Signers of petition: Daniel Groff, Levi Sheaffer, George Mentzer, Amos Diller, John Mentzer, William Sprecher, Christian Ellwerth, Philip Sheaffer, Cyrus Mentzer, Christian Musselman, Isaac Sprecher, John Murr, John Musselman.
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Signers of petition: John Hipple, Samuel Lockard, Jacob Gelmacher, John Forrey, John F. Meads, George Moore, George Shickley, Michael B. Hougendobler, James Moore, [Iden] Brown, [unknown signature], Peter Divet, Edward Givens.
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Located on the road leading from the Blue Ball to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Lewis L. Custer, William Sprecher, Daniel Hoover, Joseph Hoover, John Hoover, A. L. Custer, Isaac Smoker, Samuel Bachman, [signature in German], Samuel Stoltzfus, John Petersheim, John Stoltzfus.
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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: Frederick Frank, William Green, Stephen St. John, James Noble, Samuel Haines, Robert B. Clarkson, Henry Liebhart, Samuel McKinney, George Deyer, John Roberts, John Gries, Samuel Oberlin, John Kauffman, David Cassel, Christian Hertsler.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Hopkins, B. Brown, [unknown signature], James Duffy, Henry B. Shaffner, Alexander Boggs, Elijah Russell, A. Thomas, A. L. Evans, Samuel Bailie, William Goodyear, William Goodyear, John Spangler, James Wilson, James Mehaffey, Colin Cooke, David Ferree, Jacob Graybill, Martin Kindig, John Erb, Henry Cassel, Henry [Conn], William Heidler.
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Located on the Lancaster and New Holland turnpike near the west end of New Holland.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: A. L. Custer, Samuel Stoltzfus, Lewis Winters, [signature in German], Isaac Brubaker, Samuel Bachman, Lewis Murr, John Singer, Jacob Singer, John Stoltzfoos, Henry Roland, Henry Weidman, Joseph Jones, Jacob Weidman, Gabriel Davis, John R. Brubaker, Isaac Holl, William Holl.
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