1. “Elisha Sanders was born Jan. 16, 1804, in Greene county, Ky. He was married Jan. 17, 1824, in the same county, to Jane Faucett. They had three children here, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec. 16, 1829, and stopped two miles west of Springfield, where Timothy Meader now lives. In 1836 he sold out there, and bought land on Horse Creek, four miles east of the latter place. They had ten children in Sangamon County. Elisha Sanders was for many years a licensed preacher, previous to May 1863 when he was ordained at Horse Creek regular Predestinarian Baptist church, and is now pastor of that church.” [139]

2. This sketch was completed in June 1874:
“Rev. Elisha Sanders says, that although he came into the county ten years after settlement commenced, yet he found houses very scarce. His brother-in-law, Wm. Crowder, and himself, in December, 1839, cut down oak trees, split them in halves, built a cabin west of Springfield, covered it with clapboards, chinked it with wood, and in stead of lime, made mortar of the rich black soil, and plastered the cracks. The plastering was done in freezing weather, but they kept up a fire on the inside until it was dry. The chimney was made of sticks and plastered in the same way, and when it was dry, the prints of their fingers could be seen all over the plastering. Mr. Sanders now lives in a house much better than the average farm houses in the county, but he says he never felt so rich as when he moved into the cabin plastered with mud. Mr. Sanders remembers that the "deep snow" of 1830-31 was about three and one-half feet deep on a level. He had to gather his corn twice. The first time he took all the ears on a level with and above the snow, and after it went off he went over again and gathered nearly as much more. He saved a cow and calf from perishing by taking them in with his family and keeping them in one corner of the house.” [139]

3. Land Patents issued by the General Land Office of the United States to Elisha Sanders of Sangamon County, Illinois. Certificates issued by the Register of the Land Office in Edwardsville, Illinois:

- The SE quarter of the SE quarter of section five in township thirteen, N of range four, W of the third principal meridian in the district of lands subject to sale at Edwardsville, Illinois, containing fourty acres. Signed by Martin Van Buren, President of the United States, 1 Jan 1838.

- The NW quarter of the NE quarter of section ten, in township thirteen, N of range five, W of the third principal meridian, in the district of lands subject to sale in Edwardsville, Illinois, containing fourty acres. Signed by Martin Van Buren, President of the United States, 2 Dec 1839.

- The SW quarter of the SW quarter of section four, in township thirteen, N of range 4W, in the district of lands subject to sale at Edwardsville, Illinois, containing fourty acres. Signed by James Polk, President of the United States, 10 April 1848.

- The W half of the NW quarter of section nine, in township thirteen, N of range 4W in the district of lands subject to sale at Edwardsville, Illinois, containing eighty acres. Signed by James Polk, President of the United States, 1 Jan 1849.

- The SW quarter of the NE quarter, and the SE quarter of the NW quarter of section nine, in township thirteen of range four, in the district of lands subject to sale at Edwardsville, Illinois, containing eighty acres. Signed by Millard Filmore, President of the United States, 1 June 1852.

4. From the Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database:
Land sales from the public domain were recorded by field employees of the U.S. General Land Office, state and local officials, and clerks of the Illinois Central Railroad. These records were transferred to the Illinois State Archives for permanent retention in 1957. Because the records are arranged by legal description, a database was developed to allow the records to be searched by name. The database contains information about nearly 550,000 land sales from the 54,740 square miles of the public domain sold within Illinois.

Each purchase entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, numeric code indicating the county in which the land is located, legal description (township, section, range), volume and page numbers of original entry, and variously, the sale type, and the purchaser's sex and residence.

SANDERS ELISHA FD W2NW 09 13N 04W 3 80.00 1.25 100.00 MALE 11/15/1847 UNKNOWN 326 055
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SESE 05 13N 04W 3 40.00 1.25 50.00 MALE 04/28/1836 SANGAMON 325 020
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SWSE 04 13N 04W 3 40.00 000.00 WARRANT MALE 10/30/1848 UNKNOWN 351 013
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SESW 04 13N 04W 3 40.00 000.00 WARRANT MALE 10/30/1848 UNKNOWN 351 013
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD NWNE 09 13N 04W 3 40.00 000.00 WARRANT MALE 10/30/1848 UNKNOWN 351 013
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD NENW 09 13N 04W 3 40.00 000.00 WARRANT MALE 10/30/1848 UNKNOWN 351 013
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SWSW 04 13N 04W 3 40.00 1.25 50.00 MALE 12/16/1845 UNKNOWN 326 042
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SENW 09 13N 04W 3 40.00 1.25 50.00 MALE 07/01/1851 SANGAMON 340 077
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SWNE 09 13N 04W 3 40.00 1.25 50.00 MALE 07/01/1851 SANGAMON 340 077
SANGAMON

SANDERS ELISHA FD NESE 03 07S 06E 3 40.00 1.25 50.00 MALE 07/09/1836 HAMILTON 110 062
HAMILTON

SANDERS ELISHA FD SENE 03 07S 06E 3 36.48 1.25 45.60 MALE 05/22/1837 HAMILTON 110 105
HAMILTON

5. Notes for ELISHA SANDERS: [127]
Moved to Illinois December 16, 1829
Sixteen children all born in Sangamon Co. ILL