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 on the road leading from Lancaster to Charlestown.
Known as Black Horse.
Formerly occupied by John Miller.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Dobson, Andrew Mehaffey, William Miller, John Miller, Henry Miller, Michael Foutz, John Markley, Jacob Staunck, Jacob Bear, Peter Lefever, William P. Shader, Daniel Musser.
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Signers of Petition: Nicholas Marks, John Hamel, Christian Shenck Jr., Isaac Freeman, John Good, Christian Snevely, Jacob Shoof, George Tangert, John Barr, John Martin, James Dougherty, and three others.
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Located on road leading from Martic Forge to Strasburg.
Known as the Plough.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: John Good, John Barr, George Hess, James Brown, Abraham Zuber, John Bare, Jacob Frey, Lewis Heck, Phillip Messenkop, Obert Kline, George Hambright, and one other.
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Signers of Petition: George Hoffman, Christian Shenck Jr., Friedrich Pfeffier, Lentulus Kirk, Henry Byers, Daniel Gryder, Christian Shanck, Jacob Reyner, Rudy Shanck, John Good, George Fehl, John Zucber, George Tangert, Benjamin Hart, Nicholas Marks, Martin Herr, Emanuel Herr, John Coughenauer, Abraham Cochnauner Jr., Jacob Kindrick, John Coucknauer, and six 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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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.
