Signers of Petition: James W. Newcomb, Andrew Sites, Philip Gossler, C. Breneman, Jacob Gossler, Jacob Steman, John Gonter Jr., Christian Haldeman, John Evans, Michael Eldner, Robert Barbor.
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Signers of Petition: John Breneman Jr., Fredrick Gilbough, George Snyder, John Snyder, Jacob Grumber, John Myer Mason, Joseph Horst, Hugh Wilson, Robert Patton, John Forrey Jr., Jacob Girch.
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Located on the Lancaster and Marietta turnpike road.
Lately kept by Abraham Breneman.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Baer, Henry Coughenour, Michael Seitz, Jacob H. Gamber, John Lehman, Jacob Brubaker, Frederick Hoffman, Christian Baer, [signature in German], Henry Will, Benjamin Bear, Abraham Will, Joseph Harnish, Abraham Eshleman, Abraham Hoefgen, John Davis, George Mullin, Ezekiel William, Jacob Mayer (farmer), John Sneath.
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.