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.
Anonymous, six-page typewritten manuscript with narratives about James Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, and Dr. Joseph and Phebe Gibbons. Some of this material appears in Marianna Gibbons Brubaker's 1911 paper on the Underground Railroad and the Gibbons family, but comments near the end of the piece indicate that she did not write this. Marianna Brubaker, in her typewritten "Beechdale, the home of the Gibbons family... and some of the people connected with it'' collection of family information (the historical society has a copy), suggested that it was written by "a friend who lived in Bird-in-Hand and was of the generation of Joseph's children".
1. "James Gibbons Sr. and the Division of his Real Estate.''
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Some people in the manuscript are only reffered to by titles or initials, which make it diificult to discern who they are. There was even a reference to President Buchanan in the manuscript.
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Accession Number
2021.008
Other Numbers
MG-846
Other Number
MG-846, Folder 19
Classification
MG0846
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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.
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.
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Additional Notes
Poor children.
Taken from Lancaster County tax lists.
Butcher, Charles. Father of Butcher, Joana Christina, age 8.
Church, John. Father of Church, Sarah Ann, age 7.
Clark, Samuel. Father of Clark, Cyrus, age 11; Clark, Samuel, age 8; Clark, Margaret, age 6.
Evans, Nathan. Father of Evans, William, age 11; Evans, Matilda, age 9.
Feaster, Widow. Mother of Feaster,Margaret, age 8; Feaster, Maria, age 6; Feaster, James, age 5.
Garner, Widow. Mother of Garner, James, age 11; Garner, William, age 7; Garner, Eliza, age 5.
Gault, Elizabeth. Mother of Gault, Hannah, age 11.
Haster, William. Father of Haster, Edwin, age 8.
Iler, John. Father of Iler, Jane, age 7.
Johnson, Widow. Mother of Johnson, Rachel, age 10. Also known as Johnson, Ann.
Kizer, John. Father of Kizer, Sarah, age 7.
Knowls, John. Father of Knowls, William, age 10; Knowls, Amos, age 8.
Lammas, Peggy. Mother of Lammas, Annetta, age 10; Lammas, William, age 8; Lammas, Cyrus, age 6.
Larue, Isaac. Father of Larue, Isaac, age 7; Larue, David, age 6.
Lindicamp, Peter. Father of Lindicamp, Margaret, age 8; Lindicamp, John, age 6; Lindicamp, Margaret, age 8.
Lynch, Joseph. Father of Lynch, James; Lynch, Phoebe. Twins, age 7.
McEnnelly, Michael. Father of McEnnelly, Watson, age 9; McEnnelly , James, age 7.
Miexell, Widow. Mother of Miexell, Mary, age 6.
Murry, Sackey. Parent of Murry, Mary, age 9; Murry, George, age 8.
Odair, John. Father of Odair, William, age 6.
Rees, William. Father of Rees, Charles, age 9.
Rush, Martin. Father of Rush, Henrietta, age 8; Rush, George, age 6.
Rutter, Levi. Father of Rutter, Eliza, age 6; Rutter, Jeramiah, age 6.
Townsley, Joseph. Father of Townsley, Maria, age 11; Townsley, James, age 7.
Wells, Catharine. African American. Mother of Wells, George, age 9.
Zell, Catharine. Mother of Wilson, Amanda, ageg 6.
Zell, Mary. Deceased. Mother of Brubaker, Perry, age 7.
Zell, Peter. Father of Zell, Margaret, age 9; Zell, Maryann, age 11; Zell, William, age 7.
1 item. 1 piece.
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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.
