2. | Heinrich or Henry Honas "Pioneer" Sharp, (Immigrant) was born on 4 May 1735 in Germany (son of Isaac Sharp, (immigrant) and Margaret Weber (or Webber), (immigrant)); died in 1814 in Harrison, Preble Co, Ohio; was buried in Roselawn Cem, Lewisburg, Preble Co, Ohio. Notes:
According to History of Preble Co., Ohio, 1881, Henry Honus Sharp was a native of Scotland but lived in Germany before coming to America. He and Barbara lived in Orange Co., N.C. before 1785, and probably moved to Botetourt County, Virginia about 1782. He apparently left Virginia for Tennessee in 1789, and moved to Preble Co., Ohio in 1805, where he died in 1814.
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Heinrich Honas Sharp, was born May 4, 1735 in Palitinate, Germany. He died 1814 in Preble County, Ohio.
He married about 1760 in Berks County, Pennsylvania to Barbara GRAVES born 1744 in Pennsylvania. This family spent some time in North Carolina and then in Union County Tennessee. Henry was the first man buried in the Euphemia graveyard, now known as Roselawn Cemetery. Rebecca Sharp #24384797 listed on the grave monument is Henrys sister.
Henry served with Count Casimir Pulaski's Light Dragoons during the American Revolution.
Father of Catherine SHARP Tillman, Anna Elizabeth SHARP Miller, Henry Sharp, Daniel Sharp, Sarah "Sallie" SHARP Graves, George Sharp, Mary SHARP McNutt, Jacob Sharp, William "Station Bill" Sharp, and Daniel Sharp.
Heinrich married Barbara Graves in 1759 in Greenwich, Berks Co, Pennsylvania. Barbara (daughter of John Michael Graves, (Immigrant) and Maria Magdalena Fuchs) was born in 1743 in Greenwich Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1796 in Union Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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