Editing Rowan County, North Carolina (section)

===Law enforcement and judicial system===
Rowan County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 27th Prosecutorial District, the 19C [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] District, and the 19C District Court District.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/rowan-county| title = Rowan County| publisher = North Carolina Judicial Branch| access-date = May 21, 2023}}</ref> The Rowan County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1753 when Rowan County was created from Anson County. Its duties include [[courthouse]] security, civil process, operation of [[detention facility]], investigations and community patrol. It has over 200 employees, most of which are sworn deputies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheriff's Office {{!}} Rowan County |url=https://www.rowancountync.gov/485/Sheriffs-Office#:~:text=The%20Rowan%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office,16%20part-time%20civilian%20staff. |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=www.rowancountync.gov}}</ref> The current [[Sheriffs in the United States|Sheriff]] of Rowan County is Kevin L. Auten, who was appointed after the retirement of George Wilhelm in 2009. Auten won election to a full term in his own right in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Salisbury Post staff votes on the biggest stories of the year|url=http://ourdavie.com/News/123110-top-10-stories-of-2010-qcd|access-date=December 18, 2011|newspaper=Salisbury Post.|date=December 31, 2010}}</ref>

The Rowan County Sheriff's Office won the J. Stannard Baker Award, a national award for outstanding achievement in [[highway safety]], in 2003.<ref name="Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.rowansheriff.org|title=Rowan County, North Carolina Sheriffs Office|accessdate=August 24, 2019|website=RowanSheriff.org}}</ref><ref name="Conner" />

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*1753–1754 Unknown
*1754–1758 David Jones<ref name="McKaughan">{{cite book|title=Journal of Backcountry Studies, People of Desperate Fortune: Power and Populations in the North Carolina Backcountry|author=McKaughan, Joshua Lee}}</ref><ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1758–1759 Edward Hughes<ref name="McKaughan" /><ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1759–1763 Benjamin Miller (Milner)<ref name="McKaughan" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1763–1764 William Nassery<ref name="Visitor">{{cite book|title=A Colonial History of Rowan County, North Carolina|page=33|author=Irvin, Samuel Jr.|publisher=University of North Carolina, Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh, North Carolina|year=1917|url=http://ncvisitorcenter.com/History_of_Rowan_County.html|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name="McKaughan" />
*1764–1767  [[Francis Locke, Sr.|Francis Locke]]<ref name="booklet">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinaboo1910nort#page/14/mode/2up/search/locke|title=Sketch of Colonel Francis Locke; McCorkle, George; "The North Carolina Booklet – Great Events in North Carolina History|pages=12–21|via=[[Archive.org]]|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1767–1768  [[Griffith Rutherford]]<ref name="booklet" /><ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1768–1769 Andrew Allison<ref name="Lewis">{{cite book|title=Artisans in the North Carolina Backcountry|author=Lewis, Johanna Miller|page=119}}</ref><ref name="Visitor" />
*1769–1769 Adam Allison (August 11 – November 16)<ref name="Lewis" />
*1770–1770 No Sheriff<ref name="Visitor" />
*1771–1771 William Temple Coles<ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Visitor" />
*1771–1772 James McKay
*1772–1774 Daniel Little, Esq.
*1774–1777 James Kerr
*1777–1779 Galbraith Falls
*1779–1779 George Henry Berger (February 2, 1779{{endash}}May 5, 1779)<ref name="Rowan">{{cite book|title=The Rowan Story, a Narrative History of Rowan County, North Carolina|year=1953|author=Brawley, James|asin=B0007ECLVK|publisher=The Rowan Print Company|url=https://archive.org/details/rowanstory17531900braw}}</ref>
*1779–1779 Samuel Hughey (May 6 – November 3)
*1779–1780 Josiah Rounsevall, Esq. (November 3 – May 3)
*1780–1780 Moses Winslow, Esq. (May 3 – August 9)
*1780–1781 William Brandon, Esq. (August 9 – May 9)
*1781–1781 Peter Faust (May 9 – August 7)
*1781–1782 James Craige
*1782–1785 John Brevard Jr.<ref name="Iredell">{{cite web|url=http://www.iredellsheriff.com/693/History|title=History of the Iredell County Sheriffs|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}</ref>
*1785–1786 John Brevard Sr.
*1786–1787 Hugh Terrence (Torrence, Torrance, Tarrants)<ref>later became first sheriff of [[Iredell County, North Carolina]]</ref><ref name="Iredell" />
*1787–1790 Lewis Beard
*1790–1792 Isaac Jones
*1792–1794 John Braly (Brawley) Jr.
*1794–1808 John Troy
*1808–1813 Edward Chambers
*1813–1814 John Smith, Esq.
*1814–1818 Alexander Frohock
*1818–1820 John Beard, Esq.
*1820–1824 Samuel Jones
*1824–1826 Charles Fisher
*1826–1828 Isaac D. Jones
*1828–1837 Fielding Slater
*1837–1841 John H. Hardie
*1841–1849 Richard W. Long
*1849–1858 Caleb Kluttz<ref name="Conner">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/kluttz-theodore-franklin|author=Conner, Suzy|year=1988|title=Theodore Franklin Kluttz|website=NCPedia.org|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}</ref>
*1858–1865 W. A. Walton
*1865–1866 Solomon Kluttz
*1867–1872 W. A. Walton
*1872–1880 C. F. Waggoner
*1880–1890 Charles C. Krider
*1890–1900 J. M. Monroe
*1900–1906 D. R. Julian
*1906–1908 Hodge Krider (father of J. H. Krider)
*1908–1914 J. H. McKenzie
*1914–1928 J. H. Krider
*1928–1930 R. P. Lyerly
*1930–1931 W. Locke McKenzie<ref name="Locke">{{cite web|url=http://names.lawmemorial.org/officers/m/w-locke-mckenzie.html|title=W. Locke McKenzie|accessdate=August 24, 2019|website=National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund}}</ref>
*1931–1932 Cal Miller
*1932–1950 J. H. Krider
*1950–1966 Arthur J. Shuping
*1966–1986 John Stirewalt<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sims |first=Patsy |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34705004 |title=The Klan |date=1996 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1994-4 |edition=2 |location=Lexington, KY |oclc=34705004|page=39}}</ref>
*1986–1986 Junius L. Bost (February – December)
*1986–1998 Robert G. Martin
*1998–2009 George A. Wilhelm<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.salisburypost.com/2009/12/01/commissioners-to-pick-interim-sheriff/|title=Commissionaers to Pick Interim Sheriff|accessdate=August 24, 2019|work=Salisbury Post|date=December 1, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Post">{{cite news|title=Salisbury Post staff votes on the biggest stories of the year|url=http://ourdavie.com/News/123110-top-10-stories-of-2010-qcd|accessdate=December 18, 2011|newspaper=Salisbury Post.|date=December 31, 2010}}</ref>
*2010–pres. Kevin L. Auten (served as acting head while chief deputy from the time former sheriff Wilhelm resigned until Auten was appointed as sheriff in 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rowancountync.gov/directory.aspx?EID=160|title=Rowan Sheriffs Office Directory, Kevin L. Auten|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Post" />
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{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|280|2,748|1,596|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|2,009|2,392|61|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,215|2,424|20|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,555|2,460|275|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,468|3,095|37|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|876|2,303|832|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,274|2,732|58|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,372|2,642|0|North Carolina}}
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