Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim.
Formerly occupied by Mr. Franck.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: David Mayer, Jacob Myer Jr., John Kauffman, Christian Brubaker, [signature in German], [signature in German], W. B. Ross, Joseph Hartman, Adam Guiesinger, George Guiesinger, Isaac Ringwalt, John Graff, Matthias Brooke, John Witmer, David Rohrer, Emanuel Gibble, David Stamm, Abraham Landis, Jacob Rathfon, Philip Mosher, George Biegler, Christian Stoner.
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Located about 3 miles from Lancaster on the Port Deposit and Peach Bottom road.
Lately occupied by Mr. Wise & later Mr. Kline.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Forrer, Martin Forrer, [signature in German], Samuel Rohrer, Henry Strohm, Jacob Rohrer, [signature in German], Benjamin Mylin, George Meck, [signature in German], Henry Klinton, John Rohrer, William Haines, Benjamin Bare, Martin Meylin, Jacob [Shultz], John Mylin, Jacob [Dintnary], [signature in German], Jacob Fell, [signature in German], John Getz, Martin Miller, Jacob Grider, Christ Snavely, George Rotroff, Leonard Eichholtz, Martin Light, Robert Elliot, Martin Herr, Jacob [H. ].
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Located about 1 mile from Lancaster on the Marietta Turnpike.
Formerly owned by Mr. Passmore.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Passmore, Leonard Eichholtz, Levi Rogers, Henry Pinkerton, John Light, Nathaniel Lightner, Jacob Graeff, C. Hagen, Mathew McKelly, William C. Frazer, Phillip Messenkop, John Miller.
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Signers of Petition: John Summy, Christian Metz, Samuel McKinney, David Rinehart, J. [Ferris], Jacob Graybill, Joshua Ring, [signature in German], Samuel Huston, John Heckrotte, Samuel Ensminger, John Bartruff.
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Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.
Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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One hardbound volume that contains records of petitions for citizenship of 19 immigrants. Each entry tells where the petitioner formerly resided, current residence, where and when he entered the United States, when he came to Lancaster County, and who supported him in the petition. Handwritten.
In this same volume is the Appearance Docket for the Court of Common Pleas Nov. Term 1779 - May Term 1789. This is a duplicate of the Appearance Docket found in RG 01-00 2303-125.
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A photocopy of the petitions for citizenship is found in the Information File under Naturalization Court.
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Located on the Lancaster and Reading road, seven miles from Lancaster at the junction of same and road leading from Columbia to Reading to New Holland.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Zercher, John Steinman, Philip Shreiner, John Young, Martin Eckman, David Good, John Carpenter, Isaac Carpenter, Christian Carpenter Jr., John McCleery, Martin Mayer, John Heller, John Johns, William Weidler, Peter Fieles, John Feather, Jacob Reist, Benjamin Johnson, Christian S. Brubaker, John Brubaker, A. Dietrich, George Mayer, George W. Henry, John Hatz, [signature in German], [signature in German], Ingham Wood, John Grubb, Jacob Weitzel, Frederick Hambright, George Rysinger, J. Zimmerman, William Hambright, William Miller, Jacob Hoffmeier, John Kauffman, David Hummel, John Ruth, A. Sheaffer, Reuben Weidler, Christian Kauffman, Jesse Sellers, Curtis Sellers, [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac Brown, Daniel Shissler, Jacob [Gaull], Andrew Hetzel, [signature in German], Abraham Myers, Henry Garber, Isaac Ressler, [unknown signature], Jacob Shisler, Jonas Nolt, John Kuhn, [signature in German], [signature in German], Daniel Royer, Henry Landis, Andrew Menold, Michael Stauffer, John B. Sneder, John S. Black Jr., John Hamilton, Adam Pickel, Jacob Grub, David Grub, [signature in German], Caspar Grub, Isaac Leib, [signature in German], Henry Master, Conrad Master, Henry Zercher, John Leib, Jacob Leib, William Roland, [signature in German], Henry Rudy, Samuel Sellers, Christian Rudy, Daniel Rudy, Jacob Landis, Peter Forney, Abraham Colden, Samuel Hallacher, Frederick Kline, Absalom Sellers, Michael Fisher, John Ruth, James Todd, John Lutz, George Diller, William Smith, Benjamin Stehman, Samuel Reemsnyder, Samuel Snyder, Jacob Sherer, Adam Diller, [signature in German], Jacob Steman, [signature in German].
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