Shadrick W Shivers
b. Aug 24 1824 ?
d. 1878-1911
Born in either Isle of Wight NC or Pitt County NC to James Marklin Shivers on Sept 24 1824.
The exact date and location has yet to be
determined but based on the date of his birth it could even have been in
Pitt County NC just prior to the migration to Tennessee. Shadrick shows up in 1842
in the probate records of Benjamin Shivers and 1844 with his marriage to
Louisa Redditt. Shadrick used his 1st cousin Roderick James Powell Shivers
to sign the security bond which i believe was a part of his inheritance
monies. They were married in Shelby County, Tn on Sept 24 1844 and this looks
to have been near his 20th birthday and so the birthdate was derived. This
also would be a reason for the guardian changeover and report that happened
the following week. Shadrick shows up as a member of the Raleigh Eqypt
Baptist Church with various other family members and is listed as a
administrator of the church. Shadrick show up in the 1850 Census with his
wife Louise and one son Roderick T Shivers in the Raleigh District. In 1851
we found where Shadrick deed's to William Shivers of Pitt County land in
Pitt County and i believe this to be a part of the land Sarah Elks left to
Benjamin Shivers and family. This William Shivers would be the same family
that currently lives on the Shivers family land in Winterville, Nc. I next find Shadrick in various locations and also
dating other women around 1852 in Tippah County, Ms as listed in the diaries
of James and Charles Terry. We also find him in the History of Point
Township Ark between 1852 and 1854 and this is probably related to the large
Redditt farms he possibly was helping to manage for his father in law or for
the Gregory family that married his sister. He is listed in 1853 on probate
records with Tillman Gregory together receiving goods from the estate and
most likely helped to return to Arkansas with them. Shadrick seems to
disappear for a couple of years and then resurfaces when he joins the
Civilwar at the Germantown Depot.
Shadrick W Shivers joined the 51st Tn Inf Company C and was captured at Fort
Donalson and imprisoned at Camp Douglas in IL. He was there and exchanged at
Vicksburg and again disappears until the 1865 Slave Census of Shelby County,
Tn where he shows up a slave owner with 12 slaves. After this we can only
find a single references in 1870 in the NC marriage index and 1878 in Maryland
where SW Shivers shows up as a carpenter which is the trade his son Roderick
T Shivers continued. The burial location of Shadrick has not been located and
all efforts are currently directed towards finding his gravesite to place his
CSA tombstone as he rightly deserves.
** Update 2005 **
Family of Solomon Pitt Shivers is identical and now looks as though Shadrick
from Pitt County was later known as Solomon Pitt Shivers and was buried in
Alabama. This is totally possible and is also found in my mothers line.
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Children
Roderick Theophilus Shivers
William James Shivers
Parents
James Marklin Shivers
Repsey Powell
Marriages
Louisa Redditt
S.A. ?
Documents
Deed May 4 1850
Deed May 4 1850
Deed May 7 1850
Deed May 7 1850
Deed Jul 7 1853 witness
S.A. Shivers - Temperence Notice
Charles and James Terry Diaries
Census
1850 Shelby County, Tn Census
1850 Shelby County, Tn Slave Census
1865 Shelby County, Tn Slave Census
1870 Pitt County NC, census
1878 Frederick County Md
Civilwar Papers
Roll,Muster,POW,Discharge
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