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.
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.
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.
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.
Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob W. Groff, David Grosh, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Esbenshade, John Stouffer Sr., Abraham Rohrer, Henry Althouse, Reuben Bear, Levi Dreisch, William Ressler, John Brubaker, David Binkly.
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Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: William Witman, George Gerhardt, Abraham Eberly, James Tomlinson, Philip Ronk, Henry Hilton, John Stauffer Jr., Thomas Barr, Davis Horst, Christian Bomberger, Samuel Swigart, Stephen Hiestand, Daniel Brubacker, David Shreiner, William Hammond, [signature in German], Martin Kachel, Jacob Hunsicker, Jacob Hess, D. S. Brecht, Peter S. Snyder, John Long, A. Beerbower, Henry Shreiner, John Weidler, Andrew B. Hauck, Abraham F. Garber, John Gerber, Christian Hiestand, Emanuel Hermes, Phillip Stark, George Grube, John Johnson, [signature in German], Henry Hamilton, Charles Shreiner, Christian S. Grube, Adam Dietrich, George Funk, David Evans, Benjamin Johnson, Henry Johns, John Frank, Abraham Bomberger, Martin Musser, H. B. Bowman, Benjamin W. Harnish, John Coffey, Henry Albright, George Miller, Christopher M. Hess, Henry F. Eberly, George Hauck, Isaac Hostetter, Christian Zook, Isaac Unger, John Zook Jr., Andrew Metzger, William Rheem, C. L. [Husheber], Jacob Landis, Jacob Stark, John Evans, Henry H. Kurtz, [ ] Blickenderfer, George Hambright, Amos Ringwalt, Joseph Wisner, George Y. Shreiner, Lewis H. Fisher, David Stauffer, Jacob Bassler, Tobias Johnson, Joseph W. Brenen, Peter C. Maurer, John L. Sharp, Abraham Stauffer, Ephraim Stauffer, [ ] Dengard, John Dunkel, Daniel Shisler, Jacob Y. Shreiner, George C. Garber, William Weaver, Benjamin Benedick, Robert Campbell, Conrad Miller, Christian Shreiner, Daniel Shreiner.
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Signers of petition: Enoch Passmore, John Roop, John Bartley, Martin Greenleaf, Elias Eby, Henry Dickinson, Peter Eby, B. F. Houston, Christian Kurtz, John Umble, Isaac Levingston, Henry Levingston.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Wanner, John Bitzer, John Livingston, Nicholas Reeser, Lewis H. Linvill, Andrew Withrow, David A. Fleming, Henry Dickinson, John Myers, James H. Houston, J. B. Baker, Elias Eby, William F. Baker.
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Located in the fork of two public roads or highways.
January term.
Signers of petition: John Myer, John Brubaker, Christian Oberholser, Robert Trago, John Miller, William L. [Tobert], Harlan Baldwin, James Roseborough, William Landers, George Eagle, David Marple, Daniel Sheaffer.
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