Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 84.  Shelby County.

ZACHARIAH WHEAT was born July 26, 1806, in Bourbon county, a son of
Zachariah and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Wheat, Virginians who emigrated to
Kentucky at an early date.  He learned the saddler's trade, and in 1828
he began the study of law with Cyrus Walker, of Columbia, Kentucky, was
admitted to the bar and commenced the practice in Adair and adjoining
counties.  He was appointed commonwealth's attorney by Governor Thomas
Metcalfe and held the office through several administrations.  He resigned
the office and was again appointed by Governor Robert P. Letcher and held
it when appointed circuit judge by Governor John J. Crittenden in 1848.
He served as circuit judge until the adoption of the constitution in 1849,
when he was elected by the people to the same office without opposition.
He declined a re-election on the expiration of his term.  June 15, 1857,
he was elected judge of the court of appeals from the third appellate
district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge B. Mills
Crenshaw, by a vote of 9,477 to 9,440 for Joshua F. Bullitt; but on
offering for re-election August 2, 1858, he was defeated owing to his
having joined the American party.  He resumed the practice at Columbia,
where he remained until 1861, when he moved to Shelbyville, where he
engaged actively in practice.
     He was a man of fine physique, over six feet high, very erect and
of admirable bearing.  Without pretense to oratory, he was a speaker of
more than ordinary ability.

Wheat Walker Crenshaw Bullitt
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Bourbon-KY Adair-KY VA

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