yesterday's tennessee
This photograph includes five men who served as Henderson County Sheriff. Front row: Jasper Tate, Sheriff; John Franklin, Sheriff; E. W. Essary, Sr., Lawyer (also was sheriff); Fate Fesmire; Tom Jowers; Will Appleby, Trustee; P.O. Roberts, County Judge. Back row: Thompsie Edwards, Trustee; Jim Page, County Court Clerk; Asa Davis, County Court Clerk; Frank Martin, Sheriff; J. Cal Peterson, Register; Sanford Rosson, Sheriff.
[Robbie Wallace estimates this photograph to date to about 1912. I think it dates to about 1900. David.]
(provided by Robbie Wallace, Chancery Court Clerk and Master, 1946 until present)
John C. Harmon 6 yrs. 1822-1828
Robert Marshall 6 yrs. 1828-1834
Stephen Snell 2 yrs. 1834-1836
Samuel M. Carson 2 yrs. 1836-1838
Richard B. Jones 2 yrs. 1838-1840
John Howell 6 yrs. 1840-1846
William B. Hall 2 yrs. 1846-1848
Wade H. Shelby 2 yrs. 1848-1850
George H. Buck 2 yrs. 1850-1852
Alexander H. Rhodes 6 yrs. 1852-1858
John H. Galbraith 2 yrs. 1858-1860
Levi McEwen 4 yrs. 1860-1864
Jasper N. Teague 1 yr. 1865-1866
Robert J. Dyer 1 yr. 1866-1867
George M. Moore 1 yr. [sic] 1867-1869
James A. Teague 1 yr. 1869-1870
Andrew E. Aydelott 6 yrs. 1870-1876
John M. Wadley 6 yrs. 1876-1882
(from Henderson County by G. Tillman Stewart)
E. W. Essary, 1882-1886
H. C. Lindsey, 1886-1890
William Azbill, 1890-1892
Bud Carlton, 1892-1894
G. W. Goff, 1894-1898
Jasper Tate, 1898-1902
John Franklin, 1902-1908
S. F. Rosson, 1908-1912
J. F. Martin, 1912-1914
W. H. McBride, 1914-1918; killed April 20, 1918
Leroy Swain, April to October of 1918
W. R. Wright, 1918-1923
T. R. Sisson, 1923-1928
Dorsey Stewart, 1928-1934
John Chalk, 1934-1938
Dorsey Stewart, 1938-1940
Henry Patton, 1940-1942
Hal Johnson, 1942-1946
Troy Gilliam, 1946-1948
Ernest Wilkins, 1948-1952
Dick Goff, 1952-1956
George Teague, 1956-1962
Ray Hays, 1962-1966
James Todd, 1966-1972
Red Pearcy, 1972-1976
Jack Fowler, 1976-
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