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 for an eating house: Henry H. Kurtz, Isaac Landis, John Evans, Jacob Bassler, Benjamin W. Harnish, [unknown signature], John Brubaker, John Neff, Samuel L. Leaman, Abraham Rohrer, Daniel Dietrich, William Ressler.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located at Binkley's Bridge, on the New Holland turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Stouffer, Henry H. Kurtz, Andrew Balmer, Henry Althouse, Isaac Landis, Jacob L. Landis, Jacob Esbenshade, Isaac Hostetter, Henry Forney, Michael Martin, William Witman, John Gerber.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: James Graham, Joseph Potts, George Werntz, Amos E. Cochran, Samuel Spielman, John Gyger, William Steacy, Jacob Weitzel, Jacob Potts, Robert [Cray], John Rehm, John Kilburn, William Black.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: James Graham, William Black, Samuel Taggart, Levi Summy, Jacob Rehm, David Rosch, George [Will], M. M. Rohrer, Jacob Potts, A. Schultz, Amos E. Cochran, Jesse Gyger, S. K. White.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: David Binkly, [signature in German], John Stouffer, David [Fahlenbaum], Charles Hostetter, John Royer, Jacob [Troutout], John Shenk, Benjamin Long, David Grube, Jacob S. Shreiner, Adam Dietrich, William Witman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: George Aument, David Kimber, Adam F. Diffenbach, John W. Lefevre, A. Schultz, Robert Downey, William Black Jr., John G. Mayer, Christian Harting, James Paul, R. K. Burns, Samuel Keneagy, Henry Bartholomew, David Herr, Henry Waidley, Richard S. Holl, A. Rhoads, Samuel Aument, George W. Werntz, [unknown signature], [Freddy Kimbler], John Snyder, [signature in German], John Miller, Lewis M. Dickinson, George Werntz, George Benner, Mifflin Worth, Jacob Cramer, John Holl Sr., James Dougherty, John Ulmer, [ ] Warren, Samuel Heney, George Black.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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