Great-great grandson of William Sellers
Married initially to Esther Neal (1743-1762). Married Nancy Ann Corbett in 1772, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
According to my Father, his great-grandfather Matthew Sellers had been a rice farmer at the York Plantation and had fought off the British (General Lord Cornwallis), when they landed up the Cape Fear River and tried to secure a base for repairing their leaking ships with tar pitch that was a commodity produced at plantations on the Cape Fear River. He and the towns people (Town of Brunswick) took to the woods with guns and harassed and ambushed the British for weeks, while the fleet was sitting off shore awaiting repairs. History tells us that this delaying action was the turning point in the War, because it allowed George Washington, who was in New York, time to regroup and get reinforcements.
Matthew received from the District of Wilmington (Thomas Sewell and Thomas Rutledge) seven pounds, fourteen shillings (North Carolina Army Account Voucher #2200) on 20th August 1783 for furnishing supplies to the troops during the American Revolution.
Matthew and his wife Ann, and family moved from the York Plantation on the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina about 1795, for the frontier of Kentucky.
The Salem Methodist Church in Livingston County was constituted on June 22, 1805 in the home of Matthew Sellers (east branch of Crooked Creek) with 60 members gathered from the county forty miles around, most of whom brought their letters from the homes of origin. During church services church members would stand outside the church with their long rifles to guard the congregation from any Indian hostilities. I would say that the church was well armed. The church covenant was signed at Matthew Sellers house. The Sellers homestead and other family relatives, Gallaway, Hughes, Travis families lived in the area, near Crooked Creek and what is now Marion, Kentucky.
One additional child: Ann Sellers m. Robert Gallaway.
DAR Ancestor # 101752
NSSAR Ancestor #P-287071
∼Siblings:
Sgt. Henry Sellers (1744-1840), and Pvt. John Sellers
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1790 Census (Brunswick County, NC)
Matthew Sellars 1m16, 1f16 (p.29) son of Elisha
Matthew Sellars 2m16, 1mMatthew Sellers 1m16, 2m
Matthew Sellers
A grant for 297 acres adjoining Matthew Sellers "York Plantation" (the Matthew who went to Livingston Co., KY) and Abraham Baker's land, was issued on December 8, 1794 (N.C. Grant No. 288) to Matthew Sellers, son of Archibald Sellers. One of the chain carriers for this survey, on June 12, 1794, was Archibal Cellers (Archibald Sellers, son of Matthew Sellers).
In Brunswick County, North Carolina, on January 27, 1794, Matthew Sellers sold 100 acres adjoining Russ on the south side of Middle Swamp. This parcel was acquired by Grant in 1790.
Matthew Sellers was an early settler in the territory that is now DeKalb Co., TN [created in 1837 out of Warren, White, Cannon, Wilson and Jackson Counties]
On October 17, 1796, Matthew Sellers acquired 640 acres of land in Montgomery County, Tennessee through the assignment of a Revolutionary War bounty land warrant from a William Morgan (N.C. Grant No. 2780). The tax list for Montgomery County in 1798 includes a Matthew Sellers with 300 acres and a Thomas Sellers with 250 acres. Records of Davidson and Warren Counties, Tennessee, show that the land acquired in the above transactions was occupied by the family of Matthew Sellers through 1830.
Married initially to Esther Neal (1743-1762). Married Nancy Ann Corbett in 1772, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
According to my Father, his great-grandfather Matthew Sellers had been a rice farmer at the York Plantation and had fought off the British (General Lord Cornwallis), when they landed up the Cape Fear River and tried to secure a base for repairing their leaking ships with tar pitch that was a commodity produced at plantations on the Cape Fear River. He and the towns people (Town of Brunswick) took to the woods with guns and harassed and ambushed the British for weeks, while the fleet was sitting off shore awaiting repairs. History tells us that this delaying action was the turning point in the War, because it allowed George Washington, who was in New York, time to regroup and get reinforcements.
Matthew received from the District of Wilmington (Thomas Sewell and Thomas Rutledge) seven pounds, fourteen shillings (North Carolina Army Account Voucher #2200) on 20th August 1783 for furnishing supplies to the troops during the American Revolution.
Matthew and his wife Ann, and family moved from the York Plantation on the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina about 1795, for the frontier of Kentucky.
The Salem Methodist Church in Livingston County was constituted on June 22, 1805 in the home of Matthew Sellers (east branch of Crooked Creek) with 60 members gathered from the county forty miles around, most of whom brought their letters from the homes of origin. During church services church members would stand outside the church with their long rifles to guard the congregation from any Indian hostilities. I would say that the church was well armed. The church covenant was signed at Matthew Sellers house. The Sellers homestead and other family relatives, Gallaway, Hughes, Travis families lived in the area, near Crooked Creek and what is now Marion, Kentucky.
One additional child: Ann Sellers m. Robert Gallaway.
DAR Ancestor # 101752
NSSAR Ancestor #P-287071
∼Siblings:
Sgt. Henry Sellers (1744-1840), and Pvt. John Sellers
____________________________________________________________
1790 Census (Brunswick County, NC)
Matthew Sellars 1m16, 1f16 (p.29) son of Elisha
Matthew Sellars 2m16, 1mMatthew Sellers 1m16, 2m
Matthew Sellers
A grant for 297 acres adjoining Matthew Sellers "York Plantation" (the Matthew who went to Livingston Co., KY) and Abraham Baker's land, was issued on December 8, 1794 (N.C. Grant No. 288) to Matthew Sellers, son of Archibald Sellers. One of the chain carriers for this survey, on June 12, 1794, was Archibal Cellers (Archibald Sellers, son of Matthew Sellers).
In Brunswick County, North Carolina, on January 27, 1794, Matthew Sellers sold 100 acres adjoining Russ on the south side of Middle Swamp. This parcel was acquired by Grant in 1790.
Matthew Sellers was an early settler in the territory that is now DeKalb Co., TN [created in 1837 out of Warren, White, Cannon, Wilson and Jackson Counties]
On October 17, 1796, Matthew Sellers acquired 640 acres of land in Montgomery County, Tennessee through the assignment of a Revolutionary War bounty land warrant from a William Morgan (N.C. Grant No. 2780). The tax list for Montgomery County in 1798 includes a Matthew Sellers with 300 acres and a Thomas Sellers with 250 acres. Records of Davidson and Warren Counties, Tennessee, show that the land acquired in the above transactions was occupied by the family of Matthew Sellers through 1830.
Great-great grandson of William Sellers
Married initially to Esther Neal (1743-1762). Married Nancy Ann Corbett in 1772, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
According to my Father, his great-grandfather Matthew Sellers had been a rice farmer at the York Plantation and had fought off the British (General Lord Cornwallis), when they landed up the Cape Fear River and tried to secure a base for repairing their leaking ships with tar pitch that was a commodity produced at plantations on the Cape Fear River. He and the towns people (Town of Brunswick) took to the woods with guns and harassed and ambushed the British for weeks, while the fleet was sitting off shore awaiting repairs. History tells us that this delaying action was the turning point in the War, because it allowed George Washington, who was in New York, time to regroup and get reinforcements.
Matthew received from the District of Wilmington (Thomas Sewell and Thomas Rutledge) seven pounds, fourteen shillings (North Carolina Army Account Voucher #2200) on 20th August 1783 for furnishing supplies to the troops during the American Revolution.
Matthew and his wife Ann, and family moved from the York Plantation on the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina about 1795, for the frontier of Kentucky.
The Salem Methodist Church in Livingston County was constituted on June 22, 1805 in the home of Matthew Sellers (east branch of Crooked Creek) with 60 members gathered from the county forty miles around, most of whom brought their letters from the homes of origin. During church services church members would stand outside the church with their long rifles to guard the congregation from any Indian hostilities. I would say that the church was well armed. The church covenant was signed at Matthew Sellers house. The Sellers homestead and other family relatives, Gallaway, Hughes, Travis families lived in the area, near Crooked Creek and what is now Marion, Kentucky.
One additional child: Ann Sellers m. Robert Gallaway.
DAR Ancestor # 101752
NSSAR Ancestor #P-287071
∼Siblings:
Sgt. Henry Sellers (1744-1840), and Pvt. John Sellers
____________________________________________________________
1790 Census (Brunswick County, NC)
Matthew Sellars 1m16, 1f16 (p.29) son of Elisha
Matthew Sellars 2m16, 1mMatthew Sellers 1m16, 2m
Matthew Sellers
A grant for 297 acres adjoining Matthew Sellers "York Plantation" (the Matthew who went to Livingston Co., KY) and Abraham Baker's land, was issued on December 8, 1794 (N.C. Grant No. 288) to Matthew Sellers, son of Archibald Sellers. One of the chain carriers for this survey, on June 12, 1794, was Archibal Cellers (Archibald Sellers, son of Matthew Sellers).
In Brunswick County, North Carolina, on January 27, 1794, Matthew Sellers sold 100 acres adjoining Russ on the south side of Middle Swamp. This parcel was acquired by Grant in 1790.
Matthew Sellers was an early settler in the territory that is now DeKalb Co., TN [created in 1837 out of Warren, White, Cannon, Wilson and Jackson Counties]
On October 17, 1796, Matthew Sellers acquired 640 acres of land in Montgomery County, Tennessee through the assignment of a Revolutionary War bounty land warrant from a William Morgan (N.C. Grant No. 2780). The tax list for Montgomery County in 1798 includes a Matthew Sellers with 300 acres and a Thomas Sellers with 250 acres. Records of Davidson and Warren Counties, Tennessee, show that the land acquired in the above transactions was occupied by the family of Matthew Sellers through 1830.
Married initially to Esther Neal (1743-1762). Married Nancy Ann Corbett in 1772, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
According to my Father, his great-grandfather Matthew Sellers had been a rice farmer at the York Plantation and had fought off the British (General Lord Cornwallis), when they landed up the Cape Fear River and tried to secure a base for repairing their leaking ships with tar pitch that was a commodity produced at plantations on the Cape Fear River. He and the towns people (Town of Brunswick) took to the woods with guns and harassed and ambushed the British for weeks, while the fleet was sitting off shore awaiting repairs. History tells us that this delaying action was the turning point in the War, because it allowed George Washington, who was in New York, time to regroup and get reinforcements.
Matthew received from the District of Wilmington (Thomas Sewell and Thomas Rutledge) seven pounds, fourteen shillings (North Carolina Army Account Voucher #2200) on 20th August 1783 for furnishing supplies to the troops during the American Revolution.
Matthew and his wife Ann, and family moved from the York Plantation on the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina about 1795, for the frontier of Kentucky.
The Salem Methodist Church in Livingston County was constituted on June 22, 1805 in the home of Matthew Sellers (east branch of Crooked Creek) with 60 members gathered from the county forty miles around, most of whom brought their letters from the homes of origin. During church services church members would stand outside the church with their long rifles to guard the congregation from any Indian hostilities. I would say that the church was well armed. The church covenant was signed at Matthew Sellers house. The Sellers homestead and other family relatives, Gallaway, Hughes, Travis families lived in the area, near Crooked Creek and what is now Marion, Kentucky.
One additional child: Ann Sellers m. Robert Gallaway.
DAR Ancestor # 101752
NSSAR Ancestor #P-287071
∼Siblings:
Sgt. Henry Sellers (1744-1840), and Pvt. John Sellers
____________________________________________________________
1790 Census (Brunswick County, NC)
Matthew Sellars 1m16, 1f16 (p.29) son of Elisha
Matthew Sellars 2m16, 1mMatthew Sellers 1m16, 2m
Matthew Sellers
A grant for 297 acres adjoining Matthew Sellers "York Plantation" (the Matthew who went to Livingston Co., KY) and Abraham Baker's land, was issued on December 8, 1794 (N.C. Grant No. 288) to Matthew Sellers, son of Archibald Sellers. One of the chain carriers for this survey, on June 12, 1794, was Archibal Cellers (Archibald Sellers, son of Matthew Sellers).
In Brunswick County, North Carolina, on January 27, 1794, Matthew Sellers sold 100 acres adjoining Russ on the south side of Middle Swamp. This parcel was acquired by Grant in 1790.
Matthew Sellers was an early settler in the territory that is now DeKalb Co., TN [created in 1837 out of Warren, White, Cannon, Wilson and Jackson Counties]
On October 17, 1796, Matthew Sellers acquired 640 acres of land in Montgomery County, Tennessee through the assignment of a Revolutionary War bounty land warrant from a William Morgan (N.C. Grant No. 2780). The tax list for Montgomery County in 1798 includes a Matthew Sellers with 300 acres and a Thomas Sellers with 250 acres. Records of Davidson and Warren Counties, Tennessee, show that the land acquired in the above transactions was occupied by the family of Matthew Sellers through 1830.
Gravesite Details
Buried with an unmarked grave on the old family property, Old Salem Baptist Church off Crooked Creek
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