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Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1880 F012

Date Range: 1880

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1880

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1880

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0012

People: Miller, Jacob; Deiter, Daniel; Deiter, Peter; Deiter, J. H.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; West Lampeter Twp.

Place: West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1880 F012

Box Number: 012

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncers: Deiter, Peter; Deiter, J. H.; Administrator: Miller, Jacob.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Hubley of Lancaster and John Macgregor of Philadelphia. Witnessed by Samuel J. Bradford and Peter Macgregor. 1803. Insert 4 Letter from William West to Stephen Chambers. Other name: Samuel Purviance. 1787. Insert 5 Subscription list of Washington Clark, teacher in Lampeter Twp. at H. S. Road School. 9

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1829 F016

Date Range: 1829

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1829

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1829

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Gruner, Barbara; Gruner, Jacob; Gruner, Samuel; Miller, John; Miller, Ann; Miller, Jacob; Miller, Jacob Miller; McLaughlin, John; Quigley, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lampeter, Lampeter Twp.

Place: Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1829 F016

Box Number: 002

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncers: Gruner, Jacob; Gruner, Samuel; Miller, John; Miller, Ann; Miller, Jacob; Miller, Jacob Miller; McLaughlin, John.; Administrator: Quigley, George.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I005

Date Range: 1812/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1812/04

Year: 1812

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Jacob Miller's Sawmill; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Petitions; Sawmills

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I005

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Court term: April 1812.; Location: Near Jacob Miller's Saw Mill.; Document type: Petition for a grant of money for a bridge.; 3 items, 3 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I006

Date Range: 1812

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1812

Year: 1812

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Appropriations; Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Jacob Miller's Sawmill; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Sawmills

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I006

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Court term: April 1812.; Location: Near Jacob Miller's Saw Mill.; Document type: Appropriation towards bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324; Bridge F0430 I006

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I010

Date Range: 1813/01

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1813/01

Year: 1813

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Conestoga Creek; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Jacob Miller's Sawmill; Mills; Sawmills; Petitions; Bridges

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I010

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Court term: January 1813.; Location: Near Jacob Miller's Saw Mill.; Document type: Petition for an additional grant of money for a bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I011

Date Range: 1813/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1813/04

Year: 1813

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Jacob Miller's Sawmill; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Petitions; Sawmills

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0430 I011

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Court term: April 1813.; Location: Near Jacob Miller's Saw Mill.; Document type: Petition for an additional grant of money for a bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0435 I001

Date Range: 1814/11

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1814/11

Year: 1814

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Jacob Miller's Sawmill; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Petitions

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0435 I001

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Court term: November 1814.; Location: Near Jacob Miller's Saw Mill.; Document type: Petition for an additional grant of money for a bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1833 F010 QS

Date Range: 1833/04

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1833/04

Year: 1833

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Shaeffer, Catharine; Long, John Sr.; Plasterer, Molly; Sharp, Adam; Miller, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Returns; Constables; Elizabeth Twp.; Charge: selling liquor by less measure than one quart

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1833 F010 QS

Additional Notes: Also: John Long Sr., Molly Plasterer, Adam Sharp.; Return of Jacob Miller, Constable of Elizabeth Twp., for selling liquor by less than one quart.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #023

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1823

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Albertus, Aldolphus; Bear, John; Bennet, Gerard; Bladen, P.; Boyd, James; Branan, Thomas; Brannon, Robert; Brunner, Mrs.; Clark, Lewis; Daughtery, Mary; Deal, Daniel; Diven, William; Doebler, Henry; Dong, Samuel; Doug, Samuel; Doyle, Jacob; Duffield, Samuel; Farger, Samuel; Feifer, John; Fries, John; Geesy, John; Groom, Thomas; Hagman, Michael; Hamaker, Clark; Haughy, Dominick; Herr, Christian; Hertzler, Henry; Heston, Robert; Holl, Samuel; Howard, George; Huber, John; Hubley, John; Hutton, Joseph; Kell, John; Kidder, Curtis; Kiles, John; McNeel, Samuel; Meldrum, James; Miller, Jacob; Morgan, John; Neff, David; Reich, Christian; Roberts, Elizabeth; Robinson, Peter; Seckel, Jacob; Shine, Jacob; Smith, Leander; Smith, Samuel; Smith, Ubiju; Steck, John; Stephenson, John; Ulmer, Frederick; Waid, Samuel; Weaver, George; Willis, Henry; Willis, Thomas; Wilson, Samuel; Wisler, Michael; Wolf, Henry; Woods, Samuel; Yager, Samuel; Yost, Adam

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: West Hempfield Twp.; Tax exonerations; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: West Hempfield Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #023

Box Number: 003

Notes: Entered into Q&A May 10, 2001.

Additional Notes: Tax exonerations. 1820.; ["Names of persons," in the tax collector's words, "from whom the County tax ... is impracticable to recover."]; Hamaker, Clark. Tax collector.; Bladen, P. Poor.; Brunner, Widow. Poor.; Daughtery, Mary. Poor.; Farger, Samuel. Not found.; Herr, Christian. Not found.; Huber, John. Not found.; Hubley, John. Not allowed.; Heston, Robert. Militia exempt.; Hutton, Joseph. Not found.; Kidder, Curtis. Gone.; McNeel, Samuel Estate. Sheriff paid.; Miller, Jacob. Not found.; Reich, Christian. Taxed twice.; Roberts, Elizabeth. Poor.; Robinson, Peter. Poor.; Smith, Ubiju. Unimproved.; Ulmer, Frederick. Poor.; Wilson, Samuel. Poor.; Wisler, Michael. Sheriff.; Inmates:; Boyd, James. Poor.; Clark, Lewis. Not in township.; Diven, William. Poor.; Doebler, Henry. Gone.; Doyle, Jacob. Gone.; Fries, John. Died.; Groom, Thomas. Not found.; Hagman, Michael. Not found.; Haughy, Dominick. Poor.; Hertzler, Henry. Poor.; Holl, Samuel. Not found.; Howard, George. Paid in Maryland.; Kell, John. Poor.; Kiles, John. Not found.; Neff, David. Not found.; Seckel, Jacob. Gone.; Shine, Jacob. Not found.; Smith, Samuel. Not found.; Steck, John. Gone.; Weaver, George. Gone.; Woods, Samuel. Gone.; Yager, Samuel. Not found.; Yost, Adam. Poor.; Freemen:; Albertus, Aldolphus. Absconded.; Bear, John. Absconded.; Bennet, Gerard. Poor.; Branan, Thomas. Not found.; Brannon, Robert. Gone.; Deal, Daniel. Not found.; Dong [or Doug], Samuel. Gone.; Duffield, Samuel. Moved.; Feifer, John. Not found.; Geesy, John. Not found.; Meldrum, James. Gone.; Morgan, John. Out of the township.; Smith, Leander. Dead.; Stephenson, John. Not found.; Waid, Samuel. Poor.; Willis, Henry. Poor.; Willis, Thomas. Poor.; Wolf, Henry. Poor.; 1 item 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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Probate

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Archive

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Probate

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Order for Payment

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