_.YAN.QEY______________________________ _ 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 beliefi this ____ H±J>__________ day of ____ -1:EB, _______ --, ~~ -~ . 6le;k- of-M~; ~ Notary Public, To~~-..:-,:-,::,-,,- - ; ~~ · 'oo.. ~ . �coun ty: Rock ingham Diatr iot: s tone wall Aore ase Clai ~ed: 42 Valu e Olai tned : Loca tion : Soil : $850 . 00 Asse ssed Deed tt n One mile east of Yaneey,on Sinnno:ns Oap Run . the r e.:rk area . Enti rely with in Slo;pe.- Roads: 2 mile s to Isla nd l<'ord ov~r coun ty road . Hist ory: This trac t has been oom.pletely out over and repe a tedl y burn ed over , valu able for fuel wood only . Imnrovements; l !{one . Timb er: 200 cd:;h {Jl: 50¢ ,.. __ ...,..,_ .. - - ----- ... ---- ---- -.................. _...,,.._ ,..,. $100 . 00 V:alue ner ;~ere Ao:reage 40 Tota l valU$ of land i2.!>o Tot al Value dl00 .00 $100 . 00 Tota l valu e of imp:ro-vements Tota l valu e of timb er 100 . 00 Tota l valu e of trac t 200 . 00 A'verage valu e :per aore 5.00 I �- J214 - 3ernard Yuncey . County: Iockingham District: Stonewall N LZGEHD Slope Scale - l" - 20 chains 7 �:._ County : \o o:.,;:in han District : Stone rull .Juli Davis N .L...,u.uc;her ~red J . y nt C- . S . uhif . . lett D. G. Davis ~r . ui bbons et Yc....l1Cey Slo .Scale - 1 zin 2U cliu. · ns 3'{3 � 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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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 yancey-bernard.pdf Title A name given to the resource Yancey, Bernard P. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: One mile east of Yancey on Summer Gap 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): 214, 214-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<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 Yancey https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/873d904dbc20b254d73d69988fa76ced.pdf 454c694dfccb21ef6c252e82b5d0d24c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #213 - Yancey , T. L. Number of Acres: 26 Location: One mile east of Yancey and on Gap Run. within the Park area . Roads: This is partly . Two miles over county road to Island Ford . Slope . Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: The timber on this tra ct has been culled and cut over, but there is s till some saw timber remain ing . Improvements: NONE. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 26 $ 5 . 00 t l30 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 130. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 175 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 37 . 50 Value per acre for tract: $ 13 . 1 ? Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 175 . 00 37 . 50 ~342 . 50 �R0CKINGHAH C0UNrY ,,I ! I NAME OF CLAIMANT #215-a -- yancey , T. L. Number of Acres: 111 Location: Hawksbill Creek , and is entirely within the Park area . Note - - his tract was almost entirely surveyed and it is believed that he owns no more than the acreage given . Roads: Eleven miles to lkton over seven miles of county road and four miles over Spotswood Trail. Soil: North and northwest slope of fair depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: The cleared land on this tract has been The wooded area has used for grazing purposes for many years . no merchanta ble saw timber on it . Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 55 ~ ~5 . 00 $275 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 44 35 . 00 1540 . 00 Fields Restocking: 12 20 . 00 240 . 00 $2055 . 00 111 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2055 . 00 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ lOO . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 25 . 00 ,2180. 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1 9 • 6 4 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE • -~~ : A -~--=--- _ CLERK. �REPORT ON THE ACREAGE of the T. L. YANCEY TRACT #213- a . '1.-rhe deed to Mr . Ya ncey for this trac t contains only a very general description without bearings or distances , but calls for 120 acres . I therefore made a field survey of this tract, running all of the lines except t he west boundary . This west boundary was determined by calls of the Burke and Coleman tracts, for which the deeds cont a i n surveys . n computation of the area by the calls of my survey and the lines common to the Burke ~nd Coleman tra cts gives 111 acres . The state ' s r;;;; l~sJ°2~ 'I/ \r;{N. ~ n, Chief Engineer , Pa rk service . 17 �County : Rockin gham Distr ict: stonew all #213 Acrea ge Claim ed.: 124¼ - T. L. Yancey Asses sed 42. 86 acres 1019) X Value Claim ed: Deed (acqu ired 44 A. 24.• 000.• 00 ff $200 . 00 AREAL Locat ion: One mile ea.st of Yance y and on Gap Run.. withiL tho Po.rk c.r~a• " r artiti on 26 A:• r-.r his is partly I_:aps: -So11:Sl0.P8 • Roads : 2 milea over county road to Island Ford. ,!!isto ry: . The timber on this trn.ct h s beon culled and cut over, but there is still some saw timbe r remai ning . Impro vemen ts: None . Timber: · Fuel 35,000 Bd . ?5ft.ods~. u$5 50¢ . oo·per . -~--~ -~~-wood ---·-per M ed. ______ ______ ___ ...---~-____ _ '. 175 . 00 37 . 50 (,•212.5 0 Value of land by types: Type Value per acre .. creuge 'si'ope ~3 . 50 26 . Total vnlue of land ·"91 . 00 To*al value of improvements Total value of timber Total value or tract ~212 . 50 1:l- 303.50 Average value per acre x -- Thia includ es tract 11.67 213-a . Total Value ;)§1 .6~ �,1213- a _,.. Yancey• T . L . Acreage Clained: Ass~ased 122 A• 6? P. ; 24½ X Location: ..,550 .oo .:Jot giv n . 26 A . aa rlrnbill creeI: and ia · (;Utirel, w thL t~l- lark area . not .. . 'fhio trc: ct ,~n alr.1oat entir-.,ly surveyed and it laiued: Valuo Deed 124 A• 67 P . 924 , 000. 00 1' r ea : fl is beli ved -.hut he owns no t:io ... e t en the acre~tt;•. f; i ven . Incuubro..,cco , ~:::>u.1tc :- clains or laps: - llone kno m . Jorlh and nort_1\7eet eloye of fo.ir de ... t l:l and f rtLii ty . Soil: ., Road t ..... lov n r lea to .Blkton ov... r th.. ven t1ileo of count aud I~ur niles o er SJotswaod T1ail . road Hiotory,of tra ·~ and cJnditivu of ;...iober: 'I'l.i oleo.red l a nd on t io tract has been used fo r e:;razi:ng purpoa . . .J f r na.ny y o.rn . The ·,oodod area hao no oerchantable 3a.w tiriber on it , an eotioated aoount of 350 cords of fu l ·,ood valu ed. at 50¢ J..,er cord ...... :;1?5 . 00 . Vn.lue ~ ;eer a.ere f.creage slope Fe; Fr . 3 ,. 00 25 . 00 • 44 12 lOG Total val ·1e of land Tota.l vo.lue of orchard Total ului.; o:f tinbe1· mot al vi~lu e of tract Avcrag~ value ...ier ncre 50 6,. 00 Total Value )1 50 . 00 1100 .. 00 ?2 . 00 ' 1 322 . 00 1322 . 00 40 . 00 175 . 00 ·,133'7 . 00 1 14 . 97 x -- This includes traot #213 . 2,2.S �"- ~~a:e ~ircuit ~ ~ ------f ~ o~nt: Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------- -----. ----· Q / ~ ---------------- ------- . .-. .---------------- ------ more or less, of land m_ g _ k : - ~ ~County, V1rgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitili~--~f-th;-st;te Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili:1~9f sai . pe~ition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__~ _______ _ --~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya::: ;:_:~~-~:-~~~:_ :~ L:~~ce. :::-:_ __________________ _ 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 a ~ _;2..l.f...-f"~___ acres, on which there are the following ~n~~-~~~~ This lan~s located abo~L-~- ~ --~-miles ~rom _______~ ~-----Virginia, in the~ _Mag1sterial D1str1ct of said County. (/ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or pare __ o~ Ian = ~ a~ A Z , ; 1 / ~ ~ ( l ~~ ~~ ------- ;( --:~ 7 f - ~_@J,j_:~ -~l?12_1 1~'J:._~~,/ hy,_ ~£?t{_~ cy-. /}f'_ ~ l '"i ~a owners adjacent to the above describe/ tract & parcel of land are as follows: North ___ ~ ~ ~ ---------------- ---------------- ---South ____ ~ ~ ---------------- ---------------- -------- :stt::: . :_ .' ~ x -::___ --:__:::~-mYJ i~::::::::::::::::::: 1 I acquired my righ' following manner : tle, estate or mterest to this p;operty about the year __ L'lL-'j_in the (} 4 --,IZ- ~ ---------------- ---~ . ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ~ -~t ·B -lt I claim that the tot~l Vjl~~f tP~ of ~ the imprcwe~ ~ "lffl is .tu~~~~-~ tli'at ~a~ right, title, estate or ~~e~ st in and to _~hi.s t~acJ;,..Qr parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $3 .P-~~-= ----· ~ m ~ of_ _____, ~ =--acres of land adjoining the above described tract or ~ parc~t'~f 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 ~f desc~~!:k:~~~-~::~ 1 -~Y~ ~~ -¥ .fil-:AE:rS _AL.Bf'.All _SUUK.__!1.AG.ANESE-~lllF..DJ.Nr_GO!lll..JJ,lALYSI-~..P-~tFPF.!l..M....C.~"Eli'IS1-...-------- ---------------- -------- ~--------------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on t Wit , s_ my signature (o• RI,''"""" and of___ _ _____ fC: _____ , 193f. back). =-=~-~--*-'~~-¾ ~ ________ ~ reto) this~--- ~ -- - ~-- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF______ ff 'L- _____ day ~ ~-----.----- ----------- To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _____ the above named claimant personally appeared before him anG made oath that the matters and things appearing in his aboye ~ er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ .. day of_ ___ ~ -----, 19 'f_M _____ My Commissior1 expires Aug . 22, 1s~34 . '\ �\___. - Claim of ____ T~_Li_YANCEY _______ ·-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---In the Circuit Court of_ _______ BQ_~J(_!Jll::E&t________ County, Virginia, No.Jj__~_t_, At Law. ~=e:ta:: _ Cozi = ~s:rv aX,n ~ ~ p m ~ t -- 6'-J._+J~ :Jd:: State;f _Virginia, Peti- l --~---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- 140 ac remore or less, of land in ____ijQQt:rn.01~L ____________ County, Virginia, Defendan ts. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL ___EQQ~fJ.91~~------- ----- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ J_.__~!,_y@gJX _______·_______________________________________ _ My post office address is ______ .EL.KTQN ~_ YA~----- -------- -------- -------- -------- 1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about_ ________ l,! O______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents :____ 'l'J3JlJ'lJUtL b.911Jl~--- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- Tl11s . 1an d 1s . 1oca t ed a b ou t _________ 4 ___ m1·1 es f rom_____________ Beldor________________ v·1rg1ma, .. m . the __ fil'..Qli~M-1,_____ Magister ial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) __ SOLE OVNER -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ B. P. _YANCEY -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -----South __ R. M. _BURKE -------- -~------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------East ___ MRfl. ll1! A V. GIBBONS -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----West_ __ R. M._ BURKE & Al 1 .__ SPIFFLE rT _____________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ _i91o___ in the following manner: _________________ Purc~se d from Geo . E._Si_p eL Counnissior,_tir_af) _ou:t,._ .112 _acres ______ _ ! " B. P . Yancey " 6 " --------- --------- ---0---- --· ,,------- -------- -------- -------- --------------- -------- -' H~rril'lg Pe; rs " 2 " I claim that the total value of this tract or-parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $'Z.J9.9.P_.._Q.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 improvem ents thereon is $_ 7J9_0_Q.'!.,QQ ______ , I am the owner oL ____ }_S-9, _______ acres of land alijodm:Jl~xbheu. »e11:e~ x~xact or .1p1Qr&tJ)c.&f xlamkiiut lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $_2..19.99_11..QQ ________ , (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here toa description of the tract or parcel of land by m11tes and bounds). Remarks : ___th~-~99y_!}_J~r.r:1_wi lJ_~~ll~t ~_ .tz9~_QQ _R~r_nl9P_th _dYri~g__g_~~ting_~~-~--~~!lJtQ1l_~-~t _p~JJ-tiu:ti _r~D±.al. ..r~t esA____________________________________________________ _ -------- -------- -~~ -tg_jJ,_e__lQ~~ -rf__thl~ _fgnn~_ .l. _rlll_~•Y..a _tQ_di sc_on:t.inue _________ '.:ti~ ~J 8 _rai sin_g_ al] togethe r L t hereb_y ClilUSing_ a cJ ftl!reCiSl.±i_On _Qf _j5~ QQQ t.00_.f,J) _ .l)U __ _ NY~-~Q.Qt.:Mro_.fJlllTLO.L l.6.9_J~JL Q.tg.te.d_..Rh.o.v.e , Continue remarks if necessar y on the back). Witness my signatur e (00tm )t~xaRax~~h~k ua:M( .)xthis _______ J_l_t_t} ___ day :;~;;:-•t~~:~~;;~:, _R_o_e_kA~! .~z ~-~ ~~~;~-------------- l~~~NT Y OF The undersig ned hereby certifies that_ _________'t!.):.!_J!\.PE_e_x ________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of hi~ knowledge and belief, this ______ }l _th _______ day of_ ____~~----- -----, 193~~ °>j I s,'/4 / My CQllJilisaion expires Aug . 22, 1934 . g1~ r:r: ~~ tor-or �Q!nmmnttnttaltb nf ]Itrgittia TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA , Decem ber 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certif y that I, J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia have th is 27 day of Decem ber_in accord ance wit h a n order of the circu it court of Rockjn gbam Crn1nt y /20/33 dat e d 12 ~ , in the cause of the State Commi s sion on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment of the State of Virgi nia ........i-n-.es,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ tk w._._s,._o,.,.,.n-----A......... JL....a... vs • ----- -"d-C....a...s""'s....,a"±n±lad....rlc'-<a.,.._..... paid to __Thoma s L . Yance y, McGahe ysvill e , Virgin ia $2....,..lB_OiOO.____ _ being in full settle ment of tract # 213- a in t h e ab ove mentio ned cause. L �Q!nmtttnunttttltq nf lJirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . December 27, 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Thomas L. Yancey McGaheysvill e, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2.180 . 00, in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of ___ ~R=o=c=k-in~g=h=am ____ entered on the 20th day of Decemb er 1 93.3._ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _._C~a-s=s~a.-........n~d~r~a..___.T~,a~w~ s ~a~n.__.A~t~k~j~n'-'-=s- - -- and others, being full and complet~ settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 2J3-a Sign ori g inal and dup li cate and return to the Treas urer of Virgi n ia. ?l>I �1.")l.; ['-' V - ., . L. Yo.ncoy . County : ~\OCl:ingh m District : Stone.tu.11 I I I/ I rs . ·::r-.u.1.a V. Gi obons J. :r. �._, I CHAS. A. ' HAMME R ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISO NBURG, VA. August 24/1933 To The Hon. Phillip lilliams , Chairman of the Land Tract Arbitra tion Board. I , Thos . L. Yancey , have employed Messrs . Hammer&. Hammer of Harrisonburg to represe nt me in all condenm ation proceedi ngs in connect ion with my land tract #213 , as shown upon the map filed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County. Given under my hand this 24th day of August , 1933. 3b. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROOKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. l_ THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TEE STATE OF VIRGINIA, VS o CASANDRA LAWSON ATKINS , et ala , and 52 ,561 Acres of Land in Rockingham. County filed in the Clerk', Office Rockingham County, Va AlJG 7 f 1933 TO THEHON. H,. . BERTRAM, .Tudge of the Circuit coft.~k/; ;t,Cle \].) The motion of Thomas LoYancey, praying the Court to disapprove and to decline to aocept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Conmissioners h~retofore appointed by the said Court in the above matter , wherein the said Board reported under #213 of its findings as filed in the Clerk ' s Office of the said Court , that moveant was only entitled to the sum of THEE!E HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($350 000 ) for 26 acres of land which moveant owns in fee 0 (2 ) The amount allowed for the said l.and is wholly i nadequate , and amounts to taking moveant •s property in violation of his constitutional rights , and Without just cornpensationo This land is covered wi "th a valuable growth of young saw timber , for which moveant has been offered ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS Cw+, OOOoOO) , and the land is ef a type adapted for orchard purposes. It is practically level l and , l ies cl ose to the railroad , and the amount of 26 acres taken is worth at least FORTY DOLLARS (#40 000 ) per acreo The land is unimproved , and as stated is valuable (l ) for the timber , and (2 ) for orchard or agricultural purposes. ~ ~ yf/ fl ¥-(I~ Moveant prefers a trial by juryo tee. ~~ Hammer & Hammer , Counsel * ~ ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -37. �- 2 - VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG; 'IO- WIT: I , Geo. LoDovel , a notary public in and for t,he City of Harrisonburg , to B.ereby certify that Thomas L. Yancey, whose name is signed on the margin hereof -i,or the purpose of identific ation, this day personall y appeared before me in my said City and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing petition of his own knowledge are true , and those ll{lda upon informati on derived from others he believes to be trueo Given under my hand and seal. this 24th day o f , ; ; J J/o, f Notary Public 3& �Filed in the Clerkt, Office Rockingham County, Va Y.ANCEY , T. L. 213 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY S f 1933 ~ IN RE • .ARBITRATION AGREEiv!ENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in .the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Fark .ct . SUMMARY STATEM:ENT OF PETITIONER: EXCEPTANT : Yancey , T. L . ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 35 : Value $4 , 200 . 00 : Inc . Damages $500 . 00 VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER ' S APPRAISERS: VALUE TRACT NO . INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $303 . 50 213 BOARD OF .APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDINGS: MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 213 VALUE OF 'IR.ACT: TRACT NO. 213 VALUE $342 . 50 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES �The basic differen ces between Petition er and this exceptan t are as to the classifi cation and value of the land , and timber values . Although we believe the values reported by the Petition er's appraise rs were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners as to values are substan tially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuatio n than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the classifi cation of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctl y set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with referenc e to this c aae, and not as set forth in exceptan t 1 s statemen ts . This Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitte d with copy of the record tendered herewith , and addition al copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnishe d if desired . W. c. Armstron g, for Petition er Subscrib ed to and verified before me this the (day of Septemb er, 1933 . ~a_) J( ~ Emma K. Stokes , Notary Public �NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Court: the to shows and undersigned the Comes now 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. _..t{_L';J_--:-__~ 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 sumCs'J set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(,1 therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No2fl-::_/z_ $~/ff_d_~ Tract No. ------------ $----------i on Tract No. ------------ $----------i 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(/) except the following named persons whose interest in said tracty1· or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.:J.J.J_-:~-- $:2p/ifd_':!7: 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 ~~/~~- �GUtrk's· ®ffitt <!tirruit <!tnurt nf Jnrkingqam <!tnunt}l HON. H. W. J. BERTRAM JUDGE ROBERT SWITZER '[i;arrisonhurg, Birginia DEPUTIES W. EDGAR SIPE MARGIE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM CLERK STATE OF VIRG nu A, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I , J . Robert SWiitzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquen t taxes against the tract of 122 acres l rood and? poles in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of T. L. Yancy , except for the tax year 1932, but whiclr'9bef statement of M. H. Harrison , County Tre a sur er , shown her'kwith, have been paid in tllre County Treasurer-' s office, since the same was returned delinquen t to my office . Given under my hand this 15th day of December, 1933 . �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT NlAY CONCERN : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Thomas L. Yancey has paid the taxes for the years of 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 122- 1-2? acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains Stonewall District, Rockingham County , All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County. Given under my hand this 15th da y of December 1933 . M. H. Harrison, Treasure r Witness: �J 1HJ STATS -..:OLUL3 ·H OJ Ol OB1 VIRGINIA _;Q!J33RVA TION .\HD DE7ELOP1BNT aj' '.11L~ 3T.i!r-~ vs. CA.:,SANDR!i ATK I NS AND OTHERS , . :m FI:H1TY T·dO THOUS.1_m l IVi; lIDND R:m .Al, OJKINGHA_.1 .]OU~ITY . SI XTY ONE (52 ~6&1) ACRE.3 Ob1 LA~ D I] 'l'o the Honorable H. vv . Bertrain , Judge of the Circuit uourt of Rockingham eounty . The Petition of 'l 'homas L . Yancey respectfully represents: That he is the owner of a tract of forty four acres of land lyingQ_!;~f. of Y~ey in .Rockingham county and within the boundp of the/lproposed~ condernnation in the above entitled cause for ~ark purposes . Of the forty four acres 1;vh ich he owns they propose to t 2ke twenty six seres for which they allow hi n the sum of Three Hundred .H'ifty Dollsrs ·,vh ich is wholly inadequate. Petitioner paid for this property around .l!' orty Dollars per acre at a ti.ne when lan d wa s low and it is worth that .nuch per land that they propose to taKe for acre to him today . Three Hundred .I!' ifty Dolls rs is fairly worth One Thou sand and }P orty Do 11-a rs . Your Petitioner asKs the Jourt to grant hi~ a heeriag on this before the Court or Jury to t he end t nat justice may be done hLn. ,l!;vidently the t.;Or:1.nissioner s are in er.cor as to its v a luation or have been Lnposed upon . a He therefore requests the court give him hearing on the value of this l End at the b;.a r of the uourt o:c before a Jury , All of which is respectfully subinitted . Counsel VI RGINL , .~ ITY 01'' HARRI30IJBURG , 'l'o-wit: Sil( , �l -- 2 -- I , Bessie :1. Co oke , a l-l otary J:>ublic in and for the City of Harrisonburg in the State of Virginia , do certify tha t 1 hornas 1 1 1. Yancey whose name is signed on the margin hereof f or the purpose of identification , this day personally ap peared before me and made oath that the facts stated in the fore going Petition or ~xception a re true . Given under my hand this 30th day of 0eptember , 1932 . ~ / r l . e--S~ Notary PJ blic. s,s �: IRGI:T :u ' Il'J THE CI RJU IT ::)QURT OF roc·~n GRAU 3TATE JORPORA'.I'IO H co:.rr.nss I ffr o:: co:rn~ RV D.r;VEL "IP~.CKT OJ' r.;:1H3 3TA T3 OF VI ~G I ]IJ COUiITY . f'!Id ~ ~IL cr~crk's omca mty, Va. ·,: ·, 8n L vs . V9 32 ';A S SAN.ID R~ L..~ N30N .A TT{I NS and other::: , ore or less , of land in Ro0Lingham State;:nent made this 8th d-.Jy of 3 obe2nber , .L9.32 , by Thom.as L . Yancey , i n response t o an o.rder entered i n the above entitled cause on 0Jtober,Z5 , 19b2 . Your res.penden t says that he is the owner of. a tract of forty four acres of land whiJh he ac.c:iuired from that for thia piece of l and he pa id the SU ill ...!.tTu na v. Gibbo 1s; of One Thousand Dollars nd tha t the parL is taking twenty six acres of it a nd is only llowing him Three Ha .1dred and ifty Dol l ars ; that this la nd is the1 only s o urc e f or fuel and that the sum allowed him , namely Three ,1£Iu.1dred and F ifty Dollars , i s totally inade (.1 uate; th.r, t of th is tract is .2.. / -0 th e number • Exceptant prays that his exception be sustained , and that e be gr n ted the relief prayed for by hLn in the exJe p tions filed in this case. ~nd having fully answered , he will ever pra y , etc . �i L • llt. .• -~ >= m a: < 0 a: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJM COUNTY, VIRGJNIA. Ill :::, 8 THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF' V mGmIA v. #1829 PETITIONER At Law C!SSANDRA LAWSON ATKms, ET ALS, ETC. On this. the ~~ DEFEW .AN TS day of December, 1933, cane Thon:as L. Yancey, and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of $2,180.00, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for Tract No. 213-a, heretofore paid in to Court. And it appearing frcm. the re,P.ort o'f' the Board o,r Appraisal Commissioners heretofore fil.ed in th:is- cause, and in tm. petition for judgment am condemra.. tion entered herein · on the _ day of Nowe.IlliliDer, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Thomas L. Yancey is invested with a superior or better right or: claim of title in and to the said Tract of land No. 2ib3-a, am.. tbat the record of this cause does not disclose any dm:ial. or dispute by· any party ~r person in interest as to the title to the said Tract No . 21.3-a, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and tha'tthe said Thomas L. Yancey is a:LtL tle d to receiv.e the proceeds arising; from the condem.m tion of said Tract No. 213-a, and it further appearing; to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said tract number 213-a have been paid: Upon consideration wmreof, it is ronsid.ered ani cmlered by the Court that tm said sum of $2 ,180.00 paid in to Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No . 213-a be paid unto \ the said Thomas L. Yancey; and the Clerk o-r this Cottr't is die ec ted to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said Thoms L. Yancey tm said sum of $2,180 .00, the amount of the award set out in the juI.gn.ent of condemnation for Tract No . 213-a, taking frcm the said Thomas L. Yancey a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk o~ this Co'Ult"t far appropriate entry thereo~ as required by Jaw. ~II �) OP Chea. A. Hammer, p.q; moMlS L. YANCEY - S'?A'lm lBT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, BC.: ' � 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 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.  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. 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. In 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> 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> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <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 yancey-t-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Yancey, T. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: One mile east of Yancey and on Gap 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): 213, 213-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<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 Yancey