Inventories of estates show name of decedent and township, date filed, itemized list of possessions and assets, appraised valuation, and signatures and affidavit of appraisers and administrators.
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Signers of petition: Henry Shelly, Henry Metzler, John K. Masterson, Henry Acker, Jacob Acker, [ ] Nauman, Samuel Nauman, Jacob Becker, John S. Brubacher, Jacob Sink, Jacob H. Snavely, Jesse McMullen, Christian K. Brubacher, Daniel Becker, Micheal Becker, Elias Fraus, Fredrig Ganty, Frederick Koch, [signature in German], Samuel Ensminger.
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Signers of petition: Abraham Balmer, John H. Strickler, Simon J. Eby, John Hamilton, John Frey, Samuel Strickler, Abraham Hershey, Samuel Brubacker, Christian Miller, Sem Brubacher, Henry Brackbill, George Keiser.
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Signers of petition: Henry S. Erb, Christian K. Brubacher, Henry Shelly, John Brubaker, [unknown signature], Henry Metzler, Jacob Heisey, Samuel K. Snyder, Joseph Hummer, Hanry Rule, Christian Rule, John Breneman, Hanry W. Dobbens, William Dobbens, Abraham Buch.
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Signers of petition: Emanuel Long, John H. Hershey, John K. Masterson, Christian Erisman, John Matter, Henry Dellinger, George K. Miller, John Metzler, H. M. Brubaker, Jacob Kroll, [William Fritz], David Foltz, Abraham Wenger, John Kauffman Jr., Abraham Hershey.
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Signers of petition: George R. Miller, Mickel Kinolig, Henry Dillinger, Martin Metzler, Jacob Hoffman, Samuel H. Fry, Frederic Koch, John Sheaffer, George Buch Jr., Henry Snyder, Jacob Kauffman, [signature in German], Henry Kauffman, William Gantz, Jacob Nissley Sr.
Petition of support: Thomas B. Kreider, Joseph S. Ruhl, Henry W. Weachman, Frederick K. Ort, Michael Lipp, [signature in German], Aaron Young, Jones Herr, Henry George, John Koch, Frederic Koch, [signature in German], Samuel Fry, Jacob Fry, Peter K. Ressler, Henry Bradley, Samuel Mealy, William Heocker, Jacob Leitzinger, Abraham Hummer, John Sheaffer, John Hogendobler, Henry Gable, Martin Imhoff, Henry McQueney, Parcks Stackhouse, [ ] Weidman, Jacob Kaufman, George Mayer, Edward Gamber, Benjamin Brubaker, George Buch Jr., John Weatman, Peter Peffer, Samuel Sellers, John H. Reist, David Peffer, George Dowhouer, John Shelly, A. J. Eby, [unknown signature], Samuel Ritter Jr., Jacob Eby, Samuel G. Brosey, Aaron Feisg, William Ensminger, F. H. Arndt, George Zell, Henry Ritter, Charles [Boyd], George Plasterer, [signature in German], Henry S. Erb, John Wittle, Martin Spickler, John Eby, Fritz Hepting, John Minnich, Samuel Moyer, John H. Galebach, S. Galebach, Henry McCardy, Rudolph Bentz, Frederic Galebach Jr., James Beard, Isaac Weachter, Samuel Hull, Jacob Biemesderfer, Henry K. Shiffer, William Kiscadden, Cyrus Foster, Henry Shelly, Daniel Brandt, Jacob Huber, [Dave Graff], Henry Ruhl, John L. Brubacher, Martin Sheaffer, Henry H. Hans, Samuel H. [Faur], Christian Hershey, Reuben Hershey, Jacob Nissley Sr., Jacob Newcomer, Samuel Groff, John Haines, William Bechtold, Benjamin Herr, F. Ensminger, Daniel K. Shelly, Jacob Heiser, Jacob M. Kauffman, Samuel Schofield, A. W. Reist, William McQueney, J. E. Cross, George R. Miller, D. L. Carpenter, [signature in German], Jacob Fetter, Henry Pepper, Isaac Carpenter, Daniel M. Fosig Jr., J. G. Gibble, Abraham Gibble, H. A. Bealor, Daniel Bentz, Samuel Nase, Jacob W. Arnet, William Low, H. Gibble, Benjamin Donaven, Albert Arndt, Henry Crall, John Shreinger, J. M. Hahn, George N. Deyer, John Dobson, J. G. Leber, Reuben H. Gibble, David [Lorentz], [signature in German], [Martin Mayer], Joseph S. Keener, B. M. Stauffer, Micheal Hummer, Cyrus Kauffman, Samuel P. Eby, Daniel Weachter, E. S. Lichtenberger, Aaron H. Witmayer, James Adaire, Edward Boyd, Emanuel Hollinger, Henry Erb, Abraham Kauffman, H. R. Hull, Solomon Miller, William Gantz, George Nees, Albert Stocker.
Signers of remonstrance: John Metzler, Emanuel Long, Christian Kauffman, Henry Stauffer, David Nissley, Samuel Nissly, Samuel Brubacher, Christian L. Miller, Benjamin Nissly, David K. Stauffer, Henry Snavely, Henry S. Snavely, Martin Hershey, Peter Sellers, Joseph S. Stauffer, David Weidman, Martin Bushong, John Cassel, Jacob S. Miller, H. M. Brubaker, Benjamin Bishop, Jacob Cassel, John Rohrer, George Eby, John K. Rohrer, Jacob W. Snyder, Abraham s. Brubaker, David Miller, David Fuls, William Fritz, Joseph Brenneman.
Depositions: Jacob Huber, Henry S. Miller, Jacob Newcomer.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Lemmon, Francis M. Wilson, John Eby, Abraham Mast, Henry Eby, Thomas Kerr, Fredrick Ricker, Jacob Groff, Lewis Bidder, J. Rutter Eby, John Miller, Isaac Reel, George Eagle, Jonah Lamborn, Robert Trego.
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Signers of petition: Jacob K. Smoker, S. Kennedy, Nathaniel Ellmaker Jr., Thomas W. Henderson, [unknown signature], B. F. Houston, John S. Stoltzfus, James H. Pounds, Thomas S. McIlvaine, [Joseph C. Walker], L. Ellmaker, Lytle Skiles, Isaac W. Rutter.
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Signers of petition: John Myers, Isaac [Fritz], John Ammon, John R. Rambo, George Ubil, John Glauner, John B. Kurtz, Leonard Worall, Abraham Mast, George Eagle, Robert Trego, William H. Baum.
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Signers of petition: Christian Oberholser, James Daniel, Isaac S. McCamant, S. Kennedy, Samuel Henderson, Benjamin F. Weaver, William [Hayes], Henry Worst, Solomon [Thoma], Davis Clemson, J. F. Hershy, Thomas W. Henderson, Jacob Wanner Sr., John Neuhaus, Lytle Skiles, George W. Buckley, Jacob Mast Sr., David Kurtz, D. F. Stoltzfus.
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