The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Signers of petition: Wiley, William B.; Youngman, C. F.; Shultz, Henry A.; Zimmerman, J.; Bear, Jacob; Feddersen, H. F. W.; Gross, Michael; Gross, Samuel; Baumgardner, Thomas; Baumgardner, Henry; Baker, Philip, S.; Smaling, J. A.; Jack, J. W.
January term.
Signers of petition: Wiley, William B.; Weidler, John; Zimmerman, J.; Bear, Jacob; Howell, Charles M.; Baumgarder, Henry; Kinzer, Roland; Alexander, [M].; Baker, Philip, S.; Jack, J. W.; Youngman, C. F.; Gross, Michael; Gross, Samuel.
April term.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition for an eating house: J. F. Hershy, Harlan Baldwin, A. L. Henderson, B. F. Houston, David Kurtz, Oliver P. Wilson, Eli Rutter, Isaac Diller, John Mason, John Umble, Thomas W. Henderson, Henry Skiles, Henry Worst Sr.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: C. F. [Youngman], Jacob Zecher, J.W. Jack, Lot Watson, Cyrus Carmony, John Weidler, J. Zimmerman, W. Frick, Jacob Herzog, Michael Gross, Michael [Westhaeffer], John McVey.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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