Twiggs County GaArchives Biographies.....Tharp, Vincent 1760 - 1825 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Eldridge DonnaEldrid@aol.com November 7, 2004, 4:38 pm Author: Jesse H. Campbell VINCENT THARP A native of Virginia, was born in 1760, and bore arms in the cause of his country towards the close of the revolutionary war. His first wife was a Miss Rogers, by whom he had two children, a son and a daughter. During his first marriage, he removed to South Carolina, and thence with his second wife, a Miss Persons, to Warren County, in this State. Owing to the hardness of the times, and his being a poor man, he learned the gun-smith's trade, and was said to be a superior workman. Before he entered upon the ministry, he acted as a magistrate in his neighborhood. He was baptized into Briar creek church, Warren county, and was also licensed and ordained there about the year 1800. He served that church as pastor several years, also Sweetwater and Rocky creek, in Burke county. Soon after the Purchase, which extended to the Ocmulgee river, he removed to Twiggs county, where many of his descendants are still to be found, and who are among the most respectable and wealthy citizens of the county. Among these may be mentioned Rev. Charnick Tharp, a son, and Rev. B. F. Tharp, (now of Houston county,) a grandson. He was a member and the pastor of Stone creek church, now one of the most flourishing churches in the state. That church was gathered under Rev. Henry Hooten, who resigned in favor of Mr. Tharp. His labors here and elsewhere were owned of the Lord in the salvation of many souls. To the time of his death he was moderator of the Ebenezer Association. Benovolence and hospitality were prominent traits in his character. He was always "careful to entertain strangers," and his house was the home of God's peoople, of every name. He delighted in the society of certain brethren, Polhil, Franklin, Ross, Rhodes, Baker, Maginty, Mercer and others, by whom he was frequently visited. He died in 1825, in the triumps of that faith, which he had so long preached to others. His end was peace. "Georgia Baptists: Historical and Biographical." by Jesse H. Campbell, Twiggs County, Georgia Richmond: H. K. Ellyson, 176 Main Street 1847 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/twiggs/bios/nbs38tharp.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb