Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)
Incident Date: 8/26/1923
Weapon: Officer's handgun
Suspect: Not available
· Leave a Reflection
· Add to My Heroes
· Update this memorial
Share this memorial:
Constable Hampton Patterson was killed when his service revolver fell from its holster and discharged when it struck a rock.
He and another constable were returning from Greenville, where they had dropped off a prisoner, when they stopped on the Greenville-Reidville Highway to get a drink of water from a natural spring. As Constable Patterson stooped down to get a drink from the spring his .32 caliber revolver fell from its shoulder holster and discharged. The round struck him in the chest.
The other constable and a citizen took him to a local hospital where he died a short time later.
Constable Patterson had served as a constable for 2 years and had previously served as a guard for a chain gang. He was survived by his wife and eight children.
