Inventory of the Shelby and Hart Family Papers, 1775-1814; 1899-1900

Collection Number 659-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Hart family.
Shelby family.
Hart, Nathaniel, 1734-1782.
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826.
Title
Shelby and Hart Family Papers, 1775-1814; 1899-1900.
Call Number
659-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
30 items.
Abstract
Shelby and Hart families resided in Kentucky. Prominent family members include Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a Revolutionary officer and the first governor of Kentucky, 1792-1796 and 1812-1816. The collection includes biographical sketches, reminiscences, letters, and business papers involving Evan Shelby, Isaac Shelby, Nathaniel Hart (1734-1782), and their kin and associates, and clippings 1899-1900. Many items concern lands claims and titles of members of the Hart family in Kentucky. Also included is a ten-page manuscript description by Isaac Shelby of the Battle of King's Mountain and other events of the Revolution in the South after 1780, and two related letters to him.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Some Shelby papers published in the Journal of Southern History IV (Aug 1938), p. 367-377.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Shelby and Hart Family Papers, #659-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Hart family.
Hart, Nathaniel, 1734-1782.
Kentucky--History--1792-1865.
King's Mountain, Battle of, S.C., 1780.
Shelby family.
Shelby, Evan.
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826.
South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
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Biographical Note

Shelby and Hart families resided in Kentucky. Prominent family members include Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a Revolutionary officer and the first governor of Kentucky, 1792-1796 and 1812-1816.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes biographical sketches, reminiscences, letters, and business papers involving Evan Shelby, Isaac Shelby, Nathaniel Hart (1734-1782), and their kin and associates, and clippings 1899-1900. Many items concern lands claims and titles of members of the Hart family in Kentucky. Also included is a ten-page manuscript description by Isaac Shelby of the Battle of King's Mountain and other events of the Revolution in the South after 1780, and two related letters to him.