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: Andrew Bowers, Jacob B. Erb, Abraham Kindig, Tobias Stehman Jr., Reuben Benedick, Adam Lefevre, Jacob Fehl, John Warfel, John Lenhardt, John Montgomery, Abraham H. Metzger, Jacob Shenk.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Samuel Martin, Adam Lefever, Tobias Stehman Jr., Reuben Benedick, Jacob Fehl, Tobias Stehman Sr., John Warfel, Amos McCallister, Henry Stehman, Andrew G. Bowers, Amos Miller, Benjamin Yordy.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: David Sterneman, Henry Davler, Andrew G. Bowers, Abraham H. Metzger, Tobias Stehman Jr., Reuben Benedick, John Lenhardt, Adam Lefever, Samuel L. Fehl, John Warfel, Benjamin Yordy, Jacob B. Erb.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Adam Lefever, David Harnish, Abraham H. Metzger, Jacob F. Warfel, Andrew T. Metzger, John Stauffer, Jacob B. Erb, Tobias Stehman, Jacob [Warfel], John Warfel, Jacob Fehl, Samuel L. Fehl.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.