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Office	Elected/Appointed Official	Term Served
Assessor	Office created 1868	1828-1868
Assessor	Shreve, Wilson	1868-1872
Assessor	Pettigrew, G. H.	1872-1874
Assessor	Mitchell, William	1874-1878
Assessor	Trent, J. W. M.	1878-1886
Assessor	Morrow, G. W.	1886-1890
Assessor	Smith, J. P.	1890-1894
Assessor	Henry, E. P.	1894-1898
Assessor	Loving, J. R.	1898-1902
Assessor	Holcomb, W. H.	1902-1906
Assessor	Hays, G. W.	1906-1910
Assessor	Shreve, Walter	1910-1914
Assessor	Harris, J. L.	1914-1919
Assessor	Harrison, Perry	1919-1921
Assessor	Hays, G. W.	1921-1923
Assessor	Harrison, T. P.	1923-1925
Assessor	Hays, G. W.	1925-1930
Assessor	Harrison, T. P.	1931-1934
Assessor	Thurman, Carl	1935-1938
Assessor	Caudle, George	1939-1942
Assessor	Pettigrew, J. C.	1943-1946
Assessor	McConnell, George	1947-1954
Assessor	Walters, R. C.	1955-1958
Assessor	Morrell, A. E.	1959-1964
Assessor	McConell, G. L.	1965-1968
Assessor	Rushing, Perry L.	1969-1978
Assessor	Phillips, Sue	1979-2002
Assessor	Kizzar, Lee Ann	2003-2010
Assessor	Williams, Jeff	2011-2014
Assessor	Hill, Russell	2015-Present
Chancellor	see Circuit Judge	1828-1903
Chancellor	Humphreys, T. H.	1903-1916
Chancellor	McMahan, Ben F.	1916-1923
Chancellor	Williams, Sam	1923-1925
Chancellor	Seamster, Lee	1925-1942
Chancellor	Butt, F. O.	1943-1943
Chancellor	Butt, John K.	1943-1948
Chancellor	Seamster, Lee	1949-1950
Chancellor1	Butt, Thomas F.	1951-2000
Chancellor1 (see Circuit Judge5)	division merged with Circuit in 2000	2001-
Chancellor2	Lineberger, John R.	1977-2000
Chancellor2 (see Circuit Judge6)	division merged with Circuit in 2000	2001-
Circuit Clerk	Newton, L.	1828-1830
Circuit Clerk	Smithson, B. H.	1830-1840
Circuit Clerk	Pearson, Benjamin	1840-1844
Circuit Clerk	Pitman, James	1844-1846
Circuit Clerk	Smith, P. R.	1846-1862
Circuit Clerk	unknown/unfilled	1862-1864
Circuit Clerk	Reed, G. W. M.	1864-1870
Circuit Clerk	Benbrook, C. L.	1871-1873
Circuit Clerk	Holcomb, Joe	1873-1876
Circuit Clerk	Gregg, A. S.	1876-1884
Circuit Clerk	Tillman, J. N.	1884-1890
Circuit Clerk	Scott, John P.	1890-1892
Circuit Clerk	Walker, Jack	1892-1896
Circuit Clerk	Crouch, H. L.	1896-1900
Circuit Clerk	Morton, W. H.	1900-1904
Circuit Clerk	Rodgers, G. J.	1904-1908
Circuit Clerk	Croxdale, M. F.	1908-1912
Circuit Clerk	Vaughan, J. C.	1912-1916
Circuit Clerk	Davis, J. L.	1916-1921
Circuit Clerk	Watson, E. P.	1921-1926
Circuit Clerk	Johnson, Pat	1927-1932
Circuit Clerk	Walker, Henry B.	1933-1936
Circuit Clerk	Jones, Clint	1937-1940
Circuit Clerk	Shofner, W. V.	1941-1944
Circuit Clerk	Greer, Richard B.	1945-1952
Circuit Clerk	Bronson, W. S.	1953-1954
Circuit Clerk	McConnell, Lloyd	1955-1966
Circuit Clerk	Kollmeyer, Alma	1967-1994
Circuit Clerk	Harness, Kathleen	1995-2000
Circuit Clerk	Stamps, Bette	2001-2012
Circuit Clerk	Sylvester, Kyle	2013-Present
Circuit Judge	Bates, James Woodson	1828-1829
Circuit Judge	Johnson, Benjamin	1829-1829
Circuit Judge	Eskridge, Thomas	1830-1834
Circuit Judge	Cross, Edward	1832-1834
Circuit Judge	Yell, Archibald	1835-1837
Circuit Judge	Hoge, J. M.	1837-1845
Circuit Judge	Sneed, S. G.	1845-1851
Circuit Judge	Greenwood, A. B.	1851-1853
Circuit Judge	Batson, F. I.	1853-1859
Circuit Judge	Wilson, J. M.	1859-1860
Circuit Judge	Green, J. J.	1860-1861
Circuit Judge	Walker, James D.	1862-1865
Circuit Judge	Harrell, Elias	1865-1867
Circuit Judge	Storey, William	1867-1868
Circuit Judge	Ham, E. D.	1868-1874
Circuit Judge	Brown, B. J.	1874-1875
Circuit Judge	Pittman, J. M.	1876-1877
Circuit Judge	Berry, J. H.	1878-1882
Circuit Judge	Pittman, J. M.	1882-1890
Circuit Judge	McDaniels, E. S.	1890-1900
Circuit Judge	Tillman, John N.	1900-1905
Circuit Judge	Maples, J. S.	1905-1919
Circuit Judge	Dickson, W. A.	1919-1927
Circuit Judge	Maples, J. S.	1927-1931
Circuit Judge	Combs, John S.	1931-1938
Circuit Judge	Trimble, J. W.	1939-1946
Circuit Judge	Cummings, Maupin	1947-1978
Circuit Judge	Gibson, Mahlon	1979-1990
Circuit Judge1	Storey, William	1991-2014
Circuit Judge1	Martin, Doug	2015-Present
Circuit Judge2	Lineberger, John R.	1975-1976
Circuit Judge2	Jameson, Paul	1977-1986
Circuit Judge2	Smith, Kim	1987-2012
Circuit Judge2	Martin, Doug	2012-2014
Circuit Judge2	Threet, John	2015-Present
Circuit Judge3 (Juvenile Judge)	Zimmerman, Stacey	1999-Present
Circuit Judge4	Gunn, Mary Ann	1999-2011
Circuit Judge4	Mason, G. Chadd	2011-2012
Circuit Judge4	Beaumont, Cristi	2013-Present
Circuit Judge5	Mashburn, Mike	2001-2007
Circuit Judge5	Carson, Gary L.	2007-2008
Circuit Judge5	Mashburn, Mike	2009-2009
Circuit Judge5	Martin, Doug	2009-2010
Circuit Judge5	Bryan, Beth Storey	2011-Present
Circuit Judge6	Lindsay, Mark	2000-Present
Circuit Judge7	Taylor, Joanna	2011-Present
Collector	see Sheriff	1828-1921
Collector	Jackson, H. E.	1919-1928
Collector	Wilson, J. C.	1929-1934
Collector	Trewhitt, C. W.	1935-1940
Collector	Carter, Witt	1941-1946
Collector	Taylor, Ralph	1947-1954
Collector	McConnell, G. L.	1955-1962
Collector	Davis, Paul	1963-1964
Collector	Teague, Sarah B.	1965-1968
Collector	Walker, Sarah B.	1969-1978
Collector	Mhoon, Josephine	1979-1981
Collector	Little, Pat	1981-1982
Collector	Cantrell, Joe	1983-1994
Collector	Tanner, May B.	1995-2000
Collector	Ruff, David	2001-2016
Collector	Wood, Angela	2017-Present
Coroner	Skelton, John	1828-1830
Coroner	Marrs, James	1830-1832
Coroner	Coulter, James	1832-1833
Coroner	Crawford, James	1833-1835
Coroner	Hester, W. W.	1835-1836
Coroner	Callaghan, D.	1836-1838
Coroner	Wallace, L. W.	1838-1840
Coroner	Brixey, John	1840-1842
Coroner	Babb, Ewing	1842-1844
Coroner	Skelton, W.	1844-1846
Coroner	Fincher, H. W.	1846-1862
Coroner	Jackson, J. R.	1862-1864
Coroner	Gregg, M.	1864-1866
Coroner	Mankins, Pete	1866-1868
Coroner	Graham, William	1868-1872
Coroner	Holland, W. D.	1872-1878
Coroner	Mount, J. J.	1878-1880
Coroner	Van Hoose, George	1880-1882
Coroner	Phillips, W. R.	1882-1886
Coroner	Van Hoose, George	1886-1890
Coroner	Lay, E.	1890-1896
Coroner	Blackburn, W. T.	1896-1898
Coroner	Bishop, W. W.	1898-1904
Coroner	Swift, C. E.	1904-1906
Coroner	Baird, Y. J.	1906-1908
Coroner	Bishop, W. W.	1908-1912
Coroner	Childress, T. B.	1912-1916
Coroner	Cox, John	1916-1919
Coroner	Moore, Frank	1919-1921
Coroner	Nix, Joe S.	1921-1927
Coroner	Riggs, G. M.	1927-1941
Coroner	Watson, E. P.	1941-1942
Coroner	Russell, Maurice	1943-1944
Coroner	Watson, E. P.	1945-1962
Coroner	Baker, D. B.	1963-1964
Coroner	Henry, M. M.	1965-1966
Coroner	Vinzant, John W.	1967-1974
Coroner	Ahrend, T.	1975-1976
Coroner	Medley, Gary	1976-1976
Coroner	Hart, H. R.	1977-1978
Coroner	Priest, Linda M.	1979-1982
Coroner	Box, Terry	1983-1984
Coroner	Myers, William G.	1985-1986
Coroner	Burrow, John Logan	1987-1988
Coroner	Rogers, David	1989-1992
Coroner	Boyd, Tom	1993-1994
Coroner	Farmer, Charles	1995-2002
Coroner	Morris, Roger W.	2003-Present
County Clerk	Newton, L.	1828-1830
County Clerk	Smithson, B. H.	1830-1840
County Clerk	Pearson, Benjamin	1840-1844
County Clerk	Pitman, James	1844-1846
County Clerk	Smith, P. R.	1846-1862
County Clerk	unknown/unfilled	1862-1864
County Clerk	Reed, G. W. M.	1864-1866
County Clerk	Smith, P. R.	1866-1868
County Clerk	Reed, G. W. M.	1868-1872
County Clerk	Smith, P. R.	1872-1880
County Clerk	Reagan, H. F.	1880-1884
County Clerk	Shannon, J. B.	1884-1888
County Clerk	Suttle, J. E.	1888-1892
County Clerk	Cook, W. I.	1892-1896
County Clerk	Holcomb, Bruce	1896-1900
County Clerk	Boles, Clifford P.	1900-1904
County Clerk	Greer, Ben F.	1904-1908
County Clerk	Watson, E. P.	1908-1912
County Clerk	Appleby, George	1912-1916
County Clerk	Pearson, Clem	1916-1921
County Clerk	Bishop, J. M.	1921-1925
County Clerk	Tilley, Harris	1925-1926
County Clerk	Little, G. C.	1927-1928
County Clerk	Jackson, H. E.	1929-1932
County Clerk	Cruse, Merle	1933-1936
County Clerk	Moore, D. L.	1937-1942
County Clerk	Scott, Roy A.	1943-1952
County Clerk	Davis, Paul C.	1953-1962
County Clerk	Roberts, Ruth E.	1963-1976
County Clerk	Edwards, Marilyn	1977-2002
County Clerk	Pritchard, Karen Combs	2003-2012
County Clerk	Lewallen, Becky	2013-Present
County Judge	see Circuit Judge	1828-1830
County Judge	McAmy, Robert	1830-1832
County Judge	Wilson, John	1832-1833
County Judge	Hoge, J. M.	1833-1835
County Judge	Woody, W. B.	1835-1836
County Judge	Cureton, John	1837-1838
County Judge	Wilson, Thomas	1839-1844
County Judge	Newman, John	1845-1860
County Judge	Crawford, A. A.	1861-1862
County Judge	Meeklin, R. W.	1863-1864
County Judge	Galbreath, J.	1865-1866
County Judge	Tankersley, L.	1867-1868
County Judge	Galbreath, C. C.	1869-1873
County Judge	Brownlee, W. W. (Supervisor)	1874-1874
County Judge	Tankersley, L. (Supervisor)	1874-1874
County Judge	Davis, Hiram	1875-1878
County Judge	Mullins, Thomas	1879-1886
County Judge	Green, H. P.	1887-1890
County Judge	Wainwright, T.	1891-1892
County Judge	Hill, Frank	1893-1898
County Judge	Hannah, R. D.	1899-1900
County Judge	Berry, Millard	1901-1904
County Judge	Williams, W. E.	1905-1908
County Judge	Greer, Ben F.	1909-1912
County Judge	Hight, J. T.	1913-1916
County Judge	Appleby, George	1917-1919
County Judge	Campbell, Frank	1919-1921
County Judge	Dowell, J. E.	1921-1926
County Judge	Baker, H. L.	1927-1928
County Judge	Slaughter, J. L.	1929-1932
County Judge	Jackson, H. E.	1933-1936
County Judge	Rothrock, I. R.	1937-1942
County Judge	Caudle, G. F.	1943-1946
County Judge	Carter, Witt	1947-1952
County Judge	Bush, William L.	1953-1956
County Judge	Crider, Bruce	1957-1962
County Judge	Martin, Arthur L.	1963-1964
County Judge	Thrasher, Gene L.	1965-1968
County Judge	Lester, Vol B.	1969-1978
County Judge	Johnson, Charles A.	1979-1998
County Judge	Hunton, Jerry	1999-2008
County Judge	Edwards, Marilyn	2009-2016
County Judge	Wood, Joseph K.	2017-Present
Juvenile Judge	see County Judge	1828-1964
Juvenile Judge	Lighton, Suzanne C. (referee)	1965-1967
Juvenile Judge	Hipp, Richard (referee)	1967-1969
Juvenile Judge	Mayes, Bob I.	1969-1980
Juvenile Judge	McCann, Ronald	1981-1986
Juvenile Judge	Hafer, Earl P.	1987-1989
Juvenile Judge	Storey, William	1990-1990
Juvenile Judge	Williams, Charles N.	1991-1998
Juvenile Judge (Circuit Judge3)	Zimmerman, Stacey	1999-Present
Prosecuting Attorney	Hubbard, Thomas	1828-1832
Prosecuting Attorney	Royston, G. D.	1832-1833
Prosecuting Attorney	Watson, Shelton	1833-1835
Prosecuting Attorney	Stephenson, A. G.	1835-1840
Prosecuting Attorney	Wilson, Alfred M.	1840-1844
Prosecuting Attorney	Greenwood, A. B.	1845-1853
Prosecuting Attorney	Thomason, H. F.	1853-1856
Prosecuting Attorney	Gregg, Lafayette	1856-1862
Prosecuting Attorney	Brown, B. J.	1862-1864
Prosecuting Attorney	Cravens, J. E.	1865-1866
Prosecuting Attorney	Boon, Squire	1866-1868
Prosecuting Attorney	Harrell, Elias	1868-1873
Prosecuting Attorney	Peel, S. W.	1873-1876
Prosecuting Attorney	Stirman, E. I.	1876-1878
Prosecuting Attorney	Dinsmore, H. A.	1878-1884
Prosecuting Attorney	Wilson, J. Frank	1884-1886
Prosecuting Attorney	Walker, J. V.	1886-1888
Prosecuting Attorney	Johnson, S. M.	1888-1890
Prosecuting Attorney	Peel, J. M.	1890-1892
Prosecuting Attorney	Tillman, J. N.	1892-1898
Prosecuting Attorney	Walker, J. W.	1898-1900
Prosecuting Attorney	Maples, J. S.	1900-1904
Prosecuting Attorney	Horsley, D. B.	1905-1908
Prosecuting Attorney	Fuller, C. A.	1910-1914
Prosecuting Attorney	Combs, J. S.	1914-1919
Prosecuting Attorney	Nance, J. W.	1919-1925
Prosecuting Attorney	Combs, John S.	1925-1930
Prosecuting Attorney	Trimble, J. W.	1931-1938
Prosecuting Attorney	Butt, J. K.	1939-1942
Prosecuting Attorney	Duty, Jeff	1943-1946
Prosecuting Attorney	Coxsey, Ted P.	1947-1968
Prosecuting Attorney	Gibson, Mahlon	1969-1978
Prosecuting Attorney	Smith, Kim	1979-1986
Prosecuting Attorney	Ziser, Andrew	1987-1992
Prosecuting Attorney	Jones, Terry	1993-2006
Prosecuting Attorney	Threet, John	2007-2013
Prosecuting Attorney	Durrett, Matt	2014-Present
Public Defender	Office created in 1974?	1828-1974
Public Defender	Lineberger, John R.	1974-1975
Public Defender	Dabney, Mike	1975-1978
Public Defender	Hyslip, Denny	1979-Present
Sheriff	Evans, Lewis	1828-1836
Sheriff	Pleasants, L. C.	1836-1840
Sheriff	Smith, P. R.	1840-1844
Sheriff	O'Bryan, E.	1844-1848
Sheriff	Smithson, B. H.	1848-1852
Sheriff	Pettigrew, Z. M.	1852-1856
Sheriff	Crawford, John	1856-1860
Sheriff	Gibson, George	1860-1862
Sheriff	Gregg, A. S.	1862-1864
Sheriff	Carney, J. W.	1864-1866
Sheriff	Yoes, Jacob	1866-1868
Sheriff	Little, B. F.	1868-1872
Sheriff	Pettigrew, Z. M.	1872-1880
Sheriff	Henry, C. M.	1880-1884
Sheriff	Deane, George F.	1884-1888
Sheriff	Combs, I. G.	1888-1892
Sheriff	Lake, George T.	1892-1896
Sheriff	Oxford, J. W.	1896-1900
Sheriff	Rollins, W. H.	1900-1904
Sheriff	Phillips, Kit	1904-1908
Sheriff	Reed, J. C.	1908-1910
Sheriff	Caudle, S. W.	1910-1914
Sheriff	Morton, R. M.	1914-1919
Sheriff	Jackson, H. E.	1919-1921
Sheriff	Guinn, S. H.	1921-1923
Sheriff	Johnson, W. H.	1923-1925
Sheriff	Guinn, S. H.	1925-1926
Sheriff	Walker, H. B.	1927-1932
Sheriff	Gover, Harley	1933-1936
Sheriff	Lewis, Herbert	1936-1940
Sheriff	Davidson, A. B.	1941-1942
Sheriff	Gulley, C. P.	1943-1946
Sheriff	Crider, Bruce	1947-1956
Sheriff	Spencer, Hollis	1957-1962
Sheriff	Brogdon, Hal B.	1962-1962
Sheriff	Davidson, A. B.	1963-1968
Sheriff	Long, Bill L.	1969-1974
Sheriff	Marshall, Herbert H.	1975-1980
Sheriff	Dennis, Bud	1981-1990
Sheriff	McKee, Kenneth	1991-2000
Sheriff	Whitmill, Steve	2001-2004
Sheriff	Owens, Lee	2004-1004
Sheriff	Helder, Tim	2005-Present
Surveyor	Caruthers, Y.	1828-1832
Surveyor	Edmondson, J. T.	1832-1833
Surveyor	McClellan, John	1833-1840
Surveyor	Shipley, E. H.	1840-1844
Surveyor	Sullivan, W. D.	1844-1848
Surveyor	Ross, H. P.	1848-1854
Surveyor	Shipley, E. H.	1854-1856
Surveyor	Ross, H. P.	1856-1864
Surveyor	unknown/not filled	1864-1866
Surveyor	Mitchell, William	1866-1868
Surveyor	Cline, G. W.	1868-1872
Surveyor	Buchanan, L. A.	1872-1874
Surveyor	Buchanan, A.	1874-1878
Surveyor	Buchanan, J. A.	1878-1882
Surveyor	Scott, Hugh	1882-1884
Surveyor	Mitchell, William	1884-1888
Surveyor	Walker, B. F.	1888-1892
Surveyor	Rosser, W. E.	1892-1898
Surveyor	Shreve, A. W.	1898-1902
Surveyor	Shreve, Walter	1902-1904
Surveyor	Rosser, W. E.	1904-1914
Surveyor	Shreve, A. W.	1914-1919
Surveyor	Skelton, R. A.	1919-1921
Surveyor	Ratcliff, E. M.	1921-1923
Surveyor	Shreve, Walter	1923-1925
Surveyor	Shreve, A. W.	1925-1926
Surveyor	Shreve, Walter	1927-1930
Surveyor	Denton, Harry	1931-1932
Surveyor	Gary, Faus	1933-1936
Surveyor	Shreve, Walter	1937-1939
Surveyor	Doerries, W. A.	1939-1940
Surveyor	unknown/not filled	1943-1948
Surveyor	Mulrenin, Cass	1949-1954
Surveyor	Shreve, Ralph	1955-1962
Surveyor	unknown/not filled	1963-1964
Surveyor	Kemp, Don L.	1965-1968
Surveyor	Jones, Joe	1969-1970
Surveyor	Sullivan, R. E.	1971-1972
Surveyor	not filled	1973-1974
Surveyor	Reed, Richard D.	1975-1976
Surveyor	Blew, Frank W. Jr.	1977-1982
Surveyor	not filled	1983-1984
Surveyor	Kemp, Don	1985-1986
Surveyor	not filled	1987-1990
Surveyor	Steenken, Lou	1991-1992
Surveyor	Combs, James	1992-1996
Surveyor	not filled	1996-2018
Treasurer	Office Created 1836	1828-1836
Treasurer	Murphy, Isaac	1836-1838
Treasurer	Wallace, W. L.	1838-1840
Treasurer	Hubbard, M.	1840-1844
Treasurer	Bowers, W. M.	1844-1852
Treasurer	Simpson, J. B.	1852-1860
Treasurer	Watson, W. A.	1860-1864
Treasurer	Carlisle, Thomas	1864-1866
Treasurer	Simpson, J. B.	1866-1868
Treasurer	Carlisle, Thomas	1868-1872
Treasurer	Lewis, A. B.	1872-1874
Treasurer	Boone, Lafayette	1874-1880
Treasurer	Rainwater, J. B.	1880-1884
Treasurer	Tunstill, W. S.	1884-1890
Treasurer	Cummings, K. C.	1890-1892
Treasurer	Blackburn, W. H.	1892-1896
Treasurer	Mitchell, J. C.	1896-1900
Treasurer	Baird, Y. J.	1900-1904
Treasurer	Bell, R. F.	1904-1908
Treasurer	Parks, W. D.	1908-1912
Treasurer	Watson, A. C.	1912-1916
Treasurer	Davis, Lee	1916-1921
Treasurer	Johnson, W. H.	1921-1925
Treasurer	Harrison, T. P.	1925-1928
Treasurer	Stearnes, C. S.	1929-1932
Treasurer	Page, W. E.	1933-1936
Treasurer	Shofner, Wallace	1937-1940
Treasurer	Bronson, Minnie	1941-1946
Treasurer	Shook, Clint	1947-1960
Treasurer	Jones, Bethel	1960-1960
Treasurer	Sherry, Hugh	1961-1974
Treasurer	Perry, Joan	1975-1998
Treasurer	Haney, Roger	1999-2014
Treasurer	Hill, Bobby	2015-Present