A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol. I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1911 Ppg 361-362.

J.P. Flynt

J.P. Flynt is one of the most popular and efficient public officials of Runnels county, its present sheriff, elected on the 3rd of November, 1908. He is a thorough Texan in all that the word implies, one of its native sons, and he is a man of many and stanch friends and honest convictions. He was born at Kosse in Limestone county, on the 19th of April, 1878, but when he was a little lad of five years the family moved to McLenna county, and from there he came to Runnels county in 1896, first locating at Winters, but later spent two years at Wingate, and then returning to Winters he resided there until elected the sheriff of Runnels county. Both Mr. Flynt's parents were from Georgia, and they are living now at Winters, aged seventy-two and sixty-two years respectively, but of their nine children all have passed away with the exception of the Sheriff and his brother, W.F. Flynt, who is living at Wingate.

Although the Republican party is represented in Texas it is yet greatly in the minority, and the real political battles are fought within the ranks of the Democratic party. So in Texas the Democratic primaries are the most important and hardest fought elections. In the July primary of 1908 candidates for the office of sheriff were J.P. Flynt and R.P. Kirk, the latter the incumbent of that office for many years and an exceptionally strong man with the people, but Mr. Flynt won the nomination by a majority of fourteen votes. He was regulary elected in the following November and later duly inducted into office. He is proving an efficient officer, capable and fearless in the discharge of his duties, strictly enforcing the law but at the same time granting all necessary leniencies in its discharge.

He married at Ballinger, May 14, 1899, Carrie Patterson, and their five children are Carrie, Marion, Frank, Jim and Joe. Mr. Flynt is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Missionary Baptist church.