52 Cousins~Harriet Elizabeth Gulledge Porter

 

The “Aunts & Uncles” series of biographical sketches are Artificial Intelligence (AI) compiled narratives of selected individuals from my Genealogical database.  The selected AI will used the RootsMagic Individual Summary from my Genealogical Software, Roots Magic. All genealogical data is my research material acquired over the past 46 years of research. Today's Biography of Harriett Elizabeth (Gulledge) Porter (1833-1914) was compiled with the assistance of Claude Sonnett 4 and is entitled: 

Harriet Elizabeth Gulledge Porter

August 8, 1833  —  April 22, 1914

Anson County, North Carolina

 

A Life Well Lived in the Carolina Piedmont

Harriet Elizabeth (Gulledge} Porter lived through one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in American history. Born in the summer of 1833 in Anson County, North Carolina, she came into the world just as the country was still finding its footing — Andrew Jackson was in the White House, the Industrial Revolution had barely touched the rural South, and the cotton fields of Anson County were the center of her family's world. By the time Harriet passed away eighty years later in April of 1914, she had witnessed the Civil War tear the country apart and watched it slowly stitch itself back together, seen the telegraph and the railroad transform everyday life, and raised a large family of nine children on the red-clay farmland of the Gulledge township. She was, by every measure, an awesome lady.

 

Early Life & Family

Her Parents

Harriet was born to Jeremiah Gulledge (1794–1853) and Phoebe Sellers Gulledge (1787–1834). Her father, Jeremiah, was a farmer whose own roots stretched back to Reverend Joel Gulledge and Zilpha Huntley Gulledge — a family with deep ties to the religious and agricultural life of the Carolina Piedmont. Her mother, Phoebe, was the daughter of Hardy Sellers Sr. and Mary Cook. Sadly, Harriet's mother Phoebe passed away in 1834, when little Harriet was barely a year old — so she grew up without a mother's guidance, likely raised with the help of older siblings and extended family.

Jeremiah Gulledge passed away in December 1853, when Harriet was twenty years old. He left behind a sizable estate, and the land was formally divided among his heirs that same month. Court records from December 9, 1853, show that Lot No. 4 of Jeremiah's lands — 71½ acres valued at $250 — was formally allotted to "Wm. C. Porter & wife Harriet Porter." This tells us that by the time her father died, Harriet was already a married woman with a homestead of her own.

Her Siblings

Based on the 1850 Census and the land division records, Harriet had at least the following siblings who shared the Gulledge household and inherited from their father's estate:

• Sarah Ann Gulledge — received Lot No. 1 in the 1853 land division

• James Gulledge — received Lot No. 2

• Jeremiah Gulledge (Jr.) — received Lot No. 3

• Phoebe Gulledge (who married and became Phoebe Griggs) — received Lot No. 5 with her husband William Griggs

• Zilphia Gulledge — received Lot No. 6

• Elisha Gulledge — received Lot No. 7

• Thomas Gulledge — received Lot No. 8

The 1850 Census also listed Thomas (age 18), Harriet herself (age 15), a younger Jeremiah (age 13), and Sarah A. (age 12) still living at home with their father. There was also a Zelpha listed, aged 20 — likely another sibling. It was a full, busy household.

Growing Up in Anson County

Harriet's childhood years were spent in the Gulledge Township of Anson County — rural farming country in the southern Piedmont of North Carolina, not far from the South Carolina border. The county seat, Wadesboro, was the hub of local commerce and civic life. In the 1830s and 1840s, life in this part of the state was defined by subsistence farming, close-knit communities, and the rhythms of the seasons. Harriet would have helped around the farm, learned to cook and sew, and grown up surrounded by the large Gulledge clan. With her mother gone so early, she was likely a resilient and capable young woman from an early age.

The year Harriet was born, 1833, was also the year the famous "Year of Meteors" — the Leonid meteor storm of November 1833 dazzled observers across North America, with thousands of shooting stars per hour filling the sky. It would have been one of the most spectacular natural events of her parents' generation, and stories of it were likely passed down to her.

 

Marriage & Family Life

William Calvin Porter (1809–1891)

Around 1846, when Harriet was approximately thirteen years old, she married William Calvin Porter, a farmer who was some twenty-four years her senior. William had been born in 1809, also in North Carolina, and was already an established farmer when they wed. Their marriage was a long one — lasting until William's death in 1891, a span of roughly forty-five years together.

The 1860 Census found the Porter household in full swing: William (listed as age 50, Farmer) and Harriet (age 35) were living with seven children, with real estate valued at $840 and personal estate at $450 — a comfortable, working-farm family by the standards of the day. By 1880, William was 76 and still listed as the head of household and farmer, with Harriet (46) and several of their younger children still at home.

William Calvin Porter passed away in 1891, leaving Harriet a widow in her late fifties. She remained head of her household — as confirmed in both the 1900 and 1910 censuses — a capable and independent woman managing her home and the family around her well into her seventies.

Their Children

Together, Harriet and William raised a remarkable family. The 1910 Census notes that Harriet had borne ten children, with seven still living. Here are the children recorded across various sources:

• Calvin R. Porter (1842–1863) — Harriet's eldest, sadly lost young, possibly during the Civil War years

• Charles Wesley Porter (1844–1917) — lived to age 73

• Miles W. Porter (1847–1912)

• Louise ("Lou") John Porter Hooks (1851–1922) — lived to age 71

• Sarah R. ("Sallie") Porter (1854–1925) — lived to age 71; still at home with her mother in 1900 and 1910

• Jeremiah T. Porter (1856–1929) — lived to age 73; also remained close, listed in censuses with Harriet

• Frances C. Porter (1859–1951) — an extraordinarily long life, reaching age 92

• Phoebe Katherine Porter Hildreth (1863–1930)

• Benjamin F. Porter (1866–1907) — passed away at age 41

• Elisha M. Porter (1868–1950) — lived to age 82

• David Joel Porter (1871–1936)

• John Henry Porter (1874–1957) — lived to age 83; listed with Harriet in her final census in 1910

It is worth noting that the Find A Grave memorial includes a note of curiosity: based on the birth years of the oldest children (Calvin born 1842, Charles in 1844), Harriet would have been only around nine or ten years old at the time — which seems impossible if she was born in 1833. Some researchers believe her birth year may actually have been earlier, perhaps between 1820 and 1825, which would align better with those older children. The census records through the years do show varying ages for her. It's one of those little genealogical mysteries that makes family history so fascinating. What is certain is that she was a devoted mother to a very large brood.

 

Later Life & Widowhood

After William's death in 1891, Harriet continued living in the Gulledge Township. By the 1900 Census, she was listed as head of her own household — a widowed woman of 66, with three of her adult children (Sarah, Jeremiah, and Benjamin) living with her. The census taker noted she had had three children at that time still living, though other records suggest a much larger family overall.

By 1910, Harriet was 76 (or perhaps older), still heading her household, and living with her children Sallie, Jerty, Dave, and John. She had outlived her husband by nearly two decades and had watched her children grow, marry, and have families of their own. Life in rural Anson County in the early 1900s was still centered on farming, though the world was changing fast — automobiles were appearing on dirt roads, electricity was coming to larger towns, and the Wright Brothers had taken their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

One can only imagine the stories Harriet could tell: living through the Civil War, the hardships of Reconstruction, the rise of the New South, and the dawning of a new century. She was a living thread connecting the antebellum rural South to the modern age.

 

Death & Burial

Harriet Elizabeth Gulledge Porter died on April 22, 1914, at the age of 80 years, 8 months, and 14 days, according to her death certificate. Her death occurred in Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. She was buried the very next day — April 23, 1914 — in the Porter Cemetery at Deep Creek, Anson County, which is where her tombstone still stands today.

Her death certificate lists her father as Jeremiah Gulledge and her mother as "Bashi Sellers" — almost certainly a phonetic rendering of "Phoebe Sellers" as recalled by the informant, her son J.H. (John Henry) Porter. It's a touching detail: even at the end of a long life, family members were doing their best to honor and remember those who had come before.

Find A Grave Memorial #52653189 commemorates Harriet at the Porter Cemetery, Deep Creek, Anson County, North Carolina. Her stone and the records that survive are a testament to a life fully lived across eight extraordinary decades of American history.

 

Historical Backdrop: A Lifetime of Change

To appreciate Harriet's life, it helps to consider the sweep of history she witnessed personally:

• 1833 — Born the same year the U.S. saw the great Leonid meteor storm

• 1846 — Married William Porter; President James Polk was in office; the Mexican-American War was beginning

• 1850s — Her children were young as North Carolina's tensions over slavery and states' rights grew

• 1861–1865 — The Civil War. North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861. Anson County men — possibly including her sons Calvin and others — served in the Confederate Army. Calvin R. Porter (1842–1863) died during this period. The Porter family would have felt the war's grief deeply.

• 1865 — Emancipation and the end of the war. Reconstruction brought dramatic changes to Southern life and farming communities like theirs.

• 1870s–1880s — The family farmed and built their lives during the long, hard years of Reconstruction and the "New South"

• 1891 — Widowed upon William's death; entered her years as matriarch of the family

• 1898 — The Spanish-American War

• 1903 — The Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, right there in North Carolina

• 1914 — Harriet passed away in April, just months before World War I began in Europe

She was born into a world of candlelight and horse-drawn wagons, and she died in an age of automobiles, electric lights, and airplanes. What a journey.

 

Sources & Further Research

This biography was compiled from the following primary sources:

• Find A Grave Memorial #52653189 — Porter Cemetery, Deep Creek, Anson County, NC

• U.S. Federal Census records: 1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1910 — Anson County, North Carolina

• North Carolina Death Certificate #7879 — dated 22 April 1914 (NC State Archives)

• Anson County Deed Book 14, Pages 273–275 — Division of the Lands of Jeremiah Gulledge, 9 December 1853

For those wishing to continue research, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh hold additional records. The Anson County Register of Deeds in Wadesboro, NC, may also hold additional deed and probate records relevant to the Gulledge and Porter families.

Harriet Elizabeth (Gulledge} Porter is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed. 

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  July 2024); Memorial page for Harriett Elizabeth Gulledge Porter; (8 August 1833–22 April 1914); Find a Grave memorial # 52653189, Citing Porter Cemetery; Deep Creek, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.

2. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 174A (Stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 181, Family 181, Household of Jeremiah GULLEDGE; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 August 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.

3. Land Deed - Division of the Lands of Jeremiah Gulledge; 9 December 1853; Deed Book #14; Page(s) 273-275; Register of Deeds; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina; 16 April 20.

4. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, Page:#288B(Stamped); Line:#25, Dwelling:#1050, Family:#1010, Household of Wm C. PORTER; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : onlkine July 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.

5. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledges, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 003, Page: 366D(Stamped); Line:#25, Dwelling:#108; Family:#108, Household of William PORTER; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online July 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0951.

6. 1900 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0003, Page: 20B(Stamped); Line:#61, Dwelling:#332, Family:#333, Household of Harriet PORTER; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online July 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.

7. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 006, Page:#2A/73A (Stamped); Line:#7, Dwelling:#21, Family:#22, Household of Harriet E. PORTER; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online July 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.

8. Harriett Porter, death certificate #7879 (Death Date 22 Apr 1914), NC State Archives., North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.

9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, William C. Porter (14 November 1809–23 May 1891), Memorial # 52653177.

10. Land Deed - W. C. Porter & Wife To Jeremiah T. Porter; 31 March 1890; Deed Book # 28; page(s)402-404.

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Harriet Elizabeth Gulledge Porter is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed

Aunts & Uncles~Mary R. (Sellers) (Gaddy) Burkley (1789-1884)

The “Aunts & Uncles” series of biographical sketches are Artificial Intelligence (AI) compiled narratives of selected individuals from my Genealogical database.  The selected AI will used the RootsMagic Individual Summary from my Genealogical Software, Roots Magic. All genealogical data is my research material acquired over the past 46 years of research. Today's Biography of The Life of Mary R. (Sellers) (Gaddy) Burkley (1789-1884) was compiled with the assistance of Claude Sonnett 4 and is entitled: 

                                                               The Life of

Mary R. Sellers

Gaddy · Burkley

circa 1789 – aft 1884

A Life Well Lived

Mary R. Sellers was born around 1789 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, into a family with deep roots in the Carolina backcountry. She would go on to outlive nearly everyone she knew — two husbands, most of her children, and an entire era of American history. By the time she passed away after February 1884, at the remarkable age of 89 plus, she had witnessed the birth of a new nation, the trauma of the Civil War, and the dawn of the Gilded Age. Her long life wove together the threads of colonial settlement, westward migration, frontier farming, and family resilience across South Carolina and Georgia.

The records that survive paint a picture of a determined and capable woman — one who owned property, sold land in her eighties, and kept close ties to the Sellers family name throughout her life, even after two marriages. She is remembered in family records under the names Mary Gaddy and Mary Burkley, but she signed her last known legal document simply as Mary R. Sellers, perhaps a quiet declaration of the identity she carried from birth.

 

Family Origins & Early Life

Her Parents

Mary's father, Hardy Sellers (1757–1835), was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War — a proud distinction that would have shaped the family's sense of identity and patriotism. Hardy was born around 1757, likely in North Carolina, and established himself as a farmer and landowner in the Cheraws District of South Carolina. He appears in the 1790 census in St. Thomas, Cheraws District, with a household that included his wife, several sons, and at least three daughters, including young Mary. He lived to age 77 or 78, dying on or about January 17, 1835.

Mary's mother was Mary Cook (1760–1820), who appears in household census records alongside Hardy through 1810. She passed away around 1820, roughly a decade before her husband. Together, Hardy and Mary Cook raised a large family of children from what appears to have been more than one marriage on Hardy's part.

Growing Up in the Carolinas

Mary grew up in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, a region of rolling pine forests, river-bottom farms, and scattered homesteads settled largely by Scots-Irish and English families in the decades following the Revolution. Life in this part of the South centered on subsistence farming, community church life, and close-knit extended families. The nearest town of note was Cheraw, a small but active trading center on the Pee Dee River.

As the country itself was just finding its footing — the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, the year before Mary's birth — Mary grew up in an era of profound national change. She would have been aware of the War of 1812, the rise of the cotton economy that transformed the South, and the steady westward push of American settlement.

Her Siblings

Mary was one of several children in the Sellers household. Based on census records and Hardy Sellers' probate proceedings, her known siblings included:

John Sellers (circa 1782–1844) — an older brother

Philip Sellers (circa 1774–1835) — an older brother

Abraham Sellers — a brother, present in early census records

Richard Sellers — a brother, mentioned in Hardy's will

Phoebe Sellers — a sister who predeceased her father Hardy; her children (Elijah, James, and Phoebe Gulledge) were named in his will

Jane Sellers — a sister who also predeceased Hardy; her son Iverson L. Briley was named in his will

Hardy Huntley Sellers (1829–1857) — a much younger half-sibling from Hardy's second marriage to Levinia

Zilphia Ann Sellers (1830–1913) — another younger half-sibling, also from Hardy's second marriage

The generational spread of these siblings — some much younger than Mary — reflects the reality of Hardy Sellers' having children across multiple marriages or relationships. Mary, as one of the older children from his first family, would have been well into adulthood by the time her youngest half-siblings were born.

 

First Marriage: Thomas Gaddy

The Gaddy Family

Around 1813, when she was about 24 years old, Mary married Thomas Gaddy (1789–1849). Thomas was born in the same year as Mary, and the two appear to have been a good match — both from the same region of South Carolina, both of farming stock. The marriage would last over three decades and produce at least seven children.

The 1810s and 1820s were a time of tremendous westward movement in America, as families from the Carolinas and Virginia pushed into Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and beyond. It appears that at some point — likely in the 1820s or early 1830s — Thomas and Mary made the decision to join this migration and head to Georgia, eventually settling in DeKalb County, in the area known as Shallowford, just northeast of the young city of Atlanta.

Life in Georgia

Georgia in this era was frontier country being rapidly transformed. DeKalb County was established in 1822, carved from land that had only recently been ceded by the Creek Nation. Families like the Gaddys arrived to clear land, plant crops, and build communities from scratch. It was hard, physical work, but the promise of fertile land and fresh opportunity drew thousands of families southward and westward.

Thomas Gaddy appears in the 1850 Georgia Property Tax Digests for DeKalb County (Militia District No. 69), and Mary is listed in the 1850 Agriculture Census — suggesting the family operated a farm of some size. Tragically, Thomas died in October 1849, his death recorded in the 1850 Mortality Schedule. He was about 60 years old.

Their Children

Thomas and Mary raised a large family together. Their known children were:

Hardy Sellers Gaddy (1815–1895) — their eldest son, named in honor of Mary's father

Anne Gaddy (born circa 1819) — daughter; she later married into the Steen family

Phillip Samuel Gaddy (1825–1902) — son; he married Anne Steen, sister of John J. Steen

Henrietta Gaddy (1827–1870) — daughter

George Washington Gaddy (1827–1862) — son; born the same year as Henrietta, likely twins; he died during the Civil War era

Phebe A. Gaddy (born circa 1830) — daughter

Mary Malissa Gaddy (1834–1899) — their youngest known child

The 1850 census for Shallowford, DeKalb County captures a poignant family moment: the recently widowed Mary Gaddy, age 61, is living in the household of John J. Steen — who was the brother of Anne Steen, wife of Mary's son Phillip. So after Thomas's death, Mary was essentially sheltering with her in-law extended family, surrounded by her adult children who were also listed in the household: Hardy, Anne, Henrietta, Philip, Phebe, and Mary Malissa.

 

Second Marriage: William M. Burkley

At some point after Thomas Gaddy's death in 1849, Mary made the remarkable decision to marry again — and to return to her home state. She wed William M. Burkley (also spelled Berkley or Brinkley in various records), who was born around 1790 in Georgia. He was approximately the same age as Mary, and the two appear together in the 1860 Chesterfield County, South Carolina census, listed as William M. Berkley (age 61, farmer) and Mary Berkley (age 70).

It is worth noting that some family researchers have suggested that William Burkley's wife may have been a different Mary — specifically a Mary Rivers, daughter of Isaac Rivers and Nancy Parker. However, genealogist Marie Wiggins's records identify her as Mary Sellers, and the broader documentary evidence strongly supports this identification. The couple appear together in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Chesterfield County censuses, and Mary's continued use of the surname Sellers in her 1884 property deed further connects her to that family line.

William M. Burkley died sometime between the 1870 and 1880 censuses — he is present in 1870 (listed as head of household, age 80) but absent in 1880, when Mary is listed as the head of household at age 92, with a young woman named Queen Sellars serving as her nurse.

The Burkleys are believed to be buried on their farm, near the Old Sellers Graveyard in Chesterfield County — a fitting resting place, returning Mary to the landscape of her childhood.

 

Later Life & Independence

Mary's later years are a testament to her extraordinary longevity and continued independence. By 1870, she was approximately 81 years old and living with her husband William in Chesterfield. By 1880, widowed once again, she was 92 and heading her own household, cared for by a nurse.

What makes the later records particularly striking is a legal deed from February 8, 1884. At approximately 95 years of age, Mary R. Sellers — as she signed herself — sold a 200-acre tract of land in Chesterfield County to Elizabeth Sellers for fifty dollars. The land, situated on the north side of Golphurs Branch on the waters of Deep Creek, had formerly belonged to a Sarah Hancock. The deed was witnessed by Hardy J. Allen and Robert H. M. Hancock, and officially recorded on February 12, 1884. That a woman in her mid-nineties was independently transacting property in a formal legal proceeding speaks volumes about her mental sharpness and sense of agency.

Mary R. Sellers Gaddy Burkley died sometime after February 1884, in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. She was approximately 95 years old. Her Find A Grave memorial (No. 46153898) records her burial location as the Berkley Family Cemetery, though family tradition suggests she rests near the Old Sellers Graveyard on the family farm.

 

Mary's World: A Century of American History

Mary R. Sellers was born the year the United States government first went into operation under President George Washington. She died just three years before the close of the nineteenth century. The span of her life encompassed almost the entire history of the young republic:

1789 — The year of Mary's birth; George Washington inaugurated as first President

1812–1815 — The War of 1812; Mary was a young married woman

1830s — Indian Removal Act (1830) cleared DeKalb County, Georgia, where Mary's family would later settle

1835 — Death of her father, Hardy Sellers; probate proceedings involve Mary and her siblings

1849 — Death of her first husband, Thomas Gaddy, in Georgia

1861–1865 — The Civil War; Mary was in her 70s; her son George Washington Gaddy died in 1862

1865 — Emancipation and Reconstruction; Mary living in Chesterfield, SC

1884 — Mary, at approximately 95, signs a legal land deed in her own name

Aft 1884 — Mary's death, aged approximately 95

The Civil War would have been a particularly painful chapter for Mary. Living in Chesterfield County, South Carolina — one of the Confederate states — she would have experienced the war's hardships firsthand. Her son George Washington Gaddy died in 1862, likely a casualty of the conflict. Sherman's army marched through the Carolinas in early 1865, and communities like Chesterfield suffered significant destruction. Mary endured all of it.

 

Family Legacy

Mary R. Sellers spent her life at the intersection of two prominent Upcountry South Carolina families — the Sellers and the Gaddys — and left descendants scattered across South Carolina and Georgia. Her seven children with Thomas Gaddy carried the family name westward and back again, and her connection to the Sellers family never truly faded, as evidenced by her lifelong use of that surname in formal contexts.

Her father Hardy Sellers' status as a Revolutionary War patriot would have been a point of family pride passed down through generations. Mary herself was living proof of that founding generation's legacy — born in the infancy of the republic, she outlived nearly the entire nineteenth century.

Mary R. (Sellers) (Gaddy) Burkley is my 4th Great GrandAunt. 

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Sources & Notes

1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ); Memorial page for Mary Berkley; (1790–12 October 1879); Find a Grave memorial # 46153898, Citing Berkley Family Cemete; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

2. 1790 U. S. Census, Cheraw District, South Carolina, population schedule, St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina, Page: 373; Line 939, Household of Hardy SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M637_11.

3. 1800 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 106; Line 16, Household of Hardy SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M32, Roll 47.

4. 1810 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 578; Line 23, Household of Hardy SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M252_60.

5. Hardy Sellers Equity Notice, The Cheraw Gazette, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, 30 August 1836, page 167, Image 3, column 2.

6. 1850 U. S. Census, DeKalb County, Georgia, population schedule, Shallowford, DeKalb County, Georgia, Page: 117A(stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 26, Family 26, Household of  John STEEN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 9 February 2014); citing NARA publication Roll: M432_67.

7. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 131A(Stamped); Line:#5, Dwelling:#500; Family:#500, Household of William M. BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online August 2025); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.

8. 1850 U. S. Census, DeKalb County, Georgia, agriculture schedule, Shallowford, DeKalb, Georgia, USA, enumeration district (ED) 21 Aug 1850, Page:# 63; Line:#21, Mary Gaddy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA publication Roll: T1137:2.

9. Thomas Gaddy, District 69, Kees, Image 88 of 124, , 1850; , Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893; Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.

10. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 144B(Stamped); Line:#26, Dwelling:#715; Family:#713, Household of Wm. M. BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online August 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.

11. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page:#292 (Stamped), Line:#8,, Dwelling:#89, Family:#89, Household of W. M. BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online August 2025); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.

12. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B(stamped); Line 14, Dwelling 49, Family 49, Household of Mary BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 June 2017); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.

13. Land Deed - Mary Sellers to Elizabeth Sellers Deed; 8 February 1884; Deed Book #7; Page(s) 566 & 567; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; July 2024.

14. Lee G. Barrow, Cheraw District, South Carolina, Court of Equity: Volume 1: Minutes, 1801-1823S (Gainesville, Georgia: Bargraphica, 2012), 118.

15. Hardy Sellers Equity Notice, The Cheraw Gazette, 30 August 1836.

16. 1850 U. S. Census, Dekalb County, Georgia, mortality schedule, DeKalb County, Georgia, Page: 165, THOMAS GADDY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 November 2014); citing  National Archives Microfilm T655-07.

This biography was compiled from U.S. Federal Census records (1790–1880), Georgia and South Carolina property and tax records, Find A Grave memorial #6153898, the Chesterfield District Court of Common Pleas equity records (1851), the Cheraw Gazette (1836), and family research notes by Marie Wiggins and others. All genealogical details are drawn directly from primary and secondary sources; no details have been added or embellished beyond historical context.