Signers of Petition: J. T. Anderson, T. W. Simpson, Alexander Boggs, Abraham H. Flury, A. A. Woodhull, David Ralston, Peter Baker, Samuel Huston, Jacob [Purkypike] Jr., Jacob Graybill, Edward Kelly, Orson Douglass, James Wilson, John [Kuster], John Park, Samuel Lindsey, John Swords, John Buchanan, [signature in German], Robert McDowell, H. A. [Faxon], Samuel Hopkins, Benjamin Taylor, S. Bailie, Wilson Haines.
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Samuel Hopkins, Nicholas Springer, James Wilson, J. T. Anderson, [Zack] Hipple, William Hipple, Edward McElroy, John Park, P. Baker, Orson Douglass, David [Mosery], John Rankin, Samuel Bailie, Samuel Huston, Abraham H. Flury, Robert McDowell, John Gries, Abraham Varley, John Cash, Andrew Leader, Edward Saylor, Edward Kelly, Randle McClure, Andrew Armstrong.
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Signers of Petition: A. L. Evans, B. Libhart, O. McDonald, Joseph Wade, John Hiestand, Christian Hertzler, F. Wilson, Abraham Zublin, John Cassel, Samuel McKinney, John H. Withers, Abraham Cassel, Frederick Haines, James Steele, John Jay Libhart, John Hertzler Jr., Jacob Scheidley, John Roberts, Henry Sultzbach, [Frederick Nagle], Jacob Glatz, Michael Lantz, J. Barr, John Smith, Henry Eagle, George Breneman, William Houseal, [M. May], John Paules, P. J. Gorner.
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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.
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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: Joseph Imhoff, F. Wilson, John Jay Libhart, O. McDonald, Samuel D. Miller, [John Clements], Dennis McCollum, David Cassel, Abraham Cassel, John Auxer, Samuel McKinney, John Barr, A. L. Evans, Benjamin Atkinson, Samuel Hinkel, James Stackhouse, Robert King, B. F. Grosh.
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Signers of Petition: James Wilson, James Mehaffey, James Whitehill, [Samuel] Bailie, J. T. Anderson, James Steele, Samuel Hopkins, Henry Sultzback, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Boggs, Samuel Huston.
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Located in part of Marietta laid out by Pedan and others.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: William H. McElroy, J. Grosh, David Cassel Jr., John Young, [signature in German], Samuel Leader, William Spangler, John Haskins, Henry Shell, [Elias Ginasor], Jacob Rigler, Samuel Oberlin, O. Imhoff, [H. C.] Marks, Henry Speise, James Noble, O. McDonald.
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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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Located adjoining Marietta and the Pennsylvania Canal.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: A. L. Evans, Henry Conn, George A. Weaver, Peter J. Gorner, William Child, George Cummins, William Rankin, Christian Hertzler, T. Wilson, George Deyer, [Z. Hipple], John Woodman, Thomas McClellan.
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