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Jennings County History of Sheriffs

History of all the Jennings County Sheriffs:
Fredrick Barrows (First Appointed Sheriff - year unknown)
Morris Baker - 1st Elected Sheriff (year unknown)
Richard Stott - 2nd (1826-1841)
James E. Wilson - 3rd (1842)
James Shields - 4th (1843-1844)
Isaiah Green - 5th (1845-1848)
David C. Jones - 6th (1849-1851)
Robert Elliott - 7th (1852-1854)
Silas Huckleberry - 8th (1855-1858)
James M. Dixon - 9th (1859-1861)
Samuel Dixon - 10th (1862)
George Hurmann - 11th (1862-1865)
Samuel Dixon - 12th (1864-1868)
Henry Hinchman - 13th (1868-1872)
William E. Wilson - 14th (1873-1876)
Norman Dixon - 15th (1876-1880)
Fredrick W. Verbarg - 16th (1880-1884)
James H. Meek - 17th (1884-1888)
William Welker - 18th (1889-1892)
Isaac B. Stearns -19th (1893-1894)
Harvey M. Bradford - 20th (1895-1898)
Charles Trapp - 21st (1898-1902)
James M. Orrell -22nd (1903-1904)
Albert Gautin - 23rd (1905-1908)
John N. Dannell -24th (1909-1912)
Clem V. Bridges - 25th (1913-1916)
James Huntington - 26th (1917-1920)
Albert Wilds - 27th (1921-1924)
Ray Hearne - 28th (1925-1928)
Wilber Banister - 29th (1929-1933)
Karl Bernhart - 30th (1933-1934)
Jesse James - 31st (1935-1938)
Charles Patton - 32nd (1939-1942)
Conrad Hughes - 33rd (1942-1946)
Howard James - 34th (1946-1950)
Charles K. Dudley - 35th (1950-1958)
Clyde W. Perkins - 36th (1959-1966)
Perry Cummings - 37th (1967-1974)
Harold "Soupy" Campbell - 38th (1975-1978)
Larry Downs - 39th (1979-1982)
Richard H. Wilson - 40th (1983-1990)
James Lamb - 41st (1991-1998)
Earl L. Taggart - 42nd (1999-2006)
Steve Hoppock - 43rd (2007-2014)
Gary M. Driver - 44th (2015-2018)
Wm. Kenny Freeman - 45th (2019- Present)

 

 

 

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