Since I’ve been updating my SELLERS family research, I decided to see what I might have buried in my pre-Internet paper files. Included in my Kentucky research is a handwritten transcription from the book, Bourbon County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds 1785-1835 by Michael L. Cook.
Knowing that I likely could access the FamilySearch microfilm for Bourbon County, Kentucky, I decided to see what I could find in the original records. I started by using the Bourbon County Kentucky Index to Marriages. The ‘S’ Surnames start on image 306 and I found the Sellars surname on image 375.
image 375 of 605 Sellars Elizabeth & Snodgrass, William Vol 1 page 35 Sellars, Mary & Neal, Benjamin Vol 1 page 35 Sellars, Elizabeth & Wardlow, Samuel Vol. 2 page 10 Sellars, Jennie & Barlow, Enoch vol. 2 page 20 Sellars, Isaac & Brandon, Nancy vol. 2 page 20 Sellars, Sally & Snodgrass, Samuel Vol. 2 page 21 Sellars, Nelly & McCoy, Daniel Vol 2 page 30 Sellars, Margaret & Bell, John Vol 2 page 40 Sellers Rosetta Spencer & Scully Thos A vol. 5 page 231
Since the Bourbon County marriage books have been digitized, I then located the original records
Bourbon County Kentucky Marriage Records, 1786-1930
Vols. 1-4 1788-1930 Film 183145 DGS 4542764
Image 24 of 343 Vol. 1 page 35
[Sept] [1797] 5th Benjamin Neal and Mary Sellars [Dec] [1797] 7th William Snodgrass and Elizabeth Sellars
Image 48 – Typescript
Image 53 – start of Vol. 2
Image 62 – Vol. 2 page 10 1799 Dec. 19th Samuel Wardlow to Elizabeth Sellers
Image 67 – Vol. 2 page 20 and 21 page 20 1803 Feby 2 Isaac Sellers and Nancy Brandon 1804 Sept 20 Enoch Barlor and Jenny Sellers
page 21 1805 [Oct]r 22 Samuel Snodgrass and Sally Sellars
Image 72 page 30 180[7] Apr 16th Daniel McCoy to Nelly Sellers
Image 77 page 40 1809 Sept. 4 John Bell and Margaret Sellars
Now that I’ve found the actual records, I need to figure out how these might fit with my research. I believe the following are daughters of Nathan Sellers who was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky before migrating to Preble County, Ohio.
According to the FamilySearch tree, the marriage record for Elizabeth Sellers may be an entry error. The tree has Samuel Wardlow’s wife identified as Elizabeth Nesbitt — and there are sources attached to support that surname. The Ancestry database, Kentucky County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 has an image of the marriage bond. This bond has the same marriage date as the Bourbon County KY marriage records but identifies the bride as Elizabeth Nesbitt.
While Samuel Wardlow and his wife Elizabeth likely don’t fit in my Sellers bush, all of the others connect to the various SELLERS families that connect to my CRAWFORD research. So, what started as reviewing old notes resulted in location of actual records.
