The Past Sheriffs of Ouachita County

Hezekiah Dews 1842-1844, 1846-1849

Roland B. Smith 1854-1858

N.R. Tribble 1866-1867

Archie Hamilton 1890-1894

R.D. Newton 1898-1902

W.P. Chidester 1906-1910

John H. Parker 1910-1914

E.L. Purifoy 1914-1919

Col. Ed. Harper 1919-1923

J.B. Newton 1923-1926

Arthur W. Ellis 1927-1938

W.E. Edgar Pryor 1939-1942

Sam Abernathy 1943-1944

Hester Abernathy 1945-1946

W.B. Smead 1947-1956

Grover Linebarier 1957-1970

Jerry McMahen 1971-1974

Robert E. Garner 1975-1982

Jack Dews 1983-1990

Ben Garner 1991-2002

Joe Strickland 2002

Paul A. Lucas 2003-2008

Jason Dickinson 2008-2009

Not pictured are:
H.W. Ashley 1844-1846
G.L. Grant 1849-1854
Henry Ross 1858-1866
R. Beauchamp 1869-1872
Col. Paul Lynch Lee 1872-1882
A.V. Bragg 1882-1886
R.F. Sale 1894-1898
Sam Q. Sevier 1902-1906