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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Party [a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rogers
[3] (1738 - 1797) |
1771 – 1774 [3] |
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| 2 | Thomas Hines
[3] (? - 1808 [4]) |
1774 – 1777 [3] |
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| 3 | Thomas Wooten
[3] (? - ?) |
1777 – 1780 [3] |
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| 4 | Hardy Sanders
[3] (? - 1806 [5] [6]) |
1780 – 1782 [3] |
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| 5 | Britain Sanders
[3] (? - 1808 [7]) |
1782 – [3] |
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| 6 | Nathaniel Jones
[3] (? - 1810 [8]) |
1785 – 1787 [3] |
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| 7 | Tignal Jones
[3] (? - 1807 [9]) |
1787 – 1787 [3] |
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| 8 | Tignal Jones, Jr.
[3] (? - 1824 [10]) |
1787 – 1788 [3] |
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| 9 | John Hinton
[3] (? - ?) |
1788 – 1789 [3] |
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| 10 | William Hinton
[3] (? - ?) |
1789 – 1790 [3] |
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| 11 | John Davis
[3] (? - 1829 [11] [12]) |
1790 – 1792 [3] |
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| 12 | Richard Banks
[3] (? - ?) |
1792 – 1794 [3] |
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| 13 | Lodwick Alford
[3] (? - ?) |
1794 – 1796 [3] |
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| 14 | Samuel High
[3]
[13] (? - 1812 [14]) |
1796 – 1798 [3] [13] |
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| 15 | Jacob Bledsoe
[3] (? - ?) |
1798 – 1799 [3] |
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| 16 | Lewis Bledsoe
[3]
[15] (? - 1831 [16]) |
1799 – 1800 [3] [15] |
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| 17 | David Justice
[3] (? - ?) |
1800 – 1801 [3] |
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| 18 | John Davis
[3] (? - 1829 [11] [12]) |
1801 – 1803 [3] [17] |
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| 19 | John Martin
[3]
[18] (? - 1833) [19] |
1803 – 1804 [3] [18] |
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| 20 | John Davis
[3] (? - 1829 [11] [12]) |
1804 – 1805 [3] [20] |
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| 21 | John Martin
[3]
[21] (? - 1833) [19] |
1805 – 1806 [3] [21] |
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| 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] |
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| 24 | John Grant Rencher
[3]
[26]
[27] (? - 1812 [28]) |
1810 – 1812 [3] [27] |
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| 25 | Matthew McCullers
[3] (? - 1825 [29]) |
1812 – 1814 [3] [30] |
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| 26 | Edward Pride
[3] (? - ?) |
1814 – 1815 [3] |
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| 27 | Isaac Lane
[3]
[31] (? - ?) |
1815 – 1816 [3] [31] |
Democratic-Republican [32] | ||
| 28 | William Hinton
[3] (? - ?) |
1816 – 1817 [3] |
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| 29 | Henry Moring
[3] (? - ?) |
1817 – 1819 [3] |
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| 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] |
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| 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
- ^ Reflects the sheriff's political party at the start of their term. Changes during their time in office are noted.
References
- ^ a b Wake County Sheriff's Office 2022.
- ^ a b The Office of Sheriff in North Carolina 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Thomas Hines, 1808.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1806), p. 3.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Hardy Sanders, 1818.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Britain Sanders, 1808.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1810), p. 3.
- ^ The Raleigh Minerva staff (1807), p. 3.
- ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 4.
- ^ a b c Raleigh Register staff (1829), p. 1.
- ^ a b c North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John Davis, 1829.
- ^ a b Craven (1798).
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b).
- ^ a b Bledsoe (1799), p. 2.
- ^ United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872: Lewis Bledsoe, 1832.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1801), p. 3.
- ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803b), p. 3.
- ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1833), p. 3.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1804), p. 3.
- ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1805), p. 3.
- ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803a), p. 3.
- ^ a b Jones (1807), p. 2.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Nathaniel Jones, 1829.
- ^ a b A NEIGHBOR (1847), p. 3.
- ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: John Grant Rencher, 1781.
- ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1811), p. 3.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John G. Rencher, 1812.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 3.
- ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b), p. 4.
- ^ a b Lane (1815), p. 2.
- ^ A MLITIA MAN (1809), p. 3.
- ^ The Greensboro Patriot staff (1857), p. 2.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1838), p. 2.
- ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1824), p. 4.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1837), p. 3.
- ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1824), p. 2.
- ^ The Daily Standard staff (1867), p. 2.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1836), p. 3.
- ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1839), p. 3.
- ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1826), p. 3.
- ^ a b c Hinton (1827), p. 4.
- ^ a b The Charlotte Journal staff (1830), p. 1.
- ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1839), p. 3.
- ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1832), p. 3.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1859), p. 3.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1842), p. 3.
- ^ a b c d e f Wilmington Journal staff (1847), p. 2.
- ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1847a), p. 3.
- ^ The Rasp staff (1842), p. 3.
- ^ The Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1858), p. 1.
- ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1840), p. 3.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1854), p. 3.
- ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1844), p. 2.
- ^ a b c Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1848), p. 3.
- ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1850), p. 2.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, James Wesley Rogers, 1942.
- ^ The Raleigh Sentinel staff (1876), p. 1.
- ^ a b The Biblical Recorder staff (1850), p. 7.
- ^ a b "Beeswax" (1865), p. 7.
- ^ California Great Registers, 1850-1920, William Henderson High, 1872.
- ^ The Daily Times staff (1897), p. 1.
- ^ North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979: John P. H. Russ m Elizabeth Adaline Hutchins.
- ^ a b The Daily Conservative staff (1864), p. 2.
- ^ The Raleigh News staff (1880), p. 1.
- ^ The New Berne Times staff (1865), p. 3.
- ^ a b The Daily Standard staff (1866b), p. 4.
- ^ a b c d The Wilmington Post staff (1868), p. 3.
- ^ The Daily Standard staff (1866a), p. 3.
- ^ The Daily Standard staff (1865), p. 2.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Miss Pauline Fullen Farrall, 1946.
- ^ The Morning Post staff (1900), p. 3.
- ^ The Daily North Carolinian staff (1868), p. 3.
- ^ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938: Timothy Francis Lee in entry for Charles Fosgate and Maida Lee, 1907.
- ^ The Raleigh Daily Times staff (1912), p. 1.
- ^ The Weekly Era staff (1872), p. 2.
- ^ a b c The Charlotte Democrat staff (1874), p. 2.
- ^ The Daily State Chronicle staff (1891), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d The Commonwealth staff (1882), p. 3.
- ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Jeremiah James Nowell, 1882.
- ^ Weekly Standard staff (1882), p. 2.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1882), p. 2.
- ^ United States Census, 1860: Robert Nowell in entry for Willis Nowell, 1860.
- ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: Jesse R. Nowell, 1873.
- ^ The Press-Visitor staff (1897), p. 1.
- ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1886), p. 2.
- ^ The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890a), p. 1.
- ^ a b c The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890b), p. 1.
- ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1886), p. 1.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Julius Rowan Rogers, 1939.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1931), p. 10.
- ^ The State Chronicle staff (1890), p. 4.
- ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1906), p. 2.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Daisy Page Walker, 1960.
- ^ Williamson Page House (2012).
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1910), p. 5.
- ^ a b The Day staff (1890), p. 1.
- ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926a), p. 13.
- ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Joseph Haywood Sears, 1941.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1941), p. 2.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1906), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d The News and Observer staff (1926c), p. 2.
- ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: David Bryant Harrison, 1952.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1952), p. 45.
- ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1946b), p. 12.
- ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926b), p. 12.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994: Numa Fletcher Turner, 1955.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1955), p. 3.
- ^ a b c d Kolin (1978), p. 1.
- ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Robert James Pleasants, 1989.
- ^ Glascock (1989), p. 33.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1946a), p. 3.
- ^ The News and Observer staff (1994), p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Molina & McDonald (2018), p. A3.
- ^ a b c d Rochman (2002), p. B1.
- ^ McDonald (2007), p. 10.
- ^ The News & Observer staff (2010), p. 5V.
- ^ Wake County Sheriff's Office staff (2022).
- ^ 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.
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