Civil War Participation from the Stith Valley Area

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From:Bobby Priest
To: Jess Scott
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000

Jess,
I got a few minutes to look up some info and will try to pass it along. Buried in the Meadeville Cemetery; William K. Shacklette, Born Dec. 31,1838, killed in a skirmish near or in Meadeville on April 29, 1863. He was Captain in Company F, 1st ( Butler's) Ky Cav. C.S.A. He enlisted August 14, 1862 in Big Spring, Ky. Sources, Grave Marker and Adjutant General's Report For the State Of Kentucky, Confederate Soldiers.

John C. Shacklette. Born, Feb. 08,1834, Died, Feb. 11, 1863. I think the military info came from the A.G. Report, but failed to notate. He was listed as a "Guerilla/ Ranger, Mead County". John is buried in the Meadeville Cemetery also.

Absalom Shacklette, Born, Oct. 29, 1817, Died, Dec.03, 1863. The A.G. Report lists a, A.R. Shacklette as a Lt. Col. in Company D, 8th Ky Mounted Infantry, C.S.A. This might possibly be him, but haven't had the time to research.

James A. Shacklette, Born, Feb.03,1834, Died May 21, 1909. Both he and his wife, Eleanor Warfield Shacklette are buried in the Buck Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. They were married on Jan.03, 1867. James served as a private in Company E & B, 2nd (Woodward's) Ky Cav. also Company A, 3rd Tennessee Cav.( Ky Confedrate Pension Records). The A.G. Report also lists him in the 15th Ky Cav. Eleanor drew a widows pension from James' serivce in the Confederate Army.

I've located a Shacklette buried near Hardinsburg and his name was Aaron(I think this
correct) and he was a Captain in the Union Army.

I dug around till I found the paper that had some info on Aaron Shacklette. This was taken from W.P.A. records and were abstracted by someone. I don't know who, but it helps locate some of these old fellows. The one I have is for Breckinridge County, but I'm sure there are W.P.A. records for other counties, also. It lists Aaron G. Shacklette as a Union Major. Born in 1831, died July 28,1866. He is buried in what was in the 1930's known as the Mike Miller farm, near Hardinsburg. In some cases it tells what type of grave marker,if any, that is present. In this case he had/has a family grave marker. I don't know of any Shacklettes in the Breckinridge county area and never have known of any. This could possibly indicate a division in the family because of his Union allegiance and he might have possibly moved to the Hardinsburg area because of strong Union sentiments. There were a lot of Union soldiers from the central and western portion area of Breckinridge county. The eastern portion of the county seems to have had Southern sympathies, especially around the Bewleyville area.

The above from Bobby Priest

If you are reading this and have any leads on the circumstances of Aaron Shacklette please let me know, .  As I understand, it was not uncommon to have families divided during the war.  However this could have been another branch of the Shacklette family?

To: Jess Scott
Subject: Civil War Soldiers
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000
Jess,
Are you doing any research on the Shacklette family? I saw on the Stith Valley web site where a person mentioned a man with last name of Wimp buried in the old Meadeville cemetery. It was mentioned that he was a Confederate soldier killed in a skirmish in Meadeville. In that same skirmish, a Captain Shacklette of this same unit was also killed and is buried there. Another Shacklette is buried in this same cemetery who was a Confederate Partisan (Nice way of saying guerilla, I guess). I'm doing this without benefit of my records so hope I can get most of it right. There is a James A. Shacklette buried in the Buck Grove Baptist Church cemetery who was a Confederate Soldier and drew a pension off of his Confederate service in the early
1900's from the State of Kentucky. I have been to each of these graves and know where they are located and have filled a grave registration form on each that is on ( Or Should BE) the State and National database of the Sons Of Confederate Veterans. I haven't checked to see if this has been logged in, but I do have copies for my own records. Do you know of any more Civil War Soldiers graves located in the Stith Valley area or anymore in your family and not necessarily in Stith Valley ?
Bobby

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 07:26:21 -0400
To: "Bobby Priest"
From: Jess Scott
Subject: Re: Civil War Soldiers
Bobby,
I have quite a bit of Shacklette information. I am descended fro JOHN SHACKLETT b 2-25-1785 d 9-10-1823 m. in Pa. Rachel Wimp b 1-13-1784 d 11-17-1871. I could probably find exactly who each of these Shacklette soldiers were if you don't already have that. I would be interested in posting your information on the web site if you care to do it.

There is and old Taylor cemetery on the Secuskie place. I am pretty sure the Taylors were in the war but don't know if any soldiers are buried there. The stones are under the dirt. I took the liberty to visit the cemetery when they had that sale back in January and saw where the stones were. They are buried and only a couple were above ground. See what I have at
http://StithValley.com/ancestry/taylor/cemtaylr.htm


This Ancestor on my Mother's side served in the War: Andy Brown Hill Cemetery in Clinton County:
"James E. Brown Born Dec. 5, 1843 Died Dec. 11, 1914 Co F 5th Ky Calv"
http://StithValley/granny/cemetery/abhill.htm

Jess

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:22:18 -0400
To: "Bobby Priest"
From: Jess Scott
Subject: Re: Civil War Soldiers
Bobby,
The sale was just a sale of the farm equipment. Mrs. Secuskie did not sell the land, at least not at the sale I went to. The cemetery isn't that easy to find. If you study the photo on the web site you should be able to find it. See http://StithValley.com/ancestry/taylor/cemtaylr.htm .  Also there is an old Stith Valley map at http://StithValley.com/ancestry/stith/harold/maparea.htm   . That is the map I went by to find the Taylor cemetery when I first found it. Before Secuskie the place was a Stivers place and before that it was the Pate Dooley place. Of course, before that it was the Taylor place. That is where my ancestors John Hayden Taylor and Hannah Shacklette lived. On checking my files, I see that Daniel B. Taylor who is buried there in the Taylor cemetery was indeed in the Confederate army. There may be some question of details and I haven't checked into them. Perhaps you might have the answere in your files? See my notes at http://StihtValley.com/ancestry/taylor/rtaylor.htm   This Daniel B. Taylor is an uncle of mine, being the sister or Rachel Taylor who married a Williams. It is Rachel's daughter Hannah who married Thomas J. Stith.
Jess

To: Jess Scott
Subject: Re: Civil War Soldiers
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:39:26 EDT
Jess,
As I'm sure you're well aware, A new Grave marker can be gotten for Daniel Taylor thru the VA. Documentation is a must to prove his military service. I got one for James Snyder who buried in the Joel Jordan cemetery about a mile east of Bewleyville on Highway 333. ( Joel was my Gr,Gr,Gr,Gr,Gr Uncle) I haven't found any kinship with Jim Snyder, but am still looking. James was a private in the 1st Ky cav. C.S.A., I documented his service and after about a 6 month wait I got the stone. I'll look, but Daniel may have belonged to Bewleyville Masonic Lodge.
Bobby

To: Jess Scott
Subject: Re: Jacob H. Taylor
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000

Jess,
I have information on Benjamin F. Shacklett, Born 3/10/1846 in Meade county. Served in Company G, 12th Ky Cav.C.S.A. He drew a pension on his Confederate  Service. The pension number was #2513, filed in 1913 from Muhlenburg County.
He died 8/23/1914 in Paradise, Ky. He married Sallie E. Kirtley, Born 5/16/1851, on 6/10/ 1869 in McLean county, Ky. She drew a widows pension on Benjamin's military service. Pension #3164 filed in 1914 from Muhlenburg county, Ky. I'm trying to get information on Jess Shacklette who served in the Confederate Army and I think he might have died in the old Confederate
Soldiers home in Pewee Valley, Ky and was buried there.
Bobby