Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....County Officials, 1870-1875 ************************************************ 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 1870 to 1875 inclusive 1870-1871. 1871-1872. 1872-1873. 1873-1874. 1874-1875. NAME OF OFFICE. Name of Holder. Vote.Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Senator Jas. J. Green David Goodale 1093 David Goodale David Goodale David Goodale Member of Assembly J. H. Carothers J. W. Galloway 1019 J. W. Galloway A. W. Hammitt 770 A. W. Hammitt District Judge S. H. Dwinelle S. H. Dwinelle 1393 S. H. Dwinelle S. H. Dwinelle S. H. Dwinelle County Judge Mark Shepard C. W. Lander 760 C. W. Lander C. W. Lander C. W. Lander Superior Judge District Attorney H. Mills H. Mills 998 H. Mills H. Mills 812 H. Mills County Clerk L. C. Wittenmyer Geo. J. Bennett 1003 Geo. J. Bennett L. C. Wittenmyer 977 L. C. Wittenmyer County Recorder L. C. Wittenmyer Geo. J. Bennett Geo. J. Bennett Geo. J. Bennett 801 Geo. J. Bennett County Auditor L. C. Wittenmyer Geo. J. Bennett Geo. J. Bennett Geo. J. Bennett Geo. J. Bennett County Sheriff Warren Brown M. B. Ivory 993 M. B. Ivory M. B. Ivory 912 M. B. Ivory County Tax Collector J. R. L. Smith J. R. L. Smith J. R. L. Smith M. B. Ivory M. B. Ivory County Treasurer J. R. L. Smith J. R. L. Smith 1034 J. R. L. Smith J. R. L. Smith 848 J. R. L. Smith County Assessor Jas. Foster Jas. Foster 1097 Jas. Foster Jas. Foster Jas. Foster County Coroner C A Ruggles J. H. Livingston 702 J. H. Livingston J. H. Livingston J. H. Livingston County Surveyor T. A. Talleyrand Robert Hunt 983 Robert Hunt R. Eddy 927 R. Eddy County Supt Of Schools A. Thurber H. S. Raven 932 H. S. Raven A. Thurber 776 A. Thurber County Pub Admin'r R. R. Brock R. R. Brock 1059 E. W. Hiller E. W. Hiller 930 E. W. Hiller Associate Justices, Court of Sessions Supervisors John Tormey Dist. 1 John Tormey Dist. 1 John Tormey Dist. 1 John Tormey Dist. 1 266 John Tormey Dist. 1 D. N. Sherburne, " 2. D. N. Sherburne, " 2. 235 D. N. Sherburne, " 2. D. N. Sherburne, " 2. D. N. Sherburne, " 2. 69 R. H. Wight, " 3. R. H. Wight, " 3. Philip Walker, " 3. 370 Geo. P. Loucks, " 3. 121 Geo. P. Loucks, " 3. Philip Walker, " 4. Philip Walker, " 4. J. C. McMaster " 5. 168 J. C. McMaster " 5. Justices of the Peace H. Allen Tp. No. 1 W. H. Ford, Tp. No. 1. 176 W. H. Ford, Tp. No. 1. W. H. Ford, Tp. No. 1. 191 W. H. Ford, Tp. No. 1. S. C. Wilbur, " 1 T. D. Palmer, " 1. 194 T. D. Palmer, " 1. T. D. Palmer, " 1. 161 T. D. Palmer, " 1. John Slitz " 2 John Slitz, " 2. 156 John Slitz, " 2. J. R. Young " 2. 87 John Slitz, " 2 Chas Woods " 2 Chas. Woods, " 2. 227 Chas. Woods, " 2. J. J. Kerr, " 2 160 J. J. Kerr, " 2 D. Mayon " 3 D. S. Carpenter, " 3. 287 D. S. Carpenter, " 3. G. R. Oliver " 3 134 G. R. Oliver " 3 H. Ashbrook, " 3 J. J. McNulty, " 3. 515 J. J. McNulty, " 3. Saml. Bacon, " 3 122 Saml. Bacon, " 3 G. R. Oliver, " 4. D. S. Carpenter " 4 158 D. S. Carpenter " 4 A. Pray, " 4. 102 Saml. Brown, " 4 D. P. Mahan, " 5. 135 D. P. Mahan, " 5. D. K. Berry " 5 140 D. K. Berry " 5 Constables R. Thompson, Tp. No. 1. W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1. 180 W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1. W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1. 211 W. A. J. Gift, Tp. No. 1. W. P. Baldwin " 1 W. P. Baldwin, " 1. 225 W. P. Baldwin, " 1. John Wilcox, " 1 175 John Wilcox, " 1 Geo. Stone, " 2 Jas. Hardy, " 2. 209 Thos. Johnson, " 2. Thos. Johnson, " 2 146 Thos. Johnson, " 2 Thos. Johnson " 2 Thos. Litchfield, " 2. 216 Thos. Litchfield, " 2. A. Williams, " 2. 183 A. Williams, " 2. E. Roberts, " 3 Geo. A. Swain, " 3. 359 Geo. A. Swain, " 3. J. H. Troy, " 3. 187 J. H. Troy, " 3. M. M. Marble, " 3 Geo. Such, " 3. 344 Geo. Such, " 3. E. O. Perry, " 3. 132 E. O. Perry, " 3. G. O. Chapman, " 4 167 G. O. Chapman, " 4 J. S. Perkins, " 5. 205 J. S. Perkins, " 5. Louis Dahnken " 5 190 Louis Dahnken " 5 NOTES.—1870-1871: Nov. 25, 1870.—Geo. A. Swain to be Constable, Tp. No. 3, vice Marble, resigned. June 12, 1871.—John A. Bronson to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 1, vice Wilbur, deceased. NOTES.—1871-1872: Feb. 8, 1872.—Dr. Chas. E. Holbrook to be County Physician. Mar. 19, 1872.—E. W. Hiller to be Public Administrator, vice R. R. Brock, deceased. June 12, 1872.—G. R. Oliver to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 4. July 15, 1872.—Thos. Johnson to be Constable, Tp. No. 2, vice Hardy, resigned. NOTES.-1872-1873: Feb. 4, 1873.—John G. Chase to be Constable, Tp. No. 3, vice Swain, deceased. Aug. 5, 1873. -J. B. Abbott to be Justice of the Peace, Tp. No. 3, vice McNulty. NOTES.—1873-1874: Oct. 7, 1873.—John H. Troy to be Constable, Township No. 3, vice Such, deceased. Oct. 7, 1873.—Louis Dahnken to be Constable, Tp. No. 5, vice Chase, resigned. Aug. 5, 1874.—John Slitz to be Justice of the Peace, Tp. No. 2, vice Young, resigned. Aug. 5, 1874.—Saml. Brown to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 4. Aug. 5, 1874.—Dr. J. H. Carothers to be County Physician, vice Holbrook, resigned. NOTES.—1974-1875: Feb. 1, 1875,—L. C. Woods to be Justice of the Peace, Tp. 5, vice Berry, absconded. 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.