Confederate Soldiers of Grundy Co. TN

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The Sanders Family 
of Grundy County Tennessee 
            Alexander  Huston Sanders was born in  Franklin County  TN on 20 Sept 1838.   The son of Jacob Sanders  and Martha Yates of Paynes Cove  Tennessee and the Grandson to Revolutionary War Soilder Solomon Sanders (1740-1837) , Alexander enlisted  into Company A, 1st Tennessee Confederate Infantry     under Peter Turney on 29 April 1861 at Pelham, Tennessee. After four years of service to the Confederacy (1865)  Capt. A. H Sanders ultimately returned  home  to Paynes Cove Tennessee  where he settled, married and raised a family.

Captain Alexander Huston  Sanders married Mary Elizabeth Crabtree  in  Grundy Co. Tennessee on 16 AUG 1869
 
Children of Alexander and Mary were:
  1. Robert E. SANDERS
  2. Lula SANDERS
  3. Rebecca SANDERS
  4. Cordelia SANDERS
  5. Walter SANDERS  m Eva Cribbs
  6. John Peyton SANDERS
  7. Myrtle SANDERS


On A More Personal Note... as shared by the Great Great Grandson of Capt. Alexander H. Sanders. 

The Captain was my  Great Uncle Roy's paternal grandfather and Uncle Roy's father was Alexander's son Walter who married Eva Cribbs,  my great Grandmother. It is through the sharing of our oral family history ( by my Great Uncle Roy Sanders)  that I first heard about my great great grandfather Alexander H. Sanders of Grundy County Tennessee.  

Uncle Roy actually knew Alexander H Sanders  who he said  had been nicknamed the "walking  man" because he refused to ride a horse,  During the Civil War,  Alexander was shot through the chin at the battle of McMinnville when he and some other confederates were trying to escape the Union soldiers.

They hid in a house and made a run for it after dark by floating down the river in some kind of boat that they had commandeered. They hid Alexander under a hollow log and one of the other soldiers chewed some food for him each day and brought it to him to eat.

 Uncle Roy says that it was "Uncle Bob" that brought him the food. I  take that to mean that he was one of Alexander's brothers.   Uncle Roy also pronounced Alexander's name as "Ellick", so I think that this is probably what the family and his friends called him.  After the war, my gg grandfather became Sheriff of Grundy Co Tennessee and lived well into his 80’s.  

 Legend Has It.... Our family stories sugget that the ancestors of Solomon Sanders came from Belfast Northern Ireland and that the original Sanders came to America because he was wanted for murder in Ireland.  I do not have further information about the original Sanders except that when he reached America, he changed his name from Saunders to Sanders because he was a wanted man. I believe his first name was Joshua, but I am not sure.  The story also tells of the original Sanders coming over on some kind of raft that he built for the journey. I don't know whether to believe this or not, but all of the rest of the stories turned out to be more or less true.  Contributed By Bob Bogle   [email protected]

Contact Information:
Bob Bogle 
7316 Tipperary Ct.,
Ft. Worth, TX 76180

TURNEY'S 1st TN  ROSTER NOTES:


SANDERS, Alexander Houston - Pvt. He was b. 20 Sept 1838 at Payne's Cove, Grundy Co., TN, d. 9 May 1919; s/o Jacob SANDERS and Martha YATES. He m. Mary E. CRABTREE and lived in Grundy. He went to his father's home in Lincoln Co. after the war.~ *He Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Pelham, aged 20. He was shot in the arm at Harper's Ferry. Promoted to 2nd Cpl. 20 Oct 62. After Gettysburg he was authorized to return home for the purpose of raising a company. Furlough expired 23 Mar 64 considered to have deserted. He raised a Company and was appointed Capt. of Company C, 20th Tenn. Confederate Cavalry.  He served as captain oh  t forced to surrender on 2 Jun 1865.

In a battle in Madison County, AL, he had a leg broken by a gunshot; at McMinnville, TN, a bullet passed through his chin; at Selma, AL, he received a bullet in his thigh which he carried until his death; and at the last-named battle, while in a hand-to-hand conflict with sabers, his own weapon was cut in two, and thus left defenseless he warded off blows with his hands until one of his comrades shot his assailant, but his hands were badly cut. After the war he was elected to the county court for eight years and in 1892 was elected Sheriff of Grundy County. He applied for a pension from Franklin County after 1891.*




Link Here To View Turney's 1st  Roster

A Special Word of Thanks to the following folks for their contributions in making these records relating to Turney's 1st Infantry available to us. 

 Judy Henley Phillips

Mr. Barry Crompton



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A History of Grundy County Tennessee  


 Grundy County is located in Middle Tennessee, on the border of East Tennessee, the Cumberland mountains dividing the county into a series of valleys and plateaus. Many beautiful waterfalls are found upon the mountains with the natural scenery in the county being quite extensive.   Many of the earliest settlers in Grundy County came from North Carolina.   They settled primarily in the valleys of Warren and Franklin counties, along the Collins and Elk rivers. During the period from about 1810 to 1840, settlers poured into the wilderness which was to become Grundy County. The records of Warren County detail the Collins River valley settlement during this period, while the Elk River valley was part of Franklin County.



Our Sanders Clan  first arrived in the Pelham Valley (Elk River Valley) of Tennessee shortly after the turn of the 19th century (abt 1805).   When my ggg grandfather Thomas Sanders Sr (1790-1855) first arrived in Franklin County TN (led by)  his paternal uncle (and family patriach)  Solomon Sanders of Craven County North Carolina (1740-1837), the Sanders clan settled in the area  known as Payne’s Cove becoming one of the first white families to settle there.  


Homecoming '86 is a local history publication compiled by Arlene Partin Bean & Janelle Layne Coats and is the re-telling of family history stories taken from interviews done in the Pelham Valley area of Grundy County Tennessee during the 1880s.  Given this one must realize that a fact or two may be misconstrued along the way, even so, there will be much more truth than fiction found within these oral histories.  Homecoming 86 offers an early historical sketch describing the Cove and it's early inhabitants.  The following is an excerpt taken from Home Coming 86:



 Paynes Cove
......Poindexter and Annie Bell Payne settled in the protected reaches of what is now their namesake, Payne's Cove. According to oral history the first Payne settlement was right at the base of Spring Hollow, just northeast of Roberts' Cemetery. The old homestead was located by a spring which supplied water, and the nearby forest supplied game.

"The Payne & Sanders families appear to have been contemporaries in the cove. Although neither family surname is now represented in Payne's Cove, there are many descendants".









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 Historical Sketch Taken from  
"Memorial and Biographical Record"
 Published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1898

Captain Alexander H. Sanders  

           (1838-1919)

......was one of the brave boys in gray in the Civil War doing his duty nobly and unflinchingly on field of battle or in Camp, is the man who today is serving to the best of his ability and that ability is of a high order, as Sheriff of Grundy County, the man who has ever been found in the foremost ranks of citizens who are devoted to their country's best interests and the welfare of their fellowmen in private life and official positions, always laboring for others with an unselfish devotion that well entitles him to a place among the honored and valued residents of Tracy City.

The Captain was born 20 Sep 1838 in Grundy County in that part known as Paynes's Cove, within a half mile of his father's birth place and is the son of Jacob and Martha (Yates) Sanders. The father was born in 1812...

Captain Sanders was raised at Paynes Cove and Tracy City, where he attended school to a limited extent but as his parents were poor, his education pribileg3es were meagre and he was early forced to earn his own livelihood. On the 27 of April 1861, he enlisted in Co. "A", 1st Tennessee Infantry under Colonel Peter Turney, his being the 1st Co. and regiment in the State to offer their services to the Confederacy and there was but few men in the Southern Army that fought longer than he and with more credit. He was with that command until after the battle of Gettysburg, when he was authorized to return home for the purpose of raising a company, which he did and which became known as Co. "C", 20th Tenn. Confederate Cavalry. he served as Captain of his Co. until forced to surrender on the 2nd of June 1865.

After 4 years of faithful and ardous service during which he was wonded many times. he was in the first and second battles of Bull Run and the engagements at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Fredricksburg, Chancellorville, Gains Mill, Slaughter Mountain, Gettysburg and Harpers Ferry, receiving a gun shot through the arm at the last named place in a battle in Madison Co., Alabama. He had a leg broken by gun shot at McMinnville, Tenn., a bullet passed through his chin at Selma, Alabama. He received a bullet in his thigh which he still carries and in the last named place, while in a hand to had conflict with sabres, his own weapon was cut in two and thus left defenseless, he warded off the enemy with bare hands until one of his comrades shot his assailant, but his hands were badly cut.

After joining the 20th Tenn. Cavalry, he was with General Bedford Forrest in many engagements. The war having ended, Captain Sanders joined his father's family in Lincoln County, but soon after returned to Grundy County, where he has since made his home and his record as a citizen ranks favorably with that of a soldier for his career in every respect is above reproach and wll worthy of emulation.


He grieved over the death of Lincoln as much as if he had been his own father. 14 years ago he was elecyed a member of the County Court and filled the position for 8 years. In 1892 he was elected sheriff to fill the unexpired term of sheriff Rust who had died and he is still in office.  


        Author's Source Notes:  Taken from the Memorial and Biographical Record. Published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., in 1898.  The introduction states the book is a "Compendium of Local Biography, including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with the Growth and Development of this Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be Preserved in History."
 
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Solomon Sanders (1740-1837)
 (Grandfather of  Captian  A.H. Sanders)


Solomon Sanders was born in Craven County NC in 1740.  This Revolutionary soldier married Mary Snow in May  of 1791 in Powell’s Valley (in what is now Campbell County, Tennessee) at the home of James ALLY by William GIPSON.
  Solomon's  friend, Joshua Phipps was in attendance...

For More Information on the family history of
 Solomon & Mary Sanders, visit this website:
http://www.cattley-sanders.com/


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Chikamaka™ Website

See Solomon's wife Mary Snow listed here within the Chikamaka Cherokee Roll as a Full Blood Cherokee Indian of the AniTsiskwa. Tribe  (the Bird People Clan , Ani-Tsi--S-Kwa)

View  Gravesite of Solomon Sanders Here 

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To View Revolutionary War Pension File Summary for
Pvt Solomon Sanders (Very Informative!)  
(Franklin Co TN Abstracts Compiled By C. Sherrill)

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 (Great Great Grandson of Capt A. H. Sanders):

Bob Bogle
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7316 Tipperary Ct.,
Ft. Worth, TX 76180


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"Remembering Our  Ancestors"

A Place To Gather and Honor Other Pelham Valley  Area SANDERS Who Served (CSA) During The War For Southern Independence





 
Pvt  M P Sanders  Shot in The Head @ Gettysburg
( Sharpshooter for
Company A Turneys 1st TN Inf Regiment) 


  
1st Tennessee Infantry under Colonel Peter Turney was the  1st Co. and regiment in the State to offer their services to the Confederacy





Authors Note:  I am the great great great grandaughter of Thomas Sanders, Sr. of Grundy Co. TN  and descend from his son, Confederate soldier Milton Porter Sanders of Pelham.  I  have not spent a great deal of time researching  Milton's  siblings and have only gathered information as it became available in the course of researching my specific line.  


I have included a couple of links  for those of you interested in my line, and for those who may be interested in the extended Sanders family history, I highly suggest a vist to the following website: Sanders Family of Grundy County Tennessee




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