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.
Signers of petition: Abraham H. Metzger, J. G. Peters, Jacob Stock, A. H. Kauffman, John Stauffer, Adam Lefever, Samuel L. Fehl, Adam Focht, Jacob B. Stehman, Daniel Hess, john Nailer, George Kembel.
Bond: Emanuel Herr, Abraham Peters.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Adam Lefever, Rudolph Haverstick, John Miller, J. M. Hess, David Henry, John Henry, Samuel H. Hess, C. H. Shenk, Abner Miller, Samuel L. Fehl, Jacob Burkhart, Henry [Lanick].
Petition to sell liquor by the quart.
Bond: D. Bair, John D. Skiles.
Receipt to sell liquor by the quart.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Reuben Sourbeer, Jacob Sourbeer, Joseph Meyers, Emanuel Brenner, John Brenner, William Linn, John Harnish, Benjamin [Hour], Adam Warfel, Henry H. Hammer, B. W. Lantz, John Martin, John J. Saylor.
Bond: Reuben Sourbeer, Peter Albrecht.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Reuben Sourbeer, [A. R. Hess], Joseph Meyers, A. Hewes, Henry H. Hammer, B. W. Lantz, Emanuel Brenner, Henry Young, John Brenner, Benjamin Snyder, George McCleller, Jacob Sourbeer.
Bond: Amos Sourbeer, Henry Hammer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
