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.
Depositions: Samuel Styer, Nathaniel Patton, Adam Styer, Barnabas Curley.
Notice.
Signers of petition: Samuel Styer, Barnabas Curley, John M. Grube, Peter Weaver, William Yohn, Jacob Yohn, Christian Lichty, Jacob Horst, John Good, John Beam, David Styer, B. F. Bunn, Hanson B. Jacobs, William Smith, Absalom Beam, Isaac Styer, Washington Benner, Joseph Spotts.
5 items, 6 pieces
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Located on the turnpike between New Holland and [Waynesberg].
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Albright, Evan Rogers, E. D. White, Andrew Weiler, John M. Grube, John G. Robison, Hanson B. Jacobs, C. T. Wallace, Francis Gillespie, James Miller, James H. Jacobs, John Tripple, Benjamin Miller.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the Horseshoe and Downingtown turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: Daniel Plank, Thomas Henderson, James Divine Sr., Christian Wanner, Archibald Henderson, Joseph F. Paxson, Samuel Lemmon, [Thomas] S. Henderson, James Clemson, John Mason, William Carpenter, H. Ayars, Davis Clemson, John Cooper, Hugh Rambo, William Rambo, James M. Fiester Jr., Jonathan Neal, Miller Keech, Isaac Livingston, Thomas Livingston, Henry Livingston, James H. Houston, Philip Hathaway, Thomas W. Henderson, James Divine Jr., A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, Jacob Beecher, Lewis Reynolds, Jacob Bay, Jonathan Hoar, Isaac Hoover, John Roop, Daniel Diller, William Rhoads, Isaac Diller, Henry Skiler, Thomas A. McNeil, William C. Clemson, Jehu Rambo, Mathew Henderson, Caleb Atkins, John Liuganfeller, Thomas Griffith, David Lingenfelter, Enoch Passmore, John Livingston, Henry Dickinson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: James Harmon, Jonathan Ries, William Zell, Andrew Robeson, [J. Bickham], M. Bickham, Edward Davies, Evan [Rogerson], Lot Rogers, Jacob Albright, Francis Gillespie, E. D. White, Hanson B. Jacobs, Hugh McCormick, William Kurtz.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the Philadelphia and Harrisburg turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: James Hammond, Andrew Weiler, David Styer, Jacob Sandoe, Thomas McCormick, James H. Jacobs, William Wickersham, C. T. Wallace, John Gordon, Francis Gillespie, John Beckard, E. D. White, Joseph Spotts, Daniel Old.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Henry D. [Weller], Jacob Willhour, John Foreman, Samuel Wilhour, Joseph Longabaugh, Martin C. Weaver, Peter Shirk, John Weller, Jacob Weaver, Samuel Balentine, Levi Proudfoot, Henry Eppehimer, William Northeimer, Franklin Edwards, Levi Coffroad, David Simpson, John Boughter, Matthias Campbell, William Kurtz, George Rigg.
1 item, 1 piece
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