Clay-Coosa-Shelby County AlArchives History .....County Officials Of Clay County, AL. August 12, 2006
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CIRCUIT JUDGES:
Original 18th Judicial Circuit (Clay, Coosa, & Shelby Counties)
Hon. E.J. Garrison (1919-1922)
Hon. William Lackey (1922-1923)
Hon. Edward S. Lyman (1923-1928)
Hon. E.P. Gay (1928-1935)
Hon. Wales Wallace Sr (1935-1953)
Hon. A.L. Hardegree Sr. (1953-1968)
Hon. Kenneth F. Ingram (1968-1987)

40th Judicial Circuit (Clay & Coosa Counties)
Hon. John E. Rochester (1990-Present

In 1971, a 2nd Judge was added, and in 1979, a 3rd Judge was added to the Circuit. 
Hon. James H. Sharbutt (1971-1980)
Hon. Harold Walden (1979-1985)
Hon. Robert R. Armstrong, Jr (1980-1990)
Hon. W. W. Rabren (1985-1988)
Hon. John E. Rochester (1987-1990)
Hon. D. Al Crowson (1988-2005)

DISTRICT JUDGES:
The district courts were established in 1977, but at that time not every county
had a district judge. Beginning in 1985, the Alabama Legislature created a
district judgeship for each county in Alabama. 

District Judge (Clay & Coosa)
Hon. Robert J. Teel, Jr. (1977-1985)

District Judges (Clay)
Hon. John E. Rochester (1985-1987)
Hon. George Simpson (1987-Present)

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS:
The office of district attorney was created in 1965 to replace what had been the
circuit solicitor's office. The district attorney prosecutes criminal cases for
the State of Alabama in each judicial circuit.
Hon. James H. Sharbutt (1965-1971)
Hon. Harold Walden (1971-1979)
Hon. Billy Hill (1979-1987)
Hon. Mike Campbell (1987-1993)
Hon. Fred Thompson, Jr. (1992-Present)

PROBATE JUDGES:
James L. Williams 1867 (elected, not allowed to serve dur to question of oath)
J.L. Bellamy 1867 (appointed by reconstruction government)
James L. Williams (1875-1880)
Hiram M. Evans (1880-1892)
E.A. Phillips ((1892-1898)
Martin W. Whatley (1898-1903)
Dr. S. J. Gay (1903-1904)
Frank J. Ingram (1904-1917)
A.A. Northern (1917-1918)
O.B. Cornelius (1918-1921)
C.S. Phillips (1921-1923)
E.J. Garrison (1923-1935)
Frank B. Thompson (1935-1947)
Wilbur B. Nolen (1947-1959)
G. Wendell Pruet (1959-1969)
Mrs. G.W. (June) Pruet (1969-1971)
J.B. Toland (1971-1977)
Charles W. Carpenter (1977-1989)
Douglas S. Hamlin (1989-1995)
George M. Ingram (1995-Present)

Additional Comments:
As listed in the Official Souvenir Program, Clay County Courthouse Centennial
1906-2006, Ashland, Alabama.

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