Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Rohrer, John Swar, [Martin Cremer], H. B. Bowman, John Bear, Jacob Metzger, Andrew Kauffman, John Frantz, Jacob [Surrell], Emanuel Gibbel, Martin Groff, [signature in German], Benjamin Widaman, Jacob Workman Jr., Andrew Bear, Jacob Minnich, Paul Black, Philip Sprecher, [unknown signature], John Reidenbach, John B. Bassler, Andrew Balmer, John Elliot, Solomon Sprecher.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
