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.
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.
Signers of petition: J. B. Hamilton, J. Foreman, Amos Hicks, Henry Haldeman Jr., Jacob Warfel, Abrahm Collins, Jacob Bare, John Haldeman, Frederick Hipple, Jacob L. Engle, Henry C. Ober, Jacob Adams, M. H. Smith.
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Signers of petition: J. B. Hamilton, Jacob S. Warfel, Jacob [unknown], William W. Thompson, John Newman, Lewis Houseal, Jacob D. Fellenberger, Jacob Horst, George Smith, John Myers, Franklin McNeill, Joseph Keller, George Horn, Abram Miller, Henry Haldeman Jr., William Houseal, John Hommel, Lewis Miller, Michael Rettefort, Peter Sides Jr., John Barnes, Jacob Lockard, [signature in German], Jacob Albright, George W. Ashton, Jacob Barnes, John Collins, John Ridenbaugh, John C. Donaldson, James Shank Jr., Jacob [unknown], Christian Snyder, Solomon Haldeman, Henry Haldeman, Jacob Shoff, S. Filbert, M. W. Smith, John Haldeman, John Miller Jr., John B. Miller, John B. Small, B. O'Bryan, Henry H. Smith, John Y. Horst, Henry Nophsker, Bartham G. Galbraith, Henry [unknown], James Hawthorn, James Lytle, Jacob Nophsker, Nathan Esworthy, George Deyer, Samuel Cappes, Jacob Adams, Y. M. Gramm, Peter S. Gamble, Samuel Keller, James Adams, Thomas Mark, John T. Miller, Joseph Smith, Jacob S. Snyder, Daniel Murphy, Samuel Crall, John Shoaff, John W. Brown, Adam Lichtenberger, John Hoober, Henry Reidenbaugh, John Sides.
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Signers of petition: Phillip Oldweiler Jr., Benjamin Meckley, John Horst, H. R. Brown, Henry Naphsker, George W. Ashton, John Hummel, John Miller Jr., J. Foreman, J. T. Bare, James S. Lytle, Henry Haldeman Jr., Henry Haldeman, John Smith Jr., John Bare, Amos Hicks, Christian Engle.
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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.
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.
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.
