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.
Located on road leading from Lancaster to New Holland, about eight miles from the former.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Meixel, George Geyer, John Geyer, John Barton, Jonas Nolt, John McConnaughey, David Graff, David McConnaughey, James Vogan, John Miller, William Lightner, John Rutter, Jehu Clemson, John A. Kenney, John Meixel, Henry Diffenbaugh, Martin Miller, Michael Stow, James Kimble, John Leonard, and three others.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the Newport Road, leading from the old Philadelphia Road at the Bird-in-Hand Tavern to Newport.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Leaman, Samuel Lefever, Christian Leaman, John Cooper, George Eckert Jr., Nathaniel Watson, John Hamilton, Nathaniel Lightner Sr., Benjamin Vernor, Jacob Baker, Daniel Miller, Richard Ferree, Robert Parker, Peter Miller Jr., James Knox, Archibald McLenegan.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
