Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Signers of Petition: George Withers, Christian Smith, William D. Stauffer, Jacob Costick, [Aron] Kindig, Abraham Hess, Jacob Phillips, Jacob Eshleman, Nathaniel Smith, John Cornell, Reuben Kendig, Daniel Kendig.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Washington Borough to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John M. [Bealls], John Hamilton, John Chaney, John [Lyband], Jacob Ohmit Jr, Emanuel Brenner, John Herr, John Sourbeer, John [Darridinger] Jr., David Correll, Peter Burke, Joseph Smith.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Henry Slaymaker, James Lefever, Isaac F. Slaymaker, George Slaymaker, David Watson, [G. H. Mars], Samuel P. Watson, Hugh Aikin, Isaac Walker, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Levi Eckert, George L. Eckert.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the public road leading from Safe Harbor to Columbia.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: William [Bower], Moses Woods, John Urban, John Rumel, John Bortsfill, John Landis, Daniel Kendig, John Fry, Nathaniel Smith, John Eberly, Henry [Sayer], Jacob Costick, George Wither.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the Philadelphia & Lancaster turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Alexander Slaymaker, Henry Kinzer, [signature in German], Mathias Slaymaker, Henry Eckert, George Eckert, John L. Slaymaker, James H. Slaymaker, Peter Steman, [signature in German], Hugh Aikin, Henry Slaymaker, Philip Foster, Jamis Graham, Isaac Smoker, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Mehaffy, Daniel Kendig, Samuel Hess, [James Haldson], Joseph Hamilton, John [Bybrend], George WIthers, Daniel Kauffman, Jacob Deitrich, John Sauder, George Lively, John Jack, Andrew Tanger, William Bridge].
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Signers of Petition: George Slaymaker, Hugh Aikin, Mathias Slaymaker, John Slaymaker, Benjamin H. Harr, Jacob Frantz Jr., Henry Slaymaker, Isaac Walker, Henry Eckert, John Denlinger Jr., J. W. Robinson, James P. McIlvain, James Walker.
Second Sheet: Isaac Walker, Hugh Aikin, John Smith, J. W. Robinson, Peter Smoker, John McSorley, James Walker, George Slaymaker, John Slaymaker, J. P. McIlvain, Elisha Ferree, Thomas McSorley.
2 items, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Jacob Buckwalter, George Withers, William [Brown], [signature in German], [signature in German], Emanuel [Brenner], Frederick Frey Jr., Peter Rumel, John Fry, [signature in German], [signature in German].
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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