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Title A name given to the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA) Records – Oversized Miscellaneous Materials Subject The topic of the resource Virginia Court Clerks’ Association—History Court clerks—Virginia—Societies and clubs Professional associations—Virginia Minutes (Records) Scrapbooks Photograph albums Newspapers—Virginia—20th century Newspapers—Virginia—21st century Description An account of the resource The Oversized Miscellaneous Materials (Series VCCA006) form part of the Virginia Court Clerks Association Records, a collection spanning 1894–2023 that documents the professional and institutional history of Virginia’s clerks of court. This series contains bound volumes of annual convention minutes (1910–1953; 1954–1961), executive committee minutes (1993–2003), photograph albums, and scrapbooks recording association gatherings such as conventions, banquets, and training events. Full-size newspapers and clippings from 1960, 2005, and 2015 provide contemporary coverage of clerks’ legislative initiatives, organizational milestones, and the public profile of the VCCA. The materials highlight the association’s role in fostering professional development, building collegial networks, and shaping policy within Virginia’s judicial system. Originally collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian, these oversized records were digitized as part of James Madison University’s Histories along the Blue Ridge (HBR) project to ensure long-term preservation and researcher access. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association, VCCA Historian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA); collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910–2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. For additional information, see Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Relation A related resource Part of the Virginia Court Clerks Association Records (1894–2023), Series VCCA006; included in Histories along the Blue Ridge (HBR) project, James Madison University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VCCA, Series VCCA006 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Virginia, United States 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Executive Committee Meetings Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-1995 Subject The topic of the resource Clerks of Court Circuit Courts--Virginia Organizational Materials Meeting Minutes Description An account of the resource Minutes from the November 1993 - June 1995 Executive Committee Meetings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VCCA006_001_007 Agee Allen Almand Andrews Arnold Ball Barry Bell Belsches Benedetti Benenoti Black Blevins Booker Bragg Brown Burnett Byrd Calhoun Capers Cohen Coleman Colgan Cooper Councill Cranwell Crawley Croshaw Darner Davis Delosh Durham Edmonds Eichelberger Eisan Elkins Elliott Foreman Frey Funkhouser Geisen Gibson Gilmore Gray Hall Harper Harrington Hart Hawkins Haymore Haynes Henshaw Holland Horney Howell Johnson Kane Keating King Kucharski LaCivita Laine Lampman Lemond Lenihan Lombard Mabie Manarin Marshall Marye McClure McConnell McDonnell McGraw Miller Montero Palmer Patterson Powell Pritchard Purdy Rakes Reagan Reynolds Roberts Russell Ryan Saslaw Semonian Shook Sinnen Smith Sowards Stafford Suthard Thomas Vass Waddell Walker Ward Warry Williams Worthington Wrenn https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Virginia_Court_Clerks_Association_[VCCA]_Records_Oversized_Miscellaneous_Materials/VCCA006_001_008.pdf 25ae8198f3482877497573c44b830924 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 Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA) Records – Oversized Miscellaneous Materials Subject The topic of the resource Virginia Court Clerks’ Association—History Court clerks—Virginia—Societies and clubs Professional associations—Virginia Minutes (Records) Scrapbooks Photograph albums Newspapers—Virginia—20th century Newspapers—Virginia—21st century Description An account of the resource The Oversized Miscellaneous Materials (Series VCCA006) form part of the Virginia Court Clerks Association Records, a collection spanning 1894–2023 that documents the professional and institutional history of Virginia’s clerks of court. This series contains bound volumes of annual convention minutes (1910–1953; 1954–1961), executive committee minutes (1993–2003), photograph albums, and scrapbooks recording association gatherings such as conventions, banquets, and training events. Full-size newspapers and clippings from 1960, 2005, and 2015 provide contemporary coverage of clerks’ legislative initiatives, organizational milestones, and the public profile of the VCCA. The materials highlight the association’s role in fostering professional development, building collegial networks, and shaping policy within Virginia’s judicial system. Originally collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian, these oversized records were digitized as part of James Madison University’s Histories along the Blue Ridge (HBR) project to ensure long-term preservation and researcher access. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association, VCCA Historian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA); collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910–2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Executive Committee Meetings Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-1999 Subject The topic of the resource Clerks of Court Circuit Courts--Virginia Organizational Materials Meeting Minutes Description An account of the resource Minutes from the October 1995 - August 1999 Executive Committee Meetings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VCCA006_001_008 Agee Allen Arnold Ashworth Axselle Beamer Bell Black Blevins Bonaker Booker Bruce Campbell Coleman Conner Cooper Cosby Crews Crockett Davis Dean Dick Dickenson Durrer Echelberger Felton Foreman Frey Fruit Funkhouser Galloway Gilmore Gray Hall Harper Harrington Harris Hart Haymore Haynes Holland Horney Humphreys Jones Kane Kirk Kucharski Lampman Lookabill Mabie Marshall Massey Matthews McMullan Michie Mims Moore Murden Norman Overton Palmer Parker Patterson Peterson Petty Pritchett Roberts Rollins Rubin Semonian Smith Standly Stone Suthard Teich Travers Waddell Wall Williams Worthington https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Virginia_Court_Clerks_Association_[VCCA]_Records_Oversized_Miscellaneous_Materials/VCCA006_001_009.pdf f9b8b38d3f1ee23ddced7267a88d38ca 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 Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA) Records – Oversized Miscellaneous Materials Subject The topic of the resource Virginia Court Clerks’ Association—History Court clerks—Virginia—Societies and clubs Professional associations—Virginia Minutes (Records) Scrapbooks Photograph albums Newspapers—Virginia—20th century Newspapers—Virginia—21st century Description An account of the resource The Oversized Miscellaneous Materials (Series VCCA006) form part of the Virginia Court Clerks Association Records, a collection spanning 1894–2023 that documents the professional and institutional history of Virginia’s clerks of court. This series contains bound volumes of annual convention minutes (1910–1953; 1954–1961), executive committee minutes (1993–2003), photograph albums, and scrapbooks recording association gatherings such as conventions, banquets, and training events. Full-size newspapers and clippings from 1960, 2005, and 2015 provide contemporary coverage of clerks’ legislative initiatives, organizational milestones, and the public profile of the VCCA. The materials highlight the association’s role in fostering professional development, building collegial networks, and shaping policy within Virginia’s judicial system. Originally collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian, these oversized records were digitized as part of James Madison University’s Histories along the Blue Ridge (HBR) project to ensure long-term preservation and researcher access. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association, VCCA Historian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA); collected and maintained by the VCCA Historian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910–2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. For additional information, see Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Relation A related resource Part of the Virginia Court Clerks Association Records (1894–2023), Series VCCA006; included in Histories along the Blue Ridge (HBR) project, James Madison University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VCCA, Series VCCA006 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Virginia, United States 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Executive Committee Meetings Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-2003 Subject The topic of the resource Clerks of Court Circuit Courts--Virginia Organizational Materials Meeting Minutes Description An account of the resource Minutes from the September 1999 - Feb 2003 Executive Committee Meetings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Court Clerks Association Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gideon Schwendeman Alex Click 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. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context VCCA006_001_009 Agee Akers Albert Anderson Ashworth Baldwin Ball Barb Bell Blevins Bohnaker Bowen Brown Bruce Carpenter Clayton Clemens Clothier Coleman Compton Conner Cooper Cosby Crane Crush Curtis Davidson Davis de Socio Dean Delosh Dicks, Chip Dodson Drew Edmonds Foreman Frey Fruit Gasperini Gentry Gibson Hall Harand Hargrove Harper Harrell Harrington Harris Hart Haymore Haynes Helmstutler Honeycutt Hopkins Horney Huff Jenkins Johnson Jones Kane King Kirk Laine Lampman Langhorne Lisk Lookabill Mabie Marshall Matthews Mays McDonald McGraw Metzger Mitchell Mittendorf Moncure Moore Murden Overton Peace Penley Pritchett Roberts Rollins Semonian Smith Smythers Spengler Stanley Stewart Tart Taylor Thomas Timmons Warner Wilder Williams Wilson Woolridge Worthington Wrenn https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fenton-sisk-tract-23.pdf 782521bc3a9d53811c2986567a740add 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Fenton, Sisk Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 23</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 101)</li> <li>Tax Records</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 23 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fenton-Sisk-tract-23 Fenton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/2858d5aa6c1cdb5d464091b217a36d6f.pdf 48d6764721f3555ad11ffa55ac627c92 PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #168 ~ Fern Hill u. B. Church Number of Acres: Lot . Location: Swift Run Gap . Eight miles over Spotswood Trail To Elkton . Roads: Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: Church Lot . Church 30x40', frame, cement foundation, porch 6x6', l½ story, paper roof, 1 room , ceiled, built 10 years agu . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals : _____________ Value of Land: $ 100 . 00 $ 1100 . 0 0 Value of Improvements: ..,,.... Value of Orchard: $ $1200 • 00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. i¾. ~ 'cLERK. (5 �/_ Coun y: District: ,,lo -."'.>c ·1 a StonewLll • Church. ~-sses ed: lot d: ion: •t , S 1 t rnc od: :n.mto r ol l,ms or las,: .,.one knon . - ~Soi l: i ght r l ov r · t tract story, _p 1 er r or, , 1000.uO 1 oludl or lane c,;...mrnt i, l room 1 \.:lhU oh <J O ' t1nd·t1on. orch 6xO •, 1 ... 11 d, built lO yr nrs ;o tor lot . X ty , ,s: j or . e or lkto . Church lot . Churob 3 x40' , frl a l.to ~,11 to 100d Vl e ;eor aor, 0 ot 1 v le improve· ents 1000. 00 ot l v l trot 100 lue .oo 72 �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 ..(\.tkins 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. __rg_a ______ : . Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report 0£ the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. __ J_~s_3____ $_~?_QQ____ ; 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 o,r in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Fern Hi,11 Uni te,rethern Church in Christ I 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:- - Fee Simple That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __I .6_8 ______ $_L2D_Q___ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver ( s) that: (Leave this space blank vnless there is some other pertinent ~tter to be brought sRecialb J;o the attentio~ of the com·t) 11 'l'hi~. propdertv l).as Ot'?e n 11 . UbS'?d cont inuous~y since 1~s r ounu1ng as a uouse 01 florsn1p an 1t 1s s 1 e1ng so used . The congregation hopes to continue to use it in the same manner if permitted by the Government to do so . NAME y f - ~--~-~-------___ /a__; ~fl-1___(!__~-------,;;:,_a..,_,_~---------------See verification of the other side . 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 printeci merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. 8 �State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg , to - wit: a# ~ This day personally appeared before me J . ILHaney , Trustees of the Ferr-ii ':.H i~rD United Brethern Church and in Christ and made oath that the state~ents contained in the afore said petition so far as made on their own informa tion are true and so far as maje on the information of others they believe it to be 1934. true . Given under my hand this /..Z.,. day of ,k'l.___'Y - - _..._.~ : ! ) " ~ ~ - - - Notary Public . ~~·f:. Y ~ h "'°//.$:rl of Virginia , State City of Harrisonburg , to- wit: This day personally appeared before me J . A. Baney a trustee of the Fern Hill -ii.-nited Berthern Church in Christ and made oath tat the statements contained in the aforesaid petition so far as made on bis·own information are true and so far as made on the information of others be believes it to be true . Gi ven under my .day of June , 1934. My commission expires the hand t 'l is 0 193{. t:6" day ;.3&. oh -~ otary -1 . .c ubli c. �;f;£!.. In the Circuit Court of Rol.,::i1'}c;ha1:1 County , Vir~inia . State ~ommission on vonservation e~d -:evolop:.:er:t of' tne St8. te of Vir.:::_inia , v• At Law ~· o • I 8 2 9 • C2.ssal-&a Lav.son . t!::ins , et o.ls . C. F . Collins , J . K. Haney , and J . L.• ::aney , '~'rustees of the Fern I~ill United .:retha1E n Church in vhrist , "laving presented t~rnir petition , by counsel , in the above oentioned .9ro::00dinss , asking leave to .ile the same, leave is hereby granted them to do so , and the sc~e is accordin[ly filed . And it bein[s maue to appear to the c ourt t:iat t 11ero seems to be a reversior.ary clause in the deed to tric aforesaid Feion Lill Church property , it is ~ereby ordered that proiess issue a[ainst J . J . 3easley , ...:.lsie elle ::::auzher , G. v. :2au:__,her , o.nc1 L . lJ . Shifflett , the srantors in said deed e.nd J.1 . 'I . Wyant , a grantee of the st.id - . :· . s:.ifflett, ~~ (&; ~ , 0 ry ' �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUN'.I.1Y, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als Upon petition of the Trustees of Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ, filed in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, in the above entitled case, being designated as No. 1829, and the Court's order filing said petition, re~uired process issue against H. W. wv'yant and others, returnable to rules; comes now the undersigned H. W. ,lyant and answers the petition aforesaid and also asks that this answer be treated as a petition, and says: That the title papers in this case show that the undersigned by virtue of deed from 1. N. Shifflett, is the owner of the greater part of the tract or parcel of land upon which the Fern Hill Church is built, by virtue of the reversionary clause in deed from L. N. Shifflett to the Trustees of the Fern Hill Church of date August 23, 1918, and by deed f rom L. N. Snifflett to the undersigned of date September 25, 1931, in which said deeds t.he undersigned's rights are mare specifically described as follows: "That in the event the said United Brethren in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then the title shall revert back to the owners of the original tract". That while your respondent does not and will not contend. that the proceeds from the aforesaid tract No . 168, should come to him or be his property and estate, so long as the proceeds from said Fern Hi ll Church property can and will be used for church purposes in or near the community of Fern Hill, outside of the Park lines, and for the benefit of its members, in erecting a new church at some other· location along the Spottswood Trail, just outside of the Park lines. The undersigned further represents unto the Court that the United Brethren Church at Swift Run, is just within the Park f:.,1 �2. area, about two miles from Fern Hill Church, and that the award from the two Church properties could and should be invested in church property in the vicinity of Swift Run . That the undersigned is of the opinion that when the Fern Hill Church property was condemned in the above entitled suit , that it was not a voluntary abandonment of the property, as contemplated by the reversionary clause hereinbefore quoted, that would entitle the undersigned to the award, so long as the Uourt directs a re-investment of the proceeds from Tract No . 168 for church purposes in as close proximity to Fern Hill Church as possible . Your respondent and petitioner here most earnestly represents unto the Court that the reversionary clause , hereinbefore referred to , does place the award in the undersigned, if and when the Trustees and members of the Fern Hill United Brethren Church in Crist ask this Honorable Court, to allow the s 2id award to be invested for "church or parsonage purposes in the Virginia Conferencen , as shown by other than in the vicinity of the Fern Hill section ~ the petition filed herein . That the Virginia Conference embraces the State of Virginia , part of West Virginia and part of Maryland and the undersigned ' s predecessors in title, who were mountain people and communicants of Fern Hill Church , desired to have a place of worship in their midst , and therefore, the land was donated to the Church with the reversionary clause aforesaid . The undersigned represents that by deed dated the 26th day of May, 1906, J . H. Haney and others conveyed to L. N. Shifflett the aforesaid tract of land described in these proceedings as Tract No . 168 . A copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked "Exhibit Deed No . One" and is prayed to be read as a part hereof . The undersigned further represents that subsequently , by deed dated the 23rd day of August, 1918, said L. N. Shifflett , J . J . �3. Beasley, Elsie Bell Baugher and G. w. Baugher, her husband, conveyed the aforesaid tract, designated herein as No . 168, to James A. Haney, Chas. F. Gollier . and J . K. Haney , Trustees for the United Brethren in Christ in Virginia, nto have and to hold in trust as church property for the sole and special benefit of the United Brethren in Christ, said pro perty to remain the property of said United Brethren in Christ as long as they use it for a place of public worship and never to be sold if said United Brethren in Christ ever cease to use it as a place of public worship then the title shall revert back to the owners of the orieinal tractn. copy of said deed , makred 11 A Exhibit Deed No. Two", is filed herewith and is prayed to be read as a part hereof . The undersigned alleges that the said J . J . Beasley , Elsie Bell Baugher and G. w. Baugher, her husband, own no interest in said lands, the fee simple title to which had been conveyed to L. N. Shifflett by deed of May 26th, 1906, afo1·esaid', but united in the deed to said Church Trustees for the purpose of releasing or conveying any interest they may have had in a right of way over said parcel of land . The undersigned further represents that by deed dated the 25th day of September, 1931, L. N. Shifflett conveyed to the undersigned , H. 1/ . 1/yant, a certain parcel of land. contiguous to the aforesaid tract No . 168 , and in said deed also conveyed to him all rights reserved by the said Shifflett in the deed of August 23rd, 1918, to said Church Trustees , and which rights are more specifically described as follows: nThat in the event the said United Brethren in Christ cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship, then the title shall revert back to the owners of the original tractn . That by the terms of said deed , the undersigned. became v~sted with the reversion in said Tract No . 168 , when and if the Trustees 1,'f �4. and congregat ion of Fern Hill .Church of the United Brethren in Christ fail or refuse to ask this Honorable Court for an order directing the investmen t of this award for church purposes in the Blue Ridge Mountains near as convenien tly can be to the Fern Hill community , outside of and adjacent to the National Park· area . A copy of said deed is filed herewith marked "Exhibit Deed No . Threen and is asked to be read as a part hereof . That there has heretofore been paid into the custody of the Court the sum of $1200 . 00, the amount of money set out in said judgment as constituti ng the award for the fee simple estate of said tract of land, the title thereto becoming vested in the State and, therefore , any rights of the Trustees for the Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ to use said property as a place of public worship have ceased, unless the said Trustees re-invest the proceeds from said. property under the orders of this Gour t in property to be used. for church purposes as aforesaid . And upon failure to use or cause to be invested as aforesaid , the proceeds arising from the said condemnat ion, to- wit : $1200 . 00, then and in that event,the said amount belongs to the undersign ed , who alone is entitled to said proceeds arising from said condemnat ion , and the undersign ed therefore prays that said award be paid to him . State of Virginia, County of Rockingham , to- wit: I, ~~ - ~,vi/' , a Notary Public in ana. for the County aforesaid , in the State of Virg inia , do certify that H. W. vVyant personally appeared before me in my County aforesaid and made oath that the stat ements of fact con tained in the foregoing answer, made upon his own knowledge are true , and those made upon �5. infonnation derived from others he believes to be true . Given under my hand this 0 -d day of November, 1934 . 11 �THIS DEED made this 26th of May , 1906, between John K. Haney end Lula Haney , of the County of Rockingham , and James A . Haney and Rhoda Haney his wife of the County of Greene, all of the .::>tate of Virginia, parties of the first part and L. IJ. dhiflett of the County of Rockingham and dtate aforesaid party of the 3eco nd part. ~ I T NE S S E T H : That for and in consideration of ten dollars in hand paid to the said parties of the first part by the said L. lL dhifflett pc,rty of the second part , the receipt whereof they do hereby ! acknowledge they the said parties of the first part have bargained sold and conveyed and do now by these presents bargain sell and convey unto him the said L. N. dhiflett all that certain lot or tract of land situate between the old road and the Rockingham turn II Pi~:e in the County of lxreene on top of the Blue ridge mountain and bounded as follans , to 1,,vit : Beginning at a 1/hite 'alnut on the Jou th .:3 ide of the Rockingham turn Pike and on the Horth ~ ide of the Old road corner to J. o. Beaz le;y- v, i th his lire in said old road d 45 E 12 poles thence 3 71 1/2 E 16 poles j 3 87 E 7 poles to ......... 47 1/2 E 25 poles a stake a rock to be planted in said old road thence a new line N 10 W 8 poles to the center of the Rockingham turn Pike thence with said road N 58 W 31 poles r 62 W 24 poles to the old line and with old line 3 13 E 1 1/2 poles to the beginning containing One and three fourths acres (1 3/4) and the parties of lithe first part warrant generally the title to the pro!)Elrty hereby this deed conveyed Witness the following signatures and seals . the daJl and date first above written. - '- John K. Haney (:3eal) Lula ;~. Haney his James .x Haney mark Rhoda Haney (3eal) (.Seal) ( 3eal) 12. �. -------:.--_;:..;.-----'-- - - - - - - ---=--""----------------- - - ~-~T-1 Virginia, Greene County , to wit: I ,D C.:Deane a Notary Public in the County and dtate aforesaid certify tbat John K. Haney Lula Haney his wife Jas A. Haney and rthoda Haney his wife whose names are signed to the foregoing Deed bearing aate the 26 of I.Tay ID6 have each acknowledged the 3ame before me in my County and State aforesaid Given under my hand this the 26th of L.ay 1906 D.C. Deane , N. P . Uy term expires 11 of Dec 1907 Virginia: In the Clerk's Office Greene County Circuit Court. 3rd day Nov 1913. this deed was :presented and together with the certifi- cate annexed admitted to record. Teste. B. I Bickers Clerk. Virginia: barn County In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of RockingThe foregoing deed of Bargain & .-3ale was this day presented in the office aforesaid and is together with the certificate of a.c'v.:nowledgment annexed , admitted to record this 25 day of September 1931, 4:25 p.m. Teste : J. Robert Switzer , Clerk. 73 �' 19/342 \ ~ \ l t \; • (.,.'II.. ,,,., ~ · THIS DEED made this 23rd day of August 1918, between J. J. Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher and G. W. Baugher her husband and L. N. Shifflett of the County of Rockingham and State of Virginia, parties of tae first part and James A. Haney Charlie F. Collier an.d J. K. Haney Trustees for the United Brethren in Christ of Virginia, of the second part, WI T N E S S E T H : That in consideration of the love they have for the cause of Christ and in the further consideration of one dollar oash in hand paid to the said parties of the first part, by the said parties of the second part, Dhe receipt whereof they do hereby acknolwedged they the said parties of the first part, have bargained, sold and conveyed and do now by these presents, grant and convey with general warranty of title unto them the said James A. Haney, Charlie F. Collier and John K. Haney, Trustees as aforesaid and their sucessors in office, all that certain lot or parcel of land situated lying being in the county of Rockingham on the Southside of the Swift Run Road near the County line and a part of the two tracts of land they now own and bounded as follows: - Beginning at (I) on a plat a point in the junction of the Mountain road with the old road S ..... ..... 80 W 2 l/2 poles from the County line tree a large Chestnut, thence with old line S 80 W 15 poles to (2) on plat on rock to be planted, thence a new line N 69 1/2 W 2 3/4 poles to (3) on plat a rook to be planted, thence N 41 E 8 2/5 poles, to the old road the line between the Beazley tract and L. N. Shiflett, tract of land, thente same course on Shiflett's land 6 poles to (4) on plat the middle of the Pike thence with said road S 9 E 10 1/4 poles to (5) on plat a point in said road on the West side of the junction of the Mountain road with the pike, thence along the West side of the Mountain road S 25 W 3 3/5 poles to the beginning, containing one and thirty five hundredths (1.35) acreij, To have and to hold in trust as Church Property for the sole and special benefit of the �2. United Brethren in Christ, said property to remain the property of said United Brethren in Christ as long as they use it for a place of public worship and never to be sold if said United ~r ethren in Christ ever cease to use it as a place of public worship then the title shall revert ba ck to the owners of the orig inal tract, Witness the following signatures and seals this the day and date first above written. J. J. Beazley (Seal) Elsie B. Baugher ( Sea 1) w. Baugher ( Seal ) L. N. Shiflett (Seal) Gid Virginia, Greene County To-Wit: ri D. a. Deane A Notary Public for the County of Greene in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that J. J. Beazley, G. W. Baugher, Elsie Belle Baugher and L. N. Shiflett whose names are signed to the foregoing writing hereto annexed, bearing date the 23rd day of August 1918, personally appeared before me in My County aforesaid and acknowledged the same. Given under my hand this the 24th day of August 1918. My Commission expires on the 28th day November 1920. D. c. Deane N. P. 75 �150 -COPY THIS DE8D, mado this 25 327 day of September, 1931, by and bet een 1. N. ~nifflf3tt, party Oi. the first part, and Horbert w. yant, party of the second p. rt, all ofRockingham County, Virginia, I TN Z S 3 E TH : That for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars { 10.00) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part, the :receipt whereof is hereby ac mowledged , togotner with other [;;Ood and vo.luable consideration, he the said party of the first part has bargained, sold and conveyed and. by these 1>reso.ats doth bart;;ain , oell, grant and convey u.nto said erbert • .ryant all that certain lot or raot of land, together tith 1 provements thereon oitunte on the south side of the Spotts- wood 'j:rail, on top of the Blud •i-i.clgc Mountain in Rockingham Cou..1ty, VL... ·inia , and bounded as follows, to ... wit: Beginning at an iron pin in an old roadway, ,Irs . Elsie .13augher ' s corner and in a line of the lt"'ern IIill Church lot; thence, with a line of th~ ohurch lot. n 41 3/4 " 5 .04 poles, to an iron pin in the south line of the Spotts ood Trail; thanoc, with the sout :i side of t~1e Spottswood Trail, U 45 1/4 1 2.8 polos, to au iron pin on the south side of - said Trail ancl in th"3 middle of the old toekin,glU: m anJ. s·t.1 nardo- ville -'-il.1'np1,rn, said cornor being in Joh.."'1 llaney'.3 lil10; t:1cnoe, with the middle of the old pike. with Haney's line f 64 ~/4 l 9.24 poles , to an iron pin in the middle of tile old pike . llan ..,y 's ~orner and in Mrs . ~lsie Baugher 's line; the:aee, 1th her lines, S 6 1/2 i' l .5 poles, to a stake on the north side of' an old ro· dvmy, whi to walnut culled for; thence, with the old roadway , S 40 10.6 poles, to the be 5 inning, containing .24 of an nor, anl being the residue of a tract or paro l of land containing l 3/4 acres, oonveyod to the said party of the first part by deed dated"' {ay 26, 1906, from John K. J'- Han y and others, which deed is duly recorded in the Clsrk's Office ----- of Greene County in Deed Book No . 17, at page 192, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed Book No . ~...;;..;:-- 71.. �, leso, hov:ever, tr at or parcel of land conveyed --the said L. N. Shifflett to James A,,, Haney and others , Trustees at paee b;t ~ of United Brethren in Ch1·ist of Virg:!.nie, which doed is d.ated Au.gust 23, 1~18, record din the Lllork ' s Office of Greene Co~nty in D~ed Book No. 19, at p~ge 342~ and less another tract or purcol of land con oyed 1Jy the sai m:.. icy Rhoda L. rr . Shiff lett to J . A. Haney l!nd by deed dated Jan · ry 20, 1926, which dee d ii? duly of record. in tho 0lork 1 u Off ice of Green., County in Deed Book No . 20 , at page ;,Q.cl, uni less a _;_ rthe1· s trip of land conveyed by said L. N. Shifflet tothe Co~--ionwealth of Vix-ginia , by deed dated otober 20, 1930, whitJh doed. is likewiso recorded in th Oi'fic of Greene Cow1ty in Deud J3ook No ,,, 22 1 at page 31 . pai•·l.;y of tile ire ·;; part ().oth fm•1;her grant antl convey ClerJ~ ' s Tho uaid :ito the 1>ar·ty of the sec on~ part any ancl ull right rt rosorved to him in th doed dated . u 5-uut 23, l<j:l8 • rttro,n J. J . Boas7.ey, L . N. ~hifflett and. othcr:.--s to Jarnen • ifaney an< oth0rs. 1:ruuteos of Uniteu. Brothre11 in Christ o:_ V.i.rgi .d.a, · ora spooifically Q1soribod as followu: That in the oven1; the stdd United Brethren in Christ coase to use tho proyo:i...t 3· nonveyud as tt ')lace of public · ors hip , 1 the:t the title oha 11 :... evort buck to the owm.,1·s c,1 ti1u 01°i • 1 na.l Lrao r; . the ~ho cc..icl p at·ty of tho f i :-.... rJt pRru doth further grant unto arty o the second part, his hoiro and assigns. the risht to u:JO any :p::!rt of t!1e overplun or oxoess water, neoousary for tho urn of said land flowing from the spring on tho .Polly S~.ifflc·tt land and from the spril'l{; on the .. • J . ShL'fle tt land, t t10 grant or ros,_,rvir1t:; to himself. hia heirs and a1.foigns. tb.o ri(;ht to use all water necessa ·y for himself, hie faL'lily aid their livestock from the t o sprin5 s hereinb fore doccribed. The said part;,r of the first pa1•t doth further grant unto the party of th the riciht to lay am second part maintain a pipe line for convoying the water neceosary for the ooi d land from the overpluo or SU.l'p l us from oaid springs to the f'illing station and buildings on the tract or 77 �·- --~ I I I pure el of land hure inbefor., desu1·i bed, with the right of ingrecs and Of;reso J.Or the purpose of layin0 said. pipe line and repairing same . I ntnesn t .. e follovrin~ siunature end seal: I L. N. A:da Rir.u:er witneus his x mark Shiffl~tt P~ea.1) : State of Virgln~a. COl.l._l'lty of Uocki11t;h m, to .. wit: I, fialph Ii . Bao.er, o !Iota l'Y Public in and for the CoW1ty ui'o::.."ctmid., in the State of V;;.r~inia, do oertify that L. Utt Shiff l ett whone 11ar.1e io signcc.. to tho foro t:oin · writing, bearing date on the 25th d'.l'' of Dcp , nber, 1931, has this day p orDonally a.pp eared befor mo in r.w s'"'iU Coun-';y and ~c~mowlcde;e.d the same . ' '1,y ooruH,ission nrc , 1932 . e~::pir ,,3 the 27th rtr~y of C-1 vcn under m:i· he.mt th.is 2!.Jth duy oi' 3optcmber, 19;11 . ~::alph H.. Bader, !f otc.ry Pub lio VIRCHNI.A: In the Olcrk'c Office of the Circu· t Court of Rockirie;ham County . The fc:re _.oi.n~ <lccd o:f ...,f:..RGAIN the office o.forconid, and :f.fl, lTD SJLLE was t h::.s de.y presented in together with the certificate of acknowlen. m~nt n tmflY.e<l. adm:.ttecl to record this 25th day of 3eptembor, 1931, 4:30 P . M. Ter:te: .r. Robert Swit~er, Cwr·· I 7t �er state Jornmission on 0onserv~tion and Development of the Stat of Virginia l vs . Petition of H. W. ·a yan Cassandra Lawson Atkins,&< UPON PETITION OF TRUSTEES OP 1' ERN HILL CHURCH 1 I HERBERT W. WYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATI ONAL BANK BU I LDIN G ... • • �In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY-GREETING: You are hereby commanded to summon h: r, . ... • J . J.L • 0 J. y nt, .. J • to appear at the Clerk 1s Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the Monday in h r c. tit1on .. o r, 19 , to a n s w e r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ F. Collin~, J. K, Haney, and J.A Han y, Truwtc F rn Hill Church of the United rethren in C 1 t, .filed in th, roce of he l'.'lndemn tion of ot te Comm1sw1on on Cons rv tion and Dov lo mvn of the St te of ding Vir in1 v. Ca dr Lawson Atkin, et ls., etc. And you are hereby required to notify the said dejendants that unless they shall answer the said' JJ;/J:. .:i/JJin the time prescribed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And this J/f&.shall in no wise omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this lVrit. JVitnm, and in the I J. "\ Robert Switzer, Clerk of our said Cou"t, at the Court House, the . · t lday of · · .1- ' . ... ... 1Hl: SEUIC£ PJIE. SS- 9 6 2 J. year of the Commom.vealth. October , l93A , �In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY-GREETING: You are hereby commanded to summon J. J. Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher, G. W. Bau- gher, L. N. Shifflett, and H. W. Wyant, i-' • to appea,· at the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the first Monday in November, 19 34 , to answer:r«:iit'.tirl (111ztt1gin1li2#M;wpi1«:ici21# i}c the petition of C. F. Collins, J. K. Haney, and J.A. Haney, Trustees of the Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ, filed in the condemnation proceeding of State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als., etc • • And you are hereby required to notify the said defendants that unless they shall answer the saYJm1iJ:hin the time prescribed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And thuW sh~ll in no wm omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ. Witness, and ;. the 1Uf ~EH JC£ J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of our said Cou ..t, at the Court House, tha..8thday of 159th October, ,1934 , yea, of the C o m m o n w e a l t h . ~ ~·. ..........., Cl,ek. PJl.EB-962 &\ �In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHA M COUNTY-G REETING: You are hereby commanded to summon J. J. Beasley, Elsie Belle Baugher, G. W. Bau- gher, L. N. Shifflett , and H. W. Wyant, ; ,.. 'ti • '1 1.-1 • .v T' .J "I "',l .J C > ... h!:I:. :!) ,...... (T () L .. ~-; . ll _, tt i- ' ... , . ) :, t: ti 0'•'-1 ) • i • -1 .., C: I::; -~ -:-i : > Ci.i ro 1· , O' ..; ') lj~ ., \ .~ •h .., v <-f' . '1') .. i t ) ..... • \) ·\ to appear at the Clerk's Office of · the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House, on the first Monday in November, 19 34 , to answerYilXJ§ ilt'u.i·o;:i0JK 1,~2!JdrihJW ~gf)~ffi~~ the petition of C. F. Collins, J. K. Haney, and J.A. Haney, Trustees of the Fern Hill Church of the United Brethren in Christ, filed in the condemnat ion proceeding of State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als., etc • . - - petition And you are hereby required to notify the said dejendants that unless they shall answer the said iJiii. within the time prescrrbed by law, the Court will take the same for confessed, and decree accordingly. And thu ~ shall in no wise omit under the penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ. J. Robert 159th lVitneJs, and in the TUE UJlVJCt: PRUS- 962 Switzer, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House, th.il.8thday of year of the Common-wealth. 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Shiflett of the county of Rocking.ham and State of Virginia, parties of the first part, and .Haney, Charlie F.Collier and J.Y.Haney, Trustees for the United CF~ 1-t- ·~:, Brethern in Christ of Vir~inia, of the second part. James t.hat in consideration of the love they have for the cause of Christ and in the further consideration of one dollar cash in hand paid to the said parties of the first part, by the said parties of the second part, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledged they the said parties of the first part, have 1:x.trgained, sold and conveyed and do now by these presents, gr~nt and convey with general warranty of title unto them the said James A. Haney, Charlie F.Collier and J:"ohn K.funey 'l'rustees as aforesaid and their successors in o-f'fice, all that certain lot or parcel of land situated lying bein:;i; in the county of Rockingham on the Southside of the wift Run Road near the county line and a part of the two tracts of land they now own and boundred as follows;- Be inning at tl) on plat a point in the junction of the mountain road with the old road 3.80 1. 2½ poles from the county line tree a large chestnut, thence with old road line S.80 Y. 15 poles to l2) om plat a rock to be planted, thence a new line N. 69½ W. 2¾ poles to (3) on plat a rock to be planted, thence N. 41 E. 8-2/5 poles to the old road the line between the Beasley Tract and L.N.Shiflett, tract of land thence same course on ~hiflett's land 6 poles to l4) on plat and middle of the Pike thence with said road S.9 ~.10¼ poles to l5) on plat a point in said road on the Jest eide of the junction of the mountain road with the pike thence alon~ the west side of the mountain road S.25 W.3-3/5 poles to the bee;inning, containing one a1c.. thirty fivt: ht.1nd_edth ' l.ZiJ) .. cr es, 1 0 have 1 nd to hold in trust as Church property for the sole and special benefit of the United Brethem in Christ, said property to remain the property of said united Brethern in Christ as long as they use it for a place of public worship and never to be sold is said United Brethern in Christ ever cease to use it as a place of public worship then the title shall revert back to the owners of the oririnal tract. litnesc.- the followin:-i; signatures and seals this the day and date first above written. ��31 J I I I f( i,,Uku:1 -r- I .j--0. Tax $ _________2S...__ f • $ / ft Tran"°er $ 2>- Ttttl $----~-- ™;M~ Clerk fteckin~hae C,nt Y, Vt. I . Harrisonburg, Va.~ o ~ .2 Recorded in CR>: o q c\.. .S ;' ~C. Ml -ri\j -,~k ~. Ne,~~ p 1~ Book . �This deed made this 23rd day of August I9I8,between J.J.Bra ley,El ..... Bell B. 1 -h e r e L.N.Shiflett of the 6o unty nd G • • E0 11;,,her her husband and of Rockingham and State of Virginia,9arties of the first part and Jame s A. Haney Charlie F.Collier and J.K.Ha.ney Tru~tees for the United 'Brethern in Christ of Virginia,of the second part, S:E'TH:_ thHt in S I considera tion of the love they b::'ve for the cause of Christ and in the further consideration of one dollar cash in hand pr>i o the said parties of the first pa.rt,by the said parties of the second part,the receipt whereof ' they do hereby acknowledged they the said parties of the first p-rt,heve gargained,sold and conveyed and do now by these present ,gr ht nd convey with general warranty of title unto them the said James A.Haney,Ch~~lie F.Collier and John K.Haney, ru te s as ~fores id and their sucessors in office,~11 that certa in lot or p~r el of land situated lying being in the county of Rockingh line -nd P 0 M on the Southside of the Swift Run Ro d near the Cour part of the to tracts of land they now own and bounded as Mount jn f 11.ows;_ Beginning at (I) on e plat a point in th~ junctio1)6f th road with the old ro· d S 80 ·~.2½ poles from the County line Chestnut,thence it~ old line So80 W.I5 pole ee a large to (2) on plat a ro• ck to be pl•:inted, thence a new line N 69½ W.2¾ poles to (3) on plat a rock to be the .8 ?/5 uoles,to the old road the line betwee planted,thence N.4I ..;., Beazley Tr~ct ann L.N.Shiflett,tract of land,thehce same co·rse on Shiflett's land 6 pols to (4) on ult the middle of the Pike thence with said road S 9 .1oi o es to (5 on ulnt ~ noint in 9aid road on tle West ide of the along the We t side ~junction of the Mounta in ro·- d with the pike, thence of the Mountain road S ~5 W.3 3/5 poles to the beginning,con : ining one ( T. 5 nd thirty five hw1d /iL, ~ acres, T h<1v < nd h ld in tr 1st a Church Property for 1 sole and special benefit of the United Brethern in Christ, ~~id property to reln~in the property of said United Brethern in Christ sold if 1 ng as they use it for place of public worship and nPver to be said United Bret•1ern in Christ ever cease to use it as ~l~ cf' of ~ publ c worshi~ then the le shal Tevert back to the o ·mers f th 0 o i ,inal tr· ct, Witness the following sign tures and sea.ls thi3 th<J day and date first above written. J .J .Beazl_e,L_ __ _(Seal) �Elsie B .~augher (S~al) fil W.Ba ugheJ:__ _ J.§.e9:l L.N .Shifl:_e_t_l___ . (Seal) Virginia, Greene County To_ it; I, D.C.Deane A Notary Public for the County of Greene i in the State of Virginia,hereby certify that J.J.Beazley,G.W.Baugher,Elsie ~ Belle Baugher and L.N. hiflett whose na.t"les are signed to the for Poing 0 writing here toannexed,bearing date the 23rd day of August I9I8,personally ap pe red before me in My County riforesaid and acknoV1ledged the rune • Given under my hane this the 24th d~y of August I9I8o My Commission expires on the 28th November !920. _ VtRGINIA:- )/ .a.Deane N.P. ~ - ----------- In t~e Clerk~s Office, Greene County Circuit Court,.~ Q__day of 'fi1.~ 19a..J ., this deed, was this day filed in the office aforesaid and the certificate annexed admitted to record. ' Ji;; 57 �At a special meeting of the congregation of the Fern Hill United Brethern Church in Christ, held on the // day of 1935, at 7 9,-,,vl,-, o ' clock at the Church House on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain, east of Swift Run, Rockingham County, Virginia; which special meetin[ was du ly called for the aforesaid time and place at a re01lar meeting of the said congregation held at the said Church Eouse, for the purpose of passing up on the disposition to be ~ade of the $ 1200 . 00 fund to be received from the State of Virginia for the condemnation of the Church property for Park purposes, at which special meeting the con 6 regation was fully informed respecting t h e actions taken by t h e Trustees of the Church, by duly verified petition to the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, to obtain the said fund for the use of t he Fern Hill Church; and respecting the petition of the same trustees and twenty - nine members of the said Church congregation( the total membership of the Fern Hill United Brethern congregation , over the age of twenty - one being only lo)which petition requested the said Court to order the said fund paid to the Treasurer of the Vir g inia Conference Church Extention Society , Inc ., a Virginia Corporation , for the benifit of the said Fern Hill Church, and as otherwise set fcrth below: Pow tlrierefore be it resolved this /I day of '7:"'r .A---'J,-/ ' 1935 , aL this said special meeting calle r! for the purpose that we approve of the actions of our Trustees and the me1nbers of our congregation as afore said; And be it further resolved that we petition the Circuit Court of the County of Rockingham , Virginia, that it order the payment oft the said fund of $ 1 200 . 00 to the Treasurer of the Trustees of ' Virginia Conference Church Extention Society of t~e Unite: Brethern in Christ , a Virginia corporation , as follows: First, that the said fund b e held in trust by the said Corporation , th~i ncome frorri which shall be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation so long as it exists; Second , that should the existance of the congregation S"J �and the Church , as such , be destroyed by the sovereign a~t of the State of Vir 0 inia or of the United States of America , then the said fund shall be used for the P--,rpose of building a new Church at some location agreeable to the so.id Fern Hill ~ ngregation , providine; a sufficient mumber of them locate in a central commur:i ty to justify it , or providing they can agree on some other local Churc to receive either the principal or tl1e income therefrom ; Third , that if both of the above provisions fail then the said fund shall be used for the purpose of building a new Church at some other location agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congrecation or fot the relocation , renair , or maintenance of some other United Brethern Church agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congregation ; Fourth , but if any of the above provisions fail then the said fund , or the income therfrom , shall be used for the erection, repair, or mairenance of a United Brethern Church in the eastern part of Rockingham County , in or near the Swift Hun community . ~~~ _;(~~- __c._, _~./--~ Secretary. r· -~ - - - - ' Pastor -Z£_Q. - - - - - , Virginia Conference Superintendent . bo �In the Circuit Court of Rockineham County , Virginia . In the r:a t ter cf the Fern Hill Unite d Brethern Church . Memorandium for Church . Condition Subsequent - Condemnation - No Forfeiture . The Virginia Court has hei1.d that where t h e perfo11rnance of a condition subsequent , as in this case, becomes impossible (such as the intervention of a sovereign power by condemnation proceeding , for example) then the original grant becomes absolute and the estate is not forfeited . To effect a forfeiture the abandonment must be voluntary . The possibility of a voluntar~ abandorunent, and resulting forfeiture in the case at bar has become impossible by the sovereign act of the State of Virginia . Under these circumstances the fee has become absolute and any contingent forfeiture has been cut off f or ever rofar as the church is concerned . The court said in the case of Burdis v . Burdis, 96 Va . 8I , 83: "The law is clear t hat where a condition precedent is anne xed to a devise of real estate , and its performance is or becomes impossible, the devise fails , although there be no default or lach es on the part of the devisee hi mself xx; but if the condition is subsequent , and its performance becomes i mpossible , t he rule is different . In that case the estate will not be defeate3 or forfeited, but the devisre will bold the property by an a~ lute title , as if no condition had been annexed to the devise . 2 Jarman .. on Wills II; 4 Ke nt ' s Com. 130 ; Ri dge way v . ·ivoodhouse, 7 Beav . 437; Collett v . Collett , 35 Beav . 312; McLachlan v . McLachlan, 9 Pai[ e 534; artin v. Ballou , 13 Barb . 119; Livingst on v . 1 Gord on , 84 N. Y. 140; if-errill v . Emery, IO Pick . 507; Par ker v . Parker , 123 Mass . 584; and Borse v . Hayden , 82 Ille . 227 ." See also Adams v . Adams, 95 i . Va . 187 , 194 (1923) . No reported Virginia cases dealing wit~ a c ondemnation suit has been found, but there cases from other states holding that �.--------------------- ------------- ------~-------where the state or some other sovereign condems the land there is no foi:feiture . There reasoning seems to be sound . For instance , in the case of Scovill v . McMahan , 36 Amer . St . Rep . 350 , a tract of land was deeded to the Ronan Catholic Chruch for a burial ground in Hartford , Connecticut . ~he deed had a reversionary clause in it . Subsequently the lecislature permitted the City to condemn the land and take it for park purposes . The question arose as to who got the a?propriated money . The court held the reverter clause of the deed to be a condilion· subsequent and that the entire fund went to the catholic Church and that no part of it went to the heirs of the original grantor , Scovill . Even assuming , in the case at bar , that the original grantors had an interest in the land by reason of the provision in the deed , at best , it was only "a possibility of reverter" (supra , nar,e ~ 0 356) , of doubtful, if indeed of any value . As was said in the case of Lyford v . Laconia, I39 Amer . St . Rep . 680 (discussed below), at pc:.ge 685 - 6: "Whether the event upon which the plaintiff might come into ownership of the land would ever happen was a mere speculation . There was no method by which the value of the interest could be assessed which would rise above the disnity of a guess . " ':'hen the court goes on further to point out t'-1.at his possibility of an interest is "too remote and continc;ent" to be subject to an estimate of damages . The original granters loose nothing by the condemnation , while the church looses everything , to - wit , the use of the property , which is its only value to the church. As soon as there is a voluntary disuser , t~e property £Oes from t~e church anyway . It does not acquire or hold the property for gain or profit . The State steps into the shoes of the church so far as the original grantors are concerned . Should the state later step out of them , will the property still not then revert to the orinigal grantors just as it would have done in case of a voluntary abandonment by the church? But however that may be the Church ' s property has been taken forever by the State . no1 are the original granters hurt by the State taking the place of the church..? 1,,2 �rn the case of Lyford v . Laconia , 139 Amer . St . Rep . 680 , the reverter clause in the deed to the church was like the one at bar . The land was occupied "with their house of public worship u 1til after the land w&..s talrnn by the city" of Laconia for park purposes . !n that case it was conceded even by the plaintiff and held by the court "that if the society held the land upon condition subsequent, the further compliance with the condition" (to occupy for public worship) "being :prevented by act of law, the society would hold the land discharged of the condition" and that the heirs of the prantor had no interest in the award . t:ow al though it is not conceded that the 9eti tioning assignee has any right to say to what use the fund shall be put , neverthe less , it seems that his suggestions are not in conflict wit~ the best interests of the church community in question anrt a decree has been prepared which is not in conflict with his wishes it is submitted . Cert ainly the Virginia Conference has no de sire of depriving the comrmni ty of a church nor of depriving the cornmuni ty of the use of the funds in question; otherwise the Conference would not have been furnishing the church with a pastor and maintaining it in a large part as a mission church in the past . (As to a disposition of church property in accordance with the wishes of a majority of the communicants see sec . 40, Va . Code , I9I9 . As to the wishes of the congregation in question see their petition to th:s court .) The property is still being used as always ani it is the intention of the congregation to continue to so use it so long as the Federal ?ark Aughorities permit . But should the congregati0n be dispersed by the acts of the State or Federal government, as seems to be impending, and are thereby forced to discontinue the use of the property the money can hardly be divided up into parts and distributed among the trustees or menbers of the church , for them to tal{e to such various localities t:i.a t they might chance to settle in. But such an exigency would not defeat the right to have �the fund held in tact for the lawful use of it as church property . The fund now being held by the State Treasurer is not producing any income . This the church is certainly entitled to . The discipline or Church Lavi of the United Brethern Church in Christ , of which the Fern Hill congregation is a component pa.rt , provides that in case of the sale of church property, and it seems that this condemnation proceeding should be treated as analoGeous to a sale under the circumstance s , the fund derived t 11eref> om may be turned over to the Virginia Conference Church Extention Society, which is a Virginia Corporation, with its principal office at Dayton , this County (Rockingham) . Its charter is on file in the Clerk ' s Office of this County in Charter Book :ro . 3, at rage 63 - 5 . Among other things , it provides for the holdin6 of funds such as these in question in trust . It name implies the nature of its general activities . !Jone of the things that the Trustees of the Fern Hill Church conflict with the suggestions of the petitioning assignee . They are asking for three things . First . That the fund in question be held in perpetual trust by the aforesaid Corporation , the income fron which shall be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation S) long as should existance of the congregation and the That/the . Second . it exists church be destroyed by the action of one or more or both of the sovereign powers heretofore mentioned , then they ask for the priv · ilege of using such funds for the purpose of building a new church at some location agreeable to the Fern Hill congregation providing a sufficient number of them locate in a central community or pro viding they can agree on some other loGal church to recei'e either the principal or the income therefrom . Third . That if either one of these two exegencies fail , then they ask for the privilege of using such funds fur the purpose of building a new church at some other location agreeable to the Fern Hill congregation providing :lrnR~xe~nxagE~ex0mzx0mex0:irnu a sufficient number of them locate in a central community or providing that they can agree on some other local church to receive either :he principal or the income therefrom . �Fourth . That should any of the above fail, then they ask that the fund be used in the erection, repair, or maintenance of an existing church in the eastern part of Rockingham County, in or near the Swift Run community preferably, or that the income from the said corpus be so used, agreeably to or in conformity with the general laws of the United Brethern tshurch ancl the charter provisions of the aforesaid corporation . In short, they are asdng that the fund her in question be disposed of in the same manner as that of the Swift Run fund . - - Counsel . �IN THB CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Vn·ginia vs. UPON PETITION OF TRUSTEES OF FERN HILL CHURCH Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others Upon motion of H. W. Wyant, leave is given him to file his answer and petition in the above entitled cause, which answer and petition is now filed . Enter ; Jt i l 11' ry \Judge �In the Circuit Court of Rockin£ham County, Vir[inia . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v. cassandra La.1,son Atkins and others, and Fifty- two '1 housand, Five Pundred and Sixty-one Acres of Land, _,,,.,,, 'ore or Less . 1 'I'his cause came on this1.>~ay of February, 1935, to be heard on the petition of C. F.Collier, J . K. Haney , and J.A.Haney, Trustees of the Fern Hill United Breth1te.n Church and J.Frs . Russell Hawkins, e.ncl others, communicants of the said church, and upon the resolution rrnd petition adopted at a special meeting of the said congregation, held February II, I935, called for tbe express purpose of passing upon the matter of the disposition of the fund herein referred to, and the exibits filed therewith; on the answer and petition of H.~ . WyB.nt, assignee of the rights and interests of J . J . Beasley,Elsie Belle Baugher, G.W.Baugher, and L.~T . Shifflett, the original granters; and t•1e said J. J. Eea sley ,Elsie E . Baugher, G. W. Eaue;her, andl. F. Shifflett, having failed to answer or otherwise plead to the said petition of C. F.Collier,et als, although it appenrs to the court th8.t they v·ere duly served with process; and was argued by counsel; and upon consideration the court being of opinion that the said United Breth~fm Church in Christ is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the tract of land, and the improvem8nts thereon, }':umbered 168, by the Petitioner, State Co"llmission on Con servation and Development of the State of Virginia, and appraised by it at (1200 and that it is therefore entitled to receive the proceeds arisinG from the condemnation of the said tract of lar.d and improv ements, to - wit,the $1200; and it being made to appear to the co~rt that it is the wishes and desires of the said Trustees and Communicants of the said Fern Hill Chu,rch that they use the present church property so long as they are permitted to ~ so by the Park J!uthor- ities, and that the said $1200 should be pa~d to the Trustees of Virginia Conference Church ~xten$ion Society of the United Breth~~n in Christ,a corporation e1:isting under and by virtue of the 18-ws of the Rockingham County, state of Virginia , with principal offices at Dayton,/Virginia, to 5( �be held in trust by it for the purposes in the said petition requested and hereinafter ordered . Upon consideration whereof it is hereby ordered , adjudged , and decreed that the said sum of $1200 for the tract !-.o . I68 , paid into court by Petitioners as compensation for the s~ tract of land and improvements , be paid to Glenn~ . Ruebush , Attorney for the aforesaid Trustees and Communicants of the said Fern Hill Church of the United Breth~en in Chri s t; that the said fund be held in trust by the Trustees of Virginia Conference Church ExtenBion society of the United Breth~en in Christ , a Virginia Corporation , as follows : First , that the said fund be 1eld in !i'P'trust by the said Corporation , the i~come from which shall be paid to the local Fern Hill congregation so long as it exists ; Second , that should the exista nce of the congregation and the church, as such , be destroyed by the sovereign act of the State of Virginia or of the United States of America , then the said fund shall be used for the purpose of building a new church at some location agreeable to the said Fern Hill congre 0 n. tion , pro viding a sufficient number of them locate in a central comunity to justify it , or providing they can agree on some other local church to receive either the principal or the income therefrom ; Th i rd , that if both of the above provisions fail then the sa i d fund shall be used for the purpose of building a new church at some other location agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congregation or for the relocation , repair , or maintenance of some other United Brethtft,n Church agreed upon by the said Fern Hill congre51 tion; Fourth , but that if any of the above provisions fail then the said fund , or the income therefrom , shall be used for the erection , repair , or maintena nce of a United Breth~~ n Church in the ea stern part of Rockineham County , in or near the Swift Run comnunity . The Clerk of this court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who will pay unto the said Glenn W. Ruebush , Attorney , the sum of $1200 , the amount 57 �• of the said award set out in the said judgment of condemnation for the said land and improvements, above designated, taking from hi'Tl a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the clerk f Qr appropriate entry thereof as requi~ed by law. 3 J-/ I j �Qtnmmnuwraltq nf Birgiuia TREASUER 'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , MARCH 1., 1935 ~ TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathright , This is to certify that I, .xxx.Mlcx ~ of Virginia have this 1 s t day of Treasurer March in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County dated 2/25/ 35 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs . - - - ~C ~a~s-s=a~n~d_r~a~1- a- "i=Y-s-o-u~A ~t-k~:i-D~s~a~u-d~a~t-b~e- r~s~---:pai d t o GlennW . Reubush, Attorney , Harrisonb urg , V:i r g:i nia · $1, 200 .00 b e ing in f ull settlemen t of tract# in the abov e mentioned cause. 168 �Q!nmmnuwtaltI, nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . MARCH 1 1 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA GJ em W. Ruebu eb , Attorney Harrisonburg, Virginia A. B . Gathright Received of ~~ Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 200 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county . . . .h_am-'-'---- entered on the 25th o f _ _R-'-o_c_k_;i=n_,g ofFebruary 193L day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development v ___ ____C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #1_6_8~- - - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasur e r 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. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, Amanda Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 204</p><p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p><ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 204 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fincham-Amanda-tract-204 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fincham-bw-tract-213.pdf 6357965e46bc6ec5af30f02950515993 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, BW Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 213</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 213 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fincham-BW-tract-213 Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/be94c168ca1bf5dbc0a4a77771d93054.pdf 269e6700ea9b9a317e0b11fecf91a0c9 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Hampton District ' NAME OF-&ZMMMM'/ OTNSR . P. Estate #209 - Fincham, Jas one-half acre lot. Number of Acres : Location : , . Stair River South slopes of Blue Ridge and east of Little y road at head of Gid mile from nearest count , only, over a private culty diffi with Can be reached Brown Hollow. and others road across the lands of Golden Jenkins Roads : Approximately one . . mixture of shale The soil is a sandy clay loam with a slight The tract has a rocks loose large from Slopes are gentle and free south exposure . Soil : . . lot A ,small is. cleared used The, entire tract a as been has and sed enclo is ds e ro 2/^0/25 aid of approximately four squar In a deed dated a number of yeears family grave -yard forPinch owner of the , nt prese the ns am to Gold en Jenki James P. follow g however 1/2 uted servin exec . by Re made is ing g reservation buried surrounding land the later was am Pinch . P James yard grave the acre at and around there History of Tract and condition of timber : . . Improvements : . . None Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Slope : Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 10 •00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE 9 CLERK �- . . //209 Fincham,James P ,Est C lty: Rappahannock District: Hampton Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: . South slopes of Blue Ridge and east of Little Stair River Incumbrances, oouliter claims or laps: Roads: None so far as known: Approximately one mile from nearest county road at head of Gid Brown Hollow, Can be reached with difficulty, only, over a private road scros3 the lands of Golden Jenkins and others . Soil: She soil is a sand$- clay loam with a slight mixture of shale Slopes are gentle and free from large loose rocks The tract has a south exposure . . . . History of tract and condition of timber: The entire tract is cleare K small' lot of approximately four square rods is en closed and has been used as a family grave yard for a number of years In a deed dated 2/20/25 and executed by James P Fincham to Golden Jenkins the present owner of the surrounding land the following reservation is - . . made: "Reserving however l/2 acre at and around the grave yard.” James P Fincham was later buried there . . Acreage and value of land by Types: The tract evidently should . The heirs of James P, Finch am may have-no desire to use the lot , contain one baU acre further other than to protect the remains of those already interred there Because of its isolation it is extremely doubtful if any other person would be interested in purchasing it for any purpose Agcordingly, a nomin al value of $10.00 is considered just and reasonable in this case Value Total Acreage: Per a Value . . - . Type: tillable . - one half $20.00 $10.00 �- v N #209 : Rappahannock ^ onty: Hampton District - Fincham, James P Est • $ A / \ \ \ \ I a \ ^ /M ra II <D // Co ^ '/ a<D 35 iH O - »+ & si I * ** ) ° J 0^ w w w LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale l" = 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 Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, James Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract: </strong>209; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>South slope of Blue Ridge and east of Little Stair River; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$ (n/a); </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$10.00; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>.5; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$ (n/a)</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 209 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context fincham-james-tract-209 Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fincham-jd-tract-335.pdf 85e38a0afe24667eed1964870ebc6060 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, JD Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 335</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 335 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fincham-JD-tract-335 Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ea495ead23031397c3c3fd082f76bb38.pdf 5d64c844f2482983b59e706e41648a92 PDF Text Text f RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT .R Fincham, Jno Number of Acres: i • 240 Brown Location : On east slopes of Pignut Mountain, near head of Gid Hollo.w, and partially outside the Park area Roads : The tract is approximately three and one half miles from the Lee Highway over a rough County road ; thence it is 20 miles to Luram , the nearest shipping point . - . Soil : . . The soil is a clay loam with some sand in places It has fair depth and fertility where the land is being cultivated The slopes are mod erate with a reasonably smooth surface and east exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber : - The entire timbered portion of this tract has been cut over and ap proximately seventy acres is now or has been under cultivation, All the chestnut oak timber was cut about thirty years ago and the best trees of other species cut later There are approximately 104 acres which are estimated to cut an average of 915 bd ft. per acre, or a total The saw timber is of low grade; it is more of 95,000 bd ft in all or less scattered and will be expensive to skid Improvements: One 7 room frame and log, all metal roof , 1 stable,metal roof,meat house,metal,hen house,board roof,corn house, all in good con dition. . . -- . - — . . ' . - Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge : Slope : 170 510.00 CfH- •' ; ' Cove : Grazing Land : 64 6.00 6 15.00 384.00 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Lanjl : 90.00 | 984.00 Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 984.00 850.00 oo Value of Improvements : $ 850: Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ 285,00 m• • Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 285.00 2119.00 - • Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK , �County: Happahanno ck District: Hampton #79 - Finchum, John . R li * Vacant . Della B Jenkins - / C$ . C Pullen 7u Joshua an Burke * i/ LEGEND: Cove Slope Ridge Scale 75r chard Grazing Land Tillable Land Fields restocking 1" = 20 chains �unty: Rappahannock District: Hampton > . #79 • Flnchun, John R Acreage Claimed: Assessed: Value Claimeds Assessed: $1430.00 . . Deed: ) No 236 A * A ) complete . data ^ On east slopes of Pignut Mountain, near head of Gid, Brown Hollow, and artlally outside the Park area Location: . . Sncurnbrances, counter claims or laps Soil: . None so far as known The soil is a clay loam with some sand in places, It has fair depth and fertility where the land is being cul tiwated The slopes are moderate with a reasonably smooth surface and east exposure . 4' - . - Roads: The tract Is approximately three and one half miles frOm the Lee Highway over a rough County road; thence it is 20 miles to Luray the nearest shipping point History of “ ' Deed: . tract and condition of' timber ; - The entire timbered por and approximately seventy acres Is now or has been under cultivation All the chestnut oak timber was cut about 30 years ago and the best trees of other species were cut later There are approximately 104 acres which are estimated to cut an average of 915 Bd ft per acre, or a total of 95,000 Bd ft In all, valued at $3.00 $285.00 tion or this tract Has Leon cut over 1 . . . . . . — - The saw timber Is of low grade; it is more or less scat tered and will be expensive to skid . Improvements: The improvements on the tract are as follows: One dwelling, 7 rooms, 2 story 14x24 frame with log ell 14 x 18 *, ceiled with metal roof 1 stable, 14 * x 20 * with metal roof 1 corn house, 12 * x 14 * 1 hen house, 12x12 Board roof, , 1 meat house 10 x 12 , metal roof -- —” — #600.00 150.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 $9So •oo In addition to the above improvements, there are 80 old fruit tress, which are of no value as a commercial orchard - . Acreage and va luc of land by types 1 A creageT ^ ' es: 170 Slope Grazing Laid Fields restocking Tillable land 20 44 6 Value of land s: n timber If "n improvements tract — Value Per A, $3,00 7.00 4.00 12.00 $898.00 285.00 860.00 $2B33“ T50 - . Average value per acre for tract * - $8.47 Total Value SEKT.TXr 140.00 176.00 72,00 ^.00 “159 “ �Claim of In the Circuit ^Courf ) of The State Commi ionf on Conservati tioner, vs Jl ia, No. .) - At Law. State of rginia, Peti ^ Y- j T ^ ai .. more or less, of land in County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer tcxthe pe$fic/h of the State Commission on Conservation and De velopment of the -State of Virginia , 'ana in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the-fiKftg /ef -sald petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of County / \ irginia, asks Mve of the Court to file this v as his answer to sawal neutron CmsHxL said nWtiffe. // My name is 0 A V My Post Office is I claim a right, ti , estate or interest jn a tra t or parcel /6f land the area sought to be condemned, containing about hich there e the following L -V - acres, ) i improvements : buildifits - _ ^^ \ ^ Address ^ - S within t _ l& r miles from Virginia, in This land is located about / the _ Magisterial District of said County. I claimVlJhe following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de. scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or invest he has in or to jthe track or parcej of land described abom ) . ^ _ L ^ L- The landau rnersvaj jacenUtb the iboy described traoit or parcel of land are as follows : North : South East Z-&L West „ I acquired est to this property abqcit the year in the -- ^ 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 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 ; / nd if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel A)f land by/metes and bounds ) . Renfarks: ^ _ <WJcudL4..J!q a 0 4 SL t. -OJU , . --4 AW ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) . ( or my ame and rma: Y .ttj ereto ) tl(iis _^ day Witness my Signature 5 1930. ^ QAALP ____ OF STAT: . , To-wit VIRGINIA, COUNTY Th <Mmdersi£ned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his a bov re true to the best of his knowledge and Relief , this day of . 9B0. OT A _____ _ ( answer ^ ^t _L _ ^ er . pk the Court, or Special In vestigia tor or y Public, 'or Justice of the Peace ! ' �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, JR Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract: </strong>79; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Foot of Pignut Mountain ; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$3.43; </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$48.00; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>14.0; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$ (n/a)</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 79 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context fincham-jr-tract-79 Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/bf62a11ae4870a388e19a09b41fb1c04.pdf ca936a7c8b1cc17a881c5389589b1f06 PDF Text Text County ’ District: Rappahannock Hampton CLAIMANT NAME OF #79a- Fincham, J.R. Number of Acres : 14 Location : Foot of Pignut Mountain, - on northeast side at Positions 619 621, About one-half mile to the county road, thence three miles to the State Highway, and 17 more to Luray, the hearest shipping Point Roads : Soil : . . . Fertile, sandy loam, but very rocky Exposure is to the east steep . Slopes are moderate and History of Tract and condition of timber : The tract has been cut over many times, the last this year, so there is no merchantable timber left There has been no fire recently On the west side some clearing s have grown up to poplar, and there is at present a potato patch of 1/10 acre . . . Improvements : ' . None Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Total Value Types Acreage Slope: 10 © #3.00 #30.00 4 © 4.50 18.00 $48.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 48.00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5.43 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ JJ0 NE CLERK �W C ountys Rappahannock District! Hampton . - #79a Fincham, J,R Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Foot of Pignut Mountain, on northeast side at Location; - . Position 619 621 Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Soil * Fertile sandy loam, but very rocky, Slopes are Exposure Is to the east moderate and steep Roads * About one half mile to the county road, thence . . - three miles to the State Highway, and 17 more to . Luray, the nearest shipping point The tract has been cut History of tract and condition of timber: over many times, the last this year, so there Is no . merchantable timber left . recently T ere has been no fire ^ On the west side some clearings have grown up to poplar, and there is at present a . potato patch of 1/10 acre Improvements: . Hone Value of land by types * Value Types * Per A Acreage Slope 10 4 ~ Tf Cove $48.00 Total value of land•• * If ft H " Improvements• * * Timber •• * * Total value of tract — $48.00 Average value per acre 3.43 . Total Value $3.00 $30 4.50 18 . . �County: Rappahannock District : Hampton ' " #79 a- Pincham, J.R. /\ I \'U ^ 7 LX Otie Burke s .* * LX* C. J . P Compton \ X \ LEGEND: Orchard Cove Sloped Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land 20 chains Scale - 1" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Fincham, JR Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract: </strong>79 - A; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>E side of Pignut Mtn near head of Gid Brown; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$8.83; </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$2,119.00; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>240.0; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$ (n/a)</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 79 - A Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context fincham-jr-tract-79-a Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fincham-lelia-b-tract-222.pdf 8a952a7525d1e9171075bf9d009bf98d 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Fincham, Lelia B Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 222</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 222 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fincham-Lelia-B-tract-222 Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fincham-ray-tract-77.pdf d6bf5dc331fb68545e5dab92cebc52b1 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fincham, Ray Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 77</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (page 148)</li> <li>Tax Records</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fink, TJ Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 173</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Survey</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 173 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fink-TJ-tract-173 Fink https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e187da7693a89bf451d4fd2ce25599a4.pdf 36e9b16b2015581e861fe879a14103cc PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT J2?0 - 2inke , r . ~- Number of Acres: 338 Location: Roads: Soil: ::?our niles viu dirt ship9i. 1-· _poi.nt. 1 oe.e1 1 to Port Republic , the nearest ,. .:A .dy lot..m, ·slo11e t"r,e . '.:.'·w ti 11 b:'...e 1-nd on t:1is trc;..ct i · o,:' u f-l 1.r de :-1t:1 ~nd fFn·tility . History of Tract and condition of timber: T'1e .1erchant G.ble s=:.. .; ti .bar l1ua been re~ov::Jd . T'.a rffc. .. i.11in· stenJ. CO'L::ist& o ... ~r::.11 o~.ks U'1d ~w1 o:r ... ire . s'1ort l.:;::i.f ...:>ine . . ~.11 t"i -~ber h:...s b e:::1 d 6 4 cords __bout ._,,, c;ords •ood .::,er acr, on-327 c.cres . .wod . 1.t·1 5 1·ooms , ·_nd tuo .::iorchi:;s Improvements: T7r~ •. a elli'1"'. : -3x3(P , 8x34' d~1 x9', h~n-1~ roof, brick flues , 1 story in heic;~1t, 5 rooms pl~stered , poor eonrli ti on , OC(;Upied by t 3n-nt , w~ ter sup)l: L ., .,prL,, · , oli "0U11lla _,l on . ~r -~ b~rn : 16 20 ', ho· rd roo~ , poor conJi•ion . 4x9 ', m9t:1l .,,,oo..." , "f...i.i r condition. Fr...;.mc stor roo, : :0 fr1it trees, p~0r ~0,.L i.on . Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 3~7 \'..!! ,. 1308 . 00 ~4 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: II )- .!J ,. 27.5 . 00 '11'1583 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1583 . 00 ?45 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 14.) . 00 Value of Orchard: $ .50 . 0 0 30 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 50 . uO Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ :SO . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 7 • l e Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ;r)'10 ~ �~\ / . Beulah .1!1 • Horn, Je_~sie Finke , ll-ilbert .l1'inke , Stanley Claim oL __Finke-,--hefrs- _..a.-t law- -o-'.f -.J--.--A-.-- F-i-:ak-e-,--dee-e-a aed-.----------- -----In the Circuit Court oL_lio.o~1p._g:g .~----- ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___..A.tk.UJJL et _al ___________________ ---------------- ---------------- ------_ more or less, of land in ___~~~-1~J~~--- -- _______ 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 ~ the Circuit Court oLJ:toak1ng_l!e.!JL __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice . . Beulah .I!' . Horn , Jessie Finke , Gilbert .l!'irike, Stanley My name is_ "Ftnk.e , ·- he'trs at"--l aw- -of--J .-* .---F-:i:nk-e,--d.ee-ea-s-ed..-------My post office address is __________ ~J,.@!'_Jl_,__y~-~-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ .AQO____ _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ______________________________________ _____________________ _ • This land is located about_ ____l¼. ____ miles from ___ ~~~Q~-------- --------- Virginia, in the...Stonewall- --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.) ________________ Fee_ Simple_ 111 tle ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- --The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ ___ ____ ____ __ ______ ___ _______ _____________________________________________ _ South ___ ·- --- - --- - - -- ---------------- --- - ------- ---------------- ---------------- --East ____ __Jo.hnO.._}Vheat,._ formerly J . _ .M. _Alexander ____________________ _ West ____ __ J._-A._...Ale.xande.r. _______________________________ _____________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.~~~---in the following manner: ------BY de.a.d_Jlf_.Q.at....__2.5....__l._92"1 from ~os . _H. _ Nelson and _Curry Carter, --- - --Trusteea.. - ------------ - ----------- - ---------------- -------- - -- - -------------- - -- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $..6.,.0.0.0 • .0.Q _____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--------------- -· 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· ___ _Thispropert1 _ was acquired through_ foreclosure _pro - __ _ -ce.ed.inga. __ Wb1J,. __tha..ac..tua.l.._p.iu:ch.e.s§t___p~j._q~--~:t; __t~!'__~9-~~.91.~!i~~~--'-!~~--f2-iOOG ..OO,--the--amou nt--~-the.-.pur. chasa-money.._lien..._on..._th.e_J)r_~AtY__ _ -was--:tor-"4,0 2-&.52-.------- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------------- ---------------- ------ ------ (Continue remarks if necessary on ,121-e back). Witness my signature (or my name a~ark attached hereto) this _____ ~_-:= ____ day oL _____~-----------, 193/ I~ ' ~ '~ · ~-~'1:;-1:vJ~r ~ -Q_J._~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ~eul1:r~ ~-- ~s'sT@-~inke Gilbert The undersigned hereby certifies that-5-~~E:'~ }~i~~~g.A_h.~!E~_!_~_J_~~--~f the above named claimant personally appeare a before-him and made o~th that the matters an_d things ap~aring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, th1•--------'t~ -----day o L _ ~ - - ~ _B. ~ ___ _ Clerk o~the "\;our\_ or~pec~l Investigator or otary Publi~ or J'Nsti~ • ~ of t~Peace. , ..a.-, .,-~ 6.. . ,._, r - •""'- ~ \jrl" I \f~ t,U..A> ol �NAME OF CLAIMANT u 2?0 -I -- r. A• Fink - w p on U. B:..J.i l ey. Number of Acres: :~9 Location: l?on· nilt"•s vi Roads: 1 dirt roac~ to 0:..J.ndy clJ.y loc..m . Soil: ort Repnb l ie . S l ope tyrie oi' ~ fL.ir c.te_it'. 1nr1 _ rtility . ;.:o 'er-te slopes un.:. f.Jirly sriooth . History of Tract and condition of timber: ..,, ,8 rvm.oved fro,1 t:1 : s tr-cc . over re:,e i.tedly . Y:n·c.; h:...n tc! ble sa r t 1·- b ,r '1u s been ·- )' l't o" tr&ct rH. . s bee'1 burned Improvements: No :-ie . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: .. 143 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 1 4:J . 00 Value of Improvements: $ ':::ot~l -- :,1,15 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ .5 . 0 0 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ : "' '1"". i, �NAME OF CLAIMANT ,/270- I -- .., . , .._ .: l.1.1K, v L:....p_ on • ~ J • .n.. ,, - • Location.: Lewis Run . Roads: Soil: _._,ntir 1ly .Ieard I Number of Acres: 66 i thin the P~r'-: ...•.rea. :1r13e and 01u-hul.!.' :j_les vii:. c..irt rout: to Port Je!)'lblic • .:;:..nd nu cl :r lo· r_ on Q f<.1-'.l' uept1 . ::od.et::i.te slopes · n ti~ly sr10.)"!;h . Il( -"'P,rtili-':;:; . History of Tract and condition of timber: C1'1is tro.ct ,ms. cut ,-;ver :ret:1rs . . , ·o . Li ·1t c~ 1u of , 1 :3rc.,0.n tt.1.'ule so.w t inber lo !Si st s of mixed ~l'1i te & •1" c:1estnu"t o:.1ks · Ii th & s.i. . . 11 ar1,unt of y0llou pine . J.:..OOU.t 5:.5 ::. bd. ft. Sc- tinber. Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: -, '~o 3GO . OO 11 7.00 77 . 00 3 20 . 00 uO . vU Slope: .)..., Cove: . r- .-1- .J . \.) Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $39? . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ .50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value or" Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ :zo 2 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ £ • 83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ,,.- .:... jQ . 00 02 . 00 "'"-40 ''O \t'V -... • V �NAME OF CLAIMANT L.-,70 r- . . :C'i nk, J. .,,. . , , ..., Roads: Soil: .J...L - L 9 on ~o]hronia !~rris. Number of Acres: 3 Location: - : ec:c , un . .....,ntir.Jl · ,.i thin the P:.rk :...rAt... . i.hr ~e mi le s vi-..t cl irt road ":; o ... ort s·.ippin,..,. point . ~ epublic, t'1 i:1dy cl: y lo~r: of' a f_ti r d 1_itl: c..nc":. fertili t~ 0 , ne~trest r.:tol10r1.,te Elo~es und f_irly smoot~ . 7 7 sa11 ti"': er La:;; been r ;;:-,o·:ecl History of Tract and condition of timber: fr '· ' t · i s ~ r . ct , re~ in[ st .n: consist o:' sm. . 11 o~.ks _,.bout 2 core.ls o.,.. 1':.i.el;;ood per c.I l so 3 s:-:ort le 1 .9 ne . - .. ~..1.... ~ere. Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 5 r" - 00 i(5 . 00 •.• ~t.) . Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ '25 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ ;j • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~,.. 1 ~ • ,,-- ' r- ".J .J,.,...L._J.,.. --- �L -~::: .~;:====~ -=====--------- :GIL:1.: ... CO-C-:~Y NAME OF CLAIMANT 1/ :") Number of Acres: :~'30k Run . Location: . ') 7 0 -IV - F ink: , .. ,. • ..c~. ,f..., 011 :::ucln,rd · ·orri:.; . L .,.,ntirely 1i thin t!1F~ P'l""'k are::. . ort Republi l, , the '1ear r;t Roads: ':'hree rrii le., vL.. . Ji rt roc.:.d to sLi _)p:r.. · point . Soil: ,.,ndy clJ..1 lo m., slope t:'pe of ma.der-te s l opes . History of Tract and condition of timber: ,.::_ ,n) • t l'~ir e;;,t 1 ~ , ferti li L: , ~11 s~1 ti.~er renoved -bo~t t,o l cord 10oa . -- _)e"' c..cre - Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Acreage Types Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: 1/S :3 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ ~ • ;:- o :1ot~ 1 ;2 . 30 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ ..; • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ 1'1 1e • �OoW1ty: • ckingh Di tric t : '270 J. A. ! r ~ As eased d: ct.ti on: 400 tt ewis & Neck l\uns. Deed 490 . '""Iltil"el y ;; ua.do : t o:l: 1, • ••• n iley lap on th :i.s t r act . rea. orris, Richard 4 mil es· Tia dirt road to ~ort J.1ep•1b ic, the nearest Sandy loam. Slo')o ty e . depth end fertility . 400 No f ield she t " itbin the Park The tract bel onR'n• to 1. ~ - Heard , no hronia ~orris , and Stone al l hipping point . The tillabl e l e nd on this t r act is of a f air The m~rch ntable saw timber hus be n removed. Th re ining stand consi ~so:. all o s :i.~u short le~f ~ine. . l timber ho. b on d aaged by fire . bo t two cords .,.ood ')er e:re o 327 cres. 654 cor 3 ood t _, er ed . 163.50 mprov .ents: a~ 6 ft. 1th o roo und 2 porchus 8 x 24 '3h1 .p.,).e root . 1rick tluon . l story in height. 5 roo s ~l tered. >oor condition. Occupied by tenant • .. ntter supply i s )rin~ , oliu !'ow dation 500 ~r e barn 16 x 20ft . Bo rd roof . oor condi ion 40 e tor roo.:i, 4 x 9ft . et root. F {r cond. v lue e deli and O x 9ft . inc lJded in pric e of dwelling 2G fruit tree . o~r condition, 1. 00 ) r t e 28 8 . 00 ve.lue o-r land b>: ty es ; Value .Acreage slope tillable per aci·~ ~27 · 3 . 00 11 20. 00 338 Tot l v ,lue or land Total value or ti ,bcr Tottl va.luo or ir prove ents Total valu of tract v ase vul ue pur acr 1 201 . o~ lCv. GO 560. 0 l 1932. 50 5. 72 Total vdu e . 981 . 00 220 . 00 1201.00 �County: Roc1~in _1 m ~istri ct : Stan~~ 11 N > 0 ....)' (! ~ ' ". ')...-"o-'-l. ~ -1.-.;-. ; ' j • =• .,,ink h:G 41.:) Slorie Sc le - 1 ' = ..,(J c. u i 1s �. County: District : Rockingham Stonewall #270 - Finke , J . A. N J . A. Alexander \V . H. Bailey ~ ( I I ,, ,, ---'' :z 'l'o ./' ' ~ ?"o ~ ' ' I I J . A. Alexander "' I -<";i,.' ~ o J . A. Alexander LEGEND: Slope Tillable Scale - 1" = 20 chains 37 �• - County: District: Lap on \.' ._ 1 T. Bailey /!270 - I - J . A.Fink N ,__I I J . LJ r:,. -· • .PJ.llk I LEGEND: Slone Scale : 1 11 = 20 chains Rockingham Stonewall �.. ~ County: District: Rockingham Stonewall _f/270 - II - J . A. Fink Lap on J . T . Hoard N •H . Bailey ·., . ' LID END: Cove SloPe Tilll:l ble 20 chains Scale - 1 11 = :3'bl �• j3?0 ITI - J . .,_ . ~ink - U..p on .Jophro1ia. orJ'is. Co mt~, : Jockingl am :>istric1, : -::tone~mll N L ~G:~rD Slo Je SCic.ile - l" - 20 chains �- County: Rockingham District: 3t.onewsl.l f 270-! J • • Fink lap on Ac5ea~e Claitled: Assessed Value Claimed: Location: D ed tt Le is ~..m.. ~ntirely • H. Baily " ithin the P rk area. ~~- The calls and descripti ons of the surveys ,1"ailey cover this are • .§ill: Sandy clay loom. Slope ty:pe of a f'air depth and 1'ertil1 ty. slopes d fairly smooth. oade: History: 4 miles via dirt road.to or both J. A. Fink nnd \'. Ii. HodarAte ort Hepublic The merehe.nta ble saw timber has been removed tro1 this tract. part or tract h s been burned over repeatedl y. Improvem ents: None Value of' land by ty:,es: .!n! slope Total vnlue of land Total value or trnot Average per acre VJ\lUe Acreage per acre :t3.oo 29 · 87.00 8'1.00 3.00 Total value f-87.00 �- Ci County: Rockingha~ Distri ct : (;ton.ewall J . A. Fink l np on J. T. 27011 ., " Velue Claimed: Location: Deed Assessed Acreage Clained: ~ewis ~un. Her d Entirely within the Prrk area. Leps: The calls and descriptions or the surveys of both J. A. Fink and J. T. Heard cover this area. ~: Sand end clny loam of :f'air depth ond fert111 ty. t!oderate slopes and fairly smooth. I.onds: 3 1/2 miles via dirt roRd to l"ort Republic. 1istory: 'l'his troct was c t over years e~o. Light stand ot r1e:rohant ble saw timber consists of mixed, white and chestnut oaKs with n small amount of yellow pine. About 55H bd.ft . aaw timber 1, !"'''-.50 '1er H bd.ft. '"·202 . 50 Improvements: 18 ~~ple trees. Value of lsnd by trees: Vo.lue ~ COVE.' slope tillable per acre l 5.00 Acreage ll A-35.00 Good condition O .2.00 each 3 . 00 25.00 52 3 Total value "'55 . 00 155. 00 75 . 00 286 . 00 66 Total value of lAnd 'l'otal value ot improvements 'l'otal value of tiznber Total value of tract Average value pe~ acre 286 . 00 36.00 202.hO 524.50 7.95 _I �I county: nockingha~ District: s tonewall //270 III - Acreage ¢laimed: J. I\ . Fink lnp on Sophronia. 1~orris ssesoed Value Cle.inec: Location: Deed " eek Run . ff Entirely within the l ark aren. lamr lnoumbrances , counter claims or The calls and description of the surveys of both J. \ . 11 1 and :::ophronia !'orris cover» this traot • .§2.ll.: 1andy clay loam of a fair de nth and fertility, moderate slo1es and fairly smooth. Roads: 3 miles via dirt road to I'ort Republic , t he nearest nhippine point . 1istor1 of tro.cit amd e-ondi tion of timber: All saw. timber has been removed from this raot, remaining stand consist of smnll oaks and somo shor t leaf pine . About 2 eds. of fuel wood per acre. 10 cords wood 'J 50¢ ~·--~-----------~---- ~5.00 Improvements: --Value of land b:y: types: Type Slope Acreage 5 Total value of land Value per nore ~3 .00 Total Value ; 15.00 ~15.00 Total value of improvements Total value of timber 'i'o tal value of tract Average value per acre 5.00 20 .00 4.00 • 2'lS- �\I cou nty: Rocklneham Dis trlo t: stonewc.11 ,' 270 IV ' creo.ge Clai med : • soe s sed Val ue Clai med : Loc atio n: J . A. ::?ink lap on Rich ard I'or: t'in Dee d fl C N e}l Run . Ent irel y wit hin the I ark are a . Inoumbro.nc es, cou nte r clai ms or ,lap s: The ls and des crip tion s oft the surv eys of both J. 1-i. . Fin k o.ndcal Richard Mo rris cov er this trac t. San dy clay loam , slop e typ e, of a fai r dep Soi l: th and fer tili ty. mod erat e slop es . Roads : 3 mil es via dir t road to :ror t Rep ubli e, the nea res t shipping poi nt. Hist ory of tra ct and oon di tion of tim ber: sai:1 tim ber rem oved abo ut 2 eds . of fue l wood per ucr c . All l cord wood ~ 50¢ 50¢ Improvemen ts: :Non o. Val ue of land by tyP es: Typ e Slo pe Acre age .X. 2 Tot al valu e of land Val ue per o.ore ':3 .oo $1.5 0 Tot al valu e of i 1 ,provemen ts Tot al valu e of tim ber .50 Tot al valu e of trac t 2.00 Ave rage value per aero 4.00 Tot al Val ue 'J.!.50 �FURMAN B. WHITESCA RVER ATTORN EY·AT·LA W COURT HOUSE BUILDIN(; SALEM, VIRGINIA ~e cember ? , 1931 . Clerk of Circui t Court , Harriso nburg, Virgin ia . Dear Sir: I am inclosi ng herewi th a claim of Beulah Finke Horn and others , heirs at law of J . A. Finke , deceas ed, in the matter of State Commis sion , etc. v . Atkin , et als , n ow pending in your court. This is marked c laim number one, which I am filing in duplic ate , and pertain s to a tract of 400 acres of land in your c oun t y . I am also inclosi ng herewi th claim from Beulah F. Horn and others as heirs at law of J . A. Finke , deceas ed , marked claim number two, which pertain s to a one -half undivid ed intere st in a tract of 50 acres of l and in your county . I am also filing herewi th claim of A. J • .3urrows as t o one-ha lf intere st in said tract of 50 acres . If it is necess ary and custom ar y that an order be entere d filing these claims , would you be kind enough to prepare this order , or else notify me so that I may prepare the same. Very truly yours , FBW:ER INCS. �'Y Y' / . - • t a nl e y lf'inke, Beulah F . Horn, Jess,ie F inke,. Gilbe rt Finke, ::5---------------------;-----ae1raeu -,--d-er -Ftrrke .-~.Lt;\':>r'\j iavt · Claim oLneY rs--atAt Law. In the Circuit Court of_ __,RQ.9Jtip._g}J.~ ___________ County, Virgini a, No.________, , PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --tioner, vs._______ ..Atk:i,ne more or less, of land in __ ...no.akingham _____ _______ County, Virgini a, Defend ants. and Deation The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conserv awarded nation condem of notice the to velopment of the State of Virginia,. and in respons e Circuit the of order the with nce accorda in d upon the filing of said petition and publishe file this Court oL __ijQ.9~~ !1.&~~ -------- -- County, Virgini a, asks leave of the Court to . notice as his answer to said _petition and to said ley . Beulah . F. Horn , J e s s i e lf1 i nke, Gil bert F i nke, 3tan---se-d---Deuean:ke-,-A-.--Fi lWY name is ___Finke ; h e'irs ' a t'--law- o:f-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 g to be condemned, contain ing about_ __ J!!i~ - _______ acres, on which there are the followin _ ___ buildings and improve ments: ________________________________________________________ · ·· m od ______ ___ __ v·1rg1ma, __ _______ P- -----m1·1es f rom____ __ ___Lynwo · 1ocat ed a b out ---~--· 1an d 1s Tl11s the_-.S1:.9A~!f~iJ___ Magiste tial District of said County. of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel joint owner, or scribed above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner or owner, joint sole not and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman t is or tract the to or in has he he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest parcel of land described above.) ___ _ona~l) alf_Jll ldi.vid ed__fe.e__ s.impljt __t_tt.1..~ .. __t.:g.~__Q.!;AQ!"__Q!l~-~~~-i~--~!f!l~_g.___ _ --- ----by A.-..J. . _..J3UX J:OWS --------- --------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------The land owners adjacen t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: __ North ___ __ ____________ __ _______________ _________ ___ ________ _____ _______ ______ ____ __ South _______ ______ ___ ___ ____ ____ ______ __ _______ ____ __________ ____________________ East __________________________________________ . ------- ------- ------- ------- ------_ _ _______ _______ _______ West_____________________ ___________________________________ __in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this propert y about the year__ ______ • ollowing manner : I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereinterest , on is $_1._QO.!hO.Q. __ __ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or _____ , in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is $____509_~Q.O or I am the owner oL ___ _______ ____ _acres of land adjoinin g the above described tract prothe by d damage be will claim parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I -----· osed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------ ------informa tion as to (In the space below should be set out any addition al stateme nts or here a this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert . description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) Remark s· _____ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------ ). ------- ------- ------- --- - - ------- ------- - - -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on theJack ay Witness my signatu re (or my name an~ markcf!.tm he.d hereto) this __ _______.J::'",::--~_d W ~ J .1<-£ iw~--1-P?~-~ ~~ of_ ____ ~---- ----- , 193/. ~ • ~ · ~~-"':7l_1:__}_ J e·Ers iio-J1trtke , Lr ilbert STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY· OF__ _Be1fl:~ The undersi gned hereby certifies that_F_:ll'..!K_e_;:"_,_s_t~n..l ey_..._,!!ink.e_.... _h.eli:t_s_ _at__l .aw:~matters the above named claiman tSpersonally appeare d before him and made oath thatgethe belief, and knowled his of and things app~ng in his. above answer are true to the best � 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 Dean, S.A.- Fogle, Earl C. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context finke-j-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Finke, J. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Lewis and Neck Runs 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): 270, 270-I, 270-II, 270-III, 270-IV 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 Finke https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_finks-john-tract-165.pdf 601f6b15906af68b5241bea14fbb426f 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Finks, John Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 165</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Survey</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 165 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Finks-John-tract-165 Finks https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_finks-we-tract-172-172a.pdf b77c7461f5f3cec3dbd73565b3cdbd96 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Finks, WE estate Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 172, 172a</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>attachment</li> <li>Surveys</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 172 Tract 172a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Finks-WE-tract-172-172a Finks https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b129f44909011c1aa2f91291992c9af6.pdf 074689b686a1b0447611171f7525c2fd PDF Text Text I RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY i ! NAME OF CLAIMANT #168 Number of Acres : Location : 565 - Fletcher, Jas. H. . Buck Hollow Run, entirely within the Park area 2 miles rough mountain log road ; thence 13 miles over 1 Lee Highway to Luray - Roads : . East, north, south and west exposure, varying from steep rocky Soil : slopes of shallow depth and fertility to coves of sandy clay loam with Boulders are numerous good depth and fertility . . . This tract has been culled and cut over However, there still remains some merchantable timber. Logging roads are up the main streams Part of this timbered area is accessible, espe cially along the streams, and the remainder is inaccessible History of Tract and condition of timber : . - . NONE. Improvements : Acreage and value of types : Total Value Value per acre Acreage Types Ridge : Slope : 447 @ #2.50 #1117.50 Cove : 118 @ 4.00 472.00 #1589.50 Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : We find from investigation that Mr Fletcher is willing to take • #1500.00 for above tract of land, but we find the actual value to be . Minerals : Value of Land : $ 1589.50 Value of Improvements : $ $1589.50 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ * Value of Fruit : $ * Value of Timber : $ * Wood : $ for tract : $ 2.80 arising from the taking of this tract : $ ^y NONE. "'im I Sf* �Claim In the rcplt Court of . yi The St; sZCommisgion on tioner, vs. _ _4 ^ 2S? County, Virginia, No. At Law. tion and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- S' __ \ more or less, of land in L^o County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned , in answer to •etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing ofj iid pe tion and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of Countv, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to etition and to said (£ My name is ****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 ? . acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements : ^ ^ ^ _£ _ ^^ TM ^^ ^ _^ s l ated about miles from Virginia, in th Magisterial District of said County. ^ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . n The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: «<t w North //i J . * »* South.I. __ East West - z vz i I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner : 9 . / y \ 22-0 , X Z _ in the ^ 4 . ^ 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, x oo in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ / I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ i . ( 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 act or parcej of lar l by metes and bounds ) . v ^ emar — _ ^ v ^ ^ remarks if necessary on Jhe back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto) this day of _ __. 1930. Y STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF-< , To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies th£t 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 , 1980. ( Continue ^ Z _ £ Cl of the Court, y- PubHe,- or Justice uf - the Pes ��- COUNTY{ RA i TA HOCK DISTRICT! PIEDI OUT #168 * Acreage Claimed ; Value Claimed: - FLETCHER , JAMES V15 A : . DEEPS ASSESSED S n £1500 • . ft T$r s: Duck Hollow Run , entirely within the park area Hone known 1 2 miles rough mountain log road; thence IS miles over Lee Highway to Luray Soil: East , north , south and v/est exposure , varying from steep rocky slopes of shallow depth and fertility to coves of Locations o s: . - . . sandy clay loam with good depth and fertility arc numerous History of . Boulders : This tract has been culled traot and condition of timber and cut over , ifowever ,' 'ttiere still remains some merchant Logging roads are up the main streams able timber . . . Part of this timbered area is accessible , especially along the streams , and the remainder is inaeoessible Value of land by Types : Value Tyne : ~“ Sloope Cove 4.00 . . |1. per M Total value of lend , Total value of timber ,100 , 000 bd ft Total value of trac t Average value per *N0TE: Value 694.00 $ 472.00 vI566 , 00 12.00 8 ... Total Per Acre Acreage acre e 11366.00 1460.00 • e " 100.00 $ 2.59 The dif erence between the acreage claimed and the area found by examination is believed to be due largely to an error in computation of the area of one of the lots in , Clark tract , and to a the division of the large A lesser degree to the fact that the surface measurements were made rather than horizontal measurements . ' . �t REPORT OR THE ACREAGE OR THE H hr . . FLETCHER TRACT . #168 F l e t c h e r ’ s deed f o r t h i s l a n d d e s c r i b e s i t by b e a r i n g s and d i s t a n c e s , i n two p a r c e l s ; t h e t r a c t b e i n g composed of two l o t s i n t h e d i v i s i o n of t h e A . V» . Clark E s t a t e • The c a l l s of n e i t h e r l o t w i l l c l o s e , one l a c k i n g 15 c h a i n s and the o t h e r 8 chains . c o m p u t a t i o n of acreage of t h e s e two l o t s was in error , as Also , t h e o r i g i n a l no method of d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e error of c l o s u r e w i l l g i v e 715 acres , which t h e d e e d c a l l s f o r . A c o m p u t a t i o n o f the acreage e n t i r e l y from t h e calls in the deed , after distributing the error of c l o s u r e . i n t h e s e c a l l s , g i v e s 577 acres i n the two l o t 3 T i e s which we made on t h e ground , d e c r e a s i n g s l i g h t l y t h e l e n g t h of one l o t , cut t h i s down to 565 acres . This i s t h e acreage which I compute from t h e c a l l s i n t h e deed . a f t e r c o r r e c t i n g t h e s e c a l l s to agree w i t h as mentioned above our measurements . . . Sloan, Chief E n g i n e e r , Park S e r v i c e � 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 Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fletcher, James Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract: </strong>168; </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Buck Hollow Road; </p><p><strong>Cost/Acre: </strong>$2.80; </p><p><strong>Estimate Value: </strong>$1,589.50; </p><p><strong>Number of Acres: </strong>565.0; </p><p><strong>Monies Awarded: </strong>$1,574.50</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 168 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context fletcher-james-tract-168 Fletcher https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_fletcher-me-and-irma-tract-353-353a.pdf 4a7117cc6e3e7d674b3c90d1c110536d 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 Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain 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 to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 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/. Title A name given to the resource Fletcher, ME and Irma Description An account of the resource <p><strong>Tract(s):</strong> 353, 353a</p> <p><strong>Items in Land File:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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 353 Tract 353a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Fletcher-ME-and-Irma-tract-353-353a Fletcher