Sara Sharpe

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ID: I103
Last: Sharpe
First: Sara
Middle:
Birth: 14 Oct 1776 1
Death: 25 Apr 1849 at Lexington Co., South Carolina 2
Burial: Harmon Geiger Cemetery, Lexington Co., South Carolina 3 4
Sex: F
 
Mother: UNKNOWN
Father: UNKNOWN
 
Marriage 1   Harmon Geiger b: 31 Jul 1769 d: 17 May 1852
Wedding: 14 Oct 1786
 
Children:
1 Anna Elizabeth Geiger b: 17 Oct 1810 South Carolina
2 Sarah Caroline Geiger b: 24 Sep 1812
 
Sources:
1 Title: Tombstone
 
2 Title: Tombstone
 
3 Repository:
  --Name: Library of Congress
Title: Silent Cities. A Tombstone Registry of Old Lexington District South Carolina, Vol 1.
Author: Seay, June Anderson
Publication: First Edition 1984,
Call Number: 86-114293
Note: ISBN 0-9617786-4-4, 0-9617786-5-2
Page: p. 311
Note: Surnames in cemetery and footnotes: Geiger, Sharp, Holladay, Rawls, Neuffer, Conrad, Kinsler, Holliday, Taylor, Hafely, Ford, Sightler, Reeder, Seibles
Text: From Dixiana [sw of Columbia] follow Hwy. 21 [south abt 3 mi] to corner of Old Wire Road, turn right [sw] and drive one mile to "G" markers on left. The cemetery is approximately six hundred feet from the road in the woods, in the area of Silver Lake.
It is surrounded by coping in a heavily wooded area. In past years, the cemetery has been well tended, but shows evidence of neglect in recent months
 
4 Title: Tombstone
Note: Tombstone lies next to that of husband.
Text: In Memory / of / SARAH SHARP / consort of / HARMON GEIGER / Born / Oct. 14th 1776 / Died / April 25th 1849. / "The Lord is good to all: / And His tender mercies are / Over all his works."
 


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