Past Sheriffs
William Sosbee |
February 15, 1854 |
George H. Turner |
January 11, 1856 |
William Sosbee |
January 9, 1858 |
B.F. Hanie |
July 6, 1859 |
James Bruce |
January 10, 1861 |
B.F. Hanie |
January 24, 1862 |
D.S. McCrary |
July 16, 1864 |
N.C. McClain |
January 22, 1866 |
J.E. McClain |
September 14, 1868 * (unable to serve) |
John G. Coffey |
September 14, 1868 |
A.W. Davis |
February 7, 1871 |
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January 18, 1873 |
John F. Lindsay |
January 15, 1875 |
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January 26, 1877 |
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January 16, 1879 |
Rufus S. Henderson |
January 12, 1881 |
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January 9, 1883 |
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January 15, 1885 |
John E. Johnson |
January 8, 1887 |
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January 11, 1889 |
James H. Pinyan |
January 9, 1891 |
J.D. Cowart |
January 7, 1893 |
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January 8, 1895 |
C.T. Wheeler |
October 19, 1896 |
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October 20, 1898 |
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October 18, 1900 |
D.F. Taylor |
October 14, 1902 |
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October 17, 1904 |
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November 1, 1906 |
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November 3, 1908 |
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November 5, 1910* Resigned from Office October 10, 1911
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W.C. Moss |
January 16, 1912 |
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October 15, 1912 |
T.E. Johnson |
November 30, 1914
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December 4, 1916 |
D.P. Poole |
December 9, 1920 |
T.E. Johnson |
December 20, 1924 |
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December 20, 1928 |
Jim M. Poole |
December 15, 1932 |
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January 1, 1933 |
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January 1, 1937 |
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January 1, 1941* resigned form Office January 23, 1943 |
Fred K. Stancil |
January 23, 1942 |
Howard Cagle |
January 1, 1945 |
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January 1, 1949 |
Fred K. Stancil |
January 1, 1953 |
Howard Cagle |
January 1, 1957 |
William H. “Bill” Ray |
January 1, 1961 |
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January 1, 1965 |
Harley Cantrell |
January 1,1969 |
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January 1, 1973 |
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January 1, 1977 |
Billy P. Wofford |
January 1, 1981 |
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January 1, 1985 |
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January 1, 1989 |
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January 1, 1993 |
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January 1, 1997 |
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January 1, 2001 |
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January 1, 2005 |
From January 12, 1900 to December 1, 2003
there have been a total of 291 documented Deputy Sheriff’s
Appointed by the Sheriff’s of Pickens County

