This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sharp, Sharpe, Johnston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XBB.2ACE/1831 Message Board Post: I am looking for any primary source documention for the parents of John Louis Sharp, aka Louis, aka Lewis Sharp. I believe he is connected to a Mark Sharp (Mark Holt) family from Russell Co., who is listed there in the 1830 and 1840 census, but have no documented proof. 2 of Marks son's married daughters of Benjamin Johnston, who lived along Wolf Creek, and Louis marries Phoeba Johnston in Russell Co. in 1855. He is listed in the Russell Co. militia in 1862 with a Richard Sharp. He is in Co. D 3rd KY US Inf. during the Civil War with a Richard Sharp and a William Sharp, both may be sons of Mark. Louis moves to Casey Co. in 1860. I suspect he is a son or some relation to Mark Sharp but have no proof. In order to add some confusion, I have seen postings that Mark Sharp is also known as Marcus Holt, who marries a Francis Fanny Hampton c. 1823 in Campbell Co. Any help would be appreciated.