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Jailer

Charlie A. Batts

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office — Bastrop, TX

Accident

End of Watch April 22, 1879

Age 17

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Gender Male

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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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Tributes

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

Department Bastrop County Sheriff's Office

Location Bastrop, TX

Platform Identity bcso.bastrop.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 22, 1879

Age 17

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Jailer Charlie A. Batts is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

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.

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office

of 2 officers

50% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charlie A. Batts's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Charlie A. Batts Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charlie A. Batts is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

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