John R. Jelks Sheriff's Bond

Collection

Identifier: MC 1725

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Scope and Contents

Sheriff's bond issued for John R. Jelks following his election as Woodruff County Sheriff in 1863.

Dates

1863

Creator

Jelks, John R., 1814-1875 (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Conditions Governing Use

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

John R. Jelks (1814-1875) served as the sheriff of Madison County, Tennessee, and then as the first sheriff of Crockett County, Tennessee before moving to Arkansas, where he served as sheriff of Woodruff County, Arkansas in the 1860s and 1870s.

Jelks was born November 3, 1814, in Wake County, North Carolina to Mary H. Curtis and Jarrett M. Jelks. He moved to Madison County, Tennessee as a child. In the 1830s, he married Emma Reese. Following his wife's death, Jelks remarried, to Mary Elizabeth Lane, around 1845. He passed away July 13, 1875, and is buried in Union Cemetery in Woodruff County, Arkansas.