Signers of petition: A. Greenawalt, Samuel Harmony, B. Sheaffer, Sebastian Keller, George Boyer, John Lynch, Henry M. Breneman, Abraham Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Andrew Wade, Joseph Clinton, A. W. Snavely, Philip Fisher, John Dohner, James Laird.
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Signers of petition: John Shaeffer, John Lynch, William Margart, William Miller, John H. Miller, Frederick Wealand, Levi Coble, Jacob Sauly, Jacob Grove, James Wilson, George Byrod, Ambrose Shrode, Charles Ebbecke, John A. Gross.
Signers of petition for an eating house: John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, Daver Stoner, Jacob Dyer, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. W. Snavely, A. Dissinger, Levi Coble, A. Greenawalt, Joseph Clinton, Daniel Balmer, John Weigand, James Wilson, John A. Gross, Franklin S. Bryan, Abraham Redsecker, John Shaeffer, Lewis Crouse, David Breneman, R. S. Ross, Andrew Wade, Charles Ebbecke, George Byrod, [George A. Bouer].
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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.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.