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.
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Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
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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.
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.
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.
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.
10. William Hamilton late Treasurer of Lancaster County return of tavern licenses of which a certificate hath been given to the Auditor General of Pennsylvania.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Located near the fork of the roads from Reamstown and from Lititz to Newport, nine miles from Lancaster and three from Lititz.
April Term.
Petition not allowed.
Also an additional petition in support of Joseph Irwin and a petition against granting Joseph Irwin a tavern license.
Signers of petition: Michael Stober, Abraham Ditlar, Peter Holl, Henry Carpenter Jr., George Louis Mayer, George Wolf, Joseph Uhrich, Daniel Fahnestock, Samuel Bauman, Daniel Fahnestock, William Bawman, Samuel Kimmell, Jacob Bowman, Konigmacher, Benjamin Bewmun, Samuel Carpenter, Henrey Parmer, John Sheaffer, Henry Roland, F. Ellmaker, Jacob Ringwalt, and three others.
Signers of additional petition: John Johns, Henry Carpenter, John Melhorn, Paul Johns, Samuel Johns, Isaac Carpenter, Samuel Good, David Good, Jacob Johns, Benjamin Steman, Jacob Fesler, C. Carpenter, Jacob Kafroth, Peter Kafroth, Joseph Herman, John Brown, Absalom Sellers, John Garber, Jacob Garber, John Reist, Martin Manderback Jr., Phillip Young, Peter Friler, Frederick Zitzman, Michael Baer, William Slott, and several others.
Signers of petition against tavern: Charles Harlacher, Samuel Harlacher, Samuel Wolff, John Pheaffer, Peter Bawman, John Roth, Henry Netzly, Christian Erb, John Geyer, Abraham Forney, John Forney, Jacob Smidt, Matthias Tshudy, Benjamin Kreiter, Samuel T. Sturgis, and several others.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located on the road from New Holland to Mount Hope furnace and at the fork of the Reamstown and Newport roads.
August Term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Kafroff, Abraham Brubaker, Charles Montelius, Adam Diller, Peter Holl Jr., John Reist, Martin Manderbach Jr., Christian Myers, Isaac Carpenter, John Johns.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located in the forks of the road from Lititz to Newport and Reamstown, near another road to Mount Hope furnace, seven miles from the furnace.
November Term.
Petition not granted.
Signers of petition: Martin Manderbash Jr., Henry Shloctt, George Wolff, Samuel Good, Paul Johns, David Good, John Morrison, Daniel Carpenter, John Johns.
1 item, 1piece
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