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: Philip Housekeeper, Ezekial Atkinson, Samuel Mousson, George G. Wentz, C. M. Johnston, Michael Glacken, William Ankrim, Samuel Maxwell, William W. Steele, Joseph Showalter, Leonard Johnson, T. W. Housekeeper, James McPherson, G. Morison.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
