[1] In 1859, Prim was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor John Whiteaker to fill the seat of Matthew P. Deady who had resigned.

[6] Paine Page Prim then died in Oakland, California, on August 8, 1899, at the age of 77 and is buried in Jacksonville, Oregon.

[7] In 1961, the actor Arthur Franz was cast as Prim in the episode, "Justice at Jackson Creek", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.

Prim is shown as a drunken, ostracized lawyer who hesitates to help a miner in legal trouble but must overcome his personal demons.

The episode also stars Dub Taylor as Jake; William Schallert as Carl Spenger, and Bill Bixby as Kinney.