Lewis was born about 1805. Lewis Sanders ...
First-hand information as remembered by Tammy Sanders, Friday, December 19, 2014.
Note: The 1860 and 1880 census enumerations have his wife listed as Sarah, born about 1825 in South Carolina according to the 1860. Further research should determine whether she was a second wife for Lewis.
See also:
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ4-1J4 : 3 November 2017), Lewis Sanders and Prudence Miller, 05 Aug 1824; citing Marriage, Franklin, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 7,119.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMX-94G : 13 December 2017), Lewis M Sanders, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3H-4JR : 12 April 2016), Lewis Sanders, Georgia, United States; citing p. 73, family 523, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,656.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G7-BPX : 22 August 2017), Lewis Sanders, Town, Hart, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 583C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0151; FHL microfilm 1,254,151.
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