Person:Shadrack Ford (1)

Relocated from Monongalia Co. VA (now Taylor Co., WV) to Pendleton Co. KY, with his father.

Shadrack Ford and his second wife, Nancy Woodyard (she had previously been married to an Ammerman) were divorced based upon a petition filed by him in Pendleton Chancery Court on 08 May 1874. Among the witnesses were his son-in-law William Fookes, his son Lewis Ford, and James Lovelace. According to the petition, Shadrack Ford stated that after his marriage to her, they lived together until about 05 Jun 1868 when Nancy Ford abandoned him. Judgment No. 271 annulled their marriage.

The earliest record we have of Shadrack Ford's activities in the Pendleton County, KY court system was the case of Commonwealth vs. Shadrack Ford held in the October Term 1835 of Pendleton Circuit Court. Upon the oath of John Bradford, Shadrack Ford was charged by the grand jury with "unlawful swearing one profane oath by then and there (Falmouth, 20 Jul 1835) taking the name of his maker in vain." At the time, young Shadrack was 24 years of age.

When Shadrack Ford died, his creditors forced the suit entitled Shadrack Ford's Administrator vs. Shadrack Ford's Heirs filed in Pendleton County, KY Chancery Court. According to the petition for the sale of his land filed 16 Mar 1892, he had no personal property and only a small tract of land on the Falmouth and Williamstown Turnpike (now State Route 22) containing about 35 acres. This was his inheritance from the estate of his father Noah Ford who had died in 1864. W.J. Perrin who held a note against him in the amount of $50.00 with interest totalling $25.75 along with W.G. Oldham who was owed $13.00 on account, and Oldham and Dunstall who were owed $23.50 for burial expenses all made claims against the estate. In addition, other debts included: $10.04 in State and County taxes for 1891, $5.00 by W.R. Fryer as his administrator, and $12.50 by the commissioner for his allowance. The total value of claims against the estate was $199.97.

These claimants asked that his land be sold as public auction to satisfy their claims. At the auction held at the courthouse door in Falmouth on Monday, 07 Nov 1892, A.J. Lovelace bid on and purchased the parcel for a total of $195.80. William Gulick and N.B. Chipman had appraised the land at a value of $262.50.

All his children are listed in the petition for the sale of his land.

1. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   ppg. 15, 17, 33.
2. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   pg. 17.
3. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006).
4. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   pg. 15.
5. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   pg. 16.
6. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006).
7. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   pg. 33.
8. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Pendleton Co., Kentucky
   pg. 50.
9. ↑ Nagle, Eric C. and Larry L. Ford Society. The Genealogy of the Descendants of William Ford (1722-1821). (Huber Heights, Ohio; revised 2006)
   pg. 33.