County’s first sheriff inspired generations of lawmen
Standing with a portrait of J.S. Hyde, the first sheriff of Graham County in 1872, are law-enforcement ‘grandsons’ living in Graham County.
Robbinsville – In 1872, J.S. “Jason” Hyde was named the first sheriff of Graham County, a fledgling county split off from Cherokee County.
Although Sheriff Hyde wou...
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