I think I've at least isolated the disconnect between the two groups of family trees about this line. There are apparently Church records of Louis Mathieu (Matthew) Sellers' marriage to Marie Reine Aucoin in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana which state that he was born in Charleston, SC in 1772, and that his father & mother were Mathieu (Matthew) Sellers and Esther Neel. So, one group of family trees claims William Benjamin (b. NC 1710) had a son Matthew (b. NC abt. 1743) who married Ann Corbett, and that Matthew & Ann had a son named Matthew Bacon (b. KY 1800) who married (1) Elizabeth Cash and (2) Angelina Leathers Lewis. Matthew Bacon did live in Louisiana for a time, but died in Baltimore in 1880. The other group claims William Benjamin had a son named Matthew who married Esther Neel, and that Matthew & Esther had a son named Louis Matthew (b. SC 1772) who married Marie Reine Aucoin in Louisiana in 1796. Obviously William Benjamin's son Matthew cannot have both lines of descent. Any solutions? -Ed

ED, thanks. WE/I have a BENJAMIN SELLERS (1720/1761)=will of 1-3-1761 EDGECOMBE CO,NC= who has a son Matthew - choose mother, Sarah as guardian (born before 1748/ = born 1743/1748 who married ANN CORBET and died 1807 LIVINGSTON CO, KY (who is suppose to be same as ANN SELLERS, WIFE OF MATTHEW, with land from her father JAMES CORBETT in 1773 Brunswick Co, NC. ) and his will list youngest son MATHEW SELLERS (age male = 10/16 = 1794/1800 on 1810 KY census He appears to still be there in 1810 KY with his mother. AND suppose to have went to LA = per letter= M. B. SELLERS, land in 1827 OUACHITA , LA- (earliest land posted - MATHEW B. SELLERS, land in 1829/1838 OUACHITA, LA (East Carroll) BUT, we ALready have a MATHEW SELLERS born MALE 26-45 = 1765/1784 in 1810 LA. LIVING close to the ISAAC SELLERS/SOLLARS from OH. AND an ARCHY SELLERS and CHARLES SELLER in LA War of 1812 = born ca 1792? SO we do have another Older MATHEW SELLERS here in early LA = DON'T know if we have charts/census on these counties, etc. NEED, so we can SEE his kids and families. BUT a MATHEW B. SELLERS 1795 LA is on the 1880 Balt, MD census , child born LA and MD and young wife and obits on his son Mathew Bacon SELLERS. LA SELLERS must share more documents,= CENSUS/marriages/deaths etc. so we can SEE them. WHO was the MATHEW SELLERS/ESTHER NEEL? = witness on a marriage record from? WE need copy of original LA SELLERS must send/get this info/documents to PROVE. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: EHUDSONIII@aol.com [mailto:EHUDSONIII@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 4:32 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] More about Louis Matthew (Mathieu) Sellers of Louisiana I think I've at least isolated the disconnect between the two groups of family trees about this line. There are apparently Church records of Louis Mathieu (Matthew) Sellers' marriage to Marie Reine Aucoin in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana which state that he was born in Charleston, SC in 1772, and that his father & mother were Mathieu (Matthew) Sellers and Esther Neel. So, one group of family trees claims William Benjamin (b. NC 1710) had a son Matthew (b. NC abt. 1743) who married Ann Corbett, and that Matthew & Ann had a son named Matthew Bacon (b. KY 1800) who married (1) Elizabeth Cash and (2) Angelina Leathers Lewis. Matthew Bacon did live in Louisiana for a time, but died in Baltimore in 1880. The other group claims William Benjamin had a son named Matthew who married Esther Neel, and that Matthew & Esther had a son named Louis Matthew (b. SC 1772) who married Marie Reine Aucoin in Louisiana in 1796. Obviously William Benjamin's son Matthew cannot have both lines of descent. Any solutions? -Ed