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Isaac Shelby Pioneer
Photographer: Tom Bosse
Taken: July 4, 2018
Caption: Isaac Shelby Pioneer
Additional Description: Shelby was born in what is now Washington County, Maryland, in 1750, and moved to southwestern Virginia in 1773. He first moved to Kentucky in 1775 and spent the following year surveying land for the Transylvania Company in the wilderness around Boonesborough. After living for a time in Virginia and North Carolina, he moved to Kentucky permanently in 1783 to occupy the land pre-emption he had received as one of the first temporary settlers. He married Susanna Hart at Boonesborough in 1783.
Submitted: August 14, 2018, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p440454
File Size: 8.637 Megabytes

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