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.
This collection contains genealogical data, Civil War Widow's Pension receipts, Lancaster city tax receipts of the family of John and Catharine Robinson, an affidavit of the birth of Anna Duke Krauskop, and an itinerary and program of the Liberty Bell's journey to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Admin/Biographical History
John Robinson (1826-1866) married Catharine Burns on 9 March 1851. Their daughter, Susan (b. 1851), married Lewis Krauskop. John Robinson served in Co. B, First Pennsylvania Reserves, in the Civil War.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944 (MG0902), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2001.MG0902
Other Numbers
MG-902
Other Number
MG-902
Classification
MG0902
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 12, Items 1-15, 16 March 2022
Diary entries of Rev. John Wallace from 1860 in which he notes where he and his wife traveled in Pennsylvania to visit friends and deliver sermons. He details the weather throughout the months by keeping track of the temperature and noting weather conditions. Additionally, Rev. Wallace notes the five year anniversary of having the tumor from his neck removed; he further reflects on his recovery and his faith.
Admin/Biographical History
Rev. Wallace (d.1866) was pastor at Pequea Church, Gap, Lancaster County from 1833-1866. The family is from Chester and Lancaster counties.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rev. John Wallace Papers (MG0869), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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.
Signers of petition: Jacob Rehm, Jacob Echternach, Jacob Miller, Abraham Metzler, Amos E. Cochran, Emanuel Row, A. M. Herr, Christian Binkley, Charles L. Hoffman, Daniel Miller, J. Hoffman, John S. Rohrer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: William M. Gibson, George Tollinger, Isaac Moore, Jesse Jenkins, J. C. Jamison, B. Franklin Taylor, Samuel Jamison Jr., William Robinson, Henry C. Sapp, Joseph Hilton Jr., James Wright, James C. Lynch, John W. Zell, John Johnson, William Griffith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Signers of remonstrance: Joseph Hilton Jr., Rebecca D. King, Marg N. Brabson, Eliza J. Brabson, J. W. Thompson, M. Eugenia Thompson, Catharine Thompson, Susan H. Griffith, Mary Pugh, Joseph Furniss, Morris Reynolds, William Wood, M. J. Jamison, William King, Jonathan Pickering, Guli Elma Pickering, Elizabeth M. Bradley, Addie Scott, Margaret J. Scott, John T. Hill, J. B. Millington, J. L. Wright, Rachel P. Wright, Anthony Pickering, Narcisa D. Wright, Rebecca J. Brown, Matilda J. White, Ann Kidd, Rachel Gibson, Hattie G. Scott, Eliza White, James A. Pyle, C. Brown, Eliza Gibson, Priscilla Bradley, H. C. Bradley, Lavinia Pennel, Annie Reynolds, Lewis Brown, Elias H. Pickering, S. E. Thompson, John Cummings, Abraham Scott, Isabel T. Hewes, Hettie E. Swift, Mary E. Millington, Philena C. Millington, Maggie White, Lizzie D. Haines, Mary R. Carter, Mary A. Thompson, Elizabeth Harlan, Siddie W. Harlan, William Peeples, Maria Peeples, Annie E. Brabson, Sarah J. Brabson, Hannah Brabson, James M. Ballance, Sarah Sollinger, Margret J. Sollinger, Mary J. Blackburn, William Wivel, Elizabeth H. Gibson, Matilda A. Patterson, Letita Carter, Anna Hensel, James A. Steel, Maggie A. Swift, Jane Wilson, John E. Miller, J. J. Pennel, Amanda R. Pennel, S. E. McClurg, Ann E. Roberts, Letitia P. Carter, Amos Carter, Maggie Jamison, H. Jamison, Lucy Jamison, Robert Scott, Tillie E. Scott, Annie Wright, Sallie Miller, Amelia Thompson, Emily M. Harlan, Mary R. Wason, Mary J. Wason, Eliza E. Wason.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.