Signers of Petition: John Hernly, Henry S. Shenck, Henry Imhoff, Samuel Snyder, Benjamin H. Kauffman, John Minnich, J. B. Brubaker, Martin Schwar, Peter Swar Jr., Martin Gross, John Landis, Andrew Holtsworth, John Miller, Jacob Kauffman, John Swar.
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Located about 4 miles from Lancaster on the road leading to Manheim.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Siechrist, John Swar, John Frantz, John Landis, John Dunkel, George Kneisley, [signature in German], Jacob Rohrer, Daniel Balmer, Jacob Brubaker, Emanuel Gibbel, Jacob Tanger, J. Kaufman, [signature in German], John L. Sharp.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hershey, John Johns, James Campbell, Samuel Parker, John Elliot, J. B. Brubaker, Peter Swan Jr., Henry M. Reigart, John Stauffer, [signature in German], Christian Brubaker, David Gochnauer, [signature in German], Jacob Harnish, Jacob Myer.
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Located at the crossroads leading from Harrisburg turnpike to Binkleys Bridge and from the turnpike to Shenks Mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: George Mayer, [signature in German], [ ] Danner, John Thome, J. Kauffman, Henry M. Ringwalt, J. Jefferies, Michael Graeff, Samuel Ringwalt, Henry Carpenter, John Ehler, David Vondersmith, Christian Hertzler, John Shenck, Jacob Coppenheffer, John Shenck Jr., Andrew Bear, Christian Heistand, Jacob Forney, D. Brown, William Hambright, Peter J. [Gonner], Jacob Liebly, Anthony Brown, N. Musselman Jr., William Cooper, Benjamin Ober, Edward Parker, Robert Russel, Hugh Maxwell Jr., Henry Brenner, Christian Rine, Frederick Keller, Jacob D. Danan, Peter Fieles, Daniel Shissler, Abraham Eichler, Henry Buckwalter, [unknown signature], Jacob Metzger, Henry Kaufman, David Culberton, [signature in German], John Kauffman, Andrew Kauffman, Abraham Long, John Snyter, Peter Grider, John C. Landis, Jacob Neff, John Landis, Henry Stauffer, Jacob Kauffman, Daniel Hertzler, [signature in German], Henry Sheperd, John Hershey, Jacob White, Jacob Rohrer, John Strickler Jr., Jacob Grider, Abraham Breneman, Christian Hershey, John Heistand, Samuel Grider, Christian Erisman, John Miller, Brooks Campbell, John Overholser, Adam Danuel, Charles [Nearbet], George Getz, Frederick Metzger, [signature in German], Benjamin Brubaker.
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Located on the road leading from Marietta to New Holland, crossing the Harrisburg turnpike.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Christian Hoffman, Christian Heistand, Philip Hottenstein, Martin Schwar, Abraham Long, Peter Swar, John Johns, Tobias Kauffman, John Gochnauer, [signature in German], Henry Kaufman, John Landis, Samuel Parker, Andrew Bear, John Leib Jr., Jacob Grubb.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Brubaker, Emanuel Gibbel, Jacob Tanger, John Frank, Peter Balmer, [signature in German], Jacob Siechrist, Jacob Rohrer, George Danner, Jacob Kohr Jr., Michael Kauffman, John Swar, Jacob Swar, Benjamin Stauffer, Henry Kauffman.
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Located at intersection of road leading from New Holland to Marietta and road leading from John Shenk's Mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Heistand, Samuel Parker, John Lutz, Andrew Bear, Jacob Grubb, [signature in German], John Helman, Peter Bell, [unknown signature], Henry M. Reigart, John Getz Jr., Jacob Lutz, Jacob Kline, George Danner.
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Located on the Public Road from the Harrisburg turnpike to New Holland about 2 miles from Chiques Bridge.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Shenck, Peter Grider, Jacob Cappenheffer, John Miller, Abraham Long, [signature in German], John Johns, John Miller, [signature in German], Samuel Parker, Simon Minnick, Henry Imhoff, John Harnly, Jacob Hershey.
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Located on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, two and one half miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Swar, Benjamin Widaman, Jacob Metzger, Daniel Balmer, [signature in German], Jacob Siechrist, Christian Brubacker, John Frantz, Landis John Harrison, J. Kaufman, Peter Steitz Sr., John Stouffer.
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Signers of Petition: John Swar, Jacob [Schw?], William [Fosig], Samuel Foesig, Michael Kauffman, John Landis (miller), Jacob K. Landis, Christian B. Landis, George Kneisly, William Frank, Peter Steitz Sr., John L. Sharp, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrick.
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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.
