Person:Margaret Steele (16)

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Margaret Jane Steele
Facts and Events
Name[1] Margaret Jane Steele
Gender Female
Birth[1] 28 Mar 1765 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage 4 Sep 1788 Rockbridge County, Virginiato David Buchanan, Sr.
Death[1] 11 Nov 1851 Lincoln County, Tennessee

Parents

Some researchers have placed Margaret Steele as the daughter of Samuel Steele (1730-1795) [who did NOT name a daughter Margaret in his will] and Margaret Campbell, but the Chalkley's record below shows that she was the daughter of Samuel Steele, Jr. of Rockbridge County, Virginia, who died in 1818:


Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Vol. 2 - Steele vs. Koontz--O. S. 258; N. S. 90--Bill, 24th September, 1812. Complainants are, viz: Robert, John, Samuel, William Steel; William Patterson and David Buchanan (who married daughters of Samuel Steele, deceased; Saml. Grimes and Elizabeth, late Steele; William Baird and Polly, late Steele; all heirs, representatives and legatees of Samuel Steele, deceased, of Rockbridge, who died, testate. Involves lot in Brownsburg. Will of Samuel Steele of Rockbridge. Sons, Robert, Samuel, William; daughters, Polly Baird, Betsy Steel, land in Kentucky; sons-in-law, Patterson and Buchanan, lands in West Tennessee; son, John (long absent and uncertain of return), lands in Washington County; 8 children. Dated 29th December, 1807.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1. (Release date: August 14, 1997)
    Tree #3598.

    Date of Import: Aug 9, 1998