Bleckley, Logan Edwin, 1827-1907

Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, born in Rabun County, Georgia.

Chief Justice Logan Edwin Bleckley was born on July 3, 1827, in Rabun County, Georgia. After a rural upbringing, he studied law and was admitted to the Georgia Bar. After admission to the bar he worked as a bookkeeper at the State Railroad Office in Atlanta. Subsequently he moved to Milledgeville where he worked as a Governor's Secretary. In 1851 he moved to Atlanta and established a private law firm. In 1856 he was elected Solicitor General of the Coweta Circuit, and in 1864 was appointed Reporter by the Judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Mr. Bleckley returned to private practice in Atlanta in 1867, but in 1875 was offered an appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He accepted, but resigned in 1880. In 1887 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He resigned in 1894. Mr. Bleckley married Clara Caroline Haralson in 1857 and had five children. Following her death he remarried in 1893 to Chloe Herring. This marriage produced another five children. Chief Justice Bleckley was also known as a poet. He died on March 6, 1907, in Clarksvile, Georgia and was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.