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.
Signers of Petition: Jonathan Pusey, James Clyde, John Vaughen, Isaac Vaughen, John Lockart, Peter Haldeman, H. H. Owings, James Haughey, Henry B. Eagle, John Felix, C. M. Rohrer, J. B. Michael, William Hissin, John D. Wright, H. Breneman, Thomas Collins.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Located on Front Street between Perry Street and the mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: David W. Jefferies, Jacob S. Spear, Robert Spear, Michael Way, C. Breneman, Peter Haldeman, Christian Haldeman, David Rohrer, William Atkins, B. F. Dean, John W. Houston, Preston B. Elder, Henry Breneman, [J. S. N.] Cottrell, J. F. Cottrell, John Weaver, Gideon Breneman.
Also: Affidavit of Jeremiah Brown; Affidavit of Richard Cochran.
3 Items, 3 Pieces
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Signers of petition: Peter Haldeman, Theodore D. Cochran, Robert Hamilton, John Cooper, Peter Saylor, F. A. Thomas, Gideon Breneman, E. S. Brodhead, George Wike, Henry [Krenson], Joseph T. Sample, F. Ziegler, D. F. Griffith, Amos S. Green, Thomas Collins, J. A. Brooks.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: H. H. Fry, C. S. Kauffman, J. W. Cottrell, Jonas Myer, John Bruner, P. F. Fry, A. R. Spangler, Henry W. Gray, Robert Hamilton, Jonas Rumple, Hiram Wilson, John McLaughlin, Jeremiah Brown.
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Located on Front Street between Perry Street and the mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: B. F. Dean, Thomas Jackson, Jonathan Pusey, John W. Houston, Jonas Rumple, Henry Cassel, William A. Martin, David Rohrer, Albert G. Bradford, John Montgomery, William F. Given, John Lowery, John Cooper, Moses Whitson, Joseph W. Cottrell, J. F. Cottrell, W. Righter, Peter Haldeman, O. B. Goodman, H. H. Owings.
1 item, 1 piece
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