Signers of Petition: [signature in German], [Charles Daniel], Samuel Balmer Jr., Daniel Balmer, Henry Moody, [Nicolas Sasaus], Isaac Ober, Christian Ober, William Bishop, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Bohn, Benjamin Longenecker.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
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Credit
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Signers of Petition: Samuel White, Leonard Eichholtz, John Light, Peter Protzman, John Bomberger, Adam Metzer, Levi Rogers, Jacob Rudesill, Jacob Demuth, William White, Hugh Maxwell, and one other.
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Hunter, James Collins, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, James C. Carpenter, George Wolf, Joshua Vaughen, Charles Evans, Reuben Hamilton, Benjamin Young, George Weaver, John Wilson.
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