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.
Signers of petition: John C. Smith, George Martin, Jacob Miller, Samuel Martin, David Snavely, Samuel Broom, John W. Kennedy, John Fisher, Samuel Huber, Daniel Resler, John Winter, Jacob Newswanger, John K. Rohrer, Jacob Bair, Jacob Cramer.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
April term.
Signers of petition: John C. Smith, George Martin, Martin Huber Sr., Benjamin Herr, Hiram Watson, Christian Brenneman, Christian Brenneman, Richard Jones, [signature in German], Stephen Wiggins, William Gontner, David Snavely.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Samuel B. Herr, Henry Herr, David Mourer, Joseph Wimer, Christian Keen, Augustus C. Withers, William W. Withers, Jacob M. Eckman, Isaac B. Myers, David Witmer, Elisha Hamill, Gabriel Smith, Amos Griest, Jacob Heidelbaugh, George W. Kunkel, Jacob Stauffer, William Kunkel, David Eckman, Adam Mourer, John Mourer, James Duncan, Joseph Rineer.
Signers of recommendation: Daniel Lefever, William Dungan, Hugh Donley, [ ] Gilbert, James Risk, John Peoples, John Raub, J. Miller Raub, Patrick Reynolds, Joseph Leaman, John K. Raub, James Collins, Thomas Moderwell, S. J. Hamilton, George H. Miller, Samuel B. Ferry, William Smith.
Bond: B. Witmer, John Raub.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
