16 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/7bed4d79195d132090326c3d133ba520.pdf fb4bbc7b3d2e4c903e01fa9c9a8f501e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUN Y NAME OF CLAIMANT Davis , Julia #111Number of Acres: 14 Entirely within the park a r ea . Location: Swift Run . Roads: Spotswood Trail , hard surface , 2½ miles to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type , N. E . exposure . The Fe . on this tract has a fair depth of fertility . and is fairly well sodded . All the saw timber has been removed History of Tract and condition of timber: from this tract . IMPROVEI'v'IENTS ---- DWELLING-- --- Frame, 15x22 1 , 4 rooms , porch- roof , 3 Springs . metal --1½ story, occupied by owner , condition poor . STABLE----- -Frame , 10xl6x~ ' , paper roof , condition fair . ----HEN HOUSE : 1, Log , 6xl0x8 ', shingle roof , condition ~oor. GARAGE--- Framei 8xl2x8 SHED-----Log , 8x 2x8 1 , paper roof , condition fair . ~~~ slab roof , condition poor . Acreage and value of types : Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 10 @ $ 5. 00 $50 . 00 2 @ 40 . 00 so .oo Cove: Grazing Land: __ Fields Restocking: II Cultivated Land: 2 @ 40 . 00 so .oo $210 . 00 14 Orchard: Minerals: 420 . 00 Value of Land: $ 210 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 420 .oo Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 50 • 00 Value of Minerals: $ 25 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 2 5 • 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 50 • 3 5 $705 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~ -/¢n- ____ CLERK �Claim of_ __ A. _E. _w lyant, _Lien_ere di tor of Julia Ann_Dg_vis _______________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_Ruc.ki.ngh.am... ___________ County, Virginia, No.i!lY-_1._, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._Caasandra._A:tkina_and......o.th.ers._ ________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in _____g.9_q_tj._ngiJA.qL _________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__.R_q_gJgJ~gJ!~----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ _A,._ E_._ wVyant _________________________________________________ _ My post office address is ______ _Beld.ox.,.. _V.i:r_ginia.. __________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___ ~~---- ______ _acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :_Bwelli.ng__and_.o..u.:t__b:u.ilding.s... _______________________ _ This land is located about_ __4 ______ __ miles from ___~l,;Lc_t.QP-$-_____ ___ _________ Virginia, in Stonewall · t eria · 1 D'1st r1c · t of sa1'd Count y. ___________ Mag1s th e______ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what righti title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) A ien creditor of J ':]-lia Ann Davis by virtue of a deed of t~ust executed by Julia Ann Davis to H. W. Wyant, Trustee, Nov. 10, 1926, to se1:mr-g--note- --in-t-he-- S't:IJIT-ot'--,;p"206-.-0e-,- 1 ra-yab-l:e--t-o--Reine- ·f lyant,- -antt--a-s-signed to me, tog e.ther--wLth...-1.n.ter.e.s.t--fro.m._date_._ ___ !£___________________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ __ ________ ____ ___ __________ _______ _________ ____________ __ ______ __ _______ __ _ South ____ ____ __ __ ____ ____ ________ __ ______ ________ _____ _____ ____ ___ __ ___ __________ __ East ________ ____ ________ ___ ____ ___ __ ______ ___ _____ __ _______ _____ ________ ___ __ __ ____ West _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ l~~6___in the following manner: _ See _deed of trust_ duly _recorded _in _the _ Clerk 1 s _O ffice_ of _Rockingham _ County,__ in_Deed Book_ No._ 136 L at __pag~ _479 · ---- - ------- - - ----- - - ---------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 $----- ---- -------· 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 pro .. posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- - --------- - ------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks · ----------------------- - --- - ---------------------------------------- ------ - CD (..) ~ ~ EE~ 0 rn >, ..... c:: $.... ::l 0 ~ Cl) uu E Cl:) ro ..c ..c - C::: -0 bD C ..¥. (..) = ex:: Q,) ~ 0 CD C,.) M C) r- co w U-- ----------- - ------------ ----------- - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~~t~;;;;,~-~~~~r1~r my nameand ::~ed~~~~~~~~~~~~a~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__R_Qckingham_____ ______ _, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _______ A•--~-~-JYx,~:g.ji___________________ __~- --the above named claimant per sonally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____J,§____________ day of! _~~~!'7, __3=~~~ <o~ *~ _ ~ Ceu~ eial Ifivestigator er ~ ar;v J?tthli,e, or Jmitif-e oi tl,e ~ COMMISSIONER inCha ncery for the Circuit Court o f Rock i ngham County, Virginia �I Claim of_ t,fr c,,k- {1_'cz_... __ t2'_,_ __ :¥a.~------- --------------- --------------- -------~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No._<'.'.'. f~ .2, At Law. In the Circuit Court of_ __ /.2~~ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ _ , k _ a - . k ~~ - -~ ~ ~---.?.J},__t{.-_c2f: __ 2: ___ due _______ _ __ _ ___ . ~ b:.Z_6 ~ ./ _____ a.- c'!__,L/4d --/-~L-- _______________ _ more or less, of land in __ g ~~~J/Ql----. td&--_County, Virginia, Defendants. · The undersigned, in answer to the petitio'n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ ~~d~ County, Vi:r:ginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. -_l--~~--- 4 ___ &~-Jd1:--i ~--~ ,,ff{;k_~ ---------------- ~-----------My name is ______ My post office addfess 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_o________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=-- -~ ~--f L ~ ---------------- ---------c~/ ~ L --~ --L~~--~ w ~---ef.--Q-;:·:u ·Lu:,,:1-:a.4<-__6 - ~ l d ---~ -!7ddl~-<U ~_) __ c~ ,_ ' --~~~- 7~7! -------------- -.-----------------------_/ / ------- ---Virginia, in This land is located about_ ____ f.: _____ miles from _____ ~ ~ ~ the- d ~agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ______ -JI) ~ -~ - ~ ~-- - ~ ------------------------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_--/4_JG:r3::. __lt.,,i?_,._ ~---------- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------South __ ---12.~_f>r![;CJ;:--~ East ____ ~ S,-o/=:~-(J,J:,,_-;_-: ~---------------------------------------West__ Jn.M._r-121~ 9.~-- ~Yuk:.f;:'0.-,..~~------- ---------------- ---------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ L'[J_-ZL_in the following manner: -----~-- ~-~ -~ -~ --v_d~_ ;J!~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_L,Z_.;Z.P_1J:C'-'_____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $..l.2...o_e+<CP______, I am the owner of_ __ __1.uz _______acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·- ---- - - - ----- ------ ---- - ---- - --- ------ ----- - ---------------- -------------- - - ----- - --------- --- - --- - - - ------ - - - -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ ______ ___ ___ _day - -----, --------- ---------- --------- -- ---- --of ______ ___ _____ ______ , 1930. --:!--'~~'-=-=--- , To-wit: - - ~ --STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_~ ~ The undersigned hereby certifies that__ _ __ __9=,___((,_ _;J!f__~---- ------------the above named claimant personally appe e d 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, 7 __________day of _ _ _ _ ~ : :~-~~~·__cif:i_j __---~___ Jzj}__ _____ _ this_____ r-,A ~ / / I -/ J / Clerk of the Court, / r Special Investigator or Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace. I' �'-' '---" .._, ~~·: . ~d:= o L ~ : - ~ - _________ county, Virginia, No.i_!-.&9-, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, VS·-----~ ~ f 2 : t . / £ - j _ ;f,{y'__ - ~ _ _ _ _________ ._____ !;-:J.J_ I - - - - - - - - ~ ----------------------------more or less, of land in ___ g ~ - : k ~ ~ C o u n t y , Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitioif'ofthe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of___ ~~~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said p~fili~;~;d to said notice. ~--r---tti.&_ _ __ ri-, :~ :::•o:ce ;i::::~--~~-~~_;,,_________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcei of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ acres, on which there are the following /_z________ buildings and improvements: __ ~~-~~F~ - ~, - h ~ ~ 7- ~ ~- ~ -~ ~ --------- This land is located about_ __ ./21.~ ___ miles from ______~ -------- --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 parcel of land described above.) ________ d ~-~~-------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: /4.[z~ --------------------------------------------------------- North __ South __ ~cr-r_'.a.Ld~ ------------------------------------------------ - East -~ ~ West_ __ 'f:jjµ__, '--J ' ~-1u.L2--~ --Xi::_~:______ _ _L __________ !Jt::-U-L -UL---L _'_L_cLM-el ____________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest~o this property about the year _____ _____ in the following manner: z~e:~~"-7= _~+"Wk¥'-_ r =- ZA/4, ======= I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J_t~ff-'\P-P_____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ )~--:.<2.Q ...~12 _______ • 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: ~-c.tL/::~-~f--f_~~-- ~--;J:~~--- -{;~-~7-~~--~--~- a~-F - ~-~ ---- _U.UIJ_-, ~_;--"-J:JD)::·f:kH-2- --="-'~- ~~ ------- -------- -- _:_ -- ------------- ------------------------------- ------------- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ j_ _________ day ;~~~;~~:, 1~~~NTY OF_ _ ---_-_-_:---_-~:.:---=--:-;~~~;;-------------- t ,., · The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ _ ---~:_ _____{ Z L - ~ ~- --------------the above named claimant personally appea · d before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ________7-________day of __ i£2,_~f::_ --, 1939'. _jJ C 'iA /'/ I / 3/3 / ~-~~---A~/.J____ _ ~--------<:::J:J..,_""b,r r- _ Clerk of the Court, r Special Investigator or Notary Public, or ustice of the Peace. �Count : Roc*'inc;ha District: ~tone,ull 11 1500.00 Davis 13. ssessed ~ cage Qlaimed: 17 Value Claimed: 1 rs. 111 159 13.n-o ,eed (1010) $5.00 cash und other GOOd a nd valuabl e considcr c.tions n Entirely within tho ~· ark aren. Locati.Q!!: Swift Run. r one known• =. exponuro, the Fe, on this tract a.fair der th of fertility. The 'c. is fairly y:el l sodded. ~ndy loo.m, slor e type, N. .221].1.. ha Roads: Spotswood Trail, hurd surfuce, 2~ shipping point. les to ~lkton, ne rest IUstory: All the saw timber ha s been romo : ed from this t ract nbout ~1.00 er ed. ->5, 00 ·;j ed. of fuel wood per 1. . on 10 acrr,o Improvements: elling, frame 15x22, rooms 4, porch, roof, metal 1~; story• occupied by a.mer, cont 1 tion poor, 3 springs.----~-----------~-~-------------- 225.00 J tablc, rame 10xl6x9, roof, 1,iiper, cond. --fair,-----------------------------. 25.00 condition poor.--------------------------- 1 5 .00 Hen house lo!"? 6xlOxB, shint:;le roof, e arur,c, Frame 8x l:~xf:l , paJ er roof• cond. fair.------------- -----------------------)l a b roof, cond ~ poor ~ ' log f'xl2x8 , Value of 1 nd b;y types: Type ,3l op e Grazing Tillable "c:ren.ge ~ 10 2 2 Total value of land Total value of impr ovements Total value of timber Total v .lue of tract verage value per acre Val ue ner a.ere o.oo . 50. 00 50 . 00 .;.,2eo .oo 295.00 5 .00 5 8 0.00 41.43 To t al Ve.lue ~8 0 .00 ·100.00 100. 0 �/111 ~avis , ~rs. Ju~ia '-J county : ~ockingham Distfict : Stonewall rs • .1.'annie ,rattan .n:i.a ~. ura 3,augher \ Gladys \ J,lVi S ...., .Lo e - G rG." inc ri'iL. . able . cule - l" - '30 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-julia.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, Julia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 111 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e584603d7ba789a8a148cfa833103b9a.pdf c42b988f3160a7f38109fff22bb605ba PDF Text Text ROC ~INGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT Davis , John #114 - w.-- 128 Number of Acres: Location: Swift Run . Entirely within the Park area . Roads: One - quarter mile clay road to the Spottswood Trai l , 4 miles hard surface road to Elkton, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam on the slope type , and has a fair depth of The tillable is more of a clay loam and is in fertility . a good state of cultivation . This tract has been cut over several History of Tract and condition of timber: years ago . The remaining stand consists of seco nd growth oaks, white and short leaf pine and some poplar . IMPROVEMENTS: --DWELLING--Frame 16x24 1 , 6 rooms , 3 ceiled, - L 16xl6xl6 t , Porch 6x24 1 , 2 story, metal roof , brick flues , condition fair , occupied by owner . Spring wa t ertsup plv .-- -SThBLE-Log - 16xl6xl6 1 , - 14x24xl0 1 - with ...snea· paP.er roor , conai ion rair . ll!mff t . ~ MEAT HOUSE- ---Frame , 7xl2x8 1 , metal roof , condition fair . HEN HOUSE- - -Frame , 6x9x6 1 , no roof , condition fair . HEN HWSE:--Frame , SPRING HOUSE---Frame, 8xl0x6 1 , 7xl2x6 1 , raper r9of , conµition fair . metal roof , condition fair . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: - -- 68 @ $5 . 00 $340 . 00 Grazing Land: 8 @ 35 . 00 280 . 00 Fields Restocking: 7 @ 20 . 00 140 . 00 45 @ 50 . 00 2250 . 00 $3010 . 00 Cove: Cultivated Land: - -- 128 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 3010 .oo 1095 . 00 Value of Improvements:$ 1095 . 00 200 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 200 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 240 . 00 Value of Timber: $240 .oo Value of Wood: $ 150 . oo - ., __ -- - $4695 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 36 . 68 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ 150 . 00 None . ;ilk. ~ :__CLERK_ /l �t) --./ County: D1str1et: #114- Davis, John Rockingham Stonewall w. N Geo . Lawson / V. Wood I / J.J . Crider Wesley H. Baugher LEGEND: Slope Tillable Grazing Fields restocking Scale - l" 20 chains = �Count ·: nook~ 11,81 JJt . 'ia1.:r!o ": tone\ ,,ill Vi§\_ aso:>ood ln-8.00 • '\il 7!10 .oo ood l£f: .o l~)J. "'000 .. 0 nt1rely within t,o 0:1.3:.: ,..,and.y lotti.~ ·1 tho slo o t o n d l o.o ' f ir clo th or :t· rtil- t::-. e tlll blo io mo:re ot · cl y lo 1ti :i.n c;oc>d ,;..t:-: t ,, or oUl ti vo. t1on. ~-2ncts: ~ m loe ct..y rOl'.d to the .1··oim"·mot1 rail, 4 ·;;,iler- h.o... <1 surface to ·.:n:ton , noor n t ah:.i.Ji pirig po~.n u"' Ui ... tOl'":[: l. " is tl"lOt 1 tr, h -n out ovo1-- acv r•1l yon ?o · · • 'i111 "'lain11 ct nd oortc1s or ot.conr ~o ·1th oo.kc , ,~ 1 ntl HhOl.. lo~f 1 c ... nd SO!"'O p ! lar. w t Ler about co/( o Dd . rt.~ ,1.0 · rcr · • 1~9 ca. of: e_ , 1. o po. ca. --- Itmn'OYC ,onto: 0 f, 00.00 no r "l-Ot, corid_ tioii 5 . 00 Y... 1 10, of .l nd ,by t:moo: , 1,10 - 'DOI' L. ~ 7,.\ u· ~~.; .. uO l,J . 00 .... o ,t Tot ... l 0 �, To l ot::>.1 v lue of 1 Tot.al v luo V l 8 r'ot·' jlO .. o :tuo of lt!Ul<l e ,O f' t!mb~ Of l e V'...1~, rove fl"U1t t"""ecs of trt e _. v ·lue i: e1• (.Cr 107 • 0 3~ 0 . 00 ·~ot.oo . ~)..:.(', .oo 3_ •. 2 17 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 <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 114 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/62d71c0dfd3759f43e9dfa1839c54dff.pdf 74ca8d6136ddcb41289b655ca6b48a86 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #186--Davis, H. c.-Carrie James Number of Acres: 202 Location: Near Swift Run Gap. Roads: 1/2 mile fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail in Swift Run Gap; thence seven miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay, deep and fertile over most of tract . Rocky in wooded portions; gentle to steep slopes; northwest and southwest exposure. History of Tract and condition of timber: Most of tract cleared many years ago, grazed and cultivated since. One field Fe., exceedingly rocky. Wooded portion cut over repeatedly in past . Mixed oaks, etc~~ Improvements: ( See reverse side for improvement information) Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 14 $10 . 00 $140 .00 Cove: Grazing Land: 172 @ 41 . 00 7052.00 13 @ 35 . 00 2b5 . 00 3 @ 80 . 00 240 . 00 ~?687 .00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 202 Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 7687.00 Value of Improvements: $ 550. 00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 40. 7? Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 550.00 $8237.00 �IMPROVEMENTS: Log dwelling: l6x24', 3 rooms, porch ?xl6', metal roof, brick flues, l½ story, log walls, fair condition, water supply is spring, solid foundation. Frame barn: (new) l6x28xl2', metal roof, poor condition. Frame hen house: 10xl4x8', shingle roof, poor condition. Old log house: 2lx24xl2' , shingle roof, poor. condition. Log feed shed : 12xl4x8', shingle roof , poor condition. Gounty: iioc kin ·hom District : qtonewPll (J Acr a~e Claimed: Velt1e Claimed: Location: c. H. Davis & Carrie Jru es Assessed 202 J-: e, o '--' / 106 fJ ft Deed 202 $ 2600.00 " 1919 12,600 !!ear 3\Yif't Run Gap . InclJI(,brances , counter claims, or lorys: None known §2.g_:.. . Sandy clay, deep ,rnd fertile over moat ot tract . Gentle to steep slopes. s. "· ?I. W. & Hooky in wooded portions ~osure. Roods : 1/2 rcnle fair dirt road to ~notswoud 7ra11 in r, itt Run Gtp. to 'lkton . ihen 7 miles History of tract nnd condition or t ;mber: .~ost ot tract cle rod Mtrny yenrs ago Grazed nd cult •rated ~ince. Ono fidd .c. eAceedlnv ... y roc--.y. ooded portion out over rene tedly in past. lixed o lta, etc. at i riated to cut an avernge of 6 cd:l. r •el , ood er acre, val ue< 1 t 50/ 84 eds. 50¢ 42.00 In:nrovemen ts: Lo{ <"!welling 16 :fl ·1e. , 11:- ~tory. spring, ,o_i d fo ·r .ne rn (new) 'r r.Je hen houi~e, Log old ho•1s-, 2 ....,og :f'eod s ed 12 x 24, :3 :roons, po ch 7 x 16, t,eta.l r oot\ brick lo walls, f ir condition, wt ter a pply ts nu tion ~50.00 10 x 28 x l ~, r::otnl foot, 100::- cond. 1"5.00 10 x 14 x 8, shinPle root, poor cond. lb .00 x ~4 x l~, shin le roof, poor ccmd • 25.00 x 14 x 8, nhin.,le roof, poor co11d. 10.00 4~0 .00 60.00 per acre 150.00 -bo0-:00 !n o1vio1on of e tate fote: pon c e th o~ - avis in ov . 1930 th.i.s plnce was E1ppraia c1 i>y co 1r 1s8ioners <1JP10 1~ted by Co rt 10, Q,')Q . 00 Comm' s . ? on i . D. !,o 11?.Ltty nooten J\r; cnt:r-o 1t ~mentrout that this price ,lcnty hi •h. Val 1e 'J'vne Slope of land by ty:pe: f\crca5e Grrzing 'l Ulable 14 168 13 1~5 1ctal value of lnnd ' ot l value of improvements Total value ot timber Totnl value of tract Average vnlue per acre Value ~e~ ocre 'l'otal VAlUe X 42.00 6720.00 3. 0 ... 0.00 l9b.OO 15.00 u9b7.oo 69b7. 00 580 .00 48.00 7579.00 38.,37 �Claim of__ ~-~d~-<.~_e___ ~-------------------In the Circuit Court o f _ 6 _ ~ ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia, N o._Lf:~, At Law. ::e:,ta::_c~~~ ~ o f J/~ni~~ ~;~~i~::~iQ:~;~d:o~~Ci~~~j!Ii~~~~:~~:::::~~i::~-~~~ velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filin~_,ta~,~o: ~~d published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court ofA~~~- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:ya:::; ::_~z~~ce. _ _ _·--~~-:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~:ia~~s: ~:~:, :~t~:,e::t~:~-~~-interes inA~ -t:fc{~~ ;:~-~f-1~~-:~t~i~-~~~-~~~~-s-o~ght to be condemned, containing about_ ___ /4_~.b_ _____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ______________________________________ _____________________ _ ~ /I 7 / ------------------This !3;9d is located about_ __ ..b-______ miles f r o m _ ~ - - - - - - - - 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 ------------------------------------------------- 2cel _1:'~-=-~~Af"/4~£~--~-d~~ he l~~~~~~=.~~~~!t,~!::;a::1- of-~!-:1~~~~:= North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ on is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park 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 dese~~::~~~~and m:~~:~ b~~~-~~- ~~~~ - ~~~~-~ _e~ .· -- ______________ by ~ - L-L~---- - - - ~ ~ ~ - - ~ - ,/- ---------------------------------------------------------------,, ------------------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL;:;;~~:;t (~r name and ~~i.:~;~¾ my ~_;f'~-~t, .' STATE OF VI_RGINIA, . 0 The undersigned hereoy certifies t ~~~-------·------ ___ --------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him m oath that the matters and things ~;s¥mg in his a b ~ ~ r are true to the st o is knowledge and belief, day of_ __________ ____ --, 1931. I ~ /))1.,,,&'~ /74a] this ______ /2 _________ My Comm'1ssio., xp1 es ~:~·-~~~~-----~-----~-=---7-;-------~ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justke of the Peace. I �Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. FE R,u ·:- ·,, _; ,.; IC 1 - - - - - - - --Clerk �I / TO TEE HO.dCP..ABLE H. W. BER~A.1, JUD'.iE OP THE CIRCUIT CCURT OF ROCK Il~GH .: COUNTY Tl. TE C0•.:. :rs 3I OH OF Co:· 3ERV AT ION r;D D3VELOPEI,1El:T ) ) Petitioners ) ) ) ) vs. C.A?.RIE E. JA!.1E3, £.nd the hei.L·s at law of Henry C. Davi~, deceased, and 202 ACRE3, !JORE OR LE .....,, OP L HD IH ROCKihGHA:.I CC IDJT Y , V IRG IlH 4'o ) ) ) Defendants ) i ) The petition of the Firzt lJntiona.l Bc.nk of Hinton, of Hinton, :·fest Virginia, respectfully represents: .., ·~ That there is now pending in your Honor 's 8ourt a ~,- l ::;,roceeding instituted by the dtate Commission of Conservation ~ Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-one (52,561) acres, ~ 1il', end Developement against Cassandre L~wson Atkins and others, and --:: : isore or less ,of land in Rockingham County, Virginir., 1hich has for its object the condemnation of certain lands lying in the Blue Ridge J:.;ountain, vrhich it desires to acquire for public park purposes; that amongst said pe.. i·cels of land there is e certain tract containing 202 acres, known Ls the "Gibbons r. ou.nt in ]'arm'; which is located on the top of the Blue Ridge ::ounta.in, about five miles east of Elkton, in the Jtate of Virginia, and M:orris r..dj oining the Ja nds of Bet.slay, S1:..i.fflett, Baugher /e,nd others; that by an order entered .in s~id proceedings, commissioner s Tiere ' is.p:!)Ointed to asce1 rein and fix tm value of said ·lands, 1 £ nd pur- suant to said order said commisaioner s m~de e.ni filed in said proce . . dfogs their re:port in which they ascertained the ve. lue of I I said lands to be ~8,237.0O; that said lands were encumbered b;r a certain deed of trust theretofore e:~ecuted by Carrie E. Jo.mes E:nd t>aul L. Jarr.es end Henry C. Davis and . . :ebecca J. Davis, +o 3-eorge :.i. ~ E:""I' e berger, Tru...,tee, and subsequently , on the ,._,, - v de,.~ : ., 932, - i cay o:: ..;aid Harnesberger as '.'rustee sold s' id lands, a.t I I ' I ' �II ->' .. .. .. 'i' v1hich sc.le your :petitioner became the pm· c}1C,ser thereof and is I now the owner of said lc.nds in fee simple. Your petitioner desires that scid land be excluded from s~id ParA area soueht to be a cq_uir ed by the plD. .in tiff, but in the event it is not excluded your petitioner is willing to accept f.,s compnosation for sLid :_.- r.. ds the v::lue thereof as ascertained by said corn.missioners, to-wit: the sum of yS,237.00. , ' ! ational Bark of 4ir ... ~ , ~ - ... n 1 •n , , -, I . . 1 · ~ ' · I i i �THE ST..:'/.2E CQI;.llII3SJOl; CT: COlfSERVATION AUD DEVB'.OPI.:.ulJT OP THE 3 TA ~E OF VI 31 IN ll vs . ) ) ) ) J?eti t ion er ) No . 1829 ) ) C~~S3AliDRA Le". ~'}'-JON ./j_TKms , et als, and 52 , 561 ACRES OP 1AI:D , I.:onE 03 LE33 ) ) J.espondents On this /)day of December , 1933 , came the First Nation al Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , ·.:est Virginia, by Edwcrd C. Hartz , its Attorney, and on its motion leave is given said Bank to file its application for payment to it of the sum of $8 , 237.00 , ·the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for ~ract No . 186 and heretofore paid into Court. ~>ind it appearing to the Court that the said }first Hat ion al Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , .lest Virginia , is invested with a superior or better right or c Jami of tit le in and to the said t1•act of land Ho . 186 than an;y other person or persons and that the record in this proceeding does not disclose any denial or dispute by any person or persons in interest as to the title to said /. tract No . 186, or to the :9roceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due on said tract no . 186 have been paid; Upon consideration whereof , the Court doth adjudge, order and decree tret said sum of ~;a , 237 . 00 pa id into Court by petition- er as just compensation for tract No. 186 , be paid to said first Ba tional Bank of Hin ton , of Hint on , 1/est Virginia. • • nd. it is further ordered tr.at the Clerk of this Court be end he is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the '.i.:reasm:er of Virginia, who shal 1 pay unto the li1 ir st Ha tional Bank of Hinton , of Hinton , 'Jest Virginia , the said sum of ~8 237.00, being the amount of the award set out in seid judgment of condemnation for said tract no . 186 , t'.?.king from said First National Bank of Hinton a receipt therefor , and certifying such �payment to this Court for appropriate entry thereof as 1•eq_uired by law. Bnter: Judge �. • TO 1,1.HCl.: IT 15.AY COE CERU : This is to certify tbat the taxes for the years 1932 and. 1933 on the tract of land, containing 202 acres, cssessed in the name of Henry C. Davis and Cal'rie E. James, situated in 3tonewall District, rtockingham County, Virginia , bave been paid. Given under my hand this /.1._~ay of December , 1933. ounty, Va. I~ 1.:AY COUERN: certify tbat the records in my offi show any against the land, in 3tonewell District , situated ~ssessed a s containing 202 a nd Carrie E. James. acres of under my hand this 1933. STATE OF VI ID JNIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not shav any delinquent taxes against the tract of 202 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of H. c. Davis and Carrie James , 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's office, since said tract was returned deli~quent to my off ice . Given under 4SI �• THE ST.ATE COITISSION ON CONS:SRV.fl/i:ION J..HD DEVELOil:!EUT OF TEE STATE OF VIBGDHA vs. OAS Sj.I.\f DRA LAWS OH ATKINS , e t a ls \ and I 52,561 .ACRES CF LAUD , EORE OR _..... 3S ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Peti funer lJo . 1829 Defendants Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Cou:rt: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the pe ti ti oner the fee I I simple estate in the tract of land numbered Tract No . 186, and described in the report of the Boa.rd of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and shown, numbered and delineated on the I County Ownership it:ap filed therewith, upon payment into the custo- dy of the Court the amount of the judgment as constituting the award therefor as follows: Award on Tract No. 186, $8 ,237.00. That the report of se.id Board sets forth tbat the following named persons claim or appear to bav e a claim to an interest in said tre.ct of land, or the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof: Carrie E. James, Rebecca S . Davis , Cora Bear , rr. H. Davis , . C. Davis , Pauline Jenkins, 3.ebecca F. Turner, Dorthina E.]'oltz, Julia !.iaiden, H. J. Davis, Verone Davis, Bank of Elkton, Inc., John~. Harris, ~rustee for Paul L. James, George S.Harnesberger, I Gua:rdian ad Litem for l'.iorris Davis and Leon Davis; Henry a.Davis' Estate; and devisees or heirs at law of Henr y C. D~vis,deceased. That said tract of land was formerly owned jointly by Carrie E . James and Henry C. Davis, who together with Paul L. James, the husband of Carrie E. James, and Rebecca s. Davis, the wife of Henry C. Davis, to-wit: on the 21st day of June, 1924, conveyed the same to Geor ges . Harnesberger , Trust ee, to secure a note due to the Bank of Elkton, Inc., in the sum of ~?3800 . 00 , payable six months after date , and which note zms executed by said j �• Carrie E . James and Henr y C. Davis . 1hat subsequently, on the 12th day of Decemb er, 1925, h enry C. Davis and Rebecca .r . 1 s. Davis , h is wife , conveyed to John Harris , Trustee, the undivided half interest of said Henry C. Davis in the aforesaid tract of land, in trust to secure Paul L. James a note executed by said Henry C. Devis and Rebecca s. Davis , in the sum of $3860.00. That subsequently Henry c. Davis departed this life intes- tate, leaving surviving his widow , tlebecca s. Davis , and the following heirs at law: Cora Bear , W. H. Davis , A. C. Davis , Pauline Jenkins, Rebecca F. Turner , Dorthina ,e}_ Foltz, Julia Illa iden, H. J. Davis , Verone Dav is , Morr is D&v is and Leon Davis , the last two being infants over fourteen years of age~ all of whom are parties defendant in said proceedin~s. The und ersigned further avers tbat on the 7th clay of 1!1 ebruar y , 1931, Car1· ie E. James and Rebecca S . Devis , the wi dov, of Henry C. Dav is, and his adult heirs at law, filed their answer in the e.bove styled condemnation proceedi ngs, from which itappears that at that time the said Carrie E. James was the owner in fee half simple of an undivided/intere st in said tra ct of land and that the other undivided half interest therein was owned by the heirs at law of Henry C. Davis , decee.sed, subj ect to the dower rights of his widow, said Rebecca s. Davis . The undersigne d further represents that subsequently ss,id George S. Harnesberger , Trustee , upon the request of the Bank of Elkton , Inc. , the debt secured to it in said deed of trust being pas t due, offered said tract of land for sale at public auction, at which time the same ws,s knocked down to the undersigned , it being the highest bidder therefor, and a deed for said land , dated January 21st , 1933 , was made to the undersigned by said George 3. Harnesber ger, Trustee . Said deed is duly of record in Deed Book 1 54 , at page 58 , of the Clerk 's Office of Rockingham County , Virginia . �A copy of the deed of trust from Carrie E. James and husband, and Henry C. Davis and wife, and a copy of the deed from George .3. Harnes berger , ;i rustee, to the undersigned , are filed herevith, marked "Exhibits Deeds NCB.l and 2" , and are praye to be read as a part hereof. ~hat the petitioner has pa .id into the custody of the ~8 , 237.00, the amount of money vourt/set out in said judgment e.s constituting the award for the fee simple estate in said tract of land . 'rbat the undersigned on the date of said judgment in rem condemning the said tract of lan.d owned the fee simple interest there in and is entitled to the proceeds arising from the condemna tion thereof, to-wit· : the sum of :)8 , 237 . 00. That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of said award, or in the :proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, on the date of the entry of said judgment. iTI{EREFCRE , your· undersigned , who by its petition heretofore filed herein became a party to this proceeding , pra;ys that an order be entered for the distribution of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem e s constituting the award for the fee simple estate in said tract of land condemned as aforesaid and for the payment to the undersigned of said award, which the under signed avers is as follows : Tract No. 186 , ~8 , 237 . 00 . 1--.. ,, "'HE FIR T NATIO Al FA OF HIN' 1. 1 W.VA. �• ' state of i est Virginia , County of Summers , to-wit : , a Notary Public in and. for I' the County end 3tate a. foresai d , do certify that 0, .E..JL;'N E S Cashier , of the First National Bank of Hinton , of Hint on I Jest Virginia , personally appeared before me in my County aforesaid and made oath that the statement of facts contained in the fore going answer nade upon his own knowledge , are true and those made upon infornation derived from others , he believes to be true. Given under my hana ancl Notarial seal this / C::. day of ct~ , -------- 1933 . t.y commission e x:pir es : @ . IH:,1 193~- �THI3 DEED made and entered into this 21st day of June , 1924 , by D nd between Carrie E. H. C. Davis and Rebecca Devis , his wife , ames and Paul L. James , her husband , party of the first part, e.nd txeorge ;::;. Harnesberge1·, T:.r.•u:3tee , party of the second W I T U E S 3 E ~ H: ~'hat for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar cash in hand naid by the party of the second pa1• t to the :pa~·ties of the first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , end , upon the trust hereinafter declared , they , the said parties of the first part do g1·ant and convey , wit:i.1 general warranty of title unto the said party of the second part , that certain farm or trsct of land situate in the Blue Ridge mountains in the eastern Pl' tion of jtonewall District , ~ockingham County , Virginia , about three miles above the old Brick Tavern , adjoining the lands of Eathew long ?owell , Beasley, ~arble and others , /:tm-,n as the Gibbons mountain I farm , containing 202 acres , being the same land acquired by H. C. Dav is and Paul L. James, by deed dated Dec . 14 , 1920 , from ~7m. B. II Yancey , .:>pecial:1 Commissioner , which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of i ockingbam County , Virginia , in Deed Book , 120 , page 261 , and by deed from Kemper ;7. Yancey and i7ife , dated January 20 , 1921 , which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk ' s I I Office in Deed Book 120 , page 21 , the interest of Paul L. James having been conveyed to Carrie E. James by deed dated .tpril 3 , I 1924, which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk s Office in :Deed Book 129, page 20. hereby made. .i:o all of which deeds special ref ,rence is 1 1 In trust, nevertheless , to secure the payment of a negotiable note bearing even date with this deed , v.hich note is executed by H. C. Davis , ~ebecca Davis , Ca~rie £ . Jemes and Paul 11 L· James , and payable to the Bcnk<i7f Elkton , Inc . , six months a fter date in the sum of $3800 . 00 ~ In the elent that there are any renew- : �I lJ als of said note or any part hereof , then th e seid renewal notes , ea c h and every one of them smll be a.s fully secured by this dee d of trust as the original note. It is understood and rirovided tnBt in case of default in the payment of said note , or any part thereof , or any renewal of said note , or any part thereof , at maturity , then , when required by the holde r of such over due 11 note , the said Trustee sball pro c eed to execute this trust in pursuance of dection 5167 of the Code of Virginia , 1919 , and Act s arnendatory thereof , except that he shall hav e 5% of the gross proceeds of sale as a commission . ','f it ness the following signatures and seals . PAUL L. J.A l1E3 (SEAL) --------------CARRIE E . JAI.:ES (SEAL) --------------BEiffi Y C . DAVIS ---------------( SEAL) _ _ _B_E_BE _C _C _A_!X_•_ DA _ V_I_S_ _ _ ( SEAL) Deed Book 129, p . 504 . State of Vir gi n i a , County of .tlo ckingbam , t o- wit : II I , a. H. 1:cVeigh , a notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid , do certify that R. C. Davis and Rebecca Davis , his wife , whose names are signed to the writing ab ove bearing date on the 21st day of June , 1924 , have acknowledged the same before me in my County afor e said. I1fy commission expires on the 9th day of September , 1925 . Given under my band this 15th day of June , 1924. II W. H . HcVe igh , N.P. dtate of Virginia , County of Ro c kingham , to - wit : I I , A. u. Lev,is , a Notary Public in and for the County and Jtate aforesaid , do c ertify that Carrie E. James and Paul L. Jame s , her husband , whos e name s a re s igned to the wi·iting above bearing date on the 21st day of June , 1924 , have acknowledged the same before me in my County afor e said . l.:y comrnissi on expires on the 25th day of July , 1925 . Given under my hand this 8th day of July , 1924. A. U. Lewis , N. P. VI3GIHIA : In the Cl erk ' s Offic e of the Cir cui t Cour t of Rockingham County . The foregoing deed of trust was this day p: es ent e d i n the office aforesaid and is , together with the cer tifi cate of acknowledgment annexed , adn1itted to record this 16th day of July , 1924 . 1. p . m. Teste : J . F . Blackburn_,., Gu.erk �~Vhereas Carrie E. James and her husband, and Henry C. Davis and his v,i:::e , by deed of trust dated June 21 , 1924, which deed of ti·ust is duly of record in the Clerk 's Office for Rockingham County , Virginia, in Deed Book 129, p. 504, conveyed to George grazing ;S • .tiarnesberger, Trustee , that certain tract or parcel of/land, 1 containing 202 acres , more or less, generally known as the "Gibbon, " mountain farm, situate on the Blue ~idge mountains about six miles east of Elkton , in 3tonewal District , Rockingham County, Virginia, to secure the Bank of Elkton , Inc. , the payment of a negotiable homestad waiver note in the sum of ~p3800 . 00 , made by the aforesaid parties oi' even date with said deed of trust, and payable six months after date to said Bank ; and VTHEREAS the make rs of said note defaulted in the payment of said note , the said Carrie E. James being adjudged a bank!.· upt on the 20th day of May , 1932, by the United Jtates District Court for the Wes tern District of Virginia, the order of adjudication being duly of record in the Clerk's Office of nockingham County, Virginia, in De ed Book 154, page 482 ; end ',7HEREAS by an order of said Court entered on the 13th day of June, 1932, the Trustee in bs.nkrupt for Car:rie E. James was directed to disclaim title for said lands; and :ffi~EAS the IBank of Elkton , Inc., the holder of said note , after default had continued in the payment of said note for some time, requested the Trustee in said deed of trust to fo:ceclose the same; and 7IBERE.AS !after due and full compliance with the terms of said deed of trust the land hereinabove described was sold at public auction at the front door of the County Courthouse , in Harrisonburg , Virginia , llufter competitive bidding to the First J.iational Bank of Hinton, at Hinton, ";est Virginia , for the sum of ~4 , 650.00 cash, which sum said Bank ~ now fully pi.id to the Trustee , and said Bank requests tba.t a deed be made to it for said land; Now , therefore, THI3 DEED , made and entered into this 21st day of January , 1933 , by and between George S . Harnesberger , r rus tee as afore said, party of the fir st part , and the First �I ,,_ National Bank of Hinton, at Hinton , dest Virginia , party of the se ccnd pa1· t . '7 I T H E 3 S E TH: THA':i: for and in consideration of the sum of $4 , 650 . 00 cash in band paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknov,ledged, the said party of the first part doth grant and convey , with special warranty of title unto the said party of the second part that said tract or parcel of grazing land , with the improvements thereon and the app1ll'tenances thereunto belonging, generally known as the 11 Gibbons 11 mountain farm , containing 202 acres , more or less, situate in the Blue Ridge mountains , about six miles east of Elkton , in Jtonevmll District , Rockingham County , Virginia, it be ing the sane land conveyed by ilm. B. Yancey , 3pecial Commissioner , to H. C. Davis and iiaul L. James , by deed dated December 14 , 1920 , vvhich deed is duly of .L'ecord in said Clerk ' s Office, in Deed Book j120, p. 261; and in which lands Kemper ·.'/. Yancey and ,;;ife b;y deed dated January 22, 1921 , conveyed to said purchasers certain rights therein set forth, and in which land Paul L . James , by deed dated r pril 3rd, 1924 , which deed is duly of record in said Clerk ' s i.Jff ice in Deed Book 129 , page 20 , conveyed his interest and estate o Carrie E. James . To all of which deed special reference is here - y made for a more particular description of said lands . The pur- lchaser herein is to pay the taxes on said lands from and after ~ugus t 6, 1932 . Witness the following signature and seal. George j . Hnrnesberger , Trustee(SEAL ) as aforesaid. 3ecorded in Deed BCok 154, at page 58 , of the Clerk ' s Off ice of 3.ockingbam County. - �,, 3tate of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to - wit : II I , L. T. Flick, a Notary Public in and for the City and hereby State aforesaid, do/certify that George .-3. Harnesberger , :i:rustee as aforesaid, whose name is signed to the writing above bearing date on the 21st day of January , 1933 , has acl':nowledged the sa.rr.e before me in my 0 ity aforesaid. r.r;:;y commission expires on the 4th day of I:a.y , 1933. Given under my hD.nd this 23rd day of January , 1933. L. T. Flick , N.P. VLGI\IA : In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingbam County. The foregoing deed of BARGAIN LHD SLLE vm.s this day presented in the office aforesaid and is , together with II the certificate of acknowledgment annexed , admitted to record this I I 3rd day of •;iebrua -ry, 1933. 9.15 a.m . 'l.'este: J .Robert 3Y1i tzer Clerk. �l ,.. .!!,._ _ , \ Il. THE CIRC1J IT COl':....,'.i: CB1 RCCKTIJ'J.EAH CCUNTY :2HE 31.i:ATE COr,:IdI3:3 rm; OH COli 3BRVA'.:: I ON AlID DEVELOPfil1ENT Petitioners ) ) ) ~ vs · No If'~~t ~ fled in the Clerk's CF:~e Rockingham County, Va. CA..'L't IE E . JAI.iE;:3 & THE HE IR3 - A£r-.LA.V! ) ) OF HE lffi Y C. DAV' J:3 , DEC ' D , & 202 FEB ~ i ) ) ACRES , hORE CR LE.J:) , QF LA:ID L, !lCCKil!Gilill.: COUNTY , {BGHIA Yf) / Defendant5-.~ Respondents for answer to the petition Ji the dtate Com... is - tion on Conservation and Devel opement of the 3tate of Virginia , say : · That Respondents names are : Carrie E . James , Rebecca S . Davis , Cora B. Davis , i1illie Davis , Clarence Davis, Julia r.:aiden , wife of Dennis 1. • l'.Iaiden ; Reba Turner , · the wife of 1, inor :.turner; Dorothy Foltz_, the "#ife of Arch Foltz ; Pauli ne Jenkins , the wife of David J . Jenkins ; Howard ravis and Vernon Davis . Tr..at the postoffice address of all of your Respondents is !Elkton , Virginia, R. F . D. No . 2 . Your ]espondent , Carrie~ . Jrunes , avers that she . is the 1 owner in fee simple of an undivided one-half interest in a tract of land within the area sought to be condemned by said petitioner , conte,ining 202 acres, v1l1ich is enclosed , as well as subdivided , by fence ~~nd haJ erected thereon a house and barn , and has thereon an -'9~ - ~~ 01·c:ard of ~-e acres of improved apple trees • .AiJD your other Rel:3pondents aver · that the::,,, together Yli th aui·ice Davi3 ""'" c. :.ieon Du.vis , as the widow a.nd heirs-at-law cf 2 c:l!A,c,,,, ,._ ._r'(, the oTTners in fee sirr.:r:ile of the other undivided)' Henry c. Davi.:> ,,.. ,i.1 one-half in tere;:3t in said t:rr.ct of land . Tb.et' seid :::.and is loce. ted on top of the Blue RidJe Lountain , about five milez et.st cf ;,1kto~ in Jtonewall District , i::nd e.djoins ,,., �; • J the lands of Beasley , L. I . Morr is and others . 'hifflett , Elsie B. Baugher , • G. . Respondents further represent that said tract of land was on the 21st day of June, 1919 , purchased by H. c. Da vis and Respondent , Carrie E . James ' husband , Paul L. J ames , from William B. Yancey , :.-Jpecial Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , and for which said lands said purchasers paid the sum of $12 , 500. 00 . A copy of the deed therefor is filed herewith , marked Exhib it A and prayed to be read as a part hereof . That subseq_uently , by deed dated the 3rd day of ~April , 1924 , the said Paul L. James , conveyed his undivided one- half interest in said tract of land to your Respondent , Carrie E . James . A copy of said deed is filed herewith , marked Exhibit B. and I prayed to Ii be read as a part hereof . Respondents further aver that 'the total value of said tract of land with improvements thereon is $15 , 000 . 00 , and that the total value of Respondent , Carrie E. James~ right ther e in is $7 , 500 . 00 , and tret tbe total value of the right of the heirs -at law of Henry C. Davis , decea sed , therein is ;;p7 , 500 . 00 . Your Respondent , Carrie E . James , further avers that she is the owner of a very valuable farm , containing about 335 acre s , situated on !1 Rockingham t~~ ShenB.ndoah River , in the eastern part of County, about two miles no r th of Elkton and that she is the lessee of another valuable tract of land cont aining a bout 90 acres , adjoining her said farm and which said lands adjoin t he lands of Stella R. Miller, Jame s Armentrout , Luthe r Davis and others i tbat said lands are all under cultivation and with the exception of about 75 acres of orchard , mre fanned in r o tat i on of crops ; that Re spondent is also engaged in the business of ra i sing cattle, sheep , hogs and ho r ses . 15 �• • ( 3) ' Respondent, Carrie E . James, further represents th2t, desiring to increase the value of the operat ion of h er lands by raising cattle and other livestock, she entered into an agreement Iwith Henry c. Davis, whereby they agreed to raise livestock and in order to reve pasturage for the same, Respondent , Carrie E. James, through her husband , Paul L. James and said Davis , on the 21st day of June , 1919, purchased the aforesaid tract of 202 acres 1 of land vhich is as aforesaid , located on the top of the Blue Ridge 1~1ount ain , e.nd is k nown as the "Gibbons Mountain Farm ," and which , as Respondents aver is one of the roost valuable blue grass grazing f erms in the Blue Ridge B.ountains . fhat ever since the purchase of said farm , Respondent , Carrie E . James, through her husband , the said Paul L. James and II the said Davis , up to the time of his death on the 12th day of 1, .:ieptembe r , 1930 , and since his dee th his widow and heirs -at-law , I who are also Respondents herein , have used said mountain fe::rm for pasturage , which farm tr,. s thereon a heavy sod of blue grass , with the probable excer tion of four acres . .3aid land is also exceptionl ally well" supplied with water fr or:1 various springs thereon . '...'H. :r on said mountain farm Respondent , Carrie E. Jam.es and sHid Davis, ·since said purcb&se , have kept , du1·ing the pasturage I season, I fr or:1 seventy-five ( 75) to ninety ( 90) hea a.. of cattle ; from one hundred (100) to two hundred (200) head of sheep ; along VJith a lot of hogs , and at the encl of each of such season i said cattle have been carried on Respondent, Carrie~ . James ' ~henandoah River farm . '.!:hat Respondent , Carrie E . James, and said Davis have kept said lands enclosed by fences 2.nd hsve ex:peno..ed thereon, including a cattle shed recer.tly rebuilt, approximately ~500 . 00, (the barn I on I said lands h&.v ing been de str oye d by f i:ce) . �( 4) That us Jet ::o!'th e.bove • esponcients ever that said mountain farm is worth at tne lea.3t , the sum of .)15 , 000 . 00 and thet the incidental d°'maee to ti1e ::ihenandoah River farm, belongin; to • espondent, Ca:!:rie L . Jarr.es, they believe ,,,ill be t least '1r5 , 000 . CO, ·ecause , by the taking of said i:1ountain farm by petitio.q1 er, her cattle re.is ing operations will not simply be curtailed but practically destroyed , and dhe will further be deprived of the benefit accruing to her said Jhenandoah .:. iver farm "by feeding said stock thereon through the r;inter rmnths . That Respondent , Carrie E. James , ~.nd said Henry o. Davis have on different occasions been offered from ,wl7 , 000 . 00 to ~20 , 000 . 00 for said mountain farm which offers were refused because it was necessary for the profitable operation of her 335 acre farm on said Jhenand.oah :liver , and it is a most necessary adjunct Ito the continuance of the cattle raising operations by Respondents . Your . . espondents further represent that all of the graz.ing lands within any reasonable distance of the .3hemmdoah River farm ~~ owned by your . . espondent , Carrie E . James ," embraced in the area I . sought to be condemned by petitioner and that t~ere are no availlable lands ·t1ithin any reasomble distance of said Jhenandoah River farm which can te acquired for grazing lands and b;y reason ff bein3 deprived of said mountain farm , ~espondents will be r nable to acq_u ire lands to replace the same at an;y·thing like the ;value thereof a,3 aforesaid, or ·.,hich vlill be as conveniently lo• cated to said dhenandoah .River farm . ~espond.ents further represent th"t by deed of d.c':..te , June 21, 1924 , and duly of record in tl1e ~lerh ' .s office of J.ockingr..am bounty , a copy of vhich deed is filed herev:ith , marked Exhibit C , und pra~·ed to be read as a part hereof, your Respondent , Ja.rrie E. I I �I i'll-.. - j James , htr husband unitin~, and H. c . Davis, his v1ife uniting , conveyed s .id tract of 202 acres of land. to <Jeorge .;; . 1Iarn3barge.c , . ....:.:.' Trustee , in trust to secure a certain negotiable note , executed I by the gre.ntors ill said deed to the Bank of lkton , Inc ., for the 1, I 1 -, sum of .;3800 . 00 . Respondents furt~er represent that b;y deed dated the 22nd II day of December , 1925 , said. Henry C. Davis , h.is 1:if e uni ting , conveyed their undivided interest in said 202 acres of land to John ~ . Harris , :Vrus tee , to secure to Paul L. James , the payment of a certain note executed to him by said Henry C. Davis , and 7;ife , for the sum of -w3860 . 00 , 1ith interest from date • .A copy of said dee(:lc is filed herewith , marked Exhibit D and is prayed to be read as a µnt hereof . '.i:ha.t the amounts secured b;y both of said dee d.3 of trust are pus t due and unpaia. • Your Re spondents further represent that Henry c. Davis , who vms the ovri:1er of an undivided one-hn lf interest in said 202 acre mountain farm , dep:3.rted this life intestate on the 12th day II of .3eptember , 1930, leaving surviving him his widow , your Respondent , Rebecca s. Davis and the folloviing children 2.s :his sole heirs- at - law : Cora B. Davis , Willie Davis , Clarence Davis , Julia Ms.iden , the wife of Dennis Mai den ; Rebe. Turner , the wife of Minor .rurner ; 1 Doroth;7 Foltz , the v1ife of Arch iol t z ; Paul i ne Jenkins , the wife of David Jenkins ; Howard Davi s , all over 21 years of age , and Maurice Davis , ·who is 18 years of age and Leon Dav is , v, ho is 15 years of a ge . Your :Respondents pray that a guardian ad 1 i t an may be ! appo i nted I: aforesaid . I I I to. defend the interest of the two infant defendants �6) Your Responden ts therefore pray thB..t their said mountain fe.rm of 202 acres may be excluded from the lands sought to be condemned by re ti ti oner and if not so excluded, as it -,,,ill be many yea rs before said lan 6.s &re used for the purposes of said petitione r, that provision may be rnaa.e for their use by :Responden ts until such time s.s the same may be necess&..ry for petitione r's purposes . nd your Responden ts having fully ans1·:ered said. petition , pray to be hence dismissed , etc. .!IT ,E J.:; the fo llo 1ing signatures this /¥--, day of Februar;y , 1931. C ~ J . /2. (!. ,. (J lr,h, a ,/J. ,<l,~, (f' J~ tf., \. ·t. ;j k. �to -r:' it: i'~ e unde1· si ~ne d here by certifies tllat var ri e E . James ! ;?ibeesn t• 1 3:3 , above no.!!;.ed claimants , personally E:.p!)a..red I I befo1'e I him end .. a.de oath that -the matter s and thinga appear i ng in the above answer are true to the best of their kno·,7ledge \ and belief . I Dated ' this /:7,1/.. day of ,. �STATE 0 ~' VIRGINI ~ COUNTY OF ::lOc==rNGIL.:.1 to - wit: I , H.B . C.Gentry '1 Not· ry ')ublic in ::ind for said l?ounty in the Sjqte of Virginia. whose co,.rnission expires on the 19th d~y of ~ecembur 1931 , do certify th t 3ebeccS. D"vis whose n"..ie is sir-ned. to the f)re_::-oint writing be~rinp date on the 14th day of FebruRry 1031 , has person~lly rppe•red before me and acknowled~ed tho same in uy Cou~1ty nforosaid . Given under my hdnd. this 14th d ~1y of Febru•.iry 1931. �J ' - I I -- I ' . -- I la �--- .... -- (1) WHEREA.S, by decree entered in the chancery cause of T. L. Yancey vs. Mary A. Yancey &c. on the 12th day of May, 1919, George N. Conrad and William B. Yancey, who were thereby appointed Commissioners for the purpoBe, were directed that the sale of what has long been known as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing about 202 acres, situ.ate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Rockingham County, Virgima, about three miles above the old btrok tavern, and \mEREAS, acting in accordance with directions of said decree, said commissioners did after due advertisement of the time,terms and place of sale as thereby provided on tbe I! 21st day of June, 1919, offer said mountain farm for sale at public auction at the front door of the County Courthouse, in Rockingham County, at which offering said farm was sold to H. C. Davis and Paul L. James at the price of $12 ,500.00, one-fourth of whioh said amount the said purchasers paid in cash, and for the re.lance executed their three bonds of even date herev.d. th for $3,125.00, each, and payable one, two and three years after date, respectively, with interest from date, and WHEREAS, by decree entered in said cause on the 8th day of July, 1919, said sale of said mountain farm to the said H. c. Davis and Paul L. James was approved and confirmed and the said William B. Yancey was appointed Specila Commissioner for the purpose and directed to execute a conveyance for said farm with covenant of special warranty, to the said H. c. Davis and Paul L. James, o:r to whomsoever they may direct, upon the payment by said purchasers of said three bonds of $3,125 .00 each, but by said decree said bonded commissioner was given leave to sell and assign the said bonds for the deferred payments for an amount equal to the face value thereof, plus any interest which my have accrued thereon, to the date of sale, in which event the said William B. Yancey, Commissioner �., ·, - £ l )2) I I was directed to make conveyance of said farm, retaining in the 1 same a lien to secure the p:iyment of the bonds to the assignee or assignees of the same and WHEREAS. acting in accordance with the leave granted by said last named decree and said William B. Yancey, Commissioner, after receiving payment of the :first deferred bond, did, on the 22nd day of November, 1920, maka sale F d assignment of the bonds due two and three years after date, ~especti vely, the bond due t\vo years after ed to Laird L. Conrad, as General e1. ate having been assign- Receiver of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, and the bond due three years r fter date having been contemporaneously assigned to T. L. Yancey and WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of said decree of f uly 8th, 1919, a conveyance of said farm should now be made and the said H. C. Davis and Paul L. James, having directed that the lbame be conveyed to them jointly as purchased, NOW THEREFORE, THIS DEED, made this 14th day of December, 1920. by and between Wm. B. Yancey, Special Comrniss ioner in the chancery cause of T. L. Yancey vs. Mary A. Yancey &c., party of the first part and H. C. Davis and Paul L. James, :rsr ties of the second oart. I WIT NE S 3 ETH: I' That for and in consideration of the premises, and l~f 1.00, cash in hand paid to the i:e,rty of the first part, the ~eceipt hereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said William B. rancey, Special Commissioner aforesaid, doth hereby grant and con~ey, with ~ovenan.Ets of special warranty, unto the said H. c. I Pavis and Paul L. James, all of that certain mountain farm, or I tract of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Rockingham I I �I 1 lt../ (3) ' County, Virginia, about three miles above the old brick tavern, adjoining the Beasley, varble and other lands, long known as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing according to survey made by P. B. F. Good, s. R. c., . on March 31st, 1919, 202 acres and described by rootes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at three chestnut stumps, corner of the "Mathew Powel" tract of land, thence 3. 2 W. 40 poles, to the middle of a Spring, thence s. tree in a small hollow, thence 1 1/2 W. 29 poles to a large cherry s. 12 W. 53 poles to a dead chest- nut on a stony hillside in tbe line of the said Powel tract, thenor with the line of tne same, N. 51 W. 44 poles to a large chestnut, thence s. 64 w. 22 poles to two chestnuts, thence poles to a forked locust, thence s. 38 s. 5 W. 22 W. 34 poles to a bunch of chestnuts, thence S. 22 W. 39 poles to a bunch of chestnuts, theno~ s. II w. 55 W. 38 poles to a red oak and two chestnuts, thence N. 47 35 poles -to a chestnut, thence N. 30 W. 20 poles to a chestnut, thence N. 40 W. 40 poles to a chestnut and chestnut oak, thenae II N. 10 E. 28 poles to a chestnut, thence N. 46 W. 84 poles to a chestnut, thence N. 30 E. 26 poles to a chestnut oak on a stony ridge, thence east 24 poles to a large chestnut on the north side of a steep hill, thence N. 30 E. 80 poles to two chestnuts and a hickory in an old patent line near a spring, thence S. 54 E. 88. 5 poles to two small chestnuts and a rock, thence 8. 52 1/2 E. 37 poles to a large and small chestnut, thence N. 62 E. 80 poles to the BEGINNINA, containing 202 acres. A vendor's lien is hereby ex~ressly retained upon the land herein conveyed to secure unto the :00 lders thereof the payment of the sai e. two bonds of $3,125.00 each aforesaid, of JU.t'.le 21st, 1919, due two and three years after date, respectively, executed by the grantees, H. C. Dav is and Paul L. James, evidencing deferred ~yments of a portion of t he purchase price for said ' 2'! �. ( 4) land, which said two bonds were assigned as afo:resai d and are now so owned and held . This c onveyanoe is rrade for tr.ie granter herein on bebalf of Thomas L. Yancey, Mary A. Yancey, Mary V. Yancey, Roberts. Yancey, Lois R. Yancey, Charlotte Yancey and Mildred L. Yancey, the five last named being of the heirs of William L. Yancey, deceased. 1 WITNESS the fallowing signature and seal. :I WILLIAM B. YANCEY Spe cia.l Commission er (SEAL) Ii I I I 25 �J ,,, tt THIS DEED imde the 3rd day of April, 1924, between Paul L. James, party of the fir st part and Carrie E. James, ps.r ty of the second part. WITNESS ETH: That for and in consideratio n of the sum of $4,000.00, cash in band p:3.id, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged , and tbe assumption and payment by party of the second part of one-half of a certain negotiable note, executed by Paul L. James and H. c. Davis, payable to the Bank of Elkton, at Elkton, Virginia, four months after date, for the sum of $3763.59, which note is dated February 22, 1924, said i:arty of the first part doth grant and convey unto tre party of the second :part with general warranty of title, an undivided one-half interes~ in and to a certain tract or parce 1 of land situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Rockingham County, Virg i.mrl.a, about three miles above the old Brick Tavern, and which lands adjoin the lands of Beasley, v:arble and oth ers, and contains by a recent survey, 202 acres, a nd is known as the uGi bbons Mountai n Farm", and is the same land which was conveyed to H. C. Davis and Paul L. James by William B. Ya ncey, Special Commissioner , by deed dated December 14th ,1920, which deed is du1¥ of record i n Deed Book 120, at :page 261, of t h e Clerk's office of Rockingham County, to wh ich reference is here made f or a more particula r des:c r iption of said lands. WITNESS the follov1ing signature and seal. __P_A_UL_L ___ • _J_ A_I,IE __ s ______ ( SEAL l l lo �l THIS DEED made and entered into this 21st day of June, 1924, by and between H. C. Davis and Rebecca Davis, his wife , Carrie E. James and Paul L. James, her husband, par/ ties. or the first part and Georges . Harnsbarger, Trustee, party of the second part. WIT NE S 3 ETH: That for and in consideratio n of the sum of $1 .00, cash in I hand paid by the party of the second pa rt to the parties of the first part, a receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and upon the trust hereinafter declared, they, the said parties of the first part do grant and convey, with general warranty of title, unto the said party of the second part that certain farm or tract of land situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, about three (3) miles above the old Brick Tavern, adjoining the lands of Matthew Powell, Beasley, Warble and others, long known as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, containing two hundred and two (202) acres, being the same land acquired by H. c. Davis and Paul L. James by deed dated December 14th, 1920, fr.om Wm . B. Yancey, Special Commissioner , which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in D. B. 120, p . 261, and by deed from Kemper W. Yancey and wife, dated, January 22nd, 1921, which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk's Office in D. B. 120, page 21, the interest of Paul L. James having been conveyed to Carrie E. James, by deed dated April 3rd, 1924, which deed is duly recorded in said Clerk's office in D. B. 129, p. 20. To all of which deeds special reference is hereby made. II IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, to secure the payment of a negotiable note bearing even date with this deed, which note is executed by H. C. Davis, Rebecca Davis, Carrie E . James and Paul L. James �'( I j nd payable to the ~ank of Elkton, Incorporated , six (6) months ,~fter date in the sum of thirty-eight hundred dollars ($3800.00). In the event that there are any renewals of said note or any ps.rt thereof, then the said renewal notes, each and every one of them, shall be as fully secured by this deed of trust as the original note. It is understood and provided that in case of de- cfault in the ps.ymen.t of said note, or any part thereof, or any renewal of said note, or any part thereof, at maturity, then, when f equired by the holder of such over-due note, the said Trustee shall proceed to execute this trust in pursuance of Sec. 5167 of t he Code of Virginia, 1919, and Acts amendatory thereof, except that he shall have 5% of the gross proceeds of sale as his commission. WITNESS the following signatures and seals. ! I, I PAUL L. JAMES (SEAL) CARRIE E. J AMES (SEAL) H. C. DAVIS (SEAL} REBECCA DAV IS (SEAL) �-; THIS DEED, made this 22nd day of December, 1925, by and between Henry C. Davis and Rebecca S. Davis, his wife, parties of the first part and John T . Harris, Trustee, party of the second part , all of Rockingham County, Virginia. WIT NE S 3 ETH: In consideration of the sum of $1 .00, cash in hand paid to the parties of the first part by the rarty of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, and upon the trust herein' after declared, the said Henry C. Davis and Rebecca S. Davis, his wife, do hereby grant and convey unto the said John T. Harris, with general warranty, all the right, title, interest and estate owned by the parties of the first part, being a one-half undivided share or interest in and to that certain tract or parcel of land, long lmown as the Gibbons Mountain Farm, situate in the eastern portion of Rockingham County, Virginia, on the Blue Ridge, about five (5} miles from Elkton, adjoining the lands of Beasley, Warble and others, containing two hundred and two (202) acres, more or less, and being the same tract of land conveyed to Paul L. James and H. c. Davis, by Wm . B. Yancey, Special Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, in the chancery cause of T. L. Yancey, etc. v. Mary A. Yancey, by deed bearing date the 14th day of December, 1920, and admitted to record in the Clerk's office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in D. B. 120, p. 261, reference to which deed for a description of said tract for metes and bounds is here made as though fully written out herein; together with all the rights, appurtenances, privileves and easements unto the said parcel of land belonging or in any wise appertaining. l'j �. ·" IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, to secure the payment unto Paul L. James, of the sum of thirty-e ight hundred and sixty dollars ($3860.0 0) as evidence d by the note made by Henry c. Davis and I Rebecca S. Davis, payable to Paul L. James, bearing even date herewith and due six (6) months after date, with interest from date, in the sum of $3860.00 , and likewise to secure the payment of any renewal or renewals of sru.d note in whole or in part. It is hereby express ly agreed between the parties hereto in the event there is default made in the p:1yment of said indebted lness or the interes t thereon , as the same matures , or default made in the payment of any renewal of said. note, whether such renewal by in whole or part thereof , then the Trustee shall, upon the request of the owner of said note, proceed to execute this trust in accordan ce with Sec. 5167 of the Code of Virgini a, and the Acts of Assembl y amendat ory thereof and from the proceeds of sale the Trustee shall first pay all the expenses attendin g the execution of this trust, includin g the payments to agents and Attorney s for services rendered , then the auction eer's fees and the Trustee 's commiss ion of 5% on the gross proceeds of sale for his services in making the sale, and all taxes and levies accrued at the time of lthe sale and shall then pay the indebted ness hereby secured in full with the interes t accrued thereon and pay the remaind er to the said Henry c. Davis, his heirs, persona l represe ntatives or assigns . WITNESS the followin g signatur es and seals. HENRY C. (X) DAV IS his mark (SEAL) (SEAL) --------- ----REBECCA S. DAVIS Witness to signatur e of Henry Davis: c. H.B. C. Gentry �:'.:J.E Y2 ..:.::: .JCJ I] . HC:r C:. C0 •. .3D:C ..:IOU DZ'l=Lo:.:El?~ CF ..::::J JC: fi:...., C,_ VI:1S-JLI. ._ ..J) ) ) ) Petitione:: ) ) ) ) ) ) Lo . 1829 ':'he :petition o:f the -.:ii:: st l:ationo.l Jen:: ot .=i!'l.tcn , of e·,- •o .;., nJ.. J...:..c;,.,~ V.i..1. ; u ·: c:< - - ...,J 11 i,.j. ---endi- .'1,... 0·, 1,.. . G • in Ji om· hono:::· ' s C 01:1· t 2. "1 "-' o- ceedi~S .:.nstiill~cd bJ t~e o~ete Jonmission on Condervation and Develo:91.1ent o::: the Yce.te of V.t.:-_;in~-- , unc:e:: tne st; le 2..bove ~e·1t·1·onec· ... • ' .,i·c·r, • •• .i.- .. qc1·"""'.., ..;.,o-.!.· 1·+,~ o·u~ect ·che e.c_uioition ",)~ concle .... nc.u ... _e_• __ nc:.s, o_ 202 acre3 of land. , r:oi.' e o-_• 1 es,J , si:tuetec.-:. ir. t~~o~ ~ion/a~~ I a:::..c . ~ 0 u .. c.bout ::ive rn.:.les eas.,.; o:.-: E:..1.:ton; o:: Ti£. t s c.iC. ... .,. < .~ ....... u _ Qj_'1 :e:.. l: 1 Ce_•_•ie :8 . J£Les :::.na. Een~y C • .u::wis , E'.rui :1hile t!:e o.me:·s t~_e::eo:: , :?ebecc2, i:::,. Davis , the •;;ife oi .~CJ:L' ~· DLvis) to - ·.7it , or: tLe 2lsc i . cl.a;· o:Z June , 1£'~>'... , e::::ecutecl a c".. e.;d conve:·ie_: 1ihe scr.10 to G-eo1· 0 e .) . He.:.:ne...,ber;e:.· , ..:::.'l1:,·cec , 1..0 oecu:. :e a. note ch.e to the Ban .... .ul1:ton , Inco:.·po:· .te c\ , in t .. e sur:; o..: . . 3800 . 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De.vis , ~·eceasec , t>ub jec-:; ,.;o t . . e ci.oue_• :-.: i~:i'ts of ·.:is wido·..r , .2.ebecc~ .Jo You ..: petitione:2.· fu::.··che:: :.:e~:.·ese!'lts t1:~/c ...,u'b e~:u.entl,, , on 0 de.·r o:.. the 1•eque'--'t of t.10 3o,n~:: o.~ ...:Jl:.:ton , Inco::.'_)Ol'~ted, JC!:e cleb., zecl:l'er 7 in sai . r":_cecl.. o.Z t:.·n.:: 'i.i 1.Jei 1:; then :.CJ£-st clue , o.::::c:.·ec'i. s~ic.. 1il'. ct oi' Q,:; ac::e.., o' .Jale aw public auction , ['.t i-L. . . ich .,J.me .t.., ., __ e .L • •ame uE:.:.s =~noc1.:oc1 d.o·,m to you:.· peti tione1• , ~ "C bei·1g ·wne ni.:;hc t Oll.::.' -,etitione:.· by sr,id. Hn.1·nesbe:.";e1·, Q_•u,3·cee . :i.' ~c.-id c.ee d is dr:.ly ::.·eco::..·c1 i:.1 .!Jeed Boo:: 1L4 , c.t ~oa._;e 58 , o.'.: --'cr.:.e Cle1•:_ 1 s :oc::inG!~:.1 Coul1t~, , an-:. e, coy o:2 tLe .3Etme i f~ice o::'. filec'.. 11e:·e·.1ith _,.,3 c :.e::.·e of. he 1·0:10:i.·t o.: the ::..,om· o~ _ ~-1:t.·aisel Co..,.:-::.issione1·s he::.·eto:..'o:::e file· a t~c ~bove s~ led p~oceediGSS , and the et.::."cion::. 01· ~ncl._; ... ent ~ncl. onde.nnc:-ti on , '.;_" t the SE id Js:.· r i.e E . ~- r,De.3 nnc' the ..., ic.o-., a.1ci. •. ei:.:s �c,t 1 w o:: Hen:.·~- ..., • IL.:v i"" , ,_ecee.se,.. , '--11 o.'.: ~·,:rnn ar·e pc.::::ties in saic_ ~1.· oceeclin ._..,".3 ~ , ',iel'e the in .:ec 0'.1:ie::.:c of 202 cc1·es of le.Ge. , brct as he:.·einarJove set fo:r-th Jtou.1· ~et.:..tiocer c,vc:.·s t:L-.: :.. t is nm· ·.:he o~·me:.' in ::ee sir,1ple o:.'.: s2id. t1T.ct la.1C:. , lLY o..: in;.:; "u.cceeded to tt.e title the.·eto by 1'e ,..,on o:'.: the 'llll'- c hc.oe by it o::.. s2.ict lv.nd at ·v11e ~:: le the:,_•eof r._c.de b;,l saia. HG:::nes - 01· bctte.L' ' l'i ._..,·t.t• o_· clai~ of title in lend. , r:: _ich is d.esi__::nate ~ to the said t.:..·-c.:t o..: £'J.1d in s2,id ... :.· oceed.i.n 0 s e,s t:-cact •. o. lf G, :::,!1d the ap:):.' iJecl vnlue Y1Le1' OO:: : ec -oeen e. ·ce..1.•tr.ineci c..-ncl f i::ed. in t~ese Jroceedings b: c~id ~omoissione~d nt the sum of v8 , 2o7 . 00 , c,v :.x_,ea.1•3 f1·orr.. theL.· _. po.·t :~e •einE:bove 1•efe1''.!.'e cl to , [..t:.c.l ·c.iere - 1o:i.·e ~01.u· petitioner is entitled to '.!:eceive the p1·oceec.o a::.·isin_; You1· _,etitic,ne:.· :..u:..··che::: ~we:·s tr..£.t t:.e :.:eco:.·cl in this :_ :.·oceed in .inte_•ecrc gs r::ents in t __ e to ·.-;Le t :..t le to J:.ic t1.·gct l.o . 16G , 01.· to t:1e i: o- e"t.,ition o:: cond.eumtion as to the tit::.e to .::t,id. l!:,nd in S8.ic_ Jt:..:i:es ancl :).... vis i"l2.S ·.:n:.e e.t the time saic, reno.:.·t ·.1E'.s m2.de e.ve1·s tLat it hrs -ihe 2-b .... olute title in .:ee sir..rnle c:nC:. unencura'be_·ed to o~id t::act ~o. 16G . 'ch.:.s i·ss ·:ieti·cion in -.;he above styled concleIJne.tion -":.:ocee6.ir:,:s ,nc to 1ecor.:e a pc::i.·~i;: ·c.:-:.e1·0to ; tr.at e.n o:i.:de:.c be ente1·et. t:he1·e - D~'-~ cu:.:t , ·cL t ·c.1e1·e be pc.. ic"i. to in di:.:ectin_::; , u1. . en ::._1aicl .:..1to ~ cu1· pe - 1.,itioner t!:.e afo:::e,:-:aid sur.. of )8 , 237 . 00 , ·v:n.e a:.1ount of tr..e c·1m:.·c -cu:..· ·11 etitioE01· :rn:.:eo:, ~':?. li0:5 -co t:_e Cou:?:t ,o:: J.:o t:.e Juci__;e ti:o:.·ecf ·.,hen V-,CE'l,+._ir"' , -.'o-:._• '1 O·J.. dO'' o,• !j'"d.'"·r ""l";. _·;o·• i-he ·•1vient o·' ··u.,.,d j J.. "'"ia.~ "'->'-"-'_ _ - V '- .l.i. - - 0 C...r.;,. 1 ..1. ..._ 1...- _,,. 1V .l.V - ... U - 0 __ .A,,.,t, .1. 4..., �. e-'.:; i·'.; i one:.' ·;rill eve:.· --..,,.,I";)-·· - <.:....._ t :.:o .•:tl . f_ ) ,C • ..:::... '2~-~,.., r--=~...-)" C~ Jvmsel c _. �D. B. 154 - ·o ... . 58 1N1 ,snw • .,.,, n1~ . .r.I:BIIE' 3 Car!'ie E . Jomes and her 11usbrne.. , end L. C. De:vis arn1 n.is ·,7ife, by deed o~ trust d['.ted Jun2 21 , 1S24 , ,..,:i,.ich deed of t::.:ust is du1-- -·eco1·dea_ in the Clerk ' s Office ~or :1ocldnc;J:i..Rm County, Virgini" , in JJeed Boo}~ 129 , page 504 , conveyed to ~eo. ' . land , containing 202 2cres , more or lesd , 3enerally ~nown as the TTG-ibbcns 11 mountain fa1·r1 , situate on the Blue J.idse mountcin 2,bout six miles e:::.::it of J..Jlkton , in ,.)tone712ll .District , : ockinz;ha.m County , Virginia , to see1ue the B2.n}: of :Jlkton , Inc. , the .-)c,~1nent of a negotiable home stead uai ver note in the sum of \,i3800 . 00 r:.1ade by the afo:res'.:...id pn1•ties of even date \·,i t11 said deed of t1·uvt and :12.yable six: r..10uths v.fter de.te to said Ban::.: ; ana. , ~V:E_TI, 3 , the ma:?.:ers of said. note defa.ultec. in the ::ayment of said. note , the said vB.l'rie E. James, being ad,jud 0 ed a be..n::ru.pt on the 20th day of -~e.;y , 1932 , by the United dto.tes :District Cou::t for the ·:estern Dist1•ict of \irE;in.if' , the ordez- o:: adjudicc.tion being duly of reco1·a. in the Cle1·k 1 s Offic e for Rockin,..ham Oount;y, vir-::;inia , in Deed Boo}: 154 , :'.:\• 482; anc:l. , 7/lIBP..& ,3 by an 01·de r of sc id Co1,:.11t entered on the 13th clay of June , 1 c 32 , the T::us tee in ron _1 pt cy :::'01· Car1·ie E. Ja:,es was directec. to disclru.m title for se, id lE.nds; c.nd ~Vl'ER"i' J , the Bi::-.n:~ o:: Elkton , Inc. , the ho 1 der· o:: saicl note , ".fter default h'.ld cont inucd in the payment of Sf id note for some time , re uested the Trustee in s i:id. deed of t1·ust to fo:reclose the f3ame ; and '.!:::IEJ.-;;, :3 , after d.ue ond full cor.1pliance with the te1·ms of 13 0.ic deec1 of tn1St the land hereinabove desc:-ibec:t ,vas sold at inublic e.uction et the front door of the County CouJ:thouse , in S:arrisonburG , vil·ginin , after com:i;>etitive ·t)iddin_; , s:'he !1.b.· st .r.tionc.l Bank of Hinton , e,t HL1ton , .,est Virginie , fo 1· the sur.n of ..,4:6QO. 00 cash , uhich sum said :Bank as nov, fully pc id to t:he t11·ustee , 2.:~d s2.ia_ Bcnk 2:equests tl:£',t a dee: 1 e nacle to it for SLid ,..anc.. ; �uo.r , '.i.':a:ERE-OR~ , '.::III3 :D~ED .a.cle and. enterecl into t1iis 21st da;y of Ja,np_al'y , 1~'33, anclbet .1een Jeo::cge 3 • .w.axnesbe1·6 er , .1.'r1-1.stee , 1 as afo:ressid , :!')a1·t;:, of the fil·st :-x:.rt, a11.a_ the :s1irst Uational Bo.nk of Hiton, c.t hinton , :,est Virginia , party of the second. part; ~'I IT •ES 3E Thet for and in cons ideniti on cash in reno_ ~ H: o.:. the sum of 'ii4600 . 00 :pLid by the part;:, of the second IJal't to the ~-ia.1·t~- oi" azt , the receipt \7hereof is hereby ac:~noi:-:ledged , the tl:e fi:.:st said. pa::.·ty of tbe f L·st part doth g-.::ant and. conve;7 with special war:,T~nty o:: title unto the said part~- of the second pai·t, the t certain tro.ct or pa:::cel of grazin 0 lanci. , ,_;;ith inp:c•voements the1·eon ana_ LlS Lp:pu1·tennnces trereunto belongin3 , :enerally known as the 11 Gibbons II mountain farm , containing 202 e-cres , ri10:·e or less , sit - uGte on the Blne : id~e Lountsins about six miles east of Elkton , in :Stonevmll D.:.st1·ict , :::ockin 6 ham County , Virginia , it ooing the SE'-L1e 12-nd conveyed by 7Trn. B. Yancey , Jyecial Comrr1issione1• , to H. C. D2.vis and 2a1-l 1 • .:-ames , by deed. dated :)ece:,,ber 14 , 1920 , v1hich cleecl. is c.ul:; ol :c·ecm:d in seid vler:-: 1 s Office in D.3.120 , p . 261; and in 17hich lan a.s Kem1')er J. Ysnce;; and wife , by deea_ ca tee Janua::..·y,:2:'.; , 1921 , conveyed ·co said :pu::..·cr.£..sers certain rights there - in set fol'th ana_ in w::ich land Paul L. James , b:r d9ed dated _;.y..·il 3 , 1924 , '.7hich deed is duly of 1•ecord in said Clerk 1 s Oi::ice in D.B . 129, p. 20 , conveyed hia interest and ootete to C~rrie E. Jar;ies , to e.ll oi vihich deeds sre cia 1 reference is he:ceby made for a mo 1·e par ti cu la1· des er irt ion of s2. id lands. ':i:he pu.r clnse r he:ce in is to --:ey the taxes on said lana_s :.:1·0111 a.r..d after .ugrIBt 6, 1932. '.litness the follo·,vin 0 signe,tiue and seal . 3-e o. .3. Ha1· ne sbe rge1· , ..:'rust ee as u.:=or essid. (SF.AL ) 2. �- I • S.1:1J J'.2 '.:E CC:..i IJJIC:~ 01. CL~,..:E..:V 1:.:!CI - :;n :l:2:i~LOPl~!'...: ) ) ::.etitioner ) ) Vd. ) .1.,0. lb2 ) ) n) .. .1.'DJ I JO~ ... ..:~~I~,.) , r.nu. o-01~e:i.•.., , _nlL 202 . . C~E J Q... _E CJ _ ., .) o_ !. l"l> I.. BCY.J::LT:-..... J Cl I._·~ , 71'28-I~ L ....:int on , ,ledt Ti:·r;inic. , ) _espondents ) ) ) o~, counsel , :..ecve is ·iven i"c to i::_e its pet:_tion in the a"Jo e st;ylecl n:-:.•oceeclin ;s , e.nf. tne su.r:e .:.o '211 �C!tnmmnuwraltq nf ]lirginia TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA . JOHN M . PURCELL Decemb er 22 , 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcel ], Treasu rer of Virgin ia have this _2_2__ day of De c emb er with an order of the circui t court of dated 12/18/3 3 in accorda nce Ro ckingha m County in the cause of the State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develop ment of the State of Virgin ia vs. Cassan dra Lawson Atk i n=s - -- - - -- - =~~= :paid to First Nation al Bank of Hinton , Hi n ton , West Vjr ginia $ 8 , 237 . oo being in full settlem ent of tract in the above mentio ned cause. #....J.B.6 �Q!nmmnumtaltb nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 22 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA First National Bank of Hinton Hinton, West Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 8 , 237 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_ _ ~R~o~c=k=i=n=g~h=am=~- of December 1 93i entered on the 18th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als and 52 , 561 acres of land more or le ~d others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_ 1_8_6_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-h-c-and-carrie-james.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, H. C./Carrie James Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run 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): 186 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2f0a06a2469e1449ecd04b74b2c83b97.pdf d8f719df144ea4083be385f01d234413 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #112 - Davis , Gladys & David Number of Acres :17 Location:Swift Run, and entirely within the park area . Roads: Spottswood Tri;i 1 . Hard surface , two and one - half miles to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam; slope type fairly smooth . This land is on the highway, and is suitable for either farming or building sites . History of Tract and condition of timber: 4 M. feet of saw timber on 12 acres; 3 cords of fuelwood per acre . IMPROVEMENTS: --DWELLING --Frame, l~x22 1 , 5 rooms, 2 s ', ories, 3 rooms cei led . Porch 6xl6 1 , condition fair; occupied by owner . Spring v1 a ter supply . STbBLE---- --- Log, 15xl6xl0 1 , shingled roof , poor condition . GRAGE - ......... ---Fra.rne, 16xl7x8' , shinsled and metal roof , fair condition . bri,p;r.g_mmen,t~ HEN HOUSE ----- Frame , ox8x6 1 paper roof , condition fair . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 13 @ $5 . 00 $65 . 00 4 17 @ 38 . 00 152 .oo --$217.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 217.00 565 . 0 0 Value of Improvements: $ 565 . 00 25 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 2 5 • 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 15 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 15 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 $872.00 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 51 . 30 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None -~iPn~__ CLERK /5 �~ __ J:£__:ii~--------------------------------- .________ _ Claim of_ ____ ~----C ounty, Virginia, N o._l_i .!!:_"!_, At Law. In the Circuit Court of__~ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-~ -~ ---~ _4-:_~ tioner, vs._ - ~ -JJ~t'=:d .,:?1.:J:!d .!d:r~::::::__ ~ .:/;e --County , Virginia, Defenda nts.----- --; ~ ; : , : : l a n d ~ -- ----~-- . _- ~ The undersigned, in a n s w e r ~ the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__ ; i _ ~ ~---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answe;-t ~~-~&pe titio;-~n d to said notice. -------- -------- -------- -------- --My name is ______~ ~- rf.-~ ~ ~ ~ - J . ~ ~------------ My post office address is _____ __ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel ofland within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about_ _____ /_7 ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings, and i:provem ents :_Ja -~--~rrQ -±:g _~-~ 4 ~ ;r - ~ ~ d . ~-~ ~-,~~ -~ ~ ~- t -t --~ ---Lc__-~ ~ ,~ ~ ~ ~ --~ ~~~d~__ _&i, ____ --- . -------- --Virginia, in miles from _____ ~ _Magisterial District of said County. the~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or . ~ parcel o,f land described above. ~ --/ -~~ -~ ~h-~ » - o / ; , ~ ¥--~ J_A-ef_~ --~ - --- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- - ----- ~ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: 0 ,-~G:£.s:t --------------------------------------------------North_ 7 South_~ ~- _ _ c f _ L ~------ ------ -------- ------- -------- -------- --dM_f_' ;--~ ~~------- ------~ East _~ £ ~----------------------West __~ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_f f_g__~___in the /J:;. following manner: ~ _.(£u_,£ -- -1-cl&YIC ___ _ _/L _~ ~ ),- ~a__..- -i-L ~_'!Je,7AfZ-hl ~~ _ _ _ _ _ _ j* ----- ~P 0£< -r- J ~ ~ ~---------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $lfi-::e.g,_4 ~_.d~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tr.a ct or parc·e1 of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_7i..~~~ --~ ( 1t~I f#&t;~ ~~~! 2!:'_ !M __ 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 statemen ts or informat ion 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). --"'W-~ __L::_1=:'~-~~-.c!~ ~ . c e ~7 --L~-t ;:__~ ~-Remarks : ~ -au.cl J &t?--~ ~ vL ____________________ .,.--------------------------------------11 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessar y on the back). oL 3;.r Wi~~~s- ~y-:~~: ~~:~ my name and ::r~,t~~~\~to}j~'-- --~~~~~~~~:~ A, COUNTY OF__ ~ ~--, To-wit: STA~ -------- ----- -The undersig ned hereby certifies that_ _~ ~- _ _ £ ~- --- ---that the matters oath made and him before appeared y personall the above named claimant and belief, e knowledg his of best the to true are answer above his in g appearin and things :z_________day of___ this ______ _ (TJ.A ,,.,,4'. ~ /I r I 3/ ~:: ~-~9~d _________ c__;;),_~ ------- Clerk of the Cour , or Special Investiga tor or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ,v I �County: Districts Rockingham Stonewall # 112 - Davis, Gladys & Davids . Acreage Claimed: 17 Value Claimed: Location: Assessed 17 A. 100 P. tt $1500. tt 17 A. 100 P. 1926 • $400.00 Swift run and entirely wi thin par1<: area. . Incumbrances, c 'unter claims or l aps: So il: X:Oeed None known, Sandy loam. Slope type fairly omooth. This land is on the high~1a.y and is suitable for either farming or building sites • .:,pottswood trai l. Uard surface, two and one- half · iles to Elkton nearest shipping point. His t ory of tract and condition of timber·: 4 M fe ot of saw timber on 12 acres 20.00 3 cords off el wood per aero on 12 acreo n t $1.00 per cord - - - at Imnrovements: _5.00 per ll - - - · Dwell ine;: Fr o.me, 14x22, , rooms, 2 · s tories, 3 rooms ceiled, "Porch 6xl6', condition f a ir, occupi ed by owner, oprin . mter su:pply .... ~410 ·.00 Stable: Log , 15x16xlO', shineled r of, poor condition. u5.00 Garue;e: Frame, 16xl 7x8 •, shin ·led and ;'o tal r oof, fair condi ti on. - - 40 .00 Hen houses Frame, 6x8x6 ', paper roof , c ondi tion fair. 10.00 $565'.oo Acreo.6e a nd value of land by t ··pes: Value per A,. ~ Slope Tillable Total value of land - 12.00 30 . 00 Total value of timber - Average value per acre 120.00 ~1276.00 - ... - . 276.00 Total value of im 1rovements Total va lue of tract Total Value 1~6 . 00 .. .. 56,.oo 56.00 - ... ... $897.00 -- 52.77 xN'otes ,70 acres sold to the Commonvrnal th of Vi.rginia. . 1'-1 �'-----.> unt y: District: #112- Davis , Gladys & Davids • • / / V / ueo . Lawson \ \ \ \ LEUEND: Tillable Slope Scale - 1" : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-gladys-and-david-s.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, Gladys & David S. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 112 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3605edbb0cd8b2d6429fcb671f18cfa1.pdf 7a0fb1a1528e240b45823c0513a72cf1 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #108 - Dav i s, G. T .-Estate Number of Acres: 48 Location: Swift Run . Roads: Entirely within the Park a r ea . Spotswood Trail , hard surface , 2 miles to Elkton, nearest shipping p:,int . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type . 'lbis tract is practically cov "'red with small loose rock, some outcrops , steeo and rough . On the east side fairly smooth, smooth on the west side . Soil on Fe . covered with smal l loose rock and looks fairly thin. History of Tract and condition of timber: Ther e is about 5000 i' e et of savr t i mber on the wooded area of this tract, consisting of white and yellow pine , and a small amount of crubby oaks . IMPhOVmmNTS: - 2 STORY rniELLING--Frame , 14x28 1 - L 12x20xl6 1 , 6 rooms , 4 c eiled, porch 6x22 1 , metal roof , brick flues , condition fair, occupied by owner . Spring ..:rater supply; foundation solid . BARN- Log and Frame, .inl.pmv.enmnta 2lx25xl2 1 , shingle roof - ----FILlJNG STA'l'ION- ----Frame , 16x25xl0 ', paper roof , condition good . - ---- HEN HOUSE-- - - Frame, 8xl6x8 ', shingle roof , condition fair . SHOP--- ---Frame , 16x22xl0 1 , shingle roof , c_ndition fair . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 31 @ <fu .oo ~p5 $155 . 00 - - -9 @ 15 . 00 135 . 00 @ 30 . 00 210 . 00 60 . 00 ;~500 .oo 60 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 1 @ Minerals: Value of Land: $ 500 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ 1285 . 00 12 85 • 00 60 • 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 • 00 20 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 1 2 5 . 00 125 . 00 ~-- - - -·-· Value per acre for tract: $ 41 . 45 •Jj>.L;:790 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ -~ .oo - None --L~'2~: CLERK I 2. �Claim of ___________________________1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ,, . more or less, of land in ______________ ~------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks ]eave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _________________ ___________________________________________________ _ , My post office address is _______________________________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of ]and within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _________________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s: _______________'____________________________________________ _ This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ 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 parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________ ___________________________________ -___ · ________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I 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 improvement s thereon is $----------- -----· I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park 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·-- ------------- ----------- ~ ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------~ -h.L-_ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------- ------------ ------ I I - '------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ---/ ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day of ____________________ , 1930. ------ ~----------- ------------ ------------ -STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ________ ~ __ ! _____ L ________ , 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 above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this __________________ day of_ _______________ --, 1930. J I ----------~-------------------------------Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ��county: Rockin!'.l'he.m District! stonewall '108 l)o.vis Assessed Aoreuae Claimed: 58 a. T. '410.00 Deed (not known) ,, If ,4000 . 00 Value Claimed: swift Run . ~ntirely within the r urk area . LOO'ltion: Laps: None known. Sandy loam, slope type, this tract is prnotically covered with small l oose rook, some outcrops, nteep - nd rough, on the east side fairly sm0oth , smooth on the v1ent nidc , Goil o l!"o. oover d vii th s mall loo so rock and loo1::n fairly thin. ,~oads: 1.1ots mod Trai l, hard surf oo, 2 mi les to el!.:ton, ne· root shipping point . '• Soil : !Iistory: There is bout 500Cft. of saw timber on the vooded e.rea of this tract , consiuting of r1hi te and yellow rino , and o. small amount of scr,1bby oaks , f' 4.00 per r . {'20 . 00 4 eds. of fuel .ood p er~·• on 31 a.ores ·, 1 . 00 J)er ed. ~124.00 J l44 . u0 ... ,,;. Improvements: 2 stpr~~ug , frame 14x~~8 ~" 12x80xlo , · room;:; 6, 4 ceilod; !)Oreb 6x22, metal roof, brick flues, condition fair, occup i ed· by owner , s peing water s ..,.~ 1;ly 1 foundation. solid value - '700 . oo . l.O.g_nnd 1'rc~.lm:r:n, 21x25xl2 , shingle roof. -- '75.00 Ftllinc ~:to.~l,Qp , frame 16x25x10, pa9er t oof , condition good. ----- ~---- - ------------------ ~oo .oo ..lten Jl.Q..11A.0 , frame 8xl6x0, Chinglc roof , cond. Fair .---------~------------------- -- --- ------ .rill0Jl 1 fr.:une 16x2'.jxl0 , Shingle roof, cond. :..uir 25 . 00 40 . 00 it'.• 1"'"0 00 'l, Value of land by types: "'l,oreage Type 1lore Tillable 31 ;/ield L~stoel:ing <;rchard Total value To tal v.1lue rrotal value To tal value Total value ? 9 1 :rn of of of of of land improvements timber orchard tract .\ vera.ge value por nore Value per acre 5 . 00 ' 25 . 00 8.00 60 . 00 ,j,.J J,'; • Total Value 155.00 l? b . 00 72 . 00 ~'\_} 'A02 ; .oo- 403 . 00 1240 . 00 144 . 00 60 . 00 ·1ao0.oo ,,~ 37 . 62 II �County: District: Rock ingham Stonewall Annie Laur a Baugher LIDEND : Slope orchard Tillable Scale - l" : Fields restocking 20 chains 553 �; Sr,A;TE COMM. ION oN CONSERVATIO. o DEVELOPMENT RICHMOND, VA. WILLIAM E .' cArfsoN. CHAIRMAN, R1vERToN BUREAUS OF THE COMMISSION SURVEY COLEMAN ,\f'ORTHAM, VICE CHAIRMAN, RICHMOND GEOLOGICAL JUNIUS P. FJ.SHBURN. ROANOKE E. GRIFFITH DODSON, NORFOLK WATER RESOURCES ANO POWER FOREST SERVICE PARKS ANO LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING RUFUS G. ROBERTS, CULPEPER THOMAS L. FARRAR, CHARLOTTESVILLE ARCHAEOLOGY ANO HISTORY LEE LONG, DANTE STATE PUBLICITY R . A. GILLIAM EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER Shenandoah National Park Division S. H. MARSH, SUPERVISOR PHONE 84, FRONT ROYAL. ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO FRONT ROYAL, VA. March 13, 1934 Mr . George S . Harnsberger, Attorney at Law fiqrrisonburg, Virginia Dear Mr . Ha.rnsberger: I enclose motion for dismissal of the condenmation Park proceedings in connection wi t _1 Tract No . 1 0 8, Rockingham County, which, if you desire to do so, you might submit to the Court, and if the order is entered, return the enclosed copy with a me.r:orandum, shouing the da. te of entry , to the Park Office, Front Royal, for our files . V.Je are preparing motion for dismissal of 9.ll tracts which we do not expect to acquire within the Park area, a r.d will submit this motim just as so'.)n as the Parl: authorities in Washington advise us definitely as to the additional tracts which they may desire to purchase outside the Kelsey line . Yours very truly ~~ \. C. Carson Enclosures . �• VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia - - - - - - Petitioner V. AT L_W NO . 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and Pifty- Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia ----T~i: 1-1 o~.-,;;J)i:3:, -cam:e:::d::::ti oner ~ y- by counsel and exhibited to the Court the record of the above styled proceeding, and advised the Court that petitioner , under authority of Section 22 of the Public Park Condemnation ct, has decided not to acquire that tract of land lying within the area described in the petition and shown and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed with the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and bearing the Tract No . 108, as described in said report and delineated on said map, in which tract the said report of the said Board of Appraisal Commissioners discloses that claim to an undivided interest in the fee simple estate therein was filed by Georges . Harnsberger, Gu·:-1.rdian ad Li tem for Bernice Shifflett, Nina Shifflett, Georgie Shifflett, Laura Shifflett, Thomas Shifflett, Clarence Shifflett and Lena Shifflett. Upon consideration whereof , and upon the motion of said petitioner, and it appearing that the said Georges . Harnsberger, Guardian ad Litem for the above mentioned inf~nts has consented to the entry of this order as evidenced by his endorsement on the back thereof, it is ci.ccordingly ad.judged and ordered that the eaid motion to dismiss be granted and that this proceeding be and is hereby dismissed as to said trqct of land numbered 108, as described and nurnbered in the said report of the Board of Aonraisal Commissioners, and delineated on the County Ovmershi"') Map filed therewith . z_J I f"U..1/0 �• \ . \ • ,l • I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-g-thomas-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, G. Thomas Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 108 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8dd8abd716e80d2e6850bc1f02250ef0.pdf 0885945e5ad56626992d23fb3e562cc3 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #232 - Davis , D. c. Number of Acres: 71 Location: Roads: Soil: Hawksbill Creek and is loca ted entirely within the Park area . Te J miles to Zlkton over six miles of county road and tour miles over Spotswood Trail . Sandy clay loam of medium depth and fertility . l l the merchantable sav, timber h'a s bean removed from this trac t . Frame 12x30 ', 5 rooms, porch 6xl4 ', shingle Dwelling : Improvements : roof, brick flues, l½ story , 3 ro ,ms ceiled, fair oondi tion , oocupied_by owner, solid foundation . New stable: Frame 12x20xl2' , board roof , good condition. Spring house: Frame 8xl0x6', shingle roof , f a ir condition • FrQme 8xl2x8' , f a ir condition , shingle roof . .awAV;JA,M&RJetH en house: Log 10xl2xl2', shingle roof , fair coniition. Cellar house: History of Tract and condition of timber: ---~.a. Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 51 ·,J3 . 00 0153 . 00 7 25 . 00 175 . 00 15 . 00 195 . 00 ,J523. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 13 71 @ Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 523 . 00 Value of Improvements: $710 . 00 710 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00 50 . 00 ~1433 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 20 . 18 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . CLERK. ~1 �:u----------------------------------------------------- of__ ;;ZJ~ --~ Claim oun ty, Virginia, No.!--8::::&_J_, At Law. In the Circ uit Cou rt of __ ..£ f-~ ~~ L. a~C opm ent of the State of Virginia, PetiThe Stat e Commission on Con serv atio ~d-D evel ---- ----~ -f : - - : ~ ---- ~ tioner, vs._$ ~ ~ ~--~ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- _____ _ !:z_',!;__ ,i?;;_,( ----- --- ~ ~ - v z , , - n _ _ ,..a~ --Co unty , Virginia, Defe ndan ts. more or less, of land in __ ~f~the Stat e Commission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answ e;-t~ -th;- p;ti« o~-; onse to the notice of condemnation awar ded velopment of the Stat e of Virginia, and in respin accordance with the orde r of the Circ uit upon the filing of said petit ion and published file this -- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Cou rt to Cou rt of_ ___ ~ as his answ er to said pltit ion and to said notice. ---- --- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---My nam e is ____ ~ -- , --~ ~ ---- ---- ---- ---------- -----------------------My post office addr ess is ___l'.d ..~-- ~ parcel of land with in the area soug ht I claim a right , title, estat e or inter est in a trac t or _ acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, cont ainin g about_ ____ .f£ ________ ~ --_ a ; ~ ~--buildings and imp:oveme~ ~ ~ - ; r -C<.tY...,d.,_~ ~ ~ ; ---- ---- -y--~ ~ -~ ~--- --- ---- ---- ---Virginia, in ______~ This land is located about_ ___ 7-______ miles from _Magisterial Dist rict of said County. the~ inter est in the trac t or parcel of land deI claim the following right , title, estat e or say whe ther he is sole own er or joint owner, scribed above: (In this space claim ant should ers. If claim ant is not sole or joint owner, and if joint own er give names of the join t own te or inter est he has in or to the tract or he should set out exac tly wha t right , title, esta parcel of land described above.) -~----------------------------------------------------- _________ _d ~ ~ of land with the improvements there I claim that the total value of this tract or parc el e of my right , title, estat e or inter est, on is $..2!..i~f'P.. l1_.f'____ _. I claim that the total valu ovements there on is $~~ ~-~ ----- -· in and to this tract or parc el of land with the impr adjo ining the above described tract or I am the own er of_ ___ '.'.27dz ________ acres of land h I claim will be damaged by the proparcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, whic , to the exte nt of $--- -~ ---- ---- --· posed condemnation of lands with in the Park area tional state men ts or infor mati on as to (In the space below should be set out any addi if practicable he should also inse rt here a this claim which claim ant desires to mak e; and s and bounds). description of the trac t or parcel of land by mete -i f L ~ ~-1 -~ ~f .1 -4 ) Rem arks : :l k. c~-~ ~ ~ ~c ~-~ --~ ~--~ _ /{ d M ~ ~---- ---- ---- -~~4~~~~ tinue rema rks if necessary on the back ). ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- (Con hed here to) this ____ Lt:2 ________ day Witn ess my sign ature (or my nam e and mark attac ;~!~';\~~;~~. _ ,£ ,i ~ ~~:-;~~~;~-------------- l~~~ NTY OF_ ---- ---- ---- --- ---- ---- --- --- -_ -'~ _3 _.C The undersigned here by certifies thaL befo re him and made oath that the matt ers the above named claim ant personally appe ared true to the best of his knowledge and belief, and thing s appe aring in his above answ er are ---- , 19:)6. this_____ _,lfl _________ day of__ ~ 115, ,/ 0 1 I r/3 ( . t:Y1 1 / , / 'I; 31 .ui c1~;.k~Tfh;.,co!-f·0=;1-peli;.1 t;v;;tig~t~;-~; Nota ry Public, or Justi ce of the Peace. �Claim of____ A. .. _E... _.:itlant._.Lisi.n_.o~ed_:ltor._o.t._D_,__Q_,_J?.a'tlht_arul_.o_t.b.en _____ _ In the Circuit Court oL_R.o.cki.ng.ham.. ___________ County, Virginia, N oj__t/._"!::.~, At Law. The State Commission on, Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ Cassandra_ Atkins_ and _others-------- ---------------- ---------------- · · Def endants. :o_________ _______ count y, v·1rgmia, Rockin-"'ham · ___________ more or less, of lan d m on Conservation and DeCommission State the of petition the to The undersigned, in answer velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_R_Qg};l!]gJm_gi___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ A. E. ~-l yant ---------------- ---------------- ------------My post office address is _____ l,_~ld._Q~~--1li~_giI1 -l~~------------- ---------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____~Q __________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____:Qw_~ll-_lJ1g__Q.QA§~--~p5l_QAt_J)_1JJ.J,._cU.M~-------------- · ·· m m1·1es f rom __________ Elkton'-J__________________ v·1rgmia, 7 · 1ocat ed abou t ____________ · 1an d 1s Tlus the_S.t_Q~_vrn._l_l ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) A judgment creditor of Edgar W.Davis, pre- decessor in title_ of_D._ c._Davis.L 11y virtue _of _,jQ<!gment _dated April 10J__ l9ID _,_ duly docketed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Jan. 1, 1921, in the sum of $45. oo-w:ttrr-1nt-er -e-st---frmn-fvra r-.--15-,-1-9-2fr ,-""judgmerrt-ha ving-ireerr-a-s-s igned- by Alex. Morris) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: to me, the ) North _______ __________ ____ ______________ __________ __________ ____ ________ ___ __ __ ___ _ present holder ~outh ___________________________ . _________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ thereof. West __________________________________________ _____________ _______________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year--~J-~~---in the following manner: See Jud~ment Docket No. 12, at page 109, in the Clerk's Office of Rocking_ham _Coun~y. _ Vir_g_ini a. ____________ ·--------------- --- ---------------- ---- --------- Q. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ____________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--------------- -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-- --------------· I am the owner 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·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- Q) c.:> ~ - ~ EE~ 0 en ~ '-'1.) u Q) ....>, c:: 0 (..) E co ...c ...c: b.O c:: c:: ~ -0 c.:> Q) I..- 0 0::: Q) C,.) ("') -.;,,..~ r- co L.L,J \.I... ---------------- ------------- --------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached her?jj_ this _____l§.1}]. _____ day ---------~!±;f__ - y _ _ c ~ ~------oLF.e_b.rua.ry....... _ll3L, JfttX STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ Rockingb..am--- ---------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that__ ..A~--~~-J~y.ant______________________________ _ 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, ZT this ____'.l§1iJL ________ day ofF_~l_g~!~!'X LA~~J;g:/' _~~w:= ------ ~ f t h ~ -G Jstotar:,r::Puhli ~ J · _:._ator&r . Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia. �'--' I vounty: Rockingham District: Stonewall #232 - c. D. Davis • .1.1.creage C-laimed: 80 ssessed: 71 A. 46 P. Va lue Clai med: ,2500 . 00 Location: ft 640.00 Deed 105 acres " ? \REA: 71 A. wksb111 Creek and is loc ted entirely ,vi thin the Park a rea. Incumbrances 1 counter claims or laps: . None kno n. Soil: Sandy clay loam of medium depth and fert ility. Roads: ) ' Ten miles to lkton over six miles ot county road and four iles ove r Spots ood Trail. History of tract and condition of timber: Al l the merchantable sa timber has been remov~d from t his trac t lea ving an estimated amount dr 400 cords of fuel ood valued 200.00. Improvements : Dwelling: Fra~e l2X30', 5 rooms, por~h 6xl4', shi ngle ro of , oriok flues, 1\- story, 3 rooms c iled, fair conditi ')n , occupied by owner, solid founda i0n ---500.00 ~e stable: Frame 12x20xl2', board ro f , good " 60.00 Snring house: Frame 6xl0x3 ', s h ing l e roof, fair ft 20.00 !ten house: Frame 8xl 2x8 ', f a ir condi ti:>n. s h ingle roof- · 30.00 Cellar house: Log 10:xl2Xl2; shingle roo • fa ir condit - 75. J O Timber: Fuel ood 400 cords v lued 6a5.oo 50¢ pe r cord - 200.00 Value of land by types: ~pa Si Fg Fr Value ,Eer ere orease ~~3. 0 0 7 20.00 8.00 13 71 Total v lue of fruit trees Total value of 1 nd Total value ot 1:::npr ')vements Total va lue ot timber Total value of tract Average vj lue per acre ----- $119 .00 397.00 ------...... _.. 14<51.oo ------- 685.00 200.00 19 .73 Total Value 153.00 140.00 104.00 $397.00 �' ' Z3~ - ~uvis , D. C. 0ounty: _oc~i~ htlm .._istrict : otoneuall N 'red ;yant P . _ ncoy Bernard 0hi:'flett (if .. ...•. s . • :.EG ~rD ~ &ncey ru2i c Slo e ~ es t.ockin.o; Sea le - l" - 2, cl1c.cins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-d-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, D. C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 232 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/67afad4bf630cc31c400c3ae9cae799b.pdf dc89a0dc20bb4482a4d775aba23b878c PDF Text Text RO KilfG I.,;J i COlJNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT # 1 8 1 - Dc..1.vis , Chas . Number of Acres: 114 Location: H \:ksbill Creek and is entirely Roads: Ten milt:is to J:lkto:) over six niles o::., county rm. . d and four milJs over Jpot s wood Tr~i l . Soil: Nor th 'nc.1 nortlmest s l oi:,e of -ood d£::lpth J.!ld ferti l ity . 1:11 thin the :? ark arec.1. . History of Tract and condition of timber: ~lere is a nice stand of mi xed o~ks and pine on one of the wooded areas and~ ver- limited a·1oun t of saw t i:nber on the other . T} 1 ; tot . . 1 umount of smf t ir:1ber on t~is tract is estimated to cut 32 , 000 bd . · t . 200 cords of fuelwood . Improvements: D'.rnlli 1f~ : Frm,1e , 13x28 ' , 4 roans, porch 7x23' , neta l roof , bric~ f l ~es , 3 story , ceiled, Loot co~dition , occupied by o -~er , spri~r, solid "ound~tion . Hen house : Fr:c..ne , 8xl0x6 ', ~;;:1 ,, ·le ro ;)f , poor c ondition. Fr~me , 14x2 l x l 2 ', shi ng l e r o o f, ~~ir con~ition . Shop : Gr c.:.1n&ry : Frune , 2l x2 l x l 2 ', shinel'3 roof , f~ir e -::mc~i -~ion . Fr:...me , l ox20' , 4 roo::1s, netLl roof, 1;~ star: , ::.,.rn llint5 : f air 00'1 ~di tion, oce;1pie<l by tenant , solid oundo.tion . Loe und f'rane , 22x40xl3 ', fair c onC.i tion . B' rn : Hen house : ~rarN , G~GxG ', sh :pl~ roof , poor cordition . :5'r ~.,e , 8xl4x8 ', d1ingle roof , fa:rr Spri-...g '10use eonC.:.i ti on . 1 Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre · Acreage Ridge: Slope: 32 .,p3 . 00 J9G . OO 27 • .50 ·;225.J . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 83 (j ~~23)51 . 00 Orchard: 17J0 . 00 Minerals: 75 . 00 Value of Land: $ 23bl . OO 96 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1? 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ ._";Q . 00 ?3 . 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: . $ Value of Timber: $ 9G . 00 Value of Wood: $ .50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 3? • O3 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ifo •11; • ~- '/ ~ - ~ .., �i :.>T~::E 'JOT.ITH BIO:. CH ~0H3TV1~Icr A:D D.EVELo--1 ..xi:: Ci ..:'1..:E '3'.i:_~ ... CF VI 'J-I1;I\ '= Peti ·ioner 'I· } ~o. 1829 } vs . } } C__ 3 '.A::DF!A. L '!'O:~ E:iCI:·:., , et als. , ancl 52 , 561 acl'es of land , ro.1·e or less .:.:tespondents ) } r.i:his cause came on to be he~:cc. this :/... day of June , 1934 , upon the papers formerly ::ce1; d , :-'l'Oceedings forrr:erly bE.d , the exhibits filed. and arguments of counsel. Upon consideration vihereof , it appearing to the Court tr.at the trr,ct of ::'..14 . 2 acres of land designated in thi D.d rroceedin- o . 181 ,·ms condemned he:cein , fnd the amount of thea'.·?ard there f or fixed by the Gorn.missioners is , to - 7'lit : ,.p422~ . oo , \7hi ch sum set out in tt.e judgment of condemnation has he1·etofore been paid into Court; P.nci it furt11er an:Dearim; to the 'Jou1·t that Herbert ~,'.,!ys.nt has been e.ppointed and o,re.li:fie" b.S Receiver cf the vo-..·1·t in the chancery cause now r:en6..ing tLereir. of J • .la '.ten ...,2-vis, et ~-ls. vs. C:bas. :Javis , et alo. , Yvherein d .... idernrd o:: .,,4:•. iL. 0'J is "to be ad- ministered under orders of the vom·t ; :::tis t~_erefo:i:-e e.d~udged , 01·dered and decreed t1..at the S:1·easu:ce · of Virginie, a.o :pa.;y to :Ierbert / . . ,yant, .,eceive1· i.r. said chancer;y cause o-f J. ,,m·1·en .JJavL:, , et als. vs. C.nt. • .iiEViJ, et £:.ls ,. tbe sum of v4.:,~.J,;. O, 1 eing the amount in full ascertained. to be duet for said t · ct ~.o. 181, ana. 1hicn is to be b;: said .eceiver di~1:iu.1·.::1ed L. cco-·dance wit:i.1 t:'le order' o.i.. the Cou1·t to be ente::eC:. in t::ia.;.cl c ... ance1·y ce.u~e _,endit . . g Lat .id •. eceive1' tne1·eof ce1·tified to tber eof as :.:e _1. in_.3 •.all,.· ecei"!)t for s' id. .,}:JS :t is furtLe1· OL'de1·ed id voui·t. c:.erk of t11i s 4L2:b. oo £ _nd ti1e .a;,n.ent OUJ.' t _:01· i1' ed bj law . l'-1 �.......,, County: D1 tr1ct: d: o k1ngbnm tone al1 d 114 o. 00 bill 0 ~30. 0 ort T n 1le est d les t o o er s lo ark r t . • o n. ot good d lkton ove r six tsw od r 11. • 1 . 00 or ek ,d is nt1rely 1t i n tb one 11· -· d 150 - 30 p . lle th and fert i l ity. or county n st nd tour ot ey ............... . ".>.;¢ - - - - et 1 900. 00 ' , s tingle roof , poor htn l 10. 0 root, r ir r tr root, n t, .• 8.2 30. 00 o. 22 . oo �- County: Rockingham Distri ct: Stone~all 1181 - Ba.vis, Vhas . Cont'd Total value of fruit trees To tal value of land otal v l ·1e of improvements Total value of timber Total v· l ue of tract Average v _lue per a cre $181. ov 1739 . GO 194:, . 00 156. 00 4021 .50 34 . 96 �Q!nmmnnwraltq nf ]Itrginia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . June 11 , 1934 JO HN M. P URCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 11th d.ay of June in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. Cassan dr a Laws on At Jd ns Herbert ,J . Wyant, Receiver in said cha1:cery cause of J . :paid. to Warren Davis , et als . va. Chas . DavJs , et als $ 4 , 222 , 00 b e ing in full settlement of tract # 18ih in the ab ove mentioned. cause. 7'1 �• etrnmmnuwtult4 nf Birgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL June 11 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Her bert W. Wyant , Receiver in said chancery cause of J . Warren Davis, et als . vs . Chas . Davis, et als Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 4 , 222 . 00 , 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 9th day of_ _J_u_n e__ l93L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ Cassandra Lawson Atkins -and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # _1_ 8 _1 _ _ _ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . . Court: the to shows and Comes now the undersigned 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. --.l8l-----= 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. _..lfil ____ $4222.~00; on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Charle s Davis 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, Charle s Davis , to give 5 acres of his land within the Par k Area to the Par k Project • ._That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the saiq. award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arisi11g ~rom 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. __ lBl_ _____ $_.l5.....0 0._: Tract No. ____ __ ______ $ ____ __ __ __ : Tract No. ______ _____ _ $ ________ __ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P.O.ADDRESS STATE.__C.Q.lb.MI SSID.N__ON _.G_Q1IBERV~ TI.ON &._ BY 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. �ST 11TB OF VIRGINIA ) SS COUNTY OF \v 1IBREN ) Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary , Puboic in my said State and County, l!!. K. Stokes, who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State-Commission on Conservation and Development in imr.iediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and ~greements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and correct. Witness my signature this 8th ~£.J;'~':;;- NOlMlY PUBLIC Notary Publi~ M:1 C01i1mission Expires Sep. 8, 1934 ---.--y -- �VIWUHL . IN 11m: CIRCD'IT COURT 011' r OCKINGH '1 COUNTY . IN VACATION. The dtate Cormnission on Conservation & Develo 1ment , of the Jtate of Virginia , - - - - - - Petitioner , 0 v. Cassandra Lawson Atki ·1s , et ells , 1ef end.ants . In re: Distribution of proceeds of condernnatir'n for Tract ro .1810hc1s . Dav is , ,r15 . 00 . This day came the otate Cor'.Illiss ion on 6onser vation & Deve l opment by counsel, and moved the Court to enter an order directine the Treasurer of the .3tate of Vir jnia , to pay to II t t out of the proceeds of condemnation of Tract No . 181 , _ the sun of .,,15 . 0 0, representing the amount of a certain pledge r::ride by vhas . Davis , v1ho claired to be the ovmer of said tract , to said Commission on Conserwtion & Deve l oprent , as a contribution for the establishmen t vof Shenandoah National Park and :in sur ort of its said motion , the said Conrrnission exhibited to the in I ourt , its rioti op .riting settin"s forth all the facts in relation thereto , whi c l1 has 1::e en heretofore filed herein . Upon consideration whereof , it appe9-rinr; to the Court , the.t the clain of said Commission is not based l!)on any lien either on the land condemned , or on the proceeds of conde~..nat on and that said ComI!lission has fEliled to obtain the consent of the parties entitled to the :::iroceeds of condemnation , t o the payment of its claim , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that the motion of the 8ommission forthe payment of said claim out of the proceeds I of condemnation for said tract be and the same is hereby denied . -r ~ ~ The 01erk of the Girc uit Court of Rockingham County, will enter the foregoing order up on the Corrmon Law Order Book of his Court, as a va cati cn orde r. Given under my hand in vacation this ..L'3.,_ <by of Au gu s t, 1935 . II I {2 ~ ~ Judge Cirelli t vourt of Rockingham County, Va. \ \7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-charles.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, Charles Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Hawksbill Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 181 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b96abe7ae5054ef07d73598baee5f575.pdf 1059b0679eb5e3dfc4d81c270398df2d PDF Text Text NAME OF OWNER ti.J... J'~ - .!.J<-i.Vis , 1.., • ... Number of Acres: 8 Location: Roads:- Soil: Elk Run . Three -~j_les fOUthe' t of -~ ltton , 74 - ':5 '1d 73- _J.J.l.o -~rt outside :?u. rk . hreu r:i.ilos co . . .ntJ ro . . . d to _,lkton . u ....... .?o.Ji t ions "'ndy lou.• , slope typ-3 of f uir deJ'.:;h nc' fertili t -, oder .. t:.: slopes , fre., fro:n rocks , northe!...... t expo .... 11r, . History of Tract and condition of timber: .:..11 sa tin'oer ren0ved, rE'r :.1. 1n:n~ st nd consists of ~·'l.__:_11 oG.k8 ·.n.d pi~es, . )Oat t~ire cords ;ood J a r ~ere . ~4 cords wood . Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 J . 00 "0 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 30 . 00 Minerals: ,.,70 . (.,0 Value of Land: $ ' '-'" • '(\ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ ·:o . oo Value per acre for tract: $ ~• n) Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ - \., __...:; . ~ -//~ c;:::, (c �~a!:. ~~~~~~::~~-~;;~;:ia:-;~-~~~~~~~~:-~~-~~: The State Commission on Conser~~Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------------. j?j ;,;1-t------- - -------------------. - .- .----- .--------------- more or less, of land 1 n e " ~ ~ _ _ __ ____ County, V1rgm1a, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the ition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the flling ~ ~sa!d pet" n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o f ~ h l . ~ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Cour,t to file this as his answer to sa · pe · n and to said notice: ~~----=-------~ _----------------------------------------- My name is My post office address is __ ------------------------ ----------------1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin · tL/4_____________acres, on which there are the following _fr-_~~-- ------ ~ ~ ~ ~-~-r1_/2 ____ -- -------- -2----------~-- -~~-buildings an~improve~Jt . _ __ ---~- ; ~ ~ a t e d abouL_;"_______ miles fromZ.2,7'd ________________ Virginia,- in t ~ M a g i s t e r i a l District of said County. I claim the following rlght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) t} ________________________________ .../1'(.--~-~------- ------------------ ----- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $5-tJ.flaP.~------· 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 $5°".dll~------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks:------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- (C �Claim of~ -d' ~~ -Lke_~------------------------- In the Circuit Court o L ~ ~ ~ ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No._ ~~ At Law. t e PetiVirginia, of t h e ~ot a on Conservation an~eve lopme nt issionm The State ~ o It!-~ • ~ _/ _ . ____ _: _ _____ . ___ ___ _ ________ __ _ __ ------ ---~- ---tioner, vs._ -------- -------- -------- -------- ----7 ----------- -------- -------- - A~ y, Virginia, Defendants. ount -~-C more or less, of land in_ Q A ion on Conservation and DeCommiss State the of on peti the to The undersigned, in answer of condemnation awarded notice the to response in and Virginia, of State the of t velopmen the order of the Circuit with ce upon the filing of said petition and published in accordan ~ f _ ~~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court .to file this Court o as his answer to said etition and to said no tic . -~ --~----- - ------ ~ _ __ _ My name is ------ ~ ~:i.::s: ::~: : : : ~:~-~~-i~e~t i~a~·~tt~~i!~=:~i~-;~~-:~~-s~-ught to be condemned, containin g abouL _~L~J .~_____ acres, on which there are .the following buildings and improve ments=- --------- --------- --------- --'------- --- -------- -------- ----- · ------------------------------------------------ ;.;;;/ 7 -----------------------.-L---- ---Virginia, in This~ l~ d is located abouL ___________ miles from_~ th~~ -Mag isteri 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 pare~ of land do /!b~~ aboye.) Q..,, _'a, f_~-~ ' -~ ~ . . d "~~_L . L ~-~ ~~. t;-:=:.~ f~~~:::-::: ~.::::::=1.:7~: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____ __ ______________________________ ______ __________________________________ _ East ___ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ _ 4 ------------------------------------- West- - -------- -------- ----~ ~ I acqu!red my right, title, estate or interest toAthi's property about the year_..t. .V,~__ in the ,,.~ A-~ ~!_V:~ zL / ~/4/ £ ':';_ ~ ~ ! : : t ! . 6~-~ ~~z:,_!=_ __ _ ~ # . ~~ ~ I claim that the totafvalue of ruis-tl'ac't or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I am the owner 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 statemen ts or informat ion as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a / ' II '-- J description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and b9unds). Re~arks : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 - ' --~ -w..J~ ~~ ~:----___ ~-~ ~--,/~~~ --_------------___ -_--_--__ -,U ----~ , z~ ~ 7 _ - - ~ ;____ I1-I �filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, V<1 J ("', FE f.<u '-'Vi ------------ --- Clerk �• 1 County: Rockingham Dis trict: ~· ton ery:.ill ___~lOA_ ,_____,.,.___ I · na V i S - C ~~ · eGd {no field sheet) Valu.o Clui~: Location: Le.us: n ~rn100 rt Elk Hun . 3 miles southeast of El l: ton, U. s . Positions 74- 7!5 an{1 ?.5 • A. a.rt outs:ide -·ark. !Jone known • ..;oil: 3o.ndy loam, sloto type of f ·. ir depth rnd fertility, moder_ t o r:lor,oc., f1~eC1 fror:i rooks , northeast e~Toourc . onds: ~~ Iistor:t= : -- il •rn county road to Vlkton. All sa.w +.imber removed, remaini ng stand consiDts o:f s:mc.11 on.-s and p ines, a bout 3 cords wood per .1cre 211 c'.:>rd a woo d Value o:r land bi ~pe ...1.00 J)or cord ;' 24 .00 tU,:J03: • crca.'."o 8 To t nl w.l,le of' land Value l)er o.cro * '4.00 ry·ot · J. Va lue 32 . 00 . 32 . 00 Totnl value of i t .prove:. ents Tota l V"'lUe of timber 24 . 0 0 To t a l V'1lue of tract 56 . \..0 Aver3.go v;'?.lUC P ~r aero 7.00 (. �- County: stric t: #104• De.vis, C.A. N LEGEND: Slope Scale ~ 1" =20 chains Rockin gham Stone wall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context davis-c-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Davis, C. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Elk Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 104 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Davis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8939adb1310374165d8363dbda41d1e7.pdf dbf3576c44d8e72b5117f097966a2bd3 PDF Text Text Claim of_ __ CHARLE..) _'JlJ1Ul -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -l!l ________ ___ County, Virginia, No._1 -'J... --, At Law. In the Circuit Court of__ ~'.:>.C..:'~:The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti___ ........_.,.............. ,.._ tioner, vs._Q~_SJ2A.N.::JB.__ Li\_JSillLAT.KI .N.S _ANJl_ T.HEB.S_r .':l.. I.!. 1.L FJ:.E.T.Y..,, T____ FIV.£ _ _ HTT :JMJ) _SlXTY- ~.NE_4'0RE~ _f.5.3.., f1,Uj_______________________________________ _ · · D ef en dan t s. _______ count y, v·1rgmia, ham ____.,_________ 'R.oc dn · _________ more or 1ess, of 1an d m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ B..o_c.ki.JU. ham__________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______ 0ha.r le s_ Curie _____ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------My post office address is __ JJ__6_5_~1:roJJ... 1~1.B.S: 1- ~le..l___ .Yor..:'.c.Ji:.Y-,-1!e.1'!. _Y.o.x.'!!:-- ----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containin g about_ ____qQ_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _ ?________ miles from _______________ ~------- ------Virginia, in This land is located about_ __ the __________________ Magister ial 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.) ___ . .L. _cl-:.L _s_ 1-e_..o..w!l.e.r.e... p_JJJ_..=~1.J __ ~.!1_1:. _.a... oy_e. _F_i_, e__'i!..JJ: dr.f'_d _P_cr.eJ:1.(5...0. 1 ) _~ d€scribed tract Gr parcel cf land ~ s- foHowg: The land ,, owners adjacent to the above ________ _____________________________________ _ ________ North ________________________ South ____ _________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __1~J_Q___ in the following manner: _,...t __ lt!..te__a . . 1.-:.:a.in __ _ _ Lq__ __..r.._ .E :y__ .:JL _e_Q].)J'.,B_t~ e _to ____me__ :. - -__ ~-- ~..PJ1~J'_l.e.a_Q11....:t.:f.f;_~Jtb._~ _di..ed_~ ~3.y__9_,...1 .l..Q... He.. _rr..fl~ __t~ e_.....s le. _~rn.e .r _.:- 1,e '..e..Of~--I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- ~-QQ.O_._QO______ , 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 $- ~_q__Q)_._Q)______ , I am the owner of ____ _c_5_Q________ 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 statemen ts or informat ion 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 : ___ J__ Qlcii.2::... _:L e _y_a_lU...EL.0...:t:. _i c.. e_..e y_e_ __+.....r.e...c...t _±..!1-b..e. _a...s. _f..0...12.21'!!2 ..; __ }_f:20_Jic.r..es_ -~.26 .. ..0..O_.. r '=T--~cxe _=.._-::_--=-=---=-=-- --=--- - ------- - - - -$5-00.0....... 0.0..----- ----__ 300 acres @_$15. 00_12_er acre _- _- - _- -_- _- -- - - - -_ 4fiQO .___O 1 _________ _ t950'1 . OJ Total, 1 C, c.., • EE~ - 0 _en ~ CV) ~ O') r.... CO i::: ::::, 0 c3u E Ct$ 00 Q;) ..c ~...c:: o.O i::: ·"O Q;) ~ _ c::: .~ c.., 0 ex: -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessa/ 4 onJ__h,; back). ._ ---~---- -----day Witness my signature (or my name and m ~~ -92 c:., N o f . £ ~ < fK 193/. STATE OF ~IRGINI A, COUNTY OF ______ -------- -------- -----, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifie1, that__CJ!A.lf_l:.E~ ___C!!_!!! ~------- -------- -----the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, .¥ co u..J LL. E.;-y~~-;-----------------~-____________ _ this____ H7-ff_ _______day oL~, k_J __:----, 193,~--c-~------------ p~~bli~:: tsi:u~ . •~~t:OI ~1~t:r;£ /fr-.a.. c__j: --~"4 ~~1k7 i.'5-" c:.J-: ,.__,,~ l,.t/OJt 3-<J/af Ot � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context curie-charles.pdf Title A name given to the resource Curie, Charles Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Curie https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/41cb740ad23092032f24e0fefa5b646d.pdf de432e3d1ce717d471b01c699ca2f98b PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT /261 - Cupp , John H. 1 Number of Acres: 103 Location: Roads: Soil: Big Run . partly inside and partly outside the Park area_. Four miles over county road to Island Ford . Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: "-11 merchantable timber has been renoved from this tract and the fire has burned over it repeatedly leaving nothing of any commercial value . Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 103 'ii'5 . 00 $515 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 515 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 $615 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~wr~. 71 �~~a::, ~ircJ ;;,u~~f-~ +------County, Virginia, No,________,At Law. ::,:.ta::_c-0:1i:l .on~~: and_ Development of the State _of_Virginia, Pcti------------V-------.-more or less, of land m __ .11.~~-- () -~--- f) -------------------. --. .---------------------- _____ County, V1rgmia, Defendants. State Commission on Conservation and Dethe of n · peti the to answer in The undersigned, velopment of the State of Virginia, a in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filP,ig of ~ id petiti n and published in accordance with the o~der of the Circuit __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this _ Court oL_{/~.z-::-U'l.!'.'. _ as h:ya:s:: : said _P '.'.'. £ 0.n _ __ .l{_to- said notk"·------------, / ·------------------- ----_//_'!!_~-------------- ----My post office addr«s is __________________ -~ ! claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tr t or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____( _~-~- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=------ ---------.--------------- ------------------------ ------ ::::::::::-::::::::::::::::::::: ------'Jt-,.--~ -----------------------This land is located about_ __ J_ _~ _____ miles from __ _ _ / l e . ~ ~-~J,!-_«_~ __ Virginia, in 7 . t of sai'd Count y. · . I D'1st r1c . t eria th eJ.tr~.. ----- Mag1s ~~--~---~ U,, I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) O n ------------------------ ----- ~ The land ownerr -- ~ ' --------------------------------- djacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: ------------------------ ------------------------ ------North ___ ~ ~ South __________ ,l ________________________ ________________________ _______ ___ _______ _ I ac;:~:;-~i~t,t;:;:.::ta~ ~~~-~~;~-~~~;~~;;-~~~u~-;!i:-;:~J_~j_t_::;~-;~: following manner: ~ -------------------- ° ' l-----~ ------------------------ ------------------------ ---- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-2-~: ~.L~-~ -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_2_,J_-:._t!_._'!_~------· I am the owner oL_ L.l_~_:-_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $_{_~_-_(!_._~_':_______ , (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ - ----------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ Ll_~ _____ day -~ ~--l ------------" ~ r-4 of_! . _ ~----, 193i sfiTE OF VIRGINIA, couNTY oF_D~ ~&.!.-..1-_____ , T 9'\vit: _-:: _____________________ _ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___1,.,__j_{ ,__~ the above named claimant personally appear~ before h~-;~ -Ji;de oath that the matters and things aF&earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this____ /_J_.:= _______ day of ___~ tJ -, 1934. ' ·~:;f~ ·-· i~~ ,1 _ ,./ _;_ _f: �I County: Rockingham ~,istrict: Stonewall ,'.1 261 - .Tohn H. Cup;p Aoreage Claii. ed: 76 Value Clai~ed: Location: Asses::,ed: 24'7 . 12 ar:ros 750 . 00 Bi g nun . $1500 Deed: no field sheet If . . nrtly inside and partly outside the l ark area. Laps: Soil:, aope ,. Roads: Historl: 4 miles over county road to Island Ford. All merchantable timber has been romqJ:cd from this tract and the fire has burned ov· r it ropeafly loav1ng nothing of any commercial valuo. A I;mprovomen~ None . Value of lo.nd Vul t,Q r,nr acr. _'-!.25 otnl lue or land To tol luo ot t ,bcr iotal luo of imnrovc~ont , ott1l value of tr·ot l2B.75 1. 5 otal "\inl'Ut 7\lcli: ?5 �, unty : Di~ric t: Rockingh am Stonewa ll N II IJ,Jfl14-- ;/F/1(,,/4 J . J . & F. Gibson ff\ I; ~ \ . J-. . Shaver LEGEND : Slope Scale - 1 11 : 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context cupp-john-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Cupp, John H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big 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): 261 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Cupp https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c5d46f453275b59dae7ded768e368b0a.pdf 442a70cdd2a402cf3a281d9994de4e33 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #95 - Crider, Justin J . Number of Acres: 49½ Entirely within the Park area . Swift Run . Location: Roads: Spotswood Trail , 4 miles hard surface to Elkton , nearest shipping point . Soil: , Sandy loam; the grazing and tillable land on this tract have a good depth of fertility , and is smooth and level . The merchantable saw timber has been The remainj_ng stand consists of short leaf History of Tract and condition of timber: removed from this tract . pine and oaks . Improvements: see other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: @ 8 ~~5 . oo $40 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : 13 @ 50 . 00 650 . 00 27 @ 100 . 00 2700 . 00 ~3390 . 00 @ 150.00 225 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: l½ Orchard: -- 49½ Minerals: ValueofLand: $ 3390 . 00 3792 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 37 92 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ 225 .oo Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 50 . 00 $7457 . 00 150 . 65 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None /4__ ~/, Ll_ _7.£tl· ~ - CLEF'.K \-s �IMPROVEMENTS : DWELLING - - - - - -.r'rame, l 7x32 ', L- 16x3lxl 6 1 , douple porch 7x31 --Back po rch 7x31 , 8 rooms , metal roof , 2 story,- Pl aster ed- cond ition f ai r, oc cupied by owner. Water supply we l l ; foundation solid, cel lar 16X32 Io BARN- -- - Frame , 22x39xl8 1 , Annex 20x30 , metal roof , condition fair . SPRING HOUSE---Frame , 10xl2xl 0 1 , metal roof, condition fa ir. · . OOD SHED---Frame , 10xl2x8 1 , paper roof , condition fair . BROODER HOUSE---Frame, 10xl2x8 1 , paper r.)of , c ondition fair ~-GRAUARY--Frame , 14x2lxl2 1 , shing l e and metal r oof , condition fair . HEN HOUSE---Frame , 14xl4xl0 1 , shingle roof , condition fai r. STABLE--- Frame , 24x3lxl2 1 , shin le and metal roof, cond i t i on fair . BROODER B"OUSE---Frame , 16x26x9 ', metal roof , fai r c ondition . HEN HOUSE - - - Frame , 12x20xl0 1 , paper roof , condition fai r. i1:ach ne shed- --l•'rame 10x29x8 1 , s hingle roof , condition fach r. HEN HOUSE ---Frame , i oxl2x8 1 , shingle roof , fair condition . 1,"ACHINE SHED- - --Fr a.me, 14xl8xl0 ', shingle roof , condition poor . �ROCKINGHA,,I COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #95 - a - Crider , Justin J . 64 Number of Acres: Location: Roads: Swift Run, and entirely within the Park area . One - eighth mile dirt road to Spotswood Trail , three and one - quarter miles hard surface to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Sandy loam, smooth gentle slopes , suitable for farm - Soil: Slope type . ing . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: No. e. Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value $290 . 00 Ridge: Slope: -- 58 @ ~5 . 00 6 64 @ 15 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 90 . 00 $380 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 380 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 20 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 285 . 00 285 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 70 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~~ ~-CLERK \3,l �.u~2-_./4 _ Claim of_____ In the Circ ·t ourt o f ~ ~ _______ _ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State li9Jllmission on 9onser~ t~,, and Development of the State of Virginia, ~titioner, vs._): o.tt.d .d._~ AA__ md~- -~-~- -'t=__ f_ftt_{~ -~-~ ::::~!;:;;:f;.~-i ~-___:::::____County, Virginia, Defendants,-------- The undersigned, in answer to the p ~ of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili1;g of;?,aid .pe "tion and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t ~ ___________ County, V1rgm1a, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of_?.f .. h~y·~:: :_:~~~:ti?Y~:ti LJf~~-_____-------------- LS___________________ _ My post office a d ~ : ___ ..2Q) ____ ~- ___ ~ I claim a right, title, estate or interest n a tract or parcel of land within the area sought ;,:z :_r ~:~ =~ :~o ::::~::!J~~ :i~:i::d::n;:;p -g~ -1~ :~ ~ ~-~ ~ ~ -~ ~ :l-~ -~- '--~ ~~- ,-~1 j;p_ µµ __!J~-~ 2r~_ga,_f?~t in"-\ This li£¥1 is located about_~ _~(~ ___ miles from ____ ' / ; ~ - - - - - - - - - - -Virgini the_~ ~Mag isteri 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.) :::~~~Ji~~=~~!J-~~-;~:~~~};~~~-a;;_:,t:~o-~:: ~ rJ -------------------------------- _lr=fr / fj East __ }J_A,_/!? f l ~ --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --West_____ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the ;:;flJt - ~:'.3-?32t=~_:'!_~~~-~-~~~?!_~~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-L~~-l l.!J.r_~ -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the imp~?vements thereon is $_J2.p_~_<pJ~---· acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of__ area, which I claim will be damaged by the proPark the parcel of land but lyingi outside posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- -------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as toa this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remark s·------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --- -=--=~----:~ ____ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessar y on t~ back). ~~ my signatur e (or my name and mark ttach d hereto) this __J~--d ____ day ;~~~~- ~;-~;~~ ;;;~, l~:~NT Y OF____ _ -~-~-- ~-~- g~ --dd.<lc --------------- ~-~ -----~---------- = The undersigned hereby certifies that:-r befo#h-·i ~ and made oath that the matters the above named claimant personally and things appearin g in his above~\ver are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, 3:ppta;ed j J,, j this_______ / J ______day oL~ ---- ~;~r:~«i:i:G?~igator-or ;;.../ / &--/;J.-t p./3, Notary Public, or T,iu;t{ce of the Peace. �• count:y'": l,ookincl · m D1otriot : ... 1tonewall .. Jetoon J. Oridor 95 I ~ ~ oooarod 4fhl3 ,!nlue 01111 ad: t,12 , 000.00 t ( Thia inclu . tract £!9 5 -a) l.oc t · on: .... -1. ft Run. 1000.00 "intirol?,t :'11 thin the .it ( o cl 49.13 c, {10:m) , uo. oc a r k er,· • s: •• one known . Road. : mdy loum, the c;x-· z 1ne i1nd t1lloJ:,· o L nd on thio tr.... ot havo a good doptll ot rort111ty, nnd is m ooth .. nd levol. })Oto· ood point,. fil tor;.;:: Th 11, 4 rnileu hard aurfaoe to ,blkton, no~ i eat shippiug rncrc · ntnbl Ul timber has boon removed fror:i t-110 t·· ct • . e rem ini at·lnds oonoiot of .: .. :rt l.. eai" p1no o.nd oaks .. 32 eds. i-u l T-101'.:> on 8 ncrea 1 . 00 por ed. 32 .00 ....,!!e.rovemonta: Dwell , rame l?x3° L. 1Sx3lxlO, rouble poro1 ?x , a.olt poroh 7 31, e l:"ootm • 1 ·otal roof, o otory, f la;.:.torod oondition tni:r, oocu, 1od b. o .or, wa.te ou.pply, Toll oundation solid• oelle1· 1c:::a2. Valuo ~--~~-·~-------~-~-~~~~-~~-~~~~-~--~ -~ 1roOO . OO · Barn , , r 2 ,,c5 xia, ox 20x3 , not ,l root', Gon0.1t1on i'a.ir. ----................._.,. ______ .,.,. ... ___ ,.._ .... ·pr 1ns nous9, , ram • lOz:l2xJ O, 11otnl :roof• onaition )nir. - ~~~~-~---~~---~~~~-~-----~~~-~- ·, ood nhed, ~raxno l0Xl2X8t pe.1,ol" root, oond . tcir ~!IM~.~r houno • 1 '15 .00 ,. .o.oo 10 18 8 , p p r root cone • r 1r ............................... .., .........,..................................................... .. --..r&:1:le!'.,,-, ~50.00 re.me 14x2lxln, sh1ngl , · .d at l roof, Condition ;/',fn1r . -------........................... --... --.,;._,.. ..,_____ ..,. ......,.,..,,.._.......,_..,., Frw. o 14:dAxlO • 'hi l roof', oond. n!r.~~~-~~-~-~~-----~-~-~-~-~~-.. . -~-·-~~-~~-"--- ;ta'b. , ram 24x3lxl2 • h1nr";.,l and I! "nl roof, Condi t1on Fo.ir. __.,................ -----... --........... - ................ - .... ~:QQL(W:1: I ouao, ,,. rur-.o l6xt! x~J, motal ..''oof , co11d. 40.00 ao .oo o.oo 110 .. 00 1 a1r • ..._..-~-~--~~~ ~~~---~~~-~~~----~-~--~-~ ··~ 1.0.00 ,............_...........-e. ro.mo l~xLOxlo. - apor root, oondition 50.0 65 . 00 I~ �• County: Dis trict, f95 ~crea~e Claimed: Ro ckingham Gtonewall a : Crider, J etson J ~ 115 64 A. .Ass essed 64 Deed Y.. Vnlue Claimed: Location: 12,00-0 . 00 It Acquired in 1928 f or $5'0.00. Slope typ e. 1 or fa1'"'r~tne; .. H.onds: " Srli:ft run, and entirely .·;i thin park nrea .• Incur.-brt>.nccs~ c ounter elv,· .~1s or Lms : So il: J320.oo A• 1-Tone b:o"t":tl . r·undy loam. Smoo th gen tle slopes, suitab le one--eie;htl1 r1j le d::rt ro a d to Spo tswood Trnil , t hree nnd one-'Juar ter r".ilo hard surfaco tu Elkt on , near e ot shipning : o:l.:n t. tr--,ct 1..'Tld cond t t ion of tir-ibe r: 5 U fee t sa\7 timber on this t ract vo.Iuea at ~4:To per M. - - .. " 20 . 00 5 cord:; of ft2.c l ~ood per acre on 5'1 acres vt1lv.od at 01 . 00 per cord .~ - - • 285. 00 ~305.00' Imnrovements: None . Acrean;e ,md vc::.lve o:f l; '1d b:[ Typo vlope Pen tocking t ypoo : Acreage . 57 6 -b3 Value 12er A;, ~18.do" 1 0 . 00 Totnl Value $456.oo 60 .00 ~~16.00~ Total value of land • • • $5'16 . 00 Total value of tinber - - ~} 305.00 Total value of t ract - • 1821.00 x .... This includes tract 1/96 . 110 �'1 r95 - u~iaer, Jetson T. ../ county: . . ,ockingliam District; Stone 1all N 'Cl H 0 0 (]) . ~ ...c: ,.. ;::i d i--, (1) ...c: ~'.) ~ d +' +' 0 0 r) ...• •rl :> . n'"' 0 i::: -~ 1-'"':G :1TD Slope - J.razing millable Scale - 1 1 20 chnins �-...,,.r County: District: Rockingham Stonei a.11 #95a• Crider, Jetson J. ,o. LOO-END: Slope Restocking Scale - 1" : 20 cha.ins 53& � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crider-justin-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crider, Justin J. (Jetson) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 95, 95-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crider https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c5482d8e59af79b88a8bf8a96d4f3d14.pdf fa4c17949420f9b1881825e6edc2db90 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT jJ308 - Crawford , T. r. Number of Acres: 42 Entirely witLin the Park area . Location: Madi son Run . Roads: Two and one-half miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Slope type on woodSandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . area . entire the cover rocks loose Small ed area. History of Tract and condition of timber: The merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remaining stand consists of small oaks and a small amount of short leaf pine ; Improvements: (See reverse side for improvement information) Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 8 $5 . 00 t . 00 J40 34 25 . 00 850 . 00 $890 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 42 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ 890 . 00 730 . 00 Value of Improvements: $730 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ lb0 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 150 . 00 25 . 00 !;pl795 . 00 Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 25 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 42 . 7 3 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO N'E . ~.~ : CL:lRK. �D.iPROVEMZNTS: Frame dwelling: 14x20', L 14xl2', 5 rooms, shingle roof, =__,;;----~b=-r~i-c~k flues, l½ story 2 rooms ceiled, fair condition, occupied by owner, water supply w~ll solid foundati6n, 10xl4' cellar. Frame barn: 22x20t, met~l roof, fair condition. Frame building: Containing sheep shed 8x20', . Granary: 5x20', buggy shed 8x20', shing~e roof! ~air condition. Frame meat house: ?x9', paper roof, fa1~ cond1~1~n. :JI'rame hen house: 6x36', paper roof, fair cond1t1on. County: 4..ockinghmn. '""istric t: # Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: 308 42 T. w. era ford Asseaeed 42.79 Entirely within the Mineral :rie-,hts owned b.,r the J.ill: Sandy loam of fair depth end !'ertility. Smnll loose roeka cover the ent1 re erea. I\' ff 42.79 2000.00 arl;: nrea Lnps: 1oade: Deed "'450.00 v3000 . 00 ~&dison Run . stonewall bott Iron Co. [>lope tY!)e on wooded nren. 2 1/2 rJ.ilee via dirt rood to Grottoes the nee.rest shipping point. 'fbe 1:wrchantabl& sa timber l a been re."'!ovod frorn this trnr t. '-he remaininr.: stand oons:l.ats of snmll oa.Ks and a smull amount of ·sort leaf pine: about 2 cords of fuel ood por ccro on 8 ncres. History : · l cords f 1el wood J11rerovcmenta: Frar::e dwell in @ 1.00 pe .... ed. ~16.00 14 x 20ft. '-' 14 x 12ft. ti rooms. Shiitele root. JricK flues. 1 1/2 sto::--y. 2 rooms ce 1 lod. ?air ·cond. Occ ·..pied by owner. "ate:r s·.tp.,,ly, well. Solid foundation. 10 x 14ft cPllar. ~600 .00 Frnme b rn 22 20ft. letal ~oot. Fair oond. 250.00 :b~rnme building oontA.1ning sheep shed 8 x 20ft. gronary t> x 20:t't, buggy shed 8 x 20:f't. Ghiugle roof. Fnir cond. 75.00 r. me meat hc 11se 7 x 9ft. _.,apo r roof. Fair cond1 t1on • nrne hen house 6 x 36ft. '.PApo:r roof. rail:' conditfon B·l fr .11 t trees. Good conc!i tion Value of land by tY}?as: .'!'.D?!. i\oreage Value R._er. aore Slope ~.oo 8 - Tillable 34 25.00 42 'lotal value " " " It " ot land Irn!)rove10.enta ti:riber tr~ct Average value pe, acre " Total vcl.ue ;.( 2,1.00 850.00 D74.00 8?4.00 1135.00 A 16.(l) f::025.00 48.21 ::50.00 30.00 150.00 ll!.,5.00 �t./ Claim of_ _____ ___ · ____ j - ---~--- • __..J _ __ )'- __ _ C ___ " _->-...,,,. ____ __~ )._________ ____________ _ In the Circuit Court of........~_: ___~----=---------- ~--'---County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Developme!}t of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ------------------------Y:7 -- --------- --------------------------------------------more or less, of lat.d in ______ ~!-__ _.~ --=-- ~A -==- -County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitio)l 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 ing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ____ .:-!:-:: ___ ~- ~--~------~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said :peg.t)on and to said no ti 'J. J .:.;, M-~~vfl'~~ . ~~ . tlf_:C,__7JJ~~ · on which there are the following '-;"j____ ---~- ------,----1!-~ ; ; - ( _ ~ - --- to be condemned, containing abo tJngs and im~e: ---- JU:!: -- ~l::7::1 ~ ~1t:;~n~c::~-~~~:t~~~~3~~~~~ile~ f:::_~ __:::~;:;;1 ~ a.LI---,------- - -- 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 s ~l a ~ e d~ ?-tl' .dh,;/ dz;, ~ -.,._f ~ --~ J. ~ -~--- ~ ~ -- - «-- - ::t?if d~~e~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~;~ :.~_____-e,,..,.,:/j~::____________________________________________________________ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _(_f~-~ -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 $----------------· 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 lan<ls 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: --~- ~--~...AJ_-- ~ -r~ __ . 2 L ) ~---~ - - t _·__ :__ --~ ._ __ . _/ ~//<; __C~ ___"1 -~~ ~,, ~"4 ___,/ ~ ~----- - '--1- (2,J;.. ~,/;~ ;(_/ ------------------------------_/ . {., /. /--------------------------- ------ ------- - ---{/ -------------------- --------- - ----------- - ------------- ----------- --- ----------- -------------- ------------ - - - ---------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark atta>t , 1 ~ this __ r-~- ~ -------day , /J~~ of~ _A-A--~----------, -~ yk-~---------~-~~k~ 193 . STATE OF IRGINIA, COUNTY OF- - ~-~----zt_ A~-v--~--:::-::, Jf'o-wit: ;, ,77 /J • .,,: The undersigned hereby certifie.::, that_ __ ~ ·-'_!..._ _____ (!______ .::<_,_L ____ r::,____, _ __________ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things apP,,,earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______ day of_ A _____,.. _____ --, 193 . , A c__ f __::~ _____ , -------- -- ---- -- / - ---------- ------- --- -- --- Cl~L the-Court, or -Bpecial Investigator or Notary Public, 0 1?-J ustiee of t-he Peace. �, re.- , ~·o rd . G)J.nty: ,o cl:i n ,11~r. JLstr: .... t: :to Tn. ittell .LOX4 • ..,_, SloLJo - ...iil_able :::c Lie. - 1·1 -:; ~o c o;..i!1s '-' ····· -~''"'•J1 va, 11 : l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-t-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, T. W. 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): 308 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6d712a2fe18487fd963a89c0c5e8d317.pdf eedab7cf073b9c1d964574558d48a225 PDF Text Text ROCKING-!Tu.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #202 - Crawford , Scott Number of Acres: 13 Location: · Two miles east of Island Ford . Roads: Two miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . This tract of land has not merchantable timber on it and very little fuelwood . The soil~s rather thin and the tract has been repeatedly burned over • History of Tract and condition of timber: .., Improvements: NOl\1E . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 13 ~5 . 00 $65 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 65 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 53 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. 20 . 00 ~85 . 00 �Claim of_ __ _ In the Circ9it Court of___ ____ ::e:,ta:: _ ':_j_._ __ County, Virgini a, No.L'l'_~, At Law. c o z i = ~ : a t i 7 , n ~ ~ e n ~ h e ~te; ; V~:tni ) Peti1 -m,__-e.~1 _fL _ ___ County, Virgini a, Defend ants. m o ~ s , of land in ___ Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the petitio of the State Commission oncondem nation awarde d of notice the to e respons in velopment of the State of Virginia, and of the Circu~t order the with nce ~cc.orda i~ d upon the fi.l_Pr of s~ ?e,titon and publishe file this Court of__4_ _ -~-tr--+. ..,--'----, .-,~--- County, V1rgmia, asks leave of the Court to as a~d -ot~;~~ __ -"--------,-----------------h:yan::: ::_:j_~~~::_l'£~.£_: (i;.·j_ - U --r __ J__ yJ.__ - - -- -;------ ------- -1 My post office ddress is _____ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or par of land within the area sought there are the following 7 ,_ -:. "G--/ -3:cres, on which to be condemned, contain ing about_ _____ ---- __ _ buildings and improve ments =--- -.r-..--O-- ..!i:-:1Ld-4-..1-ff._ ------- -- ------- ------- , _L ~~ii- is/o~_;:;~~~;~;~~~;~;~~·:a~~o~~~~: .1~----~_________Virginia, in of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel owner, joint or owner sole is he r scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe owner, joint or sole not is t claiman If and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. or tract the to or in has he interest or estate title, he should set out exactly what right, above.) d parcel of land describe ------- --- - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------The land °>~nerv-,c)jaT t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: J_ ___ , _____ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----_ North ____ ___ ___ __ •. ____.,d_ ----------------------------------------------1ij -/cJ!}: South ____ '4---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---East ________ ~ U--- ---L __ _ West ___________________________ _________________________________________________ this propert y about the year I acquire d my right, title, estate or interest r followi~- ____ /ii. __________ ,; _____ 7 _L-1-LO__in the ,d.u.,t ,u.. <-«d.< ..4 ___ _ -- - .,,,,..,/ _____________ ~ ~ - - - - - ------- ------- ------- ·------ ------- ------- ------I claim that t~vtota l value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereinterest , on is $_ko _.____ ~ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ---· in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improve ments thereon is $------ ------or I am the owner of ________________ acres of land adjoinin g the above described tract prothe by· d damage be will claim I which area, parcel of land but lying outside the Park -----· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------as to tion informa (In the space below should be set out any additional stateme nts or a here insert also should he ble this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practica . bounds) and description of the tract or parcel of land by metes Remark s· ____T~~ ,,{ ,.____;-(__' ----------------------------------------------- back). ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the oLJ~~ ~s ~y sig~:~~r1: 3, ' my name and ::/:Jw-~~~4~{~~~~~~~~ ' _;~ _L_IffJ ra~:: 11____ ~ STA'P-E OF VIRG NIA, COUNTY OF__ _ _.........-______ _ The undersi gned hereby certifies that__ ___ ___ -~ _____ _____ the matters that oath de ~ and the above named claiman t personally appe e d before him and belief, ge knowled his of best the to true are and things appeari ng in his above answe7 1 3. day of_____ this ______ j __ ( 'f-. _______ W! <L/2,/ '( ' 7 ~ ( _r~- -~~- -, -- -- i~~;t;~ otary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 143 �' 1 county: nockine;ham n1strict: Stonewall ~·202 - Aoreaee Claimed: Value C1a.1med: Location: Scott _Crawford Assosned 14 ~200 . 00 n o.co~uirod 13,24 Dred $40 ,00 " 13, 24 acres 1911 for ~?0 .75 2 miles east of Island Ford. Laps: Soil : Dlope. Roa.d::; : 2 miles over county ro!.d t, Island Ford . :.1s tory: This traot of land has no merchantable tiI'nbor on i t and veyy little fuel rood. The soil io r.::ther thin and the tract has been repeatedly burned over. 4 Improvements: None. This trac~ lies entiraly w_t.1n the ~ark ureu . note: Ti;g,.b~: 40 O< s . of fuel ·mod Veluo of land by tYJ20S: Troe Sope , orea~ 13 Total v lue of land 50¢ per ed . Value 1,er a.ere 6.00 20.00 Total Value $G5 . 00 $65 .00 Tota:J, value of improvements Total value of timber Total lue of tract Averae;e value per o.ore 20 . 00 85 . 00 6 . 54 21 2 �J County: District= N E. B. Sellers c . B. Sellers Dr . T . N. Sellers__JI !1 . K . Berry r . T.N . SeJlers LEGEND : Slofi>e Scale - 1 : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-scott.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, Scott Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 202 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6b1c04be0b7d3ab6f1feecc572007213.pdf 01d1b75b121400ab293c824339356f3d PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #158 - Crawfo rd , R. L. Number of Acres: 40 Entirely within the Park area. Location: Three miles south of Elkton. Roads: Three miles to Elkton over county road . Soil: Sandy clay loam. The woodland of t his tract has been cut over leaving no saw timber t History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: (See reverse side} Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 34 ~ $5 . 00 $170 . 00 30 . 00 180 . 00 ~350 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 6 @ 40 Orchard: Minerals: 720 . 00 Value of Land: 5650 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 7 20 . 00 50 . 00 fll20 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 28. 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ -~ :_cu:RK. �IMPROVEMENTS : Dwelling : Frame , l6~x25 ', 4 rooms, brick flues , paper roof , 2 story , plastered , · good condition . Barn : Frame, 14x24 ', fair condition . Dairy house: Frame , 8xl0' , good condition . Smoke house: Frame , 10½xl2~', paper roof , good condition . Hen house: Frame, 10xl5.t , board roof , fair condition. Garage : Frame, 10*xl5 ' , paper roof , good condition . County: .ookingham District: tone 11 ,; 158 - Cra ~ford 1 ~. L. - bCreage Claimed: Assessed: 40-22 Value Claimed: Lo <Ltion: "$440 . 00 rhree miles south of 1 lkton. Incurnbranoes , counter claims ,o r la12s: ~ntirely Deed: 3b-99 (Residue (1Jl9) - ::I100 . etc 1th1n the park area . None known . .§211: Sandy clay loam • Roads: Three miles to ,lkton over co nty road . 4 istory of tract and condition of timber: The oodland o~ this tr ct ha ~ been cut over leaving no sa, · timber, but tho est imated amount of fuel wood amo11nts to 2!:>0 cords valued of 75¢ por cord, making a total 195. 00 . Improv~ments: IJ,vel•ing: -'rame l6~x25', 4 rooms, brick .flies, paper roof , ~ story, plastered, good condition, 500 . 00 Barn: •r me 14x24', fair c )ndl tion, -t>0 . 00 "i5airy h')use: Frame 8xl0', good oondi tion - 40. ~o Smoke house: rame 1011!Xl2t', paper roof , rood oondltion- - 20 . 00 . en house: r· "e 10xl5', board roof, f ir c 1ndi tion 30 . 00 Gara~e: ~rame 10ixl5', paper roof, r,ood OJnd1t1on 50 . 00 690 . 00 lue of lund by ty Je s: ~ •"""lope f Value · ~er aero 3 . 00 25 . 00 .<lCrea5e 34 6 0 40 ·rotal value or land 25 .. . oo otal value of 1mprovc.m1ents 690 . 00 otal value of timber 195 . 00 Total vulue of t r act 1 137 . 00 • verage vul e per acre 28. 41 Totul Value U.53 . 00 150 . 00 202 . 00 �Claim oL __,..,,.".L.4.,,..1..t."#- --~ . . ,~ ia, No. ________ , At Law. In the Circui t Court oL _________________________ County, Virgin State of Virginia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development ~of the _______________________ _ tioner, vs. ______________________________________________________ ------ ------ -, ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ --_ __County, Virginia, Defen dants. _ more or less, of land in__ __ ission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answe r o the pet' n of the State Comm of condemnation award ed notice velopment of the State of Virginia, d in respon se to the with the order of the Circui t ance upon the fili~ of s~d petitio n and published in accord of the Court to file this Court o L - - ~ - ~ ~ o u n t y , Virginia, asks leave ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ~---- ---------~Jr as h:;:::e :_:~~~-p---~-~ ---- -~- -dr --J f--" ---- --- My post office addres s is _____ ~ : ! _ within the area sough t I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of land acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, contai ning about_ ___ ~-=-_______ ~:}~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~:~:~;:---::::--:-: __ ----:- ::-:-: :::::: : - - - - - - Virginia, in This ~a ,,~ ,i/ ;]a ~4 ~o m ___ ~ - - t h e ~ a g 1 s t e r i a l D1str1ct of said County. tract or parcel of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in the is sole owner or joint owner, scribed above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth er he ant is not sole or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimst he has in or to the tract or intere or he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate parcel of land described above.) ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---~ ~--- ---- ---- ---- ---~ : : t ~ ~ - ~ : : : ~ - the abo~e -~~~ :::~~~~~~ ltU ~- - - ----- ~::cr_ib~~-t~~:~-~~-~~~~~1-~~-~~~-~~~-~-~~~~o~~:~ --- ------------------------------------------- --------------------------·---------------------- West _______ the year _/_~- ~-?-in the I acquired my right, titlv,' estate or in ei-est to this prope rty about ;;~~~~;~:=:=-~::~~~:~~:~ improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the title, estate or intere st, on is $__..2.-:0J2_,_(}_0___ , I claim that the total value of my right, n is $---- ------ ------ · in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereo described tract or I am the owner of_ _______________ arres -0f land adjoin ing the above ed by the prodamag be ,vill claim I parcel of land but lying outside, the Park are"'' which .M t of $---- ------ ------ --· :~ osed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten ents or inform ation as to (In the space below should be set out any additional statem he should also insert here a : this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practicable s). bound escription of the tract or parcel of land by metes and ------ ------ ------ -Rem arks· ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ J -____7rf ator or vestig e Peace. �r County: District: N LEGEND: Ti 1 lable Slope Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-r-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, R. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Park Area 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): 158 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3afc09802a35b32cc739231795c154f7.pdf 0b099d97c27d7ac8dd1036c09be1a2e0 PDF Text Text £Claim oJi:Z/4A--M1'!:r:'.«k _____ • ~ · ~- ~;:::: _. _____________________________ _ C ,a , In the Circuit Court ofd ~._ ~j.i"~c_ ____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________ / ---------------------------------------------- v --:: ); ~------ / -----. --------------- . d L --------------. - _- _----- .--------------more or less, of land• 1n1hQ1~- ~-------County, V1rgmia, 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 ~_!Ing _ #; s_aid ¥-e§,tion and published i~ ~c~ordance with the order of the Circu~t Court of(/~~~----County, V1rgmia, aslp:i leave of the Court to file this as h~ya~;:: :~~:a~ My post office address is_~ v ~____ ----------------------------! _______________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL~~-------------acres, on which ~ e t e following building; and imp ovements - ~ e_r _ :_ _ --~- ~--!/:~_$ _____ ., __ :______ ___ _iJ ________ - -------------- ----- -/ .. -- _______ / r}~ W'~ ~ --Ame.~ . _____ 6 ~ ,U___; ------------------------- -- :£~ ; , e ,-_ This lart...{ is lo;ated about_ __~______ miles from ~ t . ?________________ __ ___ Virginia, in too~ . { f ~ _Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following ri.ght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ~·0 7 ~·~· ------------------------------- ~ --- ~----------------------------- ~~:t~n~~ja::>-:ec;;, ~bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: !:~:i:J!..¥: '-.- ~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year -17-ti>.=-__ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~./2/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 $.Q_O_~D~-----· I am the owner oL _____ ___ ______ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands ·within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if pract~cable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary ~ the back). of~ _:Y_:'.~:~~::at.my name and ~:~::~2:e~~~~~:~ STA,tTE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__________________________ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL- ------- ---------~------ - ---------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters :~~-t~~~2~::'.~~-~:yhi;f:~~::_::_~r:; ~;i~~;::.d~e and belief, 3 rncrh of t'he Gett~ ~~~Y-Investigator or M Jflstiee of ~hi Paa~ -NotarJ Fllblie, 1-f ') '{ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-carlinda.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford, Carlinda Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a9e126dfa3af82688f7a1a5fbebc23ec.pdf e256ee9a2bba28f5339b952fdbad9221 PDF Text Text ROCKI NGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #338 - Crawford & Fulton Number of Acres: 23 Location: / On top of the Blue Ridge , lying mostly in Albemurle County , ond entirely within the Park area . Roads: It is fifteen miles over good roads to Proffit, or fourteen miles over poo~er roads to Port Republic , the nearest shipping point . Soil: (See reverse side for Soil information ) The tract was cut over many years ago , and there is no merchantable timber . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: 23 @ . 30 . 00 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 690 . 00 Total Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 30 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE t690 . 00 �SOIL : The soil is a sandy loam of fair depth dn~ fertility, shaley in many places. On the open there is a small amount of rock which is more abundant near the woods where there are larg~ outcrops . The Slopes are gentle to steep . The wooded portion is very rocky . There are a grazing is smooth with a large amount of poor soil. few patches of good blue grass sod with some blue grass on most of There is much sheep sorrel, the area . :rearly half has some fern . dog fennel, daisy , and other weeds with a small amount of brush. The woodland grazing has little grass, but many weeds . �~ County: District: Rocking.ban Stone :mll County: District: Albarorle Uhite Hall #3'18 .. Cha.rleo era lf'ord & J . G. Fulton- (Rockinghe.n Co . ) Albenarle Co . ) ~ • " " n " n X Aaaeasod~ 648 .§Q_ Deed: 648. 80 ( 189:>) Value Clained: 3500 Deed : 626 Acres . -rea : wca.tion: 5860 . 00 Aaeea·s ed: On top of t h o 1.ne Uide • lyin g nostl • in lber.iarle Cot nt • ....n d eu · i1· ly 7i · hin tli.e l?D..!'k a.roa. . Tone kno\!n . lncuubrancea, oou ter 01a·pa o_ l!:!.J?O :, Roada: It ia fifteen nilec over good roads to Profito, or fourteen nilco over poorer roads to Po~t _epublic, the nee.re t all.: p g po int • -- ... he coil io a aandy loa.t:1 of fa i :r do )th and fertility• ohaley in ~ny placco . On tho open here 1e a ona.ll anount of rock ;"Jhioh is r.10:re ab md nt n ar the o ods her th ... i•e a re la.l·ge outcropo . '£ he \1000.ed portion is very r.oc 1"' • olopec a.re Bentle to otocp . The gra.zing !u aoooth with a large az:1ount of poor soil . '1 'bere a:l'."e & few patches of good blue era.as aod , i th Soil: sonc blue grass on ooat of the area. Nearly half has sone fern . 1J.:nere is nuch sheep sorrel, dog fennel , daisy, an d other weeds 1.1ith a Stla.ll a1:1ount of brusb . The ~oodlt~nd gr zin~ hns little grass, but oany weeds . +1 e t!· ct au ut over ]!.:story of' t:raot ~-nd condit.:.on of tit1b • oa.n~yeara aeo, ancitnore 16 no ticrcha.ntablo tinber . 60 . 00 5¢ -,:ne eatina.te ie 1,000 loouot poata I prov nents: Abandoned tenant houoe, FrN.1c> 15x24'• t1ith L l4xl6', i story, 3 roona. ceiled, atone ohitliley, oetal 25 . 00 roof, solid found~tion, poor condition -- Barn: Fra.oe • l4~'.i.8x8', papt!r roof, fair condition·-·- 15. 00 3 40 . Orchard: 50 apple trees, 25 years old, poor con"l·t '.on, valued uiJ~h the land . Value of land by ty1Jea: ~ Grazing Total value of land Total value of tract Average value per a.ere ( Rook ingl t.t1 CountJ) Velue ~r acre 30 . 00 -·" 690 . 00 690 . 00 . 30 . 00 (cont'd) Total Value '690 . 00 00 �\l to • . • . . . . . Jt . ···co&n't" { A nt uo ••••••• ~12 . �- • LAW OFF I CES - G. H. BRANAMAN WAYNESBORO , VA . 1Jay 14, 1934 Hon . H. '! . Bertraz:1, J'udge Circuit Court of RockinbhBJ.~ County Harrisonburg , Va. De, , r jud r;e Bertram: The Cr2.wf ord and Fulton g r azing fLrn o f 648} .Acres , principally l oco.ted in 1: lbe ..:iarle County , but 'Ti th 23 .t1.cres in Rockinghan aounty , has been conclernn.ed and tc.ken for Park purposes , 311.d in discussint~ the question of distributing the money , 11ith J'udge Smith 2.. fe\/ days , he su 6 gested that for natters of convenience in administering the fund you might be uillins to tr2..11s ·"er the >920 . 00 fund 1101-r in your court to 11.is ::: ourt , ,1herc )11 , 080. 00 is held , md there administer the fund in one :-..Jroceeuing . J:iollovring his sug ,est ion I have ::;irepared and a,:: enclosing herewith an application for the trc.nsfer along with an order , :rhich I trust that you \'Till enter , e.nd a CO}.JY of the order for the Clerk to certify and return to me; a.nd , 8.lso , f or the Clerk a check of )2. 00 to c over his fees i s enclosed . 1 I shal l apprecie.te your J ro119t attention if you please. Thanking you , I am GHE L:illL �/ VIRGilaA: IJJ TI-ill CIR'JUIT 80URT OJ' ROOKI:'..:GY.o.I: COtnr::.'Y THE ;/;_{::E co::::rs.310:T OlT COlTSERV!1.TIOH AND DEV .EL0l"13'HT O:F THE STATE 03' VIRGilTIA 7 ) l ------- ------- ------- --l V. AT LJ.~i HO . 1829 CAS3.ANDRA L: !SO::.T _ ~KI:h , ., "D O':'..':~.R.:3 , Jtl.ID 52 , 561 d.CRE;3 OF LuD , ::ORE OR LE;iS , nr :tCCKilfGH.:.l: COU1ITY, V~'i. . REa ) ) ORDERt- FULTOl; .-JT::) C?... i. G'ORD TRACT l:TC . 338 ,)920 . 00 On this the 16 th d2,y of I::ay , 1934 , c CT11e J. Givens Pul ton , Jr ., and the estu.te of C. ::). Crawf'ord , by tneir attorney , a,nd on moti on le"',ve was given them to file their ap:plicati on for the trc,nsf er of the sum of ~920 . 00 , the amount found by the Board of Arbitration, accepted and substituted by The State Co!Illnission on Conservation and Develo pment of the State of Virginia as and for fair and just co.u1:pensation for the land taken and set out in the judgment of condemnation as Tract No . 338 , v1hich said sum has been paid into Court . And , it appearing fro,J. the record in this cause that the sum of ,;,920. 00 has been :pe.id into this Court for Tract No. 338 standing in the nrune of the applicants and , aJ.s o, it do th appear from the ~pplicati on this day filed that the larger portion of the tract of ~and condemned is loc a.t ed in .'-1,lb e:ma rle Caunty , d. esi&,mc;1..t ed 1:.~s Tract fro . 199 , f or ·which _i ll , 080 . 00 has been }1aid into and is under the �control of the Circuit Court of Albe:rrc.rle County , therefore , for convenience of administration and distribution, it is ordered by the Court that the said fund of )920 .. 00,, avmrded as just com:pensation for Tract No . 338 1 be and the same hereby is transferre to the Circuit Court of ~ lbe1mrle County , there to be consolidate vlith the fund of )11, 080 .. 00 awarded as just con:pensLtion for that :9art of the Grazing lt-i.nds loccl.ted in ~Uberiiarle County, a.nd a certified co"_Jy of this order shall be transmitted to the Treasure of Virginia , v1hich shall be :1is e.u thori ty to consolidate the said funds c.md disburse the same as directed by the orders of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County. 37 �VIBGDTL .. : nr 7.HE CI:1CUI':::' COFR': O::? BOCKI:TGILE: COUJJTY THE STAT.r£ co:·: rr IOlT o~:- cc::JSSRV•..':.'IO:T A'..f:J DEVELOE.:EliT CF '.:'1-IB: ':{'.:.,1'~ O::? VIRGDH.A V. _ T L!'l.~V ) ) ) -:;-o. 1829 C SSAJ.ffiR_\ Le~: T:30lr Ar:::'Kn:-s, }JJD a:::'IGR3, .urn 52 , 561. _..CR33 CF L 3D, ::mJ: Cl LEJS, r:T ROCiCTHG~L.:: COl!l.ITY, V h.. )) .ti.PPLIC~~·rol'T OF FUL':'OIT J,}D C_ ,'FORD: )) ________________) ) TO T!-I.E E:O::.T. H. "!. 3~R':'R.J1, JU:JGE OF THE CIRCUIT COlJ"RT OF ROCKI::~GR~- COUHTY. The applicants , .r. Givens Fulton , .Jr. and the estate of C. D. Cra,1ford, respectfully represent and say tl12:.t they o:med together a tract of mountain grazing land of 648-~- ..1.cres , of nhich 625-?t J;.Cre Yw,s located in lbenarle County , and 23 cres nas loco.ted in Rockinghun C ounty , condeDned and tu.ken by The State C'oL.IDlis si on on Cons ervu.tion and Devel op1,1ent of the .3ta te of Yirginia for Park purposes , 2.nd as just con:pensr.,tion tha.t part of the said land deign2.ted 2.s Tract lTo . 199 in the conder.mation proceedine;s in Uberrnrle County, the sur.1 of ;lll , 080 . 00 was finally anc.rded , a,nd or that part of the stdd land locate d in Rockingham County esignated as Tract No . 338 the su_:i of 1920. 00 was finally mvarded . The applicB.nts represent and SL~Y that for convenience and cononzy- in administering and distributing the fund novr under contra f this Honorable Court , a tra.ns ...'er thereof to the Circuit Court of lbem:i.rle County is desirfable , &.nd for the purpose of obtaining sue �transfer the applicants hGve filed this their application ; and . they , furthermore , say tbut the taxes for 1933 and all prior year rove been paid , and that there are no liens binding the suid land or funds 2,ri sing fro1:.1 the condemnation there of , either in Rockinghar.i or Albemarl e County, or any place el se. Wherefore , the applicants Jray that an order may be entered on this their motion and 1:tpplicu.tion , transferring the said fund of ,i;,920 . 00 an2,rded o,s just cor.1::)ensation f'or Tract 1To . 338 from th contr ol of the CTircui t Court of Rockinghar.1 County to the Cir cuit Court of Albe:rrnrle County, there to be ad.ministered snd distribut d along vr ith the fund of ~11 , 080 . 00 now held under the ::::ontrol o: the said aircuit Court l:.: Y 1 4 , 1934. 31 �LAW O FF ICES G. H. BRA NAMAN WAYNESBORO , VA . 1!ay 23 , 1934 Hon. H. w. Bertram Harrisonburg , v~ . De2~ Judge Bertrrun.: I am enclosing an order in connection with the Fulton and Cr awfo rd grazi ng l -1nd, transferring the sum of 4~690. 00 for tract 1'To . 338 in your Court to the Albemarle County Circuit Court , and likevrise provi ding for the transfer of the sum of ?230 . 00 nov, held by the Cl er:k to the Albemarle Cotmty Clerk. r trust tho.t you vr.i..11 find the order in due form, and if entered, :?le2,se ask the Clerk to certify tl1e two copies enclosed and mail them to me e,s :promptly as may be convenient , so that I can f orward a copy to .Judf; e Smith and another one to the Treasurer of Virginia. I vras fortunate enough to hold up the orders in Albemarl e until I can get t~e trc:nsfer in satisfactory shape. I certainly hope that the t....l er:{ uill enter this order without 2,dditional char g e , bec2Use if I had been advised that he held a part of the money uhen he . ote me about the sa:rn.e I '\-1ould hc.1..ve covered the transfer in the first order , but i: he insists on payment I , rill re.nit promptly u~on receipt of a st..,,tement , but I trust tha t he vrill not hold up tlle certification of the order to me until I reL1it . Thanking you :· or you r c.,.,ttenti on, I am GHB :J:iEJ!f 3 �IF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCV:INGHAM: COUNTY , VIRGII~ .A . State Commission on Conservation and Development of t he State of Virginia Petitioner vs . Cassandra Laws on Atkins , et al s . ·etc . Defendants . \. To the Fonorable P . ~ - Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia . On this , the L day of_(/ _ __,__..,..____ , 1934 , came E. C. Lam , by coQnsel , and on his m tion , leave is given h im to file his application for the payment to him of the sum of ~;1710 . 60 for tract No . 368 , the amount of the award set ou.t in the judgment of condemnation for tr&ct No . 368 , the amount thereof naving been heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause , and in the heretofore petition for judgment and condemnation/entered herein ;mmx xxxxxxu11xmn:xrnxxx:xxxxxxnxmxxx the petitioner, , the said i . c. that i n the opinion of Lam is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract of land No . 368 , and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said tract No . 368, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, anQ that the said E. c. Lam is ther e fore entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the cond emnation of said tract No . 368; and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or payable on said tract No . 368 have been paid , upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sum of J l710 . 60 for tract ~T o . 368 paid into Court by petitioner as just cannensation for said trcct be paid unto E . D. Ott , attorney for said B. C. Lam , and the ~lerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified cony of this order to the �. \ .J ~- VI] }J.3I.. : r:· . T"IE CJTIL UI':' C01Jfil' 0~ R.CCKL:GiL.:..: COU2JTY -- ----- ---------------~ ) ':'}Ll ST..-,:_'E -Jo:J.r..;3rc:; c:· co:TJERV.~ro::- ~J:rD ) :>E'T..:!LO:i::~;':' 05 Tlf~ ~r-:_{_:,1, OF VIRGilTL... v. l __ 0 R :J E R: - ) ·---·--- - --- ) ) • ... Cn this the 24tl~ de.:,,- of j::ay, J. 93t'.'.. , cc.me :r. 1i vens ~ult on , .Tr. nd the .tlstai:e of c .. D,. C'rm'lford , by their ::..ttorney , and represented to the Court tht.t the order of I.:c;:,v lJ , l93L , entered herein tra.nsfer:·cC. the sum of ,1090. 00 for Tru.ct l;o . 308 frori1 this Court to the Ci !'cuit Court o:.' _:J. bemc:.rl e C aunty , Y7 he1·eas , there has • eeen certified by The St<-,te Gor.i:.1ission on Conserv"'_tion and Develo·_u.1ent of the t,t.te oz Virginia only the sv.m of ,,.690 . 00 for said trnct to the SL.id Trei::,surer , and t:1e fJUIJl of .,1 230. 00 hP.3 been • credit o: the above entitled c:..11se , therefore , on notion it is • ordered by the Court th<-.t the order entered herein on the 16th dE:iY of :tra.y , 193<±, is hereby accordin;;ly mod.ified and 2,1:1ended, end the �I to the Circuit Court of AL bem.1:..rle Coi.mty , there to be consolidated vri th the fund of ··11 , 080. 00 a-rrarded 2.s just coL1pensation for trc.ct cle:::dbnated as lTo . 199 , locc~ted :in .Albern.o..rle County , Lnd a certified copy of this order sball ce transr:1itted to the Tree.surer of Virginia , and sh:,11 be his c.utho1~ity to consolid_ate the said funds c..nd disburse the same Ls directed by the orders of the Circuit Court of bem.2,rl e County; and , the C curt doth further order th2,t the Clerk of this Court shall trc,nsfer to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of .AJ. benarl e County the s1..,ID1 of ,i'230 . 00 to be disbursed by and under the orders of the Circuit Court of _Qbenarle County in distributing the fund for trLvct No . 199 as 2 �QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf lttr9iuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RIC H M ON D , VA . May 29, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgin ia have this 29 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 5/24/34 ~ , in the cause of the Stat e Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson vs·----------~ - - Atkins ------------:paid to J . M. Purcell , Treas\l,:rer of Vi:r.i;i:inia)(Virginia: $ 690 . 00 Circuit Court of AThemaile G~unty _ being in fu ll settlement of tract #-3_3_8_ _ in the above mentioned cause. 130 �Q!nmmnuwtaltI, nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . • JOHN M. PURCELL May 29, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia (Virginia:Circuit Court of Albemarle County) Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 690 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county = - - - entered on the R=o~c=k=i=n=g=h=am of__= of May 24th day 193_!__ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_~_~_s_o_n_A~t_k_i_n_s_ and others, being ___ _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # _3_3_8_ _ _ . . Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. ,~, �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKING!f.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Received or J. Robert Switzer, Clerk o-r the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, in the cause of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc., as directed by order or said Court entered on May 25, 1934, in Common Law Order Book No. 20, at page 189, the sum of Two Hundred Thirty Dollars, ($230. 00), being in full settlement of the anount deposited with the said Clerk for Tract No. 338, Rockingham County, in the above mentioned cause. .., Dated this ~ day of ~ , 1934, W~ rn . Clerk of' the Circuit ~ b e m a . r l e County, V~ia. - ~ ~~.__...v---r-c::::2t...-'-A..~ ~ l7Y �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCiaNGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Received of J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, in the cause of The State Commission on Conservation and Development or the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc., as directed biy order of said Court·entered on May 25, 1934, in Common Law Order Book No. 20, at page 189, the sum of Two Hundred Thirty Dollars, ($230.00), being in full settlanent of the anount deposited with the said Clerk for Tract No. 338, Rockingham County, in the above mentioned cause. Dated this eb . day of 'rn_°=I , 1934. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context crawford-and-fulton.pdf Title A name given to the resource Crawford & Fulton (Charles Crawford & J. G. Fulton) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 338 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Crawford Fulton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/440e209b920072376fc4ea22b03ee537.pdf 3b1da3759af8958aa45d3709023c3d3e PDF Text Text ROCKINGHA1,'I COUNTY NAME OF fiil,jitil:/J #39 - Cook, J . R . Estate Number of Acres: 100 Location: Dry Run . Park area cuts the property . further Location) Roads: 1. 4 2 miles country road to Elkton . (See reverse side for Soil: Gravelly loam. The lower sJ_opes are o f medium fertility , proThe upper slopes are shallow and extremely bably deep , but stony . stony . History of Tract and condition of timber: Badly burned on the lower slopes . There is a -large stand of pi tch- pine saplings up to 7 11 DBH . and very There is an a mixture of small hardwoods , mostly scrubby oak. short . On the upper slopes there is a fairly well Plenty of reproducti'.)n . stocked stand of larger oitch- pine up to 9 11 but very short, and a small On the north slope of the hill south of the adr1ixture of hardwoods . public road there is a heavier stand of larger hardwoods ru-'rning 1m»m~:x: up to 10 or 12 11 • Grazing land is very brushy . Loging ground runs from easy to hard . The lower slopes have been hard cut in recent years which accounts for the very light stand . Lower slopes are naturally especially good timber land, and are at present wel l stocked in spite of being burned Tract is estimated to cut 354 cords of repeatedly in the past . wood . Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope:-- - - 29 @ J3 . 00 ~87 . 00 Cove: - - 53 @ 7 . 00 371 . 00 Grazing Land: 18 @ 30 . 00 540 . 00 - $998 .0 0 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 998 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ 200 . 00 Value of Timber: $ 200 . oo 50 .00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Total Value per acre for tract: $ 12 • 4 8 - - -- - -·- ~n248 .00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None . ~ - ~ _ :_ _ CLERK SJ �CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE- - -- While this area is sup Josed to be 100 A. and the cours es Lo_cation.:.-- as given plot out an area of about 100 A., des c ripti on of proper ty gives the ne i ghboring ovmcrs and the area so bounded, as shown on our maps , as comprising about 1 89 A. . Our information shows 189 A. as the area of this proper ty inside the Park . Count ys Pi tr ett ··s e so 182 100 Stone D • 3000.00 d .. lOO A. 1906 or 1.00 nnd oth r conid · .ti ns. ona ~nd th th d G 'V lly • pro ..bly e::tt e ely ur Bt lo~tor to • • le d 0 0 of pro ~:ty o boun~ d • ao sho our in or on ro o or pt o \ ., tion o s ark . ) • o:f r olo ea oount Y r ·d t {1 .tton . :~ '"'Ont paa t. cord . ... 1 l l -:v- r-i - of , 9. 00 l? . oo ...\ 1, or a ere 66. oo ·5. 64. .15 �Claim of_ ____ Ne lli e _ F. _Cook-- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --~, At Law. In the Circuit Court of_ __ ,.:....,_ . ..._____________.__ County, Virginia, No.__ The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ more or less, of land in __ :~--# _ a _____ _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ___ ~...._.;,...,,.,1,,,,....,,....c:,_11 _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ______Nel l ie _F . _Cook--- ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- --My post office address is ___ ____ ~-~~~~~--~~-~~-_g_~#~--------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area-sough t to be condemned, containing about___ ~ ---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents=----- --~--~ - ~--~- ~ ---------- --------- - ---------- ---------- - This land is located about_ __ ____ miles from _______ -~ · "'"-------- ------Virg inia, in the ____17 .,..,..,;.,c..J..l ___ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ____ _ .--~--~~·---.....!--.,- __ __________ __ __________ __ ____ ____ ____ __ ___ ___ _ ______ ____ _ South ______ ~---~---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -West____ __ • __ .. . _____ ._J ___ __ _-'~- - -------- oo __ .._ t _tc _________________________ __in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ following manner: _ _i ur ___ __ - . to _d __ o __ o _follo •_: __ d _ed ____ .__ J . ___• __________ cl__ . if e ; - ~~J- ~:lf __ >(L __ .. _______ ...:0 ;__ .:, o . __ • ___ ltlc ·_., __' _._._ ____ ·,___ • ___ • ____ rnabor , rt._ tc . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $-- A"'.O_... in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $__:l,~_Q__•__!-:-__ __ • I am the owner of__ lt _o___ m_ ___ 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 roposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- - -~~; ~..,...-- ..1~.....u (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 ·--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- - - - -- oo____ . ---------- ---------- -- ------ - - --------- - ---- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL:'.~ ;;_~y sig~:~~r1~ 3: .my name and ~2?~Z~~~~~~~d~y - ------ -, To-wit: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ __ ,..... ,. The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ _________l!~~_);J~--~-'°-' -Q9_Q.}f________ ____ ____ ___ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ .l: ·_.. _______day of_____ _ ~ ~ 1//0 / ~ - 1-, ___ OL. __ _· ___ £ . -- ~ ..,L _ _ __ Clerk of t Cootl, or Special Investiga~ N ot--aey--Pu lie, or Justice of the Peace. Ii �Claim of ___ W._ R.C'ook _____________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL_Ro..ok.in~am_ ___________ County, Virginia, No. __ l.8..29_, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __C.assa.ndr_a_La.WSQn_.A.tkinsT_.e.t__aJ.s • .,_..ana._~__g_1.~§.i_!l,_<g·!!JJ_1. _________ _ more or less, of land in __ll.9_~J_l!@.~_____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ R_Q.Q;!.c_A~l:!_~m_ _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___ Jl~_R.._.CO.ok_ __________________________________________________ _ My post office address is _____tllcj;_Q!)....J-_¥!.3-_~.--~~#-~----------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __l~.?____________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____-: __-:_ __:-__-:__-:__:-_________________________________________ _ This land is located abouLtMfLfL ___ miles from ______ .Rl_'tj;_Q!l_______________ Virginia, in the_S.t-.an..eWall ___ 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.) __one-third_ interest.------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ___ Adam_ Hens1QT ____ _________ ___________________________ ________________ __ South ____w. _H. Marshall estate---------------------------------------------East ____ Adam_}le nsley _est_ate ------------------------------------------------West_ _____ ._ H._ Marshall_ estate and_ Cook estate ________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__19.Q6___ in the following manner: bx_:rour _se~arate deeds_ as_ follows: __ deed_ from_J. _A. _Bear and wtle;_ H. _A. _Bear and_ wife; _Jno • __· ._ Palmer~_&c. _,_ alll.d_J. _S. Harnsber_ger., _&c l claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_~._QQQ~QQ ____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.A._OQQ_.Q_Q ____ . I am the owner oL_lQ_Q~_J~Q____ 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). $J~~oa8-!&!RbovE Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - ------- -------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of__:~~;:~=:;~:~~rl:3~: my name and :::wr1/R~_1;;l~~~~~~~~-~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ .Rockingham.. _________ , To-wit: ~~ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____ ..W.L..RL_QQ,0,k. ________________________ ____ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, t~is _____l§~..b, ________ day of_ ____ Febr.ua,rs:~ 1931.o _ ./9. ~ ~ ( l ~ ~ /4/:1/ ~ ; , ~ ·\ p~iaff;vestiga~~; / ~ir:~f ~ o ~ r Justice of the l¼ace. �- County: District: Rockingham S t oneuall #39- Cook, J.R. Estate N J & D. Plum LEGEND: Slope- (Upper · Grazi~ Scale - 1 = 20 & Lower chains 4 '}4· � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context cook-j-r-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Cook, J. R. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dry 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): 39 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Cook https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/1c2b8373fea319818595b4f9a82dd955.pdf 1b5c121f7727348eff8022e94e449ec6 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #19 - Conrad, George N. Number of Acres: 1030 Location: Roads: Abram Mountain , lying in both Rocki ngham and Page Counties , and entirely within the Park a rea . Six miles of good dirt ~oad except for two and one- half miles of pavement t o Elkton , the nearest shipping poi nt . Soil: Shallow sandy loam of poor fertility and covered with small loose rocks and t here are also rocky outcrops and cl iffs . The slopes are steep except for a strip of level land along the . stream. .. 1 years ago anu History of Tract and condition of timber :Th·e t rac t was cu t over seve~a was severely burned in 1926 and much of the area again in the There i s an open stand of short scrubby yellow summer of 1930 . pine l'' to 5tt DBH with occasional trees to 10" DBH. Two small areas have open s tand of yellow pine up to 14" DBH with occasional whi·te pi ne on 2? acres . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Ridge: (burned} Slope: It " ,; Value per acre Total Value 260 @ . 50 $130 . 00 426 @ 344 @ 1 . 50 2. 00 639 . 00 688. 00 $1457 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: 300 . 00 '$1 75? . oo I Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1457. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ValueofTimber: -$ 300 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1 . 71 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . ~ ~ ~ 4 /...:_;_ ~~:;,.::;:;....:·;.._:;.. Z?" '- CLERK. �RZPO '::1 ON '::HE b.C RZi,.GE of the George~. Conrad ~ract #19 . The deed conveying this land to George N. ohrad gives a good descriJtion by bearings and distances . This deed calls for "about 2000 acres , " b"§tt a computation of the acreage by the calls in the deed gives 1279 acres . Ties made on the ground by the u. s. G. s., and by men work ing under my direction, decrease sliGl1tly the lengths of several lines of the tract . a computation of the acreage by the calls contained in the deed, subject only to these corrections :nade in the field, l~i ves 1236 acres in· the tract . Of this acreuge, 206 acres lie in Page County , leaving 1030 ucres in Rockingham. ':'his is covered by the 3tate's report . Chief Sngineer , ?nr:~ Service . 3c �Claim of_ ___ George N. Conr . ~~J (erroneously _described _in _ the_ plat _~cc ._ in these ___ _ prodeedines as Geor~e rton~r~h In the Circuit Court oL_<2.~~! __ ·__~ _______________ 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 __ J}Q~l--i-P£4.E!ffi ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ ~ e- ~- .C...QJu:ad _____________________________________________ _ My post office address is ________~~::!~~-~_:1!_ ,,wo ~~-!i!~!-~~~-----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest inJq€ tract or parcel of land within the area sought no to be condemned, containing about_ __~QQQ ___________ acres, on which there are =tKeJliffiltowmg::x buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ A . 1an d 1s . 1ocat ed a b ou t ____________ 6 m1·1 es f rom _____________________________ Elkton v·1rgmia, . . m. Tl11s 8t0 newall M . t . 1 D. t . t f th e________________ ag1s eria 1s ric o sai·ct Coun t y. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ______________________________ fee siNDle_ ti_tle _______________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _______________________________________________.______________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: A tract of"' bout 2000 ecres was conveyed to r.e by ceed from E-t-D1. Ott . St>ecif CoLJillissioner which is r;:cord~d in I) . B • . 132.,_ p . 544 f,,.nd a trf',~t Q), __ 1,wen.:cy_-...sl.X. _a - re.a.. .hJ[ _Grant_fiom _t be _ .C_ ma1-an e ..J..:t.h. _VJ.b.1 ch _.J.B_ ..r..t...c. QI'. d.e.d.. .JJL ..D. J3 .. 1..;).3__ p . 432. lr.e1 "~ ~ a-s.:l~ a 4i~e-t-o? - B e - ~ 111'lS:-el.~ ~l"Tloa to ;,,s • Y eF-¥"e . ·,c1c:rr '*a ;i;:eo ~9if '*:a- :bl ,- ¥. TI3 , - page 4t;-8-;----------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1{""°@: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 $A..J'i.Q..Q~~~----· ~~~~~~:;,c~ d'-;g.:'f~r~J:of.J ~ltd~agmi!l-tnm::t!lJt9hQ~g..,d.,~~.riiz~dAr~G.t!>rJ. ~®-OfX~fiigCWWtlijetne:PJil'Jc a~ liicli.J..:cmrm=w.111: Be~g~ by -th~ro- LWOO~J~ ll! ! O O ~ ~ ~ JOO($:Xx. _______________ . (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: _Jg_.J_5}~_5__l _fli _L1_e_d__lfil. _~Qf.f.e.r__Q.t _Dow.:ti_o..n.''... _Qf _tr,J3KtJ _fiye_1J~c..:r::.~1i _Qff_ __ of the tract _conveyed _to_me by E . _D. _ Ott , Commissioner _ if_ the Park_ is_ established. �' J county: Hockinr)l.an Diatrict: Stonewall County: ruge District: Shenandoah Iron ~;orks J l 9 -{ .\ockinghrun Co.) Conrad, George Conrad, Coorc~o 1/589 - (I'arrc Countz) : ,creagc Clair._ed: Locc.tion: r. Dood *2000 'i.ssosscd: 2000 2000 n 1500.00 Val~e Clair-ed: ·M . $500 .00 0 ('2?O . OO(l92U) brnm ·ountain, lying in both Rockingham an~ 1-age counties, and entiroly ,,1 thin the Iarl-: area . :r.one known . Inoumbrances, counter clail.1s or lapz: - Sha.llo. sandy 1 oa1 of poc;>r fcrt1li ty and coverod with s1. all loose rocks and t!1cro o.r9 al:;o rocl:y outcrops and cliffs . ~he ~1orcs urc steep except for a strip of level lane along the s treai:i. Roads: Six rnileo of good dirt road except for two and one-half miles 01 n vemen't "':> Elkton, the nearest sl1i1>r: ng point . ,oil : istor;'i' of tract and cond1 tion of ti1 ber: The tract vms cut over oeverul years apo and as 9everely burned 1n 1920 and rnuch of ti1e 01,on s t..•uLd r:hore i o area agair. in the SU!nrccr o i' 1 <. 30. of short :-:;crabby yellow pi. e 1"' to trees to ion DBH . 1l'wo err.all erous pine up to 14" DBH with occasional ln Lockinghnm Co . , tho cstir...ate is On 344 A . - 600 cords o~ fuelwood a... 5r tBH with oooasional hav open s r -:d of yellm v1hi to pine on 2? 0.01·0•: . ?5 J . pine . ~2 . 00- ,'150 . 00 150 . 00 25/ -- 'ir300 . 00 In ra c Co . ; there arc 200 A. --- 50 cords Valued . ~ Inproverents: None. Value of lnnt b::£ , :£,)es: ~ t:Jlope Slope (burned) Ridge (burno( ) -------- 50¢ ( Rooking,ham Acreag_e 344 426 260 l030 Total valuo of land Total valuo of Luprov01ncn ts Total value of timber Total value of tract Average value per acre C~WJ.ti) per acre '2 . 00 l_. 50 . 50 , 1457 .oo 300 . 00 1?5'7.00 l . ?l Total Value ',J 688 . 00 G39 . 00 130 .. 00 t l457_.00 $25 . 00 �county: P.oekingho.n Dis t.ric t: :Jtonevmll County: Page District: Shenandoah Iron Hks Cl9 ... (Rockingham co.} Conrud, Goorgo N. , 580 -( Pa~c Countxl Conrud 1 George · • Cont'd Vnlue of land by tyt,os: Type· Slopo Cove Slope (B urned) (Page County) Value Acreace I?er a.ere 2 . 00 62 5.oo 10 134. 2tJe 1 . 50 Total Value 6 124 , 00 50 . 00 201,00 '3?!:> , 00 Total va l ue of land {Page County) Total value of tinber - ---Total value of tract ----l verage value per ncro - - --- ,3 75 , 00 25 . 00 J400.oo ,1 , 94 sum.:.RY Rockingham and Pnge Counties. ~umber of acres in tract - 1236 Tot 1 value of truct - ~2157 . 00 Average value ~er aero 1 , 75 Note*--- Al thou.eh t he doo ca .. s :tor e.bm1 t 2000 acres t he calls given therein ma.ken n muoh smaller acreage . The field sheet calls for l -2 701 A. Difference betweon t h is and t he reported aoreago is probably due to surface measurer:ont . �I hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of' mountain land assessed in Stonewall District, Rockingham County, as two thousand acres, in the name of George N. Conrad. Given under my hand this // "2.-- day of' December, 1933. �- M. H. HARRISON - TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA December 12, 1933. TO vrnoM IT Y.AY CONCERN: This is to certify that the Taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on 2000-0-0 acres of land situated in Stonewall District, and assessed in the name of Geo. N. Conrad has been paid. M. H. Harrison, Treas By cf. Qf}_,;_1/(& Deputy Vi tness: ~AAU&,F- sco �"I tor • ----• al r 1. pu 1 �.. the custody of NOTE-Thi s need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County NER. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIO V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFEND ANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: the That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract (/) of land numbered as follows: Tract No, 'f-------: Trnct No. ____________ ":' 'f'raet No. ____________ ; numand described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, of bered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody follows: as therefor, award(~) the g constitutin as the Court of the sum(\) set out in the said judgment __ $____ _ -- l 8R TP11:efi Ne. Tract No Award on Tract No. _ , ,_____ $lJ-~1!!f;, e--::--- - - - - - - - - - $-------- --; to That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear ion condemnat the from arising proceeds have a claim to an interest in the said tract(\ ) of land or in the ~ thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constitutin g the award('\) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(\) of land; of That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(~) proceeds the in or tract(\I.) said the in interest following the to land, owned or was (were) entitled ~ ·ming from the onndemnation r- the That no other person or persons than the undersigne d are entitled to share in the distributio n of proceeds the in or tract(~ said in interest whose persons named said award('s.) except the following arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows : /}mV tf 7tit~~'m ade a party ~artiesj' herein under the Wherefore , your undersigned pray(s) that, Act, and that] an order be entered for the emnation Con Park Public the of 21 provisions of Section the fee distributio n of said sumE-8 set forth in said judgment in rem as constitutin g the award(!o.) for of the d undersigne the to payment the for and aforesaid, as condemned tract~ simple estate in the said to entitled (.fM'e7 is d undersigne said award()\} or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the $-1.J~J-~:° ~ receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _1__;7-____ -_ __ _____ $ ___ ______ . 'i?ract No. _______ ___ $_________ ; Ne-. , The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (I.eaxre fihio apace bLtrlt;s,uksa fihePe io 00&1o11 11taer p1111ti ~ n-o ~ ~ eo1:1:rh) the ef tten~ -mattei ho be litett~ttt epeei:1dl:r ts t~e aUeHtie11 ~ ~-~ ~ I~~- ~ -Dt--11-~-c <,I~ a-., ~600~ .c.4'. ~ ~ ~ o ; ( : ~~~ •• ~~-~ ~~ ..:, .~~-~~ ::::J ~J_ 'fJ: :;2 ~/¥ ~~~ rJliiZi ~, t . . . , ; ~ ~ _'!-_~ ~ ~ -,i_:__~--z~(I,-~- /~- ~ i:..-~@.:~---~-::_------~ ~~ ~ .>'5-,&~:~·;:f f~ ~~ ~. ::. a ~RESS ~s~ ~~~~ o n~re~ ~ A s ply of~hi~ la:::~: ::e~::: in the and c mants can parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed byin law, any form ey may deeither c . ange or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions probably will not cover sire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and used, subject all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be to the approval of the court in each .case. 5(;J �Qlommnuwtalt!i nf ]ttrgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 15 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virgi nia have this 15 day of December in accordance = -=---·n=g--=h=am with an order of the circuit court of - =R~o~c~k=i= dated 12/13/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins - - - - - - -- ------- paid to __Geor ge N. Conrad , Harrisonburg , Virginia $ 1, 757 . 00 be ing i n full settlement of tract# 1 9 in the abov e menti on ed cause. �... ~ .. TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICH MONO , VA . J OH N M . PUR C E LL TREAS U R ER OF VIRGINIA ~ r . George N. Conrad, Harrisonburg, Virginia . Received of J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 1 , 757 . 00, in acaordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the County of Rockingham , entered on the 13th day of December 1933 , in the matter of the St8te Commission of Conservation and Development v . Cassandra Lawson Atkins , and others , being full and complete s ettlement for the tract of land known in s a id proceeding as #19 • .~-- ~ �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. .1.9_ ________ : 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. L4 _______ $_l'Z.fi.'Z_.__QC;)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; Geor ge N. Conrad 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 thl:l proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribu tion pledge , obligating the owner, George N. Conrad, to gi ve 75 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds 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 dis~ibution 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. __ l9_______ $.3.'Z_.__50___ : Tract No. _____ _______ $ ______ ____ : Tract No. ------~- ---- $ ______ ____ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0 . ADDRESS STATE_ COMMISSION_ ON CONSbRVATI ON 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. NOTE--A �STATE OF VIRGINIA >ss COUNTY OF WARREN ) Per sonally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public i n my said St4te and County, E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is a.n employ~e of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Divis i on thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shar e s of condemnation awards in the Shenando/3.h Nat..Lonal Park condemnation pro ceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by r eason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within c laim is just and correct . ~ Witness my sighature this 8th d~ ~Y,r-. Notary NOTARY PUBLI M) Commission Expires Sep, 8, 1934 _ =lu-bf"f - - - �STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND IDEVELOPMENT At Law No. 1829 V CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, &c. To the Honorable H. w. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County,Virginia The undersigned who is a party in the above entitled action at law presents this, his answer, which if necessary, is prayed to be treated as a petition, in said action. He respectfully represents that he was the owner of a certain tract designated as Number 19 in the condemnation proceedings which were had in this action and has, by check to the Treasurer of Virginia, been paid the amount of the appraised value of said tract; that since the payment to him of said amount, to-wit: on the 9th. day of January, 1934 a petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development was filed in the said action wherein it is alleged that "by reason of contribution pledge obligating the owner, George N. Conrad, to give 75 acres of his land within the Park area to the park project", therefore the petition prays that an order be entered by this court, directing that out of t he said sum of ~1757.00 for said tract No. 19, there be paid to said State Commission on Conservation ?d Development, ~37.50 by reason of said "donations". Since the filing of said petit i on, the undersigned has been furnished with a copy of what purports to be a copy of the alleged donations, (which, as the court will observe, were made as far back as the year 1925) one of the said donations being for 25 acres in which the undersigned reserved the right to cancel I! the same after two years from the date thereof ( but the undersigned does not seek to avail himself of the said right of cancellation), the other donation being ~acres. Inasnmch as these donations were made nearly nine years ago, II the undersigned had forgotten the quantity donated, and when the sum of Ii $1757.00 was paid to him, he assumed that those in charge and authority had in the exercise of proper care, deducted such amount as was properlydeductable, on • �the unde rsign ed . The unde r accou nt of said dona tions , from the sum which was due r canp lianc e with the signe d has no desir e or dispo sitio n to avoid a prope desig nate what porti on offer to donat e and asse rts that he had the right to the said dona tion agree of his tract of land shoul d be taken in discm rge of that porti on of his said ments and he elect s that the dona tion shall be from g the amount of $37 . 50 tract which was appra ised at 50, per acre, thus makin by the Commission on which is the amount the petit ion filed as afore said be accep ted as in full disCons ervat ion and Development claim s is due and will charg e of the said agree ment s to donat e . with the Clerk of this The unde rsign ed attac hes heret o to be lodge d and filed ~ ,.J> ?- J'-0 . Cons ervat ion and Development Cour t, his check paya ble to the State Commission on ~ Commission assum ing that the said amount is to the said State d be paid to the Trea surer on Cons ervat ion and Development , but if said sum shoul stead , issue anoth er of Virg inia, will withd raw the said check and in it's for the said sum, payab le to the said Treas urer . paper in the said The unde rsign ed respe ctful ly begs leave to file this in conn ectio n with it as actio n at law and that the Cour t may enter such order may be appr opria te . Resp ectfu lly subm itted, 257 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context conrad-george-n.pdf Title A name given to the resource Conrad, George N. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Abram Mountain Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 19 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Conrad https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/28043bb606f62aaf17a30abca5061c8a.pdf 7f9f42eefc775873616ce36f064c19a4 PDF Text Text ROCKING HAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #123- Comer , Julia L . 13 Number of Acres: Location: Sandy Bottom . near Swift Roads: One mil e of fair dirt road to Spo ttswood Tr :. i Run; thence four miles to Elkton . Soil: Sandy clay of good depth and fertility with moderate slopes Southwest exposure . and very little rock . One - half of the tract cleared many years ago, and has been cultivated since . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly . It is estimated to cut The present stand consists of oak~ , f our cords per acre . . poplar hickory and some History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None • Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Value per acre Acreage Ridge: Slope: 6 @ $5 . 00 $30.00 7 @ 30 . 00 210 . 00 $240 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land : - - 13 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 20 . 00 $260 . 00 ValueofLand: $ 240 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 20 .oo Value per acre for tract: $ 20 .oo Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE ~- ~ CLERK �Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ RockinFham Count y, v·1rgmia, . . N o. ________, At Law. . "t Court of ---=----------------------I n the C1rcm The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs·----.J.u:l-i-a- :1--.8-E>rne-r----------------------------------------------------------- l-;1 or _'-?. 7 A . 1 _R. 90 Ps . _of _l:_ind_________________________________________________ _ . __________ Rockinr-ht.m · · Def endants. more or Iess, of Ian d m c:__________ _______ Count y, v·1rgmia, The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_3Q_c_l~J-l1£..b-_:...m___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ J1Il 1.a -1 . Comer -----------------------------------------------My post office address is __ __ ____ --Sw-i-ft- ·rtH.n- -v: I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought 0 -.-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to be condemned, containing abouL-£-11--ti.- .-i- fr;-?;-0-:P§cres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____ _s_t.a..b.l.a ______________________________________________ _ Th.1s Ian d 1s . Iocat ed a b ou t ___ ::: ________ ' i ve ·· m · m1·1es f rom __-';;,lkton ;:'_ _________________________ v·1rg1ma, the--S.t..J-newa-12---Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) I am sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are a.s follows: North_.iI ~M~·pome.t' - an<lt tL . C. He ::i dows -------------------------------------------- . South __ r . J ~Battghe-r------------------------------------------------------------East ___ _J_JJ...._Qom.e.r__>i.nd.__Q.t.her..s.. _____________________ ____ _______________________ _ West- ----:e:enry--S-hii:lett-"b."'11."d- -ottrer"B"----------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ 1-9.15-__ in the following manner: _ By partition _of my _father _Ge o . T . B,,,ug)1e r's_e state., the ________________ _ tr qct is c ompos ed of t wo parcels.o n e of 1 2 Rlld the other ·14 ee--r-es----------------------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $--~~-6 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-lZ-6-2. .. 00.-----· 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). !:~9-~-----· Ren1arks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL1ft_:~:Yt:'.~r~ my name and :µ~~~p~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ 2.o.cking.ham... __________ , To-wit: · d h ereby cert·fi JuliA L . Comer Th e un ders1gne 1 es tha t ------------------------------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and mad~' oath,that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ &d.-----------day oL __?e-b-;---i--95-i-- --, ~ ---~ ~-~Clerk o the Court, or -'-Zt~ -------- pe al Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. f �• • County: ookimgham. District: Stonewall ,rl~3 - Comer, Julia L. Acreage Claimed: 27 A. 1 R. 20 F ssessed: 27 A-40 P. Value Claimed: Loco ti on: X ~f62 . 00 ft ';1'270.00 Sandy bottom. ~o.brances, c ) :. mter cl· 1".11s or l aps:, none k no n. S1.i ndy olJiy o good dupth a d fert i l icy very little rock. Southvest exposure. vOll: Deed: 27 A-70 J. This includes one other tract. 26 A. l"OP purchased 1916 consideration unknown. 80 P purchased 1913 for 85 i th moderate slope a.nd One mile }f rair dirt road to Spotswood • r 11 near thenoe tour mtles to akton, v1 f t Run; l'istory of tract and eond1 t1 n of timber: One-half of t he tract cleared many years ai o a ~u hos been oult1vat~d sinoe. The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly. It is esti.mated to cut f reds per acr • The pres ~nt sta"ll o :,; nsists of oaks, hic'-;:ory and so~e poplar. 9 4 ads. of ed. ood ~alued 50¢ --- 12.00 I1Jrovements: None. Value of l n • by -ty, es: V, lue ' acre, £er Tyoe Slope ;,.00 Fg 3:5 • ._, Q .otcl Vi 1.:ie ' 30.00 45.00 275.00 I Total VO.l !.L of la d Tota l f r-, l ~e ot im~ r)V J:.nc ::its fr tal vr: l _µ e qf t i '1. er Total V l e of tract Averago' val 10 per acre 275.00 -- l '3. 00 28'! .00 22.08 I x • Thio includes troct ·123•a / I ,I { 'I I I �• • N County: District: #123 - Comer, _J_uli_a_ I-, . L .C. :rteadows June J. Comer Malinda Lawson J.Henry Shifflett LEGEND : Grazing Slope Scale - l " : 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall �:i: Q ~ l> "I z, 2 Z1 !! = 0 lD "' n 0 m II 0 -4 C ffl C :z STATEMENT m :!. ;:, JI CO -I :z OF ) Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , p . q . JULIA L. COMER . z, ;; "' i OR~ < ;' ... . so.~N ::, ffl DI N < - 3 • z, n n Co"' C ., - :, :z II 0 I> ,c Ill -4 0 ii~ STATEMENT OF C Q3 TS , POSTAGE , ETC . : I Ji �. . RE: ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Froceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act. MRS. JULIA L. COMER #123 filed in the Clerk'~ Offic Rockingham County, Va~ AUG ,1-11933 I' '-:7;_ ... ~ J a t . . ~ C1erk I TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ARBITRATION: J. ... Pursuant to the rules of proceedure adopted by this Honorable Board on August 16, 1933, Julia L. Comer, land owner, respectfully submits the following statement: a. That the number of the tract of land, owned by Juli~ L. Comer, shown on the county ownership map filed in the condemnation proceedings is# 123. b. and 24 poles, That the acreage of said tract is 12 acres, 1 rood That the sa id Julia L. Comer is the owner in fee simple of said real e s tate; she having acquired the same in the partition of the l ands of the late George T. Baugher, the s ame having been assigned to her by the commissioners appointed in the chancery cause of George T. Baugher's heirs v. George T. Baugher's heirs, which report of said commissioners was confirmed b y decree entered b y the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in said cause on July 20, 1916; and 1s· duly of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book 106 at page 242; reference is here made to said title papers. c. The sa i d 12 acres, 1 rood and 24 poles of land is situa te on the south western slope of a mountain ridge, in the Blui Ridge MOUl;).tains at Sandy Bottom School house. The character of s aid land is chocolate clay mountain soil, especially adapted to the production of various crops of the county, with smooth surface ETHEL IRWIN and a scanty covering of small loose rock which in no way interfer~ ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRI SONBURG, VA. 111 �with the cultivation thereof. This land is free from large stones and the few loose rocks are small and on the surface. Six acres of said land is cleared and has been grassed for about ten years with the result that it is now of splendid quality and is capable of producing large crops ~dthout fertilizer. acres is 40.00 per acre. The value of sa id 6 The remaining 6 acre s , l rood and 24 poles is in timber, and is of the same quality of soil as the said 6 acres. It is e s tima ted that said timber tract will yield 18 co~ of wood per acre, valued at$- .75 per cord, or a total of$ 13.50 per acre. The value of the 6 acres, l rood and 24 poles of land exclusive of timber isl 25.00 per acre. Therefore, the value of s aid land and the growing timber thereon: Cultivated land, 6 acres at $ 40.00 per acre $ 240.00 Timber land, 6 acres, 1 rood, 24 poles ( exclusive of growing timber) at $26.00 per ~ acre 160.00 Aggregate value of entire tract exclusive of growing timber $ 400.00 Growing timber on 6 ac r es, l rood, 24 poles at$ 13.50 per acre 86.40 Aggregate value of tract of 12 acres, 1 rood and 24 poles, including growing timber $ 486.40 There is no claim to any incidental damages to adjacent land of the O\mer not to be oondermed. It is suggested tha t the arbitra tors accept and allow the value placed on s aid land in this statement, taking into consider ation the affidavits of ? . B. F. Good and others heretofore filed herein. If the value is not thus fixed, then this clainamt respectfully re quests a n oral hearing. Respectfully submitted. ETHEL IRWIN ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. - - - ,/ Attorney for Julia L. Comer 8 �- . ST_TE OF VIRGINIA CITY OF HARRISOHBURG , to-wit: This day personally appeared before me, Janet Sprinkel, a notary public in and for the city and State aforesaid in my said city, Ethel Irwin Lineweave r, who, being duly sworn, ma.de oath that she is attorney for Julia L. Comer, and is authorized to mke this affidavit ; that the statement s contained hereinbefore are true, except in so far as they are therein stated to be upon information; and that in ao far as they are therein stated to b~ upon informatio n, she believes them to be tnle. Given under my hand this 28th day of August, 1933. N.P ETHEL IRWIN ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. �Claim of____________________________________________________ -.- "' ______________________ _ In the Circuit Court of__.3.o.akinr_hi::'..m ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ J .u. Comer------------------------------------------------------------0 m more or 1ess, of 1an d m ______ =:_________ _______ Count y, v·1rgmia, · __ :_ Rockin°h · · · Def endants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__~~~~~~1¥__~~~----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ J-uli-a--Ir.8e-t_;i -er----------------------------------------------My post office address is ____ 9J{_:i;fj;__3.1-l.11 _J_:l:rg_:L..111-A._ __________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouLJlne..,-~.half ______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =-~ ~..?--~!~~.!_?_~~~-~l_:.9_~~~-~!_!1.?Jfl'_e_l_"!.!f~~J:_!_h_~~~-~------- ---8-nd-.g-ar -af'e-----------------------------------------------------------------------This land is located about_-f-.i:ve------miles from _____ :B-~ktun---------------- Virginia, in the_ S_t.QU..Et~ al_l, ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -I---ho-1-d--d-e-e-d--:EtJr--l i-fe--and--t-hen--t,,J-nty-ireirs-------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: NorthJ!Y--Own. -land-...o.f _J3.JJ.----O--the.~--t.~~-e-t--------------------------- --------- - -South __ s~ rne _9 s _on no rth ------------------------------------------------------ East ___ J J .-Ooa-e-r---------------------------------------------------------------- West_ __LI_y own _l and _i n _ano t her_ t:.c1ct _______________ _______________________ _ I acqu~red my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __1 -g--0 6___ in the followmg manner: .B...y.-d.e.ed..-fr..o.ra-G.eo.....T..B.qu _:h.~.r--Pnd--~~i-:fe-----------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-1--~Q.9_!..Q.9____ __ . 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 $---~~9-~~9-~----· I am the owner of_ ..:____ _: ___ __::c. _ _ ...c__aareSB 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 the back). oL~~::~s~;-~t:~~:~ my name and ~~t~%~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_"ft~ rtnr:-anr---- ---:---_! __ , T?-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaLJ ulifL.L .....Ca~ ~-------------;.- - - ___ ____ __ the above named claimant personally appeared before him ana made -oath tnat the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, • this ___~!_c! ___________ day of__ 2_~~~--1J_~l____, ~ ,tJ -_/f_t_ Li;_L tiJ~-~~rL..,.,r,,,,-,. Clerk of the Court, or S ec1 Notary Public, or Justice �II:~ THE CIRCUIT COURT CF ROCKL~GHAM C0Ul(TY, VIRGIJ.ITL\. . Petitioner The State Com.~ission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virc inia v. 11829 Defendants Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others, and fifty- two thousand , five hundred sixty- one acres (52,561) more or less , of land in Rockingham county, Virginia . In coCTpliance with the order entered in the above entitled case on the t venty- fifth day of October, 1932, a,;1d in response there to, your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , ovmership of which is claimed by her, and with reference to which she has filed her objections, is the same trac t or 2arcel which was found by the Appraisal Commissioners. to be land owned by her, being tract Number 123 , as shown and delineated on the map f iled with the report, and exhi bi ts sheets thereto attached, made to by said commissioners . {IBY Counsel Counsel Filed in e:o Cle;k's Office Rockicgharn C:Junty, Va. f.' f 11 " / q 1r.· -; v · ... ~ . ETHEL IRWIN ATT ORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA . 1./7 I �·----·- ' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM: COUNTY, VIRGINJ.A. The State Commission on Conserva tion and Development of the State of Virginia v. ) Condemnation / 1 Claim Oassandra Lawson Atkins, &c Now com es the undersigned defenda nt, Julia L. Comer, and moves the court to decline to accept the report of the board of apprai sal commissione rs heretofore filed in this proceeding, with r espect to. Claim #123, and to disapprove . the findings of fact therein contained, on the followir:g ground:· That the allowance or award made for the land of the undersigned, to-wit, the sum of ~260.00, is grossly inadequate; so inadequate as to indicate that said board was affected or influenced by some error, mistake or misapprehension o f f acts as to the id entity of said land, or some mist a ke of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence considered. WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays leave to fil e this, her exce ry tion to said r e port; and in support of this except i on files herewith the attached affidavit. And she will ever pray, etc. ounsel �' Re: Julia L. Cromer 13 acres Claim 4f 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: P. B. F. Good, being duly wworn, makes oath that he surveyed the 13 acres of land, owned by Julia L. Comer, referred to in the above claim, and that to his personal lmowledge the said land, including the timber thereon, is worth forty dollars ($40.00) per acre, and that in his opinion said price of forty dollars ($40.00) per acre is the fair market value thereof at the present time. October, 1932. This day personally appeared before me and State aforesaid, whose term of office expires on t he 193 7 , P. B. F. Good, -. ' ---day of I ~ _;;; _..,.:;/"""Z;.,__)';.(' whose n:lr.le is signed to t he foregoing affidavit, a nd who, being duly sworn makes oath t hat the statements therein contained are true. Given under my hand this first day of October, 1932. .. �filed in the Cierk's v;~~c:, Rockingham Couuty, Va. SEP f/ ~ COMER, JULIA L. 123 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 1933 !erk IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PErITIONER: EXCEPrANT : Comer , Julia L. ORIGINAL CLAIM: Acreage 27- 1R . 20p : Value $1362 & Inc . Damages, None VALUE .1:'LACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER ' S APPRAISERS : TRACT NO . 123 VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $287 . 00 None BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMIS~.LONERS FINDINGS : MAP NUMBER OF TRACT: 123 VALUE OF TRACT : TRACT NO. 123 VALUE INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $260.00 None �The basic differences between Petitioner and this exceptant are as to the classification and value of the land and timber values . 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 ofnthe Board with reference to this case , and not as set forth in exceptant's statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record, and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work ~heet in this case will be furnished if desired o Subscribed to and verified before me this the 8th day of September, 1933 . ~ cvkd~r/ Emma K. Stokes,Notary Public ISi �Re: Julia L. C~omer 13 ac~es Claim :/f 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: J . L. Maiden, being first duly sworn, makes oath that he is fifty- nine years old, that he has lived at Swift Run all his life within one-fourth mile ·of the land of Julia L. Cromer, referred to in the above claim; and that he has lmown the said Julia L. Cromer land all his life; that said Julia L. Cromer land herein referred to is, in his opinion worth at least fifty dollars ($50 . 00) per acre, and that said price in his opi nion is the fair market price thereof; that all of said land is suitable for cultivation; that no fertilizer is required for growing wheat thereon; that there is a young growth of good timber on a part of said land; . that t he whole of said tract is enclosed by a good woven fence; that s a id land is well watered . Given under my hand this first. day of October, 1932 . V This day personally appeared before me ____ pl5'FCf.,.ola Notary Public, in and for the City and State aforesaid, whose term of ~ : A1-01-: I office expi res on t he ~ dey of , 19 36-:_, J . L. Maiden, whose name is signed to the fore going affidavit, and who, bei ng duly sworn makes oath that the statements therein cont a i ned are true . Given under my hand this first day of October , 1932 Notary Public �Re: Julia L. C~omer 13 acres Claim 4J: 123 State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: G. w. Shifflett of Swift Run, Virginia, being dttly sworn, makes oath that he is fifty-three years old, that he has known all his lHe the Julia L. Cromer property referred to in this claim, that he has lived for 40 ......-i...&....- 91¼ said property years, as renter, farming on thirds; that he has lived in and about Swift Run, all his life; that said Julia L. Cromer land herein referred to ig, in his opinion worth at least fifty dollars ($50.00) per acre, and that said price in his opinion is the fair market price thereof; that during the past season he has raised on six: acres of the said land thirty bushels of corn to the acre; that all of said land is suitable for cultivation; that no fertilizer is required for growing wheat thereon; that there is a young growth of good timber on a part of said land; t hat t he whole of said tract is enclosed by a good woven wire f ence; that said land i s well watered. Given under my hand this first day of October, 1932 This day personally appeared before me _______ ----~------PB FQ-ooc/ ' a Notary Public, b and for the City and State afore - said, whose term of office expires on the _ __.,,Ji ..;./_2;z _ _ _ day of ~~ . / 19 3 r , G. w. Shifflett, whose name is signed to the f oregoing affidavit, ~1.d who , being du.ly sworn makes oath that the statements therein contained are true. • Given under my hand this first day of Octobe~, 1932. Notary Public � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context comer-julia-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Comer, Julia L. 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): 123 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Comer https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5fd648eba536f0d4a5a5c1ae118d3dc3.pdf abfebbde1d4d42a2373c0edc98c9ddf0 PDF Text Text Claim of______________________________________________________________________________ _ · · N o. ________, At L aw. Coun t y, v·1rgima, ham c lrin I n the c·1rcm·t Court of __ ::.:to ~___ ---~-----------____ State of Virginia, Petithe of The State Commission on Conservation and Development tioner, vs. _____ -J . H-. 8ome-r----------------------------------------- -------------------- · · Df Rockin&h·m . ___________ e end an t s. .:__ :::______ _______ coun t y, v·irgmia, more or less, ofl and m The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Com:t oL . a·ee k :i:rrr,:-h :ln-:--.-------- Cou?tY, '\:irginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to s'aid petit10n and to said notice. .e.r-------------------------------------------- --------My name is ___ .J .lI......Com l _~~l} __ J.irE.i ri_:i,_<;;!. __________ _____ __ _________ __ 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__?.:-_q,J1._ _________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=----~~Q. _P_l!iJ.._cU ri.e..~------------------- --------------------- · ·· m v·1rgima, Elkt on :;;-, i ve . locat ed a b ou t ____________ . lan d 1s Tlus m1·1es f rom_____________________________ theSt..o.nBJJ1w l l ____ Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) I f:11!1 sole owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ H-enry--Sh-i !:l.-e-tt-------- ----- -------------------------- -- ---------- ---- --South ____ :;:. ul1< _J3...L1 '\Ws.0.11 ________________________________________________ _______ _ Jul i 8 L . CoLo r ______________________________ _ E ast ________________________________________________ ' West __ __ _L.ul...q_3....I.~~11J.So.n.------------------------------ -------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__l~.?_4 ___in the following manner: ___ey__a,_~~_cl_;fJ::.Qm...JJuJ_a _B.....1.?.YLSon,.ti.tle.-f.e.e-s-imp..1e-------------- --------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---500.......00------· 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 $__ p_QQLQQ__ ____ _ I am the owner of____ OO _________ 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 necE!ssary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached h~reto) this_i~~----------day ____9 ,_ e2z2_~ ~ ---.---------of_ ___ F..e..b .---1..9.Zl---, 1 ~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ A_Q.91\.i~f_h~gi__•____ __•___ _, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifie1' that_ __5__r1'--eonra-r~- -- -----"'-- -- ---------• ----------, the above named claimant personally appeared 'Before mm and made oath .that the. matters and things appearing in his above answer .pre true to t:ke best of his knowledge and belief, this __ ...3r d.. ___________ day of_ __J'..eb-.--l.9.31-: :l88cx ..£.i _ ~ -~@--- Clerk -1/{he Cour, or Special nvlgator or Notary Public, or Justice of t e Peace. • �Claim of__ J .:n. Comer ---------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL -i~oukirwh'."im ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conser\ration and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ J . :M. Comer--------------------------------------------------------------- Ten Acres more or less, of land in ___~-0-0-k.:i.ng:ham------------County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __:aQ.Q..}s;l._ne:b.::.3_1;1 __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ____ .J..~ll..-Com.er___________________________________________________ _ My post office address is _____ ...,Swi.ft_..J.un__Yirginia...,_________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL-- .:11-s-:a--:...- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =---~~~;!.]-_~~£1-~~-~QJ_e__ ~.Q~_E~:r:i._~~"9-_S_~_! __________________ _ This land is located abouL-:Fi-¥-e-----miles from ___ fr-3=-k¼n ------------------Virginia, in s t______________ one wctll Mag1s · t errn -· 1 n·1st r1c · t of sa1"d count y. th e___ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel ~ land described above.) ... - -----I - -n.iB--t-Re--s-el-e-&\¥Re'l?--iir-f-e-e--e-iff!p1e--e-f--ti-t-1-e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __~ul.i.a __:_ • .Gn.D.e:c. _______ _______ ___________ ______________________________ ___ GeorPe Shi f lett h Sout--------~ ------------------------------------------------------------------East ______ J:i-r..~~~~hif1&t-t--------------------------------------------------------W est_ ------ -~b-:ttc--.: cnuoi.-- 3-m~r-a:--- rnt--:·u:11-':.l- -..-eor.ue-r- --------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ l 92..8. __ in the following manner: -~y__<!~:-~-!:t:_~~--~-~~~--~!?--~!!~-!~--~~.?:__1._!_i_¥---------------------------------------I clilirrl. that the total value of th1s tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $: _JiQQ_._QQ______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, . and to t h"1s tract or parce1 of 1an d wit . h t h e 1mprovemen . ts t h ereon 1s · $------BOO•---------· OO m I am the owner oL ___ ill)_ _________ a<!tes of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park a~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; d if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). . Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------. -------------------------------- ----------- - - - -...----- ---.- - --- ----------- - -------------, .. ---------- -------- ------ ------- - ----- - - - --- - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attache hereto) this __3rd--------~-day oL __ __.lr~})_:clJ.si._cy _____ , 1930.. 1 931 / - ~--- ~ ~-----------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___Iro-aki"l'I;·'halTI-- ---------, To-wit: '· . The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___J ..H • .D.o.m.e.x.~---·------.----,.: _______________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ .?,_tQ.___________ day oL_):~.P_!_ _____ ]-_~~1-, 1930. 0 -t?~~:. ~/!!___ _ 6J.Trk of the Court, or Spec1 vestigator ~ ~ Notary Public, or Justice e Peace. )33 ~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.&nbsp;</span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Breeden, RA - Dean, RO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context comer-j-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Comer, J. M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.&nbsp;(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Comer