Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Located midway between Columbia and Washington Boro.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: James Green, Daniel Kauffman, John Ortman, Jacob Shultz, John Shuman, O. McDonald, Conrad [Awoy], Samuel Hoober, Christian Mellinger, Henry Mellinger, Charles Shultz, Samuel Shultz, George Gigar, Henry Oatman, John N. Johnson, Michael Sourbeer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: John Wittmer, George Mullin, Jacob Wissler, Jacob Wisler Jr., Jacob Wissler Sr., Rudolph Wissler, Jacob Denlinger, George [Amun], Abraham Hostetter, Peter Hiestand Jr., Daniel Hiestand, Jacob Wittmer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Charles M. Strein, G. W. Johnston, Joseph Brown, Sampson Rees, David McFaddan, John Ortman, James [Green], Michael Sourbeer, Barnherd Mann, Henry Myers Jr., Abram Herr, C. S. Herr, Henry Heistand.
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Located on road leading from Lancaster to the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Stauffer, Abraham Hostetter, Conrad A. Wolf, John W. Eagle, George Overdorf, John Lintner, Jacob F. Witmer, John Miller, Christian [Habecker], Ephraim Rohrer, Joseph Brenneman, Jacob Sauder, Henry Manning, Jacob B. Shuman, Barnherd Mann, Jacob Habecker, Jacob Sauder, Jacob Witmer, John Mann, Abraham Peters, John Brady, George Roth, John Wittmer, Jacob Witmer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Witmer, John Landis, Adam Breneman, John Brady Jr., Jacob Pickel, Jacob K. Barr, Jacob Breneman, John Lintner, J. W. Miller, Henry Funk, Michael [Barnsy], Jacob K. Shenck, Tobias B. Stehman, Emanuel Herr, Joseph Brenneman, [signature in German].
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Washington Boro.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Shissler, Henry Schenck, Frederick Stoner, Christian O. Herr, [signature in German], J. H. Hershey, Abraham Breneman, George Overdorf, John Denlinger, B. Hershey, Jacob Witmer, John Herr, Henry Hershey, Henry Krady, Christian Grosh, John Mann.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.