226 20 4785 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6b049d9af2be2005a364e107112495f4.pdf 71c5205093412915cac24fa2007bd10a PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT ,r '.394 - Number of Acres: lC "C" . Location: l,J. s:mler , C. .:. ... ~.rt outside t.1.e ?..:...rk area . Positio'1 313 . ;:,,o .1d on.,- ho..l ...~ niles Yic. ai..rt ro::::( to :.?ort ,.,e ublic , Roads: 4 +' vi , ~- ,~ ~,l clJy lo~n. Soil: ~. :.oderL.t3 ..::lo_:1es , cove · nj slo ~,c ,e of .... f...i.ir d ,pt: l,...,d ... ertili ty . History of Tract and condition of timber: _, er is L..bout 30 ' . bd. ft . o:' r.ierch .nt'1:->le so.w ti·-' )r 0n J.;'1L, tr&ct co:1S1stii, · of w:li te, r l d:n-.: u s..,,:...11 r41 2-:.111-t o :' c':estnut 08.lc or. ~he ...:ove t~·'..)e un(1 ·.... _,o-~t 0 corJ5 o,., ;'J.!31 ooc ,;:>er a.ere . 30 ·•• bd . ft . ss.. t'_"':ber - ;.so corns ~uel\1ooc.L Improvements: ~one . Acreage and value of types : Acreage Types Total Value Value per acre Ridge: Slope: ') ,.., Cove: ~J . uc 1 0 . 00 8 80 . 00 v 90 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: 1 20 . 00 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 9 J . 00 :~O . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ l.~o . 00 Value of Wood: $ ~O . JO Value per acre for tract: $ :J . vO Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ 1r • _a _// - ~LK~"l/--L,£~ CLl~u.~. 101 �~ .<JI _e__________ ----------------------------------------------- Claim of__MP4 In the Circuit Court oLfl-~-~-~ --~------County, Virginia, N o.l_~~, At Law. The State czmission on Conserva o~e':_elopment of ¼~ State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ ~ A..A--L-d-r A. _____·_______ c..-J,,-t...:L--(,_ ___ ~~ ___ d-- ______________ _ ~ J,~ Su I --------------------------------------------------1-----------------------------------more or less, of land i n _ ~ ~ d ~ ___ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fi~ o~ sa~tition 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 saia ,,pe}i tion and xo, said notice. . ___________________________________________________________________ _ My name 1s .-&ft..~71~ My post office address is ___f?.~-~---2,[_~------------------ ---I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ _L_~ ________ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements=--~----------------------------- ---------------------------- - - - - ~ J ~ p t - ·----------------------------------------------- -------------- ~~~~:=~~~~~t7~;;;;~:~~~~~~~~~;~:::::~~~~;~.-;~ 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 p a r e ~ d e ~ e . ) ________________________________________________________ _ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North ________________________________________________________________________ ·____ _ ~ !:~~-,~~~~ ~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: West ____ . , t , , u ~ ~ - ~ --------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _(f.~__ in the ~ ~ following manner: - - - ~ dL--L,.P(__ ~---~-------------------------------- ----------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there(J t.J / on is $____tf...J)__Q.!. __~ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, ,:)0 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~-8":~_7::::, __ . I am the owner of_ __ .9-'...f'__. ._ ______ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the 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 h ~ or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Ren1arks·------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on t~~ back). of__ ~!ts m~-:~~~~~1: 3/r my name and ::~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~ J , · _ _ ~ ---,To-wit: STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ ~ :._ __________ ----------------------The undersigned hereby certifies tha the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _____ .Ls.'_________ day of_ ____ l-:!:±_.:_____ --, 1 3 . ' ~ L -•;a;~/~---~~ k-of the Court, or Special Investigator or otary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �' , Acree.go c aimed: ' '----' County: itock1ngham District: Ston~wall 294 C. H. ~huler As sesaed 16 A. Value Claimed: 18. 94 tt 20. i,0 480.00 " 13,937.76 tor thi., und lot 1.1 I ot ll. H Shuler l nds t.ooetion: ..1.,aps: IJ. s. 'osl.tion 212. ~ t !'art o.1tside EA # 10 E.. • €i Fark er~a None known Soil : .;;.;,;:;;.;.;:;d~s: Sand and clay loam. ·aoderate slopes, cove and s lope type ot a f air <iepth And tertili ty . 2 l/2 miles via dirt road to ' ort Republic, the nearest shipping point. History: 'l'hcro io abo1t 30~ bd.tt. of rnerohento.ble s aw tiI:'bor on this tract, consisting of white, r e d nnd a all ru'10unt ot chestnut oak on t he cove t yPe anJ P.bout 3 cords ot fuel wood '.,er ncro. 30 bd . ft . saw tt, ber • 4 . Ga per M. 120. 00 30 cords 1'11el wood Improve1 en1ts: Value of l nnd 60¢ ,er ed. 15.00 135.00 one bz t;l'.;ees: Value Acreage Tz.Ee cove per aero 8 2 t; - s.J.ooe 5.00 3.00 10 Total 'fnlue of lnnd " " Aver age ",, tin er tract value per acre To-;al value "' .;.o. oo 6 . 00 46.00 ' 4o. OO 1~5 .00 181.00 18.10 �if ?.04 - C . • • ..::i mler . Co1nty : k ucin·h~m listricL : ~~one:all N rL . rora U:G :-TJ Cov - ...;~ope ~Cle - l" : ~JU li~3 � 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 Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shuler-c-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shuler, C. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: U.S. Positions 212 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): 294 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 Shuler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5991ab0af3099fe833217cad25e51319.pdf 8bdf280ebcfb09e2db06ca489704438b PDF Text Text NAME OF CLAIMANT if.391 - Number of Acres: J: . . .1leL , Jc.mes --:; . 18 Location.: 1~L.diso~1 R..1n . Roads: T 10 'tll1l ons- :1c... l f niles vi.... i '~t roud to ?ort Re_publ.:.e , the, ne:...rest s:1i..;1)in.r;; point . Soil: .::ntirel:· ri t .in T>· r;: are • ...:~,:1(: u "lC: J 1 y lo· .n. f~irly sr:1oot 1. History of Tract and condition of timber: ,.,., ,.13r3 is •bout 7.3 ·• t . ... t . or sc...1 t i T.ber 01 t "1is ~r-~ct conJistin"' of · itt:J o:...;c , c:1estn"..1t o-...k ~n · rel o-:~s nd - ·1out 3 cord..3 op ·::-·1el mod per -ere . 72 :· . bd . ft .....,-... l t i :-1 er ncl 5.'... corJs -" 4el ,c ')CJ. . Improvements,: ne . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: 16 ''r7 r • v'0 .:,l:JG . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ 1 3u • Gn Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ ,... 00 . 00 Value of Wood: $ .3r;, . 0rl Value per acre for tract: $ -:;,_· • ~O Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ : • 288 . 00 27 . 00 "-{41 . 00 �Claim of_ __ J. _E. _Shuler-------, ---------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL_fif!._~:~j-.1:_~ ______ County, Virginia, No.J.e.2.~--, At Law. The State Commission on Conservat10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __ QA~~!l_l.!Q.R-~-~!!'~_Q.I_!__A"!;!cJ.I.!~4--~-t-~_1=.fJ., __~:Q.~-~.2.,_l)6_l_~re.s.,_ _________ _ more or less, of land in ___________ .Rookingha.IIL __ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL _____ R._o_~j._I}gham, _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as h~Ya~::: s~~tit~~-:t~~ice._ .------------- 1 __________________ _ My post office a~ress is ___ /_~--~--::--~----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_.L.l-:J_.::__~_?::-___ acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements =----~--~~--~----J-~~--~___&__________ _ e_~r-~- Thii~s located about_ __ _k_~_miles from __ Virginia, in the ____ ~-~---Magistetial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ---------------------~--~ ------------------------------------------------- The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: /4,.J :;t-~ ----------------------------------------------------------/2,---;;::....,IN orth ____ ______ South _______ _fr~-.....--------------------------------------------------------East _________ "1,..,... ~-----------------------------------------------------------West __________ ~----------------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _!)~~ _s___ in the following manner: ______ ?~~ F.t--L~- ~ _.-L--/ ~ 7 A. ~ - ~ ----------------- _______ µ - - ~ ----------------------------------------------------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner oL!_,!~_!!'__~_acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). oLl~-=~-:~~:~~r d.r '-\..'-f ::;;a;u~~~~~~~~~~~~:~ COUNTY OF __ [!p_d_l_ __ 3/;. __t~-----, To-wit: 1: 3 STATE OF VIRGINIA, . my name and The undersigned hereby certifies thaL~'--~-----------------------the above named claimant personally appe~dbefore him and made oath that the matters and things ap~ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, this _______ ?:: _________ day of_ ___ if~~---- --, 19:3p. . . ~ f21wr~r ; ~ t i g a ~ ~[:rifPublic, or Justice of the Peace. �County: i'IQckingham District: Stonewall P 29l Acreage Claimed: Assessed Value Clail"l.ed: " Laps: None known Q2.!1: Sand losds : ')eed 17.112 ,. 30.00 Uot given nd clay lo~n. Cove type. vf tnir depth und fertility. Fairly smooth 2 1/2 niles via dirt road to ~ort Republie, the nearest sh1ppinN point. Th re i:!'I abont 72 M bd.tt. or aaw timbo:r on this tract consisting or white oa--., cheot a'· & r d oakB and nbout 3cds of fuel wood por sere. 200.00 7Z. bd. rt. aaw t 1:m.ber @ '"4.00 per H 27.00 54 eds. f1el ,ood@ 50¢ per ed. History: 315.00 Improvements: Value cf land by typE:s: Acreage '.f.n.! Value per acre ·, 5.00 18 cov Total value ot lend "timber " " 'f 17.112 18 A. AREA: e"'1P"1eMe......,....;....;;.....;...;;.... En ti rely 1 ii thin nark ... Madison Run. Loee. tion: J ~ 1es ~. 8huler " " tract Ave ·age value per acre 90.00 315.00 405.00 22.50 'l'otal value ' 90.00 �f :, 91 ' ':::;--- T -..I. 110 s ", ' . Co . .uity : ockin b,j.fil listrict: ~-~one m 1 o~· 1! HJ.lo ' 'ove Sc :e - I ~ ..,_ ins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context shuler-james-e.pdf Title A name given to the resource Shuler, James Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Madison 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): 291 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 Shuler https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_simms-co-tract-72.pdf 30ee453df91da04bd1e7594d638e95ab 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 Simms, CO Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 72 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (page 114)</li> <li>Tax Records</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 72 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Simms-CO-tract-72 Simms https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_simpson-ws-tract-341.pdf 9e0a5c8815d549ee14132e9bb11eb3fb 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 Simpson, WS Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 341 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 341 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Simpson-WS-tract-341 Simpson https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/87eca798ea5561b6772983cc6b4ab805.pdf f9421b878d6f70e87359c463322fcb1d PDF Text Text R0CKIHGHAM CotmTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #349 - Sipe , Ed Number of Acres: Location: 6 ~ntire ly within the Park area . Deep Run . Roads: Soil: kS&ndy loam of a fair depth and fertil ity . The field restoc ~. od hardwo of uction reprod ing on this tract has a very good r has been History of Tract and condition of timber:. c.ll the merch antubl e saw timbe The remain ing stand consi sts of small remove d from this tract. for fuelwo od . enough oaks and pine not large Improvements: 34 fruit trees. Acreage and value of types: Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge: Slope: 2 J5 .00 $10 .00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : 3 '=- 30 . 00 90 . 00 Cultivated Land: 1 u 10.00 10.00 $110.0 0 6 Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 110. 00 25 . 00 Value of Improvements: $25 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ 50. 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract : $ 30 • 83 Irrcidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONI!. 50 . 00 ,;,il85.0 0 �~·::. ~~r£~ --{ ~~-_-________ !Coun:, Virginia, No./fJ:j , At Law. The State C mmission on Conservatio and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti--------- ---- tionyr, vs.___ ___________________ __ tz_J:, __q_~ _-_t ? t r £ ~- __ --- ----- - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - ---~------ !_ _ _ _ more or less, of land in _ ___________ County, Virginia, Defendants. of the State Commission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to the peti velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL./?J~_l1Jt f_f_h .!f/yj_ ____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition to said notice. My is_,_ ft c~ ___ ~ _M ___ name 1 h-:/J4. ____ -,,-;f-___ 70___________________ _ My post office addiess is~--------f_}f._~ _L:1-f__n.________ J_~ ----------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract orf arcelf f land within the area sought to be c~ndemned, containing abouL i!.Al}il'"S_~!/_acr~s,~ n ' hich there are the following buildings and improvements:_~ ~ Y-½:--J.LlL ~_r__~~ff{_L________ _ ;l~;s-~~~~-~~-l~~~~~~-~~~~;_-_-{l~----~---_-_:~1~~-~~~:~~~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,-~~ theU - - - - - ~_Magisterial District of said County. 1 I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or l:1M~d:r~ t:t£hm_2. ~ ktt-~_'&T/wC-Lp _if will ~ --~~ t- ~ -~ -f f1 T/wJ, ~~K~---------------- The land owners adj~cent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s: North __________ ____ __ ____ __ _______ ______ ____ _______ ____________ __________________ __ South _____ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ ___ __ ___ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ___ _______ __ ___ ____ _ East ------------ - - - -- - ----- - - ---- - --- --- --- · -------- ---- --------------------------West _____________________ ·--------------------------------------------------------! acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the following manner: ~ . 1 ~ --1'~ ~>V'L -ln~...._'"'/__________ " _in_n ~ l - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there on is $f_Qj2. Q ________ _. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $1f_ P_l}__ ________ . I am the owner of_ ___ _acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------------- -· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and b[ nds) . O Remarks: __A_JA~-:1.J~.L fk~ ll--~~ -MY{-1_-:J_J_ _p/-y:JJ_~ , _~ -- _f:!11~ L - .ac:_ l-l~v£~__ _£_g__~ ___ _kn 77j ·-1'-f _h -n ~ __ 1 q;-z,!f-_ __:n_fu_~_1;__J-£.-~ -~~~--~ ·~- MLaJ,_v7fv~_,___________ _ J?il·lf-~ -~ ~ ~ ~-~ ---- _£~~-R/lb;,~ -___ }c ____~ ___ct]'.'.l __________ _ i(co~dut remar if hecessary on the back). ~ Witness my signature (or j ___ _ _ __ m7 y~m: and mark attached )7 ___re ereto) this ___ J __________ day _____' ---------.-~-------------- of_ __ ~ STATE O ~ U N T Y OF _____ _____ __ - ~ - --, To-wit. The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___r ,/~.A--:: '_ ----------------------the above named claimant personally appeared~;hrm- and ma e oath that the matters and things apP_eayng in his abov~ h: ~~~rue to the best of his knowledge and belief, ~ ~ J, l9pt. this____ __,3-~_____ day of_ __ /4c~'.-l~3'~ ~ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. NOTARY PUBLIC My Commi~qlnn rv - • -r 7, 1931 �'- County: 1str1ct: # lU Claimed: Location: " 1000. Deep Ihm. T'.ntirely 6 - 0 -24 Deed "'G0.00 " Non --2..U:.: S 1dy lonm of a fair de th and fertility. av ry aood r&produotion or hardwoods. ~h rchantable aw ti her has been removod from this troct. ll the remaining tend conoists of small oaks and ryine not large enough for fuel ood. :A fru1 t tr et'l ~e Slope TU.lable Field reatock1ne "'b0.00 Value 8 "' acre Total 3.00 6.00 25.00 6.00 18.00 5 Total Talue " " 1921 ~- H. on t his traot hes Value ot land by tY,p " 750.00 known Imrirovements: " . '6.24 1th1n the Park area.. Laps: "Ristory: Stonewall :d 11pe G A.24pAssessed Acreage Cleirned: V 349 Hockinghom :9.00 or lend 49.00 " Improve ants 50.00 " verage per ere tract Vnlue 99.00 16.50 �V '--County: .Jocl:inch rn District: Stone ,all N Slope - il able estoc·:L1 Sc· le - l" - ~ ch·1ins � 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 sipe-ed.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sipe, Ed Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep 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): 349 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 Sipe https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/eeba76e3995b9689eb64f97d604cdadb.pdf c59b9e9f1396844649892ba60c15c945 PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #328 - Sipe , Frank Number of Acr~s: 65 Location: Big Run. Six miles south of Island Ford , neares t shippin g point . intirel y within Park area a nd bounde d on all sides by J • • Alexan der tract . Roads: Four and one- half miles very rough road down Big Run to County road , one and one-ha lf miles rough county road to Island Ford . Soil: Shallow in slope and ridge, good depth of fertili ty in cove type and tillabl e land . 1 few rock outcro ps in slope and ridge tillabl e land rocky in places ; tillabl e land and cove type History of Tract and condition of timber: (Over) Part of tract cut over years ago ~ Thick stand of young timber 20 to 35 years old on this area . Part of tract burned over in 1930 and timber on part of slope and ridge 1·1as badly damaged . Tinber of goo~ quality in cove and part of slope - young stand of timber is of good quality . Improvements: None. Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Ridge: 6 Value per acre Total Value $1. 00 $6 .00 44 @ 3 . 00 132 . 00 Cove: 9 @ 7 . 00 63 . 00 Grazing Land: 6 Slope: 90 . 00 15. 00 ,.201. 00 65 Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals : 62 . 50 "'p353 . 50 Value of Land: $291 . 00 Value of Improve ments: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 62 . 50 Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 43 Incidenta l damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . fie _/~: ----- -. ---""-'-----=-..---"------ CLERK. �Con t'd . l, mod erat e slop es in slop e and ridg e type , no rt hSOIL : alm ost leveh0e st exp ssur e. east and nort r.ou nty: I oclri 1 r·ham D. stri ct: ,> ·t._me -1al l Sj.pe,. Frank . '3.,!8 140~ 00 ;Ini:mc.cl : Vnlu o--......... ,eed (no fioe d sheo t) ~s oess ea. G8 ".. cre'.1GC Clo.j.mcd : .,,. " res t Dig 'm. 6 n ile n oou th of J.:::l..,nd ::"ord nc· ~ nnd area shi 1 ing poin tt ent irel y with in parknde r trac t. boun ded on all oide s by J. :_ . lcxu Lav s: Non e known . th of f'crt-111 ty §.2l l: Sha llow in slop e and ridg e, good. do • fci'1 rock outc ro n in cov er type and till abl e lt.,nd 1 plo. ins, in slop e and ridg e, till abl e lo.nd roc ~y l in crt- to rn.od , till able lo.nd nd cove typ e alm ont leve rth·n and st slo .es in slc. e c..nd ridg e type , notl e , wes t expo sure ,ig Run t o co.m ty roc..tl , :Roa.dn: 4' nile c vory rouc h r o·,.d c1mm :: ~. l ;_, :mil er.; roug h co· nt1r :road t o I3lc tnd :.ror .c: cf .rounG orto f trr ct cut over year s a.go , thic! -: ::;t:-:· I istory: of urt 1 . timb er 20 to 35 J'eL rs old on this area of :.ourt on trac t burn ed ove r in 1930 and timb er bor of slo: o o.nd rid.g o was bad ly dam aged • '.1,im g youn e, good qua lity in cove and pa: t of nlop . Ft . Bd O ,o 25 stan d pf t1. 1bo:r i:, of good qual :i:ty , t 62 . 50 . ~ ,2 . 50 4 I1n,rov0r 1ent s: Valu e of land Tvri e r""z ing l and Cove c1 opo Ri r;c bx t?ll;e S : Valu e Eer a.ere ...cron 5e ,:\.15 . 00 e 9 44 4.00 3:00 ' 6 _.oo 65 rrotC:i.l vnlu e of land ·' 264 . 00 Tot l v· lue of timb er 62 . 50 Tot al valu e of tr·:o t 526 . 50 vera ge valu e per acre 5 . 02 Tota l Valu e * ~)0.0 0 36 . 00 6.00 204. 00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 sipe-frank.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sipe, Frank Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Big Run Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 328 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 Sipe https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ed8a4c9ec6fc40066ca015cc04c36ff5.pdf 030455ee6e86ae1be538765a28584bcc PDF Text Text ROCKINGHAI.: C01JNrY NAME OF tt:l.JlDhtNat O 7NER °· , J • H ,,-~215 - .::)l.pe .1. • Number of Acres: 1 Location: One mile east of Yancey on Summer Gap Run. Roads: Two miles over county road to Island Ford . Soil: Slope . This tract has a small amount of fue.}.wood on it and the fuelwood has been valued with the land. History of Tract and condition of timber: Note This is a po:rrtion of a larger tract moGt of which lies outside the P~rk area . Improvements: NONE . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 1 5 . 00 Cove: Grazing Land: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 5 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NO IB. ... ~.00 �ROCKING ,,. COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT J215Number of Acres: - Sipe , J . H. 3 Location: One mile east of Yance y. This tract is partl y withi n and partl y witho ut the Park area . Roads: Two miles to Islan d Ford over count y road . Soil: Slope . History of Tract and condition of timber: .i..11 merch antab le timbe r has been removed from this tract , leavi ng nothi ng excep t a small amoun t of fuelw ood . Improvements: NON . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 3 c: 5 . 00 15.00 Cove: Grazin g Land: Fields Restoc king: Cultiva ted Land: Orchar d: Minera ls: Value of Land: $ 15 . 00 Value of Improv ements : $ Value of Orchar d: $ Value of Minera ls: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timbe r: $ Value of Wood: $ Value per acre for tract: $ 5 . 00 Inciden tal damag es arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE . 2\ �11 C ... aaaa (td ,:5,.1. 1• n 11 ... o.ot oi Y n, y IC ( .. M o.o n tar!! () i l , l(j ff er , e-.. .p • s: - fl! '. lo : 0 .il ! f;., r oo ~ d • 0 I ...l i Ql,:" .,d . h-'-' fu l r ( .. r l'U • l-u . .. lue V ..., . • 'f: "· l? l -0 0 u.o t 0 t 0 't tho .:01 l,_ ... I J �county: Rockingham District: 3tone all #214-a ... oroage Clu.1med: V lue Claimed: Location: - Yancey 2 Bernard P • Assessed 159 ,,, _,13,50C .. 00 Deed " 1 REA : 144 A• . :eud o f 0 .1.e pro g of Hawksbill creek and is entirely i thin t1ie _ r i: are • Note ... This tract was completely surveyed nd his acre g Ino'l!!lbrances I counter ola,imu or 1a12s: found . none i-:nown. .§2.ll: Sandy o ay lo m of medium dept Roads: ?l even miles to 7 lkton ovor seven miles of county road and for miles over Spotsfoo<l ':'rail . .1d fertility • History ot tract nd condition of timber: The oleo.red land on this traot las b en used :t'or grazing purposes for many years. The sa timber i~s being reooved nt the time of the ex1m n tion and ·t us learned that a mil l us goi ng to bo moved on this pr opert y . to sa the lumber at an early dat. ~uelwood -- 300 cords va_ued 25a per cord - w?o.oo. Improvements: Dwellin~: Log, 14x22', 2 rooms, shingle roof, l sto7y, log finis, poor condition, abtlndoned, pillar found~tionno va lue---Summer oamp: ~rame, 12xl8xl0', shingle roof, fair condi tion, no va lue --Dwellil: g and frame l?x26', ~ rooms, kitchen 10xl2x8•, porch x:26', meta roof, 1~ story, log finish, poor condition, occupied byte nt, s J ring, solid foundation, basement size l8x26' ----._,250.00 Old barn: Loe, and frame 17x38:x:12', shingle roof, poor condition ---50 . 00 1foat house: ...,r ame 10xl2x8', shingle roof, poor oonlb.00 dition ---_f n house: ...'rame, 6xl0x8' , shingle roof• poor .oo " Stuble : .LOg, 12xl5xl0', shingl e roof, fair 40.00 " -- 360.00 Value of l and by t ypes: ~ Slope Fg .t...Orea13e 41 103 144 Totul vale of orchard otal v lue of l a nd Total v lue of improvements Total value of timber T tal value of tr ct Average value per acre V lue per ucre otul Value 1 83 .00 3 . 00 40.00 3606.-00 'i,3728. 00 ;; j"c./, ...... ~)( ~ 0(.; e,C) • 0 • ,.s.-. () ~ cf7.J ").. eG -J~-<t b 1 t./1 z._o _ ~ �ccunt~n i100!·1nt~llali t(1no uall n1 r t:r io ti H .:.:!¥.t Jlo<1 ,?fJ ! r::0to:n. ein4 r:i~11ai~r. Th.1~} truct 1a partly ~1 t11in ~at of' Yo.ntHl'"• one :mil.e g a\ and par t,,.r.Y ,'lf! th ..-.ut the r~l"L iu:·ae. • ...~1¼.1\?~?r!l.98~ I S~"ql\1re~ o..l~1t•.a Ot" .• ;su:.!: Loe'l.tl.on : .....(H, ... ,, - .. , @I f!~oto:a: 11 ·-.. ~ I 2 r.i.U.1.m to I nland :fora cvti.t ent1:nty ·r,11a.. ~: •• ; • \ll merohant~:ble tu,.l.10:r nnn been i"etnOVe<1 t:ron1 thia traat, 1savins notllins oxoar;t ~ ~1.ll ru,iount of sl \1tood. Tir1be:r1 tuol wood :u.1 odo. ~/"101,,'1 l'!:GW od. ...,....,,. __ ,,._ ... ,...,. '11.20 Am:Q~v~,r;t.g: nQna" 'J'otal. value t}t ~J'OV~~irn irotal ve1lue ot t:bnb,e r �r==============--=====~==================--=---=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=~:::7.., ui )8 , vounty : ~.ockin__;hun ::)istrict : Ctone.m ll , , , , ~ L . Yan cey ,,, ,~o riaz J .ifi'lett L ~G""'::m Slo pe cu.le - l" - ~ d1· ins �County : oc ,:inghc1l:.! :)istrict: 3-conem:i.ll N orri rd Y ncey l. Yost _.,:CG~lID Glo _1e ... cc.:.le - 1' ~ 20 c~, ins � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context sipe-j-h.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sipe, J. H. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: One mile east of Yancey on Summer Gap 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): 215, 215-a Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Sipe https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fba5f54fd19b5eab902d30035d9864c5.pdf e1b8942ddf95af280670435d9c38aac1 PDF Text Text RCCKI:TGHlJT COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #275 - Sipe , L. L. Number of Acres: 11 Location: Deep Run and entirely uithin the Pc.rk area . Roads: Three miles via dirt road to shipping point . Soil: Cove and slope type . ort Republic, the nearest Sandy loam of a fair depth and fertility . History of Tract and condition of timber : Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: 7 .,;5 . 00 35 . 00 Cove: 4 10 . 00 40 . 00 :ri75 . 00 Grazing Land: Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land : $ 7 5 • OO Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ 20 . 00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00 30 . 00 $125 . 00 Value of Wood: $ 30 . OO Value per acre for tract: $ 11 . 36 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ ~-~- CL~RK. �Claim of_ ____ L , L · S ,'r;,e ------------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oLRP_~j_r~{._11_Jl7_~!1:?L ____ 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_R~<::!1!~1-2:-9.b_q _z_-z.1. ______ 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 s_aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL_!'!_0_~HL 7J.;J.h _gZ. n :J_____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is __ L LI //,e7 - _ L _s/_;~ 0 -------------------------------------------My post offi.ce address is _____ _!~_o__J_-_L_ _ _rr_~,t:;;,_.y_(~ L.~-~----~ --------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about_ ____ j)_ _________ _acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements: ________ !]_~_7-zf'_______________________ _____________________ _ This land is located about_ ___ £::. _____ miles from ___ .!:-_:j.J_7_7._7_w_!?__q_c;:l_ ________ Virginia, in the~.J.v_,_~w.C!ZU ___ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above.) ----- I Cl 777 7/u~ _ .SC) le O y.n ?'tl, - _ v- /7cJve _ d /!e-e __ / 77] J-v_l--e ,~r4e _________ _ The land owners adja~ent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: N orth ____ v V\I , - j,./( I/le I • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - South ____ D7 ·__ A, S:, ;r:e, 7T1 Jv e ________________________________________________ __ _ East ___ J--le 77 7 · y Rc1 / 7,es-__________________________________________ _________ _ L cl 77 e es Te,· t W es----------------------------------------------· ------------------------------- I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ L.?_~_c.,_ __ in the following manner: _ f-rc, 711 __ D ,· __ A. S: / -re,77 )- 0 e 7 - -------------------------------------------------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.b'.rQ'. _ 9_f?_______ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J:.r::.Q-_q_fl________ . I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $- .:'.~~..:..?_~ ----------· (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back). Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) thiJp-_,;_l_j,~~-----day ____ fl~~-.7---L~----oL_ E:!!-_ _-...;; ___ L:l?!_/_ ___ , 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ { p_~fGJJ _ ft<2.2??.. _______ , To-wit: The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __½_~[1~_7_-:.__h ___ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, __J._ J ~ this _____ ~~ _l~ ________ day oL .!._C:_!"?.j__ l:i_:J.j_ __ , 1930. " 1 ~L/~.§'__________________________ _ • ----------- J '- . ~- - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - • ..-.,,---cA _ _ _ _ _ .,.! _ _ _ _ _ _ Clerk of the- Court, 01...--Special Investigator or Notary Public, or, fust-ice of the Peace. �Count : l oo i nghut:i trio : · on all 1 D l a.i r:ied t Cl a.i ned : Honda : 3u It 280- 00 .tt . o~l,: aed l ...'.) 00 11 A. n i tbi l t er hi lo in in .. poin • G rt l"OC. to d 11 fl. . 32 rl'" l :..a "-• 00 ,. .oo • '-" r lo· :1, ,OV Thr.. c -. r.. • e td ·r ot rt 1 )U lie . t 1e o. out 5 J.i . t ...... 0 '1 l of 0 ,, of ct --- nd • out 6 tt . () • �#275 - Sipe , L. L. County : Rockingban District : Stonewall, N Reed LEGEND Cove - Slo pe Se a le - 1 11 -=~ 20 chains · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context sipe-l-l.pdf Title A name given to the resource Sipe, L. L. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Deep 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): 275 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 Sipe https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-flora-tract-159.pdf f6fdda5a4b6890d8f03ef111cae1ff84 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 Sisk, Flora Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 159 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 159 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-Flora-tract-159 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-jo-tract-39.pdf f912eb574604fb74e987eb843d2fd742 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 Sisk, JO Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 39 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>LOB9 (pages 144, 145)</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 39 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-JO-tract-39 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-kemper-tract-149.pdf fbe6c04464cc02e863d59d1705d2ae35 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 Sisk, Kemper Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 149 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>LOB9</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 149 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-Kemper-tract-149 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-newman-tract-158.pdf fdc4464a9bb01d68769e0e0241b5ab54 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 Sisk, Newman Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 158 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>LOB9</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 158 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-Newman-tract-158 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d4db53ff058bc02e3e716e9f17b37c66.pdf 010b83d9c16f72aae1a56a1b64d87761 PDF Text Text County: Raopahannock District • Piedmont NAME OF OWNER #117- Sisk,Newton Number of Acre*: 18 . Location : On waters of Thornton River, six miles from Sperryville Roads: 23 miles from Luray over 6 miles of rough country road and 17 miles of macadam road . Soil : . Southwest exposure Sandy clay loam, thin soil and outcrops of rock on portion of tract Fairly level to rolling . . This tract is composed of orchard and field cultivated The orchard consists of 90 old apple trees in very poor shape, badly cut up and wormy History of Tract and condition of timber : . . One 5 room frame, shingle roof house, 2 sheds, meat house and hen house, all shingle roof, and in fair condition Improvements: . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Slope : Cove : Grazing Land : 14 @ $10.00 $140.00 4 @ 22.50 90.00 Cultivated Land : Orchard : $230.00 Minerals: Value of Land : $ 140.00 Value of Improvements: $ 300.00 300.00 $530.00 Value of Orchard : $ 90.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 29.44 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE \ CLERK �-^ounty: Rappahannock District: Piedmont - #117 Slsk, Newton Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: On waters of Thornton River, six miles from Sperryville Soil: Southwest exposure Sandy Clay loan, thin soil and outcrops of rock on portion of tract Fairly level to rolling . . . . Roads: 23 miles from Luray over 6 miles of rough country road and 17 miles of macadam road . History of tract and condition of timber: This tract is composed of orchard and field cultivated The orchard con 3iats of 90 old apple trees in very poor shape, badly cut up and wormy, Sisk claims to have paid $700 for this property . . . Improvements: The house is 14 x 20 with 10 x 12 ft, kitchen two story, five room, shingle roof value - $200.00 Meat House, 12 x 14 shingle roof 50.00 Chicken House, 10 x 14 shingle roof 25.00 Two sheds, 10 x 12 20.00 & 72 5.0O - - Acreage and value by types: Fc Orchard 14 4 13 H ” Average value per $220.00 295.00 -— acrB: $10.00 $140.00 30.00 $220 00 . " Improvements T0tal Value of Tract Total Value 20.00 Total Value of Land it Value Per A . Acreage Types $28.61 �County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont - #117 Sisk,Newton . Dwyer Nina B . Bowen Heirs Anna V LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land 20 chain Scale 1" - = � 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 Sisk, Newton Description An account of the resource Tract: 117; Location: On waters of Thornton River, 6 miles from Sperryville; Cost/Acre: $29.44; Estimate Value: $530.00; Number of Acres: 18.0; 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 117 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context sisk-newton-tract-117 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-wade-tract-151.pdf 7ea0220f319c1d3cd8ac559eaae647e1 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 Sisk, Wade Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 151 Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</li> <li>LOB9</li> <li>Tax Record</li> <li>Misc.</li> </ul> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Madison County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 151 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-Wade-tract-151 Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_sisk-wesley-c-tract-153-153a.pdf 603189d1c169bc56d7cc444dff724166 PDF Text Text hy-V County: Madison District: Roberson Claimant x153 - Acreage Pound: Location: . Sisk, Wesley C 18 Deed 15. Assessed 15 . South side Rose River, wholly within the Park Area None. Incumbrances, counter claims or laps ; . Soil: Sandy loam, slope moderate Roads: 7 miles to Criglersville, then 17 miles to Culpeper nearest R R . . . History of tract and condition of timber ; burned in recent years Not Timber cut off . Improvements: Log dwelling, 18 x 24 with four rooms, porch 7 x 24, shingle roof, brick flue, 2 story, log walls, fair condition, occupied by owner, spring water supply, solid foundation Log and frame barn, 35 x 19, shingle roof : fair condition Frame wood shed, 10 x 20 x 10, shingle roof, fair condition Frame corn crib, 8 x 12 x 8, shingle roof, fair condition Frame smoke house, 8 x 12 x 10, shingle roof, fair condition Log hen house, 10 x 13, shingle roof, fair condition Log cellar, 8 x 12, shingle roof, fair condition Log corn crib 8 x 12 x 8, shingle roof, fair condition. Log cellar, 5 x 7, shingle roof, fair condition . . * . . . . . . Value of improvements $665.00. 88 apple trees and 5 walnut trees, grape arbor $110.00 200 posts @ 5 . $10.00 -- ^ -- Value of land by types: Value Acreage Type Fc Fg 3 t Slope $10.00 5 10 $ 3.00 To Summary: Total value of land. Total value of improvements. Total value fruit & nut trees Locusts. Total value Total value of tract . per acre $12.00 $116.00 $665.00 $110.00 $10.00 $901.00. Total Value $56.O0 $50.00 $30.00 $116.00 �County: Madison District: Roberson . Claimant $153A, Sisk, Wesley Acreage Pound: 38. . Location: North side Rose River Soil: Sandy loam . . Wholly in Park Area Steep south slope and rocky. Incumbrances, counter claims or laps ; Roads: None known. 7 miles to Criglersville, thence 17 miles to Culpeper, nearest R R . . History of tract and condition of timber ; Much of the timber over mature and defective. Yot burned recently. 18Mft @ $2.50. $45.00 100 locust posts @ 5/. $5.00 ' . ' . $50 Oo. Improvements: Log dwelling, 15x20, 3 rooms, porch 10x20, shingle, log walls, 1 story, vacant, solid. Log corn house & shed, 11x17x 5, fair, shingle Log hen house, 8x13, fair, no roof. ^ Total value of improvements . -- $165.00. Value of land by types ; Value Type Fc Acreage per acre 8 Fr 10 Slope 20 $10.00 $5.00 $3.00 33 Total Value $80.00 50.00 is?60.00 fTsa.oo; ' Summary: Total Total Total Total value value value value of land. of improvements of timber of tract . . . $190.00 $165.00 $50.00 $405.00 • d. �coant vy ^: hlstrlot } 163 Acreage claimed Value claimed adiaon obereon . Weolcy c. Sisk • eaeoaed 16 TTone Deed 16 246.00 •i " 1.00 1* 16 . Area: 18 A * By actual survey Loo, tion: South aide Rose River, wholly within the Bark area Tac . inhranges, counter ol,- Lnr or lr.psi ^onn doll; Sandy loam, elope moderate Roads; 7 miles to Criglerovllle, then 17 miles to Culpeper nearest Blotory of tr.- :t and ^* 1« condition of timber: r,lmbcr cat off* ^ot burned in recent years Innroverpntg * duelling, 18 x 24 with four rooms, porch 7 x 24, shingle roof, brick flue, 2 story, log walls, fair condition occupied by ovrer, spring water eupoly, solid foundation LoJT 'n.d from born, 36 X 19, ohinglo roof, fair condition ihrarc wood shod, 10 x 20 r 10, shingle roof, fair condition Frrme com rib, 8 x IS x 8, shingle roof, fair condition Frame smoke house, 8 or 12 * 10, shingle roof, fair condition Log hen house, lo x 13, shingle roof, fair condition Log cellar, Q x IE, shingle roof, fair condition Log corn crib 8 x 13 x 8, shingle roof, fair condition Log cellar, 5 x 7, shingle roof, fair condition , .. Xor ’ ' 276 *00 76*00 25.00 10.00 1 00 15,00 ' 68 apple trees and 6 walnut trees; /» < <. tf. $/? Value of land by types; * Type Tillable Grazing Acreage 3 6 Slope Total value of land Total value of improvements 88 apple .trees and 5 minus trees Total value of trap* Average value par acre . ‘ 5.00 15.00 15.00 )450.00 l100.00 >£//<4 A * ^ - Value ore p r Total Vadae * $10.00 3« 0.00 30.00 15,00 6.00 1.60 « £!7,%00 460.00 100.00 626.00 ,34.72 �County: Madison District: : oberson ;' '153A Acreage Claimed: Sisk Wesley Assessed Record not clear Value Claimed: tf . Location: North side Bose Soil: Record not clear Deed . Sandy loam River Wholly in Park area . Steep south slope and rocky Incxaribrances , counter olair s, or laps: none known . to Criglersville, thence 17 miles to Culpeper, nearest R.R. goads: 7 mi tract and condition of timber: inch of timber over mature Jr ' and defective, hot 2«Jt> 18Lft . ft* ^ .0 ** Improve:: cats; Log dwelling, 15 :20, 3 rooms, porch 10x20, shingle , log walls, If. story , vacant, solid 75.00 Log corn ho se shed , 11x17x6, fair * shingle 15.00 hog hen house, 8x13, fair, no roof 10.00 History of Juraed recentjL . ^ . 100.00 Value of land by tyres: .creage e 8 roia ble Restocking 10 r"yu Value - per acre 0.00 5 Q0 . .0 Hope 1.50 r Total value of land Total value of 1 provenents Total value of ti ber Total value of tract average value per acre <**• $152.00 100;00 36.00 ' 208.66 7.58 Total Value 72 oi) 50.00 50.00 1;5» 00 . �tf /O Wesley Msk Claim of , At Law. Madia on County, Virginia, No. In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti tioner, vs , - _ more or less, of land in M®A A ® PD: 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 _ __Mad.is Qn County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. We sJLe y_ _S isk My name is . My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about _ _ 15 acres, on which there are the following Dwelling house , barn , cornhouse , two nail ars buildings and improvements : _ smoke _ -house iien.daQJiae_, and _ c ornbi ouso , wood.Moors e_ -and -or-chand- xxf ^ 9 5 a p p_l e _.trees This land is located about _ __4 _5i_iles_ _ miles from S_yria Virginia, in _ - . . the _ Robor taon Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . Sole owner . The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : R _ A Graves North Seldon Dodson South . C pdms & _ Miller East Ben Richards West. I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _ _l?QO in the following manner: .. _ , PurciiasLe - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there on is $15 Q0_»_Q0 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 33 acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks : _ ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) thkr. 17 th day _ of _ _A pr.11,1931. , , 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF Madison To-wit : Wesley Sisk The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , this- _ _l_7_th_ day of April,JL93J , __ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �» # * -t « f i ' - The St ,e Commission on Conser vation and Development,of the State of Virginia Petitioner . Vs Wesley Sisk . Piled April 17,1931 Teste: . Clerk - ‘f 6 i * * « r * I �We s_l ey_ Sisk Claim of In the Circuit Court of Madison County, Virginia, No. At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti tioner, vs. - ' Madison 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 Madis.cn County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. Wesley_ Sisk My name is Syria 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 53 acres, on which there are the following DKalling _house_,porn _ house , hen_ house buildings and improvements : ^ . Syria 4 This land is located about miles from Virginia, in the _ Robert son Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . p dole .owner mmmm . . The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North _M apt in A l_ger_ Wade_ _S i sk South Kemp§ 3? _S_i_sk_ _& _ Pray_ East _ West P .A. Gray_es _ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _ _19_15 following manner: ; By_ _pur Q.ha._se in the _ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ £LQCU_QQ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ I am the owner of 13 acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: / ¥ ( Continuerremarks if necessary 4» Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hq , of - April,1931_ oj this ^ on the back ) . 17±h _ day __ Madisjon STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF , To-wit : -_ The undersigned hereby certifies that Wesley_ Sis_k the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , April,.193 this JL7 ±3 day of # __ •a Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �* . • N *' * - - The S' te Commission on Conser vation and Development,of the Petitioner State of Virginia Vs. Wesley Sisk - Filed April 17,3>931 Teste: .Clerk, r * • % i % * 9 i .* f t i y V *> �NOTE—This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of the Courts. Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Madison County at Madison, Virginia The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . . PETITIONER. V. At Law No. 82 D. F. Anderson and others, and Fifty-Five Thousand ( 55,000 ) Acres, more or less, of DEFENDANTS land in Madison County, Virginia Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court : That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract ( s ) of land numbered as follows : Tract No. : Tract No. Tract No. 2J23- : : and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of the Court of the sum ( s ) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award ( s ) therefor, as follows : _ Award on Tract No. Ui3 $-2£HJL.QCL ; on Tract No. ; on Tract No. $ $ That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract ( s ) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof ; Wesley S i s k That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum ( s ) set out in said judgment as constituting the award ( s ) for the fee simple estate in the said tract ( s ) of land ; That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract ( s ) of land, owned or was ( were ) entitled to the following interest in the said tract ( s ) or in the proceeds — arising from the condemnation thereof : By reason of c o n t r i b u t i o n pledge , o b l i g a t i n g t h e owner , Wesley S i s k , to g i v e 3 acres of h i s l a n d w i t h i n t h e Park Area to t h e Park Project . ^ ^- V 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 prav ( 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. No. -- hs5. $ —4* 50 : T ract : Tract No. $ $ The undersigned further aver ( s ) that : ( Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court ) NAME P. O. ADDRESS STATEN COMMISSI ON ON ^CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT NOTE— A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk ’s office for the convenience of interested parties. No one is required to use this form , as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject to the approval of the Court in each case. �-2 . - ' . .. > STATE OF VIRGINIA ) COUNTY OF WARREN ) ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in my said State and County, E . K . Stokes, who being duly sworn , depcs ed and said that she is an employee of the State Commission on Conservation and Development in immediate National Park Division charge of the reoo rds of the Shenandoah thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis - Shenandoah tributive shares of condemnation awards in the National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts - and agreements en tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and cor rect . * Witness my signature this 8th day of January, 1934 . / Notary NOTARY PUBLIC , Sep . 8 1934 Expires toy Commission ' " • : •/ % . : • % «• «• f .‘ • • ' UuEl ic ’ / V, - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 Sisk, Wesley C Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 153, 153a Items in Land File: <ul> <li>Claimant Worksheet</li> <li>Tract Assessment</li> <li>Owner Claim</li> <li>Notary</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 153 Tract 153a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Sisk-Wesley-C-tract-153-153a Sisk https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_slaughter-ed-j-tract-350-350a.pdf f3308207f04b2c67daa9c4f354f4e6a6 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 Slaughter, Ed. J Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 350, 350a 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 350 Tract 350a Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Slaughter-Ed-J-tract-350-350a Slaughter https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_slaughter-ja-tract-312.pdf 1eeaec9861623b00b15a7fd39382251f 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 Slaughter, JA Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 312 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 312 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Slaughter-JA-tract-312 Smith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Madison_County_SNP_Records_Court_Proceedings/mcsnp_slaughter-rl-and-ja-tract-363.pdf 7ef3842b1706b94822c3efeb5a42aab1 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 Slaughter, RL and JA Description An account of the resource Tract(s): 363 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 363 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MCSNP_Slaughter-RL-and-JA-tract-363 Slaughter https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/8c521a88bfc606b5524d9682af6bdffb.pdf 130a5cca25815f4eea1be7acf153d214 PDF Text Text ; RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #17 - SlaughterW.P. and Mary D. _ Number of Acres: 128 Location : Roads: Indian Creek Two miles to Wakefield Manor otfer rough , unimproved roads , thence ten miles to Front Royal , Sandy loam and clay , some l&ose stone scattered over part of the Northern slope , steep southeastern slope , level or rolling Soil: area . . - - History of Tract and condition of timber . Area was cut over about thirty years ago for tan bark , all the remaining timber has been cut more recently The chestnut timber i s all dead , and the young timber has been damaged very badly by repeated fires . . Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 128 Value per acre a $3.00 Total Value $384.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 384 00 % Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 3 * 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE CLERK �\ /7 Claim of County, Virgi At Law. In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_ _*£. " TTL tioner, VS. £b -t - ^ ? , — * */c. County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court as his answer to said petition and to said notice. A* $J rAn ^My name\ C -wM* Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about. buildings and improvements : ^ _ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ Virginia, in ..This land is located about. miles from. r ** ./ hrr the ?ll 4 * i L_ Magisterial District of said County. ^^ ^ I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly wThat right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . _ _ ^ ^ * ' . __ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North _ rr Jfcti J§>_*?*+£*> South <C.Jfcv? East i rs- A. A -_ West. ?=4c I rA,?> t ^ r in the I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year A J_7following manner : * z** A ifz. 5 _ __ _ _ ^ — _ ^ __ - ^^ * ^ . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ _2r J&J&a+ jcxf . acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of i2 T parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . . Remarks : _ __ _ =^^ ' { remarks if necessary on the back ) . day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this _ ^V? 1930. of . STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF - - > To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that. the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the maxters and things appearing in his alcove answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , , 1' day of 51 this ( Continue 2 _ __ ^ 5 Lerk of the Court, or SpeeraHEnvestfgater-or 1 . tary L eaee Justiee the of PubMcrur ^ ^ ��County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield - $17 Slaughter, WJ« Mp # Acreage Claimed; Value Claimed: . Engrained by: Harsh# 01111am and Stoneburnor Location: Indian Creek# Incumbrances, counter claims and laps: Kono known # - Roods: Two nil© a to Wa - ©field Manor over rough, unim proved roods, thence ten miles to Front Royal * Soil: Sandy loam and clay, some loose stone scattered over part of the area# northern slope, steep - Southeastern slope, level or rolling# . History of . tract and condition of timber: Area was cut over about - thirty years ago for tan bark, all the remain v. inn timber hea been cut more recently The # chestnut timber is all dead, and the young timber has been damaged very badly by repeated fires# Improvements t There are no improvements on the tract Ho tirfcer, cut clean# Timber: Acreage and # value by Types: Type: Acreages Value Per A # Total Slope 108 $3*00 $384.00 — Value per acre #3.00 / I AV \ \ \ ? • ' • f . Value �County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield, A/ A - #17 Slaughter, . P. . -p m ctf W CQ J. .Wood Cove LEGE ND: Orchard Land Slopes Ridge Scale - Grazing Land Tillable Land 1 20 Chains ” �VIRGIN IA: Hi THE CIRCUI T COURT OR RAPPA HAUHO CK CGUHT Y: THE STATE COMMI SSION OH CONSE RVATI ON and DEVEL OPMEN T Petition er TS CLIETG N AYLOR , et ala , and 57 , 400 acres of land , more or less At Lav/ No - Defend ants 149 . P. Slaughter and Mary D. Slaughter , Your respond ents , ¥ in obedien ce to an order entered in these proceed ings on the 30 th day of August , 1932 , come and say that knowled ge , informa tion and belief the within the area sought 7 to the best of their \ tract or parcel of land , to be condemn ed , owned by them and with > -i referenc e to which they have heretofo re filed their objectio ns to the report of the Board of Apprais al Commis sioners , is the same tract or parcel of land which was found by the said Appraisa l Commis sioners to be the land owned by them , and which is shown and delinea ted on the map returned with the report of the Board of Apprais al Commis sioners , read together with the said report and the exhibits thereto attached , the said tract of land being describe d as containi ng 128 designat ed in said report as Tract acres , more or less , and being . 17. Ho Respect fully , P Mary Slaughte r . Slaughter D By Counsel . 4 E. W. C H E L F ATTORNEY AT LAW WASHINGT ON . VA . . Counsel •. �r ? f The S t a t e Commission on Conservation & Development ? « * \ S VS C l i f t o n Aylor , e t a l s , & 37 , 400 acres o f land , more or l e s s £ ' f -. . Written statement of . I & Mary B S l a u g h t e r a s to ownership of Tract # 17 . ' \ J 1 1 « FTIDED IN CLERK’S OFFICE RAPPABLANISrOCK tut-. GOTXNT \ / > i * • * Teste: i / / / Clerk * J, �VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT 0? RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY , VIRGINIA: THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT , Petitioner . vs Answer and Exceptions of U P Slaughter and Mary D Slaughter. . .. CLINTON AYLOR, et als, and 37,400 acres of land , more or less, Defendants. .. . Slaughter, Your respondents, N P Slaughter and Mary B except to the Commissioners report filed in the Clerk ’s office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County , Virginia, on the 18th day of May , 1932, in the above styled cause , for the following reasons: (1) - only That said Commissioners/allowed your respondents the sum of 4384.00 for said land , (2) (3} That said sum is absolutely inadequate, unfair and unjust, That said Commissioners failed to allow your respondents anything for the timber on said land , (4) That said Commissioners absolutely disregarded the damage caused to the adjacent land XXXHXX by the taking of . this ti’act Your respondents would show unto the Court that they have heretofore filed their claim in this cause, asking that they be allowed the sum of 'J?2560.00 for the tract of land proposed to be taken , and ^ 3520.00 for damages to the adjacent land ; that the tract proposed to be taken is adjacent to another tract of grazing and farming land contemning 352 acres ; that the tract proposed to be taken was purchased for the special use of the timber thereon for the use and upkeep of the other part, and that if the tract of 128 acres is condemned it will damage the adjacent tract of 352 acres to the extent of at least &3520.00. Your respondents would show that the tract of land proposed to be condemned in this proceeding will be found in �Record No. 14S, tract 17 . Therefore , your respondents and exceptants pray that they he not deprived of their said property without just compensation, and that they he allowed at least the sum of $2560.00 for their land and the sum of $3520.00 for damages caused to the adjacent land ; and your respondents further paay that the Court appoint other disinterested appraisers to appraise their property, or that they he granted a jury trial, and they will ever pray , etc/, Respectfully submitted , yt£ Z & u L r\u m By Counsel Counsel ^ Subscribed and sworn to before me this AJ day of July, . 1932 �TKE STAKE CCMIISSION Oil CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT , Petitioner * ' t * vs CLIPTON AYLGR , et als , and. 37 , 400 acres of land , more or less , Defendants * * * Answer and Exceptions of W * P Slaughter and Mary D Slaughter . . . * / ft FUJKT ) IN CLERK’S OFFICE! . NNOCK COUNTY I ( t f �. VIRGINIA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF Rappahannock on Conservation The State Commission & Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, . v Clifton Aylor ami others, and thirty-seven thousand, four hundred (37,400) acres of land, more or less, Defendants . To the Clerk of the Circuit Court in which the above styled . proceeding is pending The undersigned desires to withdraw, and hereby withdraws, all objections or exceptions to the findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in this proceeding, and all motions to set aside said findings, which have been filed with the record herein, by ex' on behalf of the undersigned* and specifically the exception dated, subscribed and sworn to July 15, 1932. . Please file withdrawal with the record . MAPI D SLAUGHTER, in her own rigt and as~IXS5dutrisr and sole beneficiary under the Will of W P Slaughter, dec’d .. . . W. Settle, Counsel By Geo m * �f’ jV" V If t+i f * 1' i k v � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Slaughter, WP Description An account of the resource Tract: 17; Location: Indian Creek; Cost/Acre: $3.00; Estimate Value: $364.00; Number of Acres: 128.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context slaughter-wp-tract-17 Slaughter https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5e2d92117533e93609d242708913934f.pdf 69006ca2a3989d5c3add4e1cf5ffad6a PDF Text Text ROCKINGR.'i.U COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT # 323 - Smart , John & Catherine Number of Acres: 5 Location: Richland Heights, Millers Run . area . Roads: Three miles vi~ dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest shipping point . Soil: Sandy loam , level and fairly smooth, some scattering loose rock . Entirely within the Park The merchantable savv timber was removed from this tract about six years ago . The remaining stands consists of small second growth yellow pine and a small amount of oaks . History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: None . Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value Ridge: 5 Slope: © $5 . 00 :"'85 . 00 Cove: Grazing Lan~: Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard: Minerals: Value of Land: $ 2G . OO 5 . 00 Value of Improvements: $ 'tt130 . 00 Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood: $ 5 . 00 . Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00 kcidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE. %. /~-:_ CL3RK . 2~ �Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _ In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _ more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the fili1;Zj,f s id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court oL __ .L!fd __ -~-- ~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said e 1 ion and~o s~ice. My name is____ ________ _s;t_~--~---- ~--~-h~L-A-X L~{U?-) My post office dress is ___ &,,k0::1,-_q_~--Zf--~-------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in~q_ tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about__~-~------ac res, on which there are the following · ~ b m mgs an d improvements=--------------------------------- -----.- -------------------- 1a· ----------------------- --------/;,------------ -----/, ;;...;t- ------------------- This land is located abouL-~,L.,t. ___ miles from ___ ~ , , , - - - - - - - -Virginia, in the _________________ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or ~-~~l_a_~h~ ~~ed_~a&d__ ~_&_g{ _~~---- The Jan§e::::=.~~:: :e~a~ = ~_di_:d/.7~------------~ North_/i;,~- -~~--~__(&__ South ____ ~ ___ ~ ~v ------------v-------- --------East {i_g{_~~-~- ~--~xL_~ -,~+ a~ _uZ~__ West __ ?J1~-~ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/_.f_!_Z_in the following mann~: 0 ------------------------------------------- J l3P:J±/Ui:x f--<!ccd!:.# Jl~~)-£o_~- ~~_Pk-~ ~-ef-------d(_'Z_/f)-ef1/4_~_:f/_ ~£.f&_.i)~ -~J I claim that th5:ktal value of this tract or parcel of land with the imp~vements thereon is $--~~_.l__Lf':12_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------· . (In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------- ~~~jZ~~~:~;iif~;-~~e-a~ct-i::t:t:~~~;~.:~iE!~~~~~~ ST,i\'.TE OF ~ ' COUNTY O - -¥ ~ ~ o ~ ; , t . , f~ . The undersigned hereby certifies at___,_,~---- ~_1__,(_~~-- -------the above named claimanwpersonally apP, red before him and made oath that the matters and things"agpearing in his ab~ve-;:;tw are try~}9 the best o~knowledge and belief, this __ jQ4_________ day of_/JJ~_____ ~O. _ I_ /) ~ -. II .J_ ____ - - , _&~~~_u_ _______ v ____________ _ Cict k "tff the Oelit t, 01 ~pMi-81 hrne.&t~gatar or Notary Public, (ff Ju...tiee ef the :Peace. /( ; ~ 0 ~ . , j ~ ~ . 3 0 - l?.31 3S7 �Oo 1., r10~ : 5 . 35 A. . a 267 . 50 3 ~00 ..;.;;;.:;;.;,....;....,;;..:::;:,_;::.;;;;;;;..;;,;..;':.. · t , n .,.- l ,· rr ol • l v l 11 nd f' ...1rly to ir V n 1 l .J• u l 'l ·,,1t 1n t o .J ro to t .. 1':"() l l 0 15 . 00 l .. 0 • :,o.o ~.., ue v•lu "f Avcrn: 1., lu of value per t n 1 oro 0 4 . 00 ''" �VIRGINIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY• THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEV]LOPMii:NT OF THE STATE OF VIRGIN!~ filed in the Clerk's Office Rockingham County, Va, v. CASSANDRA LAWSON ATKINS and others, and 53,561 acres, more or less, of land in Rockingham County, Virgini a. Nn 1: 'I 1932 ~ ~ ~/erk Stateme nt ma.de this 8th day of November, l93Z, by Maude M. Shipp pursuan t to a decree entered inthe above entitled cause. Your responde nt says that she is the owner of a tract of twenty acres more or lass of land mantioned and describe d in the report of the Apprais al Commission ers in the above entitled cause; that thia twenty acres of land is a part a.nd parcel of the old Shipp farm at Swift Run, Virgini a, and lies on both sides of the Spotswood Trail at Hughes' Store, and contain s twenty acres, and is improved by a three room residenc e and sleeping porch, and other outbuild ings. That this land is known as Tract No. hare referrad to, as ~¥ on the plat of said raport, which is a part heraot, and that exceptan t prays that her excep- tions to said report heretofo re filed, be sustaine d, and she specific ally refers to her exceptio ns for a more particu lar descrip tion of said land. And havine fully answere d, responde nt prays that her exceptio ns to the report of the said commission be sustaine d, and she will ever pray, etc. -~ Counsel ~~w ~ Coun;i By �Qlnmmnuwtalt4 nf l!lirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 17, 1935 J ~ TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathrig ht This is to certify that I, ~ ~ l l , Treasurer of Virginia have this 17tha_ay of May with an order of the circuit court of datea 5/9/35 in accordance Rockingham in the cause of the Stat e Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs • -----~0~a~3~$~8.-D~d~r ~a,_L~a~W~$~0~D~~A~t~k~1.....D ~ S ~ - - - - - - - - :p aid to Geo . $ 28 . 00 s. Harnsberger, Attorney for John Smart Catherine E . Smart, Harrisonburg, Virginia being in full settlement of tract# 323 and in the abov e mentioned cause . !Cb �Q!nm1unuwtaltl1 nf 1tiirgiutu TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 17, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA Geo . s. Harnsberger, Attorney for John Smart and Catherine E . Smart Harrisonburg, Virginia A! B_. G§.thrigllt Received o f ~ , Treasurer of Virg inia, the sum of $ 28.00 , in accordance with an order of the Cir cu it Court of the county of Back i ngbarn of_~M=a-y.,____ 1935_ entered on the 9 th day , in the matter of the State Commi s sion on Co n servati on · and Dev elopment v _ __ --~C~a=s=s~a=n~d=r~a"----'L=a=~~'=s=o=n'--"-'A~t=k=i=n=s,c_____ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding a s # 323 Si gn or ig inal and dup li cat e a nd r e t u rn t o t h e Treasure r of Virginia. fOl �<nnmmnuwraltq nf llirgiuia TREASUER'S OFFICE RI C H M O N D . VA . May 17, 1935 TREASURER OF VIRGINIA A. B. Gathrigh t This is to certify that I , ~ o c f i, Treasurer of Virginia have this J7 day of May i n accordance with an order of the circuit court of Rack1ngbam County dated 5/9/35 in the cause of the State Commission on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia vs. ___C ~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a~ L =a=Vi=1=s.~o=n~ A ~t=k~in_s~ a-n~d_ _o-th~e_r_s~- - - -- - Jlai d to J. R . Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia $ 2 . 00 being in full settlement of tract # 323 in the above mentioned cause . ID8 �Qtnmmnuwtaltq nf llirgiuta TREASURER'S OFFICE RICHMOND, VA . May 17, 1935 Jo«il,.~ TREASURER OF VIRGINIA J . B . Switzer, Cl erk of the Circuit Court of Rocking ham County Harrisonburg , Virginia A. B . Gathright Received of ii:xxMx.xJcNXKRix, Treasurer of Virginia, the sum of$ 2.00 , in accordance with an order of the Circuit Court of the county of__~B-o~c=k=i~n~g~rh=am=~--- entered on the 9th of May day 193___5_ , in the matter of the State Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __ --~C~a=s~s~a~n=d~r~a~L_a_w_s~o~n~~A~t~k~i=n~s~ _ _ and others, being full and complete settlement for the tract of land known in said proceeding as Sign original and duplicate and r e turn to the Tr~asurer of Virginia . # 323 �IN TH' CIRCUIT COURT OF OC~INGHAM COUNIT ~VIRGITI • The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , P~TITIOBER , At Law no . 1829 . vs . Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , On this Catherine ----- ay DEFENDAN of May , 1935 , oame John s. mart and . smart, and , on their motion, leave is given them to file their application for distribution of the award in this case , which award was in their favor and the amount of the award, ~s set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 323, was And it appearing from the report of the BoBrd of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this suit and in the petition for judgment of condemnation heretofore entered herein ,that,in the 09inion of the said The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, John Smart and Catherine E. Smart were invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in a.nd to said tract of land de ignated as No . 323 , and that the record in said condemnation proceeding does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said tract designated as No . 323 or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof: Upon consideration whereof , it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $30 . 00 be paid out as follows : To J .R. Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Roo~ingham County , $ 2 . 00 To Geo . S .Harnsberger , Attorney for John Smart and Catherine . smart , 28 . 00 Tne Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit acerLAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. tified copy of this order to the Treasurer of VirginiR , who shall �--.2.-..- pay out said fund in accordance therewith , taking from the parties to whom the fund ia directed to be paid their respective receipts for the sums paid to them and certifying such payment to the Clerk of thi Court for appropriete entry thereof , as required by law . 'nter . __._ /fW? _ tJ----=--------· Judge . LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. �IN THE CIRCUIT COURT F ROCKINGH. U COUNTY , VIRGINIA. . State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , t Law vs . Cassandra Law on others, PlTITIONiR, o . 1829 . t kins and DEFENDANTS . TO THE HON .:a .w. BE1{TnAJJ:, JUDGt O SAID COURT• Your petitioners, John Smar t and Catherine i . smert, respectfully represent: That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding, condemning to the use of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the St ate of Virgini a the Tee simple est a te in a tract of land formerly the property of your petitioners, situate in what is known as the Richl ~nds Heights Development, a bout three miles ea st of Grottoes, in the eastern portion of Stonewall District, Roc 1dngha.m County, Virginia , which tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, appointed herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Ma p, filed therewith , as Tra ct No . 323, at the price of 30 . 00 . Your petitioners f urther show t o the Court that all of the taxes on s a id property have been paid, and that there are no liens or cla ims of any kind existing on or ag inst said property, and tha t no other person or persons than your petitioners a re entitled to share in the distribution of s a id award. Certi f icates of the Treasurer of rlock ingham County and of the Clerk of this Co rt a re herewith filed, marked ".l!:x . certificnte No . l" and "Ex . Certific • te No . 2" respe ctively, and the same are prayed to be rad as LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG . VA. parts thereof . �---2-Wherefore, your petitioners pray th~t they may be made pa rties herein and be allowed to f ile their petition in this proceeding; that the fund in this cause may be pa id to them or to t heir a ttorney of record; tha t an order may be entered in these proceedings for the distribution of said fund, and that your petitioners may h a ve such other urther relief a s the nature of the c a se may require. State of Pennsylvania, County of , to-wit : , -~ " This d'iY John Sm::.J rt and Ca therine E-Smart personally appeared before me !J<t-4«f-:' 1 ~ , . - -.....o , a ! ota ry Public for the County aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania, in my County aforesaid, and, being duly sworn, depose and say : We a re the petitioners in the above entitled ma tter; the land condemned in this proceeding formerly belonged to us. We have read the above petition, have signed the same, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth a re true , to the best of our knowledge and belief . ~J~ ~ ~ ea?~a?~Subscribed and sworn to bef ore me this ,ft~ da y of May, 1935. In test imony where of , I hereunto a ffix my Notaria l sea l. LAW OFFICES GEO. S. HARNSBERGER HARRISONBURG. VA. 47. �STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, To-wit: I Hereby certify that the records of my office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract of 5.25 acres in Stonewall District, Richland Heights Development, assessed in the name of John and Catherine E. Smart, • Given under my hand this 1st day of May, 1935. 48 �M. H. HARRISON TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY r,.:s y 1 s t, 19 34 HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA To . horn It ~gv Concern: This is to certifr thRt there Are no unp .,l id t xes :1 ssesedin the n me of John and C:J therine ;smn rt 5 . 25 ncres, RichlAnd Heigts Developmen t, s tonewall Dist rti.ct , County of Rock ingham , s tate of Virginia . Res!)e c tfully , F ·. 1£ . H. Harrison , Tre asurer, By tf.. {l.,.F,i, Deputy Y't � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource The first series of the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains.  The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases. For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above. In the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-1935 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Snp001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a> <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a> <a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sipe, Ed - Williams, HE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smart-john-and-catherine.pdf Title A name given to the resource Smart, John & Catherine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Description An account of the resource Location: Richland Heights Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract(s): 323 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne Smart