Shelby and Hart family papers, 1775-1814; 1899-1900 [manuscript].

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Shelby and Hart family papers, 1775-1814; 1899-1900 [manuscript].

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Biographical sketches, reminiscences, letters, and business papers involving Evan Shelby, Isaac Shelby, Nathaniel Hart (1734-1782), and their kin and associates, and clippings 1899-1900. Many items concern lands claims and titles of members of the Hart family in Kentucky. Also included is a ten-page manuscript description by Isaac Shelby of the Battle of King's Mountain and other events of the Revolution in the South after 1780, and two related letters to him.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7111819

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Shelby family.

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Hart family.

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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...

Hart, Nathaniel, 1734-1782.

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The Shelby and Hart families 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. From the guide to the Shelby and Hart Family Papers, ., 1775-1814; 1899-1900, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collecti...

Shelby, Evan.

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Selby family.

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