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
!937 – 1941

Ash Mankin
!941 – 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 –