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.
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: Isaac Bricker, [signature in German], John Bright, Samuel Illig, Samuel Buffenmyer, Samuel H. Miller, Daniel Weidman, William Zartman, John Brubacher, Samuel Schenk, John Steiner, William Peter, J. McCausland.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Daniel M. Eaby, Joseph Eaby, Jacob Eaby, Joseph Shnavely, Sem Eby, John Reed, John Miller, Levi L. Landis, David Beam, John Seldomridge, Jacob Bair, John Curley.
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: Christian Eby, Samuel Lapp, George Seldomridge, Joseph Shnavely, James Lindsay, Benjamin Seldomridge, Peter Beam, David Beam, Joseph Eaby, John Miller, John Curley, Edward Jacobs, Moses Eaby, D. Graff.
Bond.
Depositions: Philip Huber [signature in German], Jacob Steinman, Jacob Kling, John Bair, Peter Beam, George G. Worst, Samuel Patton, David Beam, Christian Beam, Isaac Bair.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Baxter, David McClure, Joseph McClure, George H. Pickel, John Martin, Arthur McKissick, Amos Pickel, Matthias [Ault], Christopher Graham, Henry P. Baughman, Harrison Graham, Daniel Ault Jr.
Bond: John Martin, George Pickel.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Godfried Zahm, James C. Dysart, [R. F.] Rauch, J. M. Long, Watson H. Miller, George Keller, Jacob G. Getz, John Sehner, Frederick Sener, Benjamin P. Miller, William B. Fahnestock, Daniel A. Altick, James L. Reynolds.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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