OFFICERS OF BOLIVAR COUNTY

1836 - 1946

JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURT

1837 - 1839	Fred Huling
1840 - 1849	George Coulter; Charles C. Cage, Judge Pro Tempore, 1840
1849	George W. L. Smith
1850	Patrick W. Thompkins
1851	James J. Davenport, Pro Tempore
1851 - 1853	Richard Barnette
1854	John S. Guinn
1855	J. M. Moore
1856 - 1866	Jacob Shawl Yerger
1867	Thomas Shackleford
1868 - 1869	B. F. Trimble
1870 - 1875	C. C. Shackleford
1876 - 1886	B. F. Trimble; J. W. Buchanan, Special Judge, 1885
1886 - 1888	J. H. Wynn
1889 - 1890	George Winston
1891 - 1896	R. M. Williamson
1896 - 1900	F. A. Montgomery
1900 - 1902	Frank Larkin; George Anderson, Judge Pro Tempore
1903 - 1906	A. Kimbrough
1906 - 1909	Sidney Smith
1909	James M. Cashin
1910 - 1912	Sam C. Cook
1912	T. B. Watkins
1913	Dan Brewer, Special Judge
1913 - 1942	W. A. Alcorn
1942	John Crisler
1943 - to the present	Edward H. Green

PROBATE JUDGES AND CHANCELLORS

1839	Joseph McGuire
1841	John Patterson
1844 - 1849	Charles T. Miles
1861 - 1865	George T. Lightfoot
1865 - 1866	George Poindexter
1868 - 1869	F. G. Gamble
1870	Edward P. Harmon
1872 - 1875	E. Stafford
1876 - 1877	Charles Clark
1878 - 1886	W. G. Phelps
1886 - 1894	W. R. Trigg
1894 - 1899	A. H. Longino
1900 - 1902	A. McC. Kimbrough
1903	Cary C. Moody
1904 - 1908	Percy Bell
1908 - 1914	M. E. Denton
1914 - 1918	Joe May
1918 - 1922	J. J. Williams
1922 - 1926	C. L. Lomax
1926 - 1929	Harvey C. McGehee
1929 to the present	R. E. Jackson

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

1836 - 1840	S. B. Isaacs
1840 - 1845	Elbridge Walker
1846	Frank Anderson
1847	Daniel Mays
1848	W. B. Sloan and A. K. Arthur
1849	Charles L. Buck
1850 - 1852	I. C. E. Hooker
1852 - 1854	J. H. Strother; Charles L. Robards
1854 - 1856	John W. Robb
1870 - 1875	C. W. Clarke
1884 - 1892	W. S. Farrish
1892 - 1896	Walton Shields
1896 - 1902	B. G. Humphreys
1903	O. G. McGuire
1904 - 1908	S. D. Neill
1908 - 1910	R. C. McBee
1910 - 1914	W. A. Alcorn
1914 - 1916	Dan Brewer
1916 - 1920	S. G. Salter
1920 - 1924	W. W. Simmons
1924 - 1928	John T. Smith
1928 - 1932	John T. Smith; Greek P. Rice
1932 - 1940	Greek P. Rice
1940 - 1944	Greek P. Rice; George B. Neblett
1944 - to the present	John W. Crisler

COUNTY ATTORNEYS

1912 - 1918	Charles Clark
1918 - 1920	Frank Wynne
1920 - 1924	John T. Smith
1924 - 1932	Fred Clark
1932 - 1943	E. H. Green
1943 - 1946	H. D. Todd
1946	R. E. Jackson, Jr.

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE

1837 - 1946

SENATE

1837 - 1838	James D. Hallam
1839 - 1840	Felix Walker
1841	James M. Matlock
1842 - 1846	Andrew Knox
1846 - 1848	Felix Labauve
1848 - 1852	J. J. B. White
1852 - 1856	W. L. Johnson
1856 - 1862	Peter B. Starke
1865 - 1867	W. S. Yerger
1870 - 1871	A. S. Dowd (Radical)
1872	C. M. Bowles (Negro and Radical)
1874 - 1875	George C. Smith (Negro and Radical)
1876 - 1877	James R. Chalmers
1880 - 1888	G. W. Gayles (Negro)
1888 - 1890	J. W. Cutrer
1890 - 1894	George Y. Scott (Resigned); E. H. Moore elected to fill unexpired term
1894 - 1908	E. H. Moore
1908 - 1912	J. C. Burrus
1912 - 1916	J. C. Walker
1916 - 1920	W. B. Parks
1920 - 1940	W. B. Roberts
1942 to the present	O. O. Wolfe

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1837	John M. Henderson
1838 - 1840	B. M. Hinds
1840 - 1848	C. H. Fields
1842 - 1844	J. P. Brown
1846	J. H. Carson
1848	James B. Smith
1850 - 1854	Peter B. Starke
1854 - 1856	Charles Clark
1856 - 1858	Isaac Hudson
1859 - 1861	Charles Clark
1861 - 1862	M. H. McGhee
1863 - 1864	A. B. Bradford
1870	C.M. Bowles (Negro)
1872 - 1875	G. W. Gayles (Negro)
1876 - 1878	Green Clay; J. I. J. Shelby
1878 - 1880	F. M. Libby
1880 - 1882	J. H. Bufford (Negro)
1880 - 1884	F. A. Montgomery
1880 - 1884	C. R. Mayson
1884	Perry Peyton (Negro)
1886	Walter Sillers
1886	W. L. Lowe (Negro)
1888	J. E. Halbert
1888	G. W. Huntley (Negro)
1980	L. C. Moore (Negro)
1890	O. L. Shelby
1892 - 1891	G. W. Gayles (Negro)
1893	J. L. Wiggins
1894	N. W. Blanchard
1896 - 1900	Whit Blanchard
1896 - 1900	J. S. Hicks
1900 - 1904	J. M. Goff
1906 - 1904	G. B. Shelby
1904 - 1908	Julius Lesser
1904 - 1908	J. C. Burrus
1908 - 1912	C. R. Smith
1908 - 1912	G. B. Shelby
1912 - 1916	R. L. Denton
1912 - 1916	W. B. Parks
1916 to the present	Walter Sillers, Jr. (Speaker 1944 - 1948)
1916 - 1920	Stanley Gaines
1920 - 1924	J. H. Capshaw
1924 - 1928	Jesse Brough
1928 - 1932	Courtney Pace
1932 - 1943	O. O. Wolfe
1943 - to the present	J. A. Thigpen

MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1890

George P. Melchior

Isaiah T. Montgomery (Negro)

SHERIFFS

1836 - 1844	Francis Patterson
1844 - 1854	Isaac Hudson
1854 - 1861	Dickinson Bell
1861 - 1862	William E. Starke
1865 - 1866	Dickinson Bell
1867 - 1868	R. M. Wilson
1869	L. T. Webber
1870	Peter B. Starke (Appointed by Governor Alcorn)
1872 - 1874	B. K. Bruce (Negro and Radical)
1874 - 1875	M. B. Sullivan (Radical)
1876 - 1877	J. E. Ousley (Negro)
1878 - 1879	W. R. Campbell (Died in office. Succeeded by R. M. Wilson who also died in office and was succeeded by Charles L. Jones
1880 - 1884	George P. Melchior
1884 - 1892	George Y. Scott
1892 - 1896	George P. Melchior
1896 - 1900	R. M. Edwards
1900 - 1904	W. A. Shelby
1904 - 1908	Claude Seals
1908 - 1912	L. E. Edwards
1912 - 1916	E. H. Wray
1916 - 1920	L. G. Dean
1920 - 1924	E. H. Wray
1924 - 1928	V. W. Thomas
1928 - 1932	J. L. Smith
1932 - 1936	E. R. McLean
1936 - 1940	J. L. Smith
1940 - 1944	E. D. Rayner
1944 to the present	W. E. Kent

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION

1871 - 1874	W. V. Ouslow
1874 - 1878	G. C. Smith
1878 - 1881	B. K. Bruce (Negro)
1881 - 1888	Alex Yerger
1888 - 1892	Fred Clark
1892 - 1896	N. B. Scott
1896 - 1912	T. S. Owen
1912 - 1916	A. C. Pearman
1916 - 1920	G. H. Armstrong
1920 - 1936	A. K. Eckles
1936 - 1937	Joe P. McCain (deceased)
1937 - to the present	Alfred H. Ramsey

ASSESSORS

1842	T. G. Phillips
1845	Ira J. Goff
1848 - 1851	George W. Arnold
1867	N. P. Davidson
1870	M. B. Sullivan
1872 - 1873	Eugene Gordon
1874 - 1875	J. E. Ousley
1876	J. Quincy Brown
1880 - 1881	E. T. Bradshaw
1882	J. T. Moore
1886 - 1887	J. A. Cooper
1889 - 1895	C. H. Brown
1896 - 1900	John L. Gill
1900 - 1904	W. B. Hunter
1904 - 1908	W. J. Wooten
1908 - 1912	E. W. Beadle
1912 - 1920	Charles Clark Jacobs
1920 �- to the present	J. W. McLellan

TREASURERS

1837 - 1840	John Thompson
1840 - 1842	Washington Smith
1848 - 1851	George W. Arnold
1852 - 1853	N. B. Skuls
1853	C. L. George
1854	Ignatius Bankston
1869	J. C. Melchior
1870 - 1872	A. T. Webber (Radical)
1872 - 1875	Joshua Myrick (Radical) and W. A. Johnson (Negro)
1876	William Murray (Negro)
1880	D. Reinach
1884 - 1886	Alex Yerger
1886 - 1890	Dave Barnes (Negro)
1890 - 1892	Jim Ingram (Negro)
1892 - 1896	C. L. Jones
1896 - 1900	J. V. Lobdell
1900 - 1904	S. M. Seaton
1904 - 1909	J. H. Stafford
1909 - 1911	J. L. Gill

*In 1912 the various banks of the county became the depositories and custodians of the county money.

The Treasurer’s office was abolished.

CHANCERY CLERKS

1872 - 1878	H. T. Florey
1879 - 1880	Caleb Lobdell
1880 - 1896	T. R. McGuire
1896 - 1900	W. A. Stone
1900 - 1908	L. E. Edwards
1908 - 1912	E. H. Wray
1912 - 1916	L. E. Edwards
1916 - 1932	P. B. Woolard
1932 - 1936	W. E. Litton
1936 - 1940	E. B. Nelson
1940 to the present	J. L. Smith

CLERKS OF PROBATE AND CIRCUIT COURTS

1835	Andrew S. Dodd
1846 - 1853	W. S. Cook
1853	I. S. Robinson
1861 - 1865	W. R. Wright
1865 - 1867	John B. Hunt
1867 - 1869	P. M. Davidson
1869 - 1872	H. T. Florey
1872 - 1878	John Leas
1878 - 1880	John L. Gill
1880 - 1895	J. E. Ousley (Negro)
1896 - 1911	C. T. Christmas (Died in office. Was succeeded by his son, C. T. Christmas, Jr., who filled out his unexpired term.)
1912 - 1920	Charles E. Pace
1920 - 1932	Charles Clark Jacobs
1932 - 1936	Solomon Seelbinder
1936 - to the present	Mrs. Solomon Seelbinder

From History of Bolivar County, Mississippi

1948

Permission for reprint granted by

Members of Mississippi Delta Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

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