#296 George SELLERS 29 Oh, farmer (1860 Hardin Co)
Martha
" 26 Ind
Enos
8 Ill
Sophonia
6 Ind
James
2 Ia
#297 Jacob SELLERS 57 Ky, farmer (ck Clermont
Co, Oh) (ck Mercer Co, Il)
Deborah
59 Va,
Leanna
17 Ill
Melinda
15 Ill
Olive
13 Ill
#297 Davis SELLERS 21 Oh,farmer
(married 6-26-1850Keokuk,Ia
Carolina
19 Ind
Minerva C. HENSON)
(1860 Taylor Co)
FROM ROLLIE
Their son-in-law, Enoch B. Wood and his
wife, Milley (Sellers) Wood are there, too.
Here is the census information on Jacob (1793) and Deborah (Dunn)
Sellers family that I have gathered:
1840 date not known
Jacob Sellers and family were enumerated in
the 1840 federal census, on p. 84,
in Vermilion County, IL [no township is given, but p. 84 is the
first page
of the Vermilion County census
returns on the microfilm that I examined]: 2 m 10/15 (1825/30)
- Davis John
and Unknown boy; 1 m 15/20
(1820/25) - George ** my 2g-grandfather **; 1 m 40/50 (1790/1800)
- Jacob; 1
f < 5 (1835/40) - Olive; 2
f 5-10 (1830/35) Leannah and Malinda; 1 f 10/15 (1825/30) - Wealthy;
2 f
15/20 (1820/25) Permelia (Milley); 0 f
25/30 (1810/15) - Elizabeth L. and Angeline (or Angelina) have married;
1 f
40/50 (1790/1800) - Deborah.
1830 date not known
Jacob Sellers and family were enumerated in
the 1830 federal census, on p. 475,
in Franklin Township [check this], Brown County, Ohio: 2 m
<5 (1825/30) -
Davis John and Unknown
boy; 1 m 5/10 (1820/25) - George; 1 m 30/40 (1790/1800) - Jacob;
1 f < 5
(1825/30) - Wealthy; 1 f 5/10
(1820/25) - Permelia (Milley); 2 f 15/20 (1810/15) - Elizabeth L.
and
Angeline (or Angelina); 1 f
15/20 (Unknown girl); 1 f 30/40 (1790/1800) - Deborah.
1820 date not known
Jacob Sellers and family were enumerated in
the 1820 federal census, on p. 342
or 345 [check this], in Eagle [now Franklin] Township, Brown County,
Ohio:
1 m 26/45 (1775/94) -
Jacob; 1 f 16/25 (1795/1805) - Deborah. [Deborah (Dunn)
Sellers is listed
as older than Jacob in the 1850
federal census for Keokuk County, Iowa. Where are Elizabeth
L. and Angeline
(or Angelina)?
Here is my transcript of Jacob Sellers estate papers from Mercer
County,
Illinois, and other related
events which take place prior to Jacob's death and set the stage
for this
estate settlement:
1857 after December 12 (?) Sale and
assignment of Warrant No. 12426 is
signed by children and heirs-at-
law, authorizing purchaser to "locate the land and receive a patent
therefor", by: Leannah (Sellers) Rader
and Joseph Rader; Elizabeth L. (Sellers) (Rutledge ? ) (Dailey)
Lakey and
James Lakey; Angeline (Sellers)
(Fleming) Carpenter and John Carpenter; Milly (Sellers) Wood and
Enoch B.
Wood.
This document is witnessed by George W. Warner, J. P. (I believe
that these
families resided in Mercer
County, Illinois, at the time of its signing.)
1857 after December 12 (?) Sale
and assignment of Warrant No. 12426 is
signed by children and heirs-at-
law, authorizing purchaser to "locate the land and receive a patent
therefor", by: Olive (Sellers) Crook and
Galen Crook; Wealthy (Sellers) Henderson (she is married to John
B.
Henderson, but his signature or mark
does not appear); Malinda Sellers (she is not yet married); Davis
Sellers
(he is married, but his wife does
not sign); and George Sellers (he is married, but his wife does
not sign).
This document is witnessed by Joseph Edgington and Charles Fleming.
(I
believe that these families were
have resided in Hardin County, Iowa, at the time of its execution.
Davis
John Sellers and his nephew,
Charles Fleming, both enlisted in Company F, 32nd Iowa Volunteer
Infantry,
and served in Captain
Edgington's Company. Edgington is a well-known Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa,
name. Davis' older
brother, George Sellers, named fifth child and second oldest son
Charles
Fleming Sellers.)
1857 December 12
Jacob Sellers died in or near New Boston,
Mercer County, Illinois. His estate
was administered by Amos Prouty, J. P. (See marriage of Davis
Sellers,
below).
1856 March 18
Jacob Sellers entered his mark on an
assignment of his Bounty Land Certificate
to his married children and their spouses. The assignment
is witnessed by
Th. Willits, A. D. Sisk,
and J. A. Sisk.
1855 December 18
Bounty Land Certificate No. 12426 granted to
Jacob Sellers by the U. S.
Department of Interior, Office of the Commissioner of Pensions.
This
entitled him to claim 160 acres of
land in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, or in other states.
[I have a
photocopy of this certificate which traces to
one obtained from the pertinent Commissioner's Office in Washington,
D. C.,
by Miss Nellie I. McMillan,
great-granddaughter of Davis John Sellers. - RKH]
1855 March 24
In Mercer County, Illinois, Jacob Sellers
executed an application for a
Certificate for Bounty Land based on his military service during
the War of
1812. He was allowed bounty
land in full satisfaction for his service rendered.
1855 March 3
Pertinent Bounty Land Act passed by Congress
and signed into effect by
President Franklin Pierce. The 1855 Act extended bounty-land
privileges
even further than all previous
acts. It made 160 acres the minimum entitlement and reduced
service
requirements in any war since 1790
to fourteen days or even less in certain cases.
Here is my collection of pertinent marriage records from Mercer County,
Illinois, and some information
related to some of these couples' subsequent migration to Hardin
County,
Iowa:
1856 date not known
Davis 26 b. OH and Mary (U. Ferguson) 20 b.
NC Sellers and their family are
enumerated in the Iowa state census returns as living in Clay Township,
Hardin County, Iowa. Children:
Luther (2 b. IL) and Francis M. (1 b. IL).
1856 date not stated
John B. and Wealthy (Sellers) Henderson
settled on Section 12, Eldora
Township, Hardin County, Iowa, from Mercer County, Illinois.
1856 January 1
Charles Fleming, second son of John William
and Angeline (Sellers) Fleming
m. Mahala Jane Stout in Hardin County, Iowa.
1855 December 16
(Mrs.) Angeline (Sellers?) Fleming, widow,
m. (2) John Carpenter, widower, in
Mercer County, Illinois.
1855 December 5
Charles Fleming Sellers, eventual father -
in 1883 - of Myra (Sellers) Cram,
born to George and Martha Jane (West) Sellers in Mercer County,
Illinois.
1855 April 8
(Mrs.) Elizabeth (Sellers?) Dailey, widow,
m. (2) James Lakey, widower, in
Mercer County, Illinois.
1854 February 26
John William Fleming, Angeline (Sellers)
Fleming's first husband, died near
New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois.
1853 September 1
Olive Sellers m. Galon [or Galion or Galen
or Galan] Crook in Mercer County,
Illinois.
1853 no date known
Margaret Isabel Sellers born to George and
Martha Jane (West) Sellers in
[Mercer County (?),] Illinois.
1853 March 12
David R. Sellers [Davis J. Sellers],
widower, m. (2) Mary R. [Ugena] Ferguson in
[now New Boston Township (?),] Mercer County, Illinois, by Amos
Prouty, J.
P.
1853 date not known
Hardin County, Iowa, becomes effective in
its own right.
1852 January 25
Davis Sellers' first wife, Minerva Caroline
(Henson) Sellers died in [now New
Boston Township,] Mercer County, Illinois.
1851 November 20
Jacob Sellers, widower, m. (2?) (Mrs.)
Deminer [or Deminos (?) ] Lee, widow,
in Mercer County, Illinois.
1851 August 20
Marshall T. Fleming m. Nancy Rader, daughter
of Abraham Rader [in now New
Boston Township, Mercer County, Illinois (?) ]. The couple
and their family
lived at New Boston, Mercer
County, Illinois. Marshall T. Fleming is the oldest son of
John William and
Angeline (Sellers) Fleming.
1851 August 8
Angeline (or Angelina) Sellers born to
George and Martha Jane (West) Sellers in
[Mercer County (?), ] Illinois.
1851 July 23
Leaner [or Leannah] Sellers m. Joseph Rader
in Mercer County, Illinois.
ca. 1851 date unknown
Vashti Gibson, the future 1st wife
of James West Sellers, born in [now New
Boston Township, Mercer County (?), ] Illinois [the 1870 federal
census says
IN].
1851 date not known
Hardin County, Iowa, (from unorganized
territory) formed.
1850 Sep 14 - 1851 Nov 20 Deborah
(Dunn) Sellers apparently died in
[Mercer County, Illinois (?) -- RKH ] .
Cheers. Rollie
John and Angeline's life
> together is genealogically well documented. I can give you
the reference if
> you like. (Incidentally, John and Angeline removed from
Brown County, Ohio,
> to Bureau County, Illinois, in time for John to serve in the Black
Hawk War.
> While serving, might he have met David Dailey and discussed Angeline's
> sister, Elizabeth?) I'll try to check this possibility out
when I get a
> chance.
>
> Angeline, certainly, and Elizabeth, apparently, have surviving
documentary
> references which refer to them during their adolescent years with
the
> surname of Dunn, not Sellers! And no Dunn researcher as
of yet has been
> able to identify a Deborah with the maiden surname of Dunn, who
would be a
> candidate for the future bride of Jacob Sellers.