Roll of Honor
Incident
Charlie A. Batts was a 17-year old jailer employed by the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office at the county jail. On Tuesday, April 22, 1879, while on duty at the county jail, Batts, two men and a boy were struck by lightning. Batts was killed and the other three people survived.
Batts was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop, Bastrop County.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents and at least 5 siblings.
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147 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Jailer Batts served with the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Bastrop community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Jailer Charlie A. Batts is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charlie A. Batts's cause is highlighted.
How Charlie A. Batts Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charlie A. Batts is highlighted in Apr.
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