Biographical information for Robert Sanders (1740-1790)
Robert Sanders was born about 1740, somewhere in Virginia. He was licensed to preach in 1776 and became pastor of the Broad Run Baptist Church near Warrenton, Fauquier county, (Virginia). The church was constituted 12-3-1762 at Barker's Branch, located at New Baltimore, VA. The church was rebuilt at New Baltimore in 1838, and perhaps rebuilt again and relocated after the Civil War.
He died on his farm near New Baltimore in Fauquier County in September 1790. In his will (witnessed by Charles Chilton, Wm Hunton Jr, Elizabeth Sanders) he mentions wife Ann, sons William, James, Britton, Gabriel, Thomas, Lewis and Larkin N. Sanders.
Later, after the death of Ann (in 1812) there is a description of his property, which a current day cartographer has researched and located on a modern day map
Per letter from Phyllis Scott (Fauquier Genealogist) dated 7/30/95: (responding to req for info re survey found in Fauquier Will Book 6 pg 50-1)
"The two parcels...The first and larger tract, is identified on the survey as being located on Pond Mountain and described as the 'lower tract." The location of the second tract is given as Pignut Mountain...these two mountains are located next to each other near New Baltimore..the parcels are not continuous...neither of the descriptions provides [much] specificity..upon searching the deeds I find information regarding the purchase of this land and references which provide a fairly specific description. (enclosing copies of Gott's "Fauquier County Deeds 1759-1778 and 1779-1785) In 1766 RS of Culpeper County leased 100 acres from George Dodson "near Carter's line", on "the east side of the mountain," "Barkers Branch." Barkers Branch is a branch of Broad Run and runs between two small mountains designated on Eugene Scheel's 1974 historical map of Fauquier County as "Pond Mountains," or "Broken Hills." In 1773 RS purchased 10 acres from Humphrey Brookes on Barker's Branch. In 1778 he purchased 113 acres from Wharton Randsell "on north side of the Pond Mountain corner to William Hut?ton and said Sanders." On Scheel's map an old cemetery next to Barker's Branch is identified as Hunton graveyard. Given this information we can deduce that the Sanders land was in the area between the two "broken hills", on the branch and adjoining the Hunton land..."