Sheriff's Records consist of papers belonging to Transou Scott, Sheriff of Forsyth County in 1932 and the lead investigator in the death of Smith Reynolds. Reynolds was shot on a sleeping porch at Reynolda House on the night of 5 July 1932. Present in the house were his wife, broadway singer Libby Holman, and their friend Ab Walker. Holman and Walker's accounts of the evening drew suspicion, and the pair were indicted by a grand jury for Smith's murder. With insufficient evidence, the state of North Carolina opted not to go forward with the case.

These records contain the bullets and shell casing recovered from the sleeping porch, handwritten notes by Scott, and an examination order issued to Scott to examine the records of the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company in Winston-Salem. The bulk of the series consists of letters sent to Scott by interested parties offering their professional services to aid the investigation, anecdotal evidence, or their opinions on the shooting, it's subsequent investigation, and the characters of the involved parties.