Coroners
Campbell County, Kentucky
On February 6, 1797, Thomas Lindsey produced a commission from James Garrard, Governor of Kentucky, appointing him coroner of Campbell County. As far is known, he was the first coroner. he was born in Ireland's Ulster province, of Scotch descent, and in 1789, he, his wife and eight children left Ireland for Philadelphia. In 1790 they came to Limestone, now Maysville, Kentucky. After two years residence, he moved his family to a farm near Lexington where they remained a short time before coming to Leitch's Station in Campbell County.
In 1794 he bargained with Major Leitch for a farm of 320 acres. He was appointed a justice of the peace when the county was created, was one of the first trustees of the Newport Seminary, and built one of the early jails. He lived on his farm his entire time in Campbell County except from 1813 to 1816 in Newport. He died in 1818.
Following are the known coroners in Campbell
County in chronological order:
Benjamin
Beall 1797-1808
Jacob Fowler
Joseph Kennedy-elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1809
Joseph Robinson
Joshua Leather
Lowden Carll-deceased by March 1821
John Hudson-deceased by August 1825
Hugh Knox Rachford
1826
William DeCoursey-resigned in 1833
Benjamin Duke Beall-resigned in 1840
James H Winston
James Spilman-resigned 22 March 1852
Innis B Payne
James H Winston
Dr. John Q A Foster
John P Jackson
T W Parish
L M Eckert
W G Parish
O M Winston
Dr. Charles B Schoolfield 1878-1882
R A Dameron
O M Winston
Dr. Fred A Davis-elected to office in 1890
Dr. William S Tingley
1895-1898
Dr.
Mathias Michael Higgins 1899-1918
Robert Carothers
Dr.
James Murnan Digby 1906-1918
Dr.
Walter Brooks Hughes 1918-1931
Dr.
Clarence David Hughes 1931
Sara Whiting
Hughes-assistant coroner 1919-1937
Dr.
August Helmbold Jr. 1931-1937
Dr.
Martin John Sauter 1938-1943
Dr.
Leo Camillus George Sauter 1943
Donald M Stevens-deputy coroner 1953-62, coroner 1963
Fred A Stine
Dr. Mark Schweitzer 2021