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: Abraham Balmer, John H. Strickler, Simon J. Eby, John Hamilton, John Frey, Samuel Strickler, Abraham Hershey, Samuel Brubacker, Christian Miller, Sem Brubacher, Henry Brackbill, George Keiser.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George Biemesderfer, Henry Ruhl, Joseph Neugart, Peter K. Ressler, Jacob Summy, H. M. Brubaker, Samuel Felzer, S. S. Brecht, John W. Shaeffer, Frederick Gantz, John Hamilton, Martin Grube.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Myers, David Kurtz, George Spotts, William Martin, John Eby, John M. Skiles, Abraham Mast, John Glauner, Leonard Worrall, [unknown signature], George Glendening, Joseph Cashner, Samuel Worrall, George Eagle, J. E. Patton.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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.
