Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
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 on the corner of Front and Walnut Streets.
Lately owned by Jacob Gossler.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: T. D. Cochran, Isaac Vaughen, Philip Gossler, Benjamin Young, Philip Hamilton, John J. Houston, Henry B. Eagle, C. Strawbridge, [ ] McMahon, R. Williams, S. B. Boude, G. A. Haines, George W. Boude, Charles Lay, D. Griffith, J. [Klinedint], Ezra Maxson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: W. F. Caruthers, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, John Fryberger, Jacob [Zudd], Thomas Caldwell, John A. Hook, Charles H. Koons, John Wilson, Samuel A. Black, George Weaver, George Wolf.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the southwest corner of Walnut and Front Streets.
April term.
Signers of petition: Charles Barnitz, Frederick S. Gossler, Gideon Breneman, Charles Evans, Michael Wisler Jr., Thomas White, [unknown signature], Joshua Vaughen, Robert Hamilton, F. A. Thomas, John Ziegler, [ ] McMahon, James Vaughen, J. Haughey, Hanson E. Atkins, John Jordan, George Wolf, Thomas Collins.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Robert Hamilton, John B. Edwards, Reuben Mullison, James Myers, [ ] Thomas, John [Jordan], [George C.] Franciscus, Henry Pfahler, John Cassel, Joseph Tyson, Paul Hamilton, J. H. Hunter.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: James G. Cooper, Robert Hamilton, Thomas Collins, Joshua Vaughen, F. H. Kamerer, A. Stahl, M. Young, Nathaniel Evans, Daniel Zahm, Hugh Sanders, S. K. Saylor, A. Eshleman, James Martin, Joseph Vaughen, W. S. McCorkle.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: C. P. Atkins, John Smith Given, Robert Hamilton, James S. [Pretzman], George Wolf, William Atkins, Nathaniel Evans, Nathan Ault, Nathan Dudley, R. E. Cochran, John S. Wien, Charles Evans, Reuben Mullison.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Paul Hamilton, Frederick S. Gossler, George Weaver, Thomas Collins, [J. Haughey], Charles Barnitz, [J. Klinedinct], Reuben Mullison, W. F. Caruthers, Joshua Vaughen, William Power, Henry Gryer, N. S. Auble, E. S. Brodhead, Daniel Zahm.
1 item, 1 piece
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