The following list of Don Chafin’s deputies prior to the Battle of Blair Mountain is based on Record of Bonds E in the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV:
Name, Date of Appointment, Surety, Surety Amount, Page
Lawrence Adkins…25 January 1921…Albert Gore…$5000…144
Red Akers…23 August 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…279
J.T. Ashworth…1 February 1921…J.H. Ford…$5000…155
B.F. Baker…28 February 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…172
Sherwood Baldwin…2 August 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…269
N.L. Barger…1 February 1921…J.H. Ford…$5000…153
Lee Belcher…1 February 1921…Charles Stollings, Anderson Dempsey, M. Elkins…$5000…149
C.W. Bias…5 April 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…210
R.F. Booton…31 January 1921…Cassa Booton and Simpson Booton…$5000…148
George M. Browning…8 February 1921…C.E. Browning…$5000…158
Charles Bryant…18 June 1921…A.A. Vance, G.F. Gore…$5000…244
G.L. Burgess…4 April 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…207
E.M. Burke…10 June 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…240
Albert Butcher…24 January 1921…W.F. Butcher…$5000…143
Lee Callaway…13 May 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$______…226
Wayne Chafin…12 February 1921…Milton Stowers…$5000…164
Earl Cook…15 July 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…260
Jess Cook…15 July 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…259
Bruce Davidson…20 May 1921…G.F. Gore…$5000…230
Elbert Dempsey…26 February 1921…Milton Stowers…$5000…171
George Dimitrijevich…17 February 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…167
G.F. Downey, Jr….3 August 1921…J.B. Ellis, Evert Dingess…$5000…272
Charles Duty…11 April 1921…George Chafin…$5000…212
R.W. Estep…8 March 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…183
H.H. Farley…24 March 1921…L.E. Steele…$5000…198
Lewis Farley…15 July 1921…G.F. Gore…$5000…258
J.H. Ford…27 May 1921…P.J. Riley…$5000…235
Jesse Gartin…31 January 1921…J.O. Hill…$5000…147
John L. Gearhart…5 March 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…173
J.J. Gilmore…17 March 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…193
E.D. Gore…14 June 1921…William Gore, Guy F. Gore…$5000…243
B.M. Hager…5 April 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…209
F.H. Hall…1 February 1921…J.H. Ford…$5000…154
C.W. Hamilton…21 April 1921…W.E. White…$5000…218
E.S. Harmon…12 August 1921…E.S. Harman and George Chafin…$5000…277
J.C.L. Harris…23 May 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…233
W.D. Henshaw…23 March 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…197
W.C. Holbrook…23 March 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…196
C.H. Huffman…5 August 1921…C.H. Huffman and P.M. Toney…$5000…273
Allie Johnson…8 February 1921…J.C. Gore…$5000…157
J.F. May…19 July 1921…W.F. Farley…$5000…262
Frank Maynard…25 January 1921…G.F. Gore and Charles Stollings…$5000…145
Lucian Mitchell…1 July 1921…Fult Mitchell…$3500…270
Allen Mounts…1 April 1921…T.C. Chafin, K.F. Mounts…$5000…204
Ed Mullins…12 February 1921…F.C. Mullins…$5000…163
F.C. Mullins…25 January 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…146
John Mullins…28 March 1921…J.E. Mullins…$5000…211
George H. Munch…23 August 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…278
Patrick L. Murphy…22 February 1921…W.E. White and Allen Mounts…$5000…169
W.M. Patrick…13 July 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…256
Bilton Perry…27 April 1921…Buren Browning…$5000…219
C.H. Perry…5 February 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…151
Erastus Perry…1 August 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…267
E.H. Scaggs…10 March 1921…Ed Cook…$5000…184
John E. Sewell…10 June 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company…$3500…239
L.E. Steele…24 March 1921…H.H. Farley…$5000…199
N.E. Steele…18 July 1921…George C. Steele…$5000…261
Ren Stollings…9 February 1921…Charles Stollings and Milton Stowers…$5000…160
J.T. Walsh…12 March 1921…Milton Stowers…$5000…188
Ed White…21 January 1921…Joe Blair…$5000…142
W.C. Whited…8 February 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…159
B.B. Young…4 April 1921…Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland…$3500…208
This list will be updated soon to include more names.