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Travis County was created Jan. 25, 1840, from Bastrop County and was named for William Barret Travis, commander of the Alamo. The county was organized on Jan. 1, 1840, with Austin as the county seat. Austin was the largest city in the county, but then Travis County included the small town of Abilene and covered 40,000 square miles. Travis County was later divided into 14 separate counties. There have been 33 officers who have served as sheriff during the history of the county. The following is a listing of those sheriffs and their tenure. Sheriff Term Wayne Barton March 14, 1840 - Feb. 27, 1841 A.C. McFarlane Feb. 27, 1841 - Oct. 30, 1841 Charles F. King Oct. 30, 1841; April 8, 1843 - Oct. 21, 1844 James H. Matthews Oct. 21, 1844 - late 1845 or Feb. 18, 1846. (exact dates are unclear in the State Election Register) C. C. Hornsby 1845; (unknown if he was elected or appointed) Charles F. King Feb. 4, 1846 - July 13, 1846 James H. Matthews July 13, 1846 - Aug. 5, 1850 Harvey Smith Aug. 5, 1850 - December 1850 Thomas C. Collins December 1850 - October 1851 George W. Scott Oct. 4, 1851 - March 1855 John T. Price March 3, 1855 - March 1857 Adolfus Y. Weir March 9, 1857 - March 1858 J. M. Blackwell March 29, 1858 - Aug. 6, 1860 John T. Price Aug. 6, 1860 - Oct. 12, 1861 Thomas C. Collins Oct. 12, 1861 - June 25, 1866 George B. Zimplemann June 25, 1866 - Nov. 1, 1867 Radcliff Platt Nov. 1, 1867 - Dec. 3, 1869 George B. Zimplemann Dec. 3, 1869 - Feb.15, 1876 Dennis Corwin Feb. 15, 1876 - Nov. 2, 1880 Ed Creary Nov. 2, 1880 - Nov. 7, 1882 Malcom Hornsby Nov. 7, 1882 - Nov. 6, 1888 Robert E. White Nov. 6, 1888 - Nov. 6, 1900 J. M. Davis Nov. 6, 1900 - Nov. 4, 1902 George S. Matthews Nov. 4, 1902 - Nov. 2, 1920 W. D. Miller Nov. 2, 1920 - Jan. 27, 1927 Horace E. Burleson Nov. 2, 1926 - Nov. 1, 1929 Coley C. White Nov. 6, 1929 - Dec. 31, 1932 Lee O. Allen Jan. 1, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1939 Jim McCoy Appointed in 1940 and served until 1941 H. W. “Rip” Collins Jan. 1, 1942 - Dec. 31, 1948 Ernest Best Jan. 1, 1949 - Dec. 31, 1952 T. O. Lang Jan. 1, 1953 - Dec. 31, 1972 (longest serving Sheriff in Travis County history) Raymond Frank Jan. 1, 1973 - Dec. 31, 1980 Doyne Bailey Jan. 1, 1981 - July 1992 Dan T. Richards Appointed July 1992; served until November 1992 Terrence M. Keel Jan. 1, 1993 - Dec. 31, 1995 Margo Frasier Jan. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 2004 (first female sheriff in Travis County history) Greg Hamilton Jan. 1, 2005 - Present (first African-American sheriff in Travis County history)