Marriage of Lillie Mae Sellers

Lillie Mae Sellers was borne about 1872 in Henderson County, Tennessee. Her Mother, Arminda Bell (Starns) Sellers, second wife of James Calhoun Sellers, died shortly after her birth. James Calhoun Sellers married for a 3rd time to Elizabeth Jane Manley. About this same time, the father of Arminda Bell (Starns) Sellers and Lillie Mae’s grandfather also passed away. His death resulted in the following Madison County Court Document transcribed here:

To the County Court of Madison County, Tenn.

Your petitioner would respectfully represent that his daughter L. M. [Lillie Mae] Sellers aged about 8 years and John Starns a Stepson of your Petitioner aged over 20 years are entitled to a legacy from the estate of James Montgomery dec’d amounting to about the sum of $12.50 each which to reduce to <illegible> render it necessary that Said minor children have a Guardian appointed for them. Your petitioner therefore prays the Court to appoint him their Guardian and he will ever pray &c. this 1^st Aug 1881.

Sworn to Subscribed}                                            J. C. Sellers

Before me Aug 1st 1881}

E. A. Clark}

Clk}

By the Court

August 1st 1881

A. L. Rogers

Note: This document and the 1880 Census are the only documents found proving the age of Lillie Mae Sellers.

Sometime after this action, James Calhoun Sellers moved his family to Fannin County, Texas. There on 21 October 1894, Lillie Mae Sellers, age 22, married William M. Witt, age unknown. This marriage is the end of the line for information on William M. Witt and Lillie Mae Sellers with one exception. On 8 November 1899,  L. M. Witt was named in a Land Deed forcing the sale of  48 acres of Land. (Deed Book 70, Page 573-575).

Partial Transcript

    Know all men by these presents, that whereas, by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued out of the District Court of the County of Fannin in favor of Wills and Smith vs M. A. Sellers and L. M. Witt on certain Judgment and Decree of Sale, rendered on the 15th day of August 1899, and directed and delivered to me as Sheriff of Fannin County, commanding me to seize and sell the premises described in said Order of Sale, I, W. W. Ridling, Sheriff as aforesaid, did, upon the 6th day of  October 1899...

Marriage Licensee for Mr. Wm. M. Witt to Miss Lillie Sellers

NO RECORD beyond this 8 November 1899 Land Deed has been found for William M. Witt or his wife Lillie Mae Sellers.

There are over 100 trees on-line saying that the 8 children borne to William Wayne Witt/Whitt and his wife Lillie Lee WHITE are the children of William M. WITT and Lillie Mae SELLERS. REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU COPY INFORMATION FROM ON-LINE. 

If you have information about Lillie Mae Sellers Witt I would love to hear from you.

Lillie Mae Sellers is the Granddaughter of Noah Sellers and Timney Ellen Parsons.  

Lillie Mae Sellers Witt is my 2nd Cousin 2X Removed.

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Special thanks to Lou P. and Deborah K. for their assistance in obtaining information contain within this blog post.

[1] 1880 U. S. Census, Madison County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 14, Madison County, Tennessee, enumeration district (ED) 098, Page: 308D (stamped); Line 1, Dwelling NL, Family 263, Household of Noah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_Roll 1270.

[2] Land Deed - Forced Sale of Land -- Fannin County, Texas 1899; 8 November 1899; Deed Book #70; Page(s) 573-574; Register of Deeds; Bonham, Fannin County, Texas; 21 April 2014.  

[3] "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX3R-DB7 : accessed 25 Apr 2014), William M. Witt and Lillie Sellars, 21 Oct 1894; citing , Fannin, Texas, , reference 2:2CMKK2G; FHL microfilm 1293831.