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.
Signers of petition: Benjamin W. Lantz, Christian Shultz Sr., Benjamin Fritz, George Wiker, Samuel Charles, Jonathan Stouffer, Isaac Weaver, John Raub, Jacob Martin, George H. Miller, Elias F. Witmer, John Winter, Daniel Herr.
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
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.
Signers of petition: Levi Huber, John Shaub, Benjamin Herr, John B. Mylin, Francis Mylin, Christian Shaub, [signature in German], Christian Huber, David Huber, Lewis Urban, Christian Snavely, [signature in German], Henry Gall.
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Signers of petition: Levi Huber, John Kendig, Jacob Spring, Martin Mylin, Christian Shaub, Lewis Urban, Martin Mylin, John Lutz, John Rohrer, Christian Rohrer, Abraham S. Mylin, Christian Yordy, John Eberly, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: Abraham Mylin, Christian Snevely, Benjamin M. Frick, Abraham [Ferber], Levi Huber, Lewis Urban, Benjamin Herr, Henry Miller, Henry Carpenter, John Moore, Anthony W. Baldwin, Christian Howser, John Rohrer, Jacob Mylin, John Mylin, John B. Mylin.
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Signers of petition: Levi Huber, Benjamin M. Frick, John Shaub, John B. Mylin, John Rohrer, Christian Snevely, Michael Kendig, Henry Miller Jr., Peter Diffenbaugh, John Eshelman, John Marks, John H. Longnecker.
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