Leaf Chronicle Cumberland Lore March 2000

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In 1789 a County Court was assembled at the home of Isaac Titsworth on Parson’s Creek in the Port Royal area. Francis Prince chaired the Court and Joseph B. Neville was appointed Sheriff.

The thirty log houses in the town of Clarksville developed more rapidly than Port Royal as a river town. Seven years later in 1796 statehood was granted to Tennessee. Montgomery County was established, the seat of county government was moved to Clarksville.

1796 - 1798 Joseph Bargel Nevil (appointed                     1888 - 1892 C.W. Staton

                                    first sheriff)                                    1892 - 1898 James M. Collier

1798 - 1800 George Nevil Sr.                                           1898 - 1904 A.C. Stafford

1800 - 1801 George Nevil Jr.                                            1904 - 1910 Charles J. Staton

1801 - 1802 John Sanders                                                 1910 - 1914 Robert L. Black

1802 - 1804 Henry Small                                                  1914 - 1920 G.L. “Bose” Welker

1804 - 1804 William Montgomery                                      1920 - 1926 Oscar Douglas Johnson

1804 - 1818 John Cocke                                                    1926 - 1928 Herschel C. Walker

1818 - 1820 John Neblette                                                 1928 - 1930 George S. Abernathy

1820 - 1822 B. King                                                          1930 - 1936 William Egbert Beaumont

1822 - 1832 Cornelius Crusman                                          1936 - 1938 Tom Huggins

1832 - 1836 Upton Orgain (first elected sheriff)                    1938 - 1944 William Egbert Beaumont

1836 - 1842 G.J. M’Cauley                                                1944 - 1946 Mannie W. Sanderson

1842 - 1848 A.D. Raimey                                                   1946 - 1948 Louis R. Powers

1848 - 1854 William M. Shelton                                          1948 - 1954 Mannie W. Sanderson

1854 - 1856 Thomas Ramey                                               1954 - 1959 Lee N. Wood

1856 - 1858 E.T. Bogard                                                    1959 - 1960 Louis R. Powers

1858 - 1860 Thomas Ramey                                               1960 - 1966 Kenneth Albright

1860 - 1862 Samuel E. Ramey                                            1966 - 1972 Joel Plummer

1862 - 1864 (under military governor)                                  1972 - 1978 Paul Neblette

1864 - 1866 Berry Lyle                                                       1978 - 1998 Billy R. Smith

1866 - 1868 Thomas Ramey

1868 - 1872 George R. Harris

1872 - 1874 Irwin Beaumont

1874 - 1876 James H. Achey

1876 - 1882 James E. Mosley

1882 - 1886 James M. Collier

1886 - 1888 George R. Harris
 

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