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 the road leading from Newport to Colebrook Furnaces.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Philip Gloninger, Adam Winger, John Winger, Daniel Swope, Peter Kellenberger, George Swope, [name in German], Peter Eby, Samuel Zentmoyer.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on the road leading from Newport to Coleman's Iron Works.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Adam Winger, Dorus Eby, Henry Winger, Cynus Sheaffer, Isaac Carpenter, John Cunningham, Michael VonKennen, John Johns, Jesse Line, Benjamin Spayd, Tobias Miller, Jehu Clemson, Benjamin Vernon, Jacob Johns, Abraham Bane, [David] Musser, William Weidler, Moore Connell, Samuel Cowan, Emanuel Snook, George Miller, William Scott, George Meixel, Abraham Eby, John Rutter, John Myer, Mathias Swobe, John Winger, Samuel Zentmeyer, David Heller, Christian Eby, Peter Eby, Joseph Heller, Daniel Swope, George Swope, Daniel Groff, William [Tyler], C. Carpenter, J. Hershey, J. Eby, Israel Carpenter, Peter Kellenberger, Philip Gloninger.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on road leading from town of Manheim to Newport.
Lately occupied by Samuel Boyer.
Petition not granted.
November term.
Signers of Petition: Paul Johns, David Good, Jacob Johns, Frederick Hambright, Abraham Carpenter, Samuel Cowan, John Johns, [name in German], Samuel Johns Jr., Daniel Johns, John Johns, John Weaver, John Carpenter, Christian Carpenter Jr., Henry Landis, John Graybill, John Carpenter, John Grebill, [name in German], Jacob Meixel, Samuel Garber, Michael Johns, Paul Black, Jacob Johns, Abraham Johns Jr., Peter Klein, Robert Barton, [name in German], John Johns, Isaac Rudy, Emanuel Vonkennan, David Bear, Daniel [Hoe], Samuel Johns, John Ruth, Jacob Ruth, Adam Sheaffer, Isaac Carpenter, Daniel Carpenter, Henry Carpenter, [name in German], John Mellhorn, Jacob Carpenter, George Bard, Andrew B. Kauffman, William Hensel, George Rysinger, John Neff, Charles Herbs, John Michael Jr., Levi Johns, Ephraim Bear, Adam Bare.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located on Old Philadelphia Pike about 13 miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: David Brisben, John Rutter, Christian Hess, James Buyers, Hathorn Freeland, Andrew Caldwell, William P. Caldwell, Nathaniel Ellmaker, E. E. Ellmaker, Samuel Ringwalt, George Ellmaker, Christian Sharp. Christian Hurst, George B. Markly, Adam Bare.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located near the Pequea Creek on the Newport Road.
Lately occupied by Doctor Bigelow.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], John Brison, Jacob [Hess], Edward Kelly, George Wike, [signature in German], [signature in German], John J. Ressler.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Samuel [Cowan], Leaman Baker, James Curry, James [Dunwody], William [Windly], Abraham Ditlow, [Levi] Johns, John Johns, Isaac Rudy, Peter Kafroth, John Barton Sr., Paul Johns, [signature in German], [signature in German].
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located at junction of Old Philadelphia and Newport roads.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Benjamin Hoover, Jacob Sharp, Jacob K. Eckert, Grabill Diller, William Lightner, Joel Baker, Isaac Smoker, David Longenecker, [signature in German], Martin Bitzer, Tobias Miller, David Brisben.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.