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Evan Shelby

1719 Born, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales 1734 Emigrated to America, settling in Franklin County, Pa. 1739 Moved to Frederick County, Md. 1744 Married Laetitia Cox 1755 1787 Served in various capacities in several military campaigns 1773 Moved to Fincastle County, Va. (later part of North Carolina and Tennessee) 1781 Elected to North Carolina senate 1787 Married Isabella Elliot Elected governor of the State of Franklin, but declined 1794, Dec. 4 Died, Fincastle County, Va.

Isaac Shelby

1750, Dec. 11 Born, near North Mountain, Md. 1774 1781 Served in various capacities in several military campaigns 1779 Elected to Virginia legislature 1781 1782 Served in North Carolina assembly 1783 Moved to Kentucky Married Susannah Hart 1787 1789 Member of the three conventions that prepared the way for statehood 1787 Helped organize Kentucky Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge 1792 Member of the convention that framed the first constitution of Kentucky Elected the first governor of Kentucky 1817 Declined the position of secretary of war in President James Monroe’s cabinet 1818 President of the first Kentucky Agricultural Society 1819 President of the first board of directors, Centre College, Danville, Ky. 1826, July 18 Died From the guide to the Shelby Family Papers, 1738-1916, (bulk 1757-1829), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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