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 about 4 miles from Lancaster on the road leading to Manheim.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Siechrist, John Swar, John Frantz, John Landis, John Dunkel, George Kneisley, [signature in German], Jacob Rohrer, Daniel Balmer, Jacob Brubaker, Emanuel Gibbel, Jacob Tanger, J. Kaufman, [signature in German], John L. Sharp.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hershey, John Johns, James Campbell, Samuel Parker, John Elliot, J. B. Brubaker, Peter Swan Jr., Henry M. Reigart, John Stauffer, [signature in German], Christian Brubaker, David Gochnauer, [signature in German], Jacob Harnish, Jacob Myer.
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Located at the crossroads leading from Harrisburg turnpike to Binkleys Bridge and from the turnpike to Shenks Mill.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: George Mayer, [signature in German], [ ] Danner, John Thome, J. Kauffman, Henry M. Ringwalt, J. Jefferies, Michael Graeff, Samuel Ringwalt, Henry Carpenter, John Ehler, David Vondersmith, Christian Hertzler, John Shenck, Jacob Coppenheffer, John Shenck Jr., Andrew Bear, Christian Heistand, Jacob Forney, D. Brown, William Hambright, Peter J. [Gonner], Jacob Liebly, Anthony Brown, N. Musselman Jr., William Cooper, Benjamin Ober, Edward Parker, Robert Russel, Hugh Maxwell Jr., Henry Brenner, Christian Rine, Frederick Keller, Jacob D. Danan, Peter Fieles, Daniel Shissler, Abraham Eichler, Henry Buckwalter, [unknown signature], Jacob Metzger, Henry Kaufman, David Culberton, [signature in German], John Kauffman, Andrew Kauffman, Abraham Long, John Snyter, Peter Grider, John C. Landis, Jacob Neff, John Landis, Henry Stauffer, Jacob Kauffman, Daniel Hertzler, [signature in German], Henry Sheperd, John Hershey, Jacob White, Jacob Rohrer, John Strickler Jr., Jacob Grider, Abraham Breneman, Christian Hershey, John Heistand, Samuel Grider, Christian Erisman, John Miller, Brooks Campbell, John Overholser, Adam Danuel, Charles [Nearbet], George Getz, Frederick Metzger, [signature in German], Benjamin Brubaker.
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Located on the road leading from Marietta to New Holland, crossing the Harrisburg turnpike.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: [signature in German], Christian Hoffman, Christian Heistand, Philip Hottenstein, Martin Schwar, Abraham Long, Peter Swar, John Johns, Tobias Kauffman, John Gochnauer, [signature in German], Henry Kaufman, John Landis, Samuel Parker, Andrew Bear, John Leib Jr., Jacob Grubb.
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Located on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, two and one half miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Swar, Benjamin Widaman, Jacob Metzger, Daniel Balmer, [signature in German], Jacob Siechrist, Christian Brubacker, John Frantz, Landis John Harrison, J. Kaufman, Peter Steitz Sr., John Stouffer.
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