Past to Present Chouteau County Montana Sheriff's

Before Montana was a territory it was a part of Idaho Territory till 1864
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James Stewart/Stuart 1862
Henry “Hank” Crawford 1863
Jeheil B. “Buzz” Caven
PictureWarning sign to leave town posted by vigilantes



​Montana Vigilantes –  Around 1863 - 1870 vigilantes took control of the territory till about 1870
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1866 Map of the original nine counties of Montana

Chouteau County was created on February 2, 1865

William Thomas (Wild Cat Bill) Hamilton 1865 – 1868
George A. Croft 1867
John R Morgan 1868 (Famous ghost story, Hoodoo Block 25)
John Buckmaster 1868 – 1870
Henry Alfred “Fred” Kanouse 1870 - 1872
Trevanian Hale 1872 - 1875
William Rowe 1875 – 1877
John Jerome Healy 1877 – 1882
James McDevitt 1882 – 1886
William Harvey Black 1886 – 1888
Benjamin Frank O’Neil 1888 – 1894
George R McLaughlin 1894 – 1896
Tom L Clary 1896 – 1902
John Buckley 1902 – 1904
Frank MacDonald 1904 – 1908
George Lee Bickle 1908 -1912
Isaac (Ike) M Rogers 1912 – 1916
Richard Berry Crawford 1916 – 1918
Merritt Flannigan 1918 – 7-20-1921 (Died 1921, fell down the jail house stairs)
Uriah Walter Hammaker 1921 – 1922
George Brundage 1922 – 1926
Frank Zimmer 1926 – 1930
Oscar Orland Marty 1930 – 1942
John Jack Bradley 1942 – 1958
Frank Anderson 1958
John C. Saksa 1958 – 1978
Paul Forrest Williams 1978 – 1995
Douglas Forrest Williams 1995 – 2005
Vern L Burdick 2005 – present