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.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
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.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of Petition: Lewis Frederick Levering, Evan Bricker, Daniel Bentz, Benjamin Mooney, Jacob Lupold, Jacob Miller, John Hornberger, [signature in German], John Zartman, William Fausset, Charles Fausset, Samuel H. Miller.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on cross roads leading from Downingtown to Harrisburg and from Lititz to Sheafferstown.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel S. Rex, Joseph Weidman, Thomas [Callihar], [signature in German], William Bair, Peter H. Platt, Isaac Miller, Edward Stevenson, Lorans Sallada, John Zartman, John Steiner, [signature in German], Peter Bricker, Jacob Diehm.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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