Located at the foot of the Conewago on Gurbb's Hill on the public road from the borough of Lancaster, via Manheim, to Lebanon.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Thome, Henry B. Grubb, Abraham Beahm, Christian Ruhll, Peter Lehman, Abraham Scherrer, Michael Ober, David Ober, John Bartruff, J. Wallace, and two others.
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Located near Ephrata on the New Turnpike leading from Downingtown towards Harrisburg.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: George Kintzel, Philip Shirk, John Mohler, Samuel Mohler, Jacob Weidman, Daniel Bowman, Jacob Bowman, Michael Stober, Peter Martin, George Weidman, George Laber, George Ilig, Peter Weidman, Samuel Weidman, Jacob Kaushalten, Christian Bowman, Jacob Rimmell, George Musser, Samuel Carpenter, John Sensenig, Jacob Lus, and five others.
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Located on the Middletown Turnpike, at Big Chiques Creek.
Known as the General Washington.
Formerly occupied by Christian Sheller.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Christian Sheller, Abraham Patterson, Robert Spear, John Peden, William Sterrett, Henry Slaymaker, Samuel Slaymaker, James Patterson.
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Signers of Petition: John Gross, Jacob Kimmell, Jacob Oberlin, John Forney, Henry Frymyer, Phillip Kreig, Dieterich Fahnestock, Daniel Fahnestock, George Weidman, C. Carpenter, Peter Martin, and four others.
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Located on road leading from Sheafferstown to Reamstown, five miles from Sheafferstown and nine miles from Reamstown, at the intersection of the road that leads to Reading.
Owned by John Kurtz.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Charles Montelius, Jacob Stahl, Christian Ruth, Henry Ober, Henry Hibshman, Daniel Bowman, Jacob Hagy, John Kurtz, Henry Weite, Isaac Ruth, Henry Reinhold, and two others.
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
