Cemeteries: Sharp Graveyard, Leacock Township, Lancaster County, PA

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Abstracted By: William F. Worner

The following is taken from pages 42-44 of volume 2 of the Worner 
Collection at Lancaster County Historical Society.

The Sharp graveyard,--if a tangled mass of briars and weeds may be referred 
to as a graveyard,--is on the farm of Mrs. Sally Esh, tenanted by her son, 
David Esh, in Leacock township. It is about a third of a mile northwest of the 
Christ Protestant Episcopal church, Leacock, and is situated in one of the 
finest farming sections in Lancaster county. The graveyard, 20 by 20 feet, is, 
indeed, a most pathetic sight. It is in a wheat field not far removed form the 
farm house. It presents a picture of neglect and decay in the midst of plenty, 
for the farm on which it is located is one of the most fertile in Pennsylvania. 
Of course, the farmer on whose land it is located is not interested in it, as the 
Sharps are not related to him. Every year he plows around the tangled mass of 
briars and weeds and so it has gradually grown into an unsightly and almost 
impenetrable thicket. On May 11, 1935, the time of our visit, there wer nine 
head and two foot stones.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth              Death              Comment
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Sharp         Anna                        25 Feb 1770        15 Feb 1855        Aged 84 years, 11 months and 18 days
Sharp         Barbara                                        23 May 1808        Aged 40 years
Sharp         Elizabeth                                      12 Apr 1796        Aged 35 years
Sharp         John                                           27 Sep 1826        Aged 34 years, 11 months and 22 days
Sharp         Mary                                           25 Mar 1776        Aged 12 years and 6 months
Sharp         Mary                                           23 May 1799        Aged 66 years
Sharp         Moses                                          12 Apr 1821        Aged 54 years, 3 months, and 12 days
Sharp         Peter                                          29 Apr 1795        Aged 65 years and 11 months
Sharp         Peter                                          11 Mar 1823        Aged 23 years, 5 months and 2 days
Sharp         Susan                                          not listed         daughter of Peter Sharp. Aged 8 months