George LeBreton
George W. LeBreton (1810 – March 4, 1844) was a pioneer politician in the Oregon Country and served as the official recorder in the Provisional Government of Oregon.
George LeBreton | |
|---|---|
| Recorder for the Provisional Government of Oregon | |
| In office 1841–1844 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Overton Johnson |
| Constituency | Oregon Country |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1810 Massachusetts |
| Died | March 4, 1844 (aged 33–34) Oregon |
Early life
LeBreton was born in 1810 in Massachusetts.[1] He then moved to Oregon along with Captain John H. Couch, an early sea merchant in Portland, Oregon.[2] He arrived in Oregon aboard Couch's vessel Maryland in 1840.[3] In Oregon on February 18, 1841, he was elected as the recorder for the Champoeg Meetings and for the probate court that was created.[1] Then in 1843 when the provisional government was formed he was again elected as the recorder, the forerunner to the office of Secretary of State.[1] He was still the government recorder when he was killed by a Native American named Cockstock on March 4, 1844.[4] Cockstock had stabbed and shot LeBreton along with another before being killed himself by Winslow Armstrong, but the incident lead to the creation of the Oregon Rangers as a militia.[2][4]
References
- Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Secretaries of State Biographical Sketches, 1841-Present. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 10, 2008.
- Brown, J. Henry (1892). Brown’s Political History of Oregon: Provisional Government. Wiley B. Allen.
- Flora, Stephenie. Emigrants to Oregon in 1840. Oregon Pioneers. Retrieved on September 25, 2007.
- Horner, John B. (1921). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. Corvallis, Oregon: John B. Horner. pp. 125, 153–4, 176. OCLC 2959122. OL 13573540M. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
