Brief Life History of Jane Matilda
When Jane Matilda Sharp was born in March 1830, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph R Sharpe, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Shirley, was 29. She married James Henry Freeman on 14 January 1853, in Floyd, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Floyd Springs, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Election Precinct 4 Cagle, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 3 December 1914, in Talladega, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (12)
- James Sharpe in household of Joseph Sharpe, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Matilda Sharp - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jane Matilda Sharp
- Jane M. Sharp, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1832
Historical Boundaries 1832: Talladega, Alabama, United States
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Floyd, Georgia, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).
Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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