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.
Formerly owned by John A. Landis and Mr. Hallacher.
Located on East King Street, South East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Frederick Miller, Frederick Gemperling, Philip Snyder, Philip Leonard, Bernard McGonigle, Bernard O'Connor, [P. J. M. Collum], George Buckius, Jacob King, George Whitaker, John A. Landis, John Metzger.
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Now occupied as a boarding school for young ladies.
Remonstrance.
April term.
Signers of petition: Samuel P. Bower, Daivd McCarter, John Benner, William Giles, Abraham Smith, Jacob Bower, Samuel Moore, R. B. Groff, Thomas [Hartsough], Abraham Owen, John Shaub, John Reid, Martin Carman, William Brown, [unknown signature], Daniel Griner, William Black, C. W. L. J. Kloz.
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Signers of Petition: Joseph Gonder, Daniel Miller, George Hoffman, Jacob Rehm, James McPhail, George Diffenbach, J. B. Thompson, Abraham Smith, John K. Stoner, Joseph Potts, Samuel Bower, Christian Menard.
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Signers of Petition: George Wentz, Henry Aument, Christian Menard, Jacob Behm, James McPhail, Joseph Gonder, James Warren, Joseph Potts, George Hoffman, Robert Evans, Daniel Miller, Benjamin B. Gonder, Amos Mooney.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Miller, John Werntz, Michael Shindle, John Pickel, Mifflin Worth, Henry Aument, Thomas Eager, J. Hoffman, Christian Wenger, Jacob Holl, James Warren, John Lieb, John Rehm.
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Signers of Petition: Joseph Potts, John Werntz, J. B. Thompson, John K. Stoner, William Spencer, John Gyger, Andrew Charles, George C. Hawthorn, James McPhail, Christian Menard, John Murdick, Abraham Smith, James Campbell, Joseph Gonder.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob [Behm], John Werntz, Robert Evans, Daniel Miller, J. B. Thompson, James McPhail, Christian Menard, Abraham Smith, Joseph Gonder, Jesse Gyger, Andrew Charles, Charles Mellinger, William P. Robinson, Samuel Spiehlman, J. Hoffman, James Warren.
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Signers of Petition: James McPhail, John Bowman, Samuel Bower, Robert Downey, J. B. Thompson, John K. Stoner, Daniel Potts, William Spencer, Samuel Spiehlman, Henry Hunter, Christian Menard, Jacob Rehm, Joseph Potts, Mifflin Worth, James Warren, Henry Aument, Jonah Behm, J. Hoffman, Joseph Gonder.
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