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.
Signers of Petition: Christian Brubacher, Martin Mayer, David Mayer, Jacob Rohrer, Isaac Kauffman, John Frank, John Capp, [signature in German], John Hostetter, Jacob Metzger, Benjamin Landis, John Eshleman, William Frank, [Hanry Lendis Jr.], John Landis, Henry Kaufman, I. Kaufman, John Swar, Michael Kauffman, Jacob Landis.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hershey, Martin Filbert, Adam Deitrich, Jacob Rohrer, Christian Brubaker, Adam Diller, John K. Landis, John Dunkel, Christian B. Landis, Jacob Kohr Jr., John Eshleman, Christian Bomberger, Henry Funk.
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Located on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike about two miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: James Campbell, Jacob Metzger Jr., [signature in German], I. Kaufman, Jacob Rohrer, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrich, Benjamin Landis, Henry Shreiner, Jacob Esbenshade, Martin Shreiner, David Landis, Jacob K. Landis.
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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: Daniel Miller, Jacob Holl, Jacob Rehm, J. Hoffman, Samuel Shroy, Conrad Sitzman, Daniel Rosch, W. H. Whiteside, Samuel Caughey, B. B. Gonder, Daniel Crider, Abraham B. Witmer, J. Buckwalter.
1 item, 1 piece.
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