The following list of Don Chafin’s deputies prior to the Battle of Blair Mountain is based on Record of Bonds C in the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV:
Don Chafin was elected sheriff on November 5, 1912 and appeared on December 28, 1912 with his bondsman U.B. Buskirk for $40,000 (p. 215)
Name, Date of Appointment, Surety, Surety Amount, Page
Garland A. Adams…28 January 1913…J.W. Chambers…$5000…236
Joe Adams…14 October 1913…G.F. Gore, A. Dingess, David C. Dingess, Anthony Adams, Sol Adams, Sr., and Sol Adams, Jr….$5000…297
John Barker…5 February 1913…F.P. Hurst…$5000…241
J.E. Barlow…26 April 1913…S.B. Lawson…$5000…268
Joe Blair…28 December 1912…J.W. Chambers and Allen Mounts…$5000…224
Bert Bush…6 January 1913…Monroe Bush…$5000…230
John L. Butcher…28 December 1912…Lewis Butcher, J.W. Chambers, Albert Gore…$5000…221
J.A. Chafin…20 June 1913…J.W. Chambers and A.A. Vance…$5000…275
John Chafins…31 January 1913…H.H. Farley and A.J. Browning…$5000…240
Nim Conley…18 July 1913…Ed Chapman and W.W. Conley…$5000…281
R.J. Conley…25 March 1913…Albert Gore…$5000…252
A.J. Dalton…26 December 1913…Fidelity and Deposit Company of MD…$5000…315
Riley Damron…5 July 1913…Millard Elkins and J.E. McCoy…$5000…278
David Dingess…3 April 1913…J.W. Chambers and George Justice…$5000…254
Everett Dingess…10 November 1913…John F. Dingess and Burl Adams…$5000…304
Vincent Dingess…7 July 1913…Georgia Dingess, William Gore, and Albert Gore…$5000…279
Ed Eggers…21 April 1913…Paul Hardy…$5000…264
Joseph A. Ellis…30 January 1913…O.M. Conley…$5000…239
R.H. Ellis…undated…Elizabeth Ellis…$5000…233
H.H. Farley…29 January 1913…L.E. Steele…$5000…237
W.F. Farley…28 December 1912…Robert Bland…$5000…223
William Farley…13 January 1914…Wash Farley, A. Dingess, Lewis Farley, G.B. Farley…$5000…319
Harry S. Gay, Jr….15 October 1913…S.B. Lawson…$5000…299
Albert Gore…28 December 1912…J.W. Chambers, G.F. Gore, Millard Elkins…$5000…222
Guy F. Gore…31 July 1913…Albert Gore and William Gore…$5000…286
Joe Hall…23 April 1913…C.P. Donovan, Paul Hardy…$5000…267
A.A. Hamilton…14 June 1913…A.A. Hamilton…$5000…273
Paul Hardy…20 February 1913…W.F. Farley…$5000…244
John Harrison…19 April 1913…J.S. Miller, M. Elkins, W.E. White, and James Ellis…$5000…262
E.R. Hatfield…6 January 1914…$5000…H.H. Farley…316
Tennis Hatfield…14 June 1915…James Ellis and Lewis Chafin…$5000…396
William Hatfield…28 December 1912…J.S. Miller and George Justice…$5000…229
J.O. Hill…17 April 1913…Katie Mounts…$5000…261
B.J. Hiner…23 April 1913…C.P. Donovan and Paul Hardy…$5000…266
Mat Jackson…13 October 1913…Albert Gore, Van Mullins, G.F. Gore, and David C. Dingess…$5000…296
S.B. Lawson…12 April 1913…J.W. Chambers…$5000…256
G.W. Lax…21 April 1913…Paul Hardy…$5000…263
Harrison Lowe…5 March 1914…no surety [blank]…$5000…326
Allen Mounts…226
Cecil Mounts…11 June 1913…Allen Mounts…$5000…272
K.F. Mounts…28 December 1912…Allen Mounts…$5000…225
John D. Neece…21 March 1914…W.E. White, R.H. Ellis, and J.S. Miller…$5000…330
George Robinett…17 July 1913…George Justice…$5000…284
Joe Scaggs…231
F.A. Sharp…28 December 1912…W.F. Farley and L.G. Burns…$5000…217
Clark Smith…22 December 1913…Mary Chafin…$5000…313
L.E. Steele…29 January 1913…H.H. Farley…$5000…238
Noah Steele…6 September 1913…L.E. Steele, Jr….$5000…290
Charley Stollings…21 July 1913…Matilda Stollings, Tom Butcher, Bettie Stollings, W.I. Campbell, and Milton Stowers…$5000…283
T.B. Stowe…13 January 1913…Martha J. Stowe…$5000…234
Elias Thompson…16 April 1913…W.I. Campbell and K.F. Mounts…$5000…258
George E. Thompson…17 April 1913…A.F. Gore and Willis Gore…$5000…260
C.A. Vickers…12 January 1914…L.D. Perry and F.D. Stollings…$5000…318
Moses Williamson…29 April 1913…L.H. Thompson…$5000…270
Clay Workman…28 December 1912…S.B. Lawson…$5000…228
This list will be updated soon to include more names.