Background
Sneed, John Louis Taylor was born on May 12, 1820 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Major Junius and Julia Rowan (Taylor) Sneed.
Sneed, John Louis Taylor was born on May 12, 1820 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Major Junius and Julia Rowan (Taylor) Sneed.
Academic education.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1841. Member Tennessee general assembly, 1845-1846. Officer in Mexican war, 1846-1847.
District attorney general, 1851-1854. Attorney general of Tennessee and Supreme Court reporter, 1854-1859. Brigadier general provisional army of Tennessee, 1861.
Judge Supreme Court, 1870-1878. Judge Court of Arbitration, 1879. Democratic elector for State-at-large, 1880.
Judge Court of Referees, 1883-1884. Chancellor 11th Chancery Division of Tennessee, 1894-1900 (resigned January 3, 1900, retiring to private life). Edited 5 vols. Sneed’s Tennessee Reports.
President Memphis Law School, 1887-1893. Address: Memphis, Tenn.
Member Tenn.
Married Mary Ashe Shepherd, August 1848.