General and township elections for the district were held inthehouse.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Roland Diller, Samuel Zieber, John Buckwalter, Gabriel Davis, W. Kirkpatrick, George Harkey, Nathan Graham, Isaac [Felebaum], Henry Roland, Ephraim Kirkpatrick, Diller Luther, Solomon Diller, Jacob Sensenig, Benjamin Diffenderfer, [signature in German], William Kintzer, Henry Shirk.
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Place where General and Township elections are held.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Michael Diffenderfer, Henry Shirk, Nathan Graham, John W. Luther, Samuel Zieber, Abel B. Amos, Joseph Jones, F. Seeger, Roland Diller, Gabriel [Davis], Ephraim Kirkpatrick, W. Kirkpatrick, Solomon Diller.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
