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.
Signers of petition: J. R. Diffenbach, Samuel Hipple, A. M. Benjamin, [signature in German], E. D. Roath, A. Lindsay, Samuel D. Miller, John W. Fulks, D. Harry, Nicholas Chapman, Samuel Bailie, R. Welshans.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of the petition: Alexander Lindsay, Samuel Oberlin, E. D. Roath, Samuel Bailie, Reuben Welshans, John Crull, John Libhart, J. R. Diffenbach, John Roth, Samuel D. Miller, Henry Sultzbach, Nicholas Chapman, John Kline.
Bond: E. J. Rinehart, Bernhard Roth.
Receipt.
Depositions: Jacob Eiseman, Alexander Lindsay, William Child, Reuben Welchans,
Notice.
5 items, 9 pieces
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Located on the corner of Elbow Lane and Front Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Samuel Johnson, James Gallacher, W. L. Carter, Jacob Graybill, Samuel Bailie, Edwin J. Rinehart, Abraham Cassel, John Libhart, J. R. Diffenbach, John Roth, S. S. Nagle, Henry Schock.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Meyer, Samuel Ruth, John S. Gish, Jacob Gisch, William Boyer, [signature in German], John Foltz, John Lynch, H. B. Whisler, Isaac Bauman, Samuel Redsecker, James Bryan, A. Greenawalt, Daniel Elliott, George Keller, [signature in German], John Fisher, [signature in German].
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Elizabethtown to Bainbridge, and fronting the Lancaster and Harrisburg Railroad.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Christian Hoffman, Jacob Gisch, John S. Gish, Daniel Hoffman, John Kiefhaber, [signature in German], James Bryan, Sebastian Keller, George Keller, Isaac Bausman, H. B. Whisler, John Kuhns Jr., Samuel Harmony, A. Redsecker, Abraham Breneman, Joseph Boyers, Philip Auxer, William Wilson, George Patterson, [signature in German], John Rhoads, Henry Ober, [William Graff], George Byrod, John Lynch.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located adjoining the Lancaster, Mount Joy, Harrisburg Railroad on the northeast side at the intersection of the Bainbridge and Falmoouth road.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Gisch, William Boyer, Samuel Ruth, [signature in German], James Bryan, Abraham Breneman, H. P. Whisler, Samuel Balmer Jr., Christian Hoffman, Henry Frank, Samuel Hippard, Henry Ober, George Patterson, John Lynch, Daniel Balmer, Abraham Redsecker.
1 item, 1 piece
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