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| − | | date_of_birth =Circa [[1778]]
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| − | | place_of_birth =St. Dominique, Haiti
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| − | | date_of_death =December [[1848]]
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| − | | place_of_death =New Orleans, Louisiana
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| − | | occupation =[[Escambia County Sheriff]]
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| − | '''Henri Peire''' ([[1778]]-[[1848]]) was the first [[sheriff of Escambia County]].<ref>Other records show a man named [[William Loftin]], a resident of the [[Oyster Bay]]/[[St. Andrews]] area (modern day [[Panama City]]) as being appointed sheriff of "Florida's Western District," another designation for the territory west of the [[Wikipedia:Suwanee River|Suwanee River]]. It is unclear if the "sheriff" title was exclusive to Loftin, but Peire was certainly the effective sheriff of the Pensacola area.</ref>
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| − | Born circa [[1778]] in St. Dominique, Haiti, Peire was a privateer and merchant mariner who emigrated to the United States in the early 1800s, joining the army and fighting in the [[War of 1812]]. He was a major (and later a colonel) in the 44th Infantry and accompanied General [[Andrew Jackson]] on his [[1817]]-[[1818]] campaigns through Florida. When Jackson oversaw the transfer of Florida from Spain on [[July 17]], [[1821]], he appointed Peire as "[[Wikipedia:alguazil|alguazil]]," a position analogous to sheriff.
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| − | Peire served for only for a few months, moving to New Orleans around October of 1821. He became superintentendent of the New Orleans port and died in December [[1848]].
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *[[John Appleyard]]. ''The Peacekeepers: the Story of Escambia County, Florida's 43 Sheriffs''. 2007.
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| − | {{succession box | before = N/A | title = [[Escambia County Sheriff]] | years = [[1821]] | after = [[Charles Bradford]]}}
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| − | [[Category:Escambia County Sheriffs|Peire, Henri]]
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| − | [[Category:Pirates & privateers|Peire, Henry]]
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