Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Great Great Grandparents

William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons are my Great Great Grandparents. Family folklore says that William & Elizabeth migrated from Chesterfield County, South Carolina about 1845. Census records show their second child born in Chesterfield and their 3rd child born in Madison County, Tennessee. It is also stated that William Eddins Sellers died from a fall while building a church in Madison County, Tennessee about 1854. Elizabeth packed her family up and moved back to Chesterfield County, South Carolina to be with family and friends. I have found no record of William Eddins Sellers death but a thorough search of local newspapers have not been made at this time.


William Eddins Sellers was born about 1800 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Madison County, Tennessee.1 He died about 1854 at the age of 54 in Madison County, Tennessee, United States.

William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons were married about 1840. Elizabeth Parsons, daughter of Abington Parsons and Mary, was born on 9 Mar 1822 in North Carolina.2 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.3 4 Elizabeth died on 30 May 1899 at the age of 77 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She was buried at Zoar Church Cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
William Eddins Sellers and Elizabeth Parsons had the following children:

              i.   William Riley Sellers was born about 1842 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 5 6 He served in the military Enlisted into Civil War by J. C. Craig on 26 Dec 1861 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He served in the military Muster Roll on 25 Jan 1862 in Georgetown, South Carolina. William died on 23 Mar 1865 at the age of 23 in Elmira, NY.7 A Memorial has been created for him at www.findagrave.com.8
           ii.   Andrew Washington Sellers, born 24 Nov 1844, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Catherine Pinkney Wallace, 27 Dec 1865, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 12 Jan 1935, Florence County, South Carolina.
           iii.   James Arnold Sellers, born 16 Sep 1846, Madison County, Tennessee, United States; married Sarah Jane Pittman, abt 1866; married Nancy Jennie Johnson, abt 1896, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 14 Mar 1904, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
           iv.   Mary Abigail Sellers, born 24 Mar 1848, Madison County, Tennessee; married John W. Brock, 14 Mar 1869, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 3 May 1907, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
           v.   Louise Ellen Sellers, born Sep 1850, Madison County, Tennessee; married Benjamin Franklin Brock, 1870; died 15 Dec 1928, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
             vi.   Alonzo W. Sellers was born about 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee. 9 He died in Apr 1860 at the age of 6 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.



        1. 1850 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 10, Madison County, Tennessee, Page 305B; Line 1, Dwelling 244, Family 244, Household of Wm. E. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.
        2. Ibid.
        3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
        4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page 325C, Line 29, Dwelling 252, Family # 252, Household of Benj. F. BROCK; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2010); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225. 1880 CENSUS: Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina;  Roll: 1225;  Family History Film: 1255225; Enumeration District: 005; Page 325C, Line 29, Dwelling 252, Family # 252; Benj. F. BROCK, age 29, born in SC; Luella BROCK, Wife, age 28, born in SC; Charles [Riley] BROCK, Son, age 2, born in SC and Elizabeth SELLERS, Mother, age 58, born in NC.
        5. 1850 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, District 10, Madison County, Tennessee, Page 305B; Line 1, Dwelling 244, Family 244, Household of Wm. E. SELLERS.
        6. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS.
        7. Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), page 312. SELLERS, W. Riley, died 23 March 1865 at Elmira, NY , Died in Prison; buried at Woodlawn, NY #2438 Elmira.
        8. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://findagrave.com; Headstone for Pvt W R Sellers; (1842–23 March 1865); Memorial # 66214868; Record of the Woodlawn National Cemetery, Plot: CSA 2438; Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA; Accessed on 2012. Pvt W R Sellers.
        9. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 130B; Line 28, Dwelling 0522, Family 0521, Household of Elizabeth SELLERS.

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