James Archer Sharpe Jr. (1824 - 1901)

Born 15 Feb 1824 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Llewellyn) Sharpe — married 24 Apr 1845 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States

Died 20 Apr 1901 at age 77 in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

James was born in North Carolina in 1824. He was the son of James Archer Sharpe Sr. and Margaret Joyce. In 1845 James married Mary Ann Llewellyn and together they were parents of fourteen children. They farmed in Rockingham County then by 1860 had moved to Wilkes County. In 1863 James enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army, Co. B 55th North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal, fought, was wounded and served time as a Prisoner of War. They last settled and farmed in Caldwell County North Carolina where James passed away in 1901 at age 77.

Notes

• CIVIL WAR SOLDIER RECORDS AND PROFILES: Name: James A Sharp; Residence: Wilkes County, North Carolina; Occupation: Farmer; Age at Enlistment: 32; Enlistment Date: 5 Apr 1863; Rank at enlistment: Private; Enlistment Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina; State Served: North Carolina; Survived the War?: Yes; Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, North Carolina 55th Infantry Regiment on 05 Apr 1863.Promoted to Full Corporal.; Birth Date: abt 1831; Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

• Copied from findagrave site, contributed by family descendants: James Sharpe served in the Civil War. Official records have James A. Sharp, from Wilkes Co., N.C., enlisted in Co. B, 55th North Carolina Infantry as a private on April 5, 1863 at the age of 32. He was injured and hospitalized on June 4, 1863 at Richmond, Virginia and to duty returned on June 23, 1863. He became a prisoner of war on July 14, 1863 at Falling Waters, Maryland. On July 16, 1863, he was confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC. James was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland on August 8, 1863, paroled on March 3, 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland and exchanged on 06 March 1864 at City Point, Virginia. He once again became a POW on March 31, 1865 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia. and was once again confined at Point Lookout, MD on April 2, 1865. He took the Oath of Allegiance on June 20, 1865 at Point Lookout.

• Wife Mary Ann in the 1900 Census gave their number of children as eleven but info written in on findagrave site by family descendants list number of children as fourteen.

Sources

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: M432_643; Page: 85B; Image: 177;Source Information;Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 118; Family History Library Film: 803918;Source Information;Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC66-KDB : 14 September 2017), James Sharp, Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 57, sheet 618D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0955; FHL microfilm 1,254,955.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTB-46S : accessed 5 February 2019), James A Sharp, Patterson Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 8B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,186.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8GG-S3X : 3 November 2017), James A. Sharp and Mary Ann Luallen, 24 Apr 1845; citing , Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 518,428.

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9189233