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Appendix

G. Tillman Stewart

From Henderson County by G. Tillman Stewart, Tennessee County History Series, Joy Bailey Dunn, Editor, Charles W. Crawford, Associate Editor, 1979, Memphis State University Press.  Thanks to G. Tillman Stewart's son George Stewart for granting permission to publish this book.

Chancellors

Andrew McCampbell, 1844-1848
Calvin Jones, 1848-1854
Stephen C. Pavatt, 1854-1861
G. H. Nixon, 1870-1886
Albert G. Hawkins, 1886-1906
E. L. Bullock, 1906-1913
J. W. Ross, 1913-1921
W. H. Dennison*, 1921-1922
Tom C. Rye, 1922-1942
Gordon Browning, 1942-1943
Wayne A. Cox, 1943-1968
Aaron C. Brown, 1969
*from Henderson County

County Trustees

Abner Lawler, 1861-1866
Charlie Rogers, 1866-1870
Felix Henry, 1870-1874
Buck Priddy, 1874-1878
William Carral, 1878-1882
Sam Howard, 1886-1890
Andrew Long, 1890-1894
Bud Essary, 1894-1898
T. Edwards, 1898-1906
W. T. McPeake, 1906-1910
S. F. Rosson, 1910-1914
W. F. Applyby, 1914-1918
Carl Edwards*
Ernest Reed*
T. R. Sisson, 1926-1932; died in office
Mrs. T, R. Sisson, 1932-1934; finished husband's term
William M. Goff, 1934-1942
Clyde Reeves, 1942-1944; armed services
Mrs. Clyde Reeves, 1944-1945; completed husband's term
Clyde Reeves, 1945-1954
Plautt Lindsey, 1954-1974
Herby Garner, 1974-
*exact dates are uncertain.

General Sessions Judges

W. H. Dennison, Terry Wright, and J. B. Johnson

County Judges

W. M. Taylor, T. A. Lancaster, W. H. Lancaster, W. F. Applyby, L. B. Johnson, F. M. Davis, E. L. Stewart, Clyde Reeves, Vaughn Miller, and J. T. Todd

Clerk and Masters

W. F. Brooks, 1885-1887; resigned
C. R. Scott, 1887-1893; resigned
P. F. Boxwell, 1893-1911
W. V. Barry, 1911-1942
D. G. Hudson, 1942-1946
Robbie Wallace, 1946-

County Court Clerks

John A. Wilson, 1822-1835
Jesse Taylor, 1835-1860
A. H. Rhodes, 1860-1878
C. R. Scott, 1878-1886
J. A. Teague, IB86-1890
D. A. Griggs, 1890-1898
Asa Davis, 1898-1906
J. W. Page, 1906-1922
Paul Parker, 1922-1930; died in office
Sid Rhodes, 1930-1938; died in office
Joe Appleby, 1938-1946
Hal Johnson, 1946-1964; died in office
Mildred (Mrs. Hal) Johnson, 1964-1966
Hershell Hayes, 1966-

County Registers

0. H. King, 1822-1832
S. A. Orton, 1832-1836
John H. White, 1836-1844
John Smith, 1844-1856
J. A. Henry, 1856-1884
T. A. Smith, 1884-1888
J. A. Jones, 1888-1896
J. C. Peterson, 1896-1908
J. L. Sullivan, 1908-1922; resigned
J. R. Dennison, 1922; completed Sulivan's term
C. L. Scates, 1922-1934
M. H. Teague, 1934-1941
Mrs. M. H. Teague, 1941-1942
M. H. Tolley, 1942-1950
G. Tillman Stewart, 1950-1954
Jimmy Essary, 1956-1978
Denny Phillips, 1978-

Circuit Court Clerks

E. H. Tarrant, 1828-1836
Addison Tyle, 1836-1844
R. B. Jones, 1844-1866
James Priddy, 1866-1870
E. J. Timberlake, 1870-1874
I. T. Bell, 1874-1878
J. A. Teague, 1878-1882
A. G. Douglass, 1882; resigned
E. W. Essary, 1882-1886
H. C. Lindsey, 1886-1890
W. R. Britt, 1890-1894
J. R. Wilson, 1894-1895
J. C. Wilkins, 1895-1896
R. B. Lewis, 1896-1902
P. 0. Roberts, 1902-1906
W. F. Applyby, 1906-1910
Will Dyer, 1910-1918
John B. Scott, 1918-1926
Alfred Wallace, 1926-1934
James Page, 1934-1938
Andrew Todd, 1938-1950
Edward Pruett, 1950-1974
Bobby W. Dyer, 1974-

Circuit Court Judges

Joshua Haskell, 1823-1838
John Read, 1838-1860
Special judges held court during Civil War
Fielding Hurst (first judge after Reconstruction)
P. P. Bond, 1870-1873
L. L. Hawkins, 1867-1873
T. B. Bateman, 1873-1886
Levi S. Woods*, 1886-1908
D. W. Herring, 1908; served five months
N. R. Barnham, 1908-1926
I. A. England, 1926-1929
W. H. Dennison, 1929-1934
Frank Johnson, 1934-1947
J. I. Galbraith, 1947-1948
A. T. Taylor, 1948-
*from Henderson County

Sheriffs

John T. Harmon, served until 1826
Robert Marshall, 1826-1832
S. M. Cason, 1832-1836
R. B. Jones, 1836-1842
John Howell, 1842-1846
G. H. Buck, 1846-1850
John Howell, 1850-1854
W. B. Hall, 1854-1856
W. H. Shelby, 1856-1860
J. H. Galbraith, 1860-1862
Levi McEwen, 1862-1866
R. J. Dwyer, 1866-1868
G. W. Moss, 1868-1869
J. A. Teague, 1869-1871
A. E. Aydellott, 1871-1874
J. M. Wadley, 1874-1878
A. G. Douglass, 1878-1882
E. W. Essary, 1882-1886
H. C. Lindsey, 1886-1890
William Azbill, 1890-1892
Bud Carlton, 1892-1894
G. W. Goff, 1894-1898
Jasper Tate, 1898-1902
John Franklin, 1902-1908
S. F. Rosson, 1908-1912
J. F. Martin, 1912-1914
W. H. McBride, 1914-1918; killed April 20, 1918
Leroy Swain, April to October of 1918
W. R. Wright, 1918-1923
T. R. Sisson, 1923-1928
Dorsey Stewart, 1928-1934
John Chalk, 1934-1938
Dorsey Stewart, 1938-1940
Henry Patton, 1940-1942
Hal Johnson, 1942-1946
Troy Gilliam, 1946-1948
Ernest Wilkins, 1948-1952
Dick Goff, 1952-1956
George Teague, 1956-1962
Ray Hays, 1962-1966
James Todd, 1966-1972
Red Pearcy, 1972-1976
Jack Fowler, 1976-

County School Superintendents

Levi S. Woods, 1872-1873
Billie Brooks, 1873-1876
Addison Henry, 1876-1880
T. J. Brooks, 1880-1886
Judge R. H. Thorn, 1886-1888
Y. A. Jackson, 1888-1892
W. R. Wilson, 1892-1898
Mrs. L. T. Fielder, 1898-1902
A. H. Fuller, 1902-1905
C. P. Patterson, 1905-1907
W. H. Dennison, 1907-1917
0. E. Holmes, 1917-1919
J. 0. Brown, 1919-1921
R. E. Powers, 1921-1930
G. Tillman Stewart, 1930-1939
Ira C. Powers, 1939-1954
G. Tillman Stewart, 1954-1958
Ashley Adams, 1958-1962
G. Tillman Stewart, 1962-1974
Jerry Graves,1974

*Tax Assessors

E. G. Woody, Gaston Frizzell, Irby Pope, Leo Jones, J. D. Roberts, and Elco Douglas.
*according to available records

State Legislators from Henderson County

Senate

Henry Hill Brown, 1823-1825; 1835-1841
Hezikiah Bradbury, 1841-1849; 1851-1853
Stephen L. Ross, 1857-1859; 1877-1879
Thomas A. Muse, 1865-1866
David Wilson, 1867-1869
John Willis Jones, 1871-1872
E. L. Bullock, 1893-1895
James Lindsey Cockran, 1901-1903
John L. Hare, 1913-1915

House

Micajah Bullock, 1835-1837; 1841-1842
Nicholas H. Darnell, 1837-1839
Representative records lost, 1839-1841
Thomas E. Jordon, 1841-1845
M. J. Galloway, 1845-1847; 1855-1857
Obed F. Hendrix, 1843-1849; 1851-1853; 1877-1879
Albert G. Shrewsbury, 1849-1851; 1857-1862
W. B. Hall, 1853-1855
William Clark Tucker, 1861-1862
Peter Pearson, 1865-1866, did not serve; 1869-1874
T. A. Smith, 1867-1868
E. J. Timberlake, 1875-1876
S. L. Ross, 1878-1879
J. M. Taylor, 1880-1881
L. F. McHaney, 1881; 1883-1885
Andrew Jackson Anderson, 1883-1887
James L. Cockran, 1886-1889
John E. McCall, 1888; resigned
G. W. Jones, 1888-1889
J. H. Trice, 1891-1893
F. M. Davis, 1893-1897
E. W. Essary, 1897-1901
T. A. Lancaster, 1901-1903
Thad Pope, 1903-1905
D. E. Scott, 1905-1909
John F. Hall, 1909-1913
P. 0. Roberts, 1913-1915
T. A. Hare, 1915-1917
A. S. Montgomery, 1917-1921
John S. Fielder, 1921-1931
Julian Jones, 1927-1931
Sam C. Jones, 1931-1933
Lon Saunders Austin, 1933-1939; 1941-1949
Lois Kellev, 1949-1953
Joe Murphy, 1953-1955
William L. Barry, 1955-1967; Speaker of House, 1963-1967
Edward Bailey, 1967-1977
Bobby Butler, 1977-1979
Dale Kelly, 1979-