Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, E. M. Kline, [ ] Breneman, Jacob Zecher, Christian Widmyer, D. B. Vondersmith, R. McClure, C. Kline, David [King], Whiteman Benner, Reuben S. Rohrer, J. Smith.
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Signers of petition: Eli Eshleman, James Spence, Daniel Good, Abraham Miller, Jacob Warfel, Jacob Huber, Simon Lehman, Abraham Good, Peter Rice, Martin Miller, Jacob Thomas, Jacob Lehman, William Warfel.
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Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Safe Harbor.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Lewis Urban, Jacob F. Herr, Benjamin Urban, Amos Herr, Elias Herr, Francis Kendig, H. Miller Jr., Benjamin Herr, John B. Mylin, Joseph Herr, Benjamin Miller, Christian Howser, John Mylin, Benjamin [Metz].
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Occupied by John Wilson.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abraham Huber, John Wilson, Levi Huber, Henry Gall, Christian Snevely, Lewis Urban, Elias Herr, H. Miller Jr., James Black, Daniel Kindig, John L. Riley, Anthony W. Baldwin, Joseph Erb, John Herr, John Shaub, [signature in German], Samuel Harman, Jacob Bachman.
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Located at intersection of road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit, with that from Strasburg to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Martin Mylin, [signature in German], Lewis Urban, Christian Herr Jr., Jacob Houser, Francis Kendig, John Herr, Benjamin Herr, Jacob Herr, [signature in German], Henry Gall, Christian Snevely, Daniel Meylin, Jacob Mylin, John Mylin, Michael Harnish, Abraham Herr.
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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.
