Tuolumne County Pioneers
19th Century Settlers and Travelers in the Mountains East of Sonora
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| NAME | YEAR | SOURCE | CAPSULE INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac, Paddy | 1874 | newspaper | died on Sonora-Mono Road |
| Mack, Albert | 1864 | claims | Mono Co. |
| Mack, Augustus | 1867 | Great Register | Blanket Creek farmer, moved to Mono Co. |
| Mack, Harvey | deeds | ||
| Mackey, James | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 15 Oct. | Lake Lillian Resort, Mono Co. |
| MacKey, Joseph Downing | 1873 | lived at Holt-Hale Sawmill; died 1894 | |
| Macomber, Frederick S. | 1852 | claims | (or possibly Frederick L.) |
| Macomber, Henry S. | 1852 | claims; census | |
| Maddox, David Lee | 1872 | Confidence resident | |
| Maddox, Elisha | 1871 | Great Register | Sugar Pine miner |
| Maddox, George Edward | 1874 | Confidence resident | |
| Maddox, Joseph | 1877 | Confidence resident | |
| Maddox, Josiah | 1877 | Tuolumne Independent, 3 Feb. | delinquent taxes at Davis Flat |
| Magilton, Thomas | 1856 | deeds; '52 census | lumberman at Severence Mill |
| Magruder, A. | 1872 | claims | claim on upper Stanislaus River |
| Mahan, Daniel | 1876 | Union Democrat, 23 Sep. | hunter on N. Fork Tuolumne |
| Major, Samuel E. | 1860 | Tuolumne Independent, 1880 | discoverer of Excelsior Mine |
| Mallory, John Frederick | 1853 | claims | Confidence Mine |
| Malony, John | 1852 | claims | Confidence Mine |
| Mann, Daniel Lewis | 1877 | newspaper | Oakdale, bear hunter |
| Manning, George | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 7 Mar. | doctor, died in San Francisco |
| Mansfield, J. | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| Mansfield, William | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| Margo, Alexander | deeds | ||
| Markley, Rice Moulton | 1867 | Great Register, 1871 | stage driver |
| Marrit, J. T. | 1870 | Union Democrat, 25 June | died in Sugar Pine |
| Marshall | 1858 | Miner's Ditch; Sugar Pine resident | |
| Marshall, John | 1885 | newspaper | delivered fruit via Mono Road |
| Marsten, E. W. | 1864 | Tuolumne Courier, 6 Aug. | worked on road to Columbia |
| Marston, B. O. | 1864 | Union Democrat, 10 Oct. | first to cross Mono Road |
| Marten, William | 1850 | Tuolumne Independent, 19 May 1877. | discovered Lake Eleanor |
| Martin, Alfred | 1881 | Tuolumne Independent, 8 Jan. | winter trip over Mono Road |
| Martin, George | 1881 | Tuolumne Independent, 8 Jan. | winter trip over Mono Road |
| Martin, Green T. | 1854 | claims; deeds | judge; president of Hydaulic Water Co. |
| Mason, Leander | 1870 | census | mining engineer at Davis Flat |
| Mason, N. H. A. | 1870 | deeds; claims | Mason Valley, NV |
| Mathenson, P. | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| Mattison, M. J. | 1880 | Union Democrat, May | Nevada Stage Line |
| May, Martha A. | 1885 | census | Confidence hotel keeper |
| May, Thomas | 1886 | Tuolumne Independent, 16 Mar. | uncle of W. H. Hocking; Sugar Pine Hotel |
| Mayers, James H. | 1884 | Directory | Sugar Pine farmer |
| Mayers, William | 1884 | Directory | Sugar Pine butcher |
| Mayes, J. H. | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 8 Sep. | wife died (Mayers?) |
| Mayes, Laura M. | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 8 Sep. | died at Sugar Pine (Mayers?) |
| McArdle, Michael | 1865 | newspaper | Sonora-Mono Road |
| McAuley, Daniel | 1871 | Great Register | farmer at Severence's old mill (see McCauley) |
| McBeth | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 12 May; 8 Dec. | teamster; rescuer at Lake Eleanor |
| McCabe, Philip | 1852 | claims | Confidence Mine |
| McCarthy | 1870 | newspaper | ran saddle train on Mono Road |
| McCarthy, Daniel O. | 1852 | Tuolumne Courier; census | ran livery stable in Sonora |
| McCarty, James | 1868 | deeds; Great Register, '71 | Sugar Pine shinglemaker; Tuol. River claim |
| McCauley, Daniel | 1870 | census | Sugar Pine farmer (see McAuley) |
| McComb, Montgomery | 1878 | with Wheeler survey team | |
| McCormick, Daniel | 1871 | Union Democrat, 9 Dec. | with man lost in mountains |
| McCormick, M. | 1906 | deeds | land at Eagle Meadow; cattleman |
| McCoy, O. C. | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| McCullough, W. E. | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| McDonald, A. M. | 1897 | Democratic Banner, May | superintendent of Confidence Mine |
| McDonald, John | 1860 | deeds; claims | Strawberry resident |
| McDonald, John W. | 1880 | census | Sugar Pine laborer |
| McDonnell, A. | 1880 | census | lumberman at Carter's Mill |
| McFadden, John | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 11 July | drove cattle to mountains, died |
| McFall, Captain | 1853 | newspapers | relief party on emigrant trail |
| McFarlane, James F. | 1864 | claims | claim on upper Stanislaus River |
| McGath, Jesse | 1864 | claims | Mono Co. |
| McGinnis | 1862 | Stockton Daily Independent, 29 Apr. | on road survey with Alexander |
| McGruder, A. | 1872 | claims | claim at site of Relief Reservoir |
| McGuire, David R. | 1895 | Great Register | Sugar Pine laborer |
| McGuirk, Charles Francis | 1857 | Miner's Ditch; Tuol. Co. Water Co. | |
| McGuirk, M. | 1864 | American Eagle, 21 Mar. | Sugar Pine resident |
| McIntire, W. J. | 1860 | newspaper | Miner's Ditch protest |
| McIver, Daniel | 1864 | claims | claim on upper Stanislaus River |
| McKenna, James P. | 1864 | Uniontown resident | |
| McKinney, Martin | 1873 | Great Register | Confidence lumberman |
| McKinney, William | 1884 | Directory | Sugar Pine miner |
| McLaughlin, Edward | 1899 | cemetery records | buried at Davis Flat |
| McLean, D. | 1876 | newspaper | ran Sonora to Mono stage company |
| McLean, J. S. | 1853 | newspapers | emigrant trail relief party |
| McLeod, W. K. | 1881 | newspapers | superintendent Tuol. Co. Water Co. |
| McMillan, Hugh | 1896 | DN, 4 Sep. | last one to see Swan |
| McNamara, Patrick | 1864 | newspaper | lost at Strawberry. |
| McPherson, M. | 1860 | newspaper | Miner's Ditch protest |
| McQuade, George | newspapers | sheriff | |
| McQuarry, James | 1853 | deeds | Sugar Pine lumberman |
| McWhorter, J. A. | 1860 | newspaper | Miner's Ditch protest |
| Meadow, Kie Hezzekiah | 1895 | Great Register | Hiatville miner |
| Meadows, Thomas | 1872 | Union Democrat, 6 July | Davis Flat laborer; froze in mts. |
| Medlicott, H. P. | 1877 | packer for Wheeler survey team | |
| Menendez | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 9 June | ran Phoenix Lake concession |
| Meredith, William C. | 1861 | Tuolumne Courier, June | crossed Sierra via new pass |
| Meridith, Thomas | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuol. Co. Water Co. employee |
| Merrill, Samuel | 1860 | claims; deeds | claim on Tuolumne River; Merrill Springs |
| Merrill, Simeon B. | 1853 | newspaper | killed on Ice Road |
| Merritt, Amos Edger | 1871 | Great Register | Sugar Pine laborer |
| Meuli, George | 1890 | Union Democrat, 31 May | Sugar Pine farmer, died |
| Meyer, William | 1893 | deeds | Sugar Pine resident |
| Mies, Joseph | 1895 | Great Register | Confidence laborer |
| Mikey, E. | 1880 | census | lumberman at Carter's Mill |
| Mill, Isaac | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 15 Sep. | driver for S. S. Bradford, lumberman |
| Millen, W. E. | 1854 | newspaper | Miner's Ditch committee |
| Miller, Ed | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 21 July | youth camper, accident shot self |
| Miller, Isaac | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 10 Aug. | teamster at Hale's lumber mill |
| Miller, Israel B. | 1895 | Great Register | Sugar Pine teamster |
| Miller, James L. | 1877 | Great Register | hotel keeper, Confidence |
| Miller, Leander | 1870 | stage driver | |
| Miller, Solomon M. | 1878 | newspaper | fisherman on Walker River; expressman |
| Miller, T. Oxley | 1884 | Tuolumne Independent, 16 Aug. | Stockton artist |
| Millins, Samuel | 1870 | census | |
| Mills, A. | 1876 | Union Democrat, 17 June | teamster |
| Mills, George | 1870 | census | lumberman |
| Mills, Gideon Foster | 1880 | at Baker Station | |
| Mills, James W. | 1884 | Tuolumne Independent, 2 Aug. | teamster for S. S. Bradford, lumberman |
| Mitton, M. | 1856 | claims | Confidence Mine |
| Moffitt, James K. | 1905 | claims | Kennedy Meadow |
| Monohan, John | 1865 | newspaper | Mono Road; operated stable in Sonora |
| Montgomery, Thomas | 1888 | Tuolumne Independent, 30 June | found bear cubs with Fahey |
| Moody, Kenneth | 1875 | deeds | Centre Mill |
| Moody, M. M. | 1852 | Claims, Bk. 7, Pg. 143 | with Septimus Williams at Woods Cr. |
| Moody, Murdock B. | 1876 | newspaper | delivered ice with Doten |
| Moore, Johnnie | 1881 | newspaper | teamster, crashed |
| Moos, Miss | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 22 Aug. | cook at Baker Station |
| Moran, John | 1858 | Union Democrat, 4 Dec. | fight at Davis Flat |
| Morris, H. George | 1895 | Great Register | Sugar Pine laborer |
| Morris, William | 1880 | Union Democrat, 30 Oct. | hunter; stage driver |
| Morrison, John | deeds | ||
| Morse, M. H. | 1864 | American Eagle, 21 Mar. | Sugar Pine resident |
| Morse, David B. | deeds | ||
| Mosier, Oscar Lewis | 1878 | Union Democrat, 28 Dec. | logging teamster |
| Moss, George W. | 1888 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Moss, Hiram W. | 1854 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Moss, John | 1877 | Great register | Sugar Pine laborer |
| Mott, Simon H. | 1870 | stage driver | |
| Moulton, | 1860 | newspaper | Miner's Ditch |
| Moulton, Alvah D. | 1852 | claims | Sullivan Creek |
| Moulton, Benjamin F. | 1854 | Sugar Pine lumberman, mill owner | |
| Moulton, James B. | 1852 | claims | Sullivan Creek |
| Moulton, Vanessa D. | 1857 | claims; deeds | Severence Mill; teamster |
| Mudget | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 11 Aug. | worked at Hale's lumber mill |
| Mulford, Prentice | 1860 | newspapers | wintered at Eureka Valley |
| Munson, P. | 1863 | claims | Mono Co. |
| Murnan, Frank T. | 1881 | Tuolumne Independent, 16 July | 4th July celebration at Confidence |
| Murphy, George | 1892 | Democratic Banner, 23 Dec. | rescued horses in mountains |
| Murphy, John L. | 1853 | deeds | bought Jarboe Ranch |
| Murphy, Samuel S. | 1855 | claims | upper Tuolumne River |
| Murphy, Simon | 1853 | with Duckwall party | |
| Murray, Abner | Confidence resident | ||
| Murray, George | 1895 | Great Register | Sugar Pine laborer |
| Murray, Mary Ann Seeley | Confidence resident | ||
| Murray, Polly W. | 1883 | cemetery records | wife of Joseph D. MacKey |
| Myer, William | 1896 | Democratic Banner, 16 June | butcher; worked on Sonora-Mono Road |
| Myers, George | 1852 | claims | mountain ranch |
| Nash, Warren | 1856 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Nelson, H. A. S. | deeds | ||
| Nelson, William O. | 1935 | deeds | owned Dardanelle Resort |
| Newell, L. W. | 1857 | claims | Sugar Pine Creek |
| Nichols, Ezra | 1866 | claims | upper Tuolumne River |
| Nichols, Richard S. | 1884 | Directory | Sugar Pine miner |
| Nicholson, Donald | 1853 | deeds | Sugar Pine lumberman |
| Nicol, Frank | 1881 | Tuolumne Independent, 3 Sep. | delivered fruit to Bodie with F. Vassalo |
| Noble, William | 1871 | Great Register | Mono Road farmer |
| Noles, Ashbury F. | 1864 | claims | upper Stanislaus River |
| Northey | 1865 | claims | Mountain House, Yankee Hill |
| Northrup, Thomas Josiah | 1862 | deeds; newspapers | ran Excelsior Hotel in Sugar Pine |
| Norton, Philander | 1888 | Great Register | millman at Confidence |
| Noyes, Charles G. | 1855 | claims | Middle Camp |
| Nye, Asa | 1860 | deeds; census | |
| Nye, Frances | deeds | ||
| Nye, Peter | 1863 | newspaper | sawmill; ran pack animals |
| O'Neil, Philip | 1852 | census | Leland Mdws. |
| Oaks | 1866 | Sonora Herald, 10 Nov. | Hot Springs |
| Oliver, David | 1888 | Tuolumne Independent, 25 Aug. | frequent mountain camper |
| Oliver, D. R. | 1887 | deeds | Sugar Pine Creek |
| Oliver, Joseph | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 27 Oct. | Confidence resident |
| Olson, John | 1860 | claims | upper Tuolumne River |
| Oneta, Joseph | 1896 | Democratic Banner, 19 June | worked at Bradford's sawmill |
| Oneta, John | deeds | ||
| Ormsby, Erastus | 1853 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Osgood, E. H. | 1872 | Deeds, Bk. 16 Pg. 590 | had house at Long Barn |
| Owen, Francis W. | 1895 | Great Register | Hale's Mill laborer |
| Owen, James K. | 1864 | American Eagle, 3 Mar. | superintendent of Excelsior Mine |
| Owens, J. R. | 1870 | census | Confidence millwright |
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