Land grant. 23 June 1795.

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Land grant. 23 June 1795.

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Land grant signed by Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby giving William Roberts, assignee of John Thruston, who as an assignee of John Mitchell, etc. over 200 acres of land for military service in the Continental Army. The land is located near the Muddy River.

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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...