At 09:21 PM 01/03/2000 -0500, Theron Smith wrote: >The dates and places don't seem to match what we know of the Abbeville Co., >SC SHARPS. William Sharp (1787-1844) son of Edward Sharp and Mary Gray, >spent his entire life in Abbeville. Also too young to be father of your >John F. Had son John R. b 1818. > >William Sharp (b. 1795) in adjoining Laurens Co., son of Isaac Sharp and >Elizabeth Ross, did have son named John, but much too young to be yours. > >There was a William S. in 1800 Union Co., SC(22011-30010-03) There was a >William S in 1790 Chester Co., SC. (1 male, 16 or over; living alone. >These two are the only Williams in 1790 or 1800 SC census. I know nothing >further about either. Most interesting. My ggg-gf John Johnston Sharp b 1800 Abbeville Dist, SC had a son born 1820 in AL named Edward Grey Sharp. Other Sharps from SC we have been looking at as siblings of JJ Sharp include William Sharp b abt 1795, Edward Grey Sharp b abt 1797, John Sharp b abt 1798, Isaac Sharp b abt 1804, Thomas Sharp b abt 1810 & Vincent Sharp b aft 1810. The father of J J Sharp was John I Sharp, b 1765 in Abbeville District and his wife Altha. There is some question among my cousins as to the wife of John I Sharp. More information is on my webpage at http://www.telepath.com/dataman/jjsharp.html Gene Phillips