APPLING COUNTY, GA - BIO Sellers Family ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Davis ldavis8@msn.com Sellers Line John Sellers, or Sellars as the lowland Scots would spell the name, was the son of John Sellars and Jane Carter, daughter of Mathew Carter, RS. Early researchers confused John with his older first cousin John Millender Sellars, son of Samuel Sellars and Mary Bishop (Wiregrass Book Vol. 3). John’s grandfather was Samuel Sellars, RS of NC (Vol. 2). John was born about 1815 in Bullock County, Georgia. He married in Appling County to Keziah about 1834. His wife’s maiden name is not known as of yet, but researchers lean toward Smith or Rowe. No documentation is established for either. Keziah is enumerated as Kizzie or Sukey born in North Carolina in the census. After 1860, John and Kizzie Sellars moved to Charlton County, Georgia and raised their large family in Gaineyville at Sellers’ Landing on the north bank of St. Mary’s River. John Sellars did not record any land transactions in Charlton County. This Sellars family was enumerated in both the Charlton County, Georgia and the Baker County, Florida 1870 census. John died between 1870-1880 as Kizzie is listed in the 1880 census a widow/head-of-house with several adult children and grandchildren living in her home. Burial sites of John and Kizzie are not recorded but believed to be in the unmarked graves along the river at Emmaus Church Cemetery near Sellers’ Landing. Children of John and Kizzie Sellars: 1. Mary Ann b. 1839 m. Appling Co., GA Jackson Carter d. between 1870-1880 2. Nancy Ann b. 1840 m. Isaac Carter d. between 1871-1880. 3. John b. 1842 m. Margaret unknown 4. Jane b. 1844 m. Owen Green about 1869 d. 21 Feb 1910 (s/o Sophie Crews and Jesse Thomas Green) (Buried Bethel Cemetery, Nassau County, FL with several members of her family) 5. Keziah b. 1846 m. Peter Rowe about 1874 (2nd wife/first cousin) d. Before Peter Rowe’s 3rd marriage April 1883/burial site unknown (Peter Rowe is documented Huxford Magazine XXII no. 1 by Tom Sikes.) 6. Sarah b. Feb. 9, 1848 m. 1st William Morris on August 3, 1870 d. March 30, 1891 2nd John Blake b. April 8, 1839 d. Oct 26, 1926 (Sarah and John’s dates taken from tombstones in Old Still Cemetery, Nassau County, FL. The 1920 Nassau County, FL census shows that John Blake born in Massachusetts had remarried after Sarah’s death.) 7. Samuel b. 1849 (Samuel and Emanuel may be the same child) 8. Nellie b. 1849/50 m. Malachi Thompson d. after 1916 on May 14, 1872 (s/o Benjamin and Bitha Thompson) (Both are buried in Old Still Cemetery, Nassau County, FL. Malachi served in the Georgia 47th, lost his right eye at Chickamauga and both he then the widow Nellie received a pension.) 9. Emanuel/Manning b. 1852 m. 1st Mary? d. Fall 1920 2nd Catherine Dixon (d/o of John Dixon & Mary Franklin) (Manning’s name was listed a Marion on his marriage record to Catherine Dixon and he buried in an unmarked grave in Emmaus Cememtery, St. George, GA. Catherine was buried in the Stone Cemetery in Jacksonville, FL.) 10. Isabella b. June 15, 1853 m. Mark Robinson d. Jan 9, 1913 (s/o James Robinson & Easter O’Steen) (Mark Robinson was married first 30 Nov 1854 to Sarah Jane Barber b. 15 May 1837 in Bryan County, GA & daughter of Israel Barber, 5 children to this union. Mark served in the CSA in Captain Dasher’s Co. 26th GA as a sergeant, captured in VA in 1865 and lost two brothers in the war. He married Bell in 1873, had 7 children and died Sept. 17, 1903.) 1 1. Lucretia b. 1856/58 m. 1st John David Howard (s/o Jesse Howard) 2nd Green Batten b. 1835 (s/o Isham Batten) (Lucretia was buried Emmaus Church Cemetery in St. George, Georgia/ No dates on tombstone-just the name Batten.) 12. Silas b. 1858 m. Millie Frances Davis d. Prior to on June 4, 1887 Millie’s 2nd marriage to Joseph Edward Hernandez on June 6, 1897 13. Julia America b. September 13. 1861 m. William Riley Dixon d. November 11, 1940 on Sept 16, 1880 (s/o of John Dixon & Mary Franklin) (Both are buried Dyal Cemetery, Starke, FL; Dixon couple enumerated Julia age 17 and William age 18 in Charlton County, Georgia 1880 census next door to Kizzie Sellars) Additional Information: In the 1850 Census of Appling County, Francis Sellers is enumerated with John Sellers’ family. Francis is not grouped by age with John’s children in the census, but added at the end of the household suggesting that he is not one of John’s children. By 1860, Francis was living with a Hughes family. He is believed to be a younger brother of John. Francis/Frank was born 1836 and died during the Civil War on 18 October 1863 in Cassville, Georgia. He married and left a young widow Sarah McEachin with infant son, John Morgan Seller, born 11 August 1863 and lived his entire life with his large family in Appling County, Georgia. Information obtained from McEachin researcher. In the 1860 Census of Appling County, John Sellars’ household is on page 49 #299. Household #298 is Jackson and Mary A. Carter with their 4 daughters under the age of 5 years. In household #300 are Isaac and Nancy Carter with their toddler daughter. Mary A. and Nancy are enumerated in John Sellars’ household in 1850. Jackson and Isaac are half brothers. Their father was Jacob Carter and grandfather George Carter, RS. In the Charlton Co., GA 1870 census Nancy and Isaac Carter were enumerated in Household #331 while her parents were in Household #329. Carter information obtained from Carter researchers. The information on Jane Sellars and Owen Green was from an interview with Myrtis Connor of St, George, GA who is a granddaughter of Isabel Sellers Robinson and knew Jane’s family personally. This is documented in the 1870 census of Charlton Co., Georgia with Jane and Owen Green enumerated in dwelling #328 while John and Kizzie Sellers are in dwelling # 329. Green researcher shows Owen born 9 January 1854 Georgia and died 23 January 1927/buried in Bethel Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida along with Jane. A review of the Bethel Cemetery records at the Fort Carolina LDS Church in Jackson shows that Mrs. Connor is correct. In the census 1870 Mary and Jackson Sellers can be found in the township of Statenville in Echols County, GA with 9 year old daughter Missouri. Also, in that census is John Sellers and wife Margaret. In 1870 Charlton County, Georgia census, Isaac Carter and wife Nancy with children are enumerated in dwelling #331 near other members of John Sellers’ family. By 1880, Isaac was enumerated without Nancy. Only 3 of their children, the youngest being 9 years old, were in the household. Mary Sellers Carter was enumerated as a widow in her mother’s household in 1880. Myrtis Connor also states Keziah Sellers maiden name was Rowe. She states Jackson Sellers, son of Keziah Sellers Rowe, lived in her household when she was a child. Keziah Sellers Rowe married her first cousin Peter Rowe according to family history. Manning Sellers also lived in Myrtis’ household when she was a little. Myrtis Connor was born 1913 and is very lucid and correct when giving family history. In 1857 the Appling County courthouse burnt and many early records were lost. Appling County was established by 1819 and was a huge piece of land that includes today’s Ware County, Charlton County, Piece County, and parts of other counties. John Sellers, Sr. was first enumerated in 1820 and again in the 1830 census. John Sellers, Sr. would have been over 50 years old in 1830. In the 1840 census John Sellers is a young man with wife and children. One elderly man is living in that household. In 1850, the elderly man is gone and John Sellers is enumerated with wife Kizzie and the children are named. This is the only proof that John Jr. was the son of John Sr. In the 1850 census Jane Carter Sellers is an elderly woman in the Dyal household. One of her daughters married the Dyal while the other married a Hughes. Complied by third cousins jointly: Betty Parrish, Nashville, TN & Linda Davis, Fernandina Beach, FL. ldavis8@msn.com -- updated 28 October 2003