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.
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Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment for lumber for the use of the jail.
Smith, Stephen. Person of color.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Photograph- This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
Description
This shows the only breakdown that endagesrs the west wall. The prison is filled with rubble stone, fortunately, or flooding would have washed too much away from the eastern portions still standing. The old trolley pylons still stand just southeast of the lock. It is a vital part of Lancaster's history using water to get to down river markets. Lock Number 1 of Conestoga Naviagation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
Photograph- This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
Description
This is the other standing portion of the East Wall of Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company canal south of Lancaster on the Conestoga River to Safe Harbor.
Photograph- This is the boat entrance to the lock and the beginning of the over 100 foot long west wall - all of which seems to be standing except where it is tumbled partely near the lock in the last picture (1-06-04-69). West wall may extend 200 feet. Canal boats were long and narrow, but the lock is really still a good example of the canal works.
Photograph- This is the boat entrance to the lock and the beginning of the over 100 foot long west wall - all of which seems to be standing except where it is tumbled partely near the lock in the last picture (1-06-04-69). West wall may extend 200 feet. Canal boats were long and narrow, but the lock is really still a good example of the canal works.
Description
This is the boat entrance to the lock and the beginning of the over 100 foot long west wall - all of which seems to be standing except where it is tumbled partely near the lock in the last picture (1-06-04-69). West wall may extend 200 feet. Canal boats were long and narrow, but the lock is really still a good example of the canal works.
Photograph- The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
Description
The north gate - east side showing the lock gate groove in the rocks and opposite on west wall of over 100 feet the matching groove and hardware of the gate. This was Lock Number 1 of the Conestoga Navigation Company on the Conestoga River.
