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George Sanders
Decendants
(1st son of Mitchell Sanders)


This picture is James Sanders, 4th child of George Sanders
Born-1797 in Georgia  Died-12-29-1875 in Indian Territory
Buried at Caney cemetery near where old Wauhilla used to be

This is James and Dorcus Sanders headstone at Caney cemetery
NUMBER-1-
MITCHELL SANDERS / SUZANNAH    BIRD CLAN "ANI'-TSI'-SKWA=BIRD PEOPLE"
B-1751-ENGLAND           B-1749  GEORGIA
D-?                                       D-10-3-1851
CEMETERY-? 
*1. GEORGE SANDERS / JANE "JENNIE" PRITCHETT
  2. ALEXANDER SANDERS / PEGGIE SONICOOIE B-    B-1780
  3. JOHN SANDERS / DORCAS SMITH
  4. ANDREW SANDERS / MARY BREWSTER
  5. DAVID SANDERS / SUSIE PEACOCK
  6. NANNIE SANDERS / GEORGE HARLAND, AMBROSE HARNAGE
  7. AGNUS SANDERS / JACOB ALBERTY
  8. JENNIE SANDERS / WILLIAM CRITTENDEN
     NOTE: MITCHELL WAS BORN IN ENGLAND ABOUT 1751. HE MARRIED A FULL BLOOD CHEROKEE NAMED SUZANNAH OF THE BIRD CLAN. HE WAS A FUR TRADER FROM VIRGINIA TO GEORGIA. HE WAS THE FIRST GENERATION OF SANDERS IN AMERICA. HE CAME FROM CEDAR CREEK, GEORGIA MAR 24, 1829 TO ARK COUNTY. SUZANNAH WAS BORN IN THE OLD CHEROKEE NATION EAST, GEORGIA. MITCHELL FOUNDED "SANDERS TOWN IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA. THE "BIRD PEOPLE" STILL LIVED ON TALKING ROCK CREEK IN MID 1820'S.

NUMBER-1-1
GEORGE SANDERS / JANE "JENNIE" PRITCHETT
B-1772 1/2 CHER        B-1779
D-                                     D-10-6-1845 or 1855 (according to Miller apl)
CEMETERY-CANEY 
* 1. ELSIE SANDERS B-1800 D-1867 / MAXWELL CHAMBERS
* 2. WALTER SANDERS B-  D-1853 / SALLIE & ELIZABETH
   3. SAMUEL SANDERS B-   D-1862-63 / GHI-GA-U MEANMAN
* 4. JAMES SANDERS B-1797 D-12-29-1875 / DORCUS FIELDS B-1812 D-10-24-1877
* 5. NANNIE SANDERS B-  D-1878 / JOSEPH SPEARS 
   6. ELIZABETH "BETSY" SANDERS B-  D-1862 
* 7. NICHOLAS BYERS SANDERS B-1812 D-12-18-1872 / SALLIE EAGLE 
* 8. JESSE SANDERS / CAROLINE CATRON
     NOTE: GEORGE WAS A SIGNER OF THE TREATY OF JULY 8, 1817. HE WAS ONE OF THE COMMISSION TO "LAY OFF" THE WECHOTA, CAPITAL OF THE CHEROKEE NATION EAST IN 1825. I WONDER IF WALTER WAS CALLED "NAT". 

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ELSIE SANDERS / MAXWELL CHAMBERS
B-1800                     B-
D-                              D-
CEMETERY-
  1. JOHN CHAMBERS / CATHERINE SEABOLT, AMELIA BEAN, ALMIRA BEAN
  2. ROBERT CHAMBERS
  3. LETTIE BOYD CHAMBERS / JAMES STARR, DANIEL McCOY
  4. HENRY CHAMBERS / NANNIE HENDRICKS
  5. JOSEPH CHAMBERS / NANCY JANE STARR
  6. DAVID CHAMBERS
  7. JAMES CHAMBERS / CATHERINE HENDRICKS
  8. WILLIAM CHAMBERS / PAULINE PARRIS

NUMBER-1-1-2
WALTER SANDERS / SALLIE & ELIZABETH
B-                                     B-
D-1853                            D-
CEMETERY-
   1. MARY SANDERS / LEROY TYNER, JEFFERSON HAIR
   2. THOMAS SANDERS / MARY SMITH
   3. JOHN SANDERS / JENNIE SANDERS , AGNES CHRITTENDEN
   4. DAVID SANDERS / DELILAH WHITMIRE
   5. ANNIE SANDERS / JOHN HAIR
   6. CATHERINE SANDERS / WILLIAM BRYMER
   7. TAKIE SANDERS 
   8. JENNIE SANDERS / SILAS ROSS
   9. SUSIE SANDERS / JESSE WOLF, JACK BEAN

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JAMES SANDERS / DORCUS FIELDS  (See James  picture and headstone picture above)
B-1797 GA                 B-1812 OLD CHEROKEE NATION EAST
D-12-29-1875            D-10-24-1877
CEMETERY-CANEY
   1. LUCINDA JANE SANDERS  / LEVI KEYS 
       B-8-18-1831 D-10-27-1911      B-9-18-1821 D-4-13-1895
* 2. GEORGE OSCEOLA SANDERS / ELIZABETH (ALLEN) BREWER B-8-20-1837 D- B-1852 D-
   3. NANCY SANDERS (DIED ON TRAIL OF TEARS)
* 4. WILLIAM J. SANDERS B-1840 D-1871 / ELIZABETH HILDERBRAND, MARY CRITTENDEN 
   5. SAMUEL “BLACKDOG” SANDERS B-1840 D-1930 (COWBOY ON CHISOLM TRAIL)
* 6. JAMES M. “DULLHOE” SANDERS / CATHERINE BAPTISTE, KEZIAH JAMES B-1852 D-1943 B-
   7. ELIZABETH “TOOKA” SANDERS B-6-1848 D-7-21-1904
* 8. JOHN MITCHELL SANDERS / EMMA POLK B-1852 D-1943 B-1854 D-3-26-1892 
     SAMUEL   R-16498 M-23660 M APL-6585  C-6916 AGE 58 3/4 WAUHILLAU
     LUCINDA  R-16499
     MARY     R-19599 M-23627 M APL-10273 C-8437 AGE 26 FULL "
     WILLIAM  R-19673 M-23697 M APL-10274 C-8479 AGE 31 FULL "
     JAMES & DORCUS ENROLLED 1851 DRENNEN TAH DIST #21 ALSO LUCINDA, 
     GEORGE, WILLIAM, BLACK-DOG SANDERS, DULL-HOE SANDERS, TOO-CAH SANDERS
     SAH-NEE AND LA-WE.
     NOTE: SAM OWNED LAND ON TOWN CREEK IN GILMER CO, GEORGIA.
     NOTE: lUCINDA SANDERS KEYS HAD A STORE AND POST OFFICE YEARS AGO 
     ABOUT 2/10 MILE NORTH OF WHERE CANEY CEMETERY IS.

NUMBER-1-1-5 
NANNIE SANDERS / JOSEPH SPEARS
B- EARLY 1800'S       B-EARLY 1800'S
D-                                    D-
CEMETERY-CANEY
* 1. GEORGE SPEARS B-1855 D-6-1-1887
   2. JOSEPH SPEARS B-1875 D-8-20-1876
   3. THOMAS H. SPEARS B-3-1879 D-11-1879
   4. ANDREW S. SPEARS B-1880 D-1888
 
NUMBER-1-1-7
NICHOLAS BYERS SANDERS / SALLIE EAGLE 
B-1812                                               B-1829
D-12-18-1872                                   D-6-7-1896
CEMETERY-CANEY
* 1. ELIZABETH "BETSY" SANDERS / WILLIAM HOLT, FREDERICK W. RUTHERFORD
   2. SALLIE SANDERS
* 3. JENNIE SANDERS / WILLIAM JAMES LARGEN
* 4. JAMES "JIM EAGLE" SANDERS / RACHEL CHRISTY B-1872 B-1878
     1881 DRENNEN ROLL #19 TAH DIST NICHOLAS B., JINNY, BETSY AND JANE
     BETSY   M APL-10398

NUMBER-1-1-8
JESSE SANDERS / CAROLINE CATRON  JESSE & CAROLINE DREN R TAH DIS #32
B-1813 GA                B-12-21-1828 GA
D-5-4-1887                D-9-16-1880
CEMETERY-JOHN C. SANDERS NEAR OLD WAUHILLAU, OK (WEST OF CANEY CEM) 
* 1. MADISON SANDERS / LOUISA HOLLAND B-1848 B-
* 2. MARGARET "PEGGY" SANDERS / THOMAS BLAIR
* 3. CYNTHIA ANN SANDERS B-1852 / GEORGE BRADLEY 
   4. CYNTHIA ANN SANDERS B-1853 D-1853
* 5. ELIZABETH SANDERS B-10-6-1854 D-9-3-1888 / MICHAEL MAYFIELD B- D-
   6. NICHOLAS SANDERS B-1856 D-5-2-1885 / MARY TANKSLEY B-
* 7. JOHN CATRON SANDERS B-1866 D-1944 / SALLIE JANE CLAY B-1868 D-1937
   8. FLORENCE SANDERS B-1869 / JAMES MILLER B-
     NOTE: RONNIE BRADLEY IS GREAT GRANDSON OF CYNTHIA SANDERS BRADLEY.
 DRENNEN ROLL 1851 TAH DIST #32 JESSE, CAROLINE, MADISON & PEGGY.

This is just some of the early decendants. I have more info but am not putting it on the web at this time. Email me if you want more info. I am still working on getting info on the Sanders. I visit with James' great grandson, John Mitchell Sanders who still lives in the old Wauhilla area. He was named after his grandfather, John Mitchell, 8th child of James. The John Mitchell who I visit is 80 years old. His father is George Mitchell Sanders. Here is a picture of his father, George;

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