Joe Sharpe (abt. 1845 - aft. 1851)

Born about 1845 in Catahoula, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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History

Joe Sharpe is a part of US Black heritage.

Joe, child of Queen, lived in Catahoula Parish, LA on the Bonne Ridge Plantation. He was enslaved and owned by Absalom Sharpe who lived in Adams Co, MS.

Joe was listed on the probate inventory list of Absalom Sharpe in 1851.^[1] After Absalom Sharpe's probate the plantation and the enslaved went to the siblings of Absalom Sharpe.^[2]

Slave Owners

• Absalom Sharpe

For more information please see the Bonne Ridge Plantation page.

Sources

1. ↑ Deed: "Deed records, 1780-1886; indexes, 1798-1899"
   Catalog: Deed records, 1780-1886; indexes, 1798-1899 Deed records, v. II 1852-1854
   Film number: 008318397 > image 299 of 363
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR1-Y9TX-4 (accessed 11 June 2022)
   • 1853 Deed Bk II p.550
2. ↑ Death of an Overseer Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South By Michael Wayne, c.2001 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Death_of_an_Overseer/XkIfSKUTMxAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=plantation+Absalom+Sharpe+Catahoula+Parish+Louisiana&pg=PT132&printsec=frontcover