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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #247
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
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.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
Winters, John
Menon, John
Search Terms
Columbia
West Donegal Twp.
Coroners' Inquests
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #247
Box Number
068
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Coroners' Inquests.
Winters, John. Deceased. West Donegal Twp.
Menon, John. Deceased. Columbia.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Coroners' Inquests
Title
Coroners' Inquests
Object ID
COR INQ 1889 F066
Date Range
1889
Collection
Coroners' Inquests
Title
Coroners' Inquests
Description
Coroners' Inquests are inquests conducted by six men, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, into the cause of a person's death. Inquests include: municipality; name of coroner; signatures of the six jurors; name of decedent; date of inquest; reason for death; name of coroner's physician, and names of witnesses to the inquest. Handwritten on printed form.
System of Arrangement
Arranged numerically by inquest number.
Date Range
1889
Date of Accumulation
January 1889 - December 1889
Year
1889
Creator
Coroner
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Fry, Henry
Homsher, John G.
Rineer, Jefferson
Williams, Jackson
Herr, Amos C.
Winters, John
Williams, George W.
Hersh, Samuel W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Coroners' Inquests
Coroners
Jurors
Physicians
Place
Strasburg
Extent
.5 cubic feet
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
COR INQ 1889 F066
Box Number
001
Associated Material
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Additional Notes
Cause of death: by suicide, by hanging himself in his garret in Strasburg.
Deputy Coroner: Homsher, John G.
Coroner's Physician: none.
Jurors: Rineer, Jefferson; Williams, Jackson; Herr, Amos C.; Winters, John; Williams, George W.; Hersh, Samuel W.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Case Number
183.000
Classification
RG 13-00 0102
Description Level
Item
Less detail