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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Content Note: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

Documents

Finding Aid

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Estate Inventory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/90762e2d-7310-4ade-b111-241728029212

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Walker

Object ID: Inv 1773 F001 W

Date Range: 1773

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Walker

Date Range: 1773

Year: 1773

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0128

People: Walker, John

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: African Americans--History; Probate records; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Enslaved persons; Estate inventories; Persons of color; Probate records; Women

Place: Sadsbury Twp.

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Object ID: Inv 1773 F001 W

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 128

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: Enslaved woman listed.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment-contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: 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.

Documents

INV_1773_F001_W.pdf

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Order for Payment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/03f3631c-a120-4b8f-a369-199601361138

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #026

Date Range: 1825

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Date Range: 1825

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Armstrong, Edward; Armstrong, Francis; Armstrong, Jacob; Badders, Eliza; Badders, Nathan; Badders, Samuel; Brown, J.; Brown, John; Brown, Rachel; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Thomas; Carroll, Eliza; Carroll, James; Carroll, Joseph; Carroll, WIlliam; Clark, Abner; Clark, Samuel; Cooper, Alexander; Cooper, Pamela; Cooper, Rebecca; Corothers, Eliza; Corothers, John; Corothers, Richard; Corothers, WIlliam; Craig, George; Craig, Jane; Dailey, James; Dailey, John; Dailey, Mary; Dever, Eleonor; Dever, John; Dever, Samuel; Drake, Mary Ann; Drake, William; Evans, Joel; Evans, Thomas; Gray, James; Gray, John; Gray, Mary; Gray, Wilhelmina; Hess, Elias; Hess, Jonas; Johnson, Christmas; Johnson, Chris; Johnson, David; Johnson, Jane; Keys, John; Keys, Margaret; Kyle, Joseph; Kyle, William; Leek, Elizabeth; Lewis, Andrew; Lewis, James; Lewis, Mary; Long, Abner; Long, Kersey; Long, Mary; Low, Curtis; Low, Rebecca; Maxwell, Anna; Maxwell, George; Maxwell, Margaret; McCann, David; McCann, Eliza; McCullough, John; McCullough, Margaret; McCullough, Rebecca; McCullough, Reuben; McGuigan, Agness; McGuigan, Ruth Ann; McNamee, Ann; McNamee, Francis; McNamee, John; McNamee, Rebecca; Milbourn, Abraham; Milbourn, Ann; Milbourn, James; Millbourn, John; Miller, Adeline; Miller, Charlotte; MIller, John; Moore, Catharine; Moore, Mary; Norriss, Abner; Norriss, Daniel; Norriss, Levi; Norriss, Sarah; Oldham, James; Oldham, John; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Robert; Peters, William; Pettigrew, Eliza; Pettigrew, Mary; Pettigrew, Samuel; Reynolds, Eliza; Reynolds, Enos; Reynolds, Job; Reynolds, Lydia; Reynolds, Phoebe; Richardson, Stephen; Richardson, William; Ross, Isabella; Ross, Reason; Scottin, Jane; Scottin, Joel; Scottin, John; Scottin, Minerva; Scottin, Squire; Scottin, WIlliam; Sweigart, Catharine; Sweigart, Jacob; Temple, Catherine; Temple, Chalkey; Towson, Ephraim; Towson, Isaac; Towson, Joseph; Walker, Ezekiel; Walker, John; Warner, Aaron; Warner, Asa; Warner, John A.; Warner, William W.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Little Britain Twp.; Poor children; Persons of color; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #026

Box Number: 005

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Taken from Lancaster county tax list.; Leek, Elizabeth. Mother of Johnson, David, age 10; Richardson, William, age 6; Richardson, Stephen, age 5.; Lewis, Mary. Mother of Lewis, Andrew, age 7; Lewis, James, age 10.; Evans, Joel. Father of Evans, Thomas, age 8.; Cooper, Alexander. Father of Cooper, Rebecca, age 9; Cooper, Pamela, age 6.; Keys, John. Father of Keys, Margaret, age 8; Keys, John, age 6.; Corothers, John. Father of Corothers, WIlliam, age 11; Corothers, John, age 9; Corothers, Richard, age 7; Corothers, Eliza, age 6.; Carroll, Joseph. Father of Carroll, James, age 11; Carroll, WIlliam, age 9; Carroll, Eliza, age 6.; McGuigan, Agness. Mother of McGuigan, Ruth Ann, age 11.; Johnson, Christmas. Father of Johnson, Jane, age 6. African American.; Clark, Samuel. Father of Clark, Abner, age 8. African American.; Oldham, James. Father of Oldham, John, age 7.; Brown, Samuel. Father of Brown, Thomas, age 6; Gray, Wilhelmina, age 9.; Sweigart, Catharine. Mother of Sweigart, Jacob, age 10.; Scottin, Joel. Father of Scottin, WIlliam, age 9; Scottin, John, age 7; Scottin, Minerva, age 6.; Dailey, John. Father of Dailey, Mary, age 11; Dailey, James, age 9.; MIller, John. Father of Miller, Charlotte, age 9; Miller, Adeline, age 7.; Norriss, Levi. Father of Norriss, Abner, age 11; Norriss, Daniel, age 9; Norriss, Sarah, age 7.; Maxwell, George. Father of Maxwell, Margaret, age 9; Maxwell, Anna, age 6. African American.; Long, Mary. Mother of Long, Kersey, age 11; Long, Abner, age 8.; Ross, Isabella. Mother of Ross, Reason, age 11.; Drake, William. Father of Drake, Mary Ann, age 9; Drake, William, age 7.; Armstrong, Edward. Father of Armstrong, Jacob, age 10; Armstrong, Francis, age 7.; Peters, Abraham. Father of Peters, William, age 11; Peters, Robert, age 8.; Milbourn, James. Father of Milbourn, Ann, age 9; Milbourn, Abraham, age 8, Millbourn, John, age 6.; Towson, Isaac. Father of Towson, Joseph, age 8; Towson, Ephraim, age 7.; McCullough, John. Father of McCullough, Margaret, age 9; McCullough, Rebecca, age 7; McCullough, Reubein, age 6.; Hess, Jonas. Father of Hess, Elias, age 6.; Brown, J. Parent of Brown, John, age 10; Brown, Rachel, age 7.; Dever, Samuel. Father of Dever, Elonor, age 11; Dever, John, age 9.; Scottin, Squire. Father of Scottin, William, age 7.; Kyle, Joseph. Father of Kyle, William, age 6.; McNamee, Fr[ancis]. Father of McNamee, John, age 10; McNamee, Ann, age 8; McNamee, Rebecca, age 7.; McCann, David. Father of McCann, Eliza, age 6.; Johnson, Chris[ ]. Father of Johnson, Jane, age 6.; Walker, John. Father of Walker, Ezekiel, age 11; Walker, John, age 11.; Low, Curtis. Father of Low, Rebecca, age 12.; Reynolds, Eliza. Widow. Mother of Reynolds, Enos, age 8.; Temple, Catherine. Widow. Mother of Temple, Chalkey, age 8.; Moore, Catharine. Mother of Moore, Mary, age 8.; Scottin, Joel. Father of Scottin, Jane, age 12.; Gray, James. Father of Gray, Mary, age 7; Gray, John, age 6.; Craig, Jane. Mother of Craig, George, age 7. African American.; Pettigrew, Mary. Widow. Mother of Pettigrew, Eliza, age 10; Pettigrew, Samuel, age 7.; Badders, Samuel. Father of Badders, Nathan, age 10; Badders, Eliza, age 8.; Reynolds, Job. Father of Reynolds, Phoebe, age 9; Reynolds, Lydia, age 6.; Warner, Asa. Deceased. Father of Warner, Aaron, age 11; Warner, William W., age 9; Warner, John A., age 7.; 1 item. 1 piece.