Located on the Lancaster and Manheim turnpike, about 2 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr, Daniel Royer, Emanuel Hostetter, Jacob Kraus, Peter Maurer, Sem Brubaker, Philip Ronk, Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Shreiner, David Grube, Benjamin Long, John L. Sharp, Samuel Kohr, James Cameron, Daniel Herr.
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Signers of petition: John Beck, William Kennedy, Samuel Jackson, Sproul Knott, Samuel King, Asahel Moore Jr., John A. Rhea, Jacob Eckman, Philip Ames, Jacob Harsh, James Armstrong, [Thomas] Murphy, H. Murray, William Smith, Samuel Hersh, John Sherner, [Barsella Bounhoultzer], Mahlon Mercer, Gilmor Hull, [Ziba] Wollerton, William Cummings, John Harman, John G. [Leech], David Furganson, David Furganson Jr.
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Signers of petition: John Cauller, Charles Ryrear, William Hollis, Samuel Good, Henry Keylor, Charles Biles, John Keylor, James McCord, James Brown, William McCord, John McClure, Jacob Oatman.
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Signers of petition: T. Joseph Walton, William L. Rakestraw, Caleb C. Hoods, Thomas Woods Sr., James Hood, Nathaniel W. Sharpless, George Peirce, William Webster, Isaac Moore, Elwood Griest, J. Harding Gilbert, Joseph Hacket, Gainer Moore, George Starrett, Jacob Bushong, Martin [Hellem], William J. Brown, Samuel Ferree, John [Ferree], John Trout, George Trout, Samuel Cramer, Robert Patterson, George W. [Leech], William H. Clark, H. F. Baughman, William F. Ressler, John Davis, Philip Ritz, Henry McCanna, George [Knox], Chockley Hackett, Joseph Whitson, Micah Whitson, Ellwood Cooper, Morris Cooper, William Levingston, Henry L. Rockey, Joseph Fawkes Jr., John G. Fogle, William Easton, [Truman] Cooper Jr., Calvin Cooper, George Stanton, James Seismore, Thomas [Solsburry], James [Hogan], John Siverd, William M. Johnson, James Hartley, Lewis Cooper, Andrew Shannon, Joseph Moore, David McClure, Solomon McNair, Samuel McClure, Henry Baughman, Edward Wicks, Benjamin Ritz, Andrew Moore, Joseph Elliott, Jesse Webster, Isaac Walton, Henry Heidelbaugh, George Creswell, Charles Singer, Richard Singer, John Lyle Jr., Richard Bryson, Washington Pierce, John Moore, John Brown, John Alexander, William Kunkel, Asa Walton, Henry Bushong, [Samuel H.] Gause, [G. T.] Baughman, John F. Trout, Charles Bender, J. W. McMinn, Collins Hamer, Philip Ritz, Samuel P. Baughman, Joseph Morrison, Robert A. Crawford, John L. Taggert, Jesse McCallister, Thomas Canning, Samuel H. Rockey, Joseph Hughs, Ellis Moore, Jacob Moore, Mercer Whitson, Stephen G. Cook, Nathan P. Harry, George Sighman, Benjamin Fite, Jeremiah Cooper, Charles W. Carmel, Joseph Fauke, Samuel Fawkes, Thomas Whitson, Jonathan Black, Warrick M. Cooper, Isaac Brown, Abraham Moore, James Henry, William Simon, William Adel, C. Lewis, Milton Cain, John Cain, Amos Michener, [Isaac Babels], James Jackson, Jacob Ritz, Lewis Moore, William Whitson, J. H. Clendenen, Joseph Hood, Benjamn Gilbert, Luke Gilbert.
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Signers of petition: Joseph McClure, Jacob Eckman, Eli Kerns, James Gilliland, Benjamin Baxter, William Hollis, John D. Miller, Arthur McKissick, Charles Rynear, Samuel Baughman, John Coulter, George I. Baughman, Martin Eckman.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Overly, Thomas Carlyon, Nicolas Comb, David McThompson, Isaac Mayers, Henry H. Breneman, Benjamin Groff, Patrick H. Reynolds, Samuel Kindig, James Montgomery, J. B. Barr, David Hann, Christian Waid, James Gilliland, John Herr.
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Signers of petition: Martin Eckman, John Graham, Christian Waid, James Montgomery, Henry Brown, Jacob Hauk, Jacob Myers, Tobias Kendig, George Oatman, Benjamin Groff, Henry H. Breneman, John Bassler, James Duncan, Amos Stauffer, Isaac Mayers, Oliver Watson.
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Signers of petition: Joseph McClure, Isaac Ridle, Christian Bower, S. Slokom, Samuel Findley, Arthur McKissick, James Gilliland, James Calwell, Hiram Kinsey, Isaac Wagoner, Samuel L. Baughman, William Levingston, John Martin.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Bowman, J. B. Good, Samuel Bowman, Michael Martin, John [Lessle], [signature in German], Jacob Coldren, Andrew Shimp, Richard Davis, Jacob Bucher, Frederick Pifer, P. Martin, John Youndt, George Martin.
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Signers of petition: Richard Davis, P. Martin, Isaac Messner, Jacob Bixler, Michael Martin, David Bixler, Joseph Oberholzer, John Peiffer, Frederick Peiffer, William Schlabach, [unknown signature], Andrew Shimp, John Weaver, Isaac Weaver, Elijah Martin, Henry Fanckhauser, Rees Himes Davis, Samuel McMartin.
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Signers of petition: M. Bickham, William C. Clemson, John Kurtz, Hiram Evans, Benjamin Miller, John Yohn, Andrew Robeson, William Witman, William [Kuritz], Hanson B. Jacobs, Lot Rogers, Edward Davies, Jonathan Rice, William Zell.
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Signers of petition: Henry D. [Weller], Jacob Willhour, John Foreman, Samuel Wilhour, Joseph Longabaugh, Martin C. Weaver, Peter Shirk, John Weller, Jacob Weaver, Samuel Balentine, Levi Proudfoot, Henry Eppehimer, William Northeimer, Franklin Edwards, Levi Coffroad, David Simpson, John Boughter, Matthias Campbell, William Kurtz, George Rigg.
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Hunter, James Collins, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, James C. Carpenter, George Wolf, Joshua Vaughen, Charles Evans, Reuben Hamilton, Benjamin Young, George Weaver, John Wilson.
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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: Francis Flury, J. Cushman, H. [Swisher], Henry Seitz, P. L. Etter, John Roth, Adam Heiser, David Harry, William T. [Mixwell], John B. Malony, J. R. Diffenbach, Andrew Leader.
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Signers of petition: John Libhart, Francis Flury, William S. Maxwell, J. B. Malony, Abraham Cassel, J. L. Etter, Andrew Leader, Adam Heiser, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Roth, J. R. Diffenbach, A. Lindsay, Jacob Hunsicker, Samuel [Peski], J. F. Eagle.
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Now occupied as a boarding school for young ladies.
Remonstrance.
April term.
Signers of petition: Samuel P. Bower, Daivd McCarter, John Benner, William Giles, Abraham Smith, Jacob Bower, Samuel Moore, R. B. Groff, Thomas [Hartsough], Abraham Owen, John Shaub, John Reid, Martin Carman, William Brown, [unknown signature], Daniel Griner, William Black, C. W. L. J. Kloz.
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Signers of petition: David Bair, John Bair, George Clark, Alexander Gordon, John W. Kennedy, Charles T. Todd, William E. Smith, William Northamer, William R. Ralston, Jacob Leaman, Gardner Furness, T. W. Housekeeper, William W. Steele, Joshua M. Deaver.
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Signers of petition: Alexander Gordon, David Bair, A. S. Ewing, John McSparran, Samuel Morisson, James W. Steele, Joseph Bradley, Joshua M. Deaver, John C. Walton, G. Morison, Felix Sweigart, William Rodgers, Thomas Neel.
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Signers of petition: John Haverstick, Jacob Lichty, H. Kauffman, David Caldwell, Samuel Hershey, Christian Lintner, Jacob Peters, John Baker, Godfrey Pyfer, David Herr, John Eschbach, Christian Eschbach, Jacob Bausman.
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