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 Washington Fire Company Records contain the eleven articles and a list of members for the Washington Fire Company of Lancaster in 1820, a minute book for 1857-1879, constitution and by-laws printed in 1857, and an undated account sheet.
Admin/Biographical History
The Washington Fire Company was organized in 1820 at the home of John Landis. (Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, pp. 389-390)
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Washington Fire Company Records (MG0521), 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
Signers of petition: Benjamin Bower, Jacob Baer, Joseph B. Mumma, John Yohn, Isaac Evans, Samuel Frantz, John G. Bower, Peter Demmy, Jacob Sener, Andrew Brubaker, [ ] Rutt, J. Ream.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: R. Buchmiller, [Samuel Hatz], Thomas Coleman, [ ] Markley, Moses Geisenberger, John Bender, Emanuel Shober, L. Baum, V. P. Anderson, George Horting, Adam Trout, J. I. Hartman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located in the Northwest Ward on North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, George Leaman, Jacob Ziegler, David Weidler, George Wilson, John Hatz, Emanuel Shober, [unknown signature], John G. Scobern], George Hambright, J. C. Skiles, William C. Pinkerton.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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