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Jackson County 1863


JACKSON COUNTY.
COURTS.
    CIRCUIT COURT.--First Judicial District, Hon. P. P. Prim, Judge; James F. Gazley, Esq., District Attorney. Sessions, second Monday in February, June, and November.
    COUNTY COURT.--Sessions, first Monday in each month.
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
    SENATOR.--Hon. Jacob Wagner, Ashland, 1866.
    REPRESENTATIVES.--Hons. J. D. Haines, Jacksonville; S. D. Van Dyke, Eden; Lindsay Applegate, Ashland.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Office. Name. Residence. Salary. Term expires.
County Judge J. C. Tolman Ashland $1,200 1866
County Clerk William Hoffman Jacksonville Fees 1864
Sheriff W. H. S. Hyde Jacksonville Fees 1864
Dep. Sheriff J. M. Sutton Jacksonville ---- ----
Treasurer E. S. Morgan Phoenix Fees 1864
Assessor P. H. Lynch Jacksonville Per diem 1864
Surveyor B. F. Myer Eden Fees 1864
Coroner L. T. Thompson Jacksonville Fees 1864
Pub. Admin'r. Emerson E. Gore Eden Fees 1864
Sup't. Schools M. A. Williams Eden $100 1864
Commissioner John S. Love Jacksonville Per diem 1864
Commissioner Abram Tenbrook Oak Grove Per diem 1864
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Justices. P.O. Address. Justices. P.O. Address.
A. V. Gillette Ashland Geo. M. Harris Jacksonville
Isaac Hill Ashland Edward Magruder Rock Point
S. S. Taylor Phoenix Melvin D. Sturgis Applegate
John Wright Jacksonville W. H. Merriman Jacksonville
U. S. Hayden Jacksonville J. G. Riddle Jacksonville
R. H. Haines Jacksonville J. B. Ervin Jacksonville
Thomas Mee Applegate E. S. Harrer Applegate
F. J. Simpson Jacksonville
    FINANCES.--March, 1862, total debt, $15,724.68; receipts last fiscal year, $20,003.81; expenditures same period, $19,666.28; taxable property, $1,762,024
FLOURING MILLS.
Mills. Proprietors. Mills. Proprietors.
Ashland Wagner & McCall Butte Creek McDaniel & Sons
Eagle Jesse Robinson Hopwood's Thomas Hopwood
Valley E. D. Foudray
QUARTZ MILLS.
Steamboat City, Anderson & Glenn; Rogue River, Douthitt & Co.
TOWNS.
    JACKSONVILLE--COUNTY SEAT.--Postmaster, Samuel E. Haines; Agent Tracy's Express and Beekman's Express, C. C. Beekman; 240 miles south of Salem; 290 miles south of Portland. Population 500.
CORPORATION OF JACKSONVILLE.
Trustees. Recorder, U. S. Hayden
Wm. Hoffman Treasurer, James T. Glenn
John S. Drum Marshal, John L. Carter
L. J. C. Duncan Street Com'r., I. D. Haines
David Linn
Terms of office expire in March, 1863.
Attorneys. Physicians. General Merchandise.
D. W. Douthitt G. W. Greer Bradbury & Wade
B. F. Dowell A. B. Overbeck A. Fisher & Bro.
Orange Jacobs L. S. Thompson Sachs Brothers
J. H. Reed Clergymen. P. J. Ryan
W. G. T'Vault M. N. Stearns, Bapt. I. D. Haines & Bro.
Booksellers. C. C. Stratton, M.E. H. Bloom
Wm. Hoffman M. A. Williams, Pres. Love & Bilger
H. Parker Bankers. Max Muller &  Co.
George I. Funk Anderson & Glenn [Max] Brentano
C. C. Beekman
    APPLEGATE.--Postmaster, W. W. Fowler; 12 miles west of Jacksonville.
    Attorney.--Hiram Reed.
    General Merchandise.--W. W. Fowler & Co.
    ASHLAND.--Postmaster, Abel D. Helman; 18 miles southeast of Jacksonville.
    General Merchandise.--Bradbury & Wade.
    PHOENIX.--Postmaster, [Stephen] Taylor; 8 miles southeast of Jacksonville. Population 100.
    Attorney.--Orange Jacobs.
    Physician.--M. Caldwell.
    General Merchandise.--Bradbury & Wade.
    ROCK POINT.--Postmaster, J. B. White; 12 miles northwest of Jacksonville.
    General Merchandise.--J. B. White.
   
JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
    Mr. Fay, representing this county in the Legislative Assembly, was the only Democrat in the House in the session of 1862.
COURTS.
    CIRCUIT COURT.--First Judicial District, Hon. P. P. Prim, Judge; James F. Gazley, Esq., District Attorney. Sessions, second Monday in April, and fourth Monday in October.
    COUNTY COURT.--Sessions, first Monday in January, April, July, and September.
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
    SENATOR.--Hon. D. S. Holton, Kerbyville, 1864.
    REPRESENTATIVE.--Hon. James D. Fay, Kerbyville.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Office. Name. Residence. Salary. Term expires.
County Judge B. F. Holsclaw Williamsburg $500 1866
County  Clerk Gustaf Wilson Kerbyville Fees 1864
Sheriff Jefferson Howell Kerbyville Fees 1864
Deputy Sheriff E. N. Tolin Kerbyville ---- ----
Treasurer I. H. Short Kerbyville Fees 1864
Assessor J. C. Roberts Applegate Fees 1864
Surveyor S. K. Myers Williamsburg Fees 1864
Coroner B. P. Pott Kerbyville Fees 1864
Sup't. Schools Wm. Chapman Illinois Valley ---- 1864
Commissioner James A. Abbott Deer Creek Per diem 1864
Commissioner John McBrierty Waldo Per diem 1864
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Justices. P.O. Address. Justices. P.O. Address.
John D. Holmes Kerbyville R. S. Belknap Slate Creek
H. K. Hanna Waldo Owen Garrigan Kerbyville
A. P. Turner Applegate Thomas J. Perkins Slate Creek
    FINANCES.--July, 1862: total debt, $13,158.75; receipts last fiscal year, $11,769.12; expenditures same period, $12,288.45; taxable property in 1861, $628.982.
TOWNS.
    KERBYVILLE--COUNTY SEAT.--Postmaster, John R. Prindle; 250 miles south of Salem; 300 miles south of Portland. Population 100.
    Attorneys.--James D. Fay, O. T. McCarty.
    General Merchandise.--M. B. Morris, Nanke & Bolt, Thos. Lewellen.
    ALTHOUSE.--No post office; 14 miles southeast of Kerbyville. Population 200.
    General Merchandise.--S. A. Hellner, O'Regan & Bros.
    LELAND.--Postmaster, James H. Twogood; 40 miles northeast of Kerbyville.
    SLATE CREEK.--Postmaster, Major C. Barkwell; 16 miles northeast of Kerbyville.
    WALDO.--Postmaster, A. B. McIlwain; 12 miles south of Kerbyville. Population 150.
    Physician.--A. S. Luse
    General Merchandise.--A. B. McIlwain, Work & Crandall, Logan & Thompson.
William H. Knight, ed., Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1863, H. H. Bancroft, San Francisco 1863, pages 298-302



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