Name |
Date |
District |
Remarks |
Madison F. Mitchell |
6/28/1872 |
SC |
Ambushed while escorting moonshiners
to jail. |
____ Burns |
4/13/1874 |
W/NC |
Shot
in the back from ambush. |
Horace Metcalf |
8/22/1874 |
W/MO |
Killed
arresting moonshiner. |
George Ellis (Bailiff) |
12/10/1877 |
W/KY |
Killed
in shoot-out with moonshiner, who was also killed. |
Van B. Hendrix |
12/31/1877 |
SC |
Shot
during arrest of moonshiner. |
Alfred McCreory |
6/1877 |
SC |
Killed
in revenge for moonshine raid. |
James Letford |
6/1877 |
SC |
Killed
in revenge for moonshine raid. |
Rufus H. Springs |
4/19/1878 |
SC |
Ambushed during moonshine raid. |
W.L. Miller |
7/16/1885 |
M/TN |
Killed
by moonshiners who hid his body
in the mountains. The body was not
found for several weeks. |
Miller Hurst |
10/1101885 |
M/TN |
Ambushed while taking a moonshiner
to jail. |
Thomas Goodson |
12/01/1888 |
E/TN |
Ambushed and shot twice in the head. |
Sam Hughes |
8/21/1889 |
E/TN |
Killed
while arresting two moonshiners. |
C.K. Stuart |
3/04/1892 |
ETN |
Killed
during prison rescue attempt by moonshiners. |
James Ballinger |
10/17/1892 |
M/TN |
Ambushed during moonshine raid. |
C.B. Brockus |
2/14/1893 |
W/NC |
Killed
during prison rescue attempt. |
John D. Kirby |
3/06/1896 |
SC |
Shot
in back of head during prison
rescue attempt. |
B.F. Taylor |
8/29/1897 |
E/AR |
Killed
during moonshine raid. |
Joe M. Dodson |
8/29/1897 |
E/AR |
Killed
during moonshine raid. |
John C. Mullins |
12/25/1908 |
E/KY |
Killed
while arresting moonshiner. |
John Sloan |
5/05/1913 |
E/KY |
Killed
while arresting moonshiner. |
Marion Ramey |
5/05/1913 |
E/KY |
Killed
while arresting moonshiner. |