Maj Jacob Lake Sharp

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Maj Jacob Lake Sharp

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death: February 21, 1869 (75)
Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA
Place of Burial: Lovelace Cemetery, Danville, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Maj Benjamin Sharp and Hannah Debough Sharp
Brother of Col John DeBough Sharp; Hannah Dorchester Callahan; Elvira E. Hughes; Malinda M. Sharp; Margaret J. Hamilton and 6 others

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About Maj Jacob Lake Sharp

-Private in Captain Samuel Graham's Co VA Militia War of 1812

-moved to what is now Warren Co, MO in 1816 with parents and siblings

-1818 -purchased for $100 the offices of circuit and county clerk of Montgomery Co, MO -held these offices until 1865

-recorder from 1821 to 1866.

-1828 -Postmaster at Lewiston, MO

-when he moved to Danville, he moved with him the log cabin from his father's front yard that the first courts of the county were held in* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 1 2018, 6:37:52 UTC

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Maj Jacob Lake Sharp's Timeline

1793
September 12, 1793
Lee County, Virginia, USA
1869
February 21, 1869
Age 75
Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA
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Lovelace Cemetery, Danville, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA