Message From The Sheriff
MESSAGE FROM SHERIFF
CHAD BARKER  ( read  )
Phone
Emergency: 911
24 Hrs Non-Emergency:
304-369-9913
Law Enforcement Office:
304-369-7340
Tax Office:
304-369-7392
Crime Tips:
304-369-7387
Address
206 Court Street, Ste. 200
Madison, WV 25130
Administrative Office Hours:
Law Enforcement Office:
M-F 8am - 4pm
Tax Collection Office:
M-F 8am - 4pm
History of the Sheriff's Office

The Boone County Sheriff's Office has a rich history in the office of the Sheriff, dating back to 1847.  Below you will find photographs of most of our past sheriffs.  If you have any information to add to any of theses gentleman or if you have any of our photographs we are missing, please let us know.

 

John Hill   1847 - 1848

 

 

Isom Adkins   1849-1850

 

 

John Hill   1853 - 1854

 

 

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St. Clair Ballard   1855 - 1856

 

Robert Chambers   1857 - 1858

 

 

William Thompson Sr.   1859-1860

 

 

 

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 William Thompson Jr.   1861 - 1862

 

 

William Van Buren Bias   1865 - 1866

 

 

Evermont R. Bias   1867 - 1868

 

 

John W. Mahan   1869 - 1870

 

 

 

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 Adam Coon   1871 - 1872

 

 

 

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Joseph Atkins   1873 - 1876 

 

 

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 Mandeville J. Hopkins   1877 - 1880

 

 

 

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William Taylor Smoot   1889 - 1892

 

 

 

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Daniel P. Elkins   1885 - 1888

 

 

 

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 William Taylor Smoot   1889 - 1892

 

 

 

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 James D. Price   1893 - 1896

 

 

 

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 Ernest "Douten" Stollings   1897 - 1900

 

 

 

 

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 Julian Hill   1901 - 1904

 

 

 

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Ernest "Douten" Stollings   1905 - 1908

 

 

 

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 Sidney White   1909 - 1912

 

 

 

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Walter Smoot   1913 - 1916

 

 

 

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John Lee Hill   1917 - 1920

 

 

 

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 Victor N. Griffith   1921 - 1924

 

 

 

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Irving Sutphin   1925 - 1928

 

 

 

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C. Clarence Hopkins   1929 - 1932

 

 

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 John K. Myers   1933 - 1936

 

 

 

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Dell White   1937 - 1940

 

 

 

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 Tilden Hendricks   1941 - 1944

 

 

 

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 William Dingess   1945 - 1948

 

 

 

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Tilden Hendricks   1949 - 1952

 

 

 

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 Troy W. Jarrell   1953 - 1956

 

 

 

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 Dell  White   1957 - 1960

 

 

 

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Earl Miller   1961 - 1964

 

 

 

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John Protan   1965 - 1968

 

 

 

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Edward Cooke   1969 - 1972

 

 

 

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John Protan   1973 - 1980

 

 

 

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Vernon F. Harless   1981 - 1988

 

 

 

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Jennings Miller   1989 - 1996

 

 

 

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Randall K. Blethen   1997 - 2004

 

 

 

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Rodney A. Miller   2005 - 2012

 

 

 

William "Randall" White   2013 - Present