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: [signature in German], Christian Brubaker, J. B. Brubaker, Tobias M. Miller, Joseph Kinsch, Jacob Fordney, John Stauffer, William Parker, Jacob H. Kauffman, George Gross Jr., Henry Imhoff, Philip Brehm.
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Located on the Columbia turnpike, 4 miles from Lancaster.
Formerly kept by John Harnley.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abraham Bower, Henry Baker, Abraham Will, Philip Fenstermaker, Samuel Kauffman, John Miller, John L. Hostetter, John Witmer, Jacob Myers, Jacob Sehner, Lewis Mouse, Christian Hershey, Jacob Eshleman, Frederick Cooper, Henry Hoffman, John H. Summy, John Hershey, Abraham Snavely, Henry Minich.
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Signers of Petition: [J. H. Kurtz], [signature in German], Jacob Myers, Francis Ruth, John Stauffer, John Schauer, David Spickler, James Hollinger, T. M. Miller, Samuel Parker, John B. Brubaker, John Johns, John Landis, John Workman, Philip Brehms, Benjamin Workman.
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Located between Lancaster and Mount Joy, on the Harrisburg turnpike.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: John L. Long, Henry Meisky, Jacob H. Summy, Jacob Hershey, Christian Long, John M. Greider, Henry Hoffman, Jacob Hiestand, Henry H. Shank, Abraham Long, John Heistand Jr., Daniel Rohrer, Frederick Schitz, Jacob Bassler, Henry Lichty.
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Signers of petition: Christian Swar, Jacob Bassler Jr., Benjamin Landis, Mathias Dellinger, Henry Lichty, Jacob H. Summy, J. S. Kauffman, Henry Kauffman, John K. Long, Henry R. Herr, Michael Gochnauer, John Heistand, Jacob G. Kreider, Abraham Long.
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Signers of petition: [signature in German], Henry Difenderfer, Philip Brehm, Emanuel Kinsch, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, Jacob Fordney, David Kiehl, [signature in German], John E. Grosh, Benjamin Workman, Henry Imhoff, John Hoffman.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Fordney, [signature in German], John Minnich, John Landis, [signature in German], George Mullin, John Workman, Jacob Stauffer, Philip Brehm, George Foltz, C. G. Stoner, Jacob Singer, John E. Grosh.
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Located as the halfway house between Lancaster and Mount Joy.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Landis, Jacob Bassler Jr., Henry R. Herr, John K. Long, Christian Swar, Amos Shuman, Frederick Schitz, P. H. Summy, Alexander Steward, Jacob G. Kreider, Samuel Kohr, Reuben Bowman, Christian Heistand.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Kauffman, John Landis, John [Roger], [signature in German], Joseph Kinsch, George Gross Jr., Jacob Fordney, J. B. Brubaker, Peter Swar, James Bowman, Francis Ruth, John Bostick, John H. Baer, Josiah Howlet, John Stauffer.
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