Ernest L. Bullock, attorney at law, of Jackson, Tenn., was born in Madison County, June 16, 1849; son of Micajah and Susan M. (Brown.) Bullock, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Tennessee. Micajah Bullock came to Tennessee in 1825, and located in Lexington, Tenn., where he soon after began practicing law. In 1835 he removed to Jackson, where he practiced law until his death, in August, 1872. He was more than ordinarily successful in the legal profession, and stood the peer of any lawyer in West Tennessee, or even in the State. He was extensively known and universally respected for his brilliant attainments and many good qualities. He was an old line Whig, in antebellum days, and represented both Henderson and Madison Counties in the State Legislature, being a member of the committee that codified the laws of Tennessee, in 1858. Only two of his six children are now living: Anna R. (Mrs. R. A. Sneed), and Ernest L., who was reared in the county and secured a fair education. He took a partial course in the West Tennessee University, and at the age of seventeen accepted the position as deputy clerk of the supreme court at Brownsville, which position he held four years. He then entered the Lebanon Law School, and graduated in 1871. Since that time he has practiced in Jackson, and has met with good success. He is a Democrat, and in 1878 was nominated by his party, without opposition, for the office of attorney-general of Madison County. He was elected and served eight years, his district comprising Madison and Chester Counties. He is a K. of P., Past Commander of The local lodge, and is present Grand Inner Guard of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. He is a member of the executive committee from Madison County, for the Eighth Congressional District, and is chairman of the county Democratic executive committee.

Goodspeeds History of Tennessee