Daniel Shadley Sr (1755 - 1836)

Born 17 Mar 1755 in Fredrick Co., Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Blake) Shadley — married 18 Dec 1822 in Ohio

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1836 at age 81 in Toboso, Ohio

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Biography

In 1757 moved to Shanandoah Valley in Virginia.

Joining in September 1777, he served with Lewis Stump in Capt Wilson's Company at the Battle of Germantown in October 1777. Served under Capt Archibald Wilson in Revolutionary War in 1779. Was recruited in Winchester VA. Discharged with a lame hand. Mr. Shadley appears in the Rev War veterans list published by the DAR in the 1920's.

Moved from VA to Hanover Twp, Licking Co, Ohio in 1804.

Buried in Shadley Cemetary, Hanover Twp, Licking County, Ohio.

Daniel Shadley was the fourth of seven known children (all sons), and the first to be born in America. He was born in Pennsylvania within a year of his parents arrival from Germany in 1754. When he was about age 3, his family moved to Frederick County in the northern (Shenandoah) "Valley of Virginia." During the Revolutionary War, Daniel served on at least three occasions in the Virginia Militia. In September 1777, he was stationed near Germantown. In 1779, he served another three months. In 1781, he guarded prisoners near Winchester for about two weeks, and injured his hand, perhaps by accident. Daniel and Hannah were married about 1780. About 1784, Daniel may have moved his family to Franklin County, Virginia, over 160 miles south. By 1798, they were again living in northern Virginia, in Loudoun County, where his wife Hannah was raised. By 1809, Daniel moved his family again, to central Ohio's Licking County, a virtual wilderness. From the Shadley Family History, by Dwayne Norris: "Like many pioneers of that day, the Shadley families left Virginia in covered wagons, with the women and children riding in the wagons, while the men walked to Ohio." From the 1798 History of Licking County, O. - Its Past and Present, Illustrated, compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr., A. A. Graham & Co., publishers, Newark, Ohio, c. 1881, "Hanover Township," p.460: "From 1806 to 1809 there was a large addition of immigrants. Among them were Daniel Shadley..." Daniel was a prosperous farmer, and bought several thousand acres near Toboso. In 1821, Hannah, his wife of 40 years, died. In 1822, Daniel remarried to 46 year old Eleanor Blake, who was probably a widow. Daniel started receiving a government pension for his military service in 1832. He lived only another four years, until age 81 in 1836. Second wife Eleanor survived until after 1850. Hannah and Daniel, at least two of their children, Nancy and Amy, and Amy's husband Samuel Francis are buried in the Shadley-Francis Family Cemetery near Toboso, in Licking County, Ohio. In 2009, great-granddaughter Connie Moore and husband Mike placed a new granite memorial commemorating Daniel's Revolutionary War service at his gravesite.

Sources

• The Shadley Family History by Dwayne Norris 1997

• Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36736480

• Hannah grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35677484

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LRTF ), Daniel Shadley, 04 Mar 1831; citing Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.

• "United States Census, 1830," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGK-D23), Daniel Shadley, Hanover, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing 360, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 134; FHL microfilm 337,945.

• "United States Census, 1820," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLQ-QR6), Daniel Shadley, Hanover, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing p. 14, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 94; FHL microfilm 181,400.