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.
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.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Jehu Marsh, James Paul, Enoch Passmore, Benjamin F. Houston, William Rhoads, Jacob Mast, Daniel Plank, Henry Skiles, John McNeel, John Koop, G. W. Leaman, Lytle Skiles, Henry Gabel.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Benjamin F. Houston, James H. Houston, Christian Umble, John Umble, George D. McIlvaine, Enoch Passmore, Samuel Houston, Winfield S. Kennedy, Henry Levingston, Isaac Levingston, James Shaw, Thomas Levingston, William Gallaher.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Martin, James H. Houston, Jacob Reesers, John D. Wilson, Charles Smith, Amos E. Leaman, G. W. Leaman, Elias Eby, Samuel Brinton Jr., John Summers, Benjamin F. Houston, Joseph Dickinson.
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Signers of Petition: John Myers, John Eby, Christian Hess, James H. Houston, John D. Wilson, Davis Clemson, James A. Wagoner, John Reeser, Lytle Skiles, A. Lightner Henderson, David Dague, Henry Huston, Henry Koffroth.
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Signers of Petition: Lytle Skiles, George Eagle, John Dunlap, Jacob Miller, Jacob Cloud, [unknown signature], William Buchanan, Josiah Lamborn, John Myers, John B. Myers, Andrew Bailey, Jacob Emrey, Solomon Landis Jr.
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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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Known as the Gap Hill Tavern and sign of the Plough.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Henderson, Samuel Houston, James Paul, James H. Houston, William Rhoades, John Roop, Davis Clemson, Daniel Plank, A. Lightner Henderson, Jacob Mast, Enoch Passmore, James Dickinson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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