Signers of petition: John K. Smoker, Benson Leaman, S. M. Brua, H. R. Denlinger, Gideon Kauffman, Lytle Caruthers, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Kreider, Daniel McKillips, Jonathan Lapp, Isaac Kreider, Samuel Hertzler, George Miller, David Smucker, John Kauffman, John Seldomridge, John Leaman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
Red velvet album of carbinet cards, carte de visites and tintypes of the family of George K. Herr and his wife, Elizabeth Henry. Most photographs are identified. Gift of Deborah Caskey from the estate of Dorothy Warfel.
Carte de visite. Ellen Houghman Brubaker, mother of Judge Henry Clay Brubaker. She was born October 17, 1824, died December 21, 1873. Daughter of Frederick Hoffman and Elizabeth Huffnagle of East Hempfiled Township. Married September 28, 1848 to George Brubaker.