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George W. Lockhart

Case from St-johns, AZ dated Feb 07, 1887

Victim Details

George W. Lockhart

Male

St-johns

AZ

1887-02-07

32

George

W. Lockhart

06/29/2026

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George W. Lockhart, a 32-year-old male of unknown ethnicity, served as a deputy sheriff for the Apache County Sheriff’s Office in the Arizona Territory during the 1880s. On February 7, 1887, he was killed near St. Johns, Arizona, while involved in a violent confrontation on the Navajo Indian Reservation, an incident that left him and two other white men dead and has since been remembered both in law-enforcement memorials and in Navajo-focused historical accounts.

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