Amador ledger., 1901-01-25

and John Wiley we're elected trustees;
Edward Sherry was elected marshal;
Daniel Alaujer was elected treasurer
and A Askey was elected assessor.
/ OF thes William jennings. John Wiley,
Edward sherry and Daniel Maujer are
Jew names in the history of the in
corporation of Jackson.
William G. Jennings was one Of the
earliest arrivals here, having come
with a party from Ohio. He was in
business part of the time at the Hotel
de France, part of the same property
in which Congress" Hall kept a
restaurant. In October, 1853, he drove
in buggy out to near where Pine
Grove now stands and met the Barton
family overland from the East, with
whom were Hiram Allen and wife and
her sister, Miss Bill, to whom Mr..
Jennings was shortly afterward mar
ried. In 1855 he was Public Admins
TRAITOR of the county and in 1865 and
1866 member of the Board of Super
visors. May 10, 1862, he was elected
one of the three members of the Board
of Commissioners to build the AmadOr
wagon road for which the county issued
S25, 600 in bonds. From jackson he
went to Willow Springs, purchasing a
ranch and station. A few years later
he moved to Drytown and entered into
merchandise business. He made that
place his home afterwards until elected
county treasurer in 1886 when he moved
to the county seat again, his son
George, remaining in DrytOwn and con-
Quoting the business for several years.
He filed the Office of treasurer for
eight years when he again returned to
Dryto where he still resides, and
entered into business. While he was
County Treasurer and living in jack
son, Mrs. Jennings died. Three living
children are Frank Jennings. OF Port
land, George G. Jennings OF Iowa Hill
and Mrs. Coyle of Tacoma. Mr..
Jennings still is younger in appearance
than many men twenty years his junior
and at the present time is at the State
Capitol watching the progress of legis-
lation. Being mem Der of the Board
of Town Trustees he was elected clerk
of the Board, July 30, 1855, to succeed
Charles BOynton, who resigned at the
previous meeting on July %, 1855.
John Wiley was brother of Hugh
Wiley and was associated with him in
the dairying and butchering business
here. Ten or twelve years ago they
were still together in Alameda county.
Edward Sherry was young man, a
New Yorker, who aspired to police
duty, and generally made his head
quarters in the offices of the constable
or sheriff. He was one of the posse of
Sheriff Phoenix when he pursued the
Rancheria Murderers. Some years
later he tried to get the nomination for
ht1f oil H. in N
early day.
Daniel Maujer was Freuchman and
was associated with Amos Barrett.
After the death of the latter and their
bushes trouble, he left Jackson and
his subsequent movements seem to
have been forgotten by most of those
who were familiar with the county in
those days.
In 1855 in suit in the County Court
of Nevada, it was decided that the law
of 1850, under which the town of jack
son and many other towns was incorpo.
rated, was unconstitutional and the
trustees of jackson met at longer inter-
walls until November 10Th of that year,
when the last meeting was held. The
following year the Supreme Court sus-
tanned the decision of the County Court
and so far as the future was concerned
Jackson was as If it never had been in
corpOrated.
The first assessment of the town was
completed by Assessor Williams, and
the assessment roll turned over to the
Board of Town Trustees, March 8, 1854.
The roll showed the valuation of real
estate to be $85, $50; personal property
$40, $50; making a total of $129, 600.
The board levied tax of oue-fourth of
one per cent on the assessed valuation.
The second assessment OF the town was
made by Assessor Askey and the roll
was turned over to the board at it's
meeting January Is, 1855. In this the
value of real estate was fixed at S169, :
$50 and the value of personal property
at $Sl $50, making total of $25l, 700,
on which tax Of one-fourth of one per
cent was levied; producing revenue
of 1929. 25.
In the early part of 1856 the Jackson
Cemetery was laid out and fenced by
the Board of Town Trustees, and sur
veying and plotting the cemetery was
being arranged for when the County
Court dicisiOn was rendered declaring
the organic law of town incorporation
unconstitutional and in consequence
the matter was dropped.
Most of the funds of the town were
paid out for watchmen and for street
sprinkling and street cleaning.
The record book of the Board of
Town Trustees contains the following
list of members enrolled in Jackson
Hook and Ladder Company No. J.,
November 8, 1854: Thomas D. Wells,
Foreman; Daniel Maujer, Assistant
Foreman; Edwin Agard, Assistant
Foreman; Ellis Evans, Treasurer;
VIM. M. Rogers, Secretary; Charles
Boynton, E. j. Moreto, John Wiley,
B. B. Redhead, Thomas Jones, Nicho-
las Matthie, Leon Sompayrac, Talcot
Willis, Bruce Husband, William Jen-
nings, Thomas Robertson, Harold
Evans, John Lowell, John Hoffnagle,
Wesley Jackson, George S. Stevens,
S. G. Hand, Timothy Hinckley, A. B.
Andrews, Thomas Allen, VIM, Saal-
burg, J. Silver, J. c. Peterman, L..
Lachapella, Charles L. Perry. Crowson
Smith, James Fulliard, D. Macarter,
D. c. White, E. Henry, Frank StanpAi,
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