MCofficials

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The following list of county officials was compiled by Rassie E. Wicker,
with additions (1846 on) from Branson's Moore County Directory.

SHERIFFS

1784 - 5
1785 - 7
1787 - 90
1790 - 2
1792 - 4
1794-1808
1808 - 16
1816 - 20
1820 - 4
1824 - 32
1832 - 4
1834 - 40
1840 - 4
1844 - 6

William Scoggin
Richardson Fagin
Cornelius Dowd
William Barrett
Malcolm Gilchrist
Malcolm McNeill
John McIver
John McLenon
Duncan Murchison
Daniel McNeill
Norman McDonald
Evander McIntosh
Alexander Kelly
William Wadsworth

1846 - 50
1850 - 5
1855 - 60
1860 - 71
1871 - 6
1876 - 80
1880 - 8
1888 - 96
1896-1902
1902 - 6
1906 - 10
1910 - 22
1922 - 8
1928 - 58

Aaron R. Wadsworth
Kenneth H. Worthy
Thomas W. Ritter
Kenneth R. Worthy
John M. Monger *
Jesse J. Wicker
W. M. Black
John L. Currie
S. M. Jones
Alex Turner
Alexander C. Kelly
David Alphonse Blue
R. G. Fry
Wendell B. Kelly

Clerk Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

1784 - 5
1785 - 6
1786 - 7
1787 - 92
1792-1808
1808 - 32
1832 - 55

Philip Alston
James Alston
George Glascock
Joseph Robeson
Archibald McBryde
Cornelius Dowd
Alexander C. Currie*

CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

1808 - 19
1819 - 27
1827 - 33
1833 - 54
1854 - 62
1862 - 8
1868 - 86
1886 - 1906
1906 - 26
1926 - 50

William Martin
Archibald McBryde
James McBryde
Col. John Morrison
George S. Cole
I. Heywood Caddell
Alexander H. McNeill*
Daniel A. McDonald
J. Alton McIver
Carlton C. Kennedy

REGISTERS OF DEEDS

1830 - 46
1846 - 54
1854 - 62
1862 - 70
1870 - 76
1876 - 80
1880 - 84
1884 - 88
1888 - 92
1892 - 96
1896 - 98
1898 - 1904
1904 - 8
1908 - 16
1916 - 24
1924 - 35
1935 - 36
1936 - 50
1950 - 58
1958 -

Cornelius Dowd
John Shaw
Abner M. Branson
J. R. Brown
William P. Willcox
John C. Jackson
Thomas W. Ritter
John B. Cole
Murdock McL. Kelly
Daniel S. Ray
W. Herbert Battley
Arthur L. McIntosh
Neill A. McKeithen
J. C. B. Muse
Evander E. Mattheson
William J. Harrington
D. D. Shields Cameron*
Miss Elizabeth McCaskill
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Griffin
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill

* Dates indicate years of election except in the cases of Sheriff John M. Monger
(mispelled Morgan in several of Branson's directories) and
Register of Deeds D. D. Shields Cameron, who were appointed to fill unexpired terms.
The office of clerk of court was held in 1848 by A.C. Curry(Currie),
who died in office in 1855 and was succeeded by A. H. McNeill,
who served until the office was abolished in 1868 and then became clerk of superior court.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Dates of Qualification, as well as may be determined

1784	Thomas Matthews William Seal Richardson Fagin John Robertson William Scoggin Charles Crawford Phil Alston William Barrett Charles Campbell Daniel McNeill John Jackson
1785	John Cox Phillip Johnston George Glascock John Carrell
1786	William Meares
1787	Thomas Gilmore Malcolm Gilchrist James Collins Nicholas Nall Thomas Overton Thomas Tyson John Shepherd
1789	William Davis Malcolm McNeill
1790	William Dunn Gilbert Buie
1791	Neill McLeod
1792	Cornelius Dowd Archibald McBryde Jesse Brown William Martin Richard Street
1793	John Cameron David Wicker Thomas H. Perkins Malcolm Monroe George Graham Francis Bullock John McAuley
1794	Archibald Dalrymple Jesse Griffin Archibald Ray Lewis Garner Duncan Patterson Thomas McReynolds Murdoch McAuley John Bradley
1795	Daniel Blue
1799	Lon McIntosh John Blue
1801	Patrick McEachern
1802	C. N. McKenzie

CORONER

1785	Samuel Collins
1789	Patrick Dowd
1793	John Cameron

SURVEYOR

1784	William Findley
1787	Neil McLeod
1794	Neil McLeod

ENTRY TAKER

1784	Thomas Matthews
1794	James Matthews

Commissioners for confiscated land

1785	Thomas Matthews Laughlin McKinnon David McLendon

REGISTRY MASTER

1784	Thomas Matthews
1785	James Matthews
1794	John Matthews

STRAY MATTER

1784	John Carrell

DEPUTY SHERIFF

1785	John Gilmore
1786	Neil Dowd
1787	Patrick Dowd
1789	Patrick Dowd
1791	Patrick Dowd

COUNTY ATTORNEYS

1785	John Williams Henry Lightfoot
1786	John Green Hunt John Cocke
1787	Richard Henderson
1791	William Crawford
1792	John Henry Keys
1794	William McDuffie John Augustus Williams

COUNTY BAR

1785	Reuben Wood
1787	William Tatham Joseph Taylor
1788	John Lewis Taylor
1790	Evans Alexander Daniel Judson Richard Gautas Edward Jones
1792	Adam Gordon
1795	Adam Purveyance

RANGERS

John Carrell

Samuel Dunn

William Stratton

Alexander Bingham

Jacob Gaster

James Dalrymple

George Sparkman

MILITIA

1784	Capt. William Cox Capt. John Cox
1785	Col. Thomas Matthews
1785	Capt. Hartwell Hunnicutt Capt. Henry Gaster Capt. Charles Crawford Capt. William Seal
1787	Capt. Dowd
1787	Capt. William Meares Col. Willis Dickerson
1788	Col. (Thomas) Overton
1789	Capt. William Barrett Capt. John Garner Capt. McIntosh Capt. (Randolph) Cheek Capt. Morgan Capt. (William) Dunn Capt. Patterson
1790	Col. Richard Street
1791	Col. Thomas Armstrong
1794	Capt. McIver Capt. Brown

PROCESSIONER

1793	Malcolm McNeill, Esq.

PATROLLERS

1785	John Overton James Carter William King
1792	John Overton, Jr. Owen Stratten Edward Lyons Daniel Overton William Dickerson william Tyson
1794	Alexander Carrell Sion Harrington John Worthy William Dalrymple John Watson John McNeill John Ray