Dorothy (Murr) Sharp (1795 - 1840)

Born 1795 in North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Sharp — married 14 Sep 1808 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 1840 at about age 45 in Davidson, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Dorothy "Dolly" Murr was born in 1795 in North Carolina, USA. She married Captain Abraham Sharp in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The wedding bond is dated Sep 14, 1808. She died on 1840 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA. She is probably buried at the Sharp Family Cemetery above Horseshoe Neck on the east bank of the Yadkin River in Davidson County, North Carolina. This cemetery was destroyed sometime after World War II.

Sources

• "The Sharp/Sharpe Family of Horseshoe Neck, Davidson Co, NC", by Roger Dean Sharpe, June 4, 2000. received by Esther Campbell Moore, daughter of Georgia Dora Sharpe, at the Sharp Reunion in 2000, history of the Daniel Sharpe and Abraham Sharpe family updated in 2000 from the 1930 version.
• "Sharpe Family Holds Reunion", News Report from Sep 4, 1930, Statesville Record and Landmark, page 7.
• Dolly Murr, "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868". "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29D-1L88 : 22 February 2016), Abram Sharp and Dolly Murr, 1808.
• Dolly Murr, "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979". "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8TC-PJ8 : 29 December 2014), Abraham Sharp and Dolly Murr, 14 Sep 1808; citing Cabarrus,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,319.
• Family Search.com ID KPH9-5CJ, accessed on Jul 18, 2016.