Sheriffs of Union County
| William Farr | 1785-1787, 1789-1790 |
| John Blassingame | 1787-1789 |
| Thomas Stribling Jr. | 1791-1795 |
| John Henderson | 1795-1799 |
| John Nuckolls | 1799-1801 |
| William Rice | 1801-1805 |
| Joseph Hughes | 1805-1809 |
| Benjamin Kennedy | 1809-1810 |
| Samuel Otterman | 1810-1814 |
| John McNeail | 1814-1819 |
| D.A.Mitchell | 1819-1823 |
| John Bates | 1823-1827 |
| John Anderson | 1827-1831 Impeachment Attempted |
| Samuel Harris | Coroner 1827- Acting Sheriff |
| Bartholomew Johnson | 1831-1835, 1838-1843, 1847-1851 |
| Robert Mc Beth | 1835-1839, 1843-1847, 1855-1859, 1863-1867
1872-1876, 1876-1880, 1880-1884 |
| John Gibbs | 1851-1855 |
| Joseph Fant | 1859-1863 |
| J. Rice Rogers | 1867-1871 |
| Philip Dunn | 1871-1872 |
| James Gideon Long Sr. | 1885-1901, 1909-1913 |
| John W. Sanders | 1901-1909 |
| J. Hay Fant | 1913-1921 Killed in Office |
| T.D. Holcomb | Coroner 1921 Acting Sheriff |
| T.J. Vinson | 1921-1927 |
| J.C. Greer | 1927-1932 Suspended |
| J.G. Faucett | 1932-1942 Died in Office |
| George S. Noland | Coroner 1942- Acting Sheriff |
| G. Frank Vaughan | 1942-1944 Killed in Accident |
| Rochelle Boyle | 1944-1948, 1952-1956 |
| J. Harold Lamb | 1948-1952, 1956-1980 |
| William A. Jolly | 1981-1993 Retired to SLED |
| W.Howard Wells | 1993-present |
This list was compiled from entries made in the Jail and Writ books located in the Sheriff's Office. Names that are underlined are linked to a picture.
