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.
Bond: Jacob Hershey, Christian Binkley [signature in German].
Receipt.
Signers of petition: George Getz, Jacob Hershey, George W. B. H. Long, [H.] Kauffman, Henry Hoffman, Jacob Sonon, [signature in German], Christian L. Hershey, Andrew L. Kauffman, John Swar, John H. Swar, John Kauffman.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: William Stall, John Maynard, Levi Summy, Daniel Miller, J. Hoffman, Jacob Rehm, A. M. Herr, Christian Binkley, Jacob Echternach, Michael Book, Daniel Werntz, A. Groff.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of Petition: Andrew Kaufman, William Gardner, Thomas Rogers, J. Roberts, Christian Binkley, [Andrew I.] Kauffman, Abraham Kauffman, Christian Mayers, Jacob Kise, Jacob Lindeman, [signature in German], John Oberdorff, Joseph S. Wallace, John Herr, John Kauffman, James Mendenhall, [W.] Behr, Abraham Charles, Benjamin Green, Joseph Wright, John Mann, George Hambright, Daniel Carpenter, Nathaniel Lightner, Benjamin Ober, Andrew B. Kauffman, John Neff.
1 Item, 2 Pieces
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Located on the Lancaster and Blue Rock Road, three miles from the Susquehanna River, where the road from Martic Forge to Columbia crosses, half way between Millerstown and Charlestown.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Joseph Charles, John Habecker, John Stauffer, Abraham Bitner, John Mann, Christian Herr Jr., Isaac Kauffman, Christian Shuman, John Witmer, Michael Bauchman and four others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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