He would be living with his parents in the 1830 census in Decatur County, Georgia and the 1840 census in Lowndes County, Georgia. (Only head of household was named in 1830 and 1840 censuses.)
You can see Liberty County Georgia near where present day Savannah, Georgia is, on the Atlantic coast. Decatur, Lowndes and Thomas counties are in the south western corner of Georgia, on the border with Florida.
He marries Mary Croft, the daughter of Jacob Henry Croft and Abigail Hunter. Possibly on Dec 20 1849, though that doesn't match up with the ages of his children in the 1850 census. Together they have fifteen children according to the 1900 census, I have names for nine.
He appears in the 1850 census in Thomas County, Georgia already married and with two children.
1850 US Census District 81, Thomas County, Georgia
Hisekiah Shaw 25 Male Farmer $400 illiterate
Mary 21 Female
Elisa 3 Female
William 1 Male
I cannot locate the family in the 1860 census.
Hezekiah does join the Confederate Army in 1863. He enlists in Lake City, Columbia, Florida on 2 Nov 1863 as a Corporal in Company E of the Florida 9th Regiment. He is mustered out on 15 Dec 1864. Physical description from the record: He was 5'6", brown eyes, black hair, dark skin.
In the 1870, 1880, 1885 and 1900 censuses he is in Bradford county, Florida.
1870 US census Bradford County, Florida Sanderson post office, stamped page 278
Shaw H D 46 M W Farmer 500 400 Georgia illiterate
Mary 43 F Keeping House SC illiterate
Vina 16 F FL
Daniel 14 M Farm laborer FL Illiterate
Massouri 9 F FL
Robert 8/12 M FL
1880 US census Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida
Hezekiah Shaw W M 56 Married Farmer GA SC SC
Mary W F 52 Wife Married Keeping House SC SC SC cannot read/write
Robert L W M 10 Son FL GA SC
Elen Jordan W F 18 Servant Single Servant cannot read/write FL FL SC
Henry Croft W M 14 Board boy Laborer cannot write FL SC GA
H D Shaw W M 60 Married Farmer GA SC SC
Mary W F 56 Married SC SC SC
Robert W M 15 Son FL GA SC
Hezekiah D Shaw head W M Sep 1824 75 M 55 GA GA GA
Mary wife W F May 1828 72 M 15 5 SC SC SC
Della Hall servant W F Aug 1870 30 S FL FL FL
Hezekiah Daniel Shaw died 30 Oct 1902 in Union county, Florida. He is buried with his wife in the Swift Creek Cemetery across from Mt Zion Baptist Church in Union county, Florida. His gravestone has a mason symbol on it.
Hezekiah Daniel Shaw died at age 78. He had 15 children with his wife Mary Croft according to the 1900 census. 10 children and his wife preceded him in death. He was survived by his daughters Eliza B (John) Brown, Missouri (Jack) Mann, Melvina (Henry) Douglas and sons William Henry (Lydia) and Robert Lee (Mary).
Other possible names of children who preceded him in death: Elizabeth C Lewis, Leavy Shaw, Daniel F Shaw, Leleigh Mann.
There is a Elizabeth Shaw married to John Lewis that lived in Bradford at the same time and was also born in Georgia. 1850-1892 she is also buried in the same cemetery but we can not make a connection. Most of the Bradford records were burnt down due to the courthouse catching fire twice. Any help would be great.
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