Private
James
Lewis
Sharp
Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Clark Sharp
and Ann (Waddell) Sharp
Brother of
Mary (Sharp) Pyles, Rebecca (Sharp) Lewis, Martha (Sharp) Sevey, William Sharp, Nancy (Sharp) Rider, Ann (Sharp) Cackley, Andrew Sharp, Margaret (Sharp) Sevey, Rachel (Sharp) Gay and Lucinda (Sharp) Jordan
Husband of
Mary (Burnside) Sharp
— married
10 Feb 1848 in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Robert W Sharp, Ann Rebecca J Sharp, Ruth J (Sharp) McGlaughlin, Margaret Martha (Sharp) Moore, Mitchel Alexander Sharp and Stewart J Sharp
Died before
before age 44
in Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Mar 2019
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Biography
James L Sharp was born in 1821. He died in 1865 as a POW at Camp Chase, Ohio. [1]
Military Service
Private James Sharp served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 1, 1863
Mustered out: Jan 9, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co F, 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
Enlisted: Sep 1, 1863
Mustered out: Jan 9, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co F, 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
Private James Sharp was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.
Private James Sharp Died while a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.
- Civil War
- Sharp, James L.
- BATTLE UNIT NAME: 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
- SIDE: Confederacy
- COMPANY: F
- SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
- SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private[2]
- Sharp, James L.
- Co. F, 19 Virginia Cavalry
- Enlisted when: Sept. 1, 1863
- Enlisted where: Hillsboro
- Prisoner of War
- Confined at: Military Prison (Atheneum), Wheeling, Va.
- Captured when: Sept. 21, 1864
- Captured where: Pocahontas Co., W. Va.
- Sent to Camp Chase
- Oct 6, 1864
- Age: 44 years
- Height: 5' 8"
- Complexion: sallow
- Eyes: blue
- Hair: light
- Occupation: Farmer
- Died: Dec 9, 1864
- Cause of death: Pleuritis
- Grave: 725
- 1/3 mile south of Camp Chase. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74652877/james-lewis-sharpe: accessed 07 August 2023), memorial page for PVT James Lewis Sharpe (1821–9 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74652877, citing Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Cousins by the Dozens (contributor 46904925).
- ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for Sharp, James L. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=ED1E3ECF-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
- ↑ Fold3, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, CMSR for Sharp, James L. (7 pages). https://www.fold3.com/image/16544382?terms=james,civil,l,sharp,war,virginia,confederate
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTP3-HVS : 11 February 2018), James L Sharp and Mary W Bumrider, 1847; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,324.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-CKX : 12 April 2016), James Sharpe in household of James Sharpe, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 537, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41G-73X : 13 December 2017), James L Sharp, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Nan Harvey
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup I2d, Ancestry member Nancestors
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Gene Hauser :
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+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ghauser_genealogy
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~0.78%
Barbara Friel :
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