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.
Located at intersection of roads leading from the New Holland Turnpike to Columbia and from Manheim to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Henry Shreiner, Adam Dietrich, Andrew Balmer, Abraham Forney, John B. Bassler, Isaac Powl, Samuel Royer, Nelson Werntz, Philip Sprecher, [signature in German], Jacob Rohrer.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Rudy, Isaac Landis, Michael Martin, Benjamin Landis, John Kurtz, John Stouffer, Daniel Brubacher, Jacob Bassler, Daniel Landis, Isaac Sherk, Jacob Landis, Martin Trout, Jacob Landis Sr.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Buckwalter, Benjamin Royer Jr., Paul Black, John Frantz, Joseph Shenk, Andrew Balmer, Jacob Kohr Jr., John Eshleman, John Dunkel, David Gingrich, William Frank, Peter Stormfeltz.
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Signers of Petition: John Eshleman, John Evans, John Blessing, William Shup, John [Mellinger], Peter Gans, Joseph Adams, John Shanck, E. Hunsecker, [signature in German], Andrew Balmer, George Gall.
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Signers of Petition: Henry H. Kurtz, Andrew Balmer, John Landis, George Hambright, John Hostetter, John S. Hostetter, Joseph Royer Jr., David Grube, George A. Shreiner, H. B. Bowman, John Evans, Abraham Hershey, Christian B. Landis, Isaac Landis, [signature in German], Benjamin [Kenny].
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Located at intersection of Lititz and Reading road, about 2 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Joseph W. Brenen, David Mayer, Daniel Royer, [signature in German], Benjamin Myer, Adam Dietrich, Emanuel P. Keller, Daniel Andrews, [signature in German], Henry Hamilton, Henry Decker, Adam Keller.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Reading.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Shreiner, John Evans, Emanuel Hamin, [signature in German], C. Hunsecker, Abraham Forney, Jacob Landis, Daniel Landis, George Weidler, Jacob K. Landis Jr., Hanry Landis, John Weidler, Jacob Reidenbach.
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Located on and fronting the Lancaster & Harrisburg turnpike, about 2 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Hanry Landis, Daniel Landis, Jacob Metzger, David Harnish, Jacob Schwar, Adam Dietrich, Samuel Beecher, John Dunkel, Peter Stormfellz, Christian Bomberger, William Frank, John Eshleman.
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Located on North Queen Street, on the railroad, in the North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, John B. Frick, Frederick Dern, John Kuhns, Emanuel VanKanan, Frederick Lutz, John Wittmeyer, Jacob [Gruel], [unknown signature], John [Flick], Robert Moderwell, George H. Metzger, John Sehner.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Huber Jr., Daniel Harman, George Diller, H. W. Gundaker, Jacob Weaver, Henry M. Miller, [J. Frey], Samuel Lightner, Adam Dellet, William Wilson, John Masterson, H. H. Harman, Charles Boughter, R. F. Rauch, George [Ford].
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Signers of petition: Isaac Hubley, E. W. Carpenter, David [Lebkicher], W. Whiteside, A. Steward, John Steigerwalt, Christian Stroble, Robert Powers, Martin Harnish, [signature in German], Jacob Greiner, Thomas Silvius.
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Signers of petition: C. Hager, Jacob G. Getz, John C. Hager, E. B. Rose, S. S. Spencer, A. Herr Smith, Henry Gibbs, J. M. Lowe, William Locher, John [Fluent], Jacob H. Gamber, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, Peter McConomy, George [K. Meeser].
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Signers of petition: Michael Ehrman, George B. Hamilton, Thomas Jefferies, Owen [Hopple], Joseph Brintnall, H. E. Leman, H. Hambright, Eli Overdeer, D. E. Lechler, H. F. Benedict, Frederick Kline, George Beachy, William Hensel, John Erisman, Jonathan Foltz, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, [unknown signature], H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Amwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John [Cross], J. W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. [Bakil], George W. [Gorrich], F. Smith, E. Kirkpatrick, Samuel J. Jackson.
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Signers of petition: William Lowry, Charles T. Gould, John Metzger, Lewis Levering, William Groff, Thomas C. Weiley, E. S. Hubley, William Mathiot, George B. Kerfoot, A. B. Kaufman, Charles E. Wentz, W. Gleim, M. D. Holbrook, [C. G. Youngman], Hiram Kendig, A. F. Hambright, Charles Nauman, William T. [Youart], David E. Lechler, James Wiley, George Boyle, F. [Keenan], H. T. Brooks, Mathew McGrann, Michael McGrann, J. J. Keller, M. Carpenter, W. Frick, J. Albright, M. Goldschmith, George McDonald, Joseph Brintall, B. M. Foltz, W. Carpenter, Walter G. Evans, J. H. Kurtz, J. Gonnley, H. C. Wentz, J. C. VanCamp.
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Signers of petition: John Hensler, [unknown signature], B. McGonigle, [B. Connor], Samuel Johnson, Michael McGonigle, [signature in German], Frederick Gemperling, William Leonard, Philip Leonard, Frederick Miller, John McGrann.
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Located on the New Holland turnpike, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Michael Malone, [Marthy Malon], John Fondersmith, John Malone, John Jones, Adam Matzer, Daniel Rees, Frederick Hensel, D. E. Lechler, S. G. Musser, Samuel Rupley, Jacob Zecher.
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Located on the North Queen Street, near the railroad, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Gerber, Jacob McCulley, [unknown signature], Michael Kelly, Michael Gross, Owen Hepple, Frederick Kline, Jacob Musketnuss, Henry Nauman, John Donnelly, John Huston, Henry [Fines].
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