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: S. W. P. Boyd, John C. Walton, Benjamin Brooks, G. W. Whitaker, Joseph Price, S. D. McConkey, John Findley, John Rily, J. Brown Jr., Joseph Towson, Isaac S. Webster, Elias Penington, Abner Brown, David Jenkins, Slater Brown, Jeremiah Brown.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: S. W. P. Boyd, Jeremiah Kirk, John C. Walton, John Kennedy, John Riley, Slater Brown, Elias Penington, Jeremiah Brown, Isaac S. Webster, Christian Gryder, Thomas M. Gryder, Samuel Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Isaac S. Webster, S. W. P. Boyd, E. E. Woodward, Oliver Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, W. O. Glasgon, Lawrence Hipple, John C. Walton, Edwin Garrett, Slater Brown, Jesse [Poteel], N. W. Thompson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Levi Haines, Lawrence Hipple, William Barnett, A. Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, Osborn R. Mullikin, Samuel [McClenaghan], James McSparran, Richard Jones, James McSparran Jr., Edward Wicks, A. J. McConkey, Morris Matthews, Henry Harner, Isaac W. Lowson.
Bond: James McSparran, S. W. P. Boyd.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Kennedy, Isaac W. Towson, Lawrence Hipple, W. Whitaker, Edward J. Hewes, Levi Haines, Joseph Smedley Jr., E. E. Woodward, Henry Harner, Morris Matthews, James McSparran, Samuel McClenaghan, Joseph C. Stubbs, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown.
Bond: John Kennedy, Isaac W. Towson.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
