The following message was posted Dec. 6th 1988 by Bob and his e-mail address was <A HREF="mailto:Brobpat@aol.com">Brobpat@aol.com</A>. I would like to locate the sources of this information if anyone knows. I have tried to e-mail "Bob" without success. So if anyone knows the source of this information or Bob please write - CBCOOKTN@AOL.COM Thanks The SANDERSON family migrated to Wilson County, TN, from VA not too many years after the county's creation in 1799. Because of the dates involved, it appears that WILLIAM SANDERSON was the father of this family of eight children: (1) WILLIAM SANDERSON, JR. (2) THOMAS SANDERSON made his will January 8, 1819 and it was probated October 21, 1819. He mentions his mother, but not her name; brother, WADE SANDERSON'; sister DRUCILLA; brothers WILLIAM and DANIEL; two youngest sisters, ELIZABETH and JANE. He named his brothers WADE and WILLIAM as his executors. JOHN SANDERSON was one of the witnesses [W&I, 1816-1819, p. 496] (3) WADE SANDERSON (4) DANIEL SANDERSON, living in the 1st CD, household 63, 1850 Census of WCT, and was 52, born in VA, and living with him were JANE SANDERSON, 21; ELIZABETH SANDERSON, 18; THOMAS SANDERSON, 16; MARY SANDERSON, 13; PERMELIA SANDERSON, 9; and ELIZA SANDERSON, 5, all born in TN. (5) DRUCILLA SANDERSON who married SAMUEL NORRIS in VA. The latter made his will July 7, 1854, probated September 21, 1854. In addition to Drucilla, he named daughter, MANERVA ARNOLD and her two youngest children, JOHN B. ARNOLD and WILL ARNOLD; daughters, HARRIET NORRIS, CASSANDER NORRIS, ELIZABETH CHAMBERS, and MILDRED BUCKLEY. He named his friend, EDWARD WILLIS as executor. ALEXANDER BRETT was one of the witnesses. MANERVA NORRIS ARNOLD married WILLIAM ARNOLD. Their son, JOHN B., married FRANCES YOUNG, July 31, 1828, WCT, and had at least these children: MARY ARNOLD, 18; SUSAN ARNOLD, 16; ELIZABETH ARNOLD, 13; CHARLES ARNOLD, 15; PARTHENIA ARNOLD, 12; and JOHN ARNOLD, 11 [from 1850 census] Other children of MANERVA and WILLIAM ARNOLD, according to his will dated September 29, 1849, were daughter, SUSANNAH BASKINS, daughter POLLY MATTHEWS and her husband SAMUEL MATTHEWS (their children, WILLIAM, SUSANNAH, LUCY, DOSILLAR, SALLY, ISAAC, HARRIET, POLLY, PEGGY, and LOCKEY MATTHEWS). SUSANNAH ARNOLD BASKINS married ROBERT (or THOMAS) BASKINS April 19, 1828. MILDRED NORRIS, daughter of SAMUEL and DRUCILLA SANDERSON NORRIS, married CARLOS M. BUCKLEY, January 6, 1849, WCT. (6) ELIZABETH SANDERSON married JAMES THRIFT, 1825. He is called DREWRY THRIFT in court records. According to WADE SANDERSON's will, they had six children: JENNY THRIFT REED; MILDRED THRIFT CHILDRESS; MARY ANN THRIFT ROSS; FRANCES THRIFT'; SUSAN B. THRIFT; and JOHN THRIFT Of these MILDRED THRIFT married JOHN CHILDRESS and had at least one son, WILLIAM CHILDRESS. MARY ANN (POLLY) THRIFT married JARRATT ROSS, November 22, 1849. (7) JOHN SANDERSON (8) JANE SANDERSON From THOMAS SANDERSON, his brother WADE inherited the slaves "negro girl, Harriet" after the death of their mother, and the "negro girl, Mimy". ALEXANDER BRETT, executor of WADE SANDERSON' estate, finalized an estate sale reported to the court on December 6, 1852. Seven months later, SAMUEL NORRIS "et al" appears as defendants regarding the provisions of WADE SANDER-SON'S will. Reading between the lines of the court records, it seems that NORRIS and other heirs took control of the slaves before BRETT could carry out the will's provisions, including the slaves' right to inherit the landed property. BRETT was a son of BARTHOLOMEW BRETT (d, 1861) and married four times: (1) MALINDA JENNINGS, March 28, 1839; (2) LOUISA H. CARTER, May 27, 1845; (3) MARY B. BIRTHWRIGHT, June 15, 1847; and (4) CHARITY SOPHIA RUTLAND, January 13, 1857. Bob