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Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1832 F056

Date Range: 1832

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: 1832

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

Year: 1832

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Zimmerman, Andrew; Zimmerman, Alexander G.; Rhoad, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; North Carolina

Place: North Carolina

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1832 F056

Box Number: 003

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Zimmerman, Alexander G.; Administrator: Rhoad, John.; 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

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1901 F099 QS

Date Range: 1901/01

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Date Range: 1901/01

Year: 1901

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: nuisance; Conestoga Traction Company; Quarter Sessions

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1901 F099 QS

Additional Notes: Nuisance.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 101.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1900 F051 QS

Date Range: 1900/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Date Range: 1900/08

Year: 1900

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Gerstly, Gottleib David; Gerstly, Henry Franklin; Gerstly, William F.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: selling liquor without a license

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1900 F051 QS

Additional Notes: Selling liquor without a license.; Gerstley, Henry F.; Gerstley, William F.; 3 items, 3 pieces

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

Case Number: 52.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Marriage notices in the South-Carolina gazette and its successors. (1732-1801)

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Author: Salley, A. S.

Date of Publication: 1902.

Call Number: 975.791 S168

Responsibility: Comp. and ed. by A. S. Salley, jr. From the files in the library of the Charleston library society, Charleston, S. C.

Author: Salley, A. S.

Place of Publication: Albany

Publisher: J. Munsell's sons,

Date of Publication: 1902.

Physical Description: 174 p. 27 cm.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - South Carolina.

Additional Corporate Author: South Carolina state gazette and Timothy's daily advertiser, Charleston.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.791 S168

Archive

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection, 1762-2003 Object ID: MG0331 2 boxes 35 folders 1.5 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Collection: Lancaster City and County Scenes Album

Object ID: A-34-01-34

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster City and County Scenes Album

Description: Pennsylvania Railroad between Lime and Shippen Streets.

Year Range From: 1898

Year Range To: 1905

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; North Lime Street; North Shippen Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-34-01-34

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Collection: Lancaster City and County Scenes Album

Object ID: A-34-01-97

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster City and County Scenes Album

Description: Railroad cut at Shippen and Lime Streets?

Year Range From: 1898

Year Range To: 1905

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; North Shippen Street; North Lime Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-34-01-97

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #378

Date Range: 1823

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 Range: 1823

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Anderson, Hetty; Barth, Susanna; Bartholomew, William; Bartle, Catharine; Bartle, Jacob; Chambers, Joseph; Chapman, Barbara; Dorwart, Jacob; Dougherty, Charles; Eberman, Mathias; Eck, WIlliam; Ehler, Daniel; Elvis, Samuel; Flick, William; Foster, Catharine; Gundacker, John; Haines, Daniel; Henry, Michael; Hinkle, Jonathan; Keller, Jacob; Kendig, Sally; Kendig, Prudence; Kieler, Henry; Kranz, George; Kriner, Henry; Lightner, John; Lynch, William; Lyons, Charlotte; Lyons, John; Matter, George; McDonald, Ann; Miller, George; Miller, Jane; Mullen, John; Reitzel, John; Walter, Christiana; White, Joseph; Widley, Sarah; Wiedle, Sarah; Will, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Lancaster; Quarter Sessions

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 1823 #378

Box Number: 004

Notes: Never entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Flick, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Kriner, Henry. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Bartholomew, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Chapman, Barbara. Barth, Susanna. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Elvis, Samuel. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Anderson, Hetty. Indicted for larceny. Haines, Daniel. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Gundacker, John. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted of larceny. Wiedle [or Widley], Sarah. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Keller, Jacob. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Kranz, George. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Miller, George. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Witnesses: Lyons, John. Lyons, Charlotte. Will, John. Foster, Catharine. Miller, Jane.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Reitzel, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court two days November Sessions 1823.; Ehler, Daniel. Server as Cryer Mayors Court November Sessions 1823.; Constables at Mayors Court November Sessions 1823: Chambers, Joseph. Haines, Daniel. Henry, Michael.; Lightner, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court four days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of common scold. Dorwart, Jacob. Witness.; Matter, George Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors court two days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Bartholomew, William.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Dougherty, Charles. Committed of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Eck, WIlliam. Convicted of larceny. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Bartle, Jacob. Bartle, Catharine.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Mullen, John. White, Joseph. Kieler, Henry; 1 item, 26 pieces

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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Marriage notices in the South-Carolina gazette and its successors. (1732-1801)

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