Catahoula Parish Sheriffs, 1805-1977

Lest We Forget Catahoula Parish Sheriffs 1805-1977 Compliments of: W. A. Book – Clerk of Court Bruce A. Edmonds – Registrar of Voters Sue Manning – Deputy Registrar of Voters Name	Tenure
Fredrick Walther	1805-1808
John Hughes	1808-1812
William F Clarkson	1812
Edward Dorsey (b. 22 Jun 1765 VA; d. 14 Feb 1830)
Thomas Bryan	1825-1829
Luman Phelps	1833-
James L. Stokes	1835
J. W. Stone (m. Sharah E. Fristoe 30 Jul 1840)	1839-1843
William Beard	1843-1845
J. W. Stone	1845-1846
Ed Dorsey	1846-1848
Drury M. Pritchard*	1848-1854
Timothy Spann	1854-1856
Felix Robb	1856-1858
Drury M. Pritchard*	1858-1862
L. Gip Duke (b. 1836 GA; in LA 1841)	1862-1866
Ed Dorsey	1866-1869
Oliver G. Ballard (b. 1844 LA)	1869-1870
A. F. Mardis (b. 1836 MS; in LA 1857)	1870-1871
John Dosher** (b. 17 Apr 1841; d. 22 Dec 1899)	1871-1872
A. N. Spencer	1872-1873
John Dosher**	1873-1873 (1 Jan – 9 Jun)
Samuel D. Fairbanks	1873-1875 (11 Jun 1873–4 Jan 1875)
James M. Faulk	1875-1880
John P. Routon*** (b. 28 Feb 1849; d. 19 Apr 1901)	1880-1887
Warren C. Mobley (b. 1892)	1887-1888 (24 Jan 1887–18 Jun 1888)
William E. Robb (b. 1851 LA; Druggist)	1888-1892
John Dosher**	1892-1899
John William Walters(b.26 Aug 1873; d.22 Oct 1913)	1900-1913
Fort O. Ellis (b. 17 May 1873 LA; d. 20 Dec 1944)	1913-1920
Charles Cicero Finlay	1920-1932
Roy L. Huff (b. 1902; d. 1940)	1932-1940
Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro Huff (b. 1902; d. 1962)	1940-1944
Fred V. Fairbanks	1944-1956
George McGee	1956-1964
Richard Clyde (JY) McGuffee	1964-1976
Thomas L. Jackson *Drury M. Prichard, Parish Judge **John Dosher, Clerk of Court ***John P. Routon, Assessor	1976-Current   1868-1870 1866-1868, 1877-1888 1877-1880