Brown County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, June 6, 1861
Age:
Tour of Duty: 3 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 4, 1861
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Never apprehended
Sheriff Harris was shot and killed by a schoolteacher. After arrested the nephew of the former county sheriff, who had resigned to join the Confederate Army, a schoolteacher shot Sheriff Harris with a shotgun. He died two days later from his wound. The suspect fled the county and was never apprehended.
Sheriff Harris had been with the agency for three months.