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About Louisa Shelby

According to Notable Southern Families (Vol. 2, pp. 305, 315) a Louisa Looney married Captain John Shelby of the military organization of Washington County, Virginia. According to a D.A.R. application paper (Lineage 78, 382) John Shelby Sr. (b. 1724 - d. 1794) went to join his brother Moses in North Carolina in 1750 where he met Louisa Looney. He established a station in the Wautauga District known as Shelby's. Their children were:

  1. JohnJr., married Elizabeth Brigham;
  2. David married Sarah Bledsoe;
  3. Eban,
  4. Thomas,
  5. Isaac;
  6. Louisa married Wm.McCrab; and
  7. Catherine Shelby who married ____ Evan.

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Louisa Shelby's Timeline

1728
1728
Augusta County, Virginia
1751
1751
North Carolina, United States
1755
1755
Isle of Man
1757
1757
1759
1759
1761
1761
1763
1763
1763
Washington County, Virginia, United States
1794
1794
Age 66
Washington County, Virginia