1. JOHN  ¹ SANDERS of Nansemond Co. Virginia, the progenitor of this Sanders family,  married Phoebe ______.     He patented land in 1681 with two other men  which was partly in Nansemond and partly in Isle of Wight counties.  By tracing this land in deeds and it's descent , three of their children  were named in the deeds, WILLIAM SANDERS, JOHN SANDERS, JR.,  RICHARD SANDERS,  and a fourth son whose name may have been  FRANCIS.  John Jr. passed some of the land to his son, ROBERT.     After the death of  John Sanders, date unknown, his wife Phoebe married (2)  WILLIAM CURLE of Nansemond Co. Va.   She was still living in 1706.  For more details on these records,  please see the web page of Frances Cullom Harper : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fcharper/theory.html

   Go to the third paragraph where she gives the links to John Sanders and his wife, Phoebe.  You should also see the Howard family link.

2.  RICHARD ²  SANDERS ( JOHN  ¹)  was born and died in Nansemond Co. Virginia, may have married MISS HOWARD,  probable  sister of  JAMES  and STEPHEN HOWARD and others of  Nansemond Co. Virginia.   This is unproven as of now.  Also see the Stephen Howard family on Frances' page and all of the Sanders pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fcharper/theory.html

Bill Linder, now deceased, was a well-known archivist and genealogist who did have a genealogy web page.   I was recently unable to find it. Bill Linder's page about the Howards may have confused some folks. Bill's page stated that Stephen Howard's wife was Sarah Sanders - which he believed when he put that page up based on John Sanders' Onslow, NC  will referring to uncle Stephen Howard.   Frances Harper's pages say that Stephen Howard's unknown sister Miss Howard was the wife of Richard Sanders - which would have made Stephen Howard John Sanders' uncle on his mother's side.  Bill and Frances were going to hash this out when he got back from his trip, but he died before they could.  Bill was aware of the problem and wanted to look into it but never got the chance.  Richard left a will but it is not extant.   Their known children, not in birth order as it is not known, were:

 3.  i.  JAMES ³ SANDERS, SR.  ( b. Va. d. 1764, Johnston Co. NC) m. ANN HOLMES of Nansemond Co.  Va.  and Edgecombe Co. NC.   In Bertie Co. NC deed records,  James Sanders assigned to David Osheal of Nansemond County certain land on the West branch of Nansemond River devised to him by the will of Richard Sanders, his deceased father on 10 Oct 1726, Recorded Nov 1726.   There are many deeds in Bertie County with this James Sanders and the Howard and Spier Families.

      ii.  JOHN SANDERS  of Onslow County, NC.  Please see the  will of John Sanders of Onslow Co. NC which proves many relationships of this family.

     iii.  RICHARD SANDERS, JR.  The following deed may be him, but I am not sure:
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Tr-1:21 (194)    Nov. 1760.  JOHN LEE, Johnston Co, planter, to RICHARD SANDERS, Same, 10# proc 200A (county not given) beg bounding on John Odams line beg at a pine on the spring br up sd  br 220p to the __se line: along sd line 146p to a pine: along a line of markt trees 220p to the lower line: along sd line 146p to the 1st sta being the third part of a survey made by sd John Lee in the year 1761…  Wit: John  Barefoot, Samson (+) Johnson, John (x) Lee. From page 29.
This is from Johnston Co. NC Deed Book Transcript-1, transcribed by Weynette Parks Haun, in her book Johnston Co. NC Abstracts.

     iv.  ROBERT SANDERS
      v.  ANN SANDERS probably m. JOHN WILLIAMS

4.    i. JAMES ⁴ SANDERS, JR, b. December 29, 1733, Edgecombe Co. N.C.; d. Bef. November 02, 1802, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
5.   ii. JOHN SANDERS, d. Aft. December 16, 1783, Johnston Co. NC.
      iii. BRITTAIN SANDERS, m. EDITH HUNTER.
      iv. HARDY SANDERS, m. LUCY UTLEY.  (more on these families at Frances Harper's web page.)
Also, there are two other possible children who have been unproven as of yet:
       v. PHOEBE SANDERS, m. JACOB UTLEY (brother of LUCY UTLEY; see more on Frances Harper's page.)
      vi.  WILLIAM SANDERS of Chatham Co. NC, compiled by R.S. Sanders, Weinert, TX.

4.  JAMES ⁴  SANDERS (JAMES³ RICHARD² JOHN ¹)  ) was born December 29, 1733 in probably N.C., and died prior to November 02, 1802 in Oglethorpe Co. Ga.   He married SARAH TULLY about 1755 in probably  NC., daughter of THOMAS TULLY.

JAMES SANDERS was born 29 December 1733, birthplace probably N.C., and died prior to 2 November 1802, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.  He married ca. 1755, probably in North Carolina, to SARAH TULLY  (b. 18 Dec. 1737, birthplace unk.), daughter of THOMAS TULLY.   Sarah was still living in March 1788 in Surry County.   She may have been the Sarah given in James's estate of 1802 -1804, and Sarah Sanders, widow, who drew in the 1804 Oglethorpe County Land Lottery.    However,  some James Sanders married Sally Johnson on 4 August 1797 in Oglethorpe County, and they have not been identified by this compiler.  Burial place of James Sanders is unknown.

James Sanders' father was JAMES SAUNDERS  who died by 1764, Johnston County.    James Saunders was appointed to administer his father's estate, as recorded in the Johnston County court minutes.  No further record of the estate is extant at Johnston County or at North Carolina Archives. The roots of James who died by 1764  lie in Bertie and Edgecombe counties, North Carolina (Edgecombe formed 1741 from Bertie).

No details to further identify Thomas Tully, father of Sarah, are given in the James Sanders Bible, but another reference says, "Thomas Tully received a land grant, 300 acres in Edgecombe County, 25 September 1741, preached in Bute County in 1755, settled Three Creeks, Johnston Co.   North Carolina, from 1757-1772. Colonial Baptist Minister"  [Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis, Th.D. (1895-1966). (Historian of the Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy.)  The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina,  and South Carolina. Baltimore.   Repr. 1976. ]   However, Bute County was not formed until 1764 from Granville, and Granville was formed 1746 from Edgecombe County.

James Sanders and his wife, Sarah Tully, are thought to have followed the Baptist denomination, but there is no proof that her father is the same Thomas Tully as the one referred to above.  Other records are found on a Thomas Tully.      The will of Cornelius Tully, Pasquotank, North Carolina, written 3 August 1708, names children, Thomas and Mary, but the compiler has not proven the relationship to Sarah Tully.   Sarah was born 29 years after the will was written, therefore the possibility  exists that the child of Cornelius, Thomas, was her father.

Our subject, James Sanders, was first found in Johnston County records, 6 May 1757, when he received a Granville land grant on Cow Branch, under the name James Sanders, Jr.   He received another land grant, 21 July 1761, on Middle Creek, under the name James Sanders; it appears to be the same land he sold to  Hardy Sanders in 1769.  In 1758, James Sanders, Jr. sold part of the Cow Branch land to Thomas Tully, Jr., whose heir, William Tully, sold it to David Mims in 1761.  These Tullys probably were the family of Sarah Tully Sanders,  but the proof is yet to be found.

James Sanders lived in the area of Johnston County, NC that became part of Wake County in 1771.  He has not been found at all in the Wake County records.   By 1774, or before, he had left that area for Surry County, North Carolina, where he lived in that portion of Surry County on the north fork of Hunting Creek shown by tax lists and numerous deeds.   He was listed on the 1790 Surry County census, and by 1ate 1794, he had moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, settling on Brushy Creek of the Broad River, a part formerly in Wilkes County until division occurred in 1793.

 In 1799, a deed shows James was living on the south fork of Broad River in Oglethorpe County.  On 20 September 1800, a church record shows James Sanders of Brushy Creek on the south fork of Broad River in Oglethorpe County was an original member of Beaverdam Primitive Baptist Church.  It is believed this was James, born 1733, rather than his son, James, Jr.,  born 1762.  James, the father, and some of his sons are listed on the 1795-99 Oglethorpe County tax lists and the 1800 census.

While in Surry County, North Carolina, James performed patriotic service during the Revolutionary War which entitles his descendants to membership in the DAR.  He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, Vol.1:594. See DAR Natl.  No. 355071, Margaret Miller, and DAR Natl.  No. 557343, Agnes Bowmer Holman Moore.  Both ladies descend through Nancy Holman, daughter of James and Sarah Sanders.

During the Revolution, James surveyed and marked out a road and hired a substitute for his son, James, the first time he was called for service.  James, Jr. was a Revolutionary soldier.  See selected Surry County records and James Jr.'s Revolutionary pension claim abstracted later.   In addition to these, there are numerous references to James Sanders in the minute books of Surry County during the time he was there. The children of Sarah Tully and James Sanders have been taken from the family Bible of James Sanders, deeds, returns of James Sanders' estate, censuses, tax lists, wills, and other records.

JAMES SANDERS was born December 29th, in the year of our Lord, 1733.

SARAH SANDERS, wife of James Sanders and daughter of THOMAS TULLY, was born December 18th, in the year of our Lord, 1737.

JOHN SANDERS, son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born January 22nd, 1756, and died February 5th, 1809, in the 54th year of his age.

NANCY SANDERS, the daughter of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born January 12th, in the year of our Lord, 1758.

CHARITY SANDERS, the daughter of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born April the 5th, in the year of our Lord, 1760.

JAMES SANDERS, the son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born March 18th, in the year of our Lord, 1762.

SARAH SANDERS, the daughter of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born July 7th, in the year of our Lord, 1765.

POLLY SANDERS, the daughter of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born March 18th, in the year of our Lord, 1768.

HARDY SANDERS, the son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born June 22nd, in the year of our Lord, 1770.

BRITAIN SANDERS, the son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born November 17th, in the year of our Lord, 1773.

JONATHAN SANDERS, the son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born Feb. 26th in the year of our Lord, 1775.

WILLIAM SANDERS, born Jan. 23, 1777.

DORCAS SANDERS, the daughter of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife, was born November 21st (the year is indistinct-1777 or 1779).

JOHN N. ANDERSON, husband of Sarah Sanders, was born in the year of our Lord, 1757, July, 15th day.

BETSY SANDERS, wife of Hardy Sanders, was born 26th day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1769.

*SARAH SAUNDERS, daughter of WILLIAM GRANT and ELIZABETH, his wife, was born January 25th, 1759, and died March 29th 1814.  William Grant, son of William and Margery,  was born in Pennsylvania, February, 1726, and died in  Fayette County, Ky., June 20th, 1804.   Elizabeth, his wife, sister of Daniel Boone, was born in Pennsylvania, February 5th 1733, and died in Fayette Co., Ky.,  February 26, 1814.  *This Sarah Saunders, daughter of William and Elizabeth Boone  Grant , was the wife of John Sanders, referred to above, and was a niece of Daniel Boone.

[Compiler's Note:  Below, John and Sarah are listed again together with their children.  John and Sarah moved to KY and as the oldest son, he seems to have inherited the Bible.   Mrs Ashbrook was a daughter of John James Belles, who was born October 26, 1781, and died June 5, 1839.  Her mother was Dorcas Sanders and she was a daughter of John and Sarah (Grant) Sanders, the latter in turn being a daughter of William Grant and Elizabeth Boone, the latter a sister of the famous Daniel Boone.   That is  from HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1289-90-91.   [Harrison County].

  JOHN SANDERS , son of James Sanders and Sarah, his wife,  was born January 22nd, 1756, and departed this life  February 5th, 1809.

 SARAH SANDERS, daughter of William Grant and Elizabeth,  his wife, was born January the 25th, 1759, and departed  this life March the 29th 1814.

 ELIZABETH SANDERS, daughter of John Sanders and Sarah,  his wife, was born October 25th, 1776, and was killed by  the Indians February 19th, 1787.

 SARAH SANDERS was born March the 8th, 1779, and departed  this life April 28th, 1779.

 WILLIAM SANDERS was born 25th of May, 1780, and departed  this life September 15th, 1843.

 SARAH SANDERS was born 1st of August, 1782, and departed  this life 21st of September, 1804.

 NANCY SANDERS was born 11th of March, 1784.

 MARY SANDERS was born 16th of September, 1787.

 ELILABETH (sic) SANDERS was born 29th of August, 1789.

 JOHN H. SANDERS was born May 29th, 1791.

 JAMES T. SANDERS was born 20th of September, 1793, and  was lost in Gen. Winchester’s defeat on the Raisen  (sic) River  on 22nd January 1813.

 JOEL B. SANDERS was born 2nd of October, 1795, and  departed this life Oct. 7, 1833.

 REBECAH G. SANDERS was born the 7th of June, 1800, and  departed this life July 3rd, 1817. The said Rebecah was  married to Mr. Jacob Turner, 1816, and had one daughter.
 DORCAS V. SANDERS was born December 8th, 180l.
 *ARTEMISIA T. BELLES was born 10th of February, 1832.
 **DANIEL BOONE- Born 1735; died 1820.

Taken 2 Nov. 1802 by William Hitchcock, Charles Sims, and Nathaniel Meroney; included the following: 19 head of cattle, $122; 1 negro man, George, $500; $100, woman; 10 Molly stands, $10; 4 barrels, $4; 1 woman, Bridget, $250; 1 black horse, $60, etc., and other items such as hoes, corn, walnut desk, looking glass,
cupboard, geese for a total of $1503.37and1/2 cents.JAMES SANDERS SR. did not leave a will.

On page 3 of this record are recorded some of the RETURNS of the JAMES SANDERS estate as follows: 25 Feb. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, Admr. of JAMES SANDERS Sen'r dec'd, $241.75 in full of my part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me. s/CHARITY (x) WARD.  Test: Hugh Beaty, Sylvia (x) Meroney.

25 Feb. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, 241.75 which I acknowledge to be my full part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me. s/JOHN (x) ANDERSON.  Same witnesses.

25 Feb. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, 241.75 which I acknowledge to be my full part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me.  s/BRITTAIN SANDERS, Jr.  Same witnesses.

25 Feb. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, $241.75 in full of my part of sd dec'd estate.  I say rec'd by me.   s/JAMES SANDERS, Jr. No wits. given.

28 Feb. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, $241.75, in full of my part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me.   s/WILLIAM SORRELL.  Test: Hugh Batey, CHARLES SORREL [sons of Richard Sorrells , see http://oursouthernancestors.com/index.html]

6 Dec. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, $241.75 in full of my part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me.  s/JOHN SANDERS, by his attorney in fact, ISAAC HOLMAN.  Test: Jesse Bridges, Nicholas Murray.

6 Dec. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, $241.75 in full of my part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me. s/ISAAC HOLMAN, for my father, DANIEL HOLMAN.  Test: Jesse Bridges, Nicholas Murray.

27 Dec. 1804.  Received of WILLIAM SANDERS, $241.75 in full of my part of the estate of sd dec'd.  I say rec'd by me.   s/EDWARD RILEY.  Test: Samll McKee, Jas.  Sanders.

On another piece of paper still identifiable as the final settlement of the James Sanders estate, the writing  begins in the middle of a sentence, " _____ or dower and a  overplush (sic) of a horse and bed which I acknowledge as full satisfaction. I say rec'd by me. s/SARAH SANDERS.   Test: Hugh Batey, Sylvia (x) Meroney. Above records recorded 8 Jan. 1805.

Oglethorpe Co., Ga. 29 Nov. 1802.  Among the buyers were ABRAHAM ROWDEN, ABEL GAWENS('?), ANTHONY WILLIAMS, ALLEN BRIDGES, ALLEN LEEPER, BURREL WILLIAMS, BOZMAN ADAIR, BERRY BRIDGES, BRITTON SANDERS, CHARLES SIMS, CHARITY WARD, CHARLES SORREL, CHARLES CHAMBEL, DAVID BEATY, ELIJAH AKILS, FRANK DANIEL, GEORGE HAMPTON, GABREL LEWIS, HENRY STRICKLAND, JAS.  SANDERS, JOHN N. ANDERSON, JAS.  SAYE, JOHN GOSSET, JAS. R0ADS, JAS.  REYNOLDS, JESSE SMITH, JAS.  FURMAN, JNO.  GUNNALS, JESSE GREEN, JNO.SANDERS, JACOB McELROY, JNO.  BRIDGES, JAS.  McKENDY, JAS.  HODGE, LUDWICK THORNBERRY, LEVI PHILLIPS, LEWIS McELROY, MERREL BRIDGES, NATHAN SPARKS, NATHAN MERONEY, NATT BRIDGES, NANCY HOLMAN, STEPHEN YOUNG, SARAH SANDERS, THOS.  WILLIFORD, PETER SMITH, RICH'D SAYE, ROBT.  LANKFORD, THOS.  SMITH, THOS.  MOORE, WILLIAM SANDERS (bought Brushy Creek land, 120 acres),   WILLIAM ELKINS, WILLIAM THOMPSON, WILLIAM GILBERT, WILLIAM SORREL (flaxseed and tooth drawers), WISEMAN BRIDGES, WILLIAM HITCHCOCK and others.  Total of $2,677.64 1/4 worth was sold from the estate.  Recorded 15 July 1803.

More About JAMES SANDERS:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Occupation: Planter
Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.

Notes for SARAH TULLY:
The following Cornelius Tully may be Sarah's grandfather, but this has not been proven yet.

WILL OF CORNELIUS TULLY, PASQUOTANK, N.C.
[Colonial Court Records, Box 187, N.C. Archives]

In the name of God, Amen, the last Will and Testament of me, CORNELIUS TULLY, being in perfect sense and memory though weak in body, in manner and form followth:

First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave it and hoping through the merits of Jesus Christ in whom I believeth for resurrection in the last days.

Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, my now dwelling plantation with the land belonging to it as far as the gum branch and running along to the Ivey Branch during her life, and ----- ----- I ----- to -----to my son THOMAS TULLY to him and his heirs forever.

Third, I give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY TULLY and ------ ------ part of  ------ my tract of land containing 150 acres to her and the heirs of her body forever.

Fourth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY TULLY a parcel of land lying on the southside of ----- branch in Virginia containing 150 acres wholly to her and ----- ------ forever ----- Lexington ----- Elizabeth River.

Fifth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY TULLY one iron pot between 2 and 3 gallons and one ----- and one colt being now young mare and one ewe and lamb, and one heifer going on three years old marked with ------ crops and ------ half crops and a slitt in the right half crop called by the name
 of ------.

Sixth, I give and bequeath unto my son THOMAS TULLY a gun and my working tools.

Lastly, I make my beloved wife, JANE TULLY, executrix ----- ----- and  ---- and ----- ------- unto her hands and ----- ----- -----wholly and everything  without  ------ within of ----- ------ part of my personal estate ----
 ----- -----  of ------ ------ .   I set my hand and affix my seal this 3 day of August 1708.

Benjamin (x) Cartwright                           Signed/Cornelius Tully
Mary Clark                                                           (His hand and seal)
Valentine Low

Pasquotank, N.C.  Last Will and Testament of Cornelius Tully was proved in open
court by the oaths of Benj. Cartwright, Mary Clark, and Valentine Low, 19 July 1709.

Note:  I have not proven the Tully family in which Sarah Tully Sanders belonged.  However, in the James Sanders Bible, Sarah is given as the daughter of Thomas Tully.  The question is, who is the Thomas Tully in the will above?  Is he the father of Sarah Tully Sanders?

Another reference says, " Thomas Tully received a land grant, 300 acres, in Edgecombe Co. NC, 25 September 1741.  He was a colonial Baptist Minister who preached in Bute Co. NC 1755, settled Three Creeks, Johnston Co. NC from 1757-1772 [Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis, Th.D. (1895-1966).  (Historian of the Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy.) THE COLONIAL CLERGY OF VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA.  Baltimore.  Repr. 1976].  Note, however, Bute County was not formed until 1764 from Granville, and Granville was formed 1746 from Edgecombe County.

More About SARAH TULLY:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.

6.    i. JOHN ⁵ SANDERS, b. January 22, 1756, Johnston Co. NC; d. February 05, 1809, KY?.
7.   ii. NANCY SANDERS, b. January 12, 1758, Johnston Co. NC; d. Not mentioned in will of Daniel Holman.
8.   iii. CHARITY SANDERS, b. April 05, 1760, Johnston Co. NC; d. Aft. 1850, Madison  Co. Ga..
9.   iv. JAMES SANDERS , JR., b. March 18, 1762, Johnston Co. NC; d. Aft. September 08, 1846, Madison Co. Ga. Left will written that day.
    v. SARAH SANDERS, b. July 07, 1765, Johnston Co. NC; m. JOHN N. ANDERSON.   Residence: Surry Co. NC>Oglethorpe Co. > Madison Co. Ga.  John received a legacy from the James Sanders estate, 1802, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
     vi. POLLY SANDERS, b. March 18, 1768; m. EDWARD RILEY.  Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.  Edward Riley received a legacy from James Sanders' in right of his wife, Polly, in 1802, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.  Edward was a bondsman for the James Sanders, Jr. marriage to Elizabeth Riley in Surry Co. NC.  See the 1790 Surry Co. NC census and deeds which mention the Riley families.
10.   vii. HARDY SANDERS, b. June 22, 1770, NC; d. Bef. March 28, 1797, Oglethorpe Co. Ga. date will was recorded.
11. viii. BRITAIN SANDERS, b. November 17, 1773, NC; d. March 05, 1814, Milledgeville, Ga. died of measles on way home from military duty.
       ix. JONATHAN SANDERS, b. February 26, 1775, NC.  No receipt was found in James Sanders estate, Oglethorpe Co. Ga, to indicate that he recived a share.  Did he die young or what happened to him?
12. x. WILLIAM SANDERS, b. January 23, 1777, Surry Co. NC; d. Bef. April 1857, Madison Co. Ga..
13. xi. DORCAS SANDERS, b. November 21, 1779, Surry Co. N. C.; d. Bef. December 04, 1848, Walton Co. Ga.

5.  JOHN ⁴ SANDERS (JAMES³ RICHARD² JOHN  ¹) ) died Aft. December 16, 1783 in Johnston Co. NC.  He married MARY TULLY, daughter of THOMAS TULLY.  Bill Linder was a descendant of this couple.

WILL OF JOHN⁴ SANDERS OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA [Original Will, N.C. Archives]

16 Dec. 1783; probated May Ct. 1784, Johnston Co. Names wife, MARY, all lands and tenements where Iive until son, JOHN, becomes 21 yrs, 4 negro slaves, & livestock during her lifetime.  Daughter, ELIZABETH, 2 negro slaves; daughter, SARAH, 2 negro slaves; daughter, ANN, 2 negro slaves; son, WILLIAM, 4 negroes; son, JOHN, plantation and lands after death of my wife, 10 slaves, livestock, tools, gin.  JOHN to be well educated out of the profits of the estate.  Remaining estate to be equally divided between wife and children.  Exrs.  JOHN McCULLERS,WILLIAM TAYLOR, sons-in-law.  Wit: Wm.  Blunt, Nathan Norris, John Browne.  Exox. wife, MARY SANDERS.

13 Oct. 1800.  Probated (no date on will).  To son, WILLIAM, 10 shillings.  To daughter, ELIZABETH MOORE, 1 wearing clothes.  To daughter, SARAH TAYLOR, lf wearing clothes.  To granddaughter, OBEDIENCE TAYLOR, saddle & riding cloak.  To granddaughter, POLLY McCULLERS, dau of ANN, household furniture, I cotton,1 flax.  To sonJOHN, tools.  Livestock to be divided between my granddaughter, POLLY McCULLERS, and son, JOHN.  Remaining estate to be sold and money to be divided between my granddaughter, POLLY, and JOHN.  Exrs. JOHN SANDERS, son, and NATHAN NORRIS.  Wit: A. Hobby,  Henry Hobby, and Sarah Averyt.

Please see Historical Southern Families, Vol.  V:240, John Bennett Boddie, for a listing of the children of John Sanders, Jr., son of John Sanders, Sr.  John Sr. fought in the Revolutionary War and died in 1783, leaving the above will.  Boddie calls the wife of John Sanders, SR., MARY TULLIE, in this reference, and he says the heirs of John Sanders, Sr. received 640 acres land for his seven years service in the Continental Line of N.C.   Also see the book, DAR Roster of North Carolina Soldiers in the American Revolution.  1932.  Baltimore.

More About JOHN SANDERS:
Occupation: Planter
Residence: Johnston Co. NC
Military: Revolutionary Soldier.  Heirs received 640 acres land grant for his service in the NC Continental Line.

          i. JOHN ⁵ SANDERS , JR.
        ii. ELIZABETH SANDERS, m. ____ MOORE.
14.  iii. SARAH SANDERS.
15.  iv. ANN SANDERS.
       v. WILLIAM SANDERS.

6.  JOHN ⁵ SANDERS (JAMES ⁴, JAMES³ RICHARD² JOHN ¹)  was born January 22, 1756 in Johnston Co. NC, and died February 05, 1809 in KY?.  He married SARAH GRANT.   Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.>KY.  From the Sanders Bible.

         i. SARAH ⁶ SANDERS, b. March 08, 1779; d. April 28, 1779.
        ii. ELIZABETH SANDERS, b. October 25, 1776.
       iii. WILLIAM SANDERS, b. May 25, 1780; d. September 15, 1843.
       iv. SARAH SANDERS, b. August 01, 1782; d. September 21, 1804.
        v. NANCY SANDERS, b. March 11, 1784.
        vi. MARY SANDERS, b. September 16, 1787.
       vii. ELILABETH SANDERS, b. August 29, 1789.
      viii. JOHN H. SANDERS, b. May 29, 1791.
        ix. JAMES T. SANDERS, b. September 20, 1793; d. January 22, 1813, Gen. Winchester's defeat on the Raisen River.
        x. JOEL B. SANDERS, b. October 02, 1795; d. October 07, 1833.
16.  xi. REBECAH G. SANDERS, b. June 07, 1800.
      xii. DORCAS V. SANDERS, b. December 08, 1801.

More About DANIEL HOLMAN:
Residence: Wilkes Co. NC
Military: Revolutionary Soldier; see DAR papers for this man

 i. ISAAC ⁶  HOLMAN, b. September 29, 1775, Wilkes Co. NC; d. August 10, 1835, San Augustine, TX; m. ANNE WIGGLESWORTH, December 25, 1800.   Information taken from DAR Natl. #557343, Agnes Bowner Holman Moore.
 ii. JAMES HOLMAN, b. 1776, NC; m. POLLY HUGHES.
 iii. JOHN HOLMAN, b. 1787; m. BETSY DUVAL.
 iv. SALLY HOLMAN, m. HENRY HAZZARD.
 v. HARDY HOLMAN, b. 1774; m. ELIZABETH WILSON.
 vi. POLLY ANN HOLMAN, b. 1789; m. (1) JOHN HUGHES; m. (2) HARRISON DAVIS.

9 Jan. 1845, Madison Co. Ga.  Mrs. CHARITY WARD, resident of Madison Co. appeared before WILLIAM SANDERS, Justice of the Inferior Court of sd county, and being dul sworn, made the following statement:

She formerly resided in Surry Co. N.C. and was personally acquainted with JAMES SANDERS.  The sd Sanders volunteered June, 1780 and served 3 months tour, returned home on about 24th or 25th Sept. 1780, and deponent's husband in the same service.  She understands and believes that they served in Capt.  Reid's Co. of Infantry.  Said Sanders volunteered in a troop of horse commanded by Lt.  John Blalock about 1 Oct. 1780 and served as County Ranger.  Deponent believes he followed no other occupation, but was continually in the services of his country until peace was made.

Signed CHARITY (x) WARD
Sworn to and subscribed 9 Jan. 1845.  I certify that MRS. CHARITY WARD is a respectable person and a creditable witness.

s/WILLIAM SANDERS, J.I.C. I, W.H. Griffeth, Clerk of the Inferior Court for Madison
Co. Ga.,certify that WILLIAM SANDERS is an acting Justice of sd Court, duly commissioned and legally qualified as the foregoing signature purporting to be his is geniune.   [Pension records, courtesy of Mary Elizabeth Cook, Morro Bay, Ca. ]

More About CHARITY SANDERS:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
 In 1850 Madison Co. Ga. census, living with Nancy  Sims, a widow

More About HENRY WARD:
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Surry Co. NC
Military: Revolutionary Soldier from Surry Co. NC.  Charity  Ward made affidavit in 1845 that her husband served  in the same unit with her brother, James Sanders.    Pension claim from Henry's Revolutionary service  made by widow, Charity, in 1844, Madison Co. Ga.

 i. NANCY ⁶  WARD, b. 1786, NC; d. Aft. 1850; m. CHARLES SIMS.  They lived in Madison Co. Ga. and he left a will found in Drawer 173, Box 33, pp. 55-60, Ga. Archives.

JAMES SANDERS, Jr. was born 18 March 1762 in Johnston County, North Carolina, and died after 8 September 1846 in Madison County, Georgia.  He married (1) ELIZABETH RILEY (b. 18 Feb. 1854), on 28 July 1786 in Surry County, North Carolina, with Edward Riley, Bondsman [Marriage bonds]; m. (2) FLORA , the widow mentioned in his will, Madison County, Georgia .  Burial places are unknown to this compiler.

James Sanders, Jr. was a Revolutionary soldier, served from Surry County, North Carolina, and filed a pension claim from Madison County, Georgia.  He drew in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary soldier of Adair's District, Madison County.  He received two grants: 7th Dist., 2nd Sect.  Muscogee County, Lot #151, 2021 acs. and 2nd Dist., 2nd Sect.  Muscogee County, Lot #176, 202'1 acs. [Surveyor Gen.  Dept.  Ga.  Archives].

James, Jr. is listed on the earliest Oglethorpe County tax lists, 1800 Oglethorpe County census, 1820-40 Madison County censuses, and the earliest Madison County tax lists].  Apparently, from the deeds studied, James, Jr.  came to Georgia before his father came.  See Surry County deeds and Oglethorpe County deeds.

James, Jr. was among the first Justices of the Inferior Court for the new county of Madison, formed December 1811 from parts of Oglethorpe County, Elbert County, and other counties.  He served from 1812-22, and also served as foreman of the Grand Jury 1817, 1820, 18219 1823, and 1827.  He was a member of Moriah Primitive Baptist Church to which he donated land on Brushy Creek in Madison County. This church is still active today.

On 25 December 1846, Flora Sanders, his widow, and John Shepard, son-in-law, executors of James, Jr.'s estate, sold some of his land on Brushy Creek, Madison County, wherein the Moriah Church was located, to Sanders W. Colbert of Madison County.  The church acreage was not included in this sale, as it was deeded forever to the church [F:158].

In addition to his will, references for his estate  are: Inventory, Appraisement, & Sale- Madison Co. Deed Bk   D:114-126, Ga.  Archives Dr. 16, Bx 39; Annual Returns & Vouchers- Deed Bk F:337, 542-545, Ga.  Archives Dr. 16, Bx 43; Ord. Court Records, Bk G:380-81, all in Madison Co. Ga.

The family Bible of Elizabeth and James Sanders, Jr. was attached to his Revolutionary pension claim, and gives the names of their children and their birthdates; his estate records also used; marriage records from county records.  Space does not permit abstracting all of his estate records, which provide much information on descendants.  Because of the deaths of two of James' daughters prior to James' death, many of his grandchildren are mentioned in the settlement of his estate.

File No. R9179, National Archives, Washington, D.C. 24 Sept. 1832, Madison Co., Ga.  JAMES SANDERS, resident of Capt.  Lae's(?) Company, Madison Co. Ga., aged 70, duly sworn, made the following declaration:

He entered the U.S. service under the following named officers and served as stated. He was drafted in the year 1778 or 1779 to serve 3 months; his father hired a man who took his place and performed such service.  He afterward entered as a volunteer in pursuit of the Tories in June, 1780.  He and a few others pursued the Tories into Rowan Co., N.C. He joined a Continental number of Volunteers and became organized; he was attached to Capt. Reed's Co. Shortly after Maj.  Lewis, a Continental off cer, took command of sd troops then within a few miles of a large  number of Tories.  The Tories from some cause fled.  He was then marched with the troops in pursuit until coming near Cornwallis' army when it was considered imprudent to march further, this command then returned to their homes.

 He with others as soon as they returned joined Lt.  John Blalock as rangers for the purpose of pursuing the Tories and also what was called delinquents, men who had been out lying and desenting.  It was understood that the taking of one of those would relieve a man from a tour of duty.  These men when taken and given up to a Continental officer (the Tories to be considered as robbers during the war) at Salisburg and received certificates for such, which certificates were placed in the hands of William T. Lewis, but what became of them since he does not know.  He went with them to Salem, N.C. and there joined some troops from Virginia and remained as rangers for taking the Tories and protecting the country when Cornwallis marched through N.C. This applicant joined Gen'l Pickens' army and pursued Cornwallis to near the Virginia line when a party was detached (of which he was one) to return for the protection of the country against the Tories, etc. which duty he was performing as County Ranger under the command of Lt.  John Blalock until the treaty of peace in 1783 (and while in service furnished his own horse).  He was sick at the time of the Shel ... on Adkins and Guilford Courthouse.  He has not documentary evidence and knows of no one who can testify to his service.

In answer to the interrogations presented by the War Dept. and propounded by the Court, he answered:
1. "I was born 18 March 1762, Johnston Co., now Wake Co.  N.C."
2. "I have a record of my age at my home."
3. "I was living in Surry Co. N.C. when called into service.  I resided in sd county until about 1788 when I removed to Wilkes Co. Ga. where I resided until Oglethorpe Co. was formed.  When Madison Co. was formed, it included me in the bounds where I now reside.
4. "I was a Volunteer."
5.  "Major Lewis was a Continental officer.  I recollect
no other regular officers."
6. "I never received a discharge."
7. "I refer you to William Hodges, Hawkins Bullock, Edward Ware, James Pittman, Nathan Meroney, James Griffeth." [This referred to people in his present community who might testify that he was reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier, or known as one in the community.]
s/JAMES SANDERS

Benjamin Brown, clergyman, and Archer Norris, residents of Madison County, Georgia, testify that they were well acquainted with JAMES SANDERS, believe him to be 70 years old, and that in the neighborhood where he resides he is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and they concur in that opinion.
The Court declared that it was their opinion that the above named JAMES SANDERS was indeed a Revolutionary soldier.   s/James Anderson, i.I.C.; Noah Pittman, J.I.C.

Recorded 2 October 1832 by William Sanders, Court Clerk

AFFIDAVIT FILED WITH REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIM of JAMES SANDERS, Jr.

9 Jan. 1845, Madison Co. Ga.  Mrs. CHARITY WARD, resident of Madison Co. appeared before WILLIAM SANDERS, Justice of the Inferior Court of sd county, and being dul sworn, made the following statement:

She formerly resided in Surry Co. N.C. and was personally acquainted with JAMES SANDERS.  The sd Sanders volunteered June, 1780 and served 3 months tour, returned home on about 24th or 25th Sept. 1780, and deponent's husband in the same service.  She understands and believes that they served in Capt.  Reid's Co. of Infantry.  Said Sanders volunteered in a troop of horse commanded by Lt.  John Blalock about 1 Oct. 1780 and served as County Ranger.  Deponent believes he followed no other occupation, but was continually in the services of his country until peace was made.

Signed CHARITY (x) WARD
Sworn to and subscribed 9 Jan. 1845.  I certify that MRS. CHARITY WARD is a respectable person and a creditable witness.

s/WILLIAM SANDERS, J.I.C. I, W.H. Griffeth, Clerk of the Inferior Court for Madison
Co. Ga.,certify that WILLIAM SANDERS is an acting Justice of sd Court, duly commissioned and legally qualified as the foregoing signature purporting to be his is geniune.   [Pension records, courtesy of Mary Elizabeth Cook, Morro Bay, Ca. ]

Will Book B:16 -18.  In the name of God, Amen.  I, JAMES SANDERS, of Madison County, Georgia,
being feeble in body but Of sound mind and disposing thought, and knowing it is appointed once for
all men to die, do make this to be my last Will and Testament, revoking all other wills by me made.

1.         I recommend my Soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian
like manner at the discretion of my friends.  And as touching my worldly estate which it has been the
Will of Almighty God to bestow on me, I dispose of it in the following manner.  My desire is that my just debts, if any, be paid.

2.  I give to my beloved wife, FLORA, my family Bible, Testament, and hymn book, the feather bed and bedstead, and as much furniture as is necessary.

3. I give to TABITHA SHEPHERD, wife of JOHN SHEPHERD, and to the heirs of ELIZABETH DICKSON, dec’d, wife of WILLIAM DICKSON, dec’d, and to MALINDA LEEPER, wife of HUGH B. LEEPER, 3 tracts of land, one in Meriwether Co. the other two in Muscogee Co., reference to the grants now in my possession, which I recommend to be sold and the proceeds to be equally divided between my 2 daughters named and the heirs of my deceased daughter, ELIZABETH.

4.  And further I give unto my beloved wife, FLORA, and my daughters, TABITHA SHEPHERD,
MALINDA LEEPER, and to ELIZABETH DICKSON and heirs of my deceased daughters ELIZABETH DICKSON and SALLY DICKSON, the residue (or whole) of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided among them.  But I do recommend that the negroes, if it consistently can be done be divided by lot or otherwise, without making sale of them.

5.  And it is my will further, that the property both real and personal which I have given unto my children, TABITHA SHEPHERD, ELIZABETH DICKSON, Dec’d, and MALINDA LEEPER, shall not be considered as any part of my estate ( for what I have given them I gave it freely, and for them to use the same as their own forever, and it is never to be called in question after my death.

6. And I do give my Executors hereafter named, full power to make sale of my lands lying in Madison County either in small lots or the whole together, either publicly or privately as may be considered by them the most to the interest of the legatees, and also the negroes if they cannot be divided as above stated, namely, Charles, Moses, Joseph, Flora, Mary, Judith, and Jane.

And lastly, I hereby nominate my beloved wife, FLORA SANDERS, JOHN SHEPHERD, HUGH B. LEEPER, and JAMES LONG, my executors and executrix of this my last Will and Testament.  In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of March 1846.

Jona Sanders, Sanders W. Colbert, Richard T. Sorrells, William Sanders

 s/James Sanders
 Codicil, 8 Sept. 1846.  I further give to my wife, FLORA, her own saddle and bridle and provisions to do her for 12 months.  I permanently give to my wife, FLORA, the negroes Flora and Jane which she is to take at their value.  I give to TABITHA SHEPHERD, Moses and Judith, and to MALINDA LEEPER, Joseph  and Mary.  They are also to take them at their value.  My negro man Charles to JOHN SHEPHERD or HUGH B. LEEPER, as they can make out best between themselves; take him at value also.   After the valuation and dividing of the named negroes, if any of the legatees have received more than their share,  they shall refund back, so as to make each legatee equal in estate.  My 2 deceased daughters, ELIZABETH and SALLY DICKSON, their heirs shall have their proportional share out of my estate.

s/James Sanders

More About JAMES SANDERS , JR.:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Occupation: Planter
Residence: Johnston & Surry Co. NC, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
Military: Revolutionary Soldier
Oglethorpe>Madison Co. Ga. in 1812

 i. TABITHA ⁶ SANDERS, b. November 14, 1786; m. JOHN SHEPARD, June 24, 1813, Madison Co. Ga..
 ii. ELIZABETH SANDERS, b. September 02, 1789; d. Bef. March 13, 1846; m. WILLIAM DICKSON, March 04, 1806, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
 iii. SARAH SANDERS, b. May 16, 1791; d. August 30, 1835; m. WILLIAM HUGH DICKSON, July 18, 1810, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
 iv. MELINDA SANDERS (TWIN), b. June 02, 1793; m. HUGH B. LEEPER, 1812, Madison Co. Ga.
 v. MELINTHA SANDERS (TWIN), b. June 02, 1793.
 vi. ELEANOR RILEY SANDERS, b. April 11, 1795.

Will Bk A:48-49.  In the name of God, Amen.  I, HARDY SANDERS, of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, do make this my last Will and Testament.  First, I commend my soul to God who gave it, hoping for redemption through the merits of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my friends.
I desire that all my estate be appraised and all my lawful debts be paid, then I lend to my loving wife, ELIZABETH SANDERS, the use of my land and all my other estate real and personal during her natural life or widowhood, only when my children come of ago to have their part Of my estate paid to them.  And if my wife should marry again, then only to have an equal part with each of my children, also the child she is big with now to have an equal part with my other children.  I appoint my loving wife, my brothers, BRITTAIN SANDERS and WILLIAM SANDERS, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, as witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and date, 17 November 1796.

s/HARDY SANDERS

Witnesses: Timothy Stamps
John _____
Henry Johnson
Will Rec. 28 March 1797.

Ibid. s/BRITTON STAMPS
Ibid. s/EDWARD WARE, Admr.  BRITTON SANDERS, Dec'd
Ibid. s/ELIZABETH STICKLAND

$400 in full of my part of the estate of HARDY SANDERS, Dec'd.   s/JONATHAN SANDERS

The orphans of Hardy Sanders, dec'd, drew land and won in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery from Oglethorpe Co. Ga.  their names were Brittain, Polly, Jonathan Jones, and Elizabeth Sanders.
Hardy's Religion: Primitive Baptist
Residence: Surry Co. NC>Oglethorpe Co. > Madison Co. Ga.

    i. BRITTAIN ⁶ SANDERS.   Brittain Sanders took his share of Hardy Sanders' estate and signed the receipt 10 April 1812, as Brittain Sanders, Jr.  [Probably to distinguish himself from his uncle, Brittain Sanders].

    ii. MARY SANDERS, d. March 14, 1832, Ga.; m. BRITTON STAMPS, December 18, 1810, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.  Polly or Mary Sanders took her share of Hardy's estate 25 Feb 1813 and signed the receipt, Mrs. Britton Stamps.  Britton's will was written 15 Sept 1866, and probated 23 March 1869, Butler Co. AL

     iii. ELIZABETH SANDERS, m. JAMES EBERHART, January 18, 1814, Madison Co. Ga.
Elizabeth Sanders took her share of Hardy's estate 12 July 1814 as Mrs. James Eberhart.

17. iv. JONATHAN JONES SANDERS, b. 1794; d. 1888, Lexington, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.

A:6. 2 May 1814.  EDWARD WARE, Sr. and BRITTON SANDERS gave bond of $2,000 on estate of BRITTON SANDERS, dec'd.  EDWARD WARE, Sr., Admr. of BRITTON SANDERS, late of sd county, dec'd.  Test: WILLIAM SANDERS, C.C.O.

A:39.  The BRITTAIN SANDERS estate paid BENJ.  BORUM
B:26. 4 Aug. 1825.  Rec'd of EDWARD WARE, gdn of the estate and orphans of BRITAIN SANDERS, dec'd
gdn of HARDY T. SANDERS, ELIZA B. SANDERS.

1 May 1814.  Ordered that the Admr. of all and singular the goods, chattles, and audit of BRITON SANDERS, dec'd be granted to Col.  EDWARD WARE to admr and be sworn according to law. [Note: compiler does not have exact date of death of BRITAIN SANDERS, son of James, b. 1733.  But a record found in the tax lists, Dr. 172, Box 48, shows the tax assessor's return for each Capt.'s district in Madison Co. in 1813 as follows: "certified by me, receiver of returns of taxable property, for the county of Madison and year 1813..." s/BRITAIN SANDERS, 10 Aug.1813.

1 May 1816.  Ordered that the return of WILLIAM SANDERS, gdn of the legalty of HARDY SANDERS, dec'd, for.the year 1815 be recorded, also 1816.

March 1820.  EDWARD WARE, two tracts of land on the estate of BRITAIN SANDERS, dec'd, on waters of Brushy Cr, 180 ac adj V. COOPER, WIDOW SAY, and others.  Waters of sd Cr adj JOHN ANDERSON and others, 150 ac, sd land due notice of application given in of the Gazette to sell land.   [Above 3 sets records, courtesy of R.S. Sanders, Weinert, Tx]

Information about Brittain's death may be found in his widow's pension claim for the War of 1812 service.  Also the pension claim contains the only mention of Brittain's marriage to Sarah Ware in 1810, Elbert Co. Ga.

More About BRITAIN SANDERS:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Occupation: Tax Receiver of Madison Co in Aug 1813; farmer
Residence: Surry Co. NC>Oglethorpe Co. > Madison Co. Ga.
Military: War of 1812; died of measles on the way home
Served in House of Representatives of Oglethorpe
Co. in 1811

Notes for SARAH WARE:
Sarah Ware Sanders had 4 children by Dr. Benjamin Borum before he died.

 i. HARDY THURMOND ⁶ SANDERS, b. October 18, 1812, Madison Co. Ga.; d. buried in Danielsville City Cemetery, Madison Co. Ga.  Madison Co. Ga. Admrs. and Guardians Bonds: A:53.  1860. HARDY T. SANDERS snd B. WARE, appointed guardians of Minors of MARY SANDERS.

 ii. ELIZA B. SANDERS, b. February 11, 1814.

  DEATHS
 BETSY SANDERS (w/o William Sanders) died 18 May 1843
 POLLY SANDERS died 21 Jan. 1837.
 JAMES SANDERS died 22 Oct. 1836.

 First, at my death all my debts and funeral expenses are to be paid, after which my will is and I do will and bequeath unto my wife CYNTHIA SANDERS, all my estate both real and personal let it consist of what it may (with the exception of in the second clause of the will), land, negroes, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, plantation tools, carriages, household of all and every description, bed, bedstead, all the furniture belonging, the beds, table, wideboard bureau, chests, furniture and all the  (rest of sentence illegible) belonging ... at my death.
And now I deem it proper to remark that not withstanding my affection   ...... ...... .....
towards all my children that they  ----- ----, ----- been and I   could be, able to do more for them than I have done ---- ---- ---- ---- but ----- compelled to pay out a considerable ---- ---- ---- ---- which is the cause that I cannot give them nothing more than I have heretofore given them.
And the my will is and the exception to the first clause of this will, I think it is possible that there is a gold mine on the tract of land, ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- should be a gold mine or copper mine discovered onthe land I live upon in the lifetime of my said wife, CYNTHIA SANDERS, my will is that the mine or mines be divided and ____ by my said wife and my children, to wit: PARTHEMA WHITWORTH, ARGALUS SANDERS, BETSY WILLIAMS, SALLY STAMPS, My grandson, WILLIAM, BRITAIN, EMILY, and GEORGE S. KEY, who I have raised and now lives with me, to be divided among ____ share and share alike.
I do hereby appoint my dearly beloved wife, CYNTHIA SANDERS, my executrix to carry out this will ... 15 May 1855 (could be 12 May 1855).
Nathaniel Strickland
John Strickland
____ Strickland                s/William Sanders
Madison Co. Ga.  April Term, 1857.  The last Will and Testament of WILLIAM SANDERS sworn to by Nathaniel and John Strickland.  Recorded 7 July 1857.

[James Sanders, Sr. estate, Hardy, James Jr., and William Sanders wills were all abstracted  from Ga.  Archives microfilm copies by Thelma F. Prince.  I know of no gold mine discovered on William's property.]

More About WILLIAM SANDERS:
Religion: Primitive Baptist
Residence: Surry Co. NC>Oglethorpe Co. > Madison Co. Ga.
Active in the Madison Co. community.  Served as
Justice of the Inferior Court 1842-45; Clerk of the ordinary for many years.

       i. PARTHEMA ⁶ SANDERS, b. December 19, 1801, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
18. ii. ARGALUS SANDERS, b. April 05, 1803, Oglethorpe Co. Ga..
      iii. POLLY SANDERS, b. April 25, 1804; d. January 21, 1837.
      iv. PATSY SANDERS, b. June 05, 1805, Oglethorpe Co. Ga..
      v. TULLY SANDERS, b. January 11, 1807, Oglethorpe Co. Ga..
     vi. JAMES SANDERS, b. February 25, 1808, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.; d. October 22, 1836.
    vii. SARAH SANDERS, b. February 20, 1811, Oglethorpe Co. Ga. >Madison co. Ga.; d. Butler Co. AL; m.       BRITTON STAMPS, August 07, 1832.  Britton's will was written 15 Sept 1866, and probated 23 March 1869, Butler Co. AL

13.  DORCAS  ⁵ SANDERS (JAMES ⁴, JAMES³ RICHARD² JOHN  ¹) was born November 21, 1779 in Surry Co. N. C., and died Bef. December 04, 1848 in Walton Co. Ga..  She married WILLIAM ALEXANDER SORRELLS October 20, 1797 in Oglethorpe Co. Ga., son of RICHARD SORRELLS and MILDRED SNEAD.

Please see http://oursouthernancestors.com/index.html,  complete details on this family, called Richard Sorrells and Mildred Snead family by this compiler.

 i. SARAH ⁶ SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1798, Ga.; m. WHITMILL HARRINGTON ADAIR, January 18, 1816, Madison Co. Ga.
 ii. MILDRED SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1799, Ga.; m. ALEXANDER GORDON BULLLOCK, February 12, 1819, Madison Co. Ga.
 iii. CHARLES SNEAD SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1804, Ga.; d. Bef. 1870, Walton Co. Ga.; m. JOICEY TILLMAN.
 iv. WILLIAM S. SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1805, Ga.; m. ELIZABETH DANIEL, October 09, 1830, Madison Co. Ga.
 v. JAMES NATHANIEL SORRELLS, b. June 17, 1807, Ga.; d. July 09, 1882, Walton Co. Ga.; m. LUCY ANN HAYNES, July 20, 1837, Walton Co. Ga.
 vi. RICHARD TULLY SORRELLS, b. February 26, 1808, Ga.; d. February 28, 1868, Madison Co. Ga.; m. EVELINA L. BROWN, February 07, 1828.
 vii. ELEANOR SORRELLS, b. January 19, 1809, Ga.; d. May 04, 1888, Walton Co. Ga.; m. WILLIAM GORDON BULLOCK, November 06, 1823, Madison Co. Ga.
 viii. ALEXANDER H. SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1812, Ga.; d. February 19, 1892, Walton Co. Ga.; m. HARRIET LESTER, February 04, 1836, Madison Co. Ga.
 ix. JACKSON SORRELLS.
 x. JOHN H. SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1816, Ga.; d. Aft. 1860, was found in 1860 Chambers Co. AL census; m. HARRIET COLEMAN, Bef. 1841.
 xi. WILEY JONES SORRELLS, b. September 22, 1818, Madison Co. Ga.; d. March 29, 1864, Walton Co. Ga.; m. SUSANNAH STILL, December 28, 1842, Walton Co. Ga.
 xii. BENNETT WALTON SORRELLS, b. Abt. 1821, Ga.; d. 1864, while in Civil War service of measles; m. MARTHA CLEGG, December 08, 1840, Walton Co. Ga.

 Child of SARAH⁵  SANDERS and WILLIAM TAYLOR is:
 i.  OBEDIENCE ⁶ TAYLOR.

16.  REBECAH G. ⁶ SANDERS ( JOHN ⁵ JAMES⁴ JAMES³ RICHARD² JOHN ¹)  was born June 07, 1800.  She married JACOB TURNER.

 Child of REBECAH SANDERS and JACOB TURNER is:
 i. DAUGHTER ⁷ TURNER.

Notes for JONATHAN JONES  SANDERS:
Jonathan Jones Sanders took his share of Hardy's estate on 1 August 1816.

 Children of JONATHAN  ⁶ SANDERS and HARRIET WAILES are:

 i. SARA ANN ELIZABETH  ⁷ SANDERS, d. December 23, 1905.  Never married.
 ii. MARY WAILES SANDERS, d. May 08, 1901.  Never married.
 iii. EDWARD LLOYD SANDERS, b. January 11, 1829, Madison Co. Ga.; d. May 24, 1902, Stephens, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.; m. MRS. REBECCA SMITH DUNN , A WIDOW, 1862, Oglethorpe Co. Ga.  He was a medical doctor.  He studied medicine under Dr. Ben Willingham and graduated from Jeffersonian Medical College in Philadelphia.  He entered the medical practice at Center, Ga. in Jackson Co. Ga.  He served in Cobb's Legion  under Captain Camak; Dubose Brigade; Kershaw's Division: Longstreet's Corps Army of North Virginia.  Very soon Dr. Sanders rose to Lieutenant . In 1862 Edward found himself as the acting Captain for his regiment.  However, due to ill health he was given a honorable discharge and sent home to Oglethorpe County to recuperate.  After a short rest in the comforts of home Dr. Sanders recovered and again returned to active duty near Macon.
Although not listed as a surgeon in CSA records, it is known that his medical services were frequently called upon.  His comrades said of him, "He was a good soldier, a gentleman, and a Christian, and beyond reproach in any way."
Dr. Sanders and his family were active members of the Salem Baptist Church in Salem community, Oglethorpe Co., where he was the Church Clerk.  In 1884 the Sanders home was destroyed by fire and with it most of the church records dated before 1851.  He was buried in a family cemetery in Oglethorpe County, Ga. and  his two sisters are buried there too.