Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
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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.
Back to TopAdministrative 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.
Back to TopOnline 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.
Back to TopBiographical 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.
Back to TopCollection 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.
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