A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:
1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.
1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.
Notes
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Additional Notes
Person of color.
Petitioner: McIlhenny, Robert H.
Filed against: Johnson, John. Occupation: Barber and hairdresser.
Affidavit.
Habeas corpus, includes answer and decision
2 items, 2 pieces
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Case Number
283.000
Classification
RG 01-00 2313
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Signers of petition: William M. Gibson, George Tollinger, Isaac Moore, Jesse Jenkins, J. C. Jamison, B. Franklin Taylor, Samuel Jamison Jr., William Robinson, Henry C. Sapp, Joseph Hilton Jr., James Wright, James C. Lynch, John W. Zell, John Johnson, William Griffith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Signers of remonstrance: Joseph Hilton Jr., Rebecca D. King, Marg N. Brabson, Eliza J. Brabson, J. W. Thompson, M. Eugenia Thompson, Catharine Thompson, Susan H. Griffith, Mary Pugh, Joseph Furniss, Morris Reynolds, William Wood, M. J. Jamison, William King, Jonathan Pickering, Guli Elma Pickering, Elizabeth M. Bradley, Addie Scott, Margaret J. Scott, John T. Hill, J. B. Millington, J. L. Wright, Rachel P. Wright, Anthony Pickering, Narcisa D. Wright, Rebecca J. Brown, Matilda J. White, Ann Kidd, Rachel Gibson, Hattie G. Scott, Eliza White, James A. Pyle, C. Brown, Eliza Gibson, Priscilla Bradley, H. C. Bradley, Lavinia Pennel, Annie Reynolds, Lewis Brown, Elias H. Pickering, S. E. Thompson, John Cummings, Abraham Scott, Isabel T. Hewes, Hettie E. Swift, Mary E. Millington, Philena C. Millington, Maggie White, Lizzie D. Haines, Mary R. Carter, Mary A. Thompson, Elizabeth Harlan, Siddie W. Harlan, William Peeples, Maria Peeples, Annie E. Brabson, Sarah J. Brabson, Hannah Brabson, James M. Ballance, Sarah Sollinger, Margret J. Sollinger, Mary J. Blackburn, William Wivel, Elizabeth H. Gibson, Matilda A. Patterson, Letita Carter, Anna Hensel, James A. Steel, Maggie A. Swift, Jane Wilson, John E. Miller, J. J. Pennel, Amanda R. Pennel, S. E. McClurg, Ann E. Roberts, Letitia P. Carter, Amos Carter, Maggie Jamison, H. Jamison, Lucy Jamison, Robert Scott, Tillie E. Scott, Annie Wright, Sallie Miller, Amelia Thompson, Emily M. Harlan, Mary R. Wason, Mary J. Wason, Eliza E. Wason.
4 items, 4 pieces
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