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.
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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.
Located on the Downingtown, Harrisburg & Ephrata turnpike.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: William Amweg, David Bauman, Peter Weidner, John Hibshman, Joseph Nies, J. Konigmacher, Christian Hall, Martin Manderbach Jr., Jacob Gerber, George Weidman, George B. Shober, John Gross, Samuel Senseman, John Shober, Henry Hibshman, Jacob Peter, John Bright, George [Strutenoth], [signature in German], Henry Gilbach, George Carpenter, William Windbigler, Joseph Weidman, George Laber, George Illig, Samuel Illig, John Eberly, Samuel Eberly , Joseph Eberly, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac Erb, Samuel Mentzer, Christian Borkholder, John Brubacher, John Gsell, Jacob Mellinger, John Eberly, David Brubaker, [signature in German], [signature in German], David Birkinbine, [signature in German], [signature in German], Michael Klingman, [signature in German], Jacob Mellinger, [signature in German], George Sharp, Samuel Zerfass, Christian Bentz, John Sharp, Henry Nissly, William Mutch, James Adair, John Zeller, Samuel Mutch, Abraham Breckbill, Samuel Weidman, Henry Abel, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Christian Brubaker, Abraham Eby, [signature in German], Amos Eby, [signature in German], Samuel Fassnacht, Christian Eby, Peter Stauffer, Jacob Brubacher, Christian Rauch, John William Ranck, Christian Miksch, John Roth, Samuel Grosh, John Manderbach, Jacob Mentzer, [signature in German], Joseph Irwin, Christian Bomberger, Daniel Fahnestock, [signature in German], Isaac Bollinger, Jacob Enk, Gideon Fahnestock, John Royer, [signature in German], Jacob Pentz, Michael Kline Jr., Andrew Wissler, Martin Weidman, W. J. Hibshman, [signature in German], Jacob Yundt, John Beidler, John Yundt, John Levering, Frederick Keller, Samuel D. Arrick, W. B. Ross, Henry Barnett, F. D. Hubley, William White, John J. Heintzelman, Leonard Eichholtz, H. Y. Slaymaker, George Mayer, Benjamin Ober, Abraham Carpenter, B. Grimler, H. Mahlenberg, Jacob Duchman, John Graff, Adam Metzger, Cyrus S. Jacobs, Henry C. Swartz, W. B. Norris, [unknown signature], Joseph Heller, H. D. Overholzer, Benjamin Witmer, Michael Graeff, George Whitaker, Jacob Graeff, George Lewis Mayer John Longenecker, Nathaniel Lightner, Frederick Hambright, John Getz, Daniel Zahm, James Wiley, Daniel Carpenter, Jacob Brenner, William Hambright, John Shenck, Samuel Johnson, Henry Carpenter, George Hambright, John F. Voigt, Francis L. [Binrow].
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Located on the Downingtown, Harrisburg & Ephrata turnpike.
Signers of Petition: Cyrus Jacobs, James Humes, Samuel Ensminger, Samuel Ensminger Jr., James Coleman, Jacob Hibshman, Leonard Miller, Lewis Hurford, Benjamin Balmer, John Eby, John Vagan, Peter Martin, Christian Weaver, Samuel Keller, Christian Frederick, Matthias Tshudy, Samuel Sturgis, Jacob Hoover, [signature in German], Christian Diehm, [signature in German], Samuel Widder, Peter Bricker, John Zartman, George Leanhert, Jacob Zartman, Samuel Haerter, John Steiner, Edward Coleman, John Fletcher, John R. Montgomery, Christian Burg, Henry Barnet, Michael Graeff, John Reynolds, Cyrus S. Jacobs, John Delcamp, David Bricker, [signature in German], Jacob Diehm, [signature in German], [signature in German], David Hollinger, Jacob Millar, Jacob Shelly, [signature in German], Evan Bricker, Benjamin Mooney, Richard Banks, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Phillip Lenhert, [Durs Rudy], J. Konigmacher, Jacob Martin, John Lupold, Frederick Arnold, [Isaac Cob], John Stauffer, [signature in German], [signature in German], Henry Stonerod, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Stiebel, John Bartruff, Jacob Eby, Christopher [Fierty], George Long, [signature in German], George Clime, Jacob Brown, Jacob Mingle, [signature in German], Conrad Buehl, John Long, Philip Arndt, [signature in German], Henry Miller, David May, John Bartruff, [signature in German], George Keompf, John Erb, George Elser, Jacob Erb, John D. Eckert, [signature in German], [signature in German], Elias Eby, Benjamin Eby, Martin Fry, Thomas Beck, [signature in German], Isaac Bricker, Adam Keller, Charles Jameson, Abraham Beahm, [signature in German], Isaac Diehm, Jonathan Beck, William Fausset, John Elser.
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Two attached petitions. One contains signatures of residents from Lebanon County.
Owned by George Fierstine.
Located on the Downingtown, Harrisburg & Ephrata turnpike.
Petition granted.
August term.
Lebanon County signers: Samuel Bechtal, Peter Bauchman, Jacob Schwar, John Harman, Abraham Sheller, Jacob Behm, Christian Hertzler, John Darwin, [signature in German], Robert M. Thompson, John Johnson, John James, Rudolph Ream, David Knoll, John James, John Reesor, John Evern, [signature in German], John Berry, Wiliam Barth, John Galt, Philip Schits, [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac [Snavely], Christian Hostetter, Henry Boozer, Samuel Reesor, Henry Whitzel, Tobias Reeser, Samuel Reeser, John Reeser, John Hosteter, [signature in German], Jacob Beam, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Peter James, John Miller, [John Shire], Thomas Shay, [unknown signature], Barnard Hart, William Thomas, William Thomas Jr., George Youtz, [Ezril Bumhoff], Christian Goettel, John Seibert, Henry Brinker, [signature in German], [signature in German], J. Waltan, David Shonke, John [Mowe], David [Yutz], [Manmas Yutz], [signature in German], Martin Whitehill, Christian Dowhower, Michael [Bankeys], John [Dowhour], [signature in German], [signature in German], John Gingrich, James Lewis, George Bechtal, Corned Miller, George Corned.
Signers of second petition: Henry Galbach, [signature in German], Abraham Breckbill, John Bright, Charles Fausset, Thomas Callihan, [signature in German], James Adair, Martin Manderbach Jr., W. J. Hibshman, Andrew Wissler, Peter Stauffer, Samuel Beck, Jacob Brubacher, Elias Brubacher, [signature in German], Jacob Peter, [signature in German], [signature in German], George Weaver, [signature in German], Jacob Bollinger, Samuel Bentz, [signature in German], Jacob Hacker, [signature in German], Isaac Erb, Daniel Bruckart, Emanuel Linten, John Hibshman, [signature in German], Joseph Eberly, Jacob Eberly, Samuel Eberly, John Eberly, [signature in German], Michael Kline Jr., [signature in German], [signature in German], Amos Eby, Samuel Mutch, John Kauffman, John Shober, [signature in German], Isaac Leib, John B. Shober, Samuel Fassnacht, Joseph Irwin, Michael Greider, Joshua Blickendorfer, John Dare, Peter Weidner, Jacob [Galatin], Morry M. [Ancona], [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Peter Brubacher, Thomas Masterson, Charles Markley, John Windbigler, C. Shober, John Shnierer, Christian Rauch, Christian Brubaker, Samuel Schank, John Brubacher, George Carpenter, William Windbig, George Laber, George Illig, Samuel Illig, William Spera, [signature in German], George [Weachlor], John German, [signature in German], Abraham Landes, [signature in German], Gideon Fahnestock, R. R. Heitler, J. Heitler, Joseph Nies, John Yundt, John Beidler, [signature in German], Joseph Lehn, [signature in German], John Wechter, William Kline, Daniel Kline Jr., David Kline, Michael Kline, William Mutch, [signature in German], John Deshong, John Manderbach, John Bamberger, Christian Hull, John William Rauch, John Levering, Samuel Grosh, Christian Miksch, Frederick Keller, Frederick A. Litzman, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob Stutenroth, Peter Eby, Jacob Yundt, Samuel Eberly, Christian Sheaffer, [signature in German], [signature in German], John Zeller, John Royer, Daniel Fahnestock, [unknown signature], [signature in German], [signature in German], Daniel Erb, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Benjamin Konigmacher, John Gross, [signature in German], William Amweg, Benjamin Fink, Michael Witwer, Henry Nicholas, [signature in German], [unknown signature], [signature in German], [signature in German], John H. Duchman, F. D. Hubler, Henry C. Swartz, Adam Metzger, Isaac Weidler, Jacob Dreppart, A. Musser, John N. Lane, John Harnly, George Mayer, Daniel Reigart, B. Grimler, John F. Voigt, W. B. Ross, Henry Hibshman, John Grimes, [signature in German], Christian Bomberger, H. Reinhold, [signature in German], John [Faustenemien], [signature in German], [signature in German], Joseph Uhrich, [signature in German], Henry Johns, [signature in German], George Wise.
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Located on road leading from Downingtown to Harrisburg.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Rex, [signature in German], Elias Brubacher, John Brubacher, Jacob Brubacher, Abraham Eby, [signature in German], Christian Brubacher, [signature in German], Abraham Breckbill, James Adair, Samuel Illig, Samuel Gorgas, Edward Illig, [Heatty Stein].
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Located on the Harrisburg and Ephrata turnpike road about three miles east of the furnace hills.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jonas Miller, Samuel Illig, George Weidman, [signature in German], Isaac Miller, William Bair, John Wechter, [signature in German], S. Robeson, Edward Yorke [Fargukar], Samuel Eberly, John Hibshman, Henry Nissly, William Windbigler, John Erb, Peter Stauffer.
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Located on the Harrisburg & Downingtown turnpike road, about 3 miles east of the Furnace Hills.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: David Birkinbine, Joseph Zug, [signature in German], [signature in German], David Bricker, Peter Brubacher, John Bright Jr., Abraham Breckbill, Jacob Peter, James Adair, Joshua Erb, Peter Snyder, Samuel Illig, Samuel Eberly, [signature in German], Abraham Eby.
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