Located on North Queen Street, on the railroad, in the North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, John B. Frick, Frederick Dern, John Kuhns, Emanuel VanKanan, Frederick Lutz, John Wittmeyer, Jacob [Gruel], [unknown signature], John [Flick], Robert Moderwell, George H. Metzger, John Sehner.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Robert Moderwill, C. A. Bitner, Samuel McComsey, Hiram Kendig, John A. Tryer, George Metzger, Philip Pyle, B. Mishler, Jacob [Kuhn], [J. Bitner], Frederick Lutz.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Henry C. Wentz, Robert Moderwell, George Metzger, H. Blickenderfer, Charles Haufler, Andrew Balmer, J. C. Bitner, Samuel McComsey, Hiram Kendig, George McDonald, George Dietrich.
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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.
Payments to witnesses. [This large item has been divided into two main parts: witnesses in diverse cases and witnesses in the John Lechler murder trial.]
WITNESSES IN DIVERSE CASES
[All are "Commonwealth v." ]
January 1816 Session, Court of Oyer and Terminer
Merrill, [illegible]. Counterfieting.
Ogilby, Joseph. Witness.
November 1817 Session, Court of Oyer and Terminer.
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.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Minnich, [signature in German], Henry H. Kurtz, H. B. Bowman, Martin Groff, David Grube, John Fulmer, Philip Sprecher, Paul Black, Martin Shreiner, John Evans, John Frantz, Jacob Metzger.
On Second Sheet: Henry H. Kurtz, John Miller, John Evans, Paul Black, Jacob Minnich, H. B. Bowman, George Hambright, Jacob K. Landis, John Fulmer, Jacob Reidenbach, Joseph Reyer Jr., Martin Groff, Henry Buckwalter, Elijah T. Ward, John Kurtz, George A. Shreiner, Jacob Metzger, John L. Sharp.
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Signers of Petition: Martin Groff, Daniel Royer, Jacob Evans, Michael Gish, Jacob H. Kurtz, Christian Grube, John Evans, Henry Shreiner, Isaac Baker, Emanuel Metzger, Jacob Workman, Jacob Minnick, Jacob K. Landis, John Bassler, Samuel Grube, Robert Patrick, [signature in German], John Stouffer, William Myer, David Kolb, Paul Black, John K. Landis.
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