My husband descends from several early pioneers of Logan County Ohio, including Captain John Sharp, veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Captain Sharp's grave is 2 miles north of the village of Middleburg, just off County Road 152 in the Darby Creek Cemetery of Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio, and reads:
JOHN SHARP
CAPTAIN
ARMAND'S PARTISAN CORPS
PA TROOPS
REV WAR
MARCH 7, 1854
Now, if you are a history nut like me, you are wondering "What is Armand's Partisan Corps?" According to the National Parks Service, it was a group of mostly foreign volunteers in the Continental Army. Wikipedia suggests it was a dragoon unit. This website gives a biography of Colonel Armand, a Frenchman who founded the Corps and led into battle thousands of volunteers for the War of Independence.
Captain Sharp is my husband's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, and is related to him directly as follows: John Sharp > Sarah Sharp > Sarah Ann Inskeep > Etta May Morton > Glen Owen Bishop > Jimmie R. Bishop > Bruce Bishop > Dusty Bishop
