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: Andrew Kauffman, George Bietz, Benjamin Kauffman, John Kauffman, Daniel Musser, Christian Baughman, Martin Kraemer, Daniel Wolff, Abraham Bitner, John Fletcher, William Mitchener, Abraham Charles, George Morry.
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Located on road leading from Lancaster to the town of Manheim, where the road leading from Lititz to Anderson's Ferry crosses.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: John Bauchman, Christian Huber, John Wehn, Christian Steman, John Mouk, Jacob Summy, John Wagner, Christian Summy, John Sprickler, Peter Baughman, Thomis Lynch, Jonathan Foltz, Philip Messenkop.
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Located on road leading from Manheim to the borough of Lancaster, where the road leading from Lititz to Anderson's Ferry crosses, about seven miles from lancaster, three and a half miles from Manheim, three miles from Lititz, and twelve miles from Anderson's Ferry.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Christian Summy, George Dutt, George Doot Jr., David Summy, John Spickler, John Hostetter, Jacob Summy, John Mouk, Peter Grebiel and 3 others.
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Signers of Petition: Andrew Kauffman, Joseph Thormbrough, Jacob Berg, Christian Stauffer Jr., T. S. Wallace, George Bietz, Abraham Bitner, Daniel Musser, John Kauffman, and one more.
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Located in Washington, on the banks of the Susquehanna River.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Andrew Kauffman, Jacob Smith, William Mitchener, Abraham Bitner, John Kauffman, Martin Bremer, Christian Baughman, Isaac Kauffman, John Stauffer, Joseph Charles, George Bietz, Joseph Thormbrough, Henry Carpenter Jr., and one other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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