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: Robert Spear, Robert K. Colvin, John Phillips, Conrad Swartz, Hanson C. Atkins, John Crow, Charles H. [Krow], J. F. Miller, William Atkins, James Patton, E. W. Stahle, William J. Schultz, George Weaver, Theodore D. Cochran, Michael Wisler Jr., Hugh Sanders, Reuben Mullison, Paul Hamilton, William Power, F. A. Thomas, Peter Haldeman, George [Heagy], Nathaniel Evans, James Long, E. J. Sneeder, George C. Franciscus, Thomas A. Scott, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Strickler, Thomas Collins, John Arms.
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Signers of Petition: E. J. Sneeder, G. Franciscus, Peter Haldeman, Samuel A. Black, Reuben Mullison, James Patton, J. F. Miller, Thomas A. Scott, J. A. Hook, Thomas Collins, John Arms, John Ziegler.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Zahm, Peter Groff, Thomas Collins, Henry Krenson, Daniel Holland, Robert Hamilton, D. F. Griffith, Charles Barnitz, George C. Franciscus, Reuben Mullison, J. H. Hunter, Charles Evans, [Frederick S. Gossler], Charles Rowlings.
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Signers of petition: Thomas Cox, Francis Hays, Thomas A. Scott, James Patton, John F. Craig, Robert Hamilton, James J. Given, Joshua Vaughen, E. Raub, George C. Franciscus, Francis Bradly, J. H. Hunter, John Arms, John Felix, John Ziegler, John Jordan, John Cassel.
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Signers of petition: John H. Brooks, Daniel Zahm, Peter Saylor, George Weaver, John Lightner, Reuben Mullison, John Eddy, H. G. Minick, Michael Wisler Jr., Philip Streiner, John Slack, John Given, Jeffery Smedley, Hugh Sanders.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Reuben Mullison, Joseph A. Hooke, P. Derrick, Michael Strein, Henry Myers, J. B. Boude, Joseph Tyson, Thomas White, John Lockard, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, Thomas Collins, John Vaughen.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: James Patton, George C. Franciscus, Thomas White, John Evans, George Weaver, J. F. Miller, John Wilson, Paul Hamilton, George Wolf, Reuben Mullison, James C. Carpenter, Abraham Myers, Thomas Collins, J. A. Hook, John Felix, [ ] McMahon, [ ] Griffiths, John Vaughen, G. Haines, John Lightner, Isaac Vaughen, George Heagy, John Ziegler.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
April term.
Signers of petition: E. J. Sneeder, Samuel A. Black, George C. Franciscus, Benjamin Barr, Charles H. Koons, Jacob [Shreiman], Samuel McClellan, Hanson E. Atkins, [unknown signature], Henry Pfahler, [R. Willinny], Henry B. Eagle, J. H. Hunter, Davies Herr, [ ] McCorkle, John Arms, John Ziegler, W. F. Caruthers, Francis Ziegler, John A. Hook, Samuel D. Young, William Atkins, George Wolf, Michael Conely, Patrick Morris, Barnard Rogers, [D. F. Griffith], John Vaughen, Thomas B. Odell, Thomas S. Thomas, James Patton.
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