Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/696 Surname: Gideon ------------------------- Family legend says that Jim Gideon was the first sheriff of Brown County TX. I believe this ancestor to be James H. Gideon. If so, he was from MO, was married to Lucinda Hays(?) and would have been born c. 1820. Can anyone confirm or deny the name of the first (or early) sheriff of Brown County as Jim Gideon?