Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.
Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
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Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
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Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
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Located about 1 mile from Lancaster on the Marietta Turnpike.
Formerly owned by Mr. Passmore.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Passmore, Leonard Eichholtz, Levi Rogers, Henry Pinkerton, John Light, Nathaniel Lightner, Jacob Graeff, C. Hagen, Mathew McKelly, William C. Frazer, Phillip Messenkop, John Miller.
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Signers of Petition: John Summy, Christian Metz, Samuel McKinney, David Rinehart, J. [Ferris], Jacob Graybill, Joshua Ring, [signature in German], Samuel Huston, John Heckrotte, Samuel Ensminger, John Bartruff.
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Located about 3 miles from Lancaster on the Port Deposit and Peach Bottom road.
Lately occupied by Mr. Wise & later Mr. Kline.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Forrer, Martin Forrer, [signature in German], Samuel Rohrer, Henry Strohm, Jacob Rohrer, [signature in German], Benjamin Mylin, George Meck, [signature in German], Henry Klinton, John Rohrer, William Haines, Benjamin Bare, Martin Meylin, Jacob [Shultz], John Mylin, Jacob [Dintnary], [signature in German], Jacob Fell, [signature in German], John Getz, Martin Miller, Jacob Grider, Christ Snavely, George Rotroff, Leonard Eichholtz, Martin Light, Robert Elliot, Martin Herr, Jacob [H. ].
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Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim.
Formerly occupied by Mr. Franck.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: David Mayer, Jacob Myer Jr., John Kauffman, Christian Brubaker, [signature in German], [signature in German], W. B. Ross, Joseph Hartman, Adam Guiesinger, George Guiesinger, Isaac Ringwalt, John Graff, Matthias Brooke, John Witmer, David Rohrer, Emanuel Gibble, David Stamm, Abraham Landis, Jacob Rathfon, Philip Mosher, George Biegler, Christian Stoner.
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Located on Old Philadelphia Pike about 13 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: David Brisben, John Rutter, Christian Hess, James Buyers, Hathorn Freeland, Andrew Caldwell, William P. Caldwell, Nathaniel Ellmaker, E. E. Ellmaker, Samuel Ringwalt, George Ellmaker, Christian Sharp. Christian Hurst, George B. Markly, Adam Bare.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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