Willis Aaron Hodges

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• SSN issued: Georgia, USA
• Social Security Number: 259-38-9940
• Residence: 15 Apr 1930, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1950, Charlton, Georgia, USA; 23 Age: 23; Lumber Handler Occupation: Lumber Handler; ApartmentNumber: sit; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 24-5; HoursWorked: 40; Industry: Saw Mill; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Son RelationToHead: Son; Never Married MaritalStatus: Single
• Death: 11 Mar 1999, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Obituary 13 MAR 1999 FL Times-Union
HODGES - Mr. Willis A., 71, of Lake Butler, died Thursday at the North Florida Rehab & Specialty Care Center in Gainesville after an extended illness.

Mr. Hodges was born in Charlton County,Georgia. He lived in Lake Butler 30 years. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Church of God of Lake Butler.

Mr. Hodges is survived by: His wife: Zona Jeanette Cowart Hodges of St. George, Georgia 1 Daughter: Marlena Lynn Hodges of Sevierville, Tennessee. 2 Sisters: Myrtice Conner of St. George, Georgia and Marie Conner of Hilliard.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 14, 1999 at 1: 30 P.M. in the Church of God of Lake Butler with Rev. Alvin Lane and Rev. Buddy Renfroe officiating.

Burial will follow at Emaeus Cemetery near St. George, Georgia Archer Funeral Home of Lake Butler is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday evening from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 19 Jun 1900, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 16; Occupation: Farm Laborer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 4; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0106; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Step Son
• Residence: 10 May 1910, Toledo, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 7 Sep 1918, St George, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 27 Jan 1920, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 15 Apr 1930, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 58; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1950, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 66; ApartmentNumber: m; EnumerationDistrict: 24-5; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Unable to Work; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Head RelationToHead: Head; Married MaritalStatus: Married
• Residence: 1959, Charlton, Georgia, USA

Joel married Sara Iola Robinson on 18 Apr 1909 in Columbia, Florida, USA. Sara (daughter of Mark Robinson and Belle Sellers) was born on 25 Dec 1888 in Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 8 Dec 1958 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Emmaus Church Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Ola
• Death Certificate No.: Certificate number: 29280.
• Name: Sara I R Hodges
• Residence: 26 Jun 1900, Columbia, Florida, USA; Precinct 2
• Residence: 10 May 1910, Toledo, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 27 Jan 1920, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 15 Apr 1930, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1950, Charlton, Georgia, USA; 62 Age: 62; ApartmentNumber: mo; EnumerationDistrict: 24-5; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married
• Residence: 1958, Charlton, Georgia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Residence: 1850, District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA; Age: 31; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture
• Residence: 1860, Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Fernandina, Nassau, Florida, USA; Age: 57; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; DisabilityCondition: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 200; RealEstateValue: 700; Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 69; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

Notes:

Willis Aaron Hodges was the ancestor and progenerator of most all of the Hodges families that settled in Moniac Charlton, Georgia, and the Northeast Florida area of Nassau and Duval County, Florida. Willis Aaron Hodges was born in Tattnall, Georgia, Aug. l, 1812, son of William Hodges. He and his brother William R. Hodges came to Camden County as young men and married there (in the portion made into Charlton County in 1858). Willis A. married Feb. 23, 1843, in Camden County, Georgia, to Mehalia Johns, born 1827 in Camden County, daughter of George Johns and his wife Anna. They had fifteen children, so they were off to a good start of populating the surrounding counties of south Georgia and northeast Florida. The history of Willis Aaron's life portrays him as a "rough and ready" frontier man. Mr. Hodges, an Indian fighter, and served several enlistment's in the Indian Wars. His first wife died about 1880, Mr. Hodges married Mrs. Basheby Gainey, said to be a Cherokee Indian, born Jan.10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton, Georgia, Nov. 3, 1931. Two children were born by her. Willis Aaron Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886, age 74 years, only a few months after the birth of his 17th child. He was buried in Canaday Cemetery near Moniac, Georgia. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VII, pg. 196, 197 & 198. 1860 Federal Census, Charlton, Georgia 1880 Federal Census Charlton Co, GA "Charlton County Georgia Historical Notes - 1972", pg. 405 & 406. "History of Charlton County", by Alex. S. McQueen, pg. 42-46.

POWG Vol VII, p.145-146 has Henry Gainey, Jr., (1840-1864) son of Henry
(1810-1870) and Olive Gainey. He is listed as married to "Basheby Heath", and as
"killed in battle, 1864".

Willis A. Hodges is also in Vol. VII, p196. States his second wife was
"Basheby Gainey, b. Jan. 10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton County, Nov. 3,
1931". Not clear if she was born in Ware County, or they were married in Ware
County. Two children:

Joel Lee, b. Apr. 19, 1884, m. Sarah Iola Robinson
Grover Cleveland, b. Jan. 31, 1886, m. Victoria Crawford.

The entry notes that Basheby Heath was in the 1860 census of Charlton County
as Basheby Heath, age 18. States Henry Gainey was killed at Battle of
Spottsylvania, May, 1864. Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886.

David Rowell is listed in Vol. VII, p355. His
first wife was Jane Howard. In 1890, he married Basheba Hodges. POWG lists one
son, Spencer M. Rowell, b. Aug. 15, 1891, died Sept. 21, 1950. Spencer's wife
was Katie Crawford. David, Basheba and Spencer are listed as
buried in Emmeus Church Cemetery, near St. George.

Willis married Basheba Heath on 4 Aug 1883 in Charlton, Georgia, USA. Basheba (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 10 Jan 1845 in Ware, Georgia, USA; died on 3 Nov 1931 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Emmaus Church Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Name: Basheba Gainey
• Name: Basheba Rowell
• Residence: 26 Jun 1860, Dessert District, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 15
• Residence: 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 35; House Servant Occupation: House Servant; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 014; Single MaritalStatus: Single
• Residence: 1900, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 52; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0106; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 7; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 6; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 57; CanRead: N; CanWrite: N; EnumerationDistrict: 0030; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Own; LiveOnFarm: Farm; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 7; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 6; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Head RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1920, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; StreetAddress: A 59 GA Militia; 70 Age: 70; Servant Occupation: Servant; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 56; Industry: In Home; LanguageSpoken: English; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Grandmother RelationToHead: Mother
• Residence: 1930, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 80; Age: 50; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Stepmother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Enlistment: Rank: Private
• tng Album: 28
• Residence: Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: Charlton County, Georgia
• Military: MilitaryCompany: G; Rank: Sergeant; Regiment: 26 Ga; SideOfWar: Confederate
• Military: ServiceNumber: 125888; SideOfWar: Confederacy
• Residence: 2 Oct 1850, District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA
• Military: 15 Aug 1861, Georgia, USA; Enlistment in Company F, Georgia 26th Infantry Regiment
• MilitaryEnlistment: 15 Aug 1861
• Military: 8 May 1862; Promoted to Full 5th Sergeant
• Arrival: 3 Oct 1864
• Residence: 26 Jul 1870, Not Stated, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Post Office: Centreville; Age: 35
• Occupation: 26 Jun 1900; Farmer
• Residence: 26 Jun 1900, Precinct 2, Columbia, Florida, USA

Notes:

FROM DOCTOR'S STATEMENT ON REQUEST FOR CIVIL WAR PENSION:
that he is physically unable to support himself and family. He is generally debilitated and unable to do hard manual labor.

Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364
Personal Information
Name: Mark Robinson ,
Residence: Charlton, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 15 August 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 372
Service Record: Paroled (In 1865)
Enlisted as a Private on 15 August 1861
Enlisted in Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 August 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant 5th Class on 08 May 1862
POW on 22 September 1864 at Fisher's Hill, Virginia
Received on 19 March 1865 at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, Virginia (For exchange)

15 Aug 1861 - Private in Georgia Mil.(Conf. Army)
8 May 1862 - SSgt appointment.
22 Sep 1864 - Captured Fishers Hill, Virginia.
1865 - Paroled
19 Mar 1865 - Received at Bouleware & Cox's Warves, James River, Virginia. For exchange.
Source: "Charlton Co., Georgia Historical Notes - 1972" - pg 486.
"Jacksonville, Duval, Florida Gen. Soc. Vol.7 #3, Columbia Co. WWII Vets."
Quote, "Robinson, Mark - Capt. Dasher's Co. 26th Georgia"
"Dec. of Maxi. Wildes Scotland - Georgia" pg 138.

Mark Robinson was married first 30 Nov 1854 to Sarah Jane Barber b. 15 May 1837 in Bryan, Georgia & daughter of Israel Barber, 5 children to this union. Mark served in the CSA in Captain Dasher's Co. 26th GA as a sergeant, captured in Virginia in 1865 and lost two brothers in the war. He married Bell in 1873, had 7 children and died Sept. 17, 1903.--this from Appling, Georgia - Bio Sellers Family

tng Album:
https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/179064

Mark married Belle Sellers after 22 Jun 1880 in Charlton, Georgia, USA. Belle (daughter of John Sellers and Keziah Rowe) was born on 15 Jun 1853 in Appling, Georgia, USA; died on 9 Jan 1913 in Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Columbia, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Name: Belle Robinson
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Souther District, Appling, Georgia, USA; Age: 4
• Residence: 4 Jul 1870, Not Stated, Baker, Florida, USA; Age: 15
• Residence: 3 Sep 1870, Not Stated, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 15
• Residence: 22 Jun 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 22; Occupation: At Home; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 014; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
• Residence: 26 Jun 1900, Precinct 2, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 40
• Residence: 21 Apr 1910, Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 56

Notes:

On her tombstone it says "wife of Mark Roberson" and also "our dear mother is waiting for the judgement"
The tombstone of Mark Robison is next to hers
Widows Pension Claim form says Mark and Belle married about 1873 and Form A of Widow's Pension says married about June, 1867. However, the 1880 census shows her single and living with her mother.

Notes:

Belle was showing on the 22 Jun 1880 Ganeyville, Charlton, Georgia census as a single woman living with her mother.

Notes:

William Hodges and Hannah Colson had four children, three of whom were born before their marriage. An Act of the General Assembly approved Dec. 31, 1838, changed the name of the first three from Colson to that of "Hodges" and legitimatized them. SOURCE: Folks Huxford Volume 5 of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia page 209.

William + Ann Blitch. Ann (daughter of Abraham Blitch and Judith Griffis) was born in 1780 in Effingham, Georgia, USA; died in 1815 in Tattnall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Min
• Name: Ann Hodges

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Not Stated, Wayne, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1830, Not Stated, Wayne, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, District 335, Wayne, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1850, Camden, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 2 Oct 1850, Camden, Georgia, USA; District 9
• Residence: 1860, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 14 Jun 1860, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Not Stated, Charlton, Georgia, USA

James married Easter O'Steen in 1820. Easter (daughter of John O'Steen, Jr and Ada Weeks) was born in 1800 in Beaufort District, South Carolina, USA; died before 1879; was buried in Sardis Cemetery, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Easter Robinson
• Residence: 2 Oct 1850, Camden, Georgia, USA; District 9
• Residence: 14 Jun 1860, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Sep 1870, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Not Stated

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Not Stated, Bulloch, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1850, Militia District 442, Appling, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Southern District, Appling, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 4 Jul 1870, Not Stated, Baker, Florida, USA
• Residence: 3 Sep 1870, Not Stated, Charlton, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Sellers Line

John Sellers, or Sellars as the lowland Scots would spell the name, was the son of John Sellars and Jane Carter, daughter of Mathew Carter, RS. Early Wiregrass researchers confused this John with his older first cousin John Millender Sellars, son of Samuel Sellars and Mary Bishop (Pioneers of Wiregrass Books Vol. 3). In a later volume of Wiregrass, a correction states the John Sellers who married Kizzie was a nephew to Samuel Samuel not a son. John's grandfather was Samuel Sellars, RS of NC (PWG Vol. 2), and according to the patriot's will, he had three children: 1.) John who married Jane Carter, 2.) Samuel who married first Mary Bishop then Miss Carter, and 3.) Daughter Penelope who married John Staten. Statenville, GA was named for this family.

John and Jane's son John Sellars was born about 1815 in Bullock County, Georgia. He married in Appling County to Keziah about 1834. His wife's maiden name is not known as of yet, but researchers lean toward Smith or Rowe. No documentation is established for either. Keziah is enumerated as Kizzie or Sukey born in North Carolina in the census. After 1860, John and Kizzie Sellars moved to Charlton County, Georgia and raised their large family in Gaineyville at Sellers' Landing on the north bank of St. Mary's River. John Sellars did not record any land transactions in Charlton County. This Sellars family was enumerated in both the Charlton County, Georgia and the Baker County, Florida 1870 census, because they had a ferry that ran across the St. Mary's River between Georgia and Florida. John died between 1870-1880 as Kizzie is enumerated in the 1880 census a widow/head-of-house with several adult children and grandchildren living in her home. Burial sites of John and Kizzie are not recorded but believed to be in the unmarked graves along the river at Emmaus Church Cemetery near Sellers' Landing.

Children of John and Kizzie Sellars:

1. Mary Ann b. 1839 m. Appling Co., GA
Jackson Carter
d. Between 1860-1870

2. Nancy Ann b. 1840 m. Isaac Carter
d. Between 1871-1880.
Jackson and Isaac Carter may have been the sons of Jacob Carter; they may have been half brothers with different mothers.

3. John b. 1842 m. Margaret unknown

4. Jane b. 1844 m. Owen Green about 1869
d. 21 Feb 1910 (s/o Sophie Crews and
Jesse Thomas Green)

(Buried Bethel Cemetery, Nassau County, FL with several members of her family)

5. Keziah b. 1846 m. Peter Rowe about 1874
(2nd wife/first cousin)
d. Before Peter Rowe's
3rd marriage April 1883/burial site unknown

(Peter Rowe is documented Huxford Magazine XXII no. 1 by Tom Sikes.)

6. Sarah b. Feb. 9, 1848 m. 1st William Morris on
August 3, 1870
d. March 30, 1891 2nd John Blake
b. April 8, 1839
d. Oct 26, 1926

(Sarah and John's dates taken from tombstones in Old Still Cemetery, Nassau County, FL. Some of their children's graves are there too and they intermarried with the VanZant family. The 1920 Nassau County, FL census shows that John Blake born in Massachusetts had remarried after Sarah's death.)

7. Samuel b. 1849
(Samuel and Emanuel may be the same child)

8. Nellie b. Feb.1850 m. Malachi Thompson
d. After Dec 31, 1917 on May 14, 1872
(s/o Benjamin and
Bitha Thompson)

(Both are buried in Old Still Cemetery, Nassau County, FL. Malachi served in the Georgia 47th, lost his right eye at Chickamauga and he, then his widow Nellie, received a pension. Nellie's death date is unknown)

9. Emanuel/Manning b. 1852 m. 1st Mary?
d. Fall 1920 2nd Catherine Dixon
(d/o of John Dixon
& Mary Franklin)
(Manning's name was listed a Marion on his marriage record to Catherine Dixon and he buried in an unmarked grave in Emmaus Cememtery, St. George, GA. Catherine was buried in the Stone Cemetery in Jacksonville, FL. The Stone Cemetery was destroyed except for two graves when a housing development was built on the site)

10. Isabella b. 15 June 1853 m. Mark Robinson
d. 9 June 1913 (s/o James Robinson &
Easter Osteen)
(Mark Robinson was married first 30 Nov 1854 to Sarah Jane Barber b. 15 May 1837 in Bryan County, GA & daughter of Israel Barber, 5 children to this union. Mark served in the CSA in Captain Dasher's Co. 26th GA as a sergeant, captured in VA in 1865 and lost two brothers in the war. He married Bell in 1873, had 7 children and died Sept. 17, 1903.)

1 1. Lucretia b. 1856/58 m. 1st John David Howard
(s/o J. Howard)
2nd Green Batten
b. 1835 (s/o Isham
Batten)
(Lucretia was buried Emmaus Church Cemetery in St. George, Georgia/ No dates on tombstone-just the name Batten. Besides being the mother to children fathered by Howard and Batten, she was the stepmother to a host of children from Batten's first marriage.)

12. Silas b. 1858 m. Millie Frances Davis
d. Prior to on June 4, 1887
Millie's 2nd marriage
to Joseph Edward Hernandez
on June 6, 1897

13. Julia America b. September 13. 1861 m. William Riley Dixon
d. November 11, 1940 on Sept 16, 1880
(s/o of John Dixon
& Mary Franklin)
(Both are buried Dyal Cemetery, Starke, FL; Dixon couple enumerated Julia age 17 and William age 18 in Charlton County, Georgia 1880 census next door to Kizzie Sellars)

Additional Information:

In the 1850 Census of Appling County, Francis Sellers is enumerated with John Sellers' family. Francis is not grouped by age with John's children in the census, but added at the end of the household suggesting that he is not one of John's children. By 1860, Francis was living with a Hughes family, which is believed to be an aunt and her famliy. He is believed to be a youngest brother of John. Francis/Frank was born 1836 and died during the Civil War on 18 October 1863 in Cassville, Georgia. He married and left a young widow Sarah McEachin Sellers with infant son, John Morgan Seller, born 11 August 1863 and lived his entire life with his large family in Appling County, Georgia. Information obtained from McEachin researcher.

In the 1860 Census of Appling County, John Sellars' household is on page 49 #299. Household #298 is Jackson and Mary A. Carter with their 4 daughters under the age of 5 years. In household #300 are Isaac and Nancy Carter with their toddler daughter. Mary A. and Nancy are enumerated in John Sellars' household in 1850. Jackson and Isaac are half brothers. Their father was Jacob Carter and grandfather George Carter, RS. In the Charlton Co., GA 1870 census Nancy and Isaac Carter were enumerated in Household #331 while her parents were in Household #329. Carter information obtained from Carter researchers.

The information on Jane Sellars and Owen Green was from an interview with Myrtis Connor of St, George, GA who is a granddaughter of Isabel Sellers Robinson and knew Jane's family personally. This is documented in the 1870 census of Charlton Co., Georgia with Jane and Owen Green enumerated in dwelling #328 while John and Kizzie Sellers are in dwelling # 329. Green researcher shows Owen born 9 January 1854 Georgia and died 23 January 1927/buried in Bethel Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida along with Jane. A review of the Bethel Cemetery records at the
Fort Carolina LDS Church in Jacksonville shows that Mrs. Connor is correct.

In the census 1870 of Charlton County, GA Mary can be found with her children alone as if Jackson had died between 1860 and 1870. In Statenville in Echols County, GA in the same census is John Sellers and wife Margaret. It is not clear if this John is the son of Kizzie and John Sellers or the son of John M. Sellers, the first cousin of John Sellers.

In 1870 Charlton County, Georgia census, Isaac Carter and wife Nancy with children are enumerated in dwelling #331 near other members of John Sellers' family. By 1880, Isaac was enumerated without Nancy. Only 3 of their children, the youngest being 9 years old, were in the household.

Mary Sellers Carter was enumerated as a widow in her mother's household in 1880. Lucretia with husband David Howard, Manning, and several of Kizzie's grandchildren are enumerated in this household. A Mary Sellers is enumerated as daughter-in-law.

Myrtis Connor, the granddaughter of Isabella Sellers Robinson, also states Keziah Sellers maiden name was Rowe. She states Jackson Sellers, son of Keziah Sellers Rowe, lived in her household when she was a child. Keziah Sellers Rowe married her first cousin Peter Rowe according to family history. Manning Sellers also lived in Myrtis' household when she was a little. Myrtis Connor was born 1913 and is very lucid and correct when giving family history.

In 1857 the Appling County courthouse burnt and many early records were lost. Appling County was established by 1819 and was a huge piece of land that includes today's counties of Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Telfair, Ware, and Wayne. Some of these counties obtained small portions of land while others were entirely cut from the original Appling County.

John Sellers, Sr. was first enumerated in 1820 and again in the 1830 census. John Sellers, Sr. would have been over 50 years old in 1830. In the 1840 census John Sellers is a young man with wife and children. One elderly man is living in that household. In 1850, the elderly man is gone and John Sellers is enumerated with wife Kizzie and the children are named. Besides the mention of John being the nephew of Samuel Sellers in the Wiregrass books, this is the only proof that John Jr. was the son of John Sr. In the 1850 census Jane Carter Sellers is an elderly woman in the Dyal household. One of her daughters married the Dyal while the other married a Hughes.

Carter, Isaac,
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 2d Regiment 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 10, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 28,1862. Rolls dated February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. No later record. Carter, Jackson, a private enlisted April 28, 1862. Rolls dated February 28, 1863, only roll on file, shows him present. Information obtained from:

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY B, 54th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA

In the 1880 Federal Census of GA Charlton County, the widow Kizzie is listed with adult children and grandchildren. There is enumerated Margaret (Mary) Floyd, granddaughter age 18. There is no documentation that she is a granddaughter and Floyd researchers believe she isn't. Nancy Floyd, her sister is enumerated in Charlton County 1880 census in the household as a companion of a single woman named Martha Smith. Haddie Floyd is enumerated in the household of Elijah Carter in Wayne County, GA in the same census. These girls are thought to be the children of Thomas Floyd and Elizabeth Carter, and Elizabeth being the sister of Isaac and Jackson Carter who married the Sellers sisters.

This Mary Floyd is enumerated in 1870 census Charlton County with another family:
Dwelling 224/207
Elizabeth Floyd age 32 farmer
Sarah Floyd age 13 housemaid
Mary Floyd age 12 (married Joseph Madison Johns/no record)
Harriet Floyd age 8 (Haddie married Bryant Johns/recorded)
Lewis Floyd age 7 (married Susana Taylor/recorded)
Nancy Floyd age 5
James Floyd age 2

In the 1860 census of Camden County, Tom Floyd is enumerated with females with only their first initials listed.

Documents from the State of Florida Controller's Office shows that Nellie Sellers Thompson received her Civil War Widow's Pension through December 31, 1917, yet her adult children sold their farm and left Nassau County, FL about 1916 without their elderly mother. It is believed that she died between her husband's death and this relocation from Nassau County to St. Johns County. There is no further documentation on anyone's pension after that date as the documentation is incomplete according to Archives personnel.

Information on the Floyd line obtained June 2005 from Gail Moore embracer@pineland.net
Complied by third cousins jointly: Betty Parrish, Nashville, TN & Linda Davis, Fernandina Beach, FL. ldavis8@msn.com -- updated 01 July 2005

John married Keziah Rowe about 1834 in Appling, Georgia, USA. Keziah (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1814 in North Carolina, USA; died after 22 Jun 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Keziah Sellers
• Residence: 1850, Militia District 442, Appling, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 10 Jul 1860, Southern District, Appling, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 4 Jul 1870, Not Stated, Baker, Florida, USA
• Residence: 3 Sep 1870, Not Stated, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Civil: 1873, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 22 Jun 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 66; Occupation: Keeping House; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 014; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Self