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: Daniel Balmer, Isaac [Breneman], John Lynch, Samuel Redsecker, John Rhoads, Samuel Harmony, Abraham Redsecker, Jacob Redsecker, Joseph Buchanan, J. Schaeffer, Frederick Wilson, George W. Boyer, A. Greenawalt, Abraham Breneman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George Byrod, Isaac Bauman, Abraham Redsecker, A. W. Snavely, Samuel Harmony, A. Greenawalt, John Eby, David Stoner, Anthony Harchelroder, John Lynch, George W. Boyer, Lewis Crouse, Sebastian Keller, Andrew Wade, James Laird, Joseph Clinton, [signature in German], Charles Ebbecke, Jacob Sausig, B. Schaffer.
Affidavit.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
