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Resident asks Rockingham County to recognize Taylor family; attorney recounts negotiated eminent-domain outcome
Summary
A resident asked the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners to place recognition for the Taylor family after a decades-old county land acquisition. An attorney who said he advised the family described a negotiated transfer rather than court condemnation, explaining why records are thin.
Resident Jill Taylor Center asked the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 28 to place a plaque or other recognition honoring the Taylor family’s long history in Brentwood and its land transfers with the county. The request came with an explanation from Charlton Swayze, who identified himself in the meeting as an attorney and said he represented or advised the Taylors when the county sought to acquire part of their property in the early 1970s. Swayze told commissioners the family received a “notice of intent to take by eminent domain” but then negotiated a direct transfer with the county without filing court condemnation…
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