This page title tells what this page is all about, this page may be able to set some of those family stories straight that said you had a ancestor in the civil war or he was a sheriff or both, then you may have known he was in the war, but didn’t know he was a sheriff. I took these names from many reports, but I will not give but one or two reports, as some are two or four pages long and most times these sheriffs were only stated once or twice. But I have given you some leads. I have given his name the county and state and some times the town, This will help you do more research on him.
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OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS,
In the Field, Appomattox, Va., April 15, 1865.
William D. Hix, sheriff of the county of Appomattox, Va., is hereby authorized to distribute such abandoned property of the surrendered Army of Northern Virginia, lately commanded by Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, among the deserving destitute inhabitants of this vicinity as may be left behind on the departure of the U. S. forces, and authorize the persons to whom such distribution is made to retain such property subject to further orders from competent authority. All persons whom have in possession such property unauthorized will be considered as being in unlawful possession of the same without the authorization of Sheriff William D. Hix, his representative or such person or persons as he may delegate to give such authorizations. Sheriff Hix will keep a record of his distribution and report the same to me by public conveyance to Washington, D. C., on or before June 1, 1865.
A. B. LAWRENCE.
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William D. Hix.
Birth: Apr. 27, 1837.
Death: Apr. 21, 1911.
Fannie E. Sears Hix (1842 - 1923)
In the 1880’s he was a merchant & farmer, was living at; Clover Hill, Appomattox, Va.
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Part of a Report of Detectives, 1864.
In the jail at Abingdon, on the 2d of November, conversed with the following men and found them members of the Order of Heroes of America:
Harrison Bowman, a member, also told us that John Hamilton, sheriff, was a member and would assist us in getting through the lines, and with provisions, and that he lived on the south side of the North Fork of the Holston River.
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Milton Hicks, sheriff of Sangamon County Illinois, is a member of the Order of O. A. K.
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O. Seymour, sheriff of Bath, Steuben County, N. Y.
He was one of the signers of a document to get one of their towns people released from a prisons in Richmond.
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HDQRS. THIRD DIVISION, DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Charleston, W. Va., January 25, 1864.
The COMMANDER OF CONFEDERATE FORCES IN S. W. VIRGINIA:
SIR: I send by flag of truce to your lines by the Lewisburg turnpike a Mr. C. W. Maupin, who has been detained at the military prison at Charleston as a hostage for Mr. Shaw, sheriff of Putnam County, in the State of West Virginia, who was taken from his home in Putnam County and conveyed as a prisoner to some place within the Confederate lines. Mr. Maupin leaves here under a pledge to procure the release of Sheriff Shaw. He is bound by oath to give no military information, and also to return to the custody of the U. S. authorities at Charleston unless he shall procure the release and return of Sheriff Shaw within twenty days from this date. The capture of Mr. Shaw cannot, I think, have been authorized by you. His detention can serve no end, save that of provoking retaliation upon such civilians as may sympathize with his captors, and who, but for such useless acts, would be permitted to remain in tranquillity.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, &c.,
E. P. SCAMMON
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JAMES KAVANAGH, Sheriff of Whatcom County, Bellingham Bay, Wash. Ter.
A letter was written to him by BENJ. ALVORD, Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding District.
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Captain John Francis, formerly of French's battery, now sheriff-elect of the county of Montgomery.
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James A. Craw, sheriff of Cuyahoga County, at Cleveland.
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Anson Van Lewes (sheriff.), He was one of the signers, from the city of SAN BERNARDINO, CAL. Asking for protection of a company of U. S. troops.
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A report of August 18, 1861.
Benjamin F. Hays, and representing himself to be sheriff of Cass County, who stated that he had come to meet the command, for the purpose of ascertaining who they were and what its object was, stating that the citizens of Harrisonville were very much alarmed, and that men were collecting with arms to dispute my march; that if he could get an assurance in writing that no person would be molested he believed he could allay the excitement and prevent trouble. I gave him a note stating "that I was an officer in the service of the United States, under military orders, on my march to a point south of Harrisonville; that my route lay through the town; that i had no intention of molesting any one, but that to the extent of my power every citizen, without even inquiry as to his feelings towards the Government, would be protected in person and property, if he remained peaceably at his home or business; that none but those in arms against the authority of the Government would be molested, and warning all such to disperse." He then left my camp, first pledging his honor to return at 5 o'clock p. m. and report to me the result of his mission to the people. He never returned, and I have strong reasons for believing that he used his position as sheriff to gain admittance to my camp for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of the command.
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S. T. SHIPLEY, Sheriff, of the county (Washington), Tenn?
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DALLAS BOLLINGER COUNTY, MO.,
December 31, 1863.
General CLINTON B. FISK, Commanding Dist. of Saint Louis, Mo.
We, the citizens of the vicinity of Dallas, hereby beg leave to communicate for your consideration the condition od things in our county. We have been harassed bad plundered and our best citizens murdered by roving bands of guerrillas that infest the swamps south of us. On the night of the 27th instant 12 guerrillas made a raid here at 1 o'clock and killed James A. Stevens, our county treasurer; also William Crites, a very worthy young man of our community. They took $30 from young Crites' pocket after he was shot down. They also wounded our sheriff, James M. Fraser, with out halting him in due time.
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Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, July 1864.
Sheriff of the county, John O'Hair, who had thus far been quentily engaged in his usual duties, was proceeding to impanel a petit jury. At this moment, about 3 p. m., a citizen named Nelson Wells, apparently without cause or excuse, suddenly drew a pistol and shot a soldier (Oliver Sallee) of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, who was standing near him in the square, inflicting mortal wound. In falling, Sallee, who was armed, shot and fatally wounded his assailant.
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Lewis Linkenhoker, sheriff of this county, Botetourt.
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Mr. Trahern, sheriff of Barbour County, W. Va.
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L. B. LASSITER, Sheriff of Jasper, County, Mississippi.
He wrote a letter to the PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, On September 30, 1861.
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Samuel Carpenter, sheriff of North Branch, Lapeer County, Mich.
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February, 1862.
James A. Craw, esq., sheriff at Cleveland, $300 in gold, seized in the latter part of November last as the property of Rutson Maury, and now held by the sheriff subject to the adjudication of the district court of the United States as to whether it shall or not be confiscated under the act of Congress in that behalf.
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LEBANON, May 18, 1865.
Brigadier-General SANBORN:
I hear of a rebel band of about forty-five passing about seven miles east of this last night, taking Lieutenant Johnson, Company L, Sixteenth [Missouri Cavalry]; the sheriff, Harris; S. E. Stroup, late lieutenant Twenty-fourth Missouri, and a young Breakfield. This morning the bodies of Harris, Stroup, and Breakfield were found. Harris hung, and the throats of the other two cut. Their bodies will be brought here this evening.
JOHN R. FOSTER.
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Prouds G. Roberts, sheriff Saint Clair County, Missouri.
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W. N. Craig, sheriff, if I read the report right he was from Franklin, N. C.
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ANTHONY F. CAMPBELL, Sheriff of Kings County.
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G. B. BOARD, Esq., Sheriff of Roanoke County, Va.
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THOS. DENNIS, Sheriff, I believe he was in Ca.
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W. B. PAUL, Esq., Sheriff, Lee County
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A. J. Stevenson sheriff of Nicholas County
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BELA SHAW, sheriff, no county or state was given.
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George D. Pleasants, sheriff of Henrico County, Va.,
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Mr. William E. Goodwin, sheriff of Prince William county Va.
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Joseph P. Whiting, sheriff of this city, Michigan.
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James A. Craw, sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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EDWARD M. MOBLEY, Sheriff of Washington County, ( Maryland? )
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W. B. Glave, sheriff of the county of Harrison, (Ky?)
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John F. Baker, is sheriff of Boone county, Missouri.
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Mr. Robert Carman, sheriff of Chariton County, Missouri.
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A. D. CROOKS, Sheriff, Siskiyou County Cal.
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T. M. BROWN, Esq., Sheriff of Klamath County, Cal.
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G. W. BAILEY, Sheriff of Mono County, Cal.
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James Kavanagh, sheriff of Whatcom County, Wash. Ter.
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JOHN M. NEVILLE, Sheriff of Solano County, Cal.
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Tomas Sanchez, sheriff in Cal..
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L. N. Speer, sheriff, Whitfield County, Ga.,
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