Chronology of Sheriffs
| 1849-1852 | David Emery | | 1901-1903 | James H. Brown |
| 1853-1855 | Andrew B. Allen | | 1904-1906 | Edwin I. Ayers |
| 1856-1858 | Robert Gailey | | 1907-1909 | John Waddington |
| 1859-1861 | Silas Stevenson | | 1910-1913 | Robert H. Whaley |
| 1862-1864 | Andrew B. Allen | | 1914-1917 | Carl S. Johnston |
| 1865-1867 | Thomas McConnell | | 1919-1921 | Joseph H. Boyd |
| 1868-1870 | David C. Rhodes | | 1922-1925 | William G. Andrews |
| 1871-1873 | James Davies | | 1926-1929 | Harrison M. Reynolds |
| 1874-1876 | James H. Cooper | | 1930-1933 | Frank H. Johnston |
| 1877-1879 | William B. Miller | | 1934-1937 | Edward D. Pritchard |
| 1880-1882 | Alexander Richardson | | 1938-1941 | Merle M. Ingham |
| 1883-1885 | William F. Douds | | 1942-1945 | Clyde D. Badger |
| 1886-1888 | William G. Warnock | | 1946-1965 | Frank L. Coen |
| 1889-1891 | Samuel W. Bell | | 1966-1989 | George Sigler |
| 1892-1894 | William Douthett | | 1990-2005 | Robert L. Clark |
| 1895-1897 | William Becker | | 2006-Present | Perry L. Quahliero |
| 1898-1900 | Charles Matthews | | | |
