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.
Located on the turnpike road leading from Downingtown to Ephrata.
Lately occupied by John Piersol.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wallace, John Huston, John B. Luckie, Robert Jenkins, James Jacobs, George Duchman, George Weaver, F. Seeger, Isaac Ellmaker, Anthony Ellmaker Jr., Cyrus Jacobs.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Houston, Isaac Taylor Jr., Christopher Griffith, Thomas Henderson, Frederick Baker, A. Owens, Francis Bailey, Robert A. Buyers.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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