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Fraklin Earl Sharp

Male 1844 - 1889  (45 years)


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  1. 1.  Fraklin Earl Sharp was born 1844 (son of Jacob Sharp and Barbara Cooper); died 15 Sep 1889.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Fraklin married Mary Cooper 14 Jul 1863. Mary (daughter of Alvis Cooper and Mary Ann Lowe) was born 15 May 1843; died 21 Mar 1923. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Archie Sharp was born 2 Sep 1886; died 10 Aug 1966.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Sharp was born Abt 1814 (son of George Washington Sharp and Sarah Helton); died 29 Jun 1889.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Jacob — Barbara Cooper. Barbara (daughter of Peter Cooper and Barbara Reitenauer) was born 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1887. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Barbara Cooper was born 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee (daughter of Peter Cooper and Barbara Reitenauer); died 2 Jun 1887.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Children:
    1. 1. Fraklin Earl Sharp was born 1844; died 15 Sep 1889.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Washington Sharp was born 10 Mar 1784 (son of Aaron "Big Aron" Sharp and Mary Gibbs); died 20 Mar 1868; was buried Sharp Cemetery #2, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    George — Sarah Helton. Sarah was born Abt 1790; died 21 Aug 1878. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Helton was born Abt 1790; died 21 Aug 1878.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Children:
    1. 2. Jacob Sharp was born Abt 1814; died 29 Jun 1889.
    2. Henry Sharp was born Abt 1820; died 30 Nov 1863.

  3. 6.  Peter Cooper was born 1786, North Carolina (son of Thomas Cooper and Mariah Burton); died 20 Aug 1875, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Served in War of 1812.

    Originally buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee and reinterned in Bakers Forge.
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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126, 687.

    Peter — Barbara Reitenauer. Barbara (daughter of Henry Reitenauer and Susannah Webb) was born Abt 1799, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1840/1843. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Barbara Reitenauer was born Abt 1799, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee (daughter of Henry Reitenauer and Susannah Webb); died Abt 1840/1843.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126, 687.

    Children:
    1. Alvis Cooper was born Mar 1811, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1900, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Cooper was born Abt 1813, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1880.
    3. Jane Cooper was born Abt 1815, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    4. 3. Barbara Cooper was born 1817, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1887.
    5. George Washington Cooper was born 15 Nov 1819, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Bef 1 Feb 1888, Whitley County, Kentucky.
    6. Sarah "Sally" Cooper was born 17 Mar 1821, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1883, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    7. Catherine "Katie" Cooper was born Abt 1823, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1895, Tennessee.
    8. Eli Cooper was born Aug 1825, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1900.
    9. Rebecca Cooper was born 1827, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    10. James Cooper was born 1829, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.
    11. Sophia Cooper was born 1831, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1880.
    12. Henry Cooper was born 1836, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 29 Jun 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.
    13. Milton Cooper was born 2 Jan 1840, Campbell County, Tennessee; died 1 Jun 1925, Vanzant, Douglas County, Missouri.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Aaron "Big Aron" Sharp was born 1750 (son of John George Sharp and Anna Maria Loy); died 4 Mar 1822; was buried Sharp Cemetery #2, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Aaron — Mary Gibbs. Mary was born 1750; died 1822; was buried Sharp Cemetery #2, Campbell County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Gibbs was born 1750; died 1822; was buried Sharp Cemetery #2, Campbell County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Boyd Sharp, BSHARP@SURF1.DE, 14 November 1999.

    Children:
    1. 4. George Washington Sharp was born 10 Mar 1784; died 20 Mar 1868; was buried Sharp Cemetery #2, Campbell County, Tennessee.
    2. Elizabeth Sharp was born 1797; died 1871; was buried Graves-Ousley Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

  3. 12.  Thomas Cooper

    Notes:

    Soldier in the British Army, deserted to stay in America during thr Revolutionary War
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    Reference:
    "Ancestors Are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 1 January 2000, p 126.

    Thomas — Mariah Burton. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mariah Burton
    Children:
    1. 6. Peter Cooper was born 1786, North Carolina; died 20 Aug 1875, Campbell County, Tennessee; was buried Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  Henry ReitenauerHenry Reitenauer was born Abt 1760, North Carolina (son of John "R" Ridenour and Catherine "Caty" Noe); died Abt 1860, Tennessee; was buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Burial: 1935, Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Henry is believed to have married four times. Not all of his marriage dates are known and most of his children's birth dates are known.

    Henry grew up on the Yadkin River at the Boone Settlement, North Carolina. From early youth he was an explorer with Indian traders west of the mountains, learning several Indian languages. He enlisted in the 11th Virginia Continental Line at Hampshire County, Virginia in the Revolutionary War. He was a flatboat man and helped transport goods down the Ohio from present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to French settlements in present-day Illinois and Indiana. In 1788, he was captured by the Northern Indians near Maysville, Kentucky, and taken to Detroit, Michigan. Arthur Campbell secured his release from the Indians. Upon his return, he took a fine horse from Col. Campbell to Squire Boone's Station near Louisville, Kentucky. Later, he was a visitor along the Powell and Clinch Rivers. He visited many times at George Yoakum's Station in Powell Valley, and at Sharp's Station south of the Clinch River in Big Valley.

    Near the close of the century, he went to England and Holland. On his return from Europe, he came to Knoxville, Tennessee. Shortly after 1800 he built a log structure near the juncture of Powell and Clinch Rivers to be used as a church and a school for his large family. The church, known as Mt. Moriah Methodist Church, was re-built at the same site three times before it was taken by the TVA in 1935.

    A family story said that William was given the family bible, in which all the family was listed, to safeguard. Another story indicated that Barbara was the last known one to have it.

    Henry was living in Campbell County, Tennessee in 1815, listed in John Grants Clinch River Ferry account book.

    In 1850, Henry was living with his son Daniel Webster and his wife Mary Ann in 16 Subdivision, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Henry was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Anderson County Tennessee, now under Lake Norris, Tennessee. He was re-interred in 1935 in Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee where a new tombstone is placed:

    Henry Ridenour
    Born ca. 1760
    Died ca. 1840
    Pvt. Virginia Line
    Revolutionary War
    Placed by the Tennessee
    Society Sons of the Revolution
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    Reference:
    "One-From-Two", 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 39, 129.
    Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2.
    "Ancestors are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 13 March 1996.
    "Ancestors are Forever", Melvin Otho Ridenour, 14 July 1996.

    Henry married Susannah Webb 11 Dec 1788, , Montgomery, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Susannah Webb (daughter of William Webb).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2.

    Children:
    1. John Ridenour was born Abt 1781; died 1860.
    2. Katherine Ridenour was born Abt 1789, Virginia; died 1858, Booneville, , Missouri.
    3. David Ridenour was born 14 Aug 1793, , Virginia; died 16 Mar 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah Reitenauer
    5. Mary "Polly" Ridenour was born Abt 1795, Virginia.
    6. 7. Barbara Reitenauer was born Abt 1799, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee; died Abt 1840/1843.


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