Meshack Stone Ratliff, also spelled Ratcliff, (November 20, 1832 - March 1, 1922)[1][2] was a Confederate cavalry officer and state legislator in Virginia. He represented Buchanan County, Virginia and Wise County, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1871 to 1873.[3]
He was born in Claypool Hill, Virginia.[1] He was a farmer, postmaster, and commissioner of revenue in Buchanan County, Virginia. He was from a large family and had 12 children.[4]
He married Lucinda Ratliff in January 1850.[5]
He was an officer in Company D of the 2nd Regiment Virginia State Line cavalry company during the American Civil War.[6] He then served as a 1st Lieutenant in Company G of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry.[7] and 14th Cavalry.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Ratliff, Larry; Hockett, Jack; Ratliff, Gerald; Ratliff, Grace Addison (November 16, 1998). Some Descendants of John Ratliff & Charlotte White, 1765-1997. Heritage Books. ISBN 9780788408649 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Holston Pastfinder". Holston Territory Genealogical Society. November 16, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ Virginia (November 16, 1918). "Annual Reports of Officers, Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia" – via Google Books.
- ^ Brock, Robert Alonzo (November 16, 1888). "Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians : Executives of the Colony of Virginia, from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore :executives of the State of Virginia, from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee : Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powel Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury". H.H. Hardesty – via Google Books.
- ^ Harman, John Newton (November 16, 1922). Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922. W.C. Hill Printing Company. ISBN 9780598471109 – via Google Books.
- ^ http://www.researchonline.net/vacw/unit22.htm
- ^ "10th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA Roster". sites.rootsweb.com.
- ^ Office, Kentucky Adjutant-General's (November 16, 1980). "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65". Cook & McDowell – via Google Books.