Philadelphia County PA Archives Court.....William SCHREINER, October 16, 1820
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Source: Personal Insolvancy Petition, Court Of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pa
Written: October 16, 1820
Recorded: November 4, 1820

To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

The Petition of William Schreiner humbly represents, That your petitioner has 
resided within this county for six months and upwards, immediately preceding 
this application and is now willing and offers to deliver up to the use of his 
creditors, all his property, real, personal, and mixed, to which he is in any 
manner – a schedule whereof, on oath together with a list of his creditors, 
and the nature and amount of their debts, as far as he can assertain the same, 
with a statement of his losses, and the means whereby he became insolvent, are 
exhibited with and annexed to this petition.

Your petitioner therefore applies, by petition in writing, to the said 
Honorable Court and prays that your Honours will grant him such relief as is 
prescribed by the several Laws of Insolvency of this commonwealth; and as in 
duty bound he will ever pray & c.	
									       
                                                   William Schreiner

Schedule of all the Property, real, personal, and mixed, to which the above 
Petitioner is in any manner entitled, in such case made and provided.

                         Property none, whatever


List of the within-named Petitioner’s Creditors, and the nature and amount of 
their debts, as far as he can ascertain the same.

Allen Armstrong,		judgment,         about	  $17.00
Christian Snyder		book account		    8.00
John Smith			        do		    5.00
Thomas Hurley		                “		    7.00
Thomas M. Longstreth	                “		    4.00
Beck and Stewart		        “		    9.00
	Curry (Shoemaker)	        “		    2.00
	Jones			        “		    3.00
Samuel Wetherill & Sons	                “		    3.00 

Statement of the within-named Petitioner’s Losses, and means whereby he became 
insolvent: 
Petitioner could not get work enough to support him and thus unavoidably fell 
behind as his statement shows.


The within-named petitioner, being Sworn according to law, declared and says 
that the foregoing is a just and true “Schedule of all the property, real, 
personal, and mixed, to which he is in any manner entitled” and that the “List 
of his Creditors, and the nature and amount of their, as far as he can 
ascertain the same,” and the “Statement of his Losses, and the means whereby 
he became insolvent,” exhibited with and annexed to this petition, are 
likewise true, just and correct, to the best of his knowledge and belief.

                                                  William Schreiner
Sworn before me
Oct.  11,  1820								
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I hereby assign, transfer, and set over, unto Allen Armstrong and Christian 
Snyder their heirs and assigns, all my estate, real, personal and mixed, to 
which I am in any manner entitled, for the use of all my Creditors.

Witness my hand and seal this fourth day of November A.D. 1820
							
	                                	William Schreiner  - Seal –
Witness
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Creditors of William Schreiner
Philadelphia, Oct. 1820
TAKE NOTICE, That I have applied to the Honourable Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia, for the benefit of the 
several Acts of Insolvency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and they have 
appointed the 3rd day of Novr. next, at 10 o’clock A.M. to hear me and my 
Creditors at the County Court House, in Philadelphia where you may attend.

						William Schreiner

Allen Armstrong
Christian Snyder
John Smith
Thomas Hurley
Thos. M. Longstreth


Daniel Brodhead affirms that the above named creditors of William Schreiner 
have been legally served with notice of which the annexed is a copy to the 
best of deponent’s knowledge and belief.
							Danl. Brodhead
Affirmed before me
November 2nd, 1820
Peter Christian   Aldr.


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