UPDATE SEP 22, 2015, 9:14PM: Lt. Ron Parsons contacted MySaline to let us know what he found out about the fallen Deputy of 1847. The Saline County Sheriff Deputy killed in 1847 has been traced down and found to be Gilbert Byrd Burchfield.  He was approximately  age 34-35 years old at the time of his … Continue reading Sheriff’s Office Finds Info on 19th Century Fallen Deputy and Family