Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of Petition: John Stubbs, Isaac S. Webster, Thomas Stubbs, Thomas Hoopes, Samuel Neeper, William Cook, George Morrison, John Webster, James McSparran, James Malon, Jesse McCoukey, Daniel Stubbs, J. A. Caldwell, Vincent Stubbs, James Porter.
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Signers of Petition: Timothy Haines, Mark Haines, W. G. Chandler, A. Dubree, Jeremiah B. Haines, James McSparran, Robert Maxwell, John Webster, Slater Brown, Samuel Wood, James Porter, Franklin Cook, William Cook.
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Located where the Lancaster and Port Deposit road intersects with road leading from Oxford to Conowingo bridge.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Ebenezar Killough, Isaac J. Hutton, John Webster, John Riley, Abner Brown, Jacob Sutton, Moses Boyce, John Kirk Jr., Henry Carter, Thomas Hoopes, James Hanna, David Jenkins, W. G. Chandler, William Gibson Jr., James Malone., James Jenkins, Nathaniel Jenkins, Nicholas A. Boyd, N. W. Boyd, David Lee, Jesse McCoukey, Isaac Brown, Joseph [Peiples], William Peeples, Joseph Lynch, William Hutton, James Porter, Mark Haines, John McVey, Isaac Enoch.
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Signers of Petition: W. G. Chandler, Samuel Hess, John Riley, Slater Brown, Thomas Hoopes, Abner Brown, John Stubbs, William Cook, J. C. Taylor, Robert Maxwell, John Kirk, Samuel Morisson, Joel Sutton.
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Signers of Petition: John Riley, Downing Moore, Levi Brown, Vincent [Fields], Jeremiah Greist, John Findley, William McCool, Moses Boyce, Thomas Hooper, John K. Sappington, Nathaniel Bender, Jacob Job, Levi Woodward, Thomas Stubbs, Henry McVey.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Job, James Neeper, John McVey, Joel Sutton, Hugh McConkey, Hughes Burk, Henry McVey, Jeremiah Brown, John K. Sappington, Slater Brown, Samuel Webster, Samuel Hess, J. A. Caldwell, James McSparran, Joseph Blackburn, George Coulson.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Job, John McVey, Abner Brown, James Neeper, Hugh McConkey, David Lee, William Hatton, Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown, Samuel Webster, John K. Sappington, Jeremiah B. Haines, Nathaniel Bender, Isaac Hutton, Robert Maxwell, Vincent Stubbs, Timothy Haines, Isaac W. Garretson, William Ewing, Leonard Lovett.
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Signers of Petition: Nicholas A. Boyd, Joseph Towson, Franklin Cook, James Malone, James Porter, Nicholas Boyd, William Sproat, Christian Gryder, Slater Brown, Isaac Webster, John Holcomb, [ ] Chandler, Edward Wicks, Allen Cook, David Lee, Joseph Thomas.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to the Conowingo Bridge.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Nathan Reid, [Hiram McVey], James Begley, James [Irwin], Samuel Worden, George Reynolds, John [Hainy], Martin Eckman, Hugh McCall, George Worden Jr., Samuel Hess, Daniel Glackin.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Gryder, Daniel [D. Swift], James Parker, L. H. Jackson, John W. Swift, Joshua King, Thomas A. Clark, John Wells, Wiliam H. Johnson, Andrew M. Passmore, [James] Smedley, William Park, George Warden, Martin Gryder, George Swift, Martin Carman, Abraham F. Ewing, William Hartley, John H. Dunn, Jacob King, James King, John Russell.
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Signers of Petition: Amer Stubbs, J. A. Caldwell, Franklin Cook, Daniel Stubbs Jr., Thomas Stubbs, Vincent Stubbs, William Cook, James McSparran, John Stubbs, David Lee, James Malone, Jesse McCoukey.
On Second sheet: Joel Sutton, Daniel Stubbs Jr., Reuben Huton, John Stubbs, Thomas Stubbs, Isaac Webster, James McSparran, Samuel Hess, Jesse McCoukey, Joseph Thomas, David Lee, Abner Brown, James Black.
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Signers of Petition: [Joseph] C. Taylor, James Woodrow, Edward Chandler, Robert King, Henry Paxson, William Hays, Joseph [Broehm], Robert Patton, Thomas Hill, Thomas Haines, John R. Hay, [unknown signature], William Cox.
On Second Sheet: Edward Chandler, William Oldfield, John Hill, William Sproat, Jonathan Hamilton, Robert King, L. H. Jackson, Joseph Peirce, William Carter, Joseph Brown, John R. Hay, David Lewis, Caleb Brabson.
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Signers of Petition: John McVey, A. Dubree, Timothy Haines, Patrick Glackin, William Gibson Jr., Richard Boyle, John Kirk, Jeremiah Brown, [Elieme Garkillough], Jeremiah B. Haines, Levi Woodward, William G. Chandler, Thomas Hoopes, John Webster, Mark Haines, Slater Brown.
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