Deputy Sheriff James Nelson Singleton, Hancock County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee

Deputy Sheriff James Nelson Singleton

Hancock County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee

End of Watch Sunday, July 20, 1913

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James Nelson Singleton

Deputy Sheriff Nelson Singleton was shot and killed in Providence by another sheriff's deputy whom he had just arrested.

The other deputy had been involved in a fight earlier in the day and stabbed another man. The deputy fled after murdering Deputy Singleton.

The suspect was apprehended almost two months later and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison.

Deputy Singleton was survived by his wife and two daughters.

Bio

Age 28
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun
Offender Sentenced to 10-20 years

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Deputy Singleton was my grandfather. He was survived by my grandmother, my mother and my aunt. He did not have a son. My mother, Hester Singleton Norton, was two years old at the time of his death.

Thank you for memorializing my grandfather.

Rose Ann Norton Trantham
Granddaughter

October 28, 2025