Lawman Index - C

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• A. Cabell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Benjamin Elias Cabell (18??-1888) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. In July, 1888, Ben was dispatched to pick up six prisoners that officer John Phillips had in his possession when he was killed by outlaw, Dan Barnett in Eufaula, Oklahoma. 

• Jack Cabell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• James W. Cail - U.S. Deputy Marshal serving in the Central District of Indian Territory in 1894. 

• Bill Caine (18??-1893) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas under Marshal Sheb Williams. He was killed in the line of duty in 1893.

• James Cairns (1851-1934) - Wichita , Kansas policeman and town marshal for almost three decades.

• A. J. Caldwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 12, 1893 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George Crump. On May 5, 1894, he was working with Officer Tucker when they arrested Poley Empson for the murder of Dave Buchanan, a U.S. Deputy Marshal and Indian Policeman.

• C. H. Caldwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory serving under Marshal W. H. Darroughs. 

• Iris E. Caldwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on March 26, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• R. A. Caldwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on January 21, 1889, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• Thomas W. Caldwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 19, 1891, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• California State Rangers - California's first state-wide law enforcement agency, formed in 1853.

• Harry Callahan - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Fourth District of the Texas Eastern District in 1893.

• A. Callison - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Wallace T. Calloway - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• John Cameron - A lawman, Cameron also served in Company E as a Texas Ranger in 1892.

• George W. Campbell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas in 1895 under Marshal Sheb Williams. 

• George Washington Campbell (1850-1881) - Deputy in Clay County, Texas; cattle detective in New Mexico; and City Marshal in El Paso, Texas briefly. He was shot by Dallas Stoudenmire in the Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight on April 14, 1881 and died the following day.

• J.E. Campbell - Campbell was a sergeant in the Arizona Rangers in 1903.

• James J. Campbell (18??-1891) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 6, 1881, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshals Valentine Dell, Thomas Boles, John Carroll and Jacob Yoes.  He was killed on May 25, 1891. 

• L. H. Campbell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 29, 1893 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• Malcolm "Old Grizzly” Campbell (1839-1932) - Frontier lawman in Wyoming.

• P. L. Campbell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Central District of Indian Territory in 1894. 

• Lee Cannon - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Rufus "Rufe” Cannon - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on September 15, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. Cannon was one of the most important black lawmen of the Oklahoma territorial era.

• S. R. Cannon - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.  

• J. A. Cansdale - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in October of 1894. 

• Frank M. Canton, aka: Joe Horner (1849-1927) - Johnson County, Wyoming Sheriff where he fought in the Johnson County War. Later moved to Oklahoma where he became a U.S. Deputy Marshal and Q County, Oklahoma Under Sheriff.

• Ben C. Cantrell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 4, 1887 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• C. P. Cantwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned the Central District of Indian Territory in 1894. 

• S. V. Capps - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned April 28, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• E. D. Carlton - U.S. Deputy Marshalcommissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894. 

• John Carlton (1837-1887) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.  He was killed in the line of duty on November 5, 1887.

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• Marion Carlton - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on May 8, 1891 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• James Carlyle (18??-1880) - Carlyle was a deputy sheriff in Las Vegas, New Mexico when he was killed by on December 1, 1880.

• Iste Carney - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• B.P. "Bat" Carr - Primarily a gambler and businessman, Carr was made city marshal of Caldwell, Kansas, and made the mistake of hiring Henry Newton Brown as a deputy. Brown would go on to rob a bank, kill a man and be hanged.

• T. Jeff Carr - The first sheriff of Laramie County, Wyoming Territory, in 1869. He made Wild Bill Hickok check his guns in Cheyenne and in 1876, arrested Jack McCall, the man who shot Hickok. Later served as a U.S. Deputy Marshal for Wyoming.

• William H. "Bill” Carr (18??-19??) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District court at Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1887. Though having a solid service record, he was accused of assisting the outlaw Christian brothers from escaping a jail in Oklahoma City and spent the rest of his life in hiding.

• Hugh Carroll - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• J. Frank Carroll - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 9, 1888, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• John C. Carroll - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 31, 1886 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  

• Alfred H. Carson - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 19, 1869 in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas serving under Marshal Joseph Rowland. 

• Abrab J. Carson - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on April 2, 1870 in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton. 

• Joe Carson(18??-1880) - Part of the Dodge City Gang of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Carson was the town constable. He was killed by outlaw John Dorsey when he asked him to check his guns on January 22, 1880.

• Thomas "Tom" Carson (18??-1872) - A lawman and nephew of Kit Carson, Carson was a Deputy City Marshal in  Abilene, Kansas under Wild Bill Hickok. Later, he worked as a lawman in Dodge City, where he was killed.

• Thomas Carson - Served in Company E of the Texas Rangers and fought the Chris Evans Gang in 1880.

• Calvin  Carter - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 2, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• Charles C. "Crit” Carter - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas in 1894. 

• Frank Carter - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 22, 1889, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• J. W. Carter - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• Samuel M. Carter - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 26, 1891 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes . 

• "Tex” Carter - A gunfighter for Jim Lacy, Opium Bob, and Dutch Charley Bates, Carter escaped a lynch mob on March 22, 1881, at Rawlins, Wyoming and later became a sheriff in Nebraska.

• L.B. Caruthers - A lawman, Caruthers served with the Texas Rangers during the Higgins-Horrell feud and fought the Evans Gang in 1880.

• Jose Casaver  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 17, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• A. A. Casey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 29, 1896 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George Crump. 

• H. A. Casey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 24, 1895 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George Crump.

• J. D.  Casey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Casey was Turnkey of the federal jail before April of 1889 and was made Assistant Jailer in April, 1889. 

• William Casey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Kit Castle - A lawman, Castle was elected Unitah County, Wyoming Sheriff, during which time he killed two horse thieves. Later he served as mayor, and when five men refused to return to their jail cells, he pistol-whipped them into submission.

• J. D. Castleman - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas assigned to the Ardmore area in 1890. 

• Randolph W. Cathey (1877?-1907) - An Assistant City Marshal in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Was killed in the line of duty in 1907.

• John Cavaille  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on September 30, 1895 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  D. M. Cavanaugh - U.S. Deputy Marshal who worked in the Western District of Arkansas.

• Joseph H. Cawdell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on November 6, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.         

• Bailey Cecil - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on December 15, 1869 in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas serving under Marshal William A. Britton. 

• A. S. Claw - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory by Marshal Richard Jones during the 1899 Land Rush. 

• Lucius E. Chaffee - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on November 30, 1868 in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas serving under Marshal Joseph Rowlands

• John C. Chamberlain - U.S. Deputy Marshal serving under Marshal Grosvenor A. Porter in the Southern District of Indian Territory. After having to serve a warrant of arrest on a personal friend and deliver him to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he stood trial, Chamberlain resigned his service.

• John Chambers - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in by the federal court at Paris, Texas to work in Southern District of Indian Territory.

• Lon Chambers - A deputy under Pat Garrett, Chambers was along in the pursuit of Billy the Kid. He later robbed a train in Kansas. 

• George Chancellor - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas under Marshal J. Shelby Williams in 1892

• Jim M. Chancellor - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on September 24, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• T. A. Chandler - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough in July of 1902. He worked out Vinita, Oklahoma. 

• Daniel Chapman - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 6, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• Ed Chapman - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• John Chapman - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 27, 1872 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.

• John W. Chapman - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court at Paris, Texas in 1894. 

• John B. "Jack” Charlton - A soldier in Indian Territory, he chased several outlaws, including Red McLaughlin.

• William Chase - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 8, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• J. S. Chatwell - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 1, 1893, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George Crump. 

• Francisco "Frank” Chavez - Served as sheriff of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• James S. Cheek - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith,  Arkansas.

• J. W. Cheshire - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Bob Chew - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1896.

• Ernest Childers - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in September of 1889, serving under Marshal Dickerson in the Eastern District of Texas.

• Hank Childers - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Indian Territory.

• John Childers - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on January 26, 1893 in the Western District of Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. Prior to serving as a U.S. Deputy Marshal, Childers had been elected as Captain of the Lighthorsemen in the Coweta District in September, 1879.

• William Childers - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 14, 1891 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• Matt W. Chilton - U.S. Deputy Marshal working in Indian Territory in the 1880s.

• I. Chin-Chi-Kee (18??-1852) - A captain in the Lighthorese Police for the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory, he was killed in the line of duty when he tried to arrest four whiskey smugglers.

• Aurelious "Arthur” Manisco Chitwood (18??-1940) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of the Western District court of Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1875.

• J. H. Christian - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 14, 1895 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal John Carroll. 

• Willard Erastus Christianson, aka: Matt Warner, Ras Lewis (1864-1938) - Both an outlaw and a lawman, Christianson started started out as an outlaw, changing his name to Matt Warner. He rode with Butch Cassidy and wound up in prison. Afterwards, he served as Justice of the Peace deputy sheriff in Carbon County, Utah.

• H. W. Chronister - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on January 16, 1893 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• J. A. Churchill - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• W. C. Chynoweth - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1897. 

• John W. Clanton - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July,  1894 serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

• A. F. Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of the federal court in Paris, Texas, by Marshal Thomas B. Needles of the Eastern Judicial District. Assigned to the southern part of Indian Territory, he later served as a deputy in Antlers in the Choctaw Nation.

• Ben Clark - A lawman in Clifton, Arizona, he killed Black Jack Christian in April, 1897.

• Bob Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• Charles A. Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July,  1894 serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

• G.R. Clark - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1886 under Captain G.H. Schmidt.

• J. D. Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on May 3, 1892, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• W. C. Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on January 4, 1895 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump.

• W.T. "Slick” Clements - Served as a Texas Ranger in Company D in the 1870s.

• William H. Clark - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 9, 1869 in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas serving under Marshal William A. Britton.

• G. C. Clarke - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Sid Clarke - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory during the Land Rush in April, 1889. 

• J. H. Clary - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory serving under Marshal Evett Dumas Nix.

• George Clay, Jr. - U.S. Deputy Marshal appointed by the Goodwater, Oklahoma court in March,  1901 by Marshal Hackett of the Central District. 

• J. C. H. Clay -   U.S. Deputy Marshal who rode with Deputy Marshals Madsen, Morris and Brown near Taloga, Oklahoma in February, 1895 to capture the T. J. Moore Gang who were wanted for the murder of County Treasurer, Fred Hoffman. 

• Robert Clay - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 29, 1892, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• T. M. Clay - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Harry Clayland - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on March 9, 1884 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  He was one of the sixteen deputy marshals selected to arrest Ned Christie at Ned’s Fort Mountain near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation in November, 1892. 

• W. H. Clayton - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned during the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889.  He worked under Marshal Thomas Needles and was assigned to Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. 

• William Cleaver - U.S. Deputy Marshal serving in Oklahoma Territory in October of 1899. 

• Frank W. Clegg - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned at Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory in July, 1894 serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

• John H. Clement - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in 1897 to the Southern District, Federal Court at Paris, Texas working in the Pauls Valley area.

• Emanuel "Mannie" Clements, Jr. (18??-1908) - Served under Sheriff Dave Allison as deputy sheriff at Pecos City, Texas. He later worked for Jim Miller during the Miller-Frazer feud in Pecos, Texas in 1891. While serving as a lawman in EI Paso, Texas he was killed on December 29, 1908.

• Charles P. Clever - Immigrating from Prussia, he served as a New Mexico marshal in the 1850s.

• A. M. Clifford - U.S. Deputy Marshall commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• N. M. Clifford - U.S. Deputy Marshall commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory at Muskogee in July, 1894 serving under Marshal George J. Crump. 

• Isaac "Hop” Cloud  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas in 1894. While attempting to arrest a man named George Merchant who was causing a nuisance in the Chickasaw Nation, a gunfight erupted, which left Merchant dead.

• Thomas I. Cloud (18??-1885) - A captain of the Seminole Lighthorse Police, Cloud and a member of his posse were killed in the line of duty on March 29, 1885.

• Thomas Clove - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Edwin A. Clump - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October, 1894 serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

• Doug Coalson - Served as a Texas Ranger in Company D in the 1870s.

• Ben Cobb - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• C. L. Cobb - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on September 18, 1890 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• E. F. "Frank” Cochran - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• George W. Cochran - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 16, 1893 in the Western District of Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump. 

• Jesse Cochran - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on May 22, 1894 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas under Marshal George J. Crump. H was assigned to the Cherokee Nation.  Jesse was from Chelsea, Indian Territory. 

• H. C. Cocke - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory assigned to the Muskogee Court in April, 1895. 

• J. C. Cockran - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• William M. Cockran - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Chas Coe - A lawman and outlaw, Coe killed two men in Grayson County, Texas in 1884 and was indicted for murder.

• D. H. Coffey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in the Muskogee court in July of 1894.  Coffey was commissioned again in the Muskogee court on July 6, 1896. 

• John Coffey - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Lafayette Cogburn - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of Montgomery County, Arkansas.

• Dan W. Coggins - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 27, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

• Ed Cohee - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Chas Coe - A lawman and outlaw, he killed two men in Grayson County, Texas in 1884 and was indicted for murder.

• Bill Colbert (1835-1933) - Of African Choctaw ancestry, Colbert was a U.S. Deputy Marshal working under Judge Isaac C. Parker. He was assigned to the Choctaw Nation in the area of Atoka, where he had knowledge of the land, language and customs. He was quick to use his gun and in two separate incidents he killed suspects who resisted arrest.

• Bynum Colbert - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 10, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  Bynum rode in a posse led by Columbus Ayers into the Cherokee Nation to arrest Johnson Jacks, who was wanted for the murder of U.S. Deputy Marshal Beck in October, 1883. 

• E. F. Colbert - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894. 

• Paden Tolbert Colbert - Paden Colbert - U.S. Deputy Marshal for Indian Territory in the 1880s and 1890s. He led the posse that killed Ned Christie.

• Charles Francis Colcord (1859-1934) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in 1889 under Marshal Richard L. Walker and assigned to Oklahoma City. In 1893 Colcord was placed in charge of the 4th District at Pawnee, Oklahoma and three years later, in charge of the Perry District in February, 1896.  By 1891, Colcord was serving as Sheriff of Oklahoma County.

• Captain Neal Coldwell - A soldier and lawman, he was made captain of Company F of the Texas Rangers under Major John B. Jones in June 1874, captain of Company A in 1876, and resigned in 1883 to become a rancher.

• George W. Cole - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 15, 1893 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump.

• James N. Cole - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. At one point, he and several other deputies arrested Belle Starr, and were ambushed while transporting her to Fort Smith. However, the officers fought off her gang and she was delivered.

• James R. Cole (1856-1925) -  U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 31, 1886 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. he was with U.S. Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton, when he was killed in 1887.

• Dan Coleman - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1894 as a private in Company E.

• E.E. Coleman - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1894 as a private in Company F.

• W.W. Collier - Became a Texas Ranger at the age of eighteen.

• Ben Collins (18??-1906) - Collins served as an Indian policeman in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory, and in 1898 he received an appointment as deputy U.S. Deputy Marshal in the Southern District of Indian Territory. He was killed in 1906 by Jim "Killer” Miller.

• Charles Collins - U.S. Deputy Marshal appointed to serve during the Oklahoma Territory 1889 land rush. 

• Ed Collins - U.S. Deputy Marshal appointed to serve during the Oklahoma Territory 1889 land rush under Marshal Thomas Needles. 

• James Collins - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 10, 1872, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan Roots. 

• J. B. Collins - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• John Collins - A deputy marshal in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• M. D. Collins - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of the Western District of AFort Smith, Arkansas.

• James Colter  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned the Northern District of Indian Territory out of the Muskogee Court in July of 1894. 

• J. C. Compton  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• Alf  Condon - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• John Conely - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned sometime before 1893.  John was killed in a gun battle at a saloon in Cushing, Oklahoma by a man named Johnson, the saloon owner.

• George S. Congdon - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 2, 1893, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he served as bailiff. 

• Charles Conklin - Deputy Marshal in Las Vegas, New Mexico, whose pursuit of twelve train robbers in 1879 led to their arrests.

• Ed Conley - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1896.

• Ben Connally - A U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory.

• James Connally - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Charles T. Connedy - City Marshal of Coffeyville, Kansas when the Dalton Gang attempted to rob the town's two banks.  He was killed in the gunfight that erupted after the attempted robbery.

• Bernard "Barney" M Connelley (18??-1891) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was killed in the line of duty in 1891 by fellow officer Shepherd Busby.

• John Conway - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 27, 1872 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan Roots.

• David J. Cook (1842-1907) - Denver, Colorado Marshal, responsible for over 3,000 arrests.

• Harry G. Cook (1869?-1848) - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory, Marshal was born in California but migrated to Indian Territory in about 1883. He took part in several of the Oklahoma land runs and after servings as a deputy marshal, operated a real estate business. He published his autobiography Boomer-Sooner in 1939.  He died in December, 1948 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

• Matt Cook - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court in Indian Territory at Paris, Texas. 

• Thalis T. Cook - (1858-??) - A lawman, Cook served in Company D of the Texas Rangers for several years in the 1890s, during which he killed many outlaws including Fine Gilliland and the Friar brothers.

• C.G. Cooke - Served as a Texas Ranger in 1894 as a private in Company F.

• Corydon E. Cooley – A deputy marshal in Springerville, New Mexico.

• Scott Cooley (1845-1876?) - A lawman and gunfighter, he killed Deputy Sheriff Worley during the Mason County War in Texas in 1875. When the Texas Rangers were brought in to settle the "war," Cooley disappeared, only to mysteriously die a short time later.

  Harry Cooper – A deputy marshal in New Mexico, who was accused of stealing courtroom evidence in 1899.

  James A. Cooper - A U.S. Deputy Marshal under Evett Nix, Cooper was working in the Kingfisher District in 1893. In July, 1895, Cooper was with a posse that went into the Gloss Mountains west to try to capture the notorious Dick Yeager and Ike Black gang. 

• Thompson Cooper - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on April 11, 1886 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal John Carroll. 

• William G. Cooper - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 27, 1891 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Charles E. Copeland - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on February 3, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• John Cordel - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on June 26, 1898, Cordel worked out of the Muskogee Court.

• B.F. Cornelius - U.S. Deputy Marshal serving in the Central District of Indian Territory in 1894. 

• McPherson Cornelius - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 23, 1894 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump.

• Gus Cornelius - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Solon Costley - Served as a Texas Ranger in the early 1890s.

• A.R. Cottle - Appointed Chief U.S. Deputy Marshal of the northern district of Oklahoma on July 1, 1903, and served several decades.

• L. L. Cotton - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Mitch Cotton - Served on the Texas State Police and killed D.C. Applewhite on Sept. 30, 1871.

• John Couch - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Eastern Judicial District Court at Paris, Texas under Marshal Needles. On March 8, 1892, he shot a Mr. Van Pendley in Bob Watkins Saloon in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He was arrested for the murder and taken to jail in Sherman, Texas, but was later released on $3000 bail. The rest of his history is unknown.

• Richard "Dick” Couch - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of the Southern District of Indian Territory and assigned to Ada, Chickasaw Nation.

• George L. Courtney,  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on November 9, 1872, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan Roots.

• Joe Covington  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern District Court Of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas. In June, 1899, Covington  killed John Ward, a former member of the Dalton Gang, when he resisted arrest.

• C. L. Cowden - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, under Marshal Jacob Yoes

• William R. Cowden - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on January 9, 1890 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• John Grant Cowen - U.S. Deputy Marshal who served two terms in the Northern District, assigned to Okmulgee, Oklahoma. In September of 1905, he killed Tom Johnson when he tried to escape.  

• Burrell F. Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on August 23, 1890 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. H

• F. L. Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on April 16, 1892 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• F. P. Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith Arkansas. 

• George W. Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July,  1894 serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  On November 28, 1892, Cox rode with Tom Hueston and Kansas Sheriff Beeson to arrest Ol Yantis of the Bill Doolin Gang, who had robbed a bank at Sprearville, Kansas. Yantis resisted arrest and began to fire on the officers and later died of his wounds.

• J. Tucker Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• Robert "Bob” M. Cox (18??-1890) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas. He was killed in the line of duty in April, 1890.

• R. L. Cox - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned  during the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 under Marshal William Jones

• Wiley A. Cox (1847-1891) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.  He was shot in the line of duty on October 10, 1890 by a man named James McNalley. The following year, he died of his wounds on April 13, 1891. The 43 year-old officer was buried at Fort Smith, Arkansas and at the time of his death, his killer was still at large.

• Timothy Isaiah Courtright, aka: Long-Haired Jim (1848-1887) - A lawman and outlaw, Courtright was elected city marshal of Fort Worth, Texas in 1876. He became a U.S. Deputy Marshal in 1883, but became a fugitive after his posse killed two ranchers. He was later acquitted. He was killed by Luke Short in a gunfight in 1887.

• Andrew Jackson Crabtree - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 26, 1894 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal George J. Crump. 

• Clay Crabtree - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• John Craddock - U.S. Deputy Marshall commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas where he served as day guard. 

• W. H. Craig - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Charlie Craighead - Deputy sheriff of Val Verde County, Texas in 1909.

• Will H. Cravens - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Richard K. Cravens - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 1m 1896 serving in Indian Territory at Muskogee. 

• Edward Crawford - Served on the Ellsworth, Kansas police force in the early 1870s, until he was discharged for killing suspected murderer Cad Pierce. Crawford was later killed by Pierce's brother.

• Kranium F. Crawford - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on July 15, 1884, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Ben Crawley  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Kansas Court at Wichita, Kansas, working the northern part of Indian Territory. 

• Everett Milo Creekmore (1870-1931) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in May, 1889.

• Randolph Brown Creekmore - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on December 4, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• Renfro D. Creekmore - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on May 29, 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• Dick Crittenden - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Zeke Crittenden - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas and brother to Dick Crittendon. Both brothers were killed by U.S. Deputy Ed Reed. 

• Lee Crockett - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Charles C. Crosby (1873-??) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in 1895 serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  He was working the Pond Creek area when the Pond Creek sheriff would not uphold his duties as lawman to make an arrest.  Crosby used his authority as deputy marshal to make the arrest. 

• J. E. Crow  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• John W. Crowder - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in 1889 in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

• Martin Crowder - U.S. Deputy Marshal who served in the Central District in 1894. 

• William H. Crowder  - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• W. R.  Crowder - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• William R. Cruger (1840-1882) - Deputy to John M. Larn in Shackleford County, Texas. Later became sheriff and arrested former boss, Larn, who had turned to outlawry. Moved to Tennessee where he served as marshal in Princeton and was killed by a drunken prisoner.

• Arch M. Crump - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on March 12, 1895, in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. 

• George J. Crump (1841-1928) - A lawyer and Confederate veteran of the Civil War, Crump was involved in politics, and in the Brooks-Baxter War and later became an Arkansas legislator in the House and Senate. From 1893-1897, he served as a U.S. Marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas for the Western District.

• Sam Cudgo (18??-1885) - A member of the Seminole Lighthorse Police, Cudgo was killed in the line of duty on March 29, 1885.

• John A. Culp - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory. In 1885, Culp along with Deputy Marshal Rush Meadows, overtook outlaw Dick Glass near the Arbuckle Mountains where gunplay erupted. After critically wounding the outlaw, and thinking him dead, they approached his body. But Glass was still alive and fired at Meadows, killing him instantly and wounding Culp. Three years later, in January, 1888, John Culp was riding with a friend in the Chickasaw Nation when he was killed by a man named Wooford.  Culp’s friend returned the fire and killed the shooter.

• Martin S. Culver - A member of Major Tobin's Texas Rangers, who fought numerous battles along the Rio Grande.

• D. W.  Cummings - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Orange Scott Cummins - U.S. Deputy Marshal in the Wichita, Kansas court under Marshal Charles Miller.

• Samuel M. "Doc" Cummings (18??-1882) - Cummings worked as a Deputy Marshal in EI Paso, Texas, in 1881 under Dallas Stoudenmire. He was killed by Jim Manning on February 14, 1882.

• William Anthony Cummins - U.S. Deputy Marshal on October 15, 1890 in the Western District of Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Dee Cunningham - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• J. T. Cunningham - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

• William P. Cunningham - A lawman in the New Mexico Territory during the 1890s.

• W. A. Cunnus - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• Ada Curnutt - A District Clerk and U.S. Deputy Marshal in the Norman, Oklahoma area. In March, 1893, when the office received a telegraph that there were two wanted men who had fled to Oklahoma City, she could not find a male deputy marshal to go after them. She then donned her bonnet and caught the first train to Oklahoma City. Her search for the men took her to a saloon where she confronted them and asked them to come outside where she placed them under arrest. The two men thought the whole thing was a joke and went along with her. They later found themselves in Guthrie, Oklahoma were they were tried and convicted.

• G. I. Currin - The first Afridan American U.S. Deputy Marshal to serve in Oklahoma Territory. 

• George H. Curry - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

• John Curtis - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was killed in the line of duty, probably by Ned Christie.

• W.S. Cury - Sheriff of Pima County, Arizona from 1873 to 1877.

• Abraham Cutler - Brought from Kansas to serve as marshal of the New Mexico Territory, beginning in August, 1862.

• J.O. Cutler (1872-1950) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas. He also served as a Latimer County, Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff.

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