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: John Miller, Jacob Miller, Abraham Mast, John Myers, Samuel Emmor, Fredrick Riecker, George Ramsey, Lewis Bidden, Charles Ricker, James [ ], John K. Miller, Robert Trago, Thomas Kerr, John Eby.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Snavely Mill on Hammer Creek. Built by Miles Snavely c. 1850. Barton also identifies it as Willow Bank Mill, but aslo says that the first mill on this site was built by John Eby in 1790.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-15 Harold R. Barton Collection
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.