Clay County Alabama - Sheriffs From 1867 to 1967 ********************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ********************************************************************************************** Contributed By Linda Ayers Nov 2002 Sheriffs of Clay County Alabama 1867-1967 1867 Isaac Baird was appointed 1867-1870 William Livingston Dick William Livingston was born on Nov 5, 1825, the son of James Dick and Sarah Webb, his father was born in Ireland, he married Martha Ann Lee. William Dick was a member of the 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Company C, after his term as Sheriff he was a Justice of the Peace. William Dick died Jul 6, 1908, and is buried at Old Liberty Hill Clay County. 1870 William Powell 1870-1874 Isaac Baird possibly appointed again Isaac Baird Isaac Baird was born on Apr 25, 1825 in Lawrence County Alabama, he married Ann Simmons, he was Captain of the 10th Alabama Confederate Cavalry, and he died in 1887 and is buried in the Simmons Family Cemetery Millerville, Clay County 1875-1880 Joseph Allen White 1881-1884 Wesley Gable Wesley Gable was in 1843, he married Miss Martha M. Driver, and the couple moved in Tallapoosa County Alabama. 1885-1888 John Wells Blackstock John Wells Blackstock was born on Oct 20, 1838, Member of the 30th Alabama Regiment Company I, he married Cynthia Kinney, he died Dec 14, 1915, and they are buried in the Ashland City Cemetery Clay County 1889-1892 Joseph Allen White 1893-1896 Frances Marion Munroe Frances Marion Munroe was born on Jun 28, 1845, he married Frances Baird (Daughter of Isaac Baird) he died Jan 22, 1926 buried Munroe Family Cemetery Clay County 1897-1900 William D. Harvell William D. Harvell was born on Feb 22, 1861, Talladega County Alabama, he married Sarah Willis, he died on Dec 25, 1941 and they are buried in the Ashland City Cemetery Clay County Alabama 1901-1906 William David Mayo 1907-1910 J.B. Miller 1911-1914 William David Mayo 1915-1918 J.H. Allen 1919-1922 J.M. Hamlin 1923-1926 J.W. Stewart 1927-1930 J.H. Allen 1931-1934 C.S. Phillips 1935-1936 William David Mayo William David Mayo was born on Jul 20, 1864, the son of James Mayo and Mary Powell, he married Miss Frances Nelson, he was Sheriff of Clay County three times, he was killed in an Auto Accident on Dec 30, 1936, and he is buried in the Ashland City Cemetery Clay County 1936-1937 Merrill Mayo son of William David Mayo and Frances Nelson finished out his father's term. 1939-1946 Zenus P. Jordan 1947-1950 Rhett G. Owens Rhett G. Owens was born Mar 14, 1905 Clay County Alabama, he died on Dec 19, 1953, and is buried in the Ashland City Cemetery Clay County. 1951-1954 D.C. Little 1955-1958 Rutherford Gilbert 1959-1966 Paul Gay Levie