Shelby Family Papers 1738-1916 (bulk 1757-1829)

McDowell, Susan K.

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Selby family.

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Shannon, Susan K., 1949-

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Grigsby, Susan Shelby

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Brown, John, 1757-1837

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John Brown (September 12, 1757 – August 29, 1837) was an American lawyer and statesman who participated in the development and formation of the State of Kentucky after the American Revolutionary War. Brown represented Virginia in the Continental Congress from 1787 to 1788 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1792. While in Congress, he introduced the bill granting Statehood to Kentucky. Once that was accomplished, he was elected by the new state legislature as a U.S. Senator for Ke...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818

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Christopher Greenup (1750?-1818) was born in either Loudoun or Westmoreland County, Virginia. During the Revolution, he served as a lieutenant in the 16th Virginia Regiment, and was later promoted to colonel. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Fayette County, Virginia (now a part of Kentucky). He began his political career in 1785, when he served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Greenup was also present at the state conventions in 1785 and 1788, a...

Shelby family

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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 ...

Shelby, Thomas Hart, 1789-1869

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Thomas Hart Shelby was the son of Isaac Shelby, first governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From the description of Katherine Shelby Scott memorial, 1831. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 15973122 ...

Shannon, Susan Hart Shelby, 1791-1868

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Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844

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Farmer from Woodford County, Ky. and member of the pioneer Hart family. From the description of Letter, 1791 Jan. 10. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279725 ...

Shelby, Alfred, 1804-1832

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Farmer. Alfred Shelby, the youngest child of governor Isaac Shelby, inherited his father's farm, "Traveller's Rest", in Lincoln County, upon the death of the former governor. From the description of Alfred Shelby papers, 1831-1852. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 15146010 ...

Sevier, John, 1745-1815

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Continental Army officer and governor of Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1778-1812. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314043 Army officer, U.S. representative from North Carolina and Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. From the description of John Sevier correspondence, 1797-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980429 ...

Grigsby, John Warren, 1818-1877

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Selby family.

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Shelby, Virginia Hart, 1809-1859

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Hardin, Martin D., 1780-1823

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Todd, Letitia Shelby, 1799-1868

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Grigsby, Susan Preston Shelby, 1830-1891

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Irvine, Susan Hart McDowell, 1803-1834

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Shelby, Evan, 1719-1794

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Evan Shelby, a native of Wales, immigrated to America with his family when he was fourteen or fifteen and settled in Pennsylvania. His family moved to Maryland a few years later. Shelby acquired nearly 24,000 acres of land in that state and engaged in the Indian fur trade as well. He entered the militia in Maryland and fought in the French and Indian War. Following the war, Shelby served as a justice of the peace for a number of years. In 1773, having lost most of his Maryland land to settle deb...

Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863

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Kentucky lawyer and statesman, from Frankfort (Franklin Co.). From the description of Papers, 1786-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490792 From the description of Letters, 1835-1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410179 John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) was born September 10, 1787. He attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807. In 1809 he became the Attorney-General for the Illinois Territory. During the Wa...

Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871

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Frankfort, Kentucky lawyer, veteran of the War of 1812, Secretary of State of Kentucky and Minister to Russia, appointed by President Tyler. Rev. D.P. Henderson was from Kentucky, but had lived and served as a judge, in Illinois and knew Lincoln. From the description of Letters, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941346 Charles Stewart Todd was born near Danville, Ky. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary. He studied law under ...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811

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Arthur Campbell (1742-1811), Indian fighter and Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Letter to General George Washington, 1781 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476826 ...

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...