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ROCKINGHAM COUNrY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#300 - Mace , John J".
Number of Acres: 13
Location: Madis on Run.
Entire ly within the PaDk area .
Roads:
Three miles via dirt road to Port Repub lic , the neare st shippi ng
point .
Soil:
The tillab le land on this tract is in a good
Sandy clay loam.
state of cultiv ation and is of a fair depth and fertil ity .
brush land .
History of Tract and condition of timber: This tract is all cleare d and
No timbe r or wood .
12xl8 ' with 1 room, pa per r oof , 1 story,
abando ned, poor condi tion .
Frame cabin: 10xl6 ' with paper roof , poor condi tion .
Improvements: Old log dwell ing:
Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
2
$10 . 00
~5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
'
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
11
30 . 00
13
330 . 00
$340 . 00
Orchard:
Minerals:
Valueo fLand: $ 340 . 00
30 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 30 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 25 . 00
25 . 00
,395 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
· Value per acre for tract: $ 30 . 38
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
- - ..!:~:..=::~·=-.:...:..-..~~..!:__CLERK .
�~ri:I:f~-_------· --
~= ~Virginia, No, ________, At Law.
~a~:e
The State Commission -~~t~servatio~ment of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs, _____________________________________________________________________________ _
--- --- ---------------------------------------A
-------------------------@:~
more or less, of land in__ _a,£~___________ ounty, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petit' of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
e i~ of ~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
upon t hfi'
-~ounty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
Court of_
·
'tion and to said notice.
as his answ r to said
_LZff_~i:; :::eo:;:-:~~;.~ it~£-~::}:_~:::::::::::
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a .,t~£o;~~;~~l-~;-l~nd within the area sought
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ ___ L-3~-f---acres, on which there are the following
~:''.~:~-~~~-~~~:_o_~~~~~:~~:~:~::::
This jaJd is l~9J11,bout__L~3/--miles from __ J l L i c ~ ~ - V i r g i n i a , in
t h ~ ~ a g i s t e r 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
parcel of land described above.)
-------------------~-~
-----------------------------~---------
~~f---------~-:~~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The land owners~cent to the above d e ~ o r parcel of land are as follows:
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _L.9-c"'J_in the
~~~~o-~~~~-=~:~er:~~- -AU ___ i/f:fJ.___ f_l_-__f:_6-_________________
0
----------------~-~-~--~-- -----------------------
~f
parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of this tract
on is $-7~..1.'/l_~-~I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
day
Witness my signature (or my name and mar att hed hereto) this ______
7-~~-------,
193f
of __
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY
;z _______
---
i.__
OF_lj)_ ~...-,,,,., '
-~-~-------------
~-, To-wit:
D::_· -~--~-------------------
The undersigned hereby certifies that__
the above named claimant personally appedte~ efore 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_ _______
;z. _______ day oL--7-~--~~~~-
1/3 /
;;f
Notary Public, or Justice of
�____
County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
::e:,ta::._~~~ ~~i~---and Develo . ment of the State of Virginia, Peti-- -.--- --------- ---------. --..------------------------------------------. - ~
____ _____ ____ _County, V1rgmia, Defendants.
more or less, of land m __ ___
The undersigned, in answer · the p t·on of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, a din response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the ~A~ o/P.etiti and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
______ County, Virginia, asks leave of he Court to file this
Court of_~
r
;'/'\~ ~A'?l
·ti n and to said notice.
as his answer to s i
My name is __ -~ .&-:~~~~~r..,..:::-.1.
.
~
My post office address is---------------------- -------- J ~------ - ------------! claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ L-~- _______ acres, on wbieb tbe, e are thB :fioHa-..viHg
::1-::::::::::::::
-; ;:~_'"':-:~ : ~--~
~
-r-------------------------. --------------------19~
-----------------------_________ ___ Virginia, in
This land is located about_ ___________ miles from____________
the ________________ Magistetial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
___ el o_ land describe _ a b ~ --------- --- y
J'~_/) r-G_,__r.__7 ~
__
"3,,r_'<:'_~ J
~
il:R2fir _- ----------------------------------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North _______________________________ · ------------------------ ---------------------South __________________ ________________________________________________ ___________ _
East------------------- ------------------------ ----- ·------------------------ -----West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
H -- - -
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this ~ b o u t the year_L')-rJ-_in the
>fZZ-='f, ~
(1 ~ -/-------------~
---- I - c l a i ~ ~ e - t o ~ ~ - : - c ~ :with th?improvements thereon is $---------- -----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this trac or parcel of land ith the improveme ts thereon is $----------------·
I am the owner f_ _______________ a: es of land adjoin g the above described tract or
outside the Park area, which I clai will be damaged by the proparcel of land but lyi
r k area, to the e tent of $--~------------- --·
posed condemnation of ands within the
(In the space below should be set out a y additional stat ments or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; a d if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). ·
Remarks·------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------ - ------
�Hoc.11:.ingnBlll
o 1~1.ty:
Distric t:
..
#
300
?5 . 80 per A.
Location:
Madison
4
::-ohn J. i.. co
un.
"
"
30. 00
!I:ntir ly w.i thin t h
l'
Deed
ssessed: 13A
Acreo.. ·c Cl :J..1ned: 13 2
Jtone all
ark
250. 00
raa .
L ps:
None known
Soil:
sandy clay loam. 'i he tillable land on this trac t ia in a ,~ood stnte
d fertilit .,.
of c ltivation :md is of n t'air depth
----:r
1911
Eo •• ds: · 1 ile~ via dirt road to Port ~te~>ublic , the nearest shipping point.
~-istory: Thi. tract is all cleared und brush lund .
Im ·,rovements:
V~luo
or
land
Old log duoll 1 n3 12 x 18 rt . wi th one room • Ps.pe1• roof
l story. 'bandoned . ~oo:::- condition.
: rru10 C?abin 10 x 16 ft. with :1aper roof'. """)oor cond.
bX
types:
Value
oer ecre
.\crease
~.!L
...ilope
'I-1 lli:- ole
~-00
25.00
-11
V
lue of land
Tot l value of 1mprovementa
~otel value of troct
, verege value pe acre
· 10.00
20.0,
35.00
":otnl
VAl te
c.oo
2 '7 b.OO
2Ul . OO
l'
r,.ot al
No timber or wood.
201.00
0
24 . Zil
/DB_,
�J300 -·'> John
:r.
Hace
County: ... tockin[ham
Jistrict: Stone 1all
N
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Slope - Lillable
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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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Mace, John J.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#312 - Mac~ , John H.
Number of Acres: 8
s . Positions
Location:
Madison Run .
226 and 227 .
Roads:
Two miles via dirt road to Port Republic , the nearest shipping
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, cove type along the creek . The field restocking
i s' fairly well stocked with white . and yeJ,.low pine ~ .
Part outside the Park area .
U.
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
,10 . 00
4
Cove:
~:40 . 00
Grazing Land:
4
Fields Restocking:
@
lfi . OO
60 . 00
~100 . 00
8
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $100 . 00
20 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
25 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 20 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 25 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 18. 12
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
_
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CLERK • . I~
�ROCKIHGHAH COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
/312-a - 1v1ace , J"ohn II.
Number of Acres:
,,
297 .,-
Location:
Brown's Gap, Hhite Ouk Run and other headV1aters of W1dison
Bun.
Roads:
Six miles fair mountain road to Grottoes .
Soil:
Lorun. - shallow on upper slopes, medium over r.1ost of area , deep ,
well watered and fertile in cove .
Full of f ine shale and larger rock
except in cove where rock content is moderate .
~xposures southwest and
I1Qrthwest .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Vii th exception of a few remnants , last saw
timber was cut tvm years ago . Pine oak stand mostly under 9!1 with scattered defective trees up to 18u . ~bundant reproduction of oaks and other
hardwoods with yellow pine thick in places . Older trees sho,1 excessive
fire damage, younger ones very little . I'ost of saw tiraber co.n be seen
from Madison R.m road . In cove, is an excellent stand of young oak and
a little ine in which white oa~ is predominant .
lmprovemen s:
1'j"ONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
44
Slope:
Cove:
Value per acre
Total Value
$ 1 . 00
t44 . 00
215
3 . 00
645 . 00
38
29?
5 . 00
@
190 . 00
$879 , g9 ·
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $379 , 00
100 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 10.0 . 60
Value of Orchard: $
193 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
$117~ . oo
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $193 . QO
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 3 . 6 O
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NOlC .
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C I.:RK.
�ROCKINGHiJ.~ COlJ""NTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#312- b -\
Mace , .John H.
Number of Acres: 84
Location:
Brown ' s Gap .
Roads:
~ight miles - fair mountain road to Grottoes .
Gravelly , shaley
on ridge . Rocky
of area (perha ps
steep . Exposure
loam of medium depth. Fertile . Rock outcrop
everyHhere , but n ot excessively so over most
25% of surface covered) Slopes moderate to
mainly northwest .
History of Tract and condition of timber: Partly clear ed for grazing . 1~bout 1 acre
good garden. Fire damage not greut in recent years . Ori ginal
timber removed long ago . Second growth hard 'lOOd - pine st::.1nd
mostly oak s and dead chestnut . Cut into freely from time to
time for fuel . Not cut for sawlogs for more than 20 years .
Part of chestnut cut 13 years ago .
Soil:
Improvements:
(See reverse side for improvement information)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
8
Slope:
Value per acre
Total Value
$1. 00
$8 . 00
63
2 . 50
157 . 50
13
25 . 00
84
325. 00
;;ii490 . 50
Value of Land: $ 490 . 50
125 . 00
@
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals :
Value of Improvements : $125 . 00
Value of Orchard: $15 . 00
15 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
52 . 50
Value of Timber : $ S2 . 50
50.00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
.:)733 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 72
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE.
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......_ _ CL~RK.
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�Dwell ing : Log, about· -16x18', 2 rooms, shing le roof, 1 story ,
log walls , poor condition , occupied by tenant , spring water ,
pillar foundation •
. Smoke house :
I.Dg , 8xl2' , shing le roof, fa1r condition.
Old house: Unoccupied, 10xl2' , one room , log, board roof , poor
condition .
'
Hen house : Log , 8xl0 ', board roof , poor condition .
IMPROV~M~lo/i'S :
.
�county: Rockingham
District: S tonev,a ll
f/312
John H. ~.'o.oe
Acreage Claimed:
As neesed 11 ucres
Value Claimed:
Looat1~n:
Deed 111
30.00
1 . 00 etc .
1892
t:nd1s1on . . un . fa.rt outsi c1 ethe park areEJ • U. g . positions
226 and 227 .
None J~nown .
Lap s:
Soil: Sandy loum, cove type along the--ereek. The Fr is fairly
well stocked to the ~hite and Yellow Pine.
Roads:
2 miles via dirt road to ::- ort
p oint.
History:
i ;e ,
ubl ic the nearest shipp ina-
Thi e tract has about 5000 ft of snw timber oonsisti.g
of Oaks, ,. hi te inc an d others and about 5 eds of fuel
ood por acre on
aores, 20 c (s of vood
. 50 r cr ca. ~10 . 00
500 f~
saw timbe r
!
,; 4 . 00 ·,or }'..
" 20.00
~
;1,
.
~-\
Improverren ts:
None.
Value of lnnd by tYJ!eS:
rrne
cove ·
Fr
Area.
4
4
Value
per !~ere
5
15
Value
' 20 . 0 0
GO. 0(;
8 0 . 00
8
Total val ue of l and
r otnl
1
c§ao .oo
Total value of im ,rovements
_ot,al va lue of timber
30 . 00
Total value of tract
·110 . 0 0
Average value per acre
13 . ?5
12. \
�County: f oektnghem
District : Stonew l
J. H. Mace
f312- a
saesaed
Acreage Cl.aimed:
Vellle Claimed:
Deed:
~ 290.00
''
Brown ' s Gap , White ua1c Bun and other . headwaters or fudison Run .
Location:
Le."1 s:
"
56'1
~Tone
~ : Lo ..-shallow on upper slopes. med1ur:. over most ot area , deep , well watered
enJ fertile in cove. Full or tine shale end larger rook except in oove where
rook content is 1 odere. te. '°i;.Lpoeure s. w. and il. W.
Road
6 mileff fair
histos,:
ountein road to grottoes.
1th exception of a few re nnants, laat sawt1nber cut 2 years ago.
1ne- oak stand mostly under 9" 1f1 th scattered deteot1Ve trees up to 18"
Abundor1t reproduction or oeks nd other hardwoods , 1th yellow pine
thick in places.
Older trees show excessive fire damage , younger
o es very little. :Aost ot snwtimber can be r-een frorn ,Iadison nun
road. In cove, is an exoellent st d ot younp oak and a 11 ttl pine
in which white oak is red .minnnt.
lmprovemonts:
V8l.ue of l,md
None
b,y tzye
~
Total
Value
190. 00
645. 00
44. 00
Value
!u.!.
Acreage
Cove T
Slope '1'
Ridge
Total value ot lam
Tot l val11e ot iprov ents
b5 I .> 3 . 50
Total value ot timber
otal val e of tract
Average alue per eore
38
215
44
297
)2&r acre
§5.00
3. 00
1. 00
879 . 00
U'79.00
00
192 . 50
1071. 5-0
~.60
�count
Bockingham
nistriot : ,>tonewall
#
.\crea,;e:
Cldmed:
Lape:
Soil:
J.
a.
Mace
Aesossed 687a.
Value Claimed:
Location:
312-b
"
~290. 00
Deed;
ff
Brown's Gap
None
Gravelly, shaley lorun of medium depth. ~rertile. Eook outcrop on ridge.
Rocky everywhere, but not excessively so over most ot area (perhaps 2b~
of aurf$C8 covered). .Slopes JO.o derate to steep. 'Exposure rna.inly N. W.
Rosds: 8 miles fair mount in road to Grottoes.
Hi story: Partly cleared for grazing. About l acre good garden. Fire damage not
gre tin recent years. Original tiober removed long ago. 9econd growth
hardwood--pine stand mostly oaks and dead chestnut. Cut into freely from
time to time tor fuel. N'ot cut tor aawlogs for more than 20 years. !'art
of cha tnut cut l2 yrs. go.
Improvements:
Dwelling--log, about 10 ~ 18, 2 rooms, shingle root, l story,
log walls, poor condition, o~cupied by tenant, spring water .
pillar foundation
Smoke house--log, 8 x 12, shin,µe root, !air oond.
Old house, unocou-.,ied , l O x 12, one room, log, board roof
poor condition
Hen house--log , 8 x 10 , boA.rcl. root, , poo • condition
Total bldgs .
111100.00
35.00
40.00
15.00
Value of land by types:
t.oreage
'fzye
Tillable
Slope T
Bidge
13
Value l,)OT acre
.l.10.00
6~
3 .00
8
84
1.00
Total value ot land
Total value ot improvements
lfil
,.., • 50
or
;~27 .oo
190.00
Average value
52.50
tract
er sore
8130.00
189.00
8.00
327.00
Tot l value of timber
Total Vftlue
Total value
569.!:>0
6.77
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County: riockingham
District : StoneHall
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ove - Rest ocking
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Claim of_____ J,,,l, 77 1-1 _ # ,<>Jee ---------------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_.!rq_~1'!.:rr~i:?.~..?2! ___ _______ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in_R'!.~6'..!Y-1'-1t~:12z.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 s~id petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court 0L __ ]f:'!.s!0_7 :1_9.-b_0.:n_1__ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _____ E /777 __ /-J __ !Vlo? e
€ --------------------------------------------
My post office address is __ 1$:~'P-.0_~.,r--- ~ ---------------- --------------------I clafm a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ LYZ.t-_.!~~=-~~'.2""-acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements:_ --~~-,_7.{y._4::.;n_eJ_c,_~-=. :?! _~~..:;L _--t_=-?:"!. ~_--e__ ____ _____________________ _
Th.Is 1an d Is
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parcel of land described above.)
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description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) . .
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the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matter s
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In the Circuit Court of_~_F100..ki D.o--'!bfilll ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on ~wation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____Q§.J:i§g.n<!r~J _il~;i,.p_s_ _S,lJlQ-__o_tb_e.:r.s__arul _5..2_,_5..6l _ad.r .e.s. _______________ _
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_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_ ___~g~~!P~b-.?_f!! _________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
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E . D. Ott
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I claim a right, title, estate or interest in/a tract or parcel of lcm~\ ~ ithin the area souli{i ~
to be condemned, containing about ___ 3B.9 ___________ acres, on which there are the following /
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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.)
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following manner:
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Trustee from ,Tohn F . Ya ce xxlldibo.x,ffl duly recorde d in 1) . B. 119 n . 498
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-A~--~~:t--~~j;__ ~--re
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).
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�IN THE CIRCllDIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia .
Filed !n the Clerk's Office
Cassandra Lawson Atkins , and others, and 52 , 501 acres Rock1ngho.m County, Va,
vs .
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of land in Rockingham County , Virginia .
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The exception of A. Lovice Keezel , executrix of the
last will and testament of Charles M. Keezel , deceased, to the
Report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners filed in the
above styed case on Au.gust 2 , 1932 .
Charles M. Keezel on the 18th day of February, 1931 ,
through his ~attorney, E. D. Ott , having filed a claim i L the
above styled case, asserting an interest in the proceeds to
arise from t h e condemnation of the lands of John H. Mace
involved in the above case , more particularly reported under
the findings of said Board , as Nos . 312, 312a and 312b , by
reason of the execution by John H. Mace on the 7th day of May,
1921, to h im of a certain bond for the principal sum of i 200 . oo
due six months after date, on which t h e interest is unpaid from
the 7th day of 1~ay, 1922 , the said bond being secured. by deed of
trust from said John H. Hace and wife to H.
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Wyant , Trustee
on said land , dated the 7th day of May , 1921 , and recorded in
the Clerk ' s Office of Rockingham County , Virginia , in Deed Book
119 at page 498 , and t he said Board of Appraisal Commissioners
having failed to report the said claim under the proner heading
in their said report , the undersigned excepts to the failure of
said Board so to do, and prays that the said report may be
corrected in such way as t he Court may deem proper to set up the
aforesai d claim .
As executrixoeiast will a n ~ e n
of Charles K. Keezel , deceased .
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BROADWA Y , VIRGINIA
Novem ber 15, 1~33.
Mr. J . Rober t Switz er,
Clerk of Rockin gham County ,
Harris onour g, Va.
Dear Sir:
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Enclo sed find petiti on of John B. Peale .
adares s.ed to Judge Bertra m, assert jng the lien of
juctgm ent hela by petiti oner again st John J. Mace,
one of tbe heirs- at-law of Jobn H• .Mace, deed., · whose
lands are aoout to be taken for purpo ses of the Shena ndoah Na~io nal Park •
Will you please bring the p etitio n to tbe
w,
attent ion of Judge Bertra m?
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Yours very truly,
Enc.
C.R. Winfi el
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�TO THE HONOR.ABLE H. W. BEJlTRAM, JUDGE OF THE CLqCUIT
COURT FOR ROCKLTGII.AJl COUNTY
Your petition er, John B. Pea1e 1 respect fully
represen ts tbat on the 7th, day 01' February lY~l, he ootained
oet"ore K, C. Moore~ a. Jus~ice or the Peace
a
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Rocki.ngharn County,
judgmen t a gainst one, John J. Mace in t ne princip al sum o:r
one Hunctred Seventy Four & 1.1u/1uu Dollars ($174.':iU ) , with
interest thereon tram June l b th, l<J::rn, and $3. 7!:> costs; that
said Judgmen t
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on the 25th, ct.ay or February lY~l, duly
docketed in the Office of the Clerk of Rockingh am County, in
Juu~men t Docket No. lb, at page 5fi; that executio n issued on the
said judgmen t and was duly returned unsatis fied.
Your petiti oner further represen ts tha t the said
John J. Mac e is one of the heirs-at -law of one John H. Mace
late, of the County of Rockingh am, who on the __ day or
1 ~ _ , died intestat e; ttat said John H. Mace had title to
a number of tracts 01· land in and about the Blue Ridge section
in said County of Rockingh am, which lands,yo ur petition er is advised,ar e now about to be ta.ken for purpose s of the Shenando ah
Your petition er therefor e~i prays his said .
judgmen t may oe satisfie d wut of any interest in the said tracts
of land inherite d oy the saiu ~ohn J. Mace from the said John
H. Mace, and that all other proper relief may ba given.
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THE COMMONWEilTH OF VIRGmIA.:
TO THE SHERIFF' OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, GBEETlNG:
You are hereby e@l'ffl1JA :nae~-SWI11Ion Dr. A._
s.
~emper,
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Shover, J. Holmes :Moore. Herbert Snapp,Aa nd
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the Board of Arbitrat ors., at the Court House of
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to
.We.d nesday
rwwa««I , the 10th day or Jen.ua.ry ,
on
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Virgini
County,
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1934, 10 a . m. , to testr.1'y en:.d the truth to say on behalf' at.' the
Detendan .'¥, in the condemn ation proceed ings of' State Commiss ion on
Conserv ation and Devel.op ment of the State of Virginia v . J. J.
Me.ce~
And have that!. am there this Wri.t.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto se't my hand, as the
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Clark at: the Circbait Court o:t Rockingh am County", V:ir--g·inia .- at
the Court House thereof, this, the 6th day of Jamary, 1934,
and in the 158th year o:t the Comm..onwealth .
Executed on the$ Day of Jan,1934 by deliveri n~ a true COiY of the
withiYJ. surn:11on to Dr A.S.Kem per,·J . S.Shove r , J.Holmes hoore, Herbert
Snapp, and :i..i's :...o..ud Hig 6 s each in person, J.l.: . 3mith not found in
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consideration the value of the mineral spring located upon said
lands , which spring has a recognized worth because of the commercial value of said waters .
(3)
That the price per acre allowed for the land by said
ppraisal Board is totally inadequate
nd confiscatory, said land
being worth much more than the amount allowed by the Board.
(4)
That the finding of said Board was based upon a mistake
of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced
before said Board by the said John H. Mace.
(5)
That the said Board of Appraisal Commissioners also
erred in not making any allowance for the manganese and iron
ores located upon said lands , which are of considerable value.
The claim filed by John H. Mace is herewith referred to
and asked to be read in connection herewith.
The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in
support of these exceptions.
By Counsel.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA • .
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TE:3 CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH ~ -~ COUNTY , VIRGINI •
The state Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State o.f Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and
others and 52 , 501 acres of
land in Rockingham County.
The 'affidavit of John J
Mace , to be read in connection
with the motion filed by him and the other heirs at law of John
H. Mace , deceased , to have the findings of the Board of APprais 1 Commissioners disapproved in connection with its findings
Nos. 312, 312- a , and 312-b.
State of Virginia,
City of Harrisonburg, to-wit:
John J. Mace 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:
The said John H. Mace departed this life , intestate,
after having filed his claim in this matter , and left him surviving as his heirs at law the parties named in the motion filed
to have tj1e findings of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in
this matter disapproved .
I am thoroughly acquainted with the lana s in controversy in this matter and with the mineral spring located thereon.
The lands in question have been surveyed, and said lands contain
512 acres , instead of the 689 acres allowed by said
Board.
ppraisal
About this , there can be no dispute . There is located
upon these lands a mineral spring of commercial value.
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valuation given to said lands which ignores the recognized value
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of said spring is erroneous , because it leaves out of consid-
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
eration one of the chief elements of Vc,..lue of said lands.
�---2--I have bee.n in the timber business for a numbe1• o.
years, have owned .1nd operated saw- mills and stave milJ.s, , and
am convince d that the find ings of s id ppr is~l Board as ~o the
value of the timber upon said lands are totally inadequ te and
confisca tory.
·V'.aile the lands in q_uestion have not been cleared
and develope d as grazi ng lands, yet these lands afford conside rable grazing , especia lly in dry seasons, and cattle owners have
resorted thereto when cleared graz±ng lands have f~iled.
The
~PPrais al Board apparen tly did not take this matter into considerati on in fixing its value upon said lands .
These lands contain both mangane se and iron ores; the
iron ore shows upon the land itself , and can be easily developed.
The mangane se ore merely shows by its out - croDpin gs, and
has not as yet been develope d , but it lies in the ore belt
along the western slope of the Blue Ridge ]r.ountai ns and in a
formatio n that would indicate i ts existenc e. The state Geologi st
was with me upon the land , and admitted that it containe d considerab le iron and mangane se ore.
ubscrite d and sworn to
me this - ~,;;...;.._~
\ ~;..__-day of Septemb er ,
1932 .
Public .
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
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IN TRE CI CUIT COURT OF ROC!CIHGH ' .! COTJlTTY , VIRGL I •
The State Commiss ion
on Conserv ation and Developm ent
of the Sta te of Virginia
vs .
Cassand ra Laws on .. tkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingh am County.
The affidav it of P. B. -. Good , to be read in connect ion
with t he motion filed by John J . Mace and the other heirs at law
of John H. ace , decease , to have the findings of the Board of
Apprais al Cor.imiss ioners disappro ved in connect ion with its
finding s Nos. 312 , J l2 - a, and 312 - b.
state of Virginia ,
City of Harrison burg , to- wit :
This day P. B. F. Goodper sonally ap eared before me,
F. Flavia Converse , a Notary Public in
nd for t he City aforesai d
in the State of Virginia , in my City aforesai d , and , being duly
sworn, deposes ands ys :
In or about 1924, I wa s employed by John A• .Alexand er,
the owner of the Mount Vernon tra c t of l a nd in the Blue Ridge
1.:ountain s, tto make a survey of la nd belongin g to various parties
within the inclusiv e survey of s aid Mount Vernon tra ct.
ong
these several surveys which were made at that time was the land
belongin g to John II.Mace. I find among the tracts at that time
surveyed out for Ur.
ra ce the Joshua Reese tra.ct of 222 acres
and the Harris tract of 220 acres and the
vans Reese tra ct of 65
acres, and a Joshua Roese t r& ct of 80 acres lying on top ot the
Blue Ridge Eountai n. I find that there is an interloc k of 80
acres between the Harris tract of 220 acres and the Joshua Reese
tract of 222 acres, thus leaving in the aforeme ntioned tracts of
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land 507 acres , accordin g to my survey and the calculat ion thereo
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
at the time the same was made, which was done in company with Joh
�Irvine , Deputy County Surveyor of
ugusta County, Virginia.
This
does not include a tract of 8 acres lying on the Browns Gap Road,
about two miles distant from the tracts heretofore mentioned .
I have been informed that the Park
ppraisal Board has only al-
lowed 389 acres in this area of 507 acres , which is clearly erroneous .
I find in observing the appraisal value by the Park
appraisal Board that they allowed about ~8 . 00 per acre for the
80 acre trc.ct situate on top of the Blue Ridge rountains, and
the land having considerably greater value , especially the Joshua
Reese tract that contains some ve.lua ble timber and a valuable
mineral spring , they only appraised at about $4. 00 :per a ere .
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before me this
September , 1932.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG. VA.
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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and Others, and fift two thousand,
five hundred and sixty-one (52~561) aores, more or less
of land in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Written Statement made by E. D. Ott and A. Lovice
Keezell, Executrix of the last will and testament of Chas.
M. Keezell, deceased, pursuant to a decree entered in the
above entitled cause on Ootober 25, 1932.
In complianee with the order entered in the above
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entitled oause on October 25, 1932, and in response thereto
the said E. D. Ott and A. Lovioe Keezell, exeoutrix of the
last will and testament of Chas. M. Keezell, deceased, state
that the tracts of land within the area sought to be condemned,
the ownership of which is claimed by John H. Mace, to-wit:
#312, John H. Maoe, 8 acres, situate near Port Republic,
Virginia,
#312a, John H• . Mace, · 297 acres,· situate in Brown's Gap,
not far from Grottoes, -- Virginia,
#312b, John H. Maoe, 84 acres, situate in Brown's Gap,
not far from Grottoes,
with reference to whioh they have heretofore filed their claim
of lien thereon, are believed by them to be the same tracts of
land which were found by the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s
to be the tracts owned by the said John H. Mace and described
in the report of the said Board of .Appraisal Commissioner s;
that E. D. Ott has heretofore filed his claim of lien against
,
�-2the lands of John H. Maoe mentioned in the above styled cause
for $200 .00 with interest from January 1, 1924, the same arising
by reaso,n of the execution of a certain bond by John H. Mace for
$200.00 dated the 7th day of May , 1921, payable to E. n. Ott
six months after date, bearing interest from date, on whioh
interest has been paid until January l, 1924 as aforesaid;
that Chas. M. Keezell through his attorney E. D. Ott (the said
Chas. M. Keezell having since departed this lite. and A. Lovice
Keezell having qualified as executrix of his last will and
testament) has heretofore filed his claim of lien against the
lands of John H. Maoe mentioned in the above styled cause
for $200 .00 with · interest from May 7, 1922, the same arising
by reason of the execution of a certain bond by John H. Mace
for $200 .00 dated the 7th day of May, 1921, payable to Chas.
M. Keezell six months after date, bearing ~nterest from date,
on which interest has been paid until May 7, 1922 as aforesaid;
that both of said bonds are secured by a deed of tru.st from
John H. Maoe and wife to H.
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Wyant , Trustee of date the 7th
day of May, 1921, duly of record in the County Clerk's Office
of Rockingham County, Virginia in Deed Book 119, page 48.
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY : VIRGilHA.
THE STATE COMMISSIO N ON CONSERVATION
Al"\ffi DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA ,
Vs.
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CAS SANDRA ATKINS LA. 1. 80N ET ALS,
Petitione r
II ,
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Defendant s.
This 2nd day of January , 1934, again came petitione r
by counsel, and exhibited to the Court the record of the above
styled proceedin g, including the order entered herein heretofore on this day appointing Geo .
s.
Harnsberg er, guardian ad
litem for the infants therein named ; and thereupon came the
said infants by their said g Wdian ad litem and by leave of
court the answer of said infants, answering by and through
said guardian ad litem, as well as the answer of said guardian
ad litem in proper person under oath was allowed to be, and
was according ly filed; and likewise came Charles M. Mace,
an adult, by s . L. Devier, his counsel; whereupon it was made
to appear to the court that the other interested claimants
to 1.!tra~t1s Nos .
312-a, 312-b, have agreed in writing with
petitione r to submit their several claims as to facts of value
and damages with respect to said tracts to Honl Phillip Williams,
H. W. Bertram, and Jo R. H. Alexander , as arbitrato rs .
Thereupon petitione r , by counsel, moved t he court
to overrule and dismiss the several motions ~objection s 1and exceptions of said infan ts, and of said guardian ad litem of
said infants, and of said Charles Mo Mace to t he report of
the Board of Appraisal Commissio ners filed herewith in respect
to said tracts 312-a, and 312-b .
At . the same time it was stipulated i n open court
that should the findings of said arbitrato rs with respect to
facts of value and damages as to said tracts be for a greater
sum than that ascertaine d and fixed by said report of said
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Board of Appraisal Commissioner s, then and in that event
petitioner will consent and unite with the said infants and
Charles M. Mace in a motion to the Court to modiff the findings
of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s in conformity with
the findings of the said Board of Arbitrators, but that as to
the said infants and the said Charles M. Mace the findings of
the said Board of Appraisal Commissioner s shall in no event
as to facts of value and damages with reference to said
tracts be r"educed .
And said motion was thereupon argued by counsel .
Whereupon the court doth sustain the motion of
petitioner and doth overrule and dismiss said respective
motions , objections and exceptions of said infants and of
said guardian ad litem and of said Charles M. Mace , it abundantly appearing that the
promoted thereby .
interests of said infants will be
�infan ts of tende r
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGIN IA.
THE STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOR1ENT
PETITIO NER
OF THE STATE OF VIRGIN IA,
vs
CASSANDRA.~•~,
DEFENDANTS.
This 2nd day of Januar y, 1934, came Petitio ner by Counse l
and exhibi ted to the court the record in the above styled proceeding , and it was made to appear that since the filing of the
report of the Board of Apprai sal Commi ssioner s and since the
filing of his except ions thereto on the 21st day of Septem ber,
~ · 1932, John H. Mace, claima nt of an intere st in certain lands
sought to be condemned herein which are design ated as Tracts
Nos. 312, 312-a and 312-b on the County Owners hip Map filed in
this procee ding, has departe d this life leaving certain infants
who would seem to have a claim or intere st in the said lands
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sought to be comdemned, the a:rme~ of which infants are as follow s:
Leona Mace, Fay Mace, Clinton Mace, Phylli s Mace and Elwood
Mace, all of Harris ton, Virgin ia.
Whereup on it is ordered that Georg es. Harnes berger, a discreet and compet ent attorne y at law, practic ing at the bar of
this court, be and hereby 1s a ppointe d and design ated as guardia n
ad litem for each of the above named infant s, who shall repres ent
and defend the rights of each of them in the above styled pro-
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ceedin g.
The Clerk is directe d to delmve r a copy of this order to the
said guardia n ad litem.
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�Claim of_ _____ Ch<-, s. J~. _rr e e z el __ __________________________________________________ _
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Roe kingham
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The State Commission on Conservation and Development of _the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs,_
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. . Def en dant s.
Ro Ck in,gham
:;;,_______________ Coun t y, v·1rgmia,
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more or 1ess, of 1an d m
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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 condemhation awarded ~
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit '1'
Court of_ ______~~9-~!E.~1:~~------ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file thi~.;
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as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
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My name is ____________ Chas • _!' . _Yee z e 1 ___________________________ ;,£-,~
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My post office address is ___ J?_~@__:f:.g._lr%1,reYJ.¼1i~ds--of'- ~--------I clai~ a right, title, estate or interest in/a tract or parcel of lancRwithin the area sought l;:acre~, on which ther; are the following
to _be_ condemn~d, containing about_ ____
bmldmgs and 1 m p r o v e m e n t s = - - - - - - - ~ - - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - - - - - {
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This land is located about_ ___________ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in\..
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· t of sa1'd Coun t y. the proceeds of
· 1 o·1st r1c
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all Mag1s
StoneV!~_______
th e __________
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in ,the tract or parcel of land (described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
_:-ii_200 . 00 _with _inter es t _ fro m_!,'~- 7 J._ 1922 ,~~~:)~ ____ _
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The Ian owners adjacent to t above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North ___________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ South _________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ --East _________________________ ------------------------ ------------------------ ----
West ________________________ --------- th-e- - 'f)T0-e-e-e- -s-- f -----------------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to /this property about the year _J_'i_'Z:Jin the
follo"i~~ra~perrus t _ d.2 ted. _~,Tay_ 7, _ 1921, _ to - - ~ h . _ 2 4 f ~
Trustee_ from _ ,Tohn v ._ !,~p ee
'h, itlo wer r_ dul..,v _of _record _ in _ T) . ?- ·/Jj.J)EeB ~
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $----------------· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
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in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon i s $ - ~ - ~ ~ ~
I am the owner of_ _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $------------------·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Ren1arks· ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ --
:::o ""'":! ------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on t~ back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ___ /2..E...(____ day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
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g ~ the above named claimant personally appeared· before him and made oath ~t-th~-~atters
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IN TH3 CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGL I •
The state Commiss ion on
Conserv ation and Developm ent
of the State of Virginia
Z:861 /,,,(,, dJS
'EA 'A°wno~ w t1llu1
vs .
Cassand ra Lawson ~tkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingh am County.
TO TH:3} RO:!". H. W. BERT
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aowo s,)f-181~ 0lll Ut P8}
{, JUDGE OF S..,.ID COURT .
The motion of John J . Mace, James G. Mace, Elizabe th Mace
Via , R. H. Mace , Julia I.race Spitzer, Charles l,1. Mace , and on beha,
of the heirs of Ben F.Mace, deceased , the same being all of the
heirs at law of John H. Mace, deceased , praying said Court to dis
approve and to deoline to accept the findings of the Board of
Apprais al Commiss ioners ,heretof ore appointe d by said Court in
said matter, wherein said Board reported , under its findings Nos .
312, bl2-a , and 312-b , as filed in the Clerk's Office of said
Court , that the .said John H. Mace only owned 389 acres of land
in Rockingh am County in the ?ark area, which lands are situate
on and near the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountai ns , on {hite
Oak Run in Browns Gap , about six miles east of Grottoe s, to
which lands the said Board of
ppraisa l Comr.iiss ioners gave an
average value of approxim ately ')5 . 00 per acre .
The grounds of said motion are as follows:
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That the acreage allowed to the said John H. ]._ace is
erroneou s , in that the said John H. Mace was seised in fee of at
least 512 acres of land situate as aforesa id, instead of the 389
a cres allowed by said
oard of
ppraisa l Commiss ioners.
rt thus
appears that there is a 'shortag e of 123 acres in its allowan ce.
(2)
That the said Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners further
erred in making up its estimate of the value of the said lands
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA .
of the said John H. Mace , in that it did not allow or take into
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#313 - Mace , George IT.
Number of Acres: 9
Location:
Uadiso n Run .
227 and 2 28 .
Roads:
Two miles via dirt road to Port Republ ic , the neares t shippin g
point .
Soil:
Sandy loam , cove type and is of a fair depth and fertili ty
scatter ing loose rocks over the en-tire area .
Part outside the Park area .
u. s .
Positio ns
History of Tract and condition of timber. he mercha ntable saw timber was removed
from this tract in 1930 .
smE..11 oalc s and pine .
The remain ing stands consis t of
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
5
Cove:
'!Pl0 . 00
$50 . 00
30 . 00
120 . 00
~170 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivate d Land:
4
@
9
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $170 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
25 . 00
$195 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Valueof Fruit: $25 . 00
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 21 . 6 6
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
I mprove ments :
Stable and shed to be moved off ,
a.lso timber .
NONE .
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�ROCKINGHAM: C01JNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#313- a - Ma ce, George
w.
Number of Acres: 12~
Location:
Madis on Run.
Roads:
Two and one- fourth miles via dirt road to Port Repub lic , the
neare st shippi ng point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of a fair dept h and fertil ity , scatte ring loose
rocks over the entire area .
En~ir ely within the Park area .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements:
Dwell ing : Fr~e , 14z22 ' , 4 rooms , 2 ceiled , shing le and
paper roof, 12xl0 ', 1 room, brick flues , vacan t , fair condi tion , 2 story, cellur 8xl0', stone.
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
3
@
$10 . 00
$30 . 00
©
30 . 00
285 . 00
$315.0 0
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard :
12-}
Mineral s:
Value of Land: $ 315 . 00
Value of Improv ements: $ 2? 0 . 00
Value of Orchard : $
2?0 . 00
Value of Mineral s: $
Value of Fruit: $25 . 00
Value of Timber : $ 20 . 00
25 . 00
Value of Wood: $ lb . 00
20 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 25 . 80
15 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
$645 . 00
~ /;{ /in' CLERK.
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�county! ,ockingha~
District: £.:: tone,,all
f/313 i
Cre a.ge Cl a i med:
Value 6ln1med:
Location:
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Geor5e
21
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Assessed
24
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need
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}tadis:on Run. :Pa.rt outside the 1 ark area,
r ositions 22v and 22a .
u. s .
·None known .
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Soil :
. . a ndy l oo.m , cove t y · e and is of a fair dop th and for·til1 ty
scattering loose rocks over the entire aroa .
"
Rondo:
2 m1los vio. dirt !'oad to Fort nerubl ie , the noareot
shi. p ing .. oint .
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Eistory:
The merch~table sn.w timber wus removed from t hin tra ct
in 1930 . Tho rema ining stando ocnoist of sm.:.tl l o·~s and
l ine about 5cds of Fuel wood p er .~ . arid ;j a cro c
l •. 00
p er ad_. ., ;,2tJ . 00 . The p rk to.!:::oa <,.11 the timber and uoo d .
Ir:iprovo:raents:
• Ijo.cc has Bo.rn frame l2xl0 , shod 6x8 , paper
roof , good condition , concrete foundo. tion .
"·165 . 00
Wood shed frame l8x28, paper roof , f air condition
60 . 00
, 22£ . 00
Va l ".e of la.nd by t4120,n:
~
Cove
Tilluble
Total
·5 . 00
~,30 . 00
.L
l ue of land
Total vlue of improvements
'i'otal value of timber
Tot al val ue of t rac t
Averqge vuluo p er a e ro
x --
Value
per aero
,. crease
5
''o t a l
·ralue
~-oo
-.;> i:..,O •
·120 .oo
;145 . 00
, 1 45 . 00
225 . 00
t5 . GO
395 . 00
43 . 89
This includes tract #!13- a .
�county: 1ookingham
District: StoneTinll
313 a -
Acreage Claimed:
Geo . , , I.'n c o ,
21
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sseosed
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Value Claimod:
Looa.tion:
1790,.00
N.adison Run .
n
rt
Entirely within tho park o.rcu .
Sandy lo m of a fair depth fertility, scattering loos e
r :.,oks ovor the en ti r e area .
Soil:
P.oaos : 2 :~ miles via dirt road to
Hi storu:
1
ort Hopublio, the nearest
,
shi 1 p ing point.
Thi s tract has about 5000 ft . of sa~ timber consisting
of ~,h.1 t e , in<, and C'uko and a bout 8 eds. of fuel uood per
.,,so. oo
3 • • saw timber ~)ouo 1 ~4 . oo r e r I 1 •
l ~.oo
50~ per ed.
24 eds. of fuol woo
-.. 3 2 . 0 0
Improvemen ta:
Dwellinc· frame .l4x2:; , 4 room., ,, 2 coi J ed, shincle
and r aper roof lOx 12 1 roon, brick fl uos , vacant ,
fair c ondli tion, 2 story, collar 8::dO stone.
Va l ue of 1~nd by _:typos:
Vi,.lue
per acr e_
Acrea.50
3
Ty::e
cove
Tillable
.-·5. 60
··20 .. 00
9. 5
, -nr.-5
Total value of land
Tot al value of improv ments
$ 205 •.00
200 . 00
Total value o·r 2S ·fru1t · troos
Z5,00
Tot , 1 value of timber
32 . 00
Tot'.3. l valuo of tract
4'7 2 . 00
,, '* /l'i
~ver .; e,e value per a cre
X
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I
3? . ?6
Th is :i. n0 l:.:i des trc.,, Ct i/313
Tota l
V luo
'1 5 . 0 0
190.00
. q£205 ,. 00
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�Claim oL __G_~o I. ~ _v; • .4'le_______ __________________________________________________ _
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~-'-"-..r'"".l.'-----------The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ J a&SOli...i=:& Ltw sc 1 _J t1u ns __ • t- a. -----------------------------------!_. __
more or less, of land in __tl9_l4..J-.Il..,;um11- ____________ 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_u:;_1k.i.nghfu.n ___________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _______ ...G .c...x..g.e-- .. _..:.:J: ~ -----------------------------------------My post office address is _____(]-_!'_c_t_y.9_~~....,--~~R!.!'l_.__ ir.9_!._ __J.,_!_ _Y.~ ~---------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____ ~_J.,___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___ .Ql'.!.lb..l.:LhQW:Le. _________________________________________ _
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. 1oca t ed a b ou t ____________
m1"} es f rom ___ .J.?LQ.~
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the ___~_t__Q_1Ji>JY.gJ._l. __ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
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Sol~ ow~er
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The land owI1ers adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are a.s follo,ws:
North ___ --..E~ r..p.er.. ..1.::c-r..ci.f:l--- - - -- -- -- -- - - - -- - ~--:--- - - ---- -- -- - - -- -- ------ -- -- - - -- -- South _________As..ub;; -~,~- ____________ __ .. ___ ... _______ ________·______________________ _
East ______ ·_Jc nn_ ...'i '"!I! ----------------------------------------------------------West ______ __--- Po r :Re, ~Ct _______________________________________ ~ - ------ --- ------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property · about the year _.J.,Ji~l.____ in the
following manner:
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______________________DJ.vii:, & J. on _ o.f _Es ta t_e ________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~_._'[QQ__________ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $)::_~ J_Q_Q _________ •
I am the owner of_ __ _~ _t_0.:..4 _______ 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 $_.?_QQ_.____________ .
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
R€marks· ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
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Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____lt,...b _______ day
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ B_q_J!,._1__ gJH2!11____________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL_G.a..~ g...:;.. _ ~ i ?
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are trup to the best of his knowledge and belie,f,
the Cletkt&i~ .9-~l]._________ day 0L __ F_~"Q ____ J.__~9_l__ ,
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�In the Circuit (;ourt of n oc1<.ingham vounty, Virginia .
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The State Commissio n on Conservat ion and
Developme nt of the State of Virginia
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v.
Cassand ra Lawson Atk ins and others
a nd 52,~0l acres of land in RocKingham
uounty ,Ya.
St a tement made by John J . Mace , James G. Mace, Elizabeth illace
via, R. H. 11ace,Juli a ;\lace Spit.ler, Charle s 11. Mace, and on behalf
of the heirs of Ben . F . Mace, d ecea sed , the same b e ing all of the
biers at law of John H. Mace, ct eceased , pursuant to a decree entered
in the above entitled cause on Oct . 2f>,1.932,i n responc e to Item
No . 2 of the inquiry macte in s a i d d ecree .
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Your respond ents say t hat t he Board of Appraisal Commissioner s
erred i n r eporting under its f inctings Nos . 312, 312-a, and 312- b
that your res pond ents only own 389 acres of land,when as a matter
of, fact your res ponctents own !'>12 acres of land . It thus appears
that there is a shortage of 123 acres in its allowanc e .
Your res pona.ents believe and aver t h at t his 123 acres of land
is list ed by the Appraisal Board in the Fincti ng No . 326 in favor
of John A. Alexand er .
Special reference is hereby made to the objection s and except
ions filed by your res pondents
Board .
Geo . S .Harnsbe rger ,
Counsel .
LAW OFFICES
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#49 - -
Lough, G. S.
Number of Acres: 24
Location:
Top of 11r...in Ri uge ea st of Dean rountain School.
Roads:
T.,o Lliles of f .ir -.., irt roaC:: to !J_pots'.1ood r::rui l ne,... r Swi ft
Run ; ~h-Jncc seven ::n.iles to : l kton .
Soil:
s~ndy
cluv
o:
gooC dept h und fertility ith gantle s l ope
~nd s01thwest exposure .
Tharear e patchas of
fine blue c rass turf , b1t mu.ch of the a r ea , e ' pe cially on
History of Tract !tR& ctimr:H~netfl tittth-er ' bthin sod ,Ji th weeds and sor1e su..rr1ac s.nd
· l acl~berry .
_:n: southeast
r.!ost of tr' ct cleared maµy yea.rs ago, grazed since .
A_pproximc1 tely fi ve acres of wooded c1rea st nd cons ists of
dead chestnut . On the Gree~e side there are estima ted to be
600 locust posts .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Value per acre
Total Value
6
•J5 . 00
'j30 . 00
18
40 . 00
720 . 00
~~750 . 00
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
750 . O
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 31. 2 5
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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upon the filing of sa~titio n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of_~f -';;l--- ~---- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as h:ya~:: : _:g ~~ ~:~:~~k __________________________ _
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to be condemned, containing about_//U ~,.?"~____ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvem ents: ___________________________________________________________ _
This land is2_ocated about_ ____C _____ miles f~---~- ~--f¼/ _~~--- --- Virginia, in
the __~~~--M agister ial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or i;nterest he has in or to the tract or
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parcel of land .described above.)
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ L £,(.,1--_in the
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I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
on is $...!:LY-.Jf:2£2._~
in and to this ti:act or parcel of land with the improvem ents thereon is $_>-JlS_~ -~-~ 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).
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that the matters
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the above named claimant personally appeared before
and belief,
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~49 .. Lough, G.
#70 - Lough, G.
s.
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county:
District:
Rookingham
ll
Ston
County:
Di strict:
Greene
Stanardsville
(Rock1 nghum Co •.)
(Greene County}
Deed: (Acquired
111 A-10 P.
111 • 19 P - 1916) Field
- sheet indicates a pa rtit890. 00
"
000 . 00
V lue Claimed:
ion of an esta te . Partial
oopy of deed 1nd1oatee a
in Ridge east of Dean
Top of
Locat ion:
sa le under deed ot trust
ounta1n Sohool.
to sour a bond in oonneo
1th o. gu -rdi n for
tion
known.
None
aps:
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or
claims
counter
Incumbranoes 1
Roberts . Lough an inf nt .
• • 10 P.
oreage Claimed: 111
Assessed:
Soil:
Sandy olay of good deptp a nd fertility with gentle slope
and southeast and southwest exposure . There a re patche s
of fine blue gras s turf, but muoh of the a rea , e•peoially
some sumo
on the south end has a thin sod with eeds a
and blackberry.
Roa ds:
Two miles ot fair dirt road to Spotswood Tr ail net r Swift
Run; th nee seven 1les to Elkton.
oat of tract clea red
History of tra ct and condit ion ot t imber;
many yea rs go , grazed sinoe . Approx1:tnfltely fi ve a cres ot
ooded ar a stand consists of dead chestnut . On the Greene
5¢- $30. 00.
side t here re estimated to be 600 locust posts
Improvements:
None .
Rooking
Value of l a nd by tves:
Type
Slope
~r:age
m
County
Value
!er a ore
. oo
38. 00
18
Fg
Si
Tota l value of 1 nd
Total va lue of tra ct
Average va lue per acre
720. 00
Va lue of l and by types:
Greene County
Tlpe
S ope
.t..
Fg
oodland gr a z1nC
Total va l ue of l and
Tot l va l ue ot timber
Total value of tra ct
verage value per a cre
Total
Value
36 . 00
684 . 00
J 726. oo
720. 00
30 . 00
oreage
3
62
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Value
Wer a ore
3. 00
18. 00
6 . 00 .
Total
Value
.o
1116 . 00
102. 00
f122'1 . 00
�County: ook1ngham
District: Stonewall
#49 ... Lough,
#70
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D1str1ot:
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Ro ck ingham
Greene
Stat a rctsvi lle
co.
Lo9Sh 1 G. s . - Qre ne County.
SUMMA.RY
Rockingham &. Greene Counties.
Tota l number ot a ores
--106
Total value of traot
1g77. oo
Average
l ue per a ore f or en t i r e t r act
x -•
By plotting t he description in the
tound,
18. 65
ners deed only 106., uorea 11
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NOTE- This need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards
h·ave been paid into the custody of the
,courts.
Virgin ia:
In the Circuit Court of Rockin gham County
T·h e State Commi ssion on Conser vation and Develo pment of the State
of Virgini:a
Petition er.
V. At Law No. 1829
Cassan dra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-T:wo Thousa nd, Five
Hundre d ·a nd
Sixty-O ne (52,561 ) Acre·s of land, more or less
Defend ants.
Comes now the unders igned and shows to the Court:
T'hat a judgm ent in rem :has heretof ore been entered in this procee ding
c·o ndemn ing to the
use ·o f the Petitio ner the fee simple estate in the tract (s) of land numbe
red as foHows : Tract
No ...4.9.............. : Tract No.....
. , .... ; Tract No ........... .......... ;
and describ ed in the report of the Board of Apprai sal Commi
ssioner s •a ppointe d the-r ein and
shown, numbe r·e d, and delinea ted on the County Owne;rs·h ip Map
therew ith, upon payme nt
into the custod y of the Oourt orf the sum (s) set out in the said filed
judgm ent as constit uting the
award (s) therefo r, as follows : Award on Tract No .... 4.9 ...... $.623 .. 6.0
.; on Tract No .............. .
$ ........... ..... ; on Tract No ........... .... $ ................ ;
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the followi
appear to have a ·c laim to an inte:rest in the s·a id tract(s ) of landng•o named person s claim, or
•r in the procee ds arising
from the condem nation thereo f;
Garl ands . Lough
Georg e L. Harn sberg er,Gu ardia n ad Litem for Robe rt C. Loug
h,(In fant)
and Mary E. Lough (Infa nt)
That :tihe Petitio ner has paid into the custody of the Court the sa:id sum
(s) set out in s·a id
judgm ent as constit uting the award (s) of the fee simple estate
in the said tract(s ) of land;
That your undeTsigned, on the date of the said judgm ent
rem condem ning the said
. tract (s) of l•and, :owned or was (were) entitled ;tJo the followiin
ng interes t in the said tract(s )
or in the procee ds arising from the condem nation there-o f:-
- Under the terms of a duly recor ded cont ract and deed, conve
ying the
Skyli ne road bed runni ng throu gh this tract the owner s grant
ed
and
conve yed to the under signe d , the right to recei ve from said
proce eds,
tbe sum of $210 .61.
That no other person or person s than the unders igned are entitle d to
share in the distribu tion of-the said award (s) exce'P't the foll:owing named person s whose
interes
t in said tr:act(s ) or
· in the procee ds arising fr-o m the condem nation thereo f on the date
of entry of said judgm ent
was as follows :
The above menti oned claim ants to the exten t that they may
be
able to estab lish their claiffi:S.
Where fore, your unders igned pray(s ) that l'We- ·fihe:r)--be-m,atle-11-,,ertrfl'artre~heT"emttnder-the- 'T)T'oviM,lffl'S""'O'f-8-ection ~i -uf-t:h:e "P1.rtrli~ ~k-eom temn~t i('J'Jl"
"'*rt,mnr tJmtt an order
be entered for the distribu tion of said sum (s) set forth in said judgm
ent in rem a's constit uting
the award (s) for the fee simple estate in the said tract(s ) c•o ndemn
ed as aforesa id, and for
the payme nt to the undersi 'gned of the said award (s) or .o f as
thereof as the Court may
find that the unders igned i's (a:re) entitled to receive , and whichmuch
the unders igned aver(s) is as
follows : Tract No ..... 4.9 ....... $ ..21.Q...6.l : Tract No ................. $ ...........
..... : Tract No ................ .
$ ................ ;
The unders igned further aver(s) that: (Le,a ve this spac·e Mank unless
there is some other
pertine nt matter to be brough t e·s peciaH y to the attenti on of ·t he
court)
NAM'E
P. 0. ADDiR:E,SS
..STA'I'E...COMiv1I SSI ON.. ON ...~9.~~?.~~:!.~~ .0N
.. AND...DJ-c::.V.EL .P.MENT..................................... .
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COUNSEL
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NO'DE- -A supply of this ·b lank has been placed in the Clerk's office for
the eonvenien-ce of intereste d parties. No
one is required to use this form, as the form is not pNSCribed
law, and claiman ts can either change or modify
it as they doom necessar y, or present their motions in any form,b ythey
may desire which meets with the approva l
of the Court. This •b lank form may not and probably will not cover all
eases. It has been printed merely. as a
suggesti on of a form of a motion whieh may be used, subject to
the approva l of the eourt in each ease.
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Personally appeared before me
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the undersigned No"ta.ry-
Public in my said State and County, . E . K . Stokes , who
being duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee
of' 'the Sta t'e , Commi:ssi,;n . on Conservation ·and ' Development in
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Park Division thereof having to do ·with claims·· of . the Commission for distrlbutive shares of condemnation awards in
the Shenandoah National Park condemnation·proce edings pend,.,.
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tracts 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 .
=~Ei.tbess 1cy- signa:t~e ~~d ' lot~ial Seal this/~T of De.c.omb~
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Notary Pu'""bi-=-1-.-i_c_____
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Virginia : In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
"T'ne 1tate ~ommission on Conservat ion and Developme nt
of the State of Virginia,
PET IT IO NER.
v.
Cassandra LA.wson Atkins and others ,
RESPONDF.NTS.
This day ca.me Garland S . Lough and by leave of Court filed
his petition dated the second day of July 1935 ; upon considera tion
whereof it appearing to the Court th, t
~
jude;ment hi=is been here-
tofore entered in this proceedin e condem.iling to the use of the
etitioner in fee two tracts or percels of land one lying in
Greene County , Virginia , conteintne eighty-two acres and knoTin as
!Tract No . ?0 in the condemn~t ion proceedin gs pending in the Circuit
Court of Greene County , the other lying in Rockingham County,Vi reinia and known in t~ese
roceeding s as Tract No . 49 containing
l t~e~ty-fou r acres ; the awards for said tracts of lBnd beine
1~479 . 00 and $623 . 60 respectiv ely . A~d it further Pppears to the
Court fromthe said petition that all parties who have any claim
of rie;ht , title , interest {restate in ano to said a.wards have been
made perties to the proceeding s pending in the Circuit Court of
Greene County , Virginia , under the style of the State Com.~issio n on
Conservat ion and Developme nt of the State of Virginia v . Armentrou t ,
c.r .,
and others , and now are before the s~id Court.
And.
it further appearing to the nourt that the ownership of
the award for Tract No . ?0 lying in Greene County and for Tract No .
49 in Rockingham County can be determined with more convenienc e
and with less expense by having the question of ownership and
distributi on of SAid award of ?623 . 60 qlloc~ted for Tract No . 49
lying in Rockin~ham County,Vi re · nia , transf~rre ~ to
he Circuit
nourt of Greene County; upon considera tion whereof the Court doth
~djudge order and decree the.t the questions involved in the
distributi on of said fund to-wit:~62 3 . 60 for tract No . 49 including
lthe claiI!l of the State_ Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt
for the sum of ~210 . 61 , be transferre d to the Circuit Court of
2.7
�Greene County,Virginia,for its determination and judgU1ent,therefore this Court does not pass upon any of the said questions ; and
it is further ordered and decreed that the award of ~p623 . 60 for
~
Tract No.49 be forthwith paid by the Treasurer of Virginia,as
follows: To Chepman and Morris , Attorneys , of Stanardsville ,Virginia , to be held by them subject to the order of the Circuit
Court of Greene County,Virginia , in the proceedings now pending
therein concerning said Tract No . ?O .
/
It further appe::irs to the Court th~.t all texes due and
assessible against the said Tract No . 49 have been paid .
And it is further ordered that a certified copy of this
order be transmitted by the clerk of this Court to the Treasurer
of Virginia,who shall pay the said award of !t;\623 . 60 for Tract
No . 49 as above directed and that the clerk of this Court shall
transmit a certified copy of this order to B. I.Bickers,clerk of
the Circuit Court of Greene Connty,Virginia .
ENTER
_l___Y-_-c)_ )_~_JUDGE .
/
.
�Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
The State Commission on Conservation Pnd Development
of the State of Virginia ,
PETITIONER .
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others ,R,SPONDENTS .
To the Honorabl e H. W. Bertram , Judge of the said Court :
Your petitioner , Garland , S . Lough , respectfully represents
that a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered condemning to
I the use of the petitioner the fee simple estete in a tract of
land formerly the property of your petitioner for life , with
II remeinder in fee to his children , situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Stonewall Magisterial District in the County of
Rockingham , containing twenty-four acres,which tract is described
in the report of the Board of Appraisal ComPJ.issioners and shown ,
numbered , and deline ted on the County ownership map filed in the
clerk ' s office of this Court as Tract No . 49
II
t the price of ~?50 . 00•
Your petitioner further represents that Tract No . 49 containing 24 acres is a part of a much larger tract of land , some
82 acres of which lie i n t h e County of Greene and is described
Ias
aforesaid as Tract No.70 in the Park condennation proceedings
pending in Greene County , and was valued by the said Board of
Appraisal Commissioners at the s um of ~2479 . 00 ;
That your petitioner has filed a petition in the Circuit
Court of the County of Greene ,Virgini . , making his children and all
contingent remaindermen p a rties defend a nt ;
II
That the said matter pending in the said Court has not as
yet been determined ; that the said tract of land No.49 lying in
Rockingham ~ounty is held under the same terms a nd limitations as
Tract No . 70 lying in Greene County , Virg inia;
That there are many contingent remaindermen who are already
made , parties defendant to the proceedings pending in the Circuit
Court of Greene County , Virg inia ; that as the questi ons involved as
2-9
�to the distribution of said awards of :i? 50. 00 for Tract lfo . 49 lyin
11
in the County of Lockingham and for Tract No.7 0, to-wit:$2479 .00,
lying in Greene County , are identical ; and as the proceedings in
Greene County are matured and all parties having a vested or con-
~tingent interest in and to the funds of this cause are before the
Court,and for reasons of convenience and economy ~hi53 · petitioner
desires that the award for tract No . 49 , conta,ining 24 c1cres and
Ilying
in Rockingham County,be transferred to the Circuit Court of
the County of Greene for final disposition .
II
Your petitioner further shows unto the Court that he has already received from the petitioner in this cause the sum of $33? . 0l
l as a consideration for the conveyance and transfer to the said
petitioner o:f a right of way strip for the Skyline Drive,which sum
was to be credited on the amount of the awerd for Tract No .49;that
the said petitioner deducted the sum of $ 126 . 40 from the award
of ~?50 . 00 and paid into the Tre.asury of Virginia the sum of
J623 .60; that the said petitioner has filed a claim in the sum of
210 . 61 against said award in Rockingham County in order that it
may receive the sum of ,n>337 . 0l as aforesaid to which it is entitled ;
That after the deductions aforesaid there is a balance due
the petitioner and his children the sum of $412 . 99 .
V/herefore your petitioner prays that the award of ~623 . 60
for Tract No.49 containing 24 acres and lying in Rockineham
County,Virgi nia,be transferre1 to the Circuit Court of the County
of Greene.and all questions concerning the distribution of the
said award to be determined by the seid Court , and for all general
I and
special relief as the n1ture of the case may require , and
your petitioner ,"lill ever pray.
Garland 8 . Lough
By
Chapman end Morris . Attorneys P . P .
30
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The State Commission on ConRervation and Develor)lnent
of the State of Virginia.
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins et
els.
Petition of Garland S.Lough
1':ract No . 49
CHAPMAN AND MORRIS
A TT'>RNEYS AT LAW
STANARDSVILLE. VA.
�Ctrnmmnnwraltq nf ]lirginia
TREASUER'S OFFICE
RICH MONO. VA .
~
July 15, 1935
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
A. B . Gathright
Thi s is to certify that I, ~ J X L , Treasurer
of Virginia have this
15 day of July
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki nr;hm,,, County
dated
7 /10/35
in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
:paid to
ChsprP'rn nnd P OI'I'is, AttoI'neys , St:anaI'ds1dJJ e, Virginia
$
623.60
being in full settlement of tract
# 49
in the above mentioned cause.
zz
�C
O!nmwnuwtalt11 nf lllirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA.
July 15 , 1935
XDUC~IHX
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Chanman and Morris , Attorneys
gtanardsvill e , Virginia
A • .u . Ga thri;;ht
Received of JooMi~eQ(L , Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$
623 . 60
, in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
of
Rockin,~ham
July
193L
entered on the
10th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commission on Conservation and Development v _ __
Casaandra Lawson Atkins
and others, being
full and complete settlement for the tract of land
known in said proceeding as #_4_9_ __ _
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasur er
of Virginia.
'
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ROCKINGH.ll~ COUNTY
v --------------
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#224 - Longley , M. D.
Number of Acres:
Location:
Roads:
Soil:
150
On southwest slope of High Top Mountain.
One mile of rough steep road to county road in Roach Gap ;
thence three miles over fair dirt road to Spotswood Trai 1
near Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton.
Sandy clay of fair depth and fertility .
It is very rocky and
has large boulders and cliffs in the wooded portion.
There are
moderate to steep slopes with northwest and southwest exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
a portion of t his tract was cleared many
years ago and has been cultivated since .
T 1e rnoded area has
been cut over repeatedly in the past . Present stand consists
of mixed oaks with some hickory , ash and poplar along the streams
also a large amount of dead chestnut present .
Dwelling: Log 16x20', sh~ngle roof , kitchen 12zl2x8' , 3
rooms, log finish , very poor condition, abandoned ,
Barn: Log l6:x:16xl0' , shingle roof , very poor condition.
lmprovemen~ :
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
3. 00
#309 . 00
25 . 00
1000 . 00
10. 00
70 . 00
._;1379 . 00
Ridge:
Slope:
103
Cove:
Grazing Land:
40
Fields Restocking:
7
@
150
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
V~ueofLand: $1379 . 00
Value of lmprovemen~: $ 50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 9 • 52
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
50 . 00
$1429 . 00
�i'.'.hunty: ~l.Ook ingham
~~1strtot i .;t,,1~!ewall
Deed: l!>O •• •
.Asseeoed 1 150 ..!,. .
" .• rohosed in 191'l
for '*'500. 00
n southwest slope of Ifigll Top ltounto1n.
undy olny o #' fn1r de;,,tb a.t1 1"'e:rttl1ty. ....t ts vory rooky und
rba:ra
has hsrgo b:> .tl:dera nnd olitfs 1n the wooded portion .
are mod~ratti to stol'3p . lo.pas w1tb nnrtllwest and ao 1tbwest
ex;ios n:-e.
1
Ino1.1mlJrqnor,:u~,
,-0
-.~lI\tilr ,C.h~1m
r~r lat:~:
~tone known .
one mile _t ro,1ch steep road to oounty road 1n Roa.oh Cup;
th noe three mtl t;, • vo r- fu tr 1.H.rt rohd tc) , potawood Trr,11
near ~. itt un; thence f )t r mllas to 1 lkton .
~-r.. t.:r,t:,_~.p, an$J; co,m~ t.t,ion_~f.-~.im!tl'!!!
l,. ~ortto11
or
thts truot .,1as
!'he
h~s tHen oult.ivut'fl<l ainoe .
.·resent
W<>Oddd : rQc1 has bt1en cut over repeetedl• in .. ne past.
stanJ consists o f' mixed oats fli th a:m1e h t<:,ko:r.•, nsh an..: poplo.r
t-i.l ng th st:reama. also a largo umo 1 nt or de~1d ch"latnur,; present .
aleucdd UlbllY y eartl fif;O t,ni
og l6x20', l +- story, eht'1gle roof , k 1 tohen l2Xl2X8 '
.., rooms , ..o i·t ::itsll. . f:J"rY' pool· 00;1t..1 t:ton, a.band mad, no val 1e .....
Barnt l og lt>Xluxlo' , sHn, '.le :roof\ vory ~1,::>or crtdltton, no
1m2rov.~m•(l1;.s.a,,...t .,,.y;:_,l ••t:r!f.S:
VU. llJtJ •-
Ve.lua
' otril
;eor,ldif'
vu•
321.0J
10. 00
· >J . 00
"'· 755 •.00
'l'ottil Vt.tlUtJ or land
io tal v 11e o'f 1raprovomotlts .........
7bO . 0
':'otal v 11 e of' t raet
5 . 04
,.verage v· .1 ,1e pi,r a.ore
V1lue
400.00
3~.oo
"'loh'.oo
�have been paid into the custody of
NOTE-T his need not be filed until the record discloses that the awards
Courts.
the
Virginia: In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County
of Virginia .. PETIT IONER .
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State
V. At Law No. 1829 ·
Hundre d and
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-T wo Thousan d, Five
DEFEN DANTS .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
less
or
more
land,
of
Acres
)
Sixty-O ne (52,561
Comes now the undersig ned and shows to the Court:
ning to the use of the
That a judgme nt in rem .has heretofo re been entered in this proceeding condem
Tract No. _2.24. ______ :
Petition er the fee simple estate in the tract(s) of land numbere d as follows:
Tract No. ____________ : Tract No. ____________ ;
ed herein and shown, numand described in the report of the Board of Apprais al Commissioners appoint
t into the custody of
paymen
upon
h,
therewit
filed
Map
hip
bered, and delineated on the County Owners
)
award(s therefor , as follows:
the Court of the sum(s) set out in the said judgme nt as constitu ting the
$ __________ ; on Tract No.
Award on Tract No. __ G_2i____ $) :~.2.~-~Q~ on Tract No. ____________
------- ----- $------ ----;
claim, or appear to
That the report of the said Board sets forth that the following named persons
the condemnation
from
arising
s
proceed
the
in
or
land
of
tract(s)
said
have a claim to an interest in the
thereof;
M. D. Long ley
set out in said judgme nt
That the Petition er has paid into the custody of the Court the said sum(s)
land;
of
tract(s)
said
the
in
estate
simple
fee
the
for
)
as constitu ting the award(s
ning the said tract(s) of
That your undersigned, on the date of the said judgme nt in rem condem
(s) or in the proceeds
tract
said
the
in
land, owned or was (were) entitled to the following interest
:arising from the condem nation thereof
,
By reaso n of Cont ribut ion pledg e, oblig ating the 00owner
in
.
lVI . D. Long ley, to give land to the value of $15
.
ct
Proje
Park
the
to
the Park Area
in the distribu tion of the
That no other person or persons than the undersig ned are entitled to share
or in the proceeds
tract(s)
said
said award(s ) except the following named persons whose interest in
follows:
as
was
nt
judgme
said
of
entry
of
date
arising from the condem nation thereof on the
(parties ) herein under the
Wherefo re, your undersigned pray(s) that [he (they) be made a party
order be entered for the
an
that]
and
Act,
nation
provisions of Section 21 of the Public Park Condem
award(s ) for the fee
the
ting
constitu
as
rem
in
nt
judgme
said
in
forth
set
distribu tion of said sum(s)
undersigned of the
the
to
t
paymen
the
for
and
simple estate in the said tract(s) condemned as aforesai d,
(are) entitled to
is
ned
undersig
the
that
find
may
Court
the
as
said award(s ) or of as much thereof
22.4_ ____ $-1.5.. Q.Q __ : Tract
receive, and which the undersig ned aver(s) is as follows: Tract No. ___
;
No. ____________ $ __________ : Tract No. ------- ----- $ __________
there is some other pertiunless
blank
space
this
(Leave
The undersig ned further aver(s) that:
court)
the
of
n
attentio
the
to
y
speciall
brought
be
nent matter to
NAME
P. 0. ADDRE SS
S 1l1ATb COMMIS~ ION ON CONSERVATION &
office for the convenie nce of intereste d
NOTE-A supply of this blank form has been placed in the Clerk's
prescrib ed by law, and claimant s can
not
is
form
the
as
form,
this
use
parties. No one is required to
motions in any form they may detheir
present
or
y,
necessar
deem
they
as
either change or modify it
not and probably will not cover
may
form
blank
This
Court.
the
of
l
sire which meets with the approva
which may be used, subject
motion
a
of
form
a
of
on
suggesti
a
as
all cases. It has been printed merely
to the approva l of the court in each case.
11
�'
STATE OF VIRGINIA ) SS
. COUNTY OF WARREN )
Personall y appeared before' me the undersign ed 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 Commissio n on Conservat ion and Developme nt in immediate
charge of the records of the Shenandoa h National Park Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Comrnissio n for distributive shares of condemnat ion awards in the Shenandoa h
National Park condemnat ion proceeding s pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia, by reason of contrac_ts and agreement s entered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemned in
these proceedin gs, and that the within cfu.aim is just and correct .
Witness my signature
this 8th d ~ ~ r ~ ~ - - - - - --NOTARY PUBLI C
Notary Publi-::e
My Commission Expires Sep. 8, 1934
�ij'OTE-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 . . . . . . . .
DEFENDANT S.
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. ____ 2.24.. ___ :
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. ___ _g_?_1 __ $ __J:._1~~!.9;Cbn 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 l and or in the proceeds arising from the condemnation
thereof;
M. D. Longley
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 OJ"mer,
M. D. Longley, to give 10 acre s of his land within the
Park Area to th e 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
arisinffrom 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. __ _.22._4 _____ $ __ 3.Q,..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
CO NSERVAT I ON
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.
7u
�STATE OF VIRGINI A)
COUNTY OF WARREN )
ss
Persona lly appeared before me the undersig ned Notary
Public in my said State and County, E . K. Stokes , who being
duly sworn, deposed and said that she is an employee of the
State Commiss ion on Conserv ation and Developm ent in imn:edia te
charge of the records of the Shenand oah Nationa l Par~ Division
thereof having to do with claims of the Corru.dss ion for dis tributiv e shares of condemn ation awards in the Shenand oah
Nationa l Park condemn ation proceed ings pending in the Circuit
Courts of Virginia ,
by reason of contr2c ts and agreer.1e nts en-
.
tered into with the owners of lands sought to be condemn ed in
.
these proceed ings , and that the vri thin claim is just and cor rect .
Witness my signatur e
My Commission Expires Sep. 8, 1934
�Grltrk's ®ffitt
QLirruit QLnurt of Jnrkingqam C!Lnunt11
HON, H. W,
BERTRAM
'l!farrisonhurg, llirginia
JUDGE
J.
ROBERT SWITZER
DEPUTIES
W . EDGAR S I PE
MAR GI E BOWERS
MARGAlll!:T BRANUM
C L ER K
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, to-wit:
I, J . Robert SWitzer, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Rockingh am County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delinque nt taxes against the tract of
150 acres in Stonewa ll Distric t, assessed in the name of M. D.
Longley .
Given under my hand this 31st day of May, 1934 .
----J.~ ...J:.~
~ a.:::11.c::~~o::11<i:11<~·<i-1..,,- - ' 0 • K •
Attorney .
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JOHN S. CHAPMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
STANOARCSVILLE, VA.
�IN THE CIRCUIT C0U 'I O.r!' ROCICTNGHAlvI COUNTY , VIRGINIA .
STATE cm.CMISSION ON CONSERVATlON
A1'1D DEVELOPMENT O.!T VIRGINIA
Petitioner
At Law No . 1829
v.
CASSANDRA LAWSON
TKIM3 Al\JD OTH:.t!":RS
On this ft'i)
Defendants
day of June , 1934 , came Gilbert E . Pence , D.
Wenpler Earman and Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , Special Commissioners
of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chan cery cause of Chris tine Longley Sherman v . Herman V . Longley et als· ,
and on their motion leave is given them to file their application
for disbursement of the sum of :B,ourteen Hundred Twen ty- nire Dolle.rs
(~1429 . 00) , the amount of the award set out in the judgment of the
condemnation of tract Nn . 224 and heretofore p:,.id into Court .
And it appearing to the Court that said petitioners are invested with a superior or better right of claim or title in md to
said tract of land No . 224 than any other person or persons , and
that said Ethel Irvdn Lineweaver is the bonded receiver entitled to
receive said fund; and
That the taxes on said tract No . 224 have been paid;
U~on consideration whereof , it is considere"'d and ordered by
the Court that said Fourteen Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ( <1?1429 . 00)
paid into Court by petitioner as just compensation for tract No . 224
be paid to Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded receiver as afores::. id , and
that the Clerk of tl:is Court is directed to transmit a cert if'ied copy
of this order to the Treasurer of Virginia, who shall disburse this
sum of Fourteen Hundred Tvrnn ty - nine Dollars ( $1429 .oo) _as above set
out , taking from said Ethel Irwin Linwweaver , bonded receiver as afore said, receipt for the amount paid her and certify such payment to the
Clerk of this Court for appropriate entry thereof as required by law.
Emter :
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCICTNGH.AM COUNTY , VIRGINIA .
STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
_.ND DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGTIJIA
v.
Petitioner
At Law No . 1829
CASSANDR
LAWSON ATKINS AND OTHERS
Defend ants
TO THE HONORABLE H . W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF S~<lD COURT:
Your petitioners, Gilbert E. Pence , D. Wampler Earman
and Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , Special Commissioners of the Circuit
Court of Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chancery cause of
Christine Longley Sherman , etc. v . Herman V. Lonrley , etc ., re -
spectfully represent :
That a judgment in rem has heretofore been entered in this
proceeding condemnin g to the use of petitioners the fee simple
estate in a tract of land formerly the property of the late M.D.
Longley , situate in the Blue Ridge Mountain in the eastern por tion of Stonewall District, Rockingham County , Virginia, wbich
tract is described in the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed herein , and shown , numbered, and delineated
on the County Ownership Map filed herewith as tract No . 224 at
the price of Fourteen Hundred Twenty-nine Dollars ( 1429 . 00) .
That on January 26 , 1932, M. D. Longley was seised and
possessed of said real estate; that on said date the said M. D.
Longley departed this life intestate, leaving surviving the
following named heirs at law, to whom said real estate descended
in the following proportions, to-wit:
1/6; W. C. Longley , son , 1/6; U.
c.
Herman V . Longley, son,
Longley , son, 1/6 ; Tracey
Anderson, daugh$er, 1/6; Christine Lo~gley Sherman , granddaughter,
1/6; Charles Watkins, grandson, 1/18 ; John Watkins, grandson ,
1/18 ; Geneva Watkins , granddaughter, 1/18 ;
ISi
�-- 2 - -
That the aforesaid partition .suit was instituted by Christine Longley Sherman against the remaining heirs at law and
their respective consorts , involving the aforesaid real estate ,
said suit having matured at the 1st Apri+ Rules , 1932; that a
decree of sale was entered therein on September 2 , 1932 , appointing the undersigned as Special Commissioner s of sale , and direct ing them to sell , inter al;i.a , the aforesaid real estate ; that the
said Ethel Irwin Lineweaver, one of said Special Commissioner s ,
eJK:ecuted bond in the penalty required by said decree , conditioned
according to law; that on October 8 , 1932 , the undersigned publicly offered said real estate for sale , at which time no satisfactory
bid was obtained; that thereafter , on May 17 , 1933 , a decree was
entered in said cause authorizing and directing the sale of said
real estate either at public· auction or private sale , by the undersigned; that said real estate was , as before rentioned , condemned
in this proceeding .
Your petitioners further show to the Court that all taxes on
said property have been paid to and including the year 193 3 , and
they herewith file certificates to that effect from M. H. Harrison , Treasurer of Rockingham County , Virginia , and J . Robert
Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of fiaid County , which certificates· are marked " Ex . Certificate No . l" and " Ex . Certificate No .
2", respectively , and the same are prayed to be read as a par t
hereof .
That there are no liens on said pro:p9rty .
That no other person or persons tha n the said Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded receiver as aforesaid , is ent i tled to share in said
award .
•
WHEREFORE , your petitioners pray that they may be made
parties herein and be allowed to file their petition in these
proceedings ; that an order may be entered in thls proceeding
for tbe payment of said award to Ethel Irwin Lineweaver , bonded
Commissioner and Receiver in the aforesaid chancery cause of
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�-- 3 --
Christine Longley Sherman etc . v •• Herman V. Longley etc . pending in this Court ', and that your petitione rs may have
SJ.
ch
other, further and general relief as the Bature of the case may
require .
~
~ - < - - - - - <~ 4
Special Coamissio ners of the Circuit
Court of Rockirr· ham County , Virginia,
in the chancery cause of Christine
Lon@ey Sherman etc . v . Herr'lan V.
Long l ey, etc .
State of/4)~~ff~~a~ ~
g , to-wit:
f~
~
Th~_s day Gilbert E . Pence, D. \/ampler Earman and ....:;t~el
Irwin Lineweave r, Sp ec ial Commissio ners of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County , Virginia , in the chancery cause of Christine
Longley Sherman etc . v . Herman V. Longley etc ., the petitione rs
in the above entitled matter, personall y appeared befor, me,
-+~~!,,,-4-"-"";.,.wa.~~~~:::::_, a notary public in an•! for the ¥
my 7
d State
eaaid, and being duly swomr, depose
and say:
That we are the petitione rs in the above entifu~ed matter,
~,e:·a:re acg_ua;i..nted with the contente of the
bove petition , ani.
do hereb t state that the natters of fact therein set forth are
true, to the best of our knowledge and beilmf.
Subscribed and sworn
to before me this L/L
day of June, 1934.
~/44 L,_.;_ iz:f.. e~
/!# ~£ ~
- - - - ~ - - - - - - - ~ 183
�M. H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby certify that the records
of this office show that the 1933 taxes have been paid
on a certain tract containing 150-0-0 acres of land
assessed in the name of M. D. Longley, situate in the
Part(Area in Stonewall District, this County.
·
All taxes prior to that time, if
am.y be due, are a matter of record in the Clerk's
Office of said County.
of May 1934.
Given under my hand this 31st day
Very truly yours /
I
~~
/
I
Treasurer.
lP'l
�VIRGHTI.n . IK TE
IN VACATION.
CIH8
T COD T OF .-DOYINGH .,:,. sorr~TY.
The Jte.te Corrmissio n on Conservat ion & :Jevelopme nt ,
of the 3tat0 of Virginia , - - - - - - - - Ietitione r ,
v.
Cassandra Lawson . tkins , et als , defendant s .
In Re: Distribut ion of proceeds of condemmt ion for Tract. o . 22 d,
•• D. Longl ey, ~)45 . 00 .
This day
C 9...'t;18
t.11.e "3t9. te vor.niss ion on COns
.TVr
tio n
& Developme nt by counsel , and. noved the JoJrt to enter an orcler
dire ctin~ tll e Treasurer of the ....Jt9.te of Vir,si r i a , to ";ay to it
out of the )roceeds of conder n2.tion of Tract
of
.ir.
i
o . 224 , the sum
'45 . 00 , representin -'? the aruo1.nt of a certain plea.~e rade by
::i . Longley , uho clo.imed to
e tLe m ner of s.3.id tract , to
said ,.,omnissio n on Gorservet i on & Developme nt , as a contributi on
far t he establi s wne n t of S henandoah Nation3l I ark and in sup port
of its said mo t ion , the said Corrnissio n exhibited to t,e Co rt ,
its rn tion i
YJ.
wri tin.:; sett inrr forth all the fo.c ts in re la.ti on
thereto , ..:iic1: Las
een
eretofore file,i l.e rein .
Up on consider~ tion whereof , it appeari s to the
Court , t.at the cla"'
of s,Jid Co::..:missio n is not
!:>sed upon any
lien either on the land conder-.Jlle d , or on t..11e rro ceeds of c ondemnatio n 811d th:.t said Con.1issio n has failed to o bta.in the consent
of the parties entitled to the proceeds of conde!'.lna tion , to the
rayr.ent of its clai:. , it is accorJin::,; ly o."ljudc;ed and ordered that
tbc motion of the CornrLissio n for the pa~7ITI.ent of said cle.L_ out of
tlD proceeds of condemnat ion for &.Lid tract re and the same is
here by denied .
The Cl~ rk of the Circuit Cour-t of Rockingham County,
will enter the foregoing order upon the Conmen Law Order Book
of
his Court, as a vacation order.
Given under my hand in vacation this ..J..3__ day of
August,19 35.
~i,,iu A
Judge , Circuit
Court of Rockingham County , Virgln ia .
__,,,...__,~..,_Vvr.rt1
�COMMONWEA LTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPUTIES
TREASURER ' S
OFFICE
0 . C . ZOLL1CKOFF"ER
P. W . .JONES
J . 0 . FAI S ON , JR
RICHMOND
W . L . YOUNG
A. B . GATHRIGHT
October 11 , 1935
TREASURER o . v1RGINIA
r,;r . ,T . Hoo ert Switz er, Clerk
Circuit Court of fockinrham Countv
Harrisonburg , Vir6 inia "
Dear ;Jr . Switzer:
At the reql,est of :·r • .{. A. Gillim. , Sect- . ,
State Commission on \.,onservation :C: nevelopment, v1e
are inclosing ~rou l1 erev1i th the following certifj_ ca 1-es
and recei:>ts for smns paid on account of {~he Shenm,doah
Parlr , v1J•ich v;e uill thank you to ac "nowled6 e .
Tract ,/224 ••••••••••••• •• • ,1;1 , 429 . 00
Tract #364 ••••••••••• • ••••
265 . 00
Very truly yours,
A. 1. 0athri~ht, Treasurer .
mkp
encl .
Copy to:
i:r . n .
J •
'1-illiam
�QJ:nmmnuwealtq nf l!Iirgiuia
TREASUER ' S OFFICE
RI C H M O N D . VA ,
JOHN M , PURCELL
TREASURER O F V I RGINIA
June 23 , 1934
This is to certify that I , J . M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 23
day of June
in accorda n c e
with an order of the circuit court of Rocki nn:ham Coun ty
~-
dat en~- -6-/~2~0-/~3~4__ i n the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Develo:pment of the State of Virg i nia
Cassandra
-~-~~-------~ - ~ ~Atkins
~ ~ ~ ~ Lawson
vs . - - - -- -- ~
:paid to Ethel Irvlin T,ineueaver , Bonded Receiver , HarPisonbuPg, Va .
$ 1 , 429 . 00 being in full se t tlement of tract
# 224
in the above mentioned cause .
18'l
�--------------- ---------
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Q!nmmnuwtaltb nf llirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA .
JOHN M. PURCELL
June 23, 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Ethel Irwin Lineweaver, Bonded Receiver
Harrisonburg , Virginia
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasurer of
Virginia, the sum of$ 1 ,429 . 00 , in accordance
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of
Rockingham
entered on the 20th
day
of _ _
Ju
_n_e__ l93L , 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_2_4_ __
Sign original and duplicate
and return to the Treasurer
of Virginia.
Mo
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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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ROCKINGIIA:M COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#152 - Long , M. H.
Number of Acres:
523
Location:
Positions #95 - #107 a nd partly outside the Park area .
Roads:
Three miles of good dirt road to Elkton , the nearest
shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam of fair depth and fertility , but poor am rncky
on ridge type .
There is much broken rock in places and
along the Hawksbill Creek . (See reverse side)
History of Tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut over many times
and the saw timber removed about 1924 . 'i portion was severely
burned in 1929 .
There is a considerable amount of very good
white oak and a sma11 ·amount- of chestnut oak from 4" to 14"
with a few white pine, red oak and hickory . On the western
end there is considerable white oak . On the Hawksbill Creek
......_______. ;there are a few trees up to 16 11 DBH of white pine, yellow pine
~.11..wa'willls and .P,oplar, but most of stand is under 10" and a few larger
oaks .
Improvements: Good shed ; (abandoned)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
54
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Value per acre
Total Value
$1 . 00
~54 . 00
391
2 . 50
977 . 50
58
5.00
290.00
10.00
200 . 00
$1521 . 50
20
523
@
(d.
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals :
35 . 00
80 . 00
1500 . 00
$3136 . 50
Value of Land: $15 21 . 50
Value of Improvements: $ 35 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 80 . 00
Value of Wood:$ 1500 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 6 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
CLER![.
�SOIL: {Cont'd)
The
The slopes are steep and moderate with considerable level land.
grazing land along the stream is sandy with considerable creek rock.
It is badly grown up, but some cleaning is now being done.
�Claim of__ M. _H •_Long_ __________________________________________________ .___________ _
In the Circuit Court oL.Ro.cking_haro. ____________ County, Virginia, No. _______,_, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs,_.M.~-.Il~_.L.Qng__an.d_o.t...h.er....s ________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in_.Iio.c.king_ba__m_ _____________ County, Virginia, Defe'l)dants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commi~iori on~onservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL.R.o.cki~am.----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is______ M.L IlL LQ.ng_ ______________________________________________ _
My post office address is---------~~~-tQ!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_ __ p_q.9___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvementl~--~--~Q_j!_°tQ.9_~_jl_~~A.L_g_~g~l:gg__ti-111ll~R1. __~tg_._________ _
This land is located abouL __ i ________ miles from ______Elkt.on. _______________ Virginia, in
the_J~t.9Jl~W..a.ll___ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
Sole ovmer
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North __ Laura BaU£her ------------------------------------------------ ---------South ___ G.e_Qrg_e._W_~_I3..au.gher__aoo.__th.~_JJlQ.9]J__ J _o_at__t~~-Qt ___________________ _
East ___ Georg~ Vl . Baughe r ------------------------------------ - --------------West_ __ M._ H._ Long's _ia.nd____________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ _1.9.13. __ in the
following manner:
Deed_ fr_om _iff '--- 0... _Long____________________________________________________________ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_ll......~5.Q.~O.O____ , 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 $-11~-~~Q_.__Q.O____ ,
I am the owner of_ ___:LQ.9_________ 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 $_A,_0.9_Q • .O_Q ______ ,
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks· The_ dam~e_ done_ the_ ad_J__aoant_ traot _ on_account of loss ___ _
_o.f.._pa.s.t:u.r.e~ __ e:t.a.. _________________________________________________ , _______________ _
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark att ed her to) is ___ J~j;_n,_ _______ day
of ___cI~A~~1l1J._~Q).__ , 1 ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ A_Q~~-:i:_~!!_~ _7 ___-79---, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ _m, _':.. _N,_::__
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and m
oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of is knowledge and belief,
~ lf---------------------
this ____
§:t_~ __________ day of
_J"""~~!~_9_;3\~~~-&_____
J~-.--~
~ the Court, 0i'--tffi.eei.:ftt:>,ffi~
Notary Public, Oi.-~~·,ee--ef'-;trre--t"e':~~- - -
�Claim of_____ .M~H..._Long ______________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court of_ _____l{.9_G.~.i..n_gb,_~m________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._...M..RLLong_...and._o-1:h.e..ra. __________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ____ -Ro~ing.ha.m--- _______ 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_ ___ jig_ck_ip_g_b,t3m. ________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is_1!.H. Lon_g_ _______________________________________________________ _
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_ _____ -5QQ_ _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: __ ..l._Q_X_.?.0__~~-Q.Q~--~l'.1.-~~---_g_!"_Q.\!j,.!}_g __~!I!lRE!!'_,__~~-<!! __ __ _
This land is located about_ ____ ?______ miles from _____~~~_!:! ___ _____________ Virginia, in
the ___s_ton..ewa..lL-Magistetia 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
parcel of land described above. )
Sole owner
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North ____ La u.ra_ Ba u,ghe r ------------------------ ------------------------ -------South _____ _G.aor.g_e_:W_~~.a-~gh_er__and__:tb..e__JA093l_¥_o_a_t__t~_Qt __________________
r _____ _____ ___ __ ____________ ____ ___________________ _
East ____ ___G~ org_e _W. Baqghe_
'
West_ ______M~H. Long__s_ l and ------------------- ------------------------ ---- ----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __ l.9_l.3__ _in the
following manner:
.Dae.d__from__w~c_,_10ng ____________ _________________________________ _______ ___ ________ _
.
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.ll.,i_oo_,_QQ___ . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $_.J.J~$~_f?.Q~_QQ ___ .
I am the owner of_ ______ !Q_Q_____ 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 $_g_,.9_QQ_._QQ_______ .
(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· __ Tb.ed.amage_ done__ the_adj!lcent _ tra.ot_on_a ceou.nt of l oss __
.o..:f_;pa.a.t..u.re~_et.o . ___ ___ _____________________________________________________________
----------- - ------------ ------- - ----:-------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____ _~tt1____ ___ day
( S i gn~.9:_)__ _____ _M _ij:__~.911_g __ ____ ______________ __ _
oLJ.:~-q~J"]l.l.5!.31____ , lQff.X
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF____ ~ Q.Ql{_i,_~g__q_~ ----------, To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ____M...__H..-.__Long.. _____ ____ ________ __________ __
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 _____f!~!l__________ day of_}_~~~ ~~7-. _!~-~t-, ~ .
( S igned)
-C i~~~l;:r~~w:f ;~tii~t~;-~;
Notary Public, "O'f'-.Mfit!~'t'.lri;:n«!'Ptl~~~----
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�County: rockingham
District: tono all
-~152 - Long, M. U.
Aore ge Claimed:
500 A.
V lue Claimed:
11,350.
Loe tion:
1
ssessed 57'7
v2840.00
"
Deed Very indef nite
,,
ositions }95 - ,/,10'1 and partly outside the Park area.
Incumbran ces 1 00·1nter claims or l ps:
rone known.
-
.;,Oil:
Sandy loa. o_ fir depth n, fertility, but poor and rocky
he~e is much broke rooA in place~~,
on ridge type.
ksbill er~ I The lopes are steep and
the
he grazing lu.nd
te · i t h c ns1d rabl level land .
he stre mis sandy 1th c 1nsiderab le creek rock .
badly ro n up •. but some cleaning is now ' eing done •
Roads:
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ship ing poin.
1rt road to ~lkton, the nearest
:1story of trot and condition of t imber: ~he tract has been c· t over
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State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Filed in the C\erk1s Office
Rockingham County V
SErcJ.f 1932
vs.
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Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others , and
52 ,501 acres of land in RocAingham County, vtfrginia
Motion to set aside and disapprove the report of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners.
Comes now the claimant, M. H. Long, and asks and requests the
Court to set aside, decline to accept and disap~rove the report of
the Board of
ppraisal Commissioners filed in this cause with
reference to this defendant in Tract No . 152, which said tract
contains 520 acres, and is situate near Elkton, in Stonewall District
Rockingham County , Virginia; for the following reasons :
(1)
Board of
(2)
Because the value placed upon said land and timber
by the
ppraisal Commissioners is grossly inadequate.
Because the said Board of Appraisal Commis sioners made no
allowance for dama0 e to the remaining land of movant .
(3) . Because the finding or findings in ~uestion are so manifestly
inade uate ,.1hen consid.ered together with the evidence before the
Court, as to j us tify a finding that in making such findins or findingv
·the Board. of appraisal Commissioners or some of ther:i were affecteor influenced by some mistake of law as to the nature and effect of
the evidence, 1ith reference to which such finding or findings were made
,lherefore, the said M. H. Long prays the Court that an order
may be entered setting aside, declining to accept, and disapproving
the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in so far as it
relate i to or affects the said lands owned and. claimed by the said
Said ivl. H. Long further moves the Court to exclude his said
lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from the
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said condemnation proceedings .
Your movant here~ith Iiles affi 'avits as to the value of the
said land.
l • H . LONG
By counsel
�I N THE CI RC:UI T COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
State Commi ssion on Conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia.
vs .
Cassa ndra Lawson ~tkins and others , and
52,501 acres of land in tlocki:n,eham County, Virginia .
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by r.
H. Long to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal 0ommissioners
dis~pproved in connection with finding No . 162 .
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This da y personal}/,);.JPear~~l'.rs U. Lew i s , a Notary
Puolic i n and for t h e ~ of R.c0 1cingham, in the State of Virginia ,
c.· G.
Harnsberg er , who being duly sworn deposes
and says as fol l ows :
That he i s well acquainted with the tract of land belonging to
t . H. Long, containing about 523 acres, s i tuate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, known as l'ract No .
1 52, in the report of the Board of App raisal Oommi ss ion ers; that the
condeumation of the tract of land will largel y deprive the remainder
of the tract of wood and pasture ,1hich will seriously depreciate the
value of tne same, and that the amount allowed by said Commis s i onJrs
for said land is grossly ina de~uate ;
that he has determined the
value of said tract of land as follows :
16.87
400 acres at
per acre
23 acres at 7. 00 per acre
100 acres at 12 . 50 per acr~
Residual damage
-2,750 . 00
161 . 00
1, 250 . 00
1 , 000 . 00
That he further says tha t he has pl a c ed no value on the fire
wood , stave wood, or growine timber on s a id tra ct of land for the
reason that he does not know the value of these i tems , not being an
expert along this line .
Subscribed and sworn to before me
My Commission Expires Feb, 18,
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IN THE CI RCUIT COURT OF ROCK I NGHAM COUNTY , VI RGINIA
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and
52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia .
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by M.
H. Long to have the finding of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners
disapproved in connection with its finding No . 152 .
State of Vi rgini a,
County of Rockingham, to- wit :
This day personally appeared before
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me ~
of Rocz ingharn, in the State
who being duly sworn
deposes and says as follows :
That he is well ac~uainted with the tract of land belong ing to
lVL . · H. Long , containing about 523 acres , situate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District , Rockingham County , Virginia , known as Tract No .
152 , in the report of the Board of Appraisal Cornmissipners ; that the
condemnation of the tract of land will largely deprive the remainder
of the tract of wood and pasture which will seriously depreciate the
value of the same, and that the amount allowed by said Commiss i oners
for said land is grossly i nadequate ;
the s ame bein6 well worth the
p;'/ &'/,0,
sum of ~9;331~0 ;
tha t he has determined the value of said tract of
land as follows :
400 acres at $6 . 87 per acre
23 acres at $7 . 00 per a cre
100 acres at ~12 . 50 per acre
3 00 walnut trees at ~5 . 00 oa.0h
$2 , 750 . 00
161 . 00
1 , 250 . 00
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Fire or corQ wood
Stave wood
Young 5 rowing timber other than f ire wood
Residual damage
750 . 00
1 , 500 . 00
100.0~
1 , 000 . 00
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Subscribed and sworn to before
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation
and Development of .the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and
52,561 acres, more or less, of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
f~C V _t-1932
In compliance with the order entered in the above entitlad
case on the 2-5th day of October, 1932, and in resp onse thereto,
your defendant respectfully stat es that the tract or parcel of
land within the area sought to be condemned, ownership of which
is claimed by him, and with reference to which he has filed his
objections, is the same tract or parcel which was found by the
Appraisal Commissioners to be land owned by him, being Tract No.
152, as shown and delineated on the map filed with the report,
and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners.
M. H. LONG
By Counsel
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Board of Arbitration of the Land for
the Shenandoah National Park:
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
AUG o?.:q 1933
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I , M. H. Long, herein submit to your hoflor~ard a
statement of Tract No. 152 of the Park Survey, containing about
523 acres ,
which I will endeaver to describe to the best of my
ability, as to its quality and value :
This tract No . 152 of the Park Survey , lies on the east side
of the Shenandoah River and about two miles south of~lkton , Virginia,
lying on both sides of the Hawksbill Valley and extending about two
miles back , all being in Rockingham County.
I will sub - divide it as follows :
The Bryant Tract ; Nall Tract ;
Yancey and Laws on Tract , and the r ernainder a part of the Magret
Tract of which my residence is a par t.
Tract No . One : Taking up the Bryant tract , containing about
23 acres , is mostly flat , running back to slope . There is no part
of this tract that is not accessible to wagon and team .
A good
portion of this tract would be good agricultural land , if any more
land was needed, but as there seems to be too much land in agriculture
now, we will put i t in to reforestation .
to the oaks and a ~art to pine .
part of it is adapted
From experience in cutting wood to
delive r to ~lkton for fire wood , I would say it will grow about
three - fourths of a load per year , exclusive of the pine , earning
37 1/2 ~ pe r acre per year or the i nterest on ~6 . 25 .
The pine cut
about 200 , 000 staves on about 7 a cres of thirty year gr owth , making
476 to the acre per year , earning 476 ¢ or the interest on ~8 . 00 .
From these figures , I would say ~7 . 00 per acre .
Tract No . Two :
The Nall tract , contains 150 acres , running
back into the Park A.!'ea about two miles , it be i ng a narrow strip
through the Hawksbill Valley .
About half of it is low ground and
was under cultivation , until it was converted to pasture purposes ,
and is well adapted to blue grass .
Along the banks of the stream, all
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the t irnbers of this latitude are in growth , especially black
walnut, of which there is somewhere between three hundred and
four hundred.
The remainder o f this tract , of about seventy-five
acres , consists of cove , slope , ridge and cliff and is adapted to
forest and cattle range ; range value will be included in pasture
value, and the forestry values (as estimated in the Bryant tract ,
it not being in the range and is estimated separately) included in
growing timber .
Tract No . Three :
The Yancey and Laws on Tract , c· on taining
about 68 acres , more or less , and is mostly slope land, accessible
to wagon and team , and has a good a.mount of stave timber on it;
that will be listed separately, it having a present market value;
and also it is adapted to forestry , especially chestnut-oak and
chestnut and cattle range , and will be in cluded in pasture value
and growing timber .
Tract No . Four :
The Magret Tract, it being divided by the
Park Survey , I have no way of knowing just how much is in the
Park Survey except (well , by :messing at it) .
land , except the "Giant ' s Grave" .
It is all flat
About half of this flat land
is adapted to reforesting as it was burnt over a few years ago , but
has a good amount of stave timber that was not injured by the fire.
;. eforesting and cattle range will be included in Pasture and
growing timber .
The remainder of this flat land is of much more
value and I wish to call your attention to an area of about 50
acres, lying along what is known as Hanse 1 s Run , and heavily timbereQ
with white and chestnut oak, of a wonderful growth , but just a
little to small to be of a market size .
I will place it in with
gr ov.ri. ng timber and pasture , which adds cons id er able to growing
timber, but very little to pasture .
�3.
The "Giant ' s G:rave" is a foot - hill :ridge , s i tting out from the
main mountain and having the shape and appea:rance of a large g:rave ,
f:rom which it has de:rived its name at a time further back than I know
and is marked on all the Park maps by that name .
It is fenced in
f:rom the rest of the range and timber land , having a good woven
wire fence around it and containing about 100 acres .
It has been
cut over and stocked with goats for the purpose of an orchard ,
being highly recommended by M:r . V. S . Campfield, then County Agent,
it being of a good soil and in an atmospheric pos i tion for orchard
pUl'poses .
When Mr . Stuart was laying out the Park Boundary, I asked
him to come to my place ahead of the Survey and I insisted that
he leave it out , which he seemed inclined to do , until he recalled
that it was the "Giant ' s Grave" and he said , "I can ' t let you
have it" .
I offered him to take "~2 , 000 . 00 less for the whole , but
to no avail , he took it in , and with that assurance , I sold the
goats , taking a loss of Rl28 . 00 .
If it was worth ,}2 , 000 . 00 to him, it should be V1AJrth that
much to me , but owing to the uncertain condition of the o~chard
business , we will consider it for other purposes .
It grew 25 loads
of wood in 26 years just before it was cut over and it being well
fenced and in close proximity to the remainder of my place , being
nor more than fifty yards from my barn , I feel that it is well
worth Jl , 000 . 00 to the place .
Now in reference to Residual damage , I hope your honor will
consider the condition it will leave the remainder of my place
having no pasture range for stock - cattle and not being able to
keep stock cattle and nothing to consume the roughfeed from the
place , which will reduce the fertility of the home place, and
will disrupt my entire system of farming .
this will be , is hard to estimate .
Just how much damage
Furthermore , when this land
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is taken, it will not leave firewood for more than a year or two
and then it will be to buy coal for all gen er at ions to come.
You might also consider the expense and trouble I have been
put to in protecting my interest .
I am the fee simple owner of said Tract No . 152.
I have been unable to classify my said land as to acreage ,
but have arrived at its value in the following manner:
Bryant Tract , 23 acres , $?.00
Pasture value for 30 head
300 to 400 black walnut, .;;>2 . 50
.~ 161 . 00
2250. 00
850 . 00
1500. 00
Stave timber
Growing timber
?50. 00
Cord wood
?50.00
Giant ' s Grave
1000.00
Residual damage
2000 . 00
~xpenses of pro ceedings
100. 00
$9361 . 00
As to how this is to be arbitrated, I will suggest that if
you can not arrive at a conclusion from this and the affidavits
of Messrs . C. G. Harnsberger and G. W. Baugher , that are in your
hands , they being adjoining farmers, then I would suggest an oral
hearing.
Respectfully ,
August 21 , 1933.
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State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham , t o- wit :
M. H. Long , having been first duly sworn , deposes and says
that the foregoing statement is true and correct , to the best of
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his knowledge and belief .
Given under my hand this
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--day of
ugust, 1933 .
�Filed in the Clerk'~ Office
Reckingham County, Va.
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LONG, M. H.
152
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
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1933
j l l ? ? d ~ clerk
IN RE. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising
in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court
of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act .
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF Pfil'ITIONER:
EXCEPTANT:
Long,
ORIGINAL CLAIM:
M. H.
Acreage
500: Value $11 , 350 . : Inc . Damages,$2000 .
VALUE .!:'LACED ON TRACT BY PETITIONER'S APPR AISERS:
TRACT NO .
VALUE
152
$2946 . 00
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
BOARD OF .APPRAISAL COMMIS~IONERS FINDINGS:
MAP NUMBER OF TRACT:
VALUE
152
OF TRACT:
TRACT NO .
VALUE
152
$3136 . 50
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
91
�The basic difference s between Petitione r and this exceptant
are as to classifica tion and value of the land, timber values, and
amount of incidenta l damages .
Although we believe the values reported by the Petitione r ' s
appraiser s were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of
Appraisal Commissio ners as to values are substanti ally too high, we
have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case .
As to the classifica tion of the land and the other elements
of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in
the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this case, and not
as set forth in exceptant 's ·statement s .
This Work Sheet is filed
with the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy
of the record tendered herewith, and additiona l copies of the Work
Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired .
Subscribe d to and verified before me this the
i:_' day
of September ,
1933.
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filed in the Clerk's Offic
flQCKingham County, Va,
AUG
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Clerk
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M. H. Long Trac t No . 152 ,
ired
Copy of orig inal clai m and othe r pape rs requ
by the arb itra tors in the
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ceed ings pend ing in the Circ uit CoUJtt
of Rockingham Cou nty, Virg ini~ •
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�IN THE CI~CUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.Alf COUNTY, VIRGINIA
lb.a state Commission on Conservation
and Development of the state of Virginia .
vs.
CassandTa Lawson dtkins and others, and
52,561 acres, more or less, of land in
Rockingham County, Virginia.
In compliance with the order entered in the above entitled
case on the 25th day of 0c to ber, 19 32, and in response thereto,
your defendant respectfully states that the tract or parcel of
land within t he area sought to be condemned, ownership of which
is claimed by h b,4. am with reference to which
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has filed -A&!\
objections, is the same tract or parcel which was found by the
AJ)praisal Commissioners to be land owned by
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; being Tract No.
as shown and delineated on the ma:p filed with the report,
and exhibit sheets thereto attached, made by said Commissioners .
M. H.LONG
BY Counsel
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGIN!
State Commission on Consexvat ion
and Development of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandra Lawson tkins and others , and
52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Affidavit to be read in connection with motion filed by M.
IT.Long to have the finding of the Board of
ppraisal Commissio ners
disapprov ed in connectio n with its finding No.152.
State of Virginia,
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This day personally appeared before me ~
a Notary Public in and for the
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being duly sworn deposes and says
as follows:
That he is well acquainted with the tra ct of lam belonging to
M.H.Long, containing about 523 acres, situate near Elkton, in
Stonewall District, Roclcingham County, Virginia, known as Tract No.
152 , in the report of the Board of ~ppraisal Commiss i pners; that the
ation of the t ract of land will largely depr1 ve the remainder
of the tr ~ct of wood and pasture which will seriously depreciate the
condt:
val.ue of the same, and that the amount al.lowed by said Commissio ners
for said land is grossly inadequat e; tho eame being wel:l worth the
that he has determined t he value of said tract of
-1;um ,:,f $-9-,Bll. 00;
land as follows:
J 2,750.00
161.00
1. 250.00
400 acres at .) 6 . 87 per acre
23 acres at 17. 00 per acre
100 acres at >12. 50 per ~ere
,goo walnut tre es a~ 1s. oo ea ch
..Fire or cord waoe.
S1'a;Te wood
Young gPowing timber other than fire wooaResidual damage
1.aoo.00
"150. 00
t,600.00
400 . 00
1,000.00
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State Commission on Conser ation
and Development of the state of Virginia
vs.
Casandra Lawson tkins and others,
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52 ,501 acres ot land in Roe ngham County, Vir inia.
Affidavit to be read in oonn •otion with motion fil d by u.
H.Long to have the finding of the Board of
disapproved in connection with it
pprai al
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finding No.152.
State of Virginia,
County of Rookingha.m, to-wit:
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ture whioh will seriously deprooiate the
that the amount allo ed
gros ly inadequate ; the s
sum of ,g,311.00-;
lkton, in
ard ot AP raisal Commiss i ners; that the
ation of tho t ract of
value of the same,
ituate near
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152, in the report of the
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23 acres at 7.00 per ore
100 acre at '12.50 per ere
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Young growing timber other than fire ood
Residual damage
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161.00
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State Commission on Conserv ation and
Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassand ra Lawson Atkins and others, and
52,501 acres of land in Roc~dngham
County, Virginia
of
Motion to set astde and disappro ve the report of the Board
ppraisa l Commiss ioners.
Comes now the claiman t, M.H.Long , and asks and requests the
Court to set aside, decline to accept and disappro ve the report of
the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners filed in this cause with
referenc e to this defendan t in Tract No . 152, which said tract
contains 523 acres, and is situate near Elkton, in Stonewa ll District
Rockingham County, Virginia ; for the followin g reasons :
(l) Because the value placed upon said land and timber by the
Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners is grossly inadequ ate.
(2)
Beoauxe the said Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners made no
allowanc e for damage to the remainin g land of movant .
Because the finding or findings in question are ao manifestly inadequ ate when consider ed together with the evidence before
the Court, as to justify a finding that in making such finding or
(3)
findings the Board of ~pprais al Commiss ioners or some of them were
affected or influenc ed by some mistake of law as to the nature and
effect of the evidence , with referenc e to which such finding or findings were made
Wherefo re , the said 1~.H.Lon g prays the Court that an order
may be entered setting aside, declinin g to acce pt, and disappr oving
the report of the Board of ppraisa l Commiss ioners in so far as it
relates to or affects the said lands owned and claimed by the said
M.H.Long.
Said M.H.Long further moves the Court to exclude his said
lands from the Park area and to release his said lands from the
�--2-said condemnat ion proceedings.
Your movant herewith files affidavit s as to the value of the
said land.
M. H. LONG
By counsel
�~ i 0 1 of
• H. 12.E,g___ag,ainst Gordon S. Lough
IN THE CIRClIT C U.f;1 OF ROCKIFGHA,i/i COUNTY , VIRGI IA
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County, Va.
The State Commission on Co nse rva tion
and Devel Qpment of the State of 1£:i r ginia
DEC/ 1933
~l~te r
vs .
1fo . 1829, at L a . ~ ~
Cassand r a Lawson Atki~s and othsrs and
Fifty - Tu.io Thousan c Fi v e hundred Six ty - 6ne
(52 , 56 1 ) acres , more or l ess , of land ir:
Ro ckingham County, Virginia
To The Honorablf H.
Count) , Vi rginia:
w.
Ber tram , Judge of the Circu i t Cou r t cf Kockingham
Your petitiorier, ."1 . P. . Long , begs letl. ve to file this , his petitic-n
in ttis cause , for the pu r pcse of setting up a lien in his fa vor upon cert~ir. l ands
sought to be condemned h e rein , and respectfu ll y represents:
That Gordon
s.
Lough is the o.rner of a liie eetats in a certain tract o " land
kno.·:n and deoign!:ltec tt:::. ·1r""ct l, o . 49 on the map of P rk lards , wh ich ea.id +,ract cf
land contains 24 acres, mere or less , and hbs been ~ppraised at
A23 . 60 , ~nd ~hich
tract o; land is situated in Stone\all District , Rockingham Ccunty , Virgida ;
That en t he 12th da) o: January, 1928 , the said 8crcor Lcug,h ccrveyeC: his frterest in said lan d tori .
W.
Wyant , Trustee , tc secure ycur ~etiticrer as surety o~
the bond of the said Gorcon S. Lcugh, dated January ~2 , 1~21 , executed by s~id
verccn S . Lough as i:,rinciiial ctr.d ;:our
eti tier.er as surety ir, the surr of ;4,C00 . 00
payable to the Corr.mor.,,sal th cf Virgirili as G-uardiar. for F.cbert C. Lou~h , irfa.rt ,
s~id dsed of trust ceint, o~ reccrd in the Clerk's Cffice of this Court ir Deed Feck
l~o . 141 , at
a e 522. A co,1-,y of the saio oeec of trust is terato attached and prayed
to bG reu. · us u. ~ctrt t.sraof .
Ycur peti tior,er fra~rs tno. t such oraer or dscree rria_r Ye entered ir this cause
for the dspcsal c r investnent c·f said funo as may be nece,ssar) to protect his
interest , as
'ell as the interest of all ot'1er persor:s , jn saicl fun~ .
'.!.. . H. Long
" Ccur:sel .
�D. B. 141 . page 542 .
Copy
This Deed . made this 12th day of Janu ary
, 1928 , betw een Gar l and S . Loug h of
the one part , and H. w. Wyan t , Trus tee as
here ir.af ter ment ioned , of tl-:e othe r p3.rt
,
Wi tnes seth :
That the said Garla nd S. Loug,h for and in
cron sider atior t of the pro visio ns of this
deed and One Doll ar to him in hand paid
, by the said H. W. Wyan t , Trus tee , at and
'ce fore the seal irig and deli very of this deed
, the rece ipt wher eof is hereb y acl-'.n owled
ged ,
doth gran t and conve y unto the said H. W.
W:,'ant , Trus tee , with gene ral warr anty ,
all
his righ t , title and inte rest in anc to
the real esta te devis ed to him by C. H.
Shul er
by will dated Augu st 30 , 1<?14 , and duly
prob ated in tl,e Cler k's Offic e of Rock ingha
m
Coun ty , and by will of l<'lor a O. Shul er,
whic h ,'lill is dated Janu a r y 20 , 1c20 , and
duly
prob ated in the Cler k's Of fies of Rock ingha
m Coun ty , said inte rest bein g a life esta
te
i n the real esta te upon whic h the said
Carla r:d S. Loug h no .v resid es and also a
li fe
esta te in and to the graz ing farm owne d
by the late C. E. Shul er and Flora O.
Shul er ,
situa te ir the Blue Eidg e :' /foun tains in Rock
ingha m Coun ty , Virg inia .
In Trus t , to secu re 'M . H. Long as suret ~,
on the bond cf Garla nd S . Loug h , ,,hich
bond is dated Janu ary 22 , 1921 , exec uted
by s0.id Garla nd S . Loug h as prirJcipa l and
iii . H. Long as sure ty in the sum of Four
'l 'hous and Doll ars (t4 , 000 . 0C) paya ble to
the
Comm onwe alth of Virg inia , as Guar dian for
Robe rt C. Loug h , irJfc!-nt . In the e v ent that
the said Garla nd S . Loug h shal l not make
settl eme nt as Guar dian for said f.obe rt C.
Loug h anu the sai6 tvi . H. Long shal l have
to pay any sum 10;r sums of mone y by virtu
e of
his becom ing sure ty for the said Garla nd
S . Loug h unde r tl-Je bond here inbe fo r e ment
i cned ,
the said Trus tee , on bein g r equi r ed so to
do by tl?.e said M. H. Long , his heir s or
assig r1s
shal l sell the prop erty hereb y conv eyed
and this deed of trus t is to secu re and
imme ciate ly indem nify M. H. Long in acco rdan ce 'Ni
th Sect ion 5167 of t t e Code of Vir ginia ,
1919 ,
as amen ded by the Act of the Gene ral Assem
bly appro v ed Ma r ch 24 , 1926 .
Witr iess the fcllo ':d rig si gnatu re a nd seal:
Garl and S. Loug h (Sea l)
Stat e of Virg inia , Coun ty of Rock ir1gham
to - wit :
1
I , A. U. Lewi s , a Nota ry Publ i c in and
for the State and Coun ty afor esaid do cert
ify that Ca r land S. Loug h , ',,hos e name is
sigpe d to the foreg oing ,vrit ing , bear ing
date on t he 12th day of .Janu ary , 1928 , has
t his de.y perso na,ll y appe a r ed befo re me in
my said Coun tr and ackn owle dged t):le same
. My
�D. E. 141, page 522 .
Commission expires on the 2nd day of Ju l y , 1929 . Gi v en under my hand this 18 t h
day of Jul y 1 1928 .
A.
u. Lewis , Notary
Publ ic .
Virginia : In the Clerk ' s Gffice of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County . The
foregoing deed of trust was this day presented ir: the office af oresaid , and is ,
together vli th the oerti f i ca te of ackr!ow l edgment . annexe cc, admi tteo to r ecord this
25th day of July 1 925 , 12 A. vi .
'I'este: (Signed) J . Robert S-.,;itzer , Clerk .
'' q,1
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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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Long, M. H.
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. ROCKINGHl [ COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#201 - Long , Charl es
Number of Acres: 1
Location:
Two miles east of Island Ford .
the Park bound ary.
Roads:
Two miles over county road to Island Ford .
Soil:
Slope .
This tract is entire ly within
History of Tract and condition of timber:
This tract of woodl and has no merch antable timbe r on it and a very limite d amoun t of fuelwo od . It
also has been burned over .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
1
? . oo
"5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land :
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 5 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
7 . ;;0
,;12 . b0
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 7 . 50
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $
12 . 50
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
NONE.
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An account of the resource
The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Long, Charles
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#304 -
Littell, Frank
Number of Acres: 106
Location:
Madison Run.
Roads:
Two and one-half miles via dirt road to Grottoes, the nearest
shipping point .
Entirely within Park area .
Sand and clay loam of fair depth and fertility except in ridge
type . Rock outcrops in ridge type and shallow soil. Slope type
and tillable fairly smooth 1;1i th moderate slopes . Northwest
exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
This tract has all saw timber removed and
has been burned over repeatedly in past .
Soil:
Improvements:
.
(See reverse side
for improveme nt informatio n)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Ridge:
12
@
Slope:
75
@
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Value per acre
Total Value
$1 . 00
$12 . 00
3 . 00
225 . 00
25 . 00
475 . 00
$712.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
19
106
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land:$ 712 . 00
Value of Improvemen ts: $225 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
225 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ ].OO . 00
Value of Timber: $
100.00
Value of Wood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 10 . 25
50 . 00
$ 1087.00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE.
CL ,BK.
�IMPROV:E!MENTS: Dwelling is weatherb o arding over log 22xl6' with 4 rooms,
shingle roof, brick chimney s, 2 story, walls are log, poor conditio n,
abandon ed, water supply - well, solid foundati on, cella r 6xl0xl2 ' .
Frame barn: 18x20', paper roof, poor conditio n.
Frame meat house: 12xl2' with paper ro of , poor conditio n.
Frame hen house: 7xl6' wi th board roof, poor condit ion.
�Claim of_ _______ J .I'r c 1,l{.
L i t r. ::!U ________________________________________________ __ _
In the Circuit Court of__b.tU.h.l..J..1.gll.£...E____________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ____________________________ ] _e_~~.rJ2g._r_e_ _J....aW.fUln_..Atk.J...n1:L...a.WL _c...w:. - .r...h ____ _
__________ b ~ . t. 6 1 c. -Jr es ___ cfl~_n d _________________________________________________ _
more or less, ofl an d m
___ !:_e, _ _p________ _______ Coun t y, v·1rgmia,
. _____
Rc"'kinrrh-m
e en dan ts .
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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_ lic_ik.i 1gb.{:..:.:l----------- County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
~
My name is _______ .iI..al..r:..2nk. _lltt..ell-------------------------------------- --My post office address is __________ g-.f_Q_~_:t.9_~§__y~~------------------------------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___,l.J,.9___________ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :_____Q~~--b..9_1J.§~--~ug_ _~_t.abJ....:. .,_ _______ _____________________ _
This land is located about_ ____4. ______ miles from ___ g..r._Q.t_t.Q ~..a ________ ..: ______ Virginia, in
v____________
S•o
ewall Mag1s
· t eria
· · l n·IS t rIC
· t Of Sal'd COUn t y.
th e ____
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the' joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
________________________ ... ole _Owner ------------------------------------------------ -The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follo,ws:
North ____~~1.J2eru~19.Jicn.._c.ru:i.. _J J • ..f..l.eX£.~_a_..,__r ___________________________________ _
South ____ B.rov, r,s _ GQP_ ro 3 J i- ------------------------------------------------ ----East ______ J • J. J 1 exe nd..,r_____________________________________________ __________ _
West_ ____ Jc _n _ Ref.a Jap J :r.ct. _ Pc r '... R~..Q.U ,J ..i.J .Er ni ___________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _l.J...e2 _____ in the
following manner:
- __ - - - - - - - - -- - - -- _J""'Q.llf;tl..t. _f .I:.D. L .A.uni. ;...A."1,.2-5--;J. ... 1-- -~ J.~ W- -G f --';f1-C--ffiF &
__ f.!!.q, _!4-~:,ry__~µ-~tJ.JL .:P..BJJ ;h_ -~.I__ c .,.;._ _JJ:Wn..~uat.1.
_J.JJ.b. t-l.--1:r - - - - - - - _ L..il - L_D.aug~-;L...C. ""'J:... ...&.....J. __ _
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $___ i _tQ.!J..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 $l-_'!..~9.9__________ .
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· ______ I _hav::: _ Llc:.u.__, _the _ V?.l ue i- - tu -r, _I _ i ve _ th~ _Sh:,:1a;_r. . cu" an ___ _
--~f:K~ __t_:g.~_J2IJ...Y:e.l.! ,~_g_e_ __o.f. _maki.ng _:...b~..p.r~ -.--Wh.i-~n--1 - .w-~l-l ,.-~-J-'J.~p-t -------
___ if _ in _r el;.son ____________________________________________________________________ _
Witness my signature (or my name and
~~'
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of...F.eb..I:U£..IY-- - 1----~-,
1
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ :a J.k1ng111:JJ. ____________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies ha __. __ , _:'_Gfill..¥- -- --------------------------------the above named claimant personall a eared before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the )Jest of his knowledge and belief,
,
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116 1 •
Valu e C ai ed:
.Loc ation :
Lapa :
304
, dieo n Run.
ft
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,ntir ely with in
Deed 116.1 23
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1500 . 00
Ark e,.,,IJ!EA : lOG A!... 1
f>nnd an<l clay loam of ta1:r de})t h 1:m f rt ..
li ty exce pt in ridg tYP.8 •
I oc o tcrop s in ridg e typ end shal low aoil
. r3lop e t ypo nd tilla ble
fAir ly smoo th 1th r oder ate slop
· orth ont X!)Oa ure.
Ro ds:
2 1/2 miles via dirt ro d to arotto s the
near est shipn in,• poin t
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Bist orj':
' his trac t h
in net.
all
ii ber reiov ad and h
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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>
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
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littell-frank.pdf
Title
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Littell, Frank
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Madison Run
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Tract(s): 304
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Littell
-
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
Le,ds , 3. H.
1tBG8 -
Number of Acres: GO
Location:
Roads: -
Ls1,:is mn ancl p~1rt outside the :...rk t..re... .
193 uncl 194.
Three ..:.nd. one-h.J.l:' niles vi 1 c1irt ro&..d to
tiw ne rest s:uppinf 9oint .
Soil:
Slope type, s'.:.l.ndy lm,r;:
o.:
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1
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L.
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ort Re ublic ,
rtility .
History of Tract and condition of timber: ··00t of the merclK.ntc.ble saw tiy'1Jer
·~:.s :>'3 :i11 r311oval fr,: t:1::..s tract.
he rem~.i:-iin ·· str.nd
co~sists o seco:d gr~ t~ oa~s and a ~roll ~mount o~ .hort
leaf ""ine bo·1t four cords o~" woo I;)er c4cr •
46 ·• b 1 • ft. s · ti·,bsr. - :304 cortls o~ .o d.
Improvements:
!':one .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
51
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ru 1-,,J;J~
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Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
9
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270 . 00
-
Orchard:
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Minerals:
Value of Land: $ J'.25 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 184. 00
134 . 0
150 . 00
'i:'839 . 00
ValueofWood: $ 1:::.0 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 1 • JO
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:
•
17
�NAME OF CLAIMANT
'<:> o'8-U - TT...,
Le ris, Bc...muel ·]:.
Number of Acres: 45
rely i thin
Dee~ Run. r . u. Posi tions ~Oo- 20. uncl 203 . -~nti
Location.:
r:~ . . re~.
tl1a
s via ~irt ro-d s to Port ~epu blic, t½e ne~r .st
mile
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.to.
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:,s be"n r~ ovecl fron
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t.nd some
+:!.:is truc t. 1,e·1 i .,-;_ --:_r stand co 1sist s o sn~l 1 Oc..ks
135 cord s
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,i/00( .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acrea ge
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
45
.,,:5 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 22..; . 00
Value of Impro vemen ts: $
Value of Orcha rd : $
Value of Miner als: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timbe r: $
Value of Wood: $ 07 . ~)0
Value per acre for tract: $ G• ;JO
11e .
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Claim of_____A_. .11._·______ ~ ---------------------------------------------------In the Circuit Court of_ __________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
more or less, of land in ____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court o L ~ - - - - - - - - - - - County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer ~o said petition and to said notice.
~
My name 1s __________ .----------------My post office address 1s _________________~7 ~~~~:~~----'-/---~------~--------
~=;,..;_._;_,,------,, _______________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or par.eel of land within the area squght
to be condemned, containing about__[Z.~---- _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ____ .&_ __ ~ - - ~ - - ~ - ~ - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ - -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:e::----_M-- -------------------
This land is located abouL_~____ miles from _________ ~~'?_________________ Virginia, in
t h e _ ~__ 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 ft(J ~
Q ~ 6-,,.~. ffla..., ~ ~ , . t / 1 7 ~ . ~~, ~
- ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------~--------•
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The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follnws:
A/
~
I
~
North _____________~-----------------------------------------------------------
~~~--~a,.-~-~-------
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I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year.(f~~--('t~tin the
_
following manner:
_,
.
.
~
.
1
j - 0 a., 9,--- '110-0 - --1-- "'111./_____________
-13-.; ~
~1<
!7 ~ - - -
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-~-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 $.L.1-_"?:.~--------·
I am the owner oL/_q..:.~ _________ 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·-~- ~ d : ; - - ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~
-~Cy
~ ~ ~ # - - ~ - ~ - ~ -----------
-------------------------------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
oL2:t:Y_:~~~:t~r
1~ 3~
m~ name and
:::~-:~:~~~-~~~~~~=~~~~~:~
_z3 ___
STATE OF VIRGINIA, C ~~ OF_
o-wit:
7 __7 ----- ---:--l
The undersigned hereby ce tifies that_ ___,_# ~ - - - - - - - - -- -- ----------the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things ~ earing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ___ _:.::..£_'=-________ day oL_J - d ______ --, 9~
l~
ot/;£>;;
~Pk-of~r-&peemHnvestigatoror-Notary Public, ew-J.ustice of the I!eace.
23::,
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AJ'Jl ~ -------------- ~ ~- -------------------------------
Claim oL
In the Circu it Court of_ __________________________ County, Virgin
ia, No. ________, At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the
tioner , vs. ______________________________________________________ State of Virgin ia, Peti_______________________ _
------ ------ ------ ------ m---- ---,,. ------ ------ ------ ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---. more or less, of land in __ ~ - - __ __
__________ County, Virginia, Defen dants.
The undersigned, in answe r to the petif of the State Commission
velopment of the State of Virgin ia, an in respon se to the notice on Conservation and Deupon the filing of said petitio n and published in accordance with of condemnation award ed
the order of the Circu it
Court of_ _________________________ County, Virgin ia, asks leave
of the Court to file this
as his answe r ~o said petitio n and to said notice .
~
My name 1s--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----~ --·--- ------ _______________ _
My post office addres s is __________ ______________ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _ _
I claim a right, title, estate or intere st in a tract or parcel of la d
within the area sough t
to be condemned, contai ning about_ ___
acres, on which there a1=e i½!e tQll0vJing.
~~~H !g,, and_ improye,nell<S ;___Z h t _ ~ _
l f _ ~ ~ - ____ _
~cp__________
- --- ------ - - ----- - ------ - - ------ - - ------ ------ --- ------
-,-- Lf);i ;f.--- ------ --
------ ---This land is located abouL _!_________ miles from __ ~
..'.'_ -:.-:. :.'?"~ ~}'ir ginia , in
the~ ~--M agis teri al Distri ct of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or intere st in
tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claim ant should say wheth erthe
he
is
and if joint owner give names of the joint owner s. If claim ant sole owner or joint owner,
he should set out exactl y what right, title, estate or intere st heis not sole or joint owner,
has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.) .j? .
~ ~
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ~---- ----- ----- ----- --------- ----- ----- ----- -
The land owners adjace nt to the above described tract or parcel
of land are as follo,w s:
North ____
Ed,. ________________________________________ _
"7 / '.. +---r- ~
South _______ .£(
~l-- ------ ----------- ---- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---h4
Qt-- L/_',b, J .
'
Eas t--~ --·--- ----.!.~ -~--- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --------- ----- ----- ----.
~
~
.
West _____ Y ~ ---- ·------------------------------------------------------I acquir ed my right, title, estate or intere st to this prope rty about
the
year
_/_1~ -~-in the
following mann er:
~_ ,_ /4 _~
w-.
------------f'
-------~
~#" ~ ~ ~. 5-. ~ ~
f~~~~~~~--
-
~1--f'~.
I claim that-t he total value of this tract or parcel of land with ~mpr0
vemsn t1:s»t hereon is $-(~~ ~- - ------ --· I claim that the total value of my right,
'title, estate or intere st,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with~
/
"'-the impro vemen ts thereo n is $--~q
_q_________.
I am the owner oL,(.1--_'i': _______ __ acres of land adjoin ing the above
described tract or
parcel of land but lying outsid e the Park are a, which I claim will
be damag ed by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the exten
t of $LP-. q_~-- ------- --·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statem ents
or inform ation as to
this claim which claim ant desires to make; and if practi cable he
should
also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and b9unds).
Rema rks
~;v'~~~ -6c :-- ?~ ~~ vf) lt'OU Z k ) ~
'
·h
! / 5 £ ~ ~ ~r
7~
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ - - ( Continue remar ks
if neces sary on ~
oL?'.4::~-:~~:~~r m:' n:me
1~ 3'.:
and
ack).
:::~-:~~:~~e~-~~~~~~~~~:~
STAT E OF VIRGINIA, C ~ OF~ ~
~".To-w it:
The under signed hereb y certifies that_ ___
the above named claim ant personally appea red before him and made
oath that the matte rs
and things; ~ ing in his above answe r are true to the best
of his knowledge and belief,
this ____ _(_ ___ .:-:::=-_____ day oL __ j3._ ________ --, 93(.'; ? )!
/
J~ _y f~ ~- --- --------------
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1 ~ ·..:5
<=><--; /_~ ;;-. I
/3 .
I
'
-- "'.'.:"~~ - ~ -------
ffie-rk-oHhe Cour , o
e-ci"arinvestigator or
Notar y Public, OP-Jus tice- of tlie eace.
117 Ctemksi
upi,..,. Yw. I , 19v6
2?~
�,------
Coun y : Rockingnan
District: Jtonewall
#268 - Lewis , ~
l,._creage Cla.irJed:
Aoeessed 74- 10- 30
178
'Value Clti.ined :
Location:
-
3800 . 00
1250 . 00
II
Lewis Run and 19art oi.tside t he Park area .
193 • # 1 94 .
Incunbranc es , counter clair.10 or la.LJS:
Deed 50
.)400 . 00 fo'.I."
tnis a11d 100 A.
additional .
U. s. oaitions
None known .
Joili :
::no e type; sandy loan , of a fn.ir d ..: pth s.. d fertility .
Hoo.da :
Three and one-half c1iles vi a dirt road to ' ort
the neareot oh ippi ng point .
e:public ,
History of tract n.i:d condition of titber: :i..ost of t e r.1 robantable
::-a.v: tinbc r has oee11 r eooved L·or.1 this tract . 1'he reno.in•
in , oto.nd conoisto of o cond g rowth oaks and a soall
o.r.10unt of short le:....f pine. a bout four cords of ,, ood per A.
'16
u.
b <l . ft . ~a
i
204 cords of ,oou
tir.ibcr
~
GO¢
' ' 3 . 50
-·
1 61 . 00
102 . 00
~2()3 . 00
rnvrover.10 .. te:
Mone .
Ve.l ue of land by t~J:·On :
Type
Value
Acreat:,.c
J lope
'f illal>le
51
9
-mr-
To ta.l vu lu e of land
Total vulue of tinbe r
Totul value of tract
veracc value ; er acre
#333 . 00
263 . 00
)5C 6 . 00
''S . 03
,er acre
3 . 00
20 . 00
Total
Value
>15~ .oo
180 . 00
333 .00
�County:
District:
/f_2o8• a
...
50
Assessed :
Value Cla.!oed :
$1000 . 00
Asaessed ;
Deep Rm-i .
Stonewall
sa.nue l JI . Lewi a
Acrea5e Cla.inedi
Location:
Rookinghao
u. s.
45
$130 . 00
Positions 203- 204 and 205 .
Deed : $14 , 000 .
for this t raot
and a faro of
128½ acres .
None lmown .
Soil:
'fhin elope type land v1ith r.1oderate slopes .
Roads:
'ft10
Inro ver.1en ta::
45
Entirely ~1thin the Park area .
~11cut1branoes , counter olaina or la;ps :
Histor.
Deed:
t1iles via dirt roads to I"ort Republic , t!le nearest
shirJping point .
roct o.nd condition of th :bcr:
All saw tir.1ber ha.s been
re:oove
rot1 th s tract . _eroi.ninc; stand consists of
ar.iall oaks and some yellow pine, about 3 cords of fuel
wood per ac re . 135 cords wood @ 50ft per cord .. "11~6? . 50 .
Nono .
Value of l and by tyoea:
T;,:Re
Slope
,.';:nreage
45
Total value of land
Total value of t irJber
•.rotal value of tract
Ave ro(;e value pe1-- a.ere
Value
acre
~
.~~
.oo
Total
Value
~135 . 00
1135. 00
6? . 50
$202 . 50
$,4 . 50
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County : Rockinghar1
District : Stoneuall
Chas .
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LEGEND
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.
Scale _ l" : 20 chains
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: :1re:: ... ret Lynn
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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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Snp001
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
Is Referenced By
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
Text
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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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lewis-s-h.pdf
Title
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Lewis, Samuel H.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Lewis Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 268, 268-a
Format
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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>)
Contributor
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Lewis
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
if2o9 -
LeHis , ~ - .!. et
1
Number of Acres: 114
Location.:
Roads:
Soil:
Nee:~ ,un .
P'.lrt outsid e the - ~rk area .
• ur" .
194-19 :5- 19G .
.r:hree 11il3::; vin irt road to ort Repub lic •
.... lope t·rpe o
s nc •r lo
of
f~ir uert'
i'..... i1 ly s ooth, gentle slopes .
.1
osi tions
·. . nd fertil ity o
History of Tract and condition of timber: : o"' t ~ 11 th
1ercl . ntL.bl, J sa. r t ~ er
' ~ " '-":i '1 r~ Jved ".,.,.y: t;1is tr~ct •
1 he
reL'..li '1inc st nd
co 1si ts of srJ. 11 o~l~s · 1cl pine . ..bo 1t 6 cords o f 1el oocl
per acre .
68G cords ; ocl - s ,.., ties ; i --1 en~ no r.
0
1
Improvements:
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
114
.J . 0O
670 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
;34
Minerals:
. oo
'ti'.914 . 00
Value of Land: $ 5?0 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $ 344 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 8 . 01
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ _-orie •
~ - / ~_l _e, L--:::z:
�Claim o f _ ~ ~ ~ ' t ~~ 4 - 9 ; ~ , P f f . 7 ~ - ~ - - - In the Circuit Court oL_~~--------County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on-C~~;;;~~;-;~d Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________________________________________________ _
~
.
more or less, of land in_
____________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answe
p
n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filin of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
/
.
Court of___ ______ ______________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to s 1d petition and to said notice.~.
¾
,M
.
~~~-~-~-~1~~~~4---~~
My name is __
My post office address is __ {.~--~--------------------------- ---1 claim a right, title, estate or mterest 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=------~-~-------------- -----------------------
---. ------.----------------------------.---------- <=? -- , . ,,d£::-:- ------- .--.-. --.This 1;nd 1s located about_ __ L_______ mlles from ___~
----------'--------V1rgmia, m
. the_~~-Magistetial District of said County.
·
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described a b o v e . ) ~
~
y
~. -:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ ~ ~ ~ ::::
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as foll0rws:
North ____ ~_#.--~--------------------------------- ---------------------South __~__ ea,?,_ ____________________________________________________________ _
East _____ ~~-------------------------------- ------------------1
~
West ______ ..el.~ --------------------------------------- ·------------------------1 acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
.
,,,
-------------------67--~
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------~--------------------
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 parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $if{.!'_ __________ .
I am the owner oL':l _____________ 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 $:G_¥7--_L~P-"'----·
(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
desc~::::k:~
~~~;z::~-~~~~--~-~~/
~pr~~~~~~--
�County :
oc:ing h
Di trict: . ~toe all
f!
Aasess e
128
V +ue Claime d:
Locati on:
-
Lau :
250. 00
"'art out it,e the Pe.rk are •
u. s.
ed
l7t.-0- l0
"
I
er1t ed
oai tions 194-19 5-196
·one kno n
o ds:
-
74-10- 30
"
, 3200 . 00
eek Run .
uel H. Lewis, et al
209
3
iles via dirt road to ort Rep blia.
oil: Slope type.
ndy lo
Gentle slopes .
Histor y:
of
fair depth and tert1l ity.
F .irly sooth .
,ost ll the merch antabl e
ti ber has been removed fro this
tr ~ct. Th remain , tand consi sts of amal.l o ·s
d pine.
bot 6 eds. of i"uel wood per •
688 eds . ood
50¢ er ed.
344.00
< cm.e ties being cut now.
Improv enents :
none
Value or 1 nd by tzyes:
~
slope
Tot l value ot l nd
"
"
"
ver a
Value
pe~ acre
.crce.c e
114
e
"
tt
tr ct
per acre
, 3.00
otal
value _
· 42.00
342.00
344.00
685.00
6.02
2.'1/
�Count y :
-
#2o9- Lewis , Samu el H. , .e t al . ,, Distr ict :
Rocki ngham
Stone wall
Margar et
Lynn Wheat
LEGEND:
Slo1te
Scale - l = 20 chain s
37
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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
NAME OF CLAIMANT
Number of Acres:
Location:
Big Run and lies partly outside th,e Park area .
3 miles over county road to Island Ford .
Roads:
Soil:
# 2 56 - Lewin, J . H.
104
Slope
A portion of this tract has been burnHistory of Tract and condition of timber:
ed over and the remaining portion has been cut over , leavi ng a scattered young stand of mixed oak, yellow and white pine .
25,000 bd . ft .
Timber :
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
93
@
$5 . 00
$465 . 00
Fields Restocking: - - - -
6
@
15 . 00
90 . 00
Cultivated Land:
5
@
25 . 00
125 . 00
~p680 . oo
Slope: -Cove:
Grazing Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 680 .oo
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
35 . 00
35 . 00
Value of Wood: $ 100 . oo
100 . 00
$815 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 7 • 83
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this trac~: $ None •
~~/V:~~
?
CLERK
�ROCKINGHAT.~ COUNT ~
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#256 - a
Number of Acres:
Lewin, J . H.
67
Location:
Big Run . This tract is partly insid e and partly outside
Roads:
The Park area .
3 mil e s over county road to Island Ford .
Soil:
Slope -- s a ndy clay loam, of' good d epth and f'ertil ity .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
A saw mill is now located on this
tract and all mercha ntable timber on the west side of Big Run road has
just been worked .
This leaves a narrow strip of mercha ntable timber
oetwe en Big Run road an~ the Park line , which the owner states he
pro bably will cut at a later date .
Fue l wood : - - 400 cords .
Improvements: ·
NONE .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove: - - -
67
@
$10 . 00
$670 . 00
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
670 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $ 200 . 00
200 . 00
Value of Wood: $100 .oo
100 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $14 . 47
$970 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None
~-~-.
CLERK
�~~a::e ~ , C t i f t ~ , - : ~ - ~ - - C o u n t y , Virginia, Noufef_ _, At Law.
.: : e : t a : : . _ ~ ~ ~ ! : ' _ e ~ : : ~ ~ ~ - - P e :
more-or less, of land i n 6 ~ ~ ~ - C o u n t y , Virginia, -Defendan ts.-------The undersigned, in answer to the petit10n 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;ai~ petit· n and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court of/.J! g~ _ ______ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said etition and to said
tice.
:~ :::eo;;;-;;~~~~:::::::_:-:~k~::z?!::_
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about __L~ -~z--: cres,~
hich there
n are the following
· an d 1mprovem
b m·1d·mgs
·
·
ent s ·--------~ -~----/'
~
___
_
_________________ _
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
;i_~~- -/
'0_____
--~-_;~ -------- --
This Ja)J:d is located about_ ___
miles f r o m ~ 7 - - ~ - - - - - - - Virginia, in
th~~- Magis terial 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 be has in or to the tract or
pa=c~of ~d described above.)
- - ~d_ ________
-- --
-
The land owners adjace to h above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North __#~_c _ _ _ _ ___ _____________ _______ _________ __
-~
South_
__________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
:e:t0 ~~: -~, ,---~ ~ -----8
I acquir ~ht, title, estate or interest to this property about the year_..lR9-in the
~~~ - -____fu~L A 0,,_~
____ _____ ,,,L_z_M:£~
-~ __ ,ff./~
fL yf-.J ~
I claim that the total v a ~ o c t or parcel of land with the improvements there-
on is $-4.L.6_€_._~§.Jt:) 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 $&Ld£_
,_/ ~ ;
I am the owner of_ __ .,L__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 l;>y the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $./4~ ~-=~
(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 ).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark
; ~ ~ ~ ,1~i~NTY OF~
---_-- -~--- -- -----;~~~ ;~-------- ------
~~i
the ~iv~:~~~ !~!ii!~:: ;e~~~~:u ; t : ; ; ~ f
h'i n{;~a-~;-d e~~;-th-th at-th~-~-~ tt;~s
and things ap~ring in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _____ !_6__-=--. ______ day of_ _____ /~------ -, 1931.
;} ,L,,;
:J;/'/ t;/'0
/
iftfi~:r~~r~p~stiga~Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
��~:;::v~ti!· and De~:~~d.~~ign~~.11:~;~w~~~tecC~~;;;i~!~r~~··c
to the notice of condemnation awarded
velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response
upon the fili~ of ~id P,etition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL~~~ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
·
as his answer to said efruti~;--;_-;d-to said o tice.
________ ----------------------/ ~---My name is _____ ~~~
---"L--~
_______ ---~ -~
-~
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 abouL---~-/---- ----a;J?s, on which there are the following
- ~ ~ _ . d_______ _
---~
buildings and improvements=-------~
~:~:;~~~~;~~s~~;~;~~·::~o~~~ ~ ~irginia, 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.)
---~ -
-
--
-
--
----------------------------------------------- -
•
.,.....
�.
~·
·-
.
- -
-
�/~~
Claim of__
------------ ------------ ------------ ----In the Ofrcuit Court of_ ~ ~ ~-Cou nty, Virginia, No L ~ ~' At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the Stat of Virginia, Petitioner, vs._/4.-M<tt2..J.A.4L~.4___
____ _ -------~
-~~-more-or less, of land in_~ ~ ~ounty, 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 fili~ of ; a' . : ) . ~::'.,published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL~
________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as
h~;~:: :
4/. --------------
sai: P ~ ~ ___ ____ _
My post office address is_ -"-~ ~ - _ ~A&._______ L ~ ~-::___ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
io be condemned, containing about__L ~- ~ - --- ---acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvement s: _____ .r:: ~ ~ -----~
-~ ~ ~ _::t~~
~ ------------ ---
This land is located about_ ___ _¥__ ___ miles from~!f'; f£44-t..~ L4-!.~irginia, in
e- Mag1s
th e1 ~ ~~,u,..L.
·teria
· ·1D·t·t
- - -----1s ric of sai·dcount 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 described above.)
-------- ~ ~ -- ----- ---- ---- ------------ ------------ -------The land owners adjacent to_Jre a_3ov~ d~scribed tract or parcel of land are as follo,w s:
North __ £ ~ ~ ---~
------------ ------------ -------------------South _____ ~ - - ~
~
East __ A ~ ~ --~
----- - - -- ----- - - -- - ------------ ----------West ____
-..,,,~<:::Z.A.-__________ -------------------
;;..,5 7 ~ -----------------------------------------:/£,L~
I claim that the total alue of this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $~L-~-' - ~ claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvement s thereon is $----- -----------·
I am the owner of_ __ _
acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of 'L.~-~.!_________ .
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or ..,.i nformation as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds) .
Remarks: _ ___
__ A _
~~ -~--~L~~-
_,.(J~ ___
------
~.jd!d
/ ~ --± -- ~
-~--e:. ___ ~
-- ~ / , - ~
--~-
~
¢-. ~ ------------ ------~ ~
-'l!::--- ~ ~-~:='---4'L -----~ ~--~ ~-~ e
-- __ __L~4- ____ o-u ___ -- __ ~
_/ ___ ~ _
------------ ----- ------ - ------------ - --- ---- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached her to) this ___/ ~ __ __ _day
:~ ~~~i~:- - - - - - -
~~~-- r~. :~!;;
1
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ _ ~ / _ --~ ½ ! =____ ___ _________ ____
the above named claimant personally appe-are d before him and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above a~
ar e true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this __ __, . L ~ ~--- day o}-/L _______,_ _--, 19 .
9/;¾
/
,, 1/6 /.//,,,.
~
1/ ...
A/. /
M -~ ~-~ --~- -~ ~ ~ ! #_-Y:dL~:.~
Clerk o the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
��Claim of_ __ / ~In the Circuit Court of__~~~~~~~
more-or less, of land in~
.W~
~-County, Virginia, -Defendants.---- ---The undersigned, in answer to the petit10n of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the fili1;_9- o_f sj d 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~::: said ? /~~dt'__
notic~/----------,------/A-r-~~L ~~/- -------
My post office address 1s ______
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ____ ~_? _____ ac es, on which there are th~ following
buildings and improvements: _______ - ~
_____ _
~ ~~ ~-----P-41___._ _______ _
This land is located about_ __ {,L______ miles from __~ ~ ~ L ~-~ Virginia, in
th
------~
-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 l~ ~d above.)
----------- --- · ____ ---~ ~ ---------------- ---------------- ------------
~::::zA!~z::_~bo:
d? ~c~
arcel
oi~t
are as follows:
South_c;.,..s::;;~'W· _A ? { ~ , r_____ ~ ____________ _
East ______ £Li?':~-0 -- -----~ / - ~~ ~~ ____________ _
C,/"
//
West _______________
LL ______________________________________________
/. __ ~ ·-----I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _~.!""_? _~ ~ -:in the
following manner: /
./._
~ ~ -_L'
- -- --~ ~--~ ~ ~ 2 ~ ~ j--
aim :~
t-t~:to~~l-~~~tr~~~~~.;~~~--
on is $ J_J_J.:fdL_: tJ.oAI claim that
ti':1 value of my: right, title, estate or interest,~
/'
-~=-c;;..c..-&.c·.-t...,_p U_ -.: u
~~ - t ~ - U
in and to this tract or parcel of land with t e improveme ts thereo11,is $_J,_:J.aL'P_-:_ ~~
I am the owner of__
~ - _____ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------- --~ --(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract , or parcel of land by metes and b~
Remark : ~ J--~ _ / _ -~
-~ --- ---------~ --~
~
-
- -
----- a,/ _ ~ 4 - . . e . ___
-~
-~ --/?~--
~ - e f - ---~ ~--~ ~ - f 2 t - ,
~ ~ /4d__~
~t:~-~ -- ______ -'Z~-~ ~n§j:,';":2m:,.r~
ffei,j ----. -~
~~~~::~. 1::.:r ~
--k.,,f ·~ --
~ on t~}tt~~ .
nd ::r/£~'.~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF~ ~ ~- To-wit: ,
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ ________ .~~
__ ------------- ~ -------the above named claimant personally appeared b~;- him and made oath that the matters
and things ap~
ng in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
thiB ___ . . / ~ ________ day of__~ ~ ~
,/
, ,t" . /
.,C cf?
'-/ / . /.)_
/
~
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_,, /
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/
~ /
/ 'V/
1/
~,
7
/ / _ ~-
--~ ~L _______ _
(..../Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~1.22'
��County:
ock1nghem
District: cton
l
# 256
cree.ge Claimed:
Assessed
Value Claimed:
Location:
J . H. Lewin
l 4.1 6
"
Big Run and lie
Deed
300
Acquired 236.120
1917 for 4350
Incl ded 144. 136
acre tract
p rtly outside the Park area
Laps:
Soil:
Ro
3
a:
Histoq:
lea over county road to ~s
nd Ford
A portion of' thi tract ha been b rned over and the r
ining portion
has b enc t over le ving a sc ttored young atond of Mixed oak, yellow
e..nd white pine.
Improve:rt.ents:
None
Til'l1ber:
25,000 bd.tt.
o
. 50
""87.50
Value of land by tpes :
V
cre~e
!ll!.
Slope {burned)
"
36
(unburned)
ue
Total
value
4 72.00
~~
2.00
57
4 . 00
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�In re Arbitration .Agreements submitted to the
Governor, arising in or out of the condemnation
proceedings pending in the Circuit Courts of
Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah
National Park ct.
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of
Virginia
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v.
prJ
££6l '}t.0nv
•uA 'Aluno~ w-e4'.aur~i:>0 H
Cassandra Lawson ..itkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land in
Rockingham County.
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In re exceptions of J.H.Lewin.
To the Hon.Philip Villiams, Chairman of the
Park Land .Arbitration Board.
In reply to the rules issued by the said .ttrbitration Board
on
ugust 16, 1933, and in reply to your cal.l therein made, the
undersigned be 6s to say:
(a)
The number of the tract mvned by exceptant and shown on
the map filed in ·chis proceeding is 256.
(b)
The a creage claimed is 104.
The interest asserted by ex-
ceptant is the fee simple ownership.
(o? and (d)
20 acres of burned over land, a t $10.00 per acre,
$200.00
69 acres of timber land, at $30.00 per acre,
2,070.00
A ten acre field, re-stocking, at $25.00 peraare,
A cultivated field of 5 acres at $40.00
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250.00
200.00
$2,720.00
That portion of the land under consideration which is desired to be taken for Park purposes is in a very irregular shape,
and, as a consequence, lea.ves the balance of the larger tra ct of l r nd,
LAW OFFI CES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
off of which it was taken, in an extremely irregular condition, an
�--2-exoeptant claims as incidental damages to the 1:ala.nce of his
tract J500. oo.
All of this land is naturally adapted to blu.e
gr2,ss and lies abou.t three-fourths of a mile from the Norfolk and
Yestern Railroad and the
Shenandoah
River and the pbulic road .
There has been no effort made to segregate the value of the timber land from the timber as 2u.ch,becau.se if it were all out off
now it would tend to destroy the real value of the land as it exists to - day.
The fact that this is a thrifty stand of young oak
I
looated as it is, near the points above indicated . gives it a
special val ue that mountain land wou.ld not have.
In view of
these facts , it is believed that the valuation hereinabove placed
upon the same is the fair and reasonable worth of the property
under normal conditions .
State of Virginia
City of Harrisonburg , to-wit :
This day ~. H. Lewin personally appeared before me .
F. Flavia Converse, a Notary Public in and for the City aforesaid ,
i n the state of Virginia, and, being duly sworn, depo~es and says :
I have read the above statement , and believe
the statement of f~cts contained therein to be true.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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day
iNotary
. 9Public.
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GEO. $. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
of
August, 19
•
�In re Arbitration Agreements submitted to the
Governor , arising in or out of the condemnation
proceedings pending in the Circuit Coui ts of
Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah
National Park =ct .
1
State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of
Virginia
filed in the Clerk's Office
Rockingham County~ 'Ja.
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land in
Rockingham County.
AUG'?? \933
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In re exceptions of J . R.Lewin.
To the Ron. Philip \filliams , Chairman of the
Park Land .Arbitration Board.
In re_p i.y to the rules issued by the said .Arbitration
Board on
ugust 16, 1933 , and in reply to your call therein made ,
the undersigned begs to say:
(a)
The number of the tract owned by exceptant , as shown on
the map filed in this proceeding, is 256- a .
(b)
The acreage claimed is 67 , and the interest asserted by
exceptant is the fee simple .
(c)
and (d)
Grazing land , 7 acres,@ $65 .00 per acre ,
Timber land, ~
acres, ,
$4.(.oo per
This land constitutes the only natural entrance from the
Port Republic Road to Eig Gap Run Gap.
This land is naturally
blue grass land , and the 7 acres referred to above has been
cleared and is in a good blue grass sod.
The~ acres of land
which has not been cleared has upon it a fine stand of young ,
thrifty timber, mostly oak , from tie size down. This land, when
cleared , would na.turally go into blue grass. The appraisers , in
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GEO. S. HARN SBERGER
HA RRISON BURG . VA.
their report , state that it is a sandy clay loam of good depth and
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fertility.
Due to the fact that the timber is not at this time
mature , it is difficult to segregate it and separate it from the
value of the land as such , beoause , if it were all out off now , it
would tend to destroy the real value of the land as it exists today.
The fact that this is a thrifty stand of young oak , located
as it is , on the Port Republic Road and only half a mile from the
Norfolk and ~estern Railroad , gives it a special value that mountain land would not have .
I n view of these facts , it is believed
that the valuation hereinabove placed upon the same is the fair
and reasonable worth of the property under normal conditions .
State of Virginia ,
City of Harrisonburg , to- wit:
This day J . H. Lewin personally appeared before me ,
F. Flavia Converse, a lfotary PU.blic in and for the City aforesaid ,
in t he State of Virginia , and , being duly sworn , deposes and says :
I have read the above statement , and believe the
statements of f acts oontained therein to be true .
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Subsori bed and sworn to be.fore me this
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
~Set(
day of August , 1933.
�1
LEi IN, J . H.
256, 256-a
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
IN RE . ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS submitted to the Governor arising
in or out of Condemnation Proceedings pending in the Circuit Court
of Virginia under authority of the Shenandoah National Park Act.
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PETITIONER:
F.XCEPTANT:
Lewi~, J . H.
ORIGINAL CLAIM :
Acreage
171 :
Value $7510 . : Inc . Dama.ges,$1000 .
VALUE PLACED UN TRACT BY PErITI ONER'S APPRAISERS:
TRACT NO .
VALUE
256
$517 . 50
256-a
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
535 . 00
BOARD OF APPRAISAL COMMISSIONERS FINDiliGS:
MAP NUMBER OF TRACT:
256 . 256 ~a
VALUE OF TRACT:
TRACT NO .
256
256 - a
VALUE
$815 . 00
970 . 00
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
�The basic differences between Petitioner and this exceptant are
as to the classification and value of the land, timber values and amount
of incidental damages .
Although we believe the values reported by the Petitioner's
appraisers were very liberal and that the findings of the Board of
Appraisal Commissioners as to values are substantially too high, we
have accepted and will not seek a lower valuation than their findings as shown on the above tables in this case .
As to the classification of the land and the other elements
of value we submit that these matters are correctly set forth in
the Work Sheet of the Board with reference to this c ase, and not as
set forth in exceptant ' s statements .
This Vfork Sheet is filed with
the record and a copy of this Work Sheet is submitted with copy of
the record tendered herewith, and additional copies of the Work
Sheet in this case will be furnished if desired .
Subscribed to and verified before me this the
1933 .
i'' day of September,
~Jr.~
Emma Y-:-stokes, ~ i c
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£aw Office
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~eo. S Jlarn s6ery er
Jtarrts on6ur y,l/a.
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Develo:pment
of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and
others, and 52,501 acres of
land in Rockingham County.
To the Hon.Philip Williams, Chairman of the
Park Land Arbitration Board.
In reply to your letter and call of august 8, 1933, beg
to sa:y that copies of the papers heretofore filed in the above
matter are herewith handed you, and a like copy has been delivered
to the State Commission on Conservation and Development, with the
exception of a copy of the claim which Mr.Marsh of the Commission
said they did not z:md.
Further answering your calls in their order:
(1)
The grounds of exception are fully set forth in the ex-
ceptions filed.
Suffice it to say here that t he basis of the ex-
ception is the extremely inadequate and confiscatory value placed
upon the lands of exceptant; these lands are not property segregated as to quality or value.
The a.mount allowed per a cre for ex-
ceptant's land is not only not the fair value of said land under
normal conditions, under which conditions said land must be valued,
but is grossly inadequate and oonfiscatory in view of the fact th t
it is the purpose of the Conservation Commission to take all suoh
grazing lands upon the Blue Ridge Mountain.
(2)
The number of this claim on the county ownership map file
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(3)
The authority of counsel to act in these proceedings is
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GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRI SONBURG . VA.
attached hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
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�£aw Office o/
Yeo. S Jlarn sberye r
Xarnso n6wy,l /a.
Aug.1. 1;1933 .
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t he Hon.P hili11 William s,Cha irman or
the ParK Land Arbit ration Board ,
This is Lo certif y that I,the unde rsigne d,hav e employ ~d
Geo.s .narns berger ,Attor ney,o ~ Harri sonbu rg,vir ginia, to repres ent
me in all contL enmat ion proc e ed ings in conne ction wi t h my lands
in the Shenan uoah Nat ional Par.K Area.
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHJ.M COUNTY,VIRGINIA.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of· the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson tkins
and others
and 52,501 acres of land in
Rockingham County.
To the Hon.H.W.Bertram, Judge of said Court.
The motion of J.H.Lewin, praying said Court to disapprove
and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of Appraisal
Commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above
matter, wherein said Board reported, under its Nos.256 and 256-a,
of .i:1o±x its findings, as filed in the Clerk's Office of ea.id
Court, that the 104 acres, its No. 256, found by said Board to be
the property of the moveant, was valued at only $7.83 per acre,
and that the 67 acres of land, its No. 256-a, found by said Board
to be the property of moveant, was valued at only $14.47 per acre.
The grounds of said motion are as follows:
(1)
That the price per acre allowed for said lands is totally
inadequate and confiscatory, said lands being worth many times
more than the amount allowed by said Board of Appraisal Commissioners, as will more fully appear from the affidavits attached hereto.
(2)
That said Board of Appraisal Commissioners erred in not
allowing any incidental damages under its No. 256, as the 104
acres of land therein referred to is taken off of the larger
tract of land in such a way as to very substantially injure it,bot
in its future use and sale.
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(3)
That the findings of said Board were based upon a mistake
GEO . S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA .
of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced before
said Board by moveant.
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(4)
That the findings of said Board are, apparently, from the
statements contained in its reports, based upon the physical character of the land alone, without taking into consideration, or
at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the
income-producing capacity of the land.
The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in
support of the above exceptions.
The claim heretofore filed by
moveant is asked to be read in connection with this motion.
LAW OFFI CES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA .
n1
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGH.i.M COUNTY , VIRGINIA.
The State Commission
on Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52 , 501 acres of land
in Rockingham County.
The affidavit of J . R. Lewi*J to be read in connection with
the motion filed by him to have the findings of the Board of
.AJ)praisal Commissioners disapproved in connection with its findings Nos . 256 and 256-a.
state of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
This day J . H. Lewin personally appeared before me ,
Mf .
0. /2 ~
, a Notary Publio in and for the
County aforesaid, in the State of Virgi.nia, in my County aforesaid, and , being duly sworn , deposes and says:
The 104 aores of land, referred to under No . 256 of the
report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners in this matter, is
a part of a 236 acre tra ct of land situate upon Big Run, on the
east side of the Shenandoah River, in the eastern portion of
stonewall District, Rockingham County, Virginia, a quarter of
a mile from a siding on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, also
the same distance from the Shenandoah River, about half a mile
from the electric plant of the City of Harrisonburg, and about
100 yards from the Por t Republic-Elkton Road.
This tract, with
the exception of probably 11 acres, has its cheif value in its
timber.
This 104 acres of l and is cut off of the larger tract
of 236 acres in such an irregular way as to render the balance
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA .
namely, 132 aores, undesirable for agricultural purposes, and
consequently it will be harder to sell than it was before the
104 acres was t aken off.
This land is of good quality,and,when
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cleared , naturally goes to blue grass .
In view of the character
of the land , the timber thereon , and its nearness to m~rket, a ffia t
believes t hat , even W.ithout considering the incidental damage done
to the remainder of the land from which this was taken , the land
in question sh ould be worth $40. 00 per acre .
agll
The incidental dam-
to t he remainder of the l and should be a t le ast
i1,ooo. oo.
The t aking of this 104 acres from the 236 acre tr act deprives the
balance of said tr act of the greater portion of its timber.
The 67 acres of land , referred to under 256- a of the
report of the Board of appraisal Commissioners in this matter , is
all in timber , with the exception of a bout
6
acres which is in
This tract adjoins the 236 acre tract , out of which
blue grass.
the above tract of 104 acres was taken.
Due to the location of
this land , these.me being situate upon the Port Republic-Elkton
Road , and also its proximity to the Railroad, power plant , and
river , as hereinabove referred to in connection with the adjacent
tract of 104 acres , and due to the fact that the land lies well,ie
fertile , and has a good standing of young timber on all of it except about
6
acre s , it is considered that the same should be
worth $50. 00 per aore .
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this
(Seal o the
Notary .
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
22 1'.PI day of September ,
193'2.
�In the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia.
The State Wommission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham County,
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The affidavit of __
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to be read in
connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Nos. 256 and 256-a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners
disapproved.
State of Virginia,
1,/·o un cy of Rookingiam, to-wit:
_____.personally an,aared
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Thia day
M,/ .,. Qi.:,__~
,
efore me, _____
a notary iublic in and for
the County and State aforesaid, in my county aforesaid, and, being
uly sworn, deposes and says:
I am well acquainted with the 104 and the 67 ac r es of land
ituate on Big Run, owned by J.H.Lewin, which lands are valued by
he Board of Appraisal 0ommissioners at $7 .83 and at $14 .47 per
ere, respectively .
Considering the fertility of these lands, the
act that they n aturally go
t,O
Blue Grass when cleared, the timber
hereon, their accessability and nearness to market and to modern
onveniences, I am of the opinion that these lands are well worth
evera.l times the valuation placed thereon by the .appraisal Board.
hat the prices allowed by the appraisal Board are entirelJ too
heap and mu.ah lONer than similar lands in that oommuni ty can be
urchased for.
Due to the irregular form in which the 104 acres
s taken fran the 236 acres, there should be allowed very su.bstanial dam9.ges to the 132 acres remaining, as this tract is left in
e ry bald sha pa •
ubscri bed and swo rn to
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
ll![.1~qy~ -----be fore m ~ i s ~ ~ ~- o,f · September ,1932
) _ Mf_.J!)__lf_~ _ _ _N. E.
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�In the Circuit Co11rt of Rockingham County, Virginia .
The State Commission on
~onservation and Developnent
of the State of Virginia
v.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others
and 52,501 acres of land in Roc~ingham County, ~a.
U, Js\ · J:o af
The aff1 davit of
___
to be read in
connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Noa. 256 and 256-a of the Board of .Appraisal Commissioners
disapproved.
State of Virginia ,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
This day _ _(l,
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st~
g /.-·
AJ[___fl_/ 4 ~ . a
before me, _ _ _
_persona Uy appeared
notary p11blic in and fo
the uounty and State aforesaid, in my county aforesaid, and, being
duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am well acquainted with the 104 and the 6 7 acres of land
i tuate on Big Ran, owned by J .H. Lewin, which 1 ands are val u.ed by
th e Board of Appraisal Co,nmissioners at ._i7.83 and at $14 . 47 per
acre, respectively.
Considering the fertility of these lands, the
act that they naturally go to Blue l.i-rass when cleared, the timber
thereon, their accessability and nearness to market and to modern
conveniences, I am of the opinion that these lands are well worth
several times the valuation placed the .r.eon by the Appraisal Board.
That the prices allowed by the appraisa 1 Board are en tirelJtoo
cheap and much lcmer than similar lands in that community o·
pur chased for.
be
Due to the irreglllar form in which the 104 acres
is taken from the 236 acres, the re should be allowed ve i' y substantial damages to the 132 acres remaining, as this tract is 1eft in
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very bafd shape,
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GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thE S _ }).1.f1._of Septembe£, 1932
cs~ J__10,______t/~-------J .
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�IN ME CI RCUI T COUJ·I1 OF ROCKINGH.fu~ COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
The State Vommission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins
and others and 52,561 acres,
more or less, in rlockingham County,
Vi rginia .
Statement made by
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a decree
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entered in the above entitled cau.se on October 25, 1932, in response to Item No . 1 of the inquiry made in said decree .
Your respondents say that the acreage liated in the report of the Appraisal Board, under its No s _
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believed t o be approximately correct, and that they do not desire
t o make any objection to the acreage as there given .
Your respondents f urther say t h§.t it was n ot t he number
of acres allowed them t o which exception was taken, but that the
ex ceptions heretofore filed by them we r e to the amount allowed
your respondents par acre . ·
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By 1.,ounsel.
( s)·-o ·~od)·
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GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARR I SONBUR G. VA.
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�IN TH-•, CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKIUGH_
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the state of Virginia
vs .
!!..
COUNTY , VIRGIN:!: •
fllij~ In the Clerk's Offic
ftouklfttlh mc unty, V:
~tr ,-.tf'is32
Cassandra Lawson tkins
and others
and 52,501 acres of land in Rockingham
County.
To the Hon. rr. ·.1. ertrarn,Judge of said Court.
The motion of J.H.Lewin , prayine said Court to disapprove
and to decline to accept the findings of the Board of
ppraisal
commissioners, heretofore appointed by said Court in the above
matter , wherein said Board reported, under 1 ts rros. 256 and 256-a
of nrtx its findings , as filed in the Cler~ ' s Office of said
court, that the 104 acres , its No.256, found by said Board to be
the property of the moveant, was vslued at only J7 . 83 per acre,
and that the 67 acres of land, its No . 256-a, found by said Board
to be the property of moveant, was va lued at only $14. 47 per acre
The grounds of said motion are as follows :
(1)
That the price per acre allowed for said lands is totally
inadequate and confiscatory , said lands being worth many times
more than the amount allowed by said Board of
ppraisal Com-
missioners , as will more fully appear from the affidavits attached hereto.
(2)
That said Board of tppraisal Conmissioners erred in not
allowing any incidental damages under its No . 256, as the 104
acres of land therein referred to is taken off of the larger trac
of land in such a way as to very substantiu~ly injure it ,both in
its future use and sale .
(3)
That the findings of said Board were based upon a mistake
of law as to the nature and effect of the evidence produced befor
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GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG. VA.
said Board by moveant .
�---2-(4)
That the findings of said Board are, apparentl y, from the
statement s contained in its reports, based upon the physical char
acter of the land alone, without taking into considera tion, or
at least without giving any effect in its final decision to, the
income-pr oducing ca:p3.city of the land.
The affidavits attached hereto are asked to be read in
support of the above exception s.
~1e claim heretofor e filed by
moveant is asked to be read in connection with this motion.
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG, VA.
�IN TH"" CI~CUIT COU!tT OF ROCKI~TGHJJA: COUNTY, VIRGI HI •
The state comm ission
on Cons ervat ion and Devel opme nt
of the state of Virgi nia
vs .
Cassa ndra Lav1son Atkin s and other s
and ti2 , 501 acres of land
in Rocki ngham Coun ty.
The affid avit of J . H.Lew it
to be read in conne ction with
the motio n filed by him to have the findi ngs of the Board of
Appr aisal Comm ission ers disap prove d in conn ectio n with its findings Fos . 256 and 256-a .
state of Virgi nia ,
count y of Rocki ngham , to-w it :
This day J . I.Lew in perso nally appea red befor e me,
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a ·otar y Publi c in and for the
sai ,
Coun ty afore saiat (in the State of Virgi nia, in my Coun ty afore
and, being duly sworn , depos es and says :
The 104 acres of l and , refer red to under No. 256 of the
r, is
repor t of the Board of 1~ppr aisal Comm ission ers in this matte
the
a part of a 236 acre tract of land situa te upon Big Run, on
east side of the Shena ndoah River , in the easte rn porti on of
stone wall
Distr ict, Rocki ngham Coun ty ,
Virg inia, a quart er of
a mile from a sidin g on the :i.iorfol k and ,/es tern Railr oad , also
the same dista nce from the Shena ndoah River , about half a mile
from the elect ric plant of the City of Harris onbu rg , and about
100 yards from the Port Repu blic - El k ton Road. T.nis tr a ct, with
t h e ex cepti on of proba bly 11 acre s , has its cheif value in its
ct o
timbe r. This 104 a c1~es of land is cut off of t h e large r tra
,
236 acres in such an irreg ular way as to rende r the balan ce
namel y , 132 acres , unde sirab le for agric ultur al purpo ses , and
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISON BURG, VA.
conse quent ly it will be harde r to sell than it was befor e the
whe
104 acres wa s t a ken off. This land is of good quali ty, and,
�--2--
cleared,natu rally goes to blue grass .
In view of the character of
the land, the timber thereon, and its nearness to market, affiant
believes that,even without considering the incidental damage done
to the remainder of the land from which this was taken,the land
in ~uestion- should be worth J40 .00 per acre.
The incidental dam-
ages to the remainder of the land should be at least .'·1,000.oq.
Tne taking of this 104 acres from the 236 acre tract deprives the
balance of said tract of the greater portion of its timber.
The 67 acres of land, referred to under 256-a of the
report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s in this matter, is
all in timber, ,.,ith the exception of about 6 acres which is in
blue grass .
11his tract ad joins the 2j6 acre tre.c t, out of which
the above tract of 104 acres was taken.
Due to the location of
this land, the same being situate upon the Port Republic-Elk ton
Road, and also its proximity to the Railroad, power plant, and
river, as hereinnbove referred to in connection with the adjacent
tract of 104 acres, and due to the fact that the land lies well, is
fertile, end has a good standing of young timber on all of it except about 6 acres, it is considered that the same should be
worth p50 . 00 per acre .
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this
~'7,,~day of September, 19,52.
~~
~4t7
:;Jr~iyPu blic.
LAW OFFICES
GEO . S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
�In the Circuit Oourt of Rockingham Oounty, Virginia.
The State vornrnieeion on
Conservation and Development
of the St te of v1r~1nia
v.
ndra LawBon Atkins and others
0as
and 52 , 581
cree of l and in
ockingha.m v ounty,Va.
to be read in
connection with the motion filed by J.H.Lewin to have the findings Noe . 256 and 256 - a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner s
disapproved .
State of Vir inia ,
0f"'lunty of H ckingham , to - ·it:
'l'his day ~ .
vl ,
before me , ,<(j 1
e
na St ,
the uounty:
i /, / ~
personally appeared
I
, a notary public in and for
vi),~
t/
foresaid , in roy countj' aforeeaia,anc' l , b e in
duly eworn, ~epoaes and says:
I am well f4Cquaint d ·dth th
on Uig
ai tua.t
the poar
of
1
un , owned
by J ..... L·
·in, which lands a.re valued by
ffr isal Oowmis ion ra · t
a.cre,reapect i v ly. _von1:.1id .c ing th
fa.ct
104 and the 67 acres of lan::l
7.83 and at
14 . 47 per
f e rtility of these lands, the
hat they natur lly go to Blue Grass when c.lear d, the timber
theraon,thei r acceaaabil1ty and nearness to market and to modern
conv niancea,t am of
he opinion that these lan s a.re well worlbh
eev~ral tim a the valuation placed t
r on by th
Appraisal Board.
That the prictHJ allo ed by the appraisal Board are entiref oo
ch<'ap and much l o· ·er than ai rr i lar lands in that comr.:iuni ty can be
purchased for .
nue to the irregular form in v· ich the 104 acres
ie taken from the "36 a.er s,there e oulr! be
llo ..ve
v ry substan-
tial darnagoe to the 132 acres rernaining , a e this tract is 1 f
in
very ba#d shape •
•
Subscrib d
.d e orn t-o b
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG , VA.
~31
�In the Circuit Court of Rockingham Oounty,Virginia.
The State Commission on
Conservation and Development
of the State of Virginia
v.
C&asandr Lawson Atkins and other.a
~nd 52,581 acres of land in rtockingha~ vounty,Va.
'l'h
af'fidavi t of
if. ~/ XJ_//':,6
to be read in
(/
connection with the motion filed by J.li.Lewin to have the findings Nos.256 and 256-a of the Board of Appraisal Commissioners
dis pproved.
State of Vir inia,
County of R0ckingham,to- ·it :
£ ~ )te~ /4
~
f l 7 £ "l / z. l?":'.'.;~ ,
This day
before me,
r
/
personally appeared
a notary public in and for
the County and statevaforesaid,in my county aforeeaid,and,being
duly aworn,deposes and says:
~
1 am well acquainted with the' 104 and the 67 acres of land
aituat
th
on Big ~un,01ned by J. i.Lewin,which lands are valued by
Bo rd of
ppr'is l Uommisaioners at ~7 . 83 and at
acr ,respectiv ly. vonsid ring th
fact
14.47 per
f rtility of these l·nds,the
h t they naturally go to Blue Grass when cleared,the timber
thereon,their acceasability and nearness to market and to modern
conveniences,! am of the opinion that these lands are well worbh
sevAral times the value.tion place
thereon by the Appra.isal Board.
That the prices allo ed by the appraisal Board are entir o1-too
cheap and much lower than si~ilar lan sin that community can be
purchased for.
oue to the irregular form in
hich the 104 acres
is taken from the 236 acr e,there should be allov.ed very substantial damages to the 132 acres rernaining,ae this tract is left in
very bai/d shape.
/IA;'/
subscribed and sworn to b fore me this
LAW OFFICES
GEO.S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBURG . VA.
/
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I />
ftl..~
~~~~
of September,193f
�Ifr THE CIRCUIT COU. T OF ROC ~~INGH.. -.: COUNTY , VIRGI: .
The ~tate Comm ission on
Conse rvatio n and Develo pment
of the state of Virgin ia
vs .
Cassa ndra La~son tkins
and others and 52 , 561 acres ,
more or less, in Rockingham County ,
Virgin ia.
o
filed in the Clerk\ Office
Rockingham County, Va,
t· 1'.'
I/
1932
; ~erk
c : f : ~-- ~
t2'
.
- - - - - - - - - -- , pursu~ nt
Statem ent ma.de by
to a decree
entere d in the above entitl ed cause on Octob er 25 , 1932 , in res ..,,onse to Item .,_To . l of the ing_ui ry made in said dGcree .
Your respon dents say that the acreag e listed in the report of the pp:rai sal Board , under its l O#J/", /,t,l(,- ttis believ ed
to be approx imat~ ly correc t , and that the,1 uo not desire to make
any objec tion to the acrea ge s there given .
Your respon dents furth ers y that it w· snot the number
of acres allowe d them to which excep tion vas taken , but that the
exce:9 tions hereto fore filed by them were to the amount allowe d
your respon dents per acre .
LAW OFFICES
GEO. S. HARNSBERGER
HARRISONBU RG , VA.
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
#119 - Lawson, Rose E .
Number of Acres:
Location:
Near Swift Run:
Roads:
Soil:
18.
Four miles over Spottswoo d Trail to Elkton .
Sandy clay of good depth and fertility ; moderate to steep
slopes ; northwest and s:.m thwes t exposures .
History of Tract and condition of timber :
Entire tract cleared many years ago;
grazed and cultivated since .
IMPROVFMENTS : DWELLING- -F r ame, 14x28 1 , kitchen 12xl4xl0 1 , 5 rooms ,
pap er roof , brick flues l½ story fair condition , occupied by owner .
Spring water supply ; soiid foundalio n .-- -BARN- --Frame , 26x28xl2 ', shingle roof , good condition .-- --GRANFJi.Y :--Frame , 10xl0x8 1 , shingle roof ,
imp:mv.em:en tsxx fair condi tion-- - - HEN HOUSE-- -Frame, 10x28x6 1 , paper
roof , fair condition - - ---SPRING HOUSE-- - -- - Frame , 8xl0x8 1 , paper roof ,
fair condition-----HOG PEN-- - - - Frame , 6xl2x5 1 , yaper roof , fair condition .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking: - Cultivated Land:
13
@
$40 . 00
$520 . 00
2
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2 0 . 00
40 . 00
3
@
50 . 00
150 . 00
$710 . 00
18
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 710 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 119 5 • 00
Value of Orchard: $
1195 . 00
100 . oo
100 . 00
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. 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $ 111.38
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Petitioner
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c
Respondents
On this the _7--day of Jantary, 1934, came Rosa E. Lawson and
Henry A. Williams , and on their motion, leave is given them to
file their petition, and the answer of Dlla Baugher to the said
petition, which answer is accordingly filed;
And it appearing to the Court that $2,005.00, the amount of
award set out in the jud~ent of condemnation for Tract No. 119,
heretofore paid into Court; and it appearing from the report of
the Board of Appraisal Commissioners heretofore filed in this
cause and in the petition for judgment and condemnation heretofore
filed herein, that in the opinion of Petitioner, the said Rosa E.
Lawson and Henry A. Williams are invested with a superior or
better right or claim of title in am to said Tract No. 119; and
that the record of this cause does not show any denial or dispute
by any party 6r person in interest as to the said tract or to the
proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, except as to the
lien for $75.00 due Lula Baugher as fully set out in her answer;
and it further appearing unto the Court that all taxes due or
taxable upon said Tract No. 119 have been paid;
Upon Consideration
hereof, it is considered ard ordered by
the Court that of said sum of $2,006.00 paid into Court as just
compensation for said Tract No. 119, $1930.00 a part thereof be
paid to Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, and $75.00, the
residue thereof, be paid to Lula Baugher, and the Clerk of this
Court is directed to transmit a certified copy of this order to
the Treasurer of Virginia, whoshall pay to the said Roi~E . Lawson
and Henry A. Williams $1930.00; and pay to the said Lula Baugher
the sum of $75.00; the amount of award set out in the judgment of
�2.
condemnation of said tract of land, taking from said Rosa E.
Lawson, Henry A. Williams and Lula Baugher a receipt therefor and
certifying such payment to the Clerk of this Court for appropriate
entry thereof as re quired by law .
Enter :
~
Judge
�IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Petitioner
vs .
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c
Respondents -
...
The petitioner, The State Commission on Conservation
and Development of the State of Virginia, on the
---day
of
December, 1933, having paid into Court the sum of Two Thousand
Five Dollars {$2,005 . 00), the amount of award set out in the
judgment of condemnation for Tract No . 119, the undersigned ,
Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, hereby apply unto the
Court , or to the Judge thereof in vacation , for an order of
judgment for the distribution of said swn of $2 , 005 . 00, unto the
said Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams, on the ground that
it appears from the report of the Board of Appraisal Commissioner
heretofore filed and the said petition for judgment and condemnation, that the undersigned, in the opinion of petitioner, are
invested with the superior or better right or claim of title in
and to the said Tract of land No . 119, and, therefore, to the
proceeds arising from the condemnation thereof, and are entitled
to receive the proceeds arising from the exappropriat ion of
said Tract No . 119;
~
that Henry A. Williams, one of your
ioners, has a_J~~e ~state int~ a t oresaid des~~ ibed .tract
-
)1;1A.c...,e,,- t.( · ~&<.~4,-d ~
of land;
,1
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A..
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that there is a lien resting on said land in the sum
of $75 . 00, without interest on said amount, in favor of Lula
Baugher;
that the said Henry A. vwilliams is joining in this
petition with your petitioner, Rosa E. Lawson , releasing his
said life estate .
The undersigned aver that the record in this suit does
not disclose any denial or dispute by any party or persons in
interest as to the title to the said Tract No . 119 , or to the
HERBERT W. WYANT
ATTORN EY AT LAW
HARR I SO N BURG, VA .
proceeds arising from the condemnat ionthereof , except as above
�2.
stated and the said statements in the petition of condemnation
as to the title of the undersignd are true, am that the undersigned have title in fee simple, encumbered only to the extent
of $75.00, to the said Tract No. 119, and are entitled. to be paid
the sum of $2,005 . 00, less the lien indebtedness of $75.00 due
Lula Baugher and pray the Court that it will order and direct
the payment of said sum of $1930 . 00 to the undersigned and $75.00
to Lula Baugher, to satisfy the lien aroresaid.
Copy of deed to your petitioner is filed herewith.
~
J,£4 ~t- ~ ~ ef=Ja:h. ~ ~:z
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, A. E. Wyant, a Notary Public of and for the County of
Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this
the
(
day of
----
January, 1934, personally appeared before me
in my said County, Rosa E. I.awson am Henry A. Williams and
made oath that the statements claimed in the foregoing petition
are true.
Given under my hand this
HERBERT W. WYANT
ATTO RNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG . VA.
(
day of January, 1934.
�r
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The State Commission on Conservation and
Development of the State of Virginia
Petit ion er
vs.
Cassandra Lawson Atkins, &c
Respondents
Phe answer of Lula Baugher to a petition filed in this
cause, in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, by
Rosa E. Lawson and Henry A. Williams.
This respondent for answer to said petition, or to so
much thereof as she is advised it is material for her to answer,
answers and says, that it is true as stated by petitioners that
the undersigned has a lien securing $75.00 without interest, on
the real estate known and designated on the map of Park lands
as Tract No. 119, as shown by the deed filed by petitioner.
And that your respondent answers and says that she is
entitled to the said sum of $75.00.
Respondent further says that there is no interest due
on said sum of $75 .OO.
Your respondent joins in the prayer of said petition
for the distribution of said fund as set out therein,and she will
ever pray &c.
~~oneny
State of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
I, A. E. wiyant, a Notary Public of am for the County of
Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, do certify that on this,
the
f
day of January, 1934, personally appeared before me in
my said County, Lula Baugher, and made oath that the statements
claimed in the foregoing answer are true.
HERBERT W. WYANT
Given under my hand this
g: day of January, 1934.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG , VA .
'j.c2
�STATE OF VIRGINIA ,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM , to- wit :
I , 3 . Robert Switzer , Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham County do hereby certify that the records in my
office do not show any delinquen t taxes against the tract of
17 acres 2 roods and 2 poles of land situate in stonewall
District , assessed in the name of Rose E , Lawson , 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 1 s office, sinc e said tract was returned
delinquen t to my office .
1
Given under my hand this 6th day of 3anuary, 19340
ockingham
�M.
H. HARRISON
TREASURER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
To iliom It Jay Concern:
I hereby certify that the records
of my office sho~ thAt Rose~ . Lawson hasp id the taxes
for the years 19 2 and 1933 on he tract of 17- 2- 2 acres
of lane situate in the >lll.:e - :..dr:e : ountains in Stone"Ja 11
District, HockinrrhAm County .
~,.11 taxes prior to that time, if ny
be unpaid, are a matter of record in the Clerk's Office of
said Co mty.
Given under my hand this 6th day of
,January 1934 .
~reasurerofRoclcinghar: County
�COPY
108
27
This Deed , made this 4 day of February , 1915 , by and
between Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams parties of the
first part , and Rosa E. Lawson , party of the second part , and
H. E.
illiams , J . ~ . Williams , Lula Baugher , and Susie~.
Wood , parties of the t'liird part , all parties of the State o:f
Virginia ,
WITNESSETH :
That for and in consideration of one dollar
cash to them in hand paid , the receipt wher~of is hereby
acknowledged , and the further sum of $75 . 00 evidenced by a
negotiable note , without interest, of even date hereof , and
payable to Lula Baugher one day after the date of the death of
the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams , and it is
expressly understood that a vendor ' s lien is hereby retained on
the hereinafter de s cribed land to secure the payment of the
above mentioned note , the said parties of the first part do
bargain and sell , with general warranty of title , unto the said
Rosa~. Lawson all that certain piece or parcel of land , together
wi~h the appurtenances thereto belong_, situate lying and being
in the eastern part of said~ounty , near Swift Run Church, adjoining the lands of Lizzie Williams , Wesley Baugher , Susie ~. Wood ,
Malinda Lawson , and Sampson L8.vis , and bounded as follows :
Beginning at an ash in the west fork of Swift rtun Creek , thence S
50 W 9 3/5 _yyi th Lizzie. Williams ' ~ line t9 a point in a road ,
thence with sai~ line~ 11 W 11 3/5 poles to a point in said road ,
thence with same S 55 1/4 W 10 1/4 poles to a locust near a
spring , corner to Susie G. Wood ' s land , thence~ 35 1/2 E 19 3/5
poles to a chestnut , said Woods corner , thence with her line
S 27 W 24 poles to a locust , near an old fence ; thence s 41 3/4
W 29 3/5 poles to a rock planted in Malinda Lawson ' s line;
thence with her line , S 38 3/4
~
33 1/2 poles to Malinda
Lawson ' s and u . T. Baugher ' s corner ; thence N 32 E 18 1/4 poles
�2.
to a rook planted in place of an oak stump; thence N 22 E 113 1/2
poles with Davis's
line by a white oak snag to the said Swift
Run Creek, corner to Davis' and Wesley Baugher' s land, thence wit11
said Baugher's line down the meanderings of said oreek N 33 1/2
W 10.9 poles,
~
40 W 7 1/5 poles N 6 1/2 W 2 3/5 poles, N 49 W
4 poles, N 25 1/2 E 6 poles, N 11 1/2 W 2 poles to the beginning,
containing 17 A 2 Ra P.
To have and to hold unto the said
Rosa Lawson, her heirs and assigns forever, the above land
together with the appurtenances as aforesaid .
And it is oovenanted
and agreed by and between the said parties of the first and
second parts the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret Williams
shall retain their life rifhts in the above described parcel of
land, and that the said party of the second part shall pay,
annually, to the said parties of the first one fourth of all grain,
fruit, and provender produced on the said land hereby conveyed, and
one-fourth of all money received annually for pasture .
Also the
said party of the second part shall let the road or gateway
remain at its present location.
Whereas therebeing about 2 acres
included in the above described land, for which a deed of conveyance
~as made by the said IRrties of the first part, of date on the
14 day of September, 1909 , and of record in the vlerk's office of
Rookingham vounty, Va. in Deed Book No . 87, page 52, to the said
Rosa E. Lawson, and in said deed a stipulation and reservation
were rm.de to the effeot tbat the said uosa E. Lawson shall not
sell or convey the said 2 Acres above mentioned to any other
persons bther than the said Henry
A.
illiams
and Margaret
Williams or their heirs under penalty of forfeiture of said
deeu.
Also the said deed of conveyance of the said 2 Acres
stipulated that in the event the said Rosa E. Lawson should
decide to convey the said 2 Acres, the said liens of the said
Henry A. and Margaret Williams shall have the exclusive right
to purchase the said 2
• above referred to .
Now therefore, we
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zo~
�3.
the said party of the first part, and the said parties of the
thiro. part, as heirs of the said Henry A. Williams and Margaret
Williams, for and in consideratio n ofwl cash in hand paid,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , covenant and agree
to and with the said Rosa E . Lawson, that they sell, release ,
cancel, and surrender any and all claims , titles , and
expectancy, expressed or implied in the deed above nentioned
unto the said Rosa E. Lawson, her heirs, and assigns forever;
of date September 14 1909; and that they warrant generally the
title coKVeyed in this deed , and that the said rl.osa E. Lawson
shall have the privilege to sell and exchange the said 2 acres
of land , together with the appurtenance s thereto belonging,
to whomsoever she sees fit .
'Jl.be said parties of the first part reserves a right of
way 7 feet wide for Susie C. Wood to the the spring branch
on the said land above described, the right of way to be a gate
way, and all gates to be built and maintained by the owner
or
owners of the said l~nd of Susie v. Wood; and this right of
way shall be to the said Susie Wood, her heirs and assigns
forever .
4lso the said Susie C. Wood, her heirs and assigns
shall have the right to use for family use and dip vuater from
the spring on the saidliosa ~. Lawson's land.
The right of
way for stock shall be down the line north of the spring house .
Witness the following signatures the day anddate first
above written.
Henry A. will iams
(SEAL)
her
Margaretx Williams
mark
(SEAL)
her
H.
J . E.
Lula
E. Williams
mark
X
ill iams
her
x
A. Baugher
mark
(SliL)
(SEAL)
(SEAL)
2.o]
�4.
Rockingham
I,
A.
County, to-wit:
E.• Wyant, a Notary Public, for the county aforesaid
in the State of Virginia, do certify that Henry A. Williams,
and Margaret Williams, his wife, H.
J;!;.
Williams, J. E. Williams,
Lula_ Baugher, and whose names are signed to the writing
hereto annexed, bearing date on the 4 day of February, 1915,
have acknowled ged the same before me in my said county.
Given under my hand this 5 day of February, 1915.
A. E. Wyant, N. P.
My
commis s ion expires November 4, 1915.
VIRGINIA:
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of
Rockingham \J ounty.
June 14. 1917
THIS DEED from Henry A. Williams and others to Rosa E.
Lawson was this day presente d in the office aforesaid , and is,
together with the certifica te of acknowledg ment annexed,
admitted to record.
Teste,
J. F • .E3laokburn , Clerk
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TREASURER ' S OFFICE
R I CHMOND, VA.
January 12, 1 934
JOHN M. PURCELL
T REASU RER O F V IRGINI A
This is to certify that I, J . M. Pu r cel1, Treasurer
of Virginia have this 12
da y of January
in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rock~ngham County
dated l/9 / 34
in the cause of t he State Commission
on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia
vs.
:paid to
$
75 . oo
Cassandra Lawson~A~t~k~i=n=s~- -- -- - - - - -
Lula Baugher
being in full settlement of tract
in the above mentioned cause .
/
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119
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TREAS URER' S OFFIC E
RICHM OND, VA .
Janua ry 12 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURE R OF VIRGINIA
Lula Baugh er
Re c eived of J.M. P u rc e ll, Treas urer of
Virg inia, the sum of $
75 . 00
, i n acc or dance
with an order of the Circu it Court of the c ounty
of Roc]fingham
of Janua ry
1 93 L
enter ed on the
9th
day
, in th e matte r of the State
Comm ission on Cons ervat i on and De v elopm ent v _ __
-~G~a~s-s-a~n~d-r~a...__.L_a-w_.__.___..s~o~n~A~t~k~i-n-s___ and other s, being
full and comp lete settle me n t f or the tract of land
k nown in said proce eding a s #-1~1~9'--- -
S ign origi nal and dupli cate
and retur n to the Treas urer
of Virgi nia.
�Qlnmmnttttttaltq nf 1Iirgiuta
TREASURER'S OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA,
JOHN M. PURCELL
January 12 , 1934
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
This is to certify that I, J.M. Purcell, Treasurer
of Virginia have this_l_2__ day of January . in accordance
with an order of the circuit court of Rockingham County
dated_ 1/9 __~/_3_4___ in the cause of the State Commission
on Conservation and Developmen t of the State of Virg i nia
vs . - -- --~C~a_s~s~a~n
~ d~r_a__L_a_1,_:v~s_o_n_ A_t_k_1_
· n~s__________
paid t o_.Bosa E . Lawson and Henry A. Williams
$
1 , 930 . 0 0
being in full settlement of tract# 1 19
in the above mentioned cause.
320
�C!tnmmnuwtalt11 nf 1ltirgiuta
TREASURE R'S OFFICE
RICHMOND , VA .
.January 12 , 1934
JOHN M. PURCELL
TREASURER OF VIRGINIA
Rosa E . Lawson and Henry A. Williams
Received of J.M. Purcell, Treasur er of
Virginia , the sum of $ 1 ,930.00 , in accordan ce
with an order of the Circuit Court of the county
of Rockingh am of .January
.1934_
entered on the
9 th
day
, in the matter of the State
Commiss ion on Conserv ati on a nd Developm ent v _ __
~C~a~s~s~B-n~d~r~a-~I=,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 #---'l=l=-=--9_ __
Sign origina l and duplica te
an d re turn to the Treasur er
of Virginia .
321
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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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lawson-rose-e.pdf
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Lawson, Rose E. aka Lawson, Rosa
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Swift Run
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Tract(s): 119
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-
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
\
NAME OF (ID:...¥11\IANIDC OWNER
#105 - Lawson, Mary Jane
63
Number of Acres:
Swift Run .
Location:
Entirely within the Park area .
Roads:
Spotswood Trail , 2½ miles to Elkton, the nearest shipping point .
Soil:
Sandy loam, slope type, smooth gentle s lopes, thi n soil .
IDhe land along the highway i s fai-rly level and has a greater
depth of ferti l ity .
All merchantable saw timber has been
removed from this tract .
The remaining stand consists of
small scrub oaks and short leaf pine .
History of Tract and condition of timber:
DvVELLING : Frame , 14x33, 6 rooms , kitchen 10xl4x8 ',
metal and paper roof , l½ story, brick flues , condition poor, occupied
by owner .
Spring water supply .
SLAB SHED- - - 12xl6x8 1 , Board roof ,
condition fair .
Meat house- Frame - 10xlcixl0 1 , shingle roof , condition
Acreage and value of types: fair .
HEN HOUSE: Frame , 8xl2x8' ;.Shingle roof , cnndi tion fair . SPRING HOUSE- - - Frame , ox8x8Y , shingle roof .
Improvements:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
56
@
$5 . 00
6
:J)280
. 00
3
@
25 . 00
75 . 00
4
@
25 . 00
100 . 00
$455 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
63
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $
455 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 51 O. 00
$ 510 . ())())
50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
165 . 00
ValueofWood: $ 165 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
$1180 . 00
18 . 7 3
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
None
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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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lawson-mary-jane.pdf
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Lawson, Mary Jane
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Swift Run
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Tract(s): 105
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF
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O1 VNER
#124 - Lawson, Malinda
53
Number of Acres:
On Sunny Ridge near Sandy Bottom
Location:
Roads:
One~h alf mile of fair dirt road to Spotswoo d Trail, near
Swift Run ; thence four miles to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertilit y, moderat ely rocky
southwe st exposure .
with moderat e slopes ;
Large portion of tract cleared many
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Most of cleared pory ears ago , gra:zed and cultivat ed for-~som etime .
growing up to sassanow
years
ten
tion has been neglecte d in the past
t times during the
differen
at
over
fras and locust . Wooded area cut
Present stand consists of mix ed oaks , hickory and poplar .
past .
Improvements:
None .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope: --
33
@
$5 . 00
$165 . 00
3
@
20 . 00
60 . 00
17
@
15 . 00
255 . 00
$480 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
53
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 480 .oo
Value of Improvements: $
130 . 00
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
$660 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
130 . 00
ValueofW ood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
12 . 45
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ None
~ -/ vV~ : CLERK
I
�County : noohinghum
Distri ct: stonew all
Jl24 -- Lawson , Malind a
.t... oreage
)loimed :
Assess ed: 53
Value Claime d:
Locatio n:
"
Deed: 53
"
"'240.0 0
Inheri ted.
On sunny ridge near Sandy Bottom .
rnoumb ranoes , col:!nte,r olaims or laps:
ilone known.
-
Sandy clay of good depth and f ,4 ir fertili ty, modera tely
Ro.ads:
one- half mile If fair dirt road to Spotswo od Trail near
Soil:
rooky with modera te slopes ; southw est exposu re,
Swift Bun; thence four miles to ~lkton .
Histor;v : o~ tract and condit ion Jf timber : Large portion of traot cleared
many years aog, grazed'. and cultiva ted for sometim e . Most
of cleared portion has been neglec ted in the past tu years
now growin g up into sassaf ras and locust . Wooded area out
over differe nt times during the past. Presen t stand consis ts
of mixed oaks , hickory and poplar . En.tire wooded portion
estima ted to cut 3,) cords of stavewo od, 25,000 bd. ft. of
lumber and an ave1·ug e o f 8 cords of fualwoo d per acre.
Improve !lfent~: None .
Timber : 25,000 bd . ft.
"
$4. oo
per M.
---$10 0.00
30 . 00
240 cords of fue l \vood ! 50¢ ----·- l?,0 . 00
30 oords of stavewo od a $1 . 00
~~~-
250 . 00
Va.-lue of .l and b , t:i;ees:
~
Slope
F g
F r
Value
per acre
.Aoreas e
33
-
$5. 00
3
15 , 00
7. 00
l?
53
Total V;.i lue of land
Total value of timber
Total value of : raot
Av·erac e value per aore
$329 . CO
250 . , 0
579 . 00
10 . 92
Total
Value
~U65,00
4.;.00
119.00
329. 00
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county: Rockinchum
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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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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lawson-malinda.pdf
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Lawson, Malinda
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Sunny Ridge
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Tract(s): 124
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY'-"'
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#113 - Lawso n, Georg es .
Number of Acres:
32
Entire ly within the Park area .
Location: swift Run .
Roads:
Spotts wood Trail , hard surfac e , 2¾ miles to Elkton , neare st
shippi ng point .
Soil:
Slope type , sandy loam, N.E. expos ure, fairly thin . The
tillab le land on this tract has a fair depth of fertil ity
and is level and fairly free from rocks .
The merch antabl e saw timber has been
History of Tract and condition of timber:
remov ed from this tract; the remai ning stand consi sts of
small oaks and some scrub pine .
DWELLING- ---Fra me, 12x29 1 , 3 rooms , ceiled , metal
IMPROVEMENTS:
water
roof , 1 story, condi ti on, fair -- -occu pied by owner . Spring
fair .
tion
1
condi
roof,
Japer
,
xl2
ll.x20
,
e
supply .----S TABLE -- - --Fram 1
PEN-HOG
-.fair
ition
·cond
,
~EAT HOUSE: -- Frame i 6x8x6 , paper roof ---COR N HOUSE -- --Fram e,
1
fairtion
condi
,
Ox5
4x
.mtJID;)XCnumts:.: Frame
HEN HOIBE - ----Fr ame, 6x8x8 1 ,
7xl0x7 1 , shingl e r9of , condi.tion fair .
shing le roof , condi tion fair
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Total Value
Value per acre
Acreage
Ridge:
Slope:
24
$5 . 00
$120 . 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking: -- - - 2
@
15 . 00
30 . 00
Cultivated Land: --- -
@
35 . 00
210 . 00
$360 . 00
6
32
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 360 . 00
485 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 485 .oo
Value of Orchard: $
50 . 00
50 • 0 0
50 . 00
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Valueo fWood: $ 50 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $
~~945 .oo
.29 • 53
Incidental damages arising from the.laki ng of this tract: $
None
CLERK
�~
__ . , /~------------------------------- -----Claim of____
In the Circuit Court oL __ ~ ___ County, Virginia, N o. Lf-1L'.l___ , At Law.
The State Commission on C~~;;;~;t£n--;~d-.D~velopment of the State of Virginia, Peti~--~~- ~
- 4 - ~ - -~
tioner, vs. __fe_CL.4:4.~- ~
o!:.n!~:_ -----~
-----County, Virginia, Defendants.-------~
more-o-:-f..s,
The undersigned, in a n s w e r ~ 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_ __________ __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said etition and to said notice.
My name is _________ ___ __d,L~-d?2.-. ---- ----7-------------- -- -------g_.________________ ,
My post office address is ___ __ _~J:t;--~ ~/[~
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parce( of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ______ 3_..2.i _______ acres, on which there are the following
-~ 1 1 ~
buildings and improvements=---~ ~-~
-- ~--~ -~--'~:;r--,-~ ~;::::-ur
~4~
~~~~
~~~--------Virgima, m
his and is loca~~-f,----m.1les from _________ _:_~
__ Magisterial District of said County.
the~
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of Jand 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. )
------ &4:/___ ~ ~-------- -- --- - ------------------------- - ------------ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
.O ~--- - ---------- - -----------North_; ~ - ; , ~~ L~ ~
%/2: --~ Pl1-v'
South~
---M_/__~-- . - d / ~-1_~---------------~
East ___ ~
I
JJ ~---------------------------------ac;i::~!-Zt1;,:!:t::::~~~~:;~ ~!';:~~~~~;~-;~~
following manner:
------? -~
-~
--~ -~ --~ ~~
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $-1&,_.Q.fV:'. ~~17,I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $l k_f'"£. ..~-------·
I am the owner oL ______".h,p______ 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:
_& _! r ~--~ ~-~;rkt;CP__~-~
-~ ~..a.-~
_zr2~-~ ~-~ ~-~
: : t / u _ ~=-_ L J _ ~ ~ -'¼.- ~
-~
- ~ - ~ ~ -~ - 4
at;~~~~~~~~~:~1:
z________
day
Witnes~) w signature (or my name and mark attached ~to) this _____
---- - - - - ____ _ . __ ___ ~ -~
of_ _______~ ~ - , 193p.
_ _ ____ _ ---------, To-wit.
STATE OF VIRGffiIA, COUNTY OF___
-------------The undersigned hereby certifies that__ ~ ~ d -- ~
the above named claimant personally appeared before llim and made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
7-_________ day
q_A j' / 0 1
this _______
~I
/ '
oL- ~
-, 193~.
c1~~i-~£~
WF.
u--.
,,A-,
1rfJCs;~ -f7;;~~~;-~;
Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace.
�1
Filed in the Clerk's Office
Roekingham County, Va.
1r.r;1
FE.f.lu
~VI
----- --Cl erk
�County: Rocking}. :....m
Distric~! s tonewall
£113
Acreage Claimed:
Value Claimed:
32
•
Lawson
Geo. G.
Assessed 30 • •
1600.
H
Deed
irl80.00
1.00
II
~
.....
Loe tion:
Swift Run .
31.
...
r
.
~go
(1914)
{1925)
.
•
~ntirely within the 1ark area .
lncumbran ces , counter claims or laps:
l 1one known •
•aope type, nandy loam, :1 . r:. ex.t:losux·e, fairly thin . *!he
tillable land on thic tr· ct has a f._ ir cleyit,. of rertili ty
ana is lev 1 ~nd f· irly free from rocks.
Boo.ds:
pots .ood Trn.11 hard o rft.. oo, . . . : miles to . . , lkton, nearest s .
sh1p 1 ihg point .
History of tr"'ct a d c ondition ')f timber:
Tho merchanta ble saw timber
h s been re. ·ov d from this tr o t tl1e reni.aininc st nd oonsisto of
small oaks and some scrub pine .
about 2 eds. fuel rood per A. on 2? o.orec
·1.00 per od. C54.00
Ir!1J?rovemen ts:
Dvelling, :'rarne 12x 9, 5 rooms, ceiled, metal roof,
l t.iory, condition f ir, oocu .1cd b, m nor, srring wo. ter li
supply. Value ---- ·-·--·---- --------- --------- ---- ~200 .00
stable, .•:rumo llx O xl2, paper roof, oondi tion
fair. ~~-~---~- ~~--~~--- ~-·~--~~~ ~----~---- ---~--~-65.00
!eat house, Frame ox8x6, par or roof, condition
fair.-~~~-~~--~-~~------~--------~----~~--·-~-~~~Hog pen, 1:-'rame 4xl0xr:;,
condition fe.ir --------- -Corn house, ~raree ?x10x7, shingle roo~, condition
20.00
5.00
fair.
----------- ~~------~ --~--~~-- ---~~-~-- ~----Hen house, Frame 6x8x8, shingle
roof', cond. fair-=------=-__,...,,,....
Value of land b:£ types:
T
Value
croaao
0
,:> OP E
Tillable
'Fr .
.12er c.cre
.' 10.00
45.00
24
0
2
10.00
32
Total
Total
Total
UJJ,f_S. Value
Total
value
value
value
of i.g.
v~lue
of land
of improveme nts
of timer
fruit trees /..Jf.
of tract
Average value per ucre
Totc.1
Value
.
240 . 00
2?0 . 00
20 . 00
530 .60
~,.530 .00
325.00
54.00
30.00
·939 . 00
27 . 34
II;,
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}113 - La.~ son , Geo .
aunty: . . ,ockincham
Jistrict : Stone,all
N
L"""(', ";_ T::)
SloJe - ~illable
Restocking
"":.cale - l" - 20 ch~. . ins
•
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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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Lawson, George S.
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Location: Swift Run
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Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court oL_...B.o.!lk:.Ln.gham___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ Geo., L ~L,.iwso ' s heirs_ and Lul R_ B._Lm'v son _______________________ _
For 51 Rcres.
more or less, of land in- R-G- eJ:;.i-:afrl:iam- ------ _______ 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 ofB..o_ckin h; rn... ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
. ________________________________________________
Lula B. L"'w son
___________________ _
My name IS
My post office address is _____Swi-:&-t - -Ru:R- +iF-[-i-:a-:i.--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_ __ ~-~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___ b..a~nc_e ll_a r..:-_hQll_s.e ... J~__ b._EU.1b...9JlS~_:;i .. .d.~1.r.l:-----------g r c na ry and wago n shed
· 1an d IS
· 1oca t ed a b ou t __·__________
e1 i ve
El k t on
v·Irg1ma,
·- m
·
m1-1es f rom_____________________________
Tlus
thes-t-3 ne-ws-1-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.)
_I _ Bm_ t he_ wido w_ of_ Ge o . L . Law s on wh o _died inte s t a te, lea ving ___________ _
widow and. t hre e chi l dren. I cla im my do wer in s a id L .. n d
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
Nor th ---:t1rrn1t3--1a~vso11 --1ITI.n.- -0t1rgr--s---------------------------------------- --South ____ l).."J..h.ie.l-..C.O.llle.r-- n.d. - L.i.nni.e -LP..w.s.o.n... ______________________________ _
---i~n°~~1c1~: !na..-
0
East
others . ---------------------------------------------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _]._~~Q____ in the
following manner:
-rrilre~1.---teu-sw..1e-1:ry-11ea-i-h-vf-my-trastran u-01r0~1,- ;t B~1so11 --------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--€d-&G. -GG-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or pa:r:~el of land with the improvements thereon is $-~=h§Q !. Q_Q ______ .
I am the owner oL_ 00 ___________ 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 ~J-rk atijched hereto) this ___~~~---------day
of_ ___ ~.---1%1---, 1 9 ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ _F_q_ gt..j_!}.g_h~IP:_ --------~--, To-wit:
':k..,u,f--.a..._Q_!l,_~-----
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL---: =-,u-1:a--B-;-I.r~wso-n-------~-------------------the above named claimant personally appearea 1:Jefore7um ancl made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ___ ~r.d.----------day of_ __ ;i~b .. --1 9.Sl-.--, 19afi~ ,a
~
_lf_/l_~fl__~~--~{!_ ________ _
Clerk of the Court, or ecial Investigator or
Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace.
'/2 J
�Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court oL_~crtn1'."1'FT.!f ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on~Conservaf10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______1.ulB~_B ~1- w..sn.n_ _____________________________________________________ _
for 31 Ac r e s
more or less, of land in __ R:-o-ek-i:-i'l~ro------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the p-euhon 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_B,.o..ck.ing.ham.... __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
___________________________________________ _
· ________________________
Lula B. Laws on
My name 1s
My post office address is ______ -&\-~i-f-t - -:::tUR- -¥-i rg-ir1-ia---------------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouL_ --31 __________ ·___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___ _No__bu.ilding.s... _______________________________________ _
· 1an d 1s
· 1oca t e d a b ou t ____________
m1·1 es f rom ______
fi~ e
·______________________ v·1rg1ma,
Tl11s
El ::.~ton
·· m
·
the ___S-t-o-n-e-w-a-1-l--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
parcel of land described above. )·
_ I _am _so le_ owne r __ of said _ land ------- - ------------------------ ----------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
Nor th ---L-tnrrre- Iiaw1:rcrn ----·------------------- ------------------------ -------South ____ -I)an.ial. - Co.ll.i..e.r - -e~Rd- ....o.th@r.s...--------------- ----- - - -----------------East ____ Henry _..:ihiilett _and _others_________________________________________ _
West----- -B-s t-a-te--of- -0- e-o-. ?. -B ugh-e-r---------------- ------------------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l91.5_ ____ in the
following manner:
By pa r--ti t1o n
-erf: myfa~he r r- s "'G'e o . T .l3auglie r- crec .------------ -----------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---1-aoo. OO----· 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 $_1l5_!2Q__-_QQ______ ,
I am the owner of_ ____ 00 ________ 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).
Ren1arks·------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -----------
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~!'A. _______ day
Zd a___l:1._ __ ~ -~ ~-----
of ____.t'eb-. ~-9-3:l-,-----, 1 9 ~
sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ll_QcK:Lug_h1;1m_ ___________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ f i1-T1"~--i - ...-,:r'J;l:g-(Jrf;·---------------- ----------the above named claimant personally appeare'<r-nefor~411m ana. made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
A1~~,cµ·r. -~- 2'p _________ _
this-- -5..!!d------------day of ___ :p,e.e -,--1 9-3-1JY'
Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justi e of the Peace.
I
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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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lawson-george-l-heirs-lula-b-lawson.pdf
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Lawson, George & Lula Heirs
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Location: Swift Run
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Lawson
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46f29a5e6af214caf23801e420190314
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#140 - Lawson , Arthur - Estate
Number of Acres: 30
Location:
i.long Beldor Road .
Roads:
One and one-half miles over fair dirt road to Swift Run ;
thence four miles to Elkton .
Soil:
Sandy clay of good depth and fair fertility with very little
rock . Moderate to gentle slopes; southeast and southwest
exposure .
History of Tract and condition of timber: A large portion
of the tract was cleared
many years ago , grazed since .
The wooded area has been cut o
over repeatedly . The present stand consists of mixed oaks and
white pine from 2'' to Stt DBH, some being larger .
Improvements:
{See reverse side)
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
8
$5 . 00
$40 . 00
17
25 . 00
425 . 00
5
30 . 00
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Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking: .
Cultivated Land:
150 . 00
:;,1615 . 00
30
Orchard:
575 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land: $510 . 00
Value of Improvements: l,7 5 . 00
50 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 50 . 00
Value of Minerals: $
25 . 00
$1265 . 00
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood : $ 25. 00
Value per acre for tract : $ 42 . 16
focidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE .
~ /(Pn ' CLERK.
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IMPROVEMENTS:
Dwelling: Frame, 17x23', kitchen 14xl6x8', met a l roof, 5
rooms, porch 6xl4', paper roof, 2 story, ceiled, fair condition ,
occupied by owner, spring.
Stable: Frame, 16x20xl2' , shin~le roof, fair condition .
~pen: Frame, 7xl6x5', pa per roof, good condition .
~ranary: Log, 8xl2x6', paper roof, poor condition .
2 ~hen houses: Frame, 8xl0x6', metal roof, poor condition .
Spring house:
Frame, 8xl0x7', metal roof, fair condition .
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�Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court oL_...B.o.!lk:.Ln.gham___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____ Geo., L ~L,.iwso ' s heirs_ and Lul R_ B._Lm'v son _______________________ _
For 51 Rcres.
more or less, of land in- R-G- eJ:;.i-:afrl:iam- ------ _______ 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 ofB..o_ckin h; rn... ____________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
. ________________________________________________
Lula B. L"'w son
___________________ _
My name IS
My post office address is _____Swi-:&-t - -Ru:R- +iF-[-i-:a-:i.--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_ __ ~-~----- _______ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements :___ b..a~nc_e ll_a r..:-_hQll_s.e ... J~__ b._EU.1b...9JlS~_:;i .. .d.~1.r.l:-----------g r c na ry and wago n shed
· 1an d IS
· 1oca t ed a b ou t __·__________
e1 i ve
El k t on
v·Irg1ma,
·- m
·
m1-1es f rom_____________________________
Tlus
thes-t-3 ne-ws-1-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.)
_I _ Bm_ t he_ wido w_ of_ Ge o . L . Law s on wh o _died inte s t a te, lea ving ___________ _
widow and. t hre e chi l dren. I cla im my do wer in s a id L .. n d
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
Nor th ---:t1rrn1t3--1a~vso11 --1ITI.n.- -0t1rgr--s---------------------------------------- --South ____ l).."J..h.ie.l-..C.O.llle.r-- n.d. - L.i.nni.e -LP..w.s.o.n... ______________________________ _
---i~n°~~1c1~: !na..-
0
East
others . ---------------------------------------------West ______________________________________________________________________________ _
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _]._~~Q____ in the
following manner:
-rrilre~1.---teu-sw..1e-1:ry-11ea-i-h-vf-my-trastran u-01r0~1,- ;t B~1so11 --------------------I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $--€d-&G. -GG-----· I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest,
in and to this tract or pa:r:~el of land with the improvements thereon is $-~=h§Q !. Q_Q ______ .
I am the owner oL_ 00 ___________ 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 ~J-rk atijched hereto) this ___~~~---------day
of_ ___ ~.---1%1---, 1 9 ~
STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ _F_q_ gt..j_!}.g_h~IP:_ --------~--, To-wit:
':k..,u,f--.a..._Q_!l,_~-----
The undersigned hereby certifies thaL---: =-,u-1:a--B-;-I.r~wso-n-------~-------------------the above named claimant personally appearea 1:Jefore7um ancl made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ___ ~r.d.----------day of_ __ ;i~b .. --1 9.Sl-.--, 19afi~ ,a
~
_lf_/l_~fl__~~--~{!_ ________ _
Clerk of the Court, or ecial Investigator or
Notary Public, or J us ce of the Peace.
'/2 J
�Claim of ______________________________________________________________________________ _
In the Circuit Court oL_~crtn1'."1'FT.!f ___________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on~Conservaf10n and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ______1.ulB~_B ~1- w..sn.n_ _____________________________________________________ _
for 31 Ac r e s
more or less, of land in __ R:-o-ek-i:-i'l~ro------- _______ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the p-euhon 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_B,.o..ck.ing.ham.... __________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
___________________________________________ _
· ________________________
Lula B. Laws on
My name 1s
My post office address is ______ -&\-~i-f-t - -:::tUR- -¥-i rg-ir1-ia---------------- ---------I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing abouL_ --31 __________ ·___ acres, on which there are the following
buildings and improvements: ___ _No__bu.ilding.s... _______________________________________ _
· 1an d 1s
· 1oca t e d a b ou t ____________
m1·1 es f rom ______
fi~ e
·______________________ v·1rg1ma,
Tl11s
El ::.~ton
·· m
·
the ___S-t-o-n-e-w-a-1-l--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
parcel of land described above. )·
_ I _am _so le_ owne r __ of said _ land ------- - ------------------------ ----------------
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
Nor th ---L-tnrrre- Iiaw1:rcrn ----·------------------- ------------------------ -------South ____ -I)an.ial. - Co.ll.i..e.r - -e~Rd- ....o.th@r.s...--------------- ----- - - -----------------East ____ Henry _..:ihiilett _and _others_________________________________________ _
West----- -B-s t-a-te--of- -0- e-o-. ?. -B ugh-e-r---------------- ------------------------- -I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l91.5_ ____ in the
following manner:
By pa r--ti t1o n
-erf: myfa~he r r- s "'G'e o . T .l3auglie r- crec .------------ -----------------
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $---1-aoo. OO----· 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 $_1l5_!2Q__-_QQ______ ,
I am the owner of_ ____ 00 ________ 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).
Ren1arks·------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -----------
------------------------ -------------------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
Witness my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto) this ____~!'A. _______ day
Zd a___l:1._ __ ~ -~ ~-----
of ____.t'eb-. ~-9-3:l-,-----, 1 9 ~
sTATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF __ ll_QcK:Lug_h1;1m_ ___________ , To-wit:
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ f i1-T1"~--i - ...-,:r'J;l:g-(Jrf;·---------------- ----------the above named claimant personally appeare'<r-nefor~411m ana. made oath that the matters
and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
A1~~,cµ·r. -~- 2'p _________ _
this-- -5..!!d------------day of ___ :p,e.e -,--1 9-3-1JY'
Clerk of the Court, or S ecial Investigator or
Notary Public, or Justi e of the Peace.
I
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Rockingham County SNP Records: Court Proceedings
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The first series of <span>the SNP Records collection consists of 4,756 documents related to The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Cassandra Lawson Atkins and others, and Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One (52,561) Acres of Land, more or less in Rockingham County, Virginia, court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire 52,561 acres of privately held land located within the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. </span> The Virginia government in collaboration with the federal government, used condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation, and more formally known as “eminent domain,” to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents within the collection almost entirely refer to land located within Rockingham County, but other counties within the park’s scope followed a similar process to acquire the land. The documents are broken up into three categories: Deed Books, Miscellaneous Documents, and Condemnation Cases. This collection contains the Condemnation Cases.<br /><br />For more information on the Rockingham County Shenandoah National Park collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.<br /><br />I<span>n the 1970s and 1980s many of the individuals displaced by the park creation were interviewed in hopes of preserving their stories. To listen to those records visit, <a href="https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/">https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/snp/.</a><br /></span>
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1925-1935
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Snp001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/2">Rockingham County SNP Records: Deed Books</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/3">Rockingham County SNP Records: Miscellaneous Records</a><br /><a href="http://catalog.lib.jmu.edu/record=b2286919">Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4526"> Shenandoah National Park Records Finding Aid </a>
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lawson-arthur-estate.pdf
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Lawson, Arthur Estate
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
r/-28G - I;...ncc.l::,t,n, R. V.
Number of Acres: 3v7
Location:
:.... di son Run · nd
eep Hun .
r'
Entirely 1it ..1in the
are,.;.. .
Roads:
'J:hree mi es viL. ciirt roads to Port :Sepu.blic , t
slli..?.)ing point .
Soil:
S::ndy loun .
lo e t:,rpe of fu.ir de)th '-'-nd ertility . 'I.1illL.ole
l nncl usc(l extensively for tr 1c;;:: :I>1rr1i1r· .
G ,ntle slopes, f::..irly
s r10ot': .
History of Tract and condition of timber: · 0st
ed of L.bc,ut Lj re .... r.~ '-- ·o for
grow u. in brns:." _ ·1d kill out
r:ixed o ' s .~ic1 yellm pin9 on
per ucre .
~od :- locat din
50 · • bd . :'t . s
timber .
17.~ cor s :'uel\.oou .
Improvements:
l~one .
1
1e
nearest
of t~1is tract wus e;o 'lpletely cle .(ro~c':ic..rd. usa, but ',t..s 1J -:: 1 1 .:...1 :o
to
orch:..rd .
..._ out 50 i • bu . ft. o
remaind r of trc.ct nd 3 cords
t'e nort 1east oorn"r o~ tr::ct .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
..J42
.,,, 3 . 00
1026 . 00
3
? . 00
31 . 00
30 . 00
'2Ll O. 00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
12
I,!/
Orchard:
1~27 . 00
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 1287 . 00
Value of Improvements: $
Value of Orchard : $
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $ tlu . 00
Value of Timber: $ L)O • 00
Value of Wood: $ 86 . 00
Value per acre for tract: $ 4 • .:i 7
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:
40 . JC
1 30 . 00
86 . 00
�REPORT ON THE ACREAGE
of the
R. V. LANCASTER TRACT #285 .
The dee d con vey ing thi s tra ct con tain
s a
fai rly goo d des crip tion and cal ls for
325 acr es .
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---------------------·----------------------------In the Circuit Court oL_~: - ~ _:: ___________ _____ County, Virginia, No, ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Col)..Servation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiC/.).4-- o.,,...d,.,A. ~
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.
vs. ___ __________________________________________________________________________
_
t 1oner,
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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 o.f condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL _____ _____________________ County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petition and to said notice.
My name is _______
1£:__~
___ _
£. __
My Post Office Address i s _ ~
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 j__Q ____ acres, on which there are the following
~:c~~~:e~~:~ : ::~::: ~ ~:
- ~ ~------------------------------------------------------------T h : ~ocated about_ ___,Z_______ miles from ___ ~
-------Virginia, in
th
_
~agisterial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or par cel 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 o~and de_;cribed above).
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--------~
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--
The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows:
North____
South_G!:c
___
_
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_ __
_ _ _ -----,~-~
____ _________ _
-/fl:tH----- ___ ------~ -~
----~1:.s _.._.,___
Eas~1t/~
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-----;;z,~~
West-4 _4#__....,_
_____ J : ' / c - - L _ ~ ~ ~---~-------------I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _/..f'LJ. ___in the
fol o: : n~::::::~~iitf&~g=ere-
on is $JD.i:>!,.':_!f-:::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
I am the o,vner 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 t o
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
$:Jl!..,_f:J_~-~'i~.
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___ll..4__ -_--_ - _______---~----~---r:--~------------ --- --- --------- ------------ --- --- -------- (Continue remarks if necessary on the back).
~ ) this __l _l:,________ day
Witness my signature (or m! name and mark yjt~
or...<2.cu.,.,._......-,____, rn3r/. {1,.;/4
'°;. -_---,;,UL
-----'",-----~ - - -
€f.tATE OF VIRITTNIA, ~ OF_.l.T.!.- ~- - - -- -, To-wit.
The undersigned hereby certifies that_ __ Jl.lL __ {U_. ( h _ ~ ~--------- ----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,
day oL iJ~
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Rock1nghrun
Distr ict:
t'
dcreage Olai.med: ,330 I;..
n.
325
need
Asses sed
Madison 1un and D~ep Hun .
Loeetion:
V. Lancaatar
$7065 . 49
Value Cla imed;
La]?s:
265
n townvall
tt
~ntirely
1200 . 00
1922
w·~ts~ ~~tr~a~~~fl~7~u~t~·\,..,\.
Deed f or t hi s t:rsc t 1a for 32b acres, but from l ocal inforroatmon
and lines and corners found on 11round there are more than 325 acres i.n tra.ct .
Tne.t pert of tra.c?t on 2:1 . iv. corner cut off by broken line we.a omitted from
None known.
survey.
Soil:
1endy loe.m.
Slope type o,... ,;..,,.;.:.:, depth and rertil1 ty.
Gentle slopes .
used extens i vely for t r~ok farming.
'l'illable l a nd
Fairly srnooth .
~-1;'i:
ROE1ds:
Hiatog::
3 miles via dirt roads to ""lort '1epublic, the nanr est ah ippi!"'.g :poi nt.
Host of t his tract was completely cl eared off about l b yea1·s ago
for orchard use uut has 'been o.llowed to grow up in br ush and kill ont
orchard . ~bout 50H bd . ft. of roi ;x:ed oaks o.nd yellow p1ne on remainder
of tract and 2 cords wood :ner a.ore. Wood ia loca ted 1n the n~1r.. Cor.
of tract .
50r,1 bd . ft. aa , timber a '"3 . 00
1.72 c ds . fuel wood ~ 50¢
a.
150.00
Oo . 00
236.00
Improvemente:
24 apple trees lo to 40 years old.
:?oor conciition
"" 24.00
2 4 trees "~ 1. 00
Va lue
'l :r:;ge
till blc
rt eld restocking
Acrwiga
slope
342
:557
12
3
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improver:ien ts
timber
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Average va l ue pe:· acre
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ner acre
\
'J.'otal
val.ue
20 . 00
240.00
8 . 00
3 . 00
24.00
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1290.00
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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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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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lancaster-r-v.pdf
Title
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Lancaster, R. V.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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An account of the resource
Location: Madison Run and Deep Run
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Tract(s): 285
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Lancaster
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ROCKINGHb.H COUNTY
NAME OF CLAIMANT
#246 - Lam, Sarah C.
Number of Acres: 5
This tract is entirely within the Park area .
Location:
Two Hile Run.
Roads:
Two miles east of Island Ford .
Soil:
Slope .
All merchantable timber has been
removed from this tract ,
History of Tract and condition of timber:
Improvements: Dwelling : Frarie, 19x21' , 5 rooms, ps per roof , brick flues ,
1~ story , s pring water supply, occupied by owner, fair condition .
Hen house :
8xl0' .
Acreage and value of types:
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
4
&5 . 00
$20 . 00
1
25 . 00
25 . 00
·~
45
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'tr
Ridge:
Slope:
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking :
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 45 . 00
Value of Improvements: $ 250 . OO ,_..
250 . 00
Value of Orchard: $ 10. 00
Value of Minerals: $
Value of Fruit: $
Value of Timber: $
Value of Wood: $
Value per acre for tract: $61 . 00
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract:- $ NON~'.'.i .
10 . 00
305 . 00
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In the Circuit Court of_ _________________________ County, Virginia, No. ________ , At Law.
The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. _____________________________________ ---------------------------------------more or less, of land in _____________________________ County, Virginia, Defendants.
The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded
upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit
Court oL __________________________ C()W}ty, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this
as his answer to said petiti~kti,,,. sl<i.d ~ice.
My name i s - - - ~ , c 1 - " 1 7 ~ _ /.L ___~ _~
-__________________ _
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_ _____
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T h i s ~ ~ d abo~L-~---~---~-mil~s ~rom ________________~ ________ Virginia, in
the ________________ Magisterial District of said County.
I claim the following dght, 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 a d j a ~ ~ c r i b e d tract or parcel of land are as follows:
i~f:-~~~-~~=½-~:---::::::::-::::::::::::::::::::::
I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year __________ in the
following manner:
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is
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 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 practkable he should also insert here a
description of the tr~arcel of
~ metes and
unds).
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of__Witness my signat~~: (or. my name and m a r ~ ~ ~ ~--~- ----day
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STATE OF VI~GINIA, COUN~Y OF______ ___~~-:i.-~~-dfh--~~~
The undersigned hereby certifies that ___ ___ _____ _____ ____ __ ____ __ __________ _______ ___
the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters
and things app~ing in his above an~w_y are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this _____ .2:,~ ________day oL __
193_~
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�IN THE C lRCUIT caraT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY' VIRGil{ IA
STATE C CMMISSION ON CONSERVAT ICE"
AND DEVELOPEMENT OF THE STATE OF VA.
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Petitio ner
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AT LAW No. 1829
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CASSENDRA LAWSON ATKINS , ET ALS.,
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AND 52,561 ACRES OF IAND IN ROCKING&M )
COUNTY, VIRGIN IA.
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Defend ants
On the motion of Edward C. Martz, Specia l Commi ssioner
in the chance ry cause of Sarah C. Lam's Credit ors vs. Sarah c.
Lam's Heirs, leave is given him to file his petitio n in the above
styled procee dings and the same is hereby this day ordered filed.
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�IN THE C mcurT
COURT OF ROCKilfGHAM COUNTY' vmGINl i
STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION
AND DE'I/ELOFEMEN T OF THE STATE OF VA.
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vs.
Petition er
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CASSENDRA LAWSON ATKINS , ET ALS.,
AND 52,561 ACRES OF LAND IN ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY, vmGINIA .
l/&.W No. 1829
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Defenda nts
'TO THE HONORABLE H. W. BERTRAM, JUDGE OF THE C IBCUIT COURT OF
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY:
The petition of Edward
c.
Martz, Special Commissioner
in the chancery cause now pending in your Honor's Court under the
style of Sarah c. Lam's Credito rs vs. Sarah C. Lams Heirs, respect
fully represe nts:
That at 2nd April Rules, 1926, P.
c.
Hawkins , suing on
behalf of himself and all other credito rs of Sarah
c.
Lam, decease ,
filed his bill in equity in your Honor's Court, which had for its
object the subjecti on of a tract of five acres of land, situated
in said County, near Two Mile Run, south of Island Ford, adjoinin g
the lands of Sipe, Sellers and others, to the payment of the debts
due by said deceden t's estate.
ihat pursuan t tdan order of referenc e entered in said
chancery cause the debts due by said deceden t were ascertai ned,
and on the 22nd of Februar y, 1927, a decree was entered therein
appointi ng your petition er a Special Commissioner for the purpose
of selling said tract of land and applying the proceeds therefro m
to the payment of the debts reported therein. That your petition er
duly qualifie d as such Special Commissioner and on several occasion
fter due advertis ement of the time, te:rms and place, offered said
roperty for sale, but was never able to receive what in the
pinion of your petition er was an adequate price therefo r.
�Your petition er further represe nta that the tract or
paroel of land aforesai d is included within the ar ea which is
sought to be condemned by the State Commission on Conserv ation and
Develope ment for a publio Park and is the tract or :i;arcel of land
-;i,4~
was
shown on the map marked-a i! which tt filed in these proceedi ngs by
said pet it loner, the state Commission on Conserv ation and Develope ment on the 23rd day of Septemb er , 1931, and by an order of that
date the Board of Apprais al Commiss ioners are directed to proceed
to ascerta in the value thereof along with other lands mention ed in
said petition .
WIImEFORE, your petition er prays that leave may be given
him to file this his petition in the above styled condemn ation
procee dir.gs and that any funds which may be derived from the condemnatio n of said tract of land be,by an order entered therein ,
directed to be paid to your petition er and disburse d under proper
orders of the Court to be entered in the chancery cause aforesa id
of Sarah C. Lam's Credito rs vs . Sarah C. Lam's Heirs .
And your petition er will ever pray , etc .
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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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Lam, Elmer - Meadows, ES
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lam-sarah-c.pdf
Title
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Lam, Sarah C.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Two Mile Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 246
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PDF
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Pake Davis, Tristan Nelson, Liana Bayne
Lam
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NAME OF CLAIMANT
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Number of Acres:
9
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Location:
Roads:
.....bo1it four
:lk-1-;on.
Soil:
t.h:...llo,· , gr• velly lo~. , e.,ctremely rocky .
Slo es ""'re gentle
to .s .... ee •
oi.1thwest ex. o~ure .
.rev-lence of tuli 'o L,r
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rtil soil.
t.,111..i.
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lf rriles ::iver r;ood mount i "l ro d to
History of Tract and condition of timber:
..:r, ct hc.1s been cut over· re e ted.:., ,
lu.st c1t bei ~r ir: 1 30; r.__, ov~n~ l:!.. S\- ti"'lb:;r exce~ t ....
fe· . . tc es o~ hi.c1:corJr , o k , ':le ch, popl r -.s'--'r gu.tin
about 10 ~ • i '10 uc. in )ODl-r to 7" to • ...he rest o -'-·he
st :rin r 1 ms 'l_ to 9 inches ~nc'- i. '... ixea. hard mods in I' ich
tQli~ , oaks , nd hickor 9redomin-t •
for erlmprovementsi:- lY
s-:ro _- element , ' 1t ;1~s L1O drop.._ ed 0"' • '": 1er
v""e:n
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t, ie 10..
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rnllin
g ndfr . . . . "3 , 16x~7' , it1 tt_e·ed' it ohen
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.3x~7 ', 6 -.. . oo 1,:,, s· ineled roof , orick · lra s ,
1., stcry , ceil d, " ir con·~" io:..1 1 occupied b~ o ·:1er , o. rine
vV._t r s1 ... ;ily , pill_r -"'0"" 1 d tio'1 , '10 c ... llc...r .
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dition .
13~,-no:d2' , s ·~ · gleu roof, f . i r 8on · t ion .
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Acreage and value of types :
Types
Acreage
Value per acre
Total Value
Ridge:
Slope:
13
3 .. 00
12
25 . 00
09.00
Cove:
Grazing Land:
Fields Restocking:
Cultivated Land:
Orchard:
7'1J . G0
Minerals:
Value of Land: $ 339 . 0
JU . L,0
Value of Improvements: $ "·10 . 00
25 . 0CJ
Value of Orchard: $
Value of Minerals : $
Value of Fruit: $
J
"1'1209.00
•
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Value of Timber: $ .... ~ . O
Value of Wood: $ ;:; • ._,
Value per acre for tract: $
8 . JG
Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $
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�Claim oL __ ;/: •
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In the Circuit Court of_ _______
CA_ ______ __, ______________________________ _
t_·_!__ .:.~---- ______
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~yan::: ::
said ?'.o; ::~ ~
otice. ---------------- ---------------- --
My post office address is _____________ f
________________________________________ _
I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought
to be condemned, containing about_ ___ ~:_~-- _______ acres, on which there are th following
buildi lftS ~md improvements=-- -~ ~ ~-f --~ --~ --------, __________ !_ ________ / ------- ------ ______ ,t _________
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- ) __ . -________ iJ.. -- ,I, _____ ,,-__________________ _
-,l...,-C..,,~-.-....t_~
-------------------/-------------------------------_--- ¼-- -----------------------I
This,d.i1rd J.s.. located about_ ____6_ _____ miles from _____________________________ Virginia, in
the _____~ ______Magiste:rial District of said County.
I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of lana. described above: (In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner,
and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner,
he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or
parcel of land described above.)
I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $.b~ ___ /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 $- --------------·
I am the owner oL _______________ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or
parcel of land but lying outside the Park are a, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $--------------- ---·
(In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to
this claim which claimant desires to make; and if practicable he should also insert here a
description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds).
Remarks·----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -----
---------------- ---------------- ------------ (Continue remarks if necessary on the.back)·.
,-c.
Witne s my signature (or my name and mark attached hereto )_this _______________ day
of ______ -- ~----------, 193(j)..._________ ---~---- _______ -----------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 ap.Pearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief,
this ____~!_ __________ day oL_':.. ~--------------, 1930
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Dublin Core
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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
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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
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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lam-l-b.pdf
Title
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Lam, L. B.
Publisher
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
Description
An account of the resource
Location: Wolf Run
Coverage
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Tract(s): 46
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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
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