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: Robert Wilson, Benjamin Hutton, [S. Handford], J. G. Henderson, Robert Pennington, John McFadden, [Heaton] Pennington, Samuel Houston, Thomas Henderson, James H. Houston, Samuel Brinton, Jacob Zug.
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Signers of Petition: [George Leaman], John D. Wilson, David Dague, John [Miers], Christian Oberholser, Jacob Mast, Henry Coffroth, John Kurtz, Abraham Kurtz, [signature in German], John Eby, George Worst, Isaac Kurtz, Henry Skiles, Henry Lambert, Isaac Diller, Christian Wanner, Brisban McCurdy, [Adam] McCurdy.
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Located on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Enoch Passmore, Jacob Zug, Benjamin [Shroy], Benjamin F. Houston, James H. Houston, Samuel Duffield, William Henderson, A. Lightner Henderson, Samuel Houston, William McKown, Robert Wilson, Davis Clemson, Daniel Plank.
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Located on the railroad a short distance west of the Gap.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Umble, Maxwell Kennedy, John McFadden, Amos Slaymaker, Adam Hoar, Enoch Passmore, Christian Hershey, Christian Hess, Elias Baker, A. Lightner Henderson, Thomas McIlvaine, Rees C. Himes.
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Signers of Petition: John M. Buyers, James A. Buyers, Jonathan Borth, S. Handford, J. C. Henderson, Samuel Brinton, Jacob Zug, Samuel Houston, Thomas Henderson, James H. Houston, James H. Slaymaker, Maxwell Kennedy.
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