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Former Sheriffs<\/h1>\n

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(Left to Right) Sheriff Delbert Harrison, Sheriff Dave Alford, Sheriff Steve Deweese, Sheriff Mark Smith<\/p>\n

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Front Row (Left to Right) Sheriff Don Wright, Sheriff Harold Bailey Back Row (Left to Right) Sheriff Delbert Harrison, Sheriff Dave Alford<\/p>\n

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Sheriff Opha Stone and wife Gladys Stone<\/p>\n

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Sheriff J.H. Matthews<\/p>\n

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Elijah Kimberling<\/strong>
1848 \u2013 1st session of court<\/p>\n

Matthew D. Brown<\/strong>
1849-1850<\/p>\n

William Grass<\/strong>
1851-1852<\/p>\n

John Dudding<\/strong>
1853-1854<\/p>\n

Napoleon Bowyer<\/strong>
1855-1856<\/p>\n

William Grass<\/strong>
1857-1858<\/p>\n

James P. Harbour<\/strong>
1859-1860<\/p>\n

E.M. Martin<\/strong>
1861-1862<\/p>\n

William Shaw<\/strong>
1863-1864<\/p>\n

George C. Bowyer<\/strong>
1865-1868 (Start of four-year terms)<\/p>\n

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I.A. Wade<\/strong>
1869-1872<\/p>\n

William Lowe<\/strong>
1873-1876<\/p>\n

L.I. Timms<\/strong>
1877-1880<\/p>\n

Lawrence Christy<\/strong>
1881-1884<\/p>\n

James Mitchell<\/strong>
1885-1888<\/p>\n

David McCoy<\/strong>
1889-1891<\/p>\n

James Morris<\/strong>
(appointed April 16) 1891-1892<\/p>\n

J.E. Frazier<\/strong>
1893-1896<\/p>\n

R.V. Dorsey<\/strong>
1897-1900<\/p>\n

W.P. McAboy<\/strong>
1901-1904<\/p>\n

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W.S. Barr<\/strong>
1905-1908<\/p>\n

E.W. Wick<\/strong>
1913-1916<\/p>\n

W.E. Somerville<\/strong>
1917-1920<\/p>\n

C.A. Campbell<\/strong>
1921-1924<\/p>\n

Henry Sovine<\/strong>
1925-1928<\/p>\n

A.M. Harmon<\/strong>
1929-1932<\/p>\n

D.L. Ambler<\/strong>
1933-1936<\/p>\n

F.H. Moss<\/strong>
1937-1940<\/p>\n

J.H. Matthews<\/strong>
1941-1944<\/p>\n

C.A. Vaughn<\/strong>
1945-1948<\/p>\n

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M.S. Harmon<\/strong>
1949-1952<\/p>\n

Martin Wade<\/strong>
1953-1956<\/p>\n

Opha E. Stone<\/strong>
1957-1960 and 1965-1968<\/p>\n

Harold E. Bailey<\/strong>
1969-1972<\/p>\n

Donald A. Wright<\/strong>
1973-1976 and 1977-1980<\/p>\n

David M. Alford<\/strong>
1981-1984 and 1985-1988<\/p>\n

Delbert Harrison<\/strong>
1989-1992 and 1993-1996<\/p>\n

Stanley Farley<\/strong>
1997-2000 and 2001-2004<\/p>\n

Mark L. Smith<\/strong>
2005-2008 and 2009-2012<\/p>\n

Steve Deweese<\/strong>
2013-2016 and 2017-2020<\/p>\n

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