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| occupation =Farmer, [[Escambia County Sheriff]]
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| spouse =Mattie Jane Shepherd| parents =John Smiley and Sarah Van Pelt| children =James Lester, Margaret Caroline, Annie, Jessie
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'''James Cornelius Van Pelt''' ([[February 8]], [[1864]] - [[July 31]], [[1927]]) served two terms as [[Escambia County Sheriff]], [[1903]]-[[1913]], and [[1917]]-[[1919]].
In [[1919]], Sheriff Van Pelt was involved in a scandal involving liquor distillation. The Eighteenth Amendment had been ratified at the time, but it would not go into effect until [[January 16]], [[1920]]. Nevertheless, due largely to the administration of Governor [[Wikipedia:Sidney J. Catts|Sidney J. Catts]], a member of the Prohibition Party, Van Pelt was removed from office.
He is buried in [[Clopton Cemetery]].<ref>http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.van-20-pelt/239.1/mb.ashx</ref>
==Leander Shaw Incident==
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[[Category:Escambia County Sheriffs|van Pelt, James C.]]