Below is an extensive list of elected office holders from Russell County from 1846-1855. The list was created by extracting names and offices from the county Will books and the Law Order books. Appointments and offices were scattered throughout the books and the list is incomplete.
Note that this list does not include County Clerks, Road Commissioners, School Commissioners, Overseers of the Poor, or Literary Fund members.
Note that this list does not include County Clerks, Road Commissioners, School Commissioners, Overseers of the Poor, or Literary Fund members.
1846
Sheriff
Johnston Howard
Surveyor
Harry Smith
Constables
James Colley
Commissioners of the Revenue
James Fletcher - Eastern District
Ezekiel Counts - Western District
1847
SheriffJohnston Howard
Constables
George Benner
James Colley
Thomas W. Davis
William H. Dean
John N. Dickenson
Andrew C. Ferguson
Oliver H. Frick
John H. S. Fugate
Stephen Gose
William D. Gray
James W. Hendricks
Aaron L. Hendricks
William Horn
William H. Howard
Jesse Hubbard
Jefferson Jessee
Patton G. Keen
Alexander McFarlane
Henry G. Mead
Jacob Owens
Jonas Rasnick
Thomas J. Riley
George Smith
Henry Vencil
Commissioners of the Revenue
Hiram Howard - Eastern District
Thomas Gibson - Western District
1848
Sheriff
Larkin Herndon
Commissioners of the Revenue
James Samples - Eastern District
Joseph C. Fugate - Western District
Constables
William N. Leece
1849
Sheriff
Larkin Herndon
Constables
George Benner
Elijah Beverly
Nathan E. Burdine
James Chapman
Ezekiel K. Counts
Thomas W. Davis
John N. Dickenson
John H. S. Fugate
Stephen Gose
William Horn
William P. Horton
William H. Howard
Jesse Hubbard
Jefferson Jessee
William N. Leece
Alexander McFarlane
Henry G. Mead
Jacob Owens
Jonas Rasnick
Rolling R. Redwine
Thomas J. Riley
Samuel Salyers
George Smith
Henry Vencil
Commissioners of the Revenue
Andrew C. Ferguson - Eastern District
Samuel B. Fugate - Western District
1850
Sheriff
George W. Johnson
Constables
Zadok N. Gardner
Albert G. Smith
1851
Sheriff
George W. Johnson
1853
Sheriff
Isaac Vermillion
Deputy Sheriff
Samuel Horn
William N. Leece
Constables
George W. Smith
Preston Phipps [?]
1854
SheriffIsaac Vermillion
Robert Boyd (from August 10, 1854)
Deputy Sheriffs
Beverly J. Fuller
Samuel Hargis, jr.
William N. Leece
Jessee Browning (under Boyd)
John H. S. Fugate (under Boyd)
Andrew J. Dotson (under Boyd)
Isaac M. Davis (under Boyd)
Constables
Vincent Browning
Valentine Bush
Thomas W. Davis
George W. Dorton
Andrew J. Dotson
Simson Dyer
Wilson Evans
James H. Gibson (vice David H. Jessee, resigned)
William Gragg
Samuel Horn
William Jackson
David H. Jessee
Alexander McFarlane
William J. Necessary
William Sutherland
Elijah Sutherland
Henry Vincell
Benjamin Wallis
Charles J. Williams
Commissioners of the Revenue
George W. Candler - Western District
Nimrod Kiser - Western District (from July 4, 1854)
Hiram Howard - Eastern District
Thomas J. Richardson - Eastern District (from July 4, 1854)
1855
SheriffRobert Boyd
Deputy Sheriff
Jesse Browning
Constables
John P. Carty (from November 6, 1855)
Isaac Fraley (from November 6, 1855)
Joseph C. Fugate
George W. Dorton (removed October 2, 1855)
Andrew J. Dotson
Simpson Dyer
William H. Gragg (removed October 2, 1855)
William Jackson
Commissioners of the Revenue
Thomas J. Richardson - Eastern District
Nimrod Kiser - Western District
