CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND

ORPHANS' COURT

REGISTERS OF WILLS

Appointed by Governor (Constitution of 1776, secs. 40, 41):
1777-1814 Joseph Richardson
1814-1822 John Young
1822-1825 George A. Smith
1825-1832 James Langston
1832-1851 William A. Ford

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 18):
1851-1852 John R. K. Horney
1852-1853 Henry C. Rawlings
1853-1859 William G. Nicholson
1859-1865 George H. Moore

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 46):
1865-1867 Robert H. Todd

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41):
1867-1873 William Lockerman
1873-1896 James B. Steele (D)
1896-1912 Robert J. Jump (R)
1912-1919 Z. Potter Steele
1919-1923 John H. Pasterfield
1923 Margaret Pasterfield
1924-1926 J. Irwin Harwood (R)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 J. Irwin Harwood (R)
1930-1938 Joseph H. Carroll (D)
1938-1956 Carlton V. West (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
1956-1962 Carlton V. West (D)
1962-1978 Clifford L. Stafford (D)
1978-1994 Charles V. Moore (R)
1994-2010 Charles O. Davis, Jr. (D)
2010- James Phelps (R)

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