On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Faye wrote: << My 2nd great grandfather was John Sharp, married Altha ____? John was born 1798 in South Carolina. <<I am posting this Ancestry File, hoping that there are other descendants looking for these Ancestors. Haven't found any beyond John Sharp, born 1798. I am about as certain as I can get that this John Sharp b. 1798 in SC and his siblings were children of Isaac Sharp Sr. and wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Ross of Laurens Co.,SC. See 1790 and 1800 censuses for that Co. and the record of the settlement of Isaac's estate about 1808. Nothing is known about Isaac Sr's ancestry. Theron Smith Descendant of the Sharps of Abbeville Co., SC (no known relation to Isaac in adjoining Laurens Co., SC)