David Sharp (aft. 1787)

Born after 5 Sep 1787 in New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Name: David /Sharp/

Given Name: David

Surname: Sharp^[1]

Birth

Date: 1746

David was the son of a second marriage, which took place after the death in 1789 of his father's first wife, Jane Hamilton. He was surely not born before 1790.

Information about David and his family from genforum.com

Occupation

Occupation: Methodist minister^[2] David was a delegate to the General Conference in 1823.

David was a Methodist minister.

Sharp, David, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in New Jersey Sept. 5, 1787, and removed with his parents to Virginia, and in 1800 to Logan County, O. Of Quaker parentage, he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1807, and in 1810 he was licensed to preach. He entered the Ohio Conference in September, 1813, and in 1819 was transferred to the Missouri Conference, where he served five years as presiding elder. In 1825 he was transferred to the newly organized Pittsburgh Conference, in which he labored twenty-four years; and was then (1849) transferred back to the Ohio Conference. Upon its division (1852) he fell into the Cincinnati Conference, and in 1860 received a superannuated relation. He died April 21, 1865. Mr. Sharp was an- efficient, acceptable, and successful minister. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1865, p. 162.

Note: He was also a veteran of the War of 1812.

For more information about David, see

• https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/6424/6569
• https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/6406/6533
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofmethodi00leatilli/historyofmethodi00leatilli_djvu.txt

SOURCES

• "David Sharp," McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/S/sharp-david.html

• Source: S158 Abbreviation: 4wikitree Title: P_McC_McCHESNEY_Susan_Berry Ancestors Author: Hickin, Patricia Prickett, compiler Publication: Winchester, VA 20121016 Date: 16 Oct 2012

• Source: S90 Media: Electronic Abbreviation: Sharp Family Genforum #4568 Title: Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee Author: Hersch, Jane Publication: #4568 05 Jan 2003 Date: 20060524

• Findagrave
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33091194/sharp

1. ↑ Source: #S90 Page: http://genforum.genealogy.com/sharp/messages/4568.html
2. ↑ Source: #S90 Page: http://genforum.genealogy.com/sharp/messages/4568.html

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• WikiTree profile Sharp-1182 created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.
• Thank you to Terry Duncan for creating WikiTree profile Sharp-1829 through the import of J Duncan.ged on Jul 13, 2013.