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 a petition for an eating house: Edwin Hopton, Peter J. Eckert, William M. Slaymaker, John M. Slaymaker, William Hamilton, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Hugh Aikin, Thomas B. Lytle, J. P. McIlvaine, William Eakert, John Keneagy, Jacob Brackbill, Uriah Eakert, Christ Keneagy, Israel Rohrer, Christian Blank.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: [J. Straw], J. W. Leidigh, John L. Esbenshade, John C. Lefever, Samuel M. Brua, Henry Leaman, Joseph H. Lefevre, Henry Brackbill, Israel Rohrer, J. Eshleman, Benjamin Hershey, A. L. Witmer, Jacob Brackbill.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
