The Coleman County Officials
(as of 1985)

by Glynn Mitchell

(From A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates - used by permission.)

County Judges

James J. Callan (1864-1866),
Malcom Hunter (1866-1876),
John F. Miles (1876-1878),
W. O. Read (1878-1882),
T. J. White (1882-1886),
J. T. Evans (1886-1890),
H. A. Orr (1890-1894),
B. F. Rose (1894-1906),
F. M. Bowen (1906-1908),
T. J. White (1908-1912),
F. M. Bowen (1912-1914),
W. M. Weatherred (1914-1919),
L. W. Mathews (1919- 1922),
Silas J. Pieratt (1922-1924),
C. L. South (1924-1930),
A. O. Newman (1930-1934),
J. O. Harris (1934-1942),
Leman Brown (1942-1950),
Ira Gallaway (1950-1952),
Walter K. Boyd, Jr. (1952-1958), F
rank Lewis (1958-1974),
W. W. "Pete" Skelton (1974-present).

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Coleman County officers - 1894.
Back row: Grier Gray, John R. Havens, A. W. Blue, B. F. Rose;
Front: Howard D. Walker and H. A. Orr.
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County Clerks

Albert Watts (1864-1866),
L. D. Greaves (1866-1876),
L. C. Williamson (1876-1884),
Howard D. Walker (1884-1894),
R. V. Wood (1894-1908),
Leman Brown (1908-1914),
Fred Henderson (1914-1920),
L. Emet Walker (1920-1936),
Mrs. Ora West (1936-1938),
Geo. M. Smith (1938-1951),
Lee F. Craig (1952-1969),
Glenn Thomas (1969-present).

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1915 - D. T. Gillis, Commissioner of Precinct No. 1; Louis Crowder,
Commissioner of Precinct No. 4; W. Marcus Weatherred, County Judge of Coleman County;
Jeff Reese, County Treasurer of Coleman County; Fred Henderson, County Clerk of Coleman County

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District Clerks

W. W. Chancellor (1864),
Lewis Ledbetter (1866),
L. D. Greaves (1871-1876),
W. C. Perry (1876-1884),
F. M. Bowen (1884-1890),
B. H. Pittman (1890-1894),
John D. Mann (1894-1904),
J. F. Gordon (1904-1908),
B. H. Pittman (1908-1912),
W. E. Gideon (1912-1932),
J. B. Hilton (1932-1938),
Mrs. Jack McClure (1938-1942),
John R. Pearce, Jr. (1942-1946),
T. H. Corder (1946-1954),
G. A. "Tobe" Hensley (1954-1977),
Elva L. Thompson (1977-present).
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 County Commissioners

J. L. Gossette (1867-1868),
D. T. Key (1867),
W. T. Morse (1867),
E. Y. Brown (1867-1872),
Dudley Johnson (1868),
James Manning (1871-1872),
S. H. Butler (1871-1872),
G. K. Elkins (1875-1877),
E. D. Lodge (1875-1876),
Elias Briggs (1875-1876),
R. M. Rucker (1876-1878),
R. Coffey (1876-1878),
L. L. Shield (1877-1878).
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(January 31, 1876, the County Court ordered that Coleman County be divided into four precincts,
but apparently this order was not carried out until 1879.)

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January 1916 - second floor: G. A. Woodward, County Attorney; Jeff Reese, County Treasurer;
John R. Banister, Sheriff; W. E. Gideon, District Clerk; Creek Brown, Deputy Sheriff; E. K. Thompson, Tax Collector.
first floor: W. Marcus Weathered, County Judge; Mrs. E. K. Thompson, assistant to Tax Collector; Clara Collins, Deputy County Clerk;
T. W. White, Justice of the Peace; Fred Henderson, County Clerk; J. C. Griffin, County School Superintendent;
C. H. Hamlin, Deputy Tax Assessor; J. A. McElrath, County Surveyor; J. R. [Skinny] Strong, Tax Assessor.
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Precinct Number 1 Commissioners

W. T. W. Green (1879-1880),
J. F. Canaday (1881-1882),
C. E. Jones (1883-1884),
T. W. White (1885-1886),
C. E. Jones (1887),
W. C. Dibrell (1888),
T. W. White (1889-1890),
B. F. Rose (1890-1894),
H. Williams (1895-1896),
H. L. Lewis (1897-1898),
M. M. Callan (1899-1902),
M. M. Williams (1903-1904),
T. W. White (1905-1906,
Will Hubert (1907),
John R. Havens (1907-1910),
F. B. Simmons (1911-1913),
D. T. Gillis (1914-1916),
C. H. Azlin (1917-1919),
S. P. Woodward (1920),
Henry Sackett (1921-1922),
R. D. Kinney (1923-1928),
G. K. Redding (1929-1932),
R. D. Kinney (1933-1936),
E. C. Jameson (1937-1941),
Cal Averett (1942-1945),
E. C. Jameson (1946-1949),
Kay Anderson (1950-1975),
Jack Strickland (1976-present).
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Precinct Number 2 Commissioners

J. B. Doak (1879),
Moses Walters (1880), ,
J. C. Deaver (1881-1882)
G. W. Harrison (1883-1888),
T. J. Lancaster (1889-1891),
A. W. Blue (1892-1898),
H. H. Brown (1899-1900),
R. B. Hollingsworth (1901-1904),
J. T. Overby (1904-1906),
W. A. S. Cobb (1908-1910),
S. H. Brown (1908-1910),
J. S. Gilmore (1911-1916),
C. L. Curry (1917-1920,
W. T. Vinson (1921-1922),
J. S. Gilmore (1921),
J. R. Pearce (1923),
J. S. Gilmore (1924-1932),
Curtis W. Collins (1933-1938),
John Williams (1938-1941)
Carl B. Ashmore (1942-1947),
Earl Hardy (1948-1953),
Walter C. Holt (1954-1961),
Thomas Wristen, Jr. (1962-1967),
Jake McCreary (1968-present).
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January 1916 - Back row: Garland A. Woodward, County Attorney; J. R. Strong, Tax Assessor;
C. H. Hamlin, Deputy Tax Assessor; J. A. McElrath, County Surveyor;
Middle row: Creek Brown, Deputy Sheriff; Fred Henderson, County Clerk; Clara Collins, Deputy County Clerk;
Mrs. E. K. Thompson, assistant to Tax Collector; E. K. Thompson, Tax Collector;
W. E. Gideon, District Clerk; T. W. White, Justice of the Peace;
Front row: J. C. Griffin, County School Superintendent; J. L. Reese, County Treasurer;
John R. Banister, Sheriff; W. Marcus Weatherred, County Judge.
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Precinct Number 3 Commissioners

J. R. Keeling (1879-1880),
C. W. Thompson (1881-1884),
C. H. Hughes (1885-1888),
S. H. Williams (1889-1891),
Jno. R. Havens (1892-1894),
D. R. Burroughs (1895-1896),
W. T. Reese (1897-1898),
J. M. Parker (1899-1900),
Jno R. Havens (1901-1902),
T. W. Bartholomew (1903),
John R. Havens (1904),
J. M. Summers (1905-1906),
C. W. Humphries (1907),
J. M. Parker (1908-1912),
S. H. "Sam" Thurman (1913-1916),
Geo. Pauley (1917-1922),
Jim Skelton (1923-1924),
Geo. Pauley (1925-1932),
Carl Lohn (1933-1936),
Monroe Forehand (1937-1939),
Russell Allen (1940-1941),
Isaac Pate (1942-1945),
W. C. "Spot" Norwood (1946-1947),
Monroe Forehand (1948-1953),
W. W. Skelton (1954-1967),
Howard Stephenson (1968-present).
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Precinct Number 4 Commissioners

Henry Sackett (1879-1884),
W. S. Green (1885-1886),
T. A. Burns (1887-1888),
J. R. Brown (1889-1891),
Grier M. Gray (1892-1896),
D. W. Howe (1897-1900),
T. W. Bartholomew (1901-1902),
Robert Goodfellow (1903),
W. C. Henderson (1904),
D. T. Gillis (1905-1910),
J. T. Sanders (1911-1912),
D. S. Tabor (1913),
Lewis W. Crowder (1914-1916),
G. H. Keller (1917-1918),
W. R. Strickland (1919-1920),
 S. H. Thurman (1921),
Geo. Stinson (1922),
O. H. Kelley (1923-1924),
Geo. Stinson (1925-1926),
O. H. Kelley (1927-1932),
K. M. Croom (1933-1936),
R. A. Cox (1937-1941),
Earl Davis (1942-1945),
Pete Sneed (1946-1953),
Ralph Brown (1954-1973),
Max Horne (1974-present).

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1917 - W. Marcus Weatherred, County Judge;
C. H. Azlin, of Coleman, Commissioner of Precinct No. 1;
C. L. Curry, of Santa Anna, Commissioner of Precinct No. 2;
George Pauley, of Valera, Commissioner of Precinct No. 3;
G. H. Keller, of Burkett, Commissioner of Precinct No. 4.
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County Attorneys

D. A. Sinclair (1876-1878),
John C. Randolph (1878-1880),
J. O. Woodward (1880-1884),
W. O. Read (1884-1886),
Henry A. Orr (1886-1890),
R. W. Brown (1890-1894,
J. K. Baker (1894-1898),
H. A. Orr (1898-1900),
D. O. Cameron (1900-1902),
John E. Brown (1902-1904),
A. B. Martin (1904-1906),
Walter Woodward (1906-1910),
R. B. Ragdale (1910-1914),
Garland Woodward (1914-1918),
T. H. Strong (1918-1920),
O. L. Snodgrass (1920-1921),
Garland Woodward (1921-1922),
T. H. Strong (1922-1924),
Scott Snodgrass (1924-1926),
R. V. Gilliland (1926-1930),
John O. Harris (1930-1934),
Billy Baker (1934-1940),
Lewis M. Crum (1940-1946),
W. E. Allen (1946-1954),
Joe B. Dibrell (1954-1960),
Wallace Dingus (1960-1976),
Joe D. LeMay (1976-present).
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County Sheriffs

Elisha Childress (1864),
William E. Costley (1866),
John M. Elkins (1871-1875),
John Barefoot (1875-1876),
L. D. Greaves (1876-1878),
Jno. M. Elkins (1878-1880),
B. H. Pittman (1880-1884),
J. B. Simmons (1884-1888),
W. C. Perry (1888-1892),
H. W. Kingsbery (1892-1894),
J. T. Sanders (1894-1898),
W. T. Knox (1898-1900),
Robert Goodfellow (1900-1906),
W. L. Futch (1906-1914),
J. R. Banister (1914-1918),
W. R. Hamilton (1918-1922),
Dick Pauley (1922-1925),
W. R. Hamilton (1925-1928),
Frank Mills (1928-1937),
G. W. Robey (1937-1946),
H. F. Fenton, Jr. (1947-1960),
John Smith (1961-1968),
Corky Chapman (1969-1976),
H. F. Fenton, Jr. (1977-present).
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County Treasurers

John Sheen (1864-1866),
M. M. Callan (1871-1875),
S. S. Gholson (1875-1878),
Jas. B. Coleman (1878-1880),
Thos. J. White (1880-1883),
J. B. Coleman (1883-1884),
A. Petty (1884-1889),
W. P. Blackburn (1889-1890),
J. F. Canady (1890-1894), S
.H. Gilliland (1894-1900),
James Williams (1900-1908),
J. C. Jones (1908-1912),
Jeff L. Reese (1912-1916),
Mrs. Bob Collins (1916-1922),
Nolan Barmore (1922-1926),
Mrs. E. K. Thompson (1926-1934),
Hunter Woodruff (1934-1946),
W. E. Burney (1946-1954),
E. C Brusenhan (1954-1958),
Monte Gideon (1958-1974),
Rhondo Horton (1974-1976),
E. E. McKinney (1976),
Mrs. C. Freeman (1976-present).