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    1. [SHARP-L] Sharp's in Bedford and Maury Co, TN
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    3. I am looking for information about any of the following, especially the Jones line. Thanks, Roxie@arkansas.net William Roberds Sharp, Jr. b. 20 Dec 1815 Bedford, TN-d. 3 Oct 1862 Maury, TN married 21 January 1834 in Bedford Co., TN Sarah (Sallie) McGuire b. 2 Jan 1814 Bedford, TN-d. 3 June 1890 Maury Co., TN Children born to William R. and Sarah Sharp: 1. Nancy R. (Nannie) b. 14 Nov 1845-d. 1887/88; md Thomas Harvey Jones 2. Thomas Asbury b. 24 March 1837-d. 7 July 1890; md Nancy Jane Jones 3. William Anderson (Bud) b. 1 April 1843-d. 23 April 1922; md Sarah Elizabeth Jones 4. Anna Katherine (Puss) b. 3 Oct 1839-d. 1906; md David Samuel (Davey Crockett) Jones 5. Isabella R. b. 20 Jan 1835-d. 12 Jan 1841 6. Sarah Elizabeth b. 8 Aug 1849-d.?; md Andrew Lovette 7. Nicey Belle b. 8 Nov 1851-d. 24 Dec 1928; md Thomas B. Carpenter 8. Mary Josephine b. 12 June 1855-d. 6 Nov 1877; md Frank L. Lovette Most of these, if not all, were buried in Sharp Cemetery, Maury Co., TN I have the parents of William Roberds Sharp Jr as: William Roberds Sharp, SR b. 6 Sept 1786 Bedford, TN-d. 26 July 1848 Bedford, TN; md. 11 March 1807 in Bedford or Knox, TN Isabella Roberts b. 28 Feb 1790-d. 5 June 1826, buried Mt Moriah Cemetery, Bedford, TN Their children: 1. William Roberds Sharp, Jr (see above) 2. Anderson Sharp b. 19 June 1808-d. 20 Aug 1863 3. John Sharp b. abt 1810-d. abt 1848 4. Aletha Sharp b. 1818-d. 21 July 1852 5. Isabella b. 24 Feb 1820-d. 25 June 1905 (buried Jonesboro, AR) 6. Graham B. Sharp b. abt 1822 The Sharp family settled about 1832 in Maury Co., TN an area known as Sharp's Corners, a community located between Bear Creek Pike and Carpenter's Bridge. Carpenter's Bridge is a bridge built in 1904 across Duck River between the area known as Jones Bend or "tugas" and Sharp's Corner. It was named for T.B. Carpenter, prominent near-by resident. William Roberds Sharp, SR. was one of the signers of petition to form Maury County, presented to the General Assembly of Tennessee August 1807.

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