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: G. W. Leib, Jacob Myers, Henry Neff, John H. Hougendobler, John Develin, John Kauffman, David Bixler, D. W. Witmer, D. H. Weidler, Willam Seitz, Jacob Will, John Fridy, John W. Berntheisel, Jacob Fry, A. K. Rohrer.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Eine Chronik, oder, Geschicht-Bèuchlein von der sogennanten Mennonisten Gemeinde : zum Dienst und Lehre fèur alle Liebhaber der Wahrheit, durch die Gnade und Segen Gottes ; aus Geschichten, Vorfèallen, Begebenheiten oder Exempeln, und aus heiliger Schrift zusammengezogen
Ein Glaubens-Grund und Bekenntniss der alten Wehrlosen Taufs-Gesinnten.
Summary
Account of withdrawal of Stauffer Mennonites from Lancaster Mennonite Conference in 1845 with extended statements of doctrines and practices of the Stauffer Mennonites.