Re: Steele's of St. Clair Co. & Randolph Co. Illinois
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Steele's of St. Clair Co. & Randolph Co. Illinois
Becky Walker 5/28/07
It seems interesting that there is a Steelville Village in Randolph, IL. founded in 1807 by another Captain John Steele that served exstensively in Rev. War. This John Steele some have assumed was our John's father. I am not certain of this since there would be two son's named John in this family. Two sons named John show up in an early census. but our John was married by this time. I think there may be a relationship as an uncle rather than as a father.
"Captain John STEELE--When John STEELE came to the site of Steeleville and settled in 1807, he brought with him several sons.One of STEELE's sons, George, built a gristmill powered by oxen.Georgetown, Steele's Mills, or as it was later known, Steeleville, came to be an important place on the Shawnee town-Kaskaskia road.During the Indian unrest of 1811-13, the blockhouse at Steele's Mills or Georgetown was a place of safety for near-by settlers and for travelers." Steelville Histories of Pioneers and early settlers.
There is a rootsweb tree of this branch of the Steele's in Steelville, but it does not look like Captain John Steele could be his father since his birth is in the mid in Orange, VA 1750's. But Capt. John Steele had a father named Capt. Samuel Steele abt 1736. It could be Samuel is the great uncle and our John was a nephew. Do you think Francis Steele could be that link or even his father?
If you follow the English naming tradition John's father should have been William Steel.
A DNA study may prove the links to this family in Steelville, Randolph, IL.
PS do you have a copy I have heard of of John Steel's will in ST. Clair IL?
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Re: Steele's of St. Clair Co. & Randolph Co. Illinois
Becky Walker 5/29/07