The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: Peter Haldeman, James Long, Richard Derrick, John Harnes, Michael Strein, Henry Sourbeer, B. Haldeman, Jacob Luttman, Samuel Harmes, Isaac Vaughen, Henry D. Eagle, George C. Lloyd.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of petition: Benjamin Bretz, Anthony Garver, David McNeely Jr., Thomas McFarland, James Laird, William Barlow, Isaac Hershey, William Walmer, Samuel Johnson, Daniel B. Lindemuth, George M. Woods, Samuel Ehrman, Robert Dysart, Jacob Hahnlen.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Heistand, James Hendrickson, Robert Dysart, Jacob Hahnlen, William Barlow, W. Bomberger, Anthony Garver, Thomas McFarland, Isaac Hershey, Samuel Ehrman, David McNeely Jr., Sampson Reese, Edward E. Royer.
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Signers of petition: Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, Robert Spear, John E. Collins, Joseph J. Strickler, J. C. Pfahler, Jonas Rumple, Conrad Swartz, Joshua Vaughen, George C. Lloyd, Isaac Vaughen, Henry Pfahler, Francis Bradley, John Vaughen.
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Signers of petition: Robert Spear, Michael Wisler Jr., Joseph Tyson, Thomas White, George C. Lloyd, Peter Haldeman, Henry Brimmer, James Collins, J. W. Cottrell, John F. Houston, John E. Collins, William Brimmer.
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Signers of petition: Augustus Hayes, Robert Dysart, David McNeely Jr., Jacob Hiestand, Robert Richardson, John Beaird Jr., Christian Brown, Jacob Earhart, Samuel Bomberger, Andrew Tanger, Jacob Reitzel, Jacob Hahnlen, [Jacob] R. Long, Henry Bishop.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, James Patterson, Samuel S. Patterson, Adam Keller, Henry S. Myers, John [Server], James Donaghy, S. C. Pinkerton, Edmund F. Witmer, Thomas F. Hallowell, Jacob Stauffer, Thomas R. Law, Joseph H. Fergison, Robert McFadden, Henry Bender, Samuel Minichan, William Brady, Jacob P. Brady, David Brady Jr., DavidW. Grisinger, Christian Martin, George S. Brady, George Miller, Alexander McFadden, John Mooney, Jacob Waltman, John Shoff, Jacob Mooney, J. Miller, DAvid H. Stoner, David McNeely Sr., John Strickler, Samuel Strickler, Louis [Kradycamp], Samuel Straub, J. E. Cassell, John Kreiner, William Bretz, Joel Hallowell, Harmon Loomis, Frederick Hubley, [ ] K. Hendrickson, Samuel Dyers, Thomas W. [Macfall], David Strickler, Emanuel Cassel, H. H. Waltman, Joseph Donavan, James Achterman, Jacob Guyer, James Woods, A. Frey, Conrad Bartel, Peter Eshelman, Edward McCreery, John Zook.
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Signers of petition: Henry Shenck, C. J. Heistand, Samuel Bomberger, Henry Mouk, James H. Missemer, Jacob Breneman, John Martin, Daniel Grosh, [signature in German], Charles Lehner, samuel Hopkins, William Trimmer, Edward E. Royer, Augustus Hayes, Patrick C. Doyle, Robert Richardson, Samuel Cohick, Abraham Brubacher, John D. Peck, Jacob Bowman, John S. Shenck, Abraham Galbaugh, John Stump, John R. Ackes, Edward Fitzgerald, John Breneman, J. B. [Hougendobler], John Funk, John Frazer, Samuel Johnson, Martin [Beiler], Abraham Greiner, Jesse Schauer, James W. [Loraine], E. S. Loomis, James McCarron, William Cameron, Robert Dysart, Jacob Swar, John B. Myers, Simon Meredith, Isaac Hershey, David Horst, Henry Bishop, Jacob Lindamuth Jr., James [Donocho], Ambrose Shrode, Joseph Black, George Mengle, Christian Buckwalter, Philip Royer, Henry S. Shenck, Jacob Hershey, Michael Hostetter, [unknown signature], [ ] Hollinger, Samuel Brooks, Abraham Shelly, Jacob Blymire, David Buchter, Joseph Eckstein, John Hershey, George Shenck, George Lorah, George A. Moore, John Shenk, Jacob Zook, John Good, John Clark, John Meades, Henry W. [Gantz], Abraham H. Geiter, John Nauman, Stephen Grisinger, John Minnich, Henry Shrite, Michael Gormely, Jonas H. Mumma, [signature in German], Joseph Detwiler, Jacob G. Diffenderfer, [signature in German], Joseph Nissly, Jacob Kaufman, Jacob Hamaker, A. S. Hackman, John Rayman, Henry Keller, Neil Mulloy, William Greenawalt, William Gray, David [Darlington], John M. Bond, Felix Bradley, John [Flicker], Paul Black, Joseph Detweiler, Andrew Leader, John Fenstermacher, John Gistweid, Jacob Coppenheffer, Nicholas M. Peck, James Hamilton, [ ] Eagle, John Newcomer, H. R. Musser, John Barr, Abraham Cassel, John Auxer, James Stackhouse, John Miller, David Roland, Jacob Snyder, Peter E. Lindemuth, William M. Sailor, Henry Kolp, Andrew Myers, John H. Kline, John Mullen, John Mouk, George M. Bowman, Jacob Heistand, Samuel Horst, Samuel L. Hughes Jr., Thomas Samuel, Bernard [Mulhatlen], [ ] Hammond, Samuel Meckley, Michael Moore, Benjamin Bishop, Elias H. Baughman, Jacob Bosler, Lewis Stone, Jacob Sholl, George W. [Blaton], J. C. Neff, David Brandt Jr., George Shuman, Benjamin Bretz, John Ream, John Mouse, W. McNeel, David McNeely Jr., John [Beurit] Jr., Jacob Hahnlen, David Spickler, Jacob Funk, Hugh Dougherty, Andrew Tanger, Michael Kelly, Lewis Hahnlen, John [Kurtz], Samuel Shirk, John [Halboll], Samuel Baker, Jacob L. Nagle, Benjamin Flory, Benjamin Stehman, Christian H. Nissly, Benjamin Myer, Nathaniel Watson, Hugh P. Lytle, Christian Brown, James Gormley, Jacob Landes, Daniel Hoffmer, J. M. Miller, George W. McBride, Joseph Good, George G. Gamber, Henry Bruckart, Henry McCullough, John Nissley, William Stewart, Joseph Lytle Jr., Robert [Morman], Samuel L. Kolp, Benjamin Remick, Jacob Dyer, Charles [Malhorn], John [Blymire], John Trout, David Keller, John Smith, John Hamilton, Christian Shelly, John W. Clark, Isaac Stickler, John Marguart, Jacob Hackman, Isaiah Stehley, Abraham N. Breneman, James [McGillian], Jacob Zigler, Benjamin Grosh, James Moore, Jacob Gamber, Jacob Nissley, George Boyer, J. D. Heistand, Michael Horst, [unknown signature], John Alleman, Charles Shelon, Samuel D. Anderson, Benjamin Breneman, Emanuel Warner, William Henery, Christian E. Hershey, George Roland, Edward McGrau, John Heiney, John [Gosler], Sem Brubacker, Abraham Hershy Jr., Jacob Snyder, Jacob Musselman, Frederick Hipple, Jonathan Bond, John Kauffman, John Nissly, William Thatcher, Loyd Wright, Alexander D. Reese, Aaron Shollar, John E. [Dobles], Jacob Earhart, Christian Greider, David Cassel Jr., Peter Keesey, P. L. Etter, Charles A. Brady, William Huston, [ ] Montgomery, Jacob Shireman, Jacob Rigler, David Leib, Samuel Snyder, John Brown, John Guston, John P. Bowman, Henry Breneman, Christian Heistand, Christian Good, John Alspach.
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Signers of petition: Henry Haldeman, James Patton, John Shank, Christian Wealand, Jacob Redsecker, A. Greenawalt, D. Bryan, John Foltz, John Welsh, Henry Smith, Abraham Redsecker, [ ] Huber, James Wilson, Michael Fitch, Charles A. Dolson, John Keifhaber, Edward [Seylor], Isaac Bauman John Kelly, [Jacob Saylor], John Watson Jr., Samuel Peck Jr., Richard Heilig, George [Peirer], Jacob Reidenbach, John Lynch, Christian Cohick, John K. Fidler, John Forney, A. W. [Denison], John Hostetter, Emanuel B. Kauffman, Andrew Bear, Georg Kaler, Stephen Gamble, William Barlow, Martin Nissly, Abraham Cassel, John Barnet, Michael Kauffman, C. F. Muenck, John Rost, George W. Porter, Daniel Balmer, Henry Myers, George B. [Schminky], Henry Frank, William Diffenderfer, Charles H. Roeting, Christian Hoffman, Henry E. Bear, Isaac Redsecker, Andrew Wade, John Gross, George Byrod, Michael [Coblson], John R. Barr, George Shreiner, Henry McDonell, Henry M. Brenneman, Charles Ebbecke, P. H. Haag, [J. Houseal], Lewis Fite, Conard Hoster, Henry Sherbahn, John Hershey, Samuel Naylor, David Cassel Jr., [signature in German], Samuel Bracht, William Green, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob [Darner], John M. [Good], John Dougherty, Charles Gillespie, Samuel H. Straup, Jacob Lichty, Benjamin Eisenberger, Abraham M. Kaufman, Jacob Foust, John Rohrer, Hugh Fitzpatrick.
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Signers of petition: Mrs R. Brown, Martha Buchter, R. J. Patterson, J. F. Witmer, J. A. [Remey], M. Sterrett, C. Blansinger, R. A. Barclay, Mrs. Frenchdenmacher, Rebecca Parkinson, Mary Ann Patterson, E. W. Griffith, Mrs. Sheller, S. L. Griffith, E. Waltman, S. Lehman, Fanny [Stirgess], C. Myers, Nancy Eberly, Hetty Myers, Jane Raymon, Fanny Myers, Eliza Myers, Hetty Zell, Mary Stoner, Sarah Uhrich, Susan Trimble, Mary [Server], Rebecca D. Miller, Margaret Sullivan, M. A. Stauffer, Catharine Sullivan, Isabella McNeely, Ruth Law, [ ] A. Bender, Amanda Law, S. Shartzer, B. Earhart, C. Brady, E. Brady, M. C. Brady, Mrs. Sheilds, A. Brady, J. Johnson, A. Brady, Mary McNeely, Mrs. Kolp, Ann Mullin, Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Furgeson, Mrs. [Sherborne], Ann Hays, Mrs. Hays, Susan Mooney, Elisabeth Alspach, Ann Alspach, Hannah Clark, Nancy Madden, Elizabeth Bartels, Martha Earhart, Charlotte Geissinger, Susannah Myers, Mrs. Myers, Rebecca Willawer, Sarah [Sloken], Francis Bosler, Elizabeth Bosler, Leah Martin, Elizabeth Kolp, Mrs. Kolp, Mrs, Staman, Elizabeth Staman, Mrs. Mateer, Elizabeth Mateer, Barbara Mateer, Mrs. McNeel, Mrs. Stoner, Catharine Hubley, Margaretta Blansinger, Mrs. Cline, Mrs. Buchmyers, Ann Nauman, Mrs. Shafer, Elizabeth Arthur, Mrs. Patterson, Susan Willis, Sarah Willis, Elizabeth Huber, Fanny Willis, Mary Shup, Susan J. Woods, Margaret Horner, Elizabeth Alsbaugh, Sarah D. Hubley, Catharine Sheller, Mary Warner, E. T. Miller, C. M. Loomis, B. A. Patterson, P. E. Patterson, Mary Hendrickson, Mrs. Donahan, Sarah Forney, Susan A. Hartman, Sarah Hartman, Cristiann Kriner, J. Henry, Mary J. Dyer, E. B. Sterrit, M. Zook, Rebecca Zook, Mary Ann Zook, Anna B. Garber, Ann M. Raudibaugh, S. M. Patterson, A. Stockhous, Mary Patterson, Ann C. [McJimsey], Martha L. Flory, Catharine Flory, Mrs. Flory, Lydia Kover, Sarah Herr, Helen Waltman, Ann Defenderfer, Barbara Donaghy, Mary Shroff, Hetty Kreiner, Catharine Watts, Martha Ackterman, Nancey Ackterman, Sarah Ackterman, Mary Johns, Eliza Hershey, Nancy McFadden, Margaret Wagner, Catharine Hackard, Elizabeth McCreary, Elizabeth McFarland, Rebecca M. McFadden, Sarah Ann Knight, Sarah Buchanan, Mary Simpson, Mrs. Way, Mrs. Keaner, Mrs. Mineghan, Mary A. Martin, Ann Witwer, Sarah E. Maurer, Mary Ann Miles, Catherine [Monteer], Mary Eshleman, Susanna Remmig, J. Remmig, Mary Ann Davis.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Samuel Ehrman, W. McNeel, Philip Royer, Jacob Hahnlen, John Kolp, Abraham Dyer, Jacob Earhart, John Leib, John Nauman, Benjamin Stehman, Jacob Uhrich, H. Musselman.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Samuel Ehrman, W. McNeel, Philip Boyer, Jacob Hahnlen, John Kolp, Abraham Dyer, Jacob Earhart, John Leib, John Nauman, Benjamin Stehman, Jacob Uhrich, H. Musselman.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Jacob Earhart, Jacob Hahnlen, John Boyce, [signature in German], [ ] Uhrich, Levi Ricksecker, John L. Long, Solomon [missing document], Josiah Fisher, Jacob Heistand, John Kolp, Philip Royer.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Isaac Hershey, Adam [Greiner], Jacob E. Kreybill, W. McNeel, John Patterson, Joseph Hougentobler, Abraham Greiner, Philip Royer, Robert Dysart, S. Lindemuth, John Kolp, Daniel A. Balmer, Jacob Heistand, Jacob Hahnlen, John Leib, Samuel [Yetter], Jacob Earhart.
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