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: John Myers, Josiah Lamborn, Frederick Ricker, John Graham, George Glendening, William Glendening, Robert Trago, Thomas Kerr, Jacob Rutt, Jonas Ranck, John Miller, Samuel Lemmon, George Wright, Adam Rutter, John Glauner.
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Signers of petition: John Umbleson, Isaac Livingston, Thomas Levingston, Henry Levingston, Adam Hoar, A. L. Henderson, William Henderson, Peter Eby, John Umble Jr., Davis Clemson, B. F. Houston, Isaac Worst, Henry Dickinson.
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Signers of petition: Andrew Withrow, Elias Eby, Stephen Hanes, Christian Sanders, Henry Sanders, Joseph L. Hoar, Joseph Umble, John D. Wilson, Henry Dickinson, James P. Dickinson, David S. Knox, Winfield S. Kennedy, H. H. Umble, C. Umble.
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Located on the Gap hill, on the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Joseph Gest, William Hoar, John Buyer, Frederick D. Baker, Archibald Henderson, Thomas Henderson, James Clemson, James Boyd, Henry F. Slaymaker, John McCally, Caleb Brinton, William Lytle.
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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. 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.
Located on the turnpike road leading from Downingtown to Ephrata.
Lately occupied by John Piersol.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Wallace, John Huston, John B. Luckie, Robert Jenkins, James Jacobs, George Duchman, George Weaver, F. Seeger, Isaac Ellmaker, Anthony Ellmaker Jr., Cyrus Jacobs.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Houston, Isaac Taylor Jr., Christopher Griffith, Thomas Henderson, Frederick Baker, A. Owens, Francis Bailey, Robert A. Buyers.
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