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: George Slaymaker, Hugh Aikin, Mathias Slaymaker, John Slaymaker, Benjamin H. Harr, Jacob Frantz Jr., Henry Slaymaker, Isaac Walker, Henry Eckert, John Denlinger Jr., J. W. Robinson, James P. McIlvain, James Walker.
Second Sheet: Isaac Walker, Hugh Aikin, John Smith, J. W. Robinson, Peter Smoker, John McSorley, James Walker, George Slaymaker, John Slaymaker, J. P. McIlvain, Elisha Ferree, Thomas McSorley.
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Located at intersection of road leading from New Holland to Marietta and road leading from John Shenk's Mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Heistand, Samuel Parker, John Lutz, Andrew Bear, Jacob Grubb, [signature in German], John Helman, Peter Bell, [unknown signature], Henry M. Reigart, John Getz Jr., Jacob Lutz, Jacob Kline, George Danner.
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Located on the Public Road from the Harrisburg turnpike to New Holland about 2 miles from Chiques Bridge.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Shenck, Peter Grider, Jacob Cappenheffer, John Miller, Abraham Long, [signature in German], John Johns, John Miller, [signature in German], Samuel Parker, Simon Minnick, Henry Imhoff, John Harnly, Jacob Hershey.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Slaymaker, James Lefever, Isaac F. Slaymaker, George Slaymaker, David Watson, [G. H. Mars], Samuel P. Watson, Hugh Aikin, Isaac Walker, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Levi Eckert, George L. Eckert.
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Signers of Petition: John Hernly, Henry S. Shenck, Henry Imhoff, Samuel Snyder, Benjamin H. Kauffman, John Minnich, J. B. Brubaker, Martin Schwar, Peter Swar Jr., Martin Gross, John Landis, Andrew Holtsworth, John Miller, Jacob Kauffman, John Swar.
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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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Located on the road leading from Washington Borough to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John M. [Bealls], John Hamilton, John Chaney, John [Lyband], Jacob Ohmit Jr, Emanuel Brenner, John Herr, John Sourbeer, John [Darridinger] Jr., David Correll, Peter Burke, Joseph Smith.
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Located about 4 miles from Lancaster on the road leading to Manheim.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Siechrist, John Swar, John Frantz, John Landis, John Dunkel, George Kneisley, [signature in German], Jacob Rohrer, Daniel Balmer, Jacob Brubaker, Emanuel Gibbel, Jacob Tanger, J. Kaufman, [signature in German], John L. Sharp.
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Located on the public road leading from Safe Harbor to Columbia.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: William [Bower], Moses Woods, John Urban, John Rumel, John Bortsfill, John Landis, Daniel Kendig, John Fry, Nathaniel Smith, John Eberly, Henry [Sayer], Jacob Costick, George Wither.
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Jacob Buckwalter, George Withers, William [Brown], [signature in German], [signature in German], Emanuel [Brenner], Frederick Frey Jr., Peter Rumel, John Fry, [signature in German], [signature in German].
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Located on the Philadelphia & Lancaster turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Alexander Slaymaker, Henry Kinzer, [signature in German], Mathias Slaymaker, Henry Eckert, George Eckert, John L. Slaymaker, James H. Slaymaker, Peter Steman, [signature in German], Hugh Aikin, Henry Slaymaker, Philip Foster, Jamis Graham, Isaac Smoker, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: George Withers, Christian Smith, William D. Stauffer, Jacob Costick, [Aron] Kindig, Abraham Hess, Jacob Phillips, Jacob Eshleman, Nathaniel Smith, John Cornell, Reuben Kendig, Daniel Kendig.
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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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Located on the road leading from Safe Harbor to Columbia.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: George Withers, William [Bouer], Joseph Brenneman, Henry Sourbeer Sr., Jacob Bostick, John M. Bealls, Daniel Galligher, Jacob Pitters, Peter Rumel, Henry Stauffer, George Bortfield, Adam Miller.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hershey, John Johns, James Campbell, Samuel Parker, John Elliot, J. B. Brubaker, Peter Swan Jr., Henry M. Reigart, John Stauffer, [signature in German], Christian Brubaker, David Gochnauer, [signature in German], Jacob Harnish, Jacob Myer.
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