Located on road leading from Christiana to McCalls Ferry about eight miles from ferry, near John Way's store.
Signers of Petition: James Ankrum, William W. Steeler, Vincent Stubbs, Robert King, Samuel Neeper, David Brown, Hugh Long, Alexander McPherson, D. Montgomery, William Neel, David Scott, William Ritchie Jr., James Porter, Robert Shippen.
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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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Known as the Fairview Hotel, located on the Susquehanna River.
Bond: William A. Brown, J. B. Long.
Receipt.
Signers of petition: Nathaniel Mayer, William A. Brown, Abraham Gregg, Robert Long, John Kennedy, Benjamin Brooks, H. Fairlamb, Morecai Hammond, John J. Martin, James B. Long, John Patton, William Rodgers.
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Signers of petition: John Long, John Patton, James B. Long, H. Fairlamb, Mordecai Hammond, William Rodgers, Clarkson Jefferis, Patrick Glackin, Benjamin F. Sides, J. B. Shank, John J. Martin, Jacob Shoff, Edward Nelson, John Kennedy, William Barnes, James Barnett.
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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 Long, Joseph Showalter, [ ] McSparran, Lea Brown, John A. Boyd, Samuel R. Boyd, Fleming McSparran, John Patton, John J. Martin, Joseph B. Shank, Clarkson Jefferis, Benjamin F. Sides, Jacob Shoff.
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Signers of petition: William A. Brown, John Martin, Clarkson Jefferis, Joseph B. Shanks, [ ] Fairlamb, William Rodgers, John Welsh, T. W. Housekeeper, J. B. Millington, Benjamin Brooks, E. Ambler, Jacob Shoff.
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Signers of petition: Marion D. Dunkle, Jacob Shoff, James M. Dunkle, Samuel Seiple, John H. Dunkle, Stephen Owens, Eliakim Oldham, Samuel Seiple, Mordecai Hammond, Henry Rush, William W. Steele, James H. McCrabb, Charles Todd, N. Mayer.
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Signers of petition: N. Mayer, Clarkson Jefferis, Joseph B. Shanks, Hugh H. Long, Abraham Dubree, George W. Shade, Henry Eckman, [unknown signature], [ ] Fairlamb, T. W. Housekeeper, William Rodgers, John Pusey.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Lefever, David Haverstick, Jacob Snavely, H. E. Raub, Thomas Henry, Tobias D. [Sionchart}, Christopher M. Hess, James M. Steele, Samuel Keehn, William J. Hess, Joseph K. Ferguson, John Snavely.
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Signers of petition: John B. McCrabb, Thomas M. Sumption, William Davis, Robert Blackburn, J. M. Wilson, Felix Sweigert, Samuel Wiggins, Miles W. Downs, Benjamin F. Sides, [Lewis Gabel], Robert W. Moore, Thomas R. Neel.
Bond: Walter F. Neel, Jeremiah Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: J. S. Jordan, T. M. Barnes, James Reed, John Hoffman, John Cummings, Michael Westley, Hugh H. Long, Abner Linton, George H. Miller, Robert Maxwell, Cyrus Moore, Abraham Dubree, John J. Sterrett, Israel Rhodes.
Bond: Jacob Huber, Jeremiah Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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