Person:Nathan Shelly (1)

Shelly, Nathan, 3 males under 10 [Thomas, Jeremiah, Nathan Jr.], 1 male 26-44 [Nathan], 1 female 26-44 [Mary/Polly]

Nathan Shelley
2 males under 5 (b 1825-1830) [William (1827), Jackson]
2 males 5-10 (b 1820-1825) [Jeremiah, Nathan Jr. - see note below]
1 male 10-15 (b 1815-1820) [Thomas (1814)]
1 male 20-30 (b 1800-1810) [Nathan - see note below]
2 females 5-10 (b 1820-1825) [Elizabeth (1820), Jane (1825)]
1 female 30-40 (b 1790-1800) [Mary/Polly (1795)]

Nathan Shely
2 males 10-15 (b 1825-1830) [William (1827), Jackson]
3 males 20-30 (b 1810-1820) [Thomas (1814), Jeremiah, Nathan Jr.]
1 male 40-50 (b 1790-1800) Nathan (1790)
1 female under 5 (b 1835-1840) [Mary "Polly", unknown]
1 female 5-10 (b 1830-1835) [Nancy (1832)]
2 females 10-15 (b 1825-1830) [Jane (1825)]
1 female 40-50 (b 1790-1800) [Mary/Polly (1795)]

Nathan Shelley came into Kentucky with his mother, Jane Campbell Shelley in the early 1800's and settled near Whitecotton Ford.
It also lists children as: Thomas, Jeremiah, Nathan Jr, John or Jackson L, Elizabeth, Jane, William T, Mary and Nancy as taken from his will.

p. 1 – Nathan Shelly is the son of Jeremiah Shelly and Jane Campbell Shelly of Jefferson County, TN and the first Shelly of known record to settle in Whitley (Knox) County, KY. He was named in the Will of Alexander Campbell dated 10 Aug 1810 and recorded in Will Book A, Knox Co., KY. In 1814 he was granted 100 acres “on Gelico River, branch of Cumberland, near Whitecotton’s Ford” as recorded in Knox Co., KY Book A, Patented Land Grants, #62.
The Will of Jeremiah Shelly dated 21 Sep 1797 names his wife, Jean, “my little son Nathan”, and two unnamed daughters.
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p. 2 – Nathan Shelly, farmer, b. NC? 1790, d. 19 Sept 1845, age 55 years. Married on 29 June 1813 by Angus Ross JP, Knox Co., KY to Mary “Polly” Meadors b. 1796, d. 2 Nov 1855 age 60. Both are buried at Jellico Creek Cemetery, Whitley Co., KY. Nathan is the son of Jeremiah/Jane (Campbell) Shelly. Mary “Polly” is the daughter of Thomas/Elizabeth (Todd?) Meadors.
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p. 113 (A1) – Deed, dated 5 Mar 1829, Commonwealth of Kentucky to Nathan Shelly:
. . . . In consideration of part of a Kentucky land offer a part of order number [?] is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Nathan Shelly assignee of Cox & Faulkner a certain tract or parcel of land containing fifty acres by Survey bearing date the fifth day of March 1829 lying and being in the County of Whitley on the Waters of Gillico to adjoin the land of which said Shelly now lives and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning on three white oaks thence N41East 50 poles to a forked white oak thence W140 poles to a white oak thence S41West 14 poles to a beech and white oak a corner of said Shellys original Survey thence with a line of the same S41E 135 poles to the Beginning Registered 10th September 1807. . . .
Signed 10 March 1832, Thomas Metcalfe Esq Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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p.119 (A4)
Letter, 11 April 1972, Forest E. Dudley, Chief, War Recods, Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Statement of Service: Shelly, Wathan [sic], War of 1812
Rank: Private
Date of Appointment or Enlistment: Sept 1, 1812
To what time Engaged or Enlisted: October 1, 1812
Remarks: Failed to attend and march
From Roll of Captain James McNeil’s Company, Second Regiment, Kentucky Militia.

p. 121 (A5) – The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky, anon, nd
I do not find Nathan Shelley, but I do find Wathan Shelly, private, September 1, 1812 (enlisted) to October 1, 1812, Failed to attend and march.
On p. 65 – Roster of Soldies of War of 1812, the Wathan above was on the roll of Captain James McNeil’s Company, second Regiment, Kentucky Militia
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From p. 172, Quisenberry’s Kentuckians in the War of 1812, “There appears to be good evidence that there were several regiments of Kentucky militia in the war, the rolls of which have been lost. . . . There is no roll now in existence of the Second Regiment of Kentucky Riflemen, which would have contained about 500 men.”
p. 186 – ibid – “Second Regiment, Kentucky Militia, organized September 1, 1812. Field and Staff – Lieut. Col. William Jennings 5th Company, Captain David McNeils, Lieut. James Jacks, Ensign Nathaniel D. Moore.”
Since the rolls of this group have been lost, . . . I believe the group listed as “deserted or failed to attend” went with Winchester’s group on the day, Sept. 1, 1812. I do not find date of discharge but the Wathen is doubtless your Nathan a misread letter in recording.
[Note: The Kentucky troops under Brigadier General James Winchester served at Fort Wayne, Indiana – see Quisenberry]
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Shelley, Jane, 1 male 16-25 [Nathan], 1 male 45 and over [Alexander Campbell?], 1 female 16-25 [Elizabeth?], 1 female 45 and over [Jane]

Nathan Shelly, Birth: 1790, Tennessee, USA
Death: Sep. 19, 1845, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Children: Jane Shelly Parker Criscillis (1825 - 1903)
Burial: Jellico Creek Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA

Shelly, Nathan, 19 Sep 1845, age 55 yrs., son of Jeremiah

Apr 1822
John Cooper vs Nathan Shelly & Valentine Harmon, Ejectment
Defendants Tenants in possession have been served with a copy of the Plaintiffs Declaration and appear not and must appear at next term [or be presumed guilty]