Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....County Officials, 1865-1870 ************************************************ Copyright. 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 1865 to 1870 inclusive 1865-1866. 1866—1867. 1867-1868. 1868-1869. 1869-1870. NAME OF OFFICE. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Senator C B. Porter C. B. Porter Jas. J. Green 745 Jas. J. Green Jas. J. Green Member of Assembly Thos. A. Brown 925 Thos. A. Brown Thos. A. Brown 798 Thos. A. Brown J. H. Carothers 767 District Judge S. H. Dwinelle 673 S. H. Dwinelle S. H. Dwinelle 586 S. H. Dwinelle S. H. Dwinelle County Judge Mark Shepard Mark Shepard Mark Shepard Mark Shepard Superior Judge District Attorney H. Mills 975 H. Mills H. Mills 802 H. Mills H. Mills 750 County Clerk Geo P. Loucks 807 Geo. P. Loucks L. C. Wittenmyer 745 L. C. Wittenmyer A. J. Markley 732 County Recorder Geo P. Loucks Geo. P. Loucks L. C. Wittenmyer L. C. Wittenmyer A. J. Markley County Auditor Geo P. Loucks Geo. P. Loucks L. C. Wittenmyer L. C. Wittenmyer A. J. Markley County Sheriff Henry Classen 915 Henry Classen R. B. Hard 708 R. B. Hard Warren Brown 798 County Tax Collector O. F. Alley O. F. Alley O. F. Alley O. F. Alley J. R. L. Smith County Treasurer O. F. Alley 953 O. F. Alley O. F. Alley 676 O. F. Alley J. R. L. Smith 869 County Assessor F. A. Mathews 890 F. A. Mathews F. A. Mathews 1050 F. A. Mathews Jas. Foster 696 County Coroner E. T. Hough 905 Dr. J. H. Carothers Dr. J. H. Carothers 722 Dr. J. H. Carothers C. A. Ruggles 811 County Surveyor K. W. Taylor 830 K. W. Taylor T. A. Talleyrand 733 T. A. Talleyrand T. A. Talleyrand 631 County Supt Of SchoolsH. K. Avery 890 H. K. Avery A. Thurber 680 A. Thurber A. Thurber 863 County Pub Admin'r J. E. Stevens 943 J. E. Stevens Daniel Small 729 B. R. Holliday R. B Brock 845 Associate Justices, Court of Sessions Supervisors Jas Tewksbury Dist 1 Jas Tewksbury Dist 1 John Tormey, Dist. 1. 152 John Tormey, Dist. 1. John Tormey, Dist. 1. D N Sherburne " 2 218 D N Sherburne " 2 D N Sherburne " 2 D. N. Sherburne " 2. 220 D. N. Sherburne " 2. R. G. Davis " 3. R. B. Hard, " 3.141 R. B. Hard " 3. R. H. Wright, " 3. R. H. Wright, " 3. 490 Justices of the Peace O. F. James Tp No. 1. 295 O. F. James Tp No. 1. John C. Dodd. Tp. No. 1. 140 C. W. Lander, Tp. No. 1. H. Allen, Tp. No. 1. 145 A F Dyer " 1 212 A F Dyer " 1 T. D. Palmer " 1 111 T. B. Palmer " 1 S. C. Wilbur " 1. 106 G W Hammett " 2 121 G W Hammett " 2 H. M. Stanage, " 2. 153 H. M. Stanage, " 2. John Slitz, " 2. 125 A W Hammitt " 2. 117 A W Hammitt " 2. Jas. Foster, " 2. 158 Jas. Foster, " 2. Chas. Woods, " 2. 83 E S Sayles " 3. 183 E S Sayles " 3. J. W. Hook, " 3. 225 J. W. Hook, " 3. D. Mayon, " 3. 271 J J McNulty " 3 232 J J McNulty " 3 J. J. McNulty " 3 312 J. J. McNulty " 3. H. Ashbrook, " 3. 219 Constables J Fitzgerald Tp No 1 175 J Fitzgerald Tp No 1 W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1 107 W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1 R. Thompson, Tp. No. 1. 181 J. McGrath, " 1. 234 J. McGrath, " 1. J. McGrath, " 1. 176 J. McGrath, " 1. W.P.Baldwin, " 1. 143 Thos. Denn " 2. 217 Thos. Denn " 2. Geo. Stone, " 2. 172 Geo. Stone, " 2. Geo. Stone, " 2. 165 V. Litchfield " 2 208 V. Litchfield " 2 Wm. Daley " 2 238 Wm. Daley " 2 Fr. Hammett, " 2, 188 J. G. Chase " 3. 229 T. O. Carter " 3. T. O. Carter, " 3 284 T. 0. Carter, " 3 E. Roberts, " 3. 147 T. Downing " 3 158 T. Downing " 3 T. Downing " 3 209 T. Downing, " 3 A. M. Marble, " 3. 192 NOTES.— 1865-1866: Feb. 20, 1866.—T. O. Carter to be Constable, Township No. 3, vice Chase, resigned. Aug. 29, 1866.—Dr. J. H. Carothers to be County Coroner. NOTES.—1866-1867: May 8, 1867.—James Foster to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2, vice A. W. Hammit, resigned. May 9, 1867.—Alex. Byrnes to be Constable, Township No. 2, vice Denn, resigned. NOTES.—1867-1868: Nov. 4, 1867.—H. M. Stanage to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2, vice Stevens, removed from county. Feb. 6, 1868.—C. W. Lander to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 1, vice Dodd, resigned. Apr. 25, 1868.—R. H. Wright to be Supervisor, Dist. No. 3 (315 votes). Aug. 4, 1868.—B. R. Holliday to be Public Administrator, vice Small. NOTES.- 1868-1869: Feb. 1, 1869.—L. H. Hastings to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2. Aug. 2, 1869.—J. L. Bromley to be County Assessor, vice Mathews, resigned. NOTES.—1869-1870: Nov. 2, 1869.—John Slitz to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2, vice Hastings, resigned. Nov. 2, 1869.—H. Ashbrook to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3, vice Hook, deceased. Nov. 2, 1869.—A. W. Marble to be Constable, Township No. 3, vice Carter, resigned. Feb. 7, 1870.—Thos. Johnson to be Constable, Township No. 2. May 2, 1870.—L. C. Wittenmyer to be County Clerk, etc., vice Markley, deceased. 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.