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Husband: William Moses Sanders
Birthdate: 1774
Birthplace: Anson County NC
Death date: 1837
Place of death: Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Prob Zoar Church Cemetery Shelby, NC
Father: James Sanders Sr.
Mother: Mary Unknown

Marriage date: 1799
Marriage place: Montgomery Co NC

Wife: Priscilla Coker
Birthdate: 1784
Birthplace: Montgomery Co NC
Death date: April 1789
Place of death: Cleveland once Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Prob. Zoar Church Cemetery Shelby NC
Father: unknown
Mother: Cassandra Coker

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Allen Drury Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1802
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: 1882
Place of death: Greene Co Alabama
Burial: Alabama
Marriage date: 1828
Marriage place: Rutherford Co NC
Spouse's name: Maranda unknown

Child No. 2: Jeffrey Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1805
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: Nov 20, 1879
Place of death: Cleveland Co once Rutherford
Burial: Shelby NC
Marriage date: Sarah Petty Sept 18, 1842
Marriage place: Cherokee Co Ga
Spouse's name: Susan unknown , Rutherford Co NC and Sarah Petty

Child No. 3: Mary "Polly" Sanders
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1806
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: aft 1870
Place of death: Cleveland Co once Rutherford NC
Burial: Cleveland Co NC
Marriage date: 1833
Marriage place: Rutherford Co NC
Spouse's name: Willis Putnam

Child No. 4: Rosannah Sanders
Sex: F
Birthdate: March 1807
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: Dec 27, 1879
Place of death: Cleveland once Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Zoar Church Cemetery Shelby NC
Marriage date: March 1, 1832
Marriage place: Rutherford Co NC
Spouse's name: David Putnam

Child No. 5: Lucinda Sanders
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1810
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: Dec 14, 1890
Place of death: Cleveland once Rutherford Co NC
Marriage date: 1839
Burial: Zoar Church Cemetery Shelby NC
Marriage place: Rutherford Co NC
Spouse's name: Joseph L. Weaver

Child No. 6: Meredith Toliver Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1812
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: Sept 6, 1840
Place of death: Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Zoar Church Cemetery Shelby Co NC
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unmarried

Child No. 7: James Wesley Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1815
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: 1882
Place of death: Jefferson or Coffee co Tn
Burial: TN
Marriage date: 1838
Marriage place: NC or TN
Spouse's name: Harriet Wallace Springs

Child No. 8: Jenilla "Nila" Sanders
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: 1828
Place of death: Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Probably Zoar Cemetery Shelby NC
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 9: David Carson Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 1817
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: abt 1905
Place of death: Cleveland once Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Fallston, Cleveland Co NC
Marriage date: 1844
Marriage place: Cleveland once Rutherford Co NC
Spouse's name: Lavinia Emaline Weaver

Child No. 10: Green Berry Sanders
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 10, 1825
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: 1906
Place of death: Melvin Hill Polk once Rutherford Co NC
Burial: Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Polk Co NC
Marriage date: Jan 10, 1854
Marriage place: Henderson Co NC
Spouse's name: Martha Taylor

Child No. 11: Susan Sanders
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1821
Birthplace: Rutherford Co NC
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown
 
 

Documentation:
William Moses Sanders was from the large Scotch-Irish Sanders family who
lived in Anson County on Mountain Creek, Pee Dee River which would later
become Montgomery Co NC.
He was born in 1774 in Anson, before it became Montgomery County.  His
father James Sr., received a land grant in Anson in the 1750's along with
his brother Patrick and parents William and Susan Sanders. James' Sr.,
William Moses father, had signed the Regulator's Petition with his
brother Patrick, protesting taxes in Anson against farmers, etc.in the
1760's. For many years, Moses father James was Constable for Anson
County. Patrick is a common Sanders name in my Sanders family line. So
are James and William.
In 1799,Wm. Moses' father, James Sanders, Sr., received a grant for 100
acres in Rutherford Co NC,so Wm Moses later lived on this land and raised
his family. This portion of Rutherford became Cleveland Co. NC.
However,by the early 1790's James and Patrick and their families had
migrated out of Anson into Spartanburg Co. SC. They would later settle in
Rutherford around 1811.
Wm Moses was listed in 1810 Spartanburg Co SC as "Billy Sanders". He was
listed in the 1820 through 1830 Rutherford Co. NC. census as Moses
Sanders. He was named William Moses Sanders based on the family records
of son James Wesley Sanders and others.
One researcher stated his name was William Jefferson Moses Sanders. I
have not found this in any record, but he named his children these names.
His brother was Jeffreys or Jeffrey and William Moses also had a son
Jefferson who was know as Jeffrey until his death listed in 1880
Mortality Schedule for Cleveland Co NC. Moses' nephew was Jeffrey Green
Sanders, so Jeffrey is a common name in this family. Also, Moses son,
James Wesley named a son William Moses.
Many Sanders relatives lived in Spartanburg.Patrick Sanders Sr., Wm.
Moses' uncle,migrated from Anson/Montgomery to Rutherford and on to
Spartanburg. I do think a John Sanders in early Rutherford County records
is also, possibly a son of James and brother to Moses.I have not proven
this as fact.
Greenberry states in his pedigree that his grandfather James Sanders was
of Scottish descent and was from Montgomery Co. He states his father
Moses was born in Montgomery Co NC.(Which would have been Anson during
the time of his birth)This supports early deeds and grants of Anson
County NC.
My great grandfather Green B erry was born in 1825 in Rutherford Co.
Green Berry states in the 1880 census for Cleveland Co NC, both parents
were born in NC. Many of Moses' children married and raised families in
the part of Rutherford that later became Cleveland. All are listed as
being born in NC along with their parents Moses and Priscilla. (see
attachments and records from tree) I have been in touch with descendants
through the years.
I found a Moses Sanders back in Montgomery Co Nc in 1838. He owed a debt
to William A. Sanders. This would be just before he died. His son
Greenberry stated that he was born in Montgomery and lived in various
other counties, so possibly he went back to Montgomery to die.I have no
proof this is my Moses Sanders.
By 1850, Priscilla, his wife and his son Greenberry were living in
Rutherford/Cleveland Co NC. near relatives.Priscilla would live with
various relatives until her death in 1879.
My father's sister, Myrtle Sanders Butler who lived to be 98, and was the
great granddaughter of Wm. Moses Sanders, stated our Sanders line was
also known as "Saunders". Many Sanders in Rutherford/Cleveland went by
the Saunders name.She kept abreast of all the Sanders family genealogy
and shared her knowledge with all the relatives.
Greenberry Sanders and Martha Taylor were my great grandparents. Green
Berry was a music teacher who taught in all the surrounding counties, a
hymn writer and clerk of the court for Polk Co. for many years. He
established one of the first schools in Polk Co on his property in the
Green Creek Community, once Rutherford. My father and his twin brother
were born on this same property May 18, 1915.
Sources for this family: Bible records, tax records, land deeds,
pedigrees, family history books, census records, history of the Scotch -
Irish settlers of Anson County North Carolina, marriage records,estate
records,cemetery records, Sanders family DNA Project and much more.