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.
Signers of Petition: [Christian Raub], Jacob Ziegler, Samuel Keller, Martin Manderbach, Jacob Neaveling, Levi Hull, Jacob Tshudy, John Beck, Jonas Meyer, Samuel Lichtenthaeler, Chris Staman, Christian Hall, Jacob Geitner, Jacob Erb, Henry Erb.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Henry Summy, John M. Summy, James Conard, George Dutt, John Dutt, Christian Summy, [signature in German], Michael Stauffer, Jacob Grosh, [signature in German], John H. Spickler, John Long.
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Located on road leading from turnpike to Lancaster where the public road leading from village of New Ephrata intersects the same.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John S. Shirts, George Eichelberger Jr., [signature in German], Johann Christian Friederick, Samuel Keller, Daniel Eby, [signature in German], Jacob Eichelberger, Jacob Eby, Jacob Erb, Henry Kline, Samuel Bentz, Samuel Feather, Allen Lead, John Bender.
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Signers of Petition: Abraham Myers, Abraham Colden, Jacob Beitzel, George [Geyer], Jacob Gerber, [signature in German], Samuel Oberholtzer, Jacob Sheaffer, Christian Grube, Levi Grube, [signature in German], Henry Becker, Christian Hess.
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Signers of Petition: John Shober, Henry Behmer, Christian Staman Jr., Thomas Landis, Emanuel Grube, [signature in German], Martin Bollinger, [Christian Raub], Henry Becker, Martin Hambright, Samuel Keller, Joseph Pfautz, William Buch, Jacob Buch, John Murray, Jacob Shitz.
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Located on the road leading from Lititz to Reading.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Neaveling, Jacob Hess, Martin Fry, Jacob Manderbach, Joseph Hipple, Martin Manderbach Jr., Charles Grosh, Frederick Keller, Henry Blickenderfer, Jacob Ziegler, Levi Hull, Lewis Ferdinand Levering.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located at intersection of Public road leading from Sheafferstown to Lancaster and the Newport road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Frederick Keller, Levi Hull, Jacob B. Tshudy, Samuel Keller, Henry Becker, Jonas Meyer, Christian [Raush], John Zartman, John Bamberger, Peter Fieles, Martin Manderbach, Jacob Ziegler, Jacob Geitner, Levi Hull.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located at intersection of Public road leading from Manheim to Lancaster and from Lititz to Marietta and Columbia.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Summy, Jacob Ehrman, Christian Sumy, John Long, [signature in German], Abraham H. Reist, Martin Spickler, John H. Spickler, Christian [Raush], Samuel Longenecker, Samuel Keller, Jacob Ziegler.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Brickers Tavern.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Hipple, S. H. Slick, Jacob Ziegler, Daniel Kreider, John S. Shirk, Levi Hull, Frederick Keller, Augustus Hall, Jacob Diehm, Charles H. Kryder, Henry Blickensderfer, Samuel Keller, Martin Manderbach.
1 item, 1 piece
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