Signers of Petition: Jasper Slaymaker, Philip Gossler, C. Breneman, Jacob Gossler, James Wright Jr., Charles Odell, Charles Wright, Jacob Jameson, [unknown signature].
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Located in New Holland at fork of the road to Philadelphia and Strasburg.
Petition not granted.
August term.
Signers of Petition: Henry [Crise], William Smith, Daniel Miller, Philip Brubaker, [name in German], John Boehman, John Miller, Archibald McNeal, George Miller, [A. Musser], John Spies, John Hamilton.
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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. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Signers of Petition: John Briggs, George Ziegler, [Evan] Green, Samuel McKean, John Gonter Jr., James Clyde, Christian Haldeman, Peter Haldeman, Robert W. Houston, John Barber.
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Formerly occupied by Isaac Vaughen and Henry Brubaker.
Petition allowed.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Haldeman, Michael Elder, Robert B. Wright, Robert Spear, James Wright Jr., George Baldwin, John Wright, Robert W. Houston, Jacob Jameson, George Beatty, Isaac Vaughen.
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Located in village of New Holland on public road from Strasburg intersects the Horseshoe turnpike.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [ ] Messer, Samuel Baker, Henry Crise, James Mayers, [signature in German], [signature in German], Henry Summey, Martin Sheaffer, Peter Kling, Samuel Shiffer, Jacob Ebey, Samuel Seldomridge, [signature in German], Jacob Miller, Henry Wolf, [unknown signature], Michael Diffenderfer, John Sheaffer, Joseph Jones, Philip Brubaker, John Miller, John Hamilton, Nathaniel Rutter, John Lightner.
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