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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a3f4089b-9e4c-46d0-aa5f-100730781179
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1778 F001 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bennet, Joshua
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Schoolmasters
Oaths of Allegience
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1778 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Reason in arrest of judgment, for exercising employment of a schoolmaster without having taken an oath of allegiance.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/757655b1-2d84-4a38-b1d9-312252233251
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
OCT 1779 F001 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1779
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hartman, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Constables
Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OCT 1779 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, to appear at court to abide by its determination for not taking the Office of Constable for Lampeter Twp. as appointed.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1f4ed70c-72e6-4285-9fe6-532682232392
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1778 F003 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ramsay, David
Maxwell, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1778 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Additional name: Maxwell, James.
Recognizance, to prefer a bill of indictment against Mulatto man and woman.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9a827264-ad8a-48fe-bfe4-904424468980
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1778 F004 QS
Date Range
1778/03
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1778/03
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Ramsay, John
Galbrath, James
Feb
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1778 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Additional name: Galbrath, James.
Recognizance, to give evidence against a mulatto man called Feb.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c7493771-3fdc-4108-9420-029398956280
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1778 F008 QS
Date Range
1778/03
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1778/03
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Job
Feb
Zeb
Ramsey, David
Kendrick, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1778 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Also Zeb or Feb. A mulatto man and woman.
Recognizance, charged of felony by David Ramsey.
Additional name: Henry Kendrick.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/627ea52e-e84d-4780-8d62-320446399490
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUN 1778 F002 QS
Date Range
1778/06
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1778/06
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Beashor, Mathias
Becker, John
Jones, Samuel
Long, Gehan
Long, Killian
Snevely, Jacob
Thome, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: misprision of treason
Mittimus
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Warrants
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUN 1778 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Mittimus and recognizance, guilty of misprision of treason.
Additional names: Samuel Jones, John Becker, John Thome.
Recognizance of Gehan Long, Mathias Beashor, Jacob Snevely.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d0f51ffb-7685-411c-ab89-504673439026
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUL 1778 F004 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Weiland, Peter
Bier, Peter
Boor, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: misprision of treason
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUL 1778 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with misprision of treason.
Additional names: Peter Bier, John Boor.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/291f3199-3987-4adb-827d-453402486865
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1778 F005 QS
Date Range
1778/08
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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
1778/08
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Shaver, Peter
Free, Richard
Caughey, Francis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: refusing to take oath of allegiance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1778 F005 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged for refusal to take an oath of allegiance.
Recognizances of Richard Free, Francis Caughey.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2ec13a12-cbc6-496f-9065-531507868684
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1772 F001 QS
Date Range
1772/02
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1772/02
Year
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Singer, Casper
Zank, Henry
Lighty, Henry
Hanley, Jane
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Orders
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1772 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Henry Zank, Henry Lighty.
Overseers of Poor of Lancaster Borough and Twp.
Order to Overseers of Poor of Donegal Twp. quashed to remove Jane Hanley.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1baa06b-1ce9-4cb9-a787-299804526655
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Date Range
1778
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1778
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
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Bart Twp.
Bethel Twp.
Brecknock Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
Derry Twp.
Distillers
Enslaved persons
Hanover Twp., Lancaster County
Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County
Hempfield Twp.
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County
Little Britain Twp.
Martic Twp.
Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Quarter Sessions
Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury Twp.
Strasburg Twp.
Taverns
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Additional Notes
List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:
Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.
21 items, 21 pieces
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