Cocke County,
Tennessee
Early county Officials
The following is as
complete and accurate a list of the officers of Cocke County as could
be obtained in the absence of all records.
From Goodspeed's History of
Tennessee (1887)
and Acts of Tennesseee (*)
SHERIFFS
- Thomas Mitchell *1815
- *Alexander Milligan 1825
- Isaac Allen
- James Jennings
- Benjamin B. Coleman
- John Allen
- Abraham Fine
- James R. Allen
- Thomas S. Goreman 1855 (from Birdseye/Turner
abstract)
- William Johnson
- John D. Smith 1858-68
- Davidson Sprouse 1868-72
- James Netherland 1872-74
- John Bible 1874-76
- C.F. Boyer 1876-82
- John A. Balch 1882-84
- J.I. Waters 1884-?
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
- J. Jehu Stokely (aka John Stokely) 1845 - thanks to
Gordon Stokely, Jr. for this addition
- Anderson Fox 1859 (from Birdseye/Turner
abstract)
- County Commissioners
- John Caffee 1797
- Peter Fine 1797
- William Job 1797
- Reps Jones 1797
- John Keeney 1797
- John McGlochen 1797
- Henry Ragan 1797
- William Taylor 1803 (Jefferson/Cocke county commissioner)
- William Garrett 1807
- John Gilliland 1807
- Blackman Jones 1807
- Rosewell B. Kellogg 1807
- John Rice 1807
- Jonathan Wood 1825
- Abram Fine 1826
- James Allen 1833
- James Carson 1833
- Wm. P. Gillet 1833
- James Holland 1833
- John Holland 1833
- John Garle 1845
- Newport (or New Port) Commissioners
- Jonathan Fine 1803
- Augustine Jenkens (or Jenkins) 1803, 1812
- Peter Fine 1812
- William Garrett 1812
- William Jobe 1812
- Thomas Mitchell 1812
- John Fine 1817
- Francis J. Carter 1822
- Tilman A. Howard 1822
- William C. Roadman 1822
- County turnpike commissioners
- John Holland, Jr. 1829
- Charles Nichols 1829
- Thomas Burnett 1835
- John Faubeon 1847
- Stephen Huff 1847
- Peter F. Kendrick 1847
- Alfred Lea 1847
- William Robeson 1847
- Other Commissioners
- Absalom Fine, Esq., academy commissioner 1825
- William C. Roadman, commissioner of Hiwassee Canal Co.
1826
- Wm. D. Rankin, railroad commissioner 1835
- Wm. C. Roadman, railroad commissioner 1835
- James Clark, commissioner to improve navigation of French
Broad River
- John German, commissioner to lay off alteration of
turnpike
- William A. Sims, commissioner to lay off alteration of
turnpike
- Commissioners appointed to view turnpike road,
1845
- James Baxter
- B.L. Bouldin
- John McNabb
- Joseph McMullen
- Jacob W. Shults
- Commissioners appointed to select county seat,
1845
- Green Allen
- Jonathan Bibbe
- Allen Clevenger
- Thomas J. Easterly
- John Ghorman
- Henry Hickey
- James McNabb
- George Nease
- Joseph Paget
- Jacob Parrott
- Thomas J. Reeves
- William Robinson
- Jacob W. Shultz
- John Woods, Sr,
- Samuel Yeates
TRUSTEES
- William Coleman
- Joseph H. Green
- Isaac Smith
- John Allen
- James Dawson
- William Robinson
- Sanders McMahan
- Robert Ragan
- J. Wood
- Joel Wrenn
- John Hale
- Henry Penland
- M.A. Driscoll 1878-80
- A.M. Stokely 1880-84
- B.A. Proffitt 1884-?
- *Peter Fine, Anderson Academy 1806
- *Russel B. Carlogue, Anderson Academy 1807
- *William Garrett, Anderson Academy 1811, 1813
- *William Helms, Sr., Anderson Academy 1811
- *Charles T. Porter, Anderson Academy 1811, 1813
- *John Shields, Anderson Academy 1811, 1813
- *Francis Jackson Carter, Anderson
Academy 1813
- *Thomas Fowler, Anderson Academy 1813
- *William Lillard, Anderson acad trustee, 1813
- *Augustine Jenkins, Addison Academy 1817
- *Francis J. Carter, Addison Academy 1817
- *Augustin Jenkins, Anderson Academy 1823
- *William Robinson, Anderson Academy 1839
CLERKS
OF COUNTY COURT
- William Garrett 1798-1828
- George M. Porter 1828-36
- William McSween 1836-39
- John F. Stanberry 1839-44
- John Gorman 1844-?
- Allen McMahan
- L.D. Porter
- D.W. Stuart 1860-62
- James C. LaRue 1862-66
- William H. Wood 1866-68
- P.W. Anderson 1868-74
- William H. Penland
1874-82
- John T. Jones 1882-?
CLERKS
OF CIRCUIT COURT
- Henry K. Stephens 1810-?
- Daniel C. Chamberlain
- William D. Rankin 1830-44
- William McSween 1844-56
- D.A. Crawford 1856-59
- Isaac Allen 1859-60
- H.H. Baer 1860-70
- William Campbell 1870-72
- H.H. Baer 1872-74
- John F. Stanberry 1874-82
- C.F. Boyer 1882
CLERK
AND MASTERS
- David Stuart 1856-58
- William McSween 1858-64
- M.A. Roadman 1864-76
- John D. Smith 1876-?
REGISTERS
- Alexander Anderson
- Alexander Milliken
- John H. Penland
- William H. Wood
- John P. Taylor
- Thomas Bell
- Charles Brockway
- Addison Ragan 1866-70
- William Cureton 1870-78
- Abraham Weaver 1878-82
- Samuel Cureton 1882-?