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< li> 1858 - Benjamin Wright, Jr.
• 1863 - Dr. John Armstrong
• 1869 - William H. H. King
• 1871 - Nehemiah S. Smith li> 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.