Elsey (Elserman) Calhoon, * (half sibling to the others in Thrulines but is still named in father's will - pr. bec. of false conclusion in Thrulines))

Abt 1766 - Aft 1850  (> 85 years)

• Name	Elsey (Elserman) Calhoon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	* (half sibling to the others in Thrulines but is still named in father's will - pr. bec. of false conclusion in Thrulines))
  Birth	Abt 1766
  Gender	Female
  Autosomal DNA Triangulation on Chromosome 19	Autosomal DNA Triangulation on Chromosome 19 with descendants of this Elsey Calhoon and Joseph Tharp.
  Death	Aft 1850	, Clinton, IN
  Person ID	I12476	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	James Calhoon, * E-BY165188,   b. Abt 1729   d. Jan 1795, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Jinette Johnston, *,   b. 1732, Annan, Dumfries, Scotland d. Bef 10 Jun 1804, , Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age < 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1762	Of Rowan, NC   [6, 7]
  	Jean's mother, Jean Davis, lived all her life in Virginia and had most of her children by a Frances Calhoun. They moved to Rowan, NC by 1760. Jean Jenette was likely married in Rowan, NC where her family lived. Parts of Rowan became Guilford in 1771.
  Family ID	F1526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Tharp, *,   b. 10 Mar 1765, Mispillion Hundred, Kent, DE, USA d. Aft 1850, , Clinton, IN, USA (Age > 86 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1791	, Guilford, NC   [5]
  Children	1. Levenia Tharp,   b. 30 Jun 1788, , , NC d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James E. Tharp,   b. 1782   d. Aft 1820, Of Guilford, NC, USA (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Nancy Tharp,   b. Nov 1807, Ohio, United States of America d. 28 Oct 1858, , Louisa, IA, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John Tharp,   b. 1796, Oh Or Nc d. 7 Mar 1874, Urbana, Benton, IA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alce Armin Tharp,   b. 24 Mar 1786, , , NC d. Aft 1850, Of Clinton, IN (Age > 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary (Polly) Tharp, *,   b. Abt 16 Dec 1790, , , NC d. 2 Sep 1863, Huntington Twp, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. William Tharp,   b. 4 Dec 1790, , , NC d. 14 Jan 1849 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Zaus Tharp,   b. 16 Jan 1804, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 8 Sep 1885, , Grundy, MO (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Abel Tharp,   b. 22 Mar 1795, , Guilford, NC d. 23 Aug 1874, Iroquois, Iroquois, Illinois, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  In the 1850 census for Indiana, Elsey and her husband are living with their son Abel. She is age 84 at the time and the person who gave the info to the census taker believed she was born in North Carolina and her husband was born in Dela

  
  

• Sources

  [S421] Dann M. Norton to mutliple Tharp researchers E-mail letter dated Jun 10, 1998 at mrnor10@charter.net. [S11] Robert L. Tharp, Descendents of Thomas Tharp, Born About 1640 (Unpublished). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1689] Richard D. Reed to L. Dudick Email dated 1999 at rdreed@wichita.infi.net CL-489. [S12] Pederson, James, Descendants of Unknown Tharp (c2001 forwarded to me via an email attachment and is well sourced. James "Pete" Pederson's email address in 2005 is pete_hye@hotmail.com.). [S1603] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (www.ancestry.com). [S215] Public Member Tree (www.ancestry.com).