Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
Birth Date7 Feb 1758
Birth PlaceFrederick County, Virginia
Death PlaceJessamine County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceJessamine County, Kentucky, Nicholasville Cemetery
FatherHenry HURST , 318 (1729-1801)
MotherMary Anne PYKE , 319 (1730-1773)
Spouses
1David SHELY 
386,421,525,379, 158
386,421,525,379, 158Birth PlaceFrederick County, Virginia
Death PlaceJessamine County, Kentucky
MemoHeadstone death date is December 3, 1818
Burial PlaceJessamine County, Kentucky, Nicholasville Cemetery
MemoOnly 42 stones, KY 78
OccupationRW Soldier, VA Captain, KY Cornstalk Militia, Made Officer Because Of Fighting Indians,525
FatherJohn Shock SHELY , 316 (1727-1821)
MotherMargaret DAVIS , 317 (1737-1834)
ChildrenMildred "Milley" (1777-1859)
Mary Polly Ann , 79 (1779-1863)
William D. (1781-1829)
Nancy (1782-1794)
Sally (1785-1794)
David L. (1787-)
Elizabeth “Eliza” (1789-1864)
Margaret (1791-1851)
John Luther (1790-1850)
Eleanora (1795-1882)
Rebecca (1797-1877)
Matilda (1798-1831)
Frances “Fanny” (1799-1847)
Washington Franklin (1802-1841)
Notes for Mary “Polly” HURST
Kentucky Obituaries, 1797-1854, Complied by G. Glenn Clift, Baltimore, Genealogiccal Publishing Co. 1979, Page 188, Mrs. ________Sheely, wife of David Sheely, of Lexington. She died of cholera 21 July 1849. OR 7/25
Alternative death date 21 Ju 1849.
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Shely Bible states Mary died 1 Nov 1849.
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"Polly" is a nickname for "Mary."
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HURST English36
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Indiana DAR Index p576 states birth date as 7 Feb. 1757525
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Alternative death date 21 Ju 1849.
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Shely Bible states Mary died 1 Nov 1849.
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"Polly" is a nickname for "Mary."
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HURST English36
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Indiana DAR Index p576 states birth date as 7 Feb. 1757525
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Notes for David (Spouse 1)
Often called Captain David Shely.
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David SHELY - Capt. VA (Cornstalk Militia of KY) b. 5/27/1750 VA d. 12/13/1823 KY m. Mary (Polly) HURST, VA?
Researcher: Agnes M. Mott 799 E. Adams St. Layton, UT 84041
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SHELLY (SHELY0 David; 1750-1818; Nicholasville Cem. Jessamine Co, KY; Captain, VA (Probably this same man, though death date different.) Page 530, 546185
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Captain in Rev. War from VA.
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Rev War Capt VA, KY Cornstalk Mil
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Captain David Sheley, developed one of the first horse farms in Kentucky.
On Ancestry from Deb Borgers Deeter.
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J.D. Shely, farmer, P.O. Lexington, is a grandson of Capt. David Shely, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and earned his straps by his bravery and saugacity in fighting the Indians. . . He was the son of Capt. David shely, who received his military rank and title for services performed in the Indian wars, so frequent in Kentucky for many years after settlements had begun to be made, and which gave to it the terribly suggestive and appropriate title of "the dark and bloody ground".537
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listed in DAR Patriot Index- Centenial Edition as born May 27, 1750 VA died Kentucky Dec 13, 1823. He married Mary {Polly} Hurst of VA.538
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INDIANA DAR page 576
SHELY (Sheely), DAVID, b. 27 May 1750, Va., d. 12 Dec. 1823, Jessamine Co., Ky., m. 1776, Mary (Polly) Hurst, b. 7 Feb. 1757, Va., d. 11 Nov. 1849, Jessamine Co., Ky. SERVICE: Capt. and officer in the Va. Troops. CHILDREN: Millie, b. 24 July 1777, m. John Smith; Polly, b. 20 Apr. 1779; William, b. 27 Oct. 1781, m. Elizabeth Collins; Nancy, b. 8 Nov. 1782, m. John Shock; Sally, b. 28 July 1785; David L., b. 3 Feb. 1787, m. (1) Mary Kirkpatrick, (2) Betty Shely; Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb. 1789, m. George Stapleton; Matilda, b. 7 Sept. 1790, m. Charles West; Margaret, b. 28 Feb. 1791, m. Henry Ball; John David, b. 2 June 1793, m. Magdalena Webber; Rebecca, b. 29 Mar. 1797, m. James, Hurst; Frances B. (Fanny), b. 21 Sept. 1799, m. Samuel Miller.
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Source for children and dates: Indiana DAR
Bible Records ‚ Kentucky Court & Other Records Volume II‚ by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc Baltimore 1984, Cobtributed by Mrs. Charles McMillan, Paris, KY: Then follows list of children/spouses.
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessmine Co, Ky, Died December 12, 1823
Mary Hurst, his wife, February 7,1758 Children:
Milly, born July 24, 1777 married a man named Smith
Polly, born April 20, 1779
William, born Oct 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829
Nancy, born Nov 18, 1782, died August 9,1794
Sally, born July 28, 1785, died August 9, 1797 (same date as Nancy)
David, born Feb 6, 1787
Elizabeth, born Feb 6, 1789
Margaret. born Feb 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville)
John, born June 2m 1793, died Dec 9, 1850; wife‚ name was Webber
Elinore, Feb 8, 1795, married John Stapleton
Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst
Matila, born Sept 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West
Not listed in the bible is
Washington Franklin, 24 May 1802, Fayette Co, Ky, died 1 Jan 1841, Jessamine Co, married Catherine H
Willoughby
1. David Shely, 270 Acres on the NW side of Elk River, Grant 12, dated 13 Sept 1787, p. 718. Greenbriar co., (W) VA
2. David Shely, 185 acres on the south of Elk River, Grants 12, 1898, page 720 & 721, dated 1787, Greenbriar., (W) Va
3. David Shely, 1261 Acres on the south branch of Elk River, Grants 13, 1787, page 686, dated 13 September 1787, Greenbriar co., (W) VA
Fayette County Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, Micahel L. Cook and Bettie A. Cummings cook.
P. 131, Indenture, 12 May 1790, between Joseph Beckley of Fayette co., Va, to David Shely of the same Co., 100 pounds, track in Fayette co., on the North Fork of Elkhorn. Ack. in Fayette co. Ct., May 1790 term, Recorded by FayetteCircuit Ct , 4 July 1803
P.275, Indenture, 13 February 1804 of Louisa co., VA to David Sheley of Fayette co., Ky for $2,049.33, 200 acres on the water of Elkhorn in Fayette Co. Recorded 18 Feb 1804
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Shely Bible:
(Contributed by Mrs. Charles McMillan, Paris, Ky.).
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessamine County Dec. 13, 1823.
Mary Hurst, his wife, born Feb. 7, 1758, died in Jessamine Co., Nov. 1, 1849.
Children: Milley, born July 24, 1777, married a man named Smith. Polly, born Apr. 20, 1779. William, born Oct. 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829. Nancy, born Nov. 8, 1782, died Aug. 9, 1794. Sally, born July 28, 1785, died Aug. 9, 1794. David, born Feb. 3, 1787. Elizabeth, born Feb. 6, 1789. Margaret, born Feb. 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville?). John, born June 2, 1793, died Jan. 9, 1850; wife's name was Webber. Elinore, born Feb. 8, 1795, married John Stapleton. Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst, Matilda, born Sept. 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West. Fanny, born Sept. 21, 1799, died March 22, 1847, married Samuel Miller.
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Jessamine County Clerk
Courthouse, 101 N. Main Street
Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
Received Monday 5 March 2001
WILL BOOK C
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In the name of God Amen, I David Shely Sen of the county of Jessamine and state of Kentucky being of sound mind and disposing memory but calling to mind the mortailiy of my body and knowing the certainy of death do through the mercies of Almighty God make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner ad form - I desire that all my just debts be paid, I desire that my wife Polly Sheely have provision of the land on which I now live during natural life bounded as follows. To wit. Beginning at a stone a corner to Thomas Dillons land Thence N 47 3/4 W 287 poles with said Dillions line to stake two hickories & a white oak standing in Stephensons line at (off page) N 2 thence N 42 1/2 E 42 1/2 poles to a stone a N 3 thence S 78 1/2 E 197 l/3 poles to a Black wlanut stump called Mitchells corner (off page) at N e 4 Thence S 81 1/2 E 37 1/2 poles to a stone in the Hickman Road at N 5 Thence S 13 W ?? 8 p0les to a stone thence S ?? E. 15.6 to a stone at Ne 7 Thence South 54 poles
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to a stone at No 8 Thence N 89 E 172 poles to Stone at No 9 Thence S 1 E to a Hickory and Locust thence N 74 1/2 W 88 poles to a stone Thence S 75
W 48 poles to two ash stumps and a stone in the Cattells line, Thence N 715 W 41 1/2 poles to a stone in Sodowskys Settlement line a No 16, Thence with said line N 1 W 102 poles to the beginning be the same more or less also the Land not other disposed of which I purchased of William Thompson and that she also retain such stock on any other property now in her possession for the benefit of the farm as she may think fit with the consent of my Exectuors here after named but should any stock on other property be disposed of I wish my Executors to appropriate the profits arising therefrom to such purposes as may appear to them most advisable. I wish my children the names following to sheare equally of my estate after defraying such devises as relates to my daughters. Margaret Ball William Shely David John, Milly Smith, Polly Shock Eliza Stepleton, Elenor Stableton, Rebeccak Hurst, Matilda West and Fanny Shely and that each legatee above named by shared with the sums advanced to them, and of my son John Shely should have had more than his proportionable part on an equal division that he may keep it thought not to have any more. Also I desire my daughter Margaret Ball have retained for her in the hands of my Executors six hundred dollars to be put on interest in such hands as will be sure to pay yearly, the interest to be (said?) out for her and her children in like manner during the life of Henry Ball and at his death to pay over the said sum to her if living and in case of her death it is to be contined at interest until her child (or children) arrive at the age of eighteen years. The said six hundred dollars to be equally dividued amost her children but should she decease and none of her children attain the the age of eighteen years then the six hundred dollars to be equally dividing amongst ???children above named. The following sums are the amount chargeable to each legatee. To William Shely four hundred and eight seven dollars fifity cents, David Six hundred and sixty seven dollars also four hundred dollars to go to his children out of his part, Mashall & Eliza, John Shely four thousand four hundred and eighty seven dollars, Polly Shock five Milly Smith five hundred and thirty nine dollars, Polly Shock five hundred and seven two dollars, Eliza Stepleton Eight hundred and twenty dollars Elenor Stableton seven hundred and thirty eight dollars, Rebeecak Hurst One thousand and nine, Matilda West, Eleven hundred and ninty five dollars, Fanny Shely One hundred and forty eight dollars. I desire that my son Washington Franklin Sheely have the land and all the
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appertenance thereunto appertaining which I have bequeath to my beloved wife during her life, and also that he have two work horses two pair of gear and two ploughs a large and small on(off page) and that he have the horse saddle & bridle and such oher things as I have alreaddy given him, and at and after my death, I desire all my lands in Virgina as well as the land adjoing the farm which I have bequeathed to my wife be sold namely one track of land by deed of Twelve hundred and sixteen acres A mil(off page..probably Military) survey lying on the south branch of Elk River Nicholas County, one other survey of one hundred and eight five acres lying on main Elk River adjoing the Shallowford in the county aforesaid in the state of Virginia and at the death of my wife the (off page) of all my property real and personal sold the the money divided as above bequeathed and also the money due by bond to (off Page..prob ‘me’) divided in the same manner as above mentioned. Except an (off page) hundred dollars which lastly of all I bequeath to my belolved wife. I nominate constitute and appoint my son John Sheely, Washington Franklin Sheely and Jeremiah Frazer the executors of this my last will and testament and do here by ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and testament. In tesitmony whereof I have here unto set hand and seal this 6th day of August 1823.
Signed sealed
in the presence of usDavid Shely (Seal)
Jeremiah Frazer
Samuel D. Livingstons
Thos Butler
Charles M Deavenport
Jessamine County Set December Court 1823
The within last will and testament of David Shely deceased was this day produced in Court and proven by the oaths of Jeremiah Frazier Saml D. Levin Thos Butler & Chs M Davenport the subscribing witness ther (off page) to be the last will and testament of sd Shely and ordered to be recorded
Attest Danl B Pric Clk (off page)
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Jessamine Co.
WASHINGTON F. SHELY (deceased), a well respected citizen of Jessamine County, Ky., was born in Fayette County, May 24, 1802; a son of David and Mary (Hurst) Shelby, who came to Kentucky in a very early day. The subject remained on the farm near Lexington, receiving a limited education in his boyhood days. When quite a young man he came to Jessamine County, on the now old homestead, which has an old style mansion where the children of our subject were all born and, with their mother, the most of them still reside there. His wife's maiden name was Catherine H. Willoughby, born October 14, 1808, and who was once the beautiful daughter of Alexander
Willoughby (he a son of Hugh Willoughby, who was a Virginian and immigrated to Kentucky in the latter part of the eighteenth century) and still retains a great deal of her beauty. Her marriage with the subject of this sketch was consummated on October 7, 1825.
Of the children born to this union, four are now living; Dewitt C., born August 18, 1831; James W., born April 28, 1834; Arkansas, March 4, 1836, wife of Joseph Fritzlen of Nicholasville; Joshua A., an infant and Mary H. deceased.
Our subject died January 1, 1841. Mrs. Shely, in 1843, married William T. Willis, who went out as a captain in the Mexican war and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista. One child born to this union is living: Alexander W., born March 25, 1844.
The survivors of this old and respected family are all members of the Presbyterian Church. James W. Shely is the youngest son of Catharine Willoughby and the late Washington Shely of Jessamine County. He was born on the old homestead in 1834. His mother was the daughter of Alexander Willoughby, a soldier in the war of 1812. He was in several hard fought battles, and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine. He was a member of the company commanded by James Monroe, afterward President of the United States, serving eight years.
The mother of Mr. Shely was born in 1808. Washington Shely was born in 1802 and was married in 1825. The names of their children are Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, Mrs. Mary Miller (died in 1885), Dewitt Clinton, James W. and Mrs. Arkie Fritzlen. Washington Shely died in 1842.
Shely Hurst Willoughby Fritzlen Williams McAfee Willis Miller379
Posted on Ancestry by shelyww.
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The Cornstalk militia of Kentucky, 1792-1811, by G. Glenn Clift, Kentucy Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky, 1957, Commissioned Officers 1792, David Sheley, Captain 10th Reg, Aug 9, 1792
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Other Shely marriages:
Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region
Rezin Sheely to Nancy White, Frankln Co KY
Michael Sheely to Agnes Eavana, 23 Dec 1798 Woodford Co KY
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“Kentucky Obituaries,” 1797-1854, Complied by G. Glenn Clift, Baltimore, Genealogiccal Publishing Co. 1979, Page 55, “William Sheely of Harrison Co. Died at the rsidence of his mother, near Nicholasville in March, 1829”. R 3/11
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Five of William P Children came to Texas: John Shock, Mary Ann, William Washington and Amelia.
“Kentucky Obituaries,” 1797-1854, Complied by G. Glenn Clift, Baltimore, Genealogiccal Publishing Co. 1979, Page 188,”Mrs. ________Sheely, wife of David Sheely, of Lexington. She died of cholera 21 July 1849. OR 7/25”.
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Shely Bible states Mary died 1 Nov 1849.
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Image of Corn Stalk Militia Man from website of Kentucky National Guard: http://kynghistory.ky.gov/history/1qtr/cornstalk.htm
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Sheley, David Captain, 10th Regiment August 9, 1792539
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Capt. David SHELY - Capt. VA (Cornstalk Militia of KY) (? NSAR 2168 NF)
b. 5/27/1750 VA d. 12/13/1823 KY m. Mary (Polly) HURST, VA?
Researcher: Agnes M. Mott 799 E. Adams St. Layton, UT 84041
DAR Patriot Index vol. 1 pg.610 David: b 5-27-1705 d 12-13-1823 m Mary Hurst Of VA
S134: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition Part III P - Z 1974, pg. 2638
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SHELLY (SHELY) David; 1750-1818; Nicholasville Cem. Jessamine Co, KY; Captain, VA Page 546
S291: Sons of the American Revolution - Revolutionary War Graves Register. Compiled and edited by Clovis H. Brakebill, Former President General SAR
SAR information 6/21/18: David SHELLY
SAR Patriot #: P-288558
State of Service: VA Rank: Captain
Birth: 27 May 1750 Berkley/VA
Death: 13 Dec 1823 /Jessamie Co./KY
Citation: SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
DAR Record Copy #705970.
Spouse: Mary/Polly Hurst
Children: Rebecca, William
Cemetery: Jessamine / KY
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Headstone information:
Capt David Shelly
Birth: May 27, 1750
Death: Dec. 3, 1818
Kentucky, USA
Name also spelled Shely. Capt VA Rev War
Burial:
Nicholasville Cemetery (Only 42 stones)
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Kentucky, USA
Posted on Ancestry by lavonne.
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SHELY (Sheely), DAVID, b. 27 May 1750, VA., d 12 Dec 1823, Jessamine Co., Ky., m. 1776,
Mary (Polly) Hurst, b. 7 Feb 1757, Va, d. 11 Nov. 1849,Jessamine Co., Ky.
SERVICE: Capt. and officer in the Va. Troops:
CHILDREN:
Millie, b. 24 July 1777, m. John Smith:
Polly, b. 20 Apr. 1779;
William, b. 27 Oct. 1781, m. Elizabeth Collins;
Nancy, b. 8 Nov 1782, m. John Shock;
Sally,b. 28 July 1785;
David L., b. 3 Feb 1787, mm (1)Mary Kirkpatrick, (2) Betty Shely;
Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb 1789, m. George Stapleton;
Matilda, b. 7 Sept. 1790, m, Charles West;
Margaret, b. 28 Feb 1791, m. Henry Ball;
John David, b. 2 June 1793, m. Magdalena Webber;
Rebecca, b. 29 Mar 1797, m. James Hurst;
Frances B. (Fanny), b. 21 Sept 1799, m. Samuel Miller.
posted on Ancestry by lavonne
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David SHELY - Capt. VA (Cornstalk Militia of KY) b. 5/27/1750 VA d. 12/13/1823 KY m. Mary (Polly) HURST, VA?
Researcher: Agnes M. Mott 799 E. Adams St. Layton, UT 84041
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SHELLY (SHELY0 David; 1750-1818; Nicholasville Cem. Jessamine Co, KY; Captain, VA (Probably this same man, though death date different.) Page 530, 546185
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Captain in Rev. War from VA.
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Rev War Capt VA, KY Cornstalk Mil
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Captain David Sheley, developed one of the first horse farms in Kentucky.
On Ancestry from Deb Borgers Deeter.
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J.D. Shely, farmer, P.O. Lexington, is a grandson of Capt. David Shely, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and earned his straps by his bravery and saugacity in fighting the Indians. . . He was the son of Capt. David shely, who received his military rank and title for services performed in the Indian wars, so frequent in Kentucky for many years after settlements had begun to be made, and which gave to it the terribly suggestive and appropriate title of "the dark and bloody ground".537
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listed in DAR Patriot Index- Centenial Edition as born May 27, 1750 VA died Kentucky Dec 13, 1823. He married Mary {Polly} Hurst of VA.538
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INDIANA DAR page 576
SHELY (Sheely), DAVID, b. 27 May 1750, Va., d. 12 Dec. 1823, Jessamine Co., Ky., m. 1776, Mary (Polly) Hurst, b. 7 Feb. 1757, Va., d. 11 Nov. 1849, Jessamine Co., Ky. SERVICE: Capt. and officer in the Va. Troops. CHILDREN: Millie, b. 24 July 1777, m. John Smith; Polly, b. 20 Apr. 1779; William, b. 27 Oct. 1781, m. Elizabeth Collins; Nancy, b. 8 Nov. 1782, m. John Shock; Sally, b. 28 July 1785; David L., b. 3 Feb. 1787, m. (1) Mary Kirkpatrick, (2) Betty Shely; Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb. 1789, m. George Stapleton; Matilda, b. 7 Sept. 1790, m. Charles West; Margaret, b. 28 Feb. 1791, m. Henry Ball; John David, b. 2 June 1793, m. Magdalena Webber; Rebecca, b. 29 Mar. 1797, m. James, Hurst; Frances B. (Fanny), b. 21 Sept. 1799, m. Samuel Miller.
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Source for children and dates: Indiana DAR
Bible Records ‚ Kentucky Court & Other Records Volume II‚ by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc Baltimore 1984, Cobtributed by Mrs. Charles McMillan, Paris, KY: Then follows list of children/spouses.
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessmine Co, Ky, Died December 12, 1823
Mary Hurst, his wife, February 7,1758 Children:
Milly, born July 24, 1777 married a man named Smith
Polly, born April 20, 1779
William, born Oct 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829
Nancy, born Nov 18, 1782, died August 9,1794
Sally, born July 28, 1785, died August 9, 1797 (same date as Nancy)
David, born Feb 6, 1787
Elizabeth, born Feb 6, 1789
Margaret. born Feb 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville)
John, born June 2m 1793, died Dec 9, 1850; wife‚ name was Webber
Elinore, Feb 8, 1795, married John Stapleton
Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst
Matila, born Sept 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West
Not listed in the bible is
Washington Franklin, 24 May 1802, Fayette Co, Ky, died 1 Jan 1841, Jessamine Co, married Catherine H
Willoughby
1. David Shely, 270 Acres on the NW side of Elk River, Grant 12, dated 13 Sept 1787, p. 718. Greenbriar co., (W) VA
2. David Shely, 185 acres on the south of Elk River, Grants 12, 1898, page 720 & 721, dated 1787, Greenbriar., (W) Va
3. David Shely, 1261 Acres on the south branch of Elk River, Grants 13, 1787, page 686, dated 13 September 1787, Greenbriar co., (W) VA
Fayette County Kentucky Records, Vol. 2, Micahel L. Cook and Bettie A. Cummings cook.
P. 131, Indenture, 12 May 1790, between Joseph Beckley of Fayette co., Va, to David Shely of the same Co., 100 pounds, track in Fayette co., on the North Fork of Elkhorn. Ack. in Fayette co. Ct., May 1790 term, Recorded by FayetteCircuit Ct , 4 July 1803
P.275, Indenture, 13 February 1804 of Louisa co., VA to David Sheley of Fayette co., Ky for $2,049.33, 200 acres on the water of Elkhorn in Fayette Co. Recorded 18 Feb 1804
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Shely Bible:
(Contributed by Mrs. Charles McMillan, Paris, Ky.).
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessamine County Dec. 13, 1823.
Mary Hurst, his wife, born Feb. 7, 1758, died in Jessamine Co., Nov. 1, 1849.
Children: Milley, born July 24, 1777, married a man named Smith. Polly, born Apr. 20, 1779. William, born Oct. 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829. Nancy, born Nov. 8, 1782, died Aug. 9, 1794. Sally, born July 28, 1785, died Aug. 9, 1794. David, born Feb. 3, 1787. Elizabeth, born Feb. 6, 1789. Margaret, born Feb. 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville?). John, born June 2, 1793, died Jan. 9, 1850; wife's name was Webber. Elinore, born Feb. 8, 1795, married John Stapleton. Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst, Matilda, born Sept. 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West. Fanny, born Sept. 21, 1799, died March 22, 1847, married Samuel Miller.
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Jessamine County Clerk
Courthouse, 101 N. Main Street
Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
Received Monday 5 March 2001
WILL BOOK C
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In the name of God Amen, I David Shely Sen of the county of Jessamine and state of Kentucky being of sound mind and disposing memory but calling to mind the mortailiy of my body and knowing the certainy of death do through the mercies of Almighty God make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner ad form - I desire that all my just debts be paid, I desire that my wife Polly Sheely have provision of the land on which I now live during natural life bounded as follows. To wit. Beginning at a stone a corner to Thomas Dillons land Thence N 47 3/4 W 287 poles with said Dillions line to stake two hickories & a white oak standing in Stephensons line at (off page) N 2 thence N 42 1/2 E 42 1/2 poles to a stone a N 3 thence S 78 1/2 E 197 l/3 poles to a Black wlanut stump called Mitchells corner (off page) at N e 4 Thence S 81 1/2 E 37 1/2 poles to a stone in the Hickman Road at N 5 Thence S 13 W ?? 8 p0les to a stone thence S ?? E. 15.6 to a stone at Ne 7 Thence South 54 poles
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to a stone at No 8 Thence N 89 E 172 poles to Stone at No 9 Thence S 1 E to a Hickory and Locust thence N 74 1/2 W 88 poles to a stone Thence S 75
W 48 poles to two ash stumps and a stone in the Cattells line, Thence N 715 W 41 1/2 poles to a stone in Sodowskys Settlement line a No 16, Thence with said line N 1 W 102 poles to the beginning be the same more or less also the Land not other disposed of which I purchased of William Thompson and that she also retain such stock on any other property now in her possession for the benefit of the farm as she may think fit with the consent of my Exectuors here after named but should any stock on other property be disposed of I wish my Executors to appropriate the profits arising therefrom to such purposes as may appear to them most advisable. I wish my children the names following to sheare equally of my estate after defraying such devises as relates to my daughters. Margaret Ball William Shely David John, Milly Smith, Polly Shock Eliza Stepleton, Elenor Stableton, Rebeccak Hurst, Matilda West and Fanny Shely and that each legatee above named by shared with the sums advanced to them, and of my son John Shely should have had more than his proportionable part on an equal division that he may keep it thought not to have any more. Also I desire my daughter Margaret Ball have retained for her in the hands of my Executors six hundred dollars to be put on interest in such hands as will be sure to pay yearly, the interest to be (said?) out for her and her children in like manner during the life of Henry Ball and at his death to pay over the said sum to her if living and in case of her death it is to be contined at interest until her child (or children) arrive at the age of eighteen years. The said six hundred dollars to be equally dividued amost her children but should she decease and none of her children attain the the age of eighteen years then the six hundred dollars to be equally dividing amongst ???children above named. The following sums are the amount chargeable to each legatee. To William Shely four hundred and eight seven dollars fifity cents, David Six hundred and sixty seven dollars also four hundred dollars to go to his children out of his part, Mashall & Eliza, John Shely four thousand four hundred and eighty seven dollars, Polly Shock five Milly Smith five hundred and thirty nine dollars, Polly Shock five hundred and seven two dollars, Eliza Stepleton Eight hundred and twenty dollars Elenor Stableton seven hundred and thirty eight dollars, Rebeecak Hurst One thousand and nine, Matilda West, Eleven hundred and ninty five dollars, Fanny Shely One hundred and forty eight dollars. I desire that my son Washington Franklin Sheely have the land and all the
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appertenance thereunto appertaining which I have bequeath to my beloved wife during her life, and also that he have two work horses two pair of gear and two ploughs a large and small on(off page) and that he have the horse saddle & bridle and such oher things as I have alreaddy given him, and at and after my death, I desire all my lands in Virgina as well as the land adjoing the farm which I have bequeathed to my wife be sold namely one track of land by deed of Twelve hundred and sixteen acres A mil(off page..probably Military) survey lying on the south branch of Elk River Nicholas County, one other survey of one hundred and eight five acres lying on main Elk River adjoing the Shallowford in the county aforesaid in the state of Virginia and at the death of my wife the (off page) of all my property real and personal sold the the money divided as above bequeathed and also the money due by bond to (off Page..prob ‘me’) divided in the same manner as above mentioned. Except an (off page) hundred dollars which lastly of all I bequeath to my belolved wife. I nominate constitute and appoint my son John Sheely, Washington Franklin Sheely and Jeremiah Frazer the executors of this my last will and testament and do here by ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and testament. In tesitmony whereof I have here unto set hand and seal this 6th day of August 1823.
Signed sealed
in the presence of usDavid Shely (Seal)
Jeremiah Frazer
Samuel D. Livingstons
Thos Butler
Charles M Deavenport
Jessamine County Set December Court 1823
The within last will and testament of David Shely deceased was this day produced in Court and proven by the oaths of Jeremiah Frazier Saml D. Levin Thos Butler & Chs M Davenport the subscribing witness ther (off page) to be the last will and testament of sd Shely and ordered to be recorded
Attest Danl B Pric Clk (off page)
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Jessamine Co.
WASHINGTON F. SHELY (deceased), a well respected citizen of Jessamine County, Ky., was born in Fayette County, May 24, 1802; a son of David and Mary (Hurst) Shelby, who came to Kentucky in a very early day. The subject remained on the farm near Lexington, receiving a limited education in his boyhood days. When quite a young man he came to Jessamine County, on the now old homestead, which has an old style mansion where the children of our subject were all born and, with their mother, the most of them still reside there. His wife's maiden name was Catherine H. Willoughby, born October 14, 1808, and who was once the beautiful daughter of Alexander
Willoughby (he a son of Hugh Willoughby, who was a Virginian and immigrated to Kentucky in the latter part of the eighteenth century) and still retains a great deal of her beauty. Her marriage with the subject of this sketch was consummated on October 7, 1825.
Of the children born to this union, four are now living; Dewitt C., born August 18, 1831; James W., born April 28, 1834; Arkansas, March 4, 1836, wife of Joseph Fritzlen of Nicholasville; Joshua A., an infant and Mary H. deceased.
Our subject died January 1, 1841. Mrs. Shely, in 1843, married William T. Willis, who went out as a captain in the Mexican war and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista. One child born to this union is living: Alexander W., born March 25, 1844.
The survivors of this old and respected family are all members of the Presbyterian Church. James W. Shely is the youngest son of Catharine Willoughby and the late Washington Shely of Jessamine County. He was born on the old homestead in 1834. His mother was the daughter of Alexander Willoughby, a soldier in the war of 1812. He was in several hard fought battles, and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine. He was a member of the company commanded by James Monroe, afterward President of the United States, serving eight years.
The mother of Mr. Shely was born in 1808. Washington Shely was born in 1802 and was married in 1825. The names of their children are Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, Mrs. Mary Miller (died in 1885), Dewitt Clinton, James W. and Mrs. Arkie Fritzlen. Washington Shely died in 1842.
Shely Hurst Willoughby Fritzlen Williams McAfee Willis Miller379
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The Cornstalk militia of Kentucky, 1792-1811, by G. Glenn Clift, Kentucy Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky, 1957, Commissioned Officers 1792, David Sheley, Captain 10th Reg, Aug 9, 1792
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Other Shely marriages:
Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region
Rezin Sheely to Nancy White, Frankln Co KY
Michael Sheely to Agnes Eavana, 23 Dec 1798 Woodford Co KY
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“Kentucky Obituaries,” 1797-1854, Complied by G. Glenn Clift, Baltimore, Genealogiccal Publishing Co. 1979, Page 55, “William Sheely of Harrison Co. Died at the rsidence of his mother, near Nicholasville in March, 1829”. R 3/11
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Five of William P Children came to Texas: John Shock, Mary Ann, William Washington and Amelia.
“Kentucky Obituaries,” 1797-1854, Complied by G. Glenn Clift, Baltimore, Genealogiccal Publishing Co. 1979, Page 188,”Mrs. ________Sheely, wife of David Sheely, of Lexington. She died of cholera 21 July 1849. OR 7/25”.
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Shely Bible states Mary died 1 Nov 1849.
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Image of Corn Stalk Militia Man from website of Kentucky National Guard: http://kynghistory.ky.gov/history/1qtr/cornstalk.htm
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Sheley, David Captain, 10th Regiment August 9, 1792539
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Capt. David SHELY - Capt. VA (Cornstalk Militia of KY) (? NSAR 2168 NF)
b. 5/27/1750 VA d. 12/13/1823 KY m. Mary (Polly) HURST, VA?
Researcher: Agnes M. Mott 799 E. Adams St. Layton, UT 84041
DAR Patriot Index vol. 1 pg.610 David: b 5-27-1705 d 12-13-1823 m Mary Hurst Of VA
S134: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition Part III P - Z 1974, pg. 2638
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SHELLY (SHELY) David; 1750-1818; Nicholasville Cem. Jessamine Co, KY; Captain, VA Page 546
S291: Sons of the American Revolution - Revolutionary War Graves Register. Compiled and edited by Clovis H. Brakebill, Former President General SAR
SAR information 6/21/18: David SHELLY
SAR Patriot #: P-288558
State of Service: VA Rank: Captain
Birth: 27 May 1750 Berkley/VA
Death: 13 Dec 1823 /Jessamie Co./KY
Citation: SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
DAR Record Copy #705970.
Spouse: Mary/Polly Hurst
Children: Rebecca, William
Cemetery: Jessamine / KY
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Headstone information:
Capt David Shelly
Birth: May 27, 1750
Death: Dec. 3, 1818
Kentucky, USA
Name also spelled Shely. Capt VA Rev War
Burial:
Nicholasville Cemetery (Only 42 stones)
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Kentucky, USA
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SHELY (Sheely), DAVID, b. 27 May 1750, VA., d 12 Dec 1823, Jessamine Co., Ky., m. 1776,
Mary (Polly) Hurst, b. 7 Feb 1757, Va, d. 11 Nov. 1849,Jessamine Co., Ky.
SERVICE: Capt. and officer in the Va. Troops:
CHILDREN:
Millie, b. 24 July 1777, m. John Smith:
Polly, b. 20 Apr. 1779;
William, b. 27 Oct. 1781, m. Elizabeth Collins;
Nancy, b. 8 Nov 1782, m. John Shock;
Sally,b. 28 July 1785;
David L., b. 3 Feb 1787, mm (1)Mary Kirkpatrick, (2) Betty Shely;
Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb 1789, m. George Stapleton;
Matilda, b. 7 Sept. 1790, m, Charles West;
Margaret, b. 28 Feb 1791, m. Henry Ball;
John David, b. 2 June 1793, m. Magdalena Webber;
Rebecca, b. 29 Mar 1797, m. James Hurst;
Frances B. (Fanny), b. 21 Sept 1799, m. Samuel Miller.
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Research notes for David (Spouse 1)
Researcher:
Agnes M. Mott
799 E. Adams St.
Layton, UT 84041
Fayette Co, KY tax records 1792
Jessamine Co, KY FHL 7952
Deed recrpds Fayette Co, KY FHL 1490708
Kentucky Deed Records 1814-15 Roll 5 Vol. K pg. 366
David Shely sold land to Thomas January for $19,640. signed by David Shely and Mary Shely Mar. 1, 1815.
He received bounty lands in Nicolas Co., VA (now West Virginia) for service in Revolutionary War. found this where David Shely Jr. sold this land in FHL 252373 Nicholas Co, VA Deeds book M 1839-43 pag. 133.
David Shely's will FHL 183325 Jessamine Co, KY Book of Wills 1818-26 pg. 316-18. In that record Shely is spelled 3 different ways, al together found 6 different spellings. Agnes Mott.
she lists that will probated Dec. 1823, will made Aug 6, 1823;
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book C, 313
Date of Will 1823; Date of Probate 1823540
Kentucky Court & Other Records: Vol. II pub. by The Keystone Press c 1932
page 214 &215 SHELY BIBLE
(Contributed by Mrs. Charles McMillian, Paris, Ky).
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessamine County Dec. 13, 1823.
Mary Hurst, his wife, born Feb. 7, 1758, died in Jessamine Co., Nov. 1, 1849.
Children:
Milley, born July 24, 1777, married a man named Smith.
Polly, born Apr. 20, 1779.
William, born Oct. 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829.
Nancy, born Nov. 8, 1782, died Aug. 9, 1794.
Sally, born July 28, 1785, died Aug. 9, 1794.
David, born Feb. 3, 1787.
Elizabeth Feb. 6, 1789.
Margaret, born Feb. 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville?).
John, born June 2, 1793, died Jan. 9, 1850; wife's name was Webber.
Elinore, born Feb. 8, 1795, married John Stapleton.
Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst.
Matilda, born Sept. 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West.
Fanny, born Sept. 21, 1799, died March 22, 1847, married Samuel Miller.
Washington F., born May 24, 1802, died Jan. 1, 1941???, married Katherine H. Willoughby.
SHELLY, (includes SHEALEY, SHEELY & SHELY)
David: b 5-27-1750 d 12-13-1823 m Mary Hurst Of VA541
Becky Latt has David Shely (Sheely)530
Indian Attacks and the Cornstalk Militia: (1786-1811) Light Infantry Uniform circa 1789 - Lexington Light Infantry, Lexington Ky 1789
Encouraged by the defeat of St. Clair, the Indians and their British backers struck hard at Kentucky. At times as many as two dozen people were slain at a single settlement. Simon Kenton, an early commander of the Kentucky Militia, helped develop a more sophisticated Militia in Northern Kentucky when, in 1786, he trained spies and scouts, appointed commanders and signal corps, and procured arms and ammunition for his Company, which then was known as the Mason County Minutemen. For eight years these Minutemen covered all of Northern Kentucky from April until November, the months most subject to Indian depredation. It was during this same period that the militiamen of Kentucky came to be known as "The Limestone Volunteers "
The activities of these volunteers were not limited to their home state but often extended beyond Kentucky into Ohio and Indiana in pursuit of Indian raiding parties. Because of the serious nature of these interstate raids, President Washington ordered several of the National Militia to active duty for three-month tours to aid the frontier states to ward off the British-Indian threat. This, of course, caused various complications to arise. In order to continue such coordinated efforts, the Kentucky Board of War was established in 1791, whose duty it was to call out the Kentucky Militia in the service of the United States whenever necessary. It was due to these combined efforts of the Kentucky Militia and Federal troops that, during the next two years, the threat of Indian attacks was reduced to a minimum. Some 1,500 Kentucky Militiamen led by future Adjutant General and Governor John Adair, and future Governor Charles Scott, comprised half of the combined forces under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne to defeat a force of 2,000 Indians and 70 Canadians in August 1794, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Ohio.
Also in 1794, Colonel William Whitley and the Southern Kentucky Militia, fighting alongside the Tennessee Territorial Militia, defeated the East Tennessee band of Chickamauga Indians. Following these two victories, treaties were signed, ending the Indian threat in the central Bluegrass and Southern Kentucky. However, it did not stop, but the scope and threat of attack in Western Kentucky were greatly diminished.
In 1811, General William Henry Harrison, a former Kentucky Militia officer serving as governor of the Indiana Territory, led a 1,000-man force into the Northwest to attack the Tecumseh alliance. In this force were 100 members of the Kentucky Militia under Colonel Daviess, who later lost his life in the defeat of the Indians at Tippecanoe in a victory that forever rid Kentucky of the Indian menace.542
Agnes M. Mott
799 E. Adams St.
Layton, UT 84041
Fayette Co, KY tax records 1792
Jessamine Co, KY FHL 7952
Deed recrpds Fayette Co, KY FHL 1490708
Kentucky Deed Records 1814-15 Roll 5 Vol. K pg. 366
David Shely sold land to Thomas January for $19,640. signed by David Shely and Mary Shely Mar. 1, 1815.
He received bounty lands in Nicolas Co., VA (now West Virginia) for service in Revolutionary War. found this where David Shely Jr. sold this land in FHL 252373 Nicholas Co, VA Deeds book M 1839-43 pag. 133.
David Shely's will FHL 183325 Jessamine Co, KY Book of Wills 1818-26 pg. 316-18. In that record Shely is spelled 3 different ways, al together found 6 different spellings. Agnes Mott.
she lists that will probated Dec. 1823, will made Aug 6, 1823;
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Will Book C, 313
Date of Will 1823; Date of Probate 1823540
Kentucky Court & Other Records: Vol. II pub. by The Keystone Press c 1932
page 214 &215 SHELY BIBLE
(Contributed by Mrs. Charles McMillian, Paris, Ky).
David Shely, born May 27, 1750, died in Jessamine County Dec. 13, 1823.
Mary Hurst, his wife, born Feb. 7, 1758, died in Jessamine Co., Nov. 1, 1849.
Children:
Milley, born July 24, 1777, married a man named Smith.
Polly, born Apr. 20, 1779.
William, born Oct. 27, 1781, died March 6, 1829.
Nancy, born Nov. 8, 1782, died Aug. 9, 1794.
Sally, born July 28, 1785, died Aug. 9, 1794.
David, born Feb. 3, 1787.
Elizabeth Feb. 6, 1789.
Margaret, born Feb. 28, 1791, died 1851, married Henry Ball (Danville?).
John, born June 2, 1793, died Jan. 9, 1850; wife's name was Webber.
Elinore, born Feb. 8, 1795, married John Stapleton.
Rebecca, born March 29, 1797, married James Hurst.
Matilda, born Sept. 7, 1798, died March 4, 1831, married Charles West.
Fanny, born Sept. 21, 1799, died March 22, 1847, married Samuel Miller.
Washington F., born May 24, 1802, died Jan. 1, 1941???, married Katherine H. Willoughby.
SHELLY, (includes SHEALEY, SHEELY & SHELY)
David: b 5-27-1750 d 12-13-1823 m Mary Hurst Of VA541
Becky Latt has David Shely (Sheely)530
Indian Attacks and the Cornstalk Militia: (1786-1811) Light Infantry Uniform circa 1789 - Lexington Light Infantry, Lexington Ky 1789
Encouraged by the defeat of St. Clair, the Indians and their British backers struck hard at Kentucky. At times as many as two dozen people were slain at a single settlement. Simon Kenton, an early commander of the Kentucky Militia, helped develop a more sophisticated Militia in Northern Kentucky when, in 1786, he trained spies and scouts, appointed commanders and signal corps, and procured arms and ammunition for his Company, which then was known as the Mason County Minutemen. For eight years these Minutemen covered all of Northern Kentucky from April until November, the months most subject to Indian depredation. It was during this same period that the militiamen of Kentucky came to be known as "The Limestone Volunteers "
The activities of these volunteers were not limited to their home state but often extended beyond Kentucky into Ohio and Indiana in pursuit of Indian raiding parties. Because of the serious nature of these interstate raids, President Washington ordered several of the National Militia to active duty for three-month tours to aid the frontier states to ward off the British-Indian threat. This, of course, caused various complications to arise. In order to continue such coordinated efforts, the Kentucky Board of War was established in 1791, whose duty it was to call out the Kentucky Militia in the service of the United States whenever necessary. It was due to these combined efforts of the Kentucky Militia and Federal troops that, during the next two years, the threat of Indian attacks was reduced to a minimum. Some 1,500 Kentucky Militiamen led by future Adjutant General and Governor John Adair, and future Governor Charles Scott, comprised half of the combined forces under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne to defeat a force of 2,000 Indians and 70 Canadians in August 1794, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Ohio.
Also in 1794, Colonel William Whitley and the Southern Kentucky Militia, fighting alongside the Tennessee Territorial Militia, defeated the East Tennessee band of Chickamauga Indians. Following these two victories, treaties were signed, ending the Indian threat in the central Bluegrass and Southern Kentucky. However, it did not stop, but the scope and threat of attack in Western Kentucky were greatly diminished.
In 1811, General William Henry Harrison, a former Kentucky Militia officer serving as governor of the Indiana Territory, led a 1,000-man force into the Northwest to attack the Tecumseh alliance. In this force were 100 members of the Kentucky Militia under Colonel Daviess, who later lost his life in the defeat of the Indians at Tippecanoe in a victory that forever rid Kentucky of the Indian menace.542