History of the Perry County Sheriff's Office - The following list is all Perry County Sheriff's to date, according to the 2011 Historical Report of the Secretary of State.
| 1840-1842 |
Robert McCall |
| 1842-1844 |
J. Greathouse |
| 1844-1846 |
William Holford |
| 1846-1848 |
M. Wise |
| 1848-1850 |
William Wilson |
| 1850-1852 |
William Smith |
| 1852-1854 |
T.A. Reeder |
| 1854-1860 |
A.J. Jenkins |
| 1860-1862 |
T.M. Panky |
| 1862-1864 |
J.W. Hardin |
| 1864-1866 |
J.B. Smith |
| 1866-1868 |
M.G. Smyers |
| 1868-1872 |
E.W. Baker |
| 1872-1874 |
W.P. Hambright |
| 1874-1876 |
A. Wade |
| 1876-1878 |
M.G. Smyers |
| 1878-1880 |
J.A. Isom |
| 1880-1882 |
L.J. Vann |
| 1882-1884 |
W.G. Rankin |
| 1884-1892 |
J.E. Oliver |
| 1892-1894 |
W.R. Lovelace |
| 1894-1896 |
B.D. Taylor |
| 1896-1902 |
G.H. White |
| 1902-1906 |
W.R. Shelton |
| 1906-1910 |
J.E. Oliver |
| 1910-1914 |
Oscar Brazil |
| 1914-1918 |
J.Q. Allen |
| 1918-1921 |
N.C. Harris |
| 1921-1925 |
Oscar Brazil |
| 1925-1926 |
R. Harrison |
| 1927-1930 |
Baylor House |
| 1931-1934 |
Oscar Brazil |
| 1935-1938 |
Baylor House |
| 1939-1942 |
P.O. Harmon |
| 1943-1946 |
D.H. Crowder |
| 1947-1950 |
Baylor House |
| 1951- 1956 |
A.A. Wright |
| 1957-1962 |
Lloyd Rankin |
| 1963-1974 |
Grover Tolley |
| 1975-1976 |
Merrill Allison |
| 1977-1980 |
Clyde Booher |
| 1981-1986 |
Ray L. Byrd |
| 1987-1988 |
Jimmy Hester |
| 1989-1996 |
Gary Lawson |
| 1997-2004 |
Ray L. Byrd |
| 2005-2006 |
Jim Reeder |
| 2007-Present |
Scott Montgomery |
