217 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8c521a88bfc606b5524d9682af6bdffb.pdf 130a5cca25815f4eea1be7acf153d214 PDF Text Text ; RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #17 - SlaughterW.P. and Mary D. _ Number of Acres: 128 Location : Roads: Indian Creek Two miles to Wakefield Manor otfer rough , unimproved roads , thence ten miles to Front Royal , Sandy loam and clay , some l&ose stone scattered over part of the Northern slope , steep southeastern slope , level or rolling Soil: area . . - - History of Tract and condition of timber . Area was cut over about thirty years ago for tan bark , all the remaining timber has been cut more recently The chestnut timber i s all dead , and the young timber has been damaged very badly by repeated fires . . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 128 Value per acre a $3.00 Total Value $384.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 384 00 % Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 3 * 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE CLERK �\ /7 Claim of County, Virgi At Law. In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_ _*£. " TTL tioner, VS. £b -t - ^ ? , — * */c. County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in 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 as his answer to said petition and to said notice. A* $J rAn ^My name\ C -wM* Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about. buildings and improvements : ^ _ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ Virginia, in ..This land is located about. miles from. r ** ./ hrr the ?ll 4 * i 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 wThat right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . _ _ ^ ^ * ' . __ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North _ rr Jfcti J§>_*?*+£*> South <C.Jfcv? East i rs- A. A -_ West. ?=4c I rA,?> t ^ r in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year A J_7following manner : * z** A ifz. 5 _ __ _ _ ^ — _ ^ __ - ^^ * ^ . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ _2r J&J&a+ jcxf . acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of i2 T 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 : _ __ _ =^^ ' { remarks if necessary on the back ) . day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this _ ^V? 1930. of . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF - - > To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that. the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the maxters and things appearing in his alcove answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , , 1' day of 51 this ( Continue 2 _ __ ^ 5 Lerk of the Court, or SpeeraHEnvestfgater-or 1 . tary L eaee Justiee the of PubMcrur ^ ^ ��County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield - $17 Slaughter, WJ« Mp # Acreage Claimed; Value Claimed: . Engrained by: Harsh# 01111am and Stoneburnor Location: Indian Creek# Incumbrances, counter claims and laps: Kono known # - Roods: Two nil© a to Wa - ©field Manor over rough, unim proved roods, thence ten miles to Front Royal * Soil: Sandy loam and clay, some loose stone scattered over part of the area# northern slope, steep - Southeastern slope, level or rolling# . History of . tract and condition of timber: Area was cut over about - thirty years ago for tan bark, all the remain v. inn timber hea been cut more recently The # chestnut timber is all dead, and the young timber has been damaged very badly by repeated fires# Improvements t There are no improvements on the tract Ho tirfcer, cut clean# Timber: Acreage and # value by Types: Type: Acreages Value Per A # Total Slope 108 $3*00 $384.00 — Value per acre #3.00 / I AV \ \ \ ? • ' • f . Value �County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield, A/ A - #17 Slaughter, . P. . -p m ctf W CQ J. .Wood Cove LEGE ND: Orchard Land Slopes Ridge Scale - Grazing Land Tillable Land 1 20 Chains ” �VIRGIN IA: Hi THE CIRCUI T COURT OR RAPPA HAUHO CK CGUHT Y: THE STATE COMMI SSION OH CONSE RVATI ON and DEVEL OPMEN T Petition er TS CLIETG N AYLOR , et ala , and 57 , 400 acres of land , more or less At Lav/ No - Defend ants 149 . P. Slaughter and Mary D. Slaughter , Your respond ents , ¥ in obedien ce to an order entered in these proceed ings on the 30 th day of August , 1932 , come and say that knowled ge , informa tion and belief the within the area sought 7 to the best of their \ tract or parcel of land , to be condemn ed , owned by them and with > -i referenc e to which they have heretofo re filed their objectio ns to the report of the Board of Apprais al Commis sioners , is the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the said Appraisa l Commis sioners to be the land owned by them , and which is shown and delinea ted on the map returned with the report of the Board of Apprais al Commis sioners , read together with the said report and the exhibits thereto attached , the said tract of land being describe d as containi ng 128 designat ed in said report as Tract acres , more or less , and being . 17. Ho Respect fully , P Mary Slaughte r . Slaughter D By Counsel . 4 E. W. C H E L F ATTORNEY AT LAW WASHINGT ON . VA . . Counsel •. �r ? f The S t a t e Commission on Conservation & Development ? « * \ S VS C l i f t o n Aylor , e t a l s , & 37 , 400 acres o f land , more or l e s s £ ' f -. . Written statement of . I & Mary B S l a u g h t e r a s to ownership of Tract # 17 . ' \ J 1 1 « FTIDED IN CLERK’S OFFICE RAPPABLANISrOCK tut-. GOTXNT \ / > i * • * Teste: i / / / Clerk * J, �VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT 0? RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY , VIRGINIA: THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT , Petitioner . vs Answer and Exceptions of U P Slaughter and Mary D Slaughter. . .. CLINTON AYLOR, et als, and 37,400 acres of land , more or less, Defendants. .. . Slaughter, Your respondents, N P Slaughter and Mary B except to the Commissioners report filed in the Clerk ’s office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County , Virginia, on the 18th day of May , 1932, in the above styled cause , for the following reasons: (1) - only That said Commissioners/allowed your respondents the sum of 4384.00 for said land , (2) (3} That said sum is absolutely inadequate, unfair and unjust, That said Commissioners failed to allow your respondents anything for the timber on said land , (4) That said Commissioners absolutely disregarded the damage caused to the adjacent land XXXHXX by the taking of . this ti’act Your respondents would show unto the Court that they have heretofore filed their claim in this cause, asking that they be allowed the sum of 'J?2560.00 for the tract of land proposed to be taken , and ^ 3520.00 for damages to the adjacent land ; that the tract proposed to be taken is adjacent to another tract of grazing and farming land contemning 352 acres ; that the tract proposed to be taken was purchased for the special use of the timber thereon for the use and upkeep of the other part, and that if the tract of 128 acres is condemned it will damage the adjacent tract of 352 acres to the extent of at least &3520.00. Your respondents would show that the tract of land proposed to be condemned in this proceeding will be found in �Record No. 14S, tract 17 . Therefore , your respondents and exceptants pray that they he not deprived of their said property without just compensation, and that they he allowed at least the sum of $2560.00 for their land and the sum of $3520.00 for damages caused to the adjacent land ; and your respondents further paay that the Court appoint other disinterested appraisers to appraise their property, or that they he granted a jury trial, and they will ever pray , etc/, Respectfully submitted , yt£ Z & u L r\u m By Counsel Counsel ^ Subscribed and sworn to before me this AJ day of July, . 1932 �TKE STAKE CCMIISSION Oil CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT , Petitioner * ' t * vs CLIPTON AYLGR , et als , and. 37 , 400 acres of land , more or less , Defendants * * * Answer and Exceptions of W * P Slaughter and Mary D Slaughter . . . * / ft FUJKT ) IN CLERK’S OFFICE! . NNOCK COUNTY I ( t f �. VIRGINIA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF Rappahannock on Conservation The State Commission & Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, . v Clifton Aylor ami others, and thirty-seven thousand, four hundred (37,400) acres of land, more or less, Defendants . To the Clerk of the Circuit Court in which the above styled . proceeding is pending The undersigned desires to withdraw, and hereby withdraws, all objections or exceptions to the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in this proceeding, and all motions to set aside said findings, which have been filed with the record herein, by ex' on behalf of the undersigned* and specifically the exception dated, subscribed and sworn to July 15, 1932. . Please file withdrawal with the record . MAPI D SLAUGHTER, in her own rigt and as~IXS5dutrisr and sole beneficiary under the Will of W P Slaughter, dec’d .. . . W. Settle, Counsel By Geo m * �f’ jV" V If t+i f * 1' i k v � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Slaughter, WP Description An account of the resource Tract: 17; Location: Indian Creek; Cost/Acre: $3.00; Estimate Value: $364.00; Number of Acres: 128.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context slaughter-wp-tract-17 Slaughter https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5e2d92117533e93609d242708913934f.pdf 69006ca2a3989d5c3add4e1cf5ffad6a PDF Text Text ROCKINGR.'i.U COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT # 323 - Smart , John & Catherine Number of Acres: 5 Location: Richland Heights, Millers Run . area . Roads: Three miles vi~ dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam , level and fairly smooth, some scattering loose rock . Entirely within the Park The merchantable savv timber was removed from this tract about six years ago . The remaining stands consists of small second growth yellow pine and a small amount of oaks . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 5 Slope: © $5 . 00 :"'85 . 00 Cove: Grazing Lan~: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2G . OO 5 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 'tt130 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 5 . 00 . Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00 kcidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. %. /~-:_ CL3RK . 2~ �Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili1;Zj,f s id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __ .L!fd __ -~-- ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said e 1 ion and~o s~ice. My name is____ ________ _s;t_~--~---- ~--~-h~L-A-X L~{U?-) My post office dress is ___ &,,k0::1,-_q_~--Zf--~-------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in~q_ tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__~-~------ac res, on which there are the following · ~ b m mgs an d improvements=--------------------------------- -----.- -------------------- 1a· ----------------------- --------/;,------------ -----/, ;;...;t- ------------------- This land is located abouL-~,L.,t. ___ 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 ~-~~l_a_~h~ ~~ed_~a&d__ ~_&_g{ _~~---- The Jan§e::::=.~~:: :e~a~ = ~_di_:d/.7~------------~ North_/i;,~- -~~--~__(&__ South ____ ~ ___ ~ ~v ------------v-------- --------East {i_g{_~~-~- ~--~xL_~ -,~+ a~ _uZ~__ West __ ?J1~-~ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/_.f_!_Z_in the following mann~: 0 ------------------------------------------- J l3P:J±/Ui:x f--<!ccd!:.# Jl~~)-£o_~- ~~_Pk-~ ~-ef-------d(_'Z_/f)-ef1/4_~_:f/_ ~£.f&_.i)~ -~J I claim that th5:ktal value of this tract or parcel of land with the imp~vements thereon is $--~~_.l__Lf':12_. 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 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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ~~~jZ~~~:~;iif~;-~~e-a~ct-i::t:t:~~~;~.:~iE!~~~~~~ ST,i\'.TE OF ~ ' COUNTY O - -¥ ~ ~ o ~ ; , t . , f~ . The undersigned hereby certifies at___,_,~---- ~_1__,(_~~-- -------the above named claimanwpersonally apP, red before him and made oath that the matters and things"agpearing in his ab~ve-;:;tw are try~}9 the best o~knowledge and belief, this __ jQ4_________ day of_/JJ~_____ ~O. _ I_ /) ~ -. II .J_ ____ - - , _&~~~_u_ _______ v ____________ _ Cict k "tff the Oelit t, 01 ~pMi-81 hrne.&t~gatar or Notary Public, (ff Ju...tiee ef the :Peace. /( ; ~ 0 ~ . , j ~ ~ . 3 0 - l?.31 3S7 �Oo 1., r10~ : 5 . 35 A. . a 267 . 50 3 ~00 ..;.;;;.:;;.;,....;....,;;..:::;:,_;::.;;;;;;;..;;,;..;':.. · t , n .,.- l ,· rr ol • l v l 11 nd f' ...1rly to ir V n 1 l .J• u l 'l ·,,1t 1n t o .J ro to t .. 1':"() l l 0 15 . 00 l .. 0 • :,o.o ~.., ue v•lu "f Avcrn: 1., lu of value per t n 1 oro 0 4 . 00 ''" �VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY• THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEV]LOPMii:NT OF THE STATE OF VIRGIN!~ filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virgini a. Nn 1: 'I 1932 ~ ~ ~/erk Stateme nt ma.de this 8th day of November, l93Z, by Maude M. Shipp pursuan t to a decree entered inthe above entitled cause. Your responde nt says that she is the owner of a tract of twenty acres more or lass of land mantioned and describe d in the report of the Apprais al Commission ers in the above entitled cause; that thia twenty acres of land is a part a.nd parcel of the old Shipp farm at Swift Run, Virgini a, and lies on both sides of the Spotswood Trail at Hughes' Store, and contain s twenty acres, and is improved by a three room residenc e and sleeping porch, and other outbuild ings. That this land is known as Tract No. hare referrad to, as ~¥ on the plat of said raport, which is a part heraot, and that exceptan t prays that her excep- tions to said report heretofo re filed, be sustaine d, and she specific ally refers to her exceptio ns for a more particu lar descrip tion of said land. And havine fully answere d, responde nt prays that her exceptio ns to the report of the said commission be sustaine d, and she will ever pray, etc. -~ Counsel ~~w ~ Coun;i By �Qlnmmnuwtalt4 nf l!lirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 17, 1935 J ~ TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathrig ht This is to certify that I, ~ ~ l l , Treasurer of Virginia have this 17tha_ay of May with an order of the circuit court of datea 5/9/35 in accordance Rockingham in the cause of the Stat e Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs • -----~0~a~3~$~8.-D~d~r ~a,_L~a~W~$~0~D~~A~t~k~1.....D ~ S ~ - - - - - - - - :p aid to Geo . $ 28 . 00 s. Harnsberger, Attorney for John Smart Catherine E . Smart, Harrisonburg, Virginia being in full settlement of tract# 323 and in the abov e mentioned cause . !Cb �Q!nm1unuwtaltl1 nf 1tiirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 17, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s. Harnsberger, Attorney for John Smart and Catherine E . Smart Harrisonburg, Virginia A! B_. G§.thrigllt Received o f ~ , Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 28.00 , in accordance with an order of the Cir cu it Court of the county of Back i ngbarn of_~M=a-y.,____ 1935_ entered on the 9 th day , in the matter of the State Commi s sion on Co n servati on · and Dev elopment v _ __ --~C~a=s=s~a=n~d=r~a"----'L=a=~~'=s=o=n'--"-'A~t=k=i=n=s,c_____ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding a s # 323 Si gn or ig inal and dup li cat e a nd r e t u rn t o t h e Treasure r of Virginia. fOl �<nnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 17, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathrigh t This is to certify that I , ~ o c f i, Treasurer of Virginia have this J7 day of May i n accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rack1ngbam County dated 5/9/35 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. ___C ~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a~ L =a=Vi=1=s.~o=n~ A ~t=k~in_s~ a-n~d_ _o-th~e_r_s~- - - -- - Jlai d to J. R . Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia $ 2 . 00 being in full settlement of tract # 323 in the above mentioned cause . ID8 �Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 17, 1935 Jo«il,.~ TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . B . Switzer, Cl erk of the Circuit Court of Rocking ham County Harrisonburg , Virginia A. B . Gathright Received of ii:xxMx.xJcNXKRix, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of__~B-o~c=k=i~n~g~rh=am=~--- entered on the 9th of May day 193___5_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ --~C~a=s~s~a~n=d~r~a~L_a_w_s~o~n~~A~t~k~i=n~s~ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as Sign original and duplicate and r e turn to the Tr~asurer of Virginia . # 323 �IN TH' CIRCUIT COURT OF OC~INGHAM COUNIT ~VIRGITI • The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , P~TITIOBER , At Law no . 1829 . vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , On this Catherine ----- ay DEFENDAN of May , 1935 , oame John s. mart and . smart, and , on their motion, leave is given them to file their application for distribution of the award in this case , which award was in their favor and the amount of the award, ~s set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 323, was And it appearing from the report of the BoBrd of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this suit and in the petition for judgment of condemnation heretofore entered herein ,that,in the 09inion of the said The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, John Smart and Catherine E. Smart were invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in a.nd to said tract of land de ignated as No . 323 , and that the record in said condemnation proceeding does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as No . 323 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof: Upon consideration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $30 . 00 be paid out as follows : To J .R. Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Roo~ingham County , $ 2 . 00 To Geo . S .Harnsberger , Attorney for John Smart and Catherine . smart , 28 . 00 Tne Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit acerLAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. tified copy of this order to the Treasurer of VirginiR , who shall �--.2.-..- pay out said fund in accordance therewith , taking from the parties to whom the fund ia directed to be paid their respective receipts for the sums paid to them and certifying such payment to the Clerk of thi Court for appropriete entry thereof , as required by law . 'nter . __._ /fW? _ tJ----=--------· Judge . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT F ROCKINGH. U COUNTY , VIRGINIA. . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , t Law vs . Cassandra Law on others, PlTITIONiR, o . 1829 . t kins and DEFENDANTS . TO THE HON .:a .w. BE1{TnAJJ:, JUDGt O SAID COURT• Your petitioners, John Smar t and Catherine i . smert, respectfully represent: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the St ate of Virgini a the Tee simple est a te in a tract of land formerly the property of your petitioners, situate in what is known as the Richl ~nds Heights Development, a bout three miles ea st of Grottoes, in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Roc 1dngha.m County, Virginia , which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Ma p, filed therewith , as Tra ct No . 323, at the price of 30 . 00 . Your petitioners f urther show t o the Court that all of the taxes on s a id property have been paid, and that there are no liens or cla ims of any kind existing on or ag inst said property, and tha t no other person or persons than your petitioners a re entitled to share in the distribution of s a id award. Certi f icates of the Treasurer of rlock ingham County and of the Clerk of this Co rt a re herewith filed, marked ".l!:x . certificnte No . l" and "Ex . Certific • te No . 2" respe ctively, and the same are prayed to be rad as LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. parts thereof . �---2-Wherefore, your petitioners pray th~t they may be made pa rties herein and be allowed to f ile their petition in this proceeding; that the fund in this cause may be pa id to them or to t heir a ttorney of record; tha t an order may be entered in these proceedings for the distribution of said fund, and that your petitioners may h a ve such other urther relief a s the nature of the c a se may require. State of Pennsylvania, County of , to-wit : , -~ " This d'iY John Sm::.J rt and Ca therine E-Smart personally appeared before me !J<t-4«f-:' 1 ~ , . - -.....o , a ! ota ry Public for the County aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania, in my County aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, depose and say : We a re the petitioners in the above entitled ma tter; the land condemned in this proceeding formerly belonged to us. We have read the above petition, have signed the same, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth a re true , to the best of our knowledge and belief . ~J~ ~ ~ ea?~a?~Subscribed and sworn to bef ore me this ,ft~ da y of May, 1935. In test imony where of , I hereunto a ffix my Notaria l sea l. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 47. �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, To-wit: I Hereby certify that the records of my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 5.25 acres in Stonewall District, Richland Heights Development, assessed in the name of John and Catherine E. Smart, • Given under my hand this 1st day of May, 1935. 48 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY r,.:s y 1 s t, 19 34 HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To . horn It ~gv Concern: This is to certifr thRt there Are no unp .,l id t xes :1 ssesedin the n me of John and C:J therine ;smn rt 5 . 25 ncres, RichlAnd Heigts Developmen t, s tonewall Dist rti.ct , County of Rock ingham , s tate of Virginia . Res!)e c tfully , F ·. 1£ . H. Harrison , Tre asurer, By tf.. {l.,.F,i, Deputy Y't � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smart-john-and-catherine.pdf Title A name given to the resource Smart, John & Catherine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Richland Heights Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 323 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 Smart https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c7ff641cb74f054bfbe43c3535f597a5.pdf 9f5c5b8826c60d6e75178875aa1ade88 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHi ,I COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #324 - Smart , Wm. B. & Ida . Number of Acres: 10 Location: Richland Heights . Entirely within the Park area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the nearest shipping · point . Soil: Sandy loam, slope tyJe , fairly level , some scattering loose rock . History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract wns cut over _six years ago , the rem·1 ining sta11ds consist of a smo.11 an ount of second growth yellow pine and oaks . Improvements: Hone . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 10 'ii',.) . 00 )J0 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: V~ueofLand: $ GO . CO 10 . 00 ~.i,65 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 15 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . jQ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NC.)L..: • CL~ 1 ~- 30 �Claim In the Circuit Court of_ _ ____ _ ___ ounty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. ::.:.tav~~~:,t~~~~~~~~:ti~ ------~----~----~-~~lt--~------------------ _________ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in__ _ __ _ ______ The undersigned, in answer to the petit· of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, an 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 -,t-/ as his answer to said tition and to said notice. __ /3-_~-~--C.-~------~ nameSisQtz?°_ _.!_ ~ ---!'1-J post office address is ___: ~1 _____ r__ __ _ _---~ ::fcfaim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of Ian within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_/-J-:!"-,&'u _______ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ ------------------------------7 ---------------- g ~ ------------------ ~ ~--------Virginia, in This land is located about~-4 _____ miles from_/ 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.) Eas WesL~~.t:C-~~kmy right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf_J.,j_ ___ in the manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner 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 ,,,7- • a_., description o~ t]:e /tJact or parcel of land b_Y metes and bounds). _ R e m a r k s . ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - . c::::ic ~ ~~-~-tZ~~-~-~-~ ~~--~--'in~-. ~~-~~<------7 ~~--~· . -~ ~ ~-- --~ - ~ _(S_,[}.L~------ ~---------------------- (Continue oL~e~s-~y s~~a: 'Ji name 1~ r and --~k remarks if nece ary ~ e back). :t~~p~:~ ~ To-witi· _ / 2 / ~ GINIA, COUNT~---~-. STATE OF ~--P./ · ,1 v / _~-/ £-, o a. . ', ~ .,.....,_.._ -- . ----~--~- ----The undersigned hereby certifies that____ ~ ~ - the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath t at the matters and things (J~ng in his a b o ~ ~ e true to e best of his knowledge and belief, this_____ _J_~--=~~=::f:-:----o~~-193; c~ftJ- ;Vew;};:f.~I ' the pect;;1-r;;;~ tr( Ntt::lq:of~~ �t o e lO~ • ,~, I 50 . 0 •I :t h lop oone - 1l . d.;: 1 ') oint .. 1 r y e, f .11"1.,· l to o "JJ to V • :J., ~o , t t rt o ... t ol 1n Inc e. 1 l a ....ot '!' J.. 1t ot 1 To l To+ 4'\ 1n _ :. V'. - lb . 00 1 lU(- q • r e Gu vn ue 'D t r .,.,l'O 45..,0 .,!:."iO • 131 �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCI:INGH<\M COUNTY , VIRGINI • The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , PETITIONER, At Law fo . 1829 . vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others . On this day f' --------- of :May , 1935 . oame Ida. C. mart and "Jilliam B• mart, and , on their motion, leave is giv n them to file their application for istribution of the award in this case, which award was in their favor and the amount of the award as set out in the judgment of oondemnation for Tract No . 324 as 65 .oo. ard of Appraisal And it appearing from the report of th Commissioners heretofore filed in this suit and in the petition for judgment of condemnation heretofore entered herein,that,in the opinion of the said The State ·co,:unis ion on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia,Ida a.smart and Smart were invested illiam B· ith a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said tract of land designated as o . 324 , and that the record in said condemnation proceeding does not disclose any denj(ial or dispute uy any party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as 10 . 324 or to the prooeeds arising from the condemnation thereof . Upon consideration whereof, it is considered ~nd ordered by the Court that the said sum of .~65 .oo oa paid out as follows : ~o J .R. witzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, To Geo . s .Harnsberger, attorney for Ida Smart and tilliam B-Smart . c. ·2 . 00 63 . 00 The C1er 1r of this Court is directed to transmit a cerLAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG, VA . tifi ed copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall 56 �--2-pay out said fund in accordance therewith , ta 1:ing from the p~r ties t hom the fund is directed to be paid their respective r ceipt for the sums pain to them and certifying such payment to the Cler~ of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as re quired by law . J~nter . -...<.,f~f (_ u~ r t=----=----· Judge . LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. 51 �IN THE CI_CUIT COURT OF 30C~INGHAJ1 CCITNTY ,VI4GINI~ . The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , PETITIONER , At Law No . 1829 . vs . Cassandr~ Lawson Atkins and others , DEFEND NTS . TO THE HON.H • •BERT ~M,JUDGE OF SAID COURT , Your petitioners, Ida c.and William B. Smart, ~., re spectfully represent : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of ~he State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia the fee simple estate in a tract of l a nd formerly the property of your petitioners, situate in what is known as the ~ichl8nds Heights Development, about three miles east of Grottoes, in the ea.stern portion of Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia , which tract is described in the report of the Board of ~ppraiaal Commissioners, appointed herein , and shown, numbered , and delineated on the County Ownership Mey , filed therewith , as Tract No . 324, at the price of 65 .oo . Your petitioners further show to the Court that all of the taxe on said property have been paid , and that there are no liens or claims of any kind existing on or against said property, and that no other person or persons th~n your petitioners are entitled to share in the distribution of said award. Certificates of the Treasurer of nockingham County and of the Clerk of this Court are herewith filed, marked "Ex-Certificate No . l" and "Ex . Certificate o . 2" respectively , and the same are pr1yed to be read as parts hereof . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 52 �..... 2 ..... Wherefore. your petitioners pray that they may be ma.de parties herein and be allowed to =ile their petition in this proceeding; that the fund in this cause may be paid to them or to their a ttorney of record; that an order may be entered in these proceedings for the distribution of said fund, and that your petitioners may have such other and further relief as the nature of the case may required . State of Pennsylvania, County of .:z:d,..,..a "'- , to-wit: This day da c. ~-Smart, Jr., perso- nally appeared before me, for the County aforesaid, Pennsylvania, in my County aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, depose and say: We are the petitioners in the above entitled matter; the land condemned in this proceeding formerly belonged to us. We ha e re~d the above petition. have signed the same, and do hereby state th .t the matters of fact therein set i orth are true, to the best of our knowledge and belief, dJ;L 1935. e, k ~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this .£ ~ In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my day of May, Notarial seal. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 53 �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, To-w it: I hereb y cert ify that the reco rds of my offic e do 9 acre s, not show any delin quen t taxe s agai nst the trac t of 10.2 name in Ston ewal l Dist rict, Richmond Heig hts, asse ssed in the of Ida C. and Wm. B. Smar t. Give n unde r my hand this 1st day of May, 1935 . uit Cour t ,, ount y, Va. �M. H. HARRIS ON TREASURE R OF ROCKINGH AM COUNTY HARRISONBU RG, VIRGINIA }tay lst,1935 To · hom It Ma Y Concern : This is to certify that thereare no unpaid taxes assessed in the name of Ida c. & Wm. B. Smart 10. 29 acres, Richlard Hei ghts Devlopmen t , Stone,':o. 11 Distri ct, County of Rockingham , Stctte of Virginia . Respectfu lly , M. H. Ha ITison, Treasurer , By. ~ a . r eputy . .. 55 �Q.tnmmnuwraltq nf llirgtuta TREASUER ' S OFFICE RI C H M O N D , VA , J~ ; ) e ) f . ~ May 17, 1935 TR E ASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathright This i s to certify that I , of Virginia have this 17 . x x ~, Treasurer day o f May in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rock ingham County datea 5/9 / 3 5 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. _ _ _ _ __,_C.....a.. ,s. . . s. . . .a....n.....d .......... r . a. . ...........I-,a.....w~s. . . o.....n ,._.__...cA....,t,..,k~i.....n...s~.... a~n....d. . . . .a. .....t....b.....e.....r.........s _ _ __ paid t o Geo. s . Harn sber ge r, Attorney f o r Ida C. Smar t and Will i am B. Smar t, Harris onbur g , Virgini a $ 63 . 00 b e ing in f ull settlement of tract # 324 in the abo ve menti oned cause . 110 �Q!ommnuwraltlJ of 1tlirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND , VA. May 17, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . Ida s. c. Harnsberger , Attorney for Smart and William B . Smart Harrisonburg , Virginia A. B. Gathright Received of x:xxMxx ~E~XEX'5q.: Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 63 . 00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of _ _~R=o~ck=i=n-g=h~a~m~-- entered on the of_~M=a-y,____ 1 93>_ 9th day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #__3_2_4_ __ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. l II �Q!nmmnuwraltlf nf llirgiuia TREASUER ' S OFFICE RICH M OND . VA , May 17, 1935 ~:xlXdEKL TREA S UR ER O F VIRGI N IA A. B . Gathright This is to certify that I , of Virginia have this ~ 17 day of May Treasurer in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County datea 5/9/35 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia Atkins and others vs. - - - - - - - -Cassandra - - - - - ~Lawson ~~~= ~ ~~=~ ~=-=-=-- - :paid to Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court af Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virg inia J. R, $_ 2_._0_0___being in full settlement of tract# 324 in the above mentioned cause . /1'2.. �ornmwnumraltf1 nf 1llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA , May 17 , 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J. R, Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County Harrisonburg, Virginia A. B. Gathright Received of .i.xx: M x ~ , Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ __2_._0_0_ _ , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of___R_o_c_k_i_n ~g_h_a_m___ entered on the 9th day of _ _M _a-y_ _ 193_§_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ --~C=a=s~s~a=n=d=r~a~L=a~w~s~o~n~A~t_k~i~n_s___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as# 324 Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. \13 � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smart-wm-b-and-ida.pdf Title A name given to the resource Smart, Wm. B. & Ida Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Richland Heights Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 324 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 Smart https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/926c8ce19d70467f83dccdc74b6fbccc.pdf bda458e9185457f996e83e17d7b9aece PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #20 - Smith , c. w. Number of Acres: #3 to #4 in Page and Rockingham Counties and a small · portion outside Park area . Location· At Positions Five miles over good country roads of which two and one- half are paved to Elkton , nearest shipping point . Roads: Soil: Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility , but very rocky. There are cliffs and outcrops on the southeast portion . The fields have been cultivated for sometime and are wornout . They are poor and uitte sdandyd~t· Thfe _grazing has n~sg!u~ef~~~~ iPgetittle other grass f qTr .t HIS ory o ac an con I Ion o timber: (See reverse side) Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: 4 $ao. oo t;4o.oo lb . 00 30.00 $70.00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: 2 @ Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land:$ ?0 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 11. 66 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. �SOIL: and some brush. Restocking is grown up to yellow pine with some white pine and oak, and has a small amount of grass. The fields are leyel. Cove has gentle slopes and the slope type is steep. The general exposure is to the west • . History of tract and condition of timber: There is no farm dependant on this tract for firewood, but the owners cut some for their personal use. Tract has been cut over many times for charcoal and for farn1 use. Some firewood is still being cut . There is some nice white oak from 4 to 10 inches DBH and some red oak, yellow pine and white pine. �-- Claim of________________ ) ____________________________________ -____________________ _ l'7) - In the Circuit Court of ___ __r_ _-:_ _,_ _ _:!-_~f----~--- __ County, Virginia, No.Lt ~--, At Law. The State Commission on Oonservatio'n and Development of the State of V{rginia, Peti_,________________________ __ _ _ f'I,{ -- __ ~ ll _ __ a......-____ ~ tioner, vs. __ 'ia ___ more or less, of land in _____, ,t _____ .! __ ~ ___ ..!' _ __ _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 fl.I* of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of__ (.,,K!:::'-..~~ -~ - L - ~ ---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said no ice. 1 ___ • 1 ____ · ________________________ _____ _ My name is ______ 11A ___ -~ ___ r-~__8-t___ ] ____~ ------------ My post office address is _____________________ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ______, _____ ___ __ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _______________{ ____ ------------------------ ------------- ~-=: ____ u.__£!;;;;._________________Virginia, in miles from __ _ This land is located about_ ____ the _______ __:'. -1 _______ 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.) __ (/ r: J IJ h~ a. . h'\A.cl__ ~ __ -' _____ ./ r;;: ________________________ ~ t .L V - - - - - - - - - - - - . ____ 1 ___________ _ The land o,\rners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North _____ ___ ___ 1 _ _ " " - ~ • ?,.... . . _____G,. < ~ ; - ~ '- -- ------- - - -- - - -- -- - - -South _________ __ _______ /} _______ __ r. _ --- -------- ----------------- --- ----- ---- --- . . ~ ~a::t_ ______'"tv'T1 -------·_·__14.c, ----------- l - - , - ,.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ______ ____ in the following manner: :::::: ;_l: ~ :::_+ -t,,...f...,- d,~ .·::::::: <: : : I- i> ' : : :: : '// ' : __ • -{,J:: __ l> - ' ::: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $____/ _f._(J_~~- ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· the ownersof _____ _3 _________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or Wc. a '(. ~ 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 an y 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 tra~t 1 or parcel of land by metes and bounds). ~ I / --- 0 0 J~ _ o-----~ -----------------~ ____(_ ______________ Remarks · ------------~---~- ______ £_ ______ _ -- tZ__ }'\ __________f'L-'---1- -Iv?: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------- -------- ---------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). "jitness my signature (or my name and mark at tached hereto_Llhis ___ "'--~--------day __ of ______ _____ ___ __ _J __ , 193;. To- it: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ________ _f.:'.'_':_ ____ ___ _ ____ _ -----------------the above named claimant per sonally appeared before him and ade oath that the matters and things appearing in his abov.e answer are true to the best of his k~ wl, e and .belief, 7b this ___ ____'7c_a ______ day '2---/ r / / 3/ J f d..tf-~ -------------- ---- -----#)-~ r------, O 193', ~ / z:t_/i!_ ___ _ ial Investigator or Clerk of the Court, o;~ Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 31 �::µ Z.o Joef. ('2.3 f7-e '>, ~ ~ i_V, ----,1 ·---- Claim of_ _____ _ In the Circuit Court of_ ___________________________ County, Virginia, N o. __7--____, At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-- ~ ~L/-- / -~,,. ~--tioner, vs. _____ /; ------- ~-/.; _______ a~-~ -~ j ___ ~c --- ------------------------- /1)------------------------------------------------------- more or less, of land in _______v_:-_~t,-~ ____________ 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 said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________ -~ ----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ ___ }(eu..£__{f{µjf4:t:#! -------------------------------My post office address is _____ _,_,.,_._c._ _____ _•__ _f-"i.____ /3__ --~ -~ ------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ___________________________________________________________ _ ?:,_,_________ iL_J _= ----------------- This land is located about_ ___ ~ -----miles from __ Virginia, in the_i _.f'_,_~ ~---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 par 1 of land described above.) ____ -----------~-------1,,v-c- __ ~ ~ --1- t-P___ .n _ _ . _______ _ --V h __ __a. ___ ._ J- __.....P ---- n _______ · ~ ----------- --' -----------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: r T __ n __ d --------------------------------------------------- North ______@ _ l South_ ________________ East ___________ . _ ,.. / West_ ____ ~) _ r - ~ - - - , - -f2____ __________--::-__ ~--~----· _____________________ _ "1,J. _tl>c~ '.J •__________ 7 ---------------------------------.I. ___ ,.~ _ ____ u r- .,,/_. _"' ________________________ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ J_~_,r ..-<L~ --- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· 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 parce of land by metes and bounds). Remarks· ___ }tf _____________ -.,-& ___ a&u.-~~,1 ---------------------------------- ______ g___: ~ ~_::°':-__....... ~ ,.,, --3,2J2~::i-f _ · --1 :: ::: __ --::::--:::: -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). w·tness my signature (or my name and mark attached heret~ this ___ _b.A _______ day £~-~ ~-------------- of___ ----------, -----, 193,. __ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____li_~!._ _____70 _ ~+-, - -To-wit: --~L:-..___ ·_ ________________ _ The undersigned hereby certifies that-1~ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and de oath that the matters and things appearing in his FabJZ~s:er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, ~ _______day ofz ;r this ___ __ , -- ---- --- ~~~::3~ t e Court, or et..£~i~r-or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �Countya District : count y: District ; c. w. Acrease Cla imed: Value Cla imed: Location: • Assessed x 71 A. 142 P« ~ 1630.00 At Poai tione 6,o.oo (land only) Page Shenandoah I r on llorks Rockingham Stone ra.11 / Heirs Deed Not available u ' /13 to 4 in Page and Rockin ham counties a.nd a small portion outalde ark area . Ineumbrance~, c unter claims or laps; None kno n. Soil: Sandy loam of f~ir depth and fertility but very rocky. There are cliffs nnd outcrops on the southe~st portion . The fields have been cultivated for sometime and are •tornout . '!'hey are poor and quite sandy. The grazin. has no blue-grass and little other grass and some brush. Restoc{ing is grown up t o yello~ pine 11th some hite pine and oak, and has a small a.mount of grass . The fields are level . Cove has gentle sloDea ~..nd tie slope type iG steep. The general exp sure ie to t he west. Roads: Five miles over good country roads of 1hicL tio undone- half are paved to Elkton, nearest shipping point . History of tract and condition of timbers There is no farm dep~ndent on this tract for fire- iood, but the o~ners cut com for their ucrsonal use . Tra.ot p.e.s been cut over many 1-mee for chnrco4l and for farm use. Some fire - wood is still b~tnr ~ut. There is some nice white oak from 4 to 10 inch es DBR and some red oak, yello pine and 7hite ' pine. On 28 acres in Page t he e oti~ate 1e 150 cords · 112 . 00 fuel 100d t 7,t. - - On 4 acres in Rockingham the estirr..ate is 20 cords of fuel wood 15. 00 at 75¢. - - ~J I fupro vements: None . Acreage and va lue of l end by tyPess ~ Cove Slope Grazing Acreage · 12 1, 2 2'9 (Page County) Value · per A. 5.00 2 . 50 9 . 00 Total value of land . - - ~116 . 00 (Page County) " Total value of tir.ber - - ... 112 . 00 " Tota l value of tract ~ - i228. 00 7. 86. Average value per acre - - Total Value 60 . 00 38. 00 18. 00 i!6.oo �County: Page District: Shenandoah Iron 1orks -2- County, District: tO C i ngham County) Pae Count Smith AcreaRe and value of land by ·types:. Acreage ~ Cove Res tocking 4 T Total value of Total value of Total value of Average v lue Heira ( Rockingham County) Value Total r A Value .oo 2 c. w. Ro ckingham Stonewall -20:o'o 16. 00 $36 .. 00 36. 00 l end - tiPber ~ tr~ct er a cre 1,.00 5'1.00 8. 50 SU] y Page ~nd Rocking1am counties, 3;. Total number of acres Total v~lue of tract ~279. 00 Average value per acre 7.97. xnote: Includes other lands. '17 �___, ounty: District: County: N #20~(Rock ingh Rocking Stonewall Page Distx-1ct: Shen. I .Works Sm1th,G .W.Heirs, Count~) (t623(P86e County) & J .W. Davis LEGEND: Slope C8ve Scale• 1 Grazing : 20 chains '18 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Positions 3 to 4 in Page and Rockingham Counties 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): 20 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 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-dc-tract-177.pdf cd66adf0146149a41dc11dc52ff1122b 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 Smith, DC Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 177 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Survey</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 Smith, Emily F estate Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 336 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smith, FP Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 73, 73a Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (pages 112, 148, 149)</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 73 Tract 73a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-FP-tract-73-73a Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-gy-tract-176.pdf 7b1defaa428f355828ea63c26d571f33 PDF Text Text County: Madison District: Roberson #176 . Y. - Smith, G Acreage Found; Location: . 11 Assessed: 36 A . S. Positions Park Area. Rose River; U outside the Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Soil: Deed: No field sheet . . - 134 135 and 136 Part . None known Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility. Slopes are moderate to steep. Roads: ^ 4 miles dirt road and 18 miles hard surfacB road to . Culpeper History of tract and cohdition of timber; All of the saw timber . was removed from this tract several years ago . Improvements: None Value of land by types ; Type Acreage Slope 11 Summary: . Total value of land Total value of tract 55.00 55.00 . } Value per acre Total $5.00 | 55.00 Value �Comity: Madison District: Robertson .. - #176 Smith, G V' Acreage Deed: No Field Sheet • Deed: Assessed: 36 A, Claimed: Assessed: $244.00 Value Claimed: . AREA: 11 A Location: . . Positions 154-135 and 136. Rose River; U S Part . outside the Park Area Incumbrances, counter claims, or laps: Soil: . Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility Eire Roads: . None known Slopes . moderate to steep 4?r miles dirt road and 18 miles hard surface road to . Culpeper History of tract and condition of timber: All of the saw timber . was removed from this tract several years ago Improvements: None• Value of land by types: Type: Slope Value Per A . 2.50 Acreage: $ 11 Total value of land: Total value of tract Average value per acre: $22.00 22.00 $2.00 Total Value $22.00 �County: Madison District: Roberson . #176» Smith,G Y, rt A ^7 c (b > "0 N $ Wesley Smith . 5 5 Est . . Smith D C Greene Heirs ; ——— —Slope Scale - lft - 20 chains LEGEND: » inm mi “ � 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 Smith, GY Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 176 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Survey</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 176 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-GY-tract-176 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-henry-tract-129.pdf 477a6ecd29bd8fb89d434e38f9b64351 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 Smith, Henry Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 129Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Survey</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 129 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-Henry-tract-129 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-james-e-tract-65.pdf c589ead8289cfdd4e6ecdb4d32c728e5 PDF Text Text County: Madison District: Roberson S - Smith, James E. Claimant #65 Acreage Pound: Location; . Assessed 130 A 115 . S. Position 15-16-17. Part outside the Park Area. U Incumbrances, counter claims or laps ; None known. . Soil: Sandy loam slope and ridge types, steep and rocky Roads: 10 miles via dirt and 10 miles via hard surface road to Culpeper, the nearest shipping point . . . History of tract and condition of timber ; There is about 15 M bd TEI of poplar & $2.50 per M ~on this tract, the remaining is badly damaged by fire and has no market value $37.50 . . Improvements: No improvements. Orchard: . $150.00. 130 apple trees, poor condition, age 30 yrs Value of land by types: Value per acre Acreage 97 9 . 1 5 3 Type Slope Ridge Pc Pr Orchard value value value value of of of of land. timber. orchard. $289.00 $ 37.50 $150.00 tract. - y % $ 9.00 12.50 $ 12.50 5.00 $50.00 Summary: Total Total Total Total TTJTFO $1.00 fit TT5 476.50. Total Value $242.50 " 25.00 289.00 �County: Madison Roberson District ; 65 reage claimed . James . Smith 75A ^ Assessed 130A ^ Value claimed $2250.OC " .. T)eed35 and 95 1903 ,U 76.00 - - 1878 ;ioo 460.00 -- .oo ! Location: ? 8 Position 15 16 17 part outside the Park area Incumbrances, counter claims or Ians: one known ^ Soil: Sandy loam slope and ridge types, steep and rocky Hoads: 10 miles Via dirt and 10 miles via hard surface road to Culpeper the nearest shipping point tract and condition of timber: There is about 15 M Bd ft of poplar & lv2 > er M on this tract the remaining is badly damaged by fire and has no market value History of . . Improvements; (15 ^ . Ho improvements(except timber) .130 @ 2 per M) ft. of poplar | apple trees & M bd Orchard Value ^^ of land by types: Type Slope Ridge . . .. F C F R Orchard Value Acreage Total value of orchard Total value of timber Total value of tract Average value per acre II Total Value per acre $1.50 97 9 1 6 3 Ip Total value of land .00 1 150 00 , ft Vr condition, age 30 yrs jg ' 145.50 6.75 10.00 . 75 10.00 4.00 20.00 50.00 y S« rv * 182.25 150.00 30.00 362.25 3.15 �Claim of In the CircuiUOourt of The State Cbfnmission on tioner, vs At Law. and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- _Conservation A d _ Z_ /_ JL -_ - _ % OrAA? ST - more or less, of land in riCounty, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and De velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said tition and tagaid notice. My name is / My Post Offi Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about acres, on which there are the following / cCr*** buildings and improvements : = - ^ This land is located about miles from __. Virginia, in the> 2 LA^ t*«.Magisterial District of said County. 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 ) . — _^ ^ ^ fgSLf * The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : N o r t hJ h. South -- / -«« t • M East % West I acquired my/right, title, es e or interest to this property about the year ^g TzJE T in the following manner : sj >6^^ — ^^ — ^ ^— I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcgl of land but lying outside the Park area, whiclf 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 : —. 9 ( Continue remarks if necessary on thg back ) . __ — Jril ^ — itness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this _ J fl - day , of , 1930. :A STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF To-wit : r The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and thingsj 3pearing in his aboye answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , day of , 1930. __ | j A — Clerk of the Court, or Special Notary Public, or Justice of th < gator or ace. ��In the Circuit Court of Madison County,Virginia The State Commission on Conservation and Development Petitioner Vs . D F.Anderson and others and 55,000 acres of land in Madison County ,Virginia On this, the 29th DePendants day of March , 1034, came Anna Jenkins and Ella . Smith, heirs at law of James E Smith, and on their motion , leave is given them to file their application for the payment of the sum of $476.50, the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract Vo. ^, *4. 4« . 85, which tract was owned by James E Smith at the time of the annraisement thereof by the Foard of Appraisal Commissioners and the said James E. Smith cc has since died intestate, leaving as his only heirs at law , the following i . chiIdren: Anna Jenkins, Ella Smith and Jack Smith And it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered day of December,1933 , that , in the opinion of peti herein on the - tioner the said Anna Jenkins, Ella Smith and Jack Smith are invested with . a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said Tract No 65, and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to said Tract . 65, No or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof , and is therefore entitled to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of Tract No. 65 , eiccept as herein provided. And it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or payable upon said Tract No. 65 ha^e N» en paid except fofc the year 1933. Upon further consideration whreof it is considered and ordered by the Court that the sum of $476.50 be paid out and distributed as follow's: (ll To B.S.TTt z,Treas. Madison,Va. taxes for 1933 (2i To N.G.Payne ,atty.Madison ,Va. fee and costs (3 i To Mrs.Anna Jenkins ,Nethers,Va. l/3 of balance (4) To E l l a Smith , Winston,Virginia l/3 of balance (5) To N.G.Payne ,General Receiver of the Circuit Court of Madison County l/3 of balance $ 8.45 12.00 1 52.02 152.02 152.01 And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the.Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay out said fund as above provided , the items above set forth aggregating the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No 65, taking from said parties to whom the fund is payable as aforesaid , receipts therefor , and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as provided by law . ' , . �flC c y t k, * r C 5 •w c t i x c$ £9 *W c X t* t 4 c o cc *» » c c r x fC •- c <r 0 W WJ c c; e X I r OJ M * • M c co o •• r x X c t * W ¥• » AD- 0 <T r ^ Enter « * * 3PACE r JT: £4 «/ » . r * -C X > .. tr MM Judge 0* c: I c T r a c t No . 6 5 ( Order for the Distribution E State Coirnnl ssi nn on Consnrva tion and Development Vs ( of the award w *r *5 BOOK r LAW - ORt)EH c < D . ^ . Anderson and others p r 4 t - sQ p 4 CC 4 ft. *9 kc c r W*1 ' ; •M JC r cc c e c «5 T vW o *4 ft D ( c > V r c r> ? x G PE - r tf * a) * > T X c +•* C5 r c ft f* r c c - «5 * c » % C r G r c cc W- p r c c * * f - c tr c JO % C » >0 « CC G c CO cc t- 4 c X* c C r c r X > . T cc « cr tr •H !l w t I * -2 % to # » • *n w ir c r r x p: M •r ft <n ** X * * c < ic K: * O CA CA V # CO r r W r • ; c <r c <r cc ft r c ) - 4 - y0 o 2 r IC * "N o r w* X r n c , - j c r 4 •C4 * r iu C5 wG c tr A , »W. « t» ) *> r r * •w. * M * c o c *c > PI s? — I c c O (r X fcv r c •c «-> c Cft r tr « c pc « *G r ft » ^ X Cr r > ^C 1 <y> ! C Ik ^ r r « tr x e- -r *> C tr 1 v * % X • Mk * c *c «5 c * • c r <n r 3 c *> O *Q c - C z * r X C Ci C ^ *c « c r *M c <r f r X r- c r* * - •» r *r pr + > 1 •pc G5 Cr | I B -cc cc r r• C H 5^ - fr, © « r $ 2 T 7 <T5 r r Pi^ cc cc r c C5 CC -c- & cr *c <r £2 c r’ > CC * * X *« •W rat f* X. �This is to certify that there are 1933 taxes of record in my office to the amount of $ s„ 45 . . against the tract of land owned by .. Smith James JS. . which is designated as Tract No. 65 . ; Tract No. . ; Tract No on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on Conservation &c., vs. W. D. Anderson.- and others. Given under my hand this 3. ^. . day of , 193.4 . f l J .s M . . . Treasurer Madison County, Virginia By Deputy m Treasurer �This is to certify that there are . No . . . delinquent taxes of record in my office to the amount of $ of land owned by against the tract James E . Smith which is designated as Tract No. ; Tract No. 65 ; Tract No on the County Ownership Map filed in my Office in the action at Law pending in the name and style of the Commission on Conservation &c., vs. W. D. Anderson, and others. Given under my hand this . .3. day of , 1934 . . . March . . . Clerk . . Circui Cqurt, Madison County, Virginia By ^ y. . . Clerk Deputy � 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 Smith, James E Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 65Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (page 213)</li><li>Tax Record</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 65 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-James-E-tract-65 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/7200fef0b6fd103a2c90af000d60d4da.pdf 0e00d1d6372cd22e0ad2340755ef2272 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF <;,1/¥),t'~;r--oWNER #126 - Smith, Jos . l Number of Acres: s. Location:South Naked Creek at Positions #2 and #3, lying in Rockingham and Page counties , and mostly outside the Park area . Roads: Five miles , two and one-half of which are paved, to Elkton, nearest shipping point . Sandy loam of good depth and fair fertility . There is considerable small loose ro ck . The tract is mostly level except for moderate slopes along the east boundary. One - tenth of an acre in Rockingham County was cultivated in 1930 . There will be very little woodland left on the History of Tract and condition of timber: home place • Tract has been cut over many times for charcoal and other products , and some firewpod is now being cut . In Page C0 unty there is an open stand of nice young white and red oak to 10 11 DBH . Soil: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value $10 . 00 $10 . 00 Ridge: Slope: Cove: --- 1 @ Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 10 .oo Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None CLERK �County) Smith Acrea£r,e Claimed : Assessed x 43 Value Claimed : Location : u • County: Distric t: Page Shenando ah Iron Works County: Distric t: Roekingh am Stoneva ll Jose h 85 s. P. Deed ~640.00 (land only) Not a.va.ilab le ff South Naked c reek at Poo i ti ons # 2 to fl 3, l y ing in Ro ckingham and Page countie s, and mostly outside the park area. Incurnbr anccs 2 c untGr claims OY' laps:. None known. Soils Sandy lo'""m of ~G od d pth and fair fertilit y. There is conside rable small loose rock. The tract is Mos tl, l evel except for modera te slopes alone the east b oundary. One .. tenth of an acre in Ro ck ingham c ounty as cultivat ed in 1 930. There will be very little 1oodland left on the home p lace. Roads: Five miles, ti1o and one-hal f of 1hi ch a re paved, to Elkton, ne'1.rest shipping :ooint. History of trac~ Jl[ld conditio n of ti mber: Tract has been out over many tirries for charcoa l and other products , and some fire-woo d is now being cut. In Pa ge coanty t h e r e is an oven stand of ni ce y ~ung 1hite and red oak to 10" DBH. On 7 a.ores in Pa e t h e estimate is 35' cords of fuel wood a t . 1. 00. - - - ~35.00 Improvem ents : None. Ac1·e!"lge '1nd value of land by types: ~yp= ~Jlope Value Val ue Value Value per A. Acreaf£e 4 + ---- of land of timber of tract per a cre --.. - -..- ' 6. 00 4.oo Cove Total Value 24.00 1 2 .00 i 36.00 36.00 (1,age County) 35. 00 " " .71.00 , 10.14 II II tJ ft Acreage and va lue of land by tynesi ~ (Page County) Value Acreae;e i (Roe k in ham County) Va lue Total per i\.. Value 6.oo 6.oo Value of land - ~~6. 00 (Rockingha.l"l. County) U ff tract • 6.00 II U Ave rage pe r a cre 6.oo SU?.:l"ARY Page and Rockingh am c nunt iea. Total number of acres ~~:oo Total value of tra ct 1~vero.ge vo..1,.ue per aare 9• 63 • 3 �Rockingham Co . Map ¥ County: District: #126-(Rockingham. County) Josephs . Smith #596-Page Co) Rockingham Stonewall County: Page District: Shen. I.Works .J, R.i s .v.f. 0 .-..vis LEGEND: (Rockinghru;i) Cove Scale - 1 11 = 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smith-jos-s.pdf Title A name given to the resource Smith, Jos S. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Naked Creek Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 126 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 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-mamie-f-tract-164.pdf 07c2f2af9fbf34ef4d81c218af3dd4f5 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 Smith, Mamie F Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 164Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Survey</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> 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 Smith, Mollie Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 71Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>LOB9 (pages 303, 304)</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 Smith, MT Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 85Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>Notary</li><li>LOB9 (page 149)</li><li>Tax Record</li><li>Misc.</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Madison County SNP Records collection consists of 363 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. D.F. Anderson and Others, and Fifty-Five Thousand Acres of Land, More or Less, in Madison County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Madison County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smith, OB and GW Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 106Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li><li>Owner Claim</li><li>LOB9 (page 363, 364, 234)</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 106 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-OB-and-GW-tract-106 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-of-and-lillard-smith-h-tract-64.pdf 318289633331466531f88037b80c78df 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 Smith, OF and Lillard H Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 64 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9 (pages 362, 363, 360)</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 64 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-OF-and-Lillard-Smith-H-tract-64 Lillard Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4cb0bef268060efe12f549ca6e3528be.pdf d56e09a5a87c542dac4f2105bc31edcc PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAU COUNTY ___, NAME OF CLAIMANT #77 - Smith, Q. E. Number of Acres: - - - 309 A. I Location: Both s :ti es of old and new Spottsvrn-o d Trail near Swift Run Gap . Seven miles over Spotswood Trail to E1 kton . Roads: Soil: Sandy clay of different depth and fertility; on an average it is a good depth, somewhat rocky along the stream . It is north of the new Spottswood Trail and has moderate slopes with northwest and southwest exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Most of the tra ct was cleared many years ago and has been grazed and cultivated since . Vii th the e~ception of several smail portions which have been neglected in recent years it has grown into pines and locust . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past . The present stand consists of mixe oaks , poplar , ap.d hickory along the stream and some yellow pine on the slopes . Improvements: See other side . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: 65 @ $5 . 00 $325 . 00 8 @ 10 . 00 80 . 00 218 @ 42 . 00 9156 . 00 12 @ 20 . 00 240 . 00 6 @ 30 . 00 -- Grazing Land: -Fields Restocking: -Cultivated Land: -- 180 . 00 $9 , 981 . 00 309 Orchard: Minerals : Value of Land:$ 9981 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 1435 . 00 l _, 435 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 150 .oo 150 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ 50 . 00 Value of Fruit: $ $11 , 616 . 00 Value of Timber: $ ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 37 • 58 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE - ~ - 4 f / , n '. _CLERK �CONTINUED FROM REVERSE SIDE Improvements : DWELLING-- - - Log , 14x20 1 , shingle roof , 3 rooms , log finish--poor condition, abandoned----- OLD BARN - -- -Log 16x42xl6 1 , shingle roof , fair condition----SU1111.IER KITCHEN ----Log , 12xl4xl0 1 , s hingle roof , poor condition- - -- -STABLE- - - - - Log , 10xl2xl0 1 , shingle roof , poor condition-----DHELLING-- -Log and frame 25x36 ', metal roof , 4 rooms , ceiled, abandoned , poor condition, 2 story----ROAD CAMP BUILDING-- - -Frame - 10x40xl0 1, paper roof , fair condition---- SHEEP bHED - - - Frame 18x26xl2 1 , with shed , 18x36xl6' (attached) poor condition---STABLE- - -Frame , 10xl2xl0 1 , shingle roof , poor condition-- - -- GRANARY & SHHD--Frame , 2Qx25xl2 1 , metal roof , fair condition-- - - -GAHAGE AND SHED---Frame , 18x24xl0 1 , metal roof , fair condi tion----rnJELL ING- -- - -Log , 24x20 t with annex 20xl6x8 1 , 2 story, 5 rooms , log finish , poor condi t ion, oc cupied owner- - - --BARN-----Log and frame , 36x46xl2 1 , metal roof , fair condition---- -SPJ.'-t ING HOUSE--- --Frame 9xl4x8 1 , shingle roof , poor condition----HEN HOUSE- -- - Frame, 22x24xl0 1 , shingle roof , poor condition-HEN HOUSE -----Frame , 10xl8x5 1 , metal roof , fair condition- =- ---ROAD SHAlrey__ Frame , 8xl4x8 1 , paper roof , fair condition .-~- • �Claim of___ Q...-_E....-_S.m.ith_____________________________________________________________ In the Circuit Court oL~_9_q_}sj._I};gh_'!_~_____________ County, Virginia, No,________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____g •- E •___ Smith ________________________________________________________ _ 304 · Ro ckinD'ha m · · Def endant s. more or 1ess, of land m-----------=--=-----_______ count y, v·1rgmia, The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_RP_o.k.i_ngb._~w.___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is _______ Q._ E._ Smith --------------------------------------------My post office address is ___~J_1:..!~--~~~~-Y-~~----------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to _be condemned, containing about_ __ ~.9_i ___________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _____ 3__dll\/_e.lJ...in~-.J i._J__ 9j;_t;1l>J.Jz§....._JJ.sl_@.9A§s}__._ __________ _ granary , 2 corn cr ibs , 1 cow barn, hog pen, 2 shanties and 140 furit trees This land is located about_ __ 6________ miles from ___ Jllkt.o.n., ________________ Virginia, in Stone rall Mag1s · t etia · 1 n·1st r1c · t of sa1·d Count y. th e________________ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) I am sole. owner The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __ -:J2._ B.-..Eensl.e-;;:--------------------------------- ------------------------South _____ Ba rrie _J "mes _______________________________________________________ _ East __ Elsie B._ Ba ugher----------------------------------------- -------------West ____'i!J....--H-, -B-~gher ------------------------------------------------ --------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __l9l8 ___ in the following manner: By _deeds fro m_.Andrew Hensle_x.,__ J . _ M._ Dean.,__ T ._ B._ Hensley _.,nd_Ed.-____ _ NP.rd Herring I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_;!.._Q_QQQ!.QQ ____ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ,interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-l-5A00;;-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: ..2.5Q_,.."Jcx.es......o.f__thi.s-~n.d-i.a_in.-so.d._and-.u.se.d..-f.o.r.-.g.J:~.7,.ing.. __ _ purposes --------- --------~----------------- --------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and maA attached heretoLj}is_-14-th ________ day of_:.ir~R~~.?-~;yJ__!J_~!-, 1930. --~-t-A~-------------------- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__ Ro.cllng.h~m------------, To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ Q..._E......J;il!l.:it.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 best of his knowledge and belief, this ___l4Jh _________ :_day oL~'?P_~~~-~i~-~~~1., J~30. J ~,/ ~ ,. _ ,, __/ ----1 I 1_ A __.fj_'._f}__~ ____7...,1*2, - -- -~---------~ I p.n vY'/ Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or Notary Public, or J ustic of the Peace. 7 �County. Rockingham District: Jtonowall • ,{77 .. Sm1 th 1 Q. .,\or~a.ge Clai1nad: V9.lue Clai'med: Looat1on: 304 A. ' re. 1.ssessed 309 ~; . ... is,100 . n $3020 .00 Deed: 0 (102 A -1919 for l5ooo/oo - ol A.-1909 for !1200.00 -148 A.-191? for ,t;2920 .00 Both sides of old and new Spotswood Trail near Swift Run Gap. Inoumhranoes , , c ~· Jnter cla:i,ms or la2s: Pone • -- Sr~nd: clay of different depth and fert1 1. i ty ,.on an a verar,e 1 t is good depth, some what rocky alone: the stream. It is north of Roads: Seven miles over Spotswood :'rail to Elkton . Soil: the new Spo'tswood Trail and has moderate slopes with northwest and southwest exposure. IUstorz or tract and c:)ndi t on of timber: lfost of the tract was cleared many 'y ,:mrs ugo an, 1 fias been grazed nd cultivated since. '11th the azo . J;;tion . of several small portions whioh have been neglected in recent years it has grown up into pines and locust. The 1ooded urea has bee'.': cut over r::pea tedly in tiie past. ':'he presnn1 stand oonetsts of mixed oaks, poplar ind hickory along the stream ·1.nd some yell w pine one the slopes. The wooded area is , estlm;1ted to out an :.1ver·ige of o cords of fueLiood per acre or a total of 390 cords va~ued 50¢ pe~ cord-~ ~195.00 Im;pr?vements: DwelliilJili: J....og 14x20' 1 sh lngle roof, 3 rooms, log finish, poor o,)ndi ti·)n, abandoned __ _.. 10.00 .Q.ld. bar..!ll. .Log 16x42xld ', shingle roof, fuir cnnditim-i60 ,00 ~ummer lei tohen: Log 12xl4xl0 •, shingle roof, poor " ti. 00 1 Stab!e: Log iox12x10•, shingle roof , poor condition orchard: 3 aores valued - J4o.oo per acre for trees only --D\velllng: Log and framE- 25x58', metal roof, 4 rooms, cetled, abandoned, poor condition, 2 story, ~<t camp build\u.s,: 1rrame 10:x40xl0', peper roo:f, fe.ir a:mdition ...... Shea shed: Frame 18x26xl2', with shed l8x36xl6', attached poor condition -- 10.00 120.00 100.00 50.00 60.00 '::;tabla: Frame l0xl2xl0', shingle roof, poor condition- 15.00 dranfil_ and shed: Frame 20x25xl2 • , metal roof, fatt "-125. 00 G!lrage and s~1ed: Frame 18x24xl0', metal roof, f'air ,,... 50. 00 Dwelting : Log 24x20' ,dth annex 20xl6 'x8', 2 story, 5 rooms, log fL1 ish, poor condition; occupied :;y owner-350 .00 Barn : Log and frame 36x46xl2', rJlet ~1 roof, f,,tir 250.00 O)nd ition -Spr1ne house: Frame 9:xl4x8', shingle roo.t', poor c ·md ition -26.00 Hen house: Frame 22x24xlO', shingle r oof, poor oondt tion -50 .00 Hen house: Frame 10xl8x5', metal roof* fair cond1 tion- 20 .• 00 Roa d shanty: :F'rame 8xl4x8', paper roof, fuir condition- 15.00 &, 1!90.00 �Coun ty: rlookingbam Distr ict: Stone wall #? '1 .. Sm.1th , ,0,. ~. Cont' d Value of land b~ types : T;nze Cove ~ Slope F g I F g II F o Value oreag e . 65a 6 12 s.oo 195.0 0 !li', 40.00 30.00 20.00 4380. 00 35,.00 210.0 0 ? 2.00 6,00 309 'total value of lend '!tota l Value ,s.oo 146 72 Fr !!er ,acre 1440. 00 $tS33?.oo .i6337 . 00 'I'o tal va.lu J of impro veme nts 1290. 00 i'otal vul ue of timbe r Tot ... l vlue of truot :.vera ge vulue per acre Note : 195.0 0 ?822, 00 26.51 ,.lhe grazi n,: hind north of ";h-·· now Spt ow ood Trail is poore r than that on ·th :i rest of the tract . Due to the preso noe of brier s, su.mach and loose surfa ce r ()ok 1 there f re 1 t has t,een gi van 1 lower value . l'fo �Virgil.nia: In the Circuit Court of Roc kingham County. The state Commission on Conservat ion and Development of the sta te of Virginia, v. PETITIONER , At Law No. 1829. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and Fifty- ~vo Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty- One (52 , 561) Aore~ of land , more or less , Q r DEFENDANTS. f _____day of ~ On this, the _ Q:: /! (.,< f.d t(. ~ r , 1'133,< came Q. E. smith, and, on his motion , leave is given him to file his application for the payment of the sum of $11 , 616. 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnat ion for Tract No. 77 and heretofore paid into the court, and thereupon Myrtie A.Long , The Bank of Elkton, Incorpora ted, Annie c. Moore, Ralph H. Bader , Executor of A. S. Bader, and Hirsch Brothers tendered their respective answers to said petition , which answers are hereby aooord ingly fiJed , and it appearing from the report of t he Board of· Appraisal Commissio ners, heretofor e filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnat ion entered herein on the 2d day of November, 1933, that, in the opinion of the petitione r,the said Q. E. Smith is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tra ct of land No . 77, or to the proceeds arising from the condemnat ion thereof exaept as hereinafter provided, and it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable upon said Tract No. 77 have been paid ; upon considera tion whereof, it is considere d and ordered by the Court that the said sum of ~11 , 616 . 00, paid into Cou.rt aa ju.st compensation for said rraot No . 77, be paid out and distr i buted as fol lows : (1) To D. W. Earman, Attorney for Myrtie A. Long, the sum o:f $517 . 00 ; LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA . ( 2) To G:B.BDl:Dt:amrbnga:q: The Bank of Elkton, Incorpora ted , the sum of ~2 , 300. 00; 251 , �--2-(3) To '"• c.Eoore, ttorney for lulnie c.~,,-oore, the sum of .;a , 016. oo ; (~) To Ralph H. Bader, ~xeoutor of A. S.Bader, the sum of Jl , 016. 00 ; (5) To H. i·. 1yant , ttorney for Hirsch Brothers , the sum of ;711. 20 ; ( 6) To Q• .J!j. Smi tr.1. , the sum of ;5 , 805. 80. (7) A.nd the Clerk of this Court is directed to retain the sum of ,_p250. 0 0, the same to be held by him subject to the future order of the Court in this matter. Said sum of -.'250 . 00 is being held on account of the claim of the heirs of Sarah J . Dean, formerly Sarah J . llen , to eight acres of lam described in the deed from llen P. Lam and others to Clarissa All en and Sarah J . ..h.llen , date d July 10 , 1880, which deed is duly of record in the Clerk ' s Office of this Court in D. B. 18, Page 275 • .And the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay out said fund as above provided , the items above set forth aggregating the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract uo . 77 , taking from said part i es to whom the fund is payable as aforesaid receipts therefor , and ce ~tifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof , as provided by law. "nter. Judge . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURr OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 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. The separate answer of Myrtie A. Long to a petition filed in this cause in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County by Q. E. Smith. This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so much thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer, answers and says: That it is true that petitioner and his wife conveyed the real estate described in said petition situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, known and designated on the map of the park lands as Tract No. 77 to D. w. Earman, Trustee by deed dated May 30, 1932 recorded in the Clerk's Office of this Court in Deed Book 152, page 312, to secure the payment of the principal sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), as evidenced by a certain Homestead Waiver bond of even date with said deed made by Q. E. Smith and wife, said bond being payable to your respondent, Myrtie A. Long two years after date, which said bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00} with interest from May 30, 1933, is now held and owned by your respondent. Respondent joins in the prayer of said petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein. And she will ever pray, etc. ~ t �IN T-IE J IR.CUI T OOURT OF ROCKINGHA.1 COUNTY , VIRGI NIA The 3tate Comm ission on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt of the State of Virgi nia vs . Jassa nd.ra Iawso n Atkin s and other s The joint and separ ate answe rs of Annie C . core , Ralph H. Bad.er , Execu tor of • S . Bad.er , decea sed. , and Hirsc h Broth ers , to a petit i on f iled i n this cause in the Circu it Court of Rocki ngham Count y , Virgi nia, by • E . Snith . These respo ndent s for answe r to said petit ion or to so much there of as they are advis ed it is mate rial for them to anm·rn r, ansvv er and say that it is true tbat 1L ti tione r and. his wife conve yed three adjac ent tract s or parce ls of land , situa te on the Blue Ridge Moun tains in oc ..t\.ingh am Count y , Virgi nia , known and. desig - nated . on the map of the Park lands as Tract Ho . 77 , to K. c. :Moore and Ralph a . Bad.e r, Trust ees , by d.eed. da tea. November 19 , 19 32 , recor ded. in the Clerk ' s Offic e of this Court , in eed. Book No . 153, at page 392 , to secur e the payme nt of the princ ipal sum of Two Thousand. ~even Hund.red. Dolla rs (~2 , 700 . 00 ) as evide nced by three bonds beari ng even date vrith said deed, made by ,., . E. Smith and. wife , all of which bonds are payab le to beare r four month s after date , two in the sum of One Thousand. Dolla rs ($1 , 000 . 00) , each , and one in the sum of Seven Hund red Dolla rs ( '700 . 00 ); bond No . One for One Thous and Dolla rs (~1 , 000 . 00 ) be i ng now held by your respo ndent , nnie C . Moore ; Bond No . Two for One Thous and Dolla rs (qpl , 000 . 00) being now held by your respo ndent , Ralph H. Bader , Execu tor of • S . Bader , decea sed; and Bond No . Thre e for Seven Hund red Dolla rs ($700 . 00) being now held by your respo ndent , Hirsc h Broth ers . Respo ndent s furth er say that it is true that inter est has been paid on said bonds to the 19th day of S~fpte mber , 1933 , Z.5'1 �2. Your respondents join in the prayer of said :petition for the distribution of said fund as set out therein and that they will ever pray, etc . Annie C . Moor e • Moore Ralph H. Bader, Executor of A. s . Bader, dec'd Hirsch Brothers By counse l l.55 �7 Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Roc kingham Count y. The state Commission on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the state of Virginia , Upon Petition of Q. E.Smith. vs. Cassandra Lawson atkins and others . The answer of The Bank of Elkton, Incorpora ted , to the petition filed by Q. E.Smith in the above entitled proceeding . For answer to s a id petition, or to so much thereof as responden t is advised it is proper for it to answer , your respondent answers and says: That it is true , as allsged in the petition that your respondent isthe holder of a negotiabl e 1 homestea d waiver note ex- ecuted by the said Q. E. Smith and his wife , and secured by a deed of trust as in said petition alleged, which note is in the principal sum of ~~2 , 300. 00, and is now carried by your responden t in that amount . That it is further true, as alleged in said petition, that sai d note is seaured by deed of trust upon the lanCBof the said Q. E.Smith whioh have been condemned in the above proceeding s and for which the said E. Smith was awarded t he sum of ~~11, 616 , oo. Your responden t avers that J.j; i s entitled to be paid the sum of ~2,300 . 00 out of saidaYard of Jll , 616 . 00, and prays that his interest and right in this matter may be protected . And now, having fully answered, yo ur responden t prays to be hence dismissed , with its costs in this behalf expended . LAW OFFICES GEO.S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . �In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County. Virginia: The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the state of Virginia, v. PETITIONER, ~t Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and Fifty-two Thousand, Five HU.ndred and Sixty-One (52,561) ores of land, more or less, DEFEND.ANTS. TO THE HON.H.W.BERTR.A?.1:, JUDG.!!.i OF SAID COURT. Your petitioner, Q,.E.Smith, respectfully represents: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of the petitioner the fee simple estate in a tract of land formerly the property of your petitionvB, situate on the Blue Ridge Mountain, in the eastern portion of stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein,and shown, numbered, and delineated on the county ownership map, filed herewith,a.s Tract No. 77 ,at the price of $11,616.00. Your petitioner further show to the Court that all taxes against said property have been paid to and inolu.ding the year 1933, and he herewith files certificates to that effect from M.H. Harrison, Treasurer of Rockingham County, and J.Robart Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, which certificates are marked respectively , am 11 Ex. Certificate No. l" and "Ex. Certificate No. 2" the same are prayed to be read as a part hereof. Your petitioner further shows to the Court that the liens as hereinafter sat forth are the only liens binding the property heretofore condemened in this proceeding. These liens are as fol- lows: {l) LAW OFFI CES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA . .A deed of trust lien to secure the payman.t of a bond for �--2-- $500.00, dated May 30 , 1932, made by Q. ~. Smith and his wife, with interest from date , interest payable annually, \Jhioh said bond is payable to :MYI'ti e . Long, or order , two years after date . terest has been paid upon this bond to May 30 , 1933. In- The balance due , therefore,, is the sum of .)500. 00 , with interest from May 30 , 1933. This bond is secured by a deed of trust of even date with said bond, made by the said Q. E.Smith and his wife, conveying the property heretofore condemned in this matter to D.W. Earman , Trustee, which deed of trust was duly recorded in D.B.152,Page 312,in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County. attested copy of said deed of trust is herewith filed , marked "Ex.Deed of Trust No . l, n and the same is prayed to be read as a pa.rt hereof. deed of trust lien to secure the payment of a nego- (2) tiable note in the sum of ,$2 , 300. 00 , dated October 11 , 1932 , made by Q. E.Smith and his wife , and payable 120 days after date to The Bank of Elkton, Incorporated, which note has been :renewed from time to time, and isnow held by the said Bank. This note is se- cured by a deed of trust of even date with_ said note, made by Q. E.Smith and his wife , conveying the property heretofore condemn d in this matter to Geo.S. Harnsber 6 er , Trustee , wh ich said deed of trust was duly recorded in said Clerk' s Office, in D.B. 158,Page 253. An attested copy of said deed of trust is herewith filed , marked n.Ex . Deed of Trust No . 2 , " and prayed to be read as a part hereof . {3} A deed of trust lien to seou.xe the payment of the sum of )2 , 700 . 00 evidenced by three bonds dated November 19 , 1932, made by Q. E. Smith and his wife, all of which bonds are payable to bearer four months after date , two in the sum of ~1 , 000. 00 each , and one in the sum of ~700 . 00. is now held by Annie LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. ••Moore. One of the bonds fo:r $1 , 000. 00 The other bond for ~1 , 000. 00 is now held by Ralph H. B3.der, Executor of A. s. J700. 00 is now held by Hirsch Brothers . Bader, and the bond for Interest on all of said l �.....3-- bonds hhs been paid to September 19 , 1933. The balance , therefore due under this deed of trust, is the principal amount hereinabove set forth with interest from September 19 , 193B. That no other person or persons than your petitioner and the parties holding said obli gations above referred to , namely , Myrtie .A.. Long, The Bank of Elkton , Incorporated , .A.nnie E.Moore , Ralph H. Bader , Executor of .S. &der , and Rirsch 3rothers, are entitled to share in the distribution of said award . Wherefore, your petitioner prays that he may be made a party herein allowed to file his petition in these pro- and be ceedings; that the said Myrtie .A.. Long , The Bank of Elkton, Incorporated, Annie : Moore , Ralph H. Bader, Executor of . S. :&3.der, and Hirsch Brothers may be made parties defendant to this petition and be required to answer the same, answer under oath being waived; that an order may be entered in this proceeding for the distribution of said award, and that your petitioner may have suah other and further relief as the nature of the case may require . state of Virginia , City of Harrisonbu..rg , to-wit : This day Q. E. Smith, the petitioner in the above entitled matter, personally appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse , a Notary .Public in ginia , in my and for the City aforesaid, in the State of Vir- City aforesaid, and being duly affirmed , deposes and says : ram LAW OFFI CES the petitioner in the above entitled matter. I am acquainted with the contents of the above petition, and do hereby GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG , VA . l5? �-- 4--state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true , to the best o! my knowle dge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Dec ember , 1933. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �M. H. HA RR ISO N TRE ASU RER OF ROC KIN GHA M COU NTY HAR RI SONB URG , VIRG INIA I here by cer tify tha t the reco rds of my tha t Qui nton E. Smi th has pai6 the taxe offi ce show 193 2 and 193 3 on his sev era l trac ts of s for the yea r~ app rox ima tely 303 acr es, whi ch la:r:ids ~re land agg reg atin g Blu e Ridg e Mou ntai ns, Sto new all Dis tric situ a~e in the t, Roc king ham cou nty, Vif gin ia. All taxe s prio r to tha t tim e, if any be unp aid, are a mat ter of reco rd in the Cle rk's Off ice of said Cou nty. Giv en und er my h&nd this 15t h day of Dec emb er 193 3. ?JM~~- Tre asu rer of Roc king ham Cou nty. I here by cer tify tha t the reco rds in my off ice do not show any del inq uen t taxe s aga ins t the trac t of abo ut 303 acr es in Sto new all Dis tric t asse ssed in the nam e of Q. E. Smi th , exc ept for the tax yea r 193 2 , but whi ch by the acco mpa nyin g cer tifi cat e of M. H. Har riso n , Cou nty Tre asu rer, is show n to hav e bee n pai d, sinc e the same was retu rne d to my off ice . Giv en und er my han d this 15th day of Dec emb er , 193 3 . Cl e£ of the Ci rcu i t Cou rt of Roc king ham Cou nty , va . By @r4=~ , D. C. �- ~ "' •' L'aw Office o/ Yeo. S. Jlarnsheryer J{arnson6wy,l/a. �Q!nmmnuttttaltq nf ]Hrgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . JOHN M. PURCELL January 5 , 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virginia have this 5 day of January in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County dated 1 / 3/ 34 - - - - in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. - - - - -Cassandra - - -- -- Lawson - - --Lawson - - - - - - - - - - - -- - paid to K. C. Moore, Attorney for Annie $1,016. 00 c. Moore being in full settlement of tract #-----2..2 in the above mentioned cause. �Q.tnmmnuUtralt11 of lfirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . .January 5, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA K. c. Moore , Attorney for Annie c. Moore Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 1,016.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of_~R~a~c~k~1~n~g~h~run.......,._____ of January entered on the 3rd day 193-1_, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ -=C=a~s=s=a=n=dr~a~=L=a~w~s~o=n~A~t=k=i=n=s~___ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land ____ known in said proceeding as #_ 7_7 Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Q!nmmnutttraltlJ nf llirgiuta TRE ASU R ER ' S O F FICE R IC HMOND, VA. January 5, 1934 JO HN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VI R GI N IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcel1, Treasurer iii~~ary of Virg inia have this 5 day of ______ in accordance with an order of the circuit' court of Rockingham County dated ¼2/34 in t h e cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia Cassandra Lawson Atkins - - -- -- -- - -- - - - paid to D. -7 . Earman, Attorney for Myrtie A. Long vs . $ 517 . 00 b eing i n ful l settlement of tract in the above mentioned cause . #-22 �• Q!nmmnuwraltb of llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND . VA . J anuary 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA D. w. Ear man , Attorney for Myrtie A. Long Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 5 1 7 . oo , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockingham of January 19Zf.1:_ entered on the 3rd day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ __ C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o~nc.c. . . cA~t~k'----=-=i=n=s'----_ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as # i: 77 Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. Z.70 �<nnmwnnttttaltf1 nf ]Itrginta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 5 day of_Jam iary with an order of the circuit court of dated 1/2/34 in accordan ce Ro c kingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra 1 awson~A~tk~i~n~s ~------- - - - paid to The Bank of Elkton , Inc . $_ 2~,_3_0_0_~_0_0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #__.!J..!] in the above mentioned cause. 2.11 �Qtnmwnuwtalt11 nf llirgiuta • TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . January 5 ., 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA The Bank of Elkton_.,_ Inc . Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 2 , 500 . 00 , in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of of Rockingham January 193~ entered on the 3rd day , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __ _t_k_ i _n_s_____ and others, being _ a_w_x_o_n_ A _C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_ L full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g as #__7_7~--- Sign ori g inal and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �QlnmmnunttaltlJ nf ltltrgtuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. January 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer of Virginia have this 5 day of Januar y in accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham dated 1 /3/34 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson-Atkins - - - - - -- - - -- -- - paid to Ralph H. Bader Executor of A. s . Bader $~1~,PO~l~B~-~D~D~___ being in full settlement of tract #_!1!l in the above mentioned cause. �<trommnuwra!t4 of ]lirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND. VA . January 5, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Ralph H. Bader, Executor of A. s. Bader Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 1 1 016.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county Of- - -Rockingham entered on the 3rd day - - - = - - - - -- of January 193L, in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development v ___ -~C=a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a=-'L=a=w=s~o=n=--=A~t=k=i=·n=s____ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #_7_7____ Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. �Qinmmnuttttaltq nf 1llir9iuta TREASU RER ' S OF F ICE RICHMO ND, VA. Januar y 5 , 1 934 J OHN M . PURC ELL TREASURER O F VI RGI N IA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia have th is _ 5__ day of Januar y in accord ance with an order of the circui t court of Rock ingham County dated 1/3/34 in the cause of the State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment of the State of Virgin i a Cassan dra Lawson Atki ns vs . :paid t O_ __f_o_r_H_i_·r_s_c_h_ B_r_o_t_h_e_r_s___ . _,_._Vi_'y_a_n_t_, _A_t_t_o_r_n_e_y _:1-I_ $ 711 . 20 be ing in full settlem ent of tract # ~ in the above me nti on ed cause . I 2.75 �Q.tnmwnuwtttlt11 nf llfirgiuttt TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. .January 5, 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA H. w. Wyant, Attorney for Hirsch Brothers Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of $ 711.20 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county _ _ _ __ entered. on the of__R_o_c_k_i_ng~h_am of .January 19~_ 3rd day , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development v _ __ ........s~s~a-n-d~r~a....__I~1-a~w~s=o~n~A~t~k.u.....1~n~s._____ and others, being _ C=a full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as #~ 7~7~ - - - Sign original and duplicat e and. return to the Treasur er of Virginia. �Qtnmmnuwrultl1 nf ]Itrgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . January 5 , 1934 JOHN M. PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia have this 5 d.ay of January with an order of the circuit court of d.a t ed 1/3/34 in accordance Rockingham County in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia vs. :paid. to Cassandra Lawson-Atkins -- -- -- - - - - - - - Q . E . Smith . S_O_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract $ 5 , 805 _ in the above mentioned. cause. # 77 �QJ:nmmnuwralt11 nf ]lirgiuta TREASURER 'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA. JOHN M. PURCELL January 5, 1934 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Q. E. Smith Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 5,805.80, in accordanc e with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of Rockihgham of January entered on the 3rd day 193_.i_ , in the matter of the State Commissio n on Conservat i on and Developme nt v _ __ _ C=a=s=s~a=n=d=r~a=------.,L=a=w~s~o=n,,___,,A=t=k=i=n=s'------_ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land known in said proceedin g as #~ 7~7~ -- - Sign original and duplicate and return to the Treasurer of Virginia. Z-18 �NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 1829 Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less DEFENDANTS. Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as fallows:. Tract No. _77_________ · 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. __7_r:;_ _____ $llfil.6....OPon Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No. ------------ $----------; That the report of the said Board sets forth th at 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; Q. E. Smith That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof:- By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, Q. E. Smith, to give 9 acres of his land within the Park Area to the Park Project . That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons .whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds _ a:·ising- 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. ___7.!J_ ______ $27_. QQ __ : Tract No. ____________ $ ----------: Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME P.O.ADDRESS STATE COMJVIISSIOB ON CONSERVATION NonJ--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 apJ)roval 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 tn th., s,nnrnv,i,l nf the court in each case. �STATE OF VIRGINIA ) COUNTY OF ~J ARREN ) ss Personally appeared before me the under signed Notary Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being duly sworn, depoo ed and said that she is an employee of the State Commis sion on Conservation and Devel opment in immediate cha~ge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Divi sion thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shar e s of condemnation awar ds in the Shenandoah National Park condemnation pro c eedings pending i n the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements ent ered into with the owners a f lands s ought to be c ondemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and corre c t . Witness my signature t his 8th NOfAI lC Sep. 1 �VI 02:~.L-• • 11:· rt1IIE CI CUTT TTRT OF "ROCKD/}L.. 80UI"T • I N VACATION . The State Con1.-r ission on .::: ons0rv ati on & "Jeve lopren t , of the .3tate of Virgi.. n ia , - - - - - - - - r et l ti oner , v. Cassa ndra L':l TSon Atkins , et als , defend ants . 77 , In Re: Distri butio n of -proce e-1s of con dernna ti on for Tract ro . . .C: . 0mi th , )27 . 00 . "<, • . I . . sion ~nser vation on C?. d ay car2e th e .) t ,.,_t e C orrnis . h is " :::.,eve lopnen t by couns e, and moved the Gourt to enter an order direct ing the Tre2s urer of the ..3tate of Vir"'.! nia , to :::'8-Y to it of out of tho procee ds of condemn::1.tion of Tr<:ict !:o . 77 , the sum ~27 . 00 , repres entin 0 the 81Ilount of a certai n mith , hho claine d to be the ovmer of said tract , to so.id .:::omthe ni3sio n on Conse rv.-,tio n & Develo pment , as a contri bution for establ ishme nt of 3hene. ndoah ration al Park and in suppo rt of its said r,1oticY1 , the said Cormi ssion exhib ited to the Court , its o, motion in uri tin~ set tin~ forth all the fee ts in relati on theret '.\Lich has be en hereto fore filed herein . Upon consid er~ tion where of , it ar>re erinr; to the Co1Jrt , thet the claim of said Cor. ission is not based upon any lien ei ther on the land condem ned , or on the procee ds of condem rtt nat!bnn , and tho.t s8id Coun.i ssion has failed to obtain the conse of the partie s entitl ed to the :proce eds of conde mnetio n , to the payme nt of its clain , it is accord ingly "'djud .~d and ordere d th'-t the motio n of the Comr. ission for the payme nt of said claim out of the procee ds of condem nation for said tract re and the same is hereby denied . · The Clerk . of the Gircu i t Court of ~ ocking ham . , Gount y, will enter the foreg oi ng order up on the Comm on Law Order Book of his Court a s a vacati on order . Given under my hand in va c ationt his / 5 day of .Augus t , 1935 . of .Judge ~ Jfl tU .rJ co. ha.m tocking " . 1 . of Court t the ircui G Va. I \'o � 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 Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smith-q-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Smith, Q. E. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Spotswood Trail 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): 77 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 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5008a38766ec3b871fcf3a2c1d5d45a3.pdf 4c176b60adb2ade47de19dd33efbb885 PDF Text Text C mtj'* District: Rappahannock NAME OF OWNER #265 - . Smith, Towsen E 11 Number of Acres: Between the South Pork of Jordan River and the public road leading from Flint Hill to the Shirley Carter orchards near the head of said river The area described in this report is a very small portion of a much larger tract the remainder of which is outside the Park area Location : . . The public road mentioned above is improved and forms the north boundary of this tract It is about | 3 r miles to Flint Hill thence 13 miles to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Roads: . . . The soil is a sandy clay loam The slopes are very gentle, with a slight southeast exposure, but the surface is somewhat rocRy Soil : . and condition of timber: This tract is a narrow strip of timbered Tract along the east side of the South Fork of Jordan River. On ac land lying count of the rocky nature of this particular area and the location of the public road, it was impractical to enclose it or clear it for grazing and cultivation. Considerable cutting has been done on this tract but there remains a scattered stand of hardwoods estimated at 5 M. ft. B.M. History of - . for a 1 species and products Improvements : Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Slope : 11 Cove: @ $5.00 $55.00 Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 55 00 # Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 « 00 20.00 $75700 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 6.82 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE �oonty: ^ ct: Distri #265 - Suit , Tow ' Acreage Claimed: *A - 3 on £. -;:-Deed A 3303SOd Value Claimed: - * Note A tt This is a small portion of a much larger tract which was ac quired and is assessed as a whole . Location: - Between the South Pork of Jordan River and the public road leading from Flint Hill to the Shirley Carter orchards near the head of said river, The area des cribed in this report is a very small portion of a much larger tract the remainder of which is outside of the Park Area, - Incunbrances, counter claims or lav)s: Roads: None so far as nown. The public road mentioned above is improved and forms the north boundary of this tract It is about | 3r miles to Flint Hill thence 13 dies to Front Royal , the nearest shipping point . . . Soil: The soil is a sandy clay loam The slopes are very gentlest with a slight southeast exposure, but the sur face is somewhat rocky - . History of tract and condition of timber: This tract is a narrow strip of timbered land lying along the east side of the South Fork of Jordan River, On account of the rocky nature of this particular area and the location of the public road it was Impractical to enclose It or clear it for grazing and cultivation, C nsiderable cutting has been done on this tract but there remains a scat tered stand of hardwoods estimated at 5 M ft, BM for all species and products worth $4.00 per M. Feet - .. Acreage ard value by types: Type: Cove Acreage: Value Per A 11 $5.00 Value of land tt tt timber tt ” tract Value per acre for the tract . $55.00 20.00 - $6.82 Total Value . $55 i 0 �C ount y: Rappahannock District: Af #265 4 - Smith, Towson E• i Sc - o> W.J.Rutherford UtfJ LEGEND: Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Ti liable Land Scale 1" = 20 chains Cove - � 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 Smith, Towson Description An account of the resource Tract: 265; Location: Between south Fork of Jordan River near the head of the river; Cost/Acre: $6.82; Estimate Value: $75.00; Number of Acres: 11.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 265 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smith-towson-tract-265 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/716cf0878659f2bc497c48b540598617.pdf 5ad56967ee8d72b0a764d8d2f18b2536 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT -- #52 1 2 Number of Acres : On Devil Stairs Run. Location : Roads : Soil : .. . Manuel Smith, Virginia A Lap on Robt E A fair dirt road extends from this tract to Washington, the County Seat, a distance of approximately 6 miles . . Clay loam with rocky surface This area has been completely cut over for sawtimber and bark, The young growth is valued with the soil No part of this area has ever been cultivated or planted to fruit or grass History of Tract and condition of timber : . Improvements : . . None Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge : Slope : 2 @ $4.00 $8.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 8 » 00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : S 4.00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : S . NONE CLERK �V w County: Rap >ahannock District: - - #52 1 . Smith Lap Virginia A on Robert E. Manuel Acreage Claimed: Assessed: Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: . Deed: AREA: 2 A Examined by: Location: . On Devil Stairs Run Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: This is an apparent lap of the Virginia A Smith tract on the Robert E anuel tract . . . . Soil: Clay loam with rocky surface Roads: A fair dirt road extends from this tract to Washington, the County Seat, a distance of approximately 3lx miles . History of tract and condition of timber: This area has been completely cut over for sawtimber and bark, The young growth No part of this area has is valued with the soil, ever been cultivated or planted to fruit or grass . Improvements: None, Acreage and value of land by types: Type: Acreage: Value Per acre Total Value Slope 2 $4.00 $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 Total value of land: Total value of tract: Average value per acre: $4.00 � 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 Smith, Virginia Description An account of the resource Tract: 52; Location: On Devil Stairs Run; Cost/Acre: $4.00; Estimate Value: $8.00; Number of Acres: 2.0; Monies Awarded: $8.00 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 52 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smith-virginia-tract-52 Manuel Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3a23e9ec606b6bb3eb23b7059ee03022.pdf 5ad56967ee8d72b0a764d8d2f18b2536 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT -- #52 1 2 Number of Acres : On Devil Stairs Run. Location : Roads : Soil : .. . Manuel Smith, Virginia A Lap on Robt E A fair dirt road extends from this tract to Washington, the County Seat, a distance of approximately 6 miles . . Clay loam with rocky surface This area has been completely cut over for sawtimber and bark, The young growth is valued with the soil No part of this area has ever been cultivated or planted to fruit or grass History of Tract and condition of timber : . Improvements : . . None Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge : Slope : 2 @ $4.00 $8.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 8 » 00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : S 4.00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : S . NONE CLERK �V w County: Rap >ahannock District: - - #52 1 . Smith Lap Virginia A on Robert E. Manuel Acreage Claimed: Assessed: Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: . Deed: AREA: 2 A Examined by: Location: . On Devil Stairs Run Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: This is an apparent lap of the Virginia A Smith tract on the Robert E anuel tract . . . . Soil: Clay loam with rocky surface Roads: A fair dirt road extends from this tract to Washington, the County Seat, a distance of approximately 3lx miles . History of tract and condition of timber: This area has been completely cut over for sawtimber and bark, The young growth No part of this area has is valued with the soil, ever been cultivated or planted to fruit or grass . Improvements: None, Acreage and value of land by types: Type: Acreage: Value Per acre Total Value Slope 2 $4.00 $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 Total value of land: Total value of tract: Average value per acre: $4.00 � 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 Smith, Virginia Description An account of the resource Tract: 52 - I; Location: West side of Rush River near head of Harris Hollow; Cost/Acre: $15.34; Estimate Value: $439.00; Number of Acres: 154.0; Monies Awarded: $2,383.00 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 52 - I Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smith-virginia-tract-52-i Smith