Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-08-10


Lynchburg, Virginia, on the 18th day
of July, 1917.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Pc
titioner, VS.. J. F. REID, MARY c.
FLOOD EFT AIS, Defendants. No.626,
action to condemn land.
The object of this suit is to condemn,
for the uses and purposes of the United
States of America, for National For
est Reserve and for the protection of
the watersheds of navigable streams
and of conserving the navigability Of
navigable rivers, as provided by the
Act of Congress Of March /, 1911, (36
Stat. L., 961), known as the Weeks
Forestry Act. and the amendments
thereto of August 10, 1912. (37 Stat.
L., 30O), and March 4, 1913, (37 Stat.
L., 1861, 691935 acres of land, in
Shenandoah and Warren Counties, Vir-
ginia, consisting of two tracts, as fol-
lows: One tract, containing 6778.96
acres, known as the Millar & Bayley,
Samuel Cullers and Flood & Reid
Tracts and 4 and portion of Tract
2, in Shenandoah and Warren COun-
ties; and one tract, containing 1909
acres, known as the Thornton Ritenour
Tract. The part Of said lands in Shen-
andOah County is situated, principally,
in Johnston District Said lands, in
the main, are upon or near to Green,
Little Crease and Massanutten or Page
Mountains, and are drained, in part,
by Passage Creek and its tributaries
Said lands are embraced within or
overlapped upon or affected by the fol-
lowing grants or patents: William
Elzey, July IS, 1897, 1900 acres; Will
| liam Elzey, November 6, 1900, 9160
acres; Henry COulers Cor Cullers),
| April 80, 1841, 756 acres; John Reed,
December 2, 1878, 206 acres; Jacob
Keller, November IA, 1888, 224 acres,
- r. & 25 p. Jacob Keller & Henry
Hickman, August %. 1885, 267 acres !;
Henry Hickman, February %, 1887,
200 acres Henry Hickman, November
80, 1889, 159 acres; Henry Hickman,
November 80, 1889, Al acres; William
r. Ashby, Marcus c. Richardson, Tho
mas Buck & John Buck, June %, 1914,
! 1871 acres Robert Scott, February 1,
1871, 40 acres; Robert Scott, March
20, 1871, 422 acres; Robert Scott, March
p, 1881, 422 acres Robert Gray, April
IS, 1853, $50 acres; James O'Bannon,
January Z, 1879, SO acres; Christian
Slower, December 10, 1895, 200 acres
John Reid, May IS, 1774, 1873 acres
John Conrad Tebo, June 10, 1889, ia
!, acres Joseph Kashwiler, June 20, IVA
AIT acres; Solomon Veach, November
25, 1929, 100 acres Daniel Ridenour
November %, 1884, 1922 acres. The
ocations and descriptions, by metes AND
|, bounds, of said lands, with plats and
, surveys of same, and the particular
nature of the. uses and purposes fol
which the condemnation of same is
sought fully appear in the petition and
exhibits thereto, which were filed in my
office on November 16, 1916, and t.
which reference is made.
81 1t appearing, by affidavit, as follows
ii % That the following defendant:
are non-residents of the State of Vir
ginia, to-wit: J. F. Reid and wife
Annie E. Reid; Mary c. Flood ant
Z husband, Thomas A. Flood; Wesley W
3 Totten; Lucy Totten; James Teets
D John r. Serpell Mrs. John R. Serpell
Robert F. Serpell; George NJ. Serpell
Mrs. Florence Wilson and husband
h. Wilson; Mrs. Ora D. Bay
, ard and husband -- Bayard
ii Mrs. Conrad Becker and husband, -
p Becker; Oberline Deakins; Mrs
4 George F. Becker and husband, Georg
s. F. Becker; E. Allen Jones; Laura NJ
!. D. Jones; Margaret Jones; George Nc
Leod Cor MacLeod) Mrs. Sallie N
1 Moore and husband, Arthur R. Moore
s Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Williams and bus
+ band, Gerald B. Williams; John Mcleod
al Tor MacLeod) /; Mrs. L. DeHaas Nc
Leod (or MacLeod), widow; Mrs
Amanda NJ Grubbs and husband, (i
2 living, GrubbS; Keith Nc
nj fAr ut
, Cor MacLeOd) Parran Cor Parsons
:. Deakins; Mrs. Cleorah Cor CIearah)
Fauber (or Fauver) and husband
! r. H. Deakins; Septimus c. Deakins
, John B. Deakins; G. S. Deakins; Mrs
Mollie Shore and husband,
> Shore; Frank C. Pulliam; Claude Pull
} liam; Mrs. Glovina D. LETTERS and
husband, - LETTERS; Mrs
, Maude johnson and husband,
Johnson; George W. Pulliam; Howard
8 S. Pulliam; John A. Pulliam; Mrs
Ethel Teets and husband, --
Teets; Mrs. R. Eugenia Loughlan and
, husband, Loughlan; Mrs
Lucy Pulliam, (widow) Francis Cor
Frank l. Evans and wife, Elizabeth
]. Evans; John A: DeakinS; Joseph NJ.
\ Deakins; Deborah G. Fauber Cor
Fauver) and husband. (if living
F. Fauber Cor Fauver) Mrs.
Dora Heath, widow; Alice Heath 4;
Charles Heath Mrs. Lula 81. r. Gro
linger) Fralinger and husband, (if
living, Fralinger Cor Fro
llinger) Mrs. William B. Heath, vivid
low; William D. Cassin; Mary NJ
ICassin Fannie NJ. Cassin; Genevieve
Cassin; Mrs. Carrie B. Shoemaker and
husband, C. 7. Shoemaker; Mrs. Vir-
ginia l.. Kinkaid Cor Kincaide) and hus-
band, T. w. Kinkaid Tor Kincaide) :;
Arthur 81. Carroll, trustee under the
will Of Charles II. Carroll, deceased :;
David Veach; Adam F. Lichliter; W.
#. Henretty; J. NJ. Henretty PRESIDENT
of Ohio) G. c. Henretty; A. L. Hen
retty 7. e. Henretty; J. M. Henretty
| PRESIDENT of Oklahoma) Mrs. c. E.
Hipler and husband, c. e. Hipler; Mrs
Lorne Squirting and husband,
Squirting; Mrs. J. F. Gordon and hus-
band, Gordon; Annetta
Henretty; Jacob Beydler; John w.
Beydler; Isaac Beydler; Jacob R. Bey-
dler; Mrs. Mary Kuhenlaher and has
band, (if living), Kuhen-
laher; Theodore W. Evans; Raoul
Evans; Smith E. Curd; Jesse A. Curd;
Mary ]. Curd; Sarah F. Curd; Nat
Henry Curd; Charles Allen; Alfred
Curd Allen; George Peyton Allen:
Mary Frances Allen (minor) Nat
Curd Allen (minor) Mabel Elizabeth
Allen. (minor); Jessie Peay Allen,
(minor) /; Will White Cook; Ed. Terry
Cook; Mrs. Ida May Hollan Cor Hol-
land) and husband, Ho,-
Ian Tor Holland) Joseph NJ. Wake
man; William n Finks; Shenandoah
Manganese Company. (of Maryland) Il
B. E. MOrrett; Lewis Richards; Fl. G
Richards; Leslie Zepp; Randolph
CHM; Harry CHM; William F. CHM,
(minOr); Laura f. CHM Cminor) Il
Mrs. Ella r. Brent and husband. |
-- Brent; Harriet D. Wright |
and husband, n. B. Wright: Robert C. |
Brent; Mrs. Bessie B. Slocum and bus
band, - Slocum; Edwin Fl. |
Brent; Henry M. Brent; Mamie w.
Brent; George A. Bowen;
(2) That due and reasonable dill
gence has been used, by and on behalf
of petitioner, without effect, to ascer-
tain the following, to-wit:
(a) In what county or corporation Il