Sacramento County Biographies

LEONARD B. SHARP

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP
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	Was born near Taylorsville, Va., where he lived till 1837, 
and then moved to Knox county, Tennessee. He joined the volunteers to remove the 
Cherokees from Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina to the Indian Territory. 
In 1843 he again joined a company for the relief of General Sam Houston, then in 
Texas. The company disbanded at New Orleans, no transportation being obtainable. 
He next went to Missouri for a year; then to New Orleans for a year, and then 
again to Missouri. At the breaking out of the Mexican war, Mr. Sharp again 
volunteered for a year, and was present at the battles of Brazetos and 
Sacramento. Again he returned to Missouri, and remained till the gold excitement 
brought him to California. He stopped at Steep Hollow; from there to Rough and 
Ready; went East in 1851; remained seven years, and on his return to California 
located near Jackson, Amador county. On the 25th of February, 1858, he married 
Miss Nancy Gibson of Missouri. With his family he went to Texas in 1872, but 
remained only sixteen months. On his return he located on his present home, 
where he proposes to remain. Seven children, five boys and two girls, are now 
living, named William H., John H., Martha A., James W., Eddie B., Sterling P., 
Nora F. The three oldest were born in Benton county, Missouri; the others were 
all born in Amador county, California. One daughter (Mary Elizabeth) died 
September 21, 1851, in Missouri; a son (Martin L.) died August 12, 1872, in 
Texas. Mr. Sharp's Post Office is Brighton. A view of his place may be seen on 
another page. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.