Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Signers of Petition: Leonard Eichholtz, Robert Russel, George Miller, George Brungad, Henry Keffer, John Getz, Martin Miller, Charles Kline, George Hambright, Henry Brenner, William Hambright, Frederick Hambright, Daniel Carpenter, Christian Burg, George Waltz, Jacob Brenner, Christopher Brenner, Daniel Zahm, Evan R. Evans, Henry Carpenter, Andrew B. Kauffman, William Albright, G. H. Whitaker, William White, Jacob Snyder, Michael Wimer, Rudolph C. Nagel, Samuel C. Slaymaker.
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Located at the new bridge across Conestoga Creek on the road leading from Lancaster to McCall's Ferry.
Lately occupied by George Hinkle.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Leonard, Henry Deffinbough Jr., Henry Diffenbaugh, John Longenecker, Levi Rogers, James Evans, Jeremiah Mosher, George King, Jacob Rathfon.
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Located on highway leading from Lancaster City to Wilmington.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Williams, Jacob Wagoner, [name in German], William Samson, Daniel Ault, George Rockey, Jacob Ritz, Joseph Baughman, John Baughman, George Fogle, Henry Kearns, Solomon [Hemes], John Withers, Henry Cunkel, J. Baxter, James McPherson, Robert Anderson, Joseph Evans, William Kunkel, Daniel Eckman.
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Signers of Petition: John Withers, William Sampson, John Sampson, Joseph Baughman, James McPherson, John Williams, Daniel Eckman, William Kunkel, C. Henry Cunkel, Samuel Paxton, J. Baxter, Joseph Evans, Joseph Kinkead, Henry Kearnes, Jacob Wagoner, John Baughman, Jacob Ritz, George Fenstermaker, Solomon Hemes, Samuel Coulter, George Fogle.
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Located near the public bridge on the road leading to Peach Bottom Ferry, about a mile from Lancaster City.
Formerly occupied by Bernard Bartholomew.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: [Emanuel] Reigart, Jacob Slough, John F. Steinman Sr., John Riddle, William Cooper, Philip Myer, John Stemen, George Louis Mayer, Benjamin Ober, Peter Kline, John Myer, John Burg, B. Grimler, Samuel Fahnestock, [name in German], John [Benchman], Daniel Reigart, Jacob Leman, Leonard Eichholtz.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Ferguson, George Pickel, John Baughman, James Campbell, James Rea, John Withers, Adam Draucker, Henry Cunkel, David Elder, [signature in German], Daniel Eckman, John Groff, George Bailey, John Beslet, George Baughman, David Blackburn, John Pickel, [Jon] Samson, Henry Hearns,
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Signers of Petition: John Getz, Martin Miller, B. Grimler, Benjamin Ober, John Neff, Daniel Carpenter, Henry Kefffer, Leonard Eichholtz, Augustus Kahn, John Upperman, E. Reigart.
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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.