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: Christian S. Erb, John Smith Jr., Jacob L. Engle, Barnabas Barnes, William McVey, Benjamin Longedorff, Robert H. Jones, Joseph Horst, Henry Derr, J. W. Hamilton, John W. Jones, James S. Lytle, M. W. May, Christian Engle.
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Located on road leading from Columbia to Harrisburg.
Formerly kept by George Blattenberg.
Petititon granted.
August term.
Signers of Petition: John W. Jones, George C. White, Michael Malehorn, Stephen [Wharton], Barnabas Barnes, John Smith Jr., Jacob Smith, Henry Haldeman, J. B. Hamilton, M. W. May, James Grimshaw, Robert H. Jones, J. Foreman, J. W. Hamilton, John Smith Jr.
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Signers of Petition: J. B. Hamilton, M. W. May, Robert H. Jones, Jacob Foreman, [signature in German], James Grimshaw, Henry Ridenbaugh, Joseph S. Lytle, Jacob Lockard, Jacob Adam, John Weaver, J. W. Smith, John Sharrer.
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Signers of Petition: M. W. May, J. B. Hamilton, [signature in German], Henry Gibb, John Jones, Gainer Peirce, Daniel Meyers, Jacob Smith, Jacob McAllister, Henry Haldeman, Joseph Hass, Michael Ober, Frederick Hipple.
Additional signatures: Joseph Hass, D. Myers, Lewis Houseal, Gainer Pierce, Henry Gibb, Michael Horst, John Smith Jr., James Hawthorn, William McVey, M. W. May, Frederick Gramm Jr., Samuel Murphy, John Weaver.
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Signers of Petition: Robert F. [Jouze], David Watson, E. Hallowell, Emmor [Himber], F. Hipple, Jacob Foreman, Alexander Cowan, R. S. Currey, John Hauck, Samuel Keller, John McNeill, George Whissler.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Sharer, James B. Small, Robert H. Jones, John W. Hamilton, Simon S. Seiple, Michael Malehorn, John McCarthy, Daniel H. B. Brower, William McVey, Philip Snyder, M. W. May, John Weaver, Jacob Hamilton, John Lilley, Gainer Pierce, [J.] Voglesong, Benjamin Longsdorff.
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Signers of Petition: John W. Hamilton, Robert H. Jones, George Blattenberger, M. W. May, John Silley, Rudolph Miller, Charley Gamberling, Simon S. Seiple, William McVey, Charles Segraves, Michael Malehorn, Peter Keller, Jacob Siple, [Gainer Greirer], Christian S. Erb, Henry Haldeman.
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Signers of Petition: John Hamilton, John Stirling, George Whizler, Nathaniel W. Sterling, Michael [Halehorn], John Reily, Paul Hamilton, [signature in German], Henry Sneat, Stephen P. Camp, Jacob Sharer, Jacob L. Engle, Henry Sharer, George Horn, David Watson, John W. Hamilton, Jacob Foreman.
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