Submitted by: Sherry Lowe
| 1842 | Andrew Kitchen |
| 1844 | Walter Osburn |
| 1846 | George W. Crawford |
| 1847 | George Grubb |
| 1849 | John T. Ratcliff |
| 1851-55 | John J. Park |
| 1855-59 | Ephraim B. Elliott, first elected clerk of Carter Co. under the 1849 constitution |
| 1857-59 | Richard B. Whitt |
| 1859-61 | John T. Ratcliff |
| 1861-62 | Stephen J. England, resigned August, 1862 |
| 1862-63 | William Bowling |
| 1863-65 | Sebastian Eifort |
| 1865-67 | B. F. Shepherd |
| 1869-71 | James Kilgore |
| 1873-75 | Richard D. Davis |
| 1875-76 | William Kitchen |
| 1877-78 | G. W. Prichard |
| 1879-80 | Frank Prater |
| 1881-82 | G. W. Herron |
| 1883-84 | William Weddington |
| 1885-86 | S. L. Bays |
| 1887-88 | Rolly Fannin |
| 1889-90 | W. H. Counts |
| 1891-92 | W. W. Johnson |
| 1894 | R. A. Carpenter |
| 1896 | John Davis |
| 1898 | Bruce Adkins |
| 1900 | J. McDowell |
| 1902 | Eph Elliott |
| 1904 | V. B. King |
| 1906 | M. M. Redwin |
| 1908 | R. F. Hutchinson |
| 1910 | A. J. Counts |
| 1912 | W. E. King |
| 1914 | T. T. Mobley |
| 1916 | William Gearheart |
| 1918 | Frank A. Easterling |
| 1920 | John b. Denuse |
| 1922 | H. M. Fultz |
| 1924 | H. M. Fultz |
| 1926 | J. L. McDavid |
| 1928 | William McClave |
| 1930 | J. D. Patton |
| 1932 | Charles Sexton |
| 1934 | Harry Davis |
| 1936 | Harry Davis |
| 1938 | Heman H. McGuire |
| 1940 | R. R. Ernst |
| 1942 | Paul Pelfrey |
| 1944 | Arthur Stallard |
| 1946 | R. R. Ernst |
| 1948 | Ercell Kozee |
| 1950 | R. O. Blevins |
| 1952 | R. O. Blevins |
| 1954 | Roger E. Qualls |
| 1956 | Roger E. Qualls |
| 1958 | Roger E. Qualls |
| 1960 | Roger E. Qualls |
| 1962 | H. T. Sparks |
| 1964 | Wayne Secrest |
| 1966 | Wayne Secrest |
| 1968 | James A. Davis |
| 1970 | James A. Davis |
| 1972 | James A. Davis |
| 1974 | James A. Davis |
| 1976 | Jackie Ray Cooper |