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Subject: Re: Marriage Records Klamath County CA
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:43:02 -0800


Hi Tony, below is a post I made to the GOLDRUSH list last year regarding
the challenges in searching for documents in Klamath County-
You will see below that Sawyers Bar became part of Siskiyou-
Carolyn
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I thought that for anyone who has a family story , document of a birth,
marriage, death, homestead, etc relating to Klamath County may find
this of interest.

The original county seat, Trinidad, was an important depot for miners
supplies.

Klamath County has the distinction of being the only California county
that was "operational" and then was completely disbanded as a political
unit. Klamath County was located in the upper left corner of the state
and its lands now comprise portions of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Humboldt,
and Trinity. ( I do hope I have interpreted the maps correctly and if
this is wrong please correct this post) Although other California
counties were created by law,(prior posts on a couple-Washoe and Pautah)
were never organized, no other county that had been organized has been
completely dissolved as a policical unit.

Klamath County was created April 25, 1851 and dissolved under an act
passed March 28, 1874. (Coy)

Here are some communities that once had Klamath County addresses. I
have taken this information from the old California Post Offices site.
You can see how communities were changed to different counties as the
result of boundary changes and new counties being organized. More
details on how to read the information below can be found at the site:
http://pbbooks.com/caindex.htm

Albeeville , Klamath
Bald Hills 67-74 , Klamath
Beckwith/Beckworth/Beckwourth , Plumas Bed Rock, Klamath
Black Bear 69-74 , Klamath
" " /Blackbear 74-open , Siskiyou
Cottage Grove 57-72 , Klamath
" " 75-98 , Siskiyou
Crescent City 53-57 ,Klamath
" 57-open , Del Norte
Elk Camp , Klamath
Forks of Salmon 58-74 ,Klamath
" " " 74-open , Siskiyou
Hoopa Valley 61-74 ,Klamath
" " 74-95 , Humboldt
Klamath 66-72 , Siskiyou
" 87-15 , Humboldt
" 27-open , Del Norte
Klamath Mill , Siskiyou
Klamathon , Siskiyou
Klamath River , Siskiyou
Martins Ferry 61-62, 65-74 , Klamath
" " 74-91 , Humboldt
Orleans 57-74 , Klamath
" 74-open , Humboldt
Sawyers Bar 58-74 , Klamath
" " 74-open , Siskiyou
Trinidad 51 , Trinity
" 51-74 , Klamath
" 74-open , Humboldt
Weitchpec 58-60 , Klamath
" 91-open , Humboldt
Yocumville 69-74 , Klamath
" 74-91 , Siskiyou

I would imagine that tracking down Klamath County records may be an
interesting challenge. Has anyone done this? It would be interesting
to have someone post their experience in chasing documents from ANY
community/county that has had boundary changes.

tony wrote:
>
> Are there any marriage records for Klamath County California circa 1870?
>
> Looking for a marriage record for Thomas A. BARROWS and Martha (WALLACE?)
> Thomas was listed in the 1870 census Klamath County CA at Sawyers Bar.
>
> Thanks for any clues.
>
> Richard 'Tony' Kirk

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