In the late winter of 1894, a Sumter County Deputy Sheriff, a male named John Cowlett, was killed in the line of duty. The fatal encounter unfolded on Monday, February 26, 1894, in the vicinity of Livingston, Alabama. Deputy Cowlett was tasked with serving a legal notice and repossessing a mortgaged cow from a local family.
Upon his arrival at the family's home, he was met with resistance. The mother of a 14-year-old boy refused to surrender the animal and, according to reports, urged her
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