I descend from Anna Lawrence and James Baker also, thru their daughter Rosanna who married Gregor MacGregor EZELL. I have a copy of a photo of Anna and James. Do you already have this photo or would you like for me to forward you a copy? No leads as to Anna's mother but it is said (not proven that I know of) that her father was a Joseph Sanders. ------------------------------------------------------- Re Sanders of Rutherford Co TN I also descend from the SANDERS bothers who migrated to RUTHERFORD Co. TN from Edgecombe County, NC. The brothers were the sons of Thomas Sanders (died 1802 in Edgecombe Co. NC) and Sarah Jordan. They were: Thomas II, Cornelius, Luke, Elisha, and my 4th great grandfather Isaac. (Comment - my great grandmother also descends from this Isaac Sanders line and she married the son of Rosanna BAKER and Gregor Macgregor EZELL.) Anyhow, in my research of this Sander family, I have never come across a reference to any Joseph Sanders. Also I have not been able to find any Joseph Sanders in early Davidson Co. TN records. One source I have gone thru is both volumes of "Davidson Co. TN Wills and Inventories, 1783-1830", by Tim and Helen Marsh - looking for his name as a buyer at an estate sale or as a debtor to an estate. --------------------------------------------------------- Re Joseph Sanders and Gates Co. NC and Stewart Co TN If you will refer to the "bio" of Anna written by her daughter in 1890, it states that "their next halt was in STEWART Co. TN,................. where Mrs. Baker married at the age of 19, in 1811". I'm not sure that Joseph Sanders ever made it back to Davidson Co. after the earthquake. Anna and James probably only came back to Davidson because all of James's siblings were in that area. Joseph may have returned to Stewart Co. TN or settled elsewhere or died shortly after 1811. The daughter who wrote the "bio", Elizabeth Jane Baker Wright, born 1828, doesn't cite any memories of her grandfather Joseph Sanders and it "seems" that she didn't personally know him. Aside from it being strange Anna's mother is not named, I find it odd that no siblings of Anna's are mentioned, or if she was an only child, that she is not mentioned as perhaps "Joseph brought his only child ........". In my opinion (no proof of course) Anna's mother died when Anna was too young to remember her and therefore Anna didn't talk about her mother to her own children. ---------------------------------------------------- The 1800 Census of North Carolina shows 3 households headed by a Joseph Sanders. 1. GATES County, Joseph Sanders males 1 under age 10, 1 age 26 to 45 females 1 under age 10 slaves 8 2. Carteret County, Joseph Sanders males 1 under age 10, 1 age 26 to 45 females 1 age 10 to 16, 1 age 26 to 45 slaves 4 3. Jones County, Joseph Sanders (also on 1790 census) males 1 under 10, 1 age 10 to 16, 1 age 26 to 45 females 2 under age 10, 1 age 10 to 16, 1 age 26 to 45 no slaves The 1810 Census of NC does not show ANY of these Joseph Sanders, so that's no help. -------------------------------------------------------------- Re Stewart Co. TN and the BENTON and ARMSTRONG families Stewart Co. TN Deed Records (1800 to 1810) show that the State of North Carolina granted land to: BENTON, JESSE Armstrong, John Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong, Martin (The above Armstrong names were all listed on the 1800 census of Stokes Co. NC) Personally, I think the 1800 Census Gates Co. NC, Joseph Sanders is of interest as he had no female of an age to be his wife, AND because JESSE BENTON is also on the 1800 Census of Gates Co. NC Of course none of the above is actual proof but I do find it be to a very interesting possible clue. ------------------------------------------------------------ Let me know about the photo and what you thing of the above. Kathleen Hill Redondo Beach, CA [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorene Lambert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Looking for Parents of Anna Sanders Baker, Hermitage > To the list, > Other than my immediate cousins, has anyone worked on Sanders in > Davidson County? > Specifically, Sanders tied to North Carolina>Rutherford and Wilson > Counties before Davidson, as I feel certain Anna and her father came to > this area because other family were coming here. > > My ancestor, Anna Sanders Baker, (wife of James Baker of Hermitage, > Dist. 16), came with her father, Joseph Sanders to Nashville in 1810 on > horseback. > They had originally planned to go with Armstrong and Benton families to > West Tennessee via flatboats on the Cumberland River. > The earthquake of 1811-12 changed their plans, and Anna married James. > They first lived near the Ezells off Murfreesboro Road, and then onto > their own lands on the Stones River (now under Percy Priest Lake) > > Anna makes reference in a newspaper article to going back to NC to > visit relatives. > The 1860 Davidson County census says she was born in NC and James in > SC. > I have no certain evidence of who her father was other than that one > article where she was interviewed, and certainly no mention of who her > mother was, although I believe someone may have worked on the Sanders > lines in TN or may have some idea of who they were connected to in NC. > It has always been funny to me that we do not know the name of Anna's > mother. Any family legends or ideas about who she was? Any assistance or > comments appreciated. > I descend from their daughter, Nancy, who married John Robert Evans. > Lorene Cook Lambert > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >