Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-03
In the Clerks Office of the
United States District
Court for the Western Dis
trict of Virginia, at Lynch
burg, Virginia.

trict of Virginia, at Lynch
burg, Virginia.
On the 18th day of July, 1917
United States of America, Action
VS. No. col Condemn
|. N. Graham. J. M. Err Land
vine ct ais; (Defendants) J
The object of this suit is to condemn,
for the uses and purposes OF the Unit,
ed States of America, for National
Forest Reserve and for the protection
of the watersheds of navlgable streams
and of conserving the navigablllty OF
rivers, as provided by the
Act of Congress of March l, 1911, l366
Stat. L., 961), known as the Weeks
Forestry Act, and the amendments
thereto of August 10. 1912, Ut Stat. L.,
3OO), and March 4, 1913, III Stat. L.,
S55j, 659T.31 acres of land in Augusta
and Highland Counties, Va, being a
boundry contain ing 1T11.11 acres, less
the |. N. Graham Tract ofll2O. 46 acres.
Said 6597.3l acres are situated, prlncl-
pally. in the Pastures District OF said
county. Said lands lie MAIN
", on the southeast side OF Shenan-
doah Mountain and the northwest side
of Calf Pasture River, and between
Hodges Draft at the north end and
Hueharts Run at the south end. Inc
top of the mountain forms, IN the nam,
the boundry on the west, except that
about 200 acres lie just across the top
of the mountain on the waters OF Cow
Pasture River, On the east side the
lands border on or near the river at
mouth of Reuben's Run at the north
end and follow more or less straight
lines a little back of cleared land.
Among others, the following streams
run, in part, through SAID lands;
Hodges, Reubens, Tim, Little lin,
Rock Lake, Holloway, Hoy and Deer
field. Said lands are embraced within
or Tapped by or affected by, in whole
or in part, the following grants or
patents: Michael Gearhard, February
:, 1851, for S25 acres; j ohm W Rodgers,
II b. 2. 1857. for 800 acres: John Ryan,
Jr.. January Is, 1881, los acres; Thorn
as Adams, November Is, 1887, lit
acres: Richard Adams, July 81, li9o,
1853 acres: Samuel Blackburn, Novem-
Der |. 1850, 1874 acres; Robert ). Glen
dye and VIM. w. Montgomery, NO
vember l, 1850, 300 acres; Thomas
Phillips, July 8, 1893, 100 acres; Cop
nelius and Thomas Ruddle, January
80. 1928, 295 acres; William Guy, June
30. 1916. 152 acres; William Guy, No
vember 2. 1857, $3.50 acres; Thomas
Hughart, May 10, 1894, 265 acres,
James Black, November l, 1917, 2OO
acres: Ralph and VIM Clayton, July
,. 1921, 100 acres; J. M. Ervine, Octo-
Der 3, 1906, 2lT3 acres; James Swami;
January q, 1876, 10000 acres, and and
Thomas Phillips, May 28, I'9o, SUI
acres. The location and description,
bv metes and bounds, of said land,
with a plat and survey of same, and
the particular nature of the uses and
for which the condemnation
of same is sought fully appear in the
netition and exhibits thereto, which
: ere filed in my Office on February Is,
1916. and to which reference is made.
1t appearing, by affidavit, as fol-
lows:
~ That the following defendants
are non-residents of the State OF Vlr-
ginia, towit American Natlonal
Bank of Asheville, North Carolina,
w. A. Levin, Annie Clare Chlles and
husband, Harry L. Chiles, Pauline
Bowers Caricofe and husband. Benla-
min Caricofe, Singer Sewing Machine
company, Edward M. Sheldon and
wife. Annie S. Sheldon, George Il.
calvert. Jr., and wife, Mrs. George FL.
calvert, Jr., John NJ Dudley and wife.
Mrs. John M. Dudley, R. C. Grogg
and wife, Mrs. r. C. Grogg, Robert
A. McKenney. Mrs. Howard S. Har-
rington, Willard F. Eakle, James I.
Eubank, William Bratton, J. W. G.
Rodgers and wife, Hannah Rodgers,
and cameron Johnson, 49,.
(2) That due and reasonable olllg
ence has been used by and on behalf
of petitioner, without effect, to ascer-
tain the following, to-wit:
[a) In what county or corporation
the following defendants are, to-wlt:
D. M. Osborne & company, T. Walter
Davis, Mrs. F. A. Davis, Shenandoah
Valley Lumber company, W. A. Nc
KAY, Mckay Brothers, Alma B Kerr.
Sarah S. Huffman, a widow, Lenoe
Stevens. Emma H. Rawlings and hus-
band, Jonn A. Rawlings, Mrs. Bell
Young Schemerhorn, widow, John
Peter Dumas, Laura V. Eakle, Graves
& Hubbard, Louisa E. Blackburn,
Archibald A. Blackburn, James +;
Blackburn, James H. Blackburn ana
wife, Evaline Blackburn, John Black
burn, Elizabeth blackburn, daughter
of benjamin blackburn, deceased
Lucinda blackburn, Sarah j. Kennedy
and husband, Thomas Kennedy, Nancy
Gerolds, Tor Jerolds) and husband,
Marcus Gerolds, Tor Jerolds) Amanda
Seahorn and husband, Campbell Sea-
horn, Isabella Gillespie and husband,
William D. Gillespie, Samuel B: HoSS
and wife, Amanda Hoss, Archibald
Hoss and wife, MERGED Hoss, Emily
Hoss, Elizabeth Hogen and husband,
David Hogen, Archibald A. Mathes
and wife, Christiana G. Mathes, Will
lam Mathes, Evaline A blackburn,
Mary e. Pullin and husband. George
G. Pullin, Archibald Blackburn, Alfred
blackburn, William blackburn,
Samuel Blackburn and wife, Sarah
Blackburn, Simeon Blackburn,
Henry F. Blackburn, Mary V,
Blackburn, Elizabeth Blackburn,
daughter of William Blackburn,
deceased,) Melville R. Blackburn,
Isabella Saunders and husband.
Joseph Saunders, Elizabeth Mann,
David R. N. Blackburn, Julia
Park; it appearing, by said Aft
davit, that said defendants and
each and every of them cannot be
found