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Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812.
Isaac Shelby. Date of Birth - Death December 11, 1750 - July 18, 1826. Isaac Shelby was born on December 11, 1750 in Hagerstown, Maryland. After Pontiac’s War destroyed his father’s fur business, Shelby’s family moved to the vicinity of present-day Bristol, Tennessee in 1770.
8 ott 2017 · Isaac Shelby, early Tennessee settler, Revolutionary War veteran, and governor of Kentucky, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1750 to Evan and Letitia Cox Shelby, who moved their family to Sapling Grove, the present site of Bristol, in 1771.
Many Overmountain Men, including John Sevier, John Rhea, and Isaac Shelby, went on to play prominent roles in the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky. The foothold they gained on the frontier helped open the door to mass westward migration in ensuing decades.
Militia leader, first governor of Kentucky. Born near Hagerstown, Maryland, on 11 December 1750, Isaac Shelby moved with his family to the Holston settlements in what was then the westernmost part of Virginia, and in 1774 he served in his father's Fincastle County militia company as a lieutenant.
Isaac Shelby (11 décembre 1750 - 18 juillet 1826) fut le premier et le cinquième gouverneur du Kentucky et un officier durant la guerre de Dunmore, la Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis et la guerre anglo-américaine de 1812.
Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He was also a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812.
