Signers of a petition for an eating house: Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, William Hamilton, William M. Slaymaker, John G. Offner, Hugh Aikin, John M. Slaymaker, Henry Eckert, David Agnew, Thomas S. Woods, Henry Keneagy, Christian Hershey, John Denlinger, P. M. Eaby, George L. Eckert, Peter J. Eckert, Robert S. McIlvaine.
Signers of recommendation: George Anthony, Joseph [Kemrer], James Trout, Phares M. Eaby, John Falck, Abraham Maurer, John [Hoschar], Joseph Aikin, Michael Markert, George Markert, John Slaymaker, Samuel H. Sides, Christian Hershey, J. F. Hershy, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, John G. Offner, Thomas S. Woods, Hamilton M. Cafferty, Joseph [Donichy], Elisha Ferree, Hugh Aikin, William Hamilton, Benjamin Pfenneger, John Ault, Isaac Anderson, Henry Slaymaker, W. H. Rayman, Uriah Eakert, Henry Keneagy, G. W. Metzger, J. Howard Eckert, John S. Whiteside, J. P. McIlvaine, Robert S. McIlvaine, George Bower, A. H. Lytle, J. F. Hersh, John Townsend, Peter J. Eckert, William M. Slaymaker, Martin D. Hess, Robert Rodgers, Martin Fenninger, George Graham, William Murry, John M. Slaymaker, John Albright, William Eakert, George L. Eckert, John Ranck, A. K. Witmer, John M. Buyers, John S. Keneagy, Thomas B. Lytle, Jacob Eby, Adam Draucker, Elisha Bard, Jacob Keneagy, Henry Leaman, Nathaniel Knox, Samuel J. Miller, John M. Taggart, Edward Graham, Joseph D. Hasson, Henry Cloud, Joseph H. Lefevre, Charles Laverty, John Denlinger Jr., J. W. Leidigh.
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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.