52 Cousins~Catherine Sellers

Catherine Sellers, daughter of John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, was born about 1805 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

J. Jeptha Gulledge was born about 1801 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was a son of The Rev. Joel Gulledge and Zilpha Huntley. He was the eight of eleven children born of this union. He had five brothers and five sisters. 

Jeptha Gulledge married Catherine Sellers about 1824. This date is estimated based on the birth of Thomas S. Gulledge on 30 June 1825. Thomas is believed to be their first-born child. 

Jeptha and Catherine were most likely married in Chesterfield County and made the trip to Carroll County, Tennessee with John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, her parents, in the year 1827.     

Jeptha Gulledge died very young at age 41. He signed his Last Will on 4 Sep 1842. His estate was probated in Oct 1842 by John Sellers, the appointed Executor.  

Jeptha Gulledge, died between 4 Sept 1842-31 Oct 1842 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 

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"said Jeptha died in Carroll County Tenn some time in the year 1842 & that before his death he made & published his will, and that ..."

Catherine died about 1855, at the age of 50, in Carroll County, Tennessee.

J. Jeptha Gulledge and Catherine Sellers had the following children:

i. Thomas S. Gulledge, born 30 Jun 1825, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Elizabeth Jane Roark, 14 Oct 1845, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1849, Carroll County, Tennessee.

ii. Joel L. Gulledge was born on 23 May 1826 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 23 Jun 1844 at the age of 18 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

iii. Zelpha Ann Gulledge, born 20 Mar 1829, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Thomas Springer, 15 Feb 1846, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1910, Pecos, Reeves, Texas.

iv. John Jackson Gulledge was born on 24 Jun 1830 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 26 Nov 1840 at the age of 10 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

v. Mary Jane Gulledge, born 1832, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Samuel W. Holmes, 1 Sep 1848; died about 1892.

vi. William R. Gulledge was born in 1836 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 8 He died before 6 Dec 1886 at the age of 50 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He had his estate probated on 6 Dec 1886 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

vii. Martha Ellen Gulledge, born 26 Oct 1840, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Newton Cannon Hardy, 12 Sep 1860, Carroll County, Tennessee; died bef 1900.

Related Article:

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2018/07/last-will-and-testament-of-jeptha.html

Catherine (Sellers) Gulledge was my 1st Cousin, 5X Removed.

NOTE: There are many complete dates for the Birth, Death and Marriage of some of these individual's. All unsourced, so I have omitted the dates because they are nothing more than fiction. 

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1. 1830 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 179(penciled); Line 6th from Bottom; Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_174.

2. 1840 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 67B(stamped); Line: #27, Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll: 521.

3. 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 13, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 112B(stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 1493, Family 1593, Household of Catharine GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: Online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

4. J. Jeptha Gulledge (1842), WILL BOOK: Last Will and Testament; page 62; Probate Office, Carroll County, Tennessee.

5. Carroll County, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Jeptha Gulledge; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com: online November 2023); NR Page 111.

6. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-992Q-P9KV