By: The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, Pub. 1910, Reprinted 2018, 430 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-907-9. Chester County was one the first three counties in Pennsylvania and was created in 1682. It sits in the southeastern corner of the state boarding Maryland. This book is a compulation of multible types of courts such as: Court of Common Pleas and Court of Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court. In these minutes of pleas & quarters sessions you will find appointments of county officials, appointed administrators, marked public roads, granting of licenses to "ordinaries," taxes being levied, civil actions of a wide variety, persons being tried for offenses against the peace & dignity of the State, list of jurys, guardian accounts of orphans, Wills, and countless numbers of Deed Acknowledgements.
- | Author: The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
- | Publisher: Southern Historical Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 448 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0893089079
- | ISBN-13: 9780893089078