CAROL, thanks. I believe, from memory only,we need some 1812 NC war files? anyone have them? Some show bounty land grants to them and may connect to land that we do have some records. These counties are where some of early SELLERS were born. Don't know if we just don't have enough land, etc documents or what. These counties were the SAME LAND at one time. But, it is kinda hard to follow some deeds description. But, believe we need to trace these land deeds also. Do these descriptions tie into any mother county CRAVEN CO, NC? OR counties we lay next to which were made from CRAVEN CO, NC also?? Sampson, New Hanover, Duplin?? Thanks for staying in here and giving help. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: Carol Herbert [mailto:carolherbert@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:29 PM To: mari@netins.net; Jack Sellers Cc: Katherine Kyle; paul kyle Subject: James Sellers: Nash and Johnston Counties James Sellers (1) I believe that the James Sellers in Johnston County and the one in Nash County are the same person. The first mention of James Sellers is in Nash County Court Minutes: August 1791 the Court orders that Catherin, the orphan of John West, be bound to James until she is 18. She is 11 (b.1780) James Sellers and his wife Faithfull are ordered to Court in May of 1792 in reference to the orphan. Assuming they are both at least 21 by 1791, they would have been born before 1770. In 1798 by deed in Nash County and confirmed by the Court in 1799, James Sellers and wife Fatha sell property that was Fatha's dower from her deceased husband John West. James is in the 1800 Nash County Census: 1 M 26-45 (1755-1774), 1 M under 10 (1790-1800), 1 F over 45 (before 1755; this is probably an error and should have been 26-45 to be consistent with 1810 and 1850 data about Faithey), 1 F 10-16 (1784-1790), 1 F under 10 (1790-1800). James is in the 1810 Johnston County Census: 1 M 26-45 (1765-1784), 1M under 10 (1800-1810), 1 F 26-45 (1765-1784), 1 F under 10 (1800-1810), 1 F 10-16 (1794-1800), 1 F 16-26 ( 1784-1794). These children are consistent with the Nash County children: the young male in 1800 is no longer in the household. It seems necessary to point out here that living near James in Johnston County in the 1810 Census is a household headed by a female, Cuzzy/Cassa. In her household, there is a M 16-26 (1784-1794), 1 F over 45 (before 1765), 1 F 26-45(1784-1794) 2 F under 10 (1800-1810). Who was Cuzzy's husband ? That will be discussed under her name later. It seems likely that these two households had some close relationship although that relationship is not a matter of record that I can find. I speculate that the M 16-26 (1784-1794) in Cuzzy's household is the Benjamin who will be discussed later. James Sellers appears in no land transactions in Johnston County. However, he appears in one tax list of Johnston County: 1803 in Captain Irwin Pierce Company District. I speculate that he died sometime after 1810 and before 1820, and that Faithey remained in Johnston County where she appears in the 1850 Census at the age of 75 living with three young single Sellers, William, Daniel, and Martha. James Sellers (2) This young man appears in one Johnston County Census: 1820 1 M 18-26, 1 M under 10, 1 F 16-26. There is a Johnston County North Carolina Marriage Record: James Sellers married Elizabeth Collins 13 Aug. 1819. Young James and Elizabeth apparently left North Carolina before the 1830 Census. I believe I have seen a record of them in Tennessee on the Sellers site. Is that correct? Is there any chance that they went to the same area as Jordan or Gurley or Emanuel? I believe that James Sellers (2) is the Son of James Sellers (1) who is the M under 10 living with him in 1810 Johnston County Census.