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 Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."
Signers of petition: Andrew Bear, John Stauffer, John Bostick, Jacob Myers, Thomas Devert, James Denham, R. [ Mars], J. B. Brubaker, John [Schwer], Jacob Grubb, John Denham, Sebastian Smith, Henry Imhoff, [signature in German], Peter Bells, Henry Good, Jacob Workman, Isaac Buck, Benjamin Workman, Abraham [Hoefgen], Frederick Miller, Henry Weibley, John Leib Jr.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
Lately occupied by her husband David Walker, deceased.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Samuel S. Grosh, Abraham Zublin, Abraham Varley, Henry Sultzbach, Christian Hertzler, David Rinehart, David Zublin, Jacob Stahl, Samuel Hopkins, Jacob Scheidley, Samuel Huston.
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Formerly kept by Mrs. Walker widow of the late David Walker.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Sumy, John Hertzler Jr., F. Wilson, John Gries, Samuel McKinney, N. Cassel, William Childs Jr., James Stackhouse, J. T. Anderson, Andrew Mehaffey, John Roberts, Frederick Nagle, John Goodman, Jacob Graybill, B. Libhart, Francis Flurz, Jacob Scheidly, John Spangler.
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Signers of Petition: John Stauffer, Samuel Parker, Andrew Bear, Henry M. Reigart, John Johns, Jacob Workman, Isaac Kauffman, Daniel Hoffman, John Kauffman, Christian Henry Levering, Jacob Myers, C. P. Huber, [signature in German], Henry Imhoff, Christian Stoner, [signature in German], John Bostick, David Culbertson, Emanuel Shober, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob Lutz.
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