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Subject: Re: Yawn, Elijah-POWG
From: Connie Roberts
Date: December 21, 1999
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Gslat,
Thanks So much for the info on John Sellers! I hope you have a Great
Christmas and New Year! Connie/MObile,Al.
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Subject: Yawn, Elijah-POWG
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:51:19 -0800
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SELLERS, JOHN. 1815-1896 ECHOLS
I must now beg off from the POWG lookups, but will finish what was
requested. Those names being Williams, McClellan/d, Brunson, and Cooper.
Work schedule will not permit any more.
Hoping I have helped someone, somewhere, and yall all have a Merry
Christmas and a Safe New Year.
Charles
John Sellers was born in South Carolina in the vicinity of the town of
Chester, Aug. 15, 1814, and continued living there until 1855 when he moved
with his family to Lowndes now Echols County, Georgia. The tombstone on his
grave states he moved there from South Carolina Feb. 10, 1855, and that he
was married June 16, 1839, to his wife Mehala (maiden name unknown). She
was born Oct. 20, 1817. They had eleven children:
I. Rebecca b. 1842, S.C., m. (unknown).
2. John R. b. 1843, S.C., m. Margaret Blanton, dau. of Edmond.
3. Emily E. b. 1844, S.C., m. James Green.
4. Malinda b. 1846, S.C., m. Daniel Newman.
5. Sidney S. b. 1848, S.C., m. Elizabeth Blanton, dau. of Edmond.
6. Amanda b. 1850, S.C., m. Fred Stone.
7. Henrietta b. 1854, S.C., m. Elijah J. Yawn.
8. Sarah b. 1856, Ga. m. David W. Terrell.
9. Lucinda b. 1858, Ga., m. (unknown).
10. Indiana L. b. 1860, Ga., m. Barzilla Alderman.
11. Missouri b. 1862, Ga., m. Richard Terrell.
Mr. Sellers was the first Coroner of Echols County, serving 1859-1861. His
wife died Aug. 5, 1881, and he died April 8, 1896. They were buried in
Mount Pleasant Cemetery on the Lowndes-Echols county line. At his death he
was survived by ten children and 30 grandchildren, according to a newspaper
notice of his death. According to family tradition the first seven children
above were born on Brier Creek near Chester, S.C., where the family lived
at the time.
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