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This indenture made this 31 day of August in the year of our Lord 1805 between Peter Nicholas
and overseer of the poor in the county of Rockingham of the one part and George Shaver of the
same county of the other part witnesseth that the said Peter Nicholas and overseers of the poor as
aforesaid by virtue of an order of the court of the said county bearing date the November court in
the year of 1803 have put placed and bound and by these presents do put place and bind Caty
Baggs a mulattoe girl born of a white woman of the agree of three year to be an apprentice with
him the said George Shaver and as an apprentice with him the said George Shaver to dwell from
the date of these presents until the said Caty Baggs shall arrive to the age of eighteen years
according to the act of the General Assembly in that case made and provided. By and during all
which time and term the said Caty Baggs shall the said George Shaver her master well and
faithfully serve in all such lawful business as the said Caty Baggs shall be out unto by her said
master according to the power wit and ability of her the said Caty Baggs and honestly and
obediently in all things shall behave herself towards her master and honestly and orderly towards
the rest of the family of the said George Shaver. And the said George Shaver for his part, for
himself his executors and administrators doth hereby promise and covenant to and with the said
overseers of the poor and every of them their and every of their ex, and adm, and their and every
of their successors for the time being and to and with the said Caty Baggs that he the said George
Shaver shall and will instruct and teach or cause to be instructed and taught the said Caty Baggs
knitting, spinning, and housewifery after the best manner as much as thereunto belongeth or in
any wise assertaineth And that the said Geoge Shaver shall also find and allow unto the said
apprentice sufficient meat drink apparel washing lodging and all other things needful or nect for
an apprentice during the said term and will moreover give unto the said apprentice a new suit of
cloathes and the sum of twelve dollars at the expiration of the said term. In witness whereof the
parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first
above written
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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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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Caty Baggs to George Shaver
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1831
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Noah Shaver to Joseph Billhimer
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farmer
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Walter Jones to Jacob Shaver
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Blacksmith
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ROCKI NGHAI•.! COUI\1TY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#356 - \~bster & Shaver
Number of Acres: 8
Location:
Top of I\Tain Ri dge and ex tending do n slope to Flat Gut Run.
Entirely inside Park area . ·
Roads:
Two miles over wagon road to Si mmons Gap ; thence eight miles
over fair dir_ road to ~lkton.
Soil:
andy clay , good depth and fertility , numerous cliffs , especi ally in' wooded part . Moderate to steep slopes , quite rocky ,
north and east exposures .
History of Tract and condition of timber·
{See reverse side)
Improvements: Dwelling : Log , 16x24' , 2 rooms , porch 9x24', shingle
roof , stone flues , l½ story , uater supply - spring , fair condition , vacant .
Barn : Log , llx37 ', 2 s heds , one llx32' , one 6x32' , shingle
Imimmxreidi:'roof ,
Hen house :
6xl0 '
h ouse : --.
~pri~~
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Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
2
-5 . 00
6
40 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
8
240 . 00
~250. 00
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 250 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 25
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~~--=---- - - ~ - ~ - - : _CLERK.
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�Histo ry of tract a nd cond ition of timbe r:
Upper porti on of tract clear ed
many years agp, graze d since .
This part has been somewhat negle cted
for the past ~ive or six years , conse quent ly this type has spots
of
locus t , .pine , etc ., comin g in.
The grass is fairl y thick and conti guous along the I~ain Ridge , but· on the slope s it is thin and
patch y, due
to the shale soil .
There is also a large amount of penny royal , sumac
and other weeds .
large perce ntage of the surfa ce is cover ed with
rook.,
The wooded area has been cut over at diffe rent
in the past .
The prese nt stand cons ists of mixed oaks, with occastimes
ional
group
hicko ry and pine scatt ered throu ghout . Some popla r and bassw s of
ood occur s
along Flat Gut Run. · The timbe r range s from 2" to 10° DBH with
an
occas ional large r tree scatt ered throu ghou t .
The merch antab le timbe r
is confi ned to a narrovv belt along Flat Gut Run.
�Revised Report
,.,,Jounty: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
Coun_.,.t_y_:_...,cf_r_eene
District: Monroe
(Rockingham) #356 (Greene) #169 -
Acreage Claimed:
260
Vilue Claimed:
--------·" 3000 .
Location:
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Aasessed: · 245
Assessed:
Deed: 245 A•
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Deed:
1225. 00
2200. (1919)
ARE :
Top of
in Ridge nd extending down
Run•- Ent~rely inside Park area.
Incumbrances, counter cla1mt:J or laps:
lope to Flat Gut
None !{nown.
Soil:
Sand clay- good depth and £orti11ty• numerous cliffs,
especi lly in ooded po.rt .
, oderato to steep sloJ;D s quite rocky• north and eat exposures .
Road :
T10
m1los over wagon road to Sitt1m0ns Gp, thence 8 miles
over f i r dirt rod to Elkto~.
Histo- y of tract and condition of timber:
Upper portion of tract
-cte red m ny years ago, gr zed since .
IJ:'his part ha.s
been somew t neglected for the p st 5 or 6 years, consequently this type has spot of locust, ine, etc . ,
coming 1n.
The r so is fairly thick and contiguous along
th Min Ridge, but on the slopos it i s thin and patchy.
due to the shale soil .
Ther is also a large
ount or
Pennyroyal, sumach and other woeds .
A large p · nti.age
of tho surf co i ' covered 1th rook.
The iooded aro ha been cut over t different timos
1ho present stand consists of mi~ee oaks,
in the past .
gith occasional groups of Hi ckory und Pine scattered
throughout .
Some Popl r o.nd
sswood occurs long Fio.tGut Run.
The timber ranges from 2" to 10" D.D.H. ,1th
an occasional larger tree scattered throughout . The
merchantable t· bor is coni'inod to
narrow belt lOM
Flat-Gut nun. ••This area 1s estimated to cut an avorage
ot 760 bd . ft . per ere for 30 cres , or a total of
23,000 bd . ft .
23,000 bd. ft . @ 2 . 00 per
46 . 00
M
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Improvements:
olling; Log, l6:.c24', 2 rooms, Poreh 9x24', shingle
roof, s t one flue , 1 2 · story, ater supply-spr1ngfa1r condition--V c t100.00
Barn: Log, llx37 1 , 2 sheds• o
llx32 1 - one
40 . 00
6x$21, shingle roof,~ - ----5 . 00
Hen house: 6xl0 1 ---5 . 00
Spring hous:
-------Orchard:• 5
pple trees- 6 peach trees11 treeo@ 1 . 00 - - • - - - -
150.00
11 . 00
(Continued)
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unty: Rockingh am
Distric t : Stonewa ll
Coun--.-ty-:--G,_r_e-ene
D1 tr1ct: Monroo
two
#356- \ 1obster & Shaver
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#169-
( ock ingham)
(Green)
RY
SU,
(Rockingham Cou.n~y: ) _
Value
I?Or ere
••
creage
Type:
2.50
10. 00
2
Slope
6
Gr zir..g
-s-
'l'oto.1
Value
s.oo
100. 00
11s.oo
Total value of land:
Average value per ere:
(Green Countz)
Acroace and value of 1 nd by type:
Area:
Tfoes:
S ope
Tillable
Grazing
Total
t.l'ot 1
Total
Total
.
17~
65
of
of
of
of
1 nd:
improvem ent
timber:
tr ct:
ere:
Average value per
...
...
- -- - .. ... - .. .. ... - .. - - - - .
nd vo.lue of land by tnes :,
Tf;es:
s op·
Tillable
Grazing
Are : .
value
vnlue
value
v lue
(Both Countie s)
Value
per acx·e
i!·~. 50
10 . 00
18 . 00
!?74 A.
.,
71 •
263 A.
of
of
of
of
'itiao.oo
7 . 70
Acreage
Tot 1
Total
Tot l
Total
ao .oo
1170.00
1 - o.oo
161 . 0
46 . 00
RY OP ENTIRE TR CT
8
•)130 . 00
10 . 00
18. 00
8
value
vnlue
value
vnlue
Tot
Value
Value
1793. 00
1793 . 00
land:
improvem ents: 161 . 00
46 . 00
timber:
2000 .00
tract:
Average value per acre:
7 . 91
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ID ;KINGHAM comrTY. VI RGINIA
STATE COMMISvION .QN CQN~E INATION AND DEVELOP}iGNT IN THE S TATE
OV VI ffiINIA
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CAS SAlID RA LAWSOH
TKINS , Et a ls and 52,561 AC]SS OF LAND, MORE
OR J.JEoS, Ii ROJKEmH.AM 00 UNTY , Vl .RGIIHA
Upon the motion of
w. s .
Shover by vhas .
a.
Hammer , ijis
counsel . Maude E . Webster , by Johns . Chapman her counsel ,
E. D.
\ Ott by N. B. Early Jr .... his counsel, and John~o rrison by Chas . A .
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Hammer his counsel , leave is granted them to file their petition
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' in the above ent~'\fed caus e and the same is a c (JOrdiug ly filed . and
up on their motion it is ordered tha t the sum of ij250 . 00, t he
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amount of the award set out in the judgmen t of ~ondemn ation of
\ tract No . 356 and heretofo re paid into the oustody of the Court,
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paid to John ~ . Chapman and Cha s . A. . Hammer, Special Co,.arniss ion- 1
ers.of the Cli. r uui t court of Greene county in the __,hanoery cause of
w. s.
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Shover vs Maude E. Webster et als to be distribu ted in
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said cause to those entJ Jed thereto, and it appearin g tha t there
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1\are liens upon the said lands ,
It is a c.cordi ngly adjudged ordered
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and decre e d th a t the said liens be t ransfe 'r r ed fro m the l ands to
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,,jithe funds h e rein ordered paid to s a id Jomrniss ioners i n the s aid
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':;hancery
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cause of
~w. s.
Shover vs Maude
:c .
Webster et als .
And it i s f urthe r o rdered th a t the J l e rk of th i s c ourt
be and iB heteby direc t ed to trans mit a certifie d c op y of t his
order to the Treasu re<'of Virgin ia , who sha ll pay to J ohn S . ohap;nan and Chas . A. Ha~nrner 3pecial c ommissio ne.r:;.rof the CirJ u it co u rt
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of Greene County, in the Chancery cau J e of W. S . dhove r vs uaude
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E . Webster et als,
250 . 00, the a mount of the a ward s et out in the
judgme n t of conde,l'U lation for tra..Jt llo . 656, taking f r om s aid
Commiss ioners re0e ip t s therefo 1· a 1d c e rt i fyi ng s u.::; h payuent to
this ~curt for app ropriate entry as required by l aw.
1-lAMM ER & 1-lAMM ER
ATTOR N EYS AT LAW
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�STATE OOMMIS;:;IOlf UN CONSJRVATIUH AI·JD DEYE10PMENT IH TH.tl jTaT~ OF
VIIDBHA
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A LAWSON aTKINS, et als, and
I C.i\.SSANDR
IN l-OCKLWHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
AC :~s OF LAUD , MOEB OR 1 -JSS ,
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The petit~on of
w. ~.
Shover respect fully represen ts:
That on the 7th day of Maroh , 1919, petition er and one,
E.
w.
Webster , purchase d of :Burton Morris a tract of land lying
on top of the Blue Ridge l.Ioontai n, partly in Roukingh am and partly Greene C'ountie s, and containi ng 245 acres, more or less, as
will more fully appear from a copy of the deed here filed, marked
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"Exhibi t A" , an d prayed to ba read as a part he reof.
w.
That on the ?4th da y of t)eptemb er, 1919 , E.
v'Vebs.ter
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: died int 3state, aeized and posses;;, ed of one-hal f interes t in sai d
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land, leaving su rv i v ing h.im hls widow, Maude E. Webster, and the
followin g chi l dren;
~lph Webst a r, Leste r Webste r , a nd Dan iel.
Webster, as n is only heirs at law , all of whom are over the age of ,
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twen ty-one years .
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That to the first January rules , 1932, petit .i.one r
brought his suit i n Chanoe ry i u t he Circ uit Court of Greene Coun ty, I
again st the widow a n d heirs at l aw of th e sai d E.
wherein he set forth the above facts;
w.
Webst e r .
that upon the caae being
matured a gain st all parties , a de c ree of ref e r e nce was en tered
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therein at the Marc h t e rm, 1 933 , r e quiri ng that an ac a ount be
taken ascerta in ing:
(1)
Whethe r the land was suscept ible of partitio n i n
(2)
An account showirig whe ther dowcl r .Jould be as s igl1ed
kind;
therein in kin d to Maude E. Webste r;
( 3)
The liens upon the interes t of
w. s.
ahc ver, E .
w.
~AMMER & ~AMM ER
ATTO RNEYS AT LAW
Webster , Maude S . Webster, Lester Webster , ~lph Webster, and
iDaniel. Webster, in said lands or either of them a nd the order of
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priorit y;
(4)
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Any other accoun t any person in int e rest mi ght re-
quire or that the Commi ssioner might deem pertine nt .
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In respons e to this referen ce, K. M:. Mitche ll , Commis s io1L
er in Chance ry of· the Circui t Court of Gre ene County , made , axecutI;1 ed and fil.ed his report in said cause ;
That in Ma.y , 19 32 , a de- I
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c.re e of sale was entered and therea fter the proper ty was sold and
the sal.e reporte d to the Ciri,;.ui t Court of Greene County for con-
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finnati on ; that to the report of ~onfirm ation , I.foude :i. Webste r ,
!I t he widow , and E. D. Ott , a credit or of Lester F. Webste r, filed
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their exaept ions to the report of sal.e andobj eated to its confi l!Ilation , which object ions the Court auatain ed and refused t o
con~irm the sal.e , deemin g the price bid as inadeq uate .
That the re was ascerta ined in said suit that there were
no l.iens agains t W. S. Shover , or E.
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w.
Webst e r bindi ng t he prop-
I erty, but that there were liens agains t some of the childre n of
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E.
w.
Webste r, which will hav e to be paid from their share of the
funds arising from the ~ondem nation of the lands .
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Your pe titione r would represe nt unto the Cou r t that
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:: from the papers in said cause it appear s that E.
n.
Ott has a
judgeme nt dated April 1.8 , 1932, obtaine d in the Circui t Court of
Rockingham county agai t1s t Lester F. ie bste r for the sum of $12-5 . 00 ii
' and $8 . 26 costa, with intere st at&% from April 2-, 192-9 , until
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pai d, which ia unsati sfied .
From the said report of the said
Com;ni s s ione r it appear s that there is a judgme nt of J .
w.
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Morriso n
agains t RUph Webst e r , dated Februa ry 3 , 1932-, for "the aum o.f
$57 . 86 and $4 . 75 costs , with iut J rest from UovJmb er 30 , 1.931 .
That it alaa appear s that there is a judgme nt in favor of J. a.
Shover agains t Ralph Webste r , dated April 6 , 1932 , for $17 . 50 and
$3. 75 costs , with intere st from ]ovemb e r 19 , 19 31..
I-JAMMER & 1-lAMMER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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Your petitio n-
er al$o repres ents that he has paid all of the taxes upon the said
lands for the years- - - -a nd- amount ing to $
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one-half of whia,h should be refunded to him from the estate of'
E. W. Webster, deceased , b0fore there is any distribution of the
funds among his heirlS. I and that the re is due to the Clerk of the
Your patitioner further represents that the said lands
lie wholly within the park area and arc known as traJt no.
, ·.·-
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described upon the report of the Board of Appraisers of Greene
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County and valued at Two Thousand Two Hund.rad '.i_lhirty-One Dollars
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($2,221 . 00) , and of tra0t Ho , 356 , lo~ated in Rockingham County
and described as of the Value of $e5o . oo , a totql valuation in
the two counti J s of Two Thousand Four Rundred .Jighty - One Dalla.cs
I ($2481.. 00)
I
Your peti tionsr shows that the allowances mact.e by the
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I'I Board o.f Appraisers of Greene County ,
has heretofor bedn ordered
paid into the hands of the CirJuit Court of Greene County to thera
be distributed in a.~oordance with the liens upon the said funds
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as. established by the order of the court of Greene county., in the
I: said Chancery Cause of 3ho"\rer Vs . Webster and petitions pray t hat
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cl!the sum of ,w250
. 00 allowed by the Board of" Appraisal. Commis s ions
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for the land in Ro",k1·
_ "' ngham ~;o u n t y b a pai·d in
· t o th e Chancery Cause
o.f Shover vs Webster pending in the Ci rJui t Court of Gre dne County
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and with the other funds distributed under the order of the court \
j! in that cause wher9in a.11 parties are ass1'>-mbled .
Your petitioner further represents that a judgment in
rem has been entered in the said proceedings pending in tho Cir,rni t
of Ro3kingham County in the name and atyl.e of State Jommission on
Conservation and Deval.opment in the State of Virgit1ia va.
andra. Laws.on Atkins and others , for tral}t
Ifo .JdA
ca.ss-
, o.f which
said tra~t is desJribed on the report of the BoarQ of appraisal
I--IAMMER & I--IAMMER
1
Coilltuissioners for RocicinghGl.ill Cou1.1ty appointaa. in the said <.Jaus.a and
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
I shown numberad a!ld d clienated on the County ownerl=lhip map filed
i'.
therewith in Rock1ngha.m County ,
as lo ."1~6
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.• and that upon pa.y ~
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into the oustody of the Circuit Court, of said County, of the
·sum of $Z50 .00, set out in said judgment and constituting the
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award for the fee simple estate for the said tract :tro .
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of land lying in Rockingham County, title to whi~h saids lands wil~
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be divested from the present owners, thereof.
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That the legal title of the said land is in the name of
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!I petitioner and E. W. Webster, the said heirs at law of said
I
Webster having suoceeded on his death to hia title therein.
That
I
I the persons herein set forth are the only perso:.1s who a.re entitled
to share in the distribution of the fund arising from the _;ondemn: a.tion of the said traJt No J
.S-1,
for which there was allowed the
said sum of $250 .00.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the fund ·of $250 .0Q
for tract No .,30(,, and belonging to the said petitioner and the
said Webster•a Estate may be directed paid into the Circuit Court
of Greene County, to be there distributed in accordwice with the
1
l.iens upon the land aa set i'or "h in the Chancery Cause of
w. ·s.
I
Shover vs. Maude Webster and others, pending in the Ciro.ult Court
I
of Greene County, and that the liens upon the said land may be
Ii transferred to the fund arising therefrom a.nd be distributed under
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I! orders of the Court in the Chancery Cause herein referred to. and
your petitioner will. ever pray &c.
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y
.{t()NBtfflG . To-wit :
VI RGI NI A /IA/ ~ o (
c-fTY OF lli.
afrit:R:r
a Notary Public in and for t h e ~
do hereby certify that
!-!AMMER & !-!AMMER
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on the margin hereof for the pur-
ATTORNEYS AT LA\\/
I poaa of identification, this day personally appeared before me and
made oath that the faJta atated in the foregoing papers made upon
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' hi~ own knowledge are true and those made opon the information
derived from others, he believea to be correct .
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Given under my hand this ;itth day of January, ~934 .
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~AMMER & ~AMM ER
ATTOR N EYS AT LAW
2.33
�C!tnmu1nuttttaltll nf 11irgiuta
TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND , VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
Januar y 29., 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer
of Virg inia have this 29
day of
Januar y in accord ance
with an order of the circui t court of Rockingham County
dated 1/26/3 4
in the cause of the State Commi ssion
on Conser vation and Develo pment of the State of Virgin ia
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins
-=---==-==-=----- - - - - -- Johns . Chapman and Chas.
A. Hammer Spec Commi ssioner s of the
paid toCirc uit Court of Greene County in the Chance ry cause of
w. s.
Shover vs. Maude E. Webste r et als
$ 250.00
being in full settlem ent of tract #356..
vs.
in the above mentio ned cause.
132.
�Qtnmmnuwralt!J nf 111irgiuta
TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
John S . Chapman and Charles A. Hammer
Special Commiss ioners of the Circuit Court of Greene
County in the Chancery Cause of W. s . Shover RXKX
vs Maude E. Webster et als .
Received of J.M. Purcell , Treasur er of
Virginia , the sum of$ 250.00
, in accordan ce
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of Rockingh am
entered on the
26th day
of _ _J_a_n_ _ l93..1__ , in the matter of the State
Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __
__C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being
full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land
known in said proceed ing as#
356
Sign origina l and duplica t e
and return to the Treasur er
of Virginia .
133
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, </span><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu:80/record=b2286919.</a>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE
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webster-and-shaver.pdf
Title
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Webster & Shaver
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Main Ridge
Coverage
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Tract(s): 356
Format
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shaver
Webster
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fab466fad59b7f3156275de246c04c35.pdf
93c489436c74589b5f241db331d74049
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ROCKINGIDil:i COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
J260 - Shaver , - · L.
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A.
Number of Acres: 102
Location:
Big Run .
Roads:
Four miles over county road to Island Ford .
Soil:
Slope .
Entirely ·within the Parle area .
.l".1.ll merchanta ble timber has been removed
from this tract and the fire has burned over it repeatedly .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
NONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
,)5 . 00
102
~510 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 510 . 00
Value of Improvemen ts: $
50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
50 . 00
$610 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
6 00
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Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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Claim of_ _______________
ttv er-------------------------------------- -------------In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ________________________________________________________________________ _____ _
more or less, of land inRQC¥_lDKil~IT1-------- _______ 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..RQg.ki:DKr.!~~------------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
· _____
Mar~in
a. Shever,Agent,for the heirs of W,A.Shaver,Dec1.
My name 1s
. ____ ________________________________________________
_________ _
My post office address is_ BJ.!.QD13-J1~_0J!2__'{~-------------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __lJ)R_ ___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___ JJ!l_~IEPY-~Y-~~--------------------------------------------
This land is located aboutS_i~J_(i)__ ___ miles fromP..o.rL.Ee_p.ubJ._lg~gr_tJ}_ ___ Virginia, in
stonewall
. t etia
. 1 D.1st r1ct
. of sa1"d County.
th e______
___ _____ ___ Mag1s
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.)
______________ Am_j_Qi-ri_t_.P_~J;J.§_~_~1_itb_JJeir.s__o.f'__J _. __J ..,_.Shaver-,-de-G-gas-e4-------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North __ By the _Big_ Survey -------------------------------------------- - -------South __ B..y._.the __c_ocfilon__E3_tQ~_e._ _____ ______ ____________________________________ _
East ___By Blue_ R id_g_e _ Moun t a in __ __ ______ _____________ ____ _______ _____ ______ __
West_ __ By the _200_ acres _ of _ land _sold to_ Charlie _Marshal 1 __________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __192-0___ in the
following manner:
______ pt death of father 1.._W. _P . _Shaver_ who died_ in _May_ 1920 ___ __ __ ___ _
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__i9.QQ-'_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 improvements thereon is $--1000.00.-----·
I am the owner of_ ___ _____ ___ __ __acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- -----------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if -practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· Upon _ the_ above _ lc:..nd _ u --.c;-e, _is _a miner>al_mine ____ ___________ _
- ------ --------- -------------- -------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ __ __ ___ ______ day
~~~;~-~;-~;~~;~~~, l~i~NTY
Agent for heirs of
w.
A. Shaver Deed.
- ~ ~ ~ ! n t__________ _
OF
The undersigned hereby certifies that~ ~- - - K - - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - --the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______ L_£
_____ day
~l~rtice
of_ ~~ ~ - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - -
el:erk of
.Notary
e
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,
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Special Investigator
of the ,P,,oee.
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�County: Rockingham
District: s tonewai1
11 260 -
A. L• . &
VI • A. Shaver
Acreage Claimed: 10 2 A. Asses ~ed: 102.40
Value Claimed:
·iooo .
Deed 102 .. 80 acreo
n
1\)0 9 for ~;!330
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AREA: 93 li. .
Location:
~
Big Run.
'
~ntirely within tbe l ark area .
.§.21b: Slope .
Roads! 4 miles over county road to Island :i·ord .
History:
All merchantable timber has be c,n removed from this tr~ct
and the fire has burned ovor it repeatedly.
Improvements:
None.
Yal]!e of land by tves:
~
slop e
Value
,ner acre
Area
•1..
""153
Total value of land
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$116 . 25
Total va lue of improvements
Total value of timb i::r
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
,) 116 . 25
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v
Total
Value
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Title
A name given to the resource
Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, </span><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu:80/record=b2286919.</a>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
Text
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Naylor, Cassie - Shifflett, Ahaz
Identifier
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shaver-a-l-and-w-a.pdf
Title
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Shaver, A. L. & W. A.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Big Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 260
Format
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
Contributor
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shaver