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.
Located on road leading from Lancaster, by the factory, to Bird in Hand Tavern on the old Philadelphia road.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Martin Greider, David Burkholder, Hugh Moore, Joseph Miller, William Hambright, Frederick Hambright, Henry Diffenbaugh, Robert Elliot, Leonard Eichholtz, Abraham Hess, Hugh [Lean] Felix Binkley, John Rohrer.
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Located on a new laid out road from the new bridge over the Conestoga, called Jacob Miller's, at the cotton factory to Gibbon's, now Daniel's, Mill.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Isaac King, Peter Forey, Henry Lefever, Martin Carpenter, John Martin, Michael Shenck, Thomas Wallace, Joseph Hartman, Felix Binkley.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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