Located on the Columbia Turnpike, two miles west of Lancaster.
Lately occupied by John Pinkerton.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Ringwalt, Isaiah McCarty, G. M. Barr, Christopher Brenner, John Butler, Henry Brenner, Nathan Schoffield, Christian Bachman.
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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.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road.
Formerly kept by William D. Slaymaker and of late John Clark.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Duffield, John McFadden, Henry Bair, S. Handford, James F. Smith, John Burkholder, James Paul, Amos Slaymaker, George D. McIlvaine, Thomas McIlvaine, Henry Kinzer, Christian Hess, Solomon Linvill.
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