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.
Located at the crossroads leading from McFalls Ferry to Phildelphia and from Lancaster to Elkton, Charleston and Port Deposit.
Lately occupied by James Porter.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Daniel Morrison, John J. Steele, Abraham Marshall, Daniel Harman, John McMichael, Samuel D. [Arrich], Samuel Broom, John Lovett, Joseph Howet, R. Good.
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Signers of Petition: John Lovett, William W. Steele, John Watson, Hugh McCullough, Mahlon Pusey, George Aument Sr., Daniel Lefever, James Riddell, William R. Ralston, Michael Glackin, John Snavely, Samuel Maxwell, George Mouson, James Cummings, Samuel Morrisson, Jacob Holl, John McSparran, John Pusey, William Phillips, Vincent Reynolds, Alexander Linton, George Aument Jr.
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Signers of Petition: John Smith, Nathaniel Latchem, Hugh Penny, Samuel Ankrim, Jacob Overholtzer, Henry W. Pannebecker, [ ] R. Gryder, Edward Kennedy, James Riddell, James M. Steele, Charles Glackin, John Hunsbarger, James M. Hopkins, George Morson, Samuel Morisson, John McSparran, Gardner Furniss, John Wilson, Christian Cremer, Henry [Herr], William Phillips, William W. Steele Jr., Alexander Gordon, John W. Kennedy, William E. Ramsey.
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Located on the road leading from Christiana Bridge and McCalls Ferry.
Formerly kept by James Cummings.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: James Riddell, John W. Kennedy, Samuel Mouson, George Long, Andrew Stewart, William W. Steele, Jacob Holl, James McPherson, Robert H. Long, Hugh Neel, Gardner Furness, Hugh McCullough, A. N. Landis, Thomas Neel.
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Signers of Petition: James McPherson, Israel Penrose, William A. Brown, John King, John McSparran, Thomas Neel, Samuel Maxwell, Samuel Mousson, William Barnes, George Morrison, Jesse Culter, John Pusey, Gardner Furniss.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Peach Bottom Ferry.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Robert Shippen, James McPherson, Daniel Harman, William Retzer, Israel Penrose, Benjamin Penrose, A. N. Landis, David Parry, G. Morison, [ ] Housekeeper, John N. Russel, Jesse Lamborn, Joseph Kyle, William A. Brown, Leonard Johnson.
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Signers of Petition: Andrew Stewart, John Pusey, John B. Freeston, John Buchanan, Samuel [Morrison], James Barnes, Thomas Moderwell, George Morison, William Phillips, Daniel McCue, [Wade] Glackin, Samuel Maxwell, John Lovett, Daniel Lefever, Hugh McCullough, Samuel Pusey Jr., Thomas Johnson.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Morisson, James Barnes, Fleming McSparran, John McSparran, John King, William W. Steele Jr., T. W. Housekeeper, John S. Morrisson, John C. Walton, Thomas N. McSparran, William Barnes, John A. Boyd, John Watson.
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Signers of petition: Moses Harvey, Thomas Stewart, William Barnes, Jacob [Hauf], Joseph Penrose, Benjamin Penrose, John C. Walton, T. W. Housekeeper, Israel Penrose, C. M. Johnston, John Pusey, John B. McCrabb, John Long.
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Located along the Susquehanna on the land of Simon Pennock.
Formerly occupied in 1819 & 1820 by George Huslton, and 1821 by Benjamin Hammond.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Benjamin Hammond, Samuel Martin, Andrew Stewart, Hugh Martin, Simon Pennock, David Brown, Stephen Boyd, John White, Robert King Jr., James Ankrim, John Bushman.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Samuel B. Moore, Hugh McCullough, Samuel Morrison, Samuel Ankrim, Paul Ralston, Leonard Johnson, Philip Housekeeper, John Bowman, George H. Kenady, Robert King Jr., Joseph Showalter, Jacob Thomas, Paul Ralston, Robert Pennel, James McLaughlin, [unknown signature].
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Located on the Susquehanna River at Fight's Landing on the land of Joseph Stubbs.
Petition granted.
November term.
Signers of Petition: James McLaughlin, Robert King Jr., Edward Wallis, Hugh Glasgow, John White, Isaac Bailey, John Wells, John Buchanan, John K. Lappington, James Haldwell, Samuel Boyd, Hugh Martin, Joseph Stubbs, James Steele, Thomas Steel.
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Located on the Susquehanna river at Lighters Landing on the land of Joseph Stubbs.
Decision not recorded on document.
August term.
Signers of Petition: John Long, James McLaughlin, Joseph Showalter, Robert Maxwell, Nicholas Boyd, Charles Odell Pilot, Robert Evans, George Smith, Jeremiah B. Haines, Robert Pennet, Andrew Stewart, Amos Ailes, John Buchanan, John Russell.
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Located near a public road along the Susquehanna river at Fight's Landing on the land of Joseph Stubbs.
Petition disallowed.
April term.
Signers of Petition: James McLaughlin, John Buchanan, David Brown, James Barnes, Samuel Boyd, Slater Brown, Joseph Stubbs, James McSparran, James A. Caldwell, Hugh Long, Andrew Stewart, James Long, Hugh Martin, James Ankrim, William Ankrim.
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