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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: 1824

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Armstrong, Hugh; Armstrong, Joseph; Armstrong, Thomas; Barning, Mary; Barning, Elizabeth; Kepperly, Frederick; Beech, Jacob; Beech, Amos; Seebrooks, Elizabeth; Beech, Henry; Brubacher, John; Brubacher, Abraham; Brubacher, Catherine; Carey, John; Carey, Barbara; Carey, Daniel; Correll, Susanna; Correll, Esther; Correll, Abraham; Cromwell, C.; Cromwell, Christian; Cromwell, Mary; Dobler, George; Dobler, Christian; Dobler, Jacob; Humes, John; Humes, Sarah; Kery, John; Kery, Daniel; Kurtz, George; Kurtz, Henry; Kurtz, Mary; Marks, Mrs.; Marks, Francina; Marks, John; McMillan, Robert; McMillan, Mary; McMillan, Susanna; Millar, Barbara; Sols, Barbara; Richeson, Simon; Hutchins, Hariott; Morrison, Joseph; Morrison, William; Morrison, John; Morrison, Margaret; Rathvon, Mrs.; Rathvon, John; Rathvon, George; Sourbeer, Henry; Sourbeer, Amos; Sourbeer, Joshua; Sourbeer, Margaret; Sourbeer, Regina; Tiger, Maria; Turner, Mrs.; Turner, Jacob; Urban, Philip; Urban, Felix; Urban, Isaac; Welsh, Lewis; Welsh, Barbara

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Conestoga Twp.; Poor children; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Conestoga Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #510

Box Number: 005

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/02/22.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancaster County tax lists.; See also Tax List: #510A.; Armstrong, Hugh. Father oif Armstrong, Joseph, age 10; Armstrong, Thomas, age 8.; Barning, Mary. Mother of Barning, Elizabeth, age 8; Kepperly, Frederick, age 7.; Beech, Jacob. Father of Beech, Amos, age 7.; Seebrooks, Elizabeth. Mother of Beech, Henry, age 8.; Brubacher, John. Father of Brubacher, Abraham, age 10; Brubacher, Catherine, age 8.; Carey, John. Father of Carey, Barbara, age 11; Carey, John, age 9; Carey, Daniel, age 6.; Correll, Susanna. Mother of Correll, Esther, age 10; Correll, Abraham, age 8.; Cromwell, C. Parent of Cromwell, Christian, age 11; Cromwell, Mary, age 9.; Dobler, George. Father of Dobler, Christian, age 7; Dobler, Jacob, age 10.; Humes, John. Father of Humes, John, age 10; Humes, Sarah, age 8.; Kery, John. Father of Kery, Daniel, age 9.; Kurtz, George.Father of Kurtz, Henry, age 9; Kurtz, Mary, age 7; Kurtz, George, age 6.; Marks, Widow. Mother of Marks, Francina, age 9; Marks, John, age 11.; McMillan, Robert. Father of McMillan, Mary, age 7; McMillan, Susanna.; Millar, Barbara. Also known as Sols, Barbara. Mother of Richeson, Simon, age 11; Hutchins, Hariott, age 9.; Morrison, Joseph. Father of Morrison, William, age 9; Morrison, John, age 8; Morrison, Margaret, age 7.; Rathvon, Widow. Mother of Rathvon, John, age 8; Rathvon, George, age 7.; Sourbeer, Henry. Father of Sourbeer, Amos, age 7; Sourbeer, Joshua, age 9; Twins: Sourbeer, Margaret, age 11; Sourbeer, Regina, age 11.; Tiger, Maria.; Turner, Widow. Mother of Turner, Jacob, age 10.; Urban, Philip. Father of Urban, Felix, age 8; Urban, Isaac, age 10.; Welsh, Lewis. Father of Welsh, Barbara, age 6; Welsh, Lewis, age 10.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0fd0dec1-dcfa-462d-981c-143396180521

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I001

Date Range: No date

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: No date

Year: none

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

People: King, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; Lancaster Twp.; Lists; Little Britain Twp.; Manheim Twp.; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Pequea Creek; Philadelphia Turnpike; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I001

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: List of bridges to receive bids.; 1. Bridge over Conestoga Creek; [Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: At Hunsecker's.; 2. Bridge over West Branch of Octoraro Creek; Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.; Location: At James King's and Noble.; 3. Bridge over Pequea Creek; [East Lampter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.; Location: On main road between Strasburg and Philadelphia Pike Road.; 4. Bridge over Conestoga Creek; [Conestoga Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Location: At Huber's.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/04957fdd-2748-4205-9760-448158711710

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I003

Date Range: 1919

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors

Description: Document type: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors.; 1. Big Conestoga No. 24; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 2. Chickies No. 6; [East Hempfield Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Shenk's Mill.; 3. Chickies No. 3; [Penn Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek.; 4. Little Chickies No. 2; [Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek.; 5. Big Chickies No. 13; [East Donegal Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; 6. Pequea No. 6; [Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Parkes' Nursery.; 7. Pequea No. 8; Location: Over Pequea Creek.; 8. Mill Creek No. 2.75; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek, first bridge above Yeates' School.; 9. Raccoon Creek Bridge; Little Britain Twp. and [Chester County]; Location: Over Raccoon Creek near Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.; 10. Hammer Creek No. 2; [Ephrata Twp. and Warwick Twp.]; Location: Over Hammer Creek.; 11. Cocalico No. 3; [Ephrata Twp.]; Location: Over Cocalico Creek at quarry south of Ephrata.; 12. Conestoga No. 1; Caernarvon Twp.; Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; 13. Bridge No. 23; Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] at Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; 14. Conewago No. 2; [Lancaster County and Dauphin County]; Location: Over Conewago Creek.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1919

Year: 1919

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Big Chickies Bridge; Big Conestoga Bridge; Bridges; Caernarvon Twp.; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chickies Bridge; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; Cocalico Bridge; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Bridge; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Conewago Bridge; Conewago Creek; Creeks; Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; East Donegal Twp.; East Hempfield Twp.; East Lampeter Twp.; Ephrata; Ephrata Twp.; Hammer Creek; Hammer Creek Bridge; Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Leacock Twp.; Lists; Little Britain Twp.; Little Chickies Bridge; Little Chiques Bridge; Little Chiques Creek; Little Chickies Creek; Manor Twp.; Mills; Mill Creek; Mill Creek Bridge; Mount Joy Twp.; Nurseries; Paradise Twp.; Parkes' Nursery; Penn Twp.; Pequea Bridge; Pequea Creek; Quarries; Raccoon Creek; Raccoon Creek Bridge; Rapho Twp.; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Shenk's Mill; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Warwick Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.; Yeates School

Extent: 1 item, 2 pieces

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I003

Box Number: 013

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/12fc4b77-86bb-4422-a197-521956886800

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0105 I005

Date Range: 1829

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1829

Year: 1829

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; Lancaster Twp.; Millerstown, Manor Twp.; Stumptown, Leacock Twp.; Subscriptions

Place: Conestoga Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0105 I005

Box Number: 002

Additional Notes: [Conestoga Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Location: On road from Stumptown, Leacock Twp., to Millerstown [Millersville], Manor Twp.; Document type: List of subscriptions to be applied to cost of bridge construction.; 1 item, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fa49c47d-c3fa-486d-95e3-216299333845

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1799 F003 QS

Date Range: 1799/11

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: 1799/11

Year: 1799

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Anderson, James; Bare, John; Baughman, Michael; Bowen, John; Burg, John; Davis, Edward; Davis, John; Diffebaugh, George; Doll, Conrad; Donaughy, Daniel; Fisher, George; Fordney, Casper; Gallagher, Michael; Good, Robert; Gordon, William; Graeff, George; Graeff, John; Grove, John; Jenkins, Joseph; Kremler, Benjamin; Leonard, George; McFarland, James; McIntire, James; McJenkins, James; Mercer, John; Moorehead, William; Morgan, David; Nauman, Gotlieb; Shalleberger, Jacob; Shirk, David; Sill, John; Townley, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: assault; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: horse stealing; Charge: riot; Conestoga Twp.; Lancaster; Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Shenandoah County, Virginia

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1799 F003 QS

Additional Notes: List of recognizance.; 1 item, 1 piece

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/a1baa06b-1ce9-4cb9-a787-299804526655

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

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