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List of sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina

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Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center

The sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Wake County, North Carolina.[1] Sheriffs within the State of North Carolina are directly elected to four-year terms.[2] Prior to 1938, sheriffs were elected to two-year terms.[2] The Wake County Sheriff's Office is headquartered within the Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]

Sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina

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List of sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party[a]
1 Michael Rogers[3]
(1738 - 1797)
1771

1774
[3]
2 Thomas Hines[3]
(? - 1808[4])
1774

1777
[3]
3 Thomas Wooten[3]
(? - ?)
1777

1780
[3]
4 Hardy Sanders[3]
(? - 1806[5][6])
1780

1782
[3]
5 Britain Sanders[3]
(? - 1808[7])
1782


[3]
6 Nathaniel Jones[3]
(? - 1810[8])
1785

1787
[3]
7 Tignal Jones[3]
(? - 1807[9])
1787

1787
[3]
8 Tignal Jones, Jr.[3]
(? - 1824[10])
1787

1788
[3]
9 John Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
1788

1789
[3]
10 William Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
1789

1790
[3]
11 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
1790

1792
[3]
12 Richard Banks[3]
(? - ?)
1792

1794
[3]
13 Lodwick Alford[3]
(? - ?)
1794

1796
[3]
14 Samuel High[3][13]
(? - 1812[14])
1796

1798
[3][13]
15 Jacob Bledsoe[3]
(? - ?)
1798

1799
[3]
16 Lewis Bledsoe[3][15]
(? - 1831[16])
1799

1800
[3][15]
17 David Justice[3]
(? - ?)
1800

1801
[3]
18 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
1801

1803
[3][17]
19 John Martin[3][18]
(? - 1833)[19]
1803

1804
[3][18]
20 John Davis[3]
(? - 1829[11][12])
1804

1805
[3][20]
21 John Martin[3][21]
(? - 1833)[19]
1805

1806
[3][21]
22 Nathaniel (Crabtree) Jones[22][3][23]
(? - 1828[24])
1806

1808
[3][23]
Federalist [22]
23 Willie Jones[3][25]
(? - 1846[25])
1808

1810
[3]
24 John Grant Rencher[3][26][27]
(? - 1812[28])
1810

1812
[3][27]
25 Matthew McCullers[3]
(? - 1825[29])
1812

1814
[3][30]
26 Edward Pride[3]
(? - ?)
1814

1815
[3]
27 Isaac Lane[3][31]
(? - ?)
1815

1816
[3][31]
Democratic-Republican [32]
28 William Hinton[3]
(? - ?)
1816

1817
[3]
29 Henry Moring[3]
(? - ?)
1817

1819
[3]
30 Samuel Whitaker[3]
(? - 1857[33])
1819

1821
[3]
Democratic-Republican [34]
31 Woodson Clements[3][35]
(? - 1837[36])
1821

1823
[3][35]
Democratic-Republican [37]
32 Turner Pullen[3]
(? - 1867[38])
1823

1825
[3]
Whig[39][40]
33 John Dunn[3][41]
(? - ?)
1825

1827
[3][41][42]
34 William R. Hinton[42][43]
(? - 1839[44])
1827

1832
[42][43]
Democratic [45]
35 Paschal B. Burt[3]
(? - 1859[46])
1832

1840
[3]
Democratic [47]
36 James Edwards[3][48]
(? - 1847[49])
1840

1847
[3][48]
Democratic [50]
37 Willis Scott[3][48][49]
(? - 1858[51])
1847

1847
[3][48][49]
Whig[52]
38 Willie Pope[3][48]
(? - 1854[53])
1847

1848
[3][48]
Democratic [54]
39 Calvin Jobe Rogers[3][55][56][57]
(? - 1876[58])
1848

1850
[3][55]
Whig[55][56]
40 William Henderson High[3][59][60][61]
(1820 - 1897)[62]
1850

1865
[3][60]
Democratic [59][56]
41 John P. H. Russ[3][63][64]
(? - 1879[65])
1865

1866
[3][66]
Democratic [64]
42 Erastus H. Ray[3][67][68]
(? - ?)
1866

1868
[3][67][68][69]
Democratic [70]
43 Rufus King Ferrell[3][68][71]
(? - 1900[72])
1868

1868
[3][68]
Democratic [73]
44 Timothy Francis Lee[3][74]
(? - 1912[75])
1868

1874
[3]
Republican[76]
45 Sidney M. Dunn[3][77]
(? - 1891[78])
1874

1876
[3][77]
Democratic [77]
46 Jeremiah James Nowell[3][79][80]
(? - 1882[81])
1876

1882
[3][79]
Republican[82]
47 Jesse Robert Nowell[79][83][84]
(? - 1897[85])
1882

1886
[79][86]
Democratic [86]
48 Julius Rowan Rogers[87][88][89][90]
(1843 - 1931)[91]
1886

1890
[88][89]
Republican[92]
49 Malcus Williamson Page[93][94]
(1835[95] - 1910[96])
1890

1906
[88][93][97]
Democratic [97]
50 Joseph Haywood Sears[98][99]
(1872 - 1941)[99][100]
1906

1920
[98]
Democratic [101]
51 David Bryant Harrison[102][103]
(1861 - 1952)[103][104]
1920

1926
[98][102]
Democratic [102]
52 Numa Fletcher Turner[102][105][106]
(1877 - 1955)[107][108]
1926

1946
[105][106]
Democratic [106]
53 Robert James Pleasants[109][110]
(1913 - 1989)[111]
1946

1978
[109]
Democratic [112]
54 John Haywood Baker, Jr.[109][113][114][115]
(1935 - 2007)[116]
1978

2002
[109][115]
Democratic[115]
55 Donnie Harrison[114][115]
(b. 1946)[117]
2002

2018
[114]
Republican[114]
56 Gerald M. Baker[114][118][119]
2018

2022
[114][119]
Democratic[114][119]
57 Willie Rowe[119]
2022

Incumbent
[119]
Democratic[119]

Notes

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  1. ^ Reflects the sheriff's political party at the start of their term. Changes during their time in office are noted.

References

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  1. ^ a b Wake County Sheriff's Office 2022.
  2. ^ a b The Office of Sheriff in North Carolina 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl Murray (1983), p. Appendix B.
  4. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Thomas Hines, 1808.
  5. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1806), p. 3.
  6. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Hardy Sanders, 1818.
  7. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Britain Sanders, 1808.
  8. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1810), p. 3.
  9. ^ The Raleigh Minerva staff (1807), p. 3.
  10. ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 4.
  11. ^ a b c Raleigh Register staff (1829), p. 1.
  12. ^ a b c North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John Davis, 1829.
  13. ^ a b Craven (1798).
  14. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b).
  15. ^ a b Bledsoe (1799), p. 2.
  16. ^ United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872: Lewis Bledsoe, 1832.
  17. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1801), p. 3.
  18. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803b), p. 3.
  19. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1833), p. 3.
  20. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1804), p. 3.
  21. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1805), p. 3.
  22. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1803a), p. 3.
  23. ^ a b Jones (1807), p. 2.
  24. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Nathaniel Jones, 1829.
  25. ^ a b A NEIGHBOR (1847), p. 3.
  26. ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: John Grant Rencher, 1781.
  27. ^ a b Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1811), p. 3.
  28. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: John G. Rencher, 1812.
  29. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1825), p. 3.
  30. ^ Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1812b), p. 4.
  31. ^ a b Lane (1815), p. 2.
  32. ^ A MLITIA MAN (1809), p. 3.
  33. ^ The Greensboro Patriot staff (1857), p. 2.
  34. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1838), p. 2.
  35. ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1824), p. 4.
  36. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1837), p. 3.
  37. ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1824), p. 2.
  38. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1867), p. 2.
  39. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1836), p. 3.
  40. ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1839), p. 3.
  41. ^ a b The North-Carolina Star staff (1826), p. 3.
  42. ^ a b c Hinton (1827), p. 4.
  43. ^ a b The Charlotte Journal staff (1830), p. 1.
  44. ^ Fayetteville Weekly Observer staff (1839), p. 3.
  45. ^ The North-Carolina Star staff (1832), p. 3.
  46. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1859), p. 3.
  47. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1842), p. 3.
  48. ^ a b c d e f Wilmington Journal staff (1847), p. 2.
  49. ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1847a), p. 3.
  50. ^ The Rasp staff (1842), p. 3.
  51. ^ The Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1858), p. 1.
  52. ^ The Raleigh Register staff (1840), p. 3.
  53. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1854), p. 3.
  54. ^ The Weekly Standard staff (1844), p. 2.
  55. ^ a b c Weekly Raleigh Register staff (1848), p. 3.
  56. ^ a b c The Weekly Standard staff (1850), p. 2.
  57. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, James Wesley Rogers, 1942.
  58. ^ The Raleigh Sentinel staff (1876), p. 1.
  59. ^ a b The Biblical Recorder staff (1850), p. 7.
  60. ^ a b "Beeswax" (1865), p. 7.
  61. ^ California Great Registers, 1850-1920, William Henderson High, 1872.
  62. ^ The Daily Times staff (1897), p. 1.
  63. ^ North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979: John P. H. Russ m Elizabeth Adaline Hutchins.
  64. ^ a b The Daily Conservative staff (1864), p. 2.
  65. ^ The Raleigh News staff (1880), p. 1.
  66. ^ The New Berne Times staff (1865), p. 3.
  67. ^ a b The Daily Standard staff (1866b), p. 4.
  68. ^ a b c d The Wilmington Post staff (1868), p. 3.
  69. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1866a), p. 3.
  70. ^ The Daily Standard staff (1865), p. 2.
  71. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Miss Pauline Fullen Farrall, 1946.
  72. ^ The Morning Post staff (1900), p. 3.
  73. ^ The Daily North Carolinian staff (1868), p. 3.
  74. ^ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938: Timothy Francis Lee in entry for Charles Fosgate and Maida Lee, 1907.
  75. ^ The Raleigh Daily Times staff (1912), p. 1.
  76. ^ The Weekly Era staff (1872), p. 2.
  77. ^ a b c The Charlotte Democrat staff (1874), p. 2.
  78. ^ The Daily State Chronicle staff (1891), p. 1.
  79. ^ a b c d The Commonwealth staff (1882), p. 3.
  80. ^ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979: Jeremiah James Nowell, 1882.
  81. ^ Weekly Standard staff (1882), p. 2.
  82. ^ The News and Observer staff (1882), p. 2.
  83. ^ United States Census, 1860: Robert Nowell in entry for Willis Nowell, 1860.
  84. ^ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979: Jesse R. Nowell, 1873.
  85. ^ The Press-Visitor staff (1897), p. 1.
  86. ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1886), p. 2.
  87. ^ The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890a), p. 1.
  88. ^ a b c The Daily Evening Visitor staff (1890b), p. 1.
  89. ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1886), p. 1.
  90. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Julius Rowan Rogers, 1939.
  91. ^ The News and Observer staff (1931), p. 10.
  92. ^ The State Chronicle staff (1890), p. 4.
  93. ^ a b Statesville Record and Landmark staff (1906), p. 2.
  94. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Daisy Page Walker, 1960.
  95. ^ Williamson Page House (2012).
  96. ^ The News and Observer staff (1910), p. 5.
  97. ^ a b The Day staff (1890), p. 1.
  98. ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926a), p. 13.
  99. ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Joseph Haywood Sears, 1941.
  100. ^ The News and Observer staff (1941), p. 2.
  101. ^ The News and Observer staff (1906), p. 1.
  102. ^ a b c d The News and Observer staff (1926c), p. 2.
  103. ^ a b North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: David Bryant Harrison, 1952.
  104. ^ The News and Observer staff (1952), p. 45.
  105. ^ a b The News and Observer staff (1946b), p. 12.
  106. ^ a b c The News and Observer staff (1926b), p. 12.
  107. ^ North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994: Numa Fletcher Turner, 1955.
  108. ^ The News and Observer staff (1955), p. 3.
  109. ^ a b c d Kolin (1978), p. 1.
  110. ^ North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994: Robert James Pleasants, 1989.
  111. ^ Glascock (1989), p. 33.
  112. ^ The News and Observer staff (1946a), p. 3.
  113. ^ The News and Observer staff (1994), p. 14.
  114. ^ a b c d e f g Molina & McDonald (2018), p. A3.
  115. ^ a b c d Rochman (2002), p. B1.
  116. ^ McDonald (2007), p. 10.
  117. ^ The News & Observer staff (2010), p. 5V.
  118. ^ Wake County Sheriff's Office staff (2022).
  119. ^ a b c d e f Perchick (2023).

Works cited

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General

  • Murray, Elizabeth Reid (1983). Wake: Capital County of North Carolina - Volume I - Prehistory through Centennial. Raleigh, North Carolina: Capital County Publishing Company. p. Appendix B. ISBN 9780963919816. LCCN 2008930989.

Online sources