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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1837 F005
Date Range
1837
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1837
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1837
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
People
Bowman, John Sr.
Bowman, John Jr.
Bowman, Benjamin
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Place
None
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1837 F005
Box Number
003
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Bowman, John Jr.
Administrator: Bowman, Benjamin.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Order for Payment

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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt1
Date Range
1821
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
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.
Date Range
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Anderson, Francis
Anderson, Maria
Benthem, Edward
Bonham, Samuel C.
Bowman, John
Evans, Charles
Green, Joseph
Grubb, Mark
Huston, Samuel
Kauffman, Isaac
Leval, Mary
Livergood, Peter
Malson, Ephraim
McCardle, Peter
McClellan, James
Nagle, George
Parker, James
Shaum, John
Smith, Sonia
Snyder, Henry
St. John, Stephen
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Witnesses
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt1
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Pay for witnesses.
Commonwealth vs. George Nagle.
Shaum, John. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Edward Benthem and Sonia Smith.
Grubb, Mark. Witness.
Commonwealth vs.Francis Anderson and Maria Anderson.
Parker, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Francis Anderson and Maria Anderson alias Mary Leval.
Green, Joseph. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Peter McCardle.
Kauffman, Isaac. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder, Supervisors of Donegal Township.
Huston, Samuel. Prosecutor and witness.
McClellan, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Evans.
Livergood, Peter. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Ephraim Malson.
Bonham, Samuel C. Prosecutor and witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder.
St. John, Stephen. Witness.
10 items, 10 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Order for Payment

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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt2
Date Range
1821
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
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.
Date Range
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Ankrim, Samuel
Bailey, Samuel
Baker, Leman
Bowman, John
Brown, Jacob
David, Mary
David, William
Dugan, Eleanor
Ferry, Catherine
Ferry, Patrick
Green, Charles
Hamilton, William
Kenedy, Matthew
Kimble, Thomas
McClellen, James
Moore, John
Sides, Catherine
Sides, Samuel
Snyder, Henry
Steward, Charles
Swan, Saul
Wilson, Isaac C.
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
WItnesses
Constables
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt2
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Pay for witnesses and constables.
Commonwealth vs. Matthew Kenedy.
Baker, Leman. Constable.
Sides, Catherine.
Sides, Samuel.
Commonwealth vs. William David, Mary David and Isaac C. Wilson.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder.
McClellen, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman ans Henry Snyder.
Bailey, Samuel. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Moore.
Steward, Charles.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Ferry, Catherine Ferry and Eleanor Dugan.
Ankrim, Samuel. Constable.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Green and Saul Swan.
Brown, Jacob.
Kimble, Thomas.
Commonwealth vs. William Hamilton.
Wilson, John. Witness for defendant.
9 items, 9 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Documents

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Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Liquor License Papers
Object ID
Tav 1858 F18 I07
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Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Liquor License Papers
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Year
1858
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0025
People
Bowman, John G.
Strohl, Isaac
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Ephrata Twp.
Place
Ephrata Twp.
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Tav 1858 F18 I07
Box Number
025
Additional Notes
Also: Isaac Strohl.
Bond.
Receipt.
Petition.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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Documents

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Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Liquor License Papers
Object ID
Tav 1859 F11 I02
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Collection
Liquor License Papers
Title
Liquor License Papers
System of Arrangement
Arranged by municipalities by year.
Year
1859
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0026
People
Bowman, John G.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Ephrata Twp.
Place
Ephrata Twp.
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Tav 1859 F11 I02
Box Number
026
Additional Notes
Petition to sell liquor by the quart.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0602
Description Level
Item
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Indictment

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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
JAN 1850 F010
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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1850
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bowman, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Parent Object ID
INDICTMENTS
Object ID
JAN 1850 F010
Additional Notes
Assault with intent to kill.
Common assault.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
10.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
Description Level
Item
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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1887 F005
Date Range
1887
More detail
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1887
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1887
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0014
People
Bowman, John
Wiggins, Eliza
Strohm, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Providence Twp.
Place
Providence Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1887 F005
Box Number
014
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Wiggins, Eliza.
Administrator: Strohm, John.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
• www.LancasterHistory.org People: Bitner John R. Boardman, Harris Bowman, John Jacob Boyer, Zaccur Prall Cirt, Anna N. Griest, William Walton Hostetter, Albert Keller Kemrer, Clarence M. Knapp, Walter Kreider, Kate Kriebel, Howard Wiegner McClellan, Oliver Eldridge Royer, David Shuman, James P. Wohlsen, Anna Wohlsen, Peter
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Estate Inventory

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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1880 F014 B
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1880
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0014
People
Bowman, John
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Rapho Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1880 F014 B
Box Number
014
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
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Estate Inventory

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Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1887 F015 B
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1887
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Bowman, John
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Providence Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1887 F015 B
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
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