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.
Signers of petition for an eating house: Benjamin H. Kauffman, C. A. Bitner, B. G. Heistand, H. Kendig, John P. Fetterby, H. Blickenderfer, Jacob Gruel, John Hartman, B. Mishler, John G. Scovern, J. Hartman, Frederick Luttz.
Signers of recommendation: Daniel Wall, Ephraim Sands, Samuel Burtz, Jacob Becker, John C. Kochenour, Thomas W. Veazey, Henry Walk, James Gormley, Joseph R. [Steringer], Jacob Hawes, John Miller, Powell Griffith, S. R. Everts, Dennis Mungan, William Hamilton, George S. Fisher Jr., Philip Barrack, Thomas Pease, J. S. [Bortoff], R. J. Williams, G. B. Springer, J. B. Weaver, H. L. Miller, Henry Fordney, [Robert Choick], Robart Hall, [unknown signature], A. J. Griffith, John C. Myers, Isaac M. Stauffer, John McNeal, Daniel Finfrock, George F. Shultz, Peter Mayse, Groff Ehrismer, Michael Hanery, James Armstrong, Bertram Sangel, A. Sides, Robert M. Evans, James Wolfe, David Patterson, William [Howanstine], George McCardel, Thomas Galbraith, William W. Patterson, Joseph B. [Muir], C. Webster, James Wisher, William Kitselman, Francis McFall, John Red, A. Spenger, John Swartz, Peter Miller.
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