Charles
Jones
Jenkins
Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Emily Gertrude (Barnes) Jenkins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Seaborn Rebecca Reid (Jones) Jenkins
— married
24 May 1832 in Jefferson, Georgia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jun 2015
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Charles Jenkins is Notable.
| Preceded by 43rd Governor James Johnson |
Charles J. Jenkins 44th Governor of Georgia  |
Succeeded by 45th Governor Thomas H. Ruger |
Biography
- Elected governor in 1865, Jenkins actively obstructed actions of the post-war Reconstruction government, in particular, an integrated state constitutional convention.
In the 1872 U.S. presidential election, he received two electoral college votes. In that election, Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley died after the election but before the electors convened and so two electors from Georgia cast their votes for Jenkins.
In the state constitutional convention of 1877, delegates unanimously chose Jenkins as president of the convention when they assembled on July 11, 1877.
Legacy
- Jenkins County, Georgia is named in the Governor's honor.
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 10521
- Charles J. Jenkins on Wikipedia
- Brown, Russell K. "Charles Jones Jenkins (1805-1883)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 01 August 2016. Web. 13 January 2017. Georgia Encyclopedia
From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:
- US Census, 1850 (occupation: lawyer, Richmond Co., GA)
- US Census, 1860
- US Census, 1880
- Ancestry.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
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