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ROCKINGH~M COUNTY
NAME OF <;J/4W'~,1/ -- 0WNER
#75 - SHIFFLETT , L. N.
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Number of Acres:
Location: Top of Blue Ridge on south s:id e of Spottswood Tra il , partly in
Greene and partly in Rockingham County, but entirely within Park
a rea .
Roads:
Improved macadam road to east and west .
Soil:
Sandy fertile loam, with tract of clay in subsoil .
History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract has been cleared and used for
agricultural purposes for many yea rs . As a whole it is better than the
average mountain home; however, it is not comparable to valley farms of
equal si ze t h at are fully equiop p ed with all kinds of farm machinery .
Tne grazing land is steep and sofuev1hat rocky and does not have a drmse
sod except the narrow field below t h e s pring which is excel lent g razing .
Improvements:
See other sied .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
8
@
,w35 . 00
$ 280 . 00
20
28
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35 . 00
700 . 00
$ 980 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land: -Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 980 . oo
Value of Improvements: $ 685 . 00
685 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 100 . oo
100.00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 20 • 00
20 . 00
$ 1785 . 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 63 . 7 6
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE
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�CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE :
IMPROVEMENTS :
DWELLING- - - Log and frame , l l xl8 1 , 6 ro oms , 2 porches,
l½ story, shi n _.; le and paper roof ,
( enclosed) 7xl4 1 ,
(open) , 6xl8
brick flues , log walls, water supply spring ; soli d foundati 0n, fair
condition, 0 ccupied by owner--- BARN--Log and r' rame , 22x40x8 1 , shingle
roof , medium fair c o ndition- --- -STONE CE1.,LAR--- -Frame tlbp , 12xl6x8 1 ,
shingle roof, fair condition---- HEN HOUSE--Frame , 8xl0x6 1 , shingle roof ,
poor condi tion- ---GARAGE- ----(used for wood) Fr am e , 12xl8 1 , shed roof ,
(paper) one end open, fair condition -- - --CORN CRIB - ---Log , 12xl4x7 1 , smingle ro of, p oor condition-- - - DWLL .JI NG- - --Fr ame (used for hay shed)
16x24 1 - 4 ro oms, shingle roof , 2 story, brick flues , water sup ply spring ;
foundat i on of posts , ! poar- condition, abandoned - - - - BARN- - - - -Log, 12xl6 ',
shed 10xl6 1 , shingle roof , fair condi tion----HEH HOU SE-- - - - Frame, 6x8 ',
shingle roof , poor condition .
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�_______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
In the Circuit Court oL_fYAf'2a!k:i~~-~-~--~-:-::-~
Development of the State of Virginia, Petiand
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The State Commission on
tioner, vs. _________________ _---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------_ _______ _:-____ County, Virginia, Defendants.
more or less, of land in_
The undersigned, in answer to th etition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the fi}j1ys o_ys~tid i,tition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
_: __ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_ _
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
are the following
to _he_ condemn~d, containing aiz~;;/!~ ~cres, •
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__________________ Virginia, in
This l ~ s loc~.%1 abo~t_-~_ f -:--~-miles ~rom__ _ _
_Mag1sterial D1str1ct of said County.
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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.)
cent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
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I acquired my right, title, est e or interest to this property about the year ~~,,,.,__in the
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $Jf?R'A~~~----· 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 $A~~~ ~~----·
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 pro-
The undersigned hereby certifies that_
the above named claimant personally appeared bef,o.....,_,.,...""·"' d made oath that the matters
sw r are true to the best of_h is knowledge and belief,
ov and things appearing in his aF
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Claim of. L •...N.•... Shi f 1 et t ............................................................................................................... .
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 ing.!'.~.~~.~ .. ~ .. ~.<.?.~~~E..69-.~.. County, Virginia, Defen dants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Deve'lopment ,o f the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon t'he filing of said petition and published in ac,c·ordance with the order of the Cir,c uit
Court of ........... .Gf.~~P:~ ...................... County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as
his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is .. L .•...N •... Shif 1 ett................................................................................................. .
My post office address is .. Fe:r.:n... lU..11., ... V.lr.g;t_ni.a ............................................................. .
I claim ,a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be c·ondemned, containing about .... J:W....................... acres, on which there are the following
buildings and impr,ovement s : ...P.!Y.~:l-.+JD:g_.hg~.1?.~...~ .. ~JJ.. .. Q1lJP1Jli9-J.n&?..~ ......................... .
This land is located about .... J:.9. ..............miles from .... SJ~.119-.~.fQ,,§!.yjJ,l.~..t ................ Virginia, in
theS t .a.ndar.ds.:v. i.ll.e...... Magisterial District of said County.
I daim the foBowing right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described
above: (In thi,s space claimant should say whether he is S'Ole owner or joint owner, and if
Joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole owner or joint owner, he
s'hould set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of
land described above.)
Owner in fee .
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North. Ad i •... J •... A • .. Haney ·······································································································
South .. Ral.m.mgg.. Mor.r.ia ............................................................................................................ .
East .... Vi •.. M•... Sullivan •...........................................................................................................
West .............................................................................................................. ...................... ............. .
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year...~~L .................. .in the
following manner:
.................................................... Bought .•...............................................................................................
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon
is ~.,.P.QQ.!.09........... I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and
to this .tract or par,cel of liand with the improvement s thereon is $ ...................... ...... .
I am the owner of.. ...................... .... a:cres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parce,l 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 w-hic'h 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 ne-cessary on the back).
Witness my ;ignature (or my name and mark atta,c hed hereto) this .......~QtP................. day
............. ~.~ ...N..!... .Sh;\.f.l.~t:t.................................. .
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ...................... ...................... ............ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that ... L.11.... N..-....Shi.fl.at t. .................................................. .
tlhe ahove named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and t'hings appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his know1edge and belief,
this.....9.9.t .h-..................day oL.A- :r..:!-J ................................., 193~ .. .
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Peti tio:r:e r
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
On this, the
and Herbert
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Respondents
day of December, 1933, came L. N. Shifflett
Wyant, and on their own motion leave is given them
to file their petition, and the answer of Sallie A. Wyant to said
petition, which answer is accordingly filed.
And it appearing to the Court that $1785.00, the amount of
the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 75,
heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing from the report of the
Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and
in the petition for judgment and condemnation heretofore filed
herein, that in the opinion of petitioner, th~ said L. N. Shifflett
and Herbert W. Wyant are invested with a superior or better right
or claim of title in and to said Tract No. 75, and that Herbert
w.
Wyant, one of the petitioners, has disclaimed any interest in and
to the said award, and that the record of this cause does not show
any denial or dispute by any party or persons in interest as to the
said Tract or to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof,
except as to the lien for $129.00 due Sallie A. Wyant as fully set
out in her answer; and it further appearing to the Court that all
taxes due or taxable on said Tract No. 75 have been paid;
Upon Consideration Whereof, it is considered and ordered by
the Court that of said sum of $1785.00 paid into Court as just
compensation for said TractNo. 75, $1656.00 be paid to L. N.
Shifflett and $129.00 bhe residue thereof be paid to Sallie A.
Wyant, and the C1erk of this Court is directed to t r ansmit a
certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virg inia, who shall
pay u.iltl.o the said L. N. Shifflett $1666.00 and pay unto the said
Sallie A. Wyant $129.00, the amount of award set out in the
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judgment of condemnation of said Tract of land, taking from said
L. N. Shifflett and Sallie A. Wyant a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate
entry thereof as required by law.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Petitioner
vs.
Respondents
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
The petitioner, State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia, on the
---day
of December,
1933, having paid into the Court the sum of $1785.00, the amount
. of award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No.
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175, the undersigned, L. N. Shifflett and Herbert W. Wyant, hereby
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apply to the Court or to the Judge thereof in vacation, for an
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to the said L. N. Shifflett, on the ground that it appears from
the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore
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\tiled and the said petition for judgment and condemnation, that
!the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner, is invested with
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superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said
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from the condemnation thereof, and is entitled to receive the
/proceeds from the exappropriation of said Tract No. 75.
That Herbert
w.
Wyant, one of your petitioners, under
deed dated September 25, 1931, from L. N. Shifflett to said
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'petitioner, has certain water rights and easements in and to said
tract of land and that said Wyant joins in this petition and
disclaims any interest in and to said fund by virtue of said
water rights and easements.
That there is a lien resting on said land in the sum of
1$125.00, together with $4.00 interest in favor of Sallie A.
Wyant.
The undersigned aver that the record in this suit does
\not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in
HERBERT W. WYANT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA,
:!interest as to the title to said Tract No. 75 or to the proceeds
!arising from the condemnation thereof, except as above stated,
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and the said statementsin the petition of condemnation as to the
I title of the undersigned are true and that the undersigned, L. N.
I Shifflett has title in fee simple and encumbered only to the
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I extent of $129.00, in said Tract No. 75, and is entitled to be
paid the sum of $1785.00, less the lien indebtedness of $129.00
1due Sallie A. Wyant, and prays the Court that it will order and
direct the payment of the sum of $1656.00 a part thereof to L. N.
Shifflett, one of your petitioners and the remaining $129.00
to Sallie A. Wyant.
The original deed of trust securing the aforesaid indebted
ness is filed herewith and s~ows by metes and bounds a part of
the tract of land composing Tract No. 75.
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State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit: -
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, a Notary Public of
I an:l for the~u.rrtyof Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do
certify that on this the 21st day of December, 1933, personally
appeared before me in my said County L. No Shifflett and Herbert
1W• Wyant and made oath that the statements claimed in the fore-
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HERBERT W. WYANT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA.
going petition are true.
Given under my hand this 21st day of December, 1933.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Petitioner
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
Respondents
The answer of Sallie A. wfyant to a petition filed in this
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and Herbert W. Wyant.
This respondent for answer to said petition or to so
much thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer,
answers and says that it is true as stated by petitioners that
the undersigned has a lien securing $125 . 00 and $4 . 00 interest,
king a total of $129 . 00 on the land known and designated on the
p of Park lands as Tract No. 75, as shown by the deed of trust
by petitioners .
And that your said respondent answers and says that she is
ntitled to the said sum of $129 . 00.
Your respondent Joins in the prayer of said petition for
distribution of said fund as set out therein, and she will
ver pray, &c.
SALLIE A. WYANT
By C:ounsel
HERBERT W. WYA NT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA .
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COPY
This Deed made this 20th day of October, 1911, between
Wesley Collier and Mary E. G.!,llier, his wife, parties of the
first part, anl L. N. Shifflett, party of the second part, all
of near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia,
W I T N E S S. .E T H :
That in consideration of Six Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars
($668.00) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the parties of the
first part, the said Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier have this
day sold and do hereby grant and convey with general warranty
of title unto the said L. N. Shifflett that certain tract or
parcel of land situated in the Eastern part of Rockingham County
and partly in Greene County on Swift Run Gap, and knovm as part
of the Polly Shifflett tract of land, adjoining the lands of J.
I. Beasley, R. A. Gibbons, Nimrod Shifflett and others and
bounded as follows:
Beginning at a bunch of chestnuts on a
stony hill, thence S 63 E 82 poles to a large Spanish oak and
chestnut, thence S 25 E 100 poles to SWift Run, at a large oak,
thence up said run S 74 W 16 poles to a point in said run,
thence S 12 W 8 poles to a mahogany in a turn of said run, thence
N 41 W 108 poles to two chestnuts from one stump, thence N 49 1/2
W 32 poles and 19 links to the Mansion Spring, thence N 2 E 40
poles to the beginning, containing 39 3/4 acres, to,g ether with all
appurtenances thereunto belonging,
It is agreed by and between ·
the said parties to these presents that a right of ~Y is reserved
for Mary Shifflett, her heirs and assigns, leading from the
Mansion Spring N 2 E 40 poles to a bunch of chestnuts, being the
beginning corner of said tract of land.
Witness the following signatures and seals the date and day
first above mentioned.
Witness to both
signatures I. L. Flory
Wesley
Mary
his
Gollier (Seal)
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her
x E. Collier(Seal)
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State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham. to-wit:
I, I. !,. Flory, a Notary Public in and for the County
aforesaid do certify that Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier
whose names are signed to the foregoing deed bearing date on
the 20th day of October, 1911, have acknowledged the sare before
me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 20 day of
Oct. 1911.
I. L. Flory, N. P.
My
commission expires December 9th, 1911.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County.
October 21, 1911.
This Deed from Wesley Collier and wife to L. N. Shif flett
was this day prflsented in the office aforesaid, and is, together
with the eertificate of acknowledgment annexed, admitted to
record.
Teste: D. H. Lee Martz, Clerk.
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THIS DEED, made this 25th day of September, 1931, by and
between L. N. Shifflett, party of the first part, and Herbert
w.
Wyant, party of the second part, all ofRockingham County, Virginia,
WI T N E S S E T H :
That for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars
( $10 .oo) cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the
party of the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
together with other good and valuable consideration, he the said
party of the first part has bargained, sold and conveyed and by
these presents doth bargain, sell, grant and convey unto said
Herbert
w.
Wyant all that certain lot or ~ract of land, together
with improvements thereon situate on the south side of the Spottswood Trail, on top of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Rockingham County,
Virginia, and bounded as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at an iron
pin in an old roadway, Mrs. Elsie Baugher's corner and in a line
of the Fern Hill Church lot; thence, with a line of the church
lot, N 41 3/4 E 5.04 poles, to an iron pin in the south line of the
Spottswood Trail; thence, with the south side of the Spottswood
Trail, N 45 1/4 W 2.8 poles, to an iron pin on the south side of
said Trail and in the middle of the old Rockingham and Stanardsville Turnpike, said corner being in John Haney's line; thence, with
the middle of the old pike, with Haney's line N 64 3/4 W 9.24 poles,
to an iron pin in the middle of the old pike, Haney's corner and
in Mrs. Elsie Baugher's lihe; thence, with her lines, S 6 : 1/2 E 1.5
poles, to a stake mn the north side of an old roadway, white walnut
called for; thence, with the old roadway, S 40 E 10.6 poles, to
the beginning, containing .24 of an acre, am being the residue of a
tract or parcel of land containing l 3/4 acres, conveyed to the said
party of the first part by deed dated May 26, 1906, from John K.
Haney and others, which deed is duly recorded in the Clerk's Office
of Greene County in Deed Book No. 17, at page 192, and recorded in
the Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed Book No. -
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less, however, a tract or parcel of land conveyed
by the said L. N. Shifflett to Jarnes A. Haney and others, Trustees
of United Brethren in Christ of Virginia, which deed is dated
August 23, 1918, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Greene County
in Deed Book No. 19, at page 342, and less another tract or parcel
of land conveyed by the said L. N. Shifflett to J. A. Haney and
Rhoda Haney by deed dated January 20, 1926, which deed is duly of
record in the Clerk's Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 20,
at page 384,
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less a further strip of land conveyed by said
L. N. Shifflett tot.he Commonwealth of Virginia, by deed dated
October 20, 1930, which deed is likewise recorded in the Clerk's
Office of Greene County in Deed Book No. 22, at page 31.
The said
party of the first part doth further grant and convey unto the
party of the second part any and all rights reserved to him in the
deed dated August 23, 1918, from J. J. Beasley, L. N. Shifflett
and others to James A. Haney and others, Trustees of United
Brethren in Christ of Virginia, more specifically described as
follows:
That in the event the said United Brethren in Christ
cease to use the property conveyed as a place of public worship,
then the title shall revert back to the owners of the original
tract. \\ The said party of the first part doth further grant unto
the party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, the right to
use any part of the overplus or excess water, necessary for the
use of said land flowing from the spring on the Polly Shifflett
land and from the spring on the R. J. Shifflett land, the granter
reserving to himself, his heirs and assigns, the right to use all
water necessar y for himself, his family ahd their livestock from
the two springs hereinbefore described.
The said party of the
first part doth further grant unto the party of the second part
the right to lay and maintain a pipe line for conveying the water
necessary for the said land from the overplus or surplus from
said springs to the filling station and buildings on the tract or
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p~rcel of land hereinbefore described, with the right of ingress
and egress for the purpose of laying said pipe line and repairing
same.
Witness the following signature and seal:
L. N.
Alda Rinker witness
his
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mark
Shifflett
(Seal)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, Ralph H. Bader, a Notary Public in and for the County
aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do aertify that L. N. Shifflett
whose name is signed to the foregoing writing, bearing date on the
25th day of September, 1931, has this day personally appeared before
me in my said County and acknowledged the same.
My
commission
expires the 27th day of March, 1932.
Given under
my
hand this 25th day of September, 1931.
Ralph H. Bader, Notary Public
VIRGINIA: In the ~lerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County.
The foregoing deed of BARGAIN AND SALE was this day presented in
the office aforesaid, and is, together with the certificate of
acknowledgment annexed, admitted to record this 25th day of
September, 1931, 4:~0 P. M.
Teste:
J. Robert Switzer, Clerk
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THIS DEED, made this 20th day of June, 1931, by and between
L. N. Shiffle tt, widower , party of the first part, and Herbert
w.
fyant, Trustee , party of the second part,
WI TNE S S E TH :
That for and in conside ration of the s-wn of One Dollar ($1 . 00)
cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowle dged and
of the provisio ns of the trust hereina fter declared , he,the said
party of t.he first part ,doth hereby grant and convey with covenan ts
of general warranty , unto the said Herbert W. Wyant, Trustee , all
his right,t itle and interes t in and to the real estate hereina fter
describe d, togethe r with improvem ents thereon and all rights and
appurten ances thereunt o belongin g, situate in the eastern part of
Rockingham County and the western part of Greene County, Virginia ,
at what is known as Fern Hill, and more particu larly describe d as
follofis
Tract No. One:
That certain tract or parcel of land, situate
in the eastern part of Rockingham County and partly in Greene County
on Swift Run Gap, and known as part of the Polly Shiffle tt tract
of land, adjoinin g the lands of J. I. Beasley , R.A. Gibbons, Nimrod
Shiffle tt and others, and bounded as follows: Beginnin g at a bunch
of chestnu ts on a stony hill, thence S 63 E 82 poles to a large
Spanish oak and chestnu t, thence S 25 E 100 poles to Swift Run, at
a large rock, thence up said Run S 74 W 16 poles to a point in said
Run, thence S 12 W 8 poles to a mahogany in a turn of said Run,
thence N 41 W 108 poles to two chestnu ts from one stump, thence
N 49 1/2 W 32 poles and 19 links to the Mansion Spring, thence
2 E 40 poles to the beginnin g, containi ng 39 3/4 acres, and being
the same land conveyed to the said L. N. Shiffle tt, party of' the
N
first part, by deed from Wesley Collier and Mary E. Collier, his
wife, which deed is dated October 20, 1911, recorded in the Clerk's
Office of Rockingham County, Virginia , in Deed Book No. 93, at page
121.
�2.
Also, the said party of the first part conveys unto the said
Herbert
w.
Wyant,Truste e, all those two certain tracts of land,
adjoining Tract No. One., situate in Greene County, and kn·own as
the Rob Shifflett and Haney land, containing 50 acres, more or less.
IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, TO SECURE the payment of the principal
swn of One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($125.00) evidenced by bond
executed by L. N. Shifflett, of even date herewith, payable to the
order of Sallie A. iyant, one year after date, with interest from
date, interest payable a:nnually and waiving the benefit of the
Ho~estead Exemption.
The party of the first part covenants and agrees, so long as
the debt hereby secured, or any portion thereof, remains unpaid,
to pay all taxes assessed against said property, when and as the
same become due and payable, and to keep the improvements thereon
constantly insured in some responsible, level premium fire insurance
company in a swn of not less than $300.00, with loss ciause attached
to said policy of insurance, providing that any loss, if any thereunder, shall be payable to the Trustee herein as his interest may
appear, for the benefit of the holder or holders of said bond, and,
upon his failure to effect and keep in force said insurance, that
the holder or holders of said bonds may obtain the same, any
premiwns, if any paid therefor, to be a further debt hereby secured.
In the event of default in the payment of said bond, or of the
interest thereon when due, or of failure to comply with the above
covenants as to taxes and insurance, then, in either or any of said
events, the entire 1.amount hereby secured shall become due and payable
and the said Trustee shall, upon written request from the then holder
of said bond, so to do, proceed to execute this trust by making sale
of said property in accordance with the provisions of Section 5167
of the Code of Virginia, 1919, and any Acts amendatory thereof.
�WITNESS the following signature and seal:
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, A. E. Wyant, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that L. N. Shifflett,
whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date the
20th day of June, 1931, has this day personally appeared before me
in my County aforesaid and acknowledged the same.
My commission expires the 5th day of October, 1931.
Given under
my
hand this 2..2,.__day of June, 1931.
Notary :,U.blio
JtHlN 1A: i t, .p Dlerk'~ ()ffice of the G'irouit Uonrl
t~1w ro~ il~ oi
Rockirullrn.111 1~mntv.
- ····-·-·· ·Na~ t,hl~ ta. · 1 ) ~ n t ~ ~~ th,
.~
.- ·et- ato~in ~no t~ ·,~.t!tel ~ntI· Gw ,·err;iooat,t
f
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1
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,t "'~......ow efL!.IlleIU
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Tax $
2-G<..-'-tJ. 1,74'$,Pd>
Transfer $
AJmitted
J( To ,I .,.I-
JUN 2 4 1931
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'
�This deed made thi s 26t
of the County of Rockin
6f •May
906,Bet~e Gn John
run and James
,Haney a nd Loula Han . ~·
oHaney and Rhoda Haney his wife of
the county of Greene all of the Sta te of \/irginia,pn.rties of the first part·
and L.N.Shiflett of th~ Co1nty of Rockineham,and State oaf res i ~par y of
art; 'ITNCSSETH: tha t fo-r a nd in consideration of Ten Dollars
t he s cond
Ri1 to the said parties of the first part by the o~id L.N.Shiflett
han d
i
a rt· es of the fir t p rt have bar ain d,8old and
They the a~i
by these presenta,barg91n,s 11
conveyed and do no
the said L.N.Shiflett
between th~
owledge •
econd part the receipt wher.eof· they do hereby ac
party of the
nd convey unto him
ll that certain lot o~ tract of l and
tt te
A
ld road and the Rockin ham Turnni~e in the County o~ Greene
on to~f' the Blue Ridge :Mountain ~.nd bounded as foll owe ;'r o_ i,t;
Beginning
Tu~npikc
n
t
Wh te W lnut on the S0 thside of the Roc~i~ uh m
1
o~ the North s ide of th~ old road
with his line sqid old road
S.47½
45
corner to J.I.Be-
.I2 poles thence S 7I
½ •
es
6 poles,
.25 poles S.87 E.7 Pol~$ to a stake a rock to be planted in said
ol·' road, thence a new line N. 0 VI .8 poles, to the center of the
Rockingham Tu
pike,thence , !th said road N.58 W 3I polP!:! N 62,W.24 poles
to the old line and with old line s.I3 B.I½ poles to the beginning
containing one and three fourths acres (I~) and the parties of the first
part warrant Gcne~Allv the t tle to th7,Proper y h~reby.This deed conveyed.
itness the following signatures and seals the day and
date
first above written.
John K.He:.~
- -~
Lula A.Hr~n_eL._._ (Se 1)
James A.Han~ - - (S_e'tl)_
Rhod
_ __t~eal
Virgin!~,
Green - Countv To_Wit;
I,D.C.Deane a Noto~y Public in nn
of Greene and StatP
for th?. County
for·~ id~cPrtify that John K.Haney,Lula H~ney his wife,
Jae.A.Haney and Rhoda Haney his wife,whose names arA signed to the foregoing
deed be rin
me
date the 26th dd May 1906 , hn.V 1; each acknowledged the same befor ...
in mt County and State aforesaid •
58
�Given u..t1der
y hand this the 26th of May I906.
lly term e xp 1 res I Ith of December
D,C,Deane
1907-}!_. ~
•
VIRGINIA:-rJLln the Clerk's Office, Greene County Circuit Court,__cl___day of
9
J__ , this
deed, wa this dav filed in the dfice aforesaid,
1\~ and will
the cert1f1cate annexed admitted to record.
Clerk
Q~'~ ,
B.
-~J~~'-
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby cert i fy that t he
Records of my office show that L. 1 ; . Shiffle tt
has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933
on his several tracts of 39- 3- 0 acres and 1-2- 0
acres of land situ.ate in the Blue Ridge N1ountains
in Stonewall Distr i ct , Rockingham Cov.nty.
All Taxes prior to that time ,
if any be unpaia , are a matte r of record in t he
Clerk ' s Offi c e of said County.
day of De cembe r 1 933 .
Gi ven unde r my hand this 21st
Treas urer of Rockingham County .
STATE
OF VIRGINIA
COUNTY OF ROCICTNGH.AM , to-wit :
of
my
of
L.
I , ~ . Robert Switzer , Cle rk of the Circuit Court
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in
office do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract
85 acres in stonewall District , assessed in the name of
No Shifflett .
Given under my hand this 22d day of December , 1933 .
�Qtnmmnttttttaltq nf 1iltrgtuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCEL.L.
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer
of Vi rgi nia h ave th is 27
day of December in accordan c e
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham Colln ty
dated 12/22~/=3=3_ _ in the cause of the State Commission
on Co n se r vation and Development of the State of Virg i n ia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson.-"-------'A"--"---"-t=k~i~n=s"---------- -
:paid to __L_._ N. Shifflett
$_1~,_6_5_6_._0_0_ _ _ b eing in full settlement of tract
i n the a bov e me n t i on ed cause.
#..2.Ji_
�,
...
C!!nmmnuwrttlt11 nf llirgiuttt
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.
JOHN M . PURCELL
December 27 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
L. N. Shifflett
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 , 656.00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the 22nd
day
of D@cember 1 93___Q_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
-~G~a-s~s~an~d_r~a.._,L=a-~=¥-s~o~n~A~t~k-i_n~s____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #-~7~5_ _ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�e
Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf llirgiuia
TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA,
Decembe r 2~, 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasur er
of Virg inia have t h is 27
day of Decembe r in accordan ce
with an order of the circuit court of Rockine;h am County
dated 12/22/33
in the cause of the State Commiss ion
on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the State of Virginia
vs.
A......t""k.....i.....n.....s...___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Cas s andtihz Laws o"""'n....__.....
paid to Sallie A. Wyant
$ __1_2_9~._0_0____ being in full settleme nt of tract
in the above mention ed cause.
#-2..5-
�C!tnmmnuwtalt4 nf llirgiuta
TREASURE R ' S OFFICE
RICHMON D, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
Decembe r 27 , 1933
TREASURER OF VIRG INIA
Sallie A. Wyant
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of
•
Virginia , the sum of $ 129 . 00
, in accordan ce
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockinghrun
of Decembe r
entered on the
22nd
day
1 93.3_ , i n the matter of the State
Commiss ion on Conserv ati on and Developm ent v _ __
_C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_ L_a_w_s_o_n__A_t_k_i_n_s_ _ _ __ and others, being
full and complete settleme nt for the tract of land
k nown in sai d proceed ing as #__7_5_ _ __
Sign origi nal an d dup li cat e
an d return to t h e Tre asure r
of Vi r ginia .
�
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
r/272 -
,. ) ifflett , 0:-ohn
Number of Acres: 26
Location:
l:~ck Run .
Roads:
-1
Soil:
Entirely wi tl in the __ ~rk
0Er niles ti:... d i rt ,,,oad to Port
shi:)Jin:, oi1t .
n.TvL. .
.epublic , '.;118 nec.'.re:_ t
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lo0 ee rock ov0r t~. ~ntire ~rq~ .
~ome sc· tterirv
History of Tract and condition of thither: 1;. ll tLe merc.1..___nt:__._ble sa I tt -ber :i.:c.s
been rd!IlO ved fr·c!,, tl is tr .... ct . ...-o,;ut 6 cords i'uel.,oc:d
~er ere on t1e cone type . 18 cords . ood .
Improvements:
~le atherbo:...rded 16xl 8' 'itll
r·u:(; d eJliP ,-;,:
f or roo"':..s . 7r:;. e kitc:10n l "x.30', 1.1eatherboarded , ·ii th
o+h concrete ,
t::ree roans , 3 orc:1es , f>x l 8 ', n,1 5x20 ',
rr.et·1 l r"o:' , bri.clc f l ues, 1 ~ story , : rorn-s ce i l'"'(1 , -- od
co•i.1 1 ·ion, occupied by o mer . well , ,tter s 1::011 l v , solid
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,
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Total Value
Value per acre
Ridge:
Slope:
)::i . 00
:. 20 . 00
Cove:
1 0 . 00
30 . 00
.3;:5 . 00
66.J . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
19
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 71 .J . ' 0
Value of Improvements:
950 . 00
$ 930 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ .JO .. 00
::su . o
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
.50 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ ,JO . 00
t $ G7 . ~8
l per acre f or trac:
Vaue
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
J.
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~ _,,,. ~ - - --- ---------------- -------------·--- more or less, of land in ___~ _ ___________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petiti n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filin
f said petitio and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of__ _ ________ _________ ,ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer ~o sa·
1ti and to ~ ~ot~ _
My name 1s _______ ---------~
h ----My post office address is _______--:-=. ___ _0:: __ -- - ---------------7 -- ~ ~~ ----.
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in ~ c t or parcel of land within the area sought
;<{;-- --- --------- . -- ----- ;;
:ui;;~;~,~~ -_:-~~~~ s-
~~- abouL_-2c.'.'.:t-:_mi!es from __p0'. 'j.~rginia, in
the ____ ___________ __ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, t;tle~ estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : (In this space claim.mt 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 ou£ exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above. )
~ --~
________?
-/ -- ~ -- ~ -----------------------
The land ow~rs adtacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
~~
~;: ~
~· ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
f; wi~ ~e ~~
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_/_J-l-~ in the
,z.__,,:__.,___:____ _
I claim that th'--~l value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $4,._S::~-~
I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or ~est,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $/(.;. _SJ;_Q___ ~ .
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
i
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ST
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·tness
E OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ __ ------------ - ----- - --, To-wit..
and thing~ app~ ing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this----- ~- ~----day of____
19
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tary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Shifflett, John
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Location: Neck Run
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Tract(s): 272
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Shifflett
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF OWNER
#132- a
Number of Acres:
- - -Shifflett , Henry
63
LocatioR: Slope of main ridge and east of Sandy Bottom.
Roads:
2 miles of fair dirt road to Spotswood Trail near Swift Run ;
thence 4 miles to Blkton.
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and only fair fertility, s omevrha t
rocky, with moderate to steep slopes . Northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion of this tract was cleared
many years ago , it has been grazed and cultivated since .
'd ooded area
has been cut over at different times in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks , some poplar and hickory.
It is estimated to cut
6 cords of fuelwood per acre , or a total of 168 cords .
Improvements: DV!EL:=.iING- - --Log l 7x21 1 , 1½ story, !lletal roof , kitchen
10xl2x8 ', porch 6xl2 1 , stone flues , ~air condition, 4 rooms , log
finish , occupied by tenant ----BARN- - - 1',rame 23x3lxl~ t, shingle roof' ,
fair condition--- -SPRING HOUSE- --- - Log 8x8x5 1 , shingle roof , poor condition- - - - CORN HOUSE,c ~~ Log, 7xl0x8 ' , shing~e roo f , poor condition .
87 trees (apples and cherries) .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
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Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
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$110 . 00
18
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450 . 00
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325 . 00
&~885 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
-----
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 885 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
515 . 00
515 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150 . 00
150 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber : $
Value of Wood: $
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Value per acre for tract: $ 25 . 98
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE
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�STATE OF VI ID INIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM , to-wit:
I , J . Robert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delin4uen t taxes against the tract of
63 acres 2 roods and 24 poles in Stonewall District, assessed
in the name of S. Henry Shifflett ; except , for the tax year
1932 , I find 14 acres 3 roods and 32 poles in Warkin Hollow,
assessed in the name of J . Henry Shifflett delinquen t , but
which by the accompany ing statement shown herewith does not
affect the 63- 2- 24 tract for the 1932 taxes .
Given under my hand this 16th day of December, 1933 .
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANTS.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . .
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. ---~--------;
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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.jJ.J=.k- $Ji:.J_f/.,J?~n 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
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That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
ari~ing from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract
No/d_J:,_A_ __ $/.bd f-;_tJP. Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
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This day personallv appeared before me Henry Shifflett and made
oa th--that--the--st-a te-me:a-t-s--een-ta-1.n-ed i:a--the--aeo-v-e-- p-et-:i:-t-i-en,-s-e--:fa-F--as ma.de
on his own information are true and so far as made upon information of
others-lie belleves -tliem- to-oe -true . - Given under______ --- - thls-Toth day
of -Deoeml;).&rT--l-~~ -----------------·-----~ ,NGtar-y-.P.u.blic .
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been pl d i the Clerk's offic
r the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not_i;,!e7 ribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present tajr 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.
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
TO WHOW IT MA¥ CONCERN:
I hereby certify that
J . Henry Shifflett has paid his taxes for
the years 1932 and 1933 on the tract of
land containing 63- 2- 24 acres situate in
the Blue Ridge Mountains, c-tonevmll District,
Rockingham County.
All taxes prior to that
time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record
in the Clerk's Office of said County.
Given under my hand this
16th day of December 1933 .
Treasurer of Rockingham County.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
January 6, 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this _ 6__ day of January
with an order of the circuit court of
dated 1/4/34
in accordan ce
Rockinghru n
in the cause of the State Commissio n
on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Ilawson-A~t~k~i-n-s,______ _____
:paid to Hen'l"y Shifflett , Sw:i ft Rim, Virg ·i nia
$ J,63.4....0-0_ __ beiog in full settlemen t of tract # ~ - a
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA .
JOHN M , PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
.Janua ry 6 , 1934
Henry Shiff lett
Swift Run , Virgi nia
Receiv ed of J.M. Purce ll, Treas urer of
Virg inia, the sum of $ 1 1 634 . 00 , in accord ance
with an order of the Circu it Court of the county
of
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full and compl ete settle ment for the tract of land
known in said proce eding as# 132- a
Sign origin al and duplic ate
and return to the Treas urer
of Virgi nia.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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shifflett-henry.pdf
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Shifflett, J. Henry
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Slope of Main Ridge
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Tract(s): 132 a
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shifflett
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R0CKINGHA.IvI C0UNfY
'--'------ ----- - - - - --
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#160 - Shifflett , Hosea
Number of Acres:
146
Location:
One mile east of Ya,ncey.
Roads:
Three miles over county road to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy gravelly loam of medium depth and fertility .
History of Tract clnd condition of timber:
This tract is estimated to cut 140,000
bd . rt . of saw timber - fuelwood - 660 cords /
Improvements:
NONE.
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
138
@
$ 5 . 00
$690.00
6
@
30.00
180 . 00
$ 870.00
2
@
75 . 00
150.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
~
Value of Land: $ 8 7 O. 00
Value of Improvements: $
ValueofOrchard : $..50 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 7 00 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 215 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 13 . 25
Incidental damages ·arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
700 . 00
215 . 00
$ 1935 . 00
�~OCKINGHA!tI COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#160- a - Shiff lett, Hosea
Number of Acres: 86
Location:
Roach Gap.
Roads:
Three miles over fair dirt road to Swift Run; thence four miles
to Elkton .
Deep and fertil e sandy loam.
There is some surfac e rock and
in one place there are rocky outcro ps. Northw est and southw
est
expos ure.
The first class grazin g land has good sod and very
little rock and the second class is very rocky and poor.
History o_f Tract and condition of timber: 1. ,,_st
1
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of the tract has been cleare d.
Soil:
Improvements:
NONE.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
6
@
$5 . 00
~30.00
BQ
@
35.00
2800 . 00
$2830 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
86
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard :
Mineral s:
Value of Land: $ 2830 . 00
Value of Improv ements: $
Total amoun t $ 2830 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Mineral s: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber : $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $32 . 90
Inciden tal damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOME .
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ounty, Virginia, N {!_ ______, At Law.
In the Circuit Court of_ ___
The State Commission on Conservation an Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-
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velopment of the State of Virginia, and t!e;t~!~a to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filie.; of s id. petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
_ _ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_ __~_Ji --as his answer to said pet ion and to sai notice.
. :; t::eo!;;-~~;ress :::~ - _,_ ~yr.,;;_---,-:--,-~:~
I claim a right, title, estare or inWrest in a tract or parce~
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within the area sought
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This ~~9d is locat~d abo~L-~ --:-- ~-miles :rom __ ~ ~- - --- ---- ---Virginia, in
_Mag1sterrnl D1str1ct of said County.
the~
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
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parcel of land ?;scribed above.)
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�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
FEB
19:fi
----Clerk
�~r.::!liJta.-~L_County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_______________________ _
tioner, vs. ______________________________________________________
__ ___ County, Virginia, Defendants.
more or less, of land im.'f,f;,- /~ _Jjl
ission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answer to t"'~n.: petitio n of the State Comm
of condemnation award ed
velopment of the State of Virgin ia, and in respon se to the notice
the order of the Circu it
with
ance
upon the filing of said petit'o n and published in accord
County, Virgin ia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court
n to said ~ 'ce.
as his answe r to sa,!S1 . tition a~
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within the area sough t
I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or par el of land
there are the following
to be condemned, contai ning about___________ ______ acres, on which
of!}1 _
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buildings and impro vemen ts: ______ U,
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nd 1s located about_ ____ J_ _____ mlles
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tract or parcel
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improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of and with the
title, estate or intere st,
on is f/....Q::D__ _ ------· I claim that the total value of my right,
1 ..:____ ,
n is
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the impro vemen ts thereo
________ acres of land adjoin ing the above described tract or
I am the owner of__
be damag ed by the proparcel of land but lying outsid e the Park area, which I claim will
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posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten
statem ents or inform ation as to
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District: Stone.all
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$1600.00
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Incumbr nce,s , counter ol ims or le.rzs:
Soil :
Deed 147 •• • 50 P .
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Sandy gravelly l oam of medium depth and fertility.
Three
~es over county road to Zlkton.
llistory of tra c t and condit i on of tin1b0r: Thi tr ct is estim t ·d to
cut 140 , 000 bd. ft. of "'a .. timber valued
5 . 0 v per 1 .
Ti bar : 140, 00 bd. f~.
. 5.00 per ·•
700 . 00
1 el ood 2lti . 00
860 cords
25¢ per cord -Improv.ments ;
one.
915 .. 00
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672 . 00
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Shifflett , Ho sea. - ureene County
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In Gro ne County
Aeaeased :
ecorda in Greene" •
Value Clained :
Location :
County :
District :
Roach Oa.p .
Incunbran ces, counter cla.it:HJ or lripo :
None known .
Soil :
'l'hare is sor..ie eurface
rook and in one place. there nre rocky outoro ., e .
orthweat
... nd southwest expo sure . The first clasa ., razing
nd has
eood sod and very littl e roe
nd tnc second cl o.aa is very
rocky a.nd l)oor .
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'J.'hree n1leo over fair dirt ro· d to ;;; ift Hun; t ht, noe four
nil s to :tt:lkton .
Deep and fertile aB-ndy lonn .
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llost of t he tract h~a buen .
of ti!!)ber:
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Uone. ·
Valu
types:
TyPe
Eockingh" tl uountJ
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per a cre;
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'18 . 00
2590 . 00
30 . 00
i2638 . 00
2638 . 00
2638 . 00
vern.ce value per ~ ore
Value cf land by tyI?5:a :
Ty;ee
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loodland grazing
Greene County
Acreng·e
35
,25 . 00
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41
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'l'ot. n.l value of tra.ot
Aver..~ec v lue per v. cre
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1'otnl
Valu
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36 . 00
-~11 . 00
,911 . 00
"'911 . 00
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· ockingh.at1
$ tone,va ll
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Sh iff let t, Hosea - Greene IJounty
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Rockin ghan and 'Gr ene Count ies
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Average value pe r a cre for entire tra ct
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROC~INGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Developm nt of the . State of Virginia
u
r
VS
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and
52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Vi
Motion to set aside and disapprove the report of the Board of
Appraisal Co1Tu11issioners.
Comes now the claimant, Hosea Shifflett, a:r.d asks and requests
the Court to set aside, decline to accept and disapprove the report
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s filed in this cause with
reference to this defendant in '!rract No .. .160, which said tract contains
146 acres and is situate near Yancey, in Stonewall District, Rocking-
ham County, Virginia; for the following reasons:
(1)
Because the value placed UDOn the said land and timber
by the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s is grossly inadequate.
(2)
Because the finding or findings in question are so manifestly
inadequate when considered together with the evidence before the
Court, as to justify a finding that in making such finding or findings
the Board of
ppraisal Commissioner s or some of them were affected or
i:=ifluenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the
evidence , with reference to which such.finding or findings were made.
Wherefore, the said Hosea Shifflett prays the ' Court that an
order may be entered setting aside, declining to accept , and disapproving the report of the Board of Appraisal Coma1issioner s in so far as
it relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the
said Hosea Shifflett.
Said Hosea Shifflett further moves the Court to exclude his
said lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from
the said condemnation proceedings.
�2.
Your movant herewith f iles affidavits as to the value of the
said land.
HOSEA SHIFFLErr T
By counsel
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· IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COill-!TY , VIRGINIA
State Conmiission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others and
52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Va .
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by
Hosea Shifflett to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal
Commissioners disapproved in connection with its finding No . 1 60 .
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham , to - wit :
This day personally apJe ared before me , ___F._:r._,3_.._,....
'J.... _e-.a.._tr
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a Not ary Pu..blic in and for the County of Roc1dngham, in the State of
Virginia ,
l:Z . L. urawford
,
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who after bei. ng dul y sworn ,
deposes and says as follows :
That he is well acquaint ed with the tract of land belong ing
to tlosea Snifflett , containing 146 acres, situate near Yancey, in
Stonewall District, Roc1cingham County , Virg inia , knovm as Tract Ho.
160 , in the report of the Board of
ppraisal Commissioners, and tha t
the amount allov1ed by said Commis s ioners for said land is grossly
inadequate; the same being well worth the sum of ~3 , 010 . 00 ;
that
he has determined the value of said tract of land as f ollows :
Saw timber
$ 700 . 00
Fire wood
600 . 00
2 acres of orchard at i75 . 00 pe
150 . 00
per acre
6 acres of cleared land a t
180 . 00
$30 . 00 per acre
138 acres of uncleared level
land at $ 10 . 0) per acre
1 , 380 . 00
Total
$3 , 010 . 00
Su oscribed and swmrn to before me this 2..,3 day of Septemb er , 1932 .
//fr(~,,;~~
d/?#~i~~t
~ ~Notary M ile
�IN THE CIRCiJIT COURT OF lWOKINGl!AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State ot Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson At ins and others and
52,501 aores of land in Rockingham County, Va.
Affidavit to be read in oonneotion with motion filed by
liosea Shiffl ett to have the finding of the .Board of Appraisal
Commissioners disapproved in oonneotion with its finding No. 160.
State of Virginia,
.
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
This day personally a p )eared before me,
----------II. B. C. Gentry.
,
a No ary Public in and for the County of Rockingham, in t h e State ot
Virginia.,
o. ' . 6hi .:flett
--deposes and says as follows:
, who after being duly sworn,
That he is well aoqu.aint ed with the tract of land belonging
to 11oaea Sa ifflett. containing l46 acres, situa te near Yanoey, in
Stonewall Di s trict, Hookingham County, Virg inia, kno\im as Traot
rro.
160, 1n the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners, and tha t
the amount allowed
y said Commissioners for said land is gros sly
inade quate; the same bail~ well
orth the eum of ,"3,010.00;
tha t
he has determined the value of said tract of land as follows:
$ 700.00
Saw timber
600 .UO
Fire wood
2 aores of orchard at $75.00 pe
per aore
100.00
6 acres of cleared land at
180.00
'i30. 0J per a ore
138 aores of uncleared level
land at t lO. OJ per a ore
1,0aq.oo
Total
$ 3,010.00
\,
_(£
ctC _ & ~ -'
SuJsoribed and swmrn to before me this .z.z._daj of September , 1932 •
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Fabl1c
500
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
filed in the Clerk's Offic
Rockingham County, Va.
Nf// ;;- \932
Cassandra Lawson .Atkins and others, anl
52,561 acres, more oi less, of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia
~lerk
In compliance with the order entered
fn
the above entitled
case on the 25th day of October, l9u2, and in response thereto,
your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of
land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which
is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his
objections, is the same tract or parcel wh'ich was found by the
Appraisal Commissioners to be land owned by him, being Tract No.
160, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report,
and exhihit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners.
HOSEA SHIFFLETT
By Counsel
6
�STATE OF VIRGINIA ,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wi t :
I , 3 . Rober t Switz er, Clerk of the Circu it Court of
office
Rockin gham Count y do hereby certif y that the record s in30my
of
acres
do not show any deliqq uent taxes again st the tract of
Bertha
land in Stone wall Distr ict, assess ed in the name of Mrs.statem ent
Sipe , excep t for the tax year 1932 , but which taxes by
of M. H. Harris on , Count y Treas urer , shown herew ith; have · been
paid in the Count y Tr easur er' s office , since the said tract was
return ed delinq uent to my office .
Given under my hand this 2d day of Janua ry, 1934.
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�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HAp.RISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It Iey Concern:
I hereby certify that the records of
my office show that Mrs . Bertha Sipe has paid the Taxes for
the years 1932 and 1933 on her tract of 30 - 0- 0 acres of lard
situate in the Blue Ridge , ountains in Stonewall District,
Rockingham County.
All taxes prior to that time, if any be
unpaid,are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of said
County .
January 1934 .
L\
Given under my hand this 2nd day of
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM OOlJ.NTY,VIRGINIA•
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia,
v.
PETITIONER,
At Law No. 1829.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others,
On this, the
/7'
DEFENDANTS.
day of danuary, 1934, oame Bertha
A. Sipe, and, on her motion, leave is given her to file her application for payment to her of the sum of ~2,830.00, the amount of
the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No.
160-a and heretofore paid, into oourt.
And it appearing to the Court that s aid tract of land No.
l .6 0-a was conveyed to Bertha A.Sipe by H.L.Shifflett by deed
dated April 10, 1928, reoorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham
County, Virginia, in D.B.136, at Page 346, and that subsequent
to the exeoution and delivery of said deed the said H.L.Shifflett
filed an answer in this oause from which it would appear that he
was the owner of said tract of land, although at the time he filed
said answer he had no interest whatsoever therein;
And it appearing to the Court that the said Bertha A.Sipe
is invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and
to the said tract of land No. 160-a than any other person or persons,
and that the record of this cause does not disclose any denial or
dispute by any party or person in interest as to the title to said
tract No. 160-a or to the proceeds arising from the oondemnation of
said Traot No. 160-a;
V
And it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due
on said Traot No. 160-a have been paid:
U'pon consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered by
the Court that said sum of $2,830.00, paid into court by petitioner
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--2-as just compensation for Tract No. 160-a, be paid unto said Bertha A• Sipe, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit
a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who
shall pa:y unto said Ber~ha A. Sipe the said sum of $2,830.00, the
a.mount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for
Tract No. 160-a, taking from the said Bertha .A.Sipe a receipt therefor and certifying such peyment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof, as required by law.
Enter.
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Judge.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH:.AM COUNTY,VIRGINIA•
The State Commission on
Conservat ion and Development
of the state of Virginia,
v.
PETITIONER,
At Law No . 1829.
Cassandra Lawson Atldns and others,
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersign ed, Bertha A.Sipe, and shows to
the court that a judgment in rem has heretofor e ?een entered
in this proceedin g, cond~.mning to the use of the petitione r the
fee simple estate in the tract of land numbered 160-a and described
in the report of the Board of A,ppraisal Commissio ners appointed
herein, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership
Map filed herewith, upon payment into the· custody of the court of
the sum set out in said judgment as constituti ng the award therefor as follows:
Award on Tra ct No. 160-a, --------- --------- $2,830.00 .
That the said Tract of land No . 160-a was conveyed to the
undersign ed, Bertha A.Sipe, by H.L. Shifflett , her father, by
deed dated April 10, 1928, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rockingham
c0unty,
Virginia, in D.B.136, at Page 346, an office copy
of which said deed is hereto attached and prayed to be read as a
part hereof.
That, subsequen t to the execution and delivery of said
deed, the said H.L.Shiff lett filed an answer in this cauae, from
which it would appear that he was the owner of the said traot of
land, although at the time he filed said answer he had no interest
whatsoeve r therein.
That your undersign ed, on the date of said judgment in rem
condemning the said tract of land, owned or was entitled to the
fee simple interest in the said tract or in the proceeds arising
from the condemnat ion thereof; that no other person or persons than
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the undersigned are ent1t1ed to share in the distribution of
the said award, and that a11 taxes on said tract of land have been
duly paid.
Wherefore, your undersigned prays that she be made a party
herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the J?u.blic Park . Condemnation Act, and that an order be entered for the distribution
of said fund set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the
award for the fee simple estate in said tract condemned as afores~id and for the payment to the undersigned ot the said award and
which the undersigned avers is as follows:
Tract No. 160-a, ------------------------ $2,830.00.
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
Bertha A.Sipe, the person whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument, this day personally appeared before me, the
undersigned, a Notary PU.blio in and for the County aforesaid, in
the state of Virginia, and, being first du1y sworn, deposes and
says that the facts given in the foregoing petition are true and
correct, to the best of her
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�D. B. 141. Page 565 .
THIS DEED, made this 10 day of April , 1928, by and
between ·H. L. Shifflett , party of the first part, and Bertha A.
Sipe , his daughter, party of the second part both
parties of
Rockingham county, State of Virginia , WITNESSETH : That the said
party of the first part for and in considera tion of the love and
affection which the said H. Lo Shifflett has and bears toward his
daughter, the said Bertha A. Sipe , and for the further considera tion of the payment by the said Bertha A. Sipe , $1250 , with accrued interest , to McClellan Shifflett , the said stnn being onehalf of a certain note executed and payable to the said McClellan
Shifflett by the said ~ . Lo Shifflett , has given , granted , and
conveyed to the said Bertha A. Sipe , with general warranty of title
all of three tracts or parcels of land , together with the appurtenances thereto belonging ; the said tracts or parcels of land aggregating 294 5/8 A. more or less, and described as follows:
Tract No . l
Situate, lying and being in the eastern part of Rock-
ingham County , Virginia on the east side of Shenandoa h River , adjoining the lands of
s.
L. Yancey, Go E. Shifflett , and others ,
and being the same tract of land conveyed to H. L. Shifflett by
M. D. Longley and wife by deed of date on 19 day of October , 1911 ,
and of record in the Clerk' s Office of s aid county in Deed Book
No o 98 , page 249 &c , to which reference is hereby made for a more
accurate descriptio n of said land o
The said tract of land contain-
ing 128 5/8 A, exclusive of the N. &
Tract No o 2
w.
R. R. Right of wayo
Consists of two parcels of land aggregatin g 67 A.
more or less , and situated in the eastern part of said county , adjoining the lands of A. P . Yancey , B. P . Yancey , ~ illiam Herring,
and others , and being the same land conveyed to the said H. L.
Shifflett by J . H. Roadcap and wife by deed of date on 1 day of
2(.J/
�D. B. 141. Page 565 .
2.
November , 1919, and of record in the clerk's office of Rockingham
Co .,
va.,
in deed book No . 118 page 454 , to which reference is
hereby made for a more accurate description of said land .
Tract No . 3
Containing 99 A. more or less , situated partly in
the eastern part of said county and partly in Greene County , Virginia , near High Top , adjoining the lands of M. D. Longley , Mrs o
John Funkhouser , and others , and being the same land conveyed to
the said H. L. Shifflett by E . F . Kyger and wife by deed of date
on the 14 day of March , 1925 , and of record in the clerk' s office
of said county in Deed Book No . 136 page
346 .
Also in the Clerk's
office of Greene County, Va o in Deed Book No o 20 page 346 , to which
reference is hereby made for a more accurate description of said
land .
The said party of the first part excludes in this last tract
of land all mineral rights which may have been conveyed to other
parties .
Also , the said H. Lo Shifflett covenant_ and agree_, for
the considerations first above mentioned , does hereby give , grant
and convey unto the said Bertha A. Sipe one-half of his personal
property consisting horses, mules , hogs , sheep, fowls, grain ,
threshed and unthreshed, hay , Farming implements , all household and
kitchen furniture, tools and all other personal property now owned
by the said H. L. Shifflett, not mentioned above o The said party
of the first part covenant_ to with the said party of the second
part that he has the right to convey said land , and will make such
further assurances
may be necessary to perfect the title here -
by conveyed to the said grantee o
litness the following signature
and seal the day and date first above written o
Ho Lo Shifflett
(SEAL)
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�Do B o l., 4lo Page 5550
Rockingham County, to-wit :
I , A. E . Wyant , a Notary Public for the County aforesaid
in the Staie of Virginia , do certify that H. L. Shifflett whose
name is signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the
10 day of April , 1928 , has acknowledged the s ame before me in my
sai d aounty.
Given under my hand this 8 day of August , 1928 .
A. E . Wyant , N. P .
My commission expires Oct . 5 , 1931 .
VIRGINIA : In the Clerk ' s Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham Countyo The foregoing deed of GIFT was this day presented in
the office aforesaid , and is , together with the certificate of
ac knowledgment annexed , admitted to r e cord this 9th day of August ,
1928 , 12 A. M.
Teste : J . Robert Switzer
A
COPY.
ATTESTE :~ 4 T ~
, Clerk.
Clerk.
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.ATTORF fE Y A T LAW
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND,
VA.
JOHN M , PURCELL
January 23, 1934
TREAS URER OF VIR GIN IA
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Tre asurer
of Virginia have this 23
day of January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated_ l_/_1_9_/_3_4_ __ in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Dev e lopment of the Stat e of Virginia
vs.
paid to
$
Cassandra Lawson
Atkins - - - - - - - - ~ ~~=~Bertha A. Sipe, Route 4 Elkton, Virginia
2,830.00
______being in full settlemen t of tract #JJKl-a
in th e above mentioned cause .
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TREA SURE R'S OFFIC E
RICH MOND , VA .
JOHN M. PURCE LL
Janu ary 23 , 1934
TREASUR ER OF VIRGINIA
Bert ha A. Sjpe ~-- - - - - Rout e 4 Elkt on, Virg inia
Rece ived of J.M . Purc ell, Trea sure r of
Virg inia , the sum of$ 2 , 830 . 00 , in acco rdan
ce
with an orde r of the Circ uit Cour t of the coun
ty
of Rock ingh am
ente red on the 19th
day
of Janu ary __ 193£ , in the matt er of the Stat e
Com miss ion on Con serv ation and Deve lopm ent v _
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land
know n in said proc eedi ng as# 160- a
Sign orig inal and dup lica te
and retu rn to the Trea sure r
of Virg inia .
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DAYS TO
J . ROBERT SWITZER . CLERK
CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINCHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG , VIRGINIA
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Shifflett, Hosea
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: East of Yancey; Roach Gap
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Tract(s): 160, 160-a
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Shifflett
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ROCKI NGHA1/I C aJNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#121 - Shifflett, George W.
Number of Acres:
22
Location:
Near Sandy B0 ttorn .
Roads:
One .mile of fair dirt road to Spottswood Trail near
Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility;
southeast and southwest e:xposures .
moderate slopes ;
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Portion of tract cleared many years
ago, and has been cul ti va ted since . Wooded ar.ea cut over re peatedly in the past . t'resent stand c Jnsists of mixed oaks
and yellow pine .
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
13
@
$5 . 00
$65 . 00
9
@
25 . 00
225 . 00
$290 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
22
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $
2 90 • ~ 0
Value of Improvements: $
50 . 00
$340 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood:$ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
15 . 45
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ 15 • 45
�County: Rookinghum
District: Stone all
#121 - Shiflett 2 Geor · e ;.
* . . ore.,;Age
Assessed: 22 n . 124 P. Deed: Part of 25.~ ,.... tract
was later sold~ may be
Claimed:
Value 1...,laimed:
Location:
1
-
1500 .
owned
rt
by
J.M. Comer.
(23~ A. --1918 - $550 .00
( 5 1 A ---1g11 - ~300 .00
( 31 A.---1921 - ~162.00
Naar 3a.ndy Bottom.
Incumbranoes 1 c.::>unter ola1ms or laps:
None known .
Sandy clay of good deJth und fertility; moderate slopes;
Southeast
hoads:
nd southwest exposure.
One mile of f'uir dirt road to Spotsv10od mrail near swift
Run ; thence t"(>U:r miles to :nkton.
;listoJ:'y or tract und condition of ·timber: Portion of tract cleared many
ye rs ugot and has been cult1vuted sinae .
:ooded uroa cut
over repeatedly in th 'J pust .
\resent stand consists of mixed
oaks und yellow pine .
;stimated to cc.1 t an average of 6 cords
per ucre of f..lelwood v ,1ll.led
50¢ or a total of 78 cords ~
50¢ per cord------ $39 .00
1
Improvements: Nono .
Value of l nd
T;':(Pe
Slope
E' o
bz
types:
Value
.o,orea.ge
;e_er t1.cre
9
2::> .. J
13
,.14 .og
22
'rotal v::1L1e of land
·rot.al v ... lue of timber
Total vuluo of traot
22s;00
277.:J0
,/2.77 . JO
39.00
.516.00
..... v·erage V-.iL.le per aore
*-
·rotal
Value
i~
Includes Truct No. 121a.
14.37
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containing
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by D. s. Bos.eh; on the south
J'-.. Comer, and on the -wcat by J., J., C .
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by D.
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ptu:-vol of· land oo 1'te.inin_c nbo t l
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tra.et ~s about five acres in ctil.tivntion an.cl the rest 1n
woooland..
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on t,_e north by
Bowidod
L. Co er; on t· o e-st
comer. and A. J',,, UUllamo; on the sol.4th by
and on tLo .est by J'.
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l claiu that th£) -'rotal
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Cleil~' s
For 'f rtbe:r 11: ·- orence I refer y.,u. to th
...,1600.00.
L.. Shifflett;
Office of noekin.gham county for accurate description of th~ forceoing lano.o.
olso e.grc
to take v1hm pr
or tbe t .o trac:ts of J..and
the state Co
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or Co
S;,;,,
toil to no, tho ·· 5,0 70
·t~
end sign my fu11 r:i.ght " • nd
•. I /ti vla
aion or ubo he inny bo that 1, ae·cinc is ~ent
I
iosioner for tl o Park e.rea upon . . a a' J_Jrovod ohook 9 i i
ai:>t ~..ontl S:1
oai.d ohoclr shall bo Pl"eacnt-ed to mo tr.i. tl'i:n t;. e n~:If!
. · v:
and if
d ji thin tt e next n1
l, 31 1 this c.nnll r
.ont s • on or bc"·ore ..t
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�Claim of___________________________ ___________________________________________________ _
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In the Cir~uit 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, Defendan ts.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ________________________________________ · _____ , ____________________ _
My post office address is ________________ -----'--- -------- -------- -------- -------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel· of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containin g about_ ___________ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: _____________ .:_ __ .:_ _____________________ ,.! ________ ________ ____ _
.
.
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _________ ______ __________ _: ___ Virginia, in
the ________________ Magister ial 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:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South ___________________________________________________ . ____________________ . ___ _
East ________________________________________________________ ____________________ ·_ '
West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate ot' interest to this property about the year __________ in the
, following manner:
---- -
--- ---------------------- --- -------------------------
#
------------------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $------- --------- · I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $-------- --~.----- ·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------- --------- --·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statemen ts or informat ion as
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here toa
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remark s·-----·- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - - -------- -------- -----
-----·--- --------- --.------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------_______________________ .:_ _______________ __ ___ (Continue remarks if necessar y on the back).
Witness my signatur e (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _______________ day
of ____________________ , 1930.
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___________________________ , To-wit:
The undersig ned hereby certifies that_ __ _____________________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearin g in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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Shifflett, George W.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Sandy Bottom
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Tract(s): 121
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#238 - Shifflett , George E.
Number of Acres: 52
Location:
Hawksbille Creek and is entirely within the Park area .
NOTE : This tract was completely surveyed a.rd this acreage
was found .
Roads:
Eleven miles to Elkton over seven miles of county road and
four miles over Spotswood Treil.
Soil:
Sandy clay loo.m.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
-11 the saw timber has been removed
The grazing land is
this tract.
of
from the wooded area
brush.
to
badly growing up in some places
Log and weatherboarded 18x25', 5 rooms ,
Improvements: Dwelling:
porch 5xl6' , shingle and metal roof , stone flues , 1~ story , poor
condition, occupied by owner , pillar foundation .
lmPxa.v~~ Buggy shed: Frame, 10xl3', sh ~ngle roof , fair condition.
Fr~me, llxl6' , sh:Lngle roof , good condition.
Hog pen:
]rame, llx7', shingle roof .
Hen house:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
21
3 . 00
$6 3.00
25 . 00
775 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
31
@
#838 .. 00
52
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 838. 00
Value of Improvements: $ 355 . 00
355 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 25 .. 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
25 . 00
Value of Wood:$ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
24 . 38
00 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $NONE.
1268. 00
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�REPORT ON THE ACRE.AGE
of the
GEORGE E. SHIFFLETT TRACT #238
I
Find ing on the reco rds no surv ey of this trac t,
utmade a com plete fiel d surv ey, and from t h is comp
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Claim of___ ~~-----?!1-j.------------------~------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __ Ro.ck.u:J.g.h.a.m....----------County, Virginia, No.l~J!:f- _, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of~ State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._~e.o_r_g_e___,E_.__Sb_ifl.stt-U_-:__'2J!::.~~-~-~----.:_fd:f[:~__ !:...S_______ _
___( 40_ Ju•.rfil/-------,-------- ._____.J7, J-4 / t u - ~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · _
more or less, of land in ___ RQc.kingh!;lm_ _______
County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ __ Ro.cJd..ngham. _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _____ Georg_e _E . _Shiflett--------------------------------------My post office address is ___ .E.lk.to n.... _Y.?._.__ R ._ _F_.__ D_._ _.4. ______________________ _
...c ___
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___4Q_ ___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___dw..e..ll_ing__}J.Q}!.~gi.....__l).§}_@9A.§1§3_L..:.g_l:_~:n_~:ry__g,~JXY_____ _
__ bs>g_pen_, __'75 SDJ2.le trees_, 2 5 _ueach trees , grapes, _ plums_ and p ea rs,
---~~~~--~~~~.:!._~!:_~~-~---_t:-_J_~-~-------------------------------------------This land is located about_ __ 6________ miles from_ ..Elkt.Qn_._ ____ _____ _______ __ Virginia, in
the ___ _S:t..o.ne.J-1.al}.__ 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_ am the _s·.o.le_J)wnar ______________________________________ ____________________
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
N orth PUbl i c _ro ':'l d _________________________________ _____ ______ __________________
South __i.e_r_ll'.:;.X_d_Jlb.i.fl.e.t_t ________ ___ _____________ ____ ___ _____ ___ ____ ___________ _
East ___ _No') h......He.r...ring __ ____ ____ __ ______ ____ ____ ____ __________ ______ __ ___ __ __ __ __
.
West_J]h~.r.le.a_D-,~ vis.-----------------------------------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_igz..4. ___ in the
following manner:
__ .B.~r.h~r..a.._He.xring_Jly_..d.ee.d.T-.m.y--t.it:lre--i-a-.f'--ae---si~l-e-----------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~-t..Q9_Q!.9_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 $_3... _QQ.O__.__QD_____ •
I am the owner of_ _QQ____ ___ ___ __ 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 h~ should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bollnds).
Remarks· _____ ,ll..4vd_~ ~- ~~ __ U _· __ __ __________ ___
--- ---------------- ------ ----- ----- ------- - - (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attachr,d h eto _t
th- - - ---- day
of_~~A~9-_:':_~YJ_:t~~i __ , 1930.
r,__
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF___ .RQc.kingham_ _______ ___ To-wit:
ft-___£,/)_ __
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL..Q.sox.ge--E .. --~b,ille-t.t ---- ------------------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,
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this___ _7_~h___________ day
J/
of~9_](l".1'c'!.!'R.,!-5l_~~~-~~t~*Tcfa./J;~fi;.to;-o;
Notary Public, or J ust, ~ f the Peace.
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�. count y: Rook1ngham
Distr iot: s tonew all
#238 - Shif flett , Geo . E.
Acrea ge Claim ed: 40 .t.". •
Asses sed 33 A-144 P.
Value Claim ed:
Loca tion:
~, ooo.
"
102o. pgf.,f1. : 52 A,
$1200 .00
nawks bill- creek and is entir ely withi n the ?a r k area..
Note -- This tract was codpl etely surve yed and thi s
"
7
acrea ge
as found .
Incum branc es, coun ter claim s or laps:
Soi l :
Sandy clay loam.
Roads :
Deed 40 A.
None kno n.
Eleve n miles to Elkto n over seven miles ot count y road and
four miles over Spots wood Trail .
Histo ry of tra ct a nd condi tion of timbe r; All the saw timber has
been
remov
ed from the wooded area of thi s tract . The gra zing land
is badly growing u . in some place s to brush .
Timb er: Fuelwood - 250 cords value d
50¢ per ed. - ~125 .00
.Impr ovem ents: Dwel ligs: Log&. weath erboa rded 18x2 5', 5 r ooms,
5xl6 ', shing le&. meta l roof, stone tlues , l ;r story , porch
poor
cond ition , occup ied by owne r, pil l ar found ation .$300.
BUSSY s hed: Frame 10xl3 ', shing le r oof , fair cond it- 15. 00
00
Hos pen: Frame llxl6 ', shing le ~oof. geed
"
15.00
Hen house : Frame llx?' , s hingl e roof -5. 00
·
J335.oo
Value of land by ty,2es :
Tyl?e
Slope
Fg
Value
ter acre
Acrea se
2l
3.00
20.00
31
52
Total vale of fruit tree s
Total va lue of land
Total value of im:,ro veme nts
Total va lue of timb Jr
Tot a l va lue of tract
Avera ge va lue per acre
-----------
---~--
35.00
683.0 0
·335.0 0
125.0 0
1176. 00
2 2 . 65
Filed _in the Clerk's Offlce
Rockingham County, Va.
FEB
1 f'H)•
·~0;
--- --C ler k
Tota l
Value
- $63.00
530.0 0
-683.0 0
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QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf lltrgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
December 27 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. PurcelJ, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 27
clay of December in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki ngham County
d.ated-12/21/ 33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawso~n.._,,__~Autukbi~n~s.,_________ _
vs.
:paid. to
Lucy G. Shifflett
$ _1 , 268 . 00
being in full settlement of tract
in the above mentioned cause.
#
238
�Q!nmwnuwtalt~ nf ]ltrgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
December 27 , 1933
JOHN M . PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Lucy G. Shifflett
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virg inia, the sum of$
1 , 268 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of__R_o_c_k_i_n~g~h_run
_ ___
ofDecember
entered on the
21st
day
1 93_Q_ , 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 #__2_3_8_ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
At Law
No.~
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
On this, the
/
-1ill.,--
Petitioner
/oJ-f
Defendants
day of December, 1933, came Lucy G.
Shifflett, and on her motion, leave is given her to file her
petition for payment to her of the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred
Sixty-Eight Dollars ($1268.00), the amount of the award set out
in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 238 and heretofore
paid into Court.
And it appearing to the Court that said Lucy G. S.hifflett
ac quired title to said Tract No. 238 by deed from her husband,
George E. Shifflett, dated May 29, 1926, recorded in the Clerk's
Office of this Court, in Deed Book No. 135, at page 315;
that the
said George E. Shifflett, now deceased, filed an answer in this
cause from which it would appear that he laid claim to said tract
of land, although at the time of filing of said answer, he had no
interest whatsoever therein;
that the said Lucy G. Shifflett is
invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and
to said tract of land No. 238 than any other person or persons and
it further appearing to the Court that all taxes due upon said tract
No. 238 have been paid;
Upon Consideratio n Whereof it is considered and ordered by the
Court that the said sum of $1268.00 paid into Court by petitioner
as just compensation for Tract No. 238, be paid unto the said Lucy
G. Shifflett and the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit
a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who
shall pay unto the said Lucy G. Shifflett the said sum of $1268.00
the amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for
Tract No. 238, taking from the said Lucy G. Shifflett a receipt
therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for
Z]•f
�2.
appropriate entry thereof as required by law.
Enter:
~ Judge
------
•
�Virginia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the state of Virginia ,
v.
Cassandra Lawson
PETITIONER ,
.. t Law No. 1829.
tkins and others,
DEFEND..~TS •
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 of land numbered as 238 and described in the report
of the Board of
ppraisal 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 set out in the said judgment as constituting the award
therefor as follows:
ward on Tract No. 238 ,
$1 , 268. 00
That said tract of land No. 238 was conveyed to your
petitioner, La.oy G.Sh ifflett by George E. Shifflett , her hue -
)'
band , by de~d dated May ?9 , 19Z6 , and .r--3:,~or,..ded _in th.e Cle~_,,',!.d 7-0f,. <.}~
.
~ ~ ~ J). ~ ~ d.<t.-l v:) ~ ~ ~
~
Office of1 \his Cou.r\ in D. B. 1~5 , at Page 315; Athat , subsequent
-o-
-v
to the execution and deli very of said deed , the sa.i d George E.
Shifflett filed an answer in this oause , from which it would appear that he was the owner of t h e said tract of land , although at
the time he filed said answer he had no interest whatsoever
therein; that your undersigned on the date of the said judgment
in rem condemning the said tract of land owned or was entitl ed t o
the fee simple interest in the said tract or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof.
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are
entitled to share in the distr i bution of the said .award .
And
that all t axes on said tract of land have been duly paid .
Wherefore , your undersigned prays that she be made a party
herein under the provisions of section 21 of the Public Park Con-
�--2-damnation Act , and that an order be entered for the distribution
of said sum set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting
the award for the fee simple estate in said tract condemned as
aforesaid ~. and for the payment to the undersigned of the said
award , and whioh the undersigned avers is as follows :
Tract No. 238 , ------ --- - ---- -'l,268. 00.
State of Virginia,
county of Rockingham , to-wit :
Lucy G. Shifflett , the person whose name is signed to the
foregoing instrument , this day personally appeared before me, the
Wldersigned, a rotary J?ublic in and for the County aforesaid , in
the state of Virginia , and , having been first duly sworn , deposes and says that the facts given in the foregoing petition are
true and correct, to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Dated December 18, 1933.
�I I(!_
THIS DEED made this 29th day of May , 1926 , by and
between George E. Shifflett , party of the first part , and
Lucy G. Shifflett , wife of George E. Shifflett , party of the
second part , both of Rockingham County , Virginia , WITNESSETH :
That for and in consiperatio n of One Dollar , cash in hand paid
by the said party of the second part to the said party of the
first part , the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , and
for the further consideratio n of the love and affection which
the said party of the first part bears unto the said party of
the second part , the said party of the first part doth hereby
grant and convey, with special warranty of title unto the said
party of the second part all those certain tracts of land here inafter described :
{l)
All that certain tract or parcel of land , together
with the appurtenance s thereunto belonging , situate in Simmora,
Gap in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia , the
said land adjoins the lands of Charles Davis , N.
c.
Herring,
Ambrose Shifflett and others , and is bounded as follows :
"Beginning at a stone planted ; the said stone being the beginning of the division line between the part of that tract conveyed to the said N. C. Herring ; thence up the said division
line to a small white walnut , below the maple spring ; thence
up the hill to a double locust tree , in Lawson ' s line , now
Bernard Shiflett's line ; thence eastward with said Shiffiettrs
line to a corner of said land;
thence South eastward with
the same to Simmon•s Gap Road , thence with the said road down
to Charles Davis's line; thence Southwest direction with said
Davis' line to the beginning, containing 40 acres , more or less~
together with all the rights of the said party of the first part
in and to a certain maple spring.
There is excepted , however ,
from the aforesaid boundary , a certain lot
conveyed to one Bernard Shifflett .
dt'
land heretofore
The aforesaid tract of land ,
conveyed above , is rubject to the rights of one Barbara A. Her-
�2.
ring, the granter of the party of the first part, as set out
in that certain deed of date the 6th day of May, 1925, from
the said Barbara A. Herring to the said George E. Shifflett ,
which said deed is duly of record in the County Clerk's Office
of RockuJ,~Co unty, Virginia, in Deed Book 132 at page 1?2,
to which said deed reference is hereby made for a further description of the real estate hereinbefore conveyed;
(2)
All that certain tract of land situate near Yancey
station in the County of Rockingham, and State of Virginia,
which is bounded as follows:
ttBeginning at a stone in a line of the said Geo. E. Shifflett's
land, formerly, Mrs. Mary F o Weaver's, thence N. 58° E. 84
poles to a pin oak, sometimes called water oak at or in a ditch
or creek bed, H.
c.
Shifflett's line; thence, with said H.
c.
Shifflett's line and said ditch or creek bed in a north-wester n
direction 44 poles to a
stone planted on the south side of a
certain Right of Way reserved and conveyed to the said Geo. E.
Shifflett by deed from E. A. Downy and of Record in the Clerk 's
office of Rockingham County, Virginia, thence with the south
side of said Right of way N. 69
w.
7 8/25 poles to a large lo-
cust post at the north-east end of wire fence; thence with said
fence which is the line of the said Geoo E. Shifflett, s . 27°
w.
100 8/25 poles to the beginning, containing 14 A. 3 R. 12 P.~
This is the same land which was conveyed to the said granter by
deed from
w.
A. Shifflett and wife of date the 18th day of' Octob-
er, 1919, and duly of record in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in
Deed Book 114 , at page 517, to which said deed reference is hereby made for a further description of the aforesaid land;
(3}
All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in
stonewall District, near Yancey, in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia, which is bounded as follows:
"Beginning at a white oak corner to George Herring, and with his
lines. 65½ E. 70 3/5 poles to a large white oak stump, corner
�to Florence Moobrey; thence, with her lines. 26 W. 102 1/2
poles to a stake in Mrs. Weaver's line; thence, with her
line N. 46
w.
68 poles to a white oak corner to said weaver;
thence N. 23 E. 80 poles to the beginning, containing thirtyseven (3?) acres, two 12) roods and twenty {20) poles, together with the right-of-way sixteen feet wide alongthe north
line ofFlorence Moobrey 's lands. 65 E. to the public road."
This is the same tract of land which was conveyed to the said
party of the first part by deed from E. A. Downey and wife of
date the 11th day ofNovember, 1914, which said deed is duly
of record in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 101
at page 86, to which said deed reference is hereby ma.de for
a further description of the aforesaid real estate.
(4}
All that certain tract of land, containing about
62½ acres, situate on the east side of the Shenandoah River
near Waterloo Mills in stonewall District , Rockingham County ,
Virginia, the said land adjoins the lands of William B. Yancey
Estate on the south, Hosea Shifflett and others on the north.
There is excepted, however, from this conveyance the right of
way of the Norfolk & Western Railway which passes through the
said tract,
This is the same land which was conveyed to the
said party of the first part by deed from Mrs. Mary F. weaver
of date February 13, 1914, and duly of record in the aforesaid
Clerk's Office in Deed Book 99, page 145, to which said deed
reference is hereby made for a further description of the aforesaid real estate.
And for the consideration named above, said
party of the first part doth hereby transfer and set over unto
the said party of the second part all of the personal property
hereinafter describali.; , which is now on the tracts of land conveyed to the said party of the first part by Mrs. Mary F . weaver
and Mrs . Barbara A. Herring, hereinabove described:
one Gray Percheron Mare , age 9, named "May't.
One heavy gray Percheron horse, age 8, named
"Dan".
�4.
one McCormick Harr ow.
One John son Rea per
one new Home-made two -hor se wagon with bod y.
Two Her efor d milk cow s, each abo ut four
yea rs old .,
Thi rtee n stee rs, some Her ford , and some
Sho rt-h orn, each abo ut one year old .
In witn ess whe reof I have here unto set my hand
and sea l, the
day and year abov e writ teno
Geo rge E. Shi ffle tt
(SEAL}
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
CITY OF HARRISONBURG, to-w it:
I, Tere sa Sull ivan , a Nota ry Pub lic in and for
the
City afor esai d in the Stat e of Vir gini a, do
here by cer tify
that Geo rge E. Shi ffle tt, who se name is sign
ed to the fore goin g deed bea ring date the 29th day of May
, 1926 , ackn owledg ed the same befo re me in my City afor esai
d.
My com miss ion exp ires Apr il 13, 19270
Give n und er my hand this 29th day of May, 1926
.
Tere sa Sull ivan N. P.
VIRGINIA: In the Cle rk's Offi ce
the Circ ui"¢ ou.r t of
Rock ingh am Cou ntyo The fore goin g ofdeed
of BARGAIN & SALE
was this day pres ente d in the offi ce afor
esai d, and is,
toge ther with the cer tifi cate of ackn owle dgm
adm itted to reco rd this 29 day of May, 192 6. ent anne xed,
_ _ _ _M.
Tes te: J. F. Blac kbur no
Cle rk.
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
.•
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern :
I hereby certify that the
records of my office show that Lucy G. Qhifflett
has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933
on her tract of 40 - 0- 0 acres of land situate
in the Blue Ridge Vountains, Stonewall District
in Rockingham County .
All taxes prior to that
time, if any be unpaid, are a matter of record
in the Clerk's Office of said County.
Given under my hand this lSth
day of December 1933.
�TO WHO:M: IT
Y CONCERN :
~
I hereby certify that the records of my office do not
disclose any delinquent taxes against the tract of land con-
..
taining 40 acres situate in the Blue Ridge Mountain, Stone wall District, Rockingham County , Virginia , and standing in the
name of Lucy G. Shifflett .
Given under my hand this 19th day of December , 193b.
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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ROCKINGit' .1 COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#231 - Shifflett , Generals . - Estate
Number of Acres: 50
Location:
Near Powell' s Gap.
Roads:
One and one- half mile to Beldor ; thence two miles to Swift
Ruri; thence four miles to Elkton.
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility; quite rocky with
st eep slopes and northeast and northwest exposure .
small por t ion of the tract was cleared
many years ago , cultivated for sometime and has been neglected
for the past 10 or 15 years, now slope type .
The present
stand consi s ts of mixed oaks and some white pine .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
47
$5 . 00
$ 235 . 00
3
25 . 00
75 . 00
j310 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
50
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 310 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
45.00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
ValueofTimber: $ 45 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 10
•
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
50 . 00
~405 . 00
�Claim
of__~
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In the Circuit Court of_ ____ ~ ~ ~--County, Virginia, No,_L.f.Z..:t, At Law.
The State Commission on C;~;;;;;ti~/a~~j " DeveloJEE.ent of the State of Virginia, Peti•
fl
I~ -~ ~
t1oner, vs. _ _{JJ_~~.!:'-'€:::-..:-:.
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,
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A
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Tu:~de~~fgn~~.1l'i:'~;~;~~~teCC~~;;;i~~r~~a,C~:!:~v~1i! and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the
notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of__ ___ _ _____ - - ~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said etition and to said notice.
My name is ____ ~ - ~ ___________ \ ______________________ _
My ·post _office address is ______~
/_Jzv.;_ ____________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____d_~_-=-_ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements
__ /4~q-- --
=----------~
- - ~ ~/L~::{.d_
~ 7 1 ~----- ·---------------------------------
This land is located about_ ____ _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
parcel of land described above.)
-------- + --~ ----------------------------------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North_~ J.1:,__ i ] ~--------- ---------------- ---------------- -------South
East 1,;;f ._;iµ./J.~
a.rJI
~ ~A2 ~ ---------------- ---------------- ------West _____
1 acquired my right, tit e, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf.6-_.2 __ in the
following manner:
_
_l__J; ~
-------- ;)------------------------------------------------
h f __________ -----------------------------------------------------
---------a+;---t2-k~ f--~ 4 ~ ------------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is
=-'J2 _______ , I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~.P____________ ,
I am the owner of_ ____1A-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 the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·------ ----------------- --------------- --- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------
$_a_~
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Wi~~~~s-=~-si~at~r1: 3;r my name and ~ark :tt~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~
S T ~ I N I A , COUNTY OF________________ _ ~ . To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___ ~ --- d0-'-_,ft_j} _£ ~ ---------------the above named claimant personally appeared before h i ~ d ~-~'itthat the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______g,_fe_ ______ day of~ ?~-· 193f_cfli . ________________ ;;lz/-7 _
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Clerk of the Court,
Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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�filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham Countyt Va.
FEB
1S31
----Clerk
�County: Jockinghwn
Distr1ot: Stonewall
~231 - Shifflett, Generals .
Acreage Claimed:·
Assessed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
Deed Purchased
25 J.'i.. 1n 1924 for e200.oo
Purchased 25
ft
·700.00.
Near Powell's Gap.
Inoumt: ranoes, counter claims or laps:
• 1921 for
None known.
-Soil:
Sa ndy clay of good depth and fertility; quite rocky ~,1th steep
slopes and northeast and northwest exposure.
Roads:
One and one•halt mile to Baldor; thence two miles to Swift Run;
thence four miles to ~lkton.
History of tract and condition of timber: A small portion or the traot
\ as cleared many years ago, cultivated for sometime und has
been neglected for the pa.st 10 or 15 years, now slope type.
The present stand consists of mixed oaks and some white pine.
I t is estimated to cut 30 ) bd. ft. per a cre and five cords of
fuel wood.
15,000 bd. tt. ~ $3.00
$45.00
--·---250 oords of fuelwood ~ 50¢ -125.00
$170,00
Improvements:
Nona .
Value of land by types:
~
Slope
Value
per acre
Acreage
Total value of land
no
rotal va lue of timber
Total value ot tract
verage value per a ore
3.00
1
'f oto.l
Value
$150.00
150.00
170.00
320 . 00.
6,40
2'11
�County:
District:
N
_ #231_- _ Shifflett, G_e ner_al S .
Geo . , •
Baugher
J . T.
Heard
Bernard
Yrrncey
Emma V.
Gibbons
LEGEND:
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Rockingham
Stonewall
�In the uirouit Court of Rockingham uounty,virginia.
The state Commission on uonservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atkina,&c.
On motion of Geo.S.Harnsberger, guardian ad litem for Ardelia
Shifflett and certain other infant# defendants in the above
entitled cause,leave is hereby given him to file hie answer on
their behalf herein,which answer is hereby accordlngly filed,
and to which the complainant replies gener#ally.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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RO CKil~G HJJ.I C UNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#182 - Shifflett , G. ~ Number of Acres: 81
f
Location:
Hawksbill Creek
Roads:
Nine niles to :Slkton ovt:Jr f i e miles of county ~oad
four miles over Spotsvood ~r il.
Soil:
Thin slate clay soil .
ti
1d is entirely .1i thin the Pc.rk c:re1:...
nd
History of Tract and condition of timber:
'/loodlund has no meruhant ble timber
·Jn it and ~n es~~i.· :.....ted a:,-:ount of 200 corcls of :2uel\10od .
Note ---r:2:11s tract was pr:irtially ...,urveyed c..nC. it is
believed he o·.. ns . . :1e ucre~, ·e g i V".!11 liim .
Improvements:
DuellinL : Lo 0 ~ncl fr:... 1e, 18JrZ0', 4 roons, ror '1 8xl2' ,
shin le r )Of , 1 ~ stor::', ceileJ, f c.J ir conC.i :ion 1 occupied
by O·1ner , s11rinr:, solid founua.tion.
Stable: Frame, lo:x:3Oxl2', sl,.i n.c:le roof .
Corn house :
Log , llxl7xlO', shingle roof , po0r condition .
Hen house:
8xl0x8', shingle roof , poor condition .
0
Timber:
Fuelwood - 200 cords.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
51
~4 . 00
;;204 . 00
30
20 . 00
600 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
G00 . 00
Value of Land: $ 804 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 600 . 00
30 . 0
Value of Orchard: $
;1504 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 5.0. 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ .50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
18. 56
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
~ ~ -- ~
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�REPO RI' ON r.:'HJ: ••CR:..GE
of the
G. ~ . Shi flet t Tract # 182 .
T""r . Shiflet t has submi tted a clairi for 73 acres .
He is assessed with 58-29
1 60
acres .
The acreage cov e r ed by
his deeds i s uncerta in on account of the fact that sone of
the tracts describe d in deeds to him seem to lap on each
other .
Our fie l d parties actually surveyed all of his
boundar ies exce:')t the long lines form.inc; the southern ::md
western boundur ies , ~nd these are definite ly describe d in
his 60 acre deed .
For these reasons I feel that our computed area
of 81 acres is correct .
·~0 1o ~
.I . ...~ . u lcan
Chi ef Engi ne e r , Par k Servi ce .
�J ~ ------------------------------------------------------
Claim of___ ./b£~~Jn
In the Circuit Court of__~--~ ~ ~----C ounty, Virginia, No.ff".,g,z __ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservati6n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._. . . £ c ~ ~_a_..-~ --~---- -------- -------- -------- --------
~~i~~a,C~~::;v~ti':· and DeTh:~i~~~~~.1:~~;;~~~-St~leCC~~;;;i~/
to the notice of condemnation awarded
velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_ __ ~
as his answ~~-to -s-aidp~tit io; and to said notice.
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- My name is____ M.;M,_2Je._~
My post office address is ____ ~ ____
l?t!:. ______________
7
_______________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__]_J7_____________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents:_.Z. ~_k_/_ __ )J.:£J_~ ~_JY-~ ~-~-,2;. _ __ t?_t2~_
- - ~ -4~ -~~ -~- ~-~ - ~ - ~
Virginia, in
---------- ----T ~ ~ -abo~~ --~.f::____ miJes from ____ ~
Magisteria l District of said County.
the ___
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.)
. J ~__
--:!: !:;~c ;f_~- '~:~ ?k- ~-f tf-~-?;,,-1,A_<L4,_
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
---------- ------- 41.4k- L ~--~
-~
North~
South __ e,~-~ 4----------------------------------------------------------East
_4!UU 4lc.J 7~ ------------ ·-------------------------------------
¾
J ~ ~--- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----West_____
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__________ in the
following manner:
_JJ~ _fh)_j__ ~
--~
--~
-~ ~--~
--1::-~.r ~_/_(/_t J~
4-/u-~ ~¥11 1:/;W .._/e.Q.[J,
"?-~ -LbP ~~or parcel of land with the improvem ents there-
Y-~JJA._ ,Z;___
I claim that the total value of this tract
on is $..,Z,...a.~L-- -------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $.1..k...£!...LL __________ ,
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 $- -----2\--- -------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or informatio n as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
•
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Ren1arks· - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- ___________ _
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ /J_:-_______ day
--------~~-2 l l ~ -----------of ___ __~ - - -- -, 1930.
.
STATi OF vYRGINIA, COU~TY OF------ ~ - -, To-wit:
The undersigne d hereby certifies that_ __ J.le.&_.hJ., __,./L/'1~4_ _____________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before hi;-~-n-~ ;de oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______
L>~--------day
A
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oLr~ ~~~-~~!·df;f_______ ------ 'h,f;
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Clerk of the Cour or Special Investigat or or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham Caunty, Va.
1931
... ___ -~-Clerk
_._ ._
~
�County: Rocki ngham
District: Stone all
#182 - Shiff let t , G. M.
~,. er e ge Cl a imed:
73 A.
Va l ue ClaL ed:
'320
Location:
52 A. 29
ssessed
o.
"
410 . 00
acre s.
Not given.
Deed 94- 69
160
It
ARRA : 81 ._
Hawksbil l creek and is enti rely wi~hin t he Park area .
I ncumbrances, counter cla ims or l aps:
None kno n.
Soil:
Thi n s late c lay s oil .
Roa ds:
Ni ne miles t o i lkton over five miles 0f county road and
f our mi l es ov er Spotswood ~rail .
History of tra ct and condition of timber: oodland ha s no merch nt a ble
t imber n it and. an estimuted amount of 200 cor ds of fuelwood
va lued ~ 50¢ per cord .
Note -- This tra c t a s p·1 rt1 a l l y s urveyed and i t i s believed
be owns the a cr~ag~ c tven him .
Impr ovements: Dwelling: Log a nd frame 18x20', 4 rooms, porch 8xl2 '
s hi ngl e roof, 11 story, oeiled, fa ir condi t ion, oo cu fed
-400.00
b . ov1ner, s pring , olid fo nda tio n ---7 · • .,o
St •:Jb le: Fr ame 15x30xl2' , sl: i ngle roo f ,
Corn h ouse: Log llxl7xl0', shingle roof , poor con10 .00
di t ion ----5 .00
_!en house: Fr ame 8xl0x8 ' , shingle r oo f, poor
"
495 . oo
Timbe r:
el ood - 200 cord~ va l ued
Valu e of l and by types:
~
Slope
Fe
Va lue
per a cre
crease
58
3. 00
23
81
15 . 00
Total va lue of fruit trees
Tota l valu e of l and
Tot al value of impr ovements
Total va lue o f timber
Tota l va l ue of t r a ct
Average v l 1e per a cr e
-------
50¢ per ed. --
100. J O
motal
Va lue
,I74. 00
345. 00
$5!9.00
105. 00
519 . 00
495 . 0
100 . 00
1219.00
15 . 05
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�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANTS.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . .
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. __ Lfk____ :
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership :Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in yhe said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No.
_j_ f._~ -- $_)_~
~-~-~ Tract No. ____________
$ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
.
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
rovisions 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
-ti LI tJ o
.
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. _Lf:.b____ $_/__'!!___ y_ :Tract
J
}
i~
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------------ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
£.JAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
~ ST~ ;~~:~~~IN~ :~~~~:;~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Th is day personally appeared before me George M. Shifflett and made
oa th-- tha-t--the--s-ta- temen-ts--cunta i-ned irr -tne--auove--p et-ition--ao---f-ar--as- made on
his_own_in~Qr1na:t.1Qn_ ar~ _ tru_e_ anjj,_ so far _as _ma-0..e JJ.p~n information _of others
~~~-~~f-~~~!3__ !~~~-: -~--~~--!-~~~ ~---~~~en ~~k »:1~
is
~~~~D~~~!~~
nience of interested
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in th'76~(~,s office for the co
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by w, 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.
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�NOTE-This need not be filed until t he record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANTS.
Sixty-One (52,561) A.cres of land, more or less . . . . . . . . . . .
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. -1.82 _______ :
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ------------;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No. __l.8_2_ ____ $ __],.5_Q4_.._Q9on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
George M. Shifflett
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
-as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
By reason of contribution pledge, obligating the owner, George M.
Shifflett , to give 5 acres of his land within the Park Area to the
Park Project.
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
- provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows : Tract No. _J..82... ______ $--15.. 00-: Tract
No. __________ __ $ ____ ____ __ : Tract No. _______ _____ $ _______ ___ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P . 0 . ADDRESS
_ST ATE_COMMISSION ON_CONSERVATION
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
�STATE OF VIRGINI A)
COUNTY OP WARREN
)
ss
Persona lly appeared before me the undersig ned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E. K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent in immedia te
charge of the records of the Shenand oah Nationa l Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss ion for dis tributiv e shares of condemn ation awwrds in the ~henand oah
IJationa l Park condemn ation proceed ings pending in the Circuit
...
Coui~ts of Virginia , by reason of contrac ts and agreeme nts entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemn ed in
these proceed ings , and that the within claim is just and cor rect .
Witness my signa t ure
this S ~ ~ n ' T ~NOTARY PUBLIC
Notary Public-
M) Cor:imission Expires Sep, 8, 1934
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TREASU ER ' S OFFICE
RICHMO ND . VA .
JOHN M, PURCELL
September 12~ 1934
TREASURER OF VIRG I NIA
This i s t o certify that I , J . M. Purcel l, Treasu rer
of Virgin ia have th i s 12truay of Sept.
wi t h an order of the c i rcu i t court of
dat Ad 9/10/34
in accorda nce
Rockingham County
i n the cause of the State Commis sion
on Conser vation and Develo: pment of t he Stat e of Virgi nia
vs .
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others
J. Robert Switze r, Clerk of the Circui t Court
:paid to of Rocking ham County
$ 1,504 . 00 be ing in f ull settlement of tract #- ~1=8=2._
in the above mentio ned cause.
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.TRE ASU RER 'S OFF ICE
RICH MON D, VA,
JOHN M, PURC ELL
Sep tem b6r 12, 193 4
TREAS URER OF VIRGIN IA
J. Rob ert Sw itze r, Cle rk of the Cir cui
t Cou rt of
Roc king ham Cou nty
Rec eive d of J.M . Pur cel l, Tre asu rer
of
Vir gin ia, the sum of$ 1,5 04 . 00 , in
acc ord anc e
wit h an ord er of the Cir cui t Cou rt
of the cou nty
Rac king ham
f
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0 - - - - -- - -- - h day
ent ere d on the __
of Sep tem ber1 93! _, in the ma tter of
the Sta te
Com mis sion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop
men t v _ _ _
Cas san dra Lawson Atk ins .and oth ers
, bei ng
ful l and com plet e set tlem ent for the
tra ct of lan d
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and retu rn to the Tre asu rer
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�VIRGINIA. IN TH.E CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJU\i COUNTY .
The 0tate Commissio n on Cons~rvat ion
& Developme nt of the Jtate of Virginia , Petitione r ,
v.
Cassandra L wson Atkins , et als , defendant s.
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In Re : Distributi on of proceeds of condemnat ion fortrrct No . 18 2 .
This day came the .Jtate Commissio n on Conse •·vat ion &
Developme nt , by Counsel , and moved the Gourt to enter an order
directing the '1.'reasurer of the State of Virginia , to pay to it ,
out of the proceed:s of condemnat ion of Tract No . 182 , the sum
mf
<Wl5 . OO , represent ing the amount of a certain j)ledge made by
G. i\,. . Shifflett , who claimed to be the owner of said tract , to
said Commissio n on Conservat ion & Developme nt , as a contributi on
f or the establishm ent of Jhenandoa h National Park and in support
of its said motion, the said Commissio n exhibited to the vourt,
its motion in wTiting setting forth all the facts in relation
theret o, whihh has been heretofore filec1 l erein .
1
lJpon considera tion whereof , it appearing to the Court
that the cls.im of said Commissio n is not based upon any lie:g. ,
either on the land condemned , or on the proceeds of condemnat ion ,
and that said Commissio n has failed to obtain the consent of the
parties entitled to theprocee ds of condemnat ion , to the payment
of its claim , it is according ly adjudged and ordered that the
motion of the 0omrnissio n for the payment of said claim out of
the proceeds of condemnat ion for said :tmac t be and the same is
hereby denied.
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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shifflett-g-m.pdf
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Shifflett, G. M.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Hawksbill Creek
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Tract(s): 182
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ROCKINGHAM cotmTY
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#359 - Shifflett , G. Harrison
Number of Acres: 10
Location:
Hawksbill Creek and entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
~even miles over county road to Elkton over four miles of
county road and three miles over Spotswood Trail.
Soil:
Gravelly slate .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
~11 merchantable timber has been
removed .
Improvements: Dwelling:
14x21', 2 r ooms, porch 6x8', paper roof,
1 story, log finish , poor condition , occupied by tenant, s9lid foundation .
Hen house: Frame, 8xl0x8' , shingle roof, fair condition .
He~ house: Frame , 6xl0x6' , shingle roof.
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Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
4
$ 5 . 00
~20 . 00
6
20 . 00
120 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
i 140.00
10
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 140 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 300 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
300 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
25 . 00
Value of Fruit: $ 2ti . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
49 . 00
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Shifflett, G. Harrison
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
· NAME OF CLAIMANT
#157- a - Shif'flett, G. Frank
Number of Acres:
23
Location:
Three miles south of Elkton .
the Park area .
Roads:
Three miles over county road to Elkton.
Soil:
Slope type.
This tract is entirely within ·
All merchantable timber has been
removed from this tract, leaving nothing but fuelwo od .
History of Tract and condition c;>f timber:
Improvements:
None.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
23
@
$ 3.00
$69.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 69 . 00
50.00
$119.00 "'--
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
ValueofWood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 5. 17
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE.
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�_____ j / ~ ___ f ~ I J:t.u:f. _________________________ _
of_ ____ (i?o._r-_/,_-': '-,-~~--- ____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
Claim of_ ____________ 0,
In the Circuit Court
The State Commission on Co ervation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. __________________ _J-' , ____ ~ ___ .I _ ; , _ _,_ , __ !; ~: , _Lu-I: ______________________ _
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---------------- -------------- ; ----------,, ---------------- ---------------- ----------more or less, of land in ______ L __ !._L _ __t_ tJ'.c"_ ~ __ _ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition' of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _______ .:_ ____________ _____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
·
My name is-------------- -- (J., __ 1. _ ____
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.My post office address is~-----~~A---~--- E :.. __
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____ ,9__ ______ acres, on which there are the foflowing
building~ and improvements: ___
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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, titl~, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
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L.,v~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North ____ 6... r ________ j 4 1 ___ t f _ ·___ /C _____________ I _________________________ _
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South _____ __
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __{f:q:U, __in the
following manner:
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In the Circuit Court of_ __t{?~..£~./4_ ~_County, Virginia, No.lf.!'!:t-_, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of 1J!e State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs...__~ ~ ~ 4 - _ _ - ~ ~ / ~ __ ~
-- ~ - - - ~ - C- J ¼t--J'. /; { __ A C-...-L-:2J ---------------- ----------more or less, of land in ___ f-2_0:_~__k_~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 filin~ of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ __ '(_i:;:.__~
-~-~ -h_/h... County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition ~ to said no e. ~
--My name· is __________ ~-- _
._ _
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My post office address 1s _____/_ -~ ___ ------~--- _ ----~iz.,- -4-,-µ - ; ~
I claim a right, title, estate or intere 1
ract5or par el of lancVwithin t'he area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ______-~()_ :::-:: _____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and-improvements
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---- ~ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --This ~ is located about_ ___~_miles from ______
Virginia, in
the_~-~-M agisterial District of said County.
ct:__...__ ~ ft./P e...
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in th tracts-or parcelsof 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.) ~
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The land owners adjacent to t~e above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
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I ac;i::~ my right,-title, estate or interesTt~- p~;f;/
following manner;._,_
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--------------- -· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~-~'_~:-- ~-~
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Ren1arks· ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------
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Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____ L_~_{~ ___ day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNH OF __ ~ _ ! : : 4 _ _ _ o-w1tK
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The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __~
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-----~-------- --:;? as-- the above named claimant personally appeared before hi'nYand mad oath that the matters
§ ~ and things apf ring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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this_____
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Claim of_______ ~~------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -------In the Circuit Court of_ __&~_{ _~Cou nty, Virginia, No._!._~!-_?, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-
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------------ ------------ ------------ -------J ------------ ------------ ------------ -------more or less, of land in _____ ~-~A~_-_,Count y, 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_ ___~~..h --~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h~yan:::
~ said peti~ion -aHd to~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r z - - - - - - -
My post office address
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest 1 ~ rac~or parcel of lan91within Hie ~ sought ,{
to be condemned, containing about_ _____
acres! on which t~ere~e the following l.f...
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This la~
located about_ ___ ~ __ __m1les from _____________ __ ___?_ _________ V1rg1mazm
the_~~-~~ Magiste rial District of said County. ~
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I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in t
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 .e xactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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The land owners adjacent to t e above describe tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ________ _________ ___ ------------ ---- - ------------ ------------ ------- - --- --- -South ____ ___ ______ ___ __ ------------ ------- - ---- ---- ------- --------- ------ ---- --- -East ________ ____ ___ __ ------------ --- ---------- - - - - ------------ ---- --------- ------West __________ _____ ---------- ----rt,_;~ ---------- ---------- ---------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interestfortn 1s property about the year__ J__j_l_f-in the
following m~ner: J 7 ~ ,
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on is $- ---------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
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in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $- ~~
-·
I am the owner of_ ___ ____ ____ ____acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- ---- -----·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· ------ ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- - - ---- · - - ------ ---- --- ------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- - --- - ------------ ------ ------ ----
--
::o ct>
~- - - -- ------------ ---- ------------ - - - ---- --- -(Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, ~NW OF____ - - ------ ~ - -- - To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _______ __ ___ ~-- -~--- _ - --- ----- - --- - -------- -the above named claimant personally appeared before h
nd made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer ar e true to the best of his knowledge and belief;--.-_
this _____ .L::z_j_).__ ____ day of__ __~ ~ ~ " ' - ~---Cler k oL:the Court, or Special Investigato1
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
'
01
�Claim of_ ______George _N. _Conrad ------------ ----- ------------ ------------ ---------. ·t court of ____________
1n the C1rcm
_,_ ___,__________ count y, v·1rgm1a,
Roc:rcinP"ham
· · N o. ________
1829 , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____Q_§.§_~§.Acir?-__:[,?-.JH?QA_t..t_ti.r...~_13._r.HL_Qt.h_e.;r..s__ n..a__ .5_2_ t- 5_6l_.ELc.r..e_s ______ _
more or 1ess, of 1an d m
· ________
Roe ki-:: np-ham
___________________ Count y, v·1rgmia,
· · Def end ant s.
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_ __ _I~9~-~~~~~-~--------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ____________ f':tB.o r..r-e _.N. .. __C.m::ir..a.d.__________________________________ _
~~:_r:_~
My post office ad.dress is ___ ______
~_?-~~~!:..t'I~--~~!...."i!..:1_~~-----------------1n the nroceedl=?.Qf
owned bv ~ Fr$.n
hifflett
I claim a right, title, estate-or interestiK a tract c,1 pa:1ee1
o:f ia:nww1thm tlie area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _________________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvement s: ________ fi_~~_.9_:j,_~_ifI!_.fU-§_q,_p_;~ _.9_V{l'_:J.~-~ ______ _____________ _
. Ian d 1s
. Iocat ed a bou t ____________
one
Tlus
Yancey
•. . m
.
m1·1es f rom_________
____________________ v·1rgmia,
the __ to.n.e-..H1...l-l ---Magisteri al District of said Countv.
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t'h e T) ro c e e s o -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.)
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North _____________________________________________________________________________ _
South _________________________________________________________________________ ____ _
East _________________________________________ __ _______________ ____________________ _
West _____________ ____ ____ _______ __ _""t""he 7iruce-ed - -uf ------- ---------- - - -------! acquired my right, title, estate or interest to/ this property about the year_l~l.9____ in the
following manner:
___l=t,1_J2~~-a.:. __o_t_!;_~~~-t _9-I:J~J__~.?-~ ~--~~L-!_9_~~_!__ ~9__C: _}~: --~~-e-~~!__~_~:r_:~~-!~~-'- fro.r1 _G--'--F.r...ank._
·_ffJ...et.t..._e .I.; _yLif.B_,_ __g_u.l~~ -:r..e_c. r_a_~Q..._iri__J ..f__};; ..f__ll.f>_,_ __p_!..l.9_~ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $----------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is$-~ -~ ~---: , _ ~
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $-- ----- - ----------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· -- - - ------- ------------ - ----------- ---- --- ---------- ----------- ---------- -
�Co nty: Rocki ngham
Distr ict: Stone all
·,ll57- a - Shiff lett I G.
Acrea, e Claim ed:
Va l ue Clai
d:
Locat ion:
69
rank
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3 9 000 . CO
"
Three miles so th of
1
3,.,0. 00
lkton .
Deed: 56 -(1908 )
Consi derati on 2 . 00-etc
7his tract is entire ly 1ithin the
park area.
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branc es • . c:>..i.ilt er claims or 1 ps: None kno,.;n ..
§ill:
Slope type .
hods:
Three miles over -O )unty r oad to ~lkton .
istory :,f tr3;ot ,And c nditio n of ti mber:
remov ed fro
tis tract, leavi ng 1othin g but fuel ood
estim ted to cut an averag
makin g a tota l ot
Improv ements :
All mercu antablhe timbe r has been
of 160 cords valued
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rot al value
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92 . 00
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172. 00
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7.48
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otal
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1 517 _
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James
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shifflett-g-frank.pdf
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Shifflett, G. Frank
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Three miles south of Elkton
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Tract(s): 157a
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shifflett
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/9e480edfba0de70675582b24efb7c874.pdf
b041a72f3c05459b1ad66e20ac216fbe
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ALBEMARLE COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#183 - Shif flett , Fred
Number of Acres: 29
Location:
Sandy Botto m.
Roads:
l½ 1 iles dirt road to Spots wood Trail , :four miles hard surfa
ce
to Elkto n, neare st shipp ing point .
Soil:
Sandy loam with a good depth af ferti lity, north east expos
ure .
Entir ely withi n the Park area .
History of Tract and condition of timber :__
Impro veme nts: Dwel ling: Frame , 15x20 ' , 3 rooms , ceile d,
porch l6x20 ',
kitch en 10xl2 x8', l½ story , metal roof, occup ied by tenan
fair cond ition . BARN: Frame , 14x2 0xl0' , metal roof, fair t,
........,_.._~ond ition . OLD SHED: 14x20 xl0' . gEN HOUSE: Frame , 6xl0x
6',
lbnlD:liL-.- ~'1ing le roof, fair condi t ion. Gill NARY: Frar.1e
, 12xl4 x8', shing le
roof, poor cond ition . MEAT HOUSE: Frame , 8xl0x 6', metal
roof,
fair cond ition .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
9
@
$5 . 00
$45 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
20
@
3!:5 . 00
700 . 00
$74:) . 00
29
Orchard:
Minerals:
545 . 00
Value of Land: $745 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 545 . 00
75 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 7 5 . 00
Value of Minerals: 5
20 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00
50 . 00
$1435 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 00 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 49. 48
Irrcidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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----- -----27
........- - ----- -- CLERK .
ol
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count-:{: Ro ck ingham
District : Stoneua ll
1~183
-
? red Shiffle tt
Acrease Claimed:
: snos s ed
Value claimed:
n
28. 120
,600 . 00
De ed
0
.
28.00
(19 21}
{190'7)
492 . 00
(1go5)
Location :
,: >a.ndy Bottom.
Entirely wi thi...1 ~ha I ark area .
Inoumbr ances, counter claims pr laps:
None known. nolcl to 1''red
Shiffle tt.
-
,;,,011:
Sandy loam with a tood dep th of rertili ty , N. I! . exposure .
Roads:
l½
Histor
miles dirt road to 3potawood Trail; 4 miles hard surface
to ~lkton 1 neures t shipping poinE,
of tract and conditio n of timber:
Tho wooded rou of this
tract us about 5 o ft. saw timber and 36 eds . ~uel wood
oonsL, ting of onko and uo:me ;:,In ,11 1ines.
Saw timber 5000 ft. ~.$4 . 00 per. M. · -------- --- "120 . 00
36 eds. fuel wood
G
50¢ per ed.---- ------- 18. 00
. 38.00
Improvem ents:
Dwellin~ , FTane 15x20, 3 rooms, eeiled, porch
16:x:20, ~itohen l0xl2x8 , l½ story, metal roof.,
occupied by tenanti conditio n fair.--- --- .... --- $380.00
~nrn, Frame l4x20x o, metul roof, oond. fair
300.00
Old shed, 14x20xl0 --- -------- -------- ~----25 . 00
Hen house, :.,rame 6xl0x6, shingle roof, cond ,
---~---- ~-- -----Qra.nery , Frame 12Xl4x8 , shingle
roof, oond.
fair. --~-~-~ --~~--- --------
15 . 00
poor~ ~---~-~- ~--~- ~------- -----~~- ~~--~-- - ••ea t house• 1:'r ame
40.00
8xlOx6 • metal roof, cond .
~ra 1r.
-~--~~- ~---~--~ ---~---- ----~-~- ~---~-~ ~
Value of land bX txnes:
~
Siope
Tillable
Acreage
9
21
Total value of land
Total value of improvem ents
Total value of timber
Value of 34 fruit treos
Total value of trac
~vernge value per aore
Value
ner acre
~~·5.00
30 . 00
'. 6?5 . 00
695.00
3 8 . 00
34 . 00
$I442 . 60
48 . 0?
15.
00
;i5sS.6o
Total
Vnluo
( 45.00
6 30 . 00
~~6 ?5 .oo
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~·1 . ,,, ··1 t ·
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Fred .
Countv: ~ockingham
District : 3tonmmll
:i.
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S1ifflett . ' ....
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Title
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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shifflett-fred.pdf
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Shifflett, Fred
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shifflett
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00dc10f68b083716832ed669c29fa014
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Claim o f _ _ ~__
£,.__ , ·;
In the Circuit Court oL(flj__ _________ --~ounty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservat·
and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-tioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
------------------------- -]';-) ---71--· --- ---- ·----------------------- -------------more or less, of land in __ _ f f / ~
- - ~ n t y , Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petiti of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, an in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon thef/;·ng of~aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of
County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his ans er to said~tition and to said notice
,
·
-~&-~
:; i::eo::: -:;~JJJ :&;~,f~ ~~i
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about/-0__4_-:_'t.:./'._~ ____ acres, on which there are the following
7 ;,-;:-:~-------------------------------
buildings and improvements: _________________
--------------7-~ 1--~r/-r--~----- ----------------- ----------
--------------------------- ------------------------:.: .-.;;--~-$11:::...-=. -------------------
This ~and is locat~ abo~t_-~_3_:--~-miles :rom _____ ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
the~Mag1ste tial D1str1ct 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
~~~~~~~:~~~~
North ______ ~-~-~----------- ------------------ ----------------South ________
·~-~.18 :~ ___ --------------------------------
ac;~:~=~-::~~~tfi~~is p:o::::~-::~~~-:~:-~:
~~~~:~~:-t~:
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!
following manner:
nteres,ro.
~~]:,~-~-~-r;
p_~1;j
~~~
claim that the total value of this ~parcel of land with the improvements thereI
on is $__ ,3_t!_f?_?!_~~t2. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the impro';~~ecw-Js.,J.:; :=..-------------·
I am the owner of~-!J.-J_C!_ ___ acres of land~-afeming the ifbove-described tract or
parcel of land but lying ontsia.e the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $__._j_-_q_q!_(!_?!._ ____ .
(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
d_~:~:~f?:-~~L~:~~~:~-:_d b~~;s~-:~:~~~
:z,
~ --~-~--_Jb~g;,,,____
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----
--~
§:: ~ ---~--_EL~~ -;;-;;~-;-~°'? L__ Ltl_/-£_&_ ~---~ (§. ~-~-~_§._j_-q _<?_,_~q_ __ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
~ ~
Witness my signature (01~me. and mark attached hereto) this_,__LL_
_day
~ of_ ___ ~ ~ - - - - , 193f J-!P;}?~-~ -£. ___
__ ________ _
.: f
~ ~
~
r
c/f__
~ STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY
f//-~~-~o- .
~
The undersigned_ hereby certifies t h a t _ _ ~ ~ : : - _____ _
c5 the above named claimant personally appeared before ~-~nd made o th that the matters
e0 and things ~earing in his abov~nswer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _____ L_)':: ________ day of__ __
;c._~--~~~~r
peci
;-,;,;;tif!,ct;t
Notary Public, or Justice o the Peace.
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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 <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James
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Shifflett, Emma & Children
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
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ROCKINGffiJ1 COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#222 - Shifflett , Daniel
Number of Acres: 220
Location: . East slope of High Top Mountain •
Roads:
Soil: .
. Two miles of rough steep road to Spotswood ~rail nea r Swift
Run Gap ; thence six miles to Elkton.
Soil which is now cultivtited is of good depth and fertility , while
that of the rest of the tract is only of f air depth and poor
fertility and exceedingly rocky .
History of Tract and condition of timber: a large portion of this tract was cleared
many years ago , moot of which has been grazed and cultivated
since .
The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the
past .
The present stand consists of mixed oaks with oome
dead chestnut .
Improvements:
(See reverse side for Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
131
~3 . 00
$393 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
68
;_ ,
20 . 00
1360 . 00
21
<L
20 . 00
420 . 00
$2173 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
220
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 2173 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 6 30 . 00
630 . 00
Value of Orchard:$ 100 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
100 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 150 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 13. 87
150 . 00
$3053 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
25
�Log and frame l6xl8', l½ story, shingle roof ,
Dwelling:
D~PROVEMENTS:
4 rooms, log finish, kitchen 10xl2', occupied by owner, rair condition, springt solid foundation .
Log and frame 14xl6xl0', shingle roof, fair condition.
Barn:
Hen house: Frame, 10xl2x5', shingle roof, fair condition .
Granary: Log 10xl2~8', shingle roof, poor condition.
Dwelling: Log 12xl6', l½ story, shingle roof, stone flues,
Kitchen 8xl6', (attached) 3 rooms, log finish, poor condition,
occupied by tenant .
Stable: Log 12xl4xl0', shingle roof, poor condition .
Hen house: Log 5x7x4', shingle roof, poor condition.
Dwelling: Log 14xl4', l} story, shincle roof, 3 rooms, log
finish, stone flues, fair condition, occupied by tenant .
Log 10xl8~8', shingle roof, fair condition .
Stable:
Log 6xl0x7', shingle roof, poor condition .
Corn house:
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�~!aim of _______
cl,;;,,,,~ f lw,~ _:..d .____________________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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In the Circuit Court oL . . . . CL'Ctr................ ;t.J.L . . J ....~........................ County, Virginia, No ............................. , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs .....
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:r;nore or less, of land m . . ~~- . . . . ;z_. . . . __ . . . . _. . --- . . _. . County, V1rgmia, 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 fil~ of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ ....{J_~/_!...~1-'-A !Y~ --- . . County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is_ ................ ~l.Ja..,.,,,-1 <;A __ µ!
,,~ /' . . '-.L:f _______ ........ _. . __ . . _. . _. . _. . _. . ___________ _
My post office address is _____ ~~ :t"--~~ -- ______________ . . . . ___________ . . ____ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouL L~9-A :..._3.R,, :Laeres, on which there are the following
buildings .and improvements :. . ___ . . J. . .~ . . ,.,__3_.Q.{;:I~ ------ ~ l ! d . k ~------
___ ft.: .J7 ' r ---------------- ---------- . . ---------------- -------------- ........ -------------
_u_J~-:-= . . _____________ . . __ Virginia, in
This land is located about_ ___~_______ miles from __
the . .
_i'.'!. .... ____ Magisterial District of said County.
,Jl.-:__ . .
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
_. . . . . . . . ___________________________ . . ___ . . . . _. . a - ~ ........................................................ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____________ . .
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ________
-9'a..-c..1~ _h4-1M~~-_ . . __________ . . ____ . . __ . . _________________________ _
South ________
l.'· -)-------- _
~r ---------------- ---------------- -------------
~~S~::::::::y'Ji;:::L~ _./, :·::::::
~f: ._:::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::: :::::::
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _,(_1.9-.L __ in the
following manner:
~
. . ___________ . . _______ _!k_· -~
-~
~
/4 l h ua- ___________________ . .
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ _Bp_q_Q_~_0.... ___ • I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $_ ........ --~ ---------·
I am the owner of_ ____1La... _____ . . _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 $----.. . ~ ----.. . ------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· ___________ . . . . _______________________________________________________ . . ____ _
................ - ............ _. . __ . . . . __ . . __ . . __________________ . . __ . . __ ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
'Jitness my signature (or my name and mark attached h~ -eto) this ___ 3L~: . . . . . . . . __ day
of_ . . L! ............ ____ .!_
1 ( / ~ 1. /71,u.,(, . . _. . _. . ~~~........ ~-~
-$ ~~ ---.. . . . _______ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ ~ : (. .,,,~~~~
~--- 'fo-wit::
___.,
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and mad ath that the matters
and things appearing in his abov answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
-----~:IB31.
AJ~--- ___ __ _________ . . _. . __
thiB _____~L ________ day of
-------------~~~ :~~ c . ~ ~igator-or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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�REPORr ON TH":5 .. ~CREAGE
of the
DANIEL SHIFLE ~T TRACT #22 2.
Th is tra ct is the res idu e of
a 365¾ acr e
tra ct aft er the re had bee n sol
d fro m it tra cts of
150 acr es, 48 acr es, 10 acr es
and 20 acr es. Th is
wo uld lea ve 137 ¾ acr es owned
by Da nie l Sh ifl ett
acc ord ing to his dee d.
·r. Sh ifl ett is ass ess ed
wi th 129¾ acr es.
Ho we ver , ou r fie ld sur vey s loc
ate d numero us cor ner s of thi s tra ct,
and tra ve rse d a pa rt of
the bou nda ry •
.\. com put ati on of the are a of
the tra ct
made as a res ult of ou r fie ld
....-ork giv es 220 acr es .
The sta te rep ort ca lls for 232
acr es.
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Ch ief En gin eer , Far k Se rvi ce.
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D1 str1 ot: ~to ne
11
1,&22 - Sh iff let t, Dan iel
ore age Cla ime d: 12
•" R.
As ses sed : 129 A- 120 P
Cla ime d:
300 0.0 0
" · 107 0.0 0
ooa tio n:
Inc
·as t slo pe of ~ igh Top •ou nta in .
uno es , ou te r cla ims or la£ s:
None kno _n.
Dee d: Pur cha sed
52 ~- of lan d in 189 8
{Th is dif fer enc e as
m de in 191 7, lno e
tha t tim e r. Sh iff let
hn~ sol d out of thi s
tra ot- 15() . -46 R- 10
. ~o . . ~. )
hlo h 1E
cul tiv ate d is of goo d dep thandand
fer til ity , wh ile
tha of t 1e :.re
o the tra ct
fer til ity nd xce edi ngl y oc' is onl y of fai r dep th nd poo r
7.
So il
Roa ds:
To
ile ~ of ro~ ·h ste ep roa d to Spo
ts ood ~ra il nea r S 1ft Run
ile s to ;1k ton .
Gap; the nce 6
His tor
of tra ct und con dit ion of tim be!
A lar ge po rtio n of t 11s t a ct
c e•r e many yea rs a~ o,. ost: of
hic h has bee n gra zed nd oulas
tlv ted sin ce • .th~ ood ed had
p st. T..1e pre sen sta nd con si bee n cut ov_ ,r rep e ted ly in t e
ohe stn ut. The ood ed are a is ts of , !ixe d aks lith som dea d
stlm ate d Go cut an ave r ge f 6
cor ds or iue l ood per ore ,
~re at dea l of
ic is not acc ess ibl e.
' o amo nt of cor d ood hic h 1
acc
ess
ibl
e is es i ted
300 cor ds val ued
50¢ -- 150 .00
In pro v ..men s:
ell in : Log
fr me 1 18' , .l sto ry• s ing le
roo f•
log Lin ts , kit che n 10x l2 ', occ
roo ms
upi ed by on er, f i r c>n dit4on,
s rtn g, oli d 0un dat 1 ,n- -Bn rn:
200 .00
g nd fram e 14 xl6 xl0 ', shi ngl e
roo f, t, ir
c)n dit ion -60. 00
:Trame lOx l.Zx ', s ing l roo f,
.i.
ir con i ti n-l o.0 0
ran y:
Log 10x l2x 8•, uhi .n le roo f, ')OO
r
Oro har o.: 1 ao r,
20 .00
.lue d
v60 . , O per acr e for tre es "
nly -60 .00
l,in g: Log 3x l6' , 1 s ory , s.i ng
le roo f, sto ne f ues
kit che n 8x l6' , (at tac h-d ) 5 roo ms,
lo
fi:n:1.sh, poo r
con dit ion , occ upi ed by tan ant -:.t ble : og 12x 14x l0', shL · le roo
75. 00
r o dit ion ,
Jen
20. 00
1se ~ Log tix7 x4' 1 s•i ng lo roof,f, poo
poo r
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le
r
of,
3
r o s,
log fl1 ls, st ne fl~ o., ~ai r con
dit ion , occ upi ed by
tena11t -Sta ble : Log 10x l8x 8 1 , si n
100 .00
Cor h~u se: Log 6xl 0x7 ', shile ~oo f, fai r co nd itio n,
~5. 0C
le roo f, poo r con dit i)n ,
10. 10
nd
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F o
bz
590.00
typ es:
.Acr e ge
143
68
21
m; r
v" l'le
per acr e
~.oo
9.0 0
20. 60
0
1
Value
35?.oO
44 •.00
420 .00
1321.50
�County: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
£222 - Shi ft'lett 1 Daniel
Cont'd
Total value of land
1321. 50
Total value of improvements
090.00
rot-al value of timber
luO.O
'l1 otal vulue of tr ct
Average value per
-ore
2861.00
8.68
�M.
H. HARRI SON
TREASU RER OF ROCKING HAM COUNTY
HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It 1,. ay Concern :
I hereby certify that the
that Daniel Shiffle tt
show
records of my office
years 1932 and 1933
the
~or
has paid the taxes
of land situate
acres
0
3on his tract of 129
wall Distric t,
Stone
s,
ountain
M
in the Blue Rid ge
.
Rockingh am County
1 11 taxes prior to that
, are a matter of record
unpaid
be
time, if any
said County .
of
Office
in the Clerk's
Given under my hand this
.
1933
r
18th day of Decembe
T r ~ C o u n t y,
�NOTE--This need not be filed until the r ecord discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
. . . . . .
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No.
.•
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________
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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.
'J:_g_k:__ $2tZff.l_t!; fn Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth th at the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
2:J::_k__ $J~£J~& Tract
No. ____________ $ - - - - - -----: Tract No. --- - -------- $ ____ ___ ___ ;
.
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
STATE
-of v=ooy-
O;
CKINGH.AM, to- wit :
------------ ThTs- day- personally- appeared before me -Dani el Shif f l et t - and -ma de
oath that--ths--st.at-e-:me-n-t-s--00-nt-a-ined-- in tn-e-abov-e--p-e t-it-i-en---BB--ta-1:L-as--mad e
on his own inf orm ti on are true and so far as made upon. inform.a t ion of
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Given
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my ~ d t
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NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Cl rk's
ience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by a , and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in ny 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.
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�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHP..M , to-wit:
I, J. Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham county -do hereby certiry that the r ecords in my office
do not show any delinquent taxes against the tract or 129 acres
3 roods and no acres assessed in the name of Daniel Shifflett,
and situate in stonewall District.
Given under my hand this
27th day of December, 1933.
311
�Qlommnnnttaltq nf lllirgiuia
TRE ASURER ' S OFFICE
R I CHMOND, VA ,
JOHN M , P URCELL
December 29 , 1933
TREASU R ER CF V IRG IN I A
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purc ell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 29 d.ay of December in accordanc e
with an order of the circuit c ourt of Rockingham County
dated 12/27/33
in the cause of the Stat e Commi s sion
on Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virgi n ia
vs.
Cassandra T.a:wsn....,_...,n.....--+A,..,t.,..kc...i.....nl..h>-s --------- -
:paid to Daniel ShiffJett , Swift R,m , V-i rginia
$_3~,~0~5~3~·~0~0~_ _ _ be ing in full settlemen t of tract #--222
in the above mentioned cause, (
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of Virginia .
�Q!nmtttnuwraltq nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
December 29 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURl!R OF VIRGINIA
Daniel Shifflett
Swift Run , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 3 ,053.00, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
Of- -Rockingham
- -----'=-------- entered on the
27th
day
of December 193~ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
____C_a_s_s_an_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_A_tk_i_n_s_and others, being
full and complete settlement fo
known in said proceeding as#
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Sign orjginal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
e tract of
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�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia .. PETITIONER .
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
DEFENDANT S.
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less . . . . .
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 . .222 _______ :
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map :filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No.
_..2.2..2 ____
$ __39_Q9_t.9Pon 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;
Daniel Shiflett
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 contribut ion pledge, obligating the owner, Daniel
Shiflett , to give 10 acres of his land wi thin the Park Area to
the Park Project .
That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
. f,aid 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 foll'ows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may :find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. __2.22 ______ $_2_5 , .QQ__ : Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $----------;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
ST ATE _COMl!lISSIO N _ON __9_Q~~!::~Y-~~]_ON
&. _............__~-~
BY __
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
�STATE OF VIRGINIA) SS
COUNTY OF W RREN )
Personally appeared befor;e me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County , E . r: . Stokes , who being
duly sworn, depcs ed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commission on Conservation and Development in imr~ediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for dis tributive shares of condemnation aV1ards in the Shenandoah
National Park condemnation pro ceeding s pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia , by reason of contr~cts qnd 4greements entered into with the owners of lands so~ght to be conder-med in
these proceedings , and that the within clai..11 is just and cor rect .
M) Commissiun Expires Sep. 8, 1934
�VI GIIJI ~. HT THE CTIC U.1. T "'OLaT OF
OCICL.Ju.IL-J.. vOUl'~TY .
The .Jtate Cormniss ion on 8onservo .tion
& Developm ent of the .:.>tate of Virgini9 . , ::.1 etitione r ,
v.
Cassand ra L3.wson Atkins , et als , defenda nts .
In ~•e : Distri bu ti on of r,rocee ds of ·condemn ti on for tract l o . 222 .
's'hi s day came the ..)tate Commiss ion on Conserv ation
I
& Developm ent , by Counsel , and mov:ed the Court to enter an order
directin g the Treasure r of the dtat e of Virginia , to IB-Y to it
the sum O~w25.00
out of the proceeds of condemn ation of Tract I'm . 222 ,A represen ting
the amount of a certain pledge made by Daniel Shiflet t , vmo clai ed
to be the ovm.er of said tract , to said 'tate CoTIJr.:..ission on Comervatinn
<:i.:.
Developm ent, as a contribu tion for the establ i shrrent of
....)henand oah 1'7ationa l Park , and in support of its said rrntion, the
said Comniss ion exhil,ite d to the Court its :r;])tion in \vrit ng setting forth all the facts in relation thereto, which h3.s ooo n he reto-f ore .filed herein .
Upon conside retion Hhereof , it appearin g to the '.::ourt
that the claim of said Com. ission is not based upon any lien ,
either on the land condemne .d or on the _:roceeds of
condemn ation ,
and that said Conmiss ion has failed to obtain the consent of the
parties entitled to the proceeds of condemn ation, to the payment
of its cle.im , it is accordin gly adjudr;ed and ordered that the not on
of the Comriiss ion for the :payment of said claim out of the proceeds of condemn ation for aaid tract be and the same is heCE'eby
denied .
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, Daniel
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85d7818c8e74443e804c015a8601c32d
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Claim of___ /~t:2...--~ ~----------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of~ ~2. ______ County, Virginia, No. _____ _::_, At Law.
The State Commission on Conse_p{ation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____{ ! ~--°--~-~.,,,£.~d.--,------------------------------------more or less, of land in __________________ __ ________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
~--------------------------------
..t!!~-~<f. . . . ~
My name is __
My p_~ st office address is __ ~ ~ ~------~a{________________
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=------ ~-. . £ ~-------- ---------------------
---------------Virginia, in
This land is located about_ __ _3-______ miles from_~
___ Magisterial District of said County.
the~
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above. )
------- - - - - ---- ----------------------------
--------------------- -----------~
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___ / ( ~-W ~ ------------------------------------------------ South ___ 2(;/,
__ ~ __
East ____ /4 .. fo , ~
£~./~ ______________________ ;/---------------------
_____________________ _
jl_~:; 4 ~
-~---------------- - ----------- - ---~
----~
West----~
1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year L~L$.-in the
~
following-mann~
~
,a ~
----
I claim that the total value ,of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--P-il~-~-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
_.--c>
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__cf.t2_'!':..~--I am the owner of_ __ _3_~_________ 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 $-~ ?!CZ.~~ -----·
(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).
_,&_ ____ • - - -- . '
.r~
Remarks: ---~ - ---~
___ &.t.£d__~ ~-~ --~ - ~-- --- ___t&< !.v~
---~ r ----------------------------------------------------------------
---~ - ~ -~
~ - ~---~
--~---
---------------------------------------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
day
Witness my signature (or my name and mar~ jttac~ed hereto this ___
;~! E~F
', c!~NTY
L7-_0_ ___
OF{j2~ •~ '-
__ L _____ _ _
-" ' ~<r'L~The undersigned hereby certifies th~~~ ~- _0__
oath that the matters
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and
and things appearing in his a~ve a~ wer are true to the best o his knowledge and belief,
L7-________day of1f~ -= -g ~~ l}?~ ~
this ___ _
Glerk of the Col:lrt, er gf!eeial lHvestigator
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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Shifflett, Carl
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#369 Number of Acres:
Shifflett , C. M.
5
Pe.rtly outside
Location:
Near Park positions #149 - 150 - 151 - 152 .
Park area .
Roads:
Two miles · over county road to Island Ford .
Soil:
The present
Tract has b.een out over repeatedly in the past .
stand consists of mixed Otiks with a scrub oak under story.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
5
25 . 00
$5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
10 . 00
$35 . oo
Value of Land:$ 25 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 10 . 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE.
~ . ~ 'CLEmc. 17
�----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -Claim of_ ______C, N( Sh ,'ffle fl--- ----- ----- ----- ----. .a, N o. ________ , At L aw.
.,n_______ Count y, v·1rgmi
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""Rerc
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--~-. ·t Court of --------I n th e C1rcm
of the State of Virginia, PetiThe State Commission on Conservation and Development
___________________________ _
tioner, vs. __________________________________________________
ty, Virgi nia, Defen dants .
more or less, of land in ___?c~<1Lu_u_~.h.s?J_7_7_____ ___ Coun ission on Conservation and DeThe undersigned, in answ er to the petiti on of the State Comm
the notice of condemnation award ed
yelopment of the State of Virgi nia, and in respo nse to dance
with the order of the Circu it
upon the filing of said petiti on and published in accor
leave of the Cour t to file this
Cour t of__JS;_q_~/_J!.;:!_'ib_Cf?fl _______ County; Virgi nia, asks
as his answ er to said petiti on. and to said notice .
_____________________ _
My name is __ C_ I'll S/21 -lf/e. it _________________________
____________________ _
My post office addre ss is ___ fZlfcf927_,,_'f<!:_7ffR__ty_~_'f- _____
land withi n the area sough t
I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of
on which there are the following
to be condemned, conta ining abouL,_.:::§'__?_~-=_ _______ acres,
~~~--~?!J~_wf_~~!-1:..=#?¥_ ______ _
buildings and impro veme nts :____'r:':..~!&__9_~'!.'!!!_Y'i!!_~_i!_e__,_.?_
~
·
· ·a, m
d _______ v·1rg1m
d Fo?~
11_____
_____
I:t:-lo1
_____
~ ____ m1·1es f rom_______
z.. L_:z:
. l ocat ed a b ou t _____
l d 1s
. 2n
Th1s
. t of sai"d Count y.
-. l n·1st r1c
. t eria
/ __ Mag1s
ewc11
_____
~1"'11
_____
th e____
tract or parce l of land deI claim the following right, title, estate or intere st inerthe
he is sole owne r or joint owner,
scribed above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth
claim ant is not sole or joint owner,
and if joint owne r give name s of the joint owne rs. orIf intere
st he has in or to the tract or
he should set out exact ly what right, title, estat e
parce l of land described above.)
-
----_______1:'_'-!..~~~!~:~~~-c!_ __ (::__7_:~_:1y1__ £_~_~(~;I!l--------------------------------------
parce l of land are as follo,ws:
The land owners adjac ent to the above described tract or
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -North __ NIH H cvr 7~ /son ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----___________________________ _
South ____ 7.:i'CT 7 77 e ¥ ___________________________________
_________________________ _
East ___ J 1:Jl.f i-17fi_·1 - - e ________________________ __________
_______________________ _
West ___ $. _Sl? 1/'ll e1t ___________________________________
about the year--~? !_~_i n the
I acqui red my right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty
following mann er:
----- ----- ______ !By Lru1- r e ltc7s e __-/«? e _ S '711_· u 1-e ___ T/tfe ----- ----- ----- ----- ----with the impro veme nts there I claim that the total value of this tract or parce l of land
right, title, estate or intere st,
on is $!i_~ -~"!'_________ I claim that the total value of my
nts there on is $_L'!:~':?___________ .
in and to this tract or parce l of land with the impro veme
the above described tract or
I am the owne r oLL!~!.. __________ acres of land adjoi ning will be dama ged by the proclaim
parce l of land but lying outsid e the Park are a, which I
exten t of $_'1;:q_~~------------·
posed condemnation of lands withi n the Park area, to the
statem ents or inform ation as to
(In the space below should be set out any additionalcable
he should also inser t here a
this claim which claim ant desires to make ; and if practibounds).
,
description of the tract or parce l of land by metes and
7cr,1n 9 / c,..,-r d ________ _
Rema rks· ____ T Ire I e171o / _ I c J/1-c.7 1_ c LITs_ c- f ,R _111..y __ .:re77
1 .lh-e.__________ _
e.1-;o, lfy_d cr777 d _e..s
fT07 77 _ 777'j o 11/y _o t.../1/e/·:fth_t e!-t_ yery__-n-,01r
f-., I 711e _9··r e C'J fe'7 · /:? cnf- & f? _____ _
_z--e 777 c~ -z7 c.fe, '_ o f 777j __ F ClrTZ ? _ l o 7114'!
~-,..le;
----- ---f - ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----rks if neces sary on the back) .
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- (Continue rema
o) }11j~-¥-~/2 ______ day
Witne ss my signa ture (or my name and mar1>7tttached herJ't
y_ cl Iue
0~7-e,
0
-A..-
~) /-- - ---------- -
W I-~
_
of_ E ~~J--__ 1_7_$_ L __-, 1930.
'=~T.!'!.-- --, To-w it:
STAT E OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____lf}f!.~!!.-:1_?.':l-l">____________________ ________
The under signe d hereb y certifies that_ __<;;_,_tfl§:./:zj_et...l<ajt_
e him and made oath that the matte rs
the above name d claim ant personally appea red beforto
the best of his knowledge and belief,
and thing s appea ring in his above answ er are true
~
this ______ 1.-jJo_______ day of____E,_f,y__l"!H _-, 1930. ~
¢' vL /
/ ~ ,,/3 /
ff /
~~
~:;-~~
rn~;.k-~c~;;~-t~-0-;~,.~~;tig~
Peace.
Nota ry Public, or Justic e uf the
�County :
Di strict :
Rocking hn.n
stonew all
369
~ 6 - Shifle tt , C. M.
creage Claine d :
Assesn ed :
Val ue Claine d:
Deed :
40 A.
( 1916 )
Deed : 1050
Assess ed :
Area :
Locatio n :
40
5 Acres
Near P'drk Positio ns #149 - lbO - 151 - 152 .
tly outside ark area .
P,
Incunb r~nces , counte r clain s or laps :
None known .
Soil: '
Roads :
Two oiles over county road to Island Ford.
Histor y of tract and con.,iti on of t i nber :
Tract has been cut over
repe:.1t ediy in the :past . The presen t otand consis ts of
nixed oaks , with a s crub oak under story . The tract
is estiT'.la ted to cut 2000 bd . ft . @ J\4 . 00 per :M . - '\i'a .oo .
Inprov eoent s :
None .
value of land by t;tyes:
~
Slope
Acreag 9
5
Value
Total
Rer
acre
,5 . 00
Value
)25 . 00
Total value of land
!l • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 25 . 00
Total value of tinber
•• • • ••• • • •• •• ••• • • ••
s .oo
Total value of tract
Averag e value per acre
1
....... .............
....................
}33 . 00
6 . 60
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.,
c.
County: Rockingham
District: Stonew 11
M. Shiflett
E. W.
I
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Harrison
.
N,-:
Annie E.
1&
Hedrick
Ellemorth
Lafayette
LEGEND:
SloRe
Scala - 1 : 20 cha.ins
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, C. M.
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Location: Near park positions 149-150-151-152
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Tract(s): 369
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MINOR
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
..._,,,
CLAIMA~
NAME OFfJ)ll1JlJ,lf
#150 Number of Acres:
Location:
Shifflett, Arias H.
167
Beldor .
Two miles of fair dirt road to Swift Run ;
Elkton .
Roads:
thence four mi es to
Soil: Sandy gravel in some of the fields ~,ith good depth and fair fertility
and steep to gentle slopes ;
northwest and southwest exposure .
A large portion of the tract \'las cleared
many years ago grazed and cultivated since .
The woodland is e~rimat•d
to cut an average of 8 cords of fuel wood per acre . ( 584 cords)
There are three walnut trees .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements: D'.. ELLING- - Frame , 14x26 t, 6 rooms , metal roof , porch 6xl6 ' ,
L part 14xl8 1 , brick flues, 2 story, 2 tooms ceiled and 4 plastered, fair
condition, occupied by owner . Well water supply, pillar foundation .
BARN : Frame 12x24xl8 ' shingle roof , ~·ii th shed 10x30 1 ,
DAIRY Frame 8x8x8 ', shingle roof , fair condition .
WAGON SHED AND
GRANARY : 16x20xl2 ' , fair condition . D',n,..:;LLING :
Log a.naTrarife--;-T8x25 '
kitchen, 10xl4 ', porch 6xl4 1 , porch, 6x22 ', metal-and paper roof, l½
story, log finish, fair dondition, occupied by tenant -- pillar founda tion .
LOG STABLE
16 x 20 1 , no roof , poor condition .
OLD GRANARY: Frame, 14xl6xl0 1 , shingle roof , poor condition .
HEN HOWE :
Frame, 8xl9x7 1 , paper roof, fair condition-HOG PEN :
Frame , 7xl4x6 ' , shingle roof , fair condition-orchard: 103 fruit trees .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
72
@
,;~3 . 00
$216 . 00
Grazing Land:
19
@
30 . 00
570 . 00
Fields Restocking: - - - -
17
@
15 . 00
255 . 00
Cultivated Land:---
59
@
25 . 00
1475 . 00
$2516 . 00
Slope:
Cove:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 2516 .oo
Value of Improvements: $ 202 5 • 00
2025 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ 200 . oo
200 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
50 . 00
--$4791 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 28 . 62
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None .
_ _
~
: .~
'. ___ CLERK ,
l/5
�150 '.cr ee5 e Cla \m ed:
V luc Clo t m d:
!.QQ... tio n;
Ino um bra
-
n.
Co un ty: Roc:1ngham
D1.s tr1 ot: Sto nm ,c. ll
ri9 D Sht ffl et t .
16 4 A.
; sse sse d : 164 .~ .
$60 00 .
"
150 0. 00
eld or .
, co un tor ola im s or luI?s:
Deed: 100
J;.
in 191 9
~o r 270 0. 0; G7 •
1n 191 4 ro r ~eoo. oo
none known .
So il:
Gandy s~ av el i some of the
fe rti lit y and ste ep to g ntl efie lds wi th goo d do pth nnd ru tr
elo pe s ; no rth we st and out hw est
exp osu re •
.Roa ds :
o mi les ot fa ir di rt roa d to
Swi ft
'"lkt on .
n ; the nc o f ou r mil es to
.[1 sto Ty or tra ct and cor .1d it1 on
ot tir.: .r: t .. lar ge po rti on of t
he tro .ot woe
ole are d many yea rs ago , i.b raz
l nd 1,.., est lm ·;\t ~d t o cu t an ed nd cJ lti va ted sin ce .
he wooduv reg e of 8 co da >f fu
el
er v lue d
ood
po r
2~ t pe r o? rd. ~84 cor do va l1e
d tt 25d. -- 14 6. 00 .
Th ree aln ut
l
•
tre es va lue d
10 .00 eac h - ·-· so . oo
To tal --116 . 015
Im rov t,m on ts: ~v ell 1n 5: .•r
me l4x "(>
L pe.rt l 4x l8' , bri olc tlu',ee6, roo ms , ma tal r o r , po rch 6x l6' ,
pla ste red , fo ir oo nd ttt on , occ sto ry , ~ r ooms coi lod and 4
up ied by ow ner , we ll , pi lla r
tou ud •ti ~n --- ~ : l'raroe 2x2 4x l8' , sh ine
145 0. 00
a1 r2: ·ra e _xaxs•, ab inB l l r r,o r, l th she d l0x 50 1 235 . 00
8.PjOn s hod u ,d ran ury : l6x •>Q of , r ir co nd iti on -20 . JO
xl2 ', ta ir co nd iti on - Dwo111 s:-og a 1i fra me , 18% 25'
7.J
. 00
ox l4 1 , po rch ux 22 ' , me tal and , kit ch en 10 xl4 ', po roh
f1n 1ch , fa ir con di t ion , oo ou pap er ro ot, 14 sto ry , log
ptod by ten an t , pil la r fou nd tlo n
- - --- tab o: l6x 20 ', no r oo f . po or
3~0 . 00
oo nd i t1o n - ld b~ i ry; -rame 14:xlOxlO',
s h1 le r oo t , po or c on dit - :w .oo
I..en
e 8X l9x 7' , ,r,ar ,er roo
l> . 00
ir co nd iti on -og non : ramram
eu
.oo
e 7x l4X O', shi ng l e roo ff,, fa
t 11r oo nd 1t1 on -•
qro ha rg! 57 fru it tre eo va lue d
5.0
0
2. 00 p~ r tre e tor tre es
on ly -- --46 rr1 it tre es va lue d ot · 1.0
0 pe r tre e, ! or tre es on l y 114 . 00
46 . 00
l a nd b, t;tJ?l!El:
c2MS. oo
Lo ,
ion-- ·------
Va lue
T:£;.?8
Slo pe
FS
Fo
Fr
or
Value
ore n.6e
72
19
59
po r a.e re
1'1
e. oo
16 '
i2. do
20. 00
2.:>. 00
To tfl l
Vc luo
l44 . 00
380 . 00
147 5 . 00
10 2. 00
2101.00
�County: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
#150
- Shifflett, H. Arias
I
Cont'd
Total value of land
Total value of i mprov~ments
Total value of t i mbe r
Total val ue of truct
Average value per acr e
~2101. 00
2345.00
176.00
~4622. 00
27.67
5
�County:
/istrict:
N_ #150-=. .§.hi_fflet~ , H. Arias
..,
Shifflett
I' •
.s
E.
s
Marv."yant
Powell
1:t . Hebron
1lex E .
tyant
Church
LEGEND:
Slope
Grazing
Tillable Fields 1•estocking
Scale - 1 11
20 ch~ins
=
Rockingham
Stonewall
�->ta na.rd svi l le
..
'ro Stat e Com miss ion on
~on serv atio n and Vev elop men t
'·
Vs .
H. Aria s ohi flet t etc & otne rs
Circ ~it cou rt of· rtock ingh am Cou nty , va .
I H-aE~- xm10C H. Aria s Shi flet t est
Circ uit Cou rt rlock ingh am Co,V a
No
- --
of 100 acre s adjo inin g and
iher eas the trac t of land of 64 acre s and one
the ~ar k z.xtk mtt µ auth orit ies as
adja cen t to one ano ther , and take n ove r by
of .ti . Aria s .;hi flet t , , this trac t
one trac t of 164 acre s . that was in the ne.me
day Of Janu ary 1932 . to one J!,r nes t ;:;}il.
was sold by ~•ard Swank 'l'ru stee , on the 9th
of conv eyan ce made by ard ~wank
Shi flet t , and Ge r tie Shi flet t , and a deed
ce of the 100 acre trac t to
~ru stee , that is he made a deed of conv eyan
of reco rd in the Cler k ' s offi ce
Ern est and Ger tie bhi flet t whic h is a mat ter
of rtock ingh am ~ou nty, va . and
and
t assi gne d to .Leo ndas .H..o hifle
lher eas ; the said .....rnes t and G-er tie .::>h iflet
whic h is a mat ter of reco rd in
Juli a M. ohi flet t his the 64 acre s- trac t
inia in D.B . 151 . at pai;e l..1'1
said Cler k 1 s offi ce of rlock ingh am ~ou,1ty , •irg
of said offi ce .
and
flet t died seiz ed ad
all the l and of whic h the said H. Aria s Shi
as here tofo re men tion ed, the
and poss esse d , was sold unde r a trus t deed
t and the 64 acre trac t to .Leo ndas
100 acre trac t to ~rn est and Ger tie Shi flet
reco rded as such in the deed book
R. Shif l ett and Juli a Shi flet t his wife , and
Whe reas ;
men tion ed abov e .
And
of the cou nty of nock ingh am
te are fili ng this with the ~ark pap ers
and esta te of H. Aria s Shi flet t
coun ty , mer ely to show the titl e to said land
of the said ~rn est and Gert ie
is now lies in the nam e, and is the prop erty
M. ohi flet t .
~hi flet t and .Leo ndas R. Shi flet t and Juli e
/
,,
I
�R A NOO LPH
W . BICKKIH,
DKPUTY CLl!RK
B . I. BICK ERS
CLE RK O F G R E E N E C OU NTY COU R T S
STANAR DSVIL L E ,
To Cler k of circ ~it cour t
Harr isonb urg , Va
VIRGIN IA
Oc t. 31st 1933
Dear :::>ir;
,/ill you plea se filed the with in pape r with the rark
files in
your offic e in the matt er of H. Aria s ~hif lett , in orde
r to show the title .
Than king you in adva nce .
Your s trul y .
l\
�
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
Relation
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, Alex - Shuler, James
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shifflett-arias-h.pdf
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Shifflett, Arias
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Beldor
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Tract(s): 150
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Shifflett
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- - - - -- -.... -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - COUNTY
~.,-- - -ROCKINGHAM
NAME OF CLAIMANT
/11_? 8 - Shifflett , Ambrose
Number of Acres: 272
Location:
Hawksbill Creek, and is entire ly within the Park area .
.
Roads:
'
Nine miles to Elkton over five miles of county road and four
miles over Spotswood Tr 11 .
Clay loam of good depth and fertility .
Soil:
History of Tract and condition of timber:
_J
Improvements: (See . reverse side)
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
112
@
$3 .00
$336.00
Cove:
90
@
5 . 00
4 5 0.00
Grazing Land:
?0
272
2450 ~00
$ 3236 . ocr-
35 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
1400 . 00
V~ueofLand: $3236 . 00
250 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1400 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 250 . 00
2230 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
50 . 00
$?166 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber:$ 2230 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 26 • 30
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~ - ~CLERK,
75
�IMPROVEMENTS: Barn:
Log, 16x4 9', poor cond ition.
Corn house :
Log, poor cond ition .
Spri ng house :
Frame , 8xl5x 8', metal roo f , fair cond ition .
Hen house :
Frame , 6xl6x 6', paper roof, poor cond ition .
Pigeo n house :
Frame , 12xl2 x8', s hingl e roof,
cond ition .
Dwel ling: Log and frame , 16x3 3', 5 rooms , porch fair
8x23 ', metal
roof, stone f lues, 3 rooms oeile d , occup ied by tenan t, sprin
g,
solid found ation .
Barn :
Log and frame , 26x4 5xl6' , shing le roof, fair cond ition .
Old grana ry:
Frame , 12x2 0xl2' , shing le and metal roof, poor
condi tion .
Shop- Frame , 12xl6 xl0', paper roof, fair cond ition.
Sheep hous e: (new) frame , 15x30 xl2', metal roof, good cond ition.
Cow shebl e:
Frame , 10xl6 xl0', paper roof, fair cond ition.
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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 filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
ot· e.
as his answer to said petition an t sai
cl--/}~'-:' _______ · ______
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
acres, on which there are the following
to be condemned, containing about_ __
.2,_.7-~ _______
buildings and improvements:_~, .&.= , _~ ~ -~
··-:::::::::::::::::::: __ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
located abo~L-~-~-:--~-miles ~rom __H ______ : ____________ Virginia, in
-~
This Jand is
the~
Mag1ste:rrnl D1str1ct 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 W la:td described above.)
-------------------------------------------------------
-----~--- ~
The land owners adjacent to J,he ~b?ve described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
,fl.-¥::·l>-e
North__)4/'~ _ ~
South
1;_:
East ___ > ... ijilii_J. ______
West.. S.~ _
-~
---------------------------------------------
~ A ;,
___________________________________ _
~ ~--'ifa./--~
{__ ------ ~
_______________ _
------------------ -------------------
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l....zl~-~!-fin the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ls:;_rt!_-~'J- ~ --· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J_f!.'-Q _~!f_~
· I am the owner oL_~ -1 - ~ ------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).
_ _ :~~~r:~~~~~::~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~:~~:~~~~~~~~::~~~:~; ~: : : :
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
t'
oLiA_=~-s~~:~~r1~ 3 my name an~~ ~-~~-eto) ~his~~~-~~:,:_~~~~~~~~:~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____________________ ------, To-wit·
j
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_q.,_m_.__ __
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and ma e oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
--'Ja.-""C.<LC
this ____
-
__L;z. _______ day of___ *~----::~-1~~ __
Cle~Y,tf~ Court, or Special
Notary Public, or Justice of
-------------
�C
nty:
4
oc kinghru:1
District: Stonewall
l/:l 78
Acrcnae Claige~ :
Value Cl aioed :
- Shifflett, A:c1brooe
272
Assessed 272 A.
•
,10,06~
11
1620 . 00
"
(1912- 26
~3650 .Q0
ABF,A,1 1320 A,
'
---
Deed 272 , •
Rawkob ill or1;ek and io anti.re l y w_ th n t.:...e lark arJa .
Location :
lfote -- It is be l ieved there \·:ere errors in t r e ·cooput o.tions of the e.cr . . age of tno var· ous t1'a.cts na ~1ng u1,
t;Jio L-ra.ct and t.mt .r . S11ifflett owuo all the acreage
that has been given :1it1 .
Incut1bra .. c eo . counter ,cla.tns
-
O!"
l a.pa :
llona known .
noi l:
Clay loat1 of good <.lep t n a d fertility .
Roads :
Nine oil ea to Elkton over five nilea of count
road und
four ni l o ov r "poto ood Trail .
History of t re.ct e.nd cond i tion of t inber: Tae woodlo..,d as an eotinated
stand of 355 ,000 bd . ft . of saw ti 1be~· . 40 cords of loc ust•
2000 cords of extract a. ..d 200 cords of ul1.i , ood .
\.
.:_.,ortion of L e tract .10.0 been 11ea.vily cut over .
1600 . 00
'l'il:1ber : '75,000 ft . - .t'oylar @ $8 . 00 .i:,er l! .
24d,ooo ft . white$ red oak r .14 . 00 )er M.... ....
960 . 00
00 . 00
40 , 000 ft . 1ickory th ..,,2 . 00 per 1: .
---1 6 0 . 00
40 cord L locJst O ) 4 . 00 ~er c ord
·--250 . 00
1000 co rds of t:xtrnct wood l- 25;.!' 1>er co.rd --400 . 00
200 cords of u l J ·~ J2 . 00 ~er co rd
---$ 2450 . 00
to :
l3urn : Log , 1G~-,:9 r, 1,00 ... cowi.:.tion - ... o v:.:"'..lu •
Cornnouae : Log, p o or condition - 1:0 value .
Spring house ; Fraoe , £x.15x&• , netal roof, fair
condit ion·-----Hen hou a: .Ercme , 6:~l cx:6 '. PO..t)er roof. poor
condition ___ ,. ...
1condition
i!J>eon houoe,. ____
: :?:·ru:1.
1 2xl 2.xB ', a:1ingle roof , fair
_
Dwe ll in : Loe ant.. ... rar:w , l Gx.33' , 5 roo1:1s, :poroh
x- , cetal roaf , ston~ flues, 3 ro oe C6il ed ,
'.~30 . 00
15 . 00
25 . 00
occu ie,1 by tBno.nt, o.,r.i.n& , solid fom. dat!on -Barn; Loe a.i f :rt-inc , 26x1~utl6 1 , ahlngl roof ,
600 . 00
-----
350 . 00
1a'ir condition
Ol d 4 ra.nar;t: Frar,o 12x20.:; 12' , sh in 1
and netal
roof , voor condition- --- - -
::»ho~) : Frar.1e, 12xl6xl0
.. J.l)er roof , fair oondit·neep houoe : ( new) Frane , l b..~30xl 2 ', n-tal ro,Jf ,
go~d condition -· ...
Cow stabl e : :'ra.r1e lOx l GxlO 1 , pa .;r ro0f , fair
1 ,
condition
-------
20 . 00
40 . 00
250 . 00
35 . 00
tr-1 365 .oo
�//:178 -
h iff lett , 'mbroae
Conttinued .,. __
Value of l and by t;:a>eS:
~
Slope
Va lue
.:£E_e age
;eer acre
165
J2 . 50
5 . 00
20 . 00
90
70
Cove
Fg
325
Total
To t al
Total
Total
Total
value
v:·~lue
value
value
of orchard
of l and
of i u rover.1 nts
of' wi o b ..n~
val ue of t ract
Av erag rJ value per acre
)2l b . OO
2262 . ?;0
13,5 . 00
2450 . 00
>6292 . 50
19 . 36
Total
Value
~~412 . 50
450 . 00
1400 . 00
'~2262-..5 0
�I1f THE' CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on
Conser vation and Development
of the state of Virgin ia,
Petitio ner,
At Law No. 18&9.
vs.
Cassan dra Lawson A.t kina
and others ,
Defend ants.
o/
day of J·a nuary, 1937, came Ambrose w.
Shiffl ett,, and, on his motion , leave is given him to file his
applic ation for the diabu.r sement of the swn of $7,166 .00, the
amount of the award set out in the judgme nt of condem nation for
On this, the
Tract No. 17.8 and hereto fore paid into oou.rt.
And 1 t appear ing to the Court that the said Ambrose w•
. Shiffl ett is investe d wi t h a superi or or better right or claim of
title in and to the said t ract of land No. 178 than any other
person or person s, and that the r eaord of t his cause does not disclose any denial or dispute· by any party or person in intere st as
to the t itle to said Tract No. 178 or to the procee ds arising from
the condemna tion of said Tract
wo.
178:
And it furthe r appear ing to the Court that all taxes due
on said tract No. 178 have been paid:
Upon oonsid eration wher eof, it is consid ered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of $7,166 .00, paid into court by
petitio ner a s just oompen sation for Tract No. 178, be paid to the
said Ambrose w.Shif flett.
And the Glerk of this Court is directe d to transm it a certified copy of this order to the Treasu rer of Virgin ia, who shall
pay unto said Ambrose W. Shiffl ett the said sum of $7 ~166. 00, being .
the amount of the ~ward set out in the judgme nt of condem nation
for Tract No. 178, taking f rom a.aid Ambrose w. Shiffle tt a r eoeipt
:'
�---2.-therefor , and certifying au.ch payment to the Clerk of this Gour t
for appropriate entry thexeof, a s requ.ired by law.
z.nter.
/
�IN TH"E CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.AM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the Stat~ of Virginia,
Petitioner,
At Law No . 1829.
vs.
Cassandra Lawson A.tkins and
others ,
Defendants.
Comes now the u.nde.raigned and sho.vs to the Con.rt' that
a judgment in rem has heretofore bean entered in this proceeding,
condemning to the use of the · petitioner the fee simple estate in
the tract of la.nd numbered as 178 and described in the report of
the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein, and shown ,
numbered , and delineated on the Cou.nty Ownership Map filed therewith,
upon payma.a"t into the custody of the Court of the sum set out in
said judgment as cons ti tu ting the. award therefor as follows :
Award on Traot No . 178, ------------ $7 , 166.00.
That said tract of land No . 178 is composed of three
tracts of land which were conveyed to your petitioner by the following deeds , to-wit:
(1)
Deed from H. R. Eiler and othe.rs , dated December 16 , 1912 ,
conveying 102 acres, said deed being of record in D. B.96, at Page 5,8 ;
(2)
Deed from Jesse Wyant and Martha J . wyant, his wife ,
dated May 27 , 1925, conveying 150 acres , said deed being of record in
D. B.132 , at Page 306;
(3)
Deed from Jesse Wyant and Martha J . wyant , his wife , dated
January 27,1926, aonvaying 20 acres , aaid deed being of reoord in
D. B. 134 , at Page 174.
That your undersigned ,on the date of the s a.id judgment
in rem condemning the said traat of land,owned or was entitled to
the fee simple i nterest in the said tract or in the proceeds arising
�from the conde mnatio n thereo f.
That no otheT person or person s
than the unders igned are ent1t1 ed to shal'e in the distri butio n or
the said award , and that all taxes on said traat of land have bean
d11ly paid,
Where fore , your 11ndersigned prays that he be na.de a party
here·i n under the provis ions of Sectio n 21 of the Pu.blic park Condemnation Act , and that an order be entere d for the distri butio n of said
sum set forth in said judgment in rem as const itutin g the award for
the fee simple estate in said tract condemned as afores aid and for
the payment to the unders igned of the said award , and which the 11ndersig ned avers is as follow s: Tract No . 178,- ------ ----$7 ,166.0 0.
State of Virgi nia,
ao11nty of Rockin gham, to-wi t:
Ambrose w.Shi fflett , the person whose name is signed
to the forego ing instru ment, this day perso nally appea red before
me, the under signed , a Notary Pllblic in and for the County afore said in the State of Virgin ia , and, being first duly sworn , depos es
and says that the facts given in the forego ing petiti on are true and
corre ct to the best of his know ledge and belie f.
�TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certi fy that the recor ds in my offic e do not
conshow any delin quen t taxes again st the tr a ct of moun tain land
taini ng 272 acres , heret ofore asses sed in stone wall Distr ict,
t.
Rocki ngham Coun ty, Virgi nia, in the name of Antbrose w.Shi fflet
Given under my hand this 1st day of Janua ry , 1937.
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The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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Shifflett, Ambrose
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Location: Hawksbill Creek
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Tract(s): 178
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ROCY.:I!~G l-LJ.. COID:1J.'Y
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#177 --
Shiff l ett , Alex.
Number of Acres: 45
Location:
Hawksbill Creek and is entirely rithin the Pa r k ~rea.
Roads:
.i.
Soil:
1 ine mi l es to ~lkton over five mi l es of county road and
four mi l es over Spotswood ~rail .
Sast ,::.nd north slope of very good de1ith
1.111d
fertility .
History of Tract and condition of timber: .all saw tir:ber ht.s been renoved from the
wooded portion of this truct l eav_inr-: un ~stimated araount of
200 cords .
Note -- This tract was partially surve yed and it is
believed the ac reage given him is correct .
Improvements:
Frane dwelling : 18x l9', 3 rooms, porch 7xl8', shinr le
roof, stone ~luas , li story , lo< w lls, :'.:1ir conu.i ion ,
occupied by tenunt, spring, pillar founclL..tion • .
Fra.·i}a, 1Gx36xl4' , metal roo:f.' , good condition .
B:....rn :
Stor'.3.ge house : Log , 11x1.;x12 1 , sll ngle roof , poor condition .
1'r~.me, llx20xl0 ', r.ietbl roof , cood concli tion
Hew l1en house :
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
15
'11'4. . 00
~)60 . 00
15
25 . 00
375 . 00
15
30 . 00
450 . 00
$885 . 00
6;J0 . 00
50 . 00
50 . 00
1 63.., . 0Q
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 885 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 6.5 0 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ ::.iO,. 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
36 . 33
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract~.N~ - ~
�+.~
.SL __ - -------------------------------
Claim o L ~
In the Circuit Court of_/_(_~-~ ______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
~he State Commission on Conservat·
and~ De~!o~_>of the State of 'Cirginia, Petitioner,
a.,~_-:Y7 _____ -.------ ---------------- ---------------- -----------more or less, of land in_,_~~- _ ___
~--County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the peti n 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"g of ai_d petiti n .and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of1.LIJ_ __
__ _ ~ - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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My post office address is ___{l_,J_,__
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel o land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ _____
acres, on whic)i thz: are the following
¥- -:-______
¼
.
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;~:.~~uf!_~~;I~~-;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~;~:;~
bm~s~~d- 1~~rovements: ___
----~-----~-1---
the_£~-tN--~ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
par~~ land described above9 . .
- i i P ' ~ - ~~
- - ~ - ~ ~- --- -- -
- -' , -------+--- ---------~- ~-----
The land owners ~djace~~t~above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___
de.a.. _________~._ ---------------------------------------------
South____
East ____
-~.hl~--S~-- _ --~---------------------------------------xip:-e~
Qf,p ___ _.,__ _----------------------------------------------7
West______ -~--~~-·-- ------------ ------------ ------------ -1 acquired my ght, title, estate or interest t<Ythis property about the year __ /_9._L~_in the
following manner: .... /__ . . /_ .
-----~r ~~P~- Q~---- ------- ------- --
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_2.A_~!?_::_IJ_~--- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $- ~P-!>__'!~.5!.-~-·
I am the owner of__d__"!_ ____ ____ 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 m..J,1i~ttached hereto) th1)-p_--};f/J~ay
oLJ;-d,________, 1931.
~de.J_~----
STATE OF~~OU N:Y OF___~7'----- -~-, To_-wi) ;~.
The unde~filed here y certifies thaL __~ - 4 - . n _ ~ __&~_ _ ___ --~the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath
the matters
h Cl andrtlnn.o-s app~i~g in his ab~e answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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shifflett-alex.pdf
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Shifflett, Alex
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#194 - Shifflett , 1~haz
Number of Acres: 12
Location: One mile east of Yancey oti Gap Run.
Roads:
Two miles to Island Ford over county road .
Soil:
Slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber: 'fhe cleared land of this tract has been
cultivated for many years and the slope land is used chiefly for
fuel wood .
Improvements : Frame dwelling : 14}x22½', L 12½xl6~', 4 rroms, paper
roof , brick flues , 2 story , ceiled walls , fair condition, occupied by o.mer, water supply - well, pillar foundation .
Fil:'.
ame barn : 12½xl7' metal roof with shed 10xl6', fair condition.
hnpontwm ·Log house :
16-~x20~', paper ro of , fair condition .
8xl0 ', fair condition.
Hen liouse:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
-
$5
. 00
c:;::--,-
3
$15. 00
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking:
7
@
20 . 00
140 . 00
$1 5b . 00
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
2
100. 00
50 . 00
12
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1 55 . 00
455 . 00
Value of Improvements: $455 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 100 . 00
15. 00
~725 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
ValueofWood: $ 15. 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 60 . 41
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ N0N.Z.
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Law.
Peti-
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more or less, of land in_ ~_1:: :~- -~ ~-----Co unty, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_~~; ;_
{ ~------- - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ____ .!LI,.,:,...,_
,g_Lfbcf- __________ ________________________ _
_!'!::_J:~__ f!.?_._i::./!..._ ____________________ ____ _
My post office address is __ __4:f:..~_
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_.6~ :~!~~-- --acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements =- --~ /---~ & : : :_~:~____ !'__ / _ ~ ~ ---------- -
· 1an d 1s
· 1oca t ed ab ou t -;z:~
L'--'-"-,,,Tl11s
ld.-,~v*7.------'-;;,4.-c-__,M CL./d~-v
· · m·
--------m1·1es f rom __~::-:.=-=----------- ·1rgmia,
the_ i:~~!.: ½___ 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, e state or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
The land owners adjacent to the above de scribed tract or parcel of land are as follows :
North ___!a-,/. 1~~
South ___ a+-/.
n- _L-v -------- ------ - - ---- -------- ----- ---------- --- ------- -East ___
S-i-j,_c_______________________________
_____________________________ _
&
,--------------------------------------------------------
7 .~
West __ __J_ _~
_v--~ -7<.tl'-t..--l....LL-'7' ---------- ------------------------------ _______ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year__/Jl~t.['f_ _in the
following manner:
_/ft A_~
_t ~
h~ _9J..41;:~,,~-Hr
_J«.7 'N/flJ~ + 7 ~~
~~-
~_ / ?IZ -. J-%~ LafJf~' ;)
'1!ifl4: :4~, :;;,,j._ I f; f/- _________ _________
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there,-v
on is $-2--..,f'_q_q_.,!.:-:-____ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or in~ est,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-b r~-~-:'__:-.: ___ .
I am the owner of_ ___ ,k·__________ 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 an y additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) .
Ren1arks · ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- -
----- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and ma~ ¥tach~he reto ~ this ____ ~ ______ day
Wt-~ ~~ ~
of_ __b
_'-----------, 193f
.
SThE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_/g8____ ~-------- .-------, To-wit.
. - "tr-· ·~
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __(k-:h.d!::-:1___~----- ------ ------ --the above named claimant personally appeared before hi~-irrcr -~acfe-~ath that the matters
and things app: lring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _____ k~_:: _____ day of_ __
193/.
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f~---------,
/
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-J-1-1t~:-C::t ~cial In~
gator or
Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�County: Hockinghsm
District: Stonowall
J
i 194 Ahnz Shittlett
Acrea~e Claimed :
Value
Cla imed:
Location:
~:
14 A
•
'1:2000.
Assessed
12 A
~
"
Deed
240.
One mile east of Yancey on Gap Hun
cquired 1911-12 & 14
for ~205.00
4
ARBAl 12 A.
Slope
Roads:
History:
2 miles to lslend Ford
over oounty road
The cleared land ot this tract ha s be en cultivated tor many years
and tho slope land is uaed chiefly tor ~~el wood. There is no
merchantable timber on this trect.
note: This tract is ent ire.l.y '171. thin the Pnrk area.
I mprovements:
Frame Dwel.ling 14 1/2 x 22 2/2. L 12 l/2 x 16 1/2 • 4 rooms
paper roof, brick t lues, 2 story, ce1led wells, feir condition, occupied by owner, water s 1pply--well, toundationpille.rs
" 300.00
Frame Barn 12 1/2 x 17, Uetal root, \'1th shed 10 x 16
fe.i r condi tion.
75. 00
Log house , 16 1/2 x 20 l/2, paper root, fnir condition
40. 00
lien house, 8 x 10 , f'a ir condition
5.00
420.00
Timber: Fuel wood 20c ds . " 50¢ per ed.
10.00
Urchard: 2 acres
~~O
per Acre
100. 00
Val.ue of l and by tYl)es:
~Po;e
Acreage
3
F C
7
2
Orchard
Value
Total
per acre
valu e
\ 7.00
20.00
"'21.00
140.00
161.00
12
Total 'V8l. ue or land
Total Talue or orchard
Total 'fal.Ue ot improvenents
Total value of timber
Total val ue ot tract
7'ferege VPlue per acte
~
161.00
100 . 00
420.00
10. 00
691 . 00
5?.58
_ _ _ _ _ _ Jl/2.
�-#194- Shifflett , Ahaz
Mrs . Emma
Gibbons
v.
Yost , Tr .
LEGEND :
Slope Orchard
Tillable
Scale - l u = 20 chains
County :
District:
Rockingham
Stonewall
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
Creator
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
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1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Shifflett, Ahaz
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Gap Run
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Tract(s): 194
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ROCKI~'Glli ! COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#353
- She f f ey
Number of Acres: 5
Entirely within the Park area .
Location:
Neck Run.
Roads:
Four miles via dirt road to Port Republic .
Soil:
Slope type; sandy loam; fairly smooth ; moderate slopes.
History of.Tract and condition of timber:
All the merchantable saw timber has been
removed from this tract .
The remaining stand of small hardwoods have been practically all killed by a recent severe burn .
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
5
~5 . 00
125. 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
· Orchard:
Minerals:
10 . 00
Value of Land:$ 25 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $ 10 . u 0
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 10 . 0 u
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
10.00
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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
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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 <span>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. </span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I<span>n 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><br /></span>
Creator
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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><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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Naylor, Cassie - Shifflett, Ahaz
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sheffey.pdf
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Sheffey
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Neck Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 353
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Sheffey