
Grayson County Elected Officials
The following information was obtained from various sources:
Grayson County Historical Society: Article in The Grayson Gazette, Bicentennial Edition, 1976
Grayson Co Historical Society: Article in The Grayson Gazette, 24 Oct 1890
Kentucky Government Website
Grayson County Courthouse Election Records
Personal Knowledge
and transcribed by Cathy Schultz
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COUNTY DIRECTORY
(LISTED IN GRAYSON GAZETTE 24 OCT 1890)
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CIRCUIT COURT.
T. R. McBeath, Judge, Leitchfield
C. R. Wathen, Attorney, Brandenburg
Jess T. Gosnell, Clerk, Leitchfield
E. D. Bozarth, Jailer, Leitchfield.
John E. Stone, Master Com., Leitchfield.
G. Y. Crawford, Sheriff, Caneyville Deputies
Frank X. Higdon, Rock Creek and Canoloway,
George W. Meredith Leitchfield J. C. Anderson
Shrewsbury
Court begins 4th Mondays in March and September,
and continues three weeks.
COUNTY COURT.
H. C. Rogers, Sr., Judge, Leitchfield.
Geo A. Cubbage, Clerk, Leitchfield.
Court begins fourth Monday in every month,
except March and September
QUARTERLY COURT.
Begins second Monday in March, June, September
and December.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Begins fourth Monday in October and January.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICES.
W. R. Cummings, Assessor, Falls of Rough
J. C. Wilson, Surveyor, Leitchfield
M. R. Shrewsbury, School Supt., Leitchfield
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JUSTICE COURTS.
Held in March, June, Sept. and Dec.
Leitchfield: H. U. Herrel, 4th Friday.
W. H. Parish, 4th Saturday.
Oscar Hughes, Constable.
Caneyville: C. B. McDaniel, 1st Saturday
J. L. Coy, 1st Friday
Henry Layman, Constable.
Short Creek: J. B. Litsey, 3rd Friday
W. F. Patterson, 3rd Sat.
Buell Wilkerson, Constable
Big Clifty : John J. Shively, 2d Friday
Wm. Miller, 2nd Sat
--------------- Constable
Rock Creek : Tom Witten, 4th Thursday
H. T. Hawkins, 4th Wed'y
T. B. Golladay, Constable
Sand Spring : J. T. Arms, 3rd Tuesday
Duncan Forbes, 3d Monday
J. D. Jackson, Constable.
Canoloway: J. G. Skaggs, 3d Wednes.
B. G. Peerce, 3d Thursday.
S. W. McGrew, Constable
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ABOUT THE CITY.
Town Trustees, G. W. Meredith, Dan Heybach,
C. J. Yager, T. B. Wilson and W. B. Hill.
Police Court - W. O. Jones, judge; H. N. Adams,
marshal, meets first Monday in February,
May, August and November
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RELIGIOUS.
Baptist Church-
Preaching every first and third Sundays at
11 a.m., and 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays
preceding at 2 .p m. Sunday-School
at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Thursday nights.
Rev J. C. Burkholder Pastor
M. E. Church South -
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.m., and 7:30
p.m. Sunday-School at 9 1/2 a.m.
Rev. L. M. Russell, Pastor
Christian Church -
Social meetings every Sunday at 10
Preaching every fourth Sunday by
Rev W. F. Rogers
St. Joseph's Church -
Services every fourth Sunday and all
the holidays at 9:30 a.m. by
Rev. A. M. O Sullivan Pastor
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The following are lists of Elected Officials
STATE SENATE
| Name | Party | Years |
| William O. Jones | D | 1897-1901 |
| Charles Carroll | D | 1902-1905 |
| W. W. Tabb | D | 1906-1909 |
| John C. Graham | D | 1910-13 |
| Samuel C. Ray | R | 1933 |
| Albert H. Thomason | R | 1953 |
| Damon Majors | D | 1971 |
| Earl Glenn | D | 1973 |
| Carroll Gibson | R | 2005 - Present |
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
| Name | Party | Years |
| J. H. Rice | R | 1895 |
| L. J. Owen | D | 1897 |
| W. F. Nichols | R | 1899,1902-1903 |
| Robert. H. Spurrier | R | 1900-1901 |
| Zachery. T. Proctor | R | 1904-1905 |
| George D. Litsey | D | 1906-1907 |
| S. L. Givens | R | 1908-1909 |
| S. C. Roberts | D | 1910-1911 |
| Yaman Watkins | R | 1912-1913 |
| N. C. Tilford | D | 1914-1915 |
| Thomas Spurrier | R | 1916-1919 |
| Samuel C. Ray | R | 1920-1921 |
| Ora A. Denton | D | 1922-1923 |
| Isaac T. Layman | D | 1924-1925 |
| William H. Pryor | R | 1926-1929 |
| Garland Embry | R | 1930-1931 |
| Tom Decker | R | 1932-1933 |
| Garland Embry | R | 1934-1939 |
| Porter Wallace | R | 1940-1941 |
| Coy Nevitt | R | 1942-1945 |
| Eck Embry | R | 1946-1947 |
| Albert Thomason | R | 1948 |
| Damon Majors | D | 1953 |
| Ed Embry | R | 1955 |
| Homer Hodges | R | 1957 |
| Robert Spurrier | R | 1959 |
| Damon Majors | D | 1961 |
| John W. Head | R | 1963 |
| Damon Majors | D | 1965 |
|
Walter Davis Edmonson County |
R | 1967,1969 |
| J. T. Skaggs | R | 1971 |
| G. W. Vincent | D | 1973 |
| C. B. Embry, Jr. | R | 2003 - Present |
COUNTY JUDGE
| Name | Party | Years |
| H. C. Rogers | D | 1901 |
| Charles W. Clagett | D | 1905,1909 |
| Abe L. Wells | R | 1913 |
| Robert Kessinger (died Dec. 13, 1931) | R | 1917,1921,1925,1929 |
| T. E. Layman | D | 1932 |
| Clyde L. Bratcher | R | 1933,1937,1941 |
| Calvin Cash | R | 1945 |
| Roy Carter | R | 1949 |
| D. B. Allen | R | 1953 |
| Arville L. Dunn | R | 1957 |
| Charles B. Bratcher | D | 1961,1965 |
| Foy Embry | R | 1969 |
| Charles B. Bratcher | D | 1973 |
COUNTY JUDGE
EXECUTIVE R
Name
Party
Years
Earl Glenn
1978-1982
Charles Lively
1982-1990
Glenn Tilford
D
1990-1994
Gary Logsdon
1994-present
COUNTY ATTORNEY
| Name | Party | Years |
| J. C. Graham | D | 1901-05 |
| H. W. Stoy | R | 1905-09 |
| Charles V. Higdon | D | 1909-13 |
| Z. T. Proctor | R | 1913-1917 |
| James T. Basham | R | 1917-21 |
| Allen P. Cubbage | D | 1921 |
| Chester O. Carrier | R | 1925,1929,1933, 1937,1941 |
| R. H. Cannon | R | 1945 |
| Thomas H. Cubbage | D | 1949 |
| Kenneth H. Goff | R | 1953,1957,1961 |
| Joseph M. Whittle | R | 1953,1957,1961 1965,1969 |
| David Vickery | R | 1973 |
| Jerry Guffey | ||
| Phillip Smith | ||
| Thomas Goff | R | present |
COUNTY COURT CLERK
| Name | Party | Years |
| R. E. Cave | D | 1901-1906 |
| William Cave | R | 1906-1910 |
| John W. Moorman | D | 1910-1914 |
| Wilbur Mauzey | D | 1914-1918 |
| A. L. Nichols | R | 1918-1930 |
| Mary L. Cave | R | 1930-1942 |
| Porter Wallace | R | 1942-1950 |
| Russell Skaggs | R | 1950-1958 |
| W. G. Henderson | R | 1958-1960 |
| Mrs W. G. Henderson | R | 1960-1962 |
| Gordon R. Anderson | R | 1962-1974 |
| Victor Harned | D | 1974-1981 |
| Margaret Woosley | D | 1981-2002 |
| Carletta Farris | D | 2003-present |
SHERIFF
| Name | Party | Years |
| W. R. Cummings | D | 1902-1906 |
| A. J. Layman | D | 1906-1910 |
| W. H. Ashley | D | 1910-1914 |
| Robert Kessinger | R | 1914-1918 |
| Eugene McCabe | R | 1918-1922 |
| Robert Bond | R | 1922-1926 |
| Horace McClure | R | 1926-1930 |
| Robert Bond | R | 1930-1934 |
| Ralph Haycraft | R | 1934-1938 |
| W. A. Smith | R | 1938-1943 |
| Ralph Haycraft | R | |
| Preston Cannon | R | 1943-1950 |
| G. C. Earles | D | 1950-1952 |
| Wendell South | R | 1952-1954 |
| Ralph Boone | R | 1954-1958 |
| Tonner Haycraft | R | 1958-1962 |
| Wilbur Litsey | D | 1962-1970 |
| Otis Arnold | R | 1970-1974 |
| Lonnie Swift | R | 1974-1978 |
| Junior Wilson | 1978-1981 | |
| Qulin K. Escue | D | 1982-1998 |
| Joe Brad Hudson | R | 1999-2002 |
| David Simon | 2003-2006 | |
| Rick Clemons | R | 2007-present |
JAILER
| Name | Party | Years |
| J. W. Quiggins | R | 1901 |
| Daniel Downs | R | 1905 |
| Robert Jackson | D | 1909 |
| Eugene Kinser | R | 1913 |
| Tom Decker | R | 1921,1925 |
| G. C. Earles | D | 1929 |
| Robert Bond | R | 1933 |
| L. F. Pryor | R | 1937,1941, 1945 |
| Preston Cannon | R | 1949 |
| Simpson Wilson | R | 1953 |
| Martin Haycraft | R | 1957,1961 |
| Franklin Stanton | R | 1965,1969, 1973, |
| Joey Stanton | R | ??-2006 |
| Darwin Dennison | R | 2007-present |
CORONER
| Name | Party | Years |
| W. R. Shartzer | R | 1901-1916 |
| D. N. Rice | R | 1921 |
| J. R. Stone | R | 1928 |
| J. L. Morris | R | 1929 |
| J. S. J. Brear | R | 1933 |
| Minor M. Skaggs | R | 1937 |
| C. W. Watkins | R | 1941 - 1948 |
| Oscar Downs | R | 1929, 1953-1961 |
| Simpson Wilson | R | 1961-1976 |
| Ronald H. Hudson | R | ??-1998 |
| Clay Vincent | R | 1999-2002 |
| Ronald H. Hudson | R | 2003-2006 |
| Joe Brad Hudson | R | 2007-present |
CIRCUIT
COURT CLERK
| Name | Party | Years |
| Elmer H. Hicks | R | 1916-1920 |
| J. A. Goff | R | 1921-1932 |
| Claude E. White | R | 1934-1943 |
| Arville L. Dunn | R | 1946-1955 |
| McKinley Allen | R | 1957 |
| Eliza Allen | R | 1959 |
| Carroll Gibson | R | |
| Elois Downs | R | - present |
PROPERTY VALUE
ADMINISTRATOR
| Name | Party | Years |
| Murrell L. Richardson | R | 1989 |
| James Blanton | R | 1993, 1998, 2002 |
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