| SHERIFF |
SERVED |
NOTES |
| Benjamin White |
1803 |
Appointed as the county's first sheriff until an election could be held.—Martin, W. T. |
| Adam Hosack |
1803 - 1808 |
First elected sheriff; he served two terms. |
| Elias N. Delashmut |
1808 - 1811 |
Served two terms. |
| John M. White (1787-1833) |
1811 - 1813 |
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| Samuel Shannon |
1813 - 1815 |
Served two terms. |
| Francis Stewart (1788-1874) |
1815 - 1818 |
Served two terms. |
| Jacob Keller |
1818 - 1819 |
First term. |
| John McElvain |
1819 - 1821 |
First term. |
| Jacob Keller |
1821 - 1822 |
Second term |
| Andrew Dill |
1822 - 1823 |
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| Aurora Buttles |
1823 - 1825 |
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| Peter Sells |
1825 - 1826 |
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| John McElvain |
1827 - 1829 |
Second term. |
| Robert Brotherton (1792-1837) |
1829 - 1833 |
He also served as county coroner for one year beginning in 1818. |
| Andrew McElvain |
1833 - 1837 |
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| James Graham |
1837 - 1841 |
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| William Domigan (1812-1884) |
1841 - 1845 |
Called the "hanging sheirff" |
| John Graham (1819-1894) |
1845 - 1849 |
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| John Greenleaf (1812-1884) |
1849 - 1853 |
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| Thomas Miller (1817-1879) |
1853 - 1855 |
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| William Miner (1817-1869) |
1855 - 1857 |
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| Silas W. Park (1825-1893) |
1857 - 1859 |
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| George W. Huffman (1817-1875) |
1859 - 1863 |
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| William Domigan (1812-1884) |
1863 - 1867 |
Second term |
| George H. Earhart (1833-1868) |
1867 - 1868 |
Died on 27 Nov 1868, before his term ended; his position was filled by, Elias Gaver, the county coronor until the regular election in 1869.—Williams Bros., p. 45 |
| Elias Gaver |
1868 |
County coronor; he filled in as sheriff until the regular election in 1869. |
| James Wright |
1869-1971 |
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| Samuel Thompson |
1871 - 1873 |
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| William E. Horn (1835-1912) |
1873 - 1877 |
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| Josiah Kinnear (1834-1904) |
1877-1880 |
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| John U. Rickenbacher (1822-1892) |
1880 - 1881 |
Elected Columbus police commissioner in 1877, resigned when elected sheriff. |
| Louis Heinmiller (1839-1899) |
1881 - 1885 |
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| William H. Barbee (1841-1897) |
1885 - 1887 |
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| Brice Custer (1831-1904) |
1887 - 1891 |
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| James Ross (1862-1923) |
1891 - 1895 |
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| Wheeler J. Young (1854-1906)* |
1895 - 1899 |
*Disappeared 11 Dec 1899, never found, declared legally dead, 1906. |
| Charles A. Pearce (1854-1916) |
1897 |
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| George J. Karb (1858-1937) |
1903 |
Mayor of Columbus (1891-1894) and after serving as sheriff was elected mayor again (1912-1919)—Columbus Citizen-Journal Entombed at Greenlawn Abbey. |
| Albert Edward Sartain (1869-1942) |
1909 |
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| Charles L. Resch (1871-1944) |
1913 - 1917 |
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| William Madison Slack (1875-1946) |
1917 - 1921 |
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| Frank L. Holycross (1879-1937) |
1921-1924 |
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| Ben Boyer |
1924-1925 |
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| Walter Forest Gump (ca. 1875-1958) |
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| Harry T. Paul (1872-1942) |
1928 - 1933 |
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| Ross E. Anderson |
1933 - 1937 |
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| Jacob E. Sandusky (1895-1947) |
1937 - 1947 |
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| Ralph J. Paul (1901-1972) |
1947 - 1957 |
Retired as sheriff in 1957. |
| Dale V. Thibaut (1895-1966) |
1948 - 1949 |
Served as sheriff when Ralph Paul was reactivated by the military. |
| Stacy Hall, sr. ( -1971) |
1957 - 1971 |
Appointed in 1957 to fill vacancy. |
| Stacy Hall, jr. |
1971-1972 |
Appointed to fill his father's term. |
| Harry Berkemer (1920-1996) |
1973-1984 |
Veteran WW II & Korea. Buried Green Lawn Cemetery |
| Robert Berry |
1984 - 1985 |
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| Earl Smith (1931-2001) |
1985 - 1993 |
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| James Karnes (1940- ) |
1993 - |
Sheriff Karns is the 50th man to serve in this position. |
