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Henry Sharp died of typhoid or scarlet fever in prison during the Civil War. His unit was Company K, 8th Confederate Calvary Regiment (Wade's Calvary) (Tennessee) from 01 Sept 1862 at West Point, GA. He fought for the Confederacies belief in states rights, not slavery, as the Sharp family did not believe in the institution of slavery.
Buried on Memorial Hill, Tennessee Section, Grave 43.
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It is said that this couple only had 5 children, but I have a note of a Beatrice Sharpe as one of theirs, who died in a mental hospital at age 25. This could possibly be Rachel, since she too died young, according to notes I have.
Henry Sharpe listed as wounded, with wife Mary Sharpe as next of kin on 04/10/1863 casualty list in the Milltown area.
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From "On the Hills of Home" by Cal Sharpe (1972):
Page 3
"Henry rode the family horse off to war and never returned, leaving a wife and five children under nine. He died and was buried in the Confederate Burial Ground at Petersburg, Virginia. His children were James Monroe, Mittie, Catherine, Beatrice and Henry.
William Henry Sharp, the elder son of our forefather Daniel Sharp, married Molly Smith in the year 1853, ten years before he went off to the Civil War, in which time were born five children: James Monroe, Henry (Judge), Mittie, Catherine and Beatrice. Judge died before he was grown with a kind of swelling in his leg. Beatrice died about the age of 25 in a mental hospital. Mittie and Catherine sold their interest in the home place to James Monroe and moved to Texas, married and had families out there, but we have no record of their descendants." (We do now. ~ HR)
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1854 Chambers Co., AL Census
Henry Sharp 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3
Key:
1 - white males under 21
2 - white males over 21
3 - white females under 21
4 - white females over 21
5 - total whites
6 - insane
7 - insane
8 - slaves
9 - free negroes
10 - total
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1855 Chambers Co., AL Census
Henry Sharp - 1-1-1-0-3--0-0-0-0-3
Key:
1 male under 21
1 male over 21
1 female under 21
3 total whites
3 total
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1860 Buffalo, Chambers Co., AL Census
Household Sex Age Birthplace
William H. Sharp M 26 TN
Mary F Sharp 25 GA
James M. Sharp M 5 AL
Mary E. Sharp F 3 AL
Wm. C. Sharp M 2 AL
Babe (girl) Sharp F 0 AL
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1870 Buffalo, Chambers Co., AL Census
See Molly's notes.
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