Deputy Sheriff

Van B. Jackson

Felonious
End of Watch August 7, 1899
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Jackson was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man. The suspect was arrested but removed from the jail by an angry mob and lynched.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Jackson served with the Liberty County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Bristol community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Bristol, Liberty County, FL
Platform Identity lcso.liberty.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 7, 1899
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Van is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1899, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Liberty County Sheriff's Department has 2 officers remembered here, Van among them.

Deputy Sheriff Van B. Jackson

Liberty County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch August 7, 1899

Where the Name Is Cut

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