Bio: William Sandlin, Webster Par., Louisiana
Source:  Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez
Date: April 2000



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===William Sandlin is a tiller of the soil and as such has won his 
present valuable estate.  He was born in Dooly County, Ga., August 11, 
1823, to Jesse Sandlin who was born in the Old North State, but went 
to Middle Georgia, at the age of eighteen years and settled in Dooly 
County, after his marriage in Lawrence County, to Miss Nancy Faircloth,
 a native of Georgia.  From this State he came to Louisiana in 1858, 
and on a farm which he opened in Webster Par., Louisianahe resided until his 
death in 1877, aged seventy-seven years and a few months.  His widow 
passed from life two years later also, aged seventy-seven years. 
 William Sandlin is the eldest of their six sons and two daughters 
that grew to mature years, three brothers and one sister being now 
alive.  He grew to manhood in Georgia, remained with his father until
 grown, and in the month of December, 1852, arrived in the State of 
Louisiana, locating two years later, on the farm on which they are 
now residing.  The land was in an uncultivated condition at that time, 
but he set himself energetically to work to improve it, and of his 500 
acres he now has 150 acres under cultivation, a comfortable house there
on and good cabins for his tenants.  He entered the Confederate Army 
in 1863, was in Harrison's brigade, and during his entire service was 
on the west side of the Mississippi River, some part of the time being 
on detail duty.  He was at home when Lee surrendered, and on his 
valuable farm he has since remained, winning good opinions for himself 
in the estimation of his neighbors as a farmer of perseverance and 
intelligence.  He was married in Early County, Ga., October 23, 1845, 
to Miss Deborah Jones, who was born in Florida, but was reared in 
Georgia, a daughter of J. T. B. and Lena Jones.  Mr. and Mrs. Sandlin 
have eight children: J. B., J. A., E. H., Octavia (wife of Benjamin F. 
Carr), Emma J. (wife of William Montgomery), J. T., S. B. And B. H.  
Mr. and Mrs. Sandlin are members of the Primitive Baptist Church, in 
whicch he is a deacon and an earnest worker.