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
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System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Description
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for.. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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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.
Payment to mayor and unnamed constables for arresting, examining and disposing of Vagrants ajd disorderly persons and hearing cases in which the charges were not supported by testimony.
Lightner, Nathaniel. Mayor.
Other names on the document:
Dresmond, William.
Jones, Thomas.
West, James.
Jefferns, Mary.
Davis, Jesse.
Johnson, John.
Cambell, Alexander.
Cambell, Mary Ann.
Hess, David.
Kerr, Robert.
Berry, Mary.
Philips, George.
Pile, Henry.
Pile, Elizabeth.
Buckram, John.
Connelly, Dennis.
Branton, Susan.
Casata, Joseph.
Sutton, Isaac.
Steward, William.
Kelly, John.
Reed, Paterik.
Keller, Daniel.
Jones, Joseph.
Blunt, George.
Ochston, Philip.
Hauser, Abraham.
Diller, George.
Reed, William.
Allen, Peggy.
Paine, Rotert.
Smith, Mary.
Montgomery, John.
Basset, Polly.
Davis, Sanford.
Thomas, George.
Doyle, John.
Terrance, Margaret.
Harris, William.
Johnson, Simon.
Aaron, Joseph.
Cambell, Daniel.
Jones, Hiram.
Henry, James.
Myer, John.
Parker, Joseph.
Hamilton, Charles.
Anderson, Pompey.
Porter, Mathew.
deaf and dumb man
Graeff, David.
Peters, Ann.
Buckram, Joseph.
Groff, George.
Hewlett, George.
Harring, William.
Tully, Margaret.
Binsley, William.
Drake, John.
Royer, Joseph.
Smith, Mathias.
Groff, David.
Brown, Samuel.
Lind, Henry. Boy - charge Larceny - discharged
Trainer, Hugh.
O'Riley, George.
Kernes, Robert.
1 item. 1 piece.
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Signers of petition: William M. Gibson, George Tollinger, Isaac Moore, Jesse Jenkins, J. C. Jamison, B. Franklin Taylor, Samuel Jamison Jr., William Robinson, Henry C. Sapp, Joseph Hilton Jr., James Wright, James C. Lynch, John W. Zell, John Johnson, William Griffith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Signers of remonstrance: Joseph Hilton Jr., Rebecca D. King, Marg N. Brabson, Eliza J. Brabson, J. W. Thompson, M. Eugenia Thompson, Catharine Thompson, Susan H. Griffith, Mary Pugh, Joseph Furniss, Morris Reynolds, William Wood, M. J. Jamison, William King, Jonathan Pickering, Guli Elma Pickering, Elizabeth M. Bradley, Addie Scott, Margaret J. Scott, John T. Hill, J. B. Millington, J. L. Wright, Rachel P. Wright, Anthony Pickering, Narcisa D. Wright, Rebecca J. Brown, Matilda J. White, Ann Kidd, Rachel Gibson, Hattie G. Scott, Eliza White, James A. Pyle, C. Brown, Eliza Gibson, Priscilla Bradley, H. C. Bradley, Lavinia Pennel, Annie Reynolds, Lewis Brown, Elias H. Pickering, S. E. Thompson, John Cummings, Abraham Scott, Isabel T. Hewes, Hettie E. Swift, Mary E. Millington, Philena C. Millington, Maggie White, Lizzie D. Haines, Mary R. Carter, Mary A. Thompson, Elizabeth Harlan, Siddie W. Harlan, William Peeples, Maria Peeples, Annie E. Brabson, Sarah J. Brabson, Hannah Brabson, James M. Ballance, Sarah Sollinger, Margret J. Sollinger, Mary J. Blackburn, William Wivel, Elizabeth H. Gibson, Matilda A. Patterson, Letita Carter, Anna Hensel, James A. Steel, Maggie A. Swift, Jane Wilson, John E. Miller, J. J. Pennel, Amanda R. Pennel, S. E. McClurg, Ann E. Roberts, Letitia P. Carter, Amos Carter, Maggie Jamison, H. Jamison, Lucy Jamison, Robert Scott, Tillie E. Scott, Annie Wright, Sallie Miller, Amelia Thompson, Emily M. Harlan, Mary R. Wason, Mary J. Wason, Eliza E. Wason.
4 items, 4 pieces
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