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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2322ea30-1e38-4718-99ca-295318301242
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1809 F055 QS
Date Range
1809/08
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1809/08
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Weirich, Christopher
Dewees, Paul
Rohrer, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: gambling
Hanover, York County
McAlister's Town, York County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1809 F055 QS
Additional Notes
Late of McAlister's Town, York County.
Recognizance, charged with gambling.
Additional names: Paul Dewees, Christian Rohrer.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Bond, Legal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/188874a3-7b90-44ec-a0f3-300920963352
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Date Range
1808/08
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Date Range
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Burkholder, Christopher
Patterson, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: stealing
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Susquehanna River
York County, Pennsylvania
Place
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Thomas Patterson.
Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9ca37723-4a18-4f2e-98cb-218712942310
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
DEC 1801 F002 QS
Date Range
1801/12
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1801/12
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Adams, Richard
Clark, Elizabeth
Clark, Samuel
Fisher, George
Clendenin, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Cecil County, Maryland
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Cecil County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
DEC 1801 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with threatening Elizabeth Clark, wife of Samuel Clark of Chester County.
Additional names: George Fisher, James Clendenin.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c97d09e8-8627-4eff-b822-052953443498
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
DEC 1801 F003 QS
Date Range
1801/12
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1801/12
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Adams, Richard
Clark, Samuel
Fisher, George
Clendenin, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Cecil County, Maryland
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Cecil County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
DEC 1801 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with threatening Samuel Clark of Chester County.
Additional names: George Fisher, James Clendenin.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/597f1d2d-d074-4f62-ace1-764041374191
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Date Range
1806/08
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1806/08
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Dickson, William
Davis, Methuselah
Kirkpatrick, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: libel
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Printers
Newspapers
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Additional Notes
Occupation: Printer of the Intellinger and Weekly Advertiser.
Recognizance, charged with libel by Methuselah Davis, Representative of Chester County, Pennsylvania State Legislature.
Additional name: William Kirkpatrick.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/129ac988-61df-4bc7-a6ee-428533539591
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1807 F024 QS
Date Range
1807/04
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1807/04
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hiebner, George
Murphy, Francis
Carr, Moses
Kline, Jacob
Keiss, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: larceny
Examinations
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Place
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1807 F024 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with larceny, confessed.
Examination of defendant.
Additional names: Francis Murphy, Moses Carr, Jacob Kline, Jacob Keiss.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2029a757-4a21-4c40-a745-206332963933
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1808 F008 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Peck, John
Weaver, Adam
McIlhenny, Alexander
Duncan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Persons of color
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Recognizance
Charge: theft
Examinations
Letters
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1808 F008 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Late of Gettysburg, Adams County.
Recognizance, charged with theft by Alexander McIlhenny.
Examination of Alexander McIlhenny.
Letter from James Duncan.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/279e2c07-fc02-483b-a567-079420509509
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1809 F006 QS
Date Range
1809/04
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1809/04
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Huston, John
Black, John
Moore, Samuel B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: harboring an apprentice
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Apprentices
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1809 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with harboring John Huston, apprentice to John Black of Chester County.
Additional name: Samuel B. Moore.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/042174be-ce1f-4e9f-a54a-971485194661
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1809 F005 QS
Date Range
1809/11
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1809/11
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Dunbar, Isaac
Erisman, Daniel
Erisman, John
Harkless, James
Harkless, James Jr.
Hurdow, John
Kann, Christina
Kann, Henry
Longenecker, John
Paines, Glasgow
Sharer, John
Shepler, William
Swenk, John
Tobias
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: assault and battery with intent to kill
Charge: assault and battery with intent to rob
Depositions
Examinations
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1809 F005 QS
Notes
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Additional Notes
African-American.
Also: James Harkless, pilot from Middletown; Tobias.
Recognizance, suspicion of assault and battery on John Swenk, with intent to kill and rob.
Recognizance, suspicion of robbing John Erisman.
Depositions and examinations of Glasgow Paines, Henry Kann, Christina Kann, Isaac Dunbar, William Shepler, John Hurdow, Daniel Erisman, John Longenecker, John Sharer, John Swenk.
14 items, 14 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/55dee4e5-8777-41f4-bc6e-395372823829
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1805 F008 QS
Date Range
1805/04
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1805/04
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Lindersmith, George
Bevins, Wilder
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Commitment papers
Lancaster County Almshouse
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1805 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance.
Commitment.
Additional name: Wilder Bevins, manager of the Poor House.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5f593007-9fc1-4a08-a738-913960293216
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Date Range
1805/05
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1805/05
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McHarry, Samuel
Patterson, William
Lefever, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
West Chester, Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of a recognizance from West Chester, Chester County.
Defendant charged with assault and battery on William Patterson.
Additional name: Samuel Lefever.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ca25e7af-dcd3-44b2-bc00-342442764292
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1806 F010 QS
Date Range
1806/05
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1806/05
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Young, Thomas
Dubourg, Michael
Crawford, John
Kraft, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: stealing
Charge: horse stealing
Shippensburg, Cumberland County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1806 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with stealing a horse, saddle, bridle, the property of Michael Dubourg.
Recognizance of John Crawford to testify.
Additional name: George Kraft.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/43af826e-09cc-4851-a826-276303471340
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1801 F013 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Dunlap, Robert
Sterrett, Marjary
Wallace, John
Glasgow, Samuel
Allison, Francis
Meharry, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault with intent to ravish
West Chester, Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1801 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault with attempt to ravish Marjary Sterrett.
Case from West Chester, Chester County.
Additional names: John Wallace, Samuel Glasgow, Francis Allison, Samuel Meharry.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d7e18609-fe78-4238-a430-871507209520
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Date Range
1807/08
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1807/08
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Peltz, John
Maria, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Maria
Bevan, Davis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Warrants
Servants
Indentured servants
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Charge: enticement
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of warrant, charged with enticing Elizabeth Maria, indented servant of Davis Bevan, Chester County.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b06d01a8-bd6b-4bb9-9afe-208933317980
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F005 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wernon, John
Swartz, Conrad
Merckel, Jacob
Fordney, Jacob
Merckel, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: suspicion of theft
Examinations
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F005 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with suspicion of stealing money from Conrad Swartz's shop.
Examination.
Additional names: Jacob Merckel, Jacob Fordney, Henry Merckel.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b373f7cb-90b1-4299-9e08-135329445150
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F006 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Mehaffey, James
Fauller, Esther
Morey, Charles
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Donegal Twp.
Place
Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy on Esther Fauller.
Additional name: Charles Morey.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/62dfb78d-68f4-49d4-b461-494847358813
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F008 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Snyder, John
Weaver, Elizabeth
Creek, Philip
Sheaffer, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy on Elizabeth Weaver.
Additional names: Philip Creek, Christian Sheaffer.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9f7d72f4-6eda-43ed-a3a4-127504326210
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F009 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Torbitt, Samuel
Torbitt, Mary
Lowry, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault and threatening to kill his wife Mary Torbitt.
Additional name: William Lowry.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b16cf7b7-12c0-4d49-92bf-048530037049
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F010 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Cunningham, Constantine
Willson, Hughy
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: surety of the peace
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged for surety and fornication and bastardy.
Additional name: Hughy Willson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a45da6b2-390f-412e-a81f-938266471824
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1804 F011 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
McGinnis, Arthur
Hughes, Patrick
Ferree, William
McGroderty, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1804 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Patrick Hughes.
Additional names: William Ferree, John McGroderty.
1 item, 1 piece
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