The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of petition: Eli Eshleman, James Spence, Daniel Good, Abraham Miller, Jacob Warfel, Jacob Huber, Simon Lehman, Abraham Good, Peter Rice, Martin Miller, Jacob Thomas, Jacob Lehman, William Warfel.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Deyer Sr., Henry Zell, John Fenstermacher, Jacob Kaufman, Charles Sehrer, Michael Daag, Abram Dyer, Simon Meredith, Abram Shelly, Samuel S. Grosh, A. S. Hackman, David McNeely Jr.
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Signers of Petition: David McNeely Jr., Robert Dysart, John A. Bartruff, Jacob Uhrich, Jacob Hahnlen, Philip Royer, Samuel Ehrman, George Myers, Isaac Hershey, Samuel Bomberger, Patrick C. Doyle, William Barlow Sr.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Good, David Eshleman, Henry Garber, James Spence, Martin Miller, James Wilson, John Good, Frederick Pfeiffer, Janus Kelly, John Sweigart, Henry Stock, Robert Porter, Henry Eshleman, Jacob Lehman.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Abraham S. Mylin, Benjamin Musser, Emanuel Herr, Francis Kendig, Henry Miller, David S. Longenecker, John Wilson, Francis Herr, G. H. Miller, John Rohrer, Richard Fisher, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: Thomas Finney, Jacob Heistand, Benjamin Bretz, Matthew L. Boggs, Robert McFadden, Anthony Garver, James Mullen, William Barlow, Jacob Beitler, Jacob Hahnlen, Robert Dysart, John Patterson.
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Signers of petition: Henry Hess, Henry Stock, Jacob H. Fehl, Henry Eshleman, Daniel Good, Charles Bellamey, Benjamin Hart, Martin Miller, John A. Barclay, Joseph [Hatcher], Henry Huber, John Good, James Spence, Frederick Pfeiffer.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: David McNeely Jr., James Laird, William Barlow, Thomas Stars, Jacob Uhrich, Jacob Hunsicker, John M. Myers, George Myers, Andrew Tanger, Daniel Maurer, David Kolp, Christian Martin, James M. Patterson, James Moore.
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Signers of Petition: Joseph C. Snyder, Jacob L. Nagle, John Bosler, Mathew L. Boggs, John McGill, David Watson, Robert Dysart, William McNeel, Jacob Uhrich, John C. Booth, Thomas Patterson, Samuel [Minichan], Thomas Stars, Alexander Dysart, Joseph Lenix, Isaac Hershey, James [Mullon], David McNeely Jr.
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