topic:"African Americans" found 18 records - Research Collections

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1986.

1 document

Responsibility: by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4

Subjects: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1985

1 document

Responsibility: by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: 110-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 4

Subjects: African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; African Americans

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 4 (1985), p. 110-132Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89

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Blacks in Pennsylvania history : research and educational perspectives

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Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 326 B631m

Responsibility: David McBride, editor.

ISBN: 0892710276 (pbk.)

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: ix, 129 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "... Proceedings of the Black History in Pennsylvania Conference held in Pittsburgh on April 5 and 6, 1979"--Introd.; Includes bibliographies.

Contents: Part 1. Early Black education -- Part 2. Black life and labor in modern industrial Pennsylvania -- Part 3. Black genealogy and historiography -- Part 4. Curriculum development in Pennsylvania Black history.

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - History - Congresses.

Additional Author: McBride, David,; Hopkins, Leroy.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 B631m

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456

Object ID: CommOrder 1831 #524

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456

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 Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0012

People: Campbell, Daniel; Freeman, Thomas; Freeman, William; Maguckin, Patnck; Parks, James; Phinegar, Catharine; Reis, Leonard; Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, John

Subjects: African Americans

Search Terms: Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Persons of color

Place: Bart Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1831 #524

Box Number: 012

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1993/07/30.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; School house on the road from Georgetown to Mount Eden Furnace [probably Furnace Road.; Campbell, Daniel; Freeman, Thomas. African American.; Freeman, William. Teacher.; Maguckin, Patnck; Parks, James; Phinegar, Catharine; Reis, Leonard; Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, John; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #606

Date Range: 1827

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 Range: 1827

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Allisson, Miller; Allisson, Rebeckea; Anthony, George; Anthony, Jacob; Anthony, Margaret; Armstrong, Harmon; Armstrong, Samuel; Armstrong, Sarah; Bender, John; Bennard, Eveann; Bennard, Joseph; Bennard, Phillip; Bennard, Samuel; Binkley, Ann; Binkley, Christian; Binkley, Elizabeth; Binkley, Susanna; Brison, Isaac; Brison, Jesse; Brison, John; Carpenter, Andrew; Carpenter, Isaac; Cirswell, Jacob; Cirswell, Mariah; Cirswell, William; Coaplan, David; Coaplan, Matilda; Cowan, David; Cowan, Serah Jean; Cremer, Henry; Cremer, Sarah Ann; Cremer, Susannah; Cummins, William; Daly, Benjamin; Daly, Hannah; Daly, John; Divers, Daniel; Divers, John; Divers, Margaret; Divers, Samuel; Florah, Jacob; Florah, John; Graham, Edward; Graham, George; Groff, Elizabeth; Groner, Samuel; Harris, Jane; Harris, John; Harris, Samuel; Henderson, Andrew; Henderson, Jule; Irick, Frances; Irick, Jacob; Irick, John; Irick, Mary; Lightey, Christian; Lightey, Henry; Lightey, William; Lingerfiel, Franey; Lingerfiel, John; Linvill, James; Linvill, West; Linville, Rebecka; McFadden, Mary; McKillips, Elizabeth; McKillips, John; McKillips, Johnston; McMurrey, Hirem; McMurrey, Samuel; Moyer, Ceaty; Moyer, Elizabeth; Orlidy, Elizabeth; Powel, Ann; Powel, Elizabeth; Powel, Frederick; Powel, John; Rees, Jacob; Rees, Nancey; Rice, Racheal; Rice, Rebeckah; Rice, Serah Ann; Russel, Ann; Russel, John; Russel, Tammer; Ruth, Catherine; Ruth, James; Ruth, Sarah; Skeen, Elizabeth; Skeen, Harmon; Skeen, Joseph; Slator, Jacob; Slator, Lusinde; Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, John; Snyder, Hetty; Snyder, Simon; Sollars, Abraham; Sollars, Sarah; Sollars, William; Stinehiesser, Elizabeth; Stinehiesser, Jacob; Stinehiesser, Jonas; Stinehiesser, Sarah; Summers, Anney; Summers, Elizabeth; Tout, Joseph; Tout, Serahann; Wenditz, Daniel; Wenditz, Eveann; Witmer, Nancey; Witmer, Rebecka; Work, Mary

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Strasburg Twp.; Poor children; African Americans; Persons of color; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Strasburg Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #606

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/09/01.

Additional Notes: List of poor children in Strasburg Twp.; Armstrong, Harmon. Father of Armstrong, Samuel, age 9; Armstrong, Sarah, age 7.; Anthony, George. Father of Anthony, Jacob, age 11; Anthony, Margaret, age 6.; Allisson, Rebeckea. Widow. Mother of Allison, Miller, age 8.; Binkley, Sussannah. Widow. Mother of Binkley, Ann, age 9; Binkley, Christian, age 6; Binkley, Elizabeth, age 10.; Work, Mary. Mother of Bennard, Samuel, age 9.; Bennard, Phillip. Father of Bennard, Joseph, age 10; Bennard, Eveann, age 7.; Brison, Jesse. Father of Brison, Isaac, age 9; Brison, John, age 7.; Cowan, David. Father of Cowan, David,age 9; Cowan, Serah Jean, age 7.; Cirswell, Jacob. Father of Cirswell, Mariah, age 8; Cirswell, William, age 10.; Cummins, William. Father of Cummins, William, age 7.; Cremer, Susannah. Widow. Mother of Cremer, Sarah Ann, age 9; Cremer, Henry, age 7.; Coaplan, David. Father of Coaplan, Matilda, age 8.; Carpenter, Andrew. Grandfather of Carpenter, Isaac, age 10.; Divers, John. Father of Divers, Daniel, age 10; Divers, Margaret, age 7; Divers, Samuel, age 6.; Daly, John. Father of Daly, Benjamin, age 8; Daly, Hannah, age 6.; Florah, John. Father of Florah, Jacob, age 7; Florah, John, age 10.; Bender, John. Grandfather of Groff, Elizabeth, age 11.; Smith, John. Stepfather of Groner, Samuel, age 7.; Graham, Edward. Father of Graham, Edward, age 11; Graham, George, age 9.; Henderson, Jule. Father of Henderson, Andrew, age 7.; Harris, Jane. Widow. Mother of Harris, John, age 5; Harris, Samuel, age 7.; Irick, John. Father of Irick, Mary, age 10; Irick, Jacob, age 8; Irick, Frances, age 7.; Linvill, West. Parent of Linvill, James, age 11; Linville, Rebecka, age 6.; Lingerfiel, John. Father of Lingerfiel, Franey, age 9.; Lightey, William. Father of Lightey, Christian, age 10; Lightey, Henry, age 8.; Moyer, Elizabeth. Widow. Mother of Moyer, Elizabeth, age 11; Moyer, Ceaty, age 8.; McMurrey, Samuel. Father of McMurrey, age 9.; McKillips, Elizabeth. Widow. Mother of McKillips, John, age 9; McKillips, Johnston, age 11.; McFadden, Mary. Mother of Orlidy, Elizabeth, age 10.; Powel, John. Father of Powel, Ann, age 11; Powel, Elizabeth, age 8; Powel, Frederick, age 6.; Rees, Jacob. Father of Reese, Jacob, age 9; Rees, Nancey, age 7.; Russel, John. Father of Russel, Ann, age 10; Russel, Tammer, age 9.; Ruth, James. Father of Ruth, Catherine, age 10; Ruth, Sarah, age 7.; Rice, Racheal. Widow. Mother of Rice, Rebeckah. age 11; Rice, Serah Ann, age 9.; Smith, Elizabeth, Mother of Smith, John, age 7.; Snyder, Simon. Father of Snyder, Hetty, age 7.; Slator, Jacob. Father of Slator, Lusinde, age 7.; Skeen, Elizabeth. Widow. Mother of Skeen, Joseph, age 9; Skeen, Harmon, age 7.; Stinehiesser, Sarah. Widow. Mother of Stinehiesser, Jacob, age 9; Stinehiesser, Jonas, age 7; Stinehiesser, Elizabeth, age 5.; Summers, Elizabeth. Widow. Mother of Summers, Anney, age 6.; Sollars, William. Father of Sollars, Abraham, age 8; Sollars, Sarah, age 6.; Tout, Joseph. Father of Tout, Serahann, age 10.; Witmer, Rebecka. Widow. Mother of Witmer, Nancey, age 8.; Wenditz, Daniel. Father of Wenditz, Eveann, age 11.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Freedom's second generation : Mrs. Maude Wilson Ball's reminiscences of Bethel AME Church (1897-1935)

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1987.

1 document

Alternate Title: Mrs. Maude Wilson Ball's reminiscences of Bethel AME Church (1897-1935)

Responsibility: by Leroy T. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: 173-183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 4

Subjects: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; African American churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Additional Author: Ball, Maude Wilson.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 4 (1987), p. 173-183Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91

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The Negro Entry Book : a document of Lancaster City's antebellum Afro-American community

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1984

1 document

Responsibility: by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: 142-180 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 4

Subjects: African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; African Americans; Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 4 (1984), p. 142-180Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88

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No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1993.

No Balm in Gilead: Lancaster's African-American Population and the Civil War Era By Leroy T. Hopkins Jr., Ph.D. As a result of the television mini-series The Civil War and especially the feature film Glory, public awareness of the role played by African-Americans in the nation's most destructive

1 document

Responsibility: by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: [20]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.95, no.1

Subjects: Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; United States. - Army - History; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 1 (1993), p. 20-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #235

Date Range: 1824

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Date Range: 1824

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Albirs, John; Anderson, Stephen; Bailley, Denis; Bard, Henry; Bard, John; Bardel, Barbara; Barnet, Rachel; Beadel, Benjamin; Beck, Lewis; Beckenrige, James; Boat, Catherine; Book, George; Boyd, Oliver; Boyer, Samuel; Boys, Thomas; Brand, Nicholas; Brannen, Thomas; Brennan, John; Brown, Debby; Brown, Frederick; Brown, William; Bucht, Joseph; Bundy, Isaac; Burck, William; Burns, Christian; Burns, Mrs.; Buslen, John; Cammel, Rachel; Canedy, Mary; Carney, John; Carpenter, Samuel; Carr, John; Carren, William; Carter, Jane; Carver, Jane; Cerns, Robert; Clark, Henry; Clark, John; Clark, Nancy; Clark, William; Conlen, Richard; Cooper, Ann; Core, John; Daebler, Joseph; Davis, Hugh; Davis, Samuel; Debler, Francis; Debler, Lewis; Debode, Mary; Desert, Anders; Dewern, Thomas; Doebler, Joseph; Donlap, John; Donlap, Lewis; Dougherty, Hugh; Doyle, Miles; Dubler, Joseph; Ducker, Greenbury; Duers, James; Duers, William; Duneese, Travis; Dunelson, Francis; Dunesen, Francis; East, Polly; Edwards, Samuel; Egelson, Mary; Farrer, John; Fethers, Barnard; Findlay, John; Flanagan, Peter; Flinn, James; Flood, Elija; Flood, Thomas; Fores, Barney; Forgeson, Moses; Frances, Fanny; Frederick, John; Fulton, Thomas; Furman, Ann; Furman, John; Gallegher, John; Gasbet, Susanna; George, Jane; Gibbons, Thomas; Gile, Charles; Gill, Charles; Gilmore, Isaac; Glasgo, Christian; Glass, WIlliam; Groff, Sharlet; Groff, Sharlotte; Grove, Catherine; Grubb, Mark; Grumwell, James; Hady, Mary; Harket, Ann Maria; Harkins, Charles; Harrison, Robert; Haywood, James; Hechner, Jacob; Heckman, Sally; Heckman, Salome; Heckman, Sarah; Heght, Jonathan; Helden, James; Herner, John; Hess, Jacob; Hessh, Catharine; Hickman, Sarah; Hillyard, Alexander; Hoffman, John; Howard, Daniel; Howard, Elizabeth; Hubert, Nancy; Jackson, John; Jackson, Sally; James, Garrett; Jaquet, Nicholas; Johnson, Thomas; Johnston, Robert; Johnston, Thomas; Jones, Henry; Jones, Samuel; Kamando, John Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Keehler, John; Keevers, John; Kent, Stephen; Kinsey, Thomas; Kodel, Jacob; Kuhn, Peter; Lamb, James; Lambley, Susanna; Lane, George; Layland, William; Lebded, Edward; Lee, Hagar; Lee, Hager; Lee, William; Leek, Rebecca; Lerman, Ceaser; Lesseny, John; Levan, George; Levan, Robert; Lewis, John; Lewis, William; Lick, Margret; Lindy, Margret; Linmayer, George; Linn, Alexander; Linnesen, Gerhard; Losson, Benjamin; Luce, Hannah; Ludwig, Salome; Lynch, Biddy; Lynch, Elenor; Lynch, Hannah; Lynch, William; Mabon, Abraim; Madderwall, John; Malson, Abraham; Malson, Biddy; Malson, Ephraim; Malson, James; Martin, John; Martin, William; Mass, Felix; Mass, Jacob; Mathers, Richard; Mayer, Ferdinant; McCale, George; McCale, Martha; McCelles, Thomas; McCollough, Jane; McConnegall, Elizabeth; McConnel, WIlliam; McCooly, Elizabeth; McCoughlin, Robert; McDennard, Author; McDowel, James; McGlaris, Heckler; McGran, Jane; McGrann, Hugh; McGrant, Jane; McKettuck, Nancy; McLaughlin, Jesse; McMullen, John; McQueekly, John; Meehan, Patrick; Melford, John; Mellfors, John; Milford, John; Miller, Elizabeth; Miller, George; Miller, Mary; Millford, John; Mitchel, Denis; Mooney, William; Moore, James; Morgan, Thomas; Morris, Abraham; Morris, Biddy; Morris, Elizabeth; Musket, Susanna; Nascson, James; Neel, David; Neeles, Thomas; Nelson, Eliza; Neuman, David; Nevele, Catharine; Nickson, Sarah; Nixdorf, Henry; Norris, Susanna; Nucson, James; O'Brion, James; O'Holk, Mary; O'Neel, Charles; O'Neel, Mrs.; Parker, Joseph; Parter, Arthur; Patrick, John; Percel, Francis; Peter, Lambart; Peters, Else; Peters, Thomas; Purton, Isaac; Reinhard, John; Ressler, John; Richason, Mary; Ries, Patrick; Rob, Fanny; Robeson, Jacob; Roob, Fanny; Roop, Feroneca; Roop, Feronica; Roop, Rosana; Ross, Elizabeth; Ross, Thomas; Salt, John; Scott, John; Sensenig, Jesse; Shaeffer, Catharina; Shaeffer, Philip; Slou, Elizabeth; Smith, George; Smith, James; Smith, John; Smith, Joseph; Smith, Juliana; Smith, Mathias; Spencer, Mary; Star, Jacob; Steckel, Daniel; Stehly, Stephen; Steward, James; Stewart, Nathan; Stoner, Samuel; Street, Samuel; Strickler, John; Sullen, Martha; Suller, John; Summervale, William; Swaghammer, George; Tally, James; Tally, Mrs.; Thomson, Calhoun; Thomson, William; Tolben, Nathaniel; Uhlhoff, Frederick; Wace, Jane; Wadd, Jane; Walker, James; Wallan, James; Web, John; Webb, William; White, Stanley; Williams, George; Williamson, Stephen; Williamson, William; Willisdon, Haston; Wilson, Isaac; Wilson, James; Wilson, John; Wilson, Mary; Wilson, Thomas; Wilson, William; Wind, John; Wright, James; Wright, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Courthouses; Lancaster; Persons of color

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #235

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 004

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment to the Mayor of the City of Lancaster.; Carpenter, Samuel.; For examining and convicting the following disorderly and vagabond persons; convicting some of them and discharging others.; Duers, James.; A stranger who refused to give his name.; Cerns, Robert.; Summervale, William.; Jones, Samuel.; Duers, William.; Davis, Hugh.; Lynch, Hannah.; Frances, Fanny.; Wilson, John.; Donlap, John.; Hillyard, Alexander.; Robeson, Jacob.; Suller, John.; Smith, Mathias.; Web, John.; Parker, Joseph.; Clark, Nancy.; McCooly, Elizabeth.; Roop, Rosana.; O'Neel, Charles.; O'Neel, _____ Mrs.; Brown, William.; McQueekly, John.; Beadel, Benjamin.; Gill, Charles.; Carren, William.; McLaughlin, Jesse.; Moore, James.; O'Brion, James.; Nancy. Woman of color.; Brown, Debby.; Rosanna the French woman.; Duneese, Travis.; Neeles, Thomas; Smith, Joseph.; McGlaris, Heckler.; Lewis, WIlliam.; Howard, Elizabeth.; Mooney, WIlliam.; Thomson, WIlliam.; Miller, George.; Lebded, Edward.; Steward, James.; Herner, John.; Percel, Francis.; Williamson, _____.; Williamson, Stephen.; Lewis, John.; Clark, John.; Lewis, William.; Wilson, Isaac.; Lweis, William.; Lynch, Biddy.; Thomson, William.; Keehler, John.; Johnston, Thomas.; Lynch, Elenor.; Lynch, William.; Glass, William.; Sensenig, Jesse.; A stranger, a pauper from Chester who refused to give his name.; McConnel, William.; Dunelson, Francis. Vagrant.; Lick, Margret.; Mathers, Richard.; Shaeffer, Philip. From Berks County.; Farrer, John.; Madderwall, John.; Linn, Alexander.; O'Holk, Mary.; Norris, Susanna.; Malson, James.; Linmayer, George.; White, Stanley.; Anderson, Stephen.; Dunesen, Francis.; Smith, George.; Gilmore, Isaac.; Gasbet, Susanna.; Egelson, Mary.; Hubert, Nancy.; Lee, William.; Smith, John.; Kuhn, Peter.; McCelles, Thomas.; Canedy, Mary.; McCale, George.; McCale, Martha.; Peters, Else.; Spencer, Mary.; Levan, George.; Bucht, Joseph.; Grubb, Mark.; Clark, Henry.; Peters, Thomas.; Wilson, Thomas.; Tolben, Nathaniel.; Roob, Fanny.; Stehly, Stephen.; Bardel, Barbara.; Wace, Jane.; McDowel, James.; Wright, James.; Barnet, Rachel.; Rob, Fanny.; Mellfors, John.; McCoughlin, Robert.; At the time when [John] Lechler was executed the following persons were brought before me, examined and discharged:; Stewart, Nathan.; Fulton, Thomas.; Beckenrige, James.; Neuman, David.; Johnson, Thomas.; Lerman, Ceaser.; Scott, John.; Williamson, William.; Bard, Henry.; Brown, Frederick.; Book, George.; The following persons were committed at the time aforesaid:; Reinhard, John.; Core, John.; Edwards, Samuel.; Wilson, WIlliam.; Conlen, Richard.; Roop, Fanny. Sent to the poor house.; Boyd, Oliver.; Nelson, Eliza. Sent to the poor house.; Ducker, Greenbury.; Walker, James.; Mellford, John.; Forgeson, Moses.; Kodel, Jacob.; Findlay, John. Brought by the watchman.; Carney, John.; Grubb, Mark. Sabbath breaking... put to jail.; Slou, Elizabeth.; Millford, John. Vagrant.; Mitchel, Denis.; Gilmore, Isaac. Vagrant.; Flood, Elija. Suspicious.; Flanagan, Peter. Suspicious.; Smith, James. Suspicious.; Burck, William. Suspicious.; Albirs, John. Suspicious.; Wind, John. Suspicious.; Carren, William. Suspicious.; Keevers, John. Suspicious.; Lamb, James. Suspicious.; Peter, Lambart. Vagrant.; Harket, Ann Maria. Vagrant.; Ross, Thomas. Suspicious.; Losson, Benjamin. Suspicious.; Kinsey, Thomas.; Linnesen, Gerhard. Suspicious.; Milford, John.; Heckman, Sarah. Sundry misdemeanors.; Thomson, Calhoun. Vagrant.; Leek, Rebecca. Vagrant.; McConnegall, Elizabeth. Vagrant.; Lynch, Hannah. Vagrant.; Morris, Elizabeth. Suspicious.; Fores, Barney. Suspicious.; Brannen, Thomas. Suspicious.; Harkins, Charles. Vagrant.; Patrick, John. Suspicious person.; McCooly, Elizabeth. Vagrant.; Lane, George. Vagrant.; Jackson, Sally. Suspicious.; Wallan, James. Vagrant.; Ries, Patrick. Misdemeanor.; Shaeffer, Catharina. Misdemeanor.; Doebler, Joseph. Misdemeanor.; Lindy, Margret. Vagrant.; Roop, Feroneca. Vagrant.; Lynch, Hannah. Misdemeanor.; Doebler, Joseph. Vagrant.; Furman, John. And wife.; Furman, Ann. Wife of John Furman.; Brand, Nicholas. Suspicious.; Cooper, Ann. Vagrant.; Layland, William. Vagrant.; East, Polly. Misdemeanor.; Star, Jacob. Misdemeanor.; Cerns, Robert. Misdemeanor.; Malson, Abraham. And wife. Misdemeanor.; Malson, _____ Mrs. Misdemeanor.; Wilson, James. Vagrant.; Wilson, Mary. Wife of James Wilson. Vagrant.; Uhlhoff, Frederick. Suspicious.; Smith, Juliana. Suspicious.; Heckman, Sally. Suspicious.; McGrann, Hugh. Suspicious.; [Nucson], James. Suspicious.; McMullen, John. Vagrant.; [Shugal?/Slurgel?], John. Vagrant.; [Nascson], James. Suspicious.; Heckman, [Salome]. Suspicious.; Beck, Lewis. Vagrant.; Sullen, Martha. Suspicious.; McGrant, Jane. Suspicious.; Jaquet, Nicholas. Suspicious.; Williams, George. Suspicious.; Groff, Sharlotte. Suspicious.; Mass, Jacob. Suspicious.; Jackson, John. Suspicious.; Kent, Stephen. Suspicious.; Boat, Catherine. Suspicious.; Lynch, Hannah. Suspicious.; Musket, Susanna. Vagrant.; Morris, Abraham. And wife.; Morris, Biddy. Wife of Abraham Morris.; Williams, George.; Dubler, Joseph. Suspicious.; Hickman, Sarah.; Davis, Samuel.; Dougherty, Hugh.; L___sich, Adam. Vagrant.; Grove, Catherine.; Helden, James. Suspicious.; Street, Samuel. Suspicious.; [Heck]. Person of color. And others.; Moore, James.; Gibbons, Thomas.; Bundy, Isaac. Vagrant.; Groff, Sharlotte. Vagrant.; [____son], Gerhard. Suspicious.; Donlap, Lewis.; Clark, William.; Johnston, Robert.; Hess, Jacob.; Swaghammer, George. Suspicious.; Fethers, Barnard. Vagrant.; Cerns, Robert. Vagrant.; Webb, William. Suspicious.; Stoner, Samuel. Vagrant.; Bard, John. Suspicious.; Strickler, John. Suspicious.; Wright, William. Suspicious.; Levan, Rbert. Suspicious.; Malson, Ephraim.; Malson, Biddy.; Kauffman, Isaac.; [Dewern], Thomas. Suspicious.; McKettuck, Nancy. Intoxication.; Bailley, Denis. Suspicious.; Lec, Hayer. Suspicious.; Wadd, Jane. Suspicious.; Hoffman, John. On a charge of larceny.; Salt, John. Person of color. Suspicious.; Mabon, Abraim. Suspicious.; Lesseny, John. Suspicious.; Star, Jacob. Suspicious.; Mass, Felix. Suspicious.; Willisdon, Haston.; Nixdorf, Henry. Intoxication.; Wadd, Jane. Vagrant.; Boys, Thomas. Suspicious. Brought by the watchman.; Desert, Anders. Brought by constable.; Buslen, John. Brought by constable.; Malson, Ephraim. And wife. Brought by constable.; Malson, _____ Mrs. Wife of Ephraim Malson. Brought by constable.; Steckel, Daniel. Brought by the watchman.; Heght, Jonathan. Brought by the watchman.; A dumb and deaf vagrant.; Boyer, Samuel. Brought by watchman.; Frederick, John. Brought by High Constable.; Mayer, Ferdinant. Brought by the watchman.; Doyle, Miles. Brought by the watchman.; Ludwig, Salome. Brought by the constable.; Brennan, John. Brought by the constable; McDennard, Author. Brought by the constable.; Gallegher, John. Brought by the constable.; Flinn, James. Brought by the watchman.; Nickson, Sarah. Vagrant.; Martin, William. Brought by the watchman.; Carr, John. Brought by the watchman.; Howard, Daniel. Brought by the constable.; Morgan, Thomas. Brought by the constable.; Malson, Ephraim. And wife.; Malson, _____ Mrs. Wife of Ephraim Malson.; Luce, Hannah.; Martin, John. Brought by the constable.; Glasgo, Christian. Brought by the constable.; Debler, Lewis. Vagrant.; Cammel, Rachel. Brought by the watchman.; Miller, Mary. Vagrant.; Hady, Mary. Vagrant.; Carver, Jane. Vagrant.; Debode, Mary. Vagrant.; George, Jane. Vagrant.; Haywood, James. Brought by the constable.; Groff, Sharlet. Brought by the constable.; Meehan, Patrick. Brought by the constable.; Ressler, John. Brought by the constable.; Gile, Charles. Brought by the constable.; James, Garrett. Brought by the constable.; Neel, David. Brought by the constable.; Grumwell, James. Brought by the constable.; Jones, Henry. Vagrant.; Richason, Mary.; Lambley, Susanna.; Roop, Feronica. Vagrant.; Miller, Elizabeth.; Burns, Christian. And wife.; Burns, _____ Mrs. Wife of Christian Burns.; Harrison, Robert.; Richason, Mary.; Nevele, Catharine.; Lee, Hagar.; Hechner, Jacob.; Purton, Isaac.; Parter, Author.; Daebler, Joseph. Vagrant.; McCollough, Jane.; Flood, Thomas.; Tally, James. And wife.; Tally, _____ Mrs. Wife of James Tally.; Melford, John.; McGran, Jane.; Melford, John. Brought by the constable.; Carter, Jane. Brought by the constable.; Hessh, Catharine. Vagrant.; Ross, Elizabeth. Brought by the constable.; Wilson, Isaac. Brought by the constable.; Kamando, John Henry.; Debler, Francis.; Heckman, Sarah. Profane swearing.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/057b2269-efaa-4850-8cad-328327726116

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #016

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 0005

People: Beatie, Elmaker; Beatie, James; Beatie, Robert; Beatie, Sabrina; Brown, Adaline; Brown, Eleanor; Brown, James; Coal, Henry; Coal, John; Coal, Samuel; Daugherty, Hugh; Daugherty, James; Daugherty, Sarah; Garber, Hannah; Garber, Leonard; Garber, Samuel; Garris, Thomas; Garriss, Abisha; Garriss, Augustus; Hemphill, Caroline; Hemphill, John; Hughs, James; Hughs, John; Hughs, Peter; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, Jane; Jenkins, William J.; Lyons, James; Lyons, John; McClellan, John; McMinn, Hugh; McMInn, Isaac; McMinn, Rachel; McMinn, Robert; Mulhollan, Ann; Mulhollan, John; Mulhollan, Mary; Mulhollan, William; Reed, Elizabeth; Reed, George; Rodgers, Barkman; Rodgers, Frederick; Rodgers, Isaac; Rodgers, Uriah; Sheperd, Boardley; Sheperd, Phebe; Shepherd, James; Smith, John; Smith, Katharine; Wells, George; Wells, Katherine; Yeoman, Thomas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Sadsbury Twp.; Poor children; African Americans; Persons of color; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Sadsbury Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #016

Box Number: 005

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/05/03.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Taken from Lancaster county tax list.; Beatie, James. Father of Beatie, Elmaker, age 9; Beatie, Robert. age 11; Beatie, Sabrina, age 7.; Brown, James. Father of Brown, Adaline, age 9; Brown, Eleanor, age 7. African American.; Coal, John. Father of Coal, Henry, age 8; Coal, Samuel, age 11.; Daugherty, Hugh. Father of Daugherty, James, age 11; Daugherty, Sarah, age 9.; Garber, Leonard. Father of Garber, Hannah, age 8; Garber, Samuel, age 10.; Garriss, Augustus. Garriss, Abisha, age 8; Garris, Thomas, age 9.; Hemphill, John. Father of Hemphill, Caroline, age 7; Hemphill, John.; Hughs, Peter. Father of Hughs, James, age 8; Hughs, John, age 6.; Jenkins, Jane. Mother of Jenkins, David, age 11; Jenkins, William J., age 9.; Lyons, James. Father of Lyons, John. African American.; Smith, John. Stepfather of McClellan, John; Smith, Katharine.; McMinn, Hugh. Father of McMinn, Hugh, age 10; McMinn, Rachel, age 7.; McMinn, Robert. Father of McMInn, Isaac, age 9; McMinn, Robert, age 11.; Mulhollan, William. Father of Mulhollan, Ann; Mulhollan, John; Mulhollan, Mary.; Reed, Elizabeth. Mother of Reed, George, age 6. African American.; Rodgers, Frederick. Father of Rodgers, Barkman, age 10; Rodgers, Isaac, age 9; Rodgers, Uriah, age 7.; Shepherd, James. Father of Sheperd, Boardley; Sheperd, Phebe. African American.; Wells, Katherine. Mother of Wells, George, age 9. African American.; Yeoman, Thomas. Father of Yeoman, Thomas, age 6.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

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