Lydia Dodd1,2

F, #121, b. 1810, d. between 1850 and 1860
     Lydia Dodd was born in 1810 in South Carolina. She and William H. Middleton married before 1830 in Georgia.3,4 Lydia died between 1850 and 1860 After son, George's birth in 1852 and before the 1860 census..

Name Variations:

  • as shown on the death certificate of daughter Behethelin Middleton Gorman. On the certificate it is spelled Lettie, but a normal spelling for the nickname for Lydia might be Lyddie. The certificate also shows the surname spelled as Dott. Considering the vernacular, accents and pronounciations of the day I feel it could be Dodd or Dott1

Family

William H. Middleton b. 1803, d. 1863
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site
Pedigree Chart for Alvin Pruitt, maternal grandfather

Census Records

YearLocationEnumerated as
1850Smith County, TexasPrincipal5
     After her marriage she was normally known as Lydia Middleton.6

Citations

  1. [S675] Death certificate for Mrs. B.H. Gorman, Death certificates, B.H. Gorman, Death Certificate 13939 & 14379 (1919).
  2. [S676] William H Middleton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Smith County, Texas, showing name as Lydia.
  3. [S676] William H Middleton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Smith County, Texas, showing as married: year based on birth year of first child.
  4. [S24] Kaye Wykoff, personnel conclusions, based on other research, knowledge or other known information or dates: The date & location of marriage is based on the 1850 census showing the birth of their first child in Georgia in 1830. When William came of age in 1823, he received his inheritance from his father. It included a large amount of land in Georgia above the city of Augusta in Springfield. This indicates that he probably settled on the land in Georgia and married there.
  5. [S676] William H Middleton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Smith County, Texas, downloaded from Ancestry.com.
  6. [S57] HOUSEHOLD, 1850 US Federal Census.

Marquis de Lafayette Sharp

M, #122, b. 23 January 1789, d. 14 July 1862
     Marquis de Lafayette Sharp was born on 23 January 1789 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.1 He and Phebe Fetherstone married on 1 March 1814. Marquis de Lafayette Sharp and Elizabeth Locke Hibbetts married on 22 December 1819.1 Marquis de Lafayette died on 14 July 1862 in Washington County, Texas, at age 73.1,2

Name Variations:

FatherJames Sharp II1 b. 1754, d. b Jun 1811
MotherRachel Cannon b. c 9 Aug 1769, d. 1824

Family 1

Phebe Fetherstone b. 1 Mar 1790

Family 2

Elizabeth Locke Hibbetts b. 11 Jan 1799, d. Jul 1877

Census Records

YearLocationEnumerated as
1830Sumner County, TennesseePrincipal3
1860Washington County, TexasPrincipal
     M.D.L.F. Sharp wasfound in 1838 tax rolls in Sumner County, Tennessee. He owed state and county taxes on 203 acres valued at $3045 ($1.52), 6 slaves valued at $3300 ($1.65), his 'white' poll tax of $.12 and state tax of $3.30 for a total tax of $6.60.4

Citations

  1. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  2. [S235] Washington County, TX Probate Records File Case 315.
  3. [S139] 1830 US Federal Census, Sumner County: Sumner County, Tennessee.
  4. [S789] Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, database online indexed by Ancestry World Archives: Ancestry, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, Provo, Utah, USA.

Elizabeth Locke Hibbetts

F, #123, b. 11 January 1799, d. July 1877
     Elizabeth Locke Hibbetts was born on 11 January 1799 in Smith County, Tennessee.1 She and Marquis de Lafayette Sharp married on 22 December 1819.1 Elizabeth Locke died in July 1877 in Davidson County, Tennessee, at age 78.1

Family

Marquis de Lafayette Sharp b. 23 Jan 1789, d. 14 Jul 1862
     After her marriage circa 1820, she was normally known as Sharp.

Citations

  1. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.

Phebe Fetherstone

F, #124, b. 1 March 1790
     Phebe Fetherstone was born on 1 March 1790 in Tennessee. She and Marquis de Lafayette Sharp married on 1 March 1814.

Family

Marquis de Lafayette Sharp b. 23 Jan 1789, d. 14 Jul 1862
     After her marriage on 1 March 1814, she was normally known as Sharp.

James Sharp II

M, #125, b. 1754, d. before June 1811
     James Sharp II was born in 1754 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. James married Rachel Cannon, daughter of James Cannon and Margaret Alexander, between 8 September 1787 and 1788 in North Carolina.1 James died before June 1811 date determined by the wording in a codicile to James' will where he provides for an unborn child. in Rutherford County, Tennessee. and was buried at (Old Jefferson), Rutherford County.
FatherJames Sharp1 b. 1727, d. 1759
MotherJemima Alexander b. 9 Jan 1727, d. 1 Sep 1797

Family

Rachel Cannon b. c 9 Aug 1769, d. 1824
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother
     Around 1796, when Tennessee became a state, James Sharp and his wife Jemima Alexander Sharp relocated their family from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to Davidson County, Tennessee. They settled in Old Jefferson on a fork on Stone's River in middle Tennessee. A short time later this area became Rutherford County and is near present day Nashville. It appears that they used James' 200 acre grant from the Federal government for his service during the American Revolution. It can be said that they were among the founding settlers of the state.2

Citations

  1. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  2. [S1152] TNGenWeb (https://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/cemeteries/…) "My Riverside Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions Scrapbooks" notes and miscellaneous information about burials in and history of the cemetery.

Rachel Cannon

F, #126, b. circa 9 August 1769, d. 1824
     Rachel Cannon was born circa 9 August 1769 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Rachel married James Sharp II, son of James Sharp and Jemima Alexander, between 8 September 1787 and 1788 in North Carolina.1 Rachel died in 1824 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. She was buried in Old Jefferson in Rutherford County.2
FatherJames Cannon b. 8 Dec 1725, d. 18 Sep 1784
MotherMargaret Alexander d. 1804

Family

James Sharp II b. 1754, d. b Jun 1811
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother
     After her marriage between 8 September 1787 and 1788, she was normally known as Sharp.

Citations

  1. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  2. [S71] "Cartmell Diaries,", 26 April, 1904.

James Sharp

M, #127, b. 1727, d. 1759
     James Sharp was born in 1727 probably in Cecil County, Maryland. He and Jemima Alexander married circa 1750. James died in 1759 either Cecil County, Maryland or Anson County, North Carolina.2

Name Variations:

  • Some sources give John Sharp as the husband of Jemima Alexander rather than James. This seems to have begun with the manuscript written by Lou Sharp Crocket, their g-granddaughter. However Jemima's tombstone apparently errected within about 50 years of her death clearly states that she was the widow of James Sharp.3
FatherThomas Sharp , yoeman1 d. 1749
MotherIsabella Wallace

Family

Jemima Alexander b. 9 Jan 1727, d. 1 Sep 1797
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
     When did James and Jemima Sharp move to North Carolina from Maryland? I have found some research that says Jemima came as a widow with her 7 children at the same time as her brothers, Hezakiah and John McKnitt. Others say she and her husband came from Maryland at the same time as her brothers and he died a short time later in North Carolina. It appears that the Alexander family migrated as a group in the first half of the 1750's.

Citations

  1. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Sharp will: 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  2. [S20] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address, Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery tombstone of wife, Jemima--states she had been a widow for 38 years prior to her deach in 1797.
  3. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  4. [S71] "Cartmell Diaries,", Volume 21: April 25, 1904.
  5. [S20] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address, Sugaw Creek Cemetery.

Jemima Alexander1,2

F, #128, b. 9 January 1727, d. 1 September 1797
     Jemima Alexander was born on 9 January 1727 in Cecil County, Maryland.3,2 She and James Sharp married circa 1750. Jemima died on 1 September 1797 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, at age 70.2 and was buried at (Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery #01) in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County.2
FatherJames Alexander (Yeoman) b. 1689, d. c 1779
MotherMargaret McKnitt b. 26 Dec 1693, d. c 1740

Family

James Sharp b. 1727, d. 1759
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
     After her marriage circa 1744, she was normally known as Jemima Sharp.

Citations

  1. [S151] James Alexander, Last will and testament, County Records, Cecil County, MD, named Jemima Sharp as daughter.
  2. [S588] Find A Grave, Online database & images: www.findagrave.com,.
  3. [S76] James Alexander (Yeoman) Family Bible.
  4. [S71] "Cartmell Diaries,", 26 April, 1904.
  5. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.

Thomas Sharp , yoeman

M, #129, d. 1749
     Thomas Sharp , yoeman and Isabella Wallace married.1 Thomas died in 1749 in Cecil County, Maryland.2 His estate entered probate on 7 December 1749 in Cecil County, Maryland.3

Name Variations:

  • In some sources the father of James Sharp, b 1727 was named as James rather than Thomas. However, the will of Thomas Sharp clearly names a son James along with the other children.4

Family

Isabella Wallace
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
     I have found some 'histories' that say the father of James Sharp, b 1727 was named as James rather than Thomas. However, the will of Thomas Sharp clearly names a son James along with the other children. One of these 'histories' was found in the DAR Library Patriot folder of James Sharp b 1727 in the form of a notarized staatement of authenticity of a family genealogy written by Louisa Sharp Crocket. I do not find this history to be completely accurate based on my research of the facts.4

Citations

  1. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Shar, yoeman will: 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  2. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Sharp will drawn up inn 1747/48 and proven in 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  3. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Sharp will: 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  4. [S147] Louisa Sharp Crocket DAR documentation, Notarized statement & manuscript, James Sharp (NC, 1754) Patriot File, 1930/1952 Daughters of the American Revolution Library.

Isabella Wallace

F, #130
     Isabella Wallace and Thomas Sharp , yoeman married.1

Name Variations:

FatherMathew Wallace
MotherElizabeth Alexander

Family

Thomas Sharp , yoeman d. 1749
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
     After her marriage she was normally known as Isabella Sharp.

Citations

  1. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Shar, yoeman will: 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  2. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract: Thomas Sharp will: 1749: Cecil County: liber 27: folio 121.
  3. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58.
  4. [S148] F Edward Wright, Maryland Calendar of Wills: Vol 10, page 58, abstract of Thomas Sharp's 1749 will.

James Cannon

M, #131, b. 8 December 1725, d. 18 September 1784
     James Cannon was born on 8 December 1725 in St. George's Parish, Harford County, Maryland.2 He married Margaret Alexander, daughter of Theophilus Alexander and Catherine Wallace, before 28 February 1768 in Cecil County, Maryland, when her father's will was written.3,1 James died on 18 September 1784 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, at age 58.1 He was buried in Hopewell Cemetery near Charlotte in Mecklenburg County.1
FatherJames Cannon1
MotherMary Boren

Family

Margaret Alexander d. 1804
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother

Citations

  1. [S264] Family documentation presented with DAR application papers, Typed manuscript, James Cannon Patriot File, unknown date Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  2. [S264] Family documentation presented with DAR application papers, Typed manuscript, James Cannon Patriot File, unknown date Daughters of the American Revolution Library, manuscript says his birth is recorded in parish of St. George's, Harford County.
  3. [S13] Probate Records.
  4. [S71] "Cartmell Diaries,", Volume 21: April 25, 1904.

Margaret Alexander

F, #132, d. 1804
     Margaret Alexander's birthdate is unknown. She married James Cannon, son of James Cannon and Mary Boren, before 28 February 1768 in Cecil County, Maryland, when her father's will was written.2,3 Margaret died in 1804 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
FatherTheophilus Alexander b. 13 Mar 1714, d. 1768
MotherCatherine Wallace1 b. bt 1715 - 1717, d. b Apr 1778

Family

James Cannon b. 8 Dec 1725, d. 18 Sep 1784
Children
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother
     After her marriage she was normally known as Margaret Cannon.

Citations

  1. [S13] Probate Records.
  2. [S13] Probate Records.
  3. [S264] Family documentation presented with DAR application papers, Typed manuscript, James Cannon Patriot File, unknown date Daughters of the American Revolution Library.
  4. [S71] "Cartmell Diaries,", April 26, 1904.

John McKnitt II1,2

M, #133, b. 1660, d. 1714
     John McKnitt II was born in 1660 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland. He and Jane Alexander married. John McKnitt II and Martha Dale married. John McKnitt II and Jane Wallace married on 28 March 1693 in Somerset County, Maryland, British Colonial America.3 John died in 1714.
FatherJohn McKnitt I
MotherElizabeth Wallace

Family 1

Jane Alexander d. c 1692
Children

Family 2

Martha Dale
Children

Family 3

Jane Wallace
Child
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#3)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#4)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#3)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#4)

Citations

  1. [S75] Charles and Virginia Alexander, Alexander Kin: Vol I.
  2. [S88] Texarado McKnight Peak, McKnight Family and Their Descendants: also the Wallace and Alexander Families.
  3. [S790] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, database online: Familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jane Wallace1

F, #134
     Jane Wallace and John McKnitt II married on 28 March 1693 in Somerset County, Maryland, British Colonial America.2
FatherMathew Wallace
MotherSarah Alexander

Family

John McKnitt II b. 1660, d. 1714
Child
ChartsDirect Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#1)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#2)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#3)
Direct Ancestors of Kaye Feuerbacher, author of this site (#4)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#1)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#2)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#3)
Pedigree Chart for Evvy Alexander, maternal grandmother (#4)
     After her marriage she was normally known as McKnitt.

Citations

  1. [S88] Texarado McKnight Peak, McKnight Family and Their Descendants: also the Wallace and Alexander Families.
  2. [S790] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, database online: Familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sarah Mouser

F, #138, b. December 1876, d. 1903
     Sarah Mouser was born in December 1876 in Texas, date and place from 1860 census. She and William H. Pruitt married between 1894 and 1895. Fannie died in 1903 in Caldwell County, Texas. She was buried in Lytton Springs Cemetery in Caldwell County.

Name Variations:

Family

William H. Pruitt b. May 1877, d. 1916
ChartsDescendants of Tom J Pruitt and Martha Sylvester, maternal great great grandparents
     Jo Harrison's research shows other children from this marriage, but they are not confirmed. Unless otherwise noted information for this family was gathered at family reunions & newsletters.

Sarah Fannie Mouser's tombstone says she died at age 26 in 1903, but several of her childen were born after that. Is the age or date wrong on tombstone???? Her last2 children for which I have a copy of the DC was born in 1903 & 1906. The youngest, Lum was born in 1909--I don't have a copy of his BC yet to verify the name of his mother. He died in 1980.1 After her marriage between 1894 and 1895, she was normally known as Fannie Pruitt.

Citations

  1. [S7] Thomas J Pruitt & Martha Sylvester family research: Jo Harrison, (compiled over years of research) (1980-2000).