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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.

June 19, 2025 Update

Hello, and I am finally getting back on track for more regular updates. I have continued working on the Gurley family, this time trying to identify John Gurley's parents.  In my last update, I mentioned that I identified John Gurley as Edwards Gurley's father.  


I had 2 options for John Gurley's parents - (1) George Gurley, Sr., and (2) Joseph Gourley and Susan Wise.  RD-023-01 shows the work that I think conclusively proves that George Gurley Sr. was not John Gurley's father.  George Gurley Sr. did have a son named John Gurley, but that John Gurley was still in Southampton County, VA when our John Gurley was already in Johnston County, NC.


As to the Joseph Gurley/Susan Wise option, I see this mentioned in several places, but none of these places mention any sources to verify these claims.  I have messaged a person on Geneanet.org who says she had a Family Tree showing this connection, but we will see if she responds.


At any rate, I have hit a brick wall on the Gurleys, so I think I am going to step away from this line of the family and go work on other ancestor lines.  If any new information shows up, I will revisit this branch of the family.


Updated documentation on the website include:


  • RD-023-01 - George Gurley Sr and John Gurley Research is a document where I concluded that George Gurley Sr. is not John Gurley's father.
  • FT-069-01 - John Gurley - Elizabeth UNKNOWN Family is a new Family Tree document for the John Gurley and Elizabeth UNKNOWN family.  There's a lot incomplete in this document, as it has proven almost impossible to identify John Gurley's parents.
  • I added John Gurley as a new DAR Patriot in the Military Service page.
  • I am also adding several new Sources (905 through 909). 

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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