Treasure Chest Thursday~The Marriage of Roland R. Sellers and Sarah (Pratt) Brooks

Roland R. Sellers son of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins was born abt 1821 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was the 2nd child of thirteen known children born to Roland and Margaret between 1818 and 1837. 

On 25 Dec 1844, at age 23, Roland R. Sellers married Sarah (Pratt) Brooks, the widow of Thomas Brooks. Sarah Pratt was born about 1808, a daughter of Samuel Pratt and Clarinda Ann Teal. She was the 2nd born child of Samuel and Clarinda Ann Pratt.

Their marriage is recorded in the Anson County, North Carolina Estate File for Sarah (Pratt) Sellers.

Sellers vs Sellers
In  Sellers Vs Sellers below we will start with the testimony of Robert Lampley

Robert Lampley    One of the plffs. Sarah Brooks married Roland Sellers. She was a daughter of Saml. Pratt. She married a Brooks first, Sarah Sellers had four children, viz: Martha [Brooks] who married deft. P. A. Sellers, Winnie [Brooks], who married a [James H.] Curtis, Polly or Mary [Brooks] who married a [William B or R] Sellers and Elizabeth [Brooks] who married Jacob Lampley. She was my Mother and had five children viz Sarah Jane, Thomas, John, Robert and Elizabeth. Sarah Brooks died Nov. 23rd, 1871. She married 25 Dec. 1844.

Roland R. Sellers and Sarah (Pratt-Brooks) Sellers had two known children

• William A. D. Sellers, b. 1849
• Sarah Elizabeth Sellers, b. 1851

1860 CENSUS: Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina; Roll: M653_887; Image: 157; Family History Library Film: 803887, Page: 299A(stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 1217, Family 1167; Rowland SELLARS, male, age 37, farmer, born in SC; Sarah SELLARS, female [wife], age 53, born in NC; Sarah SELLARS, female, age 9, born in NC and [Mary] Elizabeth LAMPLEY, female, [granddaughter] age 8, born in NC.


Roland R. Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.






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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPRW-9X3S?i=1&cc=1911121
[2] Anson County, North Carolina, North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, Sarah PRATT SELLERS; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 14 June 2015); NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers, nee Brooks..