Patriot, Heinrich Honus "Henry" Sharp, Sr. the "Immigrant"

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Patriot Henry Honas Sharp ydna - E - M35

• Birth: May 4 1735
• Death: 1814 - Harrison, Preble County Ohio
• Parents: Isaac Sharp, Magarette Webber
• Wife: Barbara Graves

Father of

• Catherine SHARP Tillman, Anna Elizabeth SHARP Miller, Henry Sharp, Daniel Sharp, Sarah "Sallie" SHARP Graves, George Sharp, Mary SHARP McNutt, Jacob Sharp, William "Station Bill" Sharp, and Daniel Sharp.

Henry served with Count Casimir Pulaski's Light Dragoons during the American Revolution.

General Notes: Henry Honas Sharp was possibly born in Germany. Henry Honas Sharp was a native of Scotland but lived in Germany before coming to America. He and Barbara Graves lived in Orange County, North Carolina before 1785, and probably moved to Botetourt County, Virginia about 1782. He apparently left Virginia for Tennessee in 1789 , and moved to Preble County, Ohio in 1805, where he died in 1814. Source of information: History of Preble County, Ohio.

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History of Preble Co., OH, 1881, Henry Sharp was a native of Scotland but lived in Germany before coming to America. He and Barbara lived in Orange Co., NC before 1785, and probably moved to Botetourt Co., VA about 1782. He apparently left Virginia for Tennessee in 1789 and moved to Preble Co., OH in 1805, where he lived in 1814 .Henry Sharp made deeds to his sons called love deeds in Bold Valley in Claiborne County. Henry, Sr.; deeded land to five of his sons (the other sons were minor at this time, it seems). To Henry, he deeded 200 acres in Claiborne County; to Daniel, 277 acres in Claiborne County on the waters of Lost Creek; and similar amounts to Conrad, Jacob, and George, in the surrounding community.

Henry Sharp, b. in Germany c.1735, son of Isaac & Margaret Sharp. Isaac was b. 1712 and d. Mar. 8, 1783 in Lancaster (now Lebanon CO.)PA He was tax collector for Hannover Twp. in 1756. This region suffered greatly during the French & Indian War, and many of the first settlers left the area. Henry and his brother, John, were made executors of their father's estate on Apr. 8, 1784, at which time Henry and his wife were apparently living in Montgomery Co., VA The Potts Manuscripts, Vol. IX, Tuipehocken Accounts for 1744 list George, Ernst and Samuel Scherb(Sharp)as well as Johannes and Andreas Graff (Graves). About 1792 the Sharp, Graves, Gibbs, Snodderly and related families settled at Sharp's Station in what is now Union County, TN. This site is in Big Ridge State Park on the east shore of Norris Lake .Henry was a brother to John, Aaron and George Sharp and Mrs. Nicholas Countz (WCG) Sometime prior to 1785 he lived in Orange Co.,NC, as is indicated by a record stating that on June 3, 1785,Henry and Barbara Sharp of Botetourt Co., VA, deeded to one Michael Holt land situated in Orange Co., NC.

Henry's name appears on tax lists for Orange Co. for 1799 on property valued at $1480 and in 1780, 81 & 82 he was taxed on 225 acres of land in Orange Co. As his name does not appear on the tax lists after 1782, it is probable that he left Orange Co. about this time for Virginia. "In the Brief of Deeds of Montgomery Co., VA, Nov. 2,1795, appears this entry: 'Henry Sharp and wife, Barbara, to George Williams, 112 acres on Sinking Creek.' At this time Henry was a resident of Knox Co., TN. Tax records seem to indicate that he left Virginia for Tennessee in 1789. He is believed to have moved from Tennessee to Preble Co., Ohio, in 1805, where he died in 1814. The first death in the township was that of Henry Sharpe, a native of Scotland. After spending a great part of his life in Germany, he came to Ohio and died in Harrison township about 1814. He was buried in the Euphemia graveyard, and is said to be the first man buried on the spot now covered with tombstones. "2 Note: Euphemia was on the National Road, which was constructed by the Federal government starting in 1811 from Cumberland, MD, to Vandalia, IL, at a cost of over seven million dollars. Today Euphemia is in the NW comer of Lewisburg, on the west side of SR 503. The cemetery is also called Rose lawn .Henry served with Count Pulaski's Light Dragoons during the American Revolution. His name during the time in the military was "Henry Shaup". June third 1785 Henry and Wife Barbary in Botetort Co, Virginia made a land deal listed as follows: This indenture made theirs 3rd day of June in the 9th year of the American Independence and in the year of our Lord 1785 between Henry Sharp and Barbary his wife, Botetor and in the Province of Virginia of the one part and Michael Holt of Orange County in the Province of North Carolina in consideration of the sum of 175 pounds proclamation...a certain tract or parcel of land situate...in the county of Orange on the waters of Hawriver Grate Allemance beginning at a hickory sapling on 1 I 12 §.

Henry married Barbara Graves, daughter of John Sebastian Graff Graves and Catherine Maria Magdalena Fuchs, about 1759 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Barbara was born in 1745 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, died in 1796 in Preble County, Ohio at age 51, and was buried in Preble County, Ohio.

General Notes: Source: Thomas recollections, records kept by J. Crit Sharp, and confirmed by research done by Geneveive Peters of Arlington, Virginia.

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When Henry Sharp disposed of his Virginia property in 1795, he was then a resident of Knox County in what was called the "Territory South of the River Ohio," which in 1796 became the State of Tennessee. However, at least two deeds on file at Tazewell, Claiborne Co., dated in the 1790's, refer to him as living in Grainer County.

Henry accompanied his daughter Catherine and her husband Tobias Tilliman to Harrison Township, Preble County, Ohio sometime in 1805-06. They were also accompanied by Tobias's father, John Tillman.

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The following item concerning Henry Sharp was taken from a history of Preble County, Ohio:

"The first death in Harrison Township was that of Henry Sharpe, a native of Scotland. After spending a great part of his life in Germany, he came to Ohio and died in Harrison Township about 1814 and was buried in the Euphemia graveyard, the oldest cemetery in that township. It grew around the old log church build in1817. Henry Sharpe is said to have been the first white man buried in it before the church was established.

According to tradition, the Sharp's were among those responsible for the erection of Sharp's Fort or Station. This fort was located about three-fourths of a mile south of the Clinch River in what is now Union County. The site of the blockhouse was on land owned by Lon Sharp in1935, a grandson of Station Bill Sharp, and purchased from him that year by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The site is a few feet above the 1,020 foot (mean sea level) contour of Norris Reservoir in what is now Big Ridge Park.

The date of the first settlement at Sharps Station is not known, but at the June 1792 term of Hawkins County Court, Henry Sharp, one of the settlers, "entered strays" (unclaimed livestock, usually horses). On May 22, 1794, the Knoxville Gazette carried an advertisement by Jacob Sharp which stated that he had caught stray horses and the owner could recover them from him at Sharps Station on the Clinch River. Sharps State came within the boundaries of Knox County when it was established and Knox County records contain several references to the station.

Through deeds made to five of his sons and recorded at Tazewell, TN, county seat of Claiborne Co., it has been ascertained that the father of "Pioneer" Henry Sharp, Coonrad (Conrad), Jacob, Daniel and George Sharp, early settlers of that section of East Tennessee known as "Bold" (Big) Valley, was Henry Sharp,Sr. In all of these deeds the relationship was stated, i.e., "in consideration of the natural love and affection a father hath for his son ..." There was no monetary consideration and for this reason the writer called them "love" deeds (deeds of gift). Disposing of their property by these so-called "love" deeds seems to have been a common practice among the early Sharps, taking the place of wills in many instances. These deeds were recorded in Deed Book A, as follows:

Page 46: The indenture dated June 18, 1801, between Henry Sharpe, Sr., of Anderson Co., TN ... to Henry Sharpe, Jr., of Claiborne County ... 200 acres ... part of a 500-acre tract ... said Henry Sharpe, Sr. purchased from Thos. Cox and William Hawkins in Bold Valley, Claiborne Co. on the head of the Lost Creek ... Witnessed by Alexander McNut and John X. Graves.

Page 238: Indenture dated June 18, 1803 between Henry Sharpe of the county of Anderson and George Sharpe, of Claiborne County ... 200 acres in "Bold" Valley on "waters of Hunting Creek at a corner of 500-acre tract purchased from Thos. Cox and Wm. Hawkins ..." Witnessed by Daniel McNut and John Loy.

Page 241: Indenture dated June 24, 1803, between Henry Sharpe of the county of Anderson and Jacob Sharpe of county of Claiborne ... 313 acres ... lying in Claiborne County on the waters of Loys Creek ... near Daniel Sharpe's corner ... Witnesses: James McNut, Alexander McNut and John Loy.

Page 313: Indenture dated June 24, 1803, between Henry Sharpe Sr., of Anderson County and Daniel

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Wife is daughter of John Graves of Stinking Quarters Creek, Orange Co., NC.

• Military service: Enlisted in the General Count Pulaski’s Legion - Sep 1 1778 - USA
• Military service: Henry and Conrad Sharp helped defend against a Cherokee attack on Sharp’s Station - 1794 - Union, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1779 - Orange, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: tax return on his personal property consisted of 8 horses. He had 2 sons living with him. - 1788 - Montgomery, Virginia, United States
• Residence: Henry and his wife Barbara sell their Virginia property after moving to what is now Tennessee. - 1795 - Knox, Southwest Territory, United States
• Residence: 1810 - Preble, Ohio, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 15 2023, 6:33:07 UTC