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List of County Sheriffs

Burlington County, New Jersey
1807-1965

The following is a list of the Sheriffs of Burlington County during the years that the Jail was in use. Their duties centered on court-related
functions such as security and warrants, protection of citizens, maintaining the jail and collecting taxes. Today’s Sheriff’s Department
does not manage the Jail. It provides security in the court complex, serves process and operates warrants, canine, community service units with free programs and assisting municipal police departments with law enforcement. The Jail is managed by a Warden/Jail Administrator, who heads the County Corrections Department.

Mahlon Budd
1807-1810
William Woolman
1810-1813
Samuel Haines
1813-1816
William Woolman
1816-1819
Samuel Haines
1819-1822
Joshua Earl
1822-1825
William Shinn
1825-1828
Joseph Clark
1828-1830
Joshua Hollingshead
1830-1833
John W. Fenmore
1833-1836
Samuel Brown
1836-1839
Isaac Hilliard
1839-1842
Joseph Kirkbride
1842-1845
Charles Collins
1845-1848
Abraham Gaskill
1848-1851
William Pancoast
1851-1854
Samuel A. Dobbins
1854-1857
John D. Thompson
1857-1860
Samuel T. Leeds
1860-1863
William C. Lippincott
1863-1866
John B. Hankinson
1866-1869
Charles D. Kimble
1869-1872 *
Henry B. Kimble
1872-1872
David L. Hall
1872-1875
George B. Conover
1875-1878
Benjamin F. Lee
1878-1881
Nathan W.C. Hayes
1881-1883
Edward Emley
1883-1887
George Harbert
1887-1890
Charles Shinn
1890-1893
William Townsend
1893-1896
Joseph Fleetwood
1896-1899
Charles R. Fenton
1899-1902
Joseph Bower
1902-1905
John Norcross
1905-1908
William Worrell
1908-1911
John Jordan
1911-1913
William Stecher
1913-1917
A. Engle Haines
1917-1920
Edward H. Flagg
1920-1923
Joseph P. Fleetwood, Jr.
1923-1926
A. Engle Haines
1926-1929
Roscoe C. Shinn
1929-1932
George N. Wimer
1932-1935
John M. Chant
1935-1938
E. George Furth
1938-1941
Raymond Johnson
1941-1944
Benjamin Paul Faunce
1944-1947
William F. Parker
1947-1959
Francis P. Brennan
1959-1986
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