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.
George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 3 Bridges
Description
The documents in MG0545 Series 3 represent the business of the City of Lancaster related to building bridges. Petitions, proposals and reports pertain to building bridges over the railroad at the alley between Duke Street and Lime Street in 1835 and 1837. Invoices for labor, stone and posts show bridge maintenance from 1858-1887.
George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545
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Other Numbers
MG-545, Series 3
Other Number
MG-545, Series 3
Classification
MG0545
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.
Organized and preserved by JP, Summer 2011. Added to database 10 May 2021.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Henry C. Wentz, Robert Moderwell, George Metzger, H. Blickenderfer, Charles Haufler, Andrew Balmer, J. C. Bitner, Samuel McComsey, Hiram Kendig, George McDonald, George Dietrich.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located in the Northwest Ward on the corner of North Queen and Walnut Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, B. Mishler, Charles Haufler, John Landis, Isaac Powl, B. Reinhold, J. C. Skiles, Frederick Sultz, John Baker, John G. [Scovern], Eli Overdeer, Andrew Balmer.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, A. Slaymaker, H. S. Myers, J. Saylor, J. L. Sheaffer, A. Dissinger, Henry G. Lipp, William Shuler, A. Herr Smith, John C. Hager, Peter McConomy, George Keller.
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Located in the Southwest Ward on South Queen Street
April term.
Signers of petition: Joseph Like, William Buchanan, John Kreckel, Christian Stroble, [signature in German], Abraham Miller, William Mohn, John Steigerwalt, Henry A. Gable, Jacob Bowers, George [Eichelberger], Jacob Greiner.
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Signers of petition: Michael Ehrman, C. Carmany, Whiteman Benner, Frederick Hensel, George Bekcy, J. Albright, John Reynolds, William Fordney, James B. Lane, Christian [Tennyman], Frederick Kline, J. W. Jack, [unknown signature], William Hensel.
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Located in the Southeast Ward on East King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: George Rogers, Richard Jones, Abraham Kline, Henry Bear, B. McGonigle, Bernard Fitzpatrick, [E. Hubley], [Philip Fugelen], [ ] Donnelly, John [Hersh], [Jacob D. Keller], Charles Mayer.
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Located in the Northeast Ward on North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: J. A. Kurtz, M. [Westhaeffer], Peter Getz, John Weidler, Jacob Bear, Owen Kopple, Christian [Fingman], Benjamin M. Foltz, Jonathan Foltz, William T. [Youart], Levi D. Diller, A. Danner.
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Located in the Northwest Ward on the corner of the North Queen Street and Lemon Street.
Formerly kept by Jacob Sherer.
April term.
Signers of petition: Henry C. Wentz, Lewis [Haldy], L. b. Markley, Philip Zecher, Lewis Zecher, Samuel [Sharar], Robert Moderwell, George Sanderson, J. D. Bachman, John L. Keffer, George Metzger, Joseph Pool, Charles Haufler.
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Located in the Southeast Ward on East King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Henry Garrecht, Jacob G. Leber, Christian Harry, Christian Shertz, Frederick Miller, David Bair, George Buckius, W. Ihling, E. E. Demuth, G. B. Hoffman, Christian Widmyer, W. G. Evans, John Landis.
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Located in the Northeast Ward on East King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Ehler, John Shroder, G. W. Zahn, G. L. Zahm, H. Baumgardner, C. Kline, R. McClure, John Fondersmith, John Swartz, Jonah Wisner, John K. Reed, J. Bowman.
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Located in the Southwest Ward on West King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Urban K. Kreider, George D. Eberman, Daniel Rhoads, Jacob L. Frey, L. Richards, George H. Krug, Bernhard Haag, Samuel Diller, [signature in German], P. G. Eberman, Charles Gillespie, W. Whiteside, John Haar.
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Signers of petition: Bernhard Haag, [signature in German], Jacob Etter Sr., Nathernath Fry, Henry Shay, William Boes, [signature in German], Henry K. Gantz, Jacob Shindle, Peter Stoye, John Fisher, Jacob Kitch, Jacob Shindel Sr., P. Schum.
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Signers of petition: Henry Bear, Jacob Gables, F. H. Carpenter, [ ] Eshleman, W. W. Brown, John N. Lane, George W. Hamersly, B. S. Muhlenberg, Christian Kieffer, Frederick Dern, Charles A. Heinitsh, Robert Dysart, Neal Lagan.
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Signers of petition: Henry Pinkerton, George M. Steinman, W. Whiteside, D. W. Patterson, Reah Frazer, John P. Myer, M. H. Locher, J. C. Van Camp, Charles Gillespie, William T. Amweg, L. Richards, Henry M. Reigart, P. G. Eberman.
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Signers of petition: H. Patterson, C. M. Sherts, S. H. Eshbach, W. G. Evans, Robert Long, William Gumpf, James H. Barnes, Christian Widmyer, [Zachary Wealer], David Corkley, Miller Fraim, Michael Tripler, Henry Garrecht, Christian Hanry, Jacob Schiedel.
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Signers of petition: John C. Hager, Watson H. Miller, William B. Fahnestock, Godfried Zahm, Daniel A. Altick, Frederick Sener, George Musser, J. Frey, George Keller, Peter McConony, George Ford, Charles Boughter.
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Signers of petition: George Rogers, Andrew S. Wingert, John Gilson, Samuel H. Slaymaker, L. H. Tyson, Jacob Gompf, Christian Widmyer, James H. Barnes, Michael Triples, James Coyle, J. Metzger, [ ] H. Carpenter.
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Located in the Northeast Ward on East King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Patrick O'Donnall, Francis Burrowes, Patrick Brady, Henry Rogers, Dennis Coyle, John Hollman, [signature in German], J. A. Suydam, John Hamilton, John Swartz, John Fondersmith, David King.
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