The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers for first petition eating house: Erben, Charles M.; Northaeffer, J. M.; Carpenter, W.; Breneman, C. H.; Peifer,
W. L.; Skiles, John D.; Wentz, Charles E.; Brown, W. W.; Smith, James; Lorr, T. R.; Diveler, M.; Gable, J. F.; Shultz, John A.; Shultz, Henry A.
January term.
Signers for second petition eating house: Howell, Charles M.; Bear, Jacob; Zimmerman, J.; Weidler, John; Carpenter, W.; Skiles, John D.; Metzger, S. H.; Rathvon, [ ]; Leman, Henry E.; Carpenter, James C.; Swarr, H. B.; Brown, W. W.; Reynold, Samuel H.; Ehler, J. A.; Compton, William; Deichler, P.; Kline, E. M.; [Shultz & Brother]; Erben, Charles [M.]
Approved.
April term.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition: Getz, Jacob G.; Colm, Charles; Miller, Benjamin P.; Zahm, Godfried; Keller, George; [McConrey], Peter; Hauke, A. A.; Dysart, James P.; Miller, Watson; Altick, Daniel A.; Muhlenberg, H. E.; Rauck, R. F.
April term.
1 item, 1piece
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Signers of petition: Barr, A. R.; Smith, [R. A.]; Coyle, James; Breneman, P. K.; Heinitsh, Charles; Kaufman, J. B.; Gompf, William; Slaymaker, H. E.; [ ], Edward H.; Bair, David; Deaner, John; Mohler, R.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: George Ferree, [ ] Nagle, John Clements, Frederick Franck, C. Imhoff, John Jay Libhart, Jacob Glatz, Jacob Graybill, Samuel McKinney, Abraham Cassel, F. Wilson, John Paules, Robert King, James Stackhouse.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: John Jay Libhart, John Paules, John Young, John Hertzler Jr., John H. Goodman, William Child, Samuel Huston, Jacob Scheidly, [signature in German], F. Flury, Alexander Boggs, John Park, F. Wilson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on Second Street opposite Mrs. St. John's house.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Francis Flury, Jacob Scheidly, Alexander Boggs, Jacob Glatz, John H. Goodman, A. N. Cassel, John Auxer, Abraham Cassel, Jacob Graybill, [David Cassel], Christian Groh, William A. Spangler, Samuel Patterson, Frederick Haines.
1 item, 1 piece
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