On the road from John Harris' Ferry to Middletown.
Land tavern on is owned by William Steel.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of petition: William Dickey, Hugh McKillip, William Smith, Robert Frust, John Dickey, John Collier, John Hilbson, William Kore, Joseph Hutchison, James Thome, Thomas Murray, James Coylier, Henry Renick.
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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.
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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.
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.
Signers of petition: George Heagy, Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Hunter, James Collins, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, James C. Carpenter, George Wolf, Joshua Vaughen, Charles Evans, Reuben Hamilton, Benjamin Young, George Weaver, John Wilson.
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Located on the road leading from Towsan town to Andrew's Bridge.
Formerly kept by Margaret Kennedy.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [Ross A.] Campbell, Henry Keylor, John Keylor, James Brown, Benjamin B. Eshleman, James McCord, Arthur [Branon], [Louis] Calwell, [Thomas] McQuire, James McQuigg, Hugh Donnelly, Joseph Green, John Eckman.
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Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Oxford in Chester County.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Eckman, Levi Peirce, William Pickel, William Murphy, Benjanim Breneman, Samuel Baughman, Abraham Mann, Bernard McCaffery, James Manahan, James Paxton, Benjamin B. Eshleman, John McGovern, Samuel Hagans, Thomas Walker, [Ross A.] Campbell, J. A. Steele, William Kunkel, John Barr, Thomas Withers.
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Signers of Petition: Francis Caughery, Robert Stuart, Jacob Stoner, George Webster, George Webster Jr., John Bushong Jr., John Kidd, Truman Cooper, Richard Byson, [unknown signature], Gainer Moore, James Horner Jr., Henry Bushong, George Heidlebaugh, Jesse McCallister, Benjamin Baxter, John McClure, Philip Ritz, Jacob Baughman, John Mathews, William K. Clark, Jacob Hummel, Daniel Gaist, Noah McQuire, John S. Carpenter, John Homsher, Jacob Bushong, Joshua Gilbert, Joseph Dickey, Henry Heidlebaugh, Asa Walton, Thomas Hast, George Whitson, Samuel Moore, Lewis Moore, W. L. Rakestraw, Thomas Rakestraw, John McClure Sr., John McClure, James Baxtel, David McClure, Micah Witson, Benjamin Baxter, Jacob Ritz, John W. Ritz, Samuel McLaughery, John Heidlebaugh, Peter Pickle, Peter Baughman, John Baughman.
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Signers of Petition: Cornelius Collins, Thomas C. Collins, Thomas Moderwell, Benjamin Wayne, John Moderwell, Hugh Andrews, Joseph Paxson, Cyrus Milner, William C. Horner, Samuel A. Smith, James Horner, John B. Kennedy, J. McClellan, David Souder, Robert Evans, William Webster, John McCamman, John Caughey.
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