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: Baum, L.; Shober, Emanuel; Kauffman, Benjamin H.; Kauffman, J. S.; Gallagher, J.; Herr, C. G.; Bentz, Jacob; Anderson, V. P.; Shreiner, Martin; Michael, I.; Zahm, Michael; Shultz, John; Musselman, H. D.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: Jacob H. Miller, Henry Shober, Monroe Bucher, P. Martin Heitler, John H. Gross, Martin Gross, Ephraim Garman, Moses Miller, Jonas Frederick, Samuel G. Kemper, Jacob K. Garman, Levi Shirk, Jacob Gorgas, Peter Fink, George Bowman, Daniel C. Frederick.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Formerly owned by George Harding or George Horting.
Known as the Eagle Hotel.
Located in Northwest Ward.
Signers of petition: B. Mishler, George Horting, Levi Schlott, J. B. Amwake, Emanuel Shober, Henry Blickendefer, Jacob Kuhns, John Dorwart, Moses Winger, George Metzger, L. Frederick Sener, Frederick Lutz.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: H. D. Musselman, Martin Shreiner, H. Michael, C. F. Shreiner, V. P. Anderson, L. Baum, Emanuel Shober, Jacob Bertz, Jared K. Hiester, [S. H.] Wylee, Thomas Cummings, B. Reinhold, John Sehner, Lewis Zecher.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located on the Downingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg turnpike, equal distance between Ephrata and Hinkletown.
April term.
Signers of petition: Joseph Gorgas, Daniel Epley, George Norton, John Meckley, Alexander Martin, Ephraim Garman, David Wieder, John W. Gross, O. P. Gross, John G. Mohler, Christoph Meckley, Joseph Irvin, William Amweg, Peter Lead, Andrew Uhrich, Charles Jones, John Mohler.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.