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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 was a colonel in the Revolutionary War who fought against the British in South Carolina and Kentucky. He also served as Kentucky's first and third governor and helped secure its statehood and defense.
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 was a frontiersman, soldier, and twice governor of Kentucky. He fought in the American Revolution, the Lord Dunmore's War, and the Indian wars, and helped extend the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia.
Oct 8, 2017 · Isaac Shelby was a Revolutionary War veteran, an early Tennessee settler, and a governor of Kentucky. He fought at Kings Mountain, negotiated the Jackson Purchase, and was honored with a county name in Tennessee.
ISAAC SHELBY, Kentucky’s first governor, was born near North Mountain, Washington County, Maryland on December 11, 1750. His education was attained in the rural schools of his native state. In the early 1770s, his family moved to the Holston region on the western frontier of Virginia.
Mar 7, 2012 · Isaac Shelby : revolutionary patriot and border hero. by. Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963. Publication date. 1917. Topics. Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826. Collection. ncgen; unclibraries; americana.
