| 8. | William Sharp was born about 1766 in Orange Co, North Carolina (son of John George Sharp, (immigrant) and Anna Marie Loy); died on 11 Mar 1840 in Speedwell, Clairborne Co, Tennessee. Other Events and Attributes:
- Will: 20 Mar 1840, Claiborne Co, Tennessee
Notes:
William & Catherine Graves Sharp of Claiborne County, Tennessee
Added by vadissaga on 2 May 2007
The annals of Southwest Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers, page 932, contain a record of the sale of 299 acres of land located in Clover Bottom, On Sinking Creek, Montgomery County, forr 200 pounds, on July 3, 1798, by William Sharp and Cautherana (Catherine), his wife, to John Bowen. Upon examination of the records at Christiansburg, Virginia, the writer found that this property was surveyed May 19, 1789, and joined land of John Lucas (?). This deed of bargain and sale was acknowledged in the July Court 1798, "The said wife being first privily examined as the Law directs, and ordered to be recorded."
The name of William Sharp first appeared on the personal tax records of Montgomery County, Va., in 1790, he having made a return on June 27, 1790, on 5 horses. In 1791, he was taxed on 184 acres of land (Montgomery County, Va. Land Book, State Library, Richmond, Va.) and his name appeared on the personal tax records through 1795, when he was taxed on 6 horses.
Judging from the birth dates and birth places of his children, it was after the sale of his Virginia property in 1798 that William Sharp moved with his family to Claiborne County, Tennesssee, where he remained until his death in 1840.
By deed dated May 11, 1803, William Sharp purchased from Francis Mayberry a tract of land in Powells Valley joining end of lot A of Henderson and Company. (Claiborne County, Tenn. Deed Book A, p. 80) In 1809 he was granted 100 acres of land by the State of Tennessee - No. 682 (Claiborne County, Tenn. Deed Book D. p. 169) as follows: "Know ye that in consideration of an entry made in the office of the surveyor of the 5th district No. 320 dated Oct. 11, 1809 and founded on certificate No. 53 there is granted by the State unto William Sharp 100 acres lying in the county of Claiborne in the District of Hamilton including the place where said William now lives beginning at the Mayberry line..." Signed: Willie Blount
William Sharp died between March 11, 1840, the date of his will, and March 20, 1840, when there was a sale of his personal property. (Records of Mrs. Mildred Warren Smachover, Arkansas, great-granddaughter of John G. Sharp.) Attending this sale were William Sharp Jr., Christian Sharp, Henry Sharp, John Parker, and Isaac Sharp. In his will, William bequeathed to his wife Catherine... and "Whereas I have previously entered to my sons Henry and William Sharp a portion of my land I wish them to remain where now they are..I nominate and appoint Boston Graves and Christian Sharp my executors." Boston Graves was his son-in-law.
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Will:
William & Catherine Graves Sharp of Claiborne County, Tennessee.
William Sharp died between March 11, 1840, the date of his will, and March 20, 1840, when there was a sale of his personal property. (Records of Mrs. Mildred Warren Smachover, Arkansas, great-granddaughter of John G. Sharp.) Attending this sale were William Sharp Jr., Christian Sharp, Henry Sharp, John Parker, and Isaac Sharp. In his will, William bequeathed to his wife Catherine... and "Whereas I have previously entered to my sons Henry and William Sharp a portion of my land I wish them to remain where now they are..I nominate and appoint Boston Graves and Christian Sharp my executors." Boston Graves was his son-in-law.
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William married Catherine Graves about 1790. Catherine (daughter of Boston Graves and Sarah Efland) was born about 1770 in Granger Co ,North Carolina; died in 1840 in Claiborne Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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