SHERIFF TERRY

Sam Terry served till ‘86 [1886]. Mr. Williams was deputy the rest of the time, even while he was deputy county clerk. Then Jim Massie was elected, about ‘86 Gentry had been sheriff before Terry, was re-elected but did not qualify. He controlled everything, and Terry was appointed in ’82. [1882][Sam D. Terry was sheriff from 1884-1886. George N. Gentry was sheriff from 1878--1884.  James W. Massie was sheriff from 1886-1890.--Elreeta Weathers] Later Gentry ran against Massie and was defeated.

(The "Blue Ridge" bunch seemed to have gained ascendency over the "River Bunch.")

(Eli Terry, the well-known contractor, was a brother to Sheriff Sam Terry. Along about the time of our conversations, a daughter of Mr. Eli Terry wrote from El Paso to the Hamilton paper. Should try to find it. I believe her name was Mrs. Connison, or something like that. She wrote a novel, said to have been based on Hamilton in which Old Doctor Perry and others could be recognized. I never knew the title of the book and never saw a copy of it.)

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