Located on the main road from Lancaster to Port Deposit and Conowingo Bridge.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abner Brown, Hugh McConkey, Jeremiah Brown, John Riley, Isaac Wilson, John Kirk, John Pool, Jeremiah Kirk, Nathaniel Bender, Henry Paxson, Joseph C. Taylor, John Hill Jr., Thomas Hoopes, Isaac W. [Garretson].
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Owned by Elias Pennington, lately by J. K. Lappington.
Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Conowingo Bridge and Port Deposit to Christiana Bridge.
The house lately held general elections.
Formerly occupied by William G. Chandler.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: J. C. Taylor, John Stubbs, John Hannar, Samuel Reynolds, Abner Brown, W. G. Chandler, John Webster, Slater Brown, Thomas Patterson, Thomas Hoopes, Vincent Fields, John Hill.
On Second sheet: Samuel Mouson, James Malone, James Duncan, Abraham L. [Hesse], M. R. Gryder, Lewis Brown, James McSparran, James Hanna, Thomas Patterson, Samuel Bockius, Elias Hambleton, Needham Wilsan, Christian Gryder, Jeremiah Kirk, Daniel Stubbs Jr.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
