Elected	left office	Sheriff
March 1, 1856	August 4, 1856	Joshua Barker
August 4, 1856	August 2, 1858	Robert P. "Bob" Baker
August 2, 1858	August 6, 1860	John F. Porter
August 6, 1860- 2nd time	August 4, 1862	Robert P. Baker
August 4, 1862	August 1, 1864	J.W.H. Blackwell
August 1, 1864	August 28, 1865	James Hudson
appointed by Govenor A.J. Hamilton August 28, 1865	Resigned February 1866	D. B. Lucky
appointed by Govenor A.J. Hamilton February 23, 1866	Resigned March 1866	James Beverly
appointed by Govenor A.J. Hamilton March 13, 1866	June 25, 1866	John Woody
elected June 25, 1866	Removed from office by General J.J. Reynolds' Special Order #195 on November 20, 1867.	John W. Squires
Appointed by General J.J. Reynolds' Special Order #195 on November 20, 1867. elected December 3, 1869	December 2, 1873	J.W. Hedrick
elected December 2, 1873 reelected February 15, 1876	November 5, 1878	Charles Lindsee
elected November 5, 1878	November 2, 1880	H.M. Kidwell
elected November 2,1880	November 7, 1882	F.P. (T.P.) Johnson
elected November 7, 1882	Resigned August 1883	L.L. Tackett
elected August 17, 1883	November 4, 1884	W.F. Baylor
elected November 4, 1884	November 2, 1886	W.K. Baylor
elected November 2, 1886 reelected November 6, 1888	November 8, 1892.	Henry S. Sisk
elected November 8, 1892	November 6, 1894.	A.H. Cleveland
elected November 6, 1894	November 3, 1896	E.N. McCracken
elected November 3, 1896 re-elected november 8, 1898	November 6, 1900	Y.H. Isbell
elected November 6, 1900 re-elected november 4, 1902	November 6, 1906.	D.C. Bratton
elected November 6, 1906 re-elected November 3, 1908	November 8, 1910.	Henry N. Pope
elected November 8, 1910 re-elected november 5, 1912	November 3, 1914.	S.S. Gilbert
elected November 3, 1914 re-elected November 7, 1916	November 5, 1918.	George W. Gore
elected November 5, 1918 re-elected November 2, 1920	January 1, 1923.	John R. Brown
elected november 7, 1922 re-elected November 4, 1924	January 1, 1927.	Joseph Gilbert
elected November 2, 1926 re-elected November 6, 1928	Janurary 1, 1931	J.R. Pickens
elected November 4, 1930 re-elected November 8, 1932	January 1, 1935.	B.R. Barker
elected November 6, 1934 re-elected November 3, 1936	Resigned February 28, 1938	Lester Stewart
appointed February 28, 1938	January 1, 1939	Jake Long
elected November 8, 1938 re-elected November 5, 1940	January 1, 1943	John Turner
elected November 3, 1942 re-elected November 7, 1944	January 1, 1947	Jake Long
elected November 5, 1946 re-elected November 2, 1948	January 1, 1951	John F. Young
elected November 7, 1950 re-elected November 4, 1952	January 1, 1955	Louis A. Peoples
elected November 2, 1954 re-elected November 6, 1956	Januray 1, 1961	John F. Young
elected November 8, 1960 re-elected November 3, 1964	January 1, 1969	Coy P. Carter
elected November 5, 1968	January 1, 1973	John F. Young
elected November 7, 1972	January 1, 1977	Coy Carter
elected November 2, 1976 re-elected November 4, 1980 re-elected November, 6, 1984	January 1, 1989	Billy Ray Cain
elected November 8, 1988	January 1, 1997	Ben Whiteman, Jr.
Assumed office January 1, 1997	December 31, 2004	Jay Brown
Assumed office January 1, 2005 re-elected January 1, 2009	Current Sheriff	Larry Fowler