It’s Family Time~James David Sellers

James David Sellers, born about 1822, was the 3rd of 14 children born to Roland Sellers and his wife Margaret Eddins.

About 1845, James David married Sarah Ann Gaskins, age 19, daughter of Darling Monroe Gaskins and Mary Nelson. Over the next 12 years, James David and Sarah Ann would grow their family with the birth of four daughters and a son. By the time their youngest had turned 4; a war was on the horizon and James David enlisted on 13 April 1861 with Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry. 

Six months after enlisting to serve in the Civil War, James David died from Typhoid Fever on 15 October 1861 in Richmond, Virginia. 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julius Burr

Military records, online at Fold3.com, shows that Sarah Ann Sellers claimed the effects of her deceased husband on 11 March 1862.

I don’t know if James David Sellers body was returned home or not; but, there is a Confederate Grave Marker for James David Sellers in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

The Children of James David Sellers and Sarah Ann Gaskins are:
        i.    Queen M. Sellers was born on 1 Sep 1846 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Never married.
        ii.    Alexander Hossick Sellers was born in May 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 15 Jun 1926 at the age of 76 and was buried at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
         iii.    Eliza Ann Sellers, born 16 Oct 1854, Ruby, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Joel H. Douglass; died 16 May 1941, Junction City, Union, Arkansas.
         iv.    Louisa Jane Sellers, born 10 Jul 1856, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William Jesse Jenkins, 1881; died 24 Jan 1938.
         v.    Mary E. Sellers, born 22 Mar 1857, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Abraham D. Catoe, abt 1879; died 7 Mar 1945, Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia.

James David Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.








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1. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 143A(stamped); Line 35, Dwelling 689, Family 689, Household of  James D. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 + 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 147 (stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 748, Family 746, Household of J. D. SELLARS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 25 November 2016), entry for James David Sellers, Private; Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry; Confederate.
5. 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), J. D. Sellers, page 312.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  25 November 2016); Memorial page for James David Sellers; (1822–15 October 1861); Find a Grave memorial # 31354684, Citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
7. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B(stamped); Line 8, 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.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, DEED BOOK 10: pages 285 + 286, Queen M. Sellers to Alexander Sellers; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
10. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B (stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Household of  Alexander SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 June 2017); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.