Located on the Gap hill, on the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Joseph Gest, William Hoar, John Buyer, Frederick D. Baker, Archibald Henderson, Thomas Henderson, James Clemson, James Boyd, Henry F. Slaymaker, John McCally, Caleb Brinton, William Lytle.
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Located on the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Maxwell Kennedy, Stephen Watt, Jacob Menaugh, Joseph Harvuot, Joseph McKim, John Gest, Joshua Chamberlin, Samuel Houston, Robert McIwain, Jocob Eakert, Wallace Boyd, Hugh Thompson, Isaac Griffith, Robert A. Buyers, Thomas Henderson, John Passmore, Enoch Passmore, Isaac Smith, George Eckert Jr., and one more.
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Located on the old provincial road from Philadelphia to Lancaster, at the church spring.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Owen Thomas, James Clemson Jr., Davis Clemson, Andrew Lytle, Henry Skiles, John Biest, James Skiles Jr., William Valentine, John Matthews, Gideon Skiles, Thomas Russell, James Clemson, Paul Orlady, Thomas Wallace, John Hatz, and one other.
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Signers of petition: David Slayes, James Lockhart, David Miller, Samuel Turbett, John Bogs, R. Purdy, Christian Wertz, Charles Hamilton, Lecky Murray, Josiah Kittera, Thomas Kittera, William Smith Jr., John Miller, James Wallace, Joseph Tweed, David Brown, Jacob Bailey.
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.