Ebenezer Baptist Church and Other Property Records
Description
The Ebenezer Baptist Church and Other Property Records contain the articles of agreement and a letter of proposal regarding the building of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Locust Street in Lancaster in 1905. The collection also includes a sheriff's deed for property on North Street and documents pertaining to property on Middle Street in Lancaster.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Ebenezer Baptist Church and Other Property Records (MG0471), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Signers of petition: Jacob Wilhelm, John Dorwart, Maxmilian Deichler, Philip Deichler, George Krauskop, [signature in German], Jacob Franciscus, Henry Yost, Jacob Weitzel, John Weitzel, Richard Williams, Conrad Silvius.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, S. [Pelton] Jr., Henry Shubert, Joseph Cross, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Auxwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, John Gross, Daniel F. Eberman, W. Taylor, Nelson Nutt, W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. Bahil, George Gorrech, F. Smith, T. Washington Smith, John G. Gumpf, E. Kirkpatrick, Abraham Gibbs, H. W. Hess, J. G. Klein, Joseph Samson, Rudolph Christ, Samuel J. Jackson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George Rogers, Andrew S. Wingert, John Gilson, Samuel H. Slaymaker, L. H. Tyson, Jacob Gompf, Christian Widmyer, James H. Barnes, Michael Triples, James Coyle, J. Metzger, [ ] H. Carpenter.
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.
