James M. Shackelford

Birth Date

1812-01-04

Death Date

1867-12-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, postmaster and court clerk. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Priscilla Culbertson Shackelford. Father of George T. Shackelford and Edward J. Shackelford. Married to Melissa Walker Shackelford in Madison County, Kentucky, on December 15, 1846. Father of Joel W. Shackelford. Appointed postmaster of Richmond Courthouse on May 28,1841. Circuit court clerk in Madison County in 1850. Circuit court clerk in Madison County from 1860 to 1861. Owned six enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Held an additional seventeen enslaved persons for Durrett White's estate in Madison County in 1860. Circuit court clerk in Madison County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 251A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 144.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 474B.
"Jas M. Shackelford (1812-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial # 49405684, accessed May 31, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149405684.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12150.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 11.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Madison County, Kentucky, vol 12A, p. 384.
KYR-0001-020-1429.

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