Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Signers of petition: John Charles, John Shuman, George Wall, George C. Burg, H. H. Bitner, David Miller, Joseph E. Charles, Eli Shertzer, Abraham Charles, Eli Roberts, Edward House, Jacob Allison, S. B. Urban.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: George Bietz, Lewis Urban, Abraham Harnley, Benjamin Kauffman, Jacob Neff, Erhard Gehr, A. Bitner, Christian Mayer, Jacob Collins, Paul Scherck, Joseph Greenawalt, Conrad A. Wolf, H. M. Hines, Christian Herr.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: [ ] Stahl, [ ] Haldeman, Christian Mayer, Lambert Ents, A. Harnley, George Bietz, Jacob Neff, Jacob Collins, John Shartzer, Daniel Miller, [signature in German], A. Bitner, George Kane.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Steiner, C. M. Rohrer, Samuel Reese, William Reese, John Boyer, Solomon Folk, C. S. Herr, William B. Hood, Paul Scherck, William C. Eiserman, William McLane, Daniel Kauffman, Jacob Snyder, Christian Herr, E. T. Houltshous, Joseph Ortman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Kise, Jacob Kise Sr., Jacob Kreamer, John Fry Sr., William Wertz, A. Stahl, John Shartzer, Jacob Collins, Jacob Wholarer, John Hoover, Lambert Ent, Christian Walck Jr., John McKittrick, Christian Mayer, George Bietz, Jacob Kiser Jr., Daniel Miller, John Fry, Martin Funck, Abraham Harnly, G. C. Schenck, Jacob Neff, Mathias Brooks, Peter Haldeman, Christian Neff, Jacob D. Bonham, Hiram S. Hastings, Daniel Neff, John Shuman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
