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.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of petition: Thomas White, F. A. Thomas, George Heagy, John H. Wilson, John A. Hook, William Atkins, John Vaughen, Abraham Myers, William McElroy, J. F. Miller, E. J. Sneeder, John Arms, Henry Myers Jr., Peter Haldeman, John Felix, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, James Long, George Weaver, John Evans.
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Signers of petition: Frederick S. Gossler, [ ] Bowen, J. Kline, George Weaver, W. S. Ward, J. A. Hook, George Wolf, Jacob S. Wilson, Thomas Collins, [unknown signature], C. L. Wolf, George Wike, [ ] Thomas, D. F. Griffiths, George Heagy, James Patton.
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Thomas A. Scott, William S. Dickey, Joseph Sample, James Long, E. Raub, Thomas Collins, R. E. Cochran, George C. Franciscus, Nathan C. Gove, [R. Williams], John Vaughen, James Vaughen, Reuben Mullison.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Reuben Mullison, Joseph A. Hooke, P. Derrick, Michael Strein, Henry Myers, J. B. Boude, Joseph Tyson, Thomas White, John Lockard, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, Thomas Collins, John Vaughen.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: James Patton, George C. Franciscus, Thomas White, John Evans, George Weaver, J. F. Miller, John Wilson, Paul Hamilton, George Wolf, Reuben Mullison, James C. Carpenter, Abraham Myers, Thomas Collins, J. A. Hook, John Felix, [ ] McMahon, [ ] Griffiths, John Vaughen, G. Haines, John Lightner, Isaac Vaughen, George Heagy, John Ziegler.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
April term.
Signers of petition: E. J. Sneeder, Samuel A. Black, George C. Franciscus, Benjamin Barr, Charles H. Koons, Jacob [Shreiman], Samuel McClellan, Hanson E. Atkins, [unknown signature], Henry Pfahler, [R. Willinny], Henry B. Eagle, J. H. Hunter, Davies Herr, [ ] McCorkle, John Arms, John Ziegler, W. F. Caruthers, Francis Ziegler, John A. Hook, Samuel D. Young, William Atkins, George Wolf, Michael Conely, Patrick Morris, Barnard Rogers, [D. F. Griffith], John Vaughen, Thomas B. Odell, Thomas S. Thomas, James Patton.
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