Note: 1850 census calls him Shadrick Cress (SV-404 pg 727)
He was the only child born to James McKinney & Sarah Cress. (SV-627)
1850 Claiborne Co., TN (Ancestry.com): Nathaniel Cress (22 VA) living in subdiv. 7 with: Sarah J. Cress (42 VA); Shadrach Cress (11 VA); Samuel McKinny (7 VA); Amanda J. McKinny (4 VA); and Nancy Cress (56 VA). (but this seems fudged on the low side). (SV-404 pg 418 & pg 727 & SV-747)
Civil War - he served in the Union Army. (SV-404 pg 419)
He enlisted on 5 Aug 1862 in Union Army as a private in Co. E, 2nd Inf. (SV-627)