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.
Signers of petition for eating house: Bomberger, W. T.; Parry, H. B.; Sprecher, W. D.; Sprecher, George D.; Evans, James; Eshleman, D. G.; Evans, Robert A.; King, George P.; King, David; Atlee, John L. Jr.; Dougherty, Hugh; Pinkerton, William; Wise, John; Wiley, William B.; Boyd, S. W. P.; Ellmaker, Thomas; Calder, George Jr.
January term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: [Isaac Killian], John Deickla, Christin Shenk, Eli Landis, Daniel L. Myers, Samuel W. Potts, Jacob E. Ranck, Jacob O. Steinhiser, Robert Tomlinson, John B. Clements, Abraham Landis, John Johns, Isaac Bitzer, Samuel Ranck.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Petition allowed.
April term.
3 Items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Skiles, John D.; Campbell, Abner; Marshall, James; Brooks, W. P.; Detrick, Edward; Petzelt, C.; McEvoy, S.; Raub, S. W.; Dixon, George; Gable, W. H.; Gable, S. F.; Deichler, M.; Shultz, John; Kling, E. M.; Smith, James; Sprecher, W. D.; [Pensch], J. S.; [Zahm, G. W.]; [Metzger], Michael; Kauffman, Emanuel B.; Carpenter, W.; Baker, W. G.; Peifer, W. L.; Dougherty, Hugh E.; [unknown]; Zahm, H. L.; Cochran, John J.
January term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Samuel Hershey, Benjamin Huber, Micheal L. Hurer, Isaac Bitzer, B. H. Longenecker, Christian Brubacher, Christian Lintner, John Shenk, Benjamin Charles, Samuel Bausman, Samuel Ranck, Philip Bausman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
April term.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Jacob Kreider, James Lindsay, John Kreider, Emanuel Denlinger, Gideon Kauffman, Charles J. Rakestraw, Peter B. Eckert, Samuel Hertzler, S. M. Brua, H. K. Denlinger, Isaac Bair, Daniel M. Killips, Jacob Tout.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
April term.
Approved.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Seldomridge, John N. Woods, Washington Benner, George Seldomridge, Richard Rutter, Joseph Slack, Levi L. Landis, John Miller, Jacob K. Eckert, Isaac Bair, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Kreider, Mahlon Ruth, Gideon Kauffman, John Rutter, Jordan Steen, Isaac Murr, H. A. Smith (Doctor), David Stirling.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Joseph Eaby, Christian Beam, Heasy Espeneder, S. R. Sample, Moses Eaby, Isaiah Miller, David Beam, John V. Hurst, Isaac Bair, Jacob B. Landis, Jacob Kreider, Peter B. Eckert.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
