Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
First Settler of Shreveport, La.
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.
Appointed by
Louisiana Governor
Edward Douglas White
in Jan 1838, as Sheriff of
Caddo Parish, La.
Sheriff A. B. Sterrett was
killed in the line of duty, in
a "Gunfight" by a local merchant,
Aug. 1840.
Son of
William Sterrett and
Isabelle McCormick
Husband of
Martha Bowie (1791)
sister of Rezin P. Bowie,
who invented the Bowie Knife and
sister of Jim Bowie, who fought
at The Alamo.
Father of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin P. Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin Ivy (1839)
First Settler of Shreveport, La.
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.
Appointed by
Louisiana Governor
Edward Douglas White
in Jan 1838, as Sheriff of
Caddo Parish, La.
Sheriff A. B. Sterrett was
killed in the line of duty, in
a "Gunfight" by a local merchant,
Aug. 1840.
Son of
William Sterrett and
Isabelle McCormick
Husband of
Martha Bowie (1791)
sister of Rezin P. Bowie,
who invented the Bowie Knife and
sister of Jim Bowie, who fought
at The Alamo.
Father of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin P. Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin Ivy (1839)
Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
First Settler of Shreveport, La.
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.
Appointed by
Louisiana Governor
Edward Douglas White
in Jan 1838, as Sheriff of
Caddo Parish, La.
Sheriff A. B. Sterrett was
killed in the line of duty, in
a "Gunfight" by a local merchant,
Aug. 1840.
Son of
William Sterrett and
Isabelle McCormick
Husband of
Martha Bowie (1791)
sister of Rezin P. Bowie,
who invented the Bowie Knife and
sister of Jim Bowie, who fought
at The Alamo.
Father of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin P. Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin Ivy (1839)
First Settler of Shreveport, La.
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.
Appointed by
Louisiana Governor
Edward Douglas White
in Jan 1838, as Sheriff of
Caddo Parish, La.
Sheriff A. B. Sterrett was
killed in the line of duty, in
a "Gunfight" by a local merchant,
Aug. 1840.
Son of
William Sterrett and
Isabelle McCormick
Husband of
Martha Bowie (1791)
sister of Rezin P. Bowie,
who invented the Bowie Knife and
sister of Jim Bowie, who fought
at The Alamo.
Father of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin P. Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin Ivy (1839)
Gravesite Details
Buried in an unmarked grave in old Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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