Martha Johnson Pegues

Martha Johnson Pegues

• Father: James Pegues b. 2 February 1777, d. 20 July 1837
• Mother: Jane Johnson b. 31 December 1788, d. 9 March 1865

• Martha Johnson Pegues was born on 13 December 1824 in Marlboro District, South Carolina.
• She married Samuel David Sanders, son of (?) Sanders and Mary Godfrey, on 26 January 1848 in Cheraw, Chesterfield District, South Carolina.
• Samuel David Sanders and Martha Johnson Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield District, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Sanders.
• Samuel David Sanders and Martha Johnson Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cheraw PO, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Sanders.
• Samuel and Martha Sanders continue to elude us in the 1870 census. It appears that they were either in Jackson County, Mississippi, or Huntsville, Texas, or somewhere between.
• Samuel Gillespie Sanders and Mary Wade Shipp appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Martha Johnson Pegues, Mary Shipp Sanders and Samuel David Sanders.
• Martha Johnson Pegues died on 30 December 1889 at age 65 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
• Her husband Samuel David Sanders became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 8 February 1890 in the Nashville Christian Advocate: Martha J. Sanders wife of Dr. Samuel D. Sanders, mother of Prof. Samuel G. Sanders, daughter of James and Jane Pegues, born Marlborough Dist., S.C., Dec. 13, 1824; died Georgetown, Texas, Dec. 30, 1889.

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders