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.
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.
Four men standing outside the headquarters of the auxiliary firemen of the Eden Fire Company, Manheim Township. Elvin Wails may be standing second from right.
Group of firefighters with their fire truck. Elvin Wails is possibly second from left. Eden Fire Company getting ready for New Year's Day parade. Also note random dog running in front of the truck. Two copies.
Elvin Wails, center, with group of men at the Eden Fire Company auxiliary firemen's headquarters. A few of the men are wearing armbands - possibly air raid wardens.
