I notice this is the same route that my Sharps took. I ask that you help me watch for a Matthew Sharp bn 1776 in Va. I believe his middle name to be Albert or at least I think that the name he went by started with an A. I dont think he used Matthew till his older age. He left Va. some of his stopped in Tenn. I think around Anderson county Tenn. Then he or his family came to SC just across the river from Burke county Ga. Then to Burke, then to Baldwin then finally settling in Stewart county Ga where he died a old man. His wife was named Elizabeth. Her maiden name I think to be Easley, for they named their first son Easley. He had one son Francis J Sharp and I believe a brother Fielding Sharp living in Muscogee county Ga. Francis J died before 1830 and Fielding moved to Stewart county where Matthew , Easley were living. Francis J I think was involved in the slave trade and was in Montgomery Al. a lot and may have married a girl from there around 1820. I would appreciate any help any one can give on this brickwall. Richard Sharp -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:38 PM Subject: [SHARP-L] Re: SHARPS in Shelby Co. >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 ==== > > > > >