Signers of petition: C. H. Kryder, Martin S. Heiser, Samuel S. Geist, George Hauck, Jacob M. Mayers, Jacob Stoner, Solomon Martin, Michael Danner, Jacob Landis, Daniel S. Grosh, C. L. [ ], William Whitcraft, Henry H. Kurtz, Benjamin Eby.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Rohrer, Henry H. Kurtz, Thomas Grosh, Martin Groff, Benjamin B. Leaman, Isaac Powl, Jacob B. Rohrer, Jacob Landis, Hiram Campbell, Jacob Gamber, John [Mess], John Huber, [signature in German].
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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.
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.
Located on the road leading from Towsan town to Andrew's Bridge.
Formerly kept by Margaret Kennedy.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [Ross A.] Campbell, Henry Keylor, John Keylor, James Brown, Benjamin B. Eshleman, James McCord, Arthur [Branon], [Louis] Calwell, [Thomas] McQuire, James McQuigg, Hugh Donnelly, Joseph Green, John Eckman.
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Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Oxford in Chester County.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Eckman, Levi Peirce, William Pickel, William Murphy, Benjanim Breneman, Samuel Baughman, Abraham Mann, Bernard McCaffery, James Manahan, James Paxton, Benjamin B. Eshleman, John McGovern, Samuel Hagans, Thomas Walker, [Ross A.] Campbell, J. A. Steele, William Kunkel, John Barr, Thomas Withers.
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Signers of Petition: Francis Caughery, Robert Stuart, Jacob Stoner, George Webster, George Webster Jr., John Bushong Jr., John Kidd, Truman Cooper, Richard Byson, [unknown signature], Gainer Moore, James Horner Jr., Henry Bushong, George Heidlebaugh, Jesse McCallister, Benjamin Baxter, John McClure, Philip Ritz, Jacob Baughman, John Mathews, William K. Clark, Jacob Hummel, Daniel Gaist, Noah McQuire, John S. Carpenter, John Homsher, Jacob Bushong, Joshua Gilbert, Joseph Dickey, Henry Heidlebaugh, Asa Walton, Thomas Hast, George Whitson, Samuel Moore, Lewis Moore, W. L. Rakestraw, Thomas Rakestraw, John McClure Sr., John McClure, James Baxtel, David McClure, Micah Witson, Benjamin Baxter, Jacob Ritz, John W. Ritz, Samuel McLaughery, John Heidlebaugh, Peter Pickle, Peter Baughman, John Baughman.
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Signers of Petition: Cornelius Collins, Thomas C. Collins, Thomas Moderwell, Benjamin Wayne, John Moderwell, Hugh Andrews, Joseph Paxson, Cyrus Milner, William C. Horner, Samuel A. Smith, James Horner, John B. Kennedy, J. McClellan, David Souder, Robert Evans, William Webster, John McCamman, John Caughey.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Lauch, Robert Barton, Samuel McColm, Henry Myer, Daniel Messner, Jacob Coldren, Isaac Messner, [signature in German], Cyrus Messner, Abraham Bixler, William B. Schneider, [John H. Sengel], John Bixler, Samuel Youndt, John Fanckhauser, Samuel Martin, Isaac Weaver, Samuel Lessley, Levi Bixler.
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Signers of Petition: Thomas H. Davies, Thomas McMichael, John Yohn, John McCamant, James P. Davies, Cyrus H. Jacobs, David Mast, Samuel Rauser, [J. Hunter Jacobs], Evan Rogers, Thomas Edwards, John Robison, Elisha Squibb, L. Rogers.
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Located on the Downingtown and Harrisburg turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John McCamant, Jacob Emery, John Gordon, S. G. Birkham, Thomas J. McMichael, John Monaghan, Samuel Brauser, Phillip Bechart, [Hanson B. Jacobs], John Marsh, John Ringwalt, John Horst, Edward Evans, James Hammond, Andrew S. Weiler, Jacob Sandoe, Thomas Evans, David Weiler Sr., Samuel Zell, David Styer, John Weiler, Christian Lichty, John Ream, Andrew Weiler, Samuel Martin, John Plank Jr., Jacob Horst.
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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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Located on the Harrisburg and Downingtown turnpike.
Formerly kept by Peter Toland.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Andrew S. Weiler, James Hammond, John Weller, James McKim, Jesse Filman, Andrew Robison, John Kurtz, Abraham Dundorf, William Williamson, John McCamant, George Valentine, Francis Gillespie, Thomas McCormick, H. B. Jacobs.
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Located at Andrews Bridge on the road leading from Strasburg to Newport.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Robert Beyer, Abraham McConnel, John J. Andrews, Obed Baily, William Kilpatrick, Truman Coates, John Gorley, Jonathan Worth, Abner Davis, Thomas Beyer, Thomas McCausland, Aaron Faulk.
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Signers of Petition: William Galbraith, Abraham Ferguson, Wiliam Hogg, Joseph Walker, W. Whiteside, James Brown, Jesse Harrar, Uriah Swisher, Daniel Harrer, James Findley, William Ferguson, Jeremiah Hastings, John Reynolds, William Galbraith, Abraham McConnel.
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