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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1809 F009 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Knisley, John
Knysley, John
Sleter, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Hempfield Twp.
Letters
Accounts
Place
Hempfield Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1809 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Letter from John Sleter, about settlement.
Account.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1802 F014 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Lewis, Samuel
Straw, Philip
Ives, Jesse
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: suspicion of horse stealing
Examinations
Accounts
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1802 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with suspicion for having stolen a horse.
Examination.
Account of costs by Jesse Ives, from May Term.
Additional name: Philip Straw.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1805 F017 QS
Date Range
1805/08
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
1805/08
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bartle, Michael
Bartle, Catharine
Burg, Elizabeth
Melone, Elizabeth
Bausman, Elizabeth
Slayter, John
Speese, Francis
Bartle, Andrew
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: desertion
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Orders
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1805 F017 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with deserting his children and wife, Catharine Bartle; assault and battery on Elizabeth Burg; surety of the peace towards Elizabeth Melone.
Order to the Directors of the Poor.
Additional names: Elizabeth Bausman, John Slayter, Francis Speese, Andrew Bartle.
5 items, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1808 F008 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Peck, John
Weaver, Adam
McIlhenny, Alexander
Duncan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Persons of color
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Recognizance
Charge: theft
Examinations
Letters
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1808 F008 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Late of Gettysburg, Adams County.
Recognizance, charged with theft by Alexander McIlhenny.
Examination of Alexander McIlhenny.
Letter from James Duncan.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1805 F017 QS
Date Range
1805/11
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1805/11
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Henrietta
Peggy
Sewell, Clement
Wright, Henry
Wright, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Correspondence
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Queen Anne County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1805 F017 QS
Additional Notes
Correspondence from Queen Anne County, Maryland, regarding enslaved persons, Peggy and Henny, who petitioned in Lancaster County for their freedom.
Samuel Wright, acting administrator of the estate of Clement [Sewell].
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1808 F014 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Kautzman, John
Fisher, Margaret
Metzger, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Notes
German
Letters
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1808 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy with Margaret Fisher.
Note, in German on the back.
Letter, from George Metzger regarding the case.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1808 F013 QS
Date Range
1808/08
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
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Prosser, John
Prosser, Marcia
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Complaints
Maintenance
Order for maintenance
Orders
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Complaint made by Marcia Prosser for maintenance.
Order from the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1809 F010 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fisher, James
Eberman, Jacob
Musser, Michael
Wien, John
Hoofnagel, Peter
Ehler, Daniel
Bevins, Wilder
Mays, John
Mays, Nancy
Flanaghan, Thomas
Flanaghan, Margaret
Booth, Christina
Clark, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: theft
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1809 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Note on document, "a very noted old offender, who ought to be if possible secured and confined, was committed to jail."
Recognizance, charged with stealing from the poor house by Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman Directors of the Poor House of Employment of Lancaster County.
Additional names: Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman, John Wien, Peter Hoofnagel, Daniel Ehler, Wilder Bevins, John Mays, Nancy Mays, Thomas Flanaghan, Margaret Flanaghan, Christina Booth, Thomas Clark.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Case Number
2.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1809 F034 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Johnston, Samuel
Clendenin, James
Clendenin, Elizabeth
Cooper, Samuel
Wetherington, Henry
Fisher, Samuel
Moore, John
Robison, Nancy
Williams, Hannah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Depositions
Summons
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1809 F034 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on James Clendenin.
Recognizance, surety of the peace towards James Clendenin, Elizabeth Clendenin.
Deposition of James Clendenin.
Summons of Nancy Robison, Hannah Williams.
Additional names: Samuel Cooper, Henry Wetherington, Samuel Fisher, John Moore.
5 items, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1809 F011 QS
Date Range
1809/04
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
1809/04
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Turner, Leonhart
Donner, Leonard
Steigelman, Jacob
Breyers, Nancy
Stevenson, Edward
Maning, David
Bennet, John
Lutz, Caty
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Examinations
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1809 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Or Leonard Donner, African-American.
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Jacob Steigelman.
Examination of Jacob Steigelman.
Recognizance, surety of the peace.
Additional names: Nancy Breyers, Edward Stevenson, David Maning, John Bennet, Caty Lutz.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Case Number
4.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1804 F010 QS
Date Range
1804/08
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
1804/08
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Rathvon, Elizabeth
Hoffman, Philip
Waller, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Petitions
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Maintenance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1804 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Philip Hoffman.
Petition to the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment of Lancaster County for the maintenance of child, fathered by John Waller.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1809 F005 QS
Date Range
1809/11
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1809/11
Year
1809
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Dunbar, Isaac
Erisman, Daniel
Erisman, John
Harkless, James
Harkless, James Jr.
Hurdow, John
Kann, Christina
Kann, Henry
Longenecker, John
Paines, Glasgow
Sharer, John
Shepler, William
Swenk, John
Tobias
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: assault and battery with intent to kill
Charge: assault and battery with intent to rob
Depositions
Examinations
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1809 F005 QS
Notes
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
African-American.
Also: James Harkless, pilot from Middletown; Tobias.
Recognizance, suspicion of assault and battery on John Swenk, with intent to kill and rob.
Recognizance, suspicion of robbing John Erisman.
Depositions and examinations of Glasgow Paines, Henry Kann, Christina Kann, Isaac Dunbar, William Shepler, John Hurdow, Daniel Erisman, John Longenecker, John Sharer, John Swenk.
14 items, 14 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1843 F010 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1843
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Underhill, John Jr.
Wright, Sarah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: rape
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1843 F010 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Assault and battery; rape of Sarah Wright.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1844 F012 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Gale, John
Peck, Catharine
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: fornication and bastardy
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1844 F012 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Fornication and bastardy with Catharine Peck.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1844 F032 QS
Date Range
1844/08
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
1844/08
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Musselman, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1844 F032 QS
Additional Notes
Assault and battery; surety of the peace.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1844 F007 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
London, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1844 F007 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Assault and battery.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1846 F048 QS
Date Range
1846/08
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1846/08
Year
1846
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Green, George
Wilson, Catharine
Subjects
African Americans
Search Terms
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1846 F048 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Person of color.
Fornication and bastardy with Catharine Wilson.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1847 F019 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1847
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Butler, George
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
African Americans
Persons of color
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1847 F019 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Assault and battery; threatening a person.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1849 F014 QS
Date Range
1849/04
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
1849/04
Year
1849
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bowman, Charles
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1849 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Assault and battery; surety of the peace.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1849 F013 QS
Date Range
1849/08
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
1849/08
Year
1849
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Boggs, John
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1849 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Surety of the peace; assault and battery.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail

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