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.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
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: 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: George Blattenberger, Robert H. Jones, Jacob Foreman, John McNeill, Alexander Cowan, Joseph Horst, David Watson, R. S. Currey, John Ekel, John Jones, Emmor Kimber, F. Hipple, Stephen P. Camp, Jacob Funk, Nicholas Ward, Michael Balsley.
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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 Fondersmith, E. M. Kline, [ ] Breneman, Jacob Zecher, Christian Widmyer, D. B. Vondersmith, R. McClure, C. Kline, David [King], Whiteman Benner, Reuben S. Rohrer, J. Smith.
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Signers of petition: George W. Smithson, David W. Scott, Abraham Harr, Thomas Black, John R. Barclay, John Brubacher, William Idal, George [Cully], George W. Dunkle, George Dunkle, William Anderson, Adam McConnel.
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Located on the road leading from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Thomas McCormick, John Gordon, [signature in German], John Plank Jr., John Grube, Andrew Keller, Edward S. Davis, Cyrus H. Jacobs, Lot Rogers, Evan Rogers, James H. Jacobs, John Carson, William Ringwalt, Hanson B. Jacobs, Jacob Sandoe, Frederick Styer, Gerry Axe, John [Cox], James Paten, David Finger, Levi Smith.
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Signers of petition: Robert Barclay, John R. Barclay, David W. Scott, James M. Morrisson, George W. Dunkle, William Anderson, George Dunkle, Joseph Harner, P. L. Krow, Adam McCormel, James Kelly, Abraham Harr, David Snavely.
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Located on the Downingtown and Harrisburg turnpike, where the mailstage stops daily.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Thomas McCormick, James H. Jacobs, Levi Ringwalt, Edward S. Davies, Cyrus H. Jacobs, [ ] Robinson, Jacob Albright, John Plank, Jacob [Lintner], Hanson B. Jacobs, William Wickersham, John Gordon, William Williamson, George Miller, David Evans, Evan Rogers.
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Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
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: Daniel Lefever, Robert Taggart, John Taggart Sr., Martin Schultz, John Taggert Jr., Thomas Dobson, James S. Lefever, William Lytle, Philip Foster, John C. Lefever, A. K. Witmer, David Witmer Jr.
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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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Signers of Petition: Benjamin B. Miller, Peter Miller, David Bender, Martin Groff, John Sheaffer, [Christian Grebill], Ephraim Bear, Henry Myers, Samuel Ressler, Abraham Groff, Joseph Myer, [Jacob Hoober].
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