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: Joseph Neff, John Showater, John Lintner, Henry Funk, John Denlinger, Christian H. Killheffer, Henry B. Kauffman, Isaac Dickel, Henry Lintner, Jacob K. Shenk, Godlieb Lautenschlager, John Frantz.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Henry Lintner, John Denlinger, John [Shrater], Abraham Peters, Jacob K. Shenk, Jacob Breneman, Henry Funk, John Immel, John Lintner, Henry Kauffman, Adam Breneman, J. K. Martin.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Lintner, Henry Lintner, Jacob F. Frey, A. R. Witmer, Adam Doerstler, Abraham Peters, J. E. Mellinger, C. B. Herr, George Hornberger, Benjamin Landis, J. R. Barr, Jacob Bausman, J. M. Breneman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Adam Doerstler, George Miller, J. E. Mellinger, Jacob Lintner, John Brandt, Christian Fenstermacher, H. S. Shirk, J. B. Haines, Abraham Peters, David Kready, B. H. Hershey, Almas M. Brubaker, John Frantz, Jacob Frantz, Jacob K. Shenk.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Abraham Bausman, David Hess, Frederick Erisman, Abraham Peters, George Hornberger, Henry B. Kauffman, George Miller, Henry Kendig, Rudolph Herr, Anthony Ernst, George Kitch, Caleb Martin, John Denlinger, Edward Brooks, R. T. Cornwell, Jacob K. Shenk, P. H. Lyne, John Lintner.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Brady Jr., John Lintner, Jacob Shenk, Abraham Peters, Jacob Leaman, Michael Bender, John Shrader, Joseph Neff, Henry Lintner, Henry B. Kauffman, John Dentlinger, Henry Kendig.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
