Hardy Sellers Sr. (1757 - 1835)

Born 2 Mar 1757 in Johnston County, North Carolina

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Died 12 Jan 1835 at age 77 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Hardy Sellers

Birth

Birth:

Date: 2 MAR 1757

Place: Johnson County, North Carolina, United States

Death

Death:

Date: 12 January 1835

Place: Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Hardy Sellers Sr. served with Craven County Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Military Service Pvt Continental Army American Revolution. Hardy was born in 1757. He passed away in 1835. He was married twice. The answer was found in a book entitled “The Book of Cooks, Some descendants' of Daniel & Ruth Moultrie Cook who married in South Carolina about 1785.” Chapter 1, Daniel Cook Family Background, page 7 states that Mary Cook married Hardy Sellers. Mary Cook was a sister of Daniel Cook and daughter of Abram Cook and Feebe Maston. This was his first marriage.

Hardy Huntley Sellers and Mary E Cook had 11 children:

1. Richard Sellers

2. Jane Sellers m Iverson T Briley

3. Phoebe Sellers d bef 1835 m Jeremiah Gulledge Sr (4 children: Phoebe, James, Elijah & Jeremiah Jr)

4. Margaret Effe Sellers m Anthony Burr

5. Louise Ellen Sellers m Benjamin Franklin Brock

6. John Sellers b 19 Jun 1782 d 22 Jan 1844 m Henrietta Norwood b 04 Nov 1784 d 24 Jul 1866 (11 children: Isaac P, Richard Caswell, Candace, Nancy, Catherine, John W, Hardy S, Zilphia, William R, Joseph C & Francis M)

7. Phillip Thomas Sellers Sr b 1774 d 1835 m (1) Mary (last name unknown) b 1774 d aft 1837 (8 children: Abraham, Roland, Elijah & 5 dau names unknown) m (2) Rebecca (last name unknown) b abt 1780 (4 children: William, Phillip Thomas Jr, John M & Hardy)

8. Abraham Sellers b 1782 d 1860 m Mary Sara Norwood b 1775 Darlington Co, SC (6 children: Hardy, John Warren, Elias N, Samuel, Phillip & Mary Ann

9. Mary R Sellers b 1789 d 12 Oct 1892 m Thomas Gaddy b 1789 (2 children: Hardy S & George Washington)

10. Matthew Sellers

11. William Sellers

Hardy next married Levina Gulledge about 1827. She was a daughter of the Rev. Joel Gulledge and Zilpha Huntley. She was born 1803 in Anson County and died Aug 1849 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

To this union was born two children – Hardy Huntley and Zilpha Ann Sellers.

Sources

• Source: S1 Record ID Number: MH:S1 User ID: B60F0845-32B9-4F22-9830-38F4FE518585 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R1 Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=37521328&pid=59
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• {geni:about_me} http:/www.findagrave.com/cgi-binfg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48113572.
• Hardy's on words about his enlistment during the Revolutionary War.
• Family Records
• TO CAROLINA FAMILY ROOTS READERS

Hardy Sellers

BIRTH 2 Mar 1757 Johnston County, North Carolina, USA

DEATH 12 Jan 1835 (aged 77) Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA

BURIAL Sellers Family Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #48113572 Has a photo of gravestone.

• History of Anson County NC 1750-1976 by Mary L Medley found in Wadesboro Library, pg 357, Appendix XII Practicing Professionals, 1850 Joel Gulledge, 79 NC Minister

• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 1 Jun 2022)