This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Located on the Susquehanna, near Galbraith's Landing and just below the Conewago Falls.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wolfley, Jacob Gisch, George Wolfley, Jonathan Hough, Joseph Attwood, George Shocker, William White, Christian Reesor, Charles Wede, John Hough, John B. Haldeman, Terah Jones, and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the turnpike road from Elizabethtown to Falmouth.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wolfley, George Shocker, George Wolfley, Jacob Wolfley, A. C. Price, Joseph Attwood, William White, Michael Coble, John Willet, George Wisler, Frederick Byrod, Hugh Speer, and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
