John Sharp was born in about 1804.We had other sources saying 1805,but 1804 is the predominant year.Location we have in our records showed Vermont. That could be wrong.Several of his children ventured into Pennsylvania for wives.We only have some handwritten documents for offspring that say he was born in Vermont.At least that is the interptretation of what was there. I started on our tree in April,armed only with notes from thje memories of my parents.So far,a lot has proven incorrect. Whatever is close,we can look at with an open mind.I am certain on most info on John's children on down.Only a few missing links. Thanks for responding. Hope something fits. Charlie Sharp. [email protected]

Hi again - Came across this article while reading the Washington Observer on microfilm and though it might be of interest to someone on these lists. It is not the Sharp line I am researching, so I have no other information on these families. Nancy Giles Local People Attend Wedding A wedding of interest in Washington was that of Miss Ada B. Wardrop of Sewickley and Hugh Rodney Sharp, Jr., of Wilmington, Del., which was solemn-ized at 5 o'clock last evening in Shields Presbyterian church near Sewickley. The bride-to-be is the daughter of W. Miller Wardrop and the late Mrs. Wardrop who will be remembered as Miss Helen Donnan. Mr. Sharp is the son of Mr and Mrs. Hugh Rodney Sharp of Wilmington. The ceremony was performed by Dr. A. A. Hays, of Chicago, Ill., who, with Mrs. Hays, has been visiting for the past few days at the home of Mrs. A. G. Happer, East Wheeling street. He was assisted by the Rev. H. B. Brown, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Owen D. Odell, of Sewickley Presbyterian Church. The wedding was attended by a number of relatives of Miss Wardrop from Washington. Mrs. Robert Harmon Kennett, of Conway, N. H., sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor and the bridesmaids included Mr. Sharp's cousins, Mrs. George Tyler, Weymouth and Mrs. William Jefferson Kitchell, of Wilmington. Bayard Sharp ws his brother's best man. The ushers were Lammot du Pont III, and Robert Harmon Kennett, of Wilmington; Edmund D. Wardrop and Robert Wardrop II,brothers of Miss Wardrop. Washington Observer, Washington, PA Oct. 16, 1934

Good grief! A John W. Sharp just contacted me about the Vermont line. I answered him a few minutes ago. John W. Sharp at: [email protected] he was hunting a George (B possible) Sharp from Vermont. Have you been in contact with him? My line of SHARP's do not include the Vermont Sharp's. I am sorry. They are a difficult line to connect. I have often wondered if they are off the Hugh Sharp line in some way. Scotland, Ireland and then into Vermont and N.J. Sorry, I can not help. I wish I could. My almost 8000 des on my Father's Sharp line did not include any from the Vermont area. Ira Sharp Dennis Good hunting.

John, give me an age bracket/year. Was he 15 in 1850 or whatever you might have. I have two that could fit but I need a little more to know of the time line. Was he b. in IL? Where did you find him on census and when. Ira Sharp Dennis

John Sharp, sorry for jumping in, but I have Sharps in Pa. proven back to 1780. Also, Hi, Tootie, I see you are still helping others. Harry Sharp "John W. Sharp" wrote: > Tootie, > I just saw your e-mail below. Good grief is right. I am John W. Sharp but > I don't know of any connection to Vermont Sharps. > John W. Sharp > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tootie Dennis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] SHARP from Clark County, Illinois > > > Good grief! A John W. Sharp just contacted me about the Vermont line. I > > answered him a few minutes ago. John W. Sharp at: > > [email protected] he was hunting a George (B possible) > Sharp > > from Vermont. Have you been in contact with him? My line of SHARP's do > not > > include the Vermont Sharp's. I am sorry. They are a difficult line to > > connect. I have often wondered if they are off the Hugh Sharp line in some > > way. Scotland, Ireland and then into Vermont and N.J. Sorry, I can not > > help. I wish I could. My almost 8000 des on my Father's Sharp line did > not > > include any from the Vermont area. > > Ira Sharp Dennis Good hunting. > > > > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====

Does anyone have information about the following: William Roberds Sharp Sr. married Isabella Roberts. They had a son: William Roberds Sharp Jr. (1815-1862) who married 21 Jan 1834 Sarah (Sallie) McGuire (1814-1890). William and Sarah had a dau Nancy R. (Nannie) Sharp (1845-1887) who married 20 Oct 1863 Thomas Harvey Jones (abt 1842-?) The Jones and Sharp families lived in Maury Co., TN near the Duck River. Many of the family are buried there in the Sharp Cemetery. Any info about the Sharp family will be appreciated. Also, I want to know who the parents of Thomas Harvey Jones were. Thanks, [email protected]

In a message dated 7/22/2000 5:05:14 AM Central Daylight Time, BRaySharp writes: << The second source I have is a Family History Report titled "A History of > The Sharp Family - The Descendants of Edward Sharp of Mecklenbury County > North Carolina" >> I am interested in one bit of information from this book. so far as I know, I have no connection with Sharps in North Carolina. But I do descend from an Edward Sharp who settled in /Botetourt, Va., and died there in 1750. It appears that he came from Pennsylvania, and I and several other researchers have tied him to a Sharp line there that includes his father, Henry, and his grandfather, Edward, and several brothers and uncle. I have been told quite strongly that this connection is in error, that Henry and the first Edward belong instead to the family of Edward Sharp in North Carolina. What do you have on the antecedents of Edward Sharp of North Carolina? Thanks for your help love joan

In a message dated 07/22/2000 1:35:46 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I would like to call attention to a book I came across recently. > Worth S Ray's "The Mecklenberg Signers and Their Neighbors" Take that book with a grain of salt. I mentioned that book at a genealogy meeting a few years ago and almost got laughed out. It is notorious for bad information. I soon discovered that the information on our LOVE family was particularly bad. He confused a David LOVE of that family with a Col. David LOVE that was not related, did not live in that area, and was at least a generation earlier. Map location of their land was also quite a ways off. The John LOVE of Mecklenburg had married Sarah SHARP, daughter of Thomas SHARP JR. in Frederick Co. VA about 1750. Thomas SHARP left a Will in 1762 Frederick Co. His son, also Thomas, came to NC but I do not know if he ever lived in Mecklenburg. This line of SHARPs were Quaker, although Thomas III was disowned for serving in the militia. Most probably lived in Guilford or Randolph Co. Ted

I believe George's middle initial is B. I don't have a full middle name, however. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tootie Dennis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] SHARP from Clark County, Illinois > I will search my database and see if I can come up with a match of your IL > Sharp and my IL Sharp lines. Get back to you this evening. On my way to > library. Does your George have a middle initial as in W. Ira Sharp Dennis > Into 29 years of research on the SHARP family. > > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has searchable archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > >

I am looking for information on the following family from CLARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. The information is only believed to be correct so far. GEORGE SHARP (abt. 1830-1877) married to ISABEL (he may have had a first wife named FRANCES). They had at least one child named JACOB SHARP (abt. 1856-1906) married to MARY ELIZABETH KELLEY (abt. 1853-1900). Their children were ALBERTA SHARP, FANNIE SHARP, OTIS SHARP, NELLIE SHARP, MEADE SHARP and ARA D. SHARP. I believe that Meade stayed in Clark County and operated the family farm. I believe all of the other children moved away from Clark County. GEORGE SHARP may have also had these children besides Jacob: JOSEPH LEANDER, NORA ELLEN, CHARLIE AND REBECCA M. GEORGE SHARP may have also had a brother named JACOB SHARP (abt. 1837-1896) who was married to SAREPTA J. Their children were LILLY L., CHARLEY, and POLLY. Sincerely, John W. Sharp

I will search my database and see if I can come up with a match of your IL Sharp and my IL Sharp lines. Get back to you this evening. On my way to library. Does your George have a middle initial as in W. Ira Sharp Dennis Into 29 years of research on the SHARP family.

Dear Benny, Great to hear from you. Our Francis said on his enlistment papers for CSA that he was born in Meriwether GA. He was 5'8 1/2 " tall with red hair. Mother said his hair did not turn gray even though he lived to be over 80 years. I do not know any thing else about Jackson or the others either. Someone several months ago said he was from Wm. Baxter's family, but I was involved in something else at the time and did not get back with him. Hopefully I made a hard copy and can find it. sd

>Let me know if you want me to send you a copy of the Eron M. Sharp report on >Sharps in Mecklenbury, NC. > >Bill Sharp Several subscribers have expressed an interest in Sharps of Mecklenberg Co. NC, so I would like to call attention to a book I came across recently. Worth S Ray's "The Mecklenberg Signers and Their Neighbors" mentions many Sharps in and around Mecklenberg County as well as allied families, particularly Alexanders. Descendants who moved to Tennessee or other states were also mentioned. References to these families are scattered throughout the text, so interested subscribers would probably need to go through the book. So far I have not been able to connect these Sharps to my husband's line, but I think they may be connected. His William Sharp was born about 1790 or '91 in Virginia and married Sarah Sally HANCOCK, b. about 1799,NC. I do not know where they were married. In 1850 and earlier they were in Bedford County TN, but they may have married in Wilson Co. TN where Sarah Hancock's parents lived. I would like to hear from anyone who might have connections to this line. Roberta [email protected]

In a message dated 07/21/2000 7:17:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << What a coincidence! Where is Wetumpka ? from there?>> Hi Sue, Wetumpka looks like it is about 20 miles almost due north of Montgomery. That would make it about a four hour drive from where I live. I live in Harvest, AL which is just outside the city limits of Huntsville (northwest of Huntsville). My home is less that 20 miles from the Tennessee border. We are 2 hours north of Birmingham and 2 hours south of Nashville, TN. Bill

What a coincidence! Where is Wetumpka ? from there? sd [email protected] wrote: > Hi Sue, > > I haven't found any ties with your Sharp family (yet), but I live in Madison > Co., AL where your Martha Davis Porter was born on 13 March 1838. > > Bill Sharp > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====

Hi Sue, I haven't found any ties with your Sharp family (yet), but I live in Madison Co., AL where your Martha Davis Porter was born on 13 March 1838. Bill Sharp

Dear listers: My Francis Marion Sharp was born Nov. 7 1831 in Meriwether GA m March 16 1865 in Natchitoche LA d Aug. 24 1913 Crockett, Houston Co TX - buried Glendale Cemetery Crockett volunteered for CSA in Natchitoche LA Was pow in New Orleans m Martha Davis Porter, widow with son Walker b March 13 1838 in Madison Co AL d April 1931 Crockett, Houston Co TX - buried Glendale Cemetery, Crockett Parents of: James M -21 April 1881 - lived in CA WERT2Feb 1872 Walter LEE - 23 Dec 1876 LAURA - (Mrs. Robert STOKES) and two other sons Francis Marion's siblings: Jackson Wm. Baxter Nancy Emily Believed to have moved to Wetumpha AL from GA before going on to LA Any ties? Would love to hear from you if you connect! sd

----- Original Message ----- From: John & Sue Davis <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] SHARPS IN SC AND GA > Thanks, I would love it. Maybe it will give me some new leads. I have been > stuck for so long! > Sue Davis > 1910 LATEXO > HOUSTON TX 77018-1711 > 713 681 9807 > > [email protected] wrote: > > > In a message dated 07/21/2000 7:15:53 AM Central Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > << The Francis Marion you mention is in my direct line. Could you send me > > what you > > have so I can compare it with the information I have? >> > > > > Hi Gwen, > > > > The info I have on Francis Marion Sharp is from two sources: > > > > 1. The first source is a Family History posted to the Internet. It is > > titled "Sharps in Oklahoma and you can access it by going to the following > > URL: > > > > http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/ShowMsg.asp?id=1763403 > > > > 2. The second source I have is a Family History Report titled "A History of > > The Sharp Family - The Descendants of Edward Sharp of Mecklenbury County > > North Carolina" published by the Rev. Eron M. Sharp (now deceased), Memphis, > > TN in 1962 This is not what I would call a formal publication; it is typed > > on regular typing paper and copies of it were made. The report is 92 pages > > with an additional seven pages of introductory material. It has a lot of > > material on this family; ancestors and descendants of Francis Marion Sharp. > > I don't have this Report on my computer so I can't send it as an attachment > > to an e-mail. If you would like to have a copy of it send me your "snail > > mail" address and I will have a copy made and get it in the mail to you. > > > > I haven't found a connection between this family and mine, but I'm sure that > > there probably is one if we can ever find it. This family was in Winston > > Co., MS at the same time that my family was in both Choctaw and Winston > > counties in MS; in fact, my Sharps were living in Choctaw Co. right at the > > border with Winston County. > > > > Let me know if you want me to send you a copy of the Eron M. Sharp report on > > Sharps in Mecklenbury, NC. > > > > Bill Sharp > > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > > > >

In a message dated 07/21/2000 7:15:53 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << The Francis Marion you mention is in my direct line. Could you send me what you have so I can compare it with the information I have? >> Hi Gwen, The info I have on Francis Marion Sharp is from two sources: 1. The first source is a Family History posted to the Internet. It is titled "Sharps in Oklahoma and you can access it by going to the following URL: http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/ShowMsg.asp?id=1763403 2. The second source I have is a Family History Report titled "A History of The Sharp Family - The Descendants of Edward Sharp of Mecklenbury County North Carolina" published by the Rev. Eron M. Sharp (now deceased), Memphis, TN in 1962 This is not what I would call a formal publication; it is typed on regular typing paper and copies of it were made. The report is 92 pages with an additional seven pages of introductory material. It has a lot of material on this family; ancestors and descendants of Francis Marion Sharp. I don't have this Report on my computer so I can't send it as an attachment to an e-mail. If you would like to have a copy of it send me your "snail mail" address and I will have a copy made and get it in the mail to you. I haven't found a connection between this family and mine, but I'm sure that there probably is one if we can ever find it. This family was in Winston Co., MS at the same time that my family was in both Choctaw and Winston counties in MS; in fact, my Sharps were living in Choctaw Co. right at the border with Winston County. Let me know if you want me to send you a copy of the Eron M. Sharp report on Sharps in Mecklenbury, NC. Bill Sharp