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 on the New Holland & Lancaster turnpike road about 6 miles from the former and equal distance to the latter.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Amos Weidler, Jacob John, Michael Garber, Emanuel Bard, Hugh Montgomery, Amos Cowen, Christian Buckwalter Jr., Robert Connell, William Weidman, Isaac C. Weidler, Daniel Miller, Frederick Swope.
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Signers of Petition: William Weidman, Wilson Brubaker, Thompson Brubaker, Samuel Brubaker, Adam Bare, Reuben Weidler, Nathaniel Sheaffer, John Bare, Daniel [Bare], Christian Wenger, Thomas Evans, Rudy Evans, John Evans, John Huber, John Sheaffer, John Musser Jr.
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Located on the Lancaster and New Holland turnpike and the junction of the old Horseshoe road which leads to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: William Weidman, Henry Weidman, Reuben Weidler, Nathaniel Sheaffer, Levi Miller, Adam Bare, Elias Bare, Frederick Swope, J. Owen, Michael Garber, Samuel Clark, Charles G. Wenger.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Hurst, John Varnz, John Brubaker, Daniel McFadden, Martin B. Stauffer, Peter Hurst, Frederick Snyder, Jacob K. Eckert, Jacob Eckert Jr., Daniel M. Eaby, Thomas Himes, John Rhoads, Moses Eaby, [Jacob Rutter].
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Signers of Petition: Isaac Eaby, Christian Eby, John Miller, Daniel M. Eaby, Jacob Sharp, Gabriel C. Eckert, Thomas Himes, Benjamin Hoover, Jacob Eckert, John Rutter, Samuel Buckwalter, Joseph Kinsey, Henry Rutter, Moses Eaby, John Neuhauser, Isaac Good, Henry Lechler, John Rhoads.
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Signers of Petition: Michael Garber, Joseph Wenger, Benjamin Bard, Samuel Johns, Jacob Johns, Henry Garber, Elias Bare, Charles G. Wenger, Isaac C. Weidler, Jacob Johns, John Bard, [signature in German], David Smith, Emanuel Swope.
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Located on the turnpike road leading from Lancaster to New Holland. This is same house in which the Leacock Post Office is kept.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: William Weidman, Henry Weidman, [Amos] Weidler, Frederick Swope, Emanual Swope Jr., Andrew Raezer, John Buckwalter, Isaac C. Weidler, John Owen, Hugh Montgomery, Christian Kurtz, Jacob Kurtz Jr.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Hurst, John Varnz, John Reed, Isaac Groff, William Lightner, John Bitzer, Jacob Rutter, Jacob K. Eckert, John S. Hurst, Daniel McFadden, John Miller, Jacob Sheaffer, Isaac Eaby, Simpson [Ruth], Martin B. Stauffer, Gabriel Eckert, Thomas Himes, Thomas Downey, Isaac Bitzer.
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Signers of Petition: Esaias Kinzer, William P. Caldwell, John Bosler, Henry Kling, Peter Hurst, John S. Hurst, Thomas Woods, John Sheaffer, Jacob Sharp, Benjamin Hoover, Gabriel Eckert, Joseph Shnavely, Jacob K. Eckert, John Rutter, Christian Lapp, John Miller, Daniel M. Eaby, Henry Lechler, James Cooper, Thomas Himes, Moses Eaby.
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