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.
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.
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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Located on the road from Lancaster to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Martin, John Harnish, Jacob Shenk, Tobias Stehman, John Hess, David Hess, Samuel Moore, John Shenk, Samuel H. Hess, Adam Kindig, David Bair, John Mecartney, Abraham Haverstick.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Charles, Abraham B. Myley, Hanry Heidalbaugh, Samuel Ressel, John Harschock, Jacob Graft, [signature in German], John Zeider, John Byers, Benjamin Martin, Frederick W. Rehm, John Huber, [signature in German], John Brenneman.
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Located at fourth lock of the Conestoga Navigation.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Miller, John Resh, Henry Brooke, John Stehman, Martin Light, Christian Kindig, Isaac Stoner, Henry Bear, Benjamin Hess, Edward Calwell, George Wier, Joseph Hess, Samuel Light, John Cowder, James McAlargin, Samuel H. Hess.
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Located on the road from Shenks Ferry to Lancaster, on the bank of the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Shenk, David Bair, J. F. Hess, John Kendig, John Graver, [signature in German], Jacob Hess, Jacob Shenk, Benjamin Good, John Gardner, Daniel Charles, Christian A. Miller, Henry H. Gall, Christian Sterneman.
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Signers of Petition: Christian [Cohider], Christian Barr, Henry Layman, David Meyers, John Charles, John Zercher, [signature in German], John Mecartney, Jacob Burkholder, Samuel Myer, Rudolph Myer, Benjamin Snavely, Andrew Zercher, Adam Harr, Jacob Johnson, Christian R. Harr, Moses Hess, John Shenk.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Miller, Joseph Miller, Joseph Frey, John Line, George Henry, Samuel Hess Jr., Abraham Singer, John Good, David Hess Jr., Benjamin Good, Rudolph Harnish, Adam Warfel, Christian Sterneman Sr.
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Located on the road leading from Safe Harbour to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: D. Bair, Christian Kindig, Christian Barr, John Keeport, John Warfel, Abraham Shank, John Harnish, [signature in German], George Urban, Jacob Hess, Jacob Shenk, Christian Shenk, John Gardner, John Shenk.
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Signers of Petition: [David Hess], John Harnish, George Kendig, Christoper Lipp, [signature in German], Samuel H. Hess, Benjamin Good, John Charles, John Keeports, Christian Shenk, John Gardner, John Warfel, Christian Miller, Christian Good, John Graver, John Hiller, Christian Sterneman, John Martin, Jacob Shenk.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Barr, John Bachman Jr., Isaac Heiny, David Meyers, John Charles, Abraham Barr, Christian Harnish, John Shenk, Henry Schenck Jr., Christopher Lipp, John Bachman Jr., Martin Gall.
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Andrew Mehaffey, Christian Smith, Emanuel Stetler, Christian Yordy, Daniel Ritz, Christian Good, Daniel Fulton, George Gortner, John Byers, John Good, [signature in German].
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Located immediately opposite village of Safe Harbour at the mouth of the Conestoga Navigation.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Lewis Reeser, Rudolph Harnish, H. Mehaffy, Abraham Singer, Amos Sourbeer, Frederick Sourbeer, Jacob Musser, Henry B. Eshleman, Samuel Hess Jr., George H. Peters, Daniel Charles, John Good, Adam Warfel.
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Signers of Petition: Gardner Furniss, John Shnavely, William W. Steele, John Lovett, Samuel Mouson, G. Mouson, Daniel Lefever, John Watson, Daniel Harman, James Barnes, John N. Russel, Samuel Maxwell, John Lefever, John Retzer Jr., Hugh McCullough, Philip Housekeeper, James M. Hopkins, John McSparran.
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Signers of Petition: Alexander Gordon, Jacob Holl, James Warren, Robert W. Moore, Henry Herr, Isaac Rogers, Isaac Cramer, Edward Kennedy, James Riddell, William W. Steele, Joseph Showalter, John B. McCrabb, [signature in German], Nathaniel Latchem.
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Signers of Petition: Thomas Neel, James Steele, Hudley Pennock, Jesse Cutler, Alban Cutler, John Long, Hugh Moore, Caleb G. Bradley, Preston Smith, Howard Smith, John S. Clendenin, Ephraim Towson.
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Signers of Petition: James Riddell, William J. Clark, G. Morison, Samuel Maxwell, John C. Walton, Samuel Morisson, Thomas Neel, A. S. Ewing, John McSparran, Alexander Gordon, William W. Steele, James M. Hopkins, Hugh Neel.
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Signers of Petition: Benjamin Hammond, Edwin Hammond, George Hammond, Hugh Neel, John Buchanan, James B. Long, Preston Smith, Howard Smith, John F. Anderson, James Steele, Philip Housekeeper, James Riddell.
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