Sheriffs of Spalding County
(created by Act of the Legislature on December 20, 1851)
1852 - 1854
Addison Wooten
1854 - 1856
John G. Lindsey
1856 - 1858
Addison A. Wooten
1858 - 1860
William G. Dewberry
1860 - 1862
William N. Coppidge
1862 - 1864
William G. Dewberry
1864 - 1866
W. B. Rivers
1866 - 1868
D. D. Doyle
(Doyal?)
1868 - 1871
Robert S. Connell
1871 - 1873
Samuel F. Gray
1873 - 1877
Robert S. Connell
1877 - 1881
Wiley T. Bridges
1881 - 1891
Robert S. Connell
1891 - 1895
Marion T. Patrick
1895 - 1901
Millard F. Morris
1901 - 1905
W. T. Freeman
1905 - 1909
B. C. Head
1909 - 1917
L. D. Hutson
1917 - 1921
Grover C. Patrick
1921 - 1925
W. T. Freeman
1925 - 1929
Sidney D. Stapleton
1929 - 1929
Henry McWilliams
1929 - 1931
Oscar McGee
1931 - 1941
Henry McWilliams
1941 - 1942
Thomas T. Denham
1942 - 1949
Luther C. Middlebrooks
1949 - 1951
J. D. Posey
1951 - 1951
W. U. Kendrick
1951 - 1961
Joe I. Burson
1961 - 1978
Dwayne Gilbert
1978 - 1978
Otis M. "Pete" Snider, Jr.
1978 - 1981
Robert Aaron
1981 - 1984
James C. Freeman
1985 - 2000
Richard H. Cantrell
2000 - Present
James "Dee" Stewart
Compiled by James D. Tingen, M.L.S.