Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....County Officials, 1880-1882 ************************************************ 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 1880 to 1882 inclusive 1880-1881. 1881-1882. NAME OF OFFICE. Name of Holder. Vote. Name of Holder. Vote. Senator W. H. Sears W. H. Sears Member of Assembly Joseph P. Jones 1263 Joseph P. Jones District Judge County Judge Superior Judge Thos. A. Brown Thos. A. Brown District Attorney Eli R. Chase Eli R. Chase County Clerk L. C. Wittenmyer L. C. Wittenmyer County Recorder C. Ed. Miller C. Ed. Miller County Auditor Jas. D. Darby Jas. D. Darby County Sheriff D. P. Mahan D. P. Mahan County Tax Collector Wm. Shuey D. S. Carpenter County Treasurer R. B. Hathaway R. B. Hathaway County Assessor J. M. Stow J. M. Stow County Coroner John W. Guy John W. Guy County Surveyor T. A. McMahon T. A. McMahon County Supt Of Schools A. A. Bailey A. A. Bailey County Pub Admin'r John W. Guy John W. Guy Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions. Supervisors Patrick Tormey District No. 1. Patrick Tormey District No. 1. D. N. Sherburne " 2. 286 D. N. Sherburne " 2. Warren B. English " 3. Warren B. English " 3. Philip Walker " 4. Philip Walker " 4. J. C. McMaster " 5 J. C. McMaster " 5 Justices of the Peace W. H. Ford Township No. 1. 128 M. H. Bailhache Township No. 1. M. H. Turner " 1. 146 A. Rumrill " 1. Chas. Wood " 2. 98 M. H. Turner " 2. S. F. Ramage " 2. H. J. Wilson " 3. 2 H. J. Wilson " 3. J. F. Harding " 3. Robert Hastie " 4. 49 Robert Hastie " 4. A. W. Wall " 4. R. Shipley " 5. 218 J. P. Abbott " 5. J. E. W. Carey " 5. Constables W. A. J. Gift " 1. W. A. J. Gift " 1. John McPeake " 1. John McPeake " 1. F. Sandford " 2. F. Sandford " 2. " 3. R. B. Hemming " 3. R. B. Hemming " 3. W. L. Bevert " 3. W. L. Bevert " 3. Thos. M. Williams " 4. Thos. M. Williams " 4. H. S. Green " 4. H. S. Green " 4. D. M. Pitts " 5. D. M. Pitts " 5. Thos. Ervin " 5. Chas. Peers " 5. J. M. Seehan Jud. " 6. NOTES.—1880-1881: Jan. 12, 1881.—A Rumrill to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 1. Jan. 12, 1881.—S. F. Ramage to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2, vice Wood, failed to qualify. Jan. 12, 1881—J. F. Harding to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 3. Jan. 12, 1881.—A. W. Wall to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 4. Jan. 12, 1881.—J. P. Abbott to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 6, vice Shipley, removed from the county. NOTES-1880-1881; Jan. 12, 1881.- J. E. W. Carey to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 5. Feb. 7, 1881.—M. H. Bailhache to be Justice of the Peace, Township No. 1, vice Ford, deceased. May 3, 1881.—J. M. Seehan to be Constable, Judicial Township No. 6. Oct. 3, 1881.—D. S. Carpenter to be County Tax Collector, vice Shuey, deceased. Nov. 9, 1881.—Chas. Peers to be Constable, Township No. 6, vice Ervin, 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.