Sheriff Charlie Ray Fox, Jr.
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Past Sheriffs
The Sheriff’s of Fauquier County
The Office of Sheriff is very old dating back to England in the year 1066, when the Sheriff was considered superior to any nobleman in the country and was himself a member of the royal family. The word “sheriff” means keeper of the county.
Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia provides that each county and city in the Commonwealth shall have a sheriff elected by the qualified voters of the county and city Sheriffs are elected for four-year terms and may be re-elected at the end of each term.
Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office covers 660 square miles employing men and women working in the following areas:
- Adult Detention Center
- Animal Control
- Civil Process
- Community Services
- Court Security
- Criminal Investigation
- Patrol
- School Resource Program
Sheriff Charlie Ray Fox, Jr. term began January 1, 2004, and is proudly working for the citizens of Fauquier County.
| 2004 |
Charlie Ray Fox, Jr.
Sheriff |
Former Sheriff’s of Fauquier County
1992 |
Joseph Higgs, Jr.  |
1984 |
Ashby W. Olinger  |
1971 |
Luther Cox  |
January, 1948 |
Sam S. Hall  |
| June, 1914 |
W. Stanley Woolf  |
| February, 1901 |
Alex S. Hamilton |
June, 1875 |
Robert Whitacre |
December, 1870 |
Joseph Nelson qualified as Sheriff, again in 1873 |
September, 1869 |
Joseph Nelson appointed crier of the Court, who shall perform all the
duties pertaining to the office of sheriff of this county, except collection
of taxes, until the qualification of Sheriff for this county |
May, 1869 |
William Boyd (carpetbagger) proved to the court he had been appointed
Sheriff in place of William Hume, removed. |
August, 1866 |
William Hume as temporary Sheriff |
June, 1854 |
William Hume qualified as Sheriff until January 1857 |
June, 1854 |
John Quincy Marr qualified as Sheriff |
June, 1854 |
William Hume-elected for a two-year term |
June, 1852 |
William Hume (Mr. Hume was the first Sheriff to be elected by the voters,
and was bonded for ninety thousand dollars, in view of the fact that his
duties included the collection of taxes.) |
March, 1850 |
William R. Smith |
March, 1848 |
William Bell |
March, 1846 |
Josiah Tidball |
March, 1844 |
William Pickett |
February, 1842 |
George Kemper |
March, 1840 |
Charles L. Carter |
March, 1838 |
William Horner |
March, 1836 |
John P. Smith |
March, 1834 |
John B. Armstead |
March, 1832 |
Richard Rixey |
March, 1830 |
James S. Pickett |
January, 1828 |
William Bower |
March, 1826 |
Edward Diggs |
October, 1824 |
William Skinker |
June, 1822 |
William Geston |
February, 1820 |
William Gibson |
July, 1818 |
Joseph Chilton |
August, 1816 |
William Clarkson |
August, 1814 |
William Withers |
1812 |
John Bronaugh |
1810 |
John Roy |
1808 |
William Edmunds |
| July, 1806 |
Lawrence Ashton |
February, 1804 |
Thomas Chilton |
January, 1800 |
Joseph Blackwell |
October, 1795 |
Edward Diggs |
October, 1793 |
Aylett Buckner |
October, 1789 |
Thomas Bronaugh |
October, 1787 |
William Pickett |
October, 1785 |
Martin Pickett |
October, 1783 |
John Blackwell |
October, 1781 |
John Moffett |
| July 1779 |
James Bell |
July, 1777 |
Jeremiah Darnell |
| January, 1774 |
William Edmunds |
November, 1773 |
John Blackwell |
June, 1771 |
William Nelson |
August, 1769 |
William Eustace |
October, 1767 |
William Blackwell, Jr. |
September, 1765 |
William Grant |
November, 1763 |
William Edmunds |
May, 1761 |
John Bell |
May 24, 1759 |
Joseph Blackwell |
*Information obtained from Fauquier County, 1759-1959 referred to as the Bicentennial
Book.
This book was the work of The Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee.
For a brief history of Fauquier County visit the following website:
http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/visitors/index.cfm?page=history
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/old.htm
http://www.fauquierhistory.com/
Date Last Modified: 10/05/2005
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