Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
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Located on the east end of Columbia on the Turnpike.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: James Clyde, George Mason, Michael Wisler, John Missick Jr., John Hudders, James Meclane, Daniel McCane, William Dessing, Daniel McCane, Lewis Wislar, Henry Diffenbaugh, and two others.
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Located on the turnpike road and between Locust and Cherry Streets.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: James Clyde, John Dicks, John Barbers, Robert Magill, George Gossler, James Sweeney, Israel Lloyd, Thomas A. Wilson, Robert Barber, John Mathiot, Jacob Forney, John Hudder, H. McCorkle, Robert Houston, Thomas Lloyd, William Todd, Ezekiel Cook, Jacob Gossler, Christian Haldeman, and one other.
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Located on the turnpike road leading from Lancaster to Philadelphia.
Formerly occupied by Robert Richardson.
Petition allowed.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Breneman, Christian Barr, William Parker, Samuel [Kendig], William White, Leonard Eichholtz, John Johnston, [signature in German], Simon Graff, Francis Kendig, Martin Meylin.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road. .
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kirkwood, Jonathan Booth, James Humphrey, James Paul, James H. Houston, Christian Hess, Samuel Houston, Robert Hoar, Davis Clemson, Samuel Duffield, William Linvill, Rees C. Himes, James McCalley.
Second Sheet: John C. [Mickle], Enoch Passmore, J. G. Henderson, Benjamin Linvill, Samuel Houston, Thomas McIlvain, James B. Humphrey, George D. McIlvain, Benjamin F. Houston, William Gallaher, John Umble, Christian Eby.
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Signers of Petition: James Shaw, Isaac Bower, George Cooper, James [Rea] Jr., Joshua Chamberlin, George Vearntz, John Townsend, Samuel Sellers, Amos Townsend, Joseph C. Dickinson, John Murray, A. Draucker.
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Signers of Petition: Hugh Aikin, John McSorley, Isaac Kinzer, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Henry Slaymaker, Levi Eckert, Isaac Walker, Henry Kinzer, George L. Eckert, Christian Hess, Jacob Harsh, Sebastian Schoech.
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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. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Located on corner of the Market Square and Gay Street.
Lately occupied by Robert Leaman.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Dickey, Samuel Bailie, John Huss, [Orson] Douglass, David Zook, John Rhoads, Samuel Huston, William Maxwell, Alexander M. Beaty, Christian Henry, Henry Christine, Jacob Glatz.
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Located on the road leading from Harrisburg turnpike to New Holland.
Kept by E. Shober.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Fordney, John B. Brubaker, Peter Swar, John Gray, Jacob Acker, David Gochnauer, John Minnich, Peter L. Grosh, Jacob Stauffer, Simon Minnich, Michael Gochnauer, John J. Kaufman.
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