Terms of Service

• House, 14th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
  Democrat
  

(1) Clifton, Bosque County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(2) Meridian, Bosque County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. J.K. Helton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Joseph Knowles Helton, birth date 8/12/1817, death date 9/16/1906, photo, burial in Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Bosque County. Find a Grave .
• HELTON, JOSEPH KNOWLES (1817-1906). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, J.K. Helton, p. 427. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
• Obituary, "Judge J.K. Helton: Oldest Lawyer in Bosque County Passes Away," The Clifton Record, 9/21/1906, p. 7, crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library. "In 1873 he was elected to the lower house of the State Legislature . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch and photo, Helton, Judge J.K, Family, F523. Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), 1985, Dallas, Texas, pp. 366-367, crediting Denton Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 14th R.S. - 1874
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Penitentiary  
• Public Lands and Land Office