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 the Lancaster and Reading road, seven miles from Lancaster at the junction of same and road leading from Columbia to Reading to New Holland.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Zercher, John Steinman, Philip Shreiner, John Young, Martin Eckman, David Good, John Carpenter, Isaac Carpenter, Christian Carpenter Jr., John McCleery, Martin Mayer, John Heller, John Johns, William Weidler, Peter Fieles, John Feather, Jacob Reist, Benjamin Johnson, Christian S. Brubaker, John Brubaker, A. Dietrich, George Mayer, George W. Henry, John Hatz, [signature in German], [signature in German], Ingham Wood, John Grubb, Jacob Weitzel, Frederick Hambright, George Rysinger, J. Zimmerman, William Hambright, William Miller, Jacob Hoffmeier, John Kauffman, David Hummel, John Ruth, A. Sheaffer, Reuben Weidler, Christian Kauffman, Jesse Sellers, Curtis Sellers, [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac Brown, Daniel Shissler, Jacob [Gaull], Andrew Hetzel, [signature in German], Abraham Myers, Henry Garber, Isaac Ressler, [unknown signature], Jacob Shisler, Jonas Nolt, John Kuhn, [signature in German], [signature in German], Daniel Royer, Henry Landis, Andrew Menold, Michael Stauffer, John B. Sneder, John S. Black Jr., John Hamilton, Adam Pickel, Jacob Grub, David Grub, [signature in German], Caspar Grub, Isaac Leib, [signature in German], Henry Master, Conrad Master, Henry Zercher, John Leib, Jacob Leib, William Roland, [signature in German], Henry Rudy, Samuel Sellers, Christian Rudy, Daniel Rudy, Jacob Landis, Peter Forney, Abraham Colden, Samuel Hallacher, Frederick Kline, Absalom Sellers, Michael Fisher, John Ruth, James Todd, John Lutz, George Diller, William Smith, Benjamin Stehman, Samuel Reemsnyder, Samuel Snyder, Jacob Sherer, Adam Diller, [signature in German], Jacob Steman, [signature in German].
1 Item, 1 Piece
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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.
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.
