Family of Maples, John Henry and Sharp, Elizabeth
Families
| Married | Husband | Maples, John Henry ( * 1797 + 1875 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Sharp, Elizabeth ( * 1798 + July 20, 1893 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Maples, Rachel Helen | September 14, 1818 | July 30, 1888 |
| Maples, Matilda | 1823 | |
| Maples, Isaac | March 1826 | June 4, 1874 |
| Maples, James W. | August 30, 1828 | June 15, 1882 |
| Maples, Mary Eliza | 1829 | |
| Maples, Francis Scott | 1831 | |
| Maples, Carolyn Edy | 1832 | |
| Maples, John Thomas | 1834 | |
| Maples, Harriet J. | 1836 | |
| Maples, Elizabeth Ann | July 10, 1836 | May 18, 1921 |
| Maples, Rebecca E. | 1842 |
Narrative
Family History
From notes compiled by Mary Louise Claunch
MAPLES FAMILY
William Maples, according to the book "A Maples Leaf," compiled by Mary Ford Southworth and Joann Thomas Elkin, was born in the 1720's, and lived in Lunenburg, Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties of Virginia from 1763 to 1784. In the 1790 census, he is shown living in South Carolina, and later moved to East Tennessee, where he died around 1800. His wife's name in 1775 was Prudence, but it isn't known if she was his first or second wife. His three sons were Josiah Maples, John Maples and Wilson Maples.
Josiah Maples was born about 1746, probably in Virginia. He married Ruthea Sweeney (born 1749), the daughter of Moses and Ann Sweeney of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He is recorded in the "Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region," page 471, as a Revolutionary Soldier who served under George Washington. Josiah and Ruthea sold their land in Virginia around 1801, and moved their family to Sevier County in East Tennessee, where he died November 12, 1820. Ruthea died after the 1830 census in McMinn County, Tennessee. They had thirteen children.
William Condra [Cordra] Maples, their oldest child, was born in 1766 in Halifax County, Virginia. When he was fifteen years old, and a member of the Guard, he took part in the Battle of Guilford Court House on May 15, 1781. (Guilford, North Carolina is about 50 miles south of Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia). [https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-guilford-courthouse] He was married in Pittsylvania County on Oct. 6, 1790 to Nancy Long. She was born about 1772 and was the daughter of Edward Long, Sr. and his wife Jane. William and Nancy's first five children were born in Virginia. Around 1796, they moved to Jefferson and later Sevier County, Tennessee. In the War of 1812, William Condra [Cordra] Maples was a Sergeant in the East Tennessee Volunteer Militia, and served from Sept. 27, 1813 til Dec. 27, 1813. Around 1835, the family moved again to Madison County, Alabama. William Condra [Cordra] Maples died Oct. 26, 1847, in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, where Nancy died around 1850. They had twenty-one children.
Their sixth child, John Maples, was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1797. On Feb. 7, 1816 in Jefferson County, he married Elizabeth Sharp, born around 1798 in Tennessee. Her parents were Thomas Sharp, Sr. (born 1778 in Virginia; died in Morgan County, Alabama) and Elizabeth Hodge (born in 1780 in Virginia; died in Morgan County, Alabama). Their eleven children were all born in Morgan County, where John died around 1870-80, along with Elizabeth, who died July 20, 1893.
Rachel H. Maples was born Sept. 14, 1818 in Morgan County, Alabama. On Dec. 2, 1837 in Morgan County, Alabama. On Dec. 2, 1837 in Morgan County, she married Laban Gilbert Thomas. She died July 31, 1888 in Hopkins County, Texas.