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tioner, 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 fi~ of id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_fr(;/-------- - - - - ~ n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h!Ya::: :;_:~~~
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My post office address is ____
-I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ J-'_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following
~~~~-~~:-~~~-=~~~~:~::v:-;;~::::----i ~ ; ~ ; s ~ ; ; ; : ~ e : a ! ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
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.)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------------------------ ---------------------:~~nd ownHc~'~-de scribed tract-or parcel of land are as follows:
South ______ _l_
____
------- ------------------------ ---------------East__________ A.r,.....-A.,,, ),/,~~~~:141~-------- ------------------------ ---------West ___________
1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
---lJJ::. ________
------------------------------------------
:::::::::::::::::::~--o/-_~__::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I claim that the t<;_~al value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--J-.6-C-t2-f!J!_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ -------------
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~ck).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~ ____ day
--~-/4~ -------
of ___ ~ - ~ - - - - - , 193/1.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ------- ~-_---~-----11-------, To-"7it:
The undersigned hereby certifies that__~-_____ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared bef e him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are tru to the best of his knowledge and belief,
th
is-------~------day oL_?,-~---
~~~~~ci___ nves~tor or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
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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
Date
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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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Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret
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Morris, Ashby
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Morris
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Claim of ___ .ur ci __ t•i•..L "' _-'lCJ ... , .._ c ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---In the Circuit Court of_ ___ i~rd ~-....,.__J_,.: ... : ..: ... _________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservati on and Developme nt of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______ - ______ - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---· ---------- -------more or less, of land in ___,.L _L.....,_.__, _,_r-t------ ------Cou nty, Virginia, Defendant s.
The undersigne d, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservati on and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnat ion awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL_ AQ;!i l¼,:_:neu ________ .:__ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is
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to be condemned, containing about__ ~-~~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents :__!_,~~i~-~~ tL9.f. ___i_1; ~).-~ __g_QQ~_!. _9~~- ~J!.l~A ~ ---------- -or ::Jht.:t u. 40 or br, aJ:r~s oleared. remaind er 1 1·. brusn ni.::
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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.)
S ol e
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North _______ JJ .Al. xa d..er; ---------- ---------- -------- - ---------- ---------- ---South ________ Jledx.~~.,k. ___________________________________________________________ _
East ____________1... 1 • Eer r i s c,n '- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----West _______________ S a l .lei e _____________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___i _'~j._ l ___ in the
following manner:
_________________________1'cugh t _of _:.lir s . --- ~E~ ~--~ ~_!'~r~--------- ---------- ---------- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $----'N9. !.Qk ____ , 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 $--~.E.~!-~ -------·
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 condemnat ion of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- ---------·
(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).
Remarks· ____ I _mn_a. w.id cw n ..d unable _t c _lo ok after_ th.Ls _l. a nd ______ _
- --the.r e:f.o -=:!- -e X-4- -r:r-l. .:!.in _...,i .t..--1.U--.my- 4-~-Ur._--:g,~t..l. C.,; ~ - • _..~y.J~J- ..n t - ~:.h- - - - - - - - - - - - _____ p:a:,i se _ i i ven ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ______~~-~ -----day
of_ __ A_~g..'."____________ , 193~.
~ -.. . . __ __.:_ ___ ' _0 __ ~----- ---------..,
STATE OF VIRGINIA , COUNTY OF ___ ~;;..ngh anL ---------- , To-wit:
The undersigne d hereby certifies that_Mr_a ,. _..Auru.. ._..u1o '.1.'.. s-----~
__----------- ---the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made th at the matters
and things appearing in his above answer ar~-- tr.ue to the best of his/ nowledge and belief,
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
January 13, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 13
d.ay of January
in accordance
with an ord.er of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 1/11/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson At k ins
¾ gus ta National Bank -o~f~i:~>' t_a_u_n~t_o_n-, ~v=i~.r-g-. ~i-n~i-a~-,~T
=ru s tee
paid to
Staunton, Virg inia
$_ 2_4_._0_0_ __ __ being in full settlement of tract# 165-a-l
in the above mentioned cause.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
January 13, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Augusta National Bank of Staunton , Virginia , Trustee
Staunton, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virg i n ia, the sum of $ 24 . 00
, in acc ordance
wi th an order of the Ci rcuit Court of the c oun t y
of_~R=o~ck=i=n~g=h=am~--- entered on the 2nd
day
of January 193__!_ , in the matter of the State
Commi s sion on Conservat ion a nd Deve lopment v _ __
__C~a=s=s=a=n=d=r~a~L=a=w~s~o=n~=A~t=k=i=n=s~___ and others , be i ng
full and complete settlemen t fo r the tra ct of land
k nown in s aid proc e eding as# 165- A- l
JAN 1 5 1934
AUGUSTA NATI ONAL BANK OF ST UNTON ,
VIRGINIA, TRUSTEB
ST UN~ O N
BY-0 -+.
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Sign original an d dupl i cat e
and re t u r n t o t he Treasure r
of Virginia .
OFFleER .
�VIRG INIA . IN THE CIRC UIT COURT OF ROCKINGID
Jl COUNTY.
The 3tat e Com miss ion on Con serv ation
& Deve loprr B nt of the Stat e of Virg inia ,
peti tion er ,
v.
Cass an dra Law sin Atki ns , et e.ls, defe ndan
ts .
In Re : Dis~ ribu tion of proc eeds of cond emn
ation for 'T ract #,243 .
This day came the Stat e i~ omn issio n on Com
eratio n & Deve lopm ent, by coun sel , and move
d the Cou rt to e..ntB r an
rder dire ctin g the 'Trea sure r of the 3tat e
of Virg inia , to pay to
t , out of the proc eeds of Cond emna tion of 1
'l ractH o . 243 , the sullml
f wl5 . OO repr esen ting the amou nt of a cert
ain pled ge made by
anni e Moor e , who claim ed to be the ovme r
of said trac t , to said
tate Com miss ion on Cons s rvat ion & Deve lopm
ent , as a cont ribu tion
or the esta blish men t of .:3he nand oah Nati onal
Park , and in supp ort o
ts said moti on , the s a id Com miss ion exhi bite
d to the Cou rt , its
otio n in writ ing sett ing fort h all the fact
s in rela tion ther eto,
v hich has been here tofo re file d here in .
Upon cons ider a tion vm.e reof, it appe arin g
tJ
e Cou rt , that the clai m of said Corr miss ion
is not base d on the lan
ndem ned or on the proc eeds of conde mn.a tion
and that sa id Com:n.iss io
s faile d to obta in the cons ent of the part
ies enti tled to the proC'Ond emna tion , to the paym ent of its claim
, itis acco rdin gly
and orde red that ihe mo tion of the Com miss
ion for the paym en
o
said cl aim out of the proc eeds of cond emns
tion for said trac t ,
b and the same is here by deni ed .
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�tioner, 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 fi~ of id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_fr(;/-------- - - - - ~ n t y , Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h!Ya::: :;_:~~~
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____
--n- ------zZ-:-;------------~~_y_q__t'-f- -~~--~--.S:~--
My post office address is ____
-I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ J-'_Q_________ acres, on which there are the following
~~~~-~~:-~~~-=~~~~:~::v:-;;~::::----i ~ ; ~ ; s ~ ; ; ; : ~ e : a ! ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
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.)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ------------------------ ---------------------:~~nd ownHc~'~-de scribed tract-or parcel of land are as follows:
South ______ _l_
____
------- ------------------------ ---------------East__________ A.r,.....-A.,,, ),/,~~~~:141~-------- ------------------------ ---------West ___________
1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
---lJJ::. ________
------------------------------------------
:::::::::::::::::::~--o/-_~__::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I claim that the t<;_~al value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--J-.6-C-t2-f!J!_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ -------------
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~ck).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~ ____ day
--~-/4~ -------
of ___ ~ - ~ - - - - - , 193/1.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ------- ~-_---~-----11-------, To-"7it:
The undersigned hereby certifies that__~-_____ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the above named claimant personally appeared bef e him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are tru to the best of his knowledge and belief,
th
is-------~------day oL_?,-~---
~~~~~ci___ nves~tor or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
�-~~#-r=SG., -~~ --------------------------------
Claim oL __
In the Circuit Court of~t'~---~Q~--~--County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Co
ission on Conserva ion and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs.__________ _
__ ------------------------ -------------------
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~;~~de~~iin~~. l~~~.ft~()~Cc~~ ;;;i~/~~i~~a,C~ :::;v~~?! and De-
velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the fip- of sai petitionzd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL_L_______________ --~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer ~o sai
etiti and to id notice.
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My name 1s________ __
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My post office address is _____'.'.'.'LL ____._.
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I claim a right, title, estate or inter~t in a 'tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing _ab~---~--acr es, on which ther,e are the following
bmldmgs and 1mpro~ents · - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - _
__ _ _
,
~~-~
~::::=~-=---~-~~::~;~~/;:;;:;_::~.-;~
theJ~~1~~iste tial 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.)
:~~~~~~he ~ d tract-or parcel
of}~~d are as follows:
~:t Zr--K. ~ s- ~ v ~-~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
West ~--~-~~-~------ ------------------ ------------------ --I acquired&6y right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_f L~ ___ in the
following manner:
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::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~:Jk,.._~:::~-:T::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there,,,t:Io
on is $____ ,.;__.P-_Q_.,_ ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
,,,t;'6
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $__ i::J __~_t__!______ .
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·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ -------------
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
W~s my signature (or my name and m~~ attached hereto) t~is _____ ~~----day
;~~;;~-:t~~~;;~, l~~~NTY OF
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)-~
The undersigned hereby certifies that~~L-..
________ __________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his abo3 answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ____ J __ ~ ________ day of___ ~ - - - - - - - , 193,~.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
The first series of <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
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Rockingham County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-1935
Identifier
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Snp001
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#243 - Moore , Minnie
Number of Acres: 98
Location:
Head of Hawk sbill Creek , and entir ely withi n the
Roads: .
Seven miles of good dirt road to Yance y , the neare st shipp ing
point .
Soil:
(See rever se side for Soil infor matio n)
ark area .
History of Tract and cond ition of timber:
The tract has been cut over at vario us
times in the past, and there is no merch antab le timbe r . There
is a fair stand of some oak and hicko ry ~1th a few yello w
popla rs and white pine up to 16" DBI-I.
Improvements: N
one .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
56
~5 . 00
280 . 00
30 . 00
1260 . 00
i1540 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
42
,
'
98
Fields Restocking :
Cultiva ted Land:
Orchard:
Minera ls :
Value of Land: $ 1540 . 00
Value of Improv ements : $
50 . 00
~1590 . 00
Value of Orchar d : $
Value of Minera ls: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value ofTim ber: $ 50 . 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $16 . 22
Inciden tal damag es arising from the taking of this tract: $ NON~ .
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CLEP.K .
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Claim of___
___ Z__.~- -------- -------- -------- -------- --In the Circuit Court of___ -~.------ --------C ounty, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on onservatio n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
--------------------- .---~--- - ---------- ---------- -------. --..---------- ---------- --
more or less, of land m__ _ _
_ ___________ ounty, V1rgmia, Defendant s.
The undersigned, in answer o the pet" on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a d in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon t h e
fig
! of aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ _ _ __ ___ _ _______
ty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his ans er to said etition and to said notice.
My name is ____
1,--~---- ---------My post office address is_~~ -____
________ (_ __,_ ______· ___________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tr ct or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about__£_ %_-l'f=-= ____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _
~ ---Z~
_---, ___
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- · _____; ;j
;I~ A----... ---------- --------This land is locate aboutJ~_!'.k,_,(Z.~-miles from ______ ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia , in
th
_ _ Magisteria l 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
~:~c:e;:~~:l~~~:~:~~~::f::~:=t:~:~
:ett_~~a,:~;J~~~-tr:~_o: ~:~~] ~~-~]~:~
s
th_.lJ-- c-~_r-c ... ---------- ------·
~---- ------ ------ ---st __________________________________________________
____________________________ _
est_____________________________ _________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_J-f- .//_in the
following man~er: ~
~
:::~a!~~::]:~~~~~=:~ t:rov~:e~
on is $.;l..j. '.io~~ 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 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 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).
Remar ks· _________________________________________________________________ -----·- __ _
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ /_:3________ day
oL_~~- =------- -, 19'?/.
~~~~--------STfTE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___
To-wit:
The undersigne d hereby certifies that__ _ _
·------~- ' : . . ~ - - - - -'- the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
ClJ- ~ _ --~--,
this ____
J-~---- ----day of__d -~~
~~~~ Special -- ' estigator-or
Notary Public, or Justice of
e Peace.
�t ·
1:ockineh
Di~i¥¥ci; Stonewall
Q243
-= ·oorc
!
f.i_crease Gla i m,ed : 9 2
•
"
1 •
in.1io
... .
Assessed : 88 A --60
Vnluo CJ.o.hmd: "'2300 .oo
Loco. tion:
:ead of
Deed : 98 A- 69 P •
tt,
.a.v, sb 111 Greek: an,1 entirely
Ir4c'Qr.lbran c es, counter olai1 s or l ans:
.. __ i i .
~
·
•
11
1000 . oo tl 911)
i thin the Pe.rk area .
1.one kno m .
Dundy loar; of good ao-c uh a.nd fertility except for few shaley
spots. 11.'here iG a small amount 01"' loose rocks an few outcrops "'ound on tl-ie slope. 'l'he wood9d portio is steep 1th
,;7 ! [ -., ,xpor-i ::..·<-.
The first class grazing land h s gentle to
moderate slopes 1 i th eood 'blue grass turf, f'ev weeds and no
brush. The second class has poor soil with many rocks and
woads., Tl' e third class 1s stoop o.nc L s r,ot been cleared
vo~y long. Tho turf io i:::-l :patc,hos with considera ble loes,
·la.okberr- iee. roolrn~ brusn and bare soil. There is not
mu~h ,a te1· ,1n t i e tract.
Roads :
,1even 1 ilos of g od dirt :to1d to Yancey, t· e nearest sr 1.ppin
point.
~1istory of tract and crnnd~-~ion of tlmbe : frhe tract las been c ut over
at various times in tho psst; e..nd Jr or is no m.erchant ... ble
tirrber, ~'hero io o. fair s vand of some oru: and hickory with
a fe~, yellow po_plors a n d 1llite pine up to l6f' BBH .
4
Improvements! None .
Val1:e of land by; t;l]2 c ~:
Tyne
Slope
i-g 1
Fg II
Fg III
ri.c:r;eage
46
v·a.1 ·10
~
ac..?:'~
.;:1:00
20
4:5.00
8
18.00
14
88
Total value of lanc1
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
14. 0C
1·otal
VaJ.,10
' '131'3.00
900.00
144 •.00
196 . 00
""1'3i"/e.cm
.,..1378 . 00
13r1e.oo
15 . 66
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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 beerr 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. __ 243- _____ :
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. __2i..3 ____ $_J.g_~ Q-'-0 9on 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;
Minnie E. Moore
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,
Minnie E . Moore , to give 5 acres of her ls.nd 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 .q.ward(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. __g_1,A_ ______ $-~.9_! 9_Q __ : 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
~~~= =--------------------- ------------------------------------------~ .________.----- ::_::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
~--~
~ -----B~~:
STATE COivfolISSION ON CONSERVAT ION
&-
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.
75
�ST ATE OF VIRGI NIA )
COUI'r.I1Y OF WARREN ) SS
Persona lly appeared befor-e 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 Co mmiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent in immedia te
charge of the records of the Shenand oah Nati onal Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss i on for dis tribu t ive sha res of condemna tion awards in the Shenando ah
Nationa l Park condemn ation proceedi ngs pending in the Circuit
.Courts of Virginia , by·reaso n of contrac ts and agreeme nts ent ered into with the owners of lands'so ught to be condemned in
these proceed ings , and that the v1i thin claim is just and cn:r-rect .
Witness my signatur e this 8th ~~w3~~ "
________,___h- ~ - · Notary rubJ:tc
NOTARY PUBLIC
!il)l Commi!r.ion Expires Sep. 8~ 1934
�OLnmmnuwraltq nf lliirgiuia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D ,
VA ,
May 28 , 1934
JOHN M , PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell , Treasurer
of Virginia have this ~2~8~_day of May
i n accordance
with an order of the circuit court of B.ockini:rharn County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs • _______..,C=a=s=s=-a=n=d=rc..a=~ L
=a=wc-=s'-'o=-=n=------cA
=-=t-=k=i=-=n=s= - - - - - - - - - - :p aid to
Minnie E . JJoore
$ 1, 590 . 00 being in ful l settlement of tract
# 243
in the above mentioned cause .
,oo
�Q!ommnuwtaltq of 1ilirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
May 28 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Minnie E. Moore
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 1 590.00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of___~R~a~c-~-1~n~g~h~run-..._ _ entered on the
25th day
of __M~ay.,__ _ 193~ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
~C=a=s~s=a~n-d~r=a~L=a=w~s~o=n~ =A~t=k~i=n=s~_ ___ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
k nown in said proceeding as#
2~4=3,c___ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virg inia.
101
�IN THE CIRCUIT COUR'I.1 OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others .
On this, the :;? .,·--- day of May, 1934, came Minnie E . Moore and
on her motion leave is given her to file her ap p li cation for the
disbursement of the sum of $1 , 590 . 00, the amount of the award set
out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 243, and heretofore
paid into Court .
And likewise came Effie C. Hilbert , John R. Moore, Mabel C.
Longley , Earl E. Moore and Claude T. Moore, 1ivho asked permission to
file their answer to said application , which is accordingly filed .
And it appearing to the Court that the said Effie C. Hilbert,
John R. Moore, J\fi.able C. Longley, Earl E . Mo ore and Claude T. Moore
have assigned and transferred any interest they may have in the said
fund arising from the condemnation of
Minnie E. Moore;
'11ract
No . 243, to the said
that the said Minnie E. Moore is invested with a
superior or better right or claim of title in and to the said tract
of land No . 243 than any other person or persons and that the record
in this cause does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party
in interest as to the title to said Tract No . 243 , or to the proceeds
arising from the condmenation of said Tract No . 243, and it further
appearing to the Court that all taxes due on said Tract No . 243,
have been paid, upon consideration whereof it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of $1 , 590 . 00 paid into Court by
petitioner as just compensation fu~ Tract No . 243 be paid unto said
MinnieE . Moore 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 said Minnie E . Moore the said sum of $1 , 590 . 00, the amount
of theaward set out in the judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 243,
taking from the said Minnie E. Moore a receipt therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry
23~
�2.
thereof as re ~uired by law .
Enter :
_f/~
1.t
...;..
1~,1.;;.y;!J;__
~ ___
Judg e
�H-i T.Li. Cli,Cul1 C01..iiiT CF r..OCKLG.
COU,Tr , VL,Cir IA
A11
The S ti te Commission en Conserv::i. ticn u.nd Lev;:;l _,pmen t
vs.
· h"
:Aoo r
~
nswe r of Effio C. ailbert , John R . 1/ioo ra, .~ablo C. Lon 6 ley , --d.rl : .
und Clc1.uc.e T .
itoo re to
J?&ti tion filed in t.1e Circuit Court cf Ro ckin,)1am
County by :'lli,.nie .., • Jtcor., for t11::: distribu ticn of tne
$U,Ti
cf
1 , 590 . CO , beinl t
1e
a·.'lard for fr ct No . ~43 .
s,.1.id r,ctition , or tc so wuch t,.-,r-,of, s tr:eJ
fl.re u.avisveo it is a,<-1.tcri..tl fer t. w to
r.s.,er, ans,ter
'i."1at it is true ~Lc:..t t:lc} d.rv tr,o cr,l:, sor:s
ci.l'i 0.
u.r10
S<iY:
oau 0 hh,r·s of th::; le1. te J .
"\oor-o u.r,c ti-mt the:>, u.rE; all c.1.Love trio
ci.!:,C
of 21 :; ,;;u.r b; ti1u. t t[J6
th ..;i r intc.r.,s ~s iz, Suid
hv .
~43
r ... ct
C,
11,1.no
u ... tior, td_,n,of, to tnt>ir 1uot1,er , ... ira·ic
entire fund to her .
And ther Jill sv er ~r~r , etc .
b ,
I
C,
s.
dSSibr, ar,d tro.r s fs r
ir tt,e fur.c arisir, 6 frcn, the cor:0011-
,1oure , ... no re¼u st t.i;;; Court t o f-"-Y tne
�I l\ THE CIBCUI T C0Uh1' OJ. F,OCKI:NGHA,,, CC1U 1'J')' , VHGIJH A
'i'ne Stcite Cummiesi or 0r
Conservation ctnc Develu ment
of the Stu te o: Vi r j.nia
Peti tior er
At Law ~o . 1629
vs .
trier ~
Cc:tssancira Lawson Atkir..s ::..r.e,
Tc the bcn .
l-! .
1, .
u;fu,dar.ts
bcirtrarr. , Judge e,f Sdia Covr
Your p6ti tic.r_er , 111.nr.ie
.c., .
tJtuur_, , rsspect:fully r_,vrcsents tw~.t
u.
jucigmer.t
eret0fore r,een enterec, in this f,roce--aing, , cor,oen,rnng tc t,:~ us:; of
in rFm h1s
tr:tct 0f lar:o oitu ... teo on tt.;:; ...-lue I-.id 6 e
tr.e peti tier.er tne foe sin,i:,le estdte ir:
.1our.tair_ ,
L;
ir
t16
6tl.St.::m pcrticn c,f StonE;N;;i.11 Distri.;t , Rockir.gba1:. Cour_ty , Vi:--gi i:1 ,
which tract is dc;scri beo iri tr.:;; r,,_p<..rt c- f tnij Apprc:iiS.:l.l Cc.mini :.;sic.r, rs
shewn , rumbered ar.c oelireb.ted en the County
lio . 243 , at the price of
1
:rsir , and
.m&rship J,ap , filed Uererit:h , as Tnct
1 , 590 . 00 , t,is l::ein 6 a 1,art of tr.<, tract of lar.d 1'1ich v1as
ccr,vey,.,o t0 tt;e iate J . S. ,,:oore , nus 'c;,no
e,f
pstiti0rsr , b;' A. S . P,:ider , by dssd
d""teo 10verber G2 , FlC , ,:H1 u reccrcu:;;o ir. t,1e Cl::,r}'s Offics <J t:1is Court ir, De-,d
Eook lo . £11, ___ t page 271 , the S<iici J . S. -1:0::re bcivin!., ceparted this ljfs in tr:e :-e_r
1r11 , the sc:;,id tr1ct cf lHr.; p:.tssec tc your petitiorer ar;c ..,f''ie C. hilbert , Joern R.
,oore , '.,able C. Longl-.:v , .c,a.rl
ar.o
-t;IiS
::!; .
toor_,
r.o CL.1."'c~ '- · ,,\oor::; , childr6n of pstit.ior.er
Stio J. S. ,;10ore , uroer tnc; lt:t::;t .. ill
or
o.do J • • .t.ocra .,nich is recoraeo
}l::tr,e 394 . A cof,y cf saio :ill
in tne Clerk ' s vffice cf tnis Court ir, ,ill Book i,o .
~
m:...rksd 11.i!,xnibi t 11ill" , is nr::,r3tc
tc be r ead
tt.... cneu .1nd
r:1:
0'
art h ..n-ec f .
s
Ycur p ti ticnsr f1-,rt_,er sLo.,s tc tm, Cuurt that dll taxes
have bser. p ... io tt, "'no ir.ducing tr.3 y-,ar 193~ . dnC sne r,e re·:itb fil -s C-:,rtific~tes
to th"' t e feet fron. _,1.
lf .
L"'rrisLr!, i'r.;a.s1.,srer cf :?.ockir:ghc::1.m Coul'!ty, cl.rid J . E . Svitzer,
Certific-tt-s .. us . 1 ~no:-:. , r-,spec'tivelL uno _f,rayeo to ce r_,J.a '""s
'4
part herecf.
Your peti tie:r...,r furtuer snys t l::'..t the said r,rc,pert: is urincu,,1berec a.no tha t ro
person ether tnan nerself ~no ner .~forus~ic chiloren is ertitled to share i~ ths dietributio~ of the SdiC aware .
Your patitiorer , tnerefcr·e , pr-:s thc:tt st.(:; be !illc.,eo to f:ile her petitior it
thJse procei:c'inp,s; t,1dt th"' sa.io
t'..arl
l:!. .
,/ioor-e ana Clauc.3 'l . ,1:0 re
ff-it, C. rlilbEfft , John h . 'oo re , Mlblc C. Longls~,
r"
m---d:: defer.d,u, tu her.:,ir ~nct requireo tc. ans.ver ,
but r.ct under cath; t a t an order ua}' b0
�entered
·L
this f r cceediL 6 for the distributi~n of s~ict
petitioner m·y hkv3 such other and furt er relief
rd , ~nd that } Our
e the nat~re of the cause
may require .
--- ---------------------------------
----
0, -~
~a2/4
~---i;;:::e1.
State of Vir gir:ia. ,
Count~ cf Fockirgnam, tc - . it :
This
Od:,
•.\ir.nil.3
E.
core , the petitioner in tne ci.b ove :r::.1tt"'r ,
ai,,;::-ed befcre m• ,~ - ~ _ , •Not
n
erscn1lly
Public _,- ar.d
for ,, County of.._, fc,res id ar;a b..;ine, first ciul~· s. orn, oeposes and sa}S th.:it sh e is
tie petitivner ir. the abovs named mc:.tter, th..1.t she is acqu~ir.ted .lith the f act s
t ',ereir, set for-th , and tnat tne sa.io facts are tnue ... r.o c.orrect tc the best cf
�fill Book 8
I, J . S. Moore , beir:t of sound mind a rd ais~osin~ memo r . do nake
-.r,d publish this n. 1 1 st :,ill c..no tesfarr.ar.t , hereb:,, r evoking,
(1)
11 fo r me r
I direct uy executix tc ~a) a ll my just detts of ever y kind ard
r, ture.
(2)
:ta.te l C .
I tequeath to my children , Effie C. Hilbert , John R. Yoore ,
,oo re , E 4rl E • .ioore ur.c Clu.ude T • .J1oore th e rrcceeds of a
life jns~rArce ~olic:· cf five Thousand Doll~rs , ind t te· tc receive
el:.ch tr.e r~fnom One Thousand Dollars .
(3)
I cevise
rj
llrequeath tom :, .1ife M"r.nie E . ,Foore all the
resid ve of my pro1,erty , both persor: 1 and re:..:..l a.r.d the si.:..rr.e to be held
nd used by her for her comfort &nd support as ·1 ell as fer the care ,
suJ:port
nd educ:::.ticn of
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children in such .1u.ys as she ma:, deem rig,h t
rr,d I rl so direct th"'-t at her Cie::ith that all m: prcpe r ty of
every kina and natt..re , remainir:t:, ir, her nands shall
ass tc my childn,n,
c..rd they to r&ceive Shu.re .JJd si:iare o..like tr.erecf .
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l-'!Jcint .1y .,ife ,Hu-de E . ,io ore,
the execLtr-ix cf this
my last ,,ill ctnci test..ur.sr, t ara cf .mom r.o bend sl. .... 11 bo re'-1;..iired ir.
t..dn,ir.istn,tion .
In .dtr.5f..S ,,ner-,cf 1 nave he reunto ,ritter.m) name opposite
my se· 1 this the 1 :.-,tn d y of .A.u 6 ust, 1911 .
J . S . :f.oore
(SEAL)
The s,iid test· tcr , J . S . Joore , signed this i n tn:ment , ard declared
the s.:1me as 1:1.r.d fer his L:..st ,>'ill ar.a testament in our t're serce , ar.d Ne at
his re'iuest ~rd in his l-reser,c , :u:d in the r,reser.ce of eac.a other , ha.vsnereL,r,to s uc scribed our ni:<llleo
a.S
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I hereb~ certif) that there are ~o aeliquent taxes ir my office
gair.st
saici. tr.;1.c t c;f 8e- l-29
ere s of Lu.d assessed in the name
cf !,.ir.nie E . dtt ore , Sa.id ld.r.d tdr·g, situ... ted in the fark area in
Stonewall District, Rockingham Count:·, Virginia.
Giver, vrd er
rri:
1
h.u,cl this 11th du:, of .by 1934.
Clerk of the Circd t Court of ,ock ir. 1.)1arr. Ccunt) , Vir 6 inia
�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I hereby certify that the
records in this office show that the 1933 taxes
have been pa.id on a certain tract of 88-1- 29
acres of land assessed in the name of Minnie E.
Moore situate in the Park Area in Stonewall
District, Rockingham County .
All taxes pr~or to that
time, if any be due, are a matter of record in
the Clerk's Office of said County .
Given under my hand this
10th day of May 1934.
Treasurer
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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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moore-minnie.pdf
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Moore, Minnie
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Head of Hawksbill Creek
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Tract(s): 243
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Moore
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ROCKD GHt
.:T
COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#352 - l.Iishalleny , Salem
Number of Acres:
2
Location:
Richland Heights , part outside the Park area .
Roads:
Three miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the ne rest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type , thin soil covered with small loose
rock .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
Bush land , no timber .
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
10 . 00
2
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 10 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
5. 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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TREASURER ' S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
Janu ary 18, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TR EAS U RER O F VIRG IN IA
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 18
day of January
in accordanc e
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 1/15/34
in the cause of t he State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs . - - - -- ~C~a=s~ s~a=n=dr=--"a-'---L_a_w
----'-s--o_
-'- n_ A_t_k_i_n
_s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____
paid to Sale:mm Mishalany and Josephine Mishalany, Grottoes,Va.
$ 10.00
being in full settlement of tract #352
in the above mentioned cause .
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TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.
January 1 8 , 1 934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Saleem Mishalany and Josephin e Mishalany
-~Gr_o-t toes, Virgini a
Received of J.M. Purcell , Treasur er of
Virginia , the sum of$
Jo.oo
, in accordan ce
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
Of- - Ro ckingham
entered on the 15h
day
-- ---""'----- ------
of
JanuarYJ._93_! , in the matter of the State
Commiss ion on Conserv ati on and Dev elopmen t 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
known in said proceed ing as # _ 3_5 _2 _ __
Sign or ig inal and duplica t e
and r e turn to the Treasur er
of Vi r g ini a .
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�IN THE C mcurT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGil{IA.
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of' Virginia
v.
Petitioner
#1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins,et als, etc.
On this, the /
Defendants
day of .Tanuary, 1934, came Saleem Mishalany
and .Tosephine Mishalany, and on their motion leave is given them to
file their application for the payment to them of' the sum of' $10.00,
the amount of the award set out in the a.ward of conde.IllIR tion :for
Tract No. 352, heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing fran. the report of the Board o-.r Appraisal
Commissioners heretofore filed in this ca use, and in the petition for
judgment and condemnation entered herein on t h e _ day of' Nowember,
1933, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said Saleem Mishalany
and .Tosephine Mishalany a.re in vested with a superior-- or better right
or claim or title in and to the said Tract of land No. 352, and that
the record of' this cause doas not disclose any denial or dispute by
any party or person in interest as to the title to the said Tract No.
352, or to the proceeds arising frcm the condemnation thereof, and
that the said Saleem Mishalany and .Tosephine Mishalany are entitled
to receive the proceeds arising from the condemnation of said Tract
Ho. 352, and it further appearing to t.he Court that all taxes due
or taxable upon said Tract No . 352 have been .raid:
Up.o n c onsidera.tion whereof, it is considered and ordered by
the Court that the said sumo~ $10.00 paid into Court by petitioner as
just can.pensation for Tract No. 352 be paid unto the said Saleem
Misha1-any and .Tosephine Mishalany; and the Clerk of this Court is
directed to -transm.1 t a certified copy of' this order to the Treasurer
of' Virginia, who shall pay unt,o the said Saleem Mi s halany ar:d .Tosephine
Mishalany the said sum of $10. 00, the amount of the award set out in
the judgment of condemnation for Tract No. 352, taking from the said
Saleem Mishalany and .Josephine Mishalany receipt tl:e refor ard certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropr:ia.. te en try
thereof as required by law.
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�STATE OF_VIR GIN IA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-w:i t:
I, J. :Eb ber t Sw
Roc kin gha m Cou nty do her eby ceritze r, Cle rk of the Cir cui t Cou rt of
do not sho w any del inq uen t tax estify tha t the rec ord s in my off ice
sto new all Di str ict , ass ess ed in aga ins t the tra c~ of 10 acr es in
the nam e of Sal eem b~ iesepai:::r:i:e:_
~ . Mi sha lan y.
Giv en
und er my han d
thi s 13t h day of ~an ua:r y, · 193 4.
-
Ro cki ngh am
�M.
H. HARRISO N
TREASURE R OF ROCKINGH AM COUNTY
HARRISONBU RG, VIRGINIA
To Whrn:1 It May Concern :
I herebv certify that the records
of my office show that the taxes for the years 1932 and
1933 on a tract of 10- 0 - 0 acres of land assessed in the
name of S . I\:ishala:r_y , situate in the :9lue Ridge f~ountajns
in btonewall District, Rockingham County, has been paid .
~11 taxes prior to that time , if any
be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office
of said County .
January 1934 .
Given llnder my hand this 13th day of
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State· Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia . PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No.
_,_::2_ __~
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 N o.3_£~-- $ . / - ~ - ~ n Tract No. __ __________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------i
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
th&~~-7
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
a,ising from the eondemnat~ ~
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- ,,/ 1 ·;~, '. ~
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:
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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_..f?.--:;2__ $L-'2~:
Tract
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ;
The undersigned further aver(s) that: (Leave this space blank unless there is some other pertinent matter to be brought specially to the attention of the court)
NAME
P. 0. ADDRESS
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form may not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed merely as a suggestion of a form of a motion which may be used, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
7
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�State of Virginia,
County of Rockingiam, to-wit:
This day personally.~peared before me Saleem Mishalany and
Josephine H. Mishai.any, and made oath that the statements contained in
the above petition so far as made on their own information are true
and so far as made upon information of others they believe them to be
true. Given under my hand this 13th day of January, 1934.
~
,notary public.
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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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Meadows, JW - Mundy, Margaret
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mishalleny-salem.pdf
Title
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Mishalleny, Salem
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Richland Heights
Coverage
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Tract(s): 352
Format
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Mishalleny
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
7/289
- I!il ler
.r.
3.
( nou ) C. ••
C},·1l er .
Number of Acres: 4 8
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
Dea Run . D. u. osi tions 209 a nd 210, -rt outside the
P-r'c ~r :... •
_'lo mi l es vis. dirt roud
to _ ort R ..,11')11 c , th n,3arest
s'1i ..Jping point .
s~·11·
slopes
cl.y 10~m of a cood deJt~ · n
n~ ~airly smoo~h .
fertility , ~oderate
History of Tract and condition of timber:
...,:En---·e is ~bout 5
11
•
bu . i't . of rLrCLlunt -
able s
tim "'r on t' is tr:....ct . 'i'he re, :...1·~1ng stL..nd coYJ.siLts
o .. ·.i.' out 3 coris o::' :::'uel woocl • '3r L..Cre .
5 • •
d . i't. o.J.." su t L'1DJr .
144 cords ocd .
Improvements:
Ho:1e .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
?,7
Cove:
'-21
'trj .
loti . oo
GO
8 . ')0
1 08 . 00
- -,60~3 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
30 . 00
Value of Land: $ '.)03 . 00
7U . 00
Value of Improvements: $
-;393 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ .2 'j . 00
Value of Wood: $ ,.,0 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 1 8
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�Claim of_ ___ W. _ B. _ Mille r and_ YI . _S. Mill er----- ------- ------- ------- --------In the Circuit Court of__.R_Qg.k1D.Zb~JJL __________ County, Virgini a, No. ________ ,
At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
, Petitioner, vs. ____ W. _B •__and _VI. _S. _Mille r------ ------- ------- ------- ------- --------·
Rockin.
more or 1ess, of 1an d m----(l"ham.
------=
· · D ef en d an t s.
------- ------- - Coun t y, v·1rgmia,
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in respons e to the notice of condemnation
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of theawarde d
Circuit
Court of_ ____ F.9_q_tJ_I!gA.~11l-------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to
file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
~~jdl~lis~-~~-----!~!.-~!.-~!!~}..-~!'--~~~-J!.! __~.! __¥!1_~~ ~------ -------- ------
~ post office address is _______~~~~Y -~r.!.L _y~-·-- -------- -------- -------- -------
Weclaim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, contain ing about_ _____Q.Q__________ acres, on which there are the followin
g
buildings and improve ments: ________:tf.9_1 1~----- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
This land is located about_ __l½_ ______ miles from ___:e.or_t_Re.pu..Qli_c.~--------Virginia
, in
the ____A~!_l~l _______ Magiste rial District of said County.
Wf claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land
described above: (In this space claiman t should say whethe r he is sole owner or joint
owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claiman t is not sole
joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or or
to
the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
W. B.------Mille r and W. S. Mille r joint owner s
------- ------------- ------- ------- -----~- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---The land owners adjacen t to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ___________ County road _________________________________________________
__ _
South ___________ Park_ area-- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------East ____________ Victo r Mille r _______________ . ------- ------- ------- ------- ----West ____________ Shule rs ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------Weacquired0:dij right, title, estate or interest to this propert y about the year __ J_~~~---in the
following manner :
_
____________ By _purch ase _and_ inheri tance- ------- ------- ------- ------------- ----
Wt claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments
thereon is $--~t9_q_g~_q_~----· Wp claim that the total value of ~rrigh t, title, estate or
interest ,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improve ments thereon is $-~i.9Q:!..!9_Q
____ .
W~ diTue owner of_ _____49________ acres of land adjoinin g the above describe
d tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which'V'leclaim will be damage d by
the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ __ 9QQ.!_9_Q
________ .
(In the space below should be set out any additional stateme nts or informa tion as
to
this claim which claiman t desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert
here
a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remar ks·---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
------- ------- ------~ ------- ------- ------- -- (Continue remark s if necessa ry on the
back).
Witness my signatu re (or my name and mark attache d hereto) this _____!P-fA'.____
day
-i:;;/~ ~ ~ - ~ e,o-~
. ------ -----of __Z::::
~r-= ---, 1931.
_______ ffi~------ ----STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ -c:r} tr_= -£-~ To-w it:
,AlllrLJ.lil'f}u ' / #
~
The undersi gned hereby certifies
that_ ____ .}t_il .!'.!"~
--'=-~ --- - --~----the above named claimantspersonally appeare d before him and made oath hat the
matters
and things appeari ng in his above answer are true to the best of his knowled
ge and belief,
this _____ _LQ_~_____ day o L ~ : ~ - ~ ~ ~ - - -
rJ Ii/J· /
.
"/-E
Clerk of the Court, or Spec· Investig ator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
" rm s1on c.xp1re uec, L~, 1:16 I
f\
�I
c ount~-: Roc·;:inehs.m
District: s tonewall?
..
1__~_~_;'_
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_ t-_2_8_9____
Acreage Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
60
.ssessed
u. s.
·ositions 209 and 210, patt outside the
None known •
Incumbranees , oount -.r claims or laps:
Roads:
..,3500,00
aren.
. park
.QQ.!.!:
Deed 99 - 1 - 33
01290.00
ft
5000.00
Deep Run.
99-1-33
l:IL~ ~
Sandy oluy loam of a good depth and fertility, moderate elopes
and fairly smooth.
2 miles via dirt road to Fort Republic , the nearest shipping
point .
History of traot and condition of ti.mber: There is about 5 M. Bd. ft.
of merchantable sau timber on this tract. The remaining
stand consists of about 3 eds, of fuel ood per acre.
$4,. 00 per M. ----------- "' 20.00
5 • Bd . ft. of so.w timber
?2.00
144 Odo. wood O 50¢ per od. --------•--- ------------ -- ~92.00
Iwrovements :
-----
Value of taAd by types:
Type
Cove
Slope
21
27
~
Total vol ue of land
; 213 .00
Total value of improvements
Total value of ti•ber
Total vaU.ue of tract
Average value per acre
Value
Total
Value
~5 .00 "
105.00
4.00
108.00
~;213.00
ner a.ore
Acreage
92.00
305 .00
J
6.35 1
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iller .
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District : St newull
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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/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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Miller, W. B.
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Location: Deep Run
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Tract(s): 289
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
d-287 - Hiller , Victori& .! .
Number of Acres: 106
Location:
Roads:
eep Run .
• u. Positions 20:5-20G- 207-208-209 . • rt
outside tha P(.,rk i....rea .
~ :o mi es vi'- lirt ro' ds to
ort Re_publi c , the nec...rest
shipping point .
Soil:
Sc. :1dy cl..... y loan oi' cood de:::,t~1 und fertility .
tyJe , moderate slops .
Cove c.nd ol o pe
History of Tract and condition of timber:
. . . 11 sa. { 4:;inb 1r has be ~n T'8 oved ro . this
tr· ct . rnhe remuinin,; stl....nc. consists of bo• t 500 cords of
fu_,l ,ood the gre" ter p' rt oJ' ,r'1ic:1 is mna 11 oaks of c. ood
ua l i..,y .
Improvements:
Fone .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
00
Slope:
24
~re
lt e)
Cove:
82
10 . 00
•
120 . 00
~9{0 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ £ 10 • 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
260 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 2j0 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 1 • 38
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ :·o'1e .
~ , / / ~
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V~-~~103.
�~~·::e ~ircuit
~~~i{,_~::;_,;;_ ___ County, Virginia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Commission on Conserv;to:~:t D~velopment 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
and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
d
upon the fili~g of s ~ ietition
___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_ __ Q(~
·
as his answer to s · petition and to sai,_sl/1!0 tice.
~ 2---7,-,,1. / #1/1/
.
M
y name IS _____________________ (7
My post office address is __________ ~ - -ff-~-~:-==_----------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___/__t.i-=: _______ acr~s, on which there are the following
~---n-:!;~~~-----------------------
~~~!dings and_ improvements
=--------o~------- - - -:-- -:- - -:-
This land is located about-Li _______ miles f r o m _ ~ - ~: ________ Virginia, in
t h ~ __ Magistetial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above. fl} ,.,
- - -------------------------~
~
------------------------------------
~and
are as follo,w s:
0~
:::nd o~~'),,;;:~:tove described tract-or parc~el
South_
('5_a:L_~~
_
___
7T~~ru;;,-~-~-~~
£. -~-2-'~~ - , ~ ~ - i __ _ -R~-
East - ~ ~7
u;_
~
I ac;i::: ! ~ ! ~ s c : : : : ~ ! : l a b o u g h e year __ff_lL_in the
-.._
following manner:
--~:-.i'_-~-~~
-----1h::,,.,,.~--~
k-Z~. - ~ ~' a.te ' ----------------~ ~-~--#
fllf_~
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $~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 improvements thereon is $--22-~--------·
I am the owner of ___ _f.O_________ 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:
---~-~-IJ,...-:.i::!:=_,.:__~--rt--~-~-----
----------rr.c-11dt£.__wµ_ -~ ~--~~L;-~~#,-----:---~(,__~-~--= ~-Ac-----,,1. 1.-v.:::t=J.~,~--
::::_-~~j=L~nti~~; r~f ;;;e~~~~;~~-~~~)~
of___ ~t~~s-s-my sign~~~r1~ 3~r my name ~;F~'.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E OF VIRG IA, COUNTY OF_U[~~~----~, l'o-w1t.
The undersigned hereby certifies that__Z/_,;_~____7.J:: __~-------------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,
0
'
D
this ______ ~ _________ day oL~r--~]9~f.
ST
t/
My Cor,missiort
Expffui A~ra f -
~
_LC.~_
m~ _IQ~tD=-L._ ___(] _!_l__
Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�County: Rockingham
Distr:!.ot: 8tonewa.ll
l/
ff 287 Victor w. Miller
Aoreoge Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
~:
Asaeeaed
115
"2~00. 00
l'f
203
Deed
203
» ~2500.00
"2100.00
Deep Run. u. s. ~oaitions 205--206•207•208-209.
the Park area.
1926
art outside
Hone known
Sandy clay loam of good depth and tertili ty.
~:
Covo and slope type.
moderate slopes.
Roads:
History:
2 miles Via dirt roads to '.Port Republic, the nearest shipping point.
Ul saw t1 1 ber has been :removed from this tract. 'l'he remaining
stand cons ists ot about 500 cords of t -1el wood the greater p rt
of which is smoll oaks of g ood quality.
500 cords wood ) 50,
, 250.00
IJl!Provernents:
None
Value of land by t;ro s:
!zrut
creaPie
Cove
VPlue
~.oo
_,M
l0t3
Total ' Value of land
'lotal value or timber
Total value of tract
Averege,. per aore
Total
4.00
82
s lope
Value
per acre
. 328.00
72.00
400.00
400.00
250.00
650.00
6.13
I
I
I
3'13
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li c_tor
iller
County : Ro ckingham
Distric t: Stonewa ll
Samuel, . .
Le 1is
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J . Li l ler
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L. 8ipe
1£1nca st er
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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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miller-victoria-w.pdf
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Miller, Victoria W
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Tract(s): 287
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R0CKil!G m' " C0illEY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#325 - Miller , R. T.
Number of Acres: 507
Location:
Black Rock Spring s j ust under Hain Blue Ri ~ce . Eostly in
Rocking ham and partly in ~~ugu s to. . Pu ines un near Black
Rock Gap . Includ es hollow betwee n Frayfo ot Mountain and
Albemu rle County line .
Roads:
Eight to nine miles rough mounta in road to Grotto es .
Soil:
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
(See reverse side cBor history inform ation)
(See reverse side for improve ment inform ation)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
130
Slope:
377
Value per acre
~
Total Value
1 . 00
~130 . 00
2. 00
754 . 0 0
v884 . 00
507
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
3 810 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 884 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 3810 . 00
50 . 00
~~4'744 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Valueof Fruit: $ ;j0 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 . 3 5
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE .
~ - ~ ~ '.
CLERK.
3\
�HISTORY OF T CT AND CONDITION F TIMBER : Because of mineral mter
sprL1cs , used for many years as a health resort . Buildings
burned three times, present set dating from 1910- 1912 .
11
· merchantable timber removed not many years ago . g_ich fire
damage , but not during recent years . Oak - pine type . Crooked ,
defective trees up to 16" DBH. t:ostly oaks and yellow pine
left from former stand scattered ,iidely as single trees and in
groups . ...fost of these trees are defective chestnut oak on
excessive l y hard ground to log .
The onl y value of timber is
for firewood at t}?.e resort and uill not average one- half cord
per acre .
n
ROV.&vIBNTS : Hotel building :
25x62' , 2 story , with front porch 10x42',
anu attached spring house in the rear , 10xl0 ', uncovered platform,
beyond porch 8x20 ' , frame, unfinished inside except as to floors
and room height partitions , outside covered with one- half rough
boards la :iped, s'1in'sle roof, one pipe flue , spring water supply,
posts and pillar foundation except where on rock, fair condi tio.1.1 ,
dining room, kitchen, pantry , office , 12 bedrooms . one stairway
to second story outside and one in •
.Amusement building ;
96 ' long, 20' wide in the rear of bowling
alleys , 40 ' wide in front . One story over all . Second story over
front part 40x25 '
Front porch 8A40' . Outside stairway to second
story . On posts with underframe hidden by l attice . All rough and
unfinished inside except as to floors , pa rtitions , shelves and
counter .
Outside rough½" boards lapped on studding . On first floor , two
rooms , one anteroom and one store , each about 10x25' , and one large
room for bovfling alleys and lounging . Two bowling alleys . Second
floor comprises one dance hall 40x25', 1;i th rough benches around
wall . 3uingle roof , fDame, fair condition.
Cottage : Frame , 16x26 ', with porch 7x26' , 4 rooms, metal ro()f ,
I ~ story and basement , ·2 rooms, ceiled , poor r ~Jof, spring water ,
post foundation, fair condition .
Helps cabin :
One r'.)om , rou,~ h boards and battens , frame 14xl4' ,
snin le roof , post f oundation , fair condition .
0
Chicken coop :
Outhouse :
6xl0' , frame, shingle roof , fair condition.
Frame, ?x8 ' , 2 rooms, shins le roof , good condition .
Springs .
There are five springs on the property near the bu ildings .
Of these four are in use .
Two of these have been analyzed and foun
· to contain minerals with medicinal properties and also an a l ga e vith
radio active properties .
T .is water and the precipitate from it
are believed to possess valuable curative properties , especially
in the healing of sores .
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�Claim oL_ Robert_ T ~- Mil.ler . ------------------------ ------------------------ -----In the Circuit Court oL.Ro.c.kingham ____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___B.oher.:t.. _T ...... _Mille.r. _____ ~----------------------- ------------------------ more or less, of land in_Rockingham _____________ 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 oLRockingham ___·________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ___"R.o.be:c..t_..T.a_.Mille:r___________ ~----------------------- --------My post office address is ___ G.r..ott..oe.ar-V.a~-~--~ -------------------------- ----1 claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ __§_Q() ___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___ 2._ _V:alua.hle_.Min.e.ra.l_ S.prings__tha _wat.er_________ _
_con.taining _Radi_o_~li..~it~,,__.Als_o__Ho_te1--40__x _ _ao _~t .. __tw..o._st..orie.s~------
Al so Ball Roam and Store Room 25 x 40 ft .• two stories, with
Bow Iln - -A'"Ile · - c onneei: t fng witn - same -20 x - 6 -· 1't .--[ See -back) -----------This Ian~ is located about_ __ 8________ miles from ___Gr..o.~t..o.e.s_ _______________ Virginia, in
theS_iQRft~all ____ 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 __ .Abho.tt.. _lr..on_C.ompany__________________________________________________ _
South __ J3lac.k.. .Rock-Company- --- ____ .! __ -- - - -- -- -- -- -- ---- ___ - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- East ___ Jirawn_E.st.ate ___________________________________________________________ _
WesL __ .Abbot1- -lr.on-C.Ompapy ------------------------ ------------------------ -1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ .I.89Q __ in the
following manner:
--------~-deed _from John_Mille_r 'JLh.e.ir..s.a ___________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_7_5 .. .0.0.0_JlQ ____ , 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-f)-.-0-00-.-G0----·
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by· the proposed condemnation of lands. within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· __ The _plot _ of _ the_ land _ is _ in _the _hands_ of _ the _ Park _______ _
-Eng.in.e-sF-s-,------ ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------
�AlaoTenant House 16 X 2?, with porches and basement.
Ti\tso cabin for cook IO x 14.
There are two additional cottages on this land not described
belonging to other parties. The land on which these cottages
are located belongs to Robert T. Millero
Also I lot 30 ft. x 200 ft. bought from I. B. Kagey
at a cost of $45.00 • .
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND . VA.
JOHN M . PURCELL
May 21, 1934
T REASURER OF VIRG I NIA
This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell , Treasurer
of Virginia have this
21 day of May
in accordan c e
with an order of the circui t court of Rocking ham County
dated
5/16/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs .
:paid to
$
2.00
Cassandra Laws on Atk ins and oth ers
J. R. Switzer, Clerk
being in full settlement of tract # 325
in the above mentioned cause .
II~
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
May 21, 1934.
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J.B. Switzer, Clerk,
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 2.00
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of Rockingham
of
May
entered on the
16th day
193£, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
s_s~a-n=d=r~a~L_a=w~s~o=n~A_t=k=i=·n=s___ _ and others, being
_ C~a_
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as#
325
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
115
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D , VA ,
May 21 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This i s t o c e rtify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasur~r
of Virg inia hav e th i s 21
day of
May
in accordance
with a n order of the c i rcuit c ourt of Rockingham County
dat e a~- -5~/_1_6~/_3_4__ in the caus e of the Stat e Comm ission
on Conservati on a nd Developme nt of th e Stat e of Vi r g i nia
vs • _______,,C
_.u.a....s. . . s. . .....
an
....,.,d....r ....a.....-=L=a=v'ills
-'-~o.....n'----"-'A..t,.,,
., k.,_i,"'"n'=s=--=an
= d::.. . . .o!"-t=h=e-=-=r -=s- - - :P ai d t o Ward Swank , Atty. for Frank Whitesel adl!nr . of Hettie P .
$ 736 , 60
Whitesel and for Edith Hayner
be i ng in f ull settl eme nt of tract #
in th e above menti on ed caus e .
325
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C!tnmmnuwealtq nf ]Iirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
JOHN M . PURCELL
May 21 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Wa r d Swank, Atty . for Frank Whitesel, Admr .
of Hettie P. Whitesel and for Edith Hayner,
· Harrisonburg , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $_'.?~6 ~60 __, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the 16th
day
of_~M=a_y_ _ l93 _1_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
~G~a~s~s~an
__
d_r-a,_,,,,L=a~w~s=o=n""----"A~t=k=in=s'-____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #--~3_2~5_ _
LP~&~ ar;/cW
17-?-4'.---k ~ x::/dd ~
~(~ F.>? > - ~ ~
~
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
r
clu~
/ ~ G ' ~ d~ - -
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D , VA ,
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
May 21, 1934
•
This i s t o certify that I, J. M. Purce ll, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 21
day of
May
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
. .
datea 5/16/34
in the cause of the Stat e Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs • - - - - - - ~ C....a.......
s....
s.....a....n.....d....r.....a.,____I~,.....
ai;~:v:....sw.. o,__n..........A
~t.....1.r~1.....
n.....s~a~n~d~o~t.....
b=e~r~sL..____
paid to George P. Grattan , III Attorney for J . s . Pirkry
Hinton and Frances R. Grat tan
$ 4462 . 40 being in full settlement of tract # 325
s . E.
in the above mentioned cause .
120
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
May 21, 1934
TREASURER oF VIRGINIA
George G. Grattan 111 Atty for J .
s.
Pirkey,
S. E. Hinton , and Frances R. Grattan,
Harrisonburg , Virginia .
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 4,462.40 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockjngham
of
May
entered on the
16th
day
193L, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ _ _
~G~a~s~s~a_n-d_r~a~L_a_w........,.s.,,.o....
n,_,.,A....,t...k....i....n""'s. . ______
an d others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
k nown in said proceeding as #__3_2_5_ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
121
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C HMOND.VA ,
JOHN M. PURCELL
May 21, 1934
TR EASUR E R OF VIR GI N IA
This is to certify ~hat I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have th:s
21 day of May
in accordance
with an order of t~e circuit court of Rockingham County
datea~- -5~/ _1_6~/_3_4__ in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Je7elo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs . - -- - -- -~~a=s~s~a~n~d-r~a~I-1a- i:=Y~s~o~n~ ~A....t=k.....:i.....u.....s.,__________
:paid t o Hamilton Haas, Attorneys
$ 125 . 00
fees
bei~g in full settlement of tract #
in the above menti J ned cause .
325
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
May 21, 1934.
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Hamilton Haas
( Attorney's fee)
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 125.00
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
of
May
entered on the
16th day
193____4_, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v ___
~G~a.......,_s~s-a~n~d~r~a.._,L=a-1~N~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 #---=3~2=5,,.__ __
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and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia .
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�IN r_rli:ill CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUU'.rY , vIRGI!HA
OF THE STAT~ uF VIRGINIA
v.
CAS.:,ANDR.A LA\i,")OIJ ATKINS, &C
On the joint and several petition of Hobert
r.
fuiller ,
Frank \fuitesel , Admr . of Hettie P. \iliitesel , deceased , ~dith hayner,
J , S. Pirkey ,
s. ~-
Hinton , and Frances R. Grattan , this day filed
by leave of court in the above styled proceeding , seeking the dis bursement of the arbitration award of ~5326 . 00 heretofore paid into
tne custody of this court for the condemnation of ~ract #325 owned
by the said .rlobert
..r . Miller ; and it appearing that , at the time of
the ente r ing of the order herein condemning said tract of lE:nd , the
said Robert T, Miller wao the fee simple owner of said tract free
from any adverse claim, save for the lien indebtedness thereon as
set out in said petition; and jt appearing further that there are no
delinquent taxes a gainst said land , it is ordered and adjudged that
said sum of ~?5326 . 00 be paid out as follows :
io J . H. Switzer , Clerk
$
To Hamilton Haa£ , atty's fee
2 . 00
125 . 00
'.ro Ward Swank, a tty . for 1!1 rank
,'hi tesel , Admr . of Hettie 1'. 'ihi tesel , and
for ~dith Hayner
736 . 60
ro George~ . Grattan III, atty.
for J .
s.
R. 1.xrattan
Pirkey, S • ..:!J . Hinton, and .!!'ranees
4462 . 40
'1?5326 . 00
/7
�.i:he Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to transmit
a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of virgi nia , who
shall pay out said fund in accordance here~ith , taking from the
sever al parties their receipt for the sums so paid and certifying
such payments to the Clerk of this Court for avpropriate entry
thereof as required by law •
.cln t er :
Jr/-1., u-{3
)3
�STATE OF VI HGINIA ,
COUNTY OF R OCEIN GHAf.~ , to - wit :
I , J . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County do hereby certify th Gt the records in my office do
not show any delinque nt taxes a gainst the tracts of 15 acres and
384 acres of land si t uat e in Stonewa ll Distric t, assessed in the
name of Robert T . Miller .
Given under my hand this 8th day of March, 1934 .
ockingha m
_o_._K_·-C
-¥--~-'......______,,___.f
---.-.------,'--' Attorney
/9
�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
TO WHOM IT MAY CON~RN :
I hereby certify that the records of
this office show that R. T. Miller has paid the taxes for
the ye ar 1933 on his tra cts of 15 - 0- 0 and 384- 0- 0 acres
of land si t uate in the Park Area in Stonewall Dis·trict,
Rockingham County.
All taxes prior to that time , if any
be due , are a matter of record in the Clerk ' s Office of
s a id County .
March 1934.
Given under my hand t his 8th day of
M. H. Harrison, Treasurer
By
C:
a,JAf 4-v
Deputy.
2o
�TH.& STA1l'E COMMIS ::HON
on
CONS.SRVATION AND DEV1.J:LOPiv8NT
OF 1rIU STATE 0]1 vIRG-HHA
v.
CASSANDRA LA\/SON ATKINS, &C
To the Honorable H. W. Bertram , Judge of the Circuit
Court of Rockingham County, Virginia:
The joint and several petition of Hobert T. Ydller, ~dith
Jhitesel, deceased, J.
Hayner,
.l:!1rank
:fuitesel, Admr . of Hettie r .
Pirkey,
s. ~.
Hinton , and ~ranees H. Grattan , respectfully repre-
s.
sents as follows:
That an order has been heretofore entered in the above
styled proce edi ng , pending in your honor's court, whereby there was
condemned to the use of The State Commission on conservation and
Development , the petitioner in said proce edi ng , t he fee simple estate in the tract of land numbered and designated in the papers in
said proceeding as T' ract //=325 , upon the payment into the custody of
your honor's court of the sum of 4j]5326 .00, being the award made 1:·or
said tract of land by the board of arbitration , pursuant to an arbitration agreement heretofore entered into.
Your petitioner Hobert T. £.Ifi ll er avers and repr esent s that ,
at the time of the entering of said order of condemnation, he was the
fee simple owner of said tract of l and , as is shown by the report of
the Board of Appraisal Co mmissioners heretofore filed, save forcertain lien indebtedness against said land as hereinafter set out.
By deed of trust executed under da t e of October 24 , 1916,
recorded in the County Clerk's Office of Rockingham County, in Deed
2\
�Book 106 at page 157, your petitioner Robert 1' . Miller and Minnie
A. , his wife, conveyed to George G. Grattan, Jr ., trustee, along
with certain other real estate, fifteen (15) acres of said tract
J325 , to secure the payment of seven certain bonds, as follows:
$3000 .00 to .Annie Johnson, ~895 . 42 to Linnie A. Bateman, ~169 .57
to Maggie C. Roudabush, ,;;l400 . 00 to H. F . Burkholder, -}400 . 00 to
Fannie
c. Bear,
~?212 . 00 to John P. Bateman , and ,?157.84 to ]trances
R. Grattan, aggregating J5234 . 83 .
Four of the aforesaid bonds ,
the one for ~P3000 . 00 made payable to ~nnie E. Johnson, the one for
J895 . 42 to Linnie A . Bateman , the one for :;p400.00 to ]1annie
c. Bear ,
and the one for J212 . 00 to John l!' . Bateman, are all now owned and
held by your petitioner J .
s. Pirkey, assignee thereof; two of said
bonds, the one for ;?169. 57 to Maggie C. Roudabush and the one for
~400 . 00 to H. 1!1 • Burkholder, are now owned and held by your petitioner
S. E. Hinton, assignee thereof; and the remaining bond for ;157 . 84
is still held and owned by your petitioner Frances R. Grattan .
petitioners J .
s.
Pirkey,
s.
Your
E. Hinton , and Frances R. Grattan,
further aver th t no payment has been made on the principal of any
of said bonds and that considerable interest has accrued thereon ,
and that the amount due on said bonds with interest to the several
bondholders aforesaid as of May 20 , 1934, is as follows : To J .
Pir ey $6199 . 14, to
s.
s.
E. Hinton ~691 . 39, and to Frances R. Grattan
~163 . 18, aggregating ~7053 . 71 in all , as of May 20 , 1934 .
By deed of trust of November 24 , 1924 , recorded in said
Clerk's Office in Deed Book 130 at page 481, your peititoner Robert
T. Miller and hi8 wife conveyed to :ard Swank, trustee, three hundred
eighty four acres of said tract j325 , other than that covered by the
Grattan de ed of trust aforesaid , to se cure the payment of
tTIO
certain
bonds, one in the amount of ~500 . 00 , made payable to Hettie P . -,'hitesel ,
�and the other
in the amount of ~i1so . oo made payable to E . 1:I. S\1ank .
Your peti tio .1er Frank /hi tesel avers th2.t the :::3aid Hettie
r.
llii tesel
has departed this life and on the 3 rd of July , 1933 , he qualified
as administrator of her estate before the clerk of your honor's
court and that, as such administrator, he is the p resent holder of
the said 9500 . 00 bond ; that there is now due on said bond the whole
of the principal thereof with interest from Hovember 20, 1929 ,
amounting in all to ~p635 . 00 as of May 20, 1934.
Your petitioner
Edith Hayner avers that she is the a s signee and present holder of
the JB0 . 00 bond afores&id , and that there is now due on said bond
the entire principal the1·eof 1,~ith interest from November 20, 1929,
amounting in all to '!Pl0l . 60 , making ~?736 . 60 the gross amount due
under the Swank deed of tru.:lt as of May 20, 1934 .
Your petitioner rlobert T. Miller, as the owner of the land
aforesaid, verifies the correctne bs of the s ev eral amounts due to
the remaining pei tioners U!1der -c;he two deeds of trust as hereinbefore
set out.
Therefore your undertiigned petitioners pray that they may
be allowed to file this their petition in said condemnation proceeding;
that an orde r may be entered in said proceeding for the proper disbursement among the aforesaid bondholders, after allowing a reasonabl e
fee to Hamilton Haas, attorney for the said rlobert T. filler, for his
services in this connection .
And your petiti uners will ever pray , &c.
2
�l!1rank
IJhi t eael, .admr . , of Hettie P.
,bit esel , deceased .
Edith Hayner
By
p J/4.--V/(_
, their attorney.
J . S. Pirkey
s. ~-
Hinton
.!!'ranees
.ti. .
Grattan
their attorney .
Virgi nia, J{Ockingham County, towit;
This day Robert '1. . I.'filler, personally appeared before me,
a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid , and after
being first duly sworn on his oath says that he is one of the foregoing named petitioners and that the allegations of said petition
are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief .
d
Given under my hand this i.£:, day of I.:ay , 1934 .
(
My commission expires~
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,.
..1.·he State commission on
Conservet iJn and Develop~e nt
of The State of Virgi ~ia
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins , &c.
Petition of Hobert .r. M:ille
and others
lIAA.s
AND
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OFFICES
HARRISONBUR G ,V.A..
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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. __ ..32.5 _____ :
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ----- -------;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No. ---------- $ _______ ___ ; on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
Robert T . Miller
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 ,
Robert T. Miller , to give 50 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
s,aid award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
ri ising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
.,
Whe.i-efore, 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
1listribution 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. __32_5 ______
No. __________ __ $ __________ : Tract No. ____ __ ______ $ ________ __ ;
$_31.a..5.0__:
Tract
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
OMTu1ISSION 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 VIRGINIA )
couwry OF WARREN )
ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned 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 Com:rnission on Conservati
in
.
and Development in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commission for distributive shares of condemnation awards in the Shenandoah
Jational Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia, by reason of contracts and ?greements en-
.
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these pro ceedings , and that the within claim is just and correct.
Witness my signature
this 8th
d':;J!~ ~er~
NOTARY PUBLIC
Notary Pub:ic
Iii~ Commission Expires Sep. 8, f934
�J;
In the Circuit court of Rockingham uounty, va.
The state commission on conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia
Filed in. \h~ C\erk's Office
~.q~~~~ham County, Va.
v.}
uondemnation
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &v.
~-~r; 9
,s32
~~
Now comes the undersigned defendant Robert T. 1vliller and moves
the court to decline to accept the report of the board of appraisal
commissioners heretofore filed in this proceeding, with respect to
claim #325, and to disapprove the findings of fact therein contained,
on the following grounds:
That the allowance or award made for the land of the said Robert
T. Miller, to-wit the sum of $4744.00, ts grossly inadequate - so inadequate as to indicate that said board was affected or influenced by
some e r ror, mistake or misapprehension of facts as to the identity of
said land, or some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of the
evidenc e considered.
That the findings of said report are too indefinite and uncertain
to serve any useful purpose in the adjudication of this proceeding, no
specific allowance having been made for the valuable mineral healing
springs on said property.
The said Robert T. Miller places a value of $25,000.00 mn said
property; and rather than accept a lesser sum, he would prefer for
his land to be excluded from the park area sought to be condemned in
this proceeding.
The affidavit of the undersigned is filed herewith in support
of this motion.
September 29, 1932.
, Atty.
'i·-17
�Virginia, City of Harrisonburg, to-wit;
~ h i s day Robert T. Miller personally appeared before m e ~
~~
,a notary public in and for the City of Harrison-
burg, in the state of virginia, and after being first duly sworn on his
oath says that he is the owner of the property situate mainly in Rockingham and partly in Augusta county, known as the Black Rook Springs
property, containing approximately 600 acres; that in the ~ear 1910,
at a cost of approximately $10,000.00, affiant erected a hotel building
and other improvements on said property, where he conducted and operated
until two years ago a summer resort with a capacity of 25 guests; that
there are four mineral springs on said property, two of which have been
analyzed and found to contain extremely valuable healing qualities,
particularly beneficial to skin diseases; that one of said analyzed
springs has a flow of 3500 gallons every 24 hours, and the other of
500 gallons; that affiant has for a number of years marketed and sold
great quantities of the water from the said two springs, shipping same
all over the United States, at the price of 20¢ per gallon; that, while
in recent years the sale of said water has been considerably curtailed,
your affiant has in times past sold as much as 17,500 gallons in one
year, at the rate of 20¢ per gallon, yielding a return of ~3500.00.
In the year 1920, affiant refused an offer of $30,000.00 for said
property.
Given under
my
hand this 23d day of September, 1932.
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IN RE:
AUG ;rf 1933
Arbitratio n of Shenandoa h National Park Condemnat io~ C l e r k .
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The undersign ed R. T. Miller, an exceptant to the report filed by
the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners in the Shenandoa h National Park condemnation case, pending in the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, respectfully shows as follows:
(a)
That the
tract
claimed by said exceptant i .s shovm on the
map filed in said proceedin g as tract #325.
(b)
That the acreage claimed by said exceptant in said tract is
507 acres and that exceptant is
the owner of the fee simple title there-
to, subject to existing liens.
(c)
That exceptant values said land as follows:
130 acres
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$ /:fo,cJO
377 acres
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That the buildings , timber, mineral water, and
other improveme nts on said land are valued as follows:
Hotel buildings and other impr.oveme nts
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Four mineral springs, one with a flow of 3500
gallons every 24 hours and one with a flow of
500 gallons every 24 hours, containing valuable
healing qualities
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Fruit trees
Timber
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Aggregate value
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, a notary public in and for the ~
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising
in or out of Condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit Court
of Virgmnia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act .
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER:
EXCEPTANT:
Miller , R. T.
ORIGINAL CLAIM : Acreage
Value $75,000 : Inc . Damages
600:
VALUE ,tJLACED ON TRACT BY PETI'l IONER IS 1-1.PPRAISERS :
1
TRACT NO .
VALUE
325
$4433 . 00
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
None
BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS 1''INDINGS:
MAP NUMBER OF TRACT:
325
VALUE OF TRACT:
TRACT NO .
325
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
VALUE
None
$4744 . 00
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�The basic differences between petitioner 1:.nd this exceptant
re
s to the cla ssificc.tion and value of the land c.nd i:::1provements ,
buildin~s , timber values ~nd nineral rights •
.t.1.lthough ue believe the ve..lues reported by the petitioner t s
appraisers were very l i beral and that the findings of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substentially too high ,
we have accepted and \Jill not seek a louer valuation than their find ings as shmm on the above table e s in this case .
Ls to the classification of the land and the other elements
of value ue submit th&t these matters are correctly set forth in
the Tork Sheet of the
oard ui th refer·ence to this cc...se , c;,nd not
as set forth in exceptant's stat~ ents .
This ,~rk
heet is filed
i.7i th the record and u copy of this .Torl<: Sheet is submitted -rri th copy
of the record tendered herevri th , L.nd
ddition2l copies of the ,!ork
Sheet in this c-se will be furnisned if desired .
Subscribed to
1933 .
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�MILLER, R. T.
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AUGUSTA COUN'l'Y
IN RE . ARBITRA'l'ION AGREEMEN·rs submitted to the Governor arising
in or out of Condemnat ion Proceedin gs pending in the Circuit Court
of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoa h National Park Act .
SUMMARY STA'l'EivlEN'l' OF PETI TIONER:
EXCEPTANT: Miller, R. T e
ORIGINAL CLAJM : Acreage 600 : Value $75, ooo . oo: Inc. Damages
VALUE PLACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER ' S APPRAISERS:
TRACT NO.
VALUE
2
$161 . 50
INC • DAMAGES
None
BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDINGS:
MAP NUMBER OF TRACT:
2
VALUE OF TRACT:
TRACT NO .
2
VALUE
$175 . 00
INC • DAMAGES
None
Copies of this statement are attached to the statement of
Petitione r filed in the County in which the major portion of the
land lies , and in which this exceptant has filed his statement .
�VIRGINIA . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .
The State Commiss ion on Cons er vat ion &
Developm ent , of the State of Virg inia , Petiti orer ,
v.
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins , et al s , defendan ts .
In Re : Distribu trr:mof proceed s of condemn ation for :bract No . 325 .
This day came the State Commiss ion on Conserva tinn & Developm ent, by crunsel , and moved the Court tD enter an
order directin g the Treasur er of the St a te of Virginia , to pay to
it , out of the proceeds of condemn ation of Tract No . 325 , the sum
of ~37 . 50 , represen ting the amount of a certain p ledge :n:e.de by
R . T. Miller , who claimed to be the owner of said tract, tD
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State Commiss ion on Conserv ation & Developm ent, e.s a contribu tion
for the establish ment of .Shenand oah Nationa l Pa rk , and in support
of its said mot:i,on the said Cornmiss ion exhibite d to the Court, its
motion in v,Titing setting forth all the facts in relation thereto,
which has been heretofo re filed herein .
Uporm. conside ration where of, it appearin g to the
Court th'3.t the claim of said Commiss ion is not based upon any lien ,
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either on the land condemn ed or on the proceeds of conde mnation , an
that said Commiss ion has failed to obtain the consent of the partie
entitled to the proceeds of condemn ation to the payment of its clai ,
it is accordin gly adjudged , and ordered that the rr.otion of the Comission for hhe payment of said cl a im out of the proceeds of condemnatio n for said tract, be and the sarae is hereby denied.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#27 - Meadows , L.
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Num~er of Acres: 205
Location:
Near Thoro ughfar e Gap on South side ~ County r~ad .
Roads:
Seven miles over County road to Elkton .
Soil:
Slope and cove type.
History of Tract and condition of timber: The woodl and of this tract has
been cut
over, but it still has appro ximat ely 400 tid . ft. of saw timbe r
per acre on it .
NOTE: This tract when survey ed was evide ntly calcu lated and
measu red by surfac e measu remen ts and theref ore showa more than
above acreag e .
Improvements:
~See revers e side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
89
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$3 . 00
$267 . 00
Cove:
16
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5 . 00
80 . 00
96
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25 . 00
2400 . 00
$2747 . 00
@
80 . 00
320 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
4
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205
Minerals:
1520 . 00
V~ueof Land: $2747 . 00
Value of _Improvements: $ 1520 . 00
100 . 00
Value of Orchard: $320 . 00
100 . 00
$4787 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 100 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 100.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 23 . 35
Inciden tal damage s arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE •
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�IMRROVEMENTS.: Dwelling: Frame, 17x27', kitchen porch 15x20', six rooms,
porch ?x28', metal roof, , brick flues, ceiled walls, water
supply-spring , fair condition, occupied by owner.
Barn: With two sheds, log, 15x43xl2', shingle and metal roof,
fair condition.
Granary: Frame, 16xl4xl2', metal roof.
Corn house:
Log, 8xl246', shingle roe£~ fair condition.
Hen house: 8xl0x8', frame, shingle roof.
New garage: Frame, 14xl2x8', g >od condition.
Dwelling: Frame, 2lx22, 2 porches, paper roofs, brick flues,
walls not ceiled, poor condition~ abandoned.
Hen house:
Frame, 8x8x5', shingle roof, poor.
Corn house: Frame, 8xl2x6', shingle roof, poor.
Hen house: Frame, 8xl0x8', shingle roof, fair condition.
Corn house:
Frame, 8xl0x8', s hing le r oof , poor condition.
Dwelling:
Frame, 14x20', 3 porches 8x8', ceiled, f a ir condition, occupied by son • .
Barn:
Log, l3xl5xl2', s hingle r oof, fair condition.•
Granary: Log , 12xl6xl2', sh ing le roof, fair condition.with shed 9xl6'.
Hen house: Frame, 8xl0x6', paper roof, poor condition.
old stable: I.pg, shingle roof, (size 10xl8x5') poor conditio n .
Dwelling: 25xl8' with kitchen 13x20xl2', log and frame, 5 rooms,
porch 8xl8', shi ngle a nd metal roof, one room ceiled, water
supply spring, fair condition, oc cupied by tenant (son)
Cellar- 16xl2', ground.
REPORT ON THE ACREAGE
of the
L. W. MEADOW S TRACT #27 •
Mr. Meadows has deeds for five tracts of land,
calling for a total of 205 Acres.
The descriptions of
three of these tracts, however, are very indefinite,
and the acreage must have been guessed at.
I have computed the area of the entire tract from
the call s contained in the descriptions of ad j oining
tracts, and get an area 240 Acres, instead of the 205
called for in the deeds.
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The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ J.,....:,.. ....Uea.d.0111LJ3. _______ - - - -- --- -- -- -- -------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- _______Two _hundred an d _five _ a cres _ of _1 _nd ---------- ---------- ---------- -----more or less, of land in_::to·c-ki n~l1-mi.- ------ _______ County, Virginia, Defendant s.
The undersigned, in answer to '"tne-pefation of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL_::tee* illffS.E'l- ---------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ___ L .s; _. Li e a.dows ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------------- ----------- ,------ ,
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My post office address is ___~•
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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__g-0-5 ____________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: ___ ~.h~~-e__ §.~~;!-}-_~~ -~.!J_v~~--~ !!_~~~-~!.~!~~ ---------- -----g r anu ries, t wo henh0us es and. a gar ..,f e
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"" · ____ m1·1 es f rom ___ .,_;..._
. 1ocat ed a bou t ___ SJ_x._
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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.;m ould 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.)
---- -+>-ra-.so.l.e--oWJ.~er ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ___ Do ck Bree den __________________________________________________________ _
Sou th ---1i~rrte -t--1'f"enoi-ey------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
East ____ ~ y:.di..: _l.Iaa .d..cl:~s _________________________________________________________ _
Harriet Hensley ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -t
W es---------------- ---------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___ l_9_QQ__ in the
following manner:
B_y: d ee ds from heirs of Vlm. r.::e ad.ows d ece ased
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Ste phen He nsl ey . L~_ fe Hensley .
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--~'2~.9.1~9______ . 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 $___ 60.Q.Q• .D_Q____ •
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $__________ _: _______ .
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or 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).
Remarks ·--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ }:_~j;-~ ______ day
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of ____
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ :lo..cking-l1.ar1. ___________ , To-wit:
1 -·:: . :cead.ows
th a t ---------d h ereby cert"fi
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Th e un ders1gne
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him and made oath that the matters
before
appeared
personally
the above named claimant
the best of his knowledge and belief,
to
true
are
answer
abo_ve
his
in
appearing
and thinf!s
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this __________________ day of ________________
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D ,
VA .
August 16, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathright
This is to certify that I , ~ ~ . Treasurer
of Virginia have this J 6
day of August in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of
datAd
8/13/35
Rocki n gham County
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and DeveloJ_)ment of the State of Virginia
vs.
}_)aid to
$
15.00
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
State Cormnission on Conservation & Development
being in full settlement of tract #-2_7_ __
in the above mentioned cause.
�Q!nmmnuwralt11 nf Birgiuia
TREASU RER'S OFFICE
RICHMO ND, VA.
Augus t 16, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Stae e Comm ission on Conse rvatio n & Development
A. B. Gath ri ght
Receiv ed o f ~ , Treas ure r of
Virg ini a , the sum of$ 15 . 00
, i n acc ordanc e
with an order of the Cir cui t Court of the county
of
Rockin gham
of
August
entere d on the - ~1~3~- day
1 93_5_ , in the matt e r of t h e State
Commi s sion on Conse rvati on a nd Deve lopmen t
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 compl ete settle ment f or the tra ct of land
known in sai d proce eding as #- =
2~7___ _
on
Conse rvat i on
Sign or igina l and dup li cat e
and r e turn t o t h e Treas urer
of Vi r gin i a .
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County:
District:
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@7• Mee.do·1s, L.
Acreage Claimed:
Value Claimed:
Location:
60
Assessed: 205.'Um A.
205 h .
Assessed:
~6,000.
Rockingham
Stonewall
100 .
.AB.EAi 240 A.
Deed: Acquired
205 acres for
$17.30
Near Thoroughfare Bap on South side of County road .
~ncumbranoes, eounter claims or laJ?S I
None known.
Soil:
Slope a nd cove type.
Roads:
Seven miles over County road to Elkton.
The woodland of this trac~ A~
History of tract and condition of timber:
o bd. V{~·
appr oximately
has
stiiT
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out
lias been cu~ over
it.
on
ft. of saw timber per acre
Notes-This tract 1h en surveyed was evidently calculated
and nee.sured by surface measurement s and t herefore shows
more than above ac r eage.
~mprovements:
Dwollingt ~ame-17~7• , Kl.tehen porch -l5x20 1
Six rooms, • Po~ch 7X2B', metal root, brick flues,
eeiled walls, water supply-spring , condition fair,
$690.00
occupied by o mer
Barna-with two shed, Log, l5X43 ~12 •, shingle
250.00
aha. nctal roof, fair condition- - 40. 0 0
Granarz: Frame, 16x14xl2', metal roof•
15 . 00
Corn House · Log, 8.xl2:,c6t, shingle roof, fair10.00
ffen houso~.xl0x8 1 ,Pr ame, shingl e roof----40;00
condition
good
,
14xl2x8'
evr?rarage: Prame,
JN1ell ~
1·
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Frame, 2lx22', 2 porches, paper r oofs,
Walls not ceiled, poor eonditiontirlck
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abandoned - - -~·----~-~~-
40 . 00
10. 00
ehingle roof, poor-Hen houses Frame,
poor10.00
roof,
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sh1ngl_
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Corn liouse: Fra;ie, 8xJ..2x6
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5.00
eond
fair
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Hen housec Frame, 8xl0x8 ,shingle Ji'Oof
00
10.
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poor
'aorn houset Frame, 8.xl0xa•, shingle"
Bxrutf>t,
Dwell1~ Frame, 14x20 1 , 3 porbhe ...axe•, ce1ledfa1r co . ition, occup!ed by son•
Ba.rn: Log, 18.xl.6x12',sh1 ngle root. fair cond 1 n
Orana.ryi Log, 12xl.6xl2 ' , shingle root, fair 0
200 . 00
40 ~00
40.00
\Vi th shed•9xl.6 '
10.00
Hen Houses Frame, 8xl.Ox6• , paper roof, poor "
oic1 stab! s Log, shingle root, ( size 10x18x5 •)
·5.00
PQor condition--- --·
Dv1ellipg1 25Xl8' w1th kitchen 13x20xl.2'•Log and frame5 rooms* porcl, 8xl.B•, shingle and metal
roof, one room ceiled- water supplypspr1:n g•
fair condition, occupied by tenant(son)
300.00
Cellar• 16:xl.2' Ground·- --
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Note:
_#27• Meadows, L.
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'!'his tract is entirely within the Park a~ee. •
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Timber:
50,000 bd •ft . ·@ 2.
per
Acreage and ,value ot ;tand
TYP,~s;
Areat
Slope
154
68
16
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Cove
Orchard
Mi,.
bz t;mea: ...
Total value of land:
Total value of improv<1ments t
Total value of orchard:
Total value of timber:
Total value ot
100.00
Value
eer acr~
$3.00
1e.oo
5 . 00
Total
Value
$462 . 00
1088.00
ao,oo
$1630.M
$1630 . 00
1625.00
175.00
100.00
$3G3o. Ob
Tract-- ------Average value of t~aot:
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COCJ:NTY, VIRGINIA
State Commissio n on Conservat ion and
Developme nt of the 0tate of Virginia
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vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, and others
On this, the --,\b...,_·__day of December, 1935, crune L . VI . i,:eado ·rn
and on his motion, leave is given him to file his petition, and it
appearing to the Court that ;4787 . 00, is the amount of award set out
in the judgment of condemnat ion for Tract No . 2.7 , heretofore paid
into Court; and it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal
Commissio ners heretofore filed in this cause, and in the petition
for j udg r:ient and condemnat ion heretofore filed herein, that in the
opinion of pe ti ti oner, the said L . \' . Meadovrn is invested with a
superior or better right or claim of title in and to said Tract :Ko .
27 ; 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 condemnat ion thereof; and it
further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or assessable on
said Tract · o. 27 have been paid and there are no liens of record
against said rea1 estate;
Upon Considera tion Whereof , it is adjudged and ordered by the
Court that said sum of $ 4787 . 00 paid into Court as just compensat ion
for said Tract No . 27, be paid to the said L .
~
• Leadows and the
Clerk of this Court is directed to trar..smit a certified copy of this
order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay to the said L . · r.
r.'.i eadows the sum of $ 4787 . 00 , the amount of award s et out in the
judgment of con demnation of said tract of land, taking from said L . : .
Meadows a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to the Clerk
of this Court for ap propriate entry thereof, as required by law.
Enter :
; vrfyj -Judge
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKmGHAM COONTY, VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and
Dev opment of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandt"a Lawson
On this the
tkins , end others
day of December, 1S35, came L.
l
.
~eado rs and
on his motion , leave is given him to file his petition, and it appearing to the Court that $4787 . 00 is the anount of award set out in the
Judgmen~o~ condemnation for Treat No . 27 , heretofore paid into Court;
and it appearing from the report of the Board of n.ppraisal Commissioners heretofore f.i~d in this cause , and in the petition for judgment
and condemnation heretofore filed herein , that in the opinion of
petitioner , the said :i.. . \V'. 1:eadows is invested with a superior or
better right or claim of title in and to said Tract No . 27 ; 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 ; and it further appearing to the
Court that all taxes due or assessable on said Tract :t-'!'o . 27 have been
paid and there are no liens of record against said real estate;
Upon Consideration Whereof , it is
adjudged and ordered by the
Court that ~4,77~ . oo, a part of said sum of }4,787 . 00 paid into Court
as just compensation for Tract No . 27, be paid to the said L .
w.
A.eadows , and }15 . 00 , the residue t1 tereof, having been deducted from
said award pursuant to order of this Court previously entered, 1·mich
said order appears in Common Law Order Book No . 20, at page 385, and
the Clerk of this Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of
7 this
order to the Treasurer of Virginia, ·who shall pay the said L .
w.
Meadows the sa.id sum of · 4,772 . 00, which said sum, together with the
$15. 00 dfsposed of as aforesaid, being the amount of award set out
in the judgment of condemnation of said tract of land, taking :tnom the
said L . \f. Meadows a receipt therefor and certifying such payment to
the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by
law; and so much of the order entered by this Court on the 6th day ot
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December, 1935, as is in conflict with this order is hereby set
aside and annulled .
Enter :
Judge
�IN TEE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINI A
State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and
Developm ent of the State of Virgini a
Petition er
vs .
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins, and others
Respond ents
The petition er, the State Commissi on on Conserv ation and Develop ment of the State of Virginia , on the - - - -day of Decembe r, 19 33,
having paid into Court the sum of $4787.00 , the amount of award set
out in the jud gment of condemn ation for Tract No . G7, the undersi gned,
L. W. Meadows (sometim es written Leonard W. tc eadows} hereby applies
to the Court, or to the Judge thereof in vacation , for an or der of
judgmen t for the distribu tion of said sum of $4787 .oo to the said
L. W. Meadows, on the ground that it appears from the report of the
Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners, heretofo re filed, and the said
petition for judgmen t and cond emnation , that the undersig ned, in the
opinion of petition er, is invested with the superior or better right
or claim of title in and to said tract of land No . 27, and, therefor e,
to the proceed s arising from the condemn ation thereof, and is entitled
to receive the proceed s arising from the exappro priation of said
Tract No . 2 7 .
That the said L. W. Meadows (sometim es written Leonard W. Meadows ,
your petition er, is the s ole owner of said tract or parcel of land,
situate on the 1Nestern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the eastern part of Stonewa ll Distric t, Rockingh am County, Virginia , which
land he acquired as follows: By deed from .Alexand er Breeden and
Martha A. Breeden , his wife, dated May 30, 1893, which deed is
recorded in the Clerk ' s Office of said County in Deed Book No . 4:7,
at page 141 , an office copy of said deed is filed herewith , marked
Exhibit No . One ; and by deed from Lucinda F . Hensley and Husband ,
Mary E. Thompson and husband and A. F . Meadows and wife, dated
April 9, 1894, which deed is recorded in the Clerk ' s Office aforesai d
in Deed Book No . 67, at page 211 , an office copy of sai d deed is
filed herewith , marked Exhibit No . Two;
and by deed from Jeanette
V. Dovel and husband , dated December 19 , 1904, which deed is record-
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ed in the Clerk 's Office aforesaid in Deed Book No . ?6, at page 454,
an office copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No .
Three; and by deed from Stephen Hensley and wife , dated November 28,
1903, which deed is recorded in the Clerk's Office aforesaid in Deed
Book No. ?6, at page 453, an office copy of said deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No . Four; and by deed from Delilah Meadows ,
dated August 31, 1908, which deed is recorded in the Clerk's Office
aforesaid , . in Deed Book No . 84, at page 369, an office copy of said
deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit No . Five; and by deed from
Stephen L . Hensley and wife, dated October 9, 1911, which deed is
recorded in the Clerk's Office aforesaid , in Deed Book No . 96, at
page 19, the original of which deed is filed herewith, marked Exhibit
No . Six ; all of which deeds are prayed to be read as a part hereof .
The undersign ed avers that the record in this suit does not
disclose any denial or dispute by any party or person in interest as
to the title to said Tract No . 2? , or to the proceeds arising from
the condemnat ion thereof, and the said statement in petition of
condemnat ion as to the title of the undersign ed is true .
That all taxes due the
ounty of
ockingham and State of Virginia
are paid, as shown by the certifica tes of the Clerk of the court and
the Treasurer of said County .
That there are no liens of record against said real estate and
that the undersigne d has title in fee simple and prays the Court that
it will order and direct the payment of said sum of ~4?8? .oo to the
undersign ed.
(sometimes written
State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham , to-wit:
I, A. E . Wyant , a Notary Public 0ft and for the County of Ro cking-
ham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this the
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of
December , 1935, personall y appeared before me in my said County, L . W.
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Meadows (sometimes written Leonard 1·. 1'... eadows) and made oath that
the statements claimed in the foregoing p etition are true .
Given und er my hand this
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c~
of December, 1 935 .
n,1
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Notary Public
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This Deed, made this 30 day of May, 1893 between Alexander
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Breeden and fu artha A. Breeden, his wife of the County of Rockingham,
141
state of Virginia, party of the first part , and Leonard W. ~foadows
of the County of Page, State of Virginia, party of the second part,
WITNESS ET
H :
That in consideratio n of one hundred ($100.00) cash in hand
paid by the party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged by the party of the first part, the said Alexander
Breeden and 1 artha A. Breeden, his vlife, doth grant with general
warranty of title unto the said Leonard W. Meadows, his heirs and
assigns forever, their entire interest (being a 1/6 interest) in the
following lands hereafter described, belonging to the estate of
William Meadows, dee' d.
First:
The entire interest of the party of the first part in a
certain tract containing about 50 acres more or less, situate on
the Blue Ridge t~ountains near the Page County line, known as the
Deets tract, adjoining Stephen Hensley and John ·r,r . Dean and Second
the entire interest of the party of the first part in a tract of
fifty acr~s more or less adjoining the first named tract known as
part of the John }f.eadows tract and bound ed as follows, beginning
in the line of William Me adows, dee 'd and running up a hollow south
east to a hickory and two lynns, thence north aast to two chestnut
oaks thence to a l a rge ash in a hollow, then down the hollow to
Robert B . Hensley's corner then to 1:organ Dean's corner, then with
his line to line of William Me adows , deceased, and with his line to
the beginning, the party of the first part relinquishes and conveys
unto the party of the second part all claim, title or interest vmateven in the aforesaid two tracts of land , together with all the
appurtenance s to the said two tracts of land b el onging, to have and
to hold the said land vli th the appurtenance s aforesaid unto the
said Leonard
w.
Meadows, his heirs and assigns forever.
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i"li tne ss the following signatures and seals .
Alexander Breeden
her
Martha A x Bree den
mark
Witness: H. B. C. Gentry
(Seal)
(Seal)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, H. B .
c.
Gentry, a Notary Public in and for said County, in
the .Jta te of Virginia , d o certify that Alexander Breeden and Jltartha
A. Breeden, whose names are signed to the writing above bearing da te
on the 30th day of 1:ay 1893, and acknowledged the same befo re me in
my County aforesa id.
Given under my hand this 3 0th day of May, 1893 .
H. B. C. Gent ry, K. P .
VIRGINIA ;
In the Clerk's Office of the County Court of Rockingham
County , August 18, 1893.
This Deed from Alexander Breeden to Le nnard
W. Keadows va s this day oresented in the office aforesaid and is
together wi th the certificate of acknowledgme nt annexed admitted to
r e cor d .
Teste :
J . ~. Messe rly, Clerk
1i
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THIS DEED, made the 9th day of April, 1894, between Lucinda
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211
F . Hensley and George '. 1 • Hensley, her husband, Jeannetta
v.
:Meadows,
and 1,::ary E . Thompson and Henry B. Thompson, her husband, of Rockingham
County, Virginia, and A• .l!' . Meadows and foary E . 1:eadows, his wife,
of 1:adison County, Virginia , of the first part, and Le onard ·;; . r:eadows
of Page County ,Virg inia, of the second part ,
W I '11 H E 3 S E T H:
That for and in consideration of the sum of Four hundreddollars
the receipt of which is here by acknowledged, th e said parties of the
first part, do grant unto the party of the se cond part all their
entire intere st in the following described tracts of land lying and
being in the County of Rockingham . Being their entire in erest in the
real estate of 1filliam Meadows, de ceased, and bound ed as follows, the
first tract beg inning at a chestnut oak below a specified point in
the line of William I,1eadows, deceased, and running up a hollow south
east to a hickory a nd t wo lynns, thence north east to two ches tnut
oaks, thence to a large ask in a hollow, thence down the hollow
to Robert B . Hensley's corner, thence to Morgan Dean ' s corner, thence
with. his line to William Me a dows deceased, thence to the beginning,
containing 50 acres , be the same more or less .
The second tract
known as Deeds tract adjoining Stephen uensley, John
r· .
Dean (now
w.
H. Lam and the first named tract and is supposed to contain 50 acres
be the same more or less.
And the said Lucinda F . Hensley and George
W. Hensley , her husband, Janetta V.
eadows, and Mary E . Thompson
and Henry B . Thompson, her husband, and A. It . Meadows and Mary E .
Meadows, his wife, parties of the first part to warrant g enerally
the title to the lands here by conveyed unto the said Leonard W.
Meadows of the second part, as wi tness the following signat ures and
seals .
iif!LP-f7~ ,,
Witness R . J . Riddle
Lucinda F . Meadows
(Seal )
George W. Hensley
(Seal)
Mary E . Thompson
( Seal 1}
Henry B. Thompson
(Seal)
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A . F . Meadows
(Seal}
her
Mary x E .eadows
mark
(Seal)
State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I,
l . K . Jennings, a Notary Public for the County of Rockingham
in the 3 tate of Virginia, do certify that Lucinda F . Hensley and
George W. Hensley, whose names are sig ned to the writing hereto
annexed bearing date an the 9th day of April have acknowledged the
same before me in my County afore said.
Given under my hand this 22 day of October, 1895 .
W. K. Jennings, N . P.
State ofVirginia,
County of ~ adison, to-wit:
I, A. N . Finks, a Notary Public for the County of 1!adison in
the State of Virginia, do certify that that A. F. 1ieadows and Mary
E . Meadows whose names are si g ned to the writing herto annexed bearing date on the 9th day of April, 1894, have acknwwledged the same
before me in my County aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 13th day of Karch, 1895 .
A . N • F inks , N • P .
State of Virginia,
Gounty of Page, to-wit:
I, R. A. Bickers, a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Mary E. Thompson and
Henry B . Thompson her husband, 'Whose nan:es are signed to the writing
hereto attached, bearing date on the 9th day of April, 1894, have
acknowledged the same before me in my County a~oresaid .
Given under my hand this 21st day of December, 1901 .
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R . A. Bickers, J . P .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the County Court of Rockingham
County . February 17, 1902 .
This deed from Lucinda F. Hensley and
husband and others to Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in
the office aforesaid, and is together with this certificate of
acknowledgement annexed, admitted to record.
Teste:
J.
s.
Messerly, Clerk.
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This Deed ma.de this 19th day of December, 1904 , between I. N.
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Dovel and Jeannette V. Dovel, his wife, parties of the first part,
454
and Leonard :-1. Meadows, party of the second part, all of Rockingham
County, Virginia,
WITNESSETH :
That for the consideration of the sum of Seventy-Five Dollars
cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the parties of
the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the
said parties of the first part doth grant, sell and convey unto the
party of the second part their undivided interest (being a one-sixth
interest) in the following two tracts of land, situated near Hensley's
Church in the eastern part of Rockingham County, Virginia,
and
being
the entire ~nterest of the parties of the first part in the estate of
71m .
Meadows, deceased, in Rockingham County and bounded a:s follows:
First Tract beginning below at a certain specified place in the
line of Wm. Meadows deceased, a chestnut oak and running up a hollow
SE to a hickory and 2 lynns, thence NE to t'WO chestnut oaks, then
to a large ash on a hollow, thence down the hollow to Robert B.
Hensley corner, then to Morgan Dean's corner, then with his line to
William Meadows, deceased, and with the same to the beginning, containing 50 acres more or less.
The second tract is known as the Deets
tract, adjoining the land of Stephen Hensley and W. H. Lam and
adjoining the first named tract and is supposed to contain about fifty
acres more or less, together with all the appurtenances thereto
belonging, and the parties of the first part covenant that they
have this right to sell
and
convey the lands as aforesaid and that
they will warrant g enerally the title thereto .
Witness the folloviing signatures and sealis .
Witness
R. A. Bi:ckers .
Jeannette V. Dovel
his
I . N . X Dovel
mark
(Seal)
(Seal)
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3tate of Virginia,
County of Page, to-wit:
I, R.
=.
Bickers, a Notary Public for the County aforesaid in
the State of Virginia , de certify that I. N. Dovel and Jeannette V.
Dovel whose names are signed to the writing above bearing date on the
19th day of Decembe, 1904, have acknowle dged the same before me in
my County aforesa id .
~iven under my hand this 19th day of Decemb er, 1904 .
R. A. Bickers, N. P.
My commissio n expires July 15, 1908 .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County. February 17, 1906 .
This deed from Jeannete V . Dovel an d
husb and to Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in the office
afores aid, and is, to gether with the certific ate of acknowledgment
anne xed, admitted to record.
Teste:
D. H. Lee Mart z , Cl erk
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453
THIS DEED, made the 28th day of November, 1903, between
Stephen Hensley and Harriett Hensley, his vife, of the first part
and Leonard Meadows of the second part , all of the 0ounty of
Rockingham and State of Virginia ,
U ITNEJ SETH:
That the said Stephen ·i-: ensley and Harriett Hensley , his wife,
for and in considera tion of twenty dollars to them by the said
Leonard Iveadows in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby ackno rvledged, have granted, bargained , sold and conveyed, and by these
presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Leonard
Meadows , his heirs and assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land
containing about five acres more or less, lying in the eastern part
of said County of Rockingham , adjoining the 1 ands of Leonard }; eadovrs
and Stephen Hensley, it being the eastern corner of James Hensley
~ract of land and beginning at the corner a chestnut oak and hickory
and gum , then thence SW 20 poles to a chestnut oak, thence with a
1Tifl line through a field and barn of said Leonard Meadows to the
crossing a road and near the spring branch from his spring, his
cornering on a gum in or near said line just a little below turn of
said road thence south across a little hill just below and ·ri th the
course of said road, to a locust on north side of a branch, thence
crossing and running with said branch and hollow east of an elm, at
or near the upper line of said Stephen Hensley land and with his line
NE to the beginning .
To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with the
appurtena nces thereto belon ing to him, the said Leonard Meadows ,
his heirs and assigns forever and the said parties of the first part
covenant to and with the said party of the second part that they will
warrant generally the property hereby conveyed, that they have the
right to convey the said to the said grantee , and that the said grantee
shall have quiet possession of same free from all encumbran ces, that
they have done no act to encumber it and that they will execute such
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further assurances as may be necessary to perfect the title hereby
conveyd unto said grantee .
Witness the follm ing signatures and seals the day and year
firstabove written.
Stephen Hensley
(Seal)
Harriett Hensley
(Seal)
Rockingham County ,
State of Virginia, to-wit:
I,
c.
B. lam, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County
do certify that Stephen Hensley and Harriett Hensley whose names is
signed to the above deed bearing date November 28th, 1903, personally
appe~red before me in my said County this day and acknowledged the
same.
~iven under my hand this 16 day of December , 1903 .
C• B •
Lam, J • P.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk 's Office of theCircuit Court of Rockingham
County. Feby . 17, 1906 .
This deed from Stephen Hensley and 'ife
to Leonard foeadows vras this day presented in the office a foresaid
and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed ,
admitted to record .
Teste:
D. H. Lee L:artz,
Clerk
2.5
�COBY
This Deed made this 31st day of ~ugust, 1908, between Delilah
84
J . ri.ea dows, p e.rty of the fir st part, and Leonard W. Meadows, party
369
of the second part, all of the County of Rockingham in the State of
Virginia,
W I T H E S S E TH:
That the said party of the first part for and in consideration
of the sum of -,75 . 00 cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged , has bargained, sold .a nd doth hereby grant and convey
with general warranty of title unto the said party of the second part
all her entire right, title and interest in ond to two certain tracts
or parcels of land lying in east Rockingham in the Blue Ridge L:ountains
near the Thoroughfare , adjoining the lands of ..>tephen Hensley,
Elijah
s.
Iv:eadows and others, containing
be it the same more or less .
in the aggregate 100 acres
Tract No . 1 containing about t O acres
is knovm as the Deats tract of land and Lot No . 2 containing about
50 acres is a part of the John Meadows lands .
Witness the following signature and seal .
Delilah J
her
x Meadows
mark
( Sea 1)
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I , Wm . B . Hensley , a Notary Public in and for the said County
and State , do certify that Delilah J . Meadows , whose name is signed
to the writing hereto annexed bearing date on the 31st day of
August , 1908, has acknowledged the same before me in my County
afore said .
Given under my hand this 31st day of August, 1908 .
Wm . B. Hensley , Notary Public
My commission expires March 12, 1912 .
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Gircui t Court of Rockingham
County. December 21, 1908 .
If
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This deed from Delilah J . Meadows to
tf
2C.
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Leonard W. Meadows was this day presented in the ofice aforesaid
and is, together with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed,
admitted to record .
Teste:
D.
rr.
Lee Martz ,
Clerk
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THIS DEED, Made this 9th day of October 1911, between
Stephen L. Hensley and Rebecc a A. Hensley his wife parties
of the fi rst part and Leonard W. Meadows party 0f tne second
part, all of near Elkton, in Rock ingham County, Virginia.
WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the sum of One
Thousand ($1000.00 ) Dollars cash in hand paid by the party
of the second part, the receip t whereof is hereby acknowledged,
tne said parties of the first part do hereby grant and convey
with general warranty of title unto thb party of the second
part his heirs and assigns forever, all tnose lots or parcels
of land, with all -appurtenances thereto belonging, situated
in the County of Rockingham, State of Virginia, and described
as follows:
Beg inning at a Maple and _C hestnut oak on South
Tract No. (1)
Naked Creek, corner to T. K. Harnsberger and James Hensley Sr.,
Dae., thence
s.
bank of creek,
~
18° E. 5~ poles to Aspruce pine
s.
&
Birch on
65° W. across a ridge 130 poles to an Oak
and Birch on a bank, thence N. 19° W. 80 polesjto a poplar,
thence N. 3° E. 18 poles to a Butterwood and Ash in or near
the old patent line of James Hensley Sr., thence N. 80
0
E.
with said line ~8 poles to the beginning by estimation 60 A.
1 R. and 10 Poles.
Tract No. ( J )
Beginning at a Chestnut Oak, Maple and Pine on
the bank of South Naked Creek at the entrance of a bran6h
in said Creek, thence up a branch, thence S. 36 1/2° W. 1~
poles to a White Pine and Chestnut-Oak, thence S. 24 1;4°
E. 30 poles to an Ash and Red-O ak on a branch, thence s. 8
W• 0~ poles to a red-oak and Hickory, thence s. 1/~ 0 E. 32
poles to a Chestnut-Oak and Walnut, thence S. 8
0
w.
0
20 poles
and 16 links to a White Walnut and Ash, John Hensley's corner,
thence with his line N. 30
0
E. 99 poles to a Maple and
Cnestnut, thence crossing said Greek N. 8
bunch of Lynns, thence N. 2,7°
and Maple, thence N. 5 1°
w.
w.
0
E. 18 poles to a
37 poles to a Chestnut oak
18 poles and 17 links to a Chestnut
oak and Spruce Pine, thence N. ,45°
w.
~O poles and 1~ links
�to a Chestnu t Oak, thence N. 75 0
w.
44 poles to the beginnin g,
containi ng by estimati on 40 A. OR. and 1 0 Poles.
The par ties of the fi r st part cove nant that they have
tne right to convey the said property to the grantee, that they
have done no act to encumbe r the same, and that the grantee
snall have peaceab le possess i on of same.
Witness the fo llowing signatur es and seals.
A~ :t
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cl.ti.../~~ ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINrrHAM, to-wit:
I, 1. 1. Flory a Notary Public in and for the county
aforesai d in the State of Virginia , do certify that Stephen
1. Hensley and Rebecca A. Hensley his wife, whose names
are signed to the writing above, bearing date on the 8th
day of October , 1811, have acknowl edged the same bef0re Ibe
in my County aforesai d.
Given undJ r my hand this 8th day of October, 1811.
My Commiss ion Expires
Decemb0 r 8th 1811.
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Vlk61NIA: In the Clerk's 8ffice of the Circuit Court of Rockingham~ants.
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-w,. ___ -- -- . ---··---- ---------- ------------
was this day presented in tlw offf.ce aforesa,id , a,nd is, to~ether
with the cerUficate u/ acknowle dsfment anne;x;ed, admitted to
record.
�3G
�THIS IS TO GER TIFY that the taxes for the year 1933 on the
nated
:::'::::P rtract of Moun tain land, conta ining --~.. _____d_ _ _ acres and desig
in the Park Cond emna tion suit as Tract No. -'Y-7 +---' situa te in
Rocki ngham Count y, Virgi nia, and asses sed in the name of
a<~~
--- --- --
have been paid.
Given under my hand this
---day
of Decem ber, 1935.
Treas urer of Rocki ngham Count y, \rirgi nia.
TO VffiOM IT Ivi.AY CONCERN:
any
This is to certi fy that the recor ds in my offic e do not show
roS delin quent taxes again st the tract of Moun tain land, conta ining
as No •
acres and knovm and desig nated in the Park Conde mnati on Suit
Virgi nia, s&id tract of land
situa te in Rocki ngham
.z.J-,
stand ing in the name of
Given under my hand this
Go,,
~ re? <)~ "' ~
---day
of Decem ber, 1935.
31
�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 . . . . . . . . .
Court:
the
Comes now the undersigned and shows to
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. -2.!l--------:
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~------
$4:.78-'Z.._QO; on
Tract No. ____________
$_________ _;
on Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
L . W. Meadows
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 , L . w.
Meadows , 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
~aid award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
·· a~ising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
V
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party (parties) herein under the
prnvisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
djstribution 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 ;,t'Z ________
$ __1.5.. 0_Q_: 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
STATE COMMISSION ON COIJSERVATION
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.
�, r
STATB OF VIRGINIA) SS
COUNTY OF WARREN )
Personally a ppeared before me the undersigned Notary
Public in my said State and County, · E . M. Stokes, who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commission on Conservation and Development in 'immediate
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 awards in the Shenandoah
National Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings , and that the within claim is - just and correct .
Witness my signa t ure this 8th day
NOTARY PUBLI
M) ComrrJssion Expires S~p. _81 1934
�VH1GI1l"1:..: • IN TI-lli CIRCuIT COURT OF ROCKINGK ,1 COUNTY .
I N VACATION
The State Comr.:1.ission on Conservation & Development
of the State of Virginia , - - - - - - - - Petitioner ,
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins , et als , defendants .
In Re : Proceeds of distribution of tract No .
$15 . oo .
On this the
}~ T~of
#
=st
27 - L . .. . I.~eadows ,
, 1935 , came the StRte
Commission on Conservation & Development , by counrel , and moved
the 0ourt to enter an order requiring the •rreflsurer of Virginia ,
to p=: y to said Commission , out of the funds in the hands of said
treasurer , to the credit of this Court in this proceeding , thesum of ~;:15 . 00 to be deducted fran the a Hard for tract No . 27 ,
L • .! . Leadows ; and it further appearing that the said L . 1:!. I:ead ows
consents to the payment out of the proceeds of condemnation for
said tract and no objection to such payment beinR; offered by any
other person , it is acGordingly adjudged and ordered that the Treas urer of Virginia , do out of the monies in his ha. nds to the -ere dit
of this Court in this proceeding , pay to the Stste Corrmission on
v onservetion & Devel o pment , the said sum of )15 . 00 and shall charge
the same against the judgment in rem fixing the value and dama.ges
for said tract No . 27 , L .
,11•
Meadows .
II
T··
The Cler k of the C.irc uit Court of Rocki ngham County,
Va r ,1111 enter the fore go i n g order on the Common La w Order Book of
his office as a vacation order .
Given under my hand this fl. day of .August , 1935 .
. . . . (!Y:-W {)J~ . . .
J udge of the Gircuit v ourt of
ock i ngha!ll, Co . Va.
¾
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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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ROCKINGH;J,i COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
~30 - l!eadows , L. G.
Number of Acres: ?01
Location:
Along the top of the Blue Ridge , just north of the Dean
r.:ountain Road , in both Greene and Rockingham Counties and
entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Tkie property is approxima tely four miies over a steep mountain
Soil:
(See reverse side for Soil informatio n)
road frou the Spottswoo d Trail, an improved highway , extending
from Stanardsv ille to Elkton.
History of Tract and condition of timber: (See reverse side for History informatio n)
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
636
@
~2 . 50
$1590 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
55
22 . 00
1210 . 00
Fields Restocking:
10
10 . 00
100 . 00
?01
~;2900 . 00
Cultivated Land:
450 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 3218. 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 450 . 00
Value of Wood : $
Value per acre for tract:
$~? 7
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
�SOIL:
For the most part ~he -soil is a sandy loam, especially on the area
that has been extensively cultivated with some clay in the subsoil
over most of the tract . There are several large outcrops of rocks
on the timbered area and one or t1O of considerable size on the
grazing area . The slopes are moderate to steep on the timbered area ,
but gentle slopes prevail on the c l eared l and .
HISTORY OF TRACT ND CONDITION OF TIL'.:B=:R :
This tract was acquired by L. G.
Meadows in 1924, who shortly afterwards cut most of the accessible
saw timber .
The chestnut oak timber was cut for tan- bark about
25 years before .
The timbered area has not been severely burned ,
but the present stand of timber on a large portion of the tract
\Vill yield no merchantabla material for many years . Ln area of 156
acres has been developed as grazing land . !~st of this was cleared
b~ girdling the trees and not cultivated, but a limited area adjacent
to the buildings seems to have been cultivated regularly until about
five years ago , leaving a rather thin soil.
The soil is of medium
density only, but the indications are that it is susceptible of
improvements .
he merchantable stand of timber by species is as follows :
Rock . Co . - -
Greene Co .
Species
Red and Sp . oak
/hi te oak
Hickory and others
Red and Sp . oak
Hickory and others
M. ft. B. M.
160
20
'~0
mm120
30
150
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---~-t:
~,,<_,.£,c . , , •
~ Lo/ ______ _
/-~~--
_ __County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservat10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
---------------- A? /? / /
------------------------ -----~
-------------------
This lJnj;-is located about_ __ a _______ miles from __ ~ - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
t h e ~ ~ a g i s t e t i a l 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
p a ~ f land described abov~
--~--~---~---
-- ---~-~·~~......:
~::::~-~::~t~-~~-~L~L~~~-~~~~o~~:~
~:~~
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:te~:.; o~
_
----~Lr~~---- .-~~ 4 7 ~ 2 ~ .~ #.zt
I acq:i::~ ior
year __L~_in the
,;?:_4!',#-£&,C,:uc.L_ 4A<J!L<' &f
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $¾,f:f;;?~.!_:':=:i_. I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
, _ //
description ~ ~ ; l of land by metes and bo~njs) .
-~~-~~~.
Remarks:
~./--~~~:r-!!--~~~-~~----------~-~--~---
__g_,_L.__~ - ~ - ~ L ~_L,L~ _,;:'~~~~_:
~-~~--£ .!__~1d_,g~:-~££ -_~~-1L __ ~/4z_~ -,-
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on~ bac .
this ___ ~-2-::-~ ____ day
~ itness my signature (or my name and mar_......,,_.,""'c e ~
~~AT~
1
; VIRGINI~, ~t~NTY
04o_ad:__----~ -----,-;:-----
v,-,,. ~
The undersigned hereby certifies that__ __: __ .:.~~+-J-~_f: ?-_~-~-~~
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath th;_(th~ matters
and things appear,wg in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______ _L_~-- = ---day of_ ___ ~~-'-------, 193l
-/U~r---~'--
of the Court, or Specia Investigator or
y Public, or Justice of the Peace.
~
'
�Filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va,
FEB
1931
---····- -Cl erk
�~tatr Qinmm'uf:Ston nu Qinunrruattnn aun-1flrurlnpmrnt
WILLIAM
E.
CARSON, CHAIRMAN, RIVERTON
COLEMAN WORTHAM, VICE-CHAIRMAN RICHMOND
JUNIUS P,
RICHMOND, VA.
BUREAUS OF THE COMMISSION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FISHBURN, ROANOKE
E. GRIFFITH DODSON, NORFOLK
WATER RESOURCES AND POWER
RUFUS G. ROBERTS, CULPEPER
FOREST SERVICE
THOMAS
PARKS AND LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING
L. FARRAR. CHARLOTTESVILLE
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
LEE LONG, DANTE
STATE PUBLICITY
RICHARD
A . GILLIAM
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER
TELEPHONE
Riverton ,
3-0303
Virginig
February 23, 1934
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockinghgm County
Harrisonburg , Virginia
Dear
ir:
I enclose order submitted by the State Commission on Conservation and Development and Mr . Georges . Harnsberger, Special Receiver, praying for an order for the payment of the sum
of ~p929 . 77 to the State Corrnnission on Conservation and Development on account of its distributive share of t!le award granted
in the nennirf:' p,:,r 1, coT1nemn9tlor, ryroceenin's on trect No . 30.
I also erclose cer~on coryv oft~~ snme .
1.Vill you be eood 8nou ~h,
in pursuance of the terr.is of
t h at order, to tran smit certi f ied copy to the Treasurer of Virginie as promptly as may be, as we are anxious to collect
these refunds without delay .
Thanking you for your courtesies in this connection, as
well as in all other park matters, I remain
Very sincerely yours,
ACC:D
�HARRI SOi..o3URG , VA .
VIRGIN IA : IN THE CIRCUI ~l' COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AT
s.t ate Commission on
Conse rvatio n and Development
of the state of Virgi nia,
The
PETITIONER,
v.
Cassa ndra Lawson Atkin s and other s,
and 52,561 . acres of land,
more or lee.a,
DEFENDANTS.
On the 2~th day of Februa ry,, 1934, came the petiti oner
in the above styled proce eding , by couns el, and exhib ited the
record there in, includ ing the judgment in rem herein before entered , condemning Tract # 30 as descri bed and numbered in the
repor t of the Board of A,ppra isal Commissioners herein , to the
use of the petiti oner, upon t he pqme nt into the custod y of this
Oou.rt of the amount of the award set fo r th there in for the said
Tr'-°t :/f'30, to-wi t, $3,27 4.00; also the order enter~ d December is,
1933, direc ting the payment of said award to George s.Rarn sberg er,
Speci al Receiv e¥ , in case of IJ.oyd Gruver Meadows• Credi tors
also a claim
ing
includ
and
ittee;
Comm
ws•
Meado
r
Gruve
vs. Lloyd
filed herei n by the state Commission on Conse rvatio n and Developm ent for a distri butiv e share of said award in the amount
of $ 929.77 , under the terms of a record ed contr act touch ing
t he sale of a strip of land known as the Sky Line Drive right
of way and const itutin g a part of the said Tract fl>O, and showed
to the Court that the said Speci al Reoei ver, George s.Harn sberge r, havin g been advise d of the s a id claim of $929.7 7, and
having fou.nd that said claim is a just claim for a dis t ributi ve
share o:t the se.id award , and having so advise d the Treas urer
of Virgi nia; did, at the reque st of the said Treas urer of Virginia , pay over the anoun t of the said claim , to-wi t, $929.7 7,
to the a aid
Treas urer, who, as appea rs from his letter s and
receip t for said amoun t, advise d the said George s.Harn sberg er,
Speci al Recei ver, that the said amount of $929.7 7, would be
and had been oredi ted back t o the Circu it Court of Rockingham
Count y on his bank accou nt at Richmond, and placed subJe ct to
the order of that Court :14D
�-..a-Whereupon the petitioner, by counsel, and the .said
George S. Rarnsberger, Special Receiver., moved the Court to
enter an order directing the said Treasurer of Virginia to pay the
s id sum of $929.77 to the said State Commission on Conservation
and Development.
U);)on consideration whereof, it is considered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of $929.77, placed to the credit
of this Court and sub~ect to its order as aforesaid, as the distributive share of the award for said Tract #30, to which the
Said state Commission on Conservation and Development 1s entitled, be paid unto the said state Commission on Conservation
and Developnent, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to
transmit a Certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall pay unt o the said state Commission on Conservation and neveloiment the . e1
of $929.77, taking from said
state Oommissi""""on on Conservation and Development receipt therefor, and certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for
appropriate entry thereof, as required by 1aw.
1~,
�Qlnmmnuwtaltq nf 11Iirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 20 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this 20 d.ay of Decemb er in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Ro ckingham Coun~y
d.a t e d 12/18/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and. Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
paid. to
CAssandra Lawson~_A_t~k~i= n=s~--------- Georg e s . Harnsberger , Special Receiver , Harri s onb urg , Va .
$----'3~,~2~7~_4~·~0~0_ _ _ being in full settlement of tract #_zuj_
in the above mentioned. cause.
uz.
.
�O!nmmnnmtultq nf llllrgiutu
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
ut, ~
u1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
V
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Georges. Harnsberger, Special Receiver,
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $3,274.00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of__R~o~c_k_i_n~g~h~a~m____
entered on the
18th day
of_~D~e~c~·~ _l93JL, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v ___
_C
~a=s=s~a=nc....d~rc....a= -=
L=a'-w
'---"s~o'-Cn'-'----'A
'---"t=
k=i=n=s~_ _ __ an d others , being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as # _ 3_0_ _ __
Sign ori ginal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�Q!nmmnuwraltb nf Jlirgiuta
TREASURER ' S OFFICE
R IC HMOND, VA ,
February 28 , 1934
JO HN M. PURCELL
TR EASURER OF VIRGI N IA
This is to certify that I, J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virgi nia have this _2_8__ day of February
with an order of the c ircuit court of
dated 2/24/34
in accordan c e
Rock ingham County
in the cause of the State Commi s sion
on Conser vation and Development of the State of Virgi n ia
vs.
Atk ins
Cas s andra Lawson
- - - - - - --
- - - - --
-
paid to State Commi s sion on Conserva t ion & Development
$_ 9_2_1~·_7_7_ _ _ _ being in full settlement of tract# 30
in the ab ove mentioned cause.
____________ 220
�Qtnmmntttttealtq nf l!Iirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
February 28, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
State Commission on Conservation and Development
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $~9.77
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
~ o~c=k~i=n=g=h=am~- - -of__R
entered on the
24th
day
of Februa.ry 193__1_ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
Cassandra Lawson Atkins
and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #~3~0'-----
~
Exe cutive Secy & Treas .
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
�r
\._I'
County:
District:
Rockingli..am-Greene
Stone 1all-Stanardsv:D. l e
Rock1ngham)130 - Meadors, L. G.
Greene
) ~t'/
Rockingham-Greeno
Entire tract
{\crer1s_o Clo.imed:
Assessed: 1040A.
350 A, *Deedt xl.176 A.
Value Claimed:
Location:
Assessed: . 2080 . tJJ700 .
Deed:
Area: 701 A.
6500.
Along the top of the Bl uc Ridge, just north o·"' the
Denn ountain oad, in both Greene and Rocki ham Counties
and entirely within the Park area.
Incumbrancea, counter claims or lap t
There ppears to be a lap of
22 acrea of this trac£ on the adison Timber Corporation
tract #l•e for which a separate report has been prepared.
Soil:
For the most part the· soil is a ssn~y loam, ospocially
on the area that : a.s been extensively c,u ti ·o.t d, d th
some clay in the subsoil over most of the trnct .
There are several large outcrops of rock on the timbered area end. one or two of considerable size on tho graz~
ing area.
The slopes nre moderate to steep on the
timbered area., but gentle slopos prevail on the cleared
land.
Rods:
This property 1s approximately four miles ove a steep
moun a.in road trom the Spottswood Trail, an improved
highway, extendina; from Stanardsvil le to Elkton.
nd pqnd1tion of timber:
Tb.is tract 1 1 s ucquired
'6y L. G.. Meado s in !924, wb'.o shortly afterward~ cut
most of the accessible saw•t1mber .
The chewtnut oak
timber 11 s cut for tan-bark about 25 years oefcr e .
The t i mbered area has not been severely bur.
lrut the
presont stand of timber on a 1 rge portion f the tract
will yield no merchantable material for many yea.rs .
An area of 156 cres h s been devel ped s grazing land.
10 t of this as cleared by g5.rdling the trees a.nd not
cultivated, but a limited area adj cent to the buildings
seems to have been cultivated regularly until about five
yee.rs ago, leaving a rather thin s oil .
The soil 1s of
medium density only, but the indications are that it 1s
susceptible of improvement .
The merchantable stand of timber by species 1s as follows:
History of· tract
Species
Rock. co . -- Red & Sp . oak
White oak
Hickory & others
Greene Co . Red & Sp. oak
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In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
vs .
t Law No. 1829.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and Fifty- two Thousand , Five Hundred
and Sixty- One (52 , 561) cres of land ,
more or less ,
On this
PETITIONER ,
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DEFEI DANTS .
de.y of December , 1933 , came George
s.
Harnsberger and George N.Conrad, Special Commissioners in the
chancery cause of Lloyd Gruver Meadows' Creditors vs . Lloyd Gruver
Meadows• Committee, and,on their motion, leave is given them to
file their application for the payment to Geo.S . Harnsberger,
special Receiver and bonded commissioner in the said cause, of the
sum of
3 , 274. 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment
of condemnation for Tract No . 30 , and heretofore paid into aourt .
A.nd it appearing from the report of the Board of Appraisal
Commissioners, heretofore filed in this suit,and in the petition
for judgment and condemnation entered herein on the 2d day of
November, 1933 , that,in the opinion of the said State Commission
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on Conservation and Development, Lloyd Gruver Meadows was invested
with a superior or better right or claim of title in and to said
tract of land No . 30 , and that the record in said condemnation
proceedings does not disclose any denial or dispute by any party
or person interested as to the title to the said Tract No . 30 or
to the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except the
lien indebtedness thereon as set forth in the report of Master
Commissioner L.L. Conrad filed in this Court in the pending chancery cause of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver
Meadows• Committee, and it appearing to the Court that, wider a
decree of sale heretofore entered in said chancery oause, Geo.
s.
L AW OFF I CE S
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SO NBURG. VA.
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�--2-Harnsberger and Geo . N. Conrad were appointed Special Commissioner s
to sell the said real estate, whioh included the said Tract No.
30, and that in pursuance of said decree of sale said Geo. s .
Harnsberger has executed
ta.Qt
bond in said chancery cause in the
penal sum of J 7 , 000. 00.
Upon oonsideratio n whereof , it is considered and ORDERED
by the Court that the said sum of $3 , 274. 00, paid into court as
aforesaid as just compensation for the said
Tract No . 30 , be paid
unto the said Geo. S. Harnsberger, Special Receiver , for distr ibution under the orders of this court in said chancery cause , and
the Clerk of this Court is directed t o transmit a certifi ed copy
of this order to the
Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto
the said Geo. S. Harnsberger, Spe cial Receiver , the said sum of
$3 , 274. 00 , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of con
damnation for said Tract No. 30 , taking from the said Geo . s . Harnsberger, Special Receiver , receipt thereof, and certifying such
payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof ,
as required by law.
LAW OFFICE S
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
v.
PETITIONER,
t Law No . 1829.
Cassandra Lawson tkine and others
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hund.red
and Sixty-one (52 ,561) Acres of land ,
more or less ,
DEFENDANTS •
TO THE HON.H. W. BERTR.AM , JUDGE OF SAID COURT.
Your petitioners, Geo. S. Harnsberger and Geo. N. Co.nrad,
Special Commissioners of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County,
Virginia, in the ohanoery cause therein pending in the name and
style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver
Meadows ' Committee, respectfully represent :
That , by decree entered in said chancery c ause on the
7th day of March, 1928 , your petitioners were appointed as such,
with directions to sell certain real estate of Lloyd Gruver Meadows , including the tract hereinafter referred to, either at public or private sale , and in accordance with the directions of
said decree the said Geo . S. Harnsberger executed before the Clerk
of this Court a bond in the penalty of Seven Thousand Dollars
($7 , 000 . 00 ) as Speci.a l Receiver of the funds to be derived from
such sale, an attes t ed copy of which bond is here filed, marked
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and prayed to be read as part hereof, and an attested oopy
of the said decree of sale is also here filed, marked "Ex. En and
prayed to be read as a part hereo.f; that your peti ti onars as suoh
commissioners have not executed the said decree of sale by reason
of the pendenoy of certain proceedings in the above entitled
action at law for the condemnation of the said real estate. That,
as appears from the said decree of sale , your Commissioners were
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
directed to sell "the two adjacent tracts of land owned by Lloyd
Gr~ver Meadows aggregating 1,176½ acres , situate on the Blue
�--2-Ridge Mountains about eight miles east of Elkton in the Counties
of Rockingham and Greene . n
That, in the said oondemnati on pro-
ceedings, the portion of the 1176½ acres lying in Rockingham
County is
-----a cres ,
and that a judgment in rem therefor
has heretofore been entered in said condemnation proceedings condemning to the use of the petitioner therein the fee simple estate of Lloyd Gruver Meadows in the said portion lying in Rock~
ingha.m , which tract is described in the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners , appointed in said condemnation proceedings, and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County ownership
Qap filed therewith as Tract
o. 30 , at the price of $3 , 274. 00.
That the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the
state of Virginia has paid into the custody of this court the
sai d sum of money set out i n said judgment const i tuting the award
for the fee simple estate of Lloyd
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ruver Meadows in that portion
of the said tract of land lying in Rockingham county .
That Lhe sai d Lloyd Gruver Meadows , on the date of the
said judgment in rem condemning the said tract owned a fee
si~ple interest in the said tract subject to the liens thereon ;
that an account of the s a id liens on the said tract is set
forth in the report of Commissioner L. L. Conrad , filed in the said
chancery cause of Lloyd
Gruver Meadows • Creditors vs. Lloyd
Gruver Meadows ' Committee , eta.; that no other person or persons
are entitled to share in the distribution of the said award
except as set out in said Commissioner's report ; that any unpaid
taxes will be paid under the order of the Court in the said
chancery a a use .
Wherefore your petitioners pray that , if need be , they
be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of
the Public Park Condemnation Act , and that an order be enter ed
LAW OFFICES
for the distribution of said sum set forth in said judgment in
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG . VA.
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�---3-as constituting the award for the fee simple estate in t he said
tract condemned as aforesaid , and for the payment to Geo . s .
Harnsberger , Special Receiver , of the said award, the sum of
$3 , 274 . 00, for the said tract No . 30 , to be disbursed by him
under the orders of this Court in the said chancery cause .
Commie si one rs •
state of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg , to - wit :
This day Geo . S. Harnsberger and Geo . N. Conrad , Special
Commissioners, the petitioners in the above entitled matter ,
personally appeared before me , F. Flavia Converse, a Notary
Public in and for the City aforesaid , in the state of
in my
Virginia,
City aforesaid , and, being duly sworn, depose and say:
we are the petitioners in the above entitled matter.
we
are acquainted with the contents of t he above petition , and do
hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are
true , to the best of our
subscribed and sworn to
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before me this 15th day of
Dec ember , l 93~.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA .
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<Courts.
Virginia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conserv,a tion and Development of the State of Virgini,a
Petitioner.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thiousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) A'Cres of land, more or less
Defendants.
Comes now the undeTsigned and shows to the Courl:
That a judgment in rem :h as heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the
rnse ,o f the Petitfoner the fee simple estate in the tra,c t (s) of land numbered ·a s f.olliows: Tract
No .... 3.0 ............ : Tract No ..................... : Tract No ..................... ;
and de:s cribed in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners •a ppointed the,re:in and
shown, number,e d, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment
into the ,c ustody of the Court of the sum (s) set ·out in the said judgment as constituting the
award(s) therefor, as follows: Award on Trad No ... 3,0 ....... ~!74-.00 ; on Tract No .............. .
$ ................ ; on Tract No ............... $ ................ ;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the foll'owing named persons claim, o:r
appear to have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land ,or in the proceeds arising
fr.om the condemnation thereof;
L. H. Bruce,Comrnittee for Lloyd Gruver Meadows,(Insane)
Eharles G. Harnsberger,
George L. Harnsberger
George L. Harnsberger,Guardi an ad Litem for Lloyd Gruver Meadows,(Insane)
That ·t he Petitioner has paid info the custody of the Court the said sum (s) set out in said
judgment as constituting the award (s) of the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) o.f land;
T:hat your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in •em c·ondemning the said
tract(s) of l•anrd, :o wned or was (were) entitled ,t o the following intere's t in the said tract(s)
or in the proceeds arising from the c<o nd·e mnation there,o f : -
Und~r the terms of a duly recorded contr ~ct and deed conveying the
Skyline road bed running through this tract, the owners granted and
conveyed to t h e undersigned the right to receive from said proceeds
the sum of 929.U7 .
That no otJhe,r person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to slhare in the distribution of the said award (s) exce·pt the foll:owing named per,s ons whose interest in said tr.act(s) or
in the proceeds arising from the condemnation thereiof on the date of entry of said judgment
was as follows:
The above n1entioned claimants to the extent that they may be able
to establish their claims.
Wherefore, .Your undersigned pray (s) that Jhe-ithey7 "ire"'made- -a- pm-ty- "'(p:ttttt!~r "h~f'Erttr umter-the ,n,:msi:i,mr ~ ~e'l:!ttt:>n -zi- ffi:theTun1~- p arK- eomtenmatio·rr -.A:ct;--,nrd'-ttl·atj' 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 f.ee s:imple estate in the said tract(s) c,o ndemned as aforesaid, and for
the p,ayment -to the undeTsiigneid of the said award (s) or .o f as much thereof as the Court may
find that the undersigned is (arre) entitled to receive, and whiic'h the undersigned aver(s) is as
foUows: Tract No .... 30. ........ $ ... 92.9...!7.'7: Tract No ................. $ ................ : Tract No ................ .
$ ................ ;
'rhe undersigned further.aver(s) that: (Leave this spac,e Mank unless there i·s some othe·r
pe1-tinent matter to be brought e's pedally to the attenti"on ·o f the court)
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NO'IIE-A supply of this ·b lank has been placed in the Clerk's office for the convenience of interested parties. No
one iB required to use this form, as the f,orm is not prescribed ,b y law, and claimants can either cihange. or modify
it as they deem necessary, or present their motions in any f-orm they may desire which meets with the approval
of the Court. This ib lank 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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Personally appeared before me the undersigned · Notary
Public in my said State and County , E . K. Stokes , who being
duly s worn, deposed a nd said that she is a n employee of the
State Commission on Co nserv~tion and rie;·elopment in immediate charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park
Division thereof havi ng to do with the claims of the Commission for distributive shares of c ondemnation awards in
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the Shenandoah National Park cond emna ti on pr oceedings pend. ing in the Circuit Courts of Vi r g inia , by reason of, contracts
a nd agreements ent ered into with the owners of l a rid · ::fought' to
be condemned in these proceedings, , and tha t the within cla im
is just a nd c orrect .
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ROCKINGHAl.I COUNTY
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
/i80 - Ueadows , L. C.
Number of Acres: 37
Location:
Swift Run .
Entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Hurd surface , four and one- half miles to Elkton , nearest ·
shipping point .
Soil:
Dark clay loam , slope type , mostly covered with small loose
rock .
History of Tract and condition of timber: .all cleared .
Improvements:
see other side .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
34
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$35 . 00
,)1190 . 00
35 . 00
105 . 00
Fields Restocking:
3
Cultivated Land:
37
$1295 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
ValueofLand: $ 1295 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 6540 . 00
6540 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit : $
50 . 00
~7885 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract:
$,:$/ 4. / tJ
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�II1.~PROVEM!!:NTS: DWELLING -- Frame , 14x22' , porch Gx22' , L part 18xl7xl4',
with porch 6xl3' , 7 rooms , metal roof , brick flues , 2 story , walls
ceiled , good condition , occupied by o,vner . Spring water supply , solid
foundation . NE·.v SPRING HOUSJ: ---- Frame , 9xl2x8 ' , paper roof, uuod
condition . NE•./ G.itR11.GE -- Frame , 16x26x8', metal roof , good, condition.
ID::N HOUSE --- 8xl9x6' , poor condition . HOG PEN -- Frame , 12xl6x5',
metal roof, good condition . OLD DVlELLING -- Frame , 16x24', porch 7x24' ,
L part 13x3lxl2', 7 rooms, metal roof, 2 story , walls ceiled, fair
condition , vacant , spring water supply . B/1..RN -- Log and frame, 24x26xl2'
metal roof, fair condition, with two sheds . :ID:N HOUSE -- Frame, 12xl6x7'
metal roof , fair condition.
nnex 14x35' (Store Building) Frame, 28x30',
5 rooms, porch 6x35 ', brick flues, 2 story, walls ceiled, good condition
occupied by owner, water supply piped , solid foundation, basement 28x30',
17 TER POWER -- Frame, 12xl2x8', metal roof , fair condition .
�ROC KINGHA1, COUNTY
NAME OF/0W~R/ CLAIMANT
#80-a - Meadows , L . C.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Swift Run .
Five miles over Spo tswood Trail to Elkton .
Roads:
Soil:
72
Sandy clay a..f gaod depth and fair fertility ; somewhat rocky
in placed with moderate to steep slopes ; northwest exposure .
History of Tract and condi~ion of timb.er: Most. of the tract c;leared many years
ago , grazed and cultivated . sinc e , vnth the exc eption or seve1>a1 por tions which have been neglected , and ~re now grown uo to Locust and
young oaks . The wooded area has been cut over repeatedly in the past .
The pre s ent star1d consists of mixed oaks , sor:1e poplar a..nd hickory .
6xl9 1 ,
Improvements· D'dELLING ---Frame .t 14x21 1 , l½ story, metal roof..t. Jorch
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3 rooms cei led, poor condition , occ upied by tenant .---STAbLE
ame 8xl2x6 1 , nO
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ct.i tiun- - Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
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Total Value
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Cove: --
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70 . 00
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Fields Restocking: --
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180 . 00
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60 . 00
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Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
1505 . 00
160 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 160 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 5Q• 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
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Value of Wocd : $ 50 • 0 0
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Value per acre fo:r trJrt: $ 24 . 51
Incidental damages arisipg from the taking of this tract: $ Non_e
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/ ; ____ / -----------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oL_/f_ct;;&~.h!lk:J. ___ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservatiorr'and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___ _/P ? ~- ~
~---- , ___ .-----------------------. _______________ _
------------------------
--------- / ------ ' ------------------------------------------more or less, of land in ____ 'L .A!:i_._1.. ..-, -~"?_L1- County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petitio~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
..1.
as
h:ya:::
::_;2~~ci:~~:~~~-----------------------------------My post office address is __
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i\1aim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
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L~-_:-j"_______
ac:~s: : ~~ich there are the ~ollowing
to _be_ condemn~d, containing _about_ __
bmldmgs and 1mprovements.3.._ll_~~.,_lf..........--..~ ---2~-~~---------
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This land is located about_ ____~_L _miles from __ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -Virginia, in
thE\.f~~
-Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
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Westli"4:
/i' ___ . __ £<!7-A - £ ~ ________ . J?u-o-d
_______________ ~_
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
_A/ ~ ~ ..,L'.2.J..o L L ~ /7 t-J' - - ~ ~ _ / 7.7.. 7 _____________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $L~~Pf!!!._ _____ , 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 tlte 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·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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TREASURER ' ·s OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA.
December 22 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
L.
c.
Meadows
Sw1ft Run , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sums of $ 7 1 885 . 00 , in accordance
$1, 765 . 00
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham County
entered on the ~1=8__ day
of December 193L , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v Cassandra
Lawson Atkins and others, and fiftytwo thousand five hundred and
and others, being
sixty- one acres of land more or less
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as# 80 and
so~a
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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�Qtnmmnuwtalt4 nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
De c enfuer 22 , 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have thi s 22
day of December in accordance
wit h a n order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated 12/1 8/33
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
:paid to
$J...,_'Z.6.5 . 00
Cassandra IBwson Atkins
L. C. Meadows , Swift R1m , Virg·inia
being in full settlement of tract #fill,.J3Qaa
in the above mentioned cause.
�Cttnmmnunttaltq of Nirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA,
December 22 , 1933
JOHN M . PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I,
of Virg inia have this
22
J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
day of Decerriber in accordan c e
with a n o rder of the circuit court of
Rockingham County
dated 12/18,[3_3____ i n the cause of the State Commission
o n Conservation and De v elopment of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atk ins
vs .
:paid to
L . C. Meadows. Swift Run, Virginia
$ 7,885.00
80
being in full settlement , of tract#~ ,
i n the ab ove men ti oned cause.
�Oounty:
District:
6~80 ... Men.do
Acre£"
ce
;-a I
Clair.1ed: 190¾
L.
I
Rookin hat1
Gtonewall
C•
Assessed:
Deeds
2 A. - ~5¾ A•. - 71-55 A.
2 A. 72 A. 35f
$450,. 00 • $480 . 00 - $8!0 . 00 . .... 1920 .;.1926• 1926Valuo Clairied·: , 11 . 000 . 00
Area : ...
4000.• 2000 .- 2500.
!,oc tio11 s
Swift Run .
Entirely Vlithin the Park area .
Incun1?rances I oounte,r claim or la;es :
$('11:
None known.
Dark ·Clay loru:1, slope type ., ruistly covered with
amll loooe rook.
g oads ;
Hard ourrace, four and one-half oileo to ' lkton ,
neareat Elhi
in~ point .
Hiato~y o~ tract and condition of ttnb r :
All oleared .
Il!lpr o vur.1 ent a :· Dwelline, Fr'='ne, 14x22' ; porch 6x22' • L a.rt 18xl7xl4'
with porch !>xl.3', 7 roons, r.ieto.l roof , brick flues ,
2 story , waaal ceiled, good condition, occupied by
owner, spring
ater supply solid founda.tion - - 1750 . 00
New SR£ing houa~: Fra~a . 9xl2x8', paper roof ,
good condition _ _. ... _
Ue·, earo~o: J;'re..o.e 16::::26x8' t oeta.l root' ,
500Ccon itio
--···
50 . 00
8x.l9.x5 ' , po or co nd 1 t i on -Ho~pen : Frane, l2.xl 6X5 ' , tieto.l roof, good
Hen hou oe:
100. 00
10. 00
co ltion ............
25 . 00
014 d::1elling: Frane, l6x24', :porch ?x24' , L
part r!x21x12 ' 1 'I rootls' r.ietal roof ' 2 oto ry .
walls peiled , fair o~ndition, vacant, opririg
ater supply ......
300 . 00
Barn: Log and fratie 1 24x26xl2', cetal roof,
?air condition , with two sheds - --150. 00
Hen house; Frat:Je; 12xl6x7' , t1eta.l roof, fair
25 . 00
oon&] tio:1 .. Annex l<!x35 t, ( tore :Building)
Fraoe 28x30', 5 roono, porch 6:x:35'; brick flue a ,
2 oto:ry, mlia crnilod, good oondttion, oaoupied
by owner , water supply piped, solid fo~n tion ,
basenent 88:::30' •• ...... 2200 . 00
\Ja te r Po er : Fraoe , 12Jtl2x8' , oa tal roof ,
25. 00
£air cond!tion •···-··
,~ 4635 . 00
Value of land by
~
Cfro'iing
Tillable
tyzaea:
Value
Acreage
Total
Value
$ 1632 . 00
34
3
144. 00
-yr-
'~1776 . 00
(cont• d)
l'I
�Total value of l and
Total va lue of impro vcnllin ts
Total value of' timber
,)2350 . 0O
2,'770 . 00
240 . 00
'fotal V"'lue of 01 t'ruit trees 1 22 . 00
Total valui~ of tract
,.;,5482 . 00
Aver- ge value per a.ere
68 . 52
* 16 , £>0 A. sold to Henry E. ';'i'illiams for ,,,12-1400
�cauntv : 1ook1ngh t1
tone., , 11
Di tx·ict:
oo109¾
11 , 000 . 00
" ,_01c.oo
I d
19~6
~ '\.
o ano
ror ~ 20
72 !.
o.oo
sw1rt n . •
Soil:
i.r clo.y ot s:,ac. dt'm th un
air :tcrt:t.11 t "', o - l t roe "Y
1n pl. ao
i th .w ora o to st e Glop-001 northwest ox P''"tl"'e•
->
ivc
t11leo o
~
~;potow 0(1 i ra1l to "Tkton .
o:t·
...
40 . 00
,
?0 . 00
,!oti.
~-.oo
2th 0
26 . 00
1e.00
ot l
Tot al
To t l
otnl
valu
or
l nd:
-vol tin >,.., 1mprovo~
v l u of t1Mber
vnl ;
r tr ot
i ver .o v lu por acr
I. -- This includes tra o~ #80 .
l'i
�,.
Oounty: Roe ·ine;ha.ri
Distr iot: Stonev1a.ll
~o ...
Meo.do., J L.
(cont'd
Total value of land
•
c.
• ••••• 4 •••
Total value of inprovenenta ••••••
Total value of
ra.et
Average value per ,acre
. .... .' ... .
••••••••••
1'176 . 00
'
4635 . 00
64ll,. OO
173. 00
�VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia • • · • • • • • • • • • • • • c 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 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
On this
I (#' day
of December, 19321 , came L.
:CEFENDANTS .
c. Meadov1S,
and on his motion leave is given him to file his application for
the payment to him of the
SUI!t
of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred
Eighty Five Dollars ($7 , 885 . 00) , the amount of the award set out
in the judgment of condemnation for tract number 80, and heretofore paid into Court; and for the payment to him also of the further sum of Seventeen Hundred Sixty Five Dollars ($1765 . 00), the
amount of the award set out in the judgment of condemnation for
tract number 80- a , and heretofore paid into Court .
And it aDpear
ing from the report of the Board of Appraisal CoillI!lissloners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition for judgment and
condemnation heretofore filed herein that in the opinion of petitioner the said L. B,. Meadows is invested with a superior or bett r
right or claim of title in and to said tract number 80 and said
tract number 80- a; 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 either of said two tracts , or to the proceeds
arising from condemnation thereof; and it further appear ing to th
Court that all taxes due or tuable upon said t r act number 80 and
said tract number 80- a have been paid; upon consideration whereof ,
it is considered and ordered by the Court that said two sums , in
the respective amounts of $7885 . 00 and $1765 . 00 , paid into Court
by petitioner as just compensation for said tract number 80 and
said tract number 80-a , be paid to said L.
W ARD S W A N K
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRI SONBU RG, VA.
~
Meadows , and the
Clerk of t hi s Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of
�--2-this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who shall pay unto said
L. ~ Meadows the said two sums of $78S5 . 00 and $1765 . 00 , re spectively, the amounts of the awards set out in the judgment of
condemnation for said two tracts of lan d, taking from said L. ~
Meadows a receipt therefor , and certifying such payment to the
Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by
law .
ENTER
WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA ,
�VIRGINIA :
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
The State Com.mission on Conservat ion and Developme nt
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, ~ore or less • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEFENDANTS .
--STATEME NT OF CLERK--
I, J . R. Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ro ckingha
C&unty, Virginia, hereby certify that the records in my said offi e
disclose no delinquen t taxes against any real estate assessed in
Stonewall District , Rockingham County, Virginia, in the name of
L.
e.
Meadows .
Given und~r my hand this /
,6
day of December, 1933 .
lerk of the Circ
ingham County, V
WARD
SWAN K
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARR IS ONBURG , VA.
�.......
_,,
VIRGINIA:
,,,._........
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
v.
PETITIONER
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 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEFENDANI'S •
.z:-i~STATEMENT OF TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY**
I , M. H. Har rison , Treasurer of Rockingham County, Virgini ,
hereby certify that all taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on thre
tracts of land, containing, respectivel y , 70 acres, 3 roods and 9
poles , 35 acres and 4 poles , and 2 acres , situate in Stonewall
District , Rockingham
County, Virginia , and assessed lhn the name
of L. ~ . Meadows , have been paid.
Given under my hand this
.JJt!!a;..y of
December , 1933 .
Treasurer of Roc~ingham County , va .
WARD SWANK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRI SO NBURG , VA.
lf(,O
�NOTE-This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards have been paid into the custody of
the Courts.
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
PETITIONER.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and
Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of land, more or less
DEFENDANTS.
Comes now the undersigned and shows to the Court:
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this proceeding condemning to the use of the
Petitioner the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbered as follows: Tract No._!:'._<;?_ ______ :
Tract No.
_}[_q-=-~--: 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. __ 3-_Q ___
$_Zf3-~~0>n Tract No.
__'?__(2_=~---
$_(_Z_~-J.~7~n
Tract No.
------------ $----------;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons claim, or appear to
have a claim to an interest in the said tract(s) of land or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
as constituting the award(s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s) of land;
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgment in rem condemning the said tract(s) of
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest in the said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof:-
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That no other person or persons than the undersigned are entitled to share in the distribution of the
said award(s) except the following named persons whose interest in said tract(s) or in the proceeds
arising from the condemnation thereof on the date of entry of said judgment was as follows:
Wherefore, your undersigned pray(s) that [he ( ~ ) be made a party ( ~ ) herein under the
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condemnation Act, and that] an order be entered for the
distribution of said sum(s) set forth in said judgment in rem as constituting the award(s) for the fee
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesaid, and for the payment to the undersigned of the
said award(s) or of as much thereof as the Court may find that the undersigned is (are) entitled to
receive, and which the undersigned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No.
No.
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$_.Zf...£..[~-;ract
--~/2_-:;:g,___
$ L_ZkS._''tTract 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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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.
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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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11.0CKINGHAM COUNTY
CLAIMANT
NAME OF /JYI/N'ER
#38 - Meadow s , J .
Number of Acres:
Location:
w.
80
On Dry Run .
Roads: 5 miles from Elkton -over good countr y road .
Soil: On slopes there i s a shaly, gravel ly loam with consid erable amount of
rock on the steepe r slopes . Bot ::om land is deep and fertile , but the
parts used for g razing arc very stony .
dly and re History of Tract and condition of timber:T imber has been cut repeate
r timber .
e
heavi
of
areas
cemtly leaving a thin stand with limited
Stand is mix cd hardwo ods and scrub pine, but oaks predom inate .
Estima ted to cut 4 cor l s of wood per acre
f lenty of reprod uction .
or a total of 76 cords .
1
Improvements: DWELLING- -Log and frame 18x24 1 , with a kitche n 12x22x l0
fair-ion
and porch 6x24', 7 rooms , metal roof , 2 stories , ceiled , condit
Spring water supply , foundat i_on of pillars .
occupi ed by ownet .
BARN- ----34x 48x20 1 , frame, metal roof , condit ion good .-----MEAT HOUSE:
1
14x l4xl0 1 , log , c onditio n ppor . SPRI~G HOUSE --- ---- 10xl0x 8 , paper roof,
roof , .
1
paper
,
condit ion good . SHEE.t' HOUSE --- ---12x l2xl0 , frame
c onditio n good . ---- - HEN HOUSE- ---- 12x26x 8 1 , frame , paper roof,
good condit ion . BLACKS MITH SHOP --- --16x29 x9 1 frame , paper roof ,
fair condit ion .------HOG PEN--- ---8xl6 x6 1 frame, paper roof, good
condit ion--- -- -CORN HOUSE: - -- - 9x20xl0 1 , l og, founda tion fair.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
8
@
$ 3 . 00
$ 24 . 00
Cove:
10
@
10 . 00
100 . 00
Grazing Land:
25
@
45 . 00
1125 . 00
35
@
1575 . 00
2
@
$ 2~2410 0
150 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard: --Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 2824 . oo
1860 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1860 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150 • 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
50 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 50 .oo
- - --
$4 ,884.00
Value per acre for tract: $ 61 .05
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:
_ .~- ~
$
None .
--
CLERK ,
53
�Claim oL __ .tlohn 'v,. Meadows ___________________ ------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ ___Ro_ckillgham__________ County, Virginia, No._1--8.2~--, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ___Qa.e.a~m~~--~!'l~on._A.t.k:I.P._fi,._A~{l.__Q_?...LQ§~----------------------------more or less, of land in _________ Ro.nki ngbam _____ 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 ~ccordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o-f_ ___ J~..9_qlf~~~-------- 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 (adress is ___!J,/__t-j_~--~---.1?!::__J.._ _______________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ _____ __B-:'q_ -.z:,----~cres, on which there are the following
~
.
=---~----------t--~-~-~~~P-___er::_____ _
\
buildings and improvements
---- 4A-Y >-t---- - ~ - ~ _ rr-~7--..t ,t ~ - ----------------------
This land is located about_ __ y.):~_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 follo,w s:
North ___ ~ - ~ ITlA--VAA__ _ ';l, ______ U~~-~-J-~-.--. ________________________ _
South __
East ___
t-u.J1..t ~ - t f(~~
------o/4-
L ~ - - - "'I-- -----------------
'JI,_, ~ k/_~- ----------------------------------------------
l:.ftcrv --------------------------------------------------
West _____ 2-:t<.~I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _j_f_~_in the
following manner:
--- a,-~-~
_b~---w~ ---~ - - - - - - - - - - l
I claim that the t~tal value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_¢i;_{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 $__.!)7 .11_Q_~-1!-~-·
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
�Second
Revised report
County :
Rocki nghao
District : 'stonevmll
//38 -
eadows , J . ·1 .
f crea~e Cla i n ed:
80 A.
Asse ssed:
80 A.
Deed : 80 A
Value Cla i n ed :
~5000 . 00
Asse ssed:
~1160 . 00
Deed:
3405. 00
Area :
Location :
On Dry Run .
Incut:1brances , counte r clair.rn or l a:ps :
Soil :
(1924
None known .
On slopes there is a shaly , g r avelly loan i th co nsiderable
ano unt of rock on tie steeper slopes . Botton l an d is deep
and fertile , but the _pa rts used for g r ~ zing a re very stony .
Roa ds :
Five n ileo fron E lkton over good country roa d.
History of tract and condition of t i n ber:
Tiaber has been cut repeatedly and recently lea ving a thin utand \ ith lir.1ited a reas
of heavier t i nber. St and is n ixed hardwoods e.nd scrub p i ne ,
but oaks p redonina te . P lenty of rep roduction . £s tinat ed
to cut 4 cords of uood per a cre or a tota l of 120 cords a t
75¢ ----- - ------- -- - ------------- $ 90. 00.
Ioproveoents : Dwelling:
Log and frar.1e , l8x24 1 with a ki t chen 12x22x10'
an porch 6x24 ', ? roons , oetal roof , 2 stories , ceiled ,
f air cond::.t on , occ up ied by the O\mer , spring wa ter supply ,
pi llar foundat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 .oo
Barn : 34x42x20 ', fraae , nctal roof , g ood condition . 700 . 00
ea t house: l4xl4xl0 ', log , poor co ndition •••••••.•. 30 . 00
s;ering house :
10xl0x8 ' , Pa.1>er roof, good conditi on . ?5 . 00
Sheep house : 12xl2x10' , frar.1e , JJn per r oof , go od
co11d..i. tiori ....... •• • • • • • •. • . • . • •. . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . 00
Hen house : 12x21xS t,. frane , paper roof , good
condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bl a cksnith ShoR : l6x29x9 ', frane ,
condition .. ,............. ..........
Hog Pen :
8xl6x6 ', frane , po.!,)er r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . 00
lYl).Jer r oof , fair
.. ............. ..... 75 . 00
) of , good co ndit ion, 15. 00
9x20xl0 ', log , f a ir condition •••...••.•• 50 . 00
Corn house :
~~1590 .oo
Va l ue of l a nd by typeo .:
T;}::l~e s
Slope
Grazing
Tillable
Orcha rd
Value
~er acre
Acrea ge
30
16
41
..,4, . 00
40 . 00
45 . 00
75 . 00
2
89
( continued)
'.I.'otal
Value
120 . 00
640 . 00
1845 . 00
150 . 00
''2755 . 00
�2-
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County:
District :
# 38 - Meadows , J .
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... ... ... .. ..... ..
iaproveoents ...........
value of land
Tota l value of
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2755 . 00
15
o.oo
..... ............
90 . 00
Total value of' tract ...................
4435 . 00
Total value of tinbe r
•
Average va lue per a cre ••••••••••••••••
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/138 - J . W.Meadows
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Stephon Hensley Est .
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Harriet
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Dean
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Dean
LEGEND :
Slope
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Rockingham
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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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Meadows, J. W.
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Meadows
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#29 - Meadows , E.
s.
Number of Acres: 340
Location:Dean Mountain.
This tract is entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Eight miles to Elkton over six miles of count y road and two miles
of macadam.
Soil:
Slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber This tract has been cut over, but there still
remains a approximately 2?6 , 000 bd . ft . of saw timber scattered about
over the tra ct .
The soil is of average depth and fertility .
Improvements: IDWelling:
Frame , 14x35t, 5 rooms, porch 6x35', flues, stone ,
fair condition, occupied by tenant, water supply - s pring .
Barn: Frume , 24x40xl2' , shingle ro of .
Granary: Frame , 14xl6xl2 ', fair condition .
Acreage and value of types:
( See reverse side)
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
284
$3 . 00
55
20 . 00
$852 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
1100 . 00
$1952 . 00
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
1
@
60 . 00
685 . 00
00 . 00
$2?4? . 00
413 . 00
60 . 00
Minerals:
$3160 . 00
Value of Land: $ 1952 . 00
Value of Improvements: $685. 00
Value of Orchard: $60 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $113 . 00
Value of Wood: $50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 0 2
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~- ~
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CLEBK .
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�IMPROVEMENTS: Corn house: Frame, 10xl0x8', shingle roof, fair
condition.
lien house : Frame, 8xl0x6', paper roof, poor condition.
!:;ring house: Frame, 10xl2x8', shi ngle roof.
g s table at orchard 14x28'.
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TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND.VA ,
December 27, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF V I RG I NIA
•
A. B . Gathright
This is to certify that I , ~
. Treasurer
of Virginia have this
27 day of Dec .
in accorda nce
with an order of the circuit court of Rock:ingham Count y
dat Aa
12/20/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservat i on and Development of the State of Virginia
vs. - - - - ~C=a-s~s~a- n~ d~r~a~-1-a-w~s........
on
- ~A. .t-k
. .....j....n.....s.... _...,
an..........a. . . . .o. . .t.....h.....e.....r.......
s- - - :p aid to
$2.00
J . R . Swi tzer, Clerk of the Circui t Court of Rockingham
Harrisonburg , Virginia
County
being in full settlement of tract #
29
i n the above mentioned cause .
�Q.tnmmnuwtalt11 nf 11Iir9iuta
TRE ASU RER 'S OFF ICE
RIC HMO ND, VA.
JOHN M. PURC ELL
TREAS URER OF VIRGI NIA
Dec em ber 27, 193 4
J . R. Sw itz er , Cle rk of the Cir
cu it Co urt of
Roc k ing ham Cou nty
Ha rris onb urg , Vir gin ia
A. B. Gat hri ght
Re cei ved of ~
v~
, Tre asu rer of
Vi rgi nia , the sum of $-=-2~·~0~0'-_
_ , in acc ord anc e
wit h an ord er of the Cir cui t Co
urt of the cou nty
of Roc kin g-ham
ent ere d on the 20t h
day
of Dec emb er 1 9 3 L , in the ma tte
r of the Sta te
Commi ssi on on Co nse rva tio n and
Dev elo pm ent v _ __
__C
~a~s~s~a~n~d=r~a~L_a_v_~=s~o~n~A~t_k_i=n
~ s___ and oth ers , bei ng
ful l and com ple te set tle me nt f
or the tra ct of lan d
k nown in sai d pro cee din g as # _2_
9 _ _ __
Sig n ori gin al and du pli cat e
and ret urn to the Tre asu rer
of Vi rgi nia .
�<trnmmnutttealtq nf ]Itrgiuia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D , VA ,
.JOHN M, PURCELL
December 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A . B . Gathright
This i s t o certify that I,
~~
of Virginia have this 27 day of Dec .
Treasurer
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rock i ngham Coun ty
dated
12/ 20/ 34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pme nt of th e Stat e of Virginia
vs.
Cassand ra Lawson At k ins a nd o tbers
D. V'l . Earman , Attorney for Georg e E . Meadows , Minn_ieE . Lam,
:paid t o Ed:l t b M. Eppard, Ellia G. Meadmvs, Gladys ]iT eadows, and
Lorena Meadows, Har risonburg , Virg inia
$ 2, 449 . 32 b e ing in f ull s ettl ement of tract #-2_9_ _
in the above mentioned cause .
,i
�'1tnmmnu111taltl1 nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
JOHN M. PURCELL
December 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
D. w. Earman ., Attorney for Georg e E . Meadows , Minnie E. Lam,
Edith M. Eppard ., Ella G. Meadows , Gladys Meadows , and
Lorena Me a dows
Harrisonbu
_r _g-,-.-v=1~r_g_i~n .i_a_ _ _ ____ _ _
A. B. Gath ri ght
Received o f ~ Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 2 , 449 . 32 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f __R~o~c=k~i=n=g-"'h=am
~ - - -of
entered on the
20th
day
Decemb er l93~ , in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Deve lopment v ___
__C_a_s_s_a_n_ dr
_ a_L_a_w_s_o_n
__A_t_k_i_n_s_ _ _ _ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding a s #~ 2~9~ - - -
Sign ori g in a l and dup li cat e
and r e turn to the Trea s urer
of Virginia.
13
�atnmmnuwealtq nf Jlirgiuia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA ,
JOHN M, PURCELL
December 27, 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathri ght
This is t o certify that I,
X k . : X . ~ ~ ] (IX,
of Virginia have this 27 day of Dec .
Treasurer
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockinvpam County
dated 12/20/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
Ge o . s . Harnsberg er, Special Receive~ the share
paid t o af I,J a:yd Gr uver Meadows , Harris anburg, Vi rgi n1.a
VS •
-------"'-=-~"-"--=--------'-...c...c.."------'---'--=-----'-'------''-'---'------''----
$ 349 . 90
being in f ull settlement of tract #-2_9_ _
in the above mentioned cause .
1'i
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
De cember 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Geo . s . Harnsberger , Special Receiver
the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virg ini a
A. B. Gath ri gh t
Received o f ~ ~ , Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 349 . 90
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rock i ngh am
entered on the
20t b
day
of December 193__4_ , 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 #- -2~9____
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
15
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C!rnmmnuwralt4 nf ]lirgiuia
TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RICHMOND.VA ,
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
T REASURER OF V IRGIN I A
A . B . Q_athr:i.:ght
This is to certify that I , nx.:MK~, Treasurer
of Vi rginia have this 27
day of Dec .
wi th an order of t he c i r cui t
d at ea 12/20/34
court of
in accordance
Rockingham Crnmty
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservat i on and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
vs · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - '"--- J. R . Switz e r, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rocki_n ghan1
:paid to County, Vjrginia, in .full of tho share of Plaudy M. -Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virginia
29
being in full settlement of tract #
$ 331.65
in the above mentioned cause .
IS
�,
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TREA SURE R'S OFFI CE
RICH MON D, VA.
JOHN M. PURCE LL
Dece mbe r 27 , 1934
TREASU RER OF VIRGINI A
J . R. Swtt zer, Cler k of the Circ uit Cou
Virg inia , in full of the shar e of Plau dyrtM.of Rock ingh am Cou nty ,
Meadows
Har riso nbu rg , Virg inia
A. B . Gat hrig ht
Rec eive d o f ~ ~
, Tre asur er of
Virg inia , the sum of$ 331. 65
, in acco rdan ce
with an orde r of the Circ uit Cou rt of the
coun ty
of Rock ingh am Cou nty
ente red on the 20th
day
of Dece mbe r 193~ , in the mat ter of the Stat
e
Com miss ion on Con serv atio n and Dev elop men
t v ___
__ _C
~a=s=s~a=n=d=r~acc._L_a=-'-'-w~s~o~n=--=A~t=k=i=n=s_ _ and othe rs, bein
g
full and com plet e sett lem ent for the trac t
of land
known in said proc eedi ng as #~2~9__ __
Sign orig inal and dup lica te
and retu rn to the Tre asur er
of Vir gini a.
�C!tnmmnuwtalt11 nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
M. H. Ha -r,->j son, '11reas1Jrer of Rockingham County
Harrisonbur g , Virg inia
A. B . Gathri ght
Received of .nooMoc~, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of $_8= •=8=8'--_ _ , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_-----"--R~o~c=k=i=·n=gh==an=1=--- -of D ecember 193~
entered on the
20th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
~&~a~s~s~a=n=d==-r=a'---L~a=~~,s~o=n=-=A~t=k~i=n=s,c_____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding a s #~ 2_9~- - -
Sign original and dupli cat e
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
II
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C!tnmmnuturalt~ nf Birgiuia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
R ·1 C H M O N D . VA .
December 27 , 1934
JOHN M . PURCELL
T REAS URER OF VIRGINIA
A. B. Gathright
This i s t o certify that I , . k . . x ~ Treasu rer
of Virg inia have this 27
day of
Dec .
in accordance
with an order of the c i rcuit court of Rockingham County
da ted 12/ 20/ 34
in the caus e of the State Commission
on Cons ervat i on a nd Deve l o:pment of the State of Virginia
Ca ssand r a Lawson Atk1n s and oth er s
J . H. Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
:p aid t o Vi r g i ni a in f nll of a. j udgment o f t h e Gemmomveo.l th of Virginia
vs Plaudy M. Meadows, Harrisonburg , Virginia
29
b e i ng in full settl ement of tract #
$ J 8 .25
vs .
in th e ab ove menti one d cause .
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QJ:nmmnuwtaltb nf ]lirgiuta
'
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
Dec ember 27 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J . R. Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County ,
Vir ginia, in full of a judgment of the Connnonwe_al th of
Virginia vs . Plaudy M. Meadows
Harrisonburg , Virginia
A •.1? . __9-athr_i_gh t
Received of & . x : 1 ~ Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
1 8 . 25
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f_----=-R"-'o"-'c=k=i=n=g=h=am==-- -- - entered on the
of December 193~
20th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
_ _a_L_a_w_s_o_n__A~t_k_i_n_s_ ____ and others, being
_ C_a_s_s_a_n_dr
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as#
2 9_ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
17
�county: Rockingham
District: Stonewall
£29
,r
Acreage Claimed:
E. S. Meadows
Assessed
Value Claimed:
Location:
"
Dean i:ountain .
340 acres
:;;; 780 .oo
Deed (acquired 340 A. 1922)
If
$547 . 00 - apparently
incorrect.
This tra ct is entirely within the rark area .
Laps:
Soil: Slope .
Roads :
8 miles to Elkton over 6 miles of county road and 2 miles of
macadam.
History:
This tract has been cut over but there still remains a
approximately 276 , 000 Bd . ft . of saw timber s cattered about
over the tract . The soil is of average depth and fertility .
Dwelling, Frame 14x35, rooms 5, porch 6x35, flues, stone,
Condition fair , occup ied by tehant, Water supply, c', spring.
VALUE ------------------------------------ ----- ;,500 . 00
Barn , Frame 24x40xl2 , Shingle roof,---------- 150 . 00
60 . 00
- Granery, FrBlllle 14xl6xl2, condition fair.-----Corn house, F~ame 10xl0x8, roof shingle, cond.
40 . 00
f a ir. - ------------------------------------ --5.00
Hen house , Frame 8xl0x6 , Roof paper, cond. poor
25 . 0C
Spring house, Frame 10xl2x8, roofs sh ingle, -Log stable at orchard 14x28, no value.
Tota1 - $780 , 0v
Orchard: 1 A. @ $50 . 00 per A. -----------$50 ~GO~
Improvements:
Timber:
2176,.000 Bd . ft
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Value of land by tYI?es:
. creage
330
55
TyPe
Slope
Fg.
Orchard
Total
Total
Total
Tota l
value
value
value
value
$1.• 50 per M.
Value
per acre
2~?"3 • 00
$10 . 00
1
386
of
of
of
of
orchard
land
timber
improver:mn ts
Total value of tract
Average value per acre
$50 . 00
1540 . 00
414.00
780 . 00
,,,i2784 . 00
7 . 21
$414.00
Total
Value
: )990 . oo
550 . 00
~~1540 . 00
�- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ~ ------------ ------------ ------------ -more or less, of land in4-~--- ___ _____________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the peti ion 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 ~ id 1 petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o f . . & . . ~ ~ - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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as h:ya::: :_: ~~~~~-~L-~ -
My post office address is ____
I claim a right, title, estate or interest n~a t ~ or parcel of land within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about__ L42_~_t2_ ___ acreyn which there are the following
bmldmgs and 1 m p r o v e m e n t s = - - - - ~ - ~ - - - -- ----------- ----
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I claim the following right, title, estate or interest inAthe 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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·The land o,vners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ______________ ______________________________________________________________ __
South ________ __ ________________ ____ _______________________________________________ _
East _________________ ______________________________________ __________ ____________ __
West__ __ ______ ______ _______________ __ _______________________ ____________ ______ ____ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __1-.9-~_in the
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a that tlie tota value o this tract or parce 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 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 pro-
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in resp onse to the notice of
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velopment of the Stat e of Virginia, and lishe
d in accordance with the orde r of the Circ
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Virg inia , asks leave of the Cou rt to file
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as
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trac t or parcel of land with in the area soug
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to be condemned, con tain ing about_ ___
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of land dete or inte re~ infa e trac t or parcel join
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claim
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t owners. If clai man t is not sole
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and if join t own er give nam es of thet,join
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he should set out exac tly wha t righ title
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I am the own er of_ _______________ acres of which I claim will be dam aged by the proare a,
parcel of land but lyin g outs ide the Par k
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Par k area , to the exte nt of $--- ---- ---as to
posed condemnation of lands with in the
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ____
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The und ersi gned here by certifies that _ ____
mat ters
eare d befo re him and made oath that the
the above nam ed clai man t personally apper are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
g in his above answ
and thin gs ap~
. ~----- __ 1930.
this _____ L <l ___ ______ day of__ ~ ~
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he Court,
~).ta.JE'V--rub lic, or Just ice of- the- Peac e.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ID CKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia ,
PEI'ITIONER,
vs .
Cassandra Lawson tkins and others
and Fifty-two Thousand, Five Hundred
and Sixty- one ($52,561) acres of land,
more or less ,
DEFEND.ANTS .
TO THE HONORABLE H. W.BERTRAM, JUDGE OF SAID COURr .
Your petitioners, George E. Meadows, Minnie E. Lam , Edith
M. Eppard, Ella G. Meadows, Ethel Meadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena
Meadows, Lilly Meadows , Engles E. Meadows, Lounzie L. Meadows ,
Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F. Meadows, Elijah
L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows, the six last named parties being infant~ by said Lilly Meadows, their next friend, and George
s.
Harnsberger and George N. Conrad, Special Commissioners of the
Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in the chancery cause
therein pending in the name and style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows'
Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows' Comn.ittee, respectfully represent:
That your petitioners George E. Meadows, Minnie E. Lam ,
Edith M. Eppard, Ella G. Meadows, Ethel Meadows, Gladys Meadows,
Lorena Meadows, together with Lloyd Gruver Meadows and Plaudy M.
Meadows, are all of the children of the late Elijah
s.
Meadows,
whose name is sometimes written E. S . Meadows, who died, testate,
in 1922 .
That Lydia Meadows , his widow, died, intestate, on October
7 , 1934 .
That Plaudy M. Meadows died, intestate, on the
of
~
Meadow~
day
, l93f , leaving him surviving his widow, Lilly
fa. the following children: Engles E. Meadows, Lounzie L.
Meadows, Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F. Meadows,
Elijah L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows , the six last named persons
are infants ranging in age from three to eighteen years .
�2.
That the said Elijah
s.
Meadows provided in his will that
his widow, Lydia Meadows, should have a life estate in his home
farm of 340 acres situated on Dean's Mountai n, and that, after
her death,-- unless the sale of said land should be unanimo usly
agreed to prior to that time, which agreeme nt was never entered
into,-- said farm should be sold by his executo r, Lloyd Gruver
Meadows, and that the proceeds derived therefro m should be divided
equally amongst his nine children hereinab ove named •
.An attested
copy of the will of the said Elijah S. Meadows is herewith filed,
marked ":Ex . Will," and prayed to be read as a part hereof .
That, by decree entered in said chancery cause on the ?th
day of March, 1928, your petition ers Geo .
s.
Harnsbe rger and Geo .
N. Conrad, Special Commiss ioners as aforesa id, were appointe d and
directed to sell certain real estate of the said Lloyd Gruver
Meadows, includin g his one-nin th undivide d share or estate in the
said tract of 340 acres of land of which the late Elijah s . Meadows
died seized and possesse d as aforesa id, and in accordan ce with the
directio n of said decree the said Georges . Harnsbe rger executed
before the Clerk of this Court a bond in the penalty of $? , 000 . 00,
as Special Receive r of the funds to be derived from such sale, an
attested copy of which bond is herewith filed, marked "Ex . A,u and
prayed to be read as a part hereof, and an attested copy of said
decree of sale is also here filed, marked ttEx. B," and prayed to be
read as a part hereof. That said Special Commiss ioners have not
executed said decree of sale, by reason of the pendency of certain
proceed ings in the above entitled action at law for the condemn ation of said real estate .
That, on the 4th day of November , 1933, a judgmen t in rem
was entered in said condemn ation proceed ings, condemn ing to the use
of the said State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent of the
State of Virginia the fee simple estate of the said Elijah s .
Meadows in and to the said tract of 340 acres, which tract is de~
�3.
scribed in t he report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed in said condemna tion proceedings, and s hown, numbered, and
delineated on the County Ownership Map, filed therewith, as Tract
No. 29, at the price of $3,160 . 00.
That t he said State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia has p a id
into the custody of this Court the said sum of money set out in
said judgment constituting the award for the fee simple estate of
the said Elijah. S. Meadows in said tract of 340 acres of land.
That the parties entitled to share in the distribution of said fund
and their respective interest in said fund are as follows:
( 1)
George E. Meadows,
(2)
Minnie E. Lam,
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(3)
Edi th M. Eppard,
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351 . rtl
( 4)
Ella G. Meadows,
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II
351 . 11
( 5)
Lloyd Gruver Meadows,
ft
"
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351 . 00,
whose share should be paid to Geo. s. Harnsberger,
Sp ecial Receiver, as hereinafter set forth;
(6)
Ethel Meadows,
(7)
Gladys Meadows,
( 8)
Lorena Meadows,
( 9)
Plaudy M. Meadows,
"
"
"
351 . 11
whose share is subject to the dower right of
his widow, Lilly Meadows, and the remainder
interest t herein is held by the following
parties in the following proportions, namely:
one-nint h share
one-ninth s bare,
"
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"
"
(a)
Engles E. Meadows,
(b)
Lounzie L. Meadows,
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( C)
Nelson M. Meadows,
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(d)
Lillian E. Meadows,
If
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(e)
Geneva F. Meadows,
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( f)
Elijah L. Meadows,
( g)
Plaudy M. Meadows,
$ 351 . 11
$351.11
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1/63 interest
$
50.15
50 . 15
50.15
50.15
50 . 15
50 . 15
50 . 15
That the six last named persons are infants ranging in age
from three to eighteen years, who make their home with Lilly Meadows,
their mother, and are more or less dependent upon her for their
�4.
support, maintenance, and education.
That the said share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows should be paid
to Geo.
s.
Harnsberger, Special Receiver of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County in the above entitled cause of Lloyd Gruver
Meadows ' Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows ' Committee, etc., where
the liens against his share are audited, that the same may be disbursed under the orders of this Court in that cause.
That there
are no unpaid taxes against the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows .
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That a~ l
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f t ~e taxes on said tract of 340 acres have been
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paiq_,A Certif cates of the Treasurer of Rockingham County, and of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, showing that
there are no unpaid or delinquent taxes against said land, are herewith filed, marked "Ex. Certificate No . l," and Ex.. Certificate No .
2," respectively, and prayed to be read as a part hereof.
That there are no liens or charges of any kind against the
shares of George E. Meadows , Minnie E. Lam, Edith M. Eppard, Ella
G. Meadows, Ethel
Meadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena Meadows , or a-
gainst the estate of Plaudy M. Meadows or against Lilly Meadows or
~~ EL e;'~ws _ ~ V , ~ ~ ~- ~#;~·
/7
V That no other person or persons are entit+ed to share in
the distribution of said award.
Wherefore , your petitioners pray that they may be made parties herein under the provisions of Section 21 of the Eublic Park
Condemnation i~ct, and that an order may be entered for the distribution of said sUI11 set forth in said judgment as constituting the
awa rd for th _ fee simple estate in sai.d tract of 340 acres, condemned
as aforesaid , amongst the aforesaid parties in their respective proport ions.
10 I
�5.
State if Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
. This day
G~0 J
u -~
1
Geo.
s.
Harnsberger personally appeared before me,
F. Flavie Cenvopso, a notary public in and for the city aforesaid,
in the State of Virginia, in my city aforesaid, and, being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
That I am one of the Special Commissioners designated
in the above petition, and, as such, one of the petitioners in the a bove entitled matter, and am acquainted
with the contents of the above petition, and do hereby
state that the matters of fact therein set forth, in so far
as they relate to the interest of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ,
are true, to the best of my knowledge , inform tion, and
belief.
�6.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Mt£.; day of December, 1934.
Notary Public.
State if Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
This day ~
personally
~ - ;(~
appeared before me, F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for
the city aforesaid in the State of Virginia, in my city aforesaid,
and, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am one of the petitioners in the above entitled
matter, and am acquainted with the contents of the
above petition, and do hereby state that the matters of fact therein set forth are true, to the
best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this / j-tLday of December, 1934.
Notary Public
�STATE OF VIRGINIA,
50UNTY 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 delinquent taxes against the
tract of 340 acres of land in Stonewall District, assessed
in the name of Elijah S . Meadows .
Given under IIl3" hand this 11th day of December,
1934 .
Cl
Ltf~,e._~
Attorney .
IO'j
�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom 1 t May Concern:
I hereby certify that
according to the records of this office the
1933 tax amounting to$ 8.88 including both
penalty and interest is unpaid on a tract
of 340-0-0 acres of land in the name of
Eligah s . Meadows, situate in the Park Area
in Stonewall District, this county.
Given under my hand this
11th day of December 1934.
Treasurer.
loS
�The ~tate Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia,
PEI1ITIONER ,
vs,.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 561 acres, more or less,
of land in Rockingham Gounty,Virginia,
On the
-!G tJ
D:EFiiH.DANTS.
day of December, 1934, came George E.
Meadows. Minnie E.Lam, F.dith M.Eppard, Ella G.Meadows, Ethel
.W.eadows, Gladys Meadows, Lorena Mea dows, Lilly Meadows, Engles
~. Mea dows, Lounzie L.Meadows, Nelson
.Meadows, Lillian E.
:Meadows. Genava F .Meadows. Eliza L.ueado ws, and Plaudy M.Meadows,
the six last named parties, being infants, by said Lilly Meadows,
their next friend, all by their counsel, D. 'J.]};3.rr.aan,and Geo.s .
Harnsberger and Geo.N.Conrad. Special commissioners of the Circuit Court of Roclcingham county, Virginia, in the chancery cause
therein pending in the name and style of Lloyd Gruver Meadows'
Creditors vs. Lloyd Gruver Meadows's Committee, by Geo.S.Harnsberger, counsel, and on their several motions leave is given them
to file their joint and several application for the distribution
of the award made in this case to Elijah ~.Meadows, whose name is
sometimes written E.S.Meadows,--predeoessor in title to said
petitioners,--the amount of the award set out in the judgment of
condelllilc.tion for Tract No. 29 and heretofore paid into court being
'3,160 . 00.
And it appearing from the report of the Board of appraisa
Commissioners heretofore filed in this cause and in the petition
fo~ judgment.--.mut of condemnation, heretofore enter ed herein,
that , in the opinion of the said State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the state of Vi r ginia, Elijah s.Meadows was invested with a superior or better right or claim of title in and
to said tract of land designated as
Il o.
29, and that the record
LAW O F FIC E S
GEO.
s. HARNSBERGER
in said condemnation proceeding does not disclose any denial or
HARRISONBURG , VA .
dispute by any party or person interested as to the title to said
�---2--
~ract ~o . 29 or to the pr oceeds arising from the condemnati on
thereof, except the indebtedness thereon, as set out or referred
to in the petition hereinabove filed .
Upon consideration whereof , it is c onsidered and ordered
by the Court that the said sum of ~3 , 160 . 00 be paid out as follows :
To J . ~ .swit~er, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham county, Virginia, the sum of
$2 . 00
'.l1 0 :u .H.Harrison, treasurer of trnckingham
County, the sum of
8 . 88
To D. l .mrman, Attorney for ve orge •.Meadows ,
1t innie E.Lam , Edith M. E'ppEi.rd , Ella u .Me&dows, Gladys Meadows, anu Lorena Meadows , the sum of
2 , 449 . 32
To Ge o . S. Harnsberger, Special Ke ceiver ,
the share of Lloyd Gruver Meadows ,
349 . 90
~o O. R. Switze r , Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Rockingham uounty, Virginia , in full of a judgment
of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Pl audy
1. •
Maeadows ,
18 . 25
To ~ . 2 . Switzer, ulerk of the Circuit Court of
~oc kingham uounty , Virginia , in full of the share of
Plc.udy 11i .M
dows, which he is to hold subject to the
future orde rs of the Court in this matter ,
331 . 65
The Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to transmit
a certified copy of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia , who
shall pay out said fund in ac uordance herewith , tak ing f rom the
part i es to whom the amounts a!'e directed to be paid their r eceipts, for the respective sums paid to them . and certifying such
payments to the Clerk of this Court for appropri ate entry thereof ,
~s required by law.
LAW OFFI C ES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
�IN THE CIRauIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY,VIRGINIA•
Th.a State Commission on
Conservation and Deveiopment
of the state of Virginia ,
vs.
PETITIONER,
On the petition o:f Lilly Meadows, &c .
Cassandra Lawson Aikins and others
and 52 , 561 aeres, more or less, of
land in Rockingham County, Virg:tniar
On this, the
DEFENDANTS.
day of Xanuary, 1935, ca.me Lilly
Meadows and Engles E. Meadows, and, on their motion, leave is
given them to file their petition in this case, and the same is
acoordingly now filed, and thereupon the Court appointed
Sheffy L.nevier
guardian ad litem for Launzie L•
---~-..------------Meadows, Nelson M. Meadows, Lillian E. Meadows, Geneva F.Meadows,
Elijah L. Meadows, and Plaudy M. Meadows, Jr., the infant defendants to the aforesaid petition.
And the said guardian ad litem
foT said infants, having tendered his answer on their behalf, the
same is accordingly hereby filed .
And it appearing to the Conrt that there is now in the
hands of J.R.SWitzex, Glerk of said Court, the sum of $331.65,
the same being the share of Plaudy M.Meadows in the award made
in the above entitled matter for the land of Elijah s.Meadows,
and that Lilly Meadows. the widow of Plaudy M.Meadows , is entitled
to dower in said fund, and that the six minor children above
named live with Lilly Meadows a~d are absolntely dependent upon
her for their maintenance , support, and education, and that it is
to the best interest of aJ..1 parties concerned that the commuted
val ue o:f the said dower interest of Lilly Meadows, which ie
$73. 99, be paid to her, and that the balance of said fund, after
the payment of the share due Engles E. Meadows,whioh is $66 . 80,
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
be paid in installments to Lilly Meadows for the support and
maintanan.ce of said infant children, the Court doth ORDER and
8S
�--2-dir ect J . R. SWitzer , Clerk as aforesaid , to pay out said fund of
$331. 65 now in his ha nds as follows:
To Geo .
s.
To Geo.
s.
Harnsberger , Attorney for Lilly Meadows,
the sum of ---- - - -------~---- - - --~-----------$?3.99
Har nsberger, Attorney for Engles E.
Mea dows ,
the sum of ------------------------
36. 80
The balan.oe of said fund , after deducting therefrom
the costs incident to this :proceeding, shall be paid t o
Lilly Meadows in twenty equal monthly payments, beginning Februar
1 . 1935.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
S'L
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA..
The state Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia.
vs .
)
BETITIONER ,
On the Petition of Lilly Meadows ,&C .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 561 acres, more or less ,
of land in Rockingham County, Virginia,
DEFENDANTS •
Your petitioners, Lilly Meadows and Engles E. Meadows ,
respectfully represent:
That you.r petitioner,Lilly Meadows,is the widow of
Plaudy M. Meadows, and that you.r petitioner, Kngles ~. Meadows , is
the only adult child of the said Plaudy M. Meadows .
That the said Plaady M.Meadows died, intestate, on the
3d day of July, 1931 , leaving him surviving his widow , the said
Lilly Mea dows, and the .following children:
(1)
Engles E. Meadows ,
21 years of age;
(2 )
Launzie L.Meadows,
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Nelson M. Meadows,
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Geneva F. Meadows ,
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Elijah L. Meadwos,
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Tf
That Nngles E. Meadows , now of age,is doing for himself ,
working away from home . That the other six ah11dren make their
home with their mother, the s~id Lilly Meadows, and are a bsolu tely dependent upon her for their mainte.nanae , support , and
education.
That your petitioner Lilly Meadows is doing all within
her power to maintain and support her infant children, but can
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
only do so in a very meager way , even with the aid of relief agen
HARRISONBURG, VA.
oies.
�-That there has recently been paid to J . R. SWitzer , Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, the sum of
$331. 65 , whioh is the share of Plaudy M. Meadows in the award for
the lands of Elijah
s.
Meadows condemned in these proceedings ,
whiah sum the said d. R. SWitzer, Clerk as aforesaid, holds subje c t
to the future orders of this Court in this proceeding .
That ~our petitioner Lilly Meadows is entitled to dower
in said fund, which she desires to have commuted and the commuted
value thereof paid to her , to be used by her for the benefit of
herself and his minor children.
That the s a i d Lilly Meadows i s
now forty- seven years of a ge .
That your petitioner Engles E. Meadows hereby oons ants to
the commutation of said dower and the payment of the same to
the said Lil.l..y Meadows.
Th.at the commuted value of said dower in said fund is the
sum of J 73. 99.
That the share of the said Engl..es E. Meadows in the residue of said fund is $06. 80.
'!hat t he balance of said fund is ,w220. 86 , whieh is the
property
or
the six minor ehil.dren of t h e sa id Plaudy M. Meadows
and t h e said Lilly Me~dows .
That your petitioner Lilly Mea dows asks that this fund of
$220. 86 , or such part thereof as may remain after the pal'fflent of
any oosts incident to this proceeding, be paid to her in twenty
equal monthly payments, to be used by her in the maintenance and
support of her infant nhildren.
Your petitioners pray that they may be allowed to file
this, their petition , in the above entitl.ed proceeding; that La.unLAW OFFICES
zie L. :Mea dows I Nelson M. Meadows , Lillian E-. Mea dows, Geneva F.
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
Mea do ws , Elijah L. Mea dows , and Plaudy J.f. Meadows, Jr . , may be made
I
j
�---3--parties defendant hereGo, and be required to answer the same,
answer under oath being waived; that proper process may issue
against them; that a guardian ad litem may be appointe d to represent them; that an order may be entered in this cause, :permitting
the dower of Lilly Meadows in the sum of $331.65 to be commuted,a
to
the amount due her thereby/be paid to her; that the share of Engles E.Meadows be ordered paid to him, and that the balanoe of sai
fund, after deducting any costs incident to these proceedings,be
paid to Lilly Meadows in twenty equal monthly payments to be nsed
by her for the support of her infant Clhildren.
Sta. te of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
Th is day Lilly Meadows and Engles E. Mea dows personaliy
appeared before me, F.Flavi a Converse, a Notary Public in and
for the City of Rarrisonbu.rg, in the state of Virginia, and,
being duly sworn, depose and say:
we are the petitioners in the above entitled petition,
are acquainted with the facts t herein contained, and state that
the faota as therein set forth
are true, to the best of their
knowledg e'\, inf or ma tion, and b~lief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January ,1935.
LAW OFFICES
Notary Public.
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
92
�The ans~:er of
Launzie L. Meadows,~els~n M. Meadows,Lillian E.
ru.eadmvs.,Geneva F. Meadows.,Elijah L. Meadows and Plaudy hl.Meadow.s,Jr.,
j_nfants of tender years, by
She:r:ry L.=D_e_v_i_e_r____________
Guardian ad Li tem, to a bill of complaint e:::::hj bi ted against
them
and others, in the said court, by
---
Lilly Meadows and Engles E . ieadows
Respondent
answering by
She:r:ry L.Devier
-------------------
to so muc¥ of the complainant
them
it is material for
that
Bill as
they
know
--------
they are
advised
to answer unto, answer and say
nothing of the truth of the matters of
fact alleged in the Comp:l,.ainant
Bill and nelther admit nor deny
the same; but call for full proof.
That they
are
infants
------
the aid of the court in protection of
of tender years, a.nd ask
their interests.
Guardian ad Litem
Having fully answe~ed ___t_h_e_y
_____,pray to be
hence dismissed with
their
------
costs, and as in duty bound will
ever pray, etc.
sworn to be:t'ore me this
~
- U ierk of Court,
N. p.)
�..,
Caw Office
~eo.
S
o/
J/arns6eryer
J(arrtson6wy,l/a.
...
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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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Meadows, E. S.
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Location: Dean Mountain
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Tract(s): 29
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Meadows
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\_,',--:-R-0-CK::::-IN:-:-G-:--:H::-A-:-M-:--C-O_UN
____T_Y____'-,,.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#23 -
A.
On the headwaters of South Naked Creek .
6 miles of good mountain road to Elkton .
Roads:
Soil:
c.
7
Number of Acres:
Location:
Meadows ,
Rich loam but extremely rocky .
About one - half acre of g arden .
Mixed white oaks and hardwoods , largely
oaks .
Young timber up to 10n DBH .
Plenty of reproduction . Estimated to cut about 6 cords per acre on 2 acres (12 cords) .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
DWELLING: Frame , 14xl8' , with a kitchen 12xl4x8 1 , 3 rooms,
Porch 7x30 1 , me tal and paper roof , brick flue , l½ story , ceiled, fair
condi t ion, occupied by tenant . Spring water supply, foundation of
pillars .
STABLE
Frame, 12xl6zl2', m~tal roof, fair condition .
2 HEN HOUSES - l0cl0c6 1 , ~rame , paper roof , poor condition.
HOG PEN:
Frame , 10xl6 1 , metal roof, good condition . GRANARY :
Frame , 8xl2xl0 1 , paper roof , fair condition.
WASH HOUSE :
Frame, 12xl2x8 1 , paper roof -- --STORE HOUSE:
Frame,
T8x24', attached shed, 1 room, brick .flue, l½ s ory, condition fair ,
ceiled, vacant , spring water supply .
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
------
7
@
$30 . 00
$210 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land : $ 210 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
875 . 00
875.00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
50 . 00
$1135 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
162 . 14
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
~~~- CLERK
�•
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. ____ files-...dus.-.il.1 2-e.a.d-ow..s.- _________ -- -- -- ---- -- ---- -- ___ - -- - - -- ---- ---- -- -- more or less, of land in __ !lo_c.lcin__gb_li.f1L ____________ 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 i-n accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_ __ .R_q_Ql<:_~:g.g_1±~gi__________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h:yan::: :_:~'.l::-~~----22µ~---------(!f
My post office address is ___ L}:,_~;;>--- -']L'~__ ~_.:J_ __
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___7_~?1'.?~ __ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___ j _ _ ~ ~ r - 1 - ~ - - - - - - - - -
:j~~~:=1;:;::::tt~~-:~
~
-~p~;::
::;:
.7-______
This lancf1is located about_ ___
m1les from __ ~ : _ _____________ V1rg1ma, m
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.)
•
---~a--ie.-- ~ -----------~-•---------------------------------------------The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land art as fol o, :
North __ ~~~-,--~~~$~ __________ _
rl:J_~
_&Lt-LL~------------------------------------------
South __
• East __ · ~ . , / L J ~
------------------------------------------------wfst __ q~--~---_r~--- ---------------~ ---------------- ---
I acquire~ y right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _Lf.J..(?_ __ in tll:!
following manner:
------------~ ~---1~-£~C..~--~
---- ~
------
~
------------------------. ------------------------ --------------claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there~n is $ __120.0 ... .Q.O_...:____ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate o:r:_ interest,
i~ and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_L..Z..M------·
l am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above descrioed tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· ___________ • -------- - ------------------------ ------------------------ ---
...
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ _i.7~-----;-day
oL __lf ?.Atll-.::.tY--~:q;,_i, 19Bw.C
- - ~ f l - _9:J:t_~_ ---- STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF---i1:e-clt-hig-ham- -----------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_ 01..fJ. ~.9--11-f?__ . ,_ _'-1l~~.9--Q.1!f.?_______________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are t,rue to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _______},'7.:t_~______ day
oL_.!'.~J:,_r"_a_r_~_]-_9_~19~/3- IJ _
f::,
_______ _J&ffe .
Clerk of the Court, or Speci Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice
the Peace.
757
�Countyc
District:
#23 Ac reage Claimed:
7
Value Claimed:
1200 . 00
Location:
eadows, C. A. {Cletusl
Assessed x
On the hea d
"
7 A.
atera of South Naked creek·.
None known.
~ich loam but extremely rocky .
oads1
Deed
100 . 00
(Ha.a buildin o, but
they are not assessed).
Incumbrances , counter claims or laps:
Soi l:
Rockingham
Stonewall
7
A.
"
1923 - 400 . 00
(Bought by Fred eadows
ho recently sold to the
present 01ner. Consideration of last transaction
$700. 00 according to
J. A. Dhiffle tJ
About one- half acre of garden .
Six miles of good moun t ain road to Elkton .
His tory of tract and condition of timbe r: Mixed white oaks and hardv1oods,
!argely oaks. Young timber up to 10• DBH. Plenty of reproduction
.. ~s timated to cut about 6 cords per a.ore on 2 acres (12 cords)
valued at 75¢ - - - •
s9. oo
I mprovements:
fr.1e lling: Frame, 14x18 1 1th a kitchen 12xl4x8•, 3 rooms ,
po rch 7x30 • , meta l and paper ro of, brick tlue, l ½ story, oe i led,
fair condition, occupied by tenant, spring wate r supply, f rundation pil l a rs. - - .
·400 . 00
Stable: Frame, 12xl6x12 ' , me tal roof, fair c·ondi ti on .
100 . 00
2 Hen houses: l OxlOx6 • , frame, paper roof, poor condition. - - - ...
10 . 00
Hog pent Frame , 10xl6 ' , metal roof, good condition.
15. 00
Granarzi Frame, 8x12x1c • , paper roof, f ai r condition.
20 . 00
\lush house: Frame, 12xl2x8', paper roof. - 15. 00
dtore houses Frame, 18x24', attached shed, 1 room, brick
flue, i½ story, condition fair, ceiled , vacan t, spring
m ter supply ...
~oo . oo
$ 60 . 00
Acrease and va lue of land by types:
!Y.P.!
Cove
Grazing
Tillable
Acreage
Value
pe·r A.
4
7 . 00
5'.00
2
1
25. 00
7
- ..
- ..- --
Total value of land
63 . 00
Total value of improvements 860 . 00
...
Total value of timber
9. 00
Total value of tract ...
932 . 00
Average value per acre
133. 14.
xNote:
Ass essed 1929 a ainst F.
c.
Meado,s .
Total
Value
10. 00
28. 00
2'ie00
;63. 00
�ounty:
District:
# 23 - fu eadows,C . A. (Cletus)
L i.Dl!..-i:ND:
Grazing
Cove
Ti l lable
20 chains
Scale - 1 11
=
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>
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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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meadows-c-a.pdf
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Meadows, C. A.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: South Naked Creek
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ROCKINGHfJIIT COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
f/-305 - McDonaldson, Thomas&, Ella
Number of Acres:
3½
Location:
Madi son Run .
Roads:
Thre e miles via dirt road to Grottoes , the nearest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of a f a ir depth and fertility .
Entirely within the Park area .
History of Tract apd condition of timber: No saw t imber, all cleared, but about 1 acre
brusn l.and .
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improveme nt information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
l
@
$5 . 00
$5 . 00
@
30 . 00
75 . 00
$80 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
~/2
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 80 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 640 . 00
640 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $100 . 00
Value of Timber: $
100 . 00
$820 . 00
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 234 . 28
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
...
l
CLERK.
�IMPROVEMENTS : Frame dwelling: 30xl6' with 4 rooms , front perph 7x22 ' , bahk
porch 6xl6 ', pa per roof , brick flues , l½ story, 1 room ceiled ,
solid foundation 9x9½ stone cella r , f a in condition, occupied by
owner, brick chimney , stone steps .
Frame hen house:
6x9x6' with shed , paper roof , fair condition .
�-
Jw )¼,
!j,P
.
Claim of _______ ~ ----~--~
-------------------'__7'-"__~ L_--'
__Vt.
____"__.J"
___________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ _____ _;::::_~ ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
::e:,t~:
~ ~ i : : _ n ~ = ~ ~ ~ ~ z c z ~ ~ St~rgi:ia, Pe~i-
------------------------ - ~;;1----7------- ~------------------- -------------------more or less, of land ~n -~ ~ / ----- _______ 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 fff g of said pe~
nd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o:ttZ; ----- ~
----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h:Yan::: :_s:~~-L~~&~; td~~--------S ( ~ __
My post office address 1s ____________
'.c::f__,____________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or intere~ a tract or parcel
~:~:n;~:::~~:~! ,:~!~l~~
J_(.,--- -
~ ~ : h i c__ :::r~ ~ ~
- - ~ - - -"'~h ---'"
-;~i~
of land within the area sought
1~-C '- -~-~ -----------
ted abouLa . ~e: 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.)
/
,1
__
------------------------ ------~
--~
------------------------ -
The land ~
ent t the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _______________________________ ------------------------ ------------------Southe,_1~~
;_~m~~------------ --------------------- ------------East ---~- -~--------~
-g ----~7 __________________________________ _
West_ ./ -- ~ _Y71_ _____ ~ __ _ff~..____ ------------------------ ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to)fis property about the year _!_jl_!_--:in the
following manner:
JJ
~
ii
I~
__/Lc;-J: =,-/!;~:z::::::~:::::::::::::: '-: r :__::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_j_-1_~:1_ p~ ---· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_0_L~-°-~--I am the owner of_ __"::-______ ~ __ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----~----·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make ,. and if p1·acticable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·-------------- ---- ------------------------ -----------------· _____________ _
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on th~back).
of_?::t;_·-=~-'.~~:~~r1~;. my name
and~~~~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF- ~
-----------, To-wit.
h _&t__~ - ~ ~-----
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL±- ________
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his ab~ a~swer are true to the best of his knowI,~clge and belief,
this___/-)__________ day
19 -~~ ~
of_¼:'0--- ----•
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Id
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tary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�County: lock1ngharn
District: ntonow 11
(I ::505 Thoa .
Acreas;e C aimed:
Location:
sse s d '3. 80
3 -
Value Clai,.,ed:
1500. 00
Madison -~n .
Note ogoi.nst this
Soil:
Sandy loam
3 r1ile
History:
ft
170.00
roct held by C. D.
:3.no
Deed
ft
J:.ntirely "-i. thin the Park area •
.L..~:
Roads:
lla UcDonoldaon
&.
tt, atty.
'i'0. 00
1915
A::.-ea : 3"§" A.
t law.
I rriaonbtdlg, Va .
ot a f'sir depth nd fart Hi 1,y.
vin dirt road to Grottoes, ~he neo.reAt ahipping point.
Ho saw t1l'lber, all clea:red b,1t about l n .:ro brush land •
lmr rovemonte:
.From
dwelling 30 x 16 with 4 rooms. Fromt norch? x 22 ft.
back tiorch 6 :,;: lGft. .'aper toot. 11rick flu- a. 1 l/2 story
l roor, ce led. ~>oli<l foun<lation 9 x ~ 1/2 :Jtone cellar.
'.::i'"-i r condi t1on. vccupiad by owner. B1•1ok chiu.ney. Stone
ateps.
:.·n·me h1;m ouse 6 .x 9 x 6 , 1th nhed.
UO fruit tra a.
P per roof. fair cond.
550.00
26.00
80.00
Jb5.00
Value of lend by typea:
T.Y.ll!,
slo-;:ie
t'llAble
Value
p r ecre
crease
)( .• oo
1
2 1~2
30.00
3 l
Total value of lend
Total vnlue ot improvements
Total V8lue of tr ct
lver ge ~nlue per acre
Tote.l
vd.u e
3.00
75.00
7 i.00
~
78.00
6!>5.00
733.00
2(JQ.
43
II
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County: RockinGham
District : Stonewal l
",,
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J . J'rank
Littell
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Slope - Tillable
Scale - l" - 20 chains
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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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McDonaldson, Thomas & Ella
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
1'f252
Number of Acres:
-
!cDona ldson , George
5
Location:
Mile Run.
This tract is partly inside and partly outside
the Park area .
Roads:
Two miles to Island Ford over county road .
Soil:
Slope .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
The cleared land 'is of average depth
and fertilit y for this locality , and there is nothing on the
w odland except fuelwood .
Timber :
16 cords of fuelwood .
Improvements: NONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
2
@
iil0 . 00
$20 . 00
30 . 00
90 . 00
$110 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
3
5
Orchard:
Minerals:
ValueofLa nd: $ 110 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $67 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $200 . 00
25 . 00
(!1,135 . 00
�~~·::e:,~:et~:
~ircuit~u:::~ ~---County, Virginia, No/LL-/:- At Law.
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more or less, of land in_l?'!1;-!S!..:!:!.¥/:.r-~:J~,_.,__ ~ -----~~-County,. Virginia, !)efend4U.t,s.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the Sta'.te Commi~sion on Conservaiion and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing o1 said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of__!f_t~:!r__1_?.?..'J/-!_c_!J.!!. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is ____ ~a7-9e __ lffo.Do,,., olaii1on----- ----- ---------------------- My post office address is ___ f;f fr_Ti!-7_1_ ______7£.E_Q_ __!!/_f!_ _tJ- ______________ -_ ______ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____4i'.!:: _________ acres, on which there are the following
, _1
~
buildings and improvements ;________ .J_;;,_~ ---- ___-. E : ~-~-~.._-~--------- -- ----
v-
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C-<.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
·
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v·1rg1ma,
qi Pb -r~d
r-s/ 1 7.7___________________
Jm1·1es f rom ________
. 1ocat ed a bout ____________
. 1an d 1s
Th1s
the§'~ r z:~Y.!_~JL ___ 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. )
0
------- - ---- ,stJ f-e. __ o W--r-i C2-, - ----- ----- ---- - ------------ ------------------------ --------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ____ A.sh l",y _ G-d" de...-,1 ___ ________________________ _ ________ __ _______ __________ _
Southl~l3,_8LI rne r
£., I ~ ------ ------------------------ ------ --------------------
~::t_ 7;;JT3!::::::._
B 6t, ------------------------ ------------------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the yearLJ'l-L~{J~fin the
C;
following manner:
__!fl~ I-I~ - -- v - ~ - cr- Q _______ ·------------------------ ------------- - ----
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $#1!.:'_°:::'__~-------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $.l-3_!'~---------·
I am the owner oL __ _L __ ____ ___ __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 $_r9~-·-~-~---------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; a nd if pr acticable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Rema!ks · __ __J/r-~ I c111cl _ a 4 / " ~/ I' __; ne /4des ) he ¢ -r1fy ol-lJ_?/?(;j. ______ __
_p_ f __w_qle -i- To _771:j -- res I C?/e-n ~J--'<V oo d _ 61.//P17JpQ :Ti, ] a <!7 71,e . Y a l~ ~_ tJ /? __ __
211'1 _/1 o_7 71 e - h cl_ u - Cl hn O s r- IO fol I c l!ly Iv~ .e T 1 ofe r,/r O.:1-e d h..;y.71-1e ~ ,z,--r;;;fri.'..19
Jl1_1_5_( dl17cf.,. 'IV /7 1 t!.. I ,_ l e.c} yes_ !he_ ,-e.777 ell 11de 1- "I 111-y fc2_7._7 d ;7, fi·/CJnci ulc?7 ·__ _
_s:_h _d_/?.~_":._CJ.{1_7.12.§LW.E rlbl~~.,,5:_ ____________ ___ (Continue remarks if necessary s,n the back).
7
Witness my signature (or my name and z~k- :t::ched hereto) ::1is~-; t~ ________ day
--------~ ~ - ~.£!!:_~
of_E_e;_f:2:j- -~ -l-~JL___, 1930.
.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_ls'!~1~:.: n¢~ ,1~------------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __§:~Q-7.:Si'~-l~-~J..1_~t'.'.'<. i:~q-J_"?.. _____________ ___
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and thing~ appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his kn le e and belief,
this_JC,j_?:,_ ___ ______ day of__ E~<cJJ!_-'_L__, 1930. ____ __ __ _
-::zt--Lu/
V
"7 ..-//
/
,_--/ · u> /
-/74
/
'2 /
o
____ _____ - ~
_
Clerk c# the Caurt,er-Special Investigator or
Notary Public, Qr Justiee of the Peace.
�Count y: Rook in(;ham
Di s trict: ~Jtonewa ll
a Donaldson
. Ceorge
, oq uired
. creage Cl a i med:
! ~luo Cl a i med;
Loca tion :
4 . 50 A.
ssessed 5 ,54 acre s
5.59 A. 1921 & 1924
Deed
f or $1 25.00
,t
~ 90 . 0 0
AftEA t 5 A.
This tra ct i·s pa rtly tffaHUJ mn".t partly outside the
. 400 • 00
Mile Run .
·•
area.
Laps:
.§.2.ll: .::i1op e.
Roads:
2 mi l os to I sland Ford ove r county roa d.
History: The cleared land is of overage dep th and fertility for tllis
loc ality and there is nothing on the ood l a nd excep t f uel wood .
Improveme nts: None . .
Timber:
16 ads. of fuel v;ood • '75¢ per cd.tt
Value ot land by tYpes:
~
•
olope
Acrease
3
Value
;per acre
25 . 60
5. 00
2
~
Total value of' land
"'11 85 . 00
Total value of improveme nts
Total val ue of timber
1 2 . 00
Total value of :bra e t
97. 00
Average value per acre
19 . 40
,.. ___ ... _____
d\-12.00
Total
Value
',75.00
10 . 00
$85,. 00
�........,
,f 2:52 - George
N
LSG~~TD
Grazin g - ...; lope
JCale - l' - ~O chains
cDorial dson
County : Rocking ham
istric t: Stone1 all
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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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mcdonaldson-george.pdf
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McDonaldson, George
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Mile Run
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Tract(s): 251
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#64 - McDaniel ,
Number of Acres:
Location:.
Roads:
z.
N.
169
On Elk Run and positions . #61 and #65 .
of the Park area .
This is partly outside
One mile over good dirt road to Spotswood Tra il; thence four
miles to ..:!.lkton , the nearest shipping point .
Soil:
(See reverse side for Soil information)
History of Tract and condition of timber: The wooded area has been cut over at
various times, extract wood being cut in 1930.
of oak and pine up to 20" DBH of fair quality .
for many years .
There is a thin stand
There has been no fire
Improvements:
(See reverse side for Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Total Value
65
5 . 00
$325 . 00
30
20 . 00
600 . 00
74
25 . 00
1850 . 00
02775 . 00
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
1985 . 00
Value of Land: $ 2 7 7 5 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 1 g.85 • 00
Value of Orchard: $
200 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 200 . 00
ValueofTimber: $ 356 . 00
356 . 00
Value of Wood: $
$5316 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 43
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE .
�Improvements : Dwelling: Frame 27x36', 7 rooms , porch 10xl2', 3 story ,
plastered, sto~e chimney , basement 8xl0', paper roof , fair condit ion.
Barn: Log and frame , 42x49xl2' , metal roof , poor condition.
Hen house: 10xl8xl0', fair condition .
Spring house: Log 10xl0x8' , sh~ngle roof , fair condition .
Shop : Frame, 19x20x8' ,- shihgle roof , poor condition .
Granary : Frame l9xl9xl2', shingle roof, fair condition.
Frame, l6x25' , with kitchen 12xl2x8', 5
Vacant tenant house:
rooms , 2 story , porch 4xl2', cellar , shingle roof , pillar foundation , fair condition .
Frame 25x27xl4', shingle roof, fair condition.
Barn:
Stable: Frame 26x34xl4' , shingle roof, fair condition • .
Hog pen: Frame , 8xl0x6 ', poor condition , shingle roof·.
Corn crib: Frame 8xl2xl0', shingle roof , fair condi~ion .
SOIL:
Sandy loam_and clay loam of good depth and fertility . There is
some loose rocks oh a small area und a few outcrops on the wooded
~ part of the tillable
The slopes are gentle to steep .
portion .
land is fertile red clay loam in a good state of cultivation . The
remainder is a yellow loam and only in fair condition . The grazing
land has been tilled and worn out and now has considerable blue
There is some broom sedge and
s~ass with patches of good sod .
other weeds and yellow pine is coming in with considerable ~r~There is comparatively
The slopes are steep to gentle .
simm.ons .
little rock .
·, .
�ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ...__- - - - - - - -- - - - ~
NAME OF CLAIMANT
.
#64-a - McDaniel , Z . N.
60
Number of Acres:
Location: One mile south of Mt . Pleasant Church .
Roads:
One mile of fair . dirt road to Spotswood Trail near
thence four miles to Elkton
Swift Run Post Office;
Soil:
Sandy clay of g :, od depth and fertility, mod erate to steep
slopes; southwest exposure .
Maj or portion of tract cleared
History of Tract and condition of timber:
many years ago, grazed since . Somewhat neglected in recent years,
consequen tly brush now growing thereon. Wooded area has been cut
over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists of mixed oaks,
some hicmory and poplar .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types :
Value per acre
Acreage
Types
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: --
18
@
$3 . 00
$54 . 00
33
@
20 . 00
660 . 00
15 . 00
135 . 00
$849 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land: -Fields Restocking: - -
9
----60
@
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
849 . oo
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
50 . oo
Value per acre for tract: $ /
~ f f7
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $
50.00
$899 . 00
�"_@ .-_/Jtf&. ,j{: ____ _ , ---------------------------------------
Claim oL.!3..
In the Circtfil 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
as h~ya~:: ~:q-~it l : " . k ~ce. ___________________________________ _
-----(,2(:~------------- --------k
My post office address is_ ~
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_2-__g__'z0-_: es, on which there are he following
buildings and improzents:~
fif-::r;
___________,.:uR ___ __
___________ _
_}_~ ~ ----- ----- 2. ~ ~-I------------- -- '__
AML
located about_ __ _J_::-_____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 f Ian described above.)
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_____
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,
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
~
~
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fol owing man_~e1 :
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Zft.t. .{' £ ~~Z., o ~ Ll!!&AI
'iff.
9.1:!Ji_RJ_J~.i2.g-I;J
/_'f_~_4,__
J}.__ _ _ __
Q.._1_~ _____ J_Cj_t_{(!j_jj;!_~~~t-J.M!-lff-£t-_L•J!l ______
filed ln
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-,· "_Q--::~/?f___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_/_{2-Jj_~
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 lanrl ~ metes and bounds).
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Rockingham Coun:y, Va. ___________________ _________________ ________ ___________________ ____________ _____ _
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Sandy l oam and clay loa of good depth and fe r t ility .
mhere i s some loo e rooks on a small a r ea nnd a tew
outcrops on t he wooded portion. Tho slopes re gentle
to steep . A part of t 11e tillable l ~nd 1s fe rtile r ed
clay loam i n a good state of cultivation. Th rema i nder
1s a yellow loam and only in f oir oond1t1on • . he grazing
land has been tilled an<l iorn out an nmv has con si derab le
Ther e is eome broom
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sed e an ' other e e ds and yellow ine 1s comi ng in 1th
c n sider ble persimmons . The slopes are steep to gentle .
'.::'here is eom.paratively l ittle rock .
Rods:
one mile over good d i rt road to ~potswood r 11; thence
fo r mi les to lkton, t e n jar est shi pping po i nt .
History of tract and co dit i on of 1:. imber: The wooded a rea has been
out over at various t imes, extract wood being cut ln 1930 .
t hin st and of o JS. o.nd pi ne p to .30" DBH of
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story, p astered, stone ohinney, ba sem~nt 8xl0 ' , paper
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300 . 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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McDaniel, Z. N.
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Location: Elk Run; South of Mt. Pleasant Church
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Tract(s): 64, 64-a
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ROCKINGHAM C(U NTY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF CLAIMANT
//66 - McDaniel , Chas . A.
Number of Acre&f6
Location: On Elk Run and entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
One mile over good road to Spotswood Trail; thence four miles
to Elkton, the nearest shi;J ping point .
Soil :Loam of good depth and 1'ertili ty, with a small amount of loose and
some large rock . In the south portion the slope s are steep with southwest exposure . The tract has been under cultivation for many years,
but is in f a irly good condition.
History of Tract and condition of timber: The wooded portion has been cut over
and there is no merchantable timber left .
There is an ppen stand of
hardwood. up to 14 11 DBH . and the estimate is 40 cords of fuelwood .
Improvements: None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
4
@
$5 . 00
22
@
30 . 00
$ 20 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land: - -
660 . 00
$680 . 00
26
Orchard:
100 . 00
Minerals :
30 . 00
Value of Land: $ 680 . oo
$ 810 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ 100 . oo
Valoe of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
30 • 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 31 . 15
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
.~
None
-~CLERK
�ROCKINGHAM C CUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#66 - a - McDaniel , Chas . A.
164
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
North of Spot swood Traiib near Hensley Hollow
Five miles over Spotswood Trail to Elkton .
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility , s teep to moderate
slopes ; northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Large portion of tract cleared many
years ago , grazed and cultivated since . Wooded area cut over repe &t Present stand consists of mixed oaks , some poplar ,
edly in the past .
and hickory .
IMPRIDVEMENTS : DvVELLING -- -Log and frame 16.x22 1 , kitchen 12x22x8 1 , 5
roo~ms metal roof , brick flues , l ½ story, ceiled, fair condition, occuBARN---Log 16x22xl2 1 , shingle roof , fair condition-~ r.
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PLUNDl<' HOUSE- ---Log 10xl6x8 1 , shingle roof , poor condition--GR NARY--Log 18x22xl0 1 , shin~le r oof ,---STABLE---Lo 9 18x22xl0 1 , shingle
0
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Acreage an,.ci value 8t types: eeRN lieBsE..:-L8g 10xl2.xl01 ,~sliiTigle roof , fair cond In .
~o8r; ~~tt
Types
Value per acre
Acreage
gEna~¥~!n
Total Value
Ridge:
38
@
$5 000
$190 . 00
88
@
30 . 00
2640 . 00
Fields Restocking: -- 10
@
15 . 00
150 . 00
28
@
25 . 00
700 . 00
$3680 . 00
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land: --
Cultivated Land:
164
Orchard:
8 9 O • 00
Minerals :
Value of Land: $
3680 .oo
Value of Improvements: $ 890 .oo
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
100 . 00
Value of Fruit: $ 50 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Timber: $ 100 .oo
Value of Wood: $
$477 0 . 00
50 . oo
Value per acre for tract: $ 29 . 08
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE
V-~______: _CLERK
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�Claim of _____ -___ C • _ S . _ J c Daniel ,------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court oLRQ..Qk.i_ne_.Jt'1Ja. ____________ 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 _____o!l!t _ :. .:!lll ---- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL ____.t;\oo-:~4.-ll:~
________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is __________ _c_._ p ._;~oD.121.1.al--------------------------------------My post office address is _________________~nft_...Bu.n.~- n ;__ ___________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned; containing about~--~!'P:_q~~- __ ?QQ _acres, on which there are the following
1.9_~y_!'_______ _
buildings and improvements=----~~!J.J.__l! c,__ ~ _~Q9~Q_;__'QQ._~I.LAI.!9__g~JJ_
This land is located abo~t_ __ --3 _______ miles from _______~lc~:!;Q:Q.•-------------- Virginia, in
the __..5:t.o.no.rr~l..l. ___ Magistetial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
Sole owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North ___ G_.__N._ _L!nD n1. .l. _______________________________________________________ _
South ___ Asburn____ c.ne ________________________ - ___________ · ____________________ _
East ____T . _L. _Donne -----------------------------------------------------------West ____0 • - ~ • __ ,Jmi th --------------------------------------------------------~--I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ___5______ in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $....1.35. 0...-.: 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 $-1~-,--5Q-0-.-90- ---·
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·--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this _____2~--t-~-----day
of _________ Q , ot~ lS~.D.930.
___q! __~~---~~~!~~----------------------STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___________________________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _____________ __________________________________ _
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this __ i~t __________ day ofAJ --·us.t-------- --, 1930.
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Cletk of th~ Court, o:r Special Investigator or
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-~ -~ ~--County, Virginia, Defendants.
more or less, of land i:q'.1/~
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 ~ g 9f ~aid pe · ion and published i~ ~cc_ordance with the order of the Circu~t
Court ofc1/W~ __ _ _ ___ County, V1rgmia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s · p~titio~n and to said n~ tice.
---------------- ---------------- My name is --~ _ ---,.. ..: __ - ~
---------------- ---------------- ---·~
My post office address i ___
terest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
I claim a right, title, esta~
acres, on which there are the following
to be condemned, containin'i about__.9:.i2..1 __
,
I
L_ _______
buildings and improvement~ . . . 2 2 ~__ ,S__~
_t { ; ' , , _ = J ~--
:~ :i;:~:~~-~;:;~::~!:~~~~::::::::: : : ~i~~~~~.-;~
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
y ~
parcel of land described above.)
---= ----------------- ---~
---------------- ---------------- ~
~~:t~?zt. a~ ~escribed tract-or parcel of land are
as
follows:
;~~~~ ---u ~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __£
following manner:
_____ in
the
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-- I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $_/:J_..5]_1)-'-~
in and to this tract or parc·e1 of land with the improvements thereon is $1J~_?I_//__~ .
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- .
posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------ ------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· ---------------- ------- - ---- - ----- - - - - - - ----- - ---------------- ------------
- - - - ---------------- ---- -------- ----- - ---- -- (Continue remarks if necessar!11~ , the back).
__-_ __ ____ day
Witness my signature (or my name and mary ttac~ed hereto) this~
of__ _____ _: _________ , 193f .
STATE F VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF_____ __ _______ ___ ____ ______ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ___________________ ____ ____ ______ ___ ____ ___ ___ __
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
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C,lerk--of he Court,.--0-11 Special Investigator or
N otar Eu.bile, or Justice of the Peaca.-.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKmGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on Conservation and
Dijvelopment cf the State of Virginia
v.
Peti tiomr
#1829
Defendants
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, et als, etc .
came
c. s.
McDanie1, and on his motion leave is given him to file
his appl1caUon for the payment to him of the sum o'f' $47'70.00,
the amount of the award set out in the award of condemnation for
Tract No. 66A, heretofore paid into Court.
And it appearing :from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners hereto:fore filed in this cause, and in the petition for judgment and condemnation entered 1::erein on the_ day
of November, 1933-, that in the opinion of petitioner, the said
c. s.
McDa.nie1 is invested with a superior or better right or
claim or title in and to the said Tract of land No. 66A, and that
the record of' this cause does not disclose any da:rial or dispute
by any party or person in interest as to the title to the said
Tract No .
66A , or to the proceeds arising frcm the condemnation
thereof, and that the said
c.
S,. McDaniel is entitled to receive
the proceeds arising :t'ran. the condemnation of said Tract No. 66A,
andi t further appearing to the Court that all taxes due or taxable
upon said Tract No. 66A have been paid, except the taxes for the
tax year 1933, amounting to $12.35:
Upon consideration mereof, it is considered and ordered by the Court that the said sum of $4770 .00, paid into Court by
petitioner as just compensation for Tract No. 66A, be paid as
follows:
To M. H. HarrifD·n , County Treasurer of Rockingham. County,
the sum of $12.35, taxes for the year 1933; and the balance of said
sum, to-wit. the
SUil!l.
of $4757.65, to the said
c. s.
McDaniel; and
the Clerk of this Court 1s directed to transmit a certified copy
of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who mall pay- unto the
said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, the sum of $12.35, taxes
for the y~r 1933, and to
c. s..
McDaniel the sum o-f' $4757 .65, the
balance of the amount of the award set out in the judgment o:t'
�--2---
•
condemnation for Tract No. 66A, taking from the said M. H. Harrison, County Treasurer, and
c. s.
McDaniel receipts therefor, and
certifying such payment to the Clerk of' this Court for appropriate
entry thereof as re qui red by law.
�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.6_6./4:__ :
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,b-b-T-t--- $-¥77~-.r;%-Tract No.--- ---------$----------; 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.
b_&t_d-=-- $/2(22~~~q'ract
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
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STATE Q___ y_:n_t_GJ.N;I:_4, __C.OJJNTY_O.E_RQCXD'IGHAM ,__ j;_Q::-.wi_i_:;:_____________ __ ______ _: _______ _
This day personally appeared before me c. s. McDaniel and made oath
that the---s-ta-t-em-ent-s--e-on-ta-i-n-ed.--1:-n--the ab o-ve---p-e-ti--tton--so---f'ar--a-s-mai:te--urr his
own information __ are_ true and_ so _far as made UROn _information Qf ~~h~~s h e
beli ev~:_: _~~~--~~--~~--:-~~-~:---~~~ ~:3:_-~!:~er
m!~ ~ 30 t ~~r~~~~~~~ : 1933 .
NOTE--A supply of this blank form has been placed in ~ ~ es office for
convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not prescr· e by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present their
· ns in any form they may desire which meets with the approval of the Court. This blank form ma not and probably will not cover
all cases. It has been printed mer ely as a suggestion of a for m of a motion which may be u sed, subject
to the approval of the court in each case.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2~
�STATE OF VIRGINJA ,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I , J . Rob ert Switzer, Clerk of the Circuit Cburt of· Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my office do not
show any delinquent taxes against the tracts of land in Stonewall
District , assessed in the name of Chas . s . McDaniel and containing
respectively 42 acres and 25 poles , 21 acres 2 roods and 2 poles ,
and 101 acres and 1 rood , except for the tax year 1932 , but which
taxes by statement of M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer , shown herewith , have been paid in the County Treasurer ' s office, since said tract
was returned delinquent to my office .
Given under my hand this 30th day of December ,
1933 .
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern :
I hereby
my office sho1 that the 1933
of land in the name of Chas .
42 - 0- 25, 21 - 2- 2- and 101- 1- 0
in the Blue Ridge Iv1ountains,
Rockingham County, amounting
paid .
certify that the records of
taxes,on the several tracts
S . ttcDaniel , containin~
acres respectively , situate
in Stonewall Di strict ,
to$ 12 . 35, have not been
Given under my han9- this 30th day of
December 1933 .
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern :
I hereby certify that the records
of my office show thc. t the taxes for the yi:;ar 1932
assessed in the name of Chas . s . McDaniel , against his
several tracts of land containing 42 - 0- 25 , 21- 2- 2 and
101- 1 - 0, respectively, situate in the Blue Ridge r·ountains
in Stonewall District , Rockingham County, have been paid .
All taxes prior to that time , if any
be unpa id , are a matter of record in t h e Clerk's Office of
said County .
December 19 33 .
Civen under my hand this 30th day of
Treasurer of Rock i ggham County
�C!tnmmnnweultq nf lliirginiu
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
January 5 , 1934
This is to certify that I , J. M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virg inia have this~5__ day of January
with an order of the circuit court of
dated
1/3/34
i n accordance
Rockingham CaJlnty
in the cause of the State Commi s sion
on Conservation and Development of the State of Vi r gin ia
vs.
:paid to
Cassandra Lawson_~A~t~k=i=n=s=-------- -- C.
s.
McDaniel
be i ng in f ul l se ttlement of tract# 66- a
in the a bo ve me ntioned cause.
t-'11
�Q!nmmnuwtaltq nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
.January 5, 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
~
c. s .
McDaniel
Swift Run, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 4,757.65, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of_~R=o~c~k=i=n=g~h=a=m~-- --
of January
_1931_
en t ere d on the 2nd
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservati on and Development v _ __
__C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r
_a_L_a_w_s_o_n__A_t_k_i_n_s____ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as
,l
Sign original and duplicat e
and r e turn to t he Treasurer
of Virginia.
#
66-s.
�Q!nmmnnttttttltlJ nf l!lirginitt
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
January 5 , 1934
TREASURER 01' VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J. M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this
5
day of January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham
dated 1/3/34
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
:paid to
$12 .35
Cassandra Lawson_A_t_k---'---i'----n----'-s'-------_------- - M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer
being in full settlement of tract# 66- a
in the above mentioned cause.
�Q!ommnuwtaltb nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
January 5 , 1934
JOHN M . PURCELL
"
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
,
'
M. H. Harrison , County Treasurer
Received of J. M. Purcell, Trea s urer of
Virg inia, the sum of $12 . 35
, in accor dance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of __~R~o-c_k_i~n-g_h-am~- -of January
entered on the
2nd
day
1 9L_ , in the matter of t h e State
Co mmission on Conservati on and Development v _ _ _
__C_a~s_s_an_d~r~a~ L
------'a~
--' w~s~o~n~ A
~t=k=i =
n=s~ ___ and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tr a ct of land
k nown in said proceeding as#
Sign or ig inal and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virg i nia.
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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
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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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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
Identifier
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mcdaniel-chas-a.pdf
Title
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McDaniel, Chas. A.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Elk Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 66
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PDF
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Contributor
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
McDaniel
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/b5f0ed0922914dbad592c7e264fd176a.pdf
a0d82939b1ba75471e6ba815c193b1a8
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME O.F CLAIMANT
#259 - Marshall , Chas . H.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
4.
Only a very small porti on of this tract is
Near Big Run .
inside the Park area .
Slope
There is no merchant a ble timber on
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Neither is there enough f uelwood on it to consider .
this tract .
This tract h as , been burned over in rece n t y rars .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types :
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Types
Ridge:
Slope:
4
@
$5 . 00
$20 ·. oo
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
2 0 • 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
5 • 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None .
- -~~--lL..JV~-~~~~,.___:-_ _
CLEHK
�Claim of __ Y'' j/1~,1,y ~1 · J,-__
cl// ------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __ Jj'__o_<:~J_1_;_7_~f?..~~z77 _____ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti-
J/41rs/2
tioner, vs·------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- ~--------------- --more or less, of land in ___ _??_q_:!_l!:~_1_1-fr.~_7_~~- _:- ______ 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_[J'__cJ_<;;-fe_z7-7_./2q!JZ?. _______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
.
My name is __ lll'/ory . T._ f/!c<Jruh o; // ---------------- ---------------- ------My post office address is __~U.!_!g__n __ y_q___ lff.-Q__,Y.?__tf-_______________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____ £ ______ . : ___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements= ----~~.??.~----- ------------------ ---- - ---------------- -----
This land is located about_ ___ ~_______ miles from ___ :f-_s__[-:_7_7_7_cf_.E__~"!.:ef.. ________ Virginia, in
.s/ o n e wc1II _ Mag1s
· t etia
th e_______________
· 1 D.1st ric
· t of sa1.d Coun t y.
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 describ,ed above.)
________ lily._1 11 l1e7·1/ecf
_lh/s _/c'7 nd
_/Jro n "7 _7 Tl_;f l 7 L/ -S f-Jc'/nd _
e
H_/tlc1rsl'1c'z // __
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are m; follo,ws:
North_ " w11 _ t a1;,cl ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------South_ sh a v e 1- /--le, r s------- - ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---East - s h ~1ye1- --- " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - West_ J 6T /7 n -- ~LJ Pp, ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------- - -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _!_~~-1=: ___ in the
following manner:
___ 7' h e /5J r (}J,,er tj__ V'{ o7<Y _ f <J LJ 7 ' Cl1 c1 .s ec..f h';f_ C _ N _M c1 1-..s/2 c;/ / /i1-on1 _ A oh c1ve 7 /--le ' .:-v~ -------- -- ----- --- ---- -- -- ---- ---- -- ---- -- -- ---- ------ -- ---- -- -- ---- -- ---- ---- -- -
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_t{~~~----------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_?_~:-~_0________ •
I am the owner of_ii 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 $_JI.£ ______________ •
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----
---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this __ j_6_L'Z:,________ day
oLE~l~ _____ J52-(___ ,
1930.
.&,.4.~t- ---'-o/fe :.~ ____ _
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF ___ _Jx2_1!.l.f1ne;i1.~?..v L ______ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_~_f-!.f!_0!.7.'_V:.&.~!...£LJ_--:,_,__<=!. ~thJ:...g_"'!.?Y.E~)__ y__,!_!!_~1_-0 ~ 11
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
7
r this ____
_Lt]6_________ day
;J~ / 3//1/td--/
p
/j
~/:ii~. _/~-
of_£~!?~ _____ t. 2<JL ~ -. ,
---
--Tth~-c~~~t~-;r_S_p;d;1-f~~;stigat~
otary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
241
�County: Rockiru::ham
uistrict: · tone all
;1 259
s eased
4 A.
Vclue Cl imed:
Location:
~:
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It
75. 00
200
~
eed
I'o field
. 2200
ARFA: ~- A.
.[ear Big - 1. 1Jnly a very small nortioii of tfii a tract is inai e
tho Park area.
Slope
·~ads:
3 miles
.. istory:
er count . ro
to
sland Ford .
'l here is no r.ierchunt ble timber on this tract. ;oii:hor is there
nou.gh ruel wood n i. · to consider. '.'he tract has been burned
over in rece.t years.
lmprovemente:
Uone
Val e or land by tyP
Acreage
"'lope
Tot
Total value o~ tract
Av rage value per acre
Total
value
' ~. 00
4
value of land
Vnluo
per ere
12. 00
12. 00
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12. 00
beet
�County•
District:
259" 1urshall
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Rockingham
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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
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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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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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marshall-chas-h.pdf
Title
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Marshall, Chas. H
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Near Big Run
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Tract(s): 259
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Marshall
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fa0292c8efcd5af13d42585352b871ba.pdf
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R0CKINGHAl.1 cotmTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#115 - Uaiden , J . Luther
Number of Acres: 80
Location:
Swift Run .
Roads:
Four miles hard surface to ~lkton , nearest shippine point .
Soil:
Clay loam of c ood depth and fertility . The Fe . on this tract
is in a good state of cultivation. ~he g razing land is fairly
well sodded .
~nt irely within the Park area .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
b
. h
out ei g t acres of slope type ,t i th a few
scattering trees of merchantable size , not enough to be considered except as fuelwood .
Improvements:
i.
(See reverse side for Improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
8
@
v5 . 00
20
@
35 . 00
700.00
50
~
50 . 00
2500 . 00
¢3240 . 00
2
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75 . 00
150 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
8()
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $ 3240 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 3 7 40 . 00
3740 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 150. 00
Value of Minerals: $
50 . 00
d:>7180 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract:
$/'fJ J -
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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�JIJJPROVEI{ENTS :
D\DLLING : Frame 16x32', 2 story, 8 roooms, 4 ceiled, 4
plastered , electrica lly li ghted , concealed wiring , water piped to
house, porch 7x24 ', L 18x23xl6 ', porch 7xl8' , rµetal roof, wnter
supply , 2 springs .
BARN : Frame , 30x46xl8 ', shed 30x32 ', metal roof , fair condition .
SPRING HOUS~ : Frame , 10x l 2x8 ', paper roof ; good condition .
!,1E.ciT HOUS..;.i : :Frame , 10x21x8' , ce llur 8xl0 ' , shing le roof , fair
condition .
mN Haus~ : Frame, 12x30x8' , paper roof , .air condition .
H~N JIOUS.J.: Fr em e , 10x22x8' , paper roof , fair condition .
G~i..~ G2.: Frame , 12xl4x8', paper roof, fair condition .
GR...N. .~RY : 2 rame, '3lx22xl4 ', shingle roof, fair condition .
HEN HOUS~: 10xl2x8' , po. per ro of , fair condition .
ILN HOUSJ:::
Fr 3.me, 6x8x6 ', paper roof , poor oondition .
VOOD SITTD:
Frame, 8x9x7 ', shing le roof , f a ir condition .
TRA.NSI'. ISSIOJ'T LI TS from house to main line - 7 poles .
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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 fili_!!g of /,aid pe,tjtion and published in accordance with the order. of the Circuit
Court o L / _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
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tract or parcel of land within the area sought
J claim a right, title, estate or
L,acres, on w~there are the follo';ing
to be condemned, containing about__~- ---~~
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I claim the 'following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of lal)d de- . . . ._,
scribed above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $J_IJJ2_[lil,_ ______ . 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 $JO,.t1JlJr------·
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $----------- -------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
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description of ~ a c t or par~el of land by metes and bounds).
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W~ess my signature (or my name and mark attached ereto) this __ L6___ 1 ______ day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF _____
The undersigned hereby certifies th~~ _____ - ·- ___-z2/~ ")~-----~ --the above named claimant personally appe;;; d before him and~;~ that the matters
an_d things apyearing in his abo~ns)Y~ r are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
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Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
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TREASURER 'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
December 27, 1933
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
J . Luther Maiden
Swift Run, Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
7,Jso.oo ,
in accordanc e
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
o f _ __.R"'"'o>Lc,,,_,k==---in"--=Gg....,h.,.,run...__ __
entered on the
20th day
o~ December 193~ , in the matter of the State
Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt v _ __
_C_a_s_s_a_n_d_r_a_L_a_w_s_o_n_ _A~t~k~i=n=s~____ and others, being
full and complete settlemen t for the tract of land
known in said proceedin g as #_1_1_5____
I
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
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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
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.
_ll5 _______ :
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.fi ____ $7.1.8.Q • .O.O; on Tract No. ____________ $ __________ ; on Tract No.
------------ $----------i
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;
J . Luther Maiden
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,
J . Luther Maiden to give land to the value of $25 . 00
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:
.
_ w·herefore, 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. __ .].l.5. _____ $ ___ .2_5.. . _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
STATE_COMMISSI ON_ON CONSERVAT ION
&
_~D ~ ~-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Bfi_l2 _____ ---- - - - - - - ----
- -----------------------------------------
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 )
COUN'rY OF WARREN )
ss
Personally appeared before.me the undersigned 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 Com.mission on Conservation and Development in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoah National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Commiss i on for dis tributive shar e s of condemnation awards in the Shenando ah
Nati onal Park condemnation proceedings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia , by reason of contracts and agreements en-
.
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedings , and that the within claim is just and corre c t .
Witness my
My Cor.1mission Expires Sep, 8, 1934·
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OF
'f.BE CI CUIT OOU
cool't:i: , vmonu •
C (!$ ION O CONS..e.E V. TIOI ...rm
Plm:::!~:T OF THE . T O:C' V GIN1A
v.
t Law
#1829
IS , ETC .
ll o d 7 ot December, 1933, came
On this • the
J • Lu t her :Ma iden
to . filEt his
motion leave is
, and on hi
applica. tion tor the po.,ment to him
1ven ~
of the swn ot
, the am:>unt or the a ard set out ~ the a
7, 180. 00
---
c ondemna tion tor 'l'ract No . 115
d ot
heretoro re paid into Court .
And 1 t appearin g tra:l. the report <1' the Bo'i rd of Apprais-
al Commiss ioners heretotc r
tiled in this cause , and in the pet1-
t1on for Judgmen t and condemn ation entered herein on the _
day
of rovember , 19&5 , that in the pinion ot peti t1oner , tht said
1 . Luther :Maiden is
invested 1th a superio r or
better right or cl
of title 1n and to the said Tracrt of lnnd
---
No . 115
, and that the record of this cnuse does not disclose
any denial or dispute by any party or person 1n interes t as to
or to th proceeds aria the title to th said Tract lio . 115
1ng from the o ondem.na.t 1on ther ot, and that t ha said _ _ __ _
;r . Lut her Ma iden is
eatitled to receiw tho :proceed s aris d :tt turther
,
id Tro.ot No . 115
ing tran the condemn ation ot
appearin g to th Court ti.it all taxes due or taxable upon said
Tract No .
u5
have been paid :
Upon con side
ti on
here of, 1 t .1
o ans idered and o rde.red
by th Court that tho said sum of J 7 , i ao. oo paid into Court by
petition er as just ccmpens ation for Tract No . / / c9 be pe1 d unto
the mid __J_._L_u_t_h_e_r_i_ra_i_d_e_n_ _; arid the Clerk of this Cotl' t is
d1?'8oted to tranllllli t a certifie d copy or this order to the Treasur er
_ d_ e_n_ __
of Virginie . , ,rlx, s.ball 1)8.:V unto the said _J_._ Lu_t_h_e_r_Mei
the
/
/
I
/
id sun ot
7, iao.oo , the a.mount of' the awe.rd set out in the
, taking from the s 14
judt,tlen t ot condemn ation tor Tract No . 115
:r . Lu ·t her Maiden
a receipt therefo r and certifyi ng such .
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payment to the Ol rk o'f this Court
G-cb.. v/
aa required by la:tr.
fc:,r
appropr iate
Gtf/111
ntrr , thereof
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
TO WHm.~ IT MAY CONCERN :
I hereby certify that the
re cords of my off ice show that J . Luther Iv'aiden
has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933
on his tract of land conteining ?? - 3-0 acres
situate in the Blue Ridge ~,~ountains, 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 .
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
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.
/_).Q~ __ ;
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ;
and described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein and shown, numbered, and delineated on the County Ownership Map filed therewith, upon payment into the custody of
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgment as constituting the award(s) therefor, as follows:
Award on Tract No./-/.£- $-7-/-i~~ract No.------------$----------; 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;
-
(.)
11' 3 , 6,,__
, r, / () as
JJ.A
That the Petitioner has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s) set out in said judgment
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:-
1--ev ~
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_/__,j__-=____ $2LRtP.:_'1otract
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)
(
0NAME
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P.O.ADDRESS
__£_,,,(__J±~---t?/o=
STA~~RGllJIA,--CoWlt¥--or-Roc.kingharn.,--~';;!~~-------------------------This day personally appeared before me J. Luther Maiden and made
oath--that--t11e--statem.Effit-s--containea in -the-a.coverpetrt1on-,--1ro-~ar-1:rs-1na de on
;, hi sx.-o.wn..-i.nf o...rma.ti.on-.ar e.-true.- _..and so. _f.ar.. _as._ ma.d.e_ ..upon.._info..rmation. of
others he believes them to be true. Given under.~'i/-......and this 16th day of
necem.0Efr;--1ws;-------------------------~/A'-::..+--~---- - ,
a.--ry-;PUb-11-u-.
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been~~~~~/ CI:Z.k's offi
or the convenience of interested
parties. No one is required to use this form, as the form is not r scribed by law, and claimants can
either change or modify it as they deem necessary, or present t r 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,
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 delin quent taxes against the tract of
77 acres 3 roods and no poles in Stonewall District, assessed
in the name of J . Luther Maiden , except for the tax year 1932 ,
but which truces by accompanying statement of M. H. Harrison ,
County Treasurer, have been paid in the County Treasurer's
Office,since said tax lis,t was returned delinquent to my office .
Given under my hand this 16th day of December , 1933 .
Circ
-
(
�VI GIHIA . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAJ.: COUNTY
.
II
The 0tate Comm ission on Cons er vatio n &
~ e~el opme nt , of the State of Vir ginia , Pe tit i oner ,
v.
Cassa ndr a Laws on Atki ns , e t al s , defen dant s o
I n Re : Di s t ribu tion of proc eeds 6f ·c onde mnat ion for
Trac t No . 115 .
This day came the State Comm ission on Cons ervat ion
Deve lopm ent , by coun sel , and moved the Cour t to ente
r an orde r
irect ing the Trea surer of the ~tqte of Vir inia , to
pay to it , out
0
f the proce eds of c onde:mna tion of Tr R.c t No . 115 , the
sum of ,~25
.oo
epre senti ng the amou nt of a certa in pledg e made by
J . L . l\iaid en ,
ho claim ed to be the owne r of said trac t , to aaid 3tate
Comm ission
n Cons erva tion & Deve lopm ent , as a cont ri butio n for
the esta blish ~ ent of 3 henan doah i.atio nal Park and in supp ort of
its said moti on,
he said Comm issio n exhi btted to the Cour t , its moti
on in v,riti ng
et ting forth all the facts in re l at ion ther eto , vm.ich
has been
ereto fore filed here in .
Upon cons idera tion where of , it apne arine ; to the
that the claim of s '-"id ,Jornn.issio n is not base d upon
any lien
eith er on the land conde mned , or on the pro cee ds of
condemnat ion
~
d that s a id Comm ission has faile d to obta in the cons
ent of the
part ies enti tled to the proce eds of condemnat ion , to
the paym ent of
i s claim, it is acco rding ly adj udge d and orde red that
the moti on
of the vommis s ion for the r ayme nt of s a i d clai:n out
of the proc eeds
1
o cond emna tion for said t r ac t be and the same is hereb
y denie d .
!CO
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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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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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maiden-j-luther.pdf
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Maiden, J. Luther
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Swift Run
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Tract(s): 115
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PDF
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Maiden
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#316 - Mace , T . Ashby
Number of Acres: 14
Location:
Madison Run .
232 .
Part outside Park area .
u. s.
Positio ns 231 and
Roads:
Two and one- half miles vi a dirt road to Port Republ ic , the
neares t shippin g point .
Soil:
Sandy loam. Cove type of fair depth and fertili ty . The
tillabl e land looks to be of a good depth and fertili ty .
Some scatter ing lo ose rock cove r t he entire area .
History of Tract and condition of timber· 1
· b er was rer:iove d from
1e mere h an t a bl e saw t im
this tract in ~930 . ~he remain ing st a nd consis ts of small
hardwo ods and a small amount of white pine .
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improve ment inform ation)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
7
:)10 . 90
$70 . 00
30 . 00
210 . 00
~;, 280 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 280 • 00
Value of Improvements: $ £150 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $ 25 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
950 . 00
25 . 00
$1255 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 90 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
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16x32' , with 4 rooms, and 8x32' porch
Frame dwelling:
ROVEMENrS:
12xl6' L with 2 rooms and 6xl6' p·orch, metal roof , brick flues ,
2 story, 2 rooms plastered , good condition , occupied by owner ,
cistern, solid foundation , 12xl6', stone cellar .
Frame barn: 16x20' with side shed 16x20 ', shingle and board
roof, fair condition .
6xl6' , metal roof , fair condition .
Frame granary:
8xl6' , paper roof , fair condition.
Frame hen house :
metal roof , fair condition .
16x26',
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house
Frame tool
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Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, ____ ~ ~ 4 . . _ ~ ,,,.._ ~ ~~--..;----<!,,.__ ________________________________ _
if:_ ~/~& I - ~-----. ----- s_z------------------------------------------------more or less, of land i n _ ~ - ~ -- ~-'~-- _______ 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 0Lfi_1:_!:f~-~~"'.:::-::::-_ ____ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s~etition d to said notice.
My name is _____ _________ · - _fh1fl--lt_ - ----------------------------~
My post office address js___ _
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I claim a right, title, estate or intereft in a_ t r a ~ ~ l ~ landwithin the~ sought
to be condemned, containing abouL'i?:-f:~l ~~--Jacres, on which there are the following
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the ________ ~~------Magistetial District 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 d:,scribed a b ~ ~ ~
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-
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on is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parce!)l.f land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner oL~~-L!l..=-=-_acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the procz,a. ( L ~ , ~ posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of$------------------·
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(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
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this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF__fl_____~ - - - - , To-wit.
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The undersigned hereby certifies that_} _q h 4 .___~
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District: Stone.all
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Cove
Til lable
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS-FREE
Mr. J. Robert Switzer,
County Clerk,
Harrisonburg , Virginia.
�County: .ook n hmn
Distric t: Ston ·?Well
/1316
.Acreage Claimed : 25
Assessed
Value l1laimed:
Location :
T. Ashby
"
Madison Tiun.
Laps:
None known
Soil:
Sandy learn.
loo s to be
ace
25.148
Deed
430.00
"
Part outsi de Perk area .
u.
26 ·
'.Pnrt1 t1on deed & b. urchase
Conside ration not given
S. Position s 2 l & 232
Cove type of fair depth and tertili ty.
he tillo.ble land
a good depth and fertilit y. Some scatteri ng loose rock
or
cover the entire area.
Roede:
History :
2 l/2 miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the noarest shippinp point.
The merchan t ble saw tiillber w s removed from thia tract in 1930.
The remainin g stand Cl• ns1sts of s ~ l h rdwooda and a small amount
of whit pine.
bout 4 cords fuel wood per acre on 7 acres.
26 eds. wood
50¢ per od.
~14.00
Improvernents:
Frs e d ell1ng 16 x 32
rt
with 4 rooms and ax 32 ft porch
nd 6 x 16ft porch, Met l roof'.
Brick tl i1e~. 2 :3tory. ~ rooms plostcre d. Good conditio n.
Occupied by owner. Cistern. Solid found tion. 12 x 16 ft.
stone cellar
·rrune barn 16 x 20..'t td. th side shed 16 ·" 20 tt. Uhingle
and bo rd roof. "' ir cond.
Frame granary 6415ft. letal roof. ~ ir cond.
Frame hen house Ox l5tt. Peper roof.
ir.cond .
.frame tool shed 16 • 26 ft. Met l root.
ail· 0011d.
27 fruit trees.
12 x 16ft L w1 th 2
:rOOlTIB
4
750.00
150.00
10.00
15.00
!.>0.00
!30.00
11)10.00
V lue ot land by types:
Tll?!.
Cove
Acreage
Tillable
7
7
Total val.ue of land
'lotal
vwe
Jl
, 6.00
30.00
14
Total value of 1n:provementa
Total value of timb~r
Total vwe of tract
Average value per acre
Value
per acre
:.:5.00
210.00
240.00
245.00
1010.00
1.:1..00
1269.00
90.64
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116
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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
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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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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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mace-t-ashby.pdf
Title
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Mace, T. Ashby
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Madison Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 316
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PDF
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>)
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Mace