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.
The Henry Boyd Neff Collection contains legal documents about Neff Taxi, as well as Neff Taxi service cards and correspondence. The majority of the collection consists of legal documents from the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, which later became the Public Utility Commission. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulates transportation services, in addition to gas, water, electricity, and telephone services, for consumers in the state. The commission maintains licenses and fair rates and ensures proper insurance coverage for the taxicab companies.
Admin/Biographical History
Henry Boyd Neff was born in 1877, the son of Levi Neff and grandson of Samuel Neff. He started his Lancaster-based taxi business in the 1910s, although he first had a confectionary store on West James Street. Henry Neff and his wife, Emma, resided on East End Avenue (formerly Chester Avenue) in Lancaster city with their two children-Dorothy and Raymond. While their business was originally located on Penn Square, it moved to East Mifflin Street by 1950. Henry Neff ran the business until his death on May 16, 1959, at which time his daughter Dorothy took over. Dorothy Neff managed Neff Taxi through the mid-1970s, and she sold the business to Friendly Taxi in 1978.
Signers of petition: A. K. Rohrer, H. S. Bowers, B. A. Witmer, S. M. Fridy, E. H. Witmer, H. S. Colm, John H. Peifer, Isaac H. Conklin, D. W. Witmer, C. W. Leib, John Develin, Henry Neff.
Signers of petition for an eating house: A. K. Rohrer, H. O. Getz, B. A. Witmer, Jacob Myers, John Develin, Jacob C. Clair, D. W. Witmer, Jacob Will, Isaac M. Conklin, Abraham S. Bower, Martin Kendig, D. H. Weidler.
Signers of petition of support for a restaurant license: A. K. Rohrer, D. H. Weidler, B. A. Witmer, P. V. Albright, John Yonts, Abraham S. Bower, John F. Wolff, Jacob Wertz, Christian D. Becker, Clemson Baker, George Imhoff, J. R. Hershey, Benjamin Cohick, Henry S. Cohn, Henry Newcomer, Adam Snyder, John F. Newcomer, Abraham L. Newcomer, John Develin, Peter K. Weller, Joseph B. Rellzell, D. W. Witmer, John R. Albright, Henry Neff, William Roberts, Jacob C. Clair, E. F. Hoover, Semuel S. Garber, Daniel Slaughter, John Mummas, D. R. Kauffman, Jacob Seitz, Isaac M. Conklin, M. M. Morgan, Isaac Heinaman, George Rettew.
5 items, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Henry Hershey, Jacob Greenawalt, Henry Neff, Bet Witmer, C. A. Becker, D. W. Witmer, A. K. Rohrer, A. Mumma, Andrew Metzger Jr., John K. Schopf, A. R. Witmer, Isaac M. Conklin, Jacob Myers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
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.
