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: Jacob N. Shaub, Daniel Graybill, Henry Bell, Jacob L. Hershey, Joseph R. Royer, Samuel Parker, Benjamin Stehman, John L. Hershey, Menno G. Wenger, John H. Swar, John Keener, Hiram K. Miller, Jacob Zarfess.
Signers of petition: (duplicate signatures for eating house).
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: Jacob L. Hershey, George Foltz, Henry M. Bear, Emanuel J. Minich, Samuel Parker, H. G. Imhoff, Samuel Brighton, Andrew L. Hershey, Andrew Holtsworth, Christian Kauffman, [signature in German], Jacob Zarfey.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Jacob Fordney, Tobias M. Miller, Samuel Garber, Samuel Parker, Jacob Shreiner, D. S. Bare, Samuel Chapman, John B. Lutz, George Strenge, [signature in German], Jacob Singer, Henry H. Shank.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: Jacob Forney, D. S. Bare, John Keaner, [unknown signature], Samuel Parker, Jacob L. Hershey, John Landis, Andrew Halesworth, John Smith, C. G. Stoner, John Johns, Andrew Kauffman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: C. G. Stoner, Andrew Holtzworth, Daniel Hoffman, Christian Kauffman, John L. Hershey, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, Jacob Singer, Jacob L. Hershey, Henry C. Hershey, Samuel Parker, Henry H. Shank.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Fordney, George Strenge, Peter Swar, Daniel Hoffman, Henry Defenderfer, Andrew Holesworth, Henry Gochnauer, Philip Hottenstein, Daniel Grabil, Christian Brubaker, Samuel Parker, Christian Brenneman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Fordney, A. Holtzworth, George Foltz, Samuel Parker, Samuel Garber, Jacob Shreiner, Jacob Singer, D. S. Bare, T. M. Miller, D. S. Roger, Joseph Gilbert, Henry Imhoff.
1 item, 1 piece
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.
