Born in Caswell County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Hart Sr
and Sarah (Simpson) Hart
Sister of
Keziah (Hart) Thompson, Simpson Hart, Nathaniel Hart Jr., John Hart, Mary Ann (Hart) Dallam, Cumberland Hart, Chinoe (Hart) Smith and Thomas Richard Green Hart
Wife of
Isaac Shelby
— married
19 Apr 1783 in Boonesborough, VA (Now KY)
Descendants 
Mother of
James Shelby, Sarah Hart (Shelby) McDowell, Evan Shelby, Thomas Hart Shelby, Susan Hart (Shelby) Fishback, Nancy Shelby, Isaac Shelby, John Shelby, Letitia (Shelby) Todd, Katherine Shelby and Alfred Shelby
Died
at age 69
in Lincoln County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
Her biography from "The Kentucky Encyclopedia" follows:
- Susannah (Hart) Shelby, wife of Kentucky's first governor, was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, on February 18, 1764, the daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Hart and Sarah (Simpson) Hart.
- Susannah Hart met Isaac Shelby at Fort Boonesborough and two years later, they married there on April 19, 1783. The couple lived at Travellers Rest in Lincoln County where they raised eleven children.
- Susannah Shelby died June 19, 1833, and was buried at the Family Cemetery At Travellers Rest, Lincoln County, Kentucky, beside her husband. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Samuel M. Wilson, Susan Hart Shelby: A Memoir (Lexington. Ky., 1923). FRANCES KELLER BARR.
- June Lee Mefford Kinkead, Our Kentucky Pioneer Ancestry, A History of the Kinkead and McDowell Families of Kentucky, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992, pages 73-77.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
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~1.56%
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