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.
Located on the Lancaster and Manheim turnpike, about 2 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr, Daniel Royer, Emanuel Hostetter, Jacob Kraus, Peter Maurer, Sem Brubaker, Philip Ronk, Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Shreiner, David Grube, Benjamin Long, John L. Sharp, Samuel Kohr, James Cameron, Daniel Herr.
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Located at Binkley's Bridge, on the New Holland turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Stouffer, Henry H. Kurtz, Andrew Balmer, Henry Althouse, Isaac Landis, Jacob L. Landis, Jacob Esbenshade, Isaac Hostetter, Henry Forney, Michael Martin, William Witman, John Gerber.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr Jr., Francis Ruth, Christian B. Landis, Christian Grube, Martin Musser, Abraham Stauffer, John L. Sharp, Jacob Sechrist, Jacob Landis, Christian Ward, William Hamilton, Jacob Reidenbach, Henry Brown.
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Signers of petition: Peter Balmer, John M. Stauffer, John L. Sharp, Joseph W. Brener, Henry Shenk, Christian Hess Jr., Samuel Shirk, Peter Hunsecker, John S. Hostetter, George Eshelman, Francis Ruth, Henry Frick, Emanuel [Keese], Andrew Balmer.
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Signers of petition: John S. Wissler, Isaac Landis, Henry L. Landis, John Hess, Benjamin Lanids, Abraham Shenk, Jacob Reist, Jacob Landis, David Binkly, Jacob Esbenshade, Henry Shreiner, Thomas Grosh, Jacob Rohrer, Abraham Forney.
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Signers of petition: Michael Martin, Christian B. Landis, Absalom Fairer, Jacob Landis, Christian Ward, Abraham Lehn, John Frank, Abraham Stauffer, Jacob L. Landis, Isaac Landis, Jacob Bassler, John Shenk, Isaac Sherk.
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Signers of petition: Abraham Eberly, Abraham Landis, Joseph W. [Foremen], Arthur Quin, Jacob Freed, Reuben Carothers, Martin Musser, Daniel Andrews, [signature in German], Adam Keller, Emanuel B. Keller, Benjamin Landis.
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Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob W. Groff, David Grosh, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Esbenshade, John Stouffer Sr., Abraham Rohrer, Henry Althouse, Reuben Bear, Levi Dreisch, William Ressler, John Brubaker, David Binkly.
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Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: William Witman, George Gerhardt, Abraham Eberly, James Tomlinson, Philip Ronk, Henry Hilton, John Stauffer Jr., Thomas Barr, Davis Horst, Christian Bomberger, Samuel Swigart, Stephen Hiestand, Daniel Brubacker, David Shreiner, William Hammond, [signature in German], Martin Kachel, Jacob Hunsicker, Jacob Hess, D. S. Brecht, Peter S. Snyder, John Long, A. Beerbower, Henry Shreiner, John Weidler, Andrew B. Hauck, Abraham F. Garber, John Gerber, Christian Hiestand, Emanuel Hermes, Phillip Stark, George Grube, John Johnson, [signature in German], Henry Hamilton, Charles Shreiner, Christian S. Grube, Adam Dietrich, George Funk, David Evans, Benjamin Johnson, Henry Johns, John Frank, Abraham Bomberger, Martin Musser, H. B. Bowman, Benjamin W. Harnish, John Coffey, Henry Albright, George Miller, Christopher M. Hess, Henry F. Eberly, George Hauck, Isaac Hostetter, Christian Zook, Isaac Unger, John Zook Jr., Andrew Metzger, William Rheem, C. L. [Husheber], Jacob Landis, Jacob Stark, John Evans, Henry H. Kurtz, [ ] Blickenderfer, George Hambright, Amos Ringwalt, Joseph Wisner, George Y. Shreiner, Lewis H. Fisher, David Stauffer, Jacob Bassler, Tobias Johnson, Joseph W. Brenen, Peter C. Maurer, John L. Sharp, Abraham Stauffer, Ephraim Stauffer, [ ] Dengard, John Dunkel, Daniel Shisler, Jacob Y. Shreiner, George C. Garber, William Weaver, Benjamin Benedick, Robert Campbell, Conrad Miller, Christian Shreiner, Daniel Shreiner.
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