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.
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: [signature in German], Joseph Adams, John L. Sharp, Samuel J. Black, Philip Sprecher, Peter Steitz Sr., David Gingrich, William Frank, Jacob B. Brubaker, John Eshleman, Jacob Landis, Michael Martin.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Reading.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: John Hostetter, Cornelius Lehn, Abraham Forney, George Weidler, John Weidler, Benjamin Landis, Daniel Landis, Henry Rudy, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Landis, Jacob Landis Sr., Daniel Royer.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Landis, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Rohrer, David Mayer, Benjamin Myers, [signature in German], John Eshleman, Martin Musser, Benjamin H. Kauffman, Jacob Metzger, Hugh T. Lytle, Peter Stormfeltz, David Harnish.
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Signers of petition: Peter Fieles, Emanuel Bostick, John Eichelberger, Henry Summy, Jacob Eby, Jacob Shelly, Miles Carpenter, Samuel Fox, [Christian Rauch], George Eichelberger, Allen Lied, Michael Kline Sr.
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Located at the forks of the roads, leading from Columbia to Marietta to Lititz to Millport or Catfish road and near the crossroads of said Columbia road and the new Lancaster road.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: John M. Summy, John Long, Christian Staman Jr., Joseph Becker, Christian Summy, George Dutt, Peter Reist, [signature in German], W. A. Shelly, Martin Manderbach, Jonas Meyer, [signature in German], Peter Longenecker, [signature in German], Levi Hull, John [Grub], George B. Shober, William Buch, Jacob Ziegler, Jacob Diehm, Christian Kreiter, Henry Summy, Peter Rieles, David Erb, Abraham [Haler] Jr., [signature in German], F. A. Zitzman, M. B. Bowman.
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Signers of petition: Henry H. Kurtz, Abraham Stauffer, Adam Keller, Henry Martin, John P. Swinehardt, Abraham Eberly, Arthur Quin, Jacob Landis, Joseph W. Brener, [signature in German], John Gerber, John Kepperling.
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Signers of petition: John Rehm, Simon Brubaker, Samuel Taggart, Abraham Metzler, John H. Kilburn, William B. Eager, John Rehm, Jacob Potts, Thomas Eagar, William Cummins, John [Lieb], William S. Warner, W. F. S. Warren, Jesse Gyger.
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