205 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c34978d124981bb685e6477dc44cd8b8.pdf 3e916931d343e5db00358c6a8e77c8e9 PDF Text Text * RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT - Nicholson, Newton Location : On headwaters of Hannah ’s un, and entirely in _ Rappahannock County, ^ Roads #251 Number of Acres : 11 7 miles of rough mountain road; thence 20 miles over improved unimproved road to Culpeper, nearest shipping point L. and . . Soil : Sandy loam outcrops of rock . South and east exposure, Thin soil, steep and numerous .- History of Tract and condition of timber : The owner has resided on this pro perty for many years and has cultivated most of the land at intervals improvements : —- - - LOG DWELLING 18x20', If- story, and kitchen, lean to at end, shingle roof, LOG SPRING HOUSE 1 LOG COHNCRIB AND CELLAR 1 HENHOUSE 8x12', 1 STABLE 16X20', and SLAB SHED on 2 sides, all with shingle roof . ORCHARD 75 apple trees, 12 to 15 years old Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge : Slope : Cove : Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : 9 @ $10.00 $90.00 Orchard : 2 @ 50.00 100.00 190.00 Minerals : ^ Value of Land : $ 90.00 Value of Improvements : $ 230.00 . Value of Orchard : $ 10Q 00 230.00 i 420.00 “ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 38.18 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ TRiNE CLERK �V RAPBl HANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #199-11 Roads: Soil: Lap on C.J.Miller Nicholson, Newton 9 Number of Acres: Location: - Near Hannah's Run along - Madison Rappahannock 1 C0unty Lines, 5 miles of rough dirt road to Nethers Post Office, thence 30 miles to Luray . - . Sand clay fair depth and fertility, slopes — N.E & S.E.exposure St eep to moderate . - History of Tract and condition of timber : Cleared many years ago cultivated and grazed since. It has been somewhat neglected for the past five years, consequently a large percentage of the surface is covered v/ith briers and other weeds . . None Improvements: Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Miller et al . . Appears to be a lap on C.J Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value $10.00 $90.00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land : 9 @ Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 90.00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 10.00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ . None CLERK �ounty: Rappahannock Distri ct: Hav/tho me - - Newton onNicholson Lap #199 11 . J. Miller C . et al Acreage Claimed: Agsessed: Deed: Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: Location: - Near Hannah's Run along Rappahannock Madison County . line Incuinbrancos, counter claims or laps: Appears to be a .. lap on C J . Miller et al Soil: - Sand clay fair depth and fertility, - Steep to mod - N,E.& S.E. exposure. orate slopes Roads: Five miles of rough dirt road to Nether ’s Post . Office, thence 30 miles to Luray - Cleared many years ago History of tract and condition of timber; cultivated and gruzed since, It lias been somewhat neglected for the past five years, consequently a large percentage of the surface is covered with briers . and other weeds Improvements: . None Value of land by types: Value Type: Acreage: per acre $8.00 9 F g Total value of land $72.00 Total value of tract $72.00 Average value per acre —$8.00 Total Value $72.00 �aunty; Rappahannock D1strict: Hawtho me - - .. Newton Nicholson Lap on C J Miller et al #199 11 . Acreage Claimed: Assessed: Deed: Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: - Near Hannah * 3 Run along Rappahannock Madison County Location: . line Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Appears to be a lap on C ,J, . Miller et al - Sand clay fair depth and fertility, Soil: - .. - Steep to mod . erate slopes N E & S E, exposure. Roads: Five miles of rough dirt road to Nether's Post . Office, thence 30 miles to Luray History of - Cleared many years ago tract and condition of timber: cultivated and grazed since, It has been somewhat neglected for the past five years, consequently a large percentage of the surface is covered with briers . and other weeds Improvements: . None Value of land by types; Type; *3.00 9 Pg Total value of land Total value of tract Average value per Value per acre Acreage: acre #72.00 #72.00 --#8.00 Total Value #72.00 �� 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Nicholson, Newton Description An account of the resource Tract: 251; Location: Headwaters of Hannah's Run; Cost/Acre: $38.18; Estimate Value: $420.00; Number of Acres: 11.0; Monies Awarded: $420.00 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 251 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context nicholson-newton-tract-251 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-newton-tract-3.pdf 4e5e687fcb687ce0977516667e39c240 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 Nicholson, Newton Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 3Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (pages 365, 388)</li><li>Tax Records</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 Nicholson, Oscar Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 101Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (pages 158, 159, 184, 200, 222, 332)</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 Nicholson, Paul Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 15, 15aItems in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>LOB9 (page 96)</li><li>Tax Record</li><li>Misc.</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 15 Tract 15a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Paul-tract-15-15a Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-peter-b-tract-69.pdf 6f749cd08e8805aa158c738c7792350d 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 Nicholson, Peter B Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 69Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (page 107)</li><li>Tax Record</li><li>Misc.</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 Nicholson, PL Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 41Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>LOB9 (page 100</li><li>Tax Record</li><li>Misc.</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 41 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-PL-tract-41 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-rast-tract-5.pdf 31b1949fa2e8e63dcd749282d33b9164 PDF Text Text * County: Madison Diatrict: Robertson #5 - Licholson, Hast . . Deed 10 A Assessed 10 Land )20.00 " Hot given Value Claimed: :700.00 "Bldg , 50.00 70.00 Madison county line Hanna.) run to Rappahannock Location: Acreage Claimed: 52 A . - . . Incumbrances, counter clai s or laps: Bone known . 3oil: LiLht lot ; full of rooks Roads: Twenty three miles of rough mountain and dirt country road to Culpeper - and steep western exposure . . History of tract and con Hti ? n of timber: Hearly all cleared land <jpot 3 of 'brush "and a 'fringe of brush witn a fev; trees along the stream ne corner is woodland used for " . . firewood -- -- Log house: 15x22 , fair condition Earn: Lo , 4xlS’ 12x16’, poo? condition Improvements: - l ’ Corn douse: Log, 6x11x6’, Log building} 12x7' Hen house': Log, 16x19x5', fair condition 2.00 each) Orchard: 5 apple trees ) 7kn CJUluA Value of land by Pc 51ope 25.00 10.00 }335 00 2L6 - 2 7* types: Value Type — Q200.00 2 * 4» » * \ 7ft» Q0" ' 5.00 4 20.00 > £> / per acre 10.00 Acreage 53 . - y) $ « Y •* Total value of land Total value of improvements Total value of tract Average value per acre .V 7336.00 n33.00 671.00 ) 18.13 1.50 Total Talue ' 550.00 6.00 . 55 C 00 �k._ n A. County: Madison District: Roberson Claimant ';5 , Acreage Found ; Location: - Hicholson, Past. 37 Deed 10 A. Assessed 10 Hannah Run to Ranpahannock - Madison county line. . Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: None known Soil ; Light loam; full of rocks and steep western exposure. Roads: Twenty three miles of rough mountain and dirt country - road to Culpeper. . History of tract and condition of timber ; Nearly all cleared land Spots of brush and a fringe of brush with a few trees along the stream, One corner is woodland used for firewood. Log house: 15x22', fair condition. Barn ; Log, 14x19 » 12x10’, poor condition. £orn house: Log, 6x11x6’. Log building: 12x7'. Hen house: Log, 16x19x5', fair condition. Orchard: 5 apple trees. Improvements: - Cellar: Total value of improvements -- £275.00. Value of land by types ; Type Acreage J£ 2.50 7 W. 'KJO he Slope Value per acre 10.00 4 37 Total Vajue 1330.00 l £ 10.00 * 34C.oO. ' Summary: > Total value of land. Total value of improvements. Total valub of tract. * » £340.00 275.00 ^^ *615.00. / �5 « —, ^ \ County, Virginia , hfo. _ £11 -, At Law. Development of the State of Virginia, Peti----- Claim of.. In the Cir»ui% Court The State} Oortimission^on tioner, vs Conservation and ” . County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land 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 Af condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court o and as his answer to said petition Xo said notice. 0 My name is Mv 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 . v£ L ^ buildings and improvements : X - - %0 _ _ ^ 4»- * ' LJ _ This land is located about. *3 /Virginia, in miles from. - I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed above : fin 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 1 i - r Ml^ < t * I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the y e a r. following manner: < i- .i n t h e - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the 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: - 5 _ _ _ £_ __^/T remarks if necessary on he back ) , day . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attaccheil hereto ) this , 1930. . of. _ , To-wit : 5£ VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ATI w V The undersigned hereby certifies that JLi the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things jmpearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , ' & day of , 1930. this.. * $ * ( Continue ^ ^ ^ * ^ S' l Couftfor Investigator o Special Clerk of the Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �# * jr . » * 4 % - * 4 * 0 1 ; oi to ill i> > « '• ( i ti v 9 iX orfi inode\i"\ } _ >Jno wsq 10 Jo/nJ &i [9 0 / 0 n ista l t> * 10 Jfl > rf oldBOh ; V bm r vr eumJttoO 7h.. nr J 9"! ‘uf J Tu&s/ jsoon Vr - > ' . - . i ( it f( i OIBYHR ^^ 18 * .* i ! ei rn IO Y T H U C O . Ami ; .*.s*\L - - J8dJ ortitiao der if beir tm Snu r l)gra orii ifirfi riiao obem ban min ytoted > iBeqqc {llaaoaisq iaiunUb homsn 1silled bne Mbslworul aid lo J &sd ortj oJ oinf sia i9W8it « ovqda ^ iri ni nhsoquik : Jiw-oT . . ^ - 9 . » (sfo !? jo * »JJ io ooitsuL io “ ii: lo *M»3 oildn^I -fiaioM . ^ ^ �r — 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 Madison County at Madison, Virginia The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . . PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 82 I). F. Anderson and others, and Fifty-Five Thousand ( 55,000 ) Acres, more or less, of DEFENDANTS land in Madison County, Virginia : Court the shows to Comes now the undersigned and That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the : Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract ( s ) of land numbered as follows : Tract No 5 .- : Tract No. Tract No. : and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum ( s ) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award ( s ) therefor, as follows : _ Award on Tract No. § $-615J 0.0.; 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 ; Rast Nicholson 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 , Rast Nicholson , to give 2 acres of his land v/ ithin the Park Area to the Park Project , That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award ( s ) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract ( s ) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows : y s. 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. 5 $-3JLQCL : Tract $ : Tract No. $ ( space blank unless there is some other pertiLeave this : ( ) s that The undersigned further aver nent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court ) No. P. O. ADDRESS NAME ON - j BX A “ 7 NOTE— A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk’s office for the convenience of interested parties . No one is required to use this form , as the form is not prescribed by law , and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case . �STATE OF VIRGINIA ) COUNTY OF WARREN ) ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned Public in my said State and County, E . K . Stokes , Notary who being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in Immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis 1 - tributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by tered into with the reason cor - of contracts and agreements en owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and rect • . Witness my signature this 8 th day of January, 1934 NOTAfiV PUBLIC My Commission Exnires Sep 8, . 1934 1 * * % # - • �In the Circuit Court of Madison County,Virginia: State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner - V . D.F Anderson and others, and 55,000 acres of land in Madison County Virginia, . U- On this, the b Respondents - day of January, 1034 , came Erastus Nicholson , also known as Rast Nicholson, and on his motion, leave is riven him to file his application for the payannt of $615.00, the amount of* the award . set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No 5 and hertnfnre paid . And into C <uirt it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners hertofore filed in this cause , and in the petition for condemnation entered herein on the the opinion fj . day of December , 1003, that , in of petitioner the said Erastus Nicholson is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract No. 5, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof except as herein • • - provided , and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due after • ^ or payable upon said Tract No. . Upon 1330,1031,1032 and 1033 5 have been paid except for for the years, consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $615.00, paid into Court as just . compensation for said Tract No 5, be paid out and distributed as follows: .. ( 1 ) To A H Cave, Clerk,Madison,Virginia, the sum of $7.20 .. . N.G.Payne, . . (2) To B S lJtz Treas. Madison,Virginia , the sum of $1 ?0 (3) To m» Madison,Virginia, the sum of $10,00 . (4) To N G.Payne , Madison ,Virginia,fee and costs, the Tl Anm the Clerk of trhis m) urn of Court is 'directed to transmit a 'dertified copy of - this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay out said fund as a bove provided , the items above set out aggregating the award set out in the . 5, judgment of condemnation for Tract No taking from said parties to whom the fund is payable as aforesaid , receipts therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry as prescribed by . law Enter. Judge - �c * r C c 4 o r v c £ r va m C \ 9 4 «U r e 8« c^ C ^ • * c «•* C <£ C C ** 9 <8 O C C © <> * c c *e9 S ts - -- . S3 * w 71. * t V State Commission on Conserva of the tion and • Development v * * J3 I r �delinquent taxes of This is to certify that there are record in my office to the amount of $ .7.2.0 . . . against the tract of land owned by Erastus Nicholso n which is designated as Tract No. .5 ; Tract No. ; Tract No. . . . . on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on Conservation &c., vs. W . D. Anderson, and others. Given under my hand this 1? . day of CL . . . January .... 193 4 . Clerk . Circuit Court, Madison County, Virginia By A Deputy Clerk �This is to certify that there are in my office to the amount of $ owned by 1933 taxes of record i « 29 . against the tract of land i]rastus. Nicholson, which is designated as Tract No. . . 5 ; Tract No. ; Tract No. on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on Conservation &c., vs. W. D. Anderson and others. ; Given under my hand this IStbday of . . tenwy c/ / « , 1934 . Treasurer. Madison County, Virginia Bv Deputy to Treasurer �— 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 Madison County at Madison, Virginia The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . . PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 82 D. F. Anderson and others, and Fifty-Five Thousand ( 55,000 ) Acres, more or less, of DEFENDANTS land in Madison County, Virginia Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rein has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract ( s ) of land numbered as follows : Tract No. : Tract No. Tract No. 5 ; and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum ( s ) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award ( s ) therefor, as follows : . JI JJT - HO; on Tract No. Award on Tract No. 5 ; 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 ; Rast Nicholson 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 lands owned or was ( were ) entitled to the following interest in the said tract ( s ) or in the proceeds — arising from the condemnation thereof : Rast Nicholson owns a fee simple interest in sairl award - That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award ( s ) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract ( s ) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows : N . G . Payne i s e n t i t l e d t o the sum o f N i c h o l '-ion and $1 2 . 0 0 * ^1 0 . 0 0 for note of Rast Tor preparing petition and clerk ' s costs . 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. H _ $ il1A i ILQ : T ract 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 _ _V P. O. ADDRESS Nethers, Virginia X.(K . 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 de sire 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. � 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 Nicholson, Rast Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 5Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (page 98)</li><li>Tax Record</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 5 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Rast-tract-5 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ddff14dcf1557cae7647cb43d7d88629.pdf d3f8d95c8aa9db4a0fe0f734e1a71ce9 PDF Text Text I II I I III r.i MM JU iii . II -r PIH M 9' II ' TV J ! ll : .V M i l rH jB | . . ��Cotmty: Rappahannock District: Hawthorne #840 - Nicholson, R.L. A . Mrs M.Woodard . G P.Frazier s f 9 Ernest \ c Dodson O/ LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale l" 20 chains - = � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nicholson, RL Description An account of the resource Tract: 240; Location: Rocky Run Hollow; Cost/Acre: $7.14; Estimate Value: $250.00; Number of Acres: 35.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) 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 240 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context nicholson-rl-tract-240 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-rv-tract-30.pdf ab9cc68cc97abb3cfb8bfe2ff3f71c41 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 Nicholson, RV Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 30Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (page 117)</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 30 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-RV-tract-30 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/69d57ebf5a52845c4abde3a9e5a797ae.pdf 0e713c808be5a724ab772caafdaec0ec PDF Text Text County * Rappahannock District : Hawthorne NAME OF CLAIMANT ff 245 - N i c h o l s o n , Thomas Number of Acre*: 219 ^ Location : M a d i s o n C o u n t y l i n e on S h o r t M o u n t a i n . Roads: Three m i l e s o f v e r y r o u g h r o c k y s t e e p r o a d t o g r a d e d county r o a d ; ; t h e n c e 2 7 m i l e s to C u l p e p e r , n e a r e s t s h i p p n g p o i n t SOIL: S l o p e , s t e e p , r o c k y , s o u t h anc west e x p o s u r e , s o i l t h i n s a n d y c l a y ; South exposure C o v e , s a n d y c l a y loam , r o c k y , f a i r l y d e e p ana f e r t i l e Soil: HISTORY: F i e l d s ; c l e a r e d many y e a r s ago , c u l t i v a t e d a n d g r a z e d s i n c e . . .. . . . being cleared Orchard ; 12 to 15 years old , fair In fair condition , o o d e d p o r t i o n ; B e s t o f t h e t a n b a r k r e m o v e d a b o u t 30 y e a r s condition y e a r s ago Other timber removed a t various times since On t h e u p p e r His«e»£S!:3flfca'K3Ktx£arficsHAitxBRMl!nAeJC: part o f t h e t r a c t t h e r e a r e some s c r u b b y , poor s h a p e d c h e s t n u t o a k s o f small s i z e p r e s e n t On t h e extreme w e s t e r n p o r t i o the chestnut oak i s of l i t t l e better quality However t h e s l o p e h e r e i s very steep and rocky I n t h e cove i n t h e e a s t e r n p o r t i o n t n e r e a r e young poplars w i t h some l a r g e h e m l o c k s The e n t i r e wooded p o r t i o n ( a b o u t 220 a c r e s ) w i l l cut an a v e r a g e o f 680 b d X-P -0j- p e r a c r e o r 6 0 , 0 0 0 bd f t f o r the tract ' . .. . . . . . . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Slope : 1 3 51 Cove : 20 Grazing Land : 36 Cultivated Land : 14 Orchard : 14 Total Value $2 . 5 0 $3 3 8 . 7 5 f? 4.00 80.00 Q l o OO 540.00 /x oo 210.00 1168.75 50.00 700.00 1868.75 'tri . 8191 Minerals : Value of Land : $ 1168 * 75 Value of Improvements: $ 1 8 9 3 •0 0 1892.00 Value of Orchard : $ 7 0 0 . 0 0 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ 1 2 0 . 0 0 Value of Wood : $ 120.00 3880.75 Value per acre for tract : $ 1 7 •58 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ • NONE CLERK. �#245 * Acreage - ^ CGUNTYl RAPPAHANNOC DISTRICT: HAWTHORN Nicholson, Thomas Deed 219.5 Assessed 219.5 Claimed: 219.5 Va1ae Claimed: $4400.00 Assessed $1169.00 Deed $4250.00 (1919) Madison County line on Short Mtn Location: None known Inoumbranees. counter elajms laps, etc Slope steep rooky south and west exposure, soil thin sandy clay Soil: —. Core— sandy .. . . - - . olay loam, rooky, fairly deep and fertile South ex posure Moderate amount of surface Fields deep fertile sandy clay loam rook Southeast exposure Steep to moderate slopes Three miles of very rough rooky steep road to graded County road Roads: thenoe 27 miles to C ilpeper, nearest shipping point History of tract and condition of timber: Fields cleared many years a o Cultivated arid grazed since being cleared In fair condition Wooded Portion Orchard 12 to 15 years old, fair condition Other timber best of the tan bark removed about 30 years ago removed at various times since On the upper part of the tract there are some scrubby, poor shaped chestnut oaks of small size present On the extreme western portion the chestnut oak Is of little better quality However the slope here is very steep and rocky In the cove in the eastern portion there are young poplars with some large hemlocks The entire wooded portion (about 220 acres) will cut an average of 680 Bd ft per acre or 60,000 Bd Value of $2.00 per M Bd Ft ft for the tract #120.00 total value Improvements: House 16 * x 40’, frame, weather boarded, once painted, shingled, stone foundation and chimney, 2 story, 4 rooms and hall, 311 log, ! $ story, weathar boarded, 30* x 20* , 5 rooms $600 125 Barn log, shingled 24* x 29’, 8’ shed on 3 sides gjalEfle log, shingled, 16 x 20 25 25 shingled Corn Crib 16 x 24, frame, Spring House 10 10 Hen House 700 Apple trees, 14 A, 3 $50.00 per A story, shingled, 4 room, part House log, 16 * x 20* , 200 ceiled, and kitchen annex, log, 8 x 10, vacant Stable log 14 x 16, very old, no value House 16* x 22* , shingled, frame, oeiled, 2 story, 4 300 rooms, stone chimney, partly oeiled, occupied by tenant 15.00 Hen House log 8* x 12» , shingled 15 lien House log 8* x 16 » , board roof . — . . —.. — . . . — .. Value of traot and acreage by types: Value acre $2.50 4.00 per Slope 209 Cove 20 30 15.00 14 15.00 6 6.00 50.00 14 293 Total value of ladd Total value of,improvements Total value of timber Total value of orchard - > . Acreage . — — — — — — ——— ———-—— ———.————— —— —— — FC FR Orchard — . - —— — m . . .. . . . - flype . . . .. . —— . . —— Total Value $£>«32.50 80.00 450.00 210.00 36.00 $1298.50 1325.00 120.00 700.00 $3443 .o0 . . . $1325 Average value per acre $11.80 Note: No metes and bounds description was used in the deed to present owners, Natural boundaries and adjoining tracts were used to describe the tract The area could only be approximated . ... .. . �County: Rappahannock District: Hawthorne N #245 A - Nicholson, Thomas . H A.Brown . .Fletcher \C\.J.Miller et al JV M •• Boot Dodson rw .. . \ '. y • \ «9 « ** ' •. ; • < \5 c •• i, » 1 C •$ \ \ x> \ • o * •»% •a ;V •?* « « « * ox o d. - * - . » •* •• . H A.Brown c • • . •• ft $ v c LJi /. >-r • nez V.Nicholson 2 Jas.Camphel \ \ LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Fields restocking Scale 20 chains 1" = �» I f / w J JtZ lft‘ & l( \JL u Vtecf,U ) i -H ^ -J CL"u J -J- UAL * L i CL *U tJ +O M * CLM Ou O n** ctJL ^tLW^rriS CL tJL CLA.XV' 6 ) L i (f J& t-'fc (ACJLJJL& /7 uj ^ < " ^ —Ji CL ; i " iCt CuUcL * ^ CufJbto . _ . _ wL . * j cut *Uk 'Wg - * 1 *~jf CU*£ , - K y _ - CH? : % UJL. ~ y?i a- -& i 6 o ^ - C**'' U - / CtLL. , , CL Z&MU ^ fa 1 ~-l>C sL dL®Jk L^tixbi— wt < L }/L , UJJ Uc.' VJL ^ — ‘ i , fl i *r*7 — t CtiA/ D LQU ^tm f r111 't, CA ILL Li LtL AU ( r ' \}.& ^ It J2 i- « ut T <-t On C JjL-oJt* SU'LMJL w *,. CL Jr L « / Cf r CTF t / - fC / / <st ' sC-’ bj / jtH- , Q, , fit utJL* £ Jcf s ; t * t ’ �I �’ ' J y X!9 2. * 4 + * f % i �f t �1 » xj 9i 7 S' §>c*-^ / L ~~ - / / y # / i// V <f A 7 % 4 ¥ * / * »% « \ • �V : A I i I 1 / /1 . W IS ! 9, tl m 1. D 41 J CX^rru JL \ -u ^ jfo a M£ ' y.&u - - txJ* i. . ^ ^ st JUtasf uif CuyiJL St^^ JJLQJC < > > G)JXAL &YL( (4 ~ ^u ^ tku%, n &L n. JM Mu - ^ jtcLb - AJLJULC ( +U CHC Mo Q't4v lOjm.C' 7 7 QL ~ JUUJL CLSXJC-, i* cl (d ($*£% CL LMjL £ £A* ^ & cdL& £cA^ ' - U OMAl CJ * & * T CL, ' Lsc rLCt , IlJZ OMMI TCOJ , -~ > fc �e• * � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nicholson, Thomas Description An account of the resource Tract: 245; Location: Madison County Line on Short Mtn; Cost/Acre: $17.68; Estimate Value: $3,860.75; Number of Acres: 219.5; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) 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 245 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context nicholson-thomas-tract-245 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-thomas-tract-12.pdf 360924d62fb9b3a6faacd3e3e30cffd3 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 Nicholson, Thomas Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 12 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 12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Thomas-tract-12 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-tiney-tract-96.pdf 8b09628a5c5b64d7fd11a06400d5424e 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 Nicholson, Tiney Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 96 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (page 119)</li> <li>Tax Records</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 96 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Tiney-tract-96 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-walter-tract-25.pdf 09c4a0448e1c500207f687a90f0e8a8d 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 Nicholson, Walter Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 25 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 232)</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 25 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Walter-tract-25 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-wb-tract-24.pdf 2669cd8fcc8dd40f52064fea96f57425 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 Nicholson, WB Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 24 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 122)</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 24 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-WB-tract-24 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_nicholson-wheeler-tract-91.pdf 82c6396839f80b59550f37805c9c5853 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 Nicholson, Wheeler Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 91 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 151)</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 91 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Nicholson-Wheeler-tract-91 Nicholson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/31783419bddabc3e7f65d5f62209727c.pdf 3bc220e3a8f6286f631c589f69be3600 PDF Text Text lf~,r, Claim of_ _______ _: ________ _ ,UVU_AIVlr In the Circuit Court of_ ___, ~ ; .:. ;- -~ _____________ County, Virginia, No. !.f:J:1__ , At Law. The State Co:t;ission on onserva on and. Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- ;~~~d:~~~~:~4gt;C~~~~;~~:a,:~:=~and De- velopmentmf e State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fir of ~~d ..Petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __ _':!!__~~---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:Ya:::: :: s~~ti~~~- ~ -~---- My post office address 1s ___________ !J_ '!t-_________ ~----~---------------- J_____ _ 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.!0.::._ -~----acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=---------- --.,.----.-------- ---- gfi----- = ------------------ -- ~ ~ 1WAL-_ad {kt_ ~ : , _Qf'r--~fe: tuu -------------------. ------.----------------------------.--------- s::~------------ -- .--.-. --.Thr , / ~ed about_ __ .2_ ______ m1les from __~ _______ L the ________________ _Magisterial District of said County. _ ,:: ____________ V1rgmia, m I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) -- ~ - - O?o-u,,(/1/_/ ----- - ------------------------ ------------------ -- ---------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-{~~--~Q _____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.!.i_t!!~_<!..!_____ . 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·-------------- --------- - ---------------- ---- - --- ----- - -------- ---------------------~ - ~d --~ --- ~ ~ ___ ru ~ t __ ~ - - ~/ ~ _________ _ ' ------------------------ ------------------- - -- - ---------- - ------ -- ----------------------- --------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary otthe back). ·tness my signature (or my name and ma;k att~13Jd hereto) this____(_.?_=-----~day j~;;;:: ;~---:!.~~~,j-~::'.~=-~:;i:f~::~;it;~:;;;::~~elief, ~~~~~;, 1~~~N~Y ;~ ;~-~;-·· QF__ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____._________ !"!l.:_! /~---------------------- --the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters (]e:r]c cf tlw:::Ge&*,- or SpeciaH :trvestigatol- or ~;y· 1i / ;::::J~;;_ ' f]~ ~~k IT Z1~ �.... filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. 1 (' r, FEDn,, .i ..) I I -----~- Clerk ' � 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 Naylor, Cassie - Shifflett, Ahaz Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mrs-thomas-m-nieswarner-bertha-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Nieswarner, Mrs. Thomas (Bertha M.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Not Specified Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): Not Specified Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<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 Nieswarner https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ceead57c3d4dacdffca22b3d281e7dbd.pdf a9c5829a9effd00df0533767ad4dd65f PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #40 - Nizer, R. Number of Acres: o. 102 Park line cuts property . Location: Dry Run . Roads: Five miles of country road to Elkton. Soil: Gravelly loam. On the lower slopes medium fertility, deep, but stony . On the upper shallow and extremely stony. Badly burned and repeatedly . On the lower slopes there is a light stand of pitchpine saplings up to Admixture of smaller hardwoods, 7u DBH and very scrubby. mostly scrubby oaks . Plenty of reproduction. On the upper slopes there is a well s tocked stand of larger pitch-pine up to 9" DBH. Very small admixture of hardwoods. Stand is less than 2 cords per acre of poor cordwood . - History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 102 $306 . 00 $3 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 306. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of .Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $3. 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE . ~-~ CLERK. �_L~____ County, Virginia, -Defendants.---- - - -more-or less, of land in_&-~,-The undersigned, in answer to the petiron 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 o f ~ ~ ~ - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the' Court to fil~ this as _ ---------_______ 7 h:ya:::: :_:__~-~~d-k~---------------:. _ _____________ L!_'J. My post office address 1s___ ~ -L ~ ..!J.. __ I claim a right, title, estate or iI\terest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought L~'-2-acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about_ :YJ#- buildings and improvements=-------~--:::-~-=--Z:.....d=-:it..c'~-~-~--="1------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------~-------------- -- ;..;;?/ / ----------Virginia, in Tl~~.. is located abouL ____2 _____ miles from_ ~ th . ---~ ~--Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ),~ ~~ la:...".:;t~ / d ~ The land owner~ d jE~t to the a North_ d&-:¢" ~ ,.,:.,/.V ve described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: ~-J~-~-- _________ ------------------------------ _______________ _ ~ ~::h~ --::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: K,_£?_ ·-~ ~ --------------------------------------- West ____ 1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __Lf~}?-in the ~~-~~- ~ ------~ - ------- '-'-~ -d i;h:;~;~;~::~:1:11~ ~ ~lf m~;(~~~=::-;~~ __ on is $LP...J/2_, '::::-J __ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $L~OL<2. _______ . I am the owner oL _d _~ ___ _:__ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be da:~a~ ~y~ ____ ___ _ . __ p.o.sed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ (.....,._.,..~ 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_:ik~~;~~~~~~~~~: ~,{_ '----:__ :___ ----2-:------__ --~~ ~ - - ~ ----------- ------ ---------------- ---- ----- --------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). _____ day Witn.ess my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ _L~ ~~~~,1~NTY OF______; ~-----------------~---: T~~~i;: -------- ----0 -::_ ________ _ -~ --~ The undersigned_ hereby certifies thaL_./Z_~..a_~ -~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him anrroa-de oath that the matters an_d things appearing in his above :::::/_,r. are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, ~ ~ --------:7;;• 1930, day of__ _~ th1s ___ __,a1..:it.2____ ~ -/ ~• ~~L ~/;r· J £ .;/. _, . . , ~ , LI 7; ,,,..i i ~ ;-c~~-;.t;~ ~ ' ;t~ ~ 0 1 ,;31 Now-y- Pultl-ie,orl-nstice of the-Peace . �County: District: Rockinghan Stonerroll #40 - Fize:;.: , R·· O_., Acreage Claioed : Value Clo.ioed : Location: Assessed : 103 $1030 . 00 Assessed : 136 A. 140 . 00 Deed: 136 A. 1927 tor Deed:$200. 00 , Dry Run, Jark line cuts property . Incur:ibra.ncea, counter clains or lapa : I Uone . - Soil: Grovelly loan. On the lower slopes nediun fertility, deep but stony . On the upper shallow and extreoely stont . Roads: Five niles of country road to E lkton . Histor of tract and condition of tiober: Badly burned and repeatedly. Ont e ower s open t ere 1s a light stand of pitch- pine saplings up to 7" DBH and very scrubby . Adoixture of ooaller hardwoods, costly acrubby oaks . Plenty of reproduo tion . On the upper elopes there is a well stocked stand of la.rger pitch- pine up to 9" Dim . Very soall adnixture of hardwoods . Stand is leso than 2 cords per acre of poor cord wood . The value of the wood io included in the per a.ore value . Ioizro vet1ent s : None. ~ Slope Value Acreage per acre $2 . 00 182 Total value of tract $204 . 00 Total value per acre ,2 . 00 Total Value v204 . 00 - - - - - ~ - ~ - ~ - - - - - - - - - _ ; f, J �County: rizer , ~ . District: o. \\ '' J . R.Cook Estate ;r . T " l!eard LEGEND: sio~& Scale - l : 20 ells.ins Rockingham Stone all �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUN1'Y, VIRGINIA• The State Commission on Conservation and De velopment o! the State of Virginia filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. vs. N V ;./ 1932 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,561 aores, more or le as, in Rockingham County, Virginia. statement made by --..i ~~ ~ erk ~"'"..:..,. _&::.-::;~p-~__,.:;;;...=c.....::;.__ .......... - ~====-.. . ,.;;;.;;:;;==========:::!..--' pu.rsnant to a decree entered in th e above entitled cause on October 25, 1932 , in re- s ponse to Item No . 1 of the inquiry made in said decre e. Your respondents say that the a creage listed in the repo1•t of the .Appraisal Board, under 1 ts No. ,41:.t/J , is believed to be approximately oorre ot, and that they do not desire to make an:y objection to the a ore age as there given. Your respondents fur th r say that it was not the number of a ores allowe d them t o vhich exception was taken, but tha t the exceptions heretofore filed by them were to the amount allowed your res pondents per ao_~ a. ~-...t!~,:L.,_~ ~ ~~ - 3 / ~ ~ ~ - ~~ :/,,4-- ""t>-- 4-=4 ,..,..-,J......-- t>, '- -Ea 6= <L ~~;~ By Counsel.. ~- ~ LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA. 4 <'., �::z n '3> :;' • z, S XJ !? =0 Ill n m 0 0 :z C Ml STATEM."ENT m J. XJ Geo . OF R. o. s. Harnsberger, p.q . ca-1 "R~ <. ~- - 3 • z, n G\ 0 n - - ::, C ., "' :z ;q~ ~ ~:Ju'.[J j /) J/3 3 STATEMENT OF COSTS, POSTAGE, ETC . : C lD 2 z, z, "' 2 . S' ... •N :::r rn < at XJ NIZER a, ffl -I II 0 J> IC Ill -I 0 �In re Arbi tratio n .Agreement subm itted to the Gover nor , arisi ng in or out of the condemnat ion proce eding s pendi ng in the Circu it Court s of Virgi nia under autho rity of the Shena ndoah Natio nal Park Act . State Commi~sion on Cons ervat ion and Development of the State of Virgi nia ~~ce C,\~~$\ VS• Cassa ndra Lawson AAtkins and other s and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. In re excep tions of R. O. Nl.zer . \ •\,,~w.l ' ". \\'\t ~a\'<\ ~oc~W~ \ll~ co~"\~ ! ,~1i ~$~ ~ . ~\~tl- ~. To the Hon. Phili p Willia.ms , Chairman of the Park Land Arbi tratio n Board . In reply to the rules issue d by said Arbi tratio n Board on Augu st 16 , 1933 , and in reply to your call there in made , the under signe d begs to say : The number of the tract owned by excep tan.t , as shown on t he map filed in this proce eding , is 40 . (a) {b) The acrea ge claim ed is As the claim now under consi derat ion is based prim arily upon the mine ral right s there in asser ted , the requi reme nts under this secti on do not in their entir ety apply . {c) Suffi ce it to say here: That the Appr aisal Board did not make prope r alt he lowan ce for the land of your excep tant , as distin gti.is hed from mine ral right s there in, in that it only allow ed to your excep tant the sum of Three dolla rs per acre for his land when he had paid (1) Six Dolla rs per acre there for, and when the wood alone upon said land is worth more than the total amount allow ed by the JU>pr aisal ~ .... i / ~ .US-•6,,-,,;d ~/a - ~ ~ . _ Board . ~ LAW OFFI C E S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISON BURG . VA . (2) That the repor t of the Appr aisal Board is furth er erro �--2.----neous in that it does not take into consideration at all , or place any value on. the manganese ore found to be in and upon said land. for The geological reports~ both the State of Virginia and the united States show tha t said mineral right s are located within the manganese ore-bearing belt along t he western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains . vey. See Bulletin 17 of the Virginia Geological sur- This survey was prepared in co- operation with the United States Geological Survey. The lands in which said mineral rights exist have been partially prospected , and ore of approved analysis has been found , and, from such prospecting as has been done , it is believed that said ores exist in commercial quantities • .AS this tract of land is located about midway between the Palmer lands on Naked Creek and the Harnsberger lands at Elkton and in these.me ore- bearing belt , it is believed that the statement made by ~ . c. J. Bartells and referred to in the reply made by the Palmere is euqally applicable to the mineral rights of exceptant,and the statement attributed to Mr . Bartells and contained therein is aske to be read in connection herewith. t"'"J r- a oo. _. The $ 4 ,> .,,. claimed in this matter is not the full value of the royalty on the ore sought to be taken in these proceedings , but, as the property has to be developed, and as it takes money for such development , no larger sum is asked. The Appraisal Board did not make any allowance for inci dental damages to that portion of your exoeptant 1 s land which are left out of the Park area. In this the Appraisal Board erred , be- cause it is a well known and recognized f a ct in mining that the greater the acreage the more valuable t he mining int erest , for the simple reason that it gives more area for prospecting and development . LAW OFFI CES GEO. s. HARNsBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. Your exceptant , therefore , asks tha t a :proportionate allow- a.nee be made for that part of his land lying outside of the Park �--3--area. Your exceptant requests that this matter be heard at the same time that the other exception s in regard to the manganese mineral rights are being considered , as the primary evidence in all of these cases will be t he s ame, only varying as it pertains to the particula r tr act under considera tion. State of Virginie. , County of Rockingham , to -wit : personally appeared before me , .!Z....a~ a.':..J..~~. a~--- ---• a Notary Public in and for the State of Virginia , in my County aforesaid , County and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I have read the above statement , and believe the state- ments of facts contained therein to be true. ~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this August , 1933. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA . z1 day of �filed in the Clerk'1 Offie Rockingham Count}" NIZER. R. o. SEP 40 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY (/ f 1933 ~~Cte IN RE. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act. SUMMARY ~TATEMENT OF PETITIONER: EXCEPTANT: ORIGINAL CLAIM: Nizer, R. O. Acreage 103 : Value $1030: Inc. Damages VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY lli TI TI ONER I S AP PRAISERS : VALUE TRACT NO . 40 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES $204.00 Nona BOARD OF APIRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDINGS: MAP NUMBER OF TRACT : 40 VALUE OF TRACT : TRACT NO·. 40 VALUE $306 . 00 INCIDENTAL DAMAGES Nena None �The basic differences between Petitioner and this exceptant are as to the classificatio n and value of the land, mineral rights , and amount of incidental damages . Although we believe the values reported by the Petit i oner ' s appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s 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 classificatio n of the land and the other elements of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in the vvork 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 here~ith, and additiona l copies of the Work Sheets in this case will be furnished if desired. (/- // _ Subscribed to and verified before me this the O 1933 . ~ day of September, j(.~ Emma K. Stokes, Notary Public ,,,, �, ' �l .. ,OC I .. nt - ' ' ; , V • .o r .o e o y 'ark tho 11 l f 't C e l' • ii of Vir r 1 h yo ion ... I- ho! 11 for t tOV (2) n a 0 tt u..t io 0 l.0 C • i ll t Eli fully 10.1 ot 0 e .. l • 80 0.:.: toi: h llo t.ll .,, co .1 '1 ..h t y b n na ion ";u e .v o oe1>t1o.n of ai n ., 1th • f lo. io 1 h t (Jil bo th lr co yh lik I j, 1lo0 1n o!o h :r Co. .1aeion 1r.t1a • ·rho ( ) 0 th,r " p.r t.ha ·Jld "t t 0 t t o.t ot pi h t reel li ~ y ~ ourd. tion u1 .9 t or Q ill.1. •ma , 'lh. 1, n n b 0 ' t .. XO 0 xoe - om· n au nt p f ty o.n n ~ 1 in th (~} t 0 Ta ~tho 1 y too 0 in i,roo i ., i hereto. LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSB ERG ER HARRISONBURG. VA. Z2C �£aw Office ~eo. S o/ Jlarnsberyer Xarr/son6ury,l/4. Aug . 11,19::l3 . To the Hon. Philip Williams , Chairman of the ParA Lanct Arbitration Board; This is to certify that I,the undersigned,have employed Geo.S . Harnsberger,Attorney, of Harrisonburg,Virginia,to repres ent me in all conclenmation proceeuing s in connection ,vith my lands in the nhenand oah National Par~ area . 231 �IN THE CIRCUI T COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA. The State Commission on Conserva tion and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County. TO HON.H.W.BERTR.AM,JUDGE OF SAID COURT. The motion of R.O.Nizer, praying said Court to disapprove and to deoline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in said matter, wherein said Board reported, under No. 40 of its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, that moveant is only entitled to th:t-ee dollars per acre for his lands siauate in the park area, on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the eastern portion of Rockingham County, Virginia. The grounds of said motion are as follows: (1) That the report of sa id Appraisal Board is erroneous, in that it does not take into consideration at all, or plac e any value upon, the manganese ore found to be in and upon said land, although the existence of said ore was clearly pointed out to the Appraisal Board. Reference is here made to the claim filed by moveant before said .A,ppraisal Board for the value placed on said ores by the moveant. (2) That the said Appraisal Board erred in allowing to moveant the totally inadequate and confiscatory sum of $3.00 per acre for his land when moveant paid ~6.00 an acre for the same and when the wood upon said land is worth more than 11:i:: is allowed for the land by said Appraisal Board. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . (3 } That the finding of said Board was based upon a mist ake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidenc e produced �-,-.2-- produced before said Board by the said moveant. The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in support of these exceptions. (9 .•o od J CR . By c~·U~·---:.;... cs:M Cou.nse • .__,.,., k&a. s.~ ·o ,.,__,,J) LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ., e • , �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. The affidavit of Robert O.Nizer, to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s disapproved in connection with its finding No. 40. State of Virginia, county of Rockingham, to-wit: R.O.Nizer this day personally appeared before me, ~----' ..;:..;;..~JJ~~(f!,.::..;::_~D~~~· _ A;J a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, in my County aforesaid and, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I paid for the land involved in this matter the swn of $6.00 per acre, as shown by my deed for the same. The Board of Appraisal Commissioner s only allowed me ~3.00 per acre, which is not sufficient to pay for the firewood thereon. I have sold some firewood off of the land lying adJa.cent to the land in question, w~ich land was acquired under the same deed, and is the same character of land as that now being condemned by the Commission, and have received considerably more than $3.00 per acre therefor. This character of land independent of any minerals thereon, is to-day worth at least $10.00 per acre. what adjacent lands are selling for. This opinion is based on The land in question lies upon the west slope of RuckleberryM ount&in, which is a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain, and in what is n~enera lly known as the manganese ore belt, and is situate about three miles from the LAW OFFICES GEO. s. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA. Elkton manganese mines. The land clearly shows ou t-croppings �--2--of ore, and ore-pits have been dug upon the adjacent land showing that considerable ore exists even near the surface of these lands. When the Appraisal Board had this matter under consideratio n, I went with them upon these lands , showed them the ore-pits on adjacent land , showed them the out-croppil'.lg s on this land , and, after inspection of the same, the Board gave me to understand my lands contained valuable and rich deposits of ore for which~ it would allow me at least some reasonable compensation . On the contrary, however, its report shows that it made no allowance for minerals at all. In my claim filed in this matter, I set forth the amount that I considered reasonable for the ores and also for the land in question , and I ask that that claim be read in connection with this affidavit. I am informed that Bulletin 17 of the "Manganese Deposits of the West Foot of the Blue Ridge , Virginia", which was "PREPARED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY", shows that my land lies in the ore-bearing manganese belt , and as this land is situate between the known ore- bearing lands at Elkton and on Naked Creek and as the ore is shown upon the land itself , there is every reason to believe that ore exists on this property in commero:lal quantities. The Appraisal Board not only informed me , but told others, that there wae a better indication of manganese ore upon my lands than any other land it had examined. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1-0 day of September , 1932. _/ _ ,.,-_ _, -l/i~ A\J. . . .J"'. --f-~-.l(i,,,o, - .. . i LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. Notary Piiblio . �etate fh ion on evelo 001 ·111 ns rv tion of the n te of l:l ., . • eon 0 s andr .n others d more ·or le tl irgini ·ir. s~. 561 , in J.\O .ucr o 1ngh •Oounty, Lli • V ocree pt1rsa.ant to eo ro 1 • 'Ponee 0 the Ite . tour bov~ ntt tled o use on Octob r 25, 193~, in o. l of the i airy 'Y th t ponden.t e in aa ·O od ke ·,o f' ny objootlon t o Y ur of a ore .e ly corr c ap-pro-x:1..r 1· ther a a llow d them t o e x.oep ttone he :re to:i:ore l le your respondents per ore, WV7~ ~ hiah t nd 1-n ~ tber given . vb i it o p tion 0 ta u e om er n, but tha t the mou.nt l.lowe {-n ~ -4' ~ By ~oun (S ' . ey do not desire hat by them we "e to tb.e ~ r o. __ ..:i,Q _ _ is tn a creage spon ent eoree. l i t din th& ort of the Appr teal :.Sou d , under 1 ta be i.d i· • 1. L ~-€£- J ~. Oo lll'lsel. LAW OFFICE S GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. Z.3sA �--- --------------- ---- J ~ 7~--------- J----------------------- ------------------more or less, of land in_~ ~ ~- ~ -County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fi~ ~ ~ : ; . ti~i~ __a~d published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL~ ------ ---~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~ya:s:: :: said-petition _L ~oti...ce. - - ------ --------- --- ----------- My post office address is_______ __ __ ------"J- ~ - ~L ___ £___~ _ .__ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about ____ . , L ~_____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=- -----~ ------------ - - -------------------- ===~~~ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) . ---~ . A l _ ~-- ~ ~ 0 - ~ #,. -1o _.h-,..~ _ :d L4/<-v- /4 . /..e...-=-,-----------------------------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the ~~~~~~~E~e~ on is $/ - £ _LL_.- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-./~J'-~--~ --· 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 $--~ -~ -~ ~ ~ ac'e 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 desc~~::~~ ~ ~·~=~-b~.-11 ,~ -tdd~-~ ---:,!:_ ~fa--~ - ------------------------ ---------- ---------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ _L_~ _____ day of. i ~--, 19~ /4/4~_d'__~ -~ z ; / ~-------------STATE OF VIRt'.hNIA, COUNTY OF_____ ~ --- --- ----- -------, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_d ! ; L . _ ~ ~ ~--------------------- the above named claimant personally appeared before hi~ and-~ade oath that the matters and things ap~ ring in his abov~ answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ___ ...-4 ~ --- -day of_ ~ _ :______ , ~ ~ ~ Lbf! _____ t.b-t4-V. _____ L -:- - - ----· / // Gler-k--ai"flre1 ourt, or rn Invest-I~ /v-~~ . 4 ,;;!----:;::, · iJ/- ~ ~ ; ; - . ~ / maw. . 4.!b~_£_____ Notar Public, or Justice of the Peace. �.,l" �35 IN THE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCYI NG!L -,_~ COUNTY, VI RGnn • The State Commiss ion on Conservat i on and Development of the state of Virgi nia Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, vEP j '1932 vs . Cas s andra Lawson ~..tki n s and o thers and 52 , 5 01 acr es of l and in Rockingham C0 unty . p ~~k , JUDGE OF S ID COURT . TO HON. H. W. ERT The mot ion of R. O. Ni ~er , pr aying said Court to disapprove and to de cline t o accept the findings of the Board of Ap praisal Commiss ion ers , heretofor e a:p::)oi nted by said Court in said matter , wherein said Board reported , under Io . 40 of its find ings , as filed i n the Cler1c ' s Offi ce of SB.id Court , that moveant is only entitled to three doll ars per acre for his lands situate in the Park area, on the western slope of the 3lue Ridge I ountains , in the eastern porti on of Rockingham County,V irginia. The grounds of said motion are as follows : That the report of said Appraisal Board is erroneous , (1) in that it does not take into considera tion at all,or place any value upon , the manganese or e found to be in and upon sai d land , although the existence -of s&id ore was clearly pointed out to the Appraisal Board . by moveant before said Reference is here made to the claim filed ppraisal Board for the value placed on said ores by the moveant . (2 ) That the said ppraisal Board erred in allowing to moveant the totally in&dequat e and confiscato ry sum of p3 . 00 per acre for his land when moveant paid $6 . 00 an acre for the s ome and when the wood upon sai d land is worth more than )'1:i:: is allowed for the l and by said LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRI SO N BURG. VA. ( 6) ppraisal Board . That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced �--2-produced before said Board by the said moveant . The affidavi ts attached h ereto are asked to be read in • support of these exceptions . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . �In TH.,. CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCYING ,r COUlfTY , VI RGI NI • The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs . a.ssandra Lawson .Atkins and others and 52 , 501 acres of land in Rockingham County. The affidavit of Robert O. lrizer , to be read in connection with the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of ~· ppra.isal Commissioners disapproved in connection with 1 ts finding no . 4.0 . state of Virginia , County of Rockingham, to-v.Ji t: is day personally appeared before me , _ _.c..,p.,a;_~..:;._--:...;;,.:;_-+--'------- , a notary Public in and for the Co u n t y aforesaid , in the State of Virginia , in my County aforesai and , being duly sworn , deposes and says : I paid for the land involved in this mat ter the sum of i6 . 00 per acre , as shown by my deed for the same. The Board of ppraisal Commissioners only allowed me )3. 00 per acre , which is not sufficient to pay for the firew ood thereon. I have sold some firewood off. of the land lying adjacent to the land in question , which land ·...... s acqUired under the same deed , and is the same character of land as that nov1 being condemned by the Commission , and have received considerably more than $3. 00 per acre therefor. This charactei- of land , independent of any minerals thereon , is to-day worth at least Jl0. 00 per acre . what adjacent lands are 'selling for . This opinion is based on The land in question lies upon the west slope of Huckle berry t 'ountain , which is a spur of the Slue Ridge Mountain , and in what is generally known as the LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. manganese ore belt , and is situate about three miles from the �--2-Elkton mangane se mines . The land clearly shows out- cropping s of ore , and ore - pits have ·been dug upon the adjacen t l and showing that conside rable ore exists even near the surface of these lands ·;!hen the Apprais al Board bad this matter under conside ration, I went with them upon these lands , showed them the ore - pits on adjacent land , showed them the out - cro:pping s on this land , and , after inspecti on of the same , the oard gave me to understa nd my lands containe d valuable and rich depos i ts of ore for which it would allow me at least some reasonab le compens ation. me~ On the contrary , however , its report shows that it made no allowanc e for mineral s at all. In my claim f iled in this matter, I set forth the amount tha t I consider ed reasonab le for the ores and also for the land in qu es ti on , and I ask that that claim be read in connecti on wi th th is affi davit . I am informed that Bulletin 17 of the "Mangan ese Jepos i ts of the ·::est Foot of the Blue Ridge, Virginia n, which was 11 PREP~D HT CO-OP::JR .TION ·nTH THE U1'~IT..,D ST.....TES G"SOLOGIC--.L SURVEY", shows that my land lies in the ore-bea ring mangane se belt , and as this land is situate between the known ore - bearing l an ds at ~lkton and on aked Creek and as the ore is shown upon t he land i tself , there is every reason to believe that ore exis ts on this property in commerc ial Quantiti es The ppraisa l 5oard not only informed me , but told others , that there was a better indicati on of mangane se ore upon my lands thQn any oth er l and it had examined . Subs Jribed and sworn t o before me this Q:-,1 day of Septemb~ ~ ~ ... 0 ary R.l. l.C e LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 'f10 � 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 Naylor, Cassie - Shifflett, Ahaz Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context nizer-r-o.pdf Title A name given to the resource Nizer, R. O. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Dry Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 40 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 Nizer https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/23a1d40c1918f0f1c747be4c16b4d814.pdf 1cd1f1af11afaf82825b8c1561f6cbe6 PDF Text Text * Rappahannock Cbunty Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #2 - North, Luther Number of Acres : 40 Location : On top of Blue Ridge about one- alf mile south of the State Highway and lying in both Warren a nd Rappahannock Counties . Roads : About one mile by poor dirt road to the State road, thence six miles to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Soil : Sandy loam, fairly level, ad without much loose rock It has been cleared, farmed and impoverished, and is now abandoned and grown up to brush and briars . . . History of Tract and condition of timber : Reproduction of valuable species has . been destroyed by repeated fires None Improvements : # Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 40 Value @ per acre $3.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 120 # 00 T v Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 3 00 # Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE Total Value #120.00 �\ ounty: Rappahannock trict: Wakefield ' D - ^ #2 North,Luther i LEGEND Cove Orchard Land Slope Ridge Grazing Land Tillable Land �Claim of . In the Circuit Court of ZX The State Commission on G tioner, vs _ _ County, Virginia, No. / ^ - £ y , At Law. ] nia , Petirvation and Development of» f the State of Viirgi . ants end , inia Def Virg , nty Cou in land , of more or less De and n atio serv Con on sion mis e Com Stat the of tion peti Ke ton wer in ans , d gne ersi The und rded awa on nati dem con of ce noti the to onse resp in , and inia Virg of velopment of th£ > tate uit Circ the r of orde the with ce rdan acco in ed lish pub and tion peti said upon the fili this _ _ to file rt Cou the of e leav , asks inia Virg , nty Cou . Court ofii aid petition and to said notice. as his answer My name is _ is ress Add ice Off t My Pos ht soug area the in with land el parc of or t trac a in rest or inte te , esta , title t righ a I claim _ _ g win follo the are e ther ch whi , on s j acre 3 ut abo ing , tain to be condemned con _ _ Z / /2 1 ts : men rove imp s ding and buil ^ ^ LZT ^ _ VS V Z ±/_ , inia in Virg • from s mile ut abo ted loca d Thislan / .Magisterial District of said County. the Zfet ' land de of el parc or t trac in the rest inte I claim the following right, title, estate or , t join er own or er own is sole he ( ther say whe ld shou t man ce clai spa In this scribed above : , t er join own or not sole is t man clai If . ers own t join the of es nam give er own t if join and he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or > y parcel of land described above ) . ^ ^ i : ws follo as are land of el parc or t trac d ribe desc ve abo to the The land owners adjacent North South _ East sJHtr L^r </ ^ . L _ West _ r yea the y ut pert abo pro is I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to mis . following manner,: f / / ^ _ _ _ 5? ? in the ^^ ^ e ther ts men rove imp the with land of el parc or t trac this of e valu l I claim that the tota re inte or te esta , , title t righ my of e valu l tota the that m clai I on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is acres of land adjoining the above describecL-trac' X _ _:T_ I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damage^ of nt exte to the , area Park the in with s land of on nati dem con d pose ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or inforn in also uld sho he ble tica prac if e ; and mak to res t desi man clai ch whi this claim description of the tragt or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . ___ Remarks : if necessary on the back day ) Ml this to here d che atta k ( and mar e nam my e or atur sign my Witness , 1930. of t i w : O T F O , TY UN CO STATE OF The undersigned hereby certifies that. ters mat the that oath e mad and re him befo d eare app lly ona the above named claimant pers , ef beli and dge wle kno his of t bes the to true are wer ans ve abo his and things appearing in jf . , 0 193 . of / day / this ^^ ( Continue remarks VIRGINIA _ IM X or ator stig Inve cial Spc , or the rt Cou Cler ^ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. CL i �Claim of . In the Circuit Court of ZX The State Commission on G tioner, vs _ _ County, Virginia, No. / ^ - £ y , At Law. ] nia , Petirvation and Development of» f the State of Viirgi . ants end , inia Def Virg , nty Cou in land , of more or less De and n atio serv Con on sion mis e Com Stat the of tion peti Ke ton wer in ans , d gne ersi The und rded awa on nati dem con of ce noti the to onse resp in , and inia Virg of velopment of th£ > tate uit Circ the r of orde the with ce rdan acco in ed lish pub and tion peti said upon the fili this _ _ to file rt Cou the of e leav , asks inia Virg , nty Cou . Court ofii aid petition and to said notice. as his answer My name is _ is ress Add ice Off t My Pos ht soug area the in with land el parc of or t trac a in rest or inte te , esta , title t righ a I claim _ _ g win follo the are e ther ch whi , on s j acre 3 ut abo ing , tain to be condemned con _ _ Z / /2 1 ts : men rove imp s ding and buil ^ ^ LZT ^ _ VS V Z ±/_ , inia in Virg • from s mile ut abo ted loca d Thislan / .Magisterial District of said County. the Zfet ' land de of el parc or t trac in the rest inte I claim the following right, title, estate or , t join er own or er own is sole he ( ther say whe ld shou t man ce clai spa In this scribed above : , t er join own or not sole is t man clai If . ers own t join the of es nam give er own t if join and he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or > y parcel of land described above ) . ^ ^ i : ws follo as are land of el parc or t trac d ribe desc ve abo to the The land owners adjacent North South _ East sJHtr L^r </ ^ . L _ West _ r yea the y ut pert abo pro is I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to mis . following manner,: f / / ^ _ _ _ 5? ? in the ^^ ^ e ther ts men rove imp the with land of el parc or t trac this of e valu l I claim that the tota re inte or te esta , , title t righ my of e valu l tota the that m clai I on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is acres of land adjoining the above describecL-trac' X _ _:T_ I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damage^ of nt exte to the , area Park the in with s land of on nati dem con d pose ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or inforn in also uld sho he ble tica prac if e ; and mak to res t desi man clai ch whi this claim description of the tragt or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . ___ Remarks : if necessary on the back day ) Ml this to here d che atta k ( and mar e nam my e or atur sign my Witness , 1930. of t i w : O T F O , TY UN CO STATE OF The undersigned hereby certifies that. ters mat the that oath e mad and re him befo d eare app lly ona the above named claimant pers , ef beli and dge wle kno his of t bes the to true are wer ans ve abo his and things appearing in jf . , 0 193 . of / day / this ^^ ( Continue remarks VIRGINIA _ IM X or ator stig Inve cial Spc , or the rt Cou Cler ^ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. CL i �County: Rappahannock District i Wakefield w. s * $3*ffcrtD ? Luther Acreage In Claim: Value Claimed: aland byiMarsh, Oil11am aad Otoneburaer Locations _ On too of Blue Ridge about ono half mile south of the State Highway end lying In both barren end Rappahannock Counties• Hone so far aa nown Incumbrances, counter claims end laps: - . About on© nil © by poor dirt road to the State road, thenc © six miles to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point # Rocds: Sandy loom, fairly level, end without ranch loose rock has been cleared, farmed and impoverished, and is now soil: # Tt abandoned and grown VP to brush and briars # History of Tract and " specie# fe^rovcments: Acreage and 1 condition of timber: haabeen dest dywT by ^ Reproduction of valuable repeated fires # Hone• value by typos: Types Acreage Slope 40 Value per acre: #3.00 Value Per A # $3.00 Total Value #120.00 � 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 North, Luther Description An account of the resource Tract: 2; Location: 1/2 mile south of Lee Highway; Cost/Acre: $3.00; Estimate Value: $120.00; Number of Acres: 40.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) 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 2 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context north-luther-tract-2 North https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e9955e44bba451aa5e9492ef98f23234.pdf 8bb78bb185619239efa07483b881a0f9 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT - #13, North, Nish 100 Number of Acres: Location : . On Indian River, near the first fork It is about 2 miles to the State Highway, via a rough road, thence 12 miles to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Roads : . . Sandy loam of good depth and fertility The southeastern part The western portion is smooth and of the tract is steep and rocky better timber producing land Soil : .. History of Tract and condition of timber : The Chestnut oak was peeled about 30 years ago. More recently the ties,hickory,and locust,and stavewood have been cut.There is now a locust oin mill on the tract which draws the . . raw material from this and other adjoining holdings A small area in the southwestern p rtion was cleared and farmed many.,years ago It has now grown up to a good stand of young poplar,6"to 10" in diameter,somebf which is being cut . Improvements : . None Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 84 Cove : 16 Value per acre Total Value © $3.00 $252.00 @ 5.00 __ 80.00 $332.00 Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 332 #00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ 300 *00 §300.00 p32;00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 6.32 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ * NO TIE CLERK �? 3 / Claim of In the Circuit Court ofi'' The State Commispioji on •nservation tioner, vs L -o o ccjuj > & ^ County, Virginia, No /C _ ! d Development of the State of At Law. irginia, Peti- . ^' County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in.i The undersigned , in answer to the*pefftion of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of th£ f > tate of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of - Lc County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer tff s£id to said notice. . My name is My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about.- / A A acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: - — A ? This land ij located about. miles from CA .Virginia, in ^ Magisterial District of said County. ' I claim following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land dethe . scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . ^ ^ The land owners admcent tathe above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North SOU th _ _ _ ^ East West I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the years following manner : * _ _ _ d_ Jr ^ $LArj± fO ‘J _ *L . JfiTnr * (A m*the . ^ '/ - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there on is £. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcej of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In. the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) ^ // . ) this. day Witness my signature ( or my name and m attache of . , 1930. STAT OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his abov§/ answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , day of this 1930. ^ Cle; the Court, or-Special Investigator or Public, or-J-ustice~of the Peaces �Couatyt Rappahannock Districti W«k afield - #13 8orth, HIah Acreage Claimed; Value Claimed * gfraailned By: Marsh, Gilliam & stoneburner On Indian River* near the first Fork, incumbrances, counter claims or laps; Hone known Location; . It is shout two miles to the state Highway via a rou$i road thence 12 311® » to Front oyal, the nearest *shipping point, Roads i * Soli I . Sandy loam of good depth and fertility The Southeastern part of the tract Is steep and The western portion is smooth and better rooky timber producing land . . of limbert The Chestnut oak was of tract, and condition r peeled"about 301 years ago More recently* the ties, hickory and locust, and sfcavewood have There is now a locust pin mill been cut on the tract which draws the raw material from this and other adjoining holdings A small area in the Southwestern portion was cleared and famed many years ago It has a©® ff grown® up to a good stand of young poplar# 6 to 10 in diameter, erne of which is being cut, The asm and value of the timber oa the tract is as f Hows; 64 U Poplar,Red & Chest Oak,G#4 ~ #206.00 20 CCS• locust pinwood,®§3*«*» History . " . . . * . Hone, Improvements; - mm*- * **'" 1 Acreage and value by types i Value Per A -*-**&'- Typesi Cow 750 ,00 84 Slop© " User Total Value per acre for land #2.32 »* ** *e **** rn • Value of land VtllUO . 0jf % —----— — * «* * • - mm **** m **» # «M m • m Total - Value per acre for tract m as * #5,48 !#«#»* *©• #232.00 m** m 310 «00 • . ——- w:S Total Value M^sr 168.00 �C ounty:Rappahanno ck District:Wakefield / - #13 North, Nish \ H * Jno.LoocN* V /7 <1 'il/ $ Jno. Wood * .c $ • * n a . North Jos a 'w W JW w J.M.& A.Dul \ w P B.E&stham I . \ LEGEND: Orchard Land Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale 1 inch = 20 chains Cove 4, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 North, Nish Description An account of the resource Tract: 13; Location: Indian River near first fork; Cost/Acre: $6.32; Estimate Value: $632.00; Number of Acres: 100.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) 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 13 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context north-nish-tract-13 North https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/687aacc84c5e6ea1df9a2195b9113310.pdf f58ace3c1dac9f1f42f0e627513e40fb PDF Text Text ' f \ -J Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #8 Nish North 300 Number of Acres : Location : - . On Indian Run above the Porks There are many old hark roads on the tract, which lead into the It is approximately 2-k miles from this tract to the Indian Run road 10 miles by State road to Front t State highway, over a poor road, thence Royal, the nearest shipping point The soil is a sandy loam, stren with loose rocks over the N.E Soil : and Southern parts of the tract, The central portion is fairly smooth and is a good forest soil Roads : . . . . History of Tract and condition of timber : The bark vfas ago* peeled about 30 years 3?IvIiyihui?Ie - There are a number of large poplars and oaks scat and handle stock * Repeated fires in the past have damaged the tered over the tract * timber and hurt the reproduction . None * Improvements : Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Slope : 228 Cove : 72 @ 3.00 | © 5.00 Total Value $684.00 360.00 #1044.00 Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 1044•00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ 1305.00 #2349.00 1305.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 7.83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �vunty: Rappahannock District: Wakefield w rf 8—"sctrsd^sr3te&-- » > M crTfj , tits/) »* > N 4\ i n ^ . Chester >ap Orchard Co H.T.Comptol J.M.&i:. ulin LEGEND: Orchard Land Cove Slope Ridge Scale Grazin'1, Land - 1" Tillable Land 20 chains �/ /N J County: Rappahannokk District: Wakefi ©Id , 8 Wood, John #. Z Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined By: Marsh, Stoneburner and Gilliam Location: On Indian Run above the Porks . Incumbrances, counter claims and laps: Roads: . None known - There are many old bark roads on the tract, which lead in to the Indian Run road It is approximately 2§ miles from this tract to the State highway, over a poor road, thence 10 miles by State road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping . - . point Soil: The soil is a sandy loam strewn with loose rocks over the N E and Southern parts of the tract, The central por tion is fairly smooth and is a good forest soil .. - . History of tract, and condition of timber: The bark was peeled about thirty years ago Some of the hickory, locust, and poplar has been cut, and the young timber of these species is now being removed for pin wood, ctaves, shuttle and handle stock There are a number of large poplars and oaks scattered over the tract. Repeated fires in the past have damaged the timber and hurt the reproduction . . . Acreage and value by types: Value . fTOT - Acreage Type: : Cove Slope Per A 240 2.50 3T2 - Value per acre for land . -. . —.—- Value of land Value of timber 375 U ft B M <3$3 . . -- ~ $888.00 #1125.00 90 cds pin wood at $2, 180.0011305 00’ Value of trac¥ . fsissrao — Value per acre for tract $7.03 $2.84 Total Value &S.OO fS 1600.00 vSSS.00 � 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 North, Nish Description An account of the resource Tract: 8; Location: On Indian River above the Forks; Cost/Acre: $7.03; Estimate Value: $2,193.00; Number of Acres: 312.0; Monies Awarded: $2,349.00 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 8 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context north-nish-tract-8 North Wood