Marcia Saunders
b. 10 September 1751, d. 3 November 1813
- Father: George Saunders b. circa 1710, d. between 1752 and 1754
- Mother: Hannah Gibson b. circa 1711, d. between 1769 and 1773
- Marcia Saunders was born on 10 September 1751.
- She was known as Marcy Murphy for her step-father Malachi Murphy/Murphree.
- Malachi Murphy's will, dated 5 September 1773, was written in Prince Frederick Parish, Craven County, South Carolina. Named in the will as the children of his deceased wife Hannah: Moses Murfee, Malachi Sanders, Nathaniel and James Sanders, Mary Sanders, Massey/Mercy [Marcia], Mercy [Marcia] Pegues, daughter of William Pegues and Elizabeth [Saunders] his Wife deceased; and the Sons and Daughters of the Reverend Nicholas Bedgood and Mary [Saunders] his Wife.
- She married Claudius Pegues Jr., son of Claudius Pegues and Henrietta Butler, on 23 January 1775 in Marlborough District, South Carolina.
- Marcia Saunders became a widow at the 23 November 1792 death of her husband Claudius Pegues Jr.
- Marcia Saunders died on 3 November 1813 at age 62 in Cheraw District, South Carolina.
- She was interred at the Old Pegues Burial Ground, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
- Recommended Reading: To family researchers having an interest in the Gibson family, and thus in Hannah Gibson Saunders' descendants, we recommend the following excellent history — The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White, by Daniel J. Sharfstein. (New York: Penguin, 2011).
- Last Edited: 25 Apr 2015
Family: Claudius Pegues Jr. b. 9 April 1755, d. 23 November 1792
- William Pegues II+ b. 29 November 1775, d. 4 November 1857
- James Pegues+ b. 2 February 1777, d. 20 July 1837
- Elizabeth Pegues b. 1778, d. 1878
- Malachi Pegues+ b. 20 March 1780, d. 17 November 1847
- Benjamin Pegues b. 1782, d. 1784
- Claudius Pegues b. 1785, d. 1785
- Mary Pegues b. 1787, d. 1789
- Christopher Butler Pegues+ b. 6 January 1789, d. 30 June 1846
- Elizabeth Pegues b. November 1792