Sgtwendy The line of Sharps in Anderson co Tn. are of my line. I am not sure how. I believe there was a brother to my Matthew Sharp bn 1776 went to Anderson. Matthew came out of Va. to SC Then to Burke county Ga, on to Baldwin and finally settled in Stewart county Ga. He died there after 1850. His son Joshua A Sharp made his way to Angelina county Tx in 1877 He brought his whole family with him. One of Matthews grandsons was Henry Z Sharp. In 1889 he married in Anderson county Tx. and left forthright and traveled to Anderson County Tn. Where his first child was bn. Henry was a visiting man. He stayed on the road a lot. I dont know if he was a salesman or what, but he would come to visit the Angelina county bunch abt 3 times a yr. He was also visiting kin in Tn. Now how we can tie I dont know but it is there. I have not been able to find Matthews parents but I think another brothers name was Fielding Sharp. Richard Sharp