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 in township, fronting the stage road from Columbia to Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Canal and the Susquehanna River adjoining lands of the late Jacob Musser, deceased.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Glatz, Fletcher Wilson, [signature in German], Abraham Cassel, Jacob Rigler, O. McDonald, Henry Haines, John Paules, Isaac Reinhart, M. Breneman, Henry Shell, Francis Flury, John Libhart, John W. Goodman, F. A. Haines.
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Located on the public road leading from Columbia to Bainbridge and Middletown.
Formerly owned by Jacob Musser, deceased.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Daniel Grove Jr., John Paules, Jacob Rigler, Samuel Hopkins, Henry Sultzbach, Henry Haines Jr., [ ] Libhart, B. Libhart, Samuel McKinney, O. McDonald, Jacob Graybill, William McClure.
1 item, 1 piece
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