List of sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center

The sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Wake County, North Carolina.[1] Sheriffs within the State of North Carolina are directly elected to four-year terms.[2] Prior to 1938, sheriffs were elected to two-year terms.[2] The Wake County Sheriff's Office is headquartered within the Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]

Sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina

List of sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term Party[a]
1 Michael Rogers[3]
(1738 - 1797)
 1771
–
1774
[3]
2 Thomas Hines[3]
(? - 1808[4])
 1774
–
1777
[3]
3 Thomas Wooten[3]
(? - ?)
 1777
–
1780
[3]
4 Hardy Sanders[3]
(? - 1806[5][6])
 1780
–
1782
[3]
5 Britain Sanders[3]
(? - 1808[7])
 1782
–

[3]
6 Nathaniel Jones[3]
(? - 1810[8])
 1785
–
1787
[3]
7 Tignal Jones[3]
(? - 1807[9])
 1787
–
1787
[3]
8 Tignal Jones, Jr.[3]
(? - 1824[10])
 1787
–
1788
[3]
9 John Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
 1788
–
1789
[3]
10 William Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
 1789
–
1790
[3]
11 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
 1790
–
1792
[3]
12 Richard Banks[3]
(? - ?)
 1792
–
1794
[3]
13 Lodwick Alford[3]
(? - ?)
 1794
–
1796
[3]
14 Samuel High[3][13]
(? - 1812[14])
 1796
–
1798
[3][13]
15 Jacob Bledsoe[3]
(? - ?)
 1798
–
1799
[3]
16 Lewis Bledsoe[3][15]
(? - 1831[16])
 1799
–
1800
[3][15]
17 David Justice[3]
(? - ?)
 1800
–
1801
[3]
18 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
 1801
–
1803
[3][17]
19 John Martin[3][18]
(? - 1833)[19]
 1803
–
1804
[3][18]
20 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
 1804
–
1805
[3][20]
21 John Martin[3][21]
(? - 1833)[19]
 1805
–
1806
[3][21]
22 Nathaniel (Crabtree) Jones[22][3][23]
(? - 1828[24])
 1806
–
1808
[3][23] 		Federalist [22]
23 Willie Jones[3][25]
(? - 1846[25])
 1808
–
1810
[3]
24 John Grant Rencher[3][26][27]
(? - 1812[28])
 1810
–
1812
[3][27]
25 Matthew McCullers[3]
(? - 1825[29])
 1812
–
1814
[3][30]
26 Edward Pride[3]
(? - ?)
 1814
–
1815
[3]
27 Isaac Lane[3][31]
(? - ?)
 1815
–
1816
[3][31] 		Democratic-Republican [32]
28 William Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
 1816
–
1817
[3]
29 Henry Moring[3]
(? - ?)
 1817
–
1819
[3]
30 Samuel Whitaker[3]
(? - 1857[33])
 1819
–
1821
[3] 		Democratic-Republican [34]
31 Woodson Clements[3][35]
(? - 1837[36])
 1821
–
1823
[3][35] 		Democratic-Republican [37]
32 Turner Pullen[3]
(? - 1867[38])
 1823
–
1825
[3] 		Whig[39][40]
33 John Dunn[3][41]
(? - ?)
 1825
–
1827
[3][41][42]
34 William R. Hinton[42][43]
(? - 1839[44])
 1827
–
1832
[42][43] 		Democratic [45]
35 Paschal B. Burt[3]
(? - 1859[46])
 1832
–
1840
[3] 		Democratic [47]
36 James Edwards[3][48]
(? - 1847[49])
 1840
–
1847
[3][48] 		Democratic [50]
37 Willis Scott[3][48][49]
(? - 1858[51])
 1847
–
1847
[3][48][49] 		Whig[52]
38 Willie Pope[3][48]
(? - 1854[53])
 1847
–
1848
[3][48] 		Democratic [54]
39 Calvin Jobe Rogers[3][55][56][57]
(? - 1876[58])
 1848
–
1850
[3][55] 		Whig[55][56]
40 William Henderson High[3][59][60][61]
(1820 - 1897)[62]
 1850
–
1865
[3][60] 		Democratic [59][56]
41 John P. H. Russ[3][63][64]
(? - 1879[65])
 1865
–
1866
[3][66] 		Democratic [64]
42 Erastus H. Ray[3][67][68]
(? - ?)
 1866
–
1868
[3][67][68][69] 		Democratic [70]
43 Rufus King Ferrell[3][68][71]
(? - 1900[72])
 1868
–
1868
[3][68] 		Democratic [73]
44 Timothy Francis Lee[3][74]
(? - 1912[75])
 1868
–
1874
[3] 		Republican[76]
45 Sidney M. Dunn[3][77]
(? - 1891[78])
 1874
–
1876
[3][77] 		Democratic [77]
46 Jeremiah James Nowell[3][79][80]
(? - 1882[81])
 1876
–
1882
[3][79] 		Republican[82]
47 Jesse Robert Nowell[79][83][84]
(? - 1897[85])
 1882
–
1886
[79][86] 		Democratic [86]
48 Julius Rowan Rogers[87][88][89][90]
(1843 - 1931)[91]
 1886
–
1890
[88][89] 		Republican[92]
49 Malcus Williamson Page[93][94]
(1835[95] - 1910[96])
 1890
–
1906
[88][93][97] 		Democratic [97]
50 Joseph Haywood Sears[98][99]
(1872 - 1941)[99][100]
 1906
–
1920
[98] 		Democratic [101]
51 David Bryant Harrison[102][103]
(1861 - 1952)[103][104]
 1920
–
1926
[98][102] 		Democratic [102]
52 Numa Fletcher Turner[102][105][106]
(1877 - 1955)[107][108]
 1926
–
1946
[105][106] 		Democratic [106]
53 Robert James Pleasants[109][110]
(1913 - 1989)[111]
 1946
–
1978
[109] 		Democratic [112]
54 John Haywood Baker, Jr.[109][113][114][115]
(1935 - 2007)[116]
 1978
–
2002
[109][115] 		Democratic[115]
55 Donnie Harrison[114][115]
(b. 1946)[117] 		2002
–
2018
[114] 		Republican[114]
56 Gerald M. Baker[114][118][119]
 2018
–
2022
[114][119] 		Democratic[114][119]
57 Willie Rowe[119]
 2022
–
Incumbent
[119] 		Democratic[119]

Notes

  1. ^ Reflects the sheriff's political party at the start of their term. Changes during their time in office are noted.

References

  1. ^ a b Wake County Sheriff's Office 2022.
  2. ^ a b The Office of Sheriff in North Carolina 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl Murray (1983), p. Appendix B.
  4. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Thomas Hines, 1808.
  5. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1806), p. 3.
  6. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Hardy Sanders, 1818.
  7. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Britain Sanders, 1808.
  8. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1810), p. 3.
  9. ^ The Raleigh Minerva staff (1807), p. 3.
  10. ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 4.
  11. ^ a b c Raleigh Register staff (1829), p. 1.
  12. ^ a b c North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John Davis, 1829.
  13. ^ a b Craven (1798).
  14. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b).
  15. ^ a b Bledsoe (1799), p. 2.
  16. ^ United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872: Lewis Bledsoe, 1832.
  17. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1801), p. 3.
  18. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803b), p. 3.
  19. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1833), p. 3.
  20. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1804), p. 3.
  21. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1805), p. 3.
  22. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803a), p. 3.
  23. ^ a b Jones (1807), p. 2.
  24. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Nathaniel Jones, 1829.
  25. ^ a b A NEIGHBOR (1847), p. 3.
  26. ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: John Grant Rencher, 1781.
  27. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1811), p. 3.
  28. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John G. Rencher, 1812.
  29. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 3.
  30. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b), p. 4.
  31. ^ a b Lane (1815), p. 2.
  32. ^ A MLITIA MAN (1809), p. 3.
  33. ^ The Greensboro Patriot staff (1857), p. 2.
  34. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1838), p. 2.
  35. ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1824), p. 4.
  36. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1837), p. 3.
  37. ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1824), p. 2.
  38. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1867), p. 2.
  39. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1836), p. 3.
  40. ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1839), p. 3.
  41. ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1826), p. 3.
  42. ^ a b c Hinton (1827), p. 4.
  43. ^ a b The Charlotte Journal staff (1830), p. 1.
  44. ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1839), p. 3.
  45. ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1832), p. 3.
  46. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1859), p. 3.
  47. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1842), p. 3.
  48. ^ a b c d e f Wilmington Journal staff (1847), p. 2.
  49. ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1847a), p. 3.
  50. ^ The Rasp staff (1842), p. 3.
  51. ^ The Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1858), p. 1.
  52. ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1840), p. 3.
  53. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1854), p. 3.
  54. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1844), p. 2.
  55. ^ a b c Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1848), p. 3.
  56. ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1850), p. 2.
  57. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, James Wesley Rogers, 1942.
  58. ^ The Raleigh Sentinel staff (1876), p. 1.
  59. ^ a b The Biblical Recorder staff (1850), p. 7.
  60. ^ a b "Beeswax" (1865), p. 7.
  61. ^ California Great Registers, 1850-1920, William Henderson High, 1872.
  62. ^ The Daily Times staff (1897), p. 1.
  63. ^ North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979: John P. H. Russ m Elizabeth Adaline Hutchins.
  64. ^ a b The Daily Conservative staff (1864), p. 2.
  65. ^ The Raleigh News staff (1880), p. 1.
  66. ^ The New Berne Times staff (1865), p. 3.
  67. ^ a b The Daily Standard staff (1866b), p. 4.
  68. ^ a b c d The Wilmington Post staff (1868), p. 3.
  69. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1866a), p. 3.
  70. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1865), p. 2.
  71. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Miss Pauline Fullen Farrall, 1946.
  72. ^ The Morning Post staff (1900), p. 3.
  73. ^ The Daily North Carolinian staff (1868), p. 3.
  74. ^ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938: Timothy Francis Lee in entry for Charles Fosgate and Maida Lee, 1907.
  75. ^ The Raleigh Daily Times staff (1912), p. 1.
  76. ^ The Weekly Era staff (1872), p. 2.
  77. ^ a b c The Charlotte Democrat staff (1874), p. 2.
  78. ^ The Daily State Chronicle staff (1891), p. 1.
  79. ^ a b c d The Commonwealth staff (1882), p. 3.
  80. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Jeremiah James Nowell, 1882.
  81. ^ Weekly Standard staff (1882), p. 2.
  82. ^ The News and Observer staff (1882), p. 2.
  83. ^ United States Census, 1860: Robert Nowell in entry for Willis Nowell, 1860.
  84. ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: Jesse R. Nowell, 1873.
  85. ^ The Press-Visitor staff (1897), p. 1.
  86. ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1886), p. 2.
  87. ^ The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890a), p. 1.
  88. ^ a b c The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890b), p. 1.
  89. ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1886), p. 1.
  90. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Julius Rowan Rogers, 1939.
  91. ^ The News and Observer staff (1931), p. 10.
  92. ^ The State Chronicle staff (1890), p. 4.
  93. ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1906), p. 2.
  94. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Daisy Page Walker, 1960.
  95. ^ Williamson Page House (2012).
  96. ^ The News and Observer staff (1910), p. 5.
  97. ^ a b The Day staff (1890), p. 1.
  98. ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926a), p. 13.
  99. ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Joseph Haywood Sears, 1941.
  100. ^ The News and Observer staff (1941), p. 2.
  101. ^ The News and Observer staff (1906), p. 1.
  102. ^ a b c d The News and Observer staff (1926c), p. 2.
  103. ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: David Bryant Harrison, 1952.
  104. ^ The News and Observer staff (1952), p. 45.
  105. ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1946b), p. 12.
  106. ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926b), p. 12.
  107. ^ North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994: Numa Fletcher Turner, 1955.
  108. ^ The News and Observer staff (1955), p. 3.
  109. ^ a b c d Kolin (1978), p. 1.
  110. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Robert James Pleasants, 1989.
  111. ^ Glascock (1989), p. 33.
  112. ^ The News and Observer staff (1946a), p. 3.
  113. ^ The News and Observer staff (1994), p. 14.
  114. ^ a b c d e f g Molina & McDonald (2018), p. A3.
  115. ^ a b c d Rochman (2002), p. B1.
  116. ^ McDonald (2007), p. 10.
  117. ^ The News & Observer staff (2010), p. 5V.
  118. ^ Wake County Sheriff's Office staff (2022).
  119. ^ a b c d e f Perchick (2023).

Works cited

General

  • Murray, Elizabeth Reid (1983). Wake: Capital County of North Carolina - Volume I - Prehistory through Centennial. Raleigh, North Carolina: Capital County Publishing Company. p. Appendix B. ISBN 9780963919816. LCCN 2008930989.

Online sources