----- Original Message ----- From: Don & Pat <dgaddie@sutv.com> To: Dean and Faye Alley <fdalley@southwind.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:49 PM Subject: Sharp & Ross > Here is the info I found in that SC book: > Also in the book "The Dividing paths: Cherokees and South Carolinians > Through the Era of Revolution" by Tom Hatley it mentions > a John Sharp on page's 44-45. Says on pg. 44: "Goods with the Power of > Things" : "An incident at the town of Nayowee in 1724 > suggests the indifference which the Cherokees were capable of showing > their colonial trading partners-and their goods. Although the > character of John Sharp, a trader from Virginia living in Tugaloo town, > has been forgotten, he inspired strong enough antipathy > to be taught a lesson by his Cherokee hosts." > > On page 110 of the above book a Thomas Ross is mentioned in these areas > of SC: Overhill Towns, Tellico, Oakfuskee, & Fort > Toulouse. > > > Clues to family are found here: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/census/1790/transcriptions/072.gif > 96th district: Laurens Co., SC > 2nd column: > Sharp, Isaac (4 white females) > Ross, David > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/census/1790/transcriptions/index/141.gi f > > Sharps on 1790 census SC: Isaac, John, Robert, Sarah, William, > Christopher, Edward, James > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/census/1790/transcriptions/index/140.gi f > > Ross' on the 1790 census SC: Andy, Arthur, David, Elizabeth, Francis, > George, Isaac, James, John, Joseph, Kenneth, Malcom, > Richard, Robert, Sarah, Thomas, William > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/districts/census/1779_96d.txt > R200 ROSS Andrew 1779 Old 96th District SC > R200 ROSS Robert 1779 Old 96th District SC > R200 ROSS Thomas 1779 Old 96th District SC > R200 ROSS WILLIAM 1779 Old 96th District SC > R200 ROSS WILLIAM 1779 Old 96th District SC > S610 SHARP Edward 1779 Old 96th District SC > S610 SHARP John 1779 Old 96th District SC > >