Hannah D (Fulkerson) Sharp (abt. 1769 - 1844)

Born about 5 Jun 1769 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Colony

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Descendants

Died 6 Mar 1844 at about age 74 in Warren County, Missouri, United States of America

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Biography

Hannah (Fulkerson) Sharp is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.

Hannah (Fulkerson) Sharp is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Ancestor of noted actor Bill Paxton.^[1]

Hannah was born c1769 of unknown parents.^[2]

She was probably in her late teens when she married Benjamin Sharp on 12 Nov 1786^[3] They had one known child, a daughter.

Gravestone for Hannah Fulkerson

From Findagrave.com

Hannah Fulkerson Sharp

Birth: Jun. 5, 1769, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Death: Mar. 6, 1844, Warren County, Missouri, USA.

Daughter of James Fulkerson and Mary Van Hook, Hannah Fulkerson married Benjamin Sharp circa 1787. In 1816 they moved their family to Missouri and settled on a farm in [what later became Warren County, Missouri] Warren Co., 3 miles east of Pinckney. In 1818 this area was reorganized as Montgomery Co., and Benjamin became clerk of the County and Circuit courts - a log cabin was built in his yard and this served as the court house. They had 12 children, all born in Virginia: James F., John D., Polly, Jacob L., Catherine E., Attosa P., Hannah D., Peter L., Elvira E., Malinda M., Margaret J., and Benjamin F. (Descendants of Captain James Fulkerson).

Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800. Report issue. Name: Benjamin Sharp; Spouse: Hannah Fulkerson, Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1786, Marriage Location: Washington County, Virginia.

Family links: Parents: James Fulkerson (1737 - 1799), Mary Van Hook Fulkerson (1747 - 1830); Spouse: Benjamin Sharp (1762 - 1846); Children: John DeBough Sharp (1789 - 1853), Jacob Lake Sharp (1793 - 1869), Attossa Pinckney Sharp Wyatt (1797 - 1840), Hannah Debo Sharp Callahan (1799 - 1846), Peter L. Sharp (1802 - 1871), Emerline M. Sharp Carpenter (1806 - 1873), Margaret Sharp Hamilton (1809 - 1858), Benjamin Frederic Sharp (1811 - 1893); Siblings: Mary Fulkerson Bradley (1761 - 1858), Peter Fulkerson (1764 - 1847), John Fulkerson (1774 - 1846), Isaac Fulkerson (1776 - 1836), Frederick Fulkerson (1779 - 1840), Abram Fulkerson (1789 - 1859).

Burial: Sharp Cemetery, Warren County, Missouri, USA^[4]

Citations

1. ↑ "Bill Paxton." Who Do You Think You Are (US) (Season 6 Episode 7). TLC. 19 April 2015.
2. ↑ "Bill Paxton." Who Do You Think You Are (US) (Season 6 Episode 7). TLC. 19 April 2015.
3. ↑ Source: #S135 Page: Card 7
4. ↑ Jane Denny, "Hannah Fulkerson Sharp," Findagrave.com. Record added: Sep 16, 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97207509. Accessed 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Sources

See also:

• Source: S135 Abbreviation: Aronhime card index, LOV Internet 990920 Title: Aronhime card index, LOV Internet 990920
• Source: S158 Abbreviation: 4wikitree Title: P_McC_McCHESNEY_Susan_Berry Ancestors Author: Hickin, Patricia Prickett, compiler Publication: Winchester, VA 20121016 Date: 16 Oct 2012 .
• Denny, Jane. "Hannah Fulkerson Sharp," Findagrave.com. Record added: Sep 16, 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97207509. Accessed 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRD1-32F : 5 December 2014), Benjamin Sharp and Hannah Fulkerson, 16 Nov 1786; citing Washington, Virginia, reference P.414; FHL microfilm 34,389.
• https://www.fulkerson.org/james.html#HANNAH
• http://montgomery.mogenweb.org/families/familiess.html
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97207509/hannah-sharp

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Fulkerson-151 created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.