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.
Signers of petition: [signature in German], Joseph Adams, John L. Sharp, Samuel J. Black, Philip Sprecher, Peter Steitz Sr., David Gingrich, William Frank, Jacob B. Brubaker, John Eshleman, Jacob Landis, Michael Martin.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Reading.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: John Hostetter, Cornelius Lehn, Abraham Forney, George Weidler, John Weidler, Benjamin Landis, Daniel Landis, Henry Rudy, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Landis, Jacob Landis Sr., Daniel Royer.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Landis, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Rohrer, David Mayer, Benjamin Myers, [signature in German], John Eshleman, Martin Musser, Benjamin H. Kauffman, Jacob Metzger, Hugh T. Lytle, Peter Stormfeltz, David Harnish.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Rosch, Robert Downey, Alexander Schultz, George H. Miller, Abraham B. Witmer, Christian Menard, David Herr, B. B. Gonder, Andrew Charles, Jacob Potts, Daniel Creider, Jacob Keneagy, William Echternoch, [Christian] Spencer, William Black.
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Signers of Petition: John D. Killiann, Martin Herr, Jacob Holl, Simon Brubaker, Jacob Potts, Rudolph Shaub, Robert Downey, Amos E. Cochran, Jacob Keneagy, [David] Rosch, John Rehm, Alexander Shultz.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Miller, Daniel Rosch, J. J. Buckwalter, Jacob Weaver, Abraham B. Witmer, Jacob Rehm, B. B. Gonder, Jacob Rehm, Daniel Crider, Henry Spiehlman, Michael Book, Samuel Spielman, Conrad Litzmann.
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Signers of Petition: John P. Kilburn, A. C. Hall, David Herr, John Lieb, John Rehm, Thomas Eagar, Jacob Potts, William Echternoch, E. Gates, R. Downey, Amos E. Cochran, H. E. Hoover, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: Peter Stormfeltz, Henry Landis, Christian B. Landis, George Hauck, Abraham Forney, Samuel Martin, Henry Shreiner Jr., John Stauffer Jr., Christian Bomberger, Adam Dietrich, Jacob Landis, John Huber.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Kline, Jacob Landis, Jacob Landis, Tobias Johnson, Simon S. Reist, John Shenk, Christian B. Landis, Henry Brackbill, Isaac Sherk, Isaac Landis, Michael Martin, Daniel Andrews.
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