Zachariah
Shackelford
Sr.
Born in Orange, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Shackelford
and Anne (Lyne) Shackelford
Brother of
James Shackleford, Lyne Shackleford, John Lyne Shackelford, Benjamin (Shackleford) Shackelford Sr., William (Shackleford) Shackelford, Francis Shackelford, Edmund (Shackleford) Shackelford Sr., Elizabeth (Shackleford) Hickman and Samuel Shackelford
Husband of
Susan Gilmar (Embree) Shackelford
— married
1765 in King & Queen County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Richard B Shackelford, Sarah Shackelford, John Shackelford, William Shackelford, Frances Shackelford, James Shackelford, Susannah Shackelford and Zachariah Shackelford
Died
at age 81
in Casey, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Zachariah Shackelford & Dolly Embree had 8 children.
Zachariah was granted land in Lincoln Co., KY 1799 and again granted landin Casey Co., KY 1807. He exchanged several hundred acres of land inOrange Co., VA for a like number of acres in Lincoln Co., KY (Deed Book19, Page 291). He was a first lieutenant in the Army during the Americanrevolution.
Appointed Second Lt in Capt. Robert Thomas' company of Orange Co., VA Militia and took the appropriate oath at a monthly session of the Orange Co. Court held on Nov. 23, 1780. He was appointed First Lt in Capt CalebLandsay's Company of the Orange Co. Militia.
Zachariah Shackelford, whose wife was Dolly, was granted land in Lincoln Co, Ky., 1799, and again he was granted land in Casey Co, 1807. His estate was divided June 24, 1811, (see unmarked book, page 17) and among them--the heirs, we find the following: Dolly, widow; William and Richard, of Casey County, Zachariah, James, (John, deceased, with two children-Willis and Priscilla), Sally, Frances and Susannah.
Wills and inventories, Book A, page 29, Casey Co., Ky., November 20, 1810.
Zachariah Shackelford left no will, but in an unmarked book in Casey County, friendly suit in Chancery, we find the names of his heirs mentioned in the division of some of his land. His son William was the administrator of the estate.
In this instrument we find that Zachariah Shackelford had the following children:
William---------------(married Nancy Sheckley) Note: a marriage for Nancy Scheckler dated 1802 in Garrard County was recorded in Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Richard---------------(married Tabitha Baldock)
Zachariah-------------(perhaps married Nancy Ross)
James-----------------(married Elizabeth Baldock)
John------------------(married Polly Lawrence)
Sally------------------(married John Killian or Kellum)
Susannah--------------(married Joseph Embree)
The above instrument was dated November 20, 1810.
Sources
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zachariah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zachariah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zachariah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zachariah:
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
Julie (Atkins) Consalus :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #254166
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~0.78%
Susan (Consalus) Miller :
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