Individual Details

John Young THARP

(27 Jul 1775 - 1 Jun 1849)

Events

Birth	27 Jul 1775	Virginia
Residence	1798	Loyalsock, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Residence	1800	Loyalsock, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Residence	1810	Loyalsock, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Occupation	1829	Justice of the Peace - Marion County, Ohio
Residence	1840	Claridon, Marion, Ohio
Will	28 May 1849	Claridon, Marion, Ohio
Death	1 Jun 1849	Marion County, Ohio
Burial	Aft 1 Jun 1849	Marion County, Ohio

Families

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth (1779 - 1870)
Child	William Tharp (1795 - )
Child	Sarah Tharp (1800 - 1865)
Child	John S. THARP (1803 - 1854)
Child	Rachel Tharp (1805 - 1851)
Child	Eleanor Tharp (1807 - 1870)
Child	George Washington Tharp (1808 - 1839)
Child	Mary Ann Tharp (1814 - 1877)
Child	Alexander Tharp (1818 - 1889)
Child	Ann Tharp (1820 - 1891)

Notes

Birth

"John Young Tharp was of Irish descent; he departed this life in peace; he was a member of the M. E. Church and enjoyed the love of God. (Rev. D. K.)" The Kinnears and Their Kin by Emma Siggins White

Residence

Possessing a $5 20x16 foot house sitting on 298 acres owned by William Hepburn. Additional buildings on the farm were a 24x28 hill house, a 28x20 stable and a 70x54 log barn. Adjoining properties belonged to William Winter’s heirs and James Hepburn.

Residence

1 girl under 10 — Sarah. 1 boy under 10 — William. John's son Alexander gives his birthplace as Lycoming County, so that's why I'm looking for early records of John and Mary in this county.

Residence

2 males under 10 — John S. and George; 1 male 10 to 15 — William; 1 male 26 to 44 — John; 3 females under 10 — Eleanor Sarah, Rachel, Eleanor; 1 female 26 to 44 — Mary (appears as John Thorpe on 1810 US census on familysearch.org)

Will

I, John Y. Tharp, of the County of Marion and State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner following that is to say;
First it is my wish that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.
Second I give and devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Tharp (in lieu of her dower) the plantation on which we now reside situated in Claridon Township county and state aforesaid containing about eighty acres between the north point of the southeast quarter of section found in Township, County, and State aforesaid containing about eighty acres during her natural life and all the livestock horses, cattle, sheep, hogs by me now owned and kept thereon likewise all implements of husbandry by me now owned for working of said land also all the household furniture and other items not particularly named and otherwise disposed of in this will during her natural life as aforesaid she however first disposing of a sufficiency thereof to pay my just debts of aforesaid.
Third I bequeath to my son William Tharp one Dollar to be paid by my said wife Mary on demand after my decease and that at the death of my wife all the property hereby devised or bequeathed to her as aforesaid or as much thereof as may then remain ___ it is my will shall be divided between my following children and grandson Sarah Overly, John S. Tharp, Rachel McCue, Eleanor Bell, Alexander Tharp, Mary Hatfield, Ann Elliott and my grandson William Tharp share and share alike and to their heirs and assigns forever.
Fourth I bequeath to the heirs of the late Geo W. Tharp $1.00 to ___.
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Mary Tharp and my son John S. Tharp to be the executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me made and certifying this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my hand and seal this 28th day of May AD 1849.
John Y. Tharp (seal)
Signed, Sealed and Declared by the above John Y. Tharp as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who set his request have signed as witnesses to the same
Joseph Hamly William Thew

Transcribed from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-T4PG

Death

The cause of death was listed as "gravel" aka a kidney stone. He had been ill for 28 days.

Burial

New Caledonia Cemetery. Aged "7?Y 10M 5D" Found in a book of grave records from Marion County, Ohio by the DAR, 1947 (From FindaGrave)

Endnotes

1. , Find a Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).

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3. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010).

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5. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).

6. , Find a Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).

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