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: Jacob Stauffer, Henry Eberle, Samuel Minichan, Henry Binder, Adam Keller, Alexander McFadden, Phineas Rogers, Augustus Stoner, Andrew Armstrong, Henry Mateer, John C. Booth, William D. Slaymaker, Christian Musselman.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Deyer, Jacob Nissley, Jacob Kaufman, John Kurtz, Joshua Bishop, Henry Hernly, James Dysart, Jacob Souder, John Kolp, J. R. Long, H. Musselman, A. S. Hackman.
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Signers of petition: Joshua Bishop, Jacob Nissley, John Kurtz, Jacob Souders, [ ] R. Long, H. Musselman, Jacob Kaufman, Simon Meredith, John Kolp, Henry Hernly, David W. Brandt, Rudolph Brubaker.
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Signers of petition: John M. Hershey, Jacob Hershy, John Geyer, John Kuntz, William Winters, Benjamin Breneman, Rudolph Brubaker, Michael Martin, Daniel Hofman, Adam Reem, Nelson Werntz, Jacob Miller, James Menaugh.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Nissley, Jacob Miller, David Brandt Jr., Jacob Souders, William Sheaffer, John H. Brener, William Winters, James Menaugh, Henry Wertz, John [Kurtz], John Heiny, Benjamin Breneman.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Nissley, Jacob Miller, David Brandt Jr., Jacob Souder, William Sheffer, John H. Brenner, William Winters, James Menaugh, Henry Wertz, John [Kurtz], John Heymy, Benjamin Breneman.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Yetter, Jacob B. Miller, John H. Brenner, John [Geistwide], Jacob Hershy, John Heiny, Philip Greiner Jr., George H. Winters, William M. Sailor, John S. Shenck, John Kolp, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: John Kolp, Abraham Hertzler, Rudolph Brubaker, Joshua Bishop, Samuel Deyer, Frederick E. Moyer, John Pyle, Henry S. Myers, John S. Sterritt, Edward McCreery, H. Musselman, Jacob Funck.
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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.