SAH JOAQUIN HISTORIAH PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

VOLUME XIX OCTOBERmiddotDECEMBER 1983 NUMBER 4

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) SAN JOAQUJN COUNTY - CALIFORNIA - 1850-52

Annotations by Robert Bonta

(Continued from the July-September 1983 Issue)

The old 1850s Mansion House later called the Windsor renovation in 1946 This building is located on the northeast Hotel as it looked following its second major interiorexterior corner of Hunter and Weber north of the county courthouse

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Archibald G Stakes defeat of incumbent O C Emory for the position of County Judge automatically made him the presiding judge of the Court of Sessions for 1853 He served only one year being replaced at the following election by Judge Jacob Shafer Stakes only claim to fame while sitting on the Court was the leadership he provided in the construction of the countys first permanent jail and courthouse buildings He evidently practiced law in Stockton until his election three years later as an assemblyman representing San Joaquin County This proved to be but a oneshyterm position (1858) also and here (in the state legislature) his only claim to fame was his introduction of a bill which prohibited free Negroes and other obnoxious persons from immigrating to the state It also provided that any slave escaping his master by making his way to California could be reclaimed by his master without legal harassment The bill passed both houses and was signed into law by Governor Bigler

In the fall of 1862 we again take up the threads of his lifes story when we find that he has become a resident of Stanislaus County In the election of that year running as a Republican Stakes lost the race for the position of county district attorney by only two votes but was soon after appointed to the position by the Board of Supervisors He served through 1863 and while in office ran in the 1863 election for county surveyor--this time listing himself as a Democrat He served two years in that position--1864 and 1865 Theninthe 1865 election still running as a Democrat he was elected district attorney When finishing that term in 1867 he ran for county judge (the position he had held in neighboring San Joaquin County for one year )--as a Republicanshy-and iost

In 1871 Stakes ran once more for county judge--as a Democrat--and won While still serving in thatoffice on December 26 1873 he died from injuries received as a result of a fall from his wagon while visiting in Hills Ferry on the San Joaquin River So ended--all too abruptly--the career of another colorful San Joaquin pioneer Tinkham referred to Stakes as a gentleman but one whose financial abilities were far superior to his legal attainments

The Convention then proceeded to ballot for Associate Justices as aforeshysaid and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

of the first ballot B G Weir received two votes A C Baine received two votes G B Douglass received one vote

and there being no choice the Convention proceeded to a second ballot and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

A C Baine received four votes B G Weir received one vote

and it appearing that A C Baine had received a majority of all the votes cast he was declared duly elected one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County aforesaid

The Convention proceeded to ballot for the other Justice and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

B G Weir received three votes G B Douglass received two votes

and it appearing that B G Weir had received a majority of the votes cast he was declared duly elected one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County aforesaid

Little of interest was found concerning Baine He served just two years as an associate justice 1853 and 1854 In 1855 he ran for district attorney but lost Politically he was a southern Democrat who strongly advocated states rights and when George Kerr owned the SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN in the early 1850s Baine along with William Root and County Clerk A C Bradford was a co-editor He served one year (1856) as a city alderman (councilman)

Benjamin Weir held the distinction of being the only person to serve continuously on the Court of Sessions for its first four years The census of 1850 indicates that he was forty-eight years old at that time and was a native of Virginia The 1852 census noted that he had come to California by way of Mississippi and that he resided in Stockton with his wife and four children He was involved with property-shyincluding the ferry--at Tuolumne City on the Tuolumne River during the late 1870s and early 1880s after the organization and development of Modesto on the railroad line had already doomed the pioneer settlement For further information on this interesting pioneer personality please see Vol XV No4 p 211

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And thereupon journed sine die

the Convention adshy Vol XIV No4 p 178--CoU para 1 line 3 should read had established Woods Ferry

[signed] A G Stakes County Judge

S Co

Index p 183 CoL 2 under Emory O C p 168 should read 166

Vol XV No1 p 191--Col 2 para 2 line 16 This completes the hand-written entries

found in MINUTE BOOK A of the Court of Sessions of San Joaquin County for the years 1850 through 1852 BOOK B covers the years from 1853-55 until by legislative action in Sacramento the Court of Sessions gave way to the present county governing body the Board of Supervisors (Actually because the 1853 term began on December 6 1852 BOOK B contains a few 1852 entries as well)

Due to the sheer size of the project just concluded and the need to rely heavily upon the few existing sources of information-shyparticularly the county histories which are notorious for their inconsistencies--your editor must apolOgize for those errors which have slipped past his scrutiny Although great care was taken to cross-reference inform a tion gleaned from these few sources in order to minimize the number of errors some have made their way into print In addition a number of typographical errors slipped through the proof-reading and we would like to take this opportunity to correct these as well as the other errors Those which we have discovered since the first issue on the Court of Sessions (Vol XIV No 1) appeared in March 1978 are listed below We ask that you refer back to these issues and make the necessary corrections

Sorry Mea Culpa EDITOR

Vol XIV No1 p 153--Col 1 para 2 line 4 should read 1850 through December 6 1852

Vol XIV No2 p 163--Col 2 para 2 line 5 should read partys Stockton newspaper the SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN

Vol XIV No3 p 174-5--George W Tombs surname was invariably spelled Toombs in the San Joaquin and Stanislaus county sources However the 1852 STOCKTON DIRECTORY spelled it Tombs Also Francis Clark author of STEVENSONS REGIMENT TO CALIFORNIA used the single vowel As the two men served in the same company and spent considerable time as close acquaintances your editor chose to follow Clark

should read a native woman who Vol XV No2 p 198--Col 2 para 6 line 5

should be omitted completely Vol XV No3 p 205--Col 1 para 4 This was

supposedly a description of the route declared public on December 3 1850 (please see the original Court entry on page 202 Col 2 entry 162) running from Stockton to Mokelshyumne Hill and San Andreas In Calaveras County The roadway shown on the 1862 map should not have been used as it was NOT the same as this 1850 entry This earlier route continued along the south side of the Calaveras River until a point several mIles EAST of BeUota where it then crossed at the Williams and Athertons ferry It then followshyed the river on its north side on into Calaveras County A second annotation error in this issue--this one on page 207 Col 1 para 2-shywas noted previously but will be noted here again Slocums Ferry was purchased by Johnson therefore Slocums and Johnsons were on~ and the same ferry site

Vol XV No4 p 209 entry 190--Although clearly written O~iel in the MINUTE BOOK the surname should probably be spelled ONeil On p 216 Col 2 index entry Thayer and Willamson (firm)--page 209 should read 210 Also Willoims and Athertons Ranch should read Williams and Athertons Ranch

Vol XVI No2 p 230--Col 2 para 6 Most sources spelled MacNish without the a the MINUTE BOOK entries are spelled Macnish The form used in the HISTORIAN was an arbitrary decision made by the editor --and hopefully the proper one

Vol XVI No3 p 237--Col 1 para 6 line 2 should read in the form of scrip Also p 238 Col 2 entry 7 discusses the various forms of a surname that came up many times in the courts MINUTES ONeal ONeall ONiel ONeil ONeill--take your pick Sometimes the given names were found to have been interchanged as well as the surnames Just how many of these people really existed is open to question Even the township name bears two spellings--in books as well as on maps old and modern ONeill and ONeal According to the Court of Sessions entry made on August 5 1853 (at the time the Court created the township) the

PAGE 338 SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) (cont)

Archibald G Stakes defeat of incumbent O C Emory for the position of County Judge automatically made him the presiding judge of the Court of Sessions for 1853 He served only one year being replaced at the following election by Judge Jacob Shafer Stakes only claim to fame while sitting on the Court was the leadership he provided in the construction of the countys first permanent jail and courthouse buildings He evidently practiced law in Stockton until his election three years later as an assemblyman representing San Joaquin County This proved to be but a oneshyterm position (1858) also and here (in the state legislature) his only claim to fame was his introduction of a bill which prohibited free Negroes and other obnoxious persons from immigrating to the state It also provided that any slave escaping his master by making his way to California could be reclaimed by his master without legal harassment The bill passed both houses and was signed into law by Governor Bigler

In the fall of 1862 we again take up the threads of his lifes story when we find that he has become a resident of Stanislaus County In the election of that year running as a Republican Stakes lost the race for the position of county district attorney by only two votes but was soon after appointed to the position by the Board of Supervisors He served through 1863 and while in office ran in the 1863 election for county surveyor--this time listing himself as a Democrat He served two years in that position--1864 and 1865 Theninthe 1865 election still running as a Democrat he was elected district attorney When finishing that term in 1867 he ran for county judge (the position he had held in neighboring San Joaquin County for one year )--as a Republicanshy-and iost

In 1871 Stakes ran once more for county judge--as a Democrat--and won While still serving in thatoffice on December 26 1873 he died from injuries received as a result of a fall from his wagon while visiting in Hills Ferry on the San Joaquin River So ended--all too abruptly--the career of another colorful San Joaquin pioneer Tinkham referred to Stakes as a gentleman but one whose financial abilities were far superior to his legal attainments

The Convention then proceeded to ballot for Associate Justices as aforeshysaid and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

of the first ballot B G Weir received two votes A C Baine received two votes G B Douglass received one vote

and there being no choice the Convention proceeded to a second ballot and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

A C Baine received four votes B G Weir received one vote

and it appearing that A C Baine had received a majority of all the votes cast he was declared duly elected one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County aforesaid

The Convention proceeded to ballot for the other Justice and the ballots having been collected and counted the following is the result

B G Weir received three votes G B Douglass received two votes

and it appearing that B G Weir had received a majority of the votes cast he was declared duly elected one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County aforesaid

Little of interest was found concerning Baine He served just two years as an associate justice 1853 and 1854 In 1855 he ran for district attorney but lost Politically he was a southern Democrat who strongly advocated states rights and when George Kerr owned the SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN in the early 1850s Baine along with William Root and County Clerk A C Bradford was a co-editor He served one year (1856) as a city alderman (councilman)

Benjamin Weir held the distinction of being the only person to serve continuously on the Court of Sessions for its first four years The census of 1850 indicates that he was forty-eight years old at that time and was a native of Virginia The 1852 census noted that he had come to California by way of Mississippi and that he resided in Stockton with his wife and four children He was involved with property-shyincluding the ferry--at Tuolumne City on the Tuolumne River during the late 1870s and early 1880s after the organization and development of Modesto on the railroad line had already doomed the pioneer settlement For further information on this interesting pioneer personality please see Vol XV No4 p 211

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And thereupon journed sine die

the Convention adshy Vol XIV No4 p 178--CoU para 1 line 3 should read had established Woods Ferry

[signed] A G Stakes County Judge

S Co

Index p 183 CoL 2 under Emory O C p 168 should read 166

Vol XV No1 p 191--Col 2 para 2 line 16 This completes the hand-written entries

found in MINUTE BOOK A of the Court of Sessions of San Joaquin County for the years 1850 through 1852 BOOK B covers the years from 1853-55 until by legislative action in Sacramento the Court of Sessions gave way to the present county governing body the Board of Supervisors (Actually because the 1853 term began on December 6 1852 BOOK B contains a few 1852 entries as well)

Due to the sheer size of the project just concluded and the need to rely heavily upon the few existing sources of information-shyparticularly the county histories which are notorious for their inconsistencies--your editor must apolOgize for those errors which have slipped past his scrutiny Although great care was taken to cross-reference inform a tion gleaned from these few sources in order to minimize the number of errors some have made their way into print In addition a number of typographical errors slipped through the proof-reading and we would like to take this opportunity to correct these as well as the other errors Those which we have discovered since the first issue on the Court of Sessions (Vol XIV No 1) appeared in March 1978 are listed below We ask that you refer back to these issues and make the necessary corrections

Sorry Mea Culpa EDITOR

Vol XIV No1 p 153--Col 1 para 2 line 4 should read 1850 through December 6 1852

Vol XIV No2 p 163--Col 2 para 2 line 5 should read partys Stockton newspaper the SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN

Vol XIV No3 p 174-5--George W Tombs surname was invariably spelled Toombs in the San Joaquin and Stanislaus county sources However the 1852 STOCKTON DIRECTORY spelled it Tombs Also Francis Clark author of STEVENSONS REGIMENT TO CALIFORNIA used the single vowel As the two men served in the same company and spent considerable time as close acquaintances your editor chose to follow Clark

should read a native woman who Vol XV No2 p 198--Col 2 para 6 line 5

should be omitted completely Vol XV No3 p 205--Col 1 para 4 This was

supposedly a description of the route declared public on December 3 1850 (please see the original Court entry on page 202 Col 2 entry 162) running from Stockton to Mokelshyumne Hill and San Andreas In Calaveras County The roadway shown on the 1862 map should not have been used as it was NOT the same as this 1850 entry This earlier route continued along the south side of the Calaveras River until a point several mIles EAST of BeUota where it then crossed at the Williams and Athertons ferry It then followshyed the river on its north side on into Calaveras County A second annotation error in this issue--this one on page 207 Col 1 para 2-shywas noted previously but will be noted here again Slocums Ferry was purchased by Johnson therefore Slocums and Johnsons were on~ and the same ferry site

Vol XV No4 p 209 entry 190--Although clearly written O~iel in the MINUTE BOOK the surname should probably be spelled ONeil On p 216 Col 2 index entry Thayer and Willamson (firm)--page 209 should read 210 Also Willoims and Athertons Ranch should read Williams and Athertons Ranch

Vol XVI No2 p 230--Col 2 para 6 Most sources spelled MacNish without the a the MINUTE BOOK entries are spelled Macnish The form used in the HISTORIAN was an arbitrary decision made by the editor --and hopefully the proper one

Vol XVI No3 p 237--Col 1 para 6 line 2 should read in the form of scrip Also p 238 Col 2 entry 7 discusses the various forms of a surname that came up many times in the courts MINUTES ONeal ONeall ONiel ONeil ONeill--take your pick Sometimes the given names were found to have been interchanged as well as the surnames Just how many of these people really existed is open to question Even the township name bears two spellings--in books as well as on maps old and modern ONeill and ONeal According to the Court of Sessions entry made on August 5 1853 (at the time the Court created the township) the

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And thereupon journed sine die

the Convention adshy Vol XIV No4 p 178--CoU para 1 line 3 should read had established Woods Ferry

[signed] A G Stakes County Judge

S Co

Index p 183 CoL 2 under Emory O C p 168 should read 166

Vol XV No1 p 191--Col 2 para 2 line 16 This completes the hand-written entries

found in MINUTE BOOK A of the Court of Sessions of San Joaquin County for the years 1850 through 1852 BOOK B covers the years from 1853-55 until by legislative action in Sacramento the Court of Sessions gave way to the present county governing body the Board of Supervisors (Actually because the 1853 term began on December 6 1852 BOOK B contains a few 1852 entries as well)

Due to the sheer size of the project just concluded and the need to rely heavily upon the few existing sources of information-shyparticularly the county histories which are notorious for their inconsistencies--your editor must apolOgize for those errors which have slipped past his scrutiny Although great care was taken to cross-reference inform a tion gleaned from these few sources in order to minimize the number of errors some have made their way into print In addition a number of typographical errors slipped through the proof-reading and we would like to take this opportunity to correct these as well as the other errors Those which we have discovered since the first issue on the Court of Sessions (Vol XIV No 1) appeared in March 1978 are listed below We ask that you refer back to these issues and make the necessary corrections

Sorry Mea Culpa EDITOR

Vol XIV No1 p 153--Col 1 para 2 line 4 should read 1850 through December 6 1852

Vol XIV No2 p 163--Col 2 para 2 line 5 should read partys Stockton newspaper the SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN

Vol XIV No3 p 174-5--George W Tombs surname was invariably spelled Toombs in the San Joaquin and Stanislaus county sources However the 1852 STOCKTON DIRECTORY spelled it Tombs Also Francis Clark author of STEVENSONS REGIMENT TO CALIFORNIA used the single vowel As the two men served in the same company and spent considerable time as close acquaintances your editor chose to follow Clark

should read a native woman who Vol XV No2 p 198--Col 2 para 6 line 5

should be omitted completely Vol XV No3 p 205--Col 1 para 4 This was

supposedly a description of the route declared public on December 3 1850 (please see the original Court entry on page 202 Col 2 entry 162) running from Stockton to Mokelshyumne Hill and San Andreas In Calaveras County The roadway shown on the 1862 map should not have been used as it was NOT the same as this 1850 entry This earlier route continued along the south side of the Calaveras River until a point several mIles EAST of BeUota where it then crossed at the Williams and Athertons ferry It then followshyed the river on its north side on into Calaveras County A second annotation error in this issue--this one on page 207 Col 1 para 2-shywas noted previously but will be noted here again Slocums Ferry was purchased by Johnson therefore Slocums and Johnsons were on~ and the same ferry site

Vol XV No4 p 209 entry 190--Although clearly written O~iel in the MINUTE BOOK the surname should probably be spelled ONeil On p 216 Col 2 index entry Thayer and Willamson (firm)--page 209 should read 210 Also Willoims and Athertons Ranch should read Williams and Athertons Ranch

Vol XVI No2 p 230--Col 2 para 6 Most sources spelled MacNish without the a the MINUTE BOOK entries are spelled Macnish The form used in the HISTORIAN was an arbitrary decision made by the editor --and hopefully the proper one

Vol XVI No3 p 237--Col 1 para 6 line 2 should read in the form of scrip Also p 238 Col 2 entry 7 discusses the various forms of a surname that came up many times in the courts MINUTES ONeal ONeall ONiel ONeil ONeill--take your pick Sometimes the given names were found to have been interchanged as well as the surnames Just how many of these people really existed is open to question Even the township name bears two spellings--in books as well as on maps old and modern ONeill and ONeal According to the Court of Sessions entry made on August 5 1853 (at the time the Court created the township) the

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Looking north on EI Dorado Street from the south bankof the constructed on the hull of a boat sunk in the slough Note the old Miner Slough in downtown Stockton (now part of Miner roof of the original st Johns Episcopal Church behind and Avenue) The house on the right side of EI Dorado was above the house roof

spelling should be ONeill In the earliest county history Thompson and Wests 1879 HISTORY OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY it is spelled ONeil Lewis Publishing Company in its county history PEN PICTURES FROM THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD (1890) followed the 1879 spelling and noted that the township was named for a pioneer settler out on the Mokelumne Hill road and exshysoldier Edward ONeil Tinkham in his 1880 HISTORY OF STOCKTON made no mention of either the man or the township in his 1923 HISTORY OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY he spells the name ONeal and says that it was named after the well-known sheriff of that day But ONeal was not sheriff until 1857-shyfour years after the township received its name

Vol XIV No3 p 176--Col 1 para 3 Vol XVI No4 p 246--Col 1 para 2 William Moss purchased Bonsells Ferry in 1865--not in 1856 as noted in both entries above

- END OF SERIES shyMINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

MISCELLANEOUS

A briefdescription ofStockton in the fall of1849 from the pen of Leonard Kip early-day visitor to California and oneofthe few who took the time to jotdown his observations for future generations to read -

Stockton was not as large as San Francisco nor by any means as well built There were but few board houses while those of canvas comprised four-fifths of the city The only hotel was canvas covered and consisted merely of a bar gambling saloon and dining room sleeping acshycomodations being a lUXUry which the proprietor either had not the funds or the inclination to provide Sundry old vessels which having come up under foreign colors had only been allowed to discharge upon condition ofnot returning were tied close to the shore and converted into fine roomy stores and in these together with a few warehouses upon land all the business of the city was transacted Stockton had not a particularly busy appearance however being merely a way station between San Francisco and the mines

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Previous page (top) Typical tule boat used by the Yokuts tule mats spread over willow frames inthe construction oftheir Indians in the Delta waterways (bottom) Area Yokuts used houses

n e INDEX TO VOLUME XIX NUMBERS 1middot4 d

VOL XIX NO1 JANUARY-MARCH 1983 pp313-320 Court of Sessions Book A VOL XIX NO2 APRIL-JUNE 1983 pp321-328 Court of SeSSions Book A VOL XIX NO3 JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983 pp329-336 Court of SeSSions Book A

d VOL XIX NO4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER1983 pp337-344 Court of SeSSions Book A t e If

Adams JT 321 323 Galt (Calif) 315 Newman (Cali) 319 I Annals of Tuolumne Co 322 Gard J 323 Nichols WH 324 326 Ashe (Sheriff) RP 313 331-2 Gardner David B 321 323 Noble RW 317 319 Atwood 317319 Gards Ranch 323 Nobles House 317 319

g Baine (Judge) AC 335 338 Garrard 321 Oakdale (Calif) 321 g Beacham ET 323-4 Given John 324 326 OByrnes Ferry 313-4

Benedicts Ranch 324 326 Golden Lion (hotel) 330 OByrnes Ferry bridge photo 314 Benson John A 330 Goodman 324326 ONeils Ranch 323-4 Bensons Ferry 324 330 Payton VM 317319Grant (Pres)

Billings J 321 Gratton Christopher 313 316 Phelps CW 317 Gratton John 316 Bonner J 319 Phelps WG 317 319

Bonsells Ferry 320 330-1 340 Ravenswood (ranch) 319 Grisham 330

Bradford AC 316 330-2 335338 Harding (Col) 331 Richardson JB 319 Hawaiian Islands 317 Brannan John 330 Rogers Nathaniel 321 323 Heath amp Emorys Ferry 313 319 321-3 Brooks SH 316 Root (Judge) William 338

Byrne Patrick 0313-4 334 Sacramento (Calif) 315 317 Hedges amp Buck (grocers) 332 Byrnes Ferry 313-4 SI Johns Episcopal Church 340 Henderson 321-2ng Canavan Edward 313 331 San Joaquin Republican 316325334Hendrees AE 319~ an Chalmers Ranch 321 338-9 Herron John 331

an Claiborne Gilbert 333 335 Shafer (Judge) JK 316 330-2 334-5 338 Hills Ferry 319338 Clapp John 315 Shurtleff (Dr) GA 313 History of Stanislaus Co 323as Clark amp Sireys Ferry 330 Simpson amp Co Ranch 317 319 ed Hodges David W 324Clements (Dr) Joseph B 316 Simpson James 319

ed Cogswell Edwin 324 330 Hogan James 321 Simpson William 317 319 Collegeville (SJCo) 321 Slocum G J 320 Hutchinson M 317 319

Islips Ferry 335 nd Columbia House 329-30 Slocums Ferry 319 330-1 339 Keeler GW 321-2

)r Comstock EH 315 Stakes (Judge) AG 334-5 338-9 Copperopolis (Cali) 313 Staples Ranch 324-6 Kerr George 316 338

1n Kip Leonard (author) 340 Curtis GA 324 330 Stevenson Archibald 319 Knights Ferry 314 321-3 Dale John 321-2 Stockton (Calif) 313 315-6 319 326-8

Davis bridge 314 340-1Lansing James 317319 1g Lathrop amp Johnson (firm) 331 he DeFerrari Carlo (author) 322 Linden (Calif) 330 Stockton Journal 324 he Dent amp Vantines Ferry 321-2 Lockeford (Calif) 314 Stockton Times 335 ht Dent Brothers 322-3 MacNish John 339 Sullivan FJ 324 326

Manley TS 330

Dean (Judge) Seneca 323 332 Stockton Insane Asylum 316

of Dent John 321 Sutterfield GW 319 Mansion House (hotel) 326 337 Jd Dent Julia 322 Taylor OB 317 Mason 320Dickenson Gallant D 319 Terry amp Hodges Ranch 324-5 1d Masterson E 323Douglass D 323-4 Terry (Judge) David S 324 1d Douglass GB 335 338 McCloud Alonzo 331 Thayer George 321 323

Drummond JJ 324 326 McClouds Ranch 313 Tombs George W 339 McMullen John 323-4 Dry Creek 314-5 Trahern GW 324 McQueen Alexander 314-5 EA Thompson amp Co 316 Tulloch Dam 313-4

Elk Horn Ranch 324 330 Vreeland EB 320 Mitchell C 314 324 330

Emory (Judge) OC 316 324-5 330-2 Wallace AD 316 Monterey (Calif) 319 Moquelumne River 314 334338-9 Wallis HW 321-2

Farmington (Calif) 313 321 Walthall Madison 331Morton EH 317 319 Morton (Mr amp Mrs) R Kristian 333 Ferguson MC 321323 Ward CA 313 Mortons Ranch Hotel 319 Flood John AJ 314 Weir (Judge) BG 313 334~5 338 Nelson ___-shyFourteen Mile House 321 323 Wells David 323

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INDEX (CONT)

White House (hotel) 332 Whiting J5bull 316 331 Williams amp Athertons Ranch 339 Williams (Judge) Benjamin 317 327 Wilson William 317319 Windsor Hotel 326 337 Winters R 323-4 Wood GWbull 324 330 Woodbridge (Calif) 315 Woods Ferry 314 330 339 Woods Jeremiah 315 Yokuts Indians 343 Yosemite House (hotel) 332 Zachariah J 316

JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Quarterly of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC Published Four Tim(~ Each Year

P O Box 21 Lodi California 9524J Editor Hobert Monta

The San Joaquin County Historical Society a non-profit corporation meets the fourth Monshyday of each month except for July August and December Membership Includes a subSCripshytion to the San Joaquin Hlatorian Nonshymembers may purchase individual copies from the Societys Secretary at $100 per copy The Society also operates the San Joaquin County Hlstortcal Museum at Micke Grove Persons wishing to donate items should contact the Museum Director

MISCELLANEOUS

From the Stockton IimJs newspaper March 1 1850

Escape of prisoners On Monday night last about 10 0clock while the Sheriffand Gaoler (jailer) were sitting below the rooms where the prisoners are confined - in a wooden building on the Peninsula - they were alarmed by the noise of chains outside the building The gaoler imshymediately rushed out with a six shooter and captured a prisonerofthe name ofScott Itappears that the prisoners had broken the leg off a table and using it as a lever had succeeded in breaking their chains They then forced the bars from the window and having opened it walked along the veranda outside to Mr Knights store where they jumped to the ground Little Joe who it will berecshyollected stabbed a Mexican boy some few weeks ago was captured a few minutes afterwards by a Frenchman who had recognized him Mickey it appears did not break loose Nine prisoners have escaped most of them charged with theft and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without calling the attention of the proper authorities to the want ofsufficientsec urity in the building in which the prisoners were confined It is in consequenee of this insufficiency that these rascals have escaped no doubt only to commit further depredations At the same time it is right to state that we consider no blame can attach to the Sheriff but believe him perfectly competent to the duty which he fulfills

(Please refer back to the October - December 1978 Historian (XIV No4) for a discussion of jail facilities in early Stockton pp 178-181)

Officers of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(1983 - 1984) James Beardsley President Thomas Shephard 1st Vice President William Owen 2nd Vice President Mrs Sylvia Minnick RecordIng Secretary Ms Sandra Barese Corresponding Secretary Howard Lewis Treasurer

Directors Robert Bonta George Danver John C)T Frank Bodin

SA~ JOAQCI COIDiTY HISTORICAL MUSEL~f

Michael W Bennett Director

Micke Grove Park 11793 N Micke Grove Road Lodi California

Post Office Box 21 Lodi California 95241 Phone (209) 368-9154 or (209) 463-4119

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Previous page (top) Typical tule boat used by the Yokuts tule mats spread over willow frames inthe construction oftheir Indians in the Delta waterways (bottom) Area Yokuts used houses

n e INDEX TO VOLUME XIX NUMBERS 1middot4 d

VOL XIX NO1 JANUARY-MARCH 1983 pp313-320 Court of Sessions Book A VOL XIX NO2 APRIL-JUNE 1983 pp321-328 Court of SeSSions Book A VOL XIX NO3 JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983 pp329-336 Court of SeSSions Book A

d VOL XIX NO4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER1983 pp337-344 Court of SeSSions Book A t e If

Adams JT 321 323 Galt (Calif) 315 Newman (Cali) 319 I Annals of Tuolumne Co 322 Gard J 323 Nichols WH 324 326 Ashe (Sheriff) RP 313 331-2 Gardner David B 321 323 Noble RW 317 319 Atwood 317319 Gards Ranch 323 Nobles House 317 319

g Baine (Judge) AC 335 338 Garrard 321 Oakdale (Calif) 321 g Beacham ET 323-4 Given John 324 326 OByrnes Ferry 313-4

Benedicts Ranch 324 326 Golden Lion (hotel) 330 OByrnes Ferry bridge photo 314 Benson John A 330 Goodman 324326 ONeils Ranch 323-4 Bensons Ferry 324 330 Payton VM 317319Grant (Pres)

Billings J 321 Gratton Christopher 313 316 Phelps CW 317 Gratton John 316 Bonner J 319 Phelps WG 317 319

Bonsells Ferry 320 330-1 340 Ravenswood (ranch) 319 Grisham 330

Bradford AC 316 330-2 335338 Harding (Col) 331 Richardson JB 319 Hawaiian Islands 317 Brannan John 330 Rogers Nathaniel 321 323 Heath amp Emorys Ferry 313 319 321-3 Brooks SH 316 Root (Judge) William 338

Byrne Patrick 0313-4 334 Sacramento (Calif) 315 317 Hedges amp Buck (grocers) 332 Byrnes Ferry 313-4 SI Johns Episcopal Church 340 Henderson 321-2ng Canavan Edward 313 331 San Joaquin Republican 316325334Hendrees AE 319~ an Chalmers Ranch 321 338-9 Herron John 331

an Claiborne Gilbert 333 335 Shafer (Judge) JK 316 330-2 334-5 338 Hills Ferry 319338 Clapp John 315 Shurtleff (Dr) GA 313 History of Stanislaus Co 323as Clark amp Sireys Ferry 330 Simpson amp Co Ranch 317 319 ed Hodges David W 324Clements (Dr) Joseph B 316 Simpson James 319

ed Cogswell Edwin 324 330 Hogan James 321 Simpson William 317 319 Collegeville (SJCo) 321 Slocum G J 320 Hutchinson M 317 319

Islips Ferry 335 nd Columbia House 329-30 Slocums Ferry 319 330-1 339 Keeler GW 321-2

)r Comstock EH 315 Stakes (Judge) AG 334-5 338-9 Copperopolis (Cali) 313 Staples Ranch 324-6 Kerr George 316 338

1n Kip Leonard (author) 340 Curtis GA 324 330 Stevenson Archibald 319 Knights Ferry 314 321-3 Dale John 321-2 Stockton (Calif) 313 315-6 319 326-8

Davis bridge 314 340-1Lansing James 317319 1g Lathrop amp Johnson (firm) 331 he DeFerrari Carlo (author) 322 Linden (Calif) 330 Stockton Journal 324 he Dent amp Vantines Ferry 321-2 Lockeford (Calif) 314 Stockton Times 335 ht Dent Brothers 322-3 MacNish John 339 Sullivan FJ 324 326

Manley TS 330

Dean (Judge) Seneca 323 332 Stockton Insane Asylum 316

of Dent John 321 Sutterfield GW 319 Mansion House (hotel) 326 337 Jd Dent Julia 322 Taylor OB 317 Mason 320Dickenson Gallant D 319 Terry amp Hodges Ranch 324-5 1d Masterson E 323Douglass D 323-4 Terry (Judge) David S 324 1d Douglass GB 335 338 McCloud Alonzo 331 Thayer George 321 323

Drummond JJ 324 326 McClouds Ranch 313 Tombs George W 339 McMullen John 323-4 Dry Creek 314-5 Trahern GW 324 McQueen Alexander 314-5 EA Thompson amp Co 316 Tulloch Dam 313-4

Elk Horn Ranch 324 330 Vreeland EB 320 Mitchell C 314 324 330

Emory (Judge) OC 316 324-5 330-2 Wallace AD 316 Monterey (Calif) 319 Moquelumne River 314 334338-9 Wallis HW 321-2

Farmington (Calif) 313 321 Walthall Madison 331Morton EH 317 319 Morton (Mr amp Mrs) R Kristian 333 Ferguson MC 321323 Ward CA 313 Mortons Ranch Hotel 319 Flood John AJ 314 Weir (Judge) BG 313 334~5 338 Nelson ___-shyFourteen Mile House 321 323 Wells David 323

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MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) (cont)

INDEX (CONT)

White House (hotel) 332 Whiting J5bull 316 331 Williams amp Athertons Ranch 339 Williams (Judge) Benjamin 317 327 Wilson William 317319 Windsor Hotel 326 337 Winters R 323-4 Wood GWbull 324 330 Woodbridge (Calif) 315 Woods Ferry 314 330 339 Woods Jeremiah 315 Yokuts Indians 343 Yosemite House (hotel) 332 Zachariah J 316

JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC Published Four Tim(~ Each Year

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The San Joaquin County Historical Society a non-profit corporation meets the fourth Monshyday of each month except for July August and December Membership Includes a subSCripshytion to the San Joaquin Hlatorian Nonshymembers may purchase individual copies from the Societys Secretary at $100 per copy The Society also operates the San Joaquin County Hlstortcal Museum at Micke Grove Persons wishing to donate items should contact the Museum Director

MISCELLANEOUS

From the Stockton IimJs newspaper March 1 1850

Escape of prisoners On Monday night last about 10 0clock while the Sheriffand Gaoler (jailer) were sitting below the rooms where the prisoners are confined - in a wooden building on the Peninsula - they were alarmed by the noise of chains outside the building The gaoler imshymediately rushed out with a six shooter and captured a prisonerofthe name ofScott Itappears that the prisoners had broken the leg off a table and using it as a lever had succeeded in breaking their chains They then forced the bars from the window and having opened it walked along the veranda outside to Mr Knights store where they jumped to the ground Little Joe who it will berecshyollected stabbed a Mexican boy some few weeks ago was captured a few minutes afterwards by a Frenchman who had recognized him Mickey it appears did not break loose Nine prisoners have escaped most of them charged with theft and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without calling the attention of the proper authorities to the want ofsufficientsec urity in the building in which the prisoners were confined It is in consequenee of this insufficiency that these rascals have escaped no doubt only to commit further depredations At the same time it is right to state that we consider no blame can attach to the Sheriff but believe him perfectly competent to the duty which he fulfills

(Please refer back to the October - December 1978 Historian (XIV No4) for a discussion of jail facilities in early Stockton pp 178-181)

Officers of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(1983 - 1984) James Beardsley President Thomas Shephard 1st Vice President William Owen 2nd Vice President Mrs Sylvia Minnick RecordIng Secretary Ms Sandra Barese Corresponding Secretary Howard Lewis Treasurer

Directors Robert Bonta George Danver John C)T Frank Bodin

SA~ JOAQCI COIDiTY HISTORICAL MUSEL~f

Michael W Bennett Director

Micke Grove Park 11793 N Micke Grove Road Lodi California

Post Office Box 21 Lodi California 95241 Phone (209) 368-9154 or (209) 463-4119

PAGE 342 SAN JOAQUIN mSTORIAN

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SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN PAGE 343

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (CIVIL) (cont)

Previous page (top) Typical tule boat used by the Yokuts tule mats spread over willow frames inthe construction oftheir Indians in the Delta waterways (bottom) Area Yokuts used houses

n e INDEX TO VOLUME XIX NUMBERS 1middot4 d

VOL XIX NO1 JANUARY-MARCH 1983 pp313-320 Court of Sessions Book A VOL XIX NO2 APRIL-JUNE 1983 pp321-328 Court of SeSSions Book A VOL XIX NO3 JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983 pp329-336 Court of SeSSions Book A

d VOL XIX NO4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER1983 pp337-344 Court of SeSSions Book A t e If

Adams JT 321 323 Galt (Calif) 315 Newman (Cali) 319 I Annals of Tuolumne Co 322 Gard J 323 Nichols WH 324 326 Ashe (Sheriff) RP 313 331-2 Gardner David B 321 323 Noble RW 317 319 Atwood 317319 Gards Ranch 323 Nobles House 317 319

g Baine (Judge) AC 335 338 Garrard 321 Oakdale (Calif) 321 g Beacham ET 323-4 Given John 324 326 OByrnes Ferry 313-4

Benedicts Ranch 324 326 Golden Lion (hotel) 330 OByrnes Ferry bridge photo 314 Benson John A 330 Goodman 324326 ONeils Ranch 323-4 Bensons Ferry 324 330 Payton VM 317319Grant (Pres)

Billings J 321 Gratton Christopher 313 316 Phelps CW 317 Gratton John 316 Bonner J 319 Phelps WG 317 319

Bonsells Ferry 320 330-1 340 Ravenswood (ranch) 319 Grisham 330

Bradford AC 316 330-2 335338 Harding (Col) 331 Richardson JB 319 Hawaiian Islands 317 Brannan John 330 Rogers Nathaniel 321 323 Heath amp Emorys Ferry 313 319 321-3 Brooks SH 316 Root (Judge) William 338

Byrne Patrick 0313-4 334 Sacramento (Calif) 315 317 Hedges amp Buck (grocers) 332 Byrnes Ferry 313-4 SI Johns Episcopal Church 340 Henderson 321-2ng Canavan Edward 313 331 San Joaquin Republican 316325334Hendrees AE 319~ an Chalmers Ranch 321 338-9 Herron John 331

an Claiborne Gilbert 333 335 Shafer (Judge) JK 316 330-2 334-5 338 Hills Ferry 319338 Clapp John 315 Shurtleff (Dr) GA 313 History of Stanislaus Co 323as Clark amp Sireys Ferry 330 Simpson amp Co Ranch 317 319 ed Hodges David W 324Clements (Dr) Joseph B 316 Simpson James 319

ed Cogswell Edwin 324 330 Hogan James 321 Simpson William 317 319 Collegeville (SJCo) 321 Slocum G J 320 Hutchinson M 317 319

Islips Ferry 335 nd Columbia House 329-30 Slocums Ferry 319 330-1 339 Keeler GW 321-2

)r Comstock EH 315 Stakes (Judge) AG 334-5 338-9 Copperopolis (Cali) 313 Staples Ranch 324-6 Kerr George 316 338

1n Kip Leonard (author) 340 Curtis GA 324 330 Stevenson Archibald 319 Knights Ferry 314 321-3 Dale John 321-2 Stockton (Calif) 313 315-6 319 326-8

Davis bridge 314 340-1Lansing James 317319 1g Lathrop amp Johnson (firm) 331 he DeFerrari Carlo (author) 322 Linden (Calif) 330 Stockton Journal 324 he Dent amp Vantines Ferry 321-2 Lockeford (Calif) 314 Stockton Times 335 ht Dent Brothers 322-3 MacNish John 339 Sullivan FJ 324 326

Manley TS 330

Dean (Judge) Seneca 323 332 Stockton Insane Asylum 316

of Dent John 321 Sutterfield GW 319 Mansion House (hotel) 326 337 Jd Dent Julia 322 Taylor OB 317 Mason 320Dickenson Gallant D 319 Terry amp Hodges Ranch 324-5 1d Masterson E 323Douglass D 323-4 Terry (Judge) David S 324 1d Douglass GB 335 338 McCloud Alonzo 331 Thayer George 321 323

Drummond JJ 324 326 McClouds Ranch 313 Tombs George W 339 McMullen John 323-4 Dry Creek 314-5 Trahern GW 324 McQueen Alexander 314-5 EA Thompson amp Co 316 Tulloch Dam 313-4

Elk Horn Ranch 324 330 Vreeland EB 320 Mitchell C 314 324 330

Emory (Judge) OC 316 324-5 330-2 Wallace AD 316 Monterey (Calif) 319 Moquelumne River 314 334338-9 Wallis HW 321-2

Farmington (Calif) 313 321 Walthall Madison 331Morton EH 317 319 Morton (Mr amp Mrs) R Kristian 333 Ferguson MC 321323 Ward CA 313 Mortons Ranch Hotel 319 Flood John AJ 314 Weir (Judge) BG 313 334~5 338 Nelson ___-shyFourteen Mile House 321 323 Wells David 323

PAGE 344 SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) (cont)

INDEX (CONT)

White House (hotel) 332 Whiting J5bull 316 331 Williams amp Athertons Ranch 339 Williams (Judge) Benjamin 317 327 Wilson William 317319 Windsor Hotel 326 337 Winters R 323-4 Wood GWbull 324 330 Woodbridge (Calif) 315 Woods Ferry 314 330 339 Woods Jeremiah 315 Yokuts Indians 343 Yosemite House (hotel) 332 Zachariah J 316

JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Quarterly of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC Published Four Tim(~ Each Year

P O Box 21 Lodi California 9524J Editor Hobert Monta

The San Joaquin County Historical Society a non-profit corporation meets the fourth Monshyday of each month except for July August and December Membership Includes a subSCripshytion to the San Joaquin Hlatorian Nonshymembers may purchase individual copies from the Societys Secretary at $100 per copy The Society also operates the San Joaquin County Hlstortcal Museum at Micke Grove Persons wishing to donate items should contact the Museum Director

MISCELLANEOUS

From the Stockton IimJs newspaper March 1 1850

Escape of prisoners On Monday night last about 10 0clock while the Sheriffand Gaoler (jailer) were sitting below the rooms where the prisoners are confined - in a wooden building on the Peninsula - they were alarmed by the noise of chains outside the building The gaoler imshymediately rushed out with a six shooter and captured a prisonerofthe name ofScott Itappears that the prisoners had broken the leg off a table and using it as a lever had succeeded in breaking their chains They then forced the bars from the window and having opened it walked along the veranda outside to Mr Knights store where they jumped to the ground Little Joe who it will berecshyollected stabbed a Mexican boy some few weeks ago was captured a few minutes afterwards by a Frenchman who had recognized him Mickey it appears did not break loose Nine prisoners have escaped most of them charged with theft and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without calling the attention of the proper authorities to the want ofsufficientsec urity in the building in which the prisoners were confined It is in consequenee of this insufficiency that these rascals have escaped no doubt only to commit further depredations At the same time it is right to state that we consider no blame can attach to the Sheriff but believe him perfectly competent to the duty which he fulfills

(Please refer back to the October - December 1978 Historian (XIV No4) for a discussion of jail facilities in early Stockton pp 178-181)

Officers of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(1983 - 1984) James Beardsley President Thomas Shephard 1st Vice President William Owen 2nd Vice President Mrs Sylvia Minnick RecordIng Secretary Ms Sandra Barese Corresponding Secretary Howard Lewis Treasurer

Directors Robert Bonta George Danver John C)T Frank Bodin

SA~ JOAQCI COIDiTY HISTORICAL MUSEL~f

Michael W Bennett Director

Micke Grove Park 11793 N Micke Grove Road Lodi California

Post Office Box 21 Lodi California 95241 Phone (209) 368-9154 or (209) 463-4119

SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN PAGE 343

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (CIVIL) (cont)

Previous page (top) Typical tule boat used by the Yokuts tule mats spread over willow frames inthe construction oftheir Indians in the Delta waterways (bottom) Area Yokuts used houses

n e INDEX TO VOLUME XIX NUMBERS 1middot4 d

VOL XIX NO1 JANUARY-MARCH 1983 pp313-320 Court of Sessions Book A VOL XIX NO2 APRIL-JUNE 1983 pp321-328 Court of SeSSions Book A VOL XIX NO3 JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983 pp329-336 Court of SeSSions Book A

d VOL XIX NO4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER1983 pp337-344 Court of SeSSions Book A t e If

Adams JT 321 323 Galt (Calif) 315 Newman (Cali) 319 I Annals of Tuolumne Co 322 Gard J 323 Nichols WH 324 326 Ashe (Sheriff) RP 313 331-2 Gardner David B 321 323 Noble RW 317 319 Atwood 317319 Gards Ranch 323 Nobles House 317 319

g Baine (Judge) AC 335 338 Garrard 321 Oakdale (Calif) 321 g Beacham ET 323-4 Given John 324 326 OByrnes Ferry 313-4

Benedicts Ranch 324 326 Golden Lion (hotel) 330 OByrnes Ferry bridge photo 314 Benson John A 330 Goodman 324326 ONeils Ranch 323-4 Bensons Ferry 324 330 Payton VM 317319Grant (Pres)

Billings J 321 Gratton Christopher 313 316 Phelps CW 317 Gratton John 316 Bonner J 319 Phelps WG 317 319

Bonsells Ferry 320 330-1 340 Ravenswood (ranch) 319 Grisham 330

Bradford AC 316 330-2 335338 Harding (Col) 331 Richardson JB 319 Hawaiian Islands 317 Brannan John 330 Rogers Nathaniel 321 323 Heath amp Emorys Ferry 313 319 321-3 Brooks SH 316 Root (Judge) William 338

Byrne Patrick 0313-4 334 Sacramento (Calif) 315 317 Hedges amp Buck (grocers) 332 Byrnes Ferry 313-4 SI Johns Episcopal Church 340 Henderson 321-2ng Canavan Edward 313 331 San Joaquin Republican 316325334Hendrees AE 319~ an Chalmers Ranch 321 338-9 Herron John 331

an Claiborne Gilbert 333 335 Shafer (Judge) JK 316 330-2 334-5 338 Hills Ferry 319338 Clapp John 315 Shurtleff (Dr) GA 313 History of Stanislaus Co 323as Clark amp Sireys Ferry 330 Simpson amp Co Ranch 317 319 ed Hodges David W 324Clements (Dr) Joseph B 316 Simpson James 319

ed Cogswell Edwin 324 330 Hogan James 321 Simpson William 317 319 Collegeville (SJCo) 321 Slocum G J 320 Hutchinson M 317 319

Islips Ferry 335 nd Columbia House 329-30 Slocums Ferry 319 330-1 339 Keeler GW 321-2

)r Comstock EH 315 Stakes (Judge) AG 334-5 338-9 Copperopolis (Cali) 313 Staples Ranch 324-6 Kerr George 316 338

1n Kip Leonard (author) 340 Curtis GA 324 330 Stevenson Archibald 319 Knights Ferry 314 321-3 Dale John 321-2 Stockton (Calif) 313 315-6 319 326-8

Davis bridge 314 340-1Lansing James 317319 1g Lathrop amp Johnson (firm) 331 he DeFerrari Carlo (author) 322 Linden (Calif) 330 Stockton Journal 324 he Dent amp Vantines Ferry 321-2 Lockeford (Calif) 314 Stockton Times 335 ht Dent Brothers 322-3 MacNish John 339 Sullivan FJ 324 326

Manley TS 330

Dean (Judge) Seneca 323 332 Stockton Insane Asylum 316

of Dent John 321 Sutterfield GW 319 Mansion House (hotel) 326 337 Jd Dent Julia 322 Taylor OB 317 Mason 320Dickenson Gallant D 319 Terry amp Hodges Ranch 324-5 1d Masterson E 323Douglass D 323-4 Terry (Judge) David S 324 1d Douglass GB 335 338 McCloud Alonzo 331 Thayer George 321 323

Drummond JJ 324 326 McClouds Ranch 313 Tombs George W 339 McMullen John 323-4 Dry Creek 314-5 Trahern GW 324 McQueen Alexander 314-5 EA Thompson amp Co 316 Tulloch Dam 313-4

Elk Horn Ranch 324 330 Vreeland EB 320 Mitchell C 314 324 330

Emory (Judge) OC 316 324-5 330-2 Wallace AD 316 Monterey (Calif) 319 Moquelumne River 314 334338-9 Wallis HW 321-2

Farmington (Calif) 313 321 Walthall Madison 331Morton EH 317 319 Morton (Mr amp Mrs) R Kristian 333 Ferguson MC 321323 Ward CA 313 Mortons Ranch Hotel 319 Flood John AJ 314 Weir (Judge) BG 313 334~5 338 Nelson ___-shyFourteen Mile House 321 323 Wells David 323

PAGE 344 SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) (cont)

INDEX (CONT)

White House (hotel) 332 Whiting J5bull 316 331 Williams amp Athertons Ranch 339 Williams (Judge) Benjamin 317 327 Wilson William 317319 Windsor Hotel 326 337 Winters R 323-4 Wood GWbull 324 330 Woodbridge (Calif) 315 Woods Ferry 314 330 339 Woods Jeremiah 315 Yokuts Indians 343 Yosemite House (hotel) 332 Zachariah J 316

JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Quarterly of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC Published Four Tim(~ Each Year

P O Box 21 Lodi California 9524J Editor Hobert Monta

The San Joaquin County Historical Society a non-profit corporation meets the fourth Monshyday of each month except for July August and December Membership Includes a subSCripshytion to the San Joaquin Hlatorian Nonshymembers may purchase individual copies from the Societys Secretary at $100 per copy The Society also operates the San Joaquin County Hlstortcal Museum at Micke Grove Persons wishing to donate items should contact the Museum Director

MISCELLANEOUS

From the Stockton IimJs newspaper March 1 1850

Escape of prisoners On Monday night last about 10 0clock while the Sheriffand Gaoler (jailer) were sitting below the rooms where the prisoners are confined - in a wooden building on the Peninsula - they were alarmed by the noise of chains outside the building The gaoler imshymediately rushed out with a six shooter and captured a prisonerofthe name ofScott Itappears that the prisoners had broken the leg off a table and using it as a lever had succeeded in breaking their chains They then forced the bars from the window and having opened it walked along the veranda outside to Mr Knights store where they jumped to the ground Little Joe who it will berecshyollected stabbed a Mexican boy some few weeks ago was captured a few minutes afterwards by a Frenchman who had recognized him Mickey it appears did not break loose Nine prisoners have escaped most of them charged with theft and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without calling the attention of the proper authorities to the want ofsufficientsec urity in the building in which the prisoners were confined It is in consequenee of this insufficiency that these rascals have escaped no doubt only to commit further depredations At the same time it is right to state that we consider no blame can attach to the Sheriff but believe him perfectly competent to the duty which he fulfills

(Please refer back to the October - December 1978 Historian (XIV No4) for a discussion of jail facilities in early Stockton pp 178-181)

Officers of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(1983 - 1984) James Beardsley President Thomas Shephard 1st Vice President William Owen 2nd Vice President Mrs Sylvia Minnick RecordIng Secretary Ms Sandra Barese Corresponding Secretary Howard Lewis Treasurer

Directors Robert Bonta George Danver John C)T Frank Bodin

SA~ JOAQCI COIDiTY HISTORICAL MUSEL~f

Michael W Bennett Director

Micke Grove Park 11793 N Micke Grove Road Lodi California

Post Office Box 21 Lodi California 95241 Phone (209) 368-9154 or (209) 463-4119

PAGE 344 SAN JOAQUIN HISTORIAN

MINUTE BOOK A - COURT OF SESSIONS (Civil) (cont)

INDEX (CONT)

White House (hotel) 332 Whiting J5bull 316 331 Williams amp Athertons Ranch 339 Williams (Judge) Benjamin 317 327 Wilson William 317319 Windsor Hotel 326 337 Winters R 323-4 Wood GWbull 324 330 Woodbridge (Calif) 315 Woods Ferry 314 330 339 Woods Jeremiah 315 Yokuts Indians 343 Yosemite House (hotel) 332 Zachariah J 316

JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Quarterly of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC Published Four Tim(~ Each Year

P O Box 21 Lodi California 9524J Editor Hobert Monta

The San Joaquin County Historical Society a non-profit corporation meets the fourth Monshyday of each month except for July August and December Membership Includes a subSCripshytion to the San Joaquin Hlatorian Nonshymembers may purchase individual copies from the Societys Secretary at $100 per copy The Society also operates the San Joaquin County Hlstortcal Museum at Micke Grove Persons wishing to donate items should contact the Museum Director

MISCELLANEOUS

From the Stockton IimJs newspaper March 1 1850

Escape of prisoners On Monday night last about 10 0clock while the Sheriffand Gaoler (jailer) were sitting below the rooms where the prisoners are confined - in a wooden building on the Peninsula - they were alarmed by the noise of chains outside the building The gaoler imshymediately rushed out with a six shooter and captured a prisonerofthe name ofScott Itappears that the prisoners had broken the leg off a table and using it as a lever had succeeded in breaking their chains They then forced the bars from the window and having opened it walked along the veranda outside to Mr Knights store where they jumped to the ground Little Joe who it will berecshyollected stabbed a Mexican boy some few weeks ago was captured a few minutes afterwards by a Frenchman who had recognized him Mickey it appears did not break loose Nine prisoners have escaped most of them charged with theft and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without calling the attention of the proper authorities to the want ofsufficientsec urity in the building in which the prisoners were confined It is in consequenee of this insufficiency that these rascals have escaped no doubt only to commit further depredations At the same time it is right to state that we consider no blame can attach to the Sheriff but believe him perfectly competent to the duty which he fulfills

(Please refer back to the October - December 1978 Historian (XIV No4) for a discussion of jail facilities in early Stockton pp 178-181)

Officers of the SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(1983 - 1984) James Beardsley President Thomas Shephard 1st Vice President William Owen 2nd Vice President Mrs Sylvia Minnick RecordIng Secretary Ms Sandra Barese Corresponding Secretary Howard Lewis Treasurer

Directors Robert Bonta George Danver John C)T Frank Bodin

SA~ JOAQCI COIDiTY HISTORICAL MUSEL~f

Michael W Bennett Director

Micke Grove Park 11793 N Micke Grove Road Lodi California

Post Office Box 21 Lodi California 95241 Phone (209) 368-9154 or (209) 463-4119