Jerome Gregoire Eslava was the first  Hispanic Deputy Sheriff in the State of Alabama.  He served in the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office as a Deputy, until 1861, then  became a Deputy Marshall for the Confederate States  of America,  Southern District of Alabama, until 1865. He was exempt from military service,  but enlisted twice in the Confederate Military and served as a 2nd Lt. in  Company B, Mobile City Troop, Alabama Militia, from 1862 to 1865. He then  rejoined the Sheriff’s Office and served as a Deputy, until his death, in 1880. 
He was born on March 12, 1830 and died on  December 29, 1880. He was the son of Joaquin Oscar Eslava and Mary Emeline  Cook. Cook was born 1811, died April 30, 1849, and buried at Church Street   Cemetery, in the Eslava  Lot. She was the daughter of Nicolas Cook Jr. and Constance Baudin. Joaquin  Oscar Eslava was the son of Miguel Eslava, who served as the Spanish Royal  Treasurer, in Spanish Colonial Mobile, Alabama from 1784 to 1813. 
Jerome Gregorie Eslava married Mary  Elizabeth Carey (born 1832, died June 4, 1879). He also married Celestine  Mazange, born 1827. She is buried at Catholic   Cemetery, in the Mazange  Plot. 
Jerome lived on the south east corner of New York and Marine    Street, in 1861, in Mobile, Alabama.  He enlisted in the Confederate Alabama Militia on December 19, 1862 and  reenlisted on August 22, 1864. He is described as being 5’11, with brown eyes,  sandy hair and a florid complexion.
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Jerome Gregorie  Eslava fué el primer Diputado de Alguacil Hispano en el Estado de Alabama.  El sirvió en la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Mobile como Diputado, hasta 1861. Entonces se unió  al Confederate Military y sirvió como  segundo teniente en Mobile City Troop, Alabama Militia, de 1862 a 1865.  Llegó a ser un jefe de diputados para los  Estados Confederados de América, Distrito del Sur de Alabama hasta 1865.  Fué exento del  servicio militar, pero se enlistó dos veces en el Confederate Military y  sirvió  como segundo teniente en Company B Mobile  City Troop, Alabama Militia, de 1862 a 1865.   Luego volvió a la oficina del Alguacil y sirvió como diputado, hasta su muerte, en 1880.
Nació el 12 de Marzo,1830 y murió el 29 de  Diciembre, 1880.  Era hijo de Joaquin  Oscar Eslava y Mary Emeline Cook.  Cook  was born en 1811 y murió el  30 de Abril,  1849, y fué enterrada en el cementerio de Church Street, en el Lote Eslava.  Era hija de Nicolás Cook Jr. y Constance  Baudin.  Joaquin Oscar Eslava era hijo de  Miguel Eslava, quien sirvió como el Tesorero  Real Español, en Mobile Colonial Español, Alabama de 1784 a 1813.
Jerome Gregorie Eslava se casó con Mary  Eliabeth Carey (nacida en 1832, fallecida en June 4, 1879).  El también se casó con Celestine Mazange,  nacida en 1827.  Está sepultada en el  Cementerio Católico en el Lote Mazange.
Jerome vivió en la esquina sur este de las  calles New Yok y Marine, en 1861, en Mobile,   Alabama.  Él se enlistó en la Confederate Alabama  Millitia el 19 de Diciembre de 1862 y se   re-enlistó el 22 de Agosto, 1864.   Se le describe como  de 5’ 11’’. con ojos café, pelo rubio rojizo y una complexión rojiza.
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