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.
Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim, four miles from Lancaster.
April Term.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Henry Pickel, Jacob Frick, Lenard Fidler, Jacob Kauffman, John Swar, Christian Huber, Christian Strenge, Jacob Mayer, John Bachman, and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Samuel White, Leonard Eichholtz, John Light, Peter Protzman, John Bomberger, Adam Metzer, Levi Rogers, Jacob Rudesill, Jacob Demuth, William White, Hugh Maxwell, and one other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Located on the road from Safe Harbor to Washington.
Formerly occupied by Henry Eshleman.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Christian Rorer, Isaac Heiny, George Ziegler, Andrew Shute, John Bletz, Phillip Hoffman, Henry Krebill, Jacob Martin, Benjamin Musser, Rudolph Hossteter, Benjamin Hostetter, Frederick Mills, John Reitzel, Henry Reigart, Matthias Musser, George Hambright, and three others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of petition: Andrew Kaufman, David Shultz, Thomas McKittrick, John Davis, Evan Waters, Christian Baughman, George Bietz, John Haldeman, Philip Gossler, A. Ellmaker, Joseph Thormbrough, Joshua Ring, Jerre Monroe, Thomas Griffith, J. Jefferies, John Snyers, Issac Lightner, Thomas Lloyd.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Located two miles below the village of Washington, near the Susquehanna River.
Formerly occupied by Jacob Smith.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Andrew Kaufman, Nathaniel Latchum, Joseph S. Wallace, Jacob Berg, Jacob Smith, Jacob Wittmer, Christian Herr Jr., Henry Lindeman, Jacob Wissler, Thomas Coates, Jesse Roberts, Abraham Bitner, John Dritt.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Michael Graeff, Henry Barnet, F. A. Muhlenberg, George Brungard, Philip Messenkop, Edward Coleman, John Reynolds, Samuel Humes, W. B. Ross, James Humes, George R. Hopkins, Henry Reigart, John Graff, George Hambright, William Musser, Derrick Ehnestack, John Musser, John Graeff, Christian Ring, William Cooper, Andrew B. Kauffman, Daniel Carpenter, Hugh Maxwell, Samuel Offney, and one other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Located on a road from Lancaster to the Susquehanna River.
Formerly occupied by his father Abraham Peter.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Martin Immel, Michael Flinn, George Rutt, John Lintner, Philip Shissler, John Bready, Frederick Mills, John Reitzel, George H. Krug.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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