Thomas Tharp (abt. 1744 - abt. 1804)

Born about 1744 in Talbot County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Son of John Tharp Sr. and Elizabeth (Jordan) Tharp

Husband of Elizabeth (Pegg) Tharp — married 1766 in Kent County, Delaware

Descendants

Died about 1804 at about age 60 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Tharp was born in Talbot, Maryland abt. 1744 of John Tharp and Elizabeth (Jordan) who in 1756 relocated their family to Kent Co., Delaware. Thomas married in 1766 to Elizabeth Pegg in Kent Co., Delaware.^{[1] [2]}

In 1771 (May 16) land he bought in Kent Co., Delaware from Nathaniel Luff was acknowledged in Common Pleas Court. ^{[3] [4]}

Thomas relocated his family to Rowan, North Carolina between the birth of son Boaz in 1778 in Kent, Delaware and son Andrew in 1781 in North Carolina.

In Nov 1782 a Thomas Tharp joined the Military with the rank of Matross. ^[5]

In the first US census (1790), Thomas was in Rowan, North Carolina with 5 children. ^[6]

In 1800 there is a head-of-house, Thomas, in Johnston, North Carolina with 8 children and 10 slaves. ^[7]

Thomas died in Rowan Co., North Carolina in 1804 according email 3/2017 from Peggy Dierking Tegowski, a descendant, "It appears that Thomas’ offspring left NC after his passing, may have been in VA for a short time, then went to Ohio and Indiana. My Charles Tharp ended up in Illinoios. "

Research Notes

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Steven Tharp and his sixth cousin Maner Thorpe match on 24 out of 25 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Tharp.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestral File Number: VVDM-CF , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," static database as of 2011, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MW5V-59T : accessed 2016-05-23), entry for Thomas Tharp.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947. [database on-line, indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, RG 3555, Subgroup 000, Series 021. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware.
4. ↑ Irma Harper, Kent County, Delaware; Land Records, Heritage Books, Westminster (MD), 2008, v9, p143-44
5. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXT-R1QT : 15 March 2018), Thomas Tharp, Nov 1782; citing Nov 1782, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,397.
6. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census : Rowan, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 322; Image: 519; Family History Library Film: 0568147. Online: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data - Indexed from: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States , Rowan Co.
7. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census, Johnston, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 31; Page: 765; Image: 720; Family History Library Film: 337907 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Tharp-203 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck w/ Reference: 4609.