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.
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.
Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Sign of the White Horse.
Petition continued and withdrawn.
January term.
Signers of petition: William W. Steele, James Ankrim, Isaac Rogers, Alexander Gordon, John Retzer Jr., john Lovett, George M. Evans, Mahlon Pusey, James McPherson, Robert W. Long, George Long, J. B. Long, John Long, William A> Brown, William McSparran, Gardner Furness, George Retzer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
January term.
Signers of petition: Thomas A. Clark, Edward Crawford, James A. McPherson, William S. Long, George W. McPherson, [ ] Worrell, Robert Clark Jr., Erastus Reynold, Alexander S. Clark, Hugh H. Long, John McPherson, Joseph Phillips, James Philips, Joseph Graver, John Markley, John Wells, John N. Russel, William R. Ralston, Amos Groff, Henry Crawford, Joseph Groff Sr., A. S. Ewing, John Singleton, Sanders McCullough.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Peach Bottom Ferry.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Robert Shippen, James McPherson, Daniel Harman, William Retzer, Israel Penrose, Benjamin Penrose, A. N. Landis, David Parry, G. Morison, [ ] Housekeeper, John N. Russel, Jesse Lamborn, Joseph Kyle, William A. Brown, Leonard Johnson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Philip Housekeeper, John Pusey, George G. Wentz, Thomas Johnson, Nathan Roberts, M. Hopkins, Elijah McIntire, William Ankrim, James Fleming, Joseph Kyle, John N. Russel, William A. Brown, George Brown.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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