92 20 4487 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/dedb67c1649dd0a2a0b47a4fcbad0a7f.pdf db826e154c6ad9b1ce3c154fd4d86f11 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Wakefield District NAME OF CLAIMANT #22 20 Number of Acres : - . Bowling, Geo. W Location : Roads : . Soil : . Clay loam Timber slopes steep Principal exposure is east . . Soil deep, moderately rocky Cut over for tan bark about 30 years ago Other timber products removed at various times Remaining stand consists of scattered trees History of Tract and condition of timber : . . . . None Improvements : Acreage and value of types : Value Acreage Types 20 Slope : @ per acre $ 3.00 Total Value $60.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ 250.00 $250.00 $310.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 15.50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE �12 Claim of . In the Circuit Court of The State Comrnisi on tioner, vs. ^ County, Virginia, No -» At Law. ment of the State of Virginia, Peti- __ daiL^L ... more or less, of land in County, Virginia, Defendants, The undersigned , in answer tq^the ion of the State Commission on Conservation and De velopment of the of Virginia, ^hnd in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon he filing qfsaM petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of County, Vif &inia, asks leave of the Court to file this j as his answer to s titio and t aid notice/ My name is My Post Office Address is / I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing abpjit J 3 which there are thaHfollowing improvements : -40. ^ - ^ ^^ __ ^ ^. /_ r— Qsi 0 X 6 crv ^ (JZtuc miles from .Virginia, in the Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . about _ LO . - # ^ * The land owners adjacent to th abo/ xjescribe UL iJ North South East - _ _ _ West ^ % , or parcel of landjane as follows: V £ I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner: 1T _ _/_?_/_6 in the I f I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there_ on is $ 3AA claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract orj cel of land witli the n provements thereon is $ I am the owner of L 4 i_2iL 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 $ OO ( 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 : ^ ^^ ^ ^^ __ . necessary on the back ) . ( signature my or my name and mark attached hereto ) this day Witpess of Zl/lA — 1930. '-?STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF JV The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared, before him and made oath/fhat the matters and things app ring in his abp S answer true to the tjest of his kijf &wledgejmd belief , this I day of i ( Continue remarks if _ j ^ ^ ry Qlerk of the Court/ or Special Investigator or / Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. / - �w County: Rappahannock District: Wakefield . $22^Bowling,G.W Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Examined By; Location; . Incumbrances, counter claims, or laps: None known Roads: . Cla;$r loam, Timber slopes steep Soil deep, Principal exposure is East moderately rocky Soil: . History of . Tract and condition of timber: Cut over for tan bark about thirty years ago. Oilier timber products removed at various times, scattered trees Remaining stand consists of . Improvements: None in Park Area, Timber: 20 acres estimated to cut 2150 Bd Pt per acre, or a total of 43,000 Bd ft for the tract, 37$ of which is oak, 62$ poplar, and 1% other species .. . . . Acreage and value by Types: Types ; Slope Value Per A ' . &.0C Acreage; 20 Value of land Value of Timber 43,000 @ $5 .- $ $40.00 215.00 — Value per acre: $12.75 Total Value �C ntyi Rappahannock District: Wakefield A .. - #22 Bowling, G V' /Roberfeon Sc Kern 5 * 10 . Thos H.Settle b 4i fv? 14 Edith Harper ST \ \ ** LEGEND: Cove " Slope Ridge Scale Orchard Grazing Land Tillable Land 1" 20 Chains - = � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowling, GW Description An account of the resource Tract: 22; Location: Wakefield District; Cost/Acre: $15.50; Estimate Value: $310.00; Number of Acres: 20.0; Monies Awarded: $310.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 22 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bowling-gw-tract-22 Bowling https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d82bbe64c42fa0cc0609d1d8b58d8f18.pdf 9ca51149627273dda0d907150e80460d PDF Text Text RAPP AH AH HOC# COUNTY i NAME OF OWNER #14-0 Number of Acres: Location: - Oklahoma Bowen 80 . Buttonwood Branch, south side of Favoiite Mountain 2 miles over a steep rough road to the state highway, and thence 11 miles to Miray , the nearest shipping poi t * Roads: ^ soil is a sandy loam of good depth and fertility and moderate amount of rock, except on the north which is rocky moderate to steep with a strip of nearly level land along the The exposure is south, except for the small part on the north ' ‘ he Soil: • . only a Slopes are branch side of mtn . History of Tract and condition of timber: The timber has been removed and most of the tract cleared up and then allowed to grow back to timber and brush . . One old abandoned house of no value Improvements: . Some little fruit Acreage and value of types: Ridge: Slope: Value per acre Acreage Types _ Total Value 69 @ $2.50 ,5172.50 7 @ 5.00 35.00 4 @ 10.00 40.00 fg47.50 Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 247.50 Value of Improvements: $ 12.50 $260.00 12.50 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 3.25 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NOME CLERK . �— Claim of .-QKIeJIQrA.B.CrJM In the Circuit Court of _ Bci pp£dl& ruiQ County, Virginia, No.-14 9 , At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti tioner, vs. 5Jli £lLQrL -4yXQr Qt -alfi and 37 AQ0 acr es ^ ^ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ - _ more or less, of land in RappnteilSPilk 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 _ B£uppaharjiQdc County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is OKLAHOMA 3.QWMMy Post Office Address is SpierryiYiJLLe -Yirglni & ^ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , containing about 8T. .E acres, on which there are the following ;i02ife buildings and improvements : _ Q _ This land is located about 4 miles from _ f >perryyJJLl.e. Virginia, in the i Q.dLonnt Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed . a.bove : fin 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 ) . __ _ _ - _ _ e sol _ Qvmer The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : c y X*- G Dimw e.ll Nor th ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ajsi T JSr South &X als East ___J os eph _ S_ _ _ Bod son _ West- jggTOjWMS _ Andrew J * _ Clark 0 . ___ , I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year l ? £4 in the following manner: _ By__d e_ed 4 _ JLi lli _e JDodson _ et__al_s to Oklah oma _ Bowen _ & e ed__dat ed_ * il. 19 24.,- 3P.c.Qr ded Febjruary 151h * 1932• I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ 500 ft 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 $.5X10 ^ 0.0 I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ , __ . ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) and mark attachediiereto ) thi§ day ___ Witness my signature ( or my name 111 of , 193&. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OFJJ O-Wlt . The undersigned hereby certifies that Lj> 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 , 193& 2^ --- day of - X _ 1 ^ Serk-of the Court, Notary FubMeyor -Jufflce ^ HbSu cw . ct . 9- aUfaYes tigatuFDr -the-Feace. pCLi ��#140 - Bowen, Oklahoma CC HETTY: RAPPAHAIT1T0CK DISTRICT: riSDEDHT Acreage Claimed: alue Calimed: " . Buttonwood Branch., south side of Favorite Mtn Location: Incumbrances, counter claims or la s: Hone known* Two miles overaa steep rough road to the state high- roads: way and thence 11 miles to Luray, the nearest ship - ping point * Soil: The soil is a sandy loam of good Pepth and fertility and only a moderate amount of rock, except on the . north end which is rocky Slopes are noderate to steep with a strip of nearly level land along the . branch The exposure is south except for the sanll . part on the north side of the mountain History of tract and condition _of timber: The t irk or has been removed . and most of the tract cleared up and then allowed to . grow back to timber and brush Improvements: There is an abandoned house of no value and a few . apple trees Acreage and Trues: value of land by Types: Acreage Value Total Per Acre Value 69 $2.50 $173.00 FR 7 5.00 35.00 FC 4 GO 10.00 Slope Total value of land: Total value of tract: Average value per acre: $248.00 248.00 3.10 40.00 . iSai Ct �#140 - Bowen, Oklahoma County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont N A Lee Frazier Ben Menefee Est • xT ffoe Darnell . * * '* .. Jos 4 H' * « % iLfi n LEGEND: ' Orchard Cove Slope Ridge Scale - Grazing Land Tillable Land Fields restocking 1" * 20 chains �VIRGINIA: IET THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY: THE STATE COMMISSION OH CONSERVATION and DEVELOPMENT, Petitioner vs Answer and exceptions of Oklahoma Bowen CLIFTON AYLOR , et als , and 57,400 acres of land , more or less, Defendants . Your respondent, Oklahoma Bowen, excepts to the Commissioners report filed in the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia , on the 18th day of Kay , 1932, in the above styled cause, for the following reasons: ( 1) That said Commissioners only allowed .the sum of $260.00 to your respondent for said land, ( 2) That said sum is absolutely inadequate, unfair and unjust, (3) That said Commissioners made a mistake in calculating the acreage of said land ; allowing your respondent for only 80 acres , when the said tract of land really consists of approxi mately 100 acres. - Your respondent would show unto the Court that the said . land was conveyed to him by John W Bowen, Ruby Bolen, Nina Bowen Dwyer , and Clement Bowen, by a deed of record in the Clerk’s office of Rappahannock County , Virginia, in Deed Book ”32", at . page 111 That your respondent formerly owned an undivided interest in this land , together with the aforesaid Ruby Bolen , Nina Bowen Dwyer , and Clement Bowen. That your respondent paid - the other three co tenants the sum of $900.00 for their shares, . That your thereby placing a value of $1200.00 on the land respondent has improved said land and although land values have depreciated in the last few years , your respondent believes E. W. CHELF ATTORNEY AT LAW - that with the improvments the tract is worth at least the WASHINGTON. VA. sum of $1200.00 at Your respondent / ' . this time T/ould further show that the aforementioned �deed describes the land as containing S9 acres, and that the said tract of land has been shown on the land hooks of the " County of Rappahannock as containing 100 acres; that even though your respondent is unable to find a survey of said lend , he believes that it actually contains more than the acreage which the Commissioners allowed . Your respondent would show that the tract of land proposed to be taken in this prodeeding will be found in . 149, tract 140. Record No Therefore, your respondent and exceptant prays that he be not deprived of his said property without just compensation , and that he be allowed at least the sum of $1200.00, which is the true value of his said property ; and your respondent further prays that the Court appoint other disinterested appraisers to appraise his said property , or that he be allowed a jury trial in this matter, and he will ever pray etc• * Respectfully, e me this 5th day of S E. W. CHELF ATTORNEY A T LAW WASHINGTON. VA . �VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCU IT COURT OR RAPPA HANN OCK COUNT Y: THE STATE COMM ISSION ON CONSE RVATI ON and DEVEL OPMEN T Petitioner vs CL I ETON AYLOR , e t a l s , and 37400 of land , more or l e s s ^ acres Defend ants At Law No * 149 Your r e s p o n d e n t , Oklaho ma Bowen , i n obedien ce to an o r d e r e n t e r e d i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s on t h e 30 t h d a y of A u g u s t , 1932 , comes and s a y s t h a t to t h e b e s t of h i s knowle dge , inform ation and b e l i e f t h e t r a c t or p a r c e l of l a n d , w i t h i n t h e area s o u g h t to b e condem ned , owned b y him and w i t h r e f e r e n c e to which he h a s h e r e t o f o r e f i l e d h i s o b j e c t i o n s to t h e r e p o r t of t h e Board of A p p r a i s a l Commi ssioner s , i s , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of t h e number o f acres g i v e n , t h e same t r a c t or p a r c e l o f l a n d which was found b y t h e s a i d A p p r a i s a l Comm issione rs to b e t h e l a n d owned b y him , and which i s shown and d e l i n e a t e d on t h e map r e t u r n e d w i t h the r e p o r t of t h e Board o f A p p r a i s a l Commi ssioner s , r e a d t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e s a i d r e p o r t and t h e e x h i b i t s t h e r e t o a t t a c h e d , the said t r a c t of l a n d b e i n g d e s c r i b e d as c o n t a i n i n g 80 acres , more or l e s s , and b e i n g d e s i g n a t e d i n t h e s a i d r e p o r t as Tract No 140 * Respectfully , Oklaho ma Bowen By Counse l O Counse l E. W. CHELF ATTORNEY AT LAW WASHING TON . VA . • • . �9 \ i State Commission on Conservation & Levelopment The r t « TS * Clifton Aylor , e t a l s , & 27400 acres o f land , more or l e s s ; * * W r i t t e n statement of Oklahoma Bowen as to ownership of Tract r,. - 140 o k * t FILED IN CLERK’S OFFICE RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY ^ ]9 r Clerk .< 7 4 f W' .* > �; HBEQRT Oi; T'H J ACREAGE OP THE . OKLAHOMA BOWEH T IACT #140 There is no definite description of this tract . of record A computation of the acreage from the calls of adj oining - - acts 4 v* U JL gives 80 . acres . The acreage assessed for taxes , as shown by tax receipts furnished us by the owner , is 61 acres and 20 poles. W. Sloan, . Chief Engineer * lark Service � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowen, Oklahoma Description An account of the resource Tract: 140; Location: Buttonwood Branch, south side of Favorite Mountain; Cost/Acre: $3.25; Estimate Value: $260.00; Number of Acres: 80.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 140 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bowen-oklahoma-tract-140 Bowen https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/49572919a89f29fdb5aa46a63cabd0f6.pdf 2e6553e180fe1ef717f5e8f7b64027c9 PDF Text Text \ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF #102 Number of Acres: Location : on 436 - CLAIMANT . Bowen, Chas. H the headwater of Piney River and Thornton Roads : River. 22 miles from Luray,(nearest shipping point) over 5 miles of rough road and 17 miles of macadam road South side of divide is burned . . over Soil : SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR SOIL INFORMATION. Little merchantable timber remains in History of Tract and condition of timber : the hollow, but the best timber such as chestnut and chestnut oak was removed many years ago TIMBER Timbered area is 189 acres with average stand of 1350 feet B.M per acre, making a total merchantable . . . stand of 255 M. ft -- - Improvements: DWELLING now occupied by tenant Frame, 30x36 ’, 2 story, 9 room, shingke roof, stripped, poor and dilapidated condition 12x12’, shingle roof, fair dondition WASH HOUSE SPRING HOUSE 10x24’, paper roof, good condition CORN ,:0USE;;; 6x12’, shingle roof, good condition MEAT HOUSE 12x12x10’ shingle roof SHOP 10x12’ paper roof, , Log STORAGE Log poor condition BARN 16x46 ’ shingle roof poor , 20 14 x paper GARAGE x , 18 20 SHED roof ’ ’ —. — -— — ——- — — — — GARAGE 10x16 ’ shingle roof TENANT HOUSE Frame, 14x26', 4 room, metal roof MEAT HOUSE 10x12' HEN HOUSE 10x12' STORAGE SHED 20x40’, shingle roof (in orchard) Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge : Slope: Cove : - Grazing Land : — 256 @ $3.00 $768,00 13 @ 4.00 52.00 82 @ 15.00 .. 1230.00 $2050.06 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : 85 Orchard : @ 105 * 09 8933.00 Minerals: Value of Land : $ 2050.00 Value of Improvements : $ 1000 * 00 Value of Orchard : 1000.00 33.&& Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ . Value of Timber: $ 1020 00 1020 * 00 IX30037UU Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ Incidental Since an the 9 room shi g from the taking of this tract : $ damages arisinthis tract in Aug.1930 NONE / been destroyed by lire * (continued) J �/ Continued from other side . Southwest and northeast exposure Soil on the northeast side SOIL: of the divide between the two rivers is good average slope clay loam and sandy clay loam type of medium depth and fertility, relative ly free from large rocks and boulders, while the soil on the southwest slope is composed of a thin sandy or sandy clay loam of a poor produc ing quality except the hollows - - . \ r r •v - V �/0% Claim of County, In the Circuit Court of _ _( on Conservation aid Development The State Co tioner, vs fcU l _ At Law. , ginia . No P / the State off Virginia, Peti’ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of State <of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit upon the fili County, Virginia , asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to s4ifl] petition and to said / inotice. . My name is _ &AJJA ^ |Cwy-Arz £vjoU 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 acres, on which there are the following to be condemned, containing about JLL- JoiLkfV n _CW _ y buildings and improvements i jL _ Ji ___ QJL _ L_ stSA _ jet&EH _ 1_ _ _ _4%£V &-<JL,_ __ _ Jldc _> _ JiMjLlteL Virginia, in miles from k This land is located about the - Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners.. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . _ ^ tohJUxL The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: 1 °L CkA A± " O. North ^ £ . South1 _ A&2W. East - Ajb*g+ ds. J t West A- in the right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year. I acquired following manner: _ _ £ __ _ _S ^ UJ fi ___tL _ _ _ _ _ Ul — ^ " — JL & ^ \AA 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 $ _4 rQ _Q _Q _() S= in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is jJiQtO-Q -O-J* acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcej 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 ) . _ A^dJA. 3 a. o AIAML Remarks: t 3 D AATIUSACLVZ O h — ! _ o^ > h iu. _ _ __ _ _ MT _ _ JAUL-' ® m if necessary on e back ). t . ^ ( ) day Z this attacheclhereto Wjfness my signature or my name and mark Of , > 1930. , To-wit : STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF. The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named claimant personally appeared befofe him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above ^ajisjver are true toAthe best of his IfUowledge and belief , 9301/ day of this ( Continue remarks _ 7 — ih of the Court, * or Special Investigator or ;ary Public, or Justice of the Peace. 7k « �w* •* ' l - XOl iT /C; „ CL rise .. cawrn " IT: IT . LLITIOCK: :i : r' < . .tore age Hal ed : . . owituvm Liver. Value 13.0,1 oil: i® the waters of imy P.iirer a - r ’ Hoo¥ Ion: Tfinf Tm cer- » eo ait - r elaiis or l- v s : ! one known ' ' . ' . . . Soil : southwest : 1 nor ihoa e/ e:;x o cur c oil on the northeast side of toe 6 ivido he twee t e brn Ivors to rp l . vor e slope clay lonn m candy clay loon type of medium do- tli and fertility relatively free from large rooks ant’ boulders , while tlx coil on the southwest slope is conpo&cC of a thin: sanely or sandy clay lours of . .. r or p:: odnoinr quality exor t tho hollows: . ' • • • • , Loads: . . ::Is ton; - a - . rue r x l conli U « : of nor aims ir she s.r. ’ chestnut o : five riles .outb side . over 22 miles from Luray ( nearest chi sinypoint ) rou/p : road end IV miles of meadc. , road divide is burned crx r of i ber : ii her: Little more! antallc i ber rat ' fee 1)0 d tlr .bcr ouch as chestnut followV has beer no over may yenrs ' Timbered area is IP . B l , per acre seel * v .Ih . . . , of ' making " ^ ores wits • .verupc stand o :; 13; >0 feet a total Merchantable stand of B i r s L $4.00 . . * . . , ' . : , • ling non ocou ice by tenant , frame 30x56 txo story 9 room , single rrxf , ;: t ipr ‘ poor and fillpidated hr condition * * * « M * M M ^ “ ' o * « » a « o a « « e * « * « ach house 12x12 * shingle roof , fair condition •• * » • 1. . *0 ; : , spring Louse 1., x; . ... , good rooi eons it ice * * * • * » er 61 Corn house 6x12|2ihingle roof , fro - condition , 0 : ’ oat house 12x1:1x10 sllr/ 3. . roof « t « CD « M M * .0 hop 10xl£ , pup c: roo f 15 ,0 torage , log , poor condition •• « -» e t e e * e » * e « e « » « 10.00 - »* * , *, P arav log 16 x46 shingle roof * 150 *00 Led , 14x20 poor 25 , er imp 10 20 x roof 1 carace ora. yc ,10x16 , shin ;- Is roof , rv i o: Ten a t ho :;so , fro* o , 14x36 , 6 roos , netxl - oof o e s- i hr .re * 10x1: 1 , Lx - so - GO , 10x3.2 1. xtorsxe shed 20x40 , shingle roof cxcb 4 » 2 « « ^ Isot x Total ’* T Y . T o o l Value * - - M , * i* # i , # # # # ... # a o # . » , 1 . , , , , . • ..... ' y - L Acreage ' " .8 ! o r .c . - 52 30 13 85 hr O IQ ' Orchard 600 Total val. ue of IsncT erxrssrvio Tot 1 v ine o i Total value of if - bar * . . /? 1/ vhi / / > ^ /9 ...... * M « i 9 tt .... .. ..... . ................. or , y e f t e e . .. 4» o O v? - Value ’ TtkVfO . * , 0 1061 .0 6.00 . 1 5. 4 75.00 . . $23.87 . . .: ISLC $§375, QQ $1956 .00 OO IlSSO 1020.00 . .. . # 4 B ; ........... • SO IP slope * . SX �County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont A #102 - Bowen, Charles H. Ambrose Bailey Alfred Dwyer Nina B, H . Bowen Ann V Heirs to .VN • B UVh - S' 7, . * .. Lee Frazier Mrs S Herrell LEGEND: Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable " Scale 1" s 20 chains Cove - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Bowen, Charles Description An account of the resource Tract: 102; Location: Headwater of Piney and Thornton River; Cost/Acre: $3.34; Estimate Value: $13,003.00; Number of Acres: 436.0; Monies Awarded: $13,003.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 102 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bowen-charles-tract-102 Bowen https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/34dee0ce65730a9c954a311467de74e9.pdf f1f1e5853962185c1dd49a38d19bf2a9 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY CLAIMANT NAME #116 Number of Acres: - Bowen, Anna V.-Estate 156 On waters of Thornton River # Location : 23 miies to ray, (nearest shipping point,) over 6 miles of rough road and 17 miles of macadam road # ^ Roads :, . . Sandy loam and sandy clay loam Cleared land gentle to rolling opes and comparatively free of rocks Soil of timbered area is of a thin, sandy composition with numerous outcrops of rocks Soil: . . The timbered portion of this tract is very rough and steep and burned over, The small amount of timber re maining on it is scattered , fhe cleared land is being neglected and is beginning to grow up, TIMBER: On 29 acres there is estimated to be 19 M of white pine and T3f M of Poplar, a total of §3 M History of Tract and condition of timber : . . - . " The house is frame, 2 story, 14x30', with 14x24' L, 8 room, 2 large porches, metal roof, weatherboarded, plastered and paint ed, well built and in good condition Barn frame, 40x44' shingle one side, metal on the other Summer kitchen 12x24 ’, metal roof, Meat house apple cellar 12x12', metal roof, Ice House 14x18' , shingle roof Chicken house 12x14', shingle roof, spring house 8x10', shingle roof, Corn house 6x20' and granary connected by 8' buggy house 8x12', shingle roof drive Improvements: . . -- - — - -- — - .^ The orchards containing 400 trees, are in very bad shape here are almost as many dead trees as live ones, and all are full of caterpillars There are 18 acres included within the orchard fences, but there are only Around the house and barn are sufficient trees to cover 11 acres 65 old trees not cared for . . . Acreage and value of types : Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge : 40 Slope : - Cove : Grazing Land : @ $2.50 3 5.00 #100.00 15.00 18 10.00 180.00 77 15 «0§ 1155.00 18 50#00 Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : — 900#00 2350 00 | # Minerals: Value of Land : $ 1450*00 1680*00 Value of Improvements : $ 1680 #00 Value of Orchard : $ 900*00 83.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ 83 *00 | 4113.00 Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 26 *17 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ None # /2‘ ' CLERK �Acre - ge Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: Coiu_« y: Rappahannock District: Piedmont . - #116 Bowen, Anna V On waters of Thornton River. . . and comparatively free Tncumbranees, counter claims or laps: None known Sandy ""loam arid sandy clay loam Cleared land Soil: gentle to rolling slopes Soil of timbered area is of a thin, of rocks sandy composition with numerous outcrops of fcocks . 23 miles to Luray,( nearest shipping point )over 6 mi es of rough road and 17 miles of macadam road Roads: History . . of tract and condition" of timber: The timbered portion of this tract is very rough and steep and burned over The small amount of timber remaining on it is scattered, The cleared land is being neg lected and is beginning to grow up ’ " . - . Timber: Improvements: . . 83. On 29 acres there is estimated to be 19 M of White Pine and 14 M of Poplar,a total of 33M valued at $4.00 per Id giving a total value of .. ,, The house is frame,two -story,14x30 *, with 14x24’L, 8 room,two large porches,metal roof,weather boarded,plastered and painted,well built and in good condition $1000 Barn,frame,40x44’,shingle one side,metal on the other 400 Summer kitchen,12x24’,metal roof,applecellar 75 Meat House,12x12 *,metal roof . 40 Ice House,14x18 shingle roof,$50,chicken house,12x14’ shingle $30 ,spring house,8x10’, shingle roof,$25 105 Corn house,6x20' and granary,6x20’,connected by 8’ drive,$50 bug y house,8x12 ’ shingle roof $10 60 The orchards,containing 400 trees, are in very bad shape There are almost as many dead trees as live ones and all are full of caterpillars There are 18 acres included within the orchard fences, but there are only sufficient trees to cover 11 acres Around the house and barn are old trees not cared for. The two orchards 65 are valued at $20 per acre,(fdr, JJEI A) $360. Total value for both orchards Total value for all improvements is , $2Q40.00 - . . . . . .. ' . . . . . . . . . of land by types: Value ' Acreage: TypeY Slope Cove 4.00 8.00 15.00 3 18 77 18 F C Orchard \ . gSTOTT 40 P 6 Toital Total Total Total Value Per A value of value of value of value of 150 land $2391.00 Improvem 2040.00 timber 132.00 tract $4B63T0C — ” “ ‘ 20.00 8 * / 66 . .. Total Value “ Jao . 60 12.00 ’ 144.00 1155.00 . $2391.00 Average value per acre- 29.25 �IIL Claim --U In the Circuit Court of _ V. _ VX_ovvV v County, Virginia, N o A t Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , Peti_W iW^.- .. tioner, vs. -CJ CYT - GJt-- ^_ _ ^^ _ —% more or less, of land in County, Virginia, Defendants. MCS The undersigned , in answer to the edition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit Court of County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is .WVxA My Post Office Address is.-.k -t i^ ^* I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a trac;fc )r parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about acres, on which there are the following V A. buildings and improvements . ^ ^ . A r _ _ .Virginia, in This land is located about. _V &— miles fromJLxH the A A dUjjUaA _ Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title , estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de scribed . above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title , estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . ^ kr _ ! —_ 1 . SL The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North South East West I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ...in the following manner : d I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there-: on is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, Arrr. in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ _ _<2 _£L _£ _rTrri _ . I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcej of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks : — ^ . remarks if necessary on the back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attachedAiereto ) this day of . , 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF , To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that __ \ 3rffete § /rYYU ^ the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made patty that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to best of hi ndwledsre a &lief , »30. this ___ L day of _ _ ( Continue __ ^ ^ C^ IJ ; * the Court, or Special e/k of Mary Public, or = Investigate -* > Justice of the Peace. ��County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont N A .V - #116 Bowen, Anna V / . Dwye Nina B X X 4 , - # / **j . C,H Bowen ' if !I / or d ‘ • vS r ^ it' d ( - «=•-* * • £ ur $ * Newton Risk V: vS V Fo * Wv / S te * t? /- »’reba- Lee Frazier \V ^L Frank Jenkiiilt . Chas Lundy LEGEND: Cove Orchard Grazing Land Slope Ridge Scale - 1" Tillable Land = 20 chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowen, Anna Heirs Description An account of the resource Tract: 116; Location: On waters of the Thornton River; Cost/Acre: $26.17; Estimate Value: $4,113.00; Number of Acres: 156.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 116 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bowen-anna-heirs-tract-116 Bowen https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/c709c1d8bf35a8032a3b84b7e486ce50.pdf 9970c2558f38752af82ff8386b88a65f PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bolen, Ruby Description An account of the resource Tract: 130; Location: Frazier Hollow north of Favorite Mountain; Cost/Acre: $5.15; Estimate Value: $716.00; Number of Acres: 139.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 130 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bolen-ruby-tract-130 Bolen https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/6af8662286ae0b084f27b6ddca2b8fc0.pdf 7fccbed857ecca66dbc12b915a600750 PDF Text Text RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF #69 ^ CLAIMANT - Bolen, J.B. 665 Number of Acres: . East of Piney River, northwest of Pignut Mountain 5 miles of fair dirt road to Lee Highway near Sperryvilie ; thence Roads : 17 miles to Miray, nearest shipping point Location : . s2$ freeno? . .ess ibie 1t northern and southern portions is also of good depth and fertility rock surface has more History of Tract and condition of timber : 7TIMBER , LANDS: Tap barfc, was re ? about 30 years ago from all forested. portions , iviost of the mere from the and portions northern been removed southern has timber These sections now support a stand of chestnut oak, red oak and some The timber on the western portion has been leased poplar 4” to 8" DBH. , operator Some of it has been cut by the mill which is to a sawmill now on the tract (See other side for remainder of History) Improvements: Orchards near house ; 530 trees, 30 40 years old 30 peach trees, 9 years old 440 trees, 6 8 years “did Orchard near sawmill ; Originally contained 5 or 6 acres, but is now grown up to brush and only 45 trees have survived Upper orchard near old house: This orchard is if miles above the Bolen dwelling adjoining grazing land, 40 trees, 25 years old ~ ~ House: 14x40 * , witW TWx 2 CT, dll, Trame, metal roof, eight rooms, four of which are plastered. Acetylin lighting system in fair condition, two house: 3 years old, frame and Spring porches, house is 40 years old ~ roof, good condition ram shingled f , x 12 12 house : ; 57 concrete Meat ' “ house: 10x12', shingled paper roof , : 21 XOxI Lamb House Chicken Cellar and corn house: 10x18', shed 10x18', Shedr~18x24', shingled Blacksmith Shop: Barn: Coneretrs SCHSTTrarne 20x3TTr FaTr shape Goat shed: 12x14', Sheep shed: 14x36' Tenant house: No roof Log, abandoned sETngle roof, usMTTf Teed house, di1dpidatecT~ Frame, shingled, 10x12'. Old Tenant Rouse: Binder house: Log, 12xlS 1 , shingled, 4 rooms, dilapidated, (and "old orchard) Stable: Old dwelling. 16x24', abandoned Cow barn at house: Corn house: Hen house . ^ • - . - ~ " " . ' . . . ^ ' — " - —. 1 ' .. . . - " . . - - — --- " ' . " . — Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types Total Value Ridge : Slope : 417 @ $5.00 $2085.00 Cove : 16 @ 119 @ 6.00 25.00 96.00 2975.00 66 @ 8.00 528.00 17 @ 30.00 60.00 $6194.00 Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : - Cultivated Land : 30 Orchard : @ 510.00 1800.00 Minerals: Value of Land : $ 6194.00 5000.00 Value of Improvements : $ 3000.00 Value of Orchard : $ $10994.00 1800.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber: $ 9/ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: ^ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �4 Forward from front page History of tract and condition of timber ( continued ) ^ Part of the fields have been somewhat neglected, conse - Grazing: quently small clumps of sassafras, locust and sumach are now growing thereon On the whole, the grazing fields are in fair condition 'there is plenty of water for the stock Most of the field has southern exposure _Cultivated Fields: Cleared many years ago Very little J eep and fertile surface rockT soil, in good condition . . . . -^ .. ” * * 1* » •> * * i * 1 �Countyi Rappahannock District: Piedmont . #69 - Bolen, Bernard Aoreage Claimed: Assessed Value Cla tried: Location; ft ft . 3ast of Piney River, northwest of Pignut Mountain Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Soil; Deed . None known . Sandy clay That in the central portion of the tract is comparatively free of rock and is of good depth and fertility While th t In the northern and southern portion is also of good depth and fertility It has more surface . . . rock Roads: Five miles of fair dirt road to Lee Highway near Sperryville ; * o Luray, nearest shipping point thence seventeen miles : Timber lands lstory of traot and condition of timber:/ Tan bark ' was removed .bout #0 years ago from ail forested portions Most of the merchantable timber has been removed from the northern and southern portions These sections now support a stand of chestnut oak, red oak and some poplar 4” to 8" DBH The timber on the western portion has been leased to a sawmill operator Some of it has been cut by the mill which is now on the tract Grazing: Part of the fields have been somewhat neglected, consequently small dumps of sassafras, locust and sumach are now growing thereon, on the whole the grazing fields are in fair condition There is plenty of water for the stock Most of the field has southern exposure Cultivated fields: Cleared many years Deep and fertile soil, Very little surface rock ago i good condition i . . . . . . . . . . . . Improvements: Orchards near house: 530 tree's',' "30 40 years old 12 AC 60 440 trees, 6 8 years old 10 AC 40 30 peach tre s 9 years old 1 AC 30 -- Orchard near sawmill; -- . $720.00 400.00 30.00 no Originally contained a or 6 A , but is now grown up to brush and only 45 trees have survived 40.00 . Upper orchard near old house ; This orchard is! § miles above the Bolen dwelling adjoining grazing land 40 trees, 25 years old, 1 AC 7a 00 . . 1265 OU �— | 69 3** Bolen, Bernard ( continued ) ' # Bulidl s ; douse ; 14x40’, with 16x20’ ell, frame, metal roof, eight rooms, four of which are plastered, Acefrylin lighting system in fair e ‘lo0 00 condition, two porches, house is 40 years old Spring house: 3 years old, frame and concrete 100.00 Meat ‘house '12x12’ frame,shingled roof, good condition, oO OO paper roof, , House Lamb 40.00 10 12 : x ’ lu 00 cKi'c¥en House; 10x12 * , shingled, Shed: 18x 24’ shingled 100.00 Cellar and corn house: 10x18 * , shed 10x18’, fair shape, 125,00 Sarri': "Conorel;e ' and frame 20x36 ’, ( Cost about #1000.00 } 600.00 liaoksmlth" ' shop; No roof 10.00 Goat shed!: 11x14’, 10.00 Sheep shed: 14x36’, 20.00 Tenant house: Log, abandoned, shingle roof, used for feed, 10.00 house, dilapidated Binder house: Frame, shingled 10x12 * , 10.00 Old tenant House: ( Log , 12x18’ ) s tingled, 4 rooms, dilapid 7o 00 ated , and old orchard Cow" “barn at house : 100.00 Old dwell ling:'l'6xl4’, abandoned, 100.00 Stable : 10.00 ile'ri house: 10.00 Corn house: 10.00 389o 00 ^ . — — . . . . . .. . . - . . Acreage and value of land by types: Value Type Slope Cove F c F g F r Acreage per acre 415 16 17 119 66 02.00 5.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 653 Total value of land Total value of improvements Total value of orchard at #52.71 av Total value of tract average value per acre . #3695.00 2895.00 1265.00 7855 Q:. 13.39 . Total Value o7uu :w80.00 340.00 1785.00 660.00 3695.00' �COUNTY: RAPPAHANNOCK DISTRICT: PIEDI ONT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT #69 the R t * . - BO J EN . BERNARD Th© timber rights on this tract are owned by L, Cooper Estate * * A part of the tiraber has been operated * stand remaining on ths property , The and the mlue of the stumpage , Is estimated as follows: 142 y Red Oak White Oak 26 " Chest Oak 16 " Poplar 26 " ••• White Pine m M Q $3.00 per M * $1575*00 �* — Claim of In the Circuit County, Virginia, No more or less, of land i County, Virginia, Defendants At Law. The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. ., . The undersigned , in answer To the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and De velopment of the State of Virginia , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of sajfl petition apd published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia , asks leave of the Court to file this as Court of / his answer fo aid petition and to said notice. My name is 1 My post office address is, ^ ^ / ~ J Z?/ - . I claim a right, title, estate or interest fn a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned , containing about.. ? 3 acres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements : i ^ ^ This I d is located about the miles from.^c< 3 Magisterial District of saia County. Virginia , in ^^^ I claim the following right, title , estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole owner or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of • land described above.) . _ ^ The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North y South- East. West ^ ^ I acquir dmy right, title , estate or interest to this property about the year....,/.2 following manner ^ ?. ^ * in the I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ I am the owner of . acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area , which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area , to the extent of ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this day J of , 193/ ... STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY , To- wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that... the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , day this.... . , 193 . . / Notary Public, or Justice of the Pea«e. �<p : c c x< c �RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY NAME OF #69 Miller, D D - . .- CLAIMANT . Timber Right on J B.Bolen Tract of 331 acres Number of Acres: Location : Roads: Soil : History of Tract and condition of timber: Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Acreage Types Value per acre Total Value Ridge: Slope: Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land: Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber: $ 1600 *00 n 400.00 Bark Value of Wood: $ " $1600.00 400 *00 $200(5705 , Value per acre for tract : $ Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �is Claim of In the CircuiVCourt of _ _ The State C .1: o on Conservation and Develo tioner, vs. . _ A County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in The undersigned , in answer jx the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the _§tate of irginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the rHnSTof §)iid 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 sai tition and to £aid rrMic& My name is > h My Post Office ss is / I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a trdcNor parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about _ _ i _ _ iz r 6acres, on whifoh there are the QUOWING buildings and improvements!) JJ— n b-\A yQ _ Zs<? XUhM r. ^ ^ & ^ ^^ * % - . tvuL N iS_ l:_ ___ out i- g _> ' Ty&d#n 4 it locate / miles from Virginia, in < ^ the 1 Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de. scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . __ ^ ^ r The land owners djaeenr o the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : je o North South _ o East _L^ l CtA _ ^ __ ^ _ West I ^^ I acquired my right, title, estate or following manner : _ \ ^ __ itfEfefest to this property about the year 7m in the , ( / ‘ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ c2 . 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 Q- *. I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parc§J 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 $ 0 ( 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 hefshq also insert here a description of the tract or parcel o dand by metes and bounds ) . J \ J. LdJ- J2 Affiemarks: Jd A <ZC£LLJ_ -0- _ ^ ^ 9M — — ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) . day WitiresAmy signature ( or my name and mark attached h of , 1930. STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF To-wit : The undersigned hereby certifies that 5v the above named claimant personally appeaifeP before him and made oath that the matters to /the .best of his knowledge and belief , and things appearing in his abov day of . this r7r y __ — __ __ \ ^ ' L ____J _ _ the Cour # $r Special Investigator or ary Public, or Justice of the Peace. ;k tof ��* �/ '/7 __ of jLX -uk r ?/ M S '7 *' f? $ I I yj oVi, / J Claim In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on nnse: ion and Development of the State of X _ _ tioner, vs.- IILLc ^v v . Uac aA . .4it..&AA J x ^ ^ — ^ x, X Z — _ — * At Law. —— - irginia, Peti . is more or less, of land in _ _ _\ County, Virginia, Defendants. x¥ X The undersigned , in answer to thevpbtition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit _\ Court of County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this as his answer to sfcid petition and to said notice. My name is My Post Office Address is __ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a trApt parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing about acres, on which there are the following _ buildings and improvements : * _ Wjb - ^ _ r* This land is located about iix miles from.JjS. .Virginia, in the v Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land de. scribed above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . ^ __ ^=s=^T_ if ^ i 3A The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: North South East West I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year /J in the Z // following manner : _ _ ^ -jA I claim tharrhe total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $. . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is . I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). Remarks: — ___ — necessary on the back ) . Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this day a of . , 1930. STATE VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF The undersigned hereby certifies that .V the above named claimant personally appeared before him and made oatKVhat the matters and things appearing in his above answer/ are true to tjjfc bqgt of Jiis kno edge/ d belief , day of this 2^J. ( Continue remarks if __ __ ^ ^ ^ of the Court, or pecial Investigator or tary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Bolen, Bernard Description An account of the resource Tract: 69; Location: East of Piney River - NW Pignut Mtn; Cost/Acre: $16.53; Estimate Value: $10,994.00; Number of Acres: 665.0; Monies Awarded: $12,994.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 69 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bolen-bernard-tract-69 Bolen Cooper Miller https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/ff2e2526f08e9e67cdea3a78bc91c804.pdf a6b0b4798bfffa6f819b1c46f73e836c PDF Text Text Cour ’j. Rappahannock District: NAME OF CLAIMANT #166 Number of Acres: - Blue Ridge Land Corporation 14 Lewis Willis . Location: Thornton Gap . Panorama,entirely within Park area . Roads: Lee Highway Soil : Sandy clay loam, average fertility with northern exposure . History of Tract and condition of timber : ing land for many years, which lies in Page County . - This land appears to have been graz It is a part of the larger tract most of " Improvements Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Value per acre Total Value 14 #75.00 #1050.00 Ridge: Slope : Cove: Grazing Land : Fields Restocking: Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Fruit: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 75 #00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ CLERK v �DISTRICT: C CUNT : * fiL #166 mills* Lewis J £C«A £? *. Acreate claimed ^Assessed Value clained : 228 A Deed Assessed mmt **$2 * 50 Deed < * Examined ——- «22 BA Not given Marsh, Stoneburner and Gilliam by ; Doc at ion : Iterator? Park Incumbrances , R A PPAHANN OC K poi rea nter claims, etc , : None Hoads : . panorama , entirely 'within Gap . . known Lee Highway * Sandy clay Irani Soil : . average fertility with northern exposure Histcry of tract and condition of ti ber : Tliia land appears to have been grazing land for many years . It is a part cf a larger tract most of which . lies in Page County . Improvements : Acreage None and value of land b; types: Type Acreage ?0 14 Total value of lend Note : acre £50.00 Total Value $700.00 £700, 00 £700.00 Total value of tract Average value per Value per acre tf tract £50.00 . Practically all of this tract lies in page county from which records the assessed values were taken � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Blue Ridge Land Corp Description An account of the resource Tract: 166; Location: Thornton Gap - Panorama; Cost/Acre: $75.00; Estimate Value: $1,050.00; Number of Acres: 14.0; Monies Awarded: $825.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 166 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context blue-ridge-land-corp-tract-166 Willis https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fbc2223e7fb57ca0688e51810a2b2206.pdf 5fb4126d157fefdeb42d0a324c0d08d3 PDF Text Text // RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY / NAME OF CLAIMANT #233 Number of Acres : 208 - Bennett, Jno. W.-Estate _ Broad Hollow, north and eastward, near positions 516 %o 518. T) J . Koads g miies of graded county road to Sperryville, thence 17 miles to Location : ^ . Array, nearest shipping point SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR SOIL INFORMATION. Soil : Portion of this tract was cleared many years ago grazed and cultivated since .being cleared until several years Tanbark removed from wooded portion about 30 years ago, now neglected ago other timber products removed at various times since. At present of approximately 97 acres is estimated to cut about tlie wooded portion Stand is composed of Poplars, Reo oak and White Pine, 990 bd.ft "per A about eaual portions plus some small chestnut oaks. Total stand approxi mately 115,000 bd ft History of Tract and condition of timber : - - . . . . . * . - Improvements : — ( Abandoned ) Log, 20x22 ’, 2 rooms, weatherboarded, shingled HOUSE Frame, 8x14', shingled, fair STABLE Frame, 22x24' CORN HOUSE , KITCHEN frame, x , fframe 8 10 HOUSE side , SPRING one 24 x 10 SHED ' ' a , h w x t frame e erboard 10 , 15 HOUSE HEN 10x15',weatherboard ' 4 acres (110 trees) ORCHARD - — -- — — ' —— Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge : Slope : Cove : - — Grazing Land : Fields Restoring : “ 128 # 18 @ 4.00 72.00 24 @ 10.00 34 @ 6.00 240.00 204.00 jp3.00 < 1900,00 Cultivated Land : Orchard : — 8384.00. 4 @ 30.00 120.00 Minerals : Value of Land : $900.00 Value of Improvements : $ 175.00 Value of Orchard : $ 120.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ 175.00 Value of Timber : $ 460.00 Value of Wood : $ 460.00 #1655.00 Value per acre for tract : $ 7.93 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ CLERK �- FORWARD FROM OK -J SITE SIDE SOIL: - . In upper portions of this tract soil is sandy clay rocky steep soil Rest of tract grades from poor soil on the north to rich, deep and fertile sandy clay loam in cove on the south, moderate to steep slopes, mostly southeast exposure. Along the crest of the Ridge which runs northwest and southeast, there ar'e rock outcroppings . ' t 9 * *• *1 f. s r �County: Rappahannock District: Hawthorne ISj A - #253 John W. Bennett Estate .. J M Nicholson . M.Hawkins 9 \ Mrs T * r v, / . Robt Burk $< M• vr. \ S T tl * 5 ) )• . • . * a Mj ... ). • vv*5 Smith Jenkins & H.A.Brown ) > • - • . . »ih - : ft ; . u * M Mr * C) ^ i : •• * «*• « * St R • $ 1 / A.H.Buckner 0 * :() f * « * / V*/ cr \ \Y * s ' - H «r V Amos Weakley VT/7 t/s — LEGEND: Slope Grazing Tillable Cove Orchard Fields restocking 20 chains l" Scale - = �REPORT Oil THE ACREAGE GB THE JOEL: BEHHETT ESTATE TRACT #233 There having been some controversy as to the " acreage of t c John Bennett tract. -r. ?. T. Anisa i . was sent to make a survey of this tract. He surveyed all of - 4- In r portion of . U - iv - Boundary about which there From his survey I computed the acreage seemed any doubt . of this tract to he 208 acres ¥. m 31oan, . Chief Engineer , Bark Service * * * • �COUNTY: Raopahannock DISTRICT: Hawthorne #235 - . Bennett Est. John W Acreage Claimed: Assessed: 300 A, Deed: Value Claimed: Assessed: Deed: $750.00 . Examined by: T R. Jones Location: Broad Hollow, North and eastward, near positions . #516 to #518 Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Soil: . None known - In upper portions of this tract soil is sandy clay rocky steep soil Rest of tr; ct grades from poor soil on the north to rich, deep and fertile sandy clay loam in cove on the South, Moderate to steep slopes, mostly southeast exposure, Along the crest of the Kldge which runs northwest and southeast, there are rock outcroppings . . -. Roads: Six miles of graded county road to Sperryville thence 17 miles to Luray, nearest shipping point History of tract and condition of timber: Portion of this tract was cleared many years ago grazed and cultivated since being cleared until several years ago, now neglected, Tanbark removed from wooded portion about 30 years ago other timber products removed at various times since At present the wooded portion of ap proximately 97 acres is estimated to cut about 990 bd ft per A Stand is composed of Poplarn Red Oak and White Pine, about equal portions plus some small chestnut oaks Total stand approximate ! 115,000 bd ft value $4.00 per M Total value $460.00 Improvements: House: (Abandoned) Log, 20x22 * 2 rooms,veatherboarded shlngled 50.00 Corn house frame, 8x14 » , shingled, fair 15.00 Stable, 1‘rane 22 *x24 * Shed 10x24 *, one side 25.00 » , frame iSnring house x 10 8 10.00 ri'tcheri frame, 10x15* weatherboard 15.00 Hen house frame 10x15*, weatherboard 15.00 - -. .. . . . . —- -- - ^- -- - - - — - — -- Orchard 4 acres (110 trees) © $30.00 VALUE OF LAND BY TYPES: “ Acreage: Type: 128“ Slope Cove F r F T. and G Orchard . . . — Value per A . pS.00 ' 18 34 24 4 4.00 5.00 6.00 Total Value of land $770.00 Total Value Timber 460.00 Total value improvements 250.00 Total value of tract 1480.66 Average value per acre for tract ^ — - - . )150 Oo 120.00 Total Value J3547S0 72.00 170.00 144.00 $770.00 $7.12 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bennett, John W Estate Description An account of the resource Tract: 233; Location: Broad Hollow north and east; Cost/Acre: $7.95; Estimate Value: $1,655.00; Number of Acres: 208.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 233 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bennett-john-w-estate-tract-233 Bennett Jeffries https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/7f31a26b3d40ae5f7049d946c4377bb4.pdf 732f5a1ce2725bea54a8290595940db7 PDF Text Text _ .ppahannock j County Hawthorne District CLAIMANT NAME OF #221 Beimett, Cumberland Sight Acres Number of Acres: Location : - At Positions 529-30 on east slopes of Hazel Mountain, partly outside Park Area . It is one hald mile over a rough road to Roads : the Thorofare road and thence | 2 r miles to Estes Mill, From there it is 15 miles to Lursy, the nearest shipping point Soil : The soil is a sandy loam of good depth and fertility, but rocky The slopes are moderate and the exposure eastern . . . History of Tract and condition of timber: The merchantable bark and timber have been removed and most of the tract cleared up but it has been allowed to grow up to brush. . None. Improvements : Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 8 Value per acre @ #3.00 Total Value #24.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 24 * 00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 3 # 00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �. - . s . r 3 :? / OO '/ ZL Cumberland Bennett Claim of 14SL, At Law. County, Virginia, No In the Circuit Court of Hapj lmnnock The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Petitioner, vs. fill ft Q n _Aylo r_ _e t_ a ls .and 37 4 C 0 a c :r es — ^ _ _ __ _ _ ___ _ County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in — ^ , to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Deanswer in The undersigned velopment of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of„ ppahannock as his answer to said petition and to said notice. My name is Cumberland S Bennett Virginia.*. Sparry-YiHe My Post Office Address is ^ I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned , containing about 22 . — None buildings and improvements : Virginia, in J. miles f r o m — J This land is located about 4 the ik horne Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of land described above ) . The above acerage is . in two tracts * I am sole owner of - abtout ~ ~ " 12 acres takrerr froiff one Irani; and: own 5/6 fnte rest In ten _ _ _acr_£ §_ _in_ _Q the r _.tract3 .0t i s _ Be mie 11_ _ own i ng _ othe_r _ 1/6 _ in ter e s t The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows : Irnes± .Ninhols ane t ri c t * Cha .Hawkins o the r t ract North N _ _ _ _ ichqls _ J at Srne ns e c n C e enki r la South _ “ __ ^ “" “ “ __ _ ^ East West _ — _ __ * ” _ _ _ " Henry. Hr own McLane Jenkins Henry Brown - “ . . __ __ ^ _ __ _ _ ~ ~ ~ " “ _ • ” ” w 1920 year the in the about property , to this right my , acquired estate interest title or I following manner : _ _Q ne_ _ tract was _ bought _fr om Bur ton Jenkins ( 23 A * ) _ By d_ee_d _fr qm __ _ TieAr s_ _Q f _ _J ohn _ Bewifi t ±_ _ ( 3_b _ A* _ m_or e_ _Qr_ .1e.s.s J . . . . - I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements there . I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $. 550.00 550.00 in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is $ acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of 36 parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro250 00 posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . property it takes my through run way lines the The Remarks : _ _a l_l .w_o.Qd_ _frx>jn __t_he_ _pro perty _ _I _ have _r e ma iriing _ and._I _ f.e e 1_.that ^ _ I _ am._e_nti_t led _ t_o _ damage s_ _f o_r _ the _ re ma i nde r_ _of _ _the__ trac t_ _ _ ._ _ _ . . . remarks if necessary on the back ). day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this 19th ( / U August. , 1930. of . - Ll f k Rappahannoc , To-wit : STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF The undersigned hereby certifies that Qlunbe rlarid S 3e nne tt 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 , August 19 th 1930 / day of . this ( Continue — _ _ — __ _ _ . _ _ , —4^^, or , Clerk of the Court or-Special Investigater-or Notary -Public Justice of the Peace. �CLAIM OF . CUMBERLAND S . BENNETT * « • / c : ; i ' D IN ’R OPFICF 77» T * Tr . . .,JPA;UKNOCK CLU/^. / ? Teste: / 7 // . CODKTV 19 ’ . :: i * 3JL Cierk- ( 9 �Cc ty: Rappahannock Distract: Hawthorne V / A 221 - Bennett, Cumbarl nr» H C.R.Hawkins / . . / Brown W W / . Est S' o * LEGEND : “ Cove Slope brchard Grazing Land Ridge© Tillable Land Scale - ln - 20 chains �./ 221 Acreage - Bennett DISTRICT : HAWTH ( RW OWNS! I RftPPAHANWCCK . Cumberland —-- Assessed 28,4 •Deed 23, 5 A claimed i *sao Value eilii ed: < SacarA ned by : U Legations At ocd ... H £145,00 Deed 0900,00 B positions 629 «*50 on east slopes of Kdanld&i pertly outside Park czel Area, Hone mown . Incur. brTSCea # counter claims, etc, t ' It is § mile Rot as s ( 19 It ) ever a rough road to the Therefore read and thence 2i miles tc Bate© Kill # From the* it is 15 miles to Luray , the nearest shipping . point The soil is a sandy leer of grid depth and fer Sell ? tility but rocky History of . The si epee . ore moderate and bark and the exposure eastern The merchantable &h 3sesxfeas: tract and condition of timbers timber have been removed and most of the tract cleared up but It has been allowed to grew up . to brush:. X Hone * prcvei. ontsi Acreage and value of land by typesi value Type per Acreage Slope acre v3,00 8 ,00 Total value of land v 24 Total valuo cf tract AVer - go value per acre $24,00 $3*00 - Total Value /24, 00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bennett, Cumberland Description An account of the resource Tract: 221; Location: East slope of Hazel Mountain; Cost/Acre: $3.00; Estimate Value: $24.00; Number of Acres: 8.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 221 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bennett-cumberland-tract-221 Bennett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/fbe0cf4c5f884db9d3c1c2c3c90b5444.pdf bd0537f2e6dcb813bdc55e3226a3c8c9 PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Hawthorne District NAME OF ppjtypfy/ CLAIMANT #221a 10 Number of Acres : - Bennett, Cumberland - North bank of Hazel River at Positions 527 28, and part of tract outside Park area Location : . Roads : is 2- - miles over rough roads to the Lee Highway at Estes Mill It | and thence 15 miles to Luray , the nearest shipping point . Soil : The soil is a fertile sandy loam with some rock, Slopes are steep and the exposure is southeast . History of Tract and condition of timber : The bark and merchantable timber ha/ e been removed The cleared land is rapidly growing up to brush, There has been no fire lately . Improvements : . None. Acreage and value of types : Types Slope : Cove : Total Value Value per acre Acreage 6 @ $3.00 $18.00 4 10 @ 12.00 48.00 $66.00 Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 6 *60 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �— County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont N A #221a - Bennett, Cumberland ra H O £ •H S5 LEGEND: Cove Slope Ridge Scale Orchard - Grazing Land Tillable Land 1" 20 chains = �DISTRICT 8 PTE'231 C 0!’27 S ____ • Bennett , Cumberland ffigla claimed s Area in Deed 331/3A 33 1/3 A Assessed 400* 00 Assessed value Value CaliLed: Value in Deed Il.m ined by : H V Location: Berth bank of Hazel ... ... B & C H $467,00 B . iver at positions and part of tract outside Park Incui. DB.iices, ? RA PAH /diTlOCK • Acreage C . 527468 area, counter claims and etc, ; Here known 2- r iles It is | Roads: . Highway over rough roads t < the I.ee at Estes Kill and thence 15 miles to Lara:; , the nearest shinning point « The soil is a fertile sandy loam with sene E: oiL : . reck Elopes . arc steep srd the exposure tout beast History of tract end - condition of timbers The bark and merchant able tim Tje cleared land is ber have been removed . . rapidly growing up to brush There has been no . fire lately Hone , Improve ; eats Acreage and value of land by type op Grazing Sl ope 3,00 6 4 12.00 e* * 10 Total value of land Total value of tract Average value ' >e * acre Value oer acre Acreage Tywe - is , 30.00 $6.60 Tot cl Value ,00 43, 00 IQ $33.00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bennett, Cumberland Description An account of the resource Tract: 221 - A; Location: North bank of Hazel River; Cost/Acre: $6.60; Estimate Value: $66.00; Number of Acres: 10.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 221 - A Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bennett-cumberland-tract-221-a Bennett https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/f480e2685365e528d7235a98eeab803b.pdf 14a949efe627a1161afdfd63688e82a7 PDF Text Text County: Rappahannock District: Hampton NAME OF OWNER - Beckwith, Prank #91 Number of Acre*: Location : 8 Eastern slope of Pignut mountain, Gid Br0wn One and one-half miles of fair dirt road to miles to Luray, nearest shipping point Roads : Soil : . . Sandy clay loam . Pair depth and fertility . Hollow Lee Highway; thence 19 . Some loose surface rock . Other timber Tanhark removed 30 years ago About one-half of the tract was cleared about urod.ucts removed since Timbered portion has no merg up to bushes growin Nov ago ten years chantable timber on it History of Tract and condition of timber : . . . . Improvements : . 7 . None Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 6 2 Value per acre Total Value @ $3.00 $18.00 @ 5.00 10.00 $28.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 28.00 Value of Improvements : $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 3.50 : Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract $ NONE CLi KK �Count yi Rappahannock District: Hampton h! #91 ~ Beckwith, Frank \ tit. \ , /‘ /j . ,' f> H LEGEND: Orchard ve , ope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Fields restocking Scale 1" = 20 chains g? Corrected: 9/8/30 - �u I co ;NTY: R PPAHANNOCK DISTRICT: SIPHON , ' ?91 : - Frank Ac ’ e ge Claimed: . Beckwith DEED Assessed Value Claimed: If tt . R. Jones. Exarain d by: T . Gid Local:1 m : Eastern slope of Pignut Mts . Brown Hollow . Incumoranoes, counter claims or laps: None kno. n . Fair depth and Soli: Sandy clay loam rock . fertility, ome loose surface Roads: One and one half miles of fair dirt road to Lee Highway ; thence 19 miles to Luray, nearest s ipping point . History of tract and condition of timber: Tanbark removed 0 ye rs ago Other timber products removed ince About one half of the tract was cleared about ten years ago Now growing up to bushes Timbered portion ha ; no merch ntable timber on it . . . . . . Improvements: None V lue of land Type FR Slope by types: Aoreage 2 6 ~ ET“ Total value of 1 nd Value acre per . ;-5 oo 3.00 $28.00 Tot il value of improv -ments Tot 1 value of timber Total value of tr ct Average v lue per acre 28.00 3.50 Total Value £ 10 do 18.00 . SSa.oo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beckwith, Frank Description An account of the resource Tract: 91; Location: East slope of Pignut Mountain at Gid Brown Hollow; Cost/Acre: $3.50; Estimate Value: $28.00; Number of Acres: 8.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 91 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context beckwith-frank-tract-91 Beckwith https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/020d7737149fa599650515b369d5af20.pdf 8bf45332c390310c7836192536975659 PDF Text Text ( mty: Rappahannock District: Hangpton NAME OF CLAIMANT - #75 Beahm, S.A. Number of Acre*: Location : In Gid Brown Hollow on both sides of Little Stair Run. Approximately five miles over a rough dirt road to the Lee Highway thence 20 miles to L-uray, the nearest shipping point Roads: . . - - The soil is a rocky, sandy loam of rather poor quality Approximate ly one third of the tract is nearly level while the slopes on the re mainder are rather steep and have a west exposure Soil: - . For many years this tract has been used for pasture and as a source of fuel supply By - the owners who resides near by All the merchantable saw timber was cut about five years ago There is now on two thirds of the tract a fairly uniform stand of immature hardwoods too small for saw logs but suitable for fuel History of Tract and condition of timber: . - - . . . None Improvements: Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types Slope : Total Value 8 @ $3.00 $24.00 4 @ 8.00 J32.00 $56.00 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ 56 *00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard: $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ 50.00 Value per acre for tract: $ 50.00 8.83 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ '100.00 . $106.00 By taking all wood land CLERK �V' & . £ r t : . 2 7- -, ._ /- £ _, At?. Law. County, Virginia No _ Claim of _ In the Circuit Court of ^ ^ - - The State Commission on ' Cbn brvation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiJZdZiJU. tioner, VS. ^ - more or less, of land i n.. -C o u n t y, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court said petition and to said notice. as his answe My name is / " r> My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned , containing about buildings and improvements : _ __ __ __ _ —— — Virginia, in miles from 5. This land is located about <2££/ 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 ) . _ _ ^ &Ti The land owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: C North South. East West 2dl J . ISLJ*.. I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year following manner : „ _/ j? Z ^ in the „ I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is G O thereon ts improvemen is the parcel of with land or in and to this tract acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of § - *LA 0- - a o ( 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 remarks if necessary on the back ). day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this , 1930. dtttJ. of To-wit : ST. E OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF . rJ certifies that hereby undersigned The 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 , , 1930. day of b-. this ( Continue _ „ — ' Clerk oftfehe Court, or Special Investigj Notary'Tublic, or Justice of the Peace. �r l \ - FII ED IN CLERK S OFFICE " COUNTV AHANNOCK 7 - 19 2* / )/l/JU „ CkrK ' > . �County: Rappahannock District: Hampton N - Beahm, S.A. #75 A . Jenkins G -> * .. r T B Dwyer 44 Jenkinsf/ .Estate / A S w ^ / h /4 S' 9 ! 4y / 4 to IEGEND “ Orchard Cove Slope Grazing Land Tillable Land Ridge 1" * 20 chains Scale - �County: Rappahannock District: flarapt on “ _ . — ffir& Beaih:;, S A, Acreage Claimedt Value Claimed: Location: In Gid Brown Hollow on both aides of ittlo . ’ Stair Hun . Incui .- broncos, counter claims or laps: Hone so far as sown Appro:irately five riles over a rough dirt road to the Lee Highway thence 20 stiles to Luray, the j nearest shipping point Heeds; . The soil is a rocky, sandy loom of rather poor quality, pproxin&tely ->ne> third of the tract is nearly level while the slopes on the remainder &rc rather steep and have & west exposure * Soil: - History of tract and condition of timber: For many years this nErdct Hob "bhoK' uaeS'. 'for pas' uro and ae a source of fuel supply by the owners who re. I ce near by, ill the mex*chantable sew ti her was cut about five years ago There ia n » on two thirds of the tract a ftairly uniform stoni of immature hardwoods, ' 1 . - . too small for saw logs but suitable for fuel Improvements: Acreage Four acres of grftslng is partly fenced, There are no other improve cute . and value by types: Types ~ Acreages <Tr sin;: Land Slope V Total Value > % 8 Value per acre for land - Value of land 9 timber * 100 cords wood « Value Per / • . — #4 G7 $56.00 — m SOjzf 50.00 Value of Tract’OTOTT Value per aero for tract | 8,83 �fit* ,V ftK / V /f )L/4y&du ^ ij~0 / * 6r - . *~ ') L ft-* /' -y t ' r- p -< 'A4 ^V O&yi OiMsi/ff' ^- U, 2f*( . "“ S / yjp l^ULotsl-. * ^ \ /4z*+pf &++*£s2$ *>y * ~ ^^ *•. 4 pfr > -* -* *-^e/l KjO^Vt <£W u*u * 3 &J24J ' ^ /W / * ^z A - * jh&v 4 Oirfv&fr * f7 /r x &L6mr /\» PtJLy' t 4S Cu HA £j ^ ¥* ff&+ts^4c. ^*^ 5L. / 'lL £ / /r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beahm, SA Description An account of the resource Tract: 75; Location: Gid Brown Hollow on both sides of Little Stair Run; Cost/Acre: $8.83; Estimate Value: $106.00; Number of Acres: 12.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 75 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context beahm-sa-tract-75 Beam https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/3dc92f03e375dc7eb722499c5d61a61c.pdf 6da6d4ddc1125be1a013addd2344acc3 PDF Text Text County: Rappahannock District ’ Hampton NAME OF CLAIMANT #75-a -Beahm, .. S A 15 Number of Acres: . slopes of Blue Ridge east of Little Stair River Location: On east Roads: Five miles over rough dirt road to Lee Highway, thence 20 miles to L-uray, the nearest shipping point . The soil is a mixture of shale and clay loam, The slopes are steep and rocky except near the north end of the tract where There the several acres were cleared for cultivation many years ago slopes are moderate and the surface less rocky Soil : . cut about five years ago. There is under ten inches in diameter, which . History of Tract and condition of timber : All merchantable taw timber was tract a fair stand of hardwoods The owner is holding for fuelwood 150 cords . . Improvements: on the the merchantable stand of such material is . None Acreage and value of types : Types Acreage Slope : 15 Value per acre @ Total Value $37.50 $2.50 Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals: Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ 75 * 00 Value per acre for tract: $ 75.00 $112.50 7.50 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �* Countys Districts - Rappahannock Hampton iDoghn,> » J t « » J 75 a, Acreage Clajiaed t Value Claimed; Location; On oast slopes of Blue Ridge east of . ITvor Little Stair . Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Hone so far as known Five dies over rough dirt road to Lee Highway thence 20 miles to urey, the nearest Shipping *point, Roads: . The coll is a mix ur © of shale and clay loans The slopes are steep and rocky except near the north end of the tract where several acres were cleared for cultivation many years ago, There the slopes are moderate and the surface loss rocky Soil I . History of of tl or; All merchantable saw timber tract and condition , was culn lKiiT' Trve"yeirrcT “ago, Thor © is on the tract a fair stand of hardwoods under t n inches in diameter, which the owner is holding for fuolwood, The ner charitable sttnd of such material is ICO cords worth 50 por cord on the stump, Thor© are no improverents on the tract " ' - . ^ Acreage end value by types; $2,50 15 Slop© - 037.50 tract oTiinnr Value of lond H tl timber M Value Per A, Acreage s Typo; Value per acre for tract 75.00 ' — $7,50 Total Value 037.50 �Co\ y; Rappahannock District: Hampton > N A #75-af - Beahm, S.A^ . L W.Keyser Golden Jenkins -r Alfred Jenkins Estate LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land l" 20 chains Scale - - �* Countys Districts - Rappahannock Hampton iDoghn,> » J t « » J 75 a, Acreage Clajiaed t Value Claimed; Location; On oast slopes of Blue Ridge east of . ITvor Little Stair . Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: Hone so far as known Five dies over rough dirt road to Lee Highway thence 20 miles to urey, the nearest Shipping *point, Roads: . The coll is a mix ur © of shale and clay loans The slopes are steep and rocky except near the north end of the tract where several acres were cleared for cultivation many years ago, There the slopes are moderate and the surface loss rocky Soil I . History of of tl or; All merchantable saw timber tract and condition , was culn lKiiT' Trve"yeirrcT “ago, Thor © is on the tract a fair stand of hardwoods under t n inches in diameter, which the owner is holding for fuolwood, The ner charitable sttnd of such material is ICO cords worth 50 por cord on the stump, Thor© are no improverents on the tract " ' - . ^ Acreage end value by types; $2,50 15 Slop© - 037.50 tract oTiinnr Value of lond H tl timber M Value Per A, Acreage s Typo; Value per acre for tract 75.00 ' — $7,50 Total Value 037.50 �Co\ y; Rappahannock District: Hampton > N A #75-af - Beahm, S.A^ . L W.Keyser Golden Jenkins -r Alfred Jenkins Estate LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land l" 20 chains Scale - - �V' & . £ r t : . 2 7- -, ._ /- £ _, At?. Law. County, Virginia No _ Claim of _ In the Circuit Court of ^ ^ - - The State Commission on ' Cbn brvation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti<3sr tioner, VS. ^ - more or less, of land i n - C o u n t y, Virginia, Defendants. The undersigned, in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit this file to Court the , of leave Virginia , asks County Court of _ said petition and to said notice. as his answe My name is My Post Office Address is I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought acres, on which there are the following to be condemned , containing about buildings and improvements : — ^^ ^__ ifcC _ ^ Virginia, in miles from _ 5. This land is located about Magisterial District of said County. I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should set out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or . parcel of land described above ) . ^ The land North South - owners adjacent to the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: 2dl East West J . yl_ * __ __ _ / j / in the ? I acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year ^ following manner : s*e/- /3dkf- — ?r 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 o G thereon ts improvemen is the parcel with of land or in and to this tract acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the pro ao posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds). Remarks: — - remarks if necessary on the back ). day Witness my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this dtzxj, 1930. of To-wit : ST. E OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF . rJ certifies that hereby undersigned The 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 , , 1930. day of this ( Continue — __ — S ^— ' Clerk oftfehe Court, or Special Investigj Notary~Public, or Justice of the Peace. �r l \ CLERK S OFFICE FII ED IN ' ' COUNTY > AJIANNOCK r ft ~ 19 „ ^ .. Clerk � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beahm, SA Description An account of the resource Tract: 75 - A; Location: East slope on east of Little Stair River; Cost/Acre: $7.50; Estimate Value: $112.50; Number of Acres: 7.5; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 75 - A Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context beahm-sa-tract-75-a Beahm https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/a901575b3a15712f6ebb9eb135863131.pdf 6c10e586d5ee4b60401c80c66a080641 PDF Text Text ABM - KNOCK CCUTTY . Y ! NAME OF^ CLAIMANT -- *s»»#T "Taro ee, . 2-1 LUCY ii Number of Acres : 12 iiAdye about l/2 mile south of btate Highway, add,. On top of Bluertappah ar; nock Counties / both Warren aiK h . ? 6 0 . , thence ad te ote to the About l/? mile by a poor dirt road point * Roads : shipping nearest the , Foyal Front to e s I mi location : lying in ^^ . . , ' . ! the tract has been clea fhe entire taapahanock County portion of Soil : and ferti lity but depth of fair ‘ loam l a sandy is soil he and farmed. . . impoverished by repeated fires This was abandoned as a farming ow grown up to brush and blackberries , n is and , ago years many proposition the more Fires iave destroyed the young timber and the reproduction of valuable species ' History of Tract and condition of timber : . * Improvements : t . None * Acreage and value of types : Total Value Value per acre Acreage Types Ridge : * 2 Slope : Cove : @ 136,00 ^ 3.00 Grazing Land : Fields Restocking : Claim is attached to Cultivated Land : . Warren County report Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 36.00 Value of Improvements : $ H Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 3 . 0 0 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ N' LA. < /2 - •W �Rappahannock County: Piedmont District NAME OF #120a =1 Number of Acres : OWNER - Bank of Warren -(Lee Highway) “ Location : Lee Highway 3 miles above Sperryville, entirely within the Park area , or laps: None known. It is understood Incumbrances, counter claims ' ~ T ia7t tHTs property came into the possession of the Bank of V/arren through a deed of trust, given by J.M.Curtis, who still lives on the oro Perty. It is 14 miles over the Lee Highway to Luray, the nearest Roads : . ^ * “ - . shipping point Soil : Thin, sandy loam of shallow depth and steeo of north and east exoosure . poor fertility, Rocky and .. History of Tract and condition of timber : Chestnut oak being peeled for tan bark Entirely cut over and no merchantable timber remains on wooded area > Vi - - --- Improvements: Stone building,Log,1 room Old still house,log and frame Old wareroom or storage room Old mill,2 story shed Forebay,shed, up and down saw mill no value Tenant house paper roof,soring house,frame hen house Log shed 100 apple trees —- -- - . - - Acreage and value of types : Total Value Value per acre Types Acreage Slope : 14 @ $3.00 $42.00 22 @ 30.00 660.00 $702.00 5 @ - V \ \ Cove : Grazing Land : Cultivated Land : Orchard : 50.00 250.00 $952.00 945.00 Minerals : Value of Land:$ 1897.00 702•00 Value of Improvements : $ 945.00 Value of Orchard : $ 250 *00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 46 * 27 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �County Rappahannock istrict _ lieomont 1:!0a - Ban!: of arren Deed: Assessed: Claimed: t $ " $ V lue Claimed: entirely Loe High* \y 3 miles above Sperryvil e, Location: with n the lark area It is understood ' cl_ ii s or laps: Hone no m . counter nc Incu biv 031 that thi 3 property came into the possessi m of the : of T arren through a deed of trust , given by J V , Ban! Curtis, who still lives on the property _ 1 s 14 miles over the Lee Highway to Luray, the nearIt Hoadfii - point est shir pin' of shallow depth and poor fertility. loom sandy Thin Soil: Eocky and steep of north and east exposure Aoreage ' ? . . . . . . History of tract~ and~ condition of timber: Chestnut oak being pee ed fi r Intlrely oui ver , tad no merchant ble tnn bnr’ . tirber remains on wooded area 100,00 ’,Log 1 room,shingle roof Jr ipm vrr- r-n t r.: Stone building ll’xlO shingle xQ , Old still house 2l ’ 4 ,log and frame Id warero > m or storage roon- rar.o,shingle roof, 1S5 G0 roof * 325.00 Old mill 24’x2Gf - 2 story shed ,36 xlG ’ 100,00 Forebay , l 30,00 Shod , 15 x60 ) Up end down saw mill ( no value Tenant Louse 17 * x33’ with 11 * xl6 * L Frame,paper 150.00 roof 20.00 fxQ * frame Spring house 6 15.00 8 * xlO ’ Hen 5.00 Log shed . . - .- - . - — - .0 070 - There are 100 a lo tree: 15 20 ye rs old in fair conditl n, The uoi is good and is now in 5 uores valued at 50 per aore or — com Orchard: . . Value of land by types: Value A I or "" 4.00 20.00 50.00 . Acreo£pe Types: * 25 22 5 52 Slppe F c Grohard f — Average value per aore — 250.00 Tot :1 Value 100 .. 440 540.00 Total value of land: t? » " improvements tt ft " orchard t» " tract tt ' 31.92 ' $540.00 . . 870 0 2; 0.00" lGGO OO �_ County istrict ;f 120a Rappahannock i iec raont ' arren Bank of ^- Deed: Assessed: Acrea e 1: lined~: tf ? ! V luo Cl- 1; ed: .y 3 iles above Sperryvil e, entirely Lee ] ighv ' Location: • with n the Park area It is understood cl ins or laps: IIone norm Incus -brancen , counter " that tKTs property oame into the possession of the Bank of or? en through a deed of trust , given by J. I Curtis, who still lives on the property is 14 miles over the Lee Highway to Luray, the near It : l.oMs est shir piny point sandy loam of shallow depth and poor fertility Thin SgjJLx Rocky and steep of north and east exposure . . . . . - . . . r History of tract and condition of timber: Chestnut oak being peeled Entirely out over , and no merchantable tan bark tif .ber remains on wooded area . i T iprnvn ntn: ' . - -- 100.00 Stone building M ’xlQ ’ Log 1 room,shingle roof shingle , Old still house 2l*x84 * ,log and frame roof, Old wareroom or storage room rame,shingle 1.5 00 • roof 325.00 Old mill 24*x2G ’ 2 story shed ,36’xlG ’ 10 00 To rebay » « 30.00 Shed , 15 x60 ) Up and down saw mill (no value Tenant House 17 ’x35’ with ll ’xlG ’L Irame ,paper 150.00 roof 20.00 ' Spring house G ’x J * frame Tf 15.00 8’xlO ’ Hen 5.00 Log shed " A7o. 0 There are 100 a ; le treer 15 80 years old in The soi is good and is now in fair conditi n 250.00 5 acres valued at 50. per acre or corn .- — - - **'* - . . - ' Orchard: - . . Value of land by types: —— Acreage Types: Slppe w Value . cr A. 4.00 80.00 50.00 mil i 25 22 5 52 F c rchard Total value of land: ft ff ” improvements tf ft ” orchard ff ft ” tract — Average value per acre 51.92 ' 540.00 . 870 0 250.00 V 1GG0.00 3 — Total Value .. 100 440 540.00 �* I ' XT ' * c2*\ / nej \ >RT OK ACRE 0° ' 1CL \ . / \ 'HACT #1 JCT BARBS -- - /* ,\'t firm y* V v* V iS l X * ' . • i\ As w vx seen from ^ s: if the 1( tf yi -V • - • xe ait HC tif*c ske fc ch * all three cv Barbee Tr^ ct in Rappahansock . sur^oyors * i * $• 3 OOnvputftfcioja . surveyj o t- f" / V* aunty were - * f the acreage of . his tract, by i 1 give# 12 1 t ev *?$ * T -* * 1i • **> vf* * 5 c < £ Chief Engineer, Paric Service f % » 0 > �REPORT ON ACREAGE - OP THE LUCY BARBEE TRACT #1 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY x. As will be seen from the attached sketch, all three sides of the Lucy Barbee Tract in Rappahannock County were - . G. S. surveyors. located by U. S My computation of the acreage of this tract, by . survey, U. S. G. S gives 12 acres, y W. N. sro&h, \ Chief Engineer, Park Service [ 9 t J * * « * �• *• - '4 - • - . * ’ Urn : 4 . Hi ' . unty: ^ Discrict: Rappahannock Y/akefield, ^- 1 Barbee, Lucy A — / i ll A -P P 1-3 • vA. LEGEND: Orchard Land Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale 20 Chains 1" Cove - = e . �* IM ' - ft County } Rappahannock v patriot: Wakefield Darbeo, Lucy Anreage Clalnea: Value Claimed: Ibaamlned by t Marsh, Gillian and Stoneburnor Location: On top of Blue Ridge about one half - - mile south of State Highway, and lying in both Warren and Rappahannock Counties, . Hone known Inotrabrances, counter claims » aM laps: About one half mile by a poor dirt road to the Roads: - State road, thence six miles to Front Royal, . the nearest shipping point The entire Rappahannock County portion of Soil: . the tract has been cleared and famed soil is & The sanuy loam of fair depth and fertility . but impoverished by repeated fires History of tract end condition of timber; This was abandoned as a farming proposition many years ago, and is now grown up to brush and blackberries, Fires - have destroyed the young timber and the repro . duction of the more valuable species . Hone Improvements: / P Acreage and value by Types: ) Acreage: Types: Value Per A * $3.00 10 Slope Total Value Value per acre - #30.00 3.00 . V I Total Value #30.00 / � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Barbee, Lucy Description An account of the resource Tract: 1; Location: In both Warren and Rappahannock; Cost/Acre: $3.00; Estimate Value: $36.00; Number of Acres: 10.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 1 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context barbee-lucy-tract-1 Barbee https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/e8d416220c77f6127345d7d690693e19.pdf cda6c33928bf3451d1795695a77cd3cf PDF Text Text Rappahannock County Piedmont District - OWNER #120 - Bank of barren ( Frazier Hollow ) NAME OF Number of Acres : Location : 72 . North side of Frazier Hollow , whence it Roads : Five miles over an abandoned road to the State Highway . is 17 miles to Luray, the nearest shipping point loam of good depth and fertility, especially good on the north the south side and fire damaged on part of side of ridge, but rockyon steep on the south and east and north the The slopes are moderate Exposure in all directions except west History of Tract and condition of timber : The bark was removed many years ago and the The cleared merchantable timber has been removed in different cuttings been bought to reported have is tract This brush to up growing land is a deed under sold was then It cut the timber by Willis for 1800.00 who The property was of trust and bought in by the Bank of Warren for $400 The buildings are in a fair state of abandoned about four years ago ion preservat ago — Improvements ’- Bouse-5 rooms, dilapidated abandoned ten years 15-18 years ago House Log, with leanto-dilapidated and abandoned House-5 rooms with kitchen, shingle roof and porch,old, but in fair condi tion, abandoned about 4 years ago. .. Soil : Sandy . . . . . . . - - . Acreage and value of types : Value Acreage Types Slope: per acre Total Value 43 @ $3.00 $129.00 29 @ 7.00 205,00 Cove : Grazing Land : | 332.00 Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ Value of Improvements : $ 200,00 Value of Orchard : $ 200,00 #532.00 Value of Minerals : $ Value of Timber: $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 7.40 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ HOME CLERK - �COUNTY: RA! PAHAi'NOCK DISU.- ICT: :- IZD;.:O::T . #120 - Bank of barren - -c. en gc Claima d: • • Value Claimed: Loeati on: North side of Frazier Hollow Incumbrances , counter claims Soil: or laps: Hone known Sandy loan of good depth and fertility od the nurth side of ridge . part of the south side , , especially good but rocky and fire dam-aged on The slopes are moderate on the north and east and steep on the south . . 1 posure in all directions except west Road ow * # Five miles whence it History of over an abandoned road to he State Highway, is 17 miles to Luray , the nearest shipping point . Tract and condition of Timber: The bark was removed many years ago and the merchantable timber has been removed . in different cuttings . brush This tract is The clearer land is growing up to reported to have been bought by Mills . for $800.00 , who cut the timber It was then sold under a . deed of trust and bought in by the Bank of Warren for §400 . The property was abandoned about four years ago buildings are in a fair state . The of preservation - House 5 rooms , 16 x13 with 10 x 12 lean to , weatherboard over log , shingle roof , porch dilapidated , windows gone , abandoned ten years ago $00.00 House 14x16 Log with 10x14 lean to , shingle roof dilapidated and abandoned 15 13 years ago no val House five rooms 1 x28 with 10x16 kitchen , shingle roof , and porch , old but in fair acidities state of Improve rent s : - - .preservation , abandoned about 4 years ago .. , Value of land by Types .* e: ope Fo Acreage Value Per A 3.00 5.00 . . 100.00 $ 150.00 Total ' Value Too ,co ’ ’ 145.00 . cV: 4 �COl/IITY: RF FA! A HOC K ' #130 - Bank of DISTRICT: PIEDMONT Warren 74.00 Total value of land Total value of i provorients 150 00 0424.00 Total value of tract - Average value per acre - f 5.90 �C^oity: Rappahannock District: Piedmont #120 - Bank of Warren v 9 . Dwyer Hina B . Hina B Dwyer LEGEND: Cove Orchard Slope Ridge Grazing Land Scale - Tillable Land l" = 20 Chains � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bank of Warren Description An account of the resource Tract: 120; Location: 3 miles above Sperryville; Cost/Acre: $46.27; Estimate Value: $1,897.00; Number of Acres: 41.0; Monies Awarded: $1,897.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 120 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bank-of-warren-tract-120 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/85d356abbf0a4e49e34997f28d67056d.pdf 60cf68af1e24b2ab9be83db6400c0e0c PDF Text Text Rappahannock County: Piedmont District NAME OF gf #WW #120a Number of Acres : - - OWNER - Bank of Warren -(Lee Highway) Location : Lee Highway 3 miles above Sperryville, entirely within the Park area Incumbrances, counter claims",' or laps: None known. It is understood that ThTs properJyy carae Tnto the possession of the Bank of Warren through a deed of trust, given by J.M.Curtis, who still lives on the oro perty. It is 14 miles over the Lee Highway to Luray, the nearest Roads : . ' ' ^ - . shipping point . Thin, sandy loam of shallow depth and poor fertility Soil : steep of north ana east exposure . Rocley and .. History of Tract and condition of timber : Chestnut oak being peeled for tan bark Entirely cut over and no merchantable timber remains on wooded area - - --- Improvements : Stone building,Log,1 room Old still house,log and frame Old wareroom or storage room Old mill,2 story shed Forebay,shed, UD and down saw mill no value Tenant house paper roof,soring house,frame hen house Log shed 100 apple trees -V AJ —- -- - . - - Acreage and value of types : Value Types Acreage Slope : 14 @ #3*00 22 @ 30.00 , 0 Total Value per acre f>42.00 \ \t C \ \ Cove : Grazing Land : 660.00 $702.00 Cultivated Land : 5 Orchard : @ 50.00 250.00 $952.00 945.00 w1897.00 Minerals : Value of Land : $ 702.00 Value of Improvements : $ 945.00 Value of Orchard : $ 250.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract : $ 46.27 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE CLERK �_ County istrict ;f 120a Rappahannock i iec raont ' arren Bank of ^- Deed: Assessed: Acrea e 1: lined~: tf ? ! V luo Cl- 1; ed: .y 3 iles above Sperryvil e, entirely Lee ] ighv ' Location: • with n the Park area It is understood cl ins or laps: IIone norm Incus -brancen , counter " that tKTs property oame into the possession of the Bank of or? en through a deed of trust , given by J. I Curtis, who still lives on the property is 14 miles over the Lee Highway to Luray, the near It : l.oMs est shir piny point sandy loam of shallow depth and poor fertility Thin SgjJLx Rocky and steep of north and east exposure . . . . . - . . . r History of tract and condition of timber: Chestnut oak being peeled Entirely out over , and no merchantable tan bark tif .ber remains on wooded area . i T iprnvn ntn: ' . - -- 100.00 Stone building M ’xlQ ’ Log 1 room,shingle roof shingle , Old still house 2l*x84 * ,log and frame roof, Old wareroom or storage room rame,shingle 1.5 00 • roof 325.00 Old mill 24*x2G ’ 2 story shed ,36’xlG ’ 10 00 To rebay » « 30.00 Shed , 15 x60 ) Up and down saw mill (no value Tenant House 17 ’x35’ with ll ’xlG ’L Irame ,paper 150.00 roof 20.00 ' Spring house G ’x J * frame Tf 15.00 8’xlO ’ Hen 5.00 Log shed " A7o. 0 There are 100 a ; le treer 15 80 years old in The soi is good and is now in fair conditi n 250.00 5 acres valued at 50. per acre or corn .- — - - **'* - . . - ' Orchard: - . . Value of land by types: —— Acreage Types: Slppe w Value . cr A. 4.00 80.00 50.00 mil i 25 22 5 52 F c rchard Total value of land: ft ff ” improvements tf ft ” orchard ff ft ” tract — Average value per acre 51.92 ' 540.00 . 870 0 250.00 V 1GG0.00 3 — Total Value .. 100 440 540.00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bank of Warren Description An account of the resource Tract: 120 - A; Location: North side of Frazier Hollow; Cost/Acre: $7.40; Estimate Value: $532.00; Number of Acres: 72.0; Monies Awarded: $532.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 120 - A Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bank-of-warren-tract-120-a https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/88041228209ad3e49e8868c740fe8849.pdf 39af6742e24cc7447d04c0ef8c1707d0 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin, Oscar Description An account of the resource Tract: 84; Location: Top of Pignut Mountain ; Cost/Acre: $9.72; Estimate Value: $554.00; Number of Acres: 57.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 84 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context baldwin-oscar-tract-84 Baldwin https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d1347e8cba96f8954879f6e07c3a3e1e.pdf 4254a294f7067b75dbfb347c97c5425f PDF Text Text Councy: Rappahannock District: Piedmont NAME OF OWNER #126 Number of Acres: Location : - Baker, Win. 99 South side of Pignut Mountain, just above Position #592, . The state highway is four miies distant over a rough country road Thence it is 17 miles to vcr Gy, the nearest shinping point Roads: . ^ The soil is a sandy loam of fair depth and fertility, but very rocky on much of the tract There are rock outcrops on the uoper or The slopes are steep with a narrow strip of nearly level land tion along the streams The general exposure is south and east History of Tract and condition of timber: The bark was removed many years ago and repeated cuttings have taken most of the merchantable timber A' * fire m 1926 did great damage to timber, reproduction and soil severe The land is rocky and is cleared 0 some grass m patches Tnere are ° 4 !rees aSou 2 Soil : . . 6 years old . . . . i5 Si8ga ll tSeIh nSuS tISS?li . ? ^ # Improvements: - ‘ . None Acreage and value of types: Types Acreage Slope : Value per acre Total Value 77 @ $2.00 $154.00 17 @ 6.00 102 00 3 @ 10.00 30 v00 2 99 @ 40.00 80.00 $366.00 Cove : Grazing Land: Cultivated Land : Orchard : # . Minerals: Value of Land : $ 236.00 Value of Improvements: $ 295 # 00 Value of Orchard : $ 80.00 295.00 f661.00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 6.67 I Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ NONE 1 CLERK / �V County: Rappahannock District : Piedmont #126 - Baker, William Vacant . H L.Johnson John Carter LEGEND: Cove Orchard Grazing Land Slope Ridge Scale Tillable Land - l” = Fields restocking 20 chains �CO TNTY: RAPT SUNNOCK DI THICTs PI im : > T 136 - ,3 . leer, . 1111 am. Acrea e Claimed: V iue Claimed: . coo ti m: South side of Pignut Mountain, just bove Position 592 . The r laps: None known Inoumbra ces, counter has "not' been definitely located claims . North line Soil: The soil is a sandy loam of fair uepth and fertility but very rooky on much of the tract There ore rock outcrops on the upper portion The slopes re steep with a narrow strip f ne rly level land along the streams. The general exposure is south and east . . . Roods: The state highway is four miles distant over a rough country ro d « Thence it is 17 miles to Luray, the nearest snipping po int - . was removed nr. iy > cuttings most of the ago taken repeated h v e , nd . ye rs great damn e did 19 6 A in severe fire at ble timber march rocky land cleared and s The is > reproducti n il , timber to and is growing up to brush, but there is s me good grass in patches There ire 40 old apple trees and 23 small trees about 6 years old. Baker states that he p ;rch& d thi property ten ye rs go for 800. he has removed thetimber from the tract Ilstory of tr - ct and eonditi ,- n of timber: The bark . . . . . . ' Improvements: Old log house: 14 * x 16 ’, s un ;le roof, valued at - Old frame housow. * 15 » x 13 * , paper ro f v iued t ft Log Barn: 15’ x 18 * , shingle roof « house, 10 * x 12*, Cellar and smoke "" t *? Chicken house: ¥ * x 13’9 board roof ft f ‘ 3 aggy sued : 12 * x 12 * , tt n ft rf Spring hous •* 8’ x 10’, 6 f ' 5 ' Value O - land by types: Value Types lope FG FB FC Orch rd Ac e ge '17 12 j • 3 2 per acre . 2.00 7.00 5.00 10.00 40.00 1 ToiToo 84.00 25.00 30.00 80.00 #373.00 99 Total value of land Total value of improvements Total v U 3 > f tr ct Average v ^ lue per acre Total Value 373.00 295.00 668.00 6.75 100.00 100.00 lo OO . . oQ OQ 10.00 10.00 10.00 ^ 2 3700 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baker, William Description An account of the resource Tract: 126; Location: South side of Pignut Mountain ; Cost/Acre: $6.67; Estimate Value: $661.00; Number of Acres: 99.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 126 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context baker-william-tract-126 Baker https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/cbc07c97ac65a9ea57affd4b91d5cec7.pdf d4de1c4870c4c6e0a75656ca790bd5a2 PDF Text Text County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont #83 - Baker, A.S. Acreage Claimed: Value Claimed: Location: South slope of Pignut Mountain, Incumbrances, counter claims or laps: . None known .. Soil: Sandy loam of good depth and fertility Surface is smooth and slopes moderate and gentle Exposure is south and west, There are some small rock on the surface . Roads: It is four miles over rough steep roads to the - State Highway, and thence 17 miles to Luray, the near . est shipping point History of tract and condition of timber: The tract has been cut over at'"various times and all merchantable timber removed The fields have been cultivated and grased for many years, but are in fair shape The brush is coming in on the upper part . . . Improvements: House: frame, 8 rooms,1& story,32x32 *,two porches, paper roof, 2 rooms ceiled and papered 14x14' cellar, * two good stone chimneys, $400.00 , log , Barn: 12x36 * shingle roof 100.00 Corn House,frame,10x14.shingle roo£„..... 25.00 Hen house,frame,10x12,wlthbuggy shed attached, shingle roof, 25.00 Spring house, 10x10 * shingle roof 15.00 l ee't Hiouse 15.00 ragon shed 10.00 $690 , 00 — .. . ^ ’ The orchard is 25 years old and oontains 52 trees in good condition One acre is valued ... ...... at Value of land by types: es: As e* . §& F g F c Orchard improvements If If tract 40.00 Value Per A . 13 51 1 Total Value of land ft ft . 6.00 8.00 $538.00 630.00 $1168.00 Average value per acre for tract $12.84 Total Value #52.60 78.00 408.00 $630 .bo �N County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont _/ _ - .. 83 J Baker, A S A N 03 a S p Clarence Pullin < P-, A 5 : rt Wm.Baker Oscar Baldwin . t ••• 5 : 5 6 Mrs,Olive Compton omeo Pullin LEGEND: Orchard Slope Grazing Land Ridge Tillable Land Scale 1" :20 chains Cove - �County: Rappahannock District: Piedmont CLAIMANT NAME OF jUftm #83 91 Number of Acre*: Location : - Baker, . Alpheus, Est South slope of Pignut Mountain It is four miles over rough steep roads to the State Highway, and thence 17 miles to Luray, the nearest shipping point Roads: . . Sandy loam of good depth and fertility Surface is smocrth and Exposure is south and west There are some slooes moderate and gentle small rock cn the surface Soil : .. . The tract has been cut over at various The fields have been cultivated times and all merchantable timber removed and grazed for many years, but are in fair shape The brush is coming in on the upper part History of Tract and condition of timber : . . . One 8 room frame house, 2 porches and cellar,paper roof, stone chimney, log barn,shingle roof, corn crib,hen house meat house, spring house, and wagon shed Improvements : ^ . Acreage and value of types: Value per acre Acreage Types 2 6 @ $2.00 Grazing Land : 13 @ 5.00 Cultivated Land : 51 © 10.00 1 @ 50.00 Slope: Total Value $52.00 Cove : Orchard : 65.00 _ 510.00 8627.00 50.00 677.00 ' " • Minerals: Value of Land : $ 627 *00 Value of Improvements: $ Value of Orchard : $ 650 *00 650*00 rTT527.00 50 *00 Value of Minerals: $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ Value per acre for tract: $ 14.59 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract: $ NONE \ CLERK �j / _ Claim of f Rapp_ahanno_ck County, Virginia, No. 149 At Law. In the Circuit Court of The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, Peti_ _ _ _ _ _ ey.en ojfckex tyr Aylojr d to d an 1 n C if s . ari Tiiir tioner, vs _ Thou san d j_ _Four Hundr ed A cr es ^ Rappahannock County, Virginia, Defendants. more or less, of land in The undersigned , in answer to the petition of the State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia , and in response to the notice of condemnation awarded upon the filing of said petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit fiappahapnock County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court of as his answer to said petition and to sfiid notice. My name is O : My Post Office Address is O - J I claim a right, title, estate or interest in aftr t or parcel of land within the area sought hich thnre are the following .acres, o: to be condemned , containing about .ents: ldings and i: OVi __ _ __ _ ^ — XUJrvUUL. _ _ ^ 1 J / ___ Virginia, in T|iis l nji is locatec miles from about 3. | " Magisterial District of said County. • the / . I claim the following right, title, estate or interest in the tract or parcel of land described above : ( In this space claimant should say whether he is sole owner or joint owner, and if joint owner give names of the joint owners. If claimant is not sole or joint owner, he should t out exactly what right, title, estate or interest he has in or to the tract or parcel of 1 a d ad cjibed flfyove ) . O A0 j U 0/ V __ _^ ^ 5 5» - 1M IV " ^^ TOe lancfowfaers a __ _ VJ North South East West , ^ 1 — 3 ent _ hl & l 1 '- iz 4 ^ )lb - _ / £> the above described tract or parcel of land are as follows: -- L / t D _ JSL ) X I acquired my right,/tfrtle, estate or interest fc ; ma er : ^ ^ ^ wjijja E __ __ thjsfproperty about the year if ? J? in the ^ d&AMlc,-- I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereI claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, on is $ in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is d acres of land adjoining the above described tract or I am the owner of parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proO posed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ). 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Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baker, AS Description An account of the resource Tract: 83; Location: South slope Pignut Mountain; Cost/Acre: $14.59; Estimate Value: $1,327.00; Number of Acres: 91.0; Monies Awarded: $ (n/a) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 83 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context baker-as-tract-83 Baker Cornwell Fincham https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/aade58e9b45561752bb103da7734e214.pdf f48e2151624e8d0d9bfae3cf2f320150 PDF Text Text ? f RAPPAHANNOCK I f COUNTY NAME OF CLAIMANT #157 Number of Acres : 77 - Bailey, J. 0. Location : Along Lee Highway, . Lee Highway, 13 miles to Luray, nearest shipping point Roads : . Sandy loam, medium depth and fertility, steep and rocky S0il : Only a small part of the tract has been cleared. Two slamm patches now cultivated . Place now occupied by tenant (A.J. Tan bark removed from tract about . cultivation for Clark) land unfit removed at various times gsince; products timber Other ago years 30 wow cut removed within the past three years some products have been ' . to poplar DBH 2 4 growing and Dogwood . pulpwood for pine ting on western part of tract. Red oak and chestnut oak 20 to 8" DBH scattered over rest of area Improvements : One 4 room l-J- story log and frame house, shingle and > in fair condition paper roof, Corn house Hen house History of Tract and condition of timber : " . . - . . . — Acreage and value of types : Types Value per acre Acreage Total Value Ridge : Slope : — Cove : Grazing Land : 69 @ $3.00 | 207.00 8 @ 15.00 120.00 $327.00 —R . . S Fields Restocking : Cultivated Land : Orchard : Minerals : Value of Land : $ 327.00 Value of Improvements : $ 290.00 290.00 Value of Orchard : $ Value of Minerals : $ Value of Fruit : $ Value of Timber : $ Value of Wood : $ 160.00 Value per acre for tract : $ 10.91 160.00 $777.00 Incidental damages arising from the taking of this tract : $ N0NE CLERK. �_ _ _ ' /L _ r i r- Claim o f „ County, Virginia, No./f X - , At Law. In the Circuit Court of The State Cjrnijpissipm on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia, PetiJ / tioner, VS. A 'A L J ? --- -- _ _ _ ^_ - n __ _ in Z Z more or less, of land 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 qf /aid petition and published in accordance with the order of the Circuit County, Virginia, asks leave of the Court to file this Court as his answer to said petitioruand tosaid nq$ice i . My name is 2 C > My Post Office Address is < t ~ ~ 7 I claim a right, title, estate or interest in a tract or parcel of land within the area sought to be condemned, containing aboutacres, on which there are the following buildings and improvements ’- / T -A/.. 1Z y < / 7 < ^ ^ __ _ _ ¥ ! Z _ _ _ - ^ ^ _ __ _ - + This la id is located about miles from _ $ Virginia, in the Magisterial District of said Count 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 ) . ^^ ^ owners The land adjacent to the above \ described tract or parcel of land are as follows : North South East /& // WestI acquired my right, title, estate or interest to this property about the year _ ZZ ? JL in the following manner : _ . . u _ jr ^ _ . I claim that the total value of this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereto /0 ^ ^ on is I claim that the total value of my right, title, estate or interest, in and to this tract or parcel of land with the improvements thereon is I am the owner of acres of land adjoining the above described tract or parcel of land but lying outside the Park area, which I claim will be damaged by the proposed condemnation of lands within the Park area, to the extent of $ ( In the space below should be set out any additional statements or information as to this claim which claimant desires to make ; and if practicable he should also insert here a description of the tract or parcel of land by metes and bounds ) . Remarks: . Witness of - ^ - ( Continue remarks if necessary on the back ) my signature ( or my name and mark attached hereto ) this day - - 1930 _A _ , To-wit : STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF The undersigned hereby certifies that /i .'1Cl A the above named claimant personally appeared before him and rn ae oath that the matters and things appearing in his above answer are true to the best of his knowledge and belief , ft _ o 2 f day of . this 1930/ _ _ j _ ^ Clerk of the Court, or Special Investigator or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. �£ *3- ' JZ* « \ . V . - T » i * C t FIIF c . ‘ ' : . ; > ! \ ,; _; C 3B1 < Pi : i . n . •. . - : i ... : Teste* i . - y/ ; . i 5 , d • ( -‘ • ' ' ^ - : - ‘ . : ' * . ! •> « : t o « 1 . t / : 5 ' ‘- » : - ; ' * : < : ' I I • .i I a. . . ; ‘t - 4 I I ? : I — 1 J) i rl t : . d ' > i • .. r. • . M 2 * V i : . ~TJ : - • . ; t: . ts ' . ' » £ : ( ' i . 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Location: Along L > e Highway Roads: Lee Highway 15 uiles to Luray, nearest shipping point Soil: — Sandy loam, medium depth and fertility, steep and rocky Only a small part of the tract has been cleared, "wo ’ ' . maall patches ho¥/ cultivate His and condition of " timber; Place now occupied by tenant f Clark) la 3 unf it’ for cultiv:tion Tan bark re moved from tract about 50 years ago Other timber pro ducts removed at various tines ; k c o some products have been removed within the past xltree years Now cutting pine for pulpwood Dogwood poplar 2” to 4" DBH growing on western part of tract od oak and chestnut oak 2 to 0” DBI acattered over rest of area ( . . . . . " . planked, 25 * x 291 , 1%- story, , 4 rooms 7 x 25, porch 0 * x BT , shingle Jlouse — log , — — $250.00 — — 15 CO and paper roof Com house log and frame, 10 x 14 x 6, paper roof Hen house log 8 x 10 x 0, pi ail: roof Value of land by Types: Tvnes: To FB Slope - . . Improvements: - Acreage Value Per Acre xorJtr 3 08 76 ^ 6.00 5.00 Total value of land: $207.00 Total value of improvements: 290.00 Total value of tract: o37T?a Average value per acre: 7.30 Total Value vo / u e oJ < 18.00 204.00 $297.00 35.00 . 8290700 �REPORT OR THE ACREAGE OP THE J. C . BAILEY TRACT #157 . This tract was conveyed to the present owner By a deed which c o n t a i n s a good d e s c r i p t i o n by b e a r i n g s and d i s t a n c e s . Tiie deed c a l l s f o r 88 acres . However , I have p l a t t e d t h e c a l l s of t h e deed , a n d computed t h e acreage therefrom , and con get o n l y 77 acres The S t a t e s r e p o r t covers 76 acres . . 9 Chief E n g i n e e r , Park S e r v i c e f < � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rappahannock County SNP Records: Court Proceedings Description An account of the resource The first series in the Rappahannock County SNP Records collection consists of 350 files related to the court proceedings from The State Commission on Conservation and Development of the State of Virginia v. Clifton Aylor and others, and Thirty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred (37,400) Acres of Land, more or less, in Rappahannock County, Virginia. This was a court case initiated by the state of Virginia in order to acquire privately held land located within the boundary of Rappahannock County in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the boundaries of eight counties, the state of Virginia, in collaboration with the Federal government, used eminent domain condemnation, a process that involves the seizure of an individual's private property for public use, without the owner’s consent, but with payment of compensation to create the Shenandoah National Park. The documents in this collection are the legal proceedings for each individual tract of land that made up the one court case. In most cases, the individual case files consist of property surveys, assessments for the value of the land and improvements, and claims by the owner of the property. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Bulk of the collection dates 1930 to 1934 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bailey, JO Description An account of the resource Tract: 157; Location: Along Lee Highway; Cost/Acre: $10.91; Estimate Value: $777.00; Number of Acres: 77.0; Monies Awarded: $777.00 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rappahannock County Circuit Courthouse Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tract 157 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bailey-jo-tract-157 Bailey