History:

County Clerks* of Hamilton County

County Clerk	Term			Years of Service
Asahel Rawlings	1820	to	1844	24
Williams T. Rogers	1844	to	1847	3
Richard Henderson	1847
James Clift	1848
John H Robertson	1848	to	1856	8
George W. Arnett	1856	to	1860	4
Charles W. Vinson	1860	to	1864	4
R. H. Guthrie	1864	to	1870	6
J. H. Hardie	1870	to	1874	4
L. M. Clark	1874	to	1890	16
John H. Messick	1890	to	1894	4
L. M. Clark	1894	to	1898	4
J. N. McCutcheon	1898	to	1906	8
W. P. Hays	1906	to	1914	8
Charles E. Watson	1914	to	1922	8
W. A. Whitice	1922	to	1925	3
W. T. “Tobe” Killough	1925	to	1938	13
Jack Hixson	1938	to	1960	22
David M. Ramsey	1960	to	1974	14
William F. (Bill) Knowles	1974	to	PRESENT	51
* Title of the office was changed by constitutional amendment in 1978 to "County Clerk" from "County Court Clerk."