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Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Agenrode, Jacob; Barnett, John; Bartol, John; Bartol, Margaret; Baumgartner, Jacob; Baumgartner, John; Devlin, Ealinor; Foster, Eli; Grick, George; Grick, John; Gruber, Isaac; Gruber, Samuel; Harnefiuz, Catherine; Kline, Jacob; McLaughlin, George; Raup, Dianna; Rhoads, Peter; Saunders, Maryann; Shaffer, Mary; Shaffer, William; Sprout, Fanny; Young, Catherine

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Elizabethtown; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Elizabethtown

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #412

Box Number: 009

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/05/12.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Agenrode, Jacob.; Barnett, John.; Bartol, John.; Bartol, Margaret.; Baumgartner, Jacob.; Baumgartner, John.; Devlin, Ealinor.; Foster, Eli. Teacher.; Grick, George.; Grick, John.; Gruber, Isaac.; Gruber, Samuel.; Harnefiuz, Catherine.; Kline, Jacob.; McLaughlin, George.; Raup, Dianna.; Rhoads, Peter.; Saunders, Maryann.; Shaffer, Mary.; Shaffer, William.; Sprout, Fanny.; Young, Catherine.; 1 item 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/aa93f166-89c9-4c06-acda-488303289584

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1875 F112 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1875

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Shaffer, Mary; Miller, Susan; Ream, Isabella; Fahnestock, Thomas E.; Styers, Samuel; Shirk, Hiram; Eitnier, Aaron; Winger, Jacob; Slotte, S. B.; Hahn, R. W.; Gross, Martin; Fassnacht, William; Royer, E. S.; Killian, A. G.; Bard, George L.; Spangler, Jacob

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: adultery; Charge: bawdy house; Constable's return; Constables; Ephrata Twp.

Place: Ephrata Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1875 F112 QS

Additional Notes: Constable's return.; Also: Susan Miller; Isabella Ream; Thomas E. Fahnestock.; Adultery; keeping a bawdy house.; Case numbers: 106, 107, 108, 109.; 8 items, 8 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/76414722-516a-4edd-b2cb-417031951011

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder no date #021

Date Range: No date

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Date Range: No date

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0068

People: Albright, Barbara; Albright, Joseph; Albright, Peter; Anderson, James; Bactenstadt, William; Barlow, James; Bartel, John; Bartel, Margaret; Bates, Sarah; Baut, Mary; Bernet, Isaac; Bernet, John; Blattenberger, Sophia; Boggs, Aaron; Boggs, Alexander; Boggs, Martha; Boyl, Lewis; Breneman, John; Brooks, Andrew; Brooks, George; Brown, Mary; Buller, Mary; Cackren, Jacob; Caldwell, Catherine; Caldwell, Maryann; Came, David; Casper, Catherine; Casper, Margaret; Cowheck, Eliza; Cromwell, Leah; Cromwell, Sarah; Cross, Andrew; Cross, Mary; Davis, Gabreal; Davis, Gadleb; Davis, George; Davlin, Elener; Denison, Adam; Denison, Elizabeth; Denison, Sarah; Deyer, George; Deyer, Nathan; Dick, Catherine; Dick, Henryette; Dysinger, Joseph; Erwin, Elizabeth; Etter, James; Etter, Rufus; Farmer, Eliza; Farmer, Samuel; Fettere, Elizabeth; Fettere, Stephen; Finiffruck, Benjamin; Finiffruck, Emanuel; Finiffruck, Henry; Fisher, Magdeline; Fought, Elizabeth; Fought, George; Fought, Jacob; Fought, John; Groff, Benjamin; Groff, Samuel; Guils, William; Halinger, Elizabeth; Halinger, Monrow; Hamler, Alexander; Hamler, John; Hamler, Mary; Hammelton, Joseph; Hammelton, William; Hart, Adam; Hartman, Christian; Hartman, Eliza; Hartman, Sarah; Heartly, Barbara; Heartly, George; Heartly, Joseph; Heidler, Levi; Heidler, Nancy; Herr, Henry; Herr, Levi; Herr, Martin; Hettehorn, James; Hettehorn, William; Hubley, Catharine; Johnston, Herriet; Johnston, Mary; Johnston, Rebecca; Johnston, William; Jones, Eliza; Jones, Samuel; Kaine, Jacob; Kaine, Mary; Kapp, Maryann; Kauffman, Michael; Keener, Maley; Keener, Sarah; Keffer, Elizabeth; Keister, Henry; Keller, Elizabeth; Keller, John; Kelley, Charles; Kelley, Mary; Kelly, Charles; Kneisly, Sarah; Krick, George; Krick, John; Krick, Nancy; Kuster, Maryann; Kuster, Michael; Lanenecker, James; Law, Elizabeth; Law, Thomas; Leader, Eliza; Leader, Maryann; Leader, Simon; Lenox, Mary; Lentz, H.; Lentz, Sarah; Linch, Mary; Lisle Catharine; Maredeth, Elizabeth; Maredeth, Mary; Markley, Jane; Martin, Christopher; Martin, Jacob; Martin, Lewis; Martin, William; McCarren, Eliza; McCarren, James; McCarren, William; McClosky, Ann; McElrath, William; McElwein, David; McElwien, Margaret; McGlenecken, Catharine; McGlenecken, Mary; McGrann, Lydia; McGruger, David; McGruger, George; McKafferty, James; McLaughlin, George; McNeel, Hanna; McNey, Michael; McNey, William; McVane, Margaret; Meloney, David; Meloney, Margaret; Meloney, Martin; Millir, Henry; Moor, Agness; Moor, Elizabeth; Moor, Jane; Morison, Margaret; Nadry, Margaret; Nadry, William; Nagle, Amanuel; Nagle, Frederick; Nase, Francis; Nase, Rebecca; Nase, Sarah; Nedry, James; Noris, Alexander; Noris, John; Oliver, William; Opp, John; Pence, Jacob; Pence, Samuel; Plat, Mary; Plom, Christian; Plom, Febee; Quest, Amelia; Ralston, David; Ralston, Faney; Rath, Jacob; Reed, John; Rice, Hester; Road, Amanuel; Roads, Peter; Roop, Henry; Roop, William; Sands, Rachel; Schwalge, Henry; Schwalge, John; Shaffer, Ann; Shaffer, Elizabeth; Shaffer, Mary; Shaffer, Maryann; Shaffer, William; Shaffner, Henry; Shaffner, Jarimiah; Sheel, Annesean; Sheel, Maryann; Shimp, Martha; Shrull, Daniel; Shrull, Henry; Shrull, Jacob; Simpson, Elizabeth; Simpson, Mary; Simpson, Sarah; Snyder, Henry; Spangler, Barbara; Spengler, Benjamin; Spengler, William; Stape, Elizabeth; Stape, George; Stape, Joseph; Stinemetz, Leah; Swords, Simon; Swords, Thomas; Thisler, Samuel; Throne, Rebecca; Throne, Samuel; Traber, Eliza; Tradt, James; Travenstadt, Jacob; Uplinger, John; Williams, William; Wilson, James; Wilson, Thomas; Wisler, Peter; Wittig, John; Wittig, Susanna; Witz, Isaac; Woods, Elizabeth; Woods, George; Woods, Jacob; Yost, Adam

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Poor children; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Donegal Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder no date #021

Box Number: 068

Notes: Never entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancaster County tax lists.; Albright, Peter, age 8.; Albright, Barbara, age 6.; Albright, Joseph, age 11.; Anderson, James, age 7.; Blattenberger, Sophia, age 6.; Bates, Sarah, age 6.; Bernet, John, age 10.; Bernet, Isaac, age 8.; Bartel, John, age 9.; Bartel, Margaret, age 7.; Brooks, Andrew, age 11.; Brooks, George, age 10.; Bactenstadt, William, age 10.; Breneman, John, age 9.; Brown, Mary, age 10.; Buller, Mary, age 5.; Boggs, Aaron, age 7.; Boggs, Alexander, age 9.; Boggs, Martha, age 11.; Barlow, James, age 8.; Baut, Mary, age 7.; Boyl, Lewis, age 8.; Came, David, age 8.; Cowheck, Eliza, age 10.; Casper, Margaret, age 11.; Casper, Catherine, age 9.; Caldwell, Catherine, age 7.; Caldwell, Maryann, age 9.; Cromwell, Leah, age 8.; Cromwell, Sarah, age 11.; Cross, Mary, age 8.; Cross, Andrew, age 6.; Cackren, Jacob, age 9.; Deyer, George, age 6.; Deyer, Nathan, age 8.; Davis, Gabreal, age 11.; Dick, Catherine, age 10.; Dick, Henryette, age 8.; Davlin, Elener, age 10.; Dysinger, Joseph, age 7.; Davis, George, age 6.; Davis, Gadleb, age 11.; Denison, Sarah, age 11.; Denison, Adam, age 8.; Denison, Elizabeth, age 6.; Erwin, Elizabeth, age 5.; Etter, Rufus, age 6.; Etter, James, age 6.; Fisher, Magdeline, age 10.; Fought, George, age 11.; Fought, Elizabeth, age 9.; Fought, Jacob, age 7.; Fought, John, age 6.; Fettere, Stephen, age 9.; Fettere, Elizabeth, age 8.; Farmer, Samuel, age 9.; Farmer, Eliza, age 9.; Finiffruck, Benjamin, age 9.; Finiffruck, Emanuel, age 10.; Finiffruck, Henry, age 8.; Guils, William, age 10.; Groff, Samuel, age 10.; Groff, Benjamin, age 6.; Heidler, Levi, age 11.; Heidler, Nancy, age 9.; Herr, Levi, age 10.; Herr, Henry, age 9.; Herr, Martin, age 6.; Hubley, Catharine, age 6.; Heartly, Barbara, age 11.; Heartly, George, age 9.; Heartly, Joseph, age 5.; Hartman, Christian, age 7.; Hartman, Sarah, age 9.; Hartman, Eliza, age 11.; Hammelton, William, age 10.; Hammelton, Joseph, age 8.; Hamler, Alexander, age 10.; Hamler, John, age 9.; Hamler, Mary, age 11.; Halinger, Elizabeth, age 9.; Halinger, Monrow, age 7.; Hart, Adam, age 9.; Hettehorn, William, age 7.; Hettehorn, James, age 9.; Jones, Samuel, age 10.; Jones, Eliza, age 9.; Johnston, William, age 8.; Johnston, Mary, age 10.; Johnston, Herriet, age 6,; Johnston, Rebecca, age 8.; Keffer, Elizabeth, age 7.; Kelley, Mary, age 8.; Kelley, Charles, age 10.; Keller, John, age 10.; Keller, Elizabeth, age 8.; Keener, Maley, age 10.; Keener, Sarah, age 6.; Kaine, Jacob, age 7.; Kaine, Mary, age 7.; Kuster, Michael, age 7.; Kuster, Maryann, age 6.; Kelley, Mary, age 6.; Keister, Henry, age 8.; Kauffman, Michael, age 11.; Kapp, Maryann, age 6.; Krick, John, age 11.; Krick, George, age 9.; Krick, Nancy, age 7.; Kneisly, Sarah, age 11.; Law, Thomas, age 5.; Law, Elizabeth, age 7.; Lanenecker, James, age 9.; Leader, Eliza, age 11.; Leader, Maryann, age 9.; Leader, Simon, age 7.; Lentz, Sarah, age 9.; Lentz, [H.], age 11.; Linch, Mary, age 6.; Lisle Catharine, age 7.; Lenox, Mary, age 9.; Markley, Jane, age 8.; Moor, Agness, age 11.; Moor, Jane, age 9.; Moor, Elizabeth, age 7.; McGlenecken, Mary, age 10.; McGlenecken, Catharine, age 9.; Morison, Margaret, age 8.; McVane, Margaret, age 5.; Maredeth, Mary, age 10.; Maredeth, Elizabeth, age 7.; Meloney, David, age 11.; Meloney, Martin, age 9.; McNey, William, age 11.; McNey, Michael, age 9.; Meloney, Margaret, age 9.; Millir, Henry, age 7.; Martin, Lewis, age 7.; Martin, William, age 5.; McGruger, George, age 7.; McGruger, David, age 9.; McClosky, Ann, age 11.; McElrath, William, age 7.; McGrann, Lydia, age 10.; McElwien, Margaret, age 6.; McElwein, David, age 10.; McNeel, Hanna, age 10.; McLaughlin, George, age 10.; Martin, Jacob, age 10.; Martin, Christopher, age 9.; McCarren, James, age 9.; McCarren, William, age 7.; McCarren, Eliza, age 5.; McKafferty, James, age 11.; Noris, John, age 7.; Noris, Alexander, age 6.; Nagle, Amanuel, age 6.; Nase, Sarah, age 9.; Nase, Francis, age 10.; Nase, Rebecca, age 6.; Nedry, James, age 10.; Nadry, Margaret, age 8.; Nadry, William, age 6.; Opp, John, age 7.; Oliver, William, age 5.; Pence, Jacob, age 10.; Pence, Samuel, age 8.; Plat, Mary, age 7.; Plom, Christian, age 11.; Plom, Febee, age 8.; Quest, Amelia, age 10.; Rath, Jacob, age 10.; Ralston, Faney, age 7.; Ralston, David, age 12. Too old.; Road, Amanuel, age 7.; Reed, John, age 8.; Roads, Peter, age 11.; Rice, Hester, age 10.; Roop, Henry, age 7.; Roop, William, age 11.; Shrull, Daniel, age 7.; Shrull, Henry, age 8.; Shrull, Jacob, age 10.; Spengler, William, age 11.; Snyder, Henry, age 9.; Shimp, Martha, age 7.; Stinemetz, Leah, age 10.; Spangler, Barbara, age 9.; Sands, Rachel, age 8.; Shaffer, Maryann, age 8.; Shaffer, William, age 8.; Shaffer, Mary, age 9.; Swords, Thomas, age 11.; Swords, Simon, age 7.; Simpson, Elizabeth, age 10.; Simpson, Mary, age 8.; Simpson, Sarah, age 5.; Shaffer, Ann, age 9.; Shaffer, Elizabeth, age 6.; Stape, George, age 11.; Stape, Joseph, age 9.; Stape, Elizabeth, age 7.; Shaffner, Henry, age 9.; Shaffner, Jarimiah, age 7.; Schwalge, Henry, age 8.; Schwalge, John, age 9.; Spengler, Benjamin, age 9.; Sheel, Maryann, age 11.; Sheel, Annesean, age 9.; Throne, Rebecca, age 7.; Throne, Samuel, age 6.; Thisler, Samuel, age 6.; Traber, Eliza, age 8.; Travenstadt, Jacob, age 10.; Tradt, James, age 8.; Uplinger, John, age 8.; Wittig, John, age 10.; Wittig, Susanna, age 11.; Wilson, Thomas, age 7.; Wilson, James, age 9.; Witz, Isaac, age 8.; Williams, William, age 9.; Wisler, Peter, age 10.; Woods, Jacob, age 6.; Woods, Elizabeth, age 7.; Woods, George, age 10.; Yost, Adam, age 9.; Kelly, Charles, age 8.; Nagle, Frederick.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/38968ac2-2561-4f02-b0d5-405521007027

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #106

Date Range: 1830

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Date Range: 1830

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Hubley, Adam; Hubley, Nancy; Jamison, Henry; Jamison, William; Lawrence, Elizabeth; Lawrence, Samuel; Longenecker, Hiram; McClaskey, Matty; McClaskey, William; Sands, William; Shaffer, Mary

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: East Donegal Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: East Donegal Twp.

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #106

Box Number: 010

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1994/05/19.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Hubley, Adam.; Hubley, Nancy.; Jamison, Henry.; Jamison, William.; Lawrence, Elizabeth.; Lawrence, Samuel.; Longenecker, Hiram. Teacher.; McClaskey, Matty.; McClaskey, William.; Sands, William.; Shaffer, Mary.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/41e82f1b-95f6-4531-95bd-117547555120

Collection: Helen Getz Album No. 2

Object ID: A-68-01-083

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Helen Getz Album No. 2

Description: Page 83. Left: Pearl Getz with Teddy the dog. Top right: Mary Shaffer and Roy Lewis. Bottom right: Christ Heilig and Helen Getz at Mount Joy? "Cloister" written on photo.

Provenance: Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Getz, Helen; Getz, Pearl; Lewis, Roy; Shaffer, Mary; Heilig, Christ

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Dogs

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-68-01-083

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