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John Shelby

Male Bef 1723 - 1794  (> 71 years)


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  • Name John Shelby 
    Born Bef 1723  Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 10 Jun 1723  St. Caron's Church, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1794 
    Person ID I33  MyTree
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2011 

    Father Evan Shelby, Sr.,   b. 1690, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1751, Frederick Co., MD. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherine Morgan,   b. Abt 1699, prob Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1754, prob. Frederick Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1716  Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • 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.