*From the Evening Star, February 9, 1904:
Mr. Pritchard’s Appointment –
George K. Pritchard, who has been appointed Marshal for the Central District of the Indian Territory, served several terms as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C. [Pritchard was the Sheriff of Mitchell County, not Madison, but it is said he was a Deputy Sheriff of Madison in his younger days, before moving to Mitchell County.
The Pritchard family were Madison County natives.], and is noted as having had many hair-breath escapes in encounters with bad men.
Mr. Pritchard is a brother of Justice Pritchard of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (an ex-Senator), and is well known in North Carolina. He will succeed Marshal Hackett, who was recently been dismissed from service because of troubles in his jurisdiction.
Mr. Pritchard’s record for bravery makes him a valuable man in his new station.
Also, from the Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, February 10, 1904;
Pritchard is Man of Nerve
New Appointee for Indian Territory is Experienced – Dealt with Moonshiners – Has had Hair-breath Escapes While on Duty. The report from Washington that George K. Pritchard of North Carolina has been named to succeed Marshall Hackett in the Indian Territory District has aroused some interest among Oklahoma politicians. … (George Pritchard) has a fine record as an officer.
He served a term as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C., and for years a United States Revenue Officer and Deputy United States Marshal in the moonshine regions of his native state.
He has had some of the most hair-breath escapes and some of the most desperate battles with evildoers of any man in the south.
He killed one man in a hand-to-hand fight after being shot through the breast, and it is said carries the marks of no fewer than half a dozen wounds on his body, inflicted in desperate encounter with moonshiners and desperadoes. His general record is that of one of the bravest men ever in the service of the government.
During his brother’s term in the Senate he had a place as one of the door peepers of the Senate, and he is well known by public men here.
Personally, he is rather a good looking man of about 44, medium height and strong build, and quiet and gentlemanly in demeanor.
He is said to be a man of peace, but extremely dangerous in case of trouble. Madison County, of which he was Sheriff (Republican) at one time, is one of the mountain counties of the State. The population is largely Republican, but is peopled by very few Negroes, and has probably had more killings than any other section of North Carolina.
It is said that Pritchard was one of the best Sheriffs the county ever had, and during his incumbency crime was reduced to a minimum.
In addition to serving in his capacity and as a revenue officer, he served a term in the North Carolina Legislature. [George died at Barkersville, Mitchell County on February 8, 1918, probably added by an old bullet wound to his lung.]
Bios by: Mike Gahagan
Mr. Pritchard’s Appointment –
George K. Pritchard, who has been appointed Marshal for the Central District of the Indian Territory, served several terms as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C. [Pritchard was the Sheriff of Mitchell County, not Madison, but it is said he was a Deputy Sheriff of Madison in his younger days, before moving to Mitchell County.
The Pritchard family were Madison County natives.], and is noted as having had many hair-breath escapes in encounters with bad men.
Mr. Pritchard is a brother of Justice Pritchard of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (an ex-Senator), and is well known in North Carolina. He will succeed Marshal Hackett, who was recently been dismissed from service because of troubles in his jurisdiction.
Mr. Pritchard’s record for bravery makes him a valuable man in his new station.
Also, from the Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, February 10, 1904;
Pritchard is Man of Nerve
New Appointee for Indian Territory is Experienced – Dealt with Moonshiners – Has had Hair-breath Escapes While on Duty. The report from Washington that George K. Pritchard of North Carolina has been named to succeed Marshall Hackett in the Indian Territory District has aroused some interest among Oklahoma politicians. … (George Pritchard) has a fine record as an officer.
He served a term as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C., and for years a United States Revenue Officer and Deputy United States Marshal in the moonshine regions of his native state.
He has had some of the most hair-breath escapes and some of the most desperate battles with evildoers of any man in the south.
He killed one man in a hand-to-hand fight after being shot through the breast, and it is said carries the marks of no fewer than half a dozen wounds on his body, inflicted in desperate encounter with moonshiners and desperadoes. His general record is that of one of the bravest men ever in the service of the government.
During his brother’s term in the Senate he had a place as one of the door peepers of the Senate, and he is well known by public men here.
Personally, he is rather a good looking man of about 44, medium height and strong build, and quiet and gentlemanly in demeanor.
He is said to be a man of peace, but extremely dangerous in case of trouble. Madison County, of which he was Sheriff (Republican) at one time, is one of the mountain counties of the State. The population is largely Republican, but is peopled by very few Negroes, and has probably had more killings than any other section of North Carolina.
It is said that Pritchard was one of the best Sheriffs the county ever had, and during his incumbency crime was reduced to a minimum.
In addition to serving in his capacity and as a revenue officer, he served a term in the North Carolina Legislature. [George died at Barkersville, Mitchell County on February 8, 1918, probably added by an old bullet wound to his lung.]
Bios by: Mike Gahagan
*From the Evening Star, February 9, 1904:
Mr. Pritchard’s Appointment –
George K. Pritchard, who has been appointed Marshal for the Central District of the Indian Territory, served several terms as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C. [Pritchard was the Sheriff of Mitchell County, not Madison, but it is said he was a Deputy Sheriff of Madison in his younger days, before moving to Mitchell County.
The Pritchard family were Madison County natives.], and is noted as having had many hair-breath escapes in encounters with bad men.
Mr. Pritchard is a brother of Justice Pritchard of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (an ex-Senator), and is well known in North Carolina. He will succeed Marshal Hackett, who was recently been dismissed from service because of troubles in his jurisdiction.
Mr. Pritchard’s record for bravery makes him a valuable man in his new station.
Also, from the Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, February 10, 1904;
Pritchard is Man of Nerve
New Appointee for Indian Territory is Experienced – Dealt with Moonshiners – Has had Hair-breath Escapes While on Duty. The report from Washington that George K. Pritchard of North Carolina has been named to succeed Marshall Hackett in the Indian Territory District has aroused some interest among Oklahoma politicians. … (George Pritchard) has a fine record as an officer.
He served a term as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C., and for years a United States Revenue Officer and Deputy United States Marshal in the moonshine regions of his native state.
He has had some of the most hair-breath escapes and some of the most desperate battles with evildoers of any man in the south.
He killed one man in a hand-to-hand fight after being shot through the breast, and it is said carries the marks of no fewer than half a dozen wounds on his body, inflicted in desperate encounter with moonshiners and desperadoes. His general record is that of one of the bravest men ever in the service of the government.
During his brother’s term in the Senate he had a place as one of the door peepers of the Senate, and he is well known by public men here.
Personally, he is rather a good looking man of about 44, medium height and strong build, and quiet and gentlemanly in demeanor.
He is said to be a man of peace, but extremely dangerous in case of trouble. Madison County, of which he was Sheriff (Republican) at one time, is one of the mountain counties of the State. The population is largely Republican, but is peopled by very few Negroes, and has probably had more killings than any other section of North Carolina.
It is said that Pritchard was one of the best Sheriffs the county ever had, and during his incumbency crime was reduced to a minimum.
In addition to serving in his capacity and as a revenue officer, he served a term in the North Carolina Legislature. [George died at Barkersville, Mitchell County on February 8, 1918, probably added by an old bullet wound to his lung.]
Bios by: Mike Gahagan
Mr. Pritchard’s Appointment –
George K. Pritchard, who has been appointed Marshal for the Central District of the Indian Territory, served several terms as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C. [Pritchard was the Sheriff of Mitchell County, not Madison, but it is said he was a Deputy Sheriff of Madison in his younger days, before moving to Mitchell County.
The Pritchard family were Madison County natives.], and is noted as having had many hair-breath escapes in encounters with bad men.
Mr. Pritchard is a brother of Justice Pritchard of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (an ex-Senator), and is well known in North Carolina. He will succeed Marshal Hackett, who was recently been dismissed from service because of troubles in his jurisdiction.
Mr. Pritchard’s record for bravery makes him a valuable man in his new station.
Also, from the Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, February 10, 1904;
Pritchard is Man of Nerve
New Appointee for Indian Territory is Experienced – Dealt with Moonshiners – Has had Hair-breath Escapes While on Duty. The report from Washington that George K. Pritchard of North Carolina has been named to succeed Marshall Hackett in the Indian Territory District has aroused some interest among Oklahoma politicians. … (George Pritchard) has a fine record as an officer.
He served a term as Sheriff of Madison County, N.C., and for years a United States Revenue Officer and Deputy United States Marshal in the moonshine regions of his native state.
He has had some of the most hair-breath escapes and some of the most desperate battles with evildoers of any man in the south.
He killed one man in a hand-to-hand fight after being shot through the breast, and it is said carries the marks of no fewer than half a dozen wounds on his body, inflicted in desperate encounter with moonshiners and desperadoes. His general record is that of one of the bravest men ever in the service of the government.
During his brother’s term in the Senate he had a place as one of the door peepers of the Senate, and he is well known by public men here.
Personally, he is rather a good looking man of about 44, medium height and strong build, and quiet and gentlemanly in demeanor.
He is said to be a man of peace, but extremely dangerous in case of trouble. Madison County, of which he was Sheriff (Republican) at one time, is one of the mountain counties of the State. The population is largely Republican, but is peopled by very few Negroes, and has probably had more killings than any other section of North Carolina.
It is said that Pritchard was one of the best Sheriffs the county ever had, and during his incumbency crime was reduced to a minimum.
In addition to serving in his capacity and as a revenue officer, he served a term in the North Carolina Legislature. [George died at Barkersville, Mitchell County on February 8, 1918, probably added by an old bullet wound to his lung.]
Bios by: Mike Gahagan
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