Individual Details
John Sharp
(1758 - )
Events
| Birth | 1758 |  | |||
| Will-shared | 2 May 1770 | (Edward Sharp) Botetourt County, Virginia, British America |  | | |
| Property-shared | 1771 | (Jane McClellan) property for sons John Sharp and Anthony Sharp - Holston River Valley, Botetourt, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 15 Aug 1771 | (William McClellan) William McCellan was named guardian of Edward Sharp's three children, Anthony, John, and Annis, - Botetourt County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 19 Jan 1777 | (John Sharp) John Sharp received a certificate for obtaining administration of the estate of his brother Edward Sharp (deceased, 1770), giving security together with David Looney and Abraham MClellan - Virginia Court, Washington, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 29 Jan 1777 | (John Sharp) John Sharp petitioned the Virginia Court for the administration of Edward Sharp's estate; David Looney and Abraham McClelan joined John Sharp in offering securities for John Sharp. The security was in the penalty of 200 pounds, - Washington, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 26 Aug 1777 | (John Sharp) The court-ordered appraisement of Edward Sharp's estate was recorded in court - Washington, Virginia, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous-shared | 18 Nov 1778 | (John Sharp) John Sharp was summoned to the Virginia Court to render an account of his administration of Edward Sharp's estate - Washington, Virginia, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 1786 | (William McClellan) William McClellan filed a settlement record of the estate of Edward Sharp (his brother in law), naming all three of Edward's children (John, Anthony, and Annis), Edward's wife Jane, and expenses incurred. Listed expenses included boarding a child in 1771 and schooling for Anthony; expenses in 1778 for going to court in Sullivan County for two years; and payment to "Doctor William Fleming for helping to kill a man" on 13 May 1770, - Botetourt, Virginia, United States | | |
Families
| Father | Edward Sharp (1740 - 1770) |
| Mother | Jane McClellan (1740 - 1778) |
| Sibling | Annis Sharp (1760 - ) |
| Sibling | Anthony H. Sharp Sr. (1762 - 1830) |
Notes
Will-shared
The will names his wife Jane and three children as heirs, and his father in-law John McClellan and brother in-law William McClellan as executors. Edward's sons Anthony and John are specifically called out in the will, stating that it was his desire that their share of the estate be used to secure land at the mouth of Reidey [sic] (i.e., Reedy) Creek upon the Holston (in present day Tennessee) for each. Subscribers of the will were Samuel Walker (thought to be father or brother of William McClellan's wife Barbara), William Latherdall, and John Kerr. All three of these men were likely close neighbors. The will was officially recorded on 12 June 1770.Boozy Creek is approximately 180 miles farther down the Appalachian mountain range, west/southwest of Buchanan, VA, and approximately 10 miles east/northeast of present Kingsport, TN. Boozy Creek is located in the area of the Holston River Valley, situated between the North Fork Holston River and South Fork Holston River. The creek empties into Reeds Creek, which itself empties into the South Fork Holston River at Kingsport, TN (Google Maps).
Property-shared
Pulizos (2) believes that Jane McClellan and husband John Kerr purchased land in the Holston River Valley for sons John Sharp and Anthony Sharp, when they relocated to the area, per the wishes of their father Edward Sharp, as expressed in his will.Miscellaneous-shared
Abraham McClellan, Samuel Walker, and Joseph Walker are recorded as having acknowledged the bond. In "Sharp Family History," Pulizos and Braner speculate that this change in guardianship was because their mother Jane and her new husband John Kerr were relocating to what is now the Sullivan County, Tennessee area (formerly Washington County, VA and Sullivan County, North Carolina). Jane and John relocated to this area with Jane's father John McClellan, her sister Mary (McClellan) Looney (wife of David Looney), and Alexander Brackenridge.Miscellaneous-shared
On January 19, 1777, Washington County, Viriginia Court records show on motion of John Sharp (thought to be Edward's brother) certificate is granted him for obtaining administration of the estate of Edward Sharp deceased, giving secruity whereupon he together with David Looney and Abraham McClellan, his secruities entered into and acknowledge their bond in the penalty of 200 pounds with condition as the law directs for the faithful administration of the said deceased estate (Pulizos, 3). The court then ordered appraisement of the estate of Edward Sharp.Miscellaneous-shared
David Looney and Abraham McClellan signed the bond for this filing.Miscellaneous-shared
Pulizos (3) speculates that someone was unhappy with John Sharp's administration of the estate, which resulted in the summoning order.Miscellaneous-shared
In 1786, William McClellan, Edward Sharp's brother in-law, who was one of the executors of his will, made his settlement a record of the court of Botetourt County, Virginia. William recorded the names of all three of Edward's children as Anthony, John, and Annis, and wife as Jane. William listed expenses for boarding a child in 1771 and schooling for Anthony, and expenses in 1778 for going to court in Sullivan County for two years. Pulizos (4) speculates this latter was probably because John Sharp (Edward's brother) had petitioned the court for administration of Edward's estate. William's expense record also records his payment to "Doctor William Fleming for helping to kill a man," dated 13 May 1770. William Fleming was a surgeon, and Pulizos (4) suggests that William McClellan "must have felt he did not do enough to save Edward's life." This expense occurred only eleven days after Edward Sharp made his will.Endnotes
1. GEDCOM file submitted by Tammy Freeman, 1819 Apple St, Portage, MI 49002. Imported on 4 December 2011..
2. Frederick Bittle Kegley, Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest: The Roanoke of Colonial Days, 1740-1783, (Google eBook) (Roanoke, Virginia; Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1938; Reprinted 2003), 499; ebook, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=Bp0nOrLrPlYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false : Electronically accessed 2 January 2012.
3. Stewart, Michael R. (inquiry@cousinsearchnetwork.com), CousinSearchNetwork, Lt Col David Looney Revolutionary War Soldier (http://research.cousinsearchnetwork.com/12843.html : Accessed 4 March 2012), .
4. Anne Lowry Worrell, Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records – Botetourt County, Virginia (Hillsville, Virginia: Anne Lowry Worrell, 1958), 63.
5. Botetourt County, Virginia, Will Book A 1, Last Will and Testament of Edward Sharp, 12 June 1770; Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
6. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
7. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2-3.
8. Botetourt County, Virginia, County Ov 1770-1771, page 273, 15 August 1771; Botetourt County Circuit Courty Clerk's Office, Fincastle, Virginia.
9. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
10. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
11. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
12. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
13. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3-4.