Abbegail Summerall and Cezar Sharpe

ABBEGAIL SUMMERALL [SHARPE] [CROMARTIE]

Abbegail Summerall and Cezar Sharpe were married on April 7, 1872 according to Georgia Marriage Records. Abbegail would have been around 18 years old and Caesar around 31 years old. We have records for 16 children born to Abbegail and Caesar. 

She and Cezar owned land in Surrency and Baxley. The land is listed in the Georgia Property Tax Record under the name of her husband, Cezar, as was common practice at that time.

In the 1900 census Abbegail has been married for 2 years to Thomas Cromartie. Lula Sharp is the last child reported born to Abbegail and Cezar in 1896 so we assume Cezar passed after her birth and before Abbegail's marriage to Thomas in 1898. 

There is no record of children born to the marriage of Thomas Cromartie. In the 1900 census Chelsey and Colonel's last name, and in the 1910 census, Tommie's last name is recorded as Cromartie. However in the 1900 census, Tommie's last name was Sharp and on Chelsey's marriage certificate and Colonel's death certificate Sharp is their last name. 

We do not yet have a record of Abbegail 's passing. She is listed in the 1920 census but not in the 1930 census. Therefore, we assume she passed during the 1920's.

RECORDS for ABBEGAIL SUMMERALL

1872 GA US  Marriage Record 7 Apr 1872 to Caesar Sharp

GA Marriage License  image 

Name Spelled: Abbegail Summerall and Caesar Sharp

1879  Georgia Property Tax Record - Surrencey, Appling, Georgia
Land listed for Caesar Sharp

1880 Ancestry Rec  1880 image   27yrs.   B.abt 1853

Name Spelled: Abbie Sharpe

1890 Georgia Property Tax Record - Baxley, Appling, Georgia
Land listed for Cezar Sharp

1900 Ancestry Rec 1900 image   36yrs   B. abt Jun 1863
Name Spelled: Addie Cromartie

1910 Ancestry Rec 1910 image   58yrs   B. abt 1852
Name Spelled: Addie Cromartie
Number of children birthed: 15   Number living: 11

1920 Ancestry Rec 1920 image   60yrs   B.abt 1860

Name Spelled: Abbie Sharpe 

CEZAR SHARPE

Cezar Sharpe is listed in the 1867 Voters Reconstruction Oath Book. 

He and Abbegail got married on April 7, 1872. 

He (and Abbegail) also owned property in Surrency and Baxley.

We have not found a record of Cezar Sharpe’s death. On the 1900 census, his last daughter, Lula Sharp, is listed as being born in June 1896 and Abbegail is recorded as being married to Thomas Cromartie for 2 years. We assume Cezar passed sometime between 1897-1898. He would have been in his late 50's. 

RECORDS for CEZAR SHARPE

1867 Georgia, U.S., Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869

Name Spelled: Ceaser Sharp

1872 Georgia Marriage Record 7 Apr 1872 to Abbegail Summerall
Name Spelled: Caesar Sharp

1879 Georgia Property Tax Record - 1879 Surrencey, Appling, Georgia

Name Spelled: Caesar Sharp

1880 US Census
Name Spelled: Cezar Sharpe

1890 Georgia Property Tax Record - 1890, Baxley, Appling, Georgia
Name Spelled: Cezar Sharp

GENERATION 1 NUMBERING SYSTEM

Jack and Mariah are the 1st Generation. Their number is [1]

GENERATION 2 NUMBERING SYSTEM

Jack and Mariah's children are the 2nd Generation. Their number begins with [2. 

Example: Abbegail Summerall [2.1[1]

• Abbegail is in the second generation [2. 
• and is the first [2.1 child  born to
• Jack and Mariah [1]
• Her number is [2.1[1]

GENERATON 3 NUMBERING SYSTEM

Abbegail and Cezar Sharpe's children are the 3rd Generation. Their generational number is [3.  

Example: Victoria Sharpe [3.6[2.1[1]

• Victoria Sharpe is in the third generation [3. 
• and is the sixth [3.6 child born to 
• Abbegail Summerall Sharpe [2.1[1] and  Cezar Sharpe.  
• Her number is [3.6[2.1[1]