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THE SAUNDERS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM HOLLAND AND SETTLED FIRST IN PENNSYLVANIA. ABOUT 1730. WILLIAM DAVID SAUNDERS CAME TO VIRGINIA AND LOCATED IN BEDFORD COUNTY. HIS SON,DANIEL GREEN
SAUNDERS,BORN IN 1776, MARRIED FRANCES DAVIS AND THEY SETTLED ON THE SOUTHSIDE NEAR THE STAUNTON RIVER. THEY BUILT THEIR HOME ON A HIGH PRECIPICE OVERLOOKING THE RIVER AND IT WAS KNOWN AS "IVY CLIFF".
JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY, WAS A RELATIVE OF THE ABOVE FRANCES DAVIS. THE DAVIS FAMILY WAS
PROMINENT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THEY GAVE THE SITE FOR OLD MOODY'S CHURCH, A FAMOUS MEETING PLACE OF THE SOUTHSIDE. DANIEL GREEN SAUNDERS AND FRANCES DAVIS HAD TWELVE CHILDREN, FIVE SONS AND SEVEN DAUGHTERS. THEIR CHILDREN WERE ELIZABETH, SUSAN, FRANCES, HENRY, MARGARET, DANIEL GREEN, JR., LOUISE, THOMAS, CATHERINE, ARDENA, GEORGE AND WILLIAM.
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