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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1871 F035 QS

Date Range: 1871/04

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1871/04

Year: 1871

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Smith, Henry

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1871 F035 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 33.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dd25a5ae-7d28-40e3-b7b4-803315854241

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1869 F012 QS

Date Range: 1869/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1869/08

Year: 1869

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Smith, Henry

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1869 F012 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny.; 6 items, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 8.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3093c4c5-4a3e-46ee-bd59-816257166320

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1853 F093 QS

Date Range: 1853/11

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1853/11

Year: 1853

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Smith, Henry

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1853 F093 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d0864af2-8193-4a4f-a0e6-981603293426

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1854 F065 QS

Date Range: 1854/04

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1854/04

Year: 1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brown, William

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny; Persons of color

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1854 F065 QS

Additional Notes: African-American.; Larceny.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 56.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dfc0b90b-61b4-4cc6-8574-650532635430

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1850 F100 QS

Date Range: 1850/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1850/08

Year: 1850

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brown, William

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1850 F100 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7a8df112-524b-49f1-ace7-834739957231

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1864 F084 QS

Date Range: 1864/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1864/08

Year: 1864

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, William

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1864 F084 QS

Additional Notes: Also: William Brown.; Larceny.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 93.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/82164c25-55d9-4c1f-9d01-177537116253

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1824 F005 QS

Date Range: 1824/04

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1824/04

Year: 1824

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brown, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1824 F005 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8a759119-b3aa-47eb-859d-234346245323

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1824 F011 QS

Date Range: 1824/04

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1824/04

Year: 1824

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Lucy, Henry; Smith, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: larceny

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1824 F011 QS

Additional Notes: Alias Henry Smith.; Larceny.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b3b16580-983e-43f1-91fb-932420102339

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1807 F018 QS

Date Range: 1807/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1807/08

Year: 1807

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Stock, John; Stock, Adam; Stock, Adam Jr.; Carren, Michael; Henry, Patrick; Smith, Henry; Duchman, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Court costs; Bills; Recognizance; Charge: threatening a person; Charge: assault and battery; Complaints

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1807 F018 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Adam Stock, Adam Stock Jr.; Court costs.; Bill of costs.; Recognizance, charged with threatening Michael Carren; with assault and battery.; Complaint by Michael Carren.; Additional names: Patrick Henry, Henry Smith, Jacob Duchman.; 10 items, 10 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c2dc3eda-68e7-4994-bbac-108433227496

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Charges for riot and murder

Object ID: JAN 1852 F032 QS

Date Range: 1852/01

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Charges for riot and murder

Date Range: 1852/01

Creation Date: January 1852

Year: 1852

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brown, William; Butler, Thomas; Carter, Nelson; Caulsberg, Daniel; Clark, Elijah; Clarkson, Isaiah; Clarkson, Lewis; Clemens, Hezekiah; Clinch, Abraham; Gales, Lewis; Green, Henry; Harris, Walter; Holliday, John; Hunter, Charles; Jackson, John; Johnston, Benjamin; Moore, Jacob; Morgan, John; Pendergrast, Benjamin; Pernsley, Alson; Philips, Jacob; Reed, George; Scarlett, Joseph P.; Sims, Henry; Stewart, Light; Thompson, Ezekiel; Valentine, Charley; Wells, George; Williams, George; Williams, William; Wilson, Collister

Subjects: African Americans--History; United States. Fugitive slave law (1850); Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Slavery

Search Terms: Charge: murder; Charge: riot; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Christiana Resistance; Fugitive slave law; Persons of color; Quarter Sessions; Slavery

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1852 F032 QS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Riot; murder.; Christiana Resistance.; Defendants: John Morgan; Henry Sims; Charley Valentine; Lewis Clarkson; Charles Hunter; Lewis Gales; George Williams; Alson Pernsley; Light Stewart; Joseph Scarlet; William Brown; Ezekiel Thompson; Daniel Caulsberg; Isaiah Clarkson; Benjamin Pendergrast; Elijah Clark; Henry Green; William Williams; John Holliday; William Brown; George Reed; Benjamin Johnston; John Jackson; Thomas Butler; Collister Wilson; Hezekiah Clemens; George Wells; Walter Harris; Abraham Clinch; Nelson Carter; Jacob Philips; Jacob Moore.; 1 item, 7 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908; JAN 1852 F032 QS

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/785288f8-2fe0-44d7-959c-040820462147

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1837 F041 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1837

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Smith, Henry; Gilmore, Maria; Nicolas, Mary; Peart, Benjamin

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: disorderly house; Charge: murder

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1837 F041 QS

Additional Notes: Murder of Benjamin Peart.; Document also lists Maria Gilmore; Maria Nicolas for a disorderly house.; 3 items, 3 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4b16372d-1ebb-4741-9707-691962133045

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1785 F002 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1785

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Smith, Thomas; Winder, Samuel; Winder, James; Brown, William; Skinck, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: rescue

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1785 F002 QS

Additional Notes: Two recognizances, charged with assault and battery on Samuel Winder and James Winder; and rescue.; Additional names: William Brown, John Skinck.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4d2b19f4-cec8-4171-b514-495485285540

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1802 F003 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1802

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Smith, Henry; Hawthorn, Samuel; Poll; Fehl, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: rescue; African Americans; Persons of color; Servants

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1802 F003 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Samuel Hawthorn and also for rescuing and forcibly taking from him his servant girl, African-American, Poll.; Additional name: George Fehl.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9c41ecfa-dc18-4125-a4b3-404469005117

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: DEC 1784 F001 QS

Date Range: 1784/12

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1784/12

Year: 1784

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Smith, Thomas; Wender, Samuel; Winter, Samuel; Brown, William; Skenck, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Warrants; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: attempting to escape

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: DEC 1784 F001 QS

Additional Notes: Warrant, assault and battery and attempting escape from deputy sheriff, Samuel Wender.; Additional names: William Brown, John Skenck.; 1 item, 1 piece