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.
Located on North Queen Street, on the railroad, in the North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, John B. Frick, Frederick Dern, John Kuhns, Emanuel VanKanan, Frederick Lutz, John Wittmeyer, Jacob [Gruel], [unknown signature], John [Flick], Robert Moderwell, George H. Metzger, John Sehner.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Huber Jr., Daniel Harman, George Diller, H. W. Gundaker, Jacob Weaver, Henry M. Miller, [J. Frey], Samuel Lightner, Adam Dellet, William Wilson, John Masterson, H. H. Harman, Charles Boughter, R. F. Rauch, George [Ford].
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Signers of petition: Isaac Hubley, E. W. Carpenter, David [Lebkicher], W. Whiteside, A. Steward, John Steigerwalt, Christian Stroble, Robert Powers, Martin Harnish, [signature in German], Jacob Greiner, Thomas Silvius.
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Signers of petition: C. Hager, Jacob G. Getz, John C. Hager, E. B. Rose, S. S. Spencer, A. Herr Smith, Henry Gibbs, J. M. Lowe, William Locher, John [Fluent], Jacob H. Gamber, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, Peter McConomy, George [K. Meeser].
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Signers of petition: Michael Ehrman, George B. Hamilton, Thomas Jefferies, Owen [Hopple], Joseph Brintnall, H. E. Leman, H. Hambright, Eli Overdeer, D. E. Lechler, H. F. Benedict, Frederick Kline, George Beachy, William Hensel, John Erisman, Jonathan Foltz, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, [unknown signature], H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Amwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John [Cross], J. W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. [Bakil], George W. [Gorrich], F. Smith, E. Kirkpatrick, Samuel J. Jackson.
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Signers of petition: William Lowry, Charles T. Gould, John Metzger, Lewis Levering, William Groff, Thomas C. Weiley, E. S. Hubley, William Mathiot, George B. Kerfoot, A. B. Kaufman, Charles E. Wentz, W. Gleim, M. D. Holbrook, [C. G. Youngman], Hiram Kendig, A. F. Hambright, Charles Nauman, William T. [Youart], David E. Lechler, James Wiley, George Boyle, F. [Keenan], H. T. Brooks, Mathew McGrann, Michael McGrann, J. J. Keller, M. Carpenter, W. Frick, J. Albright, M. Goldschmith, George McDonald, Joseph Brintall, B. M. Foltz, W. Carpenter, Walter G. Evans, J. H. Kurtz, J. Gonnley, H. C. Wentz, J. C. VanCamp.
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Signers of petition: John Hensler, [unknown signature], B. McGonigle, [B. Connor], Samuel Johnson, Michael McGonigle, [signature in German], Frederick Gemperling, William Leonard, Philip Leonard, Frederick Miller, John McGrann.
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Located on the New Holland turnpike, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Michael Malone, [Marthy Malon], John Fondersmith, John Malone, John Jones, Adam Matzer, Daniel Rees, Frederick Hensel, D. E. Lechler, S. G. Musser, Samuel Rupley, Jacob Zecher.
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Located on the North Queen Street, near the railroad, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Gerber, Jacob McCulley, [unknown signature], Michael Kelly, Michael Gross, Owen Hepple, Frederick Kline, Jacob Musketnuss, Henry Nauman, John Donnelly, John Huston, Henry [Fines].
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Signers of petition: Peter Reed, John Getz, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, A. J. Kuhn, Lewis Urban, Edward Steward, Jacob Leibley, David Lebkicher, John Steigerwalt, [signature in German], Philip Fitzpatrick, William Taylor, Martin Harnish.
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Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, C. Kline, R. McClure, Solomon Sprecher, John L. Thompson, D. B. Vondersmith, John Wise, John Carr, George D. Sprecher, J. Smith, W. Carpenter, H. F. Benedict, Z. Swope, [ ] Zecher.
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Signers of petition: Henry Miller, John C. Sample, Samuel F. Huston, Derrick Fahnestock, John Stewart, George Carrigan, Michael Withers, Edward Steward, William Mathiot, [T. H. Burrows], W. Whiteside, James C. Carpenter, Lewis Urban, Charles Gillespie, Reah Frazer, Henry Carpenter.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Wilhelm, John Dorwart, Maxmilian Deichler, Philip Deichler, George Krauskop, [signature in German], Jacob Franciscus, Henry Yost, Jacob Weitzel, John Weitzel, Richard Williams, Conrad Silvius.
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