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.
Formerly kept by Samson Resh, lately by Henry Nauman.
Located in the Northwest Ward on North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Elias Eby, J. Bitner, George Metzger, B. Mishler, Philip Pyle, R. Moderwell, H. D. Musselman, Charles Boughter, Jacob [Daveler], Lewis Hartman, David Shultz, John Hatz, Emanuel Shober.
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Located in the Northwest Ward, on North Queen Street.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, David Shultz, B. Mishler, Abraham Hostetter, George Metzger, Charles M. Erben, Jacob Rathfon, Henry L. Erben, Adam Trout, Martin Shreiner, John W. Jackson, B. Reinhold, William B. Wiley,
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Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
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Located in the Southwest Ward, on West King Street.
Signers of Petition: John Haar, Jacob Christ, George H. Krug, George M. Steinman, G. R. Appleby, C. O. Richards, Bernhard Haag, Reah Frazer, P. G. Eberman, W. Whiteside, Charles Gillespie, Samuel Diller.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, John Hatz, Amos Funk, John G. Scovern, David Weidler, Samuel Reinhard, George Bryan, Harry C. Wentz, Michael McGrann, Jacob Herzog, Jacob [Gruel], J. W. Quinn, R. Buchmiller, C. F. Eberman.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Emanuel Shober, B. Mishler, David Reese, Daniel Harman, [unknown signature], John C. Hager, Jacob Weaver, Jacob Leman, John S. Getz, Watson H. Miller, Samuel A. Dysart, Abraham Hostetter.
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Located in the Northwest Ward, on North Queen Street.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Emanuel Shober, John Hatz, John [Sourit], Charles Haufler, R. Moderwell, Michael McGrann, H. Blickenderfer, Andrew Bear, Peter [Spong], Philip Pyle, Lewis Hartman.
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Depositions, affidavit, remonstrance, letter of support.
Located in the Southeast Ward, on East King Street.
Signers of letter of support: Hugh E. Dougherty, Michael Malone, John McGrann, H. S. Wade, William K. Leonard, John Dougherty, John Ehler, John A. Keller, G. Rogers, T. P. Price, Philip Baker, John Hollman, William Mickey, James Evans, Andreas Matthis, Patrick O'Donell, Philip Snyder, Neal Donnelly, John Swartz, John Hamilton, Jacob Heller, A. B. Earsaman, John Weitzel, J. Picherty, John Roy, Patrick Kelly, H. M. Eshbach, John Leonard, Michael Tripler, P. J. O'Rourk, William Gemperling, Andrew S. Wingert, John Brandt, Christian Shertz, John Black, Hugh E. Dougherty Sr., John S. Dougherty.
Signers of remonstrance: James Black, Jacob Miller, H. C. Locher, Henry Hersh, B. Bauman, John S. Benedict, J. S. Miller, George Kleiss, John G. Kleiss, Abraham W. Russel, A. M. Hershey, Philip Benedict, David Cockley, J. B. Swartzwelde, Jacob Stormfeltz.
Depositions from: Neal Donnelly, Catharine Sherts, Dennis Marion, Andreas Matthes, Philip Snyder, John Sleigh, Jacob Gundaker, William K. Leonard, George Leonard.
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Located in the Northwest Ward, on West Orange Street.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Christian Myers, John Trivetz, H. F. Benedict Henry B. Myers, James Rogers, Emanuel Shober, John Ditlow, Jacob Leman, Barnes Broon, H. Trout, George Haughman, Henry Gibbs.
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Located in the Northeast Ward, on East King Street.
Signers of Petition: Edward Darlington, J. N. Ellmaker, Zuriel Swope, David Killinger, C. Kline, Emlen Franklin, Robert A. Evans, E. M. Kline, R. McClure, Daniel Swope, N.Ellmaker, James Evans, Newton Lightner, W. G. Evans, William Cox.
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Located in the Southeast Ward, on East King Street.
Signers of Petition: John Hensler, James N. Coyle, Bernard Fitzpatrick, N. Donnelly, M. McGonigle, Jacob Holinger, Anthony McGlinn, William K. Leonard, [signature in German], John Retallick, J. R. Schultz, Daniel Gemperling.
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