Carter County Elected Officials

(Remember that elections for different offices are not held every year as some officials serve different term lengths and some served for multiple terms)

Year	Judge	Sheriff	County Clerk	County Attorney	Jailer	Tax Assessor
1838	John Frizzell	Harrison W. Thompson W.M. Thompson Peter Mauk	Joe Ward		Larkin Dawson	Phillip Strother
1842		Campbell
1846	Harris W. Thompson	Honaker Charles W. Rice		Alfred Frizzell
1850	Charles Honaker	Jacob Rice William Jacon Fields	Ephrahaim Elliott		Henry Osenton
1854	Henry Osenton	Stephen England George Nethercutt	Ephrahaim Elliott	Hiram Ricke	E.S. Goble Cornelius Honaker
1858		William Jacon fields	Ephrahaim Elliott	J.J. Park H. N. Richards		Elijah Horton
Year	Judge	Sheriff	County Clerk	County Attorney	Jailer	Tax Assessor
1862	John McGuire	B. F. Shepherd	Ephrahaim Elliott		Allen Duncah John Easterling	William Bowling
1866	John McGuire	Johnathan Davis R. W. Eastham	Ephrahaim Elliott		Joseph R. Strother
1870	Harvey Henderson	Stephen Nethercutt	Ephrahaim Elliott	Robert D. Davis
1874	Absolam Rucker William H. Warnock	James H. Armstrong	Ephrahaim Elliott	Dan Ward
1878	Robert D. Davis	W. A. Armstrong Burrell W. Burchett	Ellias P. Davis	E. B. Wilhoit	Moses Nethercutt	Riley Branham
1882	Robert D. Davis	Joseph Jacobs	Frank Prater	J. H. Jones	J. Milton Tyree	John Green Morris
1886	Joseph H. Strother	R. A. Carpenter	Frank Prater	Thomas W. Mitchel
1892	William Jackson Smith	Jessie Davis	J. W. Thornton M. M. Thornton	J. B. Wilhoit		H. K. Ash
Year	Judge	Sheriff	County Clerk	County Attorney	Jailer	Tax Assessor
1896	William Jackson Smith	George W. Castle	M. M. Thornton	Frank Prater	Robert Davis	James H. Reeder
1898	John G. Morris	George W. Smith	M. M. Thornton	John N. Hubbard		Charles D. Fultz
1902	Henderson Dysard	George W. Jacobs	W. H. Mocabee Robert Blankenship	J. C. Morris	Zack Hall	Elliott Mullins
1906	Watt A.. Davis	Henry W. McGlone J. B. Prichard	James Fultz	Henderson Dysard
1910	R. A. Carpenter	W. D. Gee	James Fultz	Jerome Duvall
1914	John E. Thornbury	James E. Potts	John E. McDavid	Jerome Duvall	W. M. Alexander	James Fultz
1918	John R. McGill	John M. Flannery	John E. McDavid	Thomas Yates	Emmet McClave	R. G. Patton Delbert V. Kibbey
1922	Andrew Kiser	W. A. Burchett	Arthur Jarvis	R. C. Littleton	Elihue Montgomery	Major Mabry
1926	John R. McGill	Arthur (Doc) James	Major Mabry	Roscoe C. Littleton	Thomas Phillips	J. R. Duncan
Year	Judge	Sheriff	County Clerk	County Attorney	Jailer	Tax Assessor
1930	J. L. McDavid	George W. Castle	Carl Jaynes	Roscoe C. Littleton	Bill Haney	J. R. Duncan
1934	J. L. McDavid E. K. Ramey	Roy Blankenship	Carl Jaynes	John R. McGill	Bill Haney	J. R. Duncan
1938	Roy Blankenship	W. E. (Rube) Stevens	Carl Jaynes	Hubert Counts	Bill Haney	Kay Reynolds
1942	George McClave	William (Bill) Buck	Carl Jaynes	John S. DeHart	Bill Mullins	Kay Reynolds
1946	William (Bill) Buck	W. E. (Rube) Stevens	Haskell Jarvis Evelyn Jarvis	John S. DeHart	Leslie Erwin	Kay Reynolds
1950	Joe Johnson	Finley Wolfe	Clyde Johnson	Delbert Kibbey	Hobert Haney	Kay Reynolds
1954	Joe Johnson	Chester Greenhill	Clyde Johnson	Delbert Kibbey	Hobert Haney	Kay Reynolds
1958	Tom Carter	Russell Blevins	Clyde Johnson	Sam Kibbey	Hobert Haney	Kay Reynolds
1962	Tom Carter	William Davis	Ralph (Buster) Cartee	Sam Kibbey	Hobert Haney	Virgil Phillips
1966	Tom Carter	J. T. Johnson Frank Frieze	Ralph (Buster) Cartee	Henry Wilhoit	Vent Shaffer	Tom Parsons
1970	David McDavid	Russell Blevins	Ralph (Buster) Cartee	Gary Littleton	Vent Shaffer	Tom Parsons
1974	David McDavid	John Louie Sammons	Ralph (Buster) Cartee	Gary Littleton	Vent Shaffer	William E. Shaffer
Year	Judge	Sheriff	County Clerk	County Attorney	Jailer	Tax Assessor

This information was taken from the publication "Carter County History 1838-1976". This book was a part of the Bicentennial celebration.

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