History Of Famous Man For
Whom Shelby Was Named
Shelby moving: along: at a rapid
pace in keeping with the progress of
the state is called one of the r.ew
and coming towns of North Carolina,
but despite the progressive spirit
Shelby is a historic Revolutionary
War town—at least in the sense of
names. The town was named after
Col. Isaac Shelby, ore of the leaders
at the Kings Mountain battle and the
county itself was named for Col.
Benjamin Cleveland. Furthermore
practically all of the main streets of
the “city of Springs” are named for
Revolutionary War heroes —LaFay
ette, Washington, Marion, Warren,
DeKalb, Sumter, Morgan, Graham,
Lee and others. This paper has 1 >ng
been of the opinion that the I). A. R.s
should have pictures of Col. Rh lby
and Cleveland along with their life
histories placed in the county court
house as a matter county pride ard
to preserve the rich history of the
county. Many of the younger genera
tion are not familiar with tire proud
history of the town.
In recent weeks the Gaffney Lejg
er has been publishing a series of en
tertaining articles by Rev. .1 D. Bail
ey on “Some Kings Mountain v,' ,in-'
mandeirs.” The articles are, and
be of much interest all over this sec
tion, where live descendants of toe
men who fought one of the mc.r.or
rble battles of American freedom.
Not only do Rev. Mr. Bailey's, art cles
tell of the important command r but
many of the privates and lesser of
ficers are mentioned together with
facts unrecorded by history at d of a
very interesting nature. Last week
Mr. Bailey told of the lif t history of
Col. Isaac Shelby, for whom th •
Cleveland county seat was named, a d
below rve reproduce a part of the
Ledger article that should Le clipped,
preserved and handed down to the
coining generations by the •people of
this section:
r ather r rom \\ ales.
“Evan Shelby, the fatho- of I -• • >«c
Shelby, was born in Wale, in 1720,
and emigrated with his father's "fam
ily. to America, about 1735, and set
tled near North Mountain, in wha* s
now Washington County, Maryland.
Here, Evan soon became a noted
woodsman, hunttr and Indian -trader.
During the old French and Indian
war, h? figured prominently on the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Ci! tiers,
first’ as n lieutenant, and then—as—a
Captain. On one of these campaigns,
he discovered an Indian rpy, gave
him chase, in view of many of the
troops, overtook, and tomahawked
him. Subsequently, Colonel Christum
led an expedition against Ckieka
maugas, and at Point Pleasant he won
a decided victory', beating the Ind
ians back. Evan Shelby distinguished
himself in this engagement. Lat r he
rose to the rank of Colonel, and then
General. He died December the 4th.
1794, at the age of soventy-C itr
years.
Shelby’s Birth and Early Life.
“Isaac Shelby, son of General Evan
Shelby was bom near .North Moun
tain, Maryland, on the llth Dec
ember, 1750. Because .of the excite
ment and disturbances of Indian wars,
he received only the elements of a
plain English education. At the age of
twenty-one, he went into the cattle
business; and for some time hr wn
engaged in herding and feeding cat
tle in the extensive natural range
west of the Alleghanies. In 1771, the
Shelby family removed to the Holstnii
county in Virginia.
Receives Lieutenant's Commission.
“The Indians giving the Colonists
a great deal of trouble, in 1774, Isaac
Shelby joined, and received a com
mission of Lieutenant in the mi! tia,
commanded by Colonel William Pres
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ton the County Lieutenant of Fin
e;u.Ue. Comm* in Col. Preston's pres
ence, and, according to his father,
was looking on, Isaac did not show
him tie proper military court.sy;
"h re-upnn the old gentleman ex
claimed: “Get up, you dog you, and
make your obeisance to the Cdmel!”
This brought the young officer to his
feet, and somewhat abashed, he made
a public apology,
Scnis With Distinction In Father’s
Company.
f Point Pleasant, October 10th,
1ii4, where' the frontier riflemen
fought. -Cne, allied Indian Gibes from
sun-up till sun-down,, Lieut. Shelby,
who was second in command of his
father s company, served with great
gallantry. 1 he Indians being defeat
ed, Point Pleasant vas tnen mad? a
gjirri on, where young Shelby re
main'd in service until July ' 1775,
when Lord Dun more, then English
Governor, ordered the troops "dis
banded; lest, they might enlist their
sympathies with, i.rd become obedient
to the whig authorities.
demise Render I'd 1775-17110.
‘■Jn J i Til, h,. was engaged in explor
' ■ g t .If i <f Kentucky, s i)*) r v’np
laiids for fiendtrson and Co who hau
purchased ixl r.sive traUs from the
t hcrok■* \\ tie thus engaged, he
w;n commissioned a f'aptain, and, in
1777, Governor Henry appointed him
a commissary of supplies for the dif
ferent .• frontier garrisons. It is said
that, "It was only by his most inde
fatigable exertions that the large
amount of provisions required, could
be obtained," In 177H, ne continued
h's commi sar.v services, providing
for the Continental army, and tor
Gen. McIntosh', who made, an expedi
tion against the Ohio Indians. In the
early part of 1779, be pledged his in
dividual credit for his father's troops
whdc on the Chickamauga expedi irru
At this time he was elected to the
Virginia Legislature, From Washing
ton Co., and shortly afterwards, Gov
ernor Jefferfeon commissioned him a
Major for the escort of guards to the
Commi ■ -b n.er:, who were engaged in
extending the boundary line between
\ i gin a end North Carolina. The
new survey put Major Shelby’s resi
dence in the latter State; consequent
ly. in November, 1779, 'In was ap
pointed by Governor C;- -well a Col
onel and magistrate of the new conn-'
-tv of Sullivan.,,. _ -
Colonel Shelhv Great Services In
South Carolina.
"In the spring, and early summer
of 17x0, Colonel Shelby was in Ken
tucky looking after his landed inter
ests, which five years before, be had
marked out and claimed for himself.
While thus engaged, he received t he
intelligence of the fall of Charleston
which caused him to return home in
July, determined to enter, end re
main in the service until liberty was
secured. Upon his arrival, lie found a
message from Col. Charles McDowell,
of Burke County, begging him "to
furnish all the aid he could towards
checking the enemy, who were over
running -the-Southern States ,‘tr.d had
reached the western borders of North
Carolina." In a few days, Shelby
crossed the Alleghenies with two hun
dred mounted riflemen. In the mean
time. Co!. McDowell, with three hun
dred men, had pushed on towards the
over-run territory, and on the night
of July loth, he encamped at Earl’s
Ford on North Pacolet river, where he
was surprised by the British Major
Dunlap, and suffered some severe
• losses. Realizing now mere than ever
before, the desperatenes; of the situ
ation, Col, McDowell, set about to re
inforce his regiment all that he could
from the sparcely p ■ pointed settle
ments on the liead- o the Catawba,
Broad and Pacolet rivers, that h'
might watcii tho enemy a movements,
and fall on any of his pillaging aifld
marauding detehments whenever pos
sible. It was at this time, he sent urg
ent messages to Colonel-. John Sevier
end Isaac Shelby to come to hi.-* aid.
In a short time after the night affair
at Earl’s Ford, Colonel McDowell took
rost at the Cherokee Ford on Broad
river in what is now Cherokee coun
ty; an 1 about 'he 23th of July, Col
onel Shelby joined hjm at tb > head of
his two hundred mounted riflemen.
Sumter hear ng of the ravages of
Ferguson and his ass a lutes, west of
Broad river, directed t’ol. Elijah
C'arkc with h-«: Georgians. together
with those who resid *d i:i that region,
and wished to aid it, i*.-, protection,
to repair to mu; quarter. Captain ;
William Smith, >f ii><* S; orum Dis
trict, and his company, a-abed tliein
selves of th.s opportunity. Arriving
at the C herokee Ford, Clark • and hi ;
forces met McDowell, who had been
joined I»v Colonel; Shelby, Andrew
Hampton and other.;."
STREET SKATING ENDANGERS
LIVES; IS AGAINST LAW
Hendersonville News. #
A city ordinance prohibits skating ■
on the streets. Children persist in
violating this law. Street skating is
considered by police to be extremely .
hazardous. Motorists are complaining
that skaters appear to think them
selves immungvtfronv being ran over,
and many narrow escapes from ner-;1
sonal injuries are reported.
The police are faced with this j
situation; persons under 16 are juve- j
niles under the law. The impression 1
prevails among many children that
they cannot be arrested and punish
ed. But they can. There is a juvenile |
Court in Hendersonville. There is a
probation officer whose duty it is to i
arrest juvenile offenders. Chief of )
Police Powers intends calling for the
arrest of violators of the skating law j
unless they stop the practice, but he j
first wants the parents, through the
newspapers, requested to please re- j
strain their children.
A boy is reported to have said to !
a policeman the other evening, when
asked by the officer to stop skating
on the streets: “Go to hell! I’m not ;
16.”
TRIPLETS ARE BORN TO
COW AT CLARKTON
Lexington Dispatch.
“Three of ’em—count ’em. And
both mother cow and her three calves
are doing well, thank you.” That or
something like th‘.t is what Mrs.
Annie McLeod, of near Clarkton, tells
visitors who are coming to her farm
to see the triplet calves to whi.h her
milch cow gave birth three weeks ago.
All three of the calves are well form
ed, healthy and evidently harpy, ac
cording to reports from tho e who
have been to see them.
The oldest residents and those i mat
versed in the lore of cattle breeding
say they have never heard of triplet
calves before. Twins have been and
are not extraordinary, they say, but
triplets are more than they have ever
heard of before.
A "Fighting Man.”
Roheaonian.
Some Senators now call Dawes
“Fuzzy Wuzzy,” says a newspaper
headline. Sure he is bound to impress
Senators as having the characteris
tics of the “first-class fighting man”
that Kipling made famous. To para
phrase:
‘S’s ’ot sand an' ginger when alive,
An ‘e’s generally shammin’ when ‘e’s
dead.
‘E’s ducky, ‘e’s a daisy, ‘e’s a lamb!
‘E’s a injia-rubber idiot on the spree,
‘E’s the on'y thing that doesn’t give
a damn
For ancient senatorial dignity.
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY ME
CHAN ICS LIEN FOR REPAIRS.
Under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by Section 2435, Consol
idated Statutes of North Carolina
1919, I will sell at public auction foi
cash at the Courthouse door in Shel
by, N. C., on Saturday, March 28, 1925,
at 12 o’clock noon, or within legal
hours, in order to satisfy a mechanic’s
lien for repairs to the radiator of a
certain automobile belonging to one
Gus Degree, and for certain smallei
repairs to said car, in the amount of
$24.80, the following described per
sonal property, to-wit:
One Buick six touring model auto,
mobile, Model JK-45, motor numbei
561,290.
Said automobile is in good condi
tion, and is now in my possession at
King’s Place near Shelby, N. C., where
it may be inspected at any time.
This March 10, 1925.
(Signed) MACK ELLIS. 2-13
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY ME
CHANIC’S LIEN FOR REPAIRS.
Under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by Section 2436, Consol
idated Statutes of North Carolina
1919, I will sell at public auction for
cash at the Court hoiuse door in Shel
by, N. C., on Saturday, March 28, 1025,
at 12 o’clock noon, or within legal
hours, in order to satisfy a mechanic’s
lien for repairs to the engine of an au
tomobile to one Gus Degree in the
amount of Fifty Dollars ($50), the
following described personal property,
to-wit::
One Buick Six touring model auto
mobile, Model K-45, Motor Numbei
561,290.
Said automobile in good condi
tion, and is now in my possession at
King’s Place near Shelby, N. C., where
it may be inspected at any time.
This March 10, 1925,
(Signed) MACK ELLIS. 2-13
For Face and Common Brick O. E.
Ford Co.'s is the place.
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