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James W. Shackelford (Mercer County, Kentucky, stonemason and farmer)

b. 1825?

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and stonemason. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Robertson Shackelford in Mercer County, Kentucky, on September 7, 1850. Father of Ludwell C. Shackelford, Mary F. Shackelford, and Emily Shackelford. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Stonemason in Mercer County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 355A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 595.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #272.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191860, p. 149.

Citation

Shackelford, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211076 (November 12, 2026).

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