Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
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Located on road leading from New Holland to Maytown, four miles from the borough of Lancaster.
Signers of Petition: Ephraim Long, Adam Keller, Johann Gabel, Jacob Frantz, John Landis, Henry Landis, John Stoner, George Matter, John Stoner and 4 others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: George Bietz, Adam Vonderau, Christian Herr, Abraham Bitner, Christian Binkley, Abraham Kauffman, Joseph Thormbaugh, Joseph Charles, John Wissler, John Kauffman, Benjamin Kaufman and one other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Christian Horn, Jacob Wittmer, John Wissler, Jacob Good, Jacob Berg, Jacob Wittmer, Andrew Kaufman, Ephrian Cornwall, Joseph Charles, Adam Vonderau, Christian Shuman.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Abraham Kaufman, George Bietz, Michael Bauchman, Christian Binkley, Joseph Charles, Christian Baughman, Jacob Berg, Henry Musselman, P. Davis, Christopher Brenner and two others.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: Israel Lloyd, Joshua Rehln, Isaac C. Kauffman, Jacob Strickler, Joseph Hinkle, Henry Withers, Isaac Hendrick Jr., Philip Gosh, Jahn Davis, Martin Kusner, Joseph Charles, James Sweeney, Moses Montgomery, David Shultz.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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