No probate has been found.
Henry Waddle is not listed in 1850 Census. Family history says he was lost driving horses to Texas.
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Rnadolph County
John Shaver: His neighbors wer for ten to fifteen miles distant. and at that time wagons were a rare sight, but small trucks were made by sawing large logs in two, the wheels being of solid wood even these rude sonveyances being few and far between. The first flouring mill put up in this part of the cournty was onthe old Russell place, and was run by horse power. this was baobut the year 1838. He and wis wife were born in 1800 and 1798, and died in 1850 and 1858, respectively. They were members of the Christian Church; Robert, who died leaving a family in county; alexander, also deceased, his family being residents of the county; Peter, Martha, widow of C. Johson; Carolina, the deceased wife of John Johnson; Nancy wife of Jesse Johnson, and John, who was killed at the battle of Shiloh in 1852 while serving in the Confederate Army. The other children died in infancy.
the Shaver family is one of the largest which has lived in Randolph county. Being on of the first inthe county, they have intermarried with many of the other first families, the result of whihc is that many persons in this section of the state today have Shaver blood in their viens who have varied family names.
There are three "families" of the Shavers in this section of the state who trace thier ancestry to a common source. One of these is the family now represented in Sharp and Fulton counties. Another is the Sahver family which settled in the estreme lower end of Cherokee Bay, soon after 1800. Col. Robert G. Shaver of Civil War fame was a member of the Sharp county Shavers. Shaver's Eddy on Black River about 10 miles above Pocahontas is near the first home of the Cherokee Bay shaver. this is just south of the lower end of Cherokee Bay. Here Michael, Daniel, Jacob W., and other Shavers lives around 1820 or before. this branch of the family is closely realted to the Shavers of which this article will deal.
John Shaver came to Randolph county from Georgia about 1828, after other members of his family had already settled here. He settled on what is now possibly Ingram township, where he lived the rest of his life, dying in 1850. He was married to Nancy Cook, before coming to this county. To this union 11 children were born. William was a minister of the Church of Christ as was Peter. The two brothers organized and preached to some of the first congreagtions of this church in north Arkansas.