Liens filed by contractors showing names of parties including owner of property; description of property including location; nature of claim; description of materials and work done on property; volume and page number of recording in Mechanics' Liens Docket; and date filed.
Signers of petition: Michael Musselman, Jacob Eshleman, Henry Eckert, John [Falek], Jacob Eshleman Jr., Henry [Lefever], George L. Eckert, [signature in German], John [Aerly], Hugh Aikin, John Lingerfield, [signature in German], Samuel Meneagy.
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Signers of petition: John S. Herr, Jacob Brackbill, George Lockwood, David Witmer, Henry Witmer, Charles Myers, Archibald Warren, John Trout, Daniel L. Esbenshade, Samuel Esbenshade, John K. Sherts, A. K. Witmer.
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Signers of petition: George L. Eckert, Henry Eckert, John F. Lefever, Henry Witmer, A. K. Witmer, [signature in German], Samuel Esbenshade, Jacob Echternach, Daniel L. Esbenshade, Michael Musselman, Benjamin Brackbill, Henry Brackbill, Redmond Conyngham, John Trout.
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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. 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. 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.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.