Do you have DNA matches that don't seem to fit anywhere in your tree? I recently wrote about my Sellers Mystery Cluster. About the same time, Blaine Bettinger wrote about Unlinked Family Clusters. After reading (and re-reading) his blog, I think my SELLERS cluster might be an 'unlinked family cluster.' On Ancestry, my potential cluster …
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Sellers Mystery
Do you ever send a request to a courthouse for documents thinking you know how all of those documents fit into your research? And once the documents arrive, you discover that one set is for a family unit not in your file? Well, that's the case with some Sellers marriage bonds that I requested from …
Preble in the War of 1812
Do you have War of 1812 ancestors? If so, have you found military records for them? Over the years I've searched for 1812 military records for several of my ancestors. I have yet to find any. However, I recently found reviewed the book, History of Preble County, Ohio and found that it includes a recollection …
William Sellers Family
1. William David Sellers was born on 2 Jul 1771 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.1–2 He witnessed the marriage of James Sellers and Mary Crawford on 19 Dec 1791 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.3–8 He was listed on the tax rolls in 1792 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.9 William was listed on the tax rolls in …
Elder James Neal
Do you ever come across information that seems to contradict other information you have found? That's the case when I compare the biography of Elder James Neal of Preble County, Ohio with the John Crawford Sellers biography? According to the NEAL biography, Mary Sellers was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1776. On contrast, the …
1814 Preble County Voters
While going back thru my notes for William Sellers, I re-looked at the book, History of Preble County, Ohio: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. That's when I found (or refound) list of voters from 1814 that includes several people on my FAN club list, including TWO men named James Crawford. The number of voters at …
William Sellers Will
In 1848, the Court of Common Pleas of Preble County, Ohio approved the will of William Sellers. page 177William Sellers Will 296The State of Ohio Preble County Be it remembered that heretofore to wit at the March term of the Court of Common Pleas within andfor the county and State aforesaid to wit on the …
Complicated Deed
As I'm researching the William Sellers family, I'm trying to figure out how his wife, Sarah Crawford, is related to my CRAWFORD research. While I've yet to come across anything that helps solve that mystery, the deed where William Sellers sells his Preble county land is not only complicated but names both of my James …
Sellers Land
As I've been reviewing the William Sellers family in my tree, there are two deeds that connect William Sellers to my Crawford family research. Based on my Kentucky research, I believe William Sellers wife, Sarah Crawford, is a sister to James Crawford, husband of Martha Knight. (See Sellers Mystery). However, William Sellers was a tenant …
Virginia Tax Payers
Do you ever come across a simple sentence in a county history that changes your previous theories about a family? Well that happened to me when I was researching the family of James and Mary (Crawford) Sellers. For years, I've thought that the SELLERS family was in Pennsylvania before migrating to Kentucky and then to …