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.
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 on the road from Lancaster to the Gap Tavern.
Petition allowed.
Signers of petition: James Mercer, John Slaymaker, Alexander White, Baltzer Bergman, Mathias Slaymaker, Daniel Slaymaker, James Kenney, George McElvain, William Slaymaker.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob King, P. J. [Eckert], George Eckert, Mathias Slaymaker, Henry Slaymaker, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, James H. Slaymaker, Sample Slaymaker, Christian Hess, John Slaymaker, J. McIlvaine, Joseph Hoover.
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Signers of Petition: John Mayer, Isaac Graft, Joseph Eckman, George Kessler, Henry Breneman Jr., Joseph [McElree], Adam Brubaker, Jacob Hersh, Samuel Hersh, Abraham Mayer, Adam Row, George Young, Martin Helm, [Jacob Imhoff].
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Signers of Petition: S. B. Groff, Levi Lefever, Benjamin B. Herr, John W. Lefevre, George Lefever Jr., John S. Herr, Daniel L. Esbenshade, [Jacob Imhoff], John S. Keneagy, [Robert Eshleman], Henry Sides, John Kendrick.
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Signers of Petition: Mathias Slaymaker, Henry Slaymaker, John Smith, John Slaymaker, George D. McIlvain, James P. McIlvain, Joseph Hoover, Thomas Linville, Henry Burkholder, John Carpenter, Thomas Robinson, William [Belfield].
1 item, 1 piece
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