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Past Sheriffs
The Wayne County Sheriff's Department would like to thank and honor all of our past sheriff's who have made this county a safe and great place to live, work, and play.
David H. Pennington
2001-2008
| Years Served | Sheriff Name |
| 1993-2000 | Toby Shy |
| 1985-1992 | Burnie Roger Crabtree |
| 1977-1984 | Bill Wellman |
| 1973-1976 | Keith Ray |
| 1969-1972 | James O. "Chuck" Plybon |
| 1965-1968 | Harry Smith |
| 1961-1964 | S. B. Noe |
| 1957-1960 | Jesse Fox Perry |
| 1952-1956 | Robert Smith |
| 1949-1952 | Homer A. Pelfrey |
| 1945-1948 | Robert L. Drown |
| 1941-1944 | Eris D. Bunn |
| 1937-1940 | Clifford Lee Booton |
| 1933-1936 | J. Fox Fry |
| 1929-1932 | Menis E. Ketchum |
| 1925-1928 | James C. Wilson |
| 1921-1924 | Boss C. Brumfield |
| 1917-1920 | H. H. Cyrus |
| 1913-1916 | John S. Billups |
| 1909-1912 | Sam J. Crum |
| 1905-1908 | John L. Billups |
| 1901-1904 | Calvin Moore |
| 1897-1900 | Hurston Booth |
| 1893-1896 | J. H. Lambert |
| 1889-1892 | Sanders Spurlock |
| 1885-1888 | Henry Fisher Bowen |
| 1881-1884 | William E. Wilkinson |
| 1877-1880 | Henry Fisher Bowen |
| 1870-1876 | Lamech Adkins |
| 1866-1870 | Morgan Barrett |
| 1865 | James Bartram |
| 1863 | William Polly |
| 1860-1861 | William Strother |
| 1858-1860 | John Ferguson |
| 1856-1858 | Lamech Adkins |
| 1854-1856 | John Brumley |
| 1853-1854 | William Adkins |
| 1852-1853 | Milton Ferguson |
| 1850-1852 | John Wellman |
| 1848-1850 | Joseph Newman |
| 1846-1848 | John Plymale |
| 1844-1846 | Frederick Moore |
| 1842-1844 | William Morris |