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Frederick County
Registers of Wills
1777-present




1777-1805 George Murdock
1805-1815 Richard Butler
1815-1825 Henry Steiner
1825-1845 George M. Eichelberger
1845-1851 Thomas Sappington
1851-1857 George Hoskins
1857-1863 Absalom P. Kessler
1863-1867 Thomas L. McLean
1867-1873 S. G. Cockey
1873-1879 John R. Rowzer
1879-1885 James P. Perry
1885-1891 Hamilton Lindsay
1891-1897James K. Waters
1897-1903Charles E. Sayler
1903-1909William B. Cutshall
1909-1915Samuel D. Thomas
1915-1921Albert M. Patterson
1921-1927George E. Smith
1927Russell E. Lighter
1927-1929Charles E. Butts
1929-1930Charles E. V. Myers
1930-1934Melvin F. Shepley
1934-1938John Hershberger
1938-1946Roy L. Leatherman
1946-1958Harry D. Radcliff
1958-1990Thomas Eichelberger
1990- 2013Virginia P. Fifer
2014-2022 Sharon Keller
2022-present Mary C. Rolle

Notes:

George Edward Smith died Janury 24, 1927. Russell E. Lighter was appointed January 27, 1927, to complete his term. (FREDERICK COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Volume GES 1 pp. 480-481 [MSA T109-54, 1/50/8/17])

Charles H. Butts died June 1, 1929. Charles E. V. Myers was appointed to complete his term. (FREDERICK COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Volume CHB 2 p. 10 [MSA T109-57, 1/50/8/20])

Sources:
FREDERICK COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) MSA T109
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Commission Record) 1726-1837, MSA S1080
SECRETARY OF STATE (Commission Record) MSA S1081
SECRETARY OF STATE (Election Return Abstracts) MSA S1122
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