Catherine Saunders
- Name
- Catherine Saunders
- Sex
- Female
- Enslaved or Free
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CLC: Free
FBR: Born Free/Free Born - Age
- FBR: 27 years old
- Record(s) Seen In
- Common Law Orders - C - August 1843 - June 1848 - pgs. 227-478
- Free Black Register - Roanoke County - 1838-1865
- Page and Line Number
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CLC: PP. 262
Image Number: 34 - Date(s) Seen in Records
- FBR: September 17, 1849
- Family & Relations
- Mother of Henry Saunders. Hercules Cuff "claimed to be the father" of Henry.
- Henry Saunders
- Hercules Cuff
- Additional Information
- As stated in the Common Law book, it was ordered that the Overseers of the Poor bind out Henry Saunders. His father, Hercules Cuff, asked that Stephen Henry appear in court to prove why Henry's indenture should not be cancelled. The indenture was later cancelled and quashed.
- Stephen Henry
- Catharine was listed in the register as being 5 feet 1.75 inches tall with a "light complexion" and a scar over her right eye.
Part of Catherine Saunders