While all of the hustle and bustle was going on with the United States not to far from Joshua and Ellender’s home, and Joshua busying himself with building a new life and making a living, Ellender might have the most important job, raising their family. When they arrived in Marion County, Mississippi, the couple had […]
We have seen that Joshua was busy making a home for and providing for his family. But how was the rest of the family doing? If you think they had a nice, quiet life on the banks of the Pearl River, well, you might want to rethink that! First, let’s take a look at the
Let’s see what else we can learn about Joshua Seale from his business dealings in Marion County. In 1813, Joshua paid taxes in Marion County.[1. E. Russ Williams, Marion County Mississippi Misc Records. (Easley, South Carolina:Southern Historical Press, 1986), 368.] As you recall, he sold property in his former home of Anson County, North Carolina
Remember with me when Joshua and Ellender were still living in North Carolina. He sold some property on September 6th, 1810[1. A.B. Pruit, Abstracts of Deeds of Anson County, North Carolina: Books F, G, H2, L, &M (North Carolina:2002), 123]. This is the last evidence we have of Joshua and family living in North Carolina.
Our third option for the Seale family to travel to Mississippi was by river. Traveling on rivers was the longest way to get to your destination because you had to follow the path of the river, which isn’t exactly straight. Sometimes the river would flow the opposite direction from your destination. If Joshua took this
While Joshua and Ellender were busy raising a family, Joshua was also busy farming. In 1810 he got the desire to move. He sold his property in North Carolina and decided to move South, to Mississippi.[1. A.B. Pruit, Abstracts of Deeds of Anson County, North Carolina: Books F, G, H2, L, &M (North Carolina:2002), 123.]
What became of Alexander? Did he exist or didn’t he? Let’s take a look. If you have looked at the US Census before 1850, you might have thought that it did not tell you much. Many of us rush over those early census documents, just using them to establish if our male ancestor lived in
By 1800 there is no more evidence of Joshua doing business in Fairfield County, SC. His activities seemed to be limited to Anson County, NC and to raising a family (which is a full time job!). You’ll remember they already have a young son, Lewis, who was born in 1798. In 1800 they added a
Joshua married Ellender Hasseltine in 1797.[1.”Family Data Collection-Marriages”, database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com, path=search>card catalogue>Family Data Collection-Marriages>search for Joshua Seale/Ellender Hasseltine.] As happens to most of us, life gets busy when we merge our lives with the ones we love. Joshua’s and Ellender’s lives were no exception. Over the next several years, we can find Joshua in
Joshua Seale was born March 26th, 1775 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina.[1. “Family Data Collection-Births,”database, FamilySearch (www.ancestry.com : accessed February 26, 2017), entry for Joshua Seale, citing March 26, 1775 birth, Mecklenberg, North Carolina.] In the period leading up to the pronouncement of the Declaration of Independence, North Carolina was a hot bed of political activity.