Brown County Historical Scrapbook: Deputy James D. Burns
Brownwood Bulletin
James D. Burns, or “Jim” as the family called him, was a son of Col. Simon Pierce Burns and wife, Sarah. Jim was with his mother in Missouri when Col. Burns was fighting in the Civil War. He hid the family milk cow in the woods to keep her from being taken by the Union soldiers.
He began working as a deputy sheriff in Brown County as soon as he turned eighteen. When Jim was about twenty four, he left Brown County and moved to Silver City, New Mexico. He became a deputy sheriff and worked in nearby Paschal, New Mexico.