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.
Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], John Kauffman, Jacob Hershey, Martin Schwar, John Dunkel, Michael Dillinger, Henry M. Bear, Henry Shank, Andrew S. Miller, John Miller, Michael Gochnauer, Jacob Hiestand.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Michael Gochnauer, John Miller, [signature in German], Henry H. Shank, Jacob Fordney, Joseph Bowman, Andrew Holtsworth, John Stauffer, Simon Minnich, Christian K. Long, Simon Minnich, John Hernly, David Gochnauer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Christian Kauffman, John K. Binkly, Henry G. Imhoff, Martin M. Kindig, Henry K. Denham, Jacob Hershey, Henry Hoffman, Levi M. Hoffman, Jacob Sonor, John H. Kauffman, William [Gault], Daniel Hoffman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Affidavit claiming that John Binkly, one of the signers of the application of Andrew H. Kauffman, is not a citizen of East Hempfield Township, but rather of Manheim Township.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry K. Denham.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Henry Huber, Eli Eshleman, Alfred Shank, Abraham Good, Daniel Good, Henry Hess, Ernest M. Weidlich, Samuel Eshleman, Joseph Huber, James Spence, John K. Good, Calvin Eshleman, John S. Herr.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: John Shenk, John Miller, Michael Gochnauer, [signature in German], John Hernly, John Minnich, Henry M. Bear, Jacob Heistand, Christian Long, John Landis, David Hartman, Jacob S. Kauffman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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