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Carolina militia from 1776-1777. When the 2nd Rowan County Regiment became the Burke County Regiment of militia, he served as its commander from 1777 to 1781. (Note there was another Captain William Sharpe, who served in the
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Congregation created by William Sharpe in 1773
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in 1789) and created a map of the church members in 1773.
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