Sheriff of Bexar County.
He was killed by Comanches at the "Council House Fight."
Source: odmp∼FIRST SHERIFF OF BEXAR
Joseph L. Hood, early settler, businessman, and legislator, was born in North Carolina in 1803. When he applied for Texas citizenship at Nacogdoches in December 1829, he described himself as Catholic, unmarried, and a schoolteacher.
On December 12, 1834, he received title to a league of land in the area that later became Bell County. In 1835 he represented the Municipality of Viesca at the Consultation and on the General Council. The General Council appointed him judge at Viesca and designated him as an agent to receive money due the Mexican government and to be transferred for use of the people of Texas. Hood was a business associate of Eliel Melton (killed at the Alamo) at Nacogdoches before 1836. Hood probably went to San Antonio about the time of the Texas Revolution.
He was first elected sheriff of Bexar County on May 1, 1837, and reelected in 1839. Hood was killed in the Council House Fight on March 19, 1840, while participating in the negotiations for the release of White hostages being held by Comanches. When the Comanches brought out 12 year old Matilda Caldwell, who had been horribly tortured and disfigured, negotiations soured, and hand to hand combat broke out. Sheriff Hood wrestled with a Comanche wielding an arrow in his hand, who was repeatedly stabbing him. Sheriff Hood attempted to keep the deadly end of the arrow away from his body, all the while reportedly shouting, "Shoot him, boys! Shoot him!" His attacker was promptly dispatched, but not before a fatal wound was landed against the Sheriff. Sheriff Hood was the first civilian peace officer of Bexar County to die in the line of duty, and the first Sheriff in the history of Texas to die in the line of duty.
There are no records concerning the burial of Joseph Hood, and "progress" in the downtown of San Antonio, has likely caused his grave to be destroyed. With the re-location of graves, both at the San Fernando Churchyard and the old Campo Santo, he has been consigned to the ages.
Joseph L. Hood's siblings were: Tunis Hood, Eleanor Hood, Mary Hood, Elizabeth M. Hood, Jane Socelia Hood, Alexander Wallace Hood, Lydia C. Hood, Nancy L. Hood, and Jeremiah Adams Hood (Sheriff of Milam County, Texas).
He was killed by Comanches at the "Council House Fight."
Source: odmp∼FIRST SHERIFF OF BEXAR
Joseph L. Hood, early settler, businessman, and legislator, was born in North Carolina in 1803. When he applied for Texas citizenship at Nacogdoches in December 1829, he described himself as Catholic, unmarried, and a schoolteacher.
On December 12, 1834, he received title to a league of land in the area that later became Bell County. In 1835 he represented the Municipality of Viesca at the Consultation and on the General Council. The General Council appointed him judge at Viesca and designated him as an agent to receive money due the Mexican government and to be transferred for use of the people of Texas. Hood was a business associate of Eliel Melton (killed at the Alamo) at Nacogdoches before 1836. Hood probably went to San Antonio about the time of the Texas Revolution.
He was first elected sheriff of Bexar County on May 1, 1837, and reelected in 1839. Hood was killed in the Council House Fight on March 19, 1840, while participating in the negotiations for the release of White hostages being held by Comanches. When the Comanches brought out 12 year old Matilda Caldwell, who had been horribly tortured and disfigured, negotiations soured, and hand to hand combat broke out. Sheriff Hood wrestled with a Comanche wielding an arrow in his hand, who was repeatedly stabbing him. Sheriff Hood attempted to keep the deadly end of the arrow away from his body, all the while reportedly shouting, "Shoot him, boys! Shoot him!" His attacker was promptly dispatched, but not before a fatal wound was landed against the Sheriff. Sheriff Hood was the first civilian peace officer of Bexar County to die in the line of duty, and the first Sheriff in the history of Texas to die in the line of duty.
There are no records concerning the burial of Joseph Hood, and "progress" in the downtown of San Antonio, has likely caused his grave to be destroyed. With the re-location of graves, both at the San Fernando Churchyard and the old Campo Santo, he has been consigned to the ages.
Joseph L. Hood's siblings were: Tunis Hood, Eleanor Hood, Mary Hood, Elizabeth M. Hood, Jane Socelia Hood, Alexander Wallace Hood, Lydia C. Hood, Nancy L. Hood, and Jeremiah Adams Hood (Sheriff of Milam County, Texas).
Sheriff of Bexar County.
He was killed by Comanches at the "Council House Fight."
Source: odmp∼FIRST SHERIFF OF BEXAR
Joseph L. Hood, early settler, businessman, and legislator, was born in North Carolina in 1803. When he applied for Texas citizenship at Nacogdoches in December 1829, he described himself as Catholic, unmarried, and a schoolteacher.
On December 12, 1834, he received title to a league of land in the area that later became Bell County. In 1835 he represented the Municipality of Viesca at the Consultation and on the General Council. The General Council appointed him judge at Viesca and designated him as an agent to receive money due the Mexican government and to be transferred for use of the people of Texas. Hood was a business associate of Eliel Melton (killed at the Alamo) at Nacogdoches before 1836. Hood probably went to San Antonio about the time of the Texas Revolution.
He was first elected sheriff of Bexar County on May 1, 1837, and reelected in 1839. Hood was killed in the Council House Fight on March 19, 1840, while participating in the negotiations for the release of White hostages being held by Comanches. When the Comanches brought out 12 year old Matilda Caldwell, who had been horribly tortured and disfigured, negotiations soured, and hand to hand combat broke out. Sheriff Hood wrestled with a Comanche wielding an arrow in his hand, who was repeatedly stabbing him. Sheriff Hood attempted to keep the deadly end of the arrow away from his body, all the while reportedly shouting, "Shoot him, boys! Shoot him!" His attacker was promptly dispatched, but not before a fatal wound was landed against the Sheriff. Sheriff Hood was the first civilian peace officer of Bexar County to die in the line of duty, and the first Sheriff in the history of Texas to die in the line of duty.
There are no records concerning the burial of Joseph Hood, and "progress" in the downtown of San Antonio, has likely caused his grave to be destroyed. With the re-location of graves, both at the San Fernando Churchyard and the old Campo Santo, he has been consigned to the ages.
Joseph L. Hood's siblings were: Tunis Hood, Eleanor Hood, Mary Hood, Elizabeth M. Hood, Jane Socelia Hood, Alexander Wallace Hood, Lydia C. Hood, Nancy L. Hood, and Jeremiah Adams Hood (Sheriff of Milam County, Texas).
He was killed by Comanches at the "Council House Fight."
Source: odmp∼FIRST SHERIFF OF BEXAR
Joseph L. Hood, early settler, businessman, and legislator, was born in North Carolina in 1803. When he applied for Texas citizenship at Nacogdoches in December 1829, he described himself as Catholic, unmarried, and a schoolteacher.
On December 12, 1834, he received title to a league of land in the area that later became Bell County. In 1835 he represented the Municipality of Viesca at the Consultation and on the General Council. The General Council appointed him judge at Viesca and designated him as an agent to receive money due the Mexican government and to be transferred for use of the people of Texas. Hood was a business associate of Eliel Melton (killed at the Alamo) at Nacogdoches before 1836. Hood probably went to San Antonio about the time of the Texas Revolution.
He was first elected sheriff of Bexar County on May 1, 1837, and reelected in 1839. Hood was killed in the Council House Fight on March 19, 1840, while participating in the negotiations for the release of White hostages being held by Comanches. When the Comanches brought out 12 year old Matilda Caldwell, who had been horribly tortured and disfigured, negotiations soured, and hand to hand combat broke out. Sheriff Hood wrestled with a Comanche wielding an arrow in his hand, who was repeatedly stabbing him. Sheriff Hood attempted to keep the deadly end of the arrow away from his body, all the while reportedly shouting, "Shoot him, boys! Shoot him!" His attacker was promptly dispatched, but not before a fatal wound was landed against the Sheriff. Sheriff Hood was the first civilian peace officer of Bexar County to die in the line of duty, and the first Sheriff in the history of Texas to die in the line of duty.
There are no records concerning the burial of Joseph Hood, and "progress" in the downtown of San Antonio, has likely caused his grave to be destroyed. With the re-location of graves, both at the San Fernando Churchyard and the old Campo Santo, he has been consigned to the ages.
Joseph L. Hood's siblings were: Tunis Hood, Eleanor Hood, Mary Hood, Elizabeth M. Hood, Jane Socelia Hood, Alexander Wallace Hood, Lydia C. Hood, Nancy L. Hood, and Jeremiah Adams Hood (Sheriff of Milam County, Texas).
