Signers of petition: Jacob Shenk, Joseph Shenk, Benjamin Shenk, Samuel Rankin Sr., John Aston, Jacob Shenk, John Graver, Abraham B. Hess, David Hess, John Hess, Christian Shenk, John Martin, Lewis Miller, John Martin Jr., Nathaniel Shenck, David Sterneman, John Clark, William [Lobb].
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Myers Hoover, Jacob Geist, John Myers, Jacob Murr, Isaac Sprecher, Philip Sheaffer, David Bender, John N. Musselman, Amos Smoker, Jacob Mentzer, William Barstler, Adam Diller, William M. Smith, Amos Rhoads, Michael Bard, William [U. Custer], L. T. Custer.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Baxter, David McClure, Joseph McClure, George H. Pickel, John Martin, Arthur McKissick, Amos Pickel, Matthias [Ault], Christopher Graham, Henry P. Baughman, Harrison Graham, Daniel Ault Jr.
Bond: John Martin, George Pickel.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Hanson B. Jacobs, James McCaa, B. F. Bunn, Jacob Jameson, Abraham Lincoln, S. F. Jacobs, John S. Hurst, Andrew Robeson, A. W. Martin, E. D. White, J. K. Kurtz, David Styer.
Bond: E. D. White, James McCaa.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Shenk's Ferry.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [ ] Mehaffy, David Sterneman, Christian K. Henry, Samuel Gall, John Martin, Daniel Hess, William Giles Jr., Benjamin S. Kendig, John Kendig, Francis B. Groff, Adam Kendig, Daniel Conrad, Benjamin Conrad.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: H. B. Bowman, David Grube, [signature in German], Adam Dietrich, C. S. Grube, P. Boley, Henry Frick, B. W. Landis, Michael Martin, Henry H. Kurtz, John S. Hostetter, Jacob Landis.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
Record of applications for peddlers' licenses showing date of application, name of applicant, type of license, and dates granted and lifted. Many applications for soldiers' licenses; these are peddlers' licenses issued to honorably discharged veterans. Handwritten.
System of Arrangement
Organized by year, then alphabetically by surname.
