Samuel M. Wilson Image Collection on the Shelby Family
Abstract
The Samuel M. Wilson Image Collection on the Shelby family (43 items, dated 1792-1946) consists of portraits and photographs featuring the Shelby family, including prints of three generations of family members, monuments, and houses related to the Shelby family. Also includes photos of Samuel M. Wilson visiting Traveler's Rest, burial site of Governor Isaac Shelby.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Samuel M. Wilson Image Collection on the Shelby Family
- Date
- 1882-1944, undated
- Creator
- Wilson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mackay), 1871-1946
- Extent
- 0.25 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Portraits.
- Arrangement
- Collection arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- PA54W3: [identification of item], Samuel M. Wilson Collecion on the Shelby Family, 1882-1944, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Samuel M. Wilson (1871-1946) collected these prints and the corresponding manuscript collection of the Shelby family as resources for writing Susan Hart Shelby's memoir. Wilson was an attorney and President of the Kentucky Society of Sons of the Revolution, and was Susan Hart Shelby's son-in-law, having married her youngest daughter Mary Bullock Shelby.
- Members of the Shelby family of Fayette County, Ky. were descendants of Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky. They were involved in the military, in business and farming operations, politics and social life. Major Thomas H. Shelby, son of Governor Shelby, was the first man in central Kentucky to ship beef to England. His sons, Isaac P. Shelby (1822-1896) and Thomas H. Shelby, Jr., and other family members continued the family farming enterprises.
- Scope and Content
- The Samuel M. Wilson Image Collection on the Shelby family (43 items, dated 1792-1946) consists of portraits and photographs featuring the Shelby family, including prints of three generations of family members, monuments, and houses related to the Shelby family. Also includes photos of Samuel M. Wilson visiting Traveler's Rest, burial site of Governor Isaac Shelby.
- Portion of the manuscript collection 54W3.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Shelby family, 1882-1925, undated
Colonel Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), first Governor of Kentucky; reproduction of portrait by Matthew Jouett; "Portrait of Gov. Isaac Shelby, by Jouett, owned by John J. Shelby, of Lexington." noted on back image, undated
Colonel Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), first Governor of Kentucky; "Portrait owned by Col. Garrett. Isaac Shelby." noted on back of image, undated
Colonel Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), first Governor of Kentucky, undated
Colonel Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), first Governor of Kentucky; illustrated plate from book with biography of Isaac Shelby, undated
Colonel Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), first Governor of Kentucky; "Painted by Jouitt. Eng. by A.B. Durand." printed under picture, undated
Susanna (Hart) Shelby (1764-1833), wife of Isaac Shelby; "Susanna (Hart) Shelby. daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Simpson) Hart; b. Casmell Co., N. Carolina, Feb. 18, 1764; d. "Traveler's Rest, Lincoln Co., KY. June 19, 1833. Wife of Col. Isaac Shelby, first governor of KY.; m. at Boonesboro, KY., Apr. 19, 1783." noted on back image., undated
Col. Thomas Hart Shelby (1789-1869); son of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Shelby?" noted on back image, undated
Isaac Shelby Jr. (1795-1886); Son of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Isaac Shelby, Jr. (son of Gov. Isaac Shelby.) 'Arcadia', Lincoln Co., Ky. 87 yrs. of age (1882) b.1795 - d.1886. Copy from original photo. made March 23rd 1916" noted on back image, 1882
Isaac Shelby Jr. (1795-1886); son of Governor Isaac Shelby; illustration; "Isaac P. Shelby" noted under image, undated
General Joseph O. Shelby (1830-1897); husband to Elizabeth Nancy Shelby, great-granddaughter of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Jo. O. Shelby of Lex. KY" noted on back, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Dr. Edmund Shelby?" noted on back photo, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Dr. Edmund Shelby?" noted on back photo, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby; "E.P. Shelby" noted on back image, undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby; "E.P. Shelby" noted on back image., undated
Edmund Pendleton Shelby (1833-1917), grandson of Governor Isaac Shelby; "Dr. E.P. Shelby." noted under image, undated
Susan Goodloe (Hart) Shelby (1839-1923), wife of Edmund Pendleton Shelby; "Mrs. Edmund P. Shelby" noted on back paper-frame, undated
Headstone of Governor Isaac Shelby at Traveler's Rest, 1925
Governor Isaac Shelby's sword presented after victory at Old King's Mountain, undated
Grassland, home of Edmund Pendleton and Susan Goodloe (Hart) Shelby, undated
Grave of General Evan Shelby (1719-1794); "Bristol, Tennessee. Second location of Gen. Evan Shelby casket removed from here to new location" noted on back photo, undated
Grave of General Evan Shelby (1719-1794); "Grave of Gen. Evan Shelby. Bristol, Tennessee (third location). taken 1899" noted on back photo, 1899
Room in dormitory; "Shelby" noted on back photo, undated
Illustration of girl; "1st proof" noted on back illustration, undated
Traveler's Rest, 1938-1944, undated
Samuel M. Wilson (1871-1946) by stone wall at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Samuel M. Wilson (1871-1946) by fence at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Three people including Mrs. Samuel M. Wilson at Traveler's Rest; "? // Mrs. Samuel M. Wilson // ?" noted on back, 1938
Five people at Traveler's Rest; "[illegible], Mrs. S.M. Wilson, Garret McDonald, Clinton H[illegible], Mr. David Shelby" noted on back photo, 1938
Four people by Governor Isaac Shelby's Grave at Traveler's Rest; "Taken Sunday, May 15, 1938" noted on back photo, 1938
Two men by Governor Isaac Shelby's grave at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Man and woman by Governor Isaac Shelby's grave at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Governor Isaac Shelby's grave at Traveler's Rest; "Taken Sunday, May 15th, 1938" noted on back photo, 1938
Building at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Burial site at Traveler's Rest, 1938
Fence at Traveler's Rest burial site, 1938
Fence at Traveler's Rest burial site, 1938
Fence at Traveler's Rest burial site, 1938
Samuel M. Wilson (1871-1946) by Governor Isaac Shelby's grave; "Traveler's Rest burial ground. Oct. 12, 1944. KY. Soc. Sons of Rev. War of 1812" noted on back photo. "Photo by Winston Coleman. Lexington, KY. Oct. 12 1944" printed on back photo, 1944
Samuel M. Wilson (1871-1946) by Governor Isaac Shelby's grave; "Traveler's Rest burial ground. Oct. 1944." noted on back print. "Photo by Winston Coleman. Lexington, KY. Oct. 12 1944" printed on back print, 1944
Dunning S. Wilson (1876-1927), son of Samuel Ramsay and Annie M. Steele Wilson; half-brother of Samuel M. Wilson, undated
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