Rains County TX - County Officials, 1870 - 1958

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County Officials

The following lists of officials were found in back issues of 
the Rains County LEADER as well as information from biographical
sketches in Rains County History , copies of Texas Almanac or 
Texas State Gazeteer. 
 
1870 ("Looking Back..." article, 20 July 1989) 
Edward P. Kearby - 1st county judge, served for 8 years  

1879 ("Looking Back..." article, 1 September 1998) 
J.W. Montgomery : Sheriff 
T.M. Allred : District/County Clerk 
James Gary : County Treasurer 
W.N. Brook : County Attorney 
H. H. Deaton : Justice of the Peace


1880 ("Looking Back..." article, 1 September 1998) 
P. P. Rains - Sheriff 
E. J. Darden : Justice of Peace, Precinct #1 (replaced O.S. Forbis) 
J. W. Goddard : Constable, Precinct #4 
M. S. Pierson : County Treasurer (upon death of James Gary) 
H. M. Corbit : public weigher of cotton, hides, 
               wool & peltries for Emory

1881 (reprint of article in 03 April 1986 Rains Co. LEADER) 
W.N. Brook : county attorney 
Richard Magee : Justice of the Peace


1884 
Alfred Thomas : county & district clerk 
W.N. Brook : county attorney 
W.T. Coke : county surveyor 
E.P. Kerby : county judge 
Wyly Lamb : Justice of the Peace 
J.S. McConnell : sheriff 
J.W. Montgomery : sheriff 
John F. Pierson : county treasurer 
E.A. Sweptson : Point postmaster 
M.S. Pearson : Emory postmaster  

1890 
H.M. Corbett : Justice of the Peace      
Ambrose Fitzgerald : county clerk 
Joseph W. Greer : county judge 
F.P. Hardin : county attorney 
W. Montgomery : sheriff 
John F. Pierson : county treasurer 
S.J. Stuart : county surveyor 
E.A. Swepston : Point postmaster 
M.S. Pearson : Emory Postmaster

1894      
Sel Vincent - commissioner, Precinct #1      
W.S. Whitworth - commissioner, Precinct #2     
C.R. Anderson - commissioner, Precinct #3      
J.W. Greer - commissioner, Precinct #4      
 Frank Cozart - constable, Precinct #4

1898      
W.H. Clendenin - County Judge       
O.H. Rodes - County Clerk       
W.J.F. Glass - commissioner, Precinct #1       
W.W. Garrett - commissioner, Precinct #2      
A.R. Braziel - commissioner, Precinct #3       
J.R. Watts - commissioner, Precinct #4


1903 
W.H. Clendenin - County Judge 
O.H. Rodes - County Clerk 
W.J.F. Glass - commissioner, Precinct #1 
W.W. Garrett - commissioner, Precinct #2 
A.R. Braziel - commissioner, Precinct #3 
J.W. Watts - commissioner, Precinct #4

1904 
(08 July 1904 article listed the following political announcements) J.W. Pierson - County Judge 
Eugene Thompson , A.R. Cornelius, C.J. Crabb - County Attorney 
Jesse Montgomery, George Spence, John Clark, John K. Woosely, Bill Bevers - Sheriff 
T.W. Hill, W.A. (Rev.) Goff, G.S. Weatherly, J.P. Knight, C.G. Duncan - County Treasurer

1907 
W.H. Clendenin - County Judge 
W.D. Peeples - commissioner, Precinct #1
W.H. Horsley - commissioner, Precinct #2 
C.H. Terry - commissioner, Precinct #3  
L.J. King - commissioner, Precinct #4

1910      
O.H. Rodes - County Judge 
J.O. Sisk - County Clerk      
G.W. Alexander - commissioner, Precinct #1      
?.S. Alexander - commissioner, Precinct #2      
C.H. Terry - commissioner, Precinct #3      
J.H. Porter - commissioner, Precinct #4 

1912 
C.A. Glass - County Clerk 
Sam Kennemer - Tax Assessor

1914 
James A. Gwinn : Point postmaster


*1917* 
H.D. Garrett - County Attorney 
W.E. Rabb - County Judge 
William Whittle - Sheriff 
W.E. Bevers - Deputy Sheriff 
Elmer Robertson - County Clerk 
D. Ross Robinson - Commissioner, Precinct #4 
J.H. McKee - Commissioner 
A.L. Bruce - Commissioner, Precinct #3 
R.M. Sisk - Commissioner, Precinct #1 
Tom Henderson - Commissioner, Precinct #2


1926 Gus Orsborn - Sheriff/Tax Collector 
T.A. Childers - Tax Assessor 
J.O. Sisk - District Clerk 
J.S. Smiley - County Judge 
D.L. Nabors - County Clerk 
W.W. Berzette - County Attorney 
Walter Price - County Treasurer


1931 
G.N. McTaggart - Sheriff/Tax Collector 
Arthur Jones - Tax Assessor 
R.T. Pearson - Surveyor 
J.S. Foster - County Judge; County School Superintendent 
Earl Sybert - County Clerk 
J.W. Humphrey - County Attorney 
Miss Peggy Arnold - County Treasurer 
Dr. P.W. Pearson - County Health Officer 
J.A. Abercrombie - County Commissioner, Precinct #1 
D.B. Yandell - County Commissioner, Precinct #2 
A.V. Terry - County Commissioner, Precinct #3 
S.B. Oler - County Commissioner, Precinct #4

1934
 Mrs. Marvin Allen - Emory Postmistress


1937 (info. from 1986 centenniel ed. of Rains Co. LEADER) 
Jess Cochran - County Commissioner 
Jim Scott - County Commissioner 
Eugie Lynch - County Commissioner 
Fred Holmes - County Commissioner  

1939      
Ade Childers - County Treasurer      
Gus Orsborn, Sr. - Sheriff


1941-42 Gus Orsborn, Jr. - Sheriff/Tax Assessor-Collector
 Joel W. Lennon - County Judge; County School Superintendent 
Olen Gilley - County/District Clerk 
J.A. Amis, Jr. - County Attorney 
Ade Childers - County Treasurer 
Dr. J.S.H. Allen - County Health Officer
R.T. Pearson - Surveyor 
E.B. Shivers - County Commissioner, Precinct #1 
Clyde Cheek - County Commissioner, Precinct #2 
W.D. Heeth - County Commissioner, Precinct #3 
A.A. Humphrey - County Commissioner, Precinct #4


1958 
Sam Braziel - County Judge/County Superintendent 
Olen Gilley - County Clerk 
J.L. Middleton - County Commissioner 
Ervin Briggs - County Commissioner 
Leonard Allen - County Commissioner 
Jess Wade - County Commissioner