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: Peter Martin, Jacob [Fanckhouzer], Richard Davis, Samuel Martin, Samuel Franckhouser, John McColm, Isaac Frey, [J. F. Miller], R. N. Davis, David Bixler, [signature in German], John Miller, Jacob Colden, Jacob Kerns, Henry Mayer, William [Gehlabach], George Martin.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Shenk's Ferry.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [ ] Mehaffy, David Sterneman, Christian K. Henry, Samuel Gall, John Martin, Daniel Hess, William Giles Jr., Benjamin S. Kendig, John Kendig, Francis B. Groff, Adam Kendig, Daniel Conrad, Benjamin Conrad.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: H. B. Bowman, David Grube, [signature in German], Adam Dietrich, C. S. Grube, P. Boley, Henry Frick, B. W. Landis, Michael Martin, Henry H. Kurtz, John S. Hostetter, Jacob Landis.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: George Shreiner, Thomas Grosh, John S. Hostetter, Jacob Minnich, John Martin, H. B. Bowman, David Grube, Adam Dietrich, Jacob Rohrer, Henry H. Kurtz, C. S. Grube, P. Baley, John Evans.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Shenk, Joseph Shenk, Benjamin Shenk, Samuel Rankin Sr., John Aston, Jacob Shenk, John Graver, Abraham B. Hess, David Hess, John Hess, Christian Shenk, John Martin, Lewis Miller, John Martin Jr., Nathaniel Shenck, David Sterneman, John Clark, William [Lobb].
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: H. B. Bowman, Jacob Rohrer, Michael Martin, George Hauck, Samuel Royer, Jacob Landis, John Johnson, Abraham Shenk, Christian B. Landis, [signature in German], Henry H. Kurtz, David Grube.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading form Messner's tavern to Hahnstown.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Martin, Samuel Fanckhouser, Jacob Fanckhouser, Jacob [Kern], Jonas Leinbach, Isaac Weaver, J. B. Good, Michael Martin, David Bixler, George Martin, Richard Davis, John Brusman, Joseph Oberholzer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Samuel Martin, Adam Lefever, Tobias Stehman Jr., Reuben Benedick, Jacob Fehl, Tobias Stehman Sr., John Warfel, Amos McCallister, Henry Stehman, Andrew G. Bowers, Amos Miller, Benjamin Yordy.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Amos Miller, Benjamin Urban, Jacob Kreider, William Giles Jr., John Harnish, Ernest M. Wiedelich, Benjamin Bower, James Pennypacker, H. H. Gall, Frederick Sourbeer, Simon R. Weaver, Abraham G. Shaub, Levi Mentzer, Martin Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Isaac Messner, Andrew Shimp, Isaac Bicher, Michael Martin, Jacob Kern, David McCohn, John Youndt, Peter Martin, Joseph Oberholzer, John Miller, Isaac Weaver, John McCohn, Richard Davis, David Bixler.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Christian Kindig, Abraham Kindig, Nathaniel Harnish, Reuben Benedick, Tobias Stehman, Andrew G. Bowers, Samuel Martin, Tobias Stehman Jr., Adam Lefever, Benjamin Yordy, Abraham Myer, Michael Zercher.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
