196 20 4769 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b0460ec6bd51e4ce81a7b57bcddecab7.pdf afc876876eb52487e167a99ca49c5564 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County r * NAME OF CLAIMANT #65 Number of Acres: 124 Location : Roads : - . Keyser, Lula W - Gid Brown Hollow at Positions 140 43 Only part of tract lies within park area There is no damage to land outside* . It is 6 miles over roads (rough) to the Lee Highway and thence 19 miles to Luray, the nearest shipping point Soil : The soil is a sandy loam rather thin and shallow and of low fertility. There are numerous rock outcrops The slopes are steep and medium with a flat on the northwest side of the tract The gen eral exposure is to the south and east . . . History of Tract and condition of timber : - . The tan bark was removed twenty or thirty years ago and the best timber has been cut The locust was cut' several years ago There has been little fire and there is good young growth Timber: The remaining stand is rather open and consists of thrifty trees from 10 to 20" DBH with occasional trees to 30" On 112 seres the esti Poplar 26 M mate is as follows: Oak 135 M Others 8 M . — Improvements: . . - .. — — . - -- - . Acreage and value of types : Value Acreage Types per acre Total Value Ridge : Slope : 105 @ $3.00 #315.00 Cove : 7 @ 5.00 35.00 12 @ 7.00 84.00 $434.00 Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : — Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 434 00 # Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ 579.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 8 « 17 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ None # 579.00 1013.00 # �r . 5 ^*£^*^ * »_ _ _= - <£ A4 Claim of _ , , Virginia County No . . . In the Circuit Court r , At Law The State Commission on Cons rvaiiop, and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti .. tioner, vs. -. ? -1- J ^ O ^ Qfbfefi ± 7 ' County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in -- SThe undersigned , in answer to the $evition 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 pfjsaid^ petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to sitfd petition and to said notice. My name i . s My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about buildings and improvements : ^_ — Virginia, in miles from.. This land is located about 1 the t ZnJfc/ .Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . ^ ^ ^ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : N O R South East Jiff - ± west — - ffl £ -- T H = Uk - ff 1 zed- - / . A r < .- A - 3-A-JL- L Y- ^ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the y e a r. following manner : My iS-C-O. .i n the & I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is § - H j2&r _/icr.e I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, AXLSI. in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner oi - - j4r Pparcel 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 $ lL7L ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks : ~ — ^ ~ _ ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) . day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) tlys , 1930. of . / it; OF , COUNTY STATE OF VIRGINIA —y The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , , 1930. day of this __ * Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �4 t \ * « i» FILED IN CLERK’S OFFICE) ' T - F*; ( /; * iyAIIA^ NOCX i . QOtfNTY • Clerk �t E ._ W _ _ _ __ C h e l f j _Guard i an ad litem Claim of . In the Circuit Court of. ?apPAhannpck County, Virginia, No.JL 4SL , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti Clifto n_ Aylor et _ _al s _an d 37 , 400 _ a.Q.r@_s tioner, vs. _ _— _ _ __ _ _ __ - __R _ 8Pp &h Jl&C>£ij£ § more or less, of land in County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit rCounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of _ Rapp_ahannQ£k. as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is E • W • Chelf j_ Guardian a d _ 1it_em_ _ jf or_ _ Lula_ W • Keyser WAshJLng.t.QJO _ _Ya_ _ My post office address is ** ^ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought l£_4 to be condemned, containing about acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements : Horn _ _ _ _ _ _ Wash i ng ton. This land is located about 9 miles from Virginia, in the Ji 51H 9H _ 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. ) Sole _ pwner ___ ^ ^ __ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: J J Miller Estate North _ W Keys er . South . _ East __ _ _J * _ BJg _ _and E JEtore ,_ A.» JBail£Y * HicharA _Partl_cm Alfred Jenkins West _ . . ._ — _ _ _ _._ _ _ _ __ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year 19U following manner : By p_ur ch a se 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 $ 2480.00 I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcej of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks : - ( Continue remarks if necessary Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attache/} hereto ) this , 1930. of _May _ JJ13.2. Rappahannoc STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF. __ §. on the back ). ! jfi The undersigned hereby certifies that 1 ‘ appeareo Deforel mnr and bath that the matters the above named claimant personally and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , May day of . this. 6th , 19302 ^ ' ./ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �• #65 - . . COUNTY: RAi FAHAHNOCK DISTRICT: HAMPTON .. Keyser, L W Acreage in claim: 124 acres Value Callmed: #2400.00 Examined . L. E. W. H. S. by: J & ... C H B -.. location: Gid Brovin Hollow at positions 140 43 Only part of tract lies within #ark area There is no damage to land outside Roads: . . Incumbrances , counter claims, dtc «: i . *assess d 282 A tf | 2275.00 None known It is six miles over roads (r ugh) to the Lee Highway and thence 19 miles to Luray , th nearest shipping point . ' soil: . The soil is a sandy loam rather thin and shallow and of low fertility There are numberous rock outorops. The slopes are steep and medium with a glat on the northwest side of the tract The general exposure is to the south and east, . • , i condition of timb r: The tan bark was removed twenty or thirty years ago and the best timber has been cut The locust was cut several years ago There has been little fire and there is good young growth Timber: The remaining stand is rather open and consists of thrifty trees ffom 10" to 20" DBH with occasional trees to 3§"/ On 112 acres the estimate is as follows: Oak 135 M valued at 3.00 ; ^ per or #405,00 Poplar 26 M valued at 5,00 per M or 150.00 Ot ers 8 M vilued at 3.00 per M or 24.00 / .. /< . Total 169 U Improvements: None Acreage and v lue by types: Acreage es l ope Cove 105 7 FR 12 124 Total value of land &8S 8f &§8fr ht . Average value per acre Value #579.00 Total Per Acre 03.00 5.00 7.00 35.00 84.00 $4*34•00 Only part of tract 1013.00 included within the 8.17 Park Area tarn . �County: Rappahannock District: Hampton #65 - Keyser, L. W. A iiier ^ . .^Estate J J . & E Gore \ oT . A Bailey . R Partlow Alfred Jenkins U \ ' i0 tiu / 43 Cove LEGEND: Orchard Slope Ridge Scale - Grazing Land Tillable Land, Fields restocking 1" s 20 chains �VIRGINIA: . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OE RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner vs Answer of Guardi an ad Litem Clifton Aylor et als, and 37,400 acres of land , more or less Defendants • . Keyser, an The joint and seperate answer of Lula W incompetent person, by her guardian ad litem and the answe r of the said guardian ad litem for the said incompetent defendant, to a petition at law exhibited against her and others in the Circuit " Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, by The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia. i'or answer to the said petition or to so much thereof as she is advised that it is material that she should answer, answers and says; that she knows nothing of the matters set forth in the said petition and by reason of her incompetency is incapa ble of understanding or taking care of her rights and interests ; she therefore, by her said guardian ad litem, commends herself, and her rights and interests, to the protection of the Court and prays . that no order may be entered which will tend to her prejudice The said guardian ad litem, reserving to himself the benefit of all just exceptions to said petition, answering for said incompetent defendant, answers and says; That he is the guardian ad litem appointed to defend the above named incompetent defendant, who is the owner, or the owner of an interest, in a tract of land involved in these E. w. CHELF ATTORNEY A T LAW WASHINGTON. VA. proceedings, and alleged to contain about 124 acres, and being designated as tract 65 in the record of these proceedings; but that he knows nothing as to the truth or falsity of the statem ents contained in the said petition, and he prays for the full . protection of the Court for said incompetent defendant Now, having fully answered, these respondents pray to �> ' • ? s rr The State Commission on •H Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia ^ *T3 3 o> 95 C> H o VS o . +7 1J <J) I X •H * Clifton Aylor et als , and 37 , 400 acres of land , * more CP « •H or less . «M 03 . H a * * H » Answer of k •H H Guardian ad Litem ' -h> ‘rj <T> •H •H Sr* : t £ 03 £ * (T) * M KJ . - • 4 1 +0 TrnLKD IN ’ CLERK’S OFFICE 7k. ** v RAPPA HANNOCK COtTWYY . &2uA /ZctA, nJ 3 4* 03 •H r I <D O r; •t 1 >> vy Teste: •> V •s •H 03 73 t : c/ - 4> ’ -1 O ‘o IV* * 03 ^-> T *•» v •H 1 <D t ‘ i > • �Thw State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner vs • Clifton Aylor and others and Thirty Seven Throusand -B Hundred ( 37,400 ) acres of land County,Virginia, Four ore or less in Rappahannock Defendants• . day On this the 12th of March 1934, the above styled proceed - ing was called in open Court, in pursuance of the order entered . day of February 1934, aacttxx continuing the hearing mentioned in said order of February 23 . 934, to ^ herein on the 23rd ^ this date, and thereupon came the petitioner by counsel; but the Court announced its desire and purpose to hear and . determine the matters to be submitted on Wednesday, March 14th 1934 at eleven o ’clock A,M•, instead of on this date,and petitioner consenting thereto , and no other party objecting, it is ordered that the hearing fixed for this day by the . said order of February 23 rd 1934, be and the same is hereby a . continued and set for Wednesday March 14th 1934 at eleven .. o ’clock A M �f • exli noibaviBanoO no nofsa /mmoO Bead S wrfT ^neniqoIeveCI bOM iO J ’ - nenoiiite'I tainiaijV lo sialE « .a v i 1U 01?. rlT neve *7 doc : ; i aeel . .. ? o . » 1 ^ - V* • .. . • *• f aj a n i i o o " * . a n , et .no v/ ; . » Z< f »? ed si © Ie • r. -x x c . sai 30 o DOB : . ' 1 v; • J © nice . f :- . • j - exit *£^ I*i£#AX « .. ' :t i r I , aixit £S Sni - exit no nie ienf ^n i i -e erf sdt b v l fwS f tuonrtB iauoQ arfJ Jucf 3 Ji .. - . [ si l ‘ . t & -yr e A dC 0 1 0 * 0 © rit ’M saiiraeisb . 8V 8 tv . o i £ f fI aaoo *renoititeq sa ^ ^s8 rf * NX X. © rfi ©d dov .sU V \. .• nocne - ied; bna * © Jab aid! 4 bsxil oi tnem 1 ; ’ - . b ni '-bell /xo sa ' . , d 8 ‘ lo \>sb <: . " i : d no lo basJeni - te - I </1 i; C . ^C ) •dtSI edi ^£^ InirioiaM- : loo ^ nsqo / eaoqiuq 76 *^ V. • ^ ( OO-f t \d "isnoi -tijeq ent .. : 1 xo aeioa >. .. ti • xri . ’ * r XBERF oJ . J1 t o ) f a ec , liicK ; i exit 8 © voda aieriJ o boa noI A noililD JOS v,.sfcx n &©¥ l£ rft benebio ei ti v -x oted el lo tefrio bin - , 10I tea bos bewail * • : r - ? . . \£ �be hence dismissed with their reasonable costs in this behalf expended . / PC. M Guardian ad Litem By and Guardian ad Litem . Keyser Lula ¥ State of Virginia, County of Kappahannock, towit: . . Chelf, guardian ad L ¥ . Keyser, litem for Lula V the incompetent defendant named in the foregoing answer, after being U | f , ; . sworn, says that the statements of fact contained therein are true Given under my hand this /X . day of July, 1933 0. fry/ (? . Subscribed and sworn to before me this /f t ^ ay . of July , 1933 ^ AJL&IJL X ommissioner in Chancery E. w. CHELF ATTORNEY A T LAW WASHINGTON. VA. •. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 Keyser, Lula Description An account of the resource Tract: 65; Location: Gid Brown Hollow ; Cost/Acre: $8.17; Estimate Value: $1,013.00; Number of Acres: 124.0; Monies Awarded: $1,013.00 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 65 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context keyser-lula-tract-65 Keyser https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d6e7e1cba17572d76b4ac2d8eab84d2c.pdf a8cdf44bc2d741c2e08f16fccdcaa354 PDF Text Text T NAME OF CLAIMANT ,249 - King , J • .: .. 1 Number of Acres: ?O Location: Roads: Soil: ::0tueen 1 'i le Rnn c..n'' 10 :1 le l·.m ne :t rock - . . . r . This trQ.Ct i..., . :--t lTr i -:si . , nd rt ly out uidc o·" the r ....:::: re T T ,!o mi 1 ... f, ovo ~ conn t;v ro, c to Is 1 ntl .,,ord.• Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: ._ll merchc..nt ....1.ble tin r :!'L.:: be .,., Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 70 Slope: _;,0 . 00 3:30 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 350. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ ~G').oc Value per acre for tract: $ 8. 7 4 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ rone. �Claim of_ _____ J. Jr• _King_ __________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___:(t.9_~j. A~__________ County, Virginia, No. __ .l_~?-~, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____aana.m.:;r.a__La_w:s.on_A..tJ.ti.n§_,___41t_Jil.a.. _, __a.n.d._5.2..,-.5.6..l_a..o.:r.e.a. ______ _ more or less, of land in _____ R_Q.Qkl? l~~------- ---County , Virginia, Defendant s. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ J t9£~~@ ~-------- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ __ J '-- W. _I:Cin_g ________________ ______ ____ ___ _________ ___ ·_______ _ My post office address is __ __ Elkt_on~ __va~_,.._R~i f:_.. ________ _______________ _____ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__~p.. : c. .~:t'. 5-Q ______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvem ents: ___ ______________ _____ ______ __ ________ ___ ___ ______ _________ _ This land is located abouL..Se.YJ~n_ ___ miles from _____ .Elk_ton +--------- -----Virginia, in thei...t..on~~a.l_l. ____ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) sole owner. ------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------- ---------- ---------- --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ______ 0. _ D. _ Sellers ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---South ______ Raina: s and _Shiffle tt-------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------East ____ ___M. _H. _Harriso n ______________________________ ______________________ _ West_ ___ ___ Raim s_ and _Shiffle tt-------- --------- ----- ---------- ---------- --I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l_~if>___in the following manner: _ by _deed _from:i. Jno ._ VI._ Morrison _, __Speoial._ Commi ss ioner...,__{or _Trustee ) I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $J~,5..0.Q..,_QQ _____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvem ents thereon is $--~~_p_QQ_._QQ____ . I am the owner oL45__or__50_____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: ___ tl1-~-~_Q.QY_fl_l.a.11g.__to__b.~__t§..kErn._.i.s __ftXUtlos_e_d _Jl;t:_w_ir.e._fs,..no..ing, $_j,!~.g.~~--ii~... ) _which_I should _like_ to_remov e, _presum ing _that _the_ f encing_ would_n ot be of any use to the park area. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). <; oL::;~ ~~:~:~ ~r1: 3 my name and :~:~-:~~!J'~:~:·~) -~~'.---~~Ut~~~~~~~~:~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ _Ro_Gkin.gb .~~~~--- --, To-wit. The undersigne d hereby cert!fles that_ ___ _c!..!_Jr_! __Ig.n_g____ _____ ___________ _________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this____ ;l._'1'.~)l_____ ____ day oL]~")>:F_'!J]._T;i[__ J;{;3<i'to . ~~~].E ~: ---4< _~ 21~ �..___,,I county: Rook:ingha:m District: vtonewall ( '1249 J. King 1. Acreage Claimed: 45 or60 .ssesoed 116.90 acres Value Claimed: Location: Lars: Soil : -- 2500. ~3010.00 Deed (no fiold sheet) " : Arec. 70 A . Betueon :rile Run ,and two rnile Run near Rook Bar. r:! his tract is partly insido and partly outnide of the park area . 1 .3lo... o. Roads: 2 miles over county roud to island Ford . His tory: 11 merchnntablo timber hn.o been rcmov ~d fror:i this trnot• Imnrovements: Timber: :i-one . Fuel wood 350 ods. ?5¢ per ed. ---- - ----- ~262 . 50 Value of land by typos: ~ •.1 lope Value · per acre oreaae. ?O Total vclue of land 4. oo 280 . 00 Total v___ lue of improveir.ent Total value of timber 20~ .oo Total va ue of tract 542.50 .verage value per o.ore ?.?5 Total Value i/l'280 . 00 �County: District: #249- King, J. N w. Joseph b . Car r i ckhoff Howard' Raines .. • h . ; . LEGEND: Slope Sea.le - l":: 20 cha.ins Rockingham Stonowall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context king-j-w.pdf Title A name given to the resource King, J. W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Between Mile Run and Two Mile Run near Rock Bar Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 249 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne King https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_kinsey-af-and-tamblyn-anna-mrs-tract-197.pdf a09cba46ae966d293cbd5bc221d1cda9 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 Kinsey, AF and Tamblyn, Mrs. Anna Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 197 Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kinsey, GW Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 196 Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kirtley, AR Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 297 Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kite, BP estate Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 57, 57a Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kite, CE estate Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 210 Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kite, CP Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 238 Items in Land File: <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> 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 238 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Kite-CP-tract-238 Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5406ee62ed850cdee6451f926754288a.pdf 3432d32cd301c47d693fbaf4596342b8 PDF Text Text ,. -• ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #372 - Kite, G. Luther Number· of Acres : 264 Location: Dean Mountain. This tract is entirely within the Park area . Roads: S even mi· 1 es t o Elkt on over f 1ve · .1. d t wo mil es o f count y roa d an miles of macadam. Soil: Slope. History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract has been culled and cut over reasonably close . Basswood and second growth red e aks are the predominating species left on this tract . - -DWELLING-- Frame, 14x20t, 2 rooms, no porch; no flues, just rough paper, poor condition, :iccupied by tenant . Spring water supply . No cellar. STABLE- - Dilapidated concrete No value. STEAM CHEST - -Formerly used in connection with a stave mill. TIMBER---- - 300,000 bd . ft . Improvements: Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 263 @ $3.00 $789.00 1 @ 25.00 25.00 $814.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land: $ 814 .oo 175.00 Value of Improvements: $ 17 5 • 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ 450. 00 450 . 00 $1439.00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 • 45 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None %,./~1 1/.J _CLERK �ROCKINGHAM COUJ\TTY ./ NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres: # 372-I - Kite, G. Luther(Lap on Sallie A.Kite) 60 Location: On the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge North of Cucumber Spring. Roads: A steep mountain road leads from this tract to Maple Spring School House. About half the remaini~ distance to Elkton is over an unimproved dirt road befor e reaching a ma~adam read. . . Soil: Clay loam of medium depth and fertility. All merchantable timber has been About half the tract was cleared years ago for removed. grazing ~utmost of it is now too brushy to be considered sod land. History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . I Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: -- 30 @ $3 .00 $90 .00 -- 3 @ 15.00 45.00 Fields Restocking: 27 @ s.oo Cultivated Land: 60 135.00 $270.00 Cove: Grazing Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 270.00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ xxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxocxxx Value of Minerals: $ xxxxxxxx Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 4. 50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None ~-/{An' CLERK 7 �3 ~cr.ers 1~otor Comnany Claim of ____________ _____ ____________ _ · ____________________ ___________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ____~<2g.kt!!-.:.'-:J.!§.!!!_ _________ County, Virginia, N o.l.82 ---, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti. r; ____________ Si?tndra T,awson t1oner, ..:.a_kins vs. _____ c:..nd Others ____________ Pnc.__________ 52561 ecres ____________ ____________ __ ___ ____ _____ _ more or 1ess, of 1an d m . _______ Ro C .'dnP"ham ________ .______ _______ Coun t y, v·1rgmia, . . Def en dan t s. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit 8 P1 R.oc.irinP'h Court of -----------· · as ks 1eave of th e Court to fil e t h.1s ------------- Coun ty, v·1rgmia, as his answer to said petition and to said notice. . ____ _.W.J...C.. 'D • k e.rs_..:.,.._Qt __o.r __r.!...Ql!l.D.any____ My name 1s . __ ______________________________ • ~ My post office address is_s.tanax.ds.v.il..Jttru,-- -m--ee-e-aa--s-- --G.rJH~Il-e__ _o_QlJ.rt_U ..,_v;.'"iI claim a right, title, estate or interest in /a tract or parcel of land within the area sough:J :i~:i~:d::.t;!p::::::t~ :~~:~~:::~~::::::~~~~~~~::~ :~-~~i-c~ t~:~:-~re_t~-•-fo~lo=~~~ - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- - ~ ----- ·____________________________; --------· ------------ ------------ ------------ --- - - - ~ Thhis ~;~~:/:~a~edMabo~tt--~-l-;;:-t-~-tmilfes ~~omC ___ t__________________________ Virginia,,t e ________ _] ______ agis e1w -e-Ji rwr 3 cJ~ks 81¥1 y:1 I claim the following right, title,· estate or interesJcfn the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) 'Ll32 . 76 with inter e st thereon from Aup;:ust 10, 1926, until - J)8 ta. &nd ·;ni. ro-cOst S • ------------ ------- - ------------ ------------ -- - ------ - ---- t The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South ________________________________________________________________ _____________ _ East __________ ___ ___ _________ _____________________________________________________ _ West ___________________ in-th-e- -nr-o-c-e-e- s-- -o-f--------- ------------ ------------ ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interes.t::tc;,: this property about the year -1 .?....6 ____ in the following mann~c overed -- r 'T.:;_drmentt f ___ ~ r. .A~~utsit,r-~8!- _1926 ,l?fd~y _docketed Yay _ 31, _1929 _in ___ _ ,u~rmen Lfbn uOCAe ~ R~ nape =~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the impr6vements thereon is $----------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and t~ this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is , ~--~~_j,- -~~~----· c1boye I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------- -------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- - ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ --- - ---------- ----------,- -----------::o, :, :;-_~_ ~ f ___ .Eeb~ua~- -----, 193fil.. t -------~ -~-~ ~~ ~ -?"1 V . r ~I' ~ ~ STATE OF VIRGIN IA,~~ OF ____}J~=UJ-: .e~----,.......___--,~ To-wit: I · g- The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ Cwa ¢") c-,the above named claimant personally appeared before him and m de !ath-that the matters ~ ~ and thing_s appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, <.o C: ~ l'8th , c,, ~ thiB __ ________________ day oL_E.<al!J'_l;~!'L -ri f ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). ~ Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ JJ~tb________ day '§. 3 ~~==~--- __ ---~ ------------- ! :::~ I~~ ---~ -- ~ fit' ~J{J61f)tliilP Go1iJ~Jof~~ lilf~ffiga'.ffi¥ or Notary Public, ~:r<:~it"'iee"<of filfe'C~~ �,, �C 11 ;yt D1"'tr1cti 372-1 p t G. : In edi .• County Or D •• Location: : of idg 'l'h1 r no o.r 1 on i tr ct cl cd • . it • Soil: 0£ C d ' th d t111ty. •• ll lf th 0 - ·n~nt blot b r tr ct c rd 1 ost ~ it 1 t •• Slo o • 5.00 10.00 T t l lu of l Total v ue of t Aver e •• ta too brl1sh7 �rt County• D1 tr1.ct: f/12 - Kite - Roe 1ngham Stono all G. e Claimed •• : Valu • S1 oils 'J:hls r ct 1 i t int.., P • to k~on ovor r1 of • Rod : or il -- t~ t H1 to count rolld be n cul le oe~nd lof't on no porch~ no f'lu ~ 0 U •• • 1 d by Dil 1so.oo Io • in eo 11 • T ' S1o r .- .ao .oo a 15. 1 64 v; u of l .. 4 .00 • ot l v lue of 1 Tot l ue or tmb 150. 00 r: Tot l value of' t , ct: Av- 1. 50 • ft . •• ~ 1ot 300,000 t rngc l.u ro ..oo .oo • 1"t,,t"'U'tftt , �,I' y 'lli---::; 3TiTi: :::o-.L1I3)10_f OJ ]02L3.JRV.~Tro:J 11-;;]) .J.!'.JV...:JLOP.\Ilf'.i' EJ llli 3'1'.ATS OF VIrtGIUU V.3 . v4.:3.3A.i:Dru~ .ATKLB liJD Oi'h3..:d , A.1.ili FIF'.l.1 Y TWO THOU3li:JD I!1 IV~ HUIID.RSD A' SIXTY OJ'E ( 5~ , 561 ) .AJBES Qj1 LAHD IN .. OC£LJGH.A1,1 JOU1l~1Y • .. c:, E:-~ '=- --:; '):" 1= -. - To the Honorable H. N ('I".) O') v. Ber tram , Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham Cou .1 ty . C, <.' "' (.) "-= ..! ~ ..JJ --; ~ c.;) =-- a:: v:. The Petition of G. Luther Lite respe~tfully represents : TH'iT he is the o.mer in fee sinple of three tlracts of land; ~ one z.:nown as the .uan Eppard tract , the other "the :Sluford La,n tract , and the other ~manual Dean tra.Jt of land , lying dlld being the _jlue Ridge in ::,tonewall District of .ttockingham Uot:mty and Jon ta ining Three Hundred and 'l'wenty .&·ive Acres , being tracts :Jo . f.znd a2 they appear upon the plat filed in tee GlerK's Office of RoJkingha.n .:ou.aty of the land proposed to be ta1::en for Pari-c pur_pose • Your Petitioner excepts to the said report of the. pyreisal Board and objects thereto upon the grounds that the Co~aissioner s o failed to allow ~xceptEnt one - third ot the value of the roperty they propose to taice . 'l'he land is of a nature to take one hundred and fifty ac.ces out of three hundred and wenty five is rnrth Thirty Do.Ll,'; rs per acre . It will co st , and etitioner will undertai-ce to clear it for b'ive Dollars an acre eaviag"8. net value of this piece of land, Three 7-housand jeven undred and ~·ifty Dollsrs . One hundred and seventy- five acres , the ema inaer , t a t is worth at the lowest '1'en Dollars per acre , ma .ting valu2tion of One Thousand jeven Hund·red and l!'ifty Dollars , a tota l! of the property to Jomplainant of .tive '.l'housand :._:1 ive Hund ollars . Comnissioner s sstinated the . The Board of . 1ppraisal · ,nprove.nents at One -1undred and Seventy J:.'ive Dollars and the wood on · he land at .!!our Hundred and .!fifty , and with these allowan0es for th mprovements and the timber on the land , they only allowed Petitione d �I ·- I I -- 2 - I One Thousand .!!'our Hundred and Thirty :Tine I)oll.~rs whi0h as herein- I before stated is less than one - third of its V8lue . A:JD in support of this Jxception, ~xceptant refers to the amouht allowed drs . Victoria ~eadows which is three tines the amount per ~ ~~ acre allowed Petitioner andA....a djoinj his land and isAthe sa,ne generatL character of land . Your Petitioner declines to accept the amo1.E1t allowed hi:n and I asks the Court to give hi~ a hearing before a Jury or the court to the end that justi0e be done him . To taKe the land t their valuation really amounts to a confisaation of his property anu he most seriously objects thereto. Petitioner therefore prays that he be peru1itted to file his I Exception to the report of the Board of Appraisal 8om.nissioners and be granted the privilege to lay his casG before the Jury or Court , I and will ever pray , etc . ~k,c~ I Counsel • VIRGI!HA , JIS'.'Y 0 1!, P..AR3I3©NBURG , To - wit: I , Bessie J . Jooke , a Jotary ~ ublic in end for the city of Harrisonburg in the ;jt.ate of Virginid , do Jertify that G. 11iuther Kilte whose name is signed on the marg·in hereof for the purpose of ident 1 .. fication , this day personally appeared before me and made oath tha t the facts stated in the foregoing Petition or ~xception are true . Given under my hand th i s 30th day of ;jBptemoer , 1932 . ~ 2:Jc·.~ o-£ '-Ill �.................. ti I !1 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.:~ COUNTY , VIRGI1TIA• The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia , PETITIONER , t Law, No. 1829. vs . Cassandra Lawson DEF'.cND.d.NTSe tkins and others , TO THE HON. H. 7f. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your respondent respectfully represents that a notice has been given him by The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia that it will .move the Circuit CoW'.'t of Rockingham County on the -!If day of February , 1934 , for the entry of a judgment in rem , condemning , among others , the ty of your respondent , and directing any and all parties of rec ord in this proceeding , if they desire to oppose the entry of said judgment in rem , to show cause, if any they have , in writing, file with the record of this proceeding not later than five days prior to the ~ ~ day of February, 1934 , why the said judgment i rem should not ·oe entered . That your respondent has no objection to the condemnation of said Tract to the value found therefor by the Board of A,ppraisal Commissione s . That he has heretofore submitted to arbitration, pursuant to the arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor of Virginia on July 18 , 1933 , all questions as to damages and value of the land and the improvements sought to be oondemned by the state Com mission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , and he now prays that the value of said land and improvements , · as asaertained by said arbitration , be allowed and entered in said j~dgment in rem in the place of the amount found by the Board. LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . ppraisal �"' .. THE Cct.mONWEALTH OF vmGINIA : TO THE SHERIFF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTYijl GREETINGt You are hereby conunan.ded to sumnon Wade H. Rhodes• .rohn Mouse, Bud Liacey, aal Turner, ;r. G! }!e~, c. c. l'- 71-?7!.-.tl.L.~ . . Clineclinst, Bluford Lam, and Cal Breeden, to appear bet.ere IJ tm Board or. Arbitrators, at the Court House or Rock:1.ngtum. . County, Virginia, on Tuesday, tre- 9th day of .ranuary, l.9~ at 10\ a. m., to tesHt)' end the truth t:o say on. bebal.t 1ul t.)i o-r the Defendant in the condemnation proceedin©3 or C11111»m•- State Com- miss ion on Conservation and Devel.opmen t of the State cie V:f.r g[n:ia v. G. Luther Kite. And have then and tmre this wr:tt. m WITIDSS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham. County, Virginia, at; the Court House thereof, thiq~ the 6th de_r of .ranuary, ire 4, and in the 158th year of the Commonweal th.. Clerk. C:V-,C cxeculed _ _ _ _......,._oy oe11ver1ng a true Cc,pv of t.u, _ in .. n<rnnn •• F• ? , �on rr::on • .. ... _ --- .-. .....J ·' . ....."T.,.. ·A ,. "'I'. • ~ ... •·~ - . · :. .. ~ - :"rr.c:r . . ., rce::-on -0"''1" :~JJ ,.. , .,..n .. ;:rm:; n -~I" . _, .r: 6 ~ tJ 'I } .. i. T .- ...,{:.['~i . ,l:,j J 1. C 1HJ T ~ " :J ";J 1 ".) ..r., & .., + .. o .... .." n• 'I· ,-. ~co . . ":"D'. .., O"I IJ . ~ ['f t o··· ' f [', C . . I...,.,. i' rn: .... {' . n,.,. Tl .. ' GCT..:VJJ. ~ ' .' +! - ,.., -i' T C' ... . , con . f' .' " ' .,. ~(!: ""' I. . ,. iJO -,· • , ,.... • • �• VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNI'Y. THB.: STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION A.ND DEV3LOPMENT OF THE ST.\TE OF VIRGINIA Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, v. NG\ CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, more or loss, or land in Rockingham County, Virginia. / 7 1932 ~;U:et-k~lerk Statement made this 8th day of November, 1932, by G. Luther Kite, in response to an order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. Your respondent says that be is the owner or three tracts of land ag~./~ ~ gregating 325 acras, ·uhich stand on the records in the na'lle of liaa i-;p:peAi., Bluford Lam aw@JJJ1&G'awl Pe•", and are known as Tracts Nos.87>- /:0.•. L ~ ,~ • " _ 1',o + . . , ,4 - 72..J and • Your petitioner prays that his except ions be sustained and refers specifically to the plat filed by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners and the except ions filed by excoptant for a. more particular description of the land harain conveyed. Said lands adjoin the lands of Sallie A. Kite and others, and lie near the Greene County line about seven or eight miles east of Elkton, in Rockinghrun County. And having fully answered, respondent prays that his except ions to the report of the said commission be su tained, and he will ever pray, etc. CJ!, k ~ Counsel ' By Counsel �. ··: • ~- I •T ,,.,,.,.. .....L.i..1 7 - TLa ·tate Cou .1iesio.1 o S t t e uf Vi 1.\., ia j a • ii I . flied In the Clerk~s Offi~ . ,., ., ~r- ., .. ,. - CvT• 1 , ·-r· R~~_kin;1amCou~ty, Va. VJ.. JAN b >.. IC3'1 ~ · IJ - - l.1-h .L ' " --'-'~·· ous rvu:.tion , ..d D vs . aw on t"'cLis 11d 2 , 501 caesundr in .. oc,;:L.16 ha.n vo:.mty , Virt,"illia . ut te:i ·1t of G. o~ th ~:it , uthe to th- allowa..r ce for, tr cts er s of L- .1d , .,Jore or 1 s , .1..t il0d 1ith his excop tio '12 and 372- 1 , for th 1~ info.c1,1ation ur itr to~~ . aa to tho v.1uatio1 of the l nds ulai wd ·y . eJ<.c.ep t':...11 t , and. i te,., s -wnich go to . a~~o up t ht1 valu t ion ,hich he places upon h"e 1 1u . 'I :1 pp.ca.it;ers csti nated that the.re .vas.. upon th,.,ce two The tracts of lru d 300 , 000 feet of lu h r , Hhi<Jh is not far wrong . J.1 he vulu ti.on of the timber , i..10asu.red I I is on1y1 1 . 50 p r thousand, uttorly i ·.t10ring the wood for fuol I, II pur oses upon tha l I d. Your e xcept mt, who is .1, av 3 y the lu1 bor, 0'-'tiri1ate practicc.o.l aaw . ill dl1d ~tt..ve thc..t 100 , 000 f ,rnt of th" tLnoo.c is wortn c...t t! n5 . 00 per th us nd, , s it Hill o.L L, ct lirat ul ::.s staves selling t 'ii'45 . 00 pe1.~ thousw d sto.v e . ho other 200 , 000 feet of Sc-.;;,W tinber is I. as exc ,pta11t u..rtl ~tuLl.P , Oll I ~ ad~ltlon t l ereto , I • I th-re is ~t l st ~00 , 00 cor s of wuou worth ~l . 00 Al.So ther.J id at 1..., .... t 1000 .Locust postB \/O.L·th .iot 3 uoru . ach . The yo.mc.: g owth of l Dcu .... t 0.1 tho la.110 1ill 1Lcoduco ann ually 500 locust post;:. , t.nd it wil.L _pas"ture 1.00 head of two - y each of vhichvlill t-'" The on during th r cattle , seal:lon, arou1d 200 pounds . and is v ., ry f~:ctile for true ::ing 1rnrJ)os s. It b.,ing !-!AMMER & !-!AMMER ATTO RN EY S AT LAW exc ptionally adoptod to grouine- ca.bbag . and potatoes. On the lands juet across th8 J.ir..e exc ptunt hai::l r a ised c b b ge at the 1 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND D5VELOPMI:,NT OF THE STATE O?' VIRGINIA vs . CASSANDRA LA·:sON ATKINS Et Als , and 52 , 561 Acres of LAND MORE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA To the Honorable H. W. Bertram, Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia . The petition of G. L. Kite respectfully represents: That he is the owner in fee simple, subject to certai liens thereon, of three tracts of land which have been condemned in the above entitled cause, numbered , described and delineated upon the County Ownership Map of Rockingham County, filed in said caus as tracts 372 , 372 - 1 and of 58 acres , omitte~ additional, which sai lands have been condemned by a judgment in rem entered in the said ~ Court for $2433 . 00 , on the report of the Board o f ~ Commis ioners composed of Judges Williams , Bertram, Turner , Glasgow and Smith , and that $1989 . 00 Dollars , part thereof , is for tract No . 372.; that $270 . 00 another part of said judgment is for tract No . 372 - 1; and there was an additional allowance for 58 acres omitted by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners , and allowed by the Board of Arbitrators of $174 . 00 . Your petitioner represents that the taxes upon the said lands for the years 1931 , 1932 , and 1933, are unpaid, and must be paid from the funds in the hands of the Court , and that these taxes are as follows: for the year , 1931, taxes, penalties and in terest $23 . 23 ; for the year 1932 , Taxes , penalties and interest $16 . 10 \ and for the year 1933 , taxes and penalties $12 . 67 making a total due for taxes of $52 . 00 , all of which will more fully appear from the Certificate of M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, attached hereto and prayed to be read as a part hereof . HAMM ER 8c HAMM E R ATT ORNEYS AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA. Your Petitioner further represents that your Petition er agreed to give to the State Commission on Conservation and Deve opment of the State of Virginia , 25 acres of land when the Solicit �l • 2• ors were at work, and that this 25 acres were valued at $ 75.00 whic~ must be deducted from the award above, and that there must -also be deducted from the said award the sum of $ 586.24, paid your Petitiorer as compensation for the right-of-way throu gh a portion of said lands, for the Scenic Hi ghway, commonly known as the Skyland Tria- which passes through a portion of this land. Your petitioner still further represents _:that there a...., ~ ~ ~ .. J., .r is a judgment of the Bickers Motor Company,I \.for the sum of $132.76 with interest thereon, from August 10, 1926, and ~15.70 costs, which jud8ment is represented by E. D. Ott, Attorney, and the prin cipal of which with interest and costs, amount as of this date, to $ 210.57. Your Petitioner would still further represent.J that on May 28, 1934, your petitioner as s igned to J.P. Hockman, the sum of $547.50 another part of said sum, to pay in full a note executed by Petitioner to Hockman on September 19, 1931, and which said amount should be paid to J.P. Hockman or to his attorney, W. V. Ford. Your petitioner a-lso represents that Petitioner has this day assi gned unto R. s. Moyers, out of the funds coming to him in the said cause, the sum of $122.24, which said sum represents a balance due on a note executed by Petitioner to R. S. Moyers for 4k450.oo on February 12, 1930, t he balance due thereon, b eing as of this date, $ 122.24, which said sum should be paid to R. S. Moyers or Charles A. Hammer, his attorney. Your petitioner further represents that after the payment of the $ 547.50 to Hockman, $ 52.00 Taxes, the $ 75.00 for the 25 acres of land contri buted to t he Park, the J 586.24 received on account of the ticenic Highway, $210. 57 to the Bi ckers ·Motor Company Is judgment; and the ~122.24 t o R. S. Moyers, and $ 2.00 to J. HAMMER & HAMMER ATTORNEYS AT LAW HARRISONBURG, VA. R, Switzer, Clerk,~ the remain'r-'due ~ sa id judgment t o Petit~ 4. loner-the sum of ~837.45 1 which should be paid unto Petitioner, or to his Attorney, Charles A. Hammer. Your Petitioner would further show unto the Court �- - 3 . ' ! ' that he has the superior right and t itle to the said lands, that n person other then Petitioner have any interest therein; that the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia has paid unto the State Treasurer, in satisfaction of the judgment aforesaid, the sum of ~2433 .00, which said Petitioner pres may be disbursed as follows: to M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rock ingham County, f52.00 for taxes, $75 .00 for the 25 acres of land contributed to the State Commission on Conservation and Developmen, $586 .24 received on account of the right-of-way for the construct- ion of the Scenic Highway , $547.50 to J.P. Hockman, $210.57 to th 1Bickers Motor Company, Incorporatei, $122.24 to R. S. Moyers , $2 .0 to J. R. Switzer , Clerk, and the remaining $837 .45 to your petitioner; the payment of the said several sums constitute and will ab sorb the total award for the fee simple title to the said tracts o land. Wherefore , Petitioner prays that an order be entered for the disbursement of the said ~2433 .00, directing the Treasurer of Virginia, to pay unto the said several parties the sums due the, as hereinbefore set forth; and that such other, further and al relief be given as the nature of the case may require, or Court may seem proper. rl~ J~ COUNSEL Notary Public , in and for the City of Harrisonburg, in the State of Vir ginia , do certif y that G. L. Kite , whose name is signed ~ th~ mapgjg ~QPQ@f, for the purpose of identification, this day personally appeared before me in my sad HAMMER a HAMMER ATTORNEYS A T LAW City and made oath that the matters stated in the fore oing petit - HARRI SO NBURG, VA . ion are true. J L~~-- (T~ //~ day of ~ ' 1934. Given under my hand this ~ �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby oertity that the reoords in this office show that the following taxes assessed in the name of G. L. Kite on 382 acres of land situate in the Park .A:rea in stonewall Distriot, this County: 1931- ------- - -Penalties -2-5% $ 18.90 1.93 2.40 23.23 ---- --- - -Penal -2-5% ties 13.80 1.40 .90 16.10 Interest 1932- Interest -- -- -- -1-5% - - -Penalty Total- - - - - - - - - - - - 1933- 12.07 .60 $ 12.67 52.00 All taxes prior to this time, if any be due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Offioe of said County. Given under my hand this 26th day of May 1934. Treasurer �IN ':'HE CIRCJIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OF VIRGINIA '!'HE 'l'HE STA'rE vs . CA~SANDRA LAWSON ATKINS Et Als , and 52,561 Acres of Land MORE GR LESS IN ROCK INGHAM COUNTY , Vr::G INIA This Cause came on to be arain heard this day of June, 1934 , upon the papers formerly read and proceedings formerly had, the letter of John M.. Purcel l, Treasurer of Virginia t o J.RobertSwitzer , Clerk , Dated June 21 , 1934 , and was argued by Counsel . Upon consideration whereof , it appearinq to the Court that in the order entered in this cause on the 18th day of June , 1934 , the Treasurer of Virginia was directed to pay to sundr persons, from the funds allotted for tracts No . 372 and 372 - 1 , the sum of $2433 . 00 , when there has only been certified to the Treasur er of Virginia by the Honorable Wm . E . Carson , Chairman of the State Commission on Conservation and Development $2160 . 00 for trac No . 372 and $227 . 00 for tract No . 372 - 1 , and that the amount order ed paid exceed~ the amounts certified by the said Carson ~y ~46 . 00; and it further appearing that the difference arises from a defic iency in the quanity of la nd due to the establishment of the Sky land Trail , it is accordingly adjudged and ordered that the order I entered on the 18th day of June , 1934, ·)e amended and that there b~ I paid to G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer , his Attorney, the sum of ;$791 . 45 , and that the Treasurer do disburse e_ said ~;2387 . 00 as directed in the order of June 18th , 1934 , as ~amended . i 11 HAMMER & HAMMER AT TORN,YS ANO COUNSflOAS A.T ~"RRISONBURG. VA. Ii \.A.W I I ,' ,1 ,i i i �IN THE CIRCUI'r COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA THE STATE COMMI SS IO N ON CONS '-::RVAT I N AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STA'I:E OF VIRGINIA vs . CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS et Als, and 52 , 561 Acres of LAND MORE OR LESS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA On the motion of G. L. Kite, leave is given him to file his petition in the above entitled cause , for the payment of the sum of $ 2433 . 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judg ment , in the condemnation of tracts 3 7 2 , 372 - 1 , and of 58 acres additional omitted land , in accordance with the findings of the Board of Arbitrators , and heretofore paid into the custody of the ~ Court , and the said petition and application i::8 accordingly filed: And this Petition came on to be heard this /~ day of June, 1934 , and it appearing to the Court that of the sumo~ $24 33 . 00 , there is due M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham Co- unty $52 . 00 for taxes, $ 75 . 00 due the State Commission on Conserva~ ion and Development for 25 acres of land donated for the park pur ~ poses; $586 . 24 due the State Commission on Conservation and DeveloJ ment in payment of the right - of - way for the construction of the Scenic Highway , and heretofore paid G. L. Kite; $547 . 50 to J . P. Hockman , being the amount of his assignment of a part of sai d fund ; $210 . 57 in payment of the judgment , interest and costs of the Bick - ers Motor Company against G. L. Kite ; $122 . 24 the amount of the assignment of G. L. Kite to R. s. Moyers ; ·2 . 00 to J . R. Switzer , Clerk fees , and $ 837 . 45 the remainder due to G. L. Kite . And it further appearing to the Court that said G. L. Kite is invested with the superior and better ri sht , title and claim in and to the sai o. tracts of land numb ered 372,372 - 1 , / and 58 acres of additional land referred to in the judgment in rem~ tha tt any person or persons, and that the records in this proceeding HAMMER 8c HAMMER ATTORNE Y S AT LAW HARRISONBURG , VA , do not disclose any denial or adverse claim, or dis uute by any person or pe r sons in interest as to the title of the said Kite to the said lands , or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation 181 �2 thereof; it is accordingly ordered and decreed that the Treasurer of Virginia do disburse the sum in his hands as follows: to M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County $52 . 00 for taxes ; to The State Commission on Conservation and Development $75 . 00 for the 25 acres of land contributed by the Petitioner to the said Commission on Conservation and Development ; to .the State Commission on Conservation and Developme-nt $586 . 24 , the amount of money heretofore re - ceived on account of the right -of - way through a portion of the land for the construction of the Scenic Hi t,c,, NfAJ , ' l J . ~ / . . _ ; ~ way ~ to J . P . Hockman , assig ( <:"~f. ~ . / I ~ ~ nee 'A the sum of :W547 . 50 ! to A,the Bickers tuotor Company or te El . B-• • ~-_.•1111a11iiiiii~~~ , the sum of $210 . 57 being principal, interest and costs of the judgment of the said Bickers kotor Company against the said G. L. Kite ; to R. s. Moyers, assignee , or to Charles A. Ham- mer, his Attorney , the sum of ·i22 . 24 being the amount of ment by G. L. Kite to the said Moyers \ to J . R. Switzer, Clerk $2 . 0, and to G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer, his Attorney , the remain ing $837 . 45 , taking from the said several parties receipts therefor and certifying such payment to the Cour·t for appropriate entry as required by law . HAMMER & HAMMER ATTOR N EYS A T L AW HA R RI S ONBURG , VA , �I hereby assign to J.P. Hockman, Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, out of the sum or sums of money which have been awarded to me by the Board of Appraisal Commissioners and Special Investigators in the condemnation proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c., as compensation and damages for my lands sought to be taken and condemned for the purposes of establishing the Shenandoah National Park, said award having been corrected and raised by the Board of Arbitrators heretofore appointed in said condemnation case, and whose arbitration award has been duly returned and filed in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, my said tracts being known and designated as Tract No. 372 and 372-I and 58 acres of additional land added to the above two tracts, such sum or sums of money as shall be necessary and sufficient to pay in full the following described negotiable note, together with the accrued interest thereon, to-wit: A note bearing date on the 19th day of September, 1931, executed by G. Luther Kite, and payable to the said J.P. Hockman f'or the sum of Five Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents (~547.50), which said note is now past due, together with interest on said note from the said 19th day of September, 1931. Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1934. '!3 �LAW OFFICes OF 1-lAMMER & 1-lAMMER ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 204•_, ,.IAST NATIONAL aANK &LOO. MARRISONliURO, VA. �2 ' NoTE--This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and DEFENDANTS. Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. __ -372 _____ : Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the ,C ounty Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Tract No. ---------- $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Luther Kite Bickers Motor Co . , E. D. Ott , Atty~ That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Luther Kite , to give 25 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Project . ··""..· fark .. That -no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the saidC ward(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds , rising fron;r the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___ .3.172_ ____ $ __ .7.5...._Q_Q_ : Tract No. ____________ $ ----------: Tract No. ------------ $----------; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS S.T.~.QM!YJ.$_Q:rn.l'L _QN_ _Q_QNQ.ERYA':rJ_ON IJ,,. -~0-EllfEN:1!----;:J!lj _____________ _ ~:,dtkitl;:1 1~ NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. (p 1 �STATE OF VIRGINIA ) SS COUNTY OF WARhEN ) Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in mys aid State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, aposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Divisio n thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive sh':1.res of aondemna tio n awards .in the Shenandoah Nati onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts ~nd 4greements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in tnese proceedings , and that the within claim is just 4nd correct . Witness my signa t ure this 8 t h ~o!~~~~! 1 ~ C.orr: NO, 'lY l'tul.., V o ~ b l i ss on hi:·• • e E. ' \ I _"' _ _ • �\ STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS ) CO u NTY OP '1vARREN Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes, who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development ~n immediate charge of the records .of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof ha,v ing to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in ., ,. . the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just a. nd correct. Given under my hand' this (,\ · �NOTE-This need not lbe filed until the r-e cord discloses that the ·a wards -have been ,Courts. Virginia: f'L} ,1 ,·L,;.. r'-- . paid mto tl}e. cwitP..<m o RocKlO~n"m • ·,,,., ty, 'Ja,. I In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Conimi:ssion on Cons•e rvation and Devel'opment of the State of Virgi -·, V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandr:a Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Th ousand, Five Hun Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less 1 Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: T'hat a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding c'Ondemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tra-c t (s) ·o f land numbered as f.olltows: Tra.ct v' No ..~.7.?.............. : Tract Nto.57.2::-:-I.......... : Tract No ..................... ; and desicribed in the report of the Bo·aTd of Appraisal Gommis•s ioners •a ppointed the-r ein and sho·wn, number·e d, and delineated on the County Owne;rs·hip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the -c ustody of the Oourt of the sum (s) set out in the said judgment •a s c·onstituting the · award (s) therefor, as f.oll:ows: Award on Tract No.512........ $ ..2.l.6.Q.•.Q~ on Tra,c t No ..3.7.2..7.I .. . $..22.'Z ...OO; on Trad No ............... $................ ; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the f oUowing named persons claim, o:r appear to have a cl-aim to an intell'est in the said tract(s) •o f land or in the pr:oceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; Luther Kite Bickers Motor Company, by E. D. Ott, Attorney. That 1Jhe Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set out in s1a id judgment a,s cnmstituting the award (s) of the fee simple e-s,tate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the sa·i d judgment in rem c·ondemning the s,aid tract(s) ·o f l•a nd, ·owned or was (were) entitled ,t o the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c1ond·e mnation there-o f:- Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveyecf the Skyline roadbed running through tis tract, the owner granted apr ~orveyed t0 the undersigned the right to receive from said proceeds, the sum of $586 . 24 . That no otJhe·r person or persons than the undersigned are -e ntitled to ·slhare in the distribution •o f the said award (s) except the fioll:owing named personis whose interest in said tr.act (s) or in the pro·ceeds arising fr.om the condemnation thereiof -o n the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: The above mentioned claimants to the extent that they may be able to establish their claims . Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that l'he--(·tittey-)--&e--made--a -party.- ~ ~- her.ein tffi"~ ~ - i•on---2-i-~-th-e-P1:1hlie-P-fH'k- G~mna.tio:a- Ad,- and.- th:atj an order be entered f.or the distribution of said sum (s) set forth in said judgment in rem ais con·s tituting bn 8 award(s) for the f.ee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersi<gneid of the said award (·s ) or -o f as much thereof as the Oourt may find that the undersign-e ~ is ·(M'e) entitled to receive, and whi<c'h the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: .,.,r a ct No.i'l-2.&.~~.~ $ ~.8..6 ...2.4.. : Tract No,.--····- ····· $ .......•. .-•.... : Tract No ................. $................ ; The undersigned further aver(s ) that: (Le,a ve thi•s space Mank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought e·s ~edally to the attenti'on of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS .STATF.. r.O.~"ISSION.. mr.. CONSERV.1-'TION . Afm.. DEVW ~,-&f:····...··· · & ··~ f ·•· · ·.· ·.· ·.·.·.· .· ·.·.· .· ·. ·········· ·.·.·.·..· .· .· ·. ·. ·. .· ·.·.· ··:·· ·· l!L.......................... v -Jl v LJ ................L'f. . g}J NO'DE-A supply of this blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one .i s required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed ,by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any f·o rm they may d-e sire which meets with the approval of the Court. This iblank form may not and probaibly will not cover all cases. It has b een printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �Q!nmmnuwrnltq nf llirgiuin TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA . July 3 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of rlockine;ham County dated 6 / 18/ 34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. :paid to $ 791 .45 Cassand -r>a Lawson Atkins G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hammer , his attor nev being in full settlement of tract# 372 , 372 - 1 in the above mentioned cause. 11) �C!!nmmnumtaltI, nf 1tTirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M . PURCELL ~• July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA G. L. Kite or to Charles A. Hrumner, his attorney Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 791 . 45 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Bock:inc-;bam June entered on the 18th day 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v ___ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_\_vs_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 372, 372- Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 111. �Qinmmnnwtaltlf nf llirginia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . J O H N M. PU RCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VI RGI NIA This is t o certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Hockinrrham County datea~~ 6~/~~~8~/_3_4__ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. _ ___ ___ n...,,d""'...,r a""-----'L =a.w .,_,_..sc.-._¢n-'---"A C:.t=k,.:.a=n=s,________ _ .C .,_._. a _.... s .... s""' a...... :paid to J. R. Svlitzer, Clerk $_2_._0_0_ _ _b e ing in full settlement of tract # in the abo ve mentioned cause. 372 , 372 - 1 �Q.tnmmnuwtaltf1 nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 3 11 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . R. Switzer , Cler k Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 2 . 00 , in acco rdance with an order of the Circuit Court of the c ounty -=-_o~c_k~i~n~q-_h_am o f _ _R of June 1 93L - -- entered on the 18th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Development v _ __ s ____ and ot h ers , being __C_a_s_s_a_n_ d_r_a_ L_a_v_1s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n___ full and c omplete settlemen t f or the tra ct of land known i n said pro c e eding as# Sign original an d dup l icat e and return t o t he Treasurer of Virginia . 372 :, 372-~ �C!rnmmnnnttaltq nf ]lirgiuia TREASU ER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This i s to certify that I, J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia have thi s_3__ day of July in accorda nce with an order of the circui t court of Roclring ham County dated 6/18/34 in the cause of the State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develo: pment of the State of Virgin ia dra v s · - - - - - -Cassan ---- -Lawson - - - -Atkins ------------:paid to R. $ 122.24 s . Hoyers , As signee , or to Cha r l e s A. Hannne r his atty . being in full settlem ent of tract in the above menti oned causB. # 372., 372-1 �Qtnmmnuwralt4 nf lllirgiuta TREA SURE R'S OFFI CE RICH MON D, VA , JOHN M. PURCE LL July 3 , 1934 TREASU RER OF VIRGINI A R. s. Moy ers, Ass igne e, or to Cha rles A. Hammer his atto rney I Rec eive d of J.M . Pur cell , Tre asur er of Virg inia , the sum of$ 122 . 24 , in acco rdan ce with an orde r of the Circ uit Cou rt of the coun ty o f_--=R =o"""'c=k=i=nec..;g=h=a=m =-- --- ente red on the 18th day of June 193_i__ , in the mat ter of the Stat e Com miss ion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop men t v _ __ ___ _C _a~s_s~a=n~d=r~a;_c_L_a_w~s_o~n-"--A _t_kc....=i~n=s__ and othe rs, bein g full and com plet e sett lem ent for the trac t of land known in said proc eedi ng as# Sign orj g inal and dup li cate and r e turn to the Tre asur er of Vir gini a. 372, 372~ 1 �Qlnmmnunttaltq nf ]lirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RICHMOND.VA , JOHN M, PURCELL July 3 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 3 day of July in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datAd 6/18/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Lawson Atkins Cassandra -'--='C-'-'---=C.=-=c=------c...-----=-c==-- - - - - - - vs. - - - - - ----=.c==-===--==--.ccc......c:paid to ,J. P . Hackman, Assignee ar ·1v . V. 'fi'arrl., his At torney $ 547.50 being in full settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause. # 37~ .,372- 1 �- ~ - QJ:ommnumralt4 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . P . Hockman, Llssignee or 11. V. Ford, his Attorney Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 547 . 50 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham 18th day entered on the of June 193!_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ __C~a=s~s=a=n=d=r~ac=.......=L=a=w~s~o=n~A=t=k=i-D~S_ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as# 372,372- l J . P . Hockman, # s s ignee his Attorney . Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. • V. Ford , �- ...... Oinmmnuwealtq nf 1ilirgiuia - - ~ . TREASUER 'S OFFICE RI CH MO N D , VA . July 3 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purce l l, Treasur er of Virginia have this_ 3__ day of July in accorda n ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockinpham County date~a__6_/_l_S_/_3_4__ in the cau se of the State Commiss i on on Conservat ion and Develo:pme nt of the State of Vi r ginia Cassandra - - ' - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - -- ~ - - -Atkins - - ~ - - -Lawson vs · - - - - :Paid t o E . D. Ott., Attorney f m ., Bi ckP.1"' S ·Matar Cam ,m,.~r $ 210 .57 being in full se t tlement of tract # 372, 3 72- 1 in the above mentioned cause . �Qlnmwnuwraltq nf llirgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA , JOHN M, PURCELL July 2., 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorn ey for Bicke rs Motor Compan y Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of Virgi nia, the sum of $ 210 . 57 , in accord ance with an order of the Circu it Court of the county Rockin Of- - -i;;·ham entere d on the 18th day - '--------'------- of June 193__1__ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Conse rvatio n and Develo pment v _ __ Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others being ~ full and compl ete settle ment f o ~ r a c t "of ,,, -r- ~ k nown in said proce eding as# 372, 372-l 1/43 ; ~ ] ~ ~ '-----v M tti r Sign or i ginal and duplic at e and return to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �Q!nmmnuwraltq nf l!Jirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL July 3 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this_~3..._day of Jul y with an order of the circuit court of in accordance Rockin~hrun County dated~-6~,-/_J~B~/-3~4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develol)ment of the State of Virginia Cassan dr a Lawson Atkins vs. :Paid t $ O 5 2 . 00 M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of 1i-ockinghrun County being in full settlement of tract# in the above mentioned cause. 372 , 372- 1 �C!tnmtnnunttalt11 nf llirgiuta - - ~ - TREASURER'S OFFICE RICH MONO, VA. JOHN M . PURCELL July 3, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRG I NIA M. H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 52 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 18th day of _ _J_u_n_e__ l93L , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Devel9prnent v _ __ ___ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s__ and others , being full and complete settleme n t for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 372- 372-l Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. If, l . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Luther Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dean Mtn; Cucumber Spring Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 372, 372-I Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_kite-jp-tract-331.pdf 673ec53c472b8f38b84fd5633c5f96f1 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 Kite, JP Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 331 Items in Land File: <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> 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 331 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Kite-JP-tract-331 Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_kite-rose-b-tract-305-305a-305b.pdf 3dac8164001c7a78b4ce8c24c75987c2 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 Kite, Rose B Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 305, 305a, 305b Items in Land File: <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> 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 Kite, S and ML Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 303 Items in Land File: <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> 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 303 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Kite-S-and-ML-tract-303 Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c62abc77bc651498527c7d8cb2237491.pdf aa176bc1b65f419709a820bdf5dc94ac PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #3 - Kite~ Sallie A. 24 Number of Acres: Location: On the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge n '.)rth of. Cucumber Spring • Roads: A steep mountain road leads from this tract to .Maple Spring School House . About half the remaining distance to Elkton is over an unimproved dirt road becore r eaching a macadam road . Soil: Clay loam of medium depth and fertility . Al l merchantable timber has been removed . About half the tract was cleared y ears ago for grazing but most of it is now too brushy to be considered sod land . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Total Value Acreage Value per acre 14 $3 . 00 $42 . 00 2 15 . 00 30 . 00 5 . 00 40 . 00 Ridge: Slope: -- Cove: Grazing Land: -- Fields Restocking: - - -248--- Total $112 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 112 .oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $J,l.i & Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None - -~ ~ CIE.ERK �. ,r L?~- / .A:;~ . ~~a::e ~ r c u i ~ ~ ~ - ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia,-No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservatifand Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in _____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this ~:_:/4~~~~.L~:~-------------------------------------- as h~Ya:s;:: My post office address is ___ ~_c.__~------- ----------------- -----I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _________ . _________________ ------------------------ --------- . J ~_____ ----------------- --------------------- ----------.: 7 :7" -------------------- This land is located about_ ___ t-3-___ miles from __ ~ - - - - - - - - - -Virginia, in the~~.LMagiste rial District of said County. I claim the following ri.ght, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ~ -- ~jid. ~-- ----------~- ~~------ -The land o~ers_a~jace~ to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North-~----------- -------------------- -------------------- --------South ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----East------------------- -------------·----------- ------------------------ -----------West ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _L,Z~in the following manner: , - - - - ~ ~ ~ _r ------------------------ ------------------------ - 1 claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $i.1..2{,(-.~-~-~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practkable he should also insert here a !:E:~~~-~~t~:~~:~: e~~, ~:1 ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of ,;~!- si_z;:3~r-my name and ~~~~-~~~~:~:::~:: S T ~ I N I A , COUNTY QF _____f_7/-_---7J"--·x.7.x_·To-w1t. The undersigned hereby certifies t h a t ~ '__ te_...__/~-~---------- -----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters ;~:-~~~~~-~~:~~n~-~:yhi:f~~~-::_:r:: 3'.;_~~~ #Ze and belief, O Clerk g:f the Ce:art;- or Special Investigator or .l>JetaPy Public, or Jugtiee of the PeacP.. I ~c �- - C unty: District: : D Cln1 · d: UC : .• a es.s ---------·F.A: 24 Ac cation: lo n the f cue oft e .• oes, co oili C y lo !: 0th i lu 1dge nort Ione so f r nd ;:,; kmt111. ortility. Rot:.d: • rchantablo ttnb r t clo r it 1 no , too b... y All l.f tl o t at 0£ - --:u T : •• Slop 14 • • s.oo - Fg. Tot l 10.00 lue of land: ot A "'r Value A.er e oi' ~ v 1.02. 00 at-: ue per c 10 : .oo 'l'otnl. ue- - �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.UJ COCNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserv ation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassapd ra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. Filed in th fiockin"'h e C!erk1s Off! srro am Gou,,,y,t v~ct - /7 1932 Cler., TO HON. H.V!.BERTR.A.M, JUDGE OF SAID COURT. The motion of Sallie A. Kite, praying said Court to disapprove and to decline to accept the finding of the Board of ppraisal Commiss ioners heretofo re appointe d by said Court in said matter, wherein said Board reported , under No. b of its finding s, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that moveant only owns in Rockingham County 24 acres of land on the upper west slope of the Blue Ridge Mountai ns, north of Cucumber Spring, and that th said 24 acres has only an average value of ~4.66 per acre. The grounds of said motion are as follows: (l) That the acreage allowed to Sallie .Kite is erroneo us, in that she is entitled to at least 60 acres mor~ than the amount allowed her, the said 60 aores being reported , hov,ever , in the name of G. Luther Kite in the report of the Apprais al Board under its No. 372-I. That the priae pr aor;,:l ~ed for · t~e 24 aarea of said land by the Apprais al Board is ina e q ~ ~ ~ ~ n g worth at least ; 10.00 per acre, as is shown by the amount of charge made (2) by the Apprais al Board of Greene County for the 10 acres of land which they have taken for the Sky Line Trail. (3) LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced be- HARRISONBURG. VA. 41 �, --2-i fore said Board by said Sallie A. Kite . The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of these exceptions . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ,; �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINI. The State Commission on Conservation end Developnent of the state of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. TO THE HON. H. '.V. BERTi ! , JUDGE OF Si.ID COURT. The affidavit of S llie A.Kite, to be read in connection with the motion filed by her to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 3. State of Virginia, • City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: Sallie A. Kite this day personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Pu.blic in and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, in my City aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the owner of 750 acres of land situate on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, at and near the Cucumber Spring, on the head-waters of Pocosan Run, about ten miles east of Elkton, Virginia, which land lies partly in Rockingham County and partly in Greene. It is believed that approximately 84 acres lies in Rockingham County, and the balance in Greene County. The 60 acres listed by the Board of ippraisal Commissioners in the name of G. Luther Kite, under its Ho. 372-I, is the property of your affiant. That the value placed upon said land by the Board of AJ)praisal Commissioners of an average of $4.66 per acre is entirely inadequate. The true value of said land, even in its present conditio , is not leas than $15.00 per acre. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SON B0RG, VA. The Board of Appraisal Com- missioners of Greene County charged your affiant J l0.00 per acre for twelve acres and a half said to be taken for the Sky Line �·- ··- ·~ - ---2--- I :: Trail, which land so taken is of no more value than the 24 acres 1, for which you arriant is only allowed J4.66 per acre<, 11 Ii cl~ d2 ~ 1, subscribed and sworn to I• ,2-d before me this d y of "'eptember, 1932. ~ - :-h C· • j?~ ~ ~ ·-o tary J:U. bli c. ' I ' ~. 1,· Ir I I LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER l HARRISONBURG, VA. l-Jl5 �In the Circuit uourt of RocKingham county,Virginia. The state Commission on conservation and Development of the State of Flied In the Clerk's Offic Virginia. Va. Rockingha:11 County, v. f\ f 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atl{ins and others and 52,~61 acrea,more or less, in noc.-ingham County, Virginia. ~rk statement made b y ~ Sallie A.Vite pursuant to a decree in the above entitled cause dated 0ct.25,1932,in response to Item No.2 of the inquiry made in said decree. Your respondent says that the - Board of Appraisal commissioners erred trhen in its finding No. 3 it only reported that your respondent only mvned 24 acres of land in ROC.idngham County on the upper slope of the Blue Ridge mountains,no-rth of cucumber spring,and that the 2-1: acres has only a value of $-1.66 per acre,and also erred in reporting 60 acres of land adjacent to your responueuts lands as belonging to G.Luther Kite uncter its No.372I. That this 60 acre tract is the property of your respondent. That the price allowed for said 60 acres is also c: 2catory. _/#!- ~ By Couiise. Geo.s.Harnsberger, counsel. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ' �-/ :z O :i> ~ Z, C OF } Geo . ff . Harnsberger , p . q . ~ "' 0 / ~ AJ =0 II "" 0 m l'I :z C ffl Cz, -4 ml. AJ Ci,-f 2 i a, JJ "' SALLIE A. KITE CR~ ,r - . ; -t ro.N < :, DI N - "' 3 • l'I" :z :::, ., . < l'I tll I> I( Ill -4 0 a, Co- A ·<::::;,/1' , -l...L,L C "' ii~ STATEMENT OF COSTS , POSTAGE , ETC . : '"I �• ' ( In re Arbitration ..lgreement submitted to the Governor, ~rising in or out of the condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. IS: ~- L·, filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. _. AUGJ-.b 1933 ~~erk In re exceptions of Sallie A. Kite . ,' '! ,-, ,,., Is To the Hon. Philip Williams, Chairman of the Park Land Arbitration Board. r, In reply to your letter of Augu.st 16 , 1933 , aooompanying the rules that day issued , beg to say : That exceptant owns approximatel y 734 acres of land in the Counties of Roclcingham and Greene , as fol.lows : In Rockingham County , Tract Mo . 3 , 84 acres . While Tract No . 3 only calls for 24 acres , there is an. overlap of 60-:J acres adjacent thereto which is believed to be the property of exceptant and not that of G. Luther Kite . In Greene County, Tract No. 20 , about 650 acres . Respectfully submitted , / _ ~- //~~ -et? fM/7". L A W OF F I CES GEO. S. HARNSB ERGER HARRI SONBURG, VA. .1,2 �KI 'l'i?: , SALLIE 1. . 3 , 372- I R CKI:i: GHAM C CitJNTY IN RE . ARBITR.LTION .AGREE!'.ilil\TS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Conde·nnation proceedin 6 s pendi11r; in the Circuit court of Virginie. under authority of the Shen- ndoah 1:ational p . . . rk ..... c t . SU:_.1i.RY ST. 'i'E:IBNT OF PE'I1ITIOlf.ER : EXCEP':i.1.A}-iT : Ki t e, Sallie • • CRIGI-JAL CLPLf : Acreage - : Value ~5 ,420 . 00 : r nc . Dc.mages - VALUE PL CED 01- .i. _ CT BY PETITIONER ' S ,. ACT i"0 . 7: LUE 3 $ 1 02 . 00 Ylil.P iWI.3LR OF ..FPHAISERS : n:cIDJ:;l~AL D ~ :.GES None ft 255 . 00 372 - I 'J.1R.ACT : None 3 , 372 - I VALUE OF 'l'R!~CT : TRACT NO . YALlf.rl: ~~r.~L D.~lAGES None 3 372 - I I! CIDE 270 . 00 " II �Copies of this statement will be attached to ~he statement of Petitioner filed in the County in which the major portion of the land lies and in which exceptant has filed her statement. Subscribed to and verified before me this the£_day of September, 1933. /) r~ �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGIL.11 COUNTY , VIRGINI~. The state Commission on Conservation and D3velopment of the State of Virginia , v. At Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson -~tkins and others , On this PE TI TI ON.!!1R , j.. ')- DE.FEIIDANTS • day of February, 19.34 , aarne Sallie A• Kite, and, on her motion, leave is given her to file her application for the distribution of the award made in th:ii..s case to her, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract designated as No. 3 and heretofore paid into Court being ;112. 00. 4\.nd it appearing from the report of the Board of -Ppraisal Commissioner s , heretofore filed in t h is suit , and in the petition for judgment of condemnation , heretofore ent ered herein, that, in the opi nion of the said The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Sallie~,.{1 te was invested with a superior or better ri ght or claim of title in and to said tra ct of land designated as No. 3,and that the record in said condemnation proceedings does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said Tract design a ted us :No. 3 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof. Upon consid eration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of ~112.00 be paid out as follows: To J. t• Switzer, Clerk, the sum of To Geo.S.Harnsb er : er, .ttorney for Sallie A• Kite, the sum of 110.00 The Clerk of this Court i s her e by dir ect ed to transmit LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG. VA. a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia,who �__J . ..... 2 - .. shall pay out s id fund in accordance therewith, ta1 :in0 from the parties to whom the fund is directed to be paid their respective receipts for the sums paid to them and certifying such payment to the Clerk of t h is Court for appropriate entry thereof , as re qui.r ed by law. -Snter. tft4.Al1 ---,J=-u-a-g-e. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SONBURG. VA. ____ , �I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCYINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA• The state Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, v. PETITIONER , .at Law No . 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , D3FENDANTS . TO THE HON. H. W. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT. Your petitioner , Sallie A. Kite , respectfully represents: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia the fee simple estate in a tract of land formerly the property of Sallie A• Kite, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain, in the eastern por- tion of Stonewall District, RocYingham County, Virginia, about eight miles east of Elkton, which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s appointed herein, and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed therewith, as Tract No . 3, at the price of 112 . 00. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that this is a portion of a much larger tract of land, the major portion of which land is situate in Greene County, Virginia; that all of said tract of land was assessed as one body, or as a whole, for taxes; that all of said taxes have been paid, and that there are no liens or claims of any kind existing on or against s a id property, and that no other person or persons than your petitioner are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Wherefore, your petitioner prays that she may be made a party herein and be allowed to file her petition in this proceeding; that the fund in t his cause may be paid to her, or to LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. her attorney of record; that an order may be entered in these �• • --2-proceedings for the distribution of said fund, and that your petitioner mey have such other and further relief as the nature of the case malf require. state o! V~ inia, County of / o ~ r t f : i , to-wit: This day Sallie A. Kite personally appeared before me, - - - ' a riot ary Public in and for the ~::.::=-==-·~ ~-<' ~"" ~°""""'--'~ -'"--~:;..;;;...=-· ;,.:;.. J. .~ ""~ County aforesaid, in the state of Jirginia, in my County aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the petitioner in the above entitled matter. land condemned in this proceeding formerly belonged to me. The I have read the above petition, and do hereby state that the matter of fact therein set forth are true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. , Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1934. LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. /~ day of February , �Qinmmnuwtaltq nf litrgtuirt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL February 26 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 26 day of __F_e_b_._ _ inaccordance with an order of the circuit court of __R_o_c_k_i_n~g_h_am ____ dated _ _ 2/~2_2/~3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v s . Cassandra Lawson tkins et als pa id to __ Geor~e s . Harnsberger At t y. for Sallie JJ. . Kite , Harrisonburg , Virginia . $ 110 . 00 being in full settlement of tract #_2,__ in the above mentioned cause. 212 �Q!ommnuwtalt-11 of 11ttrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL February 26, 1934. TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s . Harnsberger , Attorney for Sallie • Kite , Harrisonburg, Virginia . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 110 .00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham Feb. entered on the 22nd day 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~C~a~s~s~a=n=d=r~a~L=a=w~s~o=n~=A~t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #__3 _ _ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qinmmnunttaltq nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA February 26 , 1934 . This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 26 day of Feb . in accordance with an order of the circuit court of -= R~o~c=k=i=n=g_h=a=m ~ -dated __2~/_2_2~/_3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v s . Cassandra Lawson Atkins e~t~-q=l=s_ ____ _______ paid to J . R. Switzer , Cle $ _ _2_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ being in full settlement of tract#~ in the above mentioned cause. �Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA February 26 , 1934 . J . R. Swi tzer , Clerk , Harrisonburg , Virginia-·- - Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county o f_~R ~o~c~k=i-=nc.gL.=h=a=m=-- - - entered on the of Feb . 193L 22nd day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_____ and others , being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- 3~- - - - Sign ori g inal and dup licate and return to the Treasurer of Virg inia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context kite-sallie-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Kite, Sallie A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 3 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Kite https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c0a30417379ac442ca21da8f22bb77a9.pdf 790a9c22382624fef6eaf93f5b8941db PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT #52 - - Knif hting, Hrs . John Number of Acres: 52 Location: 1lest slope of Uain Ri dge, n ortheast of Sv1i ft Run Gap . Roads: T\,O Soil: St..ndy clay of fair depth ·.. nd fertility ; very r ocky in wooded portion ·.ii th moderate to steep slopes and northv1est exposure . miles of fair Lart road to Spot s wood Trai l near Swift Run G..:1p ; thence seven ailes to :Slkton . History of Tract and condition of timber: wrge portion c let..red up many years ago and he.s been c·1ltivated ::'or some tine . It hu.s been neglected for the pa st fifteen or t,venty ye:J.rs . It ha.s reverted back to slope type, excepting six ~ores ne~r the house which is still cultiv':lted . ':l:'he wooded area has been cut over repea.tedl ,, in t:rn p~st. Present stand consists of 'nixed o-:::ks, so""' po~L.r und hickory . r··: is estir:-:e.teci to c·rt :ilmpxoo:em~ 8.11 r,ver~;~e o~ five cords o.'.' fueLrn -_ cJ. per acre. ".::1otL.l o::' 230 cords. Improvaments; Dvelling : Log, 16x21', kitchen 12xl6x8', l½ story , Shi~ led, 4 rooms, ceiled, :dir co,:ition. Jtable: Loe uh,' fr:_..., e, 1·3xl8x0', shing l ed , f air cond.i -:ion . Hen house: Frone , 12xl6xl2' , shincled, ~&ir con·i'ion . 6..5 apple trees - 10 .,.,ec.rs 01(·., f~ir, G..) :;?euci-1 trees, 7 ye~rs olC , fair con ition. Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 138 . 00 ;~3 . 00 46 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 180 . 00 6 318 . 00 Orchard: 533 . 00 100 . 00 50 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 318. 00 1003 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 53.:i . CO ~-~1:JI Value of Orchard: $ 100 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 ,; 10 5 3 • 0 0 ~ux:r:mxrixlElfXXXX~~xxxhH $i§Mi~ix Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ..50 . CO ValueofWood: $ .50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ lc3. 32 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ -'"G!C. {i; ·/ ~ . --~-=--___:...,C?'____,~ ~~;;;..._-- 'L~ •.::. 72,. �tioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ ____ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in_ Commission on Conservation and DeState the of ion pe the to The undersigned, in answer velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sa· petition and to s · notice. .!:'!: ____ _ _' My name is_ 0 _7 ___________________________ _ _£ My post office ess is_ _ • '--~--L~A!__ _______________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought whic~here are the following to _be_ condemn~d, containing about__-'1:.4_:-._ __ bmldmgs and i m p r o v e m e n t s : ~ r ~ r - - ~ - ~ - - ~ - - - - -7r7~r,t?- ________________________ ______/ ___________________ z--~------------- ---------- This l ~ s locaJ~d abo~L-~~--:--~-miles ~rom __ ~--~----------- --Virginia, in t h e ~__ Magisterrnl District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~~~~}~;~u--~--L~-~------------------- ~r=-------------------------------------------------------------------------------as follows: to the above described tract or parcel of land are cent · ~ da d The l a owner _ __ _____ ------------------------ ------------------------ --------North_ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------_ ___ _ _ _ South East_~~ -~------------------ -------------------- ---------------West_~-~~------- -------------------- -------------------- -------in the 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner: ./.P'.£.__ --./3:y ~ ------------------------------_--------------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $Jad'./2.,_~~-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $LRQ..<l.!..~----· I am the owner of_ __ ~ ________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a d~?1f~ ~~~:2~ -------- --- �- I - • ,. /;2 ... I �• • county: Roclringhrun intriot• .Jtono m.11 rs . John 61 A.•10 :r., d: _.........,...__,-__ t.001,tiO!V oat clop o ~ F. o d: 61 A• 0 a:!n Bi •• so.oo ·e, 11.01~the i (1918) ~so.oo nrtl/ 1nh 1ted . st 01' £.h 1ft un Cv.p. , 1 rt one :nown • q: J.l... .,.;.;;;;--~~.,;;..;;;.;;..i-.....;;;..;;;;;;;........,......,.0.1..,.p_i_r:_s....,...o.;;,r_,,.::.:l..!'.... ,011: roo :y in t'1andy oln: r fatr depth flud :r ...·til i ty; v ooded 1,orti n _ t '1 ~dera. te to steep olopeo nnd nortl wost ex oo ro. r, ir Cti rt rond to Cpotowoo, m1loc or Run C' i thonco ncvon 11 ,s to ll:ton . oodo: !..l~tor_J; Tt10 r 1 rail n nx • 1ft or t,p ot . s tol"Y, n \. nc). < 500 . 00 i l" . lb . 00 o.oo .oo 6 - aluo c:r- note •w27"o- 30. 00 ~otal valt of ltut" , ot 1 v luo or i~rcrvo!'-'onts Total val o or t1 bo1~ Total v 1, of trot ve:r gr va lue ·pol' net· 295 . 00 420 . 00 115 . 00 �NOTE--'This need not be filed until the reeord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the ,Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Petitioner. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgini1a V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandm Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Th ousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Ac.res of land, more or less Defendants. 1 Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petiti,o ner the fee simple estate in the tract (s) of land numbered as foUo,w s: Tract 1 No ..52 ............... : Tract No ..................... : Tract No ..................... ; and des,c ribed in the report of the Boarrd of Appraisal Commis,s ioners ,a ppointed therein and shO'wn, numberr·e d, and delineated on the County OwnecrS'hip Map filed therewith, upon payment into the ,c ustody of the Court orf the sum (s) s et ,o ut in the s·a id judgment •a s constituting the . ; on Tra,c t No ............... award (s) therefor, as f.oUows: Award on Tract No ... 2........ $.l 1 $ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the foHowing named persO'ns claim, o:r appear to 'have a ·c laim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising fr.om the condemnation thereof; Lizzie Knighting Heorge L. Hransberger, Guardian ad litem for ilson Knifhting (infant) J essi e Knighting (infant , Pearl Knighting (infant , Hazel Knighting (infant ) John Knighting Estate That ithe Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set Qut in said judgment a·s constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the s,a id tract(s) of l·a nd, ·o wned or was (were) entitled fo the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the c ond·e mnation there,o f : 1 Under the terms of a duly recorded contract and deed conveying the Skyline roadbed running through his tract , the owner granted and conveyed to the undersigned, the right to receive from sai d proceeds , the sum of $116.00 That no other person or persons than the undersigned are ,e ntitled to slhare in the distribution ,o f the said award (s) except the foll:owing named persons whose interest in said tr:act(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation there of on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: 1 The above menti oned claimants to the extent that they may be able to establish their claims. Wherefore, your undersigned pray (s) that fhe--{theyt-&e-m'ft..«-e a party f't}arlies-)--heretn 1:tH'&eP-th-e- : r t r e - v i ~ e i i f f l ' t " " 2 - i - ~ eomtemna:tion At:.t, a-mt- tlratj an order be entered for the distribution of said sum (s) set fiorth in said judgment in rem as: constituting the award(.s) for the f.ee s:imple estate in the sai d tract(s) condemned as afore,s aid, and for the payment to the undersi'g ned of the said award (s ) or .o f as much thereof as the Court may find that the unders'igned i's (are) entiUed to receive, and whiic1h the undersigned aver( s ) is as follo,w s: Tract No .. .5.2. .......... $11.6.•...... : Tract No................. $ ................ : Tract N 0 •.•......... ••.. • $ ................ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Le,a ve thi,s space bl,a nk unless there is some othe·r pertinent matter to be brought e·s pedaHy to the attention of the court) NAM'E P. 0. ADD1RESS .,..,..,.,.~.!"'m~lfflSSION_.ON.. CO.!SERVATION . AfH) ' :.~x..W ~~·L.~,ifz'Y:·. . ... .. . . . . . .. . ..... . . .... . . . . . NO'DE-A supply of this blank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the f,o rm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any for~ they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This tb lank form may not and probaibly will not co'Ver all cases. It has been printed merely aa a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case, �STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS COUNTY OF ARREN ) ~I Personally appeared before me the undersigned Not4ry Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes, who being duiy sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Cormnission on Conservation and Development in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in . ' the Shenandoah National Park condemnation p roceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings, and that the within claim is just and correct . --Witness my signature and Notarial Seal this/ ~ay of December, 1933. ~~~ Notary Public - - · NOTAIW PLIBllC (; �• . • C!tltrk's @ffi.et QLirruit QLourt of Jorkingqam ClLount}l HON. H. W. BERTRAM 111f'arrisonhurg, Jlirginia JUDGE J. ROBERT SWITZER CLERK DEPUTIES W . EDGAR SIPE MARG IE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of: the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the records in my office show that the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State at' Virginia have filed a cla:i.m for $116 . 00 against tract No . 52 , listed in the name of Mrs . John Knighten~ the same being the amount of the refund due on the Skyline Urive . Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1934. �.. I .. LAW OFFICES E . DULA.NEY OTT HARRISONBUBO, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 2(.,o �<!tlttk' 5 ®ffi!t <!tirruit <!tnurt nf Jnrkingq:am <!tnunt11 HON . H. W. BERTRAM JUDGE J . ROBERT SWITZER 1£,arrisonhurg, ltirginia CLERK DEPUTIES W . EDGAR SIPE MARGIE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF RO CKIN CEAM , to-w it : I, J . Robert Switzer , Cler k of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the re cords in my office do not show any delinquent taxe s against the tract of 51 acres 2 roods and 24 poles situate at Swift Run in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of s . Monroe Knighten , EXCEPT for the tax year 1918 , which tax now amounts to $3 . 90 . Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1934 . 251 �.. M. H. HARRISON TREASURE R OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby certify that the records of my office show that John E. Knighten has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 51-2- 29 acre s of land situate in the Park Area in Stonewall District , Rockingham County . All taxes prior to that time, if any be unpaid , are a matter of record in the Clerk(s Office of said County . February 1934 . Given Under my hand this 9th day of Treasurer of Rockinghruµ County \...\ 9· �- - IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, VS• ) PETITIONER At Law, No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others. On this, the Defendants. ~6 __.. day of May, 1934, came Lizzie J. Knighten, Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, and on their motion, by counsel, leave is given them to file their petition and application for the distribution of said award made in this case to John E. Knighten's heirs, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 52 being $10-M.00. On motion of Georges. Harnsberger, Guardian ad Litem heretofore appointed in the above entitled condemnation proceedings for the infant defendants, Wilson Knighten, Jessie Knighten, Pearl Knighten and Ha~el Knighten, leave is hereby given him to file his answer to the petition of Lizzie J. Knighten, Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, and the same is accordingly filed, to which answer the petitioners reply generally. And it appearing to the Court from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this suit, and in the petition for ju.d8fflent of condemnation, heretofore entered herein, that in the opinion of the said The State Commission on Conservation and Development of The State of Virginia, John E. Knighten's heirs were invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land designated as No. 52 than any other person or persohs, and that the record in said condemnation proceedings �1: ' -2- does not diso1ose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as No. 52, or to the proceeds arising fran the condemnation thereof, except the taxes and the refund hereinafter provided for; And it further appearing to the Court that Beatrice K. Smith, ~ Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, three of the petitioners in this matter, desire and request that their respective shares in said cause be paid to the i r mother, Lizzie J. Knighten; Upon consideration whereof, it is ordered by the Court that the shares of Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten, to-wit: the sum of $131.74 each, or the aggregate sum of $395.22 be paid to E. D. Ott, Attorney for Lizzie J. Knighten; and it further appearing to the Court that the infant defendants are of the following ages: Wilson Knighten, twenty years of age, Jessie Knighten, eighteen years of age, Pearl Knighten, sixteen years of age,Jfazel Knighten, fourteen years of age; and it appearing further to the Court that the said Wilson Knighten, Jessie Knighten and Pearl Knighten are of su.fficient age and discretion to use the :f'U.nd coming to them in this proceeding judiciously, it is ordered that their shares of the fund to-wit: $131.74,each, be paid to each of them; but that Hazel Knighten being an infant of tender years and residing with her mother, it is ordered that her share of the f'u.nd to-wit: $131.74 be paid to Lizzie J. Knighte;, her mother, for her maintenance, education and support; and it is ordered that the balance of said fund, to-wit: $121.90 be paid out as follows: (l) To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, the sum of $3.90; (2) To J. Robert Switzer, Clerk, the sum of $2:00; and (3) To the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, the sum of $116.00. The Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, �' -3- who shall pay out said ~und in accord .anee herew ith, taking from the partie s to who• the funds are direct ed to be paid their respe ctive receip ts for the su.m paid to them and certif ying suoh payme nts to the Clerk of this Court for appro priate entry thereo f, as requir ed by law. Enter �' IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROVKINGHJJ\1: COUNTY , VIRGDTIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , PETITIONER , v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others . DEFENDANTS . TO THE HON . H. W. BERTRAM, JUDG:2 OF SAID COURT . Your petitioners , Lizzie J . (Mrs . John E. ) Knighten , whose name is sometimes spelled Knighting , Beatrice K. Smith {nee F.-nighten) , Henry Knighten and Harvey Knighten respectfully represent: That John E. F nighten , whose name is sometimes written Y.nighting, died intestate in 191.i_, while seised and possessed of a tract of 51 acres , 2 roods and 39 poles of land , situate on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Iiountain in the eastern portion of Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia , near the Fern Hill Postoffice , ~hich land he acquired from z. J . Knighting by deed dated November 25 , 1918, and which deed is duly of record in the Clerk ' s Office of Rockingham County , Virginia , in Deed Book 111 , page 320; That the said John E. Knighten left him surviving his widow , Lizzie J. Knighten , and seven children , namely , Beatrice K. Smith (nee Knighten) , Henry Knighten , Harvey Y.nighten , ~ilson Knighten , Jessie Knighten , Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten , the last four named children being infants ; the said Wilson Knighten being twenty years of age; the said Jessie Knighten being eighteen years of age; the said Pearl Knighten being sixteen years of age; and the said Hazel Knighten being fourteen years of I age; that all of said children , with the exception of Beatrice K. Smith, make their home with and are partially supported 1s1 �- 2- by the said Lizzie J . Y..nighten , their mother, the aforesaid infants being especially dependent upon her . That the said Lizzie J . Knighten is entitled to dower in said 51 acres , 2 roods and 29 poles of land , of which the said John E. Knighten died seised and possessed , the remainder interest in said property being vested in the said children of the said John E. and Lizzie J . Knighten . That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in the above entitled proceeding , condemning to the use of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , the fee simple estate in said tract of land , formerly the property of John E. Knighten , situate in the Blue Ridge l:ountains as aforesaid , which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and shown , numbered, and delineated on the C ounty Ownership Kap filed. therewith , as Tract No . 52 , at the price of Jl044 . 00 . Your petitioners further show to the Court that all of the taxes on said property have been paid , except for the year 1918 , for which year said property was returned delinquent , and subsequently in 1920 the same was sold to the Commonwealth, that the amount necessary to redeem said property from the Commonwealth is the sum of ~3.90, as shown by a certificate made by J. Rob_ert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. This certificate is herewith filed , marked trEx . Certificate No . l" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof; that there is also filed herewith a certificate fr.om i: . H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, showing that the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 have been paid. This certificate is also filed herewith , marked "Ex . Certificate No . 2" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof . �-3- Your p et i tioner s further represent that there is due to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia the sum of ~pll6 . 00 to be paid. out of the .,pl044 .00 her einabove mentioned, the said 't!ill6 . 00 being the amount of the refund due on account of the advancement made by said State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia to the estate of John E. Knighten on account of the Skyline Drive . A certificate from J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County setting forth the fact in connection with this matter is herewith filed , marked "EX . Certificate No . 3" , and prayed to be read as a part hereof . That your petitioners further represent that the aforesaid lien for taxes and the amount of said refund constitute the only liens binding upon the property condemned in this cause , and that no other person or persons than your petitioners and the a foresaid lienors are entitled to share in the distribution of said award , except the costs incident to this pr oceeding , namely the sum of ~2 . 00 payable to J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of said Court. Your petitioners , Beatrice K. Smith , Henry Knight en and Harvey Knighten , the adult children of the said John E. Knighten and Lizzie J . Knighten , desire and reques t that their respective shares in the award for said property be paid to their mother , Lizzie J . Knighten . Where f ore, your petitioners pray that they may be made parties herein and be allowed to file t he i r petition in these proceedings; that Wilson Y...nigh ten , Jessie Knighten , Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten be made parties defendants hereto , anQ be required to answer this petition by a Guardian ad Litem appointed by the Court for them; that the fund in �• \ -4- this cause be distributed first to tne p~yment of the taxes hereinebove set forth; then to the payment of the refund of ~116.00 to the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia; then the sum of ~2 . 00 to J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of said Court for fees in this matter; then the shares of Beatrice K. Smith, Henry Xnighten and Harvey Y..nighten be paid to Lizzie J. Knighten, or her attorney of record , in fee simple , and that the shares of Wilson Knighten , Jessie Knighten, Pearl Knighten and Hazel Knighten be paid to the said Lizzie J . Knighten to be used by her for their edueation, maintenance and support; that an order may be entered in these proceedings for the distribution of said. fund.; and. that your petitioners may have such other and further relief as the nature of this ease may require. State of Virginia , County of Rockingham , to-wit : This day Lizzie J , ~ t e q ayHenry Knighten :personally appeared before me , ~-1;t· :e . a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid , in the State of 'Virginia , in my County aforesaid. , and bein,g duly sworn , depose and. say: We are two of the petitio:-iers in the above entitled matter; the land condemned in these proceedings �-5- formerly belonged to John E. Knighten , the late husband of Lizzie J. Knighten, end the father of the other petitioners to these proceedings ; we are acquainted with the contents of the above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this It d.ay of ~ Y , 1934 , 1% �infan ts of tend er year s, Guar dian ad Lit em , to and othe rs, in the said Cour t, by .....;::Jc:::;.d~~;:2::.t::::i~-=;;t!... ...:._,~~~;.e.~~::::::::i~"" Resp onde nt a._. answ ering by the Com plain ant~ /2 A ..t-,, Guar dian ad Litem to so much of Bilili as mate rial for and say that noth ing of the truth of the matt ers of fact the Com plain ant Bill and neith er admi t nor deny the same ; but call for full proo f. That they ~ infan t cf tend er year s, and ask r::::::: the aid 0£ the Cour t in the prot~ ction of inte rests . Havi ng fully answ eredr pr&y in cluty bound will ever pray , etc. / ;-·,orn to befo re me this �Q!nmmnuwraltq nf l!Iirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M . PURCELL May 28., 1934 T REASURER O F VIRGI N IA This is to certify that I , J.M . Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of MU i n accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated~- -5~/_2_5~/_3_4_ _ in the cause of the State Commiss i on on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others vs . :Paid t O $ 131 . 72 \Vilson .:i llighten being in full settlement of tract #- -5_2_ _ in the above mentioned cause. �QTnmmnttnttalt4 nf liirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 28 , 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Wilson Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham entered on the 25th day of __M _1_ay~_ _ l93_i_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ Cassandrd . Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g as #~ 5_2~- - - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 45 �01nmmnuwtaltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER 'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M . PURCELL May 28 1 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is t o certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Develo:pme nt of the State of Virginia vs . - - - - - - ~C=a-s~s-a~:n~cJ~r~a-T-,a-1-v~s~o~n~A ~t~l~rj....n.........s___.,..a...,n....d. . . . . .o..,..t-b.......,.e...r....s~ - :p aid to $ 1 31 . 72 Pearl Knighten being in full settlemen t of tract # 2 52 in the above menti oned cause . 0 �., Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf lilirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Pead. Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordance with an order of the Cir cui t Court of the county Rockingham Of- -- - - -- - - - - entered on the 25th day of _ _ _M_a~y. 1 93_j_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Dev e lopment v _ __ __C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement f or the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- ~5-2~ - - Si gn or jgina l an d dupli cate an d r e t urn to t h e Treasure r of Vi r ginia . 41 �cnnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia T R E A S U E R ' S OFFI C E RICHMON D • VA . May 28, 1 934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREA SURER OF VIR G I N I A This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordan ce with an order of the circuit court of Rockingh am County datea 5/25/ 34 in the cause of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia ..........s~oc.,..n........,.A.....,t.,....k"""j..._n.......,s__..a......_n.....,d,__,o.,_t.u..bJ..J..l..le..L.r....::s.___ _ . . d.,.r"""a.. . ___,L=a..._w ._ .n..,. s..s.,..a ""'a""-""vs • - - - - - --'C paid to J e ssie Kni~ht en $ 1 31 . 72 being in full settleme nt of tract in the above mentione d cause. # 52 �--------------------- --O!nmmnnmralt4 of llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Jessie Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ J 3 J.72 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county 0 f Rockingham entered on the 25th day of _ _M_ay-=-_193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Developme nt v _ __ {1_·n_ s ___ and othe r s , being _a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_ L_a_~_i_s_o_n_ A_t_l_ ___C ·, full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- =5=2'----- Sign origi n a l and dup licat e a nd r e turn to the Tr e asurer o f Vi r gi nia. �<nnmmnumraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , May 28 , 1 934 JOHN M , PURCELL TREASURER O F VI RG INI A This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham CaJlnty datea 5/25/34 in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and DeveloJ_)ment of the State of Virginia vs . Cassan dr a Lawson At k ins an d oth e r s J)aid to E . D. Ott , Attorney for Lizzie J . Knight en $ 395 . 22 being in full settlemen t of tract #·~ 5~2'--_ in the above mentioned cause. % �,. C!tnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 2 6 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E. D. Ott, Attorney for Lizzie J . Knighten Received of J.M. Purc e ll, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 395 . 22 , in accor d.an c e wi t h an order of the Circuit Court of the county o f _ _;cR,.,,,o=c,.,,k.,_.i.._.n""'g;;:,,h=run=--- of _ _=M=ay.;-_.1 934_ entered on the 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on a nd Deve lopment v ___ --~C~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a=-=L=a~w=-s~o=n'----"-A~t~k=,i=n=s___ and ot he r s , b e ing full and complete settlement f or the tra ct of land k nown i n sai d proce e ding as # - 5.. . C2. C._ _ __ Sign original an d duplicate and return t o the Treasure r of Virginia . �arnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , JOHN M, PURCELL Ma y 2 8 , 1 934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 2 8 day of May with an order of the circuit court of dated 5 /25/ 34 in accordance Nockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the Stat e of Virginia others and n s- Laws a-~---~ -~ - -Atki - -on ---vs · - - - - - - -Ca-ssandr :paid toLizzie J . Kni gh ten, for tbe sJJpport of Hazel Kn i ghten $ ]3].72 b e ing in f ull settl ement of tract #·_.,5~2.,___ in the abov e mentioned cause. �<nntttmnumralt11 of ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Lizzie J. Knighte14-for the support of Hazel Knighten Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 131 . 72 , in accordance with an order of the Circu it Court of the c ounty of Rockingham entered on the 25th day M=a=y_ _ l93L , in the matter of the State of _ _= Commission on Conservati on and Development v _ __ --~C~a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a-=L=a~w~s~o~n=--------=A~t=k=i=·n=s_ _ and others , being -full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #- 5=2=-- - - Si gn or ig in a l an d dup li cat e and re t urn t o t h e Tr e a s u r er of Vi r ginia . �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RICHMOND . VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M, PURCELL 'TREAS URER O F VIRGINIA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Vi rginia have this 28 day of_t_ [ a~y~ _ _ in accorda nce with an order of the circuit court of dated 5/25/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commiss i on on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virg i nia _a=v1=1-=s-=o=n"----"A.:...t=k,-=-i=n=s--=a=n.. .,d=---o><->e.tl.,. 1,=e-r....s~ "-'a=s==s=a=n=d=r'--'a"---L vs • ----------- 'C :P a i d to ,J. Robert Switzer, CJ erk $_,.3~·=9~0~_ _ being in full settlement of tract # ---5-2~ in the above mentioned cause . / 3G, �atnmmnnwtalt4 nf 1Iirginta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . Robert Switzer, Clerk Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 3 . 90 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~R~o~c=k=i~n-g9 h,,,,__,,,am~--- entered on the 25th day of_~M=a-y_ 1 93_A_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ C==a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a~_L~a~w~s~o~n~A~t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #-5=2~--- Sign original and dupli cate a n d return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 31 �cnnmmnnwraltlJ nf llirginia TREASUER'S OFFICE RICHMOND.VA , May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I , J.M. Purce l l, Treasurer of Virginia have this 28 day of May wi th an order of the circuit court of dat ed 5/25/34 in accordanc e Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of t he State of Virginia others ::c--Atkins and Cassandra Lawson _:;_;;~==~~"--~=.=::.... ::::....C.-'--_;;_;_~~'--__ vs . _______;c_;;_:_::;_.::....:..:.=-" :paid to J . Rob ert Swi tzer~,_C_l_e_r_k_______ _____ $,_2_._0_0___being in full settlement of tract# in the above mentioned cause . 52 �Q.tommnuwrttltq of ]Iirgiuitt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL May 28, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J. Robert Switzer, Clerk Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $~2~.0=-=0_ _ _ , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __~ R~o~c=k=·=i=n~g=h=a=m~-- entered on the of _ _=M=a~y___ l934_ 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ __C_a~s~s_a~n~d _. _r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n __A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #-~5=2_ _ _ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 35 �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf lllirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M 0 N D , VA . May 28 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASUR E R OF VIRG I NIA This i s t o c e rtify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have this 2 8 day of May in accordance with an order of the c i rcuit court of Ro ckingham County dat ea 5/25/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia s _ __ . .... e. . . r.......a. . . . . . . .a..wt u. d a..w ._,. A. . t. .....k....i.__.n'"'"s....__.... a,n_..... .......d....r.,.a.__,.L..,,a....v.._¥s.......... ....n "'"'a . ....s.....s vs • ________,,C. . a 1 __.., J: })aid t o St a te Connni ssion on Cons e r v "' t ion & ne veJ anm ent of the S tate of Virg inia b e ing in full settlement of tract #·~5-2~ $ 116 . 00 in the ab ov e mentioned cause . �0Inmmnuwralt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. May 28, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA State Commission on Conservation & Development of t he State of Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 116.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of ___R~o~c_k~i~n~g~ham ____ of ____M_a-y 1934_ entered on the 25th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ - ~C~a=s~s~a=n=d~r_a_L_a_w_s~o~n__A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_ _5_2_ _ __ &~ef~~ Secretary, Shenandoah National Park Division - State Commission on Conservation and Development Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context knighting-mrs-john.pdf Title A name given to the resource Knighting, Mrs. John Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Main Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 52 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Knighting https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_knighton-wl-tract-187.pdf 4152200742e72bd0740907b26df85225 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 Knighton, WL Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 187 Items in Land File: <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> 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 187 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Knighton-WL-tract-187 Knighton https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_koontz-charles-tract-139-139i-139ii-139iii-139iv-139v.pdf 73d2ac6b455ff674c8b6515e5422070c 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 Koontz, Charles Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 139, 139i, 139ii, 139iii, 139iv, 139v Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9</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> 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 139 Tract 139i Tract 139ii Tract 139iii Tract 139iv Tract 139v Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Koontz-Charles-tract-139-139i-139ii-139iii-139iv-139v Koontz https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d2db53b5546423a4d81f248bcc2c2270.pdf dd01e25ab00658909ac577fd1b0d9b53 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #319 - Labaume , Lydia H. Number of Acres: 57 Location: Richland Heights . Part outside the Park area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope type , ·fairly level ; this entire area is covered with loose rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract was cut over in 1926 . The remainin g stands consists of small second growth yellow pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 57 ., 5 . 00 t~ 285 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 28ti . 00 87 . 00 ~372 . 00 Value of Improvem ents: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 87 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 6 • 5 2 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE • '--- --- -~- ~ ~ ~ C _LE_ RK . _ 2 _~ �- - - -- -ROCKIN --GHAM-~===== ============---=-~= COUNrY NAME OF CLAIMANT #319- a - Labaume , Lydia H. Number of Acres: 2 Location: Richland Heights , pa rt outside the Park area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grotto e s , the neare s t shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam , slope type , fairly level , scattering small rocks . History of Tract and condition of timber: Cut over six yea rs a go , some sma ll second g rowth, s hort lea f pine . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 @ ,;;i5 .oo ~10 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: 2 . 00 Value of Land:$ 10 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 2 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON .... . - ~ -'-·. rc-·~/r. ___f;-41P~~ .__i_ . cLERK . 25 �~~~:. ~~~~;-c~-- 2 "-! ~~;~~~~~~~::::::::,-~;~~ ~e State Commis ion op Con~rva on and Development of the State of Virginia, Petit10nw, V~------- _ _.a,.( J/l_~ -.- --~- ~-:9 --:- -----z,--L"- , c~ ~ h ~- f::~--1 {)__~_ 1:-=---- _:: -tt~-2 __ _r__J_ ___~ JZ. ~J~- " - ~ more S!-1:,or less, of land m_ _________ ______________ County, V1rgmia, Defendant s. I: The undersigned, in answer to the pe tion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Co~f__ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this q t t ~;:: _. : VO c &______ :______________ as Mya~:: :: sai ~io nX. ~§~ ------------------------------ My post office a dress is_rlif"±±~~1.ft.~__ ,.i_f2-_~ -t.aL~ - I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abouL_6..:f--1/-1i..--:--__ acres, on which there are the following T buildings and.. improve~e nts=--- ~ ~ -~ ~ ___ -~ -;;_-~ -~ ~ - ---------- ---------- ----- ---------- - ---------- ---------- -------- - --. ------.--- ---------- ---------- -----.---- --- - ----"1}; J _______ ~ ---------~- -~-~--~- Tlus land 1s located abouL __ mlles from ___· ~---------- V1rgmia, m the..St.o.naw..all_ ___ Magisteria l District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names qf the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the .tract or ~~r~~ d•i4 · ~ qL__ ~ --------------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract pr parcel of land are as follo,ws: North _______ J..o.hn..._A. _---Al..exa,nci~x... ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------South __________ " ___ " _______ " ______ an.d._ _Jo.hu_.sme..r..t _____________________________ _ East ______ __J onn _,,_. Al:ex....an~:l'!X _________________________________________________ _ West ________!_l_a_-y:~--:ir~J{~ij.ugbr...a _snJ_.o..t h.e.r.s____________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __{_'l.13-_in the following manner: _jE__~ -~ -~ _ f ) .-kuL _JJ---J_;i71_J b ~ _fk=_ ~ L-d-~ -~ -~ d d J . k-(/..LtLdA&} __~ -~ -- t<e I claim tha/ ~he t;t;j value of this tract or parcel of land with improvements_thereon is $--------- ----- --· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or · interest, in and to this tract or p~rcel of la~d with the improvements thereon is $--------- -------· I am the owner of~ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- ---- -----· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract ~r parcel of land by metes and bounds). /) ,~:~=:-~-~~~--~ - -1-:~~-~ ~ £ h~ --~~~ -- -- -- ----- --~ / ~ - --::-~ -± -~ ~-.LUl..-~ --~ -~ --~ ---~ -~-------- ------ ---------- --- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). . ~ess my signature (or my name and mao/ttac ~ed hereto) ~!]is ____<t_~ _____ day o d . j ~,-, 193', --fi~- _1-/dJ Z,___ ,-J_ ~- Q~__ STATE OF ~COU NTY OF __ t:S)0An._--p-, To-wit: The undersigne d hereby certifies thaL~~ -~ -- ¼~c.<?i_3,.,__Q~~ - - - - the above named claimant personally appear efore him and made oath that the matters and thinAs appearing in his ~ answer ar rue to the best of his knowledge and belief, thiB ____ rfa;;t/ J /< / ' I / / .,:;) n tf' , v ~/ n ,_J - - ::-;L0. _______ day of ~~er· 193', ?.{~--'" Q _ ~ Clerk of the biourt, or Speeial Investigato i',or Notary Public, o~ Justice of the PeacQ. NO • Y i-u LlC!J • f•r r ,. r i:, • ., n;~..-n. Shtt' of C:1lff&rR- My Commission Expires April 17, 1932 ----2? -1 �0 1914 ln:l.Ino<t: loile ..-.:,, ., Ft .._,andy l t')fHl" tt c n rest obiJ1pit g .st n< o ,it ovor 1n 1~, ·10... the ro: . inin Th1o tr .ot , nl,out ino eon" iato or -rn:: ll ccoo. d sro h Yollo l~O ; OOO - u1rt :ron.u to t :ro 1 oint. , 1nto:ry: i;po • f 1.:ly level . t 10 cntil( .or() n .. 1th lo.so oak. ·s: 3 mil· u v: J or JJi'!' · , nlcn rt ~ 3 . oo .; '1 •.oo or 1:. rove i~Oll ts: 'lone .. lane lue of Tot na 'l?l • .,() ot l ~nl ot 11. rove onto Tot 1 ~ lu of t11~b t ot'll valuo or VO * .,G ,ll 0 1~ Cl 8? .00 "!58. 00 41. 0 Includes Tract #319-a. 131 �county: Rockingham District : Gtonewall f319 a - * Acreo.re Claimed: Lydia H. Labaumc G-3/5 A. Assessed 103. 64 Value Claimed: Location : n ~1150 . 00 Deed n 759 . 64 1914 ,110 ,ooo Ri chland Heights , part outside the Jark area. Laps : None known . Soi l : Roads: Sandy l oam , slope t ype, fairly level, sca ttering small rooks . 3 miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the near es t shipping, point . History: Cut over six years ago, some small second erowth, short leaf piru,, about six ods. ,if f uel wood on 2 A. ~0 . 50 per od . $3 . 00 Improvements: none . Value of land bi: t:n:es: TIEe Slope ~ Value ner acre Acrense 2~3. 00 2 Total vo.lue of land '"'5 . 00 Total value of i mprovoments Total value of timber 3 . 00 Total value of tract g.oo verage value r er a ero * Includes Tract #519 4 . 50 Tota l Value ',, 6 . 00 �M ....... ~ L I VERS .......c•P COMMON.WEA LTH OF VIRGINIA No . .......... _,, .......... PERSONAL PROPERTY .................GROITOES................................, Virginia To M. H. HARRISON, Treasurer Rockingham County, Harrisonburg , Virginia STATE TAXES AND LOCAL LEVIES-19 32 FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY I I State Rate on $100 Value State Capitation Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . ...... $ 1.50 Bonda, Notes and Other Evidences of Debt, ................... .... . . $ - - - - - - - - I .50 I State Taxes $'-----1 :i°oTAL STATE TAXES ..... ...... ................... .. . . .. .. Real Estate and Tangible Per· Machinery Merchant'• sonal Property and Tools Capital County Levy ...... . $ .37 $ .37 County School Levy.. .83 .83 .56 Pa11,e__________Llne___________ LAND Pa!l,e. T otal. ... . ..... FOR LOCAL TAXATION ONLY $1.20 I $ 1.20 Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ I$ Local Levies $ 1.20 Merchanta' Capital ... . .. ........ . 10-Q-Q .\cres I Local Rate on $100 Value Tangible Personal Property ........ $ Real Eatate .... .~" DISTRICT LOCAL RATES: Machinery and Tools ............ . Money ................... ........ , - - - - - - - - - , .20 Moneyed Capital in Competition with National Banks ................. 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1.00 Capital Not Otherwise Taxed .....•. ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , .75 Income: li% on first $3,000; 2½% on !1~$2,000;3% onexcesaover$ 5,0001--------- 11{~ Pa11,e.•.••____Line__···-·-INCOME STONEWALL ,55 50- 1.20 ,---,.60 - 1.20 1.20 Real Estate .... _ _ _ __,,_ 1.20 Real Estate ... . 1.20 CREDITS Date Account Amount $ - RECEIVED PAYMENT: .. !t ------ $ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.9___ :.. ~. M. H. HARRISONfTr .easurer ·J !t By_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1------1.........._ 5% Penalty June 16, 1933 ................... ................... .. 1 - - - - - - I Total Taxes, Levies and Penalties to June 16, 1933 .................. $,_ _ _ _ _ __ 1 ..2... LJ.. 6% Interest from June 16, 1933, to date of payment ...••............ 1_ _ _ _ _ _ 1 Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest ....... . ......... .. ..... . $ �'- -COMMO NWEALT H OF VIRGINI A M ...LI.V.ERS.....C.,.8.9........... ....__.,,, .................................. No . ............ . PERSONAL PROPERTY .....J~RQTIQ~S.......................................... , Virgini a PaQ.e......•• .- Llne•.••••...INCOME To M. H. HARRIS ON, Treasur er Rocking ham County , Harriso nburg, Virginia STATE TAXE S AND LOCAL LEVIE S--193 3 FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY I Value I I State R.,,te Ion $100 State Capitation Tax .. ........... ... .. .. .... .. .. . ... .. ... $ 1.50 Bonda, Notes and Other Evidencea of Debt . . .. ... . . . . .. .. . .. ... . .... $,_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ , .50 1 State Taxes Account T otal. .. . FOR LOCAL TAX ATION ONLY $_ __ __ _ I$.........-.................. I $1.05 IonLocal Rate I Value $100 Tangible Personal P roperty . .. . . ... $. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ $ 1.05 Machinery and Tools ........... . · Merchants' 1- - ---- --- 1.05 so- 1.06 Cf6~~0 ...... . Real Estate .. . . - - - - ~Acres-··- - - - - - - - -R eal E atate . . . . - - - - --=•,cres1_ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ Amount - -- - ---- -- --1$----- -·---·-·- - -- - - --------- - -------- - - -- --1 .s __ _ _ _ _ __ - ·- - - - - --t , _ _____ __ 1.05 1.05 Real Estate . . . . 1.05 1.06 T OTAL LOCAL LEVIES ... . . .. ...... ....;;...:;..;;.=...;;. .;;..;;;;;.;;.;;....;;.;;;..;... .. . $,_ ;;=;...;.;..;..;..;...;.;.."""'-'-'-.;..;..;...;.;.....;.;..'-',.;..;..;...;.;.....;.;..'-',1 . . . .... . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . "" ...._,. .... ----- ----- ---·'·- BY- -- - - - - - - - - - · - i3_ • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 - - - - - - 1~ ;,; • • • • •• • • • ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. ·, ''.' ' •' .. ' . . .. . .,'!"? '.'. -~ - .. ' . ' .' . .. ' . . . ' . . . · 1 • t ~ - - - - 1 - -- - - li'jl' ijj 6% Penalty Docember 6, 1933 .. .. " , .. . . .. . .... . .......... ... .... i----- -1--- ?9 / .... .... ... ...... .1,~.__ __ T otal Taxes, Leviea and Penalty, .. ......... J M. H. HARRISO N, Treasure r 5.~ ___ State Taxes Brought Porward .. . ......... . .... . ... . ........... ... T otal State and Local Le'{ies . . .. ..... . . . .. ... . . .. .. . . . .. ... . ..... $ _ _ _ _ _•1___ ,~ 6% Penalty June 16, 1984 ....... . .. . , ........... . ...... .... ..... RECEIVED PAYMENT : $. .50 Real Estate . . .. - - - -~Acres,- - - - - - - · -Real Estate . ... • cres - ·---- ·- - - - - Acres Local Levies 1----- -1--- CREDITS Date Real Estate and Tangible Per- Machinery Merchant', sonal Property and T oola Capital CoWlty Levy ... .. . . $ .35 $ .35 $ CoWlty School Levy.. .70 .70 .50 LOCAL RATES : Pa~e. ~ _ .........Line.... ........... 1----- ---- -1 TOTAL STATE TAXES .... .. ... . ........... ..... . ...... . . . .. DISTRICT PaQ,e ....•...- Line..... . .....LAND Money .. .. ...... . .... . . . ... ..... . .20 M oneyed Capital in Competition wit h National BankB . . .... . . . .... . ... - - - - · - - -- - - 1.00 Capital Not Otherwise Taxed . . ... . · l- - - - - - - - - -1 .75 lncome: Jl% on firet $3,000; 2t% on next $2,000; 3% onexcessove r $5,0001_ _ __ _ __ _ _ - · · - - - · · · - - -I- •, STONE;wALL "·""~ __ 1_ i----- -1--- T otal Taxes, Levies and Penalties~ to JUlle 16, 1934 . . .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. $·- - - - , - -· I- 6% Interest from JWle 16, 1934 , t o date of payment .. . .. . . . . . . .. ... . 1-----1--Total Taxes, Levies, Penalties and Interest .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . ... . . . .. . $ �Ir Tl ", ... -, ..u ril.,._rti' - C :r:wr r2 COU~"t'.i: O.::.' .L~ :wc::L.,GI-L.: J'.2 ,~TE CCL. L:5ICLf O:~ CO:l3E?.v. . S:ICH D2-'VE-.JO~I. "!11.T CJ '.::iE 3T ~TE 01!1 V IffiI TIA COUL,'lY ) vs. C 33 .. ED_ '\. L:· ...-3 0U 'l zn: 3 , AND C::I:H= 3 , and. FIFTY- T'.'/0 'l'HCU nrn , PIV~ HUllD:'.1ED '..l!D ) :Petition er ) ) ) ) ) l, o . 1 &29 ) ~ef end Jnts ) ) 3I'.G:Y- OllE ( 52 , 561) :~CR..~.3 O? 1/ff' , i.101·e or less , Come nm-; the unde:rsl:; neC , 1 d.L.1 H • .i../ :Bnume , o:Z Pacif ic Be a ch , Californ iE, , and Ct.c...cles B. Live::..·s, of Cna.::c loLtesv ille , Vi.r_:;inio . , c.ud. st.o·.-,, to the Cour t : ·..:11at c.v judgm ent in 1·em hdS he ·eto::ore neen en'ce ...·ecl in j this p1·ocee aing condemn ing to the use of tho 1Jetitione 1· the f ee I !I sirn-..1)10 eJtt.,te in two tl'c1cts of la.1c:.. , numoe:ced c.s fo llm7s : ·.L1:i.' &ct ,o . 619 , c ont6 i n in; 57 ~cres , ~nd ~r&ct Llo . 319- a , contain in; 2 ..ce p o.ct of the i.c1·ez; and ce.3 c:1· ibe6.. i n the/boo.1· d of ., pp1·~isa. l Comr:..is sioners .:..p-, ointe c"'.. he1· eic. e.no.. shm·m , t1U..L1bered. <-.no. cte l iriee-,ted on the CountJ O-.mer s.r:.ip ,1ap , ::..:i led. the :coHi th , upon :payu:e n t i nto .,(;he cus tod~ of the Oou1· t of the sum set out i n "the saic. judgmen t ad condtitu ting the c1.r,a1•a therefo r as follo':-:.3 : ,,., a ,l.,' ::: ' - 0 1' 1 ~ r a ct l'o -,3 •~r2· ,:,..00 ,· , • •31c .; , ~~ 'Y"a·· .L d •O. ,,. - or· J. 1 ~· "" .,_ .J. ct -c, o • .._,'"1°.) " Ck ' -------~/ ~112 . 00 ; '.i:h9,t the :c· epo:ct of t1:. e s:... ic Eo::.,.co_ sets fo£tn tb.::.1t n o pe1·- sons cle,im. or a,n ea.,_ to have ts of ltt1·nc he:r-eof L.nd or i r::.. cl 2. in to an inte:l.'es t i·1 v1;.e ;3,:-.10. the ~'Jroceeus a ..c izin;:; f 1· or:1 the concte,;m a.tion ; thr. t ·c11e ,-,e titior_e1 · h;.s u:_id into t{1e custod.;T ot -i:;rie Cou.c t11e s,_iid sums set out in .:::aid jud_gmen t as constit1 1tin3 tho aw~1·cl li for t he fee simple cstc1t e in S?id t:c'.::.c\;s of l a nd. ; thut :ou:c unc.e..c - in ...·er1 , j 1ea. 00 der..:nin;_; -clLe s t:. ict t:cs.c t 1\0 • .31 9 , she owned 01• ·:r""'d e 1ti t - tot.Le :feEi simp le inte :l' e3t in 4 7 u, cres t:he-:reof , s,nL thb.-t Chs:.s . B • .:iive.i:s o. ·ned or 1:2.s entitled to 10 °'cre.:3 thel:eof in i:ee t:no. tlE 1tLe -.:::i· o uec(.s ~1·is .i.nG 1:;:oe; the condem:: :ation the:i:eof , to - wit : the �-=-= - - - - - - --~ - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----,--.7 \, fee sirri~ lo 0;3ta.~ce , tho unc1..ersigned L;;d.i"" :::--.:. La Beuri1e , i;::, entitlec. ·to ._;.:512.00 t.nd L1.t1e said. Cht:.s. B. Live:..·s , to the SUJ:1 of y60 . 00. '. th&.t of suio.. ire.ct i.,o. 319 ;;,rou _ undersigned. L;ydia H. :..v B.... ume, CL,-...3 • 1 1 on the 7th di.W of .:>epter:be_c , 1 t 18, conve;re d to the St-.id Liv ors , ten 1:..cres thel'eof , wl1ich Sc..id deed i.3 cluly of .J..J. :.:·ec.:o..:-d. in t}:e Jlerk's Office of .: iockingho.r.1 C;ounty , in Deed Book •j 1···13 , L.t 'Je,ge 484 thel'eof . Tl:e original deed is ::'.:iled herev1ith as 1 I _ part he:::.· e of • 11:brit no ot1:e1· person or rie-· sons than the uno.e1·sig~ed c..,r·e entitled to sh~re i n t~e distribution of s~idma rd or in the pro ceeds crising from the con demnat ion thereof on the date oJ the entr:T of said j ud gf;le nt ; the unc._er· sign eel , I~1d.i.a E. Li::, BarnJ1e , being entitled. to the rroceec1s of '..:ract ~:o. 319 - a , to - \7it : .,12.00 ; to the ::roceeds from 47 acres of ti·,1ct ilo. 31 , to - ;"lit : 312 . 00; and triJ_,t the undorsignec.. , , has . B. =.iive1·s , is e,:.titled to the v1rocecd.s from 10 a c~es of tra6t ~o. 319 , to-~it : J60 .00. pc:;.:cties . '.1 01.'ein under the T)l'ovisions of 1ection 21 of the ..?ul)lic ?d.l'l~ Conder;,nutior~ .ct , Etno. t::;.11t 2-n order oe entered for the d.istri bution of Sc.ic.. S JL.o set forth in ,38.id. jua_gment in 1·em a.3 constit:iut 1 ing Gile s,;::tN:cd f o:i.: the fee simple estate in the SE.id trc::~cts con- I a.ernnecl L.3 uforesvid. , c.. Cc for t.trn pc.yment to the und.e1'si 0 ned of saiu. ti::.rs. ·d. , ·rrhi c h the und.er~i;;ned avers is as follows : ~o Lydia H • .:..ia Baume , '.2rsct l, o . 319 , •312 . 00; tract Eo . 319 - a , ~12 . 00; To Chas . B. Livers , 10 acres of Tract Llo . 319 , 060 . 00 . P1cific Beach , caliafornia Cr.:.arlottesville , �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J. Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 10 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of c. B. Livers. Given under my hand this 30th day of January , 1934. 153 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE RECORDS OF lv:Y OFFICE SHOW THAT C . B . LIVERS HAS PAID THE TAXES FOR THE YEARS 1932 & 1933 ON HIS TRACT OF 1 0 - 0 - 0 ACRES OF LAND SITUATE IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS IN STONEWALL DISTRICT, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY . ALL TAXES PRIOR TO THAT TIME , IF ANY BE DUE, ARE A MATTER OF R.CORD IN THE CLERK ' S OFFICE OF SAID COUNTY. GIVEN UNDER Ii.CT HAND THIS 23rd DAY OF JANUARY 1934 . Iv:. H. HARRISON- TRK\ SURER Deputy . �atltrk's ®ffitt HON , H. W , BERTRAM JUDGE J , ROBERT SWITZER Qtirruit <!tnurt nf Jnrkingqam <!tnunt11 1tfarrisonhurgt lltirginia CLERK DEPUTIES W. EDGAR S IPE MARGIE BOWERS MARGARET BRANUM STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit; I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit County do hereby certify that the recRockingham of Court not show any delinquent taxes against do office my in ords the tract of 103 acres l rood and 29 poles of land in Stonewall District, assessed in the name of Lydia H. LaBaume, EXCEPT for the tax years 1930, 1931 and 1932 and which taxes amount to $2?.82, $29.21 and $16 . 47 respectively . Given under my hand this ?th day of February, 1934. Rock- C 0. K. ~ 10,v~ c::.~~YC ~ Attorney ~ �M. H. HAR RISO N TREA SURE R OF ROCK INGH AM COUN TY HARRI SONBU RG, VIRGIN IA Febru ary ?th,1 934 To Whom It May Conc ern:This is to certi fy that the tax for 1933 of Lydia H. Labaume on ibne hundr ed three , acres ~l rood and 29 poles has not been paid. This tract of land is situa ted in stone wall Dist rict, Coun ty of Rocki ngham , State of Virg inia; The amoun t of tax due is $12.2 3~ Resp ectfu lly; ~~ asure r. Tre 150 �3'1./.:...,j CCL. .:I:,3J C; o~; CCi.J.., VA'..:IClf :--.:;;r::i1op:_rr1 T C~ '.::rT:S S~A~E CF VIR.xil fIA vs . Petiti oner ro . 1829 On this <( day of )ebru ary , 1934, came L: dia FI. La BB1J111e , of Pccif ic Bec.c.h , Califo 1•nia , and Cl1·?s. E. ~,ive::_·s , of Jho.rlo tto:::; ville , VLcgi nia , by ...:dwar d C. 1.:artz , of Har1·is onbt.n· g , Vir:·i nis , their •.i. tto :me y , anci on th eir r.1oti on, le s,ve is given t.ner.1 to file t11e L· a FJ." licati on f o:r 1,ayr::en t to them of the ::mm of •i,,354 . 00 , t he ar:10un t of the awa:::a. set out in the judgm ent of condem nation of r.2ract s Jos . 319 and 319- a, r.nd ha-eto fore :9aid into Court . 1. nd it 2-p::._-:,e2.1·ing to the Oom•t that t11e saio_ Cha:rl es J3 . ::.iiver s , of Cr..erl ottez ville, 01· ir 0 iniE- , is inv e sted 1•,ith super ior bette1· right or cla .im of tit le in an6 to ten acres of s~. Hl ,t1·::.ct of land .Jo . 319 than anJr other ~erson or }?Sr':3ons &nd the record in this pro ceedi rg does not disclo se any denia l or dis~;u te b;r any pe1·so n or y:e1•so ns in intere st f='S to 1:is title to said "'ven a cres of acid ..:rt-.ct L:o . 319 , or the p1·ocee cs arisin from the con 0 deom_; .tion thereo f ; £ nd it ::urt:i.1.er t"!.p::_iear ing to the Jou1·t tri,.,t c.11 t2.xes due on sr"id ten a cres of s:.:- id. tn,.,ct of land i.,o . 319 , ~- elonc.:ing to sf' ia. Live:e s have been ::iaid ; s.ncl that s:id L;'i. dia H • .1.1 c1- BauL.e , of Pacifi c Beach , C~lifo rnia , is invea ted ~ith su~er ior or 1ette r ;1· i_;ht or claim of title in and to the ·cesidu e of sFid t-.re.ct O:i land I -~o. 319 , to - v.ri t: 47 acres thereo f , encl that she is invest ed with "'nr)e1 ·ior 01· be--cte r 1· i-sht or claim o=? title in ani to said t_·a.ct of l :.--1d Lo . 31S- a t:~sx1 [;.DY other pe1· son l!l Oi' ~J ersons , ['nd tJ:,.at the 1·eco::..· -- ·c -is procce cUn0 doe.J not cli 'close e,nJ, c:tenia l ne:cson 01· y,e_·son d in ..:..1te1·e st a.J 00 Ol' dispu te b~r an;r lle1· tiJjle to saic 'er ct o=: lm'!cc o . 319 ( s..::'.ter deduc ting the1·ef 1·om the l..:Zo:.·e. .,&id ten ec!'es of sc:.id. �'I t::1;..ct , oelongin..:i to .-..,t:..id 'Jhas . B. Liv el' s) or to S.'3.id tn.,,ct i:o . 319- c , or tl:.e -~-·oce els of lnncL ,rising from the condemnation of S/:..id truct ... n: it fu::i.·ther appear i ng to the Court th t the1·e is clue by tl:e ,.,e.id Lydie JI . ::..,2, 3au11e to the omr..on·.-,ealth of Vi· r;iriia the follo·:1in:; clelinq_1.·ent t'-_::;;:es , fo:c the yot:n·s 1S30 , ,)27 . 82; 1931 , ,r29.21 1932 , ,,;16 . 47 , and the.t there is elso <.lue b::,, s.__.ic Lydia n . •.,a, Bo,ume the sum of ,rl2 . 23 , t1:.:~es .Zo:.: the reer 1933 . ::'Jon con'-'idora.tion -;1he1· eo·,., , the Cov.:::t cotL rd,~ 1c1~·e , orde·· rnd decree that the sum of .,1372 . 00 ·riaiC:. into Court :· _,etitione1' c:.s ,ju..3t cor1pensation fo1· 3i.ic -:;1•act l:o. 31~ , bo :::bicl a3 follo,,s: (1) To ::::;a_-,7:::,rd C • . 02.· tz , of E/:_::.::i.· ~·io onhc..·12 , • • --. (""' • '1 la, V l.L,_lt C' , J ~:.v J.Ji-vers , of the sum of (2) 1 t Ol.•• t1e ,, ..LO ...1 "\"T -~ , \ - v ,. "'I. LC.-:,, -. ·r.:arlo..,te.:.ville , ·ra. . . . . • . . · , 60 . 00 S:o Clerk of the Cil·cuit Com·t of Doci•1 nr·~,-~m !Joun+.r Vi-- l'..,.l cie ... ... ' ,U.Lii ' b . lll."' t linq_uent t::.:-::es io1· ;·e.:.,rs 1S3 1 , 1~31 ~~d 1932 . • . . • . • • • J.~J - (,...y U' I., 1 (3) ....'o ..::::-ec,s1·. of .:1ockin[;ham Count:,, , taxes ( 4) 73 . 50 ::01· 1933 . • • . • • • . . 12 . 23 '.20 ..;.iC:.um:d L.artz , of Harrisonburg , Vi1'gin ia , _,.ttorney fol' Lydia -· .:Sa Bavme , of Pacific each , ()alif . 226.27 J . . net it is further ord.ered tbat the sum of ,jl2 " . oo 3 '/ 'l.- m1id - into Court by petitioner as just cornnensation for tract ~o . ~19-e be ~id to scio. .Jd·::ar· d C. ,iartz , __ ttorne.," for !{7 6.ia H . La 130,ume . _. . na_ it is further ordered that the Clerk of this Gou:::t b and 1:.e is he:::eby c1ire cted to tnrnsn1it a certified copy of this ore.er to the 1i'r eB,snrer of V ir,;ini a , ;-,ho shE: 11 ay to SLid .:..ad1.-;:.:..~·d C. L.ar tz, ..:.ttorney for Cbns. B . !Jivers , the sum of ;Go. oo , beinc; tho amount of tb.e a·,72.ra.... 01• ten cc res of sc,id. tract Lo. 319 , set out in sLi6. ,juo.3nent OJ. condemnr::.tion , tn:':in- -.::rom said. i,c;,:ctz , :~ tto rnc y , a 1·ece ipt therefor nno.. cer tif yins such ~~-.,yment to this ' ou:2:t for f'lrnl'oririate entry thereof G-S req_lu'ed br JB.w·. nd it is fv.:cther orctered tl~at the '.i:ro:.~sul'er of Vir~inia sn:::·,11 pa; unto s::..ic1 .2dv:c.rd. C. I.:artz; , ..·lttol' ne:1 for L~·dia H. 2:ic.t. Bamn , �)226.27 , to the Clerx o... the 'i1·cuit vom·t o:;: --oc:in;har.1 'ounty , .;?73.50 , the ar.1ount of said. delinnr..ent tr~.;:es , and to the .2re:surer of _ ockin~bam Count;y , ,.;12. 23 , the te::z:es due for the year 1933 ; and saic1 .i:reasurer o Vir~inia shall ulso pay to st..id_ 1-artz , .1.tto:cney fo:: sG.id L~-C ia h. Lu :3aume , the sum of ,)12 . 00 , 1.,eir::; the amount of the c. .. ,;:;.,rd for trc:,ct Ho. 319- a •et out in S£tid. jud.g:nen t of c.:oncemnation , t~:iting from said Lartz , .:1.ttorney , ['~nd from sc:id. '...'l'eflsur er c.nc Gle-.ck of ~ o ckingham Count-· , receipts for said l)Uy- oents ~nd certif' ing the sar.E to this Cour t for appropriate entry tr...er e of :: s r- equ i ... ed by le. v, . Bn t er : JUI\1:;J �THIS DEED , Made this the Seventh (7th) day of September 1918, between Lydia H. LaBaume (widow) of Roanoke Virginia, party of the first part and C. B. Livers , of Grottoes Virginia , party of the second part: l IT N E S S E T H: That for and in consideration of the sum of TVJO HUNDR ·D AND FIFTY DOLLARS (~250 . 00) cash in hand paid , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , the party of the first part does hereby grant and convey , • with covenants of General \arranty, unto the party of the second part , TEN (10) ACRES of land near Grottoes, in Rockingham County , Virginia, being designated as Tract Number SIXTY-IHHE ( 69) of the Richland Height3 Development Company , as shd>wn bp: map on file in the Clerk's Office of ~ockingham County , Virginia . The party of the first part covenants that she is seized in fee simple and has the right to convey the said land; that she has done no act to encumber the same ; that the grantee shall have peaceful possession free from all encumbrances , and that she will make such further assurances of title as may be requisite . WITNESS the following signature and seal : ----- ----- ---if~-1(~ ~ c:::::: (SEAL) STAYE OF VIRGHHA TO-''HT CITY OF I _.::.~~~~~". ./i::J.~~~~~~ ~a~Notary Public in and for the city and that Lydia H. LaBaume (widow) whose aforesaid , do s sigmed to the foregoing deed bearing date on the 7th day of September 1918, has acknowledged the same before me in Given under my hand this the ,9~aJ of my city aforesaid. Septemb~ 1918. /1 I My Commission e~pires : / }uw-.-y/9'-<&_:,.' ;~. ~ { ' 157 �Cce of the Circuit Cm:. :'t VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's C~ ~· ~:e fo re go in g deed of o1 Jto ck ingha m So un ty . in .the t3 t bis da y pr es en ted _,:h ~ ~ ~ ~ ::·~r wi th the certific.ata o~i~e aforesaid, an d is, i o:,;·c:: to reco~~ 1 :~a c ~ : t ~ ~, a:~:t~ Clerk.J ~este: ;I., :Z::: ' Z ~ ~ (0 ~ !- I~~ cf'- ..,' , .,.,.. "!) ::, -f-f 0.. = en .,- ' ~ 1 /~. " ~ o : o I r~- -%~·1 ~ I,c,1 f ~ en I __J y~ ~ l .; \. ,. 1 . f. ' t--'lr C /7 ....~- ...... ~ i t ;, r '- ' L i t ~ ~ ~~~ g- :ii-- iS \\~ i:J ~ 3-· ~ H~; t ; ::,:, • ~ > . ~ . - �C!tnmmnuwealtq nf 1!1irgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 d.ay of February in accordance with an order of the circuit court ofRockingham County dated_ 2_/_s_/_3_4_ _ _ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson~ Atkins ~ = = -- - - - - - - - - - paid to Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County $_7_ 3_ .5_0_____ _ being in full settlement of tract #_fil.9 in the abov e menti oned. cause. 'li b �Qtnmmnuwtttlt11 nf llirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M, PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia , the sum of $ __7~3=--=-·~5~0'--_, in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of__R ____c_ o~c_k~i~n~g=h~am=----- entered on the of Feb • 8th day 193__!_ , in the matt er of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ _ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_ k_i_n_s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~3~1~9_ _ _ Sign original and duplicat e and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �<trommnuttttaltI, of ]lirgiuia TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL February 12, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 12 clay of February in accordanc e with an order of the circuit court of dated 2/8/34 Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and. Developme nt of the State of Virginia vs. Atkins - -- - - - -- - Cassandra Lawson"----==--===- :paid. to Treasurer of Rockingham County $_ 1_2_ .2_3_____ being in full settlemen t of tract #__M9 in the above mentioned. cause. �,_ - Qlnmmnuwtalt4 nf 1!1irgiuta TREASU RER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA E Treasu rer of Rocking ham County . Receiv ed of J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia, the sum of $ -1.2 . 23- _ , in accorda nce with an order of the Circui t Court of the county o f_~R~o'-c~k~i_n.,_g'--h---'____ -am _ entered on the of Feb . 8th day 193--1__ , in the matter of the State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develop ment v ___ __,.Q=a~s~s=a=n=d=r=a,_______,,,L=a=w~s~o=n=-=A~t=k~i~n=s=----____ and others , being full and comple te settlem ent for the tract of land known in said procee ding as #--3=1 =9~-- Sign origin al and duplic ate and return to the Treasu rer of Virgin ia. �Qlnmmnuwraltq nf 1liirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12, 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia have t his 12 d.ay of February in accordance with an ord.er of t he circuit court of Rockingham County d.ated 2/8/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs. :paid.to $ 226.27 At kins Cassandra Lawson ~ - - - - - -- - - - - - Edward c. Ibn Martz, Attorney for Lydia H. Labaume being in full settlement of tract #319 in the above me nti on ed. cause. 410 �(!1nmmnuwtalt11 nf liirgiuta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA . .JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA Edwar d C. Martz , Attor ney for Lydia H. LaBaurne Recei ved of J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 226 . 27 , in accor dance with an order of the Circu it Court of the count y of__ R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_a_m____ enter ed on the 8th day of Feb . 193_±__ , in the matte r of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt v _ _ _ _ C _ a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_--'-t~k=i~n~sc_____ and other s, being full and comp lete settle ment for the tract of land · known in said proce eding as # 319 Si gn ori g inal and dupli cat e and retur n to the Treas urer of Virgi nia. �QtnmwnnmtaltlJ nf lllirginta TREAS URER' S OFFIC E RICHM OND, VA, JOHN M. PURCELL Febru ary 12, 1934 TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA This is to certi fy that I, J.M. Purc ell, Treas urer of Virg inia have this 12 day of Febru ary in accor dance with an order of the circu it court ofRoc kingham Count y dated 2/8/3 4 in the cause of the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the State of Virgi nia Cassa s -- - vs. - - - - - - -ndra -- -Lawso -- -n-Atkin - -- -----paid to Edward C. Martz , Attor ney for Chas. B. Liver s $ 60.00 being in full settle ment of trac t# 319 in the above menti oned cause . �O!nmwnttwtnlt11 nf llirgiutn TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Edward c. Martz , Attorney for Chas . B. Livers . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 60 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham Feb . entered on the 8th day 193_!_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ~ a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a__L_a_w_s_o_n_A_t_k_i_n_s_____ and others, being _C full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # -~3=1=9_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �C!tnmmnumtultq nf llirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. February 12., 1934 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Vi rgi nia have this 12 day of_E__ebruary in a cc ordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham Cmmty dated-2L8L= 3~ 4 ___ in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virgi nia vs . Cassandra Lawson ~A~t~k~1-n. . . s. . _______ ___ _ paid to Edward c. Martz., At torney for said Lydia H. Labaume $_1=2~ .0 ~ 0~ _ _ _ _ b eing in full settlement of tract #..3J..9.-a in the above mentioned cause . �Q.tnmmntt1tttaltl1 nf llirgiuta TRE ASU RER 'S OFF ICE RIC HMO ND, VA. JOHN M. PURC ELL TREAS URER OF VIRGIN IA Edw ard C. Mar tz , tto rne y for s a id Lyd ia H. LaBaume \ ':, '' Vir rer of Rec eiv ed of J.M . Pu rce ll, Tre asu , in acc ord anc e gin ia, the sum of $ 12 . 00 rt of the cou nty wit h an ord er of the Cir cui t Cou 8th day en~ ere d on the of Roc kin gha m 193 __1_ , in the ma tter of the Sta te elo pm ent v _ __ Com mis sion on Co nse rva tion and Dev , ~t=k=i=n=s'----_ __ and oth ers , bei ng ~a=s=s=a=n~d=r~a"'--------'L=a~w=s=o=n=-------.A _ C the tra ct of lan d ful l and com ple te set tlem ent for of Feb . -a known in sai d pro cee din g as# 319 Sig n ori gin al and dup lica te and ret urn to the Tre asu rer of Vir gin ia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context labaume-lydia-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Labaume, Lydia H. / Livers, Charles B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Richland Heights Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 319, 319-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Labaume Livers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/91276d45580a54c8f9c20732b047a612.pdf 3a25b4e57fc3b87dd0c6b6281bab06f2 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAr. COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT Lafay ette , Ellsw orth Number of Acres: 10 Location: Near Mile Ruh , and entire ly within the Park area . Roads: Three miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . All saw timbe r has been remove d from this tract and the place is abando ned . History of Tract and condition of timber: Frame , 14x24 1 , 1 room, shing le , 2 story , poor condi tion , abando ned . Improvements: Dwell ing : Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 10 J5.• 00 $50 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 50 . 00 Minerals: Valueo fLand: $ 50 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 50 . OO Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value -of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 1 0 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . GO �County: itoordn,;llMri Pi ft'trict: at onowsll .\aaeaa d ApJ*r«m~ly not •aeesao4 ;;,,011! I cmds: '. UO ~ ta1lo liistou: 1 ovor, eounty ll • \ ber h bnn<1on d • !'O ~ d to I land Ford been :ror,•ov~d t1'an t his trao .., elli,,a--· .. l"f'\t,e, l.4 :.&. nn.d the pl.no• l, ,hingle, 2 stor,1, poor 24. roo cond1t1on, Bbandonud t mber-- 1el mod. b'> ode l ' 10.00 25.00 O;t ""otnl. Vt:lue !lP..! Slope lO 'total value of land Tot l vol ue ot improve: ant Tot l value ot ti ~b .r Total v uo ot tre.ot 70.00 7.00 �Cc ty: '=1.stnct: #354 - J Rockingham Stonewall Ellswort~ Lafayette N E . Hedrick , . Alexander LEGEND: SlOPff Scale - 1 1 = 20 chains 0 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lafayette-ellsworth.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lafayette, Ellsworth Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 354 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lafayette https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a395f5e8eb891d8c19fc35b343dce273.pdf f044695632a438cfa7a7850ea161c4d8 PDF Text Text ROCK INGHAM COUNTY CLAI MANT NAME O F ~ # 4- a - Lam, Dltiford Number of Acres: Location: Adjoining Hensley School and Church lots . Roads: 7 miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: --- - --- History of Tract and condition of timber: This lot of land was purchased for a g arage site and is no w being used for such . Improvements: Garage : 9xl4x8 1 • Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge: Slope: Lot Cove: 14x90 1 $10 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 10 . oo Value of Improvements: $ 50 • 00 Total Value of Orchard: $ - - - 50-·. 00-- $60 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ Incide~t~;~ damages arising from the taking of this tract ~ . . . None . - ~ ' ~L~ �ROCKINGHAM COUNTY CLAIMANT NAME OF (;l)BHk!~ #4-- Lam, Bluford Number of Acres: 9 6 Location: 2 miles east of Thoroughfare Gap . Entirely within Park area . This tract was carefully surveyed and falls shor t in acreage claimed . Roads: 8 miles over county road to Elkton . Soil: North slope . History of Tract and condition of timber : The timbered area has been cut over . The cleared land is very good and is well fenced . Timber: Fu.elwood, 160 cords . Improvements: F.H..AME AND LOG DWELLING : 20x27 1 , new k itchen, 12xl8x8 1 , Porch 6xs 1--;--5 rooms, paper roof , brick flues , l½ s t ory, ceile~ malls , fair condition, occup ied by owner , water supply is spring, c e llar 10xl4' . LOG AND FRAME BARN : (2/3 new) 34x44xl2 1 • Shingle and paper roof , fair condition . FRAME HEN HOUSE : 7xl8x8 1 , paper roof , fair condition., FRAME HOG Pl::N: 6xl2x8 1 , paper roo f , fair condition . F MME SPR ING_ HOUSE : 10xl0x8 1 , pap er r oof, f a ir condition . FR1,;:1IE MEAT HOUSE : WI TH SHED: 14x23x8 1 , shingle roof , fair condition. Orchard Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 36 @ $ 5 . 00 60 @ 40 . 00 $180. 00 Cove: Grazing Land:Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 2400 . 00 - ·- - $ 2580 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2580 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 995 . oo 905 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ 250 . 0 0 250 . 00 Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 50 .oo Value per acre for tract: $ 50 . 00 $ 3785 . 00 3 9 • 42 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~ .~ None . - ~ -CLERK J �Claim of_____B_•. Ii. L-=im _____________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_.Ra.ck.inghsm.. ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __B._JI._.Lsm. _______________________________________________________________ _ ------ 96 __------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----more or less, of land in_~o..akingh~llL ____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ___ Ro.ckilliiha.m.. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said...,petition and to said notice. My name is ___ .B. .. _.R.._ __Lpm_ ____________ ------------------------ ---------------My post office address is _____E.1.kt.Qn..__V.B_t._ .. ._ __i _.__D-'-_3______________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____gs_ __ _; _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _____ctw.e..ll.i_ng_. __o.a.rn .. __grtmar.:1[._.henhQU..S..e smokehouse, hog p en, about 50 apple trees. 100 peach trees. ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ---- -----------7 or 8 9hexry trees. g r apes & ulums . 1 __________ _ This land is located abouL_a ______ ...-_miles from ___]I!,.ktQJL _________________ Virginia, in · t of sa1·d Count y. · · 1 D.1st r1c · t errn Stonewa ll Mag1s the________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or · parcel of land described above.) ___ r__ m... RQle _owner .__ the_ deed_howeverLis_in _na me _of Bluford_Lam, ___ _ representing the first initial in my n~me The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North_11"L~Y ;Ep.:psrd _____________________________________________________________ _ South _____ Hr:rnsberg~r _lR..nd ------------------------ ------------------------ --East __ G....._L...-_Kite ------------------------ ------------------------ --------------West ____________ _Breeden _______________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ _,1_~rJ__5_ __ in the following manner: __ by_deed_from c._A._ Rsmmer, _special commi,...sioner ______________________ _ I claim ·that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ Ji . . 9_QQ..!_QQ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_?_t..Q9_q_!.9_q_ ____ . I am the owner of_ _____ ~_9________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ __ __(2g____________ . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·--------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ----------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____ 7.:tJL _____ day ----&~X~-f~~---------------------- of_!~~.£~?.!_~!±-_~~±---, 1930. sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ Ro_ckingb.P.c.m.. __ _____ _, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _.B.t._H.... _1_~m___________ ___ ____________ __ ____ __ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ J_t_:t}___________ day of_f_ttQr.:s,__r.x ... J,/ II/ 3 I ~,~~;(f$:_f~~ _______%_{,!_ _________ Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or Jusf e of the Peace. �Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, FEB 1931 - - - ----Clerk �Revise d repor t . county : Distr ict: Rockingham Stone wall #4 - IAm. 1 Blufo rd Acreag e Claim ed: Value Claim ed: 96 A. Asses sed: 5000 Asses sed: Area: Locat ion: 96 A. 590.00 90 Acres Deed: oquire d 191996 acres :ror 1400.0 0 Two miles eas t ot Thore: rare Gap. Entire ly within Park area. This traot as ca refull y survey ed and falls short in acreag e claimed. Incum branoe s, counte r claims or l ps: Soil: North slope . None known. Roads : Eight miles over county road to Elkton . Hi story of tra ct a nd oondi tion of timbe r: The timber ed area has been cut over. The clea red l and 1s very good and in well fenced . Improv ements: Frame and log dwell i ng; 20x27 ', ne kitche n 12xl8x 8•, porch 6x8', 5 rooms, p- per roof, brick flues, l ½ story, ceiled walls , f air condi tion, occup ied by owner, water supply 1s spring , cella r 10xl4 ' -. 450.00 Log and frame ba rn: ( 2/3 new ) 34x44 xl2 ' , s hi ngle and paper roof , t a ir condit ion. 300.00 Frame hen house : 7xl8x 8', pa per ·r oof, tair condi tion 20.00 Frame hog pen: 6xl2x 8', paper roof, tair condi ti on -10.00 Frame spring house : lOxlO x8•, .paper roof, f a ir condi tion -15.00 Frame mea t house ith shed: 14x23 x8', s hi ngle root, f a ir condi tion -50.00 Timbe r: or"ba rd: Fuel ood - 160 cords cord. 50¢ per $845.0 0 eo.oo 150.00 Value ot land by types: Type Slope Fe Orchar d Value Acreag e 33.5 per acre $5.50 54 22.00 2.5 Tota l Value 117.25 1188.0 0 1305.2 5 (conti nued) /0 �Paget o #4 - IJJ.m, Blurord Total va lue of land •• • • • •• • • • • • • .,1305.25 Total va l ue of orchard •••••••• ••••• 150.00 Total value of improvem ents •••••••• •• Total value of timber • •• •••••••• ••• 845. 00 80. 00 Total value of tract • •• • •• • •• • • • • 2380.25 Average va lue per acre ••••••••• ••••• 26.44 �of the BLDFO D L..:J1 T i.CT fi4. This trac t was surve yed by F . T • .tunis s unde r my dire ction . A co!'lp utatio n of the acrea ge by t h is surve y give s 90 acre s in the c l aimed . Chi ef Ene;i neer, Park ervic e . �·, County: Roeklngb.am Distric t: Stonewa ll #4-a. Acreage Claimed: * Value Claimed : Location : - Bluford TI . Lam 96 A. 5000. Assesse d If Deed " Adjoinin g Hensley School & Chruch lots . Incumbr anoes, counter claims or laps:-- ----Soil: Roads: .. .-..... ----- 7 miles over ootmty road to Elkton . History of trnct and conditio n of timber : This lot of land was purcha sed for u garage site and is now being used for such. Improvem ents: Gar · ge 9xl4x8 , -------- -------- -------- --- ~,50 . 00 Value of land by types: '£Ypo Value per acre Acreage Garage lot (l(.'X96 ' } -- Total value of land Total value 0-f _i mprovemen t s -------- Toto.l Value ' '10 . 00 $10 .. 00 50 . 00 To tal value of timber Total l ue or trac t 60 . 00 Average v·.;.lue per a cre * I ncludeo Tr act #4 /3 �C ou nt y: . .,__ D is tr ic t: B lu f' or e ..if..4-LBJ.n N D an ie l en E st . ed re S R up er t E pp ar d c. E lb er t Fe 8 H. H. F . B re ed en G. L ut he r K it e L G1 1 D : S lo·)e Sc ie ·- T il la bl e 20 c~ in s l' = Rockingham .. to n ., 11 �r14 " - ...A _J .I' or d :1 . L an . G ar uc c le C oJ .n t ., cr :i n ·h , m D is tr ic t; "'t on e. 1c ... ll 1., ec -l e - l" - 10 0 .:t . • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-bluford.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, Buford Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Thorofare Gap Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 4, 4-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d40dc0651911b8b3b8528b3ab8dc81c6.pdf a27d6a6f66f9147a749a7911233ad965 PDF Text Text RDCKINGHA.M COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #368 - I.am , E. C. Number of Acres: Lot Location: Near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meadow ' s Store . Roads: Bordering the Spotswood Trail which is now a hard surfaced r oad . Soil: History of Tract and condition of timber: Formerly used in connection with a store lot, but since the relocation of the Spotswood Trail the lot was acquired by the present owre r who erected the filling st a tion which is now on it . Improvements: Filling station : Consists of stone store room 14x20 ', with front over gas pumps l?x20' supported b y t wo st one columns 25x25xll ', all wit h metal roof . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 100 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1200 . 00 Value of Orchard:$ ---------- ---------$1300 . 00 ----- TOTJ:..L. Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON:3 . J:l - -~- - ~. ' CLERK. .__..________ -, . -/_~ - �Claim In the Circuit Court of_ ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Cons vation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ______________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to th petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the · g said tition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ _ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:Ya:•:: ::_~£~r.~sa'.~-~o~;c-,..-~ ~,:.Z:;;.:;.x--------------~~~~~ 7~--a_______ _ My post office address is_L_~ I claim a right, title, estate or int est in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _he_ condemned, containing a ~ ~ - ~ ; e s , are the following bmldmgs and improvements:_ _ -7-~-------- ------------- ----- }11.2"=:._ :~;:;~:~~;:~~~;~~:~!~~~~~===============~~~~:~.-;~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ South _____________________________________________________________________________ _ East----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---West ______________________________________________________________________________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is ~ef.R~.#_ _____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is ~..RR./?!..~----- -· I am the owner oL ___ ~_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~~=~-:~~:~~r1~3~my name and :a:11tt"'~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~a~ ST.:-"'~;· VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___7 __ _____ ------, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_~- 1. ___________'! _________________________ _ the above named claimant personally appeared be ore him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his ab~~~wer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___.{_d ____________ day of_~_!_ _______ , 1 9 3 ~ d .-// ~~ ;/K~.,z,.~7, ---------------------~---------,tei~-Qt...tfl.e-4:::16trrt:,~n:5pecial Investigator or Neta:ry PubJic, o~~tice of t-fl:9 EEmce: "':"~ �Coun ty: Distr ict: Rocki ngham Ston a ll #368 - Acrea ge Claim ed: ssess ed: V lue Claim ed: Locat ion: Deed: None so f a r a s kno n . Borde ring the Spotswood Trail road . or X Near the 1ft Run Churc h long the Spots ood Trail and oppo ite L. c. eadow 's Store . Roads : Histo ry Deed: Asses sed: Inoumbranc es , coun ter cla ims or l aps: Soil: h1oh is now a hard surf ced tra ot nd cond ition of timber: Fo erly used n conne ction with a store lot, 6ut ~inoe the reloc ation ot ithe wood Trail the lot was a o uired by the prese nt oner hoSpots erect ed the fi lllng sta tion hich is no on it . Impro veme nts: Fillin g st t1on : Cons ists of stone s tor r oo l4x20 ', with front over gas pumps 17x20 ' suppo rted by to stone colum ns 25x2 xll', Value X 11 ith met a l r oof. - - -- 1000 . 00 of l nd by types : oreag e Lot Va lue ,12er ere Tota l Value "200 . 00 Tot 1 va lue of 1 nd 200. 00 Total v le of im rovements 1000 . 00 Total V lue of tr ct - , lr2~0~0~.~o•oAver ge v le per x -~ This ore -- ot was a oQuir ed t i conpa r tivel y recen t da te hence no infor matio n s to cost or ssess ed v le is va ilabl e. �. 1~ it_ a;~ c~-r d LAW OFFICES E. DULANEY OTT _p HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ei.JILDING &.' T1u- ·Y . ~ ;? rrd~7 ~ . ~ - t i ~ . ;J t£- L~O--,. ,V fr1'l.. ~~~T 1·1£;_ SraJi_ ) O'-- ( -Vs. ) C~~~ f~d-vt, ~.· . E. . C . . ~ ~1:,~ 1 ~~ , u.A.~ ~ a ~ C, I~ d~ �Claim of ___ ..E~- C4.Lam----------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL---~-C?_~!_{_~!_:~~~----------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------R --- . rigb. -------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in __:__ ~_c_~~----~~----- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL ____ Ro.cki.ngham_ _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is ___________ E • _C•_ Lam _____ ---------------------------------------My post office address is __ i~--~9~~~--~!!_~~L_'!~-~1:!:~~~~-~~!--~~--~~---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __ ;!-L~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ____:f_i_~! _i_r:!g_ -~~-1!9_I}_ ~-~~ _Q~s,-~~!'Q~l!l- _______ _________ _ 4½ . Ian d 1s · Iocat ed a bout ____________ m1·1es f rom _______________________ Elkton ____-:_v·1rg1ma, ·· m · Th1s the_at.onewalJ. ___ Magisterial District of said County. , I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____________________________________________________________________________ _ Soutli ____________________________________________________________________ _________ _ East ______________________________________________________________________________ _ West _________ ____ _________ ____________ __ ___ __________________ ___ ___ _________ ____ ___ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~Q.O_Q_..O_Q _____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $?-~~~-~~?_______ , I am the owner of_ _____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro- JL"_______ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- --- ------ ------- -· (In the space below should _be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- ----------------------- --------------------------- --- ------- ------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessa{o on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day of___ .ApJ'_ll__________ , 193<2 ___:X:___E~--Q~.L~m. ___ _____ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ __ Rockingham .. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_______ __ ___ ___ ____ __ ______ , To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that ____ L-C---Lam-------------------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ____~Q____________ day of _______-4,p_:r!].___ --, 1931. . Geo. H. Levi C!ei'k-of-t'fl~-<3ottr1';-ot" Special Investigator or ~Ptrbiic;-~r-.hffln~~~~h~-Peaee. lo �IN THE CIRCUIT CarRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIN IA The State Commission on Gonservaticn and Development of the Sta t~of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Roe kingham County, Virginia. Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. Sep. 28, 1932 J. Robert switzer,Clerk To the Honorable H. W.Bertram , Judge of said cou2t: The motion of E. c. Lam praying said Court to disapprove and decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore appointed by said Court in the above matter, wherein said Board reported under No. 368 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that the lot of land situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spotswood Trail and opposite L. C. Meaddwax store was valued at only $1300.00. to be the property of the movant, The gro unds of said rro,tion are as follows: (1) That the price :m: for said l.and and improvements is so manifestly inadequate and confiscatory, as more fully appears from the affidavits hereto attached and asked to be read in support of t h is exception, as to justify a finding that in arriv i ng at such price the Board fell into some error, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of the property with reference to wM.ch such price was made, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before the Board wit h reference to which such price was made; (2) That the price found by the Board for the iand and improvements does not give to the owner the present fair market value of the same. (3) That the finding of said Board is, apparently, from the statements contained in its report, made, without taking into cons id era tion, or at least without giving ef:tect in its final deeision to the value of the land and the improvements thereon, and to the income producing capacity of the property, 'l 1 �-2- a.11 of m.ich will more readily appear from the affidav its· attached hereto and which are asked to be read in support of this exceptio n; (4) That the price allowed for the property vi0lates Article 5 of the Constitu tion of the United States, wherein it states: "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just oompens ation;tt (5} The finding of said Board violates Section 58 of the Constit ution of Virginia , wherein it says: That the General Assembl y of Virginia shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses without just compens ation. E. C. Lam By Counsel E. C. Ott Counsel . �,,'I I INIA. IN THE CIRC UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRG The Stat e Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Deve lopm ent of the State of Virg inia vs. Cass andra Lawson Atki ns and othe rs, and 52,50 1 acre s of l.and il1&lock1ngham Coun ty, Virgi n:ia Affi davi t of E. C. Lam to be read in ro nneo tion with d of the moti on ~iled by him to have the findi ngs of the Boar its Appr aisal Com missi oners disap prov ed in conn ectio n with findi ng No . 368. Dist rict of Colu mbia , City of Wash ingto n, to-w it: E. iJ. Lam this day pers onal ly appe ared befo re me a Nota ry .t'ubl lc in and for the --rict of Columbia, and being duly --------Dist the in esaid afor City swor n depo ses and says ; re I am the owne r of a l .ot of land , cont ainin g 3815 squa a hard feet , whic h bord ers the Spots wood Trai l, whic h is now cons istin g surfa oted road , and is impro ved by a ffll.in g stati on, t-t-t--(r l"1t pumps of a ston~ ~reo om 14 x 20 feet , with fron t over gas x 11 feet ; 17 x 20 feet , supp orted by two stone colum ns 25 x. 25 new, insid e over the whol e build ing is a good meta l roof , near ly stati on has the filli ng stati on is a conc rete floo r; the filli ng inch es x 30 inch es four windows with two glas s pane s in each window, 30 x 72 inch es also two fron t windows with plate glass each 59 inch es es, five in dime nsion , one door with glas s there in 28 x 36 inch pane s small wind ows abov e the plate glass wind ows, havin g three ng stati on each , 10 x 21 inch es in dime nsion , the fron t of the filli and there are over the pumps is ceile d with exce llent pine lumb er, in fron t thirt y-th ree elec tric ligh ts in the filli ng stati on and stati on stand s, over the gas pump s. Un the Lot on whic h the filli ng af E. E. and is one pump and two te.nk _ (unde rgrou nd) the prop erty ng $75 .00. E. C. tam, the pump costi ng $125 .00 and the tank costi to E.C. There 1s likew ise anot her tank on the same lot belon ging 1-3 �-2- Lam which cosi $60 .00. There are. two nn·re pumps on the said lot and that the one tank {unde rgrou nd) which belon g to Maph is & Chapm an; befor e locat ion of this fillin g stati on near Swift Run Churc h, just g sta tim the ascen t of the mounta:i. n is begun , and being the only fillin miles away, betwe en that point and the top of the moun tain some ft>. ur produ cing makes it an extre mely vaLua ble prope rty; that the incom e ate val...ue of said prope rty is hard to estim ate becau se no accur ed recor ds have been kept t>f the same; that he has been offer ts thereo )n $5 ,000. 00 for said prope rty; that the lot with the impro vemen rty is mt is worth at the lowes t estim ate J3000 .00; that the said prope the for sale; and I hereb y reque st that the same be omitt ed from ro ntem plate d Park Area. E. u. Lam Subsc ribed and sworn to befor e me this 1932. --- - day of --- --- - Notar y Publi c. u. Lam on This is to certi ty that I took the above statem ent to E.stmlt c~ in the 27th day of Septe mber, 1932, he being a patie nt slgne d the same, and read he and n.c., , ington Sible y Hespi tal, Wash Notar y a but the - Hosp ital autho r! ties would not allow m.e to get PUbli c so that I migh t get his affid avit there to. E. E. Lam Virg inia, City of Harri snbur g, to-w it: under signe d , This day E. E. • Lam perso nally api:ea red befor e the afore said in Teres a Sulli van, a Notar y Publi c in and for the City ent statem the state of Virg inia, and made oath that the foreg oing, 1932. is true. Given under .nu hand this 28th day of Septe mber, • Teres a Sulli van Notar y xuh!i c My comm ission exp,ir es March 20, 1935. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of E. E. Lam to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its findings No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harrisonburg , to-wit~ E. E . Lam, brother of E. C. Lam, this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary B.lblic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn deposes and says: I have been in charge of the filling station for my brother, E. C. Lam, described in the findings No. 368, and have operated the said filling station for about three years, and while I have kept no accurate records of the business done by me, selling gas, oil, automobile accessories, cigars, candies, etc., I feel that I am justified in saying that I consider the Location of this filling station one of the best on the Spotswood Trail, and in my opinion, the Lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it and the filling station are worth, at a conservative estimate, $3 ,000.00. I have not taken in account, in my estimation,. the value of the gasoline pumps and se,soline storage tanks on and under said 1 ot. E. E. Lam Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September , 1932. Teresa Sullivan -------Notary ------- Public �IN THE CIRaJ'IT C<lJRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham Crunty, Virginia. Affidavit of A. M,. Gooden to be read in connection with the motion filed by E. 0.Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No. 368. State of Virginia, City of Harr iro nburg, to-wit : A. M. Gooden this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary ?ublic in and for the City a~oresaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deroses and says: I am 51 years of age; I am a contractor by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; on Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church; situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. C. 1am, and the said filling station, vnich is constructed of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for less than $1073 .39; that the l>t on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and 'Illich I am advised contains 3815 square feet, is in my opinion worth $1,000-.00, that this makes a total estimate of $2073 .39 for the buildings and the lot, which I consider very conservative; that I have not taken in account, in my estimation, t he value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. A. M. Gooden Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 1932. Teresa sull i van Notary Public~ �IN THE CIRCITIT CO'JRT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia. vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Affidavit of L.A. Hensley to be read in connectio n with the motion filed by E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners disapprove d in ronnection with its finding No . 368. State of Virginia, County of Rockingham , to-wit: L.A. Hensley this day ~rsonally appeared before me, H. B. C. Gentry, a Notary PUblic in and for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 38 years of age; I am a contracto r by occupatio n; I reside near Elkton, Virginia; On Saturday, September 24, 1932, I inspected carefully the filling station near Swift Run Church, situate along the Spotswood Trail, opposite L. C. Meadows ' store, owned by E. c. Lam, and the said filling stationt which. is constructe d of stone with a front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet, supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x 11 feet could not be replaced today for iess than $1127 .00 that the lot on which the filling station stands and which surrounds it, and which I am advised con ta ins 3815 square fee·t, is in my opinion worth $1000 .00; that this makes a total estimate of $2,127.00 for the buildings and the lot , which I consider a very conservat ive figure; that I have not t aken in account, in my estimation , the value of the gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks on or under the said lot. L.A. Hensley Subscribe d and sworn to before me this 27th day of deptember , 1932. _ _.ri_ ._B_._c_._Ge_n_t_r_._y_ _ _No tary Public �IN THE CIRarIT COURT OF ROCKI NGHAlvI COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virgin:ia . Affidavit of H. b . C. Gentry to be read in connection with the motion filed b y E. C. Lam to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners disappDoved in connection with its finding No . 368 . State of Virginia , City of Harrisonburg, to-wit: H. B.C . Gentry this day personally appeared before me, Teresa Sullivan, a Notary .t-ublic in and for the City aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am ?9 years of age; I am a dealer in real estate and fire insurance agent by occupation; I reside at Elkton, Virginia; lam familiar with the lot situate at Swift Run in Rockingham County, along the Spotswood Trail , opposite L. C.Meadows' s store, improved by a filling station, and said to contain 3815 square feet, and have known the same for 50 years; t hat considering the location of the lot, said lot is in my opinion, worth today at a conservative estimate $1,000 . 00; that I am not familiar with t he costs of the construction of such build i ngs as are erected thereon, and therefore can form no opinion as to their 'falue. H. B. C. Gen try Subscribed and sworn to before me t his 26th day of ~eptember, 1932 . Teresa Sullivan hotary Public . ��IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM CaTNTY, VIRGINIA The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Filed in the Clerkts Office Rockingham County, Va. vs. 1829 Nov. 8, 1932 J . Robert Switzer, Clerk Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fifty-two thousand, five hundred and sixty-one (52,561) acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia. Written Statement made by E. C. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932. In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1 932, and in res ponse thereto, the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the ownership of which is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his objections, is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by t he Appraisal commiss i oners to be the lot of land owned by him, being Tract No. 368t situate near the Swift Run Church along t he Spottswood Trail, and opposite L. C. Meadows' store, but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with t he r e port and exh ibit sheets t hereto attached, made by said Commission ers does not give t he boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot, said boundary lines as well as t he square feet con tained in said lot are herewith s hown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", which i s asked to be read as a iart hereof. Said boundary lines were obtaine d by a survey o f said lot th is da y made by A. R. Myers, Surveyor. Given under my hand this 8t h day of November, 1932 E. C. Lam E. D. Ott Counsel. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY• VIRG;NI1 . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia 1829 Vs.) Cassandra Lawson Adkins. and Others. Re: E. c. Lam claim. Statement in writing called for by Judge Philip Williams , Chairman of the Board of Arbitrators by letter of August 8, 1933, in which it is asked to give ll) The grounds of your exceptions, especially in so far as they raise any question as to damages or of the value of lands and improvements sought to be condemned. (2) The number or numbers of the tract or tracts shown on the various county ownership maps filed in said proceedings which are claimed by you or in which you claim an interest. l3) The authority of Counsel to act in these proceedings. Answering Paragraph No. (1) reference is first made to the grounds of said exception, which are set out in said exeeption. To state the matter of the exception in a general way, E. c. Lam contends that the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners allowing him $1300 .00 for his property situate near Swift Run Church, which borders the Spotswood Trail, consisting of a lot of land containing 3815 square feet, improved by a filling station consisting of a stone storeroom 14 x 20 feet with front over gas pumps 17 x 20 feet supported by two stone columns 25 x 25 x ll feet, said building being in excellent condition, and there being on the lot on which the filling station stands one pump and two tanks (nnderground) the property of E. C. Lam and his brother l!!.. s. Lam, the pump costing $125.00 and the tank costing i75 .00, and there being also on the said lot another tank belonging to E. c. Lem 3\ �-2costing $60.00; this filling station being located at a point Just before the ascent of the Blue Ridge Mountain is begun, and being the only filling station between that point and the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain some four mlles away; is not Just compens ation; that he has been offered $5 ,000.00 for said property ; that the amount of $1300 .00 found by the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners fails to give to said E. c. Lam such a sum for his property as would put him in as good a position pecunia rily as he would have been if his property had not been taken, and fails to give him a full and perfect equivale nt for the loss sustaine d by the taking of his property as gu.arante ed to him by law, and fails entirely to take into conside ration the income producin g feature of the property . The affidav its of E. c. Lam, E. E. Lam, A. M. Gooden, a contrac tor, L.A. Hensley , another contrac tor, and H.B . c. Gentry, a real estate man, establis h beyond any dCJQ.bt that E. c. Lam has not received Just compens ation for his filling station prQpert y. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (2) ~ the number of the traot shown on the County ownersh ip map filed in the oond.emnation proceed ings claimed by E . c. Lam solely, is No . 568. Answerin g Paragrap h No. (3), there is affixed to this statemen t the authori ty of counsel to speak tor E. C1~ La•• �To Judges Williams, Alexander and Bertram, Arbitrators appointed by the Governor of Virginia in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed by the undersigned and the State Commission on Conservation and Development. employed as counsel, 0~ have / --E. D. Ott of Harrisonburg, Th is is to certify that Virginia, to represent the undersigned with reference to the tract of land owned by the undersigned, and designated as No. 'S lo S- on the County ownership map filed in the proceedings of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Ad.kins, etc. (a case pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia) in all proceedings before the above mentioned arbitrators touching said tract of land • U,· . IS /<f 33 I �LAW OFFICES E . DUL.A...."VEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, flRST NATJONAL BANK au~LDJNG �I (, I I • I - 4 .. •a I 1 i ; 1 ·; I I I IN TEE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA . The State Commission on Conservation and Develo~d:Un the Clerk's Office of the State of Virginia Rockingham County, Va. vs . s· NOV 1829 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fift - two thousand , five hundred and sixty-one (52 , 561} acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . Written Statement made by E. c. Lam, pursuant to a decree entered in the above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 . I n compliance with the order entered in the above entitled cause on October 25 , 1932 , and in response thereto , the said E. c. Lam respectfully states that the lot of land within the area sought to be condemned, the o~mership of which is claimed by him , and with reference to which he has filed his objections , is believed to be the same lot of land which was found by the Apprai s al Commissioners to be the lot of land owned by him , being Tract No . 368 , situate near the Swift Run Church along the Spott swood Trail , and opposite L. c. Meadows ' Store , but as said lot as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners does not give the boundary lines of said land, nor the square feet contained in said lot , as well as the square feet contained in said lot said boundary linesTare herewith shown by a plat filed herewith , marked "Exhibit Plat", whic h is asked to be read as a part hereof . Said boundary lines were obtained by a survey of said lot this day made by A. R. Myers , Surveyor , �.. H.E. 4f- E.. C.. L A M 0 r- E. t, C. LAM 3 5- ,, S~- rT, ) JPOTiSWOOD . "TRA/t.. PLAT OF E'.C. LAM'S L.OT LYINO. ON THE N. W . s rDE OF SPOTTS WOtJD T RAIL OV. &-!:"- E O' r,f �Given under my hand this 8th day of November , 1932 • ... • l �rLAW OFFICES ifu_ ci,~ C...--,~. f/- "V\. E. DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING TL st-$_ C~·.+;-i 'l:r~~+-1 t~-) d-7,\_ c~.>-N/"'-.:t;.. th.. 1 ti;~~ I i:CJ_ stzh- I a~ r · a...-..1.. . �The State Commiss ion on Conserva tion and Development of t he St ate of Virgi nia vs . Cessandra Lawson Adkins and Ot her s , and 52 , 501 acre s , more or less of l and in Rockingham County , Virg ini a . Filed in the Cl k's Offlce er R ,.. No . 1829 at Law . oc"1ngham Countv'JI Vi, Re: Statement of E. c. Lam , Owner . ( rbitrat ion) I , E. c. AUG cx'r,933 ~ ~Clerk Lam, am t he sole o~ner in fee simple of t he lo t o f land shown on the county ownership map filed hioh conta in the condemnation proceedings as No .- 368, square feet , t he value of 'Which lot is 1, 3815 1000 . 00 , and. the value of the improve ments t h er eon , not including t hree gasoline pumps and t hree ga soline t 1;.L nks (underground) and gasoline pipe (underground) i s .Ji2000 . 00 , t h e value of one gasoline p'IJ.llp a nd one gasoline t a nk {underground) whi ch are the propefty of E. c. and E. E. Lam is ~200 . 00; t he value of a nother gasoline tank (underground) and 140 feet of gasoline pi pe (underground) t he property of ·_120 .oo . :r::. C. Lam is No estimate i s placed upon t wo gasoline pumps on the lot and one gasoline tank funderground) and 40 feet of gasoline pipe (Underground ) which belong to Maphis & Chapman , and which should be returned to t h em if the property i s t aken in these proceedings; the aggregate val ue of the lot of l and , t he improvements (buildings thereon) , one gasoline pump and two gasoline tanks {underground ) and 140 feet of gasoline pipe (underground) is 43320 . 00 . Said lot of land is located on t he Spots ~ood Tr a il , situate .her e you be gin the ascent of t h e Blue Ridge ?!:.o untain , and i s improved. by a filling station pr aotictlly f ire proof , the f illing at tion consists of a s toreroom 14 feet x 20 feet constructed of sandstone wi th good metal roof . The storeroom use s the wall of the garage or automobile repa ir shop belongi ng to E.c. and E. E. Lam as its r ear wall; att ached t o and running out from this storeroom is �-2- a roof over gas pumps 17 feet x 20 feet covering a This roof is supported double driveway ~ by two atone oolu.mne 25 inahes x 25 inches x 11 feet , resting on a conorete base 23 feet x metal . 3½ feet , an is of galvanized able constructed out of g lvanized The roof has metal 20 feet x 8 feet in center . indo concrete floor . 4 windo 30 inche ~he storeroom has a 1th two glass panes 1n ea.oh x 30 inches , r inforced by railroad r ailing overhead, to front each being 59 inches x 72 in 1ndows iitl plate glass , in dimension , reinforced e overhead , one door with glass therein by r ilroad raili 28 inches x 36 1nehe reintoroed by r ilroa railing overhead; on each side of the front door is on re five small oonstru.oted of sandstone; th re above the plate pilaster ind.owe as Viindows h ving thr ee panes eaoh 10 inohes x 21 1nohes in dimension; the roof over the ~illin station is ealed with No . l pine lumbe~; there are thirty- tour electric light in and abut the filling station, including one blinker in the pump , and the bulbs on said light are of t hree dif ferent colors . There is no oompeti tor nauer than four miles . The situation of said property mskes it extremely valuable as a business site . I respeotfully ask the Arbi _rators for the opportunity to be heard orally with witnesse for the purp se of substantiating the re sonableness of my claim . 0 E. C. Lam owner . fol- �- 3- Virginia of City ________ ____ .....,. Harrisonburg to- it : This day personally appeared before the undersi ed, a Notar y aforesaid in the E. c. Lam, ----- blio in and fo r the City of State -----------Virginia , ho made oath that t lie t a cts set out in the foregoing st·tement are true to the best of his kno\ledge and be lief. ____ t his Given under my 1and 24th day of - -~.. ._ August 19 33. .. Teresa Sullivan No t ary N61!c. My commission exp ire Maroh on the 20thday of , 19 .-:--. lo'?, �STATEMENT OF E. C. LAM r (ARBITRATION) - 'I LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA, FIRST NATIONA L BANK BUILDING �,. filed in the Clerk'~ Office Rockingham County, Va( L;.Jd , E . C. 368 ROCKI GHJ .I COIDJ"frY SEP f \933 ~<(Af,d~er IN RE • ..IBBI'I'R..i.J.'IOI; ...GREEl.fuKTS submitted to the Governor &rising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pendir.g in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenendoe.h Nc.tional parlr Act . SlJi,.'.J]l[ARY SrrATEI !ENT OF P , TI rrr OJ.ifER : EXCEPT..~.NT : L&m. , E • C • ORIGII:iAL Cw I!1 : creage . 12 : Value J3 , 000 . 00 : r nc . namages , Kone VALUE PL.:.CED ON TR.t..CT BY PETITIOI\TER ' S aPPRAISERS : TR_..,CT NO . VALUE 368 .,pl , 200 . 00 BO..:.RD OF Hi D CIDENT..\L D.i:.2iAGES PPRhIS.:J, COL[iISSIONERS FU-J"DINGS : .t.. :N1JI.Tt3.B:R OF TR_.CT : 368 V.ALUE OF TR.o.C'.L1 : TR.....CT NO . 368 VALUE ;)1 , 300 . 00 INCIDEl{T.AL DA;~GES �The basic differences between Petitioner and xhis exceptant are as to the classificat i on and value of the land, and improvements and buildings . Although we believe the values reported by the Petiti oner's appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissi oners as to values are substantially too high, we have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case . As to the cla,s aifica tion of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not as set forth in exceptant 1 s statements . This Work Sheet is filed with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired . , Subscribed to and verified before me this the t_' day of September , 1933 . 111b �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conservation and Developm·e nt of the State of Virginia Petitioner Vs. Cassandra Lawson Adkins and Others, and 52,501 acres, more or less of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, No. 1829 at Law. ----- On motion of E. c. Lam, by counsel, leave is given him to file his answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and the said answer is aoaordingly this day filed in the above styled proceedings. 15 1 �, At Law. Petitioner, ~ , .,-,:) ~ I '----j more or less, of land in P~ A ~ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petitfono the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of ~ 4f ,. County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said n1otice. ·. ,r f "i'. e. ~~ My name is My post office address is I '-f ~ i:S:--ZJ~-l~,?,; ' 1,--J' wh J <J, ';E.;°1 of land within the area sought to I claim a right, title, estate oWnt~ i be condemned, containing about f'S,-0 ~ t ~ -c t, ,.A...t, , on which there are the following ,... ,,__, ~ ..e,... ? ~ ~ $ l - (. i Cc.----&:::~i--1 This land is lo·c ated a'bout 4 // :1,.. miles from Virginia, in the ( ' ~ ~ Magisterial ~strict of the said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he h~ in or to the tract or parcel of Jand described above.) , ~~ ~~ ~ . - I --t.-r-·, ~ ~ v- f-'-v-t,° et. t., \- ,.__,-.;, ~ )i.A:-1 ... fflie n~ North South ~ ~~ ' ~ Z)v.. ~ ~ J ? ) 0'-(:. tA-- . - - - ~ v 1 V .,-,_ ...._ tljacent to the above descri'bed tract or parcel of land are as follows: C 1 ~ c.. ~ /.,J ~ ._.,., '-"' EasL-5~ ~ ~ 4~~~~-~:___ __ _ _ _-,-f,,..___ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _~ -- West__~~Ll,,,,~~'L_~~ ~~l~,!!!~~·~4_..'!! C~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' " - - - - - 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~- - I acquired my right, title, or estate or interest to this property about th) year-~--~·n the following manner..;.,,._ [ ~ _ c:? () ~ ~ ~u ~ ~- '--, ~~ O: ~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 3 ~ I claiin that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tr7 ct or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 1 I am the owner of_ _ __ _ _ _ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of land within the Park area, to the extent of $- - - -- - /-4~ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back.) Witness my signat~ e (or my name and mark atta? ! ~to) this / b /""'IC day of 193 . >,. • STATE o;iiRGINIA, COUNTY OF Q,.. , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that t C... P ~the a'bove named claimant personally appeared before hit"'and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the ·b est of my knowledge and belief, this a--t~ , ~tt:-C!-·~ }A_)tt-,,,., g <i: · //#(&' day of ~~- ~~~ ~= , 1.:£: ~~ §~~&the:=Pcsee Public, w d1181i<v)f �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGIND\.. STATE C O.M:M ISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA Vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County , Virginia . ',, This is to certify that E . c. Lam who has filed exceptions to the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissione r s appointed in the above styled proceedings within t he time pres cribed by law , has agreed to submit any and all questions arising in the course of said proce ngs as to damages and values of land and improvements sought to be condemned therein , belon~ing in to him to arbitration/ accordance with t h e arbitration agreement proposed by the Governor on July 18 , 193~ c..-.- , ~ ~ t f - - v L.,1 this applying to trao,t of land/belonging to the undersigned , designated a s No . 3 b~ on the County ownership map filed in the above styled proceedings • .... Given under my hand this L.!:!:... day of 1933 . l . ... " r . ,, \ ' I �- 2- Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto E. D . Ott , Attorney for std E. C. Lam the said sum of ) 1710 . 60 , the amount of said award set out in said judgment of condemnation for said lot of land with the impr ovements thereon above designated , taking from said E . D. Ott , Attorney for said E. c. Lam , &. receipt therefor , and. certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as required by law . Enter 5 �IN THE CIRO UIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA M COUNTY, VIRG IN I.A . State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia Petitione r vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als . etc . Defendant s . To the Honorable H. w. Bertram Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia Your pe ti ti oner, . E. C. Lam , resp ec t f'ully rep re sen tt: That a judgment in rem has her et of ore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the state of Virginia the fee simple estate in that certain lot of land with the improveme nts thereon , numb erad as follows , Tract No . 368 , and described. in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners appointed. herein and shown , numbered and delineated on the County Ownership map filed therewith , upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum set out in the said judgment as constituti ng the award therefor as follows; award for tract No . 368 , $1 710 . 60; that the said State Commission on Conservat io n and Developme nt has paid into the custody of t h e Court the said sum set out in said judgment as constitut ing t h e award for the fee simple estate in said lot of land with the improveme nts thereon ; that the undersi gned petitione rs on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said lot of lartd with the improveme nts thereon were the . owners of the said land in fee simple ; that no other person or person s t h an the undersign ed are entitled. to sh are in the distributi on of said award . Your petitioner ., further shows the Court that all taxes agai ~st said property have been paid to and including the year 1933 , ~d effect from :M . he herewith files certifi c ates to that H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham c ounty , Virginia, and J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court �- 2- of Rockingham County , Virg:lnia , which certificates are prayed to be read as a part hereof , said certificates are marked "Exhi1Ut Certifieate No . l" , and TTE:xhibit .Certificate No . 2" . Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein and be allowed to file his petition in this proceeding, and that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distributi on of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award for the fee siriple estate in said lot of land with the improvements ther e on condemned as aforesaid , and for the payment to the undersigned or his attorney of record /O'f the uaid award; and that your pe titioner~ may have such other, further and general relief as, the nature of the case may require . State of Virginia City of H~rrisonburg , to - wit : This day E . c. Lam personally appeared before me , , a Notary Public in and Teresa Sullivan state in the for th e City of Harrisonburg , in my City afor e-s-a....i...;d--, -a-n_,d,..._..,.b-e-=i,....n_e_.,-a. .u--ly Virg inia of sworn , ueposes and says : that I have rebd the above petition , ana state that the matters of fact contained t h erein are true to t·h e best of my knowledge and belief . Given under my hand this 12th day of 1/ay, 1934 . -~~ -C -~--Subscribed and sworn to before me in my City aforesaid this 12th rJ34 . May , day o :f r 7 �1 l 1 \ M. H. HARRISON T REASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY H ARRisoNau Rc, v 1RGINIA May ZncC, .. ., 193& '. ft . To Whom It May Concern~I hereby certify that the recorisof my off1ce show that Elmer C. Lam has paid the taxes for the year 1933 on his 36 polesof land, situated in Stonewall District , County of Rockingham. Given under my hand this 2nd day of 1934 . ' ' ... ~ ..:J#o'"'- May, �. .., '!'... ' ~ STATE OF VIRGINI A COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I,~. Robert Switzer, of the Circuit court of Rockingham County do hereby certify tha t the records in my otfie·e do not show any delinquent taxes agains the tract of 0-0-36 of land situate in Stonewall D:is:trict, Rockingham County, assessed in the name of Elmer c. Lam. Given under my hand this 22d day of May, 1934. ourt of RockClerk of the Circui ingham County, Virginia. ~:ey. ----~..,...,..,,.,~--~--------' 0. K. �LAW OFFICES E . DULANEY OTT HARRISONBURG, VA. F I RST NATIONAL BANK BU I LD IN G �C!Inmmnuwenltq nf 1liirgiuin TREASUER ' S OFFICE R ·1 C H M O N D , VA , May 25, 1934 JOHN M. P URCELL TREASUR ER O F V I RG IN IA This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 25 day of May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datea 5/23/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs· - - -- - - Cassandra - - - - - -Lawson - - - -Atkins ------------- paid to E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Firs t National Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Virginia $1, 710 . 60 being in full settlement of tract# 368 in the above mentioned cause. �- .... -- - Olnmmnnwtalt11 nf ]ltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA May 25., 1934 E. D. Ott, Attorney for said E. c. Lam Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of$ 1.,710 . 60 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of __R_o~c~k_i_n~g~h_am _____ entered on the 23rd day of ___ M_a-y__ l 93_1_ , in the matter of t h e State Co mmission on Conservation and Development v _ __ ---~C~a........ s-s~an......,.d~r~a"'--------'L=a=w_.,_..,s~o~n.___,.A~t~k ~ i-n ......... s_ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land k nown in said proceeding as #- -3~6~8~ - - Sign original and dupli cate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. I":/ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hopkins, EB - Lam, EE & EC Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context lam-e-c.pdf Title A name given to the resource Lam, E. C. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Near Swift Run Church along Spotswood Trail and opposite L.C. Meadow's store Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 368 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Lam