The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
Hambright, Charles. Constable. Comm. v. Davis, Henry. Manslaughter.
Hollinger, [G.] Justice. Comm. v. Kelly, Edward. Assault and Battery.
Comm. v. Lewis, John. Assault and battery on Bewley, Charles. Witnesses: Bewley, Charles. Witmer, Isaac. Mull, Nicholas. Weis, George. McIntire, Dennis. Sminkey, Henry. Winters, John Dr. Witwer, Daniel Dr. Bullman, Michael. Ream, Samuel. Daum, Peter.
Stauffer, George. High Constable. Payment for apprehending the following vagrants and other disorderly persons: Hide, Jonathan. Wlater, August. An unnamed "dumb and deaf boy". Frederick, John. Weis, Samuel and wife Hester. Lewis, [Seney]. Beaman, John. McDonnal, Arthur. G[a]llegher, John. Morgan, Thomas. Steward, David. Malson, Ephraim and wife. Lynch, Hannah. Martin, John. Dawson, _____. Glassgo, Catharine. Miller, Mary. Hardy, Mary. Cowers, Jane. Debate, Mary. George, Jennet. Eberman, _____. Gill, Charles. Roop, Feronica and child. Weiss, Catharine.
Getz, George. Witness in Comm. v. Williams, Jeremiah.
Brown, John. Constable. Comm. v. Lucy, Henry. Larceny.
Spear, Robert. Justice Comm. v. Conrod, Henry. Assault.
Moore, D. Alderman. Comm. v. Wallace, Hugh. Assault and battery.
Dickeson, Jacob. Witness. Comm. v. McCall, George. Assault and battery.
Witness in Comm. v. Williams, Jeremiah, WIlliams, George, et al. Larceny. : Bennet, Amos. Husinger, Abraham. Boyd, James. Little, James. McMann, James. Reynold, Richard.
Spear, Robert. Justice. Comm. v. Lynch, William. Larceny.
Patterson, Betsy. Rice, Silvia. Witnesses. Comm. v. McCall, George. Assault and battery.
Moore, D. Alderman. COmm. v. Cannon, John. Arson. COmm. v. Wallace, Hugh. Misdemeanor. Comm. v. Johnston, John. Fornacation and bastardy.
Miller, Samuel. Bennet, Fanny. Witnesses. Comm. v. Linch, WIlliam.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
Payment to witnesses, justices, and constables. Mayors Court. November sessions.
Comm. v. Hains, Jesse. Fornication and bastardy.
Comm. v. Heart, Daniel. Assault and battery.
Comm. v. Geisel, Frederick. Fornication and bastardy.
Shirk, Jacob. Fornication and bastardy.
Heslich, Peter. Assault and battery.
Poke, Robert. Assault and battery.
Comm. v. Stormfeltz, George. Fornication and bastardy.
Comm. v. Dorsey, Amelia. Larceny.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Alias Thomas, Sarah. Perjury. Witnesses: Sweeney, James. Spear, Robert. Hunter, William. Eshleman, Christian. White, William. Smith, Jacob. Musser, Jacob. Stoner, Sarah. Collins, Nancy. Wallace, Joseph L. Smith, Samuel. Latchem, Nathaniel. Barney, John.
Reitzenberger, John. Justice in the following cases: Comm. v. Corman, Henry. Surety of the peace. Comm. v. Kuhns, Michael. Assault and battery. Comm. v. amsrshall, James. Surety of the peace. Harkins, Joseph. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Detweiler, Jacob. Larceny. Comm. v. Harttman, Margeret. Surety of the peace. Comm. v. Seneson, Gerhard. Larceny. Comm. v. Leibley, Mathias. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Hope, John. Assault and battery. Comm. v. McMahon, John. Counterfeiting. Comm. v. Creighton, James. Counterfeiting. Comm. v. Eberman, Mathias. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Flanegan, Thomas. Surety if the peace. Comm. v. Rogers, Samuel. Surety of the peace. Comm. v. Protzman, John. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Muskennuss, Adam. Larceny. Comm. v. Jones, John. Larceny. Comm. v. Par5ker, Joseph. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Shertz, Jacob. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Reese, Jacob. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Gumph, Barbara. Surety of the peace. Comm. v. Heitzelberger, Margaret. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Gillmore, Ann. Surety of the peace. Comm. v. Kelly, Patrick. Larceny. Aaron, Joseph. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Leibley, Mathias. Adultery. Comm. v. Sheaffer, Rosina. Adultery. Comm. v. Deredfinger, John. Fornication and bastardy. Comm. v. Mulgrew, Michael. Assault. Comm. v. Wilson, James. Keeping a tippling house. Comm. v. Norbeck, Margaret. Assault and battery.
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Comm. v. Patterson, Catherine. Surety of the peace. Witnesses: Reed, Nancy. Fordney, Margaret. Weitzel, Elizabeth.
Comm. v. Patterson, Catharine. Surety of the peace. Reed, Patrick L. Served subpoenas.
Comm. v. Eager, Mary. Keeping a tippling house. Witnesses: Corey, James. Hagans, Patrick. McCombs. Thomas.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Alias Thomas, Sarah. Perjury. Witness: Latchem, Isaiah.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Alias Thomas, Sarah. Perjury. Witness: Endress, Christian Rev. Dr.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Perjury. Justice: Wallace, Joseph S.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Alias THomas, Sarah. Perjury. Witness: Latchem, Isaiah.
Comm. v. McKittrick, John. Hambright, Charles. Served attachments on Wimble, Joseph. Hardeman, Christian. Lawrence, Elizabeth.
Comm. v. Leman, Saarah. Perjury. Witness: Oster, John.
Comm. v. Reep, John. Assault and battery. Justice: Bausman, William.
Comm. v. Dorsey, Amelia. Larceny. Witness: Parker, Elizabeth.
Comm. v. McGlain, Mary Ann. Larceny. Witness: Martin, John.
Comm. v. Galecher, Daniel. Assault and battery. Albright, George. Served subpoenas.
Comm. v. McGlain, May Ann. Larceny. Witness: Aaron, Joseph.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Perjury. Witness: Brown, David.
Comm. v. Reese, John. Assault and battery. Witnesses: Hart, Adam. Hart, Margaret. M'Grand, Hugh. M'Grand, Jane.
Comm. v. Leman, Sarah. Alias Thomas, Sarah. Perjury.
Comm. v. Dorsey, Amelia. Larceny. Witnesses: Flanagan, Thomas. Flanagan, Margaret. Anderson, Nancy. Comm. v. Sensenich, Jesse. Assault and battery. Witnesses: Flanegan, Eleanor. Thompson, Margaret. Weidel, Sarah. Flanegan, Thomas.
Payment to Matter, George for work as justice in the following cases: Comm. v. Reisinger, George. Assault and battery. Comm. v. Buth, John Jr. Assault and battery on Burns, Christian. Comm. v. Eckenroth, Richard. Fornication and bastardy.
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
Scott, William. Constable. [Note: this document lists names involved in the trial of Montgomery, William and Thompson, John. These are possibly the names of witnesses for the procecution, as well as the number of days they were present and their mileage.] Cope, David. Wilson, Benjamin. Wilson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Scott, William. Cope, David. Wilson, Benjamin. Wilson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Scott, William. Cope, Daniel. Wilson, Benjamin. WIlson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Black, Robert. R_____, William. Patteson, Thomas. Mc Cullough, Hugh. Neeper, Samuel. Reynolds, Richard.
Zahm, Daniel. Constable fees for serving attachments. Comm. v. McVay, James. Shaffner, _____.
