James
"Jimmy"
Sanders
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Jane (Wilson) Sanders
— married
about 1823 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Ellen (Sanders) Harper and Mary Jane (Sanders) Travis
Died about
at about age 89
in Macon County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jul 2014
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Biography
Excerpt from "History of Morrow County, Illinois" - Uncle Jimmy Sanders was born 6/15/1800 in Spartanburg, SC. He moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee when he was very small. In 1823, he married Polly Wilson. In 1829 the family moved to Illinois from Tennessee. He said he had a wife, 5 children, an old plug of a wagon, three old plugs of horses, one good mare and 6 1/4 cents in money. He was a rail maker. He relates today with great pride, as one of his greatest achievements, the fact that he at one time in a wrestling match threw down Abe Lincoln who had thrown the bully of the county. NOTE: when Mr. Lincoln first came to Illinois and was a resident of Macon County and he and Mr. Sanders were great cronies and friends. Uncle Jim says that they spent many Sundays together fishing in the Sangamon, and were often together at barn-raisings, house-raisings, fox-chases and wolf-hunts.
Sources
- History of Morrow County, Illinois by John W. Smith, Esq (1876) pages 278
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242374-00466?pId=967975
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
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