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Montgomery County Sheriffs from 1796
Leaf Chronicle Cumberland Lore March 2000
In 1789 a County Court was assembled at the home of Isaac Titsworth on Parson�s Creek in the Port Royal area. Francis Prince chaired the Court and Joseph B. Neville was appointed Sheriff.
The thirty log houses in the town of Clarksville developed more rapidly than Port Royal as a river town. Seven years later in 1796 statehood was granted to Tennessee. Montgomery County was established, the seat of county government was moved to Clarksville.
- 1796 - 1798 Joseph Bargel Nevil
(appointed)
1798 - 1800 George Nevil Sr.
1800 - 1801 George Nevil Jr.
1801 - 1802 John Sanders
1802 - 1804 Henry Small
1804 - 1804 William Montgomery
1804 - 1818 John Cocke
1818 - 1820 John Neblette
1820 - 1822 B. King
1822 - 1832 Cornelius Crusman
1832 - 1836 Upton Orgain (first elected sheriff)
1836 - 1842 G.J. McCauley
1842 - 1848 A.D. Raimey
1848 - 1854 William M. Shelton
1854 - 1856 Thomas Ramey
1856 - 1858 E.T. Bogard
1858 - 1860 Thomas Ramey
1860 - 1862 Samuel E. Ramey
1862 - 1864 (under military governor)
1864 - 1866 Berry Lyle
1866 - 1868 Thomas Ramey
1868 - 1872 George R. Harris
1872 - 1874 Irwin Beaumont
1874 - 1876 James H. Achey
1876 - 1882 James E. Mosley
1882 - 1886 James Monroe Collier
1886 - 1888 George R. Harris
1888 - 1892 C.W. Staton
1892 - 1898 James Monroe Collier
1898 - 1904 A.C. Stafford
1904 - 1910 Charles J. Staton
1910 - 1914 Robert L. Black
1914 - 1920 G.L. �Bose� Welker
1920 - 1926 Oscar Douglas Johnson
1926 - 1928 Herschel C. Walker
1928 - 1930 George S. Abernathy
1930 - 1936 William Egbert Beaumont
1936 - 1938 Tom Huggins
1938 - 1944 William Egbert Beaumont
1944 - 1946 Mannie W. Sanderson
1946 - 1948 Louis Raymond Powers
1948 - 1954 Mannie W. Sanderson
1954 - 1959 Lee N. Wood
1959 - 1960 Louis R. Powers
1960 - 1966 Kenneth Albright
1966 - 1972 Joel Plummer
1972 - 1978 Paul Neblette
1978 - 1998 Billy R. Smith
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
2 HIGHWAY 13
September 14,1931-- Road Number Thirteen South between Shiloh and Lone Oak, a distance of 4.02 miles, will receive a gravel surface and work of graveling it will begin this week. An appropriation of $2100.00 has been made for this project which will require about 10,000 yards of gravel. The state has appropriated $4,500.00 for the upkeep and maintenance of Number 13 from Lone Oak to the Kentucky State Line for this fiscal year.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
3 ROADS
January 6,1908-- County Court in quarterly session actions: The appeal of N.W. Russell to change a road in District 20 was granted on condition that certain work be done to the road bed; Antioch Church Road was asked for in District 13 and a jury of view was appointed; and a jury of view was ordered to review the road in District 19 from Tarsus to Corbandale.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
4 ROADS
January 1,1940-- The county highway department has constructed 13.5 miles of new roads, built 12 miles of asphalt roads, spread 65,456 cubic yards of crushed stone and gravel, and constructed 321 lineal feet of bridges over twenty-foot spans during the last year-1939.
The TD 18 crawler-tractor and scraper completed 1.5 miles of the Louise Road, 1.75 miles of the Powers Road running from the Tarsus Church Road to Yellow Creek, raised approaches to Budd�s Creek Bridge on Old Highway 13, filled the second bridge for Highway 13 on the Rocky Ford Road. Another crawler-type tractor and grader ditched roads in Districts 13,16,17,22,20,and is now in 19.
From: The Watchman
5 ELECTION
January 23, 1821--We are authorized to state that Doctor John H. Marable of this county, is a candidate to represent the people of the Senatorial District composed of Montgomery and Robertson Counties in the next legislature.
Aug. 3, 1821--The following is a statement of the votes given at Clarksville, Port Royal and Palmyra, the places for holding the election in this county:
State Senate
Marable 626
Rogers 323
Cheatham 56
In Robertson County
Cheatham 893
Marable 120
Therefore, Cheatham was elected State Senator.
From:Clarksville Jeffersonian
6 ELECTION RESULTS
June 12, 1861--An election was held in Tennessee on June 8 on whether to separate from the Union and unite with the rest of the Confederate States under its provisional Constitution which was good for one year. The official election results for Districts located south of the Cumberland River in Montgomery County were:
Districts Confederate Union
16 56 0
17 137 0
18 77 9
19 150 2
20 100 0
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
7 TELEPHONE COMPANY
January 2,1941-- Montgomery County�s last hand cranked telephone will go out of existence in the next few days--a victim of the march of progress.
W.E. Cross, local office manager of Christian-Todd Telephone Exchange announced today that Marion Exchange, the last rural office here to be placed on the modern dial system, would be switched over later this month. The new plant has been finished along with a complete new system of lines. Only minor details are holding up the switchover, including publication of a new telephone directory about the twentieth of the month. The work started about three months ago.
All of the county�s other five rural exchanges have been placed on dial including Palmyra, Sango, Port Royal, Fredonia, and Southside.
On the switchboard for a total of thirty-three years, Mrs. W.M. Suggs, veteran Marion Operator, will retire on a pension from the company when the change is made. She began her long period of service in the Clarksville Office and moved to Marion at the time of her marriage.
Approximately sixty telephones will be affected by the change at Marion. Mr. Cross said there were twenty-eight straight-out subscribers and between twenty-five and thirty farm line connections on the exchange.
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Clarksville Mayors from 1820
Memorabilia of Clarksville and Montgomery County
1820 James Elder
1821 Samuel Vance
1822 - 1824 James Elder
1825 - 1827 Dr. Lewis M. King
1828 - 1829 James McClure
1830 J.H. Poston
1831 Eli Lockert
1833 W.F. Gray
1834 - 1836 Andrew Vance
1837 - 1838 Samuel McFall
1839 - 1840 G.A. Davie
1841 - 1842 Thomas Barksdale Barksdale was first Mayor to receive a salary.
1843 Edward Roach
1844 Dr. J.H. Harris
1844 - 1845 H.L. Bailey
1846 W.R. Bringhurst
1847 - 1849 Dr. C.L. Wilcox (Chesterfield Lewis Wilcox)
1850 - 1851 C.M. Hiter
1852 - 1853 George H. Smith
1854 Dr. C.L. Wilcox
1855 Alfred Robb
1856 - 1858 Charles M. Hiter
1859 - 1862 George Smith
1865 Joshua Cobb
1866 John A. Bailey
1867 - 1868 Joshua Cobb
1869 Henry Frech
1870 - 1871 H.C. Merritt
1872 - 1873 George Harris
1874 George A. Ligon
1875 - 1877 Mike Sullivan
1878 - 1879 George A. Ligon
1880 - 1881 J.J. Crusman
1882 - 1885 A. Howell
1886 - 1889 James H. Smith
1890 - 1891 George Ligon and T.H. Smith
1892 - 1897 Dr. N.L. Carney
1898 - 1899 James H. Smith
1900 - 1901 W.B. Young
1902 - 1903 Dr. T.H. Marable
1904 - 1905 James H. Smith
1906 - 1910 M.C. Northington
1911 - 1912 M.R. Hanner
1913 - 1914 D.B. Wood
1915 - 1917 Dr. T.H. Marable
1917 - 1918 E.E. Laurent
1919 - 1924 William E. Beach
1925 - 1928 H.M. Cooley
1929 - 1936 W.D. Hudson
1937 - 1952 William Kleeman
1953 - 1954 Paul McGregor
1955 - 1956 William Kleeman
1957 - 1958 Paul McGregor
1959 - 1961 William W. Barksdale
1961 - 1962 Willliam Edmondson
1963 - 1977 Charles W. Crow
1978 - Ted A. Crozier
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
9 ORGAINS'S CROSS ROADS
January 26,1878--I concluded that you would be pleased to learn that we, through the kindness of our very efficient representative in Congress, the Honorable Jno. F. House, have succeeded in the establishment of a post office in Civil District 17 of Montgomery County, known as Orgain's Cross Roads.
The contractor on the Cunningham and McAllister�s Route has already been ordered by the Post Office Department to make regular trips by way of our office twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday, which will enable us to receive our mail before it becomes stale. From and after this day you may send our packages by mail addressed to Orgain's Cross Roads. Although Uncle Sam has not as yet furnished us a mail key, we expect to receive one next week. In case of a failure, I will follow the mail to Pleasant Mound and get all mail directed to this office.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
10 TAX ASSESSORS
January 10, 1882--The following names are the Tax Assessors appointed for the various districts of the county to assess the taxes for this year:
S.E. Wilcox, District 1
W.W. Redman, District 2
J.L. Killebrew, District 3
W.S. Mallory, District 4
B.W. Herring, District 5
C.W. Staton, District 6
J.T. Staton, District 7
I.P. Howard, District 8
C. Frederick, District 9
E.L. Williams, District 10
W.H. Crotzer, District 11
D. Marr, Ward 1
J.C. Kendrick, Ward 2
W.P. Keesee, Ward 3
Jonathan F. Couts, Ward 4
Thomas Hyman, Ward 5
M.C. Northington, Ward 6
C.H. Bailey, Ward 7
R.H. Williams, Ward 8
G.W. Armstrong, District 13
W.B. Stewart, District 14
D. Brown, District 15
J.N. Blackford, District 16
Robert Mellon, District 17
W.R. Martin, District 18
R.H. McFall, District 19
R.P. Powers, District 20
Committee to fix the rate of taxation for the present year: Esquires C.H. Bailey, Robert Mellon, Conrad Frederick, W.S. Mallory, R.P. Powers, to which Judge Tyler was added.
From: The Clarksville Star
11 STATE ROADS
November 2,1927--Grading of the link between Round Pond and Orgain's Crossroads has been begun by McQuary Brothers under the supplemental contract which was awarded them some time ago. The road extends 1.02 miles.
Dec.16,1927--This section of the road is now impassable due to mud, and much trade is being lost in Clarksville by reason of its condition. With permission from the state to pay expense of the work, the county road people could put the section in condition.
From: Clarksville Daily Tobacco Leaf
12 TARSUS
January 7,1895--Professor P.L. Harned, who was raised up in the Tarsus Community, was re-elected Superintendent of public schools with compensation same as last year, $300. The election was by the Quarterly Court, Judge Tyler and 42 Magistrates present.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
13 SOUTHSIDE
July 13,1901--The Leaf Chronicle learned from J.H. Coke that it is expected to have the new telephone line to Southside in operation next week. The people in that thriving community decided that a telephone line was an indispensable necessity, and began to agitate it some months ago. The people agreed to furnish the poles and the telephone company under took to do the rest with the result that the immediate vicinity will be two lines, the other one extending to Lone Oak.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
14 NEED FOR BRIDGE
January 6,1917--Residents south of the river have made many complaints recently of the uncertainly of getting across the river at the city ferry with their wagon and teams. Last Sunday, it was halted due to a snow drift. Today, high waters. Since the ferry can not run until daylight, farmers upon getting to tobacco warehouses find North side farmers lined up since two or three in the morning; a strong need for a bridge.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
15 ROAD WORK
April 22,1907--There was a full attendance of magistrates at the special meeting of the County Court this morning when Judge Tyler called the body to order. The object of the meeting was to lay the county off into road districts and to elect road commissioners in compliance with the road law passed by the last Legislature.
Each civil district was made a road district. The following were elected road commissioners:
District Overseer
1 Finis Ewing
2 G.W. McCauley
3 Scott Hammon
4 Alex Baynham
5 J.H. Achey
6 T.W. Walthal
7 W.C. Smith
8 J.P. Haynes
9 J.G. Thomasson
10 Squire Williams
11 Squire Stack
12 Zopher Smith
13 Ed Fain
14 Squire Ransdale
15 F.E. Faust
16 Blunt Batson
17 T.M. Harris
18 Ben Baggett
19 E.H. Carver
20 Mr. Smith
21 Brad Martin
22 J.R. Bridges
The next subject discussed was the number of days to compel people to work on the roads. The law on the subject gives the County Curt the power to fix this matter, and names any number from 4 to 8 days. There was a motion to make 8 days the limit, also one to make it 4 days. Both motions were lost and a compromise was effected at six days. The court on last Monday fixed the tax levy for road purposes remains at 5 cents on a $100.
Squire Smith declined to serve us on account of over-age and Squire Caldwell nominated F.D. Daniel. This motion was however withdrawn, and R. Ledbetter was elected to fill the vacancy.
A motion was made today to raise the tax to 10 cents on the $100, but it was promptly voted down. The tax therefore, remains at 5 cents on the $100 worth of taxable property. This tax must be paid in money; a man will not be allowed to work it out on the public highways.
After hearing a few petitions for release from taxation the court adjourned.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
16 ROADS
October 7,1929--Due to steady work hindered by the inclement weather during the past three months, fine results have been realized in road work in the county and by December 1 all the thoroughfares should be in good condition for the winter according to G.G. McClure, County Road Supervisor.
Gravel has been hauled on roads as follow; 1500 yards on the Marion and Lone Oak Road, 841 yards on the Salem and Lone Oak Roads.
1.7 mile of new road of the Lock B road has been constructed. The grading equipment is now at work on the following roads: one 2-ton tractor and grader on the Louise-Marion Road.
The highway commissioners found it necessary to discontinue the 7-Mile Ferry, and Bend Road is built in view of replacing the ferry and will be more economical and better to serve the public.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
17 POLITICS
July 6,1872--Delegates to the county convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for county offices:
District 16
J.N. Blackford
T.T. Harper