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.
Known as Meixel's old stand; sign Farmers' and Drovers' Inn.
Signers of petition: Marks G. Wenger, Reuben B. Johns, Emanuel Swope, Andrew Bard, John G. Bear, Emanuel R. Bard, Joseph Wenger, Christian Frankhauser, John Grabill, George Miller Jr., Israel Batten, George Brubaker, J. B. Raff, William Weidman, Amos Batten, A. S. Bare, Robert Elliot, Wayne Groff, Sheaffer Miller.
Bond: A. S. Bare, Joseph Wenger.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Samuel Groff Jr., Robert Bursk, John Petersheim, Adam Groff, Benjamin Owen, Jacob Brubaker, A. G. Groff, Elias Bare, John G. Stauffer, Daniel S. Eby, Daniel Swope, Peter Kellenberger.
Depositions: Ezra Burkholder, Marks G. Wenger, John Ervin, Henry Bushong, Peter Kellenberger, Jacob Brubaker, Daniel S. Eby, Robert Bursk, Benjamin Owen, Abraham G. Groff, Joseph Wenger, Samuel Cowan.
Notice.
3 items, 13 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
