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ISAAC STEELE, SR., Revolutionary War Soldier, served in S. C. Troops, b. 1737, d. 1803, m. Grissel Dixon, b. 6/10/1750 in Abbeville,S. C. in 1768. After the death of her husband, Grissel removed to DeKalb Co., Ga. where she remained for sometime with her children. Grissel d. 8/1848 Benton Co., Ala. at the home of her youngest child,Jane Barnett. Isaac Steele, Jr. applied for the pension of his father from DeKalb Co., Ga., giving these facts. Isaac Steele, Sr., made his LWT dtd 3/13/1802, pvd 3/15/1803, WB A, P. 34, Pendleton Dist., S. C., naming children. Bible of Isaac Steele, Sr., owned by Grayum Steele. Isaac Steele, Sr., received a land grant of 150 acres in Abbeville Co., Alexanders Cr., br. of Little River, 8/9/1786. Isaac Steele was one of purchasers on est. of Thomas Turner 4/4/1797 Pendleton Dist., S. C. The inv. dtd 11/17/1796, one of appraisers: Isaac Steele (as shown by Priscilla, James and William Turner. The affidavit of Isaac Steele, Jr. in DeKalb Co., on Revolutionary War Claim #R10094 stated that he always understood from his father and mother that Isaac Steele, Sr. served in the S. C. Troops, but cannot give particulars, since his father died many years ago, before 1800. His mother d. 8/1843 Benton Co., Ala. at home of her youngest child, Jane Barnett. The children then surviving were: William Steele, John Steele, Moses Steele, Jane Barnett and Isaac Steele, Jr. His mother told him that they lost their crops because Isaac Steele was away in the war, under command of Capt. Moses Liddel. Issue follows:
  1. JAMES STEELE b. 4/4/1771 S. C. m. Elizabeth b. 1777 S. C., listed on 1853 Benton Co., Ala. Census. Issue follows:
        
    1. George Steele b. 1809 S. C. m. Margaret b. 1815 S. C., listed 1850 Benton Co., Ala. Census. Issue follows:
           
      1. Angeline Steele b. 1842 Ala.    
      2. Hariot Steele b. 1844 Ala.    
      3. Elizabeth Steele b. 1846 Ala.    
      4. Margaret Steele b. 1848 Benton Co., Ala.    
      5. G. W. Steele (dau) b. 1850 Benton Co., Ala.
        
    2. Eliza Steele b. 1812 S. C., unmd. in 1850.   
    3. Rebecca Steele b. 1814 S. C., unmd. in 1850.   
    4. Mattie Steele b. 1816 S. C., unmd. in 1850.   
    5. James Steele b. 1820 S. C. m. `Lucinda b. 1820 Ala. Listed on 1850 Benton Co., Ala. Census. Issue follows:
           
      1. John Steele b. 1840 Ala.
           
      2. Herman Steele b. 1842 Ala.
           
      3. M. Y. Steele (dau) b. 1847 Benton Co., Ala.
        
    6. Martha Steele b. 1823 S. C., unmd. in 1850.   
    7. Rachel Steele b. 1825 S. C., unmd. in 1850.
  2. MICHAEL STEELE was b. 4/2/1773.
  3. MARGRET STEELE was b. 6/28/1775 m. Mr. Turner.
  4. WILLIAM L. STEELE was b. 1/9/1778 m. Sarah Shearer 3/13/1799 Wilkes Co., Ga. Est. of William L. Steele admx, Eve Steele, Wilkes Co. Returns 1817 "Paid to George Harris where said Steele died in Warren Co." Eve Steele m. 2d Hudson Ragland 12/20/1818 Wilkes Co. 2/21/1816 Eve Steele apptd admx est. of William L. Steele, Ann Steele, orphan. The LWT of James Shearer, Wilkes Co., 10/20/1808 , est. to be div. between my six children and Anna Steele, dau. of Eve Steele, etc. William Steele, John and Andrew Pickens, George Reese, exrs. of LWT of Samuel Taylor 4/20/1798 Pendleton Co., S. C.
  5. RUTH STEELE was b. 7/13/1782.
  6. JOHN W. STEELE b. 2/27/1780 S. C. d. 1855 listed 1830-1850 Gwinnett Co., Ga. Census, farmer, m. Elizabeth (1791-1870), but. Steele cemetery in woods off Shackleford Road near Norcross, Ga. John and Elizabeth Steele Had issue:
        
    1. Georgiann Steele b. 1806 S. C., unmd. in 1850.   
    2. John F. Steele 7/ 16/1816-11/13/1873 m. Mathida Shamblee 5/28/1820-5/13/1902, bur. Sweetwater Primitive Baptist Church. Their children: a. George D. Steele 7/1/1846-1/8/1930 m. 1872 Mary Jane Garmon 4/15/1850-9/16/1933, bur. Sweetwater Baptist Church. b. Sarah Elizabeth Steele m. 1856 N. L. Wallis. c. Rachel Steele m. George Mills. d. Dr. John R. Steele m. Lillian Peters in Dawsonville, Ga. Had issue: Garland F. Steele b. 1899. Lillian m. 2nd Tom Nunnally.    
    3. Mary Steele b. 1819 8. C., unmd. in 1850.    
    4. Margaret Steele b. 1826 Ga., unmd. in 1850.    
    5. . Elizabeth Steele b. 1822 Ga., unmd. in 1850.    
    6. Daniel Steele b. 1831 Gwinnett Co. Ga., unmd. in 1850.    
    7. Amanda Steele b. 1832 Gwinnett Co., Ga. m. James B. Collins in 1858, Gwinnett Co., Ga. Their issue: John Steele Collins 1855-1939 m. 1881 Gwinnett Co. Mary Boyd (1857-1925), dau. of Richard L. Boyd, b. N. C. and Nancy Elizabeth Austin, b. Ga. In 1890 They removed to Fannin Co., Tx.    
    8. Nancy C. Steele b. 1834 Gwinnett Co., Ga.    
    9. Newton R. Steele b. 1839 Gwinnett Co., Ga.    
    10. Dixon M. Steele b. 1842 Gwinnett Co., Ga.
  7. ISAAC STEELE, JR.. b. 7/18/1786 d. 4/16/1865, m. Cynthia Cox, b. 7/18/1792 d. 5/16/1864. Listed 1850-60 DeKalb Co., Ga. Census. Isaae Steele, Jr, also drew in 1827 Land Lottery, from Gwinnett Co., Ga. Issue:
         
    1. William A. J. Steele b. 3/26/1815 S. C.    
    2. Mary I. Steele b. 5/16/1817 S. C.    
    3. John D. Steele b. 6/7/1819 S. C,, farmer, m. Elizabeth b. 1822 Ga., listed 1850 Cobb Co., Ga. Census. Issue follows:      a. William A. Steele b. 1842 Ga. m. Elvira A. E. Evans 12/20/1866 Cobb Co., Ga.
           b. Milton W. Steele b. 1844 Ga. m. Martha A. W. Everett 9/6/1865 Cobb Co., Ga.
           c. Radford Steele b. 1846 Ga.
           d. Isaac Steele b. 1847 Ga.
           e. Monroe Steele b. 1848 Cobb Co., Ga.
           f. Elizabeth Steele b. 1849 Cobb Co., Ga.
         
    4. Rhoda H. Steele b. 4/1/1823 S. C.    
    5. Michael A. Steele b. 3/17/1821 S. C. m. Martha Lucinda Smith b. 1830 N. C. on 1/8/1850 DeKalb Co., Ga., listed 1850-80 DeKalb Co., Ga. Census. Martha's mother, Elizabeth Smith, b. 1808 N. C., was living with them in 1880. Issue:      a. Mary J. Steele b. 1851 DeKalb Co., Ga.
           b. Joseph E. Steele b. 1854 DeKalb Co., Ga.
           c. Martha A. Steele b. 1858 DeKalb Co., Ga.
           d. Willie O. Steele b. 1867 DeKalb Co., Ga.
           e. Jasper L. Steele b. 1869 DeKalb Co., Ga.
           f. Robert L. Steele b. 1875 DeKalb Co., Ga.
         
    6. Ira M. Steele b. 4/29/1825.    
    7. Isaac C. Steele b. 8/7/1827.    
    8. Moses F. Steele b. 5/3/1929.
  8. MOSES STEELE b. 5/18/1788.
  9. JANE STEELE b. 9/22/1790 m. John Barnett, removed to Benton Co., Ala. Her husband was deed by 1850, and she was listed on 1850 Benton Co., Ala. Census, having issue:
      
  1. B. Barnett, dau., b. 1828 Ga.   
  2. M. Barnett, son, b. 1830 Ga.   
  3. Wesley Barnett b. 1836 Ala.
AARON STEELE of Abbeville Dist., S. C., appears to be a brother of Isaac Steele, Sr. be inv. of Aaron's est. was made 12/14/1795 by William Pickens, Sr., James Carlile and Robert Davis. In 1801 a legacy was paid to .Jean Steele and Aaron Steele, Jr. "legacy left him by his grandfather", and William Steele, James Steele. The LWT of Aaron Steele dtd 8/5/1794 Abbeville Dist., pvd 11/9/1795, names exrs. John Caldwell and wife, Elizabeth Steele. Named children: James, Abner, Aaron, Jain. Issue of Aaron Steele:
  1. JAMES STEELE.
  2. AARON STEELE m. Elizabeth Cozby, both of Long Cane settlement, 11/15/1782, 96th Dist.
  3. ABNER STEELE. 9/6/1820, Miller's Weekly Messenger: "Abner Steele offers his lands and property for sale beginning about to remove. One tract is on Chauga Creek, another on Conneross where he resides."
  4. JAIN STEELE. 10/5/1791, Pendleton Dist. S. C. DB B, P. 40-41, David Waters of Abbeville Co. to Joseph Whitner, sold 200 acres granted on the bounty of Charles Steele on 18-mile creek of Savannah River or Keowee. 1/16/1787, Pendleton DB B, P. 311-313, Charles Steele of Abbeville Co. to Daniel Waters, 200 acres on 18-mile creek of Savannah River or Keowee. Alexander Steele of Washington-Greene Co. deeds to Littleton Chambless of Wilkes Co., 50 acres on Ogeechee River purchased by Steele from John Ledbetter 5/28th last. (Warren Co. Deed). Alexander Steel m. Polly Harper 6/8/1804 Greene Co. After his death, she later m. Doctor Brown 7/1813 in Clarke Co., Ga. and they removed to Newton Co., Ga. The LWT of Robert A. Steele of Newton Co. dtd 3//1844 names his mother, Mary D. Brown to whom he leaves his lots in Carroll and Cherokee Co.'s; also names Elonza D. Brown and Clover P. Brown. James C. Steele of Henry Co., Ga. He m. Louisa Rogers 12/18/1827 in Henry Co., Ga., listed on 1830 Henry Co. Census. Another Steele family in Henry Co., Ga. was MARTHA STEELE, b. 1800 in S. C. who was a widow in 1830. She is listed on 1830-50 Henry Co., Ga. Census. Her family removed from S. C. to Georgia between 1823 and 1829. Issue: I. H. SMITH STEELE b. 1821 S. C. m. Eliza Ann Pain 12/19/1848 Henry Co. Eliza b. 1827 Ga. Issue:   1. John W. Steele 1/5/1850-10/5/1916, bur. Salem Baptist Church, Henry Co. m. Mary 8/13/1846-10/9/1931,    2. William Steele 11/22/1823-1/17/1890, bur. Hudson Cemetery, Hwy 42, near McDonough, Ga. m. Julia Ann Pain 11/15/1849 Henry Co., Ga. Julia 11/22/1823-1/17/1890.    3. Robert Steele b. 1823 S. C. m. Mary Eddleman, b. 1832 Ga., 12/7/1849 Henry Co., Ga.    4. E. C. Steele, dau., b. 1833 S. C., unmd. in 1850.
Sources: Deeds. 6/18/1793, Pendleton Dist, S. C., DB B, P. 189-193, Andrew Pickens, Robert Anderson, Benjamin Cleveland, Judges, sell to William Steele, 1/2 acre. In 1799 William L. Steele bought 200 acres on Seneca River from Samuel Gardner of Jackson Co., Ga.

Sources: 1850 Benton Co., Alabama Census; Hudson Cemetery, near McDonough, Ga.; Salem Baptist Church, Henry Co.; 1830-1850 Henry Co. Census; Pendleton District, S. C. Deeds; Greene Co. Deeds; Wills in Abbeville Co., S. C.; Cobb Co. Marriages; 1850 Gwinnett Co. Census; 1853 Benton Co., AL Census; Steele Folder