129 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/58ffd020f1cd4d7191e4d2a508baeeab.pdf 1c1c17226546e58bc04dc47a9405045f PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COtnfrY NAME OF CLAIMANT {}358 - M'.oubray , R. L. (Claimed by A. L. and J• F. t!oubruy ) Number of Acres: 3 ntirely within the Park area . Location: Gap Run . Roads: Three miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Gravelly loam of fair depth and fertilit y and with a conside rable amount of creek rock , it is level . History of Tract and condition of timber: None . Frame, 15x35' , 3 room~, 1 story , paper Improve ments: Tenant house: roof, no chimney , poor conditio n. Stable: .i:!re..rr.e, 8xl8xl0 ', board roof, poor conditio n . Frame, 8x8x8' , board roof, poor conditio n . cJ WI~ Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 3 '.)25.00 75 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: 230 . 00 Value of Land: $ 75 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 230. 00 Value of Orchard: $ 1~ . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $106. 66 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON.... . U5 . 00 ~320 . 00 �. , 01nmtttnuwtalt4 nf lllirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. March 22, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 22 day of March in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 3/12/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Lawson Atkins vs. - - -- - - -Cassandra ---------- - - - - - - - - - paid to $ 379.17 A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry being in full settlement of tract# 358 and 166 in th e above mentioned cause. )31,, �O!nmmnumtalt11 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA, JOHN M, PURCELL March 22 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. L. Moubry and J . F . Moubry Received of J.M. Purcell , Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of $ 379 . 17 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am of March 192r-t_ entered on the 12th day , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ ___ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_ _ and others, being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as # 358 and J..66 Sign origina l 'and duplica te and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . • 13 �........ Qtnmmnuwrttltl1 nf 1lfirginttt - TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M . PURCELL March 22, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that J, of Virginia have this J.M. Purcell, Treasurer 22 day of March i n accordan c e with an o r der of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated __3~/_2_2~/_3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson At~ins - -- ~ - - - - - - - - - - - :paid to __!ohn E . Roller ' s estate, George G. Grattan , Jr. and R . E . Cabell , Executors $ 450.00 be ing in full settlemen t of tract# 358 and 166 in the above mentioned cause . 142- �- . "'-- Q!nmmnuwrnltb of ]lirgiutn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. March 22 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J ohn E. Roller 's estate , George G. Grattan , Jr . and R. E . Cabell , Executors Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 450 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rock ingham of March 193L entered on the 12th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~t=k=i=·n=s___ and others, being =w~s~o=n~A ___C~a=s=s=a=n~dr~a~L~a full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as# 358 and 1Q6 Sign original and dupli cat e and ret u rn to t h e Treasur e r of Virginia. ., �Qlnmmnuwtaltq of ]Itrgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL March 22, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that J, J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia have th is 22 d.ay of March with a n order of the circuit court of dated 3/ 12/34 in accordan ce Rock ingham Cmmty in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia vs. C a s ~n Atkins an d others paid to $ J. Rob e rt Swit~er , Cl e r k o f Rock ingham County Harri s onburg , i rgini a 8 .20 _ __ _ b eing in f ul l s ett l ement of tract #Iilifi and 166 in the ab ove menti oned. cause. 13<2, �... ·- - o.tnmmnuwtalt11 nf llfirgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA . March 22 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J. Robe r t Switzer , Clerk of Rock ingham County Ha~r iaonburg , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg i n ia, the sum of $_8~1 =2~0___ , in accordance wi th an order of the Circui t Court of the c ount y of___R _ o_c_ k_i_ng_h _am _ __ of March 1 93L entered on the 12th day , in the matter of the State Commi s sion on Cons ervati on a nd Deve lopment v ___ Cas s andr a Laws on At k i n s and others , being full and complete settlement f or the tract of l and kn own in s aid proceeding as# 358 and ~66 Sign ori g inal and dupl i cat e and return to t he Treasurer of Virginia . �- :;- - Qlomtttnuwraltfy nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. ' March 22 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to ce r tify t hat I , J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia h ave this 22 day of March with an ord e r o f the c ircuit court of 3/12/34 dated in accordance Rockingham County in t he cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Atkins Cassandra Lawson --------------- vs . pa id t 0 _!1• H . Harrison, Treasurer of Rec kingham County Harrisonburg , Virginia $_5_._6_3______ being i n full settlement of tract #liliB.. and 166 i n t h e above menti oned cause. 11.f �Q!nmtttnuwtaltl1 nf l!Iirgiuta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL TREASl,JRE R OF VIRGINIA March 22 , 1934 M. H. Harri son, Treas urer of Ro cking ham Coun ty Harri sonbu rg , Virgi nia Recei ved of J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virg inia, the sum of $~5"'-Z.•=6~3_ _ _ , in accor dance with an order of the Circu it Court of the count y Rocki ngham f 0 - - - - - = - - - - - - enter ed on the 12th day of March 193~ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt v _ __ ___ _C _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s__ and other s, being full and comp lete settle ment for the tract of land known in said proce eding as #_ 3_5_8_ a_n_d_ ~66 Sign origi nal and dupli cate and retur n to the Treas urer of Virg inia. II.fl �County: Rockingh am District : Stonewa ll £358 - Moubray, R. L. Aoreage Claimed : -- ~ .....:--. Assessed : Not V,alue Cle.tmed: Location : Deed: Not availab le " Gap Run. tl Enttrely within the Park Area. lnoumbr ances, counter claims or laps: Mineral rights belong to Jacob Yost, Trustee . - Soil: Gravelly loam of fair depth and fertilit y and wi t h a eonsider a'ble amount of creek rook, 1 t 1s level. · Roa.de: Three miles of good dirt road to Yanoey, the nearest sh1pp1ng point . H1storz of tre.ot and conditio n of timbei:: None. Im12rovements: Tenant house, frame 15X35' , 3 rooms, 1 story, paper roof, no chimney , poor oonditio n. -$120.00 Stable: Frame ,8xl8xlO . boa.rd r oof, poor conditio n- 10.00 Hen house: Frame axaxs•; board r">Of, poor " 5.00 1!35.oo Orchard: 5 apple trees - 25 years old - tair oondi t1on - .M3,00 Value ~er ao,re Aoreage .:20. 00 3 Total val ue of land Total Value ~iern. oo $60.00 Total value of improvem entsl35 .00 ·rotal value of orchard 'f o t al value ot tract 11.verage value per aore 8.00 205.00 67.67 IS �'\ \ IN THE CIRCUIT COUHT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA' THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA vs. CASSANDRA LAWSON AT·KINS Et .Als and 52 , 561 Acres of Land more or les in Rockingham County On the Petition filed in the above cause by A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry . This Cause came on to be again heard this /t,/ day of March, 1934, upon the papers formerly read and proceedings had, the exhibits filed and was argued by Counsel . Upon consideration whereof, it appearing to the Court that A. L. Moubry and J . F . Moubry heretofore filed their Petition in the above entitled caus~ wherein they asserted title to the trac or parcel of land No . 358 as it appears upon report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners of Rockingham County, and it further appear ing that by an order entered therein it has been decreed that A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry are the fee simple owners of the said tract of land, and that R. L. Moubry had no interest therein, and it appearing that the said tract of land by a judgment in rem has been condemned in the aforesaid Cause to the State Commission on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virginia, upon the payment into the custody of the Court of $320 . 00 and it appearing to the Court that said sum of $320 . 00 had been deposited into the custody of the Court, and that the taxes for the three years last past were [ s improperly and erroneously a 4l~sed, it is so ordered and decreed,.. an~ it is adjudged, ordered and ' decreed ! that the Clerk of this Court do l I transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia I who shall pay the said sum of $320 . 00 , the amount of said judgment ! in rem for the said condemnation of the said tract No . 358, to the i · said A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry as hereinbefore set forth, and HAMMER & HAMMER ATTO~ NeYs A.ND COUNSf:LORS AT U,',11' HARRISON8UR6 . VA . it ~urther appearing to the Court that tract No . 166, as it appears iupon the plat and report of the said Board of Appraisal . Commission - !I ers for the County of Rockingham has been likewise condemned by a �2 judgment in rem in said cause whereby said Commission is invested ,with the title to the said lands , upon the payment by it into the i !custody of the Court of the sum of $523 . 00, and it further appear 1ing to the Court that the said sum of $523 . 00 has been paid into th custody of the Court , it is accordingly ordered and decreed that the clerk of the Court shall certify this fact to the Treasurer of Virginia who shall pay said sum to the said A . L. koubry and .r. F . iMoubry as hereinafter set forth . I And it appearing to the Court that the two tracts of land namely , No . 358 and No . 166 constitute and compose the tract of 87 acres, known as the John Sipe Patent1 and that there is due to M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County ;5 . 63 taxes thereon for th ,ear 1933 , and that there is due to J. R. Switzer, Clerk of Rocking ham County, the sum of $8 ~20 delinquent taxes for the year 1932, an that all other taxes which are assessable thereon have been paid, and it further appearing to the Court that the said two tracts of l1and are tncumbered by a Deeu of Trust executed thereon by A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry to George W. Shaver, Trustee , to secure to John E. Rollerts Estate , George G. Grattan , Jr . and R. E. Cabell , Executors, the sum of $325 . 00 , evidenced by four bonds , one in the sum of ~125 . 00 , another in the sum of $ 83 . 00, another in the sum of ! $ 84 . 00 and another in the sum of ~83 . 00 executed by the said A. L. Moubry and J. F . Moubry to the said John E . Roller ' s Estate, George G. Grattan , Jr . and R. E . Cabell , Executors , dated October 16, 1929~ and due and payable one , two, three and four years after date re~ I pectively, with interest thereon from date, and that interest on ~ each of said bonds ha¥-e been paid until November 10, 1930, and that I I I lthere ls due unto the said John E , Roller's Estate , Geor ge G, Grat ltan, .rr . and R. E . Cabell, Executors , as of March 10, 1934 , the sum jof $450 . 00 and that the same is a lien upon the said su~s coming to il the sai d A. L. :tloubry and J . F. Moubry, it is accordingly ad judged, , HAMMER & HAMMER ATTOA N l!!YS AND COUNSl!!I.OflS AT U.W HARRISONBURG, VA . !ordered and decreed that the Treasurer of Vir ginia i 1 t"o pay said sums of $320 . 00 and ~'523.00 as :allows, to-wit~ 1 (1) out the pay ~ . H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County, the sum of $5 . 63 �,I,I taxes on said lands for the year 1933 ; \! Clerk of Rockingh am County , the sum of t: i! said land for the year 1932; ! (2) pay J . Robert Switzer , .;s . 20 Delinqu ent taxes on (3) pay unto ' John E . Roller t s estate , I ! Geor~e G. Grattan, Jr . and R. E . Cabell, Executo rs, J450 . 00 princi I pal and interest due on said bonds to said Estate as of March 10th, 1934, and (4) the remainin g ~b 379 .17 he shall pay to the said A. L. ~oubry and J. F . ~oubry in full of the two awards aforesai d, which said several sums , when so paid, shall be in full of, the judgmen ts in rem for tract No . 358 and tract No . 166, taking from said part ies receipts for the several amounts so paid to them and certify ing such payments to this Court , and make appropr iate entry thereof as required by Law . I, :1 1' ..~!~.~'.':. !.~:~.~!;"...i HARRISONBURG. VA. " ! I !' ~I �,, ,,' !1 ! ; , IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE ;: OF VIRGINIA I' vs . CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS Et Als and 52 , 561 Acres of Land more or less in Rockingham County I I IA. L. MOUBRY AND J . F . MOUBRY vs . On Petition filed in the above cause R. L. MOUBRY This Cause came on to be a gain heard this / ~ a y of March , 1934 , upon the papers formerly read and proceedings had, ~ I 1.r. deed from John E . Roller t s Executors etc . to A. L. Moubry and F . Moubry , the exhibits filed and was argued by Counsel . Upon consideration whereof , it appearing to the Court th t an order was entered in this Cause on January 3rd , 1934 , directing 1 process to issue against R. L. Moubry , returnable to rules , requir ing him to show cause , if any he could , why the sum of ~~320 . 00 al lowe_d in his name for tract No . 358 should not be paid unto A. L. Moubry and J . F . Moubry , and it appearing that process issued , Jan uary 3rd , 1934 , from the Clerk ' s Office of this County in accordance with said order, and that the said process was executed Jan uary 5th , 1934 , by W. E. Lucas , Deputy for C. R. Fawley , Sheriff of Rockingham County 1 by delivering a true copy of the said process ;I to R. L. Moubry in person , and it further appearing that the sRid I R. L. Moubry has failed to appear , plead or answe~ the petition ~ I, taken fa:J confessed and cause set for hearing1 and was argued by Counsel . Upon consideration whereof , it appearing to the Court that A, L. Moubry and J . F . Moubry are invested with the fee sim- 1 ple title to the tract No . 358 as it appears upon the report and HAMMER & I-IAMMER ,H TO RNeYS ANO COUNSELORS AT LAW I HARRI SONSURG, VA . the plat accompan,r:g the same1 of the Board of Appraisal Commission ; " �~ - . ,,, ers for Rockingham CountyI they having derived good title thereto !1 ,' by the conve ance aforesaid of J . E. Roller ' s Estate to the said 11 ,, Petitioners, the Court doth adjudge , order and decree that A. L. !i Moubry and J . F . Moubry are the owners in fee simple of the tract i [ of land described in s a id Petition as tract No . 358 and the Court I /' 1r;r.;_JU{t further of opinion that the said R. L. Moubry has no interes 1 "'- 7 11 1; therein, doth accordingly so adjud ge , order and decree ~ And all matters being ended this Petition is retired from the docket . HAMMER & HAMMER AT TOR N EY S ANO CO UN$ t! LOfl S AT U.W H-'R R ISO NSURG, VA . �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, towi t: I, J. Robert switzer,Qlerk of the Circuit Court of Roe kingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 82 acres situate at PineyMount in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of A. L. and J. F. Moubray , EXCEPT for the tax year H~32, and which tax is $8.200 Given under my hand this 6th day of February, 1934. of the Circuit Cour County, Virginia . O. K. Attorney �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records of this office show that the t axes for the year 1933 amounting to$ 5 . 63, on a tract of 87-0- 0 acres of land situate in Park Area in Stonewall District, Rockingham County , and assessed in the name of A. L. Mowbray and J . F . Mowbray, is unpaid. All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk{s Office of said County. March 1934 . Given under my hand this 6th day of Treasurer . �... .-c.:.·· INrHE: CIBCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIBGINIA. IN THE NAME OF THE COMMOIBV"EALTH OF VIRGINIA., TO mE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GREETING: You are hereby eommanded to summon R. L. Moubr}' to appear at the Cl erk' s Off ice of the Circu.i t Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, on the thi.rd Monday in January, to show cau.se, if any he can, why the sum of $320.00 allowed for Tract No. 358 in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commiss1.oner s in the case of The State Commission on Conservation and Development or the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc., sho,u l.d not be paid untp A._. L. and J. F. Moubry as prayed for in their petition filed in the sa_id cause on January 3, 1954. And this you sha11 in no wise omit under penalty or ~100. And have then and tl:ere this Wtti t • Witness. J'. Robert Switzer, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House thereof, in Harrisonburg , Virginia, this3d day of January, 1-934, in the 100th year of the Co.mmonweai th. �I I, 11 I I Th:.... 't,t'3 Jo aiss · o .. ,J.1. of VirgL1iu. , p,,3titio1Lr . I, 11 ]u.1b.LCV tio,1 c.11d D,v .LOplllt + t. e Jt1..1te vs . assa~iciru 1·~;:0011 t::i1s c..nd 52 , t,Gl Roci:j ;_;hun iJ,.,unty , Virfi11ia . U 1011 ~ tho . ution of • c.c3::... o.f La.1 ... u, ,l.ro orL;b, , in • 1-Iou ory a.nd J • ./ . iiou ory l . . avo is g.r~1t9d the~ to fil~ thair p titian in thJ aoove ~ntitLud c~usel I 1 w.d the s~na is ~c~ordingly filed . A~d it ~pp3~ring th r . . f.roJ that th~ s. id A. 1 . J • .I! • toub.ry clai.n a.cieinG froJ tt tho fund of ~320 . Io u o ry i uHO. r ~ I conde. na- i ! tion of tr&ct =c . 358, and thA f~nd of ~523 . 00 arjslnt from tho con- lj de ..1r1ation of tract ~ro . lul) , and it also upp,arinf; fro:.1 potition ,I ,, \ fi J.ed iu th'3 C!l0 r,.: ' s Off i Y3 'y R. L . : :o:.lbr;1 that ho is clt...i :i.in•" ,. II .t320 . 00 arisi n,; f ro ,:i th '3 c onde .11a t j o.• in thG ubove on tit led II cause of tract Jo. 350 , it is ac~ordingly o.cdo r ,3d oll mot io11 of ;\ . \1 1, L . ui1d· J. F . I r tU.C :la.\J.l.O to 1ouo.r;v t hat p roc3ss do isl::lue .L'tll.::;t; / £3 c<J rj vLy t11 ' ~aJa sun of .·620 . 00 .lg ri ,..l ~AMMER & ~AMMER ATTORN EYS AT LAW ~hO,/ Cu.Uo J , if c.;._ly Ilv Cc..t.<1 , .J..lo·,.rea for t..r,1-Jt Jo. 65b sLo:.ild not be pb.id unto th ,; d o.id li. • L . d.Ild J • their sajd p 3tition . to g:....irist :1. L. ::oub.cy , 21 • a Ion ory u.l:; p raJ .3d i'o.r iu �State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, to - wit : I , J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Rockingham County do hereby certify that the do not show any delinquent taxes against the Stonewall District , assessed in the name of Circuit Court oP records in my office tract of land in · R. L. Moubray . Given under my hand this 20th day of December, 1g33 . �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whor.i It May Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that the taxes assessed against ct certain tract of 3- 0- 0 &cres of land in the name of R. L. :Moubray situate in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, for the years 1933, 1932 and 1931 amounting to $ 1 . 10, 1 . 39 and 1.99, respectively are unpaid . All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . of December 1933 . Given under my hand this 20th day Treasure'r ~f Fockingharn 'county. ,-- �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 . . . . . . . . DEFENDANT S. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. -------- ----; _(J_~-~: 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. a£C $_2-2:-_~; 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; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof :- ~~ That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ ______ __ __ $---------- : Tract No. _____ ___ ____ $ --- - ------: Tract No. ______ ____ __ $ ______ ____ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that : (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME STATE O r,&~l'tl.. P. 0. ADDRESS ---- ~ r~tr-_~/ __ OF ROCKINGHAM to-wit: iIY- --appeared--b-ef-ore-me---R.--1.-.-- Moubray--a nd--made oath --------~m-s -- y--:per-so that_ the_state mnts _contained_ in t he _above_~e tition _so _far _as_made on his own informati_on are true and so far as made upon informatio n of others he ~~;;:ves-the m-t-o--be-- tru-e-.---G± -ven u n ~ t h ± __ -~-- _tari~~~~ emb er, NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed ~~!'~lerk's office f e convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not pres ri ed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their tions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printea merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be u sed, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �I I TF · T; Cu.::: IL.dIQ.,_T 0:: ~· r OF VI31LII , P"'.i.1 1.uc:·.c_ . L- vs ~C), \- RO) :r' 1 r • e • J.: ..N TIO:::- _.dD D ,Y ' ' .L ~ i ST ~1E peti tio. of n: "'S OF LC;D , :t":1O3~!Su .EL, • L . ·1 ub:cy a 1d J . F . r..:ub.cy r ~'"poJt.Lully l 11 !i '. • d situ tJd .i..1 ',lh or l.Jls , of t is f .co.u J py of ti: • JO.Ll J .:: , us Pinoy G ) · .• the ~ .1.0W 1 .o...:.:l.it.:·r ,.u Juu11ty , ,,:1 I ! ~ ..A.1-. >-z~::::"u nt als ,,.JD 52 , 56, ::r1:r C LI':.'Y • Th rr rm ·p· .l.J ... \i .i...Ll d .J ,-'-uit fl ... • ) ,no..c·, ful.1..y '""· J. , I t;<.l,.l ! II ' £t ne.rao.r' . Th t tr 1;; id J0n1 ..., ' • _tell ,r in his lif, ti. u bJ d Jd fro~ 'h ~ . r iii jj L'U.Zi .... ..lJ .[' , th· Cl c.,.,we.cy c use .C il(l otr i 11 C.CL , ,; J.c.i.v\;)d. J. 80,1L,U 8Sic1}- JIo u,.., h:r cte JO nd Sa .ia 1 ut u u d t ,d . Thr..:..t at b"tuldt..cL.s of j .1 , tinJ -bout thr e 1hc:..t was sold to s,n 11tL "' n 1 t O!L 13 l .ct o t. ~ fot,1).CY Is of . . . b.lld ~:itl i ~till house J ..11 on th .r·.itt,d a1d -.:u!ltinu...1d to id tr ct of L.nd . Tlut in th0 or&lly Th' t ade . ~OL'ris, th-3 Luso 1d of 1:1 tre as the Joh1 0Jpe P,at n t, wuf Io.eris, but . o deed thJr for· was • L . ·fourn·y 0ona:.:ict d R. L . ~ .. now ':lC:!'3'' pro e.ct;· , :CJbJUO .p 11 t d one ·-1.tia thut S,:;.id .1..u.1d Jh i1.~~ry ..,ui t of 0-C-ot ~3.c 1-lAMMER & 1-lAMMER ATTORNEY S AT LAW 1oubry vs PolJ.y .t!'ro.zi.J.L' &c institut3d to tne C.L.:ond lSOL. , tn :3_1ti.cv .l. 1d inc.Lu ding th idJ ·, • tnr o u...:.c 1s wni '"' h Jc.1k... .L'Y rt..1.. I i:,~ atna '1 I �:torris h d V ·'.l r-':lall Y d to ourch~se , but for which no deed c13r ~ ~ V Wo.S > r ..l d e in £.uid ~han0ery .JD.~i.83/ and tho s id :a::.itutha -rol.~ris I\ mti.n t:.cuct of land , that th.,reo.fter ..,ho bid in tlu ,j 0.1d and , llor , \Jho pCJ.id for the tn.11sf "1:L; .d h::,r '>urchas"3 to Joh!1 1 csi.g.ed and that Cha.s . of the Jou rt , .xecu t 0, Jlu. th .Iorris C01lV eyL1b 1;1.l of the said. S' :1 .. id d >.; ShOW11 L>tl a. ld deed to the suia ... lle r , ill which the 3i.i :.ct O 1 ,.Iorris , s _ro . forn one tr ct J.n .r: l lH::l ba.. {Oller an I - lb-lld to saij_ in th-1 report of thJ Boc.:.r<1 of the p o.t il(., a , united , ..i..S the Sa e HOW ppraisal CoiiL 1issj Ol~er~ lot) and !Jo . b56 , ,ind whiuh tuo p&rcelf-, of land You r o,,lo11gs to potitio11ers in fee s·r.ulo . ouJ.d show unto the .,ourt that the thr")e acr., 11orris peti ti one rs nut at p~.rchase throush so:n9 .,rror v;as a_praisJd to ~. Ir. Pou'bry , roi t ration , c 0~1po,_ Jd of the ' the h 1ari nc..; oefo re the 3oard of Phillip /il.Uar.1s , _:onora~ , Honorahl :I II i lQ 3 -- · , . 3crt:cc..:i, u.nd {on ruble 1 ~xander , Th-.. State corn:.1ission on Jonsorvation and Job•1 II . 1)-=ivelopi11ent i!.1 thJ Stat9 of Virgi,1ia , realizjni :1 that th8 allowance oubry wa::;, , r roneous and should have bee ,: to :2• .1H • J • •,..ou·o1·y , a__:reed th...i.t if pJtitio;1or.:l , A. :... : .'loubr,,' ,1i th r3 v thJi r to A. and H 'ouorJ c...n J. }. xca oti ns a 1d conse.1tcd to u.C-! )t the ~82 . 00 in fL,11 SJt..,10.n, t o.:: their .Jl ins , the tv10 ~ots would be ! consolid1.:..t3d and trJaL;d us on , nicn wc.s u.ccordinc-1.Y do 10 . i'hat ou th3 loth daJ of Oc tober , 19B9 , .a. Vi rg i tli...i. .ci • •. r. . .Jou o.ry and ou ory , his wLt> , o..1d J . F . . Io u ry and 11.r .1i11 tu T. Houbry , his \rifj , .Jo11vey ... d th~ s id 1..a~1d u to G•o.cg, /. ·.uffo.c , ~rustee , iu trust to secure anto Jo~ ~ . _ol_ar ' ~ :st ta , Gorge ~. r..p Gra. tt S ,, " ~AMMER & ~AMMER , J • d .~• • Qdo 11 , xec to:s , foL ...• bonds : 0 of ,wb4 . 00 ; o.nd anoth=> ·· in the su.,1 of One ?83 . 00 , pay· '1le foDr years after data , all bearin~ int r3st from date , and p~yable ATT O RN EYS AT LAW I annuall y . �I :, I Ii Th<::tt these bonds ... ro still due ·1 state o.f John I October • _ 011.er th~ sun of 16th, 1.930 , until paid . ud ),Hit io o lu the 375 . 00 with iiterest from A copy of this deed of trust to - geth r with copies of th.bods Jecu.c3d th r.by , l and 13.C~ • .!'...,, pr y id to be read as -9,.l.rt~ hereof . I Your petitio~ers r ep.cesaut that a ju dg 1':Jll t in re,.1 ht.S Ii i'he .ce tofo.ce Jd1 II ntered in thJ prooeoding of ·l'h-:} Statr3 <;omr.iission \Ion onse.cv tion and D3v,lop.. Jn t in the ctute of ~n.cfinia vs I . , as Sandri:... 1 tKL s ot als .:.md f.>2 , 5ol ~ cres of Laud , . Toro or L ·~ s , !i Roc . .ci c"hu.m Jounty , condeH 1i.LlC:: tho trrn true ti., of ..1.und afore - said und ow...1ed , y p Jt i tioa .HL , 0ri b-d in the r3port of tb.8 1appoint0d hereir , a.nd d ..ce d vir.b i-.;r, Su.id t.cac; ts are dos - di oa~d of .n.flp.ca.L..al Cor.u1is~iO.LPr s ShO\m, irn,n 8.!'LH1 11 1owde.r.... rJ.i_p 9 .l'iJ.Jd .11 wld uJ..1.LLo.t,.:Jd o.u Ui.e tnere.1i th upo11 p.,.,y.iljllt into cne l..rnE:.tuo.y of th lcuu.rt of tho sums sat out i,i thJ said juu~,.1e.1t as cons i i tuti,i · 0 1the avurds tiie.::'-Jfo ..c , to - vvit : ,I :~? ,, wa.cd on tro.ut 1To . luo , co.1tuining c:r·;c, more or less , ,p52D . 00 ; und t.ca.;t J.;o . ~f:ib , a pa.ccel ·nd )part oi" the .:.,:xecu to l::iu.i d s r.::i L . . dd:3 conveyed to po tit ion er~ oy John .;. • olle r ' fo res ui d nd v _i u :d u.t 1)320 . 00; 1a cing tot 1 valuation for the two tracts of ~e43 . 00 . Petitio.1ers would s. ow unto th3 Court that at a h ,a..cing ~efore th~ 3o rd of' Arbitrution, composJd of tho Honora,JlJ Phillip illi 1~ , :rono:cable B. 1. 3ertram, po1uissio.1, that bot£: tract !;o . loo nd the ~ ono ra11le John · • and 35b belong to 11. J"'" <.:.lld J • .!.!1 • 1rou ry und not to R. L . .. :oubry , .vhu..c·ou1)0ll i t upon ATTOR N EYS AT LAW a 6 roed tha.t 3titior3rs withd.n1wi1ig t.heir 3XCeptio1s a ,juagmen t should. go in p~titloners' favor i~ I-JAMMER &- I-JAMM ER 11w., o. lGu ttld 'T ., ~J..ceptions . . bu , d ..Ud thJ s:..1.21 of .,uU43 . v0 .:'or tt.Ol'OU,POll 1Jv ti ti 0,10.c.;; CLl} t vO t.L~._c;tb of ,Jl thd..c'di/ tl Ji. .C S id. �I '1 Your peti tion)r ave .cs th t the s t:t id 3 . :. . :;:oubry .rnv j .c did h 1d hac not .10,v , 1::A.ny intera.. :it in th~ Su.id la.id , but VO , thdt he has filed~ ul~iill on tr~ct 65b clui,in g th3 three eras '. \ whi ~h clui n h, ...,purio ~s and he is not ei1titl" 'd to any po1.·tio n of' ' so.id funds . L• .n. • of -ch '11h t Il O other ld J . J . Joubry ~r~ pJrdOU o.r· pe ·sons th 1 you.r· p.J-Citie ,ne1.·s ntitlad to ~hara itl the dibtrio ution ~uid u.Wc;.i..Cd · or 111 the _proueed::5 u..cisin g .r'ro .l the \J011t0n ts of the s . 1id . 1. s XCJpt • the esta.t of John ....~11 u • r, i.n-.Lich hi ontitlo d to have pci.rt from tho funds for the debt se-.:ur,1 d by tLe Deed of Trust f ilJd in thh, Cl:illSe . P~ti ti 0_ er vars that there ~ru no ~ i o.g uinst your 3llS ~ , 1 l'J !)etitio ners ' Lit irest other than th.., tru"'t l !llin to tho said Rollc1· 0~ d tho.t all taxes upon tha said lands have be n naid und that : I ~ th ,3 r~ are n o delinqu ent tax1;S , all of which is shown by ccrtifi cuto~ I of Tnusu rsr and '.llerk horo .filed and pray,d to b•J r,· d a 0 purt, ii er:-~of . :I h)r for J yo:Jr :p1Jtj ti0.113.L'S })ray that th .y JO ad r1i tt e d ii c;l.' l r !'\ p· rti e s hc .cein u.1d1'f' the }"Hov .i. sion of Soctiot 1 21 of tn~ ~)U,Jlic Lc:t R... , ·. \ A - ~ '1... ~ -Lf-J t; ~.J."'- "-,.~.,. . '4 !I P :CJ::. J , .1d.e ,n,1atio ..1. 0t undA tnut d.1 order ,na:J oe 3nt:ired n•J1'3ill 1 1 \wi th tin pc:1y n--3nt of s - id · lit olders .Vo. .J.'dS 'st-te of John J . j a, d s .id sumo to p oti "tiono.c s us the of the fee i::Ln ple ti tl ,:., of th3 s ·id L 1d , 1myiug unto the oller , dacaas~ d, tne SUill LJuureu to it unuer I 1: tlu 1: Dead of Trust _ y ) rocess iSll:.Je V :)1' p.r·a.y &c . . ... . ·--". ,:,TAT o ""'fl .in:T1 CI 'i'Y n .1? .:fa _ :'I OJ 3U ill- , 'i'o - \7i t : I . ~ ~ .....:.. ,zL, ~, a ~! otar:v P:1blic in ~nd for tho City \ of Har.i.·is onburg , Ll th0 of Yir,~ inia. , do corti.fy that _ • .H ~:oubry , ig nt f o:r A . L. ',Ioubry and J . ~, • . foubry , tl•is day perEou ally app1;;a:c-ed before a3 L1 Jy '·ajd Cj t:1 a..1d rood oath that the stu.tA.::.1ent 'of facts cont" inod in t LJ for;goj ng petitio n ..1G.de u 0?1 his own stdi I-JAMMER & I-JAMMER ATTORNEY S AT LAW 'I i f" 1 �1::now.L3d g e is tr:.1e and th ose ·na de u p on informa tion deri v Gd from others , he believ 8a to be true . Given under my hand this 30th da ' r of Decembe r , l933 . {zk£TJotary ~~1< 2,.-A Pub l i c. •L_)I I ,i I' i I--IAMMER & I--IAMMER ATTORNEYS AT LAW �1 2 5.0 0 8 3.0 0 8 4.0 0 8 3.0 0 3 7 5.0 0 ~~ "! �C OP Y I~_$t __2_6_. _o_o_ _,_o-o~I One after date~e or either of year promise and bind ourselv es Grattan , Jr •• and R. to pay to John E. Roller Estate , George G. E. Cabell , Execut ors aua One Hundre d TWenty -five 'DOLLA RS for value received, bearing interest from date, payable annually, and hereby waive the benefit of the Homestead Exemptio n as to this debt. This bond is secured by deed of t r ust of even date herewith from . A. L. and J. F. Moubra y 1:µ'-Wk GeorSLW• Shaver , tof~(M ~ J ' r ., Trustee, _ andVir ginia H. Moubra y & Armint a T. Mou- _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____:__ _ __ Witness,_____.,o._.ur ____ __ handS _ _ and seal_S_t his 16th day of Oo to ber, 1929 _ _ _ _ __,,A~•._____,,L=·~M=o!e..u=-b=r=--a=---y____ ____ (Seal) _ _ _ _ _J_._ F_._M_o_u_b_r_a_:__y_ _ _ _ _ ___ (Seal) C O P I_$8 __3_._o_o___,_o_o~I Two promise and bind Y years after date~e ourselv es or either of John E. Roller Estate , George G. Gratta n, Jr., and R. E. Cabell , Execut ors, ~ to pay to E~ig_h_t~y~_- t_hr _ e_e_ -___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ DOLLA RS for value received, bearing interest from date, payable annually, and hereby waive the benefit of the Homestead Exemptio n as to this debt. This bond is secured by deed of trust of even date herewith from 'A. L. & J. F. Moubra y and Virgin ia H. Moubra y & Armin ta T. Mou ~b_r _a_y- ~G~e~o=r~g- e~ w-.- s-h.,,..a =v-'e-r ~ , ---to <Il/:31:JR-XIIIUl'OCH. Trustee, _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ Witness our handS _ _and seal_B_ t.his 16th day of Oo tober, 1929 ____ _A_._ L_._ M_o_u_b_r_a_y_ _ __ _ _ _ __ (Seal) _ _ _ _J_ ._ F_._ M _o_u_b_r_a_,.y_ _ _ _ _ ____ (Seal) -. C O P I. . _$_84_._o_o___,_o_o~I Y Three years after date__w_e or either of ourselv es to pay to John E. Roller Estate , George G. Gratta n, Jr •• and R. E. Cabell , Execut ors, ~ promise and bind _E_ieg_h~tY~-~t-o~ur-----'-=------'-::.__.:::____:::;_-=- -=- -=- -=- -=-- -=-- -=---=---=--DOLLARS for value received, bearing interest from date, payable annually, and hereby waive the benefit of the Homestead Exemptio n as to this debt. This bond is secured by deed of trust of even date herewith from , _A_._ L_._ a_n_d_ J_._ F_. _M _ o_ u_ b_ r _a,.__y_ _ _ _ and Virgin i a H. Moubra y & Armint a T. Jlou br~y~ George w. Shaver to/'i(ffi.lft;t,a.«1'#d i!X, Trustee, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ Witness_ O_ur _ _ _ _ _ handS _ _and seal_S_ this 16th day of Octobe r, 1929 __ A_. _ L_. _ M_o_u_b_r_a_y_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Seal) _ J_ . _F _ . _M_o_ u_b_r _a___y____ ____ __ _ _ (Seal) s �C OP 1~$ __8_3_._0_0___ __,I Four years after date _0 10 we or either of u ourselves to pay to John E. Roller Estate, George G. Grattan , Jr., and R. E. C&bell, Executors , x11M111t promise and h ind ~E~i~g~h=t~Y~-~t~hr__.e=e..___~--=----=---=---""---=---------------------~-~----DoLLARS for value received, bearing interest from date, payable annually, and hereby waive the benefit of the Homestead Exemption as to this debt. This bond is secured by deed of trust of even date herewith from =•A=•...._..L~.,.____,a=n=d,...,.,...~J~-=F9'--"-._M~o-u~b. .r. .....a.~y~ - - - and Virginia H. Mundy &: Arminta T. Moubra George w. Shaver, top«DY JG~., Trustee, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ Witness_O_u _r_ _ _ _ han~_ _ancl seals__this 16th day of October, _ 1929 - - ~A ~ . ~L~·~M=o~u=b=r~a=y _ _ _ _____ ___ (Seal) _ __J_._ F_._ M_o_u_b _r _a~y_ __ __ __ _ __ (Seal) ct 0 0 ti (I) OP, 0 .... etc+ • ct I-' tr 0' .... .. m I-' \Oo' (>10 0 t:S • p, o' ~ . c-rbl 0 (D i; Cl) ~ en o ct~ I'd (D • I-' .... o p, .. ct 0 -0 i; (I) OP. 0 .... etc+ • I-' ct tr O't-'• • m I-' o' \00 (>I t:S OP. • o' -c:i �- -7 -- ... COPY DEED OF TRUST THIS DEED made this the 16th day of October, 1929, by aiic1. between A. L. :Moubray and Virginia H. Moubray, his wife, and J. F. Moubray and Arminta T. Moubray, his wife, parties of the first part and George w. Shaver, Trustee, party of the second part; W I T NE S S E T H : That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of One Dollar cash in hand paid, and upon the trust Recorded 1 hereinafter declared, do hereby grant and convey, with general D. B. 146 warranty of title, unto the said party of the second part, all of Page 290. that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, situate in the easter portion of Rockingham County, in Stonewall District, Virginia, about two and one-half miles south of Elkton, known as the "Nevill Orawford,n tract of land, containing Eighty-seYen Acres, more or less, adjoining the Abner Lawson tract of land, and others, and being the same property which was conveyed these granters by John E. Roller Estate, George G. Grattan, Jr., and R. E. Cabell, Executors, by deed of even date herewith, which deed is to be placed of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham county, Virginia, just before this deed; EXHIBIT IN TRUST to secure four bonds of even date herewith, "DEED OF TRUST" exeout~d by the said A. L. Moubray and J. F. Moubray, payable to John E. Roller Estate, George G. Grattan, Jr., and R. E. Cabell Executors, one for the sum of One Hundred T\fenty-five Dollars, ($125.00) payable one year after date, with interest from date, another for the sum of Eighty-three Dollars, ($83.00) payable two years after date, with interest from date payable annually, anothe for the sum of Eighty-four Dollars, ($84.00) payable three years after date, with intere s t from date payable annually, and the other for the sum of Eighty-three Dollars, ($83.00) payable four years after date, with interest from date payable annually, all ~ · fc"' I ---~---------~~--- ~~--- �- 2 - of said bonds are to be of equal dignity and secured alike upon the property herein conveyed. It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto tha. of there shall be any default in the payment of said bonds, or either of them, when due, or in the payment of any annual installment of interest thereon, or any failure to keep said property insured, then all of said bonds shall become due and payable, and the Trustee shall at the request of the beneficiarie s, or either of them, their executors or assigns, proceed to execute this trust in pursuance of Section 6167 of the Code of Virginia, except in case of sale by said Trustee, he is to be allowed five per cent. commissions on the gross proceeds of sale. WITNESS the following signatures and seals the day and year first above written. A. L. IIOUBRAY (SEAL). VIRGIUIA H. MOUBRAY (SEAL). J. F. MOUBRAY (SEAL). ARMINTA T. MOUBRAY (SEAL). state of Virginia, City of Roanoke, to-wot: I J.E. Comer, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. L. Moubray and Virginia H. Moubray, his wife, and J. F. Moubray and Arminta T. Moubray, his wife, whose names are signed to the foregoing deed bearing date the 16th day of October, 1929, have personally appeared before me in my said County acknowledged same. My commission expires the 6th day of June, 1932. Given under my hand this the 15th day of March, 1930. J.E. Conrad, N. p. VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit court of Rockingham The foregoing deed of ~ust was this day presented in County. the offioe aforesaid, and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgme nt annexed, admitted to record this 25th day of March, 1930, 4:16 P. M. J. Robert Switzer, Clerk • ~este: • ?7 �Deed Book 146 , .Page 289 THIS DEED made this the 16th day of October, 1929 , by and between the Estate of John E . Roller, by George G. Grattan , Jr ., and R. E . Cabell , Executors , parties of the first part , and A. L. Moubray and J . F . Moubray, parties of the second part ; WIT NE s SETH That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of Five Hundred Dollars , ($ 500 . 00) One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars , ($125 . 00) of' which is cash in hand paid by the said parties of the second part, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for the residue of Three Hundred Seventy- five Dollars , ($3?5 . 00) , the sald parti.es of the second part have t h is day executed their four (4) bonds, payable to John E . Roller Estate , George G. Grattan Jr ., and R. E . Cabell , Executors, one for the sum of One Hundr ed Twenty- five Dollars, ($125 . 00) payable one year after date , with interest frcm date, mother for the sum of Eighty-three Dollars ($83 . 00) payable two years after date, with interest from date payable annually; another for the sum of Eighty- four Dollars , ($84 . 00) payable three years after date, with interest from date payable annually , and the other for the sum of Eighty- three Dollars , ($83 . 00} payJble four years after date with interest from date payable annually, which said four bonds are to be secured by a deed of trust of even date herewith, executed by A. L. Moubray and J . F . Moubray to George W. Shaver, 'l'rus tee, upon the property hereinaf+ ter conveyed, which deed of trust is hereby made a part of this deed; they the said parties of the first part do here by grant and convey, with special warranty of title , unto the said A. L. Moubray and J . F . Moubrey , all of that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, situate in the eastern portion of Rockingham County , Stonewall District , Virginia, about two and one-half miles south of Elkton , known as the "Nevill Crawford," �·-D. B. 146, P . 289 -- 2- - tract conta ining Eighty -seven acres , more or less , adjoin ing the Abner Lawson tract , and other s, and being the same property conve yed to J ohn E. Roller by deed from Charl es A. Hammer , Sp ec ial Comm issione r and Burton Morri s and Saman tha F . Morri s , by deed of date Ap ril 1 , 1910 , duly of re c ord in the Clerk ' s Office o~ Rocki ngham County Virgi nia, in Deed B9ok No . 90 , page 3?2 , to which deed refere nce is hereby made for more descr iption of the prope rty herein convey ed . "HT.NESS the fol lowing si gn atures and seals the day and year f i rst above writ ten . George G. Gratta n, Jr . (SEAL) . R. L . Cabel l (SEAL) . Execu tors John E. Rolle r Estate . State of Virgi nia, City of Harris onbur g , to-wi t: I , Nan C. Liskey , a Notary Publi c in and for the State and City afo r esaid , do hereb y certif y th a t George G. Gratta n , Jr . , and R. E . Cabel l , xecuto rs of John E. Rolle r Estate , whose names are s igned to t h e forego ing deed bearin g date tlie 16th day of Oc tober , 1929 , have ac knowle d ged the same before me in my City afores aid . day of May, 1932 . My commi ssion expire s the 14th Given under my h and this the 28th day of Octob er, 1929 . Nan c. Liskey , N. P . VIRGIN I A: In the Clerk ' s Office of the Circu it Court of Rockin gham County . The f ore~o ing deed of BARGAIN AND SALE was this day presen ted in the office afores aid, and is, to gether with t he certif icate of acknow ledgm ent annex ed, admit ted to record .t his 25th day of March 1930 , 4 : 15 P . M. Teste: J . Rober t Switz er , Clerk o A COPY A t t e s t e : ~ d : - n y ~ ~ er k, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context moubray-r-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Moubray, R. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Gap Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 358 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Moubray https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cb1e19986beb33907f6b8368e3130d9e.pdf 7febad26d31a224b751062995babea0c PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY \ NAME OF CLAIMANT #166 - Moubray, A. L. & J . P. Number of Acres: 101 Location: On Gap Run, and entirely within the Park area . Roads: Two and one- half miles of good dirt road to Yancey , the nearest shippi ng point . Rocky sandy loam of poor fertility . A narrow strip along tge creek is level and has moderate slopes . There is much small loose rock and some outcrops . The cleared land has been worn out and neglected . History of Tract and condition of timber: ']he tract has be en cut over repeatedly for farm use and other purposes . The bark was removed in 1930 . There has been no fire recently and there is a thin stand of hardwood and yellow and white pine up to 6" DBH with occasional larger trees . On the south end there is an open stand of white and yellow pine up to 16" DBH which is of fair quality . The estimate is 4 M. saw timber and 50 cords of f uel~ wood . Improvements: Old house: Frame, dilapidated . Incomplete stable; Log 15x26xl2', poor condition , no roof . Old shed : Acreage and va:IUe of types : Soil: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 91 3 . 00 $273.00 Cove: 5 5 . 00 25 . 00 5 25 . 00 125 ~00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 101 Orchard: Minerals: Value of. Land: $ 423 . 00 Value of Improvements: $50 . 00 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 ij>523 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 5 • 17 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~, ~' CLERK. (,2 �REPORT ON THE ACREAGE of the A. L. & J . F . MOUBRAY TRACT #166 The lines of this tract were taken from a map of the Yost tract and exceptions . This map was made as the result of a court survey by J . G. Myers, County Surveyor . My computation of the acreage , from Mr . Myers ' map, gives lOl- Acres . W. N. Sloan, Chief Engineer, Park Service �Y;j:2 __ Claim o L a . _ ___ In the Circuit Court of-l~ - _ ~---County, irginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservahon and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------------------~ ,-- ---~ ------ --------------------------------------more or less, of land in~ ---~ ~----County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the p_etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~ g o said petitim,i' and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL~:.. --~ f ? : .~-County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said ,petj-ti-0n ai~aid no t~ ffi My name f/_L1, My post office address i s _ ~ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin~v3--zi"Z ____________ acres, on which ther:-,:'}'7 the folio buildi~ j ;)'FEi:_ove~ts ~ --- __ _ _ ___/j:-;_ef~ ~ ~~ ------,__ 1,-"Z-d.i....<--::~ is_a~-~r-·t:£L<ffi-Z~ - __ ---~9J.~ ~-~~~~- - - -------- ---~ TL~ ~ t e d about __ :.f:,- ~ -/--1=,.___ _ ~ - - 2 - - ~- 1-r._~ - , . £ _____miles from-w--c:L__ _____________Virginia, in th~ ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. · If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above . - ---- - -- ~ ---- --- ------------ ---------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or~est, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/f.B.$.11_________ . I am the owner oL _____ __ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of _$~OjJ~_::_ _______ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). __ ___ T _ _ __ ___~ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ -- - - - - - ------ - - -- --- ------ks . t.l;::;,;;:~ RemarK;f' ~ · , _ _:: / ___ $/f-.J.M~~---· ------------/'~R'~~-- - - _______ /}f- - - - -- ----=----------------------. ---------------------- -------------- --------------------------- - - --------------- --- ----- - ---------- - --- ---- - - - ----- - - ----------- --- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__:'.~~~s-~~-:'.~:~~::t~.my name and ~ar: :~;~~~~~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ - _ --, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that __ ____ - - - ----------- - ------- - ---- --- ------- --the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his ab~ swer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this __ _ __.rL_ ________ day oL _c--§:i"-L --::~_1_n_B_L~~ , ..n(./4.,;; ._____ _ G½1ik @i tl:i.e Goa~ or CSpecial Investigator or Netu:r P::hH e, : Jcm4iee 8f th A Pep• �-~ I I Cotm ty; .. ~ookinc:;&;"lu !'' lstri et: :Jton-o tvall !"..e~dt 07 A, n on Onp nun ''500 . 00 (J.92;1) 1 (AGOO?'din(; to tflo !liOt~s f; and tlntir tily fti thin bound$ the J nrlt a~. Of' ~1 court surve 1 thtr:t"1:t • s 101 eo~es ) Rocky oandy loam of' ·p oor torti li ty. 1 nn:rJ:>ott strip nlc.infi tbo o:r<;1e:-.: lt» le.vol and has mQt'iernto nlopn s. 'l'bo:re 1tt t:iuoli l.oos~ rook o.nd t,.()17,io outc:ro1H·.1.. r::1:w. ol~aX'EHl lani::1 lltui b<>eu amall oorn out a.ntwnogle otod. i'WO eat . lt\\NJ:G, ,9 f•. :t,.r:ac,t ,:: • ;11-.,. . ane on&~balt m1lon of. • 1p11,1n~. potn ·· • (;t)tlt1 .~.._*t grui6~.tr&¥~· ,Rt: Jt&1,,pq:ri tUrt :r~cl to Ye.n,m:, * tiie ni~ir- Ttux htUl eon out over :repea ttw<Yly ?or ~e.~ US<) nnti othor t:it·a.ot }'Hll."poa<HJ. '!'he, vino r~ov od in 1950 . 'I~hol\"'!; luan been no f'ir,t) rooein tl::rlml."k O!l<l th~r.e it:¾ tl thin otr..nd o:r hardw ood r~tl yolloi 1 un<1 rthi te p1no WP to f:I" D'3:r.£ ~,1 t~: oot:H'.l.a;,onal la.t-a.;,:r treea . : h tt:o sou;th end d1e:re 10 a~ open atand o::r t1'1h1 ·tt:) ana yello ii pin<., ·11) to lo" Th'3U which $ of fa.tr qu.$l 1ty. 'rho rmt.1r~tttc ta ,t i . saw timbEir o ~4 . 00 per a* .... no oorda of i;"uel~ooa .. t:>0¢ }"10.0 0 'I"\• ~~ 5 ·88 ...:.1 -. 11ra1n-0 ,,d1l.a;p1tt.a ted ~~~~...,;;;:..~t.·o~l;..i;o..,: !,,oe; l.fbt2B xl2 • • poot• contU tt,:>n .... . 10 . 00 30.oo Tota l value of lnn.d Total v~ uo of :t:rriprov~.rr.&nto ~o tal valne of t1t1b r Total value of tract A.-e:rage value per a.ere �,I <I/ :z J:, I'\ ' - :; • z, 2 JD !? = 0 "' ffl 0 :z "C0 m STATEMENT D m -4 m J. IJ C XI z,;"' i . ;' -I ti I> ,c: CO -I ::z OF ) Chas . A. Hammer, p.q. OR~ < ::ir -. N :::, m < DI N - 3 .. II n n Co- A. ', L. MOUBRAY_and J. F. JlrOUBRAY "II II Ill -4 0 - :, C ., "' :z ;~="" STA ti.'MENT OF CQS TS, POSTAGE, ETC .. : J • 7'1 �(· . To The Hon. Phillip illiams , Chairman of the Land Tract Arbitration Board: We , A. L. Moubray and .r. F. M:>ubray, have employed Messra o Hammer & Hamn.er of Harrisonburg, to represent us in al1 comdemnation proceedings in connection with our land tract #166 in the Shenandoah National Park Area , as it appears upon the Ill3PS filed in the Clerk ' s Office of' Rocmingham Countyo Given under our hands this 22nd day of' .August, 19330 -' . 15 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCEINGHAivl COUNTY, VIRGINIAo THE STATE COMlvITSSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELO:EMENT OF ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, Vs. CASANDRA. LAWSON ATKINS i et als. , and 52,501 acres of land in Roak!i.ngham County. fi\ed in the C\erkts Office Rockingham County, Va, To The Hono H,. Wo Bertram , Judge of the Said Court: AUGJ-/ 1933 g _ ~ ~ Clerk (1) The motion of Ao L. Moubray and J. F. Moubray #f~ng the said Court to,disapprove and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by the said Court in the above matter, wherein the said Board reported under No . 166 of' its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of the said Court that moveants are only entitled to the sum of FIVE HUNDRED ($500000) DO~ for the tract of 87 acres of land, which was conveyed to X these movel!IBJhs by the executors of John Eo Roller, dec 'do ... ,-~ ~;ft.A,,, -~ The tract conveyed to moveants/\by the said execut1111rs was known as the "Sipe Tract", and the Park Commissioners by actual survey ascertained that it contained 101 acres instead of 87 0 (2) The amoo,tj.t allowed for the said land is wholly inadequate and amounts to taking the property without just compensationo (3} The property is improved by a frame dwelling 16 x 22 feet, sealed in- side, composition roof, containing 4 rooms, of the value of TWO HUNDRED .AND FIFTY $$250.00) DOLLARS; a small frame stable 12 x 16 feet, with shingle roof, of the value of' TWENTY FIVE ($25000) DOLLARS; of 'mN ($10 0 00) DOLLARS; one chicken house 6 x 8 feet of the value one log barn 16 x 26 feet, two stories high with metal roof, of the value of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ($150.00) DOI.LABS; one cellar 8 x 12 feet, With board roof, of the value of FORTY ($40000) DOI.LARS; one frame chicken house at the log barn, 6 x 10 feet, with metal roof, of the value of FIFTEEN ($15.00) DOI.LA.RS; and one small buil.ding 8 x . 10 feet, with metal roof, of the value of '.mN ($10 000) DOI.LA.RS. The entire 87 acres is of cove land with never failing running water through it, and is adapted to and use't:l. by the moveants for agricultural and grazing purposes, and is worth easily TEN ($~0.00) DOLLARS per acreo _ _ _ _ 71,g. �-2- Ill' addition to the above there is at least 15,000 feet of saw timber worth FIVE ($5000) per thousand. Your petition~s state that moveants parents ocoupy this land, and that the sums named above are reasonable an4 fair. ·Moveants prefer to have a trial by jury, and ask that they be allowed the sum of FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND ONE ($1501000) DOLLARS which is justly due 0 7 ~ Hammer & Hammer,Counsel VIRGINIA, CITY OF HARRISONBURG; TO-WIT: I, A.C.Moubray, the father of A.Lo~IDUbray and J.F.~IDubray, Whose name is signed on the margin hereof, this day personally appeared before me in my said City and made oath that he is the acting agent and in charge of the lands of .L. • and J" oF . uoubray, known as Tract No . 166 in the Park proceedings, and further affi:rms that the facts as stated in the foregoing motion are trueo Given under my hand and seal this 22nd day of August, 1933. 77 �filed in the Clerkrs Office Rockingham County, Va. MOUBREY , A. L. and J" . F . f SEP 166 1933 ~r~ ROOKI NGHAM COUNTY IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEM:ENTS submitted to the Governor ar1s1ng in or out of Condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virgini a under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . SUMJ.ARY STATEI-/rEHT EXCEPTANTS: OF PETITIONER: Mouhrey , A. L. and ;r . ·F • ORIGINAL CL.AIM: Acreage 87 : Vu.lue $4 , 350 . 00 : Inc . Damages, $2 ,000 VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY TR.ACT NO. V PETITIONER ' S APPRAISERS : \.LUE $406 . 00 166 D ' CIDEFTAL DAMAGES None BO_.RD OF APPR_uSAL COUMISSI ON.CRS Fr:t-mr-Gs : MAP NUI.IBER OF TR.,.CT : 166 VJ.LUE OF IB..,.CT: TRACT NO . 1 66 VALUE 523 . 00 INCID~lfTAL D_ :'U. GES None �The basic differences between Petitioner and these exceptants are as to the classification a nd value of the land and improvements, buildings, ti mber values, and amount of incidental damages . Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner ' s appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commiss i oners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted a nd will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the classification of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case , and not as set forth in exceptants 1 statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional cop:ie s of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired. Subscribed to and verified before me this the 1'~ay of September, 1933 . ~cvd!~ 1 Emma K. ~tokes , Notary Public 7'! �::>TA'l1E 0 ...,L1I.5.:iICN OJ JO:l.3£RV.b'.L1I J:r •1 ~ O.b' VIRGI./IA J~m D1U..:LOP1,GLlT LJ ..i.'H.r:,; .3T.ATt.: V3 . C ss :{DRA AT.i:CLrn lW.!.i Ot_fl{.&RS , aND .b'I: TY T JO Tli0U3A:rn ]' IV£ HUUDRED AIJ SIXTY mm ( 5&:! , 561) ACR:3.3 01!' LA.Lrn LJ ID JXI!IGH.Ai.1 0OUlJTY . TO the Honorable H• • Bertram, Judg e of the Circuit Court of Rcokinghsm County • . 'l'he Petition of .A . • a oubrey and J, F . i. oubrey , respectfully re pre sen ts : THAT they are the owners of track No ./t,' upon the map of th supposed to be t · ,{ en for ParK purposes in Ro-Jkinghar.n Jaunty and sup p osed to .Jontain ab ou t One h undred and One Ecres and that they object to the allowances nade and except to the report filed n the Uircuit Court of Roo.kingham Cou 11ty by the Boa.rd of appraisal a Commissioner s in that the amou1t allowed ..eetitioners is unjust E:nd unfair. '..L'he property cost ·x.Jepta.n t .!!' ive 11und rea. uo lla rs to begin with and ~xce_ptants h-ave cl.e red and fenced the land snd constructe thereon sundry buildings and the lands are now iVOrth at le £st Hundred .1)0.Ll::. rs . 1wel.ve 1 he lands. , while not of the best quality , are still creek botto,n through which there is ru1mint?; water at all ti.,1e and furnishes Exceptants a good hoille . 1he t 8k ing o f the p rop ert y a 1 1 the prices proposed by the .Appraisal uo.n.nissioner s will a'.nount to confiscation of t he sane . they therefore ask for a hearing before the court to the end that such reasonable allowances be made them f or their l ands as to the Gourt may s eem pro-per . B3 ~;m:s: l .~ �-- 2 VI ffi I NU , CITY Ot HARRIS01LBU.G , 'i.1 0- wit : I , Bessie~ . uo oKe , a~ otary PubliJ in and ror the City of :qa_rrisonbur~ and . t"'te of Virginia , a.o certify thst ~~ ~ Q_ ~ • d. 1,Ioubrey , whose names ~signed ~:te:-e-~ a, , th is day personally appes red before me and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing petition are true . Given under my hand this 30th day of depte :noer , 19:12. liSO � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context moubray-a-l-and-j-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Moubray, A. L. & J. F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Gap Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 166 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Moubray https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0453231f0a138f77f280d475d98e3333.pdf 133217fceb71599b2ab6a046bba91579 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM CDUNTY NAME OF OWNE R #219 - Morris , Wm . Number of Acres: 8 Near Sandy Bottom Location: Roads: 2 miles o: fair dirt road to Spotsw ood Trail near Swift Run; thence 4 P iles to Elkton . Soil: sandy clay of good depth and fair fertili ty ; with gentle slopes and southw est exposu re . modera tely rocky A small portion of this tract was History of Tract and condition of timber: it has reverte d back to forest type . then since ago, cleared many years Wooded area has been cut over-re peatedl y in the past . The presen t stand to cut an avconsis ts of mixed oaks and yellow pine . It is estima ted cords . 70 of total a or , acre per od fuelv10 of cords 10 erage of Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 7 @ $4 . 00 $28 . 00 1 @ 25 . 00 25 . 00 $53 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 53 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 215 . 00 215 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 25 . 00 ~p303 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ rl:> 37 .87 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE -~ - /{p o_ .. CLERK 2. �county: :,ocltingham 'Oiat:riot; .'tone all A.orea,-;e .q,l; 1140<1: ,. J7o.oo Value p1a,i,r.J!l4: ffoar sandy Bott om. 1929 or li30 .) •.::endy ola.y of good de ,1tll mi· w1 th gontla slopes rmd hoa<ls: L1 sto:r . "(Said to have pnt d BJ .. 00 per · ore t ta:r thta 1and 1n t1l1:r fertt11ty ; rn.ode:rotely rocky nout t:rwoat O.Xi)osuro. ot t'air dt:c:·t road to Spots oot.l · thence f.J u· "!l.1 lc~ t j ~lkton . 't o miler,; rail near SW1!'t fo.an. ; of traot iant\ cond tticm ot t1rob$r-: .~ am.all portion of this tract w-as many year@ ucoi alnca the~ tt hn" ravo:rteu baok to forest typo . :ooaed area b s oeo i cut over rapeatedly 1n the pa~t . ,.he pree~nt 'tl:lnd consists of mixed ouks and yellou p1 "le . lt is eat.ithted to trit 8'"1 e vereco of 10 co:-t1s of' !" olwood pe:r 1:;ore 50¢ per c.:>rd ..... _ ~iti . 00 nr a tott..l or ? 1 cord.a va.l uod irotal Vnlue "aI. oo 10. 00 • :J:!1, o'o " rotal v 1 luo or 10.n, "'51 . 00 Total va l 1Je or t1mbel" 66 . 00 , ve1" @e vn lue per a.ere a . 20 �- ...... _,.. Q!nmmnuwealtl1 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 18, 1 9 34 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t hi s 18 day of January with an order of the circuit court of date d_l/15/34 in accordance Ro ckingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins -- - - - -- - -- - - - - :paid. to M. H. Harrison County Treasurer of Rockingham County Harrisonburg, Virg inia $ .55 being in f ull settlement of tract #219 in the above mentioned. cause. ) / r of Virginia. �Qtommnuwraltl1 of ]Iirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 18, 1 934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer of Rocki ngham County Harrisonburg , Virgin ia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $~-~5~5~---, in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of _ _~R =o~c~k=i=n~g=h=am=--- entered on the of January 15th day 193L, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ___C~a~s_s=a=n=d-r~a~L =a~w-s~o=n~ A=t=k~ i =n~s~ __ and others , being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # - 2~ 1 ~9_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Trea s urer of Virg i nia. �o.tnmmnuwtalt11 nf lllirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL January 18 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Willi am Morris Swift Run , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 302 . 45 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Roc k ingham of January entered on the 15th day 193!_, in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat i on and Deve lopment v _ __ _ ___.C~a~s.. . . ,_s=a~n~d~r~a._J~,a~w-~s~o~n.,_,.A~t~k~1.·n~s-- - and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g a s #--2_1_9~- - Si gn or igin a l a nd dup li ca te and r e turn t o t h e Tr eas u re r of Virg i n ia. �(ltnmmnuttttttlt4 nf lllirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 18, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA • This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 18 clay of January in accord.ance with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County d.a t e d 1/15/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins --------------paid to __William Morris, Swift Run, Virginia vs. $ 302.45 b e ing i n full settlement of tract #-2J.9 in the above mentioned cause. / LL- Treasurer of Virginia. �IN THE C IBCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of' the State of Virginia v. Petitioner #1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als,, etc . Defendants /""'" On this, the / ~ day of' January , 1934, came, William Morris and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for the payment to him of" the sum of $303 . 00,. the am:.ount of the award set out in the award of' condemnation for Tract No . 219, heretofcre paid into Court . And it a p_rearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal.. Commissioners heretofore :filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the _ day of November, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, t ,he said William Mon-is is inwested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract of land No . 219, arul thgt the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Tract No. 219, or to the pro·ceeds a.rising from the condemnation thereof,. and that the said. William Morris is entitled to receive the proceeds arisirg from the condemnation o~ said Tract No . 219, and it further appearit\g to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 219 have been paid:a, except taxes, f'or the: year 1933, amounting to t .he sum of' $:. 55: Upon consid.e ration whereof',it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of j303.00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation far Traet No. 21.9 be paid as follows: To M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer of' Rockingham County, the sum at:' $. 55, tax.es: for the year 1933,; and that the balance of said award, towi t,, the s·um of' $302.45, he paid unto the sa:id: Vfilliam Morris; and the Clerk of' this Court is directed to transmit a certif':ls d oopy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shaJLl disburse said award off' $303 . 00 as abo,ve set out, said sum being the amount, of' the award set out in the judgment of' condenmtion for Tract No. 219, tak- I �ing f'rom. the said M. H. Harris on, County Treas urer, and William Morris receip t there for and certif ying such payme nt to the Clerk of this Court f'or appro priate \en try thereo f as requir ed by law. s7 �____ _"" STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Swi t zer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinque nt taxes agaimt the tract of 5 acres in Stonewa ll D:ls.,tric t, assessed in the name of William Morris. Given under my hand this 10th day of January , 1934. Cler !SY �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It l·ay Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that William !\.orris has -oaid the taxes for the year 1932 on his tract of 5- 0 - 0 acres or land situate in the Blue Ridae 1ountains in stonewall District, Rockingham County, and that the taxes for the year 1933 on said tract of land amounting to$ . 55 is unpaid . ~11 taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk 's Office of said County . January 1934 . 1iven under my hand this 5th day of �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and 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 es~ate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. 2-/--Jl-----: 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. '2::.L..f'_ ___ $_1_~_.f_~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; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to No._::?::..;(_£ ____ $_:ff?..i.~ Tract receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: 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 / L Y ~ - ~ - ----- P.O.ADDRESS ---~~- £~-~------ State of Virginia, County of Rockingham to-wit: -------"ThTSda:y- persona""Ily- appeared ~efore me - William Morris -and made oath _t.ha..t __t.~_.s.tatemen.t.s.-.con-ta..i-n-ed- in the--abo-ve--pe--ti-ti-on--su-rar --as-made of ~~h;~~~~:et~~ ~:~:1-i~-~~-!!. .~l';-~!'~~--~d s~_f_~~-~~-P.!~9'.~ __\!p_Qn__int.orruntio.n em ~o ue true . Given under m.-.,-~ this 8th day of ves - -- ---------;Not-ar y Public. Janua.r_y_, __ig_3 .4...________________________ ___ __ _ r the convenience of interested NOTE- A supply of this blank form has been place parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not pr ribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present thei motions in any form they may desire which meets with the apJ?roval of the Court. This blank form may not ana 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. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMM I SS ION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA vs . DASSANDRA L.AWSON ATKI :'1S ET ALS , and 52 , 561 Acres of Land , MOHE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA This day came the parties by Counsel , and upon motion of William Morris by Hammer and Hammer , his Attorney s , it is ordered that John Robert Switzer , Clerk of this Coart , into whose hands there was paid under the order of this Court entered on February 1934 , by the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia , the sum of $150 . 00 on account of the improv~ - 4- ~ ~ d..v ~ ~..1,t;~,;ftj)t#--L-d, _;t;;. ~ I , . ¥ - # ~ - / ; . : . , ~ ments added upon Tract No . 219 belongin g to William Morri~Ain sati -~ faction of said award , which sum , when so paid , shall be in full o the judgmen t and allowanc e for the improvem ents on Tract No . 219 / 1 l . made aft er the said appraisa l report , taking a receipt for the sai~ . amount, and certifyi ng such payment to this Court making appropr ia 1-1.. entry as required by law . 't 1/l\ t\ vy1\ v-\ \ HAMMER a. HAMMER ATT ORNEYS AT L AW HARRISONBUR G , VA . J �.. - �. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPME NT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA vs . CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKI NS ET ALS , and 52 , 561 Acres of Land MORE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA The Petition of William Morris respect fully represen ts That he is the owner in fee simple of tract No . 219 as shown and delineat ed upon the map of the Park Lands in Rockingh am County; and that there has been , under an order of the Court enter ed on February 28 , 1934 , an allowanc e of $150 . 00 addition al for th improvem ents on tract No . 219 made on said land since the Commiss ioners viewed the property , which sum by order of the Court was directed paid and has been paid into the hands of John Robert Swit er, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingh am County, to be disburs d . That your Petition er is entitled to said fund and desires.th e entry of an order, directin g the said Switzer to pay the said sum unto your Petition er . Wherefo re, your Petition er prays that an order be ent red directin g the said John Robert Switzer , Clerk,to pay unto your I Petition er , or to his Attorney s Hammer and Hammer, the said !jjil50 . 0 , and he will ever pray &c . BY COU \TSEL C01DJSEL HAMMER & HAMMER ATTORNEYS AT LAW HARRISONBUR G , VA . �·~ r Q ~ i-t )_ {, t1 "" "(;) \ -- - V �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA Petitioner v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, ET ALS, etc. Defendant Received of J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars,. ($150.00), being in full for the amount paid into the hands of said Clerk for improvements on Tract No. 219, - belonging to William Morris, in the above styled case. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-wm.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Wm. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Sandy Bottom 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): 219 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2885d7d23626f4bddf617eed1a2361df.pdf 77905df9fb4f51d938f67b86f5b759e1 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNi1Y .._,/ NAME OF CLAIMANT #345 - Morris, Number of Acres: lilliam F. ? Entirely Hithin the Park area . Location: Deep Run . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Port Republic, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . timber has been ~he remaining stand consists of History of Tract and condition of timber: All the merchantable sa removed from this tract . small oaks and sone pine . 1 Improvements : Old log dwelling: 16xl8', vith 10xl4' kitchen, shingle roof, 1 story , log walls, poor condition, abandoned . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 5 @ $5 . 00 ~25 . 00 30 . 00 60 . 00 ::};85 . ~o Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 2 ? Orchard: Minerals: 66 . 00 Value of Land:$ 85 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 6 6 . 00 25.00 Value of Orchard: $ 25 • 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 28 . 71 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 25 . 00 "'201.00 �11ct:L:/ ~ ---------------------------------------------_ Claim of In the Circuit Court of~ ---~ ~---County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conser.fation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------------- /10;,4; ----- ,7 : ------------------------------ ------------ more or less, of land in!~ -- ~ ~ ------County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to th~ petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing o said petitfem and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit • I Court of"C, -- L ~- ~ -- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~yan::: :: sa·-L~io;,q;;::no lice. /--------------------------------- My post office address is_-:- _ ~ ------------------------ ---------I claim a right, title, estate or mterest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__l__tl._ ___________ acres, on which thero/~ t~f following buildings and improvement~ ~--0 ' - ~_<f,_L~??(___________ _ -;~~:J;~-;~-1~~~~~-~~~~1~~z£--~~-_-_:;1~~-;~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~.-;~ tha........ :::-:r~~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land o,vners adjacent to the above de scribed tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South __________________________________________________________________ ___________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $2.lS°'~------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). $ii£!!_______ Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary ?~.Jhe back). t an#~~~~~~~~~~~~~y of_ ~ itness-=~-:~~a~~r1: 3 my name ST~ VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________________________ , To-wit. . The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ;:i~-~~~~~~::~~~-~::i:f:~~:_:::~~~~~~- ~: A_kn:wle~:~-~ ~-e~~~~ GiePk Qf the-CoUrt, or pecial Investigator or NQtmcy FubHc, 01 Jasbiee of the }?g~e. �C(JUDty: n1 t:riot: ookineh Hto1ow l orris 1!345 7· sed '1- -24 d g. ~4 1~1'1 ol< 2 1/ ., 010 D tor " too tton: .i.. Pe: D r, l un. · nt1 rely w1 thin h :" r,• ar • tone known ... no at.1: ot a t 1 .. uepth dy loo n1! tert.111 ty. lee via dirt ro~d to ort l public •be n res · hi ping po1n. H:1sto:2:: tl tro :.s nn sew th1 111no . • 1th 10 •• 1 4 oor ~-ondi 1 . 00 v ..1 1/alu c eat: n ~ ...lo e J\ X' 5 -., ·• nlehle 2 'tot l V l e T'Ot"l V lu ot 1mp:roven n 0 Total v l 0 Totel valu ot AYO lund 11:ib t ,a ·' . BOre ot r :. 7.00 10.00 11n.oo l .0') t "o • ·oout o.oo t t;.itoh n • ~ 1uon •,ht ."l d. ~.o.oo l?.00 ~7.00 "'10 �0 r r is , ·n . F . County : \oc 1cinc,ll 11 District : 3tone;all L ..G~:~D Slope - _'illable . . . c·Ale - l 11 - ~ c'uins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-william-f.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, William F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 345 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/769415e1a0e06a7ec59686afbd066d18.pdf 48a937404572d78f5d53091e7bb85979 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT §340 - :Morris , Sophronia Number of Acres: 12 Location: Neck Run . Roads: Three and one-fourt h miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . the entire area . Entirely within the Park area . History of Tract and condition of timber: removed from this tract . oaks and scrubby pine . Some loose rock over 11 the merchantable saw timber has been The rema ~ning st c1 nd consists of small Log dwelling 16x24', with 3 rooms, brick f lues, paper roof, log wells, fair condi t ion, occupied by tenant . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 3 ~;5 . 00 15 . 00 3~5. 00 315 . 00 j330 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 9 ·~ 12 Orchard: Minerals : Valoe of Land : $ 3 30 • OO 215 . 00 '1?545 . 00 Value of Improvements : $ 215 . 0 0 Value of Orchard: $ Valoe of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Valoe of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 45 . 41 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO NE . �!oc County; !)1etr1a't: 8 •eok Lpa: soil: y n.. t1rely w1 tb1 o or t 1:r the rk d t :rttli y. looo 1·e :rea ook t l/4 f•11Gs • ho 2 co 3. 0 !3 roolllS. ooupi d by l 1 { er n t 9 <1l ".. •• V lU of l• nd •• tte .., r tr· ct ere I " I r l. val e . / .. l.O.LO 'i70.00 ~ f.O.!>O !2172 0 h et 1918 1a on rctl • Fnl· .h 1 • e, . ;o ~1 . it •t 60.00 eso.oo o.oo ~~-00 _......,_,~ 4.., .oo ~2.U /fJb �}340 - L ____,._;:_ _is , __ . . . ophronia _,_ .,__.,., _,Q 111t: Rockingham District : .Jton 11 N '-137 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-sophronia.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Sophronia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck 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): 340 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a09221e8d5c623b4fdfd8e31d3ea7b99.pdf ffe5ed2448f60b5619b524cb3bcfb3f4 PDF Text Text ROCKIUGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #221 - Morris, Sam Number of Acres: 22 Location: Near Sandy Bottom. Roads: Two miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift , Run: thence four miles to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility in the fields near the house and only fair depth over rest of the tract, very rocky in the wooded portion with steep slopes and northwest and south. f T . of bm . ber:west exposure . H1story o ract an d con d.It10n J.. large portion of this tract was cleared many years ago and ~ been cut over repeatedly . Present stand consists of mixed oaks. Improvements: Dwelling: Log l6x20', 3 rooms, porch 8x8 •, paper roof, ll story, log finish, fair condition, occupied by owner . Barn: Log, 14xl6xl2', shingle ro of with shed 10xl6', fair 1mpr.o ixmenc condition. Granary 1 18xl2x?', log, shingle roof,. fair condition . Hen house: Log 10xl2x8', shingle roof, fair condition . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 @ ' 3 . 00 p24.00 20 . 00 180.00 20 . 00 100 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 9 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: @ w304 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 304.00 595.00 Value of Improvements: $ 595.00 25.00 Value of Orchard: $ 25. 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 $974 .00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ 44 . 2? Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . CI;EBK. �r- ;;. · , '"',am }2'31 - ;,~orris Co'mty : -'-"ocl:inrrh'--'m Jistrict : wton~ .all John , . Hoach Jun i e l ..-nif ...,lett :..--:G ,PD Cloi)e - }r&:z:inc; ~' i 1 ~c..tb le cnle _ l' - ~c ch2ins 3'il �\ ,,_r/'1 ---~;;a;:rt;::y {-------------·-. ___ .______________________ _ Claim o~ __ . -----County, Virgmia, No. ________ , At Law. ' In the Circmt Court of_ __________ '";-:---~ The State Commission on Conseryation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___________________________________________________ __________________________ _ ------------------------ riJ. ___ ..,t~_______ / ------------------------ ---------------------· . Def end ants. County, v·irgmia., " --t' ~ y,-e,,/{,_ v<. ?'-L-------------· ____________ more or 1ess, of l an d m1 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 /29-g of said peti~; n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Coui:t of,,.-~ ~ . t '-~ ; , : ~ ~--Cou?ty, \:irginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said pet1t10n and to aid notice. ~MIi!----------------------------------------- My name is ____ Vo-d'(_ -~ .:~ ~iy post office address is ___-. ,/ ~ _f--_~L __________________________________ _ • p1 I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containin .a~ut_~~-- - -:_------- - - acres, on which there are the following an. mprovem ntsi- . / c ! - f ~_f f ~ --~ ~-----bmldi .:/K~.2 -~ ~:y~ - - -~ ~ f;~ -: This },1'd is l~cated abo~L-! --~--~-miles ~ro __ L'._'--/ 4 ~----------- ---Virginia, in the~ ~ ~ -Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or / 1 parcel of land described above. ) ------- ------------ --- ---------------- ~ ~---~ ~ -- - - - - - --------- ------ners adjacent to the abov3/6.escr~d tra ' tor parcel of land are as follows: The Ian~ /?-,-: _"l" --------------------------------/f:__~",2,,-z f--------t 1//L. "-~- North '-- /. ~ l l ~ South !::t ti ----;/tu, ~-r~ ------- - - ------ - - -- --- --- - --- - - ----- N '7-- ------------_, _' ____ _' I - ------------- - ----- - -- - - ------ - - -- - - - --- dfl'..J./-__in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year TTfollowing manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/J_/)_~~-~-------· 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 $/J_t)./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 practLcable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· --- ------------- ---------------- - - ------------ - - - --- ---------------------- - - -------------------- --- ------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary ~n,d_he back). W~tness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thi --f---------day ____ ___ j_.il. _,!_t,,__)__L~P:::: ___________ _ 193/--· oL£LtL(_s__ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ __ __ _________ _____ ___ _, To:wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that__ ___ ______ __ ____ _______________ ____ ______ ___ __ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, and things appearing in his ab.?, L_ __ _____ _ , this ____ __ ~ fr_.,_ _____day of.~ ::~er --------, 193L ,~ . ./ " { ' £~,_ .•________ _ Slerk=Gf ~he Oo1n e, ,o.._,c'~~~vestigator or ~ - I r e , g:r;:;:Just:icQ of iihe P0800-i. 13~ �county: Ro ckingham District: St0newall . !I ?21 ,.orea -.e Claimed: 22 .Assessed: 10 1300.GO Val 1e Cl imed: Location: orris, s m e ~ ..,ao. oo " eed:20 "(1981) Gons1derat1ons i;p47 .oo r .Sandy Bott m. Incumbrences 1 c:,.inter clains or le..12s: one kno n. Sandy- clay of ood de th and fertility in t ho fields near the house 1nd only fair deptn over rest )f the tract, very rocky 1 the wooded portion with steep slopes and northwest and s uthest exposure . §.ill: Roads: wo miles of air dirt road to ,;.; otswood t . enoe four miles to ,lkton. rail near wift P.un; J.1storz of tre.ot nd oondi tion of timber: a large ;iortion of this tract was cleared many yea.rs go · nd has been gna z;ed and cultivated since. The ooded ar a has been cut over repeatedly. Pres at st nd oonsists of ,nixed oa<:s . It io es t imated t-:> o t an average of 3 cords per acre va l~ed ti0¢ or a total of 39 eds. valued @ 50¢ ---- ' l ) .oO. I provem nts: .J\eliins: Log l6x2O', 3 rooms, porch 8x8', paper roof. l l st ,) ry, log ftnlsh, fair c >ndit1o , oooupied by owner,,450 .00 ~ : Log l4xl6xl2', shingle roof 1th shod 10xl6', fair 0)ndition -120.00 Granarx: 18xl2x7', lor.; , shingle roof, f a. tr c )ndt t ion20. )0 Ie ~ ousc: Log 10xl2x8', shi ngle roof, fair 2 ) .00 " 610.00 Value ~ Slope F g F o or lan .. bz tx~es: .aorease Value ,12er acre Total V, lue g "'3. 00 ,,Jg.oo 10. 00 5 90.00 20.00 100.00 13 27 '~ota.l valu e o f land ot l V lu of improv ments ot a l V l1e of timber 'i'ot 1 va lue of tract ~ ver e value per acre 229 . 00 239.00 610 . 00 19 .oO 863. do 31.98 No te -- L1he im:provements ims been added s1· n e e the l~nd was purchased . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-sam.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Sam Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Sandy Bottom 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): 221 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c24509f8ffd76fa32841a0181af6c917.pdf d59f5b6ac4d0eb36762c289e5d60ac59 PDF Text Text v ~~ ,,,s /??4 Claim of_ . / \..r~ __ j / ~ ------------------------ ----------------In the Circuit Court of.£bb __-( _~ - ~Y-"{= ____ 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.,: .:P.eL_.L~?...k(~L {._ _____ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~}Y1g ,?f said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court --~SY- -;,-(~:... - ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said pet~ion and to said notice. ovW ~_g_,,_ff-'-~f f ~ My name is.:::-J__ 7 ---------------------------------My post office address is_ .:. __ "*rt < : : : ~ --------------- - -------------------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__ ~ -----;,1------acres, on which there are the following bmldmgs and 1mprovements:_~ -~ . a l~ -----------------~------ ------- --------------------------------------------------- 9 / -------------------- This land 4 is located about__/f 1=-_____ miles from~ : ~-----------Virgin ia, in the ,.,....,·~ ~ ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) 'I('. The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ____ ~----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ -South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year.Ltj'_() ____ in the following manner: / ~ '// -----------------7~ ;,/-~;;z,:_ 1 -- / ~ / - r;:L?d ---------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $)_$21~-!_:________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -- ------------------------- -------=------------ (Continue r~marks if necessary1 ?P~ Witness my signature (or my name and mar lj_-_/_L oL=--=-=-/ r----------, 193f. ___ e back). tta~hed hereto) this...2-::r_':_ _____ day ~· ~ _____ ---~ -- ________________ _ STATif"OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ______ ---------------------, To-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 abo nswer are true to th~ t of his knowledg.e and belief, this ___ / ~/i'::______ day of- ~ -------, 1931Y. - ~ -- ll,A/L ,.____ _ eterk--of-the-Got1.rt;"" or _ecial Investigator or N:@tar~ J?ua+ie, er Justiee ef the--PE?aCii.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-sallie-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Sallie B. 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. (<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 Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a75665f7cfaa946aada078e98e862a87.pdf 6508be6daaad986c689fae4b4cacde35 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAH COUl\TTY NAME OF QLOO~ .. OT7NER #189 - fuorris , S. G. Number of Acres: 168 Location: xtending from Sandy Bottom to High Top I'ountc..in. T,,,o acres sol d to Jesse ![orris and translation of deed to take pl&ce at death of S. G. Horris . Roads: T rn miles of fair dirt roacl to Spotswood thence four miles to :lkton. 'rai 1 ,near .;, ift Run:J. Soil: Soil of fair dept_1 and fertility; some of it is very rocky with steep to moderate slopes, and northwest and southvrnst exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: large portion of this tract was cleL<red many years ago a.nu. has been cru.zed and cultivated since ith the exce11tion of sever:11 portions which have been neglected and is now r, rown up into brush . The wooded area has been c~t over repeatedly in the past . The present stand consi ts of mixed oaks und some dead chestnut present . The wooded area is estim-ted to cut an average of 8 cords per acre, or a lmp:l'.a.venrents :total of 216 acres . .1. Improveme nts :( See reverse side for Improvement information) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 25 ,p3 . 00 ~75 . 00 Cove: 1 10 . 00 10 . 00 Grazing Land: 69 20 . 00 1~380 . 00 Fields Restocking: 27 10 . 00 270 . 00 Cultivated Land: 44 25 . 00 168 11 o.oo v'-'835 . 00 Value of Land: $ 2835 . 00 175 . 00 @ Orchard: Minerals : Value of Improvements: $ 1525 . 00 1525 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ 1 75 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 A585 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: Jesse !'o... ris has upon dee.th off ther a v&lue of \645.00 for home in 1,hich he lives. tJ J. :If Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE . ~- /~ fio_ ,L~..K. ~ ?,~ �REPORr ON THE ACREAGE of the S. G. MORRIS TR CT #189. '£his land was conveyed to in eight separate parcels . s . G. Morris The total of the acreages purported to be contained in these eight parcels is 222 . Only five of the eight tracts have descriptio ns which can be platted, and the ~creages of the other three must, therefore , have been mere guesses . Our field parties did sufficien t work on this truct, in running boundary lines and tie lines, to locate every corner of the tract which was not located by u closed survey contuined in a deed . From these ties and closed surveys I have mapped the s. G. Morris tract, and find it to contain 168 acres, which is covered by the State ' s report . /2/7/J f) ,J z:o~ - vt/,//. ~ VI . 1l;. Sloan , Chief 3ngineer, Park Service . �a; l 89 - Vulu Locui.ion: . orris, F\ ount y : 1ocki n ham !s tric t : Stone a ll • G. · s sessed: 196 A - 140 P. Deed -7· -- 1890 '1 180.00 20 \ -- 1918 " 07- 1~0 21906 1.1 tend i ng from s andy bottom to igh Top 13 A 1904 1910 o ntatn . ..wo er s sold to J esse •orri s 50 A o. tra sla io o deed to ta e place at 6 ~ 1904 d ... th of S. G. orr is . ~1 appar nt--1 96 A. ly so l d b • 1 0 p •. ~oil f fui r depth and fert i l i ty ; s ome of it i s ve r y ro cky ~th steep to moderate slop s , a d orthwest and s ,1th est expo s ur e . Soi : oads : istory - ~110 . 00 100 .00 - 400 .00 - 100 .00 372 . 00 - 1·~.00 1 9 07.0 J To mi l es of fa i r dirt road to Spot o ood T~ail near S,ift Run ; t h ~nee f tl r miles t-:> :lkton. or tract ad co1d1t1on 04 ti~ ber: large portion of this tr ct as c l arod m~ ny y,..ars a..;o no. ao bHen gr azed nc o lt1vated sinc e ith tie exc ~pt i on of several porti ns Jicl h ve bee n neglected ana is ,, rown pinto brush . & me nev ground has bee n clca ed 1 vhe pat fe year s . he ,ooded are i h s been c4t over rope tedly 1 th pust . ' he pr es nt st n consists of mixed aks ads me dead ches t nut pr esent. The ooded are is en ti t d to c~t an avera e of 8 oorJs per acre v~lued 50¢ or a tot • of 216 cas . v lued 108. 00 . ~I_m_p_r_o_v_e__e_n_t_s......: elling: l og l9x20', l story , 3 rooms , ceiled , occupi ed Ly 100.00 ten 1nt -· r n: g 12Xl 6xl2 ', sn i ~ ly roof , poor c nd i t i on , 20. 00 ...,prl n -r 10 s e : Fr e 8xl Ox6 ', shi o- l e roof , poo r ' 10.00 J ell i n8 : ~r a1e lox28 ', paper r oof , 1 , story , 3 r oms , 2 f .,hi ch ure oe i led , f ir c nuition , occupied by 3b0.00 ena t -Bar n : Log 14x l 4xl2 ', boar d roof, f a i r condit i on , 40 .00 C r n tl.:> s e : Log 10xl 9 x7', s tingle roof , f i r " , 20 .00 en hoas : Log 8x10x8 ' , s i gl e roof , f• ir n , l ..> .00 D e lli n.g : Fr me 1 2x 24 ', l t st) r y , pore 6xl2 ', . i tcne n lOxl~ ', brooms, 4 o. 1h i ch a r e ce iled , poor condi t i on , 250 .00 o ocupi ed y o,nar -,.; rn : Log 1 2x 24xl0 ', shingler of , poor co,. di t i on , 7o.OO rufng ho se: _ ame 6x8x6', shin>le roof , poor" , 10.00 treat' house : -rame lOxlOxlO' , s hingle r oof , poor " , 20. 00 ~en house: Fr ame 7xl2x8 ', s.i ngl ro f , poor ", l b . 00 · l e house: g 10xl3x6 ', no r of , poor ", 5 .00 IAwe lling : Log 17x 3 ', L 10xl8x 8 ', 1 story , porch , 6x9', 4 r ooms, ceiled , poo r cond i t i on , occup i ed b y l..;0.00 t n nt 20 . 00 St b le: Log 14xl x8 ', bourd roof , poo r condi i on ·en house : 6x8x5 ', s i n >l e roof , poor co d1 t 10n 10.00 Orc 1urd: 2 a cr s v- l ued 60 .00 per ere ~er t r ees 1 20.00 only -3 1230.00 Cl\\, �Q.tnmmnnnttnlt4 nf lltrgtntn T R E ASURER ' S O FF ICE R IC HMON D, VA . January 15 , 1934 J OHN M. PU RCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t his 15 day of January in accordan c e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/12/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Atkins Cassandra Lawson -- - - - - - - - - - - -- paid to __ s . G. Morris , 5_8_5_._0_0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract# 189 $_4~ in the above menti oned cause. • ISS �Q!ommnuwtalt11 nf 11Iirgiuta TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA . January 15 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA s. G. Morris Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of$ 4 , 585 . 00 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am of January entered on the 12th day 193 34 , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v _ __ C~a~s~s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a=w~s~o=n~A~t~k=i=n=s_ ____ and others, being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as # _1_8_9_ _ __ Sign origina l and duplica te and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . J8t> �Count : Di t let: t • 'd .. "17 �IN THE CIRUUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . v. Petitioner #1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc. Defendants On this, the .........__ day of January, 1934, came~. G. Morris and Jesse Mo rris, and on their motion leave is giwen them to file their application for the payment · to than:. of' the sum of' $4,585 .00, the amount of the award set out in the award o-r condemnation for Tract No. 189, heretofore paid into Court. And it appearing from the report of' the Boo.rd of' Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause, amd in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the _ day of November, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, the saids. G. !orris and Jesse Morris are invested with a superior er better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract of lan.d No. 189, and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial ~ or disµite by any party or person/\interest as to the title to the said Tract No. 189, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except that upon the award there is a notation that "Jesse Morris has upon the death of father a value af $645.00 for home in which he liv·es," the said home refe4red to being included in Tract No. 189; and it appearing tmt the said Jesse Morris has joined in the petition with the saids. G. Morri.s and has requested the payment of the en.tire award for said Tract No. 189 to the saids. G. Morris , and it f'urther appearing that therefcre the said s. G. Morris is entitled to receive the proceeds arising fran the condemnation o-r said Tract No. 180; and it also :rurther appearing that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 189 have been paid: Upon consideration whereof, it is considered am ordered by the Court that the said sum of $4,585.00, paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 189 be paid unto the 170 �---2-said s. G. Morris; and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transnit a certif'ied copy of' this order to the Trearurer of Virginia, who sball pay unto the said s. G. Morris the said sum of $ 4 , 585 . 00, the am::>unt of the award set out, in the judgment of condemnat ion for Tract No . 189 , taking from the saids . G. Morris a receipt therefor and certifyin g such paymentto the Clerk of this Court for appropria te entry there of' as ret1uir ed by law . Enter: 171 �In the Circuit Court of 7ockinzham County, Virginia. The State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia . vs PETITIONERS At Law No . 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, DEFENDANT Comes now the undersign ed and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofor e been entered in this proceedin g condenmin g to the use of the petitione r the fee simple estate in the tract of land No . 189 and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners Qppointed herein , and shown, numbered and delineated on the County Ownership 1Iap filed herewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum set out in the said judgment as consti tut .i ng the award therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No . 189 t4 ,585 .00 That the report of the s a id Board sets forth that the underaign ed is the only person who claims or appears to have a claim to an interest in the said tract of land , or in the proceeds arising from the condmenat ion thereof: That the petitione rs have paid into the custody of the Court, the said sum set out in said judgment as constituti ng the award for the fee simple estate in said tract of land: That your undersign ed, on the date of s a id judgment in rem condemnin g the said tract of l and, owned or wus entitled to a fee simple interest in said tract , or in the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof: That no other person than the undersign ed is entitled to share in the distributi on of the s aid award . That the undersign ed acquired title to the said tract of land by deeds as follows. ~IRST . Deed from Obed Shifflet and wife to Smith G. 1'1orris , dated September 6, 1890, recorded in Deed. Book 39 at page 286 , containin g 75 acres. �Si!.COND. Deed from Cassa ·i illiams and others of date 1Iay 15, 1902, recorded in Deed Book No. 110 at page 65, containin g all of their interests in the Layton Shifflet tract of land, adjoining Amos Hensley and Arch Roach. THIRD . Deed from Archy A. Roach and others, dated June 21, 1904, recorded in Deed Book 76 at ::i;age 278, conveying 13 acres . ]OURTH. Deed dated June 21, 1904, recorded in Deed Book 76 at page 279 from Smith Roach and wife, conveying 6 acres . JIFTH . Deed dated August 27, 1906, executed by Amos J. Hensley and others, and recorded in Deed Book No . 80 at page 283, conveying 57 acres , 3 roods and 30 poles . SIXTH. Deed dated July 27, 1910, from W. D. Smith and wife, re- corded in Deed Book 91, page 407, conveying 50 acres. SEVENTH . Deed dated June 30, 19l6, recorded in Deed Book 110 at page 64 from Barbara Shifflet and husband, conveying a one-eight h interest in the Layton and Uahalia Shifflet tract. EIGHTH. Deed dated July 26, 1918, from L. N. Shifflet and others recorded in Deed Book 118 at page 344, conveying 20 acres . All of the aforesaid grants were ms.de to the saids. ~. l'Iorris , who is also known as Smith G. •Iorris , The several foregoing tracts of land herein described and held in fee simple by the S. G. :1orris , are included as a whole in No . 189 as shown and delineate d on the County Ownership }nap referred to in the report of the special investiga tors and Board of Appraisal Commissio ns referred to in this petition: none of which , or any part thereof , has been conveyed by deed or otherwise by the saids. G. tlorris to any person or persons, except two acres more or less, which has been conveyed to Jesse I.Torris by the said S. G. Liorris and wife , by deed dated September 8 , 1928 , to become effective on the date of the death of the s aids. G. l.Ior ris, which said deed is recorded in s aid clerk's office of J1 �3ockingham county, Virginia, in Deed Book Ho . 144 at page 116, it being covenanted and agreed by and between the ,said s . G. Hor- ris and the said Jesse Horris, that the sum total of '.''4 ,585.00 as named by the Board of Apprisal in this cause, be paid to the saids. G. Morris in toto, the said Jesse ~orris has united in this petition for the purpose of, and does hereby request the petitioner in this cause, to pay the said sum of $4 ,585.00 to the s. said G. Morris, and when so paid,. the mid Jesse !1orris does jorever release said petitioner fro~ any and all liability for damage, or for the sum of 4~645 .00 allowed the said Jesse 11orris by the Board of Appraisal Commission named and referred to in this cause, to be paid to the said Jesse Morris up6n the death of s . G. Horris , for his home erected upon the said two acres of land conveyed to the said Jesse Morris by his father s . G. 1rorthe said ris, which said two acres is included in the tract No . 189, be- s. longing to G. Morris, and the said Jesse Iciorris hereby waives any and all right of action at law or otrerwise to recover any further sum or amount by ~eason of the condemnation proceedings herein referned to . .Jherefore, your undersigned prii;ys that they be made 1 parties hereinunder the provision: of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that an order be tendered for the distribution of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the ward for the fee simple estate in the said tract condemned as aforess.id. and for the payment to the said S. G. Horris of the said uward or as much thereof as the court ma,y find that he is entitled to receive, which the undersigned avers is as follows. Tract No . 189, ~our Thous~nd, five hundred and eighty-five (J4,585.00) dollars. ~~ k/49, ,tr!;_/_/~~ ~ ~)'ib,;; I] �STATE OF VIRGINIA COUI TY OF ROCKINGHAU to-wit: s. G. IJorris , and Jesse Ferris the persons whose names are signed to the foregoin g petition , having been first duly sworn , on his oath, deposes and says that the facts given ins aid petition are true and correct to the best of their knowledg ed and belief. Uiven under my hand this the 6th day of January , 1934. I - -- ~ - - -115 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It ~.ay Concern: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Smith G. 1..orris has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1903 on his tract of 194-3-20 acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge r ountains in Stonewall DiPtrict, Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time, if a~y be tmpai d, are e. matter of re cord in the Clerk's Office of said County . January 1934. Given under my hand this th day of /mf v ' ~ rrecsur"e r 1of ·-Ro.ckingham County � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-s-g.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, S. G. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Sandy Bottom 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): 189 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5e56ea8077e6b8ce8ea7a84cd22ac38e.pdf 121c8042bfe88101961442454d8ceb5f PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #154 - Morris , Richa rd C. Number of Acres: 52 Location: 'l!hree miles south of Elkton . Entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Three miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: Sandy loam with a numero us out crop of rocks . History of Tract and condition of timber: rhe wooded area has been cut over leavin g 1 not hing but fuelwood . , Improvements: Dwell ing: Frame , 14x24 ', 5 rooms , with L attach ed 15x20 ', 1 front porch (concr ete} 6xl8', 1 concr ete back porch 6x20 ' , metal ro of~ brick fl~es, 2 story , 9eited , fair condit ion , occup ied bi tenan t. tsee revers e side Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 30 @ $ 3.00 $ 90 . 00 20 25.00 500 . 00 $ 590 . 00 2 50. 00 100 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 52 Minerals: V~ueof Land: $590 . 00 790.00 Value of Improvements: $ 790. 00 Value of Orchard: $ 100. 00 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ $ 1530 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 2 9 . 42 Inciden tal damage s arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE . 1ie. /r! k v- 4 CLERK Si �more or 1ess, of 1and ig ~----- ----===============c-;~ ~~;:vi;;i~i~~-n~f~~-a;~~s ~-------The undersigned, in answer to t e 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 ~ ng of said 1Jetition and published in accordance with the order of the _Circuit ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of_ ________ -~ as h~ya::: :... ·d.p: ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ .hwz_~ =······· ~ --------------------------------------------My post office address is ___,-g__ 1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought ich there ,.pe the following ----7 _______ acres, c to be condemned, containing about~ buildings and W;provements ,.j } ~····~ ~/ ~ .(} ~~~.. r---- / ~ ~ ~ ~ L t ~--SC'J-r ~ . :r! 7 <!f.' .,..4 ·~,........ ···· . • 7 ...... . _;..o _t;,,.~ __ D ... ...__r ,.7 / J ' ~ .~ miles from ___ ~ ~-~--1)-~ ------- Virginia, in This l~ d is locate~ ~ L . ~ theU ~_Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de~ scribed 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, e, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or he should set out exactly what right,r pa/ t ,~ ~: ~ ; ; · ~ ·· 9' .~¥ .JJ.. ~.. hw o/ . .. --------------------~--- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------- total value of this tract or parcel of 1 d with the improvements therecla· tha~ rest, on is $ _I}!!! __ ~I claim that the total value o my right, title, estate or ~ ---------· in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~ I am the owner of_ ___ _2_~ ______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or roparcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by~ ~--~-~ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $~ to as information or (In the space below should be set out any additional statements this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a •,SF: l~~~ ds)~ · : : ::::: : : p:;el ' �county: ~ock1nghan ~lstrlct: ~tonenall 164 - •... I . c. , :orris ,- Riobard nor~ase 'lo1m94: M Vn l c.1e Cla tmoa_ 1 Deed: 4G• l21 (1908) t\2000 • " $400 . 00 'i'hree milos s mtb or ~lkton . Inaumbranqes • . a;)unt~r .. ~+.~!!US o:r ln;i_!>_-t None .::undy loam with with Roadn: rrhree mile& ovar oo nty roud to "'lkton., tauv·tns nr>tbing l:>..1t, ot 210 cords vnLued (1917) 23'7 . 50 known. Gotl: , m.unerous out orony of rooks • tl of truot and oond ;;ton of - ~ire Znt1rely , t'th1n tl1e park areu . .,... H eto Inher . 5-'5', (1899) !:20 . 20 1mlar: Tho wooded areu b s been out over ~ u.elwood wll1ob. 1a esti:nu.tect to cut an average 75 ¢ pdr cord muklnf u tl)tal o:r $1~'1 . 50,. lrr.ipro~ament~: Dwel 1,ru4: 1:rame 14X24' • b rooms , 1tth L nttuonect lox:20' 1 l front porofi (oonorete} Ox18', l o morete back porch 6X30' , mat..i roof, br1ok tliea, 2 story, cotled , r.tr o>ndltlon, oaoupied by tenant -400 . 00 ''1(3 eegt !)xl0 1 , - ti . 00 q 1"'ll(,e 'n,,ut3~: ·:rama l0xl4' • metal Toot, good oond1 tton ... 50 . 00 lood shed: ·:rr:n1e metal root loXlu', good '' 40 ,. 00 Gr.'lin unct tool shed Ch:>!lb1ned t ..:'rane l2xltl', meta 1. r,,ot , ,ioo'ct oond t t1on -- ' . ' 50 . 00 ~~e;Qle :,af\q .h~n house c ,mb1qed i :'.":r,·une 8X'14 1 , mate l roof, r~ir oond1tt,n - oronst-d: 2 acres valued Value ~ J?Or &Ol'A "';3. ou "Slope "' C 20 . 00 Orchard Total value of land Total v, luo 40 . 00 per aore _ .. 0.,, tm;,1roveiaents Totol ve.~ue ol" timber Total val.18 ot tra.et ...veruge v·~ l 1e i;e:r o.ore Total VaJ.ue +-:tn,. m, 400. 00 490.0-0 ,t490. oo ()j0 . )0 1~7 . 0 'irl29'1 . b0 24. 95 57 �fLYt. - orris , county : LocLin.;~ ,n: Distr-ic t : Stone,,c 11 N C a 6 h,· ff lat I: s Slope - ~illuble Or01 c...rd uC&le - 1 1 - Su C ~ins �v ~~ ,,,s /??4 Claim of_ . / \..r~ __ j / ~ ------------------------ ----------------In the Circuit Court of.£bb __-( _~ - ~Y-"{= ____ 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.,: .:P.eL_.L~?...k(~L {._ _____ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~}Y1g ,?f said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court --~SY- -;,-(~:... - ___ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said pet~ion and to said notice. ovW ~_g_,,_ff-'-~f f ~ My name is.:::-J__ 7 ---------------------------------My post office address is_ .:. __ "*rt < : : : ~ --------------- - -------------------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__ ~ -----;,1------acres, on which there are the following bmldmgs and 1mprovements:_~ -~ . a l~ -----------------~------ ------- --------------------------------------------------- 9 / -------------------- This land 4 is located about__/f 1=-_____ miles from~ : ~-----------Virgin ia, in the ,.,....,·~ ~ ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) 'I('. The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ____ ~----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ -South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year.Ltj'_() ____ in the following manner: / ~ '// -----------------7~ ;,/-~;;z,:_ 1 -- / ~ / - r;:L?d ---------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $)_$21~-!_:________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -- ------------------------- -------=------------ (Continue r~marks if necessary1 ?P~ Witness my signature (or my name and mar lj_-_/_L oL=--=-=-/ r----------, 193f. ___ e back). tta~hed hereto) this...2-::r_':_ _____ day ~· ~ _____ ---~ -- ________________ _ STATif"OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ______ ---------------------, To-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 abo nswer are true to th~ t of his knowledg.e and belief, this ___ / ~/i'::______ day of- ~ -------, 1931Y. - ~ -- ll,A/L ,.____ _ eterk--of-the-Got1.rt;"" or _ecial Investigator or N:@tar~ J?ua+ie, er Justiee ef the--PE?aCii.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-richard-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Richard C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Three miles south of Elkton 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): 154 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/70eebd1e982239b6cd822683c5890ed2.pdf 477320678f05f326d527c2e06f6f86a1 PDF Text Text :flOCKINGH.AM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #341 - l,1:orri s , Richard Number of Acres :.i.5 Location: Neck R:1n. Roads: Three and one- fou rth miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of a good depth and fertilit y . Fairly smooth. Some scatteri ng loose rock over the entire area . Entirely within the Park area . History of Tract and condition of timber: 11 the merchan table saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remainin g stand consists of small hardwoo ds and some small short leaf pine . Improvements: {See reverse side for Improvem ent . informa tion.) Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 4 ~~20 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 8 @ 35 . 00 280 . 00 55. 00 105 . 00 '11'405 . 00 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 40b . 00 895 . 00 Value of Improvem ents: $ 895 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00 150 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00 $1500 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 5 0 . 0 0 Value per acre for tract : $ 10 0 . 06 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. �Il'JPROVEMENTS: Frame dwelling: 14x22', 6 rooms with 14x20', kitchen, metal roof, brick flues, ll story, 6 rooms ceiled, good condition, occupied by owner, water supply is a well, solid foundation, 8xl0x6' concrete cellar. Log barn: 20x25', shingle and metal roof, poor condition. Frame meat house: 12xl4', shingle and metal roof, fair condition. Frame hen house: 8x32', metal roof, fair condition. Frame hog pen: Board roof, poor condition. Frame granary: 4x20x8', metal roof, fair condition. �ockingham <"!tono all County: 1'iinr1ct: . 341 Loe tion: 15-l-O Asses ed 31 Value Clairn d: licha:rd ! orris 7500. 00 scatterin.· loo ~ l/4 15 . 26 c:re3 es vio dirt road to ~'ort Rep.1blic, tho nefl.rast shipping point • 1:'li , ll the mere hantable saw tir.ibcer ha~ been removed rro .. ~hia t .. acit. .tti storJ: remaining tend conai ts or ~all herdnoods nnd some acre on 4 A. ine. 'bout 2 coda. fuel wood n 4.00 ed. er 50t wood 8 eds fo.ir condition. "air cond. ft l roof. condition. 1r ~o roo... ho pen. no rd rJr nnry " x 20 x a ·.et, l root. F ir cond. nre 1 5 e. le, 9 pea.ch, ? d8Illsens trees, ond 4 r.rn~e value nt 1.50 ere raroo hen house Ox '2 lt .Jr ne 1 raJ11e '"here vines V l'!_~ of land bl tzyes: Acrea e ~ ~loee 3 .5 ... f G:.r zi Tillable 8 Value aera 1)8 Tot 1 value of 1 nd ,, II A,rere tt " " "tt " improv mant timber tr ct e per l\cre 7b0 . 00 ;;0.00 40.00 f)0.00 5.00 25.0G 18?.bO 1107.50 Total vnlue 3.00 ~)0.00 10.uo 30.00 240. 00 340.50 14.5 ':.ne all short leaf ell hlC lA x 22 ft. 6 rooms ii th l x ..,O :t't. l:i tohen. •r e etal roof. ',rick !'11 ws. l 1/2 ·"tory in height. 6 ro ma ceiled. Good conn tion. Occupied by owner. ·~ator s ipply ia A e 1 • . olid foun<ifltion 8 x 10 x u concre e cell r Lo• .,. . rn 20 x 2!:> :ft. ,t·.1n lo and metnl- rooi". oor conn. lrr ne ~oat lio · e 12 x 14 ... t. !3h1 ,:le and r,eto.l roof'. Improv 1910 good depth nd tertiltty. •airly rock over the entire erea. Sandy loru of Ro. s: 15.40 rea rk ~ : 'lhP J. A• .Fink tr ct 1 ps on about 1/2 ro11: tt 380.00 " Entirely Within the •eek R~n. Deed 90.00 :540.50 1107.b I 4 . 00 1462.00 100 •.u '", �------ ------ ------ ------ Claim of___________ P_i haI _______~i ------ ------ ------ -----ia, N o.L ~-, At Law. In the Circu it Court of_ ___·___ , ~!E.._~!1!~---- ______ County, Virgin s~~~o~~ r;in ~ti:;e:, ta:: _co:z .~n ~ d ~ ~ ~ v e l ~ e ~ f t~ ia, Defen dants. more or less, of land in _____ r..o.c .in~ha rr __________ County, Virginon Conservation and Deission Comm The undersigned, in answe r to the petitio n of the State of condemnation award ed velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon se to the notice the order of the Circu it upon the filing of said petitio n and published in accordance with of the Court to file this Court of_ ____ f.9_G.f1-J:.£"£l_c!.ll ________ County, Virgin ia, asks leave . as his answe r to said petitio n and to said. noticep· . d , h ______ ______ _ My name is _____ - -"-=-----1... _ - -+"""----:,:.a_ .__ 1 c _a r ~ _ .o rr1 l!I ______ ______________ _ My .post office addres s is ________________ l.YJ"'_mv__~.di.. _Yj_:rgJ_Ili.?_!_ within the area sough t I claim a right, title, estate or intere st _in a tract or parcel of land there are the following to be condemned, contai ning about_ _____~~--- _______ acres, on which t_~ __c_~;!._1_~!'__(g5)_~9!_~~~j, buildings and impro vemen ts :______ j ___Q?!~_eJj._p_e_l3J:}I __l1-___~J_ g in all 7 room and one 10 Y. 12 ; ·re :hou <-- ha..., and ell 20 ... 13 , cont ainin - corn nou - e -g- _ -1-z, - en--nr, 10-x d .,;eel ing 22 - • -le --wit h- 4 - roorr' - , - Srnok.-- nou -e-l-2.--~ --18--- ------ ------ ---e-d; hou e 30 1L i-O-, --"!.t~-1e--1-P.r--:X-- -l+-- -tl-fld---O- -!'TT-B-1'-i f>-- ·i-th-· · ·a, m d ___________ v·1rg1m ______o______ . 1 • -----m1·1es f rom_____L rnnno . 1ocat ed a b out __ ..ml--" . 1an d 1s Tlus · t of sai.d Count y. · . 1 n·1st ric · t eria Mag1s 1. ______ wal ______ qtone th e_____ tract or parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in the sole owner or joint owner, is he er scribed above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth not sole or joint owner, is ant claim If s. and if joint owner give names of the joint owner has in or to the tract or he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere st he parcel of land described above.) , f'lcph rona F. - orri , and ve hold T an sole owne r alone : with my wife ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ --------- ------ ------ ------ ---~-- ------ ------ertr the nrou to -----' itnle -----a fe~-------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ title----------of land are as follo,w s: The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel ________________ _ North ______ ~ · __-· _i4'w· __________________________________________ ------ \ _________ _ South _________ '' _FT 'L Su rv~y "----- ------ ------ ------ ------ -----___________________ _ East ______________.T. _T . fl ea ri ______________________________ __________________ _ West _____ _________ A. _.J •__.... inti. ___ ______________________________ 1 the year__ ]._~Q.9___ in the I acquir ed my right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about following mann er: -----------______________fg~g't_l_~_~_f__ f_~~~~--~~.E~ ------------------------------------ impro vemen ts thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the title, estate or intere st, on is $___ 7_fi_QQ_._QQ____ • I claim that the total value of my right, n is $ __7.5.QQ _..Q! -----· in and to this tract or parcel of land with the impro vemen ts thereo above described tract or I am the owner of ___ l{ ri_e_ _______ acres of land adjoin ing the be damag ed by the proparcel of land but lying outsid e the Park are a, which I claim will t of $-~T_q_!}~- ------ -----· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten or inform ation as to ents (In the space below should be set out any additi onal statem also insert here a should he cable this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practibounds). and description of the tract or parcel of land by metes _yea r __ 450 . 00 __ _ Rema rks· ___________ 1'hi ::._ trac t _of _ 19.n .i _yi el d. r:.e__each that I eh ul d I hold and ______ Pc L ______ ~- --le ·1vo0 tat ---~veqe ______ ______ _ __ ____ _ ____ _ n frui c-rai--~-in ---------------------t J---------, woul d yiel d I. e rece ive an amou nt for -aid prer i ·es, if i:riv ected . annu ally at 6 ,erc~ nt tt" ear!" lings of the rrer .i ..,l"S if necess ary on the back). ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -- ( Continue remar ks this ____!?_________ day Witne ss my signat ure (or my name and mark attach ed hereto ) of ___ _~~,, ~ __lSf_l_ ~---, 1930. , To-wi t: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ _p.'.).C kingh. ar._ ___ ______ L _________________ __ The under signed hereb y certifies that_ __________ BJ-_<fn~_:r_d__ ~QJ'X made oath that the matte rs the above named claim ant Dersonally appea red before him and of r,now ledg e an elief, best the to true an_d thin~s appea ring in h · ·_-above :nsw~ r., are ~~y__!~-._~! -=--, 1930 th1s ____!_?_~Q _________ day JA. .~~ --- --- --- --- --- - �___ ,t .541 - , i c~ _r__ ~~~is )aunty : ··ockin huri ,iot:::.•ict: .... toneu tll N ' ...) . 'ink ... ~J. ,_-rn 1 ; .. r.:..zin, 'il u 1~ ...,c .le _ 1, _ rn c~mi u1.. 1s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-richard.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Richard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck 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): 341 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f50c75a0175878847bf4101aa1607a17.pdf b1aa2e5b6c1611a8591a538d6e7ede79 PDF Text Text ROCKING F '. COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT r2ffi - _1 orris , R leigh Number of Acres: 32 Location: Near Roads: Three miles over fair dirt road to s~dft Run; thence four miles to .ulkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth nd fair fertilj_ty . The slopes are modera te -to steep with sout est exposure; quite rocky. owell' s Gap. History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: ( ee reverse side of -r1story information) (See reverse side for Improvement information} Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 22 "110 . 00 5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 6 20 . 00 1"0 . 00 2 15 . 00 30 . 00 2 32 20 . 00 40. ')0 t;300 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 300 . 00 310 . 00 Value of Improvements:$ 310 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00 50 . 00 710 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 22 . 19 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N N'E . ~- -«L , , _ __,;::;,__:::;.__:;_'---"'" __~~-~;..-.- - - -CLE. ,33 -- �HISTORY OFT CT A.ND CONDITIO OF TIMBER : a portion of the tr ct was cleared many years ago , .grazed and cultivat ed since , except for several portions . rt has been neglecte d and has now grown up The woodland has been cut over repeated ly in the to brush , etc . pa?t • . . The present stand consists of mixed oaks which have been The first class grazing land is in poor conditio n. burnt over . Log 18x24' , 4 rooms , ,l~ story , log finish , Dwelling : IMPROVEMENTS: poor conditio n, occupied by tenant . Log , 14xl8x1 2' , shingle roof , shed 1h18' , Stable: Log 12xl2xl 0 ', shingle roof , fair conditio n. Corn house : Frame 14xl4x8 •, shingle roof , poor conditio n. Hen house : �ROCKING .,. COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT · #228-a - !torris , Raleigh Number of Acres: 5 Location: Blue Ridge Mountain. Gap . Roads: One- half mile fair mountain road to Swift Run Gap and eight miles hard surface road to Elkton. Soil: Sandy clay of a fair depth and fertility . Slopes are moderate to steep . Rocky over most of the area . One-half mile south of Swift Run ....11 saw timber has been removed from the wooded arec1. of this tract . Cleared land has be'en cleared many years and has been grazed and cultivated extensively since . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: NO!~. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 5 '35 . 00 ~175 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $175 . 00 Value of Improvements: $. Value of Orchard: $ 20 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 20 . 00 0195 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 39 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the ~aking of this tract: $ NONE. ~ --_/~ --. . .c:>-----. dn:--CIBBK. �Qtnmwnuwealt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , January 6, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this _ 6__ day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County dated 1/4/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson- ~ At k= ins = ~ - - - - - - - - -R. A. Breeden and N. S . Collier, c/o R. A. Breeden paid to _ Stanardsvj J J e , Vjrg nia $ 710.00 b eing in full settlement of tract #---228 in the above mentioned cause. V /"'--,,.___,,...__~ Treasure~ of Virginia. �<!rnmmnuwtaltl1 nf liirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, January 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA R. A. Breeden and N. s . Colli er c/o R. A. Br eeden Stanardsville , Virgin ,= i= a_ __ Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 710 . 00 , in accordance wi th an order of the Circu it Court of the county of__R ~o~o~k~i~n~g~h_run _____ entered on the of Januar y 19~_ 4th day , in the matt e r of t h e State Commission on Conservati on and Deve lopment v _ __ ____C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_ a_ L_a_w_s_o_n__ A_t_k_i_n_s_ _ and others , being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #--------2~2~8.,_____ Si gn or iginal an d dup li cat e and re turn to t h e Tr eas u re r of Vi r ginia . �O!nmmnunttaltq nf 1lirgiutn TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this ~6__ day of January in accordanc e with an order of the c i.rcui t court of Rockingham County dated 1/4/34 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson~A=-=:t=k=i=n~s::.______ _____ R. A. Breeden 8Vd N. S . Collier, c/o R. A. Breeden :paid to _--Stanard sville, irginis being in full settlemen t of tract# 228-a $ 195 . oo vs. in the above mentioned cause. Q_ I �Qtommnumtalt11 of ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . January 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA s . Collier c/o R. A. Breeden Stanardsville , Virginia R. A. Breeden and N. Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 195 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of January entered on the 4th day 193_1_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ -~C=a~s~s~a~n~d~r..._._.a.__.._L=a~w~s=o~n....______A"""---"'t~k~i~n~s.,___ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 228- a Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �"'o n y: i ll61 m D1str1o : wtonetall d 12 o • U~2 " oar o l ' a: , one 1eo.oo, 0 or 5 o.oo. i 1920 no n. d pth nd air 1th south. t oil: Ro ~oo.oo a . s or la12s : - ror r rtt11ty. rh ur ; qui t XJ?O Thr . 11 ov r t1ir dirt rod t mt es i-o .lkton • 1ft . u : alo s are rocky. enc f'o\.1.r . rtsto:q ot _I_m.ur ...o...v.....,.= ........: ... ll\n~ t tory , l 8 fin1.sh , 150 . 00 t1:1bl : •..os 14::ttlSxl·H , shi le roof • shed llxl8' ,. 50 . 00 , rn .) a : · l:2xl lO ', e 1 sle r o., \tr 50 . 00 1 1 >1 ---.oo r l4Xl4x8 ' • h i l root, log l8x2 • , 4 room • l ,oor oonuition, oocup1 d by tn nt - --- 1 . 00 s: VaJJ.1 r ore . uO 7.oo l..;i . 00 3. 00 Total 1.'ot l me ts of land of improve- ot ·l v,l~e or o rdwood Tot l vi l f trot v r ge v lue pr or 133. 0 �nevia ed r,eo rt coun ty. Dietr 1.CJt i Coun ty; Di tr1c t: 228· 1a2 WW - 11 .· - Morr l • ... jorri-ps;I .. r • . Gre n c-t n rdsv 1lle am co. J FIi 4: d: J ed: No roco rd. od: sad . edt Ruoktngham - Greene Locu tion: Incuu 1br @lit . • Soi : Rod i Blu Rig · 1 • on ount aln. Bun o,p. s, coun ter o C' ndy moderat lt ;; or a fair dopt n 1nd t :rt111 y . to teep . Roo'y v r most Slop e t Ghe 1rea . are 0ne- h1lf m:l.le t 11· mm1 ntain road to SWtt t Run Oup and ai ht h·rd surf o m1lo road to lkton . u nd and culti vate d J.m12rovoll\ .nt • (~ll 1 provo ent re in Gree n C unty ) 111!)6: Loa, l4x2 0' , 3 room . poro1 i~olo se4, l¼ story , Fair cond ition , aprin ater sup,P ly, s.11, to 1ndu t1on. ';fl. 5.oo B rn: Log, l ~x2v xlO • , nd ed lOX,;;,0:X8 • 1 sh1n gl r of' , Q 00 .~d 1 t .t O • 3J. 0 Oor'l ori b : Frt no, ._, l 0x:B ' 1 hi ·le roof , r 1r oond ition . 20. 00 .Dw - Ir1S. oo • ltle ot 1,1nd . y t;(.Q . a Tot l V ' lo of l nd v r .ge v l ie _per , or t12 2 .oo .oo (Ore ne Oo nty) V.lu Tz.pe "'ot l Vt lye Slop Tillu ble u.oo ltrn.oo g Or z1ng 90. 00 287. 00 Tota l volu of land Tott 1 v l1i of ir pr(>VO Tot l vale ot r11t tr e Tot l v la ot too t var g v lue per ore nt 287 . 00 1ao. oo lo.00 4 2. 50 20.oa ( con . . 'ti) I �coun ty: Dis tric t: Rook1ngh m ston evu ll qo rris , Rale igh - Rockingham co . " " - Gree ne Cou nty . SUmm.ary of acre age and valu e s by ooun ttes . Gree ne Co . Co . Tot al v lue of l und 287 . 00 Tot al va l ue of 1mprovem nts 180 . 00 Tota l valu e of frui t tree s 15. 00 Tot l valu e of tr ct c/' • 8:. . . 00 vera ge va l te pr a cre for enti re tro t - - Tot al 412 . 00 180 . 00 15. 00 60? . 00 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF R0CKlliGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Com.missio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia v. Petitione r # 1829 Cassandra Laws an Atkins, et a ls , etc o On this, the and N. /t Defendant s day of January, 1934,dane R. A. Breeden s .. Collier, and on their motion leave is given thEDI to file their applicatio n for the payment to them of the sum of $710.00, the amount of the award set out in the award of condemn.a tion for Tract No . 228, and of the sum of $195 .00, the amount of the a.ward set out in the award of condemnat ion for Tract No. 228-a, heretofore paid into Court to the credit of Raleigh Morris . And it appearing to the Court that R. A . Breede:im and N. s. Collier succeeded to the title of the said Raleigh Morris in the above two mentioned tracts by deed dated July 5, 1933, recorded in the Clerk's Off iee of Rockingham County in Deed Book deed 155, at page 59, a copy of which/rs filed with the said pe.ti tion, and that therefore th-e said R. A . Breeden and N. s. Collier are entitled to receive the award for the said Tracts Nos . 228 and 228-a, and that the said Raleigh MoITis {now R. A. Breeden and N. s .. Collier by vii,tue of the deed aforesaid ) is mnnsted wmth a superior or better right or cla :I.m of title in and to the said Tracts of land Nos. 228 and 228-a, or to the proceeds arising fran the condemnat ion thereof, and that the said R. A. Breeden and N. s. Collier are entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion of said Tracts Nos. 228 and 228-a, as successors in title to the said Raleigh Morris, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or· taxable upon said Tracts Nos.. 228 and 228-a have been paid: Upon considera tion whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sa. id sumso-f 1710 •.00 and $195.00, paid into Court by petitione r as just compensat ion for Tltacts Nos. 228 and 228-a, respectiv ely, be paid unto the said R. A. Breeden and N. s. �----2--Collier; and the Clerk af this Court is directed to transmit a ,// certified copy o~ this order to the Treasurerof Virginia, who shall pay unto the said R. A. Breeden and N. s . Coll:ier tb:3 said sum of $710 . 00 , the an.ount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 228, and the said sum of $195 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the award of condemna- tion for Tract No . 228-a , taking from the said R. A. Breeden and N. s. Collier receipts therefor, and cert fying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entr.r thereof' as required by law. �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. Tract No. ~--2:_L: :J:._l_Y-_J}-:: 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. Z_1=_r $_'7-/..t2j_/l€f on Tract No. 1::_'J::_'C;f.:-__ $ __L_z_..f,-1..t2.t/ on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to ~~~in~~t~~~f; 3 ~ ~ =~t~~ ~Jc-~ ~ ~ ( - { ?_fl, , / 5 ~ ~ i t 0"c1ec:~ _ r - ~ . 4 - ~ ./~s-9 ~ ~ 1 ~ ~~~ 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 ~ ~ a,ising from th, e-0ndemnatio~ That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. g __2,_~-- $.LL?'!:~P. Tract _'J:__'J::_8':"Jt $ L20:~ 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) No. _______________ _( For _acknowledgment, see _other _side l_ __ ____________________ _ • < . ' ------------------------------------------- N0TE--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 ROCKINGHAM , to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circui~ Court of Rockingham County, do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinqent taxes against the tract of twenty acres in Stonewall District , assessed in the name of Rollie w. Morris, except for the tax year 1932, but which taxes by statement of M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer , shown herewith , have been paid in the County Treasurer 1 s office , since said tract was r,eturned delinquent to my office . · Given under my hand this 2d day of January , 1934. Cle oc ingham · v~6T 'A~BnUB£ JO ABP ~G s1qi PUBq Ail ~epun U8A1D • en~i eq oi meqi eAe11eq aaqi s~e~io Jo UOl~liIII~OJUl uodn epam ~s ~BJ OS pUB en~~ e~B UOll'8t!I.IOJUl UM.O.:q~tf.l.UO apBm SB ~BJ OS uo1i1iad aAoqB aqi u1 peu1siuoo s~uemaiBis eqi iaqi qiBo epBm pua ~e11100 ·s · N puB uapea~a ·v · Ham a~oJaq pe~Bedda a11auos~ad aBp s1q~ : i1M-oi ' nret@u1~00H Jo a~unoo ' VI.NIDHIA go :iLLVJS �M. H. HARRI SON TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA To Jhom It May Concern : I hereby certify thet the records of my office show that Rollie W. rorris has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on the tract of 20 - 0- 0 acres of land situate in the Blue rlid@'e 1, ountains in Stonewa ll Distric t, Rockingh am County . All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid , are a mat t e r of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . Given under my hana this 2nd day o f January 1934 . Treasur er Count y. �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGR~M, to-w it : I , J . Rob ert Swi t~er , Cle rk of the Cir cui t Cou rt of Roc king ham Cou nty do here by cer tify tha t the reco rds in my off ice do not show any deli nqu ent taxe s aga inst the trac t of 12 acr es in Sto new all Dis tric t , asse ssed in the nam e of Ral eigh Mo rris , exc ept for the tax yea r 193 2, but whi ch taxe s by stat eme nt of M. H. Har riso n , Cou nty Tre asu rer , shown in the Cou nty Tre asu rer' s off ice , sinc e here with , hav e been paid said trac t was retu rne d deli nqu ent to my offi ce . Giv en und er ~Y hand this 2d day of Jan uary , 193 4 0 �0 M. H. HARRI SON TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA To Whom It ray Concern : I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Raleigh Tu.orris has pa.id the taxes for the years 1932 and 19~3 on his tract of 12- 0- 0 acres of land situate in the Blue,. idge foountain s in Stonewa ll Distric t, Rockingh em County . unpaid , ar3 County. Q January 1934 . All taxes prior to that time, if any be m tter of record in the Clerk's Office of said Given under my hend this 2nd day of Treasue er of Rockingh aln County . 2-Y,, �Deed Book 155, Page 59 This deed made and entered into this the 5th day of July w. MoITis and Laura MoITis his wife, parties of the first part; and R. A. Breeden and N . s . Collier 1933 by and between Raleigh parties of the second part; That for and in considera- WITNESSETH: tion of the sum of seven hu.ndred ($700 . 00) dollars cash in hand paid , receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the party of the first part, they the said parties of the first part do grant bargain sell and convey and have by these presents with general warranty of title granted, bargained sold and conveyed unto the sa,jL d Parties of the second part, all those two certain tracts or parcels of land lying and being in Rockingham County Virginia, adjoining the lands of sol . Hensley Ashby Collier and others and being situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain in said County of Rockingham, and both tracts adjacent to one an other . Tract contains twenty (20) acres more or less, First; and is the same tract conveyed to said Raleigh Morris by MaFY J . Lam and H. A. Williams by deed dated the 12th day of October 1920, and reeorded in D. B. 118 at page 340 of the Clerk's Office of the County of Rockingham in the state of Virginia . and Second; Tract, contains 12 acres more or less, and is the same tract conveyed to sa:itil; Raleigh W. Morris by Ashby J . Collier and wife by deed dated the 2nd day of March 1925, and recorded in D. B. 133 at page 86 of the Clerk' s Officr:e of Rockingham County, Virginia, and to which description of said deed et sex is hereby made for a complete two tracts of land . Unto them the said R . A . Breeden and N . Witness the hands and Collier unto them and their heirs forever . seals of the following parties . Raleigh Witness: B. I . Bickers $1 . 00 in stamps w. His X MoITis Mark Her Laura X Mark s. Morris (SEAL} (SEAL) �--2-- Virginia , Greene county , to- wit : I , B. I . Bickers , Clerk of the circuit court of the County of Greene, in the state of Virginia do certify that Raleigh w. Morris and Laur a Morris his wife whose names are signed to the foregoing deed bear ing dat e on the 5th day o~ July 1933 , have each acknowledged the same before me in my county and state aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 5th day of July 1933 . Bo I . Bickers , Clerk. VIBGINIA : ham County. In the Clerk ' s Office of the Circuit Court of RockingThe foregoing deed of Bargain & Sale was this day pr e~ sented in th e office aforesaid and is together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed, admitted to record this 5th day of July 1933 , 2 : 30 P . M. Teste : J . Robert Switzer , Clerk. A COPY , 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. __ 22a _____ : 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 ou! in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. __22.fi ____ $_.1.l-.Q~9_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; Raleigh Morris That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge , obligating the owner, Raleigh Morris, to give 2 acres of his land within the Park Area 4 o the Park Project . ' '.fhat - o 'other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the - said award:CCs) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ _22.8_____ $ __ 5.._Q_Q __ : Tract No. __ ______ ____ $ --- ----- --: Tract No. ------------ $ ___ _____ __ ; The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS 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. . 7<a �ST~TE OF VIRGlNIA ) COTJN'l'Y OF WA.RREN ) ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notar y Public in my said St te and County, E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is 9.n employee of the State Co 1nission on Conservatj on e.nd DevJ.opment in im."'ledfa.te charge of the records of the Shenandoah National PB.rk Division thereof having to do with claims of the Co1mnission for dis tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shen~ndoah National Park condemnat:LOn proceedings pendipg in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and ~greements entered into vri th the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correct . Witness my signature this 8th ~L~~ L-·__ NOTARY PUBLIC Notary Publi= M:, Com 'ssion Expires Sep, 8, 1934 �VIRGINIA . IN '11HE CL-(C lJIT S OURT OF ROJ1: INGIL '.I COUNTY. The .3tate Corm:ais sion on Conservati o n & Development of the State ar Virginia , Petitioner , v. Cassandra Lawson tkins, et als, defendants . In 11e : Distribution of proceeds of condennation for Tract lJo . 228 . This day came the State Corrn.::ission onConservation & Development by counsel , and moved the Jourt to enter an order directing the Treasurer of the State of Vir s;;inia , to pay to it , out of the proceeds of condemnatio n of Tract r~o . 228 , the sum of ,,p5 . 00 , repr esenting the amount of a certain pledP,;e mad e by Haleigh ,_orris , who claimed to be the owner of said tract , to sai tate Cormnission on Conservation & Develqprrent , as a con tri but ion !Bor the establishment of 3henandoah 1-. ational Pe.rk, and in SU"? l"'Ort of its said motion the said Commi ssion exhibited to the Gourt its motion in writin g setting forth all the facts in relation thereto , whi.ch has been heretofore filed herein . Up on consi deration whe reof , i t appearing to the Court that the claim of State Gommiss ion is not basedupon any · lien , either on the land condemned or on the proceeds of condemna tion , and that s a id Commission has f a iled to obtain the consent of the parties entitled to the proceeds of condemnation to the payrrent of its claim , it is accordingly adjudged and orde red that the IID tion of the Commission for the payment of s a id cl aim out of the proceeds of condemnation for said tract be and the sane is hereby denied . 1 j u 107 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-raleigh.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Raleigh Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Powell's 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): 228, 228-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/85c792ecdfbf43c78e818599d48069f6.pdf ef70b05ad0c27221ada222c6b7f6d909 PDF Text Text - -..,_____ ROCKINGHAM COUN!1Y NAME OF CLAIMANT II 348 - Merri s , Nora Number of Acres: 2-1/2 Entirely within the Park area . Location: Deep Run . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of a good depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: All the merchantable sav; timber has been ren oved from this tract . lox20' , frame kitchen 14xl6', 4 rooms in Improvements: ·Log dwelling: house, paper roof, l} story, log walls, poor condition, abandoned Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 1- 1/2 w5 . 00 $7 . 50 1 35 . 00 35 . 00 ;42 . 50 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 2-1/2 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 42. 50 165 . 00 Value of Improvements: $165. 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 50.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 10 . 00 .;26'7 . 50 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $10. 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10'7 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO!{E . �~~a::. ~ r c u ! E : ~ ~ - C o r m t y , Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ - /'hrra_ __ £, __'l?z ~--------------------------------------- more-or less, of land i n _ r f > ~ - ~ C o u n t y , 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 ~ . ~f o/d petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oLLd"'~-~~C ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this ::_:"7,z:;_:t;~~-----------~----------------- as h~ya~:: My post office address 1s ___ ~ - ~ - - - - - - - ---L--------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing abou\_:Z,_}'.'2,.. ________ acrlon which there are the following bmldmgs and improvements ;___ . f : J _ ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------ ------------------------ -1---------------------- ---------------- ~E~;:;~~;~~;~~:~~~~~~~=~~~~~~.-;~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether h~ is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ---------~--~---- ------------------ ------------------ ------------The land~Nne s adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: ~ N o r t h ~ - - - - " - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ,----------------------- ---- . e. ~~::::'&..-<a~:::::===:::::=:=::=:=:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ j_f_-!:_'1:_in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~~-~-"---~~--- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----~t_:._~----· I am the owner of_ ____ .2')_c _____ 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 $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- a .. ------------------------ -------------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). " ,:ness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ________ ---,day 'Z ;~~;~~~.l~~~NTY OF_{J?!;e ~- -~-;~~~t~------ --- The undersigned hereby certifies that__~~-_._[ ... _~--'---------- ---the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his a ve answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ________ day of_,c_,,_-~ _'1.1939. n ,. 7-________ ?1_.E___ _ _/_{'~_.22;_!. _lY~,---J-___ IV1y (,., l'YJiss ion Expires /.\pr. 16, 1 Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 2'17 �~ ,J County: Dt1tri et: .tlooklnghcm ntonewall #348 "lore Mol"ria 2ft .\crea{ie, O,l.oit.ted: Aoeea,.usd 2 l/11 lt>0 .. 00 "70. 00 ~: ·iono ktwwn. -sou. :Jttnd:t lom ot n ttootl de'ith r-,nd 1."'cruu. ty. Hieto~: 1025 11 the rn1roh!mt-11;bla s " t1Nbor hoa he!2tn r$nov~d t:roro thi:s tJ:-eet. ''.1lero 18 aboirt lO cord, o:t' tuel. 1.tOOd on the woodod tU"tla ()O?uitattng ~5. 00 lC o its. wooa : 60¢' ot mn l l osks. Log duelling 15 1r ~Ort rmd f1'6rice k1 tchen l·i x lO rt~ 4 rOO!i}S 1n houoe. Voµe:r l"oot. l l/8 rH.o:ry . J,,o.c wnlls '\l00.,00 ...,oor eonil 1 tton. .10,an1loned 1~. 00 13 fr,11t trees 1.00 pe tree ll!}.O() v,,.iue aer .!D.!. Slope &ON ~~-00 i:·otnl vi1lue 4. .. 00 25 . 00 'l'illlt:ibla :l9.tl0 " 1ttprovrm.ents '' t11r,ber It "' t.raet 11i,.oo 5.QU 141. 00 09.00 lltc, �'/:348 - : orris , 7ora . --./ ~ounty: .~ckinrham ...1is:rict: ,tonewall r:' . ...... 1 ,..\ . \'0-" SloJe -. }ill ble :Jcu le - 1 ' - 3 elm ins --~--- -----~ -----~ ~----- --~~-- ----~~~s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-nora.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Nora Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 348 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2fe472bd5535c6e042897e014081658f.pdf ac901bbeccd6300a02cad7e4385078c8 PDF Text Text ROCKI NG HAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #344 - Morris , Myrtle G. Number of Acres: o½ Location: Deep Run. Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertilit y . Entirely within the Park area . History of Tract and condition of timber: .,,.11 the merchan table saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remainin g stand conaists of small oaks and some scrubby short leaf pine . Improvem ents : Frame dwelling : 14x22' , with kitchen 12xl4', and porch 6xl4', 5 rooms, shingle and paper roof , 1- 1/2 story , all rooms e eiled . 1 m p ~ 1:2,g_sta ble: 18xl4', paper roof , good conditio n . Frame meat house: 7x9', shingle roof , fair conditio n . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 5 tjl5 . 00 $25 . 00 1- 1/2 30 . 00 45 . 00 ~70 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 6-l/2 Orchard: Minerals: ValueofLa nd: $ 70 . 00 Value of Improvements : $ 415 . 00 415 . 00 Value of Orchard: $25 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: '$ Value of Timber: $ l}IJ ValueofW ood: $~-Sc. - 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 82 . 30 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON:!: • 25 . 00 $53b . OO %: e~ : CLERIC ~ �~~a::. ~irc~~~~-~ .County, Virginia, No.........,At C;;;;~ Law. The State Commission on and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ ~ ~ - - ~ · - - ~ ------------- ------------- ------------- - ¥,i:';~~de~si"gn~~,1f:~;~;f}?~~~t:C~~~i;;/~~~~a,C~;::~v<l,.~Jc:;;· and De- velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~~f s id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_V_[~------~--- - ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sai~e ition and to said ~ice. , . ~~ • ~ J ~:ia;;~·£~·:~~:,·:::~:~~~;~Ej:=~:~;~~:s:o~ght b~~'.~~~~.:~.~~~:.o.~e~~~.~~::~~::~:::~1:~::::::::::~ to be condemned, containing abg,ii-;--~-;_-~:1::-:_ _____ acres, on whic~ there a ~ fzwing ----------- ----------- -------/.--- ----------- -~--------- ----------- ----------- ---This . ~ s located about__L_Z:2.,,,.___ miles f r o m - 4 - J ~ - - - - Virginia, in the~~M agisteri al District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land oww adj3:rent t? the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_j', _____ , --~------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----South __ Y,: ,21-, -~------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- ::t: :~· ~ ·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year-..1~$-~2in the follo wing ~~~. ~ ..0 ~.. ~........ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $__d_~!'-'--~~-- --· 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 improvement s thereon is $_}_~~-~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 $----------- -------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·-- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ·tness my signature (or my name and mark a ~ ~et,b) this--.----~ ------day oL TE -;;F VIR ·~;, 1~:~NTY OF.(]3 :Jlj_f~z:.=.__~············· The undersigned hereby certifies t h a L ~------------ - - - ----------- - ------- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ~n_d things ~earing in his r = b answer o are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, t-his __________________ day of__ _ ------~ 1~3f{. O · ~ ')JL __ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or 'My Conimlssion Expires Apr, 16, 1~ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. A /_ _7JJ _,_~__ P. J__ _ �Oc;u:mty: Hock1D.6hmn Utut~iot: tt Stonewall o.oo hoadet lliatoq: i'•ll the r:terchmitablc s w tUaber has been 1'dOVed from tllis tr11et . '...ho rel'l!a1n1n~ atand oooois.ta Qt ar.i«-J.l on :s end not o a( "'"Ubby <:iho:rt luet pino.. 1 bout 4 oaru o: 1'1ml -wood per a •re on 6 e.c,• tt.. ood · 'lfV ncr ed.. £0 oth .. 4 15.. 00 ft'llffle d~allin~ 14 x ij! ,t. •tth kitchen 12 x 14 rt nrut 14 !'t v-0rch. ~ .r001\lliJ. Db1r.gl~ ,ma ::;aper :root. l. l'J/ w-tory. ~·11 room; eeH.ed.. l>' i:r o,:;nd. t;coupiurt by owr:.er1t. a ~.. a :a 10-rt .. cu.:..iur :..or utribltt 10 x l4ft. ""11per root. r·ood con.d. •.ir:·J'ra 1 ef¼t houuo 'I A: 9tt. iihin ·lo ::..•oor. 11,ir, oond. 1.lE!L e,loµf> . . u.J. le '!'otal Vll )!$ . fl 11 e 7 ea,1e 5 l -0 ,. or ,ff land '*~, tupro;~rr.ente !" 'M VGJ.ue ,,e.r nore ii /r_i 1/'i lb . 00 20,.00 .200.00 f'otnl v~l.ue ·'""1~·:00 lb ~00 2:.>,. i}() ;)?.bO 0 on . ~ ;-·:'· A.52 .. bO 260,.00 ttHbor 15. 00 trnct ~U7 .. 00 Avc:rtge ' f' oo:re ~imo.oo :;o.z? I •u;1:t �- /044 - :orris , rtle G. Cci"'.lnty : ltO eki ng11ar,1 District : .Stone,,all Victor 1 il er . r orris 1 ~a..,:m Slo );-_:---;q-11~ Jle Sctle- l" - 3u c~ i s '1'11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-myrtle.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Myrtle G. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 344 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c2a43a5d3d689ebf45becca87ac5110d.pdf 60a637fbec114691f7692badc314f61a PDF Text Text ROCKINGHL ,1 COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT f/.350 - Morris, Ealinda Number of Acres: 1 Location: Madison Run . Entirely within the Park area . 222 . u. s. Position Roads: Two miles vi& dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: S ndy lo of fair depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: 11 cleared and in cultivation. Improvements: Frame dwelling: 13xl8', with 3 rooms, two side rooms , 10xl2 & lOxll' , 6xl2' porch, paper roof, 1 ~ story, occupied by 00ner, board roof, poor condition. Frhme hen house :9x6x7', poor condition . :xlmpr:n:~"'U! lrame meat house: 9x6x7', poor condition. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value . oo ,p25 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 1 2 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 25 . 00 225 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 225 . 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ 15 . 00 ~265 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ 15 • 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 26.5 . 00 focidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ HOl ~ . �• -.<" County: Rocki ngham Distr ict: Stone wall #350 Malin da A. Morris Asses sed 1 A. Value Cl·e.imed Locat ion: $500 .oo Madis on Run. " 2 A Deed $100. 00 " l ~l. 00 AREAi 1 A Entir ely withi n the ?dr! armr. tA s. Posit ion 222 Laps: None known S.2!!.L Sandy loarn ot tair depth ond t'erti li ty Roads : 2 r'l1lea vii dirt roftd to "ort Repub lic, the neare st shipp ing point . Risto n: ~ll cleare d mid in oultiV ation . Improvements: Frllf.le dwell ing, 13 x 18ft. with ~ roorna. Two aide rooms , 10 a 12 & lO x 11 ft. 6 x 12ft. :>oreh. Pa.per roof. 1 l/2 atory . Occupied by owner. 'oor cond. ~ 150.0 0 Frame .meat bousa 9 x 10 x att. Board roof. ?oor cond. 20.00 Frame hen house g x G x 1ft. Poor oond1 t1on. 10.00 Total bldgo . 180.0 0 Value of land by tues : 11.22. Tilla ble VP>1, ::: Ac.rea5~ per acre l $30.0 0 Total value 01· la:nd 'fotal.. value of lrnpro vemen ts Toto.l Value tSoo.oo !"30.0 0 160.(ID Total value of tract 210.0 0 Average value per sore 210.0 0 17& �/300 - , orris , 1 L~ l1ndt County: ockineham District: Jtonewall ~- Cllanie rtobinson 2:st . -:::::::~ ,.,,.,;; ~st. T "";G~FD .:'il lable .Scale- 1" ·~o che '-fill � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-malinda.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Malinda Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison 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): 350 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6421e5673883194676cab95f1db7185a.pdf f8b5bf7c456634007515c920bc90d07b PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA.L COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #346 - Morr is , Jake Number of Acres: 9 Entir ely withi n the Park area . Location: Deep Run. Roads: Two and one- half miles via dirt road to Port Repu blic , the neare st shipp ing point . Soil: Sandy , clay loam. Slope type; rocky and thin . saw timbe r has been History of Tract and condition of timber: Lll the merch &ntab le remov ed from this tract . The remai ning stand cons ists of small oaks and yello w pine . oms , frame kitch en , Impro veme nts; Dwel ling: Lof , l6x20 ', with 2, ro rooo ceile d , fair 1 story 1 , roof 10xl2 ' , 1 room, paper cond ition , vacan t . cond ition . lmj lGJ ~tab le: Frame , 10xl2 ', paper roof , fair cond ition . fair , roof paper , . _ ~en house : Log , 6x8', ition . cond fair , roodi' paper , Hen house : Log, 8xl0' Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 $.5 . 00 440 . 00 1 30 . 00 30 . 00 $70 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 9 Orchard: Minerals: 235 . 00 Value of Land: $ 70 . 00 Value of Improvements: $235 . 00 15 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ lj . 00 50 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ ~370 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Valueo fWood : $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $11 . 11 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOHE . ~ - -- - ~ - ~ - - . . # -CLERK. --- SZ- �,· • County: "--/Rookinghan District: Stonewall #346 • Morris, Jacob Ac rea.g e Cle. it.ied: 9 A. •24 P. Aeseaaed: 9-0•24 Value Clained: 180 . 00 Aasessed: Area: Location: Deep Run~ Roads: 50 . 00 9 Acres . Entirely within the Park are..1.. Incunbranoes, counter olains or laR~: Soil: DE D;9•0 - 24 ( 1918) Deed: 45 . 00 oandy. clay loan. None known. Slope type . ocky and thin . Two and one-1.alf ciles via. dirt road to Poatt Republic, the neo.rest shipping point . All the r:1ercha.ntable saw tinbor has been renoved froo this tract . Hiotor1 of tract and condition of tinber: The rer.iaining stand conaista of sml l oaks a.nd About four cordo of f uelwood per yellow pirie . acre . 34 cord.a fuelwood ® 751 ·-- , 24 . 00 Inprovenenta: Dwellin~: Log, 16x20' 1 with 2 roona, frace kitchen, 0xl2 • , 1 root1, p..'1.yer roof, 1 story, l roon ceiled, fair condition, vacant --- 100 . 00 Frace. 10xl2', paper roof , fair stable: 15. 00 oondit!on - .. -Hen house: Log, 8x8', paper roof , fair condit Ion -·-· Hen house: Log, 8xl0', paper roof, fair oondi tion ---- Value of land by tnea: T"rpe Value ier acre Slope Tillable 15. 00 -- 3.60 5 . 00 ~128:88 Total Value 24.oo 15 . 00 $39 . 0d Total value of l ~nd Total value of ioprovec.ents Total value of t inbor Total val uc of tract Average value per acre ' �Claim of Qad-e, d'~ --------------------------------------------- In the Ci~ourt of_ _____________ ----~-County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State C<5:1~i~s~o~on Conservat· n, and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._~f.r'--~----- ------------------ ------------------ ------ ___ -------------------- 0------ - ·----y-------- ------------------------ -----------more or less, of land in_V£1L _______ ~ C o u n t y , Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petiti of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, an in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~ of s ·d petiti~ and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_L/tp____ ______ _Z...~County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya;:: :~~~~~------- --------------- ------------~;.~:·: ::~t, ::t~:,e::~:~-~~~s; in a tr:ct-o~-~~~c~l-~;-1~~-;~t~i~-;~~-~~-.~~ght t;e~ollowing to _be_ condemn~d, containing about ___ ia,_.2. ft'-d.~ bu~~1~provemen ts: __ . .,Q~-------_ -_-__ --------_-__ -------------- ------------------------ -----· I/,---------------~--- ---------------------- -------Th~ l~located abo~L-!-L~~-miles :rom____ ~ - - - V i r g i n i a , in the~Mag1ster 1al D1str1ct of said Coun . I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ------------------------ ----------- ~ - - ~ ------------------------ -- The lan~°'vner adjacen~o t~ abov,.e described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: _ __ (!:. _L~-------------- ------------------- ----------North__ South _____ ~~ __ b:,__ / 2 J ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - East ___ 1 ___,___..,.._J£.,..L.....__.i_~- ----------·-------------- ---------------------- West ___ ll:,_...,.......,.;.-41,-~...__..,~---f-T-1 __ ~---------------- -----------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _J__jl'il_in the ~ following manner: -~ ::::::::::::::::::::::~ -~-: ___:__ :::: __::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $____ j__f _~-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- $----~~~~:__. ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on !e back). 1:3~r of_ (J~nes_s-~y-s~gna'.~r my name and rk__'.~~=~~:!:::::::d~~ S ~ ~ ' COUNTY OF____ -----r--------------, To;w1t. The undersigned hereby certifies that__ - ~-- - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . the above named claimant personally app e before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his~ve answ are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, )JL/ · . 0) · this _____):_k ________ day of ~ . J9~?· <J.r ,-f-~-Lh_ __ _ u ~ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ~ ~- ~~ ~-/~//,~~ �-- ~340 - aco ---------- ---------:----------- --...,, orris VQ'll1t is le N -~H U1 H 0 Victor j C') .,.; ,...., (') ':>·-! _j H 1 . 0 0 D --': o e - i l la· l c le - 1 1 = ~o chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-jake.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Jake Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 346 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/79728c663c20d44d864e1bc364f8e8c6.pdf 6c0633a8ebb21a817de295fe793e1729 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHhL-' COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #343 - Horris , J . H. Number of Acres: 7 Location: Deep Run. Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Slope types . ~ntirely within the Park area . Sandy loam of u fair depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber: ... 11 the merchantable saw timber has been · removed from this tract . The remaining stand consists of small oaks and S ) .e small scrubby short leaf pine . Improvements: N one . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 7 5 . 00 ¢3:5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 50 . 00 .;85 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land:$ 30 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract : $ 1 2 . 14 Ir.cidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NO NE . . ~~: CLERK. ~ �, --J Ootu1ty.: ::,1:ttrtot.: Hoc d tlt$b8ffi !1tc.:m@,lall toed l0. 24 110a n.oo lSll.4 1(12'1 7 .. 84 lt)0,. 00 '" no tlol.d ohot.tt loqa tion: - Soil : Slop e typ(t th : ll th : ond:y loePl ot a tnir do1r h ,uid tortU .1ty. ,,.ero h~ntc blt? 1•u,w tit bar hRa been :"t3niovod f'rorl'I thia tN.lt :t. 'dr reoo iniru t at.one! cone tat~ o;,· tu1s ll ouu 1.nd nmn.e f\M.U. 601" ~bby tJhu1•t lent i,')ine . Ab1'.lut fl oori. n t'u,il wood :~c.r nu,'ch ·12 eds., rtiel wood ·t 00¢ pa:: , rn.• oo '/£,,lue 2El' ucra •1 Velu e ot lrmd " " t1m er " •• t.rac' \ Avcr ug$ per aoru ~. 00 f.'lotal V· lue -m::o o ,e1,.oo 21 .. 00 4.?.00 a.oo 171 �,-t34 ,). . - rr. - . ·orris , 7ohn o 1 1't· ]ockingh · m Vis trict : 3tone-m ll N r..: .G :~T) .:_, 0~·0 i...lC .. 1 , - l ' = · ~O dL '._ s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-j-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, J. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 343 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/760ca47b16426127d65500a3747a3278.pdf ccc2f61a624e70ae5dc82bf48aa87efe PDF Text Text -~~#-r=SG., -~~ -------------------------------- Claim oL __ In the Circuit Court of~t'~---~Q~--~--County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Co ission on Conserva ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.__________ _ __ ------------------------ ------------------- ' ~;~~de~~iin~~. l~~~.ft~()~Cc~~ ;;;i~/~~i~~a,C~ :::;v~~?! and De- velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fip- of sai petitionzd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_L_______________ --~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o sai etiti and to id notice. f --p;.~ My name 1s________ __ _L_, ,C.""'1-'!1,!-~-...,j-:,..-,-r.t--z My post office address is _____'.'.'.'LL ____._. 7 111 ~ ¼ ~--------------.__ __ _:-_...._ I claim a right, title, estate or inter~t in a 'tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing _ab~---~--acr es, on which ther,e are the following bmldmgs and 1mpro~ents · - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - _ __ _ _ , ~~-~ ~::::=~-=---~-~~::~;~~/;:;;:;_::~.-;~ theJ~~1~~iste tial 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.) :~~~~~~he ~ d tract-or parcel of}~~d are as follows: ~:t Zr--K. ~ s- ~ v ~-~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: West ~--~-~~-~------ ------------------ ------------------ --I acquired&6y right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_f L~ ___ in the following manner: ~ ,. _ f e,L., ::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~:Jk,.._~:::~-:T:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there,,,t:Io on is $____ ,.;__.P-_Q_.,_ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, ,,,t;'6 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ i::J __~_t__!______ . 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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). W~s my signature (or my name and m~~ attached hereto) t~is _____ ~~----day ;~~;;~-:t~~~;;~, l~~~NTY OF _@_--~---f~:;Ji!~ )-~ The undersigned hereby certifies that~~L-.. ________ __________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his abo3 answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____ J __ ~ ________ day of___ ~ - - - - - - - , 193,~. (\ ' (J 0 .., I I I 'i 3 I 7 _2f-d-L_7Y]_!__ l;:;l~_')-J~_ ~lr 6f the Ceurt, or Special IavestigatoF'or Notary Public, o ~ . J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-george-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, George E. 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. (<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 Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8c1e4b8f07501a1e0610f40e4457d8a5.pdf ac0c796cdf38a60361229a13d00e6d80 PDF Text Text tioner, 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 fi~ of id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_fr(;/-------- - - - - ~ n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h!Ya::: :;_:~~~ e'. ____ --n- ------zZ-:-;------------~~_y_q__t'-f- -~~--~--.S:~-- My post office address is ____ -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ J-'_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following ~~~~-~~:-~~~-=~~~~:~::v:-;;~::::----i ~ ; ~ ; s ~ ; ; ; : ~ e : a ! ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------------------------ ---------------------:~~nd ownHc~'~-de scribed tract-or parcel of land are as follows: South ______ _l_ ____ ------- ------------------------ ---------------East__________ A.r,.....-A.,,, ),/,~~~~:141~-------- ------------------------ ---------West ___________ 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: ---lJJ::. ________ ------------------------------------------ :::::::::::::::::::~--o/-_~__:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the t<;_~al value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--J-.6-C-t2-f!J!_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---------------- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~ck). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~ ____ day --~-/4~ ------- of ___ ~ - ~ - - - - - , 193/1. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ------- ~-_---~-----11-------, To-"7it: The undersigned hereby certifies that__~-_____ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared bef e him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are tru to the best of his knowledge and belief, th is-------~------day oL_?,-~--- ~~~~~ci___ nves~tor or Notary Public, or Justice the Peace. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-ashby.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Ashby 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. (<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 Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/293bab50fbf9b13cc06aea9fc0b3c8be.pdf ed94efd6701e05e80a0bd73aeb6c1d66 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT 'l If ·.,.. vJ-.....,-~ :·o,~.::.a, . . . . . . . ie II. L 1 Yo.·t, .T~ L _rustee Number of Acres: 1 ~ Location: ] il Roads: ~hr a Soil: ..., 1 o e . ntirel. ;-: n . ,i,.hin tl e ileu ov ·r co 1nt rk 2..r -... • ro-.d to L ... l nd ~ord . History of Tract and condition of timber: ..... 1 1' Improvements: ;·., tr ct ~s be n rr, mere' .. ,nt .blc; ti ,'.)er hus ' · t Jl· ')urne ov ,r . ~n r ,. ov d !~on, . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: ~.oo lZ Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2'1 . ')Q Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ J . OO Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~ , u~,-r . . ..J. ft, / /_/..a. :. ,.. ~ ..1/Y. ~ '--'--=-----"-'---,,c:_:;;----5-....... v ~ ........ . �,r . Claim of ___ .ur ci __ t•i•..L "' _-'lCJ ... , .._ c ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---In the Circuit Court of_ ___ i~rd ~-....,.__J_,.: ... : ..: ... _________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservati on and Developme nt of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______ - ______ - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---· ---------- -------more or less, of land in ___,.L _L.....,_.__, _,_r-t------ ------Cou nty, Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigne d, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnat ion awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_ AQ;!i l¼,:_:neu ________ .:__ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is . ________ ... e..Q_J ~ ..... e--....er-_ .i- 9-- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------My post office address is ________ ..Y{~ ~u P.1..Q !,)_ _Va~ ---------- ---------- --------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__ ~-~~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents :__!_,~~i~-~~ tL9.f. ___i_1; ~).-~ __g_QQ~_!. _9~~- ~J!.l~A ~ ---------- -or ::Jht.:t u. 40 or br, aJ:r~s oleared. remaind er 1 1·. brusn ni.:: ------------- ~--------- ---------- ---------- - - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -- --~our~;- ~~mber _____________________________________________________________________ _ · Ian d 1s · Ioca t e d a b ou t __________ Tl11s 2 __ m1·1 es f rom ___I ~AeL ~ .... :.d__________ Ford __________ v·1rgmia, ·· m · ___ ,.._y_______ th e __S_ _y+-01·1ew l.&. "" Mag1s · t errn · · 1 D"1st r1c · t of sai"d Coun t y. 0 I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) S ol e The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North _______ JJ .Al. xa d..er; ---------- ---------- -------- - ---------- ---------- ---South ________ Jledx.~~.,k. ___________________________________________________________ _ East ____________1... 1 • Eer r i s c,n '- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----West _______________ S a l .lei e _____________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___i _'~j._ l ___ in the following manner: _________________________1'cugh t _of _:.lir s . --- ~E~ ~--~ ~_!'~r~--------- ---------- ---------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $----'N9. !.Qk ____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $--~.E.~!-~ -------· 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 condemnat ion of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- ---------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ____ I _mn_a. w.id cw n ..d unable _t c _lo ok after_ th.Ls _l. a nd ______ _ - --the.r e:f.o -=:!- -e X-4- -r:r-l. .:!.in _...,i .t..--1.U--.my- 4-~-Ur._--:g,~t..l. C.,; ~ - • _..~y.J~J- ..n t - ~:.h- - - - - - - - - - - - _____ p:a:,i se _ i i ven ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ______~~-~ -----day of_ __ A_~g..'."____________ , 193~. ~ -.. . . __ __.:_ ___ ' _0 __ ~----- ---------.., STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF ___ ~;;..ngh anL ---------- , To-wit: The undersigne d hereby certifies that_Mr_a ,. _..Auru.. ._..u1o '.1.'.. s-----~ __----------- ---the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made th at the matters and things appearing in his above answer ar~-- tr.ue to the best of his/ nowledge and belief, .~ . this ___ "'~1 -~~ --------da y _of__ L ~~ ._ _______ -~ Il _.... ./ J.i._ ~ omnu. ,,. ... .l.On. e.~~1.:re~ 1. !J .,ti ::.. . • OJ. v, " ('" f, Jun . .J..132 - __ £ __________ :_ ~__________ __________ ____ _ · ~ ~ e,~ r, 6r ~lc"f~l''ffilt tflator or N ofaryPubl ic,YafY.Tti's'free'f>fYt~YP'Ja"(e. ~~ �QtnmmnuwrultlJ nf lllirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 13, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 13 d.ay of January in accordance with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1/11/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson At k ins ¾ gus ta National Bank -o~f~i:~>' t_a_u_n~t_o_n-, ~v=i~.r-g-. ~i-n~i-a~-,~T =ru s tee paid to Staunton, Virg inia $_ 2_4_._0_0_ __ __ being in full settlement of tract# 165-a-l in the above mentioned cause. 33b �Q!nmmnuwraltlJ nf llirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 13, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Augusta National Bank of Staunton , Virginia , Trustee Staunton, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg i n ia, the sum of $ 24 . 00 , in acc ordance wi th an order of the Ci rcuit Court of the c oun t y of_~R=o~ck=i=n~g=h=am~--- entered on the 2nd day of January 193__!_ , in the matter of the State Commi s sion on Conservat ion a nd Deve lopment v _ __ __C~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a=w~s~o=n~=A~t=k=i=n=s~___ and others , be i ng full and complete settlemen t fo r the tra ct of land k nown in s aid proc e eding as# 165- A- l JAN 1 5 1934 AUGUSTA NATI ONAL BANK OF ST UNTON , VIRGINIA, TRUSTEB ST UN~ O N BY-0 -+. GD:4. ~ I' ~;;s ~ l f u US'J. 1 Sign original an d dupl i cat e and re t u r n t o t he Treasure r of Virginia . OFFleER . �VIRG INIA . IN THE CIRC UIT COURT OF ROCKINGID Jl COUNTY. The 3tat e Com miss ion on Con serv ation & Deve loprr B nt of the Stat e of Virg inia , peti tion er , v. Cass an dra Law sin Atki ns , et e.ls, defe ndan ts . In Re : Dis~ ribu tion of proc eeds of cond emn ation for 'T ract #,243 . This day came the Stat e i~ omn issio n on Com eratio n & Deve lopm ent, by coun sel , and move d the Cou rt to e..ntB r an rder dire ctin g the 'Trea sure r of the 3tat e of Virg inia , to pay to t , out of the proc eeds of Cond emna tion of 1 'l ractH o . 243 , the sullml f wl5 . OO repr esen ting the amou nt of a cert ain pled ge made by anni e Moor e , who claim ed to be the ovme r of said trac t , to said tate Com miss ion on Cons s rvat ion & Deve lopm ent , as a cont ribu tion or the esta blish men t of .:3he nand oah Nati onal Park , and in supp ort o ts said moti on , the s a id Com miss ion exhi bite d to the Cou rt , its otio n in writ ing sett ing fort h all the fact s in rela tion ther eto, v hich has been here tofo re file d here in . Upon cons ider a tion vm.e reof, it appe arin g tJ e Cou rt , that the clai m of said Corr miss ion is not base d on the lan ndem ned or on the proc eeds of conde mn.a tion and that sa id Com:n.iss io s faile d to obta in the cons ent of the part ies enti tled to the proC'Ond emna tion , to the paym ent of its claim , itis acco rdin gly and orde red that ihe mo tion of the Com miss ion for the paym en o said cl aim out of the proc eeds of cond emns tion for said trac t , b and the same is here by deni ed . ~~ f . f ' #'J \ I r J �tioner, 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 fi~ of id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_fr(;/-------- - - - - ~ n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h!Ya::: :;_:~~~ e'. ____ --n- ------zZ-:-;------------~~_y_q__t'-f- -~~--~--.S:~-- My post office address is ____ -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ J-'_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following ~~~~-~~:-~~~-=~~~~:~::v:-;;~::::----i ~ ; ~ ; s ~ ; ; ; : ~ e : a ! ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------------------------ ---------------------:~~nd ownHc~'~-de scribed tract-or parcel of land are as follows: South ______ _l_ ____ ------- ------------------------ ---------------East__________ A.r,.....-A.,,, ),/,~~~~:141~-------- ------------------------ ---------West ___________ 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: ---lJJ::. ________ ------------------------------------------ :::::::::::::::::::~--o/-_~__:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the t<;_~al value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--J-.6-C-t2-f!J!_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---------------- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~ck). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~ ____ day --~-/4~ ------- of ___ ~ - ~ - - - - - , 193/1. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ------- ~-_---~-----11-------, To-"7it: The undersigned hereby certifies that__~-_____ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared bef e him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are tru to the best of his knowledge and belief, th is-------~------day oL_?,-~--- ~~~~~ci___ nves~tor or Notary Public, or Justice the Peace. �-~~#-r=SG., -~~ -------------------------------- Claim oL __ In the Circuit Court of~t'~---~Q~--~--County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Co ission on Conserva ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.__________ _ __ ------------------------ ------------------- ' ~;~~de~~iin~~. l~~~.ft~()~Cc~~ ;;;i~/~~i~~a,C~ :::;v~~?! and De- velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fip- of sai petitionzd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_L_______________ --~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o sai etiti and to id notice. f --p;.~ My name 1s________ __ _L_, ,C.""'1-'!1,!-~-...,j-:,..-,-r.t--z My post office address is _____'.'.'.'LL ____._. 7 111 ~ ¼ ~--------------.__ __ _:-_...._ I claim a right, title, estate or inter~t in a 'tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be_ condemn~d, containing _ab~---~--acr es, on which ther,e are the following bmldmgs and 1mpro~ents · - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - _ __ _ _ , ~~-~ ~::::=~-=---~-~~::~;~~/;:;;:;_::~.-;~ theJ~~1~~iste tial 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.) :~~~~~~he ~ d tract-or parcel of}~~d are as follows: ~:t Zr--K. ~ s- ~ v ~-~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: West ~--~-~~-~------ ------------------ ------------------ --I acquired&6y right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_f L~ ___ in the following manner: ~ ,. _ f e,L., ::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~:Jk,.._~:::~-:T:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there,,,t:Io on is $____ ,.;__.P-_Q_.,_ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, ,,,t;'6 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ i::J __~_t__!______ . 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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). W~s my signature (or my name and m~~ attached hereto) t~is _____ ~~----day ;~~;;~-:t~~~;;~, l~~~NTY OF _@_--~---f~:;Ji!~ )-~ The undersigned hereby certifies that~~L-.. ________ __________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his abo3 answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____ J __ ~ ________ day of___ ~ - - - - - - - , 193,~. (\ ' (J 0 .., I I I 'i 3 I 7 _2f-d-L_7Y]_!__ l;:;l~_')-J~_ ~lr 6f the Ceurt, or Special IavestigatoF'or Notary Public, o ~ . J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context morris-annie.pdf Title A name given to the resource Morris, Annie H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 165-a-I Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Morris https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4f81d8fc66d38671632bc9b24252369e.pdf 78b4e71027a11e100247f6e5414aec48 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #243 - Moore , Minnie Number of Acres: 98 Location: Head of Hawk sbill Creek , and entir ely withi n the Roads: . Seven miles of good dirt road to Yance y , the neare st shipp ing point . Soil: (See rever se side for Soil infor matio n) ark area . History of Tract and cond ition of timber: The tract has been cut over at vario us times in the past, and there is no merch antab le timbe r . There is a fair stand of some oak and hicko ry ~1th a few yello w popla rs and white pine up to 16" DBI-I. Improvements: N one . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 56 ~5 . 00 280 . 00 30 . 00 1260 . 00 i1540 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 42 , ' 98 Fields Restocking : Cultiva ted Land: Orchard: Minera ls : Value of Land: $ 1540 . 00 Value of Improv ements : $ 50 . 00 ~1590 . 00 Value of Orchar d : $ Value of Minera ls: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value ofTim ber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $16 . 22 Inciden tal damag es arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON~ . ~ -~ : CLEP.K . S3 �~~- Claim of___ ___ Z__.~- -------- -------- -------- -------- --In the Circuit Court of___ -~.------ --------C ounty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on onservatio n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------- .---~--- - ---------- ---------- -------. --..---------- ---------- -- more or less, of land m__ _ _ _ ___________ ounty, V1rgmia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer o the pet" on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a d in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon t h e fig ! of aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _ _ __ ___ _ _______ ty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his ans er to said etition and to said notice. My name is ____ 1,--~---- ---------My post office address is_~~ -____ ________ (_ __,_ ______· ___________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tr ct or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__£_ %_-l'f=-= ____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _ ~ ---Z~ _---, ___ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- · _____; ;j ;I~ A----... ---------- --------This land is locate aboutJ~_!'.k,_,(Z.~-miles from ______ ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia , in th _ _ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~:~c:e;:~~:l~~~:~:~~~::f::~:=t:~:~ :ett_~~a,:~;J~~~-tr:~_o: ~:~~] ~~-~]~:~ s th_.lJ-- c-~_r-c ... ---------- ------· ~---- ------ ------ ---st __________________________________________________ ____________________________ _ est_____________________________ _________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_J-f- .//_in the following man~er: ~ ~ :::~a!~~::]:~~~~~=:~ t:rov~:e~ on is $.;l..j. '.io~~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $--------- -------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- ------- --· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remar ks· _________________________________________________________________ -----·- __ _ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ /_:3________ day oL_~~- =------- -, 19'?/. ~~~~--------STfTE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ To-wit: The undersigne d 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, ClJ- ~ _ --~--, this ____ J-~---- ----day of__d -~~ ~~~~ Special -- ' estigator-or Notary Public, or Justice of e Peace. �t · 1:ockineh Di~i¥¥ci; Stonewall Q243 -= ·oorc ! f.i_crease Gla i m,ed : 9 2 • " 1 • in.1io ... . Assessed : 88 A --60 Vnluo CJ.o.hmd: "'2300 .oo Loco. tion: :ead of Deed : 98 A- 69 P • tt, .a.v, sb 111 Greek: an,1 entirely Ir4c'Qr.lbran c es, counter olai1 s or l ans: .. __ i i . ~ · • 11 1000 . oo tl 911) i thin the Pe.rk area . 1.one kno m . Dundy loar; of good ao-c uh a.nd fertility except for few shaley spots. 11.'here iG a small amount 01"' loose rocks an few outcrops "'ound on tl-ie slope. 'l'he wood9d portio is steep 1th ,;7 ! [ -., ,xpor-i ::..·<-. The first class grazing land h s gentle to moderate slopes 1 i th eood 'blue grass turf, f'ev weeds and no brush. The second class has poor soil with many rocks and woads., Tl' e third class 1s stoop o.nc L s r,ot been cleared vo~y long. Tho turf io i:::-l :patc,hos with considera ble loes, ·la.okberr- iee. roolrn~ brusn and bare soil. There is not mu~h ,a te1· ,1n t i e tract. Roads : ,1even 1 ilos of g od dirt :to1d to Yancey, t· e nearest sr 1.ppin point. ~1istory of tract and crnnd~-~ion of tlmbe : frhe tract las been c ut over at various times in tho psst; e..nd Jr or is no m.erchant ... ble tirrber, ~'hero io o. fair s vand of some oru: and hickory with a fe~, yellow po_plors a n d 1llite pine up to l6f' BBH . 4 Improvements! None . Val1:e of land by; t;l]2 c ~: Tyne Slope i-g 1 Fg II Fg III ri.c:r;eage 46 v·a.1 ·10 ~ ac..?:'~ .;:1:00 20 4:5.00 8 18.00 14 88 Total value of lanc1 Total value of tract Average value per acre 14. 0C 1·otal VaJ.,10 ' '131'3.00 900.00 144 •.00 196 . 00 ""1'3i"/e.cm .,..1378 . 00 13r1e.oo 15 . 66 zecz �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 DEFENDANT S. 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 beerr 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. __ 243- _____ : 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. __2i..3 ____ $_J.g_~ Q-'-0 9on 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; Minnie E. Moore 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 contribut ion pledge , obligating the owner, Minnie E . Moore , to give 5 acres of her ls.nd 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 .q.ward(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __g_1,A_ ______ $-~.9_! 9_Q __ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS ~~~= =--------------------- ------------------------------------------~ .________.----- ::_:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~--~ ~ -----B~~: STATE COivfolISSION ON CONSERVAT ION &- 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. 75 �ST ATE OF VIRGI NIA ) COUI'r.I1Y OF WARREN ) SS Persona lly appeared befor-e me the undersig ned Notary Public in my said State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being duly sworn , deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Co mmiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent in immedia te charge of the records of the Shenand oah Nati onal Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss i on for dis tribu t ive sha res of condemna tion awards in the Shenando ah Nationa l Park condemn ation proceedi ngs pending in the Circuit .Courts of Virginia , by·reaso n of contrac ts and agreeme nts ent ered into with the owners of lands'so ught to be condemned in these proceed ings , and that the v1i thin claim is just and cn:r-rect . Witness my signatur e this 8th ~~w3~~ " ________,___h- ~ - · Notary rubJ:tc NOTARY PUBLIC !il)l Commi!r.ion Expires Sep. 8~ 1934 �OLnmmnuwraltq nf lliirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , May 28 , 1934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell , Treasurer of Virginia have this ~2~8~_day of May i n accordance with an order of the circuit court of B.ockini:rharn County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs • _______..,C=a=s=s=-a=n=d=rc..a=~ L =a=wc-=s'-'o=-=n=------cA =-=t-=k=i=-=n=s= - - - - - - - - - - :p aid to Minnie E . JJoore $ 1, 590 . 00 being in ful l settlement of tract # 243 in the above mentioned cause . ,oo �Q!ommnuwtaltq of 1ilirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 28 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Minnie E. Moore Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 1 590.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of___~R~a~c-~-1~n~g~h~run-..._ _ entered on the 25th day of __M~ay.,__ _ 193~ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~C=a=s~s=a~n-d~r=a~L=a=w~s~o=n~ =A~t=k~i=n=s~_ ___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as# 2~4=3,c___ _ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virg inia. 101 �IN THE CIRCUIT COUR'I.1 OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others . On this, the :;? .,·--- day of May, 1934, came Minnie E . Moore and on her motion leave is given her to file her ap p li cation for the disbursement of the sum of $1 , 590 . 00, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 243, and heretofore paid into Court . And likewise came Effie C. Hilbert , John R. Moore, Mabel C. Longley , Earl E. Moore and Claude T. Moore, 1ivho asked permission to file their answer to said application , which is accordingly filed . And it appearing to the Court that the said Effie C. Hilbert, John R. Moore, J\fi.able C. Longley, Earl E . Mo ore and Claude T. Moore have assigned and transferred any interest they may have in the said fund arising from the condemnation of Minnie E. Moore; '11ract No . 243, to the said that the said Minnie E. Moore is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No . 243 than any other person or persons and that the record in this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party in interest as to the title to said Tract No . 243 , or to the proceeds arising from the condmenation of said Tract No . 243, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due on said Tract No . 243, have been paid, upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $1 , 590 . 00 paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation fu~ Tract No . 243 be paid unto said MinnieE . Moore and the Clerk of this court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto said Minnie E . Moore the said sum of $1 , 590 . 00, the amount of theaward set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 243, taking from the said Minnie E. Moore a receipt therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry 23~ �2. thereof as re ~uired by law . Enter : _f/~ 1.t ...;.. 1~,1.;;.y;!J;__ ~ ___ Judg e �H-i T.Li. Cli,Cul1 C01..iiiT CF r..OCKLG. COU,Tr , VL,Cir IA A11 The S ti te Commission en Conserv::i. ticn u.nd Lev;:;l _,pmen t vs. · h" :Aoo r ~ nswe r of Effio C. ailbert , John R . 1/ioo ra, .~ablo C. Lon 6 ley , --d.rl : . und Clc1.uc.e T . itoo re to J?&ti tion filed in t.1e Circuit Court cf Ro ckin,)1am County by :'lli,.nie .., • Jtcor., for t11::: distribu ticn of tne $U,Ti cf 1 , 590 . CO , beinl t 1e a·.'lard for fr ct No . ~43 . s,.1.id r,ctition , or tc so wuch t,.-,r-,of, s tr:eJ fl.re u.avisveo it is a,<-1.tcri..tl fer t. w to r.s.,er, ans,ter 'i."1at it is true ~Lc:..t t:lc} d.rv tr,o cr,l:, sor:s ci.l'i 0. u.r10 S<iY: oau 0 hh,r·s of th::; le1. te J . "\oor-o u.r,c ti-mt the:>, u.rE; all c.1.Love trio ci.!:,C of 21 :; ,;;u.r b; ti1u. t t[J6 th ..;i r intc.r.,s ~s iz, Suid hv . ~43 r ... ct C, 11,1.no u ... tior, td_,n,of, to tnt>ir 1uot1,er , ... ira·ic entire fund to her . And ther Jill sv er ~r~r , etc . b , I C, s. dSSibr, ar,d tro.r s fs r ir tt,e fur.c arisir, 6 frcn, the cor:0011- ,1oure , ... no re¼u st t.i;;; Court t o f-"-Y tne �I l\ THE CIBCUI T C0Uh1' OJ. F,OCKI:NGHA,,, CC1U 1'J')' , VHGIJH A 'i'ne Stcite Cummiesi or 0r Conservation ctnc Develu ment of the Stu te o: Vi r j.nia Peti tior er At Law ~o . 1629 vs . trier ~ Cc:tssancira Lawson Atkir..s ::..r.e, Tc the bcn . l-! . 1, . u;fu,dar.ts bcirtrarr. , Judge e,f Sdia Covr Your p6ti tic.r_er , 111.nr.ie .c., . tJtuur_, , rsspect:fully r_,vrcsents tw~.t u. jucigmer.t eret0fore r,een enterec, in this f,roce--aing, , cor,oen,rnng tc t,:~ us:; of in rFm h1s tr:tct 0f lar:o oitu ... teo on tt.;:; ...-lue I-.id 6 e tr.e peti tier.er tne foe sin,i:,le estdte ir: .1our.tair_ , L; ir t16 6tl.St.::m pcrticn c,f StonE;N;;i.11 Distri.;t , Rockir.gba1:. Cour_ty , Vi:--gi i:1 , which tract is dc;scri beo iri tr.:;; r,,_p<..rt c- f tnij Apprc:iiS.:l.l Cc.mini :.;sic.r, rs shewn , rumbered ar.c oelireb.ted en the County lio . 243 , at the price of 1 :rsir , and .m&rship J,ap , filed Uererit:h , as Tnct 1 , 590 . 00 , t,is l::ein 6 a 1,art of tr.<, tract of lar.d 1'1ich v1as ccr,vey,.,o t0 tt;e iate J . S. ,,:oore , nus 'c;,no e,f pstiti0rsr , b;' A. S . P,:ider , by dssd d""teo 10verber G2 , FlC , ,:H1 u reccrcu:;;o ir. t,1e Cl::,r}'s Offics <J t:1is Court ir, De-,d Eook lo . £11, ___ t page 271 , the S<iici J . S. -1:0::re bcivin!., ceparted this ljfs in tr:e :-e_r 1r11 , the sc:;,id tr1ct cf lHr.; p:.tssec tc your petitiorer ar;c ..,f''ie C. hilbert , Joern R. ,oore , '.,able C. Longl-.:v , .c,a.rl ar.o -t;IiS ::!; . toor_, r.o CL.1."'c~ '- · ,,\oor::; , childr6n of pstit.ior.er Stio J. S. ,;10ore , uroer tnc; lt:t::;t .. ill or o.do J • • .t.ocra .,nich is recoraeo }l::tr,e 394 . A cof,y cf saio :ill in tne Clerk ' s vffice cf tnis Court ir, ,ill Book i,o . ~ m:...rksd 11.i!,xnibi t 11ill" , is nr::,r3tc tc be r ead tt.... cneu .1nd r:1: 0' art h ..n-ec f . s Ycur p ti ticnsr f1-,rt_,er sLo.,s tc tm, Cuurt that dll taxes have bser. p ... io tt, "'no ir.ducing tr.3 y-,ar 193~ . dnC sne r,e re·:itb fil -s C-:,rtific~tes to th"' t e feet fron. _,1. lf . L"'rrisLr!, i'r.;a.s1.,srer cf :?.ockir:ghc::1.m Coul'!ty, cl.rid J . E . Svitzer, Certific-tt-s .. us . 1 ~no:-:. , r-,spec'tivelL uno _f,rayeo to ce r_,J.a '""s '4 part herecf. Your peti tie:r...,r furtuer snys t l::'..t the said r,rc,pert: is urincu,,1berec a.no tha t ro person ether tnan nerself ~no ner .~forus~ic chiloren is ertitled to share i~ ths dietributio~ of the SdiC aware . Your patitiorer , tnerefcr·e , pr-:s thc:tt st.(:; be !illc.,eo to f:ile her petitior it thJse procei:c'inp,s; t,1dt th"' sa.io t'..arl l:!. . ,/ioor-e ana Clauc.3 'l . ,1:0 re ff-it, C. rlilbEfft , John h . 'oo re , Mlblc C. Longls~, r" m---d:: defer.d,u, tu her.:,ir ~nct requireo tc. ans.ver , but r.ct under cath; t a t an order ua}' b0 �entered ·L this f r cceediL 6 for the distributi~n of s~ict petitioner m·y hkv3 such other and furt er relief rd , ~nd that } Our e the nat~re of the cause may require . --- --------------------------------- ---- 0, -~ ~a2/4 ~---i;;:::e1. State of Vir gir:ia. , Count~ cf Fockirgnam, tc - . it : This Od:, •.\ir.nil.3 E. core , the petitioner in tne ci.b ove :r::.1tt"'r , ai,,;::-ed befcre m• ,~ - ~ _ , •Not n erscn1lly Public _,- ar.d for ,, County of.._, fc,res id ar;a b..;ine, first ciul~· s. orn, oeposes and sa}S th.:it sh e is tie petitivner ir. the abovs named mc:.tter, th..1.t she is acqu~ir.ted .lith the f act s t ',ereir, set for-th , and tnat tne sa.io facts are tnue ... r.o c.orrect tc the best cf �fill Book 8 I, J . S. Moore , beir:t of sound mind a rd ais~osin~ memo r . do nake -.r,d publish this n. 1 1 st :,ill c..no tesfarr.ar.t , hereb:,, r evoking, (1) 11 fo r me r I direct uy executix tc ~a) a ll my just detts of ever y kind ard r, ture. (2) :ta.te l C . I tequeath to my children , Effie C. Hilbert , John R. Yoore , ,oo re , E 4rl E • .ioore ur.c Clu.ude T • .J1oore th e rrcceeds of a life jns~rArce ~olic:· cf five Thousand Doll~rs , ind t te· tc receive el:.ch tr.e r~fnom One Thousand Dollars . (3) I cevise rj llrequeath tom :, .1ife M"r.nie E . ,Foore all the resid ve of my pro1,erty , both persor: 1 and re:..:..l a.r.d the si.:..rr.e to be held nd used by her for her comfort &nd support as ·1 ell as fer the care , suJ:port nd educ:::.ticn of 'r,d 1,rOf,Br : ID} children in such .1u.ys as she ma:, deem rig,h t rr,d I rl so direct th"'-t at her Cie::ith that all m: prcpe r ty of every kina and natt..re , remainir:t:, ir, her nands shall ass tc my childn,n, c..rd they to r&ceive Shu.re .JJd si:iare o..like tr.erecf . ( 4) I r.er::/t:~ l-'!Jcint .1y .,ife ,Hu-de E . ,io ore, the execLtr-ix cf this my last ,,ill ctnci test..ur.sr, t ara cf .mom r.o bend sl. .... 11 bo re'-1;..iired ir. t..dn,ir.istn,tion . In .dtr.5f..S ,,ner-,cf 1 nave he reunto ,ritter.m) name opposite my se· 1 this the 1 :.-,tn d y of .A.u 6 ust, 1911 . J . S . :f.oore (SEAL) The s,iid test· tcr , J . S . Joore , signed this i n tn:ment , ard declared the s.:1me as 1:1.r.d fer his L:..st ,>'ill ar.a testament in our t're serce , ar.d Ne at his re'iuest ~rd in his l-reser,c , :u:d in the r,reser.ce of eac.a other , ha.vsnereL,r,to s uc scribed our ni:<llleo a.S ?:.1.ttestirg :1i tressss . P . E . F . :,; ood C.L.i rer,ce J .... ck s~ n �----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---)1_,a, t I hereb~ certif) that there are ~o aeliquent taxes ir my office gair.st saici. tr.;1.c t c;f 8e- l-29 ere s of Lu.d assessed in the name cf !,.ir.nie E . dtt ore , Sa.id ld.r.d tdr·g, situ... ted in the fark area in Stonewall District, Rockingham Count:·, Virginia. Giver, vrd er rri: 1 h.u,cl this 11th du:, of .by 1934. Clerk of the Circd t Court of ,ock ir. 1.)1arr. Ccunt) , Vir 6 inia �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records in this office show that the 1933 taxes have been pa.id on a certain tract of 88-1- 29 acres of land assessed in the name of Minnie E. Moore situate in the Park Area in Stonewall District, Rockingham County . All taxes pr~or to that time, if any be due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of said County . Given under my hand this 10th day of May 1934. Treasurer �r Ji .. ~~ 131.7 4 131.7 4 131.7 4 I I 3 9 5 .2 l '.3 1.7 131.7 131.7 1'.31.7 2 i} 2 2 2 2 5 2 6.8 8 * ~ 3.90 2.00 116.0 0 I I 2 4 3.8 0 -3} '.3 95.2 2 5 26 .8 8 2 4 3 .8 0 1,165.90 -3} J RALPH H . BADER A TT O RNE Y A T L AW HARRISONBURG , V IR GIN IA I ~ I, I LJ ~ l' d 1.1.\i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context moore-minnie.pdf Title A name given to the resource Moore, Minnie 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): 243 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Moore