MELANIE, thanks, Your Jefferson Davidson SELLERS probaly has a TX death cert. He probably has a marriage cert that could have bondsman,etc. BUT, you do have him living with his father on 1900 census = Chickasaw Nation-Oklahoma Territory 1900? OK From JUANITA Chickasaw Nation-Oklahoma Territory Vol 7-sheet 9-E.D. 137-line 56 JEFF DAVIS BORN MAY 1864-AGE 36- TEXAS BERHILINE-WIFE BORN JANUARY 1866-AGE 34-TEXAS CORA-DAU- MAY 1885-AGE 15-INDIAN TERRITORY JOSEPH-APRIL 1888 INDIAN TERRITORY ALLEN-NOV 1890-INDIAN TERRITORY ALVIN-DEC 1893-INDIAN TERRITORY THOMAS-JULY 1894 IND. TER. EDNA-APRIL 1897-IND. TER. MYRTLE-DAU.APRIL 1900 IND.TER. ALLEN SELLERS-FATHER-AUGUST 1825-MS JAMES E.SELLERS-UNCLE-1830-MS =========== they/we probably have an 1880/1890 census reading or marriages along the line to follow thro on? Thanks, marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: TxEMT0875@aol.com [mailto:TxEMT0875@aol.com] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:38 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Jefferson Davidson Sellers Ok here is all I have to go on for my sellers family. Jefferson Davidson Sellers B: 1868 (?) D: 1935 Married Verbeline "Verbie" Holybee B: in Tx Children:(all children were born in the Harrisburg Indian Territory of oklahoma) 1 Myrtle Sellers B: April 7, 1900 D: Sept 5, 1987 Married: Will Sellers Children of this marriage: 1. Lawanda Jean Sellers 2. Cordalee Sellers 3. Melbe Sellers 4. Virgina Sellers 5. Verge Sellers 6. George Sellers 2. Edna Sellers Married: Steve Bradock 3. Alvin Sellers Married: Leafie Roland Children: 1. James Theogel (JT) Sellers 2. Cleo Sellers 3. Cecil Sellers 4. Billy Don Sellers 5. Paul Sellers 6.& 7. Infant Sellers 4. John Jefferson Sellers B: March 17, 1904 D:November 11, 1983 1st Marriage: Mittie Marie Thompson Children : 1. John Jefferson Sellers Jr b:Sept 9 1925 D: Dec 10 1944 in germany during WWII 2. Helen Ray Sellers B: June 9, 1931 This is my grandmother 2nd Marriage: Hazel Keenon 3rd Marriage: Vera Boyd 5. Cora Sellers Married Jim Roland 6. Josie Sellers Married: Clyde Davis Children 1. JC Davis 2. Kenneth Davis 3. Betty Jo Davis 4. Butch Davis 5. LeRoy Davis 7. Alen T Sellers B: November 12,1890 D: April 27, 1951 8. Joseph Sellers B:April 12, 1886 D: Sept 22, 1951 My grandmother Helen Ray Sellers was raised by Alvin and Leafie Sellers after her mother, Mittie Marie Passed away within a few months of her Birth. Helen Sellers married Joe Henry Atkins of Oklahoma They had 3 children: 1 Tommy Joe Atkins 2 Lecretia Ann Atkins 3 Brenda Atkins (my mother)