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Claim

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Municipal Liens

Object ID: RG 01-00 0205

Date Range: 1876-1901

Owner Notes Municipality Street Year filed Docket No. and Page Document No. Box Bruner, Casper Lancaster North Prince Street 1876 2, 1 1 1 Amwake, Jacob B. Lancaster North Prince Street 1876 2, 1 1 1 Boyle, G. S. Lancaster West King Street 1876 2 2 1 Blaul, Jacob Lancaster East Lemon Street 1876 2

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Municipal Liens

Description: Documents filed with the Court of Common Pleas by municipalities in Lancaster County placing liens on real estate. The overwhelming majority were filed by the City of Lancaster. The next greatest number were filed by the Borough of Columbia. Other liens were filed by the boroughs of Adamstown, Ephrata, New Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg, and Washington. The liens show docket book and page numbers, the name of property owner, and then describe the location and size of the property along with buildings and improvements, the amount of money in question, and the cause for the assessment. These documents were recorded in Municipal Lien Docket Books 2 through 5, and are arranged in the order they appear therein. This leads to an oddity in filing order, in that the last 45 liens in Book 4 fall out of chronological sequence, overlapping and extending slightly beyond the dates of the liens in Book 5. Handwritten, plus a very few typewritten.

Date Range: 1876-1901

Year Range From: 1876

Year Range To: 1901

Date of Accumulation: 1876-1901

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: African Americans--History; Liens; Real property; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Adamstown; Columbia; Court of Common Pleas; Ephrata; Lancaster; Liens; Municipal liens; New Holland; Persons of color; Quarryville; Real estate; Strasburg; Washington Boro

Extent: 6 boxes

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Information for each lien has been recorded in an Excel Spreadsheet which is available in the Research Center and the attached PDF.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0205

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

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Writ

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Description: 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 African-Americans, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees. Handwritten, handwritten on printed forms, and a very few typewritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of filing.

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1897

Date of Accumulation: 1799-1894, 1896, 1897

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: African Americans--History; Free Black people; Fugitive slaves; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County); Petitions

Search Terms: African American men; African American women; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Free persons of color; Freedom seekers; Habeas corpus; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 17 boxes

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; These papers are cataloged individually and may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Date Range: 1799-1895

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Description: Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of issue.

Date Range: 1799-1895

Creation Date: 1799-1895

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Dockets; Habeas corpus; Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus Papers

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Brecknock Township

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Dec. 13, 1948.

Date of Publication: [1948]

Call Number: 500 951

Responsibility: 1934.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Dec. 13, 1948.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: [1948]

Physical Description: map 92 x 102 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 2-5-1

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected draft of all the tracts of land in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County."; Scale 1:19,800;

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township); Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 951

Drumore Township. 1936

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Sept. 14, 1948.

Date of Publication: [1948]

Call Number: 500 957

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Sept. 14, 1948.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: [1948]

Physical Description: map 120 x 74 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 8-5-1

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected draft of the tracts of land situated in Drumore Township, Lancaster County."; Scale 1:19,800;

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - Drumore (Township); Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 957

East Hempfield Township

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 500 963

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: map 97 x 88 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 14-5-1

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected warrantee township map: of East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County."

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - East Hempfield (Township); East Hempfield (Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 963

Colerain Township. 1937

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Oct. 21, 1948.

Date of Publication: [1948]

Call Number: 500 954

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Edition: Rev. to Oct. 21, 1948.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: [1948]

Physical Description: map 95 x 120 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 5-5-1 and 5-5-1-A

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected draft of the tracts of land situated in Colerain Township, Lancaster County."; Accompanied by 42 enlarged insets. 1 l.; Scale 1:19,800;

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - Colerain Township (Lancaster Co.); Colerain Township, Pa. (Lancaster Co.) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 954

Declaration

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Declarations of Intention

Object ID: RG 01-00 0101

Date Range: 1920s-1979

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Declarations of Intention

Description: Forms declaring intention to become a U.S. citizen, showing declaration number, date, name, local address, age, birthday and birthplace, occupation, physical description race, nationality, marital status, dates and birthplaces of spouse and children, ports and dates of embarkation and entry, and ship name.

Date Range: 1920s-1979

Creation Date: 1920s-1979

Year Range From: 1920

Year Range To: 1979

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Naturalization papers

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Declaration

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0101

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0101

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e0ca6fd2-7e58-4d5b-a477-296275906340

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Date Range: 1800-1940

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Description: Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.

System of Arrangement: Arranged numerically by petition number.

Date Range: 1800-1940

Creation Date: 1800-1940

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1940

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Naturalization papers; Notes of testimony

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0103

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Document

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/63306e81-57fd-4614-9567-961977176011

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Miscellaneous Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 [0106]

Date Range: 1929-1947

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Miscellaneous Papers

Description: Transfer documents submitted to transfer naturalization application from one court jurisdiction to another. Documents may include: transfer application with name, petition number, occupation, last and current address, birthday and birthplace, birthday and birthplace for spouse and children; correspondence; and photograph of applicant.; Naturalization duplicates are certificates filed as a record of those who were admitted as citizens, showing name, local address, age, date of admission, date certificate issued by Court of Common Pleas, petition number, and certificate number. Signed by applicant. Arranged numerically by certificate number.; Orders of court for naturalization are lists of names of those the court has granted or denied citizenship, showing name, date, petition number, name of beneficiary, change of name, and cause for denial or continuance.; Notebook of DAR citizenship committee contains documents related to naturalization including information pamphlets and directions, lists of people who were naturalized, newspaper clippings, and programs from Naturalization Day Luncheons.; Oath of Allegiance notebook contains oath of allegiance applications, showing name, date, address, occupation, birthday and birthplace, physical Description spouse name, spouse birthday and birthplace, and petition number. Notebook also contains an index. Arranged numerically by petition number.

Date Range: 1929-1947

Year Range From: 1929

Year Range To: 1947

Date of Accumulation: 20th Century; 1929-1947

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Naturalization papers; Oaths of Allegience

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Document

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 [0106]

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 [0106]

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

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