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: Frederick Stoner, George Lutz, Jacob Staman, Henry Neff, John S. Mann, Barnherd Mann, Henry Schenck, George Overdorff, Frederick Stoner Sr., Henry Greenawalt, Christian Miller, Christian O. Herr, Levi Haverstick, Henry Wissler, Isaac Weaver, George S. Mann, Amos B. Shuman, John Witmer, Jacob G. Shuman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Ulrich Hostetter, Abraham Peters, Frederick Stoner Sr., Amos B. Shuman, [signature in German], Barnherd Mann, John S. Mann, Michael Grosh, Henry Schenck, Henry Neff, Martin [Funck], Charles Meckley, Frederick Stoner, George S. Mann, Henry Greenawalt.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Abraham Peters, Friderick Stoner, Henry Greenawalt, Henry Lintner, Joseph Hershey, John Witmer, Christian Shuman, Christian Killheffer, Andrew Bausman, Christian H. Hershey, John Immel, John Lintner.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Landis, Martin Funck, George Overdorff, Barnherd Mann, [signature in German], David Way, Henry Greenawalt, Christian B. Herr, Benjamin Landis, John S. Mann, Henry F. Schenck, Jacob Sauder, George Rhoads, John Shissler, Adam Doerstler, B. Hershey, Rudolph Shaff, Christian H. Hershey, Christian Miller, Henry Hershey, Abraham Peters, Abraham Herr, Christian [Fenstermacher], John Denlinger, Francis L. Brady, Jacob R. Barr, John Bucher.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Washington Boro.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Shissler, Henry Schenck, Frederick Stoner, Christian O. Herr, [signature in German], J. H. Hershey, Abraham Breneman, George Overdorf, John Denlinger, B. Hershey, Jacob Witmer, John Herr, Henry Hershey, Henry Krady, Christian Grosh, John Mann.
1 item, 1 piece
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.
