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. S. Herr, Abraham Bitner, Christian Shuman, Andrew Kauffman, John Haugendobler, James [Dreafs], Daniel Neff, Lewis Urban, Samuel Shartzer, George J. Gross, Abraham W. Lewis, Abraham Bitner Jr., George G. Brush, Jacob Lindeman, William Poist, James Brooks, Benjamin Kauffman.
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Petition Against: George Bietz, William Poist, Benjamin Kauffman, Joseph Hilbert, Daniel Neff, Jacob Manning, George Ruply, William Dunlap, Jacob Neff, George Frey, Jacob Saylor, George J. Gross, Conrad A. Wolf, W. Righter, David Saylor, John Hoven, John J. Mayweg, John K. Dare, John Leverson, Jacob Binkley, Christian Herr.
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Located on the turnpike road leading from Lancaster to Marietta.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Bringoff, Henry Kauffman, Christian Bonham, John [Stipge], John Davis, Jacob Eshleman, George Haythorn, Abraham Killian, Jacob Lutz, George Wise, Lewis Mouse, Levi Hart, Abraham Weidler.
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Located on the Lancaster and Marietta turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, E. S. Howard, Godlieb Lively, Frederick Hoffman, Daniel Brenner, George Brown, John Davis, John Seachrist, Joseph Harnish, William Myers, Michael Seitz, Abraham Hoefgen.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Parker, J. B. Brubaker, Daniel Hoffman, Tobias Miller, John Schauer, H. Kauffman, David Spickler, Jacob Fordney, David Gottshall, John Brubaker, Benjamin Workman, Jacob Myers, Joseph Gilbert, Andrew Kauffman, William Parker, John Hoffman, Henry Imhoff, J. H. Kurtz, John Stauffer, Jacob Hershey.
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Signers of Petition: John Hernly, Henry S. Shenck, Henry Imhoff, Samuel Snyder, Benjamin H. Kauffman, John Minnich, J. B. Brubaker, Martin Schwar, Peter Swar Jr., Martin Gross, John Landis, Andrew Holtsworth, John Miller, Jacob Kauffman, John Swar.
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Signers of Petition: J. B. Brubaker, James Hollinger, H. B. Bear, Peter Swar Jr., George Gross Jr., J. H. Kurtz, John Minnich, Simon Minnich, Francis [Delbo], Jacob [Gabel], [signature in German], Simon Minnich Jr., John Groff, Samuel Parker.
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Located on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, 4 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Martin Stauffer Jr., Benjamin Pickel, Henry Bear, John Getz, Christian Heistand, Andrew Miller, Christian Swar, Charles [ ], Martin Schwar, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Swar, Christian Hoffman, Henry Hoffman, Lewis Culbertson, Jacob Hershey, David Dunkel.
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