• Of
Caddo Parish's 23 sheriffs, only four were born in
Caddo Parish: Hughes, J. H. Flournoy, Terry,
and
Hathaway.
• At
least two were born abroad: Walsh in Ireland and Ward
in Wales.
•
Two Caddo sheriffs have also served as mayors of
Shreveport: Walsh and Ward.
•
Only one Caddo sheriff was a mayor of Shreveport
and was the father of a mayor of Shreveport:
Ward.
•
Three Caddo sheriffs were members of one family:
Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy was the son of
Sheriff J.
Pat Flournoy and the grandson of Sheriff Alonzo
Flournoy.
•
Caddo's first sheriff, A. B. Sterrett, was the
brother-in-law of Jim Bowie. He was also the only
sheriff killed on duty -- and his killer was
acquitted.
•
One sheriff was the subject of a song by an inmate,
which was recorded and nationally
distributed:
Hughes.
•
One sheriff was also publisher of The Shreveport
Times: Battle.
•
One sheriff also served as Caddo Parish Coroner: J.
Pat Flournoy.
•
Three sheriffs have Shreveport city streets named in
their honor: Battle, Hope, and Wilson.
•
One sheriff was a "forty-niner" who went to California
in search of gold during the great Gold Rush
of 1849:
Heffner.
•
The longest tenure in office of any sheriff was 26
years: J. Howell Flournoy.
•
The shortest term of office was a single year: Hope,
Walsh, Cawthorn.
•
Only one Caddo sheriff held office twice in
non-consecutive terms: Simpson.
•
Nine Caddo sheriffs served in the Confederate Army:
Battle, Hope, O'Connor, Walsh, Heffner,
Cawthorn,
Lake, Young, Ward.
•
Four Caddo sheriffs attained the rank of Colonel
during the Civil War: Battle, O'Connor, Young,
Ward.
•
Seven Caddo Parish sheriffs rest at Oakland Cemetery,
the oldest historic landmark in Shreveport
and the
only cemetery in northern Louisiana listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. No
other
cemetery contains the final resting places of so many
Caddo sheriffs: Sterrett, Watson,
Battle, Wilson,
Lake, Young, Ward.
