Sheriffs of the Cherokee Nation

Sheriffs of Canadian District

• 1841 and 1843. James Mackey;
• James Ore 1845;
• Josiah Reese 1847;
• John Shepherd Vann 1849;
• James Starr 1851;
• Nelson Riley 1853;
• Joseph M. Reese 1855;
• John Porum Davis 1857;
• Charles Drew 1859;
• Unknown 1861;
• Charles Drew 1867;
• John Q. Hayes 1869 and 1871;
• Stand Watie Gray’ 1873;
• Thomas Jefferson Bean 1875 and 1877, he was suspended and Henry Clay Lowrey was appointed April 16, 18 79;
• McCoy Smith, 1879,
• William Mosley West 1881;
• Stand Watie Gray 1883, he was suspended and William Vann, appointed June 20, 1884;
• William Vann 1885, 1887, 1889 and 1891;
• John Calhoun West 1803;
• Robert Emmett West 1895 and Thomas Graves 1907.

Sheriffs of Cooweescoowee District

• John W. T. Spencer 1855;
• John Lucien Brown 1857;
• Daniel Ross Hicks 1859;
• Unknown IS6I;
• John Gunter Schrimsher 1867;
• John W. T. Spencer 1869 and 1871, he was suspended for attempting to destroy election returns and John M. Smith was appointed December 2, 1872;
• William McCracken 1871 and 1875;
• John Gunter Scrimsher 1877;
• Jesse Cochran 1879;
• Samuel Houston Mayes 1881;
• Jesse Cochran 1883;
• William Edward Sanders 1885 and 1887;
• Edward Alexander Adair 1889;
• William Edward Sanders 1891;
• James Tandy Musgrove 1893, he was killed June 3, 1895 and Joel Bryan Cornelius Ward was appointed;
• Joel Bryan Cornelius Ward 1895 and 1897.

Sheriffs of Delaware District

• Jesse Cochran 1841 and 1843;
• Choo-wa-chu-kuh 1845;
• Charles Landrum 1847 and 1849;
• Jesse Buffington 1851;
• Choo-wa-chu-kuh 1853;
• Archibald Ballard 1855 and 1857; suspended and Choo-wa-chu-kuh appointed;
• Archibald Ballard 1859;
• Thomas Jefferson McGhee 1867;
• William Snell 1869;
• Stand Suagee 1871;
• John Martin Daniel 1875;
• James Tincup 1875 and 1877;
• Andrew Cummings Johnson 1879;
• David Suagee 1881;
• Joseph D Muskrat 1883;
• Benjamin Seth Landrum 1885;
• William Penn Henderson 1887;
• Percy Wyley 1889;
• Thomas Jefferson Monroe 1891;
• Thomas Jefferson Muskrat 1893;
• John Lafayette Dameron 1895
• Benjamin Cornelius England 1897.

Sheriffs of Flint District

• William Griffin 1841, 1843 and 1845, he was suspended December 4, 1845;
• William Foreman 1847;
• Isaac Proctor 1849;
• William Chambers 1851;
• Runabout Scraper 1853, 1855 and 1857;
• Samuel Adair 1859; Unknown 1861;
• Jackson Christy 1867;
• Unknown i860;
• John B. Tulsa 1871;
• Lewis Quinton 1873;
• Cicero Leonidas Lynch 1875 and 1877;
• John Bell Adair 1870;
• Ellis Starr 1881;
• Thomas Tail 1883 and 1885, he died September 18, 1886 and Charles Smith was appointed;
• Richard Lee Taylor 1887 and 1889;
• John Bell Adair 1891;
• Richard Lee Taylor 1893;
• Charles Smith 1895 and
• John Bell Adair 1897.

Sheriffs of Going Snake District

• George Washington Scraper 1841 and 1843;
• Benjamin Vann 1845,
• Aaron Wilkerson 1847 and 1849;
• Eli Sanders 1851;
• Cornelius Wright 1853,
• Eli Sanders 1855;
• Cornelius Wright 1857;
• Eli Sanders 1859;
• Ezekial Proctor 1867;
• Daniel Webster 1869;
• John R. Wright 1871, 1873 and 1875;
• John Walkingstick 1877;
• Nelson Foreman 1879;
• George Washington Lee 1881;
• Andrew Taylor Akin 1883;
• John Walkingstick 1885;
• Lincoln England 1887
• Benjamin Knight 1880;
• Thomas Welch 1891;
• Isaac Walkingstick 1893, killed May 4, 1 804 and Ezekial Proctor appointed;
• John Sanders 1895 and 1897.

Sheriffs of Illinois District

• Alexander Foreman 1841 and 1843;
• George Fields 1845;
• Samuel McDaniel Taylor 1847;
• Robert Brown 1849;
• Tatnall Holt Post 1851;
• Corn-silk 1853;
• John W. Brown 1855;
• George Washington Brewer 1857;
• Martin McCoy 1859;
• Bear Brown 1867;
• William Young 1869;
• Lovely Rogers 1871, 1873 and 1875, he died and Emory Linder was appointed January 5, 1877
• Dekinney Waters 1877, he was elected to council and resigned and Edward Adair Walker was appointed on November 3, 1879;
• Redbird Smith 1879,
• Samuel McCoy 1881;
• Thomas R. Gourd 1883;
• John Lafayette Brown 1885;
• John Benge 1887;
• John Lafayette Brown 1889, 1891 and 1893;
• Henry Ganoe Adair 1895
• Joseph J. Cookson 1897.

Sheriffs of Saline District

• John Lucien Brown 1841, 1843 and 1845;
• George Cochran 1847,
• Hiram Terrell Landrum 1849;
• George Cochran 1851;
• Jefferson Hicks 1853 and 1855;
• Joseph V. Clingan 1857 and 1859;
• George Downing 1867;
• Backwater 1869;
• John Leaf Springston 1871, suspended and Frank Consene, appointed;
• Jackson Rope 1873 and 1875, he died and John Wickliffe, appointed;
• Henry Clay Ross 1877, 1879 and 1881;
• Osceola Powell Benge 1883 and 1885;
• Edward Sylvester Adair 1887;
• Jesse Sunday 1889, he died and William Smith was appointed February 11, 1890;
• John North West 1891;
• Napoleon Bonaparte Rowe 1893;
• John Henry Ross 1895, he died and George Downing was appointed September 23, 1897;
• David Ridge 1897, he died and James Lovely Bumgarner was appointed.

Sheriffs of Sequoyah District

• Carter Daniel 1853;
• Bluford Baldridge 1855 and 1857;
• Bat Puppy.
• Jesse Baldridge 1867;
• Rufus Bell Adair 1869;
• Samuel Gunter 1871, he died and Bluford Baldridge was appointed;
• Richard Benge 1873;
• John Edward Gunter 1875 and 1877;
• Albert M. Johnson 1879 and 1881, he was killed May 5, 1882 and Robert Faulkner was appointed;
• Thomas Blair 1883,
• George Washington Baldridge 1885;
• Thomas Blair 1887;
• Josiah Seabolt 1889;
• Robert Czarnikow 1891;
• John Faulkner 1895;
• Mitchell Ellis 1895
• George Washington Baldridge 1897.

Sheriffs of Skin Bayou District

• George C. Lowrey 1841, 1843 and 1845;
• Daniel Ross Nave 1847 and 1849;
• William Benge 1851.

Sheriffs of Tahlequah District

• Benjamin Downing 1841 and 1843;
• Daniel Grasshopper 1845;
• Nicholas Byars Sanders 1847, 1849 and 1851;
• Benjamin Downing 1853;
• Wah-la-nee-la 1855;
• Nicholas Byars Sanders 1857;
• Brushwood 1859;
• Eli Spears 1867, 1869 and 1871;
• Robert Bruce Ross 1873:
• Henry Clay Barnes 1875, suspended and John Ross Meigs appointed March 18, 1876, Henry Clary Barnes was reinstated by council and again suspended March 17, 1877 and Harrison Williams, appointed;
• Henry Clay Barnes 1877;
• Madison Sanders 1879 and 1881;
• Aaron Turrell 1883 and 1885, he was suspended August 13, 1887 and John Ross Meigs appointed on same day;
• George Roach 1887;
• Jay T. Clark 1889;
• Ezekial Proctor Parris in I89i;
• Charles Proctor 1893;
• Leonard Williams 1895, he was suspended and Philip Osage was appointed on March 20, 1897;
• Andrew Bell Cunningham 1897.