Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers
Description
This collection contains mostly deeds and releases for property in Manor Township between the Herr, Kauffman, and Neff families. The dates for the deeds and releases are 1791-1792, 1804-1808, and 1841-1865. It seems that there are three main properties that all of the documents are mentioning within Manor Township. There are also nine bonds between Tobias H. Herr and Henry Herr Sr. that were all made in 1864. There are two Cyrus Neff's mentioned in this collection, Cyrus Neff and Cyrus L. Neff. One of the documents is Cyrus Neff's Certificate of Election for the Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. The documents pertaining to Cyrus L. Neff are his policy with the Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in the early 1920's. Towards the end of the collection there are two newspapers from 1929 and 1947, pertaining to the Herr family farm and house as well as what seems to be instructions on how to make animal feed.
Admin/Biographical History
John Herr came to Pennsylvania in 1710 with four of his five sons. His oldest son, Abraham Herr came with his father in 1710, and was the only one to settle west of the Conestoga River in Manor Township.
Francis Neff came to America from Switzerland in the early 1700's. One of his sons, Henry Neff, was the first to live in Manor Township. One of Henry Neff's four sons, Henry Neff Jr., was the only child that stayed at the homestead in Manor Township. He and his wife, Susannah Neff, had a son named Benjamin Neff who, in turn, married Anna Hostetter, daughter of Ulrich Hostetter and had two sons, Cyrus and Benjamin H. Neff. Cyrus Neff attended common schools till he was 18 years old then farmed for 11 years, after which he taught in schools for three terms. He was very active in the school board for six years and then was elected as Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. He married Kate Lehman, a daughter of Reverend Benjamin Lehman, of Manor Township, and together they had eight children. Cyrus died in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight years.
The donor, Ethel Huber, is related to the Neff and the Herr families on her mother's side and may be a descendent of Abraham Herr, the brother of Christian Herr.
Signers of petition: Henry Nissley, Henry H. Zug, J. Reist, John Hershey, Peter Summy, Peter Longenecker, Peter H. Gibble, Henry Reist, Henry Welch, John Hostetter, John H. Bassler, Joseph Reist.
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Signers of petition: William Road, William George, Peter Summy, Henry H. Long, Martin Hershey, John Hostetter, Matthias Hoffer, George B. Shober, Henrey Snavely, Levi Brubaker, Jon Reist, Henry Road.
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Signers of petition: Peter Summy, David Hochstetter, J. Loushe, Henry Roade, John Hershey, Peter Longenecker, Benjamin Badorf, William George, John Hostetter, George Kiehl, John H. Zug, Joseph Hoover.
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Signers of petition: [signature in German], Henry Raod, John Lauch, Jacob Reist, Daniel [Bittner], Joseph Hartranft, John Hostetter, George Dutt, [signature in German], George Weaver, Jacob Buch, John Sahm.
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