218 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-wesley-estate-tract-175.pdf 76474ca8ba07c6952f0800f3e6aea786 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, Wesley estate Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 175Items 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 175 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-Wesley-estate-tract-175 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smith-wj-tract-240.pdf 8ea4c769af1a6b45e889cb108840d0df 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, WJ Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 240Items in Land File:<ul><li>Claimant Worksheet</li><li>Tract Assessment</li></ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 240 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smith-WJ-tract-240 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/74cbdfd7cdc305bf2c8abcbc779c3c54.pdf 68b8d55b9a55c6cebb7944407c91b8fc PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Hampton District NAME OF CLAIMANT #50 136. Number of Acres: - Smoot, Ernest . Marshall. Location : Head of Rush River on south slopes of Mt Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: timber right is outstanding. None so far as known, except Roads: Approximately four miles of unimproved county road to Washington and 19 miles of macadam road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point . , . Sandy clay loam with steep slopes and southern exposure fairly smooth with rock slides along drainage lines Soil: . Surface local use Culled for chestnut oak bark and lumber for Repeated fires have injured standing timber and reproduction Improvements: None History of Tract and condition of timber: . . . Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Total Value Types Acreage Slope: 74 @ $2.50 $185.00 Cove : 48 @ 4.00 192.00 Grazing Land : 13 @ 10.00 130 *00 “' $507.00 Cultivated Land : Orchard : 1 @ 50.00 ... 66 *66 Minerals: Value of Land : $ 50V *00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $50*00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ 1200 *00 $1200.00 $1757.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 12 *92 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N0ICE CLERK �7 *- “ Claim . ^^ ., At Law. County, Virginia, No 7 Nervation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- In the The State Co tioner, vs ! __ _ more or less, of land in f £ _ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to me' 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 o pd petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to s fdrtfetition and to said notice. ^^ ^ ??i- * i ^ _ is My name Address is Mv Post 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: */ H in , ia Virgin . from miles This id .is located about ^ the£5£ * i .Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) L^ f ^ - The land owners adjacent tp the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North South _ East West. I acquired my right, title, estate or following manner : ini&est to this property about the year , ^ J / in the I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the trader parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: - CztL< : C(J <L^cf ^ — _ . ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) _ _ day ) ( this hereto ed Witness? my signature or my name and mask attach of To wit : STATE! F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF - The undersigned hereby certifies th; rs matte the that oath made and him before ared ally person a ant claim d name | above the ^er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , answ his abyve and things appearing in day of this /- kC Zk - __ ' Clerk of the Court, or-Spocial Investigator or Njytey Publiernr Juoticc of the Peace. �. FTT F.D IN ’S CLERK OFFICE RA1JPAHANXOCK COUNTY f z, if /y �C _ nt-y: Rappahannock District: Wakefield . - #27 Snoot, Janes Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined by: On the drains of Jordan River, between Park boundary © orders 52 and 53 Locations . Incumbrances, counter claims or lap3 s . None so far as known unimproved county road to Flint Hill, thence 13 .- Ales of macadam road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Pour miles of Roads: . The soil is a sandy clay loam of fair depth &nd Slopes are gentle to moderately steep, fertility The principal exposure is and uniformly smooth toward the north and east Soil: . History of ~ . . of timber: All but 31 acres of this tract Tract and condition ' ' . has ’Ll een cult ivat ecT or grazed for i any years Approximately 20 acres of the area once cultivated has been abandoned and is now growing up to brush and briars The chestnut oak timber was cut for bark about 30 years ago, and the saw mill now lo cated on the western part of the tract is now cutting what timber is left from former logging operation . - . Improvementa: These consist of the following: House- log, » room,18x24,met roof,fair Barn,log,16x20,paper roof,16x20 shed, . - shape y250.00 - dtlapidated x 2-paper roof Corn crib,8! Chicken house,8x12 paper roof - Total Acreage and Types : " Value by Types: 51 Tillable Land Fields restocking Old Orchard M 24 15 3 Young Total . . J Sereage Slope Value pei A 3 OO 15.00 5.00 75.00 30.00 5 W . Value of land( ex orchards ) M ”a Improvements tt Orchard 0588.00 520.00 375.00 01283.00 Value per acre for tract —— $13.09 50.00 10.0© 10.00 326.06 Total Value ~ " $i53.60 360.00 75.00 225.00 150.00 �bounty: Rappahannock District: Wakefield #27-Smoot,James N A JH 1» <D ft Cd <D IH w I w « •• . s / V * • ^ vT s « KS \^ * *\\» fe W C.Gentry / ft R.A.Jonevs pq• tr | •H i rj * k J *"* vf <5 W.C.Gentry i^ vT LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale 1" 20 Chains - �Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT Number of Acres Location : _J #27 - Smoot, . Jas. H ' On the drains of Jordan River, between Park boundary corners . 52 and 53 . milVs o/SS&lolS ?hS°g§a£lsf &g??e 15 p . The soil is a sandy clay loam of fair depth and fertility Slopes are gentle to moderately steep, and uniformly smooth, The principal exposure is toward the north and east Soil: . History of Tract and condition of timber : All but 31 acres of this tract has been cultivated or grazed for many years, Approximately 20 acres of the area once cultivated has been abandoned and is now growing up to brush and briars The chestnut oak timber was cut for bark about 30 years ago, and the saw mill now located on the western part of the tract is now cutting what timber is left from former logging operation. > . - 1 6 room log frame dwelling,metal roof, in fair conditinn, 1 barn, paper roof, corn house and hen house with paper roof, in fair condition Improvements: . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 49 Value per acre @ Total Value $3.00 $147.00 $5.00 75.00 Cove : Grazing Land : 15 Cultivated Land : 24 @ 10.00 240.00 9 @ 50.00 450.00 Orchard : 97 Minerals: Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements : $ 400.00 Value of Orchard : $ 450.00 400.00 $1312.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $13.52 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE CLERK �-7 ' < Claim . i ^ ^ ., At Law. County, Virginia, No nservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti/r#c/ In the The State Co tioner, vs f < 37 __ _ land in f £ County, Virginia, Defendants. -?T- -’ more or less, of The undersigned, in answer to merpetition 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 ojyftpd petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to s fdrrfetition and to said notice. My name is My Post 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 ^^ _^ H in , ia Virgin from miles id .is located about thePK 4 i .Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) This L^ ^ f - The land owners adjacent tp the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North / South _ z. qz. East West. I acquired my right, title, estate or following manner : me,rest to this property about the year/ ^ in the J I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of . parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tractor parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: - Witness? ___ . ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) day my signature ( or my name and mask attached l ereto ) this > 1930. of To wit : STATE? F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF The undersigned hereby certifies th; rs matte the that oath made and him before fored ally person a ant claim d name | above the ^er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , answ his abyve and things appearing in day of this /- - __ ' Clerjt of the Court, or-Spocial Investigator or Npfey Pubhernr Justice of the Peace. �. FTT F.n IN ’ CLERK S OFFICE- RAI’l’AIIAXXOCK COUNTY �C Jity: Rappahannock District: Wakefield - #27 Snoot, Janes Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined by: On the drains of Jordan River, between Park boundary conlers 52 and 53 Location: . . Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: None so far as known unimproved county road to Flint Hill, thence 13 miles of macadam road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Pour miles of Roads: . The soil is a sandy clay loam of fair depth £nd Slopes are gentle to moderately steep, fertility The principal exposure is and uniformly smooth toward the north and east Soil: . . . History of Tract and condition of timber: All but 31 acres of this tract grazed for i any years Approximately 20 acres of the area once cultivated has been abandoned and is now growing up to brush and briars The chestnut oak timber v/a 3 cut for bark about 30 years ago, and the saw mill now lo cated on the restora part of the tract is now cutting what timber is left from former logging operation . has been cultivated or . - . improvement a: These consist of the following: House log, £• room,18x24,met roof,fair Barn,log,16x20,paper roof,16x20 shed, . - - 250.00 shape y - dilapidated x 2-paper roof Corn crib,8! Chicken House,8x12 paper roof - Total Acreage and /pes: Slope gl Value Tillable Land Fields restocking Old Orchard Young Total by Types: . Acreage Value pei A $3.00 15.00 5.00 75.00 30.00 24 15 3 5 98 . Value of land( ex orchards ) n " Improvements 11 " Orchard $588.00 520.00 375.00 $1263,00 $13.09 Value per acre for tract 50.00 10.09 10.00 . 320.60 Total Value $163.00 360.00 75.00 225.00 150.00 �V Dounty: Rappahannock District: Wakefield ^ - 27 Smoot,James ^ N A M o . p * d . R A.Jonas w / « I sT/ \ • H * r % I rH •H H * v:h s/' ** A\ . . • • • Nv..• •; < < .. W C Gentry i * .' « .• * * r > .. W C Gentry I 'M LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale - 1" = 20 Chains �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smoot, Ernest Description An account of the resource Tract: 50; Location: Head of Rush River on S slope of Mt. Marshall; Cost/Acre: $12.92; Estimate Value: $1,757.00; Number of Acres: 136.0; Monies Awarded: $1,757.00 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 50 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smoot-ernest-tract-50 Smoot https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/038e2600e5bc3699fa1f4d0592698991.pdf 6c412551d167ffeb6211dfa0efad10d7 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #27 Number of Acres - . H. Smoot, Jas On the drains of Jordan River, between Park boundary corners and 52 53 Location : . sssa?6ie?oiS 'g1P?saieSofi’fft?hSo | aJi3i1igipii ’ p5tes? e 13 ^ o/ . The soil is a sandy clay loam of fair depth and fertility Slopes are gentle to moderately steep, and uniformly smooth, The principal exposure is toward the north and east Soil : . History of Tract and condition of timber : All but 31 acres O f this tract has been cultivated or grazed for many years Approximately 20 acres of the area once cultivated has been abandoned and is now growing up to brush and briars The chestnut oak timber was cut for bark about 30 years ago, and the saw mill now located on the western part of the tract is now cutting what timber is left from former logging operation. . . . - 1 6 room log frame dwelling,metal roof, in fair conditinn, 1 barn, paper roof, corn house and hen house with paper roof, in fair condition Improvements : . Acreage and value of types : Value Total Value Types Acreage Slope: 49 @ §3.00 $147.00 Grazing Land : 15 @ $5.00 75.00 Cultivated Land : 24 @ 10.00 240.00 Orchard : 9 97 @ 50.00 450.00 per acre Cove : Minerals : Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements : $ 400.00 Value of Orchard : $ 450.00 400.00 $1312.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $13.52 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �7 *- “ Claim . ^^ ., At Law. County, Virginia, No 7 Nervation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- In the The State Co tioner, vs ! __ _ more or less, of land in f £ _ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to me' 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 o pd petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to s fdrtfetition and to said notice. ^^ ^ ??i- * i ^ _ is My name Address is Mv Post 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: */ H in , ia Virgin . from miles This id .is located about ^ the£5£ * i .Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) L^ f ^ - The land owners adjacent tp the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North South _ East West. I acquired my right, title, estate or following manner : ini&est to this property about the year , ^ J / in the I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the trader parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: - CztL< : C(J <L^cf ^ — _ . ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) _ _ day ) ( this hereto ed Witness? my signature or my name and mask attach of To wit : STATE! F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF - The undersigned hereby certifies th; rs matte the that oath made and him before ared ally person a ant claim d name | above the ^er are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , answ his abyve and things appearing in day of this /- kC Zk - __ ' Clerk of the Court, or-Spocial Investigator or Njytey Publiernr Juoticc of the Peace. �. FTT F.D IN ’S CLERK OFFICE RA1JPAHANXOCK COUNTY f z, if /y �C _ nt-y: Rappahannock District: Wakefield . - #27 Snoot, Janes Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined by: On the drains of Jordan River, between Park boundary © orders 52 and 53 Locations . Incumbrances, counter claims or lap3 s . None so far as known unimproved county road to Flint Hill, thence 13 .- Ales of macadam road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping point Pour miles of Roads: . The soil is a sandy clay loam of fair depth &nd Slopes are gentle to moderately steep, fertility The principal exposure is and uniformly smooth toward the north and east Soil: . History of ~ . . of timber: All but 31 acres of this tract Tract and condition ' ' . has ’Ll een cult ivat ecT or grazed for i any years Approximately 20 acres of the area once cultivated has been abandoned and is now growing up to brush and briars The chestnut oak timber was cut for bark about 30 years ago, and the saw mill now lo cated on the western part of the tract is now cutting what timber is left from former logging operation . - . Improvementa: These consist of the following: House- log, » room,18x24,met roof,fair Barn,log,16x20,paper roof,16x20 shed, . - shape y250.00 - dtlapidated x 2-paper roof Corn crib,8! Chicken house,8x12 paper roof - Total Acreage and Types : " Value by Types: 51 Tillable Land Fields restocking Old Orchard M 24 15 3 Young Total . . J Sereage Slope Value pei A 3 OO 15.00 5.00 75.00 30.00 5 W . Value of land( ex orchards ) M ”a Improvements tt Orchard 0588.00 520.00 375.00 01283.00 Value per acre for tract —— $13.09 50.00 10.0© 10.00 326.06 Total Value ~ " $i53.60 360.00 75.00 225.00 150.00 �bounty: Rappahannock District: Wakefield #27-Smoot,James N A JH 1» <D ft Cd <D IH w I w « •• . s / V * • ^ vT s « KS \^ * *\\» fe W C.Gentry / ft R.A.Jonevs pq• tr | •H i rj * k J *"* vf <5 W.C.Gentry i^ vT LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale 1" 20 Chains - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Smoot, James Description An account of the resource Tract: 27; Location: On the drains of Jordan River between Park boundary corners 52 & 53; Cost/Acre: $13.52; Estimate Value: $1,312.00; Number of Acres: 97.0; 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 27 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smoot-james-tract-27 Smoot https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_smoot-jc-tract-105.pdf dc956ab35bf6b4ea9902b0a4d75d349e 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 Smoot, JC estate Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 105 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>LOB9 (page 164)</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 105 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Smoot-JC-tract-105 Smoot https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b7de0be6600c71bfc18cc9b419c10262.pdf 596f5de0fbef7c0b0c7a53d3240c41f3 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ' - - . . . . ) ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF CLAIMANT #91 - Snapp , R. J . Number of Acres: 7 Location: Roads: Soil: Swift Run Gap on both sides of the Spottswo od Trail . Seven miles over Spottswo od Trail to Elkton . Sandy clay of go :id depth and fcrtili1f y; somewha t rocky with modera te slopes and northwe st exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber: Purchase d for su.mmer home site . :>Improvements: SUMMER DWELLING Frame 14x28 1 , 1 story, 5x28' , fa ir c~ndi tion, occupied by owner . ,aper roof, Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ $650 . 00 650 . 00 250 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 2 50 • 00 Total - Value of Orchard: $ '900 .oo Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ / ;l£ J.-£ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ _ -~ None - ~-CLEi(K �Ji_~ At/~----- ----------------------------------- Claim oL 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 filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this f as h~ya::: ~~~-------,---------------------- My post office address is _______________________________________________________ _ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ _________________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: _____ ---~ . !- _l__!________ : ___ - ~ _____ ____________________ !_ _ - ' ' l'j . _____ L ______________ ____ ______________________________________ __ _ _____ __ • t I • ' J • - - - -,r. ----------- , 7-_____ This land is located about_ ___ miles from__ -------------------------Virginia, in the ________________ Magistetia( District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: ~ North ________________________________________________ _____________________________ _ ~ / South ________________________________________________ _____________________________ _ - A / East ___ , ---------------- ------------------------------------------------ -------- --West________ __ ____ __ ____ __ _ / ------------------------------------------------ -----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the ~ear _________ in the following manner: 1 ' - ---- -------------------------------------{ /1 --------~-----~---------~----------------Ii ----~------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $LQQ~- -~~-- ----· 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%er 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 t, e tract or parcel of land b metes and bounds). Remarks: ----- --/2--...--1,,A_,_,,. ------------------------------- ------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oL~4~-y~~r1~~r my name;d o/ ;:;,;~::~tt:;~~~~~~=~~~~ STATE VIRGINIA, COUNTY 0 1 € ~ ~-~ ------, To-w1~t. The undersigned hereby certifies the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oa at the matters that_~./4~~A_ff!g-;4- ----------~-- : i~-~~~~{~::~~~-~:;i:f~~~:_::_~~;3:r~ I /;d;;ief, C) , // ~( h 1 o (,3 / Clerk of the Court, or S ~ Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 3... / �1/ ()0 oO /f;r Filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va. FEB 1S3 'i -----Cl erk �co ty: Roc kinghan. istrict: Stonewall , 91 - , napp , H. J . \crea~e Cla1nea: 6 . 50 A. Val :e ClaL cd: Location: As s essed: 6 A - 148 Jl riced: u .• -148 (1924) ~500 . 00 i " ~100. 00 ··1000 . s ift :Run C'ap on both si d. os of the :=;pots mod I rail. 1 lnc umbrunces, oounte1· claims or lm s: None known • .;Oil: Sandy clay of @:OOd depth anc. fertility ; some what rocky with moderate slopes and north est exposure • Roads: .,even miles over Spots ood Trail to . . . lkton .. ~11s tory of tract and c ohdt tion of timber: Improvomonts: Summer clwellina: Purchased for surnner l ome zi te . Frone l4x28', 1 story , paper roof, porch 5x28', fair oondition, occupied by owner. Value of land by tynes: ~ .t Building site Value per acre oreuee ·?i . 43 7 Total v luo of land Total valu • ~500 . 01 of 1mprovor ontsl'75 . 00 Total val ·e of tract Avern e val ue per acre 6?5 . 00 96 . 43 , 1?5 . 00 ':.'otal Value $500.0l �... CIRCUI . OOKINO CotJ.RT O COUH'l'Y, laGIM'I • et1 ton r ,rl8 0 V, t al , ~to . tk1 .!L ~ day ot i • the on _,; ; ; ;K,. a.... te_w_•.., _s_n_ap....,p_ _ _., a 1 n tion f'O·r o.ppli ym o D ber, 1933, c ve i motion 1n tho t oro re e1 in J t l tha nth opinion ot C 1 olo o 8 to t 1 1n ro rr or th Court th t th tioner oomp jua t C X' •) ,, or t du or peraon r to th t the s id the _prooecds,) To. 91 e t on rh t ri 1ng nr• 1 t ftlrthcr a ct N'O . 91 b1e upon a nd tll efor an or ppropr id i i 0 r o nts- do e d t e tr • car 1fy1ng th ear ucll or the ut n th . said yment to to Virginia, :,; eas KateW . Snal'J2 91 :try Court 1 direot o tho u tot t t<:r Tract N . reo 1 t t 1 Q ' LJ copy ot it! • th 900,00 urt rty ot UPO , QQ, ur by p t11 i t t1on tor 1. ct trill . _2_1_ _ bo p id un the sa.1 y unto the ll d mn t1o c 1d 14 i§1i~!. Sruz\pp I ~ h eot, o roe 1n p 1 : 0 wtto y: ct No . 91 , l ta.. t of ti 1 of thi p te by ti n r, 1d i<;nte W. Snapp tat t n ho condo t1 - Joi, mb cl 1 1 tho eond be h title in to th Court V'G r, y ,Yl, sna.2p . 1;ate et1t1o · e p t1 ion to nd 1 c us• d Jo . l i roo.o thi l tho a up rior or b i 900 . 00 Court . t red ?ero1n on tho C e to the file oft>T 11 ~-------' at1on tor- m rd r£ conl r port b e _ _ _ __ gt en ll!lrJ. ·to o idl!l of the t tout ot No •2_;i._ _, ho f ndant j Ka.te C r quir e by la . • Snap p th ,, �V FORM O. SUB'JEC'l" NORFOLK AND WES'rERN RAILWAY COMPANY I STATE OF VI RGINIA; COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit: I, J . Robert Switzer, Clerk af the Circuit do hereby certify that the records in County Rockingham taxes against the tract of 6 delinquent any show do not District, assessed in the Stonewall in poles O and rood . Snapp . w Kate Court of my office acres 1 name of Given under my hand this 18th day of December, 19330 C of Rockingham !5 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To ''lhom it 1nay Concern: I hereby certify that the records in my office show that Kate w. Snapp has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 6- 1- 0 acres of land situate in the Blue Ridge r ountains in Stonewall District , Rockingham County. All taxes prior to that time are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s office of said County . Given under my hend this 18th day of ~3 cember 1933. Treasurer of Ro ckingham <county �·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 follows: Tract No. Trrret""Ntt. ___________ .•'.&P-aeil Ne. _________ ,- ---r-1 _____ : 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 N - of-L ______ $-r-f}_Q .!C?_~ oft'4'1"'dct Ne ______ $ __ --- l 61.'l ~ -------- QL _____ --- ' That~he r ort of the said Board sets forth that J]yrfollowing named per~~aim, or appear to have a clai interest in the said tract(s) of l a ~ the proceeds arising~he condemnation thereof; That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows: Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __ _____ _____ $ ____ ______ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ; The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court) NAME ____A:dii.. al._~----- ------- p I P.O.ADDRESS ~/& I/. -------- ------------------ ---- - 1·---------------- ------------------ - - ~, I ------------------- - ~ h.c...__ -~ , . . ~ ---- ------------------ ------------------ --- ------ For_ Acknowle<igmen t--see_ other_ s1.Jiel ______________ .------------------ NoTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printea merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the court in each case. �STATE OF YIRGJNIA, COUNTY OF ROCICTNGHAM, to-wit: Kate This day personally appeared before me-r.w . Snapp and made oath that the statements contained in the above petition so far as made on her own information are true and so far as made upon information of omhers she believes them to be true. harrl this ~ day of December 1933 . Given under my ,;; :dt/)i_i~ /" , Notary Public / -~------,/-.. / ) .lt/'9-~ 2 My commission e pires_~----------';;.p--'.- ---r.,_ ' �Q!nmmnuwealt11 nf Birgiuta TREASURER ' S OFFICE R I CHMOND, VA . December 27 , 1933 JOHN M , P URCELL TREASUR ER OF VIRGlNIA This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcel1, Treasurer of Virg inia have t hi s 27 day of De c ember with an order of the circuit court of dated 12/22/33 in accordance Rockingharn County in the cause of the State Commi s sion on Conservation and Development of th e St ate of Virginia vs. Cassandra Lawson Atkins ='---=-=---"--===--------- :paid to __Kate ·:1. Snapp ., Elkton., Virg-inia $ 900 . 00 being in full settlement of tract #-9J.- in the abo ve mentioned cause. �<trnmmnuwtult11 of ]lirgiuiu TREASUR .ER'S OFFICE RICHMO ND, VA. De cember 27 , 1933 JOHN M . PURCELL TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Miss Kate w. Snap Elkton , Virgin ia Receiv ed of J.M. Purcel l, Treasu rer of Virgin ia, the sum of$ 900 . 00 , in accord ance with an order of the Circui t Court of the county of_~R~o~c=k~1~n-grh=am~---- entere d on the of December 1 933_ 22d day , in the matter of the State Commis sion on Conser vation and Develop ment v _ __ -----=cC~a=s~s~a=n=d=r=---c.ca'--CCL~~~w~s~o~n=-=A~t=k=i=n=s=----- -- -and others , being full a n d comple te settlem ent for the tract of land kn own in said procee ding as #__9_1_ __ Si gn origi n a l and dup li cat e a nd ret u rn to the Treasu r er of Virgin ia. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context snapp-r-j.pdf Title A name given to the resource Snapp, R. J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Swift Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 91 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 Snapp https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/4e8a7157ee5061ec91440cc472289db9.pdf fc705f6ab1f33252a7e8cb9d6c58a05b PDF Text Text Rockingham (VA) Shenandoah National Park records Collection Summary Title Collection Reference Code Inclusive Dates Document Creator Extent Genre/Format Language Location Shenandoah National Park Condemnation records SNP 1925-1939 Rockingham County Circuit Court; Rockingham County Chancery Court 16 binders Court records English Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk's Office Access and Restrictions This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Bio/Historical Note The federal government’s power of eminent domain has long been used in the United States to acquire property for public use. Eminent domain ''appertains to every independent government. It requires no constitutional recognition; it is an attribute of sovereignty.” However, the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulates: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Thus, whenever the United States acquires a property through eminent domain, it has a constitutional responsibility to compensate the property owner. The needs of a growing population for more and updated modes of transportation triggered many additional acquisitions in the early decades of the century, for constructing railroads or maintaining navigable waters. The 1930s brought a flurry of land acquisition cases in support of New Deal policies that aimed to resettle impoverished farmers, build large-scale irrigation projects, and establish new national parks. Condemnation was used to acquire lands for the Shenandoah, Mammoth Cave, and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks (https://perma.cc/GKA4-GYKS). The Shenandoah National Park Condemnation Records relate the the creation of Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To establish the park, the government moved many families off these lands. Scope and Content Researchers can expect to find all original court case documents including petitions, affidavits, court transcripts, and court orders, as well as additional material such as correspondences (between local authorities and government officials as well as letters from families to be moved), newspaper clippings, maps of the park, deed for each tract and financial records. Arrangement This collection is arranged into three separate series. The first series consists of all court records created pertaining to the eminent domain case "The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins et als and 52, 561 acres more or less, of land in Rockingham County, VA." Index Terms Georgraphic Name Shenandoah National Park (Va.), Shenandoah National Park (Va.)--History, Local, Rockingham County (Va.)--History, Rockingham County (Va.)--Genealogy. Subject Skyline Drive (Va.), Skyline Drive (Va.)--History, Skyline Drive (Va.)--Maps, Condemnation of land, Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs Processing Information The Shenandoah National Park Records were procced in 2015 by James Madison University graduate student Tristan Nelson. They had long been housed in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, and unfortunately they were found without any clear organization or original order. It was determined that the easiest arrangement would be to file all records alphabetically by claimant. Contents Series I Condemnation Case records (SNP_001) Location Instances (by Surname) Binder I Binder II Binder III Binder IV Binder V Binder VI Binder VII Binder VIII Binder IX Binder X Binder XI Binder XII Alexander-Breeden, Norah Breeden, Ra.-Dean, Ro. Dean, Sa.-Fogle, Earl C Foltz, Vernon-Helbert, Jt. Hensley Graveyard-Hinkle, Jw. Hokins, Eb.- Lam, Ec. Lam, Elmer-Meadows, Es. Meadows, Jw.-Mundy Naylor-Shifflett, Ah. Shifflett, Al.-Shuller, James Sipe, Ed.-Williams, He. Williams, Ja.-Yost, Jacob Series II Miscellaneous records (SNP_002) M.001_001_001 M.001_001_002 M.001_001_003 M.001_001_004 M.001_001_005 M.001_001_006 M.001_001_007 M.001_001_008 M.001_001_009 M.001_001_010 M.001_001_011 M.001_001_012 Location Instances (by date) Binder XIII Binder XIV Binder XV Binder XVI March 28, 1930-November 20, 1931 January 16, 1932-December 10, 1932 January 8, 1933-August 15, 1933 August 16, 1933-March 8, 1939 Series III Skyline Drive Deed Books Deed Book I Deed Book II Official Legal Petition Tracts and plats M.001_001_013 M.001_001_014 M.001_001_015 M.001_001_016 Location M.001_001_015 M.001_001_016 � 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 SNP Records PDF Finding Aid Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah National Park creation Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printable PDF https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/241bd8aa85e157b517a6d49fb23c10d6.pdf ced1db54470f681f4b521b604d8cfa94 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #15 Number of Acres: | 27 r Location : Indian Run - Sothoron, H & M 7 , . Thence 10 miles ! § miles by rough woods road to State road point by State road to Front Royal, the nearest shipping Roads: . . Southern exposure Sandy loair crops on upper portion Soil: . . - Moderate slopes. Rock out . - Chestnut oak cut about 25 30 years ago culled heavily There are a few white been has timber the of The rest The area has been repeatedly oak left of medium size and quality , and much of the reproducti damaged timber the mature in the past, and of the locust and poplar is now being cut for pmwood Some destroyed 2- acres has been cleared and is under cultivation or | and stave wood History of Tract and condition of timber: . . . pastured. Improvements: . . Log cabin, one room and attic, chicken house, etc Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 21| Cove : 4 Value per acre Total Value @ $3.00 $64.50 © 5 00 20 * 00 7.00 14.00 $98.50 # Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : 2 @ Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 98.50 100.00 Value of Improvements: $ 100.00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ 50.00 $248.50 Value of Timber: $ 50.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 9.03 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �__ of \ Claim In the Circuit Court of The State Commission j tioner, vs. Cc 2 Z Cons ' ^ _ 4 , At Law. County, Virginia, No. ioruand Development of the State of Virginia, Peti- 1 more or less, of land in County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned , in answer to th ition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the tate of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili fjhid 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 etition am)?tq id tice. r. My name is 1 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 a b o u t. .a c r e s, on which the e are the following buildings and improvements ^ ^ ISud z: ^ This land is located about miles from Virginia, in th Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de. scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title , estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcelxfi land described above ) . i / _ , a dd ^ The land ownenS adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North... South East West CPsJZJ--- I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner A in the * - CXSIA I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ Z2 .f r 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 $ .IT. ( 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 ) . _ 2 — Remarks : ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ). Of Witness my signature ( or my name and U'lsOW* 1930. - mi ttached hereto ) this - day ' OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF , To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies the above named claimant personally appeared before him and madeoath that the matters and things appearing in his aboy answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , 5' day of . this . 30 ' ST. ^ Xerk of the Court, or Special- Investigator er Notary Public, or Justiee- of the- Peace* . ��County * District * • Rappahanno Wak efleld, - PIG aothoroa, H h Si C la toed 8 Artreago Value Claimed * Marsh, Stoneburner end Ollllaa by; Examined Indian Run Location * Xncunfcranocs, counter claims or laps * Bono known* . Ig- miles by rough wooda road to State road Thence 10 miles by State road to Front Royal Roads * . the nearest shipping point . . Sandy loan Southern exposure• floderate slopes Rook outcrops on upper portion Soil * . ; Chestnut oak cut about of tract and condition of ' timber~ 26«$5 years ago, ~The rest of the timber has been culled heavily Tv* ©re are a few shite left oak of medium else and quality The area has boon repeatedly burned In the oast, and the nature timber damaged, and much of the reproduction destroyed, Lome of the locust and poplar Is mw being cut for pinwood and | stave wood 2 acres has been cleared and is under cultivation or pastured History ' " . . . Consist of the following * lG x 16 * log cabin with paper roof, one room and a loft, valued at §100 A log pig shed valued at $5, and a log chicken house valued at #6 The house Is occupied by . ' Improvements * . a tenant Acreage . and value by typos * Acreage * . fifEL Hope m4 Cov© . 5.00 53— tiSberfSM. ... . ****** ** @4 ) ft B M| Value of Value of Improvements -— — Total - Value per A, Value Per A 4,00 2 Tillable Lend . » #8.13 74.00 60.00 110.00 t3RPKOT Total Value 10,00 10,00 �County: Rappahannock District: - #15» Sothoron, H & M. V N \ . North Jos P.B.Eastham 2X $ / / *7 N O X3 V ?4 V Y.P.Slaughter • * * 2 S ' V LEGEND: Orchard Land Cove Slope Grazing Land Tillable Land Ridge 1” “ 20 Chains Scale - Wakefield � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Sothoron, HM Description An account of the resource Tract: 15; Location: Indian Run; Cost/Acre: $9.03; Estimate Value: $248.50; Number of Acres: 27.5; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 15 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context sothoron-hm-tract-15 Sothoron https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_southards-cg-tract-108.pdf 0680df7ab777af290012910b1bf19c86 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 Southards, CG Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 108 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 356</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 108 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Southards-CG-tract-108 Southards https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Shape-Note_Traditions_Joseph_Funk_and_Sons_and_Ruebush-Kieffer_Companies/SNT0001-Southern-Musical-Advocate-and-Singers-Friend-Journal.pdf 3006f3c493645389f77a87624bafee0f PDF Text 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 Shape-Note Traditions: Joseph Funk and Sons and Ruebush-Kieffer Companies Description An account of the resource This series contains a mix of records from the Joseph Funk and Sons and Ruebush-Kieffer Companies which were located in Singers Glen, Rockingham County Virginia and Dayton, Rockingham County Virginia. The dates range from 1816 to 1904. These companies published character or shape-note music and these records contain the names of many people who were associated with the shape-note music industry as well as those who subscribed to their monthly publications. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various 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 1816 to 1904 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tyler Brinkerhoff 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. 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 Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend Journal subscribers ledger 1859-1861, 1868-1869 Description An account of the resource Subscriber ledger for The Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend which was a periodical produced by Joseph Funk and Sons from 1859-1861 and 1865-1869. The periodical was a precurser to The Musical Million and Singer's Advocate which was published by the Ruebush-Kieffer Company from 1870 to 1914. The ledger contains the names of subscribers and the location where their subscription went to. The name of the publising company changed from Joseph Funk and Sons to Joseph Funk's Sons then later to the Patent Note Publishing Company then to Ruebush, Kieffer, and Company and was later changed to Ruebush-Kieffer Company after 1891. One source for digital copies of the Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend can be found <a href="https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=SMASF&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SNT0001 Subject The topic of the resource Joseph Funk and Sons Account books Funk, Joseph, 1778-1862 Harmonia Sacra (9th edition) Musical million (Journal) Singing -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites Subscribers' addresses Subscriber Shape-note singing Shape-note hymnals Virginia -- Church history -- 19th century Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph Funk and Sons; Joseph Funk's Sons Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend Journal subscribers ledger, 1859-1861, 1868-1869, Ruebush-Kieffer Company Collection, HRHS-203, Folder 5, Rocktown History, Dayton, Va. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tyler Brinkerhoff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1859-1861 1868-1869 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Singers Glen, Virginia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF 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> Funk Kieffer Ruebush https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/49a3ff7d70c0f2adece111f56400c00d.pdf 57cb41324561ce281241578f0ba775d3 PDF Text Text f . VIRGINIA . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia , Petitioner, . v AT LAW NO - -, Clifton Aylor and others , and thirty seven thousand , four hundred ( 37 , 400 ) acres of land, more of less, Defendants . PURSUANT to the provisions of Section 8 of Chapter 410 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia , Session of 1928, ( Public Park Condemnation Act ) and pursuant to Section 29 of said Act , . Levi of Clarke County , ?filler A. Price of George H , . Lohr Capper of Virginia , and M Shenandoah County , Frederick County , Virginia , are appointed special investigators , and members of a board of appraisal commissioners; each of said appointees having the citizenship and residential qualifications required by said Act ; and said appointees are directed to qualify as such special investigators and members of a board of appraisal commissioners by taking the an o &th before the Clerk of this Court to maintain and support Constitution of the United States of America ft , the Constitution of the State of Virginia and for the faithful and impartial discharge of their duties as such special investigators and members of a board of appraisal . commissioners AND PURSUANT to section 23 of the aforesaid act , each of said appointees upon his qualification as such special investigator ft and as such member of a board of appraisal commissioners , or in either or - both of said capacitities , is clothed with like right , powers and obliga . tions and duties as those conferred by law upon the Sheriff of Rappahannock Co Virginia , with relationship to the execution within saiaR8ppahanr.oclr County, of any and all oruers entered by the Court or the Judge thereof , in these proceedings , including the service and return of process and the service or posting of any and all notices and the return thereof LAW OFFICES WEAVER Qc ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA . . �The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, shall enter the foregoing in the Common Law Order Book of said . court as a vacation order . day of June, 1930 Given under my hand this /70V J/ > Judge, . Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Va VIRGINIA: . Clerk's Office of Rappahannock Circuit Court ,June 25, 1930 The foregoing vacation order was this day received in the said office and entered as therein Teste: * LAW OFFICES WEAVER 8t ARMSTRONG . FRONT ROYAL, VA directed. J[ . Tj ,Clerk. �I - The State .Comission on Conser vation & Development of the State of Virginia , Petitioner . v AT LAW NO Clifton Aylor and others, and 37 , 400 acres of land , more or less, Defendants . 4 I - - APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL INVES TIGATORS AND APPRAISAL Cd MISS .- - , IONED i " H . JUDGE \ r - LAW OFFICES WEAVER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA . 0? ‘ �W M C. A R M S T R O N G AUBREY G. WEAVER LAW OFFICES WEAVER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA. . June 24th, 1930 Mr . . Settle , James M Washington , Virginia Cleric, . Dear Jim: I am enclosing you herewith an order of Judge Alexander appointing three special investigators and members of a Board of Appraisal Commissioners to condemn the park lands in . Bappahannoc k Please spread this order on the Common Law Order Book as 30on as you receive it . - There is also enclosed type written instructions of Judge Alexander to these gentlemen and you are directed to give . each of them a copy These instructions are identical in every respect . with those given the same gentlemen by Judge Williams here copies of the They have same already, and you need not go to the trouble of making additional copies for them • . I have prepared the several oaths which they are . to take and sign before you When they have done this , please enter a separate order on the Comaon l«w Order Book showing the qualification . of eaeg Yours very truly , / f . a/ t * tmn&y * \ �«• . VIRGINIA . IN THE CIRCUIT COUNT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, . v AT LAW NO Clifton Aylor and others, and thirty-seven thousand, four hundred ( 27,400) acres, of land,more or less, J43/ Defendants * MEMORANDUM FOR THE CLERK " THE INSTRUCTIONS set out herein are directed to Mr . Levi, Miller A. Price and M. Lohr Capper, George J # whom I have appointed special investigators and members of a board of appraisal commissioners, in these proceedings, and directed to qualify before you or your deputy * 4 BEFORE administering the necessary oaths of office you will have each of these gentleman a carbon copy hereof and file the . original with the record . . TO MESSES GEORGE E LEVI, MILLER A. PRICE AND M LOHR CAPPER, SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS AND MEMBERS ' OF A BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS: . YOUR duties as special investigators and members of a board of appraisal commissioners are set forth in the Public Park Condem - . nation Act IN THE PERFORMANCE of these important duties, you are subject only to the direction and control of this Court, and the Judge thereof, and this you should bear in mind . at all times The Judge of this . Court wil hold himself in readiness at al^. times to assist and advise you in all matters pertaining to the performance of your duties, and invites you to consult him freely in all matters as to which you may be in doubt, except of course the making of such findings of fact, especially as to the value LAW OFFICES WEAVER 8c ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL, VA. of lands and other interests within the park area as to which the law imposes on you the duty or exercising your own . judgment uncontrolled and independent �\ ** UNTIL further instructions your duties as special investigators will be limited substantially as follows: (a) TO making diligent inquiry as to the existence of lands or interest in lends in the proposed park area in* Rappahannock County to which infants, insane persons, or persons under legal disability are entitled and lands as to which no dims of ownership have been filed and as to whether there may be sufficient reason to believe that no such claims of ownership will be filed; ( b) YOU are not required at this time to ascertain the values or exact description of such lands and it will be sufficient at this time to secure general information as to the names of owners, location, . which might extent, etc be useful or necessary if and when a special report is called for with relation thereto; (c) TO visit the area sought to be condemned in these proceedings and acquaint yourselves generally with the boundary lines, parcels and t - acts into which it is subdivided, the occupants ana owners and the - nature of their claims, the character of the soil, crops, and other informa tion which you would deedm useful if you yourselves contemplated buying these lands; ( d) TO furnish blank forms to persons desiring to file claims; ( e) ON request, to assist the persons owning or claiming right, title or interest in the lands sought to be condemned to fill out and verify the claim forms furnished them; ( f) TO perform duties contemplated in Section 23 of . the Park Condemnation Act YOUR duties as members of the board of appraisal commissioners are also set forth in the Public Park Condemnation Act. EY far the most important duty which you will be called upon to perform in the course of these proceedings are the making or finding of values of the various tracts, or parcels of land within the park LAW OFFICES WEAVER 8c ARMSTRONG . FRONT ROYAL., VA area and of the various claims of right, title . and interest thereto / �IN THE performance of these duties the utmost degree of impartial fairness and discretion will be required of you , and it is of the utmost importance that your conduct and bearing at all times should be such - as to inspire confidence in your probity and rectitude and absolute impar . tiality WHEN YOTJ Some to make such findings of value y our sole duty in that connection will be to ascertain and report the true value of the various parcels or tracts of land within the proposed park area and of such claims of right , title or interest therein as this e0urt or the Judge . thereof may direct you to ascertain YOUB duty then will be to ascertain values and to act on . each claim as an impartial and unbiased judge of such values It is no part of your duty to induce either the petitioner or the claimants to accept or consent to accept any specific amount as the value of these lands , or claims thereto, or to try to convince them that the values you may set upon them . are the true or correct values Your duty will be limited to the making and reporting . to this Court findings of the facts as to value YOU should , therefore , be extremely guarded in every word and deed , and carefully reserve your own views as to values for the reports • you may be called upon to submit . THE condemnation Act gives you very broea powers in your investigations as to the values of the lands sought to be condemned in the park area , but when findings come to be made as to the value of any parcel or tract within the park area, or of any claim of right , or title thereto , both the petitioner and the claimant will be entitled to a hearing and to an opportunity to examine the witnesses called . at the hearing You should not therefore permit either the petitioner or any owner or claii ant to discuss in your presence the value of any tract or parcel of land in the park area, or of the value of any claim of right or title thereto until and unless there is a hearing of which both parties have hau notice tunity to be heard * LAW OFFICES WEAVER Be ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA . and - an oppor �"v *? TO assist you in the performance of your duties you may call on the Court to require the parties to the proceedings to furnish you with any information in their possession or in their files , as to the location parcels , title, ownership, extent and boundaries of any of the various ana tracts of different ownership within tne Park . area THE Act provides compensation for your services at the rate of twelve dollars per diem ror each day in which you are actually engaged in the performance of your duties; and reimbursements for actual expenditures for travel , lodging, subsistence and other expenses as may be allowed and approved by this court or the judge thereof . A MONTHLY itemized and duly verified statement properly supported by the necessary vouchers, should be submitted to the Clerk of . the C0 urt setting forth your claims for compensation and reimbursement And to avoid any questions hereafter, and for the guidance of both the Clerk and yourselves , I deem it proper to advise that the services herein directed to be performed by you and for which you will be entitled to compensation are to be rendered wholly in Rappahannock County wherein these proceedings are pending; an allowance and approval of actual expenditures for lodging and subsistence will be limited to a maximum of three dollars per day; to six cents per mile for travel in your own automobile ; and for all other expenditures to those that are affirmatively shown to be reasonable and . necessary in the performance of your duties in Warren County Q.M LAW OFFICES WEAVER 8c ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA . . JUDGE �MPH ftp ri . * * c * - * « % The State Commission on Con servation & Development of the State of Virginia Petitioner , , . . v t! i 4 4 « AT LAW NO Clifton Aylor and others , and 37 , 400 acres of land , more or les Defendants .. t 9 / i - INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL INVESTI GATORS AND APPRAISAL COMMISSION BBS - . FILED IN CLERK’S OFITICn RAPPAHANNOCK 4 C O U 2* - r V * * i % f ?! te: \ Jr , i ) & eZZC' Clerk LAW OFFICES * WEAVER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL , VA. % —— lunr^gsKT �i AUBREY G . WEAVER WM . C. ARMSTRONG L A W OFFICES WEAVER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL,VA. . October 81st, 193S ... Mr J M Settle, Clerk, Washington, . Ya Dear Jim: . I enclose herewith answer of the John J Miller heirs signed by Judge Harrison, which please file in the Park . proceedings in your office . With kindest regards ^ours very truly, . a/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 Rappahannock County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Documents Description An account of the resource The second series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 28 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 miscellaneous records including correspondence, petitions, orders, proceedings from the law and order book and affidavits. An additional file of interest to researchers includes the Panorama File, which includes detailed information on the history of the Panorama Resort. 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 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 Special Investigators Appraisals Description An account of the resource Tracts: All tracts 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 All tracts Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context special-investigators-appraisals-all-tracts https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ce6ed94cbe23f827eeb4757c106b668e.pdf 33ce5ff30f4b1bb7afc785bad816d168 PDF Text Text - The State Commission on Conserva tion & Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, v. - GjLifton Ayler and others, and thirty sfcven thousand, four hundred (37,400) acreB, or land, more or less, defendants 9 «* . Order 21 * r * %0 %• % * f V > S abut % ' •» •• % . y • < />*? <- . �. IK THE CIRCUIT COURT VIRCTMA . OF RAFPAHANT'OGE CCIITY The State Commission on Conservation & Development of the State of Virginia , Petitioner , v . - Clifton ^yler and others, and thirty seven thousand , four hundred ( 37 , 400 ) acres , of land , more or less , Defendants . The Special Investigators and 3oard of Ap raisal Commissioners on this 17th day of I ay , 1932 , submitted to the Court their report as required by Section 4388 ( 31) of the Code of Virginia , of 1930 , together with the map and other exhibits referred to and made of said report ; and it appearing to the Court that said report is in proper form and is responsive to the order of the Court submitting to said Board the matters required by the statute to be so submitted , the Court , pursuant to Section 4388 ( 32 ) of the Code of Virginia of 1930 * endorses upon said report an order - in the folio ing words , to wit: "To the Board of Appraisal Commissioners for Rappahannock County , Virginia ; This report shall be held in the custody of George ) . Levi , K one of the nembersof said Board until the 18th day of llay , 1932 , and on said 18th day of Lay , 1932 , ctr as soon thereafter as is practicable , th © . Levi shall file said said George H report together with the map and all other exhibits therein referred to and made a part thereof , with the record of this .” case in the office of the Clerk of this Court I LAW OFFICES WEAVER & ARMSTRONG FRONT ROYAL . V A. � 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: Miscellaneous Documents Description An account of the resource The second series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 28 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 miscellaneous records including correspondence, petitions, orders, proceedings from the law and order book and affidavits. An additional file of interest to researchers includes the Panorama File, which includes detailed information on the history of the Panorama Resort. 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 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 Special Investigators Report Entered Description An account of the resource Tracts: All tracts 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 All tracts Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context special-investigators-report-entered-all-tracts https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ee21aabfa93de36cbdd02fa4f287e71b.pdf f59fe4b580bfb4927c62912ef68c8e98 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #199-111 128 Number of Acres : . .- . Spitler, C.N & Huffman, J W Lap on Miller & Taylor . xop of the lue idge adjoining Page and Madison Counties, and entirely within the Park area Roads:30 miles, mostly over rough roads to Culpeper, the nearest shipping point ^ Location : ^ . . Soil : Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility with considerable rock Slopes gentle to steep with a southern in the wooded portion exposure . . History of Tract and condition of timber : - - traet has been cut over at various xhe open land has been merchantable timber, no there is , times and a but sod has , fine many years grazed for 'i'he . . None Improvements: Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: . Laps on Miller and Taylor Acreage and value of types: Ridge : Slope : Value Acreage Types - Total Value per acre 68 @ $2.00 $136.00 55 @ 10.00 550.00 5 @ 50.00 250.00 Cove : Grazing Land : — 3936.00 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 936.00 Value of Improvements : $ v Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ . Value per acre for tract : $ 7 31 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ None . % CLERK �•W | . — ^1 o ount y: Rappahannock District: Hawthorne y •+* - - #199 111 .. . Huffman, J W Spitler, C N*, Lap on Miller & Taylor Acreage Claimed: Assessed: In Madison Co, Deed: In 2 Counties Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: Top of the Blue Ridge adjoining Page and Location: - ^adison Coun ties, and entirely within the Park Area, Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Laps on Miller & Taylor - Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility with consider able rock in the wooded portion, Slopes gentle to steep with a southern exposure Soil: . Thirty miles, mostly over rough roads, to Culpeper, Roads: History of £he nearest shipping . point tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut over af various times, and there is no merchantable timber The open land has been grazed for many years, but has a fine sod . . Improvements: . A few old apple trees of no value Acreage and value of land by types: T ypes: Value Per A • Acreage: $3.00 " slope Ridge Grazing Total value of land: Total Value of tract 1.00 20.00 68 5 t 128 0333.00 §333.00 Average value per acre for tract: §2.60 Totd Value ’ " 00 016 S. , ' ' 68 00 100,00 " &333 W ” . � 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 Spitler and Huffman Description An account of the resource Tract: 199 - III; Location: At Page/Madison County Line; Cost/Acre: $7.31; Estimate Value: $936.00; Number of Acres: 128.0; Monies Awarded: $876.00 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 199 - III Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context spitler-and-huffman-tract-199-iii Hoffman Miller Nicholson Spitler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_spitler-bn-tract-365.pdf ec6de91dee57ce367680e9c0f4d5b28b 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 Spitler, BN Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 365 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>LOB9 (page 133)</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 365 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Spitler-BN-tract-365 Spitler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_spitler-carroll-m-tract-133.pdf 5b20ad15c0f3267ac22f368a880fd27f 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 Spitler, Carroll. M Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 133 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (page 332)</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. 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 133 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Spitler-Carroll-M-tract-133 Spitler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_spitler-jacob-tract-137.pdf e98e269df31e841f2d7b56cd5eeb6b09 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 Spitler, Jacob Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 137 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (pages 134, 135)</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 137 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Spitler-Jacob-tract-137 Spitler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_spitler-sh-and-bh-tract-134.pdf 8a48990c7283f57dec65daf60bf73861 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 Spitler, SH and BH Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 134 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (page 304)</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 134 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Spitler-SH-and-BH-tract-134 Spitler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_stanely-john-and-gallihugh-weldon-tract-320.pdf a0cd0f59167f8081430de57e595bf927 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 Stanley, John and Gallihugh, Weldon Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 320 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 320 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Stanely-John-and-Gallihugh-Weldon-tract-320 Gallihugh Stanley https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_state-of-virginia-tract-188.pdf b6f5ef6839d01f32079cb29f07406520 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 State of Virginia Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 188 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 188 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_State-of-Virginia-tract-188 State of Virginia https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0fecad159a33a3d64709cac9508ce8b9.pdf 194d50b28671b1b2ee410c5de469a2dc PDF Text Text IN THE cmcu rT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGJ NIA. THE STATE COMMISSION ON OONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGI NIA v. At Law #1829 CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKIN S, ET ALS., ETC. STATEMENTS TO BOARD OF ARBIT RATCR S: I E. E. and E. C. I f7/ Lam j' fo E. C. Lam 40 .:t- 1 Annie E. Hedri ck 1 ;ros. E • . carr ickho ff ..,.2.. / O ..2- 1/.f- cv ' M. H. Long v I c. G. Harns berge r • H. G. "Patte rson >'-- f~-,..-;- ~ 9/ ~ . ( ;p' 4 ~ .JJ - · Salli e A. Kite , Elija h / ca tterto n H. H. 'Patte rson D. H. Patte rson I H. G. 'Patte rson ( , J. :r • . •H. Lewi~_.J;ra ct 256-a ) ) ;r. H. Lew t;Ttr act 256) ;r. o. Harns berge r and other s Maude M. Shipp Thomas L. Yance y HUnt er M. Gibbo ns ~ / 6, Mary Gibbo ns snap p ) :Emma V. Gib: bons Thomas L. Yance y Em.ma V. Gill b ons s. M. Yance y Netti e I. Mauzy .rulia Estes A. s. Yance y Frank w. Yance y ) A. L. Moub ray ) ) ~ I ) ) ) } ;r. F·. Moubr ay t/ye e c:J (i " ( �I .T. W. Hinkle 1 Annie R. Begoon o{ ~~ 1 Sara L . Upp 1 R. 1 A. ~ D. M. Clarke • R. T . Miller 1 Margaret E . Mundy o. s. Nizer '.:1- 6- ?IL 7/ 4 Kemper ;;2. ;2. ~ John K . Haney , 1 (, 17 eJ~ ..;l 7I 7 (, esley A. Dean .;$ e:> ; .Tulia L . comer / ,;;_ 41-e:u ~~- ~ ,4// · l J o!._ ~ 7) :2-, 0 57 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Documents Description An account of the resource Series II consists of 1,198 "miscellaneous records" related to the condemnation of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the court case. The types of records one will find hear vast, but you can expect to encounter correspondences, newspaper clippings, and legal documents that do not necessarily belong to any individual condemnation case but provides additional context. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah National Park (Va.)--History Rockingham County (Va.)--History Rockingham County (Va.)--Genealogy Skyline Drive (Va.)--History Condemnation of land Mountain people --Blue Ridge Mountains-- Social life and customs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp002 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/1">Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MISC - Aug. 16, 1933 - Mar. 8, 1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context statements-to-board-of-arbitrators.pdf Title A name given to the resource Statements to Board of Arbitrators Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.(<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne