Sheriff’s of Bent County Jake R. Six Elected November 6, 2018 Term2019-2022 David Encinias Served Two Terms 2011-2018 Garry Oyen Served Two Terms 2003-2010 Nate Valdez Served One Term 1998-2003 Brian Spencer Served One Term 1994-1998 Greg Trujillo Served Two Terms 1986-1993 W. Darell Emrie Served Three Terms 1975-1985 Norm Roberts Served Four Terms 1958-1974 Dick Hudnall Served One Term 1952-1957 L.E. Brookshire Served Three Terms 1942-1951 Lank Coffelt Served One Term 1938-1941 Casto Dunavin Served One Term 1932-1937 Dan Gates Served Two Terms 1926-1931Father of Curtis Gates(Ken Curtis) J. Newt Neill Served One Term 1924-1925 Richard Thaxton Served One Term 1920-1923 O.M. Fitzgerrald Served One Term 1918-1919 Al Murphy Served One Term 1916-1917 William E. Evans Served One Term 1914-1915 F.W. McCune Served One Term 1912-1913 William G. McAfee Served One Term 1910-1911 John Gruber Served One Term 1906-1909 John D. Brown Served One Term 1904-1905 J. Frank Dean Served Two Terms 1899-1903 John D. Brown Served Two Terms 1894-1898 J.M. Marchall Served One Term 1893-1893 John D. Brown Served One Term 1891-1892 Thomas Jefferson Hickman Appointed 1877 to fulfil the remainder of Spiers term First Sheriff with current County Boarders 1889Elected 1878-1890Served Six Terms 1877-1890 John Spiers Elected March 27, 1874 Served One and a half terms. Spiers was injured and resigned Office during his second term. 1874-1877 L.A. Allen First Elected Sheriff of Bent CountyElected September 13, 1870 Allen Served Two Terms 1870-1873 Thomas Oliver Boggs Appointed First Sheriff of Bent County March 12, 1870 Served until the 1870 Election was completed