Sharp Ancestry - Military Service
Military Service in our Family
This page is about the ancestors in our family who served in wars, starting with American Colonial militias to modern wars. We have many ancestors who served the US, and some who gave everything.
The picture to the left is the USS Lexington, the first ship of that name that served in the US Navy. Originally named the Wild Duck, Abraham van Bibber purchased her for the Maryland Committee of Safety, at St. Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies in February 1776. She soon got underway for the Delaware Capes and reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9 March with a cargo of sorely needed gunpowder for the patriot forces. Four days later the Marine Committee purchased Wild Duck, renamed her Lexington after the Battle of Lexington (the first battle of the war), and turned her over to Wharton and Humphry for fitting out
The CSA Virginia (also known as the Merrimac) battling the USS Monitor.
Revolutionary War Patriots
Elisha Battle
Lou Wilson to Bessie Jackson to John David Jackson to Henry James Jackson to Ann Eliza Battle (wife of Henry James Jackson) to Thomas Applewhite Battle to Davis Battle to John Battle to Elisha Battle.
DAR Ancestor # A007558
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1-9-1723 NANSEMOND CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3-6-1799 EDGECOMBE CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: WHEELER, HIST OF NC, PP 78, 146; CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 23, P 993
Service Description: 1) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS
2) MEMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reuben Benthall
Lou Wilson to Bessie Jackson to Lula David Sanders to Owen Sanders to David Sanders to William Sanders to Patience Benthall (wife of William Sanders) to Reuben Benthall
DAR Ancestor # A009420
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): FIRST LIEUTENANT
Birth: CIRCA 1737 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 6- -1782 CARTERET CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Description: 1) CAPT. ENCOH WARD
Charles Crow, Sr.
Lewis Sharp to Barney Hilliard Sharp to Groves Hilliard Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp (Groves’s wife) to James David Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith (James David’s wife) to George Rayford Smith to Solomon Smith toElizabeth Crow (Solomon’s wife) to Charles Crow, Jr. to Charles Crow, Sr.
DAR Ancestor # A028231, 930858, 695500
Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1717
Death: 9-22-1802 NEWBERRY COURT HOUSE NEWBERRY DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source: SALLEY & WATES, STUB ENTRIES TO INDENTS, BOOKS U-W, LIBER W, P 253, #395
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
Aaron Harlan II
Lewis Sharp to Barney Hilliard Sharp to Groves Hilliard Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp (Groves’s wife) to James David Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith (James David’s wife) to George Rayford Smith to Solomon Smith toElizabeth Crow (Solomon’s wife) to Charles Crow, Jr. to Sarah Harlan (Charles Crow, Jr.’s wife) to Aaron Harlan III to Aaron Harlan II
DAR Ancestor # A050661
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1724 CHESTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 1798 UNION CO PINCKNEY DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source: NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BOOK A, P 75, #2168; BOOK C, P 100, #3360, ROLL #S.115.45
Service Description: 1) PAID FOR FURNISHING SUNDRIES & CASH TO THE MILITIA OF VA, NC & SC
Aaron Harlan III
Lewis Sharp to Barney Hilliard Sharp to Groves Hilliard Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp (Groves’s wife) to James David Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith (James David’s wife) to George Rayford Smith to Solomon Smith to Elizabeth Crow (Solomon’s wife) to Charles Crow, Jr. to Sarah Harlan (Charles Crow, Jr.’s wife) to Aaron Harlan III
DAR Ancestor # A050663
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1752 KENNETT TWP CHESTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 8-8-1806 LAURENS DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BOOK C, PART XIV, P 102, #3308
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
Gainer Jeffreys
Lewis Sharp to Barney Hilliard Sharp to Alma Lewis (Barney’s wife) to James Houston Lewis to William Jeptha Lewis to Marilda Caroline Jeffreys (William’s wife) toJacob Jeffreys to William Jeffreys to John Jackson Jeffreys, Sr. to Gainer Jeffreys
DAR Ancestor # A134334
Gainer did not fight in the Revolutionary War. I believe he was a Quaker, and therefore could not fight. However, he “Rendered Material Aid”, and that is an allowed classification in the Daughters of the American Revolution criteria
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1-23-1744 CHESTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: CIRCA 1814 WARREN CO TENNESSEE
Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL VI, PT IV, P 488
Service Description: 1) RENDERED MATERIAL AID
William Sanders
Lou Wilson to Bessie Jackson to Lula David Sanders to Owen Sanders to David Sanders to William Sanders
DAR Ancestor # A099800
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SERGEANT
Birth: 6-13-1760 CARTERET CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 3-13-1851 JEFFERSON CO ALABAMA
Pension Number: R9183V
Service Source: R9183V
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, CAPT LANIER, COL JOHNSON, NC TROOPS
Samuel Stuart
Lewis Sharp to Barney Hilliard Sharp to Groves Hilliard Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp (Groves’s wife) to James David Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith (James David’s wife) to George Rayford Smith to Solomon Smith toElizabeth Crow (Solomon’s wife) to Charles Crow, Jr. to Sarah Harlan (Charles Crow, Jr.’s wife) to Aaron Harlan III to Elizabeth Stuart to Samuel Stuart
DAR Ancestor # A215060
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1734 CO LONDONDERRY IRELAND
Death: POST 2-8-1808 CHATHAM CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: CHATHAM CO, NC MINS OF COURT OF PLEAS & QTR SESSIONS, 1774-1779, FHL #590299; CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 23, PP 992-993, 995; ACCTS OF THE US WITH NC, REV WAR, BK C, P 42, 103, ROLL #S.115.45; NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL XII, P 42, FOLIO 2, ROLL #S.115.57.5
Service Description: 1) PROCESSIONER, 1775; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, 1778;
2) PAID FOR SERVICES RENDERED, 1781
War of 1812
William Jeffreys
Lewis Sharp to Alma Lewis to James Houston Lewis to Marilda Caroline Jeffreys to Jacob Jeffreys to William Jeffreys
William Jeffreys enlisted for the war on 28-Sep-1814 in Sparta,Tennessee. He was a private in Captain Abner Pearce's Company of Tennessee Militia. He was discharged on 10-Apr-1815 at Fort Huntsville
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Civil War Soldiers
Isaiah Lewis
According to the Index to Compiled Military Service Records; Alabama Tories: The 1st Alabama Cavalry, U.S.A.
Isaiah Lewis enlisted in the Union Army on December 7, 1863 at Camp Davies, Mississippi. Isaiah joined the 1st Alabama Cavalry, Company A because of his belief that it was not right for one person to own another person. Incidentally, just like in the Revolutionary War, Southerners who fought for the Union were known as “Tories”. Isaiah was mustered out on November 10, 1864, after he died from disease in Columbia, TN. This matches up well with other information we have that Isaiah died in Maury County, TN from typhoid fever.
Peter Lewis
Lewis Sharp to Alma Lewis to James Houston Lewis to William Jeptha Lewis to Isaiah Lewis to Peter Lewis (Isaiah’s brother)
Like Isaiah, Peter Lewis enlisted in the Union Army. He enlisted March 1, 1863 at Glendale, Mississippi for a period of 1 year. He joined Company D 1st Alabama Cavalry. He died in the Post Hospital in Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi of Continued Fever on April 15, 1863, only 46 days after enlisting.
Jacob Jeffreys
Lewis Sharp to Alma Lewis to James Houston Lewis to Marilda Caroline Jeffreys to Jacob Jeffreys
Jacob served in Company K of the 42nd Regiment of Alabama Infantry. See the National Park Service’s Civil War pages for the Civil War record of the 42nd Regiment.
Shadrack Lewis
Lewis Sharp to Alma Lewis to James Houston Lewis to William Jeptha Lewis to Isaiah Lewis to Shadrack Lewis (Isaiah’s brother)
Unlike Isaiah Lewis and Peter Lewis, Shadrack Lewis (a younger brother) enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was a Private in Company H of 1st Patton's MS Infantry Regiment in Capt. John R. Wren's Company. The regiment's first major action was at the Siege of Corinth. By the time of the Battle of Nashville, the regiment had suffered heavy casualties and was under the command of Captain Owen Hughes who had previously been in command of Company K, known as the "Yankee Hunters". Hughes and most of the remaining regimental members were killed at Nashville, after which the regiment was used for rear guard actions until disbanding in 1865. Shadrack died during the war, but I do not know how.
Owen Sanders
Lou Wilson to Bessie Jackson to Lula David Sanders to Owen Sanders.
Owen Sanders was a private in Nash’s Company, Leake Rangers. John Nash was the captain of this company. I can’t find any official records of the service of this Company.
Christian Hilliard Scitzs
Lewis Sharp to Hilliard Barney Sharp to Groves Hilliard Sharp to Elmira Scitzs to Christian Hilliard Scitzs
Christian Hilliard Scitzs was a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War in the 20th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry, Company I. He was a Private when he started and ended the war. You can find more information on the National Park Service website about this Regiment's service.
Jacob Kynerd Smith
Lewis Sharp to Hilliard Barney Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith to George Rayford Smith to Jacob Kynerd Smith (son of George Rayford Smith) (not a direct ancestor of ours)
No information on Jacob's service during the Civil War yet.
Robert Wiley Smith
Lewis Sharp to Hilliard Barney Sharp to Bertha Amelia Sharp to Martha Permelia Smith to George Rayford Smith to Robert Wiley Smith (son of George Rayford Smith) (not a direct ancestor of ours).
Robert was a Private in Company C of the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment. 41st Infantry Regiment was assembled at Pontotoc, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862 and contained eleven companies. Its members were from the counties of Lee, Noxubee, Pontotoc, Monroe, and Chickasaw. The unit served in Mississippi, then was assigned to J.P. Anderson's, Henderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
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