Person:Mathias Steelman (1)

1789-left a will; see pg 20 of Descendants of Mathias & Ruth Steelman of Surry County, North Carolina, compiled by Harold M Steelman; Kinston, NC; 1976?:

In the name of God Amen, I Mathias Steelman being weak of body but of sound and perfect sense and memory thanks to the almighty god for the same do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

First and foremost I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and my body to the earth to be decently buried after the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned as for what worldly goods it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as follows my will and desire is that all my debts and funeral expenses be first paid and discharged.

I leave to my beloved wife Ruth Steelman two hundred and thirty acres of land on Turners Creek beginning at a white ash sapling on the east side of Patten's Branch, runs north thirty five chains to a black ash thence west thirty seven chains and twenty links to a pine thence south thirty five chains to a post ash thense east to [blank] thence down the same as it meanders to the mouth of Green Branch and thence to an east course [blank] go to the beginning.

Also lend to my beloved wife Ruth Steelman all my stock and household furniture during her widowhood or natural life and when she either marries or dies then to my beloved son James Steelman all the said two hundred and thirty acres and all the goods and chattles before mentioned and if my son James Steelman shall die without issue then the whole of my land estate to be sold at public auction and the money to be equally divided between my son William Steelman, Sealah Cain, John [Alexander] Steelman, and Elizabeth Speer.

I do herey constitute and appoint my beloving sons William Steelman and James Steelman whole and sole executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby revoke and disallow and make void all former wills by me heretofore made or spoken.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February 1789.

Witness present: Henry Speer; John Bruce Mathias (X-his mark) Steelman

from the same book, which is available at FHL: "Mathias Steelman (d.1793) was in Kent County, Delaware in 1747, and served in the Revolutionary War. He moved to Surry County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and elsewhere"

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Births (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Name:Matthias Steelman; Father:Steelman; Birth Date:1723; City:Kent [DE] Gloucester[NJ]

2. ↑ Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Deaths: [database on-line] (not a reliable source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).

   Name:Matthias Steelman; Death Date:16 Oct 1793; City:Surry; State:NC; Country:USA