213 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_seal-charles-e-tract-86.pdf aa81114f98a25ce0f0924701dd90b0e6 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 Seal, Charles E Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 86 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 116)</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>. 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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 Seal, Ernest Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 50 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (page 163)</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 50 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Seal-Ernest-tract-50 Seal https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_seal-hv-tract-185-185a.pdf 7e9cf3dfde0e4f815194acde65f41ab5 PDF Text Text County: Madison District: Roberson Claimant #185 Acreage Found: - Seal, H. V. 50 Deed 113-76 Assessed 113 ISO Location: . S. Positions #179 Area. Quaker Run, U the Park Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Soil: . Part outside . Slopes are to #190 . None known Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . moderate to steep Roads: Twenty-two miles hard surface road to Culpeper, the nearest . shipping point History of tract and condition of timber ; Fire has killed or badly . damaged the timber on a part of this tract has been removed from the timbered area. . saw Some timber On 13 acres there timber, 70$ oaks and 30$ poplar is estimated to be33 M . and 16 tons tanbark . 33 M . saw timber @ $3.50 per M $115.50 . 16 tons bark @ $2.00 per ton Improvements ; 32.00 147.50. None. Value of land by types; Type Slope Value per acre $5.00 Acreage 50 Summary; . Total value of land Total value of timber. Total value of tract. $250.00 $147.50 $397.50. Total Value $25o.o0 �County: Madison District: Roberson Claimant #l85- a Acreage Found; Location: - Seal, H. V. . Assessed: 282 A. 236 A . Deed; 282 A West side of German Ridge, near Hoover Road, the Park boundary . Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: . Partly inside None known. . Soil: Sandy loam Roads: Five miles to Criglersville; thence seventeen mile 3 to Culpeper via State Highway, the nearest railroad West slope steep and rocky . History of tract and condition of timber ; The tract has been culled for poplar and the choice oaks, but has been protected from fire and there is now some second growth poplar A peeling operation was in progress in April and May 1931, at the time the examination of the property was made, and a check cruise made after the completion of the peeling operation The stand of timber remaining is as follows: Red Oak and others 20 M @ $3.50 $70.00 Chestnut Oak 102 M @ $3.50 $357.00 Chestnut oak bark 300 T @ $2.00 -$600.00 . . . . . Total value of fruit trees Improvements: — $1027.00. -- $100.00. . None Acreage and value of land by types; Value Type Acreage Slope per acre 223 Fg Fr $4.00 8 5 Total Value £892.00 ' $10.00 £ 5.00 $ 80.00 $ 25.00 $997.00. 236 Summary: Total Total Total Total value value value value . of land of timber. of fruit trees of tract . . $997.00 1027.00 100.00 2124.00. t t d, �unty: Madison District: Roberson > - .. #185 Seal, H V Aj L s*\ ST \ 1 lift .Saunders 'to /it \ im LEGEND: Scale _sj9P£ 20 chains �t TT J ^ • >n / vl A 1w Ji 1 > 1« Ik �County: lliadieon District: Roberson //165 - deal, H. V. Acreage Clained: 63 Value Clained: $819.00 Location: - Assessed 113 Deed 113 76 160 ;1017.00 "32500.00 Area: 50 A ( 1917) 3 Positions #179 to #190 Part outside l 3seosed .. Quaker Hun, U . . . the lark area Incunbrances, counter clains or laps; oOill dandy loan of a fair depth and fertility. dlope 3 are . noderate to steep Hoad - O> •• - Twenty two niles hard surface road to Culpeper, the . nearest shipping point History of tract and condition of tinber: Fire has killed or badly . danaged the tinber on a part of this tract . ha. been renoved fron the tinbered area done tinber On 13 acres saw tinber, 70/' oaks and there i3 estinated to be S3 . 30 fo poplar and 16 tons tanbark . sav. tinber Ci(.32.50/ per LI. 33 H 16 tons bark U .50j per ton .50 >8d . Jr* 2 J . f/W v pi 24.00 TIM 5 . Inprovenents: Hone Value of land by types: Value T e Acreage Slope per .50 50 Total value of land 3125.00 Total value of tinber . Total value of tract Average value per acre acre 106.50 3231.50 $4.63 Total Value ;' i25.00 ^ �R] VISED REPORT Countys Madison District: Roberson - - Seal, II. V. #185 a Acreage Claimed * Value Claimed: 223 A $2899 *00 . . Assessed: 282 A Assessed: Hot given (1925) $1892 *00 Ai EA: 236 A Deed: 282 A . West side of German Ridge, near Hoover road inside the Park boundary* Locati n: Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: . . . Partly . None known . West slope steep and rocky Soil: Sandy loam Roads: Five miles to Criglorsville; thence seventeen milos to Culpeper via State highway, the nearest railroad * History of tract and condition of t jr ber: The tract has been culler! 1 or poplar and the choice oaks, but has been protected from fire and there is now some second growth poplar, A peeling operation was in progress in April and M%r , 1931 at the time the examination of the property was made, and a chock cruise mado after the completion of the peeling operation The stand of timber remainln i3 as fol ov/s: 20 M 3 5 ? Red Oak and others ($100.00) 102 M ©$5 1 J.3* J 510 *00C' Chestnut Oak / 750.00( boc ^ 300 T @($2 . 5 0/ Chestnut oak bark 13C0 OZ7 Yy . . Improvement : . . .. * . — *2* ^ Acreage and value of land by types: acreage: Slope Value Type: Grazing Restocking per acre $3.00 8.00 5.00 8 5 23S “ v* $758.00 Total value of land: Total value of orchard ; (1 acre $100 »0C V 1Q0 scattered 87 trees @ 50 43.50 ^ - .— - - 143.50 1360.00 Total value of timber Total value of tract Average value per acre .r $2201 $9.58 % .\ >0 Total Value ' 659 00 ; ”" . 64.00 " T 25.00 $750 Oo . ~ % � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Seal, HV Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 185, 185a 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 185 Tract 185a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Seal-HV-tract-185-185a Seal https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_seal-lester-f-tract-319.pdf 3fd819420f23f2506d2afa73589ed50f 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 Seal, Lester F Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 319 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 319 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Seal-Lester-F-tract-319 Seal https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_seal-parkerr-tract-122.pdf e545f4b2eb743764335e5c6935916287 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 Seal, Parker Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 122 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (pages 153, 154)</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 122 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Seal-Parkerr-tract-122 Seal https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/025a58ac22b8472807f39dc9acc7ad2a.pdf 9d1f90e9fe7be95ab0ea5bd2a540eac6 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM CO · ll ers, c. Number of Acres: 9½ is entirely Island Ford. Location:- area . Roads: 2 mile Soil: Slope • ty road to Island Porcl There is no merchantable timber :on of timber: History of Tract w condi thi s trac~. ad it has been repeatedly burned over . None . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value $5 . 00 $47 . 50 Ridge: @ -- Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ 45 . 00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ ft Timber : $ 20000 --.50 -$67 ,d: $ 20 . 00 c,.r tract: $7 . 10 • · "ffl " the taking of this tract : $ None ~. //&__, D' _CLERK �r==--=========:======::::::i·;-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=---=---=--=~ ----- ----- --, Claim o f _ _ ~ - - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the Circuit Court ofLW- --b~~o unty, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on C~;;;;;tiTn ;nd Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.~r-~~----~--------------------------- --------~--~---4t"kt.L--~---~.------------------------- more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Developme t of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon th' li g of s id petiti and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit ~__,._v.l!"li.:-:7.:~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to· file this Court o __ _ as h~ya::: ~: ~ i t i o ~ ~ : TY ~ L - - - - - - ---------__.;?n--~,__!!f.._.P'_.Qu=4t • __ ~My post office addr~ss 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__;l_: !£. ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvement s: ___________________________________________________________ _ from _J~- f ~irgini a, in This land is located about_/_d ____ miles the~~M agisteri al District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land describe<}- abo,,ve.) ____________________ J~--~,-- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ .~o-~:= r~-~-~~' -~~~~-a :~~1-o~ ~-~~-~~ ~~-t~~~ :::~t~h~ ~ __ U / ~ - - ---------- ------------ ------------ ----------East_(/ ~- ~ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ West_..k t/_~ ~~----- -------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ---I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _.,1-..,!%..tD.n the following manner: South __ -------- -------- ---~-~~ -------- -------- -------- ------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $-J..: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 improvement s thereon is $_1,_'J_~ ----· I am the owner ofL/.::!£_ _______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $_/.___£_'()_.~----· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ - ' ------------ ------------ ------------ -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). day Witness my signature (or my name and mark at~a<j}ied hereto) !his ____ oL__ ~_2 _____ ~lrJ;t-- ;,»931, oF'lrh ~~--~~~---- - - -- ------ To- It H~, COUNTY OF____ STA~ _ __ The undersigned hereby certifies that___ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this______ ~..7~ -------- ;i-]______ day o L - - ~ - , ~ - £ · - ~ - - - Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or No~~~~ �--. J County: oolc1nt!hel".:l :::t:rio ": tone~ .ta .l · J ... neod Vu. uo_ ClaimetH 23? . so ' !'6c. : 10 ".. . ( inl r! ted. acr ) l~f~5 :? Liles eaot of I ·land -·01·<1. This troot 1 - ont11~01y r,1 thin t..'10 ·ark nr a . 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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 sellers-c-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, C. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 200 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8e181dc1511e6bb3e0f2ee048d1ecb9c.pdf 1aae71a32b6bdfd3e08be068fe5a3cda PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #207 - Sellers , E. B. Number of Acres: 258 Location: Roads: Soil: One mile east of Is l and Ford on Two Mile Run . One mile over county road to Island Ford . Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract of timber land has · culled and most of the chestnut oak has been peeled However , there is a stood of merchanta ble timber in on Two Mile Run, )onsisting of white oak, mixed oak Improvements: been for bark. the hollow and pine . NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 3. 00 5 . 00 $513 . 00 Ridge: Slope: (burned) " (Unburned) 171 8? @ 435 . 00 Cove: $948.00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals : ValueofLan d: $ 948. 00 Value of Improvements: $ 10?0.00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ 684 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ $270 2. 00 1070 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 684 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 4 7 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. ----~---AV~~-~~-~ CLERK. 7 �Claim In the Circuit Court of____ -=~~vL1.a,.,.,,~ __ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. ·· :-~:.:,taV~-------------------~ ~~1~:~: ~ 0 ~~ -~~ . ' . ~ --- ~ ________ 'l> __-f~----------------more or less, of land in~ l J... ... ,L,J~-~ -----County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the £;iit7~ = ;fth~ 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 etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL ______ _ __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h:yan::: ::_:~~J:i~~~:~~ ~- ~ -------------------------------- J/.~----------------- --- My post office address is _____ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract OJ,J1~~cel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __~ _~ _,,._'9--:::~f.G_acres, on which there are the following buildings and-improvements: __ J&~~-f -~ -~ --~t.J ------------------------------------------------- ~ - : ' --------------------------- This land.is. located about_ __ L _______ miles from __~ -~ - --- - _Virginia, in the~ ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ----------11-~ ----~ / ·--------------------------------------The land o,vners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __ W -.uJ.L.&J.....~/ --------------------------------------------South ___ 'T ·A _~ __~ ~ ------------------------------------East _.A.J._½.J....),,:.&.8J·,-->-JJ-.. - ~ ---------------------------------------West __ ~ _) ~ ·--------------------------------------- --I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_.LJ>L_8_in the following ma~ --~ -f ----------------------------------------------------__·------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereoo on is $_ Lt1.QQO_~ - - -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, ~ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $2.._.uZ>__'::::_ ______ . I am the owner of __~__ __acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- - ~ ----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). . ___ Remarks: -~ --.L.0_6_-~ --tn--~ --~ -~ --~ -:::(-~ ~ ~--~ -~ --'---~ au - ~ 3 2 ' ~ -~ ~ ~ ., co - ClO c:-:: C - ~ ~ __ {_G,.b___~ __o--»-- z- ~ - - --~ ---~ --~ ~ -- ~~~ - ~~~:/4,- ~ - - q - £ _ ~ ----- -- (Continue remarks if necessary on ~ back). Witness my signature (or my name and mar!5-,attacheS7h;J~to) ~his __ __~ __ ______ day It :T~T~ ~;-~I - -~~~. ~-OF_~C----~ ~~-~~-~~~-;;-------------:t, ~ -· ""T1 rt, ~ -~ ~ 25, 0 § 0 , ~-~ q-. Ct/} . 0 < EB' ?' ~ - · The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ _.E_.._____-:. --~~~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters an_d thing~ a2 pe,ring in his abo~ e r are true to ~ the best of his knowledge and belief, th1s __ ___ day of___2 ____.______ --, J 9oe. CS{_'v-_____ --~~ -~- ~ ---- ----------------------------C--½erk of Ure _Oourt;-or-:Special-Investigator-or Notary Public, or-J.ygti-ee--of the J2eac&-- 3¼ �County: Rock1ne;han Dietriot: Stonewall #2p7 ... ,Sellers; E. B ., Aorec.e;e Cle.ined: 266 A-2 R. 9.6 P. Value Clained: 01000.00 . aseoaedt . 266 . 90 A. Assessed: Deed: 266 . 90 A (1919) Deed: Deed of Area, partition 258 A. ' Location: One r.1ile ea.at of Island Ford on Two Mile Run .. Soll: Slope . Roa.do: One tlile over county road to Island Ford . tract and condition of tinber: Thia tract of tiober lana has been ouilea and noet of the chestnut oak baa been peeled for bark. However, .there ia e etand of neronantable tinber in the hollow on Tro ile Run. consisting of wite oak, nixed oak and pino esticated to out 1250 bd. ft. per ncre on an area. of 171 acres , tho unburned portion of the tract . The stur:1page value ia eotit:1.ated@ $8 . 00 per M. · Tinber: 214 , 000 bd. ft. ; 8 . 00 per M. •• J l7l2 . 00 l,368 cord~ of fuclwood } 50,t per cord ....... 684 . 00 J2396 . 00 Ipprovenento : Mone . Value of land by tx~es: ~ Slope (unburned) Slope (burned) Acrea5e Total value of land Total value O·f ti'tlber Total value of trnct Average value per acre l?l 87 ,Value l!er acre Total . 05 - 00 $855. 00 l . 50 2S'8 990 . 00 2396 . 00 ~3386 . 00 .,13. 12 Value 135 . 00 ~990. 06 �'--- //=307 - .Sellers , ,., J • ..I.. • county: Rockinch~~ District : s--one n,..Ll N .... mu· e ::edrick Jelleru . Se Llers rr . Earrison ... _.., 1ie ·~. Hcci rich. Dr . f. . :r. Sellers $_ 01J8 c L: - 1' - ~o c .• i '1s �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKI:.:JGI-B.M COUN'l'Y, VI:lGI:HA. ST \TE CO.HIS :iION ON CONSSRV \.TION o: D~VJLOP.Mi£NT FOR TH~ ST '.'l'..'!J OF VIRGIHIA, PE'r rr IONER v. RE3P0N.uEJTS CASSANDR \ LA ISON 'i.TKi l S and others, On this, th.e p.tJ~y of Vecember, 1933, came ;I . W. Sellers and Kockingham nati )nal Bank, executor of the last will of E . B. Selle s, and on their motion , le~ve is given themto file their ap lication for the p~yment to them c£ the sum of ;p5573.00, the dffiount of the award set out in thu judgment of condera..YJ.at ion for tract No. 179, heretofo1·e p.:iid into court . And it appearing from the nport of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and conde:nn-.t ion enterad her0 in on the_ _ _d..iy of Novo.!'lber, 1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, the sa.id I . ,l. Sellers and .!£ . B. Sellers are invested with superioL· or better right or cl im of title in and to the said tr~ct of land No . 179, and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any pi:1.rty or person in interest as to the title to the oaid tract No. 179, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof . And it further appe-1rin6 from the application of the act.id .1. • • Se 1lers and Rockingh-.i.n N<.l.tional Bank , Executor of E • .d. oellers, that the s u.id ,{. ,f. Sellars aad Rockinghd-rn Nationc1.l Bank, executor of E. B. Sellers, u.re entitled to· receive the proceeds a1·ising from the condemnatiJn of s-..1.id tract No . 179, of $5573 . 00 in equal moities, and it further appearing to the court from the evi- dence adduced that all t.ues due or exigible u on the land at the time the title thereto vested in the petitioner under the jud 0 ment of conde .nnation as .do res ..1.id, h . . . ve been paid, it is considered .md ordered by the court that the s ... id sum of $5573 . 00 paid into court by petitioner , the 5t..1.te Co1:uni:::lsion on Conservation & Devtilopment of the State of Virginia, i s just comi?ensation for tr ct No . 179, be paid in equalmoities unto the s-..1. id i• •l . Sellers dnd the Rockil1t;ham l.Jat ional Bank , 1hecutor of E . B. Sellers , deceasea, viz., to.:" . { . Sellers the sum of $2786 . 50, and to Rockinghamlfational Bank , .ii:xecutor of E. B. Sellers, deceased, $2786 .50; and that the Clerk of this Court do tr:msmit forthwith a certified copy of tr is order to tho 'l're ... surer o fV irg bid, .rho shall make payment of o<.l.id ~55,73 .oo ~ ~ ~ ~ ~c::::~/1:r~ �M__~_.SELLERS__ £_.B__ & __'IJ.._iJ.i __ _ COMMO NWEALTH OF VIRGINI A No. -----------------· __________ ELKTON__________________________________________ , Virgini a To M. H. HARRIS ON, Treasur er Rocking ham County , Harriso nburg, Virginia STATE TAXE S AND LOCAL LEVIE S-1933 FOR STATE TAXATION ONLY I Value I State Rate on $100 I State Taxes State C apitation Tax. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . ... . ..... . ..... . $ 1.50 $,_ _ _ _ Bonds, N otes and Other Evidences of Debt . .. . . .......... . .. . ....... $- · · - - - - - --1 .50 1-- - --·-· ·-··-Money ..... . . ..... .... .. .. ,.·,·,· - · - - - - - - .20 M oneyed Capital in Competition with National Banks ..... .. . . . . .. . .. . - · · · · · · - - - - - - 1.00 Capital Not Otherwise Taxed ....... - - - - - -- -Income: 1 i% on first $3,000; 2½% on next$2,000; 3% on excess over $5,000 - · · · - - - - - - - .75 ,_______ - --- - PERSONAL PROPERTY Pai1e._ ._ _.l,lne.. lNCOME Real Estate and Tangible Per- Machinery Merchant'• sonal Property and Tools Capital County Levy .....•. $ .35 $ .35 $ County School Levy. .70 .70 .50 ..- Pai1e.. .•. .__Llne.••• _ .._ LAND Pa~e......4 5.Llne.. ... .8..._ Total. I Tangible Personal Property . . . .. .. . S·--- ------1$ 1.05 Machinery and Tools ... . ......... - - - - - ----1 I Local Rate on $100 Value 203..;.;o~o-.....-·--·--zuo-- Merchants' Real Estate . ... -"--C--'--A cres,1_ _ _ _=-_;:c....::c. __ 1 Real Estat e . . . . _ _ _ __,,,crea Real Estate .. . . .. I FOR LOCAL TAXATION ONLY Real Estate ... . l$ DISTR ICT LOCAL RATES: Acres -····-cres ___ _ Local Levies $ 1.05 .50 1.05 25_ ---,_____ , 1.05 Real Estate ... . _ _ _ __,.crea, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 ·--- --- - - - - - -1 TOTAL STATE TAXES . . .... . ... . .. . .. ... . . . . . ..... . ..... ... STONE:WALL 1 1.05 - ----1 1.05 1.05 TOTAL LOCAL LEVIES .. . . . ........ .. . .. . CREDITS Date ma ,y,?- Account -- c;,. /4 (/1,{./4_ / J,-- Amount L~ 2S- $ $ $ -- -RECEIVED PAYMENT : M. H. HARRISO N, Treasure r $ • •• ••• $ _ _ _ _ _ , . _____ _____ ___.9··-By_ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ T otal Taxea, Levies, Penaltiea and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ �~- 7_f ' IN TIB crwurr COURT OF ROCKINGH_;,M COUNTY' VIRGINIA. ST \.1'~ COMHISSION ON COHSERVATION ;.ND Dii:V.:,i;LOViKiJ:NT OF TH,;,,; ST yrs OF VIRGINIA, PEI'l'l'ION..m v. RESPOHD~HT5. CA5S.. NDRA LA' ifSON A'fKI:NS and others, 'fhe petitioner, the Sta.ta Commissioner on Conservu.tion & Development of the State of Virginia, having heretofore paid into court the sum of iji5573.00, the aL10unt of the award set out in the judgment of c onde1.rnat ion for '1' ract No. l 79, the undersigned, v:. W. Sellers,and Rockingham National Bank, of Harrisonburg, Virginia Executor of E. B. Sellers, hereby apply to the court for an order of judgment for distribution of said fund of $5573,.00 in equal moit ias to the undersigned on the ground that it appears from thereport of tie Board of Appraisal Commissioners here- / tofore filed and the said petition for judgmeni and condemnation, that I •• : . Sellers :.1.nd i. B. Sellers are bvasted with sui)erior or batter right or claim of title in and to the said tract of l nd No. 179,a.nd therefore to the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof, and are entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the exappropriation of Tract 179. 'l'he undersigned furt er a.var thut since the filing of the report of the Board of Appraisal Gommiss ioner3 a s ~roresaid in thio c~use,that E. B. Sellers has departed tnis life having first mcide and published hiti last will and t e..,tament bearing date the 16th day ofJanuary, 1932, wheraby he appointed Rockingham National Bank of Harrisonburg, Virginia, executor and trustee thereof, and said will was duly 1dmitted to probate in the Clerk ' s Office of the Circuit Gourtof Rockin6 ham County, Virginia, on the 30th day of January, 1932, and the said executor named there in, tht:l Roe kin;ham National Bank, duly 1ualified as such executor, takin6 the oath p r e scribed by law and entering into and acknowledging a bond in the penalty of 4ll5,000 . 00, a n atte sted coy of which will is hereby filed marked 1'Exhibit 11 E. 13. Sellarn will" and praJed to betaken and read a s a part hereof. The undersibned further aver that the said E. B. Sellers, by his said last will and t e stament, provided as follo,,s: "Should tht,;re become payable or to be paid subsequent to my death, a fund or funds from condemnation of any of my real es- tate in proceedings instituted in my lifetime, such sum or s ums shall be received by my executor, and held in trust and disposed �-2- under the provisions of Paragraph Third of this wi ll11 • The undersigned further aver that the s<-1.id sum of $5573 . 00 is now payable from the condemnation of real est:ite in proceedings instituted i11 the lifetima of E . B. Sellers; that the s.J.id E. B. Sellers ha.s departed this life as aforesaid, and th t the said sum of ,5573.00 shall b ,$2786.50 to the undersigned , ..,, . paid in equal moiti3s, viz., ! . Sellers, and $2786 . 50 to the undersigned, the Rockingh.1.m National Banl:, executor of E. B. Sellers, deceased . The undersigned further aver that the record in this suit does not disclode any denial ordispute by any party or person in it1te1·est as to the title to said tract No . 179, or to the proceeds arisin,; from the condemnation thereof; that the sc:1.id statements in the petition of condemnation s.s to the title of the undersigned are true , and that the undersi6 ned has title in fe J simple and unencumberad to said tract No . 179, and are entitled to be paid the said sum of :P5573 . 00 in equal moities, and pray that tho court will 01·der ::1.nd direct the p.J.ymant of said sum of $2786 . 50 to the undersigned , W• .J. Sellers, and $2786 .50 to the Rockingham Natio.al Bank, executor of E. B. Sellers . The undersigned further aver that all taxes ayable or exigible upon said tract No. 179 have been paid . /fl», 7-/fLM;U,f .' _ )t .:. .L-]±4 ~affe~ cd~ - - <fJ_,_ ROCKDlGH 1M 1'L Tl~ 9f_L . f?.\.-!K OF H•• ll;.,,)NBURG , ~ I'~~ State of Virginia , City of Hti.rrisonburg , to-wit: r,O!_~ L /~ ,a notary public in and for the City of Harris onburg , State of Virginia, do certify that 011 this the / rle:aay of Dece,aoer, 193 3 , person'.:1.lly appeared befo e me in mysaid city, If. ; . Sellers, and nude oa.th that the st ...tements set out in the foragoing p;jtition a ra true, and I furthe .:certify that onsaid dcLte the said Rockb_: ham Hational Bruk of Ha.-risonburg , Hai·.·isonburg , Va . , · 9Y C. A. Ma:son, it!} trust officer, pe rsonally appeared before me in my said city and made oath that he verily believes thest..1tements set out in the foregoing petition are true. lviy commission expires the ,,?./) &fay of ~ Givon under rn,y hand this / f Lc;a.y , 1933 -:- of December , 1933 . ~ ;/.~~ -Nof.1.rypubl.ic . �C OP Y ~- ~/1 ~~q I, Edgar Brown Sellers, of Rockingham county, Virginia, do he~eby make and deelare this to be my last will and testament , hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time made. FIRST: any I desire all my just debts to be paid, if I shall owe at my death. SEXJOND: I give all my household property, farm equipment , live stock, and any and all other chattel property, absolutely , to my wife, Mary Julia Sellers. THIRD: All the rest and residue of my personal estate shall be held invested by my Executor, hereinaft er named as Trustee here~ under, for and during the life of my said wife, and the net income therefrom paid to her annually, and, upon her death the same shall be reduced to cash and eq~ally divid~d (subject, however, to a charge of Nine ~undred Dollars ($900.00) against the share of Edgar Brown Sellers, Junior, amount heretofore advanced by me to him), between my two children, Edgar Brown Sellers, Junior, and Mauzy Napoleon Sellers, share and share alike, the issue of either child if then deceased to take what the parent, if living, would have received; and, if either of said two children predeceas e my my wife, dying without issue, then his share shall pass to the survivor of my said two children. Said Trustee shall receive, hold, manage, sell, invest and reinvest this trust estate, and every part thereof, under the provision s hereof, and si~ilarly oollect, recover and receive the issues, interest, inco•e and profit thereof; is authorized and empowered to retain all of the property and securitie s so received in the form in which they shall be delivered to it, without liability for decrease in the value of such property or securities , or, convert the same, and reinvest in other property or securitie s, in its absolute discretion . XQURTH; I give and devise all of my real estate to my said wife, for and during her natural life, with remainder in fee to my said two children, Edgar Brown Sellers, Junior, and Mauzy Napoleon Sellers, subject, however, to the following provision relating to the tract of two �--2-hundred and eight acres, more or less, known as the •Home Place," situate in Rockingham County, Virginia, and upon which I now reside, namely, that upon the death of my said wife, my son, Mauzy Napoleon sellers, shall have the right to become, and by complianc e herewith shall by operation of this will become, the sole fee simple owner of said "Rome Pl ce" at a valuation of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7000.00 ), if he so .. elects, by makJng payment to my eaid Ex~cutor on or before six months after the date of the death of my said wife, of one-half of said sum, or Three Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($3,600.0 0), together with interest thereon at 6% from the date of the death of my said wife to the date of payment, such paym nt to be for the account of Edgar Erown Sellers, Junior, and b disbursed by said Executor to him, his per- sonal represent ative or aas!gns. FIFTH: Should there become payable, or be paid, s~bsequen t to my death, a fund or funds from condemnat ion of any of my real estat b in proceedin gs instituted in my lifetime, such sum or sums shall r oeived by my Executor, and held invested and diepo ed of under the provision s of paragraph "THIRD• of this will. SIXTH: I appoint The Rockingham National Bank of Harrisonburg, at Harrisonb urg, Virginia, Executor of this my will. Signed and sealed as and for my last will and testam nt, without interlinea tion or erasure, at Harrisonb urg, Virginia, this 16th day of January, 1932. E. B. Seller a Sig~ed, published and declared, as and for his last will and testament, by the testator, Edgar Brown Seller, in our preeenc~ together, and we in hi a presence, and in th preseno of aoh other, and at his request, have hereunto set our hands ( SEAL) �--3--- as attesting mtnesses, this 16th day of January, 1932. s. D. Myers C. H. Mauzy In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, January 30, 1932. A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Edgar Erown Sellers, deceased, was this day presented in the offioe aforesaid and was fully proven by the oaths of s. n. Myers and c. H. Mauzy, the subscribing witnesses thereto, and the tax on same having been paid on an estate reported at $22,000.00, said writing is admitted to record as the true last will and testatement of Edgar Brown Sellers, deceased. The Rockingham National Ba.nlt of Harrisonburg , ne.m din said will as Executor and Trustee, thereupon appeared by A. Mason, its duly authorized trust officer, and the said c. c. A. Mason for and on behalf of said bank qualified as such Executor and Trustee by taking and subscribing the oath prescribed by la , and entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of Fifteen Thousand DOllars {$15,000.00) conditioned and payable as provided by .law and certifi- cate is granted said Executor for obtaining a probate of said will in due form. The following appraisers are appointed for said estate, any three Qf whom may act after int be&ng first duly sworn and who shall make report according to law, viz. M. H. Ha.r riaon, T. L. Yancey, Jr. E. s. Ashby, M. H. Harrison, Jr. and A. R. Ru.ff. Atteste: J. Robert SWitzer Clerk. '155 �STATE OF VI RGI NIA , COUNTY OF ID CKINGHAM , to- wit : I , J . Rob e~t Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , tbe same being a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the will of Edgar Brown Sellers, dated January 16 , 1932 , and admitted to probate in the Clerk ' s Office , January 30 , 1932 , as the same appears of record in Will Book 12, at page 32 , in my office as clerk aforesaid . In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of mys aid Court at Harrisonb urg, this 15th day of December 1933 . / Clerk of the Circuit ourt of Rockingham County , Virginia . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. 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 sellers-e-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, E. B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: One mile east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 207 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d3a0ce6514e18b623d24b084ec75bfbc.pdf ed390ed1abc0ac03b90828669db8c665 PDF Text Text ROCYJHGIW.• JOUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #211 - Sellers, o. ~Number of Acres: 14 .'1is tract is pe..rtl~r rrwo miles east of Isl, .nd J'ord . Location: insi<le und .' rtly outside the :'),-1rk ur·eo. . Roads: 'I' iO nile s OJ er IJO unty roc::.d to Isl:..nd Ford . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: ":,e Y'lerc11c-ntable ti:1 er· h.:..s been renoved fro:·:. t;::is trnct let.Vint onl:• fuel .. ood. Improvements: :one. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 14 ' ,,j . 00 _;70 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 70 . 00 6J . OO ,,,135. 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 6j . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 9 . 6Ll~ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ \3 �'-- ,-...-, C:).CJ),__ x:.f~ -------------------------------------------------- Claim of______ In the Circuit Court of__~ ~ ~--County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law. The State Commission on Conservat10n and Development ~the State of ,lli~ginia, Peti_ __________&~t<-AA-10'4. ____ ~ .l'W _ {iJI / ~ __ ~ tioner, vs. _____ , _ _· __ 4 ,.J~ ,6~ _I - ~ ------------------------------------------------------------more or less, of land in __ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to-th~-p~titi~~-~{ th~-State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ __~ ~ / : ~- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer ~o said 1W~ion anu ~t~ce. ___ "i:--: ? f ~____ :~ ;::eo;ce address i~:~M~--~~ __7J_q,,_"---_____________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or$arcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ acres, on which there are the following __:____________________________________ _ buildings and improvements=---------~ J-~-_______ :~~~;:;~~~;}~;~~~;; ~:~~~~~~~~~-id--====~~~;~;~.-;~ 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 01· 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.) ~ ---------------------------- xf' ----- ~ -· ------------------------------------- The land o,,rners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: North ___ · (!2/t) f'._~ ~ · - - - - - -Sou ·h---- -~ East ____ _J11fl:~Cf West ____ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -· ____ _ __ ___ _ /<.,..,~I ·------------------------------------------------------ :__yU}~?if~ ,____ CA/I _______ _______________ _________ ~ ' { . ] ~ ~ ~ 4 __ .______________________________ _ r . - I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__ [!i_/_P._ ___ in the following_ man'::Iwl ~ ~ &ifci:t,z, _-'------------------- ! claim that t~ total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----/.1)_())_~ ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- ---------· I am the owner oL ___ ~@':()______ acres of land adjoining the above ·described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $---~-------: ____ __. (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks· ----- -------------------------------------- --------- --- - --------- - - - --- - -- ----;~;~ ;~~;~~;~~~-(~~-~;-~~.:~-~~;-~c;:t~;;::::;tt~i::~~;~-~~~i;:; of_ __~ ------, 19'4/. . sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY ' OF_ _-J:__ __' { J _ , a ~---------------- _ - - - ---~'7}"77)- To-wit: _ _ The undersigned hereby certifies thaL _~------~ - ~ - _ - -----------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters an_d things ~Pp~ ring in his abov~ ~e; are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, thJS __ ____ qm ______ day of___ ~ -- --, 193;. ~ 'IA , .,-/ 1/ / __ ,______ 3 / Clerk of Notary Public, ~ --· · a o or . �county: nockinc;llam District: Jtonewull :-;......,.___o__ D• .-_,e __.....,.·'...~11 '' 11ors . Acreage Claimod:14 Deed ,, Value Claim.a d: '100. 00 Location: Laps: -Roads: H Area: 14 A. 2 miles east of Island Ford. This tra.ot io pertly inside a.nd partly utside the .1.ark o.rea. . !Hop e. Soil: 2 miles over oounty road to I sland Ford ~ - H:tstorv: 'Tho merohaht,...ble timber ha.s been re moved fron t hiG tract leaving only fuel wood. Inmrovemento: '!'imber: l one. . ucl v1ood 85 eds. · 75¢ p er od. ~ulue of land by,tyr es1 Value ner -:i. cre •. '5 .oo Acre.age . 14 . Total v:1lue of land -------------.... ,'65 .'7.o !,'otal 1..lue ·V. ?"o.oo 70.00 Total value cf im.1, rovezncn ts Total value of timber Total V lue of tract Average value d pet' o.ore 53 .75 '!1133.'75 9.55 22-7 . �[-1 211 - ~ .:,,.a 1 ·1 ~ers ' o.__D. County: hoo~ingh~TI District: Stone1all N ..... • J. c; r i ckhoff' ; . Kin · Slope Scc..le - l" - ·~v cht ins � 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 sellers-o-d.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, O. D. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 211 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/75ceee9cab337458f1d85b705e21167f.pdf 4b0452cb2549893e1797a724d7146bab PDF Text Text ROCKINGF...AM co· NAME OF CLAIMANT #199 - Sellers , T • . ,._l fred Number of Acres: 9 Location: Two miles eo.~t of Island Ford . the Park area . Roads: Two miles over county road to Isla nd Ford . Soil: This tract is entirely within Slope • • History of Tract and .condition of timber: There isl no merchantable timber on t his tract and it has been repeatedl~burned ovec. Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage • Ridge: Slope: Total Value Value per acre $ 45 . 00 t5. 00 9 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: 20 . 00 $6ti . OO Minerals: Value of Land:$ 65 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: S Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 20 . 00 Value per acre for tract : $ ? • 2 2 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . I' - -~~ - / ~~ ~- - - -' -_ CLEH<: . �_____ 199 creo.ge Cle.imodt Velue Cleined: rn Locatio n: county: Rook:nghrun Di strict: s tonana.11 ,._T. ---- ---- Alfrod Sellers lSSessed . 50 1 " 8 .140 Deed ( Inherite d 8 .140 ·.ores ) 50 . 00 2 milos east of Island Fora. . the ark a r ea . 11 {1925) This :bract is entirely within Laps: oil: Roads: Slope. 2 niles over county road to !sland Ford. History : There is no mex·chan ts.ble timber on this tro.ct ana ..:. t l:e.s been repeated ly burned over . Imnrovar nen·ts: Timber: :..one. 40 ods . of fuel wood 50¢ p er ed.---- -- 20 . 00 Value of lnnq_'by typcc:_ vnc Slone Value Eer o.orc ~ase 4.00 9 Totul value of land tal Value 36 . 06 .... 36 .oo Todial value of i n:1 rovemen ts Total value of timber 20 . 00 Total value ot tract 56 . 00 AveraGe value per acre 6.22 lo1 �Claim oL-~-~~-r------------------------------------In the Circuit Court o L d f ~ ~ o u n t y , Virginia, No. ________, At Law. ::.:.t~--~~~~~~~-~~~--~~-~-~~~~~-~~~i: 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 t h e ~ of sJi~ petitioJ and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o L - - - - ~ ~ C o u n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to sai notice. :; :::•o:;;-~~ -is _____ - -_- ~~¾2D1!]lfi~ I·claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about_ __ buildings and improvements: _____________ _________________________ ___________ __________ _ cf:-£ _____ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from_:/!~/..&i.£_ This land is located about_/~ ____ miles Virginia, in the~~agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) --------------- -------~ ~ r ------- ---------------------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above descri ed tract or parcel of land are as follows: ~:::~~~~~ - --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ East __ ~ ~ - ------------------------------------------------West---~-..LJ:~---------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year Lf1J2_in the following manner: --------~--~~-~!"'-~- ~ - 1 . . J ' . L ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__L/.2,_~--· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or in~est, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-_g__/_~~-· I am the owner oLLL'_~_~ ______ 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~1Be 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). of aa:s_L:~-:~~:~~r1:3tr my name an: :it:~~~h ---h~~~~}~~~~~~~:y ~ - OF VI~GINIA, COUN~ QF____ ___if.7 - -------- - :----, ~~ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____ :f_: ___ ~ ~ 1 - - ~-----------------the above named claimant personally appeared befor;-tfii~ and made oath that the matters and belief, and things appearing in his~aboveanswer are true to the best of his k~wledge this _______..1.f.'.'. _______ day of__ ___tj__ ._ __ ___ __ , 193'/. c;:PauJ, -{- 'J--/ 4-/. -----------------------------------------~f=tlre Court, or Specia-l Invesbigato1 OP 1/ 6 l Notary ~ c , ~ >i~. /9.$1 ~ 3~ �Claim of___ ~ ~~ ~---~ ----------------------- In the Circuit Court of _ __ ~County, Virginia, No. ___ _____, At Law. The State Commission on Conser ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____ _____________________________ ___ _______ ___________ ___________________ ____ _ 1fi:'~d~w~~~teC~~~;;;i~/~~i~~a,C~~::~v~~\'! and DeTu;~~de~~fgn~~. velopment of the State of Virginia,~1°fn °response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ~ng of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL/{l~~ _ - ~ o u n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sa· petition and to said,,n tic My name is__ _ -::; ~Jt,:;,-U-- ------J5)---------------------------My post offi.ce address is ____~ __ y:c;c__..,_f/J!.:__~---------------------1 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-impro~ - - - ; ; . ~~- ~ - ---------------------- d --------------This l~IJ,d is locate9J,;lbout_ __~__ ____ miles from ____~ - - - -Virginia, in th e ~ agisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above. ) - -------- ----------------- --------- ------- --- -- - - - - ~ /7~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North ___________________ ____ __ ________ ____________________ __________ ___ ____________ South __ _________________________ ___ ____ ___ __________ ________ __________ ___ _________ _ East ____________ ______________ _______ _______________________ ___ ___________________ _ West __________ _______________ _________ _______ _____________ _______ _____ fl/d- ---- I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year___ following manner: -~in the _/4.£.__·_ ~ k4-__'7-2/-~-f£---hl-2'-2::-:::-:_~_ -------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ 1)._.,2'.f2~-~-d_ __ . 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_ ___ -4:'.'_________ 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 $_}_/?_t?___~-~-----· (In the space below should be set out an y additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a desc:::::k:f ~~~~4~:cel of land b y - = ~-~ · ~-----------~ ~ -- - ~ - - ~ - - - ~--~ k - -- --- -:_A1f_~__ /d._~ ~ , . . . . . ~ ~ - , q E - ~ ~;,--------;,z__ - -~-~~-~ ~ ~-9.,,,r - - -~- --- -~- - ---------- -- ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___~_l _______ day of_ _?,--9:-s.-.--=-==------, 193l ___ _;? ~ -~ -'-:"1/4..11f:~.~ e - STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ ___ - - -----------~ -------, To-w1 : _ _ _ ___ ________ _ _ The undersigned hereby certifies that_~ .P ~ .,1; ::--__ the above named claimant personally appe~befur~~ and ma oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this ______-?=;3 _______ day o L ~ --, 193<£ ______ _____ #ju �Go ..mty : ~.oc 1:ing ...1 m District : N lctt 1 'J . '7. Sel eob Yost Li-.;G'"';'TD S ope .;cule - l" ~o cha ins tone ,all � 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 sellers-t-alfred.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, T. Alfred Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two miles east of Island Ford Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 199 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cdd1722f7118bfe7d2e00736e9a76ab8.pdf 9c25483c961726b3829862d266020ed8 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #206 - Sellers , T. N. Dr. - ~state Number of Acres: 6 6 Location: Two Mile Run. This tract is entirely within the Park area . Roads: Two miles to Island Ford over country road . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: 11 merchanta ble timber has been removed and the tract has been repeatedly burned over . Dwelling: Frame , 15x39' , 4 rooms , bi'i ck flues, 1 st cry ,plastered , poor condition , abandoned , spring . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 64 ~3 . 00 $192 . 00 2 25 . 00 50 . 00 '1,)242 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: 66 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 242 . 00 Value of Improvemen ts: $ 10 0 . 0 0 100 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00 ~· 357 . oo Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 55 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ . NONE . -----~------------/4~~--~ --------'_ CLERK. ~ �>: County: Rockingham Distri ct; Stonew all # 2oe u. Seller s, ~nt . M1sess ed 66 A Deed: 660 . 00 " 120 " 1wo mile Run. Thi Acrear ;e Claime d: 66 Val e Claime d: Locati on: Dr. i:. Acquired 66 acres 1871 for ""al.00 Area: 66 A . the Park firea . within ly tract is entire Lape: ~ : Slope 2 miles to Island Ford ov r countr y :road. Road : Hi tory: All merch antabl e timber has been removed a.nd the tre.ct has been repeat edly burned over. Improvements: Value or lam Dwell ing--:t'rame, l~ x ~9, room 4, flues brick, l story, plas tered $50.00 poor cond . aban<lo ned, spring , values b,;; types: 1m (B 11rned) Slope Total value ot lend Total value or improvements Total 1'31.ue of tract Average value per acre Value pe~ acre X1.oo Total Value ;g66.00 $ 66.00 b0.00 110.00 1.76 211., �____________ ____ '----> }?.Oo - Dr . .L . ~ • Sellers__,_, ounty : Loc:dneh"'.m Di strict : St neu ..... 11 N Slope Sc~le - l ' = ~l ch~ins � 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 sellers-t-n-dr-estate.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, T. N. Dr. Estate Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 206 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/77d0f793d207f3fef8ba0c8268dfba61.pdf 4fe202e4ec84be6f9ccf8a6141188bb6 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAlVI COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #197 - Sellers , W. ll. Number of Acres: 124 small portion of this tract is outside of the Location: Two Mile Run . Park area . Roads: Two miles to Island Ford over county road . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber : A very nice stand of mixed oak, white tract . In spots the chestnut oak this on is pine and yellow bark and cross tires were being for peeled and cut has been made of the down chestnut oaks at the time of examination. Improvements: None . Acreage and value of type_s: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 124 @ $620.00 $5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 900 . 00 $1520 . 00 Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 620 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: ~ 00 . 00 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 12 . 25 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . -~-~:_c~~- ~ - ~---~~ �~~a::. ~~~t::e:it::~:~~;~~;;;~~;,-~~~::::::::,-~;~~~ The State Commission ~;C;;;;~n and Development of th~. State of Virginia, Petitioner, v s . ~ - ~ - 4 a : : & t - ~ 1- ---------------- ---------------- ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 ~ ~ - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------- --- more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said p ~ d published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_A_,n,,,A~ ---------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answe;t;~hrp~ tition and to said notice. :~ ;::·o::~:~~~A--:A7=¥P~=: I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ .3___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ -;~;s-~~~~-~~-1~~~~~~-~~~~t-_-L-~---_-_-_:~1~~-~~~:~J~Ji--~~~~~~~~~,-~~ the __________ :-______ Magiste:rial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) If _________________________ /-:.J_MP___ ~-,------------------------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws: North __ _?~~~----- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------S o u t h ~ -~----------- -------------- -------------- -------------- - -r::::t:~ ~,====:::::=====::::::::::::::::==::::::==::::::::::== I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __/Jg!J-:-:_in the following manner: ______________ / __ . ------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- ---------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $____ .!j._O.. _______. 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!._l)_ _________ , I am the owner oL_/_,,._________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $-~$-~-"'------ ---· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --- - ---------------- -- . . ---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witnes~mtsignatur: (or my name and 1:1Kk attached her:to •this ____ day ~~~~-;~~ OF____Jl~-;---, /..z...-____ T o - w ~-- The undersigned hereby certifies t h ~ ~--~ ~-~ ~ the above named claim?nt personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters : j:_~~~~:;_~:~~~~~-~::i:f~ff3~~-:~~:;~~~~:~:~f: r--1, t.-/f/...,L...P/ ~ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or 1/0 / Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. p4 - ~ �County: District: #197 - Sellers, Aorea3e 0 la.ir.ie d : ' Value Ola.toed: Location: 146 _,7000 . 00 Two Mile Run. i.s outoid w. Rookinghan Stonewall M. Aaaesaed: 146 . 16 Aaaeaaed: $ 580 . 00 Deed: 146 . 16 A. (1919) Deed: Partition deed. Area, 124 A. A sr.1all portion of this tract of the l?o.rk area. Inounbra.nces 1 counter olaios or laps: Soil : Slope . Roads: Two niles to Island Ford over county road. Histor;y of tract and condition ,of tiober : A very nice atand of oixed oak, white ruid yellol pin~ is on this tract . In spots the chestnut oak has been out and peeled for bark and croao tires were being re.de of the down chestnut oaks at the tine of exanination . Io;provet1ent~ i None . Tiober , 124,000 bd. ft. Q $8 . 00 per M. ----$992. 00 . Value ,qf land by types: Value ;eer a.ore ~5 . 00 Total value of land 620 . 00 Total value of tinber 992 . 00 Total value of tract 1612 . 00 /4verage value per acre Total Value ,5620 .oo j l3. 00 lo$ �,'/19'~ Sellers , ,' .___& N #t?-1 / / ~-i:.J h " •>r f orris· ," 1/P · ' ; / f illie ::: . _., . L a 1 • ca_,,_ '20 c11 ins _ ickle ~st . � 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 sellers-w-m.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, W. M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Two Mile Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 197 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/498f67de052d5232ca48cee7ec15288a.pdf 844c5e205dbc4556d3cab39ccaf3fc31 PDF Text Text I / I NAME OF CLAIMANT #175 -- Number of Acres: Location: v. Sellers , ,vm. 159 Roads: On east side of Simnons G-....l) Roc..d , about one mile north of Si,..11.nons G~p. :rt is approxiautely five miles to Swift Run Post Office over ~n ordtn.::.ry dirt roe:..d; t:1a:1ce three n"_le.:; to Elkton o~er t~e Spottswood ~rai l. Soil: ... 11e soil is a clL-y l our.11 with G: very slicllt mixtur J of s a nd . History of Tract and condition of timber: ':'lii s tract has b ,en used c1liefl y for genera.l fur 1ning :'or r1:.-lny years os indicat d by the buil<lings -found on it . Sane of -~he better grade o:' oc.k and yellow poplar logs ,, re cut from t::is tract about fi v., :rears n o . '.:'he remaining st~nd is estin-ted to c1t us follows ; 92 :_. ft. Oa.k (rnostly red oak ) 15 II . ft. hickory -10 • Improvements: pop l ctr - 13 A. pin~ ,. mc1 ot 11er& - to :ul 130 .l • Dvmlli 'lg : Fr~,me , 26x44 ', 1 0 r ooms, porch 10x20' , net a l roof , brick and sto:1 fl· 1 es , 2 story , ceiled , water supplyspring , solid :i.oun<lution, celltir , 10xl2 ' , f1..1.ir conclition , occuJied by ten~nt (l~s . Wood ) . Woodsi1ed: Fr:1: _e, 8xl0x6 ' , s:.-11 '1(lle- bo~rd roof, ..;>oor condition. T.1e.1t house : Log , llxllx l O',.sl1intle , f\.ir conc:j_-cion . SJring house : Log , 8xl7x8 ', slii.nGl roof, f . ,ir condition • .lo.sh house : Fre.1a.e, 1 2x26x8 ', shingle roof , poor oondi ti on . 3arn : Fr~,~e a 1"' log , 42x87xl6 ', shingle roof , poor cond ition Bugqy shed : Frm,1e , 1Gx22xl 0 ', shingle roof . Gr~(n ry : Log ~mcl fro.ne, 2b~3lx l 3', shingle roof , poor condition . . f[;.gon s:1ed : 20x23xl2', fr' ·1e , G:1i:n.c;le roof , poor eon 1 itio11. Orchard : 5 - ores . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per·acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 77 ~.A: . 00 ..,308 . 00 5 15 . 00 75 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: 72 -~, 5 3: . 00 2520 . 00 ,r'2903 . 00 50 . 00 230 . 00 1 300 . 00 600 . 00 30 . 00 :;,;5100 . 00 Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2903 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1300 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 2:50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 600 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 30 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 33 . 10 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ..Tone . ~ - / ~ -~ 71 �REPORT ON THE ACREAGE of tlie WM. V. SELLERS TRACT #175. This tract is covered by an apparently good description, by bearings and distances, calling for 140 Acres. However, measurements made on the ground prove that the closing line is eight chains longer than called for in the deed, and that, on the opposite side of the tract, an incorrect bearing is given for one line. These errors tended to balance each other in closing the tract, so that a good closure was obtained in spite of them. Computing the acreage af ter making these corrections, I get 159 acres as the area of the tract. #/1/J V w.-~ 07&a.-iA--- 's1oan ~ Chief Engineer Park Service 72 �~ County : Distri ct: H,l7p • Seller s, Wm. y. _ Acreas e Claime d: 140 *Asses sed: 140 A. 1 ~.8400 • 00 Assesse d1 $1'150, 00 Value Ola!iiied Deed: 140 A~ Deeds $6000. (1925) 159 A •~ On East side of 51.m:mona Gap Road, about one mile of Simmons Gap . AREA. Loca.ti otu Rockingham Stonew all Incumb rances 2 counte r el aim& ,or- lnJi?s 1 north None so far ns known. Soil: The soil is a clay lAe.m, with a very slight mixtur e of ae.nd. Roe.de: It is approx1 .ma.tel7 f1.ve n4les to Swift .Run P. o. over an ordina ry dirt road, thence three miles to Elkto~ over the Spottsw ood Trail . Histor y of tract and condit ion of timber : Thia tract hns been used ehle1'1 y ?or genera l farmin g .for many years as 1nd1 ... cated by the buildin gs found on 1t . Somo of the bet t er grade of oak add yellow poplar loge were cut from this tract about five years ago. The remain ing stand is estimated to cut as follow s: 92 M. ft. Oak (mostl y Red Oak) 15 M. ft. Hickor y 10 M. Poplar 13 M. P1ne and o t hors ... 15g I. Improvements: , s"'>- Dwellip g t Frame, 26x44' 10 roomo., Porch 10x20' , metiil roof, brick and stone flues, 2 story, ceiled Water SU.Jply- Spr1ng ., solid foundn tion--C ellar, 1 ·1::d2' Fair condit ion, occupie d by tenant•- -fY.!'s~ Wood) 850. Woodshed: Frame, 8x10.x6 • . Sh1ngl e•board roof - poor• 5. Meat ffou.'"se& Log, llxllltl O, shingl e, fair cond'n 20. Spri!!B Rouse: tog., 8xl7x8 1 , shingle roof, fair 35. Waah1iouse: Prame, 12x26x 8 1 , shingle roof, poor 10. Srn:_ Frame', _sx "l • s h ingle roof, poor 200. 7& log l Buggy Sheds Frame, l6x22Xl.O t, ehingle roof• 25. Granar y: ' tog and Frame, 2lx31x l2', shingl e roof, poor condit ion ------ --150. wyon Shefi: 20lt23x l~ 1 Frame, shingle roof,p oor- _._..3..,.5.. .,. Orchar d: 5 A. AereN>e and Value of lanp Acreag ,: . 77 'Slope Fe· "/2 Fr 6 ~= Orchar d 5 :[59 * bz @ tao.. ---- tzyes C $400 . 00 value per A. $S.ol5 30 . 00 10 . 00 so.oo (Contin ued) 81836. Total Value ~s1.oo 2160 . 00 50 . 00 ~iR1.b6 �#1"15• Sellers, wm. v . (oontinued) Total value ot lam: Total value of orchard Total value of improv~~ente $2441 . 00 400. 00 1330. 00 · Total value of timber * 130 M. ft . @ 5.•--~ Total value of tl'act~•-~ • ~45~1. 00 Average value per acre: 030.32 Note: 650 . 00 Tho difference in the area found a.nd the aereag assessed is attribut d to what appears to have been an erroneo urvey. ·A check of eeFtain boundary lines t the time th1 tract was examined indicates that at least one line had been measured too short. �~ Rockingham Sto new all Cou nty; Distx-1ct; #17 5 • Sel lers , Wm. v. N M. Burke et al . !I ,,. f: w.w. ,,· ·. ~ ,, ll ·.. II t Ale x 11 ''J' ·;. • " \S'T Shi ffle tt i ....... Mra .n.c.coleman .' Fe II II II ·.. & ~ .' Fr .:· T. L.Yaneoy . .... Joao ph Wood Ambrose Shi f~l ett ~EG,ElID: ,.,.., Slo pe Til lab le Orchurcl Fie lda •res too kin g Sca le - l" = 20 cha ina � 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 sellers-wm-v.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sellers, Wm. V. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Simmons Gap Rd 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): 175 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0a1d102bdd6cd0474964e5bae1598b46.pdf 9bd117e2831a0f83a85f844201e613f6 PDF Text Text :ROGKilIG.. 111 COUlHY NAME OF CLAIMANT .Sellers , .!. ;·: . & E . B. ,1179 Number of Acres: Location: 188 Top of the Blue Ridge north of Simmons Gu.p , lying in both Rockin6'1·...rn r.__nd "'reene Counties , ancl ~ntirely ,, i. thin tl'1e ark aree.. 3ight miles over f.;ood clirt ro:..1.d to Yt...ncey , the nearest shipping point . Roads: Soil: See raver e sid& History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract hus been e;ut over at: various tines. :ost of the stund is de8.d 0l-1estnut up -l;;o 30" DBII ,1 ith sc1J.ttered red ouk up to 24" DBH and 1,:itl. ocec..sion::.l smetller trees of poplar, ash t...,1d chestnut o·.1k and tlierP has been no fires in the past severul years . It is estinrted to cut '25 :~. su; tir1.ber . 500 cords o:' extract ,; )Od - 500 locust posts .. Improvements: Tenant ~ouse : Frune , 16x29', 4 rooms, ~ story , porch 6xl6' gootl JonG. · . , to'Yl . Barn:__ i::r-,••V ,l _J'r·, ,.3 , lGx.30', :1:3tc 1 roof, poor con~-ition . 1 h"' Lo•t.) ' v use· ~ S _,ring l10use : l r.,,,x8 ', 8x8 ', -' _ s}1 'L1!r l e roof . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 68 ~5 . 00 ~340 . 00 118 36 . 00 4248 . 00 ~4588. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 735 . 00 Cultivated Land: 50 . 00 Orchard: 1:50.00 Minerals: 50 . 00 Value of Land: $ 4588 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ ? 3§ . 00 v5573 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of 'fimber: $ 150. 'JO Value of Wood: $ JO . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 29 . 6L.i: Incidental damages arising from the taking~is ~~n~ �OI L: S8..ndy lot.m o:' fCJ.ir cle:9tll ~nd fertility. m:ie wooded pc.rt 1 s very rock" t....n :,he slope :-: re noueJ·c... te or1 the [Tu.Zing l, 111' ~n<l st,·e' on the tinbered portions. The first class gruzi~~ 1 nd ht.s ~ f~ir sod ith uo~sider~ble blud gruss, so 1 10 shee) sorral nc1 ,l ,.,ds. There is so:.is loose It spews up bt....dly in tlm rouk nd patches of poor soil . ;L,.Jcer . 'Tl:1ere is very little ~ ter on t'1e tract . ?he second clt.. ss 11'.:ls thin socl , m:ny b ackberries , uore rock --..nd some brush . 1 �Qh1mmnumtaltl1 nf llirgiuia TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL December 27, 1933 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virginia have t his 27 day of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockinghrun County . dated 12/30/33 ' in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. paid to _~ . Cassandra Laws~o=n~A~t~lr=~ i=n=s~--------- w. Sellers , R. F . D. 4 , Elkton , Virginia $~2~ J,~7~8=6~·~5~0~___ b e ing in full settlement of tract #--1...79 in the above mentioned cause. ) �C!rnmmnuwtaltb nf 1!1irgiuia TREASURE R'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA , Decembe r 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA w. w•.Sellers R. F . D. 4 Elkton , Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of Virginia , the sum of$ 2 , 786 . 50 , in accordan ce with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingh am entered on the 20th day of Decembe r 1 93~ , in the matter of the State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent v ___ __,_C~a~s~s~a_n~d,...._r.,,,a.___..L...,,a,,_,w"---'s~o=n=-=A~t=k=i=n=s~____ an d others , being full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land known in said proceed ing as# Sign origina l and duplica te and return to the Treasur er of Virginia . 1_ _7_9_ _ _ �QJ:ommnuwtalt11 of llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 27 day of December in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 12/20/33 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. - - - - - - Cassandra Lawson - -Atkins -- - -- -- - - - - - paid t 0 _~ockingharn National Bank, Executor of E. B. Sellers , De ed. · Harrison Lurg , Virginia $ 2 , 786 . 50 being in full settlement of tract #__JZ/9 in the above mentioned cause. �C!!nmmnunttaltlJ of lllirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. December 27 , 1933 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Roc4ingha.m National Bank ~._ Executor of E. B. Sellers, deceased Ha~risonb urg, Virginia Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2 , 786 . 50 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Roc kingham entered on the 20th day of December 1 93L , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ _ C_a_s~s~an~d----"-'-r-"-a~L_a.c..cw.c..cs.cc..o=n=-=A'--"t=k=i=n=s~____ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land k nown in said proceedin g as #__,1=7~9~- - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Claim of __::,;; .. --.J.. --&-e-1-le~--s- - , __,1_!!__1l Jt_.J.ellars4______________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court oL-~c.tingh-4m ------------Coun ty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-tioner, vs.--~~--:g.! __JeJ.l~_:r§__.&_'1.l...__ J.. __ 3.all.ars..,__ Tw.£l _lruud..racL.e.l'.l.d- -t,h.J.'.!.e-e--&-e-:Fes _______(2..0..3_.a.n.raai _________________________________. ---------------- ---------------- more or less, of land in_BQ~-~ingh.?JJlL _____________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ___ -.Ro.c..kingham. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as ~tlnswer •<aMid ·petition and to said notice. ~enam'3xs _____:D . - 3 • ~fl~~r~ . &8 ~· :;.ss~~l~rtin -- -. 9rd - . Virginia - ~nd rn ..J.Ji:fQ-U+-~.i.rg.i bi.D_... ________ _ 1he ~ post office address so___j _.__ ,., ... __ Xi c1{1m a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __~Q~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements; __ J)VLellin.g._h.ous .a,.._.a.t.a.hle_.n n.a__an. _or..c...ha..xd_.o..f ____ _ .;)s}lil.x.s.__ ____f.o...rty__or__fif_ty__tr..e..as..________________________________________________________ _ This land is located about__.l_Q ____ ___ miles from ___ _l§]__a_nd_ 1 0J.'J L,.. ______ ___ Virginia, in the--,- -;.itonawtlLMa gisterial District of said County. X 1c1aim 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.) _______ ________ ___ __ ____ .J..o..in.t._ era ___ ______ ______________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ____ .;t.:.n orose _ .::>hifle tt ___________________________________________________ _ South _____ __________ }luf.f.Jnn.. ____ ______ ___________________ __ _____ ______ ______ ____ _ East ___ _.J).r.--G~..t-G..r-t-on ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------' West ____ E..ilar3rot.he. x.s------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------Xlc~~quirecbm.~1i-fght, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_i~1_9_____ in the following manner: ________________ ey_P~cha~e- ___ .. . __ ·---------------- - ---------------- ------------ ------ ----- ;;e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1-9_._QQ_Q________ , Iccraim 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 $10....,QO_Q ________ • d' · · t he a bove descr1'bed tract or none le are _______ ____ __ acres of 1an d a~_J91mng the owner of .___ :l:mn parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which J:vt!ih.im will be damaged bj~the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $2:.~-4_~--- ---· (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 a4d bounds). --)t,_J »«•1' _dt~~~~--~ ---~ -i!.-o~--~ - ~ C1J "-.,fJ....,L 0ey__A__Q- ...._.. ..., __ ~ _J _A.M.J..._f:4 _ t. <AMAf' _~ - ~ Remarks: _'2__~ t. -J.__"!"f-<:,.: .... ~ ~ ~-~uv,,.__.,,c::.¥.,..__ ~~~~~ - •• •!_ _§"_~ ~-~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~--=---t ~-e -- -- - --- __ :..~ --~ -~ . -~ -~L-)----- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness,m§''J;lgn atureS(or '."y name and md;'k a t ~ hereto) this____ J8_tti__;J;:day H-___ !__,(J_,., t ~ -~ 2/c~M-::!. ~ ;:::: 5· 3· oL __~.e.b.ruaiy------ -, 193tl. ~ 01 s:, STATE OF VIRGINIA, GOUN'f'¥ 'oF~ ~ ,%":;:;~~it : The undersigned hereby certifies that..J_.__.3.._...s.elle..r.s_.&. _-:.. _..,_____ ...3ell.e.rs------- -ex., 3 ~ g:, a, the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters z,..; § ~ and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, () ;:&,.. ~ 18th · (,) c:;t (/) ~ this________ _______ day oUahruar.,r_____~~~ ~ ~ f ! e e i t t l Imestigarm--.m--Notary Public, _or Jw,stiee ef e=lit Peace.[ [ g- ;=' -~~~=----<1~-"____ ��li X1 __ d~-- -- J ---------------- ------------Claim of______ In the Circuit Court o L _ ~ - ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conser~on and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- tioner, vs. _________2t w~-- ~ ------------------------------------------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. _ more or less, of land in The undersigned, in answer to the pe ·on 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 L ~ ~ ~ - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to saBV~~tition and to said notice. My name is ______ ~_,;r.' My post offi.ce address is ____ .ti~----'2£v .~---------- ------------- -I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___j_½_Q _______ acres, on which there are the following , d ~ ------------------------------------ ::: = This land is located about_ ____ -'.z _____ miles f r o m _ f ~ ~ - - - - - - - Virginia, in theJ~_Ma gisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -------- - ------------- ~-~-l uu-~ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ _rni.lli ~-~ft-~- -~-~-It2 ~-------------- --------~ - - - -----------South ___ ~ . - f f l _ , . ~__t __ _~ East ____ /'J1AA;_J__ f : ~ 71'-t1-::a..d___. __ ____________________________________ _ .d~ r;J.A,, -- _ __ __ ---------------- ---------------- ---------West______ ~~~------I acquired my right, title, estate or i terest to this property about the year _.12~6-:fu the ~ ~~:=-~~I~ ='-.~& u-~ ---------~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__'i{_f._~_"c}!._p_!?___ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parM~ o! land with the improvements thereon is $- -~~-~ ~--?j-~-I am the owner of_ __ ../!l!f}_______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro---· posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $-~ (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a 1~ti1~ ~ ~-~ - description of th- tr:ct o~~a~c __: __ ----=---- ~-< {Hy;f-~ ~~-- ----/ I_, ___ , :- ___a_-r-~-~-~ ---~------~ -- ~ - ----------------------- --- - ----- - ------ ----- - ----- -- ---- -------- - -- ( Continue remarks if necessa~ o~ he back). ~y signature ~1~my name and mark attached hereto) this __~ _____ _day fl)!;~~ ;~~~~~;~~. l~~~TY OF_;e,~;z-----2t~~~---------- The undersigned hereby certifies that_~ ~ -=-- ---------- ----- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, th / / J/ 3 I i•--= : ; ;_--= da: ~oL? ~--- 1/ -__;;;~ / · / 7 ~ I ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ al -- vesti;tor-or Notary Public, or Justice of ne Peace. 3&.:, �Claim of_ ______ ~ In the Circuit Court o L _ ~ ~ ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, No. ________, At Law. ::e:,ta:: _Commiss)t:,o ~ : n ~ v e l o p m e n t of the State_of_Virginia, Peti- J'r, ~- ----------------------------- ________ _ --------------------- .-~ ---------.... ------------ ------------ -. --..------------ ---------more or less, of land mfl(.~~,AA .~-~,,.J __________ County, V1rgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court o L ~~ ~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sajff' petition and to said notice. ~~-k-~ -------------------------------------- My name is ____ ~iy post office address i s - - - ~ - r - -U--~--- ------------ ------------ --I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___g~~ -- _______ acres, on which there are the following ~~~~~~~~:-~~~-~~~:_o-~em~~-~~:::~~:~::=::~ :::::::: ;:z______ This land is located about_ ___ miles from_ ~ qf _ ~ - --Virginia, in theJ ~__ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) -~----~ -~-~- - & .£L ~ - ~ i f d ------.. . --12- ~ -------------------------------------------------------------The land o,vners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North ___ ~ ~-.la.~ -~ ~ ~ ------------ --- - ------------ ------ - South ___ East ___ ~ -f;_~--------------------------------------- ,&~ ~ -- f t ~ ----------------------------------£_ ' _ West--- ~ --L- h ~------------------- --------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_/2LB :__in the follo'lf:Lmtl:'.v ~f _h-<t.t.er:¾,:-~ _::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $-/-0-~_<.)_.Q.,_(l_-r)__ _ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or pa~el of land with the improvement s thereon is $--~]J'_Q_cl!..~__D __ . I am the owner oL __/1!1}__ ____ ____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the pro- ------- - ------------ ------- - --------- - ------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of itne~s- mY_:~~:~~1~my namend~a:~-: ~~ ~~::=:~:~ ATE OF IRGINIA, COUNTY OF_~ ~ - , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies thaL ______,_11('_~ - ~------------ ---------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, is-~ ~;---:- : oL_;z:4:- -:~:,;tP~blic :~~ ~CZ fiE nvestigator-or , or Justice othe Peace. th / // ~ ~~ �- '--- '-..__,,- Claim of______ ~Lh~-A ~------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_'}1.b_~ -~-- ~ - - - C o unty, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conse tion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, ____ ft1 fr~--------------------------------------------------------------- ~~;~-~;1~~~~-;i1~~a-i~ -=--=--=====-=~~~~=~~c;~~~;:vi;~;;i~~-D~f~~-d~~~-------The undersigned, in answer to the etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ ~ -~~ -~ --- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to s~ petition and to said notice. · My name is ____ ftL.7,f-, ~ --------------------------------------My post office address is ___ .tr;~~r--~ -----------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ___i_'1-:-_ .6. _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ This land is located about__L ~ ------miles from_.12.~_:t_~--- Virginia, in the_c l ' ~Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ------- - - -- ~u----f:!J_J -~ - ---- ------ - -------- ---------------------------- w~ rh The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: I f / ~ ~ ------------------ North_. J+.~ .4 _ South ______ a,_,_(3, ,/(;)_Jj!_gf,,~-----~----------------------------------------East ___ __ t'p~ ~)+~~ ---------------------------------------------West_ ____ Jy.,Luc£e__. _4- -~ --~-- ~ ---I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_J_!}_ j_~_in the following manner: c,,. ©.~ °F ____________ ak ~ --Pf _P6-l)-.,L_JL_'J14 ~~ _______________ _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_;z...d..a..d-1_<)_u____ , 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 $__ /_0_4_ <-2·-~__c(__ . I am the owner o L ~-~cres 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 }and b~ met~ and b~1£Y1~) . ,/ / . . Remarks: _J,&1.._ .l__'ld-14.~_f e_~ tu__ _f e ~ -~ -~ - -~ ~---~ ( _ ~---~ --- $..;i£dAlldet~ A.k-_,txr_f!_~~-kf._.k1d,~--~- 1 t R - ~ - ~-H4--&-:7-ill_~_e-~_J:4 _______________ _ ------------------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). of_ W;~~;::~~~:~~r1~~my nam~~:~~-:~e~o~~~~~d:~ X?t~-1-n--------, STt;-~;1IRGINIA, COUNTY OF To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies th~~:[jf_~JJJ_'..,R_~-------------------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things apP.earing in his ~ e answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, day oL~ ~- --- --~ 19 . ~~ this __ _____ Lp ______ ?-//3-/:J-/ M ·/4 ~ ~ _ /1/ ··- ,._ / . ---------------~ - - ------_ o the Court, or Special estigator or ---- -- C Notary Public, or Justice of ~~ e Peace. 3':>l �_,_--~ ~--------------------- of}U;_f£l.J~ Claim In the Circuit Court o f ~ ~ C o u n t y , Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.__ , , < ) ~_ ~ -------------------------------------------- --- -----------------. ·/.J .: .:;z~ - - - - - - - - - - - . -. .---------------------- more or less, of land m/ -~ ~ _ __ _____ _County, V1rgmia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petiti of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the ing of said ·petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this ~ _ Court of as h:ya~:: :_m:_rn_:~ o sai~ ~o~~~e~ ___ '\ --------------- 7/47 _ -----~.t/_~ - ----~---My post office address is__ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interi:,t jn a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _____ .!Q,. ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _____ _________________________________ _____________________ _ ~~~:;~:~~:~;:;;;:~:~~~~~iie:{~~~~~~~;~-;~ 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 of1 ~~~!bed above. )n ~,1 ~ r _ ~ h_G u / _ a d _ f 6 ~ ~-.'~~~-~~~-~- - --- ----- - _,_ s_~~------- ~ _JL~ f:~~ ~:~ -: ~: ~ :d_IT~-c:_: _pa: :~:~-~ ~:-~ :_: :~l~ ~ V, ---- ---- ~ --------------------------------------, 4 - _ West_ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this· property about the year_(~ - ~ ---in the f:;;~e~41/jp~ - - ~ ~ ~-~ $-~w. ~--· Jt ~ f-2~-clai-- t at~~~. , , . - ~ ~ ~ with the improvements there- I claim 0iat 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 ~ ~tli.;(-6'/ I am the owner of_ __ 11 ,:. _______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying o~~ 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 . . , t s and bounds). description of t~ / ~ract or par.eel of land by meE &farks: -!f<X7f-, ___ __ ~ ' : d _ ~ 1U,(,--~ Lr1rflU4,_~-!~_--lM--ct---~ ~-_ p _ ~ ~ ~---~ ~ i t f : ! : : t J ~-~ ,,_-ZfilA£~' :tt;,~ ~ti/!:ff;_pue~:1};i;;_/:Jt::::-,~~ :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ of_~ ~-:~~:~~l~ my name and :::~ ------ - ----, To-wit: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ ~ ,,,.,.._,,..., _ ---------------------- The undersigned hereby certifies thaL l l " h -~--~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the :e_est of his knowledge and belief, th ~/;3 / I 31 i•- ~ j7 -- ~ ay,,: - hn / · ~ ~ ~~M--~;- 7 d:= ____ ~ al Investigator or Notary Public, or Justi~ of the Peace. �-- County: Rockingham District: Stone a ll County: Greene District: .onroe ,'/179 - Se l lers, ~ .. creage Cl a imed: Value Claimed: Locat ion: • & E. B. 203 .Assessed 203 a . " $2430.00 10 , 000 . 00 None kno n . ~andy l oam off i r de ~t h n~d f e r ti l ity. The ~c oded part is very rocky and the all.opes a re moderate on the gr a zi ng l a nd and s teep on the t i mber ed portions. The first ol ass gr a zing 1 ..nd as a fa ir s od wi th consi derable blue g r a s s , some sheep sorrel a~d weeds. There is some loose r ock and patches of poor so il. I t s pe sup badly i n t he i nter, There is very little uter on the tra ct. The s econd olass has thi n s od, many , bl a ckberries, more r ock and s ome br ush l hoads: 1..i ght mi l e s over good di rt road t o Yancey, t he nearest s 'l ip.:.. ping poi nt .. Bistoty: or / f , / ./ ,/ tf ' ,i • (1919) 4000 .00 Top of t h e Bl ue Ridge nortll o:f Si mmons Gap, l yi ng i n both Ro ck ingham a. <l Greene count ies, and ent i rely wi t hi n t he Park ar ea. I ncumbrances, counter cla i ms or laps: .§2!1: Deed: 20 3 ,· t r act and condition o f timber: The tru c t has been cut over at v·1r1.ous times. Most of the stand is dead che stnut up to 30" DBH 1th sca ttered red oa k u p t o 24 f' DBH and :vi t h occa siona l sma l l er trees of pop l a r, ash and chestnut oak nd t here ha s been no fire s in t he pa st several ye a rs. It i s esti"lated t o c t 25 M. sa w timbe r valued 'it 2 . 00 ----v 50 . 00 500 cords of ext r a ct ood valued oO•) l ocus t posts val ued 5¢ ;/ 15¢ ------- - 75. 00 25 . 00 $150 . 00 :tmpr$vements: Tenant house: Fr ame l 6x29', 4 rooms, 2 story, porch 6xl6' , good condition 400. J O ----- I\ ~ : Fr ame lox30', meta l roof, poor condition 300 . 00 ;\ Hen house: Log l 6x8', 35. 00 Spri ng house : 8x8', s hingle roof - 10. 00 r: /. ,' 145. oo f ( \ 1 \\ l. Value\ of l a nd by types: Rockingham Type 4 Slope i'1 Acreage County. Va Jue per acre 68 $2.50 Fg I ·~ Fg II / 53 65 35 . 00 f .· Fe \ \ ( 18~ Tot a l t ulue of orcha rd 34 . 00 Tot ~1 ;value or l and 3210. 00 Total value of i .::uprovemen t s 745.00 Tota l va lue of timber 150. 00 Tota l v lu~ of tra ct 4l39.00 Ave r age va lue per a cr e 22 . 02 17.00 40.00 Tota l Value 170 . 00 1855 . 00 1105. 00 80. 00 3210.0(} �County: Rockingham District: stonewall County: Greene District: Monroe #179 - Sellers. ; . ~. & • B. - Sellers, w. W. & E. B. (Rockingham. Co.) (Greene County) # Cont'd ~lue ot land by types: (Greene County) Total Value Value per acre Acreage $35.oe 15 $S25.0o Total value of land $525.00 Total value ot tract 525.00 Average value per aore 35.00 SUh,!L\RY Rocki ngham & Greene Counties. Slope Fg I Fg II Fe A. @ C 3.50 35.00 - 68 A . $170.00 2380.00 65 A. @ @ 17.00 40.00 - 1105.00 80.00 68 2 A. 2.03 A . tro ta l number or a eres 203 Total value or land $3735.00 ) 3'1s5.l5o 1.1 ,.,() () Total value ot impro- 745. 00 Total value of timber-150.00 Total value of tract 4530.00 Average value per a cre$22.98 ..t-¢.~v •; '',,' '- ' \' ' \ ' '\ ,, .\ �- - ~ ~ - - - - - - - ------~·- - County: Rooldngham District: stonewall County: Greene District : Monroe h'l79 - Sellers, - Sellers w. v. iv. w. &: !!i. B. &. E. B. (Rockingham Co.} Greene Count Cont'd {Greene County) ~alue ot land by types: 15 Total value of land Total value o:r tract ~ verage value per acr-e Total Value per acre .Aoreage Value $35.06 $5~5.oo $525. 00 525.00 35.00 ·,· SUMMARY Rocki ngham & Greene Counties. Slope Fg I Fg II Fe 68 A. 68 A . 65 A . 2 A. 203 I. 2.50 35.00 l?.00 40.00 Total number of a ores 205 Total value of land 3735.00 Total value of 1mpro- 745.00 ) v.,,IIJ o Total value of tract· 4630.ob Average value per a ere$22.98 ..t ~ ~<1 •; - $170.00 2380.00 1105.00 80.00 5'135.60 Total value of timber-150 . 00 \ ' ." \' '\ \ '\ \ ,. .z '\" ' \· \ ' 'I \ \ ~('. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Naylor, Cassie - Shifflett, Ahaz Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context sellers-w-w-and-e-b.pdf Title A name given to the resource Selllers, W. W. & E. B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Top of Blue Ridge Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 179 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 Sellers https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/445a9ce209b93ff5cd4519565824643b.pdf 76e1f93ce9f21a2e301cda4a38454135 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #20 Number of Acres : Location : - Settle, . «j 29 . On the drains of Burgess River _ Roads :. A lane extends,from the county road on Burgess river to this is about.ik mile to the county road which is rough and unim tract — , It thence 12 miles 10 T-front noyal, the nearest shipping point, or proved 1 mile to Flint Hill Soil : The soil is fertile sandy loam, of good depth, and fertility along the creek bottom , h is fairly smooth and level in the bottom with steep slopes on either side On those slopes the soil is only average . - ' - - 1 . -- ' . . : the tract has be en leared condition of timber half Tractatand About, it present ae some time. At th is growing up to Drush ex ana larmea cept about 10 A around the house , Only a small garden patch is being cultivated History of . Improvements : - . 5 room log and frame house, shingle roof, and log barn, All in poor condition . shingle roof . Acreage and value of types : Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value Ridge : 11 @ 13.00 §33.00 -- 18 @ 12.50 225.00 Fields Restocking : 29 Slope : Cove : " Grazing Land : §258.00 Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 258.00 * Value of Improvements : $ 400.00 Value of Orchard : $ 400.00 §658.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 22.68 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �SETTLE , JULIA M 2 “ . o Claim of . In the Circuit Court of » At Law. -County, Virginia, No.J i? The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , Peti, , , , ACRES 37 400 3 AND AL ST CLIFTON AYLOR tioner, vs. __ _- . more or less, of land in RAPPAHANNOCK County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of RAPi AHANNOCK County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. Julia M Settle My name is Eli n t Hi l1j_ V ir g i ni a My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought & less or more 33 to be condemned , containing about acres/ on which there are the following buildings and improvements : Dwe l 1ing an d barn . _ __ _ _ _ _. _ __ Flint Hill This land is located about 4 miles f r o m Virginia, in ie Id V akef the Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . SOLE OWNER _ . The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: T H Settle & Jos Reid, Jr North South. J E •Robinson & Harry K e r n J E R o b i n s o n & Harry K e r n East West. T H S e t t l e I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year 1926 in the following manner : By de e d f rom T H 3e 111e . . .. _. _ .. .. _ _ _ __ _ _._ _._ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 1000.00 . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 1 0 0 0 . 0 0 I am the owner of n o n e acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bQunds ). Remarks : remarks if necessary on the back ) Witness n>y signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this day i93o. ^ STATE OF7 VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- j*ajqeaHannock , To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that Jas M 3et t le , ag t for J u l i a o e t t l e the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , this day of _ IE _ T im rLy Clef K of the Court, or Special Invoctigator or Notary-Public or Justico of thtr Peare. ( Continue __ _. _ _ answer ^ . _ _ __ _ ^ ^^ �State Conservation and development Commission of Virginia. VS: CLAIM OF JULIA \ gBTTLB, . JULIA M ( • I SETTLE . . Aylor , Clifton et als , and 57,400 acres more or less in Aappanannock County FITTED IN CLERK’S OFFICE RA AHANJSOCK COHN' IY ^ tzit: i <b - ..19 " ) 2* Clerk i i �DIE ICT; WAKEFIELD COUNTY: RA FABANNOCK //20 Settle, Julia Acreage Clained: 38 A Assessed 38 A Value claimed: $1000*00 Assessed $176.00 Location: On the drains or Deed 38 A Deed $500*00 Burgess River* . . None known Incumbrances, counter claims Ians, etc *: A land extends from the county road on Burgess tin Roads: mile to river to this tract It is about •Qie county road which is rough and unimproved, thence 12 miles to Front Roydl, the nearest shipping point, or 1 mile to Flint Hill . & . The soil is fertile sandy loam, of good depth, and fertility along the creek bottom It is . Soil: fairly smooth and level in the bottom with On those slopes steep slopes on either side the soil is only average .. History of of the tract has tract and condition of timber: About half At the boerToloared and farmed at some time about except present it HFFLB growpwup to brush garden X>A around the house Only a small . . . patch is being cultivated - Improvements: value $75.00; Acreage and vlaue of tract These consist chiefly of a 2 story house, 5 rooms, 16 x 30, log and frame with 12 xa18 lean to , s; ingle roof, value $250.00; 27* x 30* poorly constructed bam, shingle roof, value $75.00 Timber: All the timber on the tract has been cut . . by types: Value per Acreage Type Grazing Grazing $3.00 11 10 Slope (restocking) 10.00 10.00 8 “ S 2 Total value of land Total value of improvements Total va ue of tract Average value per acre ^ acre Total Value $33.00 100.00 80*00 $213.01!) $213.00 325.00 ' $548.60 $18.89 e Is a desorepancy of 9 A in the area for which 'atfojf'mcHhe west line,in the s error there is no bearing and dist nee There are also description given in the deed will be noted that * Note:of It the deed and fo ifayfr -> .. �County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield ! N A #20 - Settle, Julia M. $ .. Thos H Settle Reid & Early $ s *A > •• F\ :a . Thos H Settle # Cove LEGEND: Orchard Slope Ridge Scale Grazing Land Tillable Land Fields restocking - 1" - 20 chains �\ REPORT Oil H i; ACREAGE on 'I IIZU . SETTLE TRACT . LIA M # 20 . . RAPPAEAK1T0CK. COUNTY The d e e d f o r t h i s t r a c t c o n t a i n s a d e s c r i p t i o n so i m p e r f e c t a s t o h e a l m o s t no d e s c r i p t i o n . However , t h e r e a r e g o o d d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r a l l adjoining tracts . . Also , we l o c o t e d on t h e g r o u n d t h r e e of the four corners of the tract . A computation of the acreage from these t i e s , and descriptions of adjoining tracts g i v e s 29 acres . u . N. t d l o a n , Chief Engineer, Park service . � 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 Settle, Julia Description An account of the resource Tract: 20 ; Location: On top of Blue Ridge about 1/2 mile south of Jenkins Gap; Cost/Acre: $43.16; Estimate Value: $6,385.00; Number of Acres: 148.0; Monies Awarded: $6,385.00 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 20 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context settle-julia-tract-20- Settle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ada4377dc2b06a11d1a33e917448fc4e.pdf 3d377315ae804e32bda32919494ef146 PDF Text Text / RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY / CLAIMANT 1 NAME OF ©SKMER #20 a Settle, Julia M - . - Number of Acres: 148 . On top of tile Blue Ridge about l/2 mile south of Jenkins Gap Location : Roads : The old mountain road extending from Rappahannock County to . Browntown in Warren County passes through Jenkins Gap It is five miles via this road to Browntown, thence by poor state road eight miles to steep and rough and badly in need of Front oyal The old road is very route to the R R practicable most the affords but SSifjcrepairs ^- . .. . No Soil Approximately 103 acres of this tract has The sod varies from been, and is now being used as a grazing farm , has been heavily culled , however area , The timbered excellent to medium over and severely burned The timber remaining on the tract is scattered, of inferior TIMBER: quality, and it is impractical to operate it History of Tract and condition of timber : . . . ORCHARDS There is an orchard of 400 trees approximately four acres, on the tract, The trees are 20 to 25 years of age and in a thrifty condition. T ees need pruning badly Improvements: . Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge : Fence Slopes @ $55.00 $5.00 & @ 40*00 5580.00 12-1- @ 80.00 1000.00 $6385.00 1 Cove : Grazing Land : 134 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 6385 *00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 43 *15 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ > * None * /7* CLERK �_ _. Claim of . SETTLE , JULIA M RAPPAHANNOCK At Law. County, Virginia, No.2A3 . In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petian d 3 7 1400 a cres tioner, vs. _ iiiifton Axlo r § t _a I s _ __ _ __ . _ _ _ __ — __ __ County, Virginia, Defe j nts. more or less, of land in Rap.paharinQ The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of Jteii£aharmo okas his answer to said petition and to said notice. Julia M Set tie My name is , Virginia Flint Hill 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 150.10 buildings and improvements : __ ^^ * . . %/ __ _ __ _ miles from Pl int Hi ll about _ __§. This land is located Virginia, in ld kef ie ' Magisterial District of said County. the I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described 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 ) . _ ^ _3OLE _ OWNER The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North H T & G T Miller 1 s heirs J J Miller E s t of _ South . .. _ _ ._ _ East _ West _ .. . _. _ er . of J . J .Miller ’ s heirs 1 iiist __ _ I acquired my right, title* estate or interest to this property about the year 1923. in the following manner : in the partition of the estate of J J Miller dec ’ d , my father .. . . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon -is $ 211,.0.00 * .00. . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ ? P_JLQ 00. 00 . acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of none parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area , to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . t proper e on orchard nt .y _ There _ _ _ excelle an aboy own I Remarks : i 600 apple trees about 20 years of age This is also are about o rie- uf ~ ~ tire ~ iresir grazing- -farms ~ -on --the--3Itre -Ridge mourrta in -and _I :value _ ihe _land _ at i-7.5 Q.U jier_ _a cue 4 _ .malting. _a _ _t.Q i&l __of $11, 257.50 I value land and orchard at . 20 000.00 I much __ . __ _ _ “" _ _ _ . " “ _ _ ._ _ _ " _ __ __ __ _. _ . — __ . , ^ pro . ___ 5 th day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this , 1930. J y June of , To-wit : .han. niLC.k Ra.p STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF Ju_lia oe t t l_e * .•? e t t lj i _ £igt i pj The undersigned hereby certifies that Jaj=L •!! the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , Ma3&c 5 " day of . June this ^ __ _ _ __ _ . _ _ _ ^ __ __ Cler Wthe Court, ^ __ ^ _ __ _ ��f (2 &n #20a Acreage Claimed: < County! Rsppahannock District: Wakefield i *” - Settle, Julia M. 150 Acres Value Claimed: On top of the Blue Ridge about 1/2 mile south of Jen ins Gap, Location: Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Roads: . Hone known The old mountain road extending from Rappahannock TTounty to Browntown in Warren County passes through Jenkins Cap, It is five miles via this road to Brovratown, thence by poor state road eight miles to Front Royal, The old road is very steep and rough and badly in need of repairs but affords the most practicable route to the R R, . History of tract and condition of timber: Approximately 103 acres of this tract has been, and Is now being used as a grazing farm, The sod varies from excellent to medium The timbered area, however, has been heavily culled and severely burned over " . . Improvements and orchards: Orchards: There is an orchard of 400 trees approximately four acres,in the tract, The trees are 20 to 25 years of age and in a thrifty condition, Trees need pruning badly, The orchard is valued at fifty dollars per acre . t The timber remaining on the tract is scattered, of inferior quality, and it is impractical to op erate it Timber: - . Acreage and value by types: es: Ifgpe Acreage; Field Grazing Orchard 143 4 X Value of lands n " orchard n Value Per A, ” tract — 52.00 35.00 50.00 $50055.00 200.00 $5207 UO . — Average value per acre for tract: #42.00 Total Value $5005 loo C007.0C | � 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 Settle, Julia Description An account of the resource Tract: 20 - A; Location: On the drains of Burgess River; Cost/Acre: $22.68; Estimate Value: $658.00; Number of Acres: 29.0; Monies Awarded: $658.00 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 20 - A Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context settle-julia-tract-20-a Settle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c27f33674cb56373a00fa9a02ed66711.pdf 9c848a8e9db702776b8d69f3b7bc73c7 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #12 Settle, Thos. H. - Number of 1100 Acres : Head of Burgess Run Location : From the east side of the tract it is about 5 miles over rough the State Highway; thence it is 12 miles to Front Royal, the to roads nearest shipping point The northeast Soil : The soil is a sandy loam of good depth and fertility. flat topped and benches wide with slopes moderate and gentle portion has and south west Further rock little ively spur ridges. There is: comparat poorer soil the and is rock .The^, more is there slopes steeper are the of the land has average slopes ana is covered with portion extreme south History of Tract and condition of timber : / some rock * / thirty years ago,and there has been cutting at The bark was removed about Repeated fires have products including stavewood various other times for Red t and south portions done much damage, especially on the northwes por timbered the over d are scattere quality of fair DBH 32 10 from oaks ” chest small some and poplars a few also There are tion of 917 acres ed merchantable tirnper on this tract is 680 M. ft. nut oaks, The estimat timber, nocust timber is not considered merchantaole on account of saw improvements : of the small stand per acre None * Roads : . . . . ' . - . . - - . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 1030 Cove : 70 Value @ per acre #2.50 5.00 Total Value #2575.00 _ 350.00 $2925.00 1100 Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 2925.00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ $1500.00 Value of Timber : $ 1500.00 $4425.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 4.02 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE . Stave mill had been working on property CLERK �Claim of In the Circuit Court of _ Zkf County, Virginia, No./5 ., At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti} Cud < _ _r tioner, vs. J L _ ^ ^ _ more or less, of land County, Virginia , Defendants. The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court .County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is 3 / My Post Office Address is. JA I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , containing about . /.ZOijb acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements : . ^ ^ _ _ _ This land is located about 5 f ?r _ miles f r o m r Virginia, in the.?£r i .Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . . 1 _ ^ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _ ih- r P,_sS _ Sou th East . West. _ ^ t _e__ /< r ^ ^ ?*3. A=4<JU _ __ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year./ ?_ ( L in the following manner : r* n ~ ^^ _ ~r i I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ J- 5tO. C. A £-6^~ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). /tJt'O t v, Remarks : + . ^ . -- ±Lc+>Sd t*AjL _= . 'L- - - necessary on the back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attachecHiereto ) this. .lday of , 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY , To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , this day of. 1930. ( Continue remarks if ^ 3 ^ Cler the Court, or -Special - Investigator or ^ -Public, or Juetke Notary of the-Pgace. �COUNTY: RA PAHA NOCK DISTRICT: WAKEFIELD - . #12 Settle , Thos. E Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined by: Marsh , Gilliam and Stoneburner Location: Head of Burgess Run Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: None known Roads: From the east side of the tract it is about five miles over rough roads to the State Highway; thence . it is 12 miles to Front Royal, the nearest shippint pt Soil: The soil is a sandy loam of good depth and fertility The northeast portion has gentle and moderate slopes with wide benches and flat topped spur ridges There is comparatively little rock Further west and south the slopes are steeper; there is more rock and the soil is.poorer The extreme south portion of the land has average slopes and is covered with some rock . . . History of . Tract and condition of timber: The bark was removed about thirty years ago, and there has been cutting at other times for various products including stavewood Repeated fires have done much damage, especially on the northwest and south portions Red oaks from 10 82" DBH of fair quality are scattered over the timbered portion of 917 acres There are also a few poplars and some small chestnut oaks The estimated merchantable stand on the timbered portion of this tract is 680 M feet of saw timber, with an appraised 3tumpage value of $2.00 peril or $1560.00 Locust timber is not considered merchantable on account of the small stand per acre . . . Timber: - . . Acreage and Types: Slope Cove Total value by typed: Acreag e Y075 70 1145 Value of land Value of timber Total Value A Total . 2.00 per Value " $2150.6(J 4.00 ' $2430.00 1360.00 Hr Average value per acre for tract $3.31 280.00 2430.00 � 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 Settle, Thomas Description An account of the resource Tract: 12; Location: Head of Burgess Run; Cost/Acre: $4.02; Estimate Value: $4,425.00; Number of Acres: 1,100.0; Monies Awarded: $4,425.00 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 12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context settle-thomas-tract-12 Settle https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/87b4766932c4458290b3f2a50c8e6970.pdf 0eb51030a60796be7e4ff83abc2865f4 PDF Text Text The Service Press · 4 Creative and DLrtlnctioe Commercial Prlntin11 1- 107-11 East Water Street Pb•- 5a9•.J Harrts·o nburg, Vlr.ginia ti/ ff �One thousand of t .. ese u~dcr proper title ~11 be placed in each ea in a fe da:,rs: . Cle1--k' o Office in t ...e Pnr ·: Judge Carson directs co::-1 s b \ sent to a.ll the Judges and Clor·ks for the1r 1nfor at1on . • R. RhodoG , Socrot ry . 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 WARREN COUNTY The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER . V. At Law No. 221 V'i rginia Atwood and others, and thirty thousand (30,000) acres of land, more or less, in Warren County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEFENDANT S. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. ____________ ; Tract No. ___ ____ __ ___ : Tract No. ------------; 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. __________ $ ___ _______ ; on Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:,._ ' That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray ( s) that [ he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ____________ $ ______ __ __ : Tract No. __ __________ $ ___ _______ : Tract No. ------- ----- $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P.O.ADDRES S 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 ap12roval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �NOTE-This need not b~ filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. VIRGINIA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WARREN COUNTY The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 221 V'irginia Atwood and others, and thirty thousand (30,000) acres of land, more or less, in Warren County . DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has· heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract( s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No. ____________ : 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.----------$----------; on Tract No. ____________ $----------; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof; That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $----------; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P. 0. ADDRESS NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. 20 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHA.M COUNTY, VIRGINIA. STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOFMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. #1829 Petitioner At Law Defendants CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS, ET ALS This --- day of ------- , 1933, it appearing to the Court that the following claimants to tracts Nos. lying· with in what is known as the Kelsey Survey in the Park area, have heretotore lo:lged with the clerk of' the Court petitions re-.. questing the distribution of the funds to the respective claim beneficiaries of said tracts, to-wit: . -------------' -----------------filed and that the determinait is ordered that said patitions be tion of' said i:etitions be continued :for hearing at a future day of this term or some subsequent term o-:t this Court. Enter: �Ir 1m: C CUIT COUHT OF HOCKINGBAM COUNTY, VI HGll IA. S TAT COHMI SSI ON ON CONSE.RVAT IOU AlID DEVELOPMENT OF THE ST.ATE OF VIRGINI A ·i ,;1829 v. CAS .., ~ -®RA Petitione r At Lai7 u. son ATK I NS , ET A.LS Defendant s This ___ day of _____ __ , 19 33, 1 t ap p ee.ring to the Court that the follo\.'11.ng clnimants to tracts Nos . lying 1thin what is known as the Kelsey Survey in the Park area, have heretofor e loo ged 11th t h o clerk of th e Court p etitions r que s ti ng t 1e distri bution of the funds to t he res pective claim bonof iciarios o f s a id tracts, to- · t: ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -'. 1 t is o rdered that said IJ3 t1t1ons be filed a n d that the determina tion of said tit ions be continued for hearing at a future day of this te m. or s ane subsequen t term of thi s Court . Enter: �.• This is to certify that there (\re -··· · · ·········- delinquent taxes of · record in my office to the amount of $ ......... .. . ........ . ....... ... against the tract of land owned by ················-·...-......................-.......~....................................................._ __ ...................................................................................................................................................................... -···························· which is designated as Tract No ....................... ; Tract No........:=............. ; Tract No...................on the Cou~nty Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pendi ng in the name and style of the Commission on ·c onservatio n &c., vs Ada Abbott, and others. Given under my hand this .... .................. day of . ................................. ... . ................. , 193 ....................................................... --····· ··················································-............Clerk Circuit Court, Page County, Virginia / By _. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .-.. . . . . . . . - . . . . . . ... . ... . . . . . . . ... .... . . . . . .Deputy Clerk \ . t . \./ • I I • ' . • . . . . :.·.· .· :.. .-·.... / -~. .····./.'.<··-:.:··: I\-·.:. :· · · ../-~<· ·.a ·.~ _.: :;: ..-:·~· '. ·:. :< ;:~:\,: ; ::~:)~: • ,·. " •· •.. . . : • •: <. • :.. ;·; ·.-·:-:· :· / ·~-: ·~, ' ..•·• '· Dear Sir i . . J ud ge A. c. Car son, of the Shenan doah _Natio bal:Pn :<k .·Of~~~,~:'/t <.,,;];" has reques t e d me to mail you a copy ot the form I use · f or c ~j tify.,ing the delinq uen t truces to the Judge of the Court , .aJ.ong with. the ,. .:·: .: · petiti ons for the paymen t of the money to the Cla imants whose land was con demne d for t r e park. Ve ry truly yours Grover c. Mille r . Cl .: r k 12 �I' ) O.tJ 'C / - \ .) I - J fl> V / �State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, ss: publishe rs ofthe "News Record ," publishe d at Harriso nburg, Rocking ham County, Virginia , do hereby certify that the annexed Order of Publica- IDqr 1lltthrr£1igurh, tion in the case of.................··················· ····· ·· ········· .................................... ...............................................Plaintif f , and ;~~ issued from the CLERK ·s OFF~CE OF THE CIRCU IT··~~·; ·;;·; ···;;;···; ·~·:~;: C0UNT Y, was publishe d in said paper for four successiYe weeks, commen cing on th'! ............................................day of ............................................................ ........ , 192 ······· Given under my hand this..............................da_v of.. .................................................... , 192.... ..... Printer' s Fee, $ ................................ ROCK INGHA M PUBLI SHING CO. BY ........................................................................................ . - - ~ - - - -~ State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, ss: publishe rs of the "News Record ," publishe d at Harriso nburg, Rocking ha.m County, Virginia , do hereby certify that the annexed Order of Publica- uJ4e 1lltthrr£1igttrh, 1 Plaintif f , tion in the case of ............................................................................•............................................................................. Defenda nt , ·· 1···················· ····························· ··············· ···················· ···················· and IT COURT OF ROCKIN GHAM h CLERK· :·S··· OF'F'ICE OF THE CIRCU . .. , issued from t e essi e weeks, commen cing on , r. v COUNT Y, was publishe d in said paper 1or 1our succ the ............................................ day of...................................................................... , 192.......... ............................................. , 192.......... dav or . un d er my hand this.............................. . ............ G1ven Printer' s Fee, $ ................................ ROCK INGHA M PUBLI SHING CO. By ........................................................................................ . State of Virginia, County of Rockingham, ss: publishe rs ofthe "News Record ," publishe d at Harriso nburg, Rocking ham County , Virginia , do hereby ul4r 1lltthrr£1ignrh, certify tha t the annexed Order o f Publicaf , tion in the case of.........................................................................................................................................................Plaintif nt , and........................................................................................................................................................:................................Defenda GHAM issued from the CLERK "S OFFICE OF THE CIRCU IT COURT OF ROCKIN cing on COUNT Y, was publishe d in said paper for four s uccessfr e weeks, commen the .............................................day of... ................................................................... , 192.......... Given under my hand this.............................. da_v of. ....................................................... , 192. Printer' s F ee, $................................. ROCK INGHA M PUBLI SHING CO. By ........................................................................................ . _ _ _ 59 �RETURN IN 9 DAYS TO J. ROBERT SWITZ COUNTY OI' R , ER, CLERK OCKINGHAM HARRISONBURG , VA . ...,. Nannie r_p . Ha_.¼.~.s..l~•,1;a-.,..._ _ _.-..-.-.-=~~ TO WRtTEft L vEAY Unknown .••••. - ddress ............. sed.r1••.•••....., r �• ,-v,-J .__11'V'.,,, OV?8 ' ; -PM · 93~ - __, / ··-~ • i �The State Commission on Conserv~ti on and :Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others, and 52,561 acres, mere or less of land in Rockingham Co., Virginia, defendants. - 0 R D E R .. LAW OFFICES WE.A.VER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL, VA. �2 0 1 - 2 9 :) �. r -·-='-- ... �I' I J. 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THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION .AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA v. ) ) ) ) ) CONDEMNATION• ) CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS ~ Upon~motion of Williette s. ) Warren and A. s. Hader, by Counsel, leave is hereby given them to file their separate petitiona herein, and the same is accordingly done. ENTER: �• st ' .: ;. � 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: Miscellaneous Documents Description An account of the resource Series II consists of 1,198 "miscellaneous records" related to the condemnation of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the court case. The types of records one will find hear vast, but you can expect to encounter correspondences, newspaper clippings, and legal documents that do not necessarily belong to any individual condemnation case but provides additional context. 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. Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah National Park (Va.)--History Rockingham County (Va.)--History Rockingham County (Va.)--Genealogy Skyline Drive (Va.)--History Condemnation of land Mountain people --Blue Ridge Mountains-- Social life and customs 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 1930-1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp002 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/1">Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings</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 MISC - Aug. 16, 1933 - Mar. 8, 1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context several-pages-of-miscellaneous-documents.pdf Title A name given to the resource Several Pages of Miscellaneous Documents Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse 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 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fab466fad59b7f3156275de246c04c35.pdf 93c489436c74589b5f241db331d74049 PDF Text Text ROCKINGIDil:i COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT J260 - Shaver , - · L. & ~- A. Number of Acres: 102 Location: Big Run . Roads: Four miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . Entirely ·within the Parle area . .l".1.ll merchanta ble timber has been removed from this tract and the fire has burned over it repeatedly . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: ,)5 . 00 102 ~510 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 510 . 00 Value of Improvemen ts: $ 50 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 $610 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 50 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 00 • Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N01'T , • , ~---~--t --~- --___/4__,-~ _ CL•,RK . 70 �..__., SA Claim of_ _______________ ttv er-------------------------------------- -------------In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ________________________________________________________________________ _____ _ more or less, of land inRQC¥_lDKil~IT1-------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of..RQg.ki:DKr.!~~------------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. · _____ Mar~in a. Shever,Agent,for the heirs of W,A.Shaver,Dec1. My name 1s . ____ ________________________________________________ _________ _ My post office address is_ BJ.!.QD13-J1~_0J!2__'{~-------------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ __lJ)R_ ___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements :___ JJ!l_~IEPY-~Y-~~-------------------------------------------- This land is located aboutS_i~J_(i)__ ___ miles fromP..o.rL.Ee_p.ubJ._lg~gr_tJ}_ ___ Virginia, in stonewall . t etia . 1 D.1st r1ct . of sa1"d County. th e______ ___ _____ ___ Mag1s 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.) ______________ Am_j_Qi-ri_t_.P_~J;J.§_~_~1_itb_JJeir.s__o.f'__J _. __J ..,_.Shaver-,-de-G-gas-e4-------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North __ By the _Big_ Survey -------------------------------------------- - -------South __ B..y._.the __c_ocfilon__E3_tQ~_e._ _____ ______ ____________________________________ _ East ___By Blue_ R id_g_e _ Moun t a in __ __ ______ _____________ ____ _______ _____ ______ __ West_ __ By the _200_ acres _ of _ land _sold to_ Charlie _Marshal 1 __________ _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __192-0___ in the following manner: ______ pt death of father 1.._W. _P . _Shaver_ who died_ in _May_ 1920 ___ __ __ ___ _ ~ '~ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__i9.QQ-'_Q_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 $--1000.00.-----· I am the owner of_ ___ _____ ___ __ __acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- -----------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if -practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· Upon _ the_ above _ lc:..nd _ u --.c;-e, _is _a miner>al_mine ____ ___________ _ - ------ --------- -------------- -------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ __ __ ___ ______ day ~~~;~-~;-~;~~;~~~, l~i~NTY Agent for heirs of w. A. Shaver Deed. - ~ ~ ~ ! n t__________ _ OF The undersigned hereby certifies that~ ~- - - K - - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - --the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _______ L_£ _____ day ~l~rtice of_ ~~ ~ - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - el:erk of .Notary e ~ ~ , 1 Special Investigator of the ,P,,oee. ~ / / - /'f.:r v"' OY �County: Rockingham District: s tonewai1 11 260 - A. L• . & VI • A. Shaver Acreage Claimed: 10 2 A. Asses ~ed: 102.40 Value Claimed: ·iooo . Deed 102 .. 80 acreo n 1\)0 9 for ~;!330 - AREA: 93 li. . Location: ~ Big Run. ' ~ntirely within tbe l ark area . .§.21b: Slope . Roads! 4 miles over county road to Island :i·ord . History: All merchantable timber has be c,n removed from this tr~ct and the fire has burned ovor it repeatedly. Improvements: None. Yal]!e of land by tves: ~ slop e Value ,ner acre Area •1.. ""153 Total value of land 1 / 'vi $116 . 25 Total va lue of improvements Total value of timb i::r Total value of tract Average value per acre ,) 116 . 25 9r-. ... v Total Value ')'~l16. 2'5 �'/2GO - A . . (~ • .:. • • CL11ver ---------- County: .oe;,;:in0 lmm Di st 1·i e;t: Stone ,mll N John l . I ~Cr ~ ...:I) Slo,;e . . . co.le - l·' - '2U chuins - - -'Jf.,, � 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 shaver-a-l-and-w-a.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shaver, A. L. & W. A. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 260 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 Shaver https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3f50230537f81739be18de4b4435eb35.pdf 93d90b5a109c9304f265045e0f02c231 PDF Text Text ROCKI~'Glli ! COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #353 - She f f ey Number of Acres: 5 Entirely within the Park area . Location: Neck Run. Roads: Four miles via dirt road to Port Republic . Soil: Slope type; sandy loam; fairly smooth ; moderate slopes. History of.Tract and condition of timber: All the merchantable saw timber has been removed from this tract . The remaining stand of small hardwoods have been practically all killed by a recent severe burn . Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 5 ~5 . 00 125. 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: · Orchard: Minerals: 10 . 00 Value of Land:$ 25 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ 10 . u 0 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 10 . 0 u Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 10.00 .;;,45 . 00 �'----- ,;ounty; • ook1nah D1utr1ctt Stone~oll ta•eand , 0 tiold Bb e t, AJ)lHllt' od: ntly not ft~UOBdtlHi. Valne Cl . ed: Looatton: lack nun. Jone lii.nown -no de: - ~:oil; m1lee vt dirt rod to ~ort nepubl1o . .:,lo}) ty o. ~nndy l.o~m. 1"g1 rl.y ot.h. 1tnbe.r ho. l!oder to alop • · beon ~"fOd tro thl trt\Ct. ll h rdwoode havo been prootio lly all o,1r11,e.....n.,.t....,.s: 1>..;..;...... r.1_.2.... _l__ Old 1':rarr- d ellin~ 24 x 24 ft. o :root" l. :,tory. ton ct. V. lu for cod poo contli ion, r .. lend bJ: ty , ~lti.OO : alu l a ot lund otal v uo or 1.m-;;rovem t ':.o r;l Vftlue ot treat per oore. ver '!'o\nl ·1ar er • It Acron e 6 Toto ·e ·:r .oo l f3 .. nlue 315.00 vv l. .oo :;c). 00 o.oo l'i!I �.._________. coun ty : :.ocl;: in 111:..m Dist rict : 3tone uo.ll N • • ...,'ink L.'..G -::;?rn ,'.:3lope sc~le - l ' - 2 cn~ · ns � 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 sheffey.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sheffey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Neck Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 353 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 Sheffey https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_shifflett-and-mcdaniel-tract-195.pdf 8fc572172ec486c62f3ed9e3aa119cf7 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 Shifflett and McDaniel Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 195 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 195 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Shifflett-and-McDaniel-tract-195 McDaniel Shifflett