WILL 2-10- 1845- probated 3-17-1848 PREBLE CO, OHIO=
WIFE = SARAH
6 children=
NATHAN D. SELLERS (ck Wabash
Co,IN)
NANCY SELLERS
JOHN H. SELLERS
POLLY
JEFFERSON
MARGARET WILSON
CELIA AMANDA WEST (wife of Wm
H.WEST)
EXEC = JOB JEFFERSON
WIT = EIL CAMPBELL
ARMSTEAD
HUFFMAN
From:
"Linda
Foster" <lkf@voyager.net>
Subject: William Sellers (1771-1848) bible
To all interested: The following is the handwritten info, found
in
William's, deer-skinned covered bible.
FIRST PAGE OF BIBLE OF WILLIAM SELLERS
"William Sellers, his book - William Sellers, his Bible, bought of
David
McDill in the year 1808.
Celia
Amanda Sellers born July 18, 1818
Jane
Hunter
born Feb. 17, 1820
H.H.
Wilson
born Nov. 3, 1809 "
In one of the leave the of of the Bible was a $80.00 bill #54813 - on
the
number side is this information --"This Bill entitles the bearer
to receive
thirty Spanish milled Dollars. or the value there of in
Gold or Silver,
according to a Resolution Passed by Congress h Sept.
26, 1778. " On the
opposite side it has: "Printed by Hall
and Sellers, 1778"
FAMILY RECORD AT END OF PROPHETS
"Nathan Douglas Sellers - born June 6, 1797
Susanna Sellers -
born July 5, 1802
Married Tuesday Sept. 22, 1818
1. The first child, a girl born Jan 14, 1820 Died Jan 16,
1820
2. Fanna Maria Sellers born July 31, 1821
3. Felix Perry Sellers born May 2, 1824 "
FLY LEAF BEGINNING NEW TESTAMENT
"Tally Sellers - born Sept. 13, 1818
Racheal Sellers - born May
20, 1821 - Died april 1, 1823
Alfred Perry Sellers - born Nov. 28,
1824 (John& Nancy Sellers' son, my addition-lf)
John
Sellers - born Aug 23, 1826"
END OF CONCORDANCE
"Jacob L. Swihart born Oct. 22,
1804 William A. Swihart born Oct.
30,1832
Mary Swihart born July 6,
1809
Frances M. Swihart born Aug.8, 1834 ?
Nancy M. Swihart born April 16,
1830 Sarah Katherine Swihart born
March 30,1836"
END OF REVELATIONS & NEW TESTAMENT
"Mary Summore born July 21, 1790
1. Betsy Crawford
born Dec. 13, 1793
2. Sally Crawford born Dec. 13,
1795
3. John --Crawford born Jan 14, 1798
4. A boy not named died Feb. 9, 1802
5. William Allen Crawford born Feb. 7, 1800
6.
Polley Crawford born Jan. 14, 1806
7. Nancy Crawford
born April 29, 1808
8. James Sellers Crawford born June
1, 1810
9. Harvey Crawford born march 8, 1813
10._________ Crawford born April 19, 1816"
BEGINNING BOOK OF JOSHUA
"William Sellers born July 2, 1771
William Sellers died
Jan. 13 1848 Funeral sermon by James Newel
Sarah Sellers
born Oct. 9, 1778-Sarah Sellers died Feb 28, 1855
Nathan
Douglas Sellers born Jun 6, 1797
Rebekah Crawford Sellers born
march 29, 1799, died Nov. 27, 1799
Nancy Sellers, born Feb. 4,
1801
John How Sellers, born Jan 17, 1803, died Feb. 22,
1847
Patty Sellers, born July 6, 1809
Peggy Sellers, born Sept. 2, 1811
Sely Amanda Sellers born July 28, 1818
Jane Hunter born Feb
17, 1820 "
On a loose leaf of paper ini the Bible I also Found this written:-
"In memory of T.S. Swiheart who died Feb. 19, 1836 at age____. and
was
heven completed"
The account book is interesting reading as far as prices go,
Examples:
"One day of Butchering
.50
1/2 bushel Potatoes .18
3/4
Mending
shoes
.37
1/2
1/2 day hauling Wood .50"
1/2 day hauling
Wood . 50"
A small hard back account book has also been handed down with the
Bible.
This is the fly leaf. " Nathan D. Sellers - book bought Eaton,
Ohio
March the 29th, 1833 - Price 43 3/4"
On the back of the first Page is also written:
"Calvin
Turner - page
17
Margaret Stephens " 11
Adam
Swihart "
19
Mary Roberts
13
Crawford "
5
John H. Sellers
15
Thomas
Kenton
7
David Showalter
18
Harvey W.
Wilson
9
Christopher Wysong 7
From:
"Linda
Foster" <lkf@voyager.net>
William Sellers,
my ancestor was born July
2, 1771 and died Jan 13, 1848. HIS BROTHER,
NATHAN,was born probably 1762
and died July 23, 1824. But, I
also have a notation that he could have been
born in 1753 and died in
1826. This info came from a deceased cousin, Leo
Alexander, of Goshen, IN. William Sellers's bible is in the
possession of
the family of Mina Green, South Bend, IN. One of
her sons has it, but I
don't know who because one died and it was
probably given to someone else in
the family. I have never seen
it myself. It also states that William's
dates are 1771-1848, so you
can't get anymore accurate than that. My
apologies again.
Linda Foster
Margaret,
I'm beginning to wonder also, about William D.'s
birth year as I am having
difficulty in finding information from
genweb sites regarding the
whereabouts of William David Sellers,
descendant of Nathaniel David Sellers,
during this time span and his
birth date and place. My close cousin Linda
Sellers Foster has
the William David Sellers of our descendant being born in
1762, so
even at this, he would have married at 13 by the 1775 date.
Perhaps
we need to band together and thoroughly research if there are more
than one William David Sellers or even perhaps another Nathaniel
David
Sellers that lived in the Chester/Cumberland Co... These
counties are
separated by three others in between. The Lurgan
Twp that no longer exists
was located in the NE area of what is now
Franklin Co. , yet trying to
research this area can be difficult for
the novice, or anyone uninformed of
other possibilities. I have
no proof that Nathaniel David Sellers had any
connection with the
Hall and Sellers business, so maybe occupationally, we
may have
looked up the wrong tree... In fact, my information dead ends with
Nathaniel David Sellers, having only a birth date of 1720, possibly
in
Scotland or Ireland. No proof there. I have posted
messages on the
Scotland and Ireland genweb sites with no reply in
several months. My
speculation (sorry Marie, I know this isn't
fact), is that Nathaniel came
through Philadelphia, or from the
Chesapeake Bay area, and secondly that
William David was born at an
earlier date based on the age of Nathaniel when
William was
born, IF Nathaniel David's 1720-ish birth year is accurate.
Even though it's annoying and time consuming to those wanting instant
answers, (Especially myself), the need for accuracy is important.
Seems
like the Sellers families are difficult to follow sometimes
with the
repetitious names from generation to generation...
especially the line I
come from... I apologize if I've
contributed to the confusion, but maybe
working together on this area
we can clear up just one area of confusion.
My acquired information
shows that William David moved west in the 1780's,
so any activity or
business beyond that era with the Hall and Sellers
Printing Co would
have to be another William Sellers and not the one
discussed
above.
All the Best,
Louis
The same information from James Sellers lll is listed on your web site
under
Cumberland County, PA. concerning Nathan Sellers. My only
confusion is that
James has Nathan Sellers married to SARAH FINLEY,
ca, 1775 and has WILLIAM
SELLERS married to SARAH CRAWFORD, 1795.
Louis Diehl and Jim both have this
William being born July 2, 1771 so
the marriage date of 1775 could not be
correct. I am not very good at
this but since my roots trace back to these
same beginnings, "Samuel
Sellers" brother of Nathanial Sellers these names
rang a bell for
me. Margaret
I estimated his age at ca 1770 as his son Nathan D. was born ca 1798 and
he
voted on a petition in 1789 Bourbon (don't have the age to sign a
petition
and that could help us prove more accurate. IF you find,
please Send.
HE could be on the 1788 KY TAX list as WM SEULER
along with NATHAN SELLERS.
I don't think I saw an OH land grant? did
you? He may have owned land later.
WE don't have much on him, except will extraction, naming his kids.
LAND TAX IN 1788
Voted in Bourbon,KY in 1789
son
Nathan D. was born 1798 KY
Listed as a brother of Nathan and
Joseph in Preble Co, Oh
IF you would like to add info to this page, like kids marriages and
where
they went, would probably help others on this family also.
I believe this family is probably covered in chart by JAMES SELLERS
and
others may have charts also.
I sorry, didn't
take time to look up and read.
CLICK on each hi lited name-
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/ohpreb.htm
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/wm1770.htm
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/kybourb.htm
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/kyearly.htm
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/james.htm
(this
should have a link to his Sellers chart on some of these families)
I hope some of these links help.
LEWIS, do we have a page for you = names , ages and places of your
SELLERS
so others can find you?
It helps on people doing
searches! Doesn't have to be big or fancy. So we
can link/hi lite it,
so others can find.
marie, iowa
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/pacumber.htm
and
EARLY KY page =
http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellerfamily/kyearly.htm
and
YES, LOUIS, we do have your family info. Thanks, I should
have looked first.
marie, iowa
This William Sellers was the son of Nathaniel Sellers of
Cumberland County, PA. He
came to Kentucky with his father and family
in 1780 and settled near Harrodsburg.
After the Rev War he lived in
Garrard and then Bourbon County, KY. About 1809 he
moved to Preble
County, OH where he died.
Jim Sellars
From:
"Linda
Foster" <lkf@voyager.net>
griff, This is an aftertought. Wabash Co., isn't far from
you. That is
where Sarah Crawford Sellers, Nathan Douglas
Sellers and others are buried.
It is a small church cemetary outside
of Liberty Mills, which is just off of
State Road 13. Have you
been there? Louis and I have been there many
times.
Linda
> Hi Carla and Linda,
>
> I'm interested in
your Mary Sellers Swihart descendants. I can't remember
if we ever
exchanged information or not.
>
> And, Linda I'm
interested in your line too. I can send you a chart of the
descendants of Samuel and Nathaniel Sellers of Cumberland County, PA if
you
like. I have probably 1,000 descendants listed of these two men.
Thanks.
>
> Jim Sellars
Re: Pleasant Union cemetary, Liberty Mills, IN
From:
"Louis
Diehl" <ladntpka@tln.net>
Maybe I can help, I've been there a gazillion times in the past 6
months...
>From US 30, turn right onto St Rd 13 at
Pierceton. You will travel south
about 10 mi thru the little
town of Sidney. Then you will come upon a Truck
dealership on
the left (east) side and the sign saying Liberty Mills... Turn
left
and you will come to a 4 way stop in town... Turn right and you will
travel along a short piece of river and about a half mi (?) further you
will
start to go up a small little curve in the road to the
right. There will be
a road that meets from the left at a weird
angle, and it's easy to miss if
you're not familiar. Turn
left. Take that road to the T and you will be at
the
cemetery. Most of the Sellers are in the front two rows at and
slightly
to the left (north) of the T intersection. There are
Sellers at the south
end too. Nathan D's is in the
second row back and the stone is a white
limestone pillar.
Perhaps it still has an artifical floral arrangement at
it's
base. Hope this helps.
Cousin Louis
I was recently forwarded the "William Sellers bible" message by a
very
thoughtful fellow researcher. Since I am a CRAWFORD
researcher who has
been collecting SELLERS info to try and
locate my CRAWFORD family, I have some
questions regarding
relationships this bible appears to confirm
The entries for the Crawford children at the end of Revelations
appear to
be the children of James and Martha (Knight)
Crawford. James and Martha
were married 12 March 1793 in Lincoln
County, Kentucky. The marriage bond
was signed by Nathan
Douglas and James Crawford.
James Crawford* may have been a witness for the consent given by
Rebekah
Crawford to the marriage of Mary Crawford to James Sellers in
Dec. 1791.
He also may have witnessed the consent of Rebekah
Crawford to the marriage of
Sarah Crawford to William Sellers
in 1796. Both of these consents were
given in Lincoln County,
KY.
James and Martha migrated from Kentucky to Preble County, Ohio. A
land
entry was recorded for James Crawford in Preble County in
1807. James and
Martha and most of their children and families
then migrated to Warren
County, Indiana in 1829.
I have the following children and birth dates for James and
Martha
Crawford.
Elizabeth Jane Crawford born 13 Dec 1793
Sarah
Crawford born 30 Oct 1795
Mary Polly Crawford born bt
1797-1799
Celinda Crawford born bt 1799-1800
William Allen Crawford born 21 Jul 1803
John
Douglas Crawford born 1805
Nancy Crawford born 1809
James S. Crawford born about 1810
Rebecca Crawford
born 1811
Harvey Harrison Crawford born 8 March 1813
It's obvious in light of the bible record, that I need to go back
and
check my sources for birth information. However, I believe
that the children
listed above are the same children identified
the in bible record.
Does the bible record support the following conclusions?
1. The William Sellers in the Lincoln Co., KY marriage record is
the same
William Sellers, owner of the bible
2. Sarah Crawford was the wife of William Sellers
3. Sarah Crawford was possibly the sister of James Crawford
(husband of
Martha Knight)
Also, was William Sellers living in Preble County, Ohio? If so,
during
what time period?
*NOTE: There were several James Crawfords living in that area of
Kentucky
between 1790 and 1800. I am not descended from James
and Martha but from
James and Sally (Duggins) Crawford who
followed the same migration path.
Henry Duggins (son of Sally,
stepson of James Crawford) married Jane
Sellers, daughter of
Nathan Sellers.
Marcia Philbrick
mphilbrick@mail.galaxyispc.com
mcphilbrick@hotmail.com
Genealogy from the
Heartland
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3208
========
Marcia, I am the one that submitted the
handwritten info on the William
Sellers bible. It is good to
know that someone else is interested in the
Crawford/Sellers
relationships. Let's keep in touch. To answer your
questions, I came to the conclusion in my research that:
1. William Sellers in Lincoln Co. Ky is the same William of the
bible.
2. Sarah Crawford m. William in Lincoln Co,
2/21/17953.
3. Sarah is dau. of James Sr. Crawford and wife,
"Rebekah. They also had a
son, Isaac (
I have no more info on him).
4. I have James Jr. m. Martha
McKnight in 1793. The DIFFERENT DATES
I have for their children (and I had eleven listed) are:
a. Sarah (Sally) b. 11/31/1795
b. Mary Polly b. 1/14/1806
c. an unnamed boy b. between 1800 & 1802
d. John b. Jan 14, 1798
e. Nancy b. 4/29/1808
f. James Sellers b. 6/1/1810 (or
1816?)
g. Rebekah b. 2/7/1800
h. unnamed or not sure of sex, b.
4/19/1816 (see f = James)
THESE ARE THE DATES IN THE BIBLE, SO
THEREFORE I FEEL THEY ARE ACCURATE.
NOTE: William Allen
Crawford m. Leticia Snodgrass, who was the dau. of
Elizabeth Sellers
Snodgrass. Elizabeth was the dau. of William Sellers'
brother,
Nathan 91762-1824)
William Sellers was on 1800 KY tax lists. Married in Lincoln Co. KY
in
1795. Moved to Preble Co., OH in 1805 with brothers. Was on
the1st grand
jury of court of common please in Preble Co. In 1812,
volunteered to fight
Indians. (War of 1812).
On James Jr. Crawford, I have b. 4/17/1772 in PA. M. 9/17/1799
to Sally
Duggin. D. 7/5/1854 in Preble Co., OH. Buried at
Mound Hill Cemetary in
Eaton, Oh. Sally Duggin b. 2/25/1770, d.
5/2/1856. They had a son, Nelson
G. b. 10/17/1808. m.
9/3/1833 to Martha Smith. Moved to Warren Co., IN in
1829. Children were:Martha, William C., Washington, Mary, Sarah,
Corlia
BEST WISHES, LINDA
"Linda
Foster" <lkf@voyager.net>
Is this possibly the same Jane Hunter who married Benjamin Duggins 12
Mar
1843 in Preble County, Ohio?
Marcia Philbrick
www.geocities.com/Heartland/3208
mphilbrick@galaxyispc.com
mcphilbrick@hotmail.com