http://www.flash.net/~bharris5/Roberts.html Research Notes for the family of Shadrack Monk and Mary/Polly Roberts Mary3 Roberts (Cornelius2) Russell Co VA Surveyor's Bk 1786-1799, p l46----June 20, 1791. Shadrack Monk assignee of Abraham Chudress 75 acres Reed's Valley on waters of Clinch River - - - line of Thomas Colley. Russell Co VA Deed Bk 3, p 40----July 2, 1799---Aug. 1799 Shadrack Monk and wife Mary of Russell Co VA to Jesse Belcher 40 pounds - - 40 acres - - - Copper Ridge on waters of Cedar Creek of Clinch River No wit. /s/ Shadrack Monk /s/ Mary Monk Russell Co VA Deed Bk 3, p 724---March 4, 1806----March 1806 Samuel Ewing of Russell Co VA attorney for Richard Smith of London to Shadrack Monk of Russell Co. - - -$30- - - 30 acres waters of Clinch River on the Eagle Nest Branch. /s/ Samuel Ewing Russell Co VA Deed Bk 4, p 232----March 7, l809---March 7, 1809. Shadrack Monk to George Colley - - - 70 pounds - - - 30 acres. Waters of Clinch River on the Eagles Nest Branch. /s/ Shadrack Monk Notes: Cedar Creek branches south from the Clinch River in central Russell County. The Copper Ridge is south of the Clinch River in central Russell County and west of Cedar Creek.. Hawkins County Tennessee Tax List----1810----Capt. Looney Co. Shadrick Munke John Monke Hawkins County Tennessee Tax List----1812---List of William Nichols No Shadrack Monk listed John Monk Hawkins Co TN Deed Bk 11, p 121----Nov. 14, 1814----Jan. 3, 1823 (Registered) Amos Widdle and Robert Widdle to William Nichols, all of Hawkins Co TN - - - $200 60 acres in Hawkins County on the north side of Clinch River on the river bank joining a line between said Amos Widdle and John Jalion, old Douswell Rogers' back line, the tract owned by Fisher (or Batz, agent) - - - line of Shadrick Monk deceased Witnesses: Edmond Rice, Doswell Rogers, Ezekiel Monk. Proved Feb. 1815 by Rice and Rogers. Notes: Mary, wife of Shadrack Monk did not sign with him in the 1809 deed. She was probably deceased at that time. Shadrack Monk moved from Russell County probably in 1809 or 1810. He sold his land in March of 1809 and probably left not long after that time. He appears on the 1810 tax list of Hawkins County TN. He does not appear on the 1812 list, and the 1814 Hawkins County deed said he was deceased. Thus he probably died 1810-12 Hawkins Co TN. The 1829 Russell Co VA deed listing the heirs of Cornelius Roberts lists all of the heirs of Mary Roberts Monk as living in Lee County VA. However the Monk family never appeared on the records of Lee Co VA. The 1814 Hawkins County Tennessee deed placed the land of Shadrack Monk as north of the Clinch River. The only part of Hawkins Co north of the Clinch River in 1814 was District 5 which is the northwestern corner of that County. This area is in present Hancock County. Hancock County Tennessee joins Lee County Virginia on the north. No doubt the boundaries between Virginia and Tennessee were vague in that time period, especially since the area was mountainous. Thus the Monk family really lived in what is today Hancock County Tennessee.