Shelby family

Biographical Note

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)