The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . in County Names 65 SHELBY. This county was named for Isaac Shelby, who was born De-cember 11, 1750, at Hagerstown, Md. He was a surveyor inWestern Virginia (now Kentucky) in 1774; was in his fatherscompany at the battle of Point Pleas-ant, Virginia; was made Captain in1776, and commissary in 1777. In 1779 he became a member of theVirginia Assembly; he was commis-sioned a Major by Governor Jeffer-son ; he was made a Colonel and de-feated Ferguson at the battle ofKings Mountain in October, 1780;was a member of the North CarolinaLegisla
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . in County Names 65 SHELBY. This county was named for Isaac Shelby, who was born De-cember 11, 1750, at Hagerstown, Md. He was a surveyor inWestern Virginia (now Kentucky) in 1774; was in his fatherscompany at the battle of Point Pleas-ant, Virginia; was made Captain in1776, and commissary in 1777. In 1779 he became a member of theVirginia Assembly; he was commis-sioned a Major by Governor Jeffer-son ; he was made a Colonel and de-feated Ferguson at the battle ofKings Mountain in October, 1780;was a member of the North CarolinaLegislature in 1781 and 1782 (Ten-nessee then being a part of North Carolina). In 1788 he settled at Travelers Rest, in Ken-tucky. From 1792 to 1796 he was Governor of Kentucky, and in1813 he joined General Harrison in his campaign against theIndians. In 1818 he was a Commissioner with General Jack-son to treat with the Cherokees. Shelby County, in Kentuckyand a college in Shelbyville were named in his honor. He diedin Lincoln County, Kentucky, on July 18, WASHINGTON. George Washington was born at Bridges Creek, on the Poto-mac River, February 22, 1732. At the age of nineteen he wasappointed Adjutant General of one of the districts of Virginia,with the rank of Major. At the age of twenty-one he was sentby Governor Dinwiddle to visit the French in the OhioValley on an important mission. Also at the age of twenty-onehe was promoted to the rank of Colonel. 66 The History and Geography of Texas When twenty-seven he was married to Mrs. Martha Ciistis,a wealthy widow, who was the mother of two children by aformer marriag-e. Five years later he was elected a member of the House of Burgessesof Virginia, and served inthat position until the con-vention at Williamsburg in1773. In 1774 he was sentas a delegate to the Conti-nental Congress at Phila-delphia, and in 1775 waschosen Commander-in-Chief of the ContinentalArmy. He commanded thearmies throughout the warfor independence. On Decembe
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