Early Sheriffs

Year	Name	Source
1844
1845
1846
1847	Nathan Perry	9-23-1847 [Ambroise Lacour Scrapbook]
1849	Nathan Perry	11-22-1849 Signed a Sheriff’s Sale [Planters’ Banner]
1850	Eloi LeBlanc, Jr.	3-4-1850 [Lacour Scrapbook]
1851	Ambroise Lacour	1-27-1851 Installed [Lacour Scrapbook]
1852	Ambroise Lacour	[Lacour Scrapbook]
1853	Ambroise Lacour	Until April 1853 [Lacour Scrapbook]
1853	C. Dillon	5-7-1853 Appted by Gov. Hebert [Opelousas Courier]
1854	Nicholas L. Hebert	11-1-1854 [Fr. Megret’s succession.]
1855
1856
1857
1858	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	. 10-6-1858 [Burnt conveyances ]
1859	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	7-22-1899 [Meridional quoted Meridional of 5-8-1859 ]
1860	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	9-4-1860 [Signed Sheriff’s Sale] [see Daniel O’Bryan’s file]
1861	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	[Burnt Remnants Bk 1, p. 83]
1862
1863	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	[Town Council minutes 10-30-1863]
1864	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	[Town Council minutes March 1864]
1865	A. Berard	[Town Council minutes 10-7-1865]
1866	A. Berard	[Town Council minutes 4-7-1866]
1866	Alexandre Lege, Sr.	7-9-1866 [Sheriff’s Sale]
1867	Alexandre Lege	Robert P. O’Bryan Papers
1868
1869
1870
1871	Granville B. Shaw	April 1871 [Planters Banner]
1872	Granville B. Shaw	12-14-1872 [He signed a succession sale notice]
1873	Granville B. Shaw	9-4-1873 [Sugar Bowl]
1874	Granville B. Shaw	4-0-1984, 8-6-1874 [Sugar Bowl]
1875	[Probably Lyman C. Lyons]
1876	Lyman C. Lyons	8-9-1876 Dr. C. J. Edwards’ diary
1877	Granville B. Shaw	6-28-1877 [Sugar Bowl]
1878	Granville B. Shaw	11-7-1878 [Sugar Bowl]
1879	Granville B. Shaw	4-2-1879 [A Sheriff’s Sale]
1880	Granville B. Shaw	8-7-1880 [Meridional]
1881	Granville B. Shaw	6-2-1881 [Sugar Bowl]
1882	Granville B. Shaw	6-17-1882 [Meridional]
1883	Granville B. Shaw	7-21-1883 [Meridional] Resigned
1883	W. W. Kuehling	7-21-1883 [Meridional] Appointed by Gov. McEnery
1884	Joseph S. Nunez	4-26-1884 [Meridional] Won election for sheriff
1885	Joseph S. Nunez	6-13-1885 [Meridional] Moved his office to the jail after the courthouse fire
1886	Joseph S. Nunez	9-11-1886 [Meridional]
1887	Joseph S. Nunez	4-30-1887 [Meridional] Official Directory
1888	A. L. LeBlanc	5-11-1895 [Meridional]
1889	A. L. LeBlanc	1-5-1889 [Meridional]
1890	A. L. LeBlanc	5-11-1895 [Meridional]
1891	A. L. LeBlanc	1-31-1891 [Vermilion Star]
1892	A. L. LeBlanc	4-23-1892 [Meridional] Reelected
1893	A. L. LeBlanc	7-29-1893 [Meridional]
1894	A. L. LeBlanc	5-11-1894 [Meridional]
1895	A. L. LeBlanc	6-15-1895 [Meridional] died in office
1895	J. Oscar Hebert	6-15-1895 [Meridional] Governor appointed him
1896	J. Oscar Hebert	4-25-1896 [Meridional] Reelected
1897	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1898	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1899	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1900	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1901	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1902	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1903	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1904	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional]
1905	J. Oscar Hebert	1-28-1905 [Meridional] Elected three consecutive terms: 1896, 1900, and 1904. Died in office.

You will notice that I stopped at 1905, as I believe that the sheriffs and dates after that time are probably correct in the current list published by the Sheriff’s Office. I did not enter any individuals on the list unless I had direct, first-hand documentation.

Note, that the dates given for newspaper items are the dates of the issues of the newspaper and not the dates of the events mentioned.

The Early Sheriffs of Vermilion Parish

The Early Sheriffs
of Vermilion Parish