Lynchburg Sheriff's Office

Lynchburg Sheriff's Office The first recorded law enforcement officer for Lynchburg was John Davis, who was made City Sergeant. Hughes 1881-1882
E. P. McFadden 1883-1884
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Lynchburg Sheriff's Office history:
The General Assembly established an Act in October 1786 stating that forty-five acres of land, the property of John Lynch, and lying contiguous to Lynch’s Ferry, in the county of Campbell, are hereby vested in…gentlemen trustees, to be laid off into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Lynchburg. The Campbell

County sheriff’s office provided law enforcement for Lynchburg until January 1805, when the Virginia General Assembly enlarged the town’s size and established its local government. The common council then established a watch or patrol and a jail was built just beyond town limits, which would have been just to the rear of where the 'old courthouse' now stands. John Davis served as City Sergeant

Following John Davis:

John W. Day 1885-1886
M. J. Day 1887-1891
Samuel H. Johnson 1892-1911
Charles J. Tyree 1912-1933
Fauntleroy S. Tyree 1934-1941
Charles Watts 1942-1961
John A Wilkerson 1962-1974 * First elected Sheriff
Lawrence Simpson 1974-2001
Ronald L. Gillispie 2002-2017
Donald T. Sloan 2017-Present

10/27/2025

There is still time to make a difference. Please consider giving to the American Cancer Society today for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please join the Lynchburg Sheriff’s Office to support this very important cau...
10/05/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please join the Lynchburg Sheriff’s Office to support this very important cause and give today. Your gift could make a difference.
American Cancer Society

09/24/2025
Today, 24 years later, we pay tribute to all those lives impacted on September 11, lives cut short, and those passed fro...
09/11/2025

Today, 24 years later, we pay tribute to all those lives impacted on September 11, lives cut short, and those passed from health complications from the aftermath. May God bless the United States of America.

07/18/2025

Delegate Wendell Walker was in Washington, D.C., on July 16, bringing hope from Lynchburg officials to a 13-year-old boy battling brain and spinal cancer.

05/11/2025

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

Address

905 Court Street
Lynchburg, VA
24504

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+1 434-847-1301

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