What info do you have on the decendants of Absolom. You are getting kinda close to where I lose Grandfather, Harold A. Sellers. He was born October 6, 1902. His son Jack L. Sellers was born in 1946. On 9/19/06, Mike and Amber Sellers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > Good catch with the Land Patent record. Absalom was always either "A. A. > Sellers" or "Absalom A. Sellers" in the census records from what I've seen > so far, so this would appear to be him. > > Looking at the map, Harrison county on south-southeastern border of > Indiana > while Vigo is on the western part of Indiana on IN-IL border. Looks like > Vigo may indeed have been a stop over on the way to Iowa. Shame we can't > go > backwards in time and find father James somewhere and prove or disprove > that > he ties to Rockingham county, VA. > > Great find, Jim, and I'm sure this will help a lot. > > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [SELLERS] James Sellers & family/VA-IN-IA > > > > I did a check at the Land Patent records at the BLM website and found a > one > > entry. > > > > _http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/_ (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) > > > > Absalom Alexander Sellers of Harrison Co., IN, 40 acres located in Vigo > > County, 28 Oct 1835. > > > > Maybe they moved to Vigo before going on to Iowa and then Kansas. > Another > > place to look. > > > > Jim Sellars > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Nathan Sellers