Patrick and Anne Sharkey
"THE SHARKEYS - PATRICK WAS PAYING FOR PURCHASES FROM THE PATTON GRANTS IN BOTETOURT AS EARLY AS 1753. HE ACCUMULATED A LARGE ESTATE ON THE UPPER JAMES RIVER NOW KNOWN AS BUHRMAN BOTTOMS, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A MILLING BUSINESS.
HE FORTIFIED HIS HOME FROM INDIAN ATTACK BY PALISADES, FOR THE FIRING OF GUNS FROM WITHIN. THE REMAINS OF THIS HOME ARE STILL REMEMBERED BY SOME OF THE OLDER CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO RECALL THAT THE LOOPHOLES WERE PLUGGED, OR FILLED, WITH WOODEN PLUGS TO KEEP OUT COLD.
NICHOLAS SHARKEY LIVED UP THE RIVER FROM PATRICK, AT LOCUST BOTTOM. BOTH NICHOLAS AND JAMES WERE IN CAPTAIN PRYOR'S COMPANY IN 1783."
FROM A SEED-BED OF THE REPUBLIC PAGE 328
Patrick Sharkey (Shirley, Shirkey) furnished horses in 1776 for an expedition against the Cherokees for the Battle of Lond Island in the Holston River. He was listed again in Captain Robinson's Co. (Militia) in 1783. He furnished 13 Horses, 17 cattle and one slave
Patrick and Anne Sharkey were the parents of Mary Wiley, Nicholas, James, Ann Wood, Elizabeth Peck, John and Patrick.
Patrick was born ca 1720 maybe in Ireland and died in 1786 in Botetourt County, Virginia.
The signature of Patrick Sharkey from his will