A list of the sheriffs of Hampshire county since its formation is as follows:
Edward C. Davis, 1754; Abraham Johnson, 1756; Elias Posten, 1738; Thomas McCubbin, 1790; William Fox, 1814; James Coleman, 1815; Lewis Petters, 1816; Thomas Collins, 1818; James Dailey, 1819; E. M. McCarty, 1821; Francis White, 1825; Isaac Kuykendall, 1826; Frederick Sheetz, 1829; George Sharpe, 1831; J. Vandiver, 1833; M, Pugh, 1835; Samuel Cockerel, 1837; John Sloan, 1839; John McDowell, 1841: William Armstrong, 1843; Vause Fox, 1845; Reuben Davis, 1848; John Stump, 1850; Eli Beall, 1852; J. C. Heiskell, 1854; George Milleson, 1856; D. T. Keller, 1858; J. C. Heiskell, 1860; J. H. Trout, 1865; J. A. Jarboe, 1866; J. H. Powell, 1868; Samuel Cooper, 1870; W. H. Powell, 1872; R. D. Powell, 1876; Jonn Monroe, 1830; W. H. Powell, 1834; George Milleson, 1838; A. L. Pugh, 1892; James A. Monroe, 1896.