The first Court House was in a barn of Martha Lower in Fairfield Township. The first session of the Common Pleas Court was held July 26, 1803 in this structure. Obadiah Jennings served as Prosecutor and John Crozer served as the first Sheriff.

The first Court House in Lisbon was of log construction and was erected on which the present Court House stands. The log jail served for forty years.
                                                                                                                 
The first jail escape was accomplished by one MacKinrue, a horse thief, in 1804. George Duck became the County's first elected Sheriff in 1808

 

Sheriffs of Columbiana County

John Crozer 1803---1804

George Atterholt 1804---1805

Issac Pearce 1805---1806

David Scott 1807---1808

George Duck 1808---1809

David Scott 1809---1813

Thomas Watts 1814---1817

John Whitacre 1818---1829

Jacob Watson 1830---1831

I. Maus 1832---1833

Jos. Thompson 1834---1835

James McElroy 1836---1839

Andrew Roach 1840---1841

Peter Cornwell 1842---1845

William Jellison 1846---1849

John Morrison 1850---1853

James Martin 1854---1855

W.M. Hostetter 1856---1859

Jesse Duck 1860---1863

Ammon Ashford 1864---1867

John McCleran 1868---1874

John P. Morgan 1868---1870

T.C. Morris 1870---1874

J.D. Fountain 1874---1878

W.M. Hostetter 1878---1882

Fred Gailey 1882---1884

John Harbaugh 1884---1888

John Wyman 1884---1888

M.O. Lodge 1892---1896

Charles Gill 1896---1900

Sam Noragon 1900---1902

Chas. P. Leonard 1902---1903

Alf Johnson 1904---1906

Robert Wells 1906---1908

W.C. Davidson 1909---1910

J.Will Davidson 1910---1911

S.W.Crawford 1912---1915

Wil. Dalyrymple 1916---1919

Gomer Lewis 1920---1923

George Wright 1924---1927

William Barlow 1928---1931

Frank Ballantine 1932---1936

Harry Gosney 1937---1939

Mike Duty 1940---1941

George Hayes 1942---1948

Howard Clark 1949---1956

Russel VanFossen 1957---1978

Robert Beresford 1979---1983

Richard Koffel 1984---2000

David L. Smith 2000-2008

Raymond L. Stone 2008-- Present