Sarah (Sharp) Graves (abt. 1774 - aft. 1860)

Born about Jul 1774 in Orange, North Carolina Colony [uncertain]

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Died after 1860 after about age 85 in Union, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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JOHN GRAVES (JOHANN SEBASTIAN GRAFF) Of Germany, PA, NC, and TN and His Descendants Publication: Graves Family Association website

Barbara Graves was born about 1740 in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA, and died about 1800 in Preble Co., OH. She married Henry Honas Sharp about 1759 in PA. He was born 4 May 1735, possibly in Germany, died in 1814 in Harrison, Preble Co., OH, and was buried in Euphemia Cem. According to History of Preble Co., Ohio, 1881, Henry Sharp was a native of Scotland but lived in Germany before coming to America. He and Barbara lived in Orange Co., N.C. before 1785, and probably moved to Botetourt Co., Virginia about 1782. He apparently left Virginia for Tennessee in 1789, and moved to Preble Co., Ohio in 1805, where he died in 1814. (R‑4, R‑6)

Children -

• Catherine Sharp, b. Sept. 1761, m. Tobias Tillman, 1778, d. 12 April 1837.
• Elizabeth Sharp, b. 1762, m. Frederick Miller, d. 1835.
• Henry Sharp, b.c. 1765, m(1) Elizabeth Moser, m(2) Henrietta Berry (or Henrietta Keck), 1824, d. Sept. 1848.
• Caswell Conrad Sharp, b. 1767, m. Sarah Gibbs, c. 1785-86, d. 1826.
• Jacob Sharp, m. Philpena Stiner (or Stoner), 8 April 1796 (Orange Co., N.C.).
• Daniel Sharp, m. Jane Hamilton, 3 April 1799 (Knox Co., Tenn.), d. 1809.
• Sarah Sharp, b. 1774, m. John Graves, d.c. 1860-70.
• George Sharp, b.c. 1775, m(1) Mary Loy, m(2) Catherine Graves, possibly married a third time.
• Mary Sharp, m. James McNit (or McNutt).
• William Sharp, b. 1783, m(1) Rachel Stiner, m(2) Jane Irwin, d. 25 June 1862.

John Graves sometimes called "Clinch John", was born 8 March 1772 in Alamance Co., N.C., and died 6 Sept. 1850 at Sharps Chapel, Tenn. He married Sarah ("Sallie") Sharp She was born in 1774 and died about 1860. He moved to Tennessee, probably between 1796 (the year Tenn. was admitted to the Union) and 1800. He owned a farm at Sharps Chapel, about one mile north of the Clinch River, 30 miles north of Knoxville and about the same distance south of Cumberland Gap.

Children

• Elizabeth Graves, m. David Bledsoe.
• Solomon Graves, b. 15 May 1797, m. Charity Keck, 3 Sept. 1818, d. 14 Aug. 1863.
• Anthony Graves, b. 4 Feb. 1800, m(1) Judie Bledsoe, 1821, m(2) Martha Lower, 1828 or later, d. 11 Jan. 1882.
• Mary Graves, m. Thomas Nash (brother of Arthur Nash).
• Elias Graves, m. Betsy Bledsoe. Moved to Indiana.
• Jacob Graves, b.c. 1807, m. Sophia Graves (#97), d. 1852.
• Catherine Graves, m. John Graves (#95).
• Eli Graves, b.c. 1809, m(1) Matilda Hurst, m(2) Sarah Cook, d.c. 1880.
• Sally Graves, m. Richard Griffin.
• John Graves, b. 17 Dec. 1817, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hurst, m(2) Isabel Wilson.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Source number: 647.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CDV [1]

• Name: Sarah Sharp
• Gender: Female
• Birth Year: 1774
• Spouse Name: John Graves
• Spouse Birth Year: 1772
• Marriage Year: 1794

Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. [2]

• Name: Sarah Sharp
• Birth Date: 1774
• Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
• Father: Henry Sr Sharp
• Mother: Barbara Graves

Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 7, Claiborne, Tennessee; Roll: M432_874; Page: 309B; Image: 157 [3]

• Age: 76
• Birthplace: North Carolina
• Home in 1850: Subdivision 7, Claiborne, Tennessee, USA
• Household Members:
  • John Graves 32 (son)
  • Isabel Graves 27
  • Thomas J Graves 4
  • Elias Graves 9
  • Anthony W Graves 2
  • Rhoda C Grans 1
  • John Gibbs 18
  • Elizabeth Gibbs 38
  • Isaac Gibbs 21
  • Sally Graves 76

Year: 1860; Census Place: District 10, Union, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1276; Page: 487; Family History Library Film: 805276 [4]

• Age: 86
• Home in 1860: District 10, Union, Tennessee
• Post Office: Loss Creek
• Occupation: None
• Household Members:
  • John Graves 41
  • Isabella Graves 37
  • Roda C Graves 11
  • Nathaniel G Graves 8
  • Patrick H Graves 5
  • James P Graves 3
  • Mary E Graves 5/12
  • Elizabeth Strards 17
  • Elizabeth Welson 44
  • George Welson 20
  • Sarah Graves 86

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