Family Group
Sheet for Elisha Sellers and his first wife:
Subject: Elisha
SELLERS1,2,3,4
Birth: before __ ___ 1740 VA; (alternative birth year of 1744).5,6
Emigration: circa __ ___ 1750 VA; to NC.
Witness:
Tax
List: __ ___
1763
Land:
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1765 Sarah (?) ( , d. 1781)11
Occupation: __ Dec 1769
Land:
Marriage: circa __ ___ 1781 Mary WILLETS (b. between 1755 and 1756, );
Milit:
Anecdote: __ ___ ____ The following story of the spoon molds has
been handed down through time and the family.
While serving in the Continental Army, Elisha's wife and children were
forced to submit to the Tory plunderers.
The Tories completed a thorough search and garnered their spoils in a
heap outside the gate and proceeded to put them in shape to be easily carried. When they had finished packing and were well
on their way, the children went to the place by the gate and found the spoon
molds that the Tories had left. Whether
they were missed or left on purpose because of their weight is not known. These molds became a highly prized possession
of Elisha and Mary Sellers, as well as being useful to them. Years later, Elisha and Mary's home became
the home of their son, Samuel and his wife, Sarah, and the spoon molds became a
part of their household goods. When
Samuel and Sarah moved to
Land:
Tax
List: __ ___
1784
Land:
Land:
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1790
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1800
Land: 12 Dec 1800 Starboard Swamp, Brunswick County, NC; when
he sold 100 acres of this land to his son-in-law, Henry Mintz.10
Will:
Death: __ ___ 1813
Will-Prove: __ Apr 1813
Father: Benjamin SELLERS (b. circa 1710, d.
circa Mar 1761)
Mother: (?) (?) (Mrs. Benjamin Sellers)
Marriage: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse: (?)
(?)
(Mrs. Elisha Sellers)
Father:
Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
M Michael
SELLERS21
Birth: circa __ ___ 1759
Death: before
__________________________________________________________________________
Printed
on:
Family Group
Sheet for Elisha Sellers and his 2nd wife:
Subject: Elisha
SELLERS1,2,3,4
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse: Sarah
(?)21,23
Death: __ ___ 1781
Father:
Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
F Mary
SELLERS21,24
Birth: between 1765 and 1780
Marriage: before
Witness:
__________________________________________________________________________
F Sarah W.
SELLERS21,24
Birth: between 1765 and 1780
Marriage: before
Witness:
__________________________________________________________________________
F
Birth: between 1765 and 1780
Death: before
__________________________________________________________________________
M Rev.
Thomas SELLERS25,21,7
Occupation: __ ___ ____ a Methodist minister.
Birth: circa __ ___ 1768
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Sarah (?) (b. circa 1772, )
Land:
Court: __ Jul 1793-__ Dec 1830
Court:
Land:
Land:
Witness:
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1810 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male over 45, 3 males 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 2 males 16-26, 3
females 0-10, 2 females 10-16, and female 16-26.26
Land:
Land: 22 Dec 1817 on the south side of the Waccamaw, Brunswick
County, NC; when he was granted 300 acres; he sold this land on 6 August 1818.27
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1830 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male 60-70, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 50-60.27
Land:
Census: __ ___ 1850 Sarah (?) (b. circa 1772, ); Lockwoods Folly District,
Death: between 1850 and 1859
__________________________________________________________________________
M Matthew
SELLERS23,1,29,21,7
Occupation: __ ___ ____ an attorney.
Birth: __ ___ 1768
Marriage: before __ ___ 1790 (?) (?) (Mrs. Matthew Sellers)
Son: circa __ ___ 1790 Matthew SELLERS Jr.
Census: __ ___ 1790
Son: circa __ ___ 1791 Ashbury H. SELLERS
Son: __ ___ 1791 William Calvin SELLERS; Wilmington District,
Court:
Land:
Political: __ ___ 1800
Census: __ ___ 1800 Brunswick County, NC; with a household consisting
of 1 male 26-45, 1 male 1-10, 2 females 1-10, and 1 female 26-45.32
Land:
Witness:
Marriage: before __ ___ 1803 (?) (?) (Mrs. Matthew Sellers)
Marriage: __ ___ 1803 Sara Jane WARD (b. 1783, d.
Land:
Court: __ Jan 1805
Witness: 22 Jun 1805 Land; Rev. Thomas SELLERS; Brunswick County,
NC; when he sold 100 acres of land on the north side of West Ash near the
Waccamaw River.26
Son:
Court: __ Nov 1807
Daughter:
Census: __ ___ 1810 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male over 45, 1 male 1-10, 1 male 16-26, 2 females 1-10, 2
females 10-16, and 1 female 26-45.32
Court: __ Jan 1810
Son: __ ___ 1811 Thomas M. SELLERS;
Court: __ Jan 1811
Son:
Son:
Political: __ Jan 1814
Son: __ ___ 1815 Joseph William SELLERS;
Court: __ Apr 1815
Daughter: __ ___ 1816 Emma Jane SELLERS; Wilmington District,
Daughter: __ ___ 1817
Daughter:
Son:
Son:
Political: before __ Aug 1824
Census: __ ___ 1830 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male 60-70, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 1 male
20-30, 1 female 0-5, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 30-40.38
Immigratn: between 1831 and 1838
Census: __ ___ 1840
Death:
Burial: __ ___ ____ Catalpa, Pike, AL.
__________________________________________________________________________
M William Calvin SELLERS I23,21,39
Birth: circa __ ___ 1770
Son: __ ___ ____ William Calvin SELLERS II; NC.
Milit: in the Revolutionary War at age 16.42
Census: __ ___ 1790 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male over 16, 3 males less than 16 and 4 females; William may
have been looking out for his uncle's widow, Amelia Sellers and her children
and was acting as head of household.43
Witness:
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Eleanor EDWARDS
Son: __ ___ 1826 Nathaniel E. SELLERS;
Death: circa __ ___ 1860 NC.45
Son: Elisha
H. SELLERS
Son: Cornelius
SELLERS
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Printed
on:
Family Group
Sheet for Elisha Sellers and his third wife:
Subject: Elisha
SELLERS1,2,3,4
__________________________________________________________________________
Spouse: Mary
WILLETS23,21,7,7
Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Mary WILLIS;
which is incorrectly given in some sources
Birth: between 1755 and 1756 Brunswick County, NC; based on estimates
from her marriage and the birth of her children; Samuel Willets is cited as her
father as she was the daughter of one of Hope Willets Sr.'s sons and Hope
Willets Jr. and Joseph B. Willets were both born too late (1740's) to be her
father. This leaves Samuel Willets, who
was born about 1732.7
Father: Samuel WILLETS (b. circa 1732, )
Mother: Ann LEONARD (b. circa 1735, )
__________________________________________________________________________
M John Bryant SELLERS21,4
Birth: after __ ___ 1781
Land: 08 Aug 1800 Starboard Swamp, Brunswick County, NC; when
he received a grant of 100 acres from the state through his father's signature.16
Witness:
Death: before __ Apr 1813 Brunswick County, NC; as a minor under age
as he was no longer living when his father's will was probated; the land he
inherited from his father was sold to a Benjamin Sellers instead.47
__________________________________________________________________________
F Mary Peoples SELLERS24,48,21,49,7
Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Ann Peoples SELLERS
Birth:
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Henry David MINTZ (b. circa 1780, )
Daughter: __ ___ 1798 Mary MINTZ; near Shallotte,
Witness:
Daughter: __ ___ 1806
Son: __ ___ 1814 James
Son: __ ___ 1820 Bryant MINTZ
Son: __ ___ 1827 Thomas MINTZ
Son: __ ___ 1829 Daniel Kennon MINTZ
Census: __ ___ 1850 Henry David MINTZ (b. circa 1780, ); Shallotte District,
Death: 18 Mar 1863
Son: John
MINTZ
Son: Samuel
MINTZ
Daughter: Annie
MINTZ
Daughter: Peggy
MINTZ
Daughter: Jane
MINTZ
Daughter: Hannah
MINTZ
Son: William
MINTZ
__________________________________________________________________________
M Willets
SELLERS1,52,53
Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Willis;
an incorrect spelling of his mother's maiden name
Birth: circa __ ___ 1783
Witness: 11 Jul 1788 Land; Elisha SELLERS; Brunswick County, NC;
when he obtained a grant of 100 acres in the name of his son, Willet.
Witness:
Census: __ ___ 1800
Land:
Witness:
Land:
Land: 01 Aug 1803 Starboard Swamp, Brunswick County, NC; when he
sold 100 acres to Benjamin Sellers, possibly his brother.
Marriage: __ ___ 1805 Catherine (?); as mentioned in their son,
Willis', bible where he cites his parents' names.
Court: __ Jan 1805
Court:
Son:
Court:
Marr
Cont:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Land:
Witness:
Son: circa __ ___ 1818 Benjamin
Son-Can: between 1825 and 1830 possibly Ashbury SELLERS; 56
Land:
Marriage: before __ ___ 1850 Mary (?) (b. circa 1785, )
Census: __ ___ 1850 Mary (?) (b. circa 1785, ); Lockwoods Folly District,
Death: between 1850 and 1859
__________________________________________________________________________
F Martha W.
SELLERS21,57
Birth: between 1783 and 1793
Event-Misc:
Marriage:
__________________________________________________________________________
M possibly
Benjamin SELLERS58,21
Birth: __ ___ 1786
Milit: in the War of 1812 in
the
Death: after __ ___ 1835 although he is not listed in his father's
will of 1801 and may not be Elisha Sellers' son.22
__________________________________________________________________________
M Samuel Calvin SELLERS59,60,61,29,62,21,63,64
Birth:
Event-Misc:
Marriage:
Son:
Court: __ Oct 1808
Son:
Land:
Daughter:
Son:
Witness: __ Apr 1813 Will-Prove; Elisha SELLERS;
Son:
Tax
List: __ ___
1815
Son:
Son:
Daughter: 12 Mar 1818 Hannah SELLERS;
Land:
Son:
Son:
Daughter:
Daughter: 13 May 1825 Louisa SELLERS; NC.72
Daughter:
Daughter:
Census: __ ___ 1830 Brunswick County, NC; with a household
consisting of 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 3 males 15-20, 2 males 20-30, 1 male
40-50, 3 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 40-50.94
Daughter:
Land:
Immigratn: 29 Jan 1835 Sarah STANALAND (b. 04 Aug 1786, d. 17 Jul
1867); Three Notch Road, Missouri Beat, Pike, AL; taking four weeks by ox wagon
to arrive from Brunswick County, North Carolina to this land 25 miles north of
Troy, Alabama, which is located today at the intersection of Bullock County
routes 19 and 8.33
Religion: __ ___ ____ the Friendship Church, near Perote, Pike,
AL; a member of a Primitive Baptist church.
Census: __ ___ 1840
Land: 24 Aug 1842 Gammelial SELLERS (b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 15 Apr
1882); Pike County, AL; when Samuel Calvin SELLERS sold 80 acres of land to his
son, Gammelial SELLERS, for $100.98
Land: 24 Aug 1842 Joseph Cornelius SELLERS (b. 17 Feb 1815, d.
25 Mar 1871); Pike County, AL; when Samuel Calvin SELLERS sold 170 acres of
land to his son, Joseph Cornelius SELLERS, for $100.99
Land:
Land: 12 Dec 1842 Gammelial SELLERS (b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 15 Apr
1882); Pike County, AL; when Samuel Calvin SELLERS gave his son, Gammelial
SELLERS, negroes, horses, cattle, tools, and other property. On
Occupation: between 1846 and 1850 Missouri Beat,
Occupation: __ ___ 1850
Census: __ ___ 1850 Sarah STANALAND (b.
Will:
Death: 11 Jul 1857
Burial: __ ___ ____ the Sellers Family Cemetery on Bullock
County Road 19,
Will-Prove:
Letter
Adm:
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Printed
on:
Endnotes
1.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Application for
Elisha Sellers #0769174-A801 and #430738 and W26437, January 1999, approved for
Opal Roberta Freer Spencer.
2.
Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, Descendants of
Hugh Stanaland, an Early Settler of
3.
Clark Heaslett Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some Descendants of William Sellers, Who Was in Tarboro, North Carolina
in 1750, with information from W. W. Sellers' book the "History of Marion
County, South Carolina", (title
is incorrect; the author continues the error that Elisha Sellers' father is
William Sellers; n.p.: Watters, 1974), pages 40, 69.
4.
James I. Marlowe, Records Pertaining to
the Sellers Family of Brunswick County, North Carolina (Manassas, Virginia:
Marlowe, January 1986), copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 31.
5.
Family Group Record from FamilySearch.Org on the LDS website, which includes
their Ancestral File database, Various dates,
.
6.
W[illiam] W[right] Sellers [Sr.], History
of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest to the Present, 1901
(containing the error that Elisha Sellers' father is William, when he should be
Benjamin; Columbia, South Carolina: R. L. Bryan Publishing Company, 1902),
which also cites his birth year as 1744.
7.
J. Thomas Buchanan, Letters on the
Sellers, Willets and Hickman Families,
8.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 10 and 25.
9.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 12.
10.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31.
11.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 32, which
references D.A.R. Lineage No. 489552.
12.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 15.
13.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
cites marriage date as 1770.
14.
Joseph William Reddoch, Our Sellers
Family, A Record of Seven Generations of My Sellers Line (this book
contains many typographical errors, but also has photocopies of original bible
pages; 459 Broadway,
15.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31, which
references a pay voucher on file at the
16.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 32.
17.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
18.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 31, which
references a grandson, Elisha Sellers, which this researcher cannot locate.
19.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers, pages 40, 69 referencing Will Book B.
20.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 97-98, which includes a copy of the will.
21.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers.
22.
Will of Elisha Sellers,
23.
Sellers Family Records in the Mormon International Genealogical Index, before
1985-1986, submitted by Etta Vines Sellers, 3301 Ave Q,
24.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 13.
25.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 45.
26.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 45.
27.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 46.
28.
1850 Federal Census Record for
29.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library.
30.
National Society of DAR; Application for Elisha Sellers #0769174-A801 and
#430738, which cites a birth date of 1763.
31.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
32.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 33.
33.
Patricia Dodd Greathouse, Letters on the
Sellers Family,
34.
Greathouse, Letters on the Sellers Family,
35.
Greathouse, Letters on the Sellers Family,
36.
Greathouse, Letters on the Sellers Family,
37.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers, which cites his birth year as 1825.
38.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 34.
39.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the Sellers
Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 38-39.
40.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
41.
Brant and Fuller, Memorial Record of
Alabama, a concise account of the state's political, military, professionals
and industrial progress, together with personal memoirs of many of its people
(Springfield, Virginia: GBIP, 1893, 1976 reprint), which states he died in 1860
at age 100, calculating a birth year of 1760, which is 5 years before his
parents married.
42.
Bill O'Neal, Letters on the Crauswell
Family, 73 Surrey Trail,
43.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 38.
44.
Cynthia Sims Kirkland, Letters on the
Sims and Sellers Families, unknown author address, 1998.
45.
Brant and Fuller, Memorial Record of
Alabama, which states he died in 1860 at age 100.
46.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
47.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 31-32.
48.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 8, 94-96.
49.
Greathouse, Letters on the Sellers Family,
50.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 96, which refers to the 1850 census where she is age 62, calculating a
birth year of 1788.
51.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
which refers to this census data.
52.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 40.
53.
Watters and Elizabeth Stone Watters, Some
Descendants of William Sellers, page 269.
54.
1850 Federal Census for Brunswick Co., NC., on which he is age 67.
55.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 40.
56.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 41.
57.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
58.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 13, 42 listed
as possible son of Elisha Sellers with much information on a Benjamin Sellers
given.
59.
Bible of George Strother Gravlee
(given to G.S. Gravlee by his father on
60.
Family Group Record LDS website.
61.
Mrs. George J. Smith, Our Community Fond
Memories, Including a sketch by Ernest E. Sellers on the Sellers family (
62.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 99.
63.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, pages 35-36.
64.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers n.p.: copied about 1947 by E. Walker Parish Sr., a grandson of Rebecca
Sellers, n.d., (in 1980 it was custody of Curra Bell Sellers Faulk of Clio
65.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
cites a birth date of
66.
1850 Federal Census Record for
67.
Bible of Cornelius Walton Sellers Sr.
(, which cites a birth year of 1788.
68.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
69.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
cites a marriage date of
70.
Carol Green, Letters on the Sellers
Family, Including a Descendant Chart for William Sellers,
71.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, which cites a
marriage date of
72.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers.
73.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 35.
74.
1850 Federal Census Record for
75.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
p.98.
76.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
cites the
77.
Bible of Luther Rice Sellers,
78.
Gravestone For This Person.
79.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
which cites birth date as
80.
Bible of Cornelius Walton Sellers Sr..
81.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
82.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
83.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
cites a birth date of
84.
Buchanan, Letters on the Sellers, Willets
& Hickman Families,
85.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
references a birth date of
86.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 36, which cites
birth date as
87.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
which cites a birth date of
88.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 98.
89.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
90.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
references a birth year of 1827.
91.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 98, which cites a birth year of 1826.
92.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
93.
Bible of Samuel Calvin Sellers, which
cites a birth year of 1828.
94.
Marlowe, Records Pertaining to the
Sellers Family, copy in North Carolina State Library, page 36.
95.
1850 Federal Census for Pike Co., AL., which gives her age as 19.
96.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 98 gives her birth date as
97.
Green, Letters on the Sellers Family,
98.
Henry G. Sellers Jr., Letters on the
Sellers Family,
99.
Sellers Jr., Letters on the Sellers
Family,
100.
Sellers Jr., Letters on the Sellers
Family,
101.
Sellers Jr., Letters on the Sellers
Family,
102.
1850 Federal Census for Pike Co., GA., p.223, dwelling & family 1195.
103.
1850 Federal Census for Pike Co., AL., page 223, dwelling and family 1195.
104.
Will of Samuel Calvin Sellers, pages
155-158 in courthouse will book, in Will Book A, page 155.
105.
Samuel, Descendants of Hugh Stanaland,
page 99-100, which includes a copy of the will.
106.
Bible of Cornelius Walton Sellers Sr.,
which cites a
107.
Suzie K. Senn, Newspapers of Pike County,
Alabama, 1855-1861 (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), which cites a death date of 11
July 1857 on page 92 referring to issue 29 July 1857.
108.
Sellers Family Records in the Mormon International Genealogical Index, which
incorrectly cites he died
109.
National Society of DAR; Application for Elisha Sellers #0769174-A801 and
#430738, which incorrectly cites a 12 July 1857 death date.
110.
Reddoch, Our Sellers Family,
photocopy received from John Carey of
111.
Anonymous, "
112.
113.
Will of Samuel Calvin Sellers, pages 155-158 in courthouse will book.
114.
Senn, Newspaper of Pike Co., AL.,
page 180 referring to issue 15 December 1858.