A Guide to the W. G. Sharp Collection, 1817-1923
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Sharp, W. G. | |
| Title: | W. G. Sharp Collection | |
| Dates: | 1817-1923 | |
| Abstract: | 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. | |
| Accession No.: | 67-6 | |
| Extent: | 1 ft., 8 in. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in German and English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
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.
Restrictions
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. | ||
Related Material
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
W. G. Sharp Collection, 1817-1923, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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