County Recorders

 

Under the law of 1803, the associate judges of the court of common pleas appointed the recorder for a seven-year term (1 O.L. 136). The office became elective for a three-year term in 1829, a two-year term in 1905, and a four-year term in 1936 (27 O.L. 65; Ohio constitution 1851 Article XVII, section 2; 116 O.L. pt. ii, 184).

 

1817-1823 W.G. Robinson

 

1823-1836 Joseph Wheeler

 

1836-1839 John L. Kelvey

 

1839-1842 Joseph Wheeler

 

1842-1847 Willilam Kyle

 

1847-1851 John Kelvey

 

1851 James Davidson

 

1851-1854 Washington Kerr

 

1854-1856 G.W. Wakefield

 

1856 W. Kenry Parsons

 

1856-1859 George B. Richey

 

1860-1869 James A. Bartram

 

1869-1875 Wm. H. Donahoe

 

1875-1878 Harrison Riggs

 

1878-1881 Wm. F. McKnight

 

1881-1884 Isaac V. Kelley

 

1884-1887 Wm. F. McKnight

 

1887-1896 Paschal F. Gillet

 

1896-1899 Allen D. Bruce

 

1899-1909 Elliott W. Lambert

 

1909-1913 W.A. Russell

 

1913-1919 John P. Imes

 

1919-1923 John L. Chatfield

 

1923-1925 Ella S. Miller

 

1925-1931 Mathias Gossett

 

1931-1935 C. W. Wall

 

1935-1937 Elma L. Schmidt

 

1937-1939 Alva C. Jenkins

 

1939-1964 Margaret J. Griffith

 

1965-1987 Ray T. Dutey

 

1987-2003 Sue A. Deeds

 

Jan. 2004 Kim Estep was appointed Interim

 

2004-2024 Sharon Gossett Hager

 

2025 - Present Lori A. Morris (Currently Serving)