Meshack Ratliff

Meshack Stone Ratliff, also spelled Ratcliff, 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.
He was born in Claypool Hill, Virginia. He was a farmer, postmaster, and commissioner of revenue in Buchanan County, Virginia. He was from a large family and had 12 children.
He married Lucinda Ratliff in January 1850.
He was an officer in Company D of the 2nd Regiment Virginia State Line cavalry company during the American Civil War. He then served as a 1st Lieutenant in Company G of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry. and 14th Cavalry.