| LC control no. | n 88274271 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 |
| Variant(s) | Shelby, 1750-1826 |
| See also | Family: Shelby (Family : Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826) Chief executive of: Kentucky. Governor (1792-1796 : Shelby) Chief executive of: Kentucky. Governor (1812-1816 : Shelby) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia Lincoln County (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1750-12-11 |
| Death date | 1826-07-18 |
| Place of birth | Washington County (Md.) |
| Place of death | Lincoln County (Ky.) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Filson Club for Smith, H.B. Papers, 1813-1973 (Governor Isaac Shelby, of Ky.) LC data base 4-17-89 (hdg.: Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826) WwasWA, 1607-1896 (Shelby, Isaac; army officer, gov. of Ky., b. North Mountain, Washington Co., Md., Dec. 11, 1750; mem. N.C. legis., 1781 and 1785; d. July 18, 1826; 1st gov. Ky., 1792-96; 5th gov. Ky., 1812-1816) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. J.G.M. Ramsey family papers, 1790-1912 (Shelby) Wikipedia, Dec. 18, 2007 ([in] 1780 men assembled at Fort Watauga and formed militia under Colonel John Sevier and Isaac Shelby; these Patriot troops crossed Appalachian Mountains and engaged British Army at Battle of Kings Mountain) Finding aid for Shelby and Hart family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, June 3, 2020 (Members of the Shelby family and the Hart family resided in Kentucky. Prominent family members include Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a Revolutionary officer and the first governor of Kentucky, 1792-1796 and 1812-1816, and Nathaniel Hart (1734-1782), Revolutionary officer and pioneer. Nathaniel Hart's daughter, Susanna, married Isaac Shelby in 1783. The collection includes biographical sketches, reminiscences, letters, and business papers involving Evan Shelby, Isaac Shelby, Nathaniel Hart, and their kin and associates, and clippings, 1899-1900) <https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00659/> Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 815-816 (Isaac Shelby, born near Hagerstown, Maryland. His family moved to western Virginia in 1772. Served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War. In 1783 he and his wife moved to his preemption holding near Knob Lick, in Lincoln Co., Ky. Served as Kentucky's first and fifth governor. Retired to his farm in Lincoln County, where he died on July 18, 1826.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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