The Greenville times., 1910-09-09
PIONEERS OF WASH
1NGTON COUNTY
(Bv Mrs. r. E. NJ. Collins.)

luS IOlIOWHllS EtIlI6S appear III
the book of original entries hay-
ing patents from the U. S. govern
ment to lands in townships / A and / )
ranges 8 and g. in Washington coun-
ty, Mississippi.
Sarah j. Prince, patent dates Dec
16, 1929.
Catharine Prince, Patent dates
Dec. 16, 1929.
Albert G. Metcalfe, patent dates
Dec. II and 18, 1929.
Robert P Shelby, patent dates
Dec. IA, 1929.
Mary B. Shelby, and heirs of Thos
Shelby, patent dates Dec 18, 1929
and again in 1880.
Continuing the subject of Aunt
Polly Shelby from my last paper,
| presume she is Identical with the
Mary B. Shelby, who patented land
in 1929 and that her husband was
Thomas Shelby. She left many chill
dren, and her descendants are very
numerous in this county and about
Lake Providence, La, today The
ShelbyS can claim an honorable line
age, l may as welI record here. The
first one of note historically was Ev-
an Shelby, the first major general of
the then western department He
was conspicuous with Sewer in the
HOlsten and Mantango settlements
troubles with the Indians, and i'm the
organization of the state of Frank
lin.
Two of Gen. Evan Shelby's sons
were conspicuous in the war of the
Revolution. Evan, known as Lit
tie EVAN and Isaac Shelby Evan
met his death through the treachery
of Indians while returning from an
expedition to get supplies, and salt
especially. / ann told that the beau
tiful monument erected in Knoxville,
Tenn, is i'll his memory. Isaac Shelby
is the Shelby with whom we are bet
ter acquainted, as he lived nearer our
time. He was conspicuous with his
father in many of the colonial bat
tiles. He WAS born in North Mountain
Maryland, Dec IL, 1850, settled with
his father on the site Bristol, Ten
nessee, 1771, and there engaged in
cattD- raising. This peaceful occupa-
ton did not interfere with his re-
cord as a soldier and fighter,
for he was in command in that
part of the country throughout
the war of independence. In 1880,
with Sewer, he PLANNED the expe-
dition which brought about the act
ION of Kings Mountain Jefferson
called it 1.-THE joyful turning of the
tide" and Bancroft, the historian,
observes that ''the victory of Kings
Mountain, which in the spirit of
the American soldiers was dixie the
rising at Concord in its effect, like the
success at Bennington, changed the
aspects of the war; ''In 1892 when
h6IJucky D6CHil1e SUdU6 ne was
chosen it's governor by AN overwhelm-
ing majority. He refused to be a
candidate for a second term 3 =
When the war of 1912 broke out
and Michigan fell into the hands of
the enemy, though sixty-three years
old, he recruited and led 1000 men
to re-enforce Gen. William H. Har-
rison. In recognition of this service
Congress voted him a gold medal,
and he received both the thanks of
that body, and that of the Legislature
of Kentucky. He died near Stanford,
KY, July IS, 1926.
Sarah l. Prince and Catharine
Prince mentioned as holding pat
ents of land from the T. S. govern
ment, were sisters, granddaughters
of little Evan Shelby in the dis
taft lime, as they say in heraldry,
their mother was Priscilla Shelby,
wife of James Jefferfes, youngest son
of Nathaniel Jefferies, another hero
of Kings Mountain fame Both
these ladies were widows at the time
. Of %ai i,1:r fLo 0f L.,