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Isaac Shelby was born in the Colony of Maryland on December 11, 1750, near Hagerstown in Frederick (now Washington) County. [1] [2] He was the third child and second son of Evan and Letitia (Cox) Shelby, who immigrated from Tregaron, Wales, in 1735. [3]
Williamson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 247,726. [2] The county seat is Franklin, [3] and the county is located in Middle Tennessee. The county is named after Hugh Williamson, a North Carolina politician who signed the U.S. Constitution.
State of North Carolina: Number: 100: Populations: 3,461 ... Shelby: 1841: Lincoln County and Rutherford County ... Speaker of the North Carolina Senate, and early ...
The county is located in far Western North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains. It holds more of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park than any other county in North Carolina or Tennessee. The highest point in the county is Clingmans Dome, elevation 6,643 feet, located on the NC/TN border. Clingman's is the third-highest peak in North Carolina.
After the United States became independent, Greene County was formed in 1783 from the original Washington County, North Carolina, part of the former Washington District. The county is named for Major General Nathanael Greene [4] (1742-1786), a major general in the Continental Army from Rhode Island.
Cordova [3] [4] [5] [6] is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.Cordova lies east of Memphis, north of Germantown, south of Bartlett, and northwest ...
Sullivan County is part of the Kingsport–Bristol TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Kingsport–Johnson City–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. Sullivan is Tennessee's second-oldest county; [4] it was established in 1779 when the area was still part of North ...
It includes 16 of North Carolina's townships. Carteret County operates under a council–manager form of government. The county manager is Tommy Burns. [36] A voting machine malfunction in the county resulted in the loss of 4,438 ballots cast during early voting for the November 2, 2004, general election. [37]