Individual Details
Annis Sharp
(1760 - )
There is some discrepancy as to whether Annis is the daughter of Edward Sharp and Jane McClelland, or Jane McClelland and Samuel Gamble. Based on the quality of information in the source information from Michael R. Stewart , it would seem that Samuel Gamble is her father. However, a note from Barb Braner states the Edward Sharp's Will clearly records Annis as his daughter.
Post by Barb Braner on July 6, 2007:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/looney/messages/1246.html
At website http://homeflash.net/~johnson1 it is recorded in LeRoy W. Tilton's book on the Robert Looney family. On Part 7, David (2) Looney Branch they are mistakes about my family. Page 14 states that Mary McClellan's sister Jane McClelland married (1) Edward Sharpe had two sons, Edward and Anthony and then married (20) Samuel Gamble and had Annis Gamble who married Nathan Gregg. This is not correct. Edward Sharp's will dated May 8, 1770 clearly states his sones are Anthony and John and daughter Annis. Their mother did remarry but to John Kerr and had three more children. After all children were grown, she married the third time to James Allison. Edward Sharp was killed by Indians on Sharp's Creek now Boozy Creek where he had built a mill. His widow, Jane McClellan Sharp with her new husband, John Kerr moved there and continued with the mill. John died in 1778 and Sullivan Co. history refers to the Widow Kerr's mill. Please correct the mistakes. If they are left as is they almost become fact. Thanks.
Post by Barb Braner on July 6, 2007:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/looney/messages/1246.html
At website http://homeflash.net/~johnson1 it is recorded in LeRoy W. Tilton's book on the Robert Looney family. On Part 7, David (2) Looney Branch they are mistakes about my family. Page 14 states that Mary McClellan's sister Jane McClelland married (1) Edward Sharpe had two sons, Edward and Anthony and then married (20) Samuel Gamble and had Annis Gamble who married Nathan Gregg. This is not correct. Edward Sharp's will dated May 8, 1770 clearly states his sones are Anthony and John and daughter Annis. Their mother did remarry but to John Kerr and had three more children. After all children were grown, she married the third time to James Allison. Edward Sharp was killed by Indians on Sharp's Creek now Boozy Creek where he had built a mill. His widow, Jane McClellan Sharp with her new husband, John Kerr moved there and continued with the mill. John died in 1778 and Sullivan Co. history refers to the Widow Kerr's mill. Please correct the mistakes. If they are left as is they almost become fact. Thanks.
Events
| Birth | 1760 |  | |||
| 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 | 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 | | | |
| Marriage | Nathan Gregg | |
Families
| Spouse | Nathan Gregg (1753 - ) |
| Father | Edward Sharp (1740 - 1770) |
| Mother | Jane McClellan (1740 - 1778) |
| Sibling | John Sharp (1758 - ) |
| Sibling | Anthony H. Sharp Sr. (1762 - 1830) |
Notes
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
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. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2-3.
3. Botetourt County, Virginia, County Ov 1770-1771, page 273, 15 August 1771; Botetourt County Circuit Courty Clerk's Office, Fincastle, Virginia.
4. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3-4.
5. Stewart, Michael R. (inquiry@cousinsearchnetwork.com), CousinSearchNetwork, John McClelland (http://research.cousinsearchnetwork.com/11511.html : Downloaded 4 March 2012), .