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.
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.
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.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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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.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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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.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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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.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Recognizance, charged with not building a slope for his mill dam on the Conestoga River.
Recognizance.
Recognizance to testify.
Additional names: Martin Lighty, George Lenhart, Michael Reinhart, Stophel Franciscus, Daniel Ehler, John Light, John Wean, Peter Reed, Samuel Light, Jacob Light, John Fordney, John Trisler.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Recognizance, charged in association with stolen linen.
Additional names: Edward Stewart, John Wean, John Riddel, Daniel Ehler, Hughy McGrant, Jane Beavens, wife of Wilder Beavens, Ann Howard, Caty Preison, William Flick, John Wean.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Recognizance, charged with keeping a tippling house.
Additional names: John Eberman, Henry Pinkerton, Paul Dewees, Daniel Ehler, Samuel Kindig, John Brown, James Clendenin, Benjamin Galloway, James Gibbons, John Murphy.
2 items, 2 pieces
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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.
