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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: MAY 1778 F007 QS

Date Range: 1778

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

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

Date Range: 1778

Year: 1778

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bart Twp.; Bethel Twp.; Brecknock Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Twp.; Derry Twp.; Distillers; Enslaved persons; Hanover Twp., Lancaster County; Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County; Hempfield Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County; Little Britain Twp.; Martic Twp.; Paxton Twp., Lancaster County; Quarter Sessions; Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; Taverns; Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County; Warwick Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MAY 1778 F007 QS

Additional Notes: List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:; Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.; 21 items, 21 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #378

Date Range: 1823

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

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 Range: 1823

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Anderson, Hetty; Barth, Susanna; Bartholomew, William; Bartle, Catharine; Bartle, Jacob; Chambers, Joseph; Chapman, Barbara; Dorwart, Jacob; Dougherty, Charles; Eberman, Mathias; Eck, WIlliam; Ehler, Daniel; Elvis, Samuel; Flick, William; Foster, Catharine; Gundacker, John; Haines, Daniel; Henry, Michael; Hinkle, Jonathan; Keller, Jacob; Kendig, Sally; Kendig, Prudence; Kieler, Henry; Kranz, George; Kriner, Henry; Lightner, John; Lynch, William; Lyons, Charlotte; Lyons, John; Matter, George; McDonald, Ann; Miller, George; Miller, Jane; Mullen, John; Reitzel, John; Walter, Christiana; White, Joseph; Widley, Sarah; Wiedle, Sarah; Will, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Lancaster; Quarter Sessions

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #378

Box Number: 004

Notes: Never entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Flick, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Kriner, Henry. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Bartholomew, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Chapman, Barbara. Barth, Susanna. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Elvis, Samuel. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Anderson, Hetty. Indicted for larceny. Haines, Daniel. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Gundacker, John. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted of larceny. Wiedle [or Widley], Sarah. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Keller, Jacob. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Kranz, George. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Miller, George. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Witnesses: Lyons, John. Lyons, Charlotte. Will, John. Foster, Catharine. Miller, Jane.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Reitzel, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court two days November Sessions 1823.; Ehler, Daniel. Server as Cryer Mayors Court November Sessions 1823.; Constables at Mayors Court November Sessions 1823: Chambers, Joseph. Haines, Daniel. Henry, Michael.; Lightner, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court four days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of common scold. Dorwart, Jacob. Witness.; Matter, George Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors court two days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Bartholomew, William.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Dougherty, Charles. Committed of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Eck, WIlliam. Convicted of larceny. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Bartle, Jacob. Bartle, Catharine.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Mullen, John. White, Joseph. Kieler, Henry; 1 item, 26 pieces

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Recognizance of Catharine and Michael Host of Donegal Twp.

Object ID: MG0166_F012_In01

Date Range: 1773/02/03

of militia to service. Other name: Col. Adam Hubley. 1781. Insert 8 Receipt for 2 kegs powder from John Hubley, signed by Erasmus Gill. 1779. Folder 2 Orders by Jacob W. Andrews, Justice of the Peace for townships of Donegal, Mount Joy and Rapho to Constables. Insert 1 Court Order to Leonard Bender

2 documents

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Recognizance of Catharine and Michael Host of Donegal Twp.

Description: Recognizance of Catharine and Michael Host of Donegal Twp. to appear at a trial against Ling, a Black enslaved man held by Robert McKee. Ling is standing trial for the rape of Catharine Host. Prepared and signed by Joseph Work. Fragile condition, torn at fold.

Date Range: 1773/02/03

Creation Date: 3 February 1773

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Ling; Work, Joseph

Subjects: Bonds; Rape; Trials; Trials (Rape)

Search Terms: Charge: rape; Enslaved persons; Persons of color; Rape; Recognizance; Trials

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2022-04-06

Condition Notes: Fragile condition, torn at fold.

Object ID: MG0166_F012_In01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Other Number: MG-166, Folder 12, Insert 1

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 5 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.