It’s Family Time~The William Braddock Sellers Family

William Braddock "Dock" Sellers was born on 30 Dec 1828 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was the son of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins. He served in the military with the 6^th Calvary during the Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Dock, as he was known, was captured on 10 December 1864 and released from Prison at the Pt. Lookout POW Camp on 19 June 1865 ten days after the War has ended,

William Braddock married Mary Elizabeth Gaskins in 1847 as reported by the Couple in the 1900 Chesterfield County SC Census.

Mary Elizabeth Gaskins, daughter of Darling Monroe Gaskins and Mary Nelson, was born on 30 Dec 1828 in Flat Rock, Kershaw, South Carolina.

William Braddock Sellers and Mary Elizabeth Gaskins had the following children:

i. Mary Elizabeth Sellers was born about 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She died young.

ii. James Preston "Jake" Sellers, born 3 Jan 1851, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, ; married Mary Eliza Tucker, abt 1875, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 11 Jan 1940, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

iii. John William Sellers, born 5 Aug 1852, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Tucker; died 28 Apr 1936.

iv. Martha Tempy Sellers, born 9 Mar 1856, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William Matthew Griggs, 1897; died 9 Feb 1922.

v. Helton Joe Sellers, born 8 Sep 1858, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Anna Laney Bittle, 30 Jan 1900; died 8 Jun 1932, Anson County, North Carolina.

vi. Allison Braddock Sellers, born 21 Mar 1861, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Ella Huntley, 1887, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Fannie Ratliff, 3 May 1930, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 27 Mar 1939, Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

vii. Margaret "Peggy" Sellers, born 25 Feb 1865, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married James Franklin Rayfield; died 30 Jan 1944.

viii. Elizabeth Missouri "Lizzie" Sellers, born May 1867, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married James Franklin Gulledge; died btw 1900-1910.

William Braddock Sellers died in 1906 at the age of 78 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina,

Mary Elizabeth Gaskins Sellers died on 11 Aug 1914 at the age of 85 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Both are buried at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.

William Braddock "Dock" Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 July 2019); Memorial page for Corp William Braddock “Dock” Sellers; (30 December 1828–1906); Find a Grave memorial # 31710892, Citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

2. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 July 2019), entry for William B. Sellers, Corporal; 6th SC Calvary; Confederate.

3. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0020, Page 7A/79 (Stamped); Line 26, Dwelling 119, Family 119, Household of William B. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 12 August 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.

4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Mary Elizabeth Gaskins Sellers (30 December 1828–11 August 1914), Memorial # 31710912.

5. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 143A(Stamped), Line 27, Dwelling 686, Family 687, Household of William SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 July 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.

6. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 291A(Stamped), Line 20, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Household of W. B. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 July 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.

7. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0020, Page 7A/79 (Stamped); Line 26, Dwelling 119, Family 119, Household of William B. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 12 August 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.

It’s Family Time~James David Sellers

James David Sellers, born about 1822, was the 3rd of 14 children born to Roland Sellers and his wife Margaret Eddins.

About 1845, James David married Sarah Ann Gaskins, age 19, daughter of Darling Monroe Gaskins and Mary Nelson. Over the next 12 years, James David and Sarah Ann would grow their family with the birth of four daughters and a son. By the time their youngest had turned 4; a war was on the horizon and James David enlisted on 13 April 1861 with Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry. 

Six months after enlisting to serve in the Civil War, James David died from Typhoid Fever on 15 October 1861 in Richmond, Virginia. 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julius Burr

Military records, online at Fold3.com, shows that Sarah Ann Sellers claimed the effects of her deceased husband on 11 March 1862.

I don’t know if James David Sellers body was returned home or not; but, there is a Confederate Grave Marker for James David Sellers in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

The Children of James David Sellers and Sarah Ann Gaskins are:
        i.    Queen M. Sellers was born on 1 Sep 1846 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Never married.
        ii.    Alexander Hossick Sellers was born in May 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 15 Jun 1926 at the age of 76 and was buried at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
         iii.    Eliza Ann Sellers, born 16 Oct 1854, Ruby, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Joel H. Douglass; died 16 May 1941, Junction City, Union, Arkansas.
         iv.    Louisa Jane Sellers, born 10 Jul 1856, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William Jesse Jenkins, 1881; died 24 Jan 1938.
         v.    Mary E. Sellers, born 22 Mar 1857, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Abraham D. Catoe, abt 1879; died 7 Mar 1945, Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia.

James David Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.








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1. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 143A(stamped); Line 35, Dwelling 689, Family 689, Household of  James D. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 + 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 147 (stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 748, Family 746, Household of J. D. SELLARS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 25 November 2016), entry for James David Sellers, Private; Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry; Confederate.
5. Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), J. D. Sellers, page 312.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  25 November 2016); Memorial page for James David Sellers; (1822–15 October 1861); Find a Grave memorial # 31354684, Citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
7. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 49, Family 49, Household of Mary BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 June 2017); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, DEED BOOK 10: pages 285 + 286, Queen M. Sellers to Alexander Sellers; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
10. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B (stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Household of  Alexander SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 June 2017); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.