Sarah Points, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"
Name: A. J. Sharp
Spouse's Name: Sarah Points
Spouse's Birth Date: 1849
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age: 28
Event Date: 20 Nov 1877
Event Place: , Robertson, Texas
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59281-2
System Origin: Texas-VR
GS Film number: 963256
Reference ID: 2:1JWBJ4V

Texas Certificate of Death
Name: A.J. Sharp
Event Date: 05 Feb 1928
Event Place: Franklin, Robertson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): white
Age (Formatted): 89 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1838
Birthplace: Tenn.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Daniel Sharp
Father's Birthplace: Tenn.
Mother's Name: Martha Sharp
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original): Beck Prairie Cemty.
Burial Place: (Robertson County, Texas)
Burial Date: 06 Feb 1928
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2114439
Digital Folder Number: 4165518
Image Number: 1087
Reference ID: cn 8304
Citing this Record
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6B2-B7D : accessed 18 May 2013), A.J. Sharp, 05 Feb 1928.



Civil War Veteran
Served aboard the CSS Virginia as a Landsman. Surname on listings is SPARK. See below:
Andrew Jackson Sharp, landsman
"Texan, Last Survivor of Merrimac Crew, Sets History Straight About Ironclad," Calvert News, Calvert, Texas, Nov. 25, 1923. (He was not the last survivor.)

(From) CREW OF THE CSS VIRGINIA
Sharp, Andrew Jackson, Landsman[T1]
The ORN muster roll[T1] lists him as "Spark, Andrew J." His granddaughter graciously provided a picture as well as an extract from a family newsletter.[T21] He gave an interview in 1923 about the Virginia. Originally with Company #1, Claibourne Guards (Claibourne Parish, LA), 2nd Louisiana Regiment, he served until the end of the war. He was born 13 Mar 1838 (father: Daniel) in the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee, before his family move to Alabama. After the war, he returned to Alabama before moving to Texas. He was married twice and raised eight children. His oldest son was Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas and apparently was on the Texas Supreme Court. He died 5 Feb 1928 in Franklin, TX and is buried in the Nesbitt Cemetery.
[T1] Listed in the MUSTER ROLLS, ETC., CONFEDERATE VESSELS, p. 308, Series II, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 4. in
U.S. Office of Naval Records and Library.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
Washington: GPO, 1894-1922.
Series 1, 27 vols.; Series 2, 3 vols.; General Index, 1927.
United States General Index to Pension Files
Name: Andrew J Sharp
Event Type: Pension
Event Date: 1865
Beneficiary's Name: Elizabeth Sharp
Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 , Affiliate Publication Number: T288 , GS Film Number: 000541180 , Digital Folder Number: 005082736 , Image Number: 00606


NOTE: I suspect Andrew's Mothers name on the certificate of death, Martha, is incorrect. I believe her name to be Charlotte Elizabeth Tucker.

NOTE: According to 1850, 1860 & 1870 Federal Census', Andrew Jackson had 15 siblings. In the 1880 Federal Census, Chambers Co., Alabama, Daniel & wife Charlotte are living, with son Marcellus D. & daughter Louisiana.

Andrew and Sarah's son, Andrew Jackson Sharp, is memorial #18715669. I am unable to submit any additions/changes due to the maintainers account being disabled.