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.
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.
Located at cross roads leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit and from Peach Bottom Ferry to Wilmington.
Now occupied by John Ballance.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: Robert King Jr., John White, W. McCullough, Isaac Hutton, Jeremiah B. Haines, David Lie, Joseph Price, Stephen Blackburn, John Stubbs, Nathaniel Hawkins, James Haldwell, James Neeper, John Lake, Samuel Boyd, David Brown, William Harrah, Joseph Bradley, Benjamin Hammond, James Barnes, John Lee, James McSparran, Samuel Neeper, Gardner Furness [M. Dubree].
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Located on public road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit, between the taverns of William Hutton, Samuel Porter and Barnes.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Joseph Brown, John K. Lappington, John Russell, J. King, Joshua Brown Jr., James King, John Kirk, Benjamin Brown, Isaac Webster, Gardner Furness, James A. Caldwell.
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Signers of Petition: Jeremiah Brown Jr., Paul Ralston, John Allen, Martin Gryder, William Hammand, Nicholas Boyd, William Pennel Jr., Phineas Ash, D. Montgomery, Robert Pennel, Christian Gryder, William P. Boyd, Samuel Boyd, James Evans, Robert Evans, Benjamin Jones.
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Located at the Pennel Crossroads, on public road leading from Lancaster to head of Susquehanna Canal at Oak Heaven, Ball Fryer Ferry, Conowingo Bridge, and Port Deposit, the road leads from Peachbottom Ferry, to Christiana Bridge, Newport, New Castle, Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Timothy Haines, James Robinson, Charles Heston, Isaac Robinson, William Hammond, Jacob Brown, William Brown, Joshua Brown, Slater Brown, Jeremiah Brown Jr., Samuel Hess, Joseph Sidwall, Nicholas Boyd, Stephen Boyd, William Boyd, Joshua Brabson, William Brabson, [Joseph] King, D. Montgomery, Robert Pennel, David Cope, Christian Gryder, George [Morison], William Pennel, J. Steel, John Bowman, Aaron Quimby, Benjamin Jones, Samuel Ankrim, Robert Zell, John Ecklin, John Robison, Joseph Robison, William [Monoson], James King, R. Reynolds, [W.] Houston, Joseph Swift, Jeremiah King, William Johnston, Joseph Webster, J. Webb, John Brabson, Israel Reynolds, Samuel Whiteside, David Brown, John Young, Reuben Reynolds, Phineas Ash, [ ] Reynolds, John Kinsey, Martin H. Carman.
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