name:"Brown, William" found 30 records - Research Collections

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #292

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1822

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Lechler, John; Hood, Richard; McCoughlen, Robert; Miess, Samuel; Ryse, James; Nauman, David; Johnson, Thomas; Scott, John; Brown, William; Bard, Henry; Reinhard, John; Brown, Frederick; Venkennen, Jacob; Book, John; Edwards, Samuel; Wilson, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #292

Box Number: 002

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 26, 2003.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Payment to city constables for costs involved in preserving the peace on the day preceding, day of and day following the execution of John Lechler.; The following disorderly and vagrant persons were apprehended, brought before the mayor and conveyed them to jail:; Hood, Richard.; McCoughlen, Robert.; Miess, Samuel.; Ryse, James.; Nauman, David.; Johnson, Thomas.; Scott, John.; Brown, William.; Bard, Henry.; Reinhard, John.; Brown, Frederick.; Venkennen, Jacob.; Book, John.; Edwards, Samuel.; Wilson, William.; 1 item 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Statement, Financial

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Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

Object ID: AdAcct 1849 F039 M

Date Range: 1849

Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by year.

Date Range: 1849

Year: 1849

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0257

People: Myers, Michael; Brown, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: West Earl Twp.

Object Name: Statement, Financial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AdAcct 1849 F039 M

Box Number: 257

Additional Notes: Brown, William. Executor.; 1 item, 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 04-00 0150

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #217

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Boyes, Samuel; Breneman, Adam; Brown, David; Brown, William; Cline, David; Corron, Henry; Daum, Isaac; Dellinger, Joseph; Green, Charles; Lucy, Henry; Martin, Samuel; McCall, Sophia; Price, John Jr.; Reigart, Joshua; Ring, Joshua; Shafer, Abraham; Shirk, Jacob; Smith, Henry; Sneivly, James; Weaver, Catharine; Weaver, Frederick; Williams, George; Williams, Jeremiah

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #217

Box Number: 004

Notes: Partially entered into Q & A May 22, 2001.

Additional Notes: Court house.; Payment to Clerk of the Quarter Sessions; Brown, David.; Other names in the document:; Sneivly, James. Convicted.; Martin, Samuel. Convicted.; Daum, Isaac. Acquitted of assault and battery.; Shirk, Jacob. Fornication and bastardy.; Breneman, Adam. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Brown, William. Indicted for larceny.; Lucy, Henry. Alias Smith, Henry. Convicted of larceny.; Sneivly, James. Convicted of larceny.; Price, John Jr. Acquitted of larceny.; Boyes, Samuel. Larceny.; Weaver, Frederick and Weaver, Catharine. Indicted for assault and battery on Shafer, Abraham.; Corron, Henry. Acquitted of assault and battery.; Cline, David.; Dellinger, Joseph. Convicted of larceny.; Martin, Samuel. Convicted of larceny.; Williams, Jeremiah. Convicted of larceny.; Williams, George. Convicted of larceny.; Green, Charles. Convicted of larceny.; McCall, Sophia. Convicted.; Ring, Joshua. Indicted for tippling house.; Reigart, Joshua. Acquitted of larceny.; Williams, George.; Sneivly, James.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1843 F028 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1843

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Brown, William; Thompson, John; Waters, Simon Jr.; Johnson, James Jr.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: robbery

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1843 F028 QS

Additional Notes: Robbery.; Also: John Thompson; Simon Waters Jr.; James Johnson Jr.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Writ

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: Habeas 1845 F012

Date Range: 1845

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1845

Year: 1845

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Brown, William; Ehler, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1845 F012

Box Number: 004

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Additional Notes: Petitioner: Brown, William.; Filed against: Ehler, John. Occupation: Sheriff and jailor.; Petition.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Case Number: 450.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #480

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Aiken, Ebenezer; Aiken, William; Aiken, George; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Wilhelmina; Brown, William; Brown, Thomas; Burkins, Charles; Burkins, Eliza; Burkins, John; Burnett , D.; Carl, Joseph; Carl, William; Carroll, William H.; Corthers, John; Corthers, Richard; Corthers, White; Corthers, William; Dever, Elinor; Dever, John; Dever, Samuel; Evans, Jock; Evans, Thomas; Johnson, David; Leek, Elizabeth; Lewis, Andrew; Lewis, James; Lewis, Mary; Long, Abner; Long, Kersey; Long, Mary; Maxfield, Amos; Maxfield, George; Maxfield, Margaret; Maxwell, Amos; Maxwell, George; Maxwell, Margaret; McGuigan, Rosana; McGuigen, Agnes; McGuigen, Charles; Millburn, Abraham; Millburn, James; Millburn, Nancy; Millburn, William; Miller, Adaline; Miller, Charlotte; Miller, John; Norris, D.C.; Norris, E.; Norris, Levi; Norris, Sarah Ann; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Joshua; Peters, Robert; Peters, William; Richardson, William; Ross, Reason; Thatcher, Amos; Thatcher, Matthew; Tobias, Darias; Tobias, Lydia Ann; Tobias, Samuel; Towsen, Joseph; Towson, Ephram; Towson, Isaac; Wippen, James; Wippen, John; Wippen, Washington

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Little Britain Twp.; Poor children; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #480

Box Number: 005

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1993/12/14.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancaster County tax lists.; Aikin, George. Father of Aiken, William, age 8; Aiken, Ebenezer, age 7.; Brown Samuel. Father of William, age 7 (or Brown, Wilhelmina, age 7); Brown,Thomas, age 5.; Burkins, Charles. Father of Burkins, Eliza, age 10; Burkins, John, age 8.; Burnett , D. Parent of Ross, Reason, age 9.; Carl, Joseph. Father of Carl, William, age 9.; Carroll, William H.; Corthers, John. Father of Corthers, William, age 10; Corthers, White, age 8; Corthers, Richard, age 6.; Dever, Samuel. Father of Dever, Elinor, age 9; Dever, John, age, 7.; Evans, Jock. Father of Evans, THomas, age 6.; Leek, Elizabeth. Mother of Richardson, William, age 5; Johnson, David, age 9.; Lewis, Mary. Mother of Lewis, James, age 9; Lewis, Andrew, age 6.; Long, Mary. Mother of Long, Kersey, age 9; Long, Abner, age 7.; Maxfield, George. (Or Maxwell.) Father of Maxfield, Margaret, age 9; Maxfield, Amos, age 5.; McGuigen, Agnes. Mother of McGuigen, Charles, age 9; McGuigan, Rosana, age 8.; Millburn, James. Father of Millburn, Nancy, age 10; Millburn, William, age 8; Millburn, Abraham, age 7.; Miller, John. Father of Miller, Charlotte, age 8; Miller, Adaline, age 6.; Norris, Levi. Father of Norris, E., age 10; Norris, D.C., age 7; Norris, Sarah Ann, age 6.; Peters, Abraham. Father of Peters, Joshua, age 11; Peters, William, age 9; Peters, Robert, age 7.; Thatcher, Amos. Father of Thatcher, Matthew, age 8.; Tobias, Samuel. Father of Tobias, Samuel, age 9; Tobias, Lydia Ann, age 7; Tobias, Darias, age 5.; Towson, Isaac. Father of Towsen, Joseph, age 10; Towson, Ephram, age 9.; Wippen, John. Father of Wippen, Washington, age 10; Wippen, James, age 6.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Date Range: 1832-1852

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Description: Account Book of Slater Brown’s gristmill book D, from Little Britain Township and Fulton Township.; Contains 219 paginated ruled leaves with vertical column lines, plus 1 end leaf that is not paginated, and an 20 page index of clients, the last page of which has account information only.; Front Cover: "D." written in black on outside at top; inside has "ISAAC P. COOK" sold by book stamp. Inside cover is marbleized.; Back Cover - Inside cover is marbleized; Spine - "LEDGER" is stamped on the spine and the letter D was written at 3 places.; Front leaves - 2 leaves. The first leaf is marbleized on one side and has x'ed out 2 lines at the top.; second leaf has "Slater Brown Bern?" written on one side.; Back leaf - Only one that is marbleized on one side.; The letter "D" in written in black on the front cover and three times on the spine.; Book references an itemized list of customers profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card.; Insert 2 - 8 loose sheets, 3 are small pieces of paper.

Admin/Biographical History: From Donor Card:; Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.

Date Range: 1832-1852

Creation Date: 4 January 1832 to 20 March 1852

Year Range From: 1832

Year Range To: 1852

Creator: Brown, Slater, 1787-1855

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Black, Robert; Boyd, Samuel; Bowman, Henry; Brannon, Francis; Brown, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, John; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Josiah; Brown, Samuel; Brown, William; Burk, Thomas; Carman, Andrew; Churchman, David; Clark, Thomas; Davis, William; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gray, Jacob; Haines, Jacob; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Hambleton, Joseph; Harlan, Thomas; Harrison, James; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Hess, Abraham; Heston, Charles; Hill, William; Jackson, Peter; Jones, Benjamin; King, James; King, Joshua; Kirk, John; Lefever, John; Long, John; Martin, Smauel; Maxwell, Robert; Mclaughlin, James; Montgomery, Joseph; Moore, William; Nivin, David; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, William; Ratoo, Sarah; Reynolds, Henrey; Reynolds, Samuel; Rose, Robert; Scott, Francis; Snodgrass, Samuel; Sprout, John; Stewart, Adam; Swift, Joseph; Warden, James; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Wilson, John

Subjects: Business records; Corn; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills; Wheat

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Forges; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Little Britain Twp.; Mills; Octorara Forge; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Sawmills; Schoolhouses

Extent: 488 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 15-1/2" x 6-5/8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-02-03

Condition Notes: Book cover is damaged but intact. Red rot of cover and spine is present and the leather has worn to the base at places on the edges. Spine has separated at the top rear seam. Spine had "LEDGER" printed on it and what appears to be a vertical 1/2" burn mark at the top.; The following stamp in on the inside cover.; SOLD BY; ISAAC P. COOK,; BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,; No. 37 Market street,, Baltimore,; Where a general assortment of; Books and Stationary may be; obtained at low prices.; Orders thankfully received.; The front and back page have separated from the spine. Pages are in good condition, except pages 212 through 218, that have a 6 inch section of lower edges roughly worn. This is minor damage.

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.

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Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1855 F008

Date Range: 1855

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1855

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1855

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Brown, William W.; Brown, Mary; Smith, Frederick

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation

Place: None

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1855 F008

Box Number: 006

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Brown, Mary.; Administrator: Smith, Frederick.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1859 F011

Date Range: 1859

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1859

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1859

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Brown, William A.; Brown, Mary Ann; Boyd, S. W. P.; Brown, Lea P.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Drumore Twp.

Place: Drumore Twp.

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1859 F011

Box Number: 007

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Brown, Mary Ann.; Administrators: Boyd, S. W. P.; Brown, Lea P.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

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Order for Payment

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Statement, Financial

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Order for Payment

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