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.
Payments to witnesses. [This large item has been divided into two main parts: witnesses in diverse cases and witnesses in the John Lechler murder trial.]
WITNESSES IN DIVERSE CASES
[All are "Commonwealth v." ]
January 1816 Session, Court of Oyer and Terminer
Merrill, [illegible]. Counterfieting.
Ogilby, Joseph. Witness.
November 1817 Session, Court of Oyer and Terminer.
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
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Samuel F. Huston, C. F. [Tinngman], J. Zimmerman, J. W. Jack, John Lippincott, Michael Gross, Samuel Gross, Charles M. Howell, Richard McGrann Jr., Daniel Okeson, C. Carmany, John Weidler, William Frick, Philip S. Baker.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: [unknown signature], Thomas Rooney, P. F. Blessing, Henry Hegener, P. Cassidy, Jacob Effinger, Christopher Davis, A. Carpenter, [ ] Kuhn, J. B. Schaum, Philip Schaum, B. S. Muhlenberg, John Deaner, John P. Schaum.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Henry A. Shultz, [unknown signature], Philip S. Baker, J. Zimmerman, Jacob Bears, William Frick, [R. Rush] Franks, John Weidler, Charles M. Howell, Michael Gross, Samuel Gross, J. M. Marks.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.