Death about 1804

Shadrack Roberts was b. About 1764 in Granville County, North Carolina
Death: AFT 15 OCT 1804 in Columbia County, Georgia Other spellings: Shadrick, Shadwick, Chad, Shad,


Shadrack ROBERTS was married twice. It is questionable who his first wife may have been.

Shadrack had 8 children from his first wife and 2 children from his second wife, Delila "Dilly" Landers which they were married about 1795.

Children from his first marriage:
David P. Roberts b: 1784 in Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
Pations Roberts
Nancy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts
Frances "Fanny" Roberts
Jenny Roberts
Joseph Roberts
Absolam Roberts


Children of DELILAH LANDERS and SHADRACK ROBERTS are:

COURTNEY ROBERTS, b. June 12, 1795, Virginia; d. Aft. 1870, Calhoun County, Alabama.

JOHN ROBERTS, b. 1803, Columbia County, Georgia; d. November 15, 1866, Buried Fannin County, Texas.Sandy Cemetery, Bonham,

MILITARY SERVICE

1775-1783, U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls;
Name: Shadrach Roberts
Rank - Induction: Private
Roll Box: 79
Roll State: NC
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783;
(National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls);
War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93;
National Archives, Washington. D.C.

1785, 13 Jun;
Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants, Chapter R, Page Number 449
Roberts, Shadrach
N. C. Private. 13 Jun 1785, 228 acres
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All the collected military records of Shadrach Roberts are consolidated at the following link:

Shadrach Roberts: person, pictures and information - Fold3.com
www.fold3.com/page/630302486_shadrach_roberts/

from DeCody Brad Marble

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Private Shadrach Roberts on payroll,
under commander, Capt. Samuel Ashe Jr., Troop or Company 1, NC Light Dragoons Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line.

Source:
Ancestry.com
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; Images 194, 196 & 198, (1778, Jan, Feb & Mar); NARA Micro film 246 Record Group 93 Roll Box 79.

Information from DeCody Brad Marble
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Approximate birth maybe abt. 1754

1767 Tax List by Philip Pryor -
Source:
Granville County, North Carolina, Tax Lists, CR044.701; Richard Roberts and son Shadrack and female Negro slave, Rose?
(implies Shadrack a minor, probably lower teens).

1771
Shadrach Roberts on
"Roster of Granville Co. Militia;
Capt. James Yancey's Company of Foot
Belonging to the Regiment Commanded
by Colo. Rich'd Henderson" -
Source: (DocSouth)
Documenting the South,
docsouth.unc.edu/.../csr22-00...
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
(CSR) Colonial and State Records of North Carolina.
Pgs. 162 - 164 (p. 163)
(Age: Probable 17, old enough to be in the Military)

1772, 17 Apr:
(Age: Probable 18)
Father, Richard Roberts LW&T;
Probated May 1772
Source -
History and Genealogies of
Old Granville County, North Carolina,
1746 - 1800" by Thomas McAdory Owen (p. 63)
"(4) to son Shadrach, 1 negro woman
and half of his wearing clothes;"
Note: Implies Shadrach is still a youth or teen.

Information from DeCody Brad Marble

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