Signers of Petition: George Sheffer, George Howerter, Charles Musser, Samuel Hornberger, John Brennise, Martin Fry Jr., Daniel Hahn, John Forney, Christian Wolff, William White, Peter Shindel, Jonas Dorwart, Henry Carpenter, Jacob Slough, E. Schaeffer, William Dean, [ ] German, Joseph Uhrich, George Matter, Frederick Hambright, George Hambright, Leonard Eichholtz, Hugh Maxwell, [unknown signature], [signature in German], John Smith.
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Located on corner of the Market Square and Gay Street.
Lately occupied by Robert Leaman.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Dickey, Samuel Bailie, John Huss, [Orson] Douglass, David Zook, John Rhoads, Samuel Huston, William Maxwell, Alexander M. Beaty, Christian Henry, Henry Christine, Jacob Glatz.
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Located on the east end of Columbia on the Turnpike.
Petition disallowed.
Signers of Petition: James Clyde, George Mason, Michael Wisler, John Missick Jr., John Hudders, James Meclane, Daniel McCane, William Dessing, Daniel McCane, Lewis Wislar, Henry Diffenbaugh, and two others.
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Located on the turnpike road and between Locust and Cherry Streets.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: James Clyde, John Dicks, John Barbers, Robert Magill, George Gossler, James Sweeney, Israel Lloyd, Thomas A. Wilson, Robert Barber, John Mathiot, Jacob Forney, John Hudder, H. McCorkle, Robert Houston, Thomas Lloyd, William Todd, Ezekiel Cook, Jacob Gossler, Christian Haldeman, and one other.
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Signers of Petition: James Clyde, John Gonter, Lewis Wislar, Charles Saylor, Robert Houston, Joseph Quarll, Robert Spear, Joshua Ring, W. Holbrook, John Myers, Elijah McLenegan.
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Signers of Petition: C. Breneman, Thomas Lloyd, William Vicary, Abraham Bruner, William Lewis, F. Lightner, [unknown signature], James Clyde, James Albright, James Given, Henry Martin, Calvin Cooper, [unknown signature], James Wright, Jr., George Zeigler, John Large, [unknown signature], Jacob Gossler, O. McDonald.
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Signers of Petition: James Clyde, [signature in German], Martin Buckwalter, James Sweeney, Ezekiel Cook, John Moore, Abraham Buchwalter Jr., Martin Neff, Leonard Auwater, [William Evans], [ ] Hamilton, Robert Evans, John Henderson, James Evans.
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Signers of Petition: Andrew Wade, John Lynch, Samuel Redsecker, Robert Robinson, Jacob Engle, D. Bryan, Charles Smith, W. S. Campbell, George Patterson, [signature in German], James Bryan, John Maglauchlin, John Rhoads.
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