Our connection – Parker & Johnson Lines. Shadrack is not shown on this pedigree chart. He is the great grandfather of Rachel Wilbanks.
8 pounds 11 shillings 5 pence sterling duty done in Roebuck’s Regiment. There are 5 pages to this record. The other pages are too difficult to read to include here.
Transcription of document: South Carolina Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly passed the 16th March 1783, we the Commissioners of the Treasury, have this day delivered to Mr. Shadrack Waldrope this our indented certificate for the sum of 8 pounds 11 shillings and 5 pence sterling duty done in Roebuck’s Regiment. Account Audited the said Shadrack Waldrope his Executors, Administrators, Assigns will be entitled to receive from this office the sum of 12 shillings on the demand one years interest on the principal sum of 8 pounds, 11 shillings and 5 pence and the like interest annually. Remainder of document is easier to read……
In documents Waldrop is spelled as Waldrope, Waldrup, or Waldrip. Shadrack is also spelled Shaderic, Sharech or Sheredick .
Shadrack Waldrop, a native of Spartanburg, SC served in a British Loyalist Militia and a Patriot militia during the Revolutionary War. This seems unusual to us. But this was not uncommon in the Revolutionary War, .
The Southern Colonies had great allegiance to the British crown early in the war due to their economic dependence on Great Britain. In the early part of the war, many Southern residents signed Oaths of Allegiance as they needed the protection that the British offered from the frequent Indian attacks in the frontier areas of the colonies.
At 24 years old, Shadrack Waldrop is listed in the Loyalist muster roll at Savannah, GA of Captain Faight Risinger’s Company of the SC Royalists on December 1, 1779. I was unable to find any details of activities of this unit.
The city of Charleston, SC fell to the British on May 12, 1780. Two months later, Shadrack enlisted in Colonel Benjamin Roebuck’s Battalion of Spartan Regiment, organized in July 1780. The brief records that exist, detail that he served in this regiment “after the fall of Charleston”.
There are no documents indicating which battles/skirmishes Shadrack was engaged. From August through November 1780, the Spartan Regiment participated in the Battles of – Musgrove’s Mill, Fishing Creek, Kings Mountain, Enoree River, Blackstocks, Williams’ Planation and Cowpens. It is likely that he was present at one or more of these engagements.
On August 26, 1786, Shadrack submitted a claim for military service, which stated that he served “after the fall of Charleston”. Two years later on September 22, 1788, he received an “indented certificate” for 8 pounds, 11 shillings and 5 pence sterling, plus 12 shillings – interest accrued for a year. This certificate could be used as legal tender in acquiring confiscated property (I assume from Loyalists). From other pages of this record, it appears that Shadrack used the certificate to purchase land.
In the book “Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution“, the following are listed as having also served – John Waldrop, James Waldrope, Joseph Waldrope, and Michael Waldrope. Most of these Waldropes were living in Spartanburg, SC in 1790 Census.
The city of Spartanburg, SC was named in honor of the Spartan Regiment.