11 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0818013d7f95666b76be6c41cef2bf4c.pdf 54526e4075c5d9f71a0b335ae8ddb9df PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #244 - Hinkle , J . Number of Acres: w. 5 Location !I'OP of the Blue Ridge, lying in both Rocking ham and Greene counti es, and entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Nine mi~es over fair dirt road to Yancey , the neares t shipping point . Soil: See other side for soil inform ation. History of Tract and condition of timber: The wooded area has been cut over at variou s times and there is no mercha ntable timber . Most of the stand is under 8" DBH . with occasi onal trees up to 12" DBH . The southe rn part was severe ly burned in the of 1930 and the balanc e has been burned in the pa.st year.spring Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- @ 5 $3 . 00 $15 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivate d Land: Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land: $ 15 .oo Value of Improve ments: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Vahie of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ff. ti /J Incidenta l damages arising from the taking of this tract :~~ n// ~ c> : ·cLERK �~irc1 ~t ~7:~~';-4-~------County, ~~a:~. Virginia, N oLt_N/--, At Law. The State Commission on Conse¼ tion and Devet lM't qf the State of Virgini a, Petitioner, vs, ___ /!..a,ua -n.d,,-' « ___ .,_ ~ ~ ________r~ __ /--< ---- t--- ----------- ,--1.. ----------------------------------------------- -- .f' :;l. .L r{,_/ _ ~u...,,,- ------- -- t ~more or less, of land in_ lf!_t;p_~ !.~i-- ~ -------C ounty, Virgini a, Defend ants. The undersi gned, in answer to the pefition of the State Commission on Conserv ation velopm ent of the State of Virginia , and in respons e to the notice of condemnation and Deupon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of theawarde d Circuit Court oL_..!!.oc..kin:;.ri ___________ County, Virgini a, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ________ ,T ..__ -· .._ __ ·i nkJ e ______________ ________ _____________________ _ My post office address is ______ ~cG__lJ.f',Y__ yj__],__1,~_1-_:Y_i_:-f.:_r_i_I}i_?_~-- ------- ------- --I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, contain ing about ______l.4_1. ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improv ements: _______".;ro__ru.i_ & n.!! ------- ------- ------- ------------- -Tr,e prore rty enclo" "'- ' y ~ ' r re fence - ------- ------- ------- -------ia ------- ------- ------- ------- --vi ------ ------- ------- ------- --. 1an d 1s · 1ocat e d a b out ____ JJl"'I Th1s 1.L ____ m1·1es f rom ___ · C_? ,... c..h-__""'v ·~-- __ i ,1~ ___ 1,. v·1rgmia, ·· m · "tone1V '-lll _ Mag1s the _______ _: _______ ·teria · ·1n· 1s t·t r1c of sa1·dcount y. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners . If claiman t is not sole joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) c:,ole own,.r !, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The land owners adjacen t to the above describe d tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _______ ' r . _____ • _______ "arv _______ ?ic.l(l _________________________________________________ _ e i~_______ ~urvey South _______ ____ __________________________ __ _____ _____________________ · _____ _ East ________:r .- r . - Am tron~ ------- ------- ------- ------- · ------- ------- ------West ____ ______ _ i ;:_ rve y ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -----I acquire d my right, title, estate or interest to this propert y about the year__ J_91_J __ in the following manner : nu.rch .... e fro~.1 ernard ihiff l"tt and. wife ------- ------- -------...,v -~--· ------------- ------- ,u ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is $--~I~..20_._~0_____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest , in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is $_4.3~ ... D _Q______ • I am the owner of_ __ lQD~_________ acres of land adjoinin g the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damage d by the proposed condem nation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ __ __:'~ n e. _______ ___ , (In the space below should be set out any addition al stateme nts or informa tion this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practica ble he should also insert as to here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remark s· _____________ T _ar _~e _fror' _ 25_ to _ 48 __ t"er __ on the __ ai i })r~z _L,...~1.,__e :.c.b _.y..a ..:z:.~_L_eat.i ~t.e__ !L Y~J:..· J~ _ /!__ch..~e__:r_ _.9_L.3_2 _.:-_t.t_-x.:J __.yb.j;_Qh r_:!- ,.1 d rre_ 200 _l _ -. _for_ e ~ch __ t e.-r _...,.r. i"' e c~ on_ n. e__ ·aid_1-.n d, __ n d fur- _ then:.o r,. , I e"1 timat e that the ai -4 yi el-:i · i 11 ~floun t in doll Tie P ------- -~----- ------- ------- ------- --~---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---------g~_n_t~- -~~Qt? __p_~r__1 ________4~_Q_ t.O.P________ (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the back). Witness my signatu re (cfr''my name ·aha ~marJat ~-~_!ied here;o) this_.l_~tb_________ day oL ___ ,L Dll. ,._,,._ ~ t~ --{n,"?'£.lL ~ ----- ------------- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ EQ.9_¥_ _D_~ll~rri__ __ ____ ____ , To-wit: The undersi gned hereby certifies that_ ______ ...-_... ___ .._ __ Li.n.,t.j_e _____________________ ___ _ the above named claiman t persona lly appeare d before him and made oath t : !the at atters and things appeari ng in his above answer are true to the best of hi.,,,-irnu-u, edge f a d elief, this ____ J_~ ___________ day oLJ~A'\J __:ry__l_tg)..__ , ~ NP, . ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------' Clerk of the Court, or Special Investig ator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 1} �County: Distri t: Rockingham Stone ll #,244 * --------V lue Claimed: Deed:: 141 Assessed: 141 141 4230.00 Assesse: 2?0. 00 AREA : 5 Locationt Deed: soo.oo 1913 • South of Simmons Gap on top of the Blue Ridge . Entire tract lies partly Incumbro.nces. edunter claims or laP!: in Gr3ene nd artly . in Rockingham Counties. The area covered by this report is that art or the tract lying n Rockingham County hich 1 not lapped by the larg John • lElzAndel" tract . of fa1 r depth and fertil ity. Soil: Sandy lo Road: Nine miles over fair dirt road to Yancey, tho neart hipping point • Tho wooded area been cut over at various times and there is no mer... ost of the stand is under 8 6 ehantable timber . 1th occasional trees up to 12" DBH. DBH. Improvements: Value of land None EI tne :_ Slope Value per acr 2.50 5 Total v lue of land: 12 . 50 Total value of tract: · 12 ..50 A * erage value per o.ere: .. 50 Includes entire tract. t Continued f Total Value 12.50 1n �~ # 244 ~326-III . - J. W. Hinkle - - - fRockingham County) J . \~. Hinkl e - Lap on J . A. 110 er - (Rockingham County) -------~-------- Hinkle - - - - - (Greene County) J. • Hinkl p o~ , J . A. Alexander (Greene County) #151 . :f/136-I J. - SUMMARY BY C0U JTIFB Total Total. Aroa Value 76 452. 00 65 141 403 . 00 Rockingham G · el 855 . 00 • - - ... 855 . 00 -- 855 . 00 SUMMARY BY PARCELS -- #326-III .• Rockingham: Rockingham: #151 #136-I Gren Green #244 Type •• Slope Slope(burned) Fg , I Fg II Fg II c. -- -- -... ----- •• •• - e: Acree. Total value of land: Area: Value 5 wl2 . 50 439 . 50 71 as.so 9 56 319 . 50 141 $855. 00 - BY TYPES• -SUMMARY - Value Total g_er a.ore 32 '18 11 10 valu .2 .so ·so.oo l . 50 ll.7 . 00 330 . 00 150 . 00 ro.oo 15 . 00 153 . 00 25 . 00 17 . 00 1 141 26. 00 \1855 . 00 - • - • - - - - Total number of ac Average value per acre for entire tract: 855 . 00 141 A. 6 .06 -- 855.00 �~ County1 Roekingham Dtstr1ett ~ //!326-Ill ' • J. w.. 1:Iinkl.e Stonewal1 · Lap on J'olln A . Alexander Assessed.1. * Value Claimed1 -------·$4230 . 00 Aase-sse:d 141 : $270. 00 Deed: 141 Deed: tsoo. in 1915 ARE.A: 71 A. South ot Simmona Gap on top of' the Blue Ridge . Location: InmlIItbrancefl" ' counter e.laims or laps:_ Entire tract lie.s partly 1n Greene and partly in Ro.ckingham County. The area eover«J. by t his report is that part or the entire tract ~mi.eh is a pparently lapped b,- the large. Jobn A. Alexander tract. So11: Roads: Sandy :loam of fair depth and :fertility on top of' the ridge, but the slopes are thin end poor. A smalJ. amount of' the broken rock is found on top, but it is abundant on the sides . The sloi;e s are gentle on top and on the easte rn portcion of the grazing land, . but the balance is steepJI o£ ,mieh is fine blue grass t'Ul'.f', ,rith littl.e rock, few w.eeds and no brush. The s.econd class has patch.ea or good sod, but the soil is poor and there is much bare soil . The third eJ.ass has little turf'~ much rock, some brush and eonaiderabl.e mullein. There i very little water on the tract. Nine miles: over tai:r dirt x-oad to Yaneey, the nearest shipping point • ._l,!lstocr _of tract f1!1d, condition of tin;ber: The wooded area has been eut over at var i ous times and the re is no merchantable timber . Most of t h e stand is under au DBH. with occasional trees up to 1..2" DBH . The southern part was severely burned in tho spring of 1930 and the balance has been burned i n the paot yoar • Imp1"ovements: Value of land Tzpes: Slope l " llf Slope(Bu:rned ) Fg. I Fg. II None . bz types: Va.lue AREA: .! ! ,r a.ere gr/ $2 . 50 1 . 50 28 so.oo s 10 15 . 00 71 1l'otal value of land! Tot.al value of tract:. $439 . 50 Average v&l.ue per acre $6.19 * Inc1udes entire tract. $439 .. 50 T-otal value -$67 . 50 42 . 00 100 . 00 150. 00 �r /1244 - J. ~ #326•III./1161 - #136•:t w. Hinkle - - - - (Rockingham) J . \ • Hinkle .. Lap on J. A. Alexander J. \' . Hinkl - - - - ( Greene) w. Hinkle - Lap on J. A. Alexander - - (Green) - J. ., SUMMARY BY COUNT Total. Tota.J. Area Value Rock1nghmn 76 452. 00 Gree 65 403.00 141 S #244 J - ... (Rockingham) - Rocking - Green •• #136-I - Green •• Are •• 5 -- -- ... -- 71 Slope Slope(burned) _!ereage: 32 319 . 50 66 141 855.oo - - - •• V u per acre 2.50 l.50 30.00 78 Fg.I Fg.II Fg.II Fe. 439.50 9 SUMMARY BY TYP TzPe~: 11 10 Tota1 valu ao.oo 117.00 330.00 15.00 100.00 9 17.00 1 141 25.00 153. 00 25 . 00 855. 00 Total value of land: -------- ... Total n J..mber of - ... .. - - .. - - - - ere : 855. 00 ARY BY .?ARCELS - ...... •• #326-III .- Rockingham; #151 $855.00 .. - - - -- Aver ge value per acre for entire tr ct: • - - - 855.oo 141 A. 6 .06 855 . 00 �HI!TI:LE , :r . l. rr-151 - I GREE::-3 COUNTY DJ ~• •:JIBITR :'ION .tJ.CREE.IJE~JTS ~ubni tted to t!10 _:.overr:or r1s1n5 in or o'.lt of Conderm ti on Proceedir:,:: s :pendir:.u in t: . . e Circuit court of Virgi .ia under u·~hori ty of the s!~enandow.h national P .:...rl: ~.ct . EJ C.... PT T: Hinkl~ , J" . .! o ORIGJN_.1,L CL uM: Ve:.lue ,14 , 250 . 00 : rnc . n.__m .~es , None V),.LUE PLI...CED ON TR.CT BY PETI IONER'S -~PR~ISERS: V i.Lt1E TR.LOT NO. "'403 . 00 151-I 0 RD OF Ji.PPR rs_i.L MAP NUMBER OF TR CT: V~ LTJE None 151- I o:f TR .CT: TB. CT ~!O . nJCIDE~IT-~ Dalt Ct:3S 151- I 480 . 00 None Copies of tl is st!::l.tem~nt .:.re . . . tt .c:_ed to the staten0nt of Peti tior. er land lies iled i1 t . . e County in 1.1hich the major :portion of the nd in ·1 l1ich this exceptant hc.,s filed · .1is statement • . . �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI1Y,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres in Rockingham. The affidavit of ___ !..fu_ jf . (ff&iikfg , to be read in connection with the motion filed by J. W.Hinkle to have the findings of the .Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 244. State of Vi Iginia, c~ &r? ~ t This day -wat: -·---~fj 41.;!/J W44Je __po-rsonally ap- peared before me, ~. ~ ~i;rla Converse, a Notary Pt1blic in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, and, being dnly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acquainted with the grazing farm of J.W.Hinkle sitnate on the Bllle Ridge Monntaina in Rockingham and G1·eene Connties, and have often been upon the same. I have seen the cattle grazing upon the lands, and have seen them after they we r e taken the r efrom in the fall of the year. From the knowledge and experience th.at I have had in connection with grazing and handling of cattle, I am certain that said grazing lands will graze 35 head of cattle each and every year, and that these cattle will each put on an average of 200 pollllds or more per year. I con- sider the value of approximately $8.00 per a~ r e placed on these lands by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners to be insignificant, and not at all in line with. the real val u.e of said property. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER --· 2-1'--I �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. The State 0ommission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia. v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,561 acres, more or less, in Rockingham County, iirginia. Statement made by J.W•Hinkle pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932, in responsa to Item No. 2 of the inquiry made in said decree. Your respondent says that the 71 acres listed in the report of the Appraisal Board under its No.326-III as the J.A.Alexander Lap on J•W.Hinkle is erroneous in that said 71 acres is in fact the property of your respondent and said prope :c ty should have been listed under Respondent's No.244. A plat showing the entire tract of land is herewith filed, marked " Ex.Plat", and the same is pray d to be read as a part hereof J ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~M)~~ cs~---___By!§_Counsel. __~ cJ --...:. ---- Geo .S.Harnsbe r ger, Counsel. LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . 2..15 �... Claim of a ___________________________________________ _ ~ z/4--~ .., In the Circuit Court oL~ ~ ~ -County, Virginia, No..t'L~, At Law. ~::e:,t~:_commissi~ ~~~ ~ ~:=~o~~ :~:-~:~ ~-;d~~::~~'--~~:i~ __ _,d-.,,.L,,_~ L-~ . ----------------------------------------------- ------ 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 fili~ o! , id ?eti_;Jon and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of__ as his answer to said petition and to said notice. L _~ ,_ -- My name is ______ My post office " -ss is ____ ~~ ____ ---------------------~ ___ __ ___ ~ -~ --- - .L---------·-- I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ .L½/____ acres, on which there are the following ________________ _ --- ~ ~.., L ~ ~ buildings and improvements:______ -~ ~~~5__ ~/4µ -~--- ----------4 ---- ----- This ~ay d is located about_ __ _L~ ___ miles from_ ~ ~ _ , d ~ / . Y_lf'&_Virginia, in th~ ~--Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -----------------~ ~ __ #:, _~ k ------------------------------ --~ ~--- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~.t: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 $~x~<E.!_ ____ . 2-] �/ �nock ingham I .. R I J.=tl#./t##v#f 01! {, v G:t,I • vf va. Cas sandra Lawson Atkins and oth ers and 52,;01 Acres in Rockingham County,Va. ?f_/\1 B4 r It e t ti ... ~ l V " to e . V h. d din o 1 norr p 0 __ , '1ndi .. ~...........,.;.:....:.:: --irt":""7.~ Thi ,4 "lr1LI/. TS LJ ?"'~ I ....._ _~ e::- ., S d, 1n th f!! po o : ~:n-~: , to- P8f:~#o ~ :c v:a Jo............. _:go , • < t Virg ni , o k 0 ·» f .. er fr ?l 1 C "" Q.va th 1ore nd of " h ndl1 Q. 1'1 le oaah I ·,h nd every y oh put on en l? 80 l l g:r. r'. '"5 tt o 111 m r. C n- c don nro •.1n t to b, in 1 ,n.tf. l in tine ..,1 .. n HARRISONBURG. VA. th cert in th t a tle, I C l. a LAW OFFICES .. Hinl:le • t.:. c_ GEO. S. HARNSBERGER of J ~een of J . orn, ul u 0 l ;. .1 • r.,r zi ; t J ~ou.nt1os , J for th ln o _p · r .. d onnl s ii : I u o ~ lr1111hctJ 171 .. orn o ;.l ... nt . . op r ,y ·------ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGII.AM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The state Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the state of Virginia vs. Cass ndr La son tin and others and 52,501 acres in Rooki The a ffidavit of co ham. C/1 c/.r J-J. &t;1·.ke , to be re d in eotion with the motion filed by J.W.Hinkl e to have the find- ings of the Board of ppraisal Commissio ners disa roved in connectio n with its finding State of Virginia, co11nly I I- 'fi>tJo.lf111 vh0-,1, c~ 9f na:rriee1sw.;pg, to-wit: This day ChaJs --------- ----- personally ap- otary Pu.blio in and for the City afores· id, in the State of Virgini~, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am well a cquainted iith the grazing farm of J. W. Hinkle ituat on the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roe' ngham and Greene Counties, and have often been upon the s me. I have seen t he o' tle grazing u on the l ands , and have seen the t aken therefrom in the fall of the year. " after they were From the kno ledge and experience that I have had in connectio n ~ith grazing of cattle, I am certain thats id gruzing l ds will nd handlin raze 35 head of cattle eaoh and every year, and that these cattle will eaoh put on an average of 200 pounds or more per year. proximate ly lands by the Board e.oo LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . Subscribed and sworn to before me this '%. z.,,.A aay of September , l9b2. _ per acre placed on these ppraisal Co. i sioners to and not at all in line ___,;._ · (J__,;. .:)·~~ -ro''~-----~ :--,; ~ ~-=------· Notary J?ublio. I con- e insignifi cant �,.. . - - •· Zl ' I1f THE CI}CUIT COURT OF ROCY.:INGHJ .! COUUTY, VIRGn:rA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia fifed I h R n t e Clerk's Offl ockJngham County, V~e vs. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and 52,501 acres in Rockingham County. S£p}1 ~ 1932 - . <J/E.fl : - ,-r2~'fn.r_, . V TO THE HOJ: . H. ~· . BERT . , -,/~ 1~ , JUDGE OF S1'...ID COURT . The motion of J. '7.Hinkle, praying said Court to disa:pprov9 and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of ppraisal Commissioner s, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter , wherein the said Board reported, under ~o . 244 of its findings as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that movean~ i is only entitled to five acres of land in Rockingham County , and that this five acres is appraised at ~3 . 00 an acre, or \15.00 . The grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the Board of ' ' ppraisal Commissioner s erred in not reporting as the property of moveant the 71 acres of land listed under their No. 326-III entitled J . a . Alexander Lap on J . W. Hinkle. (2) That the price per acre allowed for said five acres of land and also the price for the 71 acres of land are extremely inadequate and confiscatory , as more fully appears from the affidavits attached hereto . (b) That the findings of said Board were based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before said Board by moveant. (4) That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from t h e statements contained in its report, based upon the physical character of the land alone , without taking into consideratio n, or at LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the income - producing character of said land or to the fact that all ' �_ .. 2 .. - such grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains are being taken under these condemnation proceedings , and that like grazing lands cannot be purchased now for any such amount as allov,ed to the said moveant , all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto . ill of said affidavi ts are asked to be read in support of these exceptions . 6z./~ vounse . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. �-IN TH~ CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.. -1,. ' ' COUNTY , VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson tlrins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockinghar:1 County. The affidavit of J . V. Hinkle , to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with i ts finding No . 244. State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to-wit: J . ·i. Hinkle this day personally a ppeared before me , F. Flavia Converse , a .i:iotary 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 of 141 acres of grazing land situate upon the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Counties of Rockinghan and Greene , on the head-waters of One Mile Run and Two Mile Run, about l¼ miles south of Simmons Gap Road , 76 acres of which land lies in the County of Rockingham and 65 acres in the County of Greene , which lands , together, constitute one grazing farm , and are used as suoh. The 141 acres of land above referred to will graze 35 head of cattle for six months during each and every year , and thesi ~ 35 cattle will put on an average of at least 200 pounds , each , during that period . would be 7,000. A The aggregate number of pounds thus put on very conservative average price would be six cents per pound , which would make the income from the grazing each year ~420. 00. This amount is equivalent to the inoooe at six per LAW OFFICES GEO. s. HARNSBERGER cent. on ~7 , 000 . 00 . The average worth per acre would thus be ap- HARRISONBURG , VA. ljOO �--2--- .. proximately ~49 .00, as against an average of about ~8.00 per acre allowed by the Commission on all of the lands here involved. The land above referred to has actually grazed the number of cattle above specified, and I know that the cattle will put on , year in and year out, at least the weight above specified , and have put on more. That portion of the above tract of 141 acres situate in Rockingham is of approximately the same v~lue as that in Greene, as the character and value of the ls.nds, so far as grazing is concerned, are about the same in both Counties. I am the owner of three farms situate in stonewall District, Rockingham County, one containing 150 acres, another containing 97 acres , and another containing 90 acres. The grazing lands above referred to, or some other grazing lands equally as good, are absolutely indispensable to me in the operation of my farms, because it is absolutely necessary in the proper operation of said farms to supply extra grazing lands where the cattle can be kept du.ring the summer, in order that I may have cattle to consume the rougness on the farms during the winter. These farms have to be cultivated, and are not , technically, grazing lands, and are of too fertile a nature to be used for that purpose. Now, due to the fact that these condemnation proceedings contemplate the taking of all grazing lands of any value on the Blue Ridge Yountains, it will not be possible for me to acquire further grazing lands in the vicinity of the above described mountain property or accessible to my farms. The grazing lands in question cannot be replaced anywhere in this section of Virginia for the sum above stated , that is, '49. 00 per acre. \/hen I filed my claim in this matter, I attempted to value these lands at what I would be willi~· to take for them, provided I could replace these properties with other grazing lands, and felt that ~30.00 an acre would be a fair price for the properties under such conditions, but, as I now find that all such grazing lands in this section are being taken in LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER these proceedings, I think I should have a higher price in order HARRISONBURG. VA. _ 401 �I- ' ----3-- that I might be in a better position to replace these properties. The Board of ppraisal Commissioners erred in listing 71 acres of this land under their finding no. 326-III as belonging to J •• Alexander. This land has been in my possession and under f e nce for about twenty years, and there has been no dispute over any boundary line, nor have I ever heard of any dispute over any boundary line between ny predecessors and any one else. s the aforesaid land being condemned in this cause is indispensable to the profitable operation of my other farms, the same is not for sale, and I hereby ask that this land be omitted from the contemplated Park aren, and that in the establishment of said Park proper provision be made for the exclusion of these lands, and that there be provided a right of way thereto over such adjacent lands as the Commission may see fit to condemn. 11 of the foregoing information was given the Board of ~~ppraisal Comrnissione~s, but, if I am to judge by their findings, it was not considered. %l~hk nrJ Subscribed and~-~· before me this \qtl day of September, 1962. _ _J;_.f_~__,......,...01-:----------,,r~ ~ - - - - - - - ' ~iotary :..--u. 61ic. ' 1; LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �IN TIIE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCYINGH..i " COU:N"TY, VIRGHTIA. The State Commission on Cons erva tion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Vi rgin ia vs . Cass andra Lawson Atki ns and othe rs and 52 , 501 acre s in Rockingham. The affid avit of ,2., J, ¥, u , to be read in conn ectio n with the moti on filed by J . ;.Hin kle to have the find ings of the Board of ppra isal Comm ission ers disap prov ed in aonn eatio n vi th its findi ng :ro. 244. Stete of Virg inia, ~~~~ City of :m l"l!i:a 0n'ba rg, to-w it: This day peare d befo re me , ~ ~ z = ,. pera onal ly ap- --s e, a ;otar y Publ ic in and for the :G4-ty afore said , in the State of Virg inia , and , being duly ~ swor n, depo ses and says : I am well acqu ainte d with the graz ing farm of J . "I. Hink le situa te on the 3lue Ridg e Moun tains in Rockingham and Green e Coun ties , and have often been upon the same. I have seen t he cattl e graz ing upon the land s , and have seen them afte r they were t aken there from in the fall of the year . From the know ledge and expe rienc e that I have had in conn ectio n with craz ing and hand li of catt le, I am certa in that said graz ing land s will graz e 35 head of catt le each and every year , and that these catt le will each put on an avera ge of 200 pounds or more per year . I conside r the value of appr oxim ately ,8 . 00 per acre place d on these land s by the Board of Appr aisal Comm ission ers to be insig nific ant and not at all in line with the rea l value of said prop erty. Sube oribe d and swor n to befo re LAW OFFI CES GE0. 5. HARNSBERGER HARRISON BURG , VA. (13 me this ~"""----,._a ay of Septe mber , 19J2 . ,.µ,;~ �In the Circuit vourt of nccKingham County,Virginia. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. v. 1: ~assandra Lawson Atkins anct others ana 52,661 acres,more or less,in Rockingham County,Virginia. Jf !932 F ~lerk statement made by J. W.HinKle pursuant to a dec,,,,ee entered in the above entitled cause on October 2~,1932,in response to Item No.2 of the inquiry made in said decree. Your respondent says that the 71 acres listed in the report of the Appraisal Board unr:ler its No. :12'1-III as the ,T .A.Alexander Lap on J. w.Hirude is erroneous in that said 71 ac1"es is in f'act the property or your respondent anrl said property should have been listed under Respondent's No.2-1-1:. A plat showirg the entiee tract of land is herewith filed,marked " Ex.Plat" ,am'l the same is prafed t beza¼. ~~t ::/4,,o;y;;::£!ft~;22·i';3•: iA By Counse • Geo.s.Harnsberger, Counsel. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �I L- ,i o· v· 'L ... r. lr ~ .. ' ~., r. 1 !QTT~... T <ku y .r t: T , i ,, R a: V" rC i .i . /l ill <lo () ~ ,( ' ~ 'o ~ s 111 ,.. t .. , c:, ~~ ;),. 0 ' S 8 77:;,. W /G.O 'F' 1J1avey, , Cr IA t • �COU? Y,VIRGINIA. INT J CIRCUIT COURT O ROCKINGH 1he state Commission on evelopment Conservation an of the st te of Virgin! va . cassandr Lawson tkin and other , and 52,501 aore~ o! 1 nd in ockingham County. In re exoeption To the Hon. -hi lip 11111 a, Chairm Park Land 1.rbi tration Boa.rd. of the In rely to your letter -ncl o 11 o! . u.gu t 8 , 193, beg to ay that oopiee of the p pers heretofore filed in the· bove matter are he re iith h~nded you, and a like copy has been delivered nd Development, ~ith the iseion on Con ervation to the St te Co exception of a copy of the claim 111ch r . ..arsh of the Commission aid ~hey did not .tmd. nswering your oall urther (l) The ground oept1on is the extremely inadequa te a ted d et forth in the ex- of e ·oeption are fully S.llff1oe it to say here that t e ba is of the ex- aept1one filed. upon the 1 in their order: d oonfi ec atory value placed of oxooptant ; these lands a to qua11iy or v· lu, Tho re not property aegre- ount · llo ed per ~or e !or ex- ce:ptant's land is not only not the fir v lue of s id land under hich con itions normal conditions, und r aid 1 nd mus t be valued but 1 gr ossly in de u ta and oonfisa atory in viev oft e faot tha it 1 the purpose ot the Conservation Co~mis ion to take ull s uch grazing lands upon the (2) The number ot thi in thee prooeeding (3) The HARRISONBURG , VA . att ohed her eto. ountain. cl 1m on the county owner hip m·p filed ia uthority of oo lAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER lue Ridge el to ·c t in these proceedings 1 �o/ Yeo. S Aarnsberyer £aw Office J{arnson6,.u y,l/a. Aug.12,1933. To The Hon.Philip Williams, lihairman of the Park Land Arbitration Board; This is co certify that I,J.w.Hi1mle ,have emploJted Geo. s.uarnsberge r,Attorney,o r Harrisonburg ,virginia,to represent me in all condemnation proceedings in connection with my lands in the Shenandoah NaLional ParK area. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conse r vation and Development of the State of Vi rginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52 , 501 acres in Rockingham County. TO THE HON. H. '.'f• BER TR.Alf , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. The motion of J . W. Hinkle, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein the said Board reported, under No . 244 of its findings as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Cou.rt, that movean is only entitled to five acres of land in Rooldngham County, and that this five acres is appraised at $3. 00 an acre, or $15.00. Th e grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the Board of .AJ)praisal Commissioners erred in not reporting as the property of moveant the 71 acres of land listed under their No . 326-III entitled J •• Alexa nder Lap on J . W.Hinkle. (2) That the price per acre allowed for said five acres of land and also the price for the 71 acres of land are extremely inadequate and confiscatory, a s more fully appears f rom the affidavits attached hereto . (3) That the findings of said Board wer e based u pon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidenc e produced before said Board by moveant . (4) That the find i ng of sa id Board is, apparently, from t h e sta tements contained in its report, based upon the physical charLAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SO NBURG, VA. acter of the land alone, with out t aking into c onsideration, or at Ccl �----2-least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the income-pr oducing eharaoter of said land or to the fact that all suah grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains are being taken under these condemnat ion proceeding s , and that like grazing lands cannot be purchased now for any such amount as allowed to the said moveant, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavit s attached hereto . 11 of said affidavit s are asked to be read in support of these exception s. Q' 1w. j~ ( l ·o ./\,~ ) ....,cf ' ~ 1 3 y Counsel. (~·o ._., ~ . U/1., ._,orl LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. S. ~ ounse �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conserv ation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassand ra L1wson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres in Rockingham. The affidav it of <F. S~JC ~ , to be read in connect ion with the motion filed by J.VI.Hin kle to have the findings of the Board of AppJSi.sal Commiss ioners disappro ved in connect ion with its finding No. 244. ~ iw~ ~fJ to-wit: nbarg, City of Ha??iee This day QJ, £, J ' ~ A . persona lly ap- r; , k:, peared before me, F,Fl.a.Yi a Ge.rr-,1erse, a Notary Public in and for the ~fore a~id, in the State of Virginia , and, being du.ly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acquaint ed with the grazing farm of J.W.Hinkle situate on the Blue Ridge Mountai ns in Rockingham a.nd Greene Countie s, and have often been upon the same. I have seen the cattle grazing upon the lands, and have seen them after they were taken therefro m in the fall of the year. From the knowledg e and experien ce that I have had in oonneot ion with grazing and handling of ca ttle, I am certain that said grazing land a will graze 35 h ead of ca ttle each and every year, and that these cattle will each put on an average of 200 pounds or mor e ~er year. I consider the value of approxim ately $8. 00 per acre placed on these lands by the Board of Al)prais al Commiss ioners to be insignif icant, and not at all in line with the real value of s a id property . LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SO NBURG. VA. S11baorib ed and sworn to beforJS '..i.p.wf ) 'J O day of September, 1932. me this e. w~cvdcr6·~ J o. Notary Puolio. 1 , CfJ S'~ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.A:M 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. The affidavit of J.W.Hinkle, to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 244. State of Virginia, City of Karrisonbu.rg, to-wit: J.W.Hinkle this day 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 of 141 acres of grazing land situate upon the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the CoWltiee of Roakingh and Greene, on the head-waters of One Mile RWl and Two Mile Run, about l¼ miles south of Simmons Gap Road, 76 acres of which land lies in the County of Rockingham and 65 acres in the CoWlty of Greene, which lands, together, constitute one grazing farm, and are used as such. The 141 acres of land above referred to will graze 35 head of cattle for six months during eaoh and every year, and thes 35 cattle will put on an average of at least 200 pounds, each, du.ring that period. The aggregate number of pounds thus put on A very conservative average prioe would be six cents per pound, which would make the income from the grazing eaoh would be 7,0oo.oo. LA W OFFICES year $420.00. This amount is equivalent to the inoome at six per GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARR I SONBU RG . VA. cent. on $7 ,000.00. The average worth per acre would thus be ap2.10 �--2-proximately $49.00, as BBainst an average of about $8.00 per acre allowed by the Commission on all of the lands here involved. The land above referred to has actually grazed the number of cattle above specified, and I know that the cattle will put on, year in and year out, at least the weight above specified, and have put on more. That portion of the above tract of 141 acres situate in Rockingham is of approximately the same value as that in Greene, as the character and value of the lands, so far as grazing is concerned, are about the same in both Counties. I am the owner of three farms situate in stonewall District, Rockingham County, one containing 150 acres, another containing 97 aores, and another containing 90 acres. The grazing lands above referred to, or some other grazing lands equally as good, are absolutely indispensable to me in the operation of my farms, because it is absolutely necessary in the proper operation of said farms to supply extra grazing lands where the cattle oan be kept during the summer, in order that I may have cattle to consume the roughness on the farms during the winter. These farms have to be cultivated, and are not, technically, grazing lands, and are of too fertile a nature to be used for that purpose. Now, due to the fact that these condemnation proceedings contemplate the taking of all grazing lands of any value on the Blue Ridge Mountains , it will not be possible for me to acquire further grazing lands in the vicinity of the above described mountain property or accessible to my farms. 'rhe grazing lands in question cannot be replaced anywhere in this section of Virginia for the sun above stated, that is, $49. 00 per acre . When I filed my claim in this matter, I attempted to value these lands at what I would be willin to take for them, provided I oould replace these properties with other grazing lands, and felt that $30.00 an aore would be a fair price for the properties under such conditions, but, as I now find LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. that all such grazing lands in this section are being taken in 2.11 �---3-these procmdings, I think I should have a higher prioe in order that I might be in a better position to replace these properties. The Board of Appraisal Commissioners erred in listing 71 acres of this land under their finding No. 326-III as belonging to J.A..Alexander. This land has been in my possession and under fence for about twenty years, and there has been no dispute over any boundary line, nor have I ever heard of any dispute over any boundary line between my predecessors and any one else. As the afore~aid land being condemned in this cause is indispensable to the profitable operation of my other farms, the same is not f .o r sale, and I hereby ask that this land be omitted from the contemplated Park area, and that in the establishment of said Park proper provision be made for the exclusion of these lands, and that there be provided a right of way thereto over such adjacent lands as the Commission may see fit to condemn. All of the foregoing information was given the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, but, if I am to judge by their findings, it was not considered. Sub$Cri bed and ~ before me this -ft! if.. 1932 • day of September, ......4"'"'d.-..Jl.._ _, ta_r;___Pu~~,........o---..... ( . .,_£_~,..._..___._}_f.....,.~~-~ LAW OF FI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. �Rocwham COUNTY, VI GIN IA. IN THE CIRCUI'11 COURT OFjffl · The State ~ommiasion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson At~ina and others and 52 ,501 Acres in Ro ak:ingham County, Va. 1-r.SwAPment-J;!oat &fl:d: e th.era and: ·5 4r;i:£·9-- agre-e, mor e or-± eas, i--n-G-re-ene -Ce-QQty~ \4.3'!-g-i--&i-th-. The affidavit of __ __{g_J l l ~--· to be read in connection with the motion filed by J. W.Hinkle to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. ffi#ff# 244 State of Virginia Co1..1."h t ~ o-f' 'l'ocki--rqha.'h-> l~~v----<:tt'--...Jilu::J:1-1::18-!le-ae~, to-wit: This de! ~f -~r,,.,e ,t. e, ~ urf ~ ·~ lo, t k :;e • · personally app~red , a Notary Public in and for the mi.esaid, in the State of Virginia, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am well acqa11in ted with the grazing farm of J .w.Hinkle situ.ate on the blue Ridg e Mountains in Rock inghan and Gr eene Co unties, and have often been u.pon the same. I have seen the cattle grazing upon t h e lands, an d have seen them after they were taken the r efrcm in the fall of the year. From the knowledge and experience that I have had in connection with grazing and handling of cattle, I am certain t h a t said g raxing lands wi 11 graze 35 head of cattle e a ch and eve r y year, and tbs. t these cattle wi 11 each put on an average of 200 pounds or more per yea r . I con- sider the value of approxi mately $8.00 per ac r e placed on these lands \)y the Board of Appraisal Commissioners to be insignificant, and not a t all in line wi 'th the real value of said property. Subsori bed and swo r n to LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA , (f# ,.)1- .J.,W;..:.-~_,--:J~r:E.~wtJ..'li,W,__g, ----·- - -- before me this --2J.d..day of Septembe r , 1932. c~·ff° ool ) G°QU h (pt1_____ wTary Public. �~:: (~ ~1J./ 9 :t ~ - Lur :c STATEMENT Q ~ Z, C i. ;,t IJ !! "' 0 :z ffl = 0 n mm 0 C ...m C a,1XJ m CO -I :z a, ; "' i OF ) Geo . s. Harnsberger, p . q . - ... . i.N -:z J . W. HINKLE . OR~ < :,r rn < llt IJ - 3 • z, n t'\ II 0 Ji, '( Ill -I 0 Oo- ::, C ., "' :z ;q~ STATEMENT OF COSTS , POSTAGE , ETC . : , 2. 2.. �In re Arbitration ..Agreements submitted to the Governor, arising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah Nation:.il. Park Act. State Commission on Conservation and Development of. the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. f i\ed in the C\erk's Office Rockin~harn County, \/a. . .. AUG ,1,f\933 ~\erk In re exceptions of J.W.Hinkle. To the Hon.Philip Williams, Chairman of the Park Land .Arbitration Board. In reply to the rules issued by said Arbitration Board on .August 16, 1933, and in reply to your call. therein made, the undersigned begs to say: (a) As Your Honors have decided that the aases will be heard in the County where the greater portion of. the land lies~ this case will be heard in Rockingham, rather than in Greene, and thus the numbers for the several tracts of land in both Counties will be given. The number of the five acre tract in Rockingham County, listed in the name of the undersigned, is 244. The number of a 71 acre tract in Rockingham County, listed as an overlap on the lands of the undersigned by the lands of J.A..Alexander, is 326-III. The number of the 65 acre tract in Greene County, listed in the name of the undersigned, is 511-I. The undersigned is informed by Mr.Marsh of the Conservation Commission that those interested in the ~.A.Alexander land are not claiming any overlap on the land of the undersigned, and that, therefore, no question from that angle in regard to the titlE I· of the undersigned will be raised. (b) The ao.reage claimed in the entire tra ct of land located in LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . 12-3 �---2.--both Rockingham and Greene is 141. (o) This tract of land, for the purposes of valuation, accord- ing to the rules laid down by Your Ifonors, should be segregated as follows: 60 . acres of grazing land @ $40.00 per acre, $2 ,400.00 40-l acres of slope land @ $5. 00 per acre, rt tt It tt ft ft n @ $3.00 per acre, 202.50 121.50 2,724.00 The .Appraisal Board erred in reporting 110 acres of said land as slope land, and also erred in reporting the value of the slope land, namely, 60 acres@ $3.00, and 50 acres @ $2.00. That said AJ?praisal Board further erred in only listing 31 acres of said land as grazing land. above set forth • rt should have listed 60 acres,as .And Appraisal Board further erred in placing an average value of about $28 .00 per acre on the 31 acres, when it should have placed a value of at least $40.00 per acre thereon. rt is believed and averred by the undersigned that the evidenoe will show that the above statement, as made by the undersigned, is in accord with the facts both as to the character of the land aad as to its value. In addition to the value of the land, as above determined, exaeptant claims that an additional sum should be allowed him because he needs said grazing lands in the farming operations in whioh he is engaged; that said lands are not for sale; and because the Conservation Commission in these proceedings is endeavoring to take, and is asking that it be allowed to take, all o! th grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains, and such lands could not be replaced for the value of the land as hereinabove determined. LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA . Exceptant believes and avers that this land could not be replaced for less than $25.00 per acre in addition to the above valuation, and he is very doubtful whether it oan be replaced at �--3-- that figure, because the grazing lands of the character now under consideration are very scarce and hard to acquire outside of the Blue Ridge area. Exoeptant believes and avers that he is entitled as a matter of just compensation, to the fair. full, and exact equivalent of the land that is being taken from him, and that he should be left in as good a financial condition after the land is taken as he is now. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day J.W.Hinkle personally appeared before me, F.Flavi Converse, a Notary Public in. and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly affirmed, deposes and says: F have read the above statement, and believe the statements of facts contained therein to be true. t affirmed Subsori bed and sw1u0a to before me this .J d- R(h, day of .August ,1933. ___j_N.,. _~~.. ,.ar~;-J?u .........~~o...........=--------• LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �f\\ d in the C\er~'i )ffice ock1ngham Couoty ak HINKLE, J . W. 244, 326- III ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SEP 1 \933 ·- ~ ~ \ e k (/ IN RE. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER : EXCEPTANT: Hinkle , J . V. ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 141: Value $4230: Inc. Damages, None. VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER ' S .aPPRAISERS: TRACT NO . VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES 244 $12 . 50 None 326-III 439 . 50 None BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMM!:> ::HONERS FINDINGS : MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 244, 326- III . VALUE OF TRACT: TRACT NO . VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES 244 $15 . 00 None 326-III 645 . 00 None �he basic differences between petitioner are a s to the cl~ssific e tion nd this exceptant nd value of the 1 nd • . .lthougl He believe the vc lues reported by the petitioner , s apprr.isers were very libera l "':ppraisal Commissioner s nd tha t the findings of the Board of s to vo.lues ::.-re subste,ntially too high , we have &ccepted end ~~11 not seek loTier va lu tion thr n their finaings o.. s shoun on the a ove t ables in this ca se . As to the clE.,,ssific c.. tion of t he l end " nd the other elements of va lue ue submit that these matters re correctly set forth in the lork Sheets of the Boc_rd r:-i th reference to this cc.se, and not a s set forth in exceptant' s sta tements . vri th the record a nd o. These ,fork Sheets are filed copy of these :Jork · sheets t.re submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith , and additional copies of the Jork Sheets in t his c se will be furnished if desired . Subscribed to and verified before me this the ~ d ,y of september , 1933. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA• The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the tate of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,561. acres of land, more or le as, in Rockingham C~unty, Virginia, 7~a.y On this, the by counsel, and on hi Defendants. of August, 1934 , came .r.W.Hinkle, motion leave 1e given him to fil.e his ap- plication for the payment to him of the folio ing sums: The sum of (1) by the 15.00 , the same being the amount awarded him Board of Apprai al Commi sioners, as set out in the Judg- ment of condemnation of Tract No. 244, which tract fo erly stood in the name of .r.w.Hinkl.e, the amount th reo:t having been heretofore paid into court; (2) by The sum of $645.00, the same being th the Board of amount awarded hi ppraiaal Commissioner s, as set out in the judg- ment of condemnation of Tract No. 326-III, which tract formerly stood in the name of J.W.Hinkle, the amount thereof having been here~ofore paid into court • .And it appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s, heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for Judgment of oondemnation heretofore entered herein, that, 1n th opinion o~ the petition r, the said Hinkle w s invested with a better right or claim of titl J.w. in and io the said Traot No. 244 than any other person, and that the record in this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any pal'ty or person in interest as to ihe title io said Tract No. 244 or to the proceeds ari ing from the condemnation thereof, and that the ea.id J.W.Hinkl.e is entitled to reoe1ve the proceeds LAW OFFICES GEO. s . HARNsBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. arising from the condemnation of said Traot No. 244, and it furtb.e �_ .. z_..... appearing to the Court fro the report of the Board of A,ppra.is l Commie ionera, heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment of condemnation heretofore entered herein, that, in the opinion of the petitioner the land of the aid J.W.Hinkle listed as Tract No. 326-III waa an overlap on the J.A.Al.exander or Mount Vernon tract of land, and that the title o~ the aid J.W.Hink1e toe id tract of land or to the proceeds ari ing there- from was thereby clouded; And it further appearing to the Court from the petition of J w.Ri.nkle and aocompanying exhibits filed in this cause that J.W.Hinkle has procured the waiver of any claim that th judgment creditors of J.A.Alexander might hav severa1 against the said Tract No. 326-III, and that the said J. 1'T.Hinkle i now entitled to the amount awarded by the Board of A,ppraisal Commi aioners for said Tract No. 326- II, and that no oth r p rson or persons are entitled thereto; And it further appearing to the Court that all taxes against said tracts have been paid: Upon consideration whereof, it i by the oonaidered and ordered court that the said sum of $15.00 for said Traot No. 244 and the said sum of 645.00 for s id Traot No.326-III, the ea.me being the amounts a arded J.W.Hinkle by the Board of 11.Ppraiaa.l Oommi sioners for said Traot No. 244 ands id Traot No. 326-III, paid into court b7 the petitioner as Just oollU,)ensation for said tracts, be paid to Geo.S.Harnsberger, attorney for said J.W.Hinkle and the Clerk of thi Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unto the said Geo.s.Harnsberger, attorney for J.W.Hinkle, the said sum of $15 .00 for Tract No. 244 and the said um of $645 .00 for Tract No. 326-III, the amount of the said awards set out in the LAW OFFICES GEO. s. HARNsBERGER Judgment of condemnation :for said tracts of land above de ignated, HARRISONBURG. VA. \58 �.... 3 .... takil!B from the said George s.Harnsberger, attorney for s id J.w. Hinkle , reoeipts therefor and oertifN-1,ng such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof, as required by law. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUliTY,VIRGINIA• The State Commis ion on Conserv tion and Development of the state of Virgini, Petitioner, t Law No. l.829. vs. Gassa,ndra Lawson Atkins a,nd others, and 52,561. aores of l.and, more or less, in Rockingham County, .Virginia, Defendants. TO THE HON.R.W.BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your petitioner, J.W.Rinkle, re~pectfully represents that a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding oondemning toihe use or The State Commission on Conservation and Development ot the State of Virginia the fee simple e tate into tracts of land formerly the property of your petition- er. One tract is described in the report of the Board of AJ)praiaa Commissioners appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineate on the County Ownership Map, fil.ed therewith, as Tract No. 244, th award of the Board of A,ppraisal Commissioners for said ~act No. 244 being 15.00. tile Board of The other traot is described in the report of ppra1sal Commissioner ppointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed therewith, as Tract No. 326-III, the~ ard of the Boa.rd of Appraisal Commissioners for said Tract No. 326-III being 645. 00. ~at the said st te Commission on Con ervation and Development has paid into the oustody of the Court both of s id awards, namely, ·15.00 for Traot No. 244, and $645.00 for Tract No.326-III as constituting the awards for the fee simple estate in said traots of land. '.I.hat your petitioner, on the date of said judgment in re LAW OFFICES fee condemning s id tracts of land, was the owner of said land in imple, and that no o er person or persons than the under- GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. signed are entitled to share in the distribution of id award. �--2-That the Board of Appraisal Commie ioner , in their r port concerning Traot No. 326-III, listed said tract as an overlap on the Alexander Mount Vernon or Big Survey Traot. report o! the Board of .AI>praisal Commissioner Since said has been filed, yo petitioner, J.W.Hinkle, has procured the waiver o! any alai hat the sever 1 Judgment creditors of J •• .Alexander might have against the eaid Tract No. 326-III. creditors is shown This action upon the part of said "EX•No.l," "Ex.No.2," and mEx.No.3, with filed and prayed to be read as part here- h reof. Your peti tio er further shows to the Court that all taxes again t said p~operty hav o te been paid, as is shown by the oertifi- of the Treasurer of Rockingham County and of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rookingiaam County, which certificate are here 1th filed, marked nEx.Certifioate No. 1,n and "Ex.Certificate No.2, tt and prayed to be read aa parts here f. Wherefore,your petitioner prays that he may be made a part7herein and be allowed to file his patit1on in this suit, and that an ord r may be entered in thie uit for the di tribution of said funds, and that your petitioner may have such other and i'urlher relief as the nature of the oase may require. state ot Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: Thi day J.W.Hinkle per onally appeared before me, F. F1avia Conver e, a Notary PU.blio in and for the City afores id, in the state of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly affirmed, deposes and says: I have read the above petition, LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. and stat that the matter of faot contained �---3-therein are true , to the beat of my knowledge and belief. subscribed and affirmed to before me this 4th day ot p.gust, l. 934. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. \&1 �L . .\.W FRANK OFFICES S. TAVENNER, JR. WOODSTOOK, VIROINLA. June 25, 1934. Mr. Georges. Harnsberg er, Attorney, Harrisonb urg, Virginia. In Re: Tract No. 326•III Dear Mr. Harnsberg er: This 1s to inform you that so far as the undersign ed are concerned , they do not desire to set up any claim against the J. w. Hinkle tract, the same being designate d on the County Ownership map as Tract No. 326-III. Yours very truly, Attorney for Kanawa filo~rBa nk Ck. C ~JCI.LKh Attorney torte Estate of E. Feuchtenb erger. II (°_.,. ~ - ~-/ / ~ w. �OFFI CES 501 2 3 4 LAW B U ILDING GEORGE B . ,¥HITE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW RICHMOND , VIRGINIA July 3 , 1934 Mr . Georges . Harnsberger , Harrisonburg , Virginia . Dear Mr . Harnsberger : I have referring to overlap of tne the lands of J . W. Hinkle . and lv~r . 1N a lker have advised overlap as follows : your letter of June 29, 1934 , John A. Alexander land upon You state that Mr . Tavenner yon in ref·erence to the said "Th is is to inform y ou that so far as the un dersigned are concerned, they do not desire to set up any claim against the J . W. Hinkle tract , the same being designated on the County Ownership map as tract No . 326- IIr . » As counsel for Wall ace C. Saunders, I unite in the position taken by Mr . Tavenner and Mr . Walker as above set out in reference to said overlap. I am sending this letter along with your letter to Mr . "; alter A . Williams , requesting that he unite in my letter to you if he sees fit so t o do and forward the s ame to you. /I <° ,)--y , ~-,2, GBW:R S // Yours truly, �1~.e.tlterl 3J . wu:·y-1.tr:r.!..l:hr:r:rreir--ru.-fil'tt.ttr $1mxttton:. llrir:,g:i::rt:itt ROOMS 3 & .C. ECHOLS BUILDING July 30,1934 Mr.Geo .S.Harn sberger , Atty.fo r J.W.Hi nk e , Harriso n urg , Ve.. Dear Si This is to inform you that ,, the claim 01· the Home Bui d- Md Loen AsRoci ation agains t the Alexan der-Mo unt V rnon tract has ee 1 pe.i d in full in so far a and we ma e no furthe r clai land. said tract of land is affecte d; agains t the overlap on the J.W • .Hi:ale An~ the award for that tract ay be pad to him. Tot.trs oan .hSSO , �M. H. HARRIS ON TREASURE R OF ROCKINGH AM COUNTY HARRISONBU RG, VIRGINIA To Whom It May Concern: I hereby certify that the records of th is off ice show that the 1933 taxes have been paid on a tract of 141-0-0 acres of land assessed in the name of J . w. Hinkle , situate in the Park Area in Stonewall District . All taxes prior to that date, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of this County . of August 1934 . Given under my hand this 4th day Treasa.rer . �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer , C1erk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinque nt taxes against the tract of 141 acres in Stonewa ll distric t, assessed in the name of J. W. Hinkle. Given under my hand this 4th day of August, 1934. ~ ~ r k , Attorney '"1 �#244 Under Exception NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. _?_11:_______: 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 :M:ap 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; J . W. Hinkle 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 obl igating the owner, J . w. Hinkle , to give 5 acres of his land within the Park Ar ea to the Park Project . (J.W . Hinkle donated 17 Acres , only 5 inside Park Boundary) 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: ··,,., ~ --Wl_ierefore, 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. __ __2.4.4 _____ $ __ 12.. _5.0_: 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 ST ATE P. 0. ADDRESS _Q.9Ji]~t~~~!Q!:l°__(2~__9_~~-~¥-~~~~ ON 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 '1 TJ\.RREN ) SS Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being • dul y sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the . . State CO IT'J:r: .ission on Conservat io n and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah Nati onal Park Division · thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnat i on awards in the Shenandoah Nati onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and qgreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the within claim is just 9.nd correct . Witness my signa t ure this 8th 2~~ ~;)--_ NOTARY M:Y Commis .in LIC u.pi es Sep Notary Public 'H = = �...____ ... 1 ty on the ..a.~,""j';,....... .w.t 1 _,..,,..;,....,.__.;;i,...,.. 0 • r • ,t1 ... i,}-~OCU'Jt?H\1 o. AO el.It- , y 0 e t1 0 t th t£l e ~r~1 1 • • r \1n ill · LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. • ··C of 1n e t pr 1 ul �Oinmmnuwraltq nf 1!Jir9iuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . J O H N M . PURCELL August 11., 1934 T REASU R ER OF V I RG I NIA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell , Treasurer of Virginia have this 11 day of August in accordance Rockingham with an order of the circuit court of ~ County daten~_ 8_/_7 _/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs . _ _ _ ____::Cc...::a=s::..=sa=n=dr=-=a=---:.L:c...,a=w::.:..-=so=n~A...,t=k=---i....n......._s......,.,a......n.,,.dk........>o.,_t.,.h ....e......_r.....s _ _ _ _ _ :paid to Geo . $ 15 . 00 s. Garnsberger , Attorney for J . w. Hinkle being in full settlement of tract# 244 in the above mentioned cause . 102 �Qtommnuwralt4 of ]Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL August 1, , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s . Harnsberger, Attorney for J. w. Hinkl e Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 15 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of August entered on the 7th day 193.!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ _ _ - -- ~C~a~s_s_an ~ dr ~ a- ~L_a_w_s_o~n_ A _tk ~ i _n~s__ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #~2~4_4~--- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 103 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hinkle-j-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hinkle, J. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Top of 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): 244 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hinckle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ddb06051451cf95dd10ffe81316a4af0.pdf bde15636a3a72dcc1c2d835160e71f74 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #196- a - Hickle , Ella Number of Acres: ( ~JOW Ralph Bade ) 98 Entirely within the Park area . Location: Head of Hawksbill Creek, Roads: Seven miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point . Soil: ( See reverse side for soil information) History of Tract and condition of timber: The timber land has been cut over at various t:mes and t here is no merchantable timber left . There is a few basswoods , yellow poplur and white pine up to 16'' DBH. Much of the material on the tract was severely burned about 1927 . Improvements: (See reverse side for improvements ) Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 69 @ $3 . 00 v 207 . 00 28 @ 30 . 00 840 . 00 @ 30 . 00 30 . 00 $1077 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: l 98 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1077 . 00 240 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 240 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 13 . 9~ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON'~ . 50 . 00 $1367 . 00 �SOIL: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertilit y; somewha t shaley and there are some cliffs and few outcrops . The wooded area has much large loose rocks . On the cleared land the slopes are gentle and moderat e but steep on the wooded land;w ith west exposure . The first class grazing land has thin blue grass sod with conside rable sheep sod and there is some moss in the sod . The third class grazing land has much rock and weeds and little sod . IMPROVEMENTS : _renant house: Log, 14x2O', 2 rooms , 1~ story,, not ceiled, solid foundati on, shing le roof, fair conditio n . Barn: Log , 12xl4', shingle roof , poor conditio n . Corn crib: Log, 6xl2', s h ingle roof, good conditio n. Hen house: Frame, 8xlO', shingle roof, good conditio n . ' �~ir~~ ~~a:~e ;~{~_County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State ~ommission on Conserva n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v s . - ~ ~ - ~ - ~ - { 1 . 4 - ~ - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ A:t~~~--~------------------------------------- more or less, of land in _________ ~ ___________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitic@'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 petit~ublished in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oLfi;,~._\5:~!-~~-------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~Y~s::: s ~ ~ : ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - · ;r------------------- J_\Jil2r_-Jt#'--------- 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 f-t__________ buildings and improvem~nts :_k,. ~Jl4-·_4_~_-:i~/~------- -f- 0 . , 4-l ~ ., ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ - J - - - - - - - - - from_<}-~.:[~ ---- ;his nd is located d ~ l e s Virginia, in r~=~- ~~IW'l.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. h - ~- ~~. ~.IA:l..~-~-!1, ._@_, • I _(1._J~t~<4_ - ~~~; ~e North_~-~---- ~ ~ - ~ L . ~ • · u~~-----South_t'~CJ_ __ ---------------------------------------------------- E a s t _ b _ ~--¥M...sc,.c1.,,,l!I.,. ___________________________________________ _ West_~ __ ------------------------------------------------------I acquired my r· ·ht, title, esta or interest to this property about the yearJJ..~~---_in the ... follo,w ing man er: ---------------:::a~~-~-~-~~ I claim that t1:Jotal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of~ight, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~Li~-~-~-· I am the owner of_ __?_.$_ ________ 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 a~ 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· _ ] w-e.LL _____ ~ $_i/-L_f~-~- kt_.~'J.--~-.tP- ~ , ___ _a__~_-:w,__~__Q A _ ~ - - ~ - ---;/J-~-~-~--tt-- ~ - - - ~--------- --~ --f.lw-e-~--~--t~,1,...;:!-~ ~ t«:1ll._~--~ -it,_~-~-~-/¥"_, _____ (Continuij r rc~-----, Witness my signature (0¥--m:'f arks if nec_essary on_~hz ack). »ame- a-I:i.dm~.rkatt~ere~~ th1s ___.J_c:2_~ ___ day of_ ___ 19~. - ~ .- ~ ~ - ~ - J ~ ----------:, STAT OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ __ _ ___ ----------, ',ro-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______ ~ ~-- '-~--~ - = - ----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this______ ,t.,t~____ day oLz;, '-~ /- ~ ~ '___. - 1 ~_~_. ~ - ~.--~----CHe:r"k v ... "H"' ' - ' ~ a t 8 P or Notary Publi , o~w.:..w·~~~~~~k �~ ________________________________________________ _ ___ _, of_{~Jic- Claim o L , ~ L ~dR_ µ In the Circuit Court ~e State ~ ~ i o n on C~nservatio ..~ tioner, vs.___ ~ tJ,,.._County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. and Development of the St.ate of Virginia, Peti- 1 _~ , l. u __a.. . ~ .lL.__~--- :-IJ~f~~-d~~-------~~;~-~~~-~ , ~t;~yj;~~i~ on Conservation and De- The undersigned, in answer to the petiti of the State Commission response to the notice of condemnation awarded velopment of the State of Virginia, and upon the fi)ylg of_ sa}d petit ion and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL A~ ~ ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sa~ "'peijtion and to said notice. My name i•---~ ~ ~ - ------ ------; f------------------ - ~Jj~-'- ~ -""-----'-1:t_~-N.!f----- My post office· address is ___ ___ I claim a right, title, estate or interest i?,r tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing about__J!f.._Z 1--!___ fJ _acres, on wh~ h th1re are the following - ~ ----~ --~ bmldmgs .and 1mprovements=-- --~ -- --- -- -- - - - -- --- ----- --- --- --- ---- -- - - - - ~ . Q . _ ~ - ~- ~ -;l~~s-~~~~-~~-l~~~~~~-~~~~t-_-_-_-_----~~--~~l~~-~~~:~g~~£;;L~~~~~~~~~,-~~ agisterial District of said County. 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 la\ d described above. ) --Jf:;:4-- ~•---~ -~~~,- ~J.. ~ ~~.M_:_~_g4. - -;;he l~~~~;~:-~~~e.~=-~~~-~-f~~;;~~; ~:: ~=~fl:c-._J-~L_-.5..~- -_ =-=,-- :I.ctt---- =============================== East ___ - ---~-West_ _J_-X!.:f,LLL--~ -~---I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l_'f__b_ _</,_in the ========== ; ~~o=~~;=~~~;;~==~~~=J ~-=~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-l~'l~-~ -· I claim that the total value of~right, title, estate or interest, -· in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_LJ_1_()__~ I am the owner oL_l k_'L_?!__ __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 $__1_~.D__'=-_ _--::-_ __ . (In the space below should be set out any additional st atements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a ---e1u._ description of the tw ~t or :garcel of land by metes and bounds). --!fl-l 'µc:P_~-~-;~-'-~-~-------.----J~ -1« <(.-'=~ -----1-~--tt._j_ rlk._ - ---- -b~0=: . ,. ~ - ~-~ -Remarks : __ __/ H J - ~ - ~--LA- - -- ! - - ~ - - ~ ~-1'}-lk 1/l, _JLc..U-d_~~~r~ -a..J.- ~--t :::i-~ -~ ,-- (C tinue remarks if nece sary o ~ back). ---la, ____ _ -~ -~ Witness my signature (or ;my a:;n:ue and m ~ h e d hereto) this ___j~_________day ---, of_ ____ ~ -~ 1931- ,~ ~ ~---------- - - --- ~ _ -- - - -----½~wit:£ / STATtfOF_ VI~GINIA, COUN~Y OF__ -- ~ ~- - - - - - __, __ ~ Tlie undersigned her eby 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, #~--,193/ ~ Lf~ __ day of__ _ this ___ ____ Gluk-ef ~ Notary Public, -. :_. ~ ~--- .,,..,....~ r or oo.. · �County: Rockingham District: Stone all # 1 96 ... J:ickle 1 :"lla F . Acreage Cla i med: Value Claimed: Location: Deed: Assessed: 13.0. 00 u " AREA: 41 A. Two miles east of Island Ford and near Yancey . Inoumbran ces, counter claims or laps: None known . Soil: '31ope . Hoads: Tiio miles to Island Ford over county road . History of tract and condition of timber: All inerchun tabl e ti:m.b er. , has been ren.ovod from this tract leaving no thins more than fuelwood . Improveme nts: Dwel ling: Frame l4x20', 2 rooms, 2 ki tohens, -:. one 10::x:14', the other l0xl2', shi ngle roof, 1 story, occupied , 100 . 00 by tenant, spring, solid foundation -Hen house: Frame 6xl0', shin0lo roof, poor :J . 00 condition -:)lOb . 00 50¢ -- 140 . 00 Fuelwood: 280 cord valued V L' 9 of land bi t:mos: ~ Acreage F C 1 Slope 40 TI otal Value 12er acre ~;3 . 00 20 . 00 Valuc- .. f, 120 00 20 . 00 ·- .ir-• • • - .' Total value of land 1 40 . 00 Total va l ue o f i mprovemen ts 105 .00 Total value of timber 140 . 00 Total value of tract 385 . 00 Averago v lue per acr 0 . 39 Note ... - This tract is entirely within thQ park area. : 'I': -. & .. 140. . 00 . �county: Rockingham District: Stonewall . ./ 1, 196- a Acreage Olail:1ed: - 1 iokle 1 98 A . Value Clairmd: ,,4190 . 00 Location: Head of Assessed: 106 A.-140 ! • " Roads: $320 . 00 e.wksbill Creei . Inoumbranoes, counter claims -Soil: 'lla F . - rstate or laRs: Deed: Inherited . tt Entirely within the Park a.rea . None known . Sandy loam of fair enth and fortili ty; sorneYvhat shaley and there are some ~,~ffs and.few outorons . The wooded area has much large loose rocks . On the-cleared land the slopes are gentle and moderate, but steep on tho wooded land, with west exposure . The first class -razing land has thin blue grasa sod uith considerable sheep sod and there is some moss in the sod. The third clas s grazing land has much rook and weeds and little sod . Seven miles of good dirt road to Yancey, the nearest shipping point . History of tract and condition of timber: Tho timber land has been cut over at various tines and there is no merchantable timber left . There is a few basewoods, yellow poplar and whito pine up to 16" DBH . Much of the material on the tract was sevorely burned about 1927 . The estimated runount is 280 cords of fuelwood valued at 25¢ -- $70 . 00 . Improvements: Tenant house: Log 14x20 ' , 2 rooms, ltr story, not coiled, .,200 . 00 Barn: Log l2xl4', shingle roof, poor .n 20 . 00 Corii crib: Log Bxl2', sh ingle roof; good" 25 . 00 Hon house: Frame 8xl 0', shingle roof, good " 5. 00 Orchard: 10 assorted fruit trees - 15 years old, fair condition 20 . 00 solid foundation, shingle roof, fair condition - 270 . 60 Value of land by t:ypes :_ ~ Slope Fg I Fg III Fe Acreage Val ue por a.ere 69 22 ,, 2 . 00 6 12 . 00 25 . 00 1 tis 35 . 00 Total. Value :.,138 . 00 ??0 . 00 ?2 . 00 25 . 00 1005 . 00 Total value of land ~1005 . 00 Total value of improvements 270 . 00 Total value of timber , 70 . 00 Total value of traot 1345 . 00 Average value per acre 13 . 72 - ~ ~ - - - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - ~'!:'! �, 196 - Hickle , -;:11a -,-_,. /:. ounty: rtockingham Di strict: Stone\mll N f • l. Sellers ("'lo:r>e - rillable Scale - 1 11 - ~o c .8.ins boo �WHEREAS, pursua nt to the terms and directi ons of a decre of sale entere d by the Circui t Court of Rocking hara County , V irginia on the 20th day of July, 1931, in the chance ry cause there in pendin g under the style of The Federa l Land Bank of Baltim ore v. Ella F. Hickle 1 s Admin istrato r and others , I. p. Whiteh ead and Ward Swank, Specia l Commi ssioner s of sale thereby appoin ted, did on the 22nd day of August , 1931, sell at public auction at the front door of the County Courth ouse in Harriso nburg, Vir- ginia, after having first duly advert ised the time, terms and place of sale as require d by said decree of sale, to Ralph H. Bader for the price of ~ight Hundre d Dollar s ($800.0 0), the real estate herein after describ ed; WHEREAS, said sale having been duly reporte d to the Court was therea fter by a certain decree entere d in said cause on the 11th day of Septem ber, 1931, ratifie d, approv ed and confirmed ; said decree furthe r directi ng that upon the full paymen t of the purcha se price Ward Swank, thereby appoin ted a Specia l Commi ssioner of the Court for the purpos e, should execut e and delive r a deed of convey ance, with Covena nt of Specia l arranty for said proper ty; WHEREAS, said purcha ser has now paid to said Specia l UolllI!li ssioner the full amount of said purcha se price, to-wit , the sum of Eight Hundre d Dollar s ($800.0 0); NCW THEREFORE,-THIS DEED made this 14th day of Septem ber, 1931, by and bwtwee n Ward Swank, Specia l Commi ssioner of the Circui t Court of Rocking ham County , Virgin ia, in the chance ry cause therein pending under the style of The Federa l Land Bank of Baltim ore . v. Ella F. Hickle 's Admin istrato r et als, party of the ~irst part and Ralph H. Bader, party of the second part, WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. �I T NE S SE T H : That in consid eratio n of the premi ses and in furthe r con sidera tion of the sum of Eight Hundr ed Doll~ rs ($800 . 00) cash in hand paid by said party of the second part to said party of tre first part at and before the execu tion and delive ry of this deed, the receip t of whicN sum is hereby acknow ledged , he, said party of the first part, doth hereby grant and convey with Coven ant of Speci al Warra nty, unto said Ralph H. Bader , party of the second part herein , all that certai n lot or parce l of land conta ining 98 acres , 1 rood and 29 poles , more or less, togeth er with all rights and privil eges thereu nto belon ging,o r in anywi se apper tain situat e on the Blue Ridge Moun tains, near Simmons Gap, in Stonew a Distr idt , Rockin gham Count y, Virgi nia, and bound ed accord ing to surv,-y of P. B. F . Good, Surve yor, as follow s : J. s. "Begi nning at a large plante d stone , corne r to lands of Moore ' s estate ; thence with line of latter ~ N~ 9" 3/4 E. 252 poles to a stake in Hawks Bill Creek ; thence follow ing the meand erings of said Creek , s . 48 w. 48 poles to a stake in Creek ; thence S . 30 W. 88 poles to anoth er stake in Creek:; thence S. 62 w. 34 poles to anoth er stake in Creek ; thence s. 34 w. 77 poles to a stake in Creek ; thence S . 35 in Creek ; thence leavin g Creek , s. E. 71 poles to a stake 89 1/4 E . 59 poles to the begin ning, conta: 1ning 98 a cres, 1 rood and 19 poles . " Said land is a part of the land assign ed to the late Ella F . Hickl e in a certai n partit ion deed bearin g date on the 25th day of Octob er , 1893, and re corded in the Clerk ' s Office of Rockin gham Count y, in Deed Book 47 , at page 471; said land is als a part of the real estate of which the said Ella F. Hickl e died seized , posse ssed and intest ate in the year 1927 . A plat of the land hereby convey ed is attach ed hereto WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. and made a part hereo f . �Reference is here made to the pla t above mentioned and to the chancery papers in the aforesaid proceeding for a more particular description of the real estate hereby conveyed. Vl ii) P41 k J'f 3 I T(1-1( ~ 14 ~ ~ -J ~ Witness the following signature and seal. _ +~ ~ J ~ 2 : ~~ Special Corn.missioner . State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to - wit : in and for the eity I, Janet Sprinkel, a Notary Public, and ~tate aforesaid, whose term of office expires on the 19th day of September, 1934, hereby cert·.± fy that Ward Swank, Special Commis sioner of the Circuit Court of Rock ngham County, Virginia, in the chancery cause therein pending under the style of The Federal Land Bank of Baltimore v . Ella F . Hickle 1 s Administnato r et als, has personally appeared before me in my city this ; t(Ya.a y of September, 1931, and acknowledged the same. Given under my hand this f:i.-.¾ay of September, 1931. N.P. VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Offloe of tbe Circuit Court o1 Rockingham County. -/3-~. V: .~ The foregoing (10f'.~ f:>t was this day p resented i:1 • ,a offloe aforesaid and is t og,:;ther w :th the cv ::,!~ : ~ of acknowledgment anJ..r.uX·<>d, admitted to l'tK;0rd 0 ., thisf.-2-~y of ...~~................. 1~ Tes~-- _ WARD SWANK ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. . !:. )!.,.~<!.~. , . ~ : Olork �it ,··~RD SWANK, SPECIAL COMMTS;.. SIONER, T 0 I I RALPH H. BPDER I 98 Acres, 1 Rood and 19 Po, ,11 .., in Stonewa ll Distric t, Roe' inr}, ~l1'l Vi .,..,...i C,-1y1t~r I DEED 11., n.• B & S. ... . Tax $ ...~ - £,_ FNS $. /., •. Z,ft!__ Tnmsfer $/-~Total$ .. 3~ 7c:J Admind SttP V, ~.oqf v:wuW~- 7 ( ,3 d ' X /_ - _/~;S ~~ ~ !\':";'\JR]]) ! ~ r;_,; ~'V\..,..N~ t;,._ .,_, .&!'IV '"'.<>1:r'tZ'{':-~ .i ~ .,._a._"!1 __L_._~">~' .f lllIAJRlRllS01 '~URO, VA. THE N AT I O NAL B ANK BUILDING f I I �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(/) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. /!/k;.£1.J ____ : Tl'aet Ne. ----·-------: Traet N o. __________ ; 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. Lff;_()..L __ $l,.3k.Z..d:O; on Tract __ $_ No. _ _ ; en TPaet 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( f) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation <R_c.0U O,.__ t::f, ~ thereof; a:i . ;-~--1 ~'~ i; /iX;: ~ ~ ~ tn. ~ CAA e?a-vJ 1J .e,fa._ t. /./-<~, cl,. ~ . That the P etitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sumC's.) set out in said judgment as constituting the award ('il) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(\) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract~ of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(\) or in the proceeds . arising from the condemnation thereof:- F~ That no other person or persons than the under signed are entitled to share in the distribution of the said awardN except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(~ or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows : 1/t~ 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('&) for the fee simple estate in the said tract()i condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award~ or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (-ttrej entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. L't/a.(AJ______ $ ';3.fi2.'/,_ta)_; -Praet- , Ne. ----=- _______ $ - - --- - -- . 'f'rnct No. __ _ ______ $ ___ ______ a;. The undersigned further aver (s) that: (be8:ve this spe:ee hlaak vuless there io some other pe1tt. . J;.. S LL,O~·J h tteftt--matt0r te be btottght 8peeially to the attention ef the eatIPt). O , r--.o. ~ 'J "-__::t. /Jt(J , I '16.Cl- ~ <? .,,.....,. ~ Z:0 ~ "'--\ Ura-t. ") 3 ~ ~ "f..Lb-t~ .t'~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d.l,.•~~ ~~ ~ ~ ct.-.. rC &_d.M.-t.iAA\ (?~ "'tt,.......U+tt.. ~ ,1 - S ~ I C,B t,· ~ o . ~ ~ lla.-- ·~ . ~ , ¥ & ~~ .~ ~~. ~ ~ ~ ~ -<K. ru__J._ ~ a. -i4 r ~ '° P. 0. ADDRESS NAME =----~ v' ' . ------------- --~t;J;-;t-·~ Z1,-w-r-e-_.----. -~ ~='j_,__(!_~f-~-~~----- CJ ---------------- ,--------------------~ 7.J -~-k-~- li4-~·~ ~~-t(;;:j:~}~= . /~~~~~~~~~ --:'7~~ <.An,I--~--13~ ence of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by I , 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. ~drE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk1"' C:ic·e for the conv �Claim of RaLph H. Bader. IN THE CIRCUIT. COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Petitioner No. 1829, at Law Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-One (52,561) acres, more or less, of land in Iiiockingham 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 Rockingham County, Virginia, and by special leave of said Court, in its order rendered on the 23rd day of Deoember, 1931, asks leave to file this,his answer, to said petition and to said notice. The name of your petitioner is Ralph H. Bader, owner and attorney, Harrisonburg, Virginia. The undersigned is the owner in fee of the followingtract or parcel of land, with improvements thereon, within the area sought to be condemned, viz, That certain tract of land, containing 98 acres, 1 rood, 19 poles, situate in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, which was conveyed to you:r petitioner by Ward Swank, Special Commissioner by deed dated September 14, 1931, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book No. 100, at page 180; An office copy of said deed is filed with this petition marked nExhibit Deedn. '. Y Your petitioner further alleges that there are no liens resting against said real estate. Jy~ Ii \ \O'\ 'Y Your petitioner claims that the total value of: the tract or �2. parcel of land of which he owns the fee simple title, is $1,500.00. Your petitioner's sole requirement in the case is that the Court will protect his rights as the owner. Your petitioner further reserves all rights guaranteed to him by the Condemnation Statute and reserves the right to demand a jury to be impanelled for ultimate determination of the value of said land in the event that a fair allowance be not made by the Commission or Board appointed to view the land and make an award. Witness my signature this 23rd day of December, 1931. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that Ralph H. Bader, claimant, personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing ln his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. This ,J. J day of December, 1931. - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~5 �I . TH.l!; CIRCUIT COULT OF hOCKid•• A,\ CO~r Ti , Vlh\JI!{IA The Sb.ta Comnission on Coriservation and De v ~l opment vs . Cassc.J1dra La.-,son Atkins und Othe r s On this , tne 1/;t/;; of December , 1933 , Ca.'ne alph H. B9.dar nd on hjs motion leave is bive:n him to file :iis application for pay ant to hiin of the sum of 1 , 367 . 00 , the amount of t.1e a,m.rci set c.;.t in the >dgment o.: cor:damnation for Tract No . 195a nd heretofore ~~id into Court . And it aJpearinc:., to t,1s Court tm.t Ceor 6 e Iv . ::ickle , irnest Hickle :J.nd Lulu Jickle , as heirs at la.1 cf .t!,lld. C. HickL, , ueceased , filed ar: ans.v-er in this cause laJir.. 0 clu.im to t· o said r.:1.ct 1'C . 196a; tn-.4t s ... bse'iuent to the filing of said ar:s.,er tDe said i'rc..ct 1961;1 .1cts .,oln in tha ciu.ncery 1~0 . c of Balti,nore vs . Ella F . Hickle et al. to th3 sct.id .ral h use of Federal L9.no . . . ,:n.;-. • Bader and that ,,ard S.vu.nk , 5l'ecial Com:ni.ssioner, convc.1 ec suid Tr""ct No. 196u to Sd.io lp:'1 ,{ . Bid.31' by deea cate ... Septamber 14 , 1931 , tt1a.t 1 it t:1.J,Jt;oarin 6 to t:'le Court , t,"ie said Rdl)h ii . Bade1is inv.;;sted .,i th a 3uperior or bett r rii:>ht or claim of title in and to t e said tract of lan o io . 195a than any otnar person or ersons dnd that tne record this cause aoec not disclose -r;y der,ial or dispute by an, party er psrson iD interest s to tte titls to saia tract No . 195a or to the proceads drising fro~ t1e conde.nnaticn of sd.ia tract 1-Jo . 196a , and it further a.9pearin 6 to the C0urt tnt ..... 11 taxes :::1ue on said tr~ct ~o . 195a have been paid , upon consideration Nhsreof it is considered and ordered b:,r the Court that s::...id su,. o+- l , 3'S7 . OO paid irto Court by petitioner ~s just compens~tion for tract Ro . 195~ be paid unto said Ralph H. P~der an:::1 tl- e Clerk of this Ooud is directed to transmit to the Tre3.surer of Vir 0 inia 1 • 3. no shall f,1:iY unto s:1J.ci certifisct copy of this order alph f. Bad r t:,e ss.id sum of ,1 , 367 . 00, the .,uount of the a .. ard set cut in the jud .ent cf ccr:deirination fer tract ~o . 196a , takinJ from t~e s~id ,al.h fyiri~ suci1 .t':.:i. . B~dar ~ rJceipt tnerefcr, !l.nd certi- rn6nt tc tne Clerk vf t;1is Court fe,r .:lf,i,rO,t-1ri te Gr1try thereof ro4uired by la .. . ""nter: s �To uhom it may concerr. : This is to certif tn:1.t the taxes fer ths years 1932 and 1933 on the tract of h.nd cont.iininb 9o acres , 1 rood and 19 oles, situated in Stone.vall District , hockin 6 h::..rn County , Vir 6 inia , and assessed ir, tae name of F.alph H. Eader, have teen ;i1ici . Ci ven und c;r "Y hand this 14th day of D e ~ ~ - Tre-surer of Rockic5hu" County, Vir 6 inia . To ,,hom it ma.y concern: ':'1:i:, is tc cer-:.:.fy t,1 .... t t, e r;:;:cords ir. .n:,r office do not show any delinqt;.ent taxes .-.. 0 ::1.inst t.ie trdct of mounhin lane d.Ssessed in Stone.:3.ll District , Rockin 6 h::i.m, County , Virginia , ::1s £8 acre::: , 1 roco .:1no 19 pol.3s 1 in th~ rJ!:Ulle of 1\ci.l],,h H. B1;;1,ae:c or i!.lla 1. rlickle. '.iivsn ur.der :ny h .... ne1 tni::; 14tn dc1,y of Decsmber , 1933. Clerk �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No . ..19.6...a ____ : 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. lJ16~ a ___ $_ .1.3.fi.'Z...._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; George w. Hickle Lula A. Hickle Ernest D. Hickle Ralph Bader Ella F Etckle E~tate That the Petitioner nas 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 ' contrmbuti on pledge, obligating the owner, Ella F. Hickle Estate, to give 2 acres of its 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 sai d award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds aris'ing 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 pr'ovisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _J...9_&,....a,____ $--4...0Q __ : 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 ST ATE COifJVlISSION ON CONSEHVATI ON 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 ) COUN'l'Y OF \ i ARREN ) SS Personally appeared befor'e me the undersigned Notary 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 Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah NatLi na·l Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condenination proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements en- . tered into vii th the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the within claim is just and correct . Witness my signa t ure �<nnmmnuwtaltlJ nf lllirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M . PURCELL December 18, 1 9 33 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to cer t ify that I, of Virgini a h a ve thi s 18 J.M. Purcel1, Treasurer day of December in accordance wit h a n o rder o f t he circuit court of Rockingham Crnmt:y dat e d 12/14/33 in the cause of the State Commi s sion o n Con servation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. pa id t o $ 1,367.00 Cassandra ],aws o_,,n. . .__....A.....t..k....i....n....s ~ - - - - - - - - - Ralph H. Bader , Harrj sonb11rg, Virginia b ei ng in full settlement of tract# 196 -a in t h e abo v e me nti on ed cause. 378 �TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA . .JOHN M . PURCELL December 18, 1933 TREAS URER OF V I RGINIA Mr. Ralph H. Bader Harrisonburg, Virginia Received of J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia check in the sum of $1,367 . 00 in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County entered on the 14th day of December 1933 and given in the cause of the State Connnission on Conser¥ation & Development vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settlement for tract of land known in the said proceedings as number 196-a. �VIDRGINL • IN 'IBE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA .l COUNTY . The ...:>tate Comnissio n on Conservat ion &, Deve lopre nt of the .3tate of Virginia , I etit i oner , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendant s . In . .te : Distributi on of proceeds of condemnat ion for :brac t l,o . 1 96-a. 'l1his day came the 0tate Connissio n on Jonservat ion & Develo pment, by counsel , and moved t.rie l.)ourt to enter an order directing the ·rreasurer of the dtate of Virtjnia , to pay to it , out of the proceeds of c ondemna ti on of tract No . 196- a , the sum. of 'il'4 . 00 represent ing the amount of a certain pledge made by :!11a J? . I-Iickle , ,vho claimed to be the ov1ner of said tract , to said Jt te ~omnissio n on Conservat ion & Develo:prr.e nt , as the establishm ent o f ...,hene.ndoa h .l '.:t contribut i on for ational - ark , and in sur, ort of its said motion , the said Co:nm i ssion exhibi ted tote Crn..irt , i ts motion in ,vriting setting forth all the facts in relation thereto , ·w hich has been heretofm~e filed herein . Upon considera tion where of , it apneFtring totrie :::: our t that the claim of s~ id com1iss ion is not b"" sed upon any lien , ei t mr on the land condemned , or m the proceeds of condernnat· on and tha ft said Comnissio n has failed to obtain the consent of the parties entitled to the rroceeds of condemnat ion, to the Iayment of its claim , it is according ly adjude;ed and ordered the.t t.rie notion of t:te Co~issio n for the rayment of said claim out of the proceeds of condemnat ion !Jor said tract be and the sw1e is hereby denied . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hickle-ella-ralph-baden.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hickle, Ella (Ralph Baden) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Head of Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 196-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.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hickle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/84a98af201080779b8957eadf9df2cbc.pdf d54bd1bf6763fc83bf4195825c91cc2e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA.h COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #196 - Hickle , Ella - Now Ashby ~.:orris Number of Acres : 41 Location: Two miles east of Island Ford and near Yancey . Roads: Two miles to Island Ford over county road . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: .11 merchantable timber has been removed from this tract leaving nothing more than fuelwood . Improvements; Dwellitl: Frame, 14x20' , 2 rooms , 2 kitchens, one 10xl4' , the other lOx 2', shi n; le r oof, 1 story , oc cupied by tenant, spring, solid foundation . : Hen house: Frame , 6xl0' , shing le ro of, poor condition . W1DD2~ Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 40 @ $3 . 00 $120 . 00 1 41 @ 25 . 00 25 . 00 $145 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 230 . 00 Orchard: 10 . 00 Minerals: 100 . 00 $485 . 00 ValueofLand: $145.00 Value of Improvements: $ 230 . 00 Value of Orchard: $10. 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $100 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 11., 83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE • 95 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hickle-ella-ashby-morris.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hickle, Ella (Ashby Morris) 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 and near Yancey 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): 196 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hickle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c6c16c7d18b4cdb6d818de4d513d85eb.pdf 45dadba88018664c87b6e22e744f3312 PDF Text Text ROGKI :Jo:lfu . COU:L'Y NAME OF CLAIMANT ;f 234 - Herri ng , Ju li e. Number of Acres: 33 ,nti~ el 1:i th.:n the P::irk are::.i. . Location.: Hm1ks b i l l Creek und is Roads: t.ina Six mi l es to ~lkto n ove tllree mi le s of count y r rod . ch.my thr e miles of Stttte Ei Soil: s~ndy c l ~~ l o-no : very Good deptl History of Tract and condition of timber: und erti l i y . i o~t all of this tract i s c l e~red nd is beinf kept c l eo.n b~r e;r<..,Zinf . r.7he field resto cking is be i. :c." )re.ze d 'nd is ·oo so i l . Improvements: !one . Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 23 Fields Restocking: 10 - :: 33'. '0 20 . 00 300 . 00 .rl 00:3 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: :30 . 00 Value of Land: $ l OOJ . 00 ~1 055 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ JO • 0 0 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 3 .3 . n O Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ Hore . - / -.~,a. ., :::;..._'.___ CI~-~-v~-~ - - -~- - - ~I �un y: r1 t: 'ZM - d• X X 33 s 169 A. 00. 00 10.000. 11 r d i e ir ..,;Q. d .. " :--e he t 1 0 r fi 33 re • d . n• In - D • n· r r 111ty. 1: o unty r 11 of t 1.... zt • oil. ot ot x-- Acreago nd val uo claimed 90 . 00 90. 0 30. 00 1171 d r. 23 d nd 9 t �County : ~ocki~ ham District : Stonev:c1ll N :r . -· · . . erri T rd..., if ~ett L"':G J:TD Restocki ng - Gra s ing Jc le - l' - 30 ch ins 351 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context herring-julia.pdf Title A name given to the resource Herring, Julia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 234 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Herring https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e8da383fd20646ab0ecb875aa0daeda5.pdf 7cdc9901c921c4a3bf16dfe040951abb PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT t 2j5 - Herr ing , J. R. & Ju lia Number of Acres: 1 28 Location: Ha wksb i ll Jreek Roads: c. nd i s entire l y ui thin the Pa r k .:.,.re • Six 1:i l es to ~ l lcton over three ni l es of count:' road u. n d t hree ~i l es ov er dpotsioo d ~rai l. Soil: "' lope . History of Tract and condition of timber: '.:." 1e c l eared l t nc i s in a verv roo d stute o~ 1..-'1 l tiv.t1o·n . ·r:1e ·1ooc.l'md has c.. v .ry l i~ited un - s0:.. -'ct ere anm.. nt o ~ yello. )ine on it estir-:t, ted t o cut 23 , 0JO bJ . ft . Tir1ber : 2.3 , 000 bd . ft . -- 5 0 uords o f fuP l \lood . Improvements: .J'.1ellin r : :"r-.2'le , 1Gx30 ', 8 roo:-1s, r1et·,J. .,..oof , L ,:.:1rt I 4xl9x IG' , a oub le porc:1 Gxl9 ' , brick f l u- s , 2 story , C'3i l ed , 4 .91• stered , good Cln·" ·.-'- i J :, OCCU -ir" l ,u O rB r, well, Folid ~o~~~ tion . FL.rri : Ciz8 38x64x20 ' . : .eAt :-,ouse: 7r .T',e , 9~{12x8 ', sl:in.c le r00" , f'1...ir c-o-r' ·tic,n • .a ) l,:' :10use : :::-'r·' .e, s-:1,1::8', -::1-:.~--: le 1 "of, f i r co''~itio n .Jrd.ne, l:x:1·zx8 ' , s~.-~' ,.,...,_ r oof' , ir G:.. nd "_,·ion 'oise : Frw e , 8x6x7 ', board r of, f_ir co~ditio n . ~-~--,=-- u n e , l 0zl0x8 ' , s.1~1- :,, roof , 4 Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 11 7 ~3 . JO ';351 . 00 3 20 . 00 60 . 00 40 . 00 320 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: ,J470 . 00 Value of Land: $ 7 3 1 . 0 0 Value of Improvements: $ 3,170 . 00 100 . C Value of Orchard: $ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ 75 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ G0 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 75 • 00 44G6 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 00 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 3t... . J 7 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ Jo~ie .. �Count y : hooki ngham Distri ct: Gtone 11 erring , J • .R. ·~5 - lc9 Vale Clai med: ocatio n: Julia ssesse d 75 a . • 10,00 0. Ila wksbi l er ·n k and is entire ly Inomn br noes , count er ola1 s or laps: - 80 . 00 Deed cq ired 7 - 15 • 1919 for 3500. 00 rea : 1 27 • "' 38 1th1n the P rk are . one kno n. Soil: Slope . Roads : Six miles to lkton ov r t . ree mils of county road and three iles ov r Spots ood rail . Histor y of tract and condi t1on of t i ber: he ol.., red la d is in a v ry 300d stute of ult1v ~tion . ~he oodlan d has a very 11~1 ted nd sc· ttered am unt f y l o, ,1no on it estim ted t~ cut 9 5 , 0 bd. tt. imber: 2 ,000 bd . ft. val ued 3. er • 7o . Jo u) cords of f~el od valued er· cord :~o . 00 $200 . 00 Impro vemen ts: ell i ng: rame 1 x30' , 8 rooms , et -1 roof, L part 14xl9x doubl p1rch oxl9' , brick flues, 2 -story~ c 11 , 4 plaste redlo' , good oondi tion , occ pied by o jner, lJ. ,. solid found ation- 2400 Barn: S1z 32x54 x20', 450 , eat ouse: £ram.a Jxl~x8 ' shingl e roof , fair o ndi tion 25 ~pple nouse : Frame 8xl4x a 1 , shing le roof, fair , 35 • en house : Fr e llxl xa•, shing l e roof , r ir ft 20 S Jri g house : . ra e 8x6x7 ', bo· r d ro >f , r 1r 20 " shop: ·rame 10xl3x 8 ' , shing or of, 2 . LJ.ue of 1 nd ~ l:>pe Fe r br tl.12es: ~ Value crease pr acre 116 8 ''2. 00 35 . 00 10. 00 3 "'"1:27 Total value of orchar d Tot al value of land Total value of improv ement s Tot l value or timbe r Total v lue of tra ct ver&ge v l1e per acre Tot l Val ue 232. 00 280 . 00 30 . 00 . 542. 00 264. 00 542 .00 · 2975 .00 200 . 00 1 3981. 00 31 . 34 1SI �trlr:,•.J .. , o - -- ,..1:_:-_111 _._,_0,.. • ...,. •_u._0_~ ''U~l_r<_ __ C~Unty : ,OC~inu~UTI District : Jtone.:ull s J ..... co Yost .. le::,: sl.ifflett ~ .rri o 1 '"'.1i:'f::.ett S.,__Jpb - 'ill ble Rot to<Jl.:1ng Sc lt, - l'' - ~J cl::.~i1s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context herring-j-r-and-julia.pdf Title A name given to the resource Herring, J. R. & Julia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 235 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Herring https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/bd7bd59bd0b389c7d96eab2a1e3f2f01.pdf fe677cd7b75d3ade38ec94b0881e26bc PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT / 171 - Herring , J . R. Number of Acres: 43 Location: Ha'lksbill Creek and li s entirely .:i thin the ...<. . r.c s.r-.,u . Roads: ix :-"iles t J "'lkto·: o rer three niles of :·ounty ro~cl and three miles of StuteHighway . Soil: Sundy cl~y loum of eood depth Lnd fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: · The C;le&red lr....nd. on this trc:.ct is fertile &nd level ~ TL1ber : 90 uords o fuelwood . Improvements: None . · Acreage .and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: g .;1'4 . 00 ~~ .;. . :m . 00 34 3J . OO 1190 . 00 Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: yl226 . UO Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1 226 • 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 28 . 51 !_ Incidental damages arising fr.om the taking of this trac~ ~ Tone ·/ ~ · ~ �~~·~:. ~J;:!~our~ __ Virginia, No.JJ'.;.;L, At L~: The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the 'State of Virginia, Peti--- L ' ~~ ~ __ 4--- ri-44-M tioner, vs._4 a . . k i ~ ~ f7_ ~ ½,, _-c - -"'----County, -Lt,r ---------------------------------------------- --- -rf-----S~~,i* I ------------- ~ Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land on Conservation and DeCommission State the ~;-of -t~-th~-p;tiii answer in The undersigned, 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 ans;;~-t~-s- aid~tition and to said notice. in ___ ~ 8 - - - - ~_____ County, My name is_;,&- ~ ' ] % . My post office address is ____ ~ ~ ------------ ------------ - ------ ---------- _f;;:z___ ___ _______________________ _______ _ I claim a r ight, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, cont aining about __ _L~_f. _________ _acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s:_ ~ ~ . , ~ ~-- - -/~~~~~~-,¥-~~ ------------ ---- - ------------ ------- ------------ ------ - ------------ ------------- ~ ------------ -----Virginia, in This land is located about_ ____ 2 _____ miles from __~ _Magistetial District of said County. 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. ) _d_ ~ 7 - ---~ ~ ~-~~ - ~T-- ~ :z:4-4 ~ +--~~: ;~~~t ~ ~-~ -~ J . ~ ~ :~::~}~ =~~~':;~E ;-~:-: :~~1-o~-~a~~-a~~-~-~~'.~~~:: SouthU A ~ ~-< £ ~ ~ ~- ~ 1 ac::~ ------------ ----- - -- ~ ~n: : :~ ~ =earw;/J/L in the 9-; _____.fud,,__L ~-~--~ ~ ~-£- """-~~1t:,.tL __ following manner: -~ 7---------~ --::::z_~_h _ ~--+ ~------- ------------ ---------- 1 claim that .the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $11-s,-~E-~- ~.Q____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, , ~/-,1,;. parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $U.,P-~"~~~ .~~--~or ~ tract his in an~to ~ v ' --1... /J!Jk<-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 description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks: 6 a2--te ~_bi__~tf-m4 _~~-~ ~-' 2 ' ~ ~ < B z ~ -. ~t4 -__ ~-- ±~ rft= - lw.~ . ~ ~ ~ -~ ~-~---L"-----~-~ f t L __________ _ ----------------r ~ / ~ ~ L ~-~ _J_~~ ~ . : 6 ~ - j ~ z ~ r - K ~ ~-t2uA .~~ (Con~sW necessa ry ~~ ~tness my signature (or my name and mark attache~:re ;ol th~s: --_!-L ________ day ~--' 4 ; ~ ~ ~ ; ; ; : , l~i~NTY OF_JL!f;__-!A~=~'=!:L__ ________ _ The undersigned hereby certifies that__ l J2,. ._d ~ -------------------------the above named claimant personally app~d before him aptrmade oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, () / 193~. this ____ __./_f-_________ day of_ ____ ~ ?--, -------~ J/ / :;-j '3 I T_;tt:_ ----- - __b...~-------- Clerk of the Court or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace. I ~ �County: Rockingham District: Stine all ¥171 -- _1e rring 1 J. R. X ~creage Cla1 ed: 169 X Value Claimed: Loe tion: -140 P. ssessed ·1 680.00 n 10,000. -"',..., Ha1ksbi ll creek Park area . 1d lies entirely • /1 7. within the ed - 7b 1 -1919 33 .....-1919- 3 oo.o 1913 16 ~-140 ... 10 .. -15 A-- 1.00 etc. one kno n. §2.!1: Sandy clay lonm of good depth and fertility . Roads: Six miles to ~lkton over t 1ree three miles of s t at e high ay . iles of county road and History of tract a '1d c ndi tion of timber: The cle,.red land on this tract is fertile and level. bOt per C) rd -- ..,45.00 Timber: 90 cords of fuel ood v' lued Improvements: 1lone known. Value of land by tyoes: ~ J; Slope Fo ere e 9 J3 . 00 34 30;00 -43 Total value To t a l value Total va l ~e verage v 1 ..,1 047.00 of 1 nd of timber of t ract e per a cre J . '• & J l l i Total Va l ue ...,.27 .00 1030 .00 Value per acre 1047.00 45. )0 1092.00 25.39 l -- 7J •• ~.,..es {7._) x- Acr go nd value cl imcd inclu.c:. 235 & '2'7, SJ ot ta J. tee. m ·er l) �,o·mty : •. oe: .. i·-~ .J.CT istrict: Jtone"a ll N .J cob Yost J . h . (' Ju_ia uerring errin • ·y nt . Lydiu ill·~ le 0 c· ::.-1 ins e _c - 1 ' - _ _ _ _ _5B&. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context herring-j-r.pdf Title A name given to the resource Herring, J. R. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 171 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Herring https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/160ead67de0488e5e38fabea0edf5fdc.pdf 4b66188cbb6dc05718e9b0f1588a4e2f PDF Text Text R0CK!IrGHJJ: C00N'I' Y NAME OF CLAIMANT J240 - Herring , ~llie 38 Number of Acres: Location: Hawksbill Creek , ne a r Simmons Gni) , and is entirely u ith:n the Park area . NarE : Roads: Soil: This tract was found . -as completely surveyed and this acreage ~leven miles to Elkton over seven niles of county ro~d and four miles over Spotswood Trail . Sandy loam. History of Tract and condition of timber: mhere is no sau timber on the Hooded area and ubout half of the grazing land is badly growing up t o brush . Improvements: (See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Acreage Value per acre 5 ,r5 . 00 25 . 00 14 25 . 00 350 . 00 19 35 . 00 665 . 00 ,,;1040 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 38 Orchard: Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 1040 . 00 104,3 . 00 Valueoflmprove ments: $ 1045 . 00 Value of Orchard: $150 . 0 0 150 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ . 50 . 00 ii?2285 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $6() / J Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ Hu .1. ...:; • ~ ~ CLE.i.K. Yi ~ -/J(fi ~ --'"'-''---=---.. . .- - --~u----~--- ------ �IMPROVJJ·; 1 NTS : nwellin& : _rame , 14xl6', 4 rooms , porch Gxl4' , met&l roof , stone flues, 1 ~ story, fuir condi t; ion~ occup'ed .by 0'. 1ner , solid foundati on . Barn: Log a nd frame, 14xl6xl 2', metal roof , with sheds, fair conditio n. GRn.N:.RY : Fr m e, 16xl6x l2', met a l roof, f a ir conditio n. Leat house: Fra•1e, 8xl0xl0 ' , metal roof, fair conditio n . Old stable : Log , 12xl2xl0 ', shing le roof, poor conditio n . REPORr ON ':'HE .t1.CR GE of the ELLIE HERRING TRI~CT #240 . There is no descrip tion of this tract, by bearings and distance s, on record . The deed calls for 45 acres . However , we made a complete field survey of t his tract, a nd from this survey I compute the area of this tract to be 38 a cres . The state report calls for 36 a cres. ~ . / o.fn~ Chief Enginee r, P'<lrk service. �oun : ck1W\l_~-- Di tri~t: Stone 1me4: d 45 ed: o. ff ' .. r 0 p d ls ct nd 1 V f1 r tc. ' n y d 0 oil: .. d: • 1 hi nd • • to ov r t O t l s of o unty ro d ti b r d 1 b oro , lpi d b 1th roo r, · t 1 r co , it1 r o , r tr n le . rol)r , p r u0¢ ---- re n r ......... ____ ._ ............ 50. 0 730.00 770.00 ............ 1ti5b.o6 - 43.0 l xl4•, · ()0 t l roo , 19 1 ... n t 1 o. vo 100.00 - �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC KI NGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA ihe State Commis s ion on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment of the State of Virgin ia vs . Cassan dra Lawso n Atkins and others On this, the ~ -day ....:::.- of~ 934, came Ellie Herrin g, and on her motio n, l eave is g iven her to file her petiti on and it a ppear ing to the Court that $2285 . 00 is the amoun t of the award set out in the judgm ent of condemnation for Tract No . 240, hereto fore \ paid into the Court; and it appea ring from the repor t of the Board of Appra isal Comm issione rs hereto fore filed in this cause and in the petiti on for judgm ent and condem nation hereto fore filed herein that in the opinio n of petiti oner the said Ellie Herrin g is invest ed with a super ior or better right or claim of title in and to said Tract No . 240; and that the record of this cause does not show any denia l or dispu te by any party or person s in intere st as to the said tract or to the procee ds arisin g from the condem nation thereo f; and it furthe r a ppeari ng to the Court that all taxes due or taxab le upon said Tract No . 240 have been paid; Upon Consi derati on Where of, it is adjudg ed and ordere d by the Court that t h e said sum of $2285 . 00 paid into Court as just compe nsatio n for said 'l ract No . 240, be paid to s a id. Ellie Herrin g, and the Glerk of this Gour t is direct ed to transm it a certif ied 1 co py of this order to the Trea surer of Virgi nia, who shall pay unto the said Ellie Herrin g the said sum of $2285 . 00, t h e amoun t of award set out in the judgm ent of condem nation of said. tract of land, taking from said Ellie Herrin g a receip t theref or, and certif ying such payme nt to the Clerk of thi s Court for a pprop riate entry thereo as re i uired by law . Enter : /;ft,V)1 Jua_ge f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNrry , VIRGINIA. State Commission onConservation and evelopment of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others Respondent s The petitioner, the 0tate Commi ssion on Conservation and evelopment of the 3tate of Virg inia, on the ---day of .Jecembe r , 1933, having paid into Court the sum of <tP2285 . 00, the amount of award set out in the judgment of condemnation for tract Mo . 240 , the unclersiened, Ellie Herring, hereby applies to the Court, or to the Jud 0 e thereof in vacation, for an order of judgment for the distribution of said sum of ~2285 . 00 to the said Ellie Herring , on the ground that it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, heretofore filed , and the said petition for judgment and. condemnation, that the undersigned , in the opinion of petitioner , is invested with the superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land No . 240 , and, ther efore , to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and is entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the exapnropriation of said Tract No . 240 . That the said ~llie Herring, your p etitioner, is the sole owner of raid tract or parcel of land, situate on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains i n the eastern part of Stonewall . District , hockingham 0ounty , Virginia , which land she acQuired from N. C. Herring, by deed dated December 1 , 1926 , which deed is duly of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said County in Deed Book No . 136 , at page 584 , the original of said deed is filed herewith , marked 11 Exhibit Deed 11 , and is prayed to be read as a part hereof . The undersig ned avers that the record in this suit does HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISON BURG , VA . not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in �2. ·nterest as to the title to said Tract No . 240, or to the proceeds rising from the condemnation thereof, and the said statement in etition of condemnation as to the title of the undersigned is rue; That all taxes due the County of Rockingham and State of 1 irginia are paid, as shown by the certificates of the Clerk of -he Court and the Treasurer of said County . And that the undersigned has title in fee simple and rays the Court that it will order and direct the payment of said ~um of $2285 .00 to the undersigned . State of Virginia, County of E ockingham, to-wit: I, ~ ~ ' - a Notary Public of and for the County of Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the 28th day of May , 19.34, personally appeared before me in my said County, Ellie Herring, and made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing petition are true. 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HARR ISON TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the the tract of 45-0- 0 against assessed taxes 1933 acres of land in the name of Ellie Herring , situate in the Park Area in stonewa ll Distric t, this county, has been paid . Given under my hand this 28th day of May ib934 . - - - ---~~-~ --..w... .~-=--- -------= - �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF IDCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 45 acres situate in Simmons Gap in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of Ellie Herring. Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1934. �... ; ;; I f'1 :I ~ > ;o ;u ~ m ::! iii ~ "' [Dw(~ a f'1 ~lo;u;a ~ z ~ -I C l> • ., ~ ;u -t Cil r ~ C • ~ )> < ~ '!" -< )> z -I 1,567.5 O 5 2 3.7 5 5 17. 7 5 1,855. 8 8 1,025. 41 * �... QJ:nmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia TREASU ER ' S OFFICE RICH MON D , VA , JOHN M . PURCELL June 5 , 1934 TRE ASURER OF VIRGIN IA This is t o certify that I , J . M. Purcel l, Treasu rer cJ of Vi rgini a have this_~5~ day of__ un ==e__ in accorda nce with an order of the c i rcuit court of Rocki ngham County dated~- -6~/~2=/~3~4~ __ in the cause of the Stat e Commis sion on Conser vation and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia vs • ____ ___,C....a.....s.......... s .... a.....n""'d.....r. .a. . . . . .L .=a....v.....¥.....s.....oc.n. ...........A "'-t.....k"-1....n,.......,s__...a....n.....d..........a....t.....b........e'-'-r....s.....__ _ paid t o El lie Herrin g $ 2 , 285 . 00 being in full set tlemen t of tract i n the above ment i oned cause. / �'1tnmmnuttttalt4 of 1llirgiuta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA June 5, 1934 Ellie Herri ng Recei ved of J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of $_2-'-,_2_8_5_•_o_o_, in accor dance with an order of the Circu it Court of the count y of Rocki ngham enter ed on the 2nd day of June 193_±_ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt v _ __ Cassa ndra Lawso n Atkin s and other s, being full and comp lete settle ment for the tract of land known in said proce eding as #~2~4~0~ - - Sign origi nal and dupli cat e and retur n to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. 'l7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context herring-ellie.pdf Title A name given to the resource Herring, Ellie Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek, near Simmons Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 240 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Herring https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0b330e8decd425067383f1ddcd461a0a.pdf 51de1b506513f06d3881e1c7958732d0 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #145 - Herring , Edward Number of Acres: 2 50 Location: Near Beldor. Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles to Elkton. The soil, is deep and fertile along · Baldor road and of fair depth and fertility over rest of the tract . There are moderat~ to steep to gentle slopes; northwest and southwest exposure. The upper graztng field is somewhat rocky . History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of the tract was cleared many years ago, grazed and cultivated since, except for a portion which was neglected and is now grown up to brush. The woodland has ',been cut over at different times in the past. The present sta nd consists of mixed oaks, poplar, etc . Soil: Improvements: (See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 75 @ $5.00 $ 375.00 127 @ 25.00 3175.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 32 35 . 00 1120.00 Cultivated Land: 16 15.00 240 . 00 250 $491.0.00 Orchard: 950 . 00 Minerals : ValueofLand: $ 4910.00 200.00 Value of Improvements: $ 950 . 00 100.00 $6160. 00 Value of Orchard: $ 200. OO Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 100. 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 24. 6 4 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ~,~CLERK. 41 �IMPROVEiv!ENTS: Dwelling: Frame 17x26', 4 r~ooms, shi ngle roof, brick & stone flues, 2 story, log finish, very poo r cond ition, abandoned, spring. Frame, 26x38xl6', met a l roof, good condition. Barn: ~ranary & shed: Frame, 15x20xl2', metal roof, good condition. Spring house: Frame, 7xl0x8', shingle roof, poor condition • • �more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. ~e 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 ~ id ~e~t~ and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said no tic . of. h - ~ ~~- ------o/,~ ---------------- ~ L __ My name is ___ My post office address 1s______ ------ ..L --R _ ~ __ !.. ____________ . I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ __ _._l'_~_a _____ acres, on w ·ch there are t~ g ~ v = t s ~ _ : ' ! _ ~~ ~ z::;; (%~ l~b!_= es ~~: from __ __~Virginia, in the~~M agisteri al District of said County. I claim the fallowing 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.) : / . . ~-~ -~ - - ___ L ~ ~ ~~~~~~ West____ ~ - :: __ :: __ ::-- __:::::::::::: :::::::::::: :::::::::::: I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the _ _ -------- - --7 ' ---------------------------------------------------------------- ~~:nn~~~- --- ~ < l l d --~ ~ - ~ ~ ----- to.b~ I claim that the value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $-~L "'--~ -t/:-__~_li!OI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $1~..f.J,1_~---'-== 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 par5 el__»f l~ d by metes a~_?_.,~unds) , / __L Remarks: h ---~LL ~-~ --~ ~-~ . . . , . ~ ~--- ~ / , ~- _ A-c-L .r"44A 0L--£ ..,?_~ ------ ~ ~ . , , , /~ - .a.R~ / ~ z ~---~ "'a./- -~- ~-~~-;~~~~ ----~~-~ -~~-~ ~ ~-~ -- ~ ----- (Continue remarks if necessary on ~t1.!l back). ~:p.ess my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this;---~~ --day · o L ~ , 19~ ~ . ~ --~~~-------------tr t • STATE OF VIRGINIA, 8OUNP-\OF __ .:. _ J. _-'l - -..------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_·::::.:-_-:.".:'. ~_q_\y~~- REl.:rl-".iM..L:-:-_-::-_-_-:::~_-::::-_-:~:--~ the above named claimant personally appeared before)ttffl and made oath that the matters and things i learing in his ab_ov' answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______, __ _______ day oL . ! c J_~ _.:A.J _{. _ --, 193Rl -£ . (' 1 I . 1 ---------· ' ' - ._.ov - ?-'j L>-/ '7--1 .A.. _.,,ry, r( l 'X...- \..1 ------- --Gle:rk of the Co trrt,-oo--Speeial-Investigator Notary Public, ~st-i-ee---of-tlre-Pe-aee... ~ �. ~'· .. . ' ~ FRiled in the Clerk's Offl ocki ngham County, Va.ce FEB 1931 ---Clerk �--------------------- .---- dJ ~- 7 -- ~-----------------------. --..---------------------more or less, of land m-~ - ~ ~ - - C o u n t y , Virgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petirfo~-;fth;-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 as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is____ .--- -- _ ______ ~ ---------------------- ~;a::: ::~~ :~t~:,•::~:~-:~-i~n~a t;:~~l~;;;~t~i~-;~-~;~~-s~~ght to be condemned, containing about_ __ ~ ~ - - a c s, rn which there are the following buildings and improvements:__________ __ _ _____ _ _'£e___~- ~ ~ - - 7 This l~nys located abo~L-~--~--~-miles ~rom____ _, t h e ~ ~ a g i s t e r i a 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 ~-~~~~:~ ----~~~~~ - ~ -~Va1~Z:~~~o:. i~c~i~e~ tr:ct :r ;~~:~]~~';::!:: f~~~~ws~ North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East _______________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - West ____ ______ ___ ___ __ _____________ ___ ______ ________________________ _______ _______ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the following manner: ~ ~ 1 / _ / / / / ~ - - - ~ d ~ ~ L ~ ~ 7 ~,t( -~~~!o~ta1~~~r;~-;:~-i:;~:~~:~~~-t~~~~~ on is $ - ~ ~4!_,__ ~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, i ~ t? ~h!s,..t~t.__.2r J a ~ ~ p r o v e m e n t s thereon is $L~~ ~-::---~-· ~~ne~ ___ ____ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------------- -· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a des~:!::k:~ ~~ar~~~~d ~:unds:~- ~ F ? L . - ~ - . d 4 ~~,-- -~ ---~ --= = ~ ~ ~ -~-~-------/~ d - ~--L.d---~--/~----.:-~- -~------- ~ ~ ~---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi~------~ -----day 1=~~# e~~~--------------- of__~_____d_~-----, STATE OF VIRGINIA, · OF __ - -~ - _..,,,-'--"-='- ------ - ------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_-=~-=--~~.9J'.HH'-~R..~::rrt_]J.g_,_-::::-_~~!:"-~-=!:".:-..-=:!:".!'!.~~-=---=the above named claimant personally appeared before ftHR and made oath that the matters and things ap earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______-'L_ ~-------day oL_L:_ _____ 2\.. __iT_ --, 193fit,\ ..0 /'\ . /" __________ Q\ 1_.,(. _ _r-y vvf _ __ , ______ _ -el-erk of the Com·t, or SpecraJ.-Imtigator op.. ~ 2-/ Notary Public, or J ustice-oH~ t_~_ t,j �County: Rockingham District: Stone,all ~145 - Rerri rig 1 ~d .mrd Acreage Claimed: .:. ssessed Value Claimed: Location: --129 P. Deed 99 ..... 86 P " ... 2460 .00 ,, 3096.88 Near Beldor. Incumbranoes, counter claims or la;es :. -· 290 None kno n. The soil is de~p and ferti le along Beldor road and of fair depth and fertility over r st )f the tract. Ther e are moderate to steep to gentl_ slop~s; north est and southwest exposure . The upper grazing field is some hat rocky. oil· To miles of fair dirt road to Swift Hun; t hence four miles to -lkton. of tract and oondi tion of timber; .l,. large portion of the tract was cleare many years ago, gra zed and oultiv ted since, em:cept for a portion which wa ·· neglected and is no. gro,-m up to brush. he ood- land h s bee~ out over at different ti~es in t he past . ·rhe pr sent sta d consists of :::nixed O'•ks , poplar, etc . It is estL ia tetl to c t an avera ·J of 1730 bd. ft. per acre • . 130,00J bd. t't. v lued ,3.00 per .• --.,,390.00. Improvements: Dwellins: Il'r · me 17x26', 4 rooms, s h ingle r ')of , b rick F,., stone flues, Q story, log finish , very p0or condition, abandoned , ~50.00 s pring -Burn: ~r~e 26x38xl6' , metal roof, good condition - 750.00 Granary :& shed: Hrame 15x20xl2', metal roof, g ood 1 ~5.00 condition --- Sprine; house: Frame ?:xlOxS', shing le r oof, poor condition --- 1 00 apple trees - 40 yea r s old, f ~ir Orch rd: co~dition -- valued - $1. 50 er tree -2') cherry trees - 50 yea.rs old - f ir condition vu lued Trees: 5Z 100.00 80 .00 1.00 each -- alnut trees valued Yalue of land bl types: 10.00 5 .00 per tree -~ 260 .00 I36o.oo motnl Value T:t;J?e Acr eage Value per a ore Fg I 25 3 .00 25. 00 . 220.00 . 625.00 Fg 102 12.00 1224.00 Fo 16 35 .00 6 .00 560 .00 192.00 Slope Fr 75 32 250 Total va lue of land Total value of impr0v .meut;~ l'ota l v 1lue of timbe:i.· Total vulue of traot -Verage value per acre 2826.00 1365. ) 0 390.00 i 4581.00 18.69 rc.v l~.:51 ------·Clerk lz826.00 �fl45 - wduard N . Hring county: ockingham District: ~tonewall ,..., • .L • Sn.if Zlett t.T. ~ _etty .. owell •-:,OX augher :·· ... .. .. ·, '.. .. .a.lex. lya::-it .;;1.ffiOS ' J.·1Sley Clark Diehl 1 -:;c -:;~rD Grazing ... illable - .estocking S 01e - Scale - l' - 20 ch~ins. 5 �z.o IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.Al! COUNTY, VIRGIN IA. State Commission on Conser vation and Development of the state of Virgin ia vs. Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County . The motion of Edward Herrin g and W.T.H erring, prayin g said court to disapp rove:-:.;a!_ld to deoline to accept the finding of the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s,heret ofore appoin ted by said Court in the above matter , where·i n said Board reporte d, under No. 145 of its finding s, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court that your movean ts were only entitle d to 250 acres of land in the Park area,i n the easter n portion of Stonew all Distri ot, Rockin gham County , Virgin ia. The ground of said motion is as follow s: That the said pprais al Commi ssioners erred in finding that movean ts were only entitle d to 250 aares of land situate in the Park area, in the easter n portio n of Stonew all Distri ct, Rockingham County , Board of That, as a matter of fact, movean ts are entitle d, as shown by their deeds, which are fully referre d to in their proof of claim hereto fore filed in this matter , to 301 acres of land Virgin ia. made up of severa l tracts in the park area, all of which lands are contigu ous. That this differe nce of 51 acres between the amount of land claimed by the movean ts and that reporte d by the Park Apprai sal Board, even if only valued at ~24.64 per acre, the averag e price of the 250 acres allowe d, would make a differe nce in favor of movean ts of $1,256 .64. Moveants pray that this error may be correc ted, and that they may be allowed the full a creage to whioh they are entitle d. 1':ovean ts furthe r pray that the accomp anyirg affida vit may be read i LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBUR G, VA. suppor t of this motion . �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. Affidavit of Edward Herring, to be read in connoction with motion filed by him and w. T. Kerring, to have the finding oi'. the Board of ~ppraisal Commissioners disapproved in connectinn with its finding No . 145. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: Edward Herring this day personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary PUblic in and for the City afore said, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the owner in fee simple of 211 acres of land,and, in addition thereto, am the owner of a one-half undivided interest in 90 acres of land, H. T.Herring being the owner of the other half interest in the 90 acres of land, all of which lands are contiguous and are situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Beldor, in Powell's Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia. Thea e lands are listed in the above entitled cause by the Appraisal Board, under its No. 145, as only 250 acres, whereas the correct acreage should be 301 acres. Thus there is an error of 51 acres in the allowance made by the Appraisal Board, which, even at the rate of ~24e64 per acre a~lowed for the 250 acres reported b y ~ would make an additional sum due to aftiant and W. T.Rerring of $1 ,256.64. I have never known the title to any of the lands now being considered to be questioned, nor the boundaries to be disputed. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 2'P �In t h e uircuit uourt of RocKingham vounty, Virginia . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state or Virginia v. filed in the Clerk's Offic Rockingham County, Va. NGV / Cassandra Lawson Ati{ins ancl others and 52 , 501 acres of land in RocRingham county. 1932 ;~Clerk Statement mad e by Edward Herring and w. T.Herring pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 2n,1932, in response to Item No.2 of the inquiry maae in said decree. Your respondents say that the acrage listed in the report of the Appraisal Board,under its Ko . 145,to-wit:250 ac res ,as the property of your respondents is erroneous in tb~t your respondents own 301 acres in the tract referred to und er saict appraisal nuniber A plat showing said acra.ge is herewith :filed marked "Ex. Plat" and asKed to be read as a part hereof . ~4-+...f £~7 £.#.1 ; ~ Geo . S. Harnsberger, Counsel. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG, VA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context herring-edward.pdf Title A name given to the resource Herring, Edward Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Beldor 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): 145 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Herring https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e3eacc15fab68d4ebb6b0e304f26e107.pdf 66ed5d3a5395e5b4c9ca2792f0f9c63b PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT ,rlO;::i - Number of Acres: ==·~nsl : , 20 Location: ... llc · un , Roads: Count: roo.c, clay s'.1r~'.:...ce . ne-rest shi pinB point . Soil: !ilrner )u. rtly outside tl e ... ork --re~ . s~ 1dy l oc..n, ':::'hree niles to 3lkton , slo_,e ty;; e , stee1; Ln,_' cov red .i t'1 loose rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: · erch---nt -- ble s ...,. 4 cord::; fuel mod _Jer '..lcre . ti er tu.\: n o:!'..n . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value · Value per acre Ridge: Slope: ·: 100 . UC 20 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: uO . \., --- Cultivated Land: j'lJO . CJC Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 00 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 7 . JO Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ r:-one . s �County District Rockin ham .3tone mll #103 - Henslex, · ilmer ssessed Acreage Claimed; II Value Claimed: 78 A. 123 P . Deed Not availnble ti 470 . 00 (land only) Elk run, partly outside park area. Location: Incumbran oes, eounter claims or laps: None kno • Soil: Sandy loam, Slope type, steep and covered rith loose rock. Roadsi County road, clay surface. -·- shippin Th ee miles to .akton, nearest point. erchantab le sa1 ti~ber taken off. Hiotory of tract and conditton of timber: 4 cords fuel 100d per acre valued t ~1.00 per cord (Bo Im;p:-ovc!Ilents: Jone . Acreage and v~lue of land by types: W".. lue V - - 60 . 00 timber .. .. 80 . 00 140. 00 tract .. of land - Total value of Total 6 . oo 20 Slope Total Value creaee ~ Total Bo . on cords) - - - - lue of Average value per acre 7 . 00 6 �of__}}I __21L~--In the Circuit Court of_ ___ flth _ Claim r'-7---'1-£-"£--f.,,/,:,L~{J________________________ ______________ _ _____ County, Virginia, No.if""~ -~-, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ 9-----_~ ----------------- ----- .£~ ~- _____ ______ ___j;_~ _.5'_.t:, 1 ---------- ~ -----------------· ------------------------ - more or less, of land in __ f?--:!!:s'~ ~----County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answe;-t~-th~~pet~~~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 said pe~ition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ______ /?~at?!:'- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to-s;idp~ti~;and to said notice. • . My name is __ ~ _d ~ -------- .---------------------My post office address is ____ ~ . . : . . ___ 1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ _a _Q __________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=-------- ~ ------------------- -- --------------------- }l __fU h ~~----------------- This land is located about_ ___ J ______ miles from ___ ~ -------------Virginia, in the~ ___ Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ______________________ _d&-€.e__._ ~ --------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: N orth __Y,1~ - - d ~r-~~:J/ck ~ - - ~-f_C-- = . ~ 1hx ~ ?--~ ------ South_/U/L-d J ~--R ~~ c.uw,L _ East __ ~ ;L ------------------------ ------------------------ --West_ , 0 __ ~Cl-V0 f. - ~ c - v U . ~ ___ f'_a_,u_J--____________________________ _ kCu-< I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year J9-'.Ll2.,'LY.tiin the following manner: ___ }1:c( •~ · 1 - ~ ~ _~ ~-4~ etfa;~a,,,, __ }J_ ~ - ~ -f ~---------------l ~ ~ ~ I I J J ~ ~ --------1 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1.£_p_~,_ ~ -----· 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 $-1.a_~.f'.J!'_ q____ ___ I am the owner oL f-/_o __________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- --.~~.2!- ~ -------· (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 ). r;y /. . . "' / ' ' --f ~ A . J7 / 1 , - . ,_ . . /J J_ Remarks: _J_~ ~ ~ - L ~ u ( ' A . I_A<il. _.=."""".,,,-':"--:..-=-,; r~ - -;::::J--::t,,.,~ A A ' ~ ~ ~ u 4-~ya&e-td-__~ - ,,( J _t;:_ v ?d~L?:__., __ ~----- __ --- ---~~_J-~ ~-A-~A~-f;+M-~~-~~d __-~ --<¥~ - L ---~ -~' ~-----------L<U.~-«-4~~ ~~A-a~ { ; ~ --~u ~ _~ / f t ~ -~ ~ .. ... -;;.__ / , ~- . / . 6.. . l -' - ---- 7tJ.__~ ~ r 7 ~ (Conti ue remarKS if necessary on the ack). Witness my signatu:fe (or my name and1 pia~ attached hereto ) this_ ~.1-_ m~~y o f _ _ ~ - - - , 193ft. / / : _ , 4 ~L-~~_,_,,,___ STATE OF vnfGINIA, COUNTY OF__ ---- ----- - - ----- --, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that__{)h:._ f]J./J.2-P.: :~---~ ----------- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and ~;-~fe-~-;_th-t:i9crt"the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, 01 7_ fJiilf;:______::·_~~!·cfJ::i,.. ___ _____ _____121,_j;J. __ _ this __ ______::,:: ____ c ___ day of ___ Clerk of the Court, r Special Investigator or Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace. �fl'led in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, FrC.r,ti -------Clerk �I ~l(;.5 _ Lensley , iilmer -<\OOki ngh~m county :: Stonewall ::)istrict ....~G :;-rn Slope Jcale - 1" - 3\j chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-wilmer.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Wilmer Marvin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk 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): 103 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e90d56eea1f9d4b70913ca51df6c2298.pdf 4d55d0b4ab1dc497d0becc09aa2148c8 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGiili.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #99 - Hensley , VI. M. Number of Acres: 1 4 Location: On Elk Run at positions }67 and /168 and this is partly outside of the Park a r ea . Roads: Three and one- half miles over dirt road with the exc3ption of one mile whi ch is paved to ~lkton , th3 nearest shipping poi nt . Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility with moderate slopes to the northeast . History of Tract and condition of timber: faost of the saw timber has been removed The remaining stand consists of second from this tract . growth oaks and some white pine . There has been no fire for years . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 14 5 . 00 $70 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 50 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 70 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ValueofTimber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $40 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 1 1 . 43 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 40 . 00 ,)160 . 00 �~- -- -- -~ -----~ -- ~- -~ -,- --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=~-=---=-=-=-=----=----=----=-- --===:--'..- -~ -ROCKI NGID :I COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #99- a - Hen sley , l . L. Number of Acres: 3 Location: Roads: Park area . Pos itio ns 25T - 25 , and mos tly outs ide the ~ith the exce ptio n of one It is four mile s ove r good dirt road s , rest ship ping poin t . mile whic h is pave d to =Tu:ton, tle nea and fer tili ty with much The soil is a sand y loam of fair dep th Slop es are mod erat e with sma ll loos e rock and some outc rops . a sout hwe st expo sure . t has been cut ·ove r repe ated ly for History of Tract and condition of timber:Th e trac timb er . The re is a stan d farm use and ther e is no mer chan tabl e tly und er 3" DBH with an of hard woo d and a few yell ow pine mos been no fire for many occ asio nal tree to 9" DBH. The re has yea rs . Soil: Improvements: - None . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 3 @ $15 . 00 $5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $15. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Frui t: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 00 : $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract NONE . . ,.. ·--- �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #99- b -- Hensley , w. M. Number of Acres: 16 Location: Roads: Soil: On Elk Run at Positions #69 - J70 , and partly outside of the Park area . Three and one- half miles over dirt ro~d uith the exception of one mile which is 9avement to ~lkton , the nearest shipping point . Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility; comparativel y free from rock with moderate slopes t"o the northeast . The tract has been cut over at various times , there being no merchantable timber left . There is an open stand of oak with occasional pine . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 16 .,,,so. 00 wo.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 80 . 00 40.00 t,170.0 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 0 0 Valu~ of Wood: $ 40 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 6 2 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ HONE. �county: Rockingham District: Stoneij·all #99 - Hensley, ' crease Claimed! ;. l • 30 ~. ssessed Va lue Claimed: 1000.00 T.aa t 1 ,1cludes tract Location: Mostly outside Deed " " 99 . -- 99 B.} On l lk Run at Positions ,;'67 and -/J68 and t his is partly outside of the Park area. Inoumbranoes, aounter c l aims or laps: ~one known . Sandy loam off ir depth and ferti l ity with moderate s opes to the northeast. Roads: Three and one-half mi l es over dirt road wi tll the exception of one mile which is paved to Elkton, the nearest shipping point. History of tract and oondi tion of ti 1ber: .I ost of the s aw ti mber has boe:1 removed from t h is tract. The remaining stand consists of second growth oaks and sor:ie white pine. There has been no fire for years. The estimate is lb M. suw ti mber valued 4.00 ~~--~--- -~-----~-~60.00 30 vords of fue l wood valued ' ~l . 00 --30.00 Q0.60 -- Tota l Improvements: lone. Va l ue of land bl types: ~ ulope Value Acreage 14 . ger acre -,3 . 00 Total Va l ue 42.00 Total value of land 2.00 Total va lue of improvements Total value of timber 90.00 Tota l value of tract 132. 00 Average va l ue per a ore 9.43 /1S. �count- : Roc};ingh" 1 District: 0tonewall #99-a * AoreaGe Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: Lap~: A 30 J• . - , • M. Hensle:)! :;ot Asoessed 1000. Deed l,ot available " o si tions 25T - 2fi.'\. and mostly outside tbe :·ar:.. area. None kno n. c oil : Tho s c il is a. sandy loam of fair depth and f rtility 1 t h ~ much small loose roolp and some out oror o. ...lopes are moderate with a south ,ess exposure. dirt Roads: It is ~our r.iles over good/roads, Tiitr the e.ception of one mile • hioh is paved,to Elkton, the ne~rest shipping point • .... II,.istor_;z:: The t:raot hao been cut over rer e:i tedly for fnrm use und there is no merchnntable timber . Thero io a stand of hard10D d and u few yollo 1 • ine mostly under 3 ., DB:r.. ~r ~ i th an oocaoional tree to 9 '' DBH . '!'here hao been no f i r r for m&ny years. Imnrovemcnts : None. TyPe 3lope Value orcnge ner ::.ore ·5. 00 3 Total value of lan Total V "t lue ,15 . 00 15.00 To t al value of improvements Total value of timber Total value of tract Average value per acre * Includes Tracts 15 . 00 5.00 99 and 99•b . m, �Cou ty: t,oo ktng hwn Dis tric t: &to ne, ll ,9 -b - • l • ·~s eas ed AlOO ( 111 ot .oo t :rao t 9 tt1o th a) " 9 .. 70 on •• So .F:o- ~ n y lo of 1 Thr oe and on hal f of one mtl whl on 1 1.1ppl1 pin t. U.s tor~ nd rtly out sid e non . ter t1l 1t; oo par ttv ely slo p vO ,l nor th ast . rro e rr )l!l roo k g i ed rt 1 ,lk, .. o tly o t 1de- ile a ov rd rt pav ent to or and 1th tl\ ton , tl ~ cap tion ne r st h tr ot l,t a bee n out ove r no m,r c e.nt e.bl e tim ber le t. ion a l pin • ""l 1 . 00 -- een Imp:roveme~t s,; 40. 00. None . by typ ~ : e Slo p V lu e otu l Val ue 4S.6o 0 l n • 1: of 1 rov or t1mb r of tro t nt e.oo ·-- 40. 00 ue er aor I lud e M . a 171 �~ /99 - :-'8nsley , i'. I • County : .,ockinghc m District : ~t new 11 N 0 b v-·5· \\ \ .'* --- -- L~G~nD Slope Sc:-...le - l" 0 0 ch ins �- - - - - - - - - - ·- -- -, County: --../ District: Rockingham Stonewall #99a- Hensley, W. M. __ • :i.4-r • \ Edgar J • Hensley - - - , , ~ssie L 2.~A Naylor I LbGEND : SlOPA Scale - l" = 20 chains 5 �nsley , ,• ~.H County : .dookineha District : Stanch 11 \ \ \ G ..:er) 1~}~~ [(!I .':msley t) - .; r. l.J;l,1S 0<..: .... lG - l" = 30 Ch i!1S 5 1f 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 <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-w-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, W. M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk 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): 99, 99-a, 99-b Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4c13cefdb1a0beb30961b122cdb75b74.pdf f602eaf9b0959e9eec1a17f47c6f043f PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA... COIDr.::'Y ,/- - - - - - - - -- - NAME OF CLAIMANT #1 - ,le nsl ey , Vi cto ria Number of Acres: 28 . Nea .r !.t.. .ple Sp rin gs Sc ho ol Location: Roads: d to ~1 kto n . Sev en mi les f,i r di rt ro~ ky in d .re rti li ty, sor 1ev rha t roc S dy cl ,y, f'::.,i r cL rrth :....nI"'.odert te slo pe s, sou tln rne t e:x:f)oFure. vrooded :,o rti on , ste er, to Soil: n:.,;.,ny ye . . . rs ,.ree po rti o of t:·a et cle red :..:_ : ber tim of on diti con and ct History of Tra ,ro ode d are a cu t ov er si nee . &e,o, t;-<;ruz~d JL cu lt i vc. ted nt ·ta nd co ns ist s Tii xed o~k s ~nd $1 2re . st pR i: ly rep e ted rnrc.-ct is ,st iru at-ilO ll(; tl~c str et. ,n . s cK 'tlo h-t nnd r pla sor.i.a ~Jo bC.:. ft. r u.c re . {?~ e co .) 28 :. eu to cu t 1 ~-· bd . ft. pc: (: oc}:i:1[_)1-..m Co unt y ~ o= Improvements: 1;o ne . Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Valoe per acre Total Value .,.,;3 . 00 81 . 0') Ridge: Slope: "?,7 Cove: 1 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ ::G . OC Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ .s . 07 taking of this tract: Incidental damages arising from the J . 00 ·~86 . co �-,._,/ Coun•• ntavte\a ' .COun\71 Dtatriot, 1 Page Shenandoa h Iron orb s.OOk1ngham tonewall (Rockingham County) f 64.l 1:rw eoun,zJ Hengltz• re,' v1oiorlA eed 1;0 A• v11ue 01almed1 " 22~.oo Logatip91 ear Maple Sprtn • echool. lnownbr noes, gounter cla.1,ne or 1an•t llone knomh .•0111 dy elo.y, t s.ir depth oad•! nd t'ertility• no. what rocky 1n wooded stee to ffl04~~t• alopea, o uthweBt a.xpo ure. ,>ev-en miles t ir dirt road to •lkton His~oq ot traat &;l14 condttton of' ~1l'!lbfEI Laree poi-t1on ot vaot clearect yea.ff a.go• raail s.na ouIIlftted aSnce. iioo4e4 area cut over edly 1n pet. :Present stand conaiate or mi'xe4 oak• and so• a.nd he ocks along the tieam. trt\ot io est ted to out l 1K per nci~e v l ed t .10 per 11 (177 bd. tt.) (Page CoW'lty) 28 V bd• tt. vnlued at 2 10 (lockinghn m County) •. ortion• many repeatopla.r bd. rt. 371.70 ,8.80 _.....,...,.."""""""n..,....s,.... ( County) . ;"leli\efu 16x21•, log 'nd frrwe, poroh 8x21•, 6 r oma, brick tlue Pair cond1t1on , ooCUli d by tenant, s rin ter eup 1.y. 400.&o Ba.mt Lo, 24x4;x12• , ahinnled root, tn1r condition . 250 oo i~~-. Grnnn p,o ous11 !!!D ~ouae1 lOxl4XlO'• me l roof, good condition . - - Log, 10x14x8•, h1nt;led roo.f, poor condition . , 10x10x8•, · te.1 root 1 good condition . ii,_oin~'~tjejf o,ld no;usti 16Jt18x12•. oh; ngle4 r oof, poor eondit on. 22 n~pl trees orty year old 1n t !r n41tion vo.l 1ed at 6 .oo er ere(~ acre). - • - ( cre a unty) alue DC£ 4. i1 11 1 "M~ lue lueValue Value Value Vi Vi or land•. - • ot imnrov nta ot timber • • • ot tract • - • er acre - • • 83 3.00 1.0.00 ,.oo 20.00 &o.oo 3 .oo ,o.oo 10.00 �I County, Di tr ct ndo h Iron ' orte crountyt Di triot t rla. a of' land • ( oo 1n alu ff ty) ft N " 1 0 lu tr - • 7 �IC, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. [iled in the Clerk's Office Cassandra L.awson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of l.and in Rockingham c0unty. TO THE HON. H.W.BERTR.Al[,JUDGE OF Rockingham County, Va. SEr j-f 1932 Clerk ~ IDCOURT. The motion of John A. Hensley and of Layton w.Hensley, the latter objecting on behalf of himself and the other heirs at law of ~t$£«M, ~ V, Hensley, praying said Court to dis- approve and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in th above matter, wherein said Board reported, under No. 56 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the movants are only entitled to 89 acres of land when they sh~uld have found that the movants are entitled to at least 100 acres of land, and wherein the said Appraisal Board valued said land at only, $12 .42 per acre wh~ it should have been valued at $25.00 per acre. The grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the price per acre allowed for said lands is mani- festly inadequate and confiscatory, because said lands are worth at least $25 .00 per acre, as is shown by the affidavits attached hereto. (2) That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before said Board by the above named :parties. (3) That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from the statements contained in its report, based upon the physical character of the land alone, without taking into consideration, or LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the �--2--.. income-producing capacity of the land or to the fact that all such grazing lands on the Blue Ridge Mountains are being taken under these condemnation proceedings, and that like grazing lands cannot be purchased for any such amount as allowed to the said movants, all of which will more readily appear from the affidavits attached hereto. (4) That the said Appraisal Board did not take into consid- eration, in making its allowance for compensation for the taking of said lands, the value of the minerals, especially the gold, found to be upon said lands from an assay made by the Treasury Department of a sample of the earth sent them, the report of the assay being presented to the .AI>praisal Board at their hearing, which report is now with the papers in this cause. Said report and the affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of the above exceptions. These grazing lands are needed by movants in connection with their farming operations, and the state Commission on Conservation and Development is the Park area. L~W OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . exclude same from �I I I I I . I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIBGINIA. ' The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia I vs. ' r Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of John A. Hensley, to be read in conneotio~ with the motion filed by him a.nd Layton W.Hensley to have t he finaing of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 56. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day John A. Hensley 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 Layton heirs at law of ~'-rx-~ ,. 9 /. w. Hensley and the othe:i: Hensley, of a tract of land situate about five miles east of Elkton, on the western side of the Blue Ridge :Mountains, in the contemplated Park area, which thE A_Ppraisal Board has reported as only 89 acres of land, while, as a matter of fact, there is at least 100 acres, and probably more, within the area. The said Appraisal Board only allowed t he sum of $12.42 per acre as the average price for said 89 acres, while, as a matter of fact, said land is worth at least $2 5.00 per acre. This tract of land will graze at least 40 head of cattle for six months each and every year, which, at $1.00 per head per month, would make a total income of ~240.00 per year, or the interest on $4,000.00. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER . HARRISONBURG . VA. ~-- -.. Affiant is only asking the sum of $2,500.00, because that is the price that he has been offered on several occasions for the property, and what he believes he could get to-day. ~ -- -_. - ·- ~~--------- - - -- �J. i I I I affiant is the owner of a farm situate in Rockingham County, Virginia, and must have for use in connection therewith grazing lands where stock can be kept during the summer so that he will have stock to consume the roughness on his farm during the winter. If this grazing land is taken under this condemnatioI proceeding, and all like grazi~"fan~Afs't .(a~~Ao.;;'"·~~~tem- I 1 ., : I I I \ plated in these proceedings, then it will be impossible for your affiant to replace said grazing land at the price allowed by the Appraisal Board, or even at the price affiant is now asking. I Several years ago, your affiant, together with certain other i:arties, sent to the assaying office of the Treasury De- ' partment a sample of certain minerals taken from the lands which are now being considered, and th1assay1ng office sent a report showing that the sample sent them contained gold. This report waE submitted, along with the other evidence, to the Appraisal Board, but the Board has not allowed any compensation therefor. It was explained to the Board at the time of the presentation of' the evidence before them that this sample was taken largely from the surface of the land, without making any special effort at prospecting, and your affiant has reason to believe that gold exists on said land in a quantity that would justify commercial development. Your affiant asks that this land be exoluded from the Parl area in order that the same may be retained by him. ~a, subscribed and swor~ to :J. q 7':t., before me this 02th day of September, (i:~~ 1932. LAW OFFICES ~EO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 3"13 • �- ..._ ·--- _,...., -· --- -- _;.._ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIIHA. The State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of ~ p( - ~ ~. to be read in connection with the motion filed by John .Hensley and Layton w.Hensley to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Com- 1 ·. missioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 56. I j State of Virginia, ¥,_,_ City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: This day .6!(. ~ - ~ personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a NotaryPu.'61.ic in and for the City aforesaid, in the sta te of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, ' and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am well aa quainted with the mountain grazing farm owned by the said John A. Hensley and others, situate about five miles I east of Elkton, on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the Park area. I have been upon the land a number of times, and have seen the cattle thereon and the condition of the same when they were taken therefrom. I am of the opinion that at least 40 head of cattle can be advantageously grazed upon said lard during six months of each and every year of average rainfall. Pasture on the average is a t least worth $1.00 :per head, vb.ioh would make an income of ~240.00 per year to be received from said land, to say nothing of the locust posts that can be obtained therefrom, either for use on the other lands of the owners or for sale. by LAW OFFICES I consider the average price of $12.42 per acre al1owed the A]?praisal Board to be absolutely an inadequa te price for GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . - - - ·-~-- ~-- .. r .. -r I �said land, and belive that said land is worth at least $25.00 per acre. That if all of the grazing lands upon the Blue Ridge Mountains are taken, as is contemplated by these condemnation proceedings, I do not believe that such grazing lands can be replaced for ~25.00 per acre, and certainly not for the sum allowed by said Appraisal Board. I would consider the price of $12.42 per acre for said land as entirely too cheap for the same, and not in any sense the fair market value of said land under any normal condition. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1932. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . a qt( day of September, �• I T ' CIRCUIT CCUR1 OF t~ OOl\IliGID CCU · ·• V GIN • fi\ed in the C\erk's Office Roc¼ingharn County, \Ja, t\ _. ){-- \ 32 V • Jdi.rbf a, UJJ~Lm 1r ~ Cou.nt;y • ,o ae to I Your pon » t of th 0 tha t t a or tt4 • er 1 t ly correot , t ppr 1 al /~~~~:.-c,.--,...-re ~e i tea in rro. J '--e:, y d o , 1. .. .;;.i. ... ~ no· oxcc£6Xn ~ 't:!.:.n. a.....u:__ LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. r pe ore. be.r bu.t that th to th a o t o ellev d s1· ~~ :, ere. llov �. In tile Circuit Court of ?..ockingham County , Virginia '.& .... .:iTAT.J oo ....._LJ;310 )..;.,, 0.1!' U(L.3..:..::-V~;..i:ION .aJD :..;;v....1.Dl?i.i.:.lfi' 0 :v' VL1 GIL I Petitioner At Law Number 1 v. JJefendants On this --+z____ .day 1934, caine VICTORIA lll:lJ.DO',;s H.:.:1'iSLl! , and on her motion leave is given her to file her ap_JliC cion for disbursement of the sum of .... I ~TY-31A DO.i.,LAFi.J (',f86 . 00) the amount of the award set out i n the judf'_'.lnent of condemnation for tract lfu.rnber 1 and heretofore paid into court. And it appearin 0 ·., o tl:e court that VW'2 u:, .... L:.....DCJ,,ti h .... i.~.:3.r....t is in- vested v;i th a superior or better ri gh t o-· claim oi' title in and to s a id tract of land lfu.t.1ber 1 than ariy other person or persons , and that the r ecords of this cause do not disclose any denial or dis ?u te, by any party or or person in interest as to the title to said tract Kumber 1 or to the proceeds arisin "' from the c anda'l1nation of said tract Humber l; nd it further app earinG to the court that all taxes due on said tract Humber 1 have be n paid. Upon consideration wherdof , it is considered and ordered by the court that the s .id sum of ~IiliTY-JlA .OOLL~...Rs (.,.;86 . 00) paid into court by petitioner as just compensation for tract Number 1 be disbursed to VI ''.lX)Ria ~ e Clerk of the Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this.A to the '.creasurer of Vir inia who shall disburse said sum of ..:! ICli'.t{.31.... :oo.:..L.-ui.-3 (.,,.86.00) by paying the same to ,i . ,1 . ',iharton, attorney, takinp a receipt of the amount 9aid and certify such paym~nt to the Ulerk of this court for ap..9ropriate entry thereof as required �) ) LA.-W- OFFIOES W.W. WHARTON HARRISONBURO. VIRGINIA. �Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County THE STATE COMMI3SION8R ON CONS3RV.ATION AND DBV:.i:LOPME:NT of the STAT~ OF VIRGINIA V. Petitioner At Law Number 1 CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others , FIFTY- 'l\JO THOUSAND, FIVE HUIIDRBD AJ:Jl) SIXTY- ONE ( 52,561} acres of land, more and Defendants or less. To ' The Honorable H. \1 . Bertram, Judge of said Cou~t Your petitioner , VIO:l.'ORIA .MhlAOOWS E.ENS.lliY , Represents That a judgment in rem has here tofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in a tract of Ja nd formerly the property of your petitioner, situated in the Blue Ridge Mountain in Stonewall District, Rockingpam County, Virginia, said tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and sh(JWn, numbered, and delineated on the county ownership map filed herewith as tract Number l' at the price of EIGH'l'Y- SI X DOLLARS ( $86 . 00 }. Your petitioner further shows to the Court tbat said tract of land is a part of a lar ger tract of land situated in Page County, Virginia, and that all truces against said property to and including the year 1933, aga inst said property have been paid in Page Coun ty, and certificates to that effect from the Treasurer of Page County, and Clerk of the Circuit Uourt of Page County, to that effect are filed her swi th marked "Exhibit Certificate No . l" and ~~Exhibit Certificate Number 2° also ''Exhibit Number 3'' a certif'icate from CHARLH:S E. ~ST.lil', Commissioner of Revenue of Rockingham County to the effect that said LAND tract o f ~ has not been access~d for taxes in Rockingham County Virginia, all of said exhibits are prayed to be read as a part hereof. Your peti ti oner further shoVJs to the Court that there a.re no liens on this property of any character. That no other person or persons than your petitioner is entitled to share �- - - - - = - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - -zin the distribution of said muard; Wherefore your petitioner prays that she may be made a party her ein and be allowed to file her petition in these prooeedinps; that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of its case may require, and will ever pray, eto. OOUWfY OF ROCKINW , To-wit: This day VIu'roRIA ~ o•• s H~ ti..:!LY t Public in and for the Oounty and State aforesaid, the above entitled aforesaid, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter. I am acquaint ed ~ith the contents of the above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledpe and be lief. r-- l#~f Subscribed and sworn to before me this /t? ~ a y of February, 1934. �(( 4lu:k/ ?Jo I,, To Vhom It May Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office shc,:1 that :w~~§ = Victoria MeadOVls Hens~ey has paid the taxes for the year 1932 and acres ofland situated in ,~-="-------"-.::.....1~"'--.s;;;::.£..=:....·-~"'-..:.:;........,'a/~ • .,Dis trict of Page County, Vir- ginia. lso, she has paid the taxes for the year 1932 and 1933 on 28 acres of an adjoining tract situated in Btonewa ll Distric t, Rockingham County, Vir ginia. ;:laid taxes on said 28 acres have been assessed by Page County and paid in said County. All taxes prior to that time if any be unpaid are matter of record in the Clerk's office of said County. :7--a.A:-+- 'JzO 'J.j.. ~- ;_7___day of February, Given under rey b.and this _ _ 1934. /t>] �,,t;~ 110 t , "fhis is to certify that there are //: .... delinquent taxes of record in my office to the amount of $ ..J.f.lY..1.;,:............ against the tract of land owned by --~ ~_V '~ -~ ··············································-····················-········································································-··-- ................. ............................. - which is =......;Tract No...==:. .- designated as Tract No G..f..?..........; Tract No...... on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on Conservation &c., vs Ada Abbott, and others. ~ ~ /.SOC<. . Given under my hand this Jl day of . ··~········ ···-·············Clerk ourt, Page County, Virginia ....-. AV":i~T./_• Circui ..J~---____ ,193 L/ By_·······························-·············· • _££_-::;..; ................................- -.. Deputy Clerk �To ';/horn It 1ay Gonce rn: I certify that the records of my office show that no taxes have been assessed against a tract of land of ~i/ENTY-EIGHT (28) acres in Stonewall District, ?-4'u~ ockinpham County, Vir ginia, lmown as tract Number One1 ~ a d ~ ; ~. Given under my hand ~is ,:J--:J--,,,J ~ day of February, 1934. _,L -f ~ qn~oci&e-~ County, Vir ginia. ( �Qlnmwnuwtalt4 of llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL March 16, 1934. TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this l6thd.ay of March in accordance with an order of the circuit court of __R~o=ck=l=n=g=ham=~--dated 3/9/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins et als =~------------- paid to $ 86.00 W. W. Wharton, Attorne being in full settlement of tract #_J_ in the above mentioned cause. �Qtnmmnuwraltlt of ]ttrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA March 16, 1934 • • w. w. Whcrton, Attorney, Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 86.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_~B~o~c~k~i-n~g~h~a=m--_ __ of March 193___4___, entered on the 9th day in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~G~a_._s-s-a~n~d~r~a~I-1a-w~s~o~n~A~t-k_i_n_s~____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #__l_._ _ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-victoria.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Victoria Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Maple Springs School 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): 1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b2720ac2341cd19e815b5500cf168aeb.pdf a0cdd903bea76e28d58d0f8ebbd68f11 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY J CLAIMANT NAME OF ~~~ Number of Acres: #8 - Hensl ey, Thos . N. 23 Location: Near Maple Spring Schoo l .,. and Hensl ey Church . Roads: 7 miles fair dirt road to Elkton . Soil: Sandy loam o ~ g ood depth and ferti _l_ ity . Northw est and south east exposu re . Moder ate slopes . History of Tract and condition of timber: Large porti,.:, n of tract cleare d many years ago and cultiv at e d since . Woode d area cut over repea tedly in the past . Now used as source of fueJ wood supply . Presen t stand consists of mixed oaks with some yello ·:1 pine . Estim ated to cut an average of' 4 cords or fuel wood per acre . Improvements: (Rocki ngham County ) DWELLING : Frame , 16x24 ' with a kitche n 12x2l xl0 ' Porch 5xl2 ', l½ storie s , shingl ed and paper roof , 5 rooms ceiled , poor condi tion, o c cupied by owner . BARN : Frame , 18x38 xl0 ', with a board roof , poor c o nditio n . HEN HOUSE : 7xl2 x8 ' shing1 e d roof, p oor condi tion . ABANDONED HOUSE : Log , 12xl6 xl0 ', 1 room, poor condi tion . HEN HOUSE: Frctme , shingl ~d roof, poor condi tion . OR CHARD - - - - - - - -- - 1 a c re . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope:- -- - $3 . 00 2 ' $6.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 20 @ 25 . 00 :J, @ 50 . 00 - Orchard: - - 500 . 00 ~~506 . oo 50 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 59§ • 00 Value of Improvements: $ 4 7 0 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 470 . 00 50 .oo $1026 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 44 . 60 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . _~J~ '. _CLER K �. ~/Jt ______________ -~--L f, _&/ ~ Claim of_ / 7 __________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ _________________t- ________ 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 ____________________________ 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_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~ya~:: : : _ r ~ n. / X ~----------------------------------My post office address is~ I : : : ______________________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought lo?g to be condemned, containing about_)/_J:__{{____________ acres, on which there are~ --:~ ~ ------------------------------------------------ /::5,..,; :/)_; yf: ------------------------~ ---- --- -------Virginia, in miles from ~ This 19~ is located about_ __ th~ d L ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) z_ ______ The land owners 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 _Lf-J. ./)_..!,__in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1:-,£6.£._~~::_ ___ . 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 $2._fu:Ut~~-------· I am the owner of_ ___ _________ ___ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary~ the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attachef)rereto) t~s....2--_,f__ ___ ______ day L:._2t___g_~ -~ .~-------------. oL~ - ~----------, 193f STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF______ - ------- ---- - ------ --, To4vit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______ ____ ____ _________________ _______ ________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s and things apRearing in his abo~9..w~ are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, , .: ------, 19311.' ~ . ~ day of__ _~ this ____ _ ~'i'=_____ - - - ~ ----------------------------uf the Com-t, o pecial Investigator or Gla-krtary Public, or J us-tice-of the £.e.1ce. ' ·' · . �~v ..___,,, ounty-1 t · r 1) '.Tork County• t 0 f D 2 .. o,. ..2 • •oo rin Location a DOl ol • f' rtility. 0111 lee nir dirt t'Ofl. • H ~nt iOll • 0200 • ,te e1·at olo s. tL - to ~1 .. ton. .... rJO;! - ... - 36. o .oo itc en 12.. ~l .lo• ; , • < or ohtn :,1 ~l~xl.O, 1 .,. or 'h ooi .d. con• roof )oot· condition. oom, oor conQ luo l nt "" Ol!l!J • co ,o. 0 , .oo t on ........ . unty) 2 '2b ,. Tota.1 v lu of Tot l vo.luo of t"i.l y) . l e ot" v luc '.ii �Ooltn • trl \t Coun y; 1 tr tr • luo of 2«) 1 o nt It l numb o·u.l . ve 1" of ca luo o o · lue "" • l• 1.060 . er o 2 • () 22 �#8- (Rockingham County) #692(Page County) County: District: Rockingham Stonewall County: District: Page Shenandoah I . Wks. Hensley, Thos . N. -----"--'-------------- Alleghany Ore Iron Co . Alfred b,;ppard & Maule Spring s School - Hensley Church-J.B . Eppard .,, 7 Llbert Breeden LEGE.1JD: Slope Scale - · l 11 Tillable = 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 <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-thos-n.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Thos. N. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Maple Spring School 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): 8 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c772565f30a40e6645a1a37e56371d48.pdf 53a10888d5f5d3b5173239e52197f2a0 PDF Text Text ROCKDJGIIl,.l.! GOWEY NAME OF CLAIMANT /it51 Hensley , Thos. B. Number of Acres: 119 Location: Roads: Uest slope of !Iain Iiidge, t v0 niles northeast from Swift Run G:.1p. Two riiles of ft...ir uirt roud to opotsuood Trt.il in Swift Run Gap; thence seven niles to ~lkton . Soil: Sar.dy cl:... y o:' so d de ·)th e.nd fertility ulonc th:: top of th·) ridge; fuir cle;;it'!.1 . . nd :::'er+,i li t:r in ,,ooded crea, L1rge uno~mt of surfuce roc 1c in .10 ded urea, noder~,te to steep slopes, ~orthaest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Portion of tract L lons top of' ridge cle,. . red n~ny :Teurs r. . r:;o , f~ru:::.ed CJ.r..:l c·1ltiv ted. si';.C0. 'loade d are,.:.. c1t over • t di.::'""'ercnt ti•ies i: 1 tlrn ,_~st . :?resent stt1nd consLs t s of mixed o 1m ·.it':. so ·1e :1ickory ·.ncl .1opulc. . r, est ir1u t ,d to cut in u v-ar ,[e o:' 400 bd. ft. ::Lr ucre or c;. tot:~l of 40 , 000 bd. ft . 1 Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 102 . ,. no ~510 . 00 ,r:J • . J Cove: 17 Grazing Land: 35 . 00 595 . 00 --·1105 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 80 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: ~,1183 . 00 :ceBen~ei eamnpme ocv.eibaeu t'x:mc~~~ ti1il~x Value of Land: $ ll0j. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 80. 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 10. 00 r-. Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ .... ' ,....., • ~~/~ v~.L~- 2? �---;,~-t. County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. In the Circuit Court of____ _ , PetiThe State Commission on Conservation arrcl :pevelopment of the State of Virginia r ~ . ___ ..., ..L.. t __ t~_ I ------- - - -, more or less, of land in_ _ _ _ ------~ _______ County, Virginia, Defend ants. and Deation The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserv awarde d nation condem of notice the to e velopment of the State of Virginia, and in respons Circuit the of order the with nce accorda in d publishe upon the filing of said petition and __ : _______,. . _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of__tf( as his answer to said petition and to said notice. 1/ . My name 1s ___ ---r -- ~ ---- ------- ----~-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------My post office address is ______ ______ ______ ____ { _________________________ _ - - 7 _ ( ) ______ ' { _ ---------- of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel joint owner, or scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner or joint owner, sole not is t and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman tract or he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the parcel of land described above.) I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereinterest , on is $-----·-- __ ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is or I am the owner oL J _J _( ________ acres of land adjoinin g the above described tractprothe by d damage be will claim I which parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, -----· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------as to tion (In the space below should be set out any additional stateme nts or informa a here insert also should this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practicable he , . bounds) description of the I tract or parcel of land by etes and { $_k ____________ . - ___ d_ _ back). ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the _, f 'itn:s_s_:Y_:~~:~~r1: 3~r my name and ::~_:~; ::~-~:~ :~}_ ~~~~~-~~~=~~~~~~~:~ ~ F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ _ ___________ ._ ________ , o-w1t. cfu ----- --The undersi gned hereby certifies that ~~-~ /~-~ "tfu ----the matters at oath made and him before d appeare lly persona t claiman named the above and belief, ge knowled his and things ~~eari ng in ~i~-F ~ answer are true to the best of c7-~~-------, this-- ~r---- ----da y 4 1~~ - o / / ;p. Clerk of the Court, or Special Inve~' Notary Public, or Justice of the P <> 1 �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #51- a -- Hensley , Thomas B. Number of Acres: 101 Location: Both sides of Spotswood Trai 1 near Swift Run . Roads: Five miles over Spotswood Trail near Swift Run to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility with moder~te to steep slopes . Northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Most of the tract was cleared many years ago and has been grazed and cultivated since. The wooded area is near the old pike . Present stand consists of mixed oaks and yellow pine . Improvements: {See reverse side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 5 $5 . 00 ~25 .00 Cove: 9 10 . 00 90.00 Grazing Land: 19 @ 45 . 00 855 . 00 68 @ 40.00 2720 . 00 $3690 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 1225 . 00 Value of Land: $ 3690. 00 150 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1225. 00 Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00 60 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 $5175 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 60 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 51. 23 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ~~ : CLERK. 70 �IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling: Frame, 14x20t, kitchen 14xl4x8', L part 12x26x9' 7 rooms, porch 8x20', metal roof, brick and stone flues, 2 story, ceiled, fair condition, occupied by owner, spring, pillars. Barn: 28x46xl6', annex 16x28', log, shingle roof, and also metal, poor condition. Spring house: 10xl4x8', cement work . Hen house: Frame, 8xl6x?', metal roo f , fair condition. M~at house: Frame, llxl3xl0', shingle roof, fair condition. Henhouse: Frame, 12xl2x8', shingle roof, poor condition. Corn house: Log, 12xl6xl0', shingle roof, poor condition. Granary: Frame, 12x32xl0', metal roof, fair condition. Wood shed: Frame, 12xl4xm', shingle roof, fair condition. �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #51- p - Hensley , Thomas B. Number of Acres: 1/2 s. Location: Swift Hun. - U. Park area. Roads: Two miles over Spotswood Trail to Elkton . Soil: Sandy loam, good depth, fair fertility, moderate slopes . Park Positions 75 A. A - 83 . Partly outside Has been cut over repeatedly in the The present stand consits of small scrubby oak and History of Tract and condition of timber: past. _pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 1/2 @ $5 . 00 $ 2.50 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 2 . 00 $4.50 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2 . 50 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: $ 9 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ - _ / ~ _ ' CLERK, 71 �·. Claim o L ~ - - ----------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of _________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conser. ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _________________________________________________________ ____________________ _ --~· ~/ ------------------. --..---------------------more or less, of land m_ _ ~-~-------County, V1rgmia, 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 ~aid etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL ________ -------~---- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to -B'"n;etitio nd to aid notice. My name is_~ _ -::?' _0 My post office address is___ __ _ , /('< __ It:_ ---------------------. £Ai#f.3 ________________ _ 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_ ___ 7...4-_________ 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 acquired my ri t, titl , estate or interest to this property about the year ___ ___ ____ in the fo~ ; ~ ~ ::·:::z::::_=~ J:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::_:::::: __::_::: _____: ____:: I claim tha~ ~e total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate ~r j~~rest, on is $J_(l,__8J~~ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.2~~ r ~ I am the owner of_ ~ __:'.'."___ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- -----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks · ------------------- - ------ ------------------------------- ---- - ------------ ------------------------- ·- - ------- - ---- -------------- ------------------- - - - - - - - ----- __ . 1~0 �: nook_nc;hc 1 triot: ~to-o 11 con • soo sod: not o~o ad) ~., no l? nlue Ola.1 ll .oo ., d: • 1leo no s t olo.. e Wit un Ga ·., ·011: ho top of the oun e , lar o o et ;; olo <o • 4 tc ·,o mil o ot f 18 ~01oc / z i los rt ro u to o lk·on. o ts ood r 11 in ift Hun o, X . ft . por ..• Val 1e T al otal 1 or 1 b :r f truct g tal vl r . 1e . 0 l . .lue o lue o C 0 80 . 0 8!16 . 0 ? . o5 �County : Dis'rict : Rockinghati Stone,all )51-b - Hensley , Thos . B. ~cre~ge Clained : Aseossed: Deed: Value Claiaed: Assessed : Deed: Area: Loc;at ion: Swift Run - U. 1/2 Acre s . P'ark positions ?5 A. A - 83 . Partly o~teide Jark area . I nC;ur.ibronces , counter claic.ie or lapa : Mone knom. Soil: Sandy loan , good depth , tai~ fertility , noderate slopes . Roads: Tivo nile3 o7er Spotcmood Trail to Elkton . fil._story of tract and condition of tinber : in the ast . and pine . I nprovenent o : Has be n cut over repeatedly 'l'he present stand consi:.,ts of sr.mll scrubby oak The tract io esti ated to cut 2 cords of fuel,ood . one . Value of land by types: ~ slope Acreage Value per acre l /2 Total value of land • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Total value of tiuber . . . ... . ........ Total value of tract . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . verage value per acre . . . . .. . . ... .. . 05 . 00 2 . 50 2 . 00 ,4 . 50 ,9 . 00 Total Velue ·2:00- �C1)unty: ... ock:d)ngh...1m Di strict: Stone~all ,t51-a- Hensle;y: , 'rhos . B. Acreage Claimed: l .-122 P. Deed :86. A. f r om 4osea .?owell , no data, no lue Claimed: 1620 . 00 o ns1derat1on . (F1eld sheet " data) Subject to use for Looation: Both sides of Spotswood 'rra11 lite by Levi & Sully I.run. near s ift .. \un. 11 A- 30 P. (1889 ) for .179. Assossod.102 • • Incumbranoes, 001nter claims or laps: None . Sandy clay of g ood d8iJ th and fert111 ty vi th moderate to steep slo es. Totthwest and southwest exposure . i,oads: r ive miles over Spotswood . rail near Svift 1un to ~lkton . History of tract arid C')nd i tion of timber: .Jos t of the tract was cleared many years a·~o and has bee. grazed and cultivated since. rhe ooded area is near the old pike . Present stand corisists of mixed oaks a nd yellow pine . It is estimated to cut 6 ods • .f r·1el 100d per acre . The wooded area (cove) is estimated to cut 16 , 000 bd. ft. of popla r und mixed oaks valued ¢4 . 00 per M, a.1d 2 ods . or fuelwood per ere or total of ----48 eds. of fuelwood 50¢ 24 . 00 1· , 000 bd. ft . @ 4.00 ---64 . 00 w88. 00 Improvements: Dwel ling: .t.1"rame 14x .,Q ' , kitchen 14xl4x8', L part 12x~6x9', 7 rooms, porch 8x20' , met 1 roo .. , brick and stone flues, 2 st:>ry, ceiled , f a ir condition, oocupiod by owner, s .,ring , ~11 .ars, -. 000 . 00 Barn: 28x46xlo' , a nnex 16x28', log, shingle roof,und also illetal, poor condition ->oo.oo :prin6 ho~se: l0Xl4x8', cement ork -7ti . OO .Hen hoa se: Fr me 8xl 6:x:7', metal roof' , f'1ir condition- 2J . 00 Je t h1use: l rame llxl3xl 0' , shingle roof , fair 30 . JO He o~se: rane 12xl2x8', s hinG le root , poor " 20 . 00 vJrn house: Log 12xloxl0 ', shlngle roof, poor " 2J . 00 Gran;irz : ::frame 12x38xl0' , metal roof, f ir conditiono.oo ood shed: Fr me 12xl4x8' , s ' inf.:.le roof , ir ., 18 . 00 ,104 Value of lo.nd. b;y; types : se ~ Cove Slope F g t' C Value per a cre ~o .OO 5 19 3 . 00 20 . 00 68 101 30 . 00 Tot al Value ,_;,40. 00 lo . Ou 380 . )0 2040 . 00 ~2480 . 00 · . oo �County : Rooki ngahm District : Stonewal l /151- a.- 1 Iensley , 'rho s. B. Cont ' d Total va lue of land $ 2480 . 00 Tot al va lue of i mp rovements 1040.00 ' 'otal value of ti mber 88 . 00 Total value of tract Average va lue per acre 3608. 00 35 . 73 _J_ r"' ~, �N County: District: #5l•b • Henslez, Thos. B. 83 Frances R~ Gratton /'os 7s-A.A. LEGEND: Scale S~Ol'§ : 20 chains Rocki ngham Stonewall �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Petitioner At Law No. 1829 Cassandra I.awson Atkins, and others On this (); J Defendants day of December, 1933, came Thos. B. Hensley, and on his motion leave is given him to file his appliQa~ tion for disbursement of the sum of Six Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($6,337.50), less Sixty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($69.30) heretofore paid him for right of way through Tract No. 51, now claimed by Stste Commission on Conservation and Development, the amount of the awards set out in the judgments ·or condemnation for T~acts Nos. 51 and 51A, and heretofore paid into Court. And likewise came J. R. Liskey ( of R.) , wh.o asks permission ' to file his answer to said petition, which is accordingly filed. And it appearing to the Court that said Thos. B. Hensley is vested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tracts of land Nos. 51 and 51A, respectively, tmn any other person or persons, that the taxes due on said two tracts of land have been fully paid, and that the interest of Thos. B. Hensley in said real estate is subject to the lien of a certain deed of trust in favor of J. R. Liskey (of R.), he being the holder of the bond for Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950 .00), with interest from November 1, 1932, thereby secured; Upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that said sum of Eleven Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($1162~50) paid into Court by the petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 51, less said sum of Sixty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($69.30) heretofore paid him for right of way through said Tract, namely, One Thousam Ninety-three Dollars~ �2. and Twenty Cents ($1093.20), and the sum of Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($5,175.00), paid into Court by the petitioner as just compensation for tract No. 51A be disbursed as follows: To J. R. Liskey (of R.), RFD No. 3, Harrisonburg , Virginia, there be paid the sum of Three Thousand One Hundred Fifty-six Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3,156.50) ($2950.00 being the principal an.cunt of the bond held by him, and $206 .50 : being the interest on said bond from November 1, 1932 to January 1, 1934), and the balance, Three Thousand One Hundred Eleven Dollars and Seventy Cents ($3,111.70) be paid to Thos. B. Hensley, RFD, Elkton, Virginia. And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall disburse said sum of Six Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($6,337.50), as above set out, less said sum of Sixty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($69.30), taking from the said Thos. B. Hensley and J. R. Liskey (of R.) receipts for the amounts paid to them, and certifying such payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereo~ as required by law. Enter: ~~ Judge �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Of ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Adkins, and others. The answer of J. R. Liskey (of R.) to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia by Thos. B. Hensley. This respondent for answer to said petition or so much thereof as he is advised it is material for him to answer, answers and says: That it is true petitioner and his wife conveyed the real estate mentioned a nd described in said peitition situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, known and designated on the map of park lands as Tracts Nos. 51 and 51A, respectively, to D. w. Farman, Trustee, by deed dated November l, 1932, recorded in the Clerk's Office of this Court in Deed Book No. 153, page 465 to secure the payment of the principal sum of Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950), as evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver bond of even date with said deed, made by the said Thos. B. Hensley and wife payable to J. R. Liskey (Of R.) one year after date with interest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, which said bond your respondent, J . R. Liskey (of R.) is now the owner and holder, and that the amount due on it is Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950) with interest from November 1, 1932. Your r espondent joins in the prayer of said petition for t he distribution of said fund• as set out therein. And he will ever pray, etc. /./1, ¼,(It, 2b7 �...... M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHm.I IT 11' AY CONCERN : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Thos . B. Hensley has paid the Taxes for t.t1e years 1932 and 1933 on .his two tracts of land containing 100- 0- 4 and ?2 - 0- 0 acres respectively , situate in the Blue Ridge rv~ountains 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 . Given under my hand this 18th day of December 1933 . Treasurer of Rockingham County. �TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: :: 0 t • z0 Q) .µ I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Thos. B. Hensley has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of land containing 3 0 acres, situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Greene County. All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid, of record in the Clerk's Office of said County • matter a are Given under my hand this 19th day of December, 1933 . gj 0 'rl ~ 'rl County, Va • .µ ~ Q) 0 . ~ :: STATE OF VIrtGINI A, COUNTY OF :ROCKI NGHAM, to-wit: I J . Robert Sw it zer, Cl er~ o f t he Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify t hat the records in my office do not show any delinquen t taxes against the tractsof l~lld.. 4 fThomas B. Hensley, sitmte in s tonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, up to and including t he tax year 1932 . Cl am �--- --- --- --- --- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF GREENE, to-wi t: I, B. I . Bicke rs, Clerk of the Circu it Court of Green e Count y, Virgi nia, do hereby certif y that the record s in myof offAct do not show any delinq uent taxes again st the · tract __,__,,,,.,... acres, situat e in Greene Count y assess ed in the _ 4J..-O name of Thos. B. Hensle y. Given under my band this a day of Deci Z . :, • 0 z Clerk of W .u1 t Court of Greene Count y, Virgi nia • Q) .µ ai 0 'M <i--1 'M .µ ~ Q) 0 • ~ :: Z..'11 t ,,. ... - · - - t - ,. r m ....r .,/ 0 -:>" I ' u ~, 1J~- �VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURr OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. At Law PETITIONER "T Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-one (52,561) acres of land, more or less, DEFEND.ANTS TO THE HON. H. W. BERTRAM, J"UDGE OF SAID COURT: Your petitioner, Thos. B. Hensley, respectfully represents: That judgments in rem have heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in the tracts of land numbered as follows: Tract No. 51 and Tract No. 51A, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, which said tracts are described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed herewith as Tract No. 51 at the price of Eleven Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($1162.50), and Tract No. 51A at the price of Fiftyone Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($5175.00). Your petitioner further shows to the Court that all taxes ijgainst said property have been paid to and including the year 1933, and he herewith files certificates to that effect from M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County and J". F. F.arlyi Treasurer of Greene County, and J". Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, and E. I. Bickers, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Greene County, which certificates are marked "Ex. Certificate No. One, Ex:. Certificate No. Two, Ex. Certificate No. Three,"and"Ex. Certificate No. Four" and prayed to be read as �2. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that there is only one lien on said property which is a deed of trust lien to secure the payment of the sum of Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950.00) with interest from November 1, 1932, said debt being evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver bond ma.de by Thomas B. Hensley and Sarah E. Hensley, his wife, on November 1, 1932, payable to J. R. Liskey (of R.), or order, one year after date, the amount due, therefore, by said deed of trust being Twenty-nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2950 . 00) with interest from November 1, 1932. The aforesaid deed of trust was executed by the said Thos. B. Hensley and Sarah E. Hensley, , his wife, on November 1, 1932, conveying the property heretofore condemned in this matter to D. w. Earman, Trustee, which deed of trust was recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 153, page 465. The original deed of trust is herewith filed marked "Ex. Deed of Trust" and is prayed to be read as a part hereof. That no other person or persons than your petitioner and the party holding said obligation above referred to, namely, J. R. Liskey (of R.) are entitled to share in the distribution of said award. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in these proceedings; that the said J. R. Liskey (of R.) may be made party defendand to this petition, and be required to answer the same, answer under oath being waived; that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require. '293 �STATE OF VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-wit: This day Thos. B. Hensley, the petitioner in the above entitled matter, personally appeared before me, Pauline M. Andrus, a Notary Public in and for the city aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my city aforesaid, and being duly affirmed, deposes and says: That I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter. I am acquainted with the contents of the above petition, and to hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 18th day of December, v~ Jiu. ~ Notary Public �..... er , 193 2 , by and beTHIS DEED mad e thi s 1st day of Nov emb Hen sl ey, his wif e , par ties of twe en Thomas B. Een sley and Sar ah E. stee , par ty of the s eco nd par t , the fir st par t, and D. w. Earm an , Tru all of Roc king ham Cou nty , Vir gin ia, 1t I T Y E S S E T E sum of FIVE DOLLARS Tha t for and in con sid era tion of the ty of the seco nd par t to the ($5 . 00) cas11 in han d pai d by the par t whe reo f is her eby ack now ledg ed. par ties of the f'ir st par t , the rec eip vey par t do her eby gra nt and consec ond the y, the sai d par ties of t-'le fir st par ty oft re sai d D. w. Ear man , Tru stee ,.i\p art, the o unt e titl of ty ran war l era gen wit h est ate , tog eth er wit h t.1e imp rov el rea of cts tra e thre ng owi foll the reu nto bel ong ing , situ ate and men ts the reo n and app urte nan ces the ham Cou nty, Vir gin ia, and mor e lyin g in Sto new all Dis tric t , Roc king par ticu lar ly des crib ed as foll ow s: cel of lan d con sis tFir st: All tha t cer tain tra ct or par the B. Pri ce Mon ger farm , situ ate ing of 52 . 41 acr es of lan d, known as asa nt Roa d a out one and one -ha lf and lyin g on Elk Run Oi the ~t . Ple ing Cha rlie Dav is, Sam uel Eat on, mil es eas t o:' Elk ton , Vir gin ia, adj oin e rea l est ate con vey ed to thi s et als , aid oeL g ide nti cal ly the sam . Ear man , Att orn ey- in-F act for gra nto r, Thomas B. ::::e nsle y , by D. VI ring dat e Nov emb er 1, 193 0, wni ch ·1 . T. Mon ger , et als , by dee d bea Off ice of Roc kine ;ham Cou nty, sai d dee d is of rec ord in t.1e Cle rk's , refe ren ce to whi ch is her eby Vir gin ia, in Deed Book 148 , pag e 251 sai d lan d by met es and bou nds . exp res sly made f'or a des crip tion of of rea l est ate con Sec ond : Tha t cer tain tra ct or par cel situ ate and lyin g on eith er sid e sis tin g of 101 acr es, uor e or les s, . E. Sm ith, et als , and bei ng of tIB Spo tsw ood Tra il, adj oin ing ties of ttle 1ir st par t unt il rethe same rea l est ate on w.i ch the par cen tly res ide d for many yea rs . cel of rea l est ate Thi rd: All tha t cer tain tra ct or par s, situ ate and lyin g abo ut two con sist L.g of 102 acr es, 1.1ore or les on the wes t slo pe of t:1e Blu e Rid ge mil es nor tne ast from Sw ift Run Gap �2. }.~oun ta in . I Tffrsr :EVERTHELESS to secure t' e payment of the 1 principal sum of $2950 and all interest herea ter accruing on same , wbich said principal sum is evidenced by a certain Homes tead Waiver oond of even his wife, ate erewi th of Thomas B. Iensley and Sarah E. Hensley , or order , ue and payable to J . R. Liskey (of R),,1one year after date, L 1 with in:~rEst from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, inter est payable annually . Insurance required Three Thousand Dollars (,)3 , 000 . 00) . It is mutally understood and agreed between the parties hereto that if there shall be any default in the payment of said bond, or in the ~ayment of interest wuen ue , or failure to keep the proper- ty insured as agreed uoon, the total debt herein secured slIBll become due and payable at once , and the Trustee herein, upon the request of the holder of said oond so to do s. all. proceed to execute this trust in accordance with Section 5167 of the Code of Virginial 1919 Edition , and the Ac ts amenda t ory thereof . It is understood and agreed oetween the parties hereto that in the event the Trustee herein advertises for sale tue property herein conveyed agreeable to the terms hereof and payment or assignment is made of the indebtedness herein secured on or before the aay of sale, or the Trustee directed not to make such sale, and the sale is not made , then there s_all be paid to the said Trustee for his services as aforesaid a sum equivalent to two per cent of the indebtedness owing , unpaid and secured hereunder at the time he advertises tie said uroperty for sale . ·n tness tne following signatures and seals . (SEAL ) �STATE OF VIRGIEIA , COUNTY OF ROCKII:GH.AM , to - wit: I, w. TI . J cVeigh, a notary public in and for the c ounty do certify that Thomas B. ::ensley and Sarah E. whose names are signed t o t e foregoing writing oearing date l ovember 1, 1932 , have acknowledg ed t i1e s ame before me in my said county . Tiven under my hand this r day of J~ ' 1932 . --~ - / VIRGINIA: In the Olerk's Office of the G:rcuit Court Tlle im:.'gomg (1-,_, d of of Rockingham County. ........ ......... was t h is d y re:::,,ntPd in t.h~ office aforesaid a nd is t.0g011 ;,r w I l ~l e-.Jl 1 ~1 ··: te of ackn? lectgmen\ a ._.,,.,x13~ ~d.n ,~,._,ct to recvrd -····~ this ......€. _. day o~A!!fi! ;.2%,M. Teste: ___~ -- -~-:..:..:.. .., -..-:......... Oler,k N. P . �2. rtountain . I1 TR_~sr ·:EVERTHELESS to secure Lie payment of the principnl sum of 02950 and all interest 1erea ter accruing on same , w~ich said orincipal sum is evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver oond of even ua te herewith of Thomas B. irensley and Sarah E. Hensley, or order, nis wife, ue and payable to J" . R. Liskey (of R),pne year after da-ce, with int rest from date at the rate of six per cent per annum, interest payable annually . Insurance required Three Thousand :Jollars (,;;3 , 000 . 00). It is mu tally understood and agreed between the parties hereto that if there shall be any default in the pa;y7ment of said bond, or in tne uayment of interest w~en aue , or failure to keep the property insured as agreed uoon, the total debt herein secured shall ecome due and payable at once , and the Trustee herein, upon the request of t;1e holder of said bond so to do shall. :proceed to e~{ecu te this trust in accordance ',i th Section 5167 of the Code of Virginial 1919 Edition , and the Acts amendatory thereof . It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that in the event the Trustee herein advertises for sale t.,e property herein conveyed agreeable to the terms hereof and payment or assignment is made of t:ie indebtedness herein secured on or before trie day of sale , or t.1e Trustee directed not to make such sale, and the sale is not made , then there sl1all be paid to the said Trustee for his services as aforesaid a sum equivalent to two per cent of the indebtedness owing , unpaid and secured hereunder at the time he advertises t_,e said nroperty for sale . Witness tne following signatures and seals . (SEAL ) �STA TE OF VIRGINIA , COU1\1TY OF ROCKI::GH.AM: , to - wit: I, 1 1. ". . . 1'cVeigh, a notary public in and for the c ounty do certify that Thomas B. Bensley and Sarah E. whose names are signed to the foregoing writing oearing date ~.,.ovember 1 , 1932 , have acknowledged t:1e same before me in my said county . iven under my hand this r day of J ~ , 1932 • .MM._1 ----e--=N. P . VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court 'l',rn 101 :.'gomg d··,,!d of of Rockingham County. -········· ........ _ was this dpy nre"'Plltf'd i:1 th(f -·-,-~ office aforesaid and is t.ogot I r w 1 t, ~' Gut 1 tl ·~~ te of ackn? ledgment" a.1. ,~xti~ ~d ,,~~d to rec..:rd this... _,!'.... day ~M Z ;&~~::.:~.::~~, ..oi'.r; Taste:___ �-... ,' 1481 T:-ID!1AS B HEX.SLEY & rTFE TO) D T;/ EAR'/")..E TRlI3TE17: :)ETID CF TRUST Tax~ 6 p 0 s --. loS ~ I . I tJ Transfar :ti~To!al $--:!:'- Admitted DEC 3- 193? I: 1- ti' I? 111 ~~ CJl11rk // j ,I Rockingham Coun9:, VRJ rr 1~cff.;_ourg, 'I&.. , XJ,u,,. ..J C'-:rd.ed in o[).µ,4 /S.3 ·--.. . . ---1 J a~ i l ,1 \ L i \·w OFFJGE S OF D. WA~1PLER EARMAN llAHRI S O NB CR G ,VA. COMMONWEALTH ·s ATTORNEY -j,, �NOTE-This need not 'be filed until the record discloses that the awards h'ave been pai-d into the custody of the ,courts. Virginia: In the 'Circuit Court of Rockingham County Petitioner. The State Commission on Cons erv,a tion and Development of the State of Virginia V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandr-a Lawson Atkins and orthers, and Fifty-Two Th1ousand, Five Hundred and Defendants. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now .t he undersigned and shows to the Courl: That a judgment in rem :has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of t:he Petitfoner the fee simple estate in the tra-ct (,s) of land numbered ·a s f.olltows: Tract 1 No .. RA-............... : Tract Nto..................... : Tract No ..................... ; and described in the report of the Boarrd of Appraisal Commis•s ioners •a ppointed therein and sho wn, number·e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rship Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court orf the sum (s) s et •o ut in the said judgment as c·o nstituting the award(s) therefor, as :follows: Award on Trad No ... .51,. ....... $.lJ..6,2..c:: .; on Tract No .............. . 1 1 $ ................ ; on Tract Nto ............... $ ................ ; That the r-e port of the said Board sets forth that the foUowing named peroons claim, o:r appear to have a claim to an inte:re-st in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Thomas B. Hensley That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the sa:id sum (s) set out in sia id judgment as constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the s aid tract(s) of land; That y-o ur undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem c·o ndemning the said tract(s) of l•a nd, :owned -o r was (were) entitled ;to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c1ond·e innation thereof:1 Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed con~eying the Skyline roadbed ru' .ning through this tract, the owner granted and ~onveyed to the undersigned the right to receive fro said proceeds, the sum of J69.30 - That no otJheir person or persons than the undersigned are ·e ntitled to share in the distribution of the said award (s) excep•t the foll:owing named per-sons whose interest in said tr:act('s) or in the_ proceeds arising from the c,o ndemnation there of -o n the date of entry of said judgment wa·s as follows: 1 The above mentioned cla:iM, ant to the extent that hemay be able to establish his claim. Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that l'ni&~~-ma4-e- a . ~- +pa.~rei-n ttnrd:ei-the: ~s-i:eB.'s-of..See-tieH-2-l--of~~--k-~ati< m-~..a.nd--tlh:a.tl an order be enter,e d for the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said jqdgment in rem as constituting the award (s) for the f.ee simple esfate in the said tract(s) c-o ndemned as aforesaid, and for the p•a yment -to the undersiigned of the said award (·s ) or -o f as much there·o f as the Court may find that the undersigned i's (aire) entiUed to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s ) is as f.oUows: Tract No .. J.. .......... $... .•..... : Tract No................. $ ................ : Tract No ................ . $................ ; The undersigned further aver(s ) that: (Le.ave this space Mank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought e·s pedaHy to the attenti'on of ,t he court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS fND SERVATION O·-- -CO .. -- .......... ·-- ............... ·- ... -----.. ------- -.. -- -.. -- -- -----. -.. --.. -.. ---CmPUSSION .. -.. -....STATE .... DBlELjP}~ ................... A ....J}J..w..~~.... com cEL . r-;:::- t~.4.t:J.'2J/r -------·-·····------·--········--- ...·-···------· ........................................... NO'l'IE-A supply of this -blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No ope is required to use this form, as the f·o rm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either cihange or modify it a11 they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This 1b lank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It ib.as 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 Notary Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being . duly s.:worn, . 9-epos ed and said that she is. an eI?,ploY.ee of the State Commission on Conservation and De,velopment.. in ' '. ' I ~edia te charge • a"r ·.tbe records of the S1:0,e1Ja~dioah, ~a t i ,o:na.J Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive sh~res of condemnation awards in the Shen!lndoah Natio:o,al Park condemnation proceeding3: ·per.i.d·JD ing in the Circuit . Courts of Virginia., by · reason of con- ··. tracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the . . · within claim is .j'us-t and. correct. i s ~ y of h t Seal L~rial No ~rid tur'e sign~ my . Witness :Pecember, 1933. ··4k,_;;-~ - -- Public Nptary ,., I , l . .My Corr.mii..vn Ex.p , ·" ..:_cp .. 8, J-9.; • ,.. {. .. •• ' . ( 7. :·;: .: j ,!:i ,, · : • r ':' ' '. { ,. ,, ,;· : ~ :~ ~i ~I ' • J· ~ ' I t ' t', • ' - ~ ~; ...'. <. .:-... ~, ~ · ...~ hJ.: rl: l J (·,? r . .<,.~. f .. t,; .; :; : :. · �C!tnmmnttnttalt11 of J"irgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, December 29 . 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGlNIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 29 day of December with an order of the circuit court of . dated 12/29/33 in accordance Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virg i nia Cassandra Lawson vs. - - - - - - - - - - -- - -Atkins - - - - - - - - - - - -:p aid t 0 _ Thos . B. Hensiey, R. F . D. Elkton, Virginia $ 3 , 111.70 being in full settlement of tract# 51- 51- a in the above mentioned cause. �Cttnmwnumtaltq nf ]Iirgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . December 29, 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TRE ASURER OF VIRGINIA Thos. B. Hensley R. F. D. Elkton, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 3 1 111.70 , in accorda n ce wi th an order of the Circu it Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 27th day of December 1 93 L , in the matter of the State Commission on Con servati on and 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 i n said proceedi ng ·as# Sign or iginal an d duplicat e and re t urn to t h e Tr easure r of Vi r ginia . 51 and 51-4. �7 r Qiommnuwtaltq nf Btrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , December 29 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 29 day of De cember in accordance with an order o f the circuit court of Rockingham Cmmty dated 12/27/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Atkins Cassandra Lau son- ~ ~=~---------- :paid to __J • R. Liskey $ 3 ., 156 . 50 of R. R. F . D. 3, Harrisonb urg, Va . being in full settlement of tract #---5.L and 51- a in the above mentioned cause. �Q!nmmnuwtultq nf lliirgiutu TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA . JOHN M. PURCEL L Dece mber 29 , 1933 TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA J . R. Lisk ey (of R-._ )_ _ R. F . D. 3 Harr isonb urg , Va . Rece ived of J.M . Purc ell, Trea sure r of Virg inia, the sum of$ 3 1 156 . 50 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the coun ty of_ _ _R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_am _ __ ente red on the 27th day of Dece mber 193~ , in the matt er of the State Comm ission on Cons erva tion and Deve lopm ent v _ _ _ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_~_rs_o_n_ S_t_k_i_n_s_ _ ___ and othe rs, bein g full and comp lete settl eme nt for the trac t of land 51 and known in said proc eedin g as #_5_1-~ a_ _ _ Sign orig inal and dupl icate and retu rn to the Trea sure r of Virg inia. �<trnmmnttwtaltq nf llirgittia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RICH M ON 0 , VA . Augus t 1 6 ., 19 35 ~~ TR EASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gat hright This is t o certify that I , ~ of Virginia hav e this Treasurer 16 day of August in accordance with an order of the circui t court of Ro ckingham County ~3_/' ~3~5~ _ in the cause of the State Commission date~a~ S-/~1 ~ on Conservat i on and Develo}_)ment of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson At kins and o thers VS • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :Paid to $ 69 . 30 Stat e Commi ssj on on Conserv <1tion & Developmen t being in full settlement of tract # i n the abo ve mentioned cause . 51 �. . - - - - - - - - - - - - ---=== ===== -------= --~-------~-= -=----- -----~~ ~~----- --i Qlnmmnumrttlt4 nf liirgiuttt TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA . August 16 , 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Stat e Commiss ion on Conser~ ation & De velopmen t A. B. Gathri ght Received o f ~ Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of$ 69.30 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Back:In gb am entered on the 13 _ _ day of_A~gus _t _ _ l93 _Q_ , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ _ _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_aw -------'s_o_ -- n_ A_t_k~i~n~s" -_ __ and others, being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as #-5~1~ - - - Sign origina l and duplica te and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . Z/ �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. _5.1 ________ : 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. __ 5J.. _____ $.ll.6.2_.50; on Tract No.------------$----------; 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; Thomas B. Hensley That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as c_o nstituting 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, Thomas B. Hensley, to give 10 acres of hi s land within the Park Area to the Park Project. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds a!is:ing 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 provi:sions 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. __5.l. _______ $ __ __ 3.Q.QQ 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 STAT:B; COMMISSION 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 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 OP VIKGINia ) SS COUNTY OF 11 \Rb.EN ) . Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and County, E . K . Stokes , who b eing duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah Natinnal Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Connnission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah Natlonal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the CircuitCourts of Virginia , by reason of contr4cts and qgreements en' tered 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 this 8 t h ~~ . . . . _ ,, n ,. Notary ~li.c 4 �I (_/ \ VIRGIN"!_ • r, TI ,, crRct'I T counT OF L oc},.:HGH:~ · cmTNTY . DI VAC ATI ON . The Jtate Conmiss ion on Oonservetion & Devel opr:ent of the State of Vir_inia , Petitioner , v. C:1ssandra Lnwson tkins , et als , defendants . In Re : Proceeds of condemnation of tract no . 51 - Thomas B . Hensley . This day carne the 3tate Conmission on C o:nsc rva ti on & Deve l opment , b" counsel , end nove d the l..iourt to enter an order directin<s t..'le Treasurer of Vir::;i.nia , to pay to it , the sum of 1,i69 . 30 , out of the funds held by him , subject to the order of t;iis vou:tt , covering judg:rrent in rem for the value anrl damasas of the above nention2;d tract , on t..½.e c;rou nds th·""t the said 'l hos . B . 1 Hensley , in a certnin conveyance made by him t o said Commission day of _J_une _ _ _ , 19 31 on the 10 Pl"-e-e 6 ~ of and of record in Deed Book 150 the Clerk ' s Office of this Court , had a,sreed to credit on the amount of said judgment in rem , the said sumof -~ 69 . 30 ; and it a1) ,earing thEJt pursue_nt to the order of this Court enti::; red in the above styled proceedinc:, on December 27th , 1933 , the ' hole of the proceeds of condel:'.mation have teen paid out to the na rties entt t led thereto , except the said sum of ~~69 . 30 , and i t · further appearing thet said Corrm i ssion i s entitled to seid sum by virtue of its claim there for filed herein heretofore , and that no ob'j.ect · n II has been :made , or raised t o the allm1ance and payrren t thereof , it i s eccordin~ly adjude;ed and ordered that the Tre es urer of VirgL"1ia , do out of the funds in h is hF.1nd s to the credit of this Court , pay to the said 'tate Corrmissi ~n on Gonserv ~t i cn & JeveloprnBnt , the aforesaid sum of )69 . 30 . The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, will enter the foregoing order upon the ,_; on:nnon Law Order Book of his Court as a vacatj. on order. · · · Given under my hand i n vacation this /:J llay of August, 1935 . . .r!ft1:IJ~ .. t .Judge, Cirelli County, Virginia. 0 ourt of Roc kin g ham II � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-thos-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Thomas B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Main Ridge; 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): 51, 51-a, 51-b Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b01b78dbc2eae4aec34709447e1fc30a.pdf a7fcdc7218ad842e97ee95e81f726898 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #89 - Hensley, Teddy 2 Number of Acres: Location: Elk Run . Entirely within the Park Area . Roads: One- half mile dirt road to Spotswood Trail , four miles of hard surface to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam; level and smooth. All cl eared . DWELLING----Frame, 14x28t , L 12xl4 1 , 3 IMPROVEMENTS : rooms , l story, 1 room ceiled, porch 6x20 1 , metal roof, good conditi ~n, occupied by owner, pillar foundation, water supplyCOW SHED- --Frame, 8xl0x7 ', board roof~ . spring and well . MEAT HOUSE---- - Frarne ~ 6x8x6' , paper roor, fair condition . gooa condition. ~onta:: History of Tract and condition of timber: Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 2 @ $100 . 00 $50 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 .oo 550 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 550 • 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 50 . 00 $700 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 50 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ _ None : ~ - / _,,~ ..r:...::;,,.&--"""'--_,;;..._:......:;::.._..,.__,e::"..,. CLERK I2"\ �Claim of________________________________ ________________ ___________ -- ________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ .,;_Q.Qk °iri.g_l}§..!A_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiHe n s l ey _____________________________________________________ _ Te d die R. . ____________ vs. ____________ t1oner, __'Glo ur_ p ere s ________ _______ ___ ---- ----- ------------ --- --------- ------------ ---------. · · D ef end ant s. ck i nghRm Ro ________ . ________ _______ coun t y, v·1rgm1a, more or 1ess, of Ian 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 __ -3. .cki ng.h ..:.DL _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __Te r: d ie_R . Hensl ey __ ___ __________ _____________________ ________ _ - ~, _-z.....~r:11:. +~""__u-., ___ ____________ ____________ ___ _ c:,_ My post office address is ___.:1. -v-~A. . • . I./ . 0 . I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL 3 o.n.r ___ ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s=--~~!-~~--~~.?_·__ 9-~!~~-~~~3~~.'.:3-~~9!-_~.!.~-~~J-~~~:_~~----------~we l v e f r uit tr ee s .:.....J _--U \J.J..l. · ·· m _~___ o n____________________ v·1rg1ma, f our __m1·1es f rom_ ~~·lkt · Iocat ed a b out __________ . Ian d 1s Th1s 1all · t of sai·d Count y. · I o·1st r1c · t eria __ ___ Mag1s St onei.•.:__ 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. ) I ar.i sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North_ 11P r y Ba..m.~-SOJJ ______________________ ______________ ______ ___________ _____ ___ South __ i.1E1 r y _S::impson ______________________ - - - ------------ -- -------- - ------ ---East _____J::~~~r F~gl-e.y- -e.a-t-G.t -e-,--------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---West ___ J . b . Baugher __ _· ---- ---- ------------ - - - ----- - - - - - ------- ------- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year- ~~-~~----in the following manner: ___ J~_.d.a.e.d.....f r..oJ~_l~~r y_-3~...S. r _~son ______________________________________ ___ ~------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $---!~_(2.Q!_q_g ____. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is 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 pr acticable he should also insert her e a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). $---~_:1--~?-·-~9____. Remarks: - - ;.:fy - -de e-d-- f ~ r - -t-he--1-a.nd- - 4.-n e l il:de-&- -?'--rir_-ht- -to- - - - --- - ---- -- --- - _g5..:_the r _firewoo a. f r om_ An_..adj o .Ln.lng. t r 0 ..c.t.., ________ __ _____ ___ ____ ____________ _ 1 ~~ ct).) c,:; .. o... C. - -:::l ::J. 0- ~ r,, c:, 00 CJq .......- 3 a>-- ::r ::::::rc-:, ;:·· g <, ; a ~ "'"-" - (/) ~ ~ - ° - ------------ ---- ------ - ------- ------- ------ (Continue remarks if nec_es aft hon the back). __ _____ __ day ) this _____ ~itness my signature (or my name . and mark attach~d hereto~ _/f£ ------- ___:. _________ __:f~ of_ __ ~~~P-~"9-~-~;y-_J. ~~J; 1~zo; T .. ham ng i Ro ek STATE OF VIR GI N IA, COUNTY OF__ ___ _- --------- - --------- -, o-w1 . The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _.__ T.e.dd.i.e-~..H.e.n,s.l.@y___ __ ____ __ _______ ___ __ 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, U. f ::7 e b r u a::1 r l v~Jy~1r d 17 t h th· 1s ______ ____ ________ ay o ---~------------g ;/J,__t _~g _ _ __ l(~B_________ _ Clerk of the Court, or pecial Iivi,tigator or Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace. �"--.I Count I' I 'Hocic1n vhi.U!'l D1at:r1o t i nton~;nva ll .f,,. ., o!,.'J~ae Cla,,:tmed o• : ~ l,S·SEU:Hted,..."'\seesso d a.a pt1rt 4 A. ,t ,ij · or Dee-d: Mary Sampson trnct. 11 Looatton ; So1l: So.ndy loam; lavtlll and smooth. .Roads : One- h111lf mile dirt .r oud @o Gr:,ttswoo d Tro1 l, fo ll!' m1 les t1f bard sur:taoa to !lkton . nasl"ast sh1p_ptng point . ll1atorz ot ~.l"~Ct 14.nd .~ )1,d_:1~&qn ;0 i" \i~be:r : .All oleu:red. 0W()ll1na: hama l4x28', L 12%14 '• 3 rooms , l story, l by owner, foundat t on, pill rs, ,ifa tar suppl y , sp:rin,,; -.ind well , room ceiiei!~ poroh GJ:'30 ', llltltal roof , good conditio n, OCCllplad valued at - - -... .............. . 400., 00 .ahed t ;.<T~'11G 8%l0x7 ', board r,Jof , .t'air conditi,'. )n- 20 . 00 JIJ!fli 'l;(o!:,!S~ t :'.8'rr.u:ita 6X8xiP • paper root, g ood " 10 . 00 s.e,w ' . "430. 0~ . Total Valuo $00 . 00 ~ T:r:rrable ,'06 . 60 'l"ota.l value of 1mprovem .,n.te 430 . 00 Total valu~ of t:ru1t trees 1 1. 00 rotal value of ti:ro.ot 304 . 80 ./ �County: District: R.ockingham Stonewall l #89- Hansley! T. N LEGJ:IID : Tillable Scale - 1": 20 chains 530 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-teddy.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Teddy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk 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): 89 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5386d05354215f1637aeb8a8c026d646.pdf 93e4677f68d2fd42eb90a6cd9b671e3a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #370 - Hensley, Stephen Number of Acres: 240 Dean Mountain, and entirely within the Park area . Location: Roads: It is seven miles over fair roads to Elkton, the nearest sh\pping poi~t . Soil: The soil is a gravelly loam w:tth a western exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut, but a thin stand remains.- Improvements: See reverse side. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- - 166 @ $3 . 00 $498.00 6 @ 30 . 00 180 . 00 20 @ 15 . 00 300 . 00 48 240 @ 20 . 00 _ _ 96q_.oo Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: - Cultivated Land: $1938. 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements: $ 1190.00 ·1190.00 Value of Orchard: $ 7 5 .oo 75.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 12 5 • 00 125 . 00 Value of Wood:$ 50.00 50.00 $3378.00 Value per acre for t ract: $ 14 • 07 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None - --- ~ -~· CLERK 7~ �Continued from other side: IMPROVEMENTS: DWELLING--Frame, 20.x22t, 5 rooms, porch 5.x221 sningle roof, brick and stone flues, l½ story, fair condition. Spring water supply- pillar foundation, no cellar.----BARN---Log 16.x27xl2 1 , shingle roof, poor condition.---CORN HOUSE-----Log 10xl0x8 1 , shingle roof, poor condition-HEN HOUSE----Frame, 15x8x8 1 , shingle roof, fair condition. DWELLING-----Log and Frame, 18x24 1 , 5 rooms, kitchen 14x25 1 , Porch 6.x24 1 1 shingle roof, stone flues, l½ storyi ceiled, poor condition--vaoant, spring water supp~y--pil ar foundation, no cellar. ~BARN-----Frame, 34x47xll 1 , shingle roof, fair condition. GRANARY----16xl6xl4 1 , metal roof, fair condition. HEN HOUSE-----Log, 6xl4x8 1 , shingle roof, poor condition--GARAGE---Frame, 10xl2xl0 1 , paper roofA fair oondition--Orohard-- 38 apple trees, 35 years old-fair condition �e ind repo t ounty :: oc i h n District: • on , l l ced: 2!> - 215 ed: Inhcri · 3. - 1Vl4- l 16 - roun oil: he aoil i I ie u i} i;, i tirel d · ... ~V ll ithi1.. t,} • lo n 'ith a ,c. om v n I ilec over fir road oint . oaure . to • kton . th~ cnrest ·he ct 11 s b.e cut , 15 ·area t eo ~ c 127' . oo . ... ~ t 78 . 10 . 00 inglc ro f , r~ ir 20 . 0 en 1.: C I • ri • roof, f i r t 1 x ', roof , f · r oo, d t .:i. n . l · ~le roo . . • .. oor r ..,f, £ ir 2xl0', - ----------- r 5. ,oo .oo 70 . 00 u.oo r ld, fir con57 . 00 . a).ue 2G . OO r 10 . 00 15 . 00 g (co • ) ol �2- County : Distric t : 3 ') c ,'/f#rf To ... al Hensley , Jtephen lue of l and ........ ........ ... . 2127 . 00 Totnl value of ittproven ent a •••••••• ••••••• 1430 . 00 Total value of tinbe-r . .. . . . ... . . .. . . . . ... 273 . 00 ................... 5? . 00 Total value of tract ........ ........ ...... ·~388 7 .oo Average value per acre •.•..• . •••.•••• •••. 16 . 20 Totnl value of orchard H.ocking hatt Stone, all �#370 - Stephen Hensley J .w. a\ Meadows /;-c ··• ·••• ~ LEGEND: Slope Grazing Tillable F.Restocking Scale - l" = 20 chains COUNTY: ROCKINGHAM DIST R IC 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 <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-stephen.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Stephen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dean 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): 370 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6e6d983bff35b9e956091b43fb4668a6.pdf 737d9acf6d3f1e0f7f789c7d6ddce5c0 PDF Text Text ROCKING:ffi,.J\IT CO'C.T1~Y NAME OF CLAIMANT #47 - Hensley, Sol J . Number of Acres: 280 Location: On Dean !lountain. Roads: One and one- half miles of steep rough road to county road near Ht . Pleasant; thence four miles to Elkton. Sandy clay of good depth and fertility over most of the tract . Soil: There are some very rocky outcrops in the upper portion of the tract . _here are moderate slopes v1ith northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber-. • large portion of the tract was cleared muny years· ago and has been grazed and cultivated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . The present stand consists of ~nixed oaks, hickory, and some hemlock and pine . It is estimated to cut 300 bd. ft . per acre . 29 , 500 bd. ft . An average of 4 cords of fuel388 cords. .mod. Improvements: DHelling: Loe, 18x24', 2 story, porch 8xl6', shingle roof , brick flues, 6 rooms, 10 6 finish, b&sement· 18x24', 2 rooms, poor condit ion , occupied by tenant . Barn: wg, 12xl8xl2 ', shin'; le roJ:', poor condition . Orchard: 3/4 acre . Acreage and value of types: Total Value Acreage Value per acre Slope: 45 .~o . oo ...,225 . 00 Cove: 29 10 . 00 29 o. oo 148 40 . 00 5920 .00 30.00 980 . 00 30 . 00 270 . 00 7685 . 00 Types Ridge: Grazing Land: 49 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: @ g 280 Orchard: Minerals: 405 . 00 Value of Land: $ 7685 . 00 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 40b . OO Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ ,;,,8190 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $.2f O .5- Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON~- ~ -;t£;:j14'!: CL:':RK. \7:l �:13PORT ON THE .;-.CRE!:ci.GE of the S . J . HElJSLEY 'l'P.ACT 1/47 . This tract is made up of four parcels of land conveyed to s. J . Hansley at different times . these tracts were conveyed to Hensley by o. ~hree of B. Cooley and their acreages are as follows : 1st .A 2nd ,~ trc..ct of 3rd .a tract of 281 .t'l. . 9 li. . tract r;hich in the deed to Cooley, calls fc)r 24 A., 2 R., and 23P., but which in Cooley ' s deed to Hensley is described as follows : "Supposed to contain 25 acres , but actually contains o:1ly 10 or 1:3 acres.'' l.Iy computation of this tract by its own calls, checks the 1:3 John tt . i:,. . iiensley deeded to S . J . Hensley 2 ft . Tot·1l deeded to S . J . 1:Iensley in this trs.ct --304 A . Sold by Hensley to Duniel T. Dean Balance belonging to Hensley 280 J:i o The deed from. Hensley to D. T ,. Dean, noted above, calls for 15 acres . :-ro . rnver, we located its lines, and computed the acreage to be 2~, as shown above . This shows 280 acres belonginc to :Iensley , according to his deeds, :::i.nd this amount should be covered by t he.. report, as my computation checks the acreages called for in the deeds, exce_pt as heretofore noted . Onr report gives 264 acres, the difference being due ~robably to horizontal measurement . .. \' • Chief " ..L1' • .-Llcv,,,t...-- , Fnrk Servie·e . �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #47- a - Hensl ey , Sol j . Number of Acres: 313 Location: On Bush Knob near Roach Gap and Powe ll Gap . Roads: Three miles of fair dirt road to Spots wood Trail near Swift Run; thenc e four miles to Elkto n . Soil: Sandy clay of fair depth and ferti lity; somew hat rocky most of tract with moder a te to steep slope s; north wes t, over and south west expos ure. History of Tract and condition of timber: Large porti on of tract clear ed many years ago . A consi derab le part of ~his clear ed porti on has been negle cted in the past ten yeaDs , now grown up to locus yello w pine and sumac h . The woode d area has been cut over t, repea tedly in the past . Stave wood is now being remov ed from the tract . The prese nt stand cons ists of mixed oaks, popla r, hicko ry and etc . Improvements: nwel ling: Log, 16:x:2 4', l¼ story , shi ngle roof , stone flues , 3 rooms , ceile d and log finis h, very poor condi tion, occup ied by tenan t. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 216 . Slope: @ $5 . 00 $1080 .00 Cove: Grazing Land: 66 @ 20 . 00 1320. 00 Fields Restocking: 19 @ 15 . 00 285 . 00 12 313 @ 20 . 00 240 . 00 $2925 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: 65 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2925 . 00 150 . 00 Value of Improvements: $150 . 00 Value of Orchard: $65 . 00 Value of Minerals: Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 7{319 0 . 00 $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: ~ 0 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 16 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. CLERK. G5 ��' ..J J.,tj () ~~,/cu,~d100~ G._ all,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i d : - J -o ~ ~ ~ ~ i,µ J-- ~ I ~ ~ o-vJ- ·1un_r v o - a;vJ_,. ~ 'Lu-cw s ~~ /J {h,._ , ~,/.?-:.,tJ ,:ro ~ g n-vo fA ao / ~ {/_ ~ /),,u;u;l_ ~ ~ . ~d~-~~ ~ ~ ~ JJ /o/'-/ If a__ -~ ~ tin,~ .b-_ ,,_ I o{ j L fr iv r' r----. J ~ /_r, ,,__/ Jr j_, o ~i .;e . ~~ .. - - 7~ 0{ ---- -~ f.;f J~o, 7 r~ #; ~ -~ U < . - -n H-/1 t ------- /o o ~ _ _ ~ !/ 1. O ~ a).~ lb. I~~ ~ ~ J G : ~--~ - ~~· ' · tJ P~ j-j, ? tJ ~ p. ~ 1~ r :i - - - - ff'o o, r;,% ~ Jy, I {/(Jo , - - - - - -· JV 1 ~ ct~ r o fr & ci .J1,s-o . _ 'w-j:M 3. ~ {j �County: Rockingham District: Stonewall C4? - Hensley, ~ Aorense Claimed: Vale Claimed: tocation: s. J, 62 Assessed: 286 ~2 ,95 . n ~1430 . 00 Deed: 315 (1909) "v3lOO.OO On Dean : ountain . Incumbranoes, counter clni1-.s or laps: Mone known. - Soil: sandy clay of good depth anc fertility over most of the tract. There are some very rocky outcrors in tho upper portion of' the tract , There are moderate slopes with northwest and southwest exposure . Roads: One and one- hulf miles of steep rough road to county road near Ut . Pleasant; thence four miles to lkton . )istori of tract ana condition of ti~ bor: A large portion or the tract wns cleared many y~urs nco and has been crazec nn~ culttvated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the pa.s t . The pre·sent stand consists or mixed oaks, hi ckory and some hemlock and pine. It is estimated to c ut 300 bd. ft. per acre - 29,500 b. ft . valuc.o .;. ., 2. 00 per M. ,,59 . 00 An average of 4 cords of fuelwood val~ed 25¢ ~er A. ? . 00 388 cords valued 25¢ -'156 . 00 Improvements: Dwel lin5: Log 18:x:24', 2 otor:·, r,orch 8:x:16 ', shingle roof, brick 1'lues 1 o roor1s, log finish, basoment 18:x:2'1.' 2 roons, poor oondi tion, occupied by tenant - · ~·150 .• 00 Darn : Log 12xl6xl2', shingle r;of , poor oonc ition Orchard: t acre valued 11:.~ v40 . 00 per acre - - 20 . 00 30 . 00· ·200 . 00 Value of l and bI t~mcs: .'Em Cove Acreage Fe Fr To tal Value )5,. 00 3 . 00 35 . 00 30 . 00 8 . 00 ,145 . 00 204 . 00 29 68 Slope Fg Value per acre 148 9 10 264 Total value of l and ~5879 . 00 Total value of 1mprovemen ts 200 . 00 'i'o tal value of tiuber Total value of tract Average val~e per acre 5180 . 00 270 . 00 80 . 00 "•5970 . 00 -~ Includes Tract #47- a 156 . 00 ,;i6235. 00 23 . 24 84 �County: Ro ckingham District: Stonewall .' 47-a - creage Cl o.1med: 624 Hensley, s. A. ssessed: 274 '- • ii-Value Cl i med: Loo n.t in: J. ,1310.00 II On 3ush Knob near : oaoh Cap ad Gap . noumbra~c es , counter claims or laps: ro ell ed: rchao ed 10 . • 40 P. 1918 for 1000.00 3 ;0144 P. 1921 for $97 . bO; :55 ~ • ( Supposed to be 110 . • ) 1915 f or 400 . 00 ; 112 ~ · 1 915 600 . 00; one kno n. Soil: andy cl y off tr depth nd fertil ity; somewh_t rocky over mos of tract ,1th moderate to st eep slopes; northwa t, northwest nd south,est exposure. Roda: Three iles off ir dtrt ro d to Spotswood Trail neur Sw ift n; t enoe four miles to ~lkton. Histoq of tract and condition of timber : Laree portion of tract oleured m ny y ss <.1go. .l.. cons id ble part of this ol:Aired portion h s been neglected in the past ten years, JO~ grown up to locust, yello pine and sumach . The ooded area has been out over rep atedly in the past. Stavewood is now being remov ed from the traot . The preEent ·~tand consists o~ mixed oaks , poplar , hl ok·.>ry o.nd eto. .£st i m1 te that there ar 2b0 cords of fuelwood accessible for use of tenant v · lued 50¢ per cord -- 125 . 00 . I ,provoment s: D. elling: Log l6x 4', 11;· story , s·hi gle roof, stone flues, 3 rooms , oeiled and l og fi ish , very poor condition , occupied by tenant -50100 Va lue of land by types: ~ Slop Fg Fe Fr Total Total Total Total Value Aorease 216 66 648.00 3 .00 .oo l 1 .... 990.00 15 .00 6 . 00 19 313 value of land value of i ~~rovem nts value of ti aber va · ue of tract ver age v lue per acre Total Value oer a. ore 1932.00 50 . 00 125.00 ~ Incluuea 'Xr 180 . 00 114.00 1932.00 ~ //47 2107.00 6.73 Note -- Loreage over runs deeded and assessed ac r etge. This i s due to the :faot that the 5o acr tract purchased i n 1915 oont ined mo re than ihat the deed called for . �J _. y..L,_o_.__ /_4_-7_ ----'-=-·s_'l_e.x.. :rensley ount y: ~ ockin '1-r1 District: Stonewall Dean B. Jean _fancy __, . :pp rd ,.._. .J,... • L ,G ~· J Cove - ,J ope ~razinc - Mill~~le ~estocki_ng . 5c, �Virginia: In the Cir cuit Court of Roc Y~ngha.m County. The st a te Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITICIIBR , t Luw 1829. Cassandra Lawson t _~ins and others and Fifty- two Thousand , Five Euruitred and Sixty- one cres (52,561) acres of land , more or less . On this __k__day of January , 1934, came JoDn T. Harris, Ralph H. 3ader , ata. Geo . S. Harnsberger, Special Commissioners in the chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensley 1 s Cre itors vs . Solomon J . Hensley and others, and , on their motion , l eave is given them to file their application for the payment to Geo . S. Harnsberger , special Receiver and bonded commissioner in the said cause, of the sum of j3 , 190.00 , the amount of the award set out in the jud ment of condemnation for tracts aesignated as 47 - and heretofore paid into court. And it appearing from the report of t he Board of Appraisul Cor.'lillissioners heretofore filed in this suit and in the petition for judgment of condemnation entered/ herein on the 2d day o~ ~ovember , 1933 , that in the opinion of the said State Commission on Conservation and Development Solomon J . Hensley was invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tracts of land designated as 47-a , and that the r ecord in said condemnation proceedings does not disclose any deni al or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said tracts desi gnat ed as 47 - a, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , except t ne lien indebtedness thereon as set out in the report of Master Commissioner L. L. Conrad filed in this Court LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. in the pending chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensley 1 s Creditors �--2-vs . Solomon J . Hensley and others , and it appearing to the Court that under a decree of sale heretofore entered in said chancery cause Jno . T. Harris, Ralph H. 3aaer , and Geo . S. Earnsberger were appointed Special Commissioner s to sell certain real estate of the said Solomon J . Hensley , which included the said tracts designated as 47 - a , and that , in pursuance of said decree of sale said Geo . S. Harnsberger has executed bond in the said chancery cause in the penal sum of )5 , 000. oo, Upon consid eration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of ~3 , 190 . 00 paid into court as aforesaid as just compensation for the said tracts designated as 47 - a be paid unto the said Geo . s . rrarnsberger, Special Reoci ver , for distribution under the orders of this Court in said chancery cause , and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit acertified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto the said Geo . S. Harnsbe:rger, Special Receiver , the said sum of h3 , 190.00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for said tracts desienated as 47 - a , taking from the said Geo •• Harnsberger , Special Receiver , receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appro pr i ate entry thereof as required by law. Enter . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �• Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. The State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia , v. PETITIONER , t Law 1829. Cassandra Lawson tkins and others and ifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty- one ,;.ores {52 , 561) acres of land, more or less. I I TO TH~ HON. H. W. BERTR f, JUDGE OF SID COURT. Your petitione rs, Jno.T. Harris, I Ralph H.Bader , and Geo . S. Harnsberg er, Special Commissio ners of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in the chancery cause therein pend ing in the name and style of Solomon J.Hensley ' s Creditors vs . Solomon J .Hensley and others, respectfu lly represent : That, by decree entered in the said chancery cause on the 2d day of October , 1933 , your Commissio ners were appointed as suc1, with direction s to sell certain real estate of Solomon J . Hensley, including the tracts of land hereinaft er referred to, at public auction at the front door of the County Court House, in the City of Harrisonb urg ,Virginia , and, in accordanc e with the direction s of said decree , the said Geo . S. Harnsberg er executed before the Clerk of this Court a bond in the penalty of }5,000. 00 as Special I, Receiver of the funds to be derived from the sale of certain lands belonging to the said Solomon J . Hensley, including the tracts hereinaft er more specifica lly described , an attested copy of which bond is here filed marked"Ex . " and :prayed to be read as a part hereof, and an attested copy of the said decree of sale is also here filed marked 11 :Ex. B" and prayed to be read as a part hereof. I That your petitione rs as such Comri.issio ners have not exLAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SO NBURG , VA . ecuted the said decree of sale by reason of the pendency of certain proceedin gs in the above entitled action at law for the I �--2-condemnation of the said real estate . That , as appears from the said decree of sale , your Commissioner s were directed to sell certain adjacent tracts of land situate in Powell ' s Gap on the Blue Ridge 1: ountains, containing 225 acres , more or less. That , in the said condemnation proceedings, a judgment in rem therefor has heretofore been entered condemning to the use of the petitioner therein the fee simple estate of Solomon J . Eensley in the said traots of land aggrega t ing 225 acres , which tracts are described in the report of the Board of ppraisal Commissioner s appointed in said condemnation proceedings , and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith as I o . 47 - at the price of ·3 , 190 . 00 . 1hat the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia has paid into the custody of this Court the said sum of money set out in said judgment as constituting the award for t he fee simple estate of Solomon J . Hensley. That the sa id 'olomon J . Hensley, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemnin,s the said tracts, owned a fee simple inter est in the said tracts subject to the liens thereon; that an account of the said liens on the said tract is set forth in the report of Commissioner L. L.Conrad, filed in the said chancery cause of Solomon J.Hensley ' s Creditors vs. Solomon J . Hensley and others ; that no other person or persons are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award except as set out in said Commissioner ' s report ; that any unpaid t axes will be paid under the order of the Court in the s i d chancery cause • .therefore , your peti ti one rs pray that if need be they may be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the J?Ublic Park Condemnation ct, and that an order be entered for the distribution of the said sum as aforesaid and for the payment to LAW OFF I CE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . Geo . S. Harm~berger , ')pecial Receiver , of tho said award , to-wit , �--3-the sum of ~3 ,190. 00, for the said tracts designated as No . 47-a , to be dis'lbirsed by him under the orders of this Court in the said chancery cause. state of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to-wit: This day Geo.S . Harneber er personally appe'red before me , 0 F • .?lavia Converse , a _-otary Public in and .for the City aforesaid, in the state of Vi:rginia , in my City aforesaid, and , being duly sworn , deposes and s'ys : ram the Special Receiver heretofore a pointed in the chancery cause of Solomon J . Hensl Y's Cr~ditors vs . Solomon J . Hensley , &c . ; I have read the above petition , and do here state that the matte:rs off · ct contained therein Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______6. _ __.'f..._~ y of January , 1934. j .~ LAW OFFIC ES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ·g ~___,rotary· ublio. �Qtnmmnumtaltq nf ]Itrgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMON D, VA, January 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia have this 6 day of January with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/4/34 in accordan ce itockingh am County in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. :pai d to Cassand ra Lawson=-=-~A~t~v=~i=n=s=------ - -- - - - Geo . S . Harnsb erg er , Spec i al .;Recei ver, Harrison burg , Va . $ 3 , 190 . 00 being in full settleme nt of tract# 47- a in the above mention ed cause. �Q!nmmnuwtaltq nf lliirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL Janua ry 6 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s. Harns berger , Spe c ial Re c eiver Harris onbur g , Virgi nia Receiv ed of J. M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of$ 3, 190 . 00, in - accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county Rockin gham of___ ___ ___ __ entere d on the 4 t h day of Janua ry 193___4__ , in the matte r of the State Co mmiss ion on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment 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 compl ete settle ment for the tract of land known in said proce eding as# 47-a Sign origin al and duplic ate and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. j �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. --47-a----= 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. __4 7_~a_ __ $_..31.9.0....0 Pon Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------- ----- $----------j That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Sol . J . Hensley 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 rea son of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Sol . J . Hensley, to give 25 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds a'risi.1:1g 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 provisiQns of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be enter ed 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. -4.7_~a _____ $ __rz5_._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 COlTIJISSIO N ON CONS~RVATION NoTEr-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 0 COUNTY OF 1/'J ARREN 0 ss Pe1"'so nally appear ed before me the unders igned Notary Public in my said State and County , E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, depose d and said that she is an employ ee of the State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment j_n im:11edi8 .te charge of the record s of the Shenan doah Nation al Park Divisio n thereo f having to do with claims of the Commissi on for distributi ve shares of conde~ nation awards in the Shenan doah Nation al Park condem nation procee dings pending in the Circui t Courts of Virgtn ia, by reason of contra cts and agreem ents entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in . these procee dings, and that the within claim is just and correct. Witnes s my signatu re this 8th day of Januar y, _ ~34 "\----- ~ ;&~~~~ NOTARY PUBLIC Notary M;; Commission Expires Sep, 8, 1934 . , PuSi1-e § �VIRGINIA . IH 'Ur' CI~Ct;IT COURT O:'.T WC1Glf'}fL 1 COUN'IY . IN VACATI ON. 1 The &. ..JtB.te Comnission on Conserv tion Deve lor,ment of the .,jtate of Vir1sinia , :Petitioner , 0 v. Cassandra Lawson ,. tkins , et als , defendants . In ~e : Di_ScttrJ·o.u-t:lQP.c~ proceeds of condemnation for 'l1ract No . 47- a , J . hensley , J75 . 00 . s. This day came the Jtate Cor.:r,ission on vonscrv~ tion P,,;, :Jevelopment by counsel and rr·oved the l...!ourt to enter an order directing the 'l'reasurer of the ...itate of Vir in ia , to pay to it , ou t of the proceeds of conde,.,.:nation of trr, ct lJO . 47 - a , the rum of .'75 . 00 , representing the amount of a certain :pled,<2_:e made by :::3 . J . Hensley , who claimed to be the ovrner of said tract , to said eJ ommission on Cons-;rw:i..tion & Development , e.s a contribution for the establishment of henandoc1.h Nation2l :Park and in sup:::,ort of its said motion , the seid Cor.:mission exhibited to the vour t , its motio in riting setting forth all the factsvin rey1~1.tion thereto , uhich has been heretofore filed herein . Upon considera tion ,..-hereof , it apper•ring to the Jour t , tbat the cla~m of said Commission is not based u:pon any lien either! on the land condermed , or on the proceeds of condemn'3 tion , ·:md thatJ said Corrmis sion has f e. i led to obtain the con sent of the parties entitled to the proceeds of condernn'J.t i on , to the payment of its cl im , it is acc ordinsly adjudged and ordered that the r-D tion of the Commission for the :payment of said cl,dm out of the rroceeds of condQ demnation for said trac:e be and the som.e is lnreby denied . The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rock ingham County Va ., will enter, the f'9reg oi ng order up on the Common Lsw Orde r Book of ' his 6ourt-,- as ·a vac ation order. Given under my hand in v a c ati on this ~ day af' .A gust, 1935. Judg e ~--4-:'....,,,,.. C1rcui t Court· of Rockingham County, Va. ~ I 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. 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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 Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-sol-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Sol J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: On Dean Mountain 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): 47, 47-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.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/14ec9c6b64dc9284b3c40b68f8389d71.pdf d5ddfa45134717327f432cbe2a777f9a PDF Text Text ROCi~I'NGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: Location: #100- Hens ley, Segou rney 14 Elk Run and partl y outsi de of the Park area. Roads: Three and one-h alf miles via count y road and one mile paved to Elkto n, the neare st shipp ing point • Soil: &andy loam, slope type of a fair depth and ferti lity. Mode rate slope to the north east. History of Tract and condition of timber: All the merc hanta ble saw timbe r· has been remov ed from this tract and there has been no fires for many years . The roma iniog stand s cons ist of a sMall amoun t of mixed oaks ar~ some yEllo w pine - aoout one cord of fuelw ood ~r acre. Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 12 @ ..~5 .oo 2 @ $15 .00 i6o .oo Cove: Grazing Land: • Fields Restocking: - 14 30.00 -----..~90 .oo Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 90 .oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Valueo fWood : $ 25.00 $115 .00 25.00 Value per acre for tract: $ 11 • 50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None • ~- /~h/F/.1' CLE~K �____________ _ Claim of__________________________________________________________________ ________ , At Law. In the Circui t Court of_ __ o..c.kin.i::.har.l ___________ County, Virgin ia, No. of Virgin ia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State ------ ------- -tioner, vs. __ S ig_our ney A. Hensl ey ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----Thirt y- five a cr e ~ , Virgin ia, Defend ants. more or less, of land in- B.oui.. .:~~h:atm- ------- ------C ounty ission on Conservation and DeComm The unders igned, in answe r to the petitio n of the State of condemnation awarde d notice the to se velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon the order of the Circui t with ance accord in ed publish and upon the filing of said petitio n Court to file this Court oLRQckiD- J.1§.,,____________ County, Virgin ia, asks leave of the as his answe r to said petitio n and to said notice. ------ ---My name is __ S ip;ourne_x_ A. Hensl ey ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ ------ -----~--+-a _-~~n-- q -w-• -• ~~ V-- • My post office addres s is __1.1. ... • v- _..:.J 1 .J:l_ v: 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_ __thl-_~~yj'_iy~___ acres, on which there -B-&e-1':l------ --buildings and improv ements :_Ji.:.o...-4u..il.d-i : ...@, but-.s .c,rn~-f-a-He-in - -ha-,o- _______ __ done ,_______________ ___ __ __ _________________________________ ___ ____ ___________ ' -----V irginia , in This land is located abouL-3--1{...g ____ miles from _____ =B:-kt- on-~. -----· t of sa1"d Count y. -· 1 o·1st r1c · t eria Rll <:: tonew th e-~------- Mag1s -----or parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interes t in the tract owner or joint owner, sole is he scribed above: (In this space claima nt should say wheth er sole or joint owner, not is nt claima If and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. or to the tract or in has he t interes or estate he should set out exactly what right, title, parcel of land described above.) ______________ _ _____ I _ '-' ill _ so l e_ owner______________________________ __________________ are as follows: The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel of land ------ ---North_ W. 1,1. Hensl ~y _______________ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- South __i;;-.-tJ~-He-R-s-1-e~- ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ -- ------ ------ ----------- ----East __ Cy ndj o i nin ~ _land ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ -WeSL_ ',¼•i.T . He-ns- ley- - - ----- ---- - ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----__1,~-1..g __ _in the I acquire d my right, title, estate or interes t to this proper ty about the year following manne r: -~~-.9-:.~~~-~§~-~~--------------------___"fiy__c!:~~-c1__f_i:_~~--~Y--~=Y-~§3-'__ ~§.-~~-_g~!.1--~!~Jl_!.1_ ements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improv estate or interes t, on is $-~~ ~~~ claim that the total value of my right, title, $ __ _s_75_._QQ______ • in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improv ements thereo n is ed tract or I am the owner of_ __~~~~E!______ acres of land adjoin ing the above describ the proby ed damag be will claim I which a, parcel of land but lying outside the Park are ------- ------· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----ation as to inform (In the space below should be set out any additional statem ents or also insert here a should he this claim which claima nt desires to make; and if practicable description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -Remar ks· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----35 acres des cr ibed There i s a quant ity of firew ood on t ho ------ -------afl-a:--1:1---revroott -t-s---so-J:-" --1-n-t- he--to m -u:E-3-:tkton--V,:,-~-------- ------ ::~~~~: __Z _ ~-~ z . L i : r_zk _~ ary ~n the back). --~ ~-~ ~ -- ( Continue remark s if necess _________ day Witnes s my si~atu re (or my name and mar attache d hereto ) thisl:.~~J~ of____!_~~-r_~:_r_:>' ___~~.kllmf. . _ · _________a . _ ~ .fil __ ______ ____ , To-wit : STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_3o .ck.i ey _______________ _ A. Hensl gourn Si ______ey . s that_ _______ ____________ _______ . hereby certifie The unders igned oath that the matter s the above named claima nt personally appear ed before him and made knowledge and belief, his of best the to r are true OJtl.rl ,th~ a:ppearing in his abov~j eanswe 19~1 y bruar en< S vman :;!ham ~nty,-Va;___________day of________________£/2..&~ filed in the Rock' 18 I !;, 3 i ---- ---- ~ ------Clerl\•.. _')//J___ ________ _ Clerk of the Court, or S eli1f°I nvestig ator or Notary Public, or J usti of the Peace. \~7 �,. �f fl ,nndi l,.oa.n,. lLO·UO!'O.t GlO.i:iO ty ~ ol JJ..10 to t . ~ t.. fo.ir Ot)l'\,,(}.~.n.ot . e of dtll)tt\ ~nd f(l:t·tl.-U,i t;, . 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To~".'f..l vnlue of l;l,ml Tot::tl value of tirloi.::r ·.rotal vn.l,.;O of tl"tl.ot 1c1cracl;!' vn.luo· z.;or acre ~oe .oo lt: . ;Q -~:o ..Mr _,, . 71 �luu - co11ncy : Ji strict : ~ oc _in h m ll St1J.18,1 N ,n . •ensley :3G.,..,1ID s:.o e - · Jstoc :in.a Cu -t: - lT - u~uins �-- ------- --------- The State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia vs. Cassand ra Lawson Atkir.s and Others Tc the Eono ral::le H. '.V . Eertram , Judge of the Circui t Court cf Rocking ham County , Virgin ia: Your petitio ner, A. S. Eader, begs cf setting up lee..ve to file this, his petitj on, in this cause , for the purpose and respec ta lien in his favor upon c5rtain lands sought to be condem ned hereir:, fully represe nts: contain ing First: That Sigourn ey A. Hensley is ths owner cf a tract of land, County, Vir 0 ir,ia, 125 acres, more or less, situate in Stonew all Distric t, Rocking ham deed dated being the same land which wa.s conveye d to her by Adam Hensley by Virgin ia, Octobe r 21, 1918, recorde d ir, the Clerk's Office of Rockirig ham County, marked "Exhib it in Deed Book 112, at page 437. An office copy of the said deed, . Deed", is attache d here to and prayed to te read as a part hereof N. W. Sea.'.Or:cl: That on Februar y 20, 1930, your petitio ner recover ed before County, Virgiri ia, Davis, a justice of the pe..1ce for Stor:ew all Distric t, Rocking ham g the homaste ad a judgme nt agains t the said Sigourn ey A. Hensley , on a bond wai vir paid, and t3.50 exempt ion, fer 11:0.00 with intere st from Cctobe r 19, 1928, until Office of Rockfrg costs, which said judgme nt l:as been duly do~kete d in the Clerk's on ham County in Judgme nt Lien Docket 14, at page 182; that an executi W!iS issued d the same with and placed i!: the hands of an office r for collect ion Nho returne the notatio n " No prop erty found". is herewi th Third~ An abstrac t of the said judgme nt, marke d "Exhib it Abstra ct", the said i ndebtfiled as a part hereof, and your petitio ner respec tfully asks that s a risir.g from the edness may be establj shed and held to be a lien upon the proceed dr.ess may bs condem nation of said land, or any part thereof , and that said indebte this procee dir.?_s. paid out of any sums awarded to the said Sigourn ey A. Hensley ir. _,., .__ __ --~l J~u Petitio ner. '"l �(2) State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to-wit; This day personally appeared before rre, ,_____,E_'/;)_ F Gr_ood_, tY l'4 the under-signed, a Notary Public in s.nd for the State and County aforesaid, A. S. Bader, who made oath and says that the matters and ilhin€,S stated in the foregoing petition are true. Given ur,der my hand this ~ tday of September, 1931. ~ ~ ' Notary Public. i.v �tr A~ w~ - ,-, - In the Clerk rs O:f'fic e VIRGINIA: Coun ty,-· 4 _, _ff_3 ( a -. J ~ P~a1:;:n, ~-:ff vs. 1J77' ~~; l/J7 //~ Judgm ent in f'avor o:f :plain ti:f-f :for _ _:!_js inter est there on f'rom the till paj_d • .Also $ _ij _ d.ay of_ -',; .Z,,~ / f'3 ,;:, 1/4 / f 3 <2 Dock eted: . - ~ 7/(/ " wi.~;h. legal t J ' ~--- -.!. l9~J :, costs . / ~ A copy :from Judgm ent Lien Docke t No.. ~'UR N: t1 ~ fr~ 3 ~ Date @f JUil.gment: Defen ctad I:/ ,_i,age d / J> ~ ~ • , Attes te: ~ ~ k . . ,:z~e f~ _-/ 73~ . · r~ ~rJ ~//'~C.4(?_ '-l) c--1 :. i! .J}~ ' ~ ~~ ~J -__,~ ~d ti~ GQ 0;· J <( z 0:: w 0 <( ~ 5 ID ~ iD a: > i ~ :i ,.w a: ~ a. .~ ~ ~ ::J z ID I ~ z I- 0 .J ~ ~ <( 0:: a: a: <( I �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM UOUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE STATE C01U{ISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ) ) ) } v. ) ) EASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS ) CONDEMNATION. TO THE HONORJ.m,E H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHM! COUNTY, VIRGINIA The petition of Williette s. •• Warren respectfully represents: That included within the boundaries of the land which is sought to be condemned in this proceeding is a certain tract of land owned by Sigourney A. Hensley containing 125 acres, more or less, situate east of Elkton in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, and being the same land which was ac quired by the said Sigournej A. Hensley under a certain deed from Adam Hensley, dated October 21, 1918, and duly of record in the Clerk~ Office of said County in Deed Book 112, at page 437. That by a certain deed bearing date on the 5th day of March, 1929, the said Sigourney A. Hensley a.Dd Carl c. Hensley conveyed to Ward Swank, Tru.stee the aforesaid real estate; said conveyance being in tru.st to secure the paynent of a certain bond in the principal sum of Eleven Hundred Dollars ($1100.00), dated March 5, 1929, made by Sigourney A. Hensley and Carl pey-able to Williette s. c. Hensley, Warran, or order, due am payable on or before the 5th day of March, 1932. That said bond together with the interest thereon from the 5th day of March, 1931 remains due and unpaid subjeot,however, to a credit of One Hundred Dallam ($100.00) as of the first day of September, 1931. That your petitioner is the lawful owner and holder of said bond, and that �the said deed of trust was filed for record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, on the 22nd day of lfu.rch, 1929, and is duly of record in said Offioe in Deed Book 143, at page 392. Your petitioner prEcy'"s that in the present prooeeding the said deed of trust may be recognized as the first lien binding upon the said real estate and that the said debt may be established and paid from the proceeds arising from the o 0Udemna tion of said land, in event the same be condemned, am in further event that the said debt be not paid before the distribution of the proceeds of sale of sale land; and that the petitioner may have such other and further relief as the nature of her oase may require, and petitioner will ever pray, etc. By Counsel. Of Uou.nsel. 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-segourney.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Segourney Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk 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): 100 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/94ee9374f974805949ac94bff7b62443.pdf 818a8e87e0a50e432c777568003d101c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT · #26 - Hens ley, Sarah E. Number of Acres: 56 Location: Headw ater~ Roads: Five miles of good moun tain road to Elkto n. Soil: Shall ow, grave lly loam of good ferti lity . of South Naked Creek . History of Tract and condition of timber: Cut over repea tedly and part north of road burne d. Oak, chest nut stand with admix ture of other scatt ered crook ed and other wise de f ectiv e trees up to 18" DBH. Most of timbe r is small up to 9". Repro ductio n is ample . Improvements: Dwel ling: 17x30 ' with attac hed kitch en 12xl4 ' 2 porch es 6xl0' and 7x24 ', 5 rooms , brick flues , l• story , and 2 rooms ceile d, fair cond iti on, occup ied by owner , sprin g water suppl y, pilla r found ation . (See re~er se side) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: (Good ) 32 @ $4.00 *128. 00 24 @ 27 . 50 660 . 00 $788. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 56 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 788. 00 Value of Improvements: $5 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 25. 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood :$ 50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ 25. 23 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 550.0 0 25.00 50.00 $1413 .00 �Log and frame, 17x32xl2' , shingled roof, poor Barn: IMPROVEM~NDS: . condition Granary: Frame, llxl7xl2' , shingled roof, fair condition . Hen house: Frame, 10xl0x8', paper roof, fair condition . 1log house: 6x7'x4'. Fences are rail and barb wire . �County: District: Rockingham Stonewall f!..26 - He_n aley, pa.rah E. ' ' .{\crease Claimed: AsseestJd Value Claimed; Location: Apparentl y nc,t assessed . See the attorney' s note in field sheet. Deed ,, A. 74 1' . Aaquirecl in "1915, possibly by inheritanc e. Head ll'ta tera of South Naked creek.. Incumbran ces, counter clnims or laps: Mone known. Soil: Shal low, gravelly loam of go od fertility . Roads: Five miles of good mountain road to Elkton. H __i_e_t_o_r_y_o_f_t_r_a_c_t_a.~n_d_c_o~ndition of tirnb€t.rt Cut over repeatedly and part north of road ourned. Oak, chestnut stand with admixture of other scattered or·ooked o.nd otherwise defective trees up to 18 11 DBH. Moa t o,f tinber is small up to 9" • Reproduc tion is ample. Estimated to cut 4 cords ner a.ore or 128 cords va lued a.t 75¢ ........... ~? 96.00 ):mprovene nts r l7x30' with. attached kitchen 12xl4' and 2 porches 6xlO' and 7x24', 5' rooms, brick flues, Dwelling: l½ story, 2 rooms oeiled, condition fair, occu...,ied by o 'mer, s :prirtg water supply, f oundation pillars . , 400.00 Barni Log and frame, 17x)2xl2' , condition poor. Granary: Fro.me• llxl7x12• , shingled roof , fair condition . - - • fair Ren houset Frame , lOxlOx8•, paper roof./cond itionu 'Bog houe~t 6x7X -1-" ... "" ... Acreage and val\1e ~f l and by types:, !D.!. Slope . Tillable Total Total Total Total Value !er A, 4. oo value vo.lue value value 3~ 24 30. 00 -;r of of of of la.nd ' • ... - ... $848. oo :tm-provements 640 . 00 timber ...... 96. 00 tract - ... - 1,5'84.00 Average va lue p·er acre .,. ... $28 . 28 . 10.00 2 •00 $640 . 00 Fences are Rai l and Barb Wire. Acreage 15'0 . oo 75.00 Total Value 128.00 $ ~20 . 0() 48.oo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-sarah-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Sarah E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Head Waters of S. Naked Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e45e89fc28a6396d20982dc5e9558570.pdf e4e6b1f0e46a9cba31aa88e2455132c7 PDF Text Text I ROCKINGHtJ1 COUNTY \ NAME OF CLAIMANT #35 - Hensley , s. state L. - ' Number of Acres: 2 6 2 Location: lolf Run . Roads: Four miles country road to ,lkton. Soil: Sandy lot..m, fertile, very stony, moderately deep in meadows, Timber land on the eastern very shallow und extremely rocky on slopes . part is on extremely rough steep ground with much ledge rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: IInrd cut and burned , but not burned recently . 'I'he timber land on the eastern part is pine oak stand with oak mostly too small for c6rdwood, and pine up to?", scattering of a f'ew larger . Timber land on the eastern part is mixed with hardwoods , white oak, red ouk, butternut, tulip , etc . , up to sm~ll tie size . There is only a scatt~ring of ties and they should be classed as heavy cordwood ield restocking is an old pasture coming in thickly to pine about 20 !1Jlm»~mems:hi gh , fully stocked over most of the area . Improvements : (See reverse side f or Improvement information) Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 192 $4 . 00 $768 . 00 15 . 00 22~ . oo 45 . 00 2475 . 00 'r?3468 . ~ Cove: Grazing Land: 15 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: ,• 55 262 Orchard: Minerals: V~ueofLand: $ 3468. 00 3790 . 00 Value of Improvements:$ 3790 . 00 150 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 'i?7458 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00 Value of Timber : $ ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: J $:If, 4E Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ PONE . ~.1(4n: CL!lRK. �IMPROVEMENTS: Dwelling : Frame, l6x26~, wi th an ell 14x22', front porch 6x22' , back porch 7xl2t, 8 rooms, metal roof , 2 story , ceiled, good conditio n, occupied by owner . Spring water supply, and cistern, solid foundati on . Barn: Log, 42x58xl6 ', shingled and metal roof , poor conditio n . Old House: (Store) Frame , 16x24xl 2', shingled roof, poor conditio n. Shop: Frame , 14x24xl 0', paper roof, fair conditio n. Hen house: Frame, 8xl2x8', board roof, fair conditio n . Corn house: Frame , 8x20x6' , shingled roo~, poorcco ndition. Dwelling : Log and frame, 17xl7', with a kitchen 12xl7x8 ', 4 rooms , paper roof, stone flue, l½ stories, ceiled, poor conditio n , occupied by tenant . Spring water supply , pillar foundati on . 2nd Barn: Frame, 34x54xl 4', metal roof, fair conditio n . Hen house: Frame, 12xl4x8 ', shingled roof, poor conditio n. Old Stable; Log, 12xl6xl 2', shingled roof, poor conditio n. REPORT ON THE ACREAGE of the S . L. .HE}JSLEY T &CT /135 . This tract cor.i.putes 280 o.cres by the calls in the deed . ~Iowever, we ran a carefull y measured base line across the tract, tying into the boundary on ea.ch side, and this showed the tract to be 3 chains narrowe r tha n shown by the calls in the deed . computa tion of the acre 2, ge with this correcti on taken into account gives 262 acres which is covered by the State's report . ~O J i~ ehief Enginee r , Park Service . �County: District: #35 - Assessed Acreage Claimed: L. 280 A. 48 P. Deed ft olf run. Incu.,~brnnces 2 counter claims or lapst Soil: s. n Value Clained: Location: Hensley , Rockingham Stono~all None known , ·andy , loam, fertile, very stony, n~oderately de p in meado rn, very shnl lo·:, a nd e:Ktremely rocky on sloncs. land on the e·tstern part is on extremely r ough steep 1i th much ledge ro·ok . oadst Timber round Four miles c untry road to :akton . B.iotory of tr. c t and Amdition of timber, Hard out and burned, but- not burned recently. The timber land on the eastern p rt ia pine, oak stand jth oak !ootly too smal l for c~rd 100d, QUd nine up t o 7", scattering of a fe., large r. Ti mber lo.nd, on the e a.stern part is iixed hard oods , r1 iite oak, red oak, butternut , t ulip , etc., up to nnn.1 1 tie size, There is only o. s,atterin, of ties and they should bo :::la.ssed as heavy cor~wood . i_ l d restocki ng is an old pasture coming in thic ly to nine about 20 ' high, fully ... tocked over most of the area . 583 c r rds at 50¢ - • - Imnrovemen t st Dwelling, frame, • st!.,natcd to cut 291 . 00 16x26• 11i t h an ell 14x22 ' , front porch 6x22 ', back orch 7x12• , 8 rooms, metal roof, 2 story, cciled, g 0od condition; occunied by owner, aprine mter !" upply and cis t ern, solid f ounda.tion. 1,800 . 00 Barn: Log, 42x5Bx16• , shin.,led and metal roof, poor condition. - • 100 . 00 Old house t (Ctore) ltrame, 16x24xl2 ' , sh inglod roof, p oor condition . - • 100. 00 Shop: .i,rc.mo, 14x24•xro•, paper roof, f·.ir condition. 80 . 00 Hen house• Jfrone, · 8xl2x8', ban.rd roof, fair cor~dition, 10. 00 Corn house : Fr ame, 8x20x6 •, shingled roof , p ooriconditi6nl5.oo ~,ellinf!i: Log and fra!ie , 17x17 • with a k tchen 12xl7x ., •, 4 rooms , paper roof, stone flue, 1i storieo, ceiled, poor condition , occu,-,icd by tenant, sr,rinr• ,/P.ter supply, foundation pillars. - - 100 . 00 2nd Bo.rn: Frame , 34x54xl4 ', metal roof, fair condition. - - - Hen house: Frame , 12xt4x8•, shingled roof, poor 650 .00 condition . - - Old stable: Log, 12x16xl2', shin~led roof, poor 10 . 00 condition. - 25.00 Orchard: 65 apple trees at ,2 . 00 each . - - __Ll) . OO -U620.oo �Oo t I D triot: 35 • lienolo oon 1 d , Ao ue of 36. 00 , .oo To al Total 0. ot · 254 . 10 of 020 . 0 ot tinb :r u nu ot ti-a.ot r .. lu Dioor pnnoo X' 0.0 holri ,aont l o.c OU t 1ff r co in ourf~..o �- County-: District: N J .& D. Plum H. A. Ue le "' L .B. ·· Lam L . N.l:IP~ 1 .,, LI.:XH:ND : 1l1 Ill blo Slope Ro tocking 20 chains Scale - l" Rockingham Stone1all � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-s-l-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, S. L. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Wolf 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): 35 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4314cbec059daa90cb8bae46c1e4db98.pdf b9eb9c5ac16f36583aafcd2c2f323343 PDF Text Text Claim of_ __ ... e.be..c.. a...-3.. en.al ___ r___ • t~-..!~ ....s1ey _.,_l.o. · .!l_t _CJ:J.~.e.r.~ ... --------In the Circuit Court oL-.,.weJ~iRc.. . ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.___ .e.c.ca.~~ ...Rensle~-an.d- Y-it.t..y- ~H of Sixty acres ,... ,a..y---JG-i--Rt--0- ne-:es---------- more or less, of land in-:R-0-0-1 -.:j_--r-1:,c.ru_.: ______________ 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-2 ~.ingK;_; ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___ 3.e..be..c.c. _.E .. Re.nsl.ey__ n.a.._utty__F....R us.l e.;;: _______________ _ My post office address is_.;i~J_._'};)__!1_~ _;,_:1=_:t:t.9_11_.YJ,.r :i_,_:g__i_~ -----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__ ixty__________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=---P--one------------------------- --------------------------- This land is located abouL_tb.r_e.e ____ miles from _____ .::U t.Qn... _______________ Virginia, in .th j;_o_11.e..w.a.ll__ ____ 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.) ..:Je · · ,t. _g ·-9I'B-- et3.eh--e L L--a- -u ~ - a r--ufiufvluea.--rn-fe- r--e-;:;-t ----- -. - ..13.r~ - J-0-:R -~~--~~~-1 -~_1:_~~X.-~.9-~~~--~f--~~.!.!:.~~----------------------- -------------------~-------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: North_ 1 ilmer _Hensle ------------------------------------------------ ---------- South_-4-,I .-Heneley--- --- ---------------------------------------------- ---- -----East __ \ . : . Hensley --- ----------- - ----------------------------- -- - -------------West __ O .::). r, randle ------------------------------------------------ -------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year-~-~!~____ in the following manner: · _ y__de.eJ _.fr. t J1 ~3 . 3.a lier ------------------------------------------------ --- --- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---~---~Q.9_!..g.9___ , 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 $__):.!.§_ q_g~_q_g ____ , 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 $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: __'Tl-h@__ :Pi-o-e-- -0-:-£ __ ')_1-_ nr._j._~_j;_l1Q __$.1Jh1-_tQ_t_,J.__cl.e_iL.'laJ __ _______ _ - ea-eh---el · r1-± 4 ,-( ' • """.J"O --,ji--9-Ge-.-oe-- --as---a- une--ha1°"f"-IDTd.1via-e -rn:teffes_t ______________ _ in_ said _::S ixt __aDrer;JQf_--1,,.nd·... __________________________________________________ _ ----------- - ------- ------------ - --- - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or ~ame ~d ark a tached hereto) this __ ~-~~~~~!_i____ day of__ t~Y--------------, 1930.-Jl e~ _________ ~1(2,-_'f__Jt_~_:_ ______ _ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~_?-~~~~€;;_!_).__ ~------------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL:le. .aa.ca_J_._H ;LL..K.i..t.ty- ~ .- z:J...ey_ the above named claimants'personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters · and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best o ~ knowledge and belief, this___ '.7_t_]i___7 _______ day oL.'.~~,'_ ____1_~,3.1):l!l31>. ~ 1 !!1ff o~u,.,~ ~/~ __ _;_LJ_k__ ,U~--21L_________________ _ 4.:t tl / ,~ I t/_-$ I -~------...__ =.tu;u~~~~b~:!~~~~ or � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fultz, Vernon - Hinckle, J.W. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context hensley-rebecca-e-and-kitty-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Hensley, Rebecca E. & Kitty F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Hensley