Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
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Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Located at the crosswords of the road leading from Lancaster to McCall's Ferry and from Strasburg to Safe Harbor.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Shanck, Jacob Warffel, Daniel Hess, Valentine Gardner, Thomas Clark, Jacob Frey, George Morry, Henry Swentzel, John Christ, Michael Barnitz, Jacob Lindy, John Lechler, John Burk, and two others.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to McCall's Ferry, where the road leading from Strasburg to Safe Harbor crosses.
Petition disallowed.
Two petitions for a tavern and one against.
Signers of first petition: Jacob Marks, John Mehaffey, Frederik Miller, Jacob Shank, Jacob Warfel, Adam Warfel, Jacob Shroat, Michel Mosser, Peter Schucker, Leonard Eichholtz, William Kirkpatrick, Casper Shaffner Jr., and two others.
Signers of second petition: Henry Dietrich Jr., Henry Rush, Henry Huber, Samuel Miller, Jacob Heidelbaugh, John Good, George Fell, John Mehaffey, Joseph Good, and one other.
Signers of petition against tavern (residents of Conestoga and Lampeter Twps.): Jacob Baughman, Joseph Herr, John Baughman Jr., Abraham Mylin, Jacob Mylin, John Mylin Sr., John Baughman Sr., John Good, Christian Snevely, and six others.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Peach Bottom ferry at the point where the Strasburg road intersects.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Miller, Jacob Heidelbaugh, George Fehl, Henry Byers, John Good, John Fransiscus, John Lechler, Jacob Frey, George Morry, Henry Swentzel, John Christ, and 2 others.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on road leading from Lancaster to Burkholder's Ferry, about two miles from Moore's Fishery on the Susquehanna.
Signers of Petition: John Benedict, Peter Adams, Isaac Freeman, Thomas McKoy, George Kendig, Joseph Miller, George Yentzer, Conrad Sourbeer, John Kendig, Henry Sourbeer, John Yentzer, and six others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Located on road leading from Columbia to Millerstown and from thence to Wilmington.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Isaac Henry Miler, Jacob Haverstich, Michael Haberstich, Martin Breneman, Jacob Bachman, Christian Snevely, Martin Light and 1 other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Christian Shame, Martin Gariss Jr., Jacob Good, Samuel Myer, Jacob Goodman, Jacob Barr, Benjamin Hart, William McMillan, Jacob Werfel (his mark), Henry Dietrich, Lewis Urban, Christopher Brennen, Christian Stauffer Jr., George Urban, John Kendig, Rudy Shanck, John Good, and five others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: John Good, Jacob Good, Christian Stauffer Jr., Christian Stauffer Sr., Abraham Witmer, Jacob Goodman, Christian Burg, John Kendig, David Kindig, Edward Brien, Henry Westley, and four others.
1 Item, 2 Pieces
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Birth certificate is hand done by artist using design elements from printed fraktur. Multicolor text is enclosed in a central arched arbor w/ flame finials. Text names Christian, a son of Jacob and Barbara (KIndig) Bachman, born 1827 in Lampeter Twp. Two confronting angels flank arbor and 2 additional text blocks of religious verse support arbor. A pavilion at bottom is flanked by blue trees & large colorful pinwheel flowers.
Border at sides and top have colorful, repeating floral/foliate motifs; top is arched. Hearts and flowers fill top corners. Above arbor is a large 4-point stylized star flanked by reclining trees.
Artist uses red, blue, light blue, black, yellow, white, green, orange and brown.
Inscribed on reverse in black ink is "No 4 made by Eli Haverstick 1834."
Provenance
Descent in Bachman family to donor. Two nearly identical birth certificates are known, for older sister Anne, b. 1823 (private owner-Barbara Ann Mable) and younger brother John, b. 1832 (G.96.9.1). Similarity suggests all were made at the same time in 1834.
Bachman family genealogy in file. See info on Christian Bachman in Mennonite Arts, 2002, pp. 56-57.
Conserved by Susan Duhl in 2001. Generally worn and discolored. Repair to edge tears & corner loss. Abrasions & paper fill in top right corner were in-painted with watercolor. Tape at back of top edge is now removed w/ remaining stain. See report in file.
Object ID
G.00.23.1
Notes
Haverstick is believed to be a teacher due to being absent on tax rolls for Conestoga Twp.
Christian Bachman (1827-1901) became a prominent cabinetmaker in eastern Lancaster County, just like his father Jacob Bachman (1798-1867). He married Barbara Buckwalter in 1855. After marriage, he moved to Strasburg where he set up his own shop.
Place of Origin
Conestoga Twp.
Role
Artist
Credit
In memory of Charles Bachman, grandson of Christian Bachman, by his son Charles Bachman, Jr. and family.
Birth certificate done in German for "Anna Schenkin" (Schenk), born in "Connostoge Taunschip Langster County", November 20, 1783. Hand drawn, colored and lettered on laid paper with iron gall ink. No baptism indicates a Mennonite family.
The text is enclosed within a heart, surrounded by various vining flowers and four birds, two above and two below. The design conforms with artist's normal pattern of having the vines emanate from a hole at the top center of the heart. This artist made fraktur for mostly Lancaster County Mennonite families. He was almost certainly a schoolmaster. There are about 15 of his fraktur that are documented.
"Johannes Schopf/Schopp Artist" (active c. 1774-1800)
Note written on frame's dust cover by Smith states this fraktur was exhibited in two shows: Allentown Folk Art Show (Nov. 1974) and William Penn Memorial Museum, F/A Show (Jan. 1975).
Slide #27-2-4 in Archives West.
Provenance
Purchased by Richard Flanders Smith at a public sale along Route 222, north of Willow Street. Given to the Lancaster County Historical Society with the understanding that it would become part of the Heritage Center collection with the establishment of that institution.
Foxing or brown spotting over much of surface. Some tears along the edges. Moisture or adhesive stain at bottom center.
A condition report and treatment proposal was done by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia in 1986. Matted and framed by conservator Brian Howard of Carlisle in 1996.
Object ID
G.77.50.11
Place of Origin
Conestoga Twp.
Credit
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Flanders Smith, Heritage Center Collection
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
