Isaac Shelby

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American politician human military officer

Isaac Shelby was an American Revolutionary War officer and statesman who became the first governor of Kentucky and a prominent early leader in the western frontier.

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Isaac Shelby canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
burialPlace Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1750-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1826-07-18 ⓘ
endTime 1796-06-01 ⓘ
1816-09-05 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American ⓘ
familyName Shelby ⓘ
father Evan Shelby ⓘ
givenName Isaac ⓘ
memberOf Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
Virginia militia ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
namesake Fort Shelby (Detroit) ⓘ
Shelby County, Alabama ⓘ
Shelby County, Indiana ⓘ
Shelby County, Kentucky ⓘ
Shelby County, Ohio ⓘ
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
Shelbyville, Kentucky ⓘ
notableAward Thanks of Congress ⓘ
notableWork leadership at the Battle of Kings Mountain ⓘ
organization of Kentucky militia in the War of 1812 ⓘ
occupation planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Kings Mountain ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hagerstown, Maryland ⓘ
Province of Maryland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld 1st Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
5th Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
justice of the peace ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
sheriff ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Boonesborough, Kentucky ⓘ
Lincoln County, Kentucky ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Susannah Hart Shelby ⓘ
startTime 1792-06-04 ⓘ
1812-08-24 ⓘ

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Shelby County, Alabama → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Tennessee → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Iowa → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby, North Carolina → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Battle of Kings Mountain → commander → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Battle of the Thames → notableParticipant → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Jackson Purchase → U.S.Negotiator → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Missouri → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Governor of Kentucky → positionHeldBy → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Governor of Kentucky → firstOfficeHolder → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Kentucky → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Kentucky → namedFor → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Kentucky militia → notableCommander → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Ohio → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Charles Scott → succeededBy → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
subject surface form: Shelby County, Iowa
Camp Shelby → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Shelby County, Texas → namedAfter → Isaac Shelby ⓘ
Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky → treatySignedBy → Isaac Shelby ⓘ