The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: Christian Imhoff, Abraham Cassel, John Fisher, John Auxer, J. Grosh, [signature in German], William H. Grosh, Jacob Stibgen, Peter Baker, David Cassel Jr., Samuel McKinney, Moses Montgomery, [James] Stackhouse, B. Libhart, B. Taylor, Francis [Flurz].
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Signers of Petition: Samuel McKinney, William Child, James Stackhouse, F. Wilson, John Hertzler Jr., F. Wilson, Francis [Florz], [unknown signature], John Woodman, Jacob Graybill, B. Libhart, Jacob Scheidly, John Spangler, J. T. Anderson, Andrew Mehaffey, Jacob Rigler.
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Signers of Petition: James Scott, A. L. Evans, J. Grosh, Jacob Scheidley, Samuel Johnson, James Glenn, John Young, Peter Baker, [signature in German], William H. Grosh, Isaac Goshen, Peter Keesey, [signature in German], Jacob Stibgen.
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Located on Market Street adjoining property of Samuel D. Miller.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Robert King, James Stackhouse, Abraham Zublin, John Goodman, Jacob Graybill, Samuel Miller, John Cassel, [signature in German], Samuel McKinney, Abraham Cassel, Abraham Varley, William Child, Jacob Scheidly, James Mehaffey.
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Signers of Petition: Andrew Mehaffey, James Stackhouse, John Goodman, F. Wilson, Jacob Glatz, Jacob Scheidly, John Spangler, J. T. Anderson, Jacob Rigler, Samuel McKinney, David Rinehart, John Clements.
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Located on High Street adjoining property of Frederick Nagle and an alley.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Clement, Jacob Graybill, J. Libhart, Samuel Houston, Samuel McKinney, Andrew Mehaffey, Frederick Franck, Jacob Scheidly, Jacob Glatz, Abraham Zublin, Frederick Nagle, James Mehaffey.
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Signers of Petition: John Young, F. Wilson, John Goodman, Abraham Zublin, Henry Haldeman, Jacob Graybill, Moses Montgomery, John Huss, Frederick Nagle, G. K. Carothers, W. McPherson, J. T. Anderson, William Child.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Haldeman, John Hertzler Jr., F. Wilson, W. R. McCay, John Goodman, J. T. Anderson, Jacob Glatz, Andrew Mehaffey, Abraham Cassel, J. Gries, Jacob Graybill, John Jay Libhart, Nathaniel Latchem.
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