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From: Ancestry.com Biographies ...
John Shelby was born 10 Jun 1723 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, and died 1794 in North Carolina. He married Sarah Davis 1750 in Maryland, daughter of David Davis and Catherine Davis. She died after 1787. On May 19, 1750 he received one hundred and fifty acres from his father, probably a wedding gift. He fought in the French and Indian War and reached the rank of lieutenant. After the war he moved to Pennsylvania but in 1773 he sold his farm in Pennsylvania and moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee near Evan Jr.’s farm. He stayed in Sullivan County until at least 1806. The date of his death is unknown. He and Sarah Davis had eight children: John, Isaac, Thomas, Catherine, David, Evan, Louise and Sarah.
John Shelby, son of Evan Shelby and Catherine Morgan Shelby, served
with his brother, Brig.-Gen. Shelby, at the Battle of King's Mountain.
He and Louisa Looney Shelby had issue: (1) John Shelby, junior,
married Elizabeth Brigham; (2) David Shelby born about 1763 in
Virginia, married Sarah Bledsoe; (3) Evan Shelby; (4) Thomas Shelby;
(5) Isaac Shelby; (6) Louisa Shelby, married William McCrab; (7) Catherine Shelby, married Evan Shelby III; her cousin.
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