SHERIFF'S OF SENECA COUNTY 1794 TO 1994 in 1794, when the land of Seneca County was part of Onondaga County, The Sheriff was John Harris In 1799 Cayuga County was formed from Onondaga County. In 1799, when the land of Seneca County was part of Cayuga County, the Sheriff was Joseph Annin. In 1804 Seneca County was formed. William Smith was the first Sheriff of Seneca County. SHERIFF'S NAMES YEARS SERVED William Smith 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807 Lewis Birdsall 1808, 1809 William Smith 1810 Lewis Birdsall 1811, 1812 John Vanyuyl 1813, 1814 Lewis Birdsall 1814, 1816 Herman Camp 1817 Jacob L. Larzelere 1817, 1818 Jonah B. Chapman 1819, 1820 Thomas Armstrong 1821 Jonah B. Chapman 1822, 1823, 1824 first to be elected Israel W. Squires 1825, 1826, 1827 James Rorison 1828, 1829, 1830 Henry Moses 1831, 1832, 1833 Israel W. Squires 1834, 1835, 1836 James Stevenson 1837, 1838, 1839 Nathaniel Hayt 1840, 1841, 1842 Benjamin W. Adams 1843, 1844, 1845 Hugh Chapman 1846, 1847, 1848 Aaron R. Wheeler 1849, 1850, 1951 Horace C. Tracy 1852, 1853, 1854 Stephen Compson 1855, 1856, 1857 Hugh Chapman 1858, 1859, 1860 Abram B. Slauson 1861, 1862, 1863 Myron R. Cole 1864, 1865, 1866 Josiah Rogers 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870 John T. Stout 1871, 1872 Abram B. Slauson 1873, 1874, 1875 Cornelius Bodine 1876, 1877, 1878 Solomon Carman 1879, 1880, 1881 Charles H. Swarthout 1882, 1883, 1884 Warren Lerch 1885, 1886, 1887 John Woods 1888, 1889, 1890 Charles VanCleef 1891, 1892, 1893 John Purcell 1894, 1895, 1896 Albert C. Clark 1897, 1898, 1899 Hugh McGhan 1900, 1901, 1902 Thomas E. Mills 1903, 1904, 1905 Charles P. Flynn 1906, 1907, 1908 William Frutig, Jr. 1909, 1910, 1911 William Excell 1912, 1913, 1914 James O'connor 1915, 1916, 1917 Charles P. Seely 1918, 1919, 1920 Burt F. Smalley 1921, 1922, 1923 Fred Olschewske 1924, 1925, 1926 Roswell C. Traphgen 1927, 1928, 1929 Warren S. Walter 1930, 1931, 1932 John G. Crisfield 1933, 1934, 1935 Herbert P. Yells 1936 thru 1947 more than one term, the first G. Kenneth Wayne 1948 thru 1966 Matthew McKeon 1967 thru 1979 Kenneth Greer 1980 thru 1984 Thomas Cleere 1985 thru 1991 Thomas H. Fox 1992, 1993, 1994 this is the end of the information I have....Hope someone found something they could use..... Dianne