John Shackelford
b. 24 March 1809, d. 28 October 1869
- Father: James Francis Shackelford b. circa 1760, d. circa 1827
- Mother: Nancy Haynes b. 10 December 1768, d. 12 November 1843
- John Shackelford was born on 24 March 1809 in Virginia or Georgia.
- He married Maria Louise Turner, daughter of James Turner and Catharine (?), on 25 January 1842 in Montgomery County, Alabama, with B. L. Bibb, JCCMC, officiating.
- John Shackelford and Maria Louise Turner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Catharine (?), William Hugh Wilson and Mary R. Bullock.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- John Shackelford became a widower at the 3 February 1855 death of his wife Maria Louise Turner.
- On Sunday, 29 April 1855, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Mr. John Shackleford from Ala. came this evening."
- Evelina Wood wrote on 28 May 1855, to her daughter Lizzie Powell: ". . . I wrote to Cousin Eliza the 31st of April begging pleading and entreating her to go to you and stay with you -- she sent me word before I wrote her by John Shackelford she expected to start in two or three days to see you and I feared she would give it out and so I wrote to her the next day after I saw J Shackleford -- she has not answered my letter and say she did not go -- I yet hope she is now with you and may heavenly blessings attend her always if she has gone to my dear afflicted child who is deprived of a mother's watchful care. . . ."
- John Shackelford appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon County, Alabama.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- John Shackelford died on 28 October 1869 at age 60.
- He was interred at Cubahatchee Cemetery, Macon County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 6 May 2013