Robert Maxwell.
Sheriff Robert Maxwell was shot and killed after being ambushed while on his way to court in Pickensville, South Carolina. He was riding his horse and attempting to cross the Saluda River, near where the modern-day Piedmont Mill Dam is located. The suspects ambushed him because he was a law enforcement officer. One man was arrested but acquitted at trial. Sheriff Maxwell was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was survived by his wife and son and is buried in the Maxwell family cemetery, on what was his plantation near Ware Place, Greenville County, South Carolina. Washington District consisted of what later became Pendleton County, Greenville County, Anderson County, and Pickens County.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sheriff Maxwell gave the Washington District Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pickensville community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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