Joan, I am doing some "cleaning" here in my e-mail and stumbled upon a message from you dated 3/ll/00, (see below). My gr. gr. grandfather was John Sharp, born Shelby County, Ky, February 3, 1779. He married Elizabeth Leatherman. Their son, Henry Leatherman Sharp was born 1823, Vermillion County, Indiana. Could this John Sharp be the one your are searching for??? Michel Scott, Oregon [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 3/11/00 4:28:38 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] > .com writes: > > << Hello: I am in the SHARP bunch that settled in Shelbyville, KY in the very > early 1800 or before that . I have lots of info on the bunch in that area. > I also have great reason to beleive that some of this family and allied > families went on the Tennessee >> > > My Sharp line stopped over a few years in Shelby County. Anthony Sharp came > from Virginia by way of Eastern Tennessee and in 1794 married Rachel Ellison > (Allison) in Shelby. They had several children before moving on to Christian > County and then to Madison County, Ky. > He had a brother, John Sharp, about the same age as he (b ca. 1760-64) who > may have come with him. I cannot pin down this John anywhere. He also had an > uncle William Sharp who may have left Virginia also. > Usually those heading west usually went with one or more famlily members, so > I thought if you had Sharps in Shelby before 1800 they may be related to mine. > What do you think? > love > joan > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====

>My gr. gr. grandfather was John Sharp, born Shelby County, Ky, February 3, >1779. . . . >> I also have great reason to beleive that some of this family and allied >> families went on the Tennessee >> In response to the messages recently posted , I wonder if anyone sees connections to my husband's William Sharp of Tennessee: This William Sharp was born in VA about 1790 or '91. He married Sarah Sally HANCOCK, b. about 1799,NC, but I do not know where they were married. So far I have not been able to find a marriage record in Bedford County TN where they were living in 1850 and earlier, but perhaps they married in another Tennessee county or even in North Carolina, where Sarah Hancock's parents lived in Bute Co. NC before moving to Wilson Co. TN. In 1830 there were three William Sharp families in Bedford Co. TN, and it was through the Hancocks that I was able to discover which Wm. is in my husband's line. Of course, all these Sharp families had sons named William! William and Sarah's children were: Robert Martin Sharp who married Louisa Jacobs and moved to Missouri. William and Sarah's other children included William H, Samuel H., Elizabeth (m. John BELL), James, John Thomas, and a daughter, Ritter, who married James M. HOOVER, and possibly other offspring. I am trying to identify William's parents and the Virginia County where he was born. Possibly they went to Tennessee by way of Kentucky. Roberta [email protected]