Sad, but fantastic, and thanks for the addition to the list. Vince VATRAPPER@aol.com wrote: > > Hi All, > > I don't know the dates, but do know that my Great Grandmother's brother was a > Sheriff in New Castle. His name was Oscar Miller Martin. Oscar was b. on > 12-3-1877, Craig Co., VA, to Thomas Benton "Bent" Martin and Mary Jane Elmore. > Oscar died on 6-27-1912 in a Roanoke, VA hospital. He married Emma Harriet > Craft on 12-24-1905 in Craig Co., and they are buried in the Westview Cem., in > New Castle. > > Uncle Oscar was to arrest a Mr. Harve Looney one day. Mr. Looney didn't want > to be arrested and decided that he wanted to shoot Uncle Oscar instead. Which > he did, and Oscar died a few days later in the hospital. > > So, I know he was a Sheriff in 1912, but when he came to that position I do > not know. > > Cindy Driscoll > Roanoke, VA