Jane Sellers, the youngest known daughter of Hardy Sellers and Mary Cook passed away sometime before 14 Jul 1834. Jane was borne about 1795 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Before her death at age 39, she was married and had one child a son Iverson L. Briley.
Jane Sellers, age 30, and Iverson H. Briley were married before 1825 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. Their only child, a son, Iverson L. Briley was born abt 1825. Jane (Sellers) Briley died before 14 Jul 1834. On 14 July 1834, Jane’s father, Hardy Sellers, my 5th Great Grandfather wrote his Last Will and Testament. On 12 January 1835, my 5th Great Grandfather Hardy Sellers, Sr. passed away in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
In Item 7 of his Last Will he noted that his daughter Jane was deceased, and he was leaving his grandson Iverson L. Briley a stipend of $300 Dollars to earn interest until he reached the age of Twenty-one. Iverson L. Briley was belied to be about 10 years of age.
7. To the son of my deceased daughter Jane Brily, Iverson L. Brily I give three hundred dollars to bare interest from my death until he arrives to the age of twenty-one years which is to be a full share of my estate both real and personal.
On 9 June 1851, Iverson L. Briley, age about 26, married Sarah L. Higdon in Franklin County, Mississippi. Sarah L. Higdon, daughter of Daniel Higdon and Louisiana Gilbert, was born about 1836 in Mississippi.
It is not known when Iverson L. Briley left Chesterfield. Both Father and Son can be found in Louisiana by 1860 but not together in the same household.
Iverson served in the military in 1862–1865 and was a Prisoner of War (POW). He died before 6 Apr 1870 at the age of 45.
On 6 April 1870, Sarah L. (Higdon) Briley married George Washington Tier on 6 April 1870 in Caldwell, Louisiana. Sarah L. (Higdon) (Briley) Tier died before 21 Aug 1871 in Caldwell, Louisiana. Her death left three minor children. In the Succession of Sarah L. Tier, Decd., the local probate court awarded Guardianship of the minor children to both her mother, Louisiana Faulkner, wife of A. W. Faulkner, and her husband, George Washington Tier, the children's stepfather on 21 Aug 1871.
Iverson L. Briley and Sarah L. Higdon had the following children:
i. Mary E. Briley, born 1856, Concordia, Louisiana; married Henry Holmes Rogillio, 20 Dec 1876, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana; died 9 Nov 1935, East Feliciana, Louisiana.
ii. Emily L Briley, born 1859; married Bunyan Herrington Byrd, 28 Jun 1882.
iii. Clarissa Briley was born in 1860. She appeared in the census in 1880. She died on 5 Jul 1888 at the age of 28 in Orleans, Louisiana.
Iverson L. Briley is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed.
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1. 1850, Western District, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Western District, Concordia, Louisiana, Page 161B (Stamped) Line 1, Dwelling 180, Family 181, Household of I. BRILEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration, Roll: M432_230.
2. 1860, Ward 9, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, Concordia, Louisiana, Page: 796; Line 25, Dwelling 37, Family 43, Household of J. L. BRILEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 2 May 2017); citing National Archives M653-410.
3. "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 21 May 2017), Marriage: Iverson L. Briley and Sarah L. Higdon, Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1851.
4. 1860, Ward 9, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, Concordia, Louisiana, Page: 796; Line 25, Dwelling 37, Family 43, Household of J. L. BRILEY.
5. 1870, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 7, Caldwell, Louisiana, Page 138A(stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 67, Family 69, Household of G. W. TIER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 2 May 2017); citing National Archives M593_509.
6. 1860, Ward 9, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, Concordia, Louisiana, Page: 796; Line 25, Dwelling 37, Family 43, Household of J. L. BRILEY.
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