Located on the road leading from Strasburg to the Gap, about 3 miles east of Strasburg.
Known as the Black Horse.
Formerly occupied by Jacob Fouts.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Henry Brackbill, Benjamin Brackbill Jr, Daniel Lefever, Theophilus Sherts, Jacob Eshleman, Martin Fouts, David Eshleman, John S. Carpenter, Isaac Ferree, and one other.
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Located on the Minehill Road, about 3 miles from Strasburg.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Patrick Garu Jr., John Monteith, William Taylor, Benjamin Weaver, Jacob Denlinger, Christian Groff, John Eshleman, David Eshleman, John Grafft, David Stautzenberg, John Kinkead, W. B. Ross.
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Signers of Petition: John Neff, Jacob Neff, Jr., George Hoffman, Jacob Groff, Henry Miller, John Markley, Jacob Miller, John Cremer, Andrew Deffenbugh, William McCaskey, Daniel Longnecker, Samuel Mehaffey, Michael Withers, Samuel Wood, Caleb Evans, Francis Bowman, Samuel Miller, C. W. Groff, Samuel Herr, George White, and two others.
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Signers of Petition: William Lytle, Henry Brisben, Thomas Wallace, Michael Galligher Jr., Archibald Lytle, William McClure, Isaac Ryan, Daniel Lefever, John Smoker, James Crawford, Jacob Eakert, Peter Eakert Jr., John Miller, Nathniel Bender, John Bender, William Gamble, Joseph Stovey, John Parkman, I. S. Carpenter, John Lightner, John Hopkins, John Hamilton, John Witmer, Henry Stambaugh, William Slaymaker, Christian Sherts, Benjamin Brackbill, Mathias Brooke, John Slaymaker Jr., Andrew Bear, Joseph Harvuot, Joel Lightner, Nathaniel F. Lightner, Samuel P. Watson, William M. Slaymaker, Henry McMaller, Peter Root, John Heneys, John Cooper, David Woods, Jacob Stambaugh, John Seldomridge, Robert Rodgers, Isaac Trout, Alexander McCloy, Abraham Witmer, William McCausland, Robert Hamilton, Benjamin Vernor, Christian Wenditz, John Greiner, George Quigly, John Leaman, John Gormly, Alexander McKinsey, Michael Musselman, Isaac F. Lightner, Thomas Woods, Goerge Eckert Jr., Leonard Auwerter, James Coyle.
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Signers of petition: Henry Breneman, John Withers, George Withers, Michael Withers, John Smith, Jacob Eckman, Jacob Bear, Abraham Baar, David Herr, Martin Eckman, Jacob Fritz, John Barr, Facob Fouts.
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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.
