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George T. Shackelford (Madison County, Kentucky, deputy clerk and adj, lt col & col 6th Ky Inf USA)

b. 1837-02-28 d. 1912-09-21

Madison County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Illinois native. Son of J. M. Shackelford and Mallissa W. Shackelford. Resident of Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Deputy clerk in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as an adjutant, lieutenant colonel and colonel from December 24, 1861, to August 22, 1864.

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Bibliography

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.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 718.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 207.

"Col. George Taliaferro Shackelford (1837-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 13029756, accessed August 5, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13029756.

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Shackelford, George T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210800 (November 12, 2026).

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