Fleming Saunders^{[1, 2]}

1778 - 1858  (80 years)

• Name	Fleming Saunders
  Birth	1778	, Franklin, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	6 Aug 1810	, Franklin, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Married	18 May 1814	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Residence	1840	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	1850	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Probate	28 Nov 1856	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [8]
  Residence	Abt 1858	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [8]
  Death	23 May 1858	Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1860	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [9]
  Burial	Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I46968	Master
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Peter Hyde Robert Saunders,   b. 20 Sep 1748   d. 14 Aug 1813 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Sparrel,   b. 9 Feb 1747, London, London, England d. 25 Nov 1790, , Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1767
  Family ID	F10698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Watts,   b. 1778, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jan 1867, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1814	, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah Watts Saunders,   b. 1816, , Franklin, Virginia, USA d. 4 Nov 1832, Otter River, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 16 years)   2. Peter Watts Saunders,   b. 6 Oct 1823, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA d. 13 Aug 1904, Bleak Hill, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)   3. Anna Mariah Saunders,   b. 19 Oct 1825, , Campbell, Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1911, Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 86 years)   4. Robert Chancellor Saunders, Maj,   b. 26 May 1827, Bleak Hill, Franklin, Virginia, USA d. 22 Sept 1902, , , Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)   5. Fleming Saunders, Cpt,   b. 18 Jul 1829, , Franklin, Virginia, USA d. 23 Feb 1907, Otter River, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)   6. Louisa Morris Saunders,   b. October 1833, , Campbell, Virginia, USA d. 28 Sept 1867, , Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F10674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1778 - , Franklin, Virginia, USA Residence - 6 Aug 1810 - , Franklin, Virginia, USA Married - 18 May 1814 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Marriage - 18 May 1814 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Residence - 1840 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Residence - 1850 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Probate - 28 Nov 1856 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Residence - Abt 1858 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Death - 23 May 1858 - Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA Residence - 1860 - , Campbell, Virginia, USA Burial - - Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Bleak Hill represents the rural, wealthy plantation life of a Franklin County political family during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is a brick, Italianate villa-style house set on a cleared hilltop overlooking the broad plain of the Pigg River with uninterrupted views of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. Attorney-at-law Peter Saunders and his new wife Elizabeth Dabney completed Bleak Hill around 1858. Elizabeth apparently named the property after her first winter there and while reading Dickens's Bleak House. The 3,900-acre property on which Peter built belonged to his grandfather, Peter Saunders, Sr., the "Pioneer of Franklin County." When Peter Saunders. Sr., died, his son Judge Fleming Saunders inherited the property and built the first house ca. 1815-20 for his new wife, Alice Watts. Mer that house burnt in ca. 1838, his son Peter eventually inherited the property, and he enjoyed it with his wife Elizabeth until their deaths in 1904. Edward, one of their sons, followed in his father's and grandfather's political footsteps and eventually served on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Wiam "Cheese" Dabney Saunders, another son. continued to practice farming while serving as a professor of dairyiig at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). The house remained in the Saunders family until 1946, when Dr. Henry Lee purchased it. Bleak Hill was laid out in more of a Tidewater plantation style than in a Piedmont farmstead style. It has two rows of ca. 1820 frame, brick, and log outbuildings facing the rear entrance. The house and setting appear much as they did in the nineteenth century.

  
  

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