Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Location: On public road which intersects public road from New Texas, Fulton Twp., to Rising Sun, Maryland, and intersects public road from Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp., to Rock Springs, Maryland.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 11 pieces
Additional Notes
Court term: November 1916.
Location: On public road which intersects public road from New Texas, Fulton Twp., to Rising Sun, Maryland, and intersects public road from Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp., to Rock Springs, Maryland.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Petition for continuance.
Order and report of viewers.
3 items, 12 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Abner Brown, Elias Penington, James Porter, John Findley, John Kennedy, James McSparran, Philip M. Maxwell, A. J. McConkey, J. M. Bicknell, H. M. McSparran, Lawrence Hipple, Isaac W. Towson, Samuel Wicks, Edward Wicks.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Joseph Smedley Jr., Abner Brown, Elias Penington, James Porter, Samuel Wicks, John Findley, Joseph C. Stubbs, Isaac W. Towson, James McSparran, S. W. P. Boyd, J. Morris Jackson, Samuel W. Scott, Jacob Kreider, Stephen Brown, J. Brown Jr., J. H. Clendenin, James McCall, John Riley, George Warden Jr.
Signers of petition: duplicate signatures for eating house petition.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: S. W. P. Boyd, William C. Glasgon, George Warden Jr., William F. Jenkins, Benjamin Passmore, Gilbert Maxwell, Elias Penington, George H. Hewes, John Findley, Philip M. Maxwell, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown, J. Brown Jr., Joseph C. Stubbs, J. H. Clendenin.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: S. D. McConkey, Oliver Caldwell, William A. Louson, John C. Walton, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown, G. W. Whitaker, James McSparran, Benjamin Brooks, Joseph Woodwards, Henry Harner, John Findley, Philip Maxwell, William G. Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Ebenezer Killough, David Jenkins, Philip Maxwell, John C. Walton, Abner Brown, Elias Penington, Jacob Kreider, S. D. McConkey, Oliver Caldwell, Allen S. Steele, Lawrence Hipple, James McSparran, John Findley, Samuel Wicks.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Isaac S. Webster, S. W. P. Boyd, E. E. Woodward, Oliver Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, W. O. Glasgon, Lawrence Hipple, John C. Walton, Edwin Garrett, Slater Brown, Jesse [Poteel], N. W. Thompson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: S. W. P. Boyd, Lawrence Hipple, John Kennedy, Oliver Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown, William G. Hess, Isaac S. Webster, Slater Brown, N. W. Thompson, Edwin Garrett.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: J. B. Stubbs, John Findley, Washington Whitaker, James McSparran, Elias Penington, John Webster, Abner Brown, John M. Cauffman, C. C. Cauffman, Isaac S. Webster, Samuel Wicks, Samuel Hess, William Arnold, Benjamin Brook, George H. Hewes.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the public road from Lancaster to Port Deposit, Conowingo, etc.
April term.
Signers of petition: John C. Walton, Jeremiah Kirk, Jeremiah B. Haines, J. Morris Jackson, George H. Hewes, Samuel Hess, Jeremiah Brown Jr., John Findley, Abner Brown, Samuel Wicks, John Webster, James McSparran, James Porter, Thomas S. Hoopes.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Slater Brown, S. W. P. Boyd, John Kennedy, Jeremiah Kirk, John C. Walton, S. D. McConkey, Isaac S. Webster, Elias Penington, Jeremiah Brown, Christian Gryder, Thomas M. Gryder, Samuel Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: S. W. P. Boyd, Jeremiah Kirk, John C. Walton, John Kennedy, John Riley, Slater Brown, Elias Penington, Jeremiah Brown, Isaac S. Webster, Christian Gryder, Thomas M. Gryder, Samuel Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the road from Lancaster to Port Deposit and also from Peach Bottom to Wilmington and Elkton.
April term.
Signers of petition: John C. Walton, Jeremiah Kirk, Isaac S. Webster, Abner Brown, J. Morris Jackson, Slater Brown, Joseph C. Stubbs, John Webster, [ ] Scott, John Findley, Jacob Kreider, James McSparran, Samuel Hess, S. W. P. Boyd.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the raod from Lancaster to Port Deposit., also form Peach Bottom ferry to Wilmington, West Chester, Elkton, etc.
April term.
Signers of petition: John C. Walton, John Webster, John Findley, Samuel Hess, [Jesse Poteit], James Porter, Gilbert Maxwell, James McSparran, Abner Brown, Slater Brown, George Warden Jr., John B. Pennington, Stephen Brown.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the road from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
April term.
Signers of petition: Thomas Hoopes, David Jenkins, Jeremiah Kirk, J. Morris Jackson, John Rily, Henry Carter, John Webster, Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown, William Cook, Samuel Wood, Jeremiah Haines.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the road from Lancaster to Port Deposit, Elkton and Wilmington.
April term.
Signers of petition: Samuel Wicks, John Findley, Henry McVey, William Hutton, Isaac S. Webster, David Lee, Jacob Kreider, James McSparran, Jeremiah Kirk, Merrit Smith, Abner Brown, John Riley, Thomas Hoops, Samuel E. Fairlamb.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
