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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions paper for Elizabeth Gleis
Object ID
FEB 1783 F001 QS
Date Range
1783/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions paper for Elizabeth Gleis
Date Range
1783/02
Year
1783
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Barr, John
Gleis, Elizabeth
Jordan, John
Ryan, John
Willis, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Charge: receiving and selling stolen goods
Charge: stealing
Prisoners of war
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1783 F001 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Recognizance, for buying stolen clothing, property of Mary Willis.
Additional name: John Jordan.
Second defendants: John Ryan, a prisoner of war; also John Barr, soldier.
Defendants confessed guilt to receiving and selling stolen clothing.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Copyright
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions paper for Daniel Peck
Object ID
FEB 1782 F008 QS
Date Range
1782/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions paper for Daniel Peck
Date Range
1782/02
Year
1782
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Peck, Daniel
Shugart, Zachary
Whitlock, Captain
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Prisoners of war
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Captains
Charge: stealing
Mittimus
Prisoners of war
Quarter Sessions
Revolutionary War
Servants
Soldiers
Warrants
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1782 F008 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Or Peck, Joshia.
British prisoner of war, a servant of Captain Whitlock.
Mittimus, charged with stealing items from Zachary [Shugart].
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Copyright
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Charges for riot and murder
Object ID
JAN 1852 F032 QS
Date Range
1852/01
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Charges for riot and murder
Date Range
1852/01
Creation Date
January 1852
Year
1852
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Brown, William
Butler, Thomas
Carter, Nelson
Caulsberg, Daniel
Clark, Elijah
Clarkson, Isaiah
Clarkson, Lewis
Clemens, Hezekiah
Clinch, Abraham
Gales, Lewis
Green, Henry
Harris, Walter
Holliday, John
Hunter, Charles
Jackson, John
Johnston, Benjamin
Moore, Jacob
Morgan, John
Pendergrast, Benjamin
Pernsley, Alson
Philips, Jacob
Reed, George
Scarlett, Joseph P.
Sims, Henry
Stewart, Light
Thompson, Ezekiel
Valentine, Charley
Wells, George
Williams, George
Williams, William
Wilson, Collister
Subjects
African Americans--History
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Slavery
Search Terms
Charge: murder
Charge: riot
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Christiana Resistance
Fugitive slave law
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Slavery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1852 F032 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Additional Notes
Riot; murder.
Christiana Resistance.
Defendants: John Morgan; Henry Sims; Charley Valentine; Lewis Clarkson; Charles Hunter; Lewis Gales; George Williams; Alson Pernsley; Light Stewart; Joseph Scarlet; William Brown; Ezekiel Thompson; Daniel Caulsberg; Isaiah Clarkson; Benjamin Pendergrast; Elijah Clark; Henry Green; William Williams; John Holliday; William Brown; George Reed; Benjamin Johnston; John Jackson; Thomas Butler; Collister Wilson; Hezekiah Clemens; George Wells; Walter Harris; Abraham Clinch; Nelson Carter; Jacob Philips; Jacob Moore.
1 item, 7 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
JAN 1852 F032 QS
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1795 F010 QS
Date Range
1795/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1795/08
Year
1795
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Lafferty, Francis
Morgan, James
Moskin, Jeremiah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: purchasing United States Army uniform
Soldiers
Uniforms
United States Army
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1795 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with purchasing uniform clothing from a United States Army soldier, James Morgan.
Additional name: Jeremiah [Moskin].
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1796 F001 QS
Date Range
1796/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1796/02
Year
1796
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Elections
United States Congress
Governors
President of the United States
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1796 F001 QS
Additional Notes
No date.
Expenses for the election for the President of the United States, Congress, and Governor.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1789 F016 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1789
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ceasar
Scott, John
Boyd, William
Campbell, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
African Americans
Persons of color
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Enslaved persons
Major, United States Army
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1789 F016 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery.
Servant to Major John Scott.
Additional names: William Boyd, James Campbell.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1824 #429
Date Range
1824
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Admin/Biographical History
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.
Date Range
1824
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0005
People
Adams, James
Bauerman, Henry
Brown, David
Brown, John
Dunkan, Nelly
Eagon, John
Faustman, John
Findley, Sarah
Hemer, Moses
Hopkins, Samuel
Johnston, Margret
Johnston, Robert
Johnston, Thomas
Latcher, Isaiah
Luft. John
Marshal, William
McBayal, John
McBryal, John
McBryal, Susan
McCall, George
McCawley, George
McCawly, George
McGinness, Juliana
McGinness, Prudence
McKelegan, John
Pyle, John
Rutter, Daniel
Smith, Gabriel
Smith, Lewis
Snyder, George
Stoner, David
Vauhorn, Robert
Wann, Daniel
Welsh, Robert
Wimble, Joseph
Wise, Catherine
Worthington, Theodore
Zeigler, Peter
Zieter, D.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
African Americans--History
Search Terms
Charge: arson
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: assault and battery with intent to kill
Charge: disorderly house
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Charge: larceny
Charge: manslaughter
Charge: permitting gaming
Charge: receiving stolen goods
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Courthouses
Lancaster
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1824 #429
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Box Number
005
Notes
PArtially entered into Q & A May 24, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment to the Clerk of Quarter Sessions.
Brown, David. Esq.
Other names mentioned:
Brown, John.
McCawly, George.
Zieter, D.
Marshal, William and Stoner, D.
Smith, Lewis.
Stoner, David.
McCall, George.
Faustman, John.
[Bauerman], Henry.
Welsh, Robert.
Zeigler, Peter.
Smith, Gabriel.
Worthington, Theodore.
Luft. John and others.
Findley, Sarah. Disorderly house.
Hemer, Moses. Permitting gaming.
Johnston, Thomas. Assault and battery with intent to kill.
Wann, Daniel. Assault and battery.
Wimble, Joseph. Larceny.
McBryal, John. Receiving stolen goods.
McBryal, Susan. Larceny.
Vauhorn, Robert. Fornication and bastardy.
Latcher, Isaiah. Fornication and bastardy.
Johnston, Robert. Assault and battery.
Johnston, Robert and Johnston, Margret. Disorderly house.
Pyle, John. Assault and battery.
Adams, James. Person of color. Asssault and battery.
Adams, James. Assault.
McGinness, Juliana. Larceny.
McGinness, Prudence. Receiving stolen goods.
Brown, John. Larceny.
Dunkan, Nelly. Assault and battery.
McCawley, George.Larceny.
Wise, Catherine. Arson.
McKelegan, John. Manslaughter.
Eagon, John.
Rutter, Daniel.
McBayal, John.
Snyder, George.
Hopkins, Samuel.
1 item. 1 piece.
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Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1864 F003 QS
Date Range
1864/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1864/04
Year
1864
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Boring, John D.
Catlin, J. S.
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Testimonies
Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Camp Briggs
United States Army
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1864 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Testimony certifying that John D. Boring is in the employment of government in superintending the erection of the barracks of Camp Briggs, Alexander, VA by Col. J. S. Catlin.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1818 F031 QS
Date Range
1818/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1818/08
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
West, John
Smith, Joshua
Bennet, Samuel
Howard, Rice
Steitz, Peter
Ross, William B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Doctors
Major, United States Army
Warrants
Depositions
Subpoenas
Examinations
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1818 F031 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Joshua Smith, Samuel Bennet (doctor), Rice Howard (Major).
Warrant.
Deposition of Peter Steitz, William B. Ross.
Subpoena.
Examination of witnesses.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Case Number
5.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1795 F001 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1795
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Foster, William
McIvee, William
Moore, Samuel
Foster, Martha
Campble, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Complaints
Desertion
United States Army
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1795 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Complaint, defendant is charged with encouraging William McIvee to desert from the army.
Additional names: Samuel Miller, Martha Foster, William Campble.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail

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