Bradley County, Arkansas - County Officials Through the Years



         BRADLEY COUNTY ASSESSORS, 1862-1978
                  
            1862-1864          Alex Axton
            1864-1866       A. A. Fra____
            1866-1868          Alex Axton
            1868-1872         J. B. Price
            1872-1874       J. M. Bradley
            1874-1878      J. D. McFadden
            1878-1886      B. F. Langston
            1886-1890        James S. Lee
            1890-1894      F. R. Canfield
            1894-1896           J. H. Orr
            1896-1898         Joe Ritchey
            1898-1904       T. J. Bratton
            1904-1906           J. H. Orr
            1906-1908    W. E. Ederington
            1908-1914           J. S. Lee
            1914-1919       L. B. Johnson
            1919-1923 E. M. Reynolds, Jr.
            1923-1926       L. B. Johnson
            1927-1934       H. L. Rowland
            1935-1948         James Orton
            1949-1960     Barney R. Adams
            1961-1978         Frank Stone









        BRADLEY COUNTY CORONERS, 1840-1923
                  
            1840-1842     James Ozment
            1842-1844    D. McLaughlin
            1844-1846   E. S. Franklin
            1846-1848   A. J. Stephens
            1848-1850    J. L. Hickman
            1850-1852    F. M. Hickman
            1852-1854     A. L. Temple
            1854-1856     A. L. Temple
            1856-1858      S. M. Black
            1858-1860 Wm. Stringfellow
            1860-1862     P. R. Koonce
            1862-1864      Jesse Rawls
            1864-1866    John B. Price
            1866-1868      Joseph Wise
            1868-1870     J. Scarbough
            1870-1872      R. L. Neely
            1872-1874   J. M. Drummond
            1874-1882     S. H. Turner
            1882-1886   C. C. Gannaway
            1886-1890      T. J. Sharp
            1890-1892    J. W. Wardlaw
            1892-1896      T. J. Sharp
            1896-1898     P. H. Thomas
            1898-1900       J. Y. Mann
            1900-1906      Cone Turner
            1906-1908   J. M. McDowell
            1908-1912       W. T. Fike
            1912-1916   J. M. McDowell
            1916-1923   Dr. W. T. Fike


          BRADLEY COUNTY JUDGES, 1840-1968

            1840-1844     Daniel Fraser
            1844-1846    James McDaniel
            1846-1848 J. M. Merriwether
            1848-1854   J. H. D. Scobey
            1854-1862        W. H. Wise
            1862-1864  Jas. H. Crawford
            1864-1868        W. H. Wise
            1868-1872       T. B. White* 
            1872-1874            no one
            1874-1880        W. F. Mack
            1880-1888      A. A. Turner
            1888-1892     W. J. Hickman
            1892-1894        David Neal
            1894-1898   John C. Bratton
            1898-1906   W. F. Culbreath
            1906-1908      J. D. Singer
            1908-1910        David Neal
            1910-1914      J. D. Singer
            1914-1919      T. A. Carter
            1919-1926       W. A. Baker
            1927-1932     G.  B. Colvin
            1933-1936       W. A. Baker
            1937-1940     H. L. Rowland
            1941-1942      R. H. Grider
            1943-1944      G. B. Colvin
            1945-1946     W. E. Moseley
            1947-1956     C. W. Hickman
            1957-1958       Watt Childs
            1959-1964  W. Alvin Doggett
            1965-1968     James Earnest

      *Removed from office (He was "placed" in 
       office by the radical government that 
       ruled during reconstruction. Shortly 
       after he was removed from office he 
       slit his throat and jumped into a well
       and died. Arkansas Gazette  January 26,
       1884, Warren - "Judge Thomas B. White, 
       of Warren, committed suicide on Monday 
       by cutting his throat and then jumping 
       in a well. He was one of the oldest 
       citizens of Bradley County, and leaves 
       a wife. He is supposed to have been 
       demented.")





         BRADLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS, 1840-1978
          
            1840-1842      James Bradley
            1842-1844    J. H. D. Scobey
            1844-1846      James Bradley
            1846-1848    Frederick Wells
            1848-1850      James Bradley
            1850-1852        John Harris*
            1852-1856       A. B. Coward
            1856-1858        John Harris*
            1858-1862        A. L Temple
            1862-1868       A. B. Coward
            1868-1872        John Harris*
            1872-1882     C. C. Gannaway
            1882-1884    C. C. Robertson
            1884-1886     Joseph Ritchey
            1886-1888       J. F. Neeley
            1888-1892       W. R. Watson
            1892-1896          J. S. Lee
            1896-1900        J. C. Clary
            1900-1904       Hugh Bradley
            1904-1908       J. E. Childs
            1908-1916       G. B. Colvin
            1916-1921      D. G. Wilfong
            1921-1926        John C. Lee
            1927-1932          J. C. Lee*
            1933-1936        T. B. Beard
            1937-1946      C. W. Hickman
            1947-1952       Roy H. Green
            1953-1958         Lee Temple*
            1959-1960        R. L. Hoyle
            1961-1970         John Cruce
            1971-1972          Wes Davis*
            1973-1978 Raymond G. Johnson

      *I believe the John Harris is actually 
       John Havis. He was removed from office
       in 1872 due to a "radical muss."

      *In 1932 J. C. Lee was suspended and 
       Lee Martin appointed Jan. 9, 1932.

      *In 1958 Mrs. Lee Temple was appointed 
       to fill vacancy caused by death of Lee
       Temple, Aug. 15, 1957.

      *In 1972 Mrs. Lois Davis appointed to 
       fill vacancy caused by death of Wes Davis,
       Aug. 10, 1972

This information made available to these webpages by Jann Woodard and Peggy Quimby Bowman.




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