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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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1934
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Commonwealth v. Edward Shifflett
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This indenture witnesseth that I, John Krotzer overseer of the poor for the parish and county of
Rockingham by an order of the court of the said county made at September last to me directly
hath and by these presents doth put and bind Mary Helbert daughter of Brret Helbert of the age
of 6 years the 23rd of July 1804 an apprentice to Daniel Showalter of the said county to serve him
as an apprentice until she shall arrive to the age of eighteen years, during which term the said
apprentice her said master faithfully shall serve his secrets his lawful commands obey she shall
do no damage to her said master nor willfully suffer it to be done by others and shall in all other
respects obey her said master during the term aforesaid
In consideration whereof the said master shall provide and procure sufficient meat drink washing
and lodging fitting for such apprentice during the said time and teach the said apprentice to read
the bible and write tolerable well and learn her or cause to be learned to knit sew and spin and at
the expiration of the said term to pay or cause to be paid her twelve dollars and give her a bed
and spinning wheel the freedom dues allowed by law. In witness whereof the said parties have
hereunto set their hands and seals the 19th day of October 1804
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Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship
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Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or orphaned children to a "master" with who they would learn a trade. Their term generally lasted until the age of twenty-one for males and eighteen for females. Trades were typically determined by the apprentice's sex as well. Active labor and semi-skilled artisan positions were reserved for males, while females often served their term learning to sew, spin, knit, or domestic labor.<br /><br />For more information on the Overseers of the Poor collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aid</a>" tab in the menu above.
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1766-1871
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1804
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Mary Helbert to Daniel Showalter
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Overseers of the Poor
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ROCKINGWJI COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#223 - ~elbert , J . T . and 7. B.
Number of Acres:
Location:
46
Southwest slope of High Top I•1ountain.
Roads:
Four miles of fair dirt road via 5andy Bottom to 811ft Bun;
thence four miles to =lkton .
Soil:
moderate umount of rocks
Soil of good depth and fertiL. ty and
with gentle slopes; northHest U'1d southwest exposure .
1<.....s cleared many years
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peatedly. There is no merchantable timber .
History of Tract and condition of timber: I:ost of the tract
Improvements:
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Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
ValueofLand: $ 1340.00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 38. 79
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ 'JO.Pi'.
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Claim of ____ -~-·--~----~-l!~Q.__
~ /!_ _____ ---------------- ---------------- ------------In the Circuit Court oL ___ fu2.cld.nEh,am... _________ County, Virginia, No.__.l..82.9__ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cassandra _La.wson_Atkin s._ and _others Land 52....,_561 _acres ____ _
more or less, of land in_A~~~!_l~~ ------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL _____ ..B,o..cJd.n.gb.am-- ---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
·
My name is _____ J .,_ T ._Helbert---- ---------------- ---------------- --------My post office address is ___ B.r..OO..d.WJ:Y_~_Y ..a.~------------- ------------------ ----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __ .fi.;f'.:tJ: ________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements= ----------------- ----------------- ---- - ---------------- -----
This land is located about__el_e_yen_ __ miles from __ ...Elkton __________________ Virginia, in
Stonewall.
______________ Mag1s
th e___
· t ena
· I n·1st r1c
· t of sai·d Coun t y.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
-_s O1 e _ 0 ~mer ·--- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- -- ---- --- - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- ---- --- - ---- -- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South ______ ..Qonley - ---------------- ------------ ·---------------- ---------------- East _______ Greene_ County _(J .T .Helbert _land) ___________________________ _
West_ ______ Mi 11 ers _____________________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l _~:Ut __ in the
following manner:
__by dead_from_Cr awford,._to_J. _T. _Helbert_ and _W. _B. Helbert .,_ and ___ _
1f2 _interest later conveyed_to _me_ l:}y_ vr._ B._ Helbert ____________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__l • ..5-QO_._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 $--~1!5_QQ.!_QQ ____ .
I am the owner of_ ___~-~---=--_!'"____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ____-:: __:-__
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks: __.T.t;La_:tJ:'_a.cj;__ C9J!taiu~--fJ.b.9J~t__l,Q_p__~.9-~§~_,__lxiP._g_pA:rt_:tt_..i_lL __
~---=-----·
_Jh•eene _Count_x_and _"Qartly _in Ro cldn_gham_Co_un~_, __abQut fifty acres __
__ thereof_ be in_g_ in_RQckin_gham _County.------ ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark a t t a c h ~ ____ lB.th. ___ day
of _____ f~-~~!:1--~~y_____ , 1930..
_.6,f[_?:t--:f:._______________________________ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _____~Q9ki!llfilgm_ _________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______cI_! __
I_!~_J.- ~~±-~---------- -------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ____i~:!i.h _________ day oL-----~~J>-~~ ~ --~ 930..
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�. I have had an
M:v holdi ngs on top of Blue Ridge is about 650 acres
for consi derab le amoun t
oppo rtuni ty to sell a part of it sever al years ago
ver, if the park
in advan ce ref the amou nt of the purch ase price ; howe
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for same that my deeds indic ate.
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�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF R OCKINGHA.:M, to-wit:
I, J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show
any delinquent taxes against the tract of 50 acres in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, assessed in the name of J . T.
Helbert .
Given under my hand this 22d day of December, 1933 .
Cle
ngham
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�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It I'ay Concern :
I hereby certify that the records
of my office show that J . T. Helbert has paid the t xes
for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 50 - 0- 0 acres
of land situate in the Bl ue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall
District , Rockingham County.
All taJCes prior to that time, if
Qny be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Offi ce
of said County .
December 1933 .
Given under my hand this 22nd day of
�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.
~-.2:.3-___ :
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership J\fap filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No.J:_;:,.3___
$./3-«d~f"on Tract
No. ____________ $----------ion Tract No.
------------ $----------;
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That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
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That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem ·condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:,
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That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (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. ____________ $ __________ : 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)
£ L'J--1 ~
------------------------
P. 0. ADDRESS
____ _L~_
STA TE OF--~~.I.4-_C_QUNTY_.Q .F__BQGKINillIAM, to~wit.: ________ -~-------------- _________ _
This day personally appeared before me J. T. Helbert and made oath that
the sta tement-s-u-orrtai:n--ed--1rr-t-he--atrove- peti-t1-orr-s-o-·far--a.-s-ma11e--orr-trts--own information are __t;r_qe__~n.d__~o__ f_ar__fJJLm.&d.e_Jl:QQO_ infQrm.a.tion_.o.f__o.:th.er.s__hft_b_elle_Ye..s. them to
be true. Given under my hand this 26th day of Decembe 19 3.
-------------------------- ----------------- - - ---;-Notary Public
NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in t
erk's o ce or the onvenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the orm is not prescribe y law, and claimants can
either change or · modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motio in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
�Qtomwnuwtttltl1 nf ]lirgiuttt
TREASURER'S OFFICE
R IC HMOND, VA ,
December 29 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this ~2~g__ d.ay of December
with an order of the circuit court of
dated 12/27 /33
in accordance
Rockingham C01mty
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Gass andra Law=s~o=n~A~t~-k=i=
· n=s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
paid. to __ J. T . Helbert . Broadway , Virginia
$ 1 , 340 . 00
being in full settlement of tract
in the above mentioned cause.
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Treasur·er
#-223
�O!nmmnuwralt11 of lilirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
Deceniller 29, 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J. T. Helbert
Broadway, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $1.,340.00
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of Rockingham
entered on the - ~2~7- - day
of December 193M , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ a_ L_a_w_s_o_n__A~t_k~i=n=s~ _and others, being
____C_a_s_s_a_n_dr
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as#
223
•.
J-D-~ -Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
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. ______ :-_-: ___ ;
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 ju<hrment a.s consti.tuting t4e award(s). ther.tifo;, asJollow.ll.:
Award on Tract No .
.2.2.3. _____
:ror minera.1. rignts cJ.aimea oy R.D. lirawford.
$ __3..__9fLJ;on Tract No. -~~-------- $ ___ :-_~----; on Tract No.
---- - ------ $ __ - ------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
R. D. arawf'ord mineral right in said Traot No . 223. as per
agreement with Crawf'ord by Petitioner arter payimnt into custody
of Court of award for said Tract (see order of' Court entered
February 28 , 1934, Common Law Order Book No . 20, page 121).
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
right
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:imnineral
smw½e cfi,C«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.-~-~~------- $~~~Q____ : Tract
No. _____-::-_____ $ _____-::-___ : Tract No. -":~--------- $-==-"="------;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
P. 0. ADDRESS
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sTATE_OF
Ta-~&...,.,un -and for the
Geun-ty--ei!--- -----,--te or -Vi~-do--hereby--e er-ti-f!y--that R. D.
(1~!f-~<?~dd,--i::.!f_hf?_~~--~-~-;--I~--~i~§l_dt to,f1~~--f~d~g~_!~g--~aJ,1;_1:~.___p~st_~nthally
a P1>eare · ue ore me ... n my croun Y. a oresai
anu ma e oe.~1i -tua
e facts
NoTE-A supply of this blank form has been placea in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
( 0 ver)
parties.
No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
'2..3\
�VIRGINIA:
IN THE CIBCUIT COURT OF ROCKlliGHAM COUNTY 9
THE STATE CCMMISstON ON CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOIMENT OF TEIE STATE OF VIRGilUA
v. ,
-'--...-
PETITIONER:
#1829
Defendants
CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, ET ALS, ETC.
ford, and on his mot ion leave
to file his a ppli cat ion
for disbursement of the sum of $3.90, being the amount awarded
him for mineral rights claimed by him in Tract No. 223, as ascertained and determined by the Board o~ Arbitration herein.
And it appearing from an order entered herein on
February 28, 1954, that after the payment into the custody of
this Court of the award on said r.rract No. 223, the Petitioner
thereafter entered into or confirmed an agreement with the said
R. D. tlrawford u.n der the terms o-r which it agreed to submit
questions as to the value or said minera1 rigjl.ts claimed in
said tract by the said Crawford to arbitration, and that as a
resul.t of said arbitration the value of the mineral rights
claimed by said Crawford in said tract No. 223 was asfertained
and determined to be the said sum or #3.90; and it further appearing that the said sumo~ $3 .90 has hereto~ore been paid into Court,
evidenced by a check of The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Vir:ginia. IR yable to the Clerk of
this Court and lef't with the said Clerk for payment. of' said
amount to said applicant:
It 1s therefore ordered that the said su.m o:f j3.90
be paid unto the said R. D. Crawford by the Clerk
o:r
this Court,
taking from the said Crawford a receipt therefor, which receipt
the said Clerk sba.11 properly enter in his records, as required
by law.
Enter;
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·J8Jteq pu-e 8~P81A0to{ Slq JO
1saq_ atn 01, en.I!). e.t-e ~ i 'J'..IA gu,: o~ar OJ: elf.I. tIJ petrJ: '8~uoo s~uema~l31-S pu-e
�May 19, 1934
Mr ., n. D. cmvfonl
Rucko rsv111e, Va -v
Door oir:
I havo a letter rroo. rir . D. I . B1ckors ,. Clerlc
rolat1vo to certain chocks. doposi~d with
County,
Greene
o
on Conoervation and Development.
Commission
State
the
•by
me
among them being a check.for )3 . 90 uh1cl1 is for r:iincre.l
ri!:hts claimed by you in 'l1ract 1Io . 2:.~; Rocl,inglw.ro County.
I have p1'0p3.rod a petition for you to e ign and
o.clcnovrled.ge, or swear to. before a r:Iotary or oorno other
o rr i eer .. If you ui 11 s ig!t same and .oa ke os th t hero to and
return 1 t to m.0 1 I will pro pa.re the oroor and present the
putition to Judr;e ,ertram for pnymcnt of this aL101:tn. t to you .
Very truly yours,
J' . Robert s,11 tze r • Cl ork
JRS:mb
�LEMUEL 'I
SMITH
RAND(?LPH W . BICKERS
JUDGE CIRC<.-, f COURT
DEPUTY
CLERK
B. I. BICKERS
CLERK OF GREENE COUNTY COURTS
STANARDSVILLE,
VIRGINIA
J.JJ..ay 7th 1934
R. D.Crawfo rd of nuckersville Virginia,
had a letter
from the ~'ront Royal Office of the ..t>ark Condemnation proceedings, in which
it is stated that you have in your possession, certain checks, as follows;
Nos,3817 ,3818, l819,3820,, and what Mr.~rawford wishes to know, is either of
these checks for him, as he had some mineral rights etc.
·1 , ill you please
write i.'l.r .R.D. Crawford ,.d.uckersville, Va, and let him
knov1 if either of the checks is his, and the amount , and if so what
he must
do to get them.
m~
'l'hanking you in advance.
Yours t r u ~
�
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, </span><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu:80/record=b2286919.</a>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Helbert, J. T. & W. B.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Southwest slope of High Top Mountain
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Tract(s): 223
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
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