@2009 - Sue Ashby

Updated 09/02/2009

 

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The following list of county officials was compiled by Rassie E. Wicker,
with additions (1846 on) from Branson's Moore County Directory.

SHERIFFS
1784 - 5
1785 - 7
1787 - 90
1790 - 2
1792 - 4
1794-1808
1808 - 16
1816 - 20
1820 - 4
1824 - 32
1832 - 4
1834 - 40
1840 - 4
1844 - 6
William Scoggin
Richardson Fagin
Cornelius Dowd
William Barrett
Malcolm Gilchrist
Malcolm McNeill
John McIver
John McLenon
Duncan Murchison
Daniel McNeill
Norman McDonald
Evander McIntosh
Alexander Kelly
William Wadsworth
1846 - 50
1850 - 5
1855 - 60
1860 - 71
1871 - 6
1876 - 80
1880 - 8
1888 - 96
1896-1902
1902 - 6
1906 - 10
1910 - 22
1922 - 8
1928 - 58
Aaron R. Wadsworth
Kenneth H. Worthy
Thomas W. Ritter
Kenneth R. Worthy
John M. Monger *
Jesse J. Wicker
W. M. Black
John L. Currie
S. M. Jones
Alex Turner
Alexander C. Kelly
David Alphonse Blue
R. G. Fry
Wendell B. Kelly
Clerk Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
1784 - 5
1785 - 6
1786 - 7
1787 - 92
1792-1808
1808 - 32
1832 - 55
Philip Alston
James Alston
George Glascock
Joseph Robeson
Archibald McBryde
Cornelius Dowd
Alexander C. Currie*
CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS
1808 - 19
1819 - 27
1827 - 33
1833 - 54
1854 - 62
1862 - 8
1868 - 86
1886 - 1906
1906 - 26
1926 - 50
William Martin
Archibald McBryde
James McBryde
Col. John Morrison
George S. Cole
I. Heywood Caddell
Alexander H. McNeill*
Daniel A. McDonald
J. Alton McIver
Carlton C. Kennedy
REGISTERS OF DEEDS
1830 - 46
1846 - 54
1854 - 62
1862 - 70
1870 - 76
1876 - 80
1880 - 84
1884 - 88
1888 - 92
1892 - 96
1896 - 98
1898 - 1904
1904 - 8
1908 - 16
1916 - 24
1924 - 35
1935 - 36
1936 - 50
1950 - 58
1958 -
Cornelius Dowd
John Shaw
Abner M. Branson
J. R. Brown
William P. Willcox
John C. Jackson
Thomas W. Ritter
John B. Cole
Murdock McL. Kelly
Daniel S. Ray
W. Herbert Battley
Arthur L. McIntosh
Neill A. McKeithen
J. C. B. Muse
Evander E. Mattheson
William J. Harrington
D. D. Shields Cameron*
Miss Elizabeth McCaskill
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Griffin
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill
*  Dates indicate years of election except in the cases of Sheriff John M. Monger
(mispelled Morgan in several of Branson's directories) and
Register of Deeds D. D. Shields Cameron, who were appointed to fill unexpired terms.
The office of clerk of court was held in 1848 by A.C. Curry(Currie),
who died in office in 1855 and was succeeded by A. H. McNeill,
who served until the office was abolished in 1868 and then became clerk of superior court.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Dates of Qualification, as well as may be determined
1784
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Thomas Matthews
William Seal
Richardson Fagin
John Robertson
William Scoggin
Charles Crawford
Phil Alston
William Barrett
Charles Campbell
Daniel McNeill
John Jackson
1785
 
John Cox
Phillip Johnston
George Glascock
John Carrell
1786 William Meares
1787
 
 

 

Thomas Gilmore
Malcolm Gilchrist
James Collins
Nicholas Nall
Thomas Overton
Thomas Tyson
John Shepherd
1789 William Davis
Malcolm McNeill
1790 William Dunn
Gilbert Buie
1791 Neill McLeod
1792
 
 

 

Cornelius Dowd
Archibald McBryde
Jesse Brown
William Martin
Richard Street
1793
 
 
 
 

 

John Cameron
David Wicker
Thomas H. Perkins
Malcolm Monroe
George Graham
Francis Bullock
John McAuley
1794
 
 
 

 

Archibald Dalrymple
Jesse Griffin
Archibald Ray
Lewis Garner
Duncan Patterson
Thomas McReynolds
Murdoch McAuley
John Bradley
1795 Daniel Blue
1799 Lon McIntosh
John Blue
1801 Patrick McEachern
1802 C. N. McKenzie
CORONER
1785 Samuel Collins
1789  Patrick Dowd
1793 John Cameron
SURVEYOR
1784 William Findley
1787 Neil McLeod
1794 Neil McLeod
ENTRY TAKER
1784 Thomas Matthews
1794 James Matthews
Commissioners for confiscated land
1785

 

Thomas Matthews
Laughlin McKinnon
David McLendon
REGISTRY MASTER
1784 Thomas Matthews
1785 James Matthews
1794 John Matthews
STRAY MATTER
1784 John Carrell
DEPUTY SHERIFF
1785 John Gilmore
1786 Neil Dowd
1787 Patrick Dowd
1789 Patrick Dowd
1791 Patrick Dowd
COUNTY ATTORNEYS
1785 John Williams
Henry Lightfoot
1786 John Green Hunt
John Cocke
1787 Richard Henderson
1791 William Crawford
1792 John Henry Keys
1794 William McDuffie
John Augustus Williams
COUNTY BAR
1785 Reuben Wood
1787 William Tatham
Joseph Taylor
1788 John Lewis Taylor
1790
 
Evans Alexander
Daniel Judson
Richard Gautas
Edward Jones
1792 Adam Gordon
1795 Adam Purveyance
RANGERS
John Carrell
Samuel Dunn
William Stratton
Alexander Bingham
Jacob Gaster
James Dalrymple
George Sparkman
MILITIA
1784 Capt. William Cox
Capt. John Cox
1785 Col. Thomas Matthews
1785

 

Capt. Hartwell Hunnicutt
Capt. Henry Gaster
Capt. Charles Crawford
Capt. William Seal
1787 Capt. Dowd
1787 Capt. William Meares
Col. Willis Dickerson
1788 Col. (Thomas) Overton
1789
 
 
 
 

 

Capt. William Barrett
Capt. John Garner
Capt. McIntosh
Capt. (Randolph) Cheek
Capt. Morgan
Capt. (William) Dunn
Capt. Patterson
1790 Col. Richard Street
1791 Col. Thomas Armstrong
1794 Capt. McIver
Capt. Brown
PROCESSIONER
1793 Malcolm McNeill, Esq.
PATROLLERS
1785

 

John Overton
James Carter
William King
1792
 

 

John Overton, Jr.
Owen Stratten
Edward Lyons
Daniel Overton
William Dickerson
william Tyson
1794
 
 
 
 

 

Alexander Carrell
Sion Harrington
John Worthy
William Dalrymple
John Watson
John McNeill
John Ray

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