McGuire / Sharp Family

Old Sharp's Corner Homeplace

Mary Elsie Littlejohn Sharp, Nancy Jame Jones Sharp, Gaston Moody Sharp & David Esron "Edd" Sharp

All that is left of the old homeplace

Thomas Asbury Sharp & Nancy Jane Jones Sharp Sons

James Anderson, John Roberds, William Thomas, David Esron, Martin McGuire

A Confederate Veteran Widow

Nancy Jane Jones Sharp

Thomas Asbury Sharp

Co. G, 24th Tennessee Infantry 'Duck River Rifles'

The earliest known Sharps of this line came from the Horse Mountains area of Bedford Co. Tenn. This was William Roberds Sharp Sr. & his wife Isabella who were married in Knox Co. March 11th 1807. They & other members of the family are buried in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery on Morris Ln. William R. Sharp Jr. & his wife Sarah 'Sallie' McGuire later moved to Maury Co. & established the home & church at Sharp's Corner off Carpenter's Bridge Rd. near the Duck River. Sarah 'Sallie' McGuire was the granddaughter of the McGuires. Their son Thomas & his wife Anna Lee were her parents who moved to Texas. William R. Sharp Jr. & his wife Sarah are buried at Sharp's Corner Cemetery in Maury Co.

HORSE MOUNTAIN

Shelbyville, Bedford Co. Tenn.

Sharp Graves at Mt. Moriah

Graves of William R. Sharp Sr. wife Isabella & daughter Alethea