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Caswell County
History of Sheriffs
From 1777 until the adoption of the
new constitution in 1868, the Sheriff's were elected by the justices. Many times
appointment by the governor followed.
| David Shelton |
1777-1779 |
Thomas L. Lea |
1832-1842 |
| Thomas Rice |
1779-1780 |
John K. Brooks |
1842-1850 |
| John Atkinson |
1780 |
Frank A. Wiley |
1850-1856 |
| James Rice |
1780 |
Jesse C. Griffith |
1856 |
| David Shelton |
1780-1783 |
Christian Strader |
1856-1860 |
| John Douglas |
1783-1785 |
Jesse C. Griffith |
1860-1879 |
| James Saunders |
1785-1787 |
Barzillai Graves |
1879-1891 |
| Robert Parks |
1787-1789 |
T.P. Womack |
1891-1894 |
| Spillsby Coleman |
1789-1790 |
John T. Donoho |
1894-1900 |
| Thomas Brooks |
1790-1792 |
Abner Fitch |
1900-1907 |
| William Swift |
1792-1793 |
Thomas N. Fitch |
1907-1919 |
| Adam Sanders |
1793-1795 |
Will Burton |
1919-1920 |
| Azariah Graves |
1795-1797 |
John H. Gunn |
1920-1929 |
| James Williamson |
1797-1799 |
John Y. Gatewood |
1929-1936 |
| William Muzzle |
1799-1801 |
John H. Gunn |
1936-1950 |
| Gabriel Lea |
1801-1802 |
John Y. Gatewood |
1950-1951 |
| William Rainey |
1802-1804 |
J. Whitt Powell |
1951-1953 |
| Samuel Johnson |
1804-1805 |
Lynn Williamson |
1953-1958 |
| Archibald Samuel |
1805-1806 |
Frank B. Daniel |
1958-1966 |
| John Stamps |
1806-1814 |
Bobby E. Poteat |
1966-1978 |
| Nathan Williams |
1814-1815 |
James I. Smith, Jr. |
1978-2002 |
| George Williamson |
1815-1832 |
Michael L. Welch |
2002-Present |
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