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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 1855 to 1860 inclusive 1855-1856 1856—1857 1857—1858 1858-1859 1859—1860 Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Name of Holder Vote Senator W H McCoun A R Meloney 443 A R Meloney G W Dent 552 G W Dent Member of Assembly A R Meloney 359 Andrew Inman 480 F M Warmcastle 456 B S Hines 474 C Yager 767 District Judge E W McKinstry E W McKinstry E W McKinstry E W McKinstry 869 E W McKinstry County Judge R N Wood Thos A Brown 574 Thos A Brown 5i!6 Thos A Brown Thos A Brown Superior Judge District Attorney H Mills 315 H Mills E Parker 484 Wm W Theobald 454 Wm W Theobald 818 County Clerk C Yager 270 C Yager L C Wittenmyer 512 L C Wittenmyer L C Wittenmyer 925 County Recorder C Yager C Yager L C Wittenmyer L C Wittenmyer L C Wittenmyer County Auditor C Yager 313 C Yager L C Wittenmyer 459 L C Wittenmyer L C Wittenmyer 778 County Sheriff N Hunsaker N Hunsaker Jas C Hunsaker Jas C Hunsaker Jas C Hunsaker County Tax Collector Robt E Borden Robt E Borden H Fogg H Fogg H Fogg County Treasurer Robt E Borden 426 Robt E Borden H Fogg 373 H Fogg H Fogg 831 County Assessor O F Alley 286 O F Alley J F S Smith 402 J F S Smith J J White 738 County Coroner Wm Armstrong 369 W A J Gift 413 J M Sutton 482 John Tennant 576 John Tennant 792 County Surveyor Daniel Small 416 Daniel Small Daniel Small 482 Daniel Small Geo Vosburg 717 County Supt Of Schools J Vandermark 306 John M Jones 494 E H Cox 403 E H Cox A F Dyer 760 County Pub Admin'r Geo Langdon 306 Geo Langdon M R Barber 417 M R Barber B R Holliday 645 Associate Justices of F Vanderwenter the Ct of Sessions Thos Russell Supervisors J H Livingston, Dist 1 Joseph Emeric, Dist 1 173 J Emeric Dist, No 1 176 J Emeric Dist No 1 174 J Emeric Dist No 1 L E Morgan, " 2 Ira J True, " 2 157 Ira J True, " 2 181 Ira J True, " 2 Ira J True, " 2 262 W R Bishop " 3 O A Olmstead " 3 49 J L Bromley " 3 92 J L Bromley " 3 J L Bromley " 3 Thos A Brown, " 1 Nath Jones, " 2 C E Wetherbee, " 3 Justices of the Peace R A Madison, Tp 1 92 R A Madison, Tp 1 151 Geo Christian, Tp 1 152 E F Weld, Tp No 1 223 E F Weld, Tp No 1 254 G M Jones, " 1 81 L E Morgan, " 1 133 L E Morgan, " 1 47 Thos Reynolds, " 1 147 A F Dyer " 1 181 M M Mentlo, " 2 36 M M Mentlo, " 2 235 F Vanderwenter, " 2 148 F Vanderwenter, " 2 168 J W Maxcy, " 2 96 D Meacham, " 2o 34 L C Wittenmyer, " 2 272 L M Brown, " 2 101 Joseph Venable, " 2 128 L M Brown, " 2 235 W Whipple, " 3 122 J L Bromley, " 3 81 J C McMaster, " 34 54 John H Russell, " 3 65 J H Russell, " 2 123 J Huff, " 3 93 F Latture, " 3 74 Thos Russell, " 3 49 C E Wetmore, " 3 48 C E Wetmore, " 2 119 D P Smith " 4 74 S A Reeves, " 4 65 R Desty, " 5 57 B Clark, " 5 45 F Latture, " 6 47 Wm Wyatt, " 6 44 Constables Chas White, Tp No 1 72 N A Poole, Tp No 1 114 N A Poole, Tp No 1 120 Adam Hogg, Tp No 1 213 J Fitzgerald, Tp No 1 203 E Van Borne, " 1 31 E Van Borne, " 1 134 E Willis, " 1 63 E Van Borne, " 1 192 Aug Clapp, " 1 193 J F Sumner, " 2 83 G Bryant, " 2 212 L Peck, " 2 84 L W Perry, " 2 117 L W Perry, " 2 124 J C Chaney, " 2 50 Joseph Flippin, " 2 144 J R Henderson, " 2 53 S A Carpenter, " 2 104 John Dixon, " 2 115 B Roberts, " 3 118 M Cummins, " 3 49 H McCoy, " 3 44 A Guinn, " 3 45 A Guinn, " 3 107 N H Poole, " 3 115 Wm Taynton, " 3 30 Thos Robertson, " 3 22 Danl Mahan, " 3 36 J F Tilton, " 3 67 L Wittenmyer, " 4 73 G W Fraser " 4 60 L Beemer, " 5 41 A Guinn, " 5 39 Saml Brown, " 6 56 J T McCoy, " 6 40 NOTES.—1855-1856: Nov. 7, 1855.-C. H. Cole to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3, vice Whipple, resigned. Nov. 7, 1855.-Y. Clark to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3, vice Huff, failed to qualify. Nov. 7, 1855.—N. S. Peck to be Constable, Tp. No. 3, vice Roberts, failed to qualify. Jan. 6, 1856.—John White to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 4, vice Reeves, failed to qualify. Jan. 6, 1856.—Thos. Ewing to be County Supt. of Schools, vice Vandermark, resigned. Jan. 14, 1856.—L. H. Hastings to be County Coroner, vice Armstrong, resigned. Jan. 14, 1856.—A. B. Bates to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3, vice Cole, failed to qualify. Jan. 14, 1856.—W. H. McNeil to be Constable, Township No. 5, vice Beemer, failed to qualify. NOTES.—1856-1857: March 2, 1857.—J. F. S. Smith to be County Coroner. NOTES.—1857-1858: Jan. 2, 1858.—E. F. Weld and G. M. Jones to be Justices of the Peace, Tp. No. 1. Jan. 2, 1858.—A. Clapp to be Constable, Township No. 1. Feb. 1, 1858.—John H. Russell to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3. Feb. 1, 1858.—W. H. McNeil to be Constable, Township No. 3. Mar. 1, 1858.—N. J. Clark to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 1. May 3, 1858.— Wm. W. Theobald to be District Attorney, vice Parker. May 3, 1858.—E. F. Weld to be Associate Justice Court of Sessions. NOTES.—1858-1859: June 6, 1859.—John Fitzgerald to be Constable, Tp. No. 1, vice Hogg, resigned. June 6, 1859.—C. H. Ruggles to be County Coroner, vice Tennant. NOTES.—1859-1860: Nov. 8, 1859.—E. T. Hough to be County Coroner. Jan. 2, 1860.—J. B. Abbott to be County Surveyor, vice Vosburg, resigned. Feb. 6, 1860.—S. A. Carpenter to be Constable, Tp. No. 2, vice Dixon, resigned. 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.