Sheriff History

John T. Clay

1850 – 1853

Wilson Abbott

1853 – 1855

C. C. Roles

1855 – 1859

H. M. Riffe

1859 – 1863

Lewis Hull

1865 – 1867

A. J. Harper

1867 – 1871

J. B. Underwood

1871 – 1877

W. C. Riffe

1877 – 1881

Wilson Sweeney

1881 – 1885

J. Wesley Harper

1885 – 1889

W. T. Shumate

1889 – 1893

H. A. Snuffer

1893 – 1897

A. B. Ballard

1897 – 1901

Harvey Cook

1901 – 1905

W. R. Campbell

1905 – 1907

John F. Davis

1907 – 1909

C. V. Cottle (left)

1909 – 1913

G. W. Thompson

1913 – 1917

W. L. Foster

1917 – 1921

P. L. Blankenship

1921 – 1924

Isaiah Kidd

1925 – 1929

M. J. Meadows

1929 – 1933

C. C. Lewis (First Term)

1933 – 1937

H. G. Farmer

1937 – 1941

Ash Mankin

1941 – 1945

C.C. Lewis (Second Term)

1945 – 1949

Okey A. Mills

1949 – 1953

John C. Ward

1953 – 1957

Okey A. Mills

1957 – 1961

Slim Thompson

1961 – 1965

Okey A. Mills

1965 – 1969

Zina French

1969 – 1973

Okey A. Mills

1973 – 1977

Okey A. Mills

1977 – 1981

Claude England

1981 – 1985

R. Michael Mangum

1985 – 1989

R. Michael Mangum

1989 – 1993

Frank R. Lavender

1993 – 1997

Frank R. Lavender

1997 – 2001

D. W. 'Danny' Moore

2001 – 2005

D. W. 'Danny' Moore

2005 – 2009

Robert Steven Tanner

2009 –