GGWC Shadrach Wooten

Biography:

Wooten, Shadrach - (b. 1739; d. Apr 12, 1812) - Buried in Western Prong Baptist Church Cemetery, northern ColumbusCounty. Cemetery is located a quarter mile from Highway #701, on the west side of the highway, about four and a half miles south of the Bladen-Columbus County line. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.43084, Longitude: -78.73322Originally grave was indicated by a wooden marker, since replaced by a marble tombstone. Reported by Samuel Johnston and Battle of Elizabethtown Chapters. Service; Ensign, New Bern Battalion, 5th NC Regiment. He was a member of Colonel Richard Caswell's NC Rangers during the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on 27 February 1776.He was appointed Ensign, 5th NC Regiment effective 17 Apr 1776 during the meeting of the Provincial Council of North Carolina at Halifax, NC on 4 April 1776. (State Regent's Project Report; NSSAR Membership # 89039, 96976, 98798, 100827 and 100830, NSSAR Patriot & Grave Index Number P 324671)

Shadrach Wooten

Birth: 1756 / Edgecombe / NC

State of Service: NC

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Allen; (2) Mary Treadwell

SAR Patriot #: P-324669 DAR #: A130365

Death: 12 Apr 1812 / Columbus / NC

Qualifying Service: Ensign / Patriotic Service

Children: Shadrach, Charity, John, Richard, Thomas Box, Allen, Robert

Patriotic Service Description: Ensign in 5th NC Regiment. Fought in Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge under Col. Richard Caswell. Took Oath of Allegiance to make land entry in Pitt County, 1778.

Sources:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004;

Roster of Soldiers from NC in the Am Revolution, p. 50;

The Colonial Records of NC, Vol 10, p. 517-518; Pruitt, Abstracts of Land Entries, Pitt Co, p18