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: Adam Keller, William Lenix, John Miller, William McBride, Jacob Heistand, James Laird, [signature in German], John S. Sterrett, Miller Traim, Samuel R. Bockius, Jacob Stolar, James B. Ferree, Jacob Rohrer, Thomas J. Patterson, A. Hackman, Jacob Wallick, Jacob Hollinger, Christian Leib.
Second Sheet: John Miller, James B. Ferree, Thomas J. Patterson, John S. Sterrett, Abraham Eshleman, Jacob Wallich, Samuel R. Bockius, Christian Leib, Abraham Hertzler, [signature in German], Jacob Nissley, [signature in German], David Boyce, John Nissly, Jacob Hershy.
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Known as the Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps.
Located fronting on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike.
Formerly kept by Robert Dysart.
License transfer granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Robert Richardson, John Kolp, Jacob Stolar, Jacob L. Nagle, Robert Dysart, John Kreiner, Jesse Sellers, Okey Hendrickson, Simon Meredith, John A. Bartruff, Alexander Dysart, Jacob Musselman, Jesse Gyger, Frederick Moyer.
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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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Located on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, two and one half miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Swar, Benjamin Widaman, Jacob Metzger, Daniel Balmer, [signature in German], Jacob Siechrist, Christian Brubacker, John Frantz, Landis John Harrison, J. Kaufman, Peter Steitz Sr., John Stouffer.
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Signers of Petition: John Swar, Jacob [Schw?], William [Fosig], Samuel Foesig, Michael Kauffman, John Landis (miller), Jacob K. Landis, Christian B. Landis, George Kneisly, William Frank, Peter Steitz Sr., John L. Sharp, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrick.
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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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Signers of Petition: Robert Richardson, Adam Zell, Thomas J. Patterson, James M. Patterson, Miller [Fairn], James B. Ferree, John S. Sterrett, Tobias Miller, Adam Keller, [Janus] McNann, Jacob [Stolar], William C. Robinson, John Kreiner, David Kolp.
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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.
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.
Located on the corner of Jacob and turnpike streets.
Formerly kept by John Miller.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John S. Sterrett, William B. Galbraith, Samuel R. Bockius, Jacob Myers, James Dysart, Robert Richardson, John Moore, Jacob Stolar, Elias Hoffman, Tobias Miller, John Miller, Michael [Gormaly], William Esterling, Christian Leib, [signature in German], John Kreiner.
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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: Samuel Deyer Sr., Henry Zell, John Fenstermacher, Jacob Kaufman, Charles Sehrer, Michael Daag, Abram Dyer, Simon Meredith, Abram Shelly, Samuel S. Grosh, A. S. Hackman, David McNeely Jr.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Brubaker, Emanuel Gibbel, Jacob Tanger, John Frank, Peter Balmer, [signature in German], Jacob Siechrist, Jacob Rohrer, George Danner, Jacob Kohr Jr., Michael Kauffman, John Swar, Jacob Swar, Benjamin Stauffer, Henry Kauffman.
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