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.
Located near the mouth of the Conestoga Creek on the west side.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Martin Mellinger, Jacob Young, Edward Hess, Abraham Hess, Reuben Kendig, C. Mellinger, John M. Bealls, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], John Witmer, Samuel Detrick, James Hutchison.
Second Sheet: John Herr, John Miller, John M. Bealls, W. D. Stauffer, Daniel Kendig, Abraham Hess, John Wittmer, George Withers, C. D. Mellinger, Abraham Brenneman, Henry Sourbeer, Samuel Hess, George L. Mundorff.
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Located on the road leading from Columbia to Washington fronting the Susquehanna river.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: William Reese, John H. [Speed], George Gibbs, Josiah Seal, Jacob Singer, Daniel Neff, Jacob Neff, A. Stahl, George J. Gross, Benjamin Kauffman, John McAllister, John Parker.
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Signers of Petition: George Withers, Christian Smith, William D. Stauffer, Jacob Costick, [Aron] Kindig, Abraham Hess, Jacob Phillips, Jacob Eshleman, Nathaniel Smith, John Cornell, Reuben Kendig, Daniel Kendig.
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Signers of Petition: Rudolph Wissler, Abraham Bitner, John Eberly, Benjamin Binkley, John Wittmer, Jacob Derstler, [signature in German], Joseph Brenneman, Adam Shuman, Adam Brenneman, Jacob Stoner, Emanuel Fry, John Stauffer, Christian Brenneman, Christian Funk, John Landis, Jacob Habecker, Abraham Brenneman, Adam Derstler, Christian Sourbeer, Peter Buck, John Immel.
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Signers of Petition: Benjamin Smith, Isaac Kauffman, Michael Kauffman, David Bixler, John Eberly, Benjamin Binkley, John Wittmer, Jacob Derstler, [signature in German], William Kramer, John Detrich, Daniel Shuman, George Benidick, Joseph Brennaman, John Witmer, Benjamin Kauffman, Adam Shuman, George Hartley, Peter Haas, Adam Derstler, Henry Loyer, Adam Brennaman, Samuel [Levernight], Jacob Eshleman, Jacob Stoner, Jacob Sauder, Daniel Witmer, Emanuel Stauffer, John [Roudecker], John Yesler, John Stauffer, Christian Brenaman, Jacob Martin, John Landis, Abraham Brenneman, Brenneman Henry, Abraham Loyer, [signature in German], George Cook.
2 items, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Joseph Brenneman, Jacob Mellinger, Abraham Brenneman, John Hamilton, William D. Stauffer, Adam Brenneman, Benjamin Stauffer, Joseph Hess, Henry Hoffman, John Frey, C. D. Mellinger, John Herr, Christian Kauffman, Rudolph Harnish, Rudolph Wissler, Henry Loyer, [unknown signature], Jacob Witmer, Benjamin Musser, Henry Stoner, John Wittmer, George Withers.
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Signers of Petition: John Herr, James Hutchon, Christian Funk, Jacob Philips, John Correll, Christian Sourbeer, Benjamin Binkley, John Landis, Emanuel Kauffman, Nathaniel Smith, Henry Brenneman, Rudolph Wissler, Henry Loyer.
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Signers of Petition: Abraham Hostetter, Christian Shuman, Henry Wissler, Henry Shopt, Adam Shuman, Jacob B. Shuman, Henry Schenck, George Bietz, A. S. Herr, Peter Heistand Jr., C. L. Wittmer, Benjamin Snader, Jacob Wittmer, Jacob Wittmer Jr., Christopher Brenner, John Stauffer.
Second Sheet: Abraham Bitner Jr., George G. Brush, Abraham Hostetter, C. L. Wittmer, Jacob Wittmer, Benjamin Snader, John Mann, Jacob Wissler, Peter Wissler, Christian Funk, [unknown signature], George Mann, John Habecker Jr., George Beitz, Benjamin Kauffman, George J. Gross.
2 items, 1 piece
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