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The county officers, so far as names and dates can be obtained, have been as follows:
Sheriffs
Cornelius Slater, 1810
John Greer, 1812
Francis Porterfield, 1822
William Husband, 1826
Andrew Kincannon, 1828
Alfred Smith, 1833
William C. Blake, 1836
Constant Smith, 1840
William B. McLaughlin, 1844
E. G. Buchanan, 1847
Eli L. Hodge, 1848
James Hanks, 1852
W. M. Alexander, 1854
Moses Cruse, 1856
W. M. Alexander, 1858
Moses Cruse, 1860
William Moffett, 1862
John H. Steelman, 1864
William F. Taylor, 1866
C. S. Wilson, 1868
F. W. Keith, 1868
H. B. Morgan, 1870
W. A. Millard, 1872
R. F. Holland, 1878
W. A. Cunningham, 1882
George W. Poindexter, 1884
Trustees
John Rhea, 1810
Ebenezer McEwen, 1816
William Neeld, 1826
Samuel E. Gilleland, 1828
E. M. Ringo, 1836
John J. Ramsay, 1838
Richard White, 1842
E. M. Ringo, 1844
S. J. Isaacs, 1850
William B. Rhea, 1853
William Neeld, 1854
A. S. Randolph, 1858
William R. Smith, 1862
William P. Neeld, 1864
J. D. Scott, 1866
J. H. Carey, 1868
J. D. Scott, 1870
J. J. Cummins, 1872
H. C. Street, 1874
Henry Henderson, 1876-86
Registers
Samuel Barns, 1810
Cornelius Slater, 1816
Peter M. Ross, 1832
John Goodrich, 1836
Daniel J. Whittington, 1852
Peter Cunningham, 1860
Miles Ramsay, 1862
A. T. Nicks, 1864
A. J. Childress, 1869
P. D. Boyce, 1870
B. B. Thompson, 1874-86
Rangers
Philip Koonce, 1810-41
William Neeld, 1841
William T. Berry, 1843
A. H. Berry, 1848
N. O. Wallace, 1853-86.
County Court Clerks
Brice M. Garner, 1810-32
Robert S. Inge, 1832
F. L. Kincannon, 1832
Charles Boyles, 1836
George W. Jones, 1840
Harmon Husband, 1843
Henry Kelso, 1844
George Cunningham, 1852
E. L. Hodge, 1854
Norris Leatherwood, 1857
Daniel J. Whittington, 1858
John T. Gordon, 1864
E. P. Reynolds, 1868
John Y. Gill, 1870
P. D. Boyce, 1874
E. S. Wilson, 1882
In 1856 J. R. Chilcoat was elected County Judge, and served until the war. Afterward were elected:
T. J. McGarvey, 1869;
H. C. Cowen, 1870;
M. W. Woodard, 1873;
N. P. Carter, 1874.
Circuit Court Clerks:
James Bright, 1810-36;
Alfred Smith, 1836;
J. R. Chilcoat, 1848;
R. S. Woodard, 1856;
M. W. Woodard, 1868;
Rane McKinney, 1870;
A. B. Woodard, 1873;
Theodore Harris, 1874;
W. C. Morgan, 1878.
Chancery Clerks and Masters previous to the war were:
Davis Eastland,
James Bright,
Robert Farquharson
John Fulton served successively. Afterward were:
Robert Farquharson, until 1869;
Davis Clark, 1869;
A. S. Fulton, 1876;
W. B. Martin, 1879.
Chancellors:
B. L. Bramlitt,
Terry H. Cahall,
B. L. Ridley,
John Steele,
A. S. Knox,
J. W. Burton
E. D. Hancock.
Source: History of Tennessee, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Nashville, 1886
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