Lane County Historian

First Lane County Court House, Built in 1855

LANE COUNTY PIONEER-HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Vol. XII - No. 3 Eugene, Oregon Fall, 1967 LANE COUNTY PIONEER-HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Mrs. C. A. Huntington, President 740 West 13th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97402 Dr. E. E. Gray, Membership Secretary 450 1. Goodpasture Rd., Space #45, Eugene, Oregon 97401

CONTENTS

EARLY GOVERNMENT OF LANE COUNTY

ASSESSMENT ROLL, 1853 Showing valuation of property and tax paid

ASSESSMENT ROLL, 1854 The population had more than doubled in one year.

Residence built by Aden McDowell on Donation Land Claim taken in 1853, still stands near the Dexter Store.

58 .t ffL ..c:,tane Coufl4f Lane county was created in 1851 ber land presented an expanse of by the territorial legislature of tempting glades open to movement Oregon from portions of Linn and on foot or on horseback. Benton counties. It was the 9th The early settlers of Lane coun- county to be formed and its county ty gave little attention to the legal seat was to be Eugene City, platted forms of law, much less to their ob- in 1853. There is only one history servance. Common interests were sufficient for the needs of the little of the county, that published by settlements; each individual mem- A. G. Walling in 1884. The follow- ber seemed to vie with his neigh- ing is a quotation from this his- bors in his efforts toward good tory. fellowship and the maintenance of None but those who have ac- peaceable relations. tually "crossed the plains" by what In the spring of 1849 the news an old pioneer has termed "the ox- was passed from mouth to mouth express," can ever be able to re- that the Congress of the United alize the hardships suffered, dan- States had at last recognized Ore- gers encountered and fatigue en- gon as part of its domains and had dured on that six months and more organized it into one of its Terri- of daily plodding. At length, weary, tories; enacting a form of govern- anxious and footsore, the long ment; and that there was to be an looked for haven of rest was election held for the selection of a reached. After climbing forbidden delegate in Congress. Accordingly mountains, penetrating dark for- on the first Monday in June in that ests, clambering over rough ravines year, a polling place was opened at and ferrying rushing torrents, a Eugene Skinner's cabin and nearly feast for the eye presented itself as all the voters in the present county the fertile prairie of the Willamette then constituting a part of Ben- Valley was spied from the far-off tongathered there and proceeded height of a crag or mountain pass. in the usual way to expretheir And what was it like? For mile choice for the office named. There upon mile and acre after acre, tall were but few presenttwelve or wild grasses grew in wonderful pro- fifteen perhapsmany of the legal fusion ...one great, glorious voters being at that time in the green of wild, waving verdure.. California mines. This was the first high over the backs of horse and observance of legal forms within ox and shoulder high with the the county. brawny immigrant; wild flowers In accordance with an act of the of every shade charmed the eye. Territorial Legislature, passed Jan- The air was filled with the hum of uary 24, 1851, entitled "An Act to insects, the chirrup of birds and an create and organize Lane county," overpowering fragrance weighted it was ordered that "all that por- the air. The river's bank was tion of Oregon lying south of Linn clothed in its garment of foliage, county and south of so much of while dark green forest trees lent Benton county as is east of Ump- relief to the eye. The impenetrable qua county be, and the same is jungle of today at this time was hereby created and organized into not, the smaller growth being kept a separate county by the name of low by Indian fires, while the tim- Lane county," so named in honor 59 of General Joseph Lane first gov- 1841. After practicing law in Galena, Illinois for some years, he came to Ore- ernor of the Territory of Oregon. gon in 1849 as a judge of the Supreme The first election held after its Court, where he worked to establish the organization occurred on the first capital at Salem, organized the County Courts of the Territory, held the first Monday in June, 1851, at which Court of Admiralty at Portland in 1855 time but fifty-one votes were cast, and served as judge until 1856, when he proving that the population of the moved to San Francisco, California. county was quite limited. A. L. Humphrey was elected representa- a Eugene Franklin Skinner was born in Essex county, New York in 1809, the son five from Lane county.' of John Joseph Skinner and the brother of St. John Skinner, Assistant Postmaster 'Augustus Loyal Humphrey was born in General d u r in g the administration of Litchfield Co., Conn. In 1845 he married PresidentJohnson. He married Mary Sally Ann Currier and the next year they Cook in 1839 inillinois and while a came to Oregon, settling in Benton Coun- resident of that state, was elected to ty where Mrs. Humphrey died in 1849. severalofficialpositions, among them The s a in e year, Mr. I-Iumphrey was being Sheriff of Putnam county. Hoping elected to the Territorial legislature from to regain lost health, Mr. Skinner and Benton county and served from Lane, family joined a company going to Cali- Benton and Umpqua counties from 1851- fornia in 1845. After spending the winter 1854. In 1851 he took up a Donation Land at Ft. Sutter, they came to Oregon in the Claim in Lane county, on the Long Torn spring of 1846, stopping at Dallas, Polk River, about three miles west of Elmira Co. In June he accompanied Elijah Bris- on US Highway 126. Here he established tow, William Dodson and Felix Scott on a trading post, one of three in the area an exploratory trip into the Willamette that supplied all the needs of the grow- valley, in search of a home site. The ing population, the other two located on land he chose became the claim on the bank of the Willamette river near which the city of Eugene, named for the ferry landing in Eugene (operated him, now stands. Eugene is indebted to by Ankeny and Huddleston) and the him for his leadership in the early days other where the present town of Spring- of the settlement. He died in 1864. field borders the river (operated by J. N. Donalds). His second marriage was in 4Reuben Patrick Boise, lawyer, jurist 1855, to Eliza Ann Elimaker. sister of and author, was born at Blandford, Mass. Enos Elimaker, an early pioneer, Mr. in 1819. He was admitted to the Massa- Humphrey died May 18, 1878. chussetts bar in 1847 and arrived in Ore- gon in 1850, where he practiced law in Portlanduntil1857,then moved to The following from the Oregon Salem. In 1853, together with James K. Historical Quarterly, Vol VIII, No. Kelly and D. R. Bigelow, he prepared the 3, September 1906 first code of Oregon laws. He was ap- - By Jennie pointed Justice of the Territorial Su- Harris. preme Court in 1857 and later served as Chief Justice. When Oregon became a The firstsession of "District state, he also served as Circuit Judge, Court of the United States in and before retiring in 1904. Judge Boise was for the county of Lane in the Sec- married twice,firstto Ellen Frances ond Judicial District of the Terri- Lyon in 1851 by whom he had two Sons; and in 1867 to Emily Pratt, by whom he tory of Oregon, begun at Eugene had two daughters. He was a trustee of City in said county, on the 15th Pacific University, La Creole Academy, day of March 1852. 0. C. Pratt, and a regent of Oregon Agricultural Col- presiding judgez; E. F. Skinner, lege; and master of the State Grange for clerks; R. P. Boise, prosecuting at- five terms. torney. - "It further appearing to the Court that no District Attorney on 2Orville C. Pratt was a pioneer Supreme Court Justice, born in Ontario county, behalf of the United States was in New York in 1819. He attended West attendance upon. the Court, it was Point Academy, later studied law and therefore ordered by the Court that was admitted to the New York bar in R. P. Boise, Prosecuting Attorney 60 on behalf of the Territory, be and surroundings correctly, but that he hereby is appointed to act on be- has erred in its location. According half of the United States for the to Mr. Comegys and several others present term." of our pioneers, this log-cabin was Concerning this term of court, situated near the present site of Judge R. P. Boise, of Salem, gave Midgley's Planing Mill. This cabin the following interview, October 31, belonged to Hilyard Shaw, foreman 1906 to Carey F. Martin: of the Grand Jury and the sawmill nearby was also his property. Now, "Yes, I remember that term of Judge Boise,too, mentions this court, we had been holding court at sawmill and the only such mill different places in Oregon and here at that time was Mr. Shaw's went, if I remember correctly, from mill. Hence the log cabin near it Albany to Eugene City, Oregon. must be the one in which the first We allut up at the home of the clerk, Mr. Skinner. In the party term of court was held. were Judge 0. C. Pratt, U.S. Mar- At this initial session of the Dis- shal Sam Culver, M. P. Deady, trict Court, D. M. Risdonwas then an attorney at law, and my- admitted to practice law in this self. Court was held, as I now re- state, being the first attorney ad- call it, in a log cabin containing mitted here. only one room. To whom the cabin The end of the first day's session belonged, I do not now remember. was marked by the report of the The cabin was located near the Grand Jury that "they had no west end of Skinner's Butte, but its business before them. It was or- exact location with reference to dered by the Court that the said the present town of Eugene, I can- Grand Jury be discharged for the not state. I remember that there term." was an unobstructed view to the This Grand Jury was composed Willamette River, looking north of the following men: Hilyard past the butte, and that there was Shaw, H. T.Hilt,Z. Sweet, C. an old saw mill nearby. The cir- Sweet, John Leasure, F. MeMur- cumstance of the cabin having only ry, William Smith, P. Comegys, one room is recalled to my mind in M. Scott, B. Davis, I. Davis, P. this way: The Court (Judge Pratt) Blair, P. Bryan, J. Peek, L. Howe. had authorized me to instruct the The first session of the Board of Grand Jury and there being no County Commissioners met on room available other than the one September 6,7,8,1852. Their in which the Court was being held, term of office was drawn by lot, I went with the Grand Jury, a Joseph Davis6 drew the three year short distance to where some logs term, Aden McDowelll and Barnett or timbers were piled, being tim- Ramsay8 drew two year terms. bers of the saw mill, and there in- Judge ii M. Risdon was born in Fair- structed the Grand Jury. ... I re- field county, Vermont in 1823. After re- member that to the west of Skin- ceivin" a liberal education in his home ner's Butte there was a swale or state, lie went to Illinois to teach school, but it was not long before he began stretch of low ground and that this studying law and in 1849 was admitted cabin was located on ground slight- to the bar in Illinois. The lure of gold ly higher than the swale and not took him to California in 1850. His stay far distant from it." was short, for he took up a Donation Land Claim adjoining thatof Eugene From Mr. Presley Comegys, I Skinner, in 1851. Hilyard Shaw was hired find that Judge Boise has described lo build a house for him, which became this first court room itself and its the first house within the boundaries of 61 Eugene City. He was the first lawyer in were districted by the state school the town, having received a license to practice during the first convening of superintendent and the county the District Court. He represented Lane commissioners levied a tax of two county in the Territorial Legislature in mills for the support of the schools. 1851-52 and was County School Superin- The Pleasant Hill area became the tendent in 1856-57. first to establish a school and is 6Joseph Davis was born in 1805 in Mer- District No. 1. Cloverdale was No. cer county, Pennsylvania and married Matilda in 1840 in Fulton county, In- 2 and Trent No. 3 (both now in diana. He took up a Donation Land Claim consolidated districts) and Eugene four miles north of Eugene on the west was No. 4. Robert Robe was the bank of the Willamette River in 1850. first county school superinten- 7Aden McDowell was born in Kentucky dent,to and assisted in laying out in 1817, married Sarah in 1838 in Parke county, Indiana and arrived in Oregon the school districts of the county. in 1850. He took up a Donation Land io Robert Robe came to Oregon as a mis- Claim in 1853, the town of Dexter, Ore- sionary in 1851. He not only organized gon is now located on it... the house the Presbyterian church in Eugene, but he built still stands, next to the Dexter was one of three to organize the Pres- store. Later, the family moved to Califor- bytery of the Willamette in 1851. In 1854 nia, where the town of "Aden" was he married Eliza Walker. Eleven child- named for him. Here, he died in 1899. ren were born to Reverend and Mrs. 8Barnett Ramsay was born in Greene Robe ... a son, Herman, now resides in county, Pennsylvania in 1814, married Eugene. Elizabeth Shoup in 1836 in Illinois and arrived in Oregon in 1852; took up a Do- By 1850, postoffices began to be nation Land Claim in 1853 and died in established down the valley. The 1872, while visiting a son in Southern May 9, 1851 issue of the Oregon Oregon. He operated a pottery factory up the Mohawk valley, probably one of Statesman (Salem) carried an ad- the first in Oregon. Later he owned two vertisement for bids to carry the potteries in Linn county. Using clay from mail from Salem to Pleasant Hill nearby fields, his work was characterized the mail to leave Pleasant Hill on by simpk lines, heavy ware and a dark Mondays at 6:00 a.m. and arrive brown glaze. His pieces were unmarked. in Salem at 6:00 p.m. on Wednes- In 1853 an election was held, to days. The contract was awarded to determine the location of the coun- John Layton, a resident of Linn ty seat. This done, a contract was county. given to Sid B1ainto build the In January 1854, the Statesman "Clerk's Office," a building 16' x 20' again called for bids to carry the on the Skinner donation, "fronting mail, but by this time the route on the public square." This served had expanded to include: Salem via Santiam City, Central (9 ml. SE of as the seat of county government Albany), Kalapooyia (Browns- until 1855 when the first court ville), Lat Shaw's Mill (Latshaw's house was built on the corner of Mill, 8 mi. SE Harrisburg), Wil- 8th and Oak Streets. lamette Forks, Skinner's (Eugene), 9There are no references available con- Spencer Butte (near the west base cerning Sid Blain, but it is thought that of the butte) and Pleasant Hill. he probably lived in Linn county. Rec- ords show many Donation Land Claims The trip was 100 miles each way, were taken in that county by members of once a week, leaving Salem at 6:00 the Blain family. a.m. on Wednesdays and arriving at Pleasant Hill at 6:00 p.m. on The Territorial Legislature Saturdays; leaving Pleasant Hill at passed school laws in 1849 and re- 6:00 a.m. on Wednesdays and ar- vised them in 1853 and 1854. Under riving in Salem at 6:00 p.m. on these laws the counties of the state Saturdays. 62 Ten years after the first white assessed and collected taxes, built roads and established schools. 1856 settler arrived in Lane County, found the County Commissioners the county government had be- housed in the new court house and come an efficiently operating or- dealing with the problems of a ganization. It conducted elections, rapidly growing community.

c,tane Coun1f JIi.seôimenlRolLs One of the first duties of the new county government in 1853, was to prepare a list of property owners and the valuation of their property, for tax purposes. An assessment roll was drawn up ... and lost. A second one was made and is labelled "duplicate." These lists were hand-written, pho- netically spelled and often difficult to read. The names on the following rolls are copied as they appear on the "duplicate." Duplicate Statement of the Assessment Roll for the Year A.D. 1853 for the County of Lane, Territory of Oregon Name ValuationTax Name Valuation Tax Arp, Clous $1,050.00 $ 4.72 Bryant, Francis 670.00 3.02 Ankenny, S. I. 225.00 1.01 Breeding, William 1.700,00 6.65 Aubury, Milton 100.00 .45 Breeding, James Id. 550.00 2.47 Arthur, David 1,290.00 5.81 Breeding, Robert C. 150.00 .67 Allen, Alfred 525.00 2.36 Breeding, A. E. 300.00 2,35 Alkire, George 500.00 2.25 Boici, John A. 1,350.00 6.08 Awbrey, Thomas M. 2,170.00 9.77 Bratten, Paul 1,150.00 5.18 Awbrey, Michael C. 50.00 .23 Briggs, Elias M. 4,595.0020.68 Armitage, George II. 2,120.00 9.54 Briggs, Isaac 3,598.0016.19 Adams, George W. 250.00 1.13 Bratton, James 355.00 1.60 Alexander, Robert A. 2,430.0010.94 Bratton, John 400.00 1.80 Adams, Isaac H. 50.00 .23 Bogart, Garrett 1,610.00 7.24 Arent, Jesse 750.00 3.37 Baber, Gordon 550.00 2.48 Arbuckle, Robert 1,515.00 6.82 Brown, John I. 760.00 3.42 Blair, P. F. 2,755.0012.40 Brown, Manaweather 1,055.00 5.75 Baily, Hollen 1,608.00 7.23 Baily, John 4,870.0021.91 Barkdell, John 700.00 3.15 Baily, Thomas 425.00 1.91 Bristow, Abel K. 1,380.00 6.21 Baily, Joseph 6,750.0030.37 Barber, Thomas 210.00 .95 Baily, Ezekial 1,950.00 8,78 Baughman, Samuel 250.00 1.13 Breeding, William P. 200.00 .90 Bristow, William W. 1,655.00 7.45 Castleman, P. F. 1,000.00 7.55 Bowman, William 1,550.00 6.98 Clark, L. G. 220.00 .99 Bristow, Elijah 1,630.00 7.33 Callison, Gilmore 6,295.0028.33 Bristow, E. L. 630.00 2.84 Callison, Robert 1,790.00 8.05 Bradshaw, Charles 330.00 1.48 Coebren, James 1,488.00 6.69 Bechner, John W. 1,375.00 6.18 Cole. John \V. 450.00 1.02 Boren, Charles W. 2,430.0010.93 Clark, James 1,285.00 5.78 Bagby, Edmond 575.00 2.59 Clark, Charles 1,088.00 4.90 Butler, James 730.00 3.29 Chapin, James 1,210.00 5.44 Butler, James 50.00 .23 Cochren, John 2,345.0010.55 Brown, Silas 1,071.00 5.82 Conger, Enoch 1,300.00 5.75 Beaird, Benjamin H. 2222.0010.00 Clemens, Augustus C. 490.00 2.20 Brown, John 3,760.0015.92 Chrisnian, Campbell 2,080.00 9.36 Buck, Levi 200.00 .90 Coryell, A. H. 150.00 .68 Brown, Lucy 1,925.00 8.66 CoryelL L. S. 1,260.00 5.67 Broughton, Thomas 900.00 4.05 Cranmer, D. H. 530.00 2.38 Booth James 270.00 1.21 Cox, Solomon 445.00 2.00 Bryant, Parker 870.00 3.91 Crage, Samuel 292.00 1.31 Brice, William H. 587.00 2.64 Cox, Benjamin 870.00 3.91 63 Name ValuationTax Name ValuationTax Cox,Solomon 375.00 1.69 Gossit, Abraham 130.00 .58 Clark, William 560.00 2.52 Gilfry, John F. 262.00 1.18 Casida, W. M. 975.00 4.39 Goff, Stephen 270.00 1.21 Cook, M. S. 150.00 .68 Gibson, Archibald 300.00 .35 Click, William 800.00 3.60 Gibson, Lewis 120.00 .54 Childers, Thomas 1,200.00 5.40 Goodwin, Edward 700.00 3.15 Cox, Jesse 1,440.00 6.48 Glass, E. I. 540.00 2.43 Cox, John 380.00 1.71 Gordon, Patrick 760.00 3.42 Caton, George W. 1,900.00 8.55 Gager, D. S. 300.00 1.35 Caton, T. N. 775.00 3.49 Griffith, William 1,310.00 5.89 Crooks, John M. 690.00 3.10 Giliford, William 1,310.00 5.89 Calhoon, Lewis 150.00 .68 Gillaspie, Jacob 3,200.0014.40 Coryell, George F. 530.00 2.38 Gay, James W. 260.00 1.17 Calvan, Caleb F. 710.00 3.19 Gay, M. B. 6,280.0028.26 Campbell, Robert E. 395.00 1.78 Huddleston, James 3,775.0016.99 Comegys, Lucinda 1,568.00 7.05 Hills, Elija E. 125.00 .56 Coggwell, John 8,268.0037.20 Honeysucker, Daniel 470.00 2.11 Cady, Thomas 5,165.0023.24 Hale, Calvin T. 975.00 4.39 Carter, John 225.00 1.01 Hill, John H. 40.00 .18 Cochram, Charles 1,550.00 6.98 Hayes, Richard B. 246.00 1.11 Cochram, Robert B. 2,493.0011.21 Hendricks, Caswell C. 530.00 2.38 Cram, Wiett C. 425.00 1.91 Hendricks, James 1,808.00 8.13 Chrisman, Archibald 185.00 .83 Harmes, John 1,360.00 6.12 Crabtree, Manerva 1,315.005.92 Hally, Ira 1,515.00 6.82 Colaway, Charles 400.00 1.80 Harper, George W. 362.00 1.63 Coiwell, Washington 1,200.00 5.40 Hilton, Jobe 1,116.00 5.02 Chessher, James P. 970.00 4.36 Hargrove, Joel 1,500.00 6.75 Caton, George R. 370.00 1.67 Hasbrook, Lorenzo 1,255.00 5.65 Cooper, Henry 8,578.0038.33 Hineard, John 100.00 .45 Davidson, Elias 50.00 .23 Hills, Alvin 1,000.00 4.50 Dodson, William 3,283.0014.77 Hinton, Thompson D. 5,040.0022.68 Despain, Benjamin A. 58.00 .26 Harlow, M. H. 1,700.00 7.65 Davis,Benjamin 10,250.0046.12 Harper, Rubin P. 1,180.00 5.31 Davis, Lemuel E. 600.00 2.70 Hickson, Richard 100.00 .45 Davis, Edward W. 155.00 .70 Hills, Cornelius 2,510.0011.29 Davis, Joseph 1,810.00 8.14 Hills, Erastus 125.00 .56 Donly, M. D. 150.00 .68 Harkins, Daniel 950.00 4.27 Duff, Elenor 625.00 2.81 Hardisty, Charles 525.00 2.36 Downing, Philander 75.00 .34 Harky, William 775.00 3.49 Diamond, John 625.00 2.81 Honsucker, James 500.00 2.25 Duncan, Hury 2,286.0010.29 Howard, James 2,015.00 9.07 Daniel, James 725.00 3.26 Holt, R. B. 2,062.00 9.28 Duncan, Robert R. 920.00 4.16 Hamilton, P. S. 800.00 3.60 Davis, H. A. 925.00 4.16 Hayes, Henry 1,810.00 8.14 Dodge, Parden 150.00 .68 Hampton, John 1,050.00 4.72 Dodson, Jeremiah 150.00 .68 Hampton, James 100.00 .45 Day, John G. 750.00 3.38 Hampton, Jacob 10,450.0047.02 Eston, William E. 130.00 .58 Hadly, G. H. 7,050.0031.72 Elliott, Elija 600.00 2.70 Hisler, William 1,800.00 8.10 Elliott, Israel 100.00 .45 Holland, T. 200.00 .90 Emeric, George I. 660.00 2.97 Inman, Joel 624.00 1.81 Earnest, William 50.00 .23 Inman, Lazarus 150.00 .68 Emmerson, Thomas 800.00 3.60 Ingram, John 1,960.00 8.92 Edwards, John 1,000.00 4.50 Jones, William R. 2,855.0012.85 Evans, George 950.00 4.27 Johnson, John 750.00 3.38 Fisher, William 250.00 1.12 Janes, William (or Jones)870.00 3.92 Felger, William 200.00 .90 Johnson, William 750.00 3.38 Fields, William 1,955.00 8.90 Johnson, Herrod 1,050.00 4.72 Fields, Dilwood 2,152.00 9.68 Jimmerson, John 525.00 2.36 Furgerson, John 3,048.0013.71 Jinkins, Stephen 2,932.0013.29 Furgerson, Nancy 2,075.00 9.33 Keeny, Elie 1,448.00 6.51 Furgerson, Mont 187.00 .84 Kiensmith, Jacob 450.00 2.02 Furgerson, Elie 675.00 3.04 Kent, Thomas 500.00 2.25 Fickle, Absalom 110.00 .50 Kirkland, James B. 790.00 3.56 64 Name Valuation Tax Name ValuationTax Kent, William 275.00 1.24 Ogle, Joseph 575.00 2.59 King, Alexander A. 330.00 1.48 Partin, John 1,640.00 7.38 Littrel, John 275.00 1.24 Pollard, William 250.00 1.13 Lock, Daniel 1,010.00 4.54 Petree, John 50.00 .23 Leasure, John 122.00 .54 Petree, Malon 430.00 1.93 Lang, James 170.00 .76 Petree, C. G. 275.00 1.24 Loony, Samuel 350.00 1.57 Philips, James 275.00 1.24 Looney, John C. 1,650.00 7.42 Patterson, Dr. William 2,965.0013.34 Looney, James C. 125.00 .56 Poindexter, Dr. H. 1,150.00 5.17 Lattea, John 625.00 2.81 Poindexter, James N. 516.00 2.32 Luckey, William 1,700.00 7.65 Poindexter, S. T. 50.00 .23 Litte, John 2,235.0010.06 Poindexter, W. B. 150.00 .68 Lindly, Elihue 3,000.0013.50 Parks, Azariah 100.00 .45 Lakin, Josiah 50.00 .23 Peak, Abraham 1,370.00 6.16 Leggett, Nancy 920.00 4.14 Peak, William H. 900.00 4.05 Lindly, Clara Ann 1,675.00 8.54 Peak, James 1,670.00 7.51 Lindly, Levi 740.00 3.33 Pratton, John 750.00 3.37 Luckey, Nelson 100.00 .45 Pratton, Abraham 600.00 2.70 McCollin, Samuel 1,385.00 6.23 Powers, B. B. 2,275.0010.23 Masters, William 25.00 .11 Powers, P. E. 125.00 .56 Mitchell, John G. 820.00 3.69 Patterson, A. W. 210.00 .94 Moore, Johnathan L. 40.00 .18 Potter, William A. 225.00 1.01 McCall, William 500.00 2.25 Russell, Abel 2,440.0010.98 Mitchell, James G. 525.00 2.36 Russell, John 650.00 2.92 Mulhollen, Thomas 1,310.00 5.89 Redford, P. E. 600.00 2.25 Mulhollen, Edward 165.00 .74 Riggs, Washington S. 9,126.0041.06 Morgan, Johnathan 1,900.00 8.55 Reaves, George 300.00 1.35 Morgan, Henry 175.00 .79 Richardson, Benjamin 8,672.0039.02 McDowell, Adin G. 1,125.00 5.06 Richardson, Perry B. 1,640.00 7.38 Mulhollen, Edward 2,453.0011.03 Rains, Isaac 1,075.00 4.83 Martin, Marion 750.00 3.37 Riffle, Francis 640.00 2.88 Miller, E. 1,236.00 5.36 Riffle, Thomas 410.00 1.84 Miller, David 500.00 2.25 Rhineheart, John 75.00 .34 Miller, William 525.00 2.36 Rhineheart, George 430.00 1.89 McMurray, Fielden 2,997.0013.48 Rice, Horace 375.00 1.69 McVay, Daniel 100.00 .45 Robinson, George D. 550.00 2.47 McBee, Samuel 1,260.00 5.67 Reaves, E. L. 760.00 3.42 Manning, Absalom 815.00 3.67 Rood, J. Q. A. 100.00 .45 Mawpin, Howard 395.00 1.78 Row, Hiram 1,080.00 4.86 Matheny, Robert 135.00 .60 Reudao, Peter 885.00 3.75 Mays, Elija 190.00 .85 Richardson, M. R. 2,380.0010.71 Mays, Robert 240.00 1.08 Right, Alfred 30.00 .14 Methrow, James 570.00 2.56 Ramsey, Barnet 1,930.00 8.68 Maupin, Garret 1,840.00 8.28 Richie, Hamilton 205.00 .90 McCabe, James E. 674.00 3.03 Ray, W. W. 150.00 .68 McCabe, William 220.00 .99 Rouse, R. P. 2,450.0011.02 McAlexander, A. 1,250.00 5.62 Rowe, John 7,560.0034.02 Milliron, John 225.00 1.01 Renshaw, Robert H. 1,245.00 5.60 Miller, William Y 690.00 3.10 Renshaw, William D. 2,310.0010.39 McNutt, John 875.00 3.94 Riggs, Milton 10,450.0047.02 McLain, Joseph 500.00 2.25 Riggs, Johnathan 100.00 .45 Marshall, George 1,750.00 7.87 Riggs, Garret 50.00 .23 McMeeker, John 2,050.00 8.22 Right, Jackson 475.00 2.14 McGowen, Robert 260.00 1.17 Robe, Robert R. 660.00 2.97 Miller, Joseph 1,255.00 5.65 Richardson, Benj. M. 2,000.00 9.00 Masterson, William 2,300.0010.35 Richardson, Ingram 1,100.00 4.95 Martin, Charles G. 2,715.0012.22 Riley, John 740.00 3.33 Moore, Green 2,740.0012.33 Rigsby, John 100.00 .45 McColough, James M. 100.00 .45 Robinson, I. C. & R. C. 6,970.0031.36 Mullagan, Charnell 200.00 .90 Risdon, D. M. 1,000.00 4.50 Nale, Alexander 1,250.00 5.62 Smith, I. P. 100.00 .45 Nelson, W. W. 250.00 1.12 Skinner, Eugene F. 3,260.0014.67 Neal, John 135.00 .60 Shelly, John 350.00 1.57 Owen, Henry C. 6,305.0028.37 Shelly, Michael 2,475.0011.21 65 Name ValuationTax Name ValuationTax Shelly, Harrison 1,200.00 5.40 Vallily, John 2,370.0011.26 Shelly, George W. 300.00 1.35 Vaughn, Thomas I. 1,210.00 5.44 Smith, Gilbert P. 50.00 .23 Vaughn, Alexander 1,285.00 5.78 Spry, William 225.00 1.01 Vandiver, Isaac 7,760.0034.92 Small, Henry 4,400.0019.80 White, William H. 2,896.0013.03 Shields, James P. 150.00 .68 Wiss, John 130.00 .58 Snerns, Silas 1,670.00 7.51 Waverly, John 2,325.0010.46 Skinner, William 3,590.0015.15 Wittemore, Thomas M. 160.00 72 Smith, William 2,250.0010.12 Winn, John H. 250.00 1.13 Smith, Earnest 670.00 3.01 Woody, James 130.00 .58 Sweet, Charles B. 745.00 3.35 Watson, James 1,050.00 4.72 Sweet, Zara 1,392.00 6.26 Watson, William 175.00 .79 Shaw, Hilyard 4,310.0019.40 Wallis, James A. 440.00 1.98 Smith, Perry 275.00 1.24 Worth, James 400.00 1.80 Smith, Henry 250.00 1.13 Washburn, C. D. A. 400.00 1.80 Scott, Marion 4,600.0020.70 Wilkins, M. 4,210.0018.95 Smith, A. M. 50.00 .23 Ward, George 125.00 .56 Standerford, William 400.00 1.80 Wilson, David 50.00 .23 Smith, Christ. C. 300.00 1.35 Willson, Robert 325.00 .46 Smith, Daniel 1,050.00 4.72 Ward, John W. 450.00 2.02 Smith, John 1,255.00 5.65 Ward, Isaac 1,900.00 8.55 Scott, Felix 16,290.0073.30 Wallis, Matthew 2,720.0012.24 Scott, Felix, Jr. 4,800.0021.60 Ware, Robert H. 295.00 1.33 Stephenson, Alexander 425.00 1.91 Whiteaker, John 1,375.00 6.19 Simmons, William 2,200.00 9.90 Walker, Robert F. 495.00 2.23 Stafford, William 2,020.00 9.09 Webster, David 150.00 .68 Scott, Presly 3,255.0014.56 Young, Walker 625.00 2.81 Scott, James A. 150.00 .68 Zumalt, Andrew 1,415.00 6.37 Spencer, Seth S. 910.00 4.09 Zumalt, Adam 570.00 2.56 Spencer, Ashael 120.00 .54 Zumalt, Levi W. 670.00 3.06 Spencer, William C. 3,160.0014.22 Zumalt, Isaac 137.00 .62 Stephens, William M. 7,983.0035.92 Zumalt, Solomon 1,440.00 6.48 Stewart, Elias 2,280.0010.26 Snelling, David 270.00 1.21 SUMMARY Spores, Jacob C. 5,900.0026.55 Page Valuation by Assessor Tax Paid Spores, Jacob, Jr. 100.00 .45 $25,723.00 $ 143.78 Spores, M. I. 310.00 1.40 47,803.00 243.10 Sweringer, Isaac S. 1,475.00 6.64 36,883.00 196.85 Sutton, Levi 100.00 .45 52,493.00 265.18 Stratton, Thomas 100.00 .45 22,210.00 127.93 Stephens, B. A. 775.00 3.49 37,997.00 202.93 Stephens, 0. A. 860.00 3.87 48,366.00 248.82 Stephens, A. H. 715.00 3.22 24,612.00 141.72 Sowell, John B. 2,200.00 9.90 31,810.00 175.09 Smith, M. A. 50.00 .23 24,612.00 141.17 Simmonds, William 270.00 1.21 62,903.00 315.28 Slagle, Conrad 3,666.0015.14 41,127.00 231.56 Sanders, Samuel 150.00 .68 67,992.00 335.61 Taylor, Henry W. 3,190.0014.35 36,443.00 195.99 Taylor, Joseph 100.00 .45 7,172.00 41.28 Taylor, Jeremiah 100.00 .45 $ 568,025.00 $ 3,009.29 Tracy, Lorenzo 548.00 2.47 Territorial Tax $ 284.00 Taylor, Christopher 3,410.0015.34 County Tax 2,725.28 Turnbow, William S. 50.00 .23 Taylor, John 80.00 .36 I heareby certify that this is a true and Taylor, James 30.00 .14 correct coppy of the assessment roll as Taylor, John 130.00 .58 on file in my office. In witness whereof Taylor, Benjamin 2,425.0010.91 I hereunto set my hand and private seal Titus, Stephen 250.00 1.13 (no official seal yet provided) this 16th Tandy, Sarah 1,410.00 5.34 day of September, one thousand eight Tandy, William 62.00 .30 hundred and fifty three. Thomas, Jonathan 275.00 1.24 C. R. Caton, Vanscott, Greenbury 950.00 4.27 Auditor of Lane County, Vanpier, Henry 150.00 .68 Oregon Territory seal 66 A list of all the taxable property in the county of Lane and Territory of Oregon for the year A.D. 1854. Charles Gremluk $ 1,380.00 R. J. Oliver 234.00 Thomas Cady 5,849.00 Charles R. Rouse 401.00 Joseph Smith 2,264.00 John Sippy 405.00 John H. Howard 576.00 James Howard 2,420.00 Josiah Fields 150.00 Rulings Miller 1,490.00 S. D. Holt 800.00 James Templeton M. Brown 2,424.00 Stephen H. Titus 653.00 H. A. Davis 1,205.00 A. D. Washbourn 423.00 C. A. Collins 600.00 Presly Scott 2,856.00 John S. Post 619.00 Robert McCowan 310.00 John Thomas 546.00 William S. Harley 870.00 Isaac Vanduyne 5,568.00 Alfred Allen 1,402.00 Robert B. Cochran 2,133.00 William Allen 193.00 John J. Brown 831.00 James Cochran 190.00 Robert Wilson 328.00 George Alkire 615.00 Eli Ferguson 628.00 Thomas Gray 555.00 John Wilson 343.00 William Lupton 51.00 James Mansfield 1,688.00 William C. Baird 1,205.00 Isaac S. Mansfield 515.00 Samuel Gray 1,825.00 John W. Rowe 6,998.00 Joseph Gray 252.00 Henry Hays 1,287.00 Charles Hungate 135.00 George Robinson 271.00 Charles Hardesty 390.00 James Cochran 1,285.00 William Gulliford 1,483.00 Charles Cochran 1,300.00 Henderson Hardesty 385.00 R. Duncan 819.00 Thomas Lister 898.00 P. Hamilton 1,027.00 Barnett Ramsay 1,852.00 John Ingram 959.00 William Stafford 1,867.00 Jordan Baber 700.00 Thomas Ramsay 115.00 John Canady 456.00 William Simmons 2,190.00 James Lytle 1,215.00 B. H. Allen 328.00 Horace Woodcock 40.00 James W. Storment 805.00 Dennis Prichet Archibald Rader 1,689.00 Samuel Smith 508.00 John M. Nicols 1,745.00 Levi Sutton 355.00 G. C. Pearce 409.00 B. Gay 695.00 Elias Stewart 1,665.00 C. M. Simmons 140.00 William M. Stevens 10,660.00 Israel Moor 50.00 E. W. Rhea 871.00 M. Wilkins 4,249.00 Jacob C. Spores 5,594.00 William Shirley 1,120.00 Charles H. Bogard (Bogart) 370.00 James Daniels 1,210.00 G. H. Armitage 5,007.00 William Murphy 116.00 Garet Bogard (Garret Bogart) --1,298.00 W. W. Nelson 310.00 Thomas Awbrey 1,415.00 B. R. Holt 1,713.00 J. Dodson 140.00 Enoch Holt 3,469.00 A. Goodpasture 680.00 James Cyrus 3,241.00 D. S. Snelling 1,757.00 William Carter 589.00 D. S. Snelling 220.00 R. Ward 263.00 W. S. Tandy 465.00 Wyat Crane 1,459.00 Sarah Tandy 1,470.00 M. Ferguson 324.00 R. R. Tandy 183.00 John Diamond 552.00 Sarah Benson 290.00 James Handsaker 148.00 J. Gillespie 3,550.00 G. C. Fisher 1,080.00 S. D. Gager 248.00 I. S. Swearengen 996.00 W. H. Peek 768.00 A. C. Spencer 282.00 Walker Young 824.00 S. S. Spencer 568.00 A. A. King 204.00 Frances Cogswell 90.00 J. G. Day 703.00 James Bartim 500.00 M. H. Harlow 1,579.00 John Cogswell 10,284.00 America Smith 2,525.00 Thomas Shelton 290.00 B. E. Campbell 680.00 Nicholas Oliver 155.00 John M. Warner 156.00 Thomas Mendenhall 521.00 William Sherrard 350.00 G. A. Scott 344.00 John Parks 200.00 67 Joseph Lee 425.00 C. Hanson 400.00 Williams & Co. 2,225.00 Isaac Briggs 3,802.00 James Ebert 375.00 Elias Briggs 1,420.00 Paul Brattain 819.00 I & E Briggs 3,900.00 Edwin Powers 470.00 J. G. Mitchel 600.00 John N. Donnel 5,715.00 Sidney Lyon 275.00 E. T. Wilson 147.00 G. Callison 2,863.00 Curtis Balis (or Bales?) 105.00 William T Callison 769.00 S. H. White 68.00 T. T. Warner 110.00 H. Holmes 590.00 Livi Linder 1,025.00 G. Gilfiland 260.00 E. G. Browning 520.00 J. M. Hulery 40.00 Robert Callison 1,611.00 S. Powers 45.00 F. Warner 73.00 B. Powers 1,295.00 W. B. Earnest 214.00 R. F. Walker 755.00 R. F. Callison 145.00 H. Johnson 1,035.00 H. Shelly 1,180.00 P. Cumminges (Comegys?)- 568.00 G. Morton 200.00 R. B. Mann 552.00 J. Ogden 150.00 W Cumminges 530.00 L. S. Coryell 1,764.00 D. Harkins - 1,155.00 Felix Scott 12,210.00 T. Wadsworth 120.00 Willis 'Warren 280.00 L. Cumminges 730.00 J. C. Mansfield 420.00 A. M. Powers 350.00 A. 0. Stevens 1,087.00 J. Bushnell 260.00 H. A. Stevens 749.00 Hiram Martin 90.00 William Bullfinch 370.00 John McNutt 1,356.00 John Brattain 970.00 do., trustee for D. McNutt 1,500.00 Oliver Barritt 314.00 W. C. Spencer 2,082.00 A. H. Coryell 637.00 A. B. Stevens 898.00 Thomas Kincabe (Kincaid) 591.00 Erastus Hills 447.00 G. M. Coryell 472.00 John Rinehart 414.00 Noah Webster 1,674.00 S. S. Davis 390.00 S. A. Caldwell 1,725.00 Martha Davis 459.00 A. Park 169.00 Nelson Davis 575.00 James F. Bowdoin 111.00 Jacob Holsted (Halstead) 378.00 B. Splawn 231.00 Beverly Burton 124.00 Silas Brown 630.00 C. Mulligan 920.00 William R Jones 383.00 R. Hamilton 619.00 S. Stevens 2,343.00 G. W. Rinehart 508.00 M. S. Riggs 13,625.00 D. S. Davis 1,055.00 J. Hampton 2,619.00 W. Y. Miller 1,054.00 W. L. Riggs 4,740.00 B. F. Powers 258.00 A. Fickle 365.00 E. W. Powers 183.00 J. F. Wooley 3,355.00 Jesse M. Mann 5,825.00 Elias Davidson 647.00 E. Bartin? 180.00 J. B. Kistner 112.00 William May 50.00 Thomas M. Whittmore 749.00 Thomas Maynard 38.00 James C. Templeton 993.00 James C. Looney 600.00 William Skinner 2,475.00 James Whittaker 225.00 G. Farris 785.00 James A. Wallam (Wallace) 892.00 Reaves 305.00 William Drury 420.00 Benjamin Morss 1,206.00 David Arthur 2,136.00 Isaac Allen 525.00 A. W. Hammett 953.00 Martin Ivin 175.00 P. Gordon 661.00 Lewis Martin 150.00 J. Drinkwater 845.00 S. M. Nowlem? 1,025.00 William Drinkwater 30.00 T. C. Nowlen 1,195.00 John Smith 1,097.00 L. Tracy 384.00 G. C. Roberson 165.00 S. Martin 372.00 R. G. Hixon 200.00 C. F. Colver 605.00 John C. Looney 1,040.00 James Petty 383.00 B. J. Pengra 640.00 S. H. Saylor 981.00 D. C. Wallace 432.00 William Davis 66.00 C. J. Hills 2,493.00 James H. Samens? 150.00 C. Hackshaw 290.00 William Kelsay 3,060.00 R. R. Harper 1,564.00 B. Kelsay 3,060.00 68 Daniel Cooke (Cocke?) 1,012.00 A. Griffin 333.00 M. (Wooten or Wooden) 463.00 J. Fothergill 1,070.00 William H. Jones 3,277.00 R. W. Lewis 1,012.00 Jones & Gilfrey 1,850.00 G. Penland 265.00 William Vaughan 370.00 A. McAlexander 1,574.00 E. L. Bristow 719.00 D. Deadmond 787.00 John Littil 731.00 G. W. Bond 140.00 James Thompson 2,662.00 J. M. Breeding 617.00 James B. Bunyard 50.00 Earnest Smith 1,026.00 Thomas Davis 720.00 J. B. Moore 658.00 William Bowman 1,249.00 P. S. Morton 483.00 M. Shelley 2,035.00 James Stewart 268.00 W. W. Bristow 1,749.00 J. C. Reed 435.00 Eli Keeny 1,266.00 R. H. Renshaw 1,265.00 Alexander Eaton 60.00 W. D. Renshaw 1,559.00 T. Mulholland 1,297.00 William L. Greenwood 208.00 William Spry 365.00 William Walker 600.00 Abel Russle 1,730.00 James W. Gay 504.00 H. Buoy 1,300.00 George J. Emenik 692.00 William Eaton 581.00 G. W. Richardson 2,738.00 C. Hendrix 494.00 Jonathan Riggs 290.00 J. Talyer (Falger?) 370.00 C. Riggs 75.00 James Hendricks 3,785.00 M. B. Gay 4,169.00 J. T. Gilfrey 701.00 Isaac Ward 1,510.00 William Winters 175.00 William A Smith 75.00 E. Mulholland 2,295.00 Caleb Moore 1,033.00 W. Dodson 2,126.00 John Earp 308.00 E. Muiholland 375.00 E. H. Baker 100.00 Enoch Conger 130.00 R. Mathany 515.00 E. Bristow 2,715.00 J. W. Ward 400.00 J. K. Bristow 484.00 C. G. Martin 2,285.00 John Ralston 458.00 James Moore 876.00 S. Rigdon 770.00 J. Killingsworth 316.00 A. K. Bristow 1,588.00 J. M. Jones 988.00 L. B. Rowland 250.00 James Butler 922.00 Bradshaw 514.00 P. Hamilton 132.00 P. Britton 700.00 J. H. Butler 120.00 J. Carter 591.00 Laban Buoy 1,330.00 William Russel 368.00 William Davisson 219.00 John Russel 355.00 S. Goff 1,182.00 Peter Shelly 150.00 Clous Arp 402.00 William Funk 50.00 A. Cleman 290.00 John Shelly 576.00 C. Chrisman 15,876.00 J. P. Mitchell 435.00 C. Johnson 633.00 Elliott 1,352.00 R. C. Robinson 5,005.00 Aden McDowel 1,058.00 A. Hamilton 1,053.00 John Hanne 554.00 H. Coverdill 295.00 Thomas Williams 1,165.00 John Bowers 350.00 David Love 475.00 J. H. McFarland 2,390.00 James McFarland 475.00 E. W. Stewart 1,135.00 Jonathan Morgan 1,253.00 D. Mosby 1,435.00 H. C. Morgan 335.00 W. B. Small 1,255.00 William H. Morgan 315.00 H. Small 655.00 W. H. Fisher 1,053.00 G. Small 3,290.00 William McCall 688.00 Henry Small 5,640.00 John Stoops 353.00 L. Cranfield 155.00 Thomas Matthews 308.00 D. B. White 500.00 Samuel Baughman 390.00 John Cathey 446.00 B. Rutledge 736.00 James Chapin 1,465.00 James Moon 20.00 Henry Rogers 228.00 James Parvin 50.00 J. W. McFarland 998.00 Calvin Tibbets 570.00 M. Martin 736.00 J. L. Barkdell 785.00 C. W. Boren 2,020.00 Ely Bagly 150.00 3. McBride 25.00 Samuel Bagley 50.00 T. EIder 40.00 69 I. Hawley 1,656.00 Samuel Dillard 2,859.00 Silas Lane 331.00 Charles Bonnett 350.00 H. W. Taylor 2,037.00 Samuel Smith 1,578.00 James Shortridge 207.00 E. L. Matlock 2,912.00 S. B. Shortridge 358.00 William Moore 900.00 William Payne 25.00 Daniel McVey 218.00 John Payne 58.00 James Johnson 40.00 M. A. Anderson 745.00 Ben Poindexter 411.00 F. M. Stewart 50.00 T. N. Poindexter 516.00 J. Duvall 100.00 L. Poindexter 620.00 J. Taylor 103.00 William P. Gibson 325.00 Joseph Taylor 178.00 C. W. Wild 1,475.00 James Parish 100.00 Parker Brant 895.00 J. B. Bukner 1,371.00 A. F. Peek 1,609.00 George Cooley 758.00 John Sharp 308.00 William Shields 1,687.00 John Roberts 530.00 T. S. Libon (Lebou?) 274.00 James L. Peek 10.00 Estate of Wm. F. Stanton 1,769.00 William H. Case 60.00 H. C. Veatch 195.00 James Peek 1,896.00 P. Bryant 550.00 A. Case 40.00 John Cochran 2,265.00 J. F. Taylor 90.00 John Parton 1,906.00 James Watson 1,173.00 William Ballard 550.00 William M. Watson 225.00 J. F. Walker 176.00 John Watson 60.00 M. Montgomery 443.00 C. Clausey(?) 3,257.00 James P. Shields 291.00 H. Maupin 435.00 J. W. Cole 389.00 John Brown 224.00 J. Kelly 820.00 John Vallely 980.00 J. Martin 235.00 Thomas Judkins 2,554.00 G. Vanschoyack 565.00 E. Judkins 1,589.00 J. F. Hormes 1,392.00 P. Shaklee 25.00 T. McMurray 341.00 James Young 195.00 William Curran 593.00 James F. McClure 465.00 G. McCawley 650.00 I. W. Bond 195.00 J. Hobson 730.00 A. Bond 180.00 M. Colbert 1,980.00 V. S. McClure 560.00 William Cubbins 250.00 L. Hulin 2,097.00 George Clark 2,559.00 J. Murray 265.00 J. L. White 120.00 P. M. Curray 1,441.00 William Oglesby 415.00 W. H. Brice 756.00 John Currin 1,528.00 W. P. Breeding 1,305.00 Joseph Gales 300.00 Samuel Bridges 558.00 C. J. Sears 413.00 William Mount 375.00 R. Alexander 3,335.00 Brian 732.00 J. M. Alexander 295.00 J. Conner or Connet(?) 225.00 S. B. Knox 673.00 Johnson 435.00 A. Stanton 642.00 P. Ely 180.00 Daniel Stanton 260.00 Hugh Love 1,178.00 R. S. Hazelton 1,515.00 A. Williams 67.00 Thomas Clark 3,849.00 J. H. Williams 186.00 James Clark 3,773.00 D. Coffman 275.00 Charles Clark 3,795.00 M. Baldwin 200.00 J. J. Vandervert 653.00 J. H. Perkins 85.00 J. Southwell 1,718.00 C. W. Washburn 885.00 I. Boxley 210.00 James Woody 250.00 S. B. Jackson 188.00 J. D. Hornbuckle 265.00 M. Swaggart 1,408.00 J. J. Estes 690.00 John Douglas 50.00 Jesse Soverns 465.00 G. W. Harper 383.00 J. Williamson 183.00 John Petree 563.00 J. Morgan 289.00 William Miller 360.00 S. Willis 558.00 D. Miller 400.00 James E. Crow 248.00 J. F. Winters 1,169.00 John Goodland 739.00 E. Miller 1,361.00 A. A. Hemmenway 2,778.00 John Weiss 364.00 J. I. A. Rood 309.00 70 B. G. O'Kelly 500.00 I. M. Richardson 2,379.00 J. B. O'Kelly 190.00 B. Brown 1,035.00 J. C. Patterson 40.00 James S. Phillips 380.00 James Price 1,053.00 R. H. Saunders 300.00 T. A. Millirons 915.00 B. P. Richardson 1,156.00 J. Millirons 325.00 J. B. Ferguson 3,434.00 W. Gale 865.00 J. Bonsor 30.00 J. N. Gale 433.00 Solomon Cox 910.00 J. Hockersmith 966.00 Benj. Cox 747.00 A. J. Woody 353.00 Solomon Cox, Jr. 295.00 William Cummings 1,121.00 Henry Kromer 295.00 Samuel Meek 559.00 W. T. Roberson 268.00 J. Rains 100.00 C. Taylor 1,659.00 Thomas Butler 538.00 James Taylor 307.00 Jonathan Butler 75.00 0. Bales 300.00 Moses Haugham 2,697.00 H. Eccieston 923.00 D. Hunt Huntsucker 793.00 John Taylor 110.00 Thomas Barber 225.00 James Taylor, 3rd 1,443.00 A. Huntsucker 75.00 W. Wilson 1,005.00 James Kime 933.00 E. Ellmaker 1,025.00 B. Davis 8,548.00 J. W. Gibson 1,081.00 I.I. Evans 503.00 William Jeans 1,060.00 L. E. Davis 740.00 John Brown 3,035.00 P. F. Blair 3,935.00 Benjamin Richardson 9,860.00 William A. Masterson 1,316.00 do for Company 3,555.00 H. Parsons 330.00 T. D. Hinton 3,317.00 Thomas McCord 1,003.00 Alexander Wood 243.00 Bellshaw 20.00 C. Inman 385.00 C. Beishaw 125.00 J. T. Lasater 317.00 G. Belshaw 758.00 Woodcock 397.00 J. E. McCabe 712.00 W. C. Woodcock 194.00 William McCabe 412.00 F. Harbert 1,655.00 L. H. Lowe 190.00 Pixley 235.00 Joseph Sanford 200.00 Thomas Kent 485.00 R. Sanford 200.00 W. G. Simson 1,296.00 James Sanford 250.00 C. C. Smith 265.00 A. Pratton 905.00 N. Duckworth 1,105.00 Simmins 505.00 Zumwalt 240.00 P. Yumans (Yomans?) 195.00 D. Bolton 953.00 J. R. Moores 1,515.00 J. M. Boyd 1,869.00 J. B. Alexander 125.00 M. W. Casida 687.00 W. N. Alexander 60.00 S. M. Cook 1,430.00 Isaac Cook 150.00 Thomas Riffle 294.00 Henry Parsons 633.00 William Johnson 672.00 E. C. Goodwin 125.00 J. H. Welisher 268.00 W. F. Lions 108.00 Peter Rudea 1,118.00 A. Montgomery 310.00 Joseph Perkins 407.00 J. January 150.00 Thomas Rivers 1,725.00 W. Mitchel 150.00 W. W. Kent 361.00 M. Bean 125.00 Edmond Bagby 466.00 Poindexter 258.00 C. T. Hale 867.00 J. A. Bushnell 348.00 R. Mays 538.00 G. C. Smith 1,073.00 William Walker 341.00 L. Morris 905.00 Thomas Perkins 75.00 J. Hughs 600.00 A. R. Buttloff(?) 45.00 William W. Hughs 630.00 W. H. Hargrave 25.00 Oliver Hunt 160.00 John Crook 475.00 Benjamin Hiland 485.00 H. Kersay 410.00 Samuel Craig 257.00 J. H. Stevens 225.00 L. Hasbrook 1,103.00 Elijah Mays 391.00 A. F. Zumwalt 619.00 M. Cooley 530.00 A. Zumwalt 1,059.00 D. Cooley 30.00 B. Zumwalt 130.00 R. Draper 2,409.00 J. Townshend 707.00 H. Laneer 290.00 G. Richardson 955.00 W. Loony 56.00 71 L. Burch 600.00 James Kirkland 550.00 G. W. Satterfield 273.00 J. R. Kirkland 90.00 A. J. Hall 160.00 Joseph E. Kirkland 25.00 J. Satterfield 275.00 William Mac Ratte(?) 2,388.00 William I. Jones 786.00 A. Wooldridge 216.00 J. Cox 1,236.00 E. Brown 575.00 B. F. Helm 432.00 J. B. Riley 95.00 John Cox 415.00 J. Black 390.00 James B. Southworth 1,100.00 W. A. Brown 491.00 Daniel Smith 866.00 Oliver Brown 75.00 Jacob Miller 1,480.00 L. B. Gibson 346.00 E. Wooldridge 378.00 W. A. Fisk 490.00 W. Miller 170.00 L. W. Zumwalt 576.00 J. Wooldridge 70.00 William Clair 228.00 D. Zumwalt 1,883.00 Thomas Maupin 3,839.00 A. J. Zumwalt 658.00 J. E. Glass 533.00 G. Belshaw, Jr. 1,834.00 A. L. Humphreys 3,540.00 C. Heyle(?) 2,463.00 A. W. Wright 343.00 W. McPherson 663.00 E. P. Wright 40.00 M. Wallace 2,370.00 S. M. Marr 275.00 M. Bayor or Barger 2,360.00 Henry Laxinger 108.00 W. B. Barger 675.00 A. B. Bolton 366.00 Thomas G. Childers 1,248.00 Joel Cook 318.00 Thomas Beishaw 470.00 William Johnson 140.00 S. B. Wyckoff 90.00 Horace Rice 326.00 D. M. Risdon 621.00 H. B. Smith 248.00 David Imbler 1,835.00 Cullef(?) 135.00 G. B. Hays 265.00 Cook 185.00 J. Anderson 65.00 A. J. Campbell 480.00 J. Busan, 25.00 James C. Job 501.00 R. B. Hayse 420.00 T. D. Driskell 1,915.00 T. J. Fans 50.00 ?. Zumwalt 377.00 E. Adkins 330.00 Andrew Crow 616.00 A. Darniell 362.00 Thomas Rogers 550.00 M. Petitjohn 148.00 William Collins 320.00 H. N. Hill 915.00 H. C. Rowe 572.00 M. M. Crow 1,046.00 Mason Smith 1,734.00 Nelson Clark 90.00 W. H. Hogan 290.00 William Turnbow 125.00 Lewis Maupin 208.00 Benjamin Taylor 3,502.00 J. Conger 3,481.00 William H. White 3,654.00 William Simmons 598.00 A. Florence 1,377.00 N. Felldeever (Feldiwert) 281.00 I. B. Rains 716.00 Levi Roderick 80.00 E. Taylor 195.00 M. Richardson 2,844.00 J. H. Winn 167.00 John McAllister 348.00 John S. Keen 240.00 Jacob Looce 466.00 B. H. Baird 1,849.00 William Luce 783.00 William Harris 927.00 John Riley 680.00 John Robinson 370.00 Huston 210.00 Reuben Robinson 1,721.00 R. D. Basket 389.00 George Robinson 253.00 William Huston 833.00 Benjamin 813.00 E. Cantrall 650.00 William Richardson 242.00 H. C. Owen 8,980.00 Massey 415.00 Thomas Swift 290.00 James Methvin or Methoin(?) 352.00 Henry Duncan 1,383.00 J. W. Mack 40.00 Green S. Moore 2,150.00 Samuel Tulk 100.00 Boyd Maupin 373.00 William Gabriel 150.00 Isaac Coulson 541.00 B. P. Goodman 485.00 Landrith 313.00 William F. Standerfer 407.00 Arbuckle 1,276.00 D. Hassan or Hanan 85.00 McCollum 1,050.00 L. Standerfer 115.00 William Gearheart 463.00 Alex Nail 1,216.00 John Benson 140.00 Samuel Loony 183.00 J. H. Carter 600.00 David Conard 456.00 L. F. Brashear 48.00 72 J. Hendrick 425.00 Joseph Gray 100.00 W. Caprons 48.00 A. Barlow 270.00 Bailey 1,944.00 Daniel Morris 195.00 Joseph Bailey 12,06500 John Crow 238.00 Charles Calloway 547.00 William McAllister 907.00 M. Wear 206.00 Daniel Lucas 1,480.00 H. McPherson 552.00 Robert Ferguson 290.00 Robert Wear 308.00 J. Howard 100.00 A. J. Carson 165.00 D. B. Cartwright 2,36a00 C. Mulkey 1,717.00 G. Ozment 100.00 J. MeCollough 240.00 I. M. Gardner 545.00 William Shepherd 56.00 John Delemater 2,872.00 J. Hutchens 80.00 M. N. Crow 4,492.00 Robert Robe 713.00 David Zumwalt 1,514.00 J. B. McPherson 552.00 J. W. Thompson 1,822.00 Samuel Rush 662.00 H. E. Thompson 315.00 Rush 138.00 P. Hall 540.00 T. J. Brattain 390.00 H. Richardson 3,475.00 Alfred Brattain 200.00 Thomas Baily 525.00 James Huddleston 7,655.00 James Heatherly 11,950.00 J. H. Demming Thomas McCulloch 385.00 J. L. Brumley 8,475.00 John McCulloch 50.00 M. C. Edwards 1,025.00 S. Jenkins 3,034.00 J. M. Lakin 264.00 James Monroe 2,278.00 Thomas P. Buoy 28.00 W. J. Caldwell 713.00 F. B. Davis or Dans(?) 250.00 John Whitaker 888.00 E. Lindley 3,045.00 Levi Lindley 870.00 H. G. Hadley 8,611.00 Davis 198.00 L. C. Hawley 215.00 J. P. Chesher 1,691.00 D. N. Hide 183.00 Z. Crather 1,535.00 J. Wright 516.00 P. Mulkey 1,721.00 Ira Lyon 241.00 J. T. Mulky 757.00 E. Baily 1,325.00 P. H. Mulky 413.00 James Gibson 1,787.00 Zary Sweet 850.00 E. Gibson 115.00 William Smith 1,280.00 William B. Hayse 556.00 C. B. Sweet 591.00 M. Taylor 261.00 E. Thomas 40.00 L. Basket 25.00 John Gardner 1,217.00 W. H. Mulky 1,145.00 F. McMurray 3,066.00 Samuel Bradshaw 40.00 Joseph Ogle 550.00 G. Ragsdell 893.00 James Allen 2,450.00 E. Breeding 245.00 A. J. McKenzie 50.00 John Baily 7 825.00 John Buoy 123.00 J. J. Blevins 35.00 Henry Cooper 8,490.00 C. Woodward 60.00 J. D. Hampden 990.00 John Naly or Neely(?) 239.00 J. F. Hampden 190.00 J. C. Richardson 833.00 Felix Scott, Jr. 5,210.00 Edward Nealy 50.00 Marion Scott 4,740.00 Saunders 210.00 William H. Glick or Click(?) 755.00 V. Jones 815.00 Jacob Spores 548.00 E. C. Thompson 1,025.00 James C. Robinson 5,285.00 H. Melburn(?) 571.00 E F Skinner 3,214.00 A. M. Chriswell 399.00 A. W. Patterson 319.00 A. Manning 596.00 H. C. Breeding 85.00 James Manning 1,715.00 J. Meadow 775.00 James Morse 530.00 Meadow & Cox 510.00 E. Mulkey 423.00 A. Crisman 662.00 N. G. Coleman 3,329.00 Joseph Latshaw 200.00 John Jordan 50.00 William N. Luckey 390.00 Henry Coleman 981.00 Dodge & Luckey 690.00 Samuel Abbot 109.00 P. M. Dodge 671.00 Thomas Crow 103.00 A. J. Cruzan 280.00 Levie Hayse 159.00 J. P. Welch 1,004.00 Alanson Miller 1,765.00 J. Welch 572.00 F. Simmon 2,314.00 William E. Elston 608.00 73 John Leasure 124.00 James F. Pollock 5,383.00 P. Potter 40.00 J. C. Jamison 340.00 William Robbinson 614.00 Eli Davis 500.00 Orren Noble 80.00 John Latta 665.00 C. C. Croner 850.00 Alexander Stephenson 1,548.00 Thomas J. Emerson 520.00 David Duff 38.00 H.ilhiard Shaw 4,225.00 Thomas Stephenson S. Rogers 400.00 Octavius Spencer 1,850.00 Rogers & Love 331.00 William U. Griffith 1,000.00 Corydon Bushnell 425.00 Joseph Davis 2,822.00 J. P. Kenada or Canady(?) 470.00 I. N. Wadsworth 340.00 Gabriel Johnson 810.00 A. Alexander 200.00 J. H. Breeding 740.00 Total Valuation $ 969,050.00 A. A. Smith 4,300.00 William Breeding 1,102.00 Daniel Christian 361.00 Thomas J. Vaughan 700.00 Philander Downing 325.00 County of Lane William P. Coney 839.00 Territory of Oregon David Hathorn 50.00 James Worth 440.00 I, Paul Brattain, auditor of said county William Worth 24.00 do hereby certify the foregoing to be a S. T. Coney 210.00 correct list of the valuation of taxable Eleanor Duff 810.00 property in said county, as shown by the George Marshal 960.00 W. S. Brock 810.00 assessment roll for A.D. 1854. J. M. Dick 275.00 Given under my hand and private seal J. McLean 530.00 (no officialseal provided) at Eugene W. J. McMeekin 355.00 William MeMeekin 1,100.00 City, this 2nd October 1854. Benjamin Barton 50.00 Paul Brattain D. Richie 625.00 Auditor of Lane County

74 INDEX - VOLUME XII NUMBER 1 AND 2SPRING Lorane Lodge Cemetery 34 Manning Family 52 Abbott Family 42 Manning, James 26 Applegate Trail 3 McCulloch Cemetery 32 Bear Creek Community 39 MeCulloch Family 52 Bonser, John 12 McCulloch, John and Tom 26 Brown Family 42 Owens Family 52 Brown, John 16 Rauch Family 52 Campbell Family 43 Richardson, Benjamin 17 Cartwright, D. B. 28 Richardson Cemetery 30 & 31 Cheshire 40 Richardson Family 53 & 54 Childers Family 43 Richardson, Hiram 26 Coulsen Family 43 Richardson, Perry 11 Cox Family 43 Riffle, Thomas 20 Cox, Sol and Ben 15 Rowe, Hiram 25 Crow, Andrew 24 Schools Along The Old Trail 35 Crow Cemetery 33 Smithfield-Franklin 40 Crow Community 40 Stephens Cemetery 34 Crow Family 44 Taylor Family 54 Driskell Cemetery 33 Union Cemetery 31 Driskell Family 45 Wingard Family 54 Duckworth Family 45 Wood Family 55 Elimaker, Enos 16 Zumwalt, David 27 Elimaker Family 45 Zumwalt Family 55 Elmira-Veneta 40 Zumwalt, Levi 21 Evans Family 45 Ferguson Cemetery 30 Ferguson Community 39 ILLUSTRATIONS Ferguson Family 46 Mr. and Mrs. Ira Inman Ferguson, John B. 12 Mrs. Creat Inman Marsh Fisk Family 46 Loris Inman 2 Gates Cemetery 34 House on David Zumwalt Cabin Site 4 Gates Family 46 Site of Palestine Baptist Church 5 Gibson Family 46 Map of Territorial Road 8, 9 Gillespie Corners 41 Ferguson Farm 13 Hadleyville 41 W. H. White Orchard 14 Hale Family 47 J. C. Inman Farm 19 Hayes Family 47 Ellmaker School, 1885 21 Heatherly Cemetery 32 Hayes Farm 24 Heatherly Family 48 Hadley Farm 28 Heatherly, James 27 Inman and Huston Herbert Family 48 Grave Markers 33 & 38 Hinton, Clayton 11 Inman Cemetery Gate 34 Hinton Family 48 Liberty School 35 Holland Family 49 Holland School, ca 1880 37 Huston, Clay 22 Huston Family 49 Inman Cemetery 33 Inman Family 50 Inman, Joel C. 18 Jeans Family 50 Jenkins Cemetery 32 & 34 Jenkins Family 50 NUMBER 3WINTER Jenkins, Stephen 24 Job Family 51 Assessment Roll, 1853 63 Job, James 23 Assessment Roll, 1854 67 Junction City Cemetery 31 Lane County, Early Government 59 Kent Family 51 Landreth Family 51 ILLUSTRATIONS Lasater, John 18 Liles Cemetery 32 First Lane County Courthouse 57 Lorane 41 McDowell House 58 Lorane Grange Cemetery 33 Vault DoorNow on Display 76 75 Vault door from Lane County's second court house, now on display at the Lane County Pioneer Museum.

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