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The Family of Henry Saunders

 (son of James and Sarah Gunnel Saunders)

Henry (21 Sep 1755 - 19 Feb 1823) m Patience Oxley (9 Nov 1761 - 31 Jan 1852)

Children born to this marriage were:

 

Anna (22 Feb 1781 - ?)

Thomas (02 Feb 1783 - 24 Mar 1856)

Ramy G. ( 1792 - 07 Mar 1865)

Presley (18 Jan 1784 - 04 Nov 1857)

James (27 Feb 1785 - 15 Mar 1852)

Everett (13 Jan 1787 - 1868)

Henry (05 Nov 1788 - 20 Feb 1876)

Cyrus ( 1793 - 21 Mar 1829

Edith (31 Jan 1796 - 16 Dec 1881)

John (19 Apr 1797 - 1880)

Gunnel (24 Jul 1801 - 4 May 1854)

Craighton (23 Apr 1807 - ?)

 

Thomas and Henry (Jr.) served in the War of 1812.

Ramy was a Colonel in the United States Regular Army.

Anna married (1805) William Austin in Loudoun County, Virginia. 

Thomas married (1832) Mary Meade also in Loudoun County, then married Sarah
Hough

Presley married (7 Oct, 1804) Mary Sanders, John Sanders's daughter. 

James married (2 Jan, 1817) Priscilla T. Forman

Henry married Delia (? last name)

Everett married (16 May 1816) Susan Bashaw. Susan’s father was Elijah Bashaw
(1773 - 28 Nov 1863)

Many members of the Henry Saunders family are buried in Union Cemetery,
Leesburg, Virginia.

 

Henry (Sr) moved to Adair County, KY.

On 30 October, 1812, Henry (Sr) filed a Power of Attorney in Adair County,
Kentucky authorizing Newton Coffey and Reatherford Coffey: "to in my name
to ask for and demand and receive such part and proportion of the estate of
James Saunders, now deceased, late of the County of Loudon and State of
Virginia, both of the real and personal as I may be entitled to either by
inheritance or by last will and testament of the said James Saunders, dec’d."

James Saunders died in Loundon County, Virginia in 1778. Why Henry waited
until 24 years later to file an estate claim is not yet known. One possible
theory is James Saunders’s estate may have been contested or a dispute over
property rights may have happened. This, however, is only speculation as of
this writing and is not proven.