This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of petition: George W. Porter, Abram Shelly, Jacob R. Long, Simon Meredith, Samuel S. Grosh, Isaac Hershey, Abner Dyer, John Kolp, John B. Shelly, James Barlow, Samuel J. Masterson, John M. Hershey, Thomas McFarland, Michal McGormly, Jacob Earhart, John Fenstermacher, James Moore, Jacob Hess, Joseph C. [Brinser], A. S. Hackman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: William Patterson, Edmund Witmer, Jacob Myers Jr., Adam Keller, James Patterson Jr., F. D. Harris, J. Henry Kaufman, Henry Bechtold, Nelson Miles, Isaac Miller, S. C. PInkerton, John Shroff, T. M. Boggs, J. L. Ziegler, John [Seniel], Alexander McFadden, N. Dodge, R. B. Witmer, J. H. Menges, William Moony, Leopold N. Wikoff, Christian Martin, John Shroff Sr., Jacob Diffendarfer, William Pinkerton, David Woods, Samuel M. Myers.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Simon Meredith, Samuel S. Grosh, Jacob R. Long, Peter Blecker, George Shaman, Abram Shelly, James Moore, Michal Gormley, Daniel A. Balmer, A. S. Hackman, Jacob Hollinger, Thomas McFarland, Joseph Detwiler.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: J. L. Ziegler, J. Henry Kaufman, J. H. Menges, T. Marshall Boggs, Jacob Myers Jr., Leopold N. [Wikoffs], John Mooney, Joseph E. Asper, James Patterson Jr., Adam Keller, George Brown, John Sener, Alexander McFadden, John Colm Jr.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Jacob Missemer, Simon Meredith, Thomas McFarland, Joseph S. Porter, Abraham Dyer, Abraham Shelly, Samuel S. Grosh, J. B. Shelly, James Barlow, Isaac Shertzer, Jacob R. Long, George W. Porter, James Moore, Levi Ricksecker, Jacob Nissley, Joseph Hougentobler, John Fenstermacher.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.