Located on the Middletown Turnpike, at Big Chiques Creek.
Known as the General Washington.
Formerly occupied by Christian Sheller.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Christian Sheller, Abraham Patterson, Robert Spear, John Peden, William Sterrett, Henry Slaymaker, Samuel Slaymaker, James Patterson.
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Located at the intersection of road from Manheim to Elizabethtown with the road from Lancaster to Colebrook Furnace.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Thome, Samuel Geehr, Jacob Huber, Jacob Mayer, Christian Stuaffer, John Bartruff, Abraham Fox, George Andres, Jacob Foorman, Henry Hober, John Kyser, John Ghehman, Jacob Hoffman, Daniel Shaar, Jonas Sage, Christian Martin, Jacob Baker, Martin Pech, George Brenneman, George Backer, John Backer, John Burry, Jacob Resh, John Shotter, Adam Breneman, and five others.
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Located at the foot of the Conewago on Gurbb's Hill on the public road from the borough of Lancaster, via Manheim, to Lebanon.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Thome, Henry B. Grubb, Abraham Beahm, Christian Ruhll, Peter Lehman, Abraham Scherrer, Michael Ober, David Ober, John Bartruff, J. Wallace, and two others.
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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.
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Located at the intersection of the Lancaster and Colebrook Road with the Manheim and Elizabethtown Road.
Formerly kept by John Beidler and Jacob Prusia.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: John Thome, Christian Stauffer, John Eby, Adam Smith, John Bartruff, George Barnet, Johannes Flory, Abraham Fox, Friederick Nauman, David Flory, John Resh, Henry Banter, Henry Garman, Peter Steman, Henry Flory, Jacob Resh, and several others.
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Located on the Lancaster and Middletown turnpike road.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Benjamin Bear, Martin Light, Abram Cochnauer, Leonard Eichholtz, Samuel Slaymaker, George Louis Mayer, Conrad Schwartz, George Diffinbach, Andrew Reigart, P. Long, John Keller, Jacob Long, J. Long Jr., George Weitzel and 2 others.
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Signers of Petition: Thomas Lloyd, Abraham Witmer, Thomas Boude, John Kauffman, Jacob Gamber, Henry Withers, Chs. Evans, Robert Spear, John Hoffman, James Boyd, Jacob Hoffman, John Myer, William Cooper, John f. Steinman, Emanuel Reigart, Henry Keffer, John Houtz, and six others.
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