COUNTY CLERKS of

JACKSON CO. WV

First called Recorders, this official was appointed by the County Court until 1851, and elected since that time.
1831 - Benjamin Wright, Jr.
1845 - Andrew Waugh
1852 - James Greer
1858 - Benjamin Wright, Jr.
1863 - Dr. John Armstrong
1869 - William H. H. King
1871 - Nehemiah S. Smith
1873 - Jacob L. Armstrong
1885 - Thomas H. B. Lemley
1891 - George Burton Crow
1909 - Cornelius C. Staats
1921 - Enoch Staats
1933 - B. Cleo Casto
1939 - Don Ferguson (Resigned 1948)
1948 - Ethel Ferguson (Sworn in July 1, 1948, to serve out her husband's term)
1951 - Charles A. Hill
1957 - Charles Enoch "C.E." Kessel
1981 - Annabelle Durst (later Taylor)
note: C. E. Kessel served longer than any other County Clerk - 24 years; second, Benjamin Wright, Jr., 19 years; and third, George Burton Crow, 18 years.

From: JACKSON COUNTY PAST AND PRESENT, 1990
Submitted by Delmer R. Hite, transcribed by Toni Rodgers

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