Person:John Sharp (72)

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 2 - Burkholder vs. Blain--O. S. 263; N. S. 92--Bill, 1816. Complainants are John Burkholder and Rosana, John and Joseph Blain, Ann Campbell, Joseph Greer and Mary, his wife; Andrew Blain, Mary Blain, widow of John Blain, deceased; Danl. Chesnut and Isabella, his wife; James Blain, In August, 1811, John Blain of Rockingham died, intestate, leaving widow Mary and 12 children, viz: Rosanna, John, Joseph, Ann, Mary, Andrew, Isabella, James, Robert, Mathew, Margaret (married John Sharp), William, all of age.

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From William T. Price's "Historical Sketches of Pocahontas Co, WV" (reprinted by McClain Publishing, Parsons, WV, 1963; originally published by Price Brothers, Marlinton, WV, 1901):

Among the persons settling in what is now Pocahontas County early in the [nineteenth] century, John Sharp, Senior, a native of Ireland, is richly deserving of more than passing notice. He is the ancestor of the families of that name that constitute such a marked proportion of the Frost community, and have been identified with that vicinity for the past 91 years. Previous to the Revolution, he came in with the tide of Scotch-Irish immigration that spread over Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and thence moved south, and finally located in Rockingham County, VA. His wife was Margaret Blaine, whose previous residence was in the vicinity of Rawley Springs. She was a relative of Rev. John S. Blaine, one of the pioneer Presbyterian ministers in our country.

After a residence of several years in Rockingham County, Mr. Sharp came to Pocahontas to secure land for the use of his large and industrious family, and he succeeded well, and saw them well fixed in life all around him. He reached Frost in 1802... His land possessions reached from the Gibson Farm, near Frost, up the West Branch to Armnius Buzzard's, near Glade Hill. He had property in The Hills, on Thorny Creek, and on Buffalo Mountain beyond Greenbank, and the most of these lands succeeded in the possession of his descendants.

He was small in person, blue eyes, light hair, and of florid complexion. He was constantly employed. Mrs. Sharp was quiet in all her ways, very diligent in her duties, and patiently met and endured the toils and inconveniences of living in the woods. These persons were pious, and some of the first religious meetings ever held in the vicinity of Frost were in their house.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).

   Note: there are wide variations of John Sharp's date and place of birth on IGI.