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Sheriff Jackson Stanland was shot and killed at Little Shallotte when he and his posse attempted to arrest a man on a warrant for breaking into a store and being a deserter from Fort Caswell. Members of his posse arrested the suspect and incarcerated him in the jail at Southport. On January 29th, 1909, the man overpowered the guard and escaped the Southport Jail. On March 7th, 1915, he was recaptured in Brunswick County when he tried to sneak back home to see his wife and child. Two weeks after the man's capture, a doctor who attended to the wounds of Deputy Constable George Kirk in Braggs, Oklahoma, was traveling on military orders and was on a train near Wilmington, North Carolina, when he overheard passengers talking about an escaped murderer who had been captured near Wilmington and was in jail in nearby Southport. The doctor learned that the murderer had escaped from the Southport Jail on January 29th, 1909, just days after he Sheriff Stanland. As the doctor learned more about the suspect and about the man's gunshot wounds from the past he became convinced the suspect was the same man who murdered Deputy Constable Kirk, but had been incarcerated under a different name before escaping from an Oklahoma prison. The doctor had also treated the man's wounds following his shootout with Deputy Constable Kirk. The doctor went to the Southport Jail where he positively identified the suspect as the same man. The man was convicted of Sheriff Stanland's murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison in North Carolina. In 1919 he escaped from the Central Prison in Raleigh. He relocated to Mississippi where he remarried and assumed a third identity. In 1935 he voluntarily returned to prison and admitted his real identity and past to his wife. On June 6th, 1936, he was paroled in North Carolina and then returned to the Oklahoma Penitentiary to complete his sentence there. He was paroled in Oklahoma on July 24th, 1944.
Survivors
Sheriff Stanland was survived by his wife and seven children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Stanland served with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Bolivia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Stanland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Felonious
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has lost 3 officers; 2 of them killed feloniously.
Jackson is one of 385 officers killed feloniously in NC, 58% of the 664 remembered there.
Jackson is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.
Jackson is one of 17,629 officers killed feloniously worldwide, 52% of the 33,910 remembered here.
33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1908, 2 officers in NC were killed feloniously, the 64th heaviest of 127 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 12.
In 1908, 129 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 35th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.
In 1908, 129 officers worldwide were killed feloniously, the 42nd heaviest of 265 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 516.
Who
Jackson was 46. Of the 370 killed feloniously in NC whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 48; the middle age was 39.
Jackson was 46. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.
Jackson was 46. Of the 15,849 killed feloniously worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38.
When
November holds 6.8% of these deaths in NC; May holds the most, 11.4%. Mondays: 12.7%.
November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.
November holds 8.2% of these deaths worldwide; December holds the most, 9.2%. Mondays: 13.8%.
How
Felonious deaths account for 66.7% of all 3 deaths at Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 100% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 58% of all 664 deaths in NC, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 16.4% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 52% of all 33,910 deaths worldwide, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 20.4% of these deaths.
His people
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has 3 officers remembered here, Jackson among them.
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-W
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