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Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Date Range: 1799-1895

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Description: Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of issue.

Date Range: 1799-1895

Creation Date: 1799-1895

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Dockets; Habeas corpus; Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus Papers

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #040

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Hambright, Frederick

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #040

Box Number: 005

Notes: Entered into Q & A May 29, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment to sheriff for summoning jurors.; Hambright, Frederick.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #016

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Diller, Adam

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Elections; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #016

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment to the sheriff for serving warrants on all the Judges of Elections to hold an election on 26 [Dec.].; Diller, Adam. Sheriff.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #098

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Hames, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #098

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment for summoning and returning jurors.; Hames, James. Sheriff.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #099

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Reigart, Emanuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #099

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment for summoning and returning jurors.; Reigart, Emanuel. Sheriff.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #100

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Hambright, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #100

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: [Specific purpose of the payment was not recorded.]; Hambright, George.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Indictment

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Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: APR 1816 F003

Date Range: 1816/04

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Date Range: 1816/04

Year: 1816

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Reports; Directors of the Poor and House of Employment; List of poor and apprenticed children; Apprentices; Indictments

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: APR 1816 F003

Additional Notes: Report of the Directors of the Poor and the House of Employment with list of poor and apprenticed children.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #027

Date Range: 1821

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: 1821

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1821

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Muma, John; Embich, Frederick

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Sheriffs; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #027

Box Number: 001

Notes: Not entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Payment to Sheriff of Lebanon County for costs in the Larceny case of Commonwealth v. John Muma.; Muma, John.; Embich, Frederick. Sheriff of Lebanon County.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #058

Date Range: 1821

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

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.

Date Range: 1821

Year: 1821

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Adams, Thomas F. G.; Bair, Joel; Baker, Jacob; Baker, William; Barten, James; Beichtell, Isaac; Benner, Harmer; Benner, John; Bitour, Abraham; Black, Thomas; Black, William; Bletcher, Joseph; Boxbury, William; Boyd, Nicholas; Brabson, Jesse; Burk, Hugh; Burke, Thomas; Carter, Nathaniel; Cheeny, John; Clemson, Amos; Coleson, George; Conrad, John; Crowley, John; Danner, Adam; Delilah; Derr, Jacob; Diller, Elizabeth; Duff, William; Dysart, Andrew; Egle, Daniel; Ellis, Isaac; Ewing, James; Eworthy, Joseph; Fenstermacher, Philip; Fritz, Susanna; Fulton, William; Gallacher, Ann; Garber, John; Gelbaugh, Hannah; Gelbaugh, Jacob; Getter, Samuel; Getz, Hannah; Glaise, Peter; Green, Nelly; Gross, Andrew; Grove, Adam; Grove, Christian; Guinn, Joseph; Hains, Isaac; Hamilton, William; Hamm, Peter; Hannah; Harpham, Jeremiah G.; Hart, Daniel; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Heisinger, John Jr.; Heldebiddle, Jacob; Hemor, Moses; Henderson, Thomas; Heringer, John; Hersh, Leonard; Hersh, Martin; Hert, William B.; Hess, John; Hitselberger, George; Hollbrook, Warum; Holsinger, Conrad; Huston, John P.; Irwin, Samuel; Johnson, Thomas; Johnston, Jeremiah; Johnston, Thomas; Jones, Richard; Kean, James; Kinard, Samuel; Kline, Jacob; Kniessley, John; Knight, William Jr.; Latchem, Nathaniel; Lavensweiger, Christian; Lefever, Benjamin; Leman, James; Letitia; Lewis, George; Light, John; Lightner, Nathaniel F.; Lytle, Joseph; Mann, William; Markley, John; McCarby, James; McGranaham, John; McManus, Christopher; Meyers, Frederick; Miller, John; Morton, James; Murray, Daniel; Newcomb, James W.; Newfer, Banjamin; Newswanger, Joseph; Oldfield, David; Padan, Sarah; Parker, Phebe; Plasterer, Molly; Rodney, Cesar; Rosenbaum, Rudolph; Roth, John; Rowland, John; Shaeffer, George; Shenk, Abraham; Shippen, Sampson; Shuman, Michael; Smith, John; Smith, Joseph; Snyder, Henry; Stackhouse, John C.; Still, Aaron; Sumy, Jacob; Sutton, James; Tangart, John; Thompson, Elizabeth; Thompson, James; Thompson, Nathan; Urban, Lewis; Urban, Philip; Vance, David; Vandike, Jacob; Waggoner, Christian; Wann, Abraham; Ware, Andrew; Warfel, John; Weiss, George; Welsh, William; West, John; White, Rebecca; Wide, George; Williams, Benjamin; Williams, Hannah; Williams, Sarah; Yound, Samuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Apprentices; Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Fees; Lancaster; Persons of color

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #058

Box Number: 001

Notes: Not entered into Q&A.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Bill For court fees.; Light, John. Clerk of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer.; August Session 1818.; Yound, Samuel.; Roth, John.; Smith, John.; Hart, Daniel.; Baker, Jacob.; November Term 1818.; Waggoner, Christian.; Conrad, John.; Rowland, John.; McGranaham, John.; Bair, Joel.; Glaise, Peter.; Egle, Daniel.; Shaeffer, George.; Heringer, John.; Kniessley, John.; Guinn, Joseph.; Sumy, Jacob.; Thompson, Nathan.; Mann, William.; Hersh, Leonard.; Newswanger, Joseph.; Boxbury, William. Apprentice to Black, William.; Rodney, Cesar.; Vance, David.; Holsinger, Conrad.; Fenstermacher, Philip.; Heldebiddle, Jacob.; Kinard, Samuel.; West, John.; McCarby, James.; January Session 1819.; Coleson, George. African-American.; Johnston, Thomas. African-American.; Warfel, John.; Coleson, George.; Shenk, Abraham.; Fulton, William.; Burk, Hugh.; Black, Thomas.; Heisinger, John Jr.; Thompson, Elizabeth.; Burke, Thomas.; Lavensweiger, Christian.; Wann, Abraham.; Lytle, Joseph.; Padan, Sarah.; Hitselberger, George.; April Session 1819.; Kean, James.; Johnston, Jeremiah.; Stackhouse, John C. Mother of child: Gallacher, Ann.; Smith, Joseph.; Shuman, Michael.; Garber, John.; Benner, Harmer.; Hamilton, William.; Fritz, Susanna.; August Session 1819.; Derr, Jacob.; Knight, William Jr.; Meyers, Frederick.; Vandike, Jacob.; Lightner, Nathaniel F.; Newfer, Benjamin.; Boyd, Nicholas.; Hawkins, Nathaniel.; Newcomb, James W.; Oldfield, David.; Williams, Benjamin.; Williams, Hannah.; Williams, Sarah.; Parker, Phebe.; Getter, Samuel.; Hollbrook, Warum.; Latchem, Nathaniel.; Johnson, Thomas.; Vance, David. Commonwealth v. Isaac Vance. First name should be David.; Tangart, John.; Snyder, Henry.; Carter, Nathaniel.; Danner, Adam.; Plasterer, Molly.; Jones, Richard.; Benner, John.; Urban, Philip.; Leman, James.; Hersh, Martin.; Sutton, James.; Bitour, Abraham.; Beichtell, Isaac.; Henderson, Thomas.; Hamm, Peter.; Barten, James.; Green, Nelly.; Baker, William.; Ware, Andrew.; Miller, John.; Gross, Andrew.; Newfer, Banjamin.; Grove, Adam.; Letitia. African-American.; Hannah. African-American.; Delilah. African-American.; Child (name not recorded). African-American.; Harpham, Jeremiah G.; Duff, William.; Lewis, George.; April Session 1820.; Ellis, Isaac.; Lefever, Benjamin.; Still, Aaron.; November Session 1819.; Adams, Thomas F. G.; Thompson, James. Mother of child White, Rebecca.; Welsh, William.; Rosenbaum, Rudolph.; Brabson, Jesse.; Cheeny, John.; Crowley, John.; Grove, Christian.; Murray, Daniel.; Hess, John.; Ewing, James.; Urban, Lewis.; Hains, Isaac.; Irwin, Samuel.; Gelbaugh, Jacob.; Getz, Hannah.; Markley, John.; Wide, George.; Shippen, Sampson.; Eworthy, Joseph.; Morton, James.; Dysart, Andrew.; Hert, William B.; Huston, John P.; Clemson, Amos.; Gelbaugh, Hannah.; Hemor, Moses.; Bletcher, Joseph.; Diller, Elizabeth.; McManus, Christopher.; Weiss, George.; Kline, Jacob.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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