SANDERS & COPE of Grundy County Tennessee
Hello all,
I am the great-great granddaughter of Milton Porter SANDERS & Salina Patton COPE of Grundy County Tennessee and descend from their lastborn child, William Lafayette Sanders.
I am trying to prove Williams place of birth and also searching for his mothers cause of death.
According to our family oral history, my great grandfather Wm L. was born in or around Tracy City, Grundy, TN. This is highly probable, but I have been unable to prove this thus far.
His mother Salina died about 5 months after giving birth him. I have concluded (from reviewing the census records) that someone else other than his newly widowed father (Milton Porter Sanders) raised Wm. L.
The earliest census record I have been able to locate on my great grand father Wm L Sanders is in DeKalb County Alabama in 1910. He was a grown man by that time and had a family of his own. I suspect who ever cared for William migrated from the area of Warren/Grundy County TN to Alabama sometime after his birth in 1871 and think it may have been a sibling of either Milton or Salina. Both of them had SEVERAL siblings each and I have found the process of elimination to be time consuming to say the least! Any leads or info would be greatly appreciated.
Here is some more detail on this Sanders family line. I am willing to share what I know about this and other related Sanders-Cope families and I am hoping someone out there would be willing to help me answer the questions I have posed here.
Milton Porter SANDERS was born 24 JUN 1836 in Pelham, Coffee County, Tennessee, and fought for the confederacy during the civil war. Milton and died after Jun 1911 in, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. He is buried in Clouse Hill Cemetery, Grundy, Tennessee, United States. He was the son of 16. Thomas SANDERS (1790-1855) and Mary ROBERTS (1795-1866).
Salina Patton COPE was born 8 MAR 1838 in, Tennessee, United States, and died 23 JUN 1871 in, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. She was the daughter of Stephen Payne COPE, Sr. (1806-1885) and Comfort BOULDIN/BOLIN. (1805-1898)
William Lafayette SANDERS was born 27 FEB 1871 in, Grundy, Tennessee? and died 14 JUL 1958 in, Jefferson, Alabama US. He married Minnie FARMER ABT 1891. She was born 18 MAR 1875 in TN OR AL, and died 22 JUN 1950 in, Jefferson, Alabama US. They are both laid to rest at the Baptist Church Cemetery in Trafford, Jefferson, Alabama.
Other children of Salina Patton COPE and Milton Porter SANDERS are:
i. Stephen A. SANDERS was born JUN 1865 in Pelham, Grundy, Tennessee, United States, and died in Texas.
ii. R. H. SANDERS was born 1868 in, Grundy County, Tennessee.
iii. Timma A. SANDERS was born MAR 1869 in Pelham, Grundy, Tennessee and died 1938 in Grundy County, Tennessee,. She married Thomas Homer (Homar) J. HALE in, Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. He was born DEC 1856 in , , Tennessee, United States.
iv. Emery H SANDERS was born 16 SEP 1858 in Grundy County TN, and died 14 MAY 1929 in (Possibly Adamsville) Jefferson County Alabama.
Thanks
Alma [email protected]
Note for correction: I have noticed an error in many records on the internet that refer to my ancestor Milton P Sanders as Mincey E Sanders.