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Court of Quarter Sessions

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Physical Description: 1 volume ; 29 cm

Notes: Ttranscribed by Barbara Hunserber, 2015-2018.; RG 02-00 0905 v. 040 Lancaster Cojunty Historical Society.; Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Contents: 1782-1787.

Summary: A record of criminal offenses including tippling larceny, assault and battery, and other offenses.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Subjects: Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Court of Quarter Sessions, (Lancaster County) 1782-1787

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Call Number: 347.3748 QQ1 1782-1787

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Contents: 1878-1917.

Summary: A record of warrants issued to open streets in the city of Lancaster. Pages are pre-printed forms with spaces to record date, court term, name of street, petitioner, jurors and viewers, court order, condemnation proceeding, costs, and signature of clerk. Arranged chronologically and indexed by street name.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Notes: Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Subjects: Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court calendars.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 347.3748 QQ1 1782-1787

Label

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Cloth identifying strip

Object ID: MG0240_Ser01_F001_It01

Date Range: No date

1 document

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Cloth identifying strip

Description: Cloth identifying strip from the original file drawer: "Slave Registers, 1780-1788."

Date Range: No date

Creation Date: Undated

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

Subjects: African Americans--History; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Labels; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Label

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser01_F001_It01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Copies of MG0240, Series 1, Folders 1-9 are found in the Research Center Library on microfilm (Drawer 3, sec. 2, #206) and bound (326 R294p Oversized); Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 1

Other Number: MG-240, Series 1, Folder 1, Item 1

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 10 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Label

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Label from the original file drawer

Object ID: MG0240_Ser01_F001_It02

Date Range: No date

1 document

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Label from the original file drawer

Description: Label from the original file drawer: "Entries of Negro and Mulatoe children born after the year 1780."

Date Range: No date

Creation Date: Undated

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

Subjects: African Americans--History; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Labels; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Label

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser01_F001_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Copies of MG0240, Series 1, Folders 1-9 are found in the Research Center Library on microfilm (Drawer 3, sec. 2, #206) and bound (326 R294p Oversized); Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 1

Other Number: MG-240, Series 1, Folder 1, Item 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 10 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Petition

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Petition regarding the apprenticeship of John Dougherty

Object ID: AUG 1751 F003 QS

Date Range: 1751/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Petition regarding the apprenticeship of John Dougherty

Description: Petition regarding the apprenticeship of John Dougherty. Court of Quarter Sessions.

Date Range: 1751/08

Creation Date: 1751

Year: 1751

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Boyd, Thomas; Dougherty, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Petitions; Indentured apprentices

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1751 F003 QS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Additional Notes: Petition.; Indentured apprenticeship of John Dougherty.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908; AUG 1751 F003 QS

Description Level: Item

Quarter Sessions docket

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Call Number: 342.02 Q1; RG 02-00 0905, Archives North

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Physical Description: 51 v. 21-42 cm.

Notes: See Table of Contents and finding aid for details.

Contents: v. 005. 1729-1741 -- v. 010. 1742-1756 -- v. 015. 1756-1760 -- v. 020. 1760-1765 -- v. 025. 1770-1773 -- v. 030. 1770-1775 -- v. 035. 1776-1782 -- v. 040. 1782-1787 -- v. 045. 1788-1791 -- v. 050. 1797-1803 -- v. 055. 1804-1813 -- v. 060. 1813-1820 -- v. 065. 1827-1835 -- v. 070. 1833-1834 -- v. 075. 1843-1844 -- v. 080. 1849-1850 -- v. 085. 1851-1853 -- v. 090. 1853-1854 -- v. 095. 1854-1855 -- v. 100. 1855-1857 -- v. 105. 1858-1860 -- v. 110. 1860-1861 -- v. 115. 1862-1863 -- v. 120. 1863-1864 -- v. 125. 1865-1866 -- v. 130. 1866 -- v. 135. 1867 -- v. 140. 1868 -- v. 145. 1869 -- v. 150. 1870 -- v. 155. 1871 -- v. 160. 1872 -- v. 165. 1873 -- v. 170. 1874-1875 -- v. 175. 1876-1877 -- v. 180. 1878-1879 -- v. 185. 1880 -- v. 190. 1881 -- v. 195. 1882 -- v. 200. 1883 -- v. 205. 1884 -- v. 210. 1885 -- v. 215. 1886 -- v. 220. 1887 -- v. 225. 1888-1889 -- v. 230. 1890-1891 -- v. 235. 1892-1893 -- v. 240. 1894-1896 -- v. 245. 1896-1897 -- v. 250. 1898-1899 -- v. 255. 1900-1901.

Summary: Record of all proceedings of the Court of Quarter Sessions. Show court term and case number, names of parties, charge, costs, and disposition. Vol. 12 (1813-1820) is only an index for some of the sessions, arranged alphabetically by defendant's surname and chronologically by court session. Sessions for 1792-1796 are found in the Road Docket. Handwritten.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Subjects: Legal documents - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Fichtner, Katie

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.) Court of Quarter Sessions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: 342.02 Q1; RG 02-00 0905, Archives North

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/879f0a5e-49ae-47cd-8dd4-401036871106

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Conrad Fasnacht

Object ID: AUG 1814 F007 QS

Date Range: 1814/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Conrad Fasnacht

Description: Recognizance for Conrad Fasnacht, an indentured apprentice who absconded from his master, Michael Bitzer.

Date Range: 1814/08

Creation Date: 1814

Year: 1814

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Fasnacht, Conrad; Bitzer, Michael

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: absconding from master; Indentured apprentices; Indentures; Apprentices

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1814 F007 QS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Additional Notes: Indentured apprentice.; Recognizance, absconding from his master Michael Bitzer.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908; AUG 1814 F007 QS

Description Level: Item

Register

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Return of John Wilkes Kittera

Object ID: MG0166_F001_In02

Date Range: 1798/12/31

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2 documents

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Return of John Wilkes Kittera

Description: Return of John Wilkes Kittera regarding the Frank, son of Dauphne, an enslaved woman. Dauphne had formerly been held by a Mr. Hunter. Signed by John Wilkes Kittera and witnessed by John Hubley.

Date Range: 1798/12/31

Creation Date: 31 December 1798

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Dauphne; Frank; Hubley, John; Kittera, John Wilkes

Subjects: African Americans--History; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Register

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166_F001_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection, Series 1 (MG0240_Ser01)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection (MG0166), MG0166_F001_In02, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Other Number: MG-166, Folder 1, Insert 2

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 5 January 2022.; Accession # L64-13; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Register

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Return of James Jacks

Object ID: MG0166_F006_In05

Date Range: 1780/10/09

Methodist Episcopal Church Armor’s Old Bookstore Articles of agreement Beaver Creek Black Horse Farm Bonds Business records Certificates Charles E. Wentz & Bros. Christ Lutheran Church Cocalico Creek Conestoga Steam Mills Constables Correspondence Court records Farmer’s Bank of Lancaster Farmer’s Hay and

2 documents

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Return of James Jacks

Description: Return of James Jacks of Manor Township. Sue, an enslaved girl.

Date Range: 1780/10/09

Creation Date: 9 October 1780

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Hubley, John; Jacks, James; Sue

Subjects: African Americans--History; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery; Manor Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Register

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166_F006_In05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Statement regarding the enslaved persons of James Jacks, 1780, Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection (MG0166), MG0166_F006_In05, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Other Number: MG-166, Folder 6, Insert 5

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 5 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Court of Quarter Sessions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22216

Court of Quarter Sessions, (Lancaster County) 1782-1787

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Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e0933904-0ffe-40e7-90c3-257942269700

Quarter Sessions docket

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8114

Record, Judicial

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Register

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Register

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