Sheriff

Taylor County was once part of Madison County, but in 1856 it was organized and a number of county officials were either appointed or elected. The first to officially take office were County Judge John O’Steen who took office July 4, 1857; Clerk of Circuit Court, D. C. Baker, March 31, 1857; Tax Collector, Alex Ezell, July 4, 1857; County Surveyor, Cornelius English, October 27, 1857

Stephen R. White, March 1857 to October 1857

John Sherrod, 1857 – 1859

Edward Jordan, 1859 – 1865?

No Records Available, 1865 – 1874

J. A. J. Cruce, 1874 – 1875

J. H. Sutton, 1875 – 1877

Thomas O’Steen, 1877 – 1883

Green P. Weaver, 1883 – 1884

B. A. J. Tucker, 1885 – 1887

George W. Carlton, 1887 – 1893

A. J. Head, 1893 – 1898 (Suspended by Governor)

Francis M. Lipscomb, 1898 – 1900 (Appointed by Governor)

Thomas H. Stripling, 1901 – 1903 (Resigned April 28, 1903)

B. M. Knight, 1903 – 1903 (commissioned May 19, 1903 – resigned October 12, 1903)

Robert Smith, 1903 – 1905 (commissioned November 7, 1903)

John H. Parker, 1905 – 1920

F. L. Lipscomb, 1921 – 1933 (Died August 10, 1933)

F. M. Lipscomb, 1933 – 1934 (Commissioned August 10, 1933)

S. L. Wilson, 1934 – 1940

J. H. Parker, 1941 – 1946

William A. Towles, 1947 – 1952

Maurice S. Linton, 1953 – 1976

Von Whiddon, 1977 – 1981

Grady Murphy, 1981 – 1985

Quentin O. Whittle, 1985 – 1989

John Wesley Walker, 1989 – 1997

L. E. (Bummy) Williams, 1997 -