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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Object ID: MG0734

Date Range: 1856-1902

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Description: This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."

Date Range: 1856-1902

Creation Date: 1856-1902

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1902

Creator: Baker, Thomas, b. 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Alexander, Sara; Andrews, Arthur; Armstrong, Lapsley; Ash, Daniel; Aument, Frank; Bailey, Thomas; Bailey, William M.; Bair, William M.; Baker, George; Baker, Harlan; Baker, John; Baker, Thomas; Baldwin, Joseph B.; Baptis, Joseph; Bea, John; Bear, Jacob; Bernard, James J.; Beyer, Andrew; Beyer, Daniel; Beyer, Margaret; Beyer, Robert; Black, Margaret; Blackburn, Cromwell; Blank, Christian; Borland, William; Bosland, William; Brinton, Howard; Brinton, Moses; Brinton, Samuel; Broomell, B. J.; Broomell, Samuel H.; Brosius, Clarkson; Brosius, Jesse; Brosius, John Comly; Brosius, Joseph H.; Brosius, Joshua; Brosius, Levi; Brosius, Mahlon J.; Brosius, William; Brown, J. W.; Brown, James; Brown, K.; Brown, Thomas W.; Bush, Fred; Bushong, Jacob; Carlow, James; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John C.; Chamberlain, Jonas; Clark, Henry; Cloud, Charles; Coates, Ellis; Coates, Lewis; Coates, Samuel; Coates, Truman; Cochran, Joseph S.; Cohan, Thomas H.; Connar, James; Conner, John; Cooper, Truman; Crossen, James; Dale, George; Davis, Abner; Davis, Christopher; Davis, John; Davis, Joseph B.; Davis, Joseph E.; Davis, Lucretia H.; Davis, William; Dean, Thomas; Doneby, Philip; Donelly, Henry; Donelly, Hugh; Drumm, Earl; Eby, Henry S.; Edwards, Charles; Edwards, James; Elias, Emery; Elizabeth, Mary; Elliott, Cloud; Ernery, Hannah E.; Evans, Carrie R.; Evans, John; Evans, William; Fagler, John; Ferguson, Benjamin; Ferguson, Robert; Ferguson, William; Fleming, Martin J.; Foulk, Mrs.; Fox, William; Frames, David; Fritz, Abby Ann; Gill, John; Goodman, Charles; Gowan, William M.; Graham, Harrison; Graham, John T.; Gray, Ezra; Haines, Eugene M.; Hall, Hiram S.; Hamil, Armor; Hamil, R. A.; Hamilton, J. E.; Hannun, Eurch; Harper, J. D.; Harrar, Daniel; Harrar, Miller; Harray, P.; Harrett, William; Harting, George R.; Hastings, Jeremiah; Hastings, Joseph; Henning, James; Hevenson, Ann; Heyberger, Jacob; Hodgson, Annie C.; Hodgson, Ellis P.; Hollis, William; Holmes, John; Hoopes, Thomas G.; Houston, David; Hoy, P.; Hoy, William; Hudson, Alex; Hurley, John; Jackson William Clark; Jackson, Annetta L.; Jackson, Clark; Jackson, David W.; Jackson, Ellwood; Jackson, Hayes; Jackson, James J.; Jackson, Lydia; Jackson, Thomas; Jackson, Thomas E.; Jackson, Thomas S.; Jeffries, Benjamin; Jenkins, Annie E.; Jones, Emmos S.; Jones, John; Jones, John C.; Jones, John G.; Kalbach, A. M.; Keene, Rebecca J.; Kennedy, Anna; Kennedy, James H.; Kent, Daniel; Kimble, Isaac W.; King, Judson B.; Lamborn, Jacob H.; Lamborn, Kirk; Lechman, Benjamin; Lewis, Alex; Lewis, Elijah; Lewis, Isaac; Lewis, John C.; Lewis, Thompson; Luckenbach, J. S.; Lynch, Philemena C.; Mahaney, Jeremiah; Mahon, Jeremiah; Markey, Pat; Martin, Elijah P.; Martin, James; Martin, Samuel; Martin, William S.; Massey, Isaac; Mayhu, William; McCardle, Eli; McCarter, Henry C.; McCarter, Henry G.; McCarter, John Jones; McCarter, Thompson; McCimans, Mike; McClure, John; McClure, Thomas; McConnel, Samuel; McCord, James; McCord, William; McCullough, James; McCullough, Robert; McElwain, David; McElwain, James; McElwain, Josiah; McElwain, Robert; McHenry, John; McLinaus, John; McLinaus, W. F.; McNeil, George A.; McSparren, James B.; Miller, Andrew; Miller, H. Jackson; Miller, Henry H.; Miller, Joanna; Miller, Lemuel H.; Miller, Minnie R.; Mimm, Jesse; Montgomery, John; Montgomery, Sam E.; Morrison, Caroline B.; Morrison, Emma B.; Morrison, Robert; Morrison, Samuel; Newhauser, John; Nixon, A. W.; Nixon, Joseph; Noble, William M.; Oatman, Eliza; Oatman, Zachariah; Ortlip, Andrew; Patterson, Bordley Shippen; Pennington, Robert H.; Pennington, Thomas; Pennock, F. J.; Pennock, Francis J.; Pennock, Joseph; Pennock, Margaretta Walker; Pennock, William E.; Penny, Joseph; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Abraham K.; Pierce, G.; Pinkerton, James; Purnal, Levis; Pusey, Joseph; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rambo Elijah W.; Rambo, David; Rambo, Elisha; Ramsay, James; Reeses, Peter; Reyburn, James H.; Reylin, John; Reylon, Henry S.; Rhoads, Levi S.; Richey, George; Ricky, Immanuel; Rigg, Hiram F.; Robinson, Amy; Robison, Joseph; Roney, Pat; Ross, George E.; Ross, Hamilton; Russel, Joseph; Rutter, Adam; Rynear, Charles; Sampson, John; Sampson, William; Sellers, Thomas W.; Seltzer, Sara R.; Shaw, Ben; Shivery, Demison; Shivery, Elisha J.; Shivery, George; Shultz, Frank; Simmons, Henry; Siner, John T.; Slack, Hall; Slokom, Samuel; Smith, Abram; Smith, Jackson; Smith, Jesse J.; Smith, S. W.; Smith, Samuel; Sproul, James; Stewart, James; Stump, B. O.; Sutton, Edwin; Sweigert, John W.; Swift, Joseph; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Jesse; Thomas, Arthur; Thomas, Edward; Thomas, Margaret; Thompson, James; Thompson, Jane M.; Thompson, Mary Jane; Turner, James; Walker, David; Wallace, Arthur; Walton, Abner Brinton; Walton, Alban; Walton, Brinton; Walton, Elizabeth C.; Walton, Isaac; Walton, Joseph L.; Walton, Joseph B.; Walton, Joseph P.; Watts, Mollie; Webster, Chalkley; Webster, Charles; Webster, Daniel; Webster, George; Webster, Joseph; Webster, Margaret C.; White, Alexander; Whiteside, Mrs.; Whitman, James; Whitson, Martha; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Samuel; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, William; Willard, Agnes; Williams, Abner; Williams, David; Williams, William B.; Wood, James; Wood, Joshua; Wood, Thomas; Wood, William N.; Woodruff, John; Woods, Joshua; Woods, Peter; Woods, Thomas; Work, Robert; Worth, Albert B.; Worth, William C.

Subjects: Surveying; Surveyors; Lancaster County (Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Search Terms: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Finding aids; Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Octoraro Creek; Surveying; Surveyors; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0734

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-734

Other Number: MG-734

Classification: MG0734

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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History of Chester county, Pennsylvania : with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6899

Date of Publication: 1881.

Call Number: 974.813 F996 Oversize

Responsibility: by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Louis H. Everts,

Date of Publication: 1881.

Physical Description: 782, xliv p., [340] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm.

Notes: "Biographical and genealogical" : p. 461-782.; Includes bibliography : p. 311-325 and index.

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Chester County (Pa.) - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Cope, Gilbert,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 F996 Oversize

History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319

Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

Responsibility: By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...

Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Office of the Journal,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0535 I007

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1884

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Octoraro Creek; Little Britain Twp.; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Pine Grove, Little Britain Twp.; Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Ashville, Little Britain Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0535 I007

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Little Britain Twp. and [Lower Oxford Twp.], Chester County; Location: At Pine Grove, Little Britain Twp., on road from Oxford, Chester County, to Ashville, Little Britain Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.; Order for inspection and inspection report.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0550 I007

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1884

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Kirk

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Octoraro Creek; Little Britain Twp.; West Nottingham Twp., Chester County; Kirk's Ford; Fords; Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Oak Hill, Little Britain Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0550 I007

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County]; Court term: November 1884.; Location: Over Octoraro Creek, at Kirk's Fording, on road from Oxford, Chester County, to Oak Hill, Little Britain Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.; Order for inspection and inspection report.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 36.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0715 I004

Date Range: 1885

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1885

Year: 1885

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Bridges; Christiana; Creeks; Octoraro Creek; Orders; Reports; Sadsbury Twp.; Sadsbury Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County and Sadsbury Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0715 I004

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Court term: January 1885.; Location: On public road from Christiana to Atglen, Chester County.; Document type: Order and report of viewers.; 1 item, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 38.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8a0751fd-d777-4228-b874-280743853100

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0715 I005

Date Range: 1885

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1885

Year: 1885

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Bridges; Christiana; Creeks; Nine Points, Bart Twp.; Octoraro Creek; Orders; Sadsbury Twp.; Sadsbury Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County and Sadsbury Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0715 I005

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: [Sadsbury Twp. and Sadsbyrt Twp., Chester County]; Court term: April 1885.; Location: On road from Christiana to Atglen, Chester County, near junction with road from Christiana to Nine Points, Bart Twp.; Document type: Order to County Commissioners for a bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/064bd004-c87a-401b-ae47-177936331950

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0720 I009

Date Range: 1882/08

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1882/08

Year: 1882

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Bridges; Creeks; Horton's Mill; Mills; Nine Points, Bart Twp.; Octoraro Creek; Orders; Petitions; Reports; Sadsbury Twp.; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0720 I009

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Court term: August 1882.; Location: On public highway from Nine Points, Bart Twp., to Atglen, Chester County, at Horton's Mill.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 5 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 27.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/37503f6f-e9e9-4b46-9063-202495466387

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; Order and report of viewers

Object ID: Bridge F0095 I001

Date Range: 1886

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; Order and report of viewers

Description: Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek; Court term: August 1886.; Location: On public road from Andrew's Bridge to the Union to Street Road in Chester County.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1886

Year: 1886

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Andrews Bridge; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Orders; Petitions; Reports; Street Road; Roads; Union, Colerain Twp.; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Place: Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0095 I001

Box Number: 001

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 43.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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History of Chester county, Pennsylvania : with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6899

History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319

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