Signers of petition: Hanson Jacobs, Lot Rogers, James H. Jacobs, Jacob Albright, Samuel Stahle, George Bailey, [Jonathan Louis], David Evans, John Effman, Edwert Clemson, Samuel [Louis], William [Louis], Davis Miller, William [Cutshall], William Yost, Joseph Yost, Jacob Northhamer, Thomas McCormick, Daniel Buckwalter, David Buckwalter, Daniel Old, John Wallace, Cornelis York, George Old, Francis Glaspy, William [Jenston] George [Cox], Elesander Mordeck, William Wickersham, John Tripple, Michael Waithneght, John Stephen, James Ewing, George Millar, Thomas Bailey, Edward Davies, John Cremer, Henry Yost, Jacob Wonderly, Jacob [Kinchelser], Benjamin Griffith, Andrew Weiler, David Weiler Jr., William Donel, Andrew [Soward], Conrad [Frankfot], Mailor Towsen, Joel Kauffman, Peter H. Roland, Charles [Jamison], Anthony Bender, J. Gaster, John Gordon, John Becherd, Setch Buckalter, George Spar, John Miller, Levi Smith.
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Signers of petition: Adam McConnel, John A. Moore, John Cramer, Samuel [Meard], James Benson, Stephen Wiggins, John R. Barclay, Robert Barclay, [unknown signature], Benjamin Miller, John Clark, Joseph Engles, George W. Smithson, James Kelly.
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Signers of petition: John R. Barclay, Eli McCardle, Joseph Harner, [unknown signature], Robert Barclay, David Cully, David W. Scott, Frederick Shoff, [unknown signature], John Clark, Valentine Creamer, Abraham Harr, G. W. Smithson.
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Located on the Philadelphia and Harrisburg turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: James Hammond, Andrew Weiler, David Styer, Jacob Sandoe, Thomas McCormick, James H. Jacobs, William Wickersham, C. T. Wallace, John Gordon, Francis Gillespie, John Beckard, E. D. White, Joseph Spotts, Daniel Old.
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Signers of petition: David Styer, Lot Rogers, Thomas McCormick, C. A. [Hemey], E. D. White, John Yohn, George Miller Sr., George Miller, David Evans, William Kurtz, James [Quaintane], Christian Lichty, Joseph Horst, Abraham [Dierdorf], Peter Boffemmeyer, John McCormick, Jacob Axe.
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Signers of petition: Hugh S. Long, J. Snavely, Christopher M. Hess, Joseph Long, J. S. Jordan, Elias Hess, William Smith, Samuel Fagan, Alexander Holton, Nathaniel Mayer, S. B. [ ], H. E. Raub, G. W. Fagan, Thomas S. Wilson, Samuel Kuhn, Cyrus Charles.
Bond: Benjamin Miller, James Collins.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, Archibald Warren, Amos Bowman, John Dinkelberg, Henry Hersh, Jay Cadwell, Philip Ginder, Abraham Gibbs, John Schleich, S. W. P. Boyd, William Hensel, Amos S. Henderson.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Transfer of license granted to Samuel McCallister.
Bond: John H. Miller, Benjamin Miller.
Second Bond: John H. Miller, D. W. Harnish.
Signers of petition: William Gumpf, C. Widmyer, James Coyle, E. E. Demuth, A. R. Barr, [unknown signature], James H. Barnes, John Deaner, George Brimmer, Thaddeus Stevens, Hiester M. Messenkop, Peter G. Eberman Jr., C. J. Plitt.
Signers of second petition: C. Widmyer, [unknown signature], Jacob King, Christ Homp, James H. Barnes, Michael Triples, David Bair, H. Gara, Henry Garrecht, Philip Snyder, [ ] Locher, Frederick Miller, E. E. Demuth.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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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: John McCamant, John Hertzler, Andrew Weiler, William Smith, Thomas McCormick, Elisha Squibb, Hanson B. Jacobs, John Carson, Lot Rogers, Jesse March, George Miller, Evan Rogers, James H. Jacobs, George Valentine, William Williamson, Jacob [Ore].
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Signers of petition: Henderson, Amos S.; Reed, John K.; Fondersmith, John; Swope, Zuriel; Gibbs, Abraham; Ginder, Philip; Sides, Amos; Warren, Archibald; McCort, Daniel; Boyd, S. W. P.; Baker, Philip S.; King, George P.
April term.
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Signers of petition: John Gordon, David Weiler Sr., James H. Jacobs, Peter Koch, Thomas McCormick, Thomas J. McMichael, Cyrus H. Jacobs, Lot Rogers, Edward S. Davies, Jacob Shirk, Hanson B. Jacobs, James P. Davies, [unknown signature], George Prigg, William Ringwalt, William Williamson, John McCamant.
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Signers of Petition: N. W. Sample Jr., Patrick McCoy, Adam K. Witmer, Joseph Lefever, Henry Sherts, Jefferson Lewis, John C. Lefever, Philip Foster, Daniel Lefever, Jacob [Hershey], John Miller, John H. Sherts, Martin Shultz.
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Signers of Petition: John Dunkle, John R. Barclay, Isaac Rogers, William Idal, James Kelly, Peter Diffenbaugh, Robert Barclay, Frederick [Shoff], John Cramer, Joseph Harner, Joseph Wentz, John Clark.
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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.
