FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
FCSO History
Floyd County, Georgia
Floyd County was created by Act of December 3, 1832 out of Cherokee County. Originally it included parts of Chattooga, Polk, and Gordon Counties. Early settlers came from Tennessee, South Carolina, and older parts of Georgia. The County was named for Major General John Floyd (1794-1829). Legislator, Congressman, General of the Georgia Militia, Commander of Georgia troops against the Creeks in 1813.
Officers of Floyd County Commissioned, March 18, 1833 were:
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Andrew H. Johnston, Sheriff
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Edwin G. Rogers, Clerk Superior Court
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Phillip W. Hemphill, Clerk Inferior Court
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John Smithwicke, Surveyor
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Lemuel Milligan, Coroner
Floyd County Sheriff's
1866 – 1868
Nathan Yarbrough
Listed in County and Court Records of Floyd County. Nathan Yarbrough, Mayor of Rome in 1852, some say he was the first mayor, at any rate he wasn’t satisfied, so later he was made Sheriff in 1866. Judge Joel Branham’s book of reminiscences “The Old Courthouse in Rome” describes Yarbrough as “a stout, red-faced, broad shoulder, redheaded man, abrupt in manner, firm and fearless in conduct and opinion. He later moved to Texas where he died.
1866
John R. Towers
Listed in Sectary of States Commission Book as being under Northern Rule.
1864 – 1866
B. F. Payne
1862 – 1864
H. P. Lumpkin
1860 – 1862
Thomas G. Watters
1858 – 1860
William P. Williams
1854 – 1856
Thomas S. Price
1856 – 1858
Thomas G. Watters
1852 – 1854
Thomas G. Watters
Elected: 01/02/1852
1850 – 1852
Thomas S. Price
1848 – 1850
George W. Hanson
Secretary Of State Commission Book 277/36 page 365, Elected: 01/03/1848
1846
Edward F. B. Lumpkin
Secretary Of State Commission Book 227/36 page 22, Elected: 01/05/1846
1846 – 1848
Thomas Price
Secretary Of Commission Book 227/36 page 237, Elected: 03/07/1846
1844 – 1846
Houston Aycock
Secretary Of State Commission Book 277/35 page 660, Elected: 01/01/1844
1843
Joseph Ford
Secretary Of State Commission Book 277/35 page 471, Elected: 01/02/1843