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Additional Notes
Includes widow's allotment and list of debts.
Enslaved persons listed, one woman, three boys.
Indentured servant boy listed.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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