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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1809 F008 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1809

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Welch, James; Bear, John; Myers, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: horse stealing; Depositions

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1809 F008 QS

Additional Notes: Case #1, Oyer and Terminer.; Recognizance, charged with stealing a horse, from the stable of John Bear, property of John Myers.; Deposition of John Myers.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1822 F036 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Myers, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: horse stealing; Bill of costs

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1822 F036 QS

Additional Notes: Horse stealing, bill of costs.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1864 F075 QS

Date Range: 1864/11

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1864/11

Year: 1864

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Myers, John; Hoffman, D.

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: horse stealing

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1864 F075 QS

Additional Notes: Alias: D. Hoffman.; Horse stealing.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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Case Number: 90.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #040

Date Range: 1822

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.

Date Range: 1822

Year: 1822

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Anderson, Ilijah; Brady, David; Bryan, George; Bugler, Mrs.; Cross, Samuel; Dodge, James; Eavans, George M.; Frick, Jacob; Fulks, David; Good, Daniel; Goodwin, John; Hambright, John; Hantch, David; Hantch, Matthew; Heinitsh, August; Heisler, George; Henry, Joseph; Imhoff, Dis; Johes, Sarah; Johnson, Benjamin; Johnson, William; Joseph, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Keller, John; Kriner, John; McDonnell, Ann; McKinsey, Mrs.; Myers, John; Obdegroff, Jacob; Ryer, John; Scott, Catherine; Shindle, Catherine; Shindle, Elizabeth; Snodgrass, James; Stehman, John; Steman, John; Stineman, Frederick; Stoner, Jacob; Swim, Macy; Wilson, William; Wilson, John; Wilson, Maria

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Prisoners

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Expenses; Incarcerated persons; Jailors; Prisons; Women

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #040

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 002

Notes: Date entered into Q&A was not recorded.

Additional Notes: Prisons.; Prison expenses.; Heinitsh, August. Jailor.; Stineman, Frederick.; Johnson, Benjamin.; Swim, Macy.; Good, Daniel.; Myers, John.; Eavans, George M.; Imhoff, Dis.; Kriner, John.; Hantch, Matthew.; Mrs. McKinsey.; Shindle, Catherine.; Shindle, Elizabeth.; Scott, Catherine.; Johnson, William.; Dodge, James.; Snodgrass, James.; Hambright, John.; Stoner, Jacob.; Opdegroff.; Keller, John.; Johes, Sarah.; Updegroff.; Wilsin, William.; Ryer, John.; Steman, John.; Heisler, George.; Mrs. Bugler.; Stehman, John.; Brady, David.; Hantch, David.; Bryan, George.; Snotgrass, James.; Obdegroff, Jacob.; Wilson, Maria.; Fulks, David.; Kauffman, Isaac.; Frick, Jacob.; McDonnell, Ann.; Henry, Joseph.; Anderson, Ilijah.; Joseph, Henry.; Ilijah, Anderson.; Wilson, John.; Cross, Samuel.; Goodwin, John.; 1 item, 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Archive

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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

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: Habeas 1891 F005

Date Range: 1891

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1891

Year: 1891

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0016

People: Myers, John; Smith, Jacob S.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1891 F005

Box Number: 016

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Additional Notes: Charged with drunken and disorderly conduct.; Petitioner: Myers, John.; Filed against: Smith, Jacob S. Occupation: prisonkeeper.; Petition.; Habeas corpus, includes decision.; Return, includes warrant of commitment.; 3 items, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Case Number: 705.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Writ

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: Habeas 1849 F005

Date Range: 1849

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1849

Year: 1849

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Stormfeltz, Jacob; Myers, John; Huber, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1849 F005

Box Number: 004

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Additional Notes: Myers, John.; Petitioners: Stormfeltz, Jacob; Myers, John.; Filed against: Huber, Jacob. Occupation: Sheriff.; Directive.; Petition.; Surety of the peace.; Commitment paper.; Habeas corpus, includes answer and decision.; Opinion.; 7 items, 5 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Case Number: 516.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Writ

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: Habeas 1855 F006

Date Range: 1855

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1855

Year: 1855

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Kilburn, Francis; Myers, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1855 F006

Box Number: 005

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Additional Notes: Petitioner: Kilburn, Francis.; Filed against: Myers, John. Occupation: High Constable.; Petition.; Habeas corpus, includes answer and decision.; 2 items, 1 piece

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Case Number: 850.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Writ

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Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: Habeas 1879 F008

Date Range: 1879

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Admin/Biographical History: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.

Date Range: 1879

Year: 1879

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

People: Myers, John; Weise, John P.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Habeas 1879 F008

Box Number: 013

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Additional Notes: Guilty of drunken and disorderly conduct.; Petitioner: Myers, John.; Filed against: Weise, John P. Occupation: prisonkeeper.; Petition.; Habeas corpus, includes decision.; Return, includes warrant of commitment.; 3 items, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Case Number: 340.000

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1781 F005 QS

Date Range: 1781/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1781/08

Year: 1781

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Hamaker, Henry; Henderson, Robert; Myers, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: assault; Quarter Sessions; Recognizance

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1781 F005 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, charged with assaulting the son of Henry Hamaker.; Additional names: Robert Henderson, [ ] Laird.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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