This collection consists of papers generated by John Erisman in his position as Justice of the Peace. These papers are largely receipts, contracts, promissory notes, and judgments. There are many names listed on the documents.
Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers
Description
This collection contains mostly deeds and releases for property in Manor Township between the Herr, Kauffman, and Neff families. The dates for the deeds and releases are 1791-1792, 1804-1808, and 1841-1865. It seems that there are three main properties that all of the documents are mentioning within Manor Township. There are also nine bonds between Tobias H. Herr and Henry Herr Sr. that were all made in 1864. There are two Cyrus Neff's mentioned in this collection, Cyrus Neff and Cyrus L. Neff. One of the documents is Cyrus Neff's Certificate of Election for the Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. The documents pertaining to Cyrus L. Neff are his policy with the Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in the early 1920's. Towards the end of the collection there are two newspapers from 1929 and 1947, pertaining to the Herr family farm and house as well as what seems to be instructions on how to make animal feed.
Admin/Biographical History
John Herr came to Pennsylvania in 1710 with four of his five sons. His oldest son, Abraham Herr came with his father in 1710, and was the only one to settle west of the Conestoga River in Manor Township.
Francis Neff came to America from Switzerland in the early 1700's. One of his sons, Henry Neff, was the first to live in Manor Township. One of Henry Neff's four sons, Henry Neff Jr., was the only child that stayed at the homestead in Manor Township. He and his wife, Susannah Neff, had a son named Benjamin Neff who, in turn, married Anna Hostetter, daughter of Ulrich Hostetter and had two sons, Cyrus and Benjamin H. Neff. Cyrus Neff attended common schools till he was 18 years old then farmed for 11 years, after which he taught in schools for three terms. He was very active in the school board for six years and then was elected as Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. He married Kate Lehman, a daughter of Reverend Benjamin Lehman, of Manor Township, and together they had eight children. Cyrus died in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight years.
The donor, Ethel Huber, is related to the Neff and the Herr families on her mother's side and may be a descendent of Abraham Herr, the brother of Christian Herr.
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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