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.
Formerly occupied by her husband, John Boyer, deceased.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Hertzler, John Goodman, Jacob Graybill, David Ferree, S. McKinney, John Hertzler Jr., Frederick Haines, J. Libhart Jr., John [Flury], Daniel Dougherty, Jacob Glatz, J. T. Anderson, Benjamin Libhart.
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Located on Front Street fronting the Pennsylvania Canal and adjoining lots of David Rinehart and others.
Lately occupied by Col. Latchem.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Cassel, Jacob Sheidley, Samuel McKinney, Nathaniel Latchem, John Clements, Christian Imhoff, Jacob Glatz, David Ferree, Abraham Zublin, John Goodman, J. Grosh, David Cassel Jr., [signature in German], William H. Grosh, B. Libhart.
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], F. A. Haines, H. R. Musser, Samuel Allguier, [signature in German], Samuel Oberlin, Jacob Scheidy, John Carroll, Robert Carroll, Isaac Reinhart, Joseph Imhoff, John McBrill, Samuel McKinney, John Fryberger.
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Signers of Petition: James Wilson, Abraham Freed, Benjamin Garman, Joseph McDowell, James MeHaffey, James Whitehill, Robert A. Ramsey, Samuel Huston, [George M. Clawges], Levi H. Herr, William S. Boyd, Samuel Bailie.
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