Sharpe, William
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1742, in Cecil county, Md. He was a delegate to the provincial congress in 1775 and 1776; was aide-de-camp to General Rutherford in the Indian campaign of 1776, and was one of the commissioners who made a treaty with them in 1777. He was a representative from North Carolina to the continental congress from 1779 to 1782.
He died in July, 1818, in Iredell county, N. C.
SHARPE, SHARPE, WILLIAM HAMILTON, orange grower, legislator, was born May 5, 1836, in Lowndes county, Ga. In 1866 he was a delegate to the reconstruction convention; was a member of the state 1 senate of Florida during 1878-86; and was a delegate to the interstate agricultural convention at Atlanta, Ga. For many years he has been chairman of the board of county commissioners of Brevard county, Fla.; is a successful orange grower of Sharpes, Indian River, Fla.; and the president of the Orange Growers' association of Indian River, at City Point, Fla.