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.
Located fronting on the Lancaster and Middletown turnpike and also on the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad.
Formerly kept by Okey Hendrickson, deceased.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: D. M. Martin, Henry Eberle, Ludwig Lindamuth, Jonas Mumma, Jacob Mumma, Philip Greiner, Christian Zook, Levi Eby, Joseph W. Niesley, Daniel Maurer, Samuel Ehrman, Jacob Hunsicker, Jacob Uhrich, William Rees, John Brehm, John A. Bartruff, Isaac Hershey, David McNeely Jr.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy & Lancaster road and the Lancaster and Middletown turnpike.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Hunsicker, D. M. Martin, William Rees, Joseph Lenix, Robert Dysart, James Mullon, John Zook, [ ] Lindemuth, James B. Ferree, John A. Bartruff, Joseph Pinkerton, David McNeely, Thomas J. Patterson, David Zook, Thomas McFarland, Daniel Maurer, Jacob L. Nagle, William McNeal, David Beitler, Henry Eberle, James Donaghy, Samuel Bomberger, Joseph C. Snyder, Jacob Beitler, John Bosler, John Mullon.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.