Coleman Papers Collection, Series 2, 1739-1768 and no date
Call number: MG-275, Series 2
1 box 8 folders .5 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 8
Description: The Coleman Papers Collection contains photocopies of original documents, genealogy, magazines, newspapers, and photographs relating to the Coleman and allied families and the history of Elizabeth Furnace/Farms. The original items include deeds, patents, warrants for survey, receipts, diaries, account books, correspondence, inventories, land drafts, and various legal papers.
Series 2 contains eighteenth century patents, warrants for survey, and receipts for surveys for land in northern Lancaster County and what is now southeastern Lebanon County. The parties involved in these transactions were Lesher, Young, Hoffman, Shuitz, Huber, Moots, Weisner, Housholder, Palmer, Stiegel, Barr, Stedman, Grubb, Stuckey, and Baughman. Photographs of Mrs. George Dawson Coleman and family, and Werner G. Haug were also in the box.
Creator: Coleman family.
Conditions for Access: No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Photocopies were made with the permission of Mr. William Coleman, 1998-2000.
Custodial History: Series 2 was housed in a pink Lord & Taylor box.
Note: The processing of this collection was partially funded by the Margaret Miller Schock Trust in cooperation with the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1998-2000. Dedicated staff, volunteers, and interns of the historical society completed this project in April 2002. Thanks to the generosity of the Coleman family, a photocopy of this important collection is available to the public at the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Folder 1 Lesher—Young—Hoffman—Shuitz
Insert 1 Receipt to Jacob Lesher, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining John Young in Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County. 27 August 1752.
Insert 2 Receipt to John Young, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Jacob Lesser in Warwick Twp. 17 August 1753.
Release of land from John Young to Jost Hoffman. 29 August 1753.
Release of land from Jost Hoffman to Henry William Stiegel and Company. May 1758.
Insert 3 Receipt to William Shuitz, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Joseph Groitzer and Woolrich Croan in Warwick Twp., Lancaster County. 2 August 1753.
Folder 2 Huber—Moots—Weisner
Insert 1 Receipt to Jacob Huber, signed by Edmund Physick, for land formerly surveyed to Jacob Stouffer in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County. 20 January 1756.
Insert 2 Warrant for survey, Jacob Hoover. [Warwick Twp.] (half of the document is missing). No date.
Insert 3 Receipt to Henry Moots, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Jerick Palmer and Jacob Hoover in Elizabeth Twp. 7 March 1758.
Insert 4 Receipt to Jacob Weisner, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Hans Stucky and Hans Michael Baughman in Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County. 25 March 1758.
Release from Jacob Weisner to Henry William Stiegel and his partners. 16 May 1758.
Insert 5 Receipt to Jacob Weisner, signed by John Scull, for payment for surveying land in Elizabeth Twp. 17 April 1758.
Folder 3 Housholder—Palmer
Insert 1 Receipt to Adam Housholder, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining his own land in Warwick Twp. 5 September 1749.
Insert 2 Receipt to Michael Palmer, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Henry Moby and Adam Housekeeper in Warwick Twp. 10 March 1757.
Insert 3 Receipt to Michael Palmer, signed by John Scull, for payment for surveying land in Warwick Twp. 24 May 1757.
Folder 4 Stiegel—Barr—Stedman
Insert 1 Receipt to Henry William Stiegel and John Barr, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Martin Shudy, Bastian Keller, and Lodowick Cole in Elizabeth Twp. 15 April 1758.
Insert 2 Receipt to Henry William Stiegel and John Barr, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Martin Beyer, Peter Borchener, and Alexander Sheafer in Elizabeth Twp. 15 April 1758.
Insert 3 Receipt to Henry William Stiegel and John Barr, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Dillman Sheetz, Ullrich Grall, and Jacob Lydig in Elizabeth Twp. 15 April 1758.
Insert 4 Receipt to Henry William Stiegel and John Barr, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Jacob Naght and Stephen Jaki in Elizabeth Twp. 15 April 1758.
Insert 5 Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Ulrick Barr in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Insert 6 Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Henry Motes in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Jacob Huber in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Insert 7 Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Martin Whitman in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Ulrick Steely in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Receipt to Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, John Barr, and Henry Stiegel, signed by Richard Hockley, for land surveyed adjoining Michael Palmer in Elizabeth Twp. 19 May 1758.
Folder 5 Grubb
Insert 1 Warrant for survey, Curtis Grubb and Peter Grubb. Signed by John Penn. For land adjoining Stephen Berringer, Henry William Stiegel, Peter Wyland, Martin Shank, and John Shank in Elizabeth, formerly Warwick Twp. 28 June 1768.
Insert 2 Receipt to Curtis Grubb and Peter Grubb, signed by Edmund Physick, for land surveyed adjoining Stephen Berringer, Henry William Stiegel, and others, in Elizabeth Twp. 30 June 1768.
Folder 6 Patents, Hans Stuckey
Insert 1 Patent for land to Hans Stuckey. 25 acres and 70 perches and 132 acres in Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County. Recorded in Book AA, Vol. 3, page 152. (seal is broken) 4 February 1762.
Insert 2 Patent for land to Hans Stuckey. 17¼ acres of land in Elizabeth Twp. Recorded in Book AA, Vol. 6, page 532. (seal is broken) 31 October 1765.
Folder 7 Patents, Michael Baughman
Insert 1 Patent for land to Michael Baughman. 449 acres of land on Middle Creek in Lancaster County. Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2, page 219. (seal is cracked) 7 December 1739.
Insert 2 Patent for land to Michael Baughman. 13 acres of land in Cocalico Twp. Recorded in Book A, Vol. 15, page 471. (seal is cracked) 8 August 1750.
Folder 8 Photographs
Inserts 3-6 were not photocopied.
Insert 1 Mrs. George Dawson Coleman [and family]. Anne Coleman Carvallo, Harriet Coleman Glover, Bertram Dawson Coleman, Fanny Coleman, Edward Rion Coleman, Sarah Coleman Brock, Mrs. George D. Coleman, Deborah Coleman Brock.
Insert 2 Werner G. Haug, “taken before he was three months old” and “For Dorothea” written on back. H. B. Hansbury, 914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, photographer. No date.
Insert 7 Label, A. Lincoln Myers, Artistic Photographer, Studios: Ocean Front & N. Y. Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.; 1869 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. (not photocopied) No date.