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.
Family gathering in the back yard of the Gerhart family, at the corner of Duke and Walnut Streets, Lancaster. Identified in the photograph are: Margaret Jenkins, Ruth Patterson, Tess Howell, Susan Howell, Susan Baumgardner, Mary Gerhart Taylor, Susan Baumgardner, Mary Eberman Hopkins, Elizabeth Howell, Robert Gerhart, Heyward Jenkins, Helen Gerhart, Charles Howell, John Baumgardner, Ellen B. Patterson, Edwin Eberman, Mary B. Eberman, Susan Eberman Reynolds, Howard Smith, Ritchie Jenkins, Thomas Baumgardner, Eliza B. Gerhart, Marguerite Gerhart, Susan Baumgardner Herr, Thomas Baumgardner.