I have been looking into the same problem! I think your problem is related to where you identify the variable that you use to populate the ArrayList that you return. If you define it inside the loop, then it will always reference the last row in the table in the database. In order to avoid this, you have to identify it outside the loop:
String name;
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
while (cursor.isAfterLast() == false) {
name = cursor.getString(cursor
.getColumnIndex(countyname));
list.add(name);
cursor.moveToNext();
}
}