HARTNEY SELLERS: Born 1831 in Nash Co. N.C.; Died 12 Mar 1863  Married Elizabeth Acker, (b. 1832)  in Tuscaloosa Co.,Al. 22 Dec. 1852 One Child:  Ruth Elizabeth Sellers b. 1860 Tuscaloosa, Co. Al.   Hartney received a land grant of 119 ac. in Township 20 Range 6 in Tuscaloosa Co. in 1858.  This grant is just west of Gurley’s 1858 grant.  Hartney is in the 1860 Tuscaloosa, Al census as Hartley Sellers.  He was in the AL 36th Infantry Co. H and it is believed that Hartney died in the Civil War.  His burial site is unknown at this time.  His widow, Elizabeth Acker, went on to marry Newton T. Armstrong on 19 Feb 1868.  Newton was her junior born in 1844.  This marriage produced 4 children: Martha, Sara, Lory and Argus Venco all females.  Newton remarried in 1911 to Mary E. Harkney.   Hartney’s daughter, Ruth Elizabeth married Jesse Reaves 10 Dec 1874 in Tuscaloosa at the residence of John Williard.  They moved to Limestone Co. (Mexia), Texas and their first child, William H. was born there Jul 1880.  Other children include Otho G., 12 Jan 1886; Ethel, Apr 1888 and Roy, Jan 1890.  Otho married Bessie (unknown).  They had Thelma,1911; Mary Ruth, 1913; Wiliam Otho, 1915 and Dorothy, 1917 all born in the Mexia area.