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.
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.
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.
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: George Brown, John Bonholzer, Robert W. Moore, William R. Ralston, Hugh [Peirnz], Joseph Smith, Benjamin F. Sides, Daniel M. Dunkle, William W. Steele, Jacob Shaub, William Keech, Amos Groff, Elias [Hess].
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Signers of Petition: George Brown, William A. Brown, John McSparran, Clarkson Jefferies, Thomas Neel, G. Morison, [ ] McSparran, Fleming McSparran, John N. Boyd, Amos Ailes, William Barnes, William P. Peisey, D. W. McIntire, William T. Boyd, [L. P.] Brown, David Brown.
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Signers of Petition: John K. Harr, Preston Smith, John Bradley, Aaron M. Cox, Caleb G. Bradley, Alexander Carter, Jason Bolton, James Penny, George S. Lamborn, David McAffee, James A. McPherson, A. J. Ankim.
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Signers of Petition: David Brown, Hugh Moore, Joseph B. Shanks, John [Patton], J. M. Dunkle, Thomas McKinkley, Jacob Shoff, William Bear, William Ralston, David Seiple, Mahlon C. Harra, Abraham [Griest], Mathies McLane, T. N. McSparran, W. P. Pusey, T. J. Towson, Charles T. Todd, Miller Hutter, Francis B. Groff, Francis L. McCrabb, James W. Malone, G. L. [Hildebrand], Patrick Smith, H. D. Hildebrand, Thomas R. Johnson, S. L. Fisher, John Fowler, James D. Wilson, William T. Wilson, George McElmer, Benjamin Hutton, William Morrison, William Miller, James B. Long, Benjamin Penrose, T. L. Cummings, [ ] Hickman, John Gallagher, [ ] Trimbel, John Bishop, Francis Campbell, John Mayer, D. M. Dunkle, Henry Heckler, Isaac Troope, Jacob B. Markley, Joseph Smith, Francis Campbell, Henry Bamberger, Richard C. Edwards, Clark Phillips, Robert W. Moore, Jonathan [McMilke], Samuel McMichael, George Kiskaden, James McGrady, George [Heshower], Emanuel Waltman, George Bowers, John Kiskaden, Jacob Waltman, Thomas [Marly], [unknown signature], Neil McGrady, Benjamin Lyne, Elwood McDown, William G. Steele, David Stouffe, Elijah Crangle, John Bonbolzer, Benjamin Bleacher, Isaac Herr, Emanuel D. Waters, George W. Waters, [unknown signature], G. Morison, Patrick Glackin, Patrick Harley, Denas Brogan, John Tenant, J. M. Parke, R. J. Ward, Phineas Ewing, Jacob Carigan, Edwin F. Hensel, Nathaniel N. Hensel, Edward C. Steinford, Cornelius Herriene, Michael Linch, [unknown signature], Samuel Fisher, Washington Chamberlin, John Smyth, Michael Phillips, John Phillips, Daniel Roads, George Miller, Thomas [McColgan], David Clendenin, James Shenk, Daniel Herr, George W. Hagan, Christopher M. Hess, Andrew J. Ferguson, George Carson, John Harbison, John S. Bryan, Edward C. Phillips, Frederick Miers, John L. [Furgien], James A. McKinley, Samuel Seiple Sr., Samuel Seiple Jr., Eliakim Oldham, Joseph Hackett, Peter Smyth, Henry [Roders], Thomas McGugeon, Thomas McMorrison, [Patrson] McCardle, John Trimble, John Showalter, Henry Pennebecker, William Y. Reynolds, D. W. McIntire, William Northamer.
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Names: James A. McPherson, James Parry, James M. Hopkins, Isaac Rogers, Thomas A. Clark, W. Harrison Potts, Erastus Reynolds, Robert S. Maxwell, William C. Hoopes, Edward Crawford, William Wright, Lindley C. Rutter, George H. Smith, Abraham Overholtzer.
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Signers of first remonstrance: Thomas A. Clark, George H. Smith, Jacob B. Marten, James B. Cooper, Thomas Trego, Alfred Pyle, Kirk Brown, John George, S. Blare Moore, [unknown signature], A. S. Clarke, John N. Russel, Adam Black, Israel [Tenice], Thomas R. Neel, Samuel Neeper, John Evans, Joseph Groff, John Wells, Edward Crawford, William W. Watson, Sanders McCullough, William Ritchie, George Harner, William A. Brown, George Hilton, George Galcher, Jeremiah Cooper, Henry Buffington, John Cummins, Christian Wenditz, James Ankrim, James Y. Ankrim, S. M. Ankrim, Jackson Ankrim, Marten Ankrim, W. C. Scott, Hezekiah [Freeston], William Black, James H. Clark, L. Y. Wilkinson, Christian Lefever, James Penny, Lindley C. Rutter, Howard Smith, Edwin Shoemaker, Elias Ressler, George M. Evans, R. P. Peters, William Ales, B. F. Scott, Elijah Dunn, Samuel Trimble, Harmon Carr, J. B. Barr, Joseph Kyle, Joseph K. Ferguson.
Signers of second petition: Joseph Showalter, Hugh H. McPherson, James McPherson, Alban Cutler, William Penny, Thomas McGugan, James Ritchie, Isaac B. Shoemaker, James A. McGuigan, Jason Bolton, Andrew J. McElhany, Thomas J. Redman, James Oldham, John C. Lewis, E. H. Paxson, W. H. [Posts], Samuel McElhaney, William Burns, Joseph Bradley, Aaron M. Cox, Valentine Gardiner.
Signers of third remonstrance: John Barclay, Robert S. Maxwell, Israel Penrose, William Showalter, James A. McPherson, Michael McGuigen.
Signers of fourth remonstrance: William Wright, Robert Milligan, John McKirscadden, L. P. Maxwell, Caleb G. Bradley, Abram Overholtzer, Robert Clark, Hugh W. Ritchie, Erastus Reynolds, Anthony Dever, Ezekiel T. Painter, William Starrett, John McPherson, Thomas Neel, James Parker, George Hickey, James A. Parker.
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