Courts, Judges, and Lawyers of Mississippi, 1798-1935, by Dunbar Rowland, BS, LLB, LLD, Printed by Press of Hederman Bros., Jackson, Miss., 1935, pg 96
Thomas G. Shackleford, chief justice during reconstruction in the South was a native of Kentucky. He was educated at Transylvania University, and after graduation settled in Mississippi for the practice of law. He was appointed in 1868 to the supreme bench by General Adelbert Ames, the military commandant, and acted as chief justice during his term. After his retirement from the supreme bench, in 1870, he was circuit judge for several years.
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