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.
Signers of petition: Jonathan Pusey, Thomas Jackson, George Groom, Abraham Bowery, George Hamaker, John Felix, John Vaughen, J. B. Boude, Peter Haldeman, James Long, Conrad Swartz, George Wikes, [ ] A. Thomas.
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Signers of petition: James Boyd, William Hippey, John Lowery, Samuel Pearson, John Lockard, John Pelen, James Standly, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle, John Felix, John Vaughen, [ ] White, Jonas Rumple, Henry Myers.
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Signers of petition: Evan Green, Nathaniel Evans, T. D. Cochran, G. A. Haines, Thomas White, John Evans, John Forrey, I. A. Hook, John Wilson, George Wolf, John Freyberger, Andrew Beiter, Peter Haldeman, Michael Wisler, Andrew Gohn, J. W. Cottrell, John McFadden, E. J. Sneider, James Patton, J. F. Miller, Charles H. Koons, Isaac Vaughen, John Smith, J. H. Hunter, P. McMehon, George Heagy, Paul Hamilton, R. E. Cochran.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Zahm, Paul Hamilton, George Weaver, John Cassel, Charles [Lay], John Vaughen, John [Hames], James Patton, Henry C. Eagle, Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, James Long, Robert Spear, Conrad Swartz.
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Signers of petition: John Standly, John Lockard Jr., Daniel Zahm, Noah Keesey, Frederick Hagman, John S. [Wein], William S. Dickey, John Pelen, [signature in German], Henry Myers, Paul Hamilton, James Long, James Boyd, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle.
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Signers of petition: John Evans, Conrad Swartz, Michael Clepper, John Felix, Isaac Vaughen, Abraham Myers, John Forrey, Peter Haldeman, James White, John Cooper, J. W. Cottrell, Jonas Rumple, J. C. Pfahler.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Zahm, Nathaniel Evans, Paul Hamilton, Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, Thomas B. Odell, John Evans, John Felix, John Vaughen, J. H. Hunter, James Patton, Reuben Mullison, [ ] McMahon.
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Located on the corner of Front and Walnut Streets.
Lately owned by Jacob Gossler.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: T. D. Cochran, Isaac Vaughen, Philip Gossler, Benjamin Young, Philip Hamilton, John J. Houston, Henry B. Eagle, C. Strawbridge, [ ] McMahon, R. Williams, S. B. Boude, G. A. Haines, George W. Boude, Charles Lay, D. Griffith, J. [Klinedint], Ezra Maxson.
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