{"id":9860,"date":"2022-04-29T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T01:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=9860"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:59:30","slug":"colorado-territory-notary-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Territory Notary History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Colorado_Territory_Notary_History\" >Colorado Territory Notary History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Coronado_Expedition_1540\" >Coronado Expedition, 1540<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Ulibarri_1706_Other_Spanish_Expeditions\" >Ulibarri 1706, Other Spanish Expeditions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Notaries_for_Fur_Trappers_1803\" >Notaries for Fur Trappers, 1803<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#First_English_Speaking_Notary_in_Colorado_1842\" >First English Speaking Notary in Colorado, 1842<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#San_Luis_Valley_Notaries_1851\" >San Luis Valley Notaries, 1851<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Arapahoe_County_Kansas_Territory_Notary_History_1854\" >Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory, Notary History, 1854<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Jefferson_Territory_Notaries_1859\" >Jefferson Territory Notaries, 1859<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#First_Notary_Laws_in_Colorado_Territory_1861\" >First Notary Laws in Colorado Territory, 1861<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#First_Notaries_in_Colorado_Territory_1861\" >First Notaries in Colorado Territory, 1861<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Denver_City_Directory_1875\" >Denver City Directory, 1875<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Notaries_for_Native_American_Language_Interpreters_mid-1800s\" >Notaries for Native American Language Interpreters, mid-1800s<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/#Female_Notaries_in_Colorado_Territory_1893\" >Female Notaries in Colorado Territory, 1893<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colorado_Territory_Notary_History\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9873 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-notary-history-320x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Territory notary history\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/>Colorado Territory Notary History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three hundred years before Colorado Territory was formed, the first notaries passed through present-day Colorado in the 1500s.<\/p>\n<p>They were <strong>royal notaries<\/strong> on horseback who represented the King and Queen of <strong>Spain<\/strong> during the search, discovery, and military expeditions of Spanish <strong>Conquistadors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the landing of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notary-with-christopher-columbus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in 1492, European exploration of the New World began in the Age of Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coronado_Expedition_1540\"><\/span>Coronado Expedition, 1540<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-medium wp-image-1764 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200-200x133.jpg\" alt=\"Coronado Expedition\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/>The earliest expedition was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coronado Expedition<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of 1540-1542 searching for the <strong>Seven Cities of Gold<\/strong> (Cibola). It may have entered the southeastern region of Colorado. The exact route is speculative.<\/p>\n<p>There were also side excursions from the main expedition route, including along the <strong>Rio Grande<\/strong> with its headwaters in southern Colorado, and hunting trips for buffalo (bison) on the plains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9868 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Francisco-Vazquez-Coronado-medallion.jpg\" alt=\"Francisco Vazquez Coronado medallion\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>In 1869, <strong>James H. Simpson<\/strong>, who served in the U.S. Army\u2019s Corps of Topographical Engineers, wrote an article on Coronado&#8217;s March for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian Institution<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. He placed the expedition route crossing from New Mexico into Colorado near Raton, then proceeding east, south of the Arkansas River to Kingman, Kansas, before proceeding northeast to <strong>Quivira<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The muster roll and a description of the oaths made by all members before the Coronado Expedition started was signed by <strong>Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>, Chief Notary of Mines and Reports for their majesties. It is not known if Cuevas or another notary accompanied the Coronado Expedition. But, Spanish law required conquistadors to keep official records.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ulibarri_1706_Other_Spanish_Expeditions\"><\/span>Ulibarri 1706, Other Spanish Expeditions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Colorado Encyclopedia<\/strong> states that there were at least 12 recorded expeditions into present-day Colorado between 1593 and 1780. The most significant expedition that documented eastern Colorado was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/ulibarri-claims-colorado-for-spain-1706\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juan de Ulibarri Expedition<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of 1706, 100 years before the <strong>Zebulon Pike<\/strong> expedition to the <strong>Pikes Peak<\/strong> region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9870 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kachina-dolls.jpg\" alt=\"Kachina dolls\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" \/>Ulibarri rode into Colorado and followed the <strong>Arkansas River<\/strong> east on his way to <strong>El Cuartelejo<\/strong>. His mission was to retrieve fleeing participants of the <strong>1680 Pueblo Revolt<\/strong> in New Mexico that had expelled the Spanish for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>He made the first recorded claim to Colorado soil in the name of <strong>King Philip V<\/strong> of Spain, naming it the <strong>Province of San Luis<\/strong>. The event, ceremony, and gun salute were recorded in his journal.<\/p>\n<p>Journals of that time period name <strong>Antonio Duran de Armijo<\/strong>, a long-time resident of Santa Fe, as a notary and physician, who accompanied Ulibarri in 1709.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish explorers failed to find a wealth of gold in the region and lost interest in Colorado.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notaries_for_Fur_Trappers_1803\"><\/span>Notaries for Fur Trappers, 1803<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fur trappers and traders in the Rocky Mountain region usually started their wilderness trips in <strong>Saint Louis<\/strong>. Before the <strong>Louisiana Purchase<\/strong> of 1803, St. Louis was part of French <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lousiana Territory<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which extended from the <strong>Mississippi River<\/strong> west to the <strong>Rocky Mountains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/fur-traders-and-notaries-1500s-to-1800s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fur trappers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> used notaries in St. Louis to notarize contracts with <strong>fur merchants<\/strong>. As the <strong>Santa Fe Trail<\/strong>, <strong>Oregon Trail<\/strong>, <strong>California Trail<\/strong>, and other trails became more frequently used by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wagon-trains-contracts-law-1820-1880\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wagon trains<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of pioneer settlers, gold prospectors, freight wagons, merchants, and the military, some notaries headed west to new towns and trading posts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_English_Speaking_Notary_in_Colorado_1842\"><\/span>First English Speaking Notary in Colorado, 1842<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-medium wp-image-1039 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bents-Fort_200x100-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Bent's Fort\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/>Other than Spanish expedition notaries, the oldest English-speaking notarial act in the region of Colorado Territory was an unknown <strong>Missouri notary<\/strong> at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/bents-fort-colorado-1842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bent&#8217;s Fort<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on the Santa Fe Trail.<\/p>\n<p>A young couple from Pueblo, George Simpson and Juana Suaso, were <strong>married<\/strong> before a notary and witnesses at Bent&#8217;s Fort in 1842. But, the notarized marriage agreement, with its stamped gold seal and blue ribbon, was later questioned because the trading post was then in unorganized territory and the Missouri notary was outside of his jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"San_Luis_Valley_Notaries_1851\"><\/span>San Luis Valley Notaries, 1851<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There were probably Spanish-speaking notaries from <strong>Taos<\/strong> and <strong>Santa Fe<\/strong> who migrated north into the <strong>San Luis Valley<\/strong> along the <strong>Rio Grande del Norte<\/strong>. Pioneer settlers built homesteads on ancestral <strong>Ute<\/strong> hunting grounds motivated by large <strong>Spanish Land Grants<\/strong> that encouraged northern expansion along the river and its tributaries.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico won its War of Independence from Spain in 1821.\u00a0 Parts of southern Colorado were in <strong>Mexico<\/strong> until the <strong>Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo<\/strong> in 1848 ended the <strong>Mexican\u2013American War<\/strong>.\u00a0 New Mexico Territory was formed on September 9, 1850.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Luis<\/strong>, the oldest town in Colorado and county seat of <strong>Costilla County<\/strong>, was founded in 1851, while it was still part of <strong>Taos County<\/strong>, <strong>New Mexico Territory<\/strong>. On the west side of the river is <strong>Conejos County<\/strong> which also had early pioneer settlements.<\/p>\n<p>Old New Mexico Territory notarial records, real estate deeds in the county records, and museum collections may reveal the names of some of the first notaries there.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arapahoe_County_Kansas_Territory_Notary_History_1854\"><\/span>Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory, Notary History, 1854<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9876 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arapaho-Chief-Powder-Face-1864.jpg\" alt=\"Arapaho Chief Powder Face 1864\" width=\"75\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Kansas Territory<\/strong> was formed on May 30, 1854, under the <strong>Kansas-Nebraska Act<\/strong>. Before gold was discovered, there were few outsiders in western Kansas other than adventuresome hunters, fur trappers, traders, and a few scouting and mapping expeditions by <strong>Zebulon Pike<\/strong>, <strong>Stephen H. Long<\/strong>, and <strong>John C. Fremont<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The land was used as a hunting ground by Native American tribes, primarily <strong>Cheyenne<\/strong>, <strong>Arapahoe<\/strong>, Kiowa, and Utes.<\/p>\n<p>In 1858, <strong>gold prospectors<\/strong> from Georgia established a gold camp at <strong>Auraria<\/strong>, now part of <strong>Denver<\/strong>. The <strong>gold rush<\/strong> of 1859 to the <strong>Pikes Peak<\/strong> and <strong>Cherry Creek<\/strong> regions caused the population to boom in Arapahoe County, the far western part of Kansas Territory.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9863 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-Territory-Governor-James-W-Denver.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas Territory Governor James W Denver\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/>According to the Atchison Freedom&#8217;s Champion newspaper, <strong>Governor James W. Denver<\/strong> appointed local county government officials in September 1858. But, he acted without authority because the legislature did not meet until several months later.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Denver resigned shortly after making the appointments. The early arrivals to the region named <strong>Denver City<\/strong> in his honor.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioned officers included <strong>H.P.A. Smith<\/strong>, probate judge, known as Judge Smith, and <strong>John W. St. Matthew<\/strong>, county attorney. They were also the <strong>first appointed<\/strong> <strong>notaries<\/strong> in the Kansas county that later became part of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was from <strong>Lecompton<\/strong>, in eastern Kansas, which served as the <strong>Kansas territorial capital<\/strong> from 1855. St. Matthew was from Atchison. Other county officials were from eastern Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>Other Kansas Territory notaries in Arapahoe County included Charles A. Lawrence in 1859, D.C. Collier, J.H. Dudley, Colonel F.A. Hunt, A.O. McGrew, and William T. Muir of Nevada City in 1860, who became Judge of the Miner&#8217;s Court.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-Territory-Notary-Laws-1859.pdf\">Kansas Territory Notary Laws, 1859<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Their powers included typical notary powers and the powers and duties of the <strong>register of boatmen *<\/strong>. When the notary left office, the notary journal was forwarded to his successor by the county.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-Territory-Notary-Fees-1857.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas Territory Notary Fees, 1857<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0ranged from ten cents to one dollar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9872 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-map-1860-1.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Territory map 1860\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861, with <strong>Topeka<\/strong> chosen as the new capital. But, the gold region of Arapahoe County in western Kansas Territory was not included. It had no formal government for a month until it became a part of the newly formed <strong>Colorado Territory<\/strong> on February 28, 1861.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of neighboring Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah territories were also designated by Congress to form Colorado Territory.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: register of boatmen, Kansas has three navigable rivers: Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. The rivers in Colorado are mostly shallow and not navigable except for small boats, buffalo hide bullboats, rafts, or canoes. There were toll <strong>ferry boats<\/strong> at some river crossing locations before bridges were built.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9916 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mackinaw-boat.jpg\" alt=\"Mackinaw boat\" width=\"140\" height=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his 1840 journal, engineer <strong>Elias Willard Smith<\/strong> recorded his river journey with fur voyageurs. Seven men with a cargo of 700 buffalo robes <strong>sailed<\/strong> in a 36-foot <strong>Mackinaw boat<\/strong> from <strong>Fort Vasquez<\/strong>, on the South Platte River north of Denver, to St. Louis.\u00a0 They had to wade and push the boat across many sand bars in shallow water for the first 300 miles until reaching the deeper waters of the North Platte. The entire 2,000-mile journey took 69 days.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jefferson_Territory_Notaries_1859\"><\/span>Jefferson Territory Notaries, 1859<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9865 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jefferson-Territory-Governor-Robert-Williamson-Steele.jpg\" alt=\"Jefferson Territory Governor Robert Williamson Steele\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" \/>In 1859, gold region miners and settlers established <strong>Jefferson Territory<\/strong> and held elections. <strong>Robert Williamson Steele<\/strong> served as the Governor. But, the U.S. Congress did not recognize the unauthorized territory, and it never gained legal status.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Territory was larger than the present State of Colorado, extending farther north and west. It consisted of 12 counties.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Territory officials wrote territorial laws, many were later adopted by Colorado Territory. It appointed <strong>notaries<\/strong> including James Aikens, J.B. Atkins, <strong>Melancthon S. Beach<\/strong>, <strong>James A. Gray<\/strong>, H.C. Harrington, W.D. McLain, John C. Nelson, Elisha P. Stout, and Thomas G. Wildman.<\/p>\n<p>H.C. Harrington of Central City, a grocer, notary, and conveyancer, later served as marshal, deputy sheriff, and Mayor of Georgetown<\/p>\n<p><strong>James A. Gray<\/strong>\u00a0was elected speaker of the house of representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melancthon Sayre Beach<\/strong> (1836-1917) became clerk and recorder for <strong>Colorado City<\/strong> and <strong>El Paso County<\/strong>, one of three county commissioners who organized El Paso County in 1861.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jefferson-Territory-Notary-Laws-1859.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jefferson Territory Notary Laws. 1859<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Notary_Laws_in_Colorado_Territory_1861\"><\/span>First Notary Laws in Colorado Territory, 1861<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-Notary-Laws-1861.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Colorado Territory Notary Laws, 1861<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. There were only a few basic laws.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Notaries_in_Colorado_Territory_1861\"><\/span>First Notaries in Colorado Territory, 1861<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9864 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-Governor-William-Gilpin.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Territory Governor William Gilpin\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/>On March 25, 1861, President <strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong> appointed <strong>William Gilpin<\/strong> of Philadelphia as the first <strong>Governor<\/strong> of Colorado Territory. At the outset, Colorado Territory had 17 counties. Today there are 64 counties. <strong>Notaries<\/strong> were originally <strong>county officials<\/strong>. Now, they are <strong>state officials<\/strong> appointed by the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Gilpin began appointing notaries for the 17 counties. But, a few months after taking office, he traveled to Washington D.C. to petition for military funding to defend Colorado from both <strong>Indians<\/strong> and <strong>Confederate<\/strong> attacks. On March 18, 1862, President Lincoln removed Gilpin from office and replaced him with John Evans of Illinois. Gilpin remained in office until May.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Territory existed for 15 years until <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-day-statehood-august-1-1876\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado statehood<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on August 1, <strong>1876<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Information on Colorado Territorial notaries is scarce.\u00a0\u00a0Here are the names found by research, some articles, and historic notary documents.\u00a0 Many names were found in the archives of the <strong>Rocky Mountain News<\/strong>, which started publishing in 1859.<\/p>\n<p>1861 Charles R. Fish, of Central City, Gilpin County, gold miner, justice of the peace<\/p>\n<p>1862\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/CO-Territory-Notary-Certificate-John-M-Francisco-1862.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Territory Notary Certificate, John M. Francisco, 1862<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of Costilla County.\u00a0 See the article on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/fort-massachusetts-fort-garland-john-m-francisco-1852\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Garland and John M. Francisco<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territorial-notary-eugene-weston-1862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Weston<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Pueblo County, Frederick J. Stanton Arapahoe County<\/p>\n<p>1863 Dan Hayden, Pueblo County, worked at a Missouri Stage Company office near Bent&#8217;s Fort on the Santa Fe Trail, drew up and notarized an affidavit to clear the reputation of Colonel Albert Gallatin Boone, grandson of Daniel Boone, from false accusations made by rival Mr. Haynes that Boone was a Confederate rebel<\/p>\n<p>1864 Columbus Nuckolls, of Central City, Gilpin County, was also appointed as Territorial Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1867.\u00a0 J. Carr Johnson, Denver.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"wp-image-9932 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-county-map-1861-480x360-1.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Territory county map 1861\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/>1865 Alexander W. Atkins, Denver, Arapahoe County.\u00a0 took depositions of key witnesses, including Colonel John M. <strong>Chivington<\/strong>, ordered by U.S. Congress for an investigation into <strong>Sand Creek Massacre<\/strong> of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians on their reservation in November 1864, appointed Territorial Treasurer 1864, Superintendent of Public Instruction 1865<\/p>\n<p>1865 John Q. Charles, Denver, Arapahoe County. a lawyer with Charles &amp; Phelps took deposition of Colonel Chivington regarding the Sand Creek Massacre.\u00a0 Eli M. Ashley, Charles Ruter, and John W. Webster, all of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>1866\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/CO-Territory-Notary-Certificate-Robert-S-Wilson-1866.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Territory Notary Certificate, Robert S. Wilson, 1866<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Denver, Arapahoe County<\/p>\n<p>1867 Alfred Sayre, Denver, Arapahoe County. took affidavit of attorney George F. Crocker.\u00a0 John C. Anderson, J.S. Raynolds, and Adolph L. Reichard, all of Denver.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Map-Colorado-Territory-counties-1867.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1867 Topo Map, Colorado Territory, counties<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1868 Philip P. Wilcox, Castle Rock, Douglas County, lawyer, rancher, county judge, county commissioner, county attorney 1874, one of three land donors and founders of Castle Rock, Wilcox Avenue is named after him. W.T. McLaughlin of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>1869\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/CO-Territory-Notary-Authentication-A-E-Reynolds-Pueblo-1869.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Territory Notary Authentication, A.E. Reynolds, 1869<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by John D. Miller county clerk in Pueblo County.\u00a0 Hyatt Hussey of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>1870 Edward P. Jones, Denver, Arapahoe County, notarized Certificate of Organization for The Union Colony of Colorado, located in Greeley, organized by <strong>Nathan Meeker<\/strong> and financially backed by <strong>Horace Greeley<\/strong>, editor of the New York Tribune<br \/>\nEdward P. House, Greeley, Weld County, notarized Certificate of Organization for The Union Colony of Colorado<br \/>\nJohn C. Anderson, Denver, Arapahoe County, notarized deed from Denver Land Association to Horace Greeley, Trustee of The Union Colony<br \/>\nWilliam E. Pabor, Greeley, Weld County, notarized deed from The Union Colony of Colorado to W. D. Hartley<\/p>\n<p>And, these notaries from Denver: William N. Byers, editor of the Rocky Mountain News, Samuel G. Collins, M.L. Hobb, H.W. Hubbard, and George C. Schleier.<\/p>\n<p>1871 From Denver: W.W. Deniston, John B. Elvans, E.O. Matthews, W.H. Townsend, and George F. Wanless.\u00a0 From Fairplay, Park County, A.M. Janes, postmaster, and general store owner.<\/p>\n<p>1872\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/depredation-horses-stolen-by-indians-1872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affidavit of Horse Depredation by Arapahoes, 1872<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Las Animas County<\/p>\n<p>From Denver, Joseph B. Cass, A.A. Denman, Peter G. Koch, M.W. Levy, John Walker<\/p>\n<p>1873 From Denver: Orris Blake, W.G. Broad, Henry Clay, Peter Headburg, Owen E. Le Fevre, Charles E. Parker, James S. Watson, and O.H. Whittier.<\/p>\n<p>1874 From Denver: John Dew, Samuel C. Hale, Henry A. Harrington, E.F. Jones, John L. McNeil, W.H. Pierce, M. Spangler, William D. Todd, O.A. Whittemore, and Edward O. Wolcott.<\/p>\n<p>1875 From Denver: George E. Crater, D.C. Crawford, and S.W. French.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Denver_City_Directory_1875\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9912 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ad-Mechanics-Savings-Bank-notary-Denver-1875.jpg\" alt=\"Ad Mechanics Savings Bank notary Denver 1875\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" \/>Denver City Directory, 1875<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Denver City Directory for 1875 includes names and advertisements for notaries. Notaries worked at banks, law firms, real estate offices, and insurance agencies. Estimated Denver population was about 24,000.<\/p>\n<p>George Bucklin, Julius Crone, Theodore W. Kerr, Samuel S. Landon, Montague R. Leverson, Tallmadge Norwood, Homer L. Thayer, William D. Todd<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notaries_for_Native_American_Language_Interpreters_mid-1800s\"><\/span>Notaries for Native American Language Interpreters, mid-1800s<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During the mid to late 1800s, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarized-documents-of-native-americans-1800s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Native American language interpreters<\/a><\/strong><\/span> employed by the federal government would meet with territorial notaries to sign a sworn statement attached to Indian treaties.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>affidavit<\/strong> stated that the Indian chiefs understood the translation of the English language document and had signed it in the presence of the interpreter. The Indian chiefs would make an X, mark, or thumbprint, rather than a signature.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-9895 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Internal-Revenue-stamp-Washington-4-cents-1862.jpg\" alt=\"Internal Revenue stamp Washington 4 cents 1862\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interpreters including <strong>Kit Carson<\/strong>, John S. Smith, John Pizelle, and Robert Bent often lived on Indian reservations, along with the federal Indian agent.\u00a0 The <strong>Indian agents<\/strong> had authority under federal law to take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/deposition-colorado-notary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">depositions<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and administer <strong>oaths<\/strong> regarding <strong>depredations<\/strong> in their district.<\/p>\n<p>A canceled U.S. <strong>internal revenue stamp<\/strong> was attached.\u00a0 Internal revenue stamps featuring George Washington were required on certain legal documents. They helped to pay government expenses for the <strong>Civil War<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Female_Notaries_in_Colorado_Territory_1893\"><\/span>Female Notaries in Colorado Territory, 1893<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The initial Colorado State Constitution of 1876 did not include equal <strong>suffrage<\/strong>, except for school board elections. A referendum in 1877 failed to pass, despite statewide barnstorming efforts by national suffrage leader <strong>Susan B. Anthony<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n<p>Women in Colorado did not get the <strong>right to vote<\/strong> until a referendum passed on November 7, 1893. Before then, they were not eligible to hold public office or to be appointed as notaries. They used their voting power to support women&#8217;s and children&#8217;s rights, and to crusade against <strong>alcohol<\/strong>, leading to Colorado&#8217;s prohibition in 1916.<\/p>\n<p>Native American tribal members who lived on reservations could not vote in Colorado until the 1970 Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the majority of notaries nationwide are women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Description of a <strong>register of boatmen<\/strong> see <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louisiana-Territory-Boatmen-Laws-1810.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Louisiana Territory Boatmen Laws, 1810<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louisiana-Territory-Ferry-Laws-1806.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Louisiana Territory Ferry Laws, 1806<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historycolorado.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/2018\/ColoradoMagazine_v27n3_July1950.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With Fur Traders in Colorado, 1839-40, The Journal of E. Willard Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, The Colorado Magazine, July 1950, History Colorado document collection<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-Territory-Boatman-Laws-1855.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Kansas Territory Boatman Laws, 1855<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n5. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-Territory-Ferry-Laws-1859.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas Territory Ferry Laws, 1859<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Denver-Ferry-History-South-Platte-1859.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Denver Ferry History, South Platte, 1859<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image Credits<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Oil painting, Coronado sets out to the north, Frederic Remington, circa 1890, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n2. Medallion, Francisco V\u00e1zquez Coronado in the Plaza Mayor de Salamanca, Spain, cropped, Basilio, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n3. Drawings from anthropology book of Kachina dolls made by native Pueblo people,<b><\/b> 1894, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n4. Photo, Arapaho Chief Powder Face, wearing war costume, 1864, National Archives at College Park, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n5. Photo, Kansas Territory Governor James W. Denver, 1856, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Public Domain, CC0 1.0<br \/>\n6. Map, Colorado Territory formation, 1861, Rcsprinter123, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n7. Drawing, Mackinaw boat, fur trapper era, cropped, by Tom Bjarnason, Canadian postage stamp design, 1977, Fair Use, research\/education<br \/>\n8. Photo, Jefferson Territory Governor Robert Williamson Steele, 1859, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n9. Photo, Colorado Territory Governor William Gilpin, 1860, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n10. Image of notary certificate of appointment, John M. Francisco, 1862, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historycolorado.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Colorado<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Denver, John M. Francisco Collection #248, Fair Use, research\/education<br \/>\n11. Map, Colorado Territory counties, 1861, labels added, Public Domain, 1927, Colorado Historical Society<br \/>\n12. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/texashistory.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metapth190516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map, Topo, Colorado Territory counties, 1867<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Imprimerie Lemercier, Paris, University of North Texas Libraries, Denton, TX, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/texashistory.unt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Portal to Texas History<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, from University of Texas at Arlington Library, Fair Use, research\/education<br \/>\n13. Image of bank ad, Denver City Directory, 1875, Public Domain, Denver Public Library<br \/>\n14. Image of first Internal Revenue Washington stamps, 1862, Butler &amp; Carpenter of Philadelphia; Restoration and Imaging by Gwillhickers, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Copyright 2022\u00a0 ABC Legal Docs, LLC\u00a0 All rights reserved.\u00a0 Do not copy.\u00a0 Citations welcome.\u00a0 Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Territory Notary History Three hundred years before Colorado Territory was formed, the first notaries passed through present-day Colorado in the 1500s. 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