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.
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.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of Petition: Joseph C. Snyder, Jacob L. Nagle, John Bosler, Mathew L. Boggs, John McGill, David Watson, Robert Dysart, William McNeel, Jacob Uhrich, John C. Booth, Thomas Patterson, Samuel [Minichan], Thomas Stars, Alexander Dysart, Joseph Lenix, Isaac Hershey, James [Mullon], David McNeely Jr.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Miller, Daniel Rosch, J. J. Buckwalter, Jacob Weaver, Abraham B. Witmer, Jacob Rehm, B. B. Gonder, Jacob Rehm, Daniel Crider, Henry Spiehlman, Michael Book, Samuel Spielman, Conrad Litzmann.
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Signers of petition: John Reed, John R. Krider, Daniel M. Eaby, Adam D. Zook, Moses Eaby, Jacob K. Eckert, David T. Bair, Benjamin Hoover, George H. Skiles, Frederick Snyder, Joel Sharp, David Beam.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Deyer Sr., Henry Zell, John Fenstermacher, Jacob Kaufman, Charles Sehrer, Michael Daag, Abram Dyer, Simon Meredith, Abram Shelly, Samuel S. Grosh, A. S. Hackman, David McNeely Jr.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, James Barlow, Levi Ricksecker, Isaac Hershey, John A. Bartruff, Philip Royer, Andrew Myers, Robert Dysart, John Ream, Samuel Ehrman, George Myers, W. McNeel, Jacob Earhart.
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Formerly kept by James Laird, lately by David McNeely.
April term.
Signers of petition: James Laird, William McNell, David McNeely, Jehu W. Breneman, James Mooney, George W. Porter, John Fenstermacher, Abraham Dyer, Levi Ricksecker, James Barlow, Abraham Strickler, Jacob Hahnlen, Christian Musselman, Christian Leib, George Myers, Benjamin Remich.
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