Tuolumne County Pioneers
19th Century Settlers and Travelers in the Mountains East of Sonora
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| NAME | YEAR | SOURCE | CAPSULE INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood, A. A. | deeds | ||
| Underwood, Franklin | 1860 | saved Stoddard in snowstorm | |
| Underwood, John M. | 1860 | deeds | |
| Vail, Henry | 1873 | Great Register | Confidence coal burner |
| VanPragg, Joseph Leonard | 1865 | Sonora-Mono Road | |
| Vanausdale, Ada | 1877 | Tuolumne Independent, 27 Oct. | Confidence teacher |
| VanHorn William | 1863 | claims | Mono County |
| VanPatten, Walter | 1935 | Pinecrest guide | |
| VanPatten, William | 1900 | father of Walter | |
| VanVecten, D. | 1857 | deeds;claims | Severence Mill |
| VanZant, John | 1879 | Great Register | Confidence mining engineer |
| Vassala, Frank | 1878 | Tuolumne Independent, 18 June | Pioneer Stage Line |
| Viles, Frank | 1879 | at Leavitt Meadow | |
| VanSegger, Henry D. | 1860 | deeds; census | |
| Vorhies, Jotham | 1853 | deeds | Sugar Pine lumberman |
| Waggoner, David Morris | 1877 | Great Register | Centre Mill lumberman |
| Wagner | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 22 Aug. | cook at Baker Station |
| Wagoner, Daniel | 1863 | Tuolumne Courier, 9 May | snowblind on the Sonora-Mono Road |
| Wagoner, Luther | 1889 | Democratic Banner, 25 Oct. | survey of reservoir sites |
| Waldron, S. | 1858 | newspapers | Donnell Indian fight; Miners' Ditch |
| Walker, John | 1877 | Union Democrat, 29 Sep. | hunter |
| Wallace, John | 1855 | newspapers | Tuolumne County Water Company engineer |
| Wallens, John N. | 1860 | deeds; census | |
| Walsh, Matthew Henry | 1895 | Great Register | Middle Camp laborer |
| Walton, William | 1890 | Democratic Banner, 18 July | drove lumber wagon from Empire Mill |
| Warden, Jonathan | 1853 | newspapers | Sonora's chief fire engineer |
| Warmack, L. T. | 1853 | claims | Davis Flat |
| Warner, Joseph | 1863 | deeds; claims | Davis Flat |
| Warren, John | 1884 | Tuolumne Independent, 23 Aug. | lived above Sugar Pine |
| Warren, William H. | deeds | ||
| Warwick | deeds | ||
| Washburn, J. | deeds | ||
| Washington, Silas | deeds | ||
| Waterhouse, Enoch | 1877 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Way, Fitch | 1879 | Great Register | Sugar Pine sheep herder |
| Way, Benjamin Franklin | 1870 | newspapers | lumberman; Patrick's brother |
| Way, Patrick Henry | 1881 | Directory | Sugar Pine blacksmith; Frank's brother |
| Webster, Alex | 1853 | Norris Collection, Bancroft Library | Tuolumne Co. Water Co. employee |
| Webster, Amos | 1853 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Webster, Joseph | 1853 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Weddle, Samuel Perry | 1879 | Great Register | Confidence farmer (see Weedle) |
| Weed, Oliver | 1860 | Miners' Ditch protest | |
| Weedle, Samuel Perry | 1884 | Directory | see Weddle |
| Weland | deeds | (could be Wheaton) | |
| Welch, John James | 1864 | Eureka Valley claim with Hays | |
| Wellington, Edmond | 1854 | claims | claim on upper Tuolumne River |
| Wellington, Henry | deeds | ||
| Wells | 1881 | Tuolumne Independent, 27 Aug. | sheep herder in mountains and Mono Co. |
| Wells, Herbert | 1880 | stage driver | |
| Werth, William H. | 1854 | claims | Strawberry resident |
| Westinghouse, Calvin J. | 1888 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Westinghouse, Ezekial | 1888 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Weston, George | 1864 | Esmeralda Herald, 26 July | caught in Bridgeport flash flood |
| Wetmore, Annie | 1909 | owned Sugar Pine Hotel | |
| Whaler, Stephen S. | deeds | may be Whalery | |
| Wahling, John H. | deeds | may be John N. | |
| Wheaton, C. H. | 1860 | Sonora and Mono Road | |
| Wheelands | deeds | ||
| Wheeler, Edwin Dwight | 1873 | claims | Sugar Pine Creek farmer |
| Wheeler, Eliphalet D. | 1875 | Great Register | Sugar Pine farmer |
| Wheelin | deeds | ||
| Wheeling, John H. | 1852 | claims | Sullivan Creek |
| Wheelock, Benjamin D. | 1888 | Great Register | Confidence mining engineer |
| Whippey, Joseph B. | 1864 | deeds; claims | Strawberry resident |
| Whipple, Charles F. | 1897 | deeds | Sullivan Creek |
| Whipple, Lee | author of "Early Days. . . " | ||
| White, A. G. | 1860 | newspaper | Miners' Ditch protest |
| White, Edwin E. | 1854 | newspaper | president of Tuol. Co. Water Co. |
| White, Hugh | 1880 | newspapers | delivered mail to Bodie |
| White, John Augustus | 1880 | Confidence teamster | |
| White, John B. | 1888 | Tuolumne Independent, 28 Apr. | president of ditch company |
| White, Samuel E. | |||
| White, William B. | 1857 | claims | Sugar Pine Creek |
| Whitehouse, Ralph C. | 1884 | Directory | Sugar Pine laborer; Cold Springs lumberman |
| Whiteing, Jasper S. | 1860 | Union Democrat, 21 Apr. | with VonSchmidt survey team |
| Whiting, Robert | 1855 | with VonSchmidt survey team | |
| Whiting, S. A. | deeds | ||
| Whitman, George W. | deeds | or George W. | |
| Whitney, George W. | deeds | ||
| Whitsell, Elijah M. | deeds | ||
| Wiard, O. H. | 1884 | Tuolumne Independent, 13 Sep. | Carter and Adams Sawmill |
| Wick, William | 1853 | claims | Sugar Pine resident |
| Wigging, W. | 1856 | claims | Confidence Mine |
| Wilkinson, Sarah | 1880 | Tuolumne Independent, 19 Nov. 1881 | married Augustus Gerber; Strawberry |
| Willcomb, Daniel | deeds | ||
| Williams, Alfred | 1870 | census | farmed with Comstock |
| Williams, Ann | 1853 | Twain Harte ranch | wife of Calvin J. |
| Williams, Calvin J. | 1853 | claims | Twain Harte ranch |
| Williams, Charles D. | 1880 | census | son of J. D. Williams |
| Williams, David | 1877 | ranch between the forks of the Stanislaus River | |
| Williams, Frank A. | 1893 | Bridgeport, 28 Oct. | murdered |
| Williams, George W. | 1855 | claims | Davis Flat |
| Williams, H. W. | 1854 | claims | Republican Water Co. |
| Williams, Henry William | 1871 | Great Register | Soulsbyville butcher |
| Williams, J. E. C. | 1899 | Bridgeport CU, 21 Oct. | rode bicycle over Sonora-Mono Road |
| Williams, J. S. | 1884 | Tuolumne Independent, 26 July | Depty Clerk Supreme Court, trip over Mono Rd. |
| Williams, John D. | 1853 | census, deeds | Twain Harte farmer, son of Calvin |
| Williams, John H. | 1874 | newspaper | leg crushed by wagon |
| Williams, Nancy | 1853 | ranch at Twain Harte, sister of John D. | |
| Williams, S. H. | 1860 | Sugar Pine bear hunter | |
| Williams, Samuel Hanna | 1888 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Williams, W. J. | deeds | ||
| Willis, T. L. | 1885 | Tuolumne Independent, 15 Oct. | Lake Lillian Resort, Mono Co. |
| Willis, Thomas | 1872 | Tuolumne Independent, 22 Jan. | killed Engles, Phoenix Lake farmer |
| Willson, Delancy | 1879 | cook with Wheeler survey team | |
| Wilmerding, J. C. | deeds | ||
| Wilson, A. J. C. | 1863 | American Flag, 20 Aug. | lived in Twain Harte |
| Wilson, Charles | deeds | ||
| Wilson, Clarissa E. | 1860 | census | wife of Henry |
| Wilson, Elijah | 1878 | Union Democrat, 9 Feb. | killed by Indians |
| Wilson, Henry | 1870 | census | sawyer on Sugar Pine Creek |
| Wilson, Henry | 1853 | 1860 census | |
| Wilson, Richard M. | 1858 | Miners' Ditch | |
| Wilson, Sierra Nevada | 1853 | born 1853 | daughter of Henry and Clarissa |
| Wilson, William | 1870 | census | Davis Flat lumberman |
| Wing, Gideon | 1865 | ||
| Wingate | see Wingerton | ||
| Wingerton, William | deeds | ||
| Wingerton, Dennis | deeds | ||
| Wingutter | see Wingerton | ||
| Winters, R. | 1853 | with Trahern | |
| Wirk, William | deeds | ||
| Wolf, John | 1863 | TCWCo., Huntington Library | Tuolumne County Water Co. employee |
| Wolfe, Herman | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent | newspaper correspondent, visited Lake Eleanor |
| Wood, I. J. | 1883 | Tuolumne Independent, 21 July | helped at Baker's Station |
| Wood, Samuel | 1852 | claims | Strawberry Flat |
| Wood, William Henry | 1871 | Great Register | Sugar Pine cattleman |
| Woodford, Alfred | deeds | ||
| Woodford, James E. | 1852 | claims | Sugar Pine |
| Woodman, P. R. | 1853 | claims | Strawberry |
| Woods, Bruce | 1916 | Union Democrat, 21 July | Forest Service man at Brightman's Flat |
| Woodside, Homer Henry | 1895 | Great Register | Confidence farmer |
| Woodward, F. J. | deeds | ||
| Works, Augustus | 1895 | Great Register | Hale's Mill teamster |
| Wright, Geroge F. | 1872 | Tuolumne Independent, 19 Dec. | superintendent Excelsior Mine, died |
| Wright, Isaac N. | 1872 | Tuolumne Independent, 19 Dec. | superintendent of Excelsior Mine |
| Wright, John C. | deeds | ||
| Wright, Walter | deeds | ||
| Wyckoff, Scott | 1896 | Democratic Banner, 14 Aug. | injured at Strawberry |
| Wylie, Harvey | deeds | ||
| Yancey, Tyron Milton | 1862 | Sonora and Mono Road | |
| Yancey, Tony | 1898 | Democratic Banner, 22 July | dispute with Kennedy |
| Yaney, Israel Putnam | 1862 | deeds; claims | Mono County |
| Young, Charles B. | deeds | from San Francisco | |
| Young, M. | 1860 | Miners' Ditch protest |
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