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Sheriff
John Montgomery
Term: 2005 - present
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Sheriff Joe
H. Edmonds
Term: 1999 - 2004 (2nd term)
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Sheriff Charlie Garrison
Term: 1997 - 1998
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Sheriff Benny
Magness
Term: 1995 - 1996
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Sheriff Joe H.
Edmonds
Term: 1979 - 1995 (1st term)
Son of Sheriff Emmett Edmonds
and Sheriff Pauline Edmonds.
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Sheriff R.R.
"Jack" Gregory
Term: 1971 - 1978 (2nd term)
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Sheriff Don C. Cockrum
Term: 1969 - 1970
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Sheriff Pauline
Edmonds
Term: 1968 - 1968
Appointed to complete the
term of her husband,
Emmett Edmonds, after he was killed in the line
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Sheriff Emmett
Edmonds
Term: 1963 - 1968
Killed in the line of duty
on May 4, 1968 by a prisoner
escaping from the jail.
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Sheriff R.R.
"Jack" Gregory
Term: 1957 - 1962 (1st term)
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Sheriff J.D. King
Term: 1951 - 1956
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Sheriff Ernie
Gentry
Term: 1945 - 1950
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Sheriff Harvey S. Powell
Term: 1941 - 1944
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Sheriff Jim
Martin
Term: 1928 - 1940 (2nd term)
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Sheriff Robert
Sims Hurst
Term: 1925 - 1928 (2nd term)
Died while in office. Sheriff
Jim Martin
was appointed to complete his term.
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Sheriff Jim
Martin
Term: 1921 - 1925 (1st term)
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Sheriff Robert Sims Hurst
Term: 1912 - 1921 (1st term)
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Sheriff Leon
Mooney
Term: 1907 - 1912
Appointed to complete the
term of his brother,
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Sheriff Eugene Mooney
Term: 1904 - 1907
2nd Sheriff to be
killed in the line
of duty.
Died October 5, 1907.
Killed by the accidental
discharge
of his own revolver
while on a train returning from Indian Territory with
an escaped prisoner.
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Sheriff R. H.
Hudson
Term: 1900 - 1904
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Sheriff G. W. Foster
Term: 1896 - 1900
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Sheriff R. M. Hancock
Term: 1894 - 1896
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Sheriff Samuel Livingston
Term: 1892 - 1894
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Sheriff C. A. Eatman
Term: 1892 - 1892
Appointed to complete the
term of Sheriff Byler. C.A. Eatman also served as County
Clerk from 1886 - 1894.
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Sheriff Abraham
G. Byler
Term: 1890 - 1892 (2nd term)
First Sheriff of Baxter
County to be
killed in the line of duty. Shot and
killed on June 15, 1892, by Jesse Roper. Even though
Roper was apprehended in another state for
other crimes, he was never brought
to justice in Baxter County for the
murder of Sheriff
Byler.
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Sheriff Jacob H. Wolf
Term: 1884 - 1890
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Sheriff Abraham G. Byler
Term: 1873 - 1884 (1st term)
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