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: Andrew Myers, James Barlow, James Mooney, George Myers, George W. Porter, Samuel Ehrman, Andrew Hershy, Valentine Greiner, Levi Ricksecker, John B. Shelly, Samuel J. Shay, Joseph Haugentobler, Joshua Leader, Simon Meredith, John Patterson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: George W. Porter, Joseph Porter, Jacob R. Heilig, Samuel Ehrman, John Patterson, James Moore, Samuel S. Grosh, Jacob R. Long, John B. Shelly, Jacob Uhrich, Thomas McFarland, Simon Meredith, Levi Ricksecker, Samuel J. Shay, Andrew Hershey.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Sign of the Cross Keys, known as the Cross Road Tavern.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Earhart, Alexander Patterson, Michael Gormley, H. L. Stehman, W. McNeel, J. G. Fisher, John Boyce, Stephen Grisinger, John Bosler, Henry S. Shirk, D. C. Maurer, Philip Royer, Christian Leib, Benjamin Stehman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
