Petition to remit fine imposed for keeping a tippling house.
Signers of petition: John Frederick, John Vilsey, James Miller, Thomas Robinson, Robert Robison, William Wallace, Frederick Gants, John Bishop, Abraham Scott, William McKean, James McKean, Robert McCleary, John Ray, James Moorhead, Johannes Hofman, William Beal, Henry Stauffer, and several others.
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Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.