The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Pinkerton, John P. Myer, Augustus J. [Penton], George M. Steinman, M. H. Locher, Charles Gillespie, Reah Frazer, W. Whiteside, D. W. Patterson, William T. Amweg, P. G. Eberman, Henry M. Reigart.
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Signers of Petition: James L. Reynolds, William B. Fordney, Elliote E. Lane, James B. Lane, Frederick Kline, [Meichel Earman], William Hensel, George Bechey, John Lind, Martin VanStyke, J. Albright, Ehrman Huber, Owen Hopple, George T. Hambright, Benjamin Foltz.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Rohrer, Peter B. Rohrer, Noah H. Zook, John B. Bossler, Jacob Gamber, Henry L. Landis, Daniel N. Lefever, Joseph Stemmer, Zacharias Minnich, Thomas Grosh, George Bear, Henry Landis.
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Signers of petition: John Harnish, John Hartman, Henry Weise, George Walter, Benjamin Kegereis, Peter K. Walter, Joseph Leisey, Daniel L. Lutz, Reuben Bucher, Jacob Bucher, John Weinhold, Benjamin Leisey.
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Signers of petition of a eating house: George Rettew, J. Halls Fridy, Frederick Weller, James Boys, Benjamin F. Gram, John S. Boys, John C. Irwin, Abram M. Smith, [signature in German], John M. Weller, John H. Musser, Samuel Miller, A. R. Rohrer, H. S. Colm, Jacob C. Clair, Jacob Heinaman, Peter Weller, Abraham Hieneman, Isaac Hienaman, John Mumma, [signature in German], Jacob Bard, Henry Frollich, Peter Weller Sr., John Haugindobler.
Signers of petition: Martin Kendig, Joseph Reitzel, Samuel Styer, John S. Boys, Abraham Greu, Henry M. Weller, John Haugendobler, Jacob Will, John R. Markly, George Rettew, John N. Mummau, Isaac Heinaman, Abraham Heinaman.
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Signers of petition: Amos Lyle, William F. Jenkins, Joseph Gray, John Rily, George Jenkins, J. A. Blake, Samuel W. Scott, S. W. P. Boyd, Samuel Wicks, Joseph Smedley Jr., Robert Killough, George Tollinger, Joseph Jenkins, J. Morris Jackson, Amos Ailes.
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Hunter, James Collins, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, James C. Carpenter, George Wolf, Joshua Vaughen, Charles Evans, Reuben Hamilton, Benjamin Young, George Weaver, John Wilson.
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