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.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Class photograph of Simmonstown School, 1937 - 1938. Bottom Row: Lester Hoover, Junior Raum (McDonald), Lester Swartzentruber, Arthur Kennel, John Mast, Everett Walker, Joseph Davis, Earl Swartzentruber. Second row: Malcolm Davis, Kenneth Hoover, Arthur Riley, John Buchanan, [?] Smoker, Ada Stoltzfus, Salinda Kennel, Leo Swartzentruber, Billy Walker, Henry Ammon, Naomi Kennel. Third Row: Arlene Bewley, Viola London, John London, Sarah Mast, Mary Jane Walker, Sarah Smoker, Mary Baughman, Arlene Walker, [?], Leah Kennel. Fourth Row: Lester Blank, Earl Baughman, Herbert Walker, Calvin Hershey, Haines Walker, Miss Alice E. Brown, Thomas Buchanan, Madeline Hershey, James Buchanan, Arlene Berkey.
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.
