10 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c88dca72753152ba0e96a32f850de145.pdf 50e4a29708800bbcd121900619bfdd3d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM com-WY NAME OF CLAIMANT #205 - I.am, ;r. W. Number of Acres: 28 Location: Two Mile Run. Roads: Two miles over Soil: Slope . This tract is entirely within the Park area . county road to Island Ford. All the merchantable timber has been removed from this tract . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Acreage Value per acre Total Value 22 $5 . 00 $110 . 00 Cultivated Land: 5 25 . 00 Orchard: 1 100 . 00 125 . 00 ~235 . 00 100 . 00 Types Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 28 Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 235.00 585·. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 585 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 .,;>970 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 34. 64 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . �Th1PROVEt iENTS: Log dwelling : 12xl8', 2 rooms, paper roof , 2 story, not ceiled, good condition , occupied by tenant, spring water supply , solid foundation . Hen house: 6xl0' . Il:>g and frame dwelligg: 2lx34' , 5 rooms , shingle roof , 1~ story , ceiled walls , occupied by owner , water supply - spring, ::I:> lid foundation . Log barn: 14xl6', shingle and metal roof , poor condition 10xl0'. Frame corn house and shed: 14xl4' . Hen house: 5xl0' . Hen house: 6xl0' . �I County : .Bockingh District: Stonew 11. fl Acrear.;e Claimed: 30 205 ~ • W. .1.1 Assessed • 28 Deed 200.00 1200. .,.,,, , ~: Two ile Run. 29.64. Acres ----- - --\..>'- Loe tion: Aoqui ed 64.155 acrea 1010 tor 125. ;;old This tract is entirely within the P • .._,_; • k area. Slope Roads : 1 tory: Two ~ilea over county r oad to Island Ford. All the merchanta ble timber has been re oved fr Improvem ents: tb1 s tract. Log Dw lling 12 x 18. 2 roo s, paper roof, 2 story, ceiled, good condition , occupied by tenant, ·- spring, solid found tion Hen house, 6 x 10 .ot tter supply Log and dwelling 21 x 34, f; roor.as, shingle roof, 11/2 story, ceile alls, occupied by oner, water sup ly --spring, solid tounoatio n LOB barn, 14 x 16 hin le and motal roof, poor conditio cell r 10 x 10 ~rs.me corn hose and hod, l x 14 Hen hou , 5 :x 10 ilen hou e, 6 :x 10 Ti ber: Value of land 30 eds of t iel ood 7~ per ed. bl t;a?ee: ~ Slope C Orchard Value Acreage per ere 22 ' 4.00 20.00 5 l 28 188.00 Total va ue of l.nd value of orch rd 188.00 Total vall.uepf' improveme .ata 545.00 22. 50 805. 50 2u. 77 Tot Tot l v·l~e of timber Totnl v lue of tract Avera e value per acre Total value 88. 00 100. 00 50.00 1!::>0.00 10. 00 300.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 545.00 22.50 �~~~:e ~rcu!c:~f!k~~~~-----_County, Virginia, N o.L&:4, At Law. The State Commission on Conserviti~ and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. -- ~ ~- ~ A . . ----~ ~ ---~ ~---.CT._f- _f'?--/ f ~t / ___ _ ---- ~ --------------------------------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in_ ~~h--i1_~ ~--------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 sa~etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL.f%~t_~---~------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ ~ fl':4. _________________________ _ /tv,,.,.;-,__ ,::l-o!7:;';.,,,1_-- My post office address 1s _____ ~ ------ ----------- -~------------------------- -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____~________ acres, on which there are the following .,.__ buil=provements: __~ I ~ ~ 1 --~ -f.------------,--? ______ d _ ~ ------------------------r-M~..1 6.n-1-1. _0-:..£~~-- -___ 2 ~ - ~ __ u -~~ _ _____CJ _'.3 ~ t,...f _h -L-L--t.., ___ -Y-- __ It -fr~-~ ______________________________ _ This land is located about_ __ L;(~___ miles from ___~ ~--i_~-~ the ____~ ~ ~--Magisterial District of said County. ------ Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) --------- ~ -- ~ ------------------------------------------------------------ ~:t~nd o~::t,ac!V~~~;ed:scri~~-o;{,::'.:f_Iand are as follows: South ______ £ ·# . _£u-~ ---------------------------------------------------East ____________ _____ <, -----------------------------------------~-----------------West __________ _______ ''---------------- -------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_Lt.i__v___ in the . . following manner: j-L · -._!Ah--~ ___ =t ·---------------------------------------------- ___ rry _~~ Jj;;3>/ ~ --- sy,,t ____________ l j _______ __ L -~- ~ fecJ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereg---(7 on is $_/ _fJ._Q_f!._C ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or inte~est, tJ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-L~-~-!...:.-=: ____ . 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 practicable he should also -insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . Remarks· __ ~ L ,-,/ J-tt '- ._,_ / -- ~ f0 - L ~.P--/__~~ --/Y-'"' __ ~- __ _1~ - ~A~- ~ /JrA.Nvfa~..,--1,u~-~7- -r- ~.-~~ -------------- -------------------------------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on ~e back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attach:!Pez) this __ _.(_~--=-----day oL ____ 9-..,,..4_ '-------, 193/ fl1.-~~z---~ -----------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_______ _.!.!'..!:!-f~- ------, To-wit: __, The undersigned hereby certifies thaL (k__~A___'/_~-------------------------the above named claimant personally app~~ed before him and made oath that the matters and things app:lring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ / __~________ day oL _____ l-~-~--- --, 193 . vi .// ); I}? ---- ,_ _, ~?u'"" ~ I~--- -.~ 3/ Cle K of the Court, or Special Investigator or No ary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �Vount¥• District: #205 ...... Lam, J . \; • N w. Lam Dr . T. N. Seller Dr . T.N . Sellers LEGEND: Slope Orchard Tillable Sea.lo ... l" ••VVJ~IIIC.11£1111 l .llJIIIL1.I llQ =20 oh ins Roekinghan Stonewall � 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 Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-j-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, J. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 205 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/34ade2a11c4f8ba16bdb37df09f22b9d.pdf fc5f7ac0327f484abee07b256da73e8a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #73 - Lam, Harvey 41 Number of Acres: Location: South and near public road and east of Thorou ghfare Gap . Entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Seven miles to E1kton over county road . Soil: Slope The woodla nd has been culled History of Tract and condition of timber: over , but there still remain s s ome t imber on the tra.c t . Improvements: See other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: @ 15 $3 . 00 $45.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 25 @ 30 . 00 750 . 00 $795 . 00 Orchard: -- 1 41 @ 60 . 00 60 . 00 Minerals: 595.00 Value of Land:$ 795 . 00 Value of Improve ments:$ 595 . 00 48.00 ValueofO rchard: $ 60 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 $1548 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 37 . 75 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None CLERK lO \ �CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE DWELLING--- -Log and frame , 16xl4 1 , 5 rooms , porch IMPROVEMENTS :--7xl4 ', brick flues , kitchen, log , 13xl7xl2 1 , 2 rooms , 2 story, 2 c eiledgood condition, occupied by owner ; spring water supply- pillars founda tion, no cellar . - - --- - - STABLE WITH SHED - - ---1 4xl6xl0 ', frame----- CORN HOUSE - - - - - Log , 8xl0x8 1 , board roof , fair condition- - --SPRING HOUSE-----8xl0x8 1 , poor c ondition --- HEN HaJSE*--8xlOx8 1 - - - - �County: Roottnghnm District: Stonewall .~oreus;e Cla lmed ~ Deed Acquired 41- t,?' l'im' v~ 1~.!. ,01tl.l1J!ed: aores 1919 for ;)1 . 00 eto. LQoation; £cmth. and n "lar publio rond and e c1st of Thoroughfu>re GH.p. ·tntirely w1 thtn tba Pork area. !J!gu-.bra_rvre$ 1 oo.;lnt,e;t:, ola1mrt or _l,a,es .: !:even milea to ::u:ton aver cor.1nty roud . of tract nnd cond1 t1on of t1.mbe:r, over , The woodland nae beon culled remains some t1mber on the tr .et . ut there st Dff§l ,!:t:r1~: Los & t:rm!te , l5xl4' , 5 :rooms , porch ?x14', br1ck fluea , ~ttoben, log , l3xl?xl.2, 2 X'OQfflth ~ story , 3 o~ilad, good. oondi t Lon , occupi ed by mtne:r, spring, p1 llnro, no ooll::u•.. · ~'o•?j . 00 Stable ,11th shed: l4xlGxlO ', trame • o.oo Cor house: f.oi , 8x10X8 ', boa.rd r 1? LC', t'ti ir o ft 1on,. l:> .00 J r1 house : ax10xa•,, poor eonditi.on 10. 00 ; n 0\1$0 ! ~ ;,.oren.ge F o ~5 Slope l~ orchard Total Total Tot ~t l Total Total l ax10xa ,,• 10. 00 iSI<5."Uc5 Value fa$l" fl C:re, .,s. oo "'5 . 00 ~otal Valu.e .~ as.oo 62~ . 00 vt;1lue of orohard vel .e of land va lu~ of 1mpr,)vement s value ot timber vo.luo ot traot ii.Verage value per aoro 131 �m THE CilWUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VlR GINIAo The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Petitioner #1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etco On this. the e2, Defendants day of December, 1933, cem..e ------ _H_a_r_v_ey..._Lam _ _ _ _ _ _,, and on. h:il.s motion leave is giiren him to file his application f'or the paymen_t to him of the sum at the amount of' the awf!rd set out in the award ---, Tract No. 73, c:K_ i 1548.00 camemnation f'or ' heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing from the report ~ the Board <ff Ap,1)1::ai sal. Commissioners heretofore f'iled in this cause. and in the petition for juI~en t and condemnation entered herein on the _ day of' Nov-ember, lS53, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Harvey Lam ___ is invested with a superior or better right or claim o~ title in and to the said Trart of land No. 73 , and that the record of this , cause does not disclose any denial or tispute by any party or person , or to the in interest as to the title to the said Tract No. 73 proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, an_d. tra t the sai.d _H_a_rv_e_y_Lam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract Noo -73- -, an:l it further appear- ing to the Court that all taxes due or tax~ble upon said Tract No.7_3__ have been paid: upon consideration whereof , it is considered and cr.dered by the Court that the said sum of' $ 1548. 00 paid into Court by peti- tioner as just compensation for Tract Ncfl o _7_3___ be paid unto the said _R_a_rv_e._y_Lam _ _ _ _ _ _; a.nd theCl.erk of this. Court is directed to transmit a c.ertified copy of this order to the Treasurer o-r Virginia, who shall pay unto the said _ _ Hi_a_r_v_e...,y_Lam _____ the said sum of 1548 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the jungment of con- ·--_,_,;=...:........- - demnation fer Tract No . 73. , taking fran the said Harvey Lam a receipt therefor and certifying; such payment to the Clerk o:t this cour-t for appropriate entry thereof as required by law:. ~ -' , �STA1'E OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 41 acres 1 rood and 17 poles of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the naioo of Harvey Lam. Given under my hand this 20th day of December 1933 . Cle~~~ Rockingham County, irginia . 3S r �M. TREASURER H. HARRISON OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It ~~ay Gonce rn : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Harvey Lam has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 41- 1- 17 acres of land situate in Stonewall District in Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time , if E_ny be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of s a id County. December 1933 . Given under my hand this 20th day of Tre asurer of Rockingham Co'tYity . �NOTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. ,23-______ : Tract No. _______ _____ : Tract No. ____________ ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delinea ted 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. z3._ _____ $/5-R..i.~ F'on Tract N 0. ------------ $ __________ j 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; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to 7-_~---- $L~~f..£6,ract receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___ No. ------------ $ ----------: Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver( s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME ~ ----- -- --- -c f ~ --------dJ~ VIRGINIA COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM to-wit• OF STATE -----------------1 ------ - ------------------ DRESS )::g_-=_fi!_)__~ _:j ~--------- ~ ------------ - -------- - -------- T9-i s day personally appeared before me Rarvey Lam and made oath th at tfte---s-t-a-t-efflen--o-s--e-on-ta-ine-d --in--th-e a bov-e--pe-t-i-t-i-o n--so-113:r--a:s--ma-de--onhi s own_ information _are true _and so far _as _made _UJ}on _informa tionofoth ers ~~ 3~~~~~-~~-~--~:~--~~--~-~ --~~~~:----~~::~-~ und~JJ~ w - ~ s 2 h ~ay :;~~:~~~ • NoTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in t ~ ~ ' s office for th c venience of interested law, and claimants can parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribe in any form they may deeither change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their mot· sire 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. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf Birgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . Decemb er 27 , 19 34 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer day of December of Virginia have this 27 in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County dated 12/21/33 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Laws=o=n~A~t~k=i=·n=s_____ _____ :paid t 0 _!_3:arvey Lam, R. F . D. 3 Elkton, Virginia $_1_,_5_4_8_._0_0____ being in full settlemen t of tract# 73 in the above mentioned cause. / 2hl �Qrnmmnuwtultq nf Birgiutu . " TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27, 1933 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Harvey Lam R. F. D. 3, Elkton, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1,548.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of December 1 93 2 entered on the _ _2_~su day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ _ _ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_ s_o_n_ A_t_k_i_n_ s ____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~7~3_ ___ Sign orjginal 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 PETITIONER. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. :1.3-________ : 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 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. __ !13_____ $_15.4.a. O_Q 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; Harvey Lam That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Harvey Lam, to give 5 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project •. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said :iward(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. ___7:;5_ ______ $-15... 0.0 __ : Tract No. ------------ $ ----------: Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION &,__D1!-0.l'l,IEfil __ ~ BYlf)JJDL_----- ---- -----NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �• STATE OF VIRGINIA) COUNTY OF WARREN ) SS Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notar•y Public in mys aid State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Cournissi on on Conservation and Devel'.J pment in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dist ributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contractsflnd agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correc t . Witness my sig nature NOTAF 1 Com i~ n xp �,, VIRGINI • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHM,: COUNTY . The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the Jtate of Virginia , Petiti oner , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendants . In n e: Distribution of proceeds of c ondemnation for '11ract No . 73 . This day came the Jtate Commission on Conservstion & Devel opment , by Counsel , and moved the Gourt to enter an order directing the Treasurer of the dtate of Vir~inia , to pay to it , out of the proceeds of condemnation of Tract ho . 73 , the sum of wl5 . 00 , representing the amount of a certain pled~e m~de by I:arvey Lam , who claimed to be the owner of! said tract , to said State Commission on Conservation & Development , as for the establishmen t of Jhenandoah l.ational a contribution ark , and .:.n sunport of its said motion , the said Commission exhibited to the 'ourt , its motion in writing , setting forth all the facts in relation thereto , which has been heretofore filed herein . pon considerfltion whereof , it appesring to the Court, that the cl~im of said Commission is not based Jpon any lien either on the land condemned or on the proceeds of condemnation and that said Commission has fa i led to obtain the consent of the parties entitled to tLe proceeds of condemnation , to the payment of its claim , it is accord~ngly , adjudged and ordered that the motion of the Commission for the payment of s~ i -1 claim out of the proceeds of condemnation for said tract be and the s3.me is ~ereby denied . I ( 'ti � 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 Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-harvey.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Harvey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: East of Thoroughfare 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): 73 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1cab2e415c6ca79170ed8d8c2b5c8006.pdf bc0afd1a534cb2eb9085f3545977621c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #204 - Lam , George M. Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Soil: 3 Two miles east of Island Ford . Two miles to Island Ford over county road . Slope This tract of land is rather thin soil and used largely fort ruck patches . History of Tract and condition of timber: Note - This t ract is entire11y within the Park area . Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 2 Orchard: @ t 25 . 00 ' 50 . 00 ·@ 100 . 00 100 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 515 . 00 Value of Orchard: $100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 221 . 70 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 515. 00 $665 . 00 �Frame dwelling: 16xl9', paper roof, brick flues, 1 story , not ceiled. Hen house: 8x8•, paper roof, fair condition . Log chicken house: 9x9x9', paper r oof, good condition . Frame dwelling: 15x25', 4 rooms, paper roof , brick flues , 2 story not ceiled, occupied by owner, spring water supply , solid foundat~ ion. Rock cellar: 6xl0' . ThIPROVErnNTs: �Claim oL ____ Georg__e W•__Lam _______________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___ Rock.i.ngb.am _________ County, Virginia, No._.18..2.9 __ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cassandra _Lawson Atkins_,__ et _als .1__,___a nd_ 52,. 5&l_.acre a._, ________ _ more or less, of land in __ Rn.ok.ingham_____________ 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_ ____}!g.9_}£;i.p_g}]~!Jl ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ George_ W. _Lam __________________________________________ _ My post office address is ______ .I..s] a :rxl _---------------------------------------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:iJrr!3_e_______ acres, on which there are the following buildings c\nd improvements: ____tw.9__g.~~l.l_;l:gg_J~9JJ,~~.§. ,__ !3,.llQ.__Q'Q.j;_b'!J.iJ.dings_.______ _ - - - ~ k~---~----------------------------------- -----------------------. Ian d 1s · Ioca t ed a b ou t ____________ m1·1 es f rom_____________________________ two Island Ford Th1s v·1rgmia, ·· m · stonewall Mag1s · t etia · I n·1st r1c · t of sai'd coun t y. th e_________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) _ sole _own.er. ----------------------------------------------- ________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____ Mattie _Berry---------------------------------------- ---------------South ______ Jam_e~ _W , _LNQ. _______________________________________________________ _ East ______ Edw. _ Sellers ------------------------------------------------ -------West_ _____ James W._Lam----------------------------------------- --------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __l~.2_Q ___ in the following manner: bT_deed_ fran_James _W. _Lam·------------------------------------------ -----------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_JQQ.!QQ________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel 5)f land with the improvements thereon is $___'lQO.,_QQ______ , I am the owner of_ __:A--~__: ____ 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 sho_uld also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·---------------- ;:,;--~----------------------------------- .----------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi~l_'l.tb.______ day oL ___ F.ebr..uar~-----, 19301. ~~-W-~--------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _______ Roe:kingham------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies ~hat_ __ lle.o_.__w:...__La.m _____________________________ _ 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:_7~~-------day oL ____f~~~~~Y- --, 193dl-. - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ' /~ I I n v e ~ or w:r;j Public, or Justice of the Peace. �Cowity : ilocki trict: Li =· ......"....... 20_4 ___c_·e_o;,;;r;.:.g.,_e__• _._Lem = __o_r___ ere ~e Clairned: " 700 . Loe tion: 2 tot lea Deed Acquir ed 3 cres 1920 for 5.00 20. 1~· ; 3 c~ts . sl nd Ford ~= ___ll,: Slope oads: 2 l Histor y: lmprov to island ord over county road 'his tract of lend 1 r thor thin soil nd is used largely ror truck p ehes. ot: his tract is entirel y within t he rk Gnts: Fr e d ll1nt; 16 x 19 ,paper roor, brick flues, l tory, not coile • per roof, t ir oondi 1on 9 X 9x:9, root, good con ition ~ dw l l in 15 x 25, 4 room~, p.per roof, brick flu.es, 2 story, ot c iled, occupie d by oiner, tr Slpply --sprin g. olid founda tion ck cellar 6 x 10 per !ll! bz 125. 00 10.00 25.00 350. 00 40 . 00 550. 00 50.00 Orchard Value of land e • tzyes: Acreage C 2 rchard l 3 'l'ot J. Tote.l ote.l 'l'otal Talu valu v lu value ~verge T of' .land ot orchar of im rov ents or tr ct ue per acre 0 50 550 660 221 . 07 211.j �County: District: #204- George 'n . Lam of Wm. N LEGEND: Orchard rl'illable Scale - l " : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � 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 Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-george.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, George M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 204 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cb4e622e40d876a1502f19d4bf773390.pdf 4ccc811bfd1d386f696524febbc747e2 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHAliI COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #364 - Lam , Elmer Number of Acres: 13 Location: Top Blue Ridge 'Mountain . One mile south of Swift Run Gap . Roads: One mile fair mountain road to Swift Run Gap add eight miles hard surface road to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of a fair depth and fertility . of the area . Rocky over a part 1lll the merchantable timber has been removed frgm this tract . Cleared land has been cleared many years and has been grazed and cultivated extensively since . History of Tract and condition of timber : Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 7 25 . 00 $ 175 . 00 6 15 . 00 90 . 00 ~265 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 265 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Total amouht Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 20 . 38 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . $265 . 00 �J • 'I �t , 1 ·l ot 1 ll tu.1. • --- �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. . . . . Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. _3.64.. ______ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ___ _________ ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map :filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. .364. _____ $-...2..6.5...00; 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; Elmer Lam That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Elmer Lam, to give 1 acre of his land within the Park Area to the Park Pro ject • . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the &aid ·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 .c, provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to .__-:. receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _.3.6~------ $ __ 9_1,Q_Q __ : Tract No. __ ________ __ $ ____ ______ : Tract No. __ _____ __ __ _ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0 . ADDRESS STATE CO!vfo1ISSION ON CONSERVATION NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printea merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �STATE OF VIRG INIA) SS COUNTY OF WARREN ) Perso nally app eared befor ~ me the under signe d Notar y Publi c in my said State and Coun ty, E. K. Stoke s, who being duly sworn , depos ed and said that she is an emplo yee of the State Corr,m ission on Cons ervat ion in imme diate ion charg e of the recor ds of the Shena ndoah Natio nal Park Divis there of havin g to do with claim s of the Comm ission for dis tribu tive share s of conde mnati on award s in the Shena ndoah it Natio nal Park conde mnati on proce eding s pendi ng in the Circu enCou,r ts of Virgi nia , by reaso n of contr acts and qgree ments in tered into with the owner s of Jands sough t to be conde mned cor- , these proce eding s , and that the withi n claim is just and rect . Witnes s my signa ture �Qtommnumtaltq nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. April 21 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 21 day of Ap ril in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingh am C01mty dated 4/16/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others vs. paid t o_B • A• Breeden , Stanardsville , Virginia $_2_6_5_. o_o_____ being in full settlement of tract # __Mi4 in the above mentioned cause. 183 �.... - Q!omtnnuwralt4 of ]lirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , April 21, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA R. A. Breeden Stanardsvill e , Virg i nia - - - - - -- Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 265.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~R~o=c~k~i~·n.._g-h~run.....__ __ of April 1934_ entered on the 16th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ - - ~C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a='~~=s~o=n~A~t~l={i=n= s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-3~6~4=--- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 18'1 �VIRG NIA . IN THE CDC lI 11 COURT OF ROCKTNGHAH COUNTY . The .Stat e Com miss ion on 6ons erva tion & Deve lopm of t.>ie Jtat e of Virg inis , - - - - - - - - Peti ent tion er , v. Cass andr a Laws on Atki ns , e t als , defe ndan ts . In Re : Dist ribu tion of proc eeds of cond emna t.lcnn f or trac t Xo . 364 . 'l1 his day came the Stat e Com miss ion on Cons ervg ,tion & Deve lo-pm ent by coun sel , and move d the Cou rt to ente r an orde r dire ctin g the Trea sure r of the S t8.te of Vir gi .r ia , to pay to it , out of the proc ee, s of cond emn ation of Trac t :~o . 364 , the sum of of ~;6 . 00 repr es e ntin g the arnou n t of a cert ain pled ge made by El mer Lam , who claim ed to be the owne r of sc>id trac t to S?id Commiss ion on Cons erv0 tion & Deve lopm ent as a cont ribu tion for the esta blish men t of Shen ando ah . ~atio nal Park , and in sup-, ort of its said moti on , the ssid Com miss ion exhi bite d to the .Jou rt , its noti 91 in writ ing setti ne; fort h all the fact s in rela tion ther eto , whic b has been here tofo re file d here in . Upon cons ider atio n wher eof , it appe arin g to the Cour t , that the claim of said :Jom m.iss ion is m:,t base d upon any lien eith er on the l and cond emne d or on the proc eeds of cond em\ nati on , and that sBid a omm issio n has faile d to obts: in the cons ent of the part ies enti tled to the proc eeds of c ondem w1t inn to the ll paym ent of its claim , it is acco rdin gly edju dr;ed and ord...:;red that the moti on of the Co:.m issio n for the paym ent af se.id claL out of !the proc eeds of cond emna tion for said trac t , be and the seme is here by deni ed . \ ,\,,,J / ! I ry I I I ~ ;-,f\ I} l9 \ \ \0 � 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 Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-elmer.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Elmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Mtn 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): 364 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6f2b20baa2e02b9000574245acb0ad5e.pdf dc9b278728a0f765fd976eca9f3c19ff PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #96 - Lam, E . E . Number of Acres: 3 Location: Swift Run, and entirely within the Park area . Roads: Spotswood Trail , hard surface , three miles to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility . No timber- all cleared . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: DWELLING- -Fra.me , 16x24 1 , 3 rooms, 2 ceiled, no porch .-- . Spring vm ter Metal roof i brick flue , occupied by owner . Fair condition 1, paper roof , fair supply; so id foundation . --- STl'I.BLE---F rame , 12xl6xl2 co na.ition . HEN HOUSE ---Frame , 10xllx8 ', paper roof , fair condition - ' , paper roof , fair condition . G~RAGE- --Frame , f l0xl4xl0 -types : lUl'Mge and value o Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: -- @ 3 $150 . 00 $50 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 150 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 575 . 00 57 5 . 00 $725 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 241 . 66 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ none - ~ - -1{,Jin_: _CLFRK �Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court 0L_JQ..u.ki11.t.:.:ham ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ E~.E.L1..run__________________________________________________ " _______________ _ Three-Pl us. more or less, of land in_~1-e-cleing-h=rm------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s. ' 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.o.ckirlf'..ham. ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. • . My name 1s ___ _:,7 • E_ •_Lqm ___________________ ------------------- ---------- ---------My post office address is _____ -S-\ii;t-~-mn~~firgtr rtc~------ ---------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ !!:~~-0_::P~~~--a cres, on which there are the following buildings andT improvem ents :_.J)we..1.:U.-ng, -he:ah<HiB-e--, -e-ar--s-hw - s-t-nb-l__,,,. ---------- ----. .v an d .... enc1ng ---------- ---------- ---------- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -This land is located about_ j;Jg·_?_~ ____ miles from __ .E. k t.an. __________________ Virginia, in the_··-&1rnne-w-a-:tl--M 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. ) _____ I _Qf!l _ s o 1 e_ owner______________________________________________________________ _ ~ I The land owners adjacent to the <!hove described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ G .. .S.....B 0 .ll[:h.s...r. --- ________________________________________________________ _ South ___:1 .. Y...J.10.o..d_E..s t~...t.9- __ ------- --- ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- --------East ___J , ~;~:g..~a '00:r------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----WesL_ ',·; . V. Woo d Est:=i te ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ _l-0-1-8- -in the following manner: -----~y__ Q..?_e.cL.£.rom _J.. ._.::':. .. .B.'-ltt_cJ~e-r ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of ·land with the improvem ents thereon is $-1=.~?-~!~-~------· 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 $_.lOD0 .. 00-----· 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 informatio n as to this claim which claimant. desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- - -----_...,----- ---------- -- ---------- ---------- --------- :x, 0 Ctl--- - ----- - ---- ---------- ---------- - ------ ---------- --------- - ---------- ---------- ----- - c, 0., = -T'\ _, -s· ::,------------------------------------- ------------------------------ -------------------- ~ ~ ~ ~ ---------- -- ---------- -------- --------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). i;:.:i Ci> - ~ 3 Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this_:!-_~th. __ ______ day ~--- --- F e b . -~-9J~!_•_, 19w.: --.&~-& -!.-~-L----------------------i;rATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ ~_ o_~~!-!~e°!1_~rp.________ ____, To-wit: CJ g q ~ ~ The undersigne d hereby certifies thaL-- -E-.-B--wm-·--------- ---------- ---------- ----- ~ ~e above named claimant personally appeared betor·e him and made oath that the matters and thi~is appearing in his ab~n~ r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiL-q { ______ : __ day oL~------::'._~~~_/J_L__~ _ __-~- Clerk of tKe16~urt, or Specia In estigator or Notary Public, or Justice of t Peace. 21'1 j �E E )._ O hJ , Count yt Dis trict: f 96 • Acrea5 e Claim ed: Lam.I n Y Rockin gham stonew all 'Ii • Asseaa ed . 3 A. Value Cla.imed1 Locat iont I e \IV IJ ~ .s 56 P. "" 140 . 00 Deed 3 A. 56 P. Acqui red in 1919 " for q, 65. 75. swift run a nd entire ly within the . park area. Incum bra.nc est count er claims of laps: None known. c:!oil i oandy loam of fair depth and fertil ity. Itoads : Spotts wood t rail - hard surfac e - three r iles to Elkton , neare st shippi ng point . h :storx of trac t and -cond ition of timbe r, ImproveJnen ta: No timbe r - a ll cleare d . D'1 e l ling1 Frame , 16x24 ', 3 rooms , 2 ceiled , no porch me t a l roof, brick flue, oc cupied by oner, fair condi,tion,, sprin{-, :,,a.ter supply , solid found ation. - ... ·.?420 00 stable : .Frame, 12x16x12•,. paper roo f, fair condi tion65 .. oo Hen house r Fro.me , 1 xllxt5 ' , paper ro of, fair condi iion. - .. · 15. oc, Garage : Frame, lOxl4 xlO', paper roof, fair oon- dition . -- - crease and value of land by tineet Htfab le Value per At 40.00 Acrea.5e 3 Total value of land ... --- To tal Value 120.00 120 . 00 Total value of imlJrovements 5'65'. 00 Total value of t ract Avera ge value per ac re - ~ - 685. 00 - - $228 . 33. _ _ _ 111 �.:nmty: Dis trict: Rockingham Stone 1all . #96- Lam, E. N LEGJ!llD: Tilla}?le cale - 1 : 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 96 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cdd09bdd3c38da457d942cb9f1281dda.pdf 402668fcfe11bd6ba06b5ded28f0e008 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF QWJj1$/ CLAIMAlJ'.11 #81 - Lam, E . C . & E . E . Number of Acres:1/8 - Lot . Location: Adjoining the Swif t Run Church lot and on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L . C. Meadows Store . Roads: On the Spotts rood Trail which is now a hard surfaced road . Soil: -- History of Tract and condition of timber: This 1 o t has been used f' or about ten years as the site for a blacksmith and automobile repair shop . GARAGE OR REPAIR SHOP- - - 30x36 1 , concrete block walls , Improvements: BLACKsr:ITH SHOP - - - -15x2lx8 1 concrete floor , metal roof , nearly new . tile , metal roof , fair condition . 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: $ 100 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 1400 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ - -·- · - - ----$150QOO - - TOTAL Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for i:r::;.d: $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None _ _ ~ . ~ ; ~ - - _CLEEK I\ �Claim of________________________________________ ____ ·------- ------ --------------------O eking ham . . N o. ________, At L aw. . ·t Court of ------------------I n th e C1rcm ----- --- Count y, v·1rgm1a, The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs·--- -E-~E--• .1a-m-------------------------------------------- --------------------------- Lo t __ of_ l a nd _30 _X 144 _f eet __________________________________________ ____ _ . . . Defendants. Ro ck i n g h Rm . _____________ __:_ _______ _______ County, V1rgmia, more or 1ess, of 1and m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in res ponse to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Coui:t of_ __ ~e-k-i:r).~"lf!t"-.-------- Cou?tY, ~irginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sai{): pebt10n and to said notice. My name is ___ ..&AE.~L-~n----------------------------------~----- --------------My post office address is ____~~~~~-! -~~ -~~!-~!~~~-------- -------------------- I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about_ __~Q __i _:!-!l4_.!_~§~ buildings and improvements =----:k- 'Ottbl--:t-c--G-:--:rr.,ge- --'Jsui.-:td."i"1Tg:X--8 :rrct------ ------------ ------ Bl - ck -smiths s hop ---------------------------------- ------------------ ------This land is located about_ __ 2 oux. ___ miles from __ El-lft-0-n-------------------Virginia, in 8t0 n ewall _Mag1s . t of sa1"d Count y. . 1 D.1st r1c . t eria 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, e state or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described a hove. ) ______ l _-: _j.oint-..o.wne.r--r-ID¥- - h1--t.0r--s-gt- -b-e-iRg--er1-e--- hfr-l f-------- ---------------- ----- - of _t he _ v alue _of_ the_ pro perty ·-------------------------------- ------- ----The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_ L . C. E e Rdows ---- --------------- ----------------------------- ----------- - -South- ~1i-z-,z-i-e- ',,"i"'rlimns --------- -------- · ------------------------------------ -East __ ,E.. c..Lam-------------------------- ------------------------------------ -----West_ ___ United_ Bre thren _ Churc.h _, r.o..J.:i.erty____________ __ ___ ___ _____________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__l <J]._~ ___ in the fallowing manner: _____ _.3.y deed _f r om G. A. L ;:iwson _____ ____ __ ___ ,- - - ---------------- ----------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~~7_7_"...~~- --- --· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or par cel of land with the improvements ther eon is $_.?_!~~§-~~§______ . 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 description of the tract or par cel of land by met es and bounds) . Ren1arks · - - ----- - ------ ---- - ---------------- - ---- ------------------ - - ------------- - -I ----- ----------------------- -------- - - --- ------- - - i---- - - --------- ----------------- ---------- - (Continue r emarks if necessary on the back). -n ~ :3· Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto ) this __..?:_~~!:_ _______ day g ~ ~ ,-·· i W-----F-~g!'~~rx ____ , JIW>. 1931 . __q;-+--Ce~-~------------------------ _ ~ ~ ATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- - -R-oe k-i--n~~m-------- ----, To-wit: g ~ The undersigned hereby certifies thaL ~~.!.E.1.k 0 _rg ___ __ ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ _____ __ ____ __ ;:?.. tlfe above named claimant personally appear e d before him and made oath that the matters "-:f- and things appearing in his above answer are true t o the best of his knowledge and belief, ~t s____lJ_t_l_,__ _______day oL~','_b_"'.~."."'.?°_•_~?!:~Wol~- ou t, o; Sp c}ai-f~:.Sflg;-,tQ~-Q; Notary Public, or J us tic of the Peace. 223 �Claim of ______ ________ _________________________________ _________ _____ ___________ ______ _ In the Circuit Court of ___ A~_ c_I:;~~:1-~---- ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______ E_L_ E__..__I..am _______________________________________ _______________ ___ ___ _ Lot of land 30 x 1 44 feet more or less, of land in ____.ij9_c_~ID.ElJ~ -- - - _______ 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 ___!Jg~-~~-~ !t.!! _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ______________________________ E. E. Lam My name 1s _____________________________________ _ My post office address is ____ S..W.if_t._Rllll ___1[;!,J>_gj,n._~ --------------------- - -- - -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_~~ - ~ - ±-~~ _f _~~j;_«M, on which there are the following building& and imProve_ments: ___~__P._~~~~ ~--C!~!-~~~--~~-~!.9-_~~--~~-~-------------------Bla~k- sml tns sn op four __m1.1es f rom_____________________________ Elkton v·1rgmia, .. m . . 1an d 1s . 1ocate d about_ _________ Th1s the_ S.to.ne.wall ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) · I am joint owner , my interest being one-half ________________ of_ the value_ of_ the _2ro perty _________________________ __ ______ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth ______ .L .. _ C .. _M.eaJio.w.a___________________________________________________ ___ - South ______ Lizzie Williams ------------------------ -- ------ - - ------ ---------- East _______ E.~- .C..~- Lam..- - - ---------------------------------- - -- -- -- - ----- - -------West_ _____ uni ted _Brethren _Church_ Property ______________ ___ 1: ________ _ 19 8 I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: __ ______ _________ By deed _from _GL A~._iawson ___ _________________________________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~!_?_~~~~-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- _&~{?~~~§_____ _. 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 description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------------ - ------------------------------- -- - ------ -- - - - ---------- ---------------- -------------- --------- ----- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __~~J_l:_!: ________ day ________ ..E~-...E~.r,am.. _____________________ ___ of ____ l'..eb.r.ua.r..y: ____ _, 193]}. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___~9_c_~!~~~-----------, To-wit: . . E . E . Lam The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ______________________________________ _________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ l .9_th __________ day of __ F...ebr.ua r_y: ___ --, 19:I). __ H . _B . _C. _Gentry,_ N . _ P. ____________ _ Filed in the Clerk ' s Off i c e Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Rockingham Coonty , Va . Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. Feb . 19 , 19 Clerk 3 �., County: District: Ii.Bl - Lama E. C. & J. • '3 . ;. ssessed: 20/160 ore ge Claimed: ssessed: Loe tion: Rooki ngham Jtone ~11 • 520 . 00 Deed: 2880 sq. ft • Deed: $ f"'ot given. nd on the o posite side 1ft Run Church lot . dJm1n1ng the or the Spotswood T 11 from L. c. Meadow's Store . Inoumbranoes , oounter cla i ms or l u,es: None so f r s kno n . Soil: On the Spotswood Tr a il thich is no Rods: u hard surfaced road . This lot h s been used f or History ot tract, and oondi tion of timber: blaoksmith i nd automobile for· e abo t ten ye rs ~s uhe s i repair shop. Imprmvements: lls, Garage of repair shop 30x36', concrete blook 1100 . 00 concrete floor, met l roof , nearly new. fuir oof, r Bl· cksmith shop: l x2lx8' • tile. metal 100 . 00 condition -l 00 . 00 Value of l n ,l by types: Value / ore ge 1/8 Type R,qr Totul Vul ue of l nd • ••••••• •• • 100 . 00 Tota l v 1 e of improvements ••• 1200. 00 Tot.;1.l v· lue or t r a ot • • • • • • • • • • .~ver ge va lue p r 1300. 00 ore •• • •• ••• 10400. 00 -ore Tot 1 Value 100 . 00 �i ; ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Developmentfi/ed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. of the State of Virginia vs . SEP 7 $" 1932 / Cassandra Lawson Atki ns and others , and 52 , 501 acre¥~ \ 1 ~ 1~ ..k ~ land in Rockingham County , iTirginia . F To the Honorable H. w. , Bertram, Judge of said Court : ) On motion o-J·E. C. and E . E. Lam pray ing said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter , wherein said Board reported under No . 81 of its findings*a.s filed in the Clerk ' s Office of said Court that the 1/8 acre l ot of land improved by a garage or repair shop and ~laoksmith shop found by the said Board to be the property of the movants , situate in Rockingham County , was val ued at only ~1500 . 00 . The grounds of said motion are as foll ows : (1) That the price for said land and i mprovements is so manifest ly inadequate and confiscatory , a s more fully appears from the affida vits hereto attached , and asked to be read in support of this exception , as to justify a finding , that in arriving at such pri ce the Board fell into some error , mistake or misapprehens ion of facts as to the i dentity of t he property with reference to which such price wa s made , or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of t h e evidence produced before the Board with reference to whic h such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for t h e land and improvementsddeEy'n ot give to t h e owners the present fair market value of the same ; does not take into cons ideration the r+"' '{b fac t that;the owners will be deprived of this method of making a living; (3 ) That the finding of said Board is apparently, from Yf0 �-2the statements contained in its report, made without taking into consiQeration, or at least without giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improvements thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto and which are asked to be read in support of this exception; (4) That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constitution of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation"; (5) The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Code of Virginia, wherein it is said: That the General Assembly of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensation. By Counsel �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 , and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of E. C. Lam to -----------------be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . Dtswiet:' ot }Ooluml}ia 0:1t:y, of.· We.s·h·inBt.o nr ·, t:o,-wi:tt : E. C. Lam appeared before me Public in and for this day personally a Notary --------------the City aforesaid. in the District of~·C6liuml,)ia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C. Meadows' store; that the lot has thereon a blacksmith on shGp 15 x 21 x 8 , built out of tile; that/said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an automobile repair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructed out of concrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches - that on top of the concrete walls are two gables at front and back - fully three feet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard ; that said building rests upon a cement foundation ; t hat it contains a concrete floor; that it is covered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there is a room in the building ·ro feet by 11 feet 5 inches �- 2- . in size, made out of good lumber; that there are thirteen windows in said building ; 5 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet ; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same could be cut up into three rooms; there are two big doors and four small doors in said garage; said garage is wired for electric ity; that the lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksm ith and automob ile repair shop for ten years; that it is thirteen miles in one directio n and four and one-hal f miles in the other directio n to the nearest competi tor's place of business ; that the situatio n of the property makes it extreme ly valuabl~ as a business site; that ~ the least the property is worth $'3 0 IJ "<a 6 · . " ; that said property is not for sale; and it is hereby requeste d that the same be omitted from the contemp lated Park Area . Subscrib ed and sworn to before me this day of Septemb er, 1932. Notary Public. This is to certify that I took the above statemen t to·E. c. Lam on the 27th day of Septemb er, 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospita l , Washingto n, D. Q.,' and he read and signed the same, but the Hospita l authorities fN uld not allow me to get a Notary Public so that I might get his aff\idav it thereto . Viryinia , City of Harrison burg , to-wit: This day E. E. Lam persona lly appeared before the undersig ned, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesai d in the State of Virginia , and made oath that the foregoin g statemen t is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of Septemb er, 1932 • . c;;._, &, . ~ - My commiss ion expires March 20 , 1935 . I~ o't;y ~ �' II THE CIRCUIT 00 I ' T OF ROCIO'.NGRAM OOUlfff, nROINIA• The State Commiesion on ConserYation and DeTelopment of the State of Virginia Oaeean<lra Lawson Atkins and others, ant 52,501 aoree ot land in Rockingham Count7, V1rginia. Aftida"itt ~.m--------- ot _ __...E.,.•.,.,:;j..,1...,..:ci61111 be read in oonneot1on with the motion t11ed by E. c. to and E· E. Lam to nave the :t'indinga ot the Board ot Appraisal oonunis ionera disapproved. in connootion with its finding No. 81. State ot Virginia, City of Hantaonburg. to•wit1 _________E_.___E_.__L~a~m____ _ this day personally appeared before me _ _T_er_es_a_s_u_1_1"1_v_a_n_____ a Botar7 Pu.bllo in and tor the Oity aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly :worn d•poses and says: fha\ he is one ot the o•ners ot a lot ot land deeorib•d in the :t1ndlng ot the Board of Appra1eal Commissioners as containing one-eighth or an acre adJo1n1ng , the s-.itt Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail :trom L. e c. !ea4owe' store; that the lot has thereon a blaeksm1th on 15 x 21 x a, built out of ttle; that/said blaoksmith shop is a metal root in fair oond1tion; that under the said blaaksm1th ahop 1s a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an automobile repair shop 30 x 36 tee,, constructed out of concrete blocks. the height ot the said oonerete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches .. that on top ot the oonorete walle are to gables at front and back - tuJ.ly three teet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard; that sa1d _bu1lding rests upon a cement foundation; t hat it contains a concrete floor; that it ie coTered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there 1 a room 1n the building 16 16 feet by 11 feet 5 inches - -- ~ - - - - -'120 �tn eiee. made out of good luber; that there are thirteen w1ndowa in said buildinc; l> teet 6 inohes by 3 :teet 9 inches. and one large plate gle.es window 8 feet by 6 teet ; ei-raqed on the 1ns 1d• •o that the upper part ot the same could be out up into three rooms; th•~• ,re two big doors and tou.r small doors in said garagei aai d garage is wired for eleotr1oit7; t hat the lot on whioh \ h1s building stand.a has been used for the s ite ot a ble.oksm1th and atomob1le :repair shop tor ten years; that it 1s thirteen miles 1n one direction and tour and one-halt 111.les in the other d1Jtection to t he nearest oompet1ttr•e place ot businea•J that the situation of the extremely valuable as property is worth »•t•~Y makes it business sit•; that c,{he ,. least the 3 , 000.00 ; that · sa1d property is not for ea.le; and it is hereby requested that the same be omitted from i ht contemplated Park Area~ that the taking of this propert y would mean the depriving of one of the owners of the means of "~ _ making a living, t o- wit , E. E .. Jil?-ID • _ ·: ' : · ~ ~U (i?_, C2.. ci-zrartff Subao~1bt4 and eworn to ·beto;re me thia ?- [:t!s day o-f' September. 1932. : G:.&s.~o~ j �i I 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 , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of A. M. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to-wit: A. M. Gooden t his day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I res:J;de at Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , Septemb·er 24th , 1932 , I made a personal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmith s hop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , Virginia , the property of E. c. and E. E. Lam, and am of the opinion that it would cost $1643 . 88 to replace the cement block garage or automobile repair shop, and that it would cost ~367 . 49 to replace the tile blacksmith shop; that the lot on which the aforesaid buildings stand1 is worth ~500 . 00, the total value of said lot with the improvements thereon is therefore ~?~l_-L/_1..~--f-. I regard t his as a conservative estimate of the value oI· this lot with the improvements thereon . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September , 1932 . yz. �IN THE CI~CUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . ' The 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 of connection with ::., • \ • . :ensley to be read in -----------the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commiss ioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to - wit : 1 . L Hensley before me , this day personally appeared .i.I • .J • 0 • Gentry a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and bein g duly sworn deposes and says : I am 38 - ---- ;ears of age ; I am a contractor by occupation ; I reside near Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , September 24th , 1932, I made apersonal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmith shop situate at Swift Run in Rocki ngham County , Virg inia , the property of E. C. and E. E. Lam , and am of the opini on that it would cost ~ 1 , 743 . 00 to replace the cement block garage or automobile repair shop , and. that it would cost 320 . 00 <jj> u _ __ __ __ to replace the t i le blacksmith shop; that t he iot on which the aforesaid buildings stand is worth ~ 400 . 00 ; the total value of said lot with the improvements thereon is therefore :i 2 , 463 . 00 • I re gard this as a conservative estimate of the value of this lot with the improvements ther e on . Subscribed and sworn to before me ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'11-3 �1 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commissi on on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson At kins and others , and 52 , 501 ac r es of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of H. B. c. with the motion filed by E. C. Gentry to be read in connection and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg, to - wit : H. B. C. Gentry this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn de poses and says : I am 79 years of age; I am a real estate dealer and agent for fire insuranc e by occupation; I reside at Elkton , Virginia ; I am familiar with the lot of land improved by a garage or automobile re pair shop and bl acksmith shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , Virginia, owned by E. c. and E. E. Lam ; that considering the location of th e lot and its availability as a business s ite , it is , in my opinion , worth , a t a conservative estimat e , ~500 . 00; t hat I am not familiar with the costs of the construction of the building.# µ -,.'I--' wh ich ~ erected thereon, and therefor e can express no opinion ;:· as to ~alue . Subscribed and sworn to before me t h is 26th day of September , 1932 . ~ . G\-~ Notary Public . '-fl �I N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Developm,ent of the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham Cou.ng, Va. vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . To the Honorable H. w. S£F J-fW32 Bertram , Judge of said Court : The motion of E. c. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No . 368 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk ' s Office of said Court , that the lot of land situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. c. Meadows Store to be the property of the movant , was valued at onl y $1300 . 00 . The grounds of said motion are as follows : (1) That the price for said land and improvements is so manifestly inade quate and confiscatory , as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached and asked to be read in support of this exception, as to justify a finding that in arriving at such price the Board fell into some error , mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to which such price was made , or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board with reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the land and i mprovements does not give to the owner the present fair ~~~:Jti:oox~:i"rex:~-XJ'b;.~~~~x ~~ (3} That the findin g of said Board is , apparently , from the statements contained in its report , made , without �-2taking into considera tion, or at least without giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improveme nts thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavit s attached hereto and which are aske ~ to be read in support of t h is exc:eption ; (4} That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constitut ion of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensat ion;" (5} The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Constitut ion of Virginia, wherein it says: That the General Assembly of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensat ion. �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, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. c. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of .Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 368. District of _-Oolum\)ia, City of E. c. Washington, ------ to-wit: ---------------- Lam this day personally appeared before me a Notary Public ----------------City aforesaid in the District for the in and of Columbia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: --------I am the owner of a lot of land, containing 38~6 -square feet, which borders the Spotswood Trail, which is now a hard surfaced road, and is improved by a filling station, consisting of a stone storeroom 14 x 00 feet, with front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet; over the whole building is a good metal roof, nearly new, inside the f illing station is a concrete floor; the filling station has four windows with two glass panes in each window, 30 inches x 1,,p,.rl- 30 inches, also two front windows with plate glass/59 inches x 72 inches in dimension, one door with glass therein 28 x 36 inches, five small windows above the plate glass windows, having three panes each, 10 x 21 inches in dimension, the front of the filling station over the pumps is ceiled with excellent pine lumber, and there are thirty-three electric lights in the filling station and in front over the gas pumps. On the lot on which the filling station stands, is one pump and two tanks (underground) the �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 , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Affidavit of E . E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the find.ings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with ima findings No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to - wit: E. E. Lam , brother of E. c. Lam , this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I have been in charge of the fillin g station for my brother, E. C. Lam, described in the findings No . 368, and have operated the said filling station for about three years , and while I have kept no accurate records of the business done by me , selling gas , oil , automobile accessories , cigars , candies, etc ., I feel that I am justified in saying that I consider the location of this filling station one of t he best on the Spotswoo d Trail, and in my opinion , the lot on which the filling station stands and whic h surrounds it and the filling st ation are worth, at a co nservative estimate, ~3 . 000 . 00 • I have not taken in account , in my estimation , the va lue of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on and under said lot . ~ . Subscribed Ntd sworn t o before me day of September, 1932 . :a" t h is ri Notary Public . �-2- property of E. E. and E. tank costing $75.00 . lot belonging to E. c. Lam, the pump costing $125.00 and the fhere is likewise another tank on the same c. Lam which cost $60.00 . There are two more pumps on the said lot and one tank (underground) which belong to Maphis & Chapman; that the location of this filling station near Swift Run Church, just before the ascent of the mountain is begu.n, and being the only filling station between that point and the top of the mountain some four miles away, makes it an extremely valuable property; that the income producing value because no accurate records have been kept of the same; of said property is hard to estimate/, that he .. nas been offered ~5,000.00 for said property; that the lot with the improvements thereon is worth at the lowest estimate ~J d d d .e o that the said property is not for sale; and I hereby request that the same be omitted from the contemplated Park Area. Subscribed and sworn to before me this , 1932. day of -------- _,,,,,,.,--.,,,...~ > I Notary Public. ,,t "' ' This is to certify that I took the above statement to E. c. Lam on th~7th day of September, 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospital Washington, D. c., and he read and signed the same, but the Hospital ' authorities would not allow me to get a Notary Public so that I might get his affidavit thereto. c;;, &. ~Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day E. E. Lam personally appeared before the undersigned , Teresa Sullivan, a Notary Pu.blic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and made oath that the foregoing statement is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of September, 1932. My commission expires March 20, 1935. T~C\__Notary~ Public. �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, and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginie. . Affidavit of A. M. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. c. Lam to have the findin ~s of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to - wit : A . M. Gooden this day personally appeared before me , Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and says: I, am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday , September 24 , 1932 , I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church , situate along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows' store , owned by E. C. Lam, and the said filling station , which is . constructed of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for less than ~1073 . 39 ; that the lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it , and which I am advised contains 3815 square feet , is in my opinion worth Jl , 000 . 00, that this makes a total estimate of ~2073 . 39 for the buildings and the lot , which I consider very conservative; that I have not taken in account, in my estimat±on ,rl the value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 1932 . Notary Public . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra L~wson Atk ins and others, and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rocki ngham County , Virginia . Affi davit of • •• ~ensley to be read in ------------connec t ion with the motion filed by E. c. Lam t o h ave the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connecti on with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to - wit : ~- . \. . ::enzley this day personally appeared before me , _~ _·1_._~_._J_._G_e_n_t_r_y________ , a Notary Public in and for the County af oresaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and says: I , am 38 years ----- of age; I am a contractor by occupation ; I reside near Elkton , Virginia; On Saturday , September 24 , 1932 , I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church , sttuate along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows' store , owned by E. C. Lam , and the said filling station , which i s constructed of stone wi th a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet , supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for l ess tfuian $ 1127 . 0~ that t h e lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it , and wh ich I am advised contains 3815 square feet , is i n my opinion worth $ 1000 . 00 ---------------; $ 2 127 . 0C t hat th i s makes a total estimate of for the buildings and the lot , which I consider a very cons ervative figure ; that I have not taken in account , in my estimation , the value of the gasoline pumps and gas oline storage tanks on or under the said lot . Subscribed and sworn to before me this September , 1932 . £, -~-~--~~-__ _ x==,=/J=--,___.t;.,.;;._--'-;J---~~~---=---1---_- _~ N~o t~a-r_y _Pu ~ bl_i_c_. _ _ ~ _.._._ 3I_ �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 , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia . Affidavit of H. B. c. Gentry to be read in connection with the motion filed 'Wftb the me~io~ by E. c. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonbu~g , to-wit: H.B . c. Gentry this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn , deposes and Bays: I am 79 years of age; I am a dealer in real estate and fire insurance agent by occupation; I reside at Elkton , Virginia; I am familiar with the lot situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County , along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. c. Meadows ' store, improved by a filling station, and said to contain 3815 square feet, and have known the same for 50 years; that considering the location of the lot, said lot is in my opinion, ½Orth today at a conservative estimate ~1 ,000.00; that I am not familiar with the costs of the construction of such buildings as are erected thereon, and therefore can form no opinion as to their value. -,~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1932 . 26th . · ~otar~ �LAW OFFI CES E. DULANEY OTT HARRI SONBURG , VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING October 27 , 1933 . Honorable J. Robert Switzer Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Harrisonburg , Virginia . Dear Sir : Please summon for the defendants in the E. c. Lam and E. E. and E. c. Lam cases , set for hearing on Friday , November 3rd , 1933 , the following witnesses: Howard Hensley D. J. . Comer K. E. Comer W. E. Kite Very trul.y y ~ ' �CO:ttltONWFALTH OF' VIRGINIA , TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKiltGHAM'. COUNTY, GREETING: You are hereby cam:na,nded: to sUDDILOn Co J. Hensley , and H. B. c. Gentry, A. M. Gooden, L. A. Hensley , H. E. Monger ,/lo appear before the Beard ot Arbijra tors, at the Court House of Rodd.ngha.m 3d day of November, e ~ ~ , 1933, at 10 a. m.,. h t on a, Virgini County, to testU'y and the truth to say on behalf of Defenda nts in the condemn ation p:raoeed ings ot State Canmiss ion on Conserv ation. ~ and Developm ant o~ the State of Virginia v. E. c. Lam, and ~ ' , State Commiss ion on Conaerva tion and Developm ent of the State 1, 1 i-1 o-r Virginia v. E. E. and E. C, Lam. And have then and tha'.r'e this writ. In w11ness whereof , I hereunto set my hand aa ~ the Clerk o-r the Cir·cuit Court of Rockingh am County, Virgini a, at the Court House thereof, this, the 24th day ot October , lZ 3, and in the. 158th year of the J �. , •.. '' ~ ' . rmnm: r 0 mmo , t "l eiansH • ,. .I cno.f> ooD • • , a".ro d" ... ):r''I or a t • 1o b ' t nolt ·v~senoO no nol f>n .0 . 0 o ;t j n·be omc no.t.t 'Io lo • n uqo.f vea o ne qois .s .oo.t it .. • • b • • • 11 .S .irti: s .erl bn n rl rm ;toe. ct m1e-rerl I 0 Sri eau H v~UOO 9 b . ,£:r 10 ' .r;. ~ t -------'------------ ~ • erl �THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIl1GlNIA:: TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: .. You are hereby canmanded to sUlllllon Homrd Hensley, • • 0 • • t1 Cu ro D, Ao Com.er, K. K. Comer, and W. E. Kite, to appear before • r, 81 J · ~q.e Board of Arbi tra. tors, at the Court House of Rockingham. . °૽� County, Virginia~ on Friday, the M day of November, 1933, a ,10 ao m., to t-estify and the trltth to say- on behalf' of -~ J tlie Defend8.l11l.ts in the candemna.tiol't proceedings cit sti,a te. Com• c mission on Conservation and Development of the Stat1:1: 01' Vir- e . gini& v. E. c... c. Lam, and State Commission on Conservation and Development off the State of Virginia v. E. E. an.d E. C. Lam. And have then and there this wri to IN WI'lN:ESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set m.y hand, as the Clerk of' the Circuit Court of' Rockin~am.. County, Virginia, at the Court House tmreof, this, the 28th day of' October,. 193.3, and in the 158th year of the Connnonwealth . �: . r ......nm:v ~o HT.I ' ' > t:1 ti) • I?:! t"il • • t:r:10 • • ~~ & ~g - C 0 • - '!.ti! bn t-f aol~ev~s noO no nolealmu c • 3: • ..,.. . j" 1: .r.o ' ,, ~.s .tni: _J:.V t ~ WI D •V .e !al , l. l "I et .ej" ..... l: r,n.e lo ej" .o;t t .o . . ~ .. v ~ �THE COMMONWEAI; TH OF vmGmIA : TO THE Si!ERIFF OF ROCKiliGHAM COT.JNTYj GREETING: You are hereby· c cmmanded to summon .41;, CII.K • 1en1t ut»A L . H. Bruce to appea r bef'ore the: Board of Ar bitrators , at the . . . , " ~ ·dourt House of Rockingham :count Virginia , on Friday, ~ day of November , 1933 , at •10 a .,J , ,:, > •J ' tm 3d to testify and the truth j '' "to say on behal~ of the Defend~ . in the condemnat ion pro- .. ~, . tion and Dev._eIlopinent n on ' onserva of State Conmissrl,o V • ' ' ceedings 0 of the State of Vi rg inia v 1 • • S 1 E. c. ' ' Lam , and Stat e comci.iss,·1on on I Conservat ion and evelopmen t of the State of' Vi rg inia v :· E. E . i 0 c-< . ..... (;,; and E. c. Lam . And have then and the re this writ . ~~ IN wrrNESS WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand , as the. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , at the Court House thereof,. this, the ~ day o f " ~ l 9 3 3 , and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th . J.<tf~~ . , Clerk . u _'7-,P, ,r ~ , W . ~ r& 4 e/V "~ .Z-JJ/2 ~ ~ ~_z._~ ~ 4 : { f lc&~ ~ ~ · ~ ____.. .-/.:A"/e--a&_J);t;~ ~ rJ€ <ft ' ~ .~ ~ ' \ a �, ~ "r crnm .. OH 0 T '[O RT 0~ e .s uoY o_ ... H • . . 1 t--t ( ..,.c.cu:g-:r • rU u·r;t e .rt:t orm ~·u :ta oj ll> t:J C/.l • o l:.aj t.zj • • 1:.ajO • • [5 l:.aj • a • i . d" .t 'I t f:n.srl "l a.trf:t tea ojn1e~er l I rt.A ,~o UI • :t iBe mo . o:.) erlj lo 'I 91£ .cU8cI rft 1: .on.e �I" )I / / t • I THE CWMONWEALTH CF VffiGINIA: TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETlliG: You are hereby commanded to summon :j f H'ouse of Rockingham County, Vt~ginia, on Friday, the 3d day :l 0 '~. 0 HI J 'o'-r November , J ri--f . ~ 1933, at_ 10 a . say on behalf of m;, ~ to q . the Def'endants, . , in . testify and the truth to -i the condemna~io~>p~oce ed• "j o o ' i )lgs of State CommisS'ion on Conservation and Devielcrpme n t 01' ~ F . 0 ~ the State of Virginia v. E. c. Lam, and State Commission on "" Li g, Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. E. E .. . -~ .. ;:;> 0 Owen Maphis 1iP appear before the Board o!" 1~bitrator-s, at the Court E-t 0 c. J ') l--11-1 ti ro t:,;j -1 ~ j b:! .i. (" and E. C. Lam. And have then and there this Writ. IN WI'.INESS WHEREOF , I hereunto set my hand, a.s the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia , at the Court House thereof, this, the 2d day or November, 1933, and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th. f.J. In per son . l.1 �,. • ~ HTI.i t!I-DfiIV .. fil 1DWI}I,...Ofi '[O T\IImUi o llrr e arl i.l'"IIJOD S ~;t :t B c a r.Lo .t ~.ab b"' orl;t t~nbl•r'[ no ·r;J- .i: .. ..,. .O'I.BC' ~ .., rl.-'- s.i:n.J:_~f J ~ -bssoo~1 ~1c,." o ;tn~. ;t DIIB 'i'.tj"ao;t OJ ~! e: fi, "°- wsonoo '!I-~ , .d:t .n:1: uoY .r.seqg 13 (~ 'I o"l:ed .er .ae'.J: t:1S SVOW" 'li ! ~ 1 o 1:ferled rro al: o~ aj" ;t '.to a o.a: 8 o o bn.e noiif ,ev " .sJ . O 1-. J:j~ ·= m J..6 ~ ~ t_:rj e .trl:t e rerl.t bn,e n erU evEri tn srl;t e.s t bn"'Ii 'lffi j"ea o:trr11e'I rt I ;t, i:t'IJJOO ;t '!.00 erfj 1:0 lr.rc"!.i:0 end' 'i' o i'I elO .00,C I.ifflaJ. erf.j' II£ . oa, Q ~ I 11:035!~11!., e.mIVIT'I. MI .eln.ta .tv , ·:;t.ru100 msrt}nhlooFl 'io . rU lBSWr!O t:df a~1i~ . o . H . v .e.tru: 'I.tV :to e:tst3 e i ~i f • • o~o t 'Ie <:j ~ s ft ~~ .c:uc~:~ .. n.s no.t;t.ev~ee%o~ rro a no nolc..e.: •.wioQ e:t.s.t~ bna ~m.s..I OT r :;t.s , c;eel • ~ .s.d~nl:ioo5I 1:o ~'V::ts.r'u,!=' o ~~ o;t rl.;ti:'I..:. S'I.S i10m nl Di."!.6 0 • �W. O. May J. P . Hockman Page County C• J • Hensley A. M. Gooden / 0 ie~J~ ~,i, ~.~ ~. It~ L. .A . Hensley H. E . Monger around El kton flt) �'l'IIE CO ff ONIVEALTH OF Vli:1Gl1IIA : 'ro THill SIII!llIFF OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, G EETING: You uro hereb y commanded to sUlllD.on A. M. Goodon to appea r botor o the Board of Arbi trato rs, at the Court Houoo or Rockine;ha.m Coun ty, Virgi nia. , on ~Tida .y, the 3d day of November , 1 933 , at 10 a . n ., to testi fy and 1ilo truth to y on behnl .f of tho Do:fondants in the oondemna- t1on proco oding o of State Co.nm ission on Conso rva ti on and Devel opme nt of the Stato of Virgi nia v . E. O. Lam, and on Sta to Commis.sion~onso rvati on und Development of tho Sta.ta of Virgi nia v . E. E . nd E. c. Lrun. And ho.ve then an:l the.re this i/r1 t . IN th IT.t-l:E$S ~O F, I hereu nto oet my hand, as Clerk of tho C1rou i t Court of Rocldne;hnm Count y , V1xg1 n1a, at tho Court House 'there of, this, the 28th day or Ootob or. 1933• o.nd in the 158th year of the Commonwealth . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Clork . �,,. ! ' IN. THE C.IRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. f rt:t ~ The State Commission on Conservation and Development filed In the Cl~l'l,1§ 1Jrne@ of the State of Virginia Rockingham NOV ff 1932 1829 Vs. County, Va, Orf~b',, ~Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fifty-t~Chousana , five hundred and sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less o.f land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Written Statement made by E. E. and E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932, and in response thereto, the said E. E. and E. c. Lam respectfully state that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, improved by a garage or repair shop and blacksmith shop, the ownership of which is claimed by them, and with reference to which they have filed their objections, is believed by them to be the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the Appraisal Commissioners to be the lot owned by them, and to contain one-eighth of an acre, being tract No . 81, adjoining the Swift Run Gap Church and being on the opposite side of the Spottwwood Trail from L. c. 1:eadows' Store, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioners , but in as much as neither on the y,--- map filed with ·the report , nor ; the exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioners is shown the boundary lines of the said tract of land, or the square feet contained as well as the square feet contained in saiSt in said lot, the said boundary linesfare herewith shown by a plat ~ herevvi th filed, marked "Exhibit Plat" , which is asked to be read as a part hereof . These boundary lines were obtained by 7o �• u.8. CHCtRCH l. fJ T •t" 0 ~ 0 E.E,,-.E .C.LAM C. ON , £.~.,- <) l' t" St;· F7: ,"t • ,, t ·r ,,...,.. E.C, LAM PLAT OF,..£.C . J.. A M'S LOT JITUAT EO ON THE. S.VV. .SID£ OF THIE OL.O SWlr-r RUNG-A P VI R G- IN I A $ W I FT R U N ROAP I �-2- a survey of said land this day made by A. R. Myers, Surveyo~. Given under our hands this 8th day of November, 1932. ' (... 1 �I ) I t VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI'Y. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOP?ENT OF THE ST.\TE OF VIRGINIA filed in the Clerk's Office v• Rockingham County, Va. CASS.ANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, t, 0\' tJ 1932 more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. / / 1-J · ~ ~ Clerk Statement Illi:l.de this 8th day of November, 1932, by A. L. Moubray and J. F. Moubray, in response to an order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. Your responden ts say that they are the owner& of a tract or around one hundred and one acres of land lying east of Yancey about a mile and a half to two miles, in what is known as Piney Gap, which is a tract of land obtained by exceptant s from the executors of the estate of John E. Roller, deceased, which tract of land is also known as the Sipe Tract, and is nwnbered as No. __.l.__.l~a~l~o_ _upon the map filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners forthis district; and that said land adjoins the lands of Yancey, Charles Cat lett, Trustee, and others. And exceptant s pray that their exception o be sustained , and that they be granted the relief prayed for by them in their exception s filed in said suit. And having fully answered, they will ever pray, etc. ~ .o ~ Counsel �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Defendants . Cassandra Lawson .Atkins , et als . etc . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virgin :ia On this , the !'Ld day of au..~ , 1934 , came E. E . and E . C. Lam by counsel , and on~eir motion , leave is given them to file their application for the payment to for tract No . ---------the award set out in the judgment of them of the sum of $ 2009 . 80 81 , the amount of condemnation for tract No . 81 , the amouht thereof having been heretofore paid into court ; and it appearirg to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause , and in the petition for heretofore judgµient and condemnation/ entered herein 1 111mIJH1illffm HllllflfiJHHIHiHH that in the op i lil.ion of the petitioners , the said E. E. and E . c. Lam a r ~ invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to t rt e said tract of land No . 81 , and that the record 6~ this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said tract No . 81 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , and that the said E . E. and E. C • Lam are tterefore entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said tract No . 81; and it further appearing to the court that all truces ,d ue or pays ble on said tract No . 81 have been paid, upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sum of ;,p 2009 . 80 for tract Fo . 81 paid into Court by petiti oner as just compensation for said tr~ct be paid unto E . D. Ott , attorney for said E. E- and E. c. Lam , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to \ /0 �- 2- transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto E. said E . E . and E. c. n. Ott , Attorney for Lam the said sum of ~· 2009 . 80 ----- ---- the amount of said award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said lot of land with the improvements thereon above designated , taking from said E . D. Ott , Attorney for said E. E. and E. C. Lam , a receipt therefor , and certifying such payme nt to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . Enter ll �\ \ \ \ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC KI NGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin i a Petitioner VS • Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . Defendants . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia Your petitioners , E . E. and E. c. Lam , respectfully represent: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of t h e state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgin i a the fee simple estate in that certain lot of land with the improvements thereon , numbered as follows , Tract No . 81 ----=---- , 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 set out in the said judgment as constitut i ng the award therefor as follows ; award for tract No . $ 2009 . 80 ------- ; 81 that the said State Commission on Conservation and Development has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum set out in said judgment as constituting the award for the fee si mple estate in said lot of land with the improvements thereon; that the undersigned petitioners on the date of the said judgment in rem condemnin g the said lot of 1 and with the improvements thereon were the owners of the said land in fee simple; that no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Your petitioners further show the Court that all taxes against said property have been paid to and including the year 1933 , and they herewith file certificates to that 12- �- 2- effect from M. E . Harrison , Treasure r of Rockingh am County , Virginia , and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County , Virginia , which certific ates are prayed to be read as a part hereof , said certific ates are marked "Exhibit Certific ate No . l" , and "Exhibi t Certific ate Wherefo re your petition ers pray that they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in this proceed ing , and that an order may be entered. in this proceed ing for the distribu tion of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constitu ting the award for the fee simple estate in said lot of land with the improvem ents thereon condemn ed as aforesai d, and for the payment to the or their attorney of record, undersig ne~/of the sajQ award ; and that your petition ers may have such other , further and general relief as the nature of the case may require . State of Virginia , City of Harrison burg , to- wit: -.--- This,.....da~.1 · E. Lam persona lly appeared before me , ~ , a Notary Public in and for t h e ~ of Harrison burg in the State of Virginia , in my City aforesai d , and being duly sworn , deposes and says : that I have read. the above petition , and. state that the matters of fact containe d therein are true to the best of my knowledg e and belief . Given under my hand this / .2./{ day of :ray , 1934 . . I~ ~ Subscrib ed. and sworn to before me--ci;in my C~ aforesai d. this .J_l__day of -1li 1934 . 7 , T9::c½:lLNotary ~ Public . • /3 �- 3- v:;-J ~ ' ~ of ~ ,If of This day E. c!½-- t.,__ 1-;J, to-wit: c~ c. Lam personally appeared before me ,., a ~ 0 /). Zc -~-"--~- - - - ~ ._ .. _._ ._ _. ~if .:-.c-·_ ~_ a Notary Public in and ,0 for the ----; ~ i-._ ------- of ~ C-e of e_ a , 7 , in the I{- ~·.s;c.14_ &--. ~ ~ · c........ , in my aforesaid , and being duly sworn , / deposes and says : That I have read the above petiti on, and state that the matters of fact contained therein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief . Given under my hand this - / ~/,{ day of !lay , 1934 . Subscr ibed to before me in my aforesaid this I ;). 35----. - - - - - -a-y-, 1934 . IV �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA May 2nd, 1934 To Whom It May Concern:I hereby certify that the record of my off&ce shows that E. E. & E. c. Lam have paid the taxes for the year 1933 on their tract of land, 20 poles, situated in Stone wall District, County of Rockingham. Given under my hand this 2nd day of May,. 1934 Trea surer ofRockingha'iii_ County. I // IS �State of Virg inia Coun ty of Roe ki.ngham, to-w it: I, J. Robe rt Switz er, Clerk of the Circu it Court ds in my of Rockingham Count y do hereb y certi fy tha t the recor of tract the st again offic e do not show any delin quen t taxes Qoun ty, ngham Rocki rict, 20 poles of land situa te in Stone wall Dist Lam. asses sed in the name of E. E. and E . c. Given under my hand this 22d day of May, 1934. urt of RockClerk of the Cirou i t nia.. Virgi ty, Coun m ingha ' o. .-'-_ ;;;;.. ::;.H ~ ~~ --._..;..~ . --. -_· ~·.i,:L ~ K. )l �LAW OFFIC ES E. DUL ANE Y OTT HARRI SONBU RG, VA. F I R S T NAT IO N AL B ANK B U I LD r NG �lli THE CIRetrIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County,Va. Sep 28 1932 J.Robert Switzer,Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. To the Honorable H. W. Bertram, Judge of said Court: On motion of E. C. and E. E. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal commissioner s heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No . 81 of its findings as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court that the 1/8 acre lot of land improved by a garage or repair shop and blacksrni th shop found by the said Board to be the property of the movants, situate in Rockingham. County, · was valued at only $1500 .00. (1) The gro unds of said motion are as follows: That the price for said land and improvements is so manifestly inadequate and confiscatory , as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached, and asked to be read in support' of this exception, as to justify a finding, that in arriving at such price the Board fell into some error, mistake or misapprehens ion of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to wh i ch such price was made, or some mistake of law as to t he nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board with reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the land and imDrovements does not g ive to the owners the present fair market value of the same; does not take into consideration the fact that one of the owners will be deprived of this method of making a living; ,3) That the finding of said Board is apparently, from �-2- the statements contained in its report, made without taking into considera tion, or at least withcmt giving effect in its final decision to the value of the land and the improveme nts thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavit s attached hereto and which are asked to· be read in support of this exception ; (4) That the price allowed for the property violates Article 5 of the Constituti on of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensat ion"; (5) The finding of said Board violates Secticn. 58 of the Code of Virginia, wherein it is said~ That the General Assembly of Virgi nia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compensat ion. E. C. Lam E. E. Lam By Counsel E. D. ott Counsel. 5 �l' I, ' I ! l .r l.) ./ i IN THE CIRCUIT COORT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawron Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. C. tam to be read in connectio n with the motion filed by E. c. and E. E. Lam to have the findings or the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners disapprove d in connectio n with its finding No. 81. District of Columbia City of Washingto n, to-wit: E. C. Lam this day personally appeared before me _____ _____ __ a Notary PJ).blic in and for the City aforesaid in the District of Columbia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood 'l 'rail from L. c. Meadows, store; that the lot has there on a blacksmith shop 15 x 21 x 8, built out of til e; that on said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition ; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation ; that on said lot there is also an automobil e re pair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructe d ou t of concrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches- that on top of t h e concrete walls are two· gables at fmt and back - fully three feet high; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherbo ard; that said building rests upon a cement foundation ; t h at it contains a concrete floor; that it is covered with a metal roof, nearly new; that there is a room in the building 15 feet by 11 feet 5 i nches in size, made out of g ood lumber; that there are thirteen �-2- windows in said building; 5 feet 6 inohes by 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same cruld be cut up into three rooms, there are two big doors and four small doors in said garage; said garage is wired for electricit y; that t h e lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobil e re pair shop for ten ·years; that it is thirteen miles in one directiot'}6 nd four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competito~ s place of business; that the situation of the prop erty makes it extremely valuable as a business site; that at the least the pro pert y is worth $30 00.00; t hat said p rop erty is not for sale; and it is hereby requested that the same be omitted frcm the contemplat ed park Area. E. C. Lam Subscribe d and sworn to before me this day of September , 1932. ---- Notary Fublic Th is is to certify that I took the above statement to E. c. Lam on the 27th day of ~eptember , 1932, he being a patient in Sibley Hospital., r as hington, D. C. and he read and signed the same, but the rtospital. authoritie s would n ot allow me to get a Notary Public so that l mi ght get his affidavit thereto. E. E. Lam Virginia, City of H~rrisonb urg, to-wit: This day E. ~. Lam personally appeared before the undersign ed, Teresa Sullivan, a ~otary ~ublic in and for the City a f oresaid in the State of Virgi nia, and made oath that the fore going statement is true. Given under my hand this 28th day of September , 1932. Teresa Sullivan Notary ?'u61lc. My rommiss i on exp ires March 20, 1935. 1 �,• ,' l ' t.__ ,, ( IN THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF ROCKINGHAM OJUNTY, VIRGINIA The 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 of E. E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed · by E. C. and E. ~. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 81. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: E. E. Lam this day p ersopally appeared before me Teresa Sullivan a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid in the State .of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: That he is one of the owners of a lot of land described in the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as containing one-eighth of an acre adjoining the Swift Run Church lot on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C. Meadows• store; that the lot has thereon a blacksmith shop 15 x 21 x 8, built out of tile; t hat on said blacksmith shop is a metal roof in fair condition; that under the said blacksmith shop is a cement foundation; that on said lot there is also an aitomobile repair shop 30 x 36 feet, constructed rut of co,ncrete blocks, the height of the said concrete block walls being 9 feet 4 inches t hat on top of the concrete walls are two gables at front and back fully three feet high ; that the gables are made of corrugated tin over weatherboard; t hat said building rests upon a cement foundation; tha t it contains a concrete floor; t hat it ls convered with a metal roof, nearly new; t hat t here is a room in the building 15 feet by 11 feet 5 inches in size, made rut of good lumber; that there are thirteen windows in said building ; 5 feet 6 inch es by 3 feet 9 inches, 8 �-2- and one large plate glass window 8 feet by 5 feet; arranged on the inside so that the upper part of the same could be cut up into three rooms; thate are two big doors and four small doors · in said garage; said garage is wired for electricity; that t he lot on which this building stands has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobile repair shop for ten years; that it is thirteen miles in one direction and four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competitor's place of business; that the situation of the property makes it extremely valuable as a business site; that at the least the p roperty is worth $ 3,000.00; that said pro perty is mt for sale; and it is hereby re~uested that the same be omitted fro m the contemplated park Area; t hat the taking of this pro perty would mean the depriving of one of the owners of the means of making a living, to-wit', E. 1;!;. Lam E. E. Lam Subseri bed and sworn to before me th is 28th dey of September, 1932. Teresa Sullivan Notary rublic �\ IN THE CIBCUIT CQJRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGI NIA . The State Commi s si on on Co nse rva ti on and Devel opme nt of the State of Virg inia vs . Cassa ndra Lawson Atkin s and other s , and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rocki ngham Count y , Virgi nia . Affid avit of A. M. Gooden to be read in conne ction ngs wlth the motio n filed by E. c. and E. E . Lam to have the findi ct ion of the Board of Appra isal Comm ission ers disap prove d in conne with its findi ng No . 81 . State of Virgi nia, City of Harri sonbu rg, to-w it: A. M. Gooden this da~ perso nally appea red befor e me , Teres a Sulli van, a Notar y Publi c in and for the City afore said in the State of Virg in ia, and being duly sworn de poses and says: I a m 51 years of age; I am a contr actor by occupation ; , I resid e at Elkto n , Virgi nia; O~ Satur day , Septe mber 24th , 1932 l made a perso nal inspe ction of the garag e or autom obile sepai r Count y , shop and black smith shop situa te at Swift Run in Rocki ngham Virgi nia, the pro perty of E. c. and E. ~ . Lam , and am of the femi.:traopini on t hat it would cost $1643 . 88 to rep!A ce the ~½ie- e-3:ael uld eemen t block garag e or autom obile repai r shop , and that it V'D cost $367 . 49 to repla ce the tile black smith shop; that the lot on wh i ch the afore said build ings stand is worth $ 500 . 00 , the fore total val.ue of said lot with the impro vemen ts there on is there the value $2511 . 37 . I regar d this as a conse rvativ e estim ate of of this lot with t he impro vemen ts there on . A. M. Gooden , 1932 . Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 26th day of Septe mber Teres a Sulli van. Notar y Publi c )0 �IN THE cmctrIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The 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 , Virg inia . Affidavit of L. A. Hensley to be read i n connection with the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the fi ndings of the Board of i ppra.isal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 81 . state of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to- wit: L. A. Hensley this day personally appeared before me , H. B. c. Gentry a Notary Public i n and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 38 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside near Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday, September 24th , 1932, I made a personal inspection of the garage or automobile repair shop and blacksmiPh shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingham Co unty, Virginia, the property of E. C. and E. ~ . Lam , and am. of the opinion that it would cost $1 , 743 . 00 to re place the cement block garage or automobile repair shop, and that it would cost $320.00 to replace the tile blacksmith shop; that t he lot on which the aforesaid buildings stand is worth $400 . 00; the total value of said lot with the improvements there on is therefore $2 , 463.00 . I regard this as a conservative estimate of the value of this Lot with the improvements thereon . L. A. Hensley Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of September, 1932 . II �IN· THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State commiss ion on Conserva tic:n and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. Cassand ra LawS'.ln Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingh am county, Virgini a. Affidav it of .tl. B. c. Gentry to be read in co.nnect ion with the motion filed by E. C. and E. E. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners disappro ved in connect ion wit h its finding No. 81. State of Virginia City of Harris on burg, to-wit: H.B. C. Gentry this day persona lly appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan , a Notary Public in and for the City aforesa id in the State of Virginia , and being duly sworn deposes and says: I am 79 wears of age; I am a real estate dealer and agent for fire insuranc e by occupat ion; I reside at Elkton; Virginia ; I am familiar with the lot of land improved by a garage or automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop situate at Swift Run in Rockingh am county,V irginia, owned by E. c. and E. E. Lam; that conside ring the location of the lot and its availab ility as a business site, it is, in my opinion, worth, at a conserv ative estimate , $500.00 ; that I am not familia r wit h the costs of the constru ction of the building s which are erected thereon, and therefor e can express no opinion as to their value. H. B.C. Gentry Subscrib ed and sworn to before me this 26th day of Septemb er, 1932. Teresa sull i van Notary !>ublic I 2- ��IN THE crnarIT CCXJRT OF ROCKili GH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development Filed in the Clerk's Office of the State of Virginia Rockingham County, Va . Nov . 8 , 1932 1829 vs . J . Robert Switzer, Clerk fifty - two thrusand, and Others, and Atkins Cassandra Lawson more or less acres, 561} , (152 ~e five hundred and sixty. Virginia county, of land in Rockingham Written Statement made by E. E. and E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above en titled cause on October 25, 1932 . In a:>mpliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 , and in response thereto, the said E . ~. and E . C. 1am respectfully state that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, im proved by a garage or repair show and blacksmith shop, the ownership of which is claimed by them, and with reference to which they __ have filed their a.bjections , is believed by them to be the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the Appraisal Commissioner s to be the lot owned by them, and to contain one - eighth of an acre, being tract No . 81, adjoining the Swift Run Gap Church and being on the opposite side of the Spotswood Trail from L. C.Meadows• Store, as shown and cblinea ted on the map filed vr i th the re po rt and exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioner s, but in as much as neither on t he map filed with the report, nor on the exhibit sheets thereto attached made by said Commissioner s is shown the boundary lines of the said tract of land, or the square feet contained in said lot , the said brundary lines as well as the square feet contained in said lot are herewith shown by a plat herewith f'iled , marked "Exhibit Platn, whic h is asked to be read as a part hereof . These boundary lines were obtained by a survey of said land this day made by A.H. Myers, Surveyor . Given under our hands this 8th day of November, 1932 . E. E. Lam Ott E. D. E. C. Lam Counsel l'f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserv ation and Development of the s tate of Virginia Vs. ) 1829 · Cassand ra Lawson Adkins and Others. Re: E. E. and E. c. Lam olaim. Stateme nt in writing called for by Judge Philip William s, Chai~an of the Board of Arbitra tors by letter of August 8, 1933, in which it is asked to give (1) The grounds of your exceptio ns, expecia lly in so far as they raise any question as to damages or of the value of lands and improvem ents sought to be oondemned. (2) The number or numbers of the tract or tracts shown on the various county ownersh ip maps filed in said proceed ings which are claimed by you or in which you claim an interes t. (3) The authorit y of Counsel to act in these proceed ings. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (1) referenc e is first made to the grounds of said exceptio n, which are set out in said exceptio n. To state the matter of the exceptio n in a general way, E. E. and E. c. Lam contend t hat the finding of the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners allowing them the amount of $1500.00 for their property consisti ng Qf a lot containi ng 2880 square feet, situate near Swift Run Church, im~oved by a garage or automob ile shop and blacksm ith shop, and being on the opposite side of the Spotswoo d Trail from L. c. Meadows' store, the blacksm ith shop thereon being 15 x 21 x 8 feet built out of tile with metal roof, and the Slltomob ile repair shop thereon being 30 x 36 feet constru. oted of concrete blocks with metal roof', nearly new, this being the site of an automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop for ten years. and being the only automob ile repair shop and blacksm ith shop for thirteen miles in one directio n and :f'our and onehalf miles in the other directio n, is not just compens ation. E. E. and E. c. Lam say that the amount of 15 �-2- $1Q00.00 allowed them by the Appraisal Board was not such a sum as would put them in as good a position pecuniarily as they would have -..en . in if their property had not been taken; neither was it such an amount as would be a full and perfect equivalent o~ the property taken; neither did such amount take into consideratio n the income prducing value of the property. The amount of , 1500.00 was not Just compensation for said property as can be readily seen on the inspection of said property, and from the affidavits filed by E. c. Lam, E. E. Lam, A. M. Gooden, contractor, L.A. Hensley, contractor, and H.B. c. Gentry, real estate man. Answering Paragraph No. (2) - the number of the tract shown on the County ownership map filed in the condemnation proceedings claimed by E. E. and E. is c. Lam a1. Answering Paragraph No. (3), there is affixed to this statement the authority of counsel to speak for E. E. and E. O. Lam. �To Judges Williams, Alexander and Bertram, Arbitrators appointed by the Governor of Virginia in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed b·y the undersigned and the State Commission on Conservation and Development. This is to certify that ~have employed as counsel, E.D. Ott of Harrisonburg, Virginia, to represent the undersigned with reference to the tract of land owned by the undersigned, and designated as No. _s-_,____ on the County ownership map filed in the proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins, eto. (a case pending 1n the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia) in all proceedings before the above mentioned arbi trato·rs touching said tract of land. 17 �• LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTTHARRISONBUBO, VA . f'"tRST NATIONAL SANK BUI LDING �f LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. ---.-i FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING / 1,,_.Q_ 1-t;t;:__ ts~ ... . ,-· - -- c~-c:~ 5~ ~~~~~~ ~ s tak- 1 11,0~~ ~) --- - - ~===-~ =====----=::-:=-=--====~--:=_-=----~- ~ -~--~- (_ ~--c;,_~ • ~ J cJ,,._, �\ .) Claim of_ _ _ E_._C_._L_am ___________________________ In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, No. l 829 , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins and Others and 52.501 acres more or less, of land in Rockingham 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 Jilin2" 1of ~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of Roc.K: n&-'-am _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is E. C. Lam My post office address is 1430 W Street,N . W. Apt. 20,Washington,n.c. I claim a right, title, est ate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about 2880 Square f'eact-e~n which there are the following buildings and improvements :_ _a_n_au_t_o_m_o_b_i_l_e_g_ar_,a_g_e_o_r_r_·e---'p=--------a_i_r_ m._ :_o__,p, ,______ and a blacksmith shop 4i This land is located a1bout miles from Virginia, in Elkton the Stonewall Magisterial District of the said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this s pace 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 a'h.ove, 1 1 .. , 1 t The land owners adjacent to the above descri'bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: North' -_ __ _,,,..._..,__'-f-.-+-r.-,oo..__- - - - -- -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -- - Sout.,.__=------=,----- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - East,_-----:=--:-:::---=---=---:--::--------:,-,------=--- , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I acquired my right, title, or estate or interest to this property about the year_ __ __.·n the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- -- -- - I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- - -- - -.,l....,,.,"' I am the owner of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _acres of land adjoining the above descrirbed tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of land 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 pra,c Ucable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds.) Remarks :_ _u.u.....-~..i:..--,,;,.-.....,.;.........,._.,,1;..,i......,.....\,,\.---4.-::----loi,,.....i;J--_,,,.,.~J.Jn.....;;~H'll~-Mi~- -- - - - - _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back.) Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached h er eto) this of ,. -Ct , ~3- . STATE OF VlRGINIA, COUNTY OF - -,-'-.:,--..,,'--.:---ct-t; ""'....~ u:rr<m 16tn day - - - - - - - - -- - , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that~- -- ------......,,-------- - -- - the a'bove named claimant personally appeared befor:! hiiff an1t'rtiade oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the be of my knowledge and belief, this 1 16th 7 day of X \l bt • , 193_ . or 2. �THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. Vs. CASSANDRA LAWSON ADKINS AND OTHERS, AND 52,501 ACRES MORE OR LESS OF LAND IN ROCKINGHAM , COUNTY, VIRGINIA. NO. Re; 1829 Statement of E. E. and E. (Arbitration) Filed in the Clerk's Qffl~ AT LAW. c. Rockingham County, Va. AUG ola"j933 Lam, OWners ~L!:.,...hJ./ark (7~ li'l9 We, E. E. and E. c. Lam are the 3oint_ in fee simple owner-;;;/ of a lot of land shown on the county owner; ship map filed in the condemnation proceedings as No. 81, which contains 2880 square feet; the value , and the value of the -----, making a improvements thereon is ~600.00 of which lot is ~oo .oo - -----the total aggregate vaJ.ue of the lot with , which we consider Justly thereon of ~000 .00 due us for said property. improvements Se.id lot adJoins the filling station property owned by E. c. Lam, individually, on the east, and is situate almost on the Spotswood Trail near where you begin the ascent of the Blue Ridge Mountain; there is thereon a blacksmith shop 15 feet 5 inches x 21 feet 2½ inches x 7 feet, built out of tile, roofed with galvanized metal, in good condition, set on a cement foundation, having one door in the end about 12 feet wide and 7 feet high, built out of good lumber, and two doors on the sides of the shop 3 feet wide x about 6} feet high; on said lot there is also an au.tomobile repair shop or garage 35 feet 2½ inches x 30 feet x 9 feet 8 inches, constructed of concrete building blocks; that the building is on a cement foundation, has a concrete floor with a nearly new roof, constructed of gal.vanized metal; that the ,~ �-2- building has two gables 30 feet x 12 feet in center, the gables being oo nstru.cted of galvanized metal; the garage has an office room. 15 feet x 11 feet 5 inches, There are thirteen windows sealed with No. l lumber. in said building 5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 9 inches, and one large plate glass window 8 feet x 5 f e~t. There is an upper floor of which the su.pporting timbers are all swung from the roof, and the studdi thereon for three rooms. ~ has ~been set At both the front and back end of the bu.ilding is one folding door about 12 feet in width x 9 feet 8 inches in height, on a track. There are four small doors, 2 feet 8 inches x 6 feet 8 inches, located at various points in the building. Said garage is wired for electricity. The above property has been used for the site of a blacksmith and automobile repair shop for ten years. and it is thirteen miles in one direction and four and one-half miles in the other direction to the nearest competitor's place of business. The situation of said property makes it extremely valuable as a business site. We respecttu.lly ask the A~bitrators for the opportunity to be heard orally with witnesses for the purpose of su.bstantiatill8 the reasonableness of our claim. · Owners. Io'j �-3- State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary l?'u.blic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, E. E. and E. c. Lam who made oath that the facts set out in the foregoing statement are true to the best of their knowledge and belief. Given under my hand this _£4th::. day of .August, 1933. ~ l~~ Notary Public My commission expires on the 20th day of March , 1935. 110 �STATEMENT OF ~ I E. O. AND E. E. LAM (ARBITRATION) <. \ LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT HABRI SONBURO, VA, ft-RST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING �fi\ed in the C\ rk'-s O c jQCking ~am Couolyt Va SE LAM , E . C. and E. E . 1 \933 81 ROCIITNGHAM COIDifTY I1 RE . ... iiIBI'.1.1It1:..·i1IUN aG- EEI.ful/J:S submitted to the Governor ar1s1ng iL or out of Condemm.,tion proceedings pendin:_: in the Circuit Court of Virginia under a.uthori ty of the Shen· ndo· _ r~ation2l park ._.,ct . OF PETITION'Eil : EXC:LPT.l. ITS : Lam , ORIGINAL CL._II.I : VALUE PLACED TR ... C • C. and E . E . 1,.creage Lot : Value w5 , 177 . 92 : rnc . Damages , None ! TR... CT BY fl:Til'IONER t S i.PPR. ISERS : VI.LUE NO . ~ 81 BO .. .RD OF 1, 300 .oo INCIDEI:TAL D 1 !.AGES 1:one co:.r.ussIONERS FINDI .GS : MAP NUUBER OJf TR CT : 81 VALUE OF '11RACT : 'ER J..CT ·JO . : 81 VJ.LUE $1, 500 . 00 IliCIDElifT.i.:1.L DJJ.lAGES 1rone 112.. �The basic differences between Petitioner and these exceptants are as t o the classifi cati on and value of the land, and improvements and buildings . Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner ' s appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substa ntially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above t a bles in this case . As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptants' statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the re cord and a copy of this Work Sheet is submi tted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired. ~·' Subscribed to and veri fied before me this the Q__day of Sept ember, 1933 0 113 �..... ( .J. ROBERT SWITZF.:Fl ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. �COMMONWEALTH OF VIRG INIA, TO THE SHER IFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: . '- You are hereb y commanded to summon C... J. He·ns l ey, A. M. Good en, L.A . Hens ley, H. E. Monge r, and H.B . c. Gent ry, to appe ar befo re the Board of Arbi trato rs, at the Cour t Hous e of' Rock ingha m Coun ty, Virg inia, on the ~...d cl~ 9:r-.. . ,No'Vembe r;, 1re,3 , at 10 a. m., to testi fy and the truth to say on beha lf of Defe ndan ts in the cond emna tion proc eedin gs of State Ccmm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia v. E. c. Lam, and State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopment of the Sta. te of Virg inia v. E. E. and E. c. Lam. Am have then and there this writ . In witn ess wher eof, I here unto set my hand as the Clerk of the Circ uit Cour t of Rock ingha m Coun ty, Virg inia, at the Cour tHou se there of, this, the 24th day of Octo ber, 1933 , and in the 158th yea.r of the Commonweal th. After Five D ays Return to H.B. C . GEN TRY Dealer in Real Estate, I nsurance, Collectio ns D eeds, Contract s and Wills ELKTO N, VA. Mr .J.Ro bert Sw itze r Clerk of Cour t -- Harri sonb urg Va. �LAW OFFIC ES / E. DUL ANE Y OTT HARR ISON BURG , VA. FIRST NATIO NAL BANK BUILD ING T{ .L sf i:1 1_ ~6 -1 '1 -~ , tr~~f ~ ~~~ I i I ~ ~ ~ 1- Lfu-. ot zb _ 1110~~ ;r~r f~<>-- ~)~ ~ '- c ~ �/ �V IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROG _ ING-HAM COUNTY , VIRGIJli.JJ. . State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Devel0pme nt of the State of Virginia Vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52 , bOl acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . This is to certify that E. E. and E. c. Lam who have filed exception s to t he report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners appointe <1 in the above styled proceedin gs within the time prescribed by law , have agreed to submit any and all questions a risinP in the course of said proceedin gs as to damages and values of land and improveme nts sought to be condemned therein , belong ing to them, jointly , to arbitratio n in accordance with the arbitratio n agreement proposed by the Governor -.. & . -~ ; _ ~ ~ c . _ ~ on July 18 , 1933 , t h is a nul ying to tract of land/beloh ginR to the undersigne d , designated as No . f-/ on the County ownership map filed in the above syled proceedinr cs . ~~ I~ / Given under~ hand.3 t h is f.2:!:._ day of It ~ - r 1933 . filed In the Clerk's Offloe ~ .-IX(. Rockingham County, Va. NOv & 1938 1-*7~ ~ l !erk / I �' l ... r Qtnmmnntnraltq nf llirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA . JOHN M, PURCELL May 25, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Thi s is to certify that I, J . M. Purce ll, Treasurer of Virginia have this 25 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 5/23/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia ....Vi.....~....s..,.o"""n.__.A&Ct....k....i....n....,.s_________ =a vs . ----------'c""'a=s=s=an=d,.,.r,., a"'---'L E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. E. and E. c. Lam First National Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Virginia $2 ,009.80 being in full set tlement of tract #-8_1_ _ :paid t 0 in the above mentioned cause. �Qlnmmnuwtalt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 25., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E . E . and E . Firs t National Bank Building Harrisonb urg, Virginia c. Lam Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 , 009 . 80 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county incrham Of- -Rock -- ~o ~ - - - - - entered on the 23rd day of __M_a_y~_ _ l93_!_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v ___ ___C~a_s_s_a~nd_r_a_ L_a_v_v_s_o_n_ A_t_k_i_ · n_ s _ _ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as #- ~6-1~- - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � 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/. 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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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-c-and-e-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. C. & E. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Adj Swift Run Church Lot 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): 81 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d40dc0651911b8b3b8528b3ab8dc81c6.pdf a27d6a6f66f9147a749a7911233ad965 PDF Text Text RDCKINGHA.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #368 - I.am , E. C. Number of Acres: Lot Location: Near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meadow ' s Store . Roads: Bordering the Spotswood Trail which is now a hard surfaced r oad . Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: Formerly used in connection with a store lot, but since the relocation of the Spotswood Trail the lot was acquired by the present owre r who erected the filling st a tion which is now on it . Improvements: Filling station : Consists of stone store room 14x20 ', with front over gas pumps l?x20' supported b y t wo st one columns 25x25xll ', all wit h metal roof . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1200 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ ---------- ---------$1300 . 00 ----- TOTJ:..L. 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: $ NON:3 . J:l - -~- - ~. ' CLERK. .__..________ -, . -/_~ - �Claim In the Circuit Court of_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Cons vation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to th 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 · g said tition 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:•:: ::_~£~r.~sa'.~-~o~;c-,..-~ ~,:.Z:;;.:;.x--------------~~~~~ 7~--a_______ _ My post office address is_L_~ I claim a right, title, estate or int est in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _he_ condemned, containing a ~ ~ - ~ ; e s , are the following bmldmgs and improvements:_ _ -7-~-------- ------------- ----- }11.2"=:._ :~;:;~:~~;:~~~;~~:~!~~~~~===============~~~~:~.-;~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is ~ef.R~.#_ _____ . 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 ~..RR./?!..~----- -· 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 description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~~=~-:~~:~~r1~3~my name and :a:11tt"'~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~a~ ST.:-"'~;· VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___7 __ _____ ------, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_~- 1. ___________'! _________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared be ore him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his ab~~~wer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___.{_d ____________ day of_~_!_ _______ , 1 9 3 ~ d .-// ~~ ;/K~.,z,.~7, ---------------------~---------,tei~-Qt...tfl.e-4:::16trrt:,~n:5pecial Investigator or Neta:ry PubJic, o~~tice of t-fl:9 EEmce: "':"~ �Coun ty: Distr ict: Rocki ngham Ston a ll #368 - Acrea ge Claim ed: ssess ed: V lue Claim ed: Locat ion: Deed: None so f a r a s kno n . Borde ring the Spotswood Trail road . or X Near the 1ft Run Churc h long the Spots ood Trail and oppo ite L. c. eadow 's Store . Roads : Histo ry Deed: Asses sed: Inoumbranc es , coun ter cla ims or l aps: Soil: h1oh is now a hard surf ced tra ot nd cond ition of timber: Fo erly used n conne ction with a store lot, 6ut ~inoe the reloc ation ot ithe wood Trail the lot was a o uired by the prese nt oner hoSpots erect ed the fi lllng sta tion hich is no on it . Impro veme nts: Fillin g st t1on : Cons ists of stone s tor r oo l4x20 ', with front over gas pumps 17x20 ' suppo rted by to stone colum ns 25x2 xll', Value X 11 ith met a l r oof. - - -- 1000 . 00 of l nd by types : oreag e Lot Va lue ,12er ere Tota l Value "200 . 00 Tot 1 va lue of 1 nd 200. 00 Total v le of im rovements 1000 . 00 Total V lue of tr ct - , lr2~0~0~.~o•oAver ge v le per x -~ This ore -- ot was a oQuir ed t i conpa r tivel y recen t da te hence no infor matio n s to cost or ssess ed v le is va ilabl e. �. 1~ it_ a;~ c~-r d LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT _p HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ei.JILDING &.' T1u- ·Y . ~ ;? rrd~7 ~ . ~ - t i ~ . ;J t£- L~O--,. ,V fr1'l.. ~~~T 1·1£;_ SraJi_ ) O'-- ( -Vs. ) C~~~ f~d-vt, ~.· . E. . C . . ~ ~1:,~ 1 ~~ , u.A.~ ~ a ~ C, I~ d~ �Claim of ___ ..E~- C4.Lam----------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL---~-C?_~!_{_~!_:~~~----------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------R --- . rigb. -------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in __:__ ~_c_~~----~~----- _______ 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 ____ 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 is ___________ E • _C•_ Lam _____ ---------------------------------------My post office address is __ i~--~9~~~--~!!_~~L_'!~-~1:!:~~~~-~~!--~~--~~---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ;!-L~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____:f_i_~! _i_r:!g_ -~~-1!9_I}_ ~-~~ _Q~s,-~~!'Q~l!l- _______ _________ _ 4½ . Ian d 1s · Iocat ed a bout ____________ m1·1es f rom _______________________ Elkton ____-:_v·1rg1ma, ·· m · Th1s the_at.onewalJ. ___ Magisterial District of said County. , I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ Soutli ____________________________________________________________________ _________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West _________ ____ _________ ____________ __ ___ __________________ ___ ___ _________ ____ ___ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~Q.O_Q_..O_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 $?-~~~-~~?_______ , I am the owner of_ _____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro- JL"_______ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- --- ------ ------- -· (In the space below should _be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- ----------------------- --------------------------- --- ------- ------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessa{o on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day of___ .ApJ'_ll__________ , 193<2 ___:X:___E~--Q~.L~m. ___ _____ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ __ Rockingham .. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_______ __ ___ ___ ____ __ ______ , To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that ____ L-C---Lam-------------------------------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 ____~Q____________ day of _______-4,p_:r!].___ --, 1931. . Geo. H. Levi C!ei'k-of-t'fl~-<3ottr1';-ot" Special Investigator or ~Ptrbiic;-~r-.hffln~~~~h~-Peaee. lo �IN THE CIRCUIT CarRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIN IA The State Commission on Gonservaticn and Development of the Sta t~of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Roe kingham County, Virginia. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. Sep. 28, 1932 J. Robert switzer,Clerk To the Honorable H. W.Bertram , Judge of said cou2t: The motion of E. c. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No. 368 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the lot of land situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meaddwax store was valued at only $1300.00. to be the property of the movant, The gro unds of said rro,tion are as follows: (1) That the price :m: for said l.and and improvements is so manifestly inadequate and confiscatory, as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached and asked to be read in support of t h is exception, as to justify a finding that in arriv i ng at such price the Board fell into some error, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to wM.ch such price was made, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board wit h reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the iand and improvements does not give to the owner the present fair market value of the same. (3) That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from the statements contained in its report, made, without taking into cons id era tion, or at least without giving ef:tect in its final deeision to the value of the land and the improvements thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, 'l 1 �-2- a.11 of m.ich will more readily appear from the affidav its· attached hereto and which are asked to be read in support of this exceptio n; (4) That the price allowed for the property vi0lates Article 5 of the Constitu tion of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just oompens ation;tt (5} The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Constit ution of Virginia , wherein it says: That the General Assembl y of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compens ation. E. C. Lam By Counsel E. C. Ott Counsel . �,,'I I INIA. IN THE CIRC UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRG The Stat e Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia vs. Cass andra Lawson Atki ns and othe rs, and 52,50 1 acre s of l.and il1&lock1ngham Coun ty, Virgi n:ia Affi davi t of E. C. Lam to be read in ro nneo tion with d of the moti on ~iled by him to have the findi ngs of the Boar its Appr aisal Com missi oners disap prov ed in conn ectio n with findi ng No . 368. Dist rict of Colu mbia , City of Wash ingto n, to-w it: E. iJ. Lam this day pers onal ly appe ared befo re me a Nota ry .t'ubl lc in and for the --rict of Columbia, and being duly --------Dist the in esaid afor City swor n depo ses and says ; re I am the owne r of a l .ot of land , cont ainin g 3815 squa a hard feet , whic h bord ers the Spots wood Trai l, whic h is now cons istin g surfa oted road , and is impro ved by a ffll.in g stati on, t-t-t--(r l"1t pumps of a ston~ ~reo om 14 x 20 feet , with fron t over gas x 11 feet ; 17 x 20 feet , supp orted by two stone colum ns 25 x. 25 new, insid e over the whol e build ing is a good meta l roof , near ly stati on has the filli ng stati on is a conc rete floo r; the filli ng inch es x 30 inch es four windows with two glas s pane s in each window, 30 x 72 inch es also two fron t windows with plate glass each 59 inch es es, five in dime nsion , one door with glas s there in 28 x 36 inch pane s small wind ows abov e the plate glass wind ows, havin g three ng stati on each , 10 x 21 inch es in dime nsion , the fron t of the filli and there are over the pumps is ceile d with exce llent pine lumb er, in fron t thirt y-th ree elec tric ligh ts in the filli ng stati on and stati on stand s, over the gas pump s. Un the Lot on whic h the filli ng af E. E. and is one pump and two te.nk _ (unde rgrou nd) the prop erty ng $75 .00. E. C. tam, the pump costi ng $125 .00 and the tank costi to E.C. There 1s likew ise anot her tank on the same lot belon ging 1-3 �-2- Lam which cosi $60 .00. There are. two nn·re pumps on the said lot and that the one tank {unde rgrou nd) which belon g to Maph is & Chapm an; befor e locat ion of this fillin g stati on near Swift Run Churc h, just g sta tim the ascen t of the mounta:i. n is begun , and being the only fillin miles away, betwe en that point and the top of the moun tain some ft>. ur produ cing makes it an extre mely vaLua ble prope rty; that the incom e ate val...ue of said prope rty is hard to estim ate becau se no accur ed recor ds have been kept t>f the same; that he has been offer ts thereo )n $5 ,000. 00 for said prope rty; that the lot with the impro vemen rty is mt is worth at the lowes t estim ate J3000 .00; that the said prope the for sale; and I hereb y reque st that the same be omitt ed from ro ntem plate d Park Area. E. u. Lam Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 1932. --- - day of --- --- - Notar y Publi c. u. Lam on This is to certi ty that I took the above statem ent to E.stmlt c~ in the 27th day of Septe mber, 1932, he being a patie nt slgne d the same, and read he and n.c., , ington Sible y Hespi tal, Wash Notar y a but the - Hosp ital autho r! ties would not allow m.e to get PUbli c so that I migh t get his affid avit there to. E. E. Lam Virg inia, City of Harri snbur g, to-w it: under signe d , This day E. E. • Lam perso nally api:ea red befor e the afore said in Teres a Sulli van, a Notar y Publi c in and for the City ent statem the state of Virg inia, and made oath that the foreg oing, 1932. is true. Given under .nu hand this 28th day of Septe mber, • Teres a Sulli van Notar y xuh!i c My comm ission exp,ir es March 20, 1935. �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, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its findings No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to-wit~ E. E . Lam, brother of E. C. Lam, this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary B.lblic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: I have been in charge of the filling station for my brother, E. C. Lam, described in the findings No. 368, and have operated the said filling station for about three years, and while I have kept no accurate records of the business done by me, selling gas, oil, automobile accessories, cigars, candies, etc., I feel that I am justified in saying that I consider the Location of this filling station one of the best on the Spotswood Trail, and in my opinion, the Lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it and the filling station are worth, at a conservative estimate, $3 ,000.00. I have not taken in account, in my estimation,. the value of the gasoline pumps and se,soline storage tanks on and under said 1 ot. E. E. Lam Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September , 1932. Teresa Sullivan -------Notary ------- Public �IN THE CIRaJ'IT C<lJRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The 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 Crunty, Virginia. Affidavit of A. M,. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. 0.Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harr iro nburg, to-wit : A. M. Gooden this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary ?ublic in and for the City a~oresaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deroses and says: I am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; on Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church; situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. C. 1am, and the said filling station, vnich is constructed of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for less than $1073 .39; that the l>t on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and 'Illich I am advised contains 3815 square feet, is in my opinion worth $1,000-.00, that this makes a total estimate of $2073 .39 for the buildings and the lot, which I consider very conservative; that I have not taken in account, in my estimation, t he value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. A. M. Gooden Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 1932. Teresa sull i van Notary Public~ �IN THE CIRCITIT CO'JRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia. vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of L.A. Hensley to be read in connectio n with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners disapprove d in ronnection with its finding No . 368. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham , to-wit: L.A. Hensley this day ~rsonally appeared before me, H. B. C. Gentry, a Notary PUblic in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 38 years of age; I am a contracto r by occupatio n; I reside near Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church, situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. c. Lam, and the said filling stationt which. is constructe d of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for iess than $1127 .00 that the lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and which I am advised con ta ins 3815 square fee·t, is in my opinion worth $1000 .00; that this makes a total estimate of $2,127.00 for the buildings and the lot , which I consider a very conservat ive figure; that I have not t aken in account, in my estimation , the value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. L.A. Hensley Subscribe d and sworn to before me this 27th day of deptember , 1932. _ _.ri_ ._B_._c_._Ge_n_t_r_._y_ _ _No tary Public �IN THE CIRarIT COURT OF ROCKI NGHAlvI COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The 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, Virgin:ia . Affidavit of H. b . C. Gentry to be read in connection with the motion filed b y E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disappDoved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: H. B.C . Gentry this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary .t-ublic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am ?9 years of age; I am a dealer in real estate and fire insurance agent by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; lam familiar with the lot situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County, along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. C.Meadows' s store, improved by a filling station, and said to contain 3815 square feet, and have known the same for 50 years; t hat considering the location of the lot, said lot is in my opinion, worth today at a conservative estimate $1,000 . 00; that I am not familiar with t he costs of the construction of such build i ngs as are erected thereon, and therefore can form no opinion as to their 'falue. H. B. C. Gen try Subscribed and sworn to before me t his 26th day of ~eptember, 1932 . Teresa Sullivan hotary Public . ��IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM CaTNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Filed in the Clerkts Office Rockingham County, Va. vs. 1829 Nov. 8, 1932 J . Robert Switzer, Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fifty-two thousand, five hundred and sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Written Statement made by E. C. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1 932, and in res ponse thereto, the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the ownership of which is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by t he Appraisal commiss i oners to be the lot of land owned by him, being Tract No. 368t situate near the Swift Run Church along t he Spottswood Trail, and opposite L. C. Meadows' store, but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with t he r e port and exh ibit sheets t hereto attached, made by said Commission ers does not give t he boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot, said boundary lines as well as t he square feet con tained in said lot are herewith s hown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", which i s asked to be read as a iart hereof. Said boundary lines were obtaine d by a survey o f said lot th is da y made by A. R. Myers, Surveyor. Given under my hand this 8t h day of November, 1932 E. C. Lam E. D. Ott Counsel. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY• VIRG;NI1 . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia 1829 Vs.) Cassandra Lawson Adkins. and Others. Re: E. c. Lam claim. Statement in writing called for by Judge Philip Williams , Chairman of the Board of Arbitrators by letter of August 8, 1933, in which it is asked to give ll) The grounds of your exceptions, especially in so far as they raise any question as to damages or of the value of lands and improvements sought to be condemned. (2) The number or numbers of the tract or tracts shown on the various county ownership maps filed in said proceedings which are claimed by you or in which you claim an interest. l3) The authority of Counsel to act in these proceedings. Answering Paragraph No. (1) reference is first made to the grounds of said exception, which are set out in said exeeption. To state the matter of the exception in a general way, E. c. Lam contends that the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners allowing him $1300 .00 for his property situate near Swift Run Church, which borders the Spotswood Trail, consisting of a lot of land containing 3815 square feet, improved by a filling station consisting of a stone storeroom 14 x 20 feet with front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x ll feet, said building being in excellent condition, and there being on the lot on which the filling station stands one pump and two tanks (nnderground) the property of E. C. Lam and his brother l!!.. s. Lam, the pump costing $125.00 and the tank costing i75 .00, and there being also on the said lot another tank belonging to E. c. Lem 3\ �-2costing $60.00; this filling station being located at a point Just before the ascent of the Blue Ridge Mountain is begun, and being the only filling station between that point and the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain some four mlles away; is not Just compens ation; that he has been offered $5 ,000.00 for said property ; that the amount of $1300 .00 found by the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners fails to give to said E. c. Lam such a sum for his property as would put him in as good a position pecunia rily as he would have been if his property had not been taken, and fails to give him a full and perfect equivale nt for the loss sustaine d by the taking of his property as gu.arante ed to him by law, and fails entirely to take into conside ration the income producin g feature of the property . The affidav its of E. c. Lam, E. E. Lam, A. M. Gooden, a contrac tor, L.A. Hensley , another contrac tor, and H.B . c. Gentry, a real estate man, establis h beyond any dCJQ.bt that E. c. Lam has not received Just compens ation for his filling station prQpert y. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (2) ~ the number of the traot shown on the County ownersh ip map filed in the oond.emnation proceed ings claimed by E . c. Lam solely, is No . 568. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (3), there is affixed to this statemen t the authori ty of counsel to speak tor E. C1~ La•• �To Judges Williams, Alexander and Bertram, Arbitrators appointed by the Governor of Virginia in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed by the undersigned and the State Commission on Conservation and Development. employed as counsel, 0~ have / --E. D. Ott of Harrisonburg, Th is is to certify that Virginia, to represent the undersigned with reference to the tract of land owned by the undersigned, and designated as No. 'S lo S- on the County ownership map filed in the proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Ad.kins, etc. (a case pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia) in all proceedings before the above mentioned arbitrators touching said tract of land • U,· . IS /<f 33 I �LAW OFFICES E . DUL.A...."VEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, flRST NATJONAL BANK au~LDJNG �I (, I I • I - 4 .. •a I 1 i ; 1 ·; I I I IN TEE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Develo~d:Un the Clerk's Office of the State of Virginia Rockingham County, Va. vs . s· NOV 1829 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fift - two thousand , five hundred and sixty-one (52 , 561} acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Written Statement made by E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 . I n compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25 , 1932 , and in response thereto , the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the o~mership of which is claimed by him , and with reference to which he has filed his objections , is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by the Apprai s al Commissioners to be the lot of land owned by him , being Tract No . 368 , situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spott swood Trail , and opposite L. c. Meadows ' Store , but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners does not give the boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot , as well as the square feet contained in said lot said boundary linesTare herewith shown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", whic h is asked to be read as a part hereof . Said boundary lines were obtained by a survey of said lot this day made by A. R. Myers , Surveyor , �.. H.E. 4f- E.. C.. L A M 0 r- E. t, C. LAM 3 5- ,, S~- rT, ) JPOTiSWOOD . "TRA/t.. PLAT OF E'.C. LAM'S L.OT LYINO. ON THE N. W . s rDE OF SPOTTS WOtJD T RAIL OV. &-!:"- E O' r,f �Given under my hand this 8th day of November , 1932 • ... • l �rLAW OFFICES ifu_ ci,~ C...--,~. f/- "V\. E. DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING TL st-$_ C~·.+;-i 'l:r~~+-1 t~-) d-7,\_ c~.>-N/"'-.:t;.. th.. 1 ti;~~ I i:CJ_ stzh- I a~ r · a...-..1.. . �The State Commiss ion on Conserva tion and Development of t he St ate of Virgi nia vs . Cessandra Lawson Adkins and Ot her s , and 52 , 501 acre s , more or less of l and in Rockingham County , Virg ini a . Filed in the Cl k's Offlce er R ,.. No . 1829 at Law . oc"1ngham Countv'JI Vi, Re: Statement of E. c. Lam , Owner . ( rbitrat ion) I , E. c. AUG cx'r,933 ~ ~Clerk Lam, am t he sole o~ner in fee simple of t he lo t o f land shown on the county ownership map filed hioh conta in the condemnation proceedings as No .- 368, square feet , t he value of 'Which lot is 1, 3815 1000 . 00 , and. the value of the improve ments t h er eon , not including t hree gasoline pumps and t hree ga soline t 1;.L nks (underground) and gasoline pipe (underground) i s .Ji2000 . 00 , t h e value of one gasoline p'IJ.llp a nd one gasoline t a nk {underground) whi ch are the propefty of E. c. and E. E. Lam is ~200 . 00; t he value of a nother gasoline tank (underground) and 140 feet of gasoline pi pe (underground) t he property of ·_120 .oo . :r::. C. Lam is No estimate i s placed upon t wo gasoline pumps on the lot and one gasoline tank funderground) and 40 feet of gasoline pipe (Underground ) which belong to Maphis & Chapman , and which should be returned to t h em if the property i s t aken in these proceedings; the aggregate val ue of the lot of l and , t he improvements (buildings thereon) , one gasoline pump and two gasoline tanks {underground ) and 140 feet of gasoline pipe (underground) is 43320 . 00 . Said lot of land is located on t he Spots ~ood Tr a il , situate .her e you be gin the ascent of t h e Blue Ridge ?!:.o untain , and i s improved. by a filling station pr aotictlly f ire proof , the f illing at tion consists of a s toreroom 14 feet x 20 feet constructed of sandstone wi th good metal roof . The storeroom use s the wall of the garage or automobile repa ir shop belongi ng to E.c. and E. E. Lam as its r ear wall; att ached t o and running out from this storeroom is �-2- a roof over gas pumps 17 feet x 20 feet covering a This roof is supported double driveway ~ by two atone oolu.mne 25 inahes x 25 inches x 11 feet , resting on a conorete base 23 feet x metal . 3½ feet , an is of galvanized able constructed out of g lvanized The roof has metal 20 feet x 8 feet in center . indo concrete floor . 4 windo 30 inche ~he storeroom has a 1th two glass panes 1n ea.oh x 30 inches , r inforced by railroad r ailing overhead, to front each being 59 inches x 72 in 1ndows iitl plate glass , in dimension , reinforced e overhead , one door with glass therein by r ilroad raili 28 inches x 36 1nehe reintoroed by r ilroa railing overhead; on each side of the front door is on re five small oonstru.oted of sandstone; th re above the plate pilaster ind.owe as Viindows h ving thr ee panes eaoh 10 inohes x 21 1nohes in dimension; the roof over the ~illin station is ealed with No . l pine lumbe~; there are thirty- tour electric light in and abut the filling station, including one blinker in the pump , and the bulbs on said light are of t hree dif ferent colors . There is no oompeti tor nauer than four miles . The situation of said property mskes it extremely valuable as a business site . I respeotfully ask the Arbi _rators for the opportunity to be heard orally with witnesse for the purp se of substantiating the re sonableness of my claim . 0 E. C. Lam owner . fol- �- 3- Virginia of City ________ ____ .....,. Harrisonburg to- it : This day personally appeared before the undersi ed, a Notar y aforesaid in the E. c. Lam, ----- blio in and fo r the City of State -----------Virginia , ho made oath that t lie t a cts set out in the foregoing st·tement are true to the best of his kno\ledge and be lief. ____ t his Given under my 1and 24th day of - -~.. ._ August 19 33. .. Teresa Sullivan No t ary N61!c. My commission exp ire Maroh on the 20thday of , 19 .-:--. lo'?, �STATEMENT OF E. C. LAM r (ARBITRATION) - 'I LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, FIRST NATIONA L BANK BUILDING �,. filed in the Clerk'~ Office Rockingham County, Va( L;.Jd , E . C. 368 ROCKI GHJ .I COIDJ"frY SEP f \933 ~<(Af,d~er IN RE • ..IBBI'I'R..i.J.'IOI; ...GREEl.fuKTS submitted to the Governor &rising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pendir.g in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenendoe.h Nc.tional parlr Act . SlJi,.'.J]l[ARY SrrATEI !ENT OF P , TI rrr OJ.ifER : EXCEPT..~.NT : L&m. , E • C • ORIGII:iAL Cw I!1 : creage . 12 : Value J3 , 000 . 00 : r nc . namages , Kone VALUE PL.:.CED ON TR.t..CT BY PETITIOI\TER ' S aPPRAISERS : TR_..,CT NO . VALUE 368 .,pl , 200 . 00 BO..:.RD OF Hi D CIDENT..\L D.i:.2iAGES PPRhIS.:J, COL[iISSIONERS FU-J"DINGS : .t.. :N1JI.Tt3.B:R OF TR_.CT : 368 V.ALUE OF TR.o.C'.L1 : TR.....CT NO . 368 VALUE ;)1 , 300 . 00 INCIDEl{T.AL DA;~GES �The basic differences between Petitioner and xhis exceptant are as to the classificat i on and value of the land, and improvements and buildings . Although we believe the values reported by the Petiti oner's appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissi oners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the cla,s aifica tion of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptant 1 s statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired . , Subscribed to and verified before me this the t_' day of September , 1933 . 111b �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Developm·e nt of the State of Virginia Petitioner Vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins and Others, and 52,501 acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, No. 1829 at Law. ----- On motion of E. c. Lam, by counsel, leave is given him to file his answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and the said answer is aoaordingly this day filed in the above styled proceedings. 15 1 �, At Law. Petitioner, ~ , .,-,:) ~ I '----j more or less, of land in P~ A ~ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitfono 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 ~ 4f ,. County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said n1otice. ·. ,r f "i'. e. ~~ My name is My post office address is I '-f ~ i:S:--ZJ~-l~,?,; ' 1,--J' wh J <J, ';E.;°1 of land within the area sought to I claim a right, title, estate oWnt~ i be condemned, containing about f'S,-0 ~ t ~ -c t, ,.A...t, , on which there are the following ,... ,,__, ~ ..e,... ? ~ ~ $ l - (. i Cc.----&:::~i--1 This land is lo·c ated a'bout 4 // :1,.. miles from Virginia, in the ( ' ~ ~ Magisterial ~strict of the 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 h~ in or to the tract or parcel of Jand described above.) , ~~ ~~ ~ . - I --t.-r-·, ~ ~ v- f-'-v-t,° et. t., \- ,.__,-.;, ~ )i.A:-1 ... fflie n~ North South ~ ~~ ' ~ Z)v.. ~ ~ J ? ) 0'-(:. tA-- . - - - ~ v 1 V .,-,_ ...._ tljacent to the above descri'bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: C 1 ~ c.. ~ /.,J ~ ._.,., '-"' EasL-5~ ~ ~ 4~~~~-~:___ __ _ _ _-,-f,,..___ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _~ -- West__~~Ll,,,,~~'L_~~ ~~l~,!!!~~·~4_..'!! C~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' " - - - - - 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~- - I acquired my right, title, or estate or interest to this property about th) year-~--~·n the following manner..;.,,._ [ ~ _ c:? () ~ ~ ~u ~ ~- '--, ~~ O: ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 3 ~ I claiin that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tr7 ct or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 1 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 land within the Park area, to the extent of $- - - -- - /-4~ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back.) Witness my signat~ e (or my name and mark atta? ! ~to) this / b /""'IC day of 193 . >,. • STATE o;iiRGINIA, COUNTY OF Q,.. , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that t C... P ~the a'bove named claimant personally appeared before hit"'and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the ·b est of my knowledge and belief, this a--t~ , ~tt:-C!-·~ }A_)tt-,,,., g <i: · //#(&' day of ~~- ~~~ ~= , 1.:£: ~~ §~~&the:=Pcsee Public, w d1181i<v)f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGIND\.. STATE C O.M:M ISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA Vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . ',, This is to certify that E . c. Lam who has filed exceptions to the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissione r s appointed in the above styled proceedings within t he time pres cribed by law , has agreed to submit any and all questions arising in the course of said proce ngs as to damages and values of land and improvements sought to be condemned therein , belon~ing in to him to arbitration/ accordance with t h e arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor on July 18 , 193~ c..-.- , ~ ~ t f - - v L.,1 this applying to trao,t of land/belonging to the undersigned , designated a s No . 3 b~ on the County ownership map filed in the above styled proceedings • .... Given under my hand this L.!:!:... day of 1933 . l . ... " r . ,, \ ' I �- 2- Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto E. D . Ott , Attorney for std E. C. Lam the said sum of ) 1710 . 60 , the amount of said award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said lot of land with the impr ovements thereon above designated , taking from said E . D. Ott , Attorney for said E. c. Lam , &. receipt therefor , and. certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . Enter 5 �IN THE CIRO UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA M COUNTY, VIRG IN I.A . State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Petitione r vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . Defendant s . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia Your pe ti ti oner, . E. C. Lam , resp ec t f'ully rep re sen tt: That a judgment in rem has her et of ore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the state of Virginia the fee simple estate in that certain lot of land with the improveme nts thereon , numb erad as follows , Tract No . 368 , and described. in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners appointed. herein and shown , numbered and delineated on the County Ownership map filed therewith , upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum set out in the said judgment as constituti ng the award therefor as follows; award for tract No . 368 , $1 710 . 60; that the said State Commission on Conservat io n and Developme nt has paid into the custody of t h e Court the said sum set out in said judgment as constitut ing t h e award for the fee simple estate in said lot of land with the improveme nts thereon ; that the undersi gned petitione rs on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said lot of lartd with the improveme nts thereon were the . owners of the said land in fee simple ; that no other person or person s t h an the undersign ed are entitled. to sh are in the distributi on of said award . Your petitioner ., further shows the Court that all taxes agai ~st said property have been paid to and including the year 1933 , ~d effect from :M . he herewith files certifi c ates to that H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham c ounty , Virginia, and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court �- 2- of Rockingham County , Virg:lnia , which certificates are prayed to be read as a part hereof , said certificates are marked "Exhi1Ut Certifieate No . l" , and TTE:xhibit .Certificate No . 2" . Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in this proceeding, and that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distributi on of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award for the fee siriple estate in said lot of land with the improvements ther e on condemned as aforesaid , and for the payment to the undersigned or his attorney of record /O'f the uaid award; and that your pe titioner~ may have such other, further and general relief as, the nature of the case may require . State of Virginia City of H~rrisonburg , to - wit : This day E . c. Lam personally appeared before me , , a Notary Public in and Teresa Sullivan state in the for th e City of Harrisonburg , in my City afor e-s-a....i...;d--, -a-n_,d,..._..,.b-e-=i,....n_e_.,-a. .u--ly Virg inia of sworn , ueposes and says : that I have rebd the above petition , ana state that the matters of fact contained t h erein are true to t·h e best of my knowledge and belief . Given under my hand this 12th day of 1/ay, 1934 . -~~ -C -~--Subscribed and sworn to before me in my City aforesaid this 12th rJ34 . May , day o :f r 7 �1 l 1 \ M. H. HARRISON T REASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY H ARRisoNau Rc, v 1RGINIA May ZncC, .. ., 193& '. ft . To Whom It May Concern~I hereby certify that the recorisof my off1ce show that Elmer C. Lam has paid the taxes for the year 1933 on his 36 polesof land, situated in Stonewall District , County of Rockingham. Given under my hand this 2nd day of 1934 . ' ' ... ~ ..:J#o'"'- May, �. .., '!'... ' ~ STATE OF VIRGINI A COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I,~. Robert Switzer, of the Circuit court of Rockingham County do hereby certify tha t the records in my otfie·e do not show any delinquent taxes agains the tract of 0-0-36 of land situate in Stonewall D:is:trict, Rockingham County, assessed in the name of Elmer c. Lam. Given under my hand this 22d day of May, 1934. ourt of RockClerk of the Circui ingham County, Virginia. ~:ey. ----~..,...,..,,.,~--~--------' 0. K. �LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. F I RST NATIONAL BANK BU I LD IN G �C!Inmmnuwenltq nf 1liirgiuin TREASUER ' S OFFICE R ·1 C H M O N D , VA , May 25, 1934 JOHN M. P URCELL TREASUR ER O F V I RG IN IA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 25 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datea 5/23/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs· - - -- - - Cassandra - - - - - -Lawson - - - -Atkins ------------- paid to E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Firs t National Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Virginia $1, 710 . 60 being in full settlement of tract# 368 in the above mentioned cause. �- .... -- - Olnmmnnwtalt11 nf ]ltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA May 25., 1934 E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 1.,710 . 60 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __R_o~c~k_i_n~g~h_am _____ entered on the 23rd day of ___ M_a-y__ l 93_1_ , in the matter of t h e State Co mmission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ---~C~a........ s-s~an......,.d~r~a"'--------'L=a=w_.,_..,s~o~n.___,.A~t~k ~ i-n ......... s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #- -3~6~8~ - - Sign original and dupli cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. I":/ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Swift Run Church along Spotswood Trail and opposite L.C. Meadow's store 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): 368 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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a395f5e8eb891d8c19fc35b343dce273.pdf f044695632a438cfa7a7850ea161c4d8 PDF Text Text ROCK INGHAM COUNTY CLAI MANT NAME O F ~ # 4- a - Lam, Dltiford Number of Acres: Location: Adjoining Hensley School and Church lots . Roads: 7 miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: --- - --- History of Tract and condition of timber: This lot of land was purchased for a g arage site and is no w being used for such . Improvements: Garage : 9xl4x8 1 • Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge: Slope: Lot Cove: 14x90 1 $10 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 10 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 50 • 00 Total Value of Orchard: $ - - - 50-·. 00-- $60 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ Incide~t~;~ damages arising from the taking of this tract ~ . . . None . - ~ ' ~L~ �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY CLAIMANT NAME OF (;l)BHk!~ #4-- Lam, Bluford Number of Acres: 9 6 Location: 2 miles east of Thoroughfare Gap . Entirely within Park area . This tract was carefully surveyed and falls shor t in acreage claimed . Roads: 8 miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: North slope . History of Tract and condition of timber : The timbered area has been cut over . The cleared land is very good and is well fenced . Timber: Fu.elwood, 160 cords . Improvements: F.H..AME AND LOG DWELLING : 20x27 1 , new k itchen, 12xl8x8 1 , Porch 6xs 1--;--5 rooms, paper roof , brick flues , l½ s t ory, ceile~ malls , fair condition, occup ied by owner , water supply is spring, c e llar 10xl4' . LOG AND FRAME BARN : (2/3 new) 34x44xl2 1 • Shingle and paper roof , fair condition . FRAME HEN HOUSE : 7xl8x8 1 , paper roof , fair condition., FRAME HOG Pl::N: 6xl2x8 1 , paper roo f , fair condition . F MME SPR ING_ HOUSE : 10xl0x8 1 , pap er r oof, f a ir condition . FR1,;:1IE MEAT HOUSE : WI TH SHED: 14x23x8 1 , shingle roof , fair condition. Orchard Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 36 @ $ 5 . 00 60 @ 40 . 00 $180. 00 Cove: Grazing Land:Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 2400 . 00 - ·- - $ 2580 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2580 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 995 . oo 905 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 250 . 0 0 250 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 .oo Value per acre for tract: $ 50 . 00 $ 3785 . 00 3 9 • 42 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~ .~ None . - ~ -CLERK J �Claim of_____B_•. Ii. L-=im _____________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_.Ra.ck.inghsm.. ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __B._JI._.Lsm. _______________________________________________________________ _ ------ 96 __------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----more or less, of land in_~o..akingh~llL ____________ 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.ckilliiha.m.. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said...,petition and to said notice. My name is ___ .B. .. _.R.._ __Lpm_ ____________ ------------------------ ---------------My post office address is _____E.1.kt.Qn..__V.B_t._ .. ._ __i _.__D-'-_3______________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____gs_ __ _; _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _____ctw.e..ll.i_ng_. __o.a.rn .. __grtmar.:1[._.henhQU..S..e smokehouse, hog p en, about 50 apple trees. 100 peach trees. ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ---- -----------7 or 8 9hexry trees. g r apes & ulums . 1 __________ _ This land is located abouL_a ______ ...-_miles from ___]I!,.ktQJL _________________ Virginia, in · t of sa1·d Count y. · · 1 D.1st r1c · t errn Stonewa ll Mag1s the________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or · parcel of land described above.) ___ r__ m... RQle _owner .__ the_ deed_howeverLis_in _na me _of Bluford_Lam, ___ _ representing the first initial in my n~me The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_11"L~Y ;Ep.:psrd _____________________________________________________________ _ South _____ Hr:rnsberg~r _lR..nd ------------------------ ------------------------ --East __ G....._L...-_Kite ------------------------ ------------------------ --------------West ____________ _Breeden _______________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ _,1_~rJ__5_ __ in the following manner: __ by_deed_from c._A._ Rsmmer, _special commi,...sioner ______________________ _ I claim ·that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ Ji . . 9_QQ..!_QQ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_?_t..Q9_q_!.9_q_ ____ . I am the owner of_ _____ ~_9________ 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 $ __ __(2g____________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·--------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ----------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____ 7.:tJL _____ day ----&~X~-f~~---------------------- of_!~~.£~?.!_~!±-_~~±---, 1930. sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ Ro_ckingb.P.c.m.. __ _____ _, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _.B.t._H.... _1_~m___________ ___ ____________ __ ____ __ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ J_t_:t}___________ day of_f_ttQr.:s,__r.x ... J,/ II/ 3 I ~,~~;(f$:_f~~ _______%_{,!_ _________ Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or Jusf e of the Peace. �Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, FEB 1931 - - - ----Clerk �Revise d repor t . county : Distr ict: Rockingham Stone wall #4 - IAm. 1 Blufo rd Acreag e Claim ed: Value Claim ed: 96 A. Asses sed: 5000 Asses sed: Area: Locat ion: 96 A. 590.00 90 Acres Deed: oquire d 191996 acres :ror 1400.0 0 Two miles eas t ot Thore: rare Gap. Entire ly within Park area. This traot as ca refull y survey ed and falls short in acreag e claimed. Incum branoe s, counte r claims or l ps: Soil: North slope . None known. Roads : Eight miles over county road to Elkton . Hi story of tra ct a nd oondi tion of timbe r: The timber ed area has been cut over. The clea red l and 1s very good and in well fenced . Improv ements: Frame and log dwell i ng; 20x27 ', ne kitche n 12xl8x 8•, porch 6x8', 5 rooms, p- per roof, brick flues, l ½ story, ceiled walls , f air condi tion, occup ied by owner, water supply 1s spring , cella r 10xl4 ' -. 450.00 Log and frame ba rn: ( 2/3 new ) 34x44 xl2 ' , s hi ngle and paper roof , t a ir condit ion. 300.00 Frame hen house : 7xl8x 8', pa per ·r oof, tair condi tion 20.00 Frame hog pen: 6xl2x 8', paper roof, tair condi ti on -10.00 Frame spring house : lOxlO x8•, .paper roof, f a ir condi tion -15.00 Frame mea t house ith shed: 14x23 x8', s hi ngle root, f a ir condi tion -50.00 Timbe r: or"ba rd: Fuel ood - 160 cords cord. 50¢ per $845.0 0 eo.oo 150.00 Value ot land by types: Type Slope Fe Orchar d Value Acreag e 33.5 per acre $5.50 54 22.00 2.5 Tota l Value 117.25 1188.0 0 1305.2 5 (conti nued) /0 �Paget o #4 - IJJ.m, Blurord Total va lue of land •• • • • •• • • • • • • .,1305.25 Total va l ue of orchard •••••••• ••••• 150.00 Total value of improvem ents •••••••• •• Total value of timber • •• •••••••• ••• 845. 00 80. 00 Total value of tract • •• • •• • •• • • • • 2380.25 Average va lue per acre ••••••••• ••••• 26.44 �of the BLDFO D L..:J1 T i.CT fi4. This trac t was surve yed by F . T • .tunis s unde r my dire ction . A co!'lp utatio n of the acrea ge by t h is surve y give s 90 acre s in the c l aimed . Chi ef Ene;i neer, Park ervic e . �·, County: Roeklngb.am Distric t: Stonewa ll #4-a. Acreage Claimed: * Value Claimed : Location : - Bluford TI . Lam 96 A. 5000. Assesse d If Deed " Adjoinin g Hensley School & Chruch lots . Incumbr anoes, counter claims or laps:-- ----Soil: Roads: .. .-..... ----- 7 miles over ootmty road to Elkton . History of trnct and conditio n of timber : This lot of land was purcha sed for u garage site and is now being used for such. Improvem ents: Gar · ge 9xl4x8 , -------- -------- -------- --- ~,50 . 00 Value of land by types: '£Ypo Value per acre Acreage Garage lot (l(.'X96 ' } -- Total value of land Total value 0-f _i mprovemen t s -------- Toto.l Value ' '10 . 00 $10 .. 00 50 . 00 To tal value of timber Total l ue or trac t 60 . 00 Average v·.;.lue per a cre * I ncludeo Tr act #4 /3 �C ou nt y: . .,__ D is tr ic t: B lu f' or e ..if..4-LBJ.n N D an ie l en E st . ed re S R up er t E pp ar d c. E lb er t Fe 8 H. H. F . B re ed en G. L ut he r K it e L G1 1 D : S lo·)e Sc ie ·- T il la bl e 20 c~ in s l' = Rockingham .. to n ., 11 �r14 " - ...A _J .I' or d :1 . L an . G ar uc c le C oJ .n t ., cr :i n ·h , m D is tr ic t; "'t on e. 1c ... ll 1., ec -l e - l" - 10 0 .:t . • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-bluford.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Buford Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Thorofare 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): 4, 4-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 Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/91276d45580a54c8f9c20732b047a612.pdf 3a25b4e57fc3b87dd0c6b6281bab06f2 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAr. COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT Lafay ette , Ellsw orth Number of Acres: 10 Location: Near Mile Ruh , and entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Three miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . All saw timbe r has been remove d from this tract and the place is abando ned . History of Tract and condition of timber: Frame , 14x24 1 , 1 room, shing le , 2 story , poor condi tion , abando ned . Improvements: Dwell ing : Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 10 J5.• 00 $50 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 50 . 00 Minerals: Valueo fLand: $ 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . OO Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value -of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1 0 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . GO �County: itoordn,;llMri Pi ft'trict: at onowsll .\aaeaa d ApJ*r«m~ly not •aeesao4 ;;,,011! I cmds: '. UO ~ ta1lo liistou: 1 ovor, eounty ll • \ ber h bnn<1on d • !'O ~ d to I land Ford been :ror,•ov~d t1'an t his trao .., elli,,a--· .. l"f'\t,e, l.4 :.&. nn.d the pl.no• l, ,hingle, 2 stor,1, poor 24. roo cond1t1on, Bbandonud t mber-- 1el mod. b'> ode l ' 10.00 25.00 O;t ""otnl. Vt:lue !lP..! Slope lO 'total value of land Tot l vol ue ot improve: ant Tot l value ot ti ~b .r Total v uo ot tre.ot 70.00 7.00 �Cc ty: '=1.stnct: #354 - J Rockingham Stonewall Ellswort~ Lafayette N E . Hedrick , . Alexander LEGEND: SlOPff Scale - 1 1 = 20 chains 0 � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lafayette-ellsworth.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lafayette, Ellsworth Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 354 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 Lafayette https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d2db53b5546423a4d81f248bcc2c2270.pdf dd01e25ab00658909ac577fd1b0d9b53 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #319 - Labaume , Lydia H. Number of Acres: 57 Location: Richland Heights . Part outside the Park area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type , ·fairly level ; this entire area is covered with loose rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract was cut over in 1926 . The remainin g stands consists of small second growth yellow pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 57 ., 5 . 00 t~ 285 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 28ti . 00 87 . 00 ~372 . 00 Value of Improvem ents: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 87 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 5 2 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE • '--- --- -~- ~ ~ ~ C _LE_ RK . _ 2 _~ �- - - -- -ROCKIN --GHAM-~===== ============---=-~= COUNrY NAME OF CLAIMANT #319- a - Labaume , Lydia H. Number of Acres: 2 Location: Richland Heights , pa rt outside the Park area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grotto e s , the neare s t shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam , slope type , fairly level , scattering small rocks . History of Tract and condition of timber: Cut over six yea rs a go , some sma ll second g rowth, s hort lea f pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 @ ,;;i5 .oo ~10 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 2 . 00 Value of Land:$ 10 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 2 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON .... . - ~ -'-·. rc-·~/r. ___f;-41P~~ .__i_ . cLERK . 25 �~~~:. ~~~~;-c~-- 2 "-! ~~;~~~~~~~::::::::,-~;~~ ~e State Commis ion op Con~rva on and Development of the State of Virginia, Petit10nw, V~------- _ _.a,.( J/l_~ -.- --~- ~-:9 --:- -----z,--L"- , c~ ~ h ~- f::~--1 {)__~_ 1:-=---- _:: -tt~-2 __ _r__J_ ___~ JZ. ~J~- " - ~ more S!-1:,or less, of land m_ _________ ______________ County, V1rgmia, Defendant s. I: The undersigned, in answer to the pe 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 and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Co~f__ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this q t t ~;:: _. : VO c &______ :______________ as Mya~:: :: sai ~io nX. ~§~ ------------------------------ My post office a dress is_rlif"±±~~1.ft.~__ ,.i_f2-_~ -t.aL~ - I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL_6..:f--1/-1i..--:--__ acres, on which there are the following T buildings and.. improve~e nts=--- ~ ~ -~ ~ ___ -~ -;;_-~ -~ ~ - ---------- ---------- ----- ---------- - ---------- ---------- -------- - --. ------.--- ---------- ---------- -----.---- --- - ----"1}; J _______ ~ ---------~- -~-~--~- Tlus land 1s located abouL __ mlles from ___· ~---------- V1rgmia, m the..St.o.naw..all_ ___ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names qf 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 ~~r~~ d•i4 · ~ qL__ ~ --------------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract pr parcel of land are as follo,ws: North _______ J..o.hn..._A. _---Al..exa,nci~x... ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------South __________ " ___ " _______ " ______ an.d._ _Jo.hu_.sme..r..t _____________________________ _ East ______ __J onn _,,_. Al:ex....an~:l'!X _________________________________________________ _ West ________!_l_a_-y:~--:ir~J{~ij.ugbr...a _snJ_.o..t h.e.r.s____________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __{_'l.13-_in the following manner: _jE__~ -~ -~ _ f ) .-kuL _JJ---J_;i71_J b ~ _fk=_ ~ L-d-~ -~ -~ d d J . k-(/..LtLdA&} __~ -~ -- t<e I claim tha/ ~he t;t;j value of this tract or parcel of land with improvements_thereon is $--------- ----- --· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or · interest, in and to this tract or p~rcel of la~d with the improvements thereon is $--------- -------· I am the owner of~ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park 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 informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract ~r parcel of land by metes and bounds). /) ,~:~=:-~-~~~--~ - -1-:~~-~ ~ £ h~ --~~~ -- -- -- ----- --~ / ~ - --::-~ -± -~ ~-.LUl..-~ --~ -~ --~ ---~ -~-------- ------ ---------- --- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). . ~ess my signature (or my name and mao/ttac ~ed hereto) ~!]is ____<t_~ _____ day o d . j ~,-, 193', --fi~- _1-/dJ Z,___ ,-J_ ~- Q~__ STATE OF ~COU NTY OF __ t:S)0An._--p-, To-wit: The undersigne d hereby certifies thaL~~ -~ -- ¼~c.<?i_3,.,__Q~~ - - - - the above named claimant personally appear efore him and made oath that the matters and thinAs appearing in his ~ answer ar rue to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiB ____ rfa;;t/ J /< / ' I / / .,:;) n tf' , v ~/ n ,_J - - ::-;L0. _______ day of ~~er· 193', ?.{~--'" Q _ ~ Clerk of the biourt, or Speeial Investigato i',or Notary Public, o~ Justice of the PeacQ. NO • Y i-u LlC!J • f•r r ,. r i:, • ., n;~..-n. Shtt' of C:1lff&rR- My Commission Expires April 17, 1932 ----2? -1 �0 1914 ln:l.Ino<t: loile ..-.:,, ., Ft .._,andy l t')fHl" tt c n rest obiJ1pit g .st n< o ,it ovor 1n 1~, ·10... the ro: . inin Th1o tr .ot , nl,out ino eon" iato or -rn:: ll ccoo. d sro h Yollo l~O ; OOO - u1rt :ron.u to t :ro 1 oint. , 1nto:ry: i;po • f 1.:ly level . t 10 cntil( .or() n .. 1th lo.so oak. ·s: 3 mil· u v: J or JJi'!' · , nlcn rt ~ 3 . oo .; '1 •.oo or 1:. rove i~Oll ts: 'lone .. lane lue of Tot na 'l?l • .,() ot l ~nl ot 11. rove onto Tot 1 ~ lu of t11~b t ot'll valuo or VO * .,G ,ll 0 1~ Cl 8? .00 "!58. 00 41. 0 Includes Tract #319-a. 131 �county: Rockingham District : Gtonewall f319 a - * Acreo.re Claimed: Lydia H. Labaumc G-3/5 A. Assessed 103. 64 Value Claimed: Location : n ~1150 . 00 Deed n 759 . 64 1914 ,110 ,ooo Ri chland Heights , part outside the Jark area. Laps : None known . Soi l : Roads: Sandy l oam , slope t ype, fairly level, sca ttering small rooks . 3 miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the near es t shipping, point . History: Cut over six years ago, some small second erowth, short leaf piru,, about six ods. ,if f uel wood on 2 A. ~0 . 50 per od . $3 . 00 Improvements: none . Value of land bi: t:n:es: TIEe Slope ~ Value ner acre Acrense 2~3. 00 2 Total vo.lue of land '"'5 . 00 Total value of i mprovoments Total value of timber 3 . 00 Total value of tract g.oo verage value r er a ero * Includes Tract #519 4 . 50 Tota l Value ',, 6 . 00 �M ....... ~ L I VERS .......c•P COMMON.WEA LTH OF VIRGINIA No . .......... _,, .......... PERSONAL PROPERTY .................GROITOES................................, Virginia To M. H. HARRISON, Treasurer Rockingham County, Harrisonburg , Virginia STATE TAXES AND LOCAL LEVIES-19 32 FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY I I State Rate on $100 Value State Capitation Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . ...... $ 1.50 Bonda, Notes and Other Evidences of Debt, ................... .... . . $ - - - - - - - - I .50 I State Taxes $'-----1 :i°oTAL STATE TAXES ..... ...... ................... .. . . .. .. Real Estate and Tangible Per· Machinery Merchant'• sonal Property and Tools Capital County Levy ...... . $ .37 $ .37 County School Levy.. .83 .83 .56 Pa11,e__________Llne___________ LAND Pa!l,e. T otal. ... . ..... FOR LOCAL TAXATION ONLY $1.20 I $ 1.20 Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ I$ Local Levies $ 1.20 Merchanta' Capital ... . .. ........ . 10-Q-Q .\cres I Local Rate on $100 Value Tangible Personal Property ........ $ Real Eatate .... .~" DISTRICT LOCAL RATES: Machinery and Tools ............ . Money ................... ........ , - - - - - - - - - , .20 Moneyed Capital in Competition with National Banks ................. 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1.00 Capital Not Otherwise Taxed .....•. ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , .75 Income: li% on first $3,000; 2½% on !1~$2,000;3% onexcesaover$ 5,0001--------- 11{~ Pa11,e.•.••____Line__···-·-INCOME STONEWALL ,55 50- 1.20 ,---,.60 - 1.20 1.20 Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ 1.20 Real Estate ... . 1.20 CREDITS Date Account Amount $ - RECEIVED PAYMENT: .. !t ------ $ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.9___ :.. ~. M. H. HARRISONfTr .easurer ·J !t By_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1------1.........._ 5% Penalty June 16, 1933 ................... ................... .. 1 - - - - - - I Total Taxes, Levies and Penalties to June 16, 1933 .................. $,_ _ _ _ _ __ 1 ..2... LJ.. 6% Interest from June 16, 1933, to date of payment ...••............ 1_ _ _ _ _ _ 1 Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest ....... . ......... .. ..... . $ �'- -COMMO NWEALT H OF VIRGINI A M ...LI.V.ERS.....C.,.8.9........... ....__.,,, .................................. No . ............ . PERSONAL PROPERTY .....J~RQTIQ~S.......................................... , Virgini a PaQ.e......•• .- Llne•.••••...INCOME To M. H. HARRIS ON, Treasur er Rocking ham County , Harriso nburg, Virginia STATE TAXE S AND LOCAL LEVIE S--193 3 FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY I Value I I State R.,,te Ion $100 State Capitation Tax .. ........... ... .. .. .... .. .. . ... .. ... $ 1.50 Bonda, Notes and Other Evidencea of Debt . . .. ... . . . . .. .. . .. ... . .... $,_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ , .50 1 State Taxes Account T otal. .. . FOR LOCAL TAX ATION ONLY $_ __ __ _ I$.........-.................. I $1.05 IonLocal Rate I Value $100 Tangible Personal P roperty . .. . . ... $. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ $ 1.05 Machinery and Tools ........... . · Merchants' 1- - ---- --- 1.05 so- 1.06 Cf6~~0 ...... . Real Estate .. . . - - - - ~Acres-··- - - - - - - - -R eal E atate . . . . - - - - --=•,cres1_ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ Amount - -- - ---- -- --1$----- -·---·-·- - -- - - --------- - -------- - - -- --1 .s __ _ _ _ _ __ - ·- - - - - --t , _ _____ __ 1.05 1.05 Real Estate . . . . 1.05 1.06 T OTAL LOCAL LEVIES ... . . .. ...... ....;;...:;..;;.=...;;. .;;..;;;;;.;;.;;....;;.;;;..;... .. . $,_ ;;=;...;.;..;..;..;...;.;.."""'-'-'-.;..;..;...;.;.....;.;..'-',.;..;..;...;.;.....;.;..'-',1 . . . .... . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . "" ...._,. .... ----- ----- ---·'·- BY- -- - - - - - - - - - · - i3_ • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 - - - - - - 1~ ;,; • • • • •• • • • ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. ·, ''.' ' •' .. ' . . .. . .,'!"? '.'. -~ - .. ' . ' .' . .. ' . . . ' . . . · 1 • t ~ - - - - 1 - -- - - li'jl' ijj 6% Penalty Docember 6, 1933 .. .. " , .. . . .. . .... . .......... ... .... i----- -1--- ?9 / .... .... ... ...... .1,~.__ __ T otal Taxes, Leviea and Penalty, .. ......... J M. H. HARRISO N, Treasure r 5.~ ___ State Taxes Brought Porward .. . ......... . .... . ... . ........... ... T otal State and Local Le'{ies . . .. ..... . . . .. ... . . .. .. . . . .. ... . ..... $ _ _ _ _ _•1___ ,~ 6% Penalty June 16, 1984 ....... . .. . , ........... . ...... .... ..... RECEIVED PAYMENT : $. .50 Real Estate . . .. - - - -~Acres,- - - - - - - · -Real Estate . ... • cres - ·---- ·- - - - - Acres Local Levies 1----- -1--- CREDITS Date Real Estate and Tangible Per- Machinery Merchant', sonal Property and T oola Capital CoWlty Levy ... .. . . $ .35 $ .35 $ CoWlty School Levy.. .70 .70 .50 LOCAL RATES : Pa~e. ~ _ .........Line.... ........... 1----- ---- -1 TOTAL STATE TAXES .... .. ... . ........... ..... . ...... . . . .. DISTRICT PaQ,e ....•...- Line..... . .....LAND Money .. .. ...... . .... . . . ... ..... . .20 M oneyed Capital in Competition wit h National BankB . . .... . . . .... . ... - - - - · - - -- - - 1.00 Capital Not Otherwise Taxed . . ... . · l- - - - - - - - - -1 .75 lncome: Jl% on firet $3,000; 2t% on next $2,000; 3% onexcessove r $5,0001_ _ __ _ __ _ _ - · · - - - · · · - - -I- •, STONE;wALL "·""~ __ 1_ i----- -1--- T otal Taxes, Levies and Penalties~ to JUlle 16, 1934 . . .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. $·- - - - , - -· I- 6% Interest from JWle 16, 1934 , t o date of payment .. . .. . . . . . . .. ... . 1-----1--Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . ... . . . .. . $ �Ir Tl ", ... -, ..u ril.,._rti' - C :r:wr r2 COU~"t'.i: O.::.' .L~ :wc::L.,GI-L.: J'.2 ,~TE CCL. L:5ICLf O:~ CO:l3E?.v. . S:ICH D2-'VE-.JO~I. "!11.T CJ '.::iE 3T ~TE 01!1 V IffiI TIA COUL,'lY ) vs. C 33 .. ED_ '\. L:· ...-3 0U 'l zn: 3 , AND C::I:H= 3 , and. FIFTY- T'.'/0 'l'HCU nrn , PIV~ HUllD:'.1ED '..l!D ) :Petition er ) ) ) ) ) l, o . 1 &29 ) ~ef end Jnts ) ) 3I'.G:Y- OllE ( 52 , 561) :~CR..~.3 O? 1/ff' , i.101·e or less , Come nm-; the unde:rsl:; neC , 1 d.L.1 H • .i../ :Bnume , o:Z Pacif ic Be a ch , Californ iE, , and Ct.c...cles B. Live::..·s, of Cna.::c loLtesv ille , Vi.r_:;inio . , c.ud. st.o·.-,, to the Cour t : ·..:11at c.v judgm ent in 1·em hdS he ·eto::ore neen en'ce ...·ecl in j this p1·ocee aing condemn ing to the use of tho 1Jetitione 1· the f ee I !I sirn-..1)10 eJtt.,te in two tl'c1cts of la.1c:.. , numoe:ced c.s fo llm7s : ·.L1:i.' &ct ,o . 619 , c ont6 i n in; 57 ~cres , ~nd ~r&ct Llo . 319- a , contain in; 2 ..ce p o.ct of the i.c1·ez; and ce.3 c:1· ibe6.. i n the/boo.1· d of ., pp1·~isa. l Comr:..is sioners .:..p-, ointe c"'.. he1· eic. e.no.. shm·m , t1U..L1bered. <-.no. cte l iriee-,ted on the CountJ O-.mer s.r:.ip ,1ap , ::..:i led. the :coHi th , upon :payu:e n t i nto .,(;he cus tod~ of the Oou1· t of the sum set out i n "the saic. judgmen t ad condtitu ting the c1.r,a1•a therefo r as follo':-:.3 : ,,., a ,l.,' ::: ' - 0 1' 1 ~ r a ct l'o -,3 •~r2· ,:,..00 ,· , • •31c .; , ~~ 'Y"a·· .L d •O. ,,. - or· J. 1 ~· "" .,_ .J. ct -c, o • .._,'"1°.) " Ck ' -------~/ ~112 . 00 ; '.i:h9,t the :c· epo:ct of t1:. e s:... ic Eo::.,.co_ sets fo£tn tb.::.1t n o pe1·- sons cle,im. or a,n ea.,_ to have ts of ltt1·nc he:r-eof L.nd or i r::.. cl 2. in to an inte:l.'es t i·1 v1;.e ;3,:-.10. the ~'Jroceeus a ..c izin;:; f 1· or:1 the concte,;m a.tion ; thr. t ·c11e ,-,e titior_e1 · h;.s u:_id into t{1e custod.;T ot -i:;rie Cou.c t11e s,_iid sums set out in .:::aid jud_gmen t as constit1 1tin3 tho aw~1·cl li for t he fee simple cstc1t e in S?id t:c'.::.c\;s of l a nd. ; thut :ou:c unc.e..c - in ...·er1 , j 1ea. 00 der..:nin;_; -clLe s t:. ict t:cs.c t 1\0 • .31 9 , she owned 01• ·:r""'d e 1ti t - tot.Le :feEi simp le inte :l' e3t in 4 7 u, cres t:he-:reof , s,nL thb.-t Chs:.s . B • .:iive.i:s o. ·ned or 1:2.s entitled to 10 °'cre.:3 thel:eof in i:ee t:no. tlE 1tLe -.:::i· o uec(.s ~1·is .i.nG 1:;:oe; the condem:: :ation the:i:eof , to - wit : the �-=-= - - - - - - --~ - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----,--.7 \, fee sirri~ lo 0;3ta.~ce , tho unc1..ersigned L;;d.i"" :::--.:. La Beuri1e , i;::, entitlec. ·to ._;.:512.00 t.nd L1.t1e said. Cht:.s. B. Live:..·s , to the SUJ:1 of y60 . 00. '. th&.t of suio.. ire.ct i.,o. 319 ;;,rou _ undersigned. L;ydia H. :..v B.... ume, CL,-...3 • 1 1 on the 7th di.W of .:>epter:be_c , 1 t 18, conve;re d to the St-.id Liv ors , ten 1:..cres thel'eof , wl1ich Sc..id deed i.3 cluly of .J..J. :.:·ec.:o..:-d. in t}:e Jlerk's Office of .: iockingho.r.1 C;ounty , in Deed Book •j 1···13 , L.t 'Je,ge 484 thel'eof . Tl:e original deed is ::'.:iled herev1ith as 1 I _ part he:::.· e of • 11:brit no ot1:e1· person or rie-· sons than the uno.e1·sig~ed c..,r·e entitled to sh~re i n t~e distribution of s~idma rd or in the pro ceeds crising from the con demnat ion thereof on the date oJ the entr:T of said j ud gf;le nt ; the unc._er· sign eel , I~1d.i.a E. Li::, BarnJ1e , being entitled. to the rroceec1s of '..:ract ~:o. 319 - a , to - \7it : .,12.00 ; to the ::roceeds from 47 acres of ti·,1ct ilo. 31 , to - ;"lit : 312 . 00; and triJ_,t the undorsignec.. , , has . B. =.iive1·s , is e,:.titled to the v1rocecd.s from 10 a c~es of tra6t ~o. 319 , to-~it : J60 .00. pc:;.:cties . '.1 01.'ein under the T)l'ovisions of 1ection 21 of the ..?ul)lic ?d.l'l~ Conder;,nutior~ .ct , Etno. t::;.11t 2-n order oe entered for the d.istri bution of Sc.ic.. S JL.o set forth in ,38.id. jua_gment in 1·em a.3 constit:iut 1 ing Gile s,;::tN:cd f o:i.: the fee simple estate in the SE.id trc::~cts con- I a.ernnecl L.3 uforesvid. , c.. Cc for t.trn pc.yment to the und.e1'si 0 ned of saiu. ti::.rs. ·d. , ·rrhi c h the und.er~i;;ned avers is as follows : ~o Lydia H • .:..ia Baume , '.2rsct l, o . 319 , •312 . 00; tract Eo . 319 - a , ~12 . 00; To Chas . B. Livers , 10 acres of Tract Llo . 319 , 060 . 00 . P1cific Beach , caliafornia Cr.:.arlottesville , �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 10 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of c. B. Livers. Given under my hand this 30th day of January , 1934. 153 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE RECORDS OF lv:Y OFFICE SHOW THAT C . B . LIVERS HAS PAID THE TAXES FOR THE YEARS 1932 & 1933 ON HIS TRACT OF 1 0 - 0 - 0 ACRES OF LAND SITUATE IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS IN STONEWALL DISTRICT, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY . ALL TAXES PRIOR TO THAT TIME , IF ANY BE DUE, ARE A MATTER OF R.CORD IN THE CLERK ' S OFFICE OF SAID COUNTY. GIVEN UNDER Ii.CT HAND THIS 23rd DAY OF JANUARY 1934 . Iv:. H. HARRISON- TRK\ SURER Deputy . �atltrk's ®ffitt HON , H. W , BERTRAM JUDGE J , ROBERT SWITZER Qtirruit <!tnurt nf Jnrkingqam <!tnunt11 1tfarrisonhurgt lltirginia CLERK DEPUTIES W. EDGAR S IPE MARGIE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit; I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit County do hereby certify that the recRockingham of Court not show any delinquent taxes against do office my in ords the tract of 103 acres l rood and 29 poles of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of Lydia H. LaBaume, EXCEPT for the tax years 1930, 1931 and 1932 and which taxes amount to $2?.82, $29.21 and $16 . 47 respectively . Given under my hand this ?th day of February, 1934. Rock- C 0. K. ~ 10,v~ c::.~~YC ~ Attorney ~ �M. H. HAR RISO N TREA SURE R OF ROCK INGH AM COUN TY HARRI SONBU RG, VIRGIN IA Febru ary ?th,1 934 To Whom It May Conc ern:This is to certi fy that the tax for 1933 of Lydia H. Labaume on ibne hundr ed three , acres ~l rood and 29 poles has not been paid. This tract of land is situa ted in stone wall Dist rict, Coun ty of Rocki ngham , State of Virg inia; The amoun t of tax due is $12.2 3~ Resp ectfu lly; ~~ asure r. Tre 150 �3'1./.:...,j CCL. .:I:,3J C; o~; CCi.J.., VA'..:IClf :--.:;;r::i1op:_rr1 T C~ '.::rT:S S~A~E CF VIR.xil fIA vs . Petiti oner ro . 1829 On this <( day of )ebru ary , 1934, came L: dia FI. La BB1J111e , of Pccif ic Bec.c.h , Califo 1•nia , and Cl1·?s. E. ~,ive::_·s , of Jho.rlo tto:::; ville , VLcgi nia , by ...:dwar d C. 1.:artz , of Har1·is onbt.n· g , Vir:·i nis , their •.i. tto :me y , anci on th eir r.1oti on, le s,ve is given t.ner.1 to file t11e L· a FJ." licati on f o:r 1,ayr::en t to them of the ::mm of •i,,354 . 00 , t he ar:10un t of the awa:::a. set out in the judgm ent of condem nation of r.2ract s Jos . 319 and 319- a, r.nd ha-eto fore :9aid into Court . 1. nd it 2-p::._-:,e2.1·ing to the Oom•t that t11e saio_ Cha:rl es J3 . ::.iiver s , of Cr..erl ottez ville, 01· ir 0 iniE- , is inv e sted 1•,ith super ior bette1· right or cla .im of tit le in an6 to ten acres of s~. Hl ,t1·::.ct of land .Jo . 319 than anJr other ~erson or }?Sr':3ons &nd the record in this pro ceedi rg does not disclo se any denia l or dis~;u te b;r any pe1·so n or y:e1•so ns in intere st f='S to 1:is title to said "'ven a cres of acid ..:rt-.ct L:o . 319 , or the p1·ocee cs arisin from the con 0 deom_; .tion thereo f ; £ nd it ::urt:i.1.er t"!.p::_iear ing to the Jou1·t tri,.,t c.11 t2.xes due on sr"id ten a cres of s:.:- id. tn,.,ct of land i.,o . 319 , ~- elonc.:ing to sf' ia. Live:e s have been ::iaid ; s.ncl that s:id L;'i. dia H • .1.1 c1- BauL.e , of Pacifi c Beach , C~lifo rnia , is invea ted ~ith su~er ior or 1ette r ;1· i_;ht or claim of title in and to the ·cesidu e of sFid t-.re.ct O:i land I -~o. 319 , to - v.ri t: 47 acres thereo f , encl that she is invest ed with "'nr)e1 ·ior 01· be--cte r 1· i-sht or claim o=? title in ani to said t_·a.ct of l :.--1d Lo . 31S- a t:~sx1 [;.DY other pe1· son l!l Oi' ~J ersons , ['nd tJ:,.at the 1·eco::..· -- ·c -is procce cUn0 doe.J not cli 'close e,nJ, c:tenia l ne:cson 01· y,e_·son d in ..:..1te1·e st a.J 00 Ol' dispu te b~r an;r lle1· tiJjle to saic 'er ct o=: lm'!cc o . 319 ( s..::'.ter deduc ting the1·ef 1·om the l..:Zo:.·e. .,&id ten ec!'es of sc:.id. �'I t::1;..ct , oelongin..:i to .-..,t:..id 'Jhas . B. Liv el' s) or to S.'3.id tn.,,ct i:o . 319- c , or tl:.e -~-·oce els of lnncL ,rising from the condemnation of S/:..id truct ... n: it fu::i.·ther appear i ng to the Court th t the1·e is clue by tl:e ,.,e.id Lydie JI . ::..,2, 3au11e to the omr..on·.-,ealth of Vi· r;iriia the follo·:1in:; clelinq_1.·ent t'-_::;;:es , fo:c the yot:n·s 1S30 , ,)27 . 82; 1931 , ,r29.21 1932 , ,,;16 . 47 , and the.t there is elso <.lue b::,, s.__.ic Lydia n . •.,a, Bo,ume the sum of ,rl2 . 23 , t1:.:~es .Zo:.: the reer 1933 . ::'Jon con'-'idora.tion -;1he1· eo·,., , the Cov.:::t cotL rd,~ 1c1~·e , orde·· rnd decree that the sum of .,1372 . 00 ·riaiC:. into Court :· _,etitione1' c:.s ,ju..3t cor1pensation fo1· 3i.ic -:;1•act l:o. 31~ , bo :::bicl a3 follo,,s: (1) To ::::;a_-,7:::,rd C • . 02.· tz , of E/:_::.::i.· ~·io onhc..·12 , • • --. (""' • '1 la, V l.L,_lt C' , J ~:.v J.Ji-vers , of the sum of (2) 1 t Ol.•• t1e ,, ..LO ...1 "\"T -~ , \ - v ,. "'I. LC.-:,, -. ·r.:arlo..,te.:.ville , ·ra. . . . . • . . · , 60 . 00 S:o Clerk of the Cil·cuit Com·t of Doci•1 nr·~,-~m !Joun+.r Vi-- l'..,.l cie ... ... ' ,U.Lii ' b . lll."' t linq_uent t::.:-::es io1· ;·e.:.,rs 1S3 1 , 1~31 ~~d 1932 . • . . • . • • • J.~J - (,...y U' I., 1 (3) ....'o ..::::-ec,s1·. of .:1ockin[;ham Count:,, , taxes ( 4) 73 . 50 ::01· 1933 . • • . • • • . . 12 . 23 '.20 ..;.iC:.um:d L.artz , of Harrisonburg , Vi1'gin ia , _,.ttorney fol' Lydia -· .:Sa Bavme , of Pacific each , ()alif . 226.27 J . . net it is further ord.ered tbat the sum of ,jl2 " . oo 3 '/ 'l.- m1id - into Court by petitioner as just cornnensation for tract ~o . ~19-e be ~id to scio. .Jd·::ar· d C. ,iartz , __ ttorne.," for !{7 6.ia H . La 130,ume . _. . na_ it is further ordered that the Clerk of this Gou:::t b and 1:.e is he:::eby c1ire cted to tnrnsn1it a certified copy of this ore.er to the 1i'r eB,snrer of V ir,;ini a , ;-,ho shE: 11 ay to SLid .:..ad1.-;:.:..~·d C. L.ar tz, ..:.ttorney for Cbns. B . !Jivers , the sum of ;Go. oo , beinc; tho amount of tb.e a·,72.ra.... 01• ten cc res of sc,id. tract Lo. 319 , set out in sLi6. ,juo.3nent OJ. condemnr::.tion , tn:':in- -.::rom said. i,c;,:ctz , :~ tto rnc y , a 1·ece ipt therefor nno.. cer tif yins such ~~-.,yment to this ' ou:2:t for f'lrnl'oririate entry thereof G-S req_lu'ed br JB.w·. nd it is fv.:cther orctered tl~at the '.i:ro:.~sul'er of Vir~inia sn:::·,11 pa; unto s::..ic1 .2dv:c.rd. C. I.:artz; , ..·lttol' ne:1 for L~·dia H. 2:ic.t. Bamn , �)226.27 , to the Clerx o... the 'i1·cuit vom·t o:;: --oc:in;har.1 'ounty , .;?73.50 , the ar.1ount of said. delinnr..ent tr~.;:es , and to the .2re:surer of _ ockin~bam Count;y , ,.;12. 23 , the te::z:es due for the year 1933 ; and saic1 .i:reasurer o Vir~inia shall ulso pay to st..id_ 1-artz , .1.tto:cney fo:: sG.id L~-C ia h. Lu :3aume , the sum of ,)12 . 00 , 1.,eir::; the amount of the c. .. ,;:;.,rd for trc:,ct Ho. 319- a •et out in S£tid. jud.g:nen t of c.:oncemnation , t~:iting from said Lartz , .:1.ttorney , ['~nd from sc:id. '...'l'eflsur er c.nc Gle-.ck of ~ o ckingham Count-· , receipts for said l)Uy- oents ~nd certif' ing the sar.E to this Cour t for appropriate entry tr...er e of :: s r- equ i ... ed by le. v, . Bn t er : JUI\1:;J �THIS DEED , Made this the Seventh (7th) day of September 1918, between Lydia H. LaBaume (widow) of Roanoke Virginia, party of the first part and C. B. Livers , of Grottoes Virginia , party of the second part: l IT N E S S E T H: That for and in consideration of the sum of TVJO HUNDR ·D AND FIFTY DOLLARS (~250 . 00) cash in hand paid , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , the party of the first part does hereby grant and convey , • with covenants of General \arranty, unto the party of the second part , TEN (10) ACRES of land near Grottoes, in Rockingham County , Virginia, being designated as Tract Number SIXTY-IHHE ( 69) of the Richland Height3 Development Company , as shd>wn bp: map on file in the Clerk's Office of ~ockingham County , Virginia . The party of the first part covenants that she is seized in fee simple and has the right to convey the said land; that she has done no act to encumber the same ; that the grantee shall have peaceful possession free from all encumbrances , and that she will make such further assurances of title as may be requisite . WITNESS the following signature and seal : ----- ----- ---if~-1(~ ~ c:::::: (SEAL) STAYE OF VIRGHHA TO-''HT CITY OF I _.::.~~~~~". ./i::J.~~~~~~ ~a~Notary Public in and for the city and that Lydia H. LaBaume (widow) whose aforesaid , do s sigmed to the foregoing deed bearing date on the 7th day of September 1918, has acknowledged the same before me in Given under my hand this the ,9~aJ of my city aforesaid. Septemb~ 1918. /1 I My Commission e~pires : / }uw-.-y/9'-<&_:,.' ;~. ~ { ' 157 �Cce of the Circuit Cm:. :'t VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's C~ ~· ~:e fo re go in g deed of o1 Jto ck ingha m So un ty . in .the t3 t bis da y pr es en ted _,:h ~ ~ ~ ~ ::·~r wi th the certific.ata o~i~e aforesaid, an d is, i o:,;·c:: to reco~~ 1 :~a c ~ : t ~ ~, a:~:t~ Clerk.J ~este: ;I., :Z::: ' Z ~ ~ (0 ~ !- I~~ cf'- ..,' , .,.,.. "!) ::, -f-f 0.. = en .,- ' ~ 1 /~. " ~ o : o I r~- -%~·1 ~ I,c,1 f ~ en I __J y~ ~ l .; \. ,. 1 . f. ' t--'lr C /7 ....~- ...... ~ i t ;, r '- ' L i t ~ ~ ~~~ g- :ii-- iS \\~ i:J ~ 3-· ~ H~; t ; ::,:, • ~ > . ~ . - �C!tnmmnuwealtq nf 1!1irgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 d.ay of February in accordance with an order of the circuit court ofRockingham County dated_ 2_/_s_/_3_4_ _ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson~ Atkins ~ = = -- - - - - - - - - - paid to Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County $_7_ 3_ .5_0_____ _ being in full settlement of tract #_fil.9 in the abov e menti oned. cause. 'li b �Qtnmmnuwtttlt11 nf llirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M, PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia , the sum of $ __7~3=--=-·~5~0'--_, in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of__R ____c_ o~c_k~i~n~g=h~am=----- entered on the of Feb • 8th day 193__!_ , in the matt er of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_ k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~3~1~9_ _ _ Sign original and duplicat e and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �<trommnuttttaltI, of ]lirgiuia TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL February 12, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 clay of February in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of dated 2/8/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and. Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Atkins - -- - - - -- - Cassandra Lawson"----==--===- :paid. to Treasurer of Rockingham County $_ 1_2_ .2_3_____ being in full settlemen t of tract #__M9 in the above mentioned. cause. �,_ - Qlnmmnuwtalt4 nf 1!1irgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E Treasu rer of Rocking ham County . Receiv ed of J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia, the sum of $ -1.2 . 23- _ , in accorda nce with an order of the Circui t Court of the county o f_~R~o'-c~k~i_n.,_g'--h---'____ -am _ entered on the of Feb . 8th day 193--1__ , in the matter of the State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develop ment v ___ __,.Q=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 comple te settlem ent for the tract of land known in said procee ding as #--3=1 =9~-- Sign origin al and duplic ate and return to the Treasu rer of Virgin ia. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf 1liirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12, 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t his 12 d.ay of February in accordance with an ord.er of t he circuit court of Rockingham County d.ated 2/8/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs. :paid.to $ 226.27 At kins Cassandra Lawson ~ - - - - - -- - - - - - Edward c. Ibn Martz, Attorney for Lydia H. Labaume being in full settlement of tract #319 in the above me nti on ed. cause. 410 �(!1nmmnuwtalt11 nf liirgiuta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA . .JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA Edwar d C. Martz , Attor ney for Lydia H. LaBaurne Recei ved of J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 226 . 27 , in accor dance with an order of the Circu it Court of the count y of__ R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_a_m____ enter ed on the 8th day of Feb . 193_±__ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt v _ _ _ _ C _ a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_--'-t~k=i~n~sc_____ and other s, being full and comp lete settle ment for the tract of land · known in said proce eding as # 319 Si gn ori g inal and dupli cat e and retur n to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �QtnmwnnmtaltlJ nf lllirginta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL Febru ary 12, 1934 TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA This is to certi fy that I, J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virg inia have this 12 day of Febru ary in accor dance with an order of the circu it court ofRoc kingham Count y dated 2/8/3 4 in the cause of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the State of Virgi nia Cassa s -- - vs. - - - - - - -ndra -- -Lawso -- -n-Atkin - -- -----paid to Edward C. Martz , Attor ney for Chas. B. Liver s $ 60.00 being in full settle ment of trac t# 319 in the above menti oned cause . �O!nmwnttwtnlt11 nf llirgiutn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Edward c. Martz , Attorney for Chas . B. Livers . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 60 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham Feb . entered on the 8th day 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~ a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_____ and others, being _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # -~3=1=9_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �C!tnmmnumtultq nf llirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12., 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Vi rgi nia have this 12 day of_E__ebruary in a cc ordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham Cmmty dated-2L8L= 3~ 4 ___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgi nia vs . Cassandra Lawson ~A~t~k~1-n. . . s. . _______ ___ _ paid to Edward c. Martz., At torney for said Lydia H. Labaume $_1=2~ .0 ~ 0~ _ _ _ _ b eing in full settlement of tract #..3J..9.-a in the above mentioned cause . �Q.tnmmntt1tttaltl1 nf llirgiuta TRE ASU RER 'S OFF ICE RIC HMO ND, VA. JOHN M. PURC ELL TREAS URER OF VIRGIN IA Edw ard C. Mar tz , tto rne y for s a id Lyd ia H. LaBaume \ ':, '' Vir rer of Rec eiv ed of J.M . Pu rce ll, Tre asu , in acc ord anc e gin ia, the sum of $ 12 . 00 rt of the cou nty wit h an ord er of the Cir cui t Cou 8th day en~ ere d on the of Roc kin gha m 193 __1_ , in the ma tter of the Sta te elo pm ent v _ __ Com mis sion on Co nse rva tion and Dev , ~t=k=i=n=s'----_ __ and oth ers , bei ng ~a=s=s=a=n~d=r~a"'--------'L=a~w=s=o=n=-------.A _ C the tra ct of lan d ful l and com ple te set tlem ent for of Feb . -a known in sai d pro cee din g as# 319 Sig n ori gin al and dup lica te and ret urn to the Tre asu rer of Vir gin ia. � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context labaume-lydia-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Labaume, Lydia H. / Livers, Charles B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Richland Heights 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): 319, 319-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 Labaume Livers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c0a30417379ac442ca21da8f22bb77a9.pdf 790a9c22382624fef6eaf93f5b8941db PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #52 - - Knif hting, Hrs . John Number of Acres: 52 Location: 1lest slope of Uain Ri dge, n ortheast of Sv1i ft Run Gap . Roads: T\,O Soil: St..ndy clay of fair depth ·.. nd fertility ; very r ocky in wooded portion ·.ii th moderate to steep slopes and northv1est exposure . miles of fair Lart road to Spot s wood Trai l near Swift Run G..:1p ; thence seven ailes to :Slkton . History of Tract and condition of timber: wrge portion c let..red up many years ago and he.s been c·1ltivated ::'or some tine . It hu.s been neglected for the pa st fifteen or t,venty ye:J.rs . It ha.s reverted back to slope type, excepting six ~ores ne~r the house which is still cultiv':lted . ':l:'he wooded area has been cut over repea.tedl ,, in t:rn p~st. Present stand consists of 'nixed o-:::ks, so""' po~L.r und hickory . r··: is estir:-:e.teci to c·rt :ilmpxoo:em~ 8.11 r,ver~;~e o~ five cords o.'.' fueLrn -_ cJ. per acre. ".::1otL.l o::' 230 cords. Improvaments; Dvelling : Log, 16x21', kitchen 12xl6x8', l½ story , Shi~ led, 4 rooms, ceiled, :dir co,:ition. Jtable: Loe uh,' fr:_..., e, 1·3xl8x0', shing l ed , f air cond.i -:ion . Hen house: Frone , 12xl6xl2' , shincled, ~&ir con·i'ion . 6..5 apple trees - 10 .,.,ec.rs 01(·., f~ir, G..) :;?euci-1 trees, 7 ye~rs olC , fair con ition. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 138 . 00 ;~3 . 00 46 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 180 . 00 6 318 . 00 Orchard: 533 . 00 100 . 00 50 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 318. 00 1003 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 53.:i . CO ~-~1:JI Value of Orchard: $ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 ,; 10 5 3 • 0 0 ~ux:r:mxrixlElfXXXX~~xxxhH $i§Mi~ix Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ..50 . CO ValueofWood: $ .50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ lc3. 32 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ -'"G!C. {i; ·/ ~ . --~-=--___:...,C?'____,~ ~~;;;..._-- 'L~ •.::. 72,. �tioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ____ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in_ Commission on Conservation and DeState the of ion pe the to The undersigned, in answer velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sa· petition and to s · notice. .!:'!: ____ _ _' My name is_ 0 _7 ___________________________ _ _£ My post office ess is_ _ • '--~--L~A!__ _______________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought whic~here are the following to _be_ condemn~d, containing about__-'1:.4_:-._ __ bmldmgs and i m p r o v e m e n t s : ~ r ~ r - - ~ - ~ - - ~ - - - - -7r7~r,t?- ________________________ ______/ ___________________ z--~------------- ---------- This l ~ s locaJ~d abo~L-~~--:--~-miles ~rom __ ~--~----------- --Virginia, in t h e ~__ Magisterrnl 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 ~~~~}~;~u--~--L~-~------------------- ~r=-------------------------------------------------------------------------------as follows: to the above described tract or parcel of land are cent · ~ da d The l a owner _ __ _____ ------------------------ ------------------------ --------North_ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------_ ___ _ _ _ South East_~~ -~------------------ -------------------- ---------------West_~-~~------- -------------------- -------------------- -------in the 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner: ./.P'.£.__ --./3:y ~ ------------------------------_--------------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $Jad'./2.,_~~-----· 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 $LRQ..<l.!..~----· 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 d~?1f~ ~~~:2~ -------- --- �- I - • ,. /;2 ... I �• • county: Roclringhrun intriot• .Jtono m.11 rs . John 61 A.•10 :r., d: _.........,...__,-__ t.001,tiO!V oat clop o ~ F. o d: 61 A• 0 a:!n Bi •• so.oo ·e, 11.01~the i (1918) ~so.oo nrtl/ 1nh 1ted . st 01' £.h 1ft un Cv.p. , 1 rt one :nown • q: J.l... .,.;.;;;;--~~.,;;..;;;.;;..i-.....;;;..;;;;;;;........,......,.0.1..,.p_i_r:_s....,...o.;;,r_,,.::.:l..!'.... ,011: roo :y in t'1andy oln: r fatr depth flud :r ...·til i ty; v ooded 1,orti n _ t '1 ~dera. te to steep olopeo nnd nortl wost ex oo ro. r, ir Cti rt rond to Cpotowoo, m1loc or Run C' i thonco ncvon 11 ,s to ll:ton . oodo: !..l~tor_J; Tt10 r 1 rail n nx • 1ft or t,p ot . s tol"Y, n \. nc). < 500 . 00 i l" . lb . 00 o.oo .oo 6 - aluo c:r- note •w27"o- 30. 00 ~otal valt of ltut" , ot 1 v luo or i~rcrvo!'-'onts Total val o or t1 bo1~ Total v 1, of trot ve:r gr va lue ·pol' net· 295 . 00 420 . 00 115 . 00 �NOTE--'This need not be filed until the reeord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the ,Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Petitioner. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgini1a V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandm Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Th ousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Ac.res of land, more or less Defendants. 1 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 Petiti,o ner the fee simple estate in the tract (s) of land numbered as foUo,w s: Tract 1 No ..52 ............... : Tract No ..................... : Tract No ..................... ; and des,c ribed in the report of the Boarrd of Appraisal Commis,s ioners ,a ppointed therein and shO'wn, numberr·e d, and delineated on the County OwnecrS'hip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the ,c ustody of the Court orf the sum (s) s et ,o ut in the s·a id judgment •a s constituting the . ; on Tra,c t No ............... award (s) therefor, as f.oUows: Award on Tract No ... 2........ $.l 1 $ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the foHowing named persO'ns claim, o:r appear to 'have a ·c laim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising fr.om the condemnation thereof; Lizzie Knighting Heorge L. Hransberger, Guardian ad litem for ilson Knifhting (infant) J essi e Knighting (infant , Pearl Knighting (infant , Hazel Knighting (infant ) John Knighting Estate That ithe Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set Qut in said judgment a·s constituting the award (s) of 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 s,a id tract(s) of l·a nd, ·o wned or was (were) entitled fo the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c ond·e mnation there,o f : 1 Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveying the Skyline roadbed running through his tract , the owner granted and conveyed to the undersigned, the right to receive from sai d proceeds , the sum of $116.00 That no other person or persons than the undersigned are ,e ntitled to slhare in the distribution ,o f the said award (s) except the foll:owing named persons whose interest in said tr:act(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation there of on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: 1 The above menti oned claimants to the extent that they may be able to establish their claims. Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that fhe--{theyt-&e-m'ft..«-e a party f't}arlies-)--heretn 1:tH'&eP-th-e- : r t r e - v i ~ e i i f f l ' t " " 2 - i - ~ eomtemna:tion At:.t, a-mt- tlratj an order be entered for the distribution of said sum (s) set fiorth in said judgment in rem as: constituting the award(.s) for the f.ee s:imple estate in the sai d tract(s) condemned as afore,s aid, and for the payment to the undersi'g ned of the said award (s ) or .o f as much thereof as the Court may find that the unders'igned i's (are) entiUed to receive, and whiic1h the undersigned aver( s ) is as follo,w s: Tract No .. .5.2. .......... $11.6.•...... : Tract No................. $ ................ : Tract N 0 •.•......... ••.. • $ ................ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Le,a ve thi,s space bl,a nk unless there is some othe·r pertinent matter to be brought e·s pedaHy to the attention of the court) NAM'E P. 0. ADD1RESS .,..,..,.,.~.!"'m~lfflSSION_.ON.. CO.!SERVATION . AfH) ' :.~x..W ~~·L.~,ifz'Y:·. . ... .. . . . . . .. . ..... . . .... . . . . . NO'DE-A supply of this blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the f,o rm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any for~ they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This tb lank form may not and probaibly will not co'Ver all cases. It has been printed merely aa a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case, �STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS COUNTY OF ARREN ) ~I Personally appeared before me the undersigned Not4ry Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes, who being duiy sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Cormnission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in . ' the Shenandoah National Park condemnation p roceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the within claim is just and correct . --Witness my signature and Notarial Seal this/ ~ay of December, 1933. ~~~ Notary Public - - · NOTAIW PLIBllC (; �• . • C!tltrk's @ffi.et QLirruit QLourt of Jorkingqam ClLount}l HON. H. W. BERTRAM 111f'arrisonhurg, Jlirginia JUDGE J. ROBERT SWITZER CLERK DEPUTIES W . EDGAR SIPE MARG IE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of: the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the records in my office show that the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State at' Virginia have filed a cla:i.m for $116 . 00 against tract No . 52 , listed in the name of Mrs . John Knighten~ the same being the amount of the refund due on the Skyline Urive . Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1934. �.. I .. LAW OFFICES E . DULA.NEY OTT HARRISONBUBO, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 2(.,o �<!tlttk' 5 ®ffi!t <!tirruit <!tnurt nf Jnrkingq:am <!tnunt11 HON . H. W. BERTRAM JUDGE J . ROBERT SWITZER 1£,arrisonhurg, ltirginia CLERK DEPUTIES W . EDGAR SIPE MARGIE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF RO CKIN CEAM , to-w it : I, J . Robert Switzer , Cler k of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the re cords in my office do not show any delinquent taxe s against the tract of 51 acres 2 roods and 24 poles situate at Swift Run in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of s . Monroe Knighten , EXCEPT for the tax year 1918 , which tax now amounts to $3 . 90 . Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1934 . 251 �.. M. H. HARRISON TREASURE R OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that John E. Knighten has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 51-2- 29 acre s of land situate in the Park Area in Stonewall District , Rockingham County . All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk(s Office of said County . February 1934 . Given Under my hand this 9th day of Treasurer of Rockinghruµ County \...\ 9· �- - IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, VS• ) PETITIONER At Law, No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others. On this, the Defendants. ~6 __.. day of May, 1934, came Lizzie J. Knighten, Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, and on their motion, by counsel, leave is given them to file their petition and application for the distribution of said award made in this case to John E. Knighten's heirs, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 52 being $10-M.00. On motion of Georges. Harnsberger, Guardian ad Litem heretofore appointed in the above entitled condemnation proceedings for the infant defendants, Wilson Knighten, Jessie Knighten, Pearl Knighten and Ha~el Knighten, leave is hereby given him to file his answer to the petition of Lizzie J. Knighten, Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, and the same is accordingly filed, to which answer the petitioners reply generally. And it appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this suit, and in the petition for ju.d8fflent of condemnation, heretofore entered herein, that in the opinion of the said The State Commission on Conservation and Development of The State of Virginia, John E. Knighten's heirs were invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land designated as No. 52 than any other person or persohs, and that the record in said condemnation proceedings �1: ' -2- does not diso1ose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as No. 52, or to the proceeds arising fran the condemnation thereof, except the taxes and the refund hereinafter provided for; And it further appearing to the Court that Beatrice K. Smith, ~ Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, three of the petitioners in this matter, desire and request that their respective shares in said cause be paid to the i r mother, Lizzie J. Knighten; Upon consideration whereof, it is ordered by the Court that the shares of Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, to-wit: the sum of $131.74 each, or the aggregate sum of $395.22 be paid to E. D. Ott, Attorney for Lizzie J. Knighten; and it further appearing to the Court that the infant defendants are of the following ages: Wilson Knighten, twenty years of age, Jessie Knighten, eighteen years of age, Pearl Knighten, sixteen years of age,Jfazel Knighten, fourteen years of age; and it appearing further to the Court that the said Wilson Knighten, Jessie Knighten and Pearl Knighten are of su.fficient age and discretion to use the :f'U.nd coming to them in this proceeding judiciously, it is ordered that their shares of the fund to-wit: $131.74,each, be paid to each of them; but that Hazel Knighten being an infant of tender years and residing with her mother, it is ordered that her share of the f'u.nd to-wit: $131.74 be paid to Lizzie J. Knighte;, her mother, for her maintenance, education and support; and it is ordered that the balance of said fund, to-wit: $121.90 be paid out as follows: (l) To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, the sum of $3.90; (2) To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, the sum of $2:00; and (3) To the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, the sum of $116.00. The Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, �' -3- who shall pay out said ~und in accord .anee herew ith, taking from the partie s to who• the funds are direct ed to be paid their respe ctive receip ts for the su.m paid to them and certif ying suoh payme nts to the Clerk of this Court for appro priate entry thereo f, as requir ed by law. Enter �' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROVKINGHJJ\1: COUNTY , VIRGDTIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , PETITIONER , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others . DEFENDANTS . TO THE HON . H. W. BERTRAM, JUDG:2 OF SAID COURT . Your petitioners , Lizzie J . (Mrs . John E. ) Knighten , whose name is sometimes spelled Knighting , Beatrice K. Smith {nee F.-nighten) , Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten respectfully represent: That John E. F nighten , whose name is sometimes written Y.nighting, died intestate in 191.i_, while seised and possessed of a tract of 51 acres , 2 roods and 39 poles of land , situate on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Iiountain in the eastern portion of Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia , near the Fern Hill Postoffice , ~hich land he acquired from z. J . Knighting by deed dated November 25 , 1918, and which deed is duly of record in the Clerk ' s Office of Rockingham County , Virginia , in Deed Book 111 , page 320; That the said John E. Knighten left him surviving his widow , Lizzie J. Knighten , and seven children , namely , Beatrice K. Smith (nee Knighten) , Henry Knighten , Harvey Y.nighten , ~ilson Knighten , Jessie Knighten , Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten , the last four named children being infants ; the said Wilson Knighten being twenty years of age; the said Jessie Knighten being eighteen years of age; the said Pearl Knighten being sixteen years of age; and the said Hazel Knighten being fourteen years of I age; that all of said children , with the exception of Beatrice K. Smith, make their home with and are partially supported 1s1 �- 2- by the said Lizzie J . Y..nighten , their mother, the aforesaid infants being especially dependent upon her . That the said Lizzie J . Knighten is entitled to dower in said 51 acres , 2 roods and 29 poles of land , of which the said John E. Knighten died seised and possessed , the remainder interest in said property being vested in the said children of the said John E. and Lizzie J . Knighten . That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in the above entitled proceeding , condemning to the use of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , the fee simple estate in said tract of land , formerly the property of John E. Knighten , situate in the Blue Ridge l:ountains as aforesaid , which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and shown , numbered, and delineated on the C ounty Ownership Kap filed. therewith , as Tract No . 52 , at the price of Jl044 . 00 . Your petitioners further show to the Court that all of the taxes on said property have been paid , except for the year 1918 , for which year said property was returned delinquent , and subsequently in 1920 the same was sold to the Commonwealth, that the amount necessary to redeem said property from the Commonwealth is the sum of ~3.90, as shown by a certificate made by J. Rob_ert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. This certificate is herewith filed , marked trEx . Certificate No . l" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof; that there is also filed herewith a certificate fr.om i: . H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, showing that the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 have been paid. This certificate is also filed herewith , marked "Ex . Certificate No . 2" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof . �-3- Your p et i tioner s further represent that there is due to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia the sum of ~pll6 . 00 to be paid. out of the .,pl044 .00 her einabove mentioned, the said 't!ill6 . 00 being the amount of the refund due on account of the advancement made by said State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia to the estate of John E. Knighten on account of the Skyline Drive . A certificate from J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County setting forth the fact in connection with this matter is herewith filed , marked "EX . Certificate No . 3" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof . That your petitioners further represent that the aforesaid lien for taxes and the amount of said refund constitute the only liens binding upon the property condemned in this cause , and that no other person or persons than your petitioners and the a foresaid lienors are entitled to share in the distribution of said award , except the costs incident to this pr oceeding , namely the sum of ~2 . 00 payable to J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of said Court. Your petitioners , Beatrice K. Smith , Henry Knight en and Harvey Knighten , the adult children of the said John E. Knighten and Lizzie J . Knighten , desire and reques t that their respective shares in the award for said property be paid to their mother , Lizzie J . Knighten . Where f ore, your petitioners pray that they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file t he i r petition in these proceedings; that Wilson Y...nigh ten , Jessie Knighten , Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten be made parties defendants hereto , anQ be required to answer this petition by a Guardian ad Litem appointed by the Court for them; that the fund in �• \ -4- this cause be distributed first to tne p~yment of the taxes hereinebove set forth; then to the payment of the refund of ~116.00 to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia; then the sum of ~2 . 00 to J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of said Court for fees in this matter; then the shares of Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Xnighten and Harvey Y..nighten be paid to Lizzie J. Knighten, or her attorney of record , in fee simple , and that the shares of Wilson Knighten , Jessie Knighten, Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten be paid to the said Lizzie J . Knighten to be used by her for their edueation, maintenance and support; that an order may be entered in these proceedings for the distribution of said. fund.; and. that your petitioners may have such other and further relief as the nature of this ease may require. State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to-wit : This day Lizzie J , ~ t e q ayHenry Knighten :personally appeared before me , ~-1;t· :e . a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid , in the State of 'Virginia , in my County aforesaid. , and bein,g duly sworn , depose and. say: We are two of the petitio:-iers in the above entitled matter; the land condemned in these proceedings �-5- formerly belonged to John E. Knighten , the late husband of Lizzie J. Knighten, end the father of the other petitioners to these proceedings ; we are acquainted with the contents of the above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this It d.ay of ~ Y , 1934 , 1% �infan ts of tend er year s, Guar dian ad Lit em , to and othe rs, in the said Cour t, by .....;::Jc:::;.d~~;:2::.t::::i~-=;;t!... ...:._,~~~;.e.~~::::::::i~"" Resp onde nt a._. answ ering by the Com plain ant~ /2 A ..t-,, Guar dian ad Litem to so much of Bilili as mate rial for and say that noth ing of the truth of the matt ers of fact the Com plain ant Bill and neith er admi t nor deny the same ; but call for full proo f. That they ~ infan t cf tend er year s, and ask r::::::: the aid 0£ the Cour t in the prot~ ction of inte rests . Havi ng fully answ eredr pr&y in cluty bound will ever pray , etc. / ;-·,orn to befo re me this �Q!nmmnuwraltq nf l!Iirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M . PURCELL May 28., 1934 T REASURER O F VIRGI N IA This is to certify that I , J.M . Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of MU i n accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated~- -5~/_2_5~/_3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commiss i on on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others vs . :Paid t O $ 131 . 72 \Vilson .:i llighten being in full settlement of tract #- -5_2_ _ in the above mentioned cause. �QTnmmnttnttalt4 nf liirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 28 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Wilson Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 25th day of __M _1_ay~_ _ l93_i_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ Cassandrd . Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g as #~ 5_2~- - - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 45 �01nmmnuwtaltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER 'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M . PURCELL May 28 1 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is t o certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Develo:pme nt of the State of Virginia vs . - - - - - - ~C=a-s~s-a~:n~cJ~r~a-T-,a-1-v~s~o~n~A ~t~l~rj....n.........s___.,..a...,n....d. . . . . .o..,..t-b.......,.e...r....s~ - :p aid to $ 1 31 . 72 Pearl Knighten being in full settlemen t of tract # 2 52 in the above menti oned cause . 0 �., Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf lilirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Pead. Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordance with an order of the Cir cui t Court of the county Rockingham Of- -- - - -- - - - - entered on the 25th day of _ _ _M_a~y. 1 93_j_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Dev e lopment v _ __ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement f or the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- ~5-2~ - - Si gn or jgina l an d dupli cate an d r e t urn to t h e Treasure r of Vi r ginia . 41 �cnnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia T R E A S U E R ' S OFFI C E RICHMON D • VA . May 28, 1 934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREA SURER OF VIR G I N I A This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordan ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockingh am County datea 5/25/ 34 in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia ..........s~oc.,..n........,.A.....,t.,....k"""j..._n.......,s__..a......_n.....,d,__,o.,_t.u..bJ..J..l..le..L.r....::s.___ _ . . d.,.r"""a.. . ___,L=a..._w ._ .n..,. s..s.,..a ""'a""-""vs • - - - - - --'C paid to J e ssie Kni~ht en $ 1 31 . 72 being in full settleme nt of tract in the above mentione d cause. # 52 �--------------------- --O!nmmnnmralt4 of llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Jessie Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ J 3 J.72 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county 0 f Rockingham entered on the 25th day of _ _M_ay-=-_193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Developme nt v _ __ {1_·n_ s ___ and othe r s , being _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_ L_a_~_i_s_o_n_ A_t_l_ ___C ·, full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- =5=2'----- Sign origi n a l and dup licat e a nd r e turn to the Tr e asurer o f Vi r gi nia. �<nnmmnumraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , May 28 , 1 934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER O F VI RG INI A This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham CaJlnty datea 5/25/34 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and DeveloJ_)ment of the State of Virginia vs . Cassan dr a Lawson At k ins an d oth e r s J)aid to E . D. Ott , Attorney for Lizzie J . Knight en $ 395 . 22 being in full settlemen t of tract #·~ 5~2'--_ in the above mentioned cause. % �,. C!tnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 2 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorney for Lizzie J . Knighten Received of J.M. Purc e ll, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 395 . 22 , in accor d.an c e wi t h an order of the Circuit Court of the county o f _ _;cR,.,,,o=c,.,,k.,_.i.._.n""'g;;:,,h=run=--- of _ _=M=ay.;-_.1 934_ entered on the 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Deve lopment v ___ --~C~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a=-=L=a~w=-s~o=n'----"-A~t~k=,i=n=s___ and ot he r s , b e ing full and complete settlement f or the tra ct of land k nown i n sai d proce e ding as # - 5.. . C2. C._ _ __ Sign original an d duplicate and return t o the Treasure r of Virginia . �arnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M, PURCELL Ma y 2 8 , 1 934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 2 8 day of May with an order of the circuit court of dated 5 /25/ 34 in accordance Nockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the Stat e of Virginia others and n s- Laws a-~---~ -~ - -Atki - -on ---vs · - - - - - - -Ca-ssandr :paid toLizzie J . Kni gh ten, for tbe sJJpport of Hazel Kn i ghten $ ]3].72 b e ing in f ull settl ement of tract #·_.,5~2.,___ in the abov e mentioned cause. �<nntttmnumralt11 of ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Lizzie J. Knighte14-for the support of Hazel Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordance with an order of the Circu it Court of the c ounty of Rockingham entered on the 25th day M=a=y_ _ l93L , in the matter of the State of _ _= Commission on Conservati on and Development v _ __ --~C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a-=L=a~w~s~o~n=--------=A~t=k=i=·n=s_ _ and others , being -full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- 5=2=-- - - Si gn or ig in a l an d dup li cat e and re t urn t o t h e Tr e a s u r er of Vi r ginia . �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND . VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M, PURCELL 'TREAS URER O F VIRGINIA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Vi rginia have this 28 day of_t_ [ a~y~ _ _ in accorda nce with an order of the circuit court of dated 5/25/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commiss i on on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virg i nia _a=v1=1-=s-=o=n"----"A.:...t=k,-=-i=n=s--=a=n.. .,d=---o><->e.tl.,. 1,=e-r....s~ "-'a=s==s=a=n=d=r'--'a"---L vs • ----------- 'C :P a i d to ,J. Robert Switzer, CJ erk $_,.3~·=9~0~_ _ being in full settlement of tract # ---5-2~ in the above mentioned cause . / 3G, �atnmmnnwtalt4 nf 1Iirginta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . Robert Switzer, Clerk Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 3 . 90 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~R~o~c=k=i~n-g9 h,,,,__,,,am~--- entered on the 25th day of_~M=a-y_ 1 93_A_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ C==a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a~_L~a~w~s~o~n~A~t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #-5=2~--- Sign original and dupli cate a n d return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 31 �cnnmmnnwraltlJ nf llirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RICHMOND.VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I , J.M. Purce l l, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May wi th an order of the circuit court of dat ed 5/25/34 in accordanc e Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of t he State of Virginia others ::c--Atkins and Cassandra Lawson _:;_;;~==~~"--~=.=::.... ::::....C.-'--_;;_;_~~'--__ vs . _______;c_;;_:_::;_.::....:..:.=-" :paid to J . Rob ert Swi tzer~,_C_l_e_r_k_______ _____ $,_2_._0_0___being in full settlement of tract# in the above mentioned cause . 52 �Q.tommnuwrttltq of ]Iirgiuitt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J. Robert Switzer, Clerk Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $~2~.0=-=0_ _ _ , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~ R~o~c=k=·=i=n~g=h=a=m~-- entered on the of _ _=M=a~y___ l934_ 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ __C_a~s~s_a~n~d _. _r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-~5=2_ _ _ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 35 �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M 0 N D , VA . May 28 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASUR E R OF VIRG I NIA This i s t o c e rtify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 2 8 day of May in accordance with an order of the c i rcuit court of Ro ckingham County dat ea 5/25/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia s _ __ . .... e. . . r.......a. . . . . . . .a..wt u. d a..w ._,. A. . t. .....k....i.__.n'"'"s....__.... a,n_..... .......d....r.,.a.__,.L..,,a....v.._¥s.......... ....n "'"'a . ....s.....s vs • ________,,C. . a 1 __.., J: })aid t o St a te Connni ssion on Cons e r v "' t ion & ne veJ anm ent of the S tate of Virg inia b e ing in full settlement of tract #·~5-2~ $ 116 . 00 in the ab ov e mentioned cause . �0Inmmnuwralt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation & Development of t he State of Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 116.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of ___R~o~c_k~i~n~g~ham ____ of ____M_a-y 1934_ entered on the 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ - ~C~a=s~s~a=n=d~r_a_L_a_w_s~o~n__A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_ _5_2_ _ __ &~ef~~ Secretary, Shenandoah National Park Division - State Commission on Conservation and Development Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 33 � 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. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context knighting-mrs-john.pdf Title A name given to the resource Knighting, Mrs. John Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Main Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 52 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 Knighting https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c62abc77bc651498527c7d8cb2237491.pdf aa176bc1b65f419709a820bdf5dc94ac PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #3 - Kite~ Sallie A. 24 Number of Acres: Location: On the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge n '.)rth of. Cucumber Spring • Roads: A steep mountain road leads from this tract to .Maple Spring School House . About half the remaining distance to Elkton is over an unimproved dirt road becore r eaching a macadam road . Soil: Clay loam of medium depth and fertility . Al l merchantable timber has been removed . About half the tract was cleared y ears ago for grazing but most of it is now too brushy to be considered sod land . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Acreage Value per acre 14 $3 . 00 $42 . 00 2 15 . 00 30 . 00 5 . 00 40 . 00 Ridge: Slope: -- Cove: Grazing Land: -- Fields Restocking: - - -248--- Total $112 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 112 .oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $J,l.i & Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None - -~ ~ CIE.ERK �. ,r L?~- / .A:;~ . ~~a::e ~ r c u i ~ ~ ~ - ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia,-No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservatifand 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 published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this ~:_:/4~~~~.L~:~-------------------------------------- as h~Ya:s;:: My post office address is ___ ~_c.__~------- ----------------- -----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _________ . _________________ ------------------------ --------- . J ~_____ ----------------- --------------------- ----------.: 7 :7" -------------------- This land is located about_ ___ t-3-___ miles from __ ~ - - - - - - - - - -Virginia, in the~~.LMagiste rial District of said County. I claim the following ri.ght, 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.) ~ -- ~jid. ~-- ----------~- ~~------ -The land o~ers_a~jace~ to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North-~----------- -------------------- -------------------- --------South ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----East------------------- -------------·----------- ------------------------ -----------West ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _L,Z~in the following manner: , - - - - ~ ~ ~ _r ------------------------ ------------------------ - 1 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $i.1..2{,(-.~-~-~ 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 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 !:E:~~~-~~t~:~~:~: e~~, ~:1 ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of ,;~!- si_z;:3~r-my name and ~~~~-~~~~:~:::~:: S T ~ I N I A , COUNTY QF _____f_7/-_---7J"--·x.7.x_·To-w1t. The undersigned hereby certifies t h a t ~ '__ te_...__/~-~---------- -----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ;~:-~~~~~-~~:~~n~-~:yhi:f~~~-::_:r:: 3'.;_~~~ #Ze and belief, O Clerk g:f the Ce:art;- or Special Investigator or .l>JetaPy Public, or Jugtiee of the PeacP.. I ~c �- - C unty: District: : D Cln1 · d: UC : .• a es.s ---------·F.A: 24 Ac cation: lo n the f cue oft e .• oes, co oili C y lo !: 0th i lu 1dge nort Ione so f r nd ;:,; kmt111. ortility. Rot:.d: • rchantablo ttnb r t clo r it 1 no , too b... y All l.f tl o t at 0£ - --:u T : •• Slop 14 • • s.oo - Fg. Tot l 10.00 lue of land: ot A "'r Value A.er e oi' ~ v 1.02. 00 at-: ue per c 10 : .oo 'l'otnl. ue- - �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.UJ COCNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserv ation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassapd ra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. Filed in th fiockin"'h e C!erk1s Off! srro am Gou,,,y,t v~ct - /7 1932 Cler., TO HON. H.V!.BERTR.A.M, JUDGE OF SAID COURT. The motion of Sallie A. Kite, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of ppraisal Commiss ioners heretofo re appointe d by said Court in said matter, wherein said Board reported , under No. b of its finding s, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that moveant only owns in Rockingham County 24 acres of land on the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge Mountai ns, north of Cucumber Spring, and that th said 24 acres has only an average value of ~4.66 per acre. The grounds of said motion are as follows: (l) That the acreage allowed to Sallie .Kite is erroneo us, in that she is entitled to at least 60 acres mor~ than the amount allowed her, the said 60 aores being reported , hov,ever , in the name of G. Luther Kite in the report of the Apprais al Board under its No. 372-I. That the priae pr aor;,:l ~ed for · t~e 24 aarea of said land by the Apprais al Board is ina e q ~ ~ ~ ~ n g worth at least ; 10.00 per acre, as is shown by the amount of charge made (2) by the Apprais al Board of Greene County for the 10 acres of land which they have taken for the Sky Line Trail. (3) LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced be- HARRISONBURG. VA. 41 �, --2-i fore said Board by said Sallie A. Kite . The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of these exceptions . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ,; �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINI. The State Commission on Conservation end Developnent of the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. TO THE HON. H. '.V. BERTi ! , JUDGE OF Si.ID COURT. The affidavit of S llie A.Kite, to be read in connection with the motion filed by her to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 3. State of Virginia, • City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: Sallie A. Kite this day personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Pu.blic in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the owner of 750 acres of land situate on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, at and near the Cucumber Spring, on the head-waters of Pocosan Run, about ten miles east of Elkton, Virginia, which land lies partly in Rockingham County and partly in Greene. It is believed that approximately 84 acres lies in Rockingham County, and the balance in Greene County. The 60 acres listed by the Board of ippraisal Commissioners in the name of G. Luther Kite, under its Ho. 372-I, is the property of your affiant. That the value placed upon said land by the Board of AJ)praisal Commissioners of an average of $4.66 per acre is entirely inadequate. The true value of said land, even in its present conditio , is not leas than $15.00 per acre. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SON B0RG, VA. The Board of Appraisal Com- missioners of Greene County charged your affiant J l0.00 per acre for twelve acres and a half said to be taken for the Sky Line �·- ··- ·~ - ---2--- I :: Trail, which land so taken is of no more value than the 24 acres 1, for which you arriant is only allowed J4.66 per acre<, 11 Ii cl~ d2 ~ 1, subscribed and sworn to I• ,2-d before me this d y of "'eptember, 1932. ~ - :-h C· • j?~ ~ ~ ·-o tary J:U. bli c. ' I ' ~. 1,· Ir I I LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER l HARRISONBURG, VA. l-Jl5 �In the Circuit uourt of RocKingham county,Virginia. The state Commission on conservation and Development of the State of Flied In the Clerk's Offic Virginia. Va. Rockingha:11 County, v. f\ f 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atl{ins and others and 52,~61 acrea,more or less, in noc.-ingham County, Virginia. ~rk statement made b y ~ Sallie A.Vite pursuant to a decree in the above entitled cause dated 0ct.25,1932,in response to Item No.2 of the inquiry made in said decree. Your respondent says that the - Board of Appraisal commissioners erred trhen in its finding No. 3 it only reported that your respondent only mvned 24 acres of land in ROC.idngham County on the upper slope of the Blue Ridge mountains,no-rth of cucumber spring,and that the 2-1: acres has only a value of $-1.66 per acre,and also erred in reporting 60 acres of land adjacent to your responueuts lands as belonging to G.Luther Kite uncter its No.372I. That this 60 acre tract is the property of your respondent. That the price allowed for said 60 acres is also c: 2catory. _/#!- ~ By Couiise. Geo.s.Harnsberger, counsel. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ' �-/ :z O :i> ~ Z, C OF } Geo . ff . Harnsberger , p . q . ~ "' 0 / ~ AJ =0 II "" 0 m l'I :z C ffl Cz, -4 ml. AJ Ci,-f 2 i a, JJ "' SALLIE A. KITE CR~ ,r - . ; -t ro.N < :, DI N - "' 3 • l'I" :z :::, ., . < l'I tll I> I( Ill -4 0 a, Co- A ·<::::;,/1' , -l...L,L C "' ii~ STATEMENT OF COSTS , POSTAGE , ETC . : '"I �• ' ( In re Arbitration ..lgreement submitted to the Governor, ~rising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . 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. IS: ~- L·, filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. _. AUGJ-.b 1933 ~~erk In re exceptions of Sallie A. Kite . ,' '! ,-, ,,., Is To the Hon. Philip Williams, Chairman of the Park Land Arbitration Board. r, In reply to your letter of Augu.st 16 , 1933 , aooompanying the rules that day issued , beg to say : That exceptant owns approximatel y 734 acres of land in the Counties of Roclcingham and Greene , as fol.lows : In Rockingham County , Tract Mo . 3 , 84 acres . While Tract No . 3 only calls for 24 acres , there is an. overlap of 60-:J acres adjacent thereto which is believed to be the property of exceptant and not that of G. Luther Kite . In Greene County, Tract No. 20 , about 650 acres . Respectfully submitted , / _ ~- //~~ -et? fM/7". L A W OF F I CES GEO. S. HARNSB ERGER HARRI SONBURG, VA. .1,2 �KI 'l'i?: , SALLIE 1. . 3 , 372- I R CKI:i: GHAM C CitJNTY IN RE . ARBITR.LTION .AGREE!'.ilil\TS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Conde·nnation proceedin 6 s pendi11r; in the Circuit court of Virginie. under authority of the Shen- ndoah 1:ational p . . . rk ..... c t . SU:_.1i.RY ST. 'i'E:IBNT OF PE'I1ITIOlf.ER : EXCEP':i.1.A}-iT : Ki t e, Sallie • • CRIGI-JAL CLPLf : Acreage - : Value ~5 ,420 . 00 : r nc . Dc.mages - VALUE PL CED 01- .i. _ CT BY PETITIONER ' S ,. ACT i"0 . 7: LUE 3 $ 1 02 . 00 Ylil.P iWI.3LR OF ..FPHAISERS : n:cIDJ:;l~AL D ~ :.GES None ft 255 . 00 372 - I 'J.1R.ACT : None 3 , 372 - I VALUE OF 'l'R!~CT : TRACT NO . YALlf.rl: ~~r.~L D.~lAGES None 3 372 - I I! CIDE 270 . 00 " II �Copies of this statement will be attached to ~he statement of Petitioner filed in the County in which the major portion of the land lies and in which exceptant has filed her statement. Subscribed to and verified before me this the£_day of September, 1933. /) r~ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGIL.11 COUNTY , VIRGINI~. The state Commission on Conservation and D3velopment of the State of Virginia , v. At Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson -~tkins and others , On this PE TI TI ON.!!1R , j.. ')- DE.FEIIDANTS • day of February, 19.34 , aarne Sallie A• Kite, and, on her motion, leave is given her to file her application for the distribution of the award made in th:ii..s case to her, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract designated as No. 3 and heretofore paid into Court being ;112. 00. 4\.nd it appearing from the report of the Board of -Ppraisal Commissioner s , heretofore filed in t h is suit , and in the petition for judgment of condemnation , heretofore ent ered herein, that, in the opi nion of the said The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Sallie~,.{1 te was invested with a superior or better ri ght or claim of title in and to said tra ct of land designated as No. 3,and that the record in said condemnation proceedings does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said Tract design a ted us :No. 3 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof. Upon consid eration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of ~112.00 be paid out as follows: To J. t• Switzer, Clerk, the sum of To Geo.S.Harnsb er : er, .ttorney for Sallie A• Kite, the sum of 110.00 The Clerk of this Court i s her e by dir ect ed to transmit LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG. VA. a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia,who �__J . ..... 2 - .. shall pay out s id fund in accordance therewith, ta1 :in0 from the parties to whom the fund is directed to be paid their respective receipts for the sums paid to them and certifying such payment to the Clerk of t h is Court for appropriate entry thereof , as re qui.r ed by law. -Snter. tft4.Al1 ---,J=-u-a-g-e. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG. VA. ____ , �I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCYINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA• The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITIONER , .at Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , D3FENDANTS . TO THE HON. H. W. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your petitioner , Sallie A. Kite , respectfully represents: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia the fee simple estate in a tract of land formerly the property of Sallie A• Kite, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain, in the eastern por- tion of Stonewall District, RocYingham County, Virginia, about eight miles east of Elkton, which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s appointed herein, and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed therewith, as Tract No . 3, at the price of 112 . 00. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that this is a portion of a much larger tract of land, the major portion of which land is situate in Greene County, Virginia; that all of said tract of land was assessed as one body, or as a whole, for taxes; that all of said taxes have been paid, and that there are no liens or claims of any kind existing on or against s a id property, and that no other person or persons than your petitioner are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Wherefore, your petitioner prays that she may be made a party herein and be allowed to file her petition in this proceeding; that the fund in t his cause may be paid to her, or to LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. her attorney of record; that an order may be entered in these �• • --2-proceedings for the distribution of said fund, and that your petitioner mey have such other and further relief as the nature of the case malf require. state o! V~ inia, County of / o ~ r t f : i , to-wit: This day Sallie A. Kite personally appeared before me, - - - ' a riot ary Public in and for the ~::.::=-==-·~ ~-<' ~"" ~°""""'--'~ -'"--~:;..;;;...=-· ;,.:;.. J. .~ ""~ County aforesaid, in the state of Jirginia, in my County aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter. land condemned in this proceeding formerly belonged to me. The I have read the above petition, and do hereby state that the matter of fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. , Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1934. LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. /~ day of February , �Qinmmnuwtaltq nf litrgtuirt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL February 26 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 26 day of __F_e_b_._ _ inaccordance with an order of the circuit court of __R_o_c_k_i_n~g_h_am ____ dated _ _ 2/~2_2/~3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v s . Cassandra Lawson tkins et als pa id to __ Geor~e s . Harnsberger At t y. for Sallie JJ. . Kite , Harrisonburg , Virginia . $ 110 . 00 being in full settlement of tract #_2,__ in the above mentioned cause. 212 �Q!ommnuwtalt-11 of 11ttrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL February 26, 1934. TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s . Harnsberger , Attorney for Sallie • Kite , Harrisonburg, Virginia . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 110 .00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham Feb. entered on the 22nd 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=n~=A~t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #__3 _ _ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qinmmnunttaltq nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA February 26 , 1934 . This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 26 day of Feb . in accordance with an order of the circuit court of -= R~o~c=k=i=n=g_h=a=m ~ -dated __2~/_2_2~/_3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v s . Cassandra Lawson Atkins e~t~-q=l=s_ ____ _______ paid to J . R. Switzer , Cle $ _ _2_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ being in full settlement of tract#~ in the above mentioned cause. �Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA February 26 , 1934 . J . R. Swi tzer , Clerk , Harrisonburg , Virginia-·- - Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county o f_~R ~o~c~k=i-=nc.gL.=h=a=m=-- - - entered on the of Feb . 193L 22nd day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_____ and others , being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- 3~- - - - Sign ori g inal and dup licate and return to the Treasurer of Virg inia. � 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. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 3 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 Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5406ee62ed850cdee6451f926754288a.pdf 3432d32cd301c47d693fbaf4596342b8 PDF Text Text ,. -• ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #372 - Kite, G. Luther Number· of Acres : 264 Location: Dean Mountain. This tract is entirely within the Park area . Roads: S even mi· 1 es t o Elkt on over f 1ve · .1. d t wo mil es o f count y roa d an miles of macadam. Soil: Slope. History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract has been culled and cut over reasonably close . Basswood and second growth red e aks are the predominating species left on this tract . - -DWELLING-- Frame, 14x20t, 2 rooms, no porch; no flues, just rough paper, poor condition, :iccupied by tenant . Spring water supply . No cellar. STABLE- - Dilapidated concrete No value. STEAM CHEST - -Formerly used in connection with a stave mill. TIMBER---- - 300,000 bd . ft . Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 263 @ $3.00 $789.00 1 @ 25.00 25.00 $814.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land: $ 814 .oo 175.00 Value of Improvements: $ 17 5 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ 450. 00 450 . 00 $1439.00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 • 45 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None %,./~1 1/.J _CLERK �ROCKINGHAM COUJ\TTY ./ NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: # 372-I - Kite, G. Luther(Lap on Sallie A.Kite) 60 Location: On the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge North of Cucumber Spring. Roads: A steep mountain road leads from this tract to Maple Spring School House. About half the remaini~ distance to Elkton is over an unimproved dirt road befor e reaching a ma~adam read. . . Soil: Clay loam of medium depth and fertility. All merchantable timber has been About half the tract was cleared years ago for removed. grazing ~utmost of it is now too brushy to be considered sod land. History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . I Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- 30 @ $3 .00 $90 .00 -- 3 @ 15.00 45.00 Fields Restocking: 27 @ s.oo Cultivated Land: 60 135.00 $270.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 270.00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ xxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxocxxx Value of Minerals: $ xxxxxxxx Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 4. 50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~-/{An' CLERK 7 �3 ~cr.ers 1~otor Comnany Claim of ____________ _____ ____________ _ · ____________________ ___________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ____~<2g.kt!!-.:.'-:J.!§.!!!_ _________ County, Virginia, N o.l.82 ---, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti. r; ____________ Si?tndra T,awson t1oner, ..:.a_kins vs. _____ c:..nd Others ____________ Pnc.__________ 52561 ecres ____________ ____________ __ ___ ____ _____ _ more or 1ess, of 1an d m . _______ Ro C .'dnP"ham ________ .______ _______ Coun t y, v·1rgmia, . . Def en dan t s. 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 8 P1 R.oc.irinP'h Court of -----------· · as ks 1eave of th e Court to fil e t h.1s ------------- Coun ty, v·1rgmia, as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ____ _.W.J...C.. 'D • k e.rs_..:.,.._Qt __o.r __r.!...Ql!l.D.any____ My name 1s . __ ______________________________ • ~ My post office address is_s.tanax.ds.v.il..Jttru,-- -m--ee-e-aa--s-- --G.rJH~Il-e__ _o_QlJ.rt_U ..,_v;.'"iI claim a right, title, estate or interest in /a tract or parcel of land within the area sough:J :i~:i~:d::.t;!p::::::t~ :~~:~~:::~~::::::~~~~~~~::~ :~-~~i-c~ t~:~:-~re_t~-•-fo~lo=~~~ - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- - ~ ----- ·____________________________; --------· ------------ ------------ ------------ --- - - - ~ Thhis ~;~~:/:~a~edMabo~tt--~-l-;;:-t-~-tmilfes ~~omC ___ t__________________________ Virginia,,t e ________ _] ______ agis e1w -e-Ji rwr 3 cJ~ks 81¥1 y:1 I claim the following right, title,· estate or interesJcfn 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.) 'Ll32 . 76 with inter e st thereon from Aup;:ust 10, 1926, until - J)8 ta. &nd ·;ni. ro-cOst S • ------------ ------- - ------------ ------------ -- - ------ - ---- t The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South ________________________________________________________________ _____________ _ East __________ ___ ___ _________ _____________________________________________________ _ West ___________________ in-th-e- -nr-o-c-e-e- s-- -o-f--------- ------------ ------------ ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interes.t::tc;,: this property about the year -1 .?....6 ____ in the following mann~c overed -- r 'T.:;_drmentt f ___ ~ r. .A~~utsit,r-~8!- _1926 ,l?fd~y _docketed Yay _ 31, _1929 _in ___ _ ,u~rmen Lfbn uOCAe ~ R~ nape =~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the impr6vements thereon is $----------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and t~ this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is , ~--~~_j,- -~~~----· c1boye 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·- - ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ --- - ---------- ----------,- -----------::o, :, :;-_~_ ~ f ___ .Eeb~ua~- -----, 193fil.. t -------~ -~-~ ~~ ~ -?"1 V . r ~I' ~ ~ STATE OF VIRGIN IA,~~ OF ____}J~=UJ-: .e~----,.......___--,~ To-wit: I · g- The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ Cwa ¢") c-,the above named claimant personally appeared before him and m de !ath-that the matters ~ ~ and thing_s appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, <.o C: ~ l'8th , c,, ~ thiB __ ________________ day oL_E.<al!J'_l;~!'L -ri f ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ~ Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ JJ~tb________ day '§. 3 ~~==~--- __ ---~ ------------- ! :::~ I~~ ---~ -- ~ fit' ~J{J61f)tliilP Go1iJ~Jof~~ lilf~ffiga'.ffi¥ or Notary Public, ~:r<:~it"'iee"<of filfe'C~~ �,, �C 11 ;yt D1"'tr1cti 372-1 p t G. : In edi .• County Or D •• Location: : of idg 'l'h1 r no o.r 1 on i tr ct cl cd • . it • Soil: 0£ C d ' th d t111ty. •• ll lf th 0 - ·n~nt blot b r tr ct c rd 1 ost ~ it 1 t •• Slo o • 5.00 10.00 T t l lu of l Total v ue of t Aver e •• ta too brl1sh7 �rt County• D1 tr1.ct: f/12 - Kite - Roe 1ngham Stono all G. e Claimed •• : Valu • S1 oils 'J:hls r ct 1 i t int.., P • to k~on ovor r1 of • Rod : or il -- t~ t H1 to count rolld be n cul le oe~nd lof't on no porch~ no f'lu ~ 0 U •• • 1 d by Dil 1so.oo Io • in eo 11 • T ' S1o r .- .ao .oo a 15. 1 64 v; u of l .. 4 .00 • ot l v lue of 1 Tot l ue or tmb 150. 00 r: Tot l value of' t , ct: Av- 1. 50 • ft . •• ~ 1ot 300,000 t rngc l.u ro ..oo .oo • 1"t,,t"'U'tftt , �,I' y 'lli---::; 3TiTi: :::o-.L1I3)10_f OJ ]02L3.JRV.~Tro:J 11-;;]) .J.!'.JV...:JLOP.\Ilf'.i' EJ llli 3'1'.ATS OF VIrtGIUU V.3 . v4.:3.3A.i:Dru~ .ATKLB liJD Oi'h3..:d , A.1.ili FIF'.l.1 Y TWO THOU3li:JD I!1 IV~ HUIID.RSD A' SIXTY OJ'E ( 5~ , 561 ) .AJBES Qj1 LAHD IN .. OC£LJGH.A1,1 JOU1l~1Y • .. c:, E:-~ '=- --:; '):" 1= -. - To the Honorable H. N ('I".) O') v. Ber tram , Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham Cou .1 ty . C, <.' "' (.) "-= ..! ~ ..JJ --; ~ c.;) =-- a:: v:. The Petition of G. Luther Lite respe~tfully represents : TH'iT he is the o.mer in fee sinple of three tlracts of land; ~ one z.:nown as the .uan Eppard tract , the other "the :Sluford La,n tract , and the other ~manual Dean tra.Jt of land , lying dlld being the _jlue Ridge in ::,tonewall District of .ttockingham Uot:mty and Jon ta ining Three Hundred and 'l'wenty .&·ive Acres , being tracts :Jo . f.znd a2 they appear upon the plat filed in tee GlerK's Office of RoJkingha.n .:ou.aty of the land proposed to be ta1::en for Pari-c pur_pose • Your Petitioner excepts to the said report of the. pyreisal Board and objects thereto upon the grounds that the Co~aissioner s o failed to allow ~xceptEnt one - third ot the value of the roperty they propose to taice . 'l'he land is of a nature to take one hundred and fifty ac.ces out of three hundred and wenty five is rnrth Thirty Do.Ll,'; rs per acre . It will co st , and etitioner will undertai-ce to clear it for b'ive Dollars an acre eaviag"8. net value of this piece of land, Three 7-housand jeven undred and ~·ifty Dollsrs . One hundred and seventy- five acres , the ema inaer , t a t is worth at the lowest '1'en Dollars per acre , ma .ting valu2tion of One Thousand jeven Hund·red and l!'ifty Dollars , a tota l! of the property to Jomplainant of .tive '.l'housand :._:1 ive Hund ollars . Comnissioner s sstinated the . The Board of . 1ppraisal · ,nprove.nents at One -1undred and Seventy J:.'ive Dollars and the wood on · he land at .!!our Hundred and .!fifty , and with these allowan0es for th mprovements and the timber on the land , they only allowed Petitione d �I ·- I I -- 2 - I One Thousand .!!'our Hundred and Thirty :Tine I)oll.~rs whi0h as herein- I before stated is less than one - third of its V8lue . A:JD in support of this Jxception, ~xceptant refers to the amouht allowed drs . Victoria ~eadows which is three tines the amount per ~ ~~ acre allowed Petitioner andA....a djoinj his land and isAthe sa,ne generatL character of land . Your Petitioner declines to accept the amo1.E1t allowed hi:n and I asks the Court to give hi~ a hearing before a Jury or the court to the end that justi0e be done him . To taKe the land t their valuation really amounts to a confisaation of his property anu he most seriously objects thereto. Petitioner therefore prays that he be peru1itted to file his I Exception to the report of the Board of Appraisal 8om.nissioners and be granted the privilege to lay his casG before the Jury or Court , I and will ever pray , etc . ~k,c~ I Counsel • VIRGI!HA , JIS'.'Y 0 1!, P..AR3I3©NBURG , To - wit: I , Bessie J . Jooke , a Jotary ~ ublic in end for the city of Harrisonburg in the ;jt.ate of Virginid , do Jertify that G. 11iuther Kilte whose name is signed on the marg·in hereof for the purpose of ident 1 .. fication , this day personally appeared before me and made oath tha t the facts stated in the foregoing Petition or ~xception are true . Given under my hand th i s 30th day of ;jBptemoer , 1932 . ~ 2:Jc·.~ o-£ '-Ill �.................. ti I !1 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.:~ COUNTY , VIRGI1TIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia , PETITIONER , t Law, No. 1829. vs . Cassandra Lawson DEF'.cND.d.NTSe tkins and others , TO THE HON. H. 7f. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your respondent respectfully represents that a notice has been given him by The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia that it will .move the Circuit CoW'.'t of Rockingham County on the -!If day of February , 1934 , for the entry of a judgment in rem , condemning , among others , the ty of your respondent , and directing any and all parties of rec ord in this proceeding , if they desire to oppose the entry of said judgment in rem , to show cause, if any they have , in writing, file with the record of this proceeding not later than five days prior to the ~ ~ day of February, 1934 , why the said judgment i rem should not ·oe entered . That your respondent has no objection to the condemnation of said Tract to the value found therefor by the Board of A,ppraisal Commissione s . That he has heretofore submitted to arbitration, pursuant to the arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor of Virginia on July 18 , 1933 , all questions as to damages and value of the land and the improvements sought to be oondemned by the state Com mission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , and he now prays that the value of said land and improvements , · as asaertained by said arbitration , be allowed and entered in said j~dgment in rem in the place of the amount found by the Board. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . ppraisal �"' .. THE Cct.mONWEALTH OF vmGINIA : TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTYijl GREETINGt You are hereby conunan.ded to sumnon Wade H. Rhodes• .rohn Mouse, Bud Liacey, aal Turner, ;r. G! }!e~, c. c. l'- 71-?7!.-.tl.L.~ . . Clineclinst, Bluford Lam, and Cal Breeden, to appear bet.ere IJ tm Board or. Arbitrators, at the Court House or Rock:1.ngtum. . County, Virginia, on Tuesday, tre- 9th day of .ranuary, l.9~ at 10\ a. m., to tesHt)' end the truth t:o say on. bebal.t 1ul t.)i o-r the Defendant in the condemnation proceedin©3 or C11111»m•- State Com- miss ion on Conservation and Devel.opmen t of the State cie V:f.r g[n:ia v. G. Luther Kite. And have then and tmre this wr:tt. m WITIDSS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, at; the Court House thereof, thiq~ the 6th de_r of .ranuary, ire 4, and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th.. Clerk. C:V-,C cxeculed _ _ _ _......,._oy oe11ver1ng a true Cc,pv of t.u, _ in .. n<rnnn •• F• ? , �on rr::on • .. ... _ --- .-. .....J ·' . ....."T.,.. ·A ,. "'I'. • ~ ... •·~ - . · :. .. ~ - :"rr.c:r . . ., rce::-on -0"''1" :~JJ ,.. , .,..n .. ;:rm:; n -~I" . _, .r: 6 ~ tJ 'I } .. i. T .- ...,{:.['~i . ,l:,j J 1. C 1HJ T ~ " :J ";J 1 ".) ..r., & .., + .. o .... .." n• 'I· ,-. ~co . . ":"D'. .., O"I IJ . ~ ['f t o··· ' f [', C . . I...,.,. i' rn: .... {' . n,.,. Tl .. ' GCT..:VJJ. ~ ' .' +! - ,.., -i' T C' ... . , con . f' .' " ' .,. ~(!: ""' I. . ,. iJO -,· • , ,.... • • �• VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI'Y. THB.: STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION A.ND DEV3LOPMENT OF THE ST.\TE OF VIRGINIA Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, v. NG\ CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, more or loss, or land in Rockingham County, Virginia. / 7 1932 ~;U:et-k~lerk Statement made this 8th day of November, 1932, by G. Luther Kite, in response to an order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. Your respondent says that be is the owner or three tracts of land ag~./~ ~ gregating 325 acras, ·uhich stand on the records in the na'lle of liaa i-;p:peAi., Bluford Lam aw@JJJ1&G'awl Pe•", and are known as Tracts Nos.87>- /:0.•. L ~ ,~ • " _ 1',o + . . , ,4 - 72..J and • Your petitioner prays that his except ions be sustained and refers specifically to the plat filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners and the except ions filed by excoptant for a. more particular description of the land harain conveyed. Said lands adjoin the lands of Sallie A. Kite and others, and lie near the Greene County line about seven or eight miles east of Elkton, in Rockinghrun County. And having fully answered, respondent prays that his except ions to the report of the said commission be su tained, and he will ever pray, etc. CJ!, k ~ Counsel ' By Counsel �. ··: • ~- I •T ,,.,,.,.. .....L.i..1 7 - TLa ·tate Cou .1iesio.1 o S t t e uf Vi 1.\., ia j a • ii I . flied In the Clerk~s Offi~ . ,., ., ~r- ., .. ,. - CvT• 1 , ·-r· R~~_kin;1amCou~ty, Va. VJ.. JAN b >.. IC3'1 ~ · IJ - - l.1-h .L ' " --'-'~·· ous rvu:.tion , ..d D vs . aw on t"'cLis 11d 2 , 501 caesundr in .. oc,;:L.16 ha.n vo:.mty , Virt,"illia . ut te:i ·1t of G. o~ th ~:it , uthe to th- allowa..r ce for, tr cts er s of L- .1d , .,Jore or 1 s , .1..t il0d 1ith his excop tio '12 and 372- 1 , for th 1~ info.c1,1ation ur itr to~~ . aa to tho v.1uatio1 of the l nds ulai wd ·y . eJ<.c.ep t':...11 t , and. i te,., s -wnich go to . a~~o up t ht1 valu t ion ,hich he places upon h"e 1 1u . 'I :1 pp.ca.it;ers csti nated that the.re .vas.. upon th,.,ce two The tracts of lru d 300 , 000 feet of lu h r , Hhi<Jh is not far wrong . J.1 he vulu ti.on of the timber , i..10asu.red I I is on1y1 1 . 50 p r thousand, uttorly i ·.t10ring the wood for fuol I, II pur oses upon tha l I d. Your e xcept mt, who is .1, av 3 y the lu1 bor, 0'-'tiri1ate practicc.o.l aaw . ill dl1d ~tt..ve thc..t 100 , 000 f ,rnt of th" tLnoo.c is wortn c...t t! n5 . 00 per th us nd, , s it Hill o.L L, ct lirat ul ::.s staves selling t 'ii'45 . 00 pe1.~ thousw d sto.v e . ho other 200 , 000 feet of Sc-.;;,W tinber is I. as exc ,pta11t u..rtl ~tuLl.P , Oll I ~ ad~ltlon t l ereto , I • I th-re is ~t l st ~00 , 00 cor s of wuou worth ~l . 00 Al.So ther.J id at 1..., .... t 1000 .Locust postB \/O.L·th .iot 3 uoru . ach . The yo.mc.: g owth of l Dcu .... t 0.1 tho la.110 1ill 1Lcoduco ann ually 500 locust post;:. , t.nd it wil.L _pas"ture 1.00 head of two - y each of vhichvlill t-'" The on during th r cattle , seal:lon, arou1d 200 pounds . and is v ., ry f~:ctile for true ::ing 1rnrJ)os s. It b.,ing !-!AMMER & !-!AMMER ATTO RN EY S AT LAW exc ptionally adoptod to grouine- ca.bbag . and potatoes. On the lands juet across th8 J.ir..e exc ptunt hai::l r a ised c b b ge at the 1 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND D5VELOPMI:,NT OF THE STATE O?' VIRGINIA vs . CASSANDRA LA·:sON ATKINS Et Als , and 52 , 561 Acres of LAND MORE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA To the Honorable H. W. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia . The petition of G. L. Kite respectfully represents: That he is the owner in fee simple, subject to certai liens thereon, of three tracts of land which have been condemned in the above entitled cause, numbered , described and delineated upon the County Ownership Map of Rockingham County, filed in said caus as tracts 372 , 372 - 1 and of 58 acres , omitte~ additional, which sai lands have been condemned by a judgment in rem entered in the said ~ Court for $2433 . 00 , on the report of the Board o f ~ Commis ioners composed of Judges Williams , Bertram, Turner , Glasgow and Smith , and that $1989 . 00 Dollars , part thereof , is for tract No . 372.; that $270 . 00 another part of said judgment is for tract No . 372 - 1; and there was an additional allowance for 58 acres omitted by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners , and allowed by the Board of Arbitrators of $174 . 00 . Your petitioner represents that the taxes upon the said lands for the years 1931 , 1932 , and 1933, are unpaid, and must be paid from the funds in the hands of the Court , and that these taxes are as follows: for the year , 1931, taxes, penalties and in terest $23 . 23 ; for the year 1932 , Taxes , penalties and interest $16 . 10 \ and for the year 1933 , taxes and penalties $12 . 67 making a total due for taxes of $52 . 00 , all of which will more fully appear from the Certificate of M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, attached hereto and prayed to be read as a part hereof . HAMM ER 8c HAMM E R ATT ORNEYS AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. Your Petitioner further represents that your Petition er agreed to give to the State Commission on Conservation and Deve opment of the State of Virginia , 25 acres of land when the Solicit �l • 2• ors were at work, and that this 25 acres were valued at $ 75.00 whic~ must be deducted from the award above, and that there must -also be deducted from the said award the sum of $ 586.24, paid your Petitiorer as compensation for the right-of-way throu gh a portion of said lands, for the Scenic Hi ghway, commonly known as the Skyland Tria- which passes through a portion of this land. Your petitioner still further represents _:that there a...., ~ ~ ~ .. J., .r is a judgment of the Bickers Motor Company,I \.for the sum of $132.76 with interest thereon, from August 10, 1926, and ~15.70 costs, which jud8ment is represented by E. D. Ott, Attorney, and the prin cipal of which with interest and costs, amount as of this date, to $ 210.57. Your Petitioner would still further represent.J that on May 28, 1934, your petitioner as s igned to J.P. Hockman, the sum of $547.50 another part of said sum, to pay in full a note executed by Petitioner to Hockman on September 19, 1931, and which said amount should be paid to J.P. Hockman or to his attorney, W. V. Ford. Your petitioner a-lso represents that Petitioner has this day assi gned unto R. s. Moyers, out of the funds coming to him in the said cause, the sum of $122.24, which said sum represents a balance due on a note executed by Petitioner to R. S. Moyers for 4k450.oo on February 12, 1930, t he balance due thereon, b eing as of this date, $ 122.24, which said sum should be paid to R. S. Moyers or Charles A. Hammer, his attorney. Your petitioner further represents that after the payment of the $ 547.50 to Hockman, $ 52.00 Taxes, the $ 75.00 for the 25 acres of land contri buted to t he Park, the J 586.24 received on account of the ticenic Highway, $210. 57 to the Bi ckers ·Motor Company Is judgment; and the ~122.24 t o R. S. Moyers, and $ 2.00 to J. HAMMER & HAMMER ATTORNEYS AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. R, Switzer, Clerk,~ the remain'r-'due ~ sa id judgment t o Petit~ 4. loner-the sum of ~837.45 1 which should be paid unto Petitioner, or to his Attorney, Charles A. Hammer. Your Petitioner would further show unto the Court �- - 3 . ' ! ' that he has the superior right and t itle to the said lands, that n person other then Petitioner have any interest therein; that the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia has paid unto the State Treasurer, in satisfaction of the judgment aforesaid, the sum of ~2433 .00, which said Petitioner pres may be disbursed as follows: to M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rock ingham County, f52.00 for taxes, $75 .00 for the 25 acres of land contributed to the State Commission on Conservation and Developmen, $586 .24 received on account of the right-of-way for the construct- ion of the Scenic Highway , $547.50 to J.P. Hockman, $210.57 to th 1Bickers Motor Company, Incorporatei, $122.24 to R. S. Moyers , $2 .0 to J. R. Switzer , Clerk, and the remaining $837 .45 to your petitioner; the payment of the said several sums constitute and will ab sorb the total award for the fee simple title to the said tracts o land. Wherefore , Petitioner prays that an order be entered for the disbursement of the said ~2433 .00, directing the Treasurer of Virginia, to pay unto the said several parties the sums due the, as hereinbefore set forth; and that such other, further and al relief be given as the nature of the case may require, or Court may seem proper. rl~ J~ COUNSEL Notary Public , in and for the City of Harrisonburg, in the State of Vir ginia , do certif y that G. L. Kite , whose name is signed ~ th~ mapgjg ~QPQ@f, for the purpose of identification, this day personally appeared before me in my sad HAMMER a HAMMER ATTORNEYS A T LAW City and made oath that the matters stated in the fore oing petit - HARRI SO NBURG, VA . ion are true. J L~~-- (T~ //~ day of ~ ' 1934. Given under my hand this ~ �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby oertity that the reoords in this office show that the following taxes assessed in the name of G. L. Kite on 382 acres of land situate in the Park .A:rea in stonewall Distriot, this County: 1931- ------- - -Penalties -2-5% $ 18.90 1.93 2.40 23.23 ---- --- - -Penal -2-5% ties 13.80 1.40 .90 16.10 Interest 1932- Interest -- -- -- -1-5% - - -Penalty Total- - - - - - - - - - - - 1933- 12.07 .60 $ 12.67 52.00 All taxes prior to this time, if any be due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Offioe of said County. Given under my hand this 26th day of May 1934. Treasurer �IN ':'HE CIRCJIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OF VIRGINIA '!'HE 'l'HE STA'rE vs . CA~SANDRA LAWSON ATKINS Et Als , and 52,561 Acres of Land MORE GR LESS IN ROCK INGHAM COUNTY , Vr::G INIA This Cause came on to be arain heard this day of June, 1934 , upon the papers formerly read and proceedings formerly had, the letter of John M.. Purcel l, Treasurer of Virginia t o J.RobertSwitzer , Clerk , Dated June 21 , 1934 , and was argued by Counsel . Upon consideration whereof , it appearinq to the Court that in the order entered in this cause on the 18th day of June , 1934 , the Treasurer of Virginia was directed to pay to sundr persons, from the funds allotted for tracts No . 372 and 372 - 1 , the sum of $2433 . 00 , when there has only been certified to the Treasur er of Virginia by the Honorable Wm . E . Carson , Chairman of the State Commission on Conservation and Development $2160 . 00 for trac No . 372 and $227 . 00 for tract No . 372 - 1 , and that the amount order ed paid exceed~ the amounts certified by the said Carson ~y ~46 . 00; and it further appearing that the difference arises from a defic iency in the quanity of la nd due to the establishment of the Sky land Trail , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that the order I entered on the 18th day of June , 1934, ·)e amended and that there b~ I paid to G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer , his Attorney, the sum of ;$791 . 45 , and that the Treasurer do disburse e_ said ~;2387 . 00 as directed in the order of June 18th , 1934 , as ~amended . i 11 HAMMER & HAMMER AT TORN,YS ANO COUNSflOAS A.T ~"RRISONBURG. VA. Ii \.A.W I I ,' ,1 ,i i i �IN THE CIRCUI'r COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMMI SS IO N ON CONS '-::RVAT I N AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STA'I:E OF VIRGINIA vs . CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS et Als, and 52 , 561 Acres of LAND MORE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA On the motion of G. L. Kite, leave is given him to file his petition in the above entitled cause , for the payment of the sum of $ 2433 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judg ment , in the condemnation of tracts 3 7 2 , 372 - 1 , and of 58 acres additional omitted land , in accordance with the findings of the Board of Arbitrators , and heretofore paid into the custody of the ~ Court , and the said petition and application i::8 accordingly filed: And this Petition came on to be heard this /~ day of June, 1934 , and it appearing to the Court that of the sumo~ $24 33 . 00 , there is due M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham Co- unty $52 . 00 for taxes, $ 75 . 00 due the State Commission on Conserva~ ion and Development for 25 acres of land donated for the park pur ~ poses; $586 . 24 due the State Commission on Conservation and DeveloJ ment in payment of the right - of - way for the construction of the Scenic Highway , and heretofore paid G. L. Kite; $547 . 50 to J . P. Hockman , being the amount of his assignment of a part of sai d fund ; $210 . 57 in payment of the judgment , interest and costs of the Bick - ers Motor Company against G. L. Kite ; $122 . 24 the amount of the assignment of G. L. Kite to R. s. Moyers ; ·2 . 00 to J . R. Switzer , Clerk fees , and $ 837 . 45 the remainder due to G. L. Kite . And it further appearing to the Court that said G. L. Kite is invested with the superior and better ri sht , title and claim in and to the sai o. tracts of land numb ered 372,372 - 1 , / and 58 acres of additional land referred to in the judgment in rem~ tha tt any person or persons, and that the records in this proceeding HAMMER 8c HAMMER ATTORNE Y S AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA , do not disclose any denial or adverse claim, or dis uute by any person or pe r sons in interest as to the title of the said Kite to the said lands , or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation 181 �2 thereof; it is accordingly ordered and decreed that the Treasurer of Virginia do disburse the sum in his hands as follows: to M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County $52 . 00 for taxes ; to The State Commission on Conservation and Development $75 . 00 for the 25 acres of land contributed by the Petitioner to the said Commission on Conservation and Development ; to .the State Commission on Conservation and Developme-nt $586 . 24 , the amount of money heretofore re - ceived on account of the right -of - way through a portion of the land for the construction of the Scenic Hi t,c,, NfAJ , ' l J . ~ / . . _ ; ~ way ~ to J . P . Hockman , assig ( <:"~f. ~ . / I ~ ~ nee 'A the sum of :W547 . 50 ! to A,the Bickers tuotor Company or te El . B-• • ~-_.•1111a11iiiiii~~~ , the sum of $210 . 57 being principal, interest and costs of the judgment of the said Bickers kotor Company against the said G. L. Kite ; to R. s. Moyers, assignee , or to Charles A. Ham- mer, his Attorney , the sum of ·i22 . 24 being the amount of ment by G. L. Kite to the said Moyers \ to J . R. Switzer, Clerk $2 . 0, and to G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer, his Attorney , the remain ing $837 . 45 , taking from the said several parties receipts therefor and certifying such payment to the Cour·t for appropriate entry as required by law . HAMMER & HAMMER ATTOR N EYS A T L AW HA R RI S ONBURG , VA , �I hereby assign to J.P. Hockman, Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, out of the sum or sums of money which have been awarded to me by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners and Special Investigators in the condemnation proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c., as compensation and damages for my lands sought to be taken and condemned for the purposes of establishing the Shenandoah National Park, said award having been corrected and raised by the Board of Arbitrators heretofore appointed in said condemnation case, and whose arbitration award has been duly returned and filed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, my said tracts being known and designated as Tract No. 372 and 372-I and 58 acres of additional land added to the above two tracts, such sum or sums of money as shall be necessary and sufficient to pay in full the following described negotiable note, together with the accrued interest thereon, to-wit: A note bearing date on the 19th day of September, 1931, executed by G. Luther Kite, and payable to the said J.P. Hockman f'or the sum of Five Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents (~547.50), which said note is now past due, together with interest on said note from the said 19th day of September, 1931. Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1934. '!3 �LAW OFFICes OF 1-lAMMER & 1-lAMMER ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 204•_, ,.IAST NATIONAL aANK &LOO. MARRISONliURO, VA. �2 ' NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. __ -372 _____ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the ,C ounty 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. ---------- $ __________ ; 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; Luther Kite Bickers Motor Co . , E. D. Ott , Atty~ That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Luther Kite , to give 25 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Project . ··""..· fark .. That -no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the saidC ward(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds , rising fron;r the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___ .3.172_ ____ $ __ .7.5...._Q_Q_ : Tract No. ____________ $ ----------: Tract No. ------------ $----------; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS S.T.~.QM!YJ.$_Q:rn.l'L _QN_ _Q_QNQ.ERYA':rJ_ON IJ,,. -~0-EllfEN:1!----;:J!lj _____________ _ ~:,dtkitl;:1 1~ NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. (p 1 �STATE OF VIRGINIA ) SS COUNTY OF WARhEN ) Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in mys aid State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, aposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Divisio n thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive sh':1.res of aondemna tio n awards .in the Shenandoah Nati onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts ~nd 4greements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in tnese proceedings , and that the within claim is just 4nd correct . Witness my signa t ure this 8 t h ~o!~~~~! 1 ~ C.orr: NO, 'lY l'tul.., V o ~ b l i ss on hi:·• • e E. ' \ I _"' _ _ • �\ STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS ) CO u NTY OP '1vARREN Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes, who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development ~n immediate charge of the records .of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof ha,v ing to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in ., ,. . the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just a. nd correct. Given under my hand' this (,\ · �NOTE-This need not lbe filed until the r-e cord discloses that the ·a wards -have been ,Courts. Virginia: f'L} ,1 ,·L,;.. r'-- . paid mto tl}e. cwitP..<m o RocKlO~n"m • ·,,,., ty, 'Ja,. I In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Conimi:ssion on Cons•e rvation and Devel'opment of the State of Virgi -·, V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandr:a Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Th ousand, Five Hun Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less 1 Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: T'hat a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding c'Ondemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tra-c t (s) ·o f land numbered as f.olltows: Tra.ct v' No ..~.7.?.............. : Tract Nto.57.2::-:-I.......... : Tract No ..................... ; and desicribed in the report of the Bo·aTd of Appraisal Gommis•s ioners •a ppointed the-r ein and sho·wn, number·e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rs·hip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the -c ustody of the Oourt of the sum (s) set out in the said judgment •a s c·onstituting the · award (s) therefor, as f.oll:ows: Award on Tract No.512........ $ ..2.l.6.Q.•.Q~ on Tra,c t No ..3.7.2..7.I .. . $..22.'Z ...OO; on Trad No ............... $................ ; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the f oUowing named persons claim, o:r appear to have a cl-aim to an intell'est in the said tract(s) •o f land or in the pr:oceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Luther Kite Bickers Motor Company, by E. D. Ott, Attorney. That 1Jhe Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set out in s1a id judgment a,s cnmstituting the award (s) of the fee simple e-s,tate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the sa·i d judgment in rem c·ondemning the s,aid tract(s) ·o f l•a nd, ·owned or was (were) entitled ,t o the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c1ond·e mnation there-o f:- Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveyecf the Skyline roadbed running through tis tract, the owner granted apr ~orveyed t0 the undersigned the right to receive from said proceeds, the sum of $586 . 24 . That no otJhe·r person or persons than the undersigned are -e ntitled to ·slhare in the distribution •o f the said award (s) except the fioll:owing named personis whose interest in said tr.act (s) or in the pro·ceeds arising fr.om the condemnation thereiof -o n the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: The above mentioned claimants to the extent that they may be able to establish their claims . Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that l'he--(·tittey-)--&e--made--a -party.- ~ ~- her.ein tffi"~ ~ - i•on---2-i-~-th-e-P1:1hlie-P-fH'k- G~mna.tio:a- Ad,- and.- th:atj an order be entered f.or the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said judgment in rem ais con·s tituting bn 8 award(s) for the f.ee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersi<gneid of the said award (·s ) or -o f as much thereof as the Oourt may find that the undersign-e ~ is ·(M'e) entitled to receive, and whi<c'h the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: .,.,r a ct No.i'l-2.&.~~.~ $ ~.8..6 ...2.4.. : Tract No,.--····- ····· $ .......•. .-•.... : Tract No ................. $................ ; The undersigned further aver(s ) that: (Le,a ve thi•s space Mank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought e·s ~edally to the attenti'on of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS .STATF.. r.O.~"ISSION.. mr.. CONSERV.1-'TION . Afm.. DEVW ~,-&f:····...··· · & ··~ f ·•· · ·.· ·.· ·.·.·.· .· ·.·.· .· ·. ·········· ·.·.·.·..· .· .· ·. ·. ·. .· ·.·.· ··:·· ·· l!L.......................... v -Jl v LJ ................L'f. . g}J NO'DE-A supply of this blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one .i s 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 f·o rm they may d-e sire which meets with the approval of the Court. This iblank form may not and probaibly will not cover all cases. It has b een 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. �Q!nmmnuwrnltq nf llirgiuin TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA . July 3 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of rlockine;ham County dated 6 / 18/ 34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. :paid to $ 791 .45 Cassand -r>a Lawson Atkins G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer , his attor nev being in full settlement of tract# 372 , 372 - 1 in the above mentioned cause. 11) �C!!nmmnumtaltI, nf 1tTirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M . PURCELL ~• July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hrumner, his attorney Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 791 . 45 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Bock:inc-;bam June 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_\_vs_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 372, 372- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 111. �Qinmmnnwtaltlf nf llirginia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . J O H N M. PU RCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VI RGI NIA This is t o certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Hockinrrham County datea~~ 6~/~~~8~/_3_4__ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. _ ___ ___ n...,,d""'...,r a""-----'L =a.w .,_,_..sc.-._¢n-'---"A C:.t=k,.:.a=n=s,________ _ .C .,_._. a _.... s .... s""' a...... :paid to J. R. Svlitzer, Clerk $_2_._0_0_ _ _b e ing in full settlement of tract # in the abo ve mentioned cause. 372 , 372 - 1 �Q.tnmmnuwtaltf1 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 3 11 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . R. Switzer , Cler k Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 2 . 00 , in acco rdance with an order of the Circuit Court of the c ounty -=-_o~c_k~i~n~q-_h_am o f _ _R of June 1 93L - -- entered on the 18th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Development v _ __ s ____ and ot h ers , being __C_a_s_s_a_n_ d_r_a_ L_a_v_1s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n___ full and c omplete settlemen t f or the tra ct of land known i n said pro c e eding as# Sign original an d dup l icat e and return t o t he Treasurer of Virginia . 372 :, 372-~ �C!rnmmnnnttaltq nf ]lirgiuia TREASU ER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This i s to certify that I, J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia have thi s_3__ day of July in accorda nce with an order of the circui t court of Roclring ham County dated 6/18/34 in the cause of the State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develo: pment of the State of Virgin ia dra v s · - - - - - -Cassan ---- -Lawson - - - -Atkins ------------:paid to R. $ 122.24 s . Hoyers , As signee , or to Cha r l e s A. Hannne r his atty . being in full settlem ent of tract in the above menti oned causB. # 372., 372-1 �Qtnmmnuwralt4 nf lllirgiuta TREA SURE R'S OFFI CE RICH MON D, VA , JOHN M. PURCE LL July 3 , 1934 TREASU RER OF VIRGINI A R. s. Moy ers, Ass igne e, or to Cha rles A. Hammer his atto rney I Rec eive d of J.M . Pur cell , Tre asur er of Virg inia , the sum of$ 122 . 24 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cou rt of the coun ty o f_--=R =o"""'c=k=i=nec..;g=h=a=m =-- --- ente red on the 18th day of June 193_i__ , in the mat ter of the Stat e Com miss ion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop men t v _ __ ___ _C _a~s_s~a=n~d=r~a;_c_L_a_w~s_o~n-"--A _t_kc....=i~n=s__ and othe rs, bein g full and com plet e sett lem ent for the trac t of land known in said proc eedi ng as# Sign orj g inal and dup li cate and r e turn to the Tre asur er of Vir gini a. 372, 372~ 1 �Qlnmmnunttaltq nf ]lirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RICHMOND.VA , JOHN M, PURCELL July 3 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datAd 6/18/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Lawson Atkins Cassandra -'--='C-'-'---=C.=-=c=------c...-----=-c==-- - - - - - - vs. - - - - - ----=.c==-===--==--.ccc......c:paid to ,J. P . Hackman, Assignee ar ·1v . V. 'fi'arrl., his At torney $ 547.50 being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause. # 37~ .,372- 1 �- ~ - QJ:ommnumralt4 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . P . Hockman, Llssignee or 11. V. Ford, his Attorney Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 547 . 50 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham 18th day entered on the of June 193!_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ __C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~ac=.......=L=a=w~s~o=n~A=t=k=i-D~S_ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as# 372,372- l J . P . Hockman, # s s ignee his Attorney . Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. • V. Ford , �- ...... Oinmmnuwealtq nf 1ilirgiuia - - ~ . TREASUER 'S OFFICE RI CH MO N D , VA . July 3 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purce l l, Treasur er of Virginia have this_ 3__ day of July in accorda n ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockinpham County date~a__6_/_l_S_/_3_4__ in the cau se of the State Commiss i on on Conservat ion and Develo:pme nt of the State of Vi r ginia Cassandra - - ' - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - -- ~ - - -Atkins - - ~ - - -Lawson vs · - - - - :Paid t o E . D. Ott., Attorney f m ., Bi ckP.1"' S ·Matar Cam ,m,.~r $ 210 .57 being in full se t tlement of tract # 372, 3 72- 1 in the above mentioned cause . �Qlnmwnuwraltq nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA , JOHN M, PURCELL July 2., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorn ey for Bicke rs Motor Compan y Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of $ 210 . 57 , in accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county Rockin Of- - -i;;·ham entere d on the 18th day - '--------'------- of June 193__1__ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v _ __ Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others being ~ full and compl ete settle ment f o ~ r a c t "of ,,, -r- ~ k nown in said proce eding as# 372, 372-l 1/43 ; ~ ] ~ ~ '-----v M tti r Sign or i ginal and duplic at e and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �Q!nmmnuwraltq nf l!Jirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL July 3 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this_~3..._day of Jul y with an order of the circuit court of in accordance Rockin~hrun County dated~-6~,-/_J~B~/-3~4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develol)ment of the State of Virginia Cassan dr a Lawson Atkins vs. :Paid t $ O 5 2 . 00 M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of 1i-ockinghrun County being in full settlement of tract# in the above mentioned cause. 372 , 372- 1 �C!tnmtnnunttalt11 nf llirgiuta - - ~ - TREASURER'S OFFICE RICH MONO, VA. JOHN M . PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRG I NIA M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 52 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 18th day of _ _J_u_n_e__ l93L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Devel9prnent v _ __ ___ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s__ and others , being full and complete settleme n t for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 372- 372-l Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. If, l . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context kite-g-luther.pdf Title A name given to the resource Kite, G. Luther Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dean Mtn; Cucumber Spring 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): 372, 372-I 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 Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d6e7e1cba17572d76b4ac2d8eab84d2c.pdf a8cdf44bc2d741c2e08f16fccdcaa354 PDF Text Text T NAME OF CLAIMANT ,249 - King , J • .: .. 1 Number of Acres: ?O Location: Roads: Soil: ::0tueen 1 'i le Rnn c..n'' 10 :1 le l·.m ne :t rock - . . . r . This trQ.Ct i..., . :--t lTr i -:si . , nd rt ly out uidc o·" the r ....:::: re T T ,!o mi 1 ... f, ovo ~ conn t;v ro, c to Is 1 ntl .,,ord.• Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: ._ll merchc..nt ....1.ble tin r :!'L.:: be .,., Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 70 Slope: _;,0 . 00 3:30 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 350. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ ~G').oc Value per acre for tract: $ 8. 7 4 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ rone. �Claim of_ _____ J. Jr• _King_ __________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___:(t.9_~j. A~__________ County, Virginia, No. __ .l_~?-~, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____aana.m.:;r.a__La_w:s.on_A..tJ.ti.n§_,___41t_Jil.a.. _, __a.n.d._5.2..,-.5.6..l_a..o.:r.e.a. ______ _ more or less, of land in _____ R_Q.Qkl? l~~------- ---County , Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ J t9£~~@ ~-------- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ __ J '-- W. _I:Cin_g ________________ ______ ____ ___ _________ ___ ·_______ _ My post office address is __ __ Elkt_on~ __va~_,.._R~i f:_.. ________ _______________ _____ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__~p.. : c. .~:t'. 5-Q ______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: ___ ______________ _____ ______ __ ________ ___ ___ ______ _________ _ This land is located abouL..Se.YJ~n_ ___ miles from _____ .Elk_ton +--------- -----Virginia, in thei...t..on~~a.l_l. ____ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) sole owner. ------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------- ---------- ---------- --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ______ 0. _ D. _ Sellers ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---South ______ Raina: s and _Shiffle tt-------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------East ____ ___M. _H. _Harriso n ______________________________ ______________________ _ West_ ___ ___ Raim s_ and _Shiffle tt-------- --------- ----- ---------- ---------- --I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l_~if>___in the following manner: _ by _deed _from:i. Jno ._ VI._ Morrison _, __Speoial._ Commi ss ioner...,__{or _Trustee ) I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $J~,5..0.Q..,_QQ _____ . 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 improvem ents thereon is $--~~_p_QQ_._QQ____ . I am the owner oL45__or__50_____ 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 informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: ___ tl1-~-~_Q.QY_fl_l.a.11g.__to__b.~__t§..kErn._.i.s __ftXUtlos_e_d _Jl;t:_w_ir.e._fs,..no..ing, $_j,!~.g.~~--ii~... ) _which_I should _like_ to_remov e, _presum ing _that _the_ f encing_ would_n ot be of any use to the park area. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). <; oL::;~ ~~:~:~ ~r1: 3 my name and :~:~-:~~!J'~:~:·~) -~~'.---~~Ut~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ _Ro_Gkin.gb .~~~~--- --, To-wit. The undersigne d hereby cert!fles that_ ___ _c!..!_Jr_! __Ig.n_g____ _____ ___________ _________ _ 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._'1'.~)l_____ ____ day oL]~")>:F_'!J]._T;i[__ J;{;3<i'to . ~~~].E ~: ---4< _~ 21~ �..___,,I county: Rook:ingha:m District: vtonewall ( '1249 J. King 1. Acreage Claimed: 45 or60 .ssesoed 116.90 acres Value Claimed: Location: Lars: Soil : -- 2500. ~3010.00 Deed (no fiold sheet) " : Arec. 70 A . Betueon :rile Run ,and two rnile Run near Rook Bar. r:! his tract is partly insido and partly outnide of the park area . 1 .3lo... o. Roads: 2 miles over county roud to island Ford . His tory: 11 merchnntablo timber hn.o been rcmov ~d fror:i this trnot• Imnrovements: Timber: :i-one . Fuel wood 350 ods. ?5¢ per ed. ---- - ----- ~262 . 50 Value of land by typos: ~ •.1 lope Value · per acre oreaae. ?O Total vclue of land 4. oo 280 . 00 Total v___ lue of improveir.ent Total value of timber 20~ .oo Total va ue of tract 542.50 .verage value per o.ore ?.?5 Total Value i/l'280 . 00 �County: District: #249- King, J. N w. Joseph b . Car r i ckhoff Howard' Raines .. • h . ; . LEGEND: Slope Sea.le - l":: 20 cha.ins Rockingham Stonowall � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context king-j-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource King, J. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Between Mile Run and Two Mile Run near Rock Bar 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): 249 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 King https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c1c5363061dc3f309a307f09fee6b22a.pdf e636b9789c07e4c6cfb8a27e2416305d PDF Text Text J: ('1Tr -.. •~ . ..,_ J -'--'-- . U i .l.ll..--J. NAME OF CLAIMANT t'V/ l, 11 ~ - -r .::.cL..t,..,81 , , .1.>.• r v• Number of Acres: 5.3 D.Jep Run . ~ntirely 1-1i thi.n t_1; Pb.Ik area. . Location: ':.1hree ~nd one-Ls.l' "lile::, 7i·i .:i:l~t ro'~c: to ~ort Republic , Roads: t:1: nei...r Jct s' i)Ji n poi::t . S~ndy lo&n , slope -',·/ ,e of a f .... ir de:;?th 1:ucl fcrtili t~.r, Soil: oaer'- te slopes . ... 11 s:....,1 tinb -r hG. s ')een removed History of Tract and condition of timber: f~~c-_ t:~i ... -:;r._c1, . J.a,-__,_Liing st··n-1 co,sists of cbout tLrco C)rds df :1sl,ood ,ar <lcre on 19 ures . 147 cord:s ,ooll . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 53 I 'ir3C5 . )0 'il'j . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: I Fields Restocking: I Cultivated Land: Orchard: 50 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ !263 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ JU . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ G • :: o Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ e. - ~-/~kt: - ---c:::>- �Claim of__J;) ., .. A_ S __I <e 77-r..J_o e , - ---------------- --------- - ---------------- ----In the Circuit Court oL_R<!.~_{rL-,_?..~{?. 9l?n. ____ 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 ___~ ~ i._!t__tn_9_{7_ql_ J:?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 of__!(~_e_~~1_·:·1_7_9 _l ?.. ~L?..1-'?. . ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ A_ S _/ <e -,71 /,:, e 7· - ------------ - ---------------- - -----------My post office address is_7;,__ y._?.?._7_J_W_~ E_q__ _________ 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=~ --- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements ;____ N,_9__/_q_~i_ / 51/_i-u.!j'_.S:. _____________ _____________________ _ ½ L___________________ _ . .. m 7 7 77 wo e:>c/------- v·1rg1ma, L V 2 . 1oca t ed a b ou t ____________ . 1an d 1s o"--------------m1·1es f rom ______ Tl11s . t of sa1. d Coun t y. . 1 D.1st r1c · t etia n e ~ c.1 1 I Mag1s ..sIii ______________ th e___ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tr·a ct 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.) 717J " le_1 ; t/4 ____________________ _ _______ L _a 111 S..J) l e _ a w 11 e ..., v,, ,7/J_ le-e_~, v _ The land owners asfjacent to the above ?escribed tract or parcel of land are as follows: L __S 1..1_-J e ·--------- ------ ---------------- --------L ----. . .. · ~ .., • ______ -· J#llr..? North_ ~~-'* South_ ~:! ~ ; ';« , SI '!.:"f____GJ_<; ___§ _':f_7_-_y_~-::J ------- - ----- - -- - ---------------- --,, T7 · e /-__________________ _ ::J c 1a k.. s D'1 ., __ I :,icI______ East_ 7=~, A- 1z• ,cI rn 7, "_ ?CZ "" , t, ~. ,, WesL 'L CJ 77 ~ cl ,;J.:e ,-"T1· c1 e. /-'' ---------------- -------- - ---------------- ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _(~2 ,:,3 __ in the following manner: -, - c /7 c 1 s e ___ / 7-c n-i ___ ~ f7J.. _ S / 7q /e.. 1-__ I-le ; -,- ,s- ______ _ ______________ '/Yy +"'-' I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $:..l_J,J_-_eL ______ __. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, thereon is $~L';J_-!:f9-.,_______ . in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements ne c:11, · I am the owner oL __i _~p_________ acres of lanQ,\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 cle s ; "1·~- 1; 7· 4ft $' ~ -,-v e _,·11 1 /1 .._ _co 7 7'\f ~¥ c , n ce ____ _____ _ c1 I I_7n In e.,. 7- c J I , i'J hls- c l 71 c-J - / sn vos l" -e.e I f>: _<:'1 11 c / J 17 76 ,:.._ e ven J- f C1 111 n ul· _J_o e -,- 777 dTe. d 1'o l10 Id ,n- _l1_o lc/_ll1c,I· 1 n y n1o1 Ir~_ -6'C.>1 1 7771, 11 ~ ?· c:-1I / !1'>' 0 SJ ~e cl '7'cse. 7-Vc>7, 'o7 .,....z.7/re ·n ___ _ Is- C'/7· e w u -7/-. _le 177e fl ~ 0J:-0~--- 2u esdc:l:1,·.n_ l~ q/~ 0 v~_ ~, .... , • ..,.,,/2_ ______ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of£:~;s_~~~1~:t~r~ ~r name ::~~~~~~~~~·~~~~~~~:~ 9_.;._/_,_1:.'!'! !!}I_V!J;;;_-:-:~4~~~~;~-- and 3 my STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____fs The undersigned hereby certifies thaL __ A..!!~._!.r.::~.1:1.11-~~-?..: _____________________ ___ 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 h · k wledge and belief, I this __ JJJ!-,_ ___________ day oL_E~!?_y__,_1_9_~ I-, ~~ ,Ju(i; l< - f( 217 �• County: Itookingham District: otone.all IJ 276 Acreage Claimed: 5~ A. - " Entirely Location: Deep Run . s. As sessed 1350. Value Claimed: A. Ke;mper 53 .128 ,.60 . 00 Deod 85 A. less 11.32 residue 53 .128 less net ·o ost 195.00 35 . 00 160 . 66 ithin ther art area 4 is tract is nssesDed and Incumbrances 1 couter claims or laes: deeded for more acres than as fo und after sevorul tics ere made from Fa.rk boundary o.nd A. Coner est!lblished by Irwin on J. A. Alexander and A. J . Burrowo line . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type of a fair depth and fertility , modernto slopes . Roads: 3} miles via dirt roud to Fort Republic , the near est shipping point . History of tro.ct a.nd condition o-f timber : All sav, timber has been removed from this tra ct . Remaining stand consis t s of nbout 3 eds fuel ood per acre on~ 49 acres . 50¢ per ed .---------- ----------- -- ?3 . 50 147 eds. wood Improvements: None. Value of land by types: Acre-ge 'l'ype 49 Slope Total value of 1 d Value per acre fl.3 .00 ,147 .oo Total value of Improvements Total va lue of timber Total l ue of trac , verage value per acre ?3.50 220 . 50 4 . 50 Total Value '147.00 �Co mty: .,oc.i:.:in .1.;;J.rr, is,.,rict: utone~r~l N 'JS . ,U is_eJr 1 t - ~ ) Ch& i nS �In the Circuit court of Hockingham county, va. The State Conmlission on conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v.) '-·· l tlu.1 RO'·kir, Condemnation r . v,' 1 I Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c. Now comes the undersigned defendant, A. s. Kemper, and moves the court to decline to accept the report of the board of appraisal commissioners heretofore filed in this proceeding, with respect to claim f276, and to disapprove the findings of fact therein contained, on the following ground: That the allowance or award made for the land of the undersigned, to-wit, the sum of i316.00, is grossly inadequate - so inadequate as to indicate that said board was affected or influenced by some error, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of said land, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence considered. The undersigned would prefer for his land to be excluded from the park area sought to be condemned in this proceeding. -- A.~~ Byl~atty. • lfto �Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit; ~ s d a y ~ · F. Good personally appeared before me,'7~~ -6'-il----- ~~ , a notary public. in and for the City of Harrison~, in the State of Virginia, and after being first duly sworn on his oath says: that he is the county Surveyor for Rocking- ham County, Virginia; that he is familiar with the 53 acre tract of s. land owned by A. Kemper, situate in said county and lying within the area now sought to be condemned for a public parK; that in his opinion the wood on said premises will average from six to seven cords to the acre, and at the current low price of 75¢ per cord, should yield an average of $5.00 per acre, or an aggregate of $265.00; and that the land itself should be worth at least $10.00 per acre, making a total value of $795.00, which affiant believes is a conservative estimate of the gross value of said property, without taking into consideration any of the minerals which are alleged to be present in said land. Affiant further says that the soil on said land is particularly adaptable to fruit growing and trucking; and that said land is situate less than two miles from Lynwood, Va., a shipping point on the N. & W. Ry. Given under my hand this ..b_ day of October, 1932. " �/ :::c n i. :I:> :; • S %J 0 - -m a, STATEMENT ZJ - "' n 0 0 2 C ffl OF ) m :l iO Hamilton Haas , p.q . C 9. II II -4 C ZI -I :z :i . ZJ "' "' CR~ < :II'- . •N ;- ... A . S . KEMPER < ~ ffl at %J - 3 • ZJ n n II 0 J> IC Ill -4 0 Co- ., - :, C "' ~ J> i ~ STATEMENT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, ETC.: ' /If �filed in the Clerkts Office RQCkingham County, Va AUG J-f 1933 f&41L4;&:1erk IN RE: Arbitration of Shenandoah National Park Condemnation Case - The undersigned A. s. Kemper, an exceptant to the report filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in the Shenandoah National Park Condemnation case, pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, respectfully shows as follows: (a) That the tract claimed by said exceptant is shown on the map filed in said proceeding as tract #276. (b) That the acreage claimed by said exceptant in said tract is 53 acres and that exceptant is the fee simple owner thereof. (c) 53 acres ( d) That exceptant values said land as follows: Slope $ 530.00 @$10.00 That the timber on said land is val- ued on the basis of 6.5 cords of wood to the acre, yielding ~5.00 per acre 265.00 Total $ 795.00 And in addition to the above, exceptant is informed and believes that there are valuable deposits of iron and manganese in said land, on which no value can be definitely placed at this time. Given this 28th day of August, 1933. State of Virginia City of Harrisonburg, to-wit; This day Hamilton Haas personally appeared before me, the undersigned notary public in and for the City of Harrisonburg, in the State of Virginia, and after being first duly sworn, on his oath says that he is the attorney for the above named A. s. Kemper, and tha t the matters and things set forth in the foregoing writing were received by him from reliable sources of information and that he believes the same to be true and cforrect. Given under my hand this 28th day of August, 1933. ":$c+-?kM My term of office expires ~ 1;: LP# • N. P. �KEMP~R , ... . S. 276 R OCKii;GIW.! COUN'l1Y tr..e Governor arising in or out of Conderrmation Proceedi ngs pending in the Circuit court of Virgini~ under authority of the Shenandoah l';G. tional par};:: Act . Ir RE . ~JDITRATI0N AGREE :E!'-.1TS submitted to EXCEPT}~T : Kemper , A • s. Acreage 54 : Vt.lue ~1, 350 . 00 : r nc. Dom.ages .,111 000 0RIGii.AL CLALI : Vi.LUE PL....CED ON TRACT BY PETITI01'"ER ' S i,.PPRAISERS : :'R _cT no . V.:...LlJE J ,,;,76 ,.. r:rnrn ::T L D.::J~G~S j o. 50 C0!1MISSI Ol'~RS •.1! NUMBER OF 1RLC'r : 276 V LUE OF TRACT : TR C'.I1 i.;0 . V .LUE 276 $315 . 00 Il CIDE:Jr_ L DJ'J t~GES IW �ne basic differences aetTieen petitioner· nd this except nt are as to the classii'ic· tion and value of the land , ti::nber Vc.lues and mineral ri ;hts . 1 though we believe the values reported ·oy the petitioner , s appraisers irere very liberal and that the findin 0 s of the Board of .....ppraisal Co:rrnnissioners ,s to values 8.re substantially too high , vie have accepted and \Jill not seek a lmrnr valuation thc.n their findings as ,hmm on the above tables in this case . s to the classification of the 1 nd end the other eler1ents of value '\.le sub.nit that these m .tters the .fork Sheet of the Board 1.11 th reference to this case , '-nd not as set forth in exceptant ' s statements . ui th the record re correctly set forth in This ,fork Sheet is filed nd a copy of this lo:!..'k Sheet is sub~a.i tted rri th copy of the record tendered herewit~ , end additional copies of the ilork Sheet in this case uill be furnished if desired . i, a--n 9 orney 7 J Subscribed to and verified before me this the ~ d a y of September , 1933 . ,i, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep 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): 276 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 Kemper https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c6c4a1c5867ac60ab2c15f67a35ddb5b.pdf 22252c4847b2255fcf1d97ed77d6cb6b PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #130 - Jaripa.n , M. M. Number of Acres: 65 ( I Location: In Roach Gap . Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run;. thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and poor fertility , somewhat rocky , with steep slopes and northwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of this tract was cleared many years ago , grazed and cultivated since . Wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks with some poplar along the stream. The central portion of t his tract near Robert Roach's l acre tract is in very poor condi ~ion. Several portions of the lmponaxmmt: field has been neglected in recent years and is now grown up into brush. Improvements: (See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 16 @ 5 . 00 $80 . 00 41 @ 25.00 1025.00 7 @ 15 . 00 105.00 @ 20 . 00 200 . 00 $1410 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 435 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $1410 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 435 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ ? 5 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 29 . 54 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE • ?5 . 00 $ 1920 . 00 �Log, 16x20', 4 rooms, porch 6xl2', metal roof, IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: stone flues, 1~ story, ceiled, fair condition, occupied by tenant, pillars. Log, 16xl6xl2', shingle roof, poor condition. Barn: Corn house: Frame, 16xl9xl0', shing+e roof, fair condition. Log, 8xl0x6', shingle roof, poor condition. Hen house: Corn house: Log, 10xl6x8', shingle roof, poor condition. Log, 14xl6', 3 rooms, shingle roof, stone Old dwelling: finish , poor condition, abandoned. log story, 1¼ flues, Log, l6xl5xl2', no roof, in poor condition. Barn: �Claim of_ __ {p) ~u k '1,M. ~ ____________ /:t !/C ~ ~ _tUlJ '7,._ ~ _ J-u In the Circuit Court of_~~~--------County, Virginia, No.L~-~-, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._~t14-.t-A--l-,(_/4,t_ __;(_~_re.__-____ ~ ________________________ _ .!,--.').. S& ~ I --------~---------------------- ~ r ---------------------------------------- --------- more or less, of land in __@_~--- ---~-- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said p~tition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f _ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~ya::: ~: saiVee~io~~aid _notice. ______________________________ _____ _ My post office address is-----~~--'f.:-~---- ----------- ---- --------------'.2I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract.sor parcePof land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL---~-~---:::-_______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: __ ; __~ ·__-:______________________________________ _ m~------------ Virginia, in This latd is located about_ ___ ~ ______ miles from _____ the __~~---Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) A -h ~7,J.. ~ - r --/-f§:J:;~--~fw ~~~-hM:y -- :jt:u<.. __ Tl,,~_ UL"-"<,__ ~-'--«,_ ~, ~-~~ J.. ---- ,_d~ -~, M.r)~ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ________ _____ J..u_ __d.-L.._,_~ -- ~~- - ~ - //-'--Z: ______ _ South ____________ ~ - ~ --------------------------------------East ___ __ ___ ---------------------------------------------- --- -------------------- following manner: tt_k //;J J _~~ - _,l!W._ I _31 / ' ~ -:r_3 ..S~-f----~ )ltirt J. _fl+,v--d___ _____ ftt:3' ,_ 3 7 ~--I J_(I- __________________ _ __ 3 LJ ?- ,j __ I I claim that thJ_J9tal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.1_~_l_-:.q ___,____ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, L) L) in anq to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~-?::.£-':?_.=-:-:-:-__ . I am the owner of_ _____ ~________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (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 p{lrcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ___ 4~ ~ .I~ ,..e --- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on tEz._ back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ L~_______ day of_ ___t;f-_&-_:_ ________ _, 193,ff. ~ ~_,'2_!?!_~-~-~/IL¥-~-'!1 ~ t/iJ,, ;,,,1.,,~ ,',,,I .A-~- ' .d..-o T . . ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_t~;~_...7-~-:-------, --, o-w1t. '% The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _f ~_~ ___ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things app~ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, f ..:_~--------------------- ? thi, _____ 1.2__::._____ day oL __ ;J:~_: _____ >jI -;,j 3 / J- fl =b~~;::,;InveZ? = or Public, or Justice of the Peace. ' '° �,7 '-- Count Y: ~ocki ngh·m Distr ict: , onew all • Jarma n Acrea ge Claim ed: ·a1ue Claim ed: 65 A. ~ssee sed: 65 A- 65 P. w3250 . 00 Loe tion: " ,w570 .00 In Roa.oh Gap. , br1:1.n..,es, o unter claim s or l· pt>: - Soil: Deed: • rchas ed 3j - • 5~ P . (1926 ) for 1 000 . PUrch ased 30 or 40 • by est. ( 1924) for :moo1 00 None kno n. 3 ndy ol~y o good depth and poor ferti lity, soma hat rocky , with steep slope s and north west expos ure. wo mile" ' o fair dirt road to Spots wood Trail near Swift Run; thenc e 4 iles to lkton . "isto ry I or e-:ien ts: nd cond ition of timbe r: ~ large porti on of this trac t, as olear d m: ny y ars go, graze l and culti vated sic • .ooded area has be cut over repea tedly in the past. Prese nt stand cons ists o f nixed o ks with some p pl r alon~ stroa n It is estl, at d t o c~t an avera e o 2 cords per acret h ve led 5 ¢ per cord or a total of 32 cords 50¢ -0. Th centr al porti on of this tract near Lobe rt ~16.0 oach• s l acre raot 1s in viary poor 001d lti n • • evera l porti ons th ... field h s been negle cted 1 recen t Y~ rs a~d is now o:!' gro n up 1 to brush • .uv llin<5 : Log lox20 ' , 4 rooms , porch 6xl2' , metal roo f , s one f' ues, l -r story , ceile d. fair co11di tion, occup ied by tanun t, pilla rs--- · 400 . 00 B rn: Log 16xl6 xl~, shtng l roo "' , poor c nd l tion30 . 00 ,orn house : oond1 ,ion - - ~r- mo l6xl9 xl0', shing le roof, fair 100 . 00 .. e'.'l ho S'l; Log 8xl0: x6', sh 1gle roof, poor C ,Il(.. i ti 01'1 .,._ ~orn house : Log l1xl6 x8•, shing le roo_, poor oonJ.i11ion -123 fruit tre as (appl es n, cherr ies) value d per tree - - 5 . 00 20 . 00 50¢ Old d ellln g: Log 14xl6 ' • 3 rooms , s.ing le roo f , st na fl...ta.J, l story r log ~1n1s h, poor oond i tion, ab doned .!1.l:!l= Log l6xl5 Xl2', no roof, 1n noor oond ition -Vu 1e of lnnrl ~ Slope F g "" 0 " r by 10.00 10 . 00 036 . 50 tzryes : _.crea ge 16 61.oO Value ~er acre 3 . 00 41 1~.00 10 7 18. 00 iotal val1e of land ,755 . 00 rotal vale of imJ rovem ents 636 . 50 Tot 1 v lue of timbe r 16.00 Total value of tract 1407 . 50 verag e value per acre 19 . 02 5 . 00 Total Value , 48.00 49" . 00 180.0 0 35 . 00 1sb.oo �LI' .. ,, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. VIRGINIA: The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia •• • • • • • • • • • • • •• PETITIONER v. At Law No . 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fiftr-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52 , 561) acres of land, more or less • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • DEFENDANTS. Dn this / 5"'lie.. day of December , 1933, came T. Miller JarmaIJ , F . Graham Jarman , Mary H. Logan, M. B. Jarman, R. N. Jarman, Robert L . Jarman, Lizzie Miller Anderson, Helen A. Stipes , Mary E. Wenger, J. N. Swank, Mrs. J . K. Ruebush, Mary E. King, Harriet E . Biler, Ward Swank, Trustee and G. s. Harnsberger, Special Com- missioner , and Ward Swank, Special Commissioner and Receiver in the chancery cause pending in this Court under the style of M. M. Jarman's Heirs v . M. M. Jarman's Heirs , and on their motion, leave is given them to file their application for the payment to Ward Swank, Special Commissioner and Receiver in said chancery cause of the sum of Nineteen Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1920 . 00), the same to be distributed by said S~cial Receiver in accordance with orders of the Court in said chancery cause, said sum being the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for tract number 130 heretofore paid into Court . And it appearine from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation heretofore filed herein, that in the opinion of petitioner the heirs at law of M. M. Jarman are invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land number 130; and it further appearing th9.t Ma ry E. Wenger, J. N. Swank, Mrs . J . K. Ruebush, Mary E. Ki ng and Harriet E. EileI I are the holders of a first and only lien on said tract number 130, by virtue of e certain deed of trust to 1Nard Swank, Trustee, bearWA RD S WANK ATTO RNEY AT LAW HARRISONB URG, VA, ing date on the 5th day of November , 1931, recorded in Deed Book �.. --2-150, at page 543, the amount of which said lien is the prin, sum of Seven Thousand Doll ars ($7,000 . 00); and it further appt. ing that said tract number 130 is a part of the land of-which the said M. M. Jarman died seized,posse ssed and intestate, and a part of the real estate also, the sale of which was directed by a certain decree of sale entered by this Court on the 5th day of Q,ctober, 1933, in the chancery cause pending herein under the style of M. M. Jarman 1 s Heirs v. M. M. Barman's Heirs, said decree of sale further appointmng Georges . Harnsberger and Ward Swank, Special Commissioner s of sale; and it further appearing that the said ~~ ~ .£4.u,.....t,,CJ A., -, _,. f / v"'t:'.loo01d.--Q ~ - , .#1--- ~ - ~ (J.q,..._,Jl ...___ ~ ~ ~ Ward Swank is the bonded Commissioner in said chancery caus~ and i,. that said Commissioner s of sale have not in said proceeding sold said tract number 130; and it further appearing that all of the said heirs at law of M. M. Jarman, deceased, and all of the holders of the said Seven Thousand Dollars ($7000.00) deedof trust debt, and all of whmch heirs and leinors are parties to the said pending chancery cause of M. M. Jarm.an's Heirs v. M. M. Jarman 1 s Heirs, have filed their application and petition herein praying that the said award of Nineteen Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1920~00) be paid to Ward Svmnk, bonded Receiver, in said chancery cause of M. M. Jarman's Heir s v. M. M. Jarman's Heirs, to be by him therein distributed among the parties entitled thereto according to their respective rights and as shall be determined by orders of the Court therein entered; and it further appearing that the recor•d of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest, other than that thereinbefore specified, as to the title to said Tract Number 130, or to the proceeds arising from condemnation of said tract; and it still further appearing to ~ /~~ fu-,, l'f.J :i.., ~--1.....;..£. ~ f.s:!-,, 4-..7~ fer,,, ;fa~ t11t, .. ,.. .....t[ 4> I(:, 2:.,~ ~ ' i l . , , . c ] J J . ~ ttpon sa ·Id .-;pao:t; nt'.fflt'eer the Court that A ~ fi'--/J~ a-.Jc.i"'~ a..1~f Q-..,; e~,,,(~ ~,~~~.,~ » ~ k is considered ~~f it whereof, l ~ ~ P ps:JA; upon consideration \~ ...4 .,,... ~=4?1-- and ordered by the Court that said sum of Nineteen Hundred Twenty WARD SWANK Dollars ($1920 . 00) paid into Court by petitioner as just compensa- ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. tion for said tract number 130, be paid to Ward Swank, Special '1' �. ... --3-Receiver in the chancery cause aforesaid , and for the purpose before specified , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto said Ward Swank, Special Receiver as aforesaid , the said sum of Nineteen Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1920.00 ), the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnat ion for said tract number 130, taking from said Ward Swank, Special Receiver a receipt therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropria te entry thereof as required by law. ENTER : rt~ WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. �VIRGINIA ; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKI NGHAM COUNTY. nt The State Comm ission on Conse rve.ti on and Devel opme• • PETITIONER . • • • • • • • • • . • of the State of Vir gini a . . v. At Law No . 1829 Cassa ndra Lawson Atkin s and other s , and Fifty- Two Thous and, Five Hund red and Sixty -One ( 52 , 561) Acrds • ::OEFENDANTS . of' land, more or l e ss • • • . • . • • • • • • . . • Come now the under signe d, T. Mille r Jarma n , F . Graham . Jarma n, Mary H. Logan , M. B. Jarma n, R. N. Jarma n , Rober t L of the Jarma n, Lizzi e Mille r Ande rson , He len A. Stipe s , being all E. heirs at law of M. M. Jarm~ n , decea sed, by Coun sel , and Mary iet E. Weng er, J . N. Swank , Mrs . J . K. Ruebu sh, Mary E . King, Harr berge r , Eiler and Ward Swank , Trust ee, by Coun sel , and G. S . Harns ,i..-- and ReSpec ial Comm ission er and Ward Svrn.nk , Spec ial Comm ission er the ceive r , in the chanc ery cause pendi ng in this Court under , et als , style of M. M. Jarma n ' s Heirs again st M. M. Jarma n ' s Heirs by Coun sel , and show unto the Court : That a judgm ent in rem has heret ofore been enter ed i n this the fee proce eding conde mning to the use of the petit ioner herei n thirt y simpl e estat e in the tract of land numb ered one hundr ed and aisal Com{130 ), and des cribe d in the repor t of the Board of Appr• on missi oners appoi nted herei n and shown , ny;:rnbered and descr ibed the the Count y Owne rship Map, :iled herew ith, upon payme nt into as custo dy of the Court of the sum set ou.t in the said judgm ent cons tituti ng the award there for , to "w1t , the sum of Ninet een Hund red Twent y Dolla rs and no cents ($192 0 . 00) . That the repor t of said Board sets forth that the follow est ing named perso ns claim , or appea r to have a claim to an inter the in the said tract of land, or in the proce eds arisi ng from conde mnati on there of , to - wit , 11 M. M. Jarma n ' s Heirs . " WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. I �---2-.- That the petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum of Nineteen Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1920 . 00), set out in said judgment as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in the said tract of land. That each of the following of your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract of land, owned or was entitled to a one - eighth (1/8) undivided interest in said tract of land, or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , to- wit: T. Miller Jarman, F . Graham Jarman , Mary F. Logan, M. B. Jarman, R. N. Jarman, Robert L. Jarman , Lizzie Miller Anderson , and Helen A. Stipes . That no person or persons other than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award, except the following named persons , whose interests in said tract , or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment were as follows : Ward Swank, the bonded Special Commissioner and Receiver in the chancery cause pending in this Court under the style of M. M. Jarman 1 s Heirs against M. M. Jarman 1 s Heirs , and appointed as such by a decree therein entered on the 5th day of October , 1933; said decree authorizing and directing said Ward Swank and George S. Harnsberger , Special Commissioners of the Court to sell the real estate mentioned. and described in the bill filed therein, the same being the real estate of which the said M. M. Jarman diec seized and possessed, and the same including, as a part thereof, the aforesaid tract , which in this procee.ding is numbered 130, and which tract is the same land described in the said bill as Parcel Number Three (3) , or mountain land, of said M. M. Jarman, decea sed,the same being there f further described a s comprising two W A RD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRI SONBURG, VA. adjoining parcels , containing, respectively , 30 acres and 35 acref , �--3-and aggreg ating 65 acres, and known as the "Roach 65 acre tract." That the said Ward Swank as such Commi ssioner has execJ.t ed the bond in the penalty of Fifteen Thousa nd Dollar s ($15,0 00.00) , required by said decree of Octobe r 5th, afores aid. That on accoun t of the presen t pendin g condem na tion procee ding, said Specia l Commissio ners did not sell the said 65 acre tract of mounta in land, herein number ed tract 130. Mary E. anger, J. N. Swank, Mrs. J. K. Ruebus h, Mary E. King and Harrie t E. Eiler, are the holder s of the first lien on said tract number 130, by virtue of a certain deed of trust to Ward Swank, Truste e, bearin g date on the 5th day of Novemb er, 1931~ record ed in the Clerk' s Office of Rocking ham County , in Deed Book 150, at page 543; said trust deed, which include s also the M. M. Jarman Home Farm, secure s a debt of Seven Thousa nd Dollar s ($7000. PO) eviden ced by ten (10) bonds, all of which are owned and held by the afores aid five leinor s. That said deed of trust is more fully describ ed in the bill filed in the afores aid chance ry suit, and to which suit all of said leinor s are partie s. Wheref ore, your unders igned pray that they be made partie s herein under the provis ions of Sectio n 21 of the Public Park Condemnat ion Act, and that an order be entere d for the distrib ution of said sum of Ninete en Hundre d Twenty Dollar s ($1920 .00) set fortn in said judgme nt in r3n as consti tuting the award for the fee simple estate in the said tract number 130, condem ned as aforesaid, and for the paymen t to Ward Swank, Specia 1 Commi ssioner and Receiv er in the afores aid chance ry ca.use of M. M. Jarman 's Heirs v. M. M. Jarman 's Heirs, to be by him disbur sed in accorda nce with Ii orders of the Court therein entere d, of the said awar d of Ninetee n Hundre d Twenty Dollar s ($1920. (>0), or of as much thereo f as the Court may find that the unders i gned a re entitle d to receiv e, and WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW which the unders igned aver is : Tract Number 130, $1920.0 0o HARRISONBUR G, VA . Yl,i _ �--4-- I By Co~S {o~~~ ham Jarman, Mary H. Logan, M. B. Jarman , R.N . Jarman , Robert L. Jarman, Lizzie Miller Anderson and Helen A. spip s . By W v-vv~-.... Counsel for Mary E. Wenger, J . N. Swank, Mrs . J. K. Ruebush , Mary E. XiLg and Harriet E. Eiler . Tnustee un er deed o trust, ate November 5, 1931, E. B. 150, pp . 543 . a, Jarman' :s. WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . �" ,. . - .. .. --5--- State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to-wit : I , Janet Sprinkel, a Notary Public , in and for the City and State aforesaid, whose ~erm of office expires on the 19th day of September, 1934, do hereby certify that G. s. Harnsberger and Ward Swank, w~ose names are signed to the foregoing petition have personally appeared before me in my said City and having been dul: sworn made oath that the facts therein stated are true. Given under my hand this Li" ~ day of December, 1933. / Notary Publtc. WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRI SON BURG, VA, �Q1nmmnuwtult11 nf llfirgiuiu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 22, 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to cer t ify that I , J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi nia h ave th is ..:c:2:..::2::..___day of December with an order of the circuit court of . da t ed_J_2/18/33 ~ in accordance Rockingham Crn1nty in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs • :paid to $ 1 1 920 . 00 Ca s s an ara Law s.uo..wnc..-c:A,.__.t. . . ,k,.___1.wnw..s..,__ · _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Mr . Ward Swank., Special Receiver, Harrisonburg, Va . being in full settlement of tract #~ in the above mentioned cause. l'fl �Qtnmmnumtttltq nf llirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL December 22, 1933 TREAS U RER OF VIRGINIA Mr. Ward Swank, Special Receiver Harrisonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 920 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham ofDecember entered on the 18th day 193L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v Ca ssSl.ndra Lawson and others and fifty- two thousand,five hundred sixty- one a cres of land, more or less and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #- J~3~Q..,__ __ Si gn origi nal and dup li cat e and r e turn to the Treasurer of Vi r gi nia. l'\2 �---------------- --------- :P --_- 7 --: -· ;:/4------------ ---------------- -------------- more or less, of land in_..,Q"~ ~ --~~~j_County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petiti6n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filin~ of sa_w petitio;t and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_d ~ - ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya::: :_sai~--e,·tio~-:~~ ?~ -4~-~-------------- My post office address is ______~ ~-~ -------------I claim a right, title, estate or interestJ_n ~tr.,yt or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ ~ ___ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =----~ - _ - : z________ ____ __ ___ _________ _ ___ _ _ ::.: t::=f~;=~;~;s~~;;;:~·:1~0~;~: ~-- - Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described_,9-bove;) ,,,; /J ~ ~ /,/'.; ----/k ~ ZX-J._~ '-. .4. ~ _______________ _ ___L-,___-. _ - - --------------------------------------- The land ovmers adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ____ --------- ---------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----South _____________________________________ ____ ___ _________________________________ _ East ___ ___ _____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______________________ ___ ___________________ __ West__ __ ______ ___ ___ ___ _________ ____ _______ _____________ _____ __ ______ _________ ___ __ . I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the following manner: < ~~ - . ~ 1 ... Z::;~ / y f ~ ---------------- ------I claim that the total value of this,ftf'aet or p ~ h the improvements- there- ~ 6ft is $/~....~~-'"--~- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is$~~ -~- ~ . 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· ~ -~~ ~~~ -~ ---------------- ----- ------------ - --- ~r- -- 7 ~-2-~ - ~ --~ ~fa _eV..¢...2 ~<,-t-~ --~ ~------------------~ ~ - ~ -~ -~ ~ ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ,;~ ~zt~rl~;; of my name and ~#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~z------ ---, STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ -;?1-?:J,- 7 To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_~.__Z.:.L~ _ ___ _ '12f_,___________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and ade oath that the matters an_d things appearing in his above )'~sye;r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, th1s __ ____2-_J________ day of__~ L ____ --, 193W. _'2h ,/v. /7~#.__________ _ · Oierlc of the El@urt, or ~;jal Investigator rQJ'.'...... Natacy Publi~·"-if usffi!e of tll"8--Peace. �IN i!.tl.E 1.,IRCUIT COURT OF _tlOGKINGH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . The State Commission of Conservation and Development of the State of Vi :rginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,561 acres, more or less, in Rockingham County, Virginia . Statement made by c . ~ . Harnsberger pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on Octobe r 29,1932, in response to Item No . 2 of the inquiry made in said decree. Your respondent says that his interest in ce r tain mineral lands situate on tluckleberry Mountain in the eastern portion of Rockingham ~ounty, Virginia, was not reported at all in the report made by the Board of Appraisal ~ommissioners, as has been fully set forth in his objection to the confirmation of said report, heretofore filed in this cause. A plat showing the lands in which your respondent has certain mineral interests is filed with his claim in this matter . Your respondent does not deem it necessary for an accurate survey to be made of the exact amount of mineral lands within the Park area, for he is not e xcepting to the acreage but to the fact that no mineral interest whatever was allowed him. ( SAJ</li!dJ_S ~ --() -- - )_»...e..~.!..S.:. . .:~_!U ;a)~A f/\_:_____ _ y;~~~ff_:_;: LA W OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONB URG. VA. (l k-~ Dy 1,;;ounsel. ---- �- / '' l of~d'~r=~~-~ -.q~-fa: Claim In the Circuit Court oL~ ~ ____ County, Virginia, No../A __ ::e:,ta::._~~~ ~ ~o~ ~-~~~ t -, At Law. -o~t~~~~~-~~-~-~~~:~~'--~~~i~ more-or less, of land in __. d _ ~ ~ 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~~~A~~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as hi:Yan::: :_:~~ -:_i~~----------~ -------------- My post office address is __ ~~ t!!l? _,. l ______________ _________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about___ _ 4 ____ buildings and improvements=-------~=--" _ --~ ----- ------------ - --------------- - ---- -~ , ; -~~- ~~ ·--------------------------------This lana. is located about_ __~ ____ miles from ____ .£:: _ -~ ~------------------------ Virginia, in th~ ~agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or . ~ parcel of land described above. ) _______ a. _~Z---: - L.A.. -'----6 ~~~ - <';_~ _/.J... --------------- The land mvners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North _________________________________________________________________ ____________ _ South _____ ________________________ ________________ ____ ______ ________ ______________ _ East ________ __ ___ _____ _______ _______ __ ________ ______________ ___ ______ ____________ __ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: --------------------- - - - ------------------ .e. . ~- ~- L - .tilt./ ~..;.,:y;7/ ·--- - ------ I claim that the total value of this ~ r parcel of-lana with t· ~ovement ther~ {H}. is $-L~L- ~~~- ~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~~-~~!..- ~ . I am the owner 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 . description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . Remarks: - ~ ~- ~ -- -- ~ /4_ --~ ------ - ~ ~- L ~--~ ~~-- ~- ~ ~ ----,.,~-~ ~ - ---- Z~/'--- -~ -~ t/4_ --- - ---~ ~ -- ~ ~--<c...__..c ___ -- ~ ------- ~ -- -- - - ---- ----- ~ l l ~ ~ --- ~ ~--- ---- ____ ______ _ --~ -~ _ (iJo~ m~ marks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and ma~ tta<jled hereto) this ___ ~______ day of~ ~ 19W Y . ' ~ ------~-2-__# _ ~ d _ ~ ~ k STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ ---"" --z --?,~;r-----, To-wit: --~ -~ 4___ _ ! L ~-The undersigned hereby certifies thaL-~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath tha-<the-matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, ~:..t'A ___ this____g J______ da~ ~ --JE:'.'~~~~---------- ----G erk oHhe-'eour , . Special Investigator -o N otary Publie, or Justice o the Peace.- �n THF, CIRCUIT COURT OF RGCKINGH..JJ COillTTY , VIRGDTIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 42 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of C. G. Harnsberger , to be read in connection with the motion filed by him excepting to the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners , because said report did not allow any compens tion for the taking of the mineral interests hereinafter described. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg. This day c . G.Harnsberger personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a rotary Pu olic in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City afore2aid , and , being duly sworn , deposes and says: I am the owner , along with the heil~s at law of r . Jir. Jarman, deceased, of a mineral interest in approximately 236 acres of land situate upon the western slope of Huckle berry Hountain, a spur of the Blue Ridge l'ountains , about three miles east of the Town of Elkton, 7irginia. This land is located in whe~t is generally recognized as the manganese ore - bearing belt on the western slope of the Blue Ridge J{ountains. The land in question is about three miles north-east of the Harnsberger mines at Elkton, and the same has been partially prospected, and a good grade of manganese ore has been found to exist therein. The chief difficulty in the development of said property in the past has been the difficulty in transporting the ore to the NorLAW OFFICES folk and ."lestern Railroad. This difficulty has now largely been GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. removed on account of the good roads and the development of 3110_ �-I,' --2 .... This land is believed to contain manganese ore of riotor trucks. 11 u high grade and in commercial quantities . ffiant presented his claim before the Board of ppraisal Commissioners and along with said claim a :plat showing the land in which this mineral interest exists. The Board of .p:praisal Comrriissi oners made an investigation of said land. sai'-l. Board lthough s shown the ore-pits and the ore taken theiefrom~ ~nd although there was no denial of the fact that said lands were re-bearing, the said Board has refused to make any allowance whatsoever the ref or. .b,.f fiant askfs that his rights and the rights of the heirs at law of M.M.Jarman, deceased, be protected, and that they be ~~lowed just compensation for said mineral interest, and ne asks that his claim for compensation be read in connection nerewith. \, Subscribed and sworn to before "",e this ~~ I., day of Sept ember, 1932. ' LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 311 ��If · GI GUI~ CCURT COUNTY,VI GI 1 . Q;, V • C s Ddra of others, n 1 nd in ~oo .o th Ion. 1111 me, Ch irman of the L nd ..ll"' i t ration oard. k i ip In reply to you.r le ter usuet 8 , 193, nd o 11 ot o say: m tter re here,ith h n ea you, anO aelivarod ·to the dta.t (1) n~ orine your o ll ' ho gro md tions filed. or 1th the oxo,ption of t',xooption or to lllo the !ailu.r3 of tho forte roven m·ng nae · nor 1 o~e~ on the 1 b r on h The n ent tle cl 1r et .forth in tho oxoep .. tiou 1 (2) copy vf Su!f1oe it he e to -·Y ht tho b s1 pr is,l ovelo order: in tie1 re :fu ly lroa y b .n a Commission on Conae.rv·. tion of the 't too' Virgin.t , ther li a oopy h s of t h oxocp- any aom oneati s of cxae t nt . t ohoci hel"o ·to. l s a t fully tb 1t t d , /. _ ~./.,,~ ~.LV LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. 7 1 �£aw Office ~eo. o/ S Aarnsberyer J{arrtson6wy.l/a. Aug.11,1933. To the Hon.Philip Williams,Chairman or the ParK Lanu Arnitration Board: This is to certi.f'y that I, the unclersigned,have employed Geo.s.Harnsber~er,Attorney,of Harrisonburg,Vireinia,to represent me in all condenmation proceedings in connection with my lands in the Shenanuoah National Barl\. area. .. r- '212.. �• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.il1 COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development or the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. To the Hon.H. W.Bertram, Judge of said Court. The motion of C.G.H~rnsberger , who, with the heirs at law of M. M. Jarman, deceased, owns the mineral rights hereinafter referred to, excepting to the report of the Board of Appraisal commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court, in the above matter, which ~eport was heretofore filed in this matter. The ground of said motion is as follows: Said Appraisal Board failed to make any allowance to the s ~id moveant on account of the mineral rights in the 235 acres of land situate on the western slope of HucJdeberry :Mountain, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about three miles east of the Town of Elkton , which mineral interests exist in the lands on which J.T.Heard, Henry Hensley, and others own the surface. A claim of these mineral rights, together with a plat showing the lands in which they exist, was duly filed by moveant before the appraisal Board, as required by law, and the eame is asked to be read in connection herewith. The affidavit attached hereto is asked to be read in support of this exception. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. ]1?, �•• IN THE CIRCuIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.'!M COUNTY,VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 42 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of C.G.Harnsberger, to be read in connection with the motion filed by him excepting to the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners , because said report did not allow any compensation for the taking off the mineral interests hereinafter described . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonbu.rg . Th.is day C.G. Harnsberger personally appeared before me , F.Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the owner, along with the heirs at law of M. M. J9.rma11, deoeased, of a mineral interest in approximately 236 acres of land situate upon the western slope of Huckleberry Mountain, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about three miles east of the Town of Elkton, Virginia. This land is located in what is generally recognized as the manganese ore-bearing belt on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The land in question is about three miles north-east of the Rarnsberger mines at Elkton, and the same has been pa:rtially prospected, and a good grade of manganese ore has been found to exist therein. The chief difficulty in the development of said property in the past has been the difficulty in transporting the ore to the NorLAW OFFICES folk and Western Railroad. This difficulty has now largely been GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. removed on account of the good roads and the development of 21'\ �--2--motor trucks. This land is believed to contain manganese ore of a high grade and in oommeroial quantities. Affiant presented his claim before the Board of Appraisal Commissioners and along with said claim a plat showing the land in whioh this mineral interest exists. The Board of Appraisal Commissioners made an investigation of said land. ~lthough said Board was shown the ore-pits and the ore taken therefrom, and although there was no denial of the fact that said lands were ore-bearing, the said Board has refused to make any allowance whatsoever therefor. of ~ffiant askes that his rights and the rights the heirs at law of M.M. Jarman, deoeas ed, be pro tee ted, and that they be allowed just compensation for said mineral interest, and he asks that his claim for compensation be read in connection herewith. Subscribed and sworn to before me this LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA . day of September, 1932. / ----- � 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/. 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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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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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context jarman-m-m-heirs.pdf Title A name given to the resource Jarman, M. M. Heirs Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Roach Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 130 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 Jarman https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/55c6f6344b035510ef1ee23390bef13c.pdf 5f85a3651433f8a8ba4a6cf99580a413 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #320 - Hughes , Rev . F . H. Number of Acres: 10 Location : Millers Run. Entirely within the Park area . U. s. Positions 245 and 246. Richland Heights Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grottoe s, t l1e nea rest s h ipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope t ype, fairly level and is of a f a ir depth of fertility, covered '.vi th loose rocks . The merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remaining stands consist of small oaks and some short leaf pine . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 10 '1(5 . 00 $50 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: .,;l Value of Land: $ 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. soo.,oo 00 �_______________ _ Claim of__ Rev ._ F.H • .fUGllES __ an::I._ Lenor a A-Hug_hes i._W1 fe _, ______ ________ , At Law. In the Circui t Court 0L ___.ful1~.i .ngbz.m ._ ___ ______ County, Virginia, No. of Virginia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State ______________ _ tioner, vs. ________ j_{l ___ -4,J:L -~ : __~ ___ J//d:z.!. .L;z,________ ·_______ . . , D ef en d an t s. Ro .,"'.Kin ------ ----- Coun t y, v·1rgmia · ___________ ____ =00 ham more or Iess, of Ian d m Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the petitio n of the State Commission oncondem nation awarde d of velopment of the State of Virginia, and in respon se to the notice the order of the Circui t with ance upon the filing of said petitio n and published in accord Court to file this Court of_ ___~9_1_~J:p_gb-.?Jl1 _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the as his answer to said petitio n and to said notice. ____ _ My name is __ E ..t.H!. Hugru ts _.an:l._Len_Qra.__A _. R.u~e.a--#_Vi1l'.5l.1. ___ ___ _______ ------ My post office addres s is _______Qr9,.ft.9JhWs3_~!,__yj_._r_gj_.n_l~~ ------- ------area sought I claim a right, title, estate or interes t in a tract or parcel of land within the are the following to be condemned, contain ing about ____ J_.2 _f._~~DJ____ acres, on which there ------ ------ --buildings and improv ements : __________ Q.Q!1_~~ ------ ------ ------ -- -- -----' · · ·, m ______ ______ v·1rg1ma s te_p ______ Gro t__ ':> ______ m1·1 es f rom _______ · I oca t ed a b ou t ____,.,2 · I an d 1s Tl11s the_S..t.o.n.eiv.all ___ Magiste:rial Distric t of said County. parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interes t in the tract or or joint owner, owner sole is he r whethe say should nt scribed above: (In this space claima joint owner, or not sole and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claima nt ishas the tract or to or in he t he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interes parcel of land described above.) u~e rs .________________ _ ______________ F. H. Hu_ghes _and. _ Lenor a A . Hughe s, sole _ as follows: The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land are ------ -----North ______ __ Mr Id . _ L_ya.i e _La _Baurne ------ ----- --- ------ ------ -----__ _____ _ South ________ _Kar.le .. ..Fr.Lt z+ Mahle .. _$ .:ti_y ~ _..and.__Jchn _S.m- r ..:~ _______ ------ ---- East _________ .....;;1.1...c..al.=.r. _:B.ra.t. .>ie -~ ------ ------ - - ------ ------ ------ ------ _______ _ ______ West ________ E.A.:Sy_;i;:_on._ _________________________ __________________ __ j~t~___ in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interes t to this proper ty about the year following manne r: Furch aaei of Ly:lia H. La Baum ,of Roano ke va. ------ ------ ------ ------ --------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------co --------------------.. _______________________ _ emt loi?em De-V~ e Hegpt ____ tb.r:au gh_.th~L.R1.c.hlan:i _ ements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improv estate or interes t, on is $5-8Q_._QO________ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, $.5_QQL (,U ________ . in and to this tract or parc·e1. of land with the improvements thereo n is ed tract or I am the owner oL ______ p_o_n_e____ acres of land adjoini ng the above describby the proed parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damag ------- ------· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----ation as to inform or ents statem nal additio (In the space below should be set out any here a insert also should he able practic if and make; this claim which claima nt desires to description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bound~). _____ _____ _ Remar ks· __ _ Thie _ ten. acres of lani _is _:lesi_ g_nate :i as_ tract _Grot tllsJ _____ _ ____ No. 6'( of the _Rc1hla.n:i _ Hei_g_hta _Deve lope ment _Co • .1near 'i- 'r' _______ _ ____ Jla . ______ Thia _tract _of _land. _ has coat _ us _j_ust rj-11--f, (t£L, -~ 4-~ --~..f_ _ll_6 e~:t.:!_~-------------- ~-----------------back). if necessary on the __________________ _Q_ ________________________ (Continue remark s Witnes s my signatu re (or my name and mark attach ~ ~ / 13 ~~~. ~ t~NT Y OF__ e eto this __ #_g_:-_____ day c---~--~----~-~:~-, To-~t__ ___cL-e~ ff------______ ____ _ __ i --:: -_______ ....-.:?_ The unders igned hereby certifies tha& ___ --~ '"~~de oath that the matter s hir£1a before e appear the above named claima nt personally dge and belief, and things appear ing in his above answe r are true to the best of his knowle this _____ l,___K________ day of__J-= ----?l:!L& _LL /~(-:-- ------Glerk of the Cou:rt, or Special I~ig ator or Notary Public, & Justice of the Peaee. �Cm.mty: f"oo1:~.nch~""l 'f'l1nt.rin t: Oton(,,;,::111 10 taoo. 1,:1110:r:a :~un. li:nti1"' 1~l!t •:;l tliin t..~e p~lr!, ~e .... , :,:1,olll.• .. tld Ueightu , u. .~ . 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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. }_~Q ________ : 'tlffrt/1:lr/.//J../-/.//JJ__/.Jltiir/t~/,/ LI/J_Jj/JJJI,/ and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map :filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. _J_Z.Q _____ $-1! Q..,y_Q__ ;/r/i./i-/a!Ji#J/_j_i/JJ_j_j/jj /pfj/JL/JJJ,/Jllr/r£/t/~. ------------------------~1 ---------------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; F. H. Hughes 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:- 'ree simple interest by virtue 0 r deed frr,m L:•ciu JJ. La Faurre, cated August r-, 1<?18, recorded ir +.he Clerk's Of+-ice o~ F.ockingharr Cour:ty, Virginia, in Leed Poch o . 110, pare 533, tc ur1dersigred F. E. Hughes and Lenora A. Hughes. 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: ,Ji. H. darriscn, Tre:J.surer--------- - - ---- ·2 . 76 fer 193.1 taxes Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ --3.::: ------------ $_1 11... C__ : Tract No. ------------------------ $ --------------------: Tract No. ------------------------ $--------------------; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless ther~ is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) :::::::::::: D, teri tai s lOt h day: of:February, ------------------------------------------- Statb of Jest Virgiri~ , $J;0( ?2 :: : : : : : ------~ ~ ~ 1Zo �our.t: o . . ayet e: , o- .n F . 1. ,1u 6 he::, cJ..na Ler.cra A. dug,hec , ·1Dcse r.arr,es are sigr.ec to the above pe:tibon do.tee tr:e lOtn oay e:f •ebruary, 1'·34, ha'lir.CJ" been first ouly sworn, on their oaths did de:pose ar,o sa:,· tn'it the facts ttatecl ir. said petitior, are true and corrsct to tns best of their kro , l ecge arc belief. Giver under my hunc and seul this _ _ aay of �TO NHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 1 This is to certify that the taxes for the year 1933 on the tract of mountain landcon taining ten acres and designat ed in the Park condemn ation suit as Tract No. 320, situate in Rocking ham County, Virginia , and assessed in the name of F.H.Hu.ghes, have not been paid, the same, with penalty , amountin g to the sum of TWo Dol- lars and Seventy -six Cents ($2.76). Given under my hand this~/41 --- day of February , 1934. ....=--c ,-o-un~t- y-,---' ...........am ----=T,.....r_e_a"'.:'"s~u-":':t-:'e....r"":-'.....o.._..'=R....o"""clft-'~ng Virginia . -------~------------~~--------~-----------------------------------TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that the records in my office do not show any delinque nt taxes against the tract of mountai n land containi ng ten acres and known and designat ed in the Park condemn ation suit as No. 320, situate in Rockingham County, Virginia , sa id tract of land standing in the name of F.H.Hug hes. Given under my hand this ;?- / day of February , 1934. ~,....~.._o"'""u....,.,,..,....,,._o.,,.ur.._,.,.._o-:ir--R:""."o~c'l"-ki.,..ng~h~~ ~......,..e~..... ~.....o"rir-' --0-1-effe.c_,_ ~:? --UotiJ:'-t Virgini County, l'Z. f �RALP H H . BADER ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VI RGI NIA �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGiliM COUNTY, VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development o.t the stat e of Virginia ,. v. PETITIONER , At Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , On this, the ;t..<£" d_ay DEFENDANTS . of Febru.ary, 1934 , came F. H. Hu.ghes and ·:I:.enora .A.. Hu.ghes , and, on their mo_tion, leave is given them to file their application for the disbursement of the sum of One Hu.ndred Dollars " ($100. 00), the amou.nt of the award set out in the judgment of condemna tion for Tract No . 320 and heretofore paid into And it appe aring to the Court that the said F. H. HU.ghes and Lenora A..HUghes are invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No . 320 than any II other personvor persons, and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to said Tract No . 320 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract No . 320: And it further appearing to the Cou.rt that all taxes du.a on said Tract No . 320 have been paid except the taxes for the year 1933, amounting to Two Dollars and Seventy- six Cents ($2. 76), , which are du.e and payable to M. H. Harrison, Treasu.rer of Rooldngham County : Upon consideration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00}, paid into oourt by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No . 320, be disbursed as follows : That $97 . 24 be paid u.nto said F.H. Hu.ghes and Lenora A. Rughes, jointly, and $2 . 76 be paid unto M.H. Ha:rrison, Treasu.rer • .And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a oertified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall �--2- .. pay unto said F. H. HUghes and Lenora A. HUghes,Jointly , the said sum of Ninety- seven Dollars and Twenty- four Cents ($97 . 24), and unto M. H.Harrison, Treasurer , the said sum of Two Dollars and Seventysix Cents ($2. 76) , said sums amounting to One HU.ndred Dollars ($100. 00), being the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 320 • taking from said F. H. Hughes and Lenora A. Hughes and M. H. Harrison,Treasurer , receipts for the amounts paid them and certifying suoh payments to the Clark of this Cou.rt for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law. Enter . ~ Judge-. --------' - ---------..~- \\' �QtnmmnnnttaltlJ nf ]Jtrgtnia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL March 3 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcel1, Treasurer of Virg i n ia have t h i s 3 day of March in accordan c e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 2/28/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virg in ia vs. Cassandra Lawso--n._____,,..A~t~k~i~n~ s...__ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ :p a id to __ F . H . Hughes and Lenora A. Hughes $ 97 . 24 b eing i n f ul l s ettlement of tract #3fill- in the ab ove men ti oned cause. �<!tnmmnuwtaltlJ nf lllirgiuia TREASURER'S· OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , March 3 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA F . H. Hughes and Lenora A. Hughes Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 97 . 24 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 28th day of February 193!__ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ---~G-a~s~s=a-n~d~r~a-~L-a~w~s~o~n....__,A........,_tk .......i~n~s,___and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceedin Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 41\ �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf ]ltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, March 3., 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer March in accordance i'sba::wx day of of Virginia have this 3 with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 2/28/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Atkins Cassandra Lawson - - - - - - -- - -- - - - :paid to _M . H. Harrison, Treasurer vs. being in full settlement of tract#~ in the above mentioned cause. / �Q!nmmnuwtttlt4 nf llfirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. March 3 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison , Treasurer Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of 7_6___ , in accordance Virginia, the sum of $_2~•with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham County entered on the 28th day of February 1934_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ___ _ __C_a_s_s_a~n'-'---=dr-=-a---'CL~a~w~s~o=n=-=A~t=k=i=n=s~__ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 320 . • Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hughe-rev-f-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hughes, Rev F.H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Millers 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): 320 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 Hughes https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/776387ff2d141a7d5326fa37abd96e36.pdf f6bd4c2defd3fbecb53db142ab62559e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #93 - - Hughes , J . E . F . Number of Acres: 6 Location: On Spotswood Trail , four miles southeast of Elkton, Virginia . Entirely within the Park area . Roads: Spotswood Trail; hard surface . est shipping point . Soil: Clay loam with good depth, fair f ertili t-y History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: Four miles to Elkton , near - .All cleared . see other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: --- 5 @ $125 . 00 ~625 . 00 '" Orchard: 1 6 @ 200 . 00 200 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 625 . oo 4295 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 42 9 5 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 200 .oo Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 853 . 33 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None �Claim oL_J /_, /?-c f."- ::.£ (~ __- ________________________ .------ In the Ctf,~i ~rt oL~~ ?;~;i =-~C ount y, Virginia, ::e:,ta:s ._ NO------ ---, At Law. ~e ~V~ z= ~~ io£ LU ~m # ly-~-<7~,.5t/~_ Peti- ,J-_ d~~ - ~ ~ - - f ~/4 -- ~ moie or less, of land in __ J_~e u,,.L __ :a.u_~_County, Virginia, Defendan ts. ion on Conservation and DeCommiss State the of petitio th€ to answer in The undersigned, velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the !.if.pg ofpsajd _Pepion and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f J r ~ ~ t ~ - - County, Virgini , asks leave of the Court to file this as h:t::::£::d -p:tit:~- ~ ~ ::ic_e~~ ~ ---~ -------- -------- -- ' I claim a right, :%7.sta te or intersst i a tract or Parcel ~f land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about__~ ~U'-- --acr ~~M there are the following b u i ~and impr ovem ents :_~f -l~~ff_L!!_'f_!_~-~~-t?_t!_'_'l!_~_-(?'~ jlf ______, _I ~ x2- 0 x1~f. 2 ~! ,:Z,{?tnr,______ 1<i' f f3wr,,c.._ ~;L'fr X Jl 'iJ h ~ /fof f -~ $- 1_JJ~ J . 11,y:. ri- P-~y~y.,;- /0 f: :ZO y1<z-#iz~i..cffic«~fre;t !~ ~ocat ed about_ _6--~~-miles from __ wAAq _~----- -------- - Virginia, in _ ____ _ _Magisterial District of said County. deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land owner, joint or owner sole is he whether say should claimant space this scribed above: (In 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 o! land ~scribed above.) This the_ - - - - - - ~ - - . £ } A ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------- - - -------- ~ ~ r~ ~§de!f~~7r/4~as 7Vl West____ ____ _________ ____ ~-x _ ___ /4)_ ____ . ------ follows: -------- ---- - - - ------ - -------- --- - -- ! acquired my right, titl5 tere st to th· p operty about the year__________ in the f~o/Peb ~t =J '~ d~ ~~ 4, W I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents there.r.-~-- - · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_p£jj_~--~ ~---· 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 $------- -------- -- -· as to (In the space below should be set out any additiona l statemen ts or informat ion a here insert also should he le practicab if and make; to this claim which claimant desires $-1' _____ ~~J;~~a~:~;;i~~~~-~<.)7 X :Z I - / ¥" - ~ -::L lo)(t~ ~--lfu--r-- : I ~ L ~ _y g- - - ------ ~ A .l 2- j y-_x;/{, £ / 1-__- / ~.JL4. ~j~~~ desc~~~ ~:k:~ '/~_ - ~~~-g~ ~ ~-- L --~ .___,p~ _ _;.rt;- :i--J-r ~- ~- -~ r~ . --------- --- - -------- ----- (Contmue remarks 1f necessar y on, oLJ:k m~-:~~ :~~1~ 3~r my name and ~::~ 7 if t/J ~ __ 1}Je back). at~~~~~~~~~~:y t. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ _ _ _ ___ ~ - -----~ '-------- -------- -------- The undersig ned hereby certifies that _ -.- __ --r - -- ~ e oath that the matters ancYmad him before red ap ly personal the above named claimant knowledge and belief, his of best the to true are wer abo~ns his in g appearin and things this______-'.~ ________day f.J./J _ oLd- d,~-----~~~~~~~6!St{g~ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �County: Rook1ngham District: Stonewall ~93 ... Hu5hes 1 J. E. F. Consideration $136.25 {1901) rrotals - ;ip860,00 - sold o . 36 k. to state Highway. en Spotswood Trail, four miles southeast of Elkton, Virginia. Entirely within the park area . "Land- $ 200 . 00 Buildin,~s- f600.00 Value Claimed: Location: Deed: 6 A .-3 R .. Assessed; 6-.§Q, .c.Crease Cla imed: n Incumbranoes. counter claims or la12s; Clay loam with go od depth of fair fertility . :Roads: Spotswo od Trail; hard surface. F·) Ur miles to ~Ukton, nearest shipping point .• History of tra ct ::l nd oondi t ion of timber: Improveme nts: .All cleared. house; Frame, 22:x:37, 4 rooms, porch ?xl8', metal ro o!.', flue s , oeiled, good oondttion, occupied by owner, · $1200.00 foundati on--------ware h o use; (a.ttaohed) frame l l.x26xl0', metal good condition-------- 110 ..ises : Frame 4x8x8' , .Metal roof, fair chicken 2 10.00 oond l tion ----------Dwelling: Frame 16x28', ki tohen 13xl5xl6', L part l6:x:20Xl6', 8 rooms, porch 7:x.16', metal ro ) f' , 2 st o ry, good cond ition, occupied b y owner, soli d f ounda ti on - 2200.00 Barn with shed: 9xl6', f:rarne, 16x26xl6', metal roof, 1 25.00 fatr condition --------s2r1ng house: I?rame llx20xl0', s hingle roof, fai r Store brick solid Store roof, conditi on---------- Value of land by types: ~ Value per acre Acreage TITlable Orchard ;100 . 00 5 200.00 l 6 Total value of land Total va l ue of improvements Total va l ue of orchard Total value of tract Average per acre $ 760 . 00 3760.00 200 . 00 4710.00 ?85.00 80.00 75.00 20.00 t Hen house: Frame 12x30x8', metal roof, fair co 11d i t 1 onHog 12en: .F rame 8xl6x8', s l1ingle roof·, fair Ga.rage: .i"ra.me l2Xl4xl0'; metal ro of, :fair Total Value ou.0-0 3760.Do ~r750. 00 �County: _,./ District: Ro ckingham Stonewall #93- Hughes ,J. E. F . LEGEND: Tillable Orchard Scale - l" • 20 chains 5 33 � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hughes-j-e-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hughes, J. E. F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Spotswood 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): 93 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 Hughes https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/81067949ba9ac6d1101668bf2148f1b8.pdf 713c478529a99e837d1e5528ce9f36be PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: .J3 Location: - ~ ~rt outside t' e ~rk area . to Port · k,;_JU l i c , ~.le ne&rest Roads: ~ . u. ~osi~ion s ~10- 211 . i r".:; i'O :'hr·0e 1iL., s vi~ s·11 _, _,inr,- p o int . Soil: u u nd _,. d s L.le s l o9e tyrie , ·1oc1 er, te slor>es . of fu i r depth ~nd fvrtilit y . ; . ,. e &o:;.l i s History of Tract and condition of timber: Tlnr,~ is :..''lout 1 -9 p . bd . i't . o!' merch,.ntu.Thl<c; ..,:J.,f t i ::.::>;:ir on t 1 is tract co 1sL,ti 1 ~ o~~ mi:~ed o:.i.ks • 1d 'J 1t 1 co rel o ~ ., rn 1 ·ood • -3r ~.ere . 1 8 ~ • bJ . ft . s ..... i tir'1 '3r - G3 corc.. s -r- tel rood . 1 Improvements: :To 18 • Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre 63 5 . 00 Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: lG0 . 00 Value of Land: $ :.:1.5 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Ju . oo ,,,525 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ :::.." 0 . 00 Value of Wood: $ .30 . · 0 Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 33 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - T ..., • ~ - - ~ -/(# n_' vL...~_.. .. ,. �Claim of_ ____ Nora _V. Hudlow-- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- - __ - ___ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___ .RQ_c_k1p,g_b.§!1!. _________ County, Virginia, No. __18..2.~L, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ .Qa.s.aa.ndxa_.La.WJiQR_A:tk.ittJJ_,.._.§_t_ __a_::l§....__~A<l._p_~,_p_Q.:J,_~_Q±'.9J~------~--- ·· · D ef end ant s. am --- _______ Coun t y, v·1rgm1a, Rockinuh · ----=---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_ __ .R.Q.9.ki !f@~----- ---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _____ Nora _V ._ Hudlow- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----My post office address is __________ R.Q!'j;_ -~~.]_~p_:1=_!~...1__J_i_:;:~ _r.!!~---- ----------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ ~ _Q _________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: _______ ____ ___ ________________________ _____________________ _ This land is located about_ __ ~-~-----m iles from ___ f!::!::t ._~---- ---- Virginia, in ~---Mag isterial District of said County. the __U ~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) --~ ~------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __ ,,Lu. '13~ -9u ~ --------------------------------------------------------- !~::_~ ~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/ _ ~_in the , .,___,___ following manner : -~ b-- Af ~ ·- LA-L-:i£__ ~ -- ~ --r;;~im:-::::::::e ~ 1s - ~ -~ -- ~ a r ~ : : d with the improvements thereon is $_L_t__{}_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 $_L f._t!__~_,_-f!:.::.~---· I am the owner of_ __ 2-::...3_________ 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 informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· __ . ..or ~ _tv-,.. / _ ~~ _ ,,LJ..L, _ d . . L . L d . . ~ ~ __ ___ - - __ _ ~ 11-v' ---- ----___;;, _/XE. j 3- t) ~ .31 f - -lt.u-1~ -~ .J- JdPL>-L-k /A---i- -- --------------------------~ -/HL>-£?J-~ -~~ ------------------------- - - ------ -------- ------ --____________________ __________ __________{/_~------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on ~ack). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___L_~ ___-=-::-::_ __ day of___(}_!±:__-:_________ , 193/. ,,,0. -~ !:-!!_~ ------------- . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_f~--. :!-f-'~~- --------- , To wit. The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ ___ A:_~~ -.2._- ~----- -----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ ~-~-~---- --day of_ ____ _tfd:.. _____ --, 1930. :2 / 1u/ 3 / ,,,{ · ~ c~~/ ~;;;; s~;" ~; Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 2 �Ooun ty: Hocki ngham District: Btonewall # 200 Assessed Acreage Claimed: 60 Value Claimed: Location: u. s. " ~: Sand nd sh fertilit y e Slope type. " 000.00 -~ .i. Positions 210-211. fone known Deed 82.l 2 82.102 i. 1000. .Laps I hoads: rs. Jlora Hudlow ,. .1246.u026 Part Outside the ?ark area ~!oderate slopes. The soil is of ~ir And 3 miles via di rt road to ?ort Hepublic. the nearest shippinc point. 'l'here is about 18M hd. ft. of merchnnta ble saw timber on this tract o nsisting or nixed o a nd about l cord of t,el ,ood per acre • .,.72.00 .4 .00 per 4 d.rt. saw tiraber 18 31.60 ed. per 50¢ od tuel 63 eds. 10' .50 Improvem ents: Ione History: Value of land b.r '..l~e slope tzy Value . cree.6e &3 Total Vfllue of l nd 'otel v lue of timbe::- Total v Ill ue ot tract Average valu er ecre pe r oc:re A 3.00 189.00 103.50 292.50 4.64 Total v lue 189.00 �udlo.1 Cou 1 .;_ : ... ,-:,c~ ir. 1 m Dis rict : ut ne,ull Q 'r( ' . , 1 ........ er . s. • IL.nee.is ter .:'':G~ -n Slope Sc- .LC - 1G � 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hudlow-nora.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hudlow, Nora Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Positions 210-211 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): 290 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 Hudlow https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/caeb86ddc59655207af3b2a4858127df.pdf f9c35855b91aac485d35a58dcc342168 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT .,f26j - EopkL1s, 2. B. - .... s ';_ te Number of Acres: .56 Location: Roads: - Soil: U. ..... osition 180-181-182 . P-rtlv o'J.ts.i.de -t:1e £u.rk ret.. . _nree miles Vid ~irt ro~d to Isl-na Ford , t~i 1~urest ....10 . .)e -t:;~r ...,e o' : . . f&ir de +;11 .... !1.J f ,rti:ity . .... re sc~tt~ri~· loose ro0k , ~ut no outcrops. ...... ndy cl· y loum. History of Tract and condition of timber: : 1 '1e r.1erc'..:....nta.bL., su, ti=.ber , -s renoved fro,: t·11s ~rL0t sever 1 ye rs J.ro .· }' 3 r3r'.ls.ininc; st~:1·1 co--1.;:;ists o _ .:;,. ·-, 1 scrub')y oa'-cs 'nd so'"'.'le .-::i1ort· le' f :9ine, ~ bQ.dly dn·~a 6 ed . y u recent severe burn . Improvements: Hone. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre 6G ,l'J . 00 Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: 280 . 00 J ~ Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 280 . 00 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ lCO . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ -; • 7 B Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ l? �County: District: Rockingham Stonewall .Jf:?:..._6_5- lfopki_nsL E. B.-Estate N Chas . Curry 5 . • H. Bailey ' . • H. Bai 1 ey LEGE:ND: Slope Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains �~ ~~ -/3 #rp~---------------------------------- Claim of_ __ 6 In the Circuit Court of__~ . . . , . ~----County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. -~=:~~ ::.:.~:-~:c~:n ~~~-~A£:~~,~~-;~ ..r -~/4------ " ~ .fl~ _....-krk 4u,_~ ---~u• more or le~~-;f-«nct in __ --,,(,1--~~-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 t h e ~ of, ~aid p~on and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of=,IJ ~ ~ ~ - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this ~ , as his answer to said p e ~ and to said notice. ~ My name is_____ f L~-;,;,_~ - A JV-?:f:;,--~----~f)--- ·_ ,,1 My post office address 1s ______ _J(jtM..e.,_~ ~ -------~ . M ~_f o k ~ ~ I claim a right, title, estate ~terest in a tracf or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ co.ndemn~d, containing _abou1__ Q(_q_-3~a::es, °l1 )V~ich1th[~ ~:~ ~h1,ollowing ~z:,::ttprove~en:i!:/J:::t~·:_~cd~-::::1£~~-- ~-~:::±.eft1t~-:~:~~~ -'l::-'k.4,i This ~ abo~t_-~_/L2:--~-miles :rom _____________________________ Virginia, in th#~------------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, t~e, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~ parcel of land described above.) ¼ ----------------------------------- / ·- - - - - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - ��Oounl : hockinehnm Dia trict: ,,tonewall AcreeRe Claimed: Val:.rn Cla1me:d: l.ocation.:.. La Ea: Soil: 293 A. 26-000 . A ses ed " Deed 125 l~0.00 ti. S. :.>osi tion lU0-181·- 82. " 123.00 9500.00 AREAS 56 Partly outside tlto .,.Hdt .n eu. 1906 A. fone known :::Andy cl y loi..m. SloT)e type of a fair deryth and fertility. scattering loose rock but no outcrops. :::,ome ~ : 3 wiles vin dirt rood t o lslond :f ord, tho nearest ahipninr point. Histo:ry: '.-ho morchunt ble Ml timber aG re1i.1oved frolll. this tract several years ego. --he rarnninin,, stand consistin5 of 11!'.l' 11 scrubby oe.ks ·rnu some shor leai' pi nc, was badly 1nrringe b; 1 • recent sevore urn. Po tirnier value. None v~1ue of land by type: Value pe:r Slope ?.3.00 Total value of lnnd Tot .l vnlu of trect Avernge v lue per .1.otol V1'1ue ore c~ .1 "'-loS.00 l6U.OO 3.00 o.oo �... Iii THE CIRCUIT COUHT OF :1UCFDTl}.t-iAM COUNTY, VI GI.TIA 'l'he btate Commission on Conservation and Development of the Sto.te of Virginia , Petitioner At La\"1 l~ o . 1829 vs . Cassandra Lawson Atki~s and others , On th is , the Defendants ·- /6 ~ came· Amie B. · Hopkins , and , on her> motion , leave is given her to file her appli'\ c ation for the disbursement of the sum of -, 353 . 50 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of co,1demna tio for Tract .no . 328 and heretofore pa.id into the Court . And it appearing to the Court that the said Annie B . nopl..:ins is invested wit'"l a su:9erior or better right or clo.im of ti ~le in and. to the said tract of land rio . 328 than any other person or persons , and that the record of t:i.is cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party o,:• person in i nterest as to the title to said r!_!::,-,ac t No . 328 or to the -om ceeds aris in0 f rot1 the condemnation of said Tr~ct ~o . 328 1 Ana it further appeari:1g to the Court that all taxes due on said Tract .110 . 328 have been raid: Upon consider" t ion whe~of, it is con side red and ordered by the Court ~1at the said sum of )353 . 50 , paid into Court by petitioner as just co1 ensati on for Tract no . 328, be paid to the said Annie B. Hopkins . And t h e Clerk of this Court is direct ed to transmit ace!'tified copy of t.t1is order to the 'l'reasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto said Annie B. ttopki~s tnc said sum of ,353 . 50, being the �- 2 - amount of the awa ·d set out i;1 the judgnent of condemnation for ·rract 1'Jo . 328 , taking fro rr. seid _ nnie B . Hopkins a receipt therefor , and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropPi ate entr•y thereof , as requi!'ed by law . Enter: Judge �r l11I"<; CIRCUI'C 1 couwr OF ROCKIP:i±i 'Jil COUNTY, VIRGI , . . .A 'l'he State Comm· ss ion on Conservu.·'.:;irn and Development of the 0ta te of Vi:rr,inia , Petitioner At J,aw Jfo . 1829 vs . Cassandra .Lawson Atki:1s am ot:;l: ers, Defe. dan ts Cor-:e s now the undersigned and shows to the Court that a judgment in :rem has her etof ore been entered in t:!::. is p:roceedinc, condemning to tbe use of the :~titioner the fee simple estate in the tract of ~and numbered as 328 and described in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioners appointed ner ein , and sho·m , numbered , and del·ineated on the Co rnty ownership Map filed therewith , upon pa~rment into the custody of tf1e court of t..l-J.e sum set out in said judgment as cor.stituting t..rie award therefor as fol101vs: .ward on Tract No . 328 y---- --------- 0353 . 5O That said 'l'ract of land No . 328 is the same tr<?.ct of 1 and which was conveyed to the J.ate Ed,,lin B. Hopkins by ttenry Frn.n 1~ 0ipe and wife by deed dated January 23 , :}.9 07 , and duly of record in the Cle :rk 1 s uffic e of Rockingham County , Virgin '..a , in Deed page 381 . 0 ook 7 9 at S·1id t1. . e.. c t of land havirig passed to t.1e unoersigned under the last will and testament of said ::..;dwln B. Hopki"1s , probated June 30 , 19t 9 , and duly of re c ord in said Clerk ' s Office in Will Book 9 at page 325 . T!rnt your unde:rsie;ned , on the date of the said judgment in rem condemninc the said tract of land , owned or was entitled to the fee simple interest in the said t:cac t or i;1 t'...1.e proceeds arising from -che condemnatiorl t.'1.ereof . 'l'hat no other person or persm s than the undersigned are entitled to share in -che distribution of the said a1·1ard , and t hat all truces on said trac t of land hav1 been dul:y paid . ffnerefore , your undersigned prays ti-1at she be made a party he:ee in under the provisions of Section 21 of the ./:\,1.bli c Park Condem - �• - 2 ... nat i on Act , and t hat an order be entered for the distribut i on of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constitutins the award for the fee simple estate in said tr ct condemned as afore said and for the payment to the undersigned of -che said award , artl which the undersigned avers is as fo l lows: Tract No . 328 ,------$ 353 . 50. ;::;ta te of Virginia , Cit;,T of Richmond , to - wit : . nn,i e B. Hopkins , t'he person whos e .~ame is signed to tl1.e foregoL1g instrument , this day personally apneared before r.1e , the under signed, a Notar:r Public in and fol" t he City aforesaid in the State of Virgin5-a , and , bcine fir s t duly sworn , deposes and sa~~s that tl1e facts given in tre foregoing petiticn are t1.,ue and correct to the beCJt of her knov1ledge and belief . lo?l~~~-My Commission Expir~s January 7th, 1938 �Tu "'HOI rr HAY - . •• core ERW: rhis is to c ertify that the re c ords i::1 my offi ce do not 1 show any delinquent truces agai ::it the tract of mountain land con taining 68 a c res , 2 roods and 23 poles , heretofo:ce assessed in Stone fl t wall District , Rockingham County , Virgin .~a, in i:h e name of A~ B. Hopki'.1s . Given under my hand this J ~~ day of January, 103'7 . �� 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 Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hopkins-e-b-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hopkins, E. B. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Position 180-181-182 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 265 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 Hopkins