Abner A. Steele & Elizabeth Deale Records

STEELE Family

by Scott Owens [email protected]

Descendants of Aaron Steele I

Generation No. 1

1. AARON STEELE I (JAMES, JOHN) was born 1740 in New Castle, Delaware1, and died November 1795 in Abbeville District, South Carolina1. He married (1) VIOLET ALEXANDER. She was born 1743 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and died 17801. He married ELIZABETH CROSBY1 1782 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Notes for AARON STEELE I:

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Aaron Steele served in the Revolutionary Army. See DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III

Aaron Steele’s will was recorded 9th November 1795 – Abbeville District, S.C.

In the name of God Amen. I Aaron Steel of Abbeville County State of South Carolina being sick and in low condition but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God – calling to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of almighty God that gave it – and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the descretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God – and ? such wordly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give divide and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my deerly beloved wife the hundred and fifty acres of land that I now live upon with the (?) of my movable property the rifle gun excepted and the young hors coult (horse colt?) from the ownmear(?) excepted also – Secc I leave to my son William five(?) shillings and to my son Aaron I leave ten pounds – Next I leave to my sons James and Abner and Aaron the too lower plantations to be equally divided among them and an equal share of all my other property except the gun above mentioned to any ? and to my daughter Jain I leave twenty pounds in monis with her bed and furniture and the young hors coult above mentioned – and I also order my lawful debts and funeral charges to be paid out of my estate – and I also order the plantation I now live upon at my wifs death to be equally divided among all my own children and I do hereby revoke and ? all other wills and testaments by me in any ways named and to ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and testament – I also do constitute and appoint Robert Harris and John Caldwell and my wif Elisabeth to be hole and sole executors and executrix of this my las will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety fore.

Aaron Steele

Witnesses: John Caldwell, James Cosby, Robt Harris

This is a copy of an affidavit of made by Ester L. Steele Kimbrough in Kemper Co., Ms., subscribed before J.B. Robinson, Notary Public, 12 March 1901:

The State of Mississippi, Kemper Co. I, Mrs. Esther L. Steele Kimbrough now in my 84th year, having been born Oct. 21st A.D. 1817, am a daughter of Abner Alexander Steele. I have often heard my father say that he was large enough to go and bring back the horses that his father, Aaron Steele and his oldest brother, Wm. Steele, rode to the Army, and that my grand mother (wife of Aaron Steele) Violet Alexander of Mecklenbury was on her death bed when the Tories took the bed from under her. Aaron Steele, and his son William Steele were soldiers in the War of 1776. Esther L. Steele.

In the HISTORY OF DELAWARE (1609-1888), published by the Historical Society of Delaware, page 933,Ö “On August 19, 1707, two hundred and fifty acres of land, the property of Joseph Moore, was sold by Colonel John French, Sheriff, and purchased by John Steele, who came from Ireland and settled at Philadelphia. John Steele purchased other lands in White Clay Creek Hundred which, at his death, passed into the hands of his son James.”

It might be interesting to note here that the counties of New Castle, Sussex, and Kent, now located in Delaware, were at that time a part of the Province of Pennsylvania. A look at a present day map will show the area in which the Steele family lived to be in the northwestern tip of Delaware, next to Cecil County, Maryland, and bounded on the north by Pennsylvania.

From as address delivered on 9 Oct 1932, by Rev. Henry Welborn of the Head of Christiana Church: “It is from 1707 that we date anniversary services. In 1717 Philadelphia Presbytery became to large and was divided into three Presbyteries of which New Castle Presbytery was one. Mr. Gillespie was one of the original members of this reorganization and the elder that represented this church was John Steele. On March 5, 1732, two acres and four perches were leased by James Steele to the elders of this church.”” (Note: they chose two elders from each county and each county is now in a different state, Cecil County, MD; New Castle County, Delaware; and Chester County, Pennsylvania.)

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Descendants of the Steele family of Greene County, AL, can trace their family line to the immigrant ancestor, John Steele, who was born in Ireland and came to Philadelphia about 1700. John Steele is mentioned as an elder of the Head of Christiana Church. This church was founded in 1708 by the Alexanders and other Scotch-Irish settlers, who previous to this time had worshipped at New Castle, the full title being Protestant Presbyterian Session of the Protestant Presbyterian Congregation of Head of Christiana Church.

John Steele was the father of James, Joseph, Mary and possibly one other daughter who was believed to marry George Gillespie. His daughter Mary married James Alexander. James Steele, son of John, died in New Castle County, Delaware, and his will is dated August 20, 1751.

James Steele and his wife Mary____ , were the parents of:

1. John Steele m. Miss Allen

2. Moses Steele

3. James Steele

4. Mary Steele – m. James Alexander

5. Alexander Steele m. Rachel ____ in 1758

6. William Steele m. Elizabeth Maxwell Gillespie abt. 1763 in NC. She was the widow of William’s first cousin, Robert Gillespie. William and Elizabeth had only one son, General John Steele, who was born Nov. 1, 1764, in the town of Salisbury, NC. He served in the Legislature, was a member of the first United States Congress, and First Comptroller of the Treasury under George Washington. He died August 14, 1815.

7. Isaac Steele – b. 23 Oct 1732 will dated 13 Mar 1802 d. in Pendleton Dist. of SC. m. Grissel Dixon, b. 10 Jun 1750 d. Aug 1848 in Benton, now Calhoun County, AL, at the home of her dau, Jane Steele Barnett.

8. Aaron Steele – See below

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Aaron STEELE b. abt 1740 in New Castle, Delaware, his will probated on Nov 10, 1795 in the Abbeville Dist. of SC. m. Violet Alexander b. abt 1743 d. abt 1780. She was of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1761, He then married Mrs. Elizabeth Crosby (Cozby) in 1782 at Long Cane in the Abbeville District, South Carolina, by whom he had one daughter, Jean, called Jenny, who never married.

Aaron is thought to have moved to SC abt 1773.

The Children of Aaron & Violet Steele:

1. William – b. 3 Dec 1763 in NC m. Esther Love of Augusta Co., VA. 1770 d. 1850.

2. James – No info

3. Aaron, Jr. – b. 6 Jul 1775 d. 12 Oct 1845. Buried in New Hope Cemetery in Knoxville, AL. m. Elizabeth Murray or Massey

4. Abner Alexander Steele – See followingÖÖÖ

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Abner Alexander STEELE – b. 5 Nov 1768 – d. 1 Jul 1843, [1842] age 74 yrs. wanting 4 months, 4 days.

He married Elizabeth DEALE b. 13 Apr 1777 d. 2 Jul 1854. She was the dau. of Clement & Mary (Griffin) Deale.

Abner and Elizabeth married 26 Mar 1794. They were united in life 48 years, 3 months, and 4 days.

Both are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Eutaw, Greene County, AL. They were the parents of 13 children all but the youngest child were born in Pendleton Dist. SC. Elihue Rees Steele, second son and third child of this couple, is said to have been the first of the family to come to AL. He then went back to SC and assisted in the move of the entire family to Greene County. In 1818, Elihue first crop at Mesopotamia, AL. Abner Steele is listed among the founders of the New Hope Presbyterian Church at Knoxville, AL, in 1818.

Children of Abner & Elizabeth (Deale) Steele:

1. Alexander Steele b. 8 Jan 1795 d. 5 Apr 1828

2. Mary Steele b. 23 Sept 1796 d. 10 Sept 1829or39, m. James Archibald in Aug. 1821.

3. Elihu Reese Steele b. 25 Dec 1798

4. Richard Griffin Steele b. 31 Dec 1800

5 & 6. Nancy and Elizabeth Steele, twins, b. 27 Feb 1803. Elizabeth m. William Patton July 20, 1826.

She d. 24 Oct 1851. Nancy m. James Gillespie.

7. Martha Steele b. 3 Jan 1805 d. 10 Sept 1822

8. William Steele b. 5Jul 1807 d. while returning from the Florida War, 12 Jun 1836.

9. Abner Alexander Steele b. 15 Oct 1809 d. 28 Apr 1841, m. Mary B. Ingham on Aug 18 1836

10. Jane Steele b. 22 Nov 1811 m. Pringle Baskin

11. Susannah Steele b. 29 Mar 1814, died young

12. Ester Steele b. 21 Oct 1817 m. George Kimbrough on 14 Feb 1835.

13. James Steele b. 16 Oct 1820 m. Peggy Ross Patton on 19 Jan 1842, a dau of George Ross and Mary (Davidson) Patton, Sr.

Children of AARON STEELE and VIOLET ALEXANDER are:

i. JAMES4 STEELE I1, d. Kentucky1.

2. ii. WILLIAM STEELE I, b. December 3, 1763, Abbeville District, South Carolina; d. Oconee Co., South Carolina.

3. iii. ABNER ALEXANDER STEELE I, b. November 4, 1768, South Carolina; d. July 2, 1842, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. AARON STEELE II1, b. July 6, 1775, Abbeville District, South Carolina1; d. October 12, 1845, Greene County, Alabama1; m. ELIZABETH MASSEY1; b. , South Carolina1.

Child of AARON STEELE and ELIZABETH CROSBY is:

v. JANE4 STEELE I1.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM4 STEELE I (AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)1 was born December 3, 1763 in Abbeville District, South Carolina1, and died in Oconee Co., South Carolina1. He married ESTHER LOVE1.

Children of WILLIAM STEELE and ESTHER LOVE are:

i. AARON5 STEELE1.

ii. JOSEPH STEELE1.

iii. JAMES STEELE1, d. Cherokee Co., Georgia1.

4. iv. WILLIAM STEELE.

3. ABNER ALEXANDER4 STEELE I (AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)1 was born November 4, 1768 in South Carolina2,3, and died July 2, 1842 in Greene County, Alabama3. He married ELIZABETH DEAL3 March 25, 17943, daughter of CLEMENT DEAL and MARY GRIFFIN. She was born April 13, 17773, and died July 3, 1854 in Greene County, Alabama3.

Notes for ABNER ALEXANDER STEELE I:

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From list of elders, Mesopotamia Church, Eutaw, Al: A.A. Steele elected October, 1826. Records of this church are in Montreat, N.C.

List of white members – Mesopotamia Church, Eutaw, Al.: Elizabeth D. Steele admitted December, 1841.

From Minutes of New Hope Church: Organized 1818, part of Abner A. Steele’s family were members. Abner A. Steele elected elder, February 18, 1824. This church was in Knoxville, Alabama.

Abner A. Steele’s will is in the Green County Courthouse, Eutaw, Alabama:

(Typed in this family history as the copy from the courthouse – errors included!)

In the name of God Amen. I Abner A. Steele of the County and State aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind memery and understanding, do make ordain publish and declare this my last will and testament towit. I give and bequeath my soul to Almighty God, with full confidence that for the sake of Jesus Christ, his son my saviour and redeemer, he will accept it, and keep it with him in glory forever. My body I commend to the earth there to be laid in Christian burial to remain untill the trump(et) of the archangel shall summon the dead to rise, and to receive sentence according to the deeds done in the flesh- my worldly goods, with which it has pleased God to bless me I dispose of as follows, to wit- 1st I direct all my debts to be paid. 2 To my beloved wife Elizabeth I give the plantation on which I reside it being the North East quarter of section eleven in Township twenty two range one East of the lands sold at Saint Stephens land office. Also the west half of the north west quarter of section twelve in same township and range containing three half quarter sections of land for and during the time of her natural life. I give her also for life the following named negro slaves, towit, Jerry and his wife Patience and her child George and the future increase of Patience, forever- Doll and her youngest child Marthat and the future increase of Doll- also a little girl called Harriet I also give her household and kitchen furniture, beds, bedding, plantation tools, farming utensils, and stock of every kind, sufficient to carry on the farm, on the plantation given her in this will, with the force she will then have to carry it on, this sufficiency to be judged of fixed and settled by my executors whose Judgement and action in the premises shall be final and conclusive I also Give her absolutely my carriage and two horses Pac & Bender After the death of my said wife, then I give devise and bequeath the said land devised to my wife for life, to my son James Steele. If he should marry and leave a wife and child or children living, and he should die before his mother, and his wife & child or children should be living at the death of my wife Elizabeth, then, one third part of said land shall go to the widow of my said son James-One third part to the child or children of my said son James- and the remaining third to my devisees under the residuary clause of this will. But my wife Elizabeth, shall at all events hold the said land during her life. If my son James shall die leaving no child, or the issue of a child living, then said land shall revert to my estate to be distributed under the will. I give devise and bequeath to Jane Baskin wife of Pringle Baskin two half quarter sections of land, being the south East quarter of section two of Township twenty two of range one East, of the lands offered for sale and sold to St Stephens land office. I give devise and bequeath to my sons Elihu R Steele & R G Steele and the surviver of them & his heirs two half quarter sections of land lying in Kemper County in the state of Mississippi, to wit, the west half of the NorthEast quarter of section thirty five, and the West half of the southwest quarter of section twenty six all in township twelve and Range eighteen East, of the lands offered for sale at Columbus, Mississippi. Also a negro man slave named Albert, aged about nineteen years, also a negro Girl Dinah aged about ten years also a boy named Tandy aged about six years, also a young sorrel horse called Charley, and twenty head of young cattle rangeing about said lands, having my marks towit, a crop off of, and under bit out of the left ear, and an underbit out of the right ear, to have and to hold the same, and each and every part thereof, in trust, for the use of my daughter Esther Kimbrough, for and during her life and at her death to be divided amongst her children shar and shar alike- the children of a deceased child to take the share, the parents would have taken if living I direct my executors to sell and convey all my lands not disposed of in this will lying in the State of Mississippi, at such time and on such terms as they think best for the benefit of my Estate I direct and empower them also, to settle fully, all sales of land made by me, as they may deem best by rescinding the contracts, or by making and delivering deeds. If they rescind any contract, by me made, and take back the land I direct them to sell and convey as above described, to sell and convey the lands now held by me. I give and bequeath as follows to wit to my son Elihu R Steele, my negro man Ralph & his wife Maria, and her child Solomon To my son Richard G.Steele my negro man Henry. To my son William Steele my negro man Sam To the children of my daughter Polly, late the wife of James H Archibald my negro blacksmith Ishmael To my son James, negroes Dennis & Ephraim the children of Dolly, and my mare Polly and her colt. To my daughter Nancy wife of James Gillaspie a negro girl Irena aged about thirteen years. To my daughter Patsey Patton my negro boy named John aged about fifteen years. It is not my purpose to give any one of my children more than another. To several of them I have (made) more advances and have taken receipts for those advances. In order to equalize all, except Esther Kimbrough, I direct my executors to appoint not less than three nor more than five disinterested respectable gentlemen who shall assess and value the property bequeathed under the will except that given in trust to my sons Elihu R & Richard G.Steele, for the use of my daughter Esther Kimbrough, and what I may have advanced to any of my children for which a receipt was taken, and the property shall be taken by the person to whom it is given at the assessed value of so much of my estate all receipts I hold of advances made to my children shall be considered an advance for the amount call for from my estate- but no interest shall be charged and then each of my children (and the children of a deceased child,is herein called a child and are entitled to the share their parents would take if living) shall be made equal- where one has received more property than his or her share, he or she shall pay pack (back) and when one lacks his or her share shall be made up out of the residue of my estate and will be paid by those who have received more than their share They who shall receive under this clause and be equalized are the children of my son Alexander, the children of my daughter Polly Archibald each set one share. Elihu R Steele, R.G.Steele Nancy Gillaspie (wife) of James Gillaspie, Betsey Patton wife of William Patton, William Steele the children of my son Abner Steele, Jane Baskin wife of Pringle Baskin and my son James Steele, my daughter Esther Kimbrough is not included in this assessment and The lands and other property given in trust for her shall not be valued and she shall take nothing more under this will. In making the division of any of my estate not disposed of specifically under this will by having the property valued. It is my intention that my executors shall be placed in the condition of any other of my children as regards their right to purchase either by valuation or what may be sold by public auction, My property not disposed of I desire to be sold to the highest bidder except the negroes I do not desire them to be sold if they can be fairly and satisfactorily divided, by being valued without sale. The division under the will shall be made when my executors will have sold the property and collected the money and so settled the estate as that a division can be made. The personal property given my wife for life shall at her death be divided under the residuary clause of this will. I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my sons Elihu R Steele and Richard G Steele executors of this my last will and testament and do hereby revoke all former wills by me made.

Abner A Steele

Probated Aug.8,1842

Children of ABNER STEELE and ELIZABETH DEAL are:

5. i. ALEXANDER5 STEELE, b. January 8, 1795, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. April 5, 1858, Greene County, Alabama.

6. ii. MARY A. STEELE, b. September 28, 1796, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. September 10, 1839, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

7. iii. ELIHUE REESE STEELE, b. December 25, 1798, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

8. iv. RICHARD GRIFFIN STEELE, b. December 31, 1800, Pendleton District, South Carolina.

9. v. ELIZABETH STEELE, b. February 24, 1803, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. October 24, 1851, Knoxville, Greene County, Alabama.

10. vi. NANCY STEELE, b. February 24, 1803, Pendleton District, South Carolina.

vii. MARTHA STEELE3, b. January 3, 1805, Pendleton District, South Carolina3.

11. viii. WILLIAM A. STEELE, b. July 15, 1807, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. February 17, 1859, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

12. ix. ABNER ALEXANDER STEELE II, b. October 15, 1809, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. April 29, 1841, Greene County, Alabama.

13. x. JANE STEELE II, b. November 22, 1812, Pendleton District, South Carolina.

xi. SUSANNAH STEELE3, b. March 29, 1814, Pendleton District, South Carolina3.

14. xii. ESTHER LOVE STEELE, b. October 21, 1817.

15. xiii. JAMES STEELE II, b. November 16, 1820; d. February 25, 1865.

Generation No. 3

4. WILLIAM5 STEELE (WILLIAM4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)

Children of WILLIAM STEELE are:

i. JOSEPH6 STEELE3, d. Montana3.

ii. WILLIAM L. STEELE3, d. Montana3.

iii. BOB STEELE3, d. Montana3.

iv. JAMES STEELE3, d. Montana3.

5. ALEXANDER5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)3 was born January 8, 1795 in Pendleton District, South Carolina3, and died April 5, 1858 in Greene County, Alabama3. He married JANE C. MCDOW3 Abt. 1816 in South Carolina. She was born April 13, 1798 in South Carolina3, and died May 24, 1864 in Greene County, Alabama3.

Children of ALEXANDER STEELE and JANE MCDOW are:

16. i. ANDREW SIDNEY6 STEELE, b. November 27, 1817, South Carolina; d. November 26, 1891, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. JOSEPH L. STEELE3, b. November 6, 18193; d. October 2, 1838, Greene County, Alabama3.

17. iii. MARGARET STEELE.

18. iv. ELIZABETH STEELE.

19. v. EZEKIEL BAYLUS G. STEELE, b. April 6, 1826; d. August 4, 1855, Greene Co., Alabama.

20. vi. BAYLUS STEELE.

6. MARY A.5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)3 was born September 28, 1796 in Pendleton District, South Carolina3, and died September 10, 1839 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama3. She married JAMES HALL ARCHIBALD I3 August 23, 1821 in Greene County, Alabama3, son of SAMUEL ARCHIBALD and JEANETTE PATTON. He was born May 10, 1799 in Spartenburg District, South Carolina3, and died August 22, 1862 in Pleasant Ridge,Greene County, Alabama3.

Children of MARY STEELE and JAMES ARCHIBALD are:

21. i. EDWIN ADDISON6 ARCHIBALD I, b. July 11, 1822, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 13, 1870, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

22. ii. ABNER ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD, b. December 10, 1824, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1869, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

23. iii. SAMUEL STEWARD ARCHIBALD, b. July 27, 1826, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. September 12, 1872, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. ANDREW BROWN ARCHIBALD I3, b. July 8, 1828, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama3; d. February 6, 1864, Johnson’s Island, Erie County, Ohio; m. SARAH SUMMERVILLE, August 26, 1851, Greene County, Alabama; b. December 6, 1832; d. June 10, 1856, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama..

Notes for ANDREW BROWN ARCHIBALD I:

Andrew B. Archibald, son of James H. Archibald, was a founding member of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian church. He enlisted in Company D, 8th Confederate Cavalry on November 14, 1861 at Columbus, Mississippi. He was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant on August 8, 1862. After Capt. McCaa was killed in action at Murphreesburo, January 1, 1863, Andrew Archibald was promoted to Captain and commanding officer of Company D. On June 24, 1863 he was captured at Shelbyville, Tennessee. He was take to Nashville, and on July 3, 1863 transferred to Louisville, Kentucky Military Prison. On July 7, 1863, he was transferred to the notorious prison camp at Johnson’s Island, Ohio. On February 6, 1864, he died at Johnson’s Island, Ohio from chronic diarrhea, and was buried on the island; there is no record of his receiving medical attention during his stay at Johnson’s Island.

v. JAMES STEELE ARCHIBALD I3, b. March 28, 1830, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama3; d. February 2, 1837, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. INFANT DAUGHTER ARCHIBALD, b. October 1836, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 1836, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

7. ELIHUE REESE5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)3 was born December 25, 1798 in Pendleton District, South Carolina3, and died in Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama3. He married (1) TENA PIPPIN December 12, 1827 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of JOHN BARR PIPPIN. She was born Abt. 1805 in Franklin County, North Carolina4, and died September 30, 1859 in Eutaw, Greene Co., AL4. He married (2) TENAH PIPPEN5 December 12, 18275. She was born in North Carolina5, and died September 30, 1859 in Eutaw, Alabama5.

Children of ELIHUE STEELE and TENAH PIPPEN are:

24. i. SYDNEY P.6 STEELE, b. 1829; d. 1915.

25. ii. JOHN DEAL STEELE, b. February 10, 1830; d. January 11, 1919, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. JOSEPH GIDEON STEELE5, b. 18325; m. SARAH JANE RUTHLEDGE5.

iv. FELIX G. STEELE5.

Notes for FELIX G. STEELE:

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Died in Confederate Army in 1864

26. v. ELIHUE BARACHEL STEELE, b. April 19, 1837; d. March 16, 1901, Eutaw, Alabama.

8. RICHARD GRIFFIN5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born December 31, 1800 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5. He married (1) ISABELLA REID BASKIN5, daughter of WILLIAM C. BASKIN. She was born March 29, 1804 in South Carolina5, and died April 17, 1854 in Houston County, Mississippi5. He married (2) LUCY CARTER5. He married (3) JANE ROBERTS5.

Notes for RICHARD GRIFFIN STEELE:

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Notes from Mesopotania Presbyterian Church, Eutaw, Alabama:

R.G. Steele was an elder in this church – elected 1830.

Richard G. Steele and Isabella R. Steele were admitted to the church and dismissed in 1845.

From “A Goodly Heritage, Memories of Green Co.” R.G. Steele settled at Steele’s Bluff on the Warrior River – 1818. He farmed with his brother Elihu.

1850 Federal Census – Chickasaw County, Ms., Richard G. Steele was Farmer and hotel keeper. The 1860 Federal Census shows him still in Chickasaw County, his wife is Lucy, Rufus & Martha Steele, Robert & John Carter are living in his household.

For further Steele history see “The Alabama Genealogical Register” Volume 5 Numbers 3 & 4, Whole Number 19, September & December 1963 – Columbus, Ms. Public Library; Selma, Al., Public Library.

Isabella Reid Baskin Steele is buried in the Houston, Ms., cemetery on the same lot as Iredell P. Vaughan. Her marker (broken): Sacred to the memory of Isabella Reid, Daughter of the late William C. Baskin and Consort of Hon. R.G. Steele who departed this life April 17th, 1854. Aged 50 years and 4 months.

Children of RICHARD STEELE and ISABELLA BASKIN are:

27. i. MARGARET REID6 STEELE, b. November 8, 1818, Greene Co., Alabama; d. December 22, 1848, Houston, Mississippi.

28. ii. ABNER NEWTON STEELE, d. June 30, 1862, Gaines Mill, Virginia.

iii. FRANKLIN RUFUS STEELE5.

29. iv. JAMES A. STEELE.

v. MARY JANE STEELE5, m. ADCOCK5.

vi. MATTIE STEELE5, m. M. MADISON5.

vii. WILLIAM STEELE III5.

viii. ISSA STEELE5.

ix. BETTIE STEELE5, m. ? PULLIAM5.

Child of RICHARD STEELE and JANE ROBERTS is:

x. ESTER6 STEELE5.

9. ELIZABETH5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born February 24, 1803 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5, and died October 24, 1851 in Knoxville, Greene County, Alabama5. She married WILLIAM PATTON5 July 15, 1826 in Greene County, Alabama5, son of THOMAS PATTON and MARGARET ROSS. He was born October 2, 1794 in Newberry District, South Carolina5, and died April 22, 1872 in Knoxville, Greene County, Alabama5.

Children of ELIZABETH STEELE and WILLIAM PATTON are:

i. WALTER6 PATTON5, b. September 6, 18275.

30. ii. MARTHA E. PATTON, b. September 13, 1829; d. July 9, 1921, New Hope.

31. iii. THOMAS JEFFERSON PATTON, b. June 27, 1831; d. February 7, 1911, Knoxville, Greene County, Alabama.

32. iv. NANCY PATTON, b. 1833; d. 1911, New Hope.

v. ALBERT E. PATTON5, b. September 14, 1835, Greene County, Alabama5; d. July 13, 1863, Richmond, Va.5.

33. vi. MARY PATTON, b. June 14, 1838; d. June 7, 1889, New Hope, Alabama.

10. NANCY5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born February 24, 1803 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5. She married JAMES GILLESPIE5 October 11, 1823 in Greene County, Alabama5.

Children of NANCY STEELE and JAMES GILLESPIE are:

i. WILLIAM S.6 GILLESPIE5, m. NANCY WHITE5.

ii. JAMES W. GILLESPIE5.

iii. JACOB GILLESPIE5.

iv. JOHN BAYLIS GILLESPIE5.

v. NANNIE GILLESPIE5.

vi. FRANCIS MARION GILLESPIE5.

vii. ARTHUR GILLESPIE5.

viii. LETETIA GILLESPIE5.

34. ix. ANDREW GILLESPIE.

35. x. ELIZABETH GILLESPIE.

11. WILLIAM A.5 STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born July 15, 1807 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5, and died February 17, 1859 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5. He married ELEANOR BRANDON KENNEDY5 September 30, 1831 in Greene County, Alabama5, daughter of THOMAS KENNEDY and ELIZABETH POTTER. She was born March 20, 1809 in Union District, South Carolina5, and died April 22, 1872 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5.

Children of WILLIAM STEELE and ELEANOR KENNEDY are:

36. i. MARY ELIZABETH6 STEELE, b. July 23, 1832, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 1, 1917, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER STEELE5, b. September 11, 1834, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5; d. November 7, 1897, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5.

37. iii. JOHN JAMES STEELE, b. 1836, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. THOMAS HALL STEELE5, b. April 1, 1839, Greene County, Alabama5; d. September 19, 1863, Chickamauga, Georgia5.

Notes for THOMAS HALL STEELE:

Thomas Hall Steele, son of William Steele, founding elder, was received on examination into the membership of the Pleasant Ridge Presby. Church on September 23, 1853. On September 21, 1863, ten years later, he was killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia.

v. ABNER ALEXANDER STEELE III5, b. July 9, 1841, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5; d. June 25, 1872, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5.

vi. ABNER ELMORE STEELE5, b. April 3, 1844, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama5; d. March 11, 1865, Richmond, Virginia5.

Notes for ABNER ELMORE STEELE:

Abner Elmore Steele, son of William Steele, founding elder, was received into membership of the church on September 20, 1860, on examination by the Session. He enlisted in Company C, 11th Alabama Infantry on June 11, 1861 at Clinton for the duration of the war. He was present with the regiment from June to October 1861, though October 24, 1861 he was sent to Richmond on order of the regimental surgeon. Though there is no hospital record of his admission, he did receive a furlough December 7, 1861, apparently when he was released from the hospital. Abner Elmore Steele was wounded in action on June 30, 1862 in the Battle of Malvern Hill, but there is no record of admission to a hospital for these wounds. He was admitted to the General Hospital, Staunton, Virginia, on October 13, 1862, for convalescence from a fever. He was admitted to the Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia, on November 9, 1862, for typhoid fever. Elmore was transferred to Petersburg, Virginia on November 14. He received another furlough March 23, 1863 after his release from the hospital. He apparently was present with the regiment the first half of 1864, but a company muster roll of October 1864 lists him as absent, missing since August 16 and assumed to be a prisoner. Federal prisoner of war records indicate he was captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 17, 1864, at the camp hospital. He was transferred from City Point, Virginia to Point Lookout, Maryland August 22. Elmore was paroled at Point Lookout on February 10, 1865, and transferred for exchange. He was among 2051 paroled Confederate prisoners of war exchanged and received by Confederate officers on February 14/15,1865 at Coxes Landing, James River, Virginia. He was admitted to the Receiving and Wayside Hospital/ General Hospital No. 9, Howard’s Grove, Richmond, Virginia, February 15, 1865. Abner Elmore Steele died March 12, 1865 at the General Hospital, Howard’s Grove, Richmond, Virginia. During the war he had suffered numerous attacks of typhoid fever and had been wounded in action.

38. vii. CHARLES STILLMAN STEELE, b. 1849, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1913, Greene County, Alabama.

12. ABNER ALEXANDER5 STEELE II (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born October 15, 1809 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5, and died April 29, 1841 in Greene County, Alabama5. He married MARY E. BINGHAM5 August 13, 1836 in Greene County, Alabama5. She was born January 18145, and died January 29, 1841 in Greene County, Alabama5.

Children of ABNER STEELE and MARY BINGHAM are:

i. ELIHU R.6 STEELE5, b. 1838, Greene County, Alabama5; d. C.S.A.5.

39. ii. ROBERT STEELE, b. Abt. 1840, Greene County, Alabama.

13. JANE5 STEELE II (ABNER ALEXANDER4, AARON3, JAMES2, JOHN1)5 was born November 22, 1812 in Pendleton District, South Carolina5. She married GEORGE P. BASKINS5 February 26, 18345. He was born 1808 in South Carolina5.

Children of JANE STEELE and GEORGE BASKINS are:

i. JOSEPH N.6 BASKINS5, b. 18355; m. HOLLIMAN5.

40. ii. ABNER E. BASKINS, b. 1838.

41. iii. WILLIAM C. BASKINS, b. 1839.

iv. MARY L. BASKINS5.

v. MARGARET J. BASKINS5, m. GRAY5.

42. vi. JANE C. BASKINS, b. 1846; d. 1898.

vii. ESTHER H. BASKINS.

14. ESTHER LOVE  STEELE (ABNER ALEXANDER, AARON, JAMES, JOHN) was born October 21, 1817. She married GEORGE H. KIMBROUGH February 9, 18355.

Children of ESTHER STEELE and GEORGE KIMBROUGH are:

i. ABNER6 KIMBROUGH5, d. C.S.A.5.

ii. ORMAN KIMBROUGH5, d. C.S.A.5.

iii. GEORGE KIMBROUGH, JR.5, m. ANNA MCNEACE5.

iv. Elizabeth “BETTIE” Steele KIMBROUGH, m. JOHN Wesley KIMBROUGH.