Bradley County, Arkansas - County Officials Through the Years

BRADLEY COUNTY ASSESSORS, 1862-1978 1862-1864 Alex Axton 1864-1866 A. A. Fra____ 1866-1868 Alex Axton 1868-1872 J. B. Price 1872-1874 J. M. Bradley 1874-1878 J. D. McFadden 1878-1886 B. F. Langston 1886-1890 James S. Lee 1890-1894 F. R. Canfield 1894-1896 J. H. Orr 1896-1898 Joe Ritchey 1898-1904 T. J. Bratton 1904-1906 J. H. Orr 1906-1908 W. E. Ederington 1908-1914 J. S. Lee 1914-1919 L. B. Johnson 1919-1923 E. M. Reynolds, Jr. 1923-1926 L. B. Johnson 1927-1934 H. L. Rowland 1935-1948 James Orton 1949-1960 Barney R. Adams 1961-1978 Frank Stone

BRADLEY COUNTY CORONERS, 1840-1923 1840-1842 James Ozment 1842-1844 D. McLaughlin 1844-1846 E. S. Franklin 1846-1848 A. J. Stephens 1848-1850 J. L. Hickman 1850-1852 F. M. Hickman 1852-1854 A. L. Temple 1854-1856 A. L. Temple 1856-1858 S. M. Black 1858-1860 Wm. Stringfellow 1860-1862 P. R. Koonce 1862-1864 Jesse Rawls 1864-1866 John B. Price 1866-1868 Joseph Wise 1868-1870 J. Scarbough 1870-1872 R. L. Neely 1872-1874 J. M. Drummond 1874-1882 S. H. Turner 1882-1886 C. C. Gannaway 1886-1890 T. J. Sharp 1890-1892 J. W. Wardlaw 1892-1896 T. J. Sharp 1896-1898 P. H. Thomas 1898-1900 J. Y. Mann 1900-1906 Cone Turner 1906-1908 J. M. McDowell 1908-1912 W. T. Fike 1912-1916 J. M. McDowell 1916-1923 Dr. W. T. Fike

BRADLEY COUNTY JUDGES, 1840-1968 1840-1844 Daniel Fraser 1844-1846 James McDaniel 1846-1848 J. M. Merriwether 1848-1854 J. H. D. Scobey 1854-1862 W. H. Wise 1862-1864 Jas. H. Crawford 1864-1868 W. H. Wise 1868-1872 T. B. White* 1872-1874 no one 1874-1880 W. F. Mack 1880-1888 A. A. Turner 1888-1892 W. J. Hickman 1892-1894 David Neal 1894-1898 John C. Bratton 1898-1906 W. F. Culbreath 1906-1908 J. D. Singer 1908-1910 David Neal 1910-1914 J. D. Singer 1914-1919 T. A. Carter 1919-1926 W. A. Baker 1927-1932 G. B. Colvin 1933-1936 W. A. Baker 1937-1940 H. L. Rowland 1941-1942 R. H. Grider 1943-1944 G. B. Colvin 1945-1946 W. E. Moseley 1947-1956 C. W. Hickman 1957-1958 Watt Childs 1959-1964 W. Alvin Doggett 1965-1968 James Earnest *Removed from office (He was "placed" in office by the radical government that ruled during reconstruction. Shortly after he was removed from office he slit his throat and jumped into a well and died. Arkansas Gazette January 26, 1884, Warren - "Judge Thomas B. White, of Warren, committed suicide on Monday by cutting his throat and then jumping in a well. He was one of the oldest citizens of Bradley County, and leaves a wife. He is supposed to have been demented.")

BRADLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS, 1840-1978 1840-1842 James Bradley 1842-1844 J. H. D. Scobey 1844-1846 James Bradley 1846-1848 Frederick Wells 1848-1850 James Bradley 1850-1852 John Harris* 1852-1856 A. B. Coward 1856-1858 John Harris* 1858-1862 A. L Temple 1862-1868 A. B. Coward 1868-1872 John Harris* 1872-1882 C. C. Gannaway 1882-1884 C. C. Robertson 1884-1886 Joseph Ritchey 1886-1888 J. F. Neeley 1888-1892 W. R. Watson 1892-1896 J. S. Lee 1896-1900 J. C. Clary 1900-1904 Hugh Bradley 1904-1908 J. E. Childs 1908-1916 G. B. Colvin 1916-1921 D. G. Wilfong 1921-1926 John C. Lee 1927-1932 J. C. Lee* 1933-1936 T. B. Beard 1937-1946 C. W. Hickman 1947-1952 Roy H. Green 1953-1958 Lee Temple* 1959-1960 R. L. Hoyle 1961-1970 John Cruce 1971-1972 Wes Davis* 1973-1978 Raymond G. Johnson *I believe the John Harris is actually John Havis. He was removed from office in 1872 due to a "radical muss." *In 1932 J. C. Lee was suspended and Lee Martin appointed Jan. 9, 1932. *In 1958 Mrs. Lee Temple was appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Lee Temple, Aug. 15, 1957. *In 1972 Mrs. Lois Davis appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Wes Davis, Aug. 10, 1972