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.
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 Front Street, adjoining property of D. Rinehart.
Lately occupied by John Heckroth.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Hertzler, Samuel Huston, William Child, James Steele, Nicholas Chapman, David Ferree, Joseph Baker, Jacob Graybill, Samuel McKinney, James Stackhouse, David Rinehart, B. Libhart, J. Libhart, O. McDonald, Samuel Bailie, John Spangler, William McClure, John Woodman, John Young, [Isaac Reinhold], John Clement, David Cassel, Abraham Cassel, John Griese, John Cassel, Daniel [Gambarle], David Cassel Jr., [signature in German], J. Grosh, Samuel S. Grosh, Jacob Stibgen, William H. Grosh, Peter Keesey, Henry Nicholas, Nicholas Springer, Samuel Hopkins, Jacob Bahn, J. T. Anderson.
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Signers of Petition: Joseph Horst, John H. Goodman, Samuel Huston, John Cassel, J. Libhart Jr., Samuel Bailie, B. Libhart, J. Libhart, John Hertzler Jr., Jacob Glatz, Christian Hertzler, F. Wilson, David Ferree, Samuel McKinney.
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Located adjoining on the east, property of Mr. James Stackhouse, on the west an alley, on the south Front Street, and the Pennsylvania Canal running immediately alongside.
Formerly kept by John Heckrotte, subsequently by Col. Nathaniel Latchem.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Sandoe, Bayard Grosh, David Cassel Jr., Peter Keesey, John Auxer, J. Grosh, Robert King, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Hickie, Isaac Reinhart, Z. Hipple, John McBride, Jacob Graybill, Jacob Glatz, H. B. Shaffner, H. Spiese, Abraham Cassel, Frederick Frank, John M. Whitehill, David Spiese.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Baughman, Abraham Kauffman, M. R. Johnson, Christian Herr, Benjamin Green, Benjamin Herr, Nathaniel Latchem, Isaiah Latchem, William Gardner, Abraham Bitner, Abraham Bitner Jr., George G. Brush, Andrew Kaufman, Michael Ostott, William Reeser.
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Signers of Petition: George Ferree, [ ] Nagle, John Clements, Frederick Franck, C. Imhoff, John Jay Libhart, Jacob Glatz, Jacob Graybill, Samuel McKinney, Abraham Cassel, F. Wilson, John Paules, Robert King, James Stackhouse.
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Signers of Petition: [Samuel Bailie], [John Clements], Samuel D. Miller, Nichols Chapman, [ ] Libhart, James Stackhouse, Samuel McKinney, [signature in German], David Rinehart, Peter Longenecker, Abraham Cassel, Andrew Mehaffey, Frederick Nagle.
1 item, 1 piece.
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