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.
Advertisement for the public sale of four lots in Columbia, late of George Smith.
Description
Advertisement for public sale at the Franklin House in Columbia for the sale of two lots on Fourth Street, one lot on Mill Street, and one lot on South Ninth Street, all in the borough of Columbia. Property of late George Smith. Terms to be made known by Joseph G. Kaufhold and Margaret Balbach, heirs of George Smith. 23 April 1898. Printed at Grier's Printing House, Columbia.
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: J. Foreman, Joseph R. Metzler, Samuel A. Shroff, Peter Kachenberger, John Haldeman, Simon H. Engle, Augustus Hipple, John Hummel, John S. Horst, John E. Wiley, A. Miller, George Smith, Martin Groff, Samuel Ney.
Bond: Samuel Ney Sr., George Smith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 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.
