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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: John Stauffer, Michael Gochnauer, T. M. Miller, Peter Bishop, Daniel Moser, P. S. Royer, Jacob L. Hershey, Daniel Hoffman, John Minnich, John Hoffman, Isaac Walburn, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: John Stauffer, George Strenge, Andrew Holtsworth, Daniel Moser, Peter Bishop, John Stamm Sr., George Foltz, Jacob L. Hershey, John Brighton, D. S. Royer, [signature in German], [signature in German], Daniel Hoffman.
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Signers of Petition: John Hoffman, Daniel Hoffman, Jacob G. Imhoff, John L. Hershey, John Smith, Peter S. Snyder, Andrew Holtsworth, Christian Brubaker, Peter Bishop, T. M. Miller, John Stauffer, George Foltz, Johannes Kuhner.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Buckwalter, Henry B. Martin, Josiah Howard, Abraham Martin, Geroge Myers, Henry Weaver, Henry Froelick, Samuel Curtis, Henry Froelich Sr., Henry Buckwalter, Henry Leyman, Henry Layman Jr., Stephan Kopp, M. S. Metzger
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Bender, Christian Neff, Martin Strubb, John Neff, Abraham Herr, Jacob K. Andrews, Abraham Esbenshade, Andrew Kennedy, Bolden Miller, Isaac Kreider, John Heller, J. H. Buckwalter, George Beiler.
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Signers of Petition: James Murphy, Abraham Siegrist, Elias Burkholder, Valentine Long, Menno Burkholder, Daniel Buckwalter, Samuel Beiler, Abraham Esbenshade, David Beiler Jr., Gideon Kauffman, John Bender, Benjamin Beiler, J. P. Ronk, David Groff.
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Signers of Petition: A. Kennedy, J. H. Buckwalter, John Heller, George Beiler, John Bushong, John Bender, B. D. Moyer, Abraham Esbenshade, Seth Burkholder, Elias Burkholder, James Murphy, Evan Dampman
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Signers of Petition: Lemuel Chew, Marshall Lukens, Henry W. Gara, Jacob Myers, John Rife, George Black, J. Buyers Weiland, Michael G. Souders, John R. Miller, Bolden Miller, Joel L. Lightner, John G. Hood, Isaac F. Lightner, C. J. Rakestraw.
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Signers of Petition: Henry B. Erb, Augustus [Boyd], J. R. Evans, John Sherk, Isaac Bricker, John Steiner, Martin Weidman, Peter Martin, Samuel H. Miller, David Hauck, H. S. Eberly, J. H. McCausland, Jacob Miller, John Schnerer, Samuel Nissly.
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Signers of Petition: Henry B. Erb, Augustus Boyd, J. R. Evans, John Shenk, Isaac Bricker, John Steiner, Martin Weidman, Peter Martin, Samuel H. Miller, David Hauck, H. S. Eberly, J. H. McCausland, Jacob Miller, John Schnerer, Samuel Nissly.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Blantz, Benjamin Blantz, John Bamberger, Israel Hartman, Samuel H. Miller, John Biemesderfer Jr., Henry Stauffer, Abraham Young, Gabriel Bear, Phillip Lenhert, Urias Lenhert, George Kittel.
Place recorded on document as Lexington, Elizabeth Twp.
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