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Wandering Through Our Family's History


Our family has been here in the U. S. since the beginning.  This is our story.

Calendar of Ancestral Events Updates

January 31, 2024


In the Calendar today, I added the birth and death dates for James Edward "Bud" Wilson and Bessie Emily Jackson (and their children except for Mattie Lou Wilson). I added the birth and death dates for James Houston Lewis and Mary Rebecca Brown.

May 28, 2025 Update

Hello, and again apologies for the long time since an update. I have been working on verifying who Edwards Gurley's father was.  Edwards and Mary Davis were the parents of Keziah Gurley, who married Henry "Judge" Sharp. I think I have conclusively identified Edwards' father as John Gurley.  Some of the information I have says John is an Original Immigrant, but other information says he was born in Virginia and his father (I have seen his father listed as both George Gurley, Sr. and also Joseph Gurley - I have no idea which is correct at this time).  I have written a 52-page document on what I have found out about the John Gurley family (RD-022-01). If you are looking for the RD-020 and RD-021 documents, they are still under development.


Updated documentation on the website include:


  • RD-022-01 - Gurley Family Research as mentioned above is where I was trying to verify who Edwards Gurley's father was.
  • FT-029-03 Edwards Gurley – Mary Davis Family is an updated document, as I have added the information into it that I learned while researching John Gurley (Edwards' father).
  • I am also adding several new Sources (897 through 904). 

Errata

This is a new section I am adding to identify mistakes that others have found in my work.

Aunt Mary Lillis' Death Date

January 31, 2024 - I have uploaded  a new FT-004 which gives Aunt Mary's correct death year of 2023.  

About SharpAncestry.org

The Mission of This Website

I (John Sharp) am trying to provide a 1-stop place where family members can access all of the information that I have collected about our ancestors.  I have tried sending the information on USB storage devices and a Facebook page, but maybe this will be easier for everyone.

How does this website work?

This site has a lot of information on it!  There are:

  • Stories that concern a particular event, person, or family
  • Family Tree documents that cover all of the facts I have uncovered about a particular family.  These facts are used to build the story.
  • Research documents where I am trying to determine what the facts are about a particular person, family, or event.  Not everything in the Research documents are necessarily true, but these documents show what I have found.
  • Sources are the documents or images that I have found that back up the information in the Research documents, Family Tree documents, and the Stories.

How does this website work (continued) ?

If you go up to the top of this webpage, you can see the 3 little bars on the top left.  If you click on these 3 bars, you will see every page that is on the website.  There are pages for Stories, for Family Tree Documents, for Research Documents, and Sources (many pages of Sources!).  So you can go to whatever page you want from there.  The Stories Pages might be a good place to start, then if you want to dive in deeper on a family or person, you can go to the Family Tree document or others.  Just keep digging down!

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