Signers of Petition: Samuel Milner, Joseph Paxson, Benjamin T. Harrar, John McCommon, Samuel McCommon, John Gable, Jesse Davis, Andrew Bayer, John Alexander, Vincent King, Henry Paxson, Milton Scott, Ezekiel Webb, Henry Gable, Christopher Hastings, Henry Webb, J. C. Taylor, J. McCommon, George T. Dare, Robert Whiteside, Samuel Whiteside, Abraham McConnel, Robert Biers.
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Signers of Petition: G. Withers, John Fullmer, Jacob Neff, John Helm, David Newswenger, John Lefever, John Neff, Daniel Morrison, George Hunter, Isaac Richert, Jacob Cunkle, Paul Ralstan, Francis Kendig, Samuel Morrison, John Herr, Isaac Ryan, Francis Kendig Jr., William W. Steele.
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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.
Located on the Manheim road five miles from Lancaster.
Formerly kept by Mr. Zimmerman.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Emanuel Gibbel, [signature in German], Martin Groff, Jacob Rohrer, Jacob Metzger, Christian Grube, John Buckwalter, Adam Breneman, John Grube, [signature in German], Christian Hostetter, Christian Brubaker, Daniel Balmer, [signature in German], John Capp, Jacob Brubaker, John Frantz, Christian Brubaker, John L. Sharp, Isaac Kauffman.
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Located on road leading from Manheim to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Elijah T. Ward, Jacob Rohrer, Jacob B. Brubaker, [signature in German], George Grube, John Elliot, John Frantz, Emanuel Gibbel, John K. Landis, Jacob [Griel], Henry Decker, Jacob Frank, Peter Brown, Andrew Balmer, Benjmain Myers.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Rohrer, Henry H. Kurtz, Thomas Grosh, Martin Groff, Benjamin B. Leaman, Isaac Powl, Jacob B. Rohrer, Jacob Landis, Hiram Campbell, Jacob Gamber, John [Mess], John Huber, [signature in German].
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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.
Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim.
Formerly occupied by Mr. Franck.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: David Mayer, Jacob Myer Jr., John Kauffman, Christian Brubaker, [signature in German], [signature in German], W. B. Ross, Joseph Hartman, Adam Guiesinger, George Guiesinger, Isaac Ringwalt, John Graff, Matthias Brooke, John Witmer, David Rohrer, Emanuel Gibble, David Stamm, Abraham Landis, Jacob Rathfon, Philip Mosher, George Biegler, Christian Stoner.
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Signers of petition: Francis Flury, J. Cushman, H. [Swisher], Henry Seitz, P. L. Etter, John Roth, Adam Heiser, David Harry, William T. [Mixwell], John B. Malony, J. R. Diffenbach, Andrew Leader.
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Signers of petition: John Libhart, Francis Flury, William S. Maxwell, J. B. Malony, Abraham Cassel, J. L. Etter, Andrew Leader, Adam Heiser, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Roth, J. R. Diffenbach, A. Lindsay, Jacob Hunsicker, Samuel [Peski], J. F. Eagle.
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