Signers of petition: Martin Good, Christian Warfel, John Gardner, Benjamin Good, Abraham Shenck, John Harnish, John Hess, George W. Shoff, Christian E. Miller, David Hess Jr., Daniel Charles, John Martin, Benjamin Eshleman, Henry Graver, Samuel L. Fehl, Jacob Fehl.
Signers of petition: Martin Good, Christian Warfel, John Gardner, Benjamin Good, Abraham Shenck, John Harnish, John Hess, George W. Shoff, Christian E. Miller, David Hess Jr., David Charles, John Martin, Henry Graver, Benjamin Eshleman, Samuel L. Fehl, Jacob Fehl.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Good, Jacob Gall, William Giles Jr., Henry Graver, Henry Hess, Thomas [Duke], John Kendig, John Hess, Christian Hess, Daniel Charles, Samuel Gall, William Morison, John Henry, Adam Duke, Christian Kindig.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Thomas Anderson, H. M. Wilson, T. W. Housekeeper, [ ] Fairlamb, Franklin Waters, William W. Steele, Lewis Hilton, Mark Showalter, William Wright, Joseph Earnhart, L. H. Jackson, J. B. Millington, John Anderson, J. B. Markley, Joseph Markley, G. Brown, George Stiver, N. Mayer.
Signers of petition: Thomas Anderson, H. M. Wilson, Henry Marsh, T. W. Housekeeper, [ ] Fairlamb, Franklin Waters, William W. Steele, Lewis Hilton, Mark Showalter, William Wright, Joseph Earnhart, L. H. Jackson, J. B. Millington, John Anderson, J. B. Markley, Joseph Markley, G. Brown, George Stiver, N. Mayer.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Signers of petition: Christian K. Musser, John Kindig, Christian Barr, Reuben Neff, John K. Herr, R. W. Shenk, Henry Graver, John Clark, Nathaniel Shenk, [unknown signature], John Martin, Daniel Mellinger, Frederick Kline.
Bond: Jacob Huber, Henry Graver.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition: J. S. Jordan, T. M. Barnes, James Reed, John Hoffman, John Cummings, Michael Westley, Hugh H. Long, Abner Linton, George H. Miller, Robert Maxwell, Cyrus Moore, Abraham Dubree, John J. Sterrett, Israel Rhodes.
Bond: Jacob Huber, Jeremiah Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Eisenberger, David Caldwell, Joseph [Ruppersehmia], John Breneman, Jacob Peters, [signature in German], Jacob Bausman, [signature in German], Samuel Hershey, John Berker, [Christian Lintner], John Eschbach.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: C. W. Shaub, Levi Huber, Eli Lines, David Huber, Thomas Dobson, H. M. Kreider, Samuel Long, John Plank, J. R. Patterson, Martin Mylin, George Raub Jr., Christian Hines, [ ] Miller, Benjamin Mylin, John B. Mylin, Christian Huber.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: D. Kaufman, Christian Stauffer, H. Brubacher, Peter Minot, Samuel Brandt, Jacob Reiff, Jacob Bear, Peter Heintzelman, John Witmer, Samuel Deyer, Samuel Ensminger, John Bartruff, David May, [Peter Pritze Sahlan], Michael Kauffman, Henry Miller, James Steele, Joseph Landis, Bernard McNeil, John Long.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: David Seitz, Christian Lintner, John Swartz, [signature in German], Samuel Huston, John Breneman, Jacob Bausman, John Haverstick, Jacob Breneman, Jacob Peters, John Kauffman, Daniel Lintner.
1 item, 1 piece
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
