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 Lancaster to Blue Rock.
Formerly occupied by Michael Rinehart.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Frantz, Hugh Wilson, Christian Herr, Godfried Klugh, Christian Piory, Jacob Krug, John Burg, Abraham Witmer, John Reitzel and 3 others.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Family and friends at Maple Grove pool in 1943. Rear from left: Nancy Miller, Mary Ann Brill, Dot Miller, Bud Brill. Front from left: Jackie Miller and Pauline Brill.
Walnut Hill School, c. 1941. First row, left to right: Arlene Frey, John Shenk, Jean Frey, Edward Wilson, Jane Kauffman, Jane Frey, Earl Frey Jr., Eleanor Wilson, Fluffy the dog. Second row, left to right: Ruth Kauffman, Betty Wilson, Ira Shenk, Ted Howe, Charles Kauffman. Third row, left to right: Elizabeth Drum (teacher), Wilbur Rice, John Young, Mike Orbank, Bob Wilson, Tennyson Frey, Mervin Rice.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Conestoga Area Historical Society.
