Signers of petition: Michael Withers, Samuel Haines, John Graft, Jacob Dear, Daniel Miller, Johannes Miller, William Ferree, Benjamin Williams, Jacob Haines, Thomas Williams, James Brown, Abraham Hess, George Devebaugh, Michal Foutz, George Withers, James Wallace, John Brisbin, Joseph Whitehill, Daniel Buckley and four others.
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Signers of petition: Issac Haines, Michael Wither, John Taiger, John Brisben, Christian Miller, John Barr, John Miller, John Hare, Andrew Sides, Christian Rorer, John Moore, Samuel Haines, Jacob Haines, William Steel, Johannes Miller, Jacob Beare, David Brown, John Brua, John Stoutsberger, Thomas Feree, James Brown, Abraham Witmer, John Offner, and several others.
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Located on the public road from Lancaster to Charles Town.
Petition allowed.
Signers of petition: Sebastian Graff, Andrew Graff, Philip Leonhard, Abraham Buckwalter, Benjamin Brackbill, Martin Kendig, John Miller, John Christy, Paul Zantzinger, Conrad Swartz, Henry Hartman, Samuel Haines, Henry Witmen, James Knox, Michael Groyder, John Greider, Caleb Johnson, and one other.
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Located on the great road from the head of elke and Charlestown, Maryland to Lancaster.
Known as the Burnt Chimneys.
Petition allowed.
Signers of petition: John Miller, Wendel Bowman, Martin Carpenter, Daniel Kendrick, John Longnecker, John Herr, Jacob Haines, Christian Miller, Samuel Haines, Jacob Rohrer, and several others.
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
