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Jennifer Aaron Best
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Jerred Glenn Best
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John Austin Best and Selena Caroline Hext
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Wife Selena Caroline Hext 1
Born: 8 Aug 1830
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Mother: Sarah Caroline Porcher (1780-1833) 1
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1 F Julia Tally Best 1
Born: 31 Dec 1858
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Marr: 18 Nov 1880
James O'bannion Lafitte and Julia Tally Best
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Born: 22 Oct 1858
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Wife Julia Tally Best 1
Born: 31 Dec 1858
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Mother: Selena Caroline Hext (1830-1915) 1
Kenny Best and Frankie Fleming
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Kevin Lynn Best
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Kimberly Best
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Fred Stephens and Kimberly Dee'an Best
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Larry Martin Best
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George Herman Hooley and Lois Fern Best
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2 F Georgia Marie Hooley (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Vickie Lynn Hooley (details suppressed for this person)
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4 M Christopher Hermann Hooley (details suppressed for this person)
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5 F Rhonda Fay Hooley (details suppressed for this person)
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Harvey L. Burdg and Lou Ann Best
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John Benjamin Cottingham and Margaret Elaine Turley Best
Husband John Benjamin Cottingham 1
Born: 1909
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Mother: Emma Perritt Ellis
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Wife Margaret Elaine Turley Best 1
Born: Abt 1911
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Margareta Best
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Born: 30 Jun 1557 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Megan Best
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Meryl Jeanne Best
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Michael Chad Best
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William M. Trotter and Minerva Jennie Best
Husband William M. Trotter 2
Born: 28 Mar 1835 - Habersham Co., GA
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Buried: - Steele Cemetery, Saint Clair Co., AL
Father: Nathaniel Trotter (1810-1876) 2
Mother: Nancy West (1816-1896) 2
Marriage: 26 Jul 1870 - Etowah Co., AL
Wife Minerva Jennie Best 2
Born: 25 Dec 1852 - AL
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1 F Martha B. Trotter 2
Born: Feb 1872 - AL
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2 F Ada Trotter 2
Born: Abt 1873 - AL
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3 M William C. Trotter 2
Born: Dec 1876 - AL
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4 F Rosa B. Trotter 2
Born: Abt 1878 - AL
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Buried: - Steele Cemetery, Saint Clair Co., AL
5 F Bessie Trotter 2
Born: Abt 1880
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6 F Jennie Trotter 2
Born: 29 Oct 1882 - AL
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Donald Lee Truman and Nancy Lee Best
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Nathen Case Best
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Randy Glenn Best and Beth Trahan
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2 M Jerred Glenn Best (details suppressed for this person)
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Robert Best and Magdalin Van Valkenburg
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Wife Magdalin Van Valkenburg 1
Born: 1817 - Columbia County, NY
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Mother: Beatje Or Bata Leggett (1774- ) 1
Other Spouse: Robert McKettrick
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BIRTH & BAPTISM:
Sallie Evans Best
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Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best
Husband Joseph Taylor
Born: 1751 - , Edgecombe, NC
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Mother: Nancy Walker (Abt 1729- )
Marriage: 1780
Wife Sarah Best
Born: Feb 1760 - , Tyrell, NC
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Mother: Mary Ann Jones (Abt 1734- )
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1 M William Taylor
Born: 21 Mar 1787 - , Warren, NC
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Marr: 22 Mar 1811 - , Warren, KY
Richard William Chenoweth and Sarah E. Best
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Born: 30 Oct 1850 4
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Mother: Mary Moore (1807-1888) 4
Marriage: 17 Jun 1875 4
Wife Sarah E. Best 4
Born: 26 Dec 1854 4
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1 M Oscar Uriah Chenoweth M.D. 4
Born: 7 Sep 1876 4
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Marr: 4 Dec 1901 4
2 M Homer Dor Chenoweth 4
Born: 30 Jul 1878 4
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3 M Jess William Chenoweth 4
Born: 15 Aug 1883 4
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[Hollcalv.ged]
Info from Greg NELSON, Salem, OR.
General Notes for Child Oscar Uriah Chenoweth M.D.
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He was a physician. Info from Greg NELSON, Salem, OR.
General Notes for Child Homer Dor Chenoweth
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Info from Greg NELSON, Salem, OR.
Charles Barlett Chapman and Sarah E. Best
Husband Charles Barlett Chapman
Born: 14 Sep 1850 - Cincinnati, Ohio
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Mother: Margaret Crossman (1819-1905)
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Born: 14 Sep 1973
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Born: 9 Sep 1874
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2 M Bartlett Chapman
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3 M Walter E. Chapman
Born: 6 Oct 1877
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Spouse: Gail I. Taylor (living)
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Silas Best and Harriet Cozad
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Born: 29 Feb 1840 - Warren County, IN
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George Sellers and Susannah Best
Husband George Sellers
Born: 1756
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Buried: - Froneberger Cemetery, Gaston Co., Cherryville, NC
Father: Philip Sellers (1724-1808)
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Wife Susannah Best
AKA: Susannah Sneider
Born: 1760
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Buried: - Froneberger Cemetery, Gaston Co., Cherryville, NC
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1 M George Sellers Jr.
Born: 5 Mar 1794 - Cherryville, NC
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Buried: - Froneberger Cemetery, Cherryville, King's Mountain, NC
Spouse: Magdalena Schneider ( - )
Marr: 1818
Spouse: Anna Mary Froneberger (1793-1869)
Marr: 3 Mar 1818 - Lincoln Co., NC
2 M Philip Sellers
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Spouse: Barbara Froneberger (1790-1845)
3 M John Sellers
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4 M Henry Sellers
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At the time of his research, Patrick C. Smith was unable to prove a definite connection with the Pennsylvania Sellers line. However, he states: "There was a great migration southward from the Pennsylvania-Maryland area in the 1750's and 60's, just prior to the Revolutionary War, and a great part of the Piedmont sections of North and South Carolina was settled as a result of this movement south. George, Sr., may have been born in the North and brought to North Carolina as a child by his parents, or may have lived to maturity in the North and migrated southward on his own about the time of the War.
The Froneberger cemetery contains a number of old Sellers graves, indicating a close relationship between the two families from the earliest time they were both in that part of North Carolina. Sellers and Froneberger are both names of German or Dutch origin, and the two families could very well have moved southward together.
There are only three known children of George Sellers, Sr. and Susannah: (This list differs from other research): George, Jr. - born March 5, 1794 Phillip Felix Source: "Sellers-McLaughen" papers by Patrick C. Smith, 1971, rev. 1984
George Sellers Sr. was of age to have taken part in the Revolutionary War. My mother (Fay Sellers Smith) told me that her father's people took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain (1781). This could only have been George, Sr. and/or the Fronebergers.
Deed to George Sellers (In Main Library - Charlotte, NC) "This indenture made the ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight between Isaac White of Lincoln County of (the) state of North Carolina of the one part (and) George Sellers of the county or Rowan of (the)state aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and forty pounds lawful currency to the said Isaac White in ____ paid by the said George Sellers the ____whereof is herby fully acknowledged the said Isaac White. Given, granted, bargained, sold, _________conveyed and confirmed and by these )?) presents doth grant, bargain, sell ________convey and confirm to the said George Sellers, his heirs and assigner forever, all that tract or parcel of land containing 300 acres, it being the land Nicholas Wisenant formerly lived on the said land lying the waters of Long Creek in said county the said land being granted to ______Wisenant by patent bearing date the 13th day of October 1765, purchased by Christian Carpenter of Nicholas Wisenant for the consideration of sixty pounds as by record bearing date the 24th of January in the year 1775, and purchased of Christian Carpenter by Isaac White for the consideration of 200 pounds as by record bearing date the 20th of (?) November, 1770 and bounded as follows. Beginning at a pine in the _____, thence by his (?) line of past _____ ______ 160 poles to Hegars corner white oak _________line the same course 60 poles in all 220 poles to white oak thence _____ ______ 220 poles to a small red oak thence _____220 poles to a Spanish oak, thence _____220 poles to the beginning with the appurtances _____ and lying as aforesaid with their _____every of their )?) rights of appurtances whatsoever and the Reversion of (?) reccesions, (?) remaindes of remainders of all and (?) singular the lands, tenements, hereditaments of premises hereby granted or intended to be granted and of every part and parcel thereof and all rents _____ services and profits to them or any of them or any part or parcel of them incident belonging or appertaining and also all and every the estate of the estates rights ____ claims, interests and demands whatsoever of him the said Isaac White or out of the said lands, tenements, hereditaments of premises whatsoever herby granted or mentioned to be granted or any of them or land, tenements, hereditaments, and premises hereby granted with their appertenances to the said George Sellers, his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and ____ of the said George Sellers, his heirs and assigns forever and the said Isaac White for himself, his heirs ____ "____" doth hereby promise, covenant and agree that the said Isaac White, his heirs, (?) Exc. "Adm" shall and will at all times warrant (?) __ ____ forever the said premises to the said George Sellers, his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims or demands whereby the above mentioned premises might or maybe incumbered contrary to the true intent and meaning of these presents. In witness thereof the said Isaac White hathe interchangeably set his hand and seal the 9th day of Jan. 1788 in the XIth year of our Independence.
Signed Sealed and delivered Isaac White
in presence of Jane White
Lincoln County, January _____1788 The within deed was ____ in open court and ordered to be registered.
Witness J.Dickson C.C>
Wife possibly Susannah?. A Susannah Sellers, died Jan 19 1843, aged 83 years is buried right next to George Sellers, tombstone reading: George Sellers died Dec 3rd 1839 aged 83 years. (See note below:) ******************** We know that Philip Sellers (1724-1808) of Pennsylvania had two sons who settled in North Carolina: George and John. [Because of the duplication of names, I will refer to this George and John as "George Sr." and "John Sr." and to George Sr.'s sons as George Jr. and John Jr. John Sr. apparently had no children, and in his will left all his property to two of George Sr.'s sons, John Jr. and Henry.
George Sellers (1756-1839) and his brother John migrated to North Carolina during the 1790s. They settled in what was then Lincoln County and became farmers. John seems to have had no children (he left his property to his nephews), but George and his wife Susanna Best had several children. Two of their sons were also named George and John and have been the source of much confusion. Source: www.bonanzajellydog.com/gene/froncemetery.html ******************* Annotated Federal Census info for the Sellers family of NC Lincoln, Cleveland, and Macon Counties All comments in parentheses are my commentary, and merely represent my guesses on the identities of the people involved. In addition, the census (especially in the early years) was notoriously inaccurate, and the handwriting of census takers is often hard to decipher. Be warned. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Lincoln County 1800 p. 821 George Sellers 4 males 0 to 9,( John, 4, Henry, 3, George, 6,) 2 males 10 to 15 1 male 16 to 25( Philip, 17) 1 male 26 to 44 (George, 44) 1 male 45 and up( maybe John, Sr., George's older brother) 2 females 0 to 9 2 females 10 to 15( Caty, 10 ) 1 female 26 to 44( Susannah Best, 40)
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Lincoln County 1810 p. 404
George Sellers 4 males 0 to 9( Possibly grandchildren.) 4 males 10 to 15( John, 14, Henry, 13, George, 16,) 1 male 26 to 44 (Perhaps a grown son, maybe even the father of the young boys above.) 1? male 45 and up (There is a mark in this column, but it might be a zero. This census taker appears not to really use zeros, though. He left columns blank instead.) 1 female 0 to 9 2 females 16 to 26 1 female 26 to 44 (Susannah Best, 50?)
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Lincoln County 1820 p. 296
George Sellers 1 male 0 to 9( Eli, 1) 1 male 26 to 44(I believe this is actually George, Jr, age 26) 1 female 0 to 9 (Elizabeth, 2) 1 female 16to 25( Anna Mary Froneberger (Sellers), 27)
p. 176
George Sellors, Sen 1 male 30 to 40 (grown son?) 1 male 70 to 80 (George, Sr, age abt 74) 1 female 50 to 60 (Susannah Best (Sellers), age 70)
Source: www.bonanzajellydog.com/gene/sellerscensus.html
A partial roster of the Froneberger Cemetery off Miles Bess Rd. I visited this cemetery on February 27, 2001. I hope to have a more complete record up shortly, as well as photos. These graves are in order, left to right.
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Barbary Sellers died Feb 6 1845 in her 55th year Philip Sellers died Jan 17 1852 in the 67th year of his age Susannah Sellers died Jan 19 1843 aged 83 years George Sellers died Dec 3rd 1839 aged 83 years Anna M. Sellers born Jan 3 1793 died Nov 22 1869 C. (or G) Sellers died May 22, 1836
Susannah's and George's are identical, down to being signed by the same initials This headstone is very crudely carved, and I believe it to be George Sellers, Jr's Source: http://www.bonanzajellydog.com/gene/froncemetery.html ************************************************************************** *************************************** "Married Dec. 24, 1809, George Seller and _____Sneider (Indian Creek Ch. reg.). They settled in North Carolina." Source: "Sellers Family of Pennsylvania and Allied Families" by Edwin Jaquett Sellers, Philadelphia, 1925 Perhaps George Sellers was married both to a ?Sneider and to Susannah Best. (MGHB/2002) ************************************************************************** ***************************************
Gaston County Research Timeline
Bath was formed in 1696 from territories south of the Albemarle River. Bladen was formed in 1734. Anson was formed from Bladen in 1750. Mecklenburg was formed from Anson in 1762. Tryon was formed from Mecklenburg County in 1768. Tryon existed as a County until Lincoln and Rutherford were formed from Tryon County in1779. Cleveland was formed from Lincoln and Rutherford in 1841. Gaston was formed in 1846 from Lincoln and the most western edge of present Cleveland. Cleveland gained some territory from Gaston in 1921. The most southern part of Gaston had ancestors recorded in what is now Spartanburg, Cherokee and York Counties S.C.
Prior to surveys of 1764 and 1772, "much of the territory in the north-central and north-western part of South Carolina was considered to be North Carolina. The South Carolina counties of Marlboro, Chesterfield, Lancaster, York, Chester, Union, Spartanburg, Cherokee, and portions of Greenville, Laurens and Newberry are involved." (_Guide to South Carolina Research and Records_, by Brent Holcomb, Colombia, SC, 1991, p. 37) Much of Tryon County, NC became SC after the 1772 survey. In fact, the Tryon County courthouse had to be moved!
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgaston/time.htm
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The land on which Cherryville now stands was originally known as "White Pine". During the last half of the 18th century, Scotch-Irish and German families from the Colony of Pennsylvania migrated south and settled into the "panhandle" section of Gaston County. Land grants by the king of England date back to 1768, and as early as 1792 Governor Samuel Ashe of North Carolina made original land grants in and around "White Pine". By this token Cherryville can be considered one of the oldest cities in Gaston County.
The village began to develop at a crossroads on Old Post Road. 'Ibis road served as a main thoroughfare between Salisbury, NC and Spartanburg, SC. In 1853, Henry Summit's Cross Roads Store, first store in the area, was established on this famous road.
Downtown Cherryville (Turn of the century) It was in 1862 that the Wilmington-Charlotte-Rutherford Railroad (later known as Carolina Central Railroad) reached White Pine. With the arrival of rail transportation, more homes and small businesses appeared in the village. On November 2, 1865, near the close of the Civil War, the name White Pine was changed to Cherryville.
Source:http://www.cherryville.com/history/cherryville_mfm/index.htm
General Notes (Wife)
"Some recent discoveries have led me to challenge these beliefs. Thanks to my cousin Brenda we found the Froneberger Cemetery where George, Sr and some of his family are buried. According to her gravestone, Susannah Best actually died in 1843, so George could not (legally, anyway) be Eli and company's father. Actually what this means is that he could not be the George Sellers who married Anna Mary in 1818. Also next to Anna Mary's gravestone is a small, crudely carved stone that has been read as C. Sellers, d. May 22 1836. I think that possibly the period after the "C" is really the "tail" of a G, and this is George Sellers, Jr. If George died in 1836 instead of 1825-26 as we believed, then there is no reason he can't be the father of our progenitor." Source: www.bonanzajellydog.com/gene/froncemetery.html
General Notes for Child George Sellers Jr.
Annotated Federal Census info for the Sellers family of NC Lincoln, Cleveland, and Macon Counties All comments in parentheses are my commentary, and merely represent my guesses on the identities of the people involved. In addition, the census (especially in the early years) was notoriously inaccurate, and the handwriting of census takers is often hard to decipher. Be warned.
Lincoln County 1820 Census p. 296
George Sellers, Jr.(He was indexed as George Sellers, Jr., but the actual entry on the microfilm looks like "Sr" to me) 1 male 0 to 9 2 males 10-15 2 males 16-25 1 male 26-44 (And I think this is George Sr, age notwithstanding, living with mostly grown children and possibly a grandchild.) 1 female 16-25 1 female 45+(Susannah Best, 60)
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Lincoln County 1830 p. 166 George Sellors 2 males 0 to 5 (George, age 3 and Jacob, age about 1) 2 males 5 to 10 (William, age 7 and Abraham, age 6) 1 male 10 to 15 (Eli, age 11) 1 male 30 to 40 (George, age 36) 1 female 5 to 10 (Elizabeth, age 12) 1 female 20 to 30 (Anna Mary Froneberger (Sellers), age 37?)
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Cleveland County 1850 Page 183 Felix Sellers, 59 NC Katherine, 27 NC Susan J., 27 NC Phillip, 7 NC Sarah A 4 NC Mary, 3/12 NC Tabitha Neal, 17 NC Page 184 Mary Sellers, 50 NC (If I'm correct, this is Anna Mary Froneberger, widow of George Sellers, Jr. See my page of speculation. Her age is a little off, but that's not uncommon.) Eli, 30 NC(And here's Eli.) Abram, 24 NC George, 22 NC Jacob, 20 NC Newton, 18 NC Daniel, 16 NC Jane Froneberger, 16 NC (This may be Anna Mary's niece.)
Source: www.bonanzajellydog.com/gene/sellerscensus.html
MINDY'S PAGE Mindy Green bonanza@nc.rr.com (March, 2001) http://home.nc.rr.com/bonanzajb/gene/sellers.html
My name is Mindy Green and I am descended from George Sellers (1755/56-1839)of PA and Lincoln Co., NC. On your Lincoln County page you quote from my website at http://home.nc.rr.com/bonanzajb/gene/sellers.html
I was wondering if you would mind putting a link to my site on the page, before or after the quote so people can find out about updates and more information. You could also list my new email address at bonanza@nc.rr.com (it's recently changed.) You also might be interested to see the two Sellers wills I have transcribed. They're available from http://home.nc.rr.com/bonanzajb/gene/will.html
I hope to have some new info up soon. I recently found the (much-overgrown) Froneberger cemetery where George Sellers and some of his family are buried. Here are some of my observations about what I found:
According to the IGI, George Sellers (1756-1839) was married three times; first to Susannah Best (?d. before 1809, mother of George Jr, John, Philip, Henry, and Caty among others), second to Magdalena Schneider (who he married in PA, mother of Felix), and third, debatedly, to Anna Mary Froneberger.
My info is from a woman I met over the internet, who was a descendant of Felix. She had done a lot of research and had info to back it up, but unfortunately when my hard drive perished I lost all the emails we had exchanged, and her snail and email addresses. I'm pretty sure I have a printout somewhere, but I'll have to dig. In any case, according to her, George was married twice; to Susannah Best and Magdalena Schneider, and his son George actually married Anna Mary Froneberger. They had one son Philip who was raised by his uncle Philip after George Jr's death (presumably in 1825 or thereabouts.) She believes that Eli and siblings were actually the children of John Sellers and Mary Rush.
With all that in mind we went to the Froneberger cemetery. In a line are Barbara Sellers, Philip Sellers, Susannah Sellers, George Sellers, Anna M. Sellers, and a small stone that reads C. Sellers. Barbara and Philip's graves are similar and the dates support our belief that this is George Sr's son Philip and his wife Barbara Froneberger. Susannah and
George's stones are identical as befits a husband and wife, and are also signed by the carver, WNC. His reads: In memory of George Sellers died Dec. 3rd 1839 aged 83 years, which fits with everything we know about him. Hers however was a surprise. It says she died Jan 19, 1843, aged 83
years. (The four in 1843 was hard to read, but we rubbed it and you can definitely see the angle and the crossbar of a "4".) If this really is Susannah Best, as I believe it is, then George Sr. cannot (legally) have married either Magdalena Schneider, or Anna Mary Froneberger!
Anna Mary Froneberger's stone is in fact next to George Sr's, but on it's other side is C. Sellers, died May 22 1836 (or 1830 - the stone is very poorly carved). This is the only other Sellers buried there except for an Eli F Sellers, who I think may have been a child. What if the C. (with a period very close to the bottom of the "C") was actually a G? And this is George Sellers, Jr? The dates aren't right, but I don't think we ever knew his death date with any certainty.
Coming at it from another angle, Anna Mary's headstone reads born Jan 3 1793 died Nov 22 1869, so in 1850 she would have been 57 years old. However, in the 1850 Cleveland Co census, Eli (age 30) appears living with his brothers and his mother, Mary, age 50. It's just another reason to believe Anna Mary was not Eli's mother.
I hope this is of interest. Any light you can shed on all this would be much appreciated.
Mindy Green bonanza@nc.rr.com (March, 2001)
General Notes for Child Philip Sellers
Took the reasonable assumption that Philip was the brother of this George due to dates. Gary Hagood Brightwell/2002
The Will of Philip Sellers
dated 26 April 1850
I, Philip Sellars of the County of Cleaveland and State of North Carolina being of Sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my Earthly Existence do make and declare this my Last Will and Testament In manner and form following that is to say:
First that my Executor (hereinafter named) Shall provide for my Boddy a decent burial Suitable to the wishes of my Relatives and friends and pay all funeral Expenses together with my Just debts howsoever and whomsoever owing out of the moneys that may first come into his hands as apart or parcel of my Estate
Item 1st I give and devise to my nephew Philip Sellars son of George Sellars all my Stock of horses all my stock of Cattle all my stock of hogs all my stock of Sheep to him and his personal representatives for ever
Item 2nd I give and devise to my nephew Philip Sellars son of George Sellars one Bureau one Cupboard one Chest and one Clock five Bedsteads and all the BedClothing and all my house hold and kitchen furniture not mentioned to him him and his personal representatives
Item 3rd I also give my nephew Philip Sellars son of George Sellars my Road Waggon and gearing one winmill and all my farming tolls of Every kind and all my Stock of Bees and my tannery tools one Loom weaving gears to him and his personal representatives
And Lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint my trusty friend Philip Sellars Jun my Lawful Executor to allintends and purposes to Execute this my Last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and Every part and Clause there of hereby revoking and declaring all others void all other will and testaments by me heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Philip Sellars Sen do hereunto set my hand and seal this 26 day of April AD 1850
Signed Seald Published and declared by the said Philip Sellars Sen to be his Last Seal will and testament in the presance of Philip Sellars us Who at his Request and in his presance do Subscribe our names as witnesses thereto Witness Christopher Stroup Jurat Levi Kiser Jurat Executor Sworn
Last Will &
Testament of
Phillip Sellers
Decd
Recorded Will in Docket Febuay (sic) 4?
1852 page 132
Certified
S Williams Clk
Go to my page on Philip Sellers. Also please see my will page for more wills.
Note: For the sake of clarity I have inserted paragraphs at logical breaks in the text and put names in bold, but in no way have I changed the spelling or grammar of the original. The original loose will from which this was transcribed was found at the Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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T David Best and Argyle Hall
Husband T David Best (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Argyle Hall (details suppressed for this person)
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1 F Leila Imogene Best 2
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Died: 30 May 2000 - Greenville, SC
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Spouse: William Frank Alexander (living)
David Reavis and Tabitha Best
Husband David Reavis
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Wife Tabitha Best
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1 F Alice Reavis
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Spouse: Allen Simeon Carrington (1874-1937)
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