Rowan County Sheriff's Office (North Carolina)

Sheriff's authority and qualifications

• "In each county a Sheriff shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof at the same time and places as members of the General Assembly are elected and shall hold his office for a period of four years, subject to removal for cause as provided by law. No person is eligible to serve as Sheriff if that person has been convicted of a felony against this State, the United States, or another state, whether or not that person has been restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner prescribed by law. Convicted of a felony includes the entry of a plea of guilty; a verdict or finding of guilt by a jury, judge, magistrate, or other adjudicating body, tribunal, or official, either civilian or military; or a plea of no contest, nolo contendere, or the equivalent. "

  History

• 1754–1758 David Jones
• 1758–1759 Edward Hughes
• 1759–1763 Benjamin Miller
• 1763–1764 William Nassery
• 1764–1767 Francis Locke
• 1767–1768 Griffith Rutherford
• 1768–1769 Andrew Allison
• 1769–1769 Adam Allison
• 1770–1770 No Sheriff
• 1771–1771 William Temple Coles
• 1771–1772 James McKay
• 1772–1774 Daniel Little, Esq.
• 1774–1777 James Kerr
• 1777–1779 Galbraith Falls
• 1779–1779 George Henry Berger
• 1779–1779 Samuel Hughey
• 1779–1780 Josiah Rounsevall, Esq.
• 1780–1780 Moses Winslow, Esq.
• 1780–1781 William Brandon, Esq.
• 1781–1781 Peter Faust
• 1781–1782 James Craige
• 1782–1785 John Brevard Jr.
• 1785–1786 John Brevard Sr.
• 1786–1787 Hugh Terrence
• 1787–1790 Lewis Beard
• 1790–1792 Isaac Jones
• 1792–1794 John Braly Jr.
• 1794–1808 John Troy
• 1808–1813 Edward Chambers
• 1813–1814 John Smith, Esq.
• 1814–1818 Alexander Frohock
• 1818–1820 John Beard, Esq.
• 1820–1824 Samuel Jones
• 1824–1826 Charles Fisher
• 1826–1828 Isaac D. Jones
• 1828–1837 Fielding Slater
• 1837–1841 John H. Hardie
• 1841–1849 Richard W. Long
• 1849–1858 Caleb Kluttz
• 1858–1865 W. A. Walton
• 1865–1866 Solomon Kluttz
• 1867–1872 W. A. Walton
• 1872–1880 C. F. Waggoner
• 1880–1890 Charles C. Krider
• 1890–1900 J. M. Monroe
• 1900–1906 D. R. Julian
• 1906–1908 Hodge Krider
• 1908–1914 J. H. McKenzie
• 1914–1928 J. H. Krider
• 1928–1930 R. P. Lyerly
• 1930–1931 W. Locke McKenzie
• 1931–1932 Cal Miller
• 1932–1950 J. H. Krider
• 1950–1966 Arthur J. Shuping
• 1966–1986 John Stirewalt
• 1986–1986 Junius L. Bost
• 1986–1998 Robert G. Martin
• 1998–2009 George A. Wilhelm
• 2010–pres. Kevin L. Auten

  Line of duty deaths

1. Deputy Henry C. Owen was shot and killed February 20, 1895, by a man he was attempting to arrest for disturbing the peace.
2. Deputy William J. Propst was shot and killed on November 17, 1922, by a man he was attempting to arrest for shooting a local police chief.
3. Deputy Linzy J. Yarbrough died from a gunshot wound received while attempting to apprehend a man wanted for murder on June 3, 1927.
4. Sheriff W. Locke McKenzie was shot and killed by a man with a shotgun after responding to a disturbance on July 16, 1931.
5. Deputy Danny Ray Griffin died in a collision on June 3, 1986.
6. Deputy Rick Bill Bauguess was struck by a vehicle during training on November 10, 1988.
7. Deputy John Lester Beck suffered a heart attack after arresting a man on January 27, 1994.
8. Deputy Richard Allen Hillard died in a collision while pursuing a fleeing motorcycle on October 17, 1999.

   Background

• Colonial Records of North Carolina, VIII, 280-281
• Colonial Records of North Carolina, IX, 675
• Colonial Records of North Carolina, V, 558
• State Records of North Carolina XXIII, 438-9
• W. H. Fries, Forsyth County, North Carolina, 22-25