DCSO History
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1862-1863
Charles F. Parkhurst
1864-1865
F.C. Johnson
1866-1867
A. Marshall
1868-1869
John Jones
1870-1872
David M. Woods
1873-1874
Bernard C. Killin [1]
1874-1874
Jacob Calvin Jones [2]
1874-1875
Christian Manhart
1876-1879
Adam Smith
1880-1881
Jose P. Adams
1882-1883
Henry M. Clay
1884-1887
Charles Anderson
1888-1891
George C. ‘Cole’ Briscoe
1892-1893
Hiram D. Benton
1894-1897
Walter M. Priest
1898-1900
Alford F. Stott
1900-1902
Edward Hoffman
1903-1904
Ruel S. Alford
1905-1906
Fred Hilburger
1907-1908
George Vossler
1909-1912
John Anderson
1913-1922
George Nickson
1923-1926
Roy McKissack
1927-1930
Lucius Cox
1931-1938
Charles H. Lowell
1939-1942
Samuel H. Buckner
1942-1946
H. Robert Campbell
1947-1970
John L. Hammond [3]
1971-1982
Royal C. McKinster
1983-2003
Stephen C. Zotos [4]
2003-2005
Michael Acree
2005-2014
David A. Weaver
2014 - 1/2023
Tony Spurlock
1/2023 - Present
Darren Weekly
[1] When Elbert County was created in 1874, Sheriff Killin became the new Elbert County Sheriff.
[2] Appointed to replace Sheriff Killan. Did not run for re-election.
[3] Sheriff Hammond was the longest-serving Douglas County Sheriff.
[4] Sheriff Zotos’ term was the second longest in the county’s century-and-a-half history.