Dr. John Shelby - Tombstone Inscription

Shelby, Dr. John Section 27 ID # 270060 The Family Vault Of Doctor John Shelby Erected A.D. 1855 Notable Southern Families Boddie Page 314 David Shelby, father of John Shelby David Shelby David Shelby, son of John Shelby and Louisa Looney, was born about 1763 in Virginia. He was the ancestor of a family which has been prominent in America and England. David Shelby was also a King’s Mountain hero though he was only a lad of seventeen. He served in Isaac Shelby’s Regiement. He moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, and was Clerk of the Court until his death in 1822. He married Sarah Bledsoe, daughter of Anthony Bledsoe.	After 2009 Restoration enlarge image
George Bledsoe was the first of the Bledsoe line traced in America. He lived in Northumberland County, Virginia. His will was probated there July 23, 1704. The only child on record was Abraham Bledsoe, who after marrying settled in that part of Orange County which was later embraced in Culpepper County. Among his children was Anthony Bledsoe, born in (then) Orange County, Virginia, 1733, married about 1760 to Mary Ramsey, of Augusta County, who was born in 1734. Col. Bledsoe was killed by the Indians at Bledsoe’s Creek, Sumner County, Tenn., on July 20. 1788. His widow died in Sumner County in 1808. Their children were, Abraham, born in Virginia about 1762; Thomas, Sarah, Anthony, junior. Isaac, Henry Ramsey, Rachel, Polly, born in Virginia 1780; Betsy, Prudence and Susan. Sarah Bledsoe was born in Virginia in 1763, came to Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1781, the same year she married David Shelby, and died March 11, 1852. They had issue: John Shelby, born May 24, 1785. Anthony Bledsoe Shelby, born Jan. 15, 1789. Philip Davies Shelby, born March 7, 1791, died May 27, 1799. Priscilla Shelby, born March 8, 1793. Lucinda Shelby, born March 24, 1795. James Shelby, born July 13, 1797; died Aug. 28, 1797. Nellie Shelby, born Jan. 14, 1799. David Davies Shelby, born July 15, 1801, died Aug. 2, 1805. Orville Shelby, born Jan. 21, 1803. Sarah Bledsoe Shelby, born Jan. 21, 1806. Albert Shelby, born May 25, 1808. John Shelby, son of David and Sarah (Bledsoe) Shelby was the first white child to be born in what is now Sumner County, Tennessee, on May 24, 1785. CLICK HERE for more information on John Shelby from The Tennessee Encyclopedia CLICK HERE & HERE for John Shelby obituary listing
Shelby, John John Shelby’s father was David Shelby. Father’s Revolutionary Service Father’s burial Site Shelby, David b 1763 Washington Co., VA/ d 3-11-1822 Sumner Co., TN. Buried Spencer’s Choice, SW of Gallatin, TN. Page 156 Roster Of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried In Tennessee 1974 compiled by Lucy Womack Bates, Chairman Revised 1979 by Helen Crawford Marsh Published by Tennessee Society, NSDAR
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