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: Thomas Johnston, Jacob Roth Jr., Jacob Hunsicker, Alexander Lindsay, Jacob Graybill, James Steele, Samuel Bailie, Francis Flury, Samuel D. Miller, John Park, Reuben Welshans, Jacob Rigler.
1 item, 1 piece
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This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
Signers of petition: [signature in German], Peter Baker, David Cassel Jr., John K. Fidler, Andrew Leader, [signature in German], Henry Sultzbach, Samuel Oberlin, John Gries, John Greiner, John Peck, Jacob Miller.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Peter Baker, George Cummins, Henry Coughenour, Andrew Leader, Jacob Miller, John Greiner, [signature in German], [signature in German], John K. Fidler, Samuel Oberlin, George Kremer, John Lieser.
1 item, 1 piece
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Also: John Smith; William Mentzer; Jacob Weller; William Weller; Martin Bitzer; William Bitzer; Andrew Miller; John Miller; Bear Weaver; William Hinkle; Solomon Steffy; Emanuel Groff.
Riot.
2 items, 2 pieces
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