Sellerstown, North Carolina

Sellerstown is an Unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States, 7 miles (11 km) from Whiteville.

[1] As of 2011, many Sellerstown residents referred to the Bible as "The Book."

As of the same year, residents also referred to The Devil in Pew Number Seven, a memoir by Rebecca Nichols, as "The Book" and many copies sit alongside the Bible in area houses.

Area churches use the book in Sunday school classes.

[2] According to Ann White, an employee at the library in Whiteville, many residents did not know the extent of the involvement of Horry James Watts, former commission chairperson of Columbus County, in a harassment campaign against Nichols' father until the book was released, and that the book caused a commotion in the community.