Person:John Sharp (54)

Notes for John Sharp: !Bible Rec attached to DAR Nat'l # 277512. There are many records with the DAR and SAR because every member of this family was involved in the Revolution. Children #s 1 and 7 along with their husbands and part of their children were POW in Canada as a result of the Byrd Campaign with the Indians at Ruddles Mills and Martins Station. other records "Early Families of Knox and Whitley Cos Ky" by Early Washington Co Va Court, land, and Marriage Rec York Co Pa Marr Rec History of Sullivan Co Tenn by Oliver Taylor 1909, pp 22-3 World Family Tree, vol. 23, tree # 1559, compiled by Mary Lois Pierce-Hughes, RR 2 Box 485, Athens, Ill. 62613, extracted May 1999. World Family Tree, vol 25, Tree # 2295, compiled by Rosemary Paul, 1218 E College, Broken Arrow, Okla. 74012, extracted May 1999.

John Sharp was born in 1720 in Bruce Castle, Scotland. John Sharp: The Thomas Sharp family arrived between 1720, when John was born, and 1740, when John's first child was born in Pennsylvania. Family legend says that the Duncans, Sharps, Laughlins, Porterfields, and others all came together to America from Belfast, Ireland. If so, they probably came at the urging of Thomas' brother-in-law, Thomas King, who came much earlier. This was the pattern for later generations. One or two families would go first, followed by the rest of the clan over a period of years.

Thomas Sharp's will, written October 24, 1757 and proven February 5, 1758: "In the name of God Amen, I being sick and low of Body but of perfect Sense and Memory Thanks to Almighty God and calling to Mind my Mortality do make this my last will and Testament in Manner following and first I give my Soul to God and my Body to be decently buryed in Hopes of a glorious Resurrection as to my Worldly Goods I dispose of them as followeth: First I will that all just Debts be paid after my Internment. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Ketrine the third part of my whole movable Estate. I give my wife all her wearing apparel bed and bed cloaths and her saddle, she paying ten pounds in consideration of them off her part, also I allow my wife to live on the place, she maintaining clothing and schooling my two little children of the profits of it, during her chastity and widowhood and no longer. I give to my son John Sharp Ten Shillings and to my grandson Thomas Sharp my gun. I give to my son William Sharp my Olive Green Coat and Jacket. I give to my daughter Anna Tod five Shillings and to my daughter Sarah Clark five Shillings. I give to my son Thomas Sharp the plantation and improvement I now live on, when he comes to be of the age of Twenty one years if my wife leaves the place before that time: I allow the rents and profits of the place to be equally divided between my son Thomas and my daughter Mary. I give to my son Thomas the one third of my movable and third party of my movable to my daughter Mary. I give to Arthur O'Mullen at the expiration of one year, after my decease his Indenture, the little gun and Six pounds to be paid him of my estate. I do nominate and appoint Phillip Robinson and my son John Sharp to be the executors of this my last will and testament." ["William King and Virginia Watkins, Their Ancestors and Descendants" by Maellen King Ford; file from Duncan Surname Association]

He died in Jul 1796 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Parents: Thomas Sharp and Ketrina (Cynthia?) Willoughby? . He was married to Jane Hamilton in 1740 in Pennsylvania. Children were: Eleanor (or Elinor) "Nelly" Sharp, Thomas Sharp, John Sharp Jr., Mary Sharp, Elizabeth Sharp, Ann Sharp, Sarah (Sally) Sharp, Susan Sharp, Benjamin Sharp.

He was married to Sarah u(141) before 1740.

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  Died: JUL-  -1796      at:   
Father:Thomas E. SHARP
Mother:Ketrina  
       Other Spouses: Sarah _________  

  Died: 1789             at:   
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  Born: OCT-28-1740      at: Lancaster Co., Pa.  

Married: AUG-27-1761 at: Hanover Twp. Lancaster Co., Pa.

  Died: CA. 1816         at: Washington Co. Va.  

Spouses: John DUNKIN

  Born: AUG-01-1742      at: Pa.  

Married: MAR-09-1774 at:

  Died: SEP-06-1813      at: Logan Co., Ky.  

Spouses: Jean MAXWELL

  Born: AUG-30-1745      at:   

Married: MAR-21-1772 at: York Co., Pa.

  Died: DEC-01-1823      at:   

Spouses: Elizabeth LAUGHLIN

  Born: SEP-24-1747      at:   

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  Died: 1818             at:   

Spouses: Arthur GALBREATH

  Born: OCT-03-1749      at: Pa  

Married: MAR-09-1774 at: Lancaster Co., Pa.

  Died: JUL-27-1829      at: Holston, Washington Co., Va.  

Spouses: William KING

  Born: NOV-09-1751      at:   

Married: NOV-09-1769 at:

  Died: FEB-18-1834      at:   

Spouses: Alexander Duncan LAUGHLIN

  Born: 1754             at:   

Married: ABT 1775 at:

  Died: 1853             at:   

Spouses: Francis BERRY

  Born: MAR-22-1755/56   at: Pa.  

Married: 1783 at: Sullivan Co., Tn.

  Died: APR-03-1822      at: Sullivan Co., Tn.  

Spouses: Thomas KING

  Born: JAN-23-1761      at:   

Married: NOV-16-1786 at:

  Died: JAN-01-1844      at:   

Spouses: Hannah DeBough FULKERSON

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Spouses: Thomas BERRY

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