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Quarter Sessions
African Americans
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Charge: larceny
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Charge: assault and battery
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African American men
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African Americans--History
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b5244ded-3970-4760-8db6-330137140090
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1818 F002 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Gardner, Thomas
Brown, John
West, John
Coleman, Frederick
Roland, John
Liston, John
Roxbury, William
Eaton, John
Waggoner, Christian
Ditzler, John
Conrad, John
Foulk, David
McCurdy, James
Ree, William
Lynch, Biddy
McGranahan, John
Kindard, Samuel
Zarn, William
Sheaffer, George
Fenstermacher, Philip
Reynolds, Abner
Toland, William
Shindle, Jacob
Kennedy, Patrick
Gingrich, Christian
Stuck, Adam
Chamberlin, Calvin
Kaufman, John
Stauffer, Martin
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Prisoners
Prisons
Jails
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1818 F002 QS
Additional Notes
List of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/44b6b19b-c077-4086-99dc-663644135924
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1818 F031 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Kinard, Samuel
Hood, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: burglary
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1818 F031 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, burglary on affirmation of Thomas Hood.
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1818 F038 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eaton, John
Craten, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: attempting to sell a person
African Americans
Persons of color
Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1818 F038 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, assault and battery on James Craten and taking him to Maryland with intent to sell him.
African-American.
1 item, 1 piece
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Case Number
18.000
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3520c38c-7e50-4ca2-99de-153043676667
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1819 F007 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Copeland, John
Tobson, Thomas
Gardner, George Washington
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1819 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Thomas Tobson.
Transcription of the case, assault and battery on oath of George Washington Gardner, African-American.
2 items, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3559da95-cb60-46a2-8c3a-883102205340
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1819 F023 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Rolands, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Bill of costs
African Americans
Persons of color
Charge: larceny
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1819 F023 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Bill of costs, larceny.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1819 F012 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Houston, John P.
Huston, John P.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: larceny
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1819 F012 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, larceny.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c1605018-ac70-4000-833a-377562387190
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1819 F013 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Morton, James
Buyers, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening arson
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1819 F013 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, threatening arson on oath of John Buyers.
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1819 F020 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Yerlitz, Polly
Parker, Joseph
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Information
African Americans
Persons of color
Charge: larceny
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1819 F020 QS
Additional Notes
Information of Joseph Parker, African-American.
Defendant charged with larceny.
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1820 F006 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1820
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Moulson, Ephraim
Dritt, Jacob
Bonham, Samuel C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
African Americans
Persons of color
Charge: trespassing
Charge: cutting down timber trees
Generals
Charge: surety of the peace
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1820 F006 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Trespass, cutting timber from the land of General Jacob Dritt, deceased.
Surety of the peace towards Samuel C. Bonham.
2 items, 2 pieces
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0321ed86-6eb8-4f10-9fb9-538237713886
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
AUG 1820 F002 QS
Date Range
1820/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1820/08
Year
1820
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Austen, David
Bell, Jacob
Boshard, Joseph
Bowser, Peter
Burns, Michael
Butler, Henry
Copelen, Isaac
Cosey, James
Derr, Jacob
Kanady, Mathew
McMullin, James
Miller, John
Moore, John
Morris, Richard
Murphy, Thomas
Nagel, Frederick
Planter, Worthington
Turner, Mary Ann
Warfel, John
Wiley, Addison
Willes, Henry
Wilson, James
Wilson, Mary
Worthington, Asa
Yarlet, Margaret
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
African Americans--History
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Persons of color
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1820 F002 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Calendar of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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