A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Located on the Susquehanna, near Galbraith's Landing and just below the Conewago Falls.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wolfley, Jacob Gisch, George Wolfley, Jonathan Hough, Joseph Attwood, George Shocker, William White, Christian Reesor, Charles Wede, John Hough, John B. Haldeman, Terah Jones, and one other.
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Located on the turnpike road from Elizabethtown to Falmouth.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wolfley, George Shocker, George Wolfley, Jacob Wolfley, A. C. Price, Joseph Attwood, William White, Michael Coble, John Willet, George Wisler, Frederick Byrod, Hugh Speer, and one other.
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Located on the road from New Holland to the Blue Ball Tavern.
Owned by Daniel Oberly.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: Henry Wickel, Samuel May, Robert McCurdry, John Wallace, George Sheafer, John Sheafer, Peter Diller, John Barkley, David Miller, David Oberly, Isaac Diller, Benjamin Diffenderfer, Edward Smith, John Luther, Henry Roland, Christopher Brenner, Hugh Wilson, Philip Messenkop, John Reitzel, John Light, W. P. Atlee, and three others.
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Located on the Horseshoe Road between New Holland and the Blue Ball.
Owned by Daniel Oberly.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: John Sheafer, George Duchman, Adam Sheafer, John Wallace, Robert McCurdy, David Shirk, Henry Parmer, Henry Wickel, Edward Smith, Jacob Diffenderfer, George Ax, John Luther, Isaac Holy, and one other.
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Signers of Petition: George Thompson, Samuel Holl, Peter Diller, Henry Roland, James Martin, Henry Hambright, David Shirk, Wendel Holl, Jacob Diffenderfer.
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Located on the road from Lancaster to Reading, between ten and eleven miles from Lancaster.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Adams, Peter Brown, Adam Braim, Jacob Saller, Andrew Yundt, Samuel Carpenter, Peter Gonter, Adam Reigart, Charles Montelius, Jacob Hower, William Ramsey, Henry Smith, Christian Meyer, John Sensenman, John Mohler, Abraham Konigmacher, Jacob Kimmell, Emanuel Reigart, William Kirkpatrick, John Forney, and five others.
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