Jack Helm | |
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| Born | John Jackson Helm c. 1839 |
| Died | May 17, 1873 (aged 33–34) |
| Cause of death | GSW |
| Occupation | Lawman |
John Jackson Helm (sometimes Helms) (c.1839–May 17, 1873), was a lawman, cowboy, gunfighter, and inventor in the American Old West. He fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, but worked as a lawman for the Union during Reconstruction. He was an active participant in the Sutton–Taylor feud in and about Dewitt County, Texas; and was killed in an ambush related to the feud and perpetrated by Jim Taylor and John Wesley Hardin.