Descriptive Summary
Sharp, W. G.
W. G. Sharp Collection
1817-1923
Materials are written in German
and English.
67-6
1 ft., 8 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Miscellanseous documents collected by
W. G. Sharp relating to the history of Texas and San Augustine city and county. The
materials concern slave and cotton trading, legal affairs, and the Civil War, and
also include mentios of many famous Texans and Texas families.
Biographical Note
San Augustine, Texas, banker and civic leader W. G. Sharp was descended from George
Washington Teel, one of the original 300 settlers Stephen F. Austin brought to San
Felipe, Texas, in 1824 and moved to San Augustine in 1827. Sharp was a lifelong
lover of Texas history and collected documents relating to Texas history.
Scope and Contents
The W. G. Sharp Collection, 1817-1923, contains printed materials, correspondence,
legal and business papers, and announcements related to sales of slaves and cotton,
taxes, legal affairs, and the Civil War in San Augustine and Grimes Counties. The
collection represents a number of famous Texans and Texas, including David G. Burnet, the Cartwright family, James Pinckney
Henderson and family, Sam Houston, David Spangler Kaufman, Oran Milo Roberts, Thomas
Jefferson Rusk, and William Barret Travis among others.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Blount family.
Blount, Stephen W. (Stephen William),
1808-1890.
Bryan, Moses Austin, 1817-1895.
Burnet, David Gouverneur, 1789-1870.
Cartwright family.
Cartwright, Matthew, 1807-1870.
Ford, John Salmon.
Garrett family.
Hanks, Wyatt, 1795-1862.
Henderson, James Pinckney, 1808-1858.
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
Kaufman, David S. (David Spangler),
1813-1851.
Miller, William P. (William Parsons) [ca.
1802]-1862.
Roberts, Oran Milo, 1815-1898.
Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson),
1803-1857.
Sharp family.
Sharp, W. G. -- Archive
Teel, George Washington, 1784-1856.
Travis, William Barret, 1809-1836.
Subjects
Cotton trade -- Texas -- History -- Sources.
Family archives -- Texas.
Slavery -- Texas.
Taxation -- Texas.
Places
Grimes County (Tex.) -- History --
Sources.
Nacogdoches (Tex.) -- History --
Sources.
San Antonio (Tex.) -- History --
Sources.
San Augustine (Tex.) -- History --
Sources.
San Augustine County (Tex.) -- History
-- Sources.
Texas -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865.
Texas -- Social life and customs --
History.
Preferred Citation
W. G. Sharp Collection, 1817-1923, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin.
Related Material
David Gouverneru Burnet Papers, 1798-1965
Cartwright Family Papers, 1836-1984
James Pinckney Henderson Family Papers,
1837-1881
Sam Houston Papers, 1814-1957
David Spangler Kaufman Papers, 1841-1848
Oran Milo Roberts Papers, 1815-1897
Thomas Jefferson Rusk Papers, 1824-1859
William Barret Travis Papers, 1831-1924
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jane O'Brien, March 1967.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3H443
San Augustine County material
3G444
San Augustine County material
3G445
San Augustine County material
4M252
Grimes County material
4M253
Grimes County material
4M254
Cover for Travis's "Victory or Death" letter
4N48j
Scrapbook, 1810-1931