SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFFS
Alan Anderson, Compiler
John Kimmey 1831-33 Lemon C. Morgan 1834-35 James Glass 1836-37 John Kimmey* 1838-39 Green Moore Wheeler 1839-40 John H. Blount 1840-41 Ebenezer J. Cottle 1842 Hawkins H. Nunn 1842-43 Green Moore Wheeler 1843 Andrew G. Ronaldson 1844 Portlock Fowler Thompson 1845 Green Moore Wheeler 1846-48 Portlock Fowler Thompson 1849 Green Moore Wheeler 1850-51 Portlock Fowler Thompson 1852-53 Sterling Glover 1854-55 Allen Sherod Cutts 1856-57 William J. Moore 1858-59 Samuel S. Dawson 1860-61 Augustus B. Raiford 1861-63 Shepherd Green Pryor 1864-65 Augustus B. Raiford 1866-68 N.D. Sherman 1868 Augustus B. Raiford 1868-69 Charles Sidney Darley 1870 John B. Pilsbury 1870-71 William J. Bosworth 1871-72 Samuel Heys** 1872 Alexander Watson Wheeler 1873-77 Joseph William Mize 1877-85 William H. Cobb* 1885 Nathaniel Harrison "Bud" White* 1885-86 James A. Wilson 1887 Joseph E. Markett 1887-88 Patrick Bass 1889-91 Luke Bland Forrest 1892-96 James Oliver McArthur 1896-1900 Ernest Linwood Bell 1900-08 William Henry Feagin 1908-12 Quitman Washington Fuller* 1912-16 Lucius Harvey 1916-24 Willis Perry McArthur 1924-44 Jack Cameron McArthur* 1944-56 Fred Dodson Chappell 1956-72 Claude Roland Cheek 1973-76 William Randolph "Randy" Howard 1977-2000 Robert Charles "Bob" Ingle, Sr. 2001-04 Pete Pruitt Smith 2005- * died in office (Kimmey was murdered, the others died of natural causes); ** Apr. 1872, Heys was appointed by the Grand Jury; May 10,1872 - "Sumter county is enjoying tranquility under the supervision of three sheriffs, viz: W.J. Bosworth, who was elec- ted to serve two years but subsequently relieved by the withdraw- al of his bondsmen; Sam. Heys who was appointed by Judge Clark and who now has possession; and R.T. Walters who was elected to fill the unexpired term of Bosworth. Mr. Heys will continue in office until Judge Clark decides who is entitled to it, Bosworth or Walters." Tri-Weekly Sumter Republican