ELECTED OFFICIALS
WHO HAVE SERVED CLAY COUNTY, AR.
From Year 1872 - 2004
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
William G. Akers 1873-1874
E. N. Royall
1875-1876
E. M. Allen 1877
to Sept. 1877
E. N. Royall
Sept. 1877 to 1878
J. A. McNiel
1879-1886
G. M. McNiel 1887-1888
B. B. Biffle
1889-1890
J. A. McNiel
1891-1892
R. L. Hancock 1893-1896
N. A. Keller
1897-1898
J. M. Turner
1899-1902
Robert Liddell 1903-1906
Joe M. Copeland 1907-1910
James Matthews 1911-1914
George R. Crews 1915-1918
Polk Mobley 1919-1922
Charles L. Payne 1923-1926
G. A. McNiel
1927-1930
Jack Wallain 1931-1936
SHERIFF & COLLECTOR WERE COMBINED 1935
Dan McLeod
1937-1940
Ross Magee
1941-Sep.1942
O. C. Grider
Appt. Sep.1942-Dec.1942
Bill Bookout
1943-1946
B. O. Dalton
1947-1950
W. G. Woolf 1951-1954
Leon Beaton 1955-1958
Francis Underwood 1959-1966
Burness W. Dalton 1967-1970
Lucian Douglas “Doug”Batey1971-Killed in line of duty Apr. 6, 1972
Wayne Smith Appt.
Apr.1972-Dec.1972
William “Bill” Pond
1973-Jun1973 (Killed in auto accident)
Liddell Jones Appt.
Jun 1973-1974
Cloyce Pierce
1975-1986
Darvin Stow 1987-
1996
Don Poole
1997-1998
Ronnie Cole 1999-2004
CLAY COUNTY JUDGES
T. M. Holifield 1873-1878
E. N. Royall 1879-1886
Robert Liddell
1887-1890
W. J. Belch 1891-1892
D. Hopson
1893-1896
E. N. Royall 1897-1900
J. S. Jordan
1901-1904
L. Hunter
1905-1908
B. B. Holifield 1909-1914
W. O. Irby
1915-1916
R. L. Lewis 1917-1920
J. L. Taylor 1921-1924
J. S. Simpson
1925-1928
T. A. French
1929-1930
E. G. Ward
1931-1934
W. O. Irby
1935-1936
T. A. French 1937-1940
Jack Wallain
1941-1942
(Mr. Wallain resigned to go into
the armed service in 1942 and
Mrs. Wallain, his wife, was named
to complete the term.)
John Terry 1943-1946
T. A. French 1947-1952
Earnest Thomas 1953-1956
Frank Carpenter 1957-1960
Earnest Thomas 1961-1964
Carl L. Ermert
1965-1968
Vernon Call 1969-1972
Boyce L. McLeskey 1973-1978
Rue C. Mack 1979-1982
Harry Niewald 1983-1990
Travis Boyd 1991-1994
Sheldon Settlemoir 1995-Apr.
1996
Travis Boyd Appt.
Apr 1996-Dec. 1996
Gary Howell 1997-2006
COUNTY AND CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS
(Offices were
combined)
T. L. Martin
1873-1874
W. H. Smith 1875-1878
Robert Liddell 1879-1886
W. E. Spence
1887-1892
B. B. Biffle
1893-1896
George W. Seitz 1897-1900
(The census of 1900 showed Clay County population to be sufficient for the
office to be divided and a County Clerk was elected.)
COUNTY COURT CLERKS
Joe M. Copeland 1901-1906
Polk Mobley 1907-1910
O. R. Winton 1911-1914
Charles L. Payne 1915-1918
Wm. B. Burton 1919-1922
C. W. Pollard 1923-1926
L. J. Langley
1927-1930
E. R. Winton
1931-1934
R. E. Haywood 1935-1938
B. O. Dalton 1939-1942
W. F. Irby
1943-1946
R. E. Shannon
1947-1950
Francis Underwood 1951-1954
Keith Walk
1955-1958
J. W. “Pete” Spicer
1959-1964
Boyce McLeskey 1965-1972
Francis Underwood 1973-Jul.1974
Rex Cate
Jul 1974-1974
Cecil Crews 1975-1980
Lavon “Sonny” Smart 1981-May 1, 1987 (Died on May 1, 1987)
Erbadell Smart May 8, 1987 to 1988 (Appointed to take husband’s place for remainder of term until Dec 31, 1988)
Charles Pollard 1989-2002
Sharon Williams 2003-2004
CLAY COUNTY TREASURERS
William Little
1873-1874
James Blackshare 1875-1878
John Bearden
1879-1880
N. J. Burton 1881-1882
W. S. Blackshare 1883-1884
J. S. Simpson 1885-1886
A. L. Blackshare 1887-1890
T. A. Janes 1891-1892
Robert Webb 1893-1895
(Died)
George McNiel
Appointed to complete term thru Dec. 31, 1896
M. A. Scarbrough 1897-1900
Robert Dudley
1901-1904
C. A. Cargill 1905-1914
George Dodd 1915-1918
B. E. Williams
1919-1922
Bristo Mann 1923-1924
E. H. Scurlock 1925-1926 (appointed)
Wm. B. Burton 1927-1928
J. R. Scurlock?, 1929-1930
(appointed)
Carl Hastings
1931-1938
E. K. Wells 1939-1942
D. R. Stanley 1943-1946
A. B. Wheeler
1947-1950
Charles S. Haley, Jr. 1951-1954
Aubrey Crews
1955-1958
Ott Vowell
1959-1962
Pinkney Seay
1963-1968
S. B. “Sid” Haley 1969-1978
Buster Griggs 1979-1988
Betty Haley 1989-2000
Carolyn Morrisett 2001-2004
CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS
J. K. Browning
1901-1904
Ira C. Langley 1905-1908
W. O. Irby
1909-1912
Charlie M. Spraggins
1913-1916
W. E. Daniels
1917-1920
L. A. Braden 1921-1924
T. A. French
1925-1928
O. C. Grider 1929-1932
L. E. Parsons
1933-1936
Laud Payne
1937-1940
Fred Winton 1941-1944
W. G. Woolf 1945-1948
Frank Carpenter 1949-1954
Jim E. Smith
1955-1958
Fred L. Williams 1959-1962
Burness W. Dalton 1963-1966
L. Douglas “Doug” Batey 1967-1970
Clarence Rodery 1971-Dec.1973
Vagel Mae Rodery App.
Dec 1973-1974
Gary Magee
1975-1992
Pat Williams
1993-2002
Janet Luff
2003-2004
CLAY COUNTY TAX ASSESSORS
E. N. Royall
1873-1874
J. S. Rogers
1875-1876
W. H. Mack
1877-1878
J. W. Rogers
1879-1882
Henry Holcomb 1883-1886
J. S. Blackshare
1887-1890
L. C. Moore
1891-1894
Charles Goldsby
1895-1896
W. C. Cochran
1897-1900
Thomas Dalton 1901-1902 (Died in 1902)
J. S. Bucy
appointed to fill term
thru Dec. 31, 1904
John Brawner
1905-1908
George Dodd
1909-1912
B. E. Williams
1913-1916
E. G. Ward
1917-1920
George F. Waddle
1921-1924
S. P. Woods
1925-1928
Frank Dalton
1929-1932
Earl Mizell
1933-1936
Arlie B. Wheeler
1937-1940
Aubrey Crews
1941-1944
W. L. “Will” Woodard 1945-1948
Ott Vowell
1949-1952
W.E. “Dink” Hitt
1953-1956
O. T. Olds, Jr.
1957-1960
Vernon Morgan
1961-1970
Vaughn Webb
1971-1978
Berlyss Holifield
1979-1988
Jerry Williams
1989-2002
Tracy Gurley
2003-2004
CLAY COUNTY CORONERS
J. Cunningham 1873-1874
J. J. Payne
1875-1876
J. N. Cummings 1877-1878
H. W. Cagle
1879-1884
Dallas Taylor
1885-1886
D. G. See
1887-1888 (Elected in 1886 but failed to qualify(office vacant)
W. C. Christopher 1889-1890
B. H. Sellmeyer
1891-1892
J. C. Staley
1893-1894
Unknown
1895-1896
T. D. Lawrence
1897-1898
E. J. Winton
1899-1900
Jos. Sellmeyer
1901-1902
J. M. Trammell
1903-1906
Dr. North
1907-1908
W. B. Wooldridge
1909-1910
W. E. Bone
1911-1912
E. W. Thornton
1913-1916
L. C. Moore
1917-1920
N. J. Latimer
1921-1922
F. H. Jones
1923-1926
E. W. Thornton
1927-1928
P. W. Henson
1929-1936
Lloyd Russell
1937-1940
Byron Donaldson
1941-1946
John R. Casner 1947-1948
Champ V. Clark 1949-1950
Leslie Russell
1951-1958
Dan McBride
1959-1960
Lloyd Russell
1961-1964
Raymond Thompson
1965-1966
Gerald Hoggard 1967-1982
Robert “Bob” Martin
1983-1990
Paul Wayne Hoggard 1991-Pres.
CLAY COUNTY SURVEYORS
W. C. Grimsley
1873-1874
E. M. Allen, Jr.
1875-1876
A. J. Caldwell
1877-1882
E. M. Allen
1883-1886
A. Williams
1887-1888
Ed Allen
1889-1890
E. M. Allen
1891-1892
Miles Miller
1893-1894
E. M. Allen
1895-1898
Robert S. Caldwell
1897-1908
J. D. Mitchell
1909-1912
Robert S. Caldwell 1913-1914
J. N. Crutchfield 1915-1916
R. S. Caldwell
1917-1928
Jack E. Laffler
1929-1932
No Surveyor elected since then.
CLAY COUNTY COLLECTOR
This office had a short life, of only four years, as far as we can figure out
from looking back over what records that we could locate.
S. P. Woods was elected in 1929. He served from 1930 to 1932, then resigned from
the office on Dec. 27, 1933 and Jack Wallain was named to finish out the term.
After this the office was combined with the Sheriff’s office.
COUNTY WEIGHERS
We do not have any record of other County Weighers except as listed below. The
office is no longer in existence.
Dick Williams
1933-1937
Grady Walker
1937-1945
J. O. (Ott) Vowell 1945-1946
T. R. Rainey 1947-1948