Located on the Lancaster & Manheim road five miles from Lancaster.
Formerly occupied by Frederick Zimmerman and later by Mr. Sponehauer.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Peter Maurer, Jacob Stibgen, John Sharp, Christian Brubaker, John Brubaker, [signature in German], John Frank, [signature in German], Daniel Balmer, Jacob Metzger, Henry Sponhauer, William [Warner], Jacob Rohrer, Lightner Sharp, Abraham Stibgen, Martin Mayers, David Mayer, John Capp, Benjamin Johnsen, John Johnsen.
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Located on Front Street fronting the Pennsylvania Canal and adjoining lots of David Rinehart and others.
Lately occupied by Col. Latchem.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Cassel, Jacob Sheidley, Samuel McKinney, Nathaniel Latchem, John Clements, Christian Imhoff, Jacob Glatz, David Ferree, Abraham Zublin, John Goodman, J. Grosh, David Cassel Jr., [signature in German], William H. Grosh, B. Libhart.
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Located on road leading from Manheim to Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Elijah T. Ward, Jacob Rohrer, Jacob B. Brubaker, [signature in German], George Grube, John Elliot, John Frantz, Emanuel Gibbel, John K. Landis, Jacob [Griel], Henry Decker, Jacob Frank, Peter Brown, Andrew Balmer, Benjmain Myers.
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Formerly kept by John Libhart and relinquished by Mr. Goodman.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Auxer, Peter Baker, [signature in German], Jacob Graybill, [J.] M. Boggs, Henry Nicholas, Jacob Glatz, Robert King, J. T. Anderson, Henry Spiese, John Huss, Isaac Reinhart, John Kline, John Spangler, Jacob Scheidly, Abraham Cassel, David Cassel, Samuel Hopkins, David Reinhart, [J. S. Inglis].
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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. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
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Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Reading.
Lately occupied by [ ] Stibgen and formerly by John Michael Sr.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Allan [Capent], Henry Fritz, Jacob Harter, [unknown signature], Martin Fry, Richard Flickinger, Samuel Stoher, Frederick Ream, [signature in German], Michael Stober, David Bauman, Jacob Eby, J. B. Amweg, John Bollinger, Jacob Angus, Jacob Souder, Martin Gross, John Gross, [signature in German], Daniel Shissler, R. R. Heitler, John Keller, George Long, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jesse Bitzer, [signature in German], John Shaffer, Daniel Feather, Cyrus Killian, Philip Sherk, George Wise, William Lewis, Amos Johnson, Jacob Souer, David Albright, John Souer, [J. B. Kirk], [unknown signature], Jesse Keefer, Jacob Zercher, John L. Sharp, Samuel Grube, Jacob Evans, Christian Young, Andrew Ream, Michael Gish, Jacob Workman, Samuel Ruth, [signature in German], John Reidenbach, John Garber, Jacob Frank, Andrew Bixler, Jacob Minnich, Abraham Musselman, Daniel Dietrich, Isaac Hostetter, John [Bush], Henry Lehn, Isaac Baker, Jacob K. Landis, William Myer, Henry H. Kurtz, David S. Binkley, George Shreiner, Henry Shenk, [signature in German], Joseph Shenk, David Fellenbaum, Isaac Fellanbaum, [signature in German], Casper Grub, Jacob Brubaker, Francis Ruth, Christian Bassler, Jacob Metzger, Jacob Tanger, [signature in German], Philip Sprecher, Martrin Groff, Peter Grube, [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac Leib, Jacob Reidenbach, Daniel Royer, Daniel Royer Jr., John Huhn, [signature in German], [signature in German], H. B. Bowman, J. H. Kurtz, [signature in German], John Zook, [signature in German], Michael Kuhn, George Kuhn, Isaac Ressler, [signature in German], Henry Shreiner, Peter Forney, Gabriel Leib, Henry Hottenstein, Samuel Bear, Henry Zercher, Elias Erb, John Bucher, Jacob Frantz, [signature in German], Joseph Adams.
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