Signers of petition: John Barker, John Bausman Jr., [signature in German], Benjamin Charles, Gotlieb Sehner, John Eschbach, Jacob Huber Jr., David Caldwell, Henry [Deets], Jacob Peters, John Haverstick, Jacob Bausman.
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Signers of petition: Joseph Earnhart, William E. Ramsay, William Northemer, [G. Clark], Benjamin Blatcher, Henry Rush, J. M. Deaver, E. B. Jefferis, William Phillips, John A. Moore, William Bear, Israel Penrose.
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Signers of petition: James Hopkins, Samuel Morison, A. S. Ewing, John Long, [G. T. Clark], T. W. Housekeeper, [R. W. Moore], Henry Rush, Thomas Neel, [Frederick] Zarracher, William Showalter, Amos Groff, Elisha S. Baily.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
Located on the road from Lancaster to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Martin, John Harnish, Jacob Shenk, Tobias Stehman, John Hess, David Hess, Samuel Moore, John Shenk, Samuel H. Hess, Adam Kindig, David Bair, John Mecartney, Abraham Haverstick.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Charles, Abraham B. Myley, Hanry Heidalbaugh, Samuel Ressel, John Harschock, Jacob Graft, [signature in German], John Zeider, John Byers, Benjamin Martin, Frederick W. Rehm, John Huber, [signature in German], John Brenneman.
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Located at fourth lock of the Conestoga Navigation.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Miller, John Resh, Henry Brooke, John Stehman, Martin Light, Christian Kindig, Isaac Stoner, Henry Bear, Benjamin Hess, Edward Calwell, George Wier, Joseph Hess, Samuel Light, John Cowder, James McAlargin, Samuel H. Hess.
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Located on the road from Shenks Ferry to Lancaster, on the bank of the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Shenk, David Bair, J. F. Hess, John Kendig, John Graver, [signature in German], Jacob Hess, Jacob Shenk, Benjamin Good, John Gardner, Daniel Charles, Christian A. Miller, Henry H. Gall, Christian Sterneman.
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Signers of Petition: Christian [Cohider], Christian Barr, Henry Layman, David Meyers, John Charles, John Zercher, [signature in German], John Mecartney, Jacob Burkholder, Samuel Myer, Rudolph Myer, Benjamin Snavely, Andrew Zercher, Adam Harr, Jacob Johnson, Christian R. Harr, Moses Hess, John Shenk.
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