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History of the Sheriff's Office

Mississippi County Sheriffs By Term 

 

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E. F. Loyd
1833 - 1836
2 Terms

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John C. Bowen
1836 - 1848
6 Terms

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Charles Bowen
1848 - 1866
9 Terms

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John Long
1866 - 1868
1 Term

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Joseph B. Murray
1868 - 1872
1 Term

 

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John B. Driver
1872 - 1878
3 Terms

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William Benjamin Haskins
1878 - 1886
4 Terms

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Will H. Hayes
1886 - 1890
2 Terms

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John A. Lovewell
1890 - 1894
2 Terms

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William Joshua Bowen
1894 - 1898
2 Terms

 

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Jerry L. Hearn
1898 - 1900
1 Term

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Samuel Bowen
1900 - 1902
1 Term

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John A. Lovewell
1902 - 1908
3 Terms

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Coly B. Hall
1908 - 1912
2 Terms

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John E. Roberts
1912 - 1914
1 Term

 

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Sam D. Mauldin
1914 - 1917
1 Term
Killed in Raid 7/31/1915

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William Moses Crow
1915 - 1917
Appointed

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James Thomas Collins
1917 - 1919
1 Term

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Dwight Hale Blackwood
1919 - 1925
3 Terms

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James Arnold Bass
1925 - 1928
2 Terms

 

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William Watts Shaver
1929 - 1932
2 Terms

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Clarence Hall Wilson
1933 - 1936
2 Terms

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William Hale Jackson
1937 - 1946
5 Terms

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William Berryman
1947 - 1972
14 Terms

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George Ford Jr.
1973 - 1984
6 Terms

 

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George M. Cook
1985 - 1986
Appointed

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Howard Carney
1987 - 1992
3 Terms

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Leroy Meadows
1993 - 2010
9 Terms

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James Sanders
2010 - 2011
Appointed

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Aubry D. Cook
2011 - Present
5th Term