It’s Family Time~Phillip and Mary Gulledge Sellers

Phillip Sellers, Jr. son of Phillip Sellers Sr. and his wife Mary [LNU] was born about 1795 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was their 4th child. Phillip Jr. had 8 brothers and no known sisters. 

In the mid-1820’s, Phillip Sellers, Jr. married Mary E. ‘Polly’ Gulledge, daughter of the Rev. Joel Gulledge and his wife Zilphia Huntley.  To this union were born 5 children; 2 daughters and 3 sons. 

Phillip was a farmer in Chesterfield and Anson County and left his Widow, Mary, a farm of two hundred and sixty eight (268) acres. 
 
Phillip died sometime before 1850. His wife, Mary passed away on 31 August 1875. She left a Will naming her children and how the property was to be divided.

 http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2014/08/will-of-mary-sellers-probated-1875.html
 
Philip Sellers and Mary E. Gulledge had the following children:
 
i. Mary Frances Sellers, born 1824, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married James Rex Moore Jr., abt 1846; died 1875.
ii. Phillip A. Sellers, born abt 1829, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Viny Phillips, 8 Mar 1860, Anson County, North Carolina; died 10 Aug 1862 in the Civil War at Petersburg, Virginia.
iii. Joel Sellers, born Jun 1831, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Rachel Phillips, 1865, Anson County, North Carolina; died bef 15 Jul 1912, Anson County, North Carolina.
iv. Elijah Sellers was born in 1832 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Killed at South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862.
v. Martha E. Sellers, born 15 Oct 1837, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Robert Alexander Moore, 1859; died 11 Jan 1916, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Phillip Sellers, Jr. is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.




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1. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 288 (stamped), Line 21, Dwelling 1049, Family 1009, Household of Mary SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 26 December 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
2. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 343A(stamped); Line 2, Dwelling 164, Family 164, Household of Joel SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 June 2014); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
3. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), Volume 3, page 439, ELIJAH SELLERS.
4. Mary Gulledge Sellers (1854), WILL BOOK: WB "D", page 42 & 43; Probate Office, Wadesboro, North Carolina.

It's Family Time~Phillip A. Sellers

Phillip A. Sellers, a son of Phillip Sellers, Jr. and Mary E. ‘Polly’ Gulledge, was born about 1829 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Phillip was the oldest son and had four siblings; two brothers and two sisters.


On 8 March 1860, Phillip A. married Viney Phillips, a daughter of Capt. John Phillips.<sup>1

253. In this county, on the 8th inst., by John P. RATLIFF, Esq., Mr. Phillip SELLERS to Miss Viny PHILLIPS, daughter of Capt. John PHILLIPS. The Argus, March 15th, 1860.
  

Phillip and Viny are enumerated with his mother Mary E. ‘Polly’ Gulledge Sellers in the 1860 census for Anson County, North Carolina.2
 
1860 CENSUS: Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina; Roll: M653_887;  Image: 136; Family History Library Film: 803887, Page: 288 (stamped), Line 21, Dwelling 1049, Family 1009; Mary SELLERS, Female, age 65, born in NC; Philip SELLERS, Male, age 28, born in NC and Viney SELLERS, Female, age 20, born in NC.

After the 1860 census my research turned cold and I could find no additional evidence or information for Phillip and Viney Sellers. That is until last week when I made  a concentrated effort to locate a death date for Joel Sellers, a younger brother of Phillip A. Sellers.

I made a trip to the local library to access the multi-volume “North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster” known as the “Bible” for NC Civil War soldiers.  While browsing through these multi-volumes, I realized that Joel and his older brother Phillip A. Sellers both enlisted on 25 February 1862 with Company “I” 43rd Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops).

On the same page in Volume 10, page 379 we have entries for both Joel and Phillip Sellers. 3 4
 
Private Joel Sellers
Born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina and resided in Anson County where he was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Anson County on February 25, 1862. Present or accounted for until discharged on August 14, 1862, by reason of "an excessive and remarkable congenital malformation of the chest." Later served as Private in 1st Company, 36th Regiment N. C. troops (2nd Regiment N.C. Artillery)

Private Phillip Sellers
Born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina and resided in Anson County where he was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Anson county at age 33, February 25, 1862. Present or accounted for until he died in hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, August 10-12, 1862, of ty[phoid] febris."

It was at this moment that I realized why I could not locate Phillip and Viney after 1860 Census.

Phillip A. Sellers died on 10 August 1862 of typhoid fever. 5</sup>

Phillip A. Sellers is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.


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[1] Anson NCGenWeb, Anson NCGenWeb, Anson County, NC - Marriage & Death Notices, 1859-1860 (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/anson/vitals/marriages/argus02.txt : viewed 2 June 2014), Mr. Phillip SELLERS to Miss Viny PHILLIPS, daughter of Capt. John PHILLIPS.
[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 288 (stamped), Line 21, Dwelling 1049, Family 1009, Household of Mary SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 26 December 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
[3] Matthew Brown Editor, BOOK: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS:1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, NC 27699-4622: Historical Publications Section, 1997), Joel Sellers, Volume 10, page 379.
[4] Matthew Brown Editor, BOOK: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS:1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, NC 27699-4622: Historical Publications Section, 1997), Phillip Sellers, Volume 10, page 379.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 14 September 2016), entry for Phillip Sellers, Private; Co. "I", 43rd Reg't; Confederate. https://www.fold3.com/image/271/49917050