[3835] All data from Stewart.
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___+
| (1777 - 1809)
_John A. SHARP ______|_Elizabeth ROSS _____
| (1798 - ....) m 1830 (1787 - 1876)
_William Jack SHARP _|
| (1834 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Altha A. __??__ ____|_____________________
| (.... - 1864) m 1830
_Silas SHARP _________|
| (1856 - 1933) m 1884 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Emily Jane MOORE ___|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Norby SHARP
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Melinda Jane MILLER _|
m 1884 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[3813] Data from Gaddie.
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___+
| (1777 - 1809)
_John A. SHARP ______|_Elizabeth ROSS _____
| (1798 - ....) m 1830 (1787 - 1876)
_William Jack SHARP _|
| (1834 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Altha A. __??__ ____|_____________________
| (.... - 1864) m 1830
_Silas SHARP _________|
| (1856 - 1933) m 1884 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Emily Jane MOORE ___|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Olar SHARP
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Melinda Jane MILLER _|
m 1884 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[3814] Data from Gaddie.
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___+
| (1777 - 1809)
_John A. SHARP ______|_Elizabeth ROSS _____
| (1798 - ....) m 1830 (1787 - 1876)
_Uell Monroe SHARP _________|
| (1849 - 1913) m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Altha A. __??__ ____|_____________________
| (.... - 1864) m 1830
_Clarence Boyd SHARP _|
| (1884 - 1962) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Florentine Victoria BROWN _|
| m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Orfice Marvin SHARP
| (1909 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| ____________________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Cora Leona TATUM ____|
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|____________________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2956] All data from Gaddie.
_Edward SHARP _______
|
_Henry SHARP ________|_Sarah MCNEELY ______
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|
| (1777 - 1809) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary __??__ ________|_____________________
|
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Daniel ROSS ________|_____________________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|
| (1787 - 1876) |
| | _John MCDONALD ______
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|_Annie SHOREY _______
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
|
|--Parthena SHARP
| (1852 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Altha A. __??__ ____|
(.... - 1864) m 1830|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2949] All data from Gaddie.
_Edward SHARP _______
|
_Henry SHARP ________|_Sarah MCNEELY ______
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|
| (1777 - 1809) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary __??__ ________|_____________________
|
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Daniel ROSS ________|_____________________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|
| (1787 - 1876) |
| | _John MCDONALD ______
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|_Annie SHOREY _______
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
|
|--Powers SHARP
| (1841 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Altha A. __??__ ____|
(.... - 1864) m 1830|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2943] All data from Gaddie.
_Edward SHARP _______
|
_Henry SHARP ________|_Sarah MCNEELY ______
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|
| (1777 - 1809) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary __??__ ________|_____________________
|
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Daniel ROSS ________|_____________________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|
| (1787 - 1876) |
| | _John MCDONALD ______
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|_Annie SHOREY _______
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
|
|--Rebecca SHARP
| (1847 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Altha A. __??__ ____|
(.... - 1864) m 1830|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2947] All data from Gaddie.
_Henry SHARP ________+
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|_Mary __??__ ________
| (1777 - 1809)
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _Daniel ROSS ________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|_Mary MCDONALD ______
| (1787 - 1876) (.... - 1808)
_William Jack SHARP _|
| (1834 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Altha A. __??__ ____|
| (.... - 1864) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Rhoda SHARP
| (1861 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Emily Jane MOORE ___|
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2977]
All data from Gaddie.
Dawes Applications, Cherokee Tribe - Sharp
James #4097
John #3204
John #4098
Silas #4090
William #4091
Rhoda #4089
Application for enrollment: #4089
To the Honorable Henry L. Dawes, Frank C. Armstrong, Archibald S.McKennon, Thos. B. Cabaniss and Aldxander B. Montgomery, United StatesCommissioners authorzed by an act of Congress of June 4, 1896, to hearand determine Claims for Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation:
Gentlemen: The undersigned your petitioner, Rhoda Sharp for and onbehalf of herself and heirs, this day makes this their application toyou for the purpose of being placed on the revised roll of CherokeeIndians and of those entitled to share in the distribution of fundsand allotments of land in Cherokee Nation, by virtue of their Cherokeeblood and I herewith submit the Exhibet D T Exhibits A & B in Claimof Silas Sharp in support of said claim, a respectfully await the timewhen my application shall be heard and tried.
Respectfully Submitted, Thomas Avants et al. Sharp
Enrollment of family, with relationship attached, as follows:
Name: Rhoda Sharp
Age: 25
Relationship: Rhoda Sharp is a daughter of Jack Sharp and agranddaughter of John Sharp and a great granddaughter of Isaac Sharpof South Carolina who was a Cherokee Indian by blood.
In witness of which I hereunto set my hand on this 31 day Aug 1896.
Signature: Rhoda Sharp
To the Honorable Henry L. Dawes and others Composing the Commission tothe Five Civilized Tribes: Your Petitioner Rhoda Sharp would state andshow from the proof submitted to the Commission that she is a Cherokeeby decent and by blood having been born in Conway County,
State of Ark on 7th day of Aug 1861. My fathers name was Jack Sharp.My mothers name was Sarah Sharp. That I now reside in Chickasaw IndTer and have resided there for five years. And she avers these factscan be established by proof to the satisfaction of the Commissionunder such rules and regulations as it may prescribe. And she furtheravers that these facts being proved she is entitled to be adjudgedunder the laws of such Nation and the laws of the Congress of theUnited States and the treaties of such Nation with the United States,a citizen of such Nation, with all the rights, privileges andprotection of Citizenship in such Nation. Wherefore she herewithrespectfully submit to the consideration of the Honorable Commissionsuch proof and on the hearing she be adjudged entitled to suchcitizenship and her name be placed upon the proper roll as a citizenof such Nation.
Signature Thomas Avants et al. for Rhoda Sharp
State of Indian Territory
County of Norther Division
Now on this 31 day of Aug 1896 personally appeared before me W J Wattsa Notary Public for said
county and state Thomas Avants who being duly sworn upon his oathstates that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are correctand true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31 day of Aug 1896.
W J Watts Notary Public
Affidavit. Exhibit D
Indian Territory, Northern Division, Be it Remembered, That on the31st day of August 1896 Personally appeared before me, Thomas Avantswho is a reliable and creditable citizen of the County of CreekNation, State of Indian Territory and after being duly sworn accordingto law, deposeth and says: That he is a resident of the County ofCreek Nation State of Ind. Ter. that his age is 66 years, occupationthat of farmer that postoffice is Clarksville I.T., that he ispersonally and weel acquainted with Rhoda Sharp who is a daughter ofJack Sharp of and Granddaughter of John Sharp of and GreatGranddaughter of Isaac Sharp of South Carolina at or near
Affiant makes this his sworn statement from his own personal knowledgeand acqaintance with the family. Thomas Avants.
Subscribed and sworn to before me a Notary Public this 31st day of
August 1896
W J Watts, NP
It says in Rhoda Sharps application #4089-Sept. 1896. "Before theHonorables, Henry L. Dawes, Frank C. Armstrong, A.S. McKennon, T.B.Cabaniss, and A.B. Montgomery, Commissioners.
In the matter of application of Rhoda Sharp, et al. Nation's No. ,Commission's no. for citizenship in the Cheroke Nation.
Your respondent, S. H. Mayes, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation,comes now and demurs the said application, and for the grounds therofsays: 1st. That this Commission has not jurisdiction over the partiesof subject matter of this controversy, and no legal right, therefore,to hear and determine the same. 2nd. That the application does notstate facts sufficient, if true, to show that the applicants areentitled to citizenship. Respondent not waiving his aforesaiddemurrer, but insisting upon the same for answer to said application,says that Isaac Sharp through who the petitioners claim to derivetheir right to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, is not now, and hasnot been a citizen of the
Cherokee Nation, since the removal of said Nation, west to the IndianTerritory as at present located and defined; that his name does notappear on any of the authenticated rolls of said Nation; that neitherhe nor any of his ancestos no reside, or ever have resied in theCherokee Nation and Indian Territory, as citizens thereof, Havingfully answered, your respondent asks to be hence dismissed.
S. H. Mayes, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. By Hutchings, Hastings,& Boudinot. Attorneys.
John L. Adair, Executive Secretary, Cherokee Nation, having been firstduly sworn, states that the matters contained in the foregoing answerare ture to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Signature of John. L. Adair
Subscribed and sworn to before me this, the 16th day of Sept., 1896.
D. J. Ball, Notary Public.
_Henry SHARP ________+
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|_Mary __??__ ________
| (1777 - 1809)
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _Daniel ROSS ________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|_Mary MCDONALD ______
| (1787 - 1876) (.... - 1808)
_William Jack SHARP _|
| (1834 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Altha A. __??__ ____|
| (.... - 1864) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Richard SHARP
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Emily Jane MOORE ___|
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[3782] Data from Gaddie.
_Edward SHARP _______
|
_Henry SHARP ________|_Sarah MCNEELY ______
|
_Isaac, Sr. SHARP ___|
| (1777 - 1809) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary __??__ ________|_____________________
|
_John A. SHARP ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1830|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Daniel ROSS ________|_____________________
| | | (1760 - 1830) m 1786
| |_Elizabeth ROSS _____|
| (1787 - 1876) |
| | _John MCDONALD ______
| | | (1747 - ....)
| |_Mary MCDONALD ______|_Annie SHOREY _______
| (.... - 1808) m 1786
|
|--Robert D. SHARP
| (1831 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Altha A. __??__ ____|
(.... - 1864) m 1830|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[2937] All data from Gaddie.