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 from the Philadelphia Pike to the "Old Road," 1/2 mile from Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp., and 1.5 miles from Greenland, East Lampeter Twp.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Gyger, John; Gillespie, L. W.; [Gillespie, M.]; Ronk, J. P.; Beiler, George; Stauffer, Henry; Johns, Peter; Long, Valentine; Dunlap, John; Brubaker, R. H.; Harr, Jacob R.; Miller, A. M.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Approved.
April term.
3 items, 3 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: January 1864.
Location: On road from the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike to the Strasburg and Millport Turnpike, at Greenland, East Lampeter Twp., at Benjamin Eshleman's Mill.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Signers of petition: John B. Hoar, Jacob Bachman, Gideon Fisher, Benjamin Brackbill, Jonathan Fisher, Samuel B. Fisher, Henry Fisher, Joel L. Lightner, Lemuel Chew, Michael G. Souders, David Kessler, Joseph Dienner, Christian Hess, John G. [Fruland].
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Joel L. Lightner, John Lefever, Josiah Howard, Wendel Holl, Jacob B. Carroles, A. Froelich, William Cosner, Bolden Miller, James C. Howard, Isaac McGowen, Isaac Martin, [J. G. Landes], Benjamin R. Landis, M. McGonigle, Benjamin Buchwalter.
Bond: David Potts, Bolden Miller.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Daniel M. Landis, Benjamin Buchwalter, Martin Denlinger Sr., John L. Denlinger, [Adam] Herr, John Rohrer, Frank Herr, Amos F. Herr, Samuel Curtis, J. B. Diffenbauch, Amos Weaver, John R. Landis, Benjamin Harnish, Amos M. Landis.
Signers of recommendation from Chester and Lancaster Counties: John [Pim], Robert Neely, Anthony Bender, Jeremiah Miller, Edmund [Climenser], Daniel Rank, John R. Binder, Peter [Freshcom], W. W. McConnell, Henry L. McConnell, Joseph Bidden, John D. Criley, Charles Rieker, Edward [Nelems], James McConnell, John Ewing, Hiram Ammon, David Reeser, Lorenzo D. Welsh, William Gabel, James Buchanan, William McConnell, Peter Freshcom, David Ottenkirk, Ephraim [Supler], Abner Ubil, John Miller, John J. Kersey, William Buchanan, C. W. Grush, John Ammon, George Duchman, William S. Shirk, Peter Shirk, [Mathew] Anderson, William [Belson], George Ramsey, [William Barns], Charles A. [Kenndy], George Ax, William H. Given.
Signers of recommendation from East and West Lampeter Twp.: Henry Bear, James Curran, A. C. Diehl, J. Hoffman, John McCallister, H. W. McCallister, B. Ulmer, [T. A. Miller], Phililp Shissler, E. R. Miller, J. M. Roth, William [Steffeline], G. W. Miller, John B. Leaman, John N. Lefever, Daniel Lefever, Henry Doner, Christian Rohrer, George Struble, Martin Struble, Lewis Sprecher, Elias Eby, Samson Price, Jacob Lefever, George Lefever Jr., John Mathiot, John Mich, Aaron Weaver, Adam Lefever, Jacob Burkholder, John Houser, Henry Grubb, Jesse Groff, Daniel Miller, Benjamin R. Landis, Jacob R. Landis, Benjamin K. Groff, John Frank, Bernhard Bolbach, Benjamin Denlinger, Tobias R. Kreider, John B. Clements, John Kreider, Henry K. Diffenbach, Martin J. Denlinger Jr., Daniel D. Girvin, J. C. Dunlap, M. S. Metzger, Henry Layman Jr., John [Garman], David Potts.
Signers of recommendation from East and West Lampeter, and Strasburg: Martin M. Fieles, Abraham Leaman, George Ulmer, Joseph K. Reiff, William Black, John P. Eager, J. S. Rohrer, George B. [Eger], Simon Hess, Aaron Witmer, Frank B. Pinkerton, Emanuel Cassel, Benjamin [Leacker], Abram Leaman Jr., David G. Miller, Daniel Landis, Daniel Sheaffer, Philip Geist, David May, Martin Cassel, Samuel Kurtz, George S. Whitehill, A. T. Myers, Davis [Kimber], William Echternach, Jacob [Grub], Henry S. Miller, John T. Traer, Ephraim c. Deets, Aaron Cassel, Joseph Pinkerton, Henry M. Miller, John M. Krider, [Peter Hures], William G. Bitzer.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: James Murphy, R. H. Brubaker, Jacob R. Harr, Amos Bushong, H. L. [Pickel], James B. Fruland, Valentine Long, A. M. Miller, Jacob Acker, David Groff, J. P. Ronk, B. B. Groff, Henry Hartman Jr., D. N. Landis, Isaac R. Brubaker, James Manahan.
Bond: George D. Sprecher, J. E. Hiester.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: James C. Dunlap, John G. Hood, Andrew M. Frantz, D. Stamm, Peter Diffenbaugh, Joel L. Lightner, H. W. Gara, J. B. Diffenbauch, Christian Erb, Henry Hartman, John M. Frantz, George J. Buckwalter, Peter Johns.
Bond: Joel L. Lightner, George L. Buckwalter.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: William Harkins, Levi Buchwalter, John Landes, Benjamin R. Landis, David Groff, D. Stamm, Henry [Leyman], John Lefever, Abraham Rohrer, Christian Frantz, Levi Landis, Israel Landis.
Bond: Jacob Seldomridge, John Fondersmith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: D. Stamm, David Groff, David N. Landis, Andrew M. Frantz, Abraham Esbenshade, A. M. Miller, Benjamin Beiler, R. H. Brubaker, B. B. Groff, Valentine Long, L. W. Gillespie, James B. Fruland.
Bond: John Gyger, Nathaniel Gillespie.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
