Adam Sellers (abt.1742-abt.1821) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Adam Sellers

Born about 1742 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Descendants

Father of Sophia Sellers and Dorothy (Sellers) Green

Died about Apr 1821 at about age 79 in Springboro, Warren, Ohio, United States

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Profile last modified 4 Feb 2021 | Created 5 Apr 2017

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Biography

Research Notes

DNA proven match between Adam Sellers and his daughter Sophia Sellers, a woman of Color. "We discovered that we were all DNA matches with the Sellers line, and proved that Adam Sellers, was Sophia Sellers, father, she was his Slave as well. He took her and James Clemens, and their children to Warren County, Ohio, and freed her and the children, James was already freed by Gasper Clements, his father as Owner, in his Will." source: S.H. a descendant of Sophia Sellers Clemens, as of Feb. 2021.

On a website entitled "Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary", it documents that the farmstead of James and Sophia Clemens "is one of the oldest and last remaining agricultural resources in one of Ohio's earliest black settlements, Longtown (Greenville settlement)." The article goes on to state, and the reason for my query, that "the records of the first landowners of Darke County, Ohio, show that James Clemens was the first free black man to purchase land in German township. Arriving with his wife Sophia in 1818 from Virginia, he soon built a thriving farm business. Sophia's maiden name was Sellers, and she is believed to be the daughter of Adam Sellers of Rockingham County, Virginia the former slave owner of James Clemens."