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.
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.
Signers of Petition: Benjamin B. Miller, Peter Miller, David Bender, Martin Groff, John Sheaffer, [Christian Grebill], Ephraim Bear, Henry Myers, Samuel Ressler, Abraham Groff, Joseph Myer, [Jacob Hoober].
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Located on the New Holland and Lancaster turnpike road.
Formerly kept by Peter Snyder.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: A. L. Custer, Henry M. Brubaker, Henry Good, John Winters, Anthony Carpenter, Andrew Charles, Joseph Jones, Isaac Walker, Isaac Groff, John Sheaffer, Martin Sheaffer, John [Ebel] Jr.
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Signers of petition: Hanson Jacobs, Lot Rogers, James H. Jacobs, Jacob Albright, Samuel Stahle, George Bailey, [Jonathan Louis], David Evans, John Effman, Edwert Clemson, Samuel [Louis], William [Louis], Davis Miller, William [Cutshall], William Yost, Joseph Yost, Jacob Northhamer, Thomas McCormick, Daniel Buckwalter, David Buckwalter, Daniel Old, John Wallace, Cornelis York, George Old, Francis Glaspy, William [Jenston] George [Cox], Elesander Mordeck, William Wickersham, John Tripple, Michael Waithneght, John Stephen, James Ewing, George Millar, Thomas Bailey, Edward Davies, John Cremer, Henry Yost, Jacob Wonderly, Jacob [Kinchelser], Benjamin Griffith, Andrew Weiler, David Weiler Jr., William Donel, Andrew [Soward], Conrad [Frankfot], Mailor Towsen, Joel Kauffman, Peter H. Roland, Charles [Jamison], Anthony Bender, J. Gaster, John Gordon, John Becherd, Setch Buckalter, George Spar, John Miller, Levi Smith.
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Signers of petition: Adam McConnel, John A. Moore, John Cramer, Samuel [Meard], James Benson, Stephen Wiggins, John R. Barclay, Robert Barclay, [unknown signature], Benjamin Miller, John Clark, Joseph Engles, George W. Smithson, James Kelly.
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Signers of petition: John R. Barclay, Eli McCardle, Joseph Harner, [unknown signature], Robert Barclay, David Cully, David W. Scott, Frederick Shoff, [unknown signature], John Clark, Valentine Creamer, Abraham Harr, G. W. Smithson.
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Located on the Philadelphia and Harrisburg turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: James Hammond, Andrew Weiler, David Styer, Jacob Sandoe, Thomas McCormick, James H. Jacobs, William Wickersham, C. T. Wallace, John Gordon, Francis Gillespie, John Beckard, E. D. White, Joseph Spotts, Daniel Old.
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Signers of petition: David Styer, Lot Rogers, Thomas McCormick, C. A. [Hemey], E. D. White, John Yohn, George Miller Sr., George Miller, David Evans, William Kurtz, James [Quaintane], Christian Lichty, Joseph Horst, Abraham [Dierdorf], Peter Boffemmeyer, John McCormick, Jacob Axe.
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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.
Signers of petition: George W. Smithson, David W. Scott, Abraham Harr, Thomas Black, John R. Barclay, John Brubacher, William Idal, George [Cully], George W. Dunkle, George Dunkle, William Anderson, Adam McConnel.
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Located on the road leading from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Thomas McCormick, John Gordon, [signature in German], John Plank Jr., John Grube, Andrew Keller, Edward S. Davis, Cyrus H. Jacobs, Lot Rogers, Evan Rogers, James H. Jacobs, John Carson, William Ringwalt, Hanson B. Jacobs, Jacob Sandoe, Frederick Styer, Gerry Axe, John [Cox], James Paten, David Finger, Levi Smith.
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Signers of petition: Robert Barclay, John R. Barclay, David W. Scott, James M. Morrisson, George W. Dunkle, William Anderson, George Dunkle, Joseph Harner, P. L. Krow, Adam McCormel, James Kelly, Abraham Harr, David Snavely.
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Located on the Downingtown and Harrisburg turnpike, where the mailstage stops daily.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Thomas McCormick, James H. Jacobs, Levi Ringwalt, Edward S. Davies, Cyrus H. Jacobs, [ ] Robinson, Jacob Albright, John Plank, Jacob [Lintner], Hanson B. Jacobs, William Wickersham, John Gordon, William Williamson, George Miller, David Evans, Evan Rogers.
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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.
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.
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.
