These are the names of those who have served as Sheriff of Jefferson County from 1805 -2016
| Name | Service | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Sherman | 1805-1807 | Oct 9, 1761 | Nov 23, 1834 |
| Hugh Henderson | 1808-1808 | unknown | Apr 14, 1808 |
| Perley Keyes | 1808-1811 | Feb 24 1774 | May 13,1834 |
| David I Andrus | 1812-1812 | 1766 | Aug 21, 1831 |
| John Paddock | 1813-1814 | 1777 | Dec 1816 |
| David I Andrus | 1815-1817 | ||
| Joseph Clark | 1818-1818 | unknown | May 18, 1821 |
| Amasa Trowbridge | 1819-1820 | May 17, 1779 | Apr 11, 1859 |
| Jason Fairbanks | 1821-1825 | Sep 5, 1785 | Jan 9, 1875 |
| Henry Hale Coffeen | 1826-1828 | 1784 | Jan 17, 1850 |
| John Fay | 1829-1831 | c.1799 | Mar 7, 1884 |
| Heman Millard | 1832-1834 | unknown | unknown |
| Chauncey Baker | 1835-1837 | 1799 | Feb 20, 1841 |
| Abner Baker | 1838-1840 | Sep 17, 1791 | Jul 25,1872 |
| Albert P. Brayton | 1841-1843 | 1796 | 1867 |
| Herman Strong | 1844-1846 | 1802 | Apr 27, 1876 |
| Walter Collins | 1847-1849 | c. 1799 | unknown |
| Rufus Herrick | 1849-1861 | ? | 1859 |
| Daniel C. Rouse | 1852-1854 | Nov 8, 1796 | Sep 8, 1856 |
| Wells Benton | 1855-1857 | 1794 | Jun 29, 1857 |
| Abner W. Baker | 1858-1860 | Dec, 1828 | May 11, 1888 |
| Francis A. Cross | 1861-1863 | 1815 | Jan 16, 1893 |
| Nathan Strong | 1864-1866 | Aug 5, 1825 | Jan 15, 1893 |
| James Johnson | 1867-1869 | May 8, 1824 | Feb. 6, 1900 |
| Addison W. Wheelock | 1870-1872 | 1832 | Sep 16, 1886 |
| George Babbitt | 1873-1875 | Sep 20, 1818 | Sep 30, 1886 |
| Abner W. Peck | 1876-1878 | c. 1823 | Apr 12, 1910 |
| Leonard Seaton | 1879-1880 | 1827 | Dec 7,1903 |
| G. Harrison Smith | 1881-1884 | May 23, 1837 | 9/30/1900 |
| James M. Felt | 1885-1886 | 1 May 1841 | 9 Jan 1920 |
| Willard E. Saxe | 1887-1890 | 10 Aug 1848 | 22 Jan 1922 |
| Levi Washburn | 1891-1893 | 20 Apr 1840 | 14 Mar 1915 |
| Edward Barton | 1894-1896 | Mar 1844 | 26 Jul 1916 |
| Samuel Kellogg | 1897-1900 | 7 Apr 1847 | 30 Dec 1925 |
| Thomas T. Ballard | 1901-1903 | 1841 | 3 Jan 1923 |
| Edward J. Tallman | 1903-1905 | 1860 | 4 Mar 1919 |
| Ezra D. Bellinger | 1906-1908 | 31 Mar 1862 | 11 Dec 1947 |
| John H. Bogart | 1909-1911 | 23 May 1856 | 25 Mar 1929 |
| Morris S. Gragg | 1912-1914 | 17 Oct 1865 | 30 Jan 1930 |
| Charles C. Hosmer | 1915-1917 | 23 Apr 1865 | 11 Oct 1933 |
| Michael Gleason | 1918-1918 | 4 Mar 1861 | 27 Dec 1940 |
| Ernest S. Gillette | 1921-1923 | 16 Nov 1871 | 9 Dec 1926 |
| William E. Button | 1924-1926 | 1877 | 1 Mar 1963 |
| Eugene L Burton | 1927-1929 | 2 Apr 1885 | 14 Mar 1932 |
| Frank D. Walrath | 1930-1932 | 19 Aug 1884 | 25 Nov 1956 |
| LeRoy S. Harrington | 1933-1935 | 15 Jan 1887 | 22 Oct 1967 |
| Brayton E. Peck | 1936-1955 | 24 Oct 1884 | 20 Dec 1955 |
| J. Lowell Fitzsimmons | 1956-1956 | 28 Aug 1908 | 31 Jan 1991 |
| Robert B. Chaufty | 1957-1971 | 24 Apr 1907 | 8 Nov 2005 |
| Irving P. Angel | 1972-1979 | 8 Jan 1928 | 20 Mar 1994 |
| Alfred P. O'Neill | 1977-1985 | 27 Sep 1932 | 6 Feb 2015 |
| Franklyn F. Gowing | 1985-1986 | 1 May 1936 | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Donald M. Pettit | 1986-1986 | 31 Jan 1936 | 26 Feb 1998 |
| Donald F. Newberry | 1987-1994 | 11 Jan 1937 | 31 Jul 2003 |
| James L. Lafferty | 1994-2002 | 20 Aug 1934 | |
| John P. Burns | 2003-2014 | 31 Jan 1960 | |
| Colleen O'Neill | 2015- | 1963 |
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