Learn about the History of Law Enforcement in Douglas County.
Past Douglas County Sheriffs
| 1862 – 1863 Charles F. Parkhurst |
1888 – 1891 George C. ‘Cole’ Briscoe |
1931 – 1938 Charles H. Lowell |
| 1864 – 1865 F.C. Johnson |
1892 – 1893 Hiram D. Benton |
1939 – 1942 Samuel H. Buckner |
| 1866 – 1867 A. Marshall |
1894 – 1897 Walter M. Priest |
1942 – 1946 H. Robert Campbell |
| 1868 – 1869 John Jones |
1898 – 1900 Alford F. Stott |
1947 – 1970 John L. Hammond [3] |
| 1870 – 1872 David M. Woods |
1900 – 1902 Edward Hoffman |
1971 – 1982 Royal C. McKinster |
| 1873 – 1874 Bernard C. Killin [1] |
1903 – 1904 Ruel S. Alford |
1983 – 2003 Stephen C. Zotos [4] |
| 1874 – 1874 Jacob Calvin Jones [2] |
1905 – 1906 Fred Hilburger |
2003 – 2005 Michael Acree |
| 1874 – 1875 Christian Manhart |
1907 – 1908 George Vossler |
2005 – 2014 David A. Weaver |
| 1876 – 1879 Adam Smith |
1909 – 1912 John Anderson |
2014 – Present Tony Spurlock |
| 1880 – 1881 Jose P. Adams |
1913 – 1922 George Nickson |
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| 1882 – 1883 Henry M. Clay |
1923 – 1926 Roy McKissack |
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| 1884 – 1887 Charles Anderson |
1927 – 1930 Lucius Cox |
[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.