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All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California Table showing the Officers of Contra Costa County, as complied from the Records of the Court of Sessions and Boards of Supervisors, from 1850 to 1855 inclusive 1850—1851 1851—1852 1852-1853 1853—1854 1854-1855 NAME OF OFFICE Name of Holder Name of Holder Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Senator W R Bascom George B Tingley Jacob Grewell Jacob Grewell W H McCoun 586 Member of Assembly Elam Brown N B Smith H W Carpentier F M Warmcastle 363 Warren Brown 535 District Judge John H Watson C P Hester C P Hester E W McKinstry E W McKinstry County Judge F M Warmcastle F M Warmcastle F M Warmcastle R N Wood 327 R N Wood Superior Judge District Attorney J F Williams J F Williams T T Bouldin H Mills 346 H Mills County Clerk Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown 361 Thos A Brown County Recorder Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown County Auditor Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Thos A Brown County Sheriff Nathaniel Jones N Jones N Hunsaker J F S Smith 399 J F S Smith County Tax Collector Daniel Hunsaker D Hunsaker D Hunsaker Robt E Borden Robt E Borden County Treasurer Daniel Hunsaker D Hunsaker D Hunsaker Robt E Borden 394 Robt E Borden County Assessor N B Smith N B Smith L H Hastings John M Jones 385 John M Jones County Coroner B R Holliday B R Holliday F M Seat 391 L H Hastings 637 County Surveyor Warren Brown Warren Brown Warren Brown T M Aull 342 T M Aull County Sput Of Schools County Pub Admin'r W W Chipman Nathaniel Jones 407 Jas A Morgan 586 Associate Justices, A Peak B R Holliday E F Weld Geo F Worth J B Richardson Court of Sessions E G Guest A R Meloney A R Meloney J M Blood L S Knowles Supervisors Saml H Robinson Saml H Robinson A W Genung 311 Victor Castro Cummings Lund Joseph Martin 345 Robt Farrelly E D Winn Carroll W Ish 393 Wm Patten Wm Patten Isaac Hunsaker 384 T J Keefer T J Keefer J C McMaster 352 Justices of B R Holliday, Martinez B R Holliday Wm Hillegass, Oakland _____ Cole, Martinez 44 N Bowen, Tp. No. 1 144 the Peace A Peak Edson Adams Geo M Blake, S Ant'o Geo F Worth, Martinez 62 Geo F Worth " 1 144 E G Guest A R Meloney Sam Baldwin, S Pablo 27 P M Lea, San Pablo 57 G W Hammett " 2 78 S J Tennent S J Tennent A W Genung, San Pablo34 J M Blood, San Pablo 48 H K Hale " 2 74 J S Beemer Geo W Kimball, N Y 34 A B Bates " 3 218 Jose Joaquin Estudillo John G Perkins, N Y 30 L S Knowles " 3 124 A R Meloney, M Diablo 119 Silas Stone " 4 79 D Hodges 71 John F Alsop " 4 77 Frank Mitchell " 5 2 Salvio Pacheco " 5 28 J B Richardson " 6 59 Saml Adams " 6 48 Constables Joseph Barker, N York H C Dale, San Pablo 40 H C Dale, San Pablo 13 E Van Borne, Tp No 1 93 A T Lea, San Pablo 83 Henry Classen, " 1 16 Warren Derby, N York 34 John Southard, " 2 109 Wm Guinn, N. York 31 T G Beauchamp, " 2 82 H Classen, Martinez 67 J M Quin, " 3 104 J S Day, Martinez 33 H C Dale, " 3 103 Wm Allen, Monte Diablo 99 Danl Inman, " 4 68 T G Beauchamp " 88 P A Thompson, " 4 67 Chas Bagley, " 5 50 A C Penniman, " 5 27 W T Guinn, " 6 50 I Hardin " 6 38 NOTES.— 1850-51: July 20, 1850.—Napoleon B. Smith to be County Auditor, vice Rigeley, resigned. Aug. 19, 1850.—S. J. Tennent to be Associate Justice, Court of Sessions, vice Guest, resigned. NOTES.—1851-1852: Aug. 4, 1851.—Edson Adams to be Associate Justice, Court of Sessions. Oct. 6, 1851.—J. S. Beemer to be Associate Justice, Court of Sessions. NOTES.—1852-1853: Dec. 27, 1852.—J. F. Williams to be Supervisor, vice Lund, deceased. Dec. 6, 1852.—A. R. Meloney and E. F. Weld to be Associate Justices, Court of Sessions. April 2, 1853.—J. H. Livingston to be Associate Justice, vice Weld, failed to qualify. April 2, 1853.—S. A. Bishop to be Supervisor, vice Robinson. April 2, 1853.—Samuel Russell to be Supervisor, vice Patten. April 23, 1853.—B. R. Holliday to be County Treasurer, vice Hunsaker, resigned. May 23, 1853.—Thomas A. Aull to be County Surveyor, vice Brown, resigned. NOTES.— 1853-1854: Oct. 22, 1853. —Geo. M. Jones to be Justice of the Peace, Martinez Township, vice Cole, removed from County. Jan. 16, 1854.—A. B. Bates to be Justice of the Peace, San Pablo Township. April 11, 1854.—John Tennant to be County Physician. June 5, 1854.—Silas Stone to be Justice of the Peace, Monte Diablo Township, vice Meloney, resigned. July 24, 1854.—J. M. Morgan to be Public Administrator, vice Jones, resigned. NOTES.—1854-1855: Oct. 18, 1854.—B. Roberts to be Constable, Tp. No. 3, vice Dale, failed to qualify. Oct. 25, 1854.—Joseph Lamson to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2. Oct. 25, 1854.—J. T. Sumner to be Constable, Township No. 2. Nov. 8, 1854.—Daniel Small to be County Surveyor, vice Aull, removed from County. June 27, 1855.—James Stone to be Constable, Tp. No. 4, vice Thompson, resigned. June 27, 1855.—W. T. Brown to be Justice of Peace, Tp. No. 2, vice Southard, resigned. June 27, 1855.—David Hodges to be Justice of Peace, Tp. 2, vice Hammett, resigned. June 27, 1855.—R. A. Madison to be Justice of Peace, Tp. 1, vice Bowen, resigned. June 27, 1855.—Jas. E. Mason to be Constable, Tp. 1, vice Classen rem'd from County. Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882.