This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of Petition: John Johns, Philip Brehm, Henry Steman, Philip Hottenstein, George Lenhert, David Culberton, Robert Beard Jr., John Swar, [signature in German], John Stauffer, John Bostick, [signature in German], Jacob Fordney, Jacob Cassler, Jacob Hershey, Henry Imhoff, Andrew Hattsworth, [John Groff].
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Frederick Hoffman, John Heistand Jr., J. B. Brubaker, [signature in German], Andrew Kauffman, John Bostick, John Harnly, Bartone Nagle, John Lutz, Henry Imhoff, John Eshleman, John Schauer, Janes Denham, George Gamber.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Martin Groff, Daniel Royer, Jacob Evans, Michael Gish, Jacob H. Kurtz, Christian Grube, John Evans, Henry Shreiner, Isaac Baker, Emanuel Metzger, Jacob Workman, Jacob Minnick, Jacob K. Landis, John Bassler, Samuel Grube, Robert Patrick, [signature in German], John Stouffer, William Myer, David Kolb, Paul Black, John K. Landis.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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: Jacob Minnich, [signature in German], Henry H. Kurtz, H. B. Bowman, Martin Groff, David Grube, John Fulmer, Philip Sprecher, Paul Black, Martin Shreiner, John Evans, John Frantz, Jacob Metzger.
On Second Sheet: Henry H. Kurtz, John Miller, John Evans, Paul Black, Jacob Minnich, H. B. Bowman, George Hambright, Jacob K. Landis, John Fulmer, Jacob Reidenbach, Joseph Reyer Jr., Martin Groff, Henry Buckwalter, Elijah T. Ward, John Kurtz, George A. Shreiner, Jacob Metzger, John L. Sharp.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Lititz.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Evans, Jacob K. Landis, John Kurtz, Henry H. Kurtz, H. B. Bowman, Jacob Minnich, Philip Sprecher, Jacob Swar, Peter Forney, Thomas Grosh, Adam Keller, Jacob Reidenbach, John Landis, [signature in German], Jacob Tanger, Henry Hamilton, [signature in German], John Huber, George Hambright, Peter Lehn, Jacob Rohrer, Paul Black, Jacob Metzger, Christian Grub, Andrew Balmer, Samuel Foesig, [K. H. Kurtz].
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
