Long known as the Old Ferry House, now known as Black Hotel.
Located on Front Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: James Haughy, John A. Hook, James G. Cooper, Hudson Henry, Samuel H. Lockard, J. H. Hunter, C. Strawbridge, Reuben Mullison, F. A. Thomas, Amos S. Green, George Wolf, William Atkins, James Collins, Davis C. Groh, B. G. Getz, John Enney.
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Signers of petition: John W. Hook, Thomas Collins, Nathan C. [Grove], William Power, Reuben Mullison, Gideon Breneman, George C. Franciscus, George Wolf, Peter Haldeman, Thomas White, Henry B. Eagle, William Atkins, James Patton.
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Located on Front Street in the immediate vicinity of the canal basin and the termination of the railroad.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Guy, Thomas Smith, Stephen Thomas, Francis Boggs, Edward Parker, Reuben Mullison, Thomas [Winnemore], P. F. Gonder, Jacob Gossler, James Donley, Israel Cooper, Robert Barber, Joseph Strickler, D. Eagle, Moses Whitson, John Forney, John L. Boswell, C. Haldeman, G. W. Johnston, Thomas Borbridge, George W. Boude, Henry Suydam, John Ferguson, John B. Carter, Ira Woodworth, J. F. Markley, John McKissick, H. M. Corkley, Peter Haldeman, John Mullen, Nathan Dudley.
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Signers of Petition: Michael Strein, John Swartz, Michael Way, James Long Jr., John M. Heller, John List, James Boyd, Peter Haldeman, Robert Chalfant, [Joseph] W. Cottrell, J. F. Cottrell, Joseph Strickler, F. A. Thomas, Nathan Dudley, Robert [Spear], Reuben Mullison, George C. Lloyd, C. Strawbridge, John Guy, [P. B. Ida], Richard R. [Bryan], John Mullen, G. W. Johnston, John E. Brown, William J. Schultz, George W. Evans, Nathaniel Evans, Hugh Boyle, George Ziegler, John Beatty, Francis Boggs, E. Johnston, John E. Brown, George Weaver, E. Shreiner, John Guy, Robert Spear, Joseph Strickler, W. G. Johnson, Peter Haldeman, P. B. Elder, H. Breneman, J. F. Cottrell, John Vaughen, Joseph Bowman, Nathaniel Evans, Lewis Wislar, John Montgomery, John H. Davis, John Mullen, George Ziegler.
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Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Known as the Old Ferry House, now as the Black Hotel.
Located on Front Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: James G. Cooper, Reuben Mullison, Peter Saylor, Theodore D. Cochran, James Haughey, Gideon Breneman, T. H. Hunter, F. A. Thomas, Daniel Peart, A. G. Stevens, John H. Poolman, James Collins Jr.
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Known as the Black Hotel, formerly as the Old Ferry House.
Located on Front Street.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Collins, John A. Hook, Michael Wisler Jr., James Patton, J. H. Hunter, Reuben Mullison, F. A. Thomas, R. E. Cochran, John Vaughen, Peter Haldeman, E. J. Sneeder, D. F. Griffith, James Haughey, Paul Hamilton, John Evans, John J. Houston.
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