Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Union Meeting House, and from Whiterock to Penningtonville.
Place holds general and township elections.
April term.
Signers of petition: Alexander Morrison, Samuel Morrison, David Gibson, William Whiteside, Joshua Eckman, James King, Josiah King, Andrew B. [Magough], Simeon Swisher, William S. Ferguson, Robert Hogg, Abraham McConnel, James K. Simpson, Robert Jackson, Milton Scott.
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Signers of petition: Jeremiah Swisher, Robert Drips, Joseph Robison, Simeon Swisher, James Clark, William Murphy, Abraham McConnel, James K. Simpson, Uriah Swisher, Robert Beyer, William McElvain Jr., Joseph Bready, William N. Galbraith.
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Known as the Barkley Tavern, to be called the Kirkwood Inn.
April term.
Signers of petition: Joseph Paxson, Peter Hastings, James Richardson, John Whiteside, William Whiteside, Andrew [Bollagough], James King, James King Jr., Robert Whiteside, James Whiteside, Jeremiah Hastings, James Hasting, William Wilson, Samuel Milner, W. C. Worth, Samuel G. Wright, Abraham McConnel, Robert Beyer, Samuel McConnel, Taylor Peirce.
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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.
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.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
