Inventories of estates show name of decedent and township, date filed, itemized list of possessions and assets, appraised valuation, and signatures and affidavit of appraisers and administrators. Administrators' Accounts and Administrators' Bonds are also filed with this collection prior to 1776. Other estate related papers sometimes included before 1776 were: Orphans' Court papers, Renunciations, and Vendue Lists. Inventories were sometimes filed with the wills and may be at the courthouse. Appraisers often included widow's allotments in the inventories. Any additional information such as occupation, cause of death, or the listing of enslaved persons or indentured servants are noted in the database.
Prior to 1752, documents between the months of January and March were subject to double dating, as a result of the conflict between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Therefore, documents filed between 1 January and 25 March have two years listed; one from the old Julian calendar and one from the new Gregorian calendar.
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each letter.
Signers of Petition: A. Brenneman, Jonas Metzger, Abraham Wilhelm, Philip Messenkop, Philip Messenkop, John Eberman Sr., Jacob Graeff, Robert Wilson, Peter Albright.
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Signers of the petition: John Burg, Jacob Lindey, William Hamilton, Peter Hoofnagle, Samuel Fahnestock, George Glatz, Jacob Mayer, George Brungard, Jonas Metzger, John Weitley, Godlieb Hill, John Frey, Valentine King, W. Cooper, Abram Dehuff, John Lechler, and two others.
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