I wonder what Shadrack was doing in PA. I have several excerpts from various sources showing he was giving permission (?) to be a traveling minister and license to perform weddings in Ohio and Illinois.
A Shadery Ruark is on the 1781 list of Rev. soldiers from Maryland, by Peden, and we know he was still in Maryland in 1786 when he was named administrator for his father James' estate, and 1789 when he sold his father's land.
I also found this interesting bit of info:
http://www.rawlingsrollingshistory.com/2000/Dec2000.pdfNewsletter: The Rawlin(g)s-Rollin(g)s Family History Association
Vol.13, Iss.4
Dec 2000
"From Steve and Colleen Daniels, 8500 Elm Avenue, Orangevale, CA 95662"
"JAMES RAWLINS first appears travelling with a party of settlers coming to Ohio 1800-1901, a young man in his twenties. One member of the party was Shadrack Ruark along with several sons, Arthur, James, John, Shadrack Jr. and perhaps others. He also had several daughters, among them ELIZABETH who married JAMES RAWLINS, no date available. After stopping in sevreral stops they finally homesteaded in what was then known as Geauga County, but which later was Lake County."
I had assumed this was a move from Maryland to Ohio, but I probably should go back and re-read the file and see if it indicates where the party was coming from.
I have him in Ohio at least between 1804-1816, then a land purchase in Illinois in 1819, but in the 1820 census he was in Ohio. In 1822, 1827 and 1830 he was in Ohio, then another land purchase in Illinios in 1838, and living in Illinois in the Illinois 1840 state census. Then died in 1846 in Illinois (buried there).
Of course this could also be Shadrack Sr. and his son Shadrack. We know the Shadrack who handled his father's estate in Maryland was the one who was married to Rebecca, and this is presumed to be the same Shadrack who moved to Ohio. I don't have anything from Illinois info to indicate Shadrack's wife there. I have not researched Shadrack Jr., but the direct line I am working on, from Shadrack, continues through Illinois with Shadrack's son John, b.ca 1784. I have Shadrack's son Shadrack b.ca 1792, but I don't have any documentation to prove this date at this time.