The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05

a recent visit to this city Mr.. BabL
made an interesting memorandum
from the early records OF Shoshone
county which with other information
in his possession disclosed the fact,
heretofore unknown that the first
county seat of ShOshOne county was
Colville Wash, so designated by leg
islature of Washington in 1858, while
the earliest records in possession of
the county are dated September, 1861,
at Pierce City as the county seat Eff
forts by Mr.. Babb TO locate the rec
ords covering the period between
1858 and 1861 have failed. Mr. Babb
has sent a copy of his memorandum,
which contains interesting comment
on several entries, to Harry A Rog-
ers, county recorder, with the sugges-
ton that it be attached to the records
in his office The memorandum is
compiled from a leather bound book
entitled "a" Records and Com. Rec
ords." and here follows:
First County Commissioners.
Page l. Shows meeting of board of
commissioners, Shoshone county.
First regular term commencing Mon
day. September -, 1861. Present:
William L. Cardwell, James Griffin and
John Tudor, county commissioners; E.
L. Bradley, clerk, and R. L. Gillespie
sheriff"
(See first Idaho supreme court re-
port, pages 52-53. Gillespie county
commissioner of Ada county, 1866. Son
of Gillespie became noted doctor in
Portland, Oregon, having a sanitari-
UNI on East Side where Judge George
II. Stewart late of Idaho supreme
court, was treated)
Adjourned sine die October 2S, 1861
Page 10
Special meeting January 3, 1862.
pursuant to notice. Thos Stringham
succeeded Griffin.
Page IS. Regular meeting, April p,
1852, at Pierce city. J. p. Butler
clerk.
Regular session May 26, 1862. page
p. Authorized plans for Jail and
court house. and on June notice given |
for bids for same. On page rs ii is !
recorded that bid of Reed & Keef for |
cepted.
Page %. Judges of election APP
pointed: Geo. b. Walker, d. NJ. Fra
ger and A. b. Andrews. Polling place,
National saloon. Pierce City. Judges
also appointed for ORC Elmo, and Bost-
wick & Puckets saloon was designat-
ed as polling place.
Territory of Idaho.
(VOl 81. Bancroft, pages 21S, 400
and 4O4, shows that w. II. Wallace,
republican, defeated Garfield, demo-
crat by 300. and Lander Independent,
by 1000, for delegate to congress at
this election, and that at a caucus at
ORC Elmo. while attending the term of
court at Pierce City mentioned below
they agreed upon the creation of Ida
no territory and that Geo. b. Walker,
justice of the peace, suggested the
name Idaho)
August 5. Warrants ordered drawn
in favor of Reed & Keef for building
court house and jail.
(Judge Ethelbert Patterson Oil
prant held the first term of the dis
trict court at Pierce City September
/, 1862, Gilmore Hays deputy clerk)
September 81. 1862. Page A. Bill
OF H. Martin, $3.50, fees as prosecuting
attorney "at the last term of court"
allowed)
(Later Martin was a partner of
Richard T. Johnson in Owyhee coun-
ty He studied law with the famous
jurist and author, Isaac F. Redfield.
/ 4
ser. Drowned in Reynolds creek,
Owyhee county Physically, very
lame, and always rode a donkey
Richard H. Johnson, one of Idaho's
very ablest and best equipped early |
lawyers, pronounced Martin a very
good common law lawyer)
September 81, 1862 page As. Bill of !
Edward Lander as assistant prosecut-
ing attorney cut from $3.50 to $1,000
(Lander was code commissioner I
first session legislature, Washington
territory and later chief justice of :
the territory. Graduate of Harvard I
college and Harvard law school) J
Page II. miscellaneous records. G.
First marriage recorded. certified by :
w Hesketh, probate judge. Record c
ed February s. 1875. by D. NJ. Frazer {
recorder. Marriage February g. 1875 {
of George Clayson and Sarah Ann
Haggerty.
Register and Fee Book
Page 2. September term, 1864
Pierce City. Alex c. Smith. Judge;
Levi Ankeny, clerk: A. X Dawson, q
sheriff; Thos NJ. Reed, prosecuting I
attorney Grand jury qualified. Seven I
cases. territory of Washington. nolle
pros. Civil jury called. f. B. Stone 5
and A. H. Colvin admitted to prac-
tice. Several trials and many declar-
ations to become citizens.
Levi Ankeny, afterwards senator ,
from Washington residing at Walla