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.
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.
Transfer of petition requested: M. W. Smith, Joseph Kurtz, Franklin McNeill, Samuel Hackenberger, William Houseal, George Hachenberger, J. S. Snyder, J. Foreman, J. A. Jackson, John Douglass, Michael Malhorn, Robert H. Jones.
Signers of petition: J. Foreman, John H. Smith, John Haldeman, J. S. Breneman, Robert H. Jones, Frederick Smith, John Smith, Samuel Hackenberger, John Douglass, J. S. Snyder, Jacob Nophsker, John B. Small.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: J. A. Jackson, C. S. Erb, Christian Engle, John Seiple, John Haldeman, J. Foreman, Y. M. Gramm, [unknown signature], Jacob L. Engle, John Smith Jr., Joseph Engle, Henry Grider, John Kauffman, J. S. Breneman.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Robert H. Jones, John Haldeman, J. Foreman, Isaac R. Kuhns, John H. Smith, C. S. Erb, Jacob L. Engle, J. S. Breneman, Christian Engle, Emanuel Nagle, John Hummel, Samuel Hackenberger, J. S. Snyder, John W. Brown.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
Now occupied by Jacob Breneman, formerly by John McMel.
Bond: Abraham Collins, M. W. Smith.
Receipt.
Signers of petition: J. Foreman, Abraham Smith, Frederick Smith, Jacob Haldeman, John Myers, Michael [Malchor], Samuel Hachenberger, John Haldeman, Robert H. Jones, [Smith & Kurtz], John H. Smith, Adam Smith.
Signers of petition: J. Foreman, Frederick Smith, [Smith & Kurtz], C. S. Erb, J. S. Breneman, John Haldeman, John H. Smith, Michael [Malhorn], H. West, Abraham Collins, S. Hachenberger, Robert H. Jones.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Emerich, Henry Nophsker, Jacob Nophsker, George W. Ashton, Franklin McNeill, George McClure, John Filbert, John Hummel, Benjamin Minnich, Simon Ackerman, Michael [Malchar], Jacob Barnes.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: J. S. Breneman, J. Foreman, Robert H. Jones, John Y. Horst, John Hummel, Jacob Haldeman, John Douglass, James Hawthorn, John Shearrer, Frederick Smith, Christian Engle, J. S. Snyder, John Haldeman, Simon M. Engle, David Eshleman, John Myers, Samuel Ney Sr., William Retherford, George Hackenberger, Peter Hackenberger.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
