Richmond Pearson Sharp (1814 - 1891)

Born 27 Aug 1814 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Swicegood) Sharp — married about 1841 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA

Husband of Barbara Catherine (Davis) Sharp — married 30 Oct 1866 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1891 at age 77 in Tyro, Davidson Co, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Richmond Pearson Sharp was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA on Aug 27, 1814. He is the son of Captain Abraham Sharp and Dorothy "Dolly" Murr. He first married Mary Swicegood (1813-1862) in about 1841 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA. He next married Barbara Catherine Davis (1826-1904) on Oct 30, 1866 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA. He died on Dec 7, 1891and is buried at Saint Lukes Lutheran Church (Sandy Springs), Tyro, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.^[1]

Children

Richmond and Mary had three children born between 1842 and 1850:

1. Mary Elizabeth Sharp (1842-1909), married George Washington Beeker (1840-1934) in 1867^[2]
2. Robert Lindsay Sharp (1846-1923), married Sophronia Louisa "Fannie" Swicegood (1848-1885) in 1867^[3]
3. Harriet Sharp (Jun 1849-after 1860)^[4]

Richmond and Catherine had two children^[5]:

1. Thomas P. Sharp (1868-1889)^[6]
2. Unknown child (1870-1870), died young^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ #Sharp, #Reunion, #C1850, #C1860, #C1870, #C1880, #Marriage, #Estate, #FG
2. ↑ Mary Elizabeth: #C1850, #C1860
3. ↑ Robert Lindsay: #C1850, #C1860, #DeathRobert
4. ↑ Harriet: #C1850, #C1860
5. ↑ Private communication, Bonnie Sharpe Strictland
6. ↑ Thomas P.: #C1870, #C1880, tombstone at Sandy Creek
7. ↑ infant: born and died on Apr 27, 1870, tombstone at Sandy Creek shows parents initials

• Source: "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 Sharp, at the Reunion in 2000, history of the Daniel Sharpe and Abraham Sharpe family updated in 2000 from the 1930 version.
• Source: "Sharpe Family Holds Reunion", News Report from Sep 4, 1930, Statesville Record and Landmark, page 7.
• Source: Find a Grave for Richmond Pearson Sharp, accessed Feb 27, 2017.
• Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4BM-W2Z : 9 November 2014), Richmond Sharp, Davidson county, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 857, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Source: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDDB-PPS : 30 December 2015), Richmond Sharpe, 1860.
• Source: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWZ5-2PS : 17 October 2014), R P Sharp, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 3, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,633.
• Source: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC6L-38P : 11 August 2016), R P Sharp, Boone, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 157C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0961; FHL microfilm 1,254,961.
• Source: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXT4-4RR : 22 December 2016), R P Sharp and B C Davis, 30 Oct 1866; citing Davidson, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 569,855.
• Source: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V121-PYK : 20 November 2015), Richmond Sharp, 1891; citing Davidson, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,902,561.
• Source: "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F38G-M59 : 8 December 2014), Richard P. Sharpe in entry for Robert L. Sharpe, 27 Aug 1923; citing Boone Twp., Davidson County, North Carolina, reference rn 14, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,181.
• Source: Page: 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation. Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry.com and The Generations Network, Data: Text: APID: 1030