Signers of Petition: Jacob Leman, Henry Diffenbaugh, August Heinitsh, George Hambright, Jacob Lindy, George Matter, George Morrey, A. Brenneman, Jonas Metzger, John Light, John Hoff, George Keiss, George Wien.
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Located about 1 mile from Lancaster on the Marietta Turnpike.
Formerly owned by Mr. Passmore.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Passmore, Leonard Eichholtz, Levi Rogers, Henry Pinkerton, John Light, Nathaniel Lightner, Jacob Graeff, C. Hagen, Mathew McKelly, William C. Frazer, Phillip Messenkop, John Miller.
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Located on the bank of the Conestoga about one and a half miles from Lancaster, above the stone bridge erected across the Conestoga, on the road to Peach Bottom Ferry.
Formerly kept by Joshua Bowman.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: George Louis Mayer, Jacob Long, Henry Huffnagle, William Haverstick, Jacob Leman, George Ross, Leonard Eichholtz, Philip Messenkop, and one other.
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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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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.
Signers of Petition: John Dietrich, Adam [Guiessinger], Thomas Wilson, John S. Miller, George Guiessinger, Ephraim Young, Jonathan Mason, [Jehu Diebelt], Benjamin M. Bitzer, John Swartz, Andrew Lemmon, David Killough.
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Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Columbia at the end of the bridge over the Conestoga Navigation.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Haverstick, Socrates Myer, Samuel Hershey, Jacob Peters, [signature in German], [signature in German], Christian Lintner, Jacob Huver, Abraham Leman, Daniel Lintner, Jacob Breneman, [signature in German], John Daveler, Casper Nauman, John Breneman.
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