Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County, Ohio
Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society
Sheriff's Office
(513) 695-1144
406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday
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Warren County Sheriff’s Office
Larry Sims, Sheriff
Location: 550 Justice Dr., Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone: (513) 695-1280
Email: ingrjo@wcsooh.org
Web Site: www.wcsooh.org
Hours: M-F 8 AM – 5PM, except holidays
Holdings: Oversees county jail & prisoners, jury and witnesses at trials.
For a complete inventory please contact the Sheriff directly. Below are some types of records which should be kept at the Sheriff's Office.
Click here for a listed of the elected sheriffs for Warren County, Ohio.
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Sheriff’s Record Type |
Dates |
Format |
Location |
WCGS Indexed |
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Accident Reports |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Appraisers Docket |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Civil Case Records |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Commitments |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Criminal History Papers |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Foreign Execution Docket |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Index to Accrues Fees |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Index to Criminal History papers |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Index to Home Execution Docket |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Jail Registers |
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Archives |
No |
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Jail Reports |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Orders of Sale Docket |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Records of Accrued Fees |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Records of Federal Prisoners |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
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Sheriff’s Partition Records |
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Sheriff’s Office |
No |
The office of Sheriff was created in 1792 when Ohio was still a territory. Upon statehood this office was an elected position for a two year term. The term expanded to four years in 1936. The sheriff main duties include: attending the court of Common Pleas, Court of Appeals, County Court and the Probate Court, when requested. The sheriff is allowed to adjourn the Common Pleas Court if the judge doesn’t show and the Court of Appeals if a quorum is lacking. The sheriff serves all warrants, writs, subpoenas, and other orders from the courts, the governor or by other state officials and boards. Other duties include: preserving the peace by suppressing riots, unlawful assemblies or insurrections; oversees county jail and prisoners; apprehends and incarcerates all felons and traitors; enforces election laws as necessary; in attendance at choosing of jurors and serves notice upon selection. Most county sheriff’s records are open to the public except those dealing with probation or parole.
Some of the records available include: Accident Reports, Appraisers Docket, Booking Sheets (prisoner inventories), Civil Case Records (served by sheriff), Commitments, Complaint Reports (incident report & offense report), Cost Bills, Criminal History Files, Daily Reports, Fingerprint Records, Foreign Execution Docket, Foreign Summons Docket, Fox Bounty Affidavits, Home (Domestic) Execution Docket, Index to Accrues Fees, Index to Criminal History Papers, Index to Home execution Docket, Jail Registers, Jail Reports, Juvenile Arrest Records, Monthly Reports, Orders of Sale Dockets, Probation Reports, Records of Accrues Fees, Records of Federal Prisoners, Records of Monies Turned over to Treasurer, Records of Writs and Summons, Sheriff’s Partition Records, Sheriff’s Returns, Special Deputies Records, Unclaimed Fees Record, and Witness Books.
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Years Served |
Name |
Years Served |
Name |
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1803-1805 |
George Harlan |
1886-1888 |
Lon Hunter |
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1805-1809 |
Ephraim Hathaway |
1889-1892 |
Albert Brant |
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1809-1811 |
Samuel McCray |
1892-1897 |
Frank M. Hamilton |
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1811-1813 |
George Kesling |
1897-1898 |
Frank Gallaher |
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1814-1816 |
Benjamin Sayre |
1899-1900 |
Lon Hunter |
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1817-1820 |
Coonrod Snyder |
1901-1905 |
Frank Gallaher |
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1821-1823 |
John Hopkins |
1906-1908 |
Thomas Cornelius Patterson1 |
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1824-1825 |
Coonrod Snyder |
1909-1913 |
Frank Forgy |
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1825-1826 |
John Hopkins |
1913-1917 |
Waldon Gilmore |
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1827-1830 |
Joseph Whitehill |
1917-1921 |
Charles Wagoner |
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1831-1834 |
John M. Houston |
1921-1925 |
Morrow Brant |
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1835-1838 |
William Russell |
1925-1929 |
Alfred C. Brant |
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1839-1842 |
Nathaniel Bowers |
1929-1933 |
Howard Fulkerton |
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1843-1846 |
Israel Woodruff |
1933-1937 |
William Hufford Sr. |
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1847-1850 |
William Eulass |
1937-1938 |
William E. Graham |
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1851-1854 |
Charles A. Smith |
1938-1945 |
William Hufford Jr. |
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1855-1858 |
David P. Egbert |
1945-1953 |
Gerald Gouden |
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1859-1862 |
Alfred E. Stokes |
1953-1961 |
Dick Satterthwaite |
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1863-1866 |
John Butler |
1961-1969 |
Bryon Kennard |
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1867-1870 |
Nathan V. Cleaver |
1969-1981 |
Roy Wallace |
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1871-1874 |
John L. Ely |
1981-1986 |
Robert G. Dalton |
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1875-1878 |
William H. Harlan |
1986-1992 |
James Collins |
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1879-1883 |
Jasper M. Johnston |
1992-2008 |
Tom Ariss |
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1883-1886 |
William M. McCain |
2009-present |
Larry Sims |
Sheriff Notes:
1. Thomas Cornelius Patterson became Warren County Auditor in 1909.
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This page created 9 December 2009 and last updated on
01 September 2010
