(Wikipedia) Jeff Milton (November 7, 1861 – May 7, 1947) was an Old West lawman and the son of the Confederate Governor of Florida, John Milton.
... At age 15, he moved to Texas where he worked as a cowboy, then lied about his age and joined the Texas Rangers in 1878.
After serving with the Rangers for four years, he moved through west Texas and into New Mexico, where he became a Deputy US Marshal in 1884. For a time in the 1880s he worked under Sheriff John Slaughter in Cochise County, Arizona, during which time the two were involved in several manhunts and shootouts with outlaws.
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