Sarah 'Sally' Sanders

1807 - 1870  (63 years)

• Name	Sarah 'Sally' Sanders  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	11 Mar 1807	Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Wilson County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Age: 52; Married to R L Caruthers
  Kinfolk of Note	Niece of Rachel Donelson Jackson  [5]
  Probate	6 Sep 1870	Wilson County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Death	20 Oct 1870	Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Sarah Sanders and Robert L Caruthers, buried together
  		Burial-CARUTHERS Sally and Robert Sarah Sanders and Robert L Caruthers, buried together - Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7645250/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5771631/
  		Cedar Grove Cemetery Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee Find a Grave: #10335
  Person ID	I14958	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James 'Jimmy Dry' Sanders,   b. 31 Oct 1764, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Aug 1836, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Michie 'Polly' Smith,   b. 26 Apr 1781, Rock Castle Plantation, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Dec 1857, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Feb 1806	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F4788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judge Robert Looney Caruthers,   b. 31 Jul 1800, Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, USA d. 2 Oct 1882, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1827	Wilson County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F5411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Mar 1807 - Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 16 Jan 1827 - Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 52; Married to R L Caruthers - 1860 - Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Probate - 6 Sep 1870 - Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Death - 20 Oct 1870 - Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Burial-CARUTHERS Sally and Robert Sarah Sanders and Robert L Caruthers, buried together - Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7645250/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5771631/

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;), Administrator's Bonds and Letters, 1838-1845, 1862-1965; Author: Tennessee County Court (Wilson County); Probate Place: Wilson, Tennessee. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 Administrator's Bonds and Letters, 1838-1845, 1862-1965; Author: Tennessee County Court (Wilson County); Probate Place: Wilson, Tennessee [S5428] Find a Grave: SANDERS Sally Caruthers 1807-1870, Sarah Sanders Caruthers. BIRTH: 11 Mar 1807 DEATH: 20 Oct 1870 (aged 63) BURIAL: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 5771630 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5771631/mary-jane-caruthers [S266] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;). Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 10, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1280; Page: 337; Family History Library Film: 805280. 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: District 10, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1280; Page: 337; Family History Library Film: 805280 [S1281] Wikipedia: Robert L Caruthers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Caruthers. Robert Looney Caruthers (July 31, 1800 – October 2, 1882) was an American judge, politician, and professor. He helped establish Cumberland University in 1842, serving as the first president of its Board of Trustees, and was a cofounder of the Cumberland School of Law, one of the oldest law schools in the South. He served as a Tennessee state attorney general in the late 1820s and early 1830s, and was a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the 1850s and early 1860s. He also served one term in the United States House of Representatives (1841–1843). In 1863, he was elected Governor of Tennessee by the state's Confederates, but never took office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Caruthers [S220] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;). [S266] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;). Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S5426] Find a Grave: SMITH Mary Sanders 1781-1857, Mary Ann “Polly” Smith Donelson Sanders. BIRTH: 26 Apr 1781 Virginia DEATH: 29 Dec 1857 (aged 76) Saundersville, Sumner County, Tennessee BURIAL: Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 6624132 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6624132/mary-ann-donelson_sanders