After its formation, Siskiyou County was assumed to be part of the Ninth District, where its parent county (Shasta) remained; however, court was not convened in Siskiyou until 1853, when it was moved to the Eighth District, held by Hon. Joseph Montgomery Peters. Peters was succeeded by Judges William P. Daingerfield (1858–64), E. Garter (1864–70), A.M. Rosborough (1870–80), and Elijah Steele (1880+).
