Joseph H Sandlin (1799 - 1862)

Born 24 Mar 1799 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Peninah (Norwood) Sandlin — married 7 May 1818 in Lawrence County,Alabama

Descendants

Died 1862 at about age 62 in Alabama

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Biography

SANDLIN FAMILY ONE OF LAWRENCE PIONEERS The Moulton Advertiser - 6 August 1959

By: Elizabeth Griffin Irwin

Joseph Sandlin was born in 1799 and married to Peniah Norwood in 1817. They were both natives of South Carolina, but spent their early years of married life in Morgan County where they owned a small tract of land and labored on the frontier. To Joseph and Peniah Sandlin ten children were born. The first son died very young. The second son, Jonathan Sandlin, was born in 1819, married Eunice Missini West in 1842. They died in 1905 and 1908 respectively, and were buried in Old Town Creek cemetery. Eunice was the daughter of Jeptha and Elizabeth (Ferguson) West who were North Carolinians, he being the grandson of James West, a Revolutionary soldier. They are buried in the Ferguson cemetery. The third son, John Wesley Sandlin, was born in 1823 and married Martha Jane Davis in 1846. They died in 1886 and 1893 respectively and are buried in old Town Creek Cemetery. The fourth child, a daughter died in infancy. The fifth, Josiah S. Sandlin, was born in 1825, and married Alpha E. Srygley in 1849 and died in 1881. She died in 1909. The sixth was Joseph Nicholas Sandlin, known as "Nick," born in 1829 and married Mary Jane Nicholson in 1863 at the home of Robert Nicholson. Nick fought in the Civil War under Capt. Phillip Threlkeld in Co. 'A', 4th Alabama Cavalry. He died in 1874, she in 1900. The seventh was a son, Charles Nathaniel Sandlin, known as "Tom", born in 1830 and married Angie Landers. Tom fought in the Civil War and belonged to the same company as did his brother Nick. The eight Child was James B. Sandlin, born in 1833, who married Lucinda B. Sutton in 1853. This was about the time, more than a hundred years ago, when Joseph and Peniah Sandlin sold their home in Morgan County and settled in Lawrence County. The ninth child was Martha Elizabeth Sandlin, born in 1836. She married Jonathan W. Armstrong in 1855. He volunteered as a soldier in the Civil War under Capt. Phillip Therelkeld in Co. 'A', 4th Alabama Cavalry, as did Nick and Tom Sandlin. Martha died in 1914 and Jonathan in 1899. The youngest child was Mary Ann Sandlin born in 1838 who married Houston W. Roberts in 1865. They moved to Texas where they died. He was the son of Matthew and Susan (Wells) Roberts who are buried at Old Town Creek cemetery. These were the children of Joseph Sandlin, a man of prominence in the early days of the country where he was Justice of the Peace for ninteen years. He was a member of the Old Town Creek Church. The oldest preserved minutes of the church show that he was clerk. He resigned in 1854 which resulted in the choice of Thomas Johnson as clerk. Joseph Sandlin died in 1862, during the war, at the home of his eldest son, Jonathan. Peniah, his wife died in 1882. They are both buried in the Old Town Creek Cemetery.

OLR - March 1992 Volume 6, Number 1

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42528888/joseph-sandlin: accessed 17 December 2023), memorial page for Joseph Sandlin (1799–1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #42528888, citing Old Town Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Landersville, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by WSALMOND (contributor 47006647).