The Alabama Death of Anna Jane Douglass Sellers

Anna Jane Douglass, daughter of John Daniel McLaurin Douglass and Harriett Newell McFarland was born in Chesterfield, South Carolina. At age 20, Anna married Phillip Albert Sellers. Phillip Albert Sellers was the son of Elijah Sellers and Sarah Purvis. 

Anna and Philip reared a family of nine children; 5 daughters and 4 sons. When the youngest child, a daughter was about 11 years of age her father Philip Albert Sellers died on 6 April 1896 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He is buried in the Douglass cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 

After the loss of her husband, Anna Jane stayed for a while in Chesterfield but by 1910, she had moved to Green Bay, Covington County, Alabama to live with her daughter Sarah Ann “ Sallie”  and Son-in-Law Joseph Benjamin Hilton. This changed took place sometime between 1900 and 1910; the exact date has not been determined.

Anna Jane Douglass Sellers died on 7 February 1914 and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Coffee County, Alabama.  

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Anna Jane Douglass Sellers

b.  19 Sept. 1845

d. 7 Feb. 1914

bu. Evergreen Cemetery

After 31 years of marriage and 9 children its so sad that this couple was not reunited at death. 

Anna Jane Douglass is the wife of Philip Albert Sellers, 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  6 June 2017); Memorial page for Phillip Albert Sellers; (1 May 1836–6 April 1896); Find a Grave memorial #41151475, Citing Douglass Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

2. Land Deed - HARRIETT SELLERS & Others   to  JOHN D. DOUGLASS   DEED; 14 January 1870; Deed Book #4; Page(s) 401; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC; 7 June 2017.

3. 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.

4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Death date, Phillip Albert Sellers; SC Archives & History, Columbia, South Carolina.

5. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0020, Page: 9A/81 (stamped); Line 38, Dwelling 164, Family 164, Household of  Annie J. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 16 April 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.

6. 1910 U. S. Census, Covington County, Alabama, population schedule, Green Bay, Covington County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 0056, Page: 17A/90 (stamped); Line 14, Dwelling 196, Family 196, Household of  Benjamin J. HILTON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 16 April 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_9.

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Anna Jane Douglass Sellers (19 September 1845–7 February 1914), Memorial #91661381.

1830 Tax List~Trigg County, Kentucky

One of the big mysteries and unanswered questions in my genealogical database is ~When did Ruth Moultrie Cook pass away? What is her death date?

No Obituary, tombstone or death notice has been found for Ruth Cook. She appeared in the following Tax lists for Trigg County, Kentucky – 1820, 1821, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830.

The 1830 Tax List (shown here) is the last entry I have found for Ruth Cook. She is definitely not listed in the 1831 tax list. Every page has been checked and there is no entry for Ruth Cook. 

Speculation varies as to when she passed away. Some say she died in 1829; others say she died in 1830. I have seen no specific date for her death.

Her FindAGrave memorial says she died in 1829. The memorial implied that a tombstone exits but no tombstone is attached to the memorial. 

If you have any information about the death of Ruth Moultrie Cook I would love to hear from you. 

Ruth Moultrie Cook is my 5th Great Grand Aunt.

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[1] Trigg County, Kentucky, "Taxable Property in the County of Trigg (1820-1849), 1830, Ruth COOK; Image 368 of 1214, Kentucky Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 January 2020); Memorial page for Ruth Moultrie Cook; (1775–1829); Find a Grave memorial # 19463197, Citing In 1982 this grave is located on Finis Berkley farm near Laura Furnace.; Trigg County, Kentucky.