Sheriff's History of Jefferson County
Jefferson County Jail circa: 1907
Sheriff Henry Dahl (R), Deputy Edwin Forrest (L)
Special thanks to Ms. Carole
Goggin from "History Talks" for her assistance in researching our history!
Andrew Scott - First half of 1819
George Hammond - July 1819 to 1822
Joseph Boring - 1822 to 1826
William Ellis - 1826 to 1828
Issac Roberts 1828 to 1829
Gabriel (G.J.) Johnston 1829 to 1830
Ammon Knighten 1830 to 1834
James McChristian 1834 to 1840
John Hammond 1840 to 1841
Mark Moss 1841 to 1844
John Hammond 1844 to 1848
Joseph A. Hammond 1848 to 1849
Gabriel (G.J.) Johnson 1949 to 1850
James McColloch 1850 to 1854
Augustin Wiley 1854 to 1858
Oscar Dover 1858 to 1862
Jerome (J.B.) Dover 1862 to 1864
Charles (C.C.) Fletcher 1864 to 1866
John Williams 1866 to 1868
Fred Luchtemeyer 1868 to 1870
John Williams 1870 to 1872
Benton (T.B.) Moss 1872 to 1876
John Williams 1876 to 1878
Thomas J. Jones 1878 to 1882
John L. Weaver 1882 to 1884
Henry Hurtgen 1884 to 1886
George W. McFrey 1886 to 1888
Edward Maupin 1889 to 1894
Oscar Ogle 1895 to 1898
William Long 1899 to 1902
Thornton Hensley 1903 to 1906
Henry Dahl 1907 to 1908
John Bechler 1909 to 1912
Harry Dahl 1913 to 1918
Frank Clark 1917 to 1920
Raymond Brady 1921 to 1924
Ray Williams 1925 to 1928
Carl Clark 1929 to 1932
T.E. Lanham 1933 to 1936
A.R. McKee 1937 to 1940
Amos Lee 1941 to 1944
Bryan Moss 1945 to 1948
Amos Lee 1949 to 1952
Leo Church 1953 to 1960
Helen Church 1960 to 1961
A.R. McKee 1961 to 1964
Walter "Buck" Buerger 1965 to 1992
Oliver "Glenn" Boyer 1993 to present
One of the original padlocks from the original Jefferson County jail
circa: 1900
