Signers of petition: John Livingston, John Roop, David A. Fleming, John D. Wilson, Enoch Passmore, B. F. Houston, John Bartley, J. G. Henderson, Philip Hathaway, John Myers, Jacob Umble, James H. Houston, James McCalley, Jonathan Hoar, Amos S. Henderson, C. Umble.
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Signers of petition: Enoch Passmore, Lytle Skiles, William Rhoads, John D. Wilson, John Myers, Jacob Mast, John Resh, G. W. Leaman, James H. Houston, James Paul, Isaac Diller, J. Henderson.
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Signers of petition: A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, James McCalley, J. G. Henderson, John [Maxass], Enoch Passmore, John Livingston, Christian Umble, Jacob Reeser, William Rhoads, James Paul, B. F. Houston, John D. Wilson, James H. Houston.
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Signers of petition: A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, John Levingston, John F. Marsh, John Reep, Samuel Hoover, [ ] Henderson, B. F. Houston, James Paul, Davis Clemson, Daniel Plan, Lytle Skiles, Christian Umble, G. W. Leaman.
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Signers of petition: B. F. Houston, A. Lightner Henderson, Enoch Passmore, J. Henderson, John Livingston, G. W. Leaman, James Paul, John D. Wilson, Christian Amble, John Bartley, John H. Marsh, Lytle Skiles, Elias Eby, William Rhoads.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike.
Letter of support.
April term.
Signers of petition: Lytle Skiles, Isaac Groff, J. H. Paxson, Amos Henderson, A. Lightner Henderson, Benjamin Longenecker, Christian Umble, John Mason, Isaac Levingston, John Levingston, Henry Levingston, Jacob Summers, Martin Greenlead, Isaac Diller, Caleb Atkins, Samuel Jones, William Robison, William Bench, James E. Ellis, Thomas Meguire, George [W. Rast], George [McKim], James Paul, Isaac Albright, H. Albright, [signature in German], John Irwin, Robert B. Hart, John Bartley, William Chandler, Henry H. Umble, William Henderson, Thomas Henderson, Thomas W. Henderson, Brisben Skiles, Samuel [Black], David Longenecker, John Roop, James H. Houston, Archibald Henderson, Henry Dickinson, Adam Rutter, Jacob Umble, Samuel Blank, Jonathan [Hoar], James C. Skiles, [ ] Henderson, Wilson W. Wolf, George Todd, William Gallaher, Francis Albright, Joshua Chamberlin, Eli Cole, John Gallagher, William Todd, William Hasson, John Hemphill, John Stoltzfus, Matthew Henderson, William Albright, S. R. McWilliams, Reuben Chambers, Robert Love, William Rudolph, James Simon, John Slaymaker.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike.
Letter of support.
April term.
Signers of petition: Davis Clemson, George Fleming, Stephen Hanes, Daniel Henderson, John M. Skiles, Daniel Diller, William White, Miller Keech, James Fiester Jr., William Hess, John Gallagher, Jacob [Kenan], George Glendening, James K. Berry, James Moore, William C. Clemson, William Rhoads, James G. Patrick, Hugh Rambo, John Cooper, Leonard [Wooralt], Amos [Dune], James Henderson, David A. Fleming, Henry Skiles, Horace Rutter, Amos Skiles, Sheilds Ligget, Philip Hoffman, William Axe, Frederick [Lauman], Henry W. [Wrist], Levi [Ballmy], Benjamin Dennis, Levi B. Lewis, Andrew Lawrence.
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Signers of petition: John Myers, William Rambo, George Carpenter, Brisben Skiles, Jonas Diller, Jacob Umble, Henry Worst, William Brady, Daniel Plank, John Roop, Isaac Kurtz, Samuel Hoover, Harman Albright, Jacob [Reeser].
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Signers of petition: John Livingston, James Paul, John Bartley, Henry Dickinson, James H. Houston, J. Henderson, Enoch Passmore, William Henderson, A. Lightner Henderson, Jacob Mast, Christian Umble, John B. Levingston.
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Known as the Gap Hill Tavern and sign of the Plough.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Henderson, Samuel Houston, James Paul, James H. Houston, William Rhoades, John Roop, Davis Clemson, Daniel Plank, A. Lightner Henderson, Jacob Mast, Enoch Passmore, James Dickinson.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Jehu Marsh, James Paul, Enoch Passmore, Benjamin F. Houston, William Rhoads, Jacob Mast, Daniel Plank, Henry Skiles, John McNeel, John Koop, G. W. Leaman, Lytle Skiles, Henry Gabel.
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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.
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.