Sheriff's History of Jefferson County
Jefferson County Jail circa: 1907
Sheriff Henry Dahl (R), Deputy Edwin Forrest (L)
George Hammond - 1821 to 1822
Joseph Boring - 1823 to 1825
Elisha Ellis - 1826 to 1826
William Ellis - 1827 to 1827
Issac Roberts 1828 to 1828
Gabriel Johnston 1829 to 1830
Ammon Vinighten 1831 to 1834
James McChristian 1835 to 1839
John Hammond 1840 to 1842
Mark Moss 1843 to 1846
John Hammond 1847 to 1850
James McColloch 1851 to 1856
Augustin Wiley 1857 to 1858
Oscar Dorer 1859 to 1862
Jerome Dorer 1863 to 1864
Charles Fletcher 1865 to 1866
John Williams 1867 to 1868
Fred Luchtemeyer 1869 to 1870
John Williams 1871 to 1874
Benton Moss 1875 to 1878
John Williams 1879 to 1880
Thomas Jones 1881 to 1884
Henry Hurtgen 1885 to 1886
G.W. McFrey 1887 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