Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn SHELY 
Birth Date17 Sep 1757
Birth PlaceFrederick County, Virginia
Death Date13 Dec 1823 Age: 66
Death PlaceScott County, Kentucky
OccupationRW Soldier, Captain
FatherJohn Shock SHELY , 316 (1727-1821)
MotherMargaret DAVIS , 317 (1737-1834)
Spouses
Birth Date20 Mar 1759
Birth PlaceHarpers Ferry, Jefferson County, Virginia
Death Date17 Aug 1831 Age: 72
Death PlaceScott County, Kentucky
Family ID7792
Marr Date14 Jul 1782
Marr PlaceBerkeley County, West Virginia
ChildrenReason (1794-1868)
Notes for John SHELY
John Sheley was the oldest child of John and Margaret Davis Sheley who settled in Green County, Ohio. John fought in the Revolution attaining the rank of Captain at his discharge in 1781. He married Ann Ridgeway on February 14, 1782. They lived in Virginia until the early 1800's at which time he moved his family to Scott County, Kentucky. John's military service entitled him to a land grant totaling 2666 acres in Kentucky. He and his family farmed this land in Scott County until his death in 1825. Several of his son's including Reason moved on to Callaway County, Missouri in the years after his death.
On Find A Grave.
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Sometimes listed as Private John Shelley.
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On Find A Grave.
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Sometimes listed as Private John Shelley.
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Notes for Ann (Spouse 1)
Ann Ridgeway was born in Maryland in 1767. She married Capt. John Sheley in Frederick County, Virginia in 1782. She had 10 children most of whom immegrated to Missouri in the 1830's. We know she was living with her husband in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky as late as 1820. When she died or where she is buried in unknown. The best assumption is that she was buried on the homeplace in Scott County. John Sheley died in 1834.
On Find A Grave.
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On Find A Grave.
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