We are forgetting also that many of the PA German Schaup/Schaub and Dutch and German Scharf/Scharp families changed their name/spelling to Sharp. Many of them are known to have migrated south from PA to NC and elsewhere. I wouldn't rule them out, either. Also, there was a serious rift in the NJ Quaker communities in the mid-1700s about the owning of slaves (yes, believe it or not, there were Quakers who were slaveholders), and entire families packed up and moved south where there was less pressure to give up their slaves. Priscilla

There is some very good information on the Sharps in Union Co., Tn. My husband's Sharp ancestors settled in Bold Valley. A lot of information on Sharp in a book, "To Loy's Cross Roads" I think you can order this book from Union County Historical Society. I got mine from there. Very interesting history of the area, including the Sharps. Thelma Nation ----- Original Message ----- From: Priscilla Sharp <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] Sharps of Penna. > We are forgetting also that many of the PA German Schaup/Schaub and Dutch > and German Scharf/Scharp families changed their name/spelling to Sharp. > Many of them are known to have migrated south from PA to NC and elsewhere. > I wouldn't rule them out, either. > > Also, there was a serious rift in the NJ Quaker communities in the > mid-1700s about the owning of slaves (yes, believe it or not, there were > Quakers who were slaveholders), and entire families packed up and moved > south where there was less pressure to give up their slaves. > > Priscilla > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > >