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.
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: J. Jefferies, Philip Swartsmelder, Jacob Forney, James Clyde, Michael Musselman, Joel Lightner Jr., M. W. Sample Jr., Leonard [Aunenter], David Witmer Jr., Amos Slaymaker.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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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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Signers of Petition: Thomas [Lloyd], Jacob Forney, [signature in German], Henry Martin, Robert Barber, Peter Levengood, John Brown, Thomas Little, Richard Derrick, George C. Lloyd, David Fondersmith.
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Located on Front Street between Locust and Union Streets.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Haldeman, C. Breneman, Jacob Strickler, Michael Elder, John Evans, Evan Green, Samuel McKean, John Haldeman, Robert Magill, [signature in German], Thomas [Lloyd], J. Jefferies, George Ziegler, Michael Strein, Philip Swartswelder.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: F. Lowber, Jacob Jameson, Christian Haldeman, John Barber, Robert W. Houston, Frederick Eberlin, Michael Way, Peter [E. ], James Sweeney, John Haldeman, S. Houston, Peter Haldeman, Jacob Gossler, C. Breneman, John Gonter Jr., Samuel Eberlein, Amos H. Slaymaker.
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Signers of Petition: James Boyd, John Ziegler, James Sweeney, John McMullen Jr., John Roxbury, George Houck, Henry Welch, Jacob Forrey, Robert Magill, David Fondersmith, George Eberlein, James Collins, John Swartz, Ezekiel Cook, Thomas Groom, Isaac Vaughen, Henry Brubaker, [S.] Clarke, John Brown, Amos H. Slaymaker, John Gonter Jr., Frederick Eberlein, Jacob Stump, J. Jefferies, [ ] Donald, Abraham Harris, Thomas Grifffith, Andrew Sites, Henry Myers, Jonathan Dean, Daniel McLang Jr., George Peters, Robert Barber, Thomas [Lloyd], Robert Spear, James Wright, [S.] Houston, Jacob Gossler, John Barber, Christian Haldeman, Peter Haldeman, [unknown signature].
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Jasper Slaymaker, Philip Gossler, C. Breneman, Jacob Gossler, James Wright Jr., Charles Odell, Charles Wright, Jacob Jameson, [unknown signature].
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: [unknown signature], Henry Myers, C. Breneman, Philip Gossler, Christian Haldeman, John Barber, George Eberman, Samuel Eberlein, Thomas Griffith, [name in German].
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Signers of Petition: John Haldeman, Stephen Boyer (with a adjoining statement), Thomas [Wolf], Thomas Little, Philip [Suertsute], Henry Martin, Jacob Heller, George Mason, James Little, John Andrews, H. McCorkle, John McKissick Jr., William F. Houston, Moses Whitson, William Beatty, John McKissick, Daniel McCane, Henry F. Slaymaker, E. Green, Samuel McKean, Michael Elder, James Clyde.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: [Thomas Wolf], Thomas Little, William Green, [ ] Slaymaker, Robert Spear, C. Breneman, Philip Gossler, Henry Brubaker, William [Quould], William Wright, Jeremiah Brown, William Martin, Anthony Ellmaker, William Houston, Ezekiel Cook, Michael Elder, Abraham Bruner, John Cooper, Israel Cooper, James Given.
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Signers of Petition: Michael Beissly, Peter Robinson, [name in German], James Hunter, George Albright Jr., George Ludwick, Robert Spear, [name in German], James Clark, John [Hess].
1 Item, 1 Piece
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