Signers of Petition: James Shaw, Isaac Bower, George Cooper, James [Rea] Jr., Joshua Chamberlin, George Vearntz, John Townsend, Samuel Sellers, Amos Townsend, Joseph C. Dickinson, John Murray, A. Draucker.
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Signers of Petition: Hugh Aikin, John McSorley, Isaac Kinzer, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Henry Slaymaker, Levi Eckert, Isaac Walker, Henry Kinzer, George L. Eckert, Christian Hess, Jacob Harsh, Sebastian Schoech.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road. .
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kirkwood, Jonathan Booth, James Humphrey, James Paul, James H. Houston, Christian Hess, Samuel Houston, Robert Hoar, Davis Clemson, Samuel Duffield, William Linvill, Rees C. Himes, James McCalley.
Second Sheet: John C. [Mickle], Enoch Passmore, J. G. Henderson, Benjamin Linvill, Samuel Houston, Thomas McIlvain, James B. Humphrey, George D. McIlvain, Benjamin F. Houston, William Gallaher, John Umble, Christian Eby.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road.
Formerly kept by John McFadden.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Duffield, James Slaymaker, James Paul, John Umble, Adam Hoar, James H. Houston, Robert Wilson, John McFadden, Samuel Houston, Enoch Passmore, Thomas McIlvaine, George McIlvaine, B. F. Houston, Solomon Linville.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Keneagy, Christian Huber, John Raul, R. Downey, Mifflin Worth, Benjamin Rees (drover), Stephan [Gertiseis], Isaac [Girvin], A. E. Groff, Henry Clark, David Hostetter, Jesse Hoffman, D. Miller Barr, David Herr, Christian Blank (drover), Samuel [Kelser], Amos Cochran, Abraham Eshleman, R. C. Cooke, Samuel Caughey (drover), W. H. Whiteside (drover), John F. Lefever (drover), Henry Breneman, Joseph Lovett, Levi Baldwin, George Buchwalter, S. H. Kendig, L. R. Keagey, F. B. Musselman, S. R. Cramer, William Wilson (drover), David Miller, Jacob Seldomridge (drover), John M. Skiles (drover), Samuel Miller (drover), Amos Lanning (drover), Andrew Charles, [A. T. Pan Portwick, Henry Drakemiller, Benjamin Eshleman, Daniel E. Potts, George S. Whitehill, Alexander McCloy, [N. R. Black], Daniel Bosch, [Pusey J. Nichols] (drover), John Murdick, Christian Keneagy, Abraham Weaver, Benjamin Breneman, Henry N. Breneman, Benjamin Longenecker, Christian H. Miller, Lewis Schelling, Jacob Holl, Jesse S. Carmell, Thomas C. Miller, Frederick Powl, John C. Round, F. Clark (drover), George Werntz, Abraham B. Witmer (drover), [J. P. Wilbur], F. Sharp, Thomas Armstrong, Robert Montgomery, P. B. Hauk, Martin Rohrer (drover), John Stewart (drover), George Whitson (drover) George Brubaker, Henry Breneman, John Musselman.
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Signers of Petition: Abraham Eshleman, Isaac Groff, Alexander Schultz, Daniel E. Potts, J. P. Kilburn, Andrew Charles, B. B. Gonder, T. Fondersmith, Amos E. Cochran, Robert Downey, Daniel Rosch, Samuel Keneagy.
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
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.
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.