This is a new series of posting, appearing every Sunday, on selected Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resources if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
Today we will be looking at the following Estate folders:
Folder #757
Phillip Albert Sellers
This estate folder begins at image #1590 and ends with image #1620. (images 1590-1620)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-14687-28?cc=1911928Phillip Albert Sellers, son of Elijah Sellers and Sarah Purvis died on 6 April 1896 leaving surviving him, his wife Anna Jane Douglass Sellers and 7 children; 4 sons and 3 daughters.
Court Petition:
On 14 April 1896, Anna J. Sellers petitioned the courts for Letters of Administrations on the estate of her husband, Philip Sellers. Letters were granted to her to administered the estate.
Transcription:
State of South Carolina} In Probate
County of Chesterfield} Court
To T. L. Huntley Judge of Probate
The petition of your petitioner shows to this Court that Philip Sellers late of the state and county aforesaid died intestate on the 6th day of April 1896 leaving your petitioner as his widow and leaving a personal estate amounting to about two hundred dollars, and your petitioner desires that Letters of Administration be granted to her.
Wherefore she prays that you will grant to her Letters of Administration on said Estate and she will ever pray &c. April 14th 1896 A. J. Sellers
Three appraisers were appointed by the Courts on 16 May 1896 to appraise the personal estate of Philip Sellers. (Image 1607) Appointed were:
- A. D. Smith
- Ervin Oliver
- D. N. Douglass
Distributions:
The administratrix, Anna J. Sellers, made distribution on the estate in October 1906.
$8.75
Rec’d of Anna J. Sellers administratrix Eight Dollars and seventy Five cents in full of my interest distribution share in the estate of Phillip Sellers and the receipt releases my Mother from all liability to me as administratrix of my Fathers Estate.
Oct. 3 1906 J. H. Sellers
Seven of 8 children received distributive shares in the estate. One son, William had previously died in 1878.
Anna Jane Douglass Sellers died on 7 February 1914 in Elba, Coffee County, Alabama. She went there to live with her son, James Douglas and his wife, after the death of her husband. She is buried locally in the Evergreen Cemetery. Her husband, Philip Albert Sellers, was buried in the Douglass Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Phillip Albert Sellers; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 22 September 2014); ESTATE FILE #757. <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-14687-28?cc=>
