Shadrack CLARK

Abt 1759 -

• Name	Shadrack CLARK
  Born	Abt 1759  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1775	Chesterfield County, Virginia   [1]
  Residence	Between 1780 and 1841	Lunenburg County, Virginia   [1]
  Census	1810	Lunenburg County, Virginia   [2]
  	2 males under 10, 1 male10-16, 1 male over 45, 1 female under 10, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 26-45
  Deed-Purchase	10 Oct 1810	Lunenburg County, Virginia   [3]
  	On 10 Oct 1810 Shadrack Clark gave by Deed of Gift all his estate, both real and personal, to his children who are named in the deed. The children named in this deed are Thomas C. Clark, Polly Clark, Field Clark, Nancy G. Clark, Ellison Clark and Peter Clark.
  Reference Number	8640
  Person ID	I8640	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	Rebecca CRYMES
  Married	11 Dec 1788	Lunenburg County, Virginia   [4, 5]
  	Marriage bond is dated 11 Dec 1788 while Bible record shows marriage date of 7 Sep 1788. Since the Bible record is recorded many years after the event, the marriage bond is likley closer to the actual marriage date.
  Children	1. Field CLARK,   b. Lunenburg County, Virginia   2. Thomas C. CLARK,   b. 07 Sep 1790, Lunenburg County, Virginia ,   d. 05 Jul 1849, Virginia  (Age 58 years) Married: Susannah JORDAN (1812)   3. Mildred CLARK,   b. 07 Apr 1793, Lunenburg County, Virginia   4. Polly CLARK,   b. 31 Aug 1795, Lunenburg County, Virginia   5. Nancy G. CLARK,   b. 1800, Lunenburg County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Oct 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 58 years) Married: Joel DODSON (1822)   6. Ellison CLARK,   b. 20 Nov 1802, Lunenburg County, Virgiinia   7. Peter CLARK,   b. 14 Aug 1805, Lunenburg Coiunty, Virginia
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Field Clark, Jr. applied for a Revolutionary War pension on 6 Nov. 1841 in Lunenburg Co. VA on behalf of his father Shadrack Clark Field Clark declared that Shadrack Clark was 82 years old, that he was raised in Chesterfield Co., VA, and that he was insane for the last 35 years. The pension application states that Shadrack Clark enlisted inthe Virginia Troops in 1775 while living in Chesterfiled Co. and serviced under Capt. Markham, Col. Henry Eppes, and others. Shadrack Clark moved to Lunenburg Co. around 1780 where he since resided.  The application was rejected for insufficient proof of service. Revolutionary War Pension Application R. 2019. Shadrack Clark was reiembursed for providing a gun to the militia.  The 1796 will of John Gardner proved on 10 Nov. 1796 names Shadrack Clark as executor and identifes two of his children: son Thomas and daughter Amelia. Field Clark witnessed the will. Lunenburg Co. Will Book 7, 1810-1818, p. 19. The court concluded that Shadrack Clark as incapable of performing his duties and granted probate to Thomas Clarke. Ibid., p. 21. The 1832 will of Shadrack

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Warrants (HQ), (NARA), Shadrack Clark, R2019, Application Letter, 6 Nov 1841. [S773] 1810 Census Lunenburg Co., Va, (NARA), Shadrack Clark household. [S835] Lunenburg Deed Book 22, p. 110, Shardrack Clark to Children, 10 Oct 1810. [S772] Clark-Crymes Family Bible. [S775] The Old Free State, Vol. 2, Bell, Landon C., Site Owner: Google, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995), p. 390, Marriage of Shadrick Clarke and Rebecca Crymes, 1788.