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Submitted by Linda Laminack
Rains County was created June 9, 1870 from Hopkins, Wood and Hunt Counties and was named for Emory Rains and organized August 25, 1870 with Emory as the county seat. The courthouse burned on November 20, 1879. The first commissioners' Court Minutes records found on sheriffs was dated May 31, 1882. There have been twenty-seven men who have served during the history of the county with four of them serving twice.
T T Rains - Appointed the first sheriff August 25, 1870; elected Nov 8, 1870 and served until Feb 15, 1876
N E Phillips - Elected Feb 15, 1879 and served until Aug 14, 1877 when he resigned
J W Montgomery - Appointed aug 14, 1877; elected Nov 5, 1878; re-elected Nov 2, 1880 and served until May 31, 1882 when he died
John S McConnell - Appointed June 2, 1882; elected Nov 7, 1882; re-elected Nov 4, 1884; Nov 2, 1886 and served until Nov 6, 1888,
W F Montgomery - Elected Nov 6, 1888; re-elected Nov 4, 1890 and served until Nov 8, 1892
W M Lamb - Elected Nov 8, 1892; re-elected Nov 6, 1894 and served until Nov 3, 1896
Oscar Dick - Elected Nov 3, 1896 and served until Jan 1897 when he died
W S Bevers - Appointed by Rains County Commissioners on Jan 16, 1897 and served until Nov 8, 1898
Gus Osborn - Elected Nov 8, 1898; re-elected Nov 6, 1900; Nov 4, 1902 and served until Nov 8, 1904
G C ( George ) Spence - Elected Nov 8, 1904 and served until Nov 6, 1906
John W Clark - Elected nov 6, 1906 and served until Nov 3, 1908
G A Morgan - Elected Nov 3, 1908; re-elected Nov 8, 1910 abd served until Nov 5, 1912
William Whittle - Elected Nov 5, 1912; re-elected Nov 3, 1914; Nov 7, 1916 and served until Aug 12, 1918 when he resigned
W S Bevers - Appointed on Aug 12, 1918 and served until Oct 19, 1918 when he resigned.
Pat H Oliver - Appointed October 19, 1918; elected Nov 5, 1918; re-elected Nov 2, 1920 and served until Jan 1, 1923.l
Gus Osborn - Elected Nov 7, 1922; re-elected Nov 4, 1924 and served until Jan 1, 1927.
C A Southerland - Elected Nov 2, 1926; re-elected Nov 6, 1928 and served until Jan 1, 1931
G N McTaggart – Elected Nov 4, 1930; re-elected Nov 8, 1932 and served until Jan 1, 1935
Gus Osborn – Elected Nov 3, 1934; re-elected Nov 3, 1936; Nov 8, 1937; Nov 5, 1940 and served until Jan 1, 1943
Eugie Lynch – Elected Nov 3, 1942; re-elected Nov 7, 1944 and served until Jan 1, 1947
Carl M Cordell – Elected nov 7, 1950 and served until Oct 10, 1951 when he resigned
G N McTaggart – Appointed Oct 10, 1951; elected Nov 4, 1952; Nov 2, 1954 and served until Feb 16, 1957 when he died
Burt McKeown – Appointed Feb 20, 1957; elected Nov 4, 1958; re-elected Nov 8, 1960 and served until Jan 1, 1965
G O “Claud” Kerr – Elected Nov 3, 1964 and served until June 30, 1967 when he resigned
M O “Bud” Robinson – Appointed July 19, 1967; elected Nov 5, 1968 and served until Jan 1, 1976; died in Tyler hospital Jan 7, 1982
Andrew Roberts – Elected Nov 7, 1972 and served until June 30, 1975 when he resigned
J M “Mike” Carter – Appointed June 6, 1976; elected Nov 2, 1976; re-elected Nov 4, 1980 and served until Jan 1, 1985
Andrew “Andy” Roberts – Elected Nov 6, 1984 and served until Dec 15, 1988 when he resigned.
Richard Wilson – Elected Nov 8, 1988; appointed Dec 15, 1988 to complete Sheriff Roberts’ term. He assumed his term Jan 1, 1989
Sammy Tise, Texas County Sheriffs, (Sammy Tise, Oakwood Printing, Albuquerque, NM) 1989, 426, 427