The Isaac Shelby History Project
Who Was Isaac Shelby?
Isaac Shelby was the first Governor of Kentucky. That is the reason we have so many places with Shelby in them, from Shelby Street to Shelbyville to Shelby Elementary.
This is a timeline of dates in the life of Isaac Shelby:
| Year | Events |
| 1750 | Born in Washington County (now Frederick County) Maryland |
| 1773 | Moved to the Holston River country in what is now Eastern Tennessee |
| 1776 | Moved to Kentucky |
| 1776 | Led troops in the Revolutionary War |
| 1780 | elected to Virginia legislature (what is now Kentucky was then a part of Virginia) |
| 1782 | married Susannah Hart |
| 1792 | Kentucky becomes a state |
| 1792 | Elected Kentucky's first Governor, one term |
| 1812 | Led troops in the War of 1812 |
| 1812 | Elected Governor for a second term |
| 1816 | Left office |
| 1826 | died |
Our sources for information:
A site by a fifth-great-grandson of Isaac Shelby
Wikipedia, which has good information but sometimes some errors
Encyclopedia.com
Kentucky Governors